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■■■ THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1949 COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR Si.acs Rights is not the only theme of Mr. James F. Byrnes in his address to the Southern Governors at Biloxi: Mr. Byrnes devoted much of his time to a clear presentation of our relations with Russia. It is apparent, then, that Mr. Byrnes was speaking out of the fullness of a broad experience in public affairs rather than as a candidate for the Govern or’s office of South Carolina. Our people are interested at the moment in State politics, but not primarily in a program of domestic policies; rather, we have come to the conclusion that a condition exists which should be corrected by the States of the Union, a correc tion to be brought about by a fresh definition of the National Government in its relations to the States. In the South the race and color question forced the whole question to the front, but race and color are mere phases of the problem. As Democrats the South has supported candi dates and Administrations call ed Democratic, though at times our loyalty has been blind. In a great enthusiasm we have regarded the Democratic Party as our salvation from er rors, threats and menaces of Republican rule. But the great menace of the day comes from the Political Party so faithful ly supported and sustained by our fathers. We have this question to answer: Shall we set ouselves up independently, or shall we reform the Party from within? I remember the classical story of the Augean Stables. Do you remember that? There is a matter more im portant than any Political Par ty: We inherited a country, a republic baptized in the blood of the Revolution and re-bap tized in the heroic sacrifice of the Civil War. I need hardly remind you of the First and Second World Wars. This Nation is not a Nation of Democrats, Republicans—and all the tints and shades between a straight-out Trumanite and a dyed-in-the-wool Republican: this country is the heritage of all those in the forty eight States, whatever may be the Party of their choice. A point of importance is to determine why we support a Party. If : our support be based on Gov- i einmant hand-outs, we are un worthy sons of the ragged bare- J foot soldiers of George Wash ington, and the intrepid men | of the sixties. Mr. Byrnes addressed the [ people of the forty eight States ! in urging that we make a fresh survey of the National Gov ernment in relation to the States. The speech has the fla vor of Robert Y. Hayne, whom I quoted recently as saying, in reply to Daniel Webster: “I would lay the foundation of this government in the affec tions of the people—1 would teach them to cling to it by dispensing equal justice, and, above all, by securing the ‘blessings of liberty* to ‘them selves and to their posterity’.” The passages in Mr. Byrnes’ address which I would empha size to South Carolinians—and Californians, too—are the fol lowing: “The people who settled this country did not come here to establish a government. They came to America to escape the tyrannies of government. They were seeking liberty, not securi ty. Thy were seeking an op portunity to enjoy freedom, the freedom of bing let alone. They believed that every hu man being possessed certain inhrent and inalienable rights by the grace of God and not by the grant of any govern ment. To secure those rights, the people were willing to en dure hardships and, if neces sary, sacrifice their lives. When in due time the neces sity arose for a union of the States for the common defense, they carefully weighed every word of the drafted instrument. They adopted a Constitution granting limited powers to the federal government, and spe cifically reserved all other pow ers ‘to the States, respectively, or the people’. Then in the Bill of Rights they specifically prohibited the Federal government interfering with the People’s Rights. But today is another day. The spirit of self-reliance that animated the early settlers, and for more than a century in spired our people to exercise Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 We’ve Tried To Be Fair . . . And We Know You Have It has been a very trying matter for us to allot the trickle of coal we have been getting over the uast several weeks but we believe we have done it to the satisfaction of all. And as for our customers we must say that they have been patient and long-suffering. They have not been greedy. Now that the mines are working again (in part) we hope to have more coal for you. Your dependable COAL PHONE NUMBER IN NEWBERRY is 155. Call it and tell us your needs. We will help you if it is wibhin our power. FARMERS Ice & Fuel Co. PHONE 155 George W. Martin, Manager their initiative and develop this country, while preserving their independence, is unfortunately departing from the people. Too many people are asking the federal government to per form the functions of state gov ernments. Too many people want to lean upon the govern ment, forgetting that the gov ernment must lean upon the people. Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than of death. We are engaged in a cold war with the Soviet Republic. It is a clash between two ide ologies—our system of free en terprise and Russia’s commun ism. The Soviets appeal to manv idealists and to all the discontented in every country, including our own. In this bat tle for the minds of the people, communism must be fought on principle. We cannot defeat it by embracing socialism, which is but a step toward commun ism. No great number of Am ericans will make the jump from free enterprise to com munism. They can more easily be led over a bridge of social ism into a police state. We must emphasize the free dom of the individual who by his initiative has made Ameri ca prosperous. And we cannot very well boast of freedom un der the American system if we are going to change that sys tem and force the people to surrender more liberties to a centralized government. When we see the states of Western Europe and Great Britain, which have embraced socialism, unable to stand on their own feet, and the very existence of their governments dependent upon the taxpayers of the United States, it would seem prudent for us to hold fast to our system of govern ment that has proved efficient in war and in peace, and put our financial house in order. Instead of that, we are threatened with the concentra tion in Washington of the pow ers of local governments, in cluding police powers, and with the imposition of creeping but ever advancing socialistic pro grams. To pay for these cost ly programs we are going to borrow more money. It is well to remember that if we but stumble there is no lend-lease or Marshall aid for us. We will be all on our own like Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner, ‘Alone, alone, all, all, alone. Alone on a wide, wide sea. And never a saint took pity on my soul in agcny’. Many people are disturbed. But those who look with fear upon the trend of political thinking, may as well be realistic. They should realize that if a pro posal for the spending of mon ey is authorized by the Con gress as promoting the general welfafe, the probability is t^at under the decisions interpreting the general welfare clause of WANT ADS NOTICE — Positively no hunt ing or trespassing of any kind will be allowed on lands of the undersigned. We have :attle and hogs grazing on our lands and a hired man looking after same. If any one caught on these lands, white or black, vill be prosecuted. If you don’t know you had better find out. H. O. Long, B. O. Long, J. G. Long. FOR SALE — Give a Canary Bird for Xmas. Different colors: yellow, green, spotted and white. Jack Funderburk, Whitmire, S. C. 3tp NO TRESPASSING — Abso lutely no trespassing allowed by hunting or otherwise on lands' of C. C. Fulmer, Joe Ful mer, L. M. Cannon, Edgar Rish, R. E. Dominick, D. C. Boland, K. D. Lake, Carl Lindler, and G. I. Riddle in school district No. 31, Township No. 9. 3tp CANDY _ CANDY — Head quarters for Hersheys — Al mond Joys—Peter Paul Mounds — Milky Ways — Tampa Nug gets and King Edward Cigars and Cigarettes in Chrismas Wrappers— R. Derrill Smith and Son, Inc., Wholesale Gro cers, Newberry, S. C. 2t FOR SALE — Locker Paper and containers and space sav er boxes for your meats, etc. R. Derrill Smith and Son, Inc., Wholesale Grocers, Newberry; S. C. . 2t PECANS — PECANS — We are buying every day—^high est market prices — any size— any kind. R. Derrill Smith and Son, Inc., Wholesale Gro cers, Newberry, S. C. 2t FOR SALE—Baled Corn Shucks $10.00 per ton at the Mill. Spartan Grain & Mill Co. 3tc For Expert Repair Bring Your Radio GEO. N. MARTIN Radio Service SALES and SERVICE 1014 Main Street Opposite Memorial Square 24 HOURS SERVICE Telephone 311W the Constitution, it will b e sus tained by the Court. Therefore, those who wish to preserve people’s rights and prevent the gradual absorption of local governments by a big government in Washington, with resulting restrictions upon our liberties, should look to the people. It will serve no useful pur pose to argue to them about the repeal of federal aid laws which are in operation and to which operation the States have adjusted their budgets. Nearly 40% of all money spent by the States comes from the federal treasury as grants in aid. The people are not apt to repeal these laws. But we can op pose their expansion until our budget permits it. And we can oppose the adoption of new and costly programs that other governments have tried and now wish to abandon. Among the advocates of big government there are some who honestly believe that local gov ernments have failed to dis charge their responsibilities The failure of state govern ments to provide more effici ent government, is generally due to the fact that the federal government has stepped in and monopolized most sources oi taxation. The Governors of the States are conscious of the responsi bilities as well as the states. If congress will withdraw from fields of taxation traditionally regarded as within the juris diction of the states, the Gov ernors will have the states pro vide essential service at less cost to the people and less re strictions upon thm. There is another group: Those people who feel that govern ment must play a greater role and yet are opposed to a gov ernment doing everything. They do not know where the dividing line should be. To them I suggest that govern ment should stop doing for peo ple those things the people can do for themselves, or which can be done by local govern ments. There is still another group— a dangerous group. They are the selfish men who love pow er—the power to spend the money of other people. They are in every department and agency and they want to stay there, but they are interested not only in a job; they love power. The bigger the govern ment, the more money they have to spend and the more power they have. We would not have an over- expanding government if the people were conscious of the taxes they are paying to the federal government. When the government required employ ers to withhold income taxes AUDITOR'S TAX NOTICE I, or an authorized agent will be at the following places on the date given below for th. purpose of taking tax returns of all real estate and personal property. Persons owning prop erty in more than one distric! will make returnes for eacl district. All able bodied male citizens between the ages of twenty- one and sixty are liable to $1.6f poll tax. All persons between the ages of twenty-one and fif ty outside of incoroorated towns and cities are liable to pay commutation tax of $1.00. All does are to be assessed at $1.0f each. WHITMIRE City Hall, Tuesday, January ? 1950. Aragon Baldwin Mill, Wednesday and Thursday, Jan uary 4 and 5, 1950. G. M. & R. E. NEEL STORE Friday, January 6, 1950, from 9 until 12. SILVERSTREET Friday, January 6, 1950, from 2 until 5. CHAPPELLS Monday, January 9, 1950. HOLLINGSWORTH STORE Tuesday, January 10, 1950, from 9 until 12. KINARDS Tuesday, January 10, 1950, from 2 until 5. PROSPERITY Friday, January 13, 1950. ST. LUKES Monday, January 16, 1950, from 9 until 12. O’NEAL Monday, January 16, 1950 from 2 until 5. LITTLE MOUNTAIN Tuesday, January 17, 1950. PEAK Thursday, January 19, 1950. POMARIA Friday, January 20, 1950. JAMES HOMER CROOKS STORE Monday, January 23, 1950, from 9 until 12. A. E. & R. E. REESE STORE Monday, January 23, 1950, from 2 until 5. At Auditor’s office to March 1st, after which a penalty of 10 per cent will be added. PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS Auditor Newberry County i from employees, the govern ment put the worker to sleep. We are continuing to spend more than our income. With out adopting any of the var ious new program urged by those in power, it is conserva tively estimated that during this fiscal year, which will end June 30, 1950, we will spent 5 to 7 billion dollars more than our income. If Congress adopts those new programs no man can tell exactly how much we will have to borrow, or from whom we will borrow it. We do know the next generation must pay it. All of us should think more of the next gener ation and less of the next elec tion. What a heritage we will be queath to the children of this day. Our greed for welfare and security will deny to them the opportunities we enjoy. In stead of fighting freely for the future of their children, they will be forced to pay for the folly of their fathers. In the four years of peace from June 30, 1945, through June 30, 1949, we collected $159,645,825,033, which ^ more than 2 billion dollars in excess of the taxes collected in the 12 years of President Roose velt’s administration from June 30, 1933, through June 30, 1945. That 12 years included the great depression and World War II. Instead of decreasing the number of civilian government employees, we have in time of peace increased the number un til thre are now more than 2 million civilian employees, cost ing the people more than six and a half billion dollars a year, and the number is in creasing daily. During the war the military establishments employed one civilian to every 5 men in uni form. Today they employ one for every 2 men in uniform. Big government is more dan gerous than Big Business. Little government can regulate big 'business and the United States government can publish those who violate the laws against monopoly, but it is dif ficult to regulate big govern ment. To justify spending more than our income, some persons speak of what the government is doing for the ‘little fellow’. Let me show you what the fed eral government is doing to the little fellow. The United States government is making the small man smaller every day. If the Tittle fellow’ sends a message by telephone or tele graph he pays a tax. If he travels by railroad or bus he pays a tax. If he buys an au tomobile, the sale price includes a tax. When he buys gasoline or oil he pays a tax. If he buys cigarettes, he pays a tax. If he goes to a football game or baseball game, he pays a tax. If his wife buys a poci.etbook or cosmetics, she pays a tax, and if his children go to a movie, they pay a tax. The average working man must work 47 days a year to earn the money necessary to pay his taxes to the federal government. That is almost one day out of every week. If the new programs now serious ly propose^ .hould be adopted he will have to pay in taxes the equivalent of his wages for an additional twenty days, making 67 days he will work each year for the government instead of for himself and his family. That is what the fed- t 'al government is doing to the little fellow. If the spenders really want to help the little fellow, they should alow him to keep more of the money he gets for his labor to spend as he please, instead of having it taken from him and sent to Wlashington, to let bureaucrats spend as they think it should please him. Human nature does not change. The government will not repeal a single war tax now being colected unless forc ed to do so by public senti ment. Months ago when forced to decide between borrowing mon ey for current bills or reduc ing expenditures, the govern ment decided to borrow. Now we are threatened with more taxes. Our real trouble is debt and taxes. We cannot cure it by more debt and more taxes. We should devote to cutting ex penditures some of the thought we are devoting to taxing and borrowing. The Governors can cause the people to realize that when a dollar is taken from them in taxes, only a small part of that dollar trickles back to the States in federal aid. That is the ‘trickle back’ system. It makes big government in Wash ington and makes beggars of the States. The Governors have the con fidence of their people. They have prestige and can exercise their leadership to recover for ‘the states, respectively, and the people’ the powers reserv ed to them by the Constitu tion. They can lay down and take it or stand up and fight. I hope they stand up and fight. Christmas FLOWERS! THE MAIN STREET FLOWER SHOP FEATURES POT PLANTS CUT FLOWERS African VIOLETS Christmas WREATHES DOOR BADGES China, Crystal and Other Gifts | WE WIRE FLOWERS I MAIN STREET FLOWER SHOP g Phone 123& 2000 E. Main St. MG.U V*rt-OH . 5c Plus Tax Pepsi Cola Co., Long Island Pepsi Cola Bot. Co. of Columbia City Franchise Bottler m Oldsmobile Rockets Ahead! Look ahead to a great new fleet of Futuramic Oldsmobiles for ’50. Expect the surge of high-compression "Rocket” Engine power, the whispering voice of ’'Rocket” pace. 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