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— f THE NEWBERRY SUN r xviJL/A x f o a — 1218 Collefire Street NEWBERRY, S. C. 0. F. Armfield Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937, at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C., $1.50 per year in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR Several items In the newspa pers Interest me'' very much, in spite of the heat. This must be the right time to start the day on a glass of tomato juice with a cracker, running about full of pep until 12 o’clock, then taking a glass of buttermilk with half a cracker, winding up the day with a glass of tea without sug ar, and a whole cracker. Such a diet would relieve one of all the discomforts of being overfed. I don’t recommend such a plan for breakfast, dinner and supper, but I’m merely theorizing at your expense. Three visits to the ta ble with light meals of that sort might bring about a loose belt, but one couldn’t fight the battles of life on that food. The best one could do on that would be a little shadow-boxing. If one would meet a real con tender in the race of life one must have some eggs and bacon, some low-country hominy and some home-made biscuits. Do you think President , Tru man could be so ‘‘cocky’* on a glass of tomato juice? He exclud ed the Governors of South Caro lina and Mississippi from the luncheon he gave to all the other forty six Governos of the Union, Republician, Trumanites, real Americans and otherwise. That was pitifully small, really contemptible. All the Senators and Representatives from South Carolina and Mississippi should regard the Truman discourtesy as an affront to their States. Hurry Truman probably did not pay for that luncheon; nor was it given in a private home. The gentlemen who were invited were Governors, invited as Governors, not as individuals. Now the presi dent of the United States invit ed forty six Governors of States, the affair being paid out of National funds for entertainment, but Harry Truman used the presidency and the occasion to snub Fielding Wright and Strom Thunnond. Both Governor Thur mond and Governor Wright have been rebuked for the vote of Mississippi and South Carolina as some one said of Grover Cleveland, as I recall, “We love him for the enemies he has made.” I ought to explain that I can remember with some clarity as far back as the days of Herbert Hoover;; beyond that I sometimes depend on Mr. Alex Salley, who remembers every thing, from the days when the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. , The papers tell us that the Washington Federal bureaucracy plans to investigate the financi al operations of the States-Right- ers in South Carolina I dont know in which bank the so- called Dixie-crats carry their overdraft, but I doubt if they ever had much money. The idea of an investigation is excellent, but let’s investigate the Truman Party and the Colored Party in South Carolina at the same time. If the gentlemen of Washington want light let’s turn it on, all the light. The South Carolina Democracy is not well supplied with money; nor has it ever been, according to my informa tion The next item in the papers tells us that Mr. Truman urges the people to elect “real Demo crats” to Congress. What is a real Democrat? Did you ever see a real Democrat? For many years* I’ve wondered what dis tinguishes a Democrat from a Republican and a Socialist. I mean in practice. I am a Dem ocrat, because I am not a Re publican or a Socialist, but I don’t know just what a Democrat is supposed to believe. Perhaps I do; but what does de do about it? We have National, or Tru man Democrats, South Carolina Democrats; then we have hy- brid-Democrats. If I take Mr. Truman as a Democrat I find that he is a consistent spendeh and high-tax man. I am neither. As I see it, our country needs a clean sweep in Washington. Men have fattened on the pub lic so many years that they now^ regard themselves as a govern ing class of special rights and privileges. Men are thinking up and proposing all manner of schemes for the purpose of main taining themselves in power. Men use ships of the Navy, planes of the Air Force, buildings of any Government service as though the whole nation were subject to them and their whims. I enjoy that young candidate for the Legislature whom I have quoted several times. Here he comes again, in a display ad vertisement in his county paper: “Do you know that the total expenditure of the State Gov ernment was increased from One Hundred Seventeen Million Dol lars ($117,000,000.00) in 1946-47 to One Hundred Sixty-eight Mil lion Dollars (168,000,000.00) in 1948-49, an increase of Fifty-one Millions of Dollars ($51,000,000.- 00)? (See State Comptroller Gen eral’s Report for 1946 and 1947.) Do you know that a war time surplus of Thirty-three Million Dollars ($33,000,000.00) has been disposed of; that there is a cur rent operating deficit of approxi mately Eight Million Dollars :.vt On Easy Payments . Just make regular monthly payments to your self, and watch your savings grow. HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Save Monthly Number Years Your Savings Amount to: ft $ 8.34 16.68 27.78 10 $1000.80 Plus Dividends 1000.80 Plus Dividends 1000.08 Plus Dividends iis NEWBERRY Federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF NEWBERRY J. K. Willingham, Sec’y Newberry, S. C. ($8,000,000.00) that the Legis lature has levied additional mil lions of dollars of new taxes up on the people to cover this de ficit and to continue the exist ing Orgy of Extravagance and Unbridled Spending? With this increase of more than Fifty Mil lion Dollars (50,000,000.00) in the annual expense of the State Gov ernment, DO YOU KNOW WHY? The income from the Gasoline Tax has not been supplemented to increase and hasten the con struction of the Farm to Market Hardsurfaced Highways. Do you appprove of the new one cent per gallon tax on gasoline which Is not to be used for Farm to Market, hardsurfaced highways but to be used to help cover the Eight Million Dollar ($8,- 000,000.00) 1950 deficit? Do you realize that this Foray into the Field of Gasoline Taxes for General State Purposes has broken the Precedent that Gaso line Taxes must be used only for Highway Purposes, and that this diversion of gasoline taxes threatens the completion of the State System of Improved High ways? Do you agree that it is time for the people to rid themselves of some of the political Hacks and Lame or Dead Ducks who are responsible for the present plight of the State’s Finances 1 and the new Tax Burdens laid upon the sorely burdened backs of the people?” another effort to put everything under the heel of Washington tax-eaters, the golden-spenden| of the Truman bureaucracy. Our thousands of everyday conveni ences come to us from big con cerns. Think Of this: “Millions of dollars invested over long periods of experimenta tion are necessary in the devel opment of new products. For example, du Pont spent $43 mil lion over a period of eighteen (Continued on page 7) Did you ever observe how the General Assembly throws money around? “The State” published the General Appropriation Bill in the issue of June 18th. I sug gest that you read it. Then you might ask for an itemized ac count of such items as “Special Services for both Houses $8,100.” Senate Approved Accounts $50,- 000, together with Approved Ac counts for 1949-1950 — $35,000. Now what is all this? Let’s have the items—$85,000 for Ap proved Accounts for the Senate. Also I find Approved Accounts, House of Representatives, $50,- 000. As you know, this is over and above and^ beyond all pay and allowances of members. Reading in detail the General Appropriation Bill it permits the impression that the public money is not spent prudently, frugally. I’m being very mild: I think the State spends with a lavish hand. By the way, I am hopeful that the Co-ops and our Santee-Coop- er and private power brethren will find a way to solve all our problems. The report that the private power enterprises are fighting the Co-ops, as Co-ops, is, of course, not correct. There is a matter of policy involved, but nobody is fighting. Why does the Government at tack big business? The effort of the Governmet to compel the General Electric Company to do away with a large part of Its business is an astonishing bit of bureaucratic tyranny that is just Letter From S. C. Medical Body South Carolina Medical Association N. B. Heyward, M. D., Secretary COLUMMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA June 30, 1950 / Mr. O.'F. Armfield Newberry Sun Newberry, S. C. % Dear Mr. Armfield So much attention has been given in the Senatorial campaign to the appointment of Dr. T. C. McFall, Charleston Negro physician, to the Hospital Advisory Council of the South Carolina Medical Association, that the undersigned officers of the Association are glad to correct false impressions concerning it. i * - • .+■ Dr. McFall was elected to the Hospital Advisory Council by the South Carolina Medical Association, upon recommendation of the Charleston members.Under State law, the Governor appoints upon the recom mendation of the South Carolina Miedical Association and he had no choice in the matter. 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On the contrary, it takes thinking, real thinking, sound thinking, conscientious thinking, hard work, and courageous convictions to become an influential congressman, which has been the height of my ambition and the objective in my work. I have endeavored to display these political vir tues ^hiring my short service in the congress, and I am now willing to rely upon the record made* and to abide by your studied judgement as to how successful I have been in these efforts. I shall be grateful for your support, and I pledge you honest, faithful, intelligent, and courageous ser r vice. . : 11111111111 in m i ii Huff pn I 1 "PI JWMU c4n open Utter to the citizens oi South Carolina Spartanburg, S. C. July 6, 1950 Dear Fellow Citizens: Our response to my candidacy for the nomi nation of the Democratic Party of South Caro lina for the office of Governor of our beloved State has been gratifying. Although I have no campaign organization as such, loyal friends have worked unceasingly in my behalf. For that I wish to express my humble thanks in these closing days of the campaign. The difficult days ahead will require all citi zens to give their best thoughts to public affairs and to participate actively in the efforts to bring about better government. South Carolina needs leaders of experience, ability and vision, men who have no ambitions and no desires be yond the betterment of their State. I have no further political ambitions. I have no desire other than to work for the im provement of South Carolina. If elected your Governor, I will devote the next four years of my life to that cause. I urge you to vote in the primary next Tues day. m mM m i ¥ Sincerely yours. JAMES F., BYRNES