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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1950 mittee, under the Chairmanship of Thomas Jefferson, to draw up a declaration. Lee’s resolution was adopted on July 2nd, by twelve colonies, New York not voting. The resolution declaring our in dependence was adopted on July 2nd; the Declaration of Inde pendence was adopted July 4th. 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 f. y. The Fourth ef July means to us The Declaration of Indepen dence. That declaration broke the ties that bound us to Great Britain as subjects of the Crown. July 4, 1776 was a turning point for all the Western world, for our example fired the imagina tion of Mexico, as well as Central and South America. Even our land titles, or deeds as we call them, have this statement by the grantor, the men who sells the land and signs the deed: "Wit ness my hand and seal this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty; and in the one hun dred and seventy fifth year of the Sovereignty and indepen dence of the United States of America.” That Is the only thing said of the United States. How ever, whether you sell land in Richland, or Charleston, or Sum ter County, the leagle document begins "State of South Carolina, County of ” The deed does not read The United States of Americaa, State of South Carolina, for some States are known as "The Commonwealth,” as in Virginia and Massachusetts, as I recall. The dignity and sovereignty of the State ment something to the men who bat tled on the field and then con tended in - the Council room. The Declaration of Indepen dence was really adopted on the second day of July, 1776, but was officially promulgated on the "Fourth.” Just a few months before July 1776, many Colonies or Pro vinces refused to think of sepa ration from Britain. Pennsyl vania instructed its delegates to "dissent from and utterly re ject any propositions, should such be made, that may cause or lead to a separation from our Mother Country.” New Jersey adopted resolutions of similar character. And so with New* York and Delaware, New Hamp shire and North Carolina. Even George Washington wrote in 17- 74 “I am weM satisfied that no such thing as independence is de sired by any thinking men in ^all North America.” And short ly before Washington assumed command of the army at Boston he rejected the idea of indepen dence. Independence was the convic tion of some leaders, however, and their unwavering insistence won the day, aided by the blund- lirs of King George III. Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry, by word of mouth, and Thomas Paine by the printed word, fan ned the little flame of popular resolution to break with the King. North Carolina in 1776, as in June 1960, took the bit in her teeth and in April of 1776 in structed its delegates in Phila delphia "to concur with the del egates of the other Colonies in declaring independency and form ing foreign alliances.” Since Abraham Lincoln’s error in saying that the National Gov ernment created the States, let me call attention to this, that the delegates from North Carolina to the Congress in Philadelphia were instructed by the Provin cial Congress of North Carolina. Of course it is well known that the Government, that is the Congress of the United States, has admitted States to the Union, such as Oklahoma and many others, but the Union was form ed by the action of thirteen independent States. Do you re member the thirteen States? Connecticut, Delware , Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Vir ginia. The South Carolina signers were: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Hey wood, Jr.; Thomas Lynch, Jr.; and Arthur Middleton. New York, by resolution of July 9th. agreed to the Declaration. Rhode Island and Massachusetts quickly followed the act of North Carolina. Then came Virginia, the fourth, on the sixth of May 1776, under the spell of Patrick Henry’s eloquence. You recall it from your school days: "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others will take; but as for me, give me libirty, or give me death.” Virginia nstruct- ed its delegates to propose inde pendence to the meeting in Phil adelphia. Did you ever hear a man say "Put your John Hancock there?” Well, look at the Declaration of Independence. You will see the large, bold, sprawling signature “John Hancock.” He was a del egate from Massachusetts and President of the Second Con tinental Congress. Ricard Henry Lee of Virginia offered the resolution of Inde pendence on June 7th 1776, in these words: "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political con nection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.” Congress did not immediately act on this ,but appointed a Com Newberry, S. C. God didn’t make this country to suit some people. He must have put hills and mountains, rock and sand, rivers and lakes in the wrong places. Fortunately we have bright men in Washing ton who will improve on the work of Jehovah. So we see that the first step toward re building America on better lines is being studied and planned in Washington among the fertile minds which must stir up some thing in order to remain on the payroll. It seems that Jehovah didn’t put rivers in the right places, but relief is in sight. How does this strike you: "Too many rivers, according to the Interior Department’s Bureau of Reclamation, are in the wrong place. Simple but ex pensive solution: Put them where they should be. The Bu reau’s planners are seriously thinking of attempting such feats as those: moving part of the Columbia River down three- fourths of the country's width to (Los Angeles and of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains up over the top of the range and letting it run down the east side to arid westeren Nevada. Diverting water from Idaho’s Snake and Clark rivers into Nevada and Utah. These projects involve 12 western sttes and eventually may mean tampering with most major 1 western streams. The first step will probably be to shunt water from the Columbia and Oregon rivers to southern California. Biggest Vision. Government plan ners think nature has been too bountiful in providing water for Oregon and Washington. South California and Arizona, on the other hand, * have been slighted, they say. So they’re dreaming of taking vast torrents of water from their normal flow in Oregon, and fetching them 1,000 miles south ward. They would do this with a mammoth stairway of tunnels, canals, pipelines, storage reser voirs, and pumping plants. If their dreams come true, Los Angeles housewives might be washing dishes with Columbia River water Fruit farmers in southen Cralifornia’s Imperial Valley would be irrigating their orchards with water from Ore gon’s rampaging Rogue River. The cost of all this? Like most planners. Bureau of Reclamation visionaries are not too sure. One says: "It might be $2 billion, or $5 billion, or even $20 billion. We don’t know yet. But it’s going to be expensive.” Expensive? Well, one true word is this: "It might be two billions, or five billions, or even t.wenty billions”! That’s just like those bright lads. They are al ways starting projects and call ing for more money. But how can they find time for this? They have schemes now for water projects, really power pro jects, costing so many hundreds of millions of dollars that the Congress doesn’t seem able to wade through the figures. My idea is that the National Government has gone crazy over power. I don’t know why, though I can string a lot of words together, just as others are doing. . I am advocating that the Gov ernment do this, but a real re clamation project would be to drain hundreds of thousands ol acres in lower South Carolina. Probably a hundred thousand magnificent farms could be re claimed from swamps. More likely a million farms. But power, electric power, has caught the imagination. Knowing my coun trymen as well as I do, I wonder what is behind all this. If you look into things, some little fel low is near at hand with his own little axe, hoping to grind it to a fine cutting edge. What he will cut with it is something 6ls& Well, as Co-op myself I’m glad Mr. McMeekin gave the other Co-ops that fine rate of five and a half mills. I am hoping the Company which serves my Co-op wiH give us that liberal rate. It is a splendide rate. And my fortunate Co-op brethren who are so fawored enjoy the abun dant flow of power without hav ing to yvorry and without a fight or unpleasantness. All seems to be peaceful on our power front; anyone who wants to fight can go to Korea. Quoting from the June . 1960 Bulletin of the New York State Chamber of Commerce: "Ameri cans have reason to be proud about the great advances that have occurred in the state of the Nation’s health during the past century. These advances have come from our American pattern of freedom and initiative. Our National health progress is unmatched anywhere in the world, and it is continuing at a pace unequalled in any nation. Death rates from Selected Causes (Per 100,000 Population) All Causes Typhoid Diphtheria Tuberculosis Pneumonia Nephritits Malaria Scarlet Fever Dysentery Diarrhea (enteritis) PROSPERITY NEWS 1,719.1 1,007.8 31.3 .2 40.3 .6 194.4 33.6 202.2 42.1 88.6 66.0 6.2 .1 9.6 .1 12.0 .6 142.7 6.6 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alexan der have returned to Washington, D. C. after a visit of several weeks with Mrs. Alexander’s mother, Mrs. H. E. Counts, Sr. Guests last Wednesday of Mrs. J. A. Sease, were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Summer, Mrs. Leland Sum mer and" Miss Eva Summer of Chapin. Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Creed of Hemingway are visiting Mrs. Creed’s parents, Mr .and Mrs. J. P. Perry. Dr. Bob Perry of Spartanburg, spent Sunday with the J. % P. Perrys. Mr .and Mrs. J. R. Langford and their two children, Mary Sue and Bob of Camden spent Wednesday with Mr. Langford’s sisters, Misses Susie and Mary (Langford. Bob remained for a longer visit with his aunts. Mrs. Vida C. Thomason and her daughter, Joyce, left Sun day for a visit with Mrs. W. C. Battles in Spartanburg and Mrs. E. N. Thomason in Knoxiville, Tenn. D. H. Hamm, D. H. Hamm, Jr. and/ J. Waiter Hamm attended the Furniture Market in High Point last week. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Singley were their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Dunlap of Columbia. Miss Roberta St. Clair has re turned to her home in Louistown, Pa. after a visit with Mrs. Hunt er L. Fellers. Judge and Mrs. C. C. Wyche and their daughter, Evelyn, of Spartanburg were guests Sunday of Mrs. C. T. Wyche. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Bedenbaugh attended the Postal clerks con vention in* Spartanburg last Fri day and Saturday. Mr. Beden baugh was a delegate. Mrs. C. T. Wyche will leave tomorrow (Saturday) for a ten days’ visit with her daughter, Mrs. Maxwell Forbes and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Givens and their son Warren, of Sumter were weekend guests in the home of Mrs. Givens’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Merchant. Mrs. E. L. Pender and hei* son Eddie, who have been visit ed her sister, Mrs Ralph Black, have gone to their home in Hampton. Mrs. D. O. Rudisill and her daughter Patsy of Cherryvilie, N. C. have returned to their home after visisting Mrs. J. Wal ter Hamm and Mr. Hamm. Miss Joye Gasser of the Naval Base at Charleston, who is at tending Newberry College Sum mer School, spent Sunday with Miss Jennylee Counts. Miss Mary Sue Langford of Camden is spending this week with her aunts Misses Susie and Mary Langford. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Metts and two boys of Greenville were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Mills. Master Roscoe Finley of Co lumbia spent last week with his grandmother, Mrs. J. R. Bed enbaugh. Mrs. Cecil Finley and, Mrs. Elsie Smith and daughter of Columbia spent Sunday with Mrs. Bedenbaugh and Roscoe return ed home with his mother. Also with Mrs. Bedenbaugh Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Senn and their daughter Ruth of New berry. Mrs. C. S. Mills is visiting in the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Camp and Mr. Camp in Greenville. Miss Effie Hawkins entertain ed the members of her bridge club and several guests with a bridge luncheon last Thursday morning. The guest list includ ed Mrs. Robert Myers, * Miss Jean Madill and Miss Roberta St. Clair of Leuistown, Pa.; Miss Grace Reagin of Newberry; Mrs. H. L. Fellers, and Miss Blanch Kibler, Mrs. W. H. Leaphart of Prosperity. Artistic arrangements of sum mer flowers were used in the party rooms. At noon a tempting three course luncheon was serv ed on the card tables. High score prize for the club was won by Mrs. P. W. Smith and the visitors high prize was captured by Mrs. Robert Myers .In bingo the club prize was won by Mrs. G. W. Harmon and Miss Jean Madill won for the visitors. The members of the Dogwood Garden Club enjoyed a picnia Wednesday afternoon at the Lake Murray home of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hamm. Mrs. D. O. Rudisill and Miss Patsy Rudisill of Cherryvilie, N. C. and Mrs. Clyde Bedenbaugh of Manning were guests. The Carl Caughman Circle of the Women’s Missionary Society of Grace Church will meet Fri day afternoon at 3:30 with Mrs. Ralph Epting. Mrs W.. I*. Mathis, Jr. is undergoing treatment at the Providence Hospital in Columbia. CARPENTER'S TO HAVE AIR CONDITIONING ^ An announcement was made this week that an air condition ing system will be installed a Carpenter’s store for the c< fort of customers and employe— Installation of the Frigidaire system will begin immediately ^ and it is expected that the cooling system will be ready for operation by the middle of August. Jj§L The work will be done by a local cotractor, Jack Yates. 'wwiewi Wk-. r fc ■ -v, ■ A- 4 ■ -Vi a dr Ice] & VOTE TUESDAY JULY 25 WM. JENNINGS BRYAN DORN'S MESSAGE TO YOU I am very grateful for the splendid lead you gave me in the 1st primary. I hope you will turn out again on Tuesday, July 25th, and help us win by * an overwhelming majority. I have been attacked on the radio, by unsigned circulars, and in news paper advertisements. False rumors are now being circulated, but I still ^hold in my heart “malice to ward none.” I have never in any of my five cam paigns engaged in mud slinging. I will not start now. I have never in any of my campaigns paid anyone a single dime to spread false rumors or malicious last minute stories against any of my opponents. I have refused to do so in this race. I have always conducted my campaign on a high Christian plane and will do so on this occasion un til the last ballot is in. I will ‘"return not evil for evil but will overcome evil with good.” WM. 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