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THE NEWBERRY SUN
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
BY SPECTATOR
The vote for Mr. Byrnes, Jim
my Byrnes, was a remarkable tri
bute of respect and esteem, min
gled with great expectations Mr.
Byrnes has become the glamor
ous figure of our public life.
So transcendently did Jimmy
walk through this campaign that
many were resentful that any
one should dare oppose him!
Nothing measures so well the
extraordinary appeal of Mr.
Byrnes’ personality as the small
vote of his opponents; they are
excellent men; and they made a
vigorous campaign.
Against almost anyone else
Messrs Bates, Pope and Stone
might have drawn a larger sup
port; but from the moment of
Mr. Byrnes’ announcement—and
even before—Jimmy filled the
public eye and seemed to carry
the hopes of the State with him.
We may hope that this crown
ing of a great career may enable
Mr. Byrnes to harmonize all the
elements and factors which, when
cooperating, may promote the true
and lasting prosperity of the
State, and make us one people,
with one great, common pur
pose to build our State on endur
ing foundations of good will,
peace, industry, thrift and pro
gressiveness.
All the other candidates, candi
dates for all other offices, worked
and strove; Jimmy just walkjed
in, with the benediction of the
people. Remarkable, wasn’t it?
It the States Rights movement
dead? By no means; that move
ment will grow because States
of the North and West see the
necessity to restrain the Nation
al Government. The answer
might be the overwhelming vic
tory of James F. Byrnes, rather
than the defeat of Governor J.
Strom Thurmond. Furthermore,
the re-election of Olin D. John-
is not a defeat for the cause of
local self-government; Senator
Johnston and Senator Maybank
have cooperated with other Sen
ators to assert and contend for
the rights of the States. The
difference between Mr. Thurmond
and Mr. Johnston is one of de
gree, rather than of the essen
ce. Even the leaders of the
States Rights Movement have re
peatedly said that they would
fight within the Democratic
Party, Instead of organizing
another Party. I had the honor
to be chairman of a group which
sponsored Senator Byrd for the
presidency and distributed bal
lots for Presidential Electors who
would support Senator Byrd. We
did this under the law of South
Carolina and within the Demo
cratic Party. Incidentally we
polled nearly ten thousand votes
in the General Election, rock-
ribbed South Carolina, when Mr.
Roosevelt was at the top of his
form. Such leading men as
Judge Eugene Blease and George
Warren were with us, as was
that fine spirit, the late Klugh
Purdy. In 1948 South Carolina
repudiated Mr. Truman, as we
had repudiated Mr. Roosevelt in
1944. Some Democrats were with
us in spirit, but not in form.
So, while neither Senator May-
bank nor Senator Johnston has
been with the States Righters
by name they have carried on
the fight in Washington. So, as
a States Righter myself, I can
not see any question of States
Rights involved in the re-election
of Mr. Johnston.
The election of Mr. Thurmond
would have given Mr. Truman
another sharp rebuke, which was
a “consummation devoutly to be
wished,” as Shakespearse says,
but Senator Johnston is not a
Truman man.
The people of this State vote
for men, not issues, ordinarily.
More people voted for Olin
Johnston because more people
preferred Olin. Whether some
other man, such as the Beloved
Eugene Blease, could have de
feated Mr. Johnston is pure spec
ulation. Newberry County voted
for Olin Johnston for the Senate
and Tom Pope for Governor:
those sturdy people were not vot
ing bindly.
To prove my point about vot
ing for a man and not an issue,
let us go back to 1914, as I re
call, though without calling on
Mr. A. S. Salley to confirm it.
Among the candidates for Gover
nor were Richard I. Manning,
who advocated Dispensary
method, and Charles A. Smith
and Frofessor John G. Olink-
scales, advocates of Prohibition.
Mr. Manning was elected; but in
November of the same year a
drive was organized for Prohi
bition. In September of 1915 the
State voted for Prohibition by
three-to-one. The State has vot
ed again for Prohibition, in the
Primary. I must expplain that
no more beloved man lived in
the State than Professor Clink-
scales, a Methodist stalwart; and
no more highly respected man
dwelt among us than Charles A.
Smith, formerly President of the
South Carolina Baptist Conven
tion. They couldn’t carry their
issue to victory, but the fight
for Prohibition as a non-polotical
issue was renewed while Cole L.
Blease was Governor and was
carried at the polls while Richard
I. Manning was Governor. Not
a w’ord in opposition was spoken
by Governor Blease or Governor
Manning, as I recall. Governor
Manning, always a gracious gen
tleman of charm and singular de
votion to duty, even invited the
Prohibition leader to direct the
activities of his constabulary. 1
So the people chose their man
in 1914, regardless of the issue,
then carried the issue the next
year.
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If more proof is needed, ob
serve the recent vote tor Gover
nor and Senator in Counties
other than Newberry. Mr. Byrnes
and Mr. Thurmond have said
much of National trends, but
AbbeviWe voted four thousand
for Byrnes and 1,640 for Thur
mond. Anderson voted 4446 for
Byrnes, but 3700 for Thurmond.
The vote for Johnston was more
than eleven thousand in Anders
son, in incomplete reports, ac
cording to “The State.” Barn
well voted 1153 for Thurmond,
but gave Byrnes 2381. Green
ville voted 22000 for Byrnes and
13000 for Thurmond. Richland
gave Thurmond 90000 votes and
Byrnes 14000.
The people voted by counties,
each County having its favorites.
Observe now: Barnwell, Allen
dale, Hampton, Jasper, Colleton,
Bamberg, Dorchester: In each
of these counties Byrnes was
dearly a personal favorite but
Allendale, Bamberg, Colleton,
Hampton and Jasper voted strong
ly for Thurmond. Barnwell gave
Johnston 1851 votes and Thur
mond 1153. So Barnwell was
a Political island, surrounded by
Thurmond counties, since Aiken,
too, was heavily for Thurmond
and Orangeburg mildly so, while
Dorchester was stoutly for Thur
mond. That is democracy, to do
your own thinking and to act
on your own judgement, answer-
able to your own conscience and
sense of the fitness of things.
When I was a boy we studied
“Political Geography;” and,, later
^Political Econony.” Today
scholars have broadened those
studies so that we have “Eco
nomic Geography”—and other
intensive studies, ust as old-time
“Political Economy” has grown
to “Economics.” I do not knovf
whether my observations suggest
a study in “Political Geography,”
since Elko is a prosperous com
munity in Barnwell County, near
Williston.
In the papers I read that
Secretary of State Acheon warn
ed Russia that we would resent
certain measures, it taken by the
Russians. Certainly the best
message, the most effective mes
sage, would be a thousand planes
and thousands of big guns in
Korea. If we don’t bring our
weight into action very soon we
shall be utterly discredited thro
ughout the world.
I do not like to say “I told
you so,” but could not anyone
with a grain of understanding
see that our throwing around
billions of dollars was not the
way to /restrain Russia? If we
had a great force of planes and
guns ready the Russians would
respect force. So far as the
broadcasting of billions of dol
lars, it is about as effective as
if a farmer walked over un
plowed ground, through swamps
and over hills, throwing seed
in every direction.
Where is our Navy? Where
are our planes? Where are our
tanks? Where is our military
intelligence service? Must we
blunder as badly in war as we
have blundered in peace? Five
years ago we had equipment for
eight million men. Where is
that equipment? Where are the
thousands of trucks and thous
ands of Jeeps? Though we had
trucks and Jeeps as the sand4
of the seas just five years ago,
now we are buying thousands
of Jeeps. Can you understand
this? Have we thrown stuff
away?
The time to use what we
have is now. The only respect
able strategy is a compplete over
whelming of the Korean Reds
in short order. Of course we
can’t do this by piddling around,
sending in small detachments.
Haven't we the equipment for
overwhelming the Korean Reds?
If not, then what has happened
to us in five short years, other
than the throwing away of more
billions?
Nothing is so important as
real religion, a daily seeking of
Divine guidance and the substitu
tion of the Divine wisdom for
the little vanity which governs
most of us. I fnd this clipping
of special interest:
“In the past 20 years Ameri
cans turned to the church as
never before in history. Church
membership rose sharply from
50 million in 1929 to nearly 82
million in 1949. The years were
marked by depression, disillusion,
World War II and the atom
bomb.
It was proof then that man—
when his security is shaken,
when his materialistic philosophy
cracks beneath him, when his
faith in science crumbles—in
variably turns to religion.
That’s the analysis of the
Christian Herald, non-denomina-
tional Protestant monthly maga
zine. The Herald has convinc
ing statistics to prove its point
in its annual survey in its cur
rent issue.
The increase, said Managing
Editor Clarence W. Hall, was not
a wholesale return to religion,
as in the period of 1800 to lOOO 1 ,
when great revivals swept the
land. But the figures indicate
‘a large and definite seeking...
for a source of security and con
fidence and serenity not to be
found in secularity.’ Hall be
lieves such a resurgence, though
not spectacular, is ‘one of the
most hopeful auguries that we as
a people are getting to an even
keel’.”
Some survey highlights:
Churches made a total net gain
of 2,426,723 members in 1949.
BIRTH OF A SON
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Hancock,
are receiving congratulations up
on the arrival of a son, Clarence
Ezell, born in the Newberry
Memorial Hospital Thursday, July
20th. Mrs. Hancock is the
daughter of Mrs. C. E. Hancock
of Newberry.
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KENDALL COMPANY
REPORTS 12% GAIN FOR
FIRST HALF YEAR
Consolidated net sales of The
Kendall Company for the first
24 weeks of 1950 were $36,386,-
000, an increase of 12 percent
over sales of $32,586,700 for
the cooresponding period of 1949,
H. R. Lane, president, said to
day in the semi-annual report on
the company’s diversified activit
ies at its 18 domestic and foreign
plants, two of which are the
Mollohon and Oakland Mills at
Newberry, S. C.
Net profits were $2,743,000 as
compared to $2,311,000 last year.
Mr. Dane said that the im
provement in sales and earnings
has been due mainly to a sub
stantial backlog of orders, a
generally well-sustained demand
during the period, and to operat
ing economies resulting from the
company’s modernization pro
grams.
“Though continued high level
operations for the balance of
the year seem to be reasonably
assured, the impact of interna
tional developments on industry
cannot be measured at this
time,” Mr. Lane concluded.
The Kendall Company’s $6,-
000,000 plant rehabilitation pro
gram is progressing on schedule.
Enlargement of the Oakland
Mill, Newberry, S. C., should
be completed early in 1961, and
a moderate expansion of the Wal
pole, Mass., plant is expected to
be completed before year end.
TIMMERMAN TO GET
DISCHARGE
Corporal Raymond L. Timmer
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
R. Timmerman, 2802 Clyde Ave.,
Newberry, is slated to leave*
Japan in the immediate future
and return to the United States
for discharge.
Cpl. Timmerman has beeh on
duty with the Fifth Air Force
since his arrival in Japan, June
4, 1948. The Fifth Air Force
is the occupation air force of
Japan.
Timmerman enlisted at Colum
bia, South Carolina, Sept., 17,
1947,
for
beauty
that
makes
men
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NOTICE
Under the provisions of
The Alcoholic Beverage Con
trol Act of 1945, notice is
hereby given that I intend
to apply to the South Caro
lina Tax Commission for a
license to operate a retail
liquor store at 901 Harrington
Street, in Newberry, S. C. -
D. L. Laird
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