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) 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY By ARMFIELD BROTHERS Entered as second-class niatter 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. President And Minor Bureaucrats Fill Public .With Alarm—Spectator Has the Government sold the cotton farmer down the river? That seems to be the idea of South Carolina’s Commissioner of Agriculture, J. Roy Jones. Mr. Jones taay be right. As you have heard, this great nation is being managed, or mismanaged from Washington. A very dis tinguished leader of our State said to me a few months ago: “You might as well recognize the fact that everything heads up in Washington; that’s where the game is; and that’s where you have to go, whether you like it or not.” And he is right. Here is the cotton story, well known to me since I also am somewhat of a cotton and tobacco farmer: In the winter of 1950- 1951 the bureaucracy in Washing ton warned us that we were “short of cotton” and getting shorter every day. Of course this had nothing to do with the program of wearing—shorts, get ting shorter; I don’t blame that on the Government. Being short of cotton and wearing shorts of cotton are not necessarily re lated. We were admonished and warned and urged and persuaded, that the great war-effort required at least sixteen million bales in 1951. All the clamor of the Wash ington bureaucracy cried and pleaded for at least 16,000,000 bales. The farmers were begged most solemnly to plant cotton, more cotton and then more. Naturally this cry from Wash ington was repeated in every cot- con-growing. State by everybody. More cotton was to be a glorious war-effort, a noble contribution to victory. You might have thought the farmers would be awarded medals of honor and other decorations, with tumult and shouting and brass bands. Alas and alack! No so. In stead of the cotton farmer re ceiving a guaranteed price of ninety per cent of the price of cotton as it was in the winter, it all turns out that the bureaucrats have guaranteed a price of about ten cents less per pound, say 30 cents, instead of 40 cents, in round figures. The farmer having planted cot ton everywhere, has been helped by the days and days of un broken heat, so that it appears that the crop may be a big one. But could the farmer be blamed for that? I met a young man on a bus this week, a lad from Bamberg County. He told me that the farmers of all that region would have difficulty in getting cot ton-pickers. One reason is that the cotton-pickers are getting jobs in war work. Cotton-farm ers can’t possibly pay the wages of war plants. So cotton as a war crop is sacrificed, as Com missioner Jones says. dollars to prepare to resist Rus sia. If the Russians don’t take note of all that they must, indeed, be the most thick-headed num skulls that ever breathed. We are filling our people with alarm; we are destroying our faith in the future; we are forgetting the infinite wisdom and mercy of Je hovah and preaching a doctrine of inevitable war. If the stupid leadership of this nation had rea son to believe in the Russian menace in 1945 why didn’t we quietly go about our business, preparing as we should, but- with out screeches and screaming day and night, telling the enemy of our weakness and telling the world that we shall be ready in two or three years? And day by day come new programs of world help, all at our expense! Even Senator Tom Connally of Texas seems disgusted! And when Sena tor Connelly can't stand for some of the Truman stuff it must be a rancid thing, for Senator Con nally can wave the Truman flag without fatigue, day and night, unless a ground swell of opposi tion tells him that Texas is about to move from under his feet. Everytime Y pick up a paper I read a warning, a solemn ad monition, or other hullabaloo, from Washington. From the President * down to some little •fly-by-night minor official we are warned of perils and dangers an dlooming catastrophies, all calling for billions and billions of dollars. Most of the menace grows out of the stupid diplomacy of those very people. What could be more blunderfully ridiculous than the constant outpouring of speeches predicting war with Rus sia, while assuring the Russians of our friendship? We tell the world we are preparing for war; spending scores of billions of The DEPARTMENT 9f COMMERCE And BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION NEWBERRY COLLEGE ANNOUNCES NEW COURSES In. SECRETARIAL Subjects designed for building Shorthand Skill Broad Business Vocabulary. on THE COURSE Emphasizes Qivil Service Dictation, Medical Dictation, and other Voca tional Dictation, representing Six teen Modern Businesses. THIS COURSE Will be of special appeal to Nurses and Stenographers who are interest ed in better preparing themselves for Advancement. SPECIAL CLASSES # May be arranged for those desiring Shorthand alone. Fall Semester Begins— September 13th For Information Call — the Registrar's Office i Telephone No. 330-M Did you ever hear of John Hampden? Do you recall the Boston Tea-Party? Have you ever read of those foolish people who defied the Roman Emperors and died in the arena, torn and mauled by lions? Gan you imag ine a more hopeless condition than that which followed the crucifixion? A mere handful of men and women talking about evangelizing the world! How pit ifully weak and desperate must have seemed the Man of Galilee in the age of glamorous emperors, in / a day of pomp and cruel power! Where are those emper ors? Where are those empires? From the blood and dying gasps of the Christian martyrs grew r the religion of the Naza- rene, who himself was nailed to the cross. You might ask your self: What is success? Well, which was successful: The power of Caesar, which hanged Jesus; or the power of Jesus which transforms millions of believers? “Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit.” Do we really believe that, we people who re joice in our practicality? Does history teach us nothing? I like to think of sturdy John Hampden who refused to pay an illegal tax to King Charles. In that spirit Matthew Barkley and B. F. Anderson brought suit against the State of South Caro lina. And in that spirit our people engaged in the Revolution ary War, though many South Carolinians remained loyal to King George. They were prosper ing, so why take sides with the “crazy” people who revolted against the King? But were they “crazy?” If they had not fought, we would today belong to Eng land. This so-called practical man has been the greatest fail ure, according to history. The man of principle, the man esteem ing, spiritual values, the man building his life on useful ser vice to humanity, stands like an immovable rock in a day of shift ing ambitions and personal pro grams. The Legislature had five months in which to act; it dawdl ed along until the last minute and rushed through the bond issue and Sales Tax. Even now it could not spend the bond money in a year. Why couldn’t the Legislature respect the Con stitution? It could not trust the people. Well, if the people can’t be trusted, what kind of demo cracy have we? The Legislature was not saving segregation; it was trifling with the Constitution. Some day we may be sorry. When the Con stitution is thrown overboard by good men, bad men may do it, too. Remember that. One of the most intresting campaigns of recent years was that of Senator Taft of Ohio, running for re-election, but op posed by the greatest array of political influence this Country could master. Seventy thousand people sent one-dollar bills to the Taft campaign as an evidence of interest. We can imagine that seventy thousand dollars didn’t cover all the cost of advertising printing, postage and travel in a thickly settled State of big cities; it probably wouldn’t be sufficient even in South Carolina; but it shows that men and women felt a deep interest in the campaign. How many people are in the public service in your County? In a recent issue of The Press and Standard of Walterboro, Col leton County, Editor Smoak (son of the “Bishop”) has a big head line on his front page “One in 12 Colleton residents get funds from taxes.” And a subhead says: “Survey finds 2,246 persons receive pay from Federal, State, County or Town income.” Editor Smoak gives the names. Colleton is a small County, at least not a rich County, though its two banks have many millions of dol lars, apparently disproving what I said about not being rich. I don’t think the purpose of Editor Smoak was to challenge the usefulness of the services represented, but, rather, to show; how large a part the public ser vice plays. The Rock Hill Post is also call ing names. That vigorous young paper is talking about the Legis lative Delegation by name, dis cussing the promises made by each man in his campaign and his record in office. In a first page feature known as Scuttle butt, .The Post treats some local worthies in a playful mood, but also suggests that edch one make THE NEWBERRY SUN " 1 ..... —- a will urging his “Great, Great Grandchildren to notice” how a well known Judge decides a ques tion of York County politics! It must be the heat. I suppose it will be accepted without argu ment or proof that it has been hot. Remember what August can do when it tries, we are probably counting ori a day or two of hot weather yet. If the Editor in Colleton and the Editor in York County respond to the heat, as I’ve told you it must be due to the heat, for Colleton is almost at one end of the State while York is cheek-by-jowl with North Carolina. But, while South Caro lina Editors have dealt kindly with me, several of my readers have shown that they, too, rec ognize July and August as warm days; and they have taken their pens in hand. What is upsetting my friends? They seem to agree with me about the blundering bureau cracy;. and they don’t dissent from my words of praise for our old Carolina and Georgia, but sev eral have taken me “sharply to task” about my remark that the State of South Carolina owns the Santee-Cooper. They point out that the Santee-Cooper • has been holding back millions that could have saved the State and prevented the Sales Tax; and that Santee-Cooper could pay the interest and annual payment on a small bond issue for schools. Well, that does not change the facts: the State does own Santee- Cooper; and the State can regu late and govern Santee-Cooper. As the Legislature does not act to suit my critics it must be because the Legislature is well- pleased with conditions as they are. But the ownership by the State is a fact, just the same. 'When I am asked why the Santee-Cooper is not under the Public Service Commission, as the other power Companies are, I can only cite the law. An insurance apostle—fire in surance brother he is—tells me that fire insurance rates have gone down in South Carolina in recent years. Well, I repeat, it Miss Eleanor Boozer And James N. Beard Wed At Aveleigh Miss Eleanor Boozer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chevis I. Boozer of Route No. 1, Newberry, and James Neal Beard, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. James Neal Beard, were married Sunday, July 22, at high noon in Aveleigh Presbyterian church. The double ring ritual of the church was used in the ceremony, which was pronounced by the Rev. Neill E. Truesdale, pastor. Miss Mazie Dominick, organist, and Miss Faye Mitchum, vvocal soloist, presented a program of wedding music. Serving as acolytes were Chevis I. Boozer, Jr., brother of the bride, and Frank Beard, brother of the bridegroom, who also served as ushers. Miss Carolyn Smith was maid of honor. She wore a dress of orchid organdie and carried a colonial bouquet of pink asters tied with orchid and green rib bons. Miss Donnell Swindler and Miss Marcelle Boozer, sister of bride, were bridesmaids. They wore green organdie dreftes and their colonial bou quets of pink asters were held with pink and green ribbons. All attendants wore simulated pearl checkers, the gifts of the bride. James Neal Beard, Sr., was his son’s best man. The bride was given in mar riage. by her father. She wore a wnite organdie bridal gown. Her veH of illusion was held by a coronet of valley lilies and she carried a prayer book which was decorated, with white purple- throated orchids. She wore pearls, the gift of the bridegroom. Mrs. Boozer, mother of the bride, was gowned in navy blue with blue and white costume ac cents and a shoulder corsage of must be the heat; everybody is calling everybody else down. At any rate, my friend made such a heated statement about reduced fire insurance rates that I thought he was himself on fire. 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Why continue to drag yourself around—a burden to yourself and your family—when relief may be as close at hand as your nearest drugstore if you suffer a deficiency of Vitamins B,, Bs, Niacin and Iron. This great HADACOL is inexpensive too—costs only a small amount a day Trial" size only $1.25 Large family or economy sizr > $3.50. SMITHS CUT RRTE DRUG STORE- FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1951 pink carnations. Mrs. Beard, mother of the bridegroom, wore a dusty rose chiffon and lace dress, with navy accents, and a white corsage. Following the ceremony the bride and bridegroom paused in the portico of the church to greet the friends assembled for the wedding. The bride attended the Newber ry city schools and was a clerk at McCrory’s store before her marriage. The bridegroom is a graduate of Newberry high school, and at- tened Erskine college prior to his induction in the United States army. He is now at Fort Jackson where he is an instructor in a leadership school. Mr. and Mrs. Beard are now in Tribble Given Silver Star The posthumous award of the Silver Star for gallantry in action to M-Sgt. Julian Tribble, Negro, residence in Columbia. Among the out-of-town guests attending the marriage were: Mrs. A. F. Whitesides, Miss Wil ma Whitesides, Gastonia, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Whitesides, Jr., Birmingham Ala.; Mrs. John Forbes of Matthews, N. C.; Mrs. C. A. Beard of Newton, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Beard and Mr. and Mrs. S. M Quion of Charlotte, N. C. 307 Boundary street, was an nounced July 21 by Major Gen eral Ira P. Swift, commander of the 25th Infantry Division. Tribble received the award for outstanding service against the enemy near Haman, Korea while serving with Company M. Infantry Regiment, a part of the 25th Infantry Division. He dis tinguished himself while machine gun section was support ing a combat patrol. After contacting a strong enemy force, the patrol was ordered to disengage. 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