The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 19, 1951, Image 4
THE NEWBERRY SUN
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NEWBERRY, S. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
By ARMFIELD BROTHERS
Entered as second-class matter December 6 1937,
at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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Spectator Doubts That Anyone In
Washington Really Knows US Debt
Governor Byrnes will oppose
the re-nomination of Mr. Truman.
Mr. Byrnes is a capable fighter
and is highly esteemed by many
of the leaders of the Party. Just
what the Governor will do if Mr.
Truman receives the nomination
isn’t clear. Many of us are op
posed to Mr. Truman now and
we shall continue to oppose Mr.
Truman even if he should be
nominated again. The action of
the Party in its National Conven
tion will not bind us to Mr. Tru
man or to anyone else of his
squandering habits.
In fairness to Mr. Truman he
is not the only one at fault
about our trend toward Socialism;
the Congress of the Nation has
quibbled a bit now and then but
it has provided the money for all
the foolishness which rests so
heavily on the country. The full
responsibility of the Congress
should be recognized and the
Congressmen who vote the money
should be repudiated as certain
ly as Mr. Truman.
Our nation has been lax in all
its departments, the Federal Sup
reme Court not less than the
others.
about Governor Eugene Talmadge
that I expected a man of swash
buckler type, strutting about with
loud voice. He was the quietest
man in the group. And he said
something like this: “Try to get
Tom Linder with ycu; he is a
very able man, though he isn’t
working with me now.” And Tom
Linder is still working. Hear
him: “All Gaul in Europe, accord
ing to Julius Caesar, was divided
into three parts. All Gall in the
United States is not divided, but
has all accumulated in Washing
ton.
For the first 156 years, that
is from 1789 to June 30, 1945, the
total collection of Federal taxes
amounted to $257,446,893,487.00.
According to the same source,
from July 1, 1945 to June 30, 1951,
a period of six years, total taxes
collected amounted to about $260,-
000,000,000.00. In six years, Tru
man collected $2,000,000,000.00
more than all his predecessors,
including Franklin D. Roosevelt.
This is enough taxes in six
years to have provided a home
for every five people in the
United States—black, white, yel
low and red, rich and poor,
I am glad we have a man like
Tom Linder of Georgia; his is a
lighter and surely we need a few
men who will not bow the knee
to Baal, but who will put on the
whole a^jnor and go forth like
the knightly warriors of the brave
days of chivalry.
I sat in a conference once,
in Atlanta, with sir or eight men,
among them the late Eugene Tal
madge. I had heard so much
costing $8,668.00. In 145, this
would have provided a nice home.
It would have provided a good
farm. It would set up a good
small business or small factory.
But remember that this repre
sents only taxes already paid. It
does not take into consideration
outstanding National debts of
around $270,000,000,000.00 and it
takes no account of the unknown
billioris of dollars for which the
Government is liable in housing
projects and other programs
where the Government did not
actually put up the money but
where it is either legally or
normally bound to pay whatever
money be lost on such projects.
I will bet a mouse colored mule
that no man in Washington today
could tell anything about how
many hundreds of millions the
nation is responsible for, includ
ing the acknowledged public
debt. . .
ALL GALL
In the face of all this record
for a Government Agency to come
forward and blandly proclaim that
the income of the people was
raised by Government spending
is almost beyond belief.
In 1948, there were cast in the
Presidential election about 48,000,-
000 votes. One-half of 48,000,000 is
24,000,000 and there are 24,000,-
000 people getting Government
checks. No wonder Truman is
sassy when he has all the tax
payers in the United States to
finance his election, and when he
has a Senate and Congress that
doesn’t hesitate to take the mon
ey away from the taxpayers and
give it to Truman.
How do those Republicians who
vote for all this waste and ex
travagance expect to remedy this
condition. Are they opposed to it
or do they simply say they are
opposed to it while voting for it?
How can so-called conservative
Democrats swallow this? Perhaps
the Korean War is necessary to
whitewash and hide the destruc
tion of this Nation from the in
side. Do you have an answer,
if so, what is it?
Well, what do you say to that?
Better, perhaps, if we resolve to
do something about it. When that
grim and unwearied old Crusader,
the Apostle Paul, was stricken
on the road to Damascus he saw
the truth and he saw the error of
hi^ course. Then he asked “Lord,
what wilt thou have me to do?”
With all the vigor of his great
spirit he wanted to do something;
he wasn’t willing to spend his
days in mere contemplation, spec
ulating on the mysteries of the
All-wise Providence; his mighty
ers were always in service.
So, we may ask as the Great
Apostle asked, and we might use
the words of the jailer to Paul:
“What must I do to be saved?"
Too many of us are mildly making
the best of a bad condition, for
getting that we are not building
a better Nation for those who
must follow us. What must I
do? Well, let’s do something!
“Land where our fathers died.”
It is that land we are sadly mis
using? Perhaps we should sing
with fervor:
“Our fathers’ God, to thee,
Author of liberty.
To thee we sing; -
Long may our land be bright
With freedom’s holy light;
Protect us by thy might,
Great God, our King.”
Let your mind play on this:
“The Commerce Department took
a look at the U. S. foreign aid
program, and reported that since
the end of World War II this
country has helped other na
tions to the tune of $32,700 mil
lion. (32 billion 700 million).
When capital investments of
$3,400 million in the World Bank
and the International Monetary
Fund are included, the U. S.
Government’s post-war assistance
up to the end of fiscal 1951 last
June 30 amounted to a grand
total of $36,100 million.” (more
than 36 billions).
Fellow countrymen, do you
grasp this? Think over it and
then do something.
Let’s get away from politics
and National wastefulness for
something else. Fortunately the
misspending of all the money,
evdn the march toward Socialism,
can be corrected by our people,
if they ever set their minds to
the task; but here is a pleasant
change: 4 The Baptist Courier is
the official weekly of the Baptists
of South Carolina. If you are
not a Baptist it may be interest
ing to know that every Baptist
church is completely independent;
and the Baptist church is govern
ed by the members; it is congre
gational government. But the
Baptist churches in a certain area
form what is called an Associa
tion; then they cooperate in a
State Convention and in the
Southern Baptist Convention,
which, by the way, is a broadly
expanded body, for it met in
Chicago one year and in San
Francisco another. I haven’t
heard whether my Baptist breth
ren carried Confederate flags to
Chicago and San FraWisco. Pro
bably not, for the battle and cru
sading symbol of all the churches
is the Cross of Calvary; and the
church militant marches forward
singing “Onward Christian Sol
diers!”
Charleston should be a shrine
of Baptists, for these interesting
reasons:
“The district association was
the first general denominational
organization. The oldest in the
South, the Charleston Association,
celebrates its bi-centennial this
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Johnston Legion
Program Planned
To Honor Vets
The American Legion of John
ston will sponsor a program on
the afternoon and night of
October 23. The program has
liieen arranged and several thou
sand people of this community
and surrounding communities are
expected for the occasion. Con
gressman Bryan Dorn will speak
on the world situation of today
and the importance of civil and
home defense.
Everybody is invited for the
occassion and the people of Edge-,
field county especially invite all
World War I and II veterans, all
Korean war returnees, and VFW
commanders and their organiza
tions.
fall. By 1790 thirty-four associa
tions had been organized in
America. When it was demon
strated that the Association could
function in its field without de
stroying the independence of the
local church, it became popular
among Baptists. By 1828 two
hundred and nineteen had been
organized; by 1836 three hun
dred and eighty-eight.
The Charleston Association
serves as an illustrious example
of effectiveness in denominational
expansion. The mission work it
began among the Indians in the
Carolinas and Georgia laid the
foundation of the present Baptist
membership among the Indians in
Oklahoma. When the United
States Government moved these
tribes to then Indian Territory,
Baptist missionaries moved with
them. In the realm of education
also the Charleston Association
set a glorious example that is still
far-reaching. Out of its Educa
tional Fund chartered in 1791
came Furman University. The
Fund became the theological en
dowment of Furman and was the
nucleus of the, Southern Bap f ist
Theological Seminary. It was
given to the seminary at its be
ginning in 1859. Also, Jesse
Mercer, educated by this fund,
founded Mercer University.
Through his influence and gifts,
the first Baptist missionary went
to Texas and began the work that
led to Baylor University, out of
which came the Southwestern Bap
tist Theological Seminary.”
Our people used to sing and the
hymns of the churches expressed
their hope and refreshed their
souls. Think of this, which I
heard a great group sing in a
hotel when the Depression was at
its worst:
“O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guide while life
shall last.
And our eternal .home."
A 100 piece band will be pre
sent from Fort Jackson for the
afternoon and will play music
from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. The band
will also present a group dress
ed as Scots and will have the
Scottish bag pipe drill on Calhoun
street in Johnston.
The Tactical Air Division at
Shaw Field Air Base will send
several Air Force pilots; among
these will be Captain F. L. Bedle
who has flown 117 missions on
the Korean war front, also his
crew chief segeant who kept
his jet fighter in the air while
they were in combat will be
here. T/Sgt. John Knight will be
with the heroes, he is also a Ko
rean war returnee. General Har
ry J. Collins has been asked to
attend and bring with him several
congressional medal of honor win
ners of the Korean war. The
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Legion > hopes to have with them
General Collins, Post and 8th
Division Commander, from Fort
Jackson.
After the program the Legion
will also sponsor one of the
largest street dances ever held
in this section of South Carolina.
Permission has been granted by
the State Highway department
to use part of* Calhoun street for
the speaking and dance.
A platform will be erected on
Calhoun street and all Korean
war returnees are asked to be
special guests at the speaking.
Many American legionaires are
expected for the event.
RETURN TO FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Talbot
have returned to their home in
Tampa, Florida after having spent
a week with Miss Louise D. Sub-
er.
Mrs. Talbot was Miss Caroline
DuRant of Sumter and Spartan
burg. She helped to organize
the Spartanburg branch of the
Business and Professional Wo
men’s Club, was its first presi
dent and was later president of
the state federation. Among the
charter members of the Spartan
burg club from Newberry were
Miss Lalla Martin, Miss Annie
Lee Langford and Louise D.
Suber.
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Tax
Notice
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The tax hooks are now open
for the collection of taxes
and a discount of
1 per cent
will he allowed on taxes
paid during the
i i
onth
of October 1951
J. Ray Dawkins
County Treasurer