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TfflC NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1952 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY By ARMFIELD BROTHERS Entered aa second-class matter December 6. 1937, at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTIpN RATES: In S. C., ?1.50 per year in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS . . . Bungled Reports Of Agriculture Dept. Blamed For Loss To Farmers What about the increase in the pay of the Judges? An edi tor wrote me a card asking “What's the matter with the old battler? Is there a special right and privilege for Judges? Or does the Constitution mean what it says, or mean anything at all?” I replied to my friend that I was so completely flabbergasted and dumfounded that I was like the Irish workman who fell off a ladder. When asked if he had broken any bones he said, “Faith and the bones is all right, but I'm speechless." What says the Constitution? “The Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Circuit Court shall each receive compen sation for their services to be fix ed by law, which shall not be in creased or diminished during their continuance In office." Although a Justice or a Judge many be elected for a term of years and then be re-elected, it is a proper question as to the meaning of the expression “dur ing their continuance in office." It is possible to maintain that I the Judge is continuing in office when re-elected. If that isn't true the Constitution should he amended. But as to holding out an invitation to the Justices and Judges to resign so as to set up a fiction of a new term is hardly an act to arouse great enthusi asm. How can we defend a re-elec tion which is virtually a guaran teed affair for the sole purpose of evading the Constitution? In cold, sober truth tell me how any man can advocate a new Constitution for South Caro lina? Why any Constitution? The fault is not in our Constitution, but in ourselves. The bitter and the sweet must be taken together, so while we marvel at the mental gymnastics, like police court pettifogging, which brought about the resigna tion and guaranteed re-election of Judges in order to bring about an increase in pay, we also find praiseworthy the otherwise busi nesslike procedure of the General Assembly. Some members of the courts did not resort to this legislative device and so they will not receive the larger measure of loaves and fishes. But is money the only consideration of the day? Cotton -farmers paid a heavy price for the bungling reports of the Federal Department of Agri culture last year. When the estimates of the cotton crop were a million and a half bales beyond the harvest the farmer lost sever al cents a pound on millions of bales. At the same time the cotton of the American farmer was under a ceiling price of about forty five cents a pound, cotton from other countries sold on the world market at a high er price. So the cotton farmer may wonder who represents his interests. It may be of interest, a resolu tion of the Aiken County Pomona Grange. I quote it in full, as it appears in the Georgia Market Bulletin: (So far as it deals with cotton). “State of South Carolina County of Aiken WHEREAS, the United States Congress has recently establish ed a ceiling price for raw cotton, amounting to approximately forty- five cents per pound, and failed to establish a floor price in ex cess of the present parity price of approximately thirty-two cents per pound for cotton to be pro duced during 1952; and WHEREAS, there now exists an acute shortage of cotton and the U. S. Department of Agri culture is encouraging farmers to considerably increase cotton acreage and yield, which is nec essary for the defense of this country; and WHEREAS, The svstem em ployed for crop reporting during the year 1951 cost the farmers of the United States several millions of dollars, in that the BAE Crop reporting Board either intentionally or unintentionally gave false estimates at the begin ning of the harvest concerning yields, thereby forcing many farm ers to sell at unreasonably low prices; and WHEREAS, the prevailing hourly wage now required to be paid by farmers for labor has in creased from slxtssn cents In 1940 to fifty-five cents in 1950; and WHEREAS, the selling price of cotton for the years 1940 through 1950, inclusive, has been, with the exception of the year 1946, only slightly above the loan or support price; and WHEREAS, the farmers' share of the retail value of the cotton produced in the United States during the years 1940 through 1950 has increased from nine per cent to only twelve and two- tenths percent; and WHEREAS, the average cost of picking cotton in Aiken County has advanced from one dollar per one hundred pounds in 1942 to two dollars and seventy-five cents per hundred pounds in 1951; and WHEREAS, the average price of fertilizer during the years 1945 through 1951, inclusive, has shown a steady increase now amounting to between twenty and twenty-five percent more than such fertilizers cost in the year 1945; and « WHEREAS, the cost of ginning has increased from six dollars and fifty cents per five hundred ponds in the year 1947 to eight dollars and fifty cents per five hundred pounds bale in the year 1951; etc.'' The American cotton growers would have been “better ofF’ last year without any Govern ment control. Why must we have all these controls? Is it the little “police action” in Korea that brings about all our National confusion? Couldn’t we put most, or all of this control operation in those Washington -Deep Freezers, along with the mink coats and tips? Is there anybody wise enough to be substituted for hun dreds of thousands of men who have the ability to make oppor tunities for themselves and their fellowmen? We are playing a game according to rules which are not well conceived and ad ministered by men who don’t know the first principles of the game. We spend so much time trying to learn how to operate within the rules that we have very little time to use our natural "Vliiur Ambassador of Mnni She can't entirely take the place of loved ones left at home... but her warm friendly smile—her eagerness to help—bring renewed hope and courage to those who cannot help themselves. She is your Red Cross worker— your Ambassador of Mercy to our greatly expanded armed forces, all over the world. The vital work she performs in your name through the Red Cross must be maintained ... and this can be done only if you help! Won’t you answer the call? Give generously today! / answer (he call This Message is Sponsored by . . . Fairfield Forest Products Co. The Newberry Monument Co. The Odorless Cleaners The Newberry Creamery resourcefulness. And then when you think you are right somebody who read all this in a theoretical course "bawls you out.” O tem- pora, O Mores! I was afraid my Secretary would write that “O tempera, o Moses”, thus throwing my classical phrase on the scrap heap, or suggesting to my banker friend, Mr. B. M. Edwards, that he tell me how Moses would have worked out a solution. One of Mr. Edwards’ stories is of the preacher who proved by Lot’s wife’s fate that he shouldn’t turn back to, or return to, the old pastorate after preparing for the new pasture and the fatter sheep. That reminds me that Mr. Ed wards delivered a notable address in Charleston recently, which was News appropriately covered by The News & Courier and The State. I needn’t repeat any of it but several suggestion—that the world needs honest and hon-. orable dealings among men as the foundation of business, as well as the guiding principle of all other relationships; and that we must save ourselves from the confusion of the day by taking thought and adopting a courag eous course. Talking to the Merchants' Association Mr. Ed wards talked as a businessman, but he does not forget that all men have larger concerns than absorption in business in a nar row way. % A young newspaper reporter wrote so many words about some trivial incident that the editor bawled him out, in good, old style editorial fashion. And the crusty editor said to the lad: “the whole story of the creation of the world was written in few words, yet you write all this stuff about nothing.” Well, that goes on still, though the latest champion of many words is not a newspaper man but someone connected with the O.P.A. The O.P.A. genius of the pen, pencil or typewriter wrote an order setting the price of cabbage and that order con tains 26,911 words! So it has been pointed out that The Decla ration of Independence contains three hundred words; the Ten Commandments two hundred and ninety seven words; Lincoln’s masterly talk at Gettysburg two hundred and sixty six words; the Lord’s Prayer fifty six words. And the order about cabbage rules with 26,911 words! Certainly that is the full strength of cabbage, even boiled. Someone brought cheering news recently: all controls on canned worms were removed! If so, that is very heartening, even in spiring: to be able to get all the canned worms we want must be quite a privilege! Why does our Government for bid the Chinese or Formosa to come across to China and attack the Chinese Reds? We have just as much right to do that as Eng land would have to forbid us to defend the Panama Canal. What if the Chinese Army now on For mosa stirred up all China? Must we sit by and let China pour in just enough men to keep us oc cupied? Isn’t the whole opera tion in Korea a bungling affair which shocks our people and drags along painfully until little by little we lose all our men? Our Government seems to be playing a game in Korea, rather than waging a war, though the maimed and the dead pay the awful price. Even in this tom foolery that we call negotiations looking to an armistice we act like children. McArthur may not be the only real general we have but he seems to be the only one with any idea of waging war. And where is Congress ? Haven’t our Congressmen read the Con stitution? Who is charged with authority to “Make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces?” The Congress h^s become too tame, so subordinate, that it talks a lot, but pours out torrents in billions, unable to reduce except in drib- T. ROY SUMMER Newberry, S. C. Authorized Dealers for The GLOBE TAILORING Co. Cincinnati, Ohio Cordially invites you to attend the Advance Exhibition * of fine woolens for Suits, Topcoats and Formals in charge of John F. Henry Friday and Saturday, March 14th and 15th Age For Air Cadets Lowered To 19 Years The age requirement for Avia tion Cadet Training has been lowered from 20 to 19 years of age it was announced by Capt. C. W. Peterson, Aviation Cadet Project Officer for South Caro lina. Lowering the age requirement will qualify many more young men for Pilot and aerial ob server training, Captain Peterson said. To achieve the goal of training 1,000 pilots and 500 aerial observers a month' the Air Force urgently needs young qualified men with two or more years of college. Captain Peterson pointed out that applicants who apply early may receive flight class assign ments in April, May or August. Qualified men are urged to visit their U. S. Army and Air Force recruiting station or write or visit Captain Peterson, South Carolina Military District, 1401 Hampton Street, Columbia. We Take Pride In Presenting ... PRESTON America’s Foremost MAGICIAN and. HYPNOTIST NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Thursday and Friday March 20 & 21 <* t Show starts at 8:00 p. m. Admission: All Students ,50c Adults $1.00 < i Your Friends Actually Hypnotized on the Stage! ! ! A real demonstration of the power of suggestion Acclaimed one of the ten top Hypnotist of the World. Winner of the Famous Blackstone Cup. Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Union College. Commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Clements. 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