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1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. V-W ■:-m "Jps*' ’■&-■ ;t?»5 ■ sX' ' . . ■ Wt-, _ H ■ cSPv«':.-;**'X-Ss« >«ra»®3C58 ; , .'atT-wxyJ, a^f-> ■vm}ir ; < fc; ^Sgli THE NEWBERKY SUN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1962 | "THE TUMULT AND THE SHOUTING DIE" PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY By ARMFIELD BROTHERS Entered as second-class matter December 6. 1937, at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, undei tiie Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C., *1.60 per year in advance outside S. C., *2.00 per year in advance. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS r By SPECTATOR I Tribute to Dr. W. W. Ball: Newspapers have their code of ethics and try to be fair, even generous. Of course the brethren of the press are hu man and fallible. W. W. Ball was a knightly spirit though he preferred a bludgeon to a sword. I recall an incident which shows the magnanimity of W. W. Ball. While he was editor of ‘The State" (during the diplomatic service of Mr. W. E. Gonzales, I think) there was a vigorous campaign to vote the liquor dispensaries out of the State. Many counties were already “dry”, through the steady and resourceful efforts of the various organizations and the hearty and constant leadership of the ministers. Dr. Ball was not in sympathy with the campaign; he was opposed to the “dry” program as a matter of principle, but the columns of “The State” were generously wide open to both sides, the prohibitionists using far more space than the dispensary champions. As the campaign drew to a close, after nine months of unremitting work throughout the State by the prohibi tionists, the “wets” sprung a trap. It was arranged to have a well known Summerville colored man write to “dry” head quarters for literature on the campaign. The “dry” cam paign manager, not suspecting the trick, swallowed hook, line and singer, and sent all the “literature,” together with a letter. Sunday morning before the election on Tuesday the daily papers carried a full page by the “wets” denouncing the ‘dry” campaign manager and declaring that he was de liberately urging the colored people to vote. W. W. Ball saw through the- scheme; he perceived at once that the “dry” manager had no knowledge of the identity or affiliations of the man who wrote from Summerville. In “The State” he called for the letter which had been sent from Summerville, since the reply had been used. On Tuesday, the day of the election, “The State,” on th first page, car ried the letter or card which had come to “dry” headquart ers. This brought about instantly a feeling of revulsion, both the so-called “wet” and “dry” men regarding the trick as contemptible. But it was the fine act of W. W. Ball and “The State,” which exposed the scheme. The vote was 3 to 1, as I recall, fqr closing the dispensaries. Dr. Ball was an independent, a fighter to the last, but a warmhearted, genial man, who loved his country and his state; and who regarded the editors’ sanctum as a place for consecrated men. The last time I saw Dr. Ball I tqld him that one of my new Deal brethren borrowed my copy of The News and Courier, always saying “Let me see what that D’m’d old Ball has to say.” He laughed and said “An elderly lady in Charleston said to me “Billy Ball, you should be ashamed to write the things you publish; someone might believe you.” And so passes an “unreconstructed rebel” \yho loved “yankees” as much as he loved his cronies in Columbia and Charleston—an ornament to the profession of journalism, a vigilant sentinel on the watchtower for the public good, a South Carolinian to the marrow, and a friend and brother to all in need. His independence is proved by his endorsement of Eisenhower at the very beginning. What is the F.E.P.C.? I have contended for years that this is a mere piece of political clap-trap and quackery for the sole purpose of win ning votes. The F.E.P.C. would be in complete violation of the Constitution and of men’s basic rights. It is not a mat ter for the States or any other unit of government: it is ut terly wrong. . Well, what is it? The F.E.P.C., in effect, means that a busi ness or industry in employing labor must employ all on equal terms, taking them as they come, and without any right of choice by the employer. If in any community there should be white men—white men from England, Germany; Russia or Italy; Colored men, Chinese, Japanese, Hindus, Koreans and others—an employer must employ them without any right of preference. Tell me, would you like to be compelled to employ people on that basis ? Has the employer no rights? Certainly he has: he has the same right to choose his “help” that a man has to refuse to work. Just as it is a cardinal principle of law that no man shall be compelled by a court to work, so it is the clear, in escapable carollary, that no man may be compelled to employ anyone except of his own notion All the political twaddle about Federal or State F.E.P.C. is a repudiation of our American freedom. It is a lot of Communism which has come to us from the long-haired, ne’er-de-wells of Europe, born in the garrets of starvation by the self-advertised apostles of so-called Liberalism. All this agitation for F.E.P.C. springs from the bid for the colored vote; it is typically a political treachery to American fundamental law, in the weak disguise of a broad humanitar ian idea. You might just as well compell every man to join a church: many people would advocate that, thinking it Frequently I have called attention to the Truman pur pose to nationalize the power business of the nation: that is, he hopes to build so many public power projects that eventually the private Companies will be compelled to sell out to the Government, leaving the Governmnt in sole con trol of the power business. It is not the control of power by itself that is at stake: the power business is just the first business that our Socialists wish to absorb and operate, with a swarm of bureaucrats. The Socialists, who call themselves “planners,” hope to con trol banking, insurance, railroads, mines—and nearly every thing else. But they have made-a great beginning with the Government’s building enormous dams and selling power to a special group of consumers. I condemn the sale of anything by the Government to any preferred class. I have farming interests: farming and what comes out of it is my principal interest and most of the hard earnings of my life are invested in land; but I know some thing of the long fight of mankind through the ages and I know something of other countries and other governments of Europe and the American republics today. I know that we are trying to adopt a system of planning which will ulti mately mean the full flower of Socialism, or its devasting ef fects, on the greatest nation and the greatest people ever to illustrate the bounty of Jehovah in all His merciful provision for humanity. Our Government should treat all of us alike and abandon this scheme of coddling us in order to magnify and aggran dize a gigantic bureaucracy. As to Socialism, I quote a Professor of Oxford: “On my recent trips to the United States, I have found an uncom fortable feeling that something is happening in American society which is familiar to me because it happened in Great Britain. There seem to be in American colleges these days many teachers who speak of the virtues of a centrally planned economy with the starry-eyed^ enthusiasm and the almost touching innocence regarding the realities of economic life which were so apparent in British universities between the wars. There seems to be a growing contempt for profit making, a growing irritability with the pains of readjust ment which a system of free enterprise makes inevitable as, in the course of progress it continually bursts out of its skin to make a new form. And I begin to ask myself: is it conceivable that the American people, having provided so strong a proof of the virtues of a free economy, are gradual ly becoming unaware of, or indifferent to, the secrets of their own greatness? Perhaps I am all wrong about this—I profoundly hope so. It would be tragic if Socialist ideas, like the movement of men, were destined to travel westward.” We Americans, applying all that the Socialists have con jured out of their shallow imaginations, find our Govern ment plunging headlong, as The Reader’s Digest tells us. I quote from The Reader’s Digest for November, an illumina ting article by Jack Kilpatrick of Richmond: “Taken as a river, the Roanoke is not much. It rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains, meanders sluggishly across the flat tobacco country of Virginia and North Carolina and finally empties into Albermarle Sound 380 miles from its Dale Carnegie would be a good service. But such people are wiser than the Great Jehovah and very impatient with His slow and gradual processes of redemption. # I feel honored to have a letter from John W. Davis, the eminent lawyer of New York, long regarded as one of the most brilliant advocates appearing before the United States Supreme Court, in which Mr. Davis expresses his concur rence with my contention in Spectator that the whole F.E.P.C. scheme is repugnant to our Constitution. We must not try to crystallize into statutory law all our preferences, foibles and prejudices; nor must we permit the courts to arrogate to themselves the right to read into the Constitution the hysterical fancies of the shallow, scheming, wild-eyed dreamers of the moment. . Let Prayer Solve Crisis H ERE IN HER own words is how Ella Siebold, Boston, avoids worry: ‘T am not the worrying type. I don’t worry about things that might happen, and probably never will. Only a real crisis can worry me, and I am going to tell how I solve such. “Fifteen years ago my husband and I were away from home, when he took violenUy ill. He had a kidney operation about eight months before this hap pened, and on this particular day that kidney stopped working. He had high fever, and the pain increased steadily. “I called a doctor who gave him a needle to relieve pain. On his way out the doctor said to me. ‘I am sorry, but your husband is a very sick man, and there is nothing I can do for him.’ To others in the house he said, ’There is no hope.’ “There was nothing left for me to do but to pray, and believe me I prayed as I had never prayed before. I knew I couldn’t just pray a ready made prayer for the sick; that was not enough, I knew I had to get^ in closer contact with God, because there wasn’t much time. The heavy feeling in my chest was almost unbearable, when suddenly during the night I had the feeling as if I almost talked face to face with God. “I didn’t see anything and didn’t hear anything, but the weight in me lifted, and I had a happy feeling in its place, and was convinced that all would be well. Almost simultaneously my husband’s kidney started to work again, the pain eased, and in two days we were able to get him to the hospital, where his doctor who operated on him before took care of him again. He fully recovered. “I have met other crises in a similar way and thanks to God my most fervent prayers have been answered every time.*’ CARNEGIE The truth is always worth fighting for. Any plan of government which cost the* blood and treasure of our people is worth fighting for. But men in all generations seem more ready to sacrifice their lives than their money, or the hope of gaining wealth. Our American form of government is more than a “form.” When our Constitution guarantees to every State “a Republican form of government” it is con cerned with the “form,” but much more with the essence of liberty and general freedom which is a part of every Ameri can’s birthright. FLORIDA NOAH . . . Millionaire Jack Pedersen feeds sebra honey in Durban, S. A. He is bringing back to his Florida estate 40 zebras, 18 ostriches, five cranes and two cheetahs. Zebra likes to eat cigarettes as well as honey. ENEMY IS SUNK . . Remark “We dropped everything but the kitchen sink” resulted in this “secret weapon” to be dropped on Korean enemy from plane flown by Lt. Carl Austin, Woodburn, Ore„ off carrier Princeton. source. In its lower reaches, it is navigated by an occasional flatbottomed scow and timber barge; above Palmyra, it is a river made largely for catfish and rowboats. Yet this winter the Roanoke is likely to become the most important river in the country. If the extreme theories advanced by the federal government for the Roanoke River are upheld by Congress and the courts, nobody but the fed eral government will ever again build a power plant on any important stream in the United States. Shall the Virginia Electric & Power Co., known as VEPCO, be granted a license to construct a hydroelectric dam af Roanoke Rapids, N. C. ? Yet the outcome is so vital to the administration’s dream of nationalized power that for four years the U.S. Department of the Interior has sought to paralyze the company’s plan. In one of the most bitter dog-in-the-manger actions ever prosecuted, the Department has presented the Government’s official position that it would be better that the dam never be built than for it to be built by private enterprise. “Congress has never at any time authorized federal con struction at the Roanoke Rapids site. Not a nickel in bene fits ever was claimed for the site by Army engineers for flood control, navigation, fisheries or recreation. The Secretary here is urging that all major streams everywhere, regardless of their relation to navigation or flood control, should be regarded as federal property. By the same line of reasoning, no vein of coal or acre of farm land is safe; there is no stopping point short of complete federal ownership of all natural resources. To date, Interior’s views have not been accepted. VEPCO’s license was recommended by the FPC’s chief presiding ex aminer ; it was granted unanimously by the full commission; the commission’s decision was unanimously upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. But Interior remains adament. Determined to establish the nationalization of public power by any means at its com mand, the Department has carried the case into the Su preme Court of the United States. Meanwhile, coal must be consumed to provide alternative power and private enter prise remains hamstrung by government, while the Roanoke River wastes its water idly to the sea. • • Washington By WALTER SHEAD A GOVERNMENT worker under loyalty regulations may not be dismissed because of the single fact of membership in an organi zation listed as subversive by the attorney general. Such a dismissal must be backed by a finding of reasonable ground of disloyalty. The federal court of appeals here made this ruling unanimous re cently in the case of James Kut- cher, 39, a legless, decorated war veteran lately dismissed by the Veterans Administration after he admitted previous membership in the Socialist Workers’ party, listed as subversive. Appellate Judge James M. Proc tor of the appeUate court here opined, after Kutcher’s appeal was turned down by a lower court, that Kutcher’s loyalty was the issue, not his membership in the subversive organization. He said that laws did not exist prohibiting membership in the organization. • ♦ • However, he added “We do not mean to suggest that membership in activities connected with the designated organization may not, in the circumstances of a case, justify disbelief in the loyalty of an employee.” Although the opinion said that “membership in activities con nected with an organization listed as subversive obviously might fairly support dis'belief in the employee’s loyalty, it asserted: “Yet, in each instance, it rests with the head of the department or agency to make the final and con trolling determination. In this case, involving Kutcher’s loyalty, the vi tal decision still awaits the adminis trator’s decision. “Neither Congress nor the Presi- •• -M dent has seen fit to make member ship in any organization designated by the attorney general cause for removal from government employ ment. In other words, according to the opinion, the decision to dismiss the employee was not “based upon any declared belief’ in his disloyalty, but entirely upon his admission as to membership. • • • Kutcher was dismissed in April, 1948, from a clerkship in the Vet erans Administration, after holding the Job two years. His salary was $3,000 a year. He walks on artificial legs. In February, 1950, he sued in the federal district court here for an order to have himself reinstated but was denied. The appellate bench upset a ruling by this district court to produce the new ruling. Kutcher had complained that he was dismissed “without hearing” and as a “punishment” for having dissident views upon government. The district court rejected his plea in June, 1951. Kutcher receives $282 monthly as a disability payment for loss of his legs in the last war. • • • • The army has abandoned plans to get enlisted men out of the olive drab uniforms and into smartly- styled suits of different colors. Officials have called off experi ments with a gray-green uniform with some new tailoring features. Since last December soldiers of the Third Infantry Regiment here have been wearing the gray-green uni forms. The uniform was also dem onstrated in Europe to get the reaction of the men there. Officials have felt that a. morePf handsome uniform would be a mo rale builder and a recruiting in ducement. ' ■ Itl ■Tx: From The Mount Olive, N.C., Tribune: That General Eisenhower, and hi* supporters, did not resort to challenging the decision to make the sacrifice in Korea, in the inter est of freedom and democracy, for partisan political purposes, is a grat ifying thing. That General Eisen hower admits bombing of China would not have been an easy solu tion to the Korean ‘ problem, as some dissidenta have claimed, is also reassuring. Partisan politics should never be mixed in with the sacrifice of men’s lives in a fight for democracy, and the American public is fortunate this year in that both presidential candidates agree on the ideal at stake in Korea, even though they might disagree on the methods which should be used to bring about a successful conclu sion in Korea. From The Keith- County News, Ogallala, Neb.: It is true, as “One Man’s Opin ion” stated, that “a good town is always popular with local and na tional chain store firms.” The same town has just as much appeal for any man or woman with business acumen who wants a new location -or contemplates expansion. There are exceptions, of course, but chain organizations are more selective in choosing new locations than run-of-the-mill private busi ness men. They go where they see an opening for buskiess. They go where they think opportunity is be ing neglected. The home town business man invariably has the first nity. - » * * From The Albion, Pa., News: With all due respect to the two- party system, and the need for strong party organizations, there are election issues that should be non-poUtical. A county judge, for instance, should never be elected as a Republican or a Democrat. This column, then written in Mer- • cer County, was responsible for the election, without opposition, of l Democratic judge—George Row- ey —and that in an overwhelming- y Republican county. It is our .po litical philosophy that the people, once they know the facts, will elect the right candidate, or decide an issue in the right way. * • • From The Fallon, Nev., Eagle: One of the most consistent gripes 8 of sportsmen the country over is the lack of cooperation shown by farmers and ranchers—the land- owners. The gripe is that the best hunt ing areas are closed to hunters and sections of streams to fishermen by cranky, old farmers who hate to see sportsmen have any fun. In a few cases this is true. There “are landowners who object to trespassing on their property just out of meanness. Yet the greater percentage by far are farmers who have coop erated with sportsmen in the past only to suffer damages to property, loss at livestock and even bodily in jury from careless hunters and fish ermen. Test Your Intelligence Score yourself 10 points for each correct answer in the first six questions. 1. The shot “heard 'round the world" was fired in which war? —The Hundred Years War * —The Battle of Waterloo —The American Revolution —The Thirty Years War 2. Which of the following cities was once called the “Athens’* of America? —Boston —New York —Pittsbuigh —Birmingham 3. The fluid inside the eye is called: —The Vitreous Humor —The Humurus —Plasma —Lymph 4 Can you pick the collegiate football team which was placed most among the top ten teams by the nation’s sports writers since 1936? —Michigan —Ohio State —Notre Dame —Mi: :sota 5. For which of the following characteristics is British Prime Minister Winston Churchill best known? —Mustache —Limp —Cigar —Umbrella G Which of the following animals was unknown to the American Indians before the white man arrived cm this continent? —Dog —Buffalo —Horse —Turkey 7 Match the following countries which share common borders Score yourself 10 points for each correct choice. (A) China —Argentina (B) Sweden . —Belgium (C) Holland —Finland (D) Chile —India Total your points A score of 0-20 is poor, 30-60. average, 70-80, superior; 90-100, very superior ANSWERS TO INTELLIGENCE TEST •eunuagjv (a) ‘umjjfieg O)' puBjujj (a) 'Bjpuj (v)—l asaoH—9 *«***1D—5 *auieQ aj)o^- •jomnH snoajflA —£ 'uojsog—z •uonniOAaR ueapauiy aqj.-