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PAGE POUR 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY By ARMFIELD BROTHERS Entered a* second-class matter December 6, 1937, at the Poatoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, undei the 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 By SPECTATOR The recent presidential campaign was distinguished by the onesided statements of many orators. I’ve wondered whether the misleading statements were due to ignorance or to a deliberate effort to deceive and mislead the public. At any rate, the finest campaign in South Carolina within my memory was the splendid service of patriotic citizens throughout the State who sought no office, no job, no con tract, no favors; and who were not trying to protect their jobs or their positions. The victory of General Eisenhower was the finest result of free voting by free people. South Carolina, Mississippi and others which followed Strom Thurmond voted for Stevenson. Let us bind up the wounds and Svork together again. We must avoid such campaigns; it was not a dignified nor a wholesome exhibition: the whole nation became en gulfed in a sea of pettiness, of charges and counter-charges, recriminations and aspersions; we must find a simpler meth od of choosing a president. The greatest reform needed by the nation is a new proce dure for choosing Federal judges. The Truman practice did not maintain the dignity of the judiciary or public confi dence in the courts. Many judges have been appointed .whose knowledge of law was so superficial as to jeopardize the vital interests of the citizens: but the worst judge in our history was a very able man and a lawyer of very respectable attainments. It proves the difficulty of knowing what kind of judge one may becopie. Perhaps we should promote judges, according to judicial fitness as proved on the bench. I am not thinking of South Carolina at the moment. Our Legislature certainly plays politics in electing judges, but the judges have usually served acceptably: I am thinking primarily of the great court, the Supreme Court of the United States, the last resort of a citizen. That court in re cent years has not commanded the respect the Supreme Court should deserve. It is lamentable that three members of that court have declared that the Constitution does not limit the powers of the President and that, therefore, he has such inherent powers that he may do about as he pleas es. A greater travesty on the Constitution has never been spoken by any member of any court. The plainest, most irrefutable interpretation of the Constitution so rigidly, cir cumscribes the presidential prerogative as to make us mar vel at the statement of virtually unlimited power in the presidency. Not even as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed forces is the president supreme and absolute. The Constitu tion ties him down beyond misunderstanding. The Congress shall have power: “to make rules for the government and regulation on the land and naval forces.” “The Congress (not the president) shall have power; to raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years.” I have said often that the most glaring failure of Ameri can government is the failure to have the law so clear that any intelligent man could understand it. Aoday the law yers are frequently at sea and the judges themselves are in in the air. Neither lawyer nor judge can say definitively at any time that “this is tHe law” and say it conclusively. The law is a game, but the vital concerns of a people should not be a sport. When a man seeks legal advice he should be able to proceed with certainty. As to choosing judges, I know of a method which recogniz es both the executive and the legislative departments but avoids the dangers of precipitate action: certainly it limits the prerogative to appoint cronies and pals. ! The plan I am thinking of works this way: the Executive submits three names for each place. The Legislative Depart ment may call for other names in groups of three The result is that the country would have more names and less likelihood of poker pals, political henchmen and mere make-believe lawyers. As to the courts, it is of the hightest urgency that we have well-defined interpretations of the Constitution instead of the ridiculous practice of standing in awe while awaiting a court’s decision, or standing aghast after the decision. For example, consider the case I presented recently: the license granted by the Federal Power Commission to The Virginia Electric and Power Co., and the challenge of that by a Government man in two courts, and the case is now awaiting decision by the Supreme Court of the United States! What right had the Federal Government except to THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1952 Each With His Own Plans grant or refuse the license? The Government granted the license. Then why does the same Government challenge the decision ol itself? Anybody with the merest modicum of knowledge of the Constitution knows perfectly well that the Secretary of the Interior should have no standing in court in this matter, but regardless of what the Constitu tion may really mean the court may run off at a tangent and tell us something like inherent powers. How’s that for a self-governing people? There is a case near us: The Congress of the United States, in an appropriation bill, expressly directed the De partment of the Interior not to spend certain money unless it could not make satisfactory arrangements to transmit the power of Clark’s Hill over private lines. The correspon dence on file proves conclusively that every private power Co. made every imaginable offer to transmit that power. What is happening? The Department is proceeding calmly to spend the money. It says it has no offers! Is the truth worth anything? It is the truth that the bureaucrats “run” the country; it is the truth that either Communism or a malignant type of Socialism is enthroned in Washington. I feel like saying something emphatic but parliamentary language is not im pressive in this day of whistle-stop profanity. Perhaps I’d better fall back on old Cicero and use the language he used in denouncing Cataline before the Roman Senate: O tempora O mores!' Well that’s nice enough, isn’t it? But it lacks the punch, doesn’t it? You can’t imagine an.old-time movie Westerner swinging into action with two guns and exclaiming O tempora O mores, can you? This recent political campaign was not the most blazing and bitter that I can remember, but it was unique in this: no one was fighting for himself! We have had great fights in South Carolna, but in those campaigns the candidates led the fighting. In this campaign we had men—and women —from the coast to the mountains—all working with the zeal of Crusaders. I have a kindly, friendly regard for many of the leaders on the other side and I hope we shall find common ground again in working together to promote the welfare of our State. With regard to South Carolina matters, we think alike; we are one people, tied by the bond of the same interest, but how we did rage and storm on National affairs! And there, again, we are not far apart, considering the meat of the matter. “Aye, there’s the rub,” as Shakespeare would say— the meat of the matter’ For meat can be served in many dishes and it may be seasoned so as to disguise the meat, when the meat isn’t appetizing by itself. The meat of the matter can’t always be recognized. Men sometimes are as persistently wrong as the man who called his family together and told that that he was dead. They tried to re-assure him, but he was as immovable in that conviction as the famed Rock of Gibraltar. In desperation 'the family called their physician. That word “desperation” means in the Latin, I think, “without hope.” So I’m proba bly getting confused in a maze of words. We call on the physician because we think “the Doc” knows everything and can straighten out the kinks in our minds with a shot or two of penicillin. Well, let’s get back to that “dead man” who was talking to his grieving family. The physician told him that he was not dead. “But, doc, I am dead.” So the patient Apostle of Aesculapius—that’s the doctor, you know, said: “Here I’ll prove to you that you are not dead.” Whereupon the doctor drew a little blood from the patient and said “See, you are bleeding; that proves it.” “Proves what,”? said the patient—“that only proves that a dead man can bleed.” So, there you are; the man having concluded that he was dead, interpreted all signs and symptons as proof conclu sive. Alsculapius was so wonderful that his patients said he could raise the dead I recall the wisdom of one of my teachers in a univer sity. He often said to us: “Young gentlemen, in the af fairs of life, as in mathematics, the first step toward the solving of a problem is to make a clear statement of it.” Think over that. Instead of saying so many “ifts” and “buts,” we could resolve most of our problems into simple terms and the right course would spring to the eye. In stead of that we prove by the bleeding that a dead man can bleed—and so the shallow reasoning of prejudice stands between us and the truth. HEADGEAR SAVES LIFE . . F.F.C. Geotge Dowdy looks over helmet and lining that saved his life in Korea. A Chinese bullet entered front of helmet, was deflected by lining and tore ont the top of the headgear. He received jnst a slight bruise. STARFIRE ROCKETS . . . This photo taken during tests over Cali fornia desert portrays the fury of 2.75 rockets unleashed from nose of the Lockheed F-94C Starfire. Plane carrying pilot and radar man flies almost automatically in hitting target. TWINS MARRY TWINS . . . Twine William (left) and George Smith are shown with their brides Gloria (left) and Joy Margerum after their double wedding in New York before a nation-wide televi sion audience. They will go on a telephone operators. BLAST U.S. . . . Former Nazi General Herbert Gllle tried to tone down the criticism of the D.S. by some SS elite division officers in reunion at Verden, Germany. double honeymoon. The girls are PLEA FOR LIFE . . . General Hussein Sirri Ammer, who was arrested after Egyptian govern ment crisis, makes plea for his life during trial on desertion charges. Test Your Intelligence { Score yourself 10 {joints for each correct answer in the first six questions. 1. One of the following four does not match the other three. Can- you find it? —Potato —Turnip —Carrot —Tomato 2. Where was the outpost of Little America built by Admiral Richaro Byrd, the well-known explorer? —North Pole —Sahara Desert —South Pole —Rocky Mountains i. The annual Rose Bowl event is a — . —Football game —Flower show —A bowling mater —Display of vases for roses 4. The V-II was a ;— . —World War II victory —A size for buckshot —A bomb —A vitamin oil 5. One of the following flowers apparently hgs been bred by ma. as no fossil remains of it have ever been found. Which one is it? —Rose —Sunflower —Chrysanthemum —Daisy 6. The Mountains of the Moon are found in . —Switzerland • —Africa —South America —Kentucky 7. Match the following inventors with their inventions. Score your self 10 points for each correct choice. (A) Edison —Telephone (B) Marconi * —Forerunner of the machine gun (C) Gatling —Phonograph <D) Bell —Radio Total your points. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-80, uperior; 90-100, very superior. ANSWERS TO INTELLIGENCE TEST •auoqdapj, (a) auiqoeui aqj jo aauunaaao^. ,0) :o!p8H (3) Jqdejflouoqd (V)~Z, ’BWV—9 -umuiamuesiCaqo —g qmoq v—l auie3 naq^oo^—g aioj q^nog—g **0x183—1 With the talent displayed in the recent play it seems to me that an organization should be formed here to present plays and other home talent programs. Highland seems to be favored with more than its share of good musicians, singers, and other talented people. How about giving them a chance to present their talent to the public? A step in the right direction has been made with the formation of a city band. The band made ite first public appearance hi the recent Fair parade, and made a big hit with the crowd. We wish the band the best of success and. urge every one able to play an instrument to join the band. From The Btillan, Wise., News: One of die fine public services a city can extend its citizens was demonstrated recently when our citizens received from their city, a directory of public officials. . It is one of those intimate ges tures that express a sincere desire on the part of the city’s officialdom to serve the needs of Brillon. It enables the many new folks in our community to get better acquaint ed with who makes the wheels go From The Hancock County Her ald, McComb, Ohio: In every community, large or small, if it amounts to anything, there must be a group of people who have organized themselves to work for the good of the commu nity. However, just the mere existence of such a group is no guarantee of its success. To be successful the group must be representative of die town. People of the town from all walks of life must be re{ sented and participate. They must participate with wholeheai and be willing to bow to the of the majority. Each cannot go separate way. If such is the the group will amount to nothing, to the detriment of the community. It has been said that nothing in the world can stand still. E> thing must move forward, does not move forward it will go backward. This applies to nities and their activities as to individuals In a large percentage of eases the worth of the community, its progressiveness, its type, can 1 measured by the activity, the en thusiasm. and the cooperative! of this group. AUTH OP WOf Aeoept thfi Intvltablr \/fRS. PEGGY STIRLING, Montreal, tells the hospital for a serious goitre operat before her 16th birthday. Her parents had goitre condition had been the cause of her She was happy about the operation ft be very difficult, and the convalescence she would have normal eyes again. Often her high school classmates, horrible remarks about her eyes, c “fish eyes”. Grownups took time out to her. She had never told her family about remarks because, knowing they loved her, would have been as much hurt as she was. All during the operation she looked ft eagerly to having normal eyes again. The tion required a local anesthetic and she per hap _ had more pain than ordinarily would have been the case. Two days later her kindly old doctor sat by her bed, took her hand and said quietly, “Peggy, you will never have normal eyes again.” How cruel this world could be! At first she wanted to die, and for a whole week she fumed and fussed and stormed about the injustice. Then one day her doctor again sat by her bed and his first words were, “Peggy I’m ashamed of you!” She began to cry, telling him she would never be pretty, that she would never have dates—and why did this have to happen to her! She says she can hear his reply now as if it were yesterday: “How would you like to have two very pretty eyes and never be able to' see out of them? You don’t know how lucky you are to have your sight, which is more important than pretty eyes.” - After the doctor left, she remembered his words and decided to accept the inevitable, and more than that, to do something about it. From then on, she read newspapers, and good books, and started going to church and joining organizations. She knew she would need other things that a pretty girl did not require. It took about five years to realize what she had achieved: that her male friends were as handsome as those of her girl friends. But more than that, they were more intelligent and could talk better. Her eyes never again caused her distress. WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ] Former Boxer HORIZONTAL 57 Poker stake 1,5 Pictured 58 Session (ab.) former 59 Malt drinks boxing champ 60 Bellow 9 In IMS he w«* VERTICAL i3Racge year *°^JBeer tale, 14 Romanian city 2 Mountain 15 Nested boxes 16 Baseball group 17 Chinese dynasty 18 Habitat plant form 19 Make edging ’OMore sorrowful nymphs &31dy 4 Sweet potato 5 Numidian town 6 Dry 7 Come ashore 8Rim 9 For shame) 10 One time 12 Compass point 11 Astronomy -13 Lord (ab.) muse ^Vermont (ab.) 25 Epistle (ab.) 27 Butterfly 28 Natural fat 30 Entreaties 32 United :3 Hearing organ i4 Italian poet 36 Enrage 39 Bone 0 Street (ab.) t Tellurium (symbol) 'Artificial , language < Indian > Frightens ' Measure of area (pL) . Certain - * Soolccn Naughty child 12 Roundups 20 Thorough* fares 21 Iterates 24 Outlets 26 Make smooth 29 Weight measure 31 Work unit 34 Wets 35 Shrewd 37 Printing mistakes 38 Roll 44 Love god 46 Fugue fine 47 Seed covet 48 Unusual 49 Large deer (Pi.) 50 Italian rive 62 Abstract b 54 Barrier