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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN 1218 College Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937 at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS That the state should put itself between the Federal courts and the local school officials is part of a resolution adopted by a group of eminent citizens who met in Columbia recently to discuss the problems arising from the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court. Certainly it is a step in the right direction when fifty two men of the highest standing meet in earnest dicussion of a grave problem. We have no finer body of men than those fifty two citizens. * This is the resolution, as published in the newspapers: “Whereas, the federal courts of the United States have undertaken to nullify the Tenth Amendment to the Con stitution, which specifically reserves to the states and to the people those powers not delegated to the national gov ernment. and Whereas, this trend toward government by judiciary has now reached the disturbing point of supreme court reliance, not upon the body of established American law, but upon the dubious conclusions of sociologists and psychologists whose number includes persons tainted with communism, and , , Whereas, the pressure and propaganda applied by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple and similar self-serving organizations have lowered the will of politicians and the public generally to resist encroach ments upon the sovereign rights of states, and Whereas, both the public school system of South Carolina and the harmonious relationship between the white and negro races of this state are in danger of complete disrup tion as a result of federal intervention into matters, pecu liarly within the province of state authority, Now, therefore, be it resolved: 1. That the South Carolina General Assembly be urged to declare, at its next convening, the intention of this State to maintain sovereignty guaranteed to it by the constitution of the United States, and that such declaration specifically affirm the determination of the State of South Carolina to maintain separate schools for those pupils wishing to attend'such schools, and 2. That the General Assembly be urged likewise to take such steps as may be necessary or desirable to interpose the sovereignty of the State of South .Carolina between Federal courts and local school officials with respect to any effort of such courts to usurp state authority in the matter of public education, and 3. That the preservation of public education and do mestic tranquility merits the grave concern of both white and negro citizens and warrants their individual and collec tive opposition to outside forces and influences which would destroy both education and tranquility. 4. That we, the undersigned individuals, in the convic tion that a clear and present danger threatens the princi ples of constitutional government, racial integrity, and state sovereignty, do publicly declare our determination to re sist that danger, without resort to physical strife but with out surrender of our position/ The resolution will be endorsed by most of our thoughtful citizens, even apart from the matter of segregation. I repeat what Tve said about it, namely, that thirteen Sov ereign States, by common consent, set up a nation and a national government and set forth its powers and its lim- tations. To make assurance doubly sure ten amendments were adopted, the Ninth and Tenth being very applicable here. I quote them textually: The Ninth says: “The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage other retained by the people/’ The Tenth says: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” As to the Ninth amendment, observe the language, re calling that the purpose of all ten amendments was to re assure the original states; to re guarantee their inviolable sovereign powers. It is a very interesting recommendation, that the state reassert its sovereign powers and, at least impliedly, rebuke the court. If a majority of the states would join in such a * protest it might have a notable effect; all states have one interest in common, namely that the rights of the states be pirotected. Whether it be racial segregation or a dozen other matters the ambitious extension of the Federal power should be curtailed and the reserved prerogatives of the states clearly lefined and respected. The shoe’s really on the other foot; it is the Federal government whose powers need clearer defining, for all the unspecified powers belong to the states as part and parcel of their sovereign status. Senator Gressette has named as legal advisers some of our ablest trial lawyers. As to the opinion of another eminent lawyer, Donald Richbourg, let me quote John Temple Graves on Richbourg, THOUGHTS FOR THE HOLIDAY for which I owe thanks to my tried and true friend of North Carolina, Ira B. Armfield; incidentally the Armfields are the salt of the earth in my estimation. Says Mr. Graves: “I asked Donald Richbourg, one of the great lawyers and philosophers of these times, what he thought of the ‘not guilty’ jury verdict plan against segregation. Tt is a Crime to conspire to deprive persons of civil rights,’ he agrees, ‘but whether such action of a school board might be state action or an individual wrong doing might be debatable in view of certain Supreme Court decisions. There is cer tainly enough in the point to make it worthy of editorial comment.’ Of the Supreme Court’s use of Gunnar Myrdal as a scientific authority, Mr. Richbourg says Myrdal’s book is ‘one of the most biased, controversial and frequently inac curate writings on the subject’. And the court didn’t even hint, he recalls, ‘of the existence of a host of scientific books and articles directly contradicting the conclusions of the so-called ‘authorities* cited. t For one, see ‘Applied Eugenics’, by Popenoe and Johnson; and for the opinion of real scientists consult Louis Agassiz and other truly authoritative naturalists, anthropologists and biologists’. The decision ‘was not a lawful exercise of the judicial power of the court,’ says Mr. Richbourg. ‘And it is the privilege, if not the duty, of any lawyer or public official or citizen who is aware of what is happening to oppose it in all lawful ways, not to submit without protest the such abuse of political power . . .” It is still my opinion that our program should be the repeal of the laws affecting public instruction, and all taxes therefor, while waging a persistent campaign, as suggested by the citizens who met in Columbia. In other words: we have a condition now confronting us. We must prepare for it now and prepare to assert our principles by every legit imate means until the principles are recognized, accepted, applied and guaranteed and all necessary measures adopted to restrict and restrain the Federal government to its field of operations as conceived by the founders of our Nation and firmly imbedded in the structure of our government. ! DRAWSTRING REVENGE By Hal Borden W HEN the sun came up Old Web Evans had already trav eled three of the 12 miles into town. Tucked in his saddle bag was the iron box concealing the two sticks of dynamite and the mechanism set to explode it at 9:15. The roan was moving at an easy gate. He wanted to keep her fresh for the first leg of the run for the Mexican border after he robbed the bank. A few early citizens were stir ring when he dismounted in front of the bank. The thought of re venge on the whole do-nothing lot of them made him even more anxious to get on with the job. They hadn't as much as lifted a finger to help him track down the Lancey brothers since the gang had robbed hfrn of his cache of nuggets and dust right at his claim. Three years of backbreaking work for nothing. He watched sharply as dive Emery the president, unlocked the door. Shortly afterward two of the tellers entered the bank. Web was right behind them. He had chosen teller Mark Mer- rit to pull the stunt on for he had refused to recommend Web for a loan after the Lane ay’s had cleaned him out. Furtively he glanced at his own watch and compared it with the bank clock. They tallied. “Tve got something here for you, Mark,** he said and put the box part way through the cage. The teller reached out to take the box. Just as quickly Web pulled it back out of reach. “Well, what is it, Web?** There was irritation in the teller's voice. “A poke of nuggets?** Web was ready to say exactly what was in the box. Even if he had spoken, his voice would have been drowned out by the sound of the bank doors crash ing open, the splintering of the door frame and the loud tinkle of shattering glass. Web looked up just as the Lancey brothers with guns in each fist, be gan ordering everyone around. The guns were apparently ready for use if there was call for it Web felt his pulse quicken at the sight of the hated foursome. His head throbbed with frustration. Here they were by the rarest of coin cidence found only in storybooks, yet he couldn’t wrest the revenge about which he’d dreamed. All he could do was watch as Herb and Harry Lancey held sacks outstretched to the cowed tellers and . watch the currency being dumped in them. The thought that it was actually his money shocked him back to reality. They were butting in on his robbery. , Reality .brought with it die iron box still fastened to him by the drawstring. Quickly he lowered his hands and unwound the string. He want ed to throw the box before it went off and that’s when Pip Lancey must have figured the move was hostile. Web saw the tightly clenched fist squeeze on the trigger and he felt the slug bite hotly as it stabbed into his ribs. Just as he sank to the floor he saw Herb Lancey sweep the iron box into the hungry sack he car ried. The bank interior seemed like so many thousand shuffling feet as the Lancey’s headed out to the street At the same time, Web felt strong arms drag him into a sit ting position against the wall. Someone sent for Doc Dube and above all the commotion came the pounding of hooves of four horses as the Lanceys began reining out of town. That’s when he knew that above all else he had to hang on just long enough to enjoy his one moment of glory. He cocked his head to lis ten for the explosion. O NE of the issues left hanging fire by the adjournment of the first session of the 84th Congress was the question of farm price supports. During the 1952 campaign the Republicans were successful in di viding the city and rural votes on this issue, by preaching in the cities that farm price ypports were a tax burden and one of the causes of the high cost of foods in the city stores, and at the same time telling the farmers that a flexible price support program held great promise for the farmers to bring him out of the depression he has been in since 1951. It may be however, that a swing of the pendulum has now started the other way, since the House, by a narrow margin, reversed the action of the previous Congress for flexible supports in favor of a straight 90% of parity price slip- port. The Senate bogged the meas ure down, whether for political purposes or otherwise, is not known. However in the closing days of the first session, Senator Johnston, of South Carolina, point ed up the issue which will be a hot-fought one in 1956 by charging that the entire “Agriculture De partment’s policy of propaganda and slippery statements is de signed to divide the city voters from the farmers. By branding everything done for the farmers a loss and a tax burden, by using the farmer as a scapegoat and a sacrifice on the altar of false econ omy, Mr. Benson hopes to capture the city votes under the guise of saving them money and taxes. He preaches loss, taxes, and pays other lip service to the city vote, while, on the other hand, he issues great promises to the farmers and dashes about the country from one trouble spot to another, fingering dust in the Dust Bowl, dead trees after freezes and fires, and boll weevils in the cotton fields ... I think the city people know well that the farmer is still the back bone of our economic structure and that when the present administra tion strikes at the welfare of the farmers it will in short time be re flected back to file Main streets of our cities.’’ • • • Another subject which will be come an issue in the next session of the 84th Congress is the question of subsidies for private industry either in the form of direct cash payments as in the case of some of the airlines, or as huge costs for public works which directly bene fit a private' industry. An example of the latter was the defeat in the senate of an appro priation for a 40-foot channel in the upper Delaware river from Philadelphia north to Trenton, New Jersey, to permit the passage of ocean-going ore boats to the Fair less plant of the United States Steel Corporation. Q—1 am the widow of a World War 1 veteran and have a sixteen-year- old daughter. I have been unable to get a copy of her birth certifi cate to apply for death pension. My only record is the family Bible which lists the date of her birth and name. Will that be acceptable to the Veterans Administration? A—Yes. A copy of the family Bible record certified by a notary public will be satisfactory. The certification should date in what year the Bible was printed, whether there are erasures, and whether he believes the entry was actually written at the time of your daugh ter’s birth. Q—Is it trae that the Hoover Commission recommended fish and wild life conservation be turned over to the states? A—Yes. The Hoover Commission disclaimed all basic Federal respon sibility for recreation, fish and wild life conservation and similar programs, saying they are the responsibility of file local govern ments and of private citizens. However the attitude of the Attornfey General's office may be more far-reaching than file Hoover Con- misslon recommendation. For instance, it has been the policy of TVA to buy a strip of land around the border of a lake to assure access by the public free of charge, for recreation use. The Attorney General has recently ruled that in the name of economy, land for dams, reservoirs or other federal projects shall be restricted to the absolute minimum necessary for operation and maintenance of the project. That the “development of recreational and other incidental facilities by local agencies or private individuals will be made possible without federal expense." • ✓ f CROSSWORD PUZZLE PUZZLE N*. 887 ACROSS 1 Division at long poem S Exploit 10 Line of 14 {ffater'iipirtt 15 Feminine nai 16 Groop of three 17 Mount where Moeee received commandments 18 Negative votes 10 Hearing organs 30 Golf mound 31 Blowgun missile 23 Tantalizes 25 Actual being 27 Golf mound 28 Tree 20 Female deer 31 Penitentiaries 35 Rising step 38 Meadows 40 Male turkey frj'strfke out Fhe alder tree ICinus Force with SSUr Extends Narrow Inlet Moist Prepare tor print 50 Young 62 The din 64 Silkworm 68 Forsaken 66 Genus of dolphinlike cetaceans 68 Of a cereals _ grain 70 Feminine name 71 Bird’s home 72 Concerning 73 Edible seeds 74 Opening in fence 75 Challenges DOWN 1 Social division 2 Sign of the Zodiac 3 Baseball teams 4 Beverage 5 Fetid 6 A species 7 Lift spirits of 8 Cunning 0 Skewers for testing meat 10 Emits visible vapor 11 Period of time (pi.) 12 Early Irishman 13 Money (slang) 22 Consumed 24 Man’s name 28. Prepare for print 20 Native metal rokes [htly merican ventor c lines the tad klgeon catrix ibllcal eed ild buffalo ! India rooklyn tcher liter vetch tender finlal [ine vein anting 'ithered old woman (pL) 50 Stage success 51 Consumed 53 Bodice 54 Growing out 56 Hinder 57 Feminine name 58 Colors 50 Strike 60 Sharpen 61 Trieste wine measure 63 Jumping 67 Educatfan % group (abbrj 60 Collection ' of facts THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER X, 1955 IKieCarmicbe! AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING" ^ E VELYN LIANE. 1825 Second Avenue, South, Minneapolis 3. Minne sota, once had a very bad case of dermatitis caused from wearing jewelry, but more particularly from tense nerves. Her whole body was like a piece of raw, runny beefsteak. Every day for weeks one of her doctors preached to her about work ing too hard and worrying too much. She realized she probably worked too hard but her work had never caused her to worry. Finally she came to realize that she was tense most of the time. She tried to relax but that was impossible and she was utterly miserable. Her doctors did help by feeding her four different kinds of sedatives every day for months. One summer her sister, who lived with her, was ill for seven weeks, and she suffered right along with that sick sister, who had three relapses. Each time Evelyn broke out in a rash all over her body. When she tynproved Evelyn’s skin cleared up. but . when her sister bad another relapse, she broke out again. This went on for some time—until she read a book which taught her in the various example it cited, that it was simply worry besetting her. She began throwing off concern about her sister, and Presto! the rash disappeared permanently. \ V CARNEGIE ents. But the constituents make no ef fort to help the representatives. When a controversial matter is com ing up for vote, the voter at home hardly ever takes the time and trouble to write a letter to his rep resentative in Concord or Washing ton giving his views on the matter. When the representative does not vote as the home folks think that he should, they yell and find fault But the representative has no crystal ball His people have not told him what they think about the issue and they have not given him the opportunity to tell them why he voted the way he did—for often he has special information on the situatloo which may quite logi cally offset local opinion. The longer we live the more re- From the Whiteside County News, Morrison, Illinois: Rome wasn’t built in h day, your home was paid for in driblets over a period of a quarter of a century, more or less and if everyone had to lay out the cash for a new car all at once then the charges would have to come down considerably or. the highways would look like animated junkyards. • In view of the installment plan for exerting ourselves to which our civilization is geared, no one should be discouraged if things do not break his way fast, because it would be contrary to the system. It is only when he finds himself passing up the smell - gains ami counting exclusively on the giant one that the citizen need start worrying about himself. In stalls. Welded steel bands, shaped in a wore snop. are screwed into the walL / file 1:45.7 Belgium’s This an' That part sf a **hare.^ set a blistering then left the the race. The practloe of using a pacer is forbidden by international rules but is usually overlooked If the REPEATS 1952 VICTORY Julius Bores, 35, of N. C., wen golf’s richest Chicago’s Tam o’ Shanter pro championship. His 281 earned him 95t.Mi cash, $55,9M for 55 exhibitions. holds the modern strikeout for a season with 348 and fame with 18 . . . to the majors, Duke News, Fort Worth, and Si. PauL He got his start at Montreal . . . Chris Chataway, British four-min ute mller who also holds the world as a television aanoonoer. His am ateur track status win net he af- ta any telecasts having to do employed by a brewing