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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1957 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 By SPECTATOR “And, moreover, Carthage must be destroyed.” So said grim old Cato, the Censor whenever and wherever he spoke. Very likely many people grew tired of that stem admonition, but it produced results. Let me refresh your memory. As the great imperial City of Rome planned to conquer the world of that day there was a ri val nearby—the City of Carthage, in Northern Africa. The men of Carthage were seamen and sons of seamen, whereas Rome was a great power on land. The two cities were rivals in a real sense of the word for they were sepa rated by the sea. In time Carth age not only recruited great ar mies, but she developed one of the greatest military leaders of all time—Hannibal. So there stood Carthage, a di rect, constant and menacing foe, a danger not only to Roman con quest, but a deadly peril to Rome itself. Cato, said that Carthage must be removed in order that Rome might dwell in safety and flour ish as an empire. So Cato kept before the Rom ans the purpose to destroy Carth age. Hence he concluded all his speeches (it is said) with that un swerving cal: “And, moreover, Carthage must be destroyed.” We need a few Catos, not to destroy any rival, but to rededi cate our America to freedom, lib erty, economy and clear thinking. We need a clarion call to our people to fight tirelessly, reso lutely, invincibly, against every aspect or phase of Socialism and babying by the Government. If even one half the men in Congress from the South were of old Cato’s spirit we could sway and swing the Congress against the present trends. Just imagine an opposition re solved to use any and every means to thwart every measure unless the Nation changed its course! You may think that a desper ate remedy; so it is! but we are in the thoes of a condition which may not be desperate, for that word means without hope, but it is profoundly opposed to our Na tional welfare. This great Nation of ours is worth saving; the institutions be queathed to us by the founding fathers are cherished and should be preserved and maintained. We must fight, using drastic measures and pursuing our aims strenuous ly. We are too mild-mannered; too easy. The time calls for boldness and vigor, not easy-going acquies cence. We seem to be fighting witVi cap-pistols, althought the other side persists in ramming down our throats every wild doc trine that faddists, theorists, So cialists and even Communists have advocated. So grave is the condition that men of our way of thinking would be justified in blocking everything in order to compel the other side to abandon their course. Instead of that we pussy-foot, play along, conduct mild, ineffective skirm ishes, w r eakly tossing pebbles at the outposts, but never coming to grips with dogged, indomitable, unswerving resolution. The restore constitutional gov ernment is worth any price. We Southern men must save the Na tion, although the others have as much at stake as we have. United States. “In the tragedy of divided loy alties, even w'hile he led the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee serv ed as the highest standard of lead ership for soldiers both of the North and South. One of the nob lest men our Nation lias prdouced, his influence remains unchanging and his picture is on the wall of my office next to Lincoln’s. “On the campus of the Univer sity to which he gave his last full measure of devotion, his contri bution to the Union, his leader ship and integrity are carried for ward in the hearts of your young students. In the promise of these men, gathered equally from all parts of the United States, I find the fulfillment of Lee’s career. 44 With warmest greetings to you all, “Sincerely, (signed) ’’Dwight D. Eisenhow er. “Dr. Francis P. Gaines “President, Washington and Lee University, “Lexington, Va.” The President is a warmheart ed man, of gracious thought. BOOKMOBILE Thursday, April 4th Union Community, Mrs. Grady Lee Halfacre Union Community, Eugene Hor ton Jolly Street Community, Mrs. E. J. Shealy Midway Community, Mrs. J. C. Wheeler Little Mountain, Rev. Hill Little Mountain School Wheeland Community, Mrs. Joe F ulmer Mount Pilgrim Community, Mrs. G. W. Cooper Mount Pilgrim Community, Mrs. Luther Hawkins Friday. April 5th Oakland School Boundary Street School Prosperity Public Square Stoney Hill School A A handsome tribute from Presi dent Eisenhower to General Rob ert E. Lee: “The White House. Washington 1961 ‘81 Anmiref,, “It is a privilege to join you in observing the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Rob ert E. Lee. The traditions of Washington and Lee University provide a splendid setting for this commemoration. “Son of Washington’s cavalry officer and friend, Lee was by marriage and spirit a member of George Washington’s family. For over thirty years, as a surveyor, engineer and soldier, he helped to secure the boundaries of the SPECIAL NOTICE South Carolina National Bank’s new savings interest period starts now! SAVINGS EARN 1'k % “Walter Regnery, vice-president and general manager of . Joanna Cotton Mills Company, Jonna, was elected president and chairman of the board of trustees of the Tex tile Research Institute, at a meet ing of the Board of Trustees last Thursday at the Institute head quarters at Princeton, N. J. The Textile Research Institute supported by more than 60 mem ber mills, was devised principally for research into fibres and into the chemistry of different finish ing operations. Officers, in addition to Regnery, elected at the recent board meet ing are: vice-presidnt and chair man of the executive committee, William E. Clark, vice-president and general manager, Textile Di vision U. S. Rubber* Co., New York; treasurer, Dr. Bruce B. Allen, technical director, Textile Division, Celanese Corporation of America, Charlotte, N. C.; sec retary and assistant treasurer, Paul C. Alford, Jr., Textile Re search Institute, Princeton. Regnery has been outstanding in the textile research field for years. He has been active in the Institute of Textile Technology, Charlottesville, Va., serving as a trustee for the past ten years and on the Technical Advisory Com mittee, of which he was chairman for six years. Working with the American Cot ton Manufacturers Institute, he has been a leader in its cotton fibre research programs. He also served on the Cotton Committee of the National Cotton Council. For two years he was a collabo rator in the Southern Regional Research Laboratory, New Or leans, La. v, Regnery succeeds Sydney M. Cone, Jr., vice-president of Cone Mills Corporation, who has served as president and chairman of board for the past two years.” Mr .Regnery is a very retiring, modest man of marked abiity. He has not only been a notable suc cess in Joanna but an outstand ing figure in the textile field. Recent Births Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hunter Jr. announce the birth of a son, John Holland III, at York Coun ty Hospital, Rock Hill, on Tues day, March 26, 1957. The baby weighed seven pounds, six oun ces Mrs. Hunter is the former Dot Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Smith, Nance street, Newberry. BOYS IN SERVICE 77TH DIV., KOREA. — Army Pvt. Freddie L. Wicker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Wicker, 1226 Player street, is a member of the 7th Infantry Division in Korea. Wicker, a gunner in Heavy Mor tar Company of the division’s 32d Regiment, entered the Army in March 1954. URMOND Rescue Units CD's Good Samaritans A "white charger,” com plete with a team of white- clad ‘‘knights,” may some day come to your rescue if you are trapped under debris after an attack or natural disaster. The “white charger” would be a Civil Defense “Calamity Jane” heavy rescue truck, or the recent ly announced light truck Some 800 rescue trucks are now in use by local U S. civil defense units. Approximately 60,000 trained volunteers—some of them per haps neighbors—are serving on civil defense rescue teams. All are organized — akin to America’s pioneer era — against the day when their community might have to take care of itself for hours, or even days in the event of enemy attack or nat ural disaster before outside help could be spared Open your savings account BEFORE APRIL 10™ to take advantage of the full interest period SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK M«mb*r Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Main office: 1119-21 Boyce Street / Phone^ 1549 Other SCN locations in this area: Belton / Anderson / Columbia / Lbesvillb / Greenville Years ago Raymond Moley was the Chief of the Brain-trust which prepared most of the program of President Roosevelt. Mr. Moley is u scholar who has background of did attainments and is devoting is great ability to the service of :ke public. As to the folly of the Presi- ’ nit’s school program I quote Mr. 1 'oley in Newsweek: “Oklahoma City — 1 Two weeks o, Steve Stahl, executive secre- ny of the Oklahoma Public Ex- mditures Council, in behalf of he taxpayers of his state, ap- eared before a Congressional mmittee in Washington to dem onstrate with unimpeachable acts that his state needed no ederal aid for school construc tion. He was treated with inexcusable discourtesy 4 . Stahl’s conclusion is that citi zens, native and foreign, who go to Washington with a tin cup get a royal welcome, hut those who go to say they do not want anything are treated to a ‘bum’s rush’. Since the collectivists behind the school bill are claiming that the measure is only for ‘needy’ states, I have taken pains on this trip through the South to find out whether the ‘poor* states can or cannot meet their own school needs. Two of these are Oklahoma and Louisiana. Sahl pointed out, amid hoots and jeers, that while the figures of the U. S. Office of Education say that Oklahoma needs 500 new classrooms, the State and Local communities have raised the mon ey for and are planning to build 1,200 new classrooms. He said also, in denial of the President’s claim that school construction has been lagging, that Oklahoma has increased its school revenues 57 pement since 1951; that while in 1951 school bond issues in the state amounted to $6.4 million, the figures rose to $27.2 million in 1956, and in the first six weeks of 1957 an additional $3 million were voted. Surely a state that POLAR PIONEER . . . Rear Adm. Geo. F. Dufek, command er of Operation Deep Freeze, is first American to reach S'* Pole. MASKED SOLON . . . Poultry queen Marilyn Bradford of Jena, La., tries to lift mask of Krewe member at Washington’s Mardi Gras ball. Senators and congressmen belong to Krewe. A hard wind uprooted this tree Monday about noon. It fell onto a power line and interrupted service for a short while. The location is just east of the Main Street rand Glenn Street intersec tion. The house in the backgroundis that of Mrs- Claude Lathan. (Sunphoto.) dollars in direct premiums in South Carolina in the past six years. SOME REFUNDS MADE The subcommittee of which I am a member learned that over charges for auto insurance on a three-year term of financing could have amounted to as much as $125, in some instances. Some refunds have been made by the companies, but the letters they sent out were so vague that you might not have understood yon were due a refund. I urge you to check up on whether you are due to receive money back. During the past two years, and especially this year, W have heard a great deal of noise from liberal elements in this country advocating the enactment of stronger so-called civil rights laws. TRIAL BY JURY CAN BE DEFIED But in all this furor, neither you nor I have heard any of the liberals calling for greater pro tection of the fundamental right of Americans to trial by jury. It may surprise some of you to know that in certain instances, under present laws, you might be denied the right of trial by jury. Never theless, that is the situation. Article III, Section 2, of the Constitution guarantees that: “The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury. . . ” Further on in the Constitution, the right of trial by jury is spell ed out in the Sixth Amendment. It states: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed. . .” In spite of these constitutional provisions, our federal laws do not provide the protection of trial by jury in all cases. RIGHT DENIED INJUNCTION - VIOLATOR The accused person, under pres ent lawfi is not entitled to trial by jury in conempt cases when he is charged with violation of a court order or injunction. However, there is a special pro vision of the present law which guarantees trial by jury to per sons charged with violation of court orders in labor dispute cases. Also, under present law, the accused does not have the right of trial by jury if the United States is a party to the case. Thus, in effect, the Attorney General of the United States could instruct a District Attorney to prosecute all cases involving school matters, or any other mat ter, and thus deny the defendants their right of trial by jury. INTRODUCES BILL TO PROTECT RIGHT Because of these denials of the right of trial by jury, I have in troduced a bill in the Senate with Senators Eastland and Byrd to protect the constitutional right of trial by jury. This bill would do two things. It would give every citizen the right now enjoyed by persons in labor disputes who violate ip- junctions. It would also give ev erybody the right of trial by jury in cases even when the United States was a party in the case. The time has not come in this country when the end justifies the means in courts of justice— and I do not believe such a time will ever come. I can not visual ize any situation under which it could be claimed that justice is best served by denial of jury trial, if the accused desires a jury to hear his case. The bill I am co-sponsoring would extend the same right to every citizen. That is what the lib erals claim they want in other matters. FINDS AUTO INSURANCE OVER-CHARGES 0 During the past week at hear ings of the Auto Marketing Prac tices subcommittee, I learned 1 that certain automobile insurance com panies operating in South Caro lina' have over-charged policy holders. I wrote to State Insur ance Commissioner R. Lee Kelly and called this matter to his at tention. If you are no^y, or have been, insuring your automobile with the Calvert Fire Insurance Com pany, the Emmco Insurance Corn- pay, or the Service Fire Insur ance Company, you should write the company and ask if you have made any over-payment on your premiums. These companies have written more than 15 1-2 million Mrs. Gregory Dies; Has Brother Here Mrs. Minnie Alice Gregory, widow of Eugene Howe Gregory, died at 2:30 p. m. Monday at the Chester County Hospital, after an extended illness. Bora in Chester County, De cember 15, 1871, she was a daugh ter of Elvira Bennett and Thomps Means Sanders. Surivovors include a brother, Thomas M. Sanders of Newberry. Funeral services were held at 4 p. m. Tuesday from the Calvary Baptist Church by the Rev. Guy Lawson, her former pastor, as* sisted by the Rev. Howard T. Johnson. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery. PRINTING: The Sun is well equip ped to handle all your printing orders. 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In Liouiana I secur ed a copy of a school survey by a responsible taxpayers’ agency, the Public Affairs Research Council. This study gathered firsthand da ta regarding the bonding author ity for the state’s 67 parishes and cities. It showed that 62 had suf ficient authority to raise all the school construction funds neces sary, with $569.1 million left ov er .. . 99 Save Where Your Savings Are Insured • • • • - ■ .>• ■» *4. ■ Insured Savings! Open Your Account In Person or By Mail Today Liberal Dividend Paid Twice Yearly Earn for All April on. Savings placed by the 10th! Building & Loan Association 1117 Boyce Street The State Building Newberry, S. 0. Pinckney N. Abrams, Sec.-Treas. DIRECTORS — I I Louis C. Floyd R. Aubrey Harley Thomas H. Pope Pinckney N. Abrams J. Dave Caldwell Ralph B. Baker