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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™
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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.
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pays $750 million yearly in Fed
eral taxes is not ‘poor’. And if
some of the people living in the
stuffy atmosphere of phony fig
ures that prevails in Washington
would come out here and look
around, they would have ocular
evidence of the financial capability
of the State. 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 .. .
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