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THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 1957
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
| By SPECTATOR
It makes a lot of difference whose ox is gored, doesn’t
it? We men of the South may appear to be allwrong about
State’s Rights, but we are imbued with the spirit, ideas and
ideals of the men of the thirteen States which founded our
Nation. Were they all Southerners? No, indeed, the thir
teen States of the founding fathers were: Delaware, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Connecticutt, Massachusetts, Mary
land, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Virginia, North
Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island, a couple of them a few
months late, but still of the mudsills you might say.
It cannot be said that the Constitution was the work of
the South, even though Southerners contributed largely to
it. We find Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania very
active in the early days of the Republic; the Constitution it
self was prepared in the City of Philadelphia, not anywhere
in the South.
The most serious challenge to the Federal Union was not
by the South, but by Northern States which held a caucus
in Hartford, Connecticutt to discuss separation or secession.
Massachusetts called the New England States to the meet
ing; it lasted three weeks, meeting in absolute secrecy. How
ever we can guess what was discussed by reading a state
ment, |with reports, all showing that those States were ser
iously discussing secession, but seemed to lack the courage
of their words. Said one report: “Acts of Congress in viola
tion of the Constitution are absolutely void and that the
States ‘which have no common umpire must be their own
judges and execute.their own decisions’.”
That was done in Hartford, Connecticut, by a convention
of New Englanders, not Southerners. And to make it worse,
it was done during a war and was intended to force their
will on Congress.
We have today a nice Constitutional question: Can the
Federal Government force or compell a Governor to act in a
matter of internal affairs? Any man who knows anything
of our Constitutional * history must say that the public
schools are purely a State affair. Nowhere does the Con
stitution authorize the Federal Government to do more
than carry out Article which says “The Congress shall have
powerf—then stating the powers. Nor does any Amendment
abridge the powers of the States except it so state explic
itly.
Now we have a court which presumes to add to, or take
from the Constitution of its own will, with no lawful right
whatever.
When President Eisenhower declared that he would carry
out the Constitution I think he worded his telegram well;
but we contend that the Supreme Court is at fault by ar
rogating to itself authority to read into the Constitution
what the whim of the court may suggest as desirable.
The President may defend and protect the Constitution
as his oath of office requires, but that does not mean that
pine men of the court may undo the work of the Constitu
tional Convention by merely a sort of ipse dixit—he himself
says so, then it must be so.
We have seen that our Northern brethren were aroused
in the Hartford meeting when their commerce was threat-
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CHAPMAN-HAWKINS
Hardware
Lee Favorite
Indian Tackle
“He is the best tackle in the
State,” was Coach Harvey Kirk
land’s reply when asked w r hat he
thought of tackle Marion “Bull”
Lee, Many of the players, coaches
and sports writers who saw Lee in
action last season khew that the
Florence star was good, so good
in fact that he was named “Little
Three Lineman of the Year”. Lee
succeeded in out-polling the sports
writers votes over Wofford’s
George Rice and his own team
mate, Olin McCurry, for this cov
eted honor.
Although Lee played extreme
ly well throughout the ’56 cam
paign, he turned in outstanding
performances against the Citadel
Furman and P. C. teams. The six
foot, 210 pounder wa% making
tackles ail over the field in those
games. Big “Bull” blocked a P. C.
punt in the second half and as a
result netted the Indians a touch
down as well as a sparkling 13-0
victory over the Blue Hose.
Marion Lee has been playing
football for ten years. This ten
year career began back in his
hometown of Florence \frhere Lee
played four years of varsity hi&h
school football. After graduation
from Florence High Lee enrolled
at the University where he bo-
hunked his freshman year. During
his sophomore year “The Bull”
lettered while playing a defensive
end since the platoon system was
in effect at that time. After two
years at Carolina Lee entered the
Army as a paratrooper. Still
greatly attached to the game the
All-Stater played his next sea
son at Camp Russell, Alabama and
the following year at Ft. Bragg.
Upon discharge from the service
Lee began looking for a suitable
institution to finish his education.
After a careful study of the
State’s schools and talking with
several coaches Marion chose
Newberry. His hometown pal and
former Carolina teammate, Jim
Fraser, just discharged from the
Marines, accompanied Lee to
Newberry and the two have made
quite a team here. This season
they were elected co-captains for
the squad.
The firstseason at Newberry
Lee played under the shadow of
FIRST BAPTIST . . .
(Continued from page 1)
tions; and,
WHEREAS, it is our belief that
if this practice is continued it will
be the downfall of the Southern
Baptist Convention;
Now, therefore, be it resolved:
1. That due to the record vote
of Representative Brooks Hayes
in the United States House of
Representatives concerning certain
issues involving this problem and
due to the fact that he has re
cently been elected President of
the Southern Baptist Convention
that w r e request he advise the
First Baptist Church of Newberry,
South Carolina, his views of the
following matters:
a. Do you concur in the report
of the Christian Life Commission
of which you were chairman?
b. Do you believe in accepting
gifts from organizations which
follow Communistic views such as
the Fund for the Republic for the
sole use to support interracial
programs to ease racial tensions
in the North and South? 1
c. Do you advocate the views
of A.D.A. ?
d. Do you believe in the mixing
of the races in the local churches?
the great Olin McCurry. That year
“Bull” was named to the Third
team All-State. Last season the
Lee and McCurry tackle combina
tion was termed the “best pair of
tackles in the State.”
This season at Newberry it is
felt that Lee is definitely Little-
All-American material. He has
proved it with his leadership on
the field, his good clean but hard
play, and his fondness for the
game. His teammates have confi
dence in his great play and know
ledge of the game and displayed
this confidence by electing' him as
their captain..
Marion is a Secondary Educa
tion major and for the past two
summers he has worked for the
City Recreation Department of
Florence under Director Bill Jef
fers putting his learning to prac
tice. Since Lee plans to enter
the coaching profession he consid
ers this work an asset to his edu
cation in preparation for the fu
ture. On the campus Lee is en
gaged in all types of college activ
ities. He is president of the
Block “N” Club and served as
Vice-Chairman of the Mens’ Coun
cil. *
ened, but they didn’t stop there.
Did you hear of the Dred Scott decision? When the Su
preme Court of the United States decided against the appeal
of a slave named Dred Scott, seven out of nine justices being
in agreement, the North became inflamed and .denounced
the Court far more virulently than we Southerners have
done; And there is this difference: the Court unquestion
ably was declaring the accepted law of the land in the Dred
Scott case. True it is that the Court discussed an unpopular
question at length, but even the obiter dicta of the court
was in accordance with the law. Obiter dicta, friends, if
you are not lawyers, is when the Court goes beyond the
necessary decision and discusses the question somewhat at
large.
Our Northern brethren who objected to slavery were
aroused against the C 1; many continued the fight until
the Civil War ended tl mestion.
In our case today v dissent from the decision of the
Court because the Coui i . not faithfully and correctly up
holding the Constitution. The Court has run off at a tan
gent ,as they say.
Do the States always reject and obey the great Court?
Let the Government mal; i exhaustive study of the atti
tude of the North in the I . ed Scott case.
Let me remind you that cbe Dred Scott matter was not a
State matter, but a decision of the United States Supreme
Court which greatly and g rvely displeased many Northern
friends whose grandfathers hnd already virtuously sold their
slaves and could afford to be. pious.
There comes to my mind mother case: Our friends of the
great State of Georgia waited-to get rid of the Creek and
Cherokee Indians about 1826. So there were discussions,
speeches and legislative enretments on the subject. The In
dians sought help from the Federal Government and the
Government dilly-dallied with the matter, although the
courts ruled in favor of the Indians. John Quincy Adams
was President when all this was being threshed out. In
1823 the Supreme Court of the United States (Worcester v.
Georgia) ruled in favor of the Indians. Georgia, in all the
majesty of her sovereignty, ignored the august tribunal and
President Andrew Jackson (1832) refused to execute the
writ of the Court. So there!
There was another case in Georgia, I think: A half-breed
Creek Indian named Tassels was sentenced by Georgia courts
to be hanged. Tassels appealed to the Supreme Court of
the United States, then under the leadership of the great
Chief Justice John Marshall of Virginia. The Federal Su
preme Court reversed the decision of the Georgia Courts.
Georgia defied the Supreme Court and hanged the Indian.
Andrew Jackson is quoted as saying: “John Marshall has
made his decision, now let him enforce it.”
It is one of the little incidents of history, but Chief Justice
Taney of Maryland, who enraged the North by the Dred
Scott decision, was Attorney General under President An
drew Jackson and was serving in his cabinet when Jackson
refused to enforce the decree of the Court against Georgia.
Speaking of history, as you know, one thing brings some
thing else to mind. Andrew Jackson was a man of warm
heart, tender, affectionate, loyal, impetuous. He was born in
the Waxhaw community of Lancaster County, on property
now or formerly of the estate of my very able and good
friend, the late T. Yancey Williams.
2. Be it further resolved that we
are opposed to the use of any ma
terial in Vacation Bible School,
Sunday School and Baptist Train
ing Union which advocates the
mixing of the races.
3. Be it further resolved that
we disapprove of the admission of
Negroes to the white colleges and
seminaries supported by the
Southern Baptist Convention.
4. Be it further resolved that
w*e have faith in the commonsense
of our people and in the final
triumph of our right to worship
God according to the command of
our conscience. Let us pray that
it is our God’s will that this strug
gle for freedom of conscience and
liberty of association will be won.
Let us stand steadfast, yield not
one inch, not be terrified and
beaten back by the sinister forces
of evil now rampant throughout
the land, if we will do these
things, then the victory will be
ours.
5. Be it further resolved that it
is the sense of this Church that if
such practices are continued by
the Southern Baptist Convention,
it will be for the best interest of
the Baptist Churches of the real
Southern States to withdraw from
the so-called Southern -Baptist
Convention and organize an asso
ciation of Churches that share the
view herein expressed. It is hoped,
however, that this will not be nec
essary. This Church has coopera-
ed with the State Convention and
with the Southern Baptist Conven
tion in all of their activities for
the promotion of the Kingdom of
God, and we would like to be able
to continue to do that; and
6. Be it further resolved that
certified copies of this Resolution
be sent to the Moderator of the
iReedy River Baptist Association;
the President of the South Caro
lina Baptist Convention; the
President of the Southern Baptist
Convention for consideration at
the next meeting of the said or
ganization; a copy to Brooks
Hayes, United States Representa
tives from Arkansas; and that
copies be furnished the Baptist
Courier and the press generally.
BOOKMOBILE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19
Union Community, Mrs. Grady L.
Halfacre
Union Community, Eugene Hor
ton
Jolly Street Community, Mrs. E.
J. Shealy
Mid.way Community, Mrs. J. C.
Wheeler
Little Mountain Community, Rev.
G. L. Hill
Little Mountain School
Wheeland Community, Mrs. Joe
Fulmer
Mount Pilgrim Community, Mrs.
G. W. Cooper
Mount Pilgrim Community, Mrs.
Luther Hawkins
FRIDAY, SEPT. 20
Oakland School
Stoney Hill School
Prosperity, Public Square
by TriE Way . . .
(Continued from page 1)
intimated that it would not come
up eventually. However, elected
officials in public office should be
made aware that they are to carry
out the duties they have sworn
to carry out and do it in a manner
that will not cause public criticism
and condemnation.
REGISTRATION
Although the Board of Regis
tration *vas temporarily “displac
ed” this week by the Grand Jury,
it continued functioning on the
lower floor of the Court House
and continues -registering eligible
persons for voting purposes. By
Thursday, the Board should be
back in the Grand Jury room to
issue registration certificates.
Thus far, about 450 have been is
sued and the Board members
again urge you to get your certi
ficate early and avoid a last min
ute rush.
DOES ITS JOB
The Newberry County Grand
Jury is to be commended.
It is not easy for a group of
men to take action against a party
or parties whom they have known
for years. But it is even harder
for them to ignore their responsi
bility, as “watch-dog” of the
county, and its various operations.
If there are those who are in
clined to feel sorry for the Clerk
of Court, and his family, it may
be said that sympathy for anyone
in time of trouble is a Christian
attitude. While you are feeling
sorry, however, feel sorry also for
those non-support beneficiaries
who did not receive the money to
which they were entitled. The
amounts may have been small—
$5.00, $10.00 or $20.00, but to
those people, depending on sup
port payments, $5.00 could and
probably was the difference in
having three meals a day or noth
ing to eat.
The auditor, C. Walter Summer,
also is to be commended. When he
first went unto the Clerk’s office
and counted cash, there was a
shortage. He continued his audit
as the delegation instructed, not
for the purpose of persecuting
anyone, but to do the job an aud
itor is supposed to do—protect the
I county from the possible mis-use
* of funds by those in public office.
CLERK RESIGNS . . .
(Continued from page 1)
shortage. A cashier’s check in
the amount of Three hundred and
no/100 ($300.00) Dollars mad’e
payable to your Grand Jury Fore
man, Leland S. Wilson, and pre
sented to him by Charles E. Bow
ers, has been endorsed to the
Treasurer of Newberry County.
Charles E. Bowers has tendered
his resignation of the office of the
Clerk of Court of Nfewberry Coun
ty to the Governor of this State
and the same has been accepted
by the Governor.”
The Grand Jury also requested
that they be furnished a copy of
the audit of other county offices
before the next term of general
sessions court.
Bowers was elected to the Clerk
of Court’s office in a special elec
tion late in 1951, following the
death of Clerk-elect Gurdon
Counts. He took office on Janu
ary 1, 1952 and was re-elected in
the Democratic primary in 1956.
He began his second four-year
term January 1 of this year.
He stated Wednesday that his
future plans were undetermined.
ciety. South Carolina Division,
to head the 1958 Cancer Crusade
in the state.
, The appointment was made at
the executive committee’s fall
meeting Wednesday, September
4, at the division’s state head
quarters in Columbia, said Dr.
James R- Young, of Anderson,
chairman.
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BUNDRICK RITES . . .
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James I. Davenport, Shaw Air
Force Base, Hugh Boyd and Reeder
Davenport, Silverstreet; 4 step
daughters, Mrs. U. G. Young and
Mrs. V. L. Green, Clinton, Mrs.
W. A. Soulliere, Ypsilanti Mich.,
and Mrs. J. T. Franklin, Joanna;
12 grandchildren, 3 greatgrand
children and a number of nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted
at 11 a. m. Wednesday from Trin
ity Methodist Church by the Rev.
Phil Jones and the Rev. C. Edgar
Lindler.
Interment was in Rosemont
Cemetery.
m
E. R. Alexander, executive
manager of the South Carolina
Bankers Association, has been
named by the executive commit
tee of the American Cancer So-
Officens of the Speers Street Parent-Teacher Association, shown
at their first meeting last Monday night, are left to right, E. Max-
cy Stone, president; Mrs. M. Q. Roberts, vice-president; Mrs. My
ra Trefsgar, secretary and James Henry Davis, treasurer.
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