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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1968
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
What impression is made by Americans who travel around
the World ? Do we seem to be people of culture and refine
ment? Certainly we have men and women of instinctive re
finement, as well as some who have acquired a measure
of social sophistication in the halls of learning. The genu
ine spirit of refinement is usually acquired in the home;
even though the subjects of a college curriculum may never
have been studied.
I have met some American tourist wbp were an honor
to our Nation; and I‘ve met some who had money, but noth
ing else save an arrogant attitude that brought us into
disrepute.
We have a Nation of happy people and many thousands
of happy-go-lucky people.
We are not a nation of top-hats and stiff-bosom shirts;
nor yet are we a lot of morning coats, striped trousers,
canes and gloves.
Our Latin friends are more observant of etiquette than
we, but are we known for hot-dogs, bottle-soft drinks,
hamburgers and the like? That is the principal impression
made by our people in the mass.
I believe Americans are the most open-handed, warm
hearted people in the world, free, happy, gay, fun-loving
people, the favored men and women of the world.
The Lebanon venture has now precipitated the quest
ion of greatest urgency: that is that the President act
ed, using the full armed force of the Nation although Con
gress was in session. Quite apart from our opinion on the
merit of the case, the question arises whether the Presi
dent may act of his own initative in such matters.
The President is Coimmander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces, but the Constitution says of Congress: ... It
shall have power: To declare war ... make rules for the
government and regulation of the land and naval forces;
to make all laws necessary to carry into execution etc ;;
What President Eisenhower has done in Lebanon may
be desirable, butmay he ignore Congress because a course
of action may seem desirable?
As will be seen, the power to declare war resides in the
Congress exclusively but the clear implication of that
language is that all steps which may necessitate the em
ployment of our armed forces must the Sanction of Con
gress.
The history of our Government (all branches) during the
last few decades has been a persistent effort of all to spread
out, to assume powers not properly belonging to them.
The result of that has been recently seen in the attitude
of the Executive; the Legislative and the Judicial Dep
artments.
In an earlier period men would fight or go to the jail
to make their protest effective when the Government assum
ed powers not validly in harmony with the Constitution.
Today we shrug our shoulders and vent our indignation
at the baseball umpire or politicians in general, mere wordy
expostulations to a friend, but with no high resolve to
challenge any act or course in the ocurts, or press or in
public meeting.
We have become easy-going, too urbane, too lackadaisical
Perhaps we are mollycoddles so often denounced by Theo
dore Roosevelt.
America is rapidly turning to the left; w r e are doing so
under the impression that it is democratic. But, frankly,
this is not a democratic nation; we are a representative
government. A democratic government would be a gov
ernment in which every person could vote on every question
Only in a small group is that effective, such as a Baptist
church the business is attended to by a few; most members
take little part. In a very large church it is probably less
democratic.
We approach democracy in a measure, however, in this
way: the elected officials usually advocate or oppose
programs according to pressure groups. That, of course,
is not always conclusive. For example, if a thousand farmers
go to Columbia and vociferously advocate ameasure they
will have great influence. But there are fifty thousand
farmers back home who have not spoken.
In truth we must expect our representatives to think
and act for us.
Too often we, the citizens, either advocate programs
for our immediate interest or we accept them and acquiesce
in that, as in the Socialist program developing so rapidly
among us.
Here is something:
“We have been told, since out of mind, that there is
something almost magical • about public ownership of
electric power systems — that this is the sure and easy, way
to guarantee the best in service at the most modest cost
Pretty as this theory may be, it is full of the stuff of
which disillusion is made. New York City currently pro
vides an example.
Thecityowns the power plants which run the subway lines,
mainstays of New Yor’s public transportation systems.
Ithas been common knowledge that the plants were be
ing operated at a loss, although, until, recently, no one seem
ed to know how much. f ^ *
A special committee was set up to. study tii'e
It now recommends that the city. sell^these a
private utility company which has offered $123-million
for them.
This isn't all. To quote the New York mirror: Tf the
city had been buying power, instead of making its own
it could have saved $38,500,000 over the past 11 years.
By selling the plants, property not only will be restored
to the tax rolls, but the city will save $8,400,000 annually
for the next 30 years'. The Mirror adds: 'Let's hear no
more phony arguments about the wonders of public owner
ship. Sell those plants."
This New York situation isn't unusual, much less uni
que. When all the facts and figures are taken honestly
into consideration— including the tax factor— it is commonly
found that socialized power is expensive power. That goes
for socialization at all levels,from the Federal government
down to communities
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I know a man who insists that Sears Roebuck could
operate the whole postal system, earning a profit, even
if it paid better salarj^s.
that this feeling has subsided, as illustrated by Southern
Republican viclories in 1952 and 1956. Always' remember
that the people of the South voted for an appealing old gen
tleman named Eisenhower. Even the Southern Republicans
tried to mention only Eisenhower and not the word Repub
lican during the campaigns. That was smart. The South is
suspicious of change, and many Southerners believe that
progress is more than a matter of gross national product.
Southerners are proud, indepedent and cautious. They are
afraid of modern architecture, space ships and modern Re
publicans. They are slow to adjust to the new Consti
tution of the United States. They prefer not to surrender
their old culture and traditions. They are Southern Demo
crats. They don’t like Republicans. How can they make Re
publicans out of them?"
Eisenhower Democrats, perhaps, but not Repubicans.
Since Ike has forsaken us we are in a hard row of stumps,
eh?
Prosperity News
MRS. B. T. YOUNQ, CfT—ywSut
Isaac S. Davis
Rites Tuesday
Isaac Stanmore Davis, 78, died
late Monday afternoon at the
Newberry County Memorial Hos
pital after several years of de
clining health and illness of two
months.
Mr. Davis was a son of the
late Robert W. and Mary Etta
Langford Davis.- He was a re
tired building contractor and was
a member of Mayer Memorial
Lutheran Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Bessie Miller Davis; 4 sons,Aub
rey, Pearce, J. R. (Bill) and
Jack B. Davis, all of Newberry;
3 daughters, Mrs. W. J. Darby.
Mrs. John D. Lindsay, both of
Newberry and Mrs. R. P. Ridout
of San Pedro, Calif., and 11
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Whitaker
Funeral Home by the Rev. Paul
E. Monroe Jr. Burial was in Rose-
Building Permits
July 28: John E. Evans, general
repairs to dwelling, 514 Lyles St.,
$350.
July 30: Richard Rikard, repairs
to porch, 702 Coates St, $100; G.
A. Slice, repairs to porch, 1322
Silas St, $150.
Aug. 2: Gilbert Estate, repairs-,
to dwelling, 2404 Main St, $2,- ^
400.
Aug. §: Rosa Lee Lass in e, re-. .
pairs to dwelling, 600 Caldwell *
St, $400.
mont Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Wy
man Williams, Herman Langford,
Colie Dowd, Henry Chappell, Em
ory Bowman and Jack Senn.
^Assisting with the flowers Were.
Mrs. Mazie Abrams, Mrs. Colie
Dowd, Mrs. Mae Stuck, Miss Eve
lyn Burns and Mrs. Lula Buz-
hardt.
Where are the people who believe in States’ rights ?
Are they inthe South? A congressman from New York
has spoken on the subject. Hear him, speaking in Congress
in June, his immediate subject “Recent Supreme Court
Decisions:
Mr. Speaker, I recently sent a questionaire to my con
stituents and in said questionaire I included a question
regarding recent Supreme Court decisions which, in my
opinion, have usurped much of the authority ofCongress.
From the answers received by me, it appears that my
constituency agrees overwhelmingly that Congress must
reassert its obligations through appropriate legislation.
Legislation has been introduced and I feel as a duly elected
representative that an opportunity should be given to
vote on this important issue.
I include an editorial from Daily News of June 16,
1958. The editorial follows:
It begins to look as if Congress—the current 85th
Congress, that is, which expires at the year's end — has
decided to put up no further fight against the Earl Warren
Supreme Court's numerous kindnesses to Communists, at
tacks on the powers of congressional investigating com
mittees, and invasions of States rights and the crime com
bating powers of police.
The Butler-Jenner bill, frequently discussed in thjis space
was approved weeks ago by the Senate Judicary Committee
meaning it is eligible for debate and vote in the full Senate
at any time.
Yet the Senate's Democratic policy committee in its wis
dom has kept the bill from being called up for action, on the
plea that more important legislation is before Congress and
a long Butler-Jenner debate would only gum things up.
Unless the bill is called up by mid-June, which is right now#
the chance that it will be discussed at this session of Con
gress is slim.
If you ask us, the Democratic policy has been guilty of
an unpatriotic sidestepping of its duty, because the future
of the Nation is endangered by the things the Warren court
has been doing to United States rights and practices ever
since Earl Warren became Chief Justice by appointment of
President Eisenhower in 1953.
What these nine men (most of them poorly qualified to
sit on the Nation’s highest bench) have done for the criminal
Communist conspiracy is well known.
They have knocked over States' anti-sedition laws, gutted
the Smith Antisubversive Act of 1940, made what the late
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy called fifth-amendment Com
munists eligible to practice law in any State, and sprung
dozens of Reds from jail or the threat of jail.
The net result of the long string of pro-Commumst deci
sions is Red conspiracy to overthrow that same Government
and make slaves of all Americans except Reds. We doubt
that any of the learned Justices are personally in favor of
rape. But in the notorious Mallory decision, a confessed
and convicted Washington, D. C., rapist was turned loose
by the Warren court because the police had held him for
7 hours’ conversation with them prior to his arraignment
before a magistrate.
And why should the people vote for any candidate for
House or Senate who is known to be a coward in this re
spect?"
Says National Review:
"Without question, the South was the most fertile ground
for the Republican Party to cultivate. It is the last section
in the United States still essentially devoted to the conser
vative principles upon which this country was founded.
Thus far, no effort has been made to make serious, well con
structed inroads into the South. The people in Washington
are overlooking the greatest single opportunity available to
them. They can go on spending money in Michigan and
courting politicians in the East, but their only chance for
survival based on principles is in the South. I foresee no
serious response in the near future to the things I am say
ing, but they are overlooking an opportunity which may no
longer be available in a few years. In this age of conform
ity, when even the names of our two great political parties
mean nothing, it is very difficult to appeal to people on any
level other than what’s in it for them in terms of dollars and
cents. When a person asks what the Republicans believe in,
the immediate response is necessarily, ’Which Rpublicans?’
The people of the South believe that, even though the
Democratic Party on the national level declares it is strong
ly in favor of integration, they will be protected in their own
states by so-called States Rights Democrats who are vio
lently opposed to integration. These same people mistrust
Republicans, arid why shouldn’t they? Although it may
seem ridiculous and absurd to others, many Southerners
still harbor strong hate for the Republicans because of the
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Civil War ami the reconstruction period. You may think
Mrs. Behre' Gardner of Roswell,
Ga. spent the weekend with Mrs.
M. P. Connelly.
Mrs. J. B. Goldman of North
Augusta is spending the week
with her sister, Mrs. J. A. Sease.
Mrs. Eugene Long of Leesville,
spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Mary O'Quinn.
Hayne and Ned Vaughn accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. A. P.
Morris of Newberry spent Sunday
in Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sease and
their three children of Hunting-
ton, W. Va., are visiting his moth
er, Mrs. J. A. Sease.
Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Abrams of
Bennettsville spent the weekend
with Mrs. Abrams’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Wessinger. Also
with the Wessinger’s Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pinson
of Cross Hill.
Miss Doris Moore spent several
days last week with Rev. and
Mrs. Eugene Eaddy at Folly
Beach.
Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Cole Wessinger were Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Richardson, Sr. of
Cayce.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Helton and
their two children, Clark and
Kathy, of Keenansville, N. C. are
guests this week of Mrs. Helton’s
parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Ben
Clark.
Miss Grace Sease' is visiting
her brother, Ralph Sease and Mrs.
Sease in Hackensack, N. J.
Mrs. Pat Wise is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Austin Scott and
Mr. Scott in Athens, Ga,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Beam of
Newberry spent Sunday with
Mrs. Beam’s mother, Mrs. O. W.
Amick.
Mrs. Malcolm Cook of Birming
ham, Ala., was the weekend guest
of Mrs. Henry Kinard.
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers (Bo) Tay
lor and their son of Summerton,
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Tay
lor for several days the first of
the week.
Recent guests of Mrs. J. Frank
Browne and Mrs. L. W. Hannon
were Mrs English Lyles and two
daughters, Patsy and Miriam, of
Winnsboro; Mrs. W. J. Gettsing-
er, three children and a grand
daughter of Ridgeland.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Taylor have
received a message of the birth ctf
a grandson, Arthur Everette Ed
munds, in Asheville, N. C. on
August 2. Mrs. Edmunds is the
former Roxdell Taylor.
Mrs. Eric Barnes of Clinton
visited friends in Prosperity last
Friday.
Mary Sue Langford of Camden
spent last week with her aunts,
Misses Susie and Mary Langford.
The Misses Langfords took Mary
Sue home and spent the weekend
in Camden.
Mrs. T. A. Dominick and Mrs.
Bernice Bjonerud of Wilmington,
N. C. were overnight guests last
Friday of Mrs. J. I. Counts and
Miss Annie Hunter.
Frank McMillan, who attended
summer school at the University
of Georgia, is visiting in the
home of his grandmother, Mrs.
Lillian W. Harmon.
McKittrick Dies
In Columbia -
John Madison. McKittrick, 79,
died suddenly Wednesday night
at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. W. A. Black, in Columbia.
McKittrick was born and rear
ed in Newberry County, a son of
the late J. W. and Mary Work
man McKittrick. He had made
his home in Newberry most of his
life but moved to Columbia sev
eral years ago. He was a member
of Bush River Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lizzie Miller McKittrick of Co
lumbia; two sons, A. J. McKit
trick of Joanna and Frank Mc
Kittrick of Chappells; three
daughters, Mrs. W. A. Black of
Columbia, Mrs. R. C. Holand of
Bowling Green, Ky., and Mrs. 0.
B. Chandler of Columbia; two
brothers, J. A. McKittrick of
Mountville and T. G. McKittrick
of Ninety Six; and 12 grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon at Bush River Bap
tist Church by Rev. S. T. Lipsey
and Rev.J. R. McKittrick. Burial
was in Bush River Cemetery.
Mrs. Ida Guin
Dies Wednesday
Mrs. Ida Sarah Gruber Guin,
84, widow of the late Lee Guin,
died Wednesday night at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Ern
est J. Bedenbaugh, Rt. 2, Pros
perity. She had been ill for the
past months.
. Mrs. Guin was born and rear
ed in Newberry County, a daugh
ter of the late Henry and Sarah
Rikard Gruber. She had spent
most of her life in Saluda Coun
ty where she was a member of
St. Mark's Lutheran Church.
Surviving are one son, Roy M.
Guin of Saluda; one daughter,
Mrs. Marie G. Bedenbaugh of
Prosperity; one half-sister, Mrs.
Quincy Martin of Charleston;
one half-brother, George Gruber
of Columbia; eight grandchil
dren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
from St. Mark's Lutheran Church
in Saluda County by Rev. H. S.
Petrea and Dr. Thomas F. Suber.
Burial "was in the church ceme
tery..
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