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r > PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA — un 1218 Colltg* Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class postage paid at Newberry, South Carolina. *< .u SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per Ad vance; eix months, $1.25. Sometimes I wonder what is hat and why. I once was a stu- of law—and still am—but and then I find myself in mood of the little boy who home from his first day at >1 and said to his fond and doting young mother “Mammy ain’t no use for me to go to school no more; they don’t nothing what I know.” Even in our State it was desir able for an eminent legislator to explain that, according to the Federal Courts, a restaurant may choose its patrons. Why must the Federal Courts intervene in that? Most I apply for a ennrt devision ip order to eat tiirce meals a day, /s provided that the neigh- send something? Certainly a store or a restau- is purely a private enterprise, is, such businesses used to he private enterprises. Must a South Carolina bank—a bank—lend money to all apply for loans ? Even though Ike applicant may have adequate eeUateral, or lands, tenements and hereditaments, the bank may de- cSine to make the loan. But must WB have a decision by a court to lit a bank to choose its pat- i? Must a merchant serve all who enters his store? Must a barber shave all who come? a physician respond to ev- call, or a druggist fill every preecription ? You may say that there are regulations and codes of ethics, Mid all that. I am posing the question whether there is a legal compulsion. Many municipal ordinances, State laws, State regulations, Federal laws and Federal regula tions either derogate from a man’s liberty or are not conson ant with our time-honored con ception of pur fundamental rights. I need not be admonished that every law operates somewhat against our liberties, but in the clearly established interest of the community. But some regulations and restrictions operate unduly in the interest of one group, as against an equal, or larger group. There is no law which restricts the number of physicians, or drug gists or oculists or merchants or moneylenders (Finance Com panies), or farmers, or lawyers. But our State freezes the Banks. Why? If a group of men wish to op erate a bank why forbid them? In the very face of that we have Fi nance Companies and other agencies apparently outside the jurisdiction of the Board of Bank Control, the Insurance Commis sion and all others. A prominent banker once asked me “How can So and So solicit deposits, not being a bank? I suggested that he . consult the Board of Bank Control. He replied that the Board had no jurisdic tion I then suggested the Insur ance Commissioner, but received the same reply. You will be told that a commun ity should not have more banks than the business requires. Why? Because a bank sustains a fiduc iary relationship to its deposit ors. Well, why is that applied to those who do not lend, yet solicit deposits?. I am hot opposing the Finance Companies—which do lend—or the others wfach solicit deposits but do not lend. But why freeze out those who would operate a bank, receiving deposits and lending money, well secured, and supervis ed by the Bank Examiner and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ? I am closely and sympathetic ally associated with the brethren of the Banking fraternity and am not thowing rocks at them; I am presenting the unsound, in consistent and discriminatory ’regulation of the State. As to the special and peculiar fiduciary relationship of banks what could be more serious than an incompetent druggist? We do not restrict the- number of drug gists, or drug stores. It would appear that the insup erable obstacle is the word bank. You can deposit your money freely aqd borrow freely, but the operation must not be in a bank. That’s so much for regulation. However one may argue and contend Mlis distinction or differ ence between banking on one hand and accepting deposits and mak ing loans on the other hand rises to the zenith of legal nebulosity. Before getting away from the State and looking at the Federal Government there is a point I’ve made before: Under the State Constitution it was clearly intend ed that the Governor should make ^the appointments. Read the Con stitution: “The supreme executive authority of the State shall be vested in a Chief Magistrate, who shall be styled ‘The Governor of the Stat*\of South Carolina’.” “He shall commission all officers of the StatO^ “All grants and com missions shall be issued in the name and by the authority of the j State of South Carolina, Sealed (with the Great Seal, signed by the Governor,> and countersigned by the Secretary of State”. Our State Constitution was based on the Federal Constitu tion in broad outline, and the Governor, like the President, to be the appointing power. Even the Queen of Great Britain, fi gure head though she be, main tains the fiction of Majesty, though the actual governing is by her Cabinet, responsible to the House of Common. The appointment of officiate id an Executive Act, not legislative, far removed from us in every de- In a South American country far removed from us in every de tail, generally, there is a sort of compromise — although in that chse no constitutional provision is involved. In that Country 'the Congress elects Judges, but the Executive submits to Congress in each case three names, then three more, then three more. The Con gress must choose from the names submitted. Such a procedure might enable a lawyer to aspire to a judgeship, without, heipfl member of the General : Assembly., The Governor presumably would look over the State before sub mitting names. That practice would apply naturally 1 to ail the others elected by the General As sembly. Although the present practice eliminates some specially qualified men I say in fairness that our State Courts are far sup erior to the appointments to the Federal judiciary by Mr. Eisen hower. We have gone so far from the Constitution and valid concept of law that in one breath our Nation al Government would increase pos tage while utteriy throwing away billions of tax money into welfare projects in other countries. It is enough to make Washington, Jef ferson, Lincoln and Calhoun rise from the dead in angry denuncia tion. Boil it down to the essentials: helplessly in debt; taking more than half of the earnings of cor porations; and taking from indi viduals up to ninety one percent of their income, we, this nation This nation, % almost hopelessly and burdened and hampered by debt and taxation would give—throw away—more than four billion dol lars on foreign nations. Suppose the General Assembly of South Carolina would appro priate twenty five millions to help North Carolina maintain its tra dition! What a howl, eh? How far is this tomfoolery to continue? Up to 1959 observe the figures: “U. S. dollars began to move abroad as foreign aid in 1945, and from that time through 1958, the total of all U. S. Foreign- aid reached a staggering $63.2 billion —a sum approaching the size of the Federal budget this year ($80 billion). Of the total, $40.8 bil lion went for economic aid, $22.4 billion for military aid. The break-down by areas: Western Europe, $37.7 billion; Near East and Africa, $8.2 bil lion; Asia and the Pacific, $14.9 billion, and American Republics, $2.4 billion.” The throw away for 1959 and 1960 not included! As to regulation, we read from day to day of the activities of the Federal Department of Justice. One day the Government must use the skill of a dozen vast enter prises and the next day it hales them into Court for restraint of trade, even though highly compet itive. ' We have a Government spend ing lavishly not only at home but abroad; more than eighty one billions a year, but we are fairly suspicious and mistrustful of ev ery big enterprise. ' We groan and growl, fuss, cuss, and discuss, but the real future of the nation is jeapordized by the aptfi> of ^gn^biti^ns placing to our ultimate bankruptcy. Our attitude of obsequious com pliance reminds me of the story once told by that scholarly and eloquent gentleman, Dr. Henry Nelson Sytider of Wofford Col lege. Doctor Synder was extolling the American spirit of independ ence as exemplified by a little boy. Dr. Snyder saw the lad in a position of danger on the limb of a tree and called: “Come down from that tree.” The little fellow frowned and said “I ain’t going to do it”; but he slowly and re sentfully came down. When his little feet were squarely on the ground the rebellious little des- cendeht of early patriots said: “And you ain’t my daddy neither.” And so with us, we are squawking all over the place, but we come down the tree, even growling, but compliant. Perhaps, after all, it is useless to show that we are traveling by the wrong road. It may be said What' difference does it make if we arrive? But we may arrive in very truth, somewhat battered and torn. In such case all this labor ious effort of mine and all those others who see disaster along the road ancient nations traveled, but such is language, ever if it seems one of those mystic equations in higher physics which would make Hebrew or classical Greek and Sanscrit seem as simple as ABC. But the unreflecting are in a state of exaltation, rather an exurber- ance of fluet incoherence. Even so. •ei Fire dug these ditchei W HEN FIRES bum trees and other soil cover on sloping i ground, ditches like these come naturally. pou.im* Tree roots and other vegetation tend to hold the soil to gether when rain falls or snow melts. That’s why it is important to prevent forest fires. u You help to prevent soil erosion when you Keep America Green. Champion Paper & Fibre Co. NOTICE OF SALE FOR DELINQUENT TAXES State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. To Whom These Presents May Concern: By authority of the tax laws of South Carolina and the various tax executions issued to me by the Treasurer of Newberry Coun ty, the following prdperties, listed below, have been seized and taken possession of and are hereby ad vertised to be sold for delinquent taxes plus charges therefor, on April 4th, 1960 (Monday) before the Newberry Court House Door, within the usual hours of public sales. Terms, Cash. All properties advertised will be sold as the property assessed to and levied upon in the names of presons hereinafter listed. Alter sales, a receipt will be given the purchaser but no title will be issued until after twelve months, if property is not re deemed. • 2 lots in Tax District 1, County and State aforesaid, assessed in the name of George Est. and Al berta Rasor. 2 Acres, 1 Lot in Tax District 10S, County and State aforesaid, assessed in the name of Lillie E. Wright. 5 Lots, 1 Bldg, in Tax District 4, County and State aforesaid, assessed in the name of H. B. Steele Est. 1 Lot, 1 Bldg, in Tax District 40S, County and State aforesaid, assessed in the nafie of. Hattie Eula James. 5 Acres, 1 Bldg, in Tax District 40S, County and State afore said, assessed in the name of Julius Titus. 17 Acres, 1 Bldg, in Tax District 5, County and State aforesaid, assessed In the name of Freddie Douglas. 109 Acres, 3 Bldgs, in Tax Dist rict 5, County and State afore said, assessed in the name of Johnson Douglas Est. 1 Lot in Tax District 7, County and State aforesaid. Assessed in the name of Lissie Dennis Est. 28 Acres TSx District 7, Coun ty and State ^aforeiirtd, assessed in the name of J. Pat Livingston. 203 Acres Tax District 2, Coun ty and State aforesaid, assessed in the name of J. Pat Livingston. W. B. HALFACRE, Tax Collector 47-3tc Newberry County Some old horse-ehoes! Recently Mr. Harry Drayton, while direct ing some work in my yard, dug up about six old, rusty horse shoes. Well, that suggests great possibilities. I shall consult Colo nel James H. Hammond, because of his exhaustive knowledge of the relics of-the Indians and his Spanish ancestors of the richest Castillian nobility. Colonel Ham mond tells of a richly embellished Spanish sword which almost up set the geography of Western Carolina—so, perchance he will support my claim, based on irre futable hypothesis, that these horse-shoes prove that the British camped here on their way to Camden, during Cornwallis’ march to Yorktown. General Marion’s horses prob ably had no shoes, unless the wily leader could utilize potato peel. Of course that seems a wee bit dub ious, but the full potential of the renowned potato has not been dis covered by our Clemson brethren; but in this day of plastics who can tell? At any rate, no stable has been reported on this site sini'j George Washington slept in tul those houses throughout the new State of South Carolina. Science Show At Gallman ■i Science will come alive in dem onstrations' and language every one can understand when the world famous Genera! Motors Previews of Progress is present ed before the Gallman High stu dent body on March 30 at 10:3G a.m. Staged to dramatize science’s key role in industrial progress un der America’s free economy, Pre views of Progress is admission free. More than three million students and adults view it each year. Many more see it on tele vision. “We seek through Previews to inspire more young people to make science their career and provide the trained talent Ameri ca must have to keep pace with the promise of the future,” John F. Gordon, president of General Motors, declares. Total wordwide audience of the GM show has passed 23 mil lion. Brother-In-Law Of Newberrian Rites Held In New Jersey Relatives of Mrs. Eva Williams Hornberger received word Satur day afternoon of the sudden death of her husband, Joseph Hornberger, at their home, 437 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. Mr. Hornberger had been in declining health for some time, being a victim of emphysema. Mrs. Hornberger, a former resi dent of Newberry and Whitmire, ia a sister of Mrs. Hugh Pitts, Mrs. Guy Whitener Sr., and Ralph Williams of Newberry. To The Citizens of Newberry County 1^ May I take this opportunity to express to you my deepest appreciation for your kindness in return ing me to the office of County .Treasurer without opposition. I pledge anew my determination to serve you to the best of my ability. If at any time I can be of service to you, whether official or person- al, please feel free to call on me. And again, many; rhany thanks. •i J. RAT DAWKINS c I am deeply grateful for the confidence you * vV.y. V? ' t f *-** jjy ^ ’« ^ \ ' *. -1 • £ •" „ j .’ >, have shown in ^ne by returning me to the office of Magistrate District No. 2 without opposi tion. I will continue to serve the people of my district to the very best of my ability. ,• * •- A •Vx.*’ ‘ ^ 1 " * • / ' ‘ •; ’ ^ '? <*-y ' *'«■-. * ’• ; . . . Please feel free to call upon, me at any time | « -i.v' - ' ' '' l \. ^ M vv* ‘ f* • - .hi. K \ • that I can be of service to you. •itx* .-■Wf / Again, Many Thanks. BEN F. DAWKINS Thank You... I wish to take this means to thank the people-of better schools ( i the entire county for giving me the opportunity of serv- ing them again. It has been a pleasure to work for ■ouguecuBtaegand I will continue to do my very best you. I seek the co-operation and advice of all , f ' ' . , _ ■_, y pcrBons-in the advancement of our schoo^oyolcm You will always find a welcome in this office. JAMES D. BROWN <> •.' -*• V > r ’ '9-’ >V v ' v* ' aL ' * *’* t' T . . • *; # * ' V Superintendent of Education Card of Thanks I take this opportunity to thank the people of New berry County for nominating me County Auditor for the next term of offfce without opposition. Because it is impossible for me to tell each one per- V t sonally, I would like to use this means of expressing my sincere appreciation for the cooperation and considera tion given me and mjpoffice staff. . We pledge our services to run the Auditor’s office in the future as efficiently as possible. " r £M > :f?5 Si .Mm-i Vfi J RALPH B. BLACK