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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.
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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
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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.
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J. RAT DAWKINS
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I am deeply grateful for the confidence you
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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.
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Please feel free to call upon, me at any time
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that I can be of service to you.
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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
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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-
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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.
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RALPH B. BLACK