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►V »?WE*SSP Jm ml '■ 'S, ^ • »;i iE TWO THE NEWBEKRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 2, I960 ■tjx _ 1^; : ■ I‘~f rA'. ^Utt 1218 Coiitfe Street NEWBERRY. S. C. . PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class postage paid at Newberry, South Carolina. _ ' _ ■-■■■-■ 1 " 1 1111 SUBSCRIPTION /RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, ?1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS Sometimes we think we are pro gressive just because we fear we are in a rut, as in the days of the redoubtable Model T trying to pull ^through or out of a sand-bed. But we drivers o£ the Model T era learned that we sometimes had to “back” in order to go forward. Do you remember that? Itmay be that in our State affairs we may ‘be stalled as in those long sand stretches with deep ruts. As a former teacher I've had a ^question in mind about closing some small town schools and car- xying the children to large “oen- f mrn 9f 4wX JEr • I am fully conversant with the which prompted the change bnt I’ve known sonle communities ^—once proud centers themselves ^r-which now are like withered old pees. A second change was to absorb the schools into the State system. It » much easier for the smaller or poorer counties to thrive on State revenue than to “raise” that revenue in regions without industrial plants. Formerly the local school dis trict had to fend for itself; and jaany a small school was support ed principally by the railroad. The point of immediate concern to me is a matter of law. I am almost persuaded that no one knows what'is the law; the best we can do nowadays is to wait until the point has finally been decided in Washington; and even then the next group of Supreme Court Justices may change every thing. Somewhat timidly I wonder ^whether we should fare better in all the legal turmoil of the day if the school district were the legal entity instead of the State. In common with my brethren of the legal fraternity, I wonder if we should escape for a time the arrogant presumption of Feder al usurpation if our organization should revert to the simple, even 0t impoverished days of the sim ple life leaving each shoool dis- ' trict as the Master of its fate, with now and then a grant from the State. In such case the State -weald not be embroiled in such manner as to be entangled im mediately into a decision directed to a. single district. I am not without sufficient im agination to look into the future and forsee much perplexity and bafflement over a period of years even if the several districts should act severally. No colossal brain is needed to read the signs of the times, but there is something to be gained by delay for Judges have been known to die or resign and new men on the bench might bring a- bout changes, just as the Earl Warren Supreme Court has en tirely disregarded constitutional limitations and prescriptions; and, very notably, in the school mat ter. Completely forgetting the Federal Constitution for a mom ent as the Court seemed to do— and even resting the case on a patent medicine formula, if nec essary, the great court decided one way in 1896 and the great court itself throws that decision out of the window in 1954. Our imagination can picture a happier era, perchance, when all the learn ed judges of today’s court may be strumming harps in Celestial glory. Senator Barry Goldwater, of Arizona, a Republican who seems to think like an old-time Demo crat, discussing the Federal gov ernment, in his search for solu tions of our badly confused era “seeks to pinpoint the legitimate functions of the federal govern ment.” He is no doctrinaire defen der of states-rights; where the Constitution insists on federal re sponsibilities, he is all for giving force to the law. However, Gold- water finds nothing in the Consti tution that authorizes Washing ton to prescribe standards of ed ucation, nor does he discover any warrant in our basic enabling doc ument for U. S. control of agri culture; federal grants of immun ity to labor unions, which infringe upon the old common law against monopoly; or federal seizure of a citizen’s substance to pay for for ays into public power develop ments, public housing or urban renewal. The claim that the general wel fare clause of the Constitution justifies the flagrant inroads that have been made upon the Tenth Amendment is ‘bizarre’ reasoning to Barry Goldwater. Only by turning Webster’s dictionary in to ‘AM^u’ im^Wonderland’ can one stretcn ^hd/jobbcept of the general welfare to cover the vast array of sub*i#£| rf/ta ^ special interests, grants wmcn eventually must be paid for either, out of national tax revenues or by inflation which un dermines the common weal. In the long run, moreover, one way or another, even the privileged groups must pay the piper. A case in pomt/^^l^fej^jnidouts to agri culture, which, says the Senator, have piled woes upon the farmer without improving farm income. Instead of $ solution, farm subsi dies haye yielded strict acreage curbs, huge surpluses, and high consumer prices, tp say nothing of a tax bill which runs close : to six billion a year. Significantly, this is roughly the sum now col lected . fron taxpayers who are above the 2b per cent bracket. If the farm prpgpram could be liqui dated, the Seftltpr notes, the gov ernment could gpply fair and equi table proportK^al income taxes to all. And Aifie /money thus re leased for more profitable invest ment needed and econo: As water that on th#: the bills and S. coi a sharp and badly to business activity growth. affairs, Gold- tly not one to say war can be fought is willing to pay aintaining NATO d for extending U. to embrace huge areas—in the middle east, south east a—which the alliances Vflra~ i^vfw^er. But he draws a clefitfr-Cut distinction be tween outlays for foreign aid which are designed to further mu tual military aims and those which merely help to saddle state soc ialism uptm Acouhtries which re main obdurately neutral. Above all, he doesn’t believe the free dom of West Berlin is negotiable,’ nor does he think that one can do business With Communist dicta tors.” This I am quoting from Bar ron’s Weekly .of Business. The se&ator Vwnhot in tune with most national political figures but I like him; his mpric appeals to me, but he is like the shepherd boy alone in the hills. Now and then some writer seems to see clearly and write the truth faithfully. Henry Haz- litt, in Newsweek along with Raymond Moley, has the intellec tual honesty to proclaim the facts. Ponder this: “Ever since the advent of the New Deal, socialist assumptions have tended increasingly to sup plant capitalistic accumptions in our thinking. Nowhere has this change been quite so marked as in foreign economic policy. The whole foreign-aid program, outside of purely military aid, rests on socialistic assumptions^ The quickest and healthiest way to economic growth, which will tend to supply soonest the goods that consumers most need is the way of free enterprise. The first duty of the government of an un developed country (as of a rich and ‘developed’ one) k to make its country os attractive for pri vate investment, domestic or for eign, as it possibly can. This means that it must as sure a sound and stable eurrency to protect savers against inflation. It must restrict itself to prudent spending, to remove any need for burdensome taxation. It must not discriminate against foreign investors or harass its own busi nessmen. It must refrain from price-fixing, wage fixing, and ex change controls, so that foreign investors are free to convert Or withdraw their earnings at all times. Above ail, it must not soc ialize or expropriate industry or property or threaten to do so. It must respect property rights at all times. ; Foreign aid does not cure this situation. It aggravates and pro longs it. As long as foreign gov ernments can get the capital they want from our government with out adopting any of the policies or giving any of the assurances that private capital would proper ly insist on, they will not adopt these policies or give these assur ances. So long as we do not insist on these policies (and are even afraid to do so for fear of ‘dic tating’ or ‘attaching strings’) our aid subsidizes and prolongs ^soc ialism and retards real economic growth. ‘ v Today we are actually making state ‘planning’ or socialism a condition for the receipt of our foreign aid. Six weeks ago I call ed attention to the remarkable endorsement by President Eisen hower of socialized planning for Nationalist China and Latin Am erica.” / Even in the matter of military aid, what assurances have we of the ACTIVE FRIENDSHIP of any other country? Unless coop eration with us is clearly to their own interests no country will stand by us. Our military aid is a delusion. Does no one read and study History? . If we will study only the world record since 1939 we shall find Germany with Russia; then Ger many against Russia for sheer greed; Then Russia with Japan; later, suddenly, Russia against Japan. For greed again. Russia was with us and we sav ed Russia from the Germans; today and since 1945 Russia has been tlv constant treat to the peace of all the world, especially of the United States! And in our innocence or ignor ance we pour out our tax money, in fond delusion that we assure ourselves of friends!! ounce daughter, born May 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Daniel Spotts, X821 Tanyard St. The mother is the former Sara Joyce Coleman. 'Robert Alan, six pound, six ounce son born May 9 to 'Mr. and De- Glymph is the former Norma lene Wessinger. Kimberly Gail, six pound, 11 ounce daughter born May 2 to Mr. and Mrs. James Clyde Hawkins, Bt. 1, Box 166, Prosperity Mrs. Mrs. Robert McLaurin Glymph,; Hawkins is the former Edith Mbs 214 S. Broad St., Clinton. Mrs. t iam Fulmer. Hospital Births Pamela Kay, eight pound, two ounce daughter born May 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ray Ly- brand of Batesburg. Tomye Ann, seven pound, six ounce daughter born May 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edward Wilson, 701 O’Neal St. Mrs. Wilson bef- fore marriage was Julia Ann Counts. Jill Fant, seven pound, five CONVERT NOW NATURAL GAS Clean - Safe - Convenient - Economical Natural Gas costs only one-third as much as electricity for heating water. A 30- gaL natural gas heater equals a 100-gal eelectric 1 water heater (the recovery rate is grater.) v- SEE OR PHONE US RIGHT AWAY! Cfinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority Phone 911 Newberry, S. C. 1207 McKibben St. The Rush to Adjourn THE 86TH CONGRESS is now heading into its final stages, with only a little over five weeks re maining before the Congress must adjourn in time for the first of the two major political conventions, which begins July 11. To finish by that time will require many long sessions and much hard work. In a time of legislative haste, as we will be facing in the coming weeks, there is special need for careful study ana con sideration of all aspects of the various legislative pro posals advanc ed for pas sage. This is w n the “sleepers” afe pulled out for about “haste making waste” rhtgs truer than ever. I AM GLAD that the Senate has disposed of the depressed areas bill before the rush period. Last week the Senate refused to over- ride the President’s veto of this political, socialistic, and costly legislation which seeks to substi tute federal aid handouts for the three primary requisites for creating a favorable industrial at mosphere: capital, business judg ment, and a market for the prod uct produced. There may be an attempt to revive the legislation in a more limited form, but I hope not. THE SENATE has also recent ly passed another appropriation bill, this one to operate the Agri culture Department for fiscal year 1961. Included in the bill, which is now in a joint conference com mittee, is $675,000 to be added to the $1 million approved last year in the new research drive to find ways to stamp out the boll weevil’s annual cotton crop dam age of $350 million. Some of the other appropriation bills have al ready passed both houses, but a few more are awaiting House ac- | tion, whilq several more must be j -r A WASHINGTON LETTER From OLIN D. JOHNSTON SOUTH CAROLINA'S SENIOR SENATOR IT IS MY OPINION that no Southern delegate to the Democratic National Con vention should commit him self at this early date to any candidate for the Democratic nomination, except in the case of favorite sons. I, for one, am not committing my self to any candidal until after we get to the Conven tion and determine which candidate will be in the best interest of South Carolina and the South. RUMORS THAT HAVE CIRCULATED to the effect that the South may turn to a Third Party Movement seem to be unfounded. The people with whom I have discussed this problem realize the fact that a walk-out at the Democratic Convention, or the beginning of a third party, would only grease the way for the election of a candidate obnoxious or, at the least, not favorable to the South. THE SOUTH SHOULD REMAIN uncommitted, be yond favorite sons, and in this way increase its power and influence at the Nation al Convention. It is basic logic in a political situation such as this that, “United we stand; divided we fall.” * * * SOUTH CAROLINA’S BAT TLE against the boll weevil, which destroys nearly a billion dollars’ worth of cotton in the field every year, took a step forward this week in the Sen ate. As a member of the Sen ate Subcommittee on Agricul tural Appropriations, it was j my privilege to support legis lation to enlarge our program to control the boll weevil. We appropriated $165,000 for boll weevil research at the Clemson Pee Dee Experimental Station near Florence. * * * AT THE SAME TIME this subcommittee directed that $925,000 be spent to ex pand research and enlarge facilities atithe Clemson Col lege Experimental Cotton Textile Plant. This research will not only help find ways to expand the use of cotton yarn bnt will help to improve cloth made from cotton. Such work is not only vital to sustaining our textile in dustry and the many jobs it provides^ but also helps to expand the consumption of cotton grown in our State. ♦ ♦ * ONE OF THE GREAT NEEDS, particularly in the Southern part cf our Nation, is a crash research program to develop new crops and new uses of crops. Particularly, we should search for new crops and uses of crops which will fit in with our industrialization program. South Carolina should be proud of its indus trial growth during the past three decades, but we should not neglect agriculture. Over industrialization can be dam aging if our economy becomes completely dependent upon in dustry. * * * AGRICULTURE always has been important in our economy, and to turn too far away from it could be dan gerous. There is legislation pending in the Congress to promote new crops and new uses of crops which I auth ored, but opposition from the present Administration is making it difficult for this measure to pass. Few things we can do today would bet ter the wholesomeness of our economy than to expand our agricultural markets and production. POLITICAL Annoancements FOR SOLICITOR figsMSi I v Si S WARNING FROM FBI!!!! In a number of recent public of Solicitor of the Eighth Judi cial Circuit, and pledge myself to abida the results of the Democrat ic Primary. WILLIAM T. JONES acted on by the Senate. Among those still pending, the most con troversial and costly will be the defense, foreign aid, and public works appropriation bills. Senator Kennedy is back from the primary campaign trails, and now he will be trying to obtain- Senate action on bis bill to ex pand coverage and increase the minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act. He is also expected to devote hk efforts to ward winning passage of his bill to repeal the loyalty oath require ments of the National .Defense Education Act of 1958. ' That bill came up last year, and we oppon ents of the bill were able to get it recommitted to committee by a narrow margin. NOW THAT BOTH houses have passed federal aid to bills, with only conference com mittee action and ratification of *. cti ® n ’ ar ^ ***« old a^age t^at action by botit bodies remain ing, I hope the President will veto the final version. If he does, I am confident that there are sufficient votes in the Senate and the House to pi event his veto from being overridden. Otherwise, the advo cates of complete federal usurpa tion of the field of education will have won a gigantic victory at the expense of both education and local self-government. DURING THESE final weeks, the Secretary of The Treasury will be trying to get the national debt limit raised to enable the Govern ment to pay its bills, and he will also be prodding the Congress to give him more flexibility in the interest rates the Government pays to borrow money. Some of the other principal legislative items which may consume much time in consideration are the fol lowing: some form of medical aid for the elderly, legislation to ex tend the deadline for VA housing eligibility, an omnibus housing bill, legislation to increase the pay for federal employees, a tax bill, and some type farm legislation. Sincerely, announce myself a can didate for election to the Office for Solicitor for the Eighth Judi cial Circuit and pledge myeelf to abide the results of the Demo cratic Primary. '$£?. #UOH A. I hereby announce myself a can- statemen t s J. Edgar Hoover, di didate for re-election to the office Q f the Federal Bureau cf Investigation, has sought to ar ouse the whole population to the disturbing facts about our nation al security. Mr. Hoover recently has issued a statement ad specifically to “AU Law ment Officials” in the nation, is of such importance it should be read by every citizen. Here it is: “It is an incontestable fact that our country, the symbol of the free woHd, k the ultimate, prio' less goal of international nism. The leaders of internal communism have vowed to ach ieve world domination. This can not be until the Red flag k flown over the United States. If, for a moment the grandiose Red k scoffed “at as being f consider that one-fourth of world and of the people of thi are now controlled by the wide Communist bloc. / The Unalterable Goal “The Communist plan is conquer the United States, if today, then tomorrow; if not morrow, then the next day, month, next year. This is ‘ in the machinations of the munist party, U.S.A., as s by the analysis of its 17th ional convention; M our FOR COMMISSIONER DIST. 2 I hereby announce myself a can didate for ueelection to the office of Commissioner District No. 2 and pledg& myself to abide the re sults of the Democratic Primary. FOR v I h ATE d: ce on 2 and p, itrate myself ‘f sggigg m results of the Demo- F. DAWKINS r vJWaa! jaSHwf'SKS • —— DIST. 4 a can- office of District] 4, Pomona, to abide the results of the Democratic Prim- mm'" m ym "**i*\. ■'dm I hereby announce myself a can didate for reelection to the office of Sheriff* for' Newberry County and pledge myself to abide the re sults of the Democratic Primary. TOM M. FELLERS . FOR CORONER I hereby announce myself a can didate for‘reelection to the office of Cbroner for Newberry County and pledge myself to abide the re sults of the Democratic Primary. GEORGE R. SUMMER . FOR AUDITOR Phereby announce myself a can didate for reelection to the office of Auditor for Newberry County and pledge myself to abide the re sults of the Democratic Primary. RALPH B. BLACK FOR CLERK OF COURT I hereby announce myself a can didate to succeed myself as Clerk of Court for Newberry County and ledge to abide the results of the emocratic Primary. BURKE M. WISE P 1 D 'isSt FOR TREASURER t I hereby announce myself a can didate for reelection to the office of Treasurer for Newberry County and pledge myself to abide the re sults of the Democratic Primary. J. RAY DAWKINS FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I hereby announce myself a can didate for House of Representa tives from Newberry County and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic Primary. D. P. (JABBO) FOLK FOB THE HOUSE I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Rep resentatives from Newberry coun ty, and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic primary election. , STEVE C. GRIFFJTH, JR. >FdR THE HOUSE I hereby announce myself a candidate for releeetion to the House of Repreeent&tivesi from Newberry county and pledge my self to abide the results of the Democratic primary election. T. WILLIAM HUNTER FOR SUPERVISOR I hereby announce myself a can didate for reelection to the office of Supervisor for Newberry Coun ty and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic Primary. S. W. SHEALY / FOR SUPERVISOR I hereby announce myself a candidate for Supervisor of New berry County and pledge myself to abide the results of the Dem ocratic primary. HAROLD B. HENDRIX FOR SENATE I hereby announce myself a candidate |or the office of Sen ator from Newberry County and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratict primary. JESSE FRANK HAWKINS - FOR SENATE I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Sena tor from Newberry County and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic Primary. EARL H. BERGEN COMMISSIONER DIST 1 I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the of fice of Commissioner from Dis trict 1, and pledge myself to aide the results of the Democratic el ection. CARMAN BOUKNIGHT the What these fail to realize is that ,the Comma- | nist party, U.S.A., k an intregal part of international communism. As the world-wide menace becomes more powerful, the various Com munist parties assume a more dangerous and sinister role in the countries in which they are en trenched. Public indifference to this threat is tantamount to nat ional suicide. Marked For Liquidation “Lethargy leads only to disas ter. The Communists have a sav age plan of liquidation for a van quished America. The blueprint can be found in Jie words of Mao- Tse-tung, Chairman of the Qhin- ese Communist party, who J re portedly said that it was neces sary to liquidate 800,000 ‘enemies' to solidify communism in China. Another pattern k the plight of countless families in satellite countries who were torn apart and transported to the oblivion of Soyiet labor camps. “Under Commdnist domination in America, the. first campaign of liquidation would engulf the law yers, champions *>f due process of law, newspaper men, whose age less tight for freedom of express ion would have no place under to talitarian!; law enforcement of ficers, guardians of individual rights; governmental leaders, lo cal, state and national; and every one falling in the so-called capi talist category. / Occupations and professions which the communi'/t term ‘useless ard parasitic’ would be abolkhed—clergymen, whole salers, jobbers, real estate sales men, insurance, advertising spec, ialists, traveling salesmen—thq list for purging k endless. No cit izen would escape from some fonr of suffering under a Communist regime. Priority On Death “One need but to compare his own worth, hk own ideals, Ms own religious beliefs with the ath eistic doctrines of communism to determine Ms priority on the list of liquidation. The defense of the cherished freedoms secured and handed down to us by our fore fathers is a responsibility of each American. Knowledge of the en emy, aiertiess to the danger, and every day patriotism are the brick and mortar with wMch we can build an impregnable fortress against communism. Only the in telligent efforts of all Americans can prevent the decay of public apathy from laying open our na tion to the Red menace.” In the non-profit, public service National Education Program, Ib Searcy, Arkansas, we have suf ficient educational material on American eapitalkm, and on soc ialism and communism to provide individuals and groups with a gra phic, dramatic lesson in Ameri can citizenship each week, month after month, for a year. Write for more information about it. •Ws Vip^! m m ■M Scout PhHBOtkm^ Troop 66: Louis Brossy, cook ing; Jimmy Clamp, firemanship, inusic; Leon Graves, Citizenship in the Nation; Leonard Half acre, fishing; Harry Moose, music; George Park, Citizenship in the Community; Alan Paysinger, Cit izenship in the Home; Henry Summer, Citizenship in the Home, Home Repairs, rabbit raising. SUPT. OF EDUCATION 'I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election as Coun ty Superintendent of Education, and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic pri mary election. JAMES D. BROWN m