Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

I THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1963 THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA Page Three ^£<41 61 *1Ue Week e ‘I’m glad you spent an enjoyable evening, Alvin—because yon certainly didn’t spend anything else.” BTUOYP DA01S PLAN FORA KITCHEN USBi - ptywooo. NAIL AND &LUE SfDCS TO ENDS, ATTAC+l TOP I'XI* COJINER. BLOCK Turning your basement into a play room, den or TV room? The space be neath stairway can be an asset rather than the big problem some do-it-your selfers believe it to be . . even if stairs are at center of basement rather than along one side of the room. Beneath the stairs space is readily adaptable to the type of storage space fa cility needed in a recrea tion room or den. Paneling can be applied by any am ateur who has a little time. Let location of stairs determine the number of doors. If stairs come down center of basement, it is convenient to have doors on three sides ... a large door at point of greatest depth, smaller doors on opposite sides of the stairway. This permits complete use of all space beneath the stairs. With such an arrangement, gar den tools and such items may be stored at one end, toys and mis cellaneous small items at the op- c u , DqQ© Oca The United States took possession of Guam, February 1, 1899. The U.S. Supreme Court held its first meeting, February 1, 1799, John Jay presiding. February 2 is Groundhog Day and some folks believe we may see six more weeks of wintry weather if he should emerge from his den and be startled at the sight of his own shadow. The Illinois Territory, including the present state of Wisconsin, was created by act of Congress, February 3, 1809. The UJS. severed diplomatic relations with Germany, February 3, 1917. The American Revolution ended February 4, 1783. A demountable tire-carrying automobile rim was patented by Louis H. Perlman. February 4, 1913. The Alexandria Gazette, Virginia's first daily newspaper, was founded February 5, 1784. On February 6, 1933, Congress passed a law putting an end to “lame duck” sessions. John L. Sullivan won the world heavyweight boxing title from Paddy Ryan, February 7, 1882. BY LLOYD BIRMIM6MAM it's about time we C4.EANEP OUT THIS 6ARA&E, CMP-THERE WAS HARDLY ROOM FOR THE CAR/- DON'T THROW AWAV THAT 5 GALLON OIL CAN, JUNJOR- I LL SHOW VCU HOWTO PUT IT TO GOOD USE by Tom Dorr HOW FASCIMATIN© X DON'T KNOW. HE'S 1 RIGHT HERE... •••••••••• Dean Manion : THE : MANION : : FORUM | eoeeoeeeeeeeeeeeeeee We should never forget that we are AGAINST Commun ism because we are FOR freedom. Freedom means strong, enforcable limitations upon governmental power. God gave us our liberty but the Constitution has enabled us to protect it. One basic protection against tyranny is the reservation of State jurisdiction set forth in the Tenth Amendment. If this provision could be strictly enforced, it would be prac tically impossible for the Communist conquest to succeed in taking over this country. But the Tenth Amendment is being ignored by Congress and by the Federal courts. Ser ious students of our constitutional system are profoundly alarmed about this drift into tyranny, but the drift will not be reversed until the American people wake up and realize what is happening to their freedom. The Tenth Amendment provides: “Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” When the framers of our Constitution met in 1787 they knew they had to form a central government which would be strong enough to deal with issues of national scope, but which must be prevented from usurping powers of sovereign States which were neither denied to them nor delegated to the central government by the Constitution. They were aw are that “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” The Tenth Amendment was expected to circumscribe the activities of the central government within the orbit of its specifically enumerated powers. Unfortunately, the Constitution as known to those of us who studied law many years ago, is gone. Our government has become one of unlimited powers. For instance, Congress can spend money “for the general welfare,” but Congress is also the judge of what the general welfare might be, unless the decision is “clearly wrong, a display of arbitrary power, not an exercise of judgment.” The Supreme Court has so decreed. By deliberately ignor ing what the framers of the Constitution said the General Welfare Clause meant, the Supreme Court released the spending powers of the Congress from all constitutional res traints, in a recent case. We have had within recent months graphic illustrations of the immense power now centered in the Federal govern ment. For example, the New York Prayer case illustrates the unchecked power of the Supreme Court to strike down local and state actions affecting an important aspect of the lives of our children. The 88th Congress will write history that will vitally af fect the future of our Republic. The choice will be between preserving what is left of states’ rights under the Tenth Amendment, and restraining socialistic spending, or the modification of the cloture rule to expedite the passage of unconstitutional civil rights legislation and socialistic spend ing schemes. An example of the gradual encroachment of Federal con trol of establishments competing with private industry is the TVA project. In 1935, the Supreme Court upheld the authority of Congress to dispose of all electric energy gen erated by the Wilson dam project. The basis of the court’s reasoning was that Congress could dispose of the electrical energy by the operation of the dam or in the course of mak ing munitions of war and said that if this were not permitt ed, “the remainder of the available energy must be lost or go to waste.” Later, TVA put in a steam plant to firm up the hydro electric power in periods of low water. This was also sus tained by the Supreme Court. In 1961, to generate electric ity in these steam plants, TVA bought 18 1-2 million tons of coal. Now, apparently, the Government can build and operate steam power plants anywhere in the nation. Fed eral expenditures for this type of thing go unchallenged. There is no legal procedure through which a taxpayer can dispute the misuse of Federal funds. Congress is the only agency that can protect us from such waste. Even the Su preme Court noted this in an opinion which stated: “No protection against these catastrophic courses- can be expect ed from the judiciary. The people must guard against these dangers at the polls.” We need a Congress that will reject all proposals which would extend the authority of the central government and encourage rather than discourage state policies that are responsible to the needs of their citizens. James Madison once said that the free future of this coun try depends upon the capacity of its people to govern them selves. Have we lost control of our government or have we lost our taste for freedom? Maybe your Congressman can tell you! HEART DISEASE... South Carolina's No. 1 Health Problem diseases OP HEART ft CIRCULATION lllllif lls m 10/44C' -tv.. •r • t-V, Ltading cousss of dsath In South Carolina lor tho yoar 1961 CANCH 2,497 1/494 INaUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 711 IMP ALA Jf-Door 9-Passenger CHEVY II Nova W 4-Door Pick yoar wigoa, pick yoar horses, & GO Chevrolet Choose from 10 different 1963 Chevrolet, Chevy II & Greenbrier Wagons with all kinds of 4,6 &V8 power at your Chevrolet dealer’s ONE-STOP SHOPPING CENTER If most station wagons strike you as just boxes with wheels underneath, take a look at these and you’ll change your mind fast! Five big Jet- smooth Chevrolet beauties with room for every thing but the kitchen sink . . . three lively low- cost family-size Chevy II’s . . . aqd Greenbrier Sports Wagons with up to twice the room of most of the wagons you’ll pass with that Corvair * rear-engine traction. All are built to haul more and sta} r beautiful longer. Look them over soon! A CHEVROLET ifoAiic Gnina Great Now—Bonanza Buys on four entirely different kinds of cars at your Chevrolet dealer's Showroom KEMPER CHEVROLET COMPANY 1515-1517 MAIN ST NEWBERRY, S. C.