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/ Page Two THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1963 — — rr \ i 1218 College Street, Newberry* ""Tin if c. \ PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Arinfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Carolina. Postage Paid at Newberry, ‘’South SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year vance :Six Months $1.25. in ad- THE “SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN What are the powers of the Governor? In the formation of the State governments the National Government was the pattern, the Governor to be a chief executive after the fashion of the President. And our State Constitution clothes the Governor with great powers. The Governor was intended to be more or less of presidential au- thoritv within the State. Observe that “Tne executive power shall be vested in a Presi dent of the United States.” “The President shall be Commander-in- Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.” “He may ap point (without the advice of the Senate) to fill vacancies during the recess of the Senate, by grant ing commissions which shall ex pire at the end of their next ses sion.” So he appoints, the Presi dent makes the appointment in any case. Observe that “The executive ment, as in the case of the Nat ional Government, has three de partments, Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Observe, further, the language of our State Constitu tion: “The Governor shall be the Supreme Executive.” In passing I call attention to the scope of the jurisdiction of the Federal courts. Says the Consti tution: “The judicial power (of all cases in law add equity, arising under this Constitution, etc.” How, by any stretch of the juridical im agination can we 'interpret this to govern the admissibility of stu dents to schools or colleges of a State. Even so, as I’ve' pointed out, Ciemson is not a State insti tution, strictly ‘spbaking. Can you, by any stretch of the imagination concede the assump tion of jurisdiction tn school mat ters? Even if'We 1 assume that complete ignorance of our Con stitutional history is a qualifica tion for the appellate Federal bench the language of the Consti tution is very clear and specific. The reason for adopting a Con stitution was to' safeguard the States in the Sovereign jurisdict ion and the Constitution was ro bustly fortified Against Federal encroachment and arrogance, so far as language could convey a meaning. ’ ’ Now again as to the Governor of South Carolina:* “The supreme executive authority -o|;:the State shall be vested in a Chief Magis trate, who shall be ■ diy^led “The Governor of the State of South Carolina.” Along with that what say you of this: “On the government of this State the legislative, execut ive and judicial powers of the the United States) shall extend to Government shall be forever sep arate and distinct from each other, and no person or persons exercis ing the functions of one of said de partments shall assume or dis charge the duties of any other.” How do Senators manage, dic- | tate and govern in the affairs of ! Counties? As you will observe, the Gov ernor is the Supreme Executive Authority. So what? The Presi dent appoints the Federal authori ties and the Governor of our State still proves the Supreme Execu tive function by appointing No taries Public. A Governor may address the General Assembly it is true. He has the veto power and that is something. He may veto an item or a section of a bill without sac rificing the remainder. And it is true that the President can’t do that! The President must sign or veto the w r hole bill, including all the cats and dogs, special items for the enterprising member or the strenuous lobbyists. Another point as to the Gover nor: Almost nobody except a wiz ard can tell whether a Governor may serve a second continuous term, for the Constitution provides “Section 2 of Article 4 says of the Governor: ’’And (he) shall be re-eligible”; then the same sec tion says: ’’The other State offi- cers-elect shall at the same time enter upon the performance of their duties. Provided, That he shall not be I eligible for re-election”. Who is | that now? We assume it refers to the Governor, but in that one, same section—Section 2 of Ar ticle 4—the Governor is re-eligi ble, provided he is not eligible! Now, what do you think of that? Just as clear as mud, don’t you think ? What has happened to the pre rogatives of the Governor? The General Assembly has asumed quite a lot of them, especially in the choosing of Judges and others. And a man aspiring to a Judge- ship finds his chances good if he is a member of the House. Out- SENATOR STRO HURMOND Reports PEOPLE Where You Save Does Make A • ■F « loJibuA In 28 years, this trustcwrthy^iilfBtution has never missed a dividend. No investor has eveeehDst - a penny of his savings here. Savings accounts in this Association are insured to $10,000 by Fed eral Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. A number of Savings Accounts may be arranged to provide insur ance protection for all of them. Corporation accounts are accepted and insured. Funds placed (postmarked or received in our office) by the tenth of any month earn from the first of that month. This association is now one of South Carlina's largest with assets of I8V2 Million Dollars. Protecting States’ Rights THE MOST IMPORTANT domestic issue confronting the American people is the division of powers between the National and State Governments. This is the issue of States’ Rights—the problem of preserving the rights and powers of the several States against the ever - increasing usurpations of these powers by the National Government. States’ Rights is simply the American term for the principle of local self government, a fundamental and inalienable human light for which, over the centuries, our ancestors—both in Europe and America — have fought, struggled, and died. In the establishment of our Union, the Founding Fathers incor porated it in our written Consti tution. States’ Rights was de signed to serve as the keystone of individual liberty, along with another important principle written into the Constitution— the Separation of Powers among the three branches of the Na tional Government. THE FOUNDERS were deter mined that the newly-won liber ties of the American people must be preserved. They knew full well that the greatest potential threat to the liberty of the in dividual lay in government. That is why they were insistent that the new government they were setting up be “limited” and “de centralized.” To this end. they carefully built the new govern mental structure into a com pound Federal Republic around two basic principles: Separation of Powers and States’ Rights. IN RECENT YEARS, the principle of States’ Rights has been eroded considerably by the stretching of certain parts of the Constitution and the conti-action of the 10th Amendment to the Constitution by federal court decisions and by actions of the Congress and the Executive Branch of the National Govern ment This has nil been a part of the concerted effort to central ize all power in a bureaucracy in Washington IN AN EFFORT to arrest the trend toward further erosion of State powers by the National Government. I am co-sponsoring again thit year with Senator John McCleHah and others a 4 bill. S. 3, which establishes rules of interpretation governing ques- i tions of the effect of Acts of I j Congress on State laws. It pro vides that no Act of Congress can be construed by the courts as indicating an intent by Con gress to occupy the field, in which the Act operates, to the exclusion of all State laws on the same subject matter unless the Act contains a provision to this effect or unless there is an irreconcilable conflict between the Act and the State law. IN ADDITION, I plan to soon present to the Congress two pro posals for amending the U.S. Constitution in the interest of protecting and restoring the rights and powers of the States. One would propose the estab lishment of a Court of the Union. This court would consist of the Chief Justices of each State with authority to deter mine whether the power or jurisdiction sought to be exer cised by the National Govern ment in a particular case is a power granted to it under the Constitution. The Court of the Union could reverse U.S. Su preme Court decisions by a majority vote of the entire court, and determinations made by the Court of the Union could be changed only by amending the U.S. Constitution. To get an issue before the Court of the Union, however, would require an application by the Legisla tures of five States, “no two of which shall share any common boundary.” THE OTHER PROPOSAL would gfive to % of the State Legislatures approving an iden tical resolution the power to pro pose amendments to the Consti tution for the purpose of ratifi cation by of the States. Pres ently, constitutional amendments can be submitted for ratification only by the Congress or bv a constitutional convention called by the Congress on application of the State Legislatures. THOMAS JEFFERSON fore warned us what to expect of big government when he observed that “ . . when all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the centre of all power, it will render power less the checks provided of one government on another, and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated.” CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE PER ANNUM (Compounded Semi-Annually) % ■ INSUREC U "Si-*' avisos and Loan Association A SAVINGS INSTITUTION FOUNDED 1935 IS88 COLLBOB STBBBT, WBWBBRRY, •- C- J. F. CLARKSON M. O. SUMMER DIRECTORS G. K. DOMINICK J. K. WILLINGHAM BRANCH OFFICE — Batesburg, S. C. E. B. PURCELL W. C. HUFFMAN j aiders may be learned in the law and as wise as Solomon, or as learned as the old Roman who was so exactly correct that all argu ment ceased when a champion could say “Ipse dixit”—he said it. Oh, well!! The first qualification for the judgeship, or any other “ship” is membership in the House; the second qualification is member ship in the Senate: all this leaves many an able lawyer out in the cold. I would not be misunderstood; we are fortunate in the Judges we have and I rejoice in their rectitu de and acumen; I’m just speak ing for all those men of rectitude and acumen who are freezing out in the cold! Well now, more about the Gov ernor. “He shall commission all the officers of the State.” That clearly meant that he should be the appointing power; otherwise he becomes a glorified clerk. I do not advocate a new Con stitution because I enjoy wrest ling with the document of 1895 and I greatly fear what might be imposed upon us in this resplend ent age of the new freedom, now frontiers—and what subtle minds might contrive in the name of liberty. Sometimes we wonder who stud ies the Constitution. Take this: Section 14 of Article 3 of the Constitution says: “The members of both houses shall be protected in their persons and estates during their attendance upon, going to and returning from the General Assembly, and ten days previous to the sitting and ten days after the adjournment there of.” Did not someone introduce or advocate a new law exactly like this? Why? It is true that there is one more line “But these privileges shall not protect any member who shall be charged with treason, felony or breach of the peace.” There are some queer, if not confusing bits of diction in the Constitution. You and I, as simple men of language, or men of sim ple language, may lack the astute power of interpreting recondite phrasing, but what’s this: “Each house may expel a mem ber, but not a second time for the same cause”! Mirabile dictu! We ordinary people think that a man is expelled out, but this section seems to fear that when a man is out he really is in! Em- with Even the great Napoleon died! What caused Iris death ? The world has almost forgotten Foch, Hindenburg, Ludendorff and Haig of the first World War, but the great Napoleon is still the idol of France. “For 140 years most historians believed that Napoleon, who died May 5, 1821 after a long illness was a victim of cancer. Now, how ever, scholars are studying im pressive evidence that the peror was slowly poisoned arsenic. The evidence is based on ex amination of strands of Napol eon’s hair by scientists using a technique called neutron activa tion analysis. Researchers say activation analysis makes it pos sible to uncover chemicals in tiny traces a thousand times smaller than amounts that can be detected with most other methods. Because it’s so sensitive, this technique is being used increasingly in medi cine, industry and law enforce ment. In 1961 a team of Scotish and Swedish specialists in forensic medicine obtained several strands of Napoleon’s hair that were shav ed from his head the day after he died. Through activation analysis the doctors discovered as much as 13 times the amount of arsenic normally found in human hair. This indicated that Napoleon had received far more than enough to kill most humans and raised the possibility that he had been de liberately poisoned. But after studying the distribu tion of arsenic along the length of the strands, the doctors con cluded that the arsenic had been administered in varying doses over a period of months. The timing of the large doses conincided with the worst sieges of Napoleon’s illness, as Recorded by eyewitnesses. From this the doctors theorized that Napoleon could have been accid ently poisoned by his own physi cians who might have been treat ing his illness with a medicine containing arsenic. Other medical men are putting activation analysis to more prac tical use. Doctors at the Universi ty of Alabama are using the tech nique to hunt for unusual amounts of elements, such as copper, in the body fluids of arthritis patients. They suspect that the presence of abnormal quantities of these ele ments may be connected with the development of the disease. Find ing such a relationship could help them dis*cover a cure for arthri tis.” Mary had a little lamb, His hair was white as heck; And everywhere that Mary went The poor sap signed the check. I ,v> t - \ /• Woman’s Club Anniversary The Woman’s Club will celeb rate its 62nd anniversa,; today (Thursday) at 4 P. M. at the home of Mrs. Ralph Whitaker. Special- guests of the occasion will be rep-' Y resentatives of the various organ izations, ministers and wives and husbands and other guests of the members. ” Guest speaker will be Dr. Gus- tavus Watts Cunningham of Lau rens who will use as his topic “Science Proves Religion.” ’The speaker is a former professor of philosophy and dean of the grad uate school at Cornell university. The Woman’s clab was organiz ed February 13, 1901 with ’ ‘ 13 charter members. The only Pnes of these now luring are Mrs. #. D. Wright and Miss LaHa Mjuriin. Throughout its long historyT the club has exerted a cultural influ ence in Newberry. It has contin ually maintained its membership in the South Carolina Federff^jn 1 of Women’s clubs. ■>{* 'X- $8 fafeiilr iJ' # * Students, Staff Talk Poetry A group of Newberry college students and faculty members have formed an informal circle for the reading and discussing of poetry. The first meeting of the group was held on Thursday afterpoon, February 7, in the lounge of Kauf- mann hall. Dr. Frank L. Hos)cins, Jr., head of the English depart ment at Newberry college fread various selections of poetry, < in cluding some of the works of Bert Brecht, German Liberal poet and playright. Present plans call for the group to continue meeting on Thursday afternons at 4 in the Kaufmann hall lounge. Cooper To Speak To Teachers The Rev. John C. Cooper, mem ber of the Bible and Philosophy department of Newberry college, will be the guest speaker al) the Newberry County Department of Classroom Teachers, February 14, at Newberry high school. The meeting will be held at 4 P. M. Prof. Cooper will use as his-tep- - ic “How Teachers Can Foster Pa triotism.” All members r.re urged to attend this meeting. * TWO FOB THE SHOW ... Two «« Hollywood’s Russell, left, aad Bette Davis, arrive In New York City for premieres of their latest movies. ■“ — a U f W ee h'& “I’m not leaving yon alone with that on til I hear it talk! •» Air Guardsmen Proved "Ready Nov In Fast-breakimJ Cuban Crisis Duty / in. Special problems arose. What does a base commander do, whose runways are built for light fighter planes, when he finds that after two days of sitting in one place fantastically heavy B-47 bombers have sunk up to eight inches into the asphalt of the announcing this ,runway. First, he tries moving Nation's "determination to keep Pxhe aircraft around frequently— Russia from ends by putting steel plates under making Cuba the wheels. Bases which received "Seven Strategic Air Com mand B-47s will land at your base within three hours.” This is the kind of telephone call Air Na tional Guard base commanders at over 25 locations throughout the United States began receiv ing on the day of President Ken nedy’s speech one vast launch ing pad. “It is difficult for anyone not directly con nected with one of those bases to realize just what >nc ADC aircraft had to have spe cial "scramble” telephones and had to link into ADC alert alarm ^S^port of SAC and ADC air craft was not the only contribu tion the Air Guard made in con nection with the Cuban crisis. Air National Guard transport aircraft carried troops and equip ment—even aircraft—to active units to help them out during their crash build-up programs. Air'Guardsmen from communi- catipn units offered their services to acti' o actn tights ve units—some working nignts with active Air Force units while continuing their reg ular Jobs during the day. Some of the same Air Guard transport units and crews that had done so well during the Ber lin mobilization were again asked to help out during the Cuban* crisis. Air Guard units flew nearly 30 special missions for the Air Force, carrying cargo and equipment on runs from which regular MATS aircraft and crews had been pulled to meet still higher priority projects. One of the spectacular features of the Cuban assignments was that Air Guard crews flew into Thule, Greenland, without even having had a route check. They are reported to be the first MATS crews ever to have been assigned such a mission without a route check. And the Air Guard crews made numerous flights into that ice-covered area without inci dent, Besides flying to Thule, the Air Guardsmen made flights to Chile, Sondestrom, France, Spain, Germany and Bermuda. t Even without a crisis, how-, ever, the Air National Guard maintains its proficiency with constant training as much as possible by performing actual Air Force missions so that they will always be READY NOW when and if a crisis occurs. those phone calls meant,” says Maj. Gen. Win ston P. Wilson, Gen. Wilson Deputy Chief of the National Guard Bureau. “None* of the bases called upon were specifically equipped to handle the enormous B-47 SAC bombers or the ultra-modern Air Defense Command F-106s that • land so fast they needed extra runway space. But handle them they did,” he added. It meant rousing full-time Guard technicians out of bed in th& middle of the night and sek- 5 ting up 24-hour schedules for them. It meant around-the-cl ock security guards surrounding the base and each plane, mess facilxt) ties to feed crews on 24-hour alert, quarters for hundred? where there was only room on base for 25, and barrels and bar rels of coffee. It meant hours on the tele phone until ears and throats were sore. "Call that civilian distribu tor or the local airport and tell .them to bring every bit of air craft fuel they can spare over here—I don’t care if it is four o’clock in the morning! Call the Adjutant General and ask him how many trucks and buses he can spare. Call all'the motels in town and find out how many rooms they can rent—we don’t even have enough tents for the number of men coming here.” Nearly 200 SAC and ADC air craft dropped into those Air Na tional Guard bases before it was over and most stayed two or three weeks. As soon as their wheels touched the ground, Air Guardsmen were there to refuel them, check them out and have them ready to take to the skies again should the need arise. The | Air Guard was ready on this oc casion as it has always been ready for any emergency. The Air Guard had received large numbers of aircraft in READY AND WILLING—Air National Guard technicians and.me* short notice before but none had chanics pitched in to assist in the Cuba Crisis mobilization. Many men been as large or as fast as those volunteered to work in their spare time the skilled jobs that kept planes that ADC and SAC were sending and crews in the air daring that emergency »i -•