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Page Two THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1963 1218 College Street, Newberry. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Arinfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance :Six Months $1.25. THE ‘‘SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN What do we mean by “States Rights?” Throughout the nation that seems to apply only to racial segregation, but a clearer idea could be gained by reading the Constitution of the United States and the Amendments adopted in the first days of our government under the Constitution. The “Revolutionary War” was fought by the thirteen British colonies. The colonies acted co operatively but retained their sep arate identity. The king of Great Britain, George the Third, recognized the independence of the thirteen col onies separately, and as states. In international law a State is a Sovereign government, free, in dependent, self-governing, etc. You will recall that in the Decla ration of Independence, proclaim ed July 4, 1776, it was said “That these 13 colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent ‘ “States.” The king recognized the Sover- j eign Status of each of the thir- i teen States. In order to cooperate effectively 1 the States formed a central or general government for certain purposes. And the Constitution was adopted as an agreement, a compact, defining the area of op eration of the central government. Each state was eager and resolved to retain full sovereignty except as the States conferred on the ; general government certain func- ' tions. So highly resolved were the 13 to maintain scrupulously their powers that 12 amendments were proposed almost immediately to make clear beyond cavil or doubt the areas within which the Nation as such, might operate; the areas in which the States might not op erate, declaring with precision that the States reserved to them selves all other sovereign attri butes. The Amendments were adopted almost immediately, very notably the Ninth and Tenth Amendments. They form the integral part of the great Compact of Cooperation. The ninth says: “The enumeration in the Con- J. M. Let us put the house in the picture for you Making a home loan to meet your individual need is our specialty... so owning a home is easier when it's financed through us. Come in and let us help make your dream house a reality. INSURED CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE PER ANNUM (Compounded Semi-Annually) DIRECTORS F. CLARKSON G. K. DOMINICK E. B. PURCELL O. SUMMER J. K. WILLINGHAM W. C. HUFFMAN BRANCH OFFICE—Batesburg, $• C. ' stitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or dis parage others retained by the peo ple.” And for even greater clarity and force here is the 10th Amend ment: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Consti tution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people.” The Tenth Amendment elabor ated the retained sovereignty of the States. Today we have 50 States, but the Union was formed and the Constitution was adopted by the 13 States which fought the war and won Sovereign recognition from Britain. W T e of the 13 states talk of States Rights as meaning full sovereign except as we voluntarily conferred certain powers on the general government. The other 37 states owe to us the Constitution and enjoy all its benefits but they don’t understand States Rights because they had no part in establishing the cen tral government. Among our early statesmen are Patrick Henry, the fiery orator; Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence; Jas. Madison, principal author of our Constitution; Alexander Hamilton, who led the great campaign to persuade the States to adopt the Constitution; and George Wash ington, the one indispensable fig ure in achieving our independence as well as being a monumental figure in organizing and directing thegovernment. •••••• • • • • Dean Manion When Napoleon held captive the King of Spain some intrepid figures of South America seized the auspicious time and began campaigns to throw off the Span ish yoke. Unfortunately our people know very little about the Spanish em pire in this part of the w’orld or the great figures of South Amer ica in making their vast area in dependent. Briefly I cite: SIMON BOLIVAR, led in fight for independence Venezuela, New Granada, Ecuador, Columbia, Pe ru, Bolivia. POSE DE SAN MARTIN, co operating with Bolivar in Peru, etc. JOSE ANTONIO SUCRE, at Ayacucho he dealt the blow which ended Spanish rule in South Am erica. The Spaniards were not great colonizers, as the British were; they fought, captured and despoil ed. But, remarkably the Spaniard left names even with us. England still has many titled personages, but their power and privileges have been sharply cur tailed. The Queen grants new ti tles each year, but they are now often bestowed upon writers, ar tists, publishers, and industrial ists. Even sons of coal miners, and former labor leaders (Earl Atlee) gladly accept the accolade. Titles are now simply honors giv en in recognition for services ren dered to the nation. The noble Lords and Ladies are no longer held in awe by the masses. A British sovereign has many titles. Queen Elizabeth is styled: Her Most Excellent Majesty Eli zabeth II, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and her lands beyond the seas, Queen, Defender of the Faith. The last title means that she is nominally the head of the Church of England, and it dates back to the time of her imperious ancestor, Henry VIII. If a sovereign dies, the eldest male child automatically becomes king. If there is no male heir then the eldest female becomes queen, and so on. Thus, Prince Charles is the ‘Heir Apparent’ to the throne, followed by his younger brother Prince Andrew; then his sister Princess Anne. When, as now, a married queen occupies the throne her husband has few special privileges. At the queen’s discretion he may be designated Prince Consort, the title which Prince Philip bears. It is possible for the queen to make him Prince Regent; but under no circumstan ces can Prince Philip ever become king.” The article I quoted fails to tell the origin of the title “Defender of the Faith.” In the early days of Martin Luther’s clash with the Pope, or, rather with certain ecclesiastics attached to the Vatican at Rome, Henry VIII of England vigorously defended the Vatican and was granted the title “Defender of the Faith” by the Pope, in grateful recognition of Henry’s notable loyalty and support of the church. Some years later Henry broke with the church when the Pope refused to sanction the di-. vorce of Henry from Queen Cath arine. So today it is an anachron ism that England, having estab lished a National church under the leadership of the Sovereign should retain for the Sovereign the title: “Defender of the Faith.” THE MANION FORUM The philosopher Socrates summ ed up his formula for the good life in this short and simple directive: Pay your debts and tell the truth. If, when and wherever debts and truth are generally disregard ed the structure of human civili zation, at such time and place, will corrode, crumble and collapse into a steaming rubble of error and turmoil. Imagine the chaotic confusion of a community in which everybody lies about everything and where all of the natural and contractural obligations to God and man are universally repudiat ed. On the contrary, where and when each renders to every other person his just due and speaks the truth at all times freely and conscientiously, then the virtue and order of society would seem to be solidly insured. Where does this leave the pres ent Administration of our Federal Government? How is it doing now about the sound Socratic directive concerning “debt” and “truth”? The official Administration pol icy of con stantly increasing the Federal debt cancels out complete ly the possibility of paying any part of it. Thus, in the contest of President Kennedy against Soc rates, the Administration has one down and one to go on the sage of ancient Athens. But, what about “truth”? In theory at least, ours is a govern ment of, by and for the people. If this is so, then we are flying blind unless the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth is being relayed to us from the control tower in Washington. Have we been told the f u 11 truth about Cuba, Katanga, and the growing menace to our owner ship and control of the Panama Canal? Do we have all of the in formation about the relationship between our ever-shifting weapons system and the continuing discuss ions over atom testing and inter national disarmament? The frank and official answer from the White House is “no.” The Administration announces that it is telling us merely what it thinks we should hear. It calls this a necessary “management of the news”—but in practice it is a policy of withholding the truth and falsifying the facts. What is really at stake in this juggling and distortion of fact and truth is not just the political skin of the Administration but the future of American freedom and the continued life of the Uni ted States as a sovereign, inde pendent nation. In Khruschev’s slave empire the average inhabitant knows that the news he reads and hears is care fully managed and, consequently the Communist slave takes all of ficial pronouncements with the strong salt of suspicion and skep ticism, checking each bit of it when he can with the sound that comes to him over the under ground radio. But m this country, the trust ful citizens are not on notice that our Government is deliberately de ceiving them. Americans do not suspect that our acts of foreign policy, such as forcing the Dutch to surrender W New Guinea to Indonesian blackmail, and pro moting U. N. Charter violations in the Congo, etc., are NOT what the Administration always says they are, namely, actions that are necessary to present a con frontation with Soviet Russia that might result in a nuclear war. We are now officially determ ined to obviate the possibility of nuclear war by our own unilateral disarmament on the naive expec tation that the Communists will then call off their conquest of mankind and settle for a world that is permanently half-slave and half-free. Are we working against the Communists, or are we working with them? Is our Government trying to defend or to disarm the United States? It cannot do both. The American people must call upon their newspaper, radio, and television reporters to get us the true answer. If official sources of information in Washington insist upon their right to lie, then the time has come for Congress to put them all under oath and keep them there. As Christ, Himself, said, free dom and truth are inseparable. No Govemment official must be per- I mitted to lie away the liberty of the American people. % ecent Births State where inflation is fought with verve and vigor. South Carolina affords savings not possible in areas outside the South. To name a few: Taxes, 10 per cent savings. Labor, 10 per cent savings. Heat, 15 per cent savings. Power, 30 per cent savings. Fuel, 15 per cent savings. In addition, construction costs are lower, water rates are lower, and housing costs are not a prob lem inasmuch as many workers live on farms near industrial sites. If your industry’s profits are shrinking, perhaps relocation in South Carolina is your answer. Write today for more information —your inquiry will be kept in strictest confidence. simply this. Industry can save more and make more in this “How much is a pound of paper worth? This, obviously, is one of those idle, unanswerable questions. For a pound of waste paper would be worth nothing* while a pound of $1000 bills would have a value almost beyond the dreams of av arice. However, if you’re interested in the worth of paper, there’s prob ably none in the world which, pound for pound, carries as much weight behind it as the 7.5 billion —plus shares listed in the New York Stock Exchange. As of the end of last year these shares represented the ownership of 1,144 companies whose worth totaled the unimaginable figure of $371 billion. And even that tells but a part of the story. The companies employed 14.5 million people, whose earnings and spend ing power is a mighty element in keeping the U. S. economy going. They turned out goods and ser- than $307 bil- in itself is lion—a Make it for less in South Car olina. New industry is arriving in S. C. at a rate of more than $200,- 000,000 annually. The reason is it was used for everything from a measure of U. S. living stand ards. They earned profits of $32.4 billion of which close to half— billion—went to the federal in meeting the postoffice deficit to buying military hardware.” WILSON Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edward Wilson of 701 O’Neal St. announce the birth of a six pound, nine ounce daughter, Katie Teresa, on "larch 27 at Newberry Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Wilson is the for mer Julia Ann Counts. CORLEY Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Franklin Corley of 423 Glenn St. announce the birth of a seven pound, 12 ounce son, Aubrey Vernon, on March 28 at Newberry Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Corley is the for mer Shirley Mae Roag. SLIGH Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gene Sligh of Roof Apts. 16, West Columbia, announce the birth of a six pound, six ounce daughtei’, Windy Rena, on April 1 at Newberry Me morial Hospital. Mro. Sligh is the former Clara Mae Rinehart. BANKS Mr. and Mrs. Marion Butler Banks of 2000 Lee St. announce the birth of a seven pound, 12 ounce son, Kenneth Marion, on April 1 at Newberry Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Banks is the for mer Fronie Mae Hendrix. MONROE Mr. and Mrs. William Eugene Monroe, Sr., 1503 Clarkson Ave.,. announce the birth of a five pound daughter, Betsy Jane, on March 20 at Newberry Memorial hospital. Mrs. Monroe is the former Betty Maude Setzler. PLAMPIN Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Eugene Plampin of Blair announce the birth of a seven pound, six ounce daughter, Dina Lee, on March 22 at Newberry Memorial hospital. Mrs. Plampin is the former Linda Eileen Ragsdale. MAYBIN Mr. and Mrs. William McBryde Maybin of Columbia announce the birth of a seven pound, one ounce daughter, Leah Ann, on March 24 at Newberry Memorial hospital. Mrs. Maybin is the former Shir ley Ann Cromer. SEXTON Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Dwayne Sexton of Route 3, announce the birth of an eight pound, one ounce son, Ronald Dwayne, Jr., March 25 at Newberry Memorial hospi tal. Mrs. Sexton is the former Patricia Jane Blake. FISHER Mr. and Mrs. Jim Marshall Fisher of 1616 First street, an nounce the birth of a seven pound 10 ounce son, Jim Cecil, on March 25 at Newberry County Memorial hospital. Mrs. Fisher is the form er Sandra Elizabeth Burgess. FULLER Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kemper Fuller of 1715 Wheeler street an nounce the birth of a six pound, 14 ounce son, Forrest Kemper, on March 25 at Newberry Memorial hospital. Mrs. Fuller is the form er Effie Joan Dickert. BENEFACTORS “The sweetest path of life leads through the avenues of learning, and whoever can open up the way for another, ought to be esteemed a benefactor to mankind.—Hume. A GREAT DEBT During 47 years of intermittent government service, Herbert Hoo ver has turned all of his federal salary checks over to charitable causes and institutions, including the $25,000 annual pension that he now receives as a former pres ident. He made his fortune as a early in his car- given away all his income, he once ex plained, to acknowledge “a great debt” to his country it had conferred upon him. HOSPITAL PATIENTS NEWBERRY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL James H. Abrams, Newberry Mrs. Fronnie May Banks and baby boy, Newberry Miss Nellie Boozer, Newberry Mrs. Mamie Buzhardt Bishop, Newberry Miss Annie Bynum, Newberry Miss Hattie Belle Crooks, New berry Bruce Douglas Clark, Joanna Mrs. Helen R. Humphries, Sa luda Mrs. Linda N. Johnston, New berry William Kibler, Newberry (Buddy) Orus Eugene Kinard, Newberry Haskell Eugene Long, Newberry Mrs. Lillie Wessinger Long, Chapin Mrs. Louise Longshore, New berry Louis Morris, Newberry Baby Girl Monroe, Newberry Lance Reid, Newberry James Claude Stoudemire, Little Mountain Mrs. Clara Sligh and baby girl, West Columbia Mrs. Mecia Senn, Newberry Luther L. Suber, Pomaria Sam J. Sheely, Silverstreet Mrs. Doris Mae Singley, Po maria. George R. Summer, Newberry Mrs. Ethel O. Thomasson, New berry Mrs. Nancy P. Weeks, Newber ry Geneva E. Baxtxer, Pomam. Beulah Mae Cromer, Newberry Elnora Douglas, Newberry Cora Lee Dominick, Prosperity Margaret J. Epps, Newberry Thomas Hailstock, Chappells Baby Boy Pitts, Newberry MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS Baby Margaret Rinehart, West Columbia. Mrs. Dolores Hall and baby girl, Batesburg. Miss Bessie Long, Prosperity. Alice Jeffries, Chapin Mrs. Nina Frick, Little Moun tain Mrs. Ruth Ruff, Saluda Miss Lalla Martin, Newberry Adam Haltiwanger, Chapin Edwin Koon, Little Mountain Baby Boy Ruff, Newberry Daffines Lytes, Leesville Mary Lou Adams and baby girl. THE GOOD WE FIND Long ago Emerson wrote, “I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expects everything of life, and is disappointed when any thing is less than the best. I found it better to begin at the other ex treme, expecting nothing, and I am always full of thanks for moderate good. If we will take the good we find, we shall have heaping measures.” Take the good we find! A beau tiful phrase! In every person there is so much that is good. Sometimes our jaundiced eyes see only the evil—only the errors of a human life. How refreshing to meet someone who has looked for the best, and has found it. It is in the way a person looks at life that will determine for him the happiness he seeks, and the hap piness he extends to others. Even 12 year old Johnny can beau tify vinyl floors with long lasting Seal Gloss. Whitaker Floor Cov erings. State Bank No. 67-693 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE BANK OF COMMERCE (CHAPIN BRANCH INCLUDED) OF PROSPERITY, IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MARCH 18, 1963. ASSETS Cash balances with other banks, and cash items in process of collection $ 208,476.47 United States Government obligations, direct and guar- teed - 295,981.64 Obligations of States and political subdivisions _ 204,036.72 Other bonds, notes, and debentures (including $94,179.30 securities of Federal agencies and corporations not guaranteed by U. S.) 94,179.30 Corporate stocks (including no stocks of Federal Reserve Bank) None Loans and discounts (including $0.97 overdrafts) 749,991.07 Bank premises owned $21,232.24, furniture and fixtures, $9,378.30 __ 30,610.54 Real estate owned other than bank premises None Investments and other assets indirectly representing bank premises or other real estate None Customer’s liability to this bank on acceptances out standing — None Other assets 3,259.56 TOTAL ASSETS $1,586,535.30 LII ABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and. cor porations $ Time and savings deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations —1 : Deposits of United States Government including postal savings) — Deposits of States and political subdivisions Deposits of banks Certified and officers’ checks, etc. TOTAL DEPOSITS $1,407,209 07 (a) Total demand deposits $ 980,616.68 (b) Total time and savings deposits 426,593.29 Mortgages or other liens none on bank premises and none on other real estate Rediscounts and other liabilities for borrowed money— _ Acceptances executed by or for account of this bank and outstanding — Other liabilities 886,759.08 316,593.29 56,520.80 140,991.71 None 6,345.09 None None None 18,958.99 TOTAL LIABILITIES $1,426,168.96 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital: (a) Common stock, total par value $50,000.00—$ 50,000.00 (b) Preferred stock, total par value none, total retirable value, none (c) Capital notes and debentures none Surplus ; 60,000.00 Undivided profits v 50,366.34 Reserves (and retirement account for preferred capital) None TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS —$ 160,366.34 TOTAL LIABILITIES & CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $ 1,586,535.30 MEMORANDA Assets pledged or assigned to secure liabilities and for other purposes (including notes and bills rediscounted and securities sold with agreement to repurchase) $ 170,022.54 Loans, as shown above are after deduction of valuation reserves of 18,203.66 Securities as shown above are after deduction of valuation reserves of None I, Jacob A. Bowers, President and Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that this report of condition is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge and belief. JACOB A. BOWERS.