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PAGE EIGHT THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1965 THE “SPECTAT “Too much of a thing is enough” jgaid some homely philosopher years ago. Senator Edgar Brown seems to think that, too. I've been wonder ing just how well pleased the illustrious Barnwell Brown and Rlatt felt in this hectic era of Fed- <eral domination in our daily liv ing. Both of these gentlemen are leaders in the State, not merely in Barnwell. And they are proud of our State and able workers for the State. But in Barnwell they are friends of everybody and are constantly alert for their county. I rejoice in the recent outburst of Senator Brown; he has looked on, sitting patient, calm and re served, so far as I know. But the Senator has fighting blood in his jpdns; lie not only is Barnwell’s -preeminent son. but he came from the Horse Creek valley of Aiken county where people stand just so much and no more. Aren’t we, all of us, growing nveary with all this Federal rule? Just how we reconcile all this Federal meddling w-ith the clear man dates of the Constitution I am unable to understand. Read the 9th and 10th Amend ments; and then read why they were adopted and what they mean. "You need not be a lawyer to un derstand them. Under the thinking of today— if anybody is really thinking— the Sovereignty of the States is Just a myth, something for cranks and fools to prate about. As clear as day is the idea now dominant to let the Congress do anything and everything, and to day the Congress yields to the President as though he were a combination of all-power, all-wis dom, and all-benevolence. Even our schools and colleges, our municipal groups, our coun- •ties—every conceivable interest is towing and scraping to Federal Authority and then crawling ab jectly on our knees in obedience. How much more of this can we stand ? JBenator Brown spoke like a man —I take off my hat and shoes to him. “When you send your regis- *trars to Barnwell, send troops also.” Spoken like a man! The Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of South Carolina! What are we talking about? Re cently the President of the United States urged respect for the Cons titution and, of course, he implied DR'S” COLUMN that we should abide by it and with it, not merely talk about it. And the President himself has ac ted as though there were no Cons titution! The amazing feature of the at titude of the President, the Con gress and the Supreme Court is that they all seem prone to dis regard it; to go around it and leave it high and dry on some insurmountable mountain top. while they pursue their way un deterred by any consideration of the Constitution. The only time I can recall the President citing the Constitution was when Congress “called his hand,” as we say. The Congress mildly asserted that the Presid ent had invaded the scope of con gressional authority. And then the Congress meekly compromised the real issue and kissed the hand of the President, as usual, leaving the issue as murky as before: and the President carrying the gar lands of victory. That was a clear cut issue and the Congress, having boldly and correctly assei'ted its prerogative yielded to the Pres ident and surrendered. Now, then, what is a Constitu tion and why do we have one? I do not expect the average cit izen to pose as a constitutional authority, but the Constitution is for the average citizen: it is his shield and buckler and defense, certainly theoretically. Theoretic ally? Yes, that’s about all there is to it. An ex-Governor of Georgia is quoted as saying that the national Government has not usurped the rights of the States; that the national Government assumed pow ers because the States did not ex ercise them. A conclusive answer to that is that the National Gov ernment may not lawfully assume powers of the State- The national Government does not operate law fully, as the Ex-Governor of Geor gia seems to think: the scope of the powers of the National Gov ernment are set forth and the Government has no others. You’ve read the 9th and 10th Amendments, adopted in the very beginning to set forth clearly, un equivocally and definitely the reserved powers of the States. Had it not been for the 9th and 10th Amendments there would have been no Union, no Federal Government. Governors and others frequently rush into print, as in this case. It is truly lamentable that they assume as facts what are not facts. PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL Dewey B. Byrd Jr., Newberry Mrs. Hixsey Carol Burton, New berry Mrs. Jean Barnes, Prosperity Astor Bobb, Prosperity Miss Neelie Boozer, Prosperity Hayne Buford, Newberry Mrs. Sarah Buford, Newberry Miss Annie Bynum, Newberry James Cannon Jr., Pomaria John Henry Davenport, Sil- verstreet Mrs. Evelyn Davis, Newberry Nathan Dawkins, Newberry Betty Jo Farrow, Newberry Mrs. Ola Fulmer, Prosperity Mrs. Carrie Pearl Gary, New berry Panie Glenn, Newberry Mrs. Lola M. Gowan, Newberry Jesse J. Guin, Newberry Larry L. Guy, Kinards Mrs. Frances W. Harp, Newber ry W. B. Henson, Newberry Mrs. Madeline Hipp, Prosperity Eugene Horton, Newberry Mrs. Ella Harmon, Prosperity Mrs. Emma Dell Jackson, Pros perity Mrs. Rosa Jenkins, Newberry Robert Johnson, Newberry Mrs. Narvice Koon, Newberry Mrs. Mattie Boozer Kunkle, Prosperity Do some public men ever read the Constitution? Are they exe cuting it in good faith or are they really executing it by cutting off the head, as in early England? I am fully aware that we dis regard the State Constitution, too. In a news dispatch from Colum bia recently the Governor is quot ed as indicating that the Budget and Control Committee will de termine the necessary appropria tion, probably having delegated power to use any available sur plus. Read the State Constitution. Only the General Asembly may appropriate funds; it is not con stitutional to delegate broad dis cretionary powers to the Budget Committee. We seem to have a surplus at times and that surplus seems to be distributed by the Budget com mittee, instead of by specific leg islative appropriation. Our State Constitution reads: “The Governor shall commission all officers, etc.” He was to choose and appoint them, not merely sign his name to what is handed to him. 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Lester, Newberry Mrs. Inez McCary, Newberry Mrs. Gloria Mangum, Newberry Mrs. Lizzie Martin, Newberry Andrew J. Merchant Sr., Kin ards Mrs. Edna Minick, Newberry Miss Debbie Lynn Morris, Pros perity Mrs. Elizabeth V. Morris, New berry Mrs. Cornelia M. Pitts, Newber ry Miss Nell Pitts, Newberry Mrs. Annie Plowden, Newberry Ernest Ringer, Newberry Mrs. Alberta Razor, Newberry Mrs. Louise Rister, Newberry Holland H. Ruff, Newberry Mrs. Edna Steeves, Newberry B. Roy Sample, Saluda Mrs. Amelia Hentz, Newberry Mrs. Eunice A. Stewart, New berry J. Andrew Stockman, Newberry Eddie Suber Jr., Newberry W. Kenneth Swygert, Prosperity Edward Vaughn, Newberry Mrs. JQean B. Vernon, Newber ry John Williams, Newberry Henpan Wright, Newberry Mrs. Marcella Taylor, Newberry Mrs. Lura P. Nix, Whitmire Julius Rutherford, Pomaria UDC chapter met with Mrs. Fellers The Drayton Rutherford Chap ter UDC met October 5th at four o’clock at the home of Mrs. Tom Fellers with Miss Sallie Lee Cromer and Miss Rosabell Thomp son as associate hostesses. The president, Mrs. E. E West- wood, presided and called the meeting to order In the absence of the chaplain, Mrs. A. J. Briggs led in the salute to the flags and the UDC ritual. Minutes of the June meeting were read and approved. The historian, Mrs. M. F. Bow ler gave a most interesting and historical program on the begin ning of the railroads in the ante bellum days. The treasurer, Mrs. L. G. McCullough, gave her re port. Mrs. W. E. Shealy gave high lights on the State Convention, which will be held Oct. 13-14 at the Wade Hampton hotel in Col umbia. Mrs. Westwood urged all who could go to the Convention. I\\ frv'\ O ever-faithful A real fashion "great"—In a weightless, weather-defying her ringbone. The time-honored vel- . vet collar with herringbone revere, the flapped pockets and the back pleat are summed up by Betty Rose with tailoring de tails that make this your "super special" coatl Green, Rust, Blue. &18. $35.00 CARPENTER’S I A social hour was held and de- , licious refreshments served. There being no other business the meeting was closed by repeat ing together the Lord’s prayer. Mrs. E. E. Westwood, Pres. Mrs. L. B. Gilliam, Sec. BRIGGS’ WRITE . . . (Continued from page 3) We shopped around in the PX. Started work at Stars & Stripes on the 3rd; have just about gotten everything figured out here. Nice office, people and work; I keep payroll records and file, plus gen eral stuff. There’s a German girl here, and when I get more set tled, we will speak German. This way I should really learn the stuff. Have my grammar fairly well un derstood, and I understand most everything here spoken in Ger man. I just won’t talk. FOR SALE—3 bedroom, 2 bath new home on Lake Murray, air conditioned, central heat, concrete ramp, boat house and dock; 150 foot lake frontage, beautiful point. Contact W. M. HARRIS, Saturday or Sunday. From Blacks Bridge go 1 mile to Blacksgate- West sign, follow arrows to office. 10-9-ltc NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having claims ag ainst the estate of Anna Kinard, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same, duly verified with the undersigned, and those indebt ed to said estate will please make payment likewise. WOODROW GOGGANS, P. O. Box 124, Newberry, S. C. Administrator Sept. 25, 1965 9-30-3tp NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having claims a- gainst the estate of Martha B. Morgan, deceased, are hereby not ified to file the same, duly veri fied with the undersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make payment likewise. SHIRLEY E. MORGAN, 309 Baldwin Street, Greenwood, S. C. 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Wright observes 91 years By MRS. A. H. COUNTS Mrs. Robert Downs Wright ob served her 91st birthday Tuesday. She is former president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Born in Newberry, she is the daughter of the late Dr. Spencer Glasgow Welch and Cornelia Strother Welch. Newberry residents expressed their appreciation of her accom plishments while she was presid ing for the first time as president general of the UDC at the nat ional convention in Columbus, O. While on the platform she re ceived from them a large basket of chrysanthemums. The accom panying card read, “An expression of appreciation from the citizens of Newberry, from people who have known and loved you all of your life, from those who have come to you for advice and coun sel graciously given, from the people you meet on the street with a pleasant smile and a cheery word of greeting.” The mayor of Newberry had previously ad^ed an expression of appreciation to those of the gov ernor of South Carolina and other State officials in a bulletin dis patched to Mrs. Wright. Mrs. Wright is a charter mem ber of Drayton Rutherford Chap ter UDC, having joined the organ ization in 1898. She served three times as chapter president, then moved into State offices. She be came the youngest State presi dent in the history of the division. During her term as State div ision president, the closing of the “Confederate Infirmary,” now the Confederate home, was proposed. Mrs. Wright appeared before the senate finance committee to plead successfully the cause of the vet erans. In 1917-1918 Mrs. Wright serv ed as director of War Relief work. She worked with the Red Cross and led a campaign which added four beds to the American hospi- FROM wall to wall, no soil at all, on carpets cleaned with Blue Lus tre. Rent electric shampooer $1. Whitaker Floor Coverings. tal in France and made garments for hospitals. Mrs. Wright was serving as president general of the UDC when World War II began. She made several official journeys ov er the country asking state UDC divisions for greater efforts in civil defense. She went on an Ar my Transport, as guest of the War Department, to Des Moines, Iowa, to observe the training of the Women’s Army Corps and to Camp Crowder, Mo., where she viewed a parade of young women who had completed their training. Mrs. Wright wrote the history of the State UDC and helped to compile the national UDC history. She compiled and edited a book, “A Confederate Surgeon’s Letters to His Wife.” The letters were written by her father to his wife while he was on the battlefield. Mrs. Wright helped to found the Newberry Library Associa tion in the early 1900’s. She is a charter member of the Newberry Civic League, organized in 1905, the Newberry Woman’s Club, or ganized in February 1901, and the Jasper Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. A life-long member of Central Methodist church, she has been a trustee and member of the Board of Stewards. She has a life membership in the Woman’s Society of Christian Service. A Chapter of the Children of The Confederacy, organized here several years ago, was named the Eloise Welch Wright Chapter, Mrs. Wright was named “Sweet heart of the Cnfederacy.” Mrs. Wright was chosen several years ago as Woman of the Year by Newberry Business and Pro- fesional Women’s Club. She wa* also honored by the Lion’s SClub and presented a silver pitcher. Mrs. Wright is a member of the original committee to select the South Carolina Mother of The Year. Before her marriage Mrs. Wright taught in Spartanburg and New berry. Her husband died many years ago. She has two children^ the late Mrs. Troxell Wright Brown, and Capt. Downs Wright, who is commanding officer of Cecil Field Naval Air Station. Capt. Wright holds the Navy Cross. Mrs. Wright has several stepchildren. Capt. and Mrs. Wright were present for his mother’s birthday. Mrs. Wright hopes to attend the national meeting of the Uni ted Daughters of the Confederacy in Columbia this month. 3-THREE MORE BIG DAYS-3 Thursday, Friday and Saturday The Bigger Than Ever NEWBERRY ■ SALUDA COUNTY FAIR Come out and see the many fine exhibits... amusements of America on the Midway Bring the whole family and enjoy yourself! NOW! 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