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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, August 1, 1968 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in advance. Six Months $1.25. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREED IN How has our Democracy failed ? That’s a good question. I am on sure ground when I point out that our Democ racy has virtually repudiated the Constitution. From the time of Franklin Roosevelt it has regarded tin National (iovernment as all- powerful and has set aside the restraints on the Federal (iovernment and has dealt di rectly with the people of the Nation m any and all matters. Mr Roosevelt, as (iovernor of New York, regarded the States as important; hut as President he seemed to think that power was in and thru him, the Congress, more or less, tamely upholding him. Once or twice the Congress may have resisted him, but rejoicing in what he regarded as War Powers of the presid ency he pushed the constitu tion overboard. It is true that Mr. Roosevelt consulted the Congress about war with Japan after Japan had grossly insulted us a n d sunk our fleet in Pearl Harbor but Mr. Johnson has engaged in a war in Asia without a declaration of war and the Congress has meekly supported him with billions of dollars, a half-million men and several thousand air planes. This whole campaign in Asia is a direct and arrogant as- . umption of vast powers not lawfully within the scope of the president’s prerogative. licit' at home the Democracy has engaged in a multitude of programs which are not con stitutionally within the range of prv suit -nt at 1 fuiietn an. But till' gravest Mu nde r, one of many. is t hat he lias so ill toil a to array i 11 vie lous I'O 11 f i 1S 1 loll .ami com! >at t ho t W i) 111, ajor oli- moii! > of on r si >eie t v. w o -h all not si ion IV sume the I- 1 ' an- ami hat 111 O 11 V \\ liieti i moo oil ai m- ton zed our ■ial i ela- t 11 ms; ami in ; ill tin • t. ! iimlot 'lllg l 11 nfu-i loll V e 1 * a 1 mm gilt ' l 1 11)0 flllil la im mt a! • a ■ meats of .-•o o i a i o | i i - r. Ami : h; > S t ) rial b ; U litic I' 11o U . ;i j| ia io r oh' m< nt in our pol 11 n s. Cl u r ig !;t'i a in c o I h is; ot y is, as the Spaniard.- ay. espan- tosa. I like the \\ oi J for it convey'- an idea of utter be- Wilde mn nt in our affairs. We derived much of our gov ernmental ideas from the Hint ish or as a development of our experience with the British, primarily tie English, of cou rse. We speak of our Anglo-Sax on relationship and what we later derived from it or de veloped from it. doing back beyond the Brit ish our people from time im memorial were White people. Regardless of what anyone may think, or say, we are tin 1 pro duct of Anglo Saxon ideas of government and liberty. Those sturdy men who re sisted King Charles and be headed him overthrew the whole royal plan ami installed Oliver Cromwell, with a gov ernment, more or less of the people. In Massachusetts. Virginia, Pennsvlvania and South Caro lina we were imbued with the English law and idea of lib erty. The Constitution of the Na tion was written by men ed ucated in England or with English ideas of government and jurisprudence. In Louisiana the basic law is French and their charter of government is known as the Code Napolean. Those men of 177<’> not only leu us into battle but into a realistic political order. And now comes the National Democracy deliberately setting aside our social order; and created what appears to be a vicious denial of the rights of those who founded this Na tion. I do not recall any blunder (qual to this in any other Na tion. Can you imagine the French repudiating their time-honor ed law and social order to favor Americans? I can give you a more compelling anal ogy; The Japanese and the old-time Americans were very unlike. Now can you imagine the Chinese or Japanese delib erately setting aside their ac- c ustomed laws and traditions in favor of White men? Have they a racial pride superior to ours? With all Christian charity, if you will, does it promote either our idea of government; or does it promote the rule of Jehovah? Who made all the races and peoples of the earth? D<. we approach the truth by subverting the tradition which dates from the White tribes of a thousand years? As I see it, we are tramp ling on the social order and government in furtherance of an ignorant assumption of superior race development. Our population has a leader ship which springs from its political ideals of thousands of \ears. Is it worth nothing? Within our own country of today we not only set aside the sovereignty of the States 1 ut we break down all prin cipals of economic develop merit. Today the National De mocracy is ill quest of political support, has rejoiced ai a pro gram which sets at naught the formation of the Nation and its recognized economic order. This wholesale assumption of political virtue i.- resulting in a confusion that reigns thruout our country. It isn’t only in tin' South, it is a Nat ional disaster which is upon us. Your Social Security Social security wage reports on domestic workers are being tiled in greater numbers these days, according to J. ('. Bag- well .District Manager of the (ireenwood Social Security of fice. Persons who have a domes tic employee must file quarter ly reports if total cash wages amount to as much as $50 in a calendar quarter. This is true if only one person is employed. The employer is required to withhold 4.4 percent of the wages paid, match this with an equal amount, and send con tributions to Internal Revenue Service during the month fol lowing the end of each calendar quarter. Mr. Bagwell stated that it is not uncommon for a person who has done domestic work to apply for retirement benefits only to find that his record does not show the earnings he actually has. Quite often when this happens, the employer is contacted and the reason given for not reporting is that the employee did not want the soc ial security contribution tax withheld. When this point is reached, the employer is left with the full responsibility of payment. Anyone needing information about this feature of Social Security reporting is urged to contact the Social Security Of fice at 219 Magnolia Avenue in Greenwood. Phone is OR 3- 1711 Office hours are from 8:45 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday thru Friday and from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon on Saturdays. Vets advised to get school certificate Apply now for your Veter ans Administration Certificate of Eligibility and avoid the rush. So J. II. Witherspoon, Adju dication Officer of the Colum bia YA, advises veterans who plan to enter school this fall under the GI bill. Veterans already in train ing under the GI Bill w r ho plan to change programs or schools this fall must obtain new Cer tificates of Eligibility from the YA, Witherspoon said. The principal advantage to the veteran of heeding advice to apply now is that he can be certain that his GI Bill education allowance will be dated from the day school begins. If he fails to apply for the certificate until after school has started there may be a delay in payment of his allowance. To obtain a Certificate of Eligibility, a veteran planning FOR SALE — DONAR - ANN KENNEL has nice selection of German Shepherd dogs, ARC registered. Ideal for protec tion. show or family pet. Lo cated only 15 miles south of Newberry, just off Hwy 121. ANN GIDDINGS, SALUDA, S. C. Ph. 445-50G7 J18-3tc. HOME FOR SALE Th t Ih ■t hie hem I aitheran Baris h. Romai i a. S. (’. parson- age for sale. Brio k-veiK'er 11 O 11 S l a ho ■drooms, living room dini ng room. kitchen, ilen, hr it li i lownstairs. 2 rooms and ith ups! airs. I nsulated over he ad, i lllet heat, attic fan. Also a Olll ‘ our garag O' with s t o i a g<' room ( hriek eonstruc- t ion i \\ at"r pump with shelter. Lot is 11.9 ft. all foi ur sides (approximately 3-4 acre). House located on Peak road, within sight of Pomaria Ele mentary school. Seen by ap pointment. Call 270-2247, or 27b-2197. Sealed bids are requested and will be opened on August 4, 19bS. at a meeting of the Joint Council of the Parish at Bethlehem Lutheran church, Pomaria. S. C. at 8:00 P. M. The Joint Council reserves the light t • reject any and all bids. Ten (10) per cent of the suc cessful bid is due on August 10, 1908; balance will be due by December 31, 1908. House will be available for occupancy on January 1, 1909. Address bids to: Home Bids Care Rev. Elford B. Roof Box 240 Pomaria, S. C. 29120. 7-4-5U “WHATSOEVER THINGS” By DONALD E. WILDMON There was a lady once wTio received news that she was go ing to have an honored guest for dinner the next day. She was very excited for the guest was a very important person. The next morning she got up early and began preparing the meal. About the middle of the morning she heard a knock on the door at the rear of the house. “That just couldn’t be him,” she thought. “Surely he wouldn’t be here this early in the day.” She went to the back door hoping that this would not be her visitor. When she opened the door she found a beggar there. “What do you want?” she asked in a grou chy tone. “I am very hungry, madam,” the beggar said. “I will gladly work for a little food if you wall let me.” She stared at the beggar for a moment with hate burning in her eyes. “Go away from here before I call the law!” she shouted as she slammed the door in his face. Then she went back to pre paring her meal for her vis itor. She was upset that she had been interrupted by the common beggar. Soon her mind was back on the meal and the honored guest. She was work ing hard when suddenly a knock came at the front door. to enter school or training for the first time under the GI Bill should get in touch with his nearest Veterans Adminis tration office, the school of his choice, or his County Ser vice Officer. A veteran who requires ano ther certificate because of a change in program or school should send his request or contact the VA regional office which maintains his records on file. A veteran who is not chang ing programs or school need not obtain another certificate. “That’s probably him,” she thought as she went to the door. When she opened the front door she was surprised to find it wasn’t her guest but a boy from the poor family down the road. “Mama wanted to know if she could borrow some flour,” he said. “Phe said she would p&y if back just as soon as possible. We don’t have very much to eat.” She snapped at the young lad. “Go home and tell your moth er not to bother me anymore.” Again she gave the door a good slam. “You can’t get anything done around here for the bums she thought as she went back to her work. Soon the knock was heard at the front door again. She had the meal ready now. She tidied herself up and put on a big smile and went to the door. She was surprised when she opened it. It wasn’t the expected guest but a little Indian girl. “Miss,” the little girl said, “would you like to buy some real nice gifts? They are very reasonable. And this is our only way to make a living since daddy died.” The lady needed gifts, but she had never bought bought any thing from an Indian because she considered them dirty. She was short with the girl. “I don’t buy from Indians. I buy from clean merchants.” Then the door slammed shut. Since the meal was ready the lady sat down to wait for her guest. She waited and xvaited. He was way past due now r . 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