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THE CUNTON CHRONICLE
Clfnton, S. C^ Thursday, December 80, 1965
Thoughts
For Hie New Year
Matt 14:85, “And in the fourth watch
of the night Jesus went unto them, walk
ing on the sea.”
Matt 14-81, “And he said, Come. And
entered. This win inevitably mean hereafter
a bigger and bigger tax burden on the
American people.” " >
You may or may not favor medicare, the
war on poverty, federal aid to education
or any of the government’s other ventures
into uncharted areas of authority. But
when Peter wee come down out ot the ship, *<>“ “<• e™Tone elee will heve to pey for
them—in increased taxes of one kind or
he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
“But when he saw the wind boisterous,
he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he
cried, saying. Lord, save me.
“And immediately Jesus stretched forth
~ his hand, and caught him, and said unto
him, 0 thou of little faith, wherefore didst
thou doubt?”
The miracles which are recorded in many
passages of the Bible had a profound effect
upon those whose lives were touched by
them because they were done with a calm
authority and confidence that spoke elo
quently of their divine origin. They were
a challenge to the followers of Jesus during
His ministry as a physical presence and to
us today to have faith in God’s Messiah
and act according to His word.
Jesus did not write His teachings on
golden tablets to be enshrined in great tem
ples which time would destroy. He wrote
them deep in the hearts and minds of men
and women where His message could not
be stamped into oblivion by any sort of
ruthless oppression nor worn away by the
impartial attrition of time. This is the
strength of Christianity — that it needs no
outward trappings. With its message of
hope and concern for Hie dignity and worth
of each human being, it brings the great
est comfort and burns the brightest with
in those most sorely oppressed. As 1966
begins let us all pause once more to furbish
anew our thoughts of Him who came to
build a Kingdom in our hearts. His teach
ings lend meaning to the humdrum life, dig
nity to the unfortunate, hope to people who
have none and courage to those- who must
do the impossible. This troubled new year
all men would do well to remember His
outstretched hand and His words to one
another.
who was sinking into a stormy
‘Oh
thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou
doubt?”
If* Your Money—
Not The Government’s
The people are reading news items
showing that state and federal govern
ments are providing billions of dollars for
a variety of welfare and spending projects
that break ail records. ^ ’■ '» '
There may be excuses for much of the
spending, but one fact should be made dear
in every newspaper report of so-called
government largess—neither the state nor
the federal government has a thin dime
to give away that they don’t first take
from the overburdened private citizen tax
payer. Governments are just agents of
the people.
- Newspaper headlines and stories should
stress: “The taxpaying private citizens, rich
and poor, do the giving, not the govern-
naent.” If this distinction was made in com
ment in the press/ if the word “taxpayers^
was substituted for the words “state” and
“federal”, “governors” or “presidents”,
more people would begin to realize that the
money government “gives” is first taken
from them in the form of taxes.
“It’s easy to see how Uncle Sam gets
some of us stubborn and recalcitrant citzens
to do what he wants. He simply holds back
Federal funds if we don’t ... But how
about those who ' don’t get any typo of
government check. How can they be
brought into line? Of course they are few
er and fewer every day so maybe this
problem will just disappear as the Grand
Society encompasses all.”—Everett (Wash
ington) Herald.
Peace, Freedom and
Good Wffl
By THURMAN SENSING
Executive Ylce-FresMeut
Southern! State* Industrial Council
Though the United States is deeply commit
ted in South Viet Nam, and Christmas Day will
find thousands of American soldiers fighting for
their lives on various distant battlefields, the
American people remain as dedicated as ever
to the Christian hope of Peace on Earth, good
will to men.
There is nothing contradictory about strug
gling for freedom and desiring peace and har
mony in this world. Indeed an era of true peace
and good will could never be achieved if men
of religious faSth failed to demonstrate courage
as citizens.
Last Christmas the communists decided they
would attempt to usurp the "peace” theme,
and they put out propaganda saying that inter,
vention in Viet Nam was inconsistent with the
Christian faith. This deceitful line proved to
be a failure, however. Millions of good church
men in the United States clearly understand
that they have a moral obligation to resist com
munist aggression. Nevertheless, one can ex
pect leftists to use this line again this year.
Indeed the leftists never lose an opportunity to
try to enlist Christian symbols and teachings in
their unworthy cause of advocating surrender.
This means that church people have to be
alert to the dangers of deceit.
One of the questions written on placards car
ried by peaceniks is: "Would Christ have car
ried a draft card?” Well, if one looks at the
Gospels, one dearly sees that Jesus Christ was
NOT a preacher of anarchism nor civil dis
obedience. He clearly recognised a man’s ob
ligations in society. Nor did Jesus urge peace
at any price. His was not a gospel of appease
ment of evil.
Now our civilisation recognizes that com
munism IS an evB. In Sooth Viet Nam, for
example, communism is a synonym for terror-
Stories
Behind
Words
William
by
S. PenfMd
Texas with her daughter Mrs.
Bob Carr and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Crisp mov
ed into their new home here last
Mrs. Roily Bannister had with
her for Sunday dinner, Mr. and
Mrs. Roily Bannister Jr. and
son Roily III of Raleigh, N. C.,
also Mrs. Roy ’’Welbourne and
Mrs. Fred Day of Belton, joining
them later were Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Bryson of Newberry, add
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Bannis
ter and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Finley
and family joined with the other
members of “The P. W. Fin
leys” family in a get-to-gether
Sunday Dec. 26.
Chur college students, Sammy
Wham, Clemson, Jimmie Thom
ason HI of Mars Hill College
and Miss Lynn Thomason of the
University of Ga. are home for
the holidays.
The usual family gathering
were all in for the holidays.
The Geo. S. Whams.
The Arthur Alexanders.
The J. S. Winebredners family.
Also Mr. add Mrs. Jack Du
pree and Mrs. Effie W. Fuller
of Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. J, Kosebutxki
of Arlington, Va., jwt% visiting
the J. M. Simmons' family last
week and was accompanied to
Fla.', by J. M. Simmons and
Mary Olga to visit Mrs. Ned
Chittendon and Mrs. Olga S.
Laramore at St. Petersburg,
Fla.
The Candlelight service which
was held at the Presbyterian
church Dec. 19th was well at
tended v and was beautiful. The
pastor of jhe church. Rev. Fit*
stevens, Warn In charge. Mrs.
Fttzsteven rendered several se
lections on her harp. The choir
consisted of the young people of
our community and was direct
ed by the Rev. Jackson Touch-
berry, pastor of the Baptist
church.
Mrs. B. P. Watts saag a solo,
"The Holy City”, and Ed James
of Anderson sang a solo, "The
First Christmas”.
About where you should save . . . And around here
it’s Citizens Federal. Stop in tomorrow and discuss
a savings account with them.
Doily
In the 17th century there was a merchant family
named Doyley, or Doiley, that sold cloth in London,
England.
This family introduced a light, inexpensive wool
en fabric that became popular as material for sum
mer clothing.
Since it was introduced by the Doiley family, Lon
doners called the material “doiley.”
The custom of using small mats as ornaments for
the table arose, and these mats were made of “doil
ey.” The word was shortened to “doily,” and now re
fers to a small napkin or ornamental piece of linen
or lace for the table.
Mountville News
MRS. MAUDE BRYSON
ed how to make some decora
tions. Refreshments of cookies,
ice cream and coffee were ser
ved. Mrs. Herman Gabbed is
the President.
The Cross Hill - Mountville Mr. and Mrs. Baker and
Home Demonstration Club met daughter Miss Angelia of Colum-
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You Wig Have To Pay
An enormous amount of notice was giv
en to the nominal tax reductions which
have taken place at the federal level in the
last two yuan. The question now is whether
this moderate measure of tax relief is to
be something of a snare and a delusion.
On January 1,1966, social security taxes
are to be substantially increaseed. This, for
great numbers of people, will wholly or
largely offset the past reductions.
Then, what will happen in the future
is a subject of much speculation now. For
example, in one of his recent columns David
Lawrence wrote that the people know little
•bent . . what burdens for future years
will result from the commitments will grow
year by year in the various fields in which
the federal government has heretofore not
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Thus it would bo ■ betrayal of Christian value, with Mr,. Leonard Gabbert Doc. Worbpent the weekend with Mr,
tar the American people to bo. to the will ot 111 .fourteen member, »*« P«- Mr ^ Mr *
atrtm ^ •obvo.hmm. mi.m *ent. Mrs. Gabbert gave the de- W. L. Benjamin,
commuatamta Southeart Aria, nr anywhere eloe voUoul and M|s| tbow . Mr,. S. J. Hunt i, in Hourioa.
Another tricky line that one hears in some
quarters these days is that we must not think
of God as being on our side. Assuredly, God is
the God of all people on this planet. But it is
a mistake to accept the tricky motion that God
is neutral on questions of good and evil, that
God is as approving of evil forces as He is of
good forces in the world. Christians always have
believed, and with justice, that there are forces
working for good in this world and forces work
ing for evil.
The whole communist conception of society
and history is contrary to everything that Chris
tianity teaches. As the United States is fighting
and sacrfkring to reduce the influence of the
communist world, it is working against evil.
Thus Americans have every right to call on
God to support their just cause on the battle
fields of this'world.
The word “peace” is bandied about by peo
ple who actually mean surrender. These types
attempt to make the defenders of freedom ap.
pear to be warmongers and moral monsters.
But the moral monsters are those who would
impose on their fellows the peace of slavery.
Christ did not seek that kind of peace in his
own time among men on earth. Jesus scorned
a peace that meant a betrayal of aH that He
knew to be true. Therefore, Christ set an ex
ample to his followers in time to come, to.strive
for the peace that represents freedom. No other
. kind of peace is worth having.
At this Christmas season, the American peo
ple are full of good win as they support the
defease effort in the Far East Over many gen
erations, American, churchmen have supported
missions in the Far East and aided innum
erable charitable activitte and programs of aid
and economic reconstruction.
The U. S. rebuilding of post-war Japan was
a mighty act of Christian forgiveness and char
ity. But the task now is to prevent Red China—
a brutal foe of peace and freedom—from gain
ing new conquests. American soldiers on the
battlefields in South Viet Nam are thus
only defending their country but their religious
heritage.
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