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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1949
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CG: IMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
BY SPECTATOR
We are hearing more and
more about the schemes of the
Communists to control our
Government. It does seem fan
tastic, gven ridiculous, that any
American, or anyone else who
lives here, would prefer the
Communist plan to ours. It
makes you wonder. What can
be at the bottom of this? We
have several kinds of Com
munists in our country. Some
have come here from other
countries as Communist agita
tors. Now whom do they re
present? What organization in
the world is able to send Com
munist missionaries abroad on
a large scale? Need I answer?
And why should they send
these people abroad? Do we
send people to all lands mere
ly to teach the benefits of our
kind of govrnment? We do
not. The Communists have the
advantage of a fiery mission
ary zeal; we sit back, well fed,
and content to let the world
go by. That might be all right
if the world would go by and
let me alone; let me dream
and luxuriate in the blessings
of liberty and plenty. The
world however, does not let
one alone; the great tide of
human affairs sweep us on like
the undertow of the billows at
the beach. We can’t sit still.
There are communists who
have never been anything at
all but idlers, living at their
fathers’ expense, or some one
else’s. They have the super
ficial idea that everything is
bad; everybody is corrupt; and
the world is going .to the dogs.
They read and discuss the bad
acts of some highly placed peo
ple and they sit in judgment
over the whole nation, or the
whole world, in smug superior
ity. They dream of a new
heaven and a new earth, that
will support them in prosperity,
position and plenty, but they
do not know the stuff dreams
are made of..
All this is wrong, they think.
Much is wrong, of course: some
men have a lot of money, with
out rendering much service to
humanity; some men. offend
our sense of right and wrong
in a thousand ways. Even in
small towns there are men
whose fragrant cigars and
expensive liquors whose costly
house-furnishings, smack of
luxury, but whose real value
to society is small. Some men
let themselves become envious
of the glitter of prosperity. But
if that sort of thing be the
great desire of one’s life, let
him not destroy the idler who
reeks with gaudy indulgence;
let him, rather, resolve to
achieve that for himself. That
is not a very wholesome ideal;
but better to strive for all' the
good things for yourself than
to stop the flow of good for
tune and easy living at the
source, doing infinite harm to
all in order to curb a' few.
Communism is essentially a
campaign against those who
have something, the idea being
to level off the people; to make
us all of the same standard.
Wnat standard is that? That
must be a lower level. Frank
ly I do not want to bring any
body down to my level; though
he may have millions of dol
lars and all the fat of the land,
I should prefer to leave the
road open. After all, no one
lives always; th e Grim Reaper
will remove the man of soft
living; and then some one else
must carry * the world. Who
knows but that you or your
boy, or yo*r boy’s boy, may
some day bestride th e world
like a Caesar? Or he may be
that great achievement, an
honest man, the noblest work
of God? But even from the
lowest motive, let us keep the
roads open.
There is another type of
Communist: the parlor Com
munist; ' the person who merely
dabble in this; who lends him
self or herself, with the at
traction of position, character,
and all that, to idle talk, never
once thinking deeply about the
awful upheaval that Cammun-
ism would generate, like the
mighty avalanche from the
mountains, sweeping down to
the plains.
The Communists have used
words and phrases in their
most captivative appeal. They
talk about the rights of man,
the universal rule of the Com
mon man—and the words sing
a melody in the heart which is
more or less adrift, unguided
by a sound mind, an informed
mind. Words have power when
used by a clever phrase-maker,
as great a power for evil as
for good. Without being a
cynic I think words have more
power for evil than good, for
there is something within us
which makes evil more allur
ing than good. Our brethren
of the ministry may say that
our tendency is but an out
cropping of Man’s Original Sin.
Paul, the Apostle, you remem
ber, said that when he would
do good, evil was present. And
most of us ’are not Pauls by
quite a margin.
It has seemed to me that we,
on our side, should cultivate
the art of using persuasive
language, words that will glow
and build images in your mind;
words that will set you aflame
with zeal and lift your spirit
into ecstasies. We should stop
talking about “Capitalism:” the
word “Capitalism” seems to
convey the idea of a bloated
bondholder, fat and gluttonous,
grasping and mean. There are
such men, we know, but the
owner of a small shop is not
a bloated bondholder; nor is
the small farmer grasping and
mean; both are building for the
future under our old plan; and
both hope to rest in peaceful
retirement some day, enjoying
the fruits of their labors.
Bad people there are in all
positions, in all professions, in
all manner of activity, but shall
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roaches?
Some people seek light on
all problems by searching the
Scriptures. Perhaps we lay
men might read The Book for
help.
God made the world and He
rules as a great autocrat. “Be
still and know that I am God,”
He tells us little people in our
“madding crowd’s ignoble
stife.” He is the Supreme
Capitalist: He made all things
and He withholds from us His
greatest treasures until in His
judgment wa- are able to use
them: so from bromine in the
sea water, to penicillin, Strep-
tomysin, clromycetin, and all
the riches yet to be revealed..
In the Scriptures we find
not only authority and respect
for autocrity, but we find pro
gressive positions, from the An
gels to the Cherubim and Sera
phim, and up to the Supreme
Being. Heaven has not been
revealed as a Communist re
gime.
By TeJ Kesting
Jason Lucas, noted angling
authority, was once one of that
rare breed, a professional cou
gar hunter. He thinks it is the
hardest, most lonesome profes
sion in the world. It must be
practiced in the wildest, least
populated parts of the country.
It must be a one man job; there
is not enough money in it to be
divided between two.
What he learned abq,ut the
great cat in lonely years on his
trail makes interesting reading.
They vary mostly in size; the
largest are found in the region
centering about the high mesa
and canyon country of northern
Arizona. The female is always
much smaller than the male.
That men are not equal; are
not created equal, is proved
conclusively by the Parable of
the Talents—the words of Jesus
Himself. The great dictum of
Thomas Jefferson in the De
claration of Independence—that
all men are created equal—
means that all men are entitled
to the protection of the law,
with scrupulous regard for the
dignity of the individual.
Everybody knows that men are
as different as the stars—and
as Paul says, “One star differ-
eth from another star in glory.”
In the Parable of the Talents
one man was given five talents
another two, and the third was
given one talent, every man ac
cording to his several ability.
These are the words of Jesus,
the Supreme Authority. God
does not give to a man more
than he can use, but He ex
pects him to use all that he
has, and that fruitfully. So we
read that the 5-talent man and
the 2-talent man were approved
for their diligence and thrift,
but the do-nothing man, the
complainer, was rebuked.
The Scriptures don’t teach
a common level among men.
Haven’t you thought about the
great Apostles, Peter and Paul?
The Great Jehovah does not
make mistakes; nor does He
call weaklings to do a giants
work. He will train His man
to the strength for the gigantic
task, but He has to have a
man capable of development to
colossal stature.
If those who talk about a
common level would reflect on
this; the infinite patience with
Peter, and the long-suffering
toleration with Saul of Tarsus
—why? Because they had Su
preme qualities, though in need
of training.
Communism prates about
‘democracy,” but a democracy
through Communism does not
mean anarchy millions of men
require orderly government.
Who is to govern? Communism
takes the theory or word and
proceeds to make a hard and
fast despotism, the rule of the
bureaucracy, under the dom
inance of a group, or one man.
We should be singularly in
nocent if we assumed that men
who have grasped power, and
enjoy it, will not fight to main
tain it. Even in America the
average man in office wishes
to remain in office, unless he
finds something more attrac
tive. What can be more at
tractive than supreme control?
Even the best of men try to
persuade themselves that they
are indispensable, that the wel
fare of the nation depends on
them. How much more would
a man strive to maintain him
self entrenched and buttressed
in power, beguiling himself
with the glamor of position?
Few men who have exercised
great power have liked to sur
render it. So, under Commun
ism, the selfish ambition for
power, and all the trappings
of authority, impel a man to
build a position independent
of the masses, making his ten
ure sure and secure!
Do you thinly we want that
in the United States?
We have begun a New Year.
One glides smoothly, imper
ceptibly into another. Some
enter the new year with high
er hopes, greater ambitions,
larger expectations: some will
mark the passage of time as
a milestone on the way to the
new life, the more abundant
life, the life triumphant, etern
al.
While we are here we have
work to do: life is not a period
of musing and dreaming, only;
much less is it a time for mop
ing.
“Life is real; ,
Life is earnest.”
And as the same poet says:
“Let us then be up and doing."
We might tak e a leaf from
the merchant’s book; and take
stock. We have some old hab
its and prejudices which are
looking soiled and shopworn:
we may have to close them
out: we may open a new book,
emphasizing the good qualities
of our acquaintances and put
ting our best selves forward,
displaying in the windows the
more gracious and understand
ing attitude we mean to fea
ture on our personal program.
And we might try to under
stand ourselves.
As a poet tells us “Know,
then, thyself . . . The proper
study of mankind is man.”
Perhaps we can smile often-
er and growl less; we can
speak more softly and scowl
less.
We can look at ourselves, our
problems, our difficulties, and
use our minds more, and our,
bad emotions less. But don’t
neglect your good emotions;
they are the impelling force
to do the thousand and one
little things that make life
peaceful or wretched. Don’t
neglect the little things; life
is made of little things; they
are the leaven of life.
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There is practically no variation
in color.
Lucas disagrees with several
of the well known theories con
cerning the cougar. It has been
held that the lion kills his larg
er prey—a deer or horse—by
leaping upon his back and
breaking the neck with his
his teeth. Lucas never found evi
dence to support this. “I hold
that the lion kills an animal of
larger size with his long, power
ful claws, tearing open the large
veins and arteries at the base
of the neck. He uses his teeth
high on the neck only to help
anchor himself in place on a
running animal.”
A mountain lion’s kill is fre
quently mistaken for a wolfs.
There is no need for this since
a lion invariably leaves the neck
torn. A wolf attacks from the
rear, trying to cut the ham
strings and so bring down his
prey.
We hear many tales of the
lion’s destructiveness, but we
should not regard his as at
all dangerous to man. A mon
grel dog would be more likely
to attack you.
Even in his last moments, a
mountain lion shows nothing
but cowardice. A grizzly will
charge, brave unto death; a
trapped wolf will fight the trap
for days. But a lion shot almost
anywhere falls and dies; he has
no spirit to sustain him.. Caught
by one toe in a little fox trap,
he will lie there for days wait
ing death, when one jerk—the
pain of which he cannot face—
would liberate him.
There was but one animal for
which Lucas felt no respect,
which he killed without a trace
of compunction—and that was
the sleek, graceful , mountain
lion. He has no redeeming
points to offset his bad ones.
“As I see him, he has but one
use: to give good sport for men
and dogs.”
Legislature
Columbia — South Carolina’s
88th General Assembly con
venes here Tuesday with a
prodigious program of proposed
legislation in tow.
Everything from finances to
divorce, public schools to wild
life, elections to grits enrich
ment, is on one of the heaviest
prospective, lobby-packed agen
das ever to face a Palmetto
legislature.
Initial organization of the
new assembly for its two-year
span takes precedence over all
other legislative action. It will
delay floor action in any legis
lation at least a week.
Reps. Delmar N. (Tiny)
Rivers of Jasper and W. N
Clinkscales of Anderson are
vying for the pro tempore
speakership.
Littlejohn will name all
House committees. Both House
and Senate may be asked to
consider a reduction in the
number of committees. The
proposal is from a legislative
reorganization committee.
The two principal Senate
committee chairmanships re
mained unchanged after the
Senate caucus.
Senators Edgar A. Brown of
Barnwell and W. B’.-antley Har
vey of Beaufort again were
named, as expected in advance
to head the powerful Finance
and Judiciary Committees, re
spectively.
Brown also retains his post
as Senate president pro tem
pore on seniority.
In the House, the key Ways
and Means Committee chair
manship will, in all likelihood,
go again to Rep, Charles N.
Plowden of Clarendon.
Chairmanship of the House
Judiciary Committee, almost as
important as that of the Ways
and Means, is open.
Meets 18th
Rep. Lionel K. Legge, of
Charleston, a wheelhorse of the
Judiciary Committee, apparent
ly had the inside track on elec
tion to its chairmanship.
Aside from hearing the Gov
ernor’s recommendations, the
first big item of business now
in sight for the 170 legislators
is receiving the budget com
mission’s annual report.
This is expected later in the
week, and to offer a budget
paralleling this year’s $110,000,-
000 spending from state funds.
The new assembly has .65
members without any previous
legislative experience, and
generally is a youthful group.
Of the new men, 61—nearly
half its 124—are House mem
bers. Four senators are green
horns.
Shaking down th e freshmen
legislators will take some time,
and temporarily will slow bus
iness. Clerk Jim Hunter of
the House probably will con
duct his usual legislative class
es for the greenies.
RECRUITING OFFICE WILL
REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 9:00
The lo^al US Wbrmy and US
Air Force Recruiting Station,
located at 1221 Nance Street
(Next door to. the Fire Depart
ment), announced today that
beginning Monday, January 10,
the Recruiting office will re
main open until 9 p.m. on Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of each week. M!-Sgt.
Smithers, Station Commander
of the local Recruiting Office,
explained that these new hours
will afford an opportunity to
visit the loqal office to those
desiring information about the
Army and Air Force and who
work during the hours of 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
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