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VOLUME 27—No. 36. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1963 by the wav By DORIS A. SANDERS HOPING THAT GIFTS OF GREAT JOY Will COME TO EVERYONE! TO OUR FRIENDS This is a little different format for “By The Way'’, hut it seem ed a more appropriate way to bring- you Greetings this Yule- tide Season. Your continued kind expressions j about this column considerably j lighten the burden of trying to ' find something to till the space each week. I deeply appreciate the loyalty of those who agree, and those who disagree with thoughts expressed here. Those of us at The Sun thank you for the friendly associations we have had with you during the past year. We like to take a little space at this time of the year to tell you so—as do other mer chants in town. Most of those with whom you have done busi ness during the past year, or ■whose products you have used, have taken space in this Christ mas issue of The Sun to express their sentiments, which apply not only at Christmas, but through out the year. We hope that when you find the time, after the rush of Christmas is over, you will read every page of this issue. Much time went into the selection and preparation of the greetings which are brought to you herein. As the old year comes to an end, we again wish for you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The Sun Family Frank and Agnes Armfield Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Armfield, Sr. Steve Armfield and Doris A. Sanders Services At Mayer Church The public is cordially invited to special Christmas services at Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church, according to Dr. C. K. Derrick, pastor. On Tuesday, December 24 at 7:30 p. m., there will be a Christ mas Eve Candlelight Service, fea turing a sermon by the pastor en titled “The Wonder of God’s Grace”. Special music will in clude “Let Us Go to Bethlehem” (Traditional) by the Chancel Choir and “The Friendly Beasts” (Traditional) by the Junior choir. On Christmas Day at 10:00 a. m. the Christmas Day service will be held with the meditation by the Rev. George T. Willis. Special music will be “How Great My Joy” (17th Century Christmas Hymn) to be sung by the Chancel Choir; “O Come to the Manger” (Schulz) and “Hymn to the Christ Child” (Gongaware) to be sung by the Primary choir. Jerry Hamrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Hamrick of 127 Cald well street, is a patient at Char lotte Memorial Hospital, Char lotte, N. C. His friends wish him a speedy recovery. Jerry’s room number is 7712. ♦ $2.00 Per Year Babson’s Forecast By ROGER BABSON I am still emotionally upset as I make this forecast after the bru tal assassination of President Kennedy. I, however, will try to submerge my emotions and base this forecast of 1964 on the facts as I interpret them. 1. Our New President. I state emphatically that President John son may accomplish far more con structively before November 1964 than our late President would have been able to do. President Johnson understands better how to handle Congress, and has the confidence of businessmen. There fore, I am reassured as to the first ten months of 1964. 2. Election in November. At the Republican Convention in the summer of 1964, there w ; ll be a conflict between Goldwa r and Rockefeller, and perhaps others. For this reason, Mr. Nixon may slip in and get the Republican nomination. Certainly President Johnson will secure the womination of the Democratic Party; he is a farsighted man, and knows poli tics. Therefore, with the Republi cans nominating any one of the three leading names mentioned above, I now forecast that Presi dent Johnson will be elected Pres ident of the United States in No vember 1964. All of this gives me more assurance that 1964 should be a good year. 3. Tax Cut. A tax cut will be enacted sometime during the com ing session of Congress; and it will surely be made retroactive to January 1, 1964. The tax cut should help consumer buying; it may even increase general busi ness. 4. Civil Rights. Some sort of a civil-rights bill will be passed by Congress during 1964. The Ad ministration wants to please the South and hold its Democratic votes there, but the civil-rights bill now before Congress is not satisfactory to the white people of the North. Therefore, I fore cast that whatever civil-rights bill is passed before the election of 1964 will be considerably watered down. 5. Negro People. The Negroes will continue to make progress and get more, but I predict that the gains will have to come largely through changing attitudes of the people. Otherwise, the situation will be much like the prohibition problem which the good people of the nation thought could be solved by legislation. Such reforms take place only as the minds and the hearts of the people are changed for the better. 6. Government Spending. Of course, in the long run, the sur vival of a nation should depend upon its spending less than it takes in. Nowadays, however, it is unfashionable—for consumers (Continued on page 4) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Dec. 29; Mrs. Dave L. Hayes, Mrs. Frank Stewart, Mrs. J. Al vin Kinard, David Langford, Margaret Watkins, Christie Wei- gle, Frances W. Lester, Annie Belle Wilson. Dec. 30; Brother Gilliam, Jac queline Crooks, Carolyn Boland, Mrs. Y. Y. Pearsall, Mrs. Virgin ia S. Senn, Mrs. H. O. Stone, Lynn Altman. Dec. 31: Mrs. Nat Gist, Mrs. G. V. Clamp, Mrs. Ella H. Beam, Miss Emily Boozer, Mrs. Eddie O. Graham, Sue Stone, Mac Brooks, Clyde E. Minick, D. B. Dawkins, J. C. Shealy, El- berta Coleman. Jan. 1, 1964: John Harrison Ragland, Mrs. G. W. Kinard, Larry Young, Grace Reddick Joye, Rachel Werts, George B. Brooks. Jan. 2: Mary Fulmer Wells, Ben Pressley Stewart, Jr., Mrs. Mamie Smith, David Stone, Ro bert Wicker. Jan. 3: Carter Abrams, EX Kir by Lominack, Dick Neel, Wan- ette Walton, Sam P. Boland, Charlie S. Cromer, Mrs. Mary Ringer. Jan. 4: Howard Clark, Mrs. John Pappas, Murray Hawkins, Claude Sheppard, Elaine Brown, Paul Shealy, Mrs. Wilbur J. Ringer, Debra Smith, Steven Fuller.