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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964 THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA ARE YOU LISTENING? BY EARL WILSON Today I drove through a section tof a near-by city which would be commonly called by many “Nig ger Town.” Here I saw people really enjoying life. One Negro man was eating a hotdog and good naturedly begging a driver of a soft drink truck for a sample. Be hind this scene a shoeshine boy could be seen keeping time to a Bosanova number, being played on the radio, by popping his shine rag against the shoes of his customer. Two men sat playing checkers on .a home made board, and one was laughing loudly because he had just gotten a good jump on the mother. Little Negro children were running in the street, playing with the simplest of toys as though they were the best that money could huy. It was a pleasant scene. One that I have witnessed hundreds of times, but this time it spoke to me with a husky voice. Today I saw Negroes acting like Negroes and having the time of their lives. No doubt but that the rent was overdue for some time. Others perhaps did not have en ough food for the coming week. The children, according to latest statistics, are not enrolled in any school, but they were happy. They were so happy that not one in the whole neighbohood is likely to die of a heart attack. Not one will suffer from ulcers. Not one will suffer from physical or mental breakdown caused by hyperten sion or worry. Yes, today I wit nessed some real happy people. They were happy because they were acting like themselves. With this scene in mind I be gan to remember some of the ugly pictures of 1963. I saw Negro and white children, absent from school, picketing for things they will never understand. I saw Negro pastors being dragged to police patrol cars by their heels. I saw a bombed church and mothers gri eving over their murdered daugh ters. I saw a confused and heart sick world that I call home, and my heart ached to think that all of this was for nothing. Today I'learned a great lesson. For the first time I saw that the Negro who acts like a Negro-is really a happy person, but when he starts acting like a white man he becomes unhappy, greedy, sel fish, and domineering. It is wrong for him to want to be like the white, but it is even more wrong for the white to lead the Negro away from true happiness by the influence that we have over them. Tonight when I pray I will thank God for making me a white man, but I will also pray that He will give me the strength to set a good example before my colored brethren that will help them thank Him for making them Negro. Newberry Lumber Co., Inc. Authorised Representative For TBRMINIX SERVICE 913 CUNE ST. TELEPHONE M FOR SALE 2—24,500 BTU ADAMS HEATERS, rented and yilot, ea. $36.00 1— 19,200 BTU VITA RAY HEATER, rented and pilot $33.30 2— 24,000 BTU VITA RAY HEATERS, rented, ea $27.00 1—19,200 BTU VITA RAY HEATER, rented $24.50 1—19,200 BTU VITA RAY HEATER $23.85 NEWBERRY MILLS Inc. Phone 276-2510, Tonunie P. Setzler WILL A HOMEOWNERS POLICY SAVE ME MONEY? Certainly! It combines the coverage of many policies into one . . . at a much lower rate. A call will tell you about the savings with no obligation. Dean Manion P / THE MANION FORUM Most Americans at the Christ mas season just past have no doubt considered the fact that the predominating thought at Christ mas 1963 was not the birth of Christ but the death of President Kennedy. It is sacrilegious, of course, to relate the tragedy of the President’s assassination to the tragedy of the Cross, but the fact remains, that measured by current newspaper lineage, the dramatic death in Dallas is now far ahead of the miraculous birth at Bethlehem. Nevertheless, the actual relat ionship between these two historic events is much deeper and far less profane than it sounds. The birth of Christ could have prevented the cruel assassination of our Presi dent, if the light and truth that Christ brought into the world had been seen and understood by this generation as clearly and as uni versally as it was meant to be. What killed President Kennedy was Communism. What nurtured the Communism that killed the President was the prevailing in difference of the people of the world, and of the American people more recently and particularly, to the insidious growth of this dia bolical anti-Christ, antiGod cult of violence which now sustains an advancing campaign to conquer the world. Since the birth of Christ, 1963 years ago, nothing has appeared on earth that is comparable to the sweeping tide of tyranny, terror and deceit that comprises this current Communist conquest. Pagans, agnostics, schismatics and heretics have rolled back and forth through the civilized world since the day Christ was born, but not until now, not until our own day and generation has activated atheism—hell-bent and hell-born— set up its goal of ruthless world domination and successfully mar ched more than one-third of the way to that godless goal line. For the conquering Communists the crucifixion of Christ is not an isolated historical event, but the living, working principle which motivates all and every official Communist project. As one schol arly analyst of Communist ideolo gy says: “The rejection of religion is the very essence of Communist thinking. For Communist, God is man’s own invention and in reality there is nothing beyond matter . . matter and motion. Things spirit ual are merely a reflection of things material. The Communist have self-assurance and confid ence because of their belief that they can know and eventually can control everything because there is no God, and no Creation.” (“The Communist Ideology,” by Gerhart Niemeyer, Facts on Communism, Vol. 1, U. S. Government Printing Office.) Geared into this atheistical phil osophy is the basic attitude or un compromising hostility to all non- Communist societies. Last November 22, this “matter in motion”—this evil complex of stratagems, maneuvers, illegal methods and subterfuges—^mana ged to kill the Commander in Chief of Communism’s main target and most powerful opponent, namely, the United States of Am erica. On Saturday, November 23, Dal las Police Chief Curry told the Associated Press that the assassin readily admitted “he is a Com munist’ ’and a member of the Communist party. . It is as unfortunate as it is significant, that the great weight of editorial comment and commen tary on the assassination of the President continues to dismiss that deliberate crime as the irrational act of an eccentric “mad man” while it seeks to turn blame upon the “mink-stole fanatics” who are alleged to have insulted Senator Johnson and his wife in Dallas in 1960 and the woman who, in the same city, poked Adlai Stevenson with a cardboard sign some time ago. If the Communist enemy is now behind our lines, and in position to order and obtain the destruc tion of our leaders, why should this fact be withheld from the American people? On November 26, the Commun ist Worker proposed an investi gating committee to uncover all the facts involved in the assassina tion, to be headed by the Chief Justice. Three days later, Presi dent Johnson announced that the Chief Justice would lead a special Commission to conduct the in vestigation. The Committee is to report its findings, but apparently not its evidence, to the world. There will be no public hearings and no public disclosures. Before He was crucified, Jesus Christ warned us that we should know the truth and that the truth would make us free. But the THE We are in the Christmas season. I power through lines in North Car- for the days from the 20th of olina, South Carolina and Virginia December to the 1st of January \ for the first time Monday, are the holiday season. In Janu ary, of course, for some unac countable reason we wonder what the world will do; what we will do; and what our business willdo. So then: What de we learn from Christmas? Just exchange of Gifts and singing carols? Christ mas means vastly more than that. It commemorates the coming of the Son of God to reveal to us the great love, mercy and compassion of the Father. We learn that God is a father, understanding, com passionate, merciful. Why did Jesus come to the Jew ish race? Why didn’t He come to the Romans, the rulers of the world of His time, as we think of the world in a restricted sense. Only the Jews had a background that could accept and use a reve lation from the Great Jehovah. The Jews had Abraham, Issac, Ja cob, all the prophets, Moses, the transcendent figure, law-giver, leader, ruler under God; the lead er trained spiritually under the Jews, militarily under the Egyp tians, prepared for a revelation of God and from God. Behind all the years of the pro phets was the indoctrination of the Jews, a Chosen people, pre pared as no other peoples to re ceive the mission of Jesus. The Greek with his philosophy, his conceit of intellect, would have scorned the meek and lowly Jesus. The Roman, in the pride of pomp and power, worshipping the material , things could not have grasped the spiritual mission of the Saviour. But the humble, lowly Jew, rich in the traditions of the Most High, even he, even Peter, could not fully comprehend the Messianic mission, but it unfolded to their simple minds and spirits and grew into a rich fruition as the descen- dents of Abraham prayed to the Lord who guided Moses, who de veloped David, who gave John the Baptist to the world, John who re ceived that noble tribute from Jesus: “Of man that was bom of woman there hath not been a greater than John the Baptist.” The electricity was produced by a chain reaction set off at 1:59 A.M. and flowed into the lines of South Carolina Electric and Gas Company. Later, it was connected into systems throughout associ ates’ three-state area. The Parr reactor was designed and built in cooperation with the Atomic Energy Commission by the associates’ member companies —Carolina Light and Power Co., Duke Power Company, S. C. Elec tric and Gas Co. and Virginia El ectric Power company. The companies began the pro ject in 1956 and the reactor began operating last March 30. It has been providing data prior to the actual generation of electricity.” Our own native son, S. C. Mc- Meekin, is the prime moving spirit in this notable enterprise. He hails from Fairfield county and is a graduate of Clemson college. Two great industrialists, both from counties still awaiting full development, though producing two great men, at least—I refer to James C. Self of old Edgefield and Silas C. McMeekin of old Fairfield. Is this a fair question? Is a Senator bound by reasons of per- onal integrity and patriotism to hink of and plan for the well-be- ng of the Nation? Or is his prime bligation to boost the president ,nd sacrifice the fiscal cpndition if the Nation because measures of conomy may be regarded as im pairing the standing of the Presi- lent? Behold the scholarly patriot, Senator Humphrey who argues a- ;ainst cuts in foreign aid waste >ecause he thinks the President’s restige requires the additional nillions. Indeed, Indeed! Oi*r nat- onal prestige calls for solvency! The New York Herald-Tribune publishes an account of the career of a colored man who has achieved wealth and prominence in busi ness. Quoting the Herald-Tribune: “The Negroes of the U. S. must blame their ‘lack of initiative, courage, integrity, loyalty and wisdom’ for their limited oppor tunities, according the S. B. Full er, one of the country’s leading Negro business men. He spoke at a nanel discussion before the National Association of Manufacturers 68th annual Con gress of American Industry at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. ‘The Negro believes that the lack of civil rights legislation and the lack of integration have kept him back, but this is not true. If he would learn to use the laws of observation, concentration, mem ory, reason and action, he would realize that there is a world of opportunity right in his own back yard.” S. B. Fuller, who is president of the $10 million dollar Fuller Pro ducts company, a cosmetics firm with 10 subsidiaries, started the company in 1935 with $25 working capital. ‘The Negro must learn how to think,’ he said. ‘You can’t change the system to accommodate the Negro. You have to change the Negro to fit the system. Yqu can’t legislate equality.’ The business man also attacked the approach of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People. A questioner asked him what the NAACP was doing for the individual Negro. ‘Nothing,’ he answered. ‘They are trying to change the white man, not the Negro.’ The audience applauded. He also accused the American Negro of lethargy. He said that many a Negro, with an ancestral slave background, ‘learned to hate work, and is not enthusiastic about doing anything for himself.’ ‘The Negro must pool his capital in order to help himself,’ he de clared. ‘If the Negro filMi the amount of initiative, courage, and imagina tion required, he could control the retail selling in his own com munity. ‘Since our capitalistic system is a competitive system, the Negro must learn to compete with his fellow man. He must not only seek jobs, but he must own es tablishments which will give jobs to others. A vice president of NAM reeled off Fuller’s business accomplish ments and added, ‘he was 15 years old before he knew there were more white men in this country than black.’ Fuller was born of poor parents in Louisiana and went to school only through the 6th grade.” It is refreshing to read the sug gestion of a Colored man who has achieved success in the big world of affairs. I know some Colored farmers in this state who have succeeded notably. A refreshing idea is the one of fered by S. B. Fuller: “The Negro, he said, must learn to think; you can’t change the system to ac commodate the Colored man; you have to change the Colored man to fit the system.” “You can’t legislate equality.” The underlying truth of that observation applies to the white man also. Thousands of white men who seem to bewail conditions need to change themselves rather than the conditions. TEEN AGE DANCE TO BE SATURDAY The dance sponsored by the Sen ior Teen ciuo wnich was to be held on New Year’s Eve and was cancelled because of the weather, has been rescheduled for the Speer Street Youth Center for Satur day night, January 11, from 8:00 o’clock until midnight. Music for the dance will be played by the Caravelles from Clemson college. . . Admission price for members is $1 per couple, 50c for stag; f° r non-members, $1.50 per couple; $1 for stag. Governor Russell very appro- riately calls attention to the in- ustrial expansion in South Car ina. The figures are impressive: New plant construction $154,- 59,000. Expansion $108,634,000. Said the Governor: “This was fth consecutive year of indus- •ial development. The five year alue of new and refreshed indus- rialization was more than a bil- on dollars with 70,000 new jobs.” I have heard a radio broadcast f our great South Carolina Com- any, The South Carolina Electric nd Gas company, which is a four undred million dollar investment i South Carolina and which, ac- jrding to a recent talk over the idio, will spend more than seven- f-four million dollars during 1963, 364, and 1965 for new work, re-* uilding and everything necessary > provide all the power needed Liring those years. Whenever a reat enterprise comes to our tate the power must be available > planning and building marches ir ahead of immediate needs so lat future needs are provided >ng in advance. This great company not only mploys nearly two thousand men nd women but pays in taxes early 16 million dollars a year. Throughout our State new in- estments have been made, heavy »esh spending, notably by our reat textile plants, the greatest usiness we have in South Caro- na. Great operations, such as the lammoth Joanna Cotton Mills, ave been our principal source of conomic progress during many ears. They employ many thous- nds of our people, provide a larket for our cotton and pay undreds of millions of dollars in - ■» NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA After the Close of Business December 31,1963 By-theway- our Nuclear plant, our Atomic energy plant, is now in operation. I quote from a news dispatch from Parr; “The Carolinas-Virginia Nuclear Power Associates’ plant here sent electricity produced from atomic truth is being deliberately obscur ed. Perhaps this is the reason why freedom is disappearing and why Communist slavery is moving for ward so fast on this anniversary of Christ’s birthday. ASSETS FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS $4,657,105.29 Well secured loans on properties in Newberry and vicinity being retired in monthly payments. SHARE LOANS 53,102.23 Loans secured by Savings and In vestment Share Accounts of the Association. REAL ESTATE SOLD ON CON TRACT 3,415.37 REAL ESTATE OWNED 5,700.80 OFFIC E BUILDING 41,377.11 Less Depreciation. MISCELLANEOUS ASSETS 25,456.70 This consists of furniture and fix tures owned by the Association, and certain expenses prepaid. FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK STOCK 60,500.00 Our membership in this Bank Sys tem places at the disposal of this Association $2,000,000. of additional funds if desired. U. S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES 300,000.00 OTHER INVESTMENTS 9,419.20 CASH ON HAND & IN BANKS 383,748.34 This amount provides ample funds to cover all approved loan applica tions as submitted and accepted. $5,539,825.04 LIABILITIES SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT SHARE ACCOUNTS - --- $5,003,141.05 Funds placed into the Association savings and investments. ADVANCES FROM FEDERAL )ME LOAN BANK 200,000.00 LOANS IN PROCESS 44,321.61 Ui^lrawn balances on construction, repair and modernization of homes. Also, deposits for the purchase of homes. RESERVES & UNDIVIDED PROFITS 290,547.82 These reserves insure the stability of this Association and protect mem bers against all possible or contin gent losses. OTHER LIABILITIES 1,814.56 $5,539,825.04 HOME LOANS INSURED SAVINGS Current Dividend Rate 4 per. ct. Per Annum, Payable Semi-Annually All funds placed with the State Building and Loan Association by the 10th of each month will receive earnings from the first of that month. Each savings account insured up to $10,000.00 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, Washington, D. C. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS R. B. BAKER, President ✓ J. DAVE CALDWELL, Vice President 1 * PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS, Secretary-Treasurer THOMAS H. POPE LOUIS C. FLOYD R. AUBREY HARLEY —MEMBER— Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Federal Home Loan Bank System United States Savings and Loan League South Carolina Savings and Loan League