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THE “SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN
Bushy Park is to become a
scene of great industrial develop
ment and our great city of Char
leston will enjoy immense advan
tages from the plants that will
thrive near Charleston.
The change from a dead dream
of thriving operations to a prac
tical realization of the dream is
due to a native son, a genius
whose constructive mind plays
such an important part in the
business of South Carolina. That
son of Fairfield county, graduate
of Clemson college, gentleman of
courtly manner, is a builder, a
man of great vision, but not a
visionary, a man of practical mind
—an engineer—that man, S. C.
McMeekin, is the greatest builder
in our State.
I am glad that I am not a
teacher of History in this great
day of our Lord 1964. I once
taught history in two junior col
leges and two senior colleges, one
being The Citadel. From the Cit
adel I went to France, England,
Scotland, Belgium, and Holland,
most of the time lecturing in the
AEF on the background of the
war.
In those far-off days some of
our people were imbued with the
spirit of freedom and extolled the
it
YOU ARE AS GOOD AFTER 65
AS YOU THINK YOU ARE-YES!
^phe greatest single factor in
whether your retirement will
be good or miserable will prob
ably be your ability to govern
what your mind thinks about.
This delves into the deeper
aspects of the retirement: your
attitude on life, your philosophy,
your mental health. But it is a
simple thing. And it is funda
mental.
Men and women now going
into retirement must contend
with certain miserable thoughts
that are almost universal. The
first, of course, is that they are
now useless, unwanted, and fair
ly well finished as human beings.
They aren’t, but the quite bru
tal retirement practices our so
ciety has set up indicate to them
and to everybody else that they
are. So they think it.
They think, too, that people
believe them undesirable because,
deprived now of the daily play
mates that went with the job,
they are lonely.
Usually retired people will try
at some point to break out of
the circumstances they have been
pushed into. But business has no
jobs for them, and new faces
offer few friendships. These re
buffs tend to harden their minds
on the low opinion the world has
of them.
There are many men, a few
years out into retirement, who
let their minds wonder if the
good job they had back with
the company was not some kind
of fluke. How could they have
really teen worthy of it then
if they are so unworthy now?
Thus do the dark thoughts go
with many retired people until
they give up the struggle to be
whole, and resign themselves to
dullness and seclusion behind the
walls of their homes.
To these people of dark
thoughts, another retired man has
something to say:
“Those of us who live retired
lives are exposed really only to
our own gaze. So we should have
within us a pattern by which to
test our actions, and sometimes
we should praise ourselves and
sometimes should correct our
selves.
“I have my own laws and my
own court to judge me. I believe
in no other than my own be
cause only by my own light can
I understand my actions. None
but you can know whether you
are cruel and cowardly, or loyal
and dutiful. Others judge you by
uncertain conjectures . because
they see not your nlture but your
artifices. Do not rely on their
opinions about yourself. Rely on
your own . . .”
Then he said that to base your
thinking on whether you are
doing well with your life or not
on the approval of others is to
rely on a shaky foundation. “Es
pecially in so corrupt and igno
rant an age as this, the good
opinion of the crowd is injurious.
Whom are you trusting to see
what is praiseworthy in you?”
The fellow saying this was
Michel de Montaigne who lived
and wrote in the year 1580.
achievements of early patriots of
this new nation, the nation formed
by the States after the War of the
Revolution; a nation conceived in
strife and baptized in the sacri
fice of blood of heroic men and
women.
The great struggle was fought
oved a few pounds sterling but
consecrated by principles dear to
our people of English origin.
We look back and seem to think
that all our people were heart
and soul for independence; not
so, of course: many thousands
were opposed to independence.
We call them Tories.
This great nation; this land of
opportunity; the Pilgrim’s pride;
came to us the hard way. It was
not the result of a moment; back
to 1215 at Runnymede, near Lon
don, King John was forced to
grant a charter, the Magna Carta,
number one in our Constitutional
history.
Our people used to say that
“The blood of Martyrs is the seed
of the church.” Yea, verily our
religion grew out of strife and
strain and Calvary’s cross.
I do not urge revolutions to
day except, perhaps in Cuba: I
fear I belong to the crowd “peace,
peace.” But as old Patrick Henry
exclaimed: “Men may cry peace,
peace, but there is no peace.”
Even so.
Jesus said “I came not to bring
peace but a sword.” He founded
the church militant, as we used
to say. What is the church mili
tant? The Christian army at war
with wrong.
Shall we substitute the sweet
poet, Longfellow? “Let us, then,
be up and doing with a heart for
any fate—Still achieving, still
pursuing—Learn to labor and to
wait.
Wait for what? That is the full
ness of time—truth and right will
prevail.
Were those old patriots irres
ponsible hot-heads? George Wash
ington, Thomas Jefferson, the
Rutledges, Franklin, the Lees,
Madison—all wild men ? They
were men of principle. Unfortun
ately we have grown soft, flabby:
we want peace and quiet. How
would you teach the youth of
today the legsons of the Magna
Carta, the Bill of Rights; the
Declaration of Independence; the
years of suffering, sacrifice, ser
vice, from 1776 to 1781, followed
by the Constitution of the United
States ? I wonder.
it and save for it.
For hundreds of years false
‘leaders’ have preached, ‘Give me
your support and I will care for
you. I will take from others and
gave you a living you don’t have
to work for.’
And for those same hundreds of
years men have been drugging
themselves into that dream—and
waking up not in heaven but in
purgatory.”
I A great commercial operation
uses a page in a leading magazine
every week to talk to our people
about some of the fundamental
virtues of life.
Some of our politicians ignore
the lessons learned in several
thousand years of toil, sacrifice,
service, dedication and consecra
tion. They think a law can make
up the difference between cen
turies of experience, trials and
errors; and a law can confer on
ignorance, inexperience and inept
itude the equivalent of hard-earn
ed experience through the cen
turies. How remarkably superfi
cial is that idea of mankind.
Neve GOLDEN YEARS 36-page booklet
now ready. Send 50<» in coin (no atamps),
care of this newspaper, to Dept. CSPS,
Box 1672, Grand Central Station, New
York 17, N. Y.
Just at random I ask myself
“Suppose we had not had those
impetuous men in 1776: what
would the condition be today?
Would we be a Royal Province or
Territory, such as Canada?”
That towering figure in history
—George Washington—was he a
man of reckless impulses?
I may be in error but I don’t
recall at the moment any out
standing figure among the fore
most political strategists of the
new idea of straining, stretching
and ignoring the Constitution and
our heritage of stalwart freedom,
who hails from any ef the States
of 1783, or whose kindred shed any
blood in the making of this na
tion.
“Heaven isn’t that simple. You
can’t legislate equality; you have
to deserve it. You can’t demand
success; you have to earn it. You
can’t be handed an education or
skill; you have to learn by hard
work. You can’t vote yourself se
curity; you have to produce for
“As has so often been observed
in history, major advances in. one
segment of civilization will be ac
companied by corollary advances
in all or most of the other seg
ments. For example, in the in
dustrial revolution of the 19th
century, the advances in steam
power and machinery were ac
companied by progress in agricul
ture, medicine, education, and
communication. There are few in
dividuals living today, however,
with sufficient scientific back
ground to understand fully the
broad implications of this scien
tific revolution in which we are
living. The layman becomes aware
of only some of its break-thrus.
It is the rare individual indeed
who sees all the aspects of this
revolution, not only as these hap
pen to have personal, family or
business impace, but also as these
may change national, world; even
universal, concepts of existence.
It is an exciting age. Only nine
years ago, a few visionary mem
bers of the American Rocket Soc
iety proposed that man place a
satellite in space. It took two
years for the United States gov
ernment to accept such a proposal.
And, in 1963, at the very moment
of this writing Gordon Cooper is
on his two-day trip of 22 times
around the world in space. To
be living in such an age is to know
that truth is actually stranger
than fiction. What is even more
inspiring is the knowledge that,
with-scientific advancement firm
ly entrenched in the great univer
sities and other endowed and pub
lic institutions, this progress and
growth which we have helped to
bring about will continue long
after we are gone. To know that
we are a part of the civilization
which initiated the scientific
strides towards the benefitting of
all mankind in centuries to come,
gives a greater meaning and full
ness to all of our lives.
The listings which follow have
been chosen only at random. Lit
tle is mentioned here with regard
to new developments in politics,
education, mental health, crime,
art, music, labor, leisure time, fi
nance, conservation, religion soc
iology, marriage, love, population
or numerous other fields of hu
man endeavors and pleasures.
Pure science does not concern it
self with these things. If it pro
duces the capabilities of the des-
tructfeh of mankind thru the H
Bomb, or financial disaster thru
expensive, unproductive trips to
the moon, it also produces the
capabilities that the final results
happiness. It is the responsibility
of man in his application of these
capabilities that the fina Iresults
for good—not for evil.”
Most of us live in the lower
levels; we make no trips to the
moon; we are trying to adjust
our lives to the discoveries of de
voted students whose experiments
open new worlds to all humanity.
A few explore the higher realms;
the masses slowly conform. We
need leaders, thinkers, devoted
explorers.
BlilOiHS
BY MARY STONE
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Opening lead: Ace of si
West took two top spade tricks,
then shifted to the queen of dia
monds. After the diamond lead,
South cleared trumps, ending in
the closed hand. South then led
the ace of hearts and ace of dia
monds; a heart was ruffed in the
dummy, the jack of diamonds led
from the dummy; then another
diamond trumped in the closed
hand to establish the remaining
diamonds.
Comment: West had a good hand
and could have made four hearts.
West should have sacrificed by
bidding five hearts.
This 4-H OperatOK Uses
SAFETY RULES
DRIVING SKILLS
MECHANICAL KNOW-HOW
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Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
—Deuteronomy 17&
Someone Imn said that the
Kind of thoughts we think have
much to do with the way we look
end the way we act
If this is so, then it follows that
the kind of company we keep is
certain to have effect upon our
thoughts and our actions as well.
This is something that should
be remembered in these times
t when it is fashionable to “follow
the crowd.*’ Anyone can follow
I the crowd. The Christian wants
; to know where the crowd is go-
I Sng and what it intends to do
I When it gets there.
Read your BIBLE dally
and
CO TO CHURCH
SUNDAY
The 4-H Tractor program has trained well over a million youths
to drive safely, handle the big machines and keep them in work
ing order year around. The project is planned and supervised by
the Cooperative Extension Service. In this state and 39 others,
educational aids and awards are provided by the American Oil
Foundation.
With today’s big investments in farm equipment, it is vital
that' tractors are adequately maintained and put to maximum
use, points out 4-H Club leaders. A breakdown could mean
financial loss on crops.
There is always plenty to do in this project,. even for the
beginner. The program is divided into four sections. The first
year participation acquaints the member with the tractor and
safe rales for operation.
Second year members learn to operate the tractor and what
it takes to keep it going. Care of battery, spark plugs, cooling
system and tires is taught. Operating costs, including fuel and
lubrication also are studied.
“Improving Your Skills” is the title of the third unit. This
emphasizes highway safety, power take-off, brakes, power trans
mission, winter care and ownership costs.
The fourth year and advanced unit goes into detail on
machinery care such as servicing and maintaining tillage tools,
planters, harvesters and sprayers. By the time 4-H’ers have com
pleted the fourth year, they usually have assumed responsibility
fen* not only the farm tractors, bat other machinery as well.
Over the years thousands of young 4-H farmers have been
recognized in various ways for doing a superior job. The pro
gram sponsor this year again will provide an expense-paid trip
to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago for the state
winner. College scholarships worth $500 each will be awarded
to the top 12 members across the nation. They will be designated
by the Extension Service.
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One of the important human
factors completely overlooked in
the present trouble in Viet Nam,
is that the Vietnamese resent the
white man killing any Vietnamese,
even though they are Communist
enemies of the country. This is
why it is so grievous an error to
commit American troops to full-
scale combat there. Americans in
Viet Nam today have inherited
the oriental hatred for French im
perialism.
Following Warld War II, the
Phillipines were plagued by a
Communist uprising. The Philip
pine government, which had just
won independence, faced a serious
threat, but it wisely faced the
threat with its own people. Had
American troops been used, the
entire population there would have
resented Americans killing Com
munist Filipinos. The same situa
tion prevails today in South Viet
Nam.
The solution is simple, obvious
and offers success. The United
States and the South Vietnamese
governments should invite, and
urge the Japanese, Nationalist
China and the Filipinos to join
hands in the common struggle for
a free Southeast Asia. Gradually
our oriental friends of the Asia
tic Coast could and would replace
the white man in South Vietnam.
They could make a victory perm
anent, and this, the Americans
cannot do.
Even after victory, the United
States cannot guarantee to seal
jungle borders of the Orient. Our
Seventh fleet in Asiatic waters,
and our Air Force on Okinawa
would be an effective war deter
rent against Red China who is
busy with her own internal prob
lems.
There is no question but that
the peoples off the Asiatic coast
fear and hate Communism, and
that this fear is genuine and abid
ing.
Not long ago, the uncle of Em
peror Hirohito of Japan was a
visitor in this country hoping for
an interview with the President.
He offered to present a plan which
he is sure will be effective in win
ning a permanent victory over the
Communist in Southeast Asia. It
is the suggestion described above.
He thinks that there is even a good
chance that the Communist guer
rillas in Viet Nam could be per
suaded to law down their arms.
Conservative oriental thought is,
that as events are now unfolding,
all Asiatic peoples on the main
land will be under communist dom
ination in two years. Should this
materialize, these off-shore peo
ples would be obliged to trade
with the Communist bloc—to them
a most distasteful and unreward
ing relationship.
They have a real interest in
winning the current war against
Communist aggression in South
east Asia, and all they can do
under the present system is to
stand idly by and see the white
man—giant though he may be—
failing in South Viea Nam. Why
can’t the Administration concede
that we have been trying and have
been failing to win that war, and
at least give the plan of Hirohito’s
uncle a try? The results could
hardly be worse than have been
achieved so far under our plan,
and they might surprise everyone
by succeeding completely.
Recent Movings
James Abrams has moved to
1603 Johnstone street in one of
the Carpenter’s apartments.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sessoms
are now making their home at
2503 Henry avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hamilton
have moved to 2123 Brown street
to make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Long are
now residing at 1301 Fourth St.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Corley
are now residing at 1934 John
stone street in Apartment No. 2.
TO VISIT WORLD’S FAIR
W. Fulmer Wells and Wright
Cannon will leave this weekend
for New York, where they will
visit the World’s Fair and other
interesting places. They expect to
be away about ten days.
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