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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C\, Thursday, June 8, 1967 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in advance. Six months $1.25. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREED1N What is the outlook for the farmers? The eotton looks small ami unpromising, doesn’t it ? And m the low count ies, t he 1 Ve I »ee ri pm>n. toiau-eo doesn’t cheer us at the moment. At the moment, 1 remind you, for >ome of you may romemher the ytar 1911. So let me tell \ "ii ahoii t 1911. 1911 w; is a dry year; a -ing- ular fact m deeply eiigi aved on my memory. I had 1 iccii elected Dean am Tica.'Uicr of tile ] iroposet ( '"llcgc in Anderson, Soutl < anduia. I he proposed eollegi was the outcome of a populat campaign to provide for a college. A you are not i nterest- ed m the college i’ll conf im myself to the weather. 1 went to An dor son in Jum 11» 1 1 , a d i y period. Soon after my arrival in Anderson I suppested to tin trustees that we undertake t< collect the hundred thousand dollars pledped hy the people of Anderson County. In June and July 1‘Jll it was dry, so dry that the trustees of that college in the preat cotton county said to me "Pon’t mention mornyv; it is so dry the farmers won’t make anything so don’t mention money.” Those pentlemen borrowed fift\ thousand dollars on their personal credit and we bepan the huildinp. I was busy all the tune with all the details but about No vember I suppest' (1 apain that we ask for the payment of the pledpes. The trustees said "Iion't mention money." Well, now; in June and July the dry, dry year the farmers had no prospect of a harvest; in No- \ ember the harvest had been so plentiful that they couldn't "make any money." So there you are: in July no prospect hut in March, 1!»1 L’ t housamis of farmers weie plow inp up cotton so as to plant for the eiop of lord. 1 ha\ eii’t iie n cock uis about t ue weat her or farm pro pet t.- . nice t hae\ en; f n 1 lull. So no w : I hea i that t lie fa rm- e rwon’; make a ny t h, np, but m> * hoUp ht iun- back to lull. I haul a bit of experience on m\- farm ni ludl or Itr’.'J Apain x 1 , e had a lonp d ■ y tune. ()u r fa rim r at that tin- plant ed pea • for a crop of peas and hay .a the autum It was dry. dr>'. di\. Mer chants who had boupht thou sands of bushels of peas sold at a loss for the farmers said it was too dry. I had all the advantape of ipnorance: I was not a practical farmer hut I was too pip-headed and hull-headed to act on the wisdom and lonp experience of our best farmers; I rushed in where and when anpels would fear to trod; my farm partner and I planted several thousand bushels of peas — in all the dry weather and dry land. Then— after several weeks—came the rain. We had about the only hay in our mdphborhood, we who had brushed aside the wisdom of our best farmers and plunped in, we prospered in our ipnorance. So you see: there 1 are times when experience and sound judpment seem to profit not- hinp, whereas someone in ip norance rushes in and reaps a benefit. Even so. Iton’t misumier-tam! me; now. today, I have profound re perl and repaid for the exper ience of successful im n, Out you i an't a I w a \ I ell, ran you ? Sen let i nn - an ip mua nt man phinpe.- m and .-ucceeds. 1 med not remind you that younp' men take chances that elderly men avoid. The cautious spirit of ape hesitates before the perils ami .handicaps of chance; whereas the adventure some impulse of youth may overrule obstacles. The world advances because men try new methods or just seem to defy opposition. 1 need not remind you that oftentimes the do-or-die spirit of adventure rushes headlonp to disaster; nevertheless the world propresses throuph the spirit of adventure Men of great achievement usually rest on othi ■r men. Sometinn •s a great le; uier can draw out the supe rior qualities of their assistant s W he reus the leader m ay not fully grasp all the detai Is; the a ssistant mav he ouManding as A s s i stant, as .'.econd- in -command 1. whereas once givi ■n comma ml they fad. Many a general o \Yt S much to his < ■ h;e f of staff w he reas the chief of Maff fails W lie n he he- comes t h e commander. Thi> is ak'O true in 1 iiisiness. in many eases. I have t hough' }, ;t about t\\o outs tanding i •ha r: inters in the B1 h 11 ■ ; David ; iml 1 [Vt.u- Je- us warned IV ter o f Ins ;m- pending 1 ictraval, 1 lilt I’ eter was . 1 >ek ■ u r< that he W OH Id never deny his Lord But IV' er foully di n ed hi s I.urd 'h ree t : me a' d id Wore ' 'hat he . In : know ,T su- But win m J i -' came f r< mi the ! i m i h he w: . "<io tell my d'.-eip les a ml Bet' r to meet me in ( ladle e." Ami Peter, the coward, developed in to the Great Preacher, the chief hero of our Catholic brethren. What did Jesus see in Peter? He saw the failure and then the superlative preacher. Aral there was David: he committed a crime so foul that he could not hold up his head in any decent community today. But he became “the man a r ter God’s heart.” There is a lesson for us, surely: we frequently don't measure accurately the cap abilities or the possibilities of our fellow men. And Saul of Tarsus our preat Apostle Paul: what did Jesus see in Paul? And now we may well con sider the Apostle Paul. He was stand inp by while Stephen was stoned to death. Paul was a strict Pharisee and observed all the Jewish law. Jesus called him, you’ll recall, on his way to Damascus, a journey to perse cute the followers of Jesus. Jesus saw depths and poss ibilities and called Paul on the road. “I am Jesus whom thou per- secuteth.” Jesus saw the vast potential service of Paul: to present the Gospel in Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek and Latin, the most helpful way to introduce the Gospel as a world relipion, a call to all mankind! “South Carolina may lie be low the national averape in ome thinps but when it comes to usinp electricity in the area served by the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company—it’s way above averape! The resid ential customers in this 23- county area used an averape of more than 71 hundred kilowatt hours of electricity durinp 190(1 — 33 per cent more than the national averape! For this si' r v lee this same averapt i evidential customer pays less than she did the year before: 1.9‘J cents per kilowatt hour—or 9 per cent less than the national averape. Perhaps this hiphet averape use is because of this lower averape price.” “Accordinp to statistics, the averape American moves once m four years. What’s new about movinp these days is what you can move with you. And that’s almost everythinp. Thinps you previously had to leave behind when you moved—like closets, bookcases, dishwashers—now can easily be moved from one house or apartment to another Shelves and cabinets and brac ket to movable poles cost less than carpentry and are much easier to move. Storape walls and modular units can be re- arranped to your convenience and you can adapt easily to new floor plans. Foldinp screens, foldinp chairs and tables, small arca-rups and anythinp on wheels are important to the movable room idea—which brinps us back to the movable d .hwasher. They're electric, of course, and will do all that the lebudt ins can accomplish. If ym; are a movinp, averape American, see the new movable d.Mnvavhers on today’s market enjoy the modern wav to da tlm d,s h os." Local man’s father dies Hudie I.. Gardner of Joanna died I uesday at a Clinton hos pital after a lonp illness. Am- i np his survivors is a son, Robert A. Gardner of Newber ry. funeral services were con ducted Wednesday at First Baptist church by Dr. L. B. Harbin. Burial followed in f rederick Memorial Gardens, Gaffney. All The Things You Are It’s not what you have, but what you Jo with it that counts Everything about you combines to create your image. The trick is to take stock of yourself and always put your best face forward So maybe your nose is a trifle long—or a trifle short—or even a little crooked. Don’t panic' I earn to focus attention on your best features. You can do it with your personality and with a little extra beauty care. T and C Dry Cleaners "SECOND TO NONE” Attention Friends and Customers: You all have seen the same old advertisement such as: MASTER DRY CLEANING, MOTH PROOFING, etc., etc. Professional Dry Cleaning IS MORE THAN REMOVING DIRT. Let us pro- vide you courteous service, and the care in Dry Cleaning that you deserve. EASY DRIVE-IN PARKING For PICK-UP and DELIVERY Call 276-4096 1508 NANCE STREET NEWBERRY, S. C. Powell E. Way, Owner Highway Safety Action The “compulsory” vehicle in spection bill, just signed into law, brings to seven the total number of highway safety measures clearing the Legisla ture this year . This development, in our op inion, marks the 1967 General Assembly as the most product ive one in recent years with respect to safety legislation. Only one other recommendation in our “safety package” pre sented in January has failed to gain approval—the Implied Consent Law. Hopefully this measure also will be adopted before adjuornment. We have known for sometime in South Carolina that automo bile insurance rates cannot ap preciably he lowered until we cut down on accidents. Now we have put some teeth into our motor vehicle laws which should aid us in this problem. The real results of this year’s actions may not show up im mediately, but, as least, we have made a good start in the right direction. In the meantime, South Caro linians can look forward to the day when needless deaths and injuries no longer blacken our record to the extent of absolute inexeusability. Chief Highway Commissioner Silas N. Pearman has termed the inspection law “the one measure that will do more than anything else to reduce our fat ality rate.” The law goes into effect in 1969. This will give our gar ages and our people the oppor tunity to prepare themselves for compliance. Tbe legislation is designed to avoid working any hardships on the garages. Don’t Forget The Insurance In storage, on the road or in the water your boat and accessories are subject to fire, theft or loss of some kind. Give your investment the protection it deserves. Insurance, including liability, is available in any combination at a reasonable rate. “YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422 but the inspection fees will not be high enough to give them a profit. We are grateful that they are cooperating in this matter by preparing to handle inspec tions. In the meantime, we urge all motorists to have their ve hicles inspected voluntarily un til the law goes into effect. STRIKING—The dress takes a jacket and the result is a ver satile ensemble for the woman on the go. Woven cotton in a bold zigzag pattern shapes the slightly fitted jacket and the simply constructed dress under neath. By Bert Geiger for Campioni.