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I’AOK 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C,, Thursday, June 22, 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. BREEDIN Do you ivmomlHT from your days in Urn Sunday School that wlicn food was sea re c tho chi Id- IT'D i >f Isr ad found a refuge in Fg\ P d ? To u <) i >ac k just a hit J acob and in.- - old had lo.-t J( iseph, who had lidti sold and 1 >y ill- td pr o t i r i g a di '■am f or tie' ruler of !• Lypt h a i i hoc n vir t ually i n a i i i ■ a fo. >d co nt roll or id' 1 ■Igypt that in co urse of time Jo: eph 9rot h or- f ound li i hi when they Wd'e seek ;ng pioih though at f dt tld \ 1 lidn’t red ig'ii ize Jos,, >h. 111 ! inio Jo- ■ ph, wit h I ’ha r- a o h,' col: -cut sd aside .-ome rich land for tin fat hei ■ and fa in i 1 V (> f Jo -i ph. the f 'at he i wa > Jaeo! >. a- you nine tuber. A- turn ■ pa, - S d 1 Joseph died and that f rididly ruler (lied The Fgyp Mans were envious of tile I srae lito- and hegan to oppia ■ss them. ( (0(1 sent Moses lo lead tlio Israelites out of Egypt 1 his oeeasio n took a peroid of 19 y eai until tin Israeli tes reached th e Promis- ed land. Dur ing their join ■ne y I’haraoh chased them with a i g real army and id: lariots and lit • lost heavily when the pur.- uing Kgyptians Were engulfed and d rowned in the K ed Sea. The 1 raelites wa ■ re known as ( i 0(1 S ehosen peopl ( ’ * they were (leseeiHlont.- id’ A1 iraliam and had a long history of (lod's pro- v i d i n g care. So I think the ruler id’ Fgypt may find that Jehov; •.h till he flit uii Is his cho- sen pi ■o pie. You may he nu i fe informed about the idea (d Yi, tor Hugo. one of our nio-t ill ns t rious liD to: an IF \\ r ie i’ d i - a ■ us i n g the F : a o! i i e i' 111 In was (! i - eu.-sa; e the : n t '■ rvi nt ion of tin' ( , rent .1 e ll< > Y.'i i 1 u h 11 had -aved th, 1- rae'ite and In mdi i d- of \ e; 1 1 : in'. i r ''id d to -ad' Fi; rope f ■ o.i o Nnp( d> i 'll. F A a 'In alia de iio\ah, tne < ,o ; . IF ' i ! i h e .g A a n : f i g. t o 11, tial g!eat I : .' ' . 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U ■ To ham- mer the piece- the M jdaie, to pul\ or: i/.e regiment s. to break lines, to grind up and scatter masses his way of doing this w; IS to poll 11(1. | loiiinl. pound — unce asingdy: he i ■onfiiied this husiiid -s to tin camion - hall; a yhastly method, which joined to his genius for 15 years kept this somhro pugilist of war invincible. The 18th of June, 1815, he counted more than ever on artillery, since num bers were in his favour. Wel lington had only 159 cannon; Napoleon had 240. If the ground had been dry and the artillery able to roll, the action would have com menced at six in the morning, and the battle would have been gained and ended at 2 o’clock, three hours before the Prussian catastrophe. How much to blame was Napoleon for the loss of this battle? Is the shipwreck to be blamed on the pilot? Was the evident physical decline id" Napoleon complicat ed at this time by a certain in ward weakness? These twenty years of war, had they used up tlie sword as well as the sheath, the soul as well as the body? Had Napoleon lost the instinct of victory? Was he seized with a supreme folly at the age of 4»>? Was this titanic charioteer of destiny no more than a great breakneck? We do not at till believe this. His plan of battle was, by general confession, a masterpiece; to go straight to the center of the allies; to make an opening in the enemy; to cut him in two and push the British half on Hal and the Prussian half on Tongres; to shatter Wellington and Blucher; to carry Mont St. Jean; to hurl the German into the Rhine and the Englishmen into the sea -all that was Na poleon’s plan in this engage ment. ” “The people of South Caro lina are 99.b per cent native born, most of whom can trace their lineage to ancestors who were here before the Revolu tionary War. South Carolina was the only State in the Un ion whose signers of the Dec laration of Independence were all natives of the State and college men. Almost any graph, statisti- ( a! data or conglomeration of fact-, compiled have a nasty way of putting South Carolina at or near the hottom. I rue, we were only the 7th state to enter the U nioin ( South Caroli na ratified the '’oust it ul ion on May 29,, ITTSi hut theft 1 are a heck id’ a In? of t i rst for South < 'ai olina ! South ('arolina was tlie first Stall to plant rice and ,nd.go A.r a;e. Km was planted 1 >e- e 1971. and the t i I 1 tea 'arm in \ aie ,ea w a. a! Sum ne i v . 11c. The lii t sh.p limit in Am- ra a to (he". tin Atlantic , , can w a a lig ht .-ailing Ve>- ; . nit be tin 11 ugc not - at I',, t Koval. Tin Huguenots u.-od .1 to return to France .■ the winter of 1592-92; and t he t’ii' •! -team loenmo. ice m tiie United States was tin •pe.-t Friend,' built for the South < arolina Kailroad. The fir-t free library in Am- , i ica was started in t harles- ton about 199S. It was taken river by the Province of South Carolina in 1700. The library was destroyed by fire in 1810. Al-o. the first public museum m America was organized Jan. 12, 1772. In 1815, it became the Charleston Museum. The first opera advertised by title on American soil was giv en in Charleston in February, 1725. Probably the first musi cal society in America was the St. Cecilia organized in Char leston in 1792. It is still in ex istence as the sponsor of the beautiful and dignified St. Plodding vs. Plotting Governmental management, we have learned, is quite sim ilar to managing the family budget. Some people just plod along with little thought of systematic planning. As a con- sequence, they usually find themselves engaged in “crash” buying projects and “crash” savings projects. The success ful families learn to stretch dollars; and although needs multiply, they plan their lives on the basis of realistic pro jections of income. Convinced that State govern ment ought to operate like the successful family, we have ini tiated actions to make South Carolina a “plotter” rather than a “plodder.” First, we called together fis cal experts to make a thorough study of the State’s economy with an eye toward analysis. What we found was that sev eral measureable factors hold tlie key to movement up or down. We discovered that our economy is insepai ablely Ded to the national economy. more realistic picture of what revenues will be available for services. Our annual budget will be worked out with a min imum of guess'ng. Finance, as most families have found out, is highly com plex subject. To borrow a well- worn phrase, “It’s not what you make but how you use it.” Making every tax dollar count is a primary function of good government, and we cannot a- fford to plod along if South Carolina is going to lead the New South. r Dr. George S. Benson President k NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM Searcy, Arkansas A — that percentage-wise we are running ahead, and that we can predict income on a highly ac curate basis. For example, pre dictions made last year con cerning this year’s revenues are running impressively true to form. Armed with th's new capa bility, the Budget and Control Board is in a position to pre sent the General Assembly a Cecilia Balls. Performances of a musical concert are mention ed in 1722. The first free school for Ne groes were founded in Charles ton as early as 1740. The Uni versity of South Carolina is the oldest educational institu tion in this country entirely supported by State funds. The first municipal college in the United States was the College of Charleston, chartered in 1 785. The first separate building in America for a college library is at the present University of South Carolina. It continued as the college library until 1941 and is now the Caroliniana li bra ry. Where is the largest Car- ncau (Pigeon) farm iti the woild? You’re right! Sumter, South Carolina. And, of course. South Caro lina was the first state to sec ede from the Union, Decembei 29, 1N90. Tho first shot of the Civil war was fired in Char leston harbor. Tlie first cotton mill in Am THE ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE DISPUTE If the American people wait for the Department of Defense (under its present manage ment) to build a defensive anti- ballistic missile system, which some authorities say could save 50- to 70- million lives in an all-out nuclear attack upon our nation, the system will never be built. This is the con clusion one must reach after hearing Deputy Secretary of Defense Cyrus R. Vance tell a nationwide TV audience that such a defensive system for America wouldn’t be needed— ever. Without a single notable ex ception, the military leaders in our nation, including all members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, say that America is inviting a Soviet attack and courting disaster by not de ploying an ABM system. We have developed a system and so has Soviet Russia. If we started tomorrow mass pro ducing the components of our system and dep.oying them, it would require five to eight years to achieve its full de fensive capability. In spite of at least implied assurances to the contrary by proponents of of the Test Ban Treaty ratified by the IF S. Senate in 1963, Soviet Russia began deploying her ABM system approximate ly four years ago. Soviets Four Years Ahead , rca was built on James Island Not even Mr. Vance or his in 1789. South (’arolina today bads the nation in cotton spin dles in place, spinning hours, finishing, and cotton broau wqvon goods. chief, Defense Secretary Mc Namara, now dispute the fact that the Soviets have been busy erecting a network of de fensive missiles which they un- doubtedlv believe will protect 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 Russian cities and Russian of fensive missile launching centers from the full might of an American retaliatory attack. Mr. Vance told his “Meet the Press” TV audience that we shouldn’t worry about the Russians defense deployment because we were making great strides in developing offensive warheads capable of penetrat ing their defenses. He was speaking for himself and Sec retary McNamara. He was asked how he and Mr. McNamara could justify a policy of no ABM defenses when “every military leader of stature in America” chal lenges their judgement. Mr. Vance said in effect that his and Secretary McNamara’s judgement was sound and the military’s faulty. With so much at stake for the people of America, we are devoting several columns to exploring the facts in this dispute. “Killing” Capacity Proved In the early 1960’s the U.S. Army — having started re searching, developing and test ing an anti-ballistic-missile missile in 1958 — made actual tests in the air which proved that the Nike-Zeus missile could “kill” the nuclear war heads on ballistic missiles such as might be launched against us from Russia. The “kill” was achieved with radiation creat ed by the explosion aboard the Zeus missiles. The Nike-Zeus, using two radar systems separately operated, “found” incoming missiles that had been tracked by surface radar stations, and then guided itself to the proxi mity of the target missiles. Radiation created by its ex plosion reached the on-coming warheads and “killed” them in harmless reaches of the heavens. Still to be perfected was radar sophistication cap able of distinguishing between “decoy” missiles and the real thing. The Army requested pre- production engineering funds in 1963 to push forward toward a production program. But the Defense Department, with Sec retary McNamara now at the helm, decided to sidetrack the Nike-Zeus and start a new program using the Sprint mis sile. Many Strange Inconsistencies President Kennedy, accepting the adamant opinion of his scientific advisor, Dr. Jerome Weisner, said he doubted that “any workable ballistic mis sile system” was technically feasible. This was inconsist ent with Secretary McNa mara’s call for $600 million to develop a new (Sprint, anti missile missile system. Dr. Weisner himself said such a system could not be perfected, and if it could, should not be deployed by any nation. The Senate Armed Services Committee backed up the Army’s judgement, rejected the McNamara proposal for a new program, and approved funds in 1963 for the Army’s prc-production engineering of Nike-Zeus. The full Senate, however, overruled the Com mittee and approved $600 mil lion for the Sprint missile to replace the Zeus in a program called “Nike-X.” Our nation today has the Nike-X and the Nike-Zeus instruments and the Joint Chiefs of Staff unani mously declare the combined systems should be deployed. The Defense Department is fighting such deployment. Why? Deputy Secretary Vance says it would be a waste of money. There are other rea sons, and we will discuss them in next week’s column. ROUKNIGHT C.RADUATES PARIS ISLAND— June 6th —Marine Private James R. Bouknight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil C. Bouknight of 1107 Keroes Ave., was graduated from eight weeks of recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot here. He will undergo about three weeks of individual combat training and then, after leave at home, will report to his first Marine Corps assignment.