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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Sept. 14, 1967—PAGE 5 SENATOR STRO HURMOND Reports PEOPLE PROHIBITING FREE EXERCISE Not so long ago, it was pos sible for a teacher, acting upon her own authority, or that of school officials, to ask her pu pils to recite a simple prayer such as this: “We thank you for the flowers so sweet; We thank you for the food we eat; We thank you for the birds that sing; We thank you for everything.” This prayer is the latest vic tim of the crusade by the fed eral courts to eliminate all ref erences or inferences to God by our children during school hours. On July 26, 1967, the Court of Appeals for the Sev enth Circuit said, “We are of the view that the verse is a prayer and that its compulsory recitation by kindergarten stu dents in a public school comes within the proscription of the first amendment, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in the ‘school prayer’ cases.” The day has come when a mother must explain to her young child why he'or she “can’t pray to God at school like I do at home and church.” Any parent would find it hard, if not impossible, to adequately answer this and other questions which little Johnny might ask. How would we reply to pleas like these: “Doesn’t God care about me while I am in school?” “If we have freedom of religion, why can’t I pray in school?” “If I can’t pray at school, how do I know God will help me learn?” While demanding that the states remain neutral with re spect to religion in public schools, the Supreme Court is, itself, establishing the religion of secularism. The same First Amendment which proscribes laws “respecting an establish ment of religion" also forbids enactment of laws “prohibiting the free exercise” of religion. In another recent court of appeals case, which the Su- from the courts. If this amend ment succeeds, it may once again be possible to enjoy the free exercise of religion sup posedly guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. The County Agents Column September Is A Good Month To Soil Test There was a slogan around a few years ago that went something like this: “For Land Sake Use Lime.” There is a lot to that as we have seen in many instances this year. If we only used lime on only one crop and that was just the Legume we plant on our farms we would reap handsome divi dends each year. If lime is applied in the early fall, one will get better stands of Le gumes he plants. It takes about six months for lime to really start to work and a soil test is the only way one can actu ally tell how much lime is needed on his particular farm for a given crop. September is one of the best times to begin correcting the soil acid ity on land to be seeded to Le gumes the following year. Lime should be uniformly spread on the soil surface. Avoid skips and overlapping which may result in spotted crops as well as yield losses. Since lime reacts slowly in soils, it should be thoroughly mixed with that portion of the soil which will support most of the plant roots. Another important use of lime is to make some of our fertilizer materials more avail able to crops or another way of saying that we get more from our fertilizer dollar if \Ve use lime. As more and more of our acres are planted to such crops like Soybeans and Pasture, more lime is needed and these crops respond to lime. So for not only the land’s sake but for increased yield, use lime. S. C. Feeder Pig Sales TheClemson Extension Ser vice has announced that grad ed Feeder Pig Sales will be held atSaluda and Florence in September offering a new mar keting outlet for pork produc ers in a number of counties. The Saluda show is scheduled September 11. Newberry-Saluda County Fair October 9 to 13 The Newberry-Saluda County Fair is planned for October 9- 13. All 4-H Club members who plan to show 'their animals this fall are urged to first send back to the County Agent’s of fice advanced entry form list ing the animals they may pos sibly show this fall. Also, there are Ten things to keep in mind in fitting your animal for a show. These include: 1. Bring your animal in six to eight weeks before show day. 2. House your animal under conditions which are very sim ilar to conditions at the fair. Tie animal in the barn as if they were at the fair. Leather halters (not show halters) with chains under the jaws do a good job and are very similar to the show halter. Rope hal ters are quite good, but, if they become wet, they may swell and tighten. They also may wear off hair and make sore spots. 3. Increase or decrease grain feed as needed during the last six weeks before the show to condition the animal. 4. Make and use a blanket on your animal four to six weeks before the show and use continually until the last show. 5. Wash your animal thor oughly when you first bring her up. Wash knees, hocks, and switch and other stained areas when needed. (>. Check the feet and trim feet if needed at least three weeks before the show. Polish hoofs the day before show. 7. Remove blanket every day and brush and rub hair coat to remove long loose hair. 8. Clipping takes practice, so you probably will want to clip your animal several weeks before show day. Then, do final clipping about two days before the show. 9. Generally, you will need to do a complete washing job after arrival at the show. Be sure to wash your animals sev eral times before show time in order for her to dry completely and for you to finish grooming her. 10. Finally, be sure all need ed papers (health, registration, etc.) are up to date and are taken to the show. BIG SPRING, Tex.—Second Lt. Jake S. Counts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Counts of Prosperity, has been award ed the U. S. Air Force silver wings upon graduation at Webb AFB, Texas. Lt. Counts will be assigned to a unit of the Pacific Air Forces in Southeast Asia for flying duty. The lieutenant, a 1961 grad uate of Mid-Carolina High School, received a B.S. degree in chemical engineering in 1966 from the University of S. C. and was commissioned there upon completion of the Air Force Reserve Officers Train ing Corps program. He is a member of Phi Kappa Sigma. Look at o//you got you coni get anywhere else! preme Court refused to review, the court, while denying the re quest of parents that the school officials give their children an opportunity to recite voluntary prayers in the classroom, said that neither the free exercise clause, nor the guarantee of freedom of speech of the First Amendment requires a state to permit students to engage in public prayer in state-owned facilities “whenever and where- ever they desire.” The Dirksen Prayer Amend ment, of which I am co-author, has been reintroduced this term, in an attempt to clarify the situation. This proposed Consti tutional amendment has been co-sponsored by 43 other Sen ators, including myself. Free dom should not be a one-way street. The children in the pub lic schools are free not to pray, but they are not free to pray, even if they want to. The Dirksen amendment states simply that the Constitu tion shall not be construed so as to prohibit "the authority ad ministering any school, school system, educational institution, or other public building sup ported in whole or in part through the expenditure of pub lic funds from providing for or permitting the voluntary par ticipation by students or others in prayer.” The Dirksen Amendment, first proposed in the 89th Con gress, foresaw the situation that has arrived in this latest deci sion from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Specifically, it will make it possible for school authorities to revive hon ored traditions of prayer in the classroom, without interference Road-balanced ride with rugged coll springs all around! 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