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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
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