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“WHATSOEVER
THINGS”
By DONALD E. WILDMON
COMMENT
on
Men & Things
By J. K. BREEDIN
What is Christmas?
Although the day known as
Christmas has passed we are
•still in the Christmas season;
and it may be said that every
day is Christmas because the
day celebrates the earthly birth
of the Lord who lives forever.
Why d.d Cod send His son
to ,i\ ,■ among tbe people ?
lv e tried to imagine the
IbVifie purpose and plan, it
wa> profoundly significant and
meaningful.
Cot me tell you of an inci
dent. While I was in London,
just after the close of the
first World W ar ( I happened
to be at the railing that mark
ed the boundary of Bucking
ham Palace, the residence of the
King (and now the residence
of the Queen). I’ve read that
it has bOO rooms. A military
guard is always on duty and
the change of the guard every
morning is quite an interesting
sight.
Several of us Americans
stood by the great fence bord
ering on the Palace area and
a British officer invited us to
attend the ceremony. (Inside).
Cuess what it was: King
(ieorge bestowed the Crund
Order of Merit on the Field
Marshall, Lord Haig, (irand
Admiral, two leading figures of
Britain in active battle service.
Along with them the King
Knighted an officer, slapping
him on the shoulder with the
flat of a sword and pronounc
ing him a Knight, Sir Knight,
you know. But the ceremony
was special for his Majesty
pinned on a private soldier
( a Tommy you know) the
Victoria Cross, Britian’s high
est recognition for valor in
battle. The Tommy was called
to stand before the King. He
advanced and his salute seem
ed to start from his knee as he
stood trombling and scared
stiff. Imagine that now, a
private soldier standing before
the King.
1 wondered how we would
stand before Jehovah, we sin
ners, before the Creat God,
Ruler, Creator of all mankind.
I have a theory that may be
peculiarly at variance from all
accounts I have heard or read
It is that Jehovah knew that
humble sinner feared Him, the
August Creator of all men.
The ancients feared God and
were mildly like the pagans
who feared their gods. And
we read Fear God.”
Jehovah wished to impress
on His people—and mankind—
that He wished to be thought
of as a father, a loving, soli
citous father.
Just as the British soldier
trembled before his King so
the Great God was so infinitely
beyond any or all Kings com
bined, the common man could
not quite grasp the fatherhood
and all His care for us.
So God sent His Son and
He, walking among the people,
healing and seeing their prob
lems, their infirmities and
diseases, He might mingle
with tender and understandable
care, day by day. In Him the
common man could see the at
tributes of the Omnipotent God
in the humble walks of life and
come closer to Him.
As I think of it that was the
mission of Jesus, and to bring
the Father closer, that we
might in our weakness com
prehend the loving care and
tender solicitude of the Father
for all of us.
That certainly characterized
the daily walk of Jesus, the
nights by the camp fire with
His disciples.
When you find trials, tribu
lations, accidents, calamities
beyond your strength whom do
you turn to? Jesus who healed
the sick, helped the lame, fed
the multitude, wept at the
tomb of Lazarus, He brought
to each one the power of God
in His tender regard for each
of us.
So, it seems to me, the
glory of Christmas was the
coming of the Son of God, with
the compassion and healing
power of His Father.
On that, my humble opinion,
I think Christmas the greatest
occasion in all history, the
mingling of the Son of God
with us in our daily walk and
with our daily problems.
What is it worth to have a
great industry in your county?
Well it gives employment to
hundreds of people; it means
quickened and increased busi
ness for all, from the banks to
the automobile workers; it
means money, money, money;
and that lifts the level of liv
ing of hundreds of people.
I’ve just noticed that in
Lexington county the great S.
C. Electric & Gas Company
paid $b77,J77.1ft in county
taxes. And think what Colleton
receives from the great plant
at Canadays.
I think I am right in say
ing that that great company
pays about 20 million dollars
a year in taxes. That is a tre
mendous contribution to our
State 1 , though this includes
also their Federal taxes.
We are fortunate in our
great enterprises. I might
tell of an interesting occurence
—a comparatively small indus
try in my county gave a turkey
to each employee for Christmas
and my cook has three turkeys,
all given to her family who
work in that olant.
A great enterprise like the
S. C. Electric & Gas Co., our
own South Carolina enterprise,
employs about 2000 men and
women of our State.
This ought to cheer us: “The
Boom picks Ip”. That’s a
headline in the Wall Street
Journal—mark you. “The Boom
Picks Fp". Well, let us hope
it will pick up more and more.
Now let’s take it in:
“ The long business expan
sion now nearing it.- Xdrd
month is picking up speed
again.
That’s the view of a broad
range of economists interview
ed by The Wall Street Journal.
Many analysts, of course, tem
per their forecasts with caution
about international uncertain
ties. What will happen in Viet
Nam. ? Will the British pound
he devalued ag-ain? Will other
major currencies he devalued .
International troubles, most
economists agree, ultimately
could slow or even halt Am
erica's domestic business
growth.
Nevertheless, recent econo
mic rmws is rapidly erasing
some doubts that had developed
about the lOCX economic out
look John Heaver. a vice
president and economist for
Chase Manhattan Bank, N. Y.
provides a typical assessment:
‘It’s become increasingly clear
in recent days that some un
certain segments of the do
mestic economy have shown
remarkable improvement. As a
result, there seems little doubt
that the business trend for
1908 points strongly upward.”
You may think the railroads
are dead; not so, by any
means. What of this now:
I don’t remember the year
but I believe it was in the
early 1920’s. And I don’t re
member the place but I believe
it was in New Orleans. The
man who was speaking was
destined to become one of the
great generals in the annals of
American history. His name
was Douglas MacArthur. His
words, while not exactly these,
expressed the same thought.
He spoke, “Either we send one
thousand missionaries to Japan
today or we will send one mil
lion soldiers ten years from
now. ”
America ignored him. He
missed the number of years a
litHe and the number of men
a little, but what he spoke was
destined to become the truth.
A lot of people fuss a lot
because the Church keeps ask
ing for funds to do its work.
They gripe and complain. And
these people are usually the
ones who give the least to any
worthwhile thing. To hear
them tel! it they are giving a
lot to worthwhile causes, but
then it turns out that they are
the only worthwhile cause they
can find.
A funny thing about these
A train powered by jet en
gines, accelerated up to 170.8
miles per hour near Trenton,
N. J. yesterday in a brief pas
senger service, which may be
gin next summer.
Officials of United Aircraft
Corp., the East Hartford, Conn,
aerospace concern that design
ed the three-car train, said it
was the highest speed ever
attained by a train built foi
U. S. commercial service. The
French ran a train at 206 miles
per hour about two years ago.
United Aircraft will lease
two of the streamlined, air-
conditioned trains to the De
partment of Transportation foi
about $2 million for 2 years.
They wdll be operated by the
New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad under a con
tract which hasn’t been fully
negotiated.
Robert A. Nelson, director
of the high-speed rail passenger
project for the Department of
Transportation, says the gov
ernment has budgeted about
$2.7 million, including the op
eration contract, for the 2-year
service test. The project’s pur-
post' is to try to determine if
riders will be lu/ed back to the
rails if an hour of travel time
is cut from the four hours and
15 minutes it now takes to go
from Boston to New York.
Yesterday’s run was smooth
and quiet. There appeared to
be less vibration than in the
four-car electric train that
the government ran last May
24 at a top speed of 156 m.p.h.
in a test over the same improv
ed 21.2 mile track section be
tween here and Brunswick,
New Jersey.
Actually, the short trip yes
terday took longer- - about 14
minutes, compared with 11
minutes last May. The jet
train appeared to take longer
to reach higher speeds. Unof-
fically, it took about 5 minutes
to r aich over 120 miles per
hour. ”
How’s that for speed? That’s
as fast as some tourists on
Highway 301 coming South.
We are like the the man who
spoke of speed saying “Here
it comes,” but before he said
it he added “I mean there it
goes.”
We start the New Year full
of hope and promise. Let’s go
forward with zest and confi
dence and resolve that we shall
use our powers, our resources
to the fullest degree of advan
tage alert to all possibilities
and using our faculties all the
time.
people is that they pay their
taxes without all the fuss and
gripe. Guess they know they
have to. But they are always
willing to take a cut in taxes
just like the rest of us even
though we don’t get one very
often. Just around election
time, if ever. There is a way
we can get a tax cut, however.
We can get a tax cut by giv
ing!
“Give and it shall be giv
en . . .” He said. He knew
what He spoke of. Stinginess
means that in the long run
we will have to part with
much, much more. It is ex
pensive to be stingy. Very ex
pensive. Much more expensive
than to give.
Prove it, you say? Is it
igures you want? You have
heard all this before you say
ind you have never seen
figures to back it up? You wish
one of these fellows would put
up or shut up? I guess we will
have to put up then because
we do not intend to shut up
until the world hears us. Here
is your proof:
The Christian Service Corps,
which sends lay Christian work
ers abroad for a two-year per
iod, says it takes $3000 a year
to keep one person in the for
eign field. Now on top of that
put this figure. It takes just
about $6000 a year to keep a
trained missionary on the
foreign field. And once you
leave these agencies and turn
it over to the government it
gets more expensive.
It takes $9000 a year to
provide for the Peace Corps
member overseas. Three times
as much as a Christian Service
Corps work and 50 per cent
more than a trained missionary.
Now if you are wmndering
what it costs to keep a soldier
in Vietnam for a year you can
quit wondering. It takes ap
proximately $60,000 to provide
.'or him for a period of one
year. If you want to figure a
little, it figures out to be
20 times more than it takes to
provide for a Christian Service
Corps worker and ten times
more than it takes to keep a
trained missionary.
It’s cheaper to give, and a
whole lot better. Think about
it and then act on it.
TRANSFERS
Newberry No. 1
Lewis Memorial Methodist
church to Hunt Memorial Bap
tist church, three lots, $3000.
Raymond H. Ruff to P. D.
Johnson & Co., Inc. a S. C.
corporation, three lots and one
building fronting on Caldwell
street $5.
David (’. We Id rop and Ralph
I). Waldrop to I). P. Folk II
and Betty M. Folk, three lots
and three buildings (Van Cor
tez Sanders property) on Fair
street $5.
Newberry No. 1 Outside
Rufus E. Amick to Gary C.
Bouknight and Susan A. Bouk-
night, one lot, $5.
Kathryn Williams Whitener
to Maggie Baxter, one lot and
one building, $10.
Silverstreet No. 2
Maggie W. Lake to B. J.
Gill, 3 and 25 acres $5.
Little Mountain No. 6
Ray P. Coleman to Andrew
John Pugh and Vassie E. Pugh,
10 1-2 acres and one building,
$5.00.
Prosperity No. 7
Oscar P. Harvey and Violet
Arrington Harvey to Kenneth
Taft Sanders, one lot and one
building $5.
W. Manning Harris to Clar
ence A. Brown, two lots $3000.
Frank H. Ward, Judge of
Probate to W. B. Ackerman,
117 1-4 acres and ywo build
ings, “20,000.
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