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PAdK 2—I'hi* Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Jan. 25, 1968 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in advance Six months $1.25. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREEDIN The repeated apitation for a State medical collepe in Colum bia seems to me questionable. Do we need ;i second medical oollepe? Is the collepe in Char leston not adequate? If the medical collepe isn’t sufficient is it because of inefficiency? If so, why not reorganize it? Another medical C o 1 1 e p e would be costly. Buildinp or buildinps and land at least a million dollars; equipment at least a million dollars; annual budpet at least a half million dollars. Now. then is the pa me worth the candle? as wt used to say, or are we top heavy with mon ey ? Observe the e ver-ex pandinp State (’Diversity; do we need a repetition? What think you of that brave fiphter, DeCaulle, Presi dent of France? He is not now friendly to Britain or to the United States. Just imapine what France owes to Britian and then think of her debt to the United States. Thousands of American soldiers are in graves in France; billions of dollars of American money were spent in the effort to save France. And many billions of pounds sterlinp were poured out by Britain. Fnouph American and British blood was spent in the savinp of France to drown a French army. And the noble and chiv alrous DeCaulle overlooks all that. DeCauiles ingratitude and ig noble presumption may be a valuable lesson to us; we should profit by it and let France look out for hei'self hereafter ’7e might well apply that to tie' rest of the world. If they wish to buy our cotton and soy beans. we]l and pood; we arc in the market for cash business. If they have what we need or want let u> buy over the coun tin' and not as now carry on an : m prevalent com no rce I k re- w, o f rour: se, voine ii f the argu me lit.- for re rip!oe a! trade, but let im earry on our Clilll- nieree > m a SOU Hi 1 hasi s. Die pio] posed incr ( a Si ■ nf Fede!a! ta> .alien IS Lit! eric rid - : i'll bins a ne i ind’“! fensih le. What well hi ; w HI t hink of a i man lie r row mg mi mi \ fm ■ ordll in fl sub- s i s t e nci ■ wl idle giving aw; ay a fortune evt ■ry ye a id’ The idea of m Id .tint lal taxa That justified by honor, N T ot for to hide it in a hedge, Or for a train attendant; But for the glorious Privilege of being independent.” That’s as I recall it. Even so. I should like our nation to be independent, with the privilege of buying and sell ing in the open market, without strings here and strings there and only the Great Jehovah knows what’s what. Did we once have a town call ed Manchester? And was there a school there known as Man chester University? It was in Sumter county, wasn’t it? Our great Carolina historian, Dr. Dargen, would know; and I am confident his daughter, Mrs. Theodosia Plowden, of Stateburg could tell us. Mrs. Plowden once honored me by attending a class in his tory taught by me in a Teach er’s Institute, but she very likely knows much more of South Carolina history than I know. tioti while \\ e throw nwa\ sev eral billions at home and give away several billions a year abroad' I don't see how any sane man can justify more taxation. In addition to our foreign give-away, we throw money a- u ay with both hands here at home. We are till familiar with the idea of developing foreign trade but there is such a thing as proceeding in ignominious ex- t ravagance I wonder if I may quote a familiar poem: “To catch dame fortune’s golden smile Assidious wait upon her And gather gear by every wile "Laurens County’s oldest Baptist church will observe its 1 (> 1 st anniversary this year. Beaverdam Baptist Church of Mountville, built in 1807, still stands on the same lot where it was first constructed. The land to build the church was given by John Bailey. The first meeting house was built of logs and obviously all of the work was done by hand. The second building to be construct ed was built just before the Civil war. All of the bricks were made by slaves on a near by farm. In the old days, Baptist preachers were called elders. A preacher was a member of a church and received no salary. Most of the time he made his livelihood by farming. Elder Nathaniel Hall was the first pastor of Beaverdam Church. On the long list of honored pastors is Dr. R. G. Lee, a not ed Baptist author. The name, Beaverdam, was suggested by Mrs. Ogilvia h ull- rr, wife tif Solomon Fuller, members of a prominent famdy m the community. In those early days the post office was also named Beaverdam. Pa.-tors’ salary first began in the IKdOs. The church tried a Sunday School program in the IMOs but failed Their efforts were continued in ISo.J and their Sunday School is still thrivtig today. On each side of the present church, are old graveyards. The white masters were buried i coffins made by their slaves and their tombstones were hand carved. The slaves are buried in the same plot as their own ers. Their graves are marked with just a pile of rocks. White members brought their .•slaves to church with them. A special section was designated for the slaves. In 1851 thei e were f'i-1 whites and D> colored members. Colored membership was at its peak in 18t>5 with Pi recorded. The colored members began withdrawing to form separate churches soon after the Civil war. Beaverdam has been a mother to many churches in Laurens county. It is the ‘grandmother’ of Laurens First Baptist, Clin ton First Baptist, and Holly Grove Baptist.” (From Clinton Chronical.) “WHATSOEVER THINGS” Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina By DONALD E. WILDMON It seems that this fellow was in the air terminal at Nashville waiting for his flight to leave. He ran upon a new’ computer machine and the machine caught his eye. “Your name, age, weight, and religion for one dime,” he read. “Shucks,” he thought, “I know we are living in a modern world. But something like that just isn’t possible.” So he stepped up on the scales and dropped in a dime. Out came a little card that read. “Your name is John Simmons, you are 42 years old, you weigh 147 pounds, and you are a Baptist.” “It’s unbeliev able!” he exclaimed. He looked over the machine to see what the catch was. He could see nothing unusual. He waited a little while and decided to try it again. He stepped up, drop ped in his dime, and waited. The card came out. It read: “Your name is John Simmons, you are 42 years old, you weigh 147 pounds, and you are a Bap tist,” “There has got to be a trick,” he thought. Then an idea came to him. He went downtown, got some sunglasses, a fake mustache, a trench coat and a hat and re turned to the air terminal. He stepped on the machine, confi dent that this time the machine could not possibly give him -’l the information. He put in his dime. The card came out and read: “Your name is John Simmons, you are 42 years old, you weigh 147 pounds, and you are a Baptist. And you have messed around and missed your plane to Birmingham, Ala.” That’s what we all do some times, mess around. Procrasti nate is a fancy word for it. If John Simmons had not procras tinated he would not have miss ed his flight to Birmingham. But he was about like the rest of us. He put off something he needed to do because he w’as doing something he wanted to do. One day our world, and the people in it, is going to learn to do that which needs to be done. For instance, two out of every three people in the world will go to bed hungry to night. That may seem unbeliev able to most well-fed Ameri cans, but it is true. It doesn’t have to be true because we have the potential to feed them ent Johnson on Tuesday, Jan. 2 will mean a benefit increase of at least 13 percent in the social security ofyecks of about 7500 men, women, and children in the Marlboro and Chesterfield counties area. The social security adminis tration’s high speed electronic computers are figuring the in creases for all 23,700,000 social security beneficiaries around the country and will finish the task in time to include the in crease in the checks delivered earlv in March." "The changes in the social security law signed by Presid- “ Medical researchers said in jections of a synthetic chemica' were able to induce the body t< make a substance that i> thought to help fight off virus infections. The chemical causes the body to make interferon, a natural substance that seems to be one of the body’s first lines of de fense against viruses. Interfer on was discovered about ten years ago. Since then scientists have been trying to find means of using it as a medicine, either by making it synthetically, or by finding ways to trigger the body to produce it. It is believed such compounds may be enhancing the body’s whole defensive reaction against "foreign” invaders. Thus, the drug might be part of a new and different approach to the treating of disease.” all. Science tells us that. The reason we aren’t doing it is that we have been messing around with what the Creator has given us. We spend millions and mill ions to get to the moon. And Pm not against scientific pro gress. But I would imagine that there are millions of people who would like to get a square meal tonight who could care less if we get to the moon or not. He who made the earth en trusted us with a great stew ardship. And to a certain de gree we have made a mess of it. One day we will see the wisdom of the Man who spoke and his words, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” Then little child ren will not have to go to bed hungry. Think about it tonight wnen you eat supper. Millions of others will—without any sup per. Last rites for J. P. Griffith John Peurifoy Griffith, 71, of Saluda, died at a Columbia hos pital Friday after a long ill ness. He was a native of Saluda county, son of the late Richard C. and Mary Campbell Griffith. He was a retired state proba tion parole officer and a mem ber of Saint Paul Methodist church, Hollywood Grange and American Legion Barracks 1773. His wife was the late Mrs. Sudie Davenport Griffith. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. C. J. King Jr. of Homer- ville, Ga., and Mrs. Talton Rinehart of Saluda; two sons, Jim P. Griffith of Johnston and George R. Griffith of Green ville; two brothers, Steve C. Griffith of Newberry and Jeff D. Griffith Sr. of Saluda; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Wills of Mo- netta and Mrs. Robert Crouch Sr. of Saluda; and nine grand children. Funeral services were held Sunday at St. Paul’s Methodist church by Rev. J. 0. Gilliam and Rev. Bennie E. Alford. In terment was in Travis Park cemetery . Waters infant service Monday Leland Barnett Waters, 10- day old son of James L. and Mickey B. Waters, died Sunday at the Newberry County Me morial hospital. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his maternal grandfather, Henry Barnett; his maternal great-grandmoth ers, Mrs. J. N. McEntire of Newberry and Mrs. Ophelia Barnett of Landrum; his pat ernal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Waters of Newber ry. Graveside services were held Monday from Newberry Me morial Gardens with Rev. H. J. Harmon conducting the ser vice. Mrs. Snelgrove service held Mrs. Bernice Corine Wise Snelgrove, 58, died Monday at home after a sudden illness. She was a daughter of the late James A. and Minnie Der- rick Wise, native of the O’Neal section of Newberry County, and a former member of Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church. She was a member of St. James Lutheran Church. Surviving are her husband, Felton W. Snelgrove; a daugh ter, Mrs. George (Louise) Amiek of Prosperity; a brother, Henry Walter Wise; and two grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church by Rev. Paul Hatch. TAX NOTICE AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31st A 2 per cent Penalty WILL BE ADDED TO ALL UNPAID 1967 STATE AND COUNTY TAXES J. RAY DAWKINS, County Treasurer