Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PACK Th<‘ Ncwbcrrv Sun, Ncuberry, S. C., Thursday, Feb. 20, 1068 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY “WHATSOEVER THINGS” By DONALD E. WILDMON 0. F. Armfi Second-Class Postage Paid SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Six months $1.25. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREEDIN "(iivi me liberty or yy v e lire! h," .otiti old I’utrick H-oiry. \ m 111 o s * * htM'oic days wh. I. !! 1 *' 11 V, I l'i' MU eii, you recall. We U.I v ia i K i tig tin lay hut • ■ \ < r a ' u < > Ve1 •iinn nt which •it i ! ' v * ' ’ 1 ' !l uUl 1 1 V i ■ > would t : i . • : 1 ’a! rn k He my tu Cud \\ v Will'd’ ]' Net) si 11 i. . \ . Mini ' Were 1 au-n in lie i-. < 1; i> s and t ill'll 1 HU rage ; i f, d N.r I i ■ u 1;' in ■A i' ' e bed '1" I-, 111* i, in rt y. t! ) j i ■' ec da', s \\ he. ! <•!'«•; iid aval n ! t h e King •ii!' 111: i! 1 i Gup ! Is e tax 1111 *'. 1 IVnla; . . Ill tin- name ,,f l:li ■ !' \ G i v r ’ax : e S 1111 every t Ml U ; t n r! havr 'll. much ni' iney ' !'"!!; ’.Ur •a i a! nf taxpayers that \\ * eat! 1' 1 V l ■ ; i w; i y, give a \\ a \ Ml.' irk yi>u billions id did la i t • V cry yeai If y ni hear a d • tin G t ai■ e in : and ne ar any g ! a Vi ■ > a i d t may he ome old pat * u d r at ’ ling f.'l w e give away a bn ait fifty t i me; - more t ■ V t' 1 \ year than ( Gorge Wash .nit.; ' 11 n s; l W III the n ational ! i 1 ulgi t f. veil >o. You must ad- m.t t hat we have found liberty s. une what expensive, eh •> T< >< lay Britian and Franee ii We us - o much muiH * v that (d'or^e \\ a limyt'>n would have fallen in a faint even to eon- templato th< amount, to say iiiudnne i'I .ear -dmvt ]lmy r it utU la i . , there and tdsew hei e. A lid didn’t i 'in ■ h; and some and eng; i g u : g \ 1 e i Rr. .• si dent take a ta nut of a fi ■w l h ous and miles pl um i - mg' our dull; 1 Ia with lib erai Mt U l e.-. '. > Fvi ’ll s,d! And all in tin name of liberty and eve ! w dll'll U ' ( lee lan ,* our re- . pei • tin ( i ei U'e W; tsh iiigtuii u ♦ t an hai dl) f illll k id (ill r - C 1 \ t "S- a- die Ml] DS of uur fath » r>. : U ' 1 ea I. r , Yr y< m a hint. We. i: iii'ii. m; tv IIH t worship at (h. nma of dollars, hut a: ha v< eaue-'lit i>n qiliek- ; \ a: d d li full •• }unt. Si ;!, i ! In I;: 1 .1. t l;.e pal" IS 1 •• • , . i ■ ■ -;e 1,: t-- memory i i tn .1 bin ■ , Jr., Owner at Newberry, South Carolina $2.00 per year in advance left m the b. S. and probably the only bank in the nation that never publishes a statement of condition. ‘Banking at its most informal family institution is described by Dan Oppenheimer, GO years old, who became president when Uncle Jesse died in 19G4 at the ape 04. Dan and his partner- eousin, Herbert, 55, seldom take lonper than five minutes to decide about a loan. They don’t inspect collateral (‘Our loans are all character loans’), don’t have an outside audit (‘Only one defalcation m 110 years’) and don’t advertise bit would only brinp in a lot of little accounts, and we don’t want the bii.-oness’) • 'If I. had a choice between playmp polf and calling on a prospect, I’d play polf,’ con- fe'Si's Dan Oppenheimer (Vale ’JOi, who lives across from the second hole of the San Antonio (ountry Club. It’s laziness, really' Whatever it is, it pays off. Other San Antonio moneymcn wildly pucss the bank’s worth at anywhere from $5 million to •SCO million. Mr. Oppenheimer will only say, ‘We do very well.' Private hanbs, defined as those not state or federally chartered, ranpe downward in Harriman and Co. in New York deposits of more than $305 million, to Chilton (Texas) Citizens Bank, wdth$40,000 in capital and surplus. Their ranks are dwindlinp; as recently as IS months apo there were G4. Texas doesn’t require its six to publish financial statements, hut five of them do. ‘We want to be trusted for our character, not our resour ces’ holdout Dan Oppenheimer explains ’’ All 1 mipht suppest is that our San Antonio brethren would do well to watch their step, for this is a world which esteems dollars Very hiphly, almost reverentially, eh! Where do oin names come from? Do they have their ori- pin just casually? Jamestown, Yorktown, Washinpton, New York, ( hai loton, ('otumhia. Sum!"!'. Florence, F airfield, Kn hiand and others. Kinpstree, > on have heard of the oripm nf that. Manor.. Foe, Hampton, and >o mam <> the) .. Not lonp before the turn of the century there was a young science teacher up in Ohio who suppested to a bishop that one day man mipht be able to fly. The bishop’s reply to the sug- pestion went something like this: "Rank heresy!” Well, we all know that man did fly and ‘‘rank heresy” became a real ity. Then there was a young man who was termed an “addled hoy” by his teacher and called a dunce. He attended school for three months in the public school of Port Huron, Michi gan. At the age of 12 he be came a railroad newsboy and after he was 15 he earned his living as a telegraph operator in various cities. But he didn’t spend all his time operating the telegraph. No sir. In his spare time he experimented. In the year 18G9 he took out his first patent, for an elec trical volt recorded. This seem ed to spur him on even more and he kept working and kept inventing. Finally, he set out to do what countless others be fore him had failed to do—to invent an incandescent lamp! People laughed at the young man. Called him a fool. Said he was stupid to even try. Said better minds than his had fail ed. But he tried. He tried hard and lonp. On October 21, 1870, after he had spent more than $40,000 in fruitless experiments, he succeeded. He made a lamp in which a loop of carbonized cot ton thread plowed in a vacuum for more than 40 hours. The world had it first electric light. You will find cases like this throughout history. Things coming to pass that couldn’t, I mean. A machine that will fly, a h, nt bulb, a radio, even a television were once impos sibilities. Shall we apply this to the higher laws of life, also? Back nearly two thousand years ago there was a fellow named Peter who sent some advice to some followers of the Calilian Carpenter. People Charles Town, for King Charles as was Ceorgetown for King Ceorge. Sumter for Gen. Thos. Sumter. Leesville, I suppose for Gen. Robert E. Lee. Lex ington for the early battle of our Revolution. Virginia was named for Elizabeth, the Virginia Queen. Piekens for General Andrew Pickens. Our rivers si-emed to he in memory of the Indians: San tee. Wateree, Congaree. Eno- rec and sc on. ; • \i i t.e „• r* at hanker. \Y: : ' te i i iy u a being i! i t : I. ; a ate -a te preparing ; > * . !,•.!>, t he Federal R. I ' ' i \ i M r* '> h > i : ■ a n a-t - g, ,: t ■ i w a-;, j |,y ay mg ■ hat ‘ e A no a m 1! on ,p, ’ a ■ i <n.i lien wit hullt ..it I .1 The whale v .• t' i. ; ., n e i:, i i .I M 1 M o t g a r , \ p'.i : li i ( .,» .ee , !!.,•: welt that n- I I e ;: I: ! • I i i' e i 11 P i e t ' i ,-tif.ti* I. ■ n i-x' ending them mni thing ' ! i W . 1 I i Sti.i' . I ii nia! w hh’\\ . ♦' I I > , * * Mr.it U 1 1 ' ‘ ? ’ t M i g. [ i rua! i " W 1; n tcu p it nnT.t Jest' ( Ipp.T hi .!!'••!' till" e i d 11 w n. the \ \ d >, i U i C ■ leeniWe i' ! eegeil him t () ! rt •, t t i - i < j r r a ’ a 1 take t up : g \ t < ia v u di t h e Gink's loan cr mm; 11 ee Mr ( tppenheimer a n > (• at 11111' e f ! i 'in hell:ltd h :s !'" 11111J ) < Irak and 1 'aced the wall fur a l moment. then turned anmiu 1 ‘Tin ■ 1 nan comm it tee has dec- ided. The answe r's still no’. Sw; ft, personal service dis- tingui sh es D. and A. Oppen- heime r Bankers ( Cnincorpor- ated ), < > ne of 21 private hanks Spanish name.- abound in our West San Framaseo. I,os An ge':e the angels, hut 1 V e told >oii tluit iill ;uig"l- had left hi'fore I arrived. Taking ju-t a few. i think Ford ( 'ornw all ,s t egiirded the i two so pleasant ly t hat h a naiin 0, tin- ;i sea Fairfield a fa: i laud. 1 a-sume tliat Rieh- ind is rich hind, though Marl boro might challenge that. And Marlboro must he in memory of the great Duke of Marlboro, Kingstree, a- you know, was named for the tree reserved by lb , ia e of tlie King. It w;is the ' ree of tile King And WTF hiim-hurg, the county, was named for King William. You tan find many names of men in our State. Colleton for Sir John Colleton; Hampton for Wade Hampton; Clarendon for the Earl of Clarendon; Marion for General Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox of the Revolutionary war. Lexing ton for the early battle of our Revolution. Lancaster for a British Duke; Kershaw for General Kershaw; Jasper for the illustrious Sergeant w ho leaped over the wall and re trieved the flag. Charleston The movement to call on Fiance to repay her great war debt to u- is timely. France O W 1 ■s lit ■r imlepend e nee to Brit- a in and A nu t ica; and she hor row ed billions fn utn ns and now : sh e does not hkt ■ us. \ ,s I see it, the only ■ prudent and col rrect t'oui'se fi >r us to pur sue i a to coll ec! : w h at is dlle us. I nst e; ul of that. we now have to colls itlef t h i ee hillii ms more in gift; ■i to other countries. I du in d know how to e haracter i ze tin s in polit e 1 language. But ptil ite or md our eouise is (Hie of utter flltli ity 1 aordering nil the ridiculous. J ust fa raw now! \ nation head over heels in debt, goug ing her citizens scandalously in taxes yet Knding or giving more billions! Can you reconcile this—even a modicum of common sense? I wonder which of our lead ers have lost all idea of ordi nary business sense, or whe ther I am the utterly dense person. In private life what would you say of our national splurge in squanderous extravagance? were laughing at these people and making fun of their way of life. They w r anted to know how to put this ridicule and shame down. How to stop it. Peter wrote, “by your good conduct you should put ignor ance and stupidity to silence. What Peter was saying, you see, is that all you have to do is to live it and then there will he no argument. People today are still saying the way of the Carpenter won’t work. They call it stupid and silly. And the rule is the same today as two thousand years ago. That is, the best way to prove it will work is to make it work—live it! We don’t have to argue. No one wins an ar gument. All we have to do is to live it and then there wdll be no argument. Thomas Edison knew' the dream in his heart could come true. He knew' his light bulb could wmrk. And once it work ed, no one laughed anymore. And Peter knew just as well that the best way to silence the critics of the Carpenter was to live the life He commanded. You see, once you see some thing wmrk—no matter how im possible it may seem—you can’t ever again say it won’t work. And it’s a good thing Bishop Wright’s two sons—-Wilbur and Orville—didn’t hear their fath er. They were busy in the barn —building a heresy! Letters to Editor Editor, The Sun: Upon reading in the Sun (2-15-G8) that two local den tists and others pushing for the fluoridation of the Newber ry water supply, several ques tions seemed to need answer ing before this hit of socialized, mass medication is forced on ALL residents of your city. The following are those* ques tions : (1) Do those two dentists honestly subscribe to socialized medicine? If they do not, why are they supporting fluorida tion ? (2) Would a reliable dentist or doctor prescribe an INDEF INITE dose of medicine for the entire population, irrespec tive of individual need and in dividual health ? (3) Does the city of New berry have a license to prac tice medicine? (4) If someone can put flu oride in the public water sup ply for the children, why not something in the same water for the elder citizens? Why not something in the public water for ALL, like vitamins? There are no limits to the number of good ( ?) things that can be crammed down your throats by way of your drinking water. Is that the kind of FREEDOM that you want ? (5) How can it be economi cal to fluoridate all of the water just to treat the teeth of a small portion of your children when the hulk of any water consumption is fur san itary and industrial purposes? If the people of Newberry feel that they want to venture into socialized medicine, then why not do it the cheapest way possible. Give each child the same number of fluoride pills each day and provide fur a bureaucrat with a big stick to see that ALL take the pills. There you have it—Socialized —mass medication, as prescrib ed by a bureaucrat “expert”, and enforced by Big Brother all fur the General Welfare. If the citizens of Newberry care enough to learn about fluoridation, they might read the hook, "The Grim Truth About Fluoridation," by Rob ert M. Buck. A. L. WILHOITE 1527 E. 20th St. Tulsa, Oklahoma New Librarian at College Kathleen Castor Fesperman has been named librarian at Newhei . y college. She has been assistant librarian for the past four year's and a member of the library staff since 1057. Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president announced her appointment to succeed the retiring Mrs. T. Collier Neel. Mrs. Neel came to the college from the Newberry public library in 1059 as asso ciate librarian, and has been in charge of the library for the past two years. Dr. Wiles said Mrs. Neel has been seeking retirement f o r some time, but has agreed to continue on the staff as asso ciate librarian “at least for the rest of this term.” A New berry College graduate and a holder of a master’s degree from the George Peabody School of Library Science, she operated the Newberry public library for five years before joining the college staff. MRS. NEEL Mrs. Fesperman is the wife of Rev. Francis 1. Fesperman, assistant professor of religion at the college. They met at Lenoir Rhyne college, where she was a business arts stu- lent. They have two children: Martha Lou Fesperman Marky .if Tallahassee, Fla., and L. Paul Fesperman, a senior at Newberry college. The Fespermans came to Newberry in 1057 after twelve years in Florida, where she taught high school business courses and took extension work in secondary education. She continued her studies at Newberry college while a mem ber of the library staff, and earned the A-B .degree with honors in 19G3. A year later she was award ed a master’s degree by the George Peabody School of Library Science, which she at tended while her husband was on leave for graduate study at Vanderbilt University, Nash ville, Term. Mrs. Fesperman’s profession al memberships include South Carolina, Southeastern & Am erican Library Associations. She is also on the national ex ecutive board of the United Lutheran Church Women.