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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. ('., Thursday, April 11, 1968 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Six months $1.25. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREEDIN I’ve hoen letting my fancy play over the great Democrats ■President Johnson and Hohbj Kennedy. Sometime ago I lik> ned them to two game cock.- and hoped they might fight >o briskly that neither man would emerge with even a single feather. Now my fancy turn- to tin great American game of ba-e- ball, on the eve of the opening of the big leagues. President Johnson, as a nitrher, ha' lots of .'peed, nut not always a master of control. His speed ha.' bewildered most of us many a turn but even a recruit eatebes mi to 'peed in cour.'e of tune. Now what ha.' Bobby Ken nedy ? He can’t copt* with Mr. Johnson on speed, but as a Tammany politician he may have a curve. And there's the ruh: A slow, deceptive curve. Surely Mr. Kennedy must have that, a deceptive curce. If he did not have a tricky curve how did he, a man from Mass achusetts, win out as a Sen ator f’om New York. 1 ask you. If 1 may suggest a hit of strategy to Bobby let me hint a thing or two: let him throw a high one, out id' reach, with all the speed he can muster. Kvcn two high ones. Then, with the same delivery let him break $2.00 per year in advance a slow curve over the lower corner of the plate. He might catch Johnson bending clear ever the plate and tipping a foul. Now, if a Tammany man knows anything it is the time ly and judicious use of curves and fouls. If the two great players will exhaust themselves we may have a chance, even a small change. The weakness of hatte* Johnson must be known to Bobby by this time. I wish them both luck and a great success and that both may succeed in this battle. It is to our interest to cheer them on, cheer vigorously so that they may become wearly in well-doing and walk off tht 1 if id. Well, have you forgotten? <>ur little cruiser and her crew a re still m the hands of the North Koreans. What think you of that? What has hap pened to the prestige of the nation ? The bringing of General Westmoreland home from Viet Nam may or may not solve the problem. There is the am azing lack of military success, hut people think the trouble lies in Washington, rather than on the field of battle. Mr. Johnson has been either the cause of many bad efforts or he has been the innocent victim. Well, now, what think you ? I've read the call for six and a half million dollars. Why the half and why the six? Why not ten million? We Deal In Promises Ovci the yeens we have built our business on the basis of honesty, truthfulness and interpity. If has paid big dividends. If you cue choosing an agent, be certain you select one* with a high regard for these p r i n c i p I e s. “YOLK PRIVATE BANKERS” MIS Main Street Phone 27()-l 122 We Americans are living in an atmosphere of millions of dollars. Everybody, every in stitution, every effort cries a- loud for money. Yes, that’s it: money, money, and more mon ey. How lid James H. Carlyle manage to operate Wofford and produce Methodist minis ters without constant appeals for money? Would a couple of millions make another Wofford, or re-make this Wofford? Money, money, money, every where and for everything. What we need above all else is manhood. Who was the ora tor who cried: “God give us men.” Well we need them, tat men. Do you remember General Douglas McArthur? He jump ed from island to island, island of savage, islands of almost un believable swamps and what not. McArthur, rather poorly sup ported by Washington, covered several thousand miles, as I recall, heating the Japs who were real fighters. As I conceive it, Viet Nam is small time military planning and fighting as compared with the Asian of McArthur. I know nothing of Asia but South America has swamps, jungles and all other impedi ments and I spent ten years there. As a native of lower South Carolina I know a thing or two about swamps here, though nothing to compare with Viet Nam and the conquered area in McArthur's campaign. But just as the be-fuddled warriors of Washington re called McArthur so they now recall Westmoreland. The arm - chair warriors in Washington may have misdir ected Viet Nam from the be ginning. Why did we go there in the first place ? The persistent effort of some church leaders to force integra tion on all churches will prob ably result and that very soon —in hundreds of branch churches, independent of all outside control or persuasion. The signs are becoming visi hie now. Trillion Mile Check-up is an article in Barrens Magazine of Business (New York.) This seems to deal with auto mobile replace of parts. If all ears were held down to 50 miles per hour it is likely all cars would last at least twice as long as now. F?ven that is quite speedy, you know. But speeds of 75, 85 and 100 miles per hour are not only dangeious, hut just think of the wear on tires and all parts of the machine. Sometimes the question may be asked, whether a speed is good enough to pay for years in Eternity. How fast may a man drive his car either in heaven or Hades? Is it worth while? As the Chinese Statesman Li said: "I am not interested in the speed of the train, hut what I want to know is what the people will do when they get there? Even so! NOTH E TO ( KEDITORS \11 pc sons having claims aga ii't tlic o'’ate of John L. Kpps licoca-oii. are hei chy noG- floi tn ! ?:,■ tn a sanu 1 , duly \ t *!' i !;(‘(! \\ ;t h the undersigned, ml t i mloht t'd to said es- t a’■ w , i 1 plat'C tnake payment 1 k t ■ W 1S t ‘. MARi ;aklt W. KIT’S II Jo Hunt Street Newberry, S. C. E x re ut r x March 1. I'JbS Apr. 4 MAINTENANCE MAN needed for Newberry County Schools Write or see County Superin tendent of Education for par ticulars. M213tc “WHATSOEVER THINGS” By DONALD E. WILDMON There will be no catches, no gimicks, no great surprises at the end of the column this week. We will just take a real istic look at what was, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the great est expression of love ever experienced on our earth. They took Him on that frightful Friday and beat Him. Then, not satisfied with a bloody and beaten Human, they pushed Him out into the street and placed a crude cross that even a healthy strong man would struggle with on His back. The crowds lined the street. Little children stopped playing. They were frightened at the sight to begin with but later learned from their elders that it was something to be enjoyed. Children always learn hate and cruelty from adults, Struggling, stumbling, occas ionally falling, He started up that long road to His eventual death. The cross was so heavy and He was so weak physically that the authorities compelled another fellow to carry that cross for Him. Simon may have taken his job bitterly and re sentful, but if he ever looked into the eyes of that Man he changed his whole conception and carried that cross gladly. Along the route people who had just a few minutes earlier ( heered Him as King now jeer ed Him as a criminal. They spoke cutting remarks about Him and His God. They mock ed His ability to pull miracles before and His seemingly in ability to pull a miracle for Himself now. Somewhere along that route there was probably one whom He had healed—• given sight, made to walk— that was now jeering at Him, forgetting what He had done for them. Such is the nature of we humans. Cheering one aay and jeering the next, thankful one day and critical the next. Can’t we see ourselves there on that street? They reached their destina tion. Layed the cross down. He lay down on it. They drove those spikes through Him. Blood and sweat were running down His body now. There was pain in His face. It took all He could muster to keep from cry ing out. But He remained sil ent. There was one difference between Him and the others that they had crucified. He was crying. Tears were running down His cheek. They were evidence of a greater pain in side. That’s where He hurt most. The crowd soon left. The show' was over. Two men finall- ly managed enough courage to come take His body. They put Him in a borrowed grave—a tomb,a cave. Before long sold iers came to guard the grave. There they stood to make sure He “stayed dead.” Early Sunday morning some one came to visit the grave. People were essentially th'e same then as now', visiting graves. They were upset when they found the tomb empty. 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