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2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. ('., Thursday, April 11, 1968
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COMMENT
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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 ?
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the half and why the six? Why
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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!
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“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.
Anger boiled inside them. “They
won’t even let Him alone even
in His death,” they thought.
Then someone told them He
was alive. That He wasn’t dead.
That He had, indeed, conquered
death.
Silly, you say? Unreal? A
lie? Believe What you will,
say what you may. But I’m
betting my life that He was
alive. On what basis, what ev
idence? A lot of things, but
mostly on faith. Just simple
faith.
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