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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, August 1, 1968—PAGE 7 BANK NOTES by Malcolm DID YOU KNOW... So HIGHLY REGARDED WAS THE INTEGRITY OF THE ISTH CENTURY BANK OF THE MEDICI THAT WHEN FRANCE AGREED TO PA> ENGLAND A YEARLY INDEMNITY OF 50000 CROWNS FOR FULL 100 YEARS, THE MEDICI WERE MADE SURETY FOR THE CONTINUED PAYMENT OF THE INDEMNITY. , . , Members of the Pony and Prep League baseball teams were honored ata hot dog supper at the Speers Street Recreation center Friday night, during which awards Werts, sportsmanship trophy, Prep League; Dale Brewington, sportsmanship trophy; Pony League; Bart Cotchcroft, most valuable player, Pony League; and In ADDITION TO A GAELIC GREETING."CAED MILE FAILTF" (A HUNDRED THOUSAND WELCOMES"), A FLORIDA BANK DISTRIBUTED IRISH HALF PENNIES OBTAINED FROM A BANK IN CORK IN HONOR OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY. and trophies for the season were present-' George Yarborough, most valuable play ed. Holding trophies are, from left, Arthur er, Prep League, and team captain for Cotchcroft, coach and player of the the Mets, season champions. (Sunphoto. championship Giantburger team; Dana r for whatever office, who can not measure up to these basic requirements should not be chosen. Lure of Promises Dr. George S. Benson President NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM . Searcy, Arkansas 4 LEADERSHIP AND OUR NATION’S FATE The destiny of a free nation is shaped by the calibre of leadership placed in govern mental offices by the elec torate. Today America is neck- deep in the worst mess in his tory. This fact spotlights a failure of leadership. But the basic failure is in the elec torate, the citizenry of our nation. Since the mess began to accumulate at the end of World War II, the electorate has chosen four Presidents and eleven Congresses. All have failed somehow to measure up to the challenges, and so has the electorate. Now what? The 1968 Presi dential election is wide open. A new House of Representatives and a substantial number of the Senate seats are to be chosen. Will the electorate fail again to choose leadership capable of effectively turning the tide now running toward disaster for America? Will men be elected who have the attributes of true leadership, or is our nation to continue down the Western slope toward oblivion as all civilizations be fore us have ultimately done. As the world has turned more and more, under either weak or evil leadership, to ward the governmental “Wel fare State” (which can only spawn dictatorship), the dema gogue has played an ever-more prominent role in politics, and government. Webster gives this definition: “Demagogue: a leader who makes use of popu lar prejudices and false claims and promises — to gain power.” Winston Churchill was a genuine leader at the moment he arose to declare to the people of Great Britain, as Hitler’s panzer divisions ravaged the whole of Europe: “I can promise you only blood, sweat and tears.” But the British people follow ing a great Churchill victory in war, succumbed to demago guery as they forsook the Churchill government for the false promises of Socialism. And Britain, one of the two great powers of the world at that time, has been on a toboggan slide ever since. To day she is a weak, third-rate power among the nations of the world. cem from now until November 5 and vote on the basis of true leadership qualifications? Each of us must answer these paramount questions for him self. The answer of the ma jority of the more than 100- million potential voters will certainly decide the fate of our nation. Youth learns from adults From Pickens Sentinel How is it that rebellious young offenders manage to create so much trouble in a world supposedly in the hands of adults? The answer, of course, is that Junior and Junior Miss learn from us: not the guy next door. They tend to perform ac cording to the guidance of their elders, their parents. If the guidance is faulty, or lacking, then the performance But if parents don’t know the whertabouts of the kids, who should ? In passing, we might note that teenagers do not sell the mini-skirts to the teenyboop- ers, adults do. Teenagers don’t sell pants two sizes too small to overdeveloped and under aged Delilahs, adults do. Teen agers don’t operate drive- in theaters which allow youngs ters to watch movies based on every sex deviation known to man, adults do. It is fascinating, if revolt ing, to watch the shallow at tempts of these sex merchants to feign morality. The adver tisements are usually of a scantily clad wf ’an in some jose denoting dram*, -of high emotional pitch, either seduc tion or dire peril. It would be useless to debate lere whether or not these novies are pornographic. The lebate has gone to the. high- :st court in the land, and the ssue is still as unclear as vhen the first “underground” novie was made. In the con- f used legal atmosphere, the lucksters have worked fever ishly to mill out the spectacles as fast as possible while the money can be made. If you think the words on ULTS ONLY” make a big dif ference, take a few minutes some evening to watch a box office and see how many of the peach fuzz set with the price of admission are turned away. If you think Junior’s allow ance isn’t welcome in payment for some of the most disgust ing picture magazines in cir culation, take a few minutes to watch the magazine rack in some large store. And then take half-an-hour sometime to listen attentively to the lyrics of some of the records teenagers are being offered. Then act like an adult. is pretty certain to be faulty. The la * r 0 ^i t ^ a L Par “ t .l“. those ^posters,"or' in the “adver tirements “FOR MATURE AD- responsible for their offspring. Casting the Die Challenge is Real This is not an abstract or fanciful question. The situation in America and in the world poses just such a challenge to the citizens of America. And we had better believe it! Where are the yardsticks for measuring leadership capacity for the Presidency, for the House of Representatives, for the Senate? Some requirements are basic. If they are to meet the challenges of our greatest crisis, Congress and the Presi dency demand the very highest human attributes — spiritual and moral integrity, extraordi nary intelligence and wisdom, an inspirational capacity to lead; honor, patriotism, love of country. The Presidency de mands the greatest mea sure of all these. Candidates, There is no easy way out of the catastrophe looming dark ly over America, either for the leaders or for the American people. The entire nation has got to begin to make sacrifices if we are to overcome the threats to our survival. We need to be unified as a people behind sober, dedicated, in spirational leadership — which can only promise, for the im mediate future, blood, sweat, and tears. On the other hand, demago gues today are moving America toward a slightly dis guised Welfare State and a thinly-veil surrender to World Communism. All history shows that Socialism never has lived up to its promises; and ap peasement of Communism, from 1917 until today, has only fed the appetite of conquest of this monstrous evil force, which aims at total world domination. 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