University of South Carolina Libraries
PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, August 22, 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: $2.00 per year in advance. Six Months $1.25. COMMENT on Men & Things Bv J. K. BRF.F.IMN What do we know about any thing? Sometimes we form op inions and Parn afterwards that we had not heard the whole story and that we had roally ^one off half-cocked, as the saying is. In verv truth we usually find ourselves only partially inform ed when any occasion arisen that, calls for an opinion by us What do we know about the men who seem to aspire to the presidency ? W e never seem to know what is what and why. do we? There are six or eight men now frequently mentior ed for the presidency, notably Mr Wallace of Alabama who seenn to have many admirers and ov en more well-wishers. So far it appears that Mr. Wallace is running as an independent. He is neither Democrat nor Repub lican, at least up to now. It seems that the main con sideration must be votes, not principles or platforms. Any thing that will appeal to the susceptibility of the people- riot very inspiring, eh? Platforms don’t amount to much. As I recall, Franklin Roosevelt had one set of prin- cipls but discarded them quickly. Our safest plan seems to be to choose a man who is a man of character and principle and whose life and career are a guarantee of safe, sound pro cedures, rather than a melody of words which ring like a bell' and die like music. Who, then I do not know and would not hazard a guess. If there are any principles in political programs of today what are they” 1 think the Democratic party should openly declare that its We cannot afford to yield to the blandishments of politi cal champions as Wisemen from the east with gold and frankincense and myrr. Even some good men are so lacking in ordinary wisdom and common sense as the man in the street. For example, Ut your mind ponder the egregious example of so worthy a man as General Eisenhower. Can you fathom that? I call attention to this. If the South repudiates both the Democrat and Republican par ties— that may throw the elec tion into the hands of the Congress — Democratic Cong ress so what relief would vvt get from Congress? I take from “The State” by Henry F. Cauthen, the follow ing stimulating article: “Rack in 194P Ralph Rell saw an advertisement in a news paper. It was offering land for sale. Mr. Bell and a bro ther-in-law went together and bought it. The property con sisted of parts of 2b small farms. Other sections of these farms had been inundated by an arm of Lake Marion. Today the most modern in igriculture is applied in heavy mxluction of cotton and soy- mans—but the most interest ng operation is that in which Mr. Bell is ‘feeding out’ bee! ■attle with high efficiency and with the aid of automation. For this, he plants very large acreages of corn and main tains big pastures of largely Bahai grass. Mr. Bell is one of several Clarendon pioneers in autom ated feeding out, and when wt observed that he apparently b satisfied with this phase of his agriculture, ho smiled and said, "We do all right with it.” ‘Feeding out’, or finishing cattle for the consumer, has not spiead as widely in South Carolina as most farm author ities advise. Mr. Bell’.- suftress documents the soundness of counsel in these days of con- Miumg dr'ersi float am m South ( arolina agricuIture. Kepublicans which our graml- fathers denounced. So, where are we? We are not Democrat.- of our grandfather.-, and Wadi Hampton; nor are we Republi cans of the old school. Shall we ultimately emergi as followers of Ex-Governoi Wallace of Alabama? In very truth, facing the is sue squarely, if we can't for get the Republicans of 187n and don’t base our policies on the Democrats of 187b then where do we stand? Does that force us into sup porting Mr. Wallace or shall we be sheep without a pasture? Or are we a pasture without sheen ? first silo and have added one each year,’ Mr. Bell said. That has increased his operation by a third each year. The 60-foot structure, lined up side by side, makes an impressive rural scene. When we were there, some of the spreading com fields were being stripped by a mech anized cutter and made ready for storage in the silos. A special type of hauler, made for the purpose, brings the sil age in and air pressure drives it through a large pipe to the top of the silo—where it en ters. The maximum season for feeding out begins in Septem ber and then the process of adding many more pounds to the animals is stepped up. Mr. Bell’s fattened product is ready for slaughter. Letters majii ' P lank is, or mu St be. ; d,. A - li - other- who now prac- • HI solute > •qua!! t _\ for all nr n. t u '<* fer ding dU it. Mr Hi di pu | - yt. whitt ■. ! dark. yellow. red a nd uh ,; r- t* > f e- -dr im at mull to 706 1 • < t tlio .ut- rilled late -had ! r ,> the. i - 1 ' »U ! a is and r- - u n i! s th, 111 oUt of. a t i .HIM! pound hefo; s< tllllg { \ I.C : u fat r ' le ' 6 r 1 s ' IT Cl . w 4 * It iloi -n't J rk r r : i iv 1} o: it Si A IT Soil ;ti: < u o', i.ia*. -Uj-po I ’ m h 11 > > tit fe ed- rs nn ha- 1 * - mg '■ hat 1 a s k you 1 ’hey -i i •m h < own held a i id I'll ■ ( ", , Si ■otll ' in to 1 M ■ h, a n g i n g oil the coat t ;i: 1 of t he animal. \\ had ; i \ ' ’ T- - i . of t lie I 'em- -('' atii n; i: t y. , r se inf -. e .- ; u h s f e.'-i I- c fn r tile , ; at 1 ( 1 as! . the small ru mnan’' of ! 1 I n i s hum o pnoee A A He hm 1 i ( 1 e t h< Don loriat .e party of O ; ) ) ‘ f, ; : ii om- HI ;n d, V ! v V t and ( , ! a t lu 1 rs and o : and fa' 1 lei's. l < in* ’ (J I ■o.'Ses. , d Th e I >rmoc rat.e p-ai ty of ; 1! I. Js f I'l’i i 1 h Is*' opr rat if* n m 11. Jay - t f ’ ns to nave a!'' (O hod ;t 1! '/O nq [ > I r! -A aut- -mate-l. B >’ tin u , ll the prim pie - of the Repiih id i n *>n the an u; i irs \\ dm ■ i I lead M ea n par ! y of 15 76 Men li k * • t r oin hi s three i Ug T t o the on r Si dvr S do! kt seem fully i |v - fr . <1 ! r oughs. i > tie n an c a n 1 ‘ i i do ■ t r ina ted With tile anrie III B < indie the elltil T Jol * t > f feed- * 1 ] Time was when we as a nation felt that a man should be held accountable for his owm deeds, or misdeeds. Recently, however, a massive guilt complex seems to have swept the country, leaving in its wake a substantial number of people who feel that society is somehow to blame for the weak-willed and irresponsible citizen who turns against the State. Public apathy and indiffer ence, it is suggested, have spread across the land, and from it has arisen a legion of lawbreakers. If this belief is true, if ap athy IS the major cause of crime, the public should ask just what has brought about this—almost overnight apathy, and why it is not so prevalent in other areas of social life Why is this apathy confined to crime? For generally speak ing, it IS. Americans are not, by nature, an apathetic people. In no other nation, as a matter of fact, is the social conscience more highly refined than in America. Evidence of this is all around us. Orphanages, schools, hospitals, homes for the blind, charities by the -core are supported by citizens contributions. On things that matter, Americans usually show a mighty concern. Why, then, this apathy toward one of the major -orial problems now be setting us? It springs, 1 believe—t h i s puzzling apathy of ours to ward crime—from our disillu sionment with our system of justice. People have too little confidence in our courts’ wil lingness to administer justice. Starting with the Supreme and extending down to courts, the public credence to its \ e lower little rts n i i .'-(;. ipi'em ■ ut feeling is ,-av that a aim ( 5 . t mg, which is done twice a day ‘This man’s time is onl> PO minutes a day,’ Mr. Bell ex plained. ‘I have had as many as -Pb animals in this lot at one time’ he said. This is large as feeder operations go in South ( ar il ina. Robert McNair, associate (’lemson farm agent, who was with us on our visit to the Bell farm, directed attent; >n to th- >3 which were being filled wlm, we were there. The three can store 1,500 and 1,700 tons of (largely corn! silage. ‘That is a lot of feed,’ McNair observed. ‘I started in 1965 with my th- f'ourt is complete!} • be c r; me is abso- urd. (hi the other to - a > that i! is entirely cs- - i ijoali} as absurd, a niy, .-oine of the High i tilings have encouiag- ; i;e criminal .ml increased e ,,:; w ; 11: ng Me-s of the pub- e> become involved. Ill the like-} case, for example, tin preim ( Hurt turned loose a eh -st d rapi.-t because just e -ingle day had elapsed be- tw eg i;■arrest and his ar- inignmnit Justice was hardly served in this case, particularly when the culprit was subse quently arrested for a similai i rune. The now famous I960 decis- mn concerning police mterroga- t on of criminal suspects left much of the nation unsettled and uncertain, as — indeed—-b dal much of the Court itseif Justice John Harlan said of the 5-to-4 majority vote: “The social costs of crime are too great to call the new rules anything but hazardous experi mentation.” Justice Byron White also strongly dissented. To conclude then, that Sup- “WHATSOEVER THINGS” By DONALD E. WILDMON Life can always hand out tne unexpected. Take the case of Fireman Bill Murray up in To ronto for instance. He carried an unconcious dog from a burn ing house not too long ago. Mur ray later had to be treated at St. Michael’s Hospital. For burns? No. Smoke inhalation? No. After the dog revived it bit him on the hand. Then there is the incident that happened over at Preesall, England. The tiny little Lan cashire village was finally in troduced to the air age. Did they get an airport? Nope. Not even an airplane. A helicopter pilot landed his machine at the local service station, bought two and a half gallons of gas and flew away. Then there was the fellow- out in Laramie, Wyoming. He decided to use the U. S. Mail to pay his second overtime park ing fine. And he had a good reason to use the mail. "God bless the efficiency of the po lice department,” he wrote in a letter accompanying the fine. “I received this ticket while at City Hall paying another.” Poor chap! And the story came our way not too long ago about the fel low who was in the hospital. Seems as though smeone wanted to remember him while he was reme Court decisions—partic ularly when they are opposed by four of the nine members of the court—do not create fear and destroy confidence in our country is a deliberate denial of the obvious. Work—much work—needs to be done to dispel public apathy and return at least a semblance of order to our society; and what better place to start than with the Supreme Court? CHARLES H. CRUTCHFIELD President Jefferson Standard Broadcast ing Company. there so they sent him some flowers. His reaction? “Hell,” he said, “I don’t know why they are sending those to me. I’m not going to die.” Well, we can come up with some good ones sometimes. And you know something? How we react to a situation tells what type of person we are. Our ac tions don’t always tell our true nature because most of our ac tions are planned out in ad vance. We always make plans to do the right thing or say the right word at the right time if we know something is coming. But our reactions are express ions of our real selves. Remember the story about the fellow who fell among rob bers on the Jericho road? The two fellows who passed by and left him to suffer reacted to what was inside them. It was not in their plans, you see, to meet a man in need on the road. And they had things more important to do down the road. They really would like to help, but they just couldn’t under the circumstances. That sounds familiar. Then the other fellow came along, the man the first two scorned. He had plans, too. But he reacted differently to the beaten man’s needs. He cancelled his immediate plans and helped the man in need. We are willing to bet that if this Samaritan met someone else along the road, or any where else, who needed his help he would have helped them. We also think the first two would have passed by anybody and everybody unless they stood to gain from helping. How we react tells what type person w r e are. About the fellow who .vasn’t going to die—he w-as six feet under before a week passed. Sometimes it happens thj 1 way. That’s 11 * reason it is best to stay Pl -FIVE STAR FEATURES. Many People Save 10 - 15 - 25% On Our Package Policy And if you can save something on your in surance, you want to know about it. Ask about our package policy that includes all the major risks about your home and is so easy on your pocketbook. “YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422