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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.
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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
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‘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!}
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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.
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