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PAGH 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Oct. 17, 1968 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner "Whatsoever Things” By DONALD E WILDMON Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in advance. Six Months $1.25. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREEDIN Spectator now begins apain I am at home spending m> time surrounded by all the loving care of my home. I am still in confusion as regards our national politics. In all my life, which embraces more than several years, I have never known so much emphasis on the v i e<‘ presidency. After all i- said and done, he is virtually a negligible figure unless the prr-oient dies because, ae presslent of the SmuCe. he is not a great weight. I am still unable to read hut I am kept informed and ap parently our South Carolina democracy has no aim or pur pose. The candidacy for the President seems to stand out indicative of Richard Nixon, although I am hound to admit that our friend from Alabama has introduced into the cam paign a very notable appeal to something more than a few sorted votes I do not see ex actly the outcome. 1 am astounded that in all this welter of comment every body seems to forget that the Congress has put all this stuff on the hooks. I wish the Con gress would declare the office of Chief Justice vacant. Again all the lawyers and the radio men and others should denounce the habit of the court in trying to make the laws. The national confusion is more marked with me than with most people for I have been in calm < md peace of a hospital fur 'st ) me weeks : and unable to read f or s ;ome months. It s eem s to me that t h e Stub ‘ Do mocratic party has eithu r hiid a knuc kout blow or has wi dl in] gly died 1 I can’t help hut be 1 iev e that the coming in to t h* ' g enoral confusion of our fr iutid f rum Alabama ha servt ■d ! 11 elari fy :-ome of th( i.v'-Ue If. as St' many people • a v, h : s t •oming into the race ■ r v. " n ’ ly to compel the elm;, 1 » ' ( - f the Rr esident to be nueb ■ 1 !, 1 do Hu, t -e of Repro- - r, t; it: Y C ' , t hen .indeed, are \Y ru r.i d beeau: st the House uf R e l i r i 1 s t Ml! at ive- - is nvorwhel- mine dem oerat ie and has put on t lie ho ,k< all the obnoxious t bin* r S \\ e eompl:! lin of. I ha ve been to Id that t h e ( !oVC rr io r is quite perturbed by t he nr ws that th e Department of .1 us .t if** in W; ishington will send ( lute ctives 1 to this State to in Vi instigate shooting of a year a go. I see n o occasion for alarm. N. i matter what those men may turn up they can do nothing about it except to sub mit it to a Federal Grand Jury of South Carolina. And if the Grand Jury should bring a true hill the case would have to he tried by a Petty Jury of South Carolinians. Letter To Editor Dear Concerned American: It might interest you to know that the writer was the first Negro and member of his race to speak out openly and boldly in support of, and to give his wholehearted endorsement to the candidacy of United States Senator Barry G. Goldwater, for the presidency of the U. S some four years ago. I wrote the script and personally did a number of radio broadcasts in behalf of the Senator’s candi dacy which were enthusiastic ally received by the listeners as coming from a Negro. I w r as also accepted as guest speaker by any number of service, re ligious, civic organizations and other gatherings. During a breakfast meeting at the Thun- derhird Motel in Milbrae, Cal ifornia, and in the presence of some of Californias leading Republicans, including formm Senator William G. Knowland publisher of the Oakland Tri bune, I voluntarily made it known to Senator Goldwater in person that I was willing to organize Negroes for Goldwater for President, not only thru- out the State of California, but also thruout the nation, for I knew that Negroes had been mislead and misinformed con cerning Senator Goldwater— just like they are misled and misinformed regarding our present candidate for the pres- 'dency. Yes, I was a very dil igent worker some four years ago during the Goldwater cam paign notwithstanding the fact that Senator Goldwater was not my No. 1 choice at the time, however my first choice at that time did not see fit to make himself available, but evidently decided to see what the Conservative candidate Goldwater could or would do, and using this strategy he could never be accused of hav ing split the conservative vote. It is a well known fact by those w r ho know me best that Governor George C. Wallace was really my first choice 4 vears ago, and Governor Wal lace unquestionably is my first choice today! I have met and talked with our candidate in person, and have corresponded with the Governor for the past several years. I have no reason what ever to doubt the Governor when he declares from time f o time that he is not a ‘racist.’ I would not knowingly support any racist for public office. Be fore President Johnson enter ed the White House, he too, was labeled a racist. And so was another great Alabamian in the person of Senator Hugo Black before his appointment to the United States Supreme Court. I could name many many others who were labellet racists by those character as sassins, which in the final an alysis had to eat their words or retract their statements. In the past I have taken ad vantage of opportunities on both radio and television to commend as well as to defend the virtues, capabilities and qualifications of our candidate Governor George C. Wallace, and if I can get the necessary financial assistance, I would like to make a number of ad ditional radio and television appearances during this short period of time remaining be tween now and election day. I feel confident that it also will be very helpful if we can get tehs of thousands of copies of this newsletter printed in the quickest possible time, so that they can be mailed and also placed in the hands of as nany people as possible, re We humans can put some things on the books and then forget about them easier than we realize. Take the case of what happened over in London. Britain’s Law Commission came up with a list of recommendations for re peal of all laws “that canont positively oe shown to perform a useful func tion.’’ Heading the list was “An act for the attainder of several persons guilty of the horried murder of his late sacred Majesty King Charles the First.’’ Charles I was executed in 1649. Yep, we are slow about removing things from the books sometimes. Take church rolls, for instance. They con tain more names on them than perhaps at any time in history. Yet when you try to match those names with people actually doing their part in the work of the church, you come up kinda short—and amazed! A recent article stated that in an average church one third of it’s mem bers were active with regularity, one third were “occasional” in relationship to their vows, and one third ignored their responsibility to the church com pletely. I guess that that is about per for the course. Pick up an average church roll and you will find names there that would surprise those who have been life-long members of the church. Recently a minister was asking a member about a name on the roll that he was having difficulty locating. “Preacher,” said the faithful member, “I have been ac tive here for thirty years and I don’t know who that is.” Maybe we should approach those who are “members” in name only and ask them to remove their name from the roll. This has been tried occasion ally in the past. Most of the time those whose names are on the roll but hearts aren’t in the church get very upset. I guess that if one has their name on a roll here it is a kind of in surance policy that their name will be on the Roll Up There. But those who fit this category a- bout names on the roll and never sup porting the church aren’t the only ones who must bear the blame. A great part—maybe the largest part—falls on the shoulders of active church peo ple who refuse to make church mem bership a serious and meaningful ex perience. We “soft-pedal” this thing of church membership and the result is that for more than half the member ship it is a second-rate affair. That’s the difference between us and Him. He never toned it down, never lowered the standards, never offered it cheaply. He never had more than a handful, but He changed the world. We have a roll full and cannot change our local communities. He reminded them how great the cost, we tell them it is free. If I had my name on the roll and didn’t intend to live up to my vows I would take it off. And I believe I would begin to make church member ship meaningful again by explaining the cost. Why? Because His way is so much superior to ours. FIVE STAR FEATURES gardless of race, creed or color, with special emphasis be:n<: placed upo nthe need for this placed upon the need for this newsletter being placed in the hands of, or sent to as many Negroes as we can possibly reach. If this is done, I will need your immediate help in order to insure success. I re peat that the time is short, and yet there is a pyschological advantage in the time element for getting this newsletter in to the hands of the people just prior to election time. This means that the contents of this newsletter will not as quickly be forgotten, but will be fresh in their minds as the time ap proaches for the voters to go to th 1 ' polls on election day. Please rush your donation, and God bless you. Yours for a united country, BISHOP C. FAIN KYLE P. O. Box I3hf. Richmond, California 94802 Phone (415) 233-1731 Note: Bishop Kyle is founder and executive director of DIS CARD, INC., which is the “Dedicated Independent Society Committee Against Racial Dem onstrations.” This is Americas one and only 100 percent anti demonstration and anti-riot or- ganization. It was chartered by the State of California, Nov ember 19, 1903, as a charitable and educational non-profit cor poration. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to apply for a re tail liquor license for a Li quor Store to be located at 2603 Main Street in the City of Newberry. This notice is given pursuant to the In toxicating Beverage Act of the code of Laws of South Carolina, 1962, as amemded. C. R. KOON Marriages Norman Craig Weber, Char leston and Rebecca Rae Shealy, Pomaria, were married at Po- maria on October 5. James Frank Chappell, of Fountain Inn and Carolyn Jean Ames of Woodruff were marri ed Oct 7 at Newberry by Pro bate Judge Frank Ward. Michael Keith Moore, of Lau rens and Brenda Jan Cannon of Newberry, were married here on October 11. Charles Lee Murdock III of Atlanta and Janet Elaine Poo- vey of Annandale, Va. were married at Greenville on Oct ober 11. Planning A Hunting Trip? Then be sure to include a little low-cost liability insurance in your plans. Accidents happen and a claim for damages due to a gun injury could be expensive. Give us a call. There is no obligation. “YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422