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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Dec. 5, 1968 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina "Whatsoever Things" By DONALD E WILDMON (Order now in time to give as a Christmas present. THOUGHTS WORTH THINGING. Mr. Wildmon't new book of exciting inspirational reading. Send $2.95 to Five Star Publishers, Box 1268, Tupelo, Miss. 88801i SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in advance. Six Months $1.25. COMMENT on Men & Things Hy .!. K. HRKKDIN A chan^o of administration in Washington is a task of mag- nitudo boyond the imagination of the average man. Without undertaking to cov er the whole field, I think it would be a good safe guess to say that b0,000 officials must he changed in order that the new president may start with his own people and his own pro gram. There must he hundreds of changes in order to carry out the operation of the government. The new cabinet and the top men in the new cabinet require at least a hundred top men in the first week. doing into some detail would require at least 500 men in the first week. If you have ever undertaken to fill an important position you know' how difficult it is to find men who will fill the bill. And you know the country is full of men who can recommend them selves or their friends; and no one man can recommend with full knowledge a hundred men but the president must find more than a hundred men immediately and those men must find at least 200 men in two months. I have covered only scantily the president’s new job. Although the Governor of South Carolina has very little to do in choosing men as compared with the monumental task of the president, even he is often times perplexed to fill positions al though his ran,', e is probably not 10 per cent of the field covered by the president. Although immediately re sponsible for the government the presidnt must also set the government machinery in oper ation. In comparison with the great task of the president the King or Queen of Great Britain has a picnic, although the Britisn Monarch must be seriously em barrassed to provide for aunts uncles, nephews, cousins and the thousands of others. When I went to Buckingham Palace I was told that one build ing of the Queen’s contained f>00 rooms, although the Sov ereign had one half dozen pa laces in England and Scotland. The task of maintaining all those buildings is a serious mat ter. The British Sovereign probably signs all the apointmens, all the details of which has been ar ranged by the heads of the British Cabinet. It rejoices my spirit that South Carolina is comparative ly a quiet State not withstand ing the tumult all over the na tion. How can we explain the rioting and bloodshed from New' York across the Nation to Cal ifornia and from Texas to the Great Lakes? Are we better people? There may' be some proof in that, though our nothrn frinds would not agree to that. There is more tumult in many of the states than w r e have ever known. There is more rioting in New York City alone than in all the Southern States combin ed. Why the general upheaval rages over the Nation? I call attention to South Carolina, its steady march of progress. One company, a company entirely for South Carolina. Now what com pany is that? The South Caro lina Electric and Gas Company has recently finished a great plant at Canadys in Colleton County and is now building the second big plant at Wateree in Richland County. The South Carolina Electric and Gas Company is the only great utility' entirely in South Carolina. Moreover, the great constructive genius of that com pany is a son of a Fairfitld County and I, at the risk of a clash with a very able editor of Winnsboro declared the very able S. C. McMeekin the great- Spend Christmas with BankAmericard the credit card for everything. South Carolina BankAmericard Wilson Thomas Turner was sitting at the bar. The date, September 12, 11)64. The place was Bradenton, Florida. “One more little drink won’t hurt anything,” he could have thought. Turner took one more little drink. May be it was one for the road. Then he ordered another bottle to take home. It’s always good to have a bottle a- round the house, isn’t it? Turner got up from his seat, turn ed and walked through the door. He got into his automobile to drive home. He had done it before. Like most folks he thought a little toddy wouldn’t affect his driving. Some folks, you know, do their best driving with a shot or two under their belts. He open ed the door and sat down behind the steering wheel. Then he headed down the road toward home. Turner had had a hard day. He was looking forward to seeing his son, Randell. Randell was in the fifth grade now. He had grown up so fast. Turner was proud of his son. He al ways like to spend some time with him. The automobile roared down the streel. The speedometer went higher and higher. Turner didn’t notice the speedometer. Maybe like a lot of other folks who drive after a shot or two he was an expert driver. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, came a kid rid ing a bicycle. Turner turned, applied the brakes. He waited for a split second. Then he heard a loud thump. He looked back. The kid was on the {lavement. He sped away. Witnesses at the scene identified the car. Officers found it later at the home of Turner. The blood was still on it. They found Turner in the attic, a bottle in his hand. It was the bottle that was good to have around the house. Officers questioned him for more than an hour. Then the news came. The boy was dead. “He just went to pieces when he was told the boy was dead,” said sheriff Gen Gross. Turner was taken to jail. He was charged with manslaughter and leav ing the scene of a fatal accident. His attorney, Jerry Hussey, carried him a Bible. He sat in the jail day after day reading the Bible. “He has sworn up and down to his wife and me that he’ll never touch another drop of liquor,” said Mr. Hussey. Turner was allowed to leave the jail long enough to attend the funeral ser vice for the boy. It was one of the hardest funerals Turner ever had to face. The minister tried to bring com fort in such a trying hour. They car ried the casket to the grave and low ered it into the earth. The life that Turner had taken so foolishly. Nothing anyone could do would bring the boy back. A little drink never hurt anyone? Turner couldn’t say that now. Be cause it had hurt, so awfully hard it hurt. If only there was another chance. But it was too late now, too late. The story is true. It was carried by UPI. There is one other item in the story. The boy Turner killed was Randell Turner, his twelve year old son.— FIVE STAR FEATURES ost son of Fairfield; and the ed itor called my attention to J. H. Carlyle. In order to avoid a clash, I think that those two il lustrious figures shed enougt glory for any county. In the little cemetery at Crooked Run Baptist Church has rested the noble spirits of some precious friends of mine. Mrs. Johnson was city native News was received in New- herry Wednesday of the death on Tusday of Mrs. Elizabth (Bess) Gilder Johnson of Wash ington, I). C. She was the vvife of the late O. II. Johnson. They were former residents of Gil dercrest, Newberry She is survived hy two broth ers, Dr. J. K. Gilder. Jr. of New York, and P. Fant Gilder of Columbia; one sister, Miss Pauline Gilder of New York. She is also survived hy a num ber of relatives in Newberry. Funeral serviros wore held Wednesday afternoon in Wash ington, D. C. Mrs. Boylston dies in Capital Mrs. R. C. Boylston, 84, of 2725 Heyward St., Columbia died Tuesday at her residence. Mrs. Boylston, the former Ibutha Davidson, was horn in Newberry, the daughter of the late James R. and E m m a Langford Davidson. She was a member of the First Baptiset Church of Columbia. She is survived by one daughter, Miss Elizabeth Boyls ton of Columbia; a son, Sgt. Reuben A. Boylston of Pope Air Base, Fayettville, N. C.; two sisters. Miss Blanche Da vidson of Newberry and Mrs. James L. Aull of Columbia. Funeral services were con ducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev. Paul L. Sherrill. Interment was in Rosemont Ce metery. Active pallbearers were Keitt Purcell, Dave Hayes, Emory Bowman, Herman Langford, T. E. Epting and Creighton Ed wards. "HIGH HATS” Here! No matter what the size of your account, your business is invited, appreciated and protected. Keep us in mind. We're easy to find. “YOUR PRIVATE RANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422