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SKC. A PACK 2 The Newberrv Sun. Newberry, S. C. D^c. 26th, 1968 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. V. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina "Whatsoever Things By DONALD E WILDMON rr ihOr a copy of Mr. Wildmon's now book THOUUHTS WORTH THINKING send $2.95 to Five Star Publishers, Box 126x, Tupelo, Miss. IlHHOll SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in advance. Six Months SI.25. COMMENT on Men & Things By V K. BRKKDIN Are we under the constitution of the United States or are we under the control of the courts? Here is something the Mr. Justice Black has to say of the Supreme Court of the United States. He seems to h ■ always mindful of the Constitution of the United States. He speaks boldly against some of the nat ional propmams as heinp con trary to the guarantees to the citizens, according: to the con stitution. Mr. Justice Black thought the court erred in not treating the unanimous 1954 school decision as just another lawsuit, binding only on those particular defend ants. The Court, he said, wi th more wisdom than the court at times exhibits, should not at tempt to set national policy. We are face to face with the outlook for increased taxes in South Carolina. 1 refer to the statement by Solomon Blatt, who has been Speaker of the House for more than 40 years. Over i n t hhe House the Speaker is a man in position to be a preat power, and Mr. Blatt as Speaker, has seen our I.epislature boppinp down with debt and he speaks a word of caution which should impress us all. Here is what Mr. Blatt says: “we should pro ceed with crtreme caution any ceed with extreme caution any new tax." In our State we may have a hundred or two serious think ers who are preatly disturbed by the unbridled frenzy of some headlonp statesmen, but there are more than a million people who will be affected by heavy taxation. I am saying a word for them. A new administration is studying - and exploring a new course for the new Republican Administration. The headlong spending, with all the new frills, of the John son administration should be soberly studied by the new powers. So we have a new National Administration and a lot of new men in our late Legisla ture, wo must be alert to pro tect the credit of the State as well as to wish to appear spec ially progressive. Your Social Security J. C. Bagwell, social security district manager in Greenwood today urged everyone signed up for the doctor bill insurance part of Medicare (this is the part of Medicare that has a cost of $5 a month premium) to spend some time between now and the end of the year in re- viwing whether the program owes them some money. He said that this is most important for those older peo ple who incurred expenses for covered medical services be tween October 1, 19f>G and Sep. 50, 1907. If a claim isn’t made for reimbursement of these expenses by Decembr 31, 1908. it will not be possible for Med icare to pay. Mr. Bagwell {minted out that, in the past, some Medicare ben eficiaries postponed making a claim because they thought that if the doctor declined to take an assignment, the patient had to submit a receipted bill with Notice A 2 per cent penalty Will be added to all unpaid 1968 City Taxes on January 2nd, 1969 Unpaid City Taxes for 1967 will go into execution on January 2nd, 1969 A terr'ble thing- happened the other day. My friend told me about it. It happened at a church. I want to re word his story a little and pass it a- long. It seems that a church was in the process of building a new building. The contractor had finished with most of the building and was getting ready to put the carpet down in the sanc tuary. To keep it in round figures, a- bout a thousand yards of carpet had been ordered. Stopping work for the wcekenu, the contractor locked the doors. There was a time when all choren doors were open. Now, many have to be closed and locked. When work began again on the building the following Monday, the men discovered that something awful had happened during the weekend. Someone had broken the lock on the door, broken into the church and stolen about 1 10 of the carpet. Word got out around town. You know how fast bad news travels. It made a perfect item to gossip about. The church had had some of their carpet stolen from their new church! And, you know, when someone steals something from the church it always makes the news. (Or, nearly always, as we shall see.) Well, sir, they got to talking about it around the little town. You could hear people discussing it everywhere they went. Some of the words they used for those who stole from the church weren’t exactly kind, either. My friend told me later that he was in one place where they were discussing the theft. “It took a pretty sorry person to do something like that,” one remarked. Another said something like this: “A person would really have to be low-down to steal from the church.” My friend said he got to thinking a- bout it. He said he was in agreement that it would take someone kinda cheap to steal from the church. He said of all the places that someone should steal from, the church should be the last. You know, I’m kinda in agreement with those folks about that. I think it would take a pretty low type of per son to steal something from the church. The church is the institution that stands for good in every com munity. It is the place where people go to worship. It is where the good in people is nurtured and polished. Yet, so many of our churches have to close and lock the doors in our world today. People steal from them. They take what belongs to the church. My friend thought about it for a little. Then he asked the group why they were all excited. They look at him kinda puzzled. “It happens every Sun day when the offering plate is pass ed,” he said. “That tenth of carpet only represents the tenth of our in come.” For some reason, someone changed the subject. I guess it seems easier to ignor the truth than to face it.— FIVE STAR FEATURES his application. Since they were unable to show they had paid the doctor or the medical supplier, they failed to file a cleim, he added. "Those people are in danger of shortchanging themselves,” Mr. Bagwell said. “Th-' 1907 amendments to the Medicare law eliminated the requirement that a bill be paid before a Medicare claim could be filed. Starting in 1908, an itemized bill showing the services or medical goods received and the charges therefor, even if un paid, became sufficient.” He reminded those older per sons in the Newberry area who have signed up for voluntary medical insurance (Part B of Medicare) that Medicare pays for 80 percent of the reason able charges of the covered services and medical goods, less an annual $50 deductible that the patient must pay. All social security offices are prepared to help pimple make claims for doctor bill insurance payments. Those who still have not applied for reimbursement for medical services and goods received between October 1st, 1900 and Sep. 30, 1907 are urged to apply before January, 1. 1909. Beginning with that date, it may be too late. Anyone wishing assistance with a Medicare claim for doc tor bills or claims should bring evidence of the services receiv ed, either in the form of an itemized bill from the doctor or the supplier of medical goods, or the same information on the “Request for Medicare Pay ment” form supplied by the Social Security Administration. Another “must” is the older person’s Medicare card or other official document showing his health insurance claim number. The Greenwood District Of fice is located at 219 Magno lia Ave. The phone number is 233-1711. Office hours are 8:45 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday thru Friday and 9 AM to 12 noon on Saturday. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE YOUR AGENT which is to live and do business with good people like you. “YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 1418 Mam Street Phone 276-1422