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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Feb. 27, 1969 ttt> 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. BREED!\ When I was in France I was impressed to learn that every- hodv wanted to visit the tomb of Napoleon. I was not a guide and had nothing to do with visitors hut all Americans seemed anxious to visit the tomb of Napoleon. There is no doubt that of all the monu ments and tombs in France the outstanding figure, the man of supreme glamor was Nap oleon . Very few people spoke of Foeh the supreme commander of the Allies; they did not talk about Louis XIV nor that towering old figure Clemen- ceau, but Napoleon was and b the glamor figure of France. I wish to talk about that supreme figure of American hist o;-y, George Washington. ‘First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his coun trymen.” Washington was all that. There was no second fig ure to dim the luster of his renown. Above all, Washington was a man of sound judgment and his few words are usually full of wisdom. When the delegates to the G onkt itut ional C onvention seemed to waver, the clear cut wisdom of Washington carried the day. Said Washington “If wo do not adopt an instrument which \ve ourselves approve how can we he defended? Let u> proceed and leave the event in the hands of God.” Washington does not rank as a great general but his per sonality and character made him the only man who could hold everything together dur ing the Revolution and he wa" the unchallenged leader of Am erica. Soldier, statesman, great citizen, he was the unifying influence of the thirteen colo nies. Life among us seems to haw many inequalities as, for ex ample, an offense will be pun ched in one county by a fim of ten dollers, in another coun tv by fifteen dollars; in anothei county of twenty five dollars. Then, again, one goes to a hos pital for an operation. “A” will have to pay $400, “B” will pay $500 and “C” will pay $800.00. Now you observe the inequali ty. But that is exactly what is going on. If a merchant pro ceeded according to that — a pound of bacon could be $1 in one store, $1.25 in another store and $1.50 in a third store. Likewise a pair of shoes may range from $10 in one store to $15 in another store. Of course we are familiar with land rules: One piece of land will sell for $50 an acre, ano ther piece of the same quality will sell for $90 an acre and a third, all being equal, will sell for $100 an acre. I heard a story of evaluation for taxa tion. Some homes which cost $25,000 to build are on the tax books at $500; others of the same general quality will be down for $1000. That is ex actly what is going on among our people. We have not ar rived yet at a time when a bottle of cola will range from 5c to 15c. By the same general token a man consults his legal advisor and pays from $5 to $100. So you see life is full of inequalities. I might add that one man wears a $20 suit and another man in the same gen eral condition wears a $100.00 suit, and so it goes. There is the matter of dam ages. One man sues his neigh bor for $100 for some small loss; but he will sue a railroad for a $1,000 and that is a com mon practice. I have been asked why the President did not appoint Sen Thurmond to the Cabinet. I have no information at all, but I can guess. As a Cabinet Officer, Mr. Thurmond would be a subordinate and subject to the will of the President. As a Senator, Mr. Thurmond is not subject to anybody, but may think and speak as he pleases. Mr. Thurmond has had unusual preparation and experience and has reached an age which makes him wish to be unfet tered. As may be seen, Mr. Thurmond speaks to the na tion as his experience dictates “Sen. Strom Thurmond, in his fir't public disagreement with the Nixon administration on a major issue, said in the Senate Friday that approval of the treaty to stop the spread of nucuear weapons wil 1 be AUDITOR’S 1969 TAX ASSESSMENT NOTICE Returns of personal property, (vehicles, boats, motors, trailers, mobile homes, farm machinery, livestock, etc.); also real property, new buildings and real estate transfers, and poll tax are to be made at the County Auditor’s Office be ginning: January 2nd, 1969 THROUGH February 28th, 1969 All able-bodied male citizens between the ages of twenty- one and sixty are liable to $1.00 poll tax, unless in service, or a student. All returns are to be made by Tax Districts. Your failure to make return calls for 10% penalty as prescribed by law. The books will be closed for making returns after February 28, 1969. JEANETTE K. HAMM Auditor, Newberry County (A reader writ* of Mr. Wildmon’s book THOUGHTS WORTH THINKING: “. . . excellent contribution to worthwhile literature.’’ For your copy, send $2.05 to Five Star Publishers. Box 1368. Tupelo. Mias. 38801) I m a prude. I will admit it. I’m a prude. And I use the word not in the sense of it’s meaning in the dictionary, but in the method which it has found itself used in today’s slang language. In that language, you know, a prude is something old-fashion, less than a modern he-man. But, like I said, I’m a prude. I'm a prude because I still believe in honesty. I don’t believe in cheating or lying to my fellow man. When I charge a bill, tell a man I will pay that bill, I believe I should pay it. It may, under trying circumstances, be in small installments but if I live long enough, I will get it paid. I have given him my word and he has accepted it as tne truth. He has put his trust in me and 1 cannot let him down. I m a prude because I still believe in kindness. I still think you should be kind to your fellowman instead of hard and harsh and rough. A kind word, a small gesture of kindness, a little gift can build lasting friendships. I'm a prude because I believe in help ing. I realize it is impossible for me to help everyone in the world and I’m not responsible for the whole world. I’m. only responsible for the little cor ner I live in. 1 realize my inability to be all things to all men, but I do be lieve I can be something to some men. I m a prude because I believe in de cency. I can see nothing good coming from speech that is dirty and filled with profanity. Some of the words, and their implications, in some of the songs on today’s market turn my stomach. Some of the trash which passes for “art” on the screen of today would make Sodom and Gomorrah look like a fairyland. I’m a prude because I don’t drink. They tell us that 65% indulge in it now. Maybe that’s what they want us to believe, maybe that is the correct figure. It doesn’t bother me if 99 and 44/100% do it, to me it is wrong. And I hate the whole stinking mess when I pick up my paper and see the num ber of innocent who suffer and die be cause of drink. We scream when a few innocent people die in war, and will not speak a word when thousands die because of drink on our highways. I'm a prude because I believe in America. Despite all of it’s faults, it is, to me, still the greatest country this world has ever known. I believe I owe my country more than my country owes me. I believe I don’t have the right to criticize it unless I also try to make it better. I’m a prude because I still believe in God. And to make me more of a prude, I stili believe in a good God. I believe He is like a Father, and that He loves us, wants the best for us, and hurts when we shun Him and His way. I believe we will never achieve vhat v-e long for the most apart from Him. I told you before I began that I was a prude. Now you. know why. But you know what? I’m a prude with pride! —Five Star Features ‘playing’ right into the hands of the Kremlin.’ President Nixon only Wed nesday asked the Senate for prompt approval of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. T have decided that it will serve the national interest to pro ceed with the ratification of the treaty,’ Nixon said. Thurmond, whose support for Nixon may have helped him wrest the South from George Wallace in the election last fall, had declined earlier to comment in the President’s ac tion. But in his Senate speech, Thurmond said: T am astound ed at the weakness many have shown recently in the face of growing Soviet strength and provocative action . . . ’ ‘Apparently, there are those who still ignore history,’ Mr. Thurmonh said. ‘America’s strength has been the only sig nificant deterent to the Sov iets in the last 20 years. It has been the policy of this country for many years to negotiate from strength. To sound the trumpets of the past, there are those who would ne gotiate from fear and forget the castastrophies of history when the balance of power favors the adversary.’ Thurmond said the United States should wait until the Soviet Union first ratified the treaty. ‘Let them stop some of their nuclear programs and cease their ever-increasing ag gressive action,’ Thurmond said. ‘To do otherwise, the bal ance of power will shift in favor of the Soviets.’ The Republican Senator from South Carolina also called for continuation of the antiballis- tic missile program. ‘It is too early to talk about negotia tions,’ Thurmond said. Disap prove the treaty, star* the ap proved sentinel system, regain our superiority in weapons systems and then talk about arms control.’ NEW ADDRESSES Mr. and Mrs. James H. Wil son have moved to 2007 Har rington St. in the A. J. Bowers home. 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