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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 3, 1969—PAGE 7 By-The-Way (Continued from Page 1) has been happening under the guise of justice. It seems al ways the lawbreaker whose rights must be protected. One is constrained to ask: What about the rights of the law abid ing, the innocent? It was two and a half years ago that Richard Speck, an ir responsible drifter and ex sailor, systematically killed 8 nurses after raping two of them. Like lambs to slaughter, this fiend led the terrorized girls one by one into an adjoining room. A ninth girl escaped only be cause she hid under a bed and escaped Richard Speck’s not ice. He was quickly captured. He y/as found sane by six psychia trists. A year ago, he went on trial and, after three months, he was convicted and sentenced to death. But he has not been ex ecuted because the U. S. Su preme Court has ruled that jur ors who are opposed to capital punishment must be allowed to sit on juries in capital cases. Nobody remembers, apparent ly, the eight nurses who died at Speck’s hands. Yet they remain dead, while he remains very a- live. Because of the Supreme Court decision, 1968 passed without a single execution in America for the first time in history. It is baffling to observe the joy am ong those who hail this as “pro gress”. They advance all sorts of half-baked theories for the continued coddling of murder ers, rapists and arsonists. For example The St. Louis Post- fc Dispatch said in an editorial re cently—and please note this pompous language—that “The fact is, there is absolutely no evidence that capital punish ment deters crime”. Like heck there isn’t! The Post-Dispatch advances its own opinion, and calls it “fact”— something like another quaint saying to the effect that “There is no such thing as a bad boy”. The woods are full—and the city Streets, too—of “bad boys”, and the inefficiency of the courts, and their increasing inability to provide swift punishment, are glutting society with “bad boys.” Murders in the United States last year were up 26 percent over 1960. There was an eleven per cent increase in 1968 over 1967—and 1967 recorded nine per cent more murders than 1966. Ask any law enforcement of ficer about his frustration in trying to keep the peace. His troubles have just begun when he captures a criminal. Inci dentally, during the past six years, there has been a 60 per cent increase in the number of policemen killed in line of duty. The country needs to learn all over again how to crack down on lawbreakers, from the drunken driver to the murder er. That judge at Goldsboro may be regarded by some as a “hanging judge”, of course. But it’s a safe bet that there are today more drivers in that area than ever before who are so ber-sober as a judge. COFFEE DAY “Coffee Day for Crippled Children” will be observed on Good Friday, April 4, sponsor ed for the 17th year by the S. C. Restaurant Association assist ed by the S. C. Law Enforce ment Officers’ Association. Local chairman of “Coffee Day” is Chief Ray Schumpert for the law Association. Philip Kelly is chairman of the Newberry County Affiliate of the Easter Seal Society which receives benefits of “Coffee Day”. These funds aid South Carolina children and adults who are handicapped by cere bral palsy and other crippling conditions. “B.A.C. buttons—the initials represent “Buck-A-Cup to Brace A Child—were sold beginning Friday, March 21. Exchanging a dollar for the “B.A.C.” buttons entitles the wearer to drink coffee all day Good Friday at any participat ing restaurant, hotel or drug store in the state. In every county in South Car olina “Coffee Day” is sponsor ed by the S. C. Restaurant As sociation with the assistance of lawmen. Then all funds from the sale of buttons are donated to the Easter Seal campaign. Chief Schumpert said the pro ject represents “many helping hands in our community reach ing out to help the crippled”. Phil Kelly urged all residents of the county “to help in this most worthwhile effort by buy ing a coffee button. We are grateful to all who participate in Coffee Day—those who buy buttons, and the restaurant and law enforcement people who every year contribute so much to the realization of fuller and happier lives for the crippled children and adults of our state. Moose Lodge is now assured Assurance of the Moose Ledge for Newberry is now definite, according to Billye West and Bobby Nichols, local member ship directors for the Loyal Or der of Moose. The installation of the Lodge will be held Sunday afternoon, April 13. Another meeting to discuss the present and future plans for the Lodge has been scheduled for Monday night, April 10 at 7:30 in the Scout building on Glenn Street. All signed applicants are urg ed to attend and to bring an interested friend, as the char ter application is still open. CADET BODIF \ T CITADEL CHO^ Citadel Cadet Stevan Pres ton Bodie, son of Mrs. Dorothy V. Bodie, 403 Rodelsperger St., Newberry, S..C. is a member of The Citadel Cadet Chapel Choir. The Choir will be featured in an Easter service telecast in color April 6 over WIS-TV in Columbia, S. C. This is the second time WIS-TV has spon sored a religious program util ising the Choir. The choir has been an impor tant activity at the military col lege for four decades It has made appearances across the nation. In 1961 it sang at the World Day of Prayer observ ance in the Pentagon Concourse in Washington; it has appeared on the Ed Sullivan Television Show; and sung often in the National Cathedral in Washing ton and in prominent churches and cathedrals in Baltimore New York, Atlanta, and other cities. For the past 12 years the Choir has been under the di rection of Vernon W. 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