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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 10, 1969 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner 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!N The idea of indiscipline seems to be growing. Up to date it seems to me that only the theological Seminaries have remained quietly at work. If the preachers to-be rise up in open rebellion that would be almost as disastrous as if the preachers would go on strike. There was a time when hos pitals didn't suffer from strikes but, like all other things, times have changed. In my early days the only strikes we had were due to masses of workers contending f or matters of time and pay; but now any group, anywhere seems likely to rise in open rebellion. Many of the uprisings of today have nothing to do with time or money; they are open wars with authority: We are becoming impatient with auth ority and wish to do as we please without regard to con stituted authority. All over the land the col leges are being subjected to the defiance by students who don't approve of discipline. As I have said before I have had experience in deal ing with students and 1 still marvel at the weakness shown by college and university ad ministrations. From New York to Califor- ma there is a i growing insub- ordination and nothing short of vigorous i neas ai res will meet the need If it should result in c dosing a college It is ; better to have a college Ml recess than one in tumult The Con gres > and our State I.egisiaturt • ar e both at sea. though tin •y : ire “dry land" they are ; sailors and tar from salt water We are near to April. or far be;, ond \| ini. and both those m'r at legl slatr ve bodies con- tmue to worn ier where the nionev i> con :nng from You and I think wc could suggest the proper cotime for both of them it is to >top spending. Both the nation and our state could very well carry on as last year I fonh we didn't have so many smart spenders. If we could summon from their tombs Clay. Calhoun and Webster I am sure they could tell our statesmen of today that neither a nation nor a state gets helplessly in debt except by overspending. If we could persuade our leaders to practice a small measure of the thrift we rec ommend for ourselves we would be on a sounder basis. A man in public life seems to suffer from a sort of de lirium when public spending. Following the Civil war South Carolina was more or less flat. W ? e were dependent largely on our agriculture, cot ton and com being our major crops; in course of time came some cotton mills and our bu siness felt the stimulus of the industrial activity, even on a small scale. The constant growth of our cotton mill business has con tributed enormously to the welfare of our state; and we owe to that great growth of Spartanburg, Greenville, And erson, Greenwood and many other communities. The growth of tobacco has helped enormously in our Pee Dee. A'ong with the cotton mills and tobacco came many other i dustries! I would not over look the rich development in our peach business. 1 ;We would do well to invite and encourage industry, rem embering our vast concern with our shipping, both com ing and going. Politicians do not build the economy of a state. Sometimes some legislation may seem helpful; tho often somewhat harmful. We would do well to invite interested in building up our business. A development in our state of vast importance has been the growth of our electric service. We have the Duke Power Co., The Carolina Light and Power Co. and we have our South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., the only great power company wholly within South Carolina and including such great centers as Charleston and Columbia. The development of our busi ness and industry depends up on the availability of electric ity. and we have that in large measure; our South Carolina Electric and Gas Company brings gas from the west and provides this great fuel to many thousands of our peo ple I find myself in complete disagreement with the report submitted to the House for the amazing sum of $465 mil lion I had felt that the tax payers of the State could re ly on the discretion and judge ment of the House and espe cially the Committee on Ways and Means; but I am almost convinced that ex-President Lyndon Johnson has managed to become a member of that committee of business men could approve a recommenda tion for $465 million is utterly beyond me. How any group of business men could approve a reco mmendation for $465 million is utterly beyond me. Time have changed. We are threatened with battles used to have battles every year over liquor, but now we over milk. Now what shall we say a- bout this Legislative bat tles over milk! If the milk of today could compare with the glass of milk that caused the late Senator Kemper Cook tc exclaim “What a Cow 0 " I could understand why the legislature is disturbed. NEW ADDRESSES Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tarbet are now making their home at 2805 Fair Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Thomp son have moved to 2517 Fai Street to make their home. "Whatsoever Things By DONALD E. WILDMON (Tour the HoVy Land with Mr. Wildmon. Ten days, Noy. 24 - Deo. 8. 1969. $699 complete. $60 down, $25 a month. For more information write JOve Star Toura, Box 1868, Tupelo, Mias.) SEX: GOOD AND BAD rr I guess one of the things that Amer icans miss the most in our fast mov ing, modern age is the time to sit down and philosophize a little. Gone are the days of the checker game at the old country store, gone are the days of sitting in the shade in the heat of the day, gone are the days of spending an afternoon down on the creek bank with nobody but old Skip, your dog. Maybe you would describe those days somewhat different, expressing an other way of taking it easy that is gone. Anyway you describe them, we Americans miss them. And I feel that we are kinda a little poorer because they are gone. One thing about the “take-it-easy” days was that a man had time to sit down and think without being in a hurry. You would be surprised to learn how many worthwhile thoughts, how many good inventions were conceived on the creek bank waiting for a bite. The other night I was kinda taking it easy like we used to do. I just sat in front of the fireplace, thinking about different things. Then, sudden ly, something dawned on me that I had never thought of before and had never heard anyone else express. Sex and Fireplace I got to thinking about how much alike are sex and the fireplace. Did you ever stop to think of the similari ty between the two? I looked at the fireplace and saw the beauty of the burning fire. It provided heat and warmth, plus a small amount of light. It made things cozy and provided an atmosphere of calm and serenity. Then I thought what would happen should that fire get out of control, if some of it’s coals should get out of the fireplace. My mind immediately pictured a raging forest fire, homes burning, small children being left homeless, people being hurt and kill ed. Then I had to remind myself that all that could be caused by something as beautiful as the fire before me. And isn’t that the way sex is? In it’s proper setting, used like the Crea tor intended, sex is a beautiful thing. But you take it away from where it was intended and it suddenly has the power to destroy, hurt, even to kill. The Right Attitude We have swung from one extreme to the other in dealing with sex in our country. We have taken it from it’s taboo, hush-hush setting and flashed it out in the open in a cheap and lewd way. We have tried to say that sex is alright no matter how it is used. We have said that there are no rules, no regulations, no proper setting for sex. And in our process we have literal ly flooded our land with a cheap view of sex. There is a right attitude toward sex. That attitude says sex is given by the Creator for the good of man. It says that used right, sex can be beautiful. This attitude says that the One Who made us laid down certain guidelines for sex, and when these are followed then sex helps build love and happi ness between two people. Since we have already swung to both extremes, maybe it’s time we put the fire back into the fireplace without smothering the flames. —Five Star Features Green dies in California David Piester Green, 72, died suddenly Friday afternoon at Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Green was a former res ident of Newberry and was the son of the late Jordan R. and Emily Piester Green. For the past seven years he had made his home in Los Angeles. He was a retired employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad and was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are two brothers. Tench P. Green. Rocky Mount, N C . and William Green, of Jacksonville. Fla.; one sister, Mrs Banna G Niles of Cam den. four nieces and three nep hews. Funeral services were held on Wednesday from McSwain Fun eral Home conducted by Dr. Neil E Truesdell. Interment followed in Rosemont Cemetery. REV. SORROW CONDUCTS ACADEMY DEVOTIONALS At the Newberry Academy chapel exercises Thursday- morning before the Easter recess the devotionals were conducted by Rev. William H. Sorrow, Pastor of Pentecostal Holiness Church. He wove to gether in a graphic way the stories of Good Friday and Easter. He pointed out the value of the Christian faith in teaching young people to be patient, self-reliant and kind. Mr Sorrow was introduced by his son. Danny, who with his sister. Joyce, is in the Aca demy. Members of the sixth grade sang Franz Schubert's “Song of Praise." A group of appro priate seasonal songs were giv en by the third grade, one of the numbers being an excerpt from Haydn"s "Creation.” At the conclusion of the de votional service the second grade gave a song and dance number, “Happy Easter.” As the season nears an end the Academy is making plans for an enlarged program next year. 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