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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
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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. Applications from t h e
first through the ninth grades
are coming in and already the
number exceeds the total en
rollment for the present term.
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