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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 24, 1969 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner "Whatsoever Things' By DONALD E WILDMON (An associate minister in Florence. Alabama, writes book THOUGHTS WORTH THINKING: "The hook rise, ami relevant presentation of Kospel themes and , . . warm, friendly, and personal writing style.’’ Ask for it at your bookstore about Mr. Wildmon'u is an intresting, con- lessons couched in a send $2.95 to Five Star Publishers. Mox F'.bv Tupelo. Miss. :58801) Second-Glass Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: .$3.00 per year in advance. Six Months $2.00. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREED IN I have read with a lot of interest the beginning of The Taxpayers League of the men of Charleston. About 1930 or 31 Neal Christianson of Beau fort and I organized The Farm ers' and Taxpayers League for the State with headquarters in Columbia. We devoted the maj or part of two years to that, spending most of our time in Columbia day and night. We had prominent men from all over the State to form a cen tral Committee: and they and we spent a great deal of time with the two Houses of the Legislature. I was invited on two occasions to address the Senate and did so The Lt. Governoi of the State. Andrew Bethea, as President of the Senate, was very favorable to us. as was also the Speaker of the House. J. B. Gibson. We met with and presented our case also a number of times to Committees of The House and The Senate and the Gov ernor also was favorably dis posed. Because of my connection with The League 1 was invit ed to sit with a special com mittee of the Gov< rnor and ranking Senators and Repre sentatives. As I recall, the amount of the appropriation bill for 1932 or 33 was nine million dollars for eighteen months. How does that compare with the threat of five hundred million dollars now? I very earnestly recommend that all the people of Charles ton rally to the support of a League there; and I wish to remind you that in this day of taxes on everything every body is a taxpayer. I, there fore, recommend that from the biggest corporation to the smallest farmer we put our shoulders to the wheel and make the members of the Leg islature understand that we are fired of high taxes and plans to include everybody on high pay 1 will probably have some thing more to say about this next week. We seem to have a warmer regard for the Arabians and the Egyptians in their clash with the Israelites. It is true that Egypt goes far back to the time of Joseph and Jacob, the renowned characters of the Old Testament. You will re member that Joseph, the pride of Jacob, was seized and sold into captivity: he was recog nized by the King of Egypt as a young man of ability and placed in authority over Egypt to conserve and administer the food supplies at the threat of a famine. Egypt, and the Nile River MOTHER NATURE is an old time adversary. She can be as delightful as a summer day yet unleash the destruction of an atom bomb by nightfall. You can beat her to the punch by protecting your crop with some hail insurance. Time to talk to us. "YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422 WEARING THE OTHER PERSON’S SHOES There was a boy once. He happen ed to be the son of a very well-to-do father. He wore nice clothes, lived in a nice house, and ate very good food. One day this young boy happened to get into a scuffle with another boy who lived on down the street. The other boy came from a poor family, lived in a cheap house, wore ragged clothes, and had less than the first boy to eat. in the scuffle the rich boy threw the poor boy and was the winner. In a few moments the poor boy got up, dust ed himself off and said that, if he had food to eat like the rich boy had, he could throw the rich boy. The poor boy turned and walked away. But the rich boy stood there. He was numbed by what the poor boy had said. His heart was broken because he knew quite well that what the poor boy had said was true. He Never Forgot The rich boy never forgot that ex perience. From that day on he re volted against any favored treatment localise he was rich. He made it a point to wear cheap clothing like the poor wore, he intentionally endured tin 1 hardships that the poor faced. His father was often embarrassed by the way he dressed. But despite all the urging to act like* he should, that young boy never again took advantage of his wealth. Back several hundred years ago there was a man who said something- like this: “I sat where they sat.” In other words he put himself into the suffering and misery endured by others. And by so doing he could feel w'hat they felt, experience what they experienced, hurt when they hurt. That man’s name was Ezekiel— the man with a wheel! The Indians in this country had a saying that fits into this same theme. It went something like this: “Never criticize another brave until you have worn his moccasins for seven moons.” And we Americans have a saying a- bout “wearing another man’s shoes.” It Would Help Us I have an idea we might need to do a little of this, to wear the other man’s shoes for a while. For too often we are too hasty to pass judgment, con demn a person for something when we don’t know all the facts. How many of us have had to wear the shoes of a l>oor boy? How many of us have had to face life with skin a different color than the majority? How many of us have seen our children go hungry, cold and ignorant simply because it wasn’t their lot to be born into the “right” family ? Maybe if we would sit where they sit, face what they face, endure what they endure we would be surprised how much they need our help instead of our cutting, cruel criticism. If I remember correctly, that is one reason tho Galilean came. How was it said: “Our high priest is not one who cannot feel sympathy with our weaknesses. On the contrary, we have a high priest who was tempted in every way that we are, but did not sin.” He has sat where they sit. He understands. Maybe that’s the reason He can help them. The young boy who won the fight went on to give his life to the poor. He became one of the world’s most famous men. His name was Albert Schweitzer. —-Five Star Features have been for centuries redol ent of romance. Even today the Suez Canal is a principal highway of commerce. That canal has been closed to the commerce of the world by the ruthless hand of Egypt's dic tator. Egypt was 400 years the home of the Jews, by the fav or of Joseph. The Arabians have some association with European countries. Arabia seems to be rich in oil, which is the rich card of the day. The Israelites come from a very pure strain, maintaining the purity of their blood in al most every land. Not since the days of David have we thought of Israel as a people of military might. But in the recent clashes the Israelites have proved their mettle as worthy of David him self. So I confess to a certain admiration for the prowess of Israel, and it may be that the people, once regarded as God's chosen people, m a y come back with vigor in the new day. The Second World War end ed disastrously for the world. The one real achievement was crushing the arrogance of the German rulers. But what did it settle'.' President Roosevelt was willing to bring in Russia and Russia, at the close of the war retained the full possess ion of several big nations, once nations with a good his tory. At the Peace Table the main program was to crush and di vide Germany, but Russia re tained Roumania. Czechoslova kia, Poland and two thirds of Germany. Mr. Roosevelt was the one who brought in Rus sia and this was the work of Mr. Roosevelt followed by Mr. Truman. Today, ponder this: the city of Berlin was divided into two parts; Russia has in her grasp the eastern half of Ber lin, joining the rest of the ter ritory absorbed by Russia; the western half of Berlin was al- loted to the U. S., but this western part of Berlin is about a hundred miles from the ter ritory on the west alloted to the United States. Let your mind grasp this: An American in western Ger many wishing to visit Berlin must travel a hundred miles from the American line on the west to the western part of Berlin. All this general confusion and territorial grasping was permitted by Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Truman. So you can ippreeiate the blundering in the settlement of that war, an American leaving the existing Germany must travel one hun dred miles over Russian ter ritory. formed opinion on the policy phases of the savings and loan business, and the committee also serves as the coordinating committee for the broad re search activities of the League. STUDENTS GO TO SCIENCE FAIR On Friday, April 11. 54 pu pils of the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades of the Reuben Elementary school, chaperoned by two of their teachers, Mrs. Lourene B. Sapp and Mrs. Irene M. Tyler and one pat ron. Mrs. Addie W. Broadwat er, spent a very enjoyable day at the Science Fair which was held in the Columbia Coliseum. The pupils were fascinated to see so many interesting and informative projects on exhib ition. John VV. Rutherford, the prin cipal. was instrumental in help in-g to arrange needed trans portation for the educational Abrams named ■ * ■ ■ CHICAGO—Pinckney N. Ab rams, Standard Savings and Loan Association, has been ap pointed to the 1969 Trends and Economic Policies Commit tee of the United States Sav ings and Loan League. The appointment was an nounced today to Tom B. Scott Jr. of Jackson, Miss., presi dent of the League, which is the nationwide trade organiza tion of the savings and loan business and represents more than 5,100 savings associations and co-operative banks. i he objective of the Trends at Economic Policies Com- m.-ee is to encourage the dis semination of factual and in experience. NEWBERRY SIGNS MARYLAND GRIDDER An outstanding Maryland prep gridder has signed a foot ball grant in aid agreement at Newberry College and will enroll as a freshman this fall. He is Durwood Yates, 6’0”, 245-pound tackle from North- w o o d. High School, Silver Spring. The husky I8-year-old play ed three years of varsity foot ball at Northwood High and was all-county tackle as a sen ior. He plays both offense and defense. A versatile athlete, he also competes in wrestling and in track. As a junior, he placed third in shot and discus in the Maryland State high school meet.