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] > A(; i The N(‘\vherry Sun, Newberry, S.C., Thursday, August 14, 1969 •> l‘J18 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY (). E. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-( 'lass Ustaeo Paid at Newberry, South Carolina rr "Whafsoever Things By DONALD E WILDMON (Visit the GanU-n of Gethsemane, Bethlehem and other places in the Holy Land with Mr. Wildmon. Join him on his tour Nov. 24-Dec. 3, 1969. $699. $60 down, $26 monthly, h or more information write him at Box 1368, Tupelo, Miss. 38801) Copyright, 1969. Donald E. Wildmon nnTTTT' r'TTTT r T'V flf\ XT'TJIT'TT' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ?3.00 per year in advance. Six Months $2.00. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREEDIN I have known for some time that our Government had spread over several countries of Eur ope. and I have thought it op portune to speak a word for the withdrawal of all our military and naval forces from Europe. I had in mind naval expendi tures in England nr Great Brit ain; land expenditures in France and Belgium and Germany We have some naval forces in Italy also. I find now that all that I had read of the outpouring of money in Europe was not much more than a “drop in the buck et" The hundreds of millions we spend in those countries even year we need here in this coun try. not only for our develop ment but to reduce the strain on our taxpayers. I have an editorial study of our foreign grants that will amaze you and I reproduce an editorial from the Sumter Item of June 26 I don’t want to leave the mat ter of our vast outpouring of money without calling attention again, and with emphasis to this outrageous mismanagement of our tax money. “Foreign Aid Still An Endless Drain" “Representative S. Fletcher Thompson, Republican of Geor gia. recently sent to his eonsti tuents a rundown on United States foreign aid between 1945 and 1966. The total was the stag gering sum of $122,358,500,000. That is billions, not millions, a sum so staggering no one but a financial genius can fathom it. It amounts to $611 for eacl man, woman and child in the United States. One of the saddest features of this gigantic giveaway is the fact that the majority of the people in many of the nations that benefitted from our gener osity now hate us. In the list are communist countries dedi cated to our destruction South American countries that h a v ( been rioting against the Unitec States are heavy recipients. Following is a partial list of the countries and the amounts t h e y received in the 21-year span: Albania. Communist. $20,400,- 000; Czechoslovakia. Commun ist. $193,000,000; East Germany. Communist, $800,000; Argentina, Republic, $4,997.40.000; Bolivia, $460,000,000; Hungary, Commun ist, $31,500,00; Russia, $186,- 000.000; Italy. $6,092,900,000: Po land. Communist. $554,000,000; Cnited Kingdom. Great Britain. $9,044,900,000; Brazil. $3,185,700,- 000; United Arab Republic. Eg ypt. $1,133,300.00; Cuba. Com munist. $52.10.000; Ecuador, 200.000; Mexico. $133,200,; Pa- munist. $173,000,000; Japan, $3.- 972.900.000; Korea. $6,676,700.- 000: You see it occasionally. It makes you sick at your stomach. It makes you hurt down deep inside where the pain cuts. It makes you wonder about what we call civilization, and justice, and even sometimes humanity itself. I saw it the other day. It was in the paper. You probably saw it also. It wasn’t headline news, but it might have served a good purpose if it had been. It read something like this: “Sensation hungry spectators, disap pointed when a 19-year-old gas s ation attendant abandoned a suicide at tempt, taunted him into jumping to his death from a 104-foot water tower Thursday. The Crowd Cried Out “A fire department official said the youth, Juergen Peters, climbed an iron ladder to the top of the tower and threatened to commit suicide following a dispute at the filling station where he worked. He changed his mind and was climbing back down when the taunts began. “Jump, you coward, jump!” some one shouted from the crowd. As Peters moved lower the taunts became louder. He hesitated, looked at the crowd, then began to climb back to the top. At the top he moved out on a parapet and flung himself off.” Pm sure the crowd went home with a sense of satisfaction, real fulfill ment. They could feel something that the Romans used to feel when the Christians were thrown to the lions. The sight of twisted, crushed, broken, bloody humanity must be a very en joyable sight to such people. We speak a lot about our living in a civibzed world. We brag on our scientific advances and revel in our mechanical accomplishments. We have learned more in the past ten years than man had learned in all of record ed history up to that time. And yet, with all our marvelous wonders, we sometimes are not anything more than blood thirsty animals. Don’t Need Him We have counted the Church, and it’s Christ, out in our world. There’s no place for Him, not in our modern world. He was a good crutch for the ignorant ages gone by, but the myth of Him just doesn’t have any place in our world today. Few, indeed, are those who really believe that He has anything to offer our age. Most peo ple have just outgrown the need for Him. Let us suppose—and I know it is purely speculation—but let us suppose that those people who stood on that sidewalk beneath young Juergen Pe ters were real Followers of The Way, had decided to live by His Will. Peters would be alive today if that were the case. Have we outgrown Him, or have we merely become more ignorant with all our learning? Well, at least one thing is clear when you look at the incident. All murderers aren’t arrested. Some can wo Ik away, perhaps to taunt—and kill—again. —Five Star Features. Paraguay .$16,200,000; Peru $678,900,000 (now confiscating American property); Uruguay, $119,400,000; Venezuela. $392,200- 000. In all there were 129 countries that benefitted in varying de grees from Uncle Sam's largess. If there were any countries that were overlooked, it was appar ently an inadvertent oversight that will be corrected as quickly as possible. If you have been wondering why income taxes are so high the above is one of the foremost reasons. The ending of the trouble in Charleston has had the merit of restoring a measure of peace for the moment; but it was not a perfectly satisfactory solution of the problem. It was. in ef fect. a compromise. Our South Carolina General Assembly succeeded in spend ing hundreds of millions of dol lars; and went out of its way to take up one or two new mat ters and to increase very large ly on some other matters. I don't know how we can choose a membership in the Legislature that will result in sound judgment: men who have only limited range of experience in business often decide on how to spend millions. That is bound to result in heavy taxation. Men who themselves pay very little in taxes can’t feel the weight of the burden they pass on to others. REALTY TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1: E. M. Anderson, Jr. and Lyn da K. Anderson to Elizabeth W. Shope, one lot and one building, $5 and assumption of mortgage. C. Eugene Buzhardt to Faith Union Church, Inc., one acre, $5 and completion of payment on bond for title. Faith Union Church, Inc. to Jerry L. Ruff, one acre, $5. George Edward Dunagan to Charles Bruce Payne and Judy H. Payne, one lot and one build ing. $850 and assumption of a mortgage. Irene H. Eskridge to Ronald L. Davenport, one lot and one building, $5. Myrle H. Purcell to Lieute nant W. Young and Bessie W. Young, one lot, $5. Secretary of Housing and Ur ban Development to Charles Wesley Swisher, one lot and one building, Wells Heights, $13,550. Doris S. Gardner et al to R Hendrix Monts and Helen S Monts, one lot, $5. Thornal Lee Tribble to John David Ruff, three lots and one building, Boundary Street, $5. Charles W. Wesson et al to Edwin C. Adams and Rena C. Adams, one lot and one build ing. Newberry No. 1 Outside: William F. Garland and Clara E. Garland to Walter D. Cromer three acres, $10. J. Haskell Long to Janet L. Long and James E. Long, 5.062 acres and one building, $5 love and affection and assumption of a mortgage. Silverstreet No. 2: William N. Malone to Elbert W. W. Strickland, one lot, $1000. Bush River No. 3: Felton Snelgrove to John W r . Wise and James E. Wise, 1 94 acres, $5. Whitmire No. 4: Ida Fant, Administratrix CTA of the estate of Ida Sims Thomp son, deceased, to H. S. Lang ford and Walton B. Halfacre, two acres, $145, and one acre, $507. H. S. Langford and Walton B. Halfacre to Wallace Hunter. 2 acres. $5. and to Tara Lee Law- son, one acre, $5. Whitmire No. 4 Outside: Josephine S. Anderson to Joe Sims, 7 acres. $5 love and af fection Young Gladney, Jr. to Bessie Gladney, 71 acres, $1 love and affection. Coy Jones, Sr. to Coy Jones, Jr. and Elizabeth C. Jones, one lot, $5 love and affection. Eula G. Sims to Albert Lee Gaffney and Mattie Lee Gaff ney Hardy, 37.18 acres, $5 love and affection. Pomaria No. 5: Matilda H. Crooks et al, to Clyde Chaplin, 2.04 acres, $5. Prosperity No. 7: Hubert Hughes and E 1 m a S. Hughes to Dominic J. Madda- lena and Ellen H. Maddalena, .77 acre, $5 love and affection. John D.Pruitt to Joe Smith, one lot, $800. Joseph Anderson et al iz Lil lie Mae Anderson, one lot, $1. Joe D. Smith to Donald L. Waddell, one lot, $2,500. Robert F. Epting to Oscar W. Bowers, one lot and two build- ings, $5. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the estate of Elgin Moody At chison in the Probate Court for Newberry County, S. C., on Thursday, the 28th day of Aug ust 1969, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, and will immediately ther caller ask for my discharge as 1 vxeeutnx of said estate. Elizabeth C Atchison Executrix Aug 1 196:) 8 7-4tp NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT 1 will make a final settlement of the estate of Carroll K. Har mon in the Probate Court for Newberry County, S C\, on Mon day the 8th day of September 1969, at 10 o’clock in the fore noon, and will immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as Administrator of said estate. VIRGIL C. HARMON Administrator 614 Railroad Avenue Whitmire, S. C. Aug. 5 1969 4tp