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PAGE 2 — The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Nov. 20, 1969 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner ren say. I hold no brief for Judge Haynsworth although I live in the house built by his grand father. I am convinced of the rectitude, integrity and judicial fitness of Judge Haynsworth, but I have doubt as to the fit ness of some Senators who sit in the Senate. Second-Class 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. BREEDI\ Do you think that a little com ma is of supreme importance? Lawyers will tell you that punc tuation may be of the highest importance, even a comma may change the meaning of an im portant document. Let me cite something that is misunderstood take the fam iliar psalms 121 and hear it: “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from which cometh my help." Is that what David meant? Not at all. What did he mean'.’ He answered: "My help cometh from the Lord". But that is not what he said in the beginning; he said there that his help came from the hills; but now he says his help cometh from the Lord. Do you observe the differ ence?—My help cometh from the hills and now he says my help cometh from the Lord. What is the trouble 0 Is that a contradiction 0 The trouble is that they need a comma or a period. How is that now? ‘ I will look to the hills Now then, “From whence cometh my help, my help cometh from the Lord." Among the ancients a man may look at a hill or a moun tain and receive inspiration. In back of every successful farmer is an insurance man who knows a lot about farming. TALK TO US! “YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422 i — But that was not the idea of David—he, too, may have looked to the hills but he received no help from the hills; his help came from the Lord and he said so in the beginning. Don’t you see the difference? And we too, seek help from the Lord, not from hills or mountains or rivers, but the Lord Himself. Since I have referred to one of the psalms it occurs to me to mention a little detail. The Bible we commonly use is know’n as the King James ver sion. but King James of Eng land was only the ruling sover eign He had no part in com piling the Scriptures. I have read that the scholars who organized the Bible ear ned out an almost unbelievable task They examined hundreds of pages of badly written mat erial, covered with dirt and smeared, without chapters or sentences or the most elemen tary separation; and they evolv ed from that a monumental Aork. The King James version may have errors but it is a marvel and shows signs of Divine in spiration. The delay of the U. S. Sen ate in the case of Judge Clem ent F. Haynsworth indicates the lowest level to which the Sen ate can plunge. The choice is wath the President of the Uni ted States and the Senate should act favorably unless it can make out a case of heresy or seism, as our Episcopal breth- The County Agents Column BIGGEST MEETING: At Carolina Coliseum in Col umbia will be the biggest farm meeting ever held in South Car olina. Monday, November 24 is the date for this don’t-miss event. You ought to be there Here’s what you’ll hear. W. B. Camp, of Bakersfield, Calif., will speak on “Skyscrap ers and Silos’’, a dynamic il lustration of the relationship of business and agriculture. W. W. Wright, of Oakland, Calif., President of Trans In ternational Agricultural Devel opment Corporation, will speak on “The Challenge and Future in Export Marketing”. That’s just the morning ses sion. The afternoon session will feature Agri-Business Develop ment in South Carolina. Gover nor Robert McNair will also ad dress the gathering during the day. This big meeting is just one event in the state-wide obser vance of Farm-City Week. The theme of this year’s Farm-City Week is “Tomorrow’s Food and Fiber—Everybody’s Business”. That’s why both farmers, bus inessmen, education and govern ment representatives are all in vited to attend the Columbia meeting. Clifford Smith has a commit tee at work to have good at tendance from Newberry Coun ty. This committee hopes to have at least 100 persons at tend from Newberry County. We hope to see you there. KEEP THEM ROLLING: Harvest soybeans while the sun shines! Recent days have been ideal for harvesting this now leading “cash crop” for Newberry County farmers. And we re delighted with reports of top yields over the county. Over 40 bushels per acre is being reported from a number of farms. In addition to our regu lar varieties of Hampton and Bragg, the new “Davis" var iety is making top yields this year. Where mostly low yields of soybeans are being made, we note that the fields are heavily infested with weeds. Yep, we’ve got to lick those weeds, if we’re to continue growing soybeans. Let’s vow to do a better job of weed control next year. PLANT SMALL GRAINS: Once the soybeans are har vested, get the land planted to small grains. Our good new var ieties now make growing grain worthwhile again. Clemson, we understand, has certified seed of Keowee barley, Century and Bruce oats. All these are good varieties for Newberry county. HAY AND SILAGE SCHOOL: Hay and silage are mighty important to dairy farmers. We wouldn't make much profit with out these two important feed crops. Yet how little most farm ers know auout “Quality" of these crops. That’s why a hay and silage school is now being sponsored by Clemson each year. This year’s school will be held in Greenville on Decem ber 9. We urge all our dairy farmers to attend and to enter samples of their hay and silage Mr. Chairman . . . William Gunn, Florence junior at Newberry College, addresses the college students who participated in the South Carolina State Student Legis lature in Columbia last week in the Senate chamber. Gunn and fve other Newberry College students partici pated in the week-long assignment. Behind Gunn is Les ley Laudig, Summerville senior, and Ed Woodward of the Citadel. for judging. Let us know if you wish to enter so we can send you supplies for taking samples. There’ll be prizes for those who have the highest quality hay and silage in the quality event. FEEDER SALES: The recent graded feeder pig sale held in Saluda was a good one. Nearly 400 pigs were sold for an average of $24.46 each. For two years now, prices at these graded sales have been consistently good. Yet in New berry County most feeder pigs are still being sold at the farm at much lower prices. With Beef Cattle, its almost the same story. We’re good at producing, but good judgment doesn’t always prevail at mar keting. Without these graded sales, farm prices for both cat tle and hogs would likely be lower. We ought to better sup port this now proven method of marketing at higher prices. DAIRY INCOME: In September 1969 South Car olina Dairy farmers sold 35.6 million pounds of milk valued at over two and one-half mil lion dollars. Our estimates are that New berry County dairy farmers pro duced one-tenth of this total amount. Thus each month there comes from our 56 Grade A dairy farms three and one-half million pounds of milk which is sold for one-quarter million dollars. Yep, dairying continues an important aspect of Newberry County’s economic life. County native service Friday Mrs. June Fulmer Barrett, 57, wife of Harry M. Barrett, died Wednesday at Woodruff. A native of this county she was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Mary Eliza beth Bullard Fulmer, and was a member of Emma Gray Meth odist Church. Among her survivors are two brothers, Clarence and J. T. Fulmer of this city. Funeral services were con ducted Friday from her church with interment following in the Greenhaven Memorial Gardens. The set construction crew^ are hard at work at New berry College getting ready for the opening of ‘‘The Physicist” 8 p.m. Thursday in Wiles Chapel. The first production of the season for the College Theater will run through Saturday. Tickets may be purchased at the box office each evening of the production. Students are, from left, Larry Smith, Nashville, Tenn. freshman; John Speeza, Portland, Ore. freshman; and Jim Guard, Lake land, Fla. senior.