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PAGE 2 — The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Dec. 11, 1969 1218 College St., New’berry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY (). F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Ulass Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina "Whatsoever Things By DONALD E WILDMON rr Minister A' rf s United Methodist Church TUPELO MISSISSIPPI HOFE Copyright, 1969, Donald E. Wildmon SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year in advance. Six Months $2.00. COMMENT on Men & 7 Things B> J. K. BREEOIN In my little trip through Eng land and Scotland I frequently found myself before the tomb of some hero We have some monuments to great men, notably John C. Cal houn and Wade Hampton, but in Scotland, as I recall, I came to a memorial to Wordsworth; and it brought to my mind the reflection that the military are best remembered I need not remind you of the memorial to Napoleon in Paris All visitors want to see the Tomb of Nap oleon. The outstanding monument in the United States is the Tomb of George Washington Thinking for the moment of certain great figures in the de velopment of our Country my mind turns to such men as Rock efeller and some others of that type, notably Morgan, who brought together the great steel makers and formed the United States Steel Corporation. I am reminded of one of the great builders not so well known. I am thinking of Owen D. Young and the vast electric enter prises. Mr. Young told this on himself: “Wdien greatly per plexed about some problem of his vast business he would take the train and go back to the village in New York State where he spent a part of his young manhood, and then drop in on the Village Blacksmith and talk over his troubles with him, and always come away refreshed We have passed through the great American celebration known as Thanksgiving, al though it has become the great period of feasting, rather than a thankfulness for the blessings of the Lord. Those of ns who have lived out of this fortunate country feel a special thrill at being Amer icans Just ahead of us is the greatest occasion in life: Christ mas, which means the celebra tion of the Christ, He brought to mankind a new understand ing of Jehovah and a fresh hope of living with Him We seem to be unable to grapple with the magnitude of the Christian revelation, but it lifted mankind from the gutter and gave Him a revelation of eternal life How bad is a cigarette 9 I know that there are at least a hundred brands of cigarettes, and 1 am classifying all as one. I have read and heard num erous denunciations of the cig arette and I am wondering just what is what. ! have no definite knowledge about the consumption of to bacco but I’ve never heard any thing against cigars or pipe to bacco, even snuff has its friends. Can you spot the man who does business with our agency! “YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 273-1122 | Hope. It’s a big word. An extremely big word. It has many meanings. It means going on when folks say there is no need to go on. It means another try when we have had our last try. It means a match in our pocket when the candle has finally burned complete ly out. Some people find the secret of living with this word. They are the happy people. They are the successful people. They are the people who cannot be daunted, cannot be detered, cannot be dismayed. WOrked Wonders Hope has done many a thing for many an individual. It made a light bulb for Edison while the world laugh ed at him. It created a steamboat for Fulton and lifted him to immortality. It made a wireless for Marconi, and sent messages around the world. For Bell it built a telephone, an “impos sible” machine! And it also made a hospital for Nightingale. What is hope? Hope is going against the odds. Hope is playing the game of life and risking your all on the good and pure and just. Hope is believing it can be done when the experts say it cannot be done. Hope is giving life your best, day after day regardless of what life gives back. Who needs it? We do, you and 1. We cannot live without it. W 7 hat would life be if we tried to go on without it? W T hy would we care if the sun came up tomorrow if we did not have it? None of us are ever so rich that we have no need for hope. W T here does it come from? It comes from above. For there is no hope that is not founded in Him. He is the Au thor of hope. He says the world can be better. W r e believe Him. There is hope. He Had It The Carpenter had it. The nails rip ped through His flesh and the blood gushed from His side. The multitude laughed and the soldiers gambled. But He had hope. “Forgive them, they are ignorant.” Hope carried Him there, you know. Hope lifted Him from His knees in the garden. Hope restored the ear of the Roman soldier. Hope freed the criminal and took the Carpenter’s life. W ,T hat right do we, the Followers of the Way, have to live without it? If hope was so much a part of Him that it carried Him over the hates and doubts and fears, can it not carry us over our little problems and through our lives? Who are we to scorn it when He exclaimed it? It’s a sorry world. Man robs man. Little children die of starvation. Man kills man. It’s a cruel world. Why doesn’t He send a mighty gush of wind and wipe the whole earth from the face of the universe? Why doesn’t He strike the world with His little finger and blast us spinning into space forever and ever? Because He has hope. After centuries and centuries of trying, and our refusing, He still has hope. If He refuses to let go of it, who are we to try to live without it? —Five Star What the direct attack is makes one wonder why any thing so deleterious consumed by the hundreds of millions everyday is allowed to be made and sold. I would not forget an old friend, chewing tobacco, has no critics. If we are making a campaign against all things that are said to be injurious why have we said nothing about beer? I do lot mention whiskey because whiskey tells its own story. I have known men to come out of a place after taking two drinks of whiskey who seem to have lost control of themselves; 1 have known men to drink beer very freely and become somewhat unsettled. No one seems to start a campaign against whiskey or beer, al though it may be said that both carry the germ of physical dis orders The drinking of whiskey is said to be increasing; and 1 think the consumption of beer has greatly increased m the past twenty years. 1 have been closely associat ed with men who drink and smoke cigarettes and I do not doubt that they would be better if they drank only coffee, tea and water, although I am aware that there are people who drink 20 cups of coffee a day. and they too would be wiser to drink water only. I think there are dangers in many a dinner that a careful person should avoid. I used to hear it said that many a man eats his way to the grave; I do not doubt it. I read a very interesting art icle about a great novelist who flourished many years ago. I read nany of his novels, which were frequently based on South Carolina history. This novelist is now in Magnolia Cemetery Charleston and friends are ar ranging to put his grave in per petual care. We are not self-governing; someone is always rushing to Columbia to solicit something from the Legislature or some State Official. Perhaps just as many call on the Federal Gov ernment for members of the Senate or the House. The Federal Government is constantly pouring money into the States because of this or that Federal program which is beyond the scope of National action, according to the Con stitution of the U. S. If you will read the 9th and 10th Amend ments you will marvel at the meddling of the National Gov ernment in State affairs. It is not one sided, however; we beg so much from the Federal Gov ernment that it feels free to meddle. The rejection by the Senate of Judge Clement F. Hayns- worth for the Supreme Court is a decided rebuff to the Presi dent of the United States. The President may appoint and the Senate may reject but rejection by the Senate should be only for reasons of profound importance and not a small con temptible political exhibition of cheap politics. Fatality from measles noted A York County pre-schooler is the state’s second knowr fat ality from measles this year, Dr. Donald H. Robinson, chief of Preventive Health Services at the State Board of Health, announced today. The child developed encepha litis (brain damage) following a severe case of measles. Ear lier this year a Lexington Coun ty youngster died from measles and pneumonia. Medical records show that one out of every six children who gets the disease develops a further complication, usually encephalitis or pneumo nia. “This tragedy illustrates the need for parents to get measles shots for their children. The vaccine is available at most doc tors’ offices and all of the coun ty health departments, and we urge parents to take advantage of the protection,” Dr. Robin son said. Dr. Robinson said he does not expect an epidemic. “However until every child is protected, we can expect scattered cases, especially among low-income families.” He added that low- income families are generally the most difficult to motivate. One hundred twenty-three cas es of measles have been report ed in the Palmetto State this year. Last year there were 31 cases. State health officials at tribute the increase in cases to more accurate reporting by pri vate physicians. SAN BERNARDINO - Staff Sergeant Henry K. Aull, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther D. Aull, Sr. of Route 1, Pomaria, has graduated from the U. S. Air Force Noncommissioned Offi cer Academy at Norton AFB, Calif. Sgt. Aull, who received ad vanced military leadership and management training, is a se curity police supervisor at And rews AFB, Md. He is assigned to the 89th Military Airlift Wing, the special Air Force unit which provides air transportation for the President and other top government officials. The sergeant attended Pom aria High School and complet ed requirements for his diploma after entering the service.