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"Whatsoever Things
By DONALD E WILDMON
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BEING OURSELF
Some time ago a company advertis
ed in New York newspapers to fill a
vacancy on its sales force. It seems as
though the company was in need of a
furniture salesman. Several people
answered the ad, more than 1500 in
all. One of the applicants turned in
what was probably the most usual
resume in history.
This particular applicant sent back
the following reply. “I am presently
selling furniture at the address below.
You may judge my ability as a sales
man if you will stop in to see me at
any time . . . pretending that you are
interested in buying furniture. When
you come in you may identify me by
my red hair. I will have no way of
identifying you. Such salesmanship
as I exhibit during your visit will be
no more than my usual work-a-day
approach. I’ll make no special effort
to impress a prospective employer.’
Not Like Us
Well, I think most of us will agree
that that was, indeed, an unusal re
ply to an ad. Most of us would have
written back, telling of our good points
and explaining to the company why
they should hire us. Or, if the prospec
tive employer was going to visit us
on the job, we would at least like to
know which one he was so we could
be on the ball and do an outstanding
job. After all, most of us do want to
impress the boss.
But here was a man who was will
ing to be himself. Here was a man
who wanted his employer to know ex-
onfUr fvrvp nf calpsmnn be was hir
ing before he hired him. Here was a
man who was confident of his ability.
He wasn’t showy, or pretentious, or
superficial. He may not be the world’s
greatest salesman, but he did the best
he could at all times and he v/as not
ashame of his best. He could greet,
arid treat, all men with equal respect
regardless of their rank or position.
There's a lesson in this story—a
true one—for modern man. When you
give your job, and anything else, your
best you don’t have to apologize be
cause you don’t have the talent or
gifts or money or position of someone
else. When you can take any and every
person and treat them as though they
are your future employer, you have
reached a place in life where life can
be enjoyed.
Friction
The one thing that caused so much
friction between the Carpenter and
that group known as the Pharisees
was the fact that they tried to put
up a front, be something they were
not, look down on others. And the one
thing that caused His heart to go out
to the woman who washed and wiped
His feet when others wanted to get
rid of her was the fact that she was
willing to admit what she was.
Usually, life’s best results come
from accepting yourself for what you
are and then beginning from that
point. At least it did for the furniture
salesman. We said more than 1500 ap
plied for the job. But do you know
who got it? You’re right. He sure
did!—FIVE STAR
COMMENT
on
Men & Things
By J. K. BREEDIN
Every person has a supreme
moment in his life—when his
spirit leaves his life. That mom
ent has come to every one since
the beginning of the world and
it will come to you and to me.
What does it mean, when the
energy seems to dry up. though
it dees not dry up. it passes
into the (Ireat Beyond of which
we know nothing
What is the life after thls' ,
We have all pondered that,
whether at the bedside of a
loved one or fa-'ing the question
of our own death
The men of all ages, all lan
guages once walked the earth
in youth and vigor, but even
tual!)' passed away, that etern
al energy which is the eternal
spirit left the body and went
to the Great Beyond.
We find reassuring help in
the Scr.ptures. When we have
the words of .Jesus we hear the
message of the Eternal. Many
men wonder about death and
burial, but one of the most com
when Thou comest into Thy
kingdom”. What a remarkable
proof this petition from an ig
norant thief. What had he ever
heard of a kingdom of the lowly
Jesus?
And what did Jesus say?
Jesus, dying on the cross re
plied: ‘This day shalt thou be
with me in Paradise”. In all
the Bible it is difficult to think
of a more comforting passage:
“This day shalt thou be with
me in Paradise.
Don’t you agree that this is
the finest message we could
have? Not years in a grave,
not even a short time in the
cold ground; but the eternal
spirit goes that very day to
Paradise.
To me that is the sweetest,
most comforting passage in the
scripture.
How old are you 9 Well, I have
been thinking of some things
that carry me to the past, so
let me pass them on to you:
Did you ever hear of John L.
Sullivan 9 You may have to ask
your grandfather but he will
remember that John L. Sullivan
was one of the greatest boxers
in our records. But, however
great was Sullivan, he was fin
ally knocked out by the marble
footed Jim Corbett whose agil
ity was so remarkable that he
the match between the New
York and Baltimore teams of
baseball; and that carries me
back to the days of the famous
Yankees with their wonderful
batter Babe Ruth and that the
Baltimore team in the course
of years produced players who
became managers of Big Leag
ue teams. Among them the fam
ous John McGraw of the Giants
of New York and the equally
famous Hugh Jennings of De
troit, with its famous Ty Cobb.
There was a big League pit
cher, a native of Cheraw who
was James McDowell James,
commonly called “Mac James”.
We also had a great batter,
known as “shoeless” Joe Jack-
son, a cotton mill boy who rose
to fame as a great batter. If
we leave the baseball players
for a while we may come to
something else; the extraordi
nary career of some of our bus
inessmen: immediately my mind
runs to a great son of old Edge-
field who rose to fame and to
great wealth in Greenwood. I
refer to James C. Self. I think
our special friendship was bas
ed on the fact that I taught
in Edgefield two years.
Another outstanding business
man was my special friend,
B. M. Edwards whom I shall
always remember.
Very naturally I remember
those astonishing figures of
Hartsville, men who carried on
the great work of Major James
L. Coker. We can measure the
extent of the influence of Major
Coker when we think of his fore
most work developing remark
able associates, such as J. J.
Lawton, David R. Coker and
A.L.M. Wiggins.
Since those early days, the
Coker store of Hartsville has
so far expanded in Sumter and
Florence that today the Coker
store ranks as one of the great
est in South Carolina.
If I may look for the trans
cendent business figure I must
place at the top Silas C. Mc-
Meekin, a native of Jenkins-
ville, Fairfield County, and a
graduate of Clemson Univer
sity. Mr. McMeekin’s business
has grown in thirty years from
one hundred million dollars to
nearly 600 million dollars. We
have notable men in many
fields. I had occasion to seek
a great surgeon for an opera
tion on myself and I found such
an outstanding surgeon had
been reared in the little town
of Manning and was at one time
one of my Boy Scouts—that is
Dr. W. T. Barron of Columbia.
WITH MEN IN
The SERVICES
USS CORAL SEA — Aviation
Structural Mechanic Third
Class William C. Graham, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
F. Graham of 2017 Adelaide St.
is serving aboard the attack air
craft carrier USS Coral Sea un
dergoing an Operational Readi
ness Inspection near Pearl Har
bor.
When not actually engaged in
combat operations, the crew
of 4300 men will have the op
portunity to visit such Western
Pacific ports as Japan, Singa
pore, Hong Kong and the Re
public of the Philippines.
COLORADO SPRINGS -U.S.
Air Force Major Thomas B.
Bradley, son of Mrs. Estelle
Bradley, 503 Floyd St., has re
ceived the Distinguished Flying
Cross for aerial achievement in
Vietnam.
Major Bradley distinguished
himself as a C-130 Hercules pil
ot. Despite repeated enemy anti
aircraft weapons fire, he suc
cessfully flew a combat mission
to airlift emergency equipment
from a Vietnamese Army post
to reinforce allied forces engag
ed with enemy forces in the
Quang Tri-Hue area.
The major was honored dur
ing ceremonies at Ent AFB,
Colo, where he now serves as
chief of the systems function
branch in the management en
gineering office at Aerospace
Defense Command headquarters
A graduate of Newberry High
School, he received his B. S.
degree in textile engineering
from Clemson University in 1954
and was commissioned there
through the Air Force Reserve
Officers Training Corps pro
gram. Major Bradley earned his
M. S. degree in industrial engi
neering at Georgia Institute of
Technology in 1965.
His wife, Betty, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brig-
man, Route 1.
VISITS VIRGINIA
Mrs. Sarah Wallace will leave
this week for Ashland, Va., to
spend a while with her son,
Rev. Cam Wallace and Mrs.
Wallace.
NOTICE OF
FINAL SETTLEMENT
I will make a final settlement
of the estate of John O. Counts
in the Probate Court for New
berry County, S. C., on Mon
day, the 5th day of January,
1970, at 10 o’clock in the fore
noon, and will immediately
thereafter ask for my discharge
as executrix of said estate.
Mrs. Camilla W. Counts
Eureka St.
Prosperity, S. C.
Executrix
Dec. 3, 1969 4t
WANTED: Reliable man to as
sume responsibility as foreman
of poultry processing plant.
Needs some knowledge of pro
cessing and labor management.
Excellent salary plus fringe
benefits. Good position for right
man. Call 445-3221, Saluda, S.
C. for appointment.
forting words I have read is a
message in Luke 23:43.
When Jesus was on the cross,
looking like a figure of despair,
a thief on the cross by Jesus
had an inspiration: he said to
Jesus: “Master, remember me
could run rings around Sullivan
and not be hit. Your grand
father will recall that Corbett
was finally knocked out by Bob
Fitzsimmons.
Now we come to something
else: I’ve read recently about
Happy New Year
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