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PACK 2 —The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, January 8, 1970 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY (). F. Armfield, Jr., Owner SecondT'lass Postage Paid at NewTerry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year in advance. Six Months $2.00. "Whatsoever Things” By DONALD E WiLDMON (Froe while they la.st. Mr. Wildmon’s brx.klet on "Grief-How To Handle It". Send a stamped, self-addressed, long envelope to him at Box 1368, Tupelo, Miss. 38801) TRYING AGAIN One day many years ago several members of a college math class were called to the board to work a problem. One young man went up to begin work on the problem, only to make a mis take at the very bginning. Despite the fact that he worked the rest of the problem correctly, he came out with the wrong answer because he had made the mistake at the start. A Sermon The professor walked to the front of the room after the students had sat down and began going over the problems that the students had work ed on. When he came to the one in which the young man had made a mistake at the beginning, he turned to the class and asked a question. “How many of you gentlemen are min isterial students?” A few hands went up. “Gentlemen,” he continued, “here is a sermon for you. This young man forgot to square at the beginning of the problem. And while the rest of the problem is worked correctly all the way through, he came out with the wrong answer. Here’s the sermon: you leave something undone that you should do at the beginning of life, and the answer will come out wrong at the end of life.” Then the professor picked up the eraser from the chalk board and turn ed to face the class again. “Gentle men”, he said, “here is another ser mon.” He then proceeded to erase the entire problem from the answer work ing backward. When he came to the place where the mistake had been made, he erased that part, picked up the chalk, and wrote the correct num bers in. Then he turned to the young student and preached his second ser mon. “Try again,” he said. Because of the Galilean, that’s the way we can approach life. The simple sermon preached by that college pro fessor has been experienced countless times since the Carpenter first told His fishermen about the forgiveness of the Creator. It would be an impos sible task to find the number of men and women who have come to the end of a problem in life only to find they had the wrong answer. Then, with heads bowed and ashame, they heard that grand Master of men speak those words: “Try again.” Why He Came Another chance. A new start. A clean blackboard. Isn’t that one reason He came into our world like He did? To wipe the board clean when we for get to square? Many have experienced that sense of starting again. For them it opened the doors that seemed shut forever. There are two tragedies involved here. One is that many refuse to ad mit that they made a mistake. They like to work the problem by their own rules. They accept no other criteria of judgment than their own. And, of course, if you never make a mistake you have no need to correct it. The second tragedy is that those who final ly are willing to admit the error fail to let the supreme Professor wipe the board clean, correct their error, and say to them, “Try again.” The Father knew that humans so many times need another chance. That’s one reason He sent His Son. So we could “Try again.” —FIVE STAR COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREEDIN Now we are full fledged in the New Year 1970; all matters of 1969 have gone into history What do you plan for 1970'.'’ Have you been dreaming or have you come back to earth with a hard bump of reality'.’ Most of us may have to change our plans because the world is changing, cur country is chang ing. we cursives are changing because we must keep up with the procession Have you any idea of desir able changes m our state gov ernment" 1 suggested some time ago that it would be re markably fine if we could tell the Legislature that we want nothing new except the date; we have enough laws and our tax burden is heavy enough Ambitious men in the Legis lature can always think of some thing but we can thrive as we are. How is it in your community 7 Is the general health good" If the general health is good is there a job for every man" And is every man on hte job" It seems difficult to find any man or woman who wants to work. Men tell me that the gov ernment is distributing free food in every direction It reminds me of something I heard some time ago; it was said a certain man explained that there was no reason why he should work because of the “hand-outs’’. I am told that there are many cases of men driving good cars to the place of the government hand-outs and then carrying home choice food, such as ham, and bacon as well as many oth er expensive foods The taxpayer wonders about all this because he still pays taxes though he wonders. I won der too, and perhaps you won der. we wonder when the world will get right We arc starting the New Year with good and bad news. The weather m South Carolina has been good except for snows up m the 1’iedmont; in the lower part of the State the weather has been such as to make us enjoy the comforts of home. How fortunate we are from Columbia to the seaboard. Up in the Northeastern states there have been heavy snows and ice in the rivers. In the small city of Adams, Mass, they have had six feet of snow and were ex pecting more. Try to imagine six teet of snow. I remember the last tune 1 was in Philadel phia in winter the rivers were clicked with ice. 1 recall it vivid- l> because I took the first train coming South There have been murders in many parts of our Nation and many kinds of disasters. YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Social Security beneficiaries need not apply for the 15 per cent benefit increase just signed into law by President Nixon. “Every one of the 25 million men, women and children now on the benefit rolls will receive the increase automatically," Mr. J. C. Bagwell, managr of the Greenwood Social Security Of fice, said. “The first regular check in the new amount," Mr. Bagwell said, “will arrive April 3. the usual day for delivery of bene fit checks covering payments for the month of March." A separ ate check in the amount of the benefit increase' for the months of January and Februarv will NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT 1 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 INCOME TAX RETURNS State and Federal j. ed. McConnell 1324 Washington St. Phone 276-2755 reach beneficiaries later in Ap ril, probably during the week of April 20. Refiguring the benefit amounts of the 25 million men, women, and children now on the benefit rolls is a tremendous task, Mr. Bagwell pointed out, and it must be done without disrupting the regular benefit payment cy cle. The average retirement bene fit of $100 a month will rise to $116 per month; a couple 65 or older receiving the average cou ple’s benefit of $170, will have their benefit increased to $196; the average benefit for a fam ily made up of a disabled work er, wife and one or more child ren will go up from $237 to $273; and average payments for a wid ow and two or more children will rise from $254 to $292.” Let An Independent Insurance Agent... . . . help smooth the road ahead in 1970 with a good insurance. No agent can do more, why settle for less 1 “YOUR PRIV ATE BANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422 NOTICE CITY OF NEWBERRY Business Licenses are now due Penalty will be added APRIL 2nd, 1970 Affidavits can be picked up at City Hall. CITY OF NEWBERRY Adopted on Second Reading December 30, 1969 by City Council.