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I'AGK 2 —'I'he Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, January 29, 1970 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina 'Whatsoever Things' By DONALD E WILDMON ( Fr»K* while they last. Mr. Wildmon’s booklet on “Grief-How To Handle It . Send a stamped, self-addrus-sed, lon^ envidope to him at Box 1368, Tupelo, Muss. 388011 WHAT IS FREEDOM? SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year in advance. Six Months $2.00. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREED!N What is it that is going ashore on the Florida Coast? Can it be that one whale or one shark 9 Now, of course, I know that sea monsters are leaving the Arctic ice for the charms of Florida. Don't you know how Florida will boast of that. As a boy in Charleston I have stood on the Battery and watch ed the porpoises somersaulting in the Bay. But now 1 would look for whales!! Life seems to be quiet in South Carolina. The only threat to our peace is the presence of the Legislature; no one knows what they will do and they don't know either. An unusual thing among us is that a little village can vote taxes but a big county has to wad for action by tiie Legisla ture, although the whole Legis lature will adopt as law what ever the three or four Legis lators from a county submit as taxes and appropriations for their county; the many thous ands of men and women of that county wall have nothing to say. Someone from Columbia, af ter indicating the great num bers of issues brought over from last year, seems to imagine that the Legislature is already overloaded: and I observe with interest that Speaker Blatt is ready to hold things down. Too many members of the Legislature, although not active ly involved in large issues, go to Columbia with little pet pro posals. We need more states men who can think for the State. Already I have heard of rais ing the tax on gasoline, which is now too high. i think we need to study what we have and look for reductions rather than to pile on more taxes. I think if we had The Farm ers’ and Taxpayers’ League alive and vigorous we could easily make reductions. Some yars ago the Legisla tors could only think of the farmers; today they think only of the teachers; tomorrow we will have proposals to rebuild all the schools and colleges. Don't you see? It is spending, spendir^ all the time, not creat ing new values but increasing taxes, such as on gasoline. I am not a heavy user of gasoline and l am not involved in the sale of gasoline but I recognize another effort to add to the burden of the citizens for nearly everybody has to buy gasoline. The rich and the poor are today using gasoline most of the time. Have you heard about the cold weather? I'll not say any more about cold weather. YOUR POSSESSIONS HAVE INCREASED IN VALUE ‘ ;,, ! > ; \ ! ’ ,: ’ . ' ■ . : I , j r ' , 1 , . ' ., i ., 1 > f 1 ( 1 * ‘ ■ . p )' •■ ’ '' , ' ' ; ' r„ ’ ' ’ V ' . ' \ t ' a I , ( ) i i * ,iv t 1 ,h:■;• ■;; s.a ' r, * !< ’ ' n mu! c.as'a;a; tapiip) ; . ■* - i ; ,1? ; ; (P .*s ; a; " 1 M 11 q .111(1 t ‘It 'l t r Mai A uf E lb ot*‘(..ti i Hj /out ; a u; n >t t , '.‘.it * * * * * * * * 1, adoi aiute msuf jih.c is a ! t'sponsiiin ; , o' i w\ inashq) Wr can be helpful. YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS 1118 Main Street Phone 276-1422 Freedom. Millions are in search of it. They want what our constitution guarantees them. Freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of the press. And they are taking these rights of theirs, these freedoms, for they are tired of being enslaved by the society around them. Want Their Rights Have we ever thought through this word freedom? What do we mean by it? How does one give an explanation of freedom? Just what does it mean to be free? Our world is full of people now who have, they think, found the definition of the word. Tired of all the old restraints and restrictions, they are exercising their freedom. They fill the stands full of pornography and smut because they have the freedom of the press, a right guaranteed them by the constitution. They are on the warpath to get any mention of a High er Power out of our official society because the freedom of religion guar antees them this right. And the list could go on and on, people who are exercising their rights to get away from the old restraints and restric tions, to gain freedom. Nearly two thousand years ago a lowly Nazarene told a story about people like these modern day search ers for freedom. This Nazarene said there was a young man who came to his father, demanded his share of the estate while he was young enough to enjoy it. The father gave in to his wish, for the boy had the right to the money. Soon the young man had pack ed his bags and headed for another country. He was tired of all the old restraints and restrictions of his socie ty. He was tired of people telling him that he couldn’t do what he had the right to do. What he wanted was free dom. And as he walked down that dusty road away from the father he felt this freedom in his soul. He was free at last, free to do as he pleased. There was no longer anyone to cram any religious doctrine down his throat. Finally, he found what he had search ed for all his life—freedom! Story Continues But the Carpenter didn’t end the story there. Many of you remember it. He said that before long the young man’s money was gone, and with it went his freedom. He had to go to work, to give up his freedom in order to survive. The best job he could get was feeding the pigs. Finally, amid all the filth, the young man came to his senses. He got up and went home to seek his father’s permission to work as one of the hired hands on the fami ly farm. He was willing to take the lowest place in his old slavery rather than the highest position in his new freedom. What is freedom? Well, never make the mistake of thinking that freedom is a matter of rights. It isn’t. It is a matter of right. There is no freedom except spiritual freedom. And no man can become free until he has become a slave to something higher and great er than himself. Freedom ? Somehow I have an idea that those who are crying out the loudest for the freedom to do as they please will cue day come to them selves. For the more they get of what they want, the less they will want of what they get. “Make us captives, Lord, and then we shall be free.” —FIVE STAR TO HEAD AUDIT AT ASSEMBLY Timothy L. Brooks, resident minister of the Newberry Con gregation, has been named to head thp Auditing Department at the forthcoming semi-annual circuit assembly of Jehovah’s Witnesses to be held in Com merce. Georgia February 13-15. "The Auditing Department is one of some 20 different as sembly departments which are used at all of our assemblies and conventions,” Mr. Brooks said. "The purpose of the var ious departments is to facilitate smooth assembly operation and provide essential things there in,” he related. Some 1,000 ministers with their families from congrega tions in parts of South Caro lina, North Carolina and Geor gia will attend the three-day event. "The purpose of the meeting is a training program for the Witnesses as part of our pro gressive Bible education,” Mr. Brooks said. "We pattern our method of the ministry after that of Jesus and his disciples and our assemblies are design ed to help us perform our Bible preaching and teaching work in the manner as outlined by Christ—that is from house-to- house" Highlighting the assembly will be the main public address on Sunday afternoon at 2 p m. en titled, "Withstanding the Pres sures of Our Day”. New Addresses Mrs. Mary G. Maddox has moved to 1518 Harrington Street in an apartment in the home of Mrs. Christine Burns. Mrs. Ruth Collins has moved to Route 1 to make her home. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Willing ham have moved from Pros perity to Newberry and are re siding at 801 Glenn Street. Mr. and Mrs. James V. Mazza are living at 1242 Clarkson Ave. AUDITOR'S 1970 TAX ASSESSMENT NOTICE Returns of personal property, (vehicles, boats, motors, trail ers, mobile homes, farm mach inery, livestock, etc ); also real property, new buildings and real estate transfers, and poll tax are to be made at the County Auditor's Office begin ning January 2nd, 1970 through February 28th, 1970 All able-bodied male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and sixty are liable to $1 00 poll tax, unless in service, or a stu dent All returns are to be made by lax Districts Your failure to make return calls for 10 per cent penalty as prescribed by law. The books will be closed for making returns after Feb ruary 28, 1970 JEANETTE K. HAMM Auditor, Newberry County AUDITOR'S 1970 TAX ASSESSMENT NOTICE I, or an authorized agent, will be at the following places on the dates given below for the purpose of taking tax returns on all personal property (ve hicles. boats, motors, trailers, mobile homes, farm machin ery, livestock, etc.), also real property, new buildings, and real estate transfers. Persons owning property in more than one district must make returns for each district. All able-bodied male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and sixty are liable to $1.00 poll tax, unless in service or a student. At the Auditor’s Office until March 1st. After this date the books will be closed for taking returns. JEANETTE K. HAMM Auditor Newberry County Accurate Complete News Coverage Printed in BOSTON LOS ANGELES LONDON 1 Year $26 6 Mos. $13 3 Months $6.50 Clip th is advertisement and return it with your check or money order to: The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street Boston, Moss. 02115 PP