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A(.K ‘2 r rho Newhorrv Sun, Newberrv, S. C. Thursday, March 12, 1970 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner 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. BREEIMN Charleston has several col leges—The College of Charles ton, The Citadel, The Baptist College in or near Charleston. Columbia has The University of South Carolina and Columbia College; in Greenville is Fur man University and Spartan burg has Wofford College and Converse College. That is just a mild taste Boston and ad joining municipalities have for ty two degree granting institu tions that bestow more than six hundred fifty doctoral degrees a year Among the number are the internationally known Har vard University and the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology. What do you think of that 9 In New York City so many different languages are spoken. Some of them are French, Spanish. German, Swedish, It alian. Polish, Chinese, .Japan ese and a number of others. I have never attended any in stitution m Boston or in that vicinity but that number of col leges and universities is over whelming and the number of doctorate degrees conferred an nually by the Boston institu tions is bewildering. Mrs. Breedin and I had an experience m New York City: we spent some time in the fine dormitory given by Miss Helen Gould to New York University, though queerly enough, Mrs. Breedin was attending classes at Columbia University while I was attending classes at the Wall Street branch of New York University. Gould Hall must be twenty five miles from the Wall Street brand'.. New York has not as many colleges as flourish in Boston, but it has an astonishing num ber of nationalities, among them the fifteen already indicated. Are the Legislators of South Carolina to vote themselves an increase in salary whether the idea is to make the increase available now or in the next term is not so important as it is that the legislators seem to be already overpaid. It seems that nearly every body is seeking more pay; many years ago the idea was that a legislator rendered pub lic service more or less as an honor, but if the honor counts today it stems to wear a dollar mark. There are very few men in our legislature of notable abi lity; or who would earn great pay in private life. It is a real question whether men in public life should serve private interests, the general idea is that the private inter ests would try to influence leg islation. Letter To Editor (The following is an open let CENTRALIZE YOUR INSURANCE Here are some of the benefits you enjoy when you place all your insurance in one agency. Better Service Improved Coverage Convenient Billing Latest Information Annual Review Lower Rates In addition, you will save much valuable time. We would like to be your agent. YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS IMS Main Street Phone 276-1422 rr "Whatsoever Things By DONALD E WILDMON (Visit the Holy Land with Mr. Wildmon on his annual tour July 23—Aug. 6. For more information, write him at Box 1368, Tupelo, Mbs. 38801) HE’S THERE, TOO (Copyright, 1970, Donald E. Wildmon) Sam put on his top-coat and picked up his briefcase and walked to the door. Saying good-by to the rest of the family, he proceeded to his car. He backed out of his driveway and headed down the road to the office. At the intersection he looked both ways and then started across. That’s when it happened. There was a terrible screech, tires grinding on the pavement coming to a sudden and complete stop. Sam jump ed, looked toward his right to see a big tractor - trailer transport truck bearing down on him. In an instant his instinct told him to brace himself, to prepare for a terrible accident. The truck was about to crash into his small foreign made car. He braced and waited. But, miraculously, the driver of the giant truck managed to get the big rig stopped just prior to the an ticipated collision. Sam Prayed With a sigh of relief and thankful ness, Sam uttered a quick prayer. Now it’s only fair to say that Sam was not normally a very religious man, living mostly by his own creeds and just not having much time or interest in the kid stuff. Bu J "or some reason, he spontaneously let it slip. “Thank you, Lord,” he said, suddenly remem bering that there was Someone beyond himself. Sam and the driver of the truck got out and surveyed the situation. “Man,” said the truck driver, “you are a migh ty lucky person. Just a split-second difference in timing and you very pro bably wouldn’t be around this old world right now. You had better be thankful that I had my brakes re-worked just last week. I would hate to think what would have happened if I had not. And I started to put it off, but changed my mind at the last minute and went ahead. Buddy, you had better thank goodness that you are still alive.” On His Way “Mister,” said Sam, “I have already thanked goodness.” In a few moments Sam was on his way to the office again. At a service station along the route he took he saw Bill. Bill was a friend of his who worked in the same office. Bill was also the “religious” guy in their group—a regular church-goer. Sam wheeled in to speak to Bill and tell him about the truck. “Say, Bill,” hollered Sam out his window as he pulled alongside his re ligious friend, “the Lord is really tak ing care of me this morning. I pulled out in front of this big truck, but the Lord performed a miracle and stopped it just before it got to me. It sure is great how the Lord takes care of us, isn’t it?” “It sure is,” said Bill. “He perform ed a miracle for me this morning, also.” “He did?” Sam asked excitedly. “What happened? Did you like to get hit by a big truck also?” “Not quite,” said Bill. “He just kept me from pulling out in front of any.” Strange how we can find Him in the “miracles” and not in the everyday events, isn’t it? —FIVE STAR ter to Governor Robert McNair.) Dear. Gov. McNair: To date, our South Carolina has been spared some of man’s unwitting inhumanities to man. Progress has many defini tions, one of which is improve ment. For the Governor of cur State to knowingly invite a foreign industry, which has already ser iously added to the pollution of its own homeland, to contami nate our State is not progress; further it is unbelievable. Human habitation of the earth has come to a turning point. Fcology has become more im portant than the dollar. For what can one million of these do for your genetically impaired grandchild 9 Now , perhaps if we spend the taxpayers 19.2 million on decon tamination rather than BASF, there might be a new genera tion of normal healthy human babies. Must Port Royal Sound lie in the grave beside Lake Erie? Would you have our Natural Wonderand become part of "The Human Zoo” 9 For the sake of our grand children and humanity stop con st nut ion of this most likely pol luter until impartial ecological analyses have been completely made, studied, and passed upon by non political factions. Sincerely, Mrs. Allen Barron P. O. Box 576 Newberry, S. C. TWO PLAYERS ON ALL DISTRICT TEAM The Newberry College basket ball squad is the only one in the 15-team NAIA District 6 to land two men on the 1970 All- District Team. Steve Hollingsworth, a 6-3 senior from Riverdale, Mary land, and Buddy Moore, a 6-9 senior from Greenville, repre sent the College on the district team. The pair led the Indians to a 22-9 record this season and a second place finish in the Dis trict with a 12-2 mark. Both players averaged over 20 points per game this season; they dumped in 623 points and 612 respectively to account for al most one-half of the team’s total of 2,519 points tallied during the 31-game season. ATTENDS FUNERAL Mrs. O. O. Copeland spent several days in New Zion last week due to the death of her brother-in-law, B. W. Gibson. Mrs. Gibson is the former Al- liene Hipp and was formerly a teacher at Speers Street School. Also attending funeral services for Mr. Gibson were his niece, Mrs. Jim Todd and Mr. Todd. 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.