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"Whatsoever Things''
By DONALD E WILDMON
Minister
LEE ACRES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
TUPELO. MISSISSIPPI
GETTING USE TO THE DARKNESS
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year in advance.
Six Months $2.00.
I went to the movies the other day.
First time in about a year that I had
been. I’m not about to spend my hard
earned two dollars to see filth and
trash presented as though it was the
ideal. But there was a Walt Disney
production playing so I took the chil
dren and enjoyed the movie.
As I entered the theater, it was dark,
and I could hardly see. I moved slow
ly down the aisle, found a row where
a seat was empty—I thought! But
after sitting in someone else’s lap for
a split second, I fumbled on down the
row till there was an empty seat. Talk
about being dark, it was dark in that
movie-house!
Accustomed To It
But you know, something happened
to the darkness in that theater. After
I had been in the darkness a short
period, I began to get accustomed to
it. Why, I could even make out w r hich
seats were empty! It wasn’t long be
fore that theater wasn’t too dark at
all. I could find my way around with
out a bit of trouble.
Something like this has happened in
our society. The darkness seems so
dark at first, but if you sit in it long
enough, you get the impression that
it is getting brighter. Time was when
sin was called sir, when you could tell
the good from the bad, but for many
that time is slowly disappearing now.
We have sat in the darkness until we
have gotten use to it, even get the
false impression that new light is
breaking.
An alcoholic isn’t a drunkard now.
He has a new name, and the darkness
has given him a new position. An al
coholic now is a sick man, not a sinful
one. His alcoholism has no moral over
tones about it. We use to call it sin,
but now it is a disease. A disease
which we manufacture, bottle, adver
tise, sell from an open counter, regu
late (?) by the state, and collect taxes
to build a better society on! Getting
use to the darkness, aren’t we?
Free Love
Adultry now has a new name—free
love! And it has several advocates,
both in and out of the Church. It isn’t
sin anymore, it is situational ethics.
And a movie star can have a baby out
of wedlock one week and gain the
admiration of millions on national tele
vision the next week! Getting use to
the darkness, aren’t we?
Murder will get you a hung jury,
three years in the pen at the most.
And if you can provide the money to
get the right lawyer, you still go scott
free. We are a little more civilized
than our forefathers. We believe in
being lenient. The darkness is looking
brighter now.
Strange, isn’t it, that you can’t get
use to the darkness all at once. You
have to sit in it awhile. And then it
doesn’t look dark anymore. Slowly, lit
tle by little, we get use to it.
But the Light of the world is still
in the world, and men who love good
and hate evil are still attracted to
Him. And strange as it may seem,
men who love evil still hate the Light.
For you see, when the Light comes
thev have no place to hide.
—FIVE STAR
COMMENT
on
Men & Things
B> J. K. BREEDIN
How does Uncle Sam keep an
account of his money? Several
hundred thousands of people,
far more than that, issue checks
on the Government. Since these
men who draw the checks are
in thousands of offices, don’t
you wonder when they get their
account organized'.' 1
I do not include the post of
fice employes because thy op
erate from known centers. Not
only do 1 think of the great mul
titude of special accounts, 1
think of a great multitude of
cases, as for example, the many
calls which are not accorded to
any known budget
There are times when 1 think
I could regulate some of this
but I would bring the ax down
on everything not strictly a mat
ter of government. How many
special and discretionary claims
are paid by the government are
charged to the government 1
cannot imagine.
As a small beginning 1 would
recommend the elimination of
all grants which are not strictly
a necessary function of the gov
ernment, such as every contri
bution which is not according to
a law.
Since the 10*h Amendment to
the Constitution reserves to the
states all matters not exclusive
ly Federal, by that I mean the
Federal Government should not
meddle with the public schools
of the States and should not be
sending money to the States for
a multitude of causes.
If we confine the Federal gov
ernment to its purely federal
obligations w-e should make
enormous savings.
Among other things we have
grants to States; Colleges and
many other institutions.
Lawlessness and the most vio
lent breaches of the peace seem
to be growing more common
every day. In every part of our
Nation it seems that the law
is not respected and that men
take into their own hands the
right to do as they please. It
is very easy to say that the
police can restore order.
Regardless of the loyalty of
the police the available police
force seems unable to cope with
the situation. Because of this a
sentiment is growing to enlist
citizens in the defense of their
country.
It is part of our obligation as
citizens to participate when we
are needed to defend the rights
of all citizens. It is not only to
join an organization but it is
the ancient law that all citizens
may be summoned to protect
the peace.
The open defiance of thou
sands of men in various parts
of the nation presents an ex
tremely urgent occasion just
whatever that should be.
ARE DEFEATED
Newberry College’s golf squad
came away from the Furman
Collegiate golf tournament Fri
day and Saturday with a little
more experience and a defeat.
The quintet posted a 36-hole
total of 869; East Tennessee
State of Johnson City paced the
21 teams in the tourney with a
low score of 760.
Individual scores for the golf
ers were John Sease. 171; Bill
Murray. 171; Frank Turner, 172;
Harry Ward, 172; and Charles
Smoak, 201.
The golfers' next match is
against Erskine and Western
Carolina at Erskine on April 10.
Paper company
to build plant
in
Bulldozers are clearing
ground near here as the first
step toward the construction of
a $10 million forest products
manufacturing complex by the
U. S. Plywood Division of U. S.
Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc.
C. R. Kelley, U. S. Plywood’s
vice president and general man
ager for southern pine manu
facturing operations, who is bas
ed in Atlanta, said today that
once the site is leveled and grad
ed, engineering studies would
get under way as the final pre
liminary to the actual construct
ion.
Plans call for a plywood man
ufacturing facility with an an
nual initial capacity of 70 million
square feet (3-8 inch basis) with
provisions for expansion to over
150 million square feet. In addi
tion, a chipping facility will be
able to convert 140,000 cords of
pulpwood annually into chips
for the company’s paper mill
in Canton. N. C.
Also planned for the site is
a softwood lumber mill with an
annual capacity of 30 million
board feet. Studies are being
made of the feasibility of add
ing a mill for hardwood lumber.
The new complex will be lo
cated in Newberry County on
a 150-acre tract some five miles
west of the town of Silverstreet.
The Little and Saluda rivers
meet at the mill site. The main
line of the Southern Railroad
passes through there.
Mr. Kelley said that the com
plex will employ some 200 work
ers and generate an annual pay
roll of nearly $1 million. The
company expects to draw its
wood supply from some 90,000
acres of land it owns in the
immediate area, from some
200,000 acres it owns within a
75-mile radius of the site, and
from private sources.
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