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Vol. 34—No. 49 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, March 25, 1971 $3 PER YEAR BUILDING FUND CHECK—Mrs. Kem- the presentation. The check was given to per Lake, center, presents a check for ward the building fund for a new hospital. $50.00 from the Auxiliary to the Newber- The money was given in honor of Newber ry County Medical Association to Law r - ry County doctors in observance of Doc- rence Richardson, administrator of New r - tor’s Day which is March 30th. berry County Memorial Hospital. Auxiliary (Sunphoto) president, Mrs. Von A. Long witnesses BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS EQUAL JUSTICE In last week’s column, there was an article concerning the judicial system in South Caro lina The policy of allowing cri minals to go free does not stop at the state’s borders; it is rampant throughout the nation Jesse Helms of WRAL-TV looks at the situation in light of a recent Supreme Court De cision The Viewpoint was tele cast March 4, 1971 There’s a small feeling of ex hilaration, tentative though it may be, in being able at last to applaud a Supreme Court de cision concerning lawbreakers There’s much to be said for the Supreme Court’s declaration that a defendant, unable to pay a fine, cannot constitutio nally be sent to jail while the next defendant charged with the same crime, who can fork over the cash, walks out of the courtroom a free man Our applause is restrained, however, until such time there is an indication as to which way lower-court judges will go in the light of this decision If they decide to use it as an excuse for more leniency to wards law-breakers, then law abiding society will have beei dealt another underserved blov The text of the Supreme Cour decision does not appear to in tend such. The Court was talk ing simply of equal justice Equal justice involves every body, or ought to One impli cation very clear in the Su preme Court decision was that society deserves more disci pline * Too often, mockery is made of the law by the imposi tion of penalties so mild that defendants feel no remorse at all as a result of their misdeeds Thugs and racketeers go free after paying fines that are of no consequence to them Well- heeled motorists pay speeding fines, then return to their au tomobiles to spued again We have long held the no tion, for example, that every convicted drunken driver ought to spend time in jail No a- mount of rationalization can justify leniency to one who has willingly endangered the lives of his fellow citizens on the highways, not to mention his own life There should be stern, inescapable punishment for thieves, and for participants in violence Paying a fine is not enough There is no real dis cipline in forking over a fist full of cash Society ought to be made to understand that there is an unpleasant penalty for lawlessness In no other way can a sense of discipline be restored. We live in a time when much is said about “freedom” But, too often, what is meant is license— the arrogance of personal irre sponsibility There is a madness in Ame rica today which has resulted in great numbers of citizens participating in a contest to see how far they can go in flouting the law Campuses have been disrupted, buildings have been burned and bombed, school have been closed by irrespon sible mobs who felt secure that they would not be punish ed beyond a slap on the wrist What if, all of a sudden, it became clear that stern punish ment would be the result? Mobs are composed of cowards; if stern discipline suddenly be came the order of the day, there would be an overnight drop in anarchy and hoodlu- mism (Continued on Page 6) COLLEGE CALENDAR Baseball fans will be looking for the third consecutive home victory of the young season when the Indians meet the Bap tist College squad from Char leston at 3 pm Thursday, March 25 The spring athletes at home again on Monday, March 29, against the Augusta (Ga) team; the Indians are on the road Friday, March 26, when they travel to Mars Hill, N. C. for a contest and on Wednesday, March 31, for a return game with Baptist In other activity on the New berry College campus this week Dr William S Newman from the University of North Caro lina at Chapel Hill will present the final program of this year’s Arts and Lectures Series with a talk on “Adventures in Mu sical Satire,” at 8 pm Thurs day, April 1, in the AGD Wiles Chapel Dr Luther Swicegood, pastor of Christ the King Lutheran Church in Columbia, will serve as the “Guest Preacher” for the 11:15 am services, Sunday, March 28, in the Chapel Activity involving the Colle gians away from the campus include a tennis match at Er- skine College today. Thursday, March 25, the final concerts of the spring tour of the Concert Band in North and South Caro lina schools, and a series of performances by the Newberry College Singers, the Stage Band, and the Rock Band at 6 and 8 pm Sunday, March 28, at Lexington High School and St Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Lexington Crash survivor dies in Columbia Leroy Smith Gary, 24, of New berry, died Monday morning in the Columbia Hospital He was the sixth viitim in the crash of an airplane Feb. 3 near Co lumbia Metropolitan Airport that also claimed the life of John Billingsley of Newberry and two Newberry College stu dents Gary was one of five em ployees of Billingsley who had flown with Billingsley in his twin-engine aircraft to Ridge- land to cruise some timber Gary was the only survivor of the crash and had been hos- (Continued on Page 6) UF directors met Tuesday The Board of Directors of the United Fund met Tuesday mor ning in council chambers at City Hall to review activities of the organization since the annual meeting held in Feb ruary. President Hilton Parsons pre sided over the meeting and made comments on the success ful fund drive. He also cited Campaign Chairman Jimmie Coggins, Rev. J. C. Copeland and Byron Boyce for their out standing work in the drive. Officers for the ensuing year were nominated and elected dur- (Continued on Page 6) 19th Coffee Day I I A *1 A “BAG” buttons are back in style—as they are every spring when “Coffee Day for Crippled Children” nears, says Philip T Kelly, Chairman, Newberry County Society for Crippled Children and Adults This week, law enforcement officers and restaurant opera tors in Newberry County are selling the buttons which sig nify “Buck-A-Cup to Brace-A- Child” A button entitles the wearer to drink coffee all day on Good Friday, April 9, in participating restaurants, hotels, and drug stores All funds derived from the sale of “BAC” buttons go to the Easter Seal Society to aid children and adults crippled by cerebral palsy and other con ditions This is the 19th year of “Cof fee Day” sponsorship by the SC Restaurant Association, as sisted for 13 years by the SC Law Enforcement Officers’ As sociation The event is an im portant factor in the continuing assistance to the handicapped performed by the Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults of South Carolina, Inc, and its county affiliates Plans for “Coffee Day” and sales of “BAC” buttons are being carried out here by Chief Ray Schumpert, chairman of the Law Enforcement Commit tee “Our job is to be helpful as well as to protect,” Schum pert said, “and we feel that our participation in the Easter Seal “Coffee Day” shows our special concern for handicapped people, as well as for citizens generally” In 1969-70, the Easter Seal Society served over 3,000 crip pled persons—a service made possible by widespread volun tary support of the Easter Seal campaign of which “Coffee Day” is a part COMMENDATIONS—Hilton A. Parsons, United Fund drive held recently. Mr. Cog- left, president of the Newberry County gins was overall chairman for the fund United Fund presents citations to Byron drive. He was assisted by Mr. Boyce and Boyce, Rev. J. C. Copeland and Jimmie Rev. Copeland as lieutenants. Coggins for their part on the successful (Sunphoto)