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-'w—4 NEARLY EVERYBODY IN NEWBERRY SEES • • THE SUN > (PRINTINQ L'}S^(j//arari/eitfs£\ £ * SOC'5 VOL. 11 NO. 5 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1948 $1:50 PER ANNUM It is with a great deal of satisfaction that I greet you cat lovers again. The story depicted in the cartoon at the top is in no way related to what I have been doing since seeing you last. It’s just an old adage clever ly illustrated from which I thought you might get a giggle. By way of a personal note I might tell you that I gave up writing this column shortly after those little kiddies got killed in the school bus near Silverstreet because I was so crushed by the incident I felt I never wanted to write another humorous line. Time serves to erase those painful things and I suppose we must go on living, and life would be unbearable without its lighter side. I am grieving now over the death of one who liked this column—Dr. Derrick. Dr. Der rick was much of a wit him self and brought merriment to many an audience. We don’t know much about the hereafter but if there is a reunion of souls I hope the good doctor has found Mark Twain and Will Rogers and many others who charmed the nation with their gifts for turning a clever phrase • or telling an amusing story. There may again be long gaps between spasms of this output but we will come to you as often as the muse inspires us and the infirmities of old age permits. A hurley Federal agent wal ked into my office the other day, shoved a card under my nose and demanded: “Who's that—that Happy Homes Con struction Co?” Recovering my fright and re cognizing my “’baby” I answer ed: “That, kind sir is me.” And thereby hangs a tale. Some months back I applied for and received an operating number for The Happy Homes Construction and Pulpwood Cut ting Co. The parent company goes in for the conventional type of building such as stores, homes and o&ice buildings and the cutting of pulpwood from my farm “Awful Acres by the Branch.” I am not much interested in the parent company except in that it gives employment to some ancient black brothers pushed into discard by this high speed age. The subsidiary company “Pri vies. Unlimited” will attempt to restore to the American scene that little house out back—the little house in which the founding fathers resolved the problems of young America and brought forth a great na tion. No one can think in the mo dem bath room of today. The hissing, and sizzling and gurg ling is productive of only one thing—Communism! We must return to the shrine of thinking America! Forward! Now back ward! Sit down! THINK! Where, I ask you, you con fused and bewildered people, did Rodin get his inspiration for "The Thinker?” Exactly, else he wouldn’t have had his elbow on his knee. He would have had his finger in his eye! The subsidiary will start with two models, the DeLuxe and the Standard. The DeLuxe will be sound proof and equipped with rear vision mirror to warn you when your thinking back fires. Trial runs on the new mod els. for which the factory has just been retooled, will be made in the verdant lovliness of a grove of scrub pines at “Awful Acres.” I want to get Strom Thurmoad or Truman to throw the switch and if we can get either (preferably both) into one of the things we’ll nail it shut. First produc tion will go only to seasoned thinkers and I suppose we’ll need only two—one for myself and one for Hope Wilson. We are a pair of the brainiest the Friendly City affords. More of this as production gets under way. Happy Homes & Subsidiary buys most of its materials from Messrs Hutchinson and Wilson, two up and coming young men in the scantling industry. Their kindness is something of note and much to be admired. They often give me an old two by four when I pay my bill. Most any day now I expect them to raise it to a two-by- six. Fine boys, they! At another time but in the same place, I have reminded you poor people that I am a guy chock full of sentiment. I can ride along the road and see a little hill-top shack, so alone and deserted and start blubber ing. Why? Here’s why. Long ago and far away I had a girl, a sweetheart, and she lived in a little shack atop a little hill, scarcely hid from the road by oak trees. My girl’s parents were poor but they had managed some how to get her a piano, and, to revise the order of the usual love story, I will give you the endinfe at the beginning in order to spare you the suspense you surely must be in by now. My girl wanted our babies to be little Filippinos and I wan ted them to be little Abysinn- ians and so we parted on what the bard called “this sweet sorrow.” No, I don’t know what became of her. I suppose she is somewhere in the South Pacific. Now that you are breathing easier, let’s get on with the luri d details. As aforementioned, my girl had a piano, and she playeck and sang for me. She played and sang “I Love You Truly” again, again and again. In my tight little britches and my short little coat, the sleeves of which came to my elbow and served for a handkerchief as well. I sat in a comer and drank in the melody of that sweet thing which has set so many young hearts atwitter. As I look back I knoyr that she wanted me to come over and bite her ear, but I didn’t. I know now that I missed a lot of sweet chewing in that far off day, but I remained a gen tleman—if that’s anything. I didn’t have much to at tract a girl in my sparking days. I was a green country boy, and as I see it now the girls of long ago loved me because they were sorry for me. The mother urge was just too strong when they looked upon ignorant, innocent little me. But they kept their mitts off me. They remained ladies—if that’s anything. But to get back to the burden of this epistle. My girl played and sang "I Love You Truly” so much un til it became a part of my very being. I know that she did love me truly but she wanted our—you know—and I couldn’t marry her for I wanted our— you know. Came the dawn— no, sunset! Curtain. I am now a young husband cleaning dirty little posteriors of un-housebroken little brats. Down with this comer—I Love- now the other—You—now a long swipe with the whole mess— Truly! I could not escape it. It got in my whiskers and my cereal, and my wife woke me up at two o’clock one morning and wanted to know who th» devil it was I loved so darn truly. And so it has been through a long life—until recently. I decided it was high time I dispensed with angels terrestial & give more attention to those celestial. I must shake off the past. A fellow calling himself Dale Shears was offering a piano course over the radio by which one could learn to play in one day. No teacher, no nothing. You didn’t even need a piano, he said. Any old goods box would do as well. From Dale I got an idea. If I could just learn to play the piano I could sit down and play that “Love You Truly” thing until I got sick and nauseated with it. I ordered the course and prac ticed for several days unbe knownst to the family. Just as the man said, soon I was able to rattle off “I Love You Truly” like a veteran. No one had the least idea of what wab coming one night when I sat down at the piano and placed an almanac before me. At first I played softly, O, so softly (with one finger). Warming up, I tore into it (with two fingers). By the time I got three fingers in the dish Doris had fainted, her Ballerina skirt covering the floor as New Laundry Opens Here The Newberry Laundromat will be opened tomorrow, June 19, under the management of C. B. Culbertson and E. R. Rod gers, who purchased all of the equipment of the Friendly Folks Laundromat. This includes 20 automatic washers, two extrac tors, two dryers and one rotary ironer. Open House will be held to morrow, and the public is in vited to visit the Laundromat and bring clothes for free wash ing. The concern will be open for business on Monday at 8:00 a. m. and will remain open each day except Sunday from 8:00 a. m. until 8:00 p. m. (Mr. Culbertson is a native of Laurens, Mr. Rodgers of Charles ton. Both have been members of the staff of Porter Military Academy in Charleston. They recently attended a laundromat instruction school given by the Westinghouse Corporation in Ohio. WHITMIRE BOY IN SUBMARINE SERVICE Clarence J. Teseniar, seaman, U. S. Navy, is serving aboard the submarine USS Caimen, ac cording to an announcement made by the Navy recruiting service. He previously served at the submarine base at New London, Connecticut. Seaman Teseniar is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Teseniar of Whit mire. High school graduates may enlist for submarine school or other Navy schools by contact ing the Navy recruiting sta tion. A Navy recruiter is in Newberry at the Veterans Ad ministration, 1216 College street every Friday morning. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS Warehouseman, grade 9 thru 13, salary from .90 to $1.30 per hour, Fort Jackson. Open until July 1, 1948. Library assistant, SP-3 to SP-6 in states of South Caro lina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee. Open until June 21, 1948. Applications for position of patrol inspector (trainee) pay ing $3,021 a year, a re being accepted by the Executive Sec- retaiy, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Temporary Building “X", Wash ington 25, D. C. Closing date June 22, 1948. For filrther information a- bout examinations listed above contact Miss Sadie Bowers at the local post office. BRUNER NOMINATED FOR ALUMNI POSITION Robert R. Bruner of Newberry and Bruce Barksdale of Green wood have been nominated for eighth circuit vice-president of the University of South Carolina Alumni association, Ralph Lewis, executive secretary, an nounced at a recent meeting of the association. Election of a president, four councilors-at- large, and 14 circuit vjce-presi- dents will soon take place by mail ballot, Mr. Lewis said. Barksdale was graduated in 1918 and Bruner in 1937. The 14 circuit vice-presidents elec ted will serve a one year term of office and will act as a governing board for the associa tion. BERRY-LONG The marriage of Miss Annie Laurie Long and Vernon Bary was solemnized on Sunday, June 13, at the home of Rev. Z. B. Smith, officiating minis ter. Mrs. Berry is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Long of the Trinity section of the county. Mr. Berry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Berry of Glenn street. After a wedding trip, the couple will make their home in Waycross, Georgia. though Barnum & Bailey had pulled down the big top. My wife sat stupefied, her hair standing on end. The cat which had just whelped a kit the day before came rushing in dragg ing her offspring and jumped upon the piano. By this time I had slipped into high (two fingers on each hand. My eyes blazing, my back stiff as a piece of cord wood four and a half feet long, I played on and on. Suddenly the piano began to emit great volumes of smoke. The cat let out a yell, grabbed her young ’un and made off. I flopped over on the piano, dead to the world Sometime later I sensed a door being opened and a radio playing in the next room. Through the opening came the strains of—yep, you guessed it, “I Love You TYuly.” What People You Know Are Doing The many friends of Mrs. Clarence Sligh will regret to learn that she has been ill the past week. She is reported to be improving at present. Mrs. W. R. Reid, Jr. is spend ing this week in Spartanburg and Lake Summit with her cousin, Mrs. John A. Law, Jr. Miss Cornelia Mayer, teacher in Columbia High School, is home with her mother, Mrs. O. B. Mayer, on Main Street, for the summer months. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Armfield and Miss Doris Armfield spent the weekend in Statesville, N. C. , with Mr. and Mrs. D. H. McHargue and young son, Dan ny. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Privitte and Miss Myrtle Jo Privette in Monroe, N. C., Saturday. Frank Kinard returned last week to Chapel Hill, N. C., where he is doing graduate work at the University of North Carolina, after spending a week with his parents. Dr. and Mrs. James C. Kinard. James Kinard arrived this week from the University of Vir ginia, Charlottesville, to spend several days with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Allen and three children have moved into a new home at 989 Bess Street. They formerly lived on Pope Street. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Goings, Jr., have moved into a home they recently purchased on O’Neal Street. They formerly resided on Milne Avenue. Fred Gilbert, Jr., a student at Clemeon College, is spending the summer holidays with his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gil bert. Miss Lilly Norris, who makes her home with Miss Fannie Mae Carwile on Calhoun street, is spending this week visiting re latives in Chester and Charlotte, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Reid, who have been visiting Mrs. Reid’s sister. Mrs. Wilson Brown and Mrs.. O. B. Cannon, left this week to return to their home in Fredericksburg, Va. They were accompanied by Mrs. Brown, who will visit the Reids for awhile. Mr. and Mrs. Tench Green of Rocky Mount, N. C. will ar rive in Newberry this weekend to spend a week with Mr. Green’s mother, Mrs. J. R. Green on Harper street. Mrs. Jordan Pool left Tues day for California where she will attend the national conven tion of the American Red Cross. OAKLAND Mrs. Roy Lopez spent last weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Attaway after a week in Florida with her husband, Roy Lopez. Claud Kizer is at home now feeling better after being very ill at the County hospital. Wiliam King is seriously ill in the Columbia hospital. He had been very sick several days at the home of his sister here before going to the hos pital a week ago. Mr. and Mrs. William May- nor and children, Billie and Wanda Sue, left last Friday night for their home in Chatta nooga, Tenn. after being called home, here at her mother’s, Mrs. Euna- Mize due to the death of her step-father, Mr. Claud Mize. Miss Jennie Bouknight who is training to nurse in a hos pital in Spartanburg, spent the weekend with her parents and other relatives of Clyde Ave. Mrs. Mary Stephens of Foun tain Inn is visiting her sister Mrs. F. F. Holland and family of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bozard of near Columbia and Miss Louise Sanders of Spartanburg spent Sunday with their paren ts, Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Sanders. Some of the relatives of Mrs. Earl Wright who visited her at her home near Aiken where she had returned a few weeks ago after being very ill in a hospital for several weeks were, her brother and his wife and child, Dunaway Turner her sis ter, Mrs. Dolly Morris, of New berry, Mrs. Helen Berry cxf Clinton, and her husband, also her mother, Mrs H.enry Turner and J. T. and a son Willie Sni pes and family and some other friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Maxie Morris visited Mr. Morris’ sister, Mrs. Eura Morris Boland Mize last Sunday. Mrs. Dolly Turner has been away visiting her children in and around Johnston and Edge- field for several weeks. We are glad to see such a large attendance of the Bible School being held at Hunt Me morial Baptist Church. Every one old and young alike seem to be interested and enjoying the school very much. PROSPERITY The Dogwood Garden Club had its last meeting of the year Monday afternoon with Mrs. James Counts as hostess. Mrs. R. V. Martin gave an interesting talk on stars and Mrs. J. A. Counts read a poem entitled Flowers. ' Mrs. H. B. Hendrix conducted a clever drawing contest and Mrs. B. C. Bedenbaugh won the prize for the best drawing. During the business session the by-laws of the club were read and amended. The follow ing officers were elected for the next year: President; Mrs. W. L. Mills, Vice-president; Mrs. W. E. Han cock. Secretary; Mrs. B. C. Bedenbaugh. After the meeting the club enjoyed a social hour at which time the hostess served a salad plate and fruit punch. Visitors of the club for the meeting were Miss Ellen Whee ler and Mrs. Frank Hill. The Methodist Youth Fellow ship of Wightrrian church en tertained with a hay ride and swirrtming party Monday even ing. The hay ride took the group to the Margaret Hunter Park where they enjoyed swim ming for several hours. The Rev. and Mrs. Rex V. Martin were chaperones.. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Vau ghn are moving this week into their new bungalow on the Batedbullg Hilgihway, next to the home of E. Otway Shealy. Mr. and Mrs. A, R. Chappell and their children spent the weekend in McRae, Ga. with relatives. Edgar Smith of Mc Rae came with the Chappells for a visit. Master “Cy” Quattlebaum of Johnston is visiting his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Schumpert. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ballentine over the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Ballentine of Came ron and Mr. and Mrs. Furman Ballentine and two children of Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hunt and their two daughters, Janet agtd jJoan af Spartanburg were weekend guests of his mother, Mrs. Cf. B. Hunt. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wessinger were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pinson of Cross Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Oswald and two child ren of Columbia. Mrs. R. T. Pugh had with her for the weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Graydon Pugh and little daugh ter Mary and Miss Kathryn Pugh of Atlanta, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Smith of McCrae, Ga. are arriving this weekend for a week’s visit with the A. R. Chappells. Mrs. Fred Wise and her little daughter, Judy of Columbia are visiting Mrs. Wise’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Fellers. Misses Phyllis and Patty Wise arrived Saturday from Jacksonville. Fla. to visit their aunt, Mrs. B. T. Young and Mr. Young. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wise and their little daughter and Mrs. O. K. Shealy spent last week in Burlington, N. C. with relatives. Miss Erin Taylor of the St. Philips section is visiting her sister, Mrs. B. T. Gibson and Mr. Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Singley accompanied by their daugh ter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Callahan of Colum bia, are spending the week at Edisto Beach. Mr. and Mrs. James Lee Counts and Misses Jenny lee Counts and Annie Hunter spent Sunday in Columbia, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Leavell. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Leckinger- of Brooklyn, N. Y. have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Kyzer. Ralph Thomsen of St. Louis, Mo. has joined Mrs. Thomsen who has been visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wes singer for a two weeks visit in Prosperity. Dr. Cyril Wheeler and his sister, Mrs. W. D. Stone are leaving today for Mt. Airy, Maryland, to attend the wed ding of their cousin. Miss Re becca Molesworth. Miss FTances Sease of At lanta, Ga. and Elton Sease, Jr. of Columbia have been visiting their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sease. Spending Wednesday with the Sease’s were Mrs. Elton Sease and son, Johnny and Mrs. Her man Richardson and two child ren. Betty and “Ricky” of Columbia. Mrs. George S. Bearden and Miss Elizabeth Bearden of Spartanburg are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Luther and family. H. B. Hendrix, D. O. Lovelace and James Counts attended the Training school for Veteran Teachers at Clemson last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Barnes and Mrs. Emily Counts spent Sunday in Columbia with Mr. Deeds Recorded George Eddie Bates to John Sligh, one lot. Hunt street extension, $5.00 and other con siderations. W. R. Reid and R. E. Sum mer to Mrs. Nora E. Mills, one lot, one building, Summer street, $4500. O. F. Armfield to Daniel B 1 . Goings, one lot, one building, O’Neal street, $5000. • Kate F. Porter to Bennie C. Chapman, one lot, Calhoun St., $1500. # E. M. Atchison to W. R. Reid and R. E. Summer, two lots, $1750. Ida J. Cromer to Lillie C. Hipp, one lot, one building, natural love and affection. Mary G. Cannon and Mrs. Elizabeth G. Hunt to O. B. Can non, Jr., 400 acres, $5.00, love and affection. Carl Leroy Holloway et al to Mrs. Caroline P. Holloway, 6.8 acres, $550. E. Maxcy Stone, probate jud ge, to Marie E. Byrd, two lots, Evans street, Whitmire, $3500. George E. Young to Ruby C. Ashley and Zona Maness, one lot, Duckett street, Whitmire, $230. W. R. Richardson to Ruby C. Ashley, one lot, Duckett street, Whitmire, $1000. Mrs. Urbana N. Blease, et al to Mrs. Katura A. Neel, 11.15 acres, $5.00 and other valuable considerations. Mrs. Urbama N. Blease, et al to Mrs. Evelyn Neel Long, 130. 35 acres. $5.00 and other valu able considerations. Urbana Neel Blease, Herbert E. Griffin and Evelyn Neel Long to Richard C. Neel, Jr., 180.50 acres, $6500. Carol Deanne Clary Mr. and Mrs. Huiet Clary an nounce the birth of a daughter, Carol Deanne, at the Newberry county hospital on Friday, June 11. Mrs. Clary is the former Mass Nell Long of Silverstreet. LT. WAY RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS Lt. Powell Way, who has been stationed with the army over seas for the past 17 months, arrived in Newberry recently. He will be here with his wife and son for two months before being reassigned to duty in the states. CHAPPELLS J. B. Black of Atlanta, Ga., has been visiting in the home of Mrs. Cecil Dominick. Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Daven- jjort and son Ted, visited in the home of Mrs. Cecil Domi nick recently. Other guests in this home recently were Prof, and Mrs. Charles H. Frick of Mary Washington College, Va., and Mrs. Eva Martin of Chapin. Mrs. Alesta Long celebrated her 70th birthday with a big party given as a surprise by her children and grandchildren. She has 2 'boys and two daugh ters, James R. Long, J. W. Long, Mrs. Johnnie Fosbee and Mrs. Tucker. All were present and several friends and neigh bors. We hope for her many more such nice birthdays. Mrs. Amelena Scott of Abbe ville is a visitor of Mrs. M. K. Carlson. Mrs. L. E. Werts and Mr .and Mrs M. K. Carlson will spend the next week at Edisto Beach with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Will Montgom ery returned home in Elloree Wednesday. We are sorry to hear Edith Bruce is in Greenwood Hospi tal. She underwent an opera tion for appendicitis Wednesday and is doing fine at this writing. Mrs. Thelma Coleman and son of Oklahoma City, Okla., were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Coleman. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Coster of Columbia were visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. Basha recently. We are glad to report that Mrs. William Webb is slowly improving at Providence Hos pital in Columbia. Mrs. J. M. Keith was a Co lumbia visitor recently. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McAdams visited in and near Andersoo over the weekend. and Mrs. Rudolph C. Barnes. Miss Anne Hendrix is spend- in the week with Miss Janet Hunt in Spartanburg. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Beden baugh of Newberry spent Sun day with his mother, Mrs. J. R. Schrum. Frank Hill, Jr. of Wrightman Church and Misses Drucie Con nelly and Una Summers of Zion attended the Methodist Youth Fellowship Assembly at Lander College this week. Harvey Lee Mills was taken td the Veterans hospital in Co lumbia last Tuesday where he underwent an emergency opera tion. He is reported to be re covering nicely. Death Claims Dr. Sid Derrick Dr. Sidney J. Derrick, 80, one of Newberry’s most promi nent citizens for many years, died Sunday afternoon at New berry County hospital after a long illness. Dr. Derrick was born and reared in the Dutch Fork sec tion and was the last surviving member of a family of nine. He was married to Miss Mary Hiller, who survives him, in 1898. The couple had no child ren. After attending the schools of this section, he graduated from Newberry College with high honors, winning the senior es say medal. His career at New berry College began in 1898 and covered a period of 51 years. He was firfet head of the pre paratory department, later be came assistant professor of his tory and economics, dean of the college, and was president from 1918 until 1930 when he was forced to resign that position on account of ill health. He continued with the Luthe ran institution as professor un til forced to relinquish his work the past session. He had been dean of the faculty since 1930. Dr. Derrick was always active in community, church and state affairs. He had served for many years als a member of the County Board of Education and for a long time was a member of the State Board of Education. He was trustee of Newberry College, a member of the Luthe ran Board of the Southern Lutheran Church of America, a delegate of practically every State Democratic convention from his county since 1914. He was a member of the War registration board in World war I. a member of the State Coun cil of Defense and a delegate to all Lutheran church associa tion conventions for many years. He wab superintendent of the Sunday school of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and a member of the Rotary club, a charter member of the New berry Country club, a director of he 'local hospital. He wa*. also a member of the Newberry Chapter of the Red Cross and a member of the South Carolina Federated forces for Temperance and Law En forcement and of the executive committee of Inter-Racial af fairs. Dr. Derrick frequently sub stituted for pastors in Newberry not only in his own church but in churches of other demonina- tions. He was the son of the late Jacob and Martha Kessler Der rick cf Lexington county. His wife survives, with a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were con ducted Monday afternoon at 5:00 o’clock in his late resi dence on the College campus, conducted by Dr. R. A. Good man, professor of Bible. Inter ment followed in Rosemont cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr. James C. Kinard. Hubert H. Setzler, W. E. Monts, J. G. Parks, T. E. Epting and W. H. Gaver. The following editorial com ment on Dr. Derrick’s death is from the June 15 issue of the Greenville Newts: South Carolina mourns the loss of a distinguished educator and one of its outstanding citi zens in the death of Dr. Sidney J. Derrick of Newberry. Dr. Derrick’s long and -active career embraced more than half a century of service at Newberry college, beginning in 1898. He became president of the instituion in 1918 and after retirement from that office in 1030 because of reasons of health he continued to serve as professor until last session. In addition to his collegiate work, .Dr. Derrick maintained a constantly active interest in the educational and other civic affaiite of his state and comm unity, as well as the work of the Southeran Lutheran Church in America. His was a life devoted in an unselfish service to the advance ment of South Carolina edu cational and religious interest; and his wise counsel and high ideals of civic endeavor were a contribution of inestimable val ue to the state’s cultural prog ress. South Carolina feels a great debt for his long and fruitful life of purposeful accomplish ment in his chosen field, and his pastsing brings great sorrow to those who have known and loved him as a friend. MOTHERS CLUB The meeting of the pre school group of the Mothers Club will be held Friday, June 18, at 4:00 p. m. at the home of Mrs. George Martin. Mrs. Arthur Welling is associate hos tess. Election of officers for tne ensuing year will be held at this meeting. , , . ■ , , By The Way • • ■ By DORIS ARMFIELD I would like to call the atten tion of the county Democratic executive committee to the fact that many citizens of New- are not in sympathy with the rules and regulations, especially the voters’ oath, adopted by the state political convention. Since publication of last week's By The Way column, a large num ber of Newberrianb have called to tell me they are in perfect agreement with the sentiments expressed in that column. In connection with that, I would like to call the attention of the candidates who have entered the summer primary that there will be a host of thinking citi zens who would ordinarily vote, but who will refuse to cast their ballots if they are required to take the oath presently adop ted for use by the state conven tion. I understand that because of the tremendous objection, mainly from the ministerial fold the “religious separation of the races” clause was taken from the oath. Does that satisfy the pastors of the state? Will they, and other church people who call themselves Christians, be willing to swear to uphold OTHER phases of separation of the races? Will people who claim to be intelligent allow selfish politicians to do their thinking? The candidates are apprehen sive because people are riot en rolling to vote in the primary. Are they going to stand by and lose all of those votes which will not be cast, because intel ligent people will refuse to take the present oath? Or will they demand that the county convention reassemble, as has been done in other counties, and take matters in their own hands rather than to rely on the State committee? It seems that the State convention will not go back into session. Two of South Carolina’s forward- looking counties have already changed the rulets; both Rich land and Greenville have open ed enrollment books to negroes; Greenville has changed the oath, to allow a person to vote with out swearing to things in which he does not believe. Judging from comments I have received since last week, it is my opinion that: (1) a ma jority of the citizens of this county are in favor of opening the club rolls for negroes to register; (2) that almost every Newberrian who has given the matter any thought would like to have the oath changed and simplified to the point of mere ly requiring voters to swear that he is qualified to vote and has not previously voted in the same primary; (3) that many feel as I do - the Negro is a citizen and is entitled to vote; that the majority of vote rs are also of the opinion that segregation rules are unnecess ary . . . that the colored race in general has no desire to mingle with whites, but they merely wish to have their rights as citizens and do not wish to infringe socially or otherwise in the white man’s territory when adequate facil- ties for education, etc. are af forded them. Those are conclusions I have drawn; what I cannot under stand is why those who know their intelligence has been in sulted sit back and do nothing about it. I have heard a number of the candidates in this summers primary say they feel the oath should be changed, and that tire books should be opened to Negroes. But they are afraid to say that publicly. And I am afraid that the indecision of the candidates over that to do about it; the lethargy of the county executive committee, and the refusal of the politically controlled state executive com mittee to take action will re sult in the oath not being chan ged; the books not being opened to Negroes over the state, and the consequent deprivation of the citizens rights to vote by being made to take, as the Columbia Record puts it, a “thought controlled oath.” Inci dentally, each voter is required to SIGN the oath, and it will be kept on file by the county secretary as permanent record. Don’t you agree that the new flag on the courthouse square, placed there by the cooperative efforts of the Civic League and the city council, looks much better than the old one? Happy Birthday! John T. Cromer, June 19; John C. Wilson, June 20; Bill Armfield, June 21; Tens Price, Mrs. Hugh Hents, William Partridge, June 22; Mrs. H. B. Wells. Oswald Copeland, June 25.