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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1950
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1218 Colleg-e Street
NEWBERRY, S. C.
0. F. Armfikld
Editor and Publisher
NO AUTOMATIC
PARDONS NOW
SISTER OF JUDGE
DIES IN SALUDA
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Entered as second-class matter December 6. 1937,
at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In v S. C., $1.50 per year
in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance.
South Koreans Start
Road Back In Prayer
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(By William J. Davis in The
Anderson Independent)
The solemn ceremony in Seoul,
Korea, in which the war-torn
capital of the republic was re
turned to its rightful rulers by
Gen. Douglas MacArthur as su
preme commander of United Na
tions forces, should not pass
without due notice by the Christ
ian world.
It may be by the time the Sun
day papers reach the streets and
homes of America that pictures
of the ceremony will be avail
able. It must have been an im
pressive sight while the general
spoke with reverence and humil
ity as he returned the right rule
back to 76-year-old Syngman
Rhee, after leading the assembl
ed soldiers and others present in
the familiar Lord’s Prayer. Some
of the soldiers still were armed,
adding an incongrouous tint to
the occasion.
Yet it was a picture of peace
amid war. President Rhee pledg
ed his government to deal with
the aggressor neighbors with
Justice.
That it will be with Christian
Justice stands to reason, for
South Korea, before the invasion,
had a high percentage of Christ
ian citizens. Such tragedies as
war always serve to stir people
and nations to humility and turn
them toward a Higher Power,
which alone can heal the
wounds of heart and spirit.
Ever since history has been
written, nations that recognized
God as the Supreme Ruler and
publicly acknowledged Him, have
been the nations that triumphed
over evil foes. The South Ko
rean republic, as a Christian na
tion, can rebuild itself and find
the spirit to do so from power of
Providence. Should South Korea,
however, choose to forget God
and pin its faith to worldly
power, the road back would be
dismal and dark.
There was a little story out
of the South Korean beachhead
the other day that might be-
passed along here. A 19-year
old boy, who “never talked about
God” before he went to war,
wrote his grandmother back
home that he had found God in
a foxhole and gave the Almighty
all the credit for saving his life
and the lives of other members
of his group. “Only God could
have saved us,” were the words
he wrote.
His grandmother was a bit
taken aback by the letter, for
she said: “He never talked about
God before.” No doubt there
have been other such cases, for
when man comes face to face
with death, he involuntarily
reaches out into the unknown for
help. The help always comes to
those who believe it will.
The South Korean republic is
going to need the help of the
Christian world to sustain it in
the dark days ahead as its people
strive to rebuild their homes and
reconstruct their farms. It will
need the strong backing of the
United Nations to rebuild its
political and economic structures.
But if the rebuilding is started
upon the rock of Christian faith 1
the rest of the work will be
much easier.
Apparently that is what the
leaders ha*e set out to do. The
Christian people of America
should unite their prayers with
those of a stricken nation to give
it the confidence to go forward
to final, spiritual victory.
COLUMBIA, Sept. 30—State
prison inmates serving at the
governor’s mansion have nothing
to look forward to when Gover
nor Strom Thurmond leaves of
fice an the mansion next Janu
ary.
For many years it has been
a practice among the governors
to pardon prison servants who
served at the mansion during
their tenure of office. But, the
governor now has no pardon
power.
Col Wyndham C. Manning said
that five inmates are assigned to
the governor’s mansion, one of
whom is his chauffeur, and one
at the executive office in the
State House as messehger.
If the governor desires a par
don for these servents then he
must file a petition to the Pro
bation, Parole and Pardon board
but then he will have no as
surance that they will receive
a pardon.
Jake C. Todd, board director,
said that the pardon board con
siders all petitions for pardons
on their merits and not on the
question of for whom the in
mates have worked.
In past years inmates serving
at the governor’s mansion have
looked forward to the expiration
of the chief executive’s term be
cause that meant freedom for
them. But the pardon and parole
law was changed recently, remov
ing the power of pardons and pa
roles from the governor and vest
ing them soley In the pardon and
parole board.
Miss Kate Griffith, 68, sister of
Judge Steve C. Griffith of this
city, died Sunday morning after
a lingering illness at her late
residence in the Zoar commun
ity in Saluda county.
After the death of her father
several years ago, she had been
living alone at the old home
stead where her grandfather once
lived. She was born, reared and
lived in the community in which
she died.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 3:30 Monday afternoon
from Zoar Methodist church
where she has been a lifelong
member, by the pastor, Rev. H.
F. Bauknight. Interment was in
the family plot near the home.
She is survived by four sisters,
Mrs. Pearl G. Dorn of Green
wood, Mrs. Sue G. Crouch and
Mrs. Ada G. Cromley of Saluda
and Mrs. Ona G. Wells of Monet-
ta; three brothers, Solicitor Jeff
D. Griffith and J. P. Griffith of
Saluda and Judge Steve C. Grif
fith of Newberry, and a number
of nephews and nieces, including
Mary Jo Griffith, daughter of the
late attorney Joe Griffith. •
COWS LIKE CALCIUM
MRS. ALICE HARIS
PASSES
P. Metts Fant who has been
transfered from the Kendall
Mills in Newberry to another
branch of the Kendall Mills In
Pelzer, and his daughter, Miss
Delora Fant of Greenville, spent
the past weekend here with Mrs.
Fant on Glenn street.
Mrs. Alice Coffman Harris, 80,
widow of the late W. H. Harris,
died Sunday night at the New
berry County Memorial Hospital
after an illness of about a month.
She was born, reared and
spent her early life in Burling
ton, Iowa, and was the daughter
of the late George and Letitia
Ka’ley Coffman. For a num
ber of years she made her home
in Alabama but for the past 26
years she has been a resident of
Newberry County. She was a
member of New Chapel Methodist
church.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the
McSwain Funeral Home with
Rev. R. L. Hall and Rev. G. R.
Pettigrew conducting the ser
vice. Interment followed in
Rosemont Cemetery.
She is survived by one son, P.
T. Harris of Silverstreet; one
granddaughter; and several
nieces and nephews.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1—The
use of granite dust from Elber-
ton quarries may be applied to
the diet of dairy cattle in South
Carolina and Georgia.
The strange but true story
comes here from the ECA office
in Greece that Greek dairymen
have wondered why their cows
were always licking the white
washed stone walls of a town
called Attica. The answer now
comes from the Greek Depart
ment of Agriculture which ex
plains through Marshall Plan
farm advisors, that the cows
crave calcium, an indispensable
part of a healthy diet /
The prevalence of marble walls
and the easy access therefore
to calcium by licking the walls,
has made a new industry from
granite dust. Experiments show
that the cheapest way to supply
calcium to Greece cattle herds
is a penny's worth of marble
dust as , a daily ration. Three
ounces last two weeks, per cow.
So, we may expect to hear
that the Elberton Chamber of
Commerce will be packaging and
selling granite dust to farmers in
Elbert and surrounding counties
—calcium from the Savannah
Valley quarries.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lovett
and two children, Janabeth and
Charles, of Summerville, spent
the past weekend in the home of
Mrs. Lovett’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. J. Williams on Mayer
Avenue.
GOOD SCORES
RESHMEN MAKING
A record was established at
wherry College this semester
when it was found that a mem
ber of the incoming freshman
class had made exceptional
scores on all the achievement
and placement tests given to
that class. Newberry College
has developed a series of tests
which are given to all incoming
freshmen as a basis for its pro-
Tram of student counselling and
vocational guidance which it is
carrying out as a regular part
of its work. Mr. James H.
Wehle, son of Circuit Judge and
Mrs. Victor O. Wehle of St.
Petersburg, Florida, a member
of the freshman class made not
only exceptional scores on the
psychological and algebra tests
which were given, but, on the
English test, made a score which
has seldom been attained even
by the outstanding juniors and
seniors of our leading educational
institutions. Newberry has had
occasional students who have
made high scores on one test,
but this is believed to be the
first time that an incoming
freshman made such high scores
on all his tests and never be
fore has such a high score been
made on the English test. Mr.
Wehle, along with the other
members of his family, is a
member of Trinity Lutheran
Church of St. Petersburg, Florida,
the Rev. Henry V. Kahlenberg,
pastor.
Other members of the fresh
man class who made high scores
on these tests were: Frankie
Joye of Newberry, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Joye; Pat
rick Dennis of Sumter, son of
Mrs. R. C. Morris; Katherine
Hawkins of Prosperity, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Boyce Hawk
ins; Miriam Shealy of Leesville,
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs.
J. A. Shealy.
action both ethical and equi
table.
By T+d Ytftmg
TRUMAN LETTER ON
MARINES SOLD AT
CHICAGO FOR $2,500
CHICAGO, Oct. 1—Rep. Gordon
McDonough (R) Calif.) announc
ed tonight that he had sold Presi
dent Truman’s letter chiding the
Marine Corps to a Chicago in
surance executive for $2,600.
The purchaser was Harry F.
Frazier, president of Yrazier
Associates.
The 62-year old Frazier said
that he is not a “collector” and
the the President’s letter to Rep.
McDonough, for which tlfe Presi
dent later apologized, was the-
first such item he had ever pur
chased.
Frazier said he bought the
letter because he believes it “has
historic value.”
If a prize were offered to the
animal responsible for the most
nocturnal jitters suffered by
tourists to the high country of
the West, it would not go the the
cougar or bear but to the west
ern wood rat, more commonly
known as the pack or trade rat.
It isn’t hard to understand
why they make people jittery.
A few pack r^ts making whoopee
can cause persons with fertile
imaginations to expect the worst.
They need not worry, provided
they haven’t left any valuable
trinkets lying around in un
screened quarters. The pack
rats won’t gnaw in; and if they
did they wouldn’t harm anyone.
The often-heard but seldom-
seen rodent has none of the
repulsive characteristics of the
common rat, according to West
erner L. S. Ballard. Its body la
chunkier, its eyes and ears are
Irage, and its tail is furred al
most like a squirrel’s. Its coat is
yellow-gray on the upper parts;
the belly, feet and underside of
the tail are almost white. Large
male specimens measure almost
20 inches from nose to tail tip.
If it were not for the musky
odor the animal emits when ex
cited, along with its very messy
personal habits, it might be tol
erated if only to see what un
usual prank it would think of
next
The pack rat’s idea of a good
time seems to be a combina
tion of hide-and-seek and trying
to mpve some unmanageable ob
ject from here to there. Just
why he will push and tug most
of the night at some object ser-
eral times his own size merely
to add it to a heap of equally
useless plunder that will not be
used as a nest or anything else,
is a question that probably even
the rat cannot answer.
No article that has any metal
lic glitter Is immune to pack
rat thievery. The hoarded
trinkets will range in endless
variety from bits of glass, china
and bottle caps to keys, hshlng
lures, empty cartridges and even
loaded ammunition. If he can
manage to transport it to his
huge nest of twigs, pine needles
and other trash, he appropriates
it.
But he does not steal it. He
trades back something in re
turn. The fact that what he
trades back is something he did
not care for anyway doesn’t con
cern him. He returned some
thing for what he took. To a
pack rat, that makes the trans-
BIRTH OF A DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Har-
moh (Dorothy Ross), are receiv
ing congratulations upon the ar
rival of an eight pound two ounce
daughter, Nancy Elizabeth, in the
Newberry Memorial Hospital on
Monday, October 2nd.
The Harmons have another
child, a son, Kenneth, who cele
brated his third birthday recent
ly.
Mrs. Harmon and baby are
doing nicely and expect to re
turn to their home on Cornelia
street this weekend.
Miss Elizabeth Pendergrasd
and mother, Mrs. Harriett Pend
ergrass, of Gainsville. Ga., were
weekend visitors in the home of
Mrs. J. H. West on Calhoun
street.
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