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VOL. 14—NO. 21 BOYS ABE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER I^ast week i stalled tHliiie you about our blacksmith there at the toot of the hill below our house. He was the most indis pensable man in the Fork. lie could fix anything. When a rocking chair started squeaking, he could piit an iron rod through it on each side and it never squeaked again. 1 still see those chairs when i me.^s around down home. Similar ones not fixed by him have long ago gone the usual way ot chairs. We .had an old cal acting fun ny that we thought was mad. My brother shot her with his handsome muz/.ler loader that w r as handed down from a great uncle. He didn't quite kill her, and in his hurry to finish her off with the butt of it. he hit too hard and snapped the stock oti at the small part On: black smith fixed it with imbedded brass that looked like an orna- Bu ent. I just wish that talented man could have had the tools of today. No telling what he would have done. He did the most intricate jobs with nothing but his hand implements and forge. And the coal he used as fuel to heat his metal was homemade charcoal he burned at the kiln down in our pasture. I liked specially to see him shot' horses. Sometimes there was a mean one and it was something to see him wrastle with it. Once he got a hind foot sunk in his groin, he could handle any of ’em. It was some nifty work with a hammer when he < ut tne shoe off to fit the foot and then bent the ends back a bit for cleats so the horse wouldn't slip. Once I was there watching him. I had been sitting on the edge of his homemade furnace that was covered with clay. 1 wanted to go on out and watch him nail the shoes on. As I jumped down I didn’t notice that red-hot piece of metal he had just cut olf siz zling there in the dry black dust. But, boy, when my tough foot struck that hot metal it wasn’t long burning through the cal loused sole and hitting the quick. I let up a yell and ran for for the ditch, where I soused it in the water. Yes, many memories linger around the village blacksmith, whose shop nestled under the big chinaberries there at the foot ot the hill. Welfare Dept. Slates Exams To Fill Jobs Mr. Joe B. ('onnelly. Chairman of the Newberry County Board ot Public Welfare announces that ex aminations for the positions of clerk-typist, junior stenographer, and senior stenographer with the state and county departments of public welfare will be held on November 3, 1951. Centers for holding the examinations will de pend upon the number of appli cants in the various sections of the state. Applications to take the examinations should be filed with the welfare department’s merit system supervisor not later than October 20th. Appointments to fill these po sitions are made at the entrance salaries which are $150 for clerk- typist, $156 for junior stenograph er, and $174 for senior steno grapher. There are regular sal ary increases in each of these jobs following certain periods of satisfactory work. Full information concerning the positions and application blanks may be obtained from the Merit System Supervisor, State Depart- meiit of Public Welfare. 219 Ed ucation Building, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. Boozer Infant Rites Conducted Monday Marion Lee Boozer, infant son of J. L. Boozer, Jr., and Onie Shealy Boozer, died early Sun day morning at the Columbia Hos pital. Besides his parents he is sur vived by his paternal grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Boozer, Sr.; his maternal grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon F. Shealy; three great - grandparents, Mrs. Claudia Harmon, Mrs. Mary Boozer and S. L. Shealy; and a number of uncles and aunts and great-uncles and aunts. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Whitaker Funeral Home Monday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock by the Rev. Joseph E. Walker. Interment followed in Rosemont cemetery. Pallbearers w ere Emerson Jones, Pete Driggers, Ray Skenes -and James D. Perry. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1951 + |1.60 PER YEAR Lollis, Wicker Guilty In Manslaughter Case Richardson Trial Being Held Over For Later Hearing The cast of the State against .John liorhcii Lollis and Jewell Wi< kei came to a conclusion last Friday morning when the jury roturnod a verdict of “guilty of manslaughter.” The men were entenced by Judge .1, B. Pruitt of Anderson to seven years in the state penitentiary. The decision of the court came alter three days of testimony by witnesses for the State and de- iVndant. Seby Richardson, a third man indicted along with Wicker and Lollis was not tried at last week’s term of General Sessions court. His plea will be heard at a later crminal ses sion. The three men were charged with the death of John A Liv ingston. whose mangled body was tound May tl on the tracks of the Southern railroad near a trestle a few miles from Prosper- City Tax Bills Out This Week The 1951 City tax notices were put in the mail Wednes day of this week. The City levy remains the same, 39 mills, and taxes are due on October 1, 1951. A 1% discount will be al lowed if taxes are paid on or before October 31, 1951. Be ginning January 1, 1952, a 2% penalty will be added to ail unpaid taxes; A 5% on February 1, and on March 1, a 10% penalty will be added to all unpaid 1951 taxes. Methodist Circles Meet Monday, 1st Circles of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of Central Methodist church will meet on Monday, October 1st as follows: Unique Experiment PROVO, UTAH—One of the first children to "participate in the unique medical experiment which started in Provo was Mary Anne Robbins, 4, shown with her mother, Mrs. Claude Robbins^ and Dr. William M Hammon, director of the mass anti-polio tests, \iary Anne has a sister and brother stricken with the disease in the current epidemic in Utah County. ity. A full courtroom heai d testi mony during the trial, most of which was based on facts un covered by Sheriff Tom Fellers nnd deputies of his force. The live-day court session end ed following tire verdict and sentencing of Lollis and Wicker. Rev. Oldsen Is Lutheran Hour Speaker Sunday CHICAGO, September 27—The Reverend Annin C. Oldsen, suc cessor to late Dr. Walter A. Mdier as speaker on the inter national Lutheran Hour, w r ill make his initial address on the world's most wide-spread broad- rast Sunday over the Mutual net work. Reverend Oldsen, former pro fessor of religion at Valparaiso (Indiana) Fniversity, will open the nineteenth season of Lutheran Hour broadcasting with a gigantic rally in the Chicago Stadium Sun day afternoon. Speaking from Mutual’s studios here Reverend Oldsen will relate his first reactions to his assign ment to one of the most impor tant preaching posts in the world today. Pastor, pulpit orator, personal counsellor, and author. Reverend Oldsen will draw on a wealth of personal experiences in prepar ing his weekly radio addresses. Each broadcast will also include a brief special message, usually addressed to the audience as in dividuals. In his first address “A Mes sage from God,” Reverend Oldsen will say, “I’d like to nail it (the text from Judges 3-20) to the masthead of our program and let it float like an excited banner over all the clouds of uncertainty that surround us and above any storm that may sw^eep over us out of the future: ‘‘Friend of mine, 1 have a message from God for you.’ ” Developing his theme, Reverend Oldsen will tell his international audience that God’s message “tells of man’s destiny: The gift of God in Christ is life eternal.” Choral music for the broadcast Sunday will be supplied by the chorous of Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, Illinois. The Lutheran Hour, sponsored by the Lutheran Laymen’s League, is currently broadcast over 1,034 stations in 52 countries in 36 languages. CART. BOUKNIGHT BEING TRANSFERED Capt. Ray Bouknight, a mem ber of the paratroopers, is being transfered from Fort Campbell, Ky., to Fort Myers, Del. He is expected to spend the weekend here with his mother, Mrs. Ernest Bouknight on Drayton street en- route to Fort Myers where he will have to report on Monday, October 1st. Circle No. 1 Mrs. I*. B. Ezell, h o’clock, 21e9 Brown street. Circle No. 2—Mrs. John W. Waldrop. 1 o’clock, 1226 Walnut street. Circle No. 3 Mrs. Steve C. Griffith, 4 o’clock, Johnstone St. Circle No. 4 Mrs. T. A. Gall- man, Jr., 6 o'clock, Mrs. Burns Associate hostess Circle No. 5 Mrs. Guy Whitner, Jr.. 4 o'clock, E. Wells Park Drive. Circle No. 6 Mrs. D. L. Beach- urn, t S o'clock, Mrs inabinet As sociate hostess. Circle No. 7 (Louise Best) Mrs. G. K. Dominick. 4 o’clock, 1517 Johnstone street. Farm Women Of Piedmont Meet In Anderson The Piedmont District Council of Farm Women will hold its annual meeting at the Recreation Center in Anderson, Saturday, October 6 with Anderson County Council of Farm Women as hos tess. Registration will begin at 10:00 A. M. and the program at 10:30. The District Director, Mrs. Robert C. Wasson from Laurens will preside. The theme' of the' meeting is “Strengthening Family Life.” Dr. A. F. Tibbs. Dean Furman Uni versity, Greenville will be the i guest speaker. ( The presidents of the fifteen county councils in flu- Piedmont District, will present plans for their program of work for 1951-52. Among those participating wall be Mrs. Raymond Nichols ot New berry. This discussion will he led by Mrs. J. W. Tinsley. Laurens. Special Music will he furnished | by the district chorus which is I composed of two representatives from each county chorus. Mrs. B. (). Long from Newberry will be accompanist and Mrs. Harold Wallace, leader. Others on the program will be Miss Juanita H. Neely, State Home Demonstration Agent; Miss Jane Ketchen, Assistant State Home Demonstration Agent. Mayor William (’. Johnston., Anderson; Mrs. Gordon Blackwell, President of State Council of Farm Women; and Mr. Samuel B. Moyle, Colum bia. Farm Women Aid 4-H Camp Work The Newberry County Council of Farm Women have chosen as their project for the year to help Newberry County 4-H members raise their quota of a $1000 for the State wide 4-H Camp Im provement Campaign. This will he done through the promotion of a Birthday Calendar sponsored by the County Council of Farm Women, says Mrs. Raymond Nichols, president. This camp improvement cam paign is being conducted all over the State to help improve and modernize facilities at Camp Long m ar Aiken, and Camp Bob Coo- per near Manning. These camps have been desig ned especially for 4-H club mem bers. Every member in the state lias an opportunity to attend one week during the summer months with their respective counties. While there they learn to play and work together. Some of the things they do include food pres ervation. tractor maintance, food production, nutrition, nature, study home lighting, use of fire arms, swimming, arts and crafts, square dancing and many other things. The camp fee is small, it does not provide for repairs and im provements. •Ninety-seven girls and seventy- six boys attended Camp Bob Coo per this summer from Newberry county. Calvin Crozier Chapt. Will Meet Tuesday The Calvin Crozier Chapter, U. D. C. will meet Tuesday, Octo ber 2. at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Thompson Price, 1934 Nance street. Mrs. R. II. Wright will be the associate hostess. Mrs. A. T. Neely, Pres. Mrs S. A. Meek, Secretary UNDERGOES SURGERY Mrs. Erin Taylor who under went a major operation in the Columbia 'Hospital on Friday, Sep tember 14th is now recuperating nicely at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. B. T. Gibson in Prosper ity. 357 Enrolled At Newberry Newberry College opened its ninety-fifth session, September 14th, with an enrollment to date of 357 students according to Mr. James C. Abrams, Registrar. In the senior class 56 students of which 46 are men and 10 are wo men have registered; the junior class totals 78 with 52 men and 18 women; the sophomore class totals 97 with 78 men and 19 women; the freshman class totals 96, with 78 men and 18 women; in the Business Department 30 have enrolled with 22 women and 8 n|en; and, the specials number 8, fpur women and four men. Lutherans top the list of de- noniinations with 153; the Metho dists have 79; the Baptists 77; the Presbyterians 15. Other de nominations represented in the student Oody are as follows: Cath olics, Episcopalians, A. R. P., Pentecostal Holiness. J e w i s h, Church of God, Wesleyan Metho dist, Christian Church, and three students stated no church prefer ence. V.F.W. Auxiliary Plans Bingo Game The V. F. W. Auxiliary will sponsor a bingo party Friday night, September 28, at 7:30 P.M. at the V. F. W. Hut. A door prize will be given away in addition to other prizes. The public is cordially invited. Refreshments will be sold. Come out and en joy an evening of Bingo with your friends. KATHRYN ALICE RAGLAND Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Rag land announce the arrival of a daughter, Kathryn Alice, born in the Newberry Memorial Hospital on Thursday, September 20th, The Raglands (Jane Summer) have two sons, Charles five and Harry three. LOST—2 Folding screens covered with flowered cretonne. Lost between Whitmire and Newberry. Reward. Notify Mrs. P. M. Fant. Phone 339. 21-ltc making their home in Apartment D-3 at Carol Courts on College Ward 1 Ward 4 Ward 5 street. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Shope have Martin Warren Layton Parrott Kinard Ouzts moved to apartment 39-J on Vin Ward 1 98 • 73 99 70 91 78 cent street. Ward 2 123 45 121 47 110 55 Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Nelson Ward 3 No. 1 35 5 34 6 24 15 are residing at 1446 Calhoun Ward 3 No. 2 77 99 52 125 55 121 street in the house formerly oc Ward 4 No. 1 49 18 46 23 41 25 cupied by the Berley Fretwells. Ward 5 144 228 275 104 299 78 Mr. and Mrs. Gerome Daily are now residing in Apartment 29-H Ward 6 134 41 106 69 83 92 on Vincent street. TOTALS 753 567 860 472 807 509 TH-EY LIVE HERE NOW Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Keegan are Tabulation In Tuesday’s Balloting U. S. Delegation For The Japanese Peace Treaty SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.—The United States Delegation to the Conference for ythe Jap anese Peace Treaty met prior to a session and posed for this picture. Shown left to right: Sen. Bourse Hickenlooper, Sen. H. A. Smith, John Foster Dulles,, Dean Rusk, Dean Acheson, Sen. Alexander j Wiley, Sen. John J. Sparkman, Rep. James P. Richards, and Earl J. Johnson. Martin New Alderman; All Others Returned Men Ordered For Induction To Armed Force Local Board No. 36 announces that the following men have re ceived orders to report lor Induc tion into the Armed Forces on October 16, 1951: Ibra Derrick, Prosperity, S. C.; Maxie Thomas Graham, Newberry, S. C.; Elton Hartman Epting, Prosperity, S. C.; Hawkins Bedenbaugh, Kinards, S. C.; John Albert Bush, Prosper ity, S. C.; and Anold Johnny Carver, Newberry, S. C. Pre-Induction call for October 35 men to report for examination on October 26. Local Board is trying to locate i the following men: Arthur Kin- ard, RED 1, Silverstreet, James Willie Kinard. 1214 Vincent street, Newberry, James Russell Davenport, Jamaica, N. Y., (All Negroes); and William Clarence Burton, Gen. Del., Kinards. Anyone knowing where these men are, please notify Local Board No. 36, located in the Coun ty Court House, or call 1016. Roy Anderson Gets Captaincy In Korea 1st Lieut. W. Roy Anderson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, Mayer Avenue, has been promoted to the rank of captain in Korea, where he has been on the firing line continous- ly for the past several months, with the exception of the first week in September when ht spent a week’s leave with his wife (Mabel Summer) in Japan. Captain Anderson, a member of a French Batallion, was recently awarded the Croix-de-Guerre, the French Medal, for bravery in action. Captain Anderson has been stationed in the Pacific for the past two and one-half years. New Member George W. Martin, new mem ber named to City Council in Tuesday’s Primary election. Mr. Martin defeated Nathan B. War ren for the Ward 1 aldermanic post. ^ Tax Book Opening Delayed By Changes In Districts, Levy Since the consolidation of School Districts on July 1st, 1951, and the Special School District levy elections on August 14, 1951, we have worked overtime in an effort to make up new Tax Books for the entire County. Despite our efforts, we will not be able to open the Tax Books for Pomaria No. 5 and Little Mountain No. 6 until October 10, 1951. However, the books for the remainder of the County will be opened on October 1st. as usual. We sin cerely hope that the taxpayers of School Districts 5 and 6 will not be inconvenienced by this un avoidable delay, and we shall greatly appreciate t their coopera tion. P. N. Abrams, County Auditor J. Ray Dawkins, County Trea. Vote Shows City Manager Plan Popular Slightly more than 1300 of Newberry’s nearly 4000 registered voters went to the polls Tuesday to nominate aldermen for three of the city’s awards. In two of these the incumbents were return ed to office and in the third a new man, George Martin, was nominated to a seat in council from Ward 1. He defeated Nathan Warren, an ex-policeman by a vote of 756 to 667. Ernest Layton, seeking his third ternvon council was return ed to office over his opponent Pete Parrott by a vote of 860 to 472. Mr. Layton’s lead was the largest in the three races. Cecil E. Kinard retained his seat for a fourth consecutive term when he defeated Jesse Ouzts by a vote of 807 to 509. The only oddity produced by the election was the vote in Ward 1 where it seems the voters were determined to give all a fair share of the ballots. In no other ward did any candidate share the votes as equally as in this ward. In the three races the vote was 98-73, 99-70 and 91- 78. Mayor James E. Wiseman was nominated for another two years without opposition and the lack of opposition plus the results of the primary would indicate an endorsement of the City Manage ment plan here, as this element entered Into the primary to some extent at the last moment. C. A. Dufford from Ward 2, J. Lee Boozer from Ward 6 and Forrest Dickert from Ward 3 were all nominated without op position. Tabulation of the vote by wards will be found elsewhere in this issue. , Mrs. Margaret Jordan Niece Of J. L. Feagle Rites Held Monday UTILE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW Mrs. J. N. McCaughrin will leave in a few days for Roslyn, N. Y., to spend several months with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Killingsworth and family. Sgt. and Mrs. R. F. Sanders of Hunter Air Base, Savannah, Ga., spent the weekend with Mrs. Sanders parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Armfield at Gildercrest. Miss Betty Jo Counts, a mem ber of the Savannah, Ga., city schools faculty, spent the p^st weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Counts on Evans street. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lyon and two children, “Butch” and Jan, of Laurens visited in the home of Mrs. Lyon’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Armfield at the Carol Courts Apartment on College street, Saturday. Mrs. Dan Hamm of Prosperity was a busines visitor in Newber ry last Thursday. Mrs. W. L. Gresham of Joanna spent last Friday in the city on business. Mrs. A. B. Craig of Columbia, spent last Friday with her sis ter, Mrs. George L. Epps, Sr. Mrs. Paul Perry of Prosperity was a .visitor in Newberry last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lovett and son, Charles of Sumerville, were weekend visitors in the home of Mrs. Lovett’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Williams on Mayer Avenue. 9 Mrs. Mary Hentz Britton of Po maria and Miss Frances Hentz a member of the Wagner school faculty, were business visitors in the city Saturday. Mrs. Cecil Berely of Pomaria spent Monday in Newberry on business. Mrs. W. H. Lominick of Po maria was a Tuesday business visitor in the city. Sgt. and Mrs. Tommy Setzler returned to Geneva, N. Y. Monday after spending a 20 day furlough with Sergeant Setzler’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Setzler on College street and with Mrs. Setzler’s mother, Mrs. Gordon Leslie on Friend street. Sergeant Setzler is stationed at Sampson Air Base in New York. Mrs. O. L. Hill of Charlotte, N. C., spent last week in the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Setzler and other relatives on College street. The friends of Jack Bowers will be sorry to learn that he is confined to his home on Mc Caughrin Avenue. Mr. Bowers has been away from his office for the past three weeks, one week of which he was a patient in the Newberry Memorial Hos pital, undergoing treatment. Fulmer Wells and Hal Kohn, Jr., will return to Newberry this weekend after a two week’s tour of New York and the New Eng land states. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hamm and three children, Jimmy, Janice and Martha Joyce, of Charlotte, N. C., were Sunday visitors in the home of Mr. Hamm’s mother, Mrs. D. L. Hamm and family at Silverstreet. Arthur Eargle, Supt. of the ninth school district in Aiken county, with Mrs. Eargle, spent the weekend at their home hero- on Summer street. The Eargles reside in Windsor during the school year. Isadore Schissell left last Wednesday for New York, to visit relatives until the first of Octo ber when he will return to his home on E. Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wicker, Jr. and daughter, Susie, have return ed to their home in Oak Ridge, Tenn., after a weeks visit here with Mr. Wicker’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Wicker on Lang ford street, and with Mrs. Wick er’s relatives in Columbia and Sumter. Miss Drucie Connelly At Columbia College Drucie Connelly was among the members of the Freshmen Class who recently registered at Co lumbia College for the fall ses sion. Along with other students, rep resenting practically every sec tion of South Carolina add sev eral out-of-state localities. Miss Connelly arrived at Co lumbia on Monday, September 10 and began a complete orientation week program. Included among the activities for the week were placement tests, assemblies, stu dent-faculty advisers meetings, addresses, parties given by Wes ley Foundation, Student Council, Student Christian Association, informal teas, and a formal re ception in the college parlors. Miss Connelly is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Connelly of Prosperity, S. C. iviio. ivj <xl gai tit r eagle jorimu 46, wife of Sloan D. Jordan, die<3 Thursday after a short illness ai her home in Westfield, N. J. She was the daughter of Franl Leonard Feagle and the late Mrs Nellie McFall Feagle. In earlj chilhood the deceased made hei home with her grandparents, th< late Mr. and Mrs. John N. Feagle of Little Mountain, and spent hei girlhood in Atlanta, Ga., unti her marriage to Sloan D. Jordan For the past 10 years she had re sided in Westfield, New Jersey. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter, 10-year old Nancy Jordan; her father an< step-mother and a number of rel atives in Newberry county. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday at 11 a.m. at the hom< of her uncle, J. L. Feagle, oi Boundary street In Newberry. In terment followed in Rosemon * 1 cemetery. Serving as active pallbearen were Dr. J. Claude Sease, Net Purcell, Joe Keitt, John T. Nor ris, Jr., Thos. H. Pope and O M. Cobb. RETURNS TO WISEMAN HOTEL Mrs. Lucia C. Smith, who ht been a patient In the Newben Memorial Hospital for the pat ten days undergoing treatment, r turned to the Wiseman Hotc Thursday, where she makes ht home. DRAYTON RUTHERFORD TO MEET WITH MISS SUMMER The Drayton Rutherford Cha] ter of the U. D. C. will met Tuesday afternoon, October 2n at 4 o’clock at the home of Mlc Grace Summer on Caldwell stree with Mrs. Frank Lominaek, Si associate hostess. All membei are urged to attend. BIRTHDAYS Julian A. Price, Sept. 29; Mi Fannie McCaughrin and Patrlc Welling, daughter of Dr. and Mr Arthur Welling, Sept. 30; D James C. Kinard, Mrs. Chev I. Boozer, Walter Summer, I Reeder Brooks and Mrs. Mau< G. Ross, Oct. 1; Ralph B. Bake Miss Gertrude Smith, Euger Stockman and Mrs. W. L. (Derrl Smith Beat,) Oct. 2; 8. A. W Hams, J. C. Harman and Jamt Clamp, Oct. 3; Mrs. R. H. Wrigh Miss Josie Reid, Eva Jane Prlc daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jamt Price, and Mrs. R. D. Wright, Oc 4; Elizabeth Gibson Summe daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Rc Summer, Jr., Herbert Lee Gl Ham and Mrs. Ed Thomas, Oc 5th. jMfymHBHSMSB