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* ! / — WBIWPW* •w — VOL. 14—NO. 23 Kinard Tells Council To Quit Unless Given Support L By Manager Says Blackwell JNot Cooperating in Improvements City Council met in a lengthy session Wednesday evening in the City Hall. The regular month ly meeting, usualiy held on Tues day was postponed because ol the dinner tor the oflicials ot the Kendall company attending the two-day open house and the newly enlarged and modernized Oakland plant. Attending Wednesdays session besides the regular members ot city council, City Attorney Saint- Amand and City Manager Kd Blackwell, was George Martin, recently-named alderman Iroin Ward 1, who will take office January first. The city entered into an agree ment with Mrs. Cannon G. Blease and Mrs. Colie Blease Baker to rent the lot at the corner of College and Boundary streets for $20 per month, property to be used by the city for free parking. J. E. Britt, manager of New berry Mills reQuested that the city take over Willowbrook park. This request was accepted pro vided that the churches of the West End community form a committee to operate the park. The city agreed to maintain the property. A letter from Dr. James C. Kinard was read, thanking the city for contributing $40 monthly toward the salary of night watch man at the college. A letter was read from the Office of Price Stabilization, ask ing the mayor to appoint a com mittee to help in the enforcement of price regulations in Newberry. No action was taken at the session. The Business and Profesional Womens club favored lighting of the town-owned tennis courts on Chapman street in a * letter to council. They also expressed re gret that the club would not be able to furnish and equip the colored rest room being built on Friend street. BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER The first white frost was the signal for setting our rabbit boxes when we were kids. By that time the “wolves” that often infested them were out of their backs, and they had grown fat on mature fall forage. It was both busines and plea sure with us. W e practically furnished the, winter meat supply that way. And each morning brought a new adventure, as we rode bareback across hill and vale to the dozen scattered boxes we set. My brother was the early riser. While it was still dark, he got up. And he would call me. If it wasn’t too cold, I joined him. As we were catching out the horses, the faint glow usually started in the east. But the horses knew our paths so well that light guidance were hardly needed. The best place to set the boxes was where we found fresh gnaws on the rail fences. The rabbits would gnaw the sharp edges off where their paths went through. And a fresh one meant action. After it became weather beaten and unused, we would then move the box to a fresh one. One morning we were a little early, and arrived at the first box while it was still dark. My brother struck a match and saw that the setter was down, so he dismounted, set the box on end, opened the door, and rammed his han<^ down into it to get the rabbit. He as quickly jerked his hand out v an exlained, “It’s a ’possum, I felt his tail!” We got quite excited when we thought of what might have happened if the thing’s head had been towards the door instead of its tail. After that he never reached in until he had struck a match to be sure. A ’possum in a box was a very rare catch. We did it only a time or two more. But rabbits were common catches. We averaged at least one a mo rning. Mayor Wiseman was given authority by council to sign a con tract with Duke Power Company lor a greater amount of electric current to fill the needs of the community. Iniormation was received from the office of Petroleum admini strator relative to the proposed gas line for Newberry. The re quest was turned dowu due to the lack of steel necessary for pipeline construction. The Federal Power commission has already approved an allotment of natural gas for the city, and when mater ials are available for the pipe line the city is assured of the gas supply. Council asked city manager to look into improving and sur face treating several streets in the city. They are: Mayer Ave. from Hunt St. to city limits, Speer St. iroin Nance to Moon; and Shelly St. from Fair to Pope St. Also an estimate for necessary storm drainage ditch extending North and South on Cromer street. A letter from McCaughrin park and playground requesting $15u for equipment and repairs was read. Council approved this ex penditure. Ted McDowell, alderman from Ward 1 asked the council to take from the city manager the power of hiring the department heads ot the city. At present, these em ployees are chosen by the ctiy manager with the approval of city council. Departments that would be affected are Police chief, clerk and treasurer, fire chief, Utilities supervisor and super visor of street and garbage de partment. When the motion came to a vote, Mr. McDowell and Alderman Cecil Kinard were the only men supporting the move. Forrest Dickert abstained. Con sequently, the city manager will still have authority to select men to run the departments. Alderman Kinard complained that he was not getting the full cooperation of City Manager Blackwell. He said that he had asked for many improvements prior to the election which have not been done by Mr. Blackwell. He said that he had Newberry mills permission to construct a road next to Singley’a store on Crosson street, alledging that this road was needed for collec tion of garbage from P homes. These homes are now being .ser viced from another alley. An in spection showed that only two houses would be served by the opening of another alley, and that refuse from these houses is being taken care of by the street department. Mr. Blackwell said it is not a policy of the city to take over property and make improve ments. He declared that if the mill wanted to build a road there to meet the city’s specifications, then the city would take the property and keep it up. However, the mill management has not agreed to deed the property to the city. They want to reserve the right to take back the pro perty at any time they choose. Alderman Kinard stated at Wednesday’s meeting that if he did not get better cooperation from the city manager that he would resign his post. Mr. Black- well replied that “You can get any service that you want over there, provided that it is a policy of the city to give these services to all the people in New r - berry, and council sets the policies.” He told Mr. Kinard further that he “need not request me to render any service where by it would require an expendi ture of the people’s money to gain you any political prestigq because I will not have it done.” Mr. Blackwell explained that Mr. Kinard had asked him to make improvements to private property before election, and no action had been made by him, he assumed that Alderman Kinard was referring to this when Mr. Kinard said that he was not get ting the full cooperation of Mr. Blackwell. FOR RENT — 3-room apartment 1004 Boundary St., wired for electric stove. See H. T. Rushing. 23-2tp. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1951 + $1.50 PER YEAR KENDALL OFFICIALS ATTENDING OPEN HOUSE 5,000 Visitors View Processing Of Cotton At New, Modern Plant Joe Roberts, vice president of the Newberry County bank, and A. W. Murray, president of the bank, receive cheesecloth souvenirs from Mrs. D. O. Carpenter at Oakland open house held here Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Carpenter is the wife of Mill Manager D. O. Carpenter. (Photo by Manuel Rogers, courtesy of The Greenville News.) Order Seedlings Early Is Advice Of Middleswart Landowners in the Newberry District who are interested in planting pine seedlings during the coming planting season should get their orders in immediately, ac cording to E. E. Middleswart, Dis triet Forester of Newberry. The supply of seedlings was greatly reduced this year due to dry weather conditions. A rush ol orders up to this time has prac tically exhausted the supply of seedlings. Only a few loblolly seedlings are available at this time. This supply will run out within the next few weeks. Beef Cattle Men To Meet Thursday T. B. Amis, president of the Newberry County Beef Cattle As sociation announced Thursday that the quarterly meeting of the association will be held Monday night, October 15th at the home of Mrs. Sara Wallace, 721 Cald well street. A new film on the control of Bangs disease will be shown and other items of interest will be discussed. A dutch supper will be served. Those interested in beef cattle production and who wish plate reservations are asked to contact T. B. Amis, president, phone 397 or W. A. Ridgeway, secretary, phone 248 or 710-J. 4-H Officers Elected At Meeting Tuesday The Girl’s Senior 4-H Club held its first meeting in the Pomaria auditorium on Tuesday, October 2, for the purpose of electing of ficers for the year 1951-52. The following officers were elected as Miss Margie Davis, our Home Demonstration agent, acted as chairman: President, Carolyn Crooks; Vice- president, Nora Kathryn Kinard; Secretary-Treasurer, Sylvia Shell; Song Deader, Diane Boland; Local Leader, Mrs. G. S. Dqminick; and Reporter, Mary Sease Ruff and Eleanor Potts. * Later we had a joint meeting of the boys and girls and discussed the selling of Birthday Calen dars to help raise money for the 4-H camp fund. Reporters—Mary Sease Ruff, and Eleanor Potts. Robert Swygert New Cafeteria Manager At Newberry College Robert L. Swygert, a sopho more and preministerial student of the college is the new cafeteria manager at Newberry college. Mr. Swygert is a native of Leesville. There he is a member of Cedar Grove Lutheran Church, and was a member of the church council until his departure for Newberry college to study for the ministry. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After his boot training, he entered the Commissary depart ment, where he received ex perience in this line. , $2,000 In Premiums Offered At County Fair To Begin 29th State Farm Head To Speak Friday At Dinner Meet Over 100 farmers and farm friends will gather tonight (Fri day) at the Newberry community hall to hear State Farm Bureau President A. G. Agnew. The dinner meeting w'ill be in preparation for the statewide membership drive of the farm bureau which will get under way Tuesday, October 16. Prosperity Juniors Plan Chicken ’Cue The Junior class of Prosperity High School is sponsoring a chicken barbecue on Friday, Oct. 12. Serving will begin at 5:30 in the lunch room. The supper will be cooked by K. R. Koon. Plates are 75c and $1.25. The Newberry County Fair, to be held the week of October 29 to November 3, is expected to be one of the best in the history of the county. It is under the management of the Newberry Post 24 of the American Legion w r ith Frank Sutton as manager. Many exhibits are being plan ned in every department. The cattle judging contests are ex pected to attract a large number of exhibitors with some of the county’s best cattle on display. There will be a large poultry de partment. Over two thousand dollars is being offered in premiums to ex hibitors. The highest award being $100 for the best community booth. Attractive prizes are al so being offered for home dem onstration clubs, as well as in every department throughout the fair. On the program, Monday is de signated as opening day, Tuesday as American Legion Day, Wednes day as white school day with all white school children being admit ted free to the grounds up until 6 p.m., Thursday will be colored day with colored school children being admitted free to the grounds until 6 p.m. Friday is auto day when a deluxe Chevro let will be given away, Saturday will be the grand finale with a large fireworks display that night. Farm Experts Needed By Agriculture Dept. The U. S. Civil Service com mission has announced a new ex amination for Junior Agricultural Assistant, which includes about twenty options, such as agrono mist, animal husbandman, poul try husbandman, soil scientist, etc. These positions are in the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Interior in Washington, D. C. and throughout the United States. The begin ning salary is $3100 per year. Applicants must pass a written test, and must have completed a 4-year college course in the optional field for which they apply. A combination of col lege study and experience will be accepted. Students who expect to complete their courses by June 30, 1952 may apply. At Mobile Engineer District there is position open for Power house Operator, Grade 12. Person nel is needed to assist in the national emergency. For announcements giving further details call at local post office. County Farm Women Conduct Fall Meeting At New Hope School The Newberry County Coun cil of Farm Women will hold their Fall Council Meeting, Wednesday, October 17th at 2:30 p.m. at New Hope Zion School, according to an an nouncement by the Publicity Chairman, Mrs. T. P. Crooks. A very interesting program has been planned. Mrs. Ray mond Nichols, president will preside. Miss Will Lou Gray, head of the Opportunity School at Columbia will be guest speaker. Mrs. Gordon Blackwell, Pres ident of the State Council of Farm Women will give a report on the national meeting. Al: county council members are urged to attend. More than 5,000 men, women and children flocked to Oak land Mill during the two-day open house Tuesday and Wednesday. The open house was the climax to a program of enlargement and modernaztion at a cost of over $4,000,- 000, in which the productive capacity of Oakland was doubled. Pfc. J. W. Motes Gets Combat Badge In Korean Action Pfc. James W. Motes, Route 3, Newberry, recently was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for excellent performance of duty in combat with the 7th Infantry Division In Korea. The badge, a symbol of the front line fighting man, dis-. tinguishes the combat soldier from rear area and service troops. It consists of a minieture replica- of a Revolutionary War flint lock rifle mounted on a blue back ground and superimposed on a wreath. Motes is serving as an assistant gunner with the 7th Infantry Di vision’s Headquarters 32nd In fantry Regiment. He attended Bush River High School before entering the Army in January 1951. Mrs. Mamie Jones Mrs. Mamie Johnston Jones, 73, passed aw^ay Sunday night at the New r berry County Me morial Hospital after an illness of three months. Mrs. Jones was born and rear ed in Sumter and was the daugh ter of the late Johnnie and Mrs. Adelaide Wingate Jones. She had made her home in Newberry most of her life and was a de voted and faithful member of E p t i n g Memorial Methodist church. Her husband, Frank Hampton Jones, preceeded her to the grave several years ago. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from Epting Memorial Methodist church with Rev. C. W. Brockwell, Rev. J. E. Walker and Rev. Y. Z. Gordy conducting the service. In terment followed in Rosemont cemetery She is survived by the follow ing children: Dwight W. Jones, Wilbur K. Jones, Mrs. A. N. Gregory, Jr., al of Nejvberry, Mrs. George Egan, Long Branch, N. J., and Mrs. J. L. Newlin, Gadsden, Ala. Ten grandchildren, one niece and one nephew survives. Several top officials of the Kendall company attending the open house at Oakland Tuesday and dinner at the community hall Tuesday evening are shown above. They are, (left to right) J. A. Lunn of Boston, vice president and director of manufacturing; H. K. Hallett of Charlotte, vice president of the Kendall company and general manager of the cotton mills division; D. O. Carpenter, mana ger of Oakland; H. P. Kendall, chairman of the board of the Kendall company; and R. R. Higgins, president of the Kendall company. (Photo by Manuel Rogers, courtesy of The Greenville News.) The old plant, including ma chinery, was completely renovat ed, and air-conditioning was in stalled throughout the mill. Winning the “Miss Curity” dolls in a drawing following open house Wednesday were the following: Margaret McCaughrin whose name was submitted, by Mrs. Al bert McCaughrin; Mary Jo Lo- peze, nominated by Mrs. Cum mings Attaway, 2801 Clyde Ave.; and Kay Miller, Ward, S. C., nom inated by Mrs. Mary Proctor, Apt. 18E, Vincent St., Newberry. The winners will be informed official ly by letter from the Kendall company. Tuesday night, leaders of New berry pointed to Kendall execu tives ’with pride,* expressing ap preciation for the confidencei shown in Newberry. The occasion was a dinner given by the City of Newberry and the Newberry Chamber of Commerce honoring the Kendall Company. Thomas H. Pope, for mer speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, and Dr. James C. Kinard, president of Newberry College, carried the ball for Newberry. Expressions of pleasure over their associations in Newberry, where the Kendall Company oper ates . Oakland and Mollohon mills, were given by Henry P. Kendall of Boston, chairman of the board of the Kendall Company; R. R. Higgins of Boston, president of the firm; and by H. K. Hallett of Charlotte, vice president and di rector of the Cotton Mill Division of the company. Dr Kinard told the 160 in the community center that “as long as we can have this type of in-| dependent enterprises in business, our country can be maintained on a solid footing.” He deplored the fact that personal initiative is being discouraged and referred to Washington as “the eternal city of the ubiquitous miemeo- grctph.” Asserting that success comes to any firm that practices the Gold en Rule, Dr. Kinard paid warm tribute to Mr. Kendall and his as sociates with particular emphasis on the recently completed expan sion and improvement program at Oakland. Mr. Pope, who was master of ceremonies, declared that New berry is proud of having such a firm operating in this area. Mr. Kendall reminsced on events surrounding acquistion of Oak land and Mollohon mills here a quarter of a century ago, and stated that his company had always enjoyed cordial relation ships with Newberry and her citizens. D. O. Carpenter, manager of the Oakland Plant, called attention to the co-operation of many persons in seeing through the construction program at the mill and introduc ed overseers and other supervis ory personnel. Leaders in business, education and other fields were among the guests at the dinner. Tuesday night’s gathering con cluded the first day of a two- day open house observance at Oakland in celebration of the com pletion of the $4 million improve ment program. Hundreds of per- Pres. Kinard Making N. C. College Tour President James C. Kinard of Newberry college is spending a few days in North Carolina, making an inspection of some colleges. He is making the study as a member of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Edu cation in the Southern Associa tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools* VISITS CHILDREN Mrs. J. T. McCrackin will leave Friday for Fort Belvoir, Va., to visit MaMjor and Mrs. Ed Mc Crackin. She will go from there to Philadelphia, Pa., to visit Major and Mrs. Jack B. Workman. sons visited the modern Oakland Plant Tuesday and were takfen on personally conducted tours of the mill, from the room where bales of raw cotton are opened to the landing, where huge rolls of cloth containing 10,000 yards or more were ready for ship ment to Kendall Bleacheries. It was emphasized that the mill has been enlarged to 275,000 square feet of manufacturing space since the war, and that the machinery had been Increased. The number of spindles was in creased from 30,000 to 61,000 and the number of looms from 600 to 1,440. For the most part, the machinery in the mill is new. What is known in the trade as tobacco cloth, but which is bet ter known as hospital gauze, is manufactured in the plant. Daniel Construction Company of Greenville was general contractor on the project. The guides had been specially trained and, as they took small groups of visitors through the various departments, they explain ed machinery and manufacturing processes, answering questions and giving the general public at look at what goes on within the brick walls of a cotton mill. The visitors saw such labor- saving devices as lap conveyors, yarn elevators, empty bobbin conveyors, dumb waiters from the two weave rooms to the store room and mobile lift truck for hauling bales of raw cotton and woven cloth from room to room or department to depart ment. The mill presented a clean, et- ficient appearance as many, who had never been inside a cotton mill, got their first look today. Each tour wound up in a section of the cloth room where there were exhibits of products manu factured or processed in the 18 plants of the Kendall Company in eight states, Cuba, Canda and Mexico. Refreshments were serv ed by hostesses in this room and souvenirs given out. Late in the afternoon, top of ficials of the Kendall Company gathered in this room. These in cluded H. P. Kendall of Boston, chairman of the board, R. R. Hig gins of Boston, president, J. A. Lunn of Boston, vice president and director of manufacturing, H. K. Hallett of Charlotte, vice pres ident of the Kendall Company and general manager of the Cot ton Mills Division, D. O. Carpen ter, manager of the Oakland Plant and others. The second day of the open house started out with 600 high school students, going through the plant at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning. The open house con tinued until 5 p.m. Wednesday. The Oakland Plant employs about 650 persons and the pay »*oll plays an important part in the economic life of the com munity. Mollohon Mill here is in the Kendall chain. Other South Caro lina mills in the Kehdall chain in clude those at Pelzer, Edgefield and Camden. BIRTHDAYS Libby Boland, daughter of Mi and Mrs. G. W. Boland, Oct. 11 Judy Rinehart, Steve Griffith am Mrs K. L. Martin, Oct. 13; Davii Lee Gartner, Mrs. O. F Armfield Jr., Mrs. Arthur Welling and twii sister, Mrs. Oscar Riddle, Ocl 14; Larry Luther Chapman, Ocl 15; Pete Coleman, Mrs. James S Watters (Mary Elizabeth Moore) R. H. Wright, and J. Frank Wil son, Oct. 16; Buford Cromei Charlotte, N. C., Barbara Helei Youmans, daughter of Mr. am Mrs. M. I. Youmans, Oct. 17 Callie Boyd Parr, Mrs. H 0 Swittenberg, C. F. Sterling, am Danny Leland Hiller, Oct. 18 Tom Dorrity, Mrs. R. G. Carroll Mrs. John 8. Glymph and Johl Glymph, OcL 19.