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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.
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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.