The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, June 20, 1952, Image 3
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1952
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE THREE
Heat On In Campaign For Solicitor
The crowd gathered on the
lawn of the Com&unity Building
in Joanna Monday night to hear
speeches of Laurens County candi
dates for election to public office
were treated to an interchange of
claims in a manner verging on
the fiery campaign speeches of
former days ,when candidates for
the office of solicitor, incumbent
Hugh Beasley and C. E. Saint-
Amand, took the rostrum. Wil
liam T. Jones, also a candidate
for the office, was not involved in
the flare-up which occurred when
Mr. Saint-Amand, at the conclu
sion of his speech, read a letter
to him, which was published
Monday, from Newberry County
officials, indorsing his candidacy
for election.
The letter was signed by Pro
bate Judge E. Maxcy Stone, Magis
trate Ben F. Dawkins, County
Treasurer J. Ray Dawkins, Coro
ner George R. Summer, County
Service Officer Jake R. Wise,
Clerk of Court Hugh K. Boyd, Tax
Collector Tabor L. Hill, Constable
John C. Wilson, Auditor Pinckney
N. Abrams, Clerk O. H. Lomin-
ick, Supervisor S. W. Shealy,
Sheriff Tom M. Fellers, Deputies
A. T.' Henderson, Hugh K. Shan
non, J. C. Neel, L. L. Henderson,
and Superintendent of Education
James D. Brown. In the letter,
these officials stated “we wish
you to know that we are giving
you our hearty support, and are
earnestly desiring your election.
Your life among the people of
Newberry, as a citizen and as a
lawyer, has been such as to make
us know that, if you are elected
Solicitor, you will perform the
duties of that office earnestly,
diligently and fairly. You are
at liberty to refer voters of the
counties of Abbeville, Greenwood
and Laurens to us, where, per
haps, you are not so well known
as you are in .Newberry, your
home county. It will be a plea
sure for us to tell any inquiries
of our .high regard for you both
as a man and as a lawyer.
Mr. Beasley, who had previous
ly spoken, asked for and was
given two minutes in rebuttal, at
which time he stated “I would
like to say I hold here in my
hand a written instrument sign
ed by certain public officials of
Newberry County and I think you
should know who they are and
what they think of your solici
tor.”
The letter read by Mr. Beasley,
and signed by Snerifi lorn M.
relief, Deputies L. L. Dender-
son, j. C. A-seel, A. T. Henderson,
Hugh K. Shannon; Magistrate
Hen b\ DawRins and Magistrate’s
Constable John C. Wilson, was
as follows: '
“We the undersigned oliicers oi
Newberry County do certiiy that
to our knowledge, Hugh Beasley,
solicitor, cooperated one hundred
percent with us in law enforce
ment. He has gone into court
prepared for cases to be tried
and has ably and successfully
prosecuted cases handled in court.
W^e have found him to be a man
who is reliable in the performance
of his duties as solicitor and
has always made himself avail
able to us when his services were
needed. He has always been fair
discharging the duties of solici
tor and we respect him as a
man.”
Mr. Beasley concluded his re
buttal by stating “That is what
the law enforcement officials of
one county think of Beasley.”
Mr Saint-Amand was then al
lowed two minutes, and his reply
to Mr. Beasley’s statement was:
“What I read to you tonight
was an unsolicited letter from
county officials, all of them. After
I received the newspaper this
afternoon a friend of mine
brought me, he also told me your
solicitor had received an indorse
ment from the sheriff, his dep
uties and possibly a magistrate.
Frankly, I don’t understand it. I
don’t know how Mr. Beasley ob
tained that indorsement. How
ever, I wish to call* to your at
tention that neither the sheriff
or any of his deputies or magis
trates who signed that petition
or indorsement of Mr. Beasley
said they were going to vote for
him. I don’t know how he got
it. In the letter they all said
they were going to support me,
so I don’t know how he got that
petition. I imagine he got it
somehow or other; he said he
got it. Anyway, they didn’t say
that they were going to vote for
him.”
In his main speech, Mr. Beasley
stated that he was asking for re-
election upon his record as so
licitor and upon his record as
a man. He reviewed his record
of the past four years and stated
“I am not associated directly or
indirectly with any attorney and
I would also like to tell you I
am not backed by any political
ring or nny court nouse ring
1.1 oni any county oi my circuit.’
wiinam T. Jones, tne second
candidate to speaa, toiu oi nio
education and training. He stat
ed “ail of my life i have been
lorced by various circumstances
just like many of you to have
to work, and when i say work,
work hard tor what 1 have got.
i am running this campaign not
against either of the other two
men in this race, 1 am only, run
ning for the office of solicitor.”
Mr. Jones further stated “1
feel as a lawyer, as a man, as a
citizen, 1 have a right to offer
for this office and if after you
as intelligent people look over
the whole group and come to the
conclusion from the standpoint
of body, from the standpoint of
mind and from the standpoint
of the heart, I am the man you
would like to have as your so
licitor, no man can pick any
quarrel with you for selecting
me.”
“I am not running on the de
merits oL any man” said Mr.
Jones, “and I am not running on
the merits of any other man. I
have no panacea, no cure-all. I
am not saying I can offer you
anything that no other man can
offer you. There is no other man
in this race tonight that can of
fer you any more than I can—
honesty, integrity and ability.”
Mr. $aint-Amand also told some
thing of his career as a lawyer,
and asked those present to go in
to the other counties of the cir
cuit and ask the people “what
they think of me as a lawyer. . .
as a man, about my moral char
acter.” He stated “I have al
ways wanted to be a solicitor;
I have always wanted to be a
good solicitor.”
Voters of Newberry, Laurens,
Greenwood and Abbeville count
ies will vote for one of the three
candidates mentioned above for
solicitor of the 8th Judicial cir
cuit.
Davenport Rites
At Little River-
Dominick Church
Mrs. Fannie Smith Davenport,
80, died early Monday morning at
the home of her son, T. J. Daven
port, in the Belfast section of
the county. She had been in
declining health for the past 15
years.
She was born and reared in the
Vaughnville section and was the
daughter of the late James W.
and Susan Higgins Smith. Mrs.
Davenport had made her home in
the Little River, Dominick and
Belfast sections and was, the wife
of the late Thomas J. Davenport.
She was a member of Little River
Dominick Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Davenport is survived by
three sons, Th9mas J., Kinards;
Dr. Frank, Timmonsville; L.
Floyd, Charlotte; two daughters,
Mrs. S. J. Turner, Columbia and
Mrs. William H. Wicker, Knox
ville, Tenn.; one sister, Mrs. J.
H. Koon, Cross Hill; 10 grandchil
dren and' five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 4:30 p.m. at Little River
Dominick Presbyterian Church by
the Rev. F. J. Harmon and the
Rev. S. T. Lipsey. Interment
followed in the church cemetery.
GILBERTS LEAVE FOR
LEESVILLE, LA. BASE
Lt. and Mrs. Fred C. Gilbert,
Jr., returned Saturday from their
wedding trip where they visited
Savannah Beach, St. Augustine,
Fla., and other points on the
Florida coast.
The Gilberts left Newberry for
Leesville, La., where Lt. Gilbert
is stationed at Camp Polk, La.
GIRL SCOUT TROOP FIVE
SPENDING WEEK AT BEACH
The thirteen members of the
Girl Scout Troop five, who are
spending this week at Ocean
Drive are: Carolyn Andrews, Mary
Louise Dickert, Judy Hawkins,
Evelyn Huffman, Anna Coe Keitt,
Sarah Alice Long, Kathleen Mar
tin, Joyce Merchant, Edna Pay-
singer, June Roberts, Connie
Sheely, Barbara Way and Loretta
Wert$. They earned the money
for their trip by having a chicken
barbecue at Margaret Hunter
park recently.
The Scouts were accompained
by their leaders, Mrs. George
Hawkins and Mr. Hawkins, also
Miss Caroline Huffman and Hom
er W. Schumpert, as counselors.
They are staying at the Dave
Hayes cottage at Ocean Drive.
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
Mrs. Haelie N. Greneker, moth
er of^udge T. Greneker, of Edge-
field spent Tuesday in the home
of Mrs. W. C. Schenck on Harper
street. k
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WILDLIFE WATER
County Agent Alford of Colle
ton tells me of a landowner there
digging eight small ponds as
sources of water for wildlife on a
z,000-acre tract of thickly wood
ed land. They are small and
deep enough to go below the
normal water table. Thus water
is assured at all times for all
sorts of wildlife that could not
otherwise make their permanent
homes in that area in which
surface water is not dependable.
It is a heartening sign to see
folks lending wildlife a hand.
About all most people have done
ior game in the past is to run
for a gun to shoot it with every
time they saw a specimen.
But I now see hopeful signs
like the above rather frequently.
The 4-H club boys over the state
have set out many thousands of
birdfoot plants on their farms
in the past few years. And some
of them have grown gamebirds
and turned them loose on these
areas. in some counties the
local game authorities grow many
quail to restock the denuded fields
of the county with. And bird
clubs? game sanctuaries, and re
serves are being established here
and there.
I APPRECIATE THIS
During the height of the water
melon shipping seasop last year,
I had a room one night near the
tracks at an important railroad
switching point in our water
melon belt. The shipments were
very heavy right then and I didn’t
get much sleep that night. It
reminded me of a clipping I had
made sometime before of a let
ter that someone had written the
railroad authorities after spend
ing a night like I had. Here it is:
“Gentlemen:
"Why Is it that your switch
engine has to ding and dong
and fizz and spit and clang and
bang and buzz and hiss and bell
and wail and pant and rant and
howl nd yowl and grate and
grind and pull and bump and
click and clank and chug and
moan and hoot and toot and
crash and grunt and gasp and
moan and whistle and s<iueak
and squawk and blow and Jar
and Jerk and rasp and Jingle and
twang and clank and rumble and
jangle and ring and clatter and
yelp and howl and hum and snarl
and puff and growl and thump
and boom and clash and jolt and
jostle &nd screech and snort and
snarl and slam and throb and
crink and quiver and rumble and
roam and rattle and yell and
smoke and smell and shriek like
hell .all night long?”
Whew! I’m out of breath. But
now I want you to know that
fellow was sure describing it
LAND’S THE THING
Some fellow has figured out
that we will need an additional
100 million acres of arable land
to feed our folks in this coun
try as well in 1975 as they are
now fed. And it looks like that’s
about right We are increasing
now by about two million a year.
Now what concerns all of us
that wear clothes and like to
eat is this, where is that 100
million acres coming from? Well
the answer is, it’s not coming,
for we don’t have it. But that
doesn’t mean we will starve. Nor
does it mean we will have to
eat less or be poorly clothed.
If things stayed as they are
or were, the above calculation
would need to worry us. But
science is in the saddle, and
near miracles are created by the
plant breeder and the patient ex
perimenter. And in their magic
lies the hope of an expanding and
abundant. future here on this good
earth.
The unimproved range of thel
low country is capable of pro
ducing perhaps something like 8
to 16 pounds of beef per acre.
Science steps in there, clears it,
studies the soil, treats it as need
ed, and it grows enough grass to
make several hundred pounds of
beef per acre. Then, go one
step further and irrigate it too,
and you come up with perhaps
a thousand pounds of beef per
acre. That’s what they got from
the Florida range.
And so it is with everything.
We used to think the fellow who
said he made 100 bushels of corn
to an acre was lying. Now, with
applied science, we see folds
doing that in practically every
county In the state. And, by ap
plying science, last year we made
over twice the cotton per acre we
used to make.
Yes, it is from this ever-grow
ing application of the latest find
ings 'of science that our increased
sustenance for the future will
come. For there just isn’t any
more land to speak of.
These Are Far
And Few Between
The following fish story ap
peared in the June 12th issue of
the Abbeville Press and Banner:
“Albert Gilliam, fishing at Lake
Secession the past weekend pull
ed in a three and a half pound
bass on a six pound test line, with
a brim hook, baited with a worm.
The catch so excited his wife, who
is also an ardent fisherwoman,
that she ran to the opposite end
of the boat and cried.
“A1 had Just caught a brim and
was pulling it in, when the bass
swallowed the brim head first.
His steady pull on the line was
choking the bass and he pulled
it in to within a couple of feet of
the top of the water and then
reached down with his hand and
caught the bass in the gills and
pulled it into"the boat.
“Albert says that he plans to do
a lot of fishing during the rest
of his life, but that he never
expects to catch another bass in
that manner. The brim was a
good one, too, measuring six
inches.”
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