Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The reason there were fewer wrecks in the horse and buggy days was because the driver didn't depend wholly on his own In- telligenee. Perhaps the reason they don’t have wedding showers for men is because a man has plenty of stormy weather ahead after his bride begins to reign. VOL. 15—NO. 8 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1952 + $1.50 PER YEAR Interest In Campaign Lags; Windup Rally Here July 7 Less than a handful of persons attended the campaign meeting set for last Saturday night at West End park. In addition to the candidates, about a half doz en citizens were present. Since there were so few in attendance the candidates agreed to call off the meeting. There are three more meetings schduled before the July 8 pri mary. Tonight (Friday) a meet ing is slated for Little Mountain. Following this, two gatherings which usually attract the largest number of citizens will be held. The traditiona all-day meeting at Jolly street w r ill be next Fri day, July 4th. Speaking will begin at 10 a.m., with a barbe cue dinner served at noon. Then on the eve of the first primary. July 7th candidates will make their final appeal for votes before the election at a meeting on the steps at the new court house. Polls in the county will open on July 8 at 8 p.m. for balloting. Five Ask Relief Checks Be Stopped Because of recent legislation making public the names of re* cipients of public assistance pay ments through the County De partments of Public Welfare, to gether with the amounts of such payments, all recipients were no tified in June of this legislation. Those wishing to have their names withdrawn were asked to advise their county director. Mrs. Edna H. Feagle, director of Public Welfare, reported that only five persons have requested that their names be removed from public welfare rolls. LEGION MEMBERS TO ATTEND CONVENTION AT MYRTLE BEACH Sun To Publish One Day Earlier Since there will be no local or rural delivery of mail next Friday, because of- the July 4th holiday, The Sun will be published one day earlier in order that readers may receive their papers be fore Saturday. Advertisers and contri butors are asked to please have advertising and news copy in our office by Tues day afternoon of next week. Local Garment Co. Employees Get Vacations James R. Andrews, manager of the Newberry Garment Com pany, announced Thursday that 180 employees of the firm will begin a week’s vacation today (Friday) at noon. At 12:45 today the employees of the mill will be entertained at a chicken and pork barbecue at the rear of Layton Bros, store on O’Neal street. This barbe cue is sponsored by the com pany and employees from a special fund for this purpose. The cue will be prepared by Johnny Wood, famous in this section for his fine preparation of barbecued meats. Mr. Andrews announced that due to expansion work being done at. the plant, some key person nel would not get the full week for vacation. BIBLE SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT AT BUSH RIVER The Bush River vacation Bible school commencement will be held this Friday, June 27, at 8 o’ clock in the Church auditorium. This will climax a very fine Va cation Bible school, under the capable leadership of the Rev. J. R. McKittrick and his faculty. All the families and friends of the children are expected to at tend, and the public is most cordially invited. Spotts Company Gets Contract Fo Newberry Roads Among those from Newberry who plan to attend the American ^ x Fnr Legion Convention which will be vT“lo \_jl>ilLr<tLL P Ui held at Myrtle Beach Saturday, June 28 through Tuesday, July 1st are: George S. Dominick, com mander of the local legion post No. 24, Commander elect, James Clamp, Service Officer, Jake Wise, Tom M. Fellers, Huston Long, Roy H. Elam, Wilson Moore, Pete Parrott, Russell Addy and Walter Miller. The convention will be held at the Ocean Forest Hotel. Spotts and Company of New berry has been awarded the con tract for the grading and bitumin ous surfacing of approximately ten and one-half miles of farm- to-market roads in Newberry County, Chief Commissioner Claude R. McMillan of the South Carolina Highway Department has announced. The firm’s bid, the lowest of four submitted for the project, was $115,442. Included in the contract is the grading and bituminous surfacing of 4.246 miles on Road 82 from U.S. 76 northwest of Prosperity northeasterly to Road 38 at Tay lor’s Cross Roads; of 1.811 miles on Road 73 from Little Mountain Southerly to the Lexington Coun ty line; of 3.929 miles on Roads 72 and 84 from Road 26 south easterly to the Lexington County line; and of .499 mile on Road 116 from Route 391 northeasterly to Road 71. YOUNG LADIES NOW . . . Capped and gowned, the famed Dionne quintpiilets, Marie, Cecils, Annette, Emilie and Yvonne, are shown with their parents a' their recent graduation from school. Chamber Committee Plans Motor Tours Over County The Agriculture committee of the Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the county agent, the U.S. Soil Conservation Ser vice and the rural mail carriers of Newberry county, have under taken the job of outlining a series of rides that, when completed, will cover the county. They will take motorists through many of the back roads which have been paved and pass many scenes and progressive homes, wuth which the general public is not familiar. These rides will be numbered and one published each week In The Sun. If you can not take the ride during the weekend fob lowing publication, cut out the schedule and save it as a guide for a ride later. Sometime ago, in connection with R. F. D. mail box inspection Week and with the idea of help ing the 4-H boys and girls to raise money for their camp and also having the names on all R. F. D. Boxes before Publica tion of these rides, the Chamber of Commerce sponsored in con nection with the above named or ganization the selling of uniform R. F. D. name plates for mail boxes by the 4-H boys and girls. One of the main methods of out lining these rides is by the names of people living on farms and co operation of all R. F. D. boxholu- ers is urged in an effort to get a uniform name plate on all boxes. Cliff Graham, Chamber secre tary stated, “we are new r at out lining such rides and hope that with time and your cooperation and suggestions, to improve on Vacation Pay Is $114,000 Firm To Build $12,000 Addition Seven building permits were is sued since last Wednesday amounting to $19,410. The permit involving the larg est amount, $12,000, was issued to the Newberry Garment Com pany for one brick building, 35x 81 feet. June 18—C. E. Kinard, general repairs to dwelling, 702 O’Neal SL, $800. June 20*—Emory and Ethel Clary, one five-room wood frame dwelling on Drayton Street, $5000. June 20—Mrs. J. P. Fellers and Mattie Harmon, general repairs to dwelling, 1314 Milligan St., $60. June 21—S. W. Miller, general repairs to dwelling, 715 Green St., $600. June 23—Roy Bedenbaugh, add one room to dwelling, 409 Floyd St, $960. June 23—R. B. Dawkins, one 10x10x8 wood frame building on Boundary St., $100. June 24 — Newberry Garment Company, one 36x81 brick build ing on Caldwell St., $12,000. With the extremely hot weather that has plagued Newberrians the past few days, it is welcome re lief to know that many residents will have an opportunity to get away next week to cooler climes. All three textile plants of the city will close next week to give employees their vacations. Manager W. H. Tedford of Mol- lohon Mills said that his plant will close down Saturday morning at the end of the third shift at 6 a.m. and would re-open Monday morning, July 7 at 6 o’clock. He also said that employees would draw about $52,000 in vacation pay. Oakland mills, like Mollohon, a division of the Kendall company, will icbserve the same closing dates and hours as mentioned above. Manager D. O. Carpenter stated that employees of Oakland would receive $36,838.05 in annual va cation pay. James E. Britt, manager of Newberry Mills, Inc. said yester day that his plant would close Saturday morning at 6 a.m. and would begin operating again at 6 a.m. on Monday, July 7. Va cation pay to workers iu this plant would be approximately $25,- 000, Mr. Britt stated. Total vacation pay to mill em ployees is approximately $114,000. Homecoming Set At Universalist Church Sunday Next Sunday, June 29, has been designated “Homecoming Day” at Clayton Memorial Uni versalist church, according to the committee in charge of arrange ments for the occasion. Services will begin at 11 o’ clock in the morning, followed by dinner on the ground shortly after noon hour. Members and friends of the church are invited to join in the picnic dinner and to bring their baskets. The Rev. William R. Bennett of Canon, Georgia, will bring the morning message. His subject is entitled “American Dream.” MISS ALTMAN ON FURMAN HONOR LIST Miss Alma Altman, junior at Furman University, was one of thirteen students at Furman who made all A’s for the spring semester, according to the dean's list the outline from time to time. So if you have some idea or sug gestions that you think will im prove them, we would consider it a special favor if you will tell us about it.Phone, write or come to see us at the Chamber of Commerce. We would also ap preciate your telling us what you think of this idea. The schedule for this week’s ride follows. In future weeks, a a special column will be devoted to the rides, and will be found under a special heading. Ride No. I Out Hartford Road (Caldwell St. Ext. South) short distaa^j^U you will notice on Parker Ma£> tin’s place grain. A little further on J. F. Hawkins place, pastures, cattle, fish pond and field crops. On the left at W. P. Lathrops farm, dairy herd and pastures. A short distance on the W. C. Huffman turkey farm, fish pond etc. A few miles further, the C. L. Lester farm, forage and field crops. Turn left here at the forks of paved road and after going a short distance, the farm of George E. Ward, hogs*, etc. A little fur ther, Harold C. Fulmer Farm, dairy and pasture ,also the Ira Cousins farm, fish pond, beef cattle forage and field crops. You will find the same on the Olin Cousins farm. A little further down the farm of Heyward Fulmer, dairy and pastures, keep to the right and you will come to the farm of J. \tf. Cromer and Sons, beef cat tle, forage and field crops. Coming back toward Newberry we pass the Edward Hawkins turkey farm. Back track on Hartford Road pass old Hart ford School House, turn to left go by Carter’s Greenhouse, Leon Dennis Dairy and Ralph Williams farm, beef and cattle and past ures and back to Newberry. Dr. Callison Goes To Maryland Post The following account is from the Abbeville Press and Banner: Dr. Carolina H. Callison, who has been public health officer for Abbeville and McCormick coun ties for the past three years, has resigned effective July 1. Dr. Callison will go to Centerville, Maryland, where she will have charge of the Public Health Of fice for Queen County. Dr. Callison received her Mas ter’s Degree in Public Health at Columbia University and has been very successful in her work here. She is a member of the Pilot club of Abbeville and in February was elected president of the club. Abbeville gives Dr. Callison up with regret but wish her well in her new field. Dr. Callison will be remember ed by many Newberrians when she lived here as a girl. Her father, Dr. Grady Callison, was County Health Doctor. Mrs. Houseal Norris of Newberry is a sister of Dr. Callison, Doris K. Taylor inner In Tower provement Work 'Columbia, S. C., June 24—Doris 1$. Taylor, Lookout Towerman at I^ake Murray Tower in Lexington County, has been judged first ptrize winner of the Towersite Improvement Contest for 1951-52, according to Assistant State For rester John R. Tiller of the S. C. State Commission of Forestry. This annual contest encourages the towerman to develop a com plete live-at-home program and to improve and develop the small areas of state-owned land on which they live. Modest prizes are given the towermen who have the best gardens and fields, neat est and cleanest lawns and houses, igto. do the most to improve con ditions and who do the best job as towermen. Gas Line Go Ahead Given; Building Materials On Way Bank Nearly $3,000,000 To Finance Construction WITH THE SICK Master Heyward Banks, 1724 Harper St. Little Miss Mary Nell Banks, 1724 Harper St. W. C. Bishop, Route 1, Kinards. Mrs. Mattie Bodie, 2700 Milne Ave. Mrs. Katie Boland, Pomaria. Miss Lenore Broaddus, 1507 Boundary St. Miss Ruby Coates. Route 1, Newberry. Little Miss Faye Counts, Route 3, Prosperity. Mrs. N. S. Crayne, 1203 Third St. Mrs. John R. Davis, Route 2, Newberry. Baby Frank Berry Dowd, Route 1, Pomaria. Mrs. David F. Dominick, 2037 Piedmont St. A. T. Donald, 2047 Piedmont St. Mrs. Ellis B. - Evans and Baby Boy, Route 2, Newberry. Mrs. Ruby Fulmer, Route 3, Prosperity. Mrs. Harry E Mayer, Route 3, Newberry. J. Effice Metts, Little Mountain. Mrs. Clarence E. Perkins, 2014 Montgomery St. Master Mitchell Ruff, Route 2, Newberry. Miss Doris Rustin. Route 2, Clinton. Tom Sanders, 1900 Nance St. Albert Shaw. 2805 Clyde Ave. Mrs. • Lucia Smith, Wiseman Hotel. Mrs. Alice Stutts and Baby Girl, 117 Caldwell St. Mrs. M. L. Tankersley, 1611 Emory St. Mrs. Minnie Troutman, Route 4, Newberry. Mrs. Agnes Wedaman, Route 1, Pomaria. Mrs. Mary Nell Wertz and Baby Boy. 613 South St. LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Goings, Jr. have moved to Vincent St. and are making their home in Apt. 12- D. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Spmmer are now residing at 408 Crosson St. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wilbanks, returned to their home in Gads- don, Ala., last week, after several weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Wilbanks at the Newber ry Hotel and at their home in Kinards. Mrs. R. D. Wright left Wed nesday for Monterery, Calif., to spend about three months with her son and daughter-in-law, Lt. Cmdr. Downs Wright. Mr. and Mrs. August Klettner of Orlando, Florida, and Mrs. Pat Patterson of Union, were Tuesday visitors in the home of Mrs. Mary Gardenhire on College street. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clary, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Epting and two children, Mary Lib, and George, of Columbia, are spending this week on vacation at Pawley’s Island. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Paysinger and two children, Jane and Nancy are spending this week at the beach. Mr. and Mrs. Moody Atchison and daughter, Beth, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bennett and two children, Kathy and Jan, plan to spend their vacation next week at Fontana Village, near Fontana Dam in North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jenkins are spending a couple of weeks in Florida on a vacation trip. They also attended the Imperial meet ing of the Shriners in Miami, Fla. Enroute to Miami they visited friends in Jacksonville. Smiley Porter of Florence, spent the past weekend at his home here on Harrington street. Mrs. George L. Epps, Sr., left Thursday for Columbus, Ga., to spend three weeks vacation with her son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. George L. Epps and family. The Epps will leave Co lumbus Sunday for a two week's vacation at Beacon Hill Beach on the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Epps and two daughters, Harriett and Linda, of Augusta, Ga., spent the past weekend in the home of Mr. Epp’s sister, Mrs. E. M. Lipscomb on College street. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Humphries of Saluda, were weekend guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Shealy on Boundary street. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Summer and daughter, Julianna of North Augusta, were weekend visitors in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Summer on Cald well ztreet, and Mrs. H. O. Stone on Harrington street. Mrs. Roland Spearman of Jack sonville, Florida, is spending a while in the home of her brother- in-law and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Spearman on the Co lumbia highway. Mrs. A. E. Lominick of Po maria, spent several days last week in the home of her son-in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Halfacre on Harper street. Mrs. Harry Buzhardt and two children, Harry, Jr., and Ruth, who are making their home in Whitmire for the present, spent the past weekend with Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt on Boundary street. Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Sanders, Sr. and son Furman Sanders of Sumter were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Fraszier Sanders on Jessica Avenue. Mayor James E. Wiseman, secretary of the Clinton- Newberry Natural Gas authority and Mayor Joe P. Terry, of Clinton, chairman of the authority, returned from New York last Wednesday where they completed arrangements for financing the 3-million dollar gas project for the two cities. Special Voting Wednesday For National Guard A special Democratic Pri mary will be held next Wed nesday, July third, at the Newberry County court house for members of the National Guard who will be away from the city during the first pri mary, July 8th. This one polling place will be open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. for all guardsmen in the county, regardless of where they normally vote. County Chairman B. V. Chapman said that in order to vote, applicants must pro duce a registration certifi cate the date of which must be since January 1, 1948. Turkey Growers • Gather Monday At Orangeburg Officers of the National Tur key Federation will be principal speakers when the state’s turkey men gather in Orangeburg, next Monday, for the summer session of the South Carolina Turkey Federation. The program begins with din ner at 12:00 Noon at the Elks Club House. A large turnout of turkey growers is expected as Orange burg plays host to the Federation for the first time. H. C. Moore, Gaffney, president of South Caro lina Turkey Federation, will pre side. MRS. ANDREW'S FATHER PASSES AWAY IN MACON Mrs. James R. Andrews return ed to her home on O’Neal street, Sunday after two weeks in Macon, Ga., where she was called on ac count of the serious illness and death of her\father, O. T. Chap man, 63, who had been in ill health for several years. Mrs. Andrews’ mother, Mrs. O. T. Chapman returned home with her for a couple of weeks visit. RETURN FROM SHRINE MEETING IN FLA. Newberrians who have return ed to their home in the city and county after attending the Im perial meeting of the Shriners held last week in Miami, Florida are, Potentate John Clarkson and Mrs. Clarkson, past Potentate Tom P. Johnson and Mrs. John son and their daughter. Miss Tom mie Johnson, David Waldrop, Jr., Sam A. Cook, George W. Hiller, J. Dave Caldwell. Also A. E. Werts, E. B. Har mon, W. J. Martin, Frank Lomi- nack, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jenkins of Newberry; Dr. and Mrs. C. Keister Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Mower Singley and Miss Singley of Prosperity^ Shields and Company of New York were purchasers of the gas bonds, and money from sale of the bonds has been deposited in Newberry and Clinton • banks. Newberry Branch of S. C. Nation al bank received $1,600,000 <or de posit to the gas authority ac count, and the balance went to M. S. Baily & Son bank in Clin ton. Mayor Wiseman said that the money would draw interest while on deposit with the banks. He stated that interest on the nearly 3-million dollars borrowed, would run approximately $8,000 per month. Members of the authority met in city hall Monday night to work out plans setting up books for handling the finances of the body, and other phases of the work. At the meeting Mayor Wiseman, who was previously elected secretary to the authority was also selected as treasurer. Mr. Wiseman said that since quite a bit of work would be en tailed in disbursing funds from 9 different accounts, the firm of Finch and Derrick, auditors of Columbia, would set up the book keeping system for the gas body, and the financial end of the pro ject would be handled from of fices In Newberry. Contract for all construction work, both on the transmission and distribution system, was awarded to Birmingham Builders 9< Birmingham, Ala. A t-iaefc line will be constructed from a junction point on the Transconti nental Gas pipe line near Fountain Inn, a distance of nearly 60 miles. The line will serve Clinton. Joan na and Newberry as well as cus tomers along the line between Laurens and Newberry. Goodwin Engineering company is handling the engineering work on the project. Mayor Wiseman said that a work order had already been is sued for construction work to be gin. The order was given on June 16, and calls for the system to be completed within one year. Engineers say that there will he a limited amount of gas in the city during the winter, but this is not guaranteed. Under ordi nary working conditions, the transmission line can be laid at the rate of four miles a day. Engineers state that the 6-inch line is constructed with the grow th of the cities in mind. The> declare that the line could amply serve a city several times the size of Newberry. Mr. Wiseman says that materi als are now on- the way for the system, and work should start in the near future, but as yet the exact date is not known. The mayor made it plain thgt no phase of the project would be financed through present or future taxation. He said that revenues derived from the sale of gas to consumers would be used wholly to retire the indebted ness. Mrs. Margaret Speake returned to her home on E. Main sirael Monday after being a patient be the Columbia Hospital for treat ment. BIRTHDAYS FLIGHT FROM REDS . . . West Berlin residents who had summer cottages in community separated from west see tor by 106-yard strip of Soviet zone move furniture and abandon June 28—Mrs. Douglas Wornsby, Jr., Olln Layton, Mrs. T. Roy Summer and Lonnie Gilliam, June 29—Misa Annie Abrams* Eve Welling, Dr. Arthur Welling and Mrs. Ralph Wilbanks. July 1—Miss Ruby Dennis, Thompkins, Mrs. Milton Moore, Bobby Harmon ahd James Nance Parr. July 2—John A. Peterson and Thomas Morris. Jdly 3—Frank E. Jordan, Jr., Billie T. Parr and Walter Baker Summer. July 4—Mrs. F. J. Weir, Joe Chappells and Busan Boland.