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■slB Our standard of living is so high today that most of us can't af ford it. tm The best safety device in the world is between your ears! Think! VOL. 15—NO. 27 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1952 ?1.50 PER YEAR Work On Natural Gas Project Begins Applications Being Taken The installation of natural gas lines in Newberry is expected to be completed by next sum mer, according to an announce ment this week by Mayor James E. Wiseman. He stated that the contractors expected to start construction of the transmission lines from near Fountain Inn on November 10th, and to complete the entire system within nine months. The go-ahead was given last spring on the system which will serve the cities of Newberry and Clinton, as well as customers along the route of the line, in cluding Joanna. Delay in con structing the line was experienc ed because of the steel strike which held up the steel pipe to be used on the project. Nearly $3,000,000 has been borrowed by the Clinton-Newber- ry Natural Gas Authority, and is on deposit in Newberry and Clinton banks. Work on the system was sup posed to have begun on June 10th, with the entire job to be completed within one year. Con tractors had previously stated that some gas would be used in Newberry this winter. Applications for natural gas were taken in the city some months ago, but for the benefit of those who for some reason, did not make application at that time, may apply now at the city offices. By signing for gas ser vice before the distribution system Is made up in the city, customers will save on installa tion charges. The gas will be available for residential and commercial use, but not for industries, since the Federal Power Commission made no allottment to Newberry for that purpose. METHODIST BAZAAR The Calendar Society of Cen tral Methodist Church is having a bazaar at the Community Hall on Tuesday, November 18th, start ing at 3 o’clock p.m. They are going to have cakes, pies, cookies, candy, canned foods, smocks, aprons, flowers, parcel post packages and white elephants. Plan now to attend and buy for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Dr. V. R. Cromer On Church Hour For Lutherans The United Lutheran Hour will present this Sunday. November It. Hr. Voight R. (Tomer, S.T.M., H.H., President of Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, N. ( ., over local radio station, W’KUK, at HRun a. m. The United Lutheran Hour is a Series in The Protestant Hour sponsored by the .Methodist. Upiscopal, Presbyterian, and Luth eran Churches. Hr. (Tomer’s subject will he "The Ques tion That Matters Most." The Rev. V. R. (Tomer, held four pastorates before 1!H9: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church. Summer ville; Lmmanuel Lutheran Church, Lincolnton. X. C.; St. James Luth eran Church. Concord. \ C ; and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Hickory. „\. C. He was president of the Cnited Lvangelical Luther an Synod of North Carolina from 1 !*47 to lit Id. Also, he lias been President ot the Alumni Assoeia lion. Lutheran Theological South ern Seminary; Member of the r Lenoir Rhyne College Hoard of Trustees; Member of the Hoard of Social Missions ot tie- Cnited Lutheran Church in America and :'T Representative of The United • Lutheran Church in America to p; National Lutheran Council. He K , has been President of Lenoir Rhvne College since lit4it. C... ! &.T ; Fellers Heads Farm Bureau Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon were swept into the presidency and vice-presidency in a landslide victory in Tuesday’s General Elections. The Republicans not only captured these highest offices in the U.S. Government, but gained control of both the Senate and House of Representatives. Bowers Wins In Clerk Of Court Race; County Carried For Eisenhower Petition Rev. Hodges Goes To Myrtle Beach; Rev. Spell Is Pastor ill# i CHEST DRIVE IS $4,400 SHORT Only $8,585.71 of the $13,000 Community Chest Goal had been donated as of yesterday, according to Keitt Purcetl and R. L. Baker, genera! chairmen of the drive. The advance gift drive, head ed by George K. Dominick, brought in $5,276.16. Contribu tions from the field division amounted to $1,524.44 and from the Women’s Division, $1,534.92. The Colored Division, Rev. E. E. Gaulden, chairman, donated $250.19. There are some reports yet to be obtained before the drive is completed. REV. H. L. SPELL Keitt Purcell At Conference The American Finance Con- At the meeting of the County Fain* Bureau L. C. Fellers was elected to serve as head of the Bureau for the coming year. J. War"en Epting was elected ference, of which Purcells is a vice president and Hugh Epting member, will hold its 1952 annual elected secretary. The new board j convention, November 6 and 7, members named include: Carl : a t the Palmer House, Chicago. Setzler, Furman Epps, Archie E. i The Convention will he attended Reese, Edward Chandler, Harold i>y more than a thousand sales i Long, Richard E. Neel. P. T. Har- credit company executives from all ris, A. N. Crosson, Pink Hawkins, parts of the United States and Carl Eptirg, Willie Piester and MR. AND MRS. J. S. WATTERS and three daughters, Laurie, Bun ny and Sally of Atlanta, Ga., spent last week with Mrs. Watters’ par ents, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Moore in the Mt. Bethel Garmany com munity. Mrs. Moore returned to Atlanta with them for a. visit. WITH THE SICK Clayton Abrams, Box 156, Whit mire. Mrs. Frances Alexander, Route 2, Whitmire. Mrs. Chloe Banks, Chapin. Mrs. Nancy Boland, Apt. 19, E. Vincent St. Mrs. May Bouknight, 2805 Hunt Ave. Mrs. Mattie Cromer and Baby Boy, Pomaria. Heyward Davis, 1254 Hunt St. Mrs. Lucy Elmore, 1325 Pelham St. Mrs. Ada Evans, Whitmire. Mrs. Carolyn Eargle, 1611 Col lege St. Sam Hyler, Route 1, Saluda. Mrs. Elsie Jenkins, 1416 Milli gan St. Sam Johnson, 1812 Main St. Mrs. Dorsey Lawson, 914 Cen tral Ave., Whitmire. Mrs. Vera Livingston, Route 1, Pomaria. Carrol Lowe, Box 154, Whitmire. Mrs. Mable McCullough, Route 1, Whitmire. Mrs. Evelyn Morris, Route 2 Prosperity. Mrs. Ethel Miller, Route 2, Po maria. Mrs. Callie Quattlebaum, Route 3, Prosperity. Mrs. Margaret Robertson and Baby Girl, 2 Gary St., Whitmire. Mrs. Kate Spearman, Chappells. Miss Freddie Street, 1321 Nance St. Mrs. Josephine Taylor, Whit mire. H. B. Walker, 1143 Reid Ave., Whitmire. Mrs. Ella Mae Werts, Silver- street. Mrs. Ellen Willard, Route 2, Whitmire. Sam Pat Boland. Members at large are: H. O. Long. R. C. Neel. T. J. Leaphart and J. B. Kinard. S. C. Leads In Woven Goods South Carolina led the nation last year in the production of finished cotton woven goods with an output of 1,218,821,000 linear yards, C. W. Martin, District Manager of the Charleston Dis trict Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, reported. The figures, released by the Bureau of the Census, showed that the State nearest South Carolina in total production of that com modity in 1951 was Massachusetts with a total of 1,069,070,000. Three southeastern States — North Carolina, South Carolina Canada, representing more than 35u organizations with some 1300 offices. These sales credit companies finance automobiles and other durable goods purchased by work ing people who need and want personal transporation as well as commercial cars for individual and small businesses. Discussions at the convention will center around ways and means to increase the efficiency of member organizations in servicing the instalment needs of many people of moderate means. Mr. Purcell was accompanied by Mrs. Purcell. They will return to Newberry on Monday, November 10. Rev. and Mrs. George H. Hodges left yesterday for Myrtle Beach, | where Mr. Hodges has been trans- | ferred after serving four years as | pastor of Central Methodist | Church here. He will be replaced | by Rev. Herbert Lee Spell, who j comes to Newberry from Camden ^ where he has held a pastorate | since 1948. Rev. Spell, who is a native of 1 Smoaks, is married to the formec ^ Miss Sarah Elizabeth Cannon of j Spartanburg. They have a daugh ter, Sarah Elizabeth. Central’s new pastor was gradu ated from Wofford College with an A. B. degree in 1931. He did gradu ate work at Duke Divinity School of Duke University and received a B. D. degree in 1933. He was licensed to preach by Orangeburg District Conference at Green Pond Church, Smoaks charge, in May 1932, and has serv ed the following appointments: North-Limestone, June to Novem ber, 1934,; Assistant exeouti^fti i secretary, Conference Board of Education, 1935-38; Lamar, 1939- 1941; Summerville, 1942-47; and Camden, 1948-52. Mr. Spell led in the erection of the Bethany Methodist Church at Summerville. He delivered the Memorial Address at the 1951 ses sion of the South Carolina Annual Conference held at Washington Street Church in Columbia. Rev. and Mrs. Spell and their daughter moved here yesterday. WHEEL CHAIR FOR USE OF PUBLIC The Registered Nurses Club lias purchased a wheel chair to he used by the public. A small and Georgia—produced 38 percent monthly fee will he charged to of the United States total of fin ished cotton woven goods with a enable the club to purchase other equipment for public use. The production of 2,580,957.000 linear chair may he rented by contacting yards. The national total was ! Mrs. Pat Hughes at 1023 or Mrs. 6,676,499,000 yards. Harry Moose at 9S4-J. Miss Julia Monts of Newberry is shown with a group of South Carolina students who are freshmen at Queens College, Charlotte, N. C. In the picture are Miss Monts, Miss Peggy Brice, Chester; Miss Rose Macdonald, Rock Hill; and Miss Peggy Gary of Whitmire. Another Whitmire girl, Miss Enola Thomas, is a member of the sophomore class at Queens. Luther Hawkins Services Held At St. Luke’s Luther Marion Hawkins, 83, of Newberry, died Friday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. Heyward Sease, 2112 Mayer Ave. He had been in declining health for the past five years and serious ly ill for a week. Mr. Hawkins was born and rear ed in the St. Luke’s section of Newberry county, a son of the late Pearson M. and Lou Sebum- pert Hawkins. Most of his life was spent as a farmer in the Hart ford section, with the exception of a few years in the Mt. Bethel- Garmany section and several years in York county. Mr. Haw kins was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran church and the Wood men of the World. He was mar ried to the former Hattie Adela Boozer who died 16 years ago. Survivors are two sons, Wesly P. Hawkins, Midland, Tex., and Willie O. Hawkins, Newberry; three daughters, Mrs. Ben H. Hamm, Mrs. Heyward Sease, both of Newberry, and Mrs. Clarence F. Adams, Prosperity; three brothers J. Press Hawkins, Camden; Mark S. Hawkins, Prosperity, and J. Frank Hawkins, Newberry; 22 grandchildren and 31 great-grand children. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church by Dr. Thomas F. Suber. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers were the fol lowing grandsons: Everette Sum mer, Dewey Adams, Ralph Adams, Luther Hamm, Marvin Hamm, John William Hamm. Services Monday For Miss Vaughn Miss Lula Mae Vaughn, 46, died early Saturday night at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She had been in declining health for the past several months but was Germany, seriously ill for the past month. She was born and reared near Prosperity and was a daughter of Nathan H. Vaughn and the late Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Vaughn. She had been employed by the Fashion Department Store in New berry for a number of years. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Prosperity and a member of the Woman’s Auxiliary. Surviving are her father, Nathan H. Vaughn, Prosperity; two sis ters, Mrs. A. P. Morris, Newberry; Mrs. Otis Shealy, New Prosperity; four brothers: Claude Vaughn, Newberry, Cephus Vaughn, Hayne Vaughn and Clarence Vaughn all of Prosperity. Funeral- services were conduct ed Monday at 3 p.m. at the grave side in Prosperity Cemetery, by the Rev. J. L. Mayer and the Rev. J. W. Thomlinson. Burial fol lowed in the cemetery. Active pallbearers were: Quay Fellers, Ed Counts, Jr., P. B. Daw kins, Lionell Bowers, Virgil Counts, Ottway Shealy. Lutherans Hold WMS Conference Over 150 delegates from the WMS of the Twenty-two churches comprising the Newberry Confer ence will assemble Saturday at 10 o’clock at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church in Whitmire to hold their fall meeting. Theme of the conference will be “That Thy Way May Be Known” Psalm 67. Morning devotions will* be led by Mrs. G. H. C. Park to expand the theme “That Thy Way may be known through my Life.” Mrs. E. K. Counts will lead the group in the afternoon session with the meditation “That Thy way may be known to all nations.” Welcome will be extended to the group by Mrs. J. D. Wessinger, local president. Speakers at the meeting include Mrs. J. V. Long, West Columbia, president of the S. C. Synodical Society, and Miss Lois McCartha, Leesville, who attended the Luth eran World Federation Assembly held last summer at Hanover, Largest General Election Vote Recorded With 7100 Ballots Cast Write-In Winner ■ V:v : Wi Lunch will be served at one o’clock. Floor Covering Concern Moves Announcement is being made elsewhere in this issue of the re moval ’ of the Whitaker Floor Covering business from Martin street to 1011 Caldwell street, next to the Clary-Martin Feed and Seed store. The concern, owned and operat ed by Paul Whitaker of this city, was formerly known as Burns and Whitaker. Mr. Burns’ interest was purchased by Mr. Whitaker a few months ago, who is now sole owner. The company deals in all kinds of floor coverings, tile, and Venetian blinds. They maintain a complete sales and service staff. Mr. Whitaker has invited his friends and the public to visit him at the new location. Here’s How Newberry Voted M/SGT. AND MRS. TOMMY SETZLER and daughter, Natalie, of New York are expected to ar rive in the city Sunday. Sergeant Setzler, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Setzler, College street, re ceived his discharge from the Air Corps at Sampson Air Base, after four years of service. - Stevenson V 33 m CO Eisenhower CLERK £ <» 5 § o o m o o -n Halfacre O O c 3J H Lake Walker Ward 1 84 252 185 53 10 87 5 Ward 2 137 448 250 90 40 205 10 Ward 3 No. 1 ; 44 61 65 6 5 32 .. Ward 3 No. 2 381 92 240 137 21 68 5 Ward 4 No. 1 48 83 87 12 4 31 .... Ward 4 No. 2 124 100 138 31 10 44 4 Ward 5 191 136 205 76 7 44 8 Ward 6 104 363 233 51 34 140 3 Bush River 9 36 17 17 4 8 Central 20 21 6 31 4 .... Chappells 15 53 24 33 4 9 Dominick 12 14 6 10 7 3 1 Fairview 26 16 27 5 2 1 Garmany 24 31 13 28 6 14 1 Hartford 33 89 29 25 4 69 5 Helena 32 54 47 21 1 18 Jalapa 40 106 56 63 3 24 4 Johnstone 45 28 25 36 13 8 Jolly Street 36 65 30 53 9 10 Kinards 23 18 22 18 1 Little Mountain 68 145 96 69 53 5 Longshore 39 73 16 43 8 47 Beth Ed. (Lg. Lane) 17 56 32 9 2 17 13 Maybinton 13 3 - - - - 4 6 6 ... a Midway 25 41 26 20 .... 20 Mt. Bethel 29 22 17 11 7 7 11 Mt. Pleasant 16 46 35 6 3 18 Mulberry 21 16 1 4 4 .... 26 4 Oakland (1-2) 217 123 219 43 22 58 1 O’Neal No. 1 4 19 2 15 8 O’Neal No. 2 33 69 29 28 43 .... Peak 15 53 2 55 2 7 2 Pomaria 67 89 16 74 3 58 .... Prosperity No. 1 54 147 38 103 1 66 Prosperity No. 2 47 106 51 82 6 43 . -. • Saluda No. 7 19 12 10 7 2 10 - - - • Silverstreet 88 77 56 17 1 93 .... Stoney Hill 40 89 30 27 1 77 St. Paul 19 17 10 19 3 4 1 St. Phillips 65 96 31 72 24 39 1 Trinity 27 3 3 4 27 _ . ., Union 12 29 7 19 3 14 . ..... Utopia 18 21 . • - • 5 34 _ r . . . Vaughnville 10 31 6 17 1 16 Walton 21 26 8 16 2 22 Wheeland 13 19 8 24 .... 1 Whitmire No. 1 349 197 31 250 1 51 183 Whitmire No. 2 280 134 39 174 .... 25 145 Zion 33 37 2 55 4 9 Totals [ 3067 3862[ 2529 2063} 293 1716 414 Charles E. Bowers, who made his first political race in the General Election conducted Tuesday, won out over four other candidates for the Clerk of Court post. Gurdon W. Counts, who was nominated in the sum mer primary, died two weeks ago. Mr. Bowers was elected on a write-in vote. C Of C Needs Information For New City Map Names of Streets and building developmeutU. in the following areas are needed: The Chamber of Commerce is planning to print a new city map. The drawing on the map will not show the streets and building developments outside of -the in corporated limits. The Chamber intends to list the streets and the locations on the back of the map in the closely settled fringe areas all around the city. They have to date secured the following names of street and building develop ments: Pike Circle—Left of Main at E E. Norris Store (2500 block Main) Turner Street—Right of Main at E. E. Norris hom£ (2500 block Main) Copeland Street—Right of Main at Hellers Ser. Station (2600 Main) Matthews Street—Left on Cope land Street (Midway Block) Keroes Ave.—Right of Main be tween Hellers Station and Cut off road. DeLoache Ave.—Right of Main between Hellers Station and Cut- ofi 1 road Paysinger Lane — Right of Boundary St. at E. C. Paysinger Store Butler Hare St. — Right of Boundary St. just beyond Paysing er Lane Carver St.—Right of Boundary St. Just beyond Butler Hare St. Booker St.—'Right of Boundary St. just beyond Carver St. Sunset Lane—Right of Bound ary St. just beyond Booker St. Burton St.—West on Drayton St. (just off 2200 block) Pope Circle—South on Pope St. just beyond city limits on right. Trent St.—West on College St. turn right at 2700 College (P. W. Hawkins body shop) Kate St.—Turn right at D. H. “Pete” Phillips Grocery store 3200 College Radio Drive—Turn right off College St. at 2700 down Trent to Radio Drive. Oakland Mill Fair Ave.—Diagonally left of College St. at entrance of Rose- mont Cemetery Milne Ave.—One block left at 2701 Fair Ave. (Parallel to Fair Ave.) Digby Ave.—Two blocks left at 2701 Fair Ave. (Parallel to Fair Ave.) Hunt Ave.—Two blocks left at 2801 Fair Ave. (Parallel to Fair Ave.) Clyde Ave.—Two blocks left at 2601 Fair Ave. turn right First St.—North and South of Fair Ave. at 2601 Fair Ave. (Run* from College to Nance St.) Second St.—Turn left at 2701 Fair Ave., south to Oakland School Third St.—Turn left at 2801 Fair (continue^ on paQ* eight) Stevenson Led In 16 Precincts Newberry County followed the nationwide trend in showing its readiness for “a change” when citizens went to the general elec tion polls Tuesday of this week. The complete unofficial tally gives the Eisenhower electors by petition a majority of 775 votes over the Democratic electors, the vote be ing 3862 to 3087. Adding to the Eisenhower lead in Newberry county were 229 votes cast for the Republican electors, making the total popular vote majority of Eisenhower 1004. This was by far the heaviest vote ever cast in a general elec tion in Newberry county, the total vote being 7178. In the first Democratic primary on July 8th of this year, only 6110 votes were cast. The Democratic ticket led in 16 of the 49 Newberry County pre cincts. Those giving their pre ference to the Stevenson-Spark- man ticket were in Newberry, Ward 3, No. 2; Ward 4, No. 2; Ward 5; Oakland; Whitmire No. 1, Whitmire No. 2; Silverstreet, Mulberry, Mt. Bethel, Johnstone, Maybinton, Trinity, Kinards, Fair- view, Saluda No. 7, St. Paul. In the congressional race, third district, with 34 out of 49 boxes tabulated, Dorn received 10,580 votes to his Republican op ponent’s 379. David Dows of Greenwood entered the race short ly before the election. In the race for Clerk of Court of Newberry County, Charlie Bowers took an early lead and held it throughout the tabulation. Final unofficial returns show Mr> € Bowers received 2529 votes, Mrs. Gurdon W. Counts, 2063; H. M. Halfacre, 293; Walter C. Lake, 1,- 716, and John C. Walker, 414. Complete unofficial tabulations of the vote by precinct will be seen elsewhere in this issue. Dickert Joins Saco-Lowell Co. Saco-Lowell Shops, manufactur ers of textile machinery, today an nounced that James W. Dickert has been named a sales represen tative and will make his head quarters in the Greenville office of the company. Mr. Dickert’s early experience was gained working through var ious departments of the Callaway Mills, LaGrange, Ga., and later held responsible positions with the Laurens Cotton Mill, Laurens and the Borden Mills, Kingsport, Tenn. For the past 11 years he has been associated with Tennessee East man Co., Kingsport, Tenn., in var ious supervisory positions in their acetate-rayon division. Mr. and Mrs. Dickert and their daughter Marguerite, are residing in Greenville where Marguerite ia attending the Greenville Jnnior High School. He is the son of Mrs. A. H. Dick ert and the late Mr. Dickert of this city. BIRTHDAYS Nov. 8: Mrs. Jack Chappell, Mrs. McHardy Mower, Tommy Chappells, Barbara Gilatrap, Car rie Norr*s, Mary Eva Doolittle and Hugh Ballentine. Nov. 9: Mrs. Henry Sowell, R. G. Ringer, Hal Kohn, Jr., K. L. Martin, Nill Long, Peggy Koon and Mrs. Pauline Lathrop. Nov- 10: Mra. Chris Kauf- mann, Mrs. C. A. Matthews, Luther Aull, Ellisor Adams, Luther Hamm, Mrs. W. B. Tim merman, Henry Nichols and Shelby Jean Neel. Nov. 11: S. C. Paysinger, Mrs. C. S. Glymph, Betty Kyzer, Billy Dipner, Pamelia Senn and Jim Waldrop. Nov. 12: Rev. C. A. Matthews, Linda Shipman, Mrs. Jake Wise, Joe Lovelace and Mra. T. W. Henderson. Nov. 13: Dr. Robert Houseal, J. M. Wilson, Mrs. John Charles Davis, Mrs. Paul H. Shull, Mrs. Mazie Neel Boozer, Sylvia Dowd and Brenda Bowers. Nov. 14: Will Waters, George Stephens, Brenda Sally THiett, Tommy Crooks, Jr., Mrs. Harold Bowers, Mrs. Joe Dominick, F. C. Merchant, Lynn Buford and Bon- nette Atkinaoru