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?S &/SA utt VOL. 15—NO. -18. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, ABRIL 3, 1053 $2.00 PER YEAR Childers Held In Huffstetler Auto Death George Childers, driver of the ear in which Gerald Huffsteth-r was riding when he met his death on December 111’. Dmi’. wa- held by a coroner's jury Friday night in connection with the Huffstet ler death. The jury impaneled by Coroner George It. Summer heard testi mony of Highway Patrolman \V J. .Martin and David Cannon, a friend of Huffstetler who was al so in the Childers' cat when the fatal accident occurred. Patrolman .Martin testified that the wreck was at the second over head bridge on Highway 7G be tween Newberry and Kinards. He stated the accident happened “right beyond the bridge, coming in this direction on a curve, and he left the left side of the road and from the edge of the pave ment to where the car stopped . . . the car had turned over ap proximately two io three times and rested back on its wheels.” He testified the car was 27o feet out in the fieid from the edge of the pavement. Mr. Martin stated that the pavement was dry that night and the road was foggy in spots but that he noticed there was no fog at the point of the accident. David Cannon stated that lie and Huffstetler got in the Child ers car just this side of Kinards. The car in which they were riding, Cannon stated, had run into a hog. and Childers stopped and helped them remove the hog from the road then offered them a ride to Newberry. He stated that the road was foggy in spots, but that he didn’t know whether it was foggy where the accident occur red. He said he thought the car was being driven about sixty or sixty-five miles an hour, but wasn’t sure. He stated that he did not see anyone drinking any whiskey in the car, and didn’t know whether or not the driver was under the influence of any intoxicant. When asked if he saw a 35-mile-an-hour speed zone sign, he stated that he did not; that he was talking with Huffstetler and w r as not watching the road. The jury found that “Gerald Huffstetler came to his death as the result of an automobile ac cident. said automobile driven by Mr. George Childers.” The case will be presented to the Grand Jury at the June term of criminal court. Easter Cantata At Mayer Mem. Lutheran Church An Easter Cantata. “The Thorn- Crowned King,” will be present ed at Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church Easter afternoon at f>:oU p.m. The cantata is under the direction of Mrs. A. O. Livingston. Jr. and Eugene Shealy. Miss Peg gy Shealy will be organist and Mrs. Hubert Kinard, pianist. Soloists for the Cantata will be Miss Anna Hiller. Frazier Taylor, James G. Shealy, Mrs. A. O. Liv ingston, Jr.. J. T. Bouknight. Mrs. J. R. Creekmore. Eugene Shealy, Gerald Taylor, Miss Martha Dell Shealy, Mrs. Lewis Hawkins. Mrs. Mildred Wilson, Mrs. J II. Cook, Jr., Clebron Shealy and Frank Shealy. Others taking part in the choir are Mabel Hiller. Joyce Ann Hughes, Mrs. Cephas Long, Lo- rene Fulmer, Nancy Stone, C. E. Dorn, Allen Livingston. The program will be recorded and broadcast over Radio Station WKDK at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Annexation For Pineywoods Seen Governor Byrnes has appoint ed a commission to arrange for the annexation of the Piney Woods section of Lexington County to Newberry County. Named to the commission Wed nesday were D. Evans Lindler, Little Mountain, and J. Carroll Cannon. J. Berley Frick and Otis D Frick, all of Chapin. The section to be annexed is a peninsular jutting into Lake Murray. The residents of Piney Woods have indicated that it is easier to travel to Newberry to attend to business in the county seat than to travel to Lexing ton. Playful Prank Found Cause Of Rice Death After hearing testimonv con cerning the death of Jim Rice, colored, at the Whitmire City Hall Monday Night, a jury im paneled by Coroner George R. | Summer found that Rice came to his death "as a result of being j thrown from a railroad motor car I that had been derailed by gravel j having been playfully placed upon the tracks by two nr’nor children. Vincent Milo. Jr. age ten years and Frankie Milo, age five and one half years.” The jury heard testimony of L. C. Spivey, section foreman for the Seaboard Railroad in Whit mire'. who testified that on Feb ruary loth when the railroad mo tor car was returning to the tool house, it. hit some rocks on the rail at a curve. The car was de railed. throwing Rice from the car and causing his death. L. L. Henderson, Newberry County Deputy Sheriff, testified that he and Sheriff Tom Fellers investigated the accident and found that two small children had been seen putting rocks on the tracks at the particular spot where the car was derailed. On further investigation. they found the children had been visiting in Whitmire and had left to return to New York. J. A. Bell, special agent for the Seaboard Railroad, took the stand and told of a trip to New York where, in the company of a detective from the New York police force, he visited the home of the children and upon oues- tioning. the \oungsters. Frankie and Vincent Milo, admitted that they placed the rocks on the railroad tracks. Placque In Memory Amfico President To Be Erected Easter Setting | For Sunrise Worship Ready 1 The hundreds of lights in the s :;n.foot Cross at Margaret Hunter il’ark will be turned on Saturday j night, herahlinv the approach of I tie- Sunri-e Service at fi:00 a.m. | Sunday morning. Flowers will be placed at the foot of the Cross by two Girl Scouts. Harriett More- i bead and Ann ('annon. 'Die park has been put in order lor tin- occasion by Supervisor S. \V. Shealy. At a: 30 a.m. Sunday, !t! e National Guard Band will be- jrin a Call to Worship, and simul- I taneously. all of the church and | city bells will ring out a call to worship. The services will be- ; gin promptly at 6:00 a.m.. with | the Tomb Scene being enacted by j the following: Mrs. W. A. Mason. Mother of Jesus; Mrs. Tom Ixmg- I Aiore. Salome; Mrs. Ed Cannon, i Mary Magdalene; Meredith Har- j mom Angel; J. W Henderson, Fete Bishop, Gordon Leslie, Jr. i and Bobby Gilliam. Roman gods. The school youth of Newber- i ry are urged to attend and to | sing the hymns with the Male j Chorus. i Furman Band Here April 14 Sam H. Arnold, director of the Furman University Band which will appear m Whitmire, April 13, and in Newberry. April 14, is in his first year as a member of the Furman music faculty, but is no stranger to music lovers of the state. A native South Carolinian, Mr. Arnold received his A.B. Degree mi 5 11 J*?; if £ Mrs. James F. Byrnes, South Carolina’s First Lady, receives the first sheet of Easter Seals from Charles W. Griffith of Manning, state president of the Crippled Children’s Society of South Caro lina, Inc. The Quota for Newberry county is $1750, of which about half has been raised thus far. This weekend Girl Scouts and Brown ies will sell Easter Lilies made by handicapped employees of the society to aid in the fund raising effort. A special radio program over station WKDK will also be aired in behalf of the drive. Electric Coop To Occupy Quarters In New Building The Newberry Electric Coopera tive, Inc., is moving today to its new building located on U.S. Highway No. 76, the cut-off road, and all business wull be conduct ed from the new office after to day. The Cooperative has been occupying a building on Friend street for a number of years. The directors and employees of the Cooperative have extended to the public an invitation to visit the new building. / Newberrians who have enjoyed vacations at the Amfico Club at Savannah Beach since 1!*47 have bought a placipie to ho placed in the clubhouse in memory of Fred Wessels. Sr. The clubhouse of the Atlantic surunce Company SAM H. ARNOLD Dukes Suffers Gun Wounds T. B. “Bo” Dukes is being treat ed in a hospital in Goldsboro, N. C., for gunshot wounds received late Wednesday night. At the time The Sun went to press, informa tion as the the manner in which the wounds were received and the seriousness of Mr. Dukes’ con dition was not available. It was reported that the wound was in the stomach, just below the heart. Mr. Dukes, who is a brother of Harry Dukes of this city, was for several years manager of the Goodyear Store in Newberry, prior to being transferred to Goldsboro as manager of the Goodyear store there. He and his family have lived in Goldsboro for about two years. is tin* property Mutual Fire In- of which Mr. Wessels was founder. Bowers In surance Agency is the local rep resentative of the company and each year A. J. Bowers, manager, takes a number of local business men to the Savannah Beach club for a vacation. On the bronze 18x24 placque is | superimposed the bust of Mr. J Wessels, and the following inscrip- j tion “In memory of Fred Wes- I sels. Sr., to whose generous hos pitality we owe many enjoyable ! vacations at The Amfico Club. N e w b e r r y Friends." Those from Newberry who have had the pleasure of enjoying these vacation trips to Amfico Club, and who contributed to buy the placque, are; R. T. Albrecht. E. M. Anderson, Roy Anderson, G. D. Blackwell, R. E. Blair, A. J. Bowers, W. C. Brown, J. D. Caldwell, W. C. Carter, J. H. Clary, Jr., Boyce Cov ington ; Also, Floyd, grove, Hunter, Lindsay ! from Furman and has studied at Converse College. Appalachian State Teachers College and Co lumbia University. He will he a candidate tor the master of music education degree from Co lumbia University this summer. Following his graduation from Furman he was director of the hand at Clinton High School, and jlate:. at Washington. (Ga.) High school, before going to Laurens High school for a four-year tenure as director of the band and teach er of public school music. | Mr. Arnold is a past president | of the South Carolina Band and Orchestra Directors Association ! and is a member of the National j Education Association and the | Music Educators National Con ference. Joe L. Feagle, Louis C. R. C. Floyd. T. A. Har- R. A. Harley, William U. I). Johnson, John B. , J. L. Lipscomb, George Martin, Albert McCaughrin, J. T. McCrackin, Jr., P. B. Mitchell, A. E. Morehead; Also. Leon D. Nichols, S. C. Paysinger, A1 Rabin, T. H. Pope, “R o c k” Scarborough, II. W. Schumpert, George Stone, F. A. Truett, W. E. Turner, Harry Vigod- sky, E. W. Yates, C. I. Youmans, N. K. Williamson, Ralph Black- well, John F. Clarkson, H. H. Setzler, S. T. Martin. P. M. Den nis, H. O. Swittenberg, Joe Vigod- sky, R. D. Coleman and W. E. Wheeler. Scouts, Brownies To Sell Lilies Easter Lilies, made by the handicapped employees of the Easter Seal Society, will be' sold in Newberry Friday and Satur day for the benefit of the Crip pled Children Society of South Carolina, Inc. The members of Newberry’s Girl Scout Troops will sell the lilies in the business district, and the Brownie Troops will sell lilies in the residential section. Newberry County’s goal for the 1953 campaign is $1750. It is re ported that approximately $800 has been collected to date. The campaign ends Easter Sunday. MISS CARRIE NORRIS REPORTED IMPROVING Miss Carrie Norris, who was ad mitted to the Newberry Memorial Hospital about two weeks ago after suffering a heart attack at her home on Boundary street is reported to be getting along nice ly and expects to be able to sit up some this -weekend. J. B. Paysinger Died Friday In Columbia John B. Paysinger, 59, brother of Mrs. Josie P. McAlhaney and Strother Paysinger of Newberry, died suddenly Friday morning at his home on South Waccamaw Avenue, Columbia. He had been in declining health for a year. M>\ Paysinger was superinten dent of Carolina Children’s Home, and was an active member of Shandon Baptist Church for 33 years where he served as a d£h- con. He was a past Sunday School superintendent and for 30 years he was superintendent of the In termediate Department of the Sunday School. Prior to his position as superin tendent of the Carolina Children's Home, he served as business man ager for IS years at Columbia Col lege. He was a York Rite Mason and was a member of Hejaz Temple, and also a member and past officer of the Civitan Club. Besides his brother and sister in Newberry, he is survived by his widow, Mrs. Julia Meetze Pay singer; tw'o daughters, Mrs. H. E. Klontz of Auburn, Ala., and Mrs. Julian Putnam of Columbia; two sons, John B. Paysinger, Jr. of Greenville and Robert C. Paysing er of High Point, N. C.; one step daughter, Mrs. John W. Merchant of Columbia; seven grandchil dren and another sister, Mrs. George C. Bailey of Columbia. Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon from the Shandon Baptist Church, con ducted by his pastor, the Rev. F. Clyde Helms. Interment fol lowed in Greenlawn Memorial Park. WKDK To Assist In Fund Effort For Crippled Children A special program for the bene fit of the Crippled Children’s So ciety of Newberry will be held over Radio Station WKDK tonight, April 3rd, at 9:00 p.m. This will be a disc jocky type program, conducted by Joe Mor- | ris. Request numbers of any type will be played on the program for anyone who calls and pledges a donation to the Crippled Chil dren’s Society fund campaign. Mr. Morris stated that the name of the contributor would be an nounced but the pledge would not be announced unless requested. The program will continue in definitely, said Mr. Morris, as long as pledges were received. Council Of Farm Women To Hold Spring Meeting The Newberry County Council of Farm. Women will hold its an nual Spring meeting at the Junior High School at 3:00 p.m., Wed nesday, April 8th, according to an announcement made today bv Mrs. T. P. Crooks, president. The program will he centered around health. A film on breast cancer detection will be shown, with Dr. Rayburn Lcminack as guest speaker. A program of music will be rendered by th^ County Council chorus. Following reports of progress made since the fall meeting by county department chairman, a flower show will be held in the auditorium of the Agricultural Building. Each club will have two arrangements on display. The new kitchen which has been sponsored by the Council will be open. An attendance award will be given to the club having the greatest percent present. O’Neal Home Demonstration Club will hostess. Neil Truesdale Class Has Social The Neil Truesdale Sunday School class of Aveleigh Presby terian Church held its last social gathering of the year Tuesday night with a chicken barbecue supper at the church. Rev. and Mrs. Truesdale, and 40 members of the class were present. Following the supper, officers of the class for the coming year were installed by Rev. Truesdale. They are: Lewis Davis, president; Nancy Copeland, vibe president; Frances Oxner, secretary; and Vivian Long, treasurer. Building- Permits Only three building permits were issued during the past week by Building Inspector Sam A Beam and they were to J. B. Mar tin for one shed room 16’x6’, 315 Berry street for $25.00; E. B. Purcell for one car garage and storage room, also repairs to dwelling on Main street for the sum of $2000, and to Carrie Reed er for general repairs to dwell ing, 1906 Ward street for $50.00. Takes Job With Clerk Of Court Burke M. Wise, magistrate. Lit tle Mountain, has resigned that position to accept a job as deputy clerk in the clerk of court’s of fice. Mr. Wise began his new duties in the clerk’s office Wednesday morning, April 1st. He will be in charge of all court records and assist the clerk of court during terms of court here. Mr. Wise is well qualified to fill this position, having had several years of court experience. PUBLIC SEES HUGE SHOW OF ORCHIDS Over 350 persons attended open house at Carter's Green house on the Hartford road Sun day afternoon to see the magni ficent display of orchids grown by Bill Carter and Owen Holmes. About 1300 orchids of the var iety cattleya mossiae were in bloom on the 6000 plants at the Greenhouse. Bill Carter began raising orchids on a small scale six years ago, and has increased his Greenhouse to the point of ship ping about 10,000 orchids a year to wholesale florists in the state. About 2,000 orchids have been shipped this week for the Easter trade. Revival Begins Sunday At West End Baptist Rev. J. Ed. Taylor, pastor of West End Baptist Church, will begin a series of revival services at the church Sunday. The ser vices will continue for a week, at 7:30 p.m. each evening. There will he prayer rooms each night pre ceding the service and choruses •a REV. J. ED. TAYLOR each night for the children. Music will be under the direction of Marvin Powell, layman of the church. Rev. Taylor has been pastor of the West End Church since last December. 372 RECRUITED TO GIVE BLOOD AT WHITMIRE More volunteers have been secured to donate blood in Whit mire than the Bloodmobile can handle on its visit there Mon day, April 6th. According to Henry W, Sub- er, who is handling the recruit ment drive in Whitmire, 372 vol unteers are available to give blood, but the Regional Blood Center in Columbia advises that 300 donors is the maximum number that can be processed by the Bloodmobile staff. Donations wil begin at noon and end at six o’clock, with fifty donors to be processed per hour. The Bloodmobile will be at the Whitmire Methodist Church. Charlie Perkins Died Saturday Charlie Lee Perkins, 51, died suddenly late Saturday night en roue to the Newberry County Me morial Hospital. He was suddenly stricken while on a business trip in the Mt. Pleasant section of the county and was rushed to the hos pital. Mr. Perkins was born and rear ed in Newberry county and was the son of the late Irvin and Lula Belle Lathrop Perkins. He had spent his entire life in Newber ry and owned and operated the Perkins Mattress Works on Ade laide street. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vera Rikard Perkins of Newber ry; one son, Richard Perkins, and one daughter, Miss Julia Perkins, both of Newberry. Also two sis ters. Mrs. George Rogers and Mrs. Charlie Estes; one brother, Jake Perkins, all of Spartanburg, and a number of nieces and nephews survive. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from the McSwain Funeral Home with Rev. Horace J. C. Lindler conducting the service. Interment was in Springdale cemetery. Active pallbearers were: Colie Vaughn, Marshall Folk, Warren Septon, Lionell Troutman, Thomas Troutman and Curtis Hipp. Search For Water Victims In Vain Self Is Named 'Man Of South’ A special radio program origi nating at the Oregon Hotel in Greenwood will be broadcast over Radio Station WKDK tonight, April 3rd, from 8:15 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. During the program, the “Man of the South” award will be made to J. C. Self, in dustrialist of Greenwood. This will mark the first time that a citizen of the Palmetto State has received the award. Penny Held In Triple Murders The largest crowd to turn out for an inquest in Newberry County ior a number of years packed the court room of the county court house Friday night to hear wit nesses tell of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Rosa Lee DeWalt. colored woman, and her two daughters who were bru tally murdered late Saturday night, March 21st, at their home between Newberry and Prosper ity. The inquest was conducted by Coroner George R. Summer, assisted by Solicitor William T. Jones of Greenwood. Frank Penny, a paroled con vict, confessed to the brutal crime at the county jail Monday n J ght, March 23rd. His only rea son for the slayings was reported to be that “they all jumped on me at the same time.” Richard Hill, Colored, of Saluda took the witness stand and told of seeing Penny in a cafe in Prosperity. Penny asked Hill to drive him “up the road” 1 and bought two gallons of gas for Hill’s car. Hill testified that he took Penny to the “planing mill” and Penny got out. Hill returned to Prosperity, and said he didn’t know where Penny went. The planing mill referred to was later identified as being about half way between Newberry and Pros perity, and about half a mile from the DeWalt home. Hill stated he did not know Penny very well, but could positively identify him as being “the one they call ‘Son- in-Law' Penny.” Sheriff Tom Fellers stated that he received a call about the mur ders at iLOO a. m. Sunday morning and that he with Deputies J. C. Neel, Tom Henderson, Slim Hen derson and Hugh Shannon went to the scene of the crime. He stated “we received some infor mation of Frank Penny so we went on to look for him. We loca ted him in his little shack there in Prosperity. We arrested him and brought him to the Newberry County Jail.” Sheriff Fellers said that Penny did not make a statement theji, but on Monday night he “con fessed to me he went to this house and that he killed them with this club and that they were all dead whenever he left.” Penny made the same statement to Deputy Neel in the presence of Sheriff Fellers. The prisoner was made no promise of reward, nor was he threatened in any way, the Sheriff stated. Sheriff Fellers’ testimony con cluded the evidence except for the statements of the doctor, which, because of their length, were given by Coroner Summer to the members of the jury to read when they retired. The three statements showed that all three died of a crushing wound to the skull, and that Fannie and Carrie DeWalt, the eight and ten year old daughters, had been raped. The jury’s verdict was that Rosa Lee DeWalt. Fannie DeWalt and Carrie DeWalt came to their death by the hand of Frank Penny. Penny is being held in the New berry County Jail pending trial at the June term of court. Dragging- Operations To Be Suspended At press time today, members of the county sheriff’s ofice and local citizens were still searching for the bodies of l^add Black, 43, his son, Wallace, 20 and Ernest Heaton, all of Woodside Mill, Greenville, who were drowned in Lake Murray Saturday, March 28, when the boat in which five were fishing capsized in a sudden strong wind. It is understood that dragging operations; which have been going on since Sunday, will be abandoned after today and the area will be patrolled in an effort to locate the bodies. Surviving the tragic accident * are Ted Black of Whitmire and Jerry Heaton, 14, son of Ernest Heaton. Ladd Black and Heaton drown ed very shortly after the boat went under. Wallace Black drown ed while swimming towards the shore with Ted Black, who mana ged to make it to land and give the alarm. F. W. Ellis and Luther Huggins immediately left in one boat, and C. M. Thomas in another, to search for the other victims. Ellis and Huggins res- cured Jerry Heaton, who had been clinging to a life preserver for two hours. The water was too rough to put Jerry in the boat, and he was towed to the shore. Sheriff Tom Fellers stated that several items had been found near Ellis’ Landing, the scene of the accident, which belonged to the party. The items included a thermos jug, an oil can, paddle, hat, minnow bucket and coat. It is understood that the boat has been located but has not beeu brought to the surface. Vets Inoculate 1201 Animals The Newberry County Health De partment announces that 1201 dogs were vaccinated against rabies during the course of the rabies clinic held the past month in Newberry County. The success of the clinic, says the department, was due to the fine cooperation of people of the county who so generously gave of their time and facilities in helping to advertise and carry out the clinics. The Health Department advises that those dogs which have not been inoculated may be taken ta a local veterinarian for this pur pose, and urges dog owners to have this done in order to keep rabies out of the county. Easter Programs Set Over WKDK A series of Easter programs will be broadcast over Radio Station WKDK Sunday, beginning with the Sunrise Service to be held at Margaret Hunter Park at 6:00 a. m„ April 5th. WKDK will begin its broadcast at 6:00 a.m., according to Joe Morris, program director. The Easter evening services of the First Baptist Church will be broadcast from 8:00 p.m. until 8:30, followed by the airing of an Easter Cantata presented by Mayer Memorial Lutheran church. From 9:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. WKDK w'ill broadcast an Easter program which will feature more than 25 Hollywood personalities UDC CHAPTER TO MEET IN WHITMIRE TUESDAY The Drayton Rutherford Chap ter, U.D.C., will meet Tuesday, April 7th, at 4:00 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Robert Duckett in Whit mire. Miss Sallie Lee Cromer will be associate hostess. $6,600 Collected For Red Cross Ray Dawkins, treasurer of the Newberry Red Cross Fund Cam paign, announced today that $4,- 836.10 had been turned over to him during the month of March for the Red Cross fund. In ad dition to the amounts received, several other communities have reported collections as follows: St. Philips, $57.00; Bush River, $65.00, and Stony Hill, $35.00. Whitmire has also gone over its quota of $1500, but the exact figures are not available at this time. The total collected or reported to date is slightly over $6600. H. A. Kemper and Rev. Neil E. Truesdale, co-chairman of the Campaign for Newberry County, today expressed appreciation to the volunteer workers for the work they have done, and urged all captains and chairmen who have not yet reported to try and do so by this weekend, in order that the campaign may be ended. BIRTHDAYS April 4: C. T. Summer, W. H. burgh, Pa.), Miss Rebecca Lomi- burgh Pa.), Miss Rebecca otnr- nick, Mrs. Herman Halfacre, J. H. Cook, James Edward Plam- pin, Mrs. J. E. Wiseman and Anne Bruner. April 5: Mrs. Auther Dwyer, A. C. Ward and John Francis Scurry. April 6: Phillip Plampin. April 7: Mrs. E. E. Stuck, Mrs. John Thomas (Emma Riser Nance), Wava Billingsley, W. F. Smith and Bobby Bruner. April 8: Mrs. Ellisor Adams, Mrs. Lewis Ammons and Robert D. Coleman, Hi. April 10: Mrs. Mederith Har mon and Mrs. V. W. Rinehart