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A rew plastic freeze^ tray forms watr-r into linely chipped ice in stead cf cubes. 4 Puerto Rico’s impressive Capitol at San Juan is made of white mar ble from Georgia. VOL. 17—NO.20 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1954 + $2.00 PER YEAR Brown, Thurmond Be Quizzed By Editors Sunday Prank Armfield. along with editors J. Luther Aull of the Ridge Citizen, Johnston, and James R. Young of The Anderson Daily Mali, Anderson, will appear on the regular “Viewpoint” program over WJBF-TV, Channel 6, Augusta, Ga., Sunday afternoon from 3:30 to 4:00 o’clock. A special feature of the Sunday afternoon program of which Tom O’Connor, editor of The Allendale County Citizen is moderator, will be the guest appearance of State Senator Edgar H. Brown, recent ly nominated Democratic candi date to the U. S. Senate, and Strom Thurmond. Aiken lawyer and former governor, who is seeking election to the Senate on a write- in vote in the November General Election. Mr. Brown’s nomination by the State Democratic Executive com mittee upon the recent death of the Democratic Party’s candidate Burnet R. Maybank. has stirred a '-term of protest and controversy over the entire state. • ;«vv. - ; ■ ¥ ■ - < tb - 'I \ » Mayor Jimmie Wiseman (left) shakes hands with Mayor Wood of Gaffney to clinch an agreement to a milking contest at Gaffney Sat urday night at the grand finale of Gaffney’s -jesqui-centennial cele bration. A large crowd was on hand to greet the bearded men and their mates clad in old fashioned attire as they visited here last Fri day afternoon. T \T.A. Council To Hear Epting* * * First Meet The first meeting of the New berry County Parent-Teacher As sociation Council will be held next Thursday, September 23, at eight o’clock at the Youth Center on Speers street. Hugh Epting, member of the county Board of Education, will be guest speaker. All elected delegates and other interested persons are invited to attend the meeting. ‘Reckless Driving' ChargedR arb ecue Chicken In Williams Highway Death! A^snve^eef* 1 .;Xv*k. V >^p 1 r ^ 'N/'V ? ■ i 1*1 « # wmM WMm ■ HI m§9- ■«** ' -xjte- Legion Baseball players are shown IMP* after they received jackets presented by Post 24, American Legion. First row, left to right, Coach.|||rry Hedgepath, Miller Perdue, bat boy, Rodney Jordan, Rob ert Tesenair, Johnny Livingston, Joe C!*mp, Reginald Brigman, Doyle Smith, and Post Athletic Of ficer, A. P. (Pete) Parrott. Back Row, Jerry Jtlewine, Michael Sinclair, Steve Rinehardt, Wayne Reaves, Olin Hendrix, Gordon Jackson, and, Robert Crouch. Absent at time picture was made were Don Tesenair, June Raines and Bill Jordon. (Sunphoto by Marion Wiggins.) Legion Baseball Players Honored At Supper Meet Newberry County Post No. 24, American Legion played host Tuesday night to members of the post’s baseball team and representatives from Newberry County to Boys' State the past summer at the Area Trade School near Columbia. The meeting was called to order ; by Commander Louis Floyd. The | Coach Harry Hedgepath for a *ob regular order of business was dis- well done over the paS(t seagon . pensed with on this special oc- James Samuel Wheeler of Co lumbia has been held by a Coro ner’s Jury for action by the Grand Jury in connection with the death of John Williams. Wheeler has been released on $2000 bond pend ing his appearance at the Court of General Sessions which convenes in Newberry Monday morning, September 20th- The three-car collision in which Mr. Williams was fatally injured occurred on July 30th at approxi mately 6:30 a.m. on the Columbia Highway about two miles from Newberry. After hearing the testimony of several witnesses, the jury, im paneled by Coroner George R. Summer, returned the verdit that John A. Williams “came to his death as a result of reckless driv ing by the said James S. Wheeler. We hereby recommend that the aforesaid J»mpg S. Wheeler be held for Grand Jury action.” The first witness to testify at / the inquest last Friday night was R. L. Bennett, driver of the third car involved in the collision. Mr. Bennett told the jury that he was v traveling in the direction of New- > berry and that the Mercury auto mobile, driven by Mr. Wheeler, "i came from behind him. He stated that he did not know how fast the Mercury was traveling, but that **it was bound to have been rapid according to the way the tires were squealing and the lick it hit me all at one.” r K Coroner Summer next called to the stand Lamar C. Witmer of Fort Jackson, a passenger in the Mer- enry. He v testified that he was ^hitchhiking from Columbia and \ Wheeler offered him a ride. In iwer to a question as to whether or not the car in which he was A barbecue chicken supper will be served at the Silverstreet School gymnasium, Wednesday evening September 29, between the hours of five-thirty and eight o’clock. The ’cue, cooked by W. O. (Bill) Pitts, will cost $1.50 per plate, and will be sponsored by the Silverstreet P. T. A. 20-2tc. the road before they got to New berry, Mr. Witmer replied, “some had to get off.” He stated that they were coming up the road in a very reckless manner, and that “1 was scared all the way on the trip.” The last witness was Patrolman W. J. Martin, who investigated the wreck. Mr. Martin described the scene as follows: “I found a ’41 Ford. ’49 Mer cury and a ’54 Chevrolet sedan mixed up in the wreck, a three-car* collision. Investigating the acci dent I found that Mr. Bennett was driving the ’41 Ford headed in the direction of Newberry. Mr. Ben nett stated to me he was driving approximately twenty miles, an hour when the accident happened and all the evidence shows that the ’49 Mercury skidded its wheels or brakes lip feet before the right hand side anjl rear wheel hit Mr. are to report Tuesday morning at Bennett’s left rear fender and 19:30 to serve for the September bumper. It threw Mr. Wheeler’s term. casion and after welcoming the visitors and guests Commander Floyd turned the floor over to Poet Athletic Officer Pete Parrott. Mr. Parrott talked briefly on the fine job the boys did the past season in Legion baseball. He said Leg ion ball did much for the boys and was a most 'worthwhile pro gram. Concluding his remarks, Mr. Parrott called on Abe Fennell of Columbia, State Director of Legion Baseball. y Mr. Fennell spoke of the pro gress the Newberry Bp»t team had made and commended Them far^Ihe fine job they did during the sea son. He said the Newberry boys played hard and fair even though Newberry didn’t win a champion ship. He said their spirit was un excelled. In ending his remarks, Mr. Fen nell thanked Mr. Parrott and car. the Mercury, across the road, striking Mr. Williams’ car right The following warrants have been made out and turned over to over the left front wheel inside of * Solicitor w. T. Jones and will be the left front wheel. The f ron t j considered by the Grand Jury wheel and the door was where the Monday impact took place on his car. Mr. Williams’ car w^ent out in the field to the right side of the road going down in the direction he w r as driv ing. He w r as traveling south to wards Prosperity. Mr. Bennett’s car, after the impact, was knocked or traveled 69 Yeet and stopped in the ditch and the Mercury turned around right where the impact happened and was headed back towards Columbia, the opposite way that he was traveling.” Mr. Martin stated that the Mer cury and Chevrolet were bo-th de molished. “My opinion of them is that they are beyond repair.” In ig had run any automobiles off response to a question by a juror. Evidence of the progress being made on the new fence around Setzler Field ai Newberry College is apparent in the picture at left. At right, a section of the old dilapidated fence is shown just before it was removed. The new fence is being erected through efforts of interested citizens who met two weeks ago and formulated plans for the improvement. Cannon Construction company is erecting the fence. In ition the new fence the stadium will have rest room facilities for men and women, ticket office Hind concession stand. Mr. Cannon stated that with good weather the fence would be completed in Htferee weeks. (Sunphoto by Frank Armfield.) General Session Term To Convene Here On Monday The September court of General Sessions will open at the county court house next Monday morning when the Grand Jury meets at 9:30 to pass on bills of indictment. Judge J. Frank Eatmon of Kingstree will preside over the session. Petit jurors, drawn last week are to report Tuesday morn ing at 9:30 to serve for the September term. Petit jurors, drawn last week j Essie Dennis, violation of liquor law. Leroy S. Burton, stealing gaso line from car. Rachil Harrison, stealing gaso line from car. Harold Eason, drunk driving. James W. Wilson, drunk driving. Amos Burton, common nusience. Willie Peal Counts, common nusience. James Williams, common nusi- ance. Luther Perry Jeter, violation of liquor law. Ed Stroud, burglary. James S. Wheeler, reckless homicide. Heyward C. Kinard, drunk driv ing; 2nd. offense. George C. Trefsgar, drunk driv ing, 2nd. offense. Edgar H. Robinson, drunk driv ing, 2nd. offense. J. Pat Livingston, bad check. Lucille Farrow, public nusience. David Shelton, assult and bat tery with intent to kill. Alfred Griffin, assault and bat tery with deadly weapon. B. T. Kennedy, peeping tom. Claudia Cannon, murder. Cleo Harmon, non-support. Charles Hazel, forgery, 4 counts. Curtis R. Gregory, drunk driv ing, 2nd. offense. Lionell Starks, assault and bat tery with intent to kill. Colie Dean, false pretense. Pink Williams, assault and bat tery with intent to kill. Earl Sims, forgery, 1 count; non-support, 1 count. •rtD Glymph. non-support. The following cases were carried over from the last term of court: John Edward Skipper, house breaking. A. J. Calder, violation of bad check law. Horace Cromer, murder. (continued on page eight) George Means, pointing fire arms, one count; assault and bat tery with intent to kill, one count. David Martin, housebreaking and larcerTy. Georhe Lipford. non-support. Hillard Mize, forgery. J. G. Mitchell, forgery. Ernest Miller, pointing fire arms. Woodrow Osborne, drunk driv ing, 2nd offense, one count; steal ing gasoline from car, one count. Newman Hughes, stealing gaso line from car. he said he found no evidence of drinking in any of the cars. Mr. Parrott moved t 1 "* a rising vote of thanks be given Sheriff Fellers and his staff for their co operation with the baseball pro gram in furnishing transportation and h^r their attendance at games. Coach Hedgepath was next speaker. He pointed out in his re marks that rules are like laws and asked the boys to observe the laws and strive to be good citizens at all times. He called on the boys he coadted to stand. Each was intro- ttpon standing and those' island, to play another year were aMgj .pointed out. Coach Hedge- pafk'^tbld the boys and Legionn aires he was happy Newberry ^tiad such a fine baseball program. Hedgepath also commended Pete Parrott for a job well done as the Legion’s representative. The jacket given him as coach of the team was presented to Parrott. P. K. Harmon, county schools supervisor introduced representa tives who attended Boy’s State this year. He told something of the aim of the state wide youth pro gram. He said the purpose of Boys’ State was to teach processes of democratic government to the boys, the future leaders of our county, state and nation. Kenneth Suit, made a report of the activities of Boys’ State which he attended this year. He said they all had a fine time and learned much about operation of govern ment. Of the six youths who at tended from Newberry County, two were sponsored by Legion Post No. 24, and one each by civic and service clubs of the county. At the conclusion of the report, all present enjoyed a barbecued chicken supper. Following the sup- Newberrians Invited To Savannah Party Dred Wessel, Presidebt of The Atlantic Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Savannah, Ga.. is again offering the use of its club house, The Amfico Club, and cot tages at Savannah Beach, Ga., to its Newberry agents, A. J. Bowers and L. C. Floyd. This will be the eighth consecu tive year that the Bowers Insur ance Agency, which has represent ed the Atlantic Mutual for thirty five years, has given a house party at Savannah Beach, which will commence on Wednesday, September 22nd. and end on Sun day, September 26th. Xmong the many pleasures en joyed during these weekend part ies are surf bathing, deep-sea fish ing and golf at The Savannah Country Club and the' Genteral Oglethorpe hotel on Wilmington Delegation Heofd At Council Meet Four-Point Program Offered For Tree Care, City Beautification Members of Newberry City Council sat down ta a lively two and one-half hour session Tuesday night to hear re ports ef the city's operation for the past 30 days and to hear jMeas fron^delegations present for the meeting. Mayor Wiseman presided at the meeting and opening recognized visitors who were in attendance. Aldermhn Ernest H. Layton Among the guesM who will be able. tn> ^ brecht, Dr. E. M. Anderson, Dr. J. Mrs. Baker C. Atkinson, R. E. Blair, G. D. “ Blackwell/J. R. Blackwell, W. C. Brown. R. D. Coleman, J. D. Cald well, W. C. Carter, Boyce Coving ton, P. K. Harmon, R. A. Harley, D. L. Hayes, T. W. Hunter and P. D. Johnson. Also H. B. Kirkguard, J. B. Lind say, Leon D. Nichols. A. G. Mc- Caughrin, J. T. McCrackin, Jr„ George W. Martin, P. B. Mitchell, A. E. Morehead, J. L. Lipscomb, W. F. Rutherford. Al Rabin, J. M. Roberts, T. H. Pope, S. C. Paysing- er and H. W. Schumpert. Also G. H. Stone, Frank Smith, W. E. Turner, Dr. B. M. Mont- gmery, Dr. F. A. Truett, D. M. Vaughn. Harry Vigodsky, Joe Vi- godsky, C. I. Youmans, E. W. Yates and Prof. N. K. William son. offered prayer at the beginning of the meetteg and was joined b7 those present) in repeating The Lord's Prayer^#; After rninu&s of the regular August meeting were read and ap proved, Mayor Wlaeman called up on Dr, Mamie S, Summer, spokes man for one of t^e groups present. Doctor Summer tpld council she was representing the Civic League and the Newberry Garden clubs. She presented,. fW council’s con sideration a fbur-point plan for care and planting pf trees in New berry’s beautification program. Her program called fW: (1) Care ful tree trimming; (2) removing dead limbs and dead trees; (3) planting of npw trees; and (4) ap propriation "by eity to plant and care for tree*, ifi jber remarks, Dr. Summer pointed put instances where trees that were in apparent healthy condition had been , cut down. She also refered to the “butchering'* jof trees in several parts of the city. My. Richard L. Baker was in-, treduced by Doctor Summer, and in her statement she heartily en- dores the 4-point program as out lined by v Doctor Summer. Baker, who is chairman of road Council to Gartt* Chibs, read ex : with tree conservation and plead for more careful consMnBpitlMj trees in the cUfr/^ '/ Tom Lewis appeared before coun cil to plea for relief from, sewerage disposal plant odors. He said city officials had been most coopera tive, but the odor was still there. He thanked council for efforts to correct the situation. Following Mr. Lewis’ remarks there was con siderable discussion on the dis posal plant. Mr. Blackwell said he had done all he knew to do. He said he had engineers come here and also state health department experts to look at the plant, but none had come up with a so lution to the problem. Motion by Mr. Layton, seconded by Mr. ford to instruct the city manage to employ a competent engineer to make a study of the plant and sub mit written recommendations to council, wan made and carried unanimously. Copies of the monthly treasur er’s report were passed to council- men. It was noted that the city had . one month to go in this fiscal year/ ' City Clerk pnd Treasurer Wallace said it looks now as if the city will be able to comlplete this year with out the necessity of borrowing on next year’s income. However, a of approximately $29,000 the building and loan has been used to meet eximhditnres. Council deferred action On light- teg nf tennis eeuts at Newberry MRS. RINGER UNDERGOES SURGERY WEDNESDAY Mrs. Willie. Ringer was admitted to the Newberry Memorial t Hos pital early Wednesday where she underwent surgery. She is reported to have stood the operation fine per jackets were distributed to f ind is getting along nicely, her the Legion baseball players. 1 many friends will be glad to learn. conn ell as president of the Council of Newberry Qllden clubs. She pre sented objectives of the council and pledged cooperation of the council in any plan to make, the city more beautiful. Mrs. Anderson also recommended that two ad ditional members be added to the city tree commission. These to be representative^ of the city garden clubs. Recommended were O. M. Cobb and Mrs. Price Padgett. Mayor Wiseman thanked Dr. Summer* MrfL/Baker and Mrs. An derson for comihg before council and thanked jqther visitors for the^r interest in the tree program. He assured them of the coopera tion of the city in this effort. A motjon was made by Council man Jf: Ed. McQ6>neH that the two ^mentioned persons be appointed to the trep c6mmisaion. Second to the motion was made by Councilman Cecil/ Kinard ^and was carried unanimously. Present members of the tree commission are Mayor Wiseman, Homer W. Schumpert, MVs. R. B: 'Wright and Dr. Sum mer. After the delegation from the garden clubs excused themselves, ' ' v: ‘- the coming yeer. MraV get and Planning Committee re ported that considerable work had gone into the budget for next year, but It was not yet ready to submit to council. He asked that a special meeting of council be called on September 20 at 7:30 p.m. to re ceive recommendations of his com mittee. City Manager Blackwell stated that Kirk Ponaiac-Cadillac Com pany was low bidder on the police cars and that they were now in service. The bid was $652.25 each for the cars plus the trade-ins. Police Chief was on hand to make reports on traffic conditions on College and Caldwell streets. He said his men have experienced some difficulty on holding down traffic speed on College street. The chief was instructed to try and remedy\the situation and also to look into the feasibility of al lowing right turns on red signals at certain intersections in the city. It was also suggested to the chief that painting of white lines to mark traffic lanes might help (continued on page eight) yH ■■■■■■■■Hi I Olon H. Shealy, Jr., right, is shown as he receives his 1l®8. Senior CleHt/dlmlt Pearlstine of the Columbia license office. At left is Mrs. Genevieve Martin, Junior Clerk as shp makes notation of amount paid. The first tag ever issued in the county carried the f lMimbse‘ E-39-501 and was sold to Ralph Purdue, 1525 Caldwell street, Newberry. Officials say there has^be«£ some confusion about the place tags are on sale and reminded that they are available locaHyl Only Vt the state high way shop office on the Mt. Bethel-Garmany read. ( Sunphoto by Frank Armfield.) k 8«Pt. 17: Wilbur Todd, Mrs. George. P. Hill, Ernest Clary, R. R. Bruner, Jr-, Harriett Dick- ert. Tommy Kinard, Eddie O. Graham, Jesse W. Senn, Janice Halfacre and Mrs. N. C. Shafer. Sept. 18: Blanch Salter, Ansel L. Wood, Tommie Pitts, Tommy Kinard, Ahdrea Rae Ringer and Hugh Bedenbaugh. Sept. 19: Jeter Young, Berley Werts, Helen Stone, Mrs. Thom as Cromer and Nona Jean Tim merman. / / Sept. 20: Mrs. D. M. Lambeth, /Mrs. R. c. Nasi, Jr., Henry Bur ton Welle, Mrs. John T. Cromer, A. E. Reece, Walter Hiller, Judy Walton; Charlie Bradley and Mrs* Susie B. Connelly. Sept. 21: H. H. Ruff, Mrs. Eu- g er >e s. Biease, Marg(apat Har mon, Tommy Riley, Mrs. W. H. Chapman, Mrs. Richard L. Bak er, Ansel Ridgeway, Mrs. J. R. Bedenbaugh, Jr., Joe E. Webb and Van E. Price. Sept. „ 22: Mrs. Ben Stewart, Richard Andrews, Kay Domi nick, Betty Kay Richardson, • Lamar King, Jr., Esther H. ^ Coates, Laurie F. Seearman and Lynn Monroe. Sept. 23; Mrs. W. O. Miller, Susan Hawkins, Cecil E. Kinard, Jackie Clarkson, Mrs. B. B. Leitzsey, Sr., Robert Glymph and Edward Epting. ' H - f‘ y,