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There are about 74 million hor ses in the world, a decline of 5!! per cent since the start of World War II. ir I* 4 tilt Airplane builders believe th. t four or five passenger helieopte < may sell for about the price < ■. an expensive car within 10 yeai>. VOLUME 18—NUMBER 10. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1055 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By DORIS A. SANDERS VOTING TIME NEAR The city Democratic primary is less than five weeks off now. I have noticed in years past that the majority of eligible voters is quick to exercise the privilege of criticizing elected officials, hut a large percentage of that majority fails to exercise the privilege of voting. Seems some people just WON’T vote unless their ire is sufficiently aroused. And about the only way to do that is to have a candidate “crammed down their throats.” That will bring them out. We don’t have any such situa tion in our city primary this year, but that doesn’t make your vote any leas important. Not having a way to get to the polls is no ex cuse. I’m sure there are candi dates in the race who w r ill be glad to furnish cars and even baby-sit while you are voting if necessary. There are a number of civic and service clubs which of ten take on worthwhile projects. A “Get-the-vote-out” program would be a good idea for every club to adopt at its next meeting, and then do something about it. I recall the Jaycees did some thing of this kind in an election a few years back, and they were most successful. All clubs working together on such a plan should bring out a record vote. WAR DECLARED Mayor Wiseman stopped by Tuesday to tell me that City Manager Ed Blackwell had been given the go-ahead on a “War on roaches.” The first round in the battle took place Tuesday morning and will continue until the city is rid of the nuisance, if Mr. Black- well has his w r ay about it. He doesn’t intend to leave a roach in the city except those with their “toes turned up.” I told the Mayor since the roach pro gram had begun, I thought that now was the time to start a cam paign against mosquitoes, which figem bigger and more potent this ever before. He tells me the spray being used for the roaches will also be effective against mosquitoes, flies and other insects. The city is going to spray every possible breeding place on public property and also garbage contain ers on all property in the city. But they aren’t going to stop there, says Mr. Blackwell. The spray truck will go to the home of any individual and spray any breeding place for these insects at the request of the property owner. Please, let’s all cooperate and see if we can exterminate these pests. Just call 131 to have the spray truck come to your home. And put out roach poison your self, if you have the varmits in side your house. SOMETHING NEW Something new r w r ill be tried in New r berry this fall, and I believe it will work. Parents are some times dismayed to find that their children barely miss the age dead line for entering the first grade of school. This year, the children in this age group will have a chance to go .to a private school, and if their work is satisfactory, they will be eligible to enter the second grade during the next school term. Mrs. Margaret Welborn Tyson will be teaching this private school and will be able to acco modate 15 youngsters. They .will receive the same course of in struction prescribed for first graders in the public schools. Mrs. Tyson, who has taught in New- .berry schools for several years, has been certified tq conduct such a private school by the State De partment of Education. If you are interested in having your youngsters enrolled, contact Mrs. Tyson. Elaborate Moonshine Still Is Destroyed Efforts Being Made To Extend Airport Runway LOOKING OVER THE WHISKEY STILL which was destroyed last Thursday afternoon are Deputy L. L. “Slim” Henderson and Olin Willingham. Deputy Henderson said that this was one of the largest moonshine manufacturing set-upe the sheriffs force had raided in some time. Six hundred gallons of mash were poured from the 12-barrel still, which was Jpcftte^Ufn the Beth Eden section, a part of the county which has given very little trouble in the past as far as illegal whiskey is concerned. Deputy Henderson stated that the con denser, which he is holding in the picture above, is a new type In his experience. The still !}ad |||feapacity foV producing 300 gallons of “white lightning” on ohe run, about 90 gallons a day. Although Hhe sheriffs office has a line on the still, operator, they have been unable to catch him with the goods, according to Mr. Henderscn ; The offlcfafa’ attention was caHeck to thl^llJI'by an unaccounted-for amount of traffic on a small dirt road by a sawdust pile. Mr. Henderson investigated and located the still by the creek. (Sunphoto.) Clerk Of Court Job Involves Varied Tasks During the past month there have been a series of articles in The Sun about the National guard. In each story there was a figure showing the 1954 payroll for each of the units. The total 1954 pay roll for the four local units of the Guard amounts to 1113,800.35. This isn’t all the money brought into Newberry by the Guard, so Capt. Jerry O’Quinn infpnns me. He was kind enough to get up the additional informa- v'tion on salaries of full-time em- }■ ployees and advisors connected with the guard here. The total, for eight civilian employees and five army advisors is $67,840.00. Added to the Tegular guard pay roll, this brings in $181,640.35 to be spent in Newberry each year. i fti. Water Supply Project Meets With Approval Newberry City Council has ap proved a raw water project sys tem on the Saluda River to quad ruple the city’s supply of water. The project is to cost more than a halfmillion dollars. City Attorney R. Aubrey Har ley was authorized to expedite the sale of revenue bonds re quired according to the estimate of the engineers. With the present rate from the Bush River pumping station at one and one-halt million gallons daily, Newberry’s supply will be almost six million gallons daily. “There’s only one thing I don’t like about this job,” said Clerk of Court Charlie Bowers when he was being interviewed about his office the other day, “I don’t get to see enough of the public, al- i though I am in public office.” While the name of almost ev ery citizen of the county will go through the clerk’s office in a year’s time, there are few' occa sions for the citizen himself to visit the clerk’s office, since most of the business the average per son would have with the clerk’s office is done by an attorney. Mr. Bowers and his two deputy clerks Burke Wise of Little Mountain, und Mrs. Mildred R. Harmon, of Newberry, keep busy. though, with the many tasks involved in the office. The clerk has three titles: Register of Mesne Convey ances. Clerk of the Court of Com mon Pleas and Clerk of the Court Long Lane School Bids Rejected Two properties belonging to the Newberry County School District were sold at public auction Tues day morning on the front steps of the Court House. A third prop erty, Long Lane School, brought such low bids that all bids were rejected. Charles Lake purchased a bus shed and workshop at Stoney Hill for the price of $125. James Suber was high bidder for a portion of the Gladden prop erty, a house and lot on South Street. Suber, who has been liv ing in the house for a number of years, paid $3100 for the property. This was a portion of the more than ten acres of the Gladden property purchased by the school district for expansion of Drayton Street Elementary school. of General Sessions. The first of these jobs is con cerned altogether with public rec ords of property conveyances, mortgages, and other papers which are recorded. The latter two jobs are associated with the operation of the circuit court in Newberry county. The clerk’s duty begins wdth drawing the jury for courts. As one of the three jury commission ers (the other two are the audi tor and the treasurer) he helps with drawing the jury for each term of court. In December of each year, the office personnel of the three jury commissioners com pile the “box” from which the jurors are drawn. The list is made ted fro mjury duty are teachers, up of eligible male voters. Exemp- preachers, lawyers, doctors, em- ted from jury duty are teachers, balmers, pharmacists, dentists, city and coun4y officials, peace officers, and any person over age sixty-five. Two weeks before each term of court the jury commissioners advertise the time and place a jury will be drawn. The public is not only allowed to attend the drawing but is welcomed. When the venire (list of jurors for the term) is completed, the clerk ot court turns the list over to the sheriff, who sees that jurors are properly summoned to court. In the court room Mr. Bowers has a variety of tasks. He admin isters oaths to the jurors and to witnesses; he arraigns prisoners in open court; that is, reads to them the charge against them and asks how they plead to the charge —guilty or not guilty. He issues bench warrants for witnesses or defendants who fail to appear in court when ordered to do so; he (Continued on page 5) DORN DENOUNCES AID PROGRAM Rep. Bryan Dorn in a speech to the House denounced the foreign aid program. He told the house, “Yes, Mr. Stassen and his crowd are for it. They want to make it permanent because they have the best job giving away money they have ever had in their lives. The world is on a spree and hayride with America picking up the check. CLERK OF COURT CHARLIE BOWERS looks up a record in one of the many record books on file in the vault at the clerk’s offiqe in the County Court House. (Sunphoto.) The Airport Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, with John C. Billingsley as chairman, and the Newberry County Airport Commission held a meeting re cently to discuss ways and means for extending one of the runways at the Newberry airport, according to Chamber Secretary L. C. Gra ham. The object of the proposed ex tension is to have runways suffi ciently long to accomodate larger aircraft for freight and passenger service. There are presently two 174)0 foot runways. The committee and commission propose to extend one of the runways tc 2000 feet or more. The help of the South Caro lina Aeronautics Commission has been promised in constructing the runways provided the land for the extension can be secured, said Mr. Graham. At the time the city and coun ty purchased the airport property, it was necessary to buy more than was needed in order to get the necessary locations for the runways. Mr. Graham said that efforts are being made to trade some of the airport land not be ing used for other lands that will be needed to extend the runway. The Commission also hopes to sell some of the unused portion ot the land to help finance the con struction of the runway. “We hope it will he possible to get freight service and possibly passenger-shuttle service to the larger airports,” said Mr. Graham. He visualizes the time when the major airlines may run a shuttle service through Newberry. “This would require approval of the Civil Aeronautics Board,” he said, “and we can’t get that approval until we *have the accommoda tions.” Mr. Graham stated that many towns of this size have had to close down airports. “We are’ very fortunate.” he controlled, “in having a person like Glin Shealy to manage our airport.” Mr. Shealy became manager of the airport at the time it was opened. The airport administra tion building was financed by the South Carolina Aeronautics Com mission, ibut Mr. Shealy built the hangars and other buildings at the airport. i V. Crooks Rites At Central Church On Wednesday Thomas Pressley Crooks, New berry merchant, died suddenly on Monday morning at Newberry hos pital. He had been in ill health for several months. Mr Crooks was born in New berry county, son of the late Al bert and Arie Cromer Crooks. He was a member of Central Meth odist church, had served on the Board of Stewards and was a member of the Chesley Cannon Bible class. He was a Shriner, a member of Amity Lodge, AFM, financial secretary of Mount Plea sant Woodmen of the World, and a member of the Newberry Ex change dlub. Surviving are his wife, Sadie Lester Crooks; two brothers, Jas. D., Pomaria, and M. Brab, New berry; and one sister, Mrs. Jacob A. Bundrick, Pomaria. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 4 p. m. at Cen tral Methodist church by Rev. Herbert Spell. Burial followed in the Graham cemetery. Active pallbearers were Henry Hentz, Olin Layton, Ernest Mar tin, Raymond Nichols, Jimmy Les ter, Arthur Shealy, Dick Shealy, and Robert Crooks. Serving as honorary pallbearers were: Dr. B. M. Montgomery, Dr. Reyburn Lominack, Adger Long shore, Pat Mitchell, Harry Domi nick, J. W. Swindler, the officers of the Woodmen of the World, of ficers of the Chesley Cannon Bible class, officers of the Exchange club, officers of the Shrine club of Newberry county and the offi cers of Amity Lodge, AFM. GRADE 2-A AT V SPEERS STREET SCHOOL is taught by Miss Annie Abrams. Students in the claaa during the past year are, left to right: Row 1, Linda Brown, tfarrtetta Hagood Clary, Rickie Chap- man, Hugh Auton; R^iir Mao, 'Rpwwy Dick- ^ cai Myrna Camp, Joan Dominick, Elaine Ellis, Mike Hamilton; Row 4, Jeffrey Cavanaugh, Roy Mills, Betty Bowers, Philip Kelly, Louise Cooli, Vendeze Counts; Row 5, Henry Auton, Susan Frazier, Mannie Rowe, Robin Foy, Dale Eargle, Peggy Bannister, Johnny Cousins; Row 6, Miss Abrams, Johnny Myers, Beverly Evans, Philip Bouk- night, Bonnie Campbell. (Photo by Nichols.) School Building Program Progresses Over County Work is progressing on school buildings iti Newfberry County al a cost of $406,988, according to County Superintendent of Educa tion James D. Brown. Newberry High School cafe teria is being constructed at a cost of $172,879. The new addi tion will also contain four class rooms. Spong Construction Co. 1 of Columbia has the contract. The other v school addition is at Park Street in Whitmire, where a cafetorium is being built. The structure will cost $54,355, and the work is being done by W. E. Baker and Son of Whitmire. A new elementary school for Negroes, to he known as the Reu ben Elementary School, is being built in the county to serve the Silverstreet and Bush River areas. The structure will cost $179,754 and will house 16 classrooms, cafetorium and office. It is being built by C. G. Shockley Construc tion company of Columbia. Other new buildings erected during the past two years for Ne groes include Gallman High School in Newberry, which serves the entire county and cost over $300,000; Carver' Elementary school at Whitmire, and a new elementary school at Pomaria and Prosperity. Bids will be opened Friday for a gym and shop at Whitmire High School. The total cost of new schools in the past two years for Negroes in the county will be approximately a million dollars. Leopard Aboard Aircraft Carrier Serving aboard the attack air craft carrier USS Intrepid is Biliy E. Leopard, aviation electrician’s mate third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Leopard of Route 1, Pomaria. The Intrepid, which relieves the carrier USS Randolph, arrived in Gibraltar June 8 and is due for a six month tour of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean area. MRS. CARPENTER ENTERTAINS GUESTS House guests of Mrs. E. A. Car penter, employees of Carpenter’s store, and other friends and rela tives enjoyed a chicken (barbecue dinner cooked and served on the grounds of the Carpenter home on Monday, July 4th. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Closed Next Week The local Selective Service Board office will be closed on Friday, July 8; also Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, July 13, 14, and 15. Any person wishing to contact the*board for any reason please take note. The office will be open Monday and Tuesday, July 11 and 12 of next week. Reporting for induction into the army on Friday, July 22, will be: Iren Clarence Livingston, Jr., Rt. 3, Newberry, and Ricnard C. Glas gow, colored, Newberry. July 8: Mrs. D. H. (Constance Armfield) McHargue, E. I. Lomi- nick, John McCullough, Mrs. Fos ter B. Spotts, Betty Stone, Olin Lominick, junior. July 9: Frank Sanders, “Rusty” Wilson, L. Pope Wicker, Jr., Ron nie Michael Bedenbaugh, George W. Martin, Lang H. Ammons, Miriam Jollay, J. H. Cook., Jr., Mrs. D. R. Son. July 10: Mrs Bill (Evelyn Lea- vell) Davis, Sara Ann Nichols, George Senn, George W. Summer, Louis Brossy, Jr. July 11: Alan Johnstone, Beth Long, Mrs. Jessie Dawkins, Mrs. F. A. Longshore, Doris Marie Sheeley, Ralph EL Epting, John Grady Long, July 12: Tabor L. Hill, Mrs. E. W. Yates, Sr., Buddy Waldrop, Wayne C. Spearman, Frank R. Higgins. July 13: Elbert Aull, Marcia Todd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. (Jean Copeland. Todd, Emory Hayes Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Bennie Livingston, Mrs. C. H. Cannon, Aubrey Wicker. July 14: Holland Sligh, Tom Summer, Mrs. Ralph Black, Nor man Martin, Juanita Felker, H. E. Thomas, Martha Lominack, Mrs. C. L. Holloway, Mrs. W. R. Bouk- night, Max B. McKittrick, Dr. S. L Hunter.