Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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:J,. _ >‘-’ <7i . . '-; s ;'‘ : .i;* , <' ■ j»~ y:; SsS •<'' 'gm - •-. •?? THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1955 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE FIVE i .-CM Statement Of Condition * i ^ Newberry Federal Savings ✓ - ’ V And Loan Association ' ' ml- gjfi: C;' i-i r/-? • 1 M--' v ■a. mmm Close of Business June 30th 1 ■ £‘P Assets Vf'*'/■ * s..« ' First Mortgage Loans $7,079,755.01 ’ - '-W 125,300.00 Well secured loans on properties in Newberry and surrounding ter ritory providing 2216 families with an inexpensive long - term loan which pays off the complete obligation in easy monthly payments. This includes 239 G. I. Loans. ▼ Investments and Securities This comprises stock in Federal Home Loan Bank, our membership in this Bank System places at the disposal of this association two Million ($2,000,000) Dollars of additional funds if desired. Cash On Hand and in Banks ' — 517,817.88 Working balance providing ample funds to cover all approved loan applications as accepted and for any purpose in routine of business. Furniture and Fixtures Less Depreciation — Phis comprises all furnitures and fixtures and equipment of the as sociation necessary for conduct of business. CLERK OF COURT (Continued from page 1) publishes (read?) in open court the true hills of indictment re turned against defendants by the Grand Jury. He receives the verdicts of the juries in ail trial cases and publishes the verdict to the court. The clerk adminis ters oaths to bailiffs and officers in charge of juries or prisoners, and issues pay vouchers for jur ors and witnesses. Prior to eburt, Mr. Bowers re ceives all warrants from magis trates and has them ready to be carried to the solicitor one week before court for preparation of Bills of Indictment. During court, when true bills are return ed by the Grand Jury, the clerk enters the case on the Criminal docket which is used for the in formation of the Judge. When a case has been disposed of, the {deputy clerk, Mr. Wise, together with the probation officer, Roy Stutts, checks to, see that the sentences or disposal of cases are properly recorded on the docket. All papers involved in trial of cases in the Court of Common Pleas are filed in the clerk of court’s office. An example of such cases are divorce suits, law suits; default judgments, foreclo sures, adoptions and settlement of estates. Three calendars are kept for Common Pleas court. No. 1 consists of cases heard in open court at jury trials; No. 2 contains equity cases which are heard by the presiding judge in chambers; No. 3 is the default judgment calendar, where orders for judgment against parties are signed by the judge when a defen- t M GOOD SCOUTS ... 25 Girl Guides from France, Finland, Sweden, Germany and Greece arrive /aboard SS United Stoles to tour U. S. for two months as part of U. 8. Girl Scouts’ International ship Exchange program. Simon P. Mills, 85 Dies At Son’s Home Simon PI Mills, resident of Prosperity, died Thursday morn ing at the home of his son, Colie Mills after a four year illness. He was 85 years old. “Mr. Cy” as he was known to dant doesn’t answer a summons many friends was born and rear- 23,943.40 •i Deferred Charges and Other Assets Leasehold on offices Newberry Federal which is being depreciated on the books over a period of years. 17,521.18 and complaint. When a court session is over, Mr. Wide writes the minutes of the court in the journal. He also I prepares commitment papers to go with a prisoner who is senten ced to the county phaingang or to the State penitentiary. All pa pers concerned with the trial of cases, with the exception of the verbatim testimony taken by the court reporter are filed In the clerk’s office. The Clerk of Court and bis two deputies have the authority in the absence of the resident judge to sign orders appointing referees to hear cases, appointing guardians ad litem in cases where minor children are involved, and to is sue bond, but not to set the sum of the bond. Mrs. Harmon assists the secretary of the Grand Jury in preparing its report and pre sentment to the presiding judge terms of criminal court, ’was in the church cemetery. Total Assets $7,764,337.47 Liabilities $avmgs and Investment Accounts Funds paid in on Savings and Investment Accounts plus dividends credited to their accounts. Each account is insured up to $10,000.00 by Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. » Loans In Process 103,236.15 $6,840,417.66 Amount due borrowers on new building operations to be paid out as construction progresses or when finished. Borrowers Insurance premiums paid in advance. Advances Federal Home Loan Bank Reserves These reserves have been buUt up through years of careful manage ment. They insure the stability of this institution and protect mem bers against all possible or contingent losses in addition to FEDER AL INSURANCE OF ACCCOUNTS UP TO $1Q,000 for each investor. 713.16 200,000.110 619,970.50 Total Liabilities $7,764337.47 Directors JOHN F. CLARKSON J. K. WILLINGHAM M. O. SUMMER E. B. PURCELL G. K DOMINICK W. C. HUFFMAN the routine 5 of the coi running in an orderly **To sum it up” Mr. Bowers say6, “the Clerk of Court just sees that iurt is kept manner.” Mr. Bowers also sees that rep resentatives of the press and ra dio are provided good space for working when court is in session and helps in assembling data for these news media. A job that goes on all the time is the collection of all non-sup port payments and alimony to he turned over to the proper author ities, and fines to be turned over to the county treasurer. One of the major tasks per formed by Mrs. Harmon is the indexing and recoiding of all deeds, real -estate titles and niort- gages. All papers to be recorded in the clerk’s office are timed and dated with an electric device > as soon as they reach that office. They are then typed in a large record book and indexed so they will be easy to locate. Mr. Wise indexes and records all chattel mortgages. Other types of books and records which are kept inclu de : Powers of Attorney, Rental Agreements, Lease Agreements, Right of Way Agreements, Plats, Notary Public Commissions, Li censes of Doctors, Dentists, Phar macists, Licenses of Business firms; commissions of constables, magistrates and other county of ficers. Records dating from 1776 to the present date are available in the clerk’s office. Mr. Bowers has been given the job of collecting license fees from peddlers doing business in the county. Fees for recording, how ever, are not paid to the clerk but directly to the county treas urer. Mr. Bowers and his aides will, on satisfactory proof, issue birth certificates for persons born prior to 1915; persons born after that date must secure certificates from the County Health depart ment. The Clerk has authority to de cide when the court, house offi cials should observe holiday clos ings and set hours of work. He is the custodian of the reg istration books of eligible voters in the county, and keeps the ord inal books under lock and key at all times when they are not in the hands of the Registration Board. “The Clerk’s office is open to the public at any time,” said Mr. Bowers. “We are the custodians of the public records, and will be glad to assist anyone in getting information from those records.” Mr. Bowers was elected to the office in January 1953, succeeding the late Dr. Hugh K. Boyd who was Clerk of Court for 28 years. The Clerk is elected for a term of ed in the Bethel section of the county, son of the late Newton and Mary Dominick Mills. He made his home in the Mt. Pilg rim section for a number of years where he operated a farm, His wife, the former Minni^ Lee Con- Newberry Students :Mrs. Shannon, 82 On Semester list ‘ Services Today The Newberry college honor list j Mrs. .Jennie Scott Shannon, 82, for the second semester was rec- j widow of C. H. Shannon died to- ently released by James C. Ab rams, registrar. Thirty-six stud ents are listed for this honor, which is achieved when a student has attained a scholastic average of 2.6 ratio of honor points to ae- ■emester hour credits. The list includes thirteen seniorp, six jun iors, eight sophomores, and nine freshmen, as follows Seniors: Patricia Janie Faris, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.- A. P. nelly preceded him to the grave Faris of Columbia, formerly of some years ago. Mr. Mills is survived by three sons, C. H. of Prosperity, B. W. of Chapin and B. T. of Newberry; three daughters, Mrs. Mattie Mae McCartha and Mrs. Marie Stock man, both of Prosperity, and Mrs. Agnes Lake of Newberry; 21 grandchildren; 45 great-grand children and three great - great grandchildren. He is the last of his immediate family. Funeral services were conduc ted at 3 p. m. Friday from "Bethel Baptist church by. Rev. Lamar Gamble, Rev. T. B. Altman and Rev. Alvin F. Boone. Interment Active pallbeardrs were: Loy Mills, Claude Mills, Hugh Boozer, J. C. McCarthy, Marion Pifts and Birtrum Cotney. Flower attend ants were Lila Mae Martin, Bar bara Mills, Earline Cotney, Rosa Lee Shealy, Dorothy Mills, and Cornelia Pitts. Honorary escort was composed of the deacons of Bethel Baptist church. Retired Farmer Dies At Local Hospital Thomas Gary Hawkins, 82, re tired farmer died Tuesday after noon at Newberry county hospital after a long period of declining health and a short oritical illness. Mr. Hawkins was born in New berry county, a son of the late Joseph Miles and Henrietta Re becca Nichols Hawkins. He had lived in Prosperity for many years prior to moving to Newberry 28 years ago. He was a member of Lutheran church of the Redeemer and of the men’s bible class. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sula Taylor Hawkins: four sons, Furman E., Ware Shoals; Gary Fred, Kingsport, Tenn.; Chester and Hazel C. both of Newberry; four daughters, Mrs. Margie Har mon, Mrs. Gladys Hipp and -.Mrs. Mabel Chapman, all of Newberry, and Mrs. Helen Morris; one bro ther, Augustus H., Prosperity; 15 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conduc ted today (Thursday) at the home 1804 Main street by Dr. R. A. Goodman and Dr. Thomas F. Sa ber. Burial will be in Newberry Memorial gardens. Newberry; Forest Clyde Hentz, Jr., a son of Mr. and Mrs. /F. C. Hentz of Pomaria; Sara Bee Lorn- inick, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Lominick of Newberry; and Betty Maude Setzler, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Setzler of Pomaria. Juniors t Dorothy Leaphart, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leaphart of Prosperity;' Sara, Frances McDowell, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. McDowell, of Newberry; Julianne Elisabeth Monts, a daughter of .Mr/gnd Mrs. W. E. Monts of Newberry; Jim mie Ruff, a daughter of Mrs. Sara H. Ruff of Newberry. Sophomores: Mrs. Eunice W. Barbee of Whitmire; Ralph Grady Higgins, Jr., of Newberry; Nora Kathryn Kinard of Pomaria; Mary Carlene Shealy, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Shealy of Little Mountain. Freshmen: Doris Ann Parks, a daughter of Mrs. Gloria A. Parks of Newberry; Mrs. Betty Whaley Sykes of Prosperity; and Mary. Pat Taylor, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Taylor of Pros perity. v day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Willie Mae Reighley, after a long illness. / She was born in Newberry coun ty, daughter of the late John and Cornelia Riser Scott She was a member of the First Methodist church, of Whitmire. Surviving are three sons, John, Greenwood; James, Charlotte, N. C.; and Hugh, Newberry; five daughters, Mrs. Willie Mae Reigh ley, Newberry; Mrs. Mace Youpg and Mrs. Lewi^ Simpson, both of/ Clinton; Mrs. Olin Lawson, Green wood ^ and Mrs. Lillian Mitchell, Charlotte, N. C.; four brother William C., Tom P., Broades and James, all of Whitmire; two sis ters, Mrs. Will Duncan, Clinton, -and Mrs. Hayne Buford, Newber ry; 24 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. ; Funeral services were conduct ed Thursday al Whit&ker Funeral e by^RCV. CrM. Bell and Rev. J. F. l^upo and Rev. R. M. Dubose. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery. Si m County Students On College Deans List The Dean’s list for the second semester of the 1954-56 session at Columbia college has been an nounced by Dean Thomas G. Shu ler. Students from Newberry who made the list are as follows .Drucie Connelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave P. Connelly, and Joy Thomason, daughter of Mrs. J. S. Thomason, both of Prosper ity; also Nancy Evans, grand daughter of Mrs. T. A. White of Whitmire. four years. Mr. Wise and Mrs. Harmon have assisted Mr. Bow ers since he began his duties as the county’s clerk o( court. With the aid of his two deputies, Mr. Bowers has an efficiently run of fice, and visiting judges comment on the smoothness with which the court sessions are carried on in Newberry county. Jeff Smith, Sr. Dies At Hospital Jeff Smith, Sr., 75, died early Monday morning at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital after a brief Illness. He was bom in Sa luda, the son of the late Sampson and Mary Kaminer Smith.- He was a retired employee of Kendall Mills. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ludie. Rinehart Smith; four sons, Floyd M., Jeff, Jr., and Victor. R., all of New berry, and Horace E., of Green ville; five daughters. Miss Jose phine Smith, Spartaniburg; Mrs. Max Pollard of Greenville, Mrs. M. P. Miller, Mrs. Eunice. Harlton and Mrs. Glenn L. Stewart, all of Newberry; one brother, George Smith of Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. Jeff Gibson of Saluda, and Mrs. Sims Morse of Joanna; four teen grandchildren, three great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conduct ed at five o’clock Tuesday after noon at Lewis Methodist Church by the Rev. R. A. Hughes and the Rev. D. W. Satterfield. Interment followed in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were George Force, Horace Buffington, Eugene Hite, Olin Davenport, Roy Bouk- night and Olin Bouknight. Assisting with the flowers were Mrs. Edna Phillips, Mrs. Douglas Mills, Mrs. Emaling Mitchell, Mrs. EM. Hazel, MrS. W. C. White, and Mrs. Oharles Wesson. Mrs. Can At Mrs. Mary Livingston Cameron widow of tiie late Chester A. Cameron, died Wednesday at tee Columbia hospital after several month’s illness. She was 69. Mrs. Cameron was bom and reared in this county, a daughter of the late Lenoir V. and Alice Shealy Livingston. She had hade her home in the St Philips sec tion for a number of years where & she was a member of St. Philips Lutheran church. Her husband, died several years ago. Mrs. Cameron is survived bjr four sons: Rev. Virgil A. Camer on of White Rock, Roy L. Camer on of Rock Hill, John L. Camer on of Alamogardo, New Mexico,, and Chester A. Cameron of Col umbia; two daughters, Mrs. F. A* Rice of Columbia and Mrs. James Roof of Gaston; two sisters Mrs. J: W. Lomintekf Sr., and Miss Jamesine Livingston, both of Prosgierity; four brothers, E. A.. Livingston and E. L. Livingston, both of Greenwood, I. C. Livings ton of Prosperity and A. T. Liv ingston- of Newberry; and heir step-mother, Mrs. Ada Livingston and ninp grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Friday at St. Philips Lutheran church by Rev. C. L. Richardson. Burial was in the church ceme tery. \ . ' ’-2 '■M m Mrs. Graham Now At Local Hospital Mrs. Lonnie M.' Graham, who has been a patient at the Colum bia Hospital for six weeks, was removed to the NeWberry Memo rial Hospital last Thusday. Mrs. Graham broke her arm and log in a fall at. her home and under went surgery at the Columbia Hospital. She is reported to be convalescing nicely and expects to return to her home on College street next week. She will be con- find to her bed for some time. Compensation Pay Increased July 1 The new computation of unem ployment compensation benefits, authorized by the 1955 Legisla ture, became effective on Friday. July 1, in South Carolina. For qualified unemployed work ers the maximum weekly benefits are raised from $20 to $26 and the minimum benefits from $5 to $8. These changee in . the South Carolina Unemployment Compen sation Law were made this year because of the increase in weekly wages and in living costs during the past few yeate and to bring the benefits - of South Carolina workers more in line with those of other states in this area. The new provisions will apply oply to those workers .Who file- a new initial claim for unemploy ment benefits effective on or after July 1. The South. Carolina Employ ment Security Commission, which administers the law, said that all local offices of the S. C. State Employment Service have been furnished new informational ma terial and forms so that the pub lie could know the full details c the law changes. - yi ■jsfa mm ■ 'Pa ■sm -