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. i ‘^5 Vote Tuesday- It's Your Duty Take Your Choice But Vote Aug. 2 VOLUME 18—NUMBER 13 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1955 + $2.00 PER YEAR m By The Way By DORIS A. SANDERS At the last meeting of city council, It was decided that the mayor should talk with City At torney Aubrey Harley on the proper steps to,be taken concern ing the referendum vote for a Negro swimming pool in Newber- ry.-1 talked with Attorney Harley Monday morning and he told me there was nothing of a legal na ture involved—that it is simply a matter of the freeholders of the city expressing their wish and then the people as a whole voting on the subject in a referendum. “Before general obligation bonds be sold,” he said “a majority erf the freeholders (real estate owners) in the city must sign a petition and submit it to the city council. Once the petition is sub mitted and the names of the free holders authenticated, council may submit it to the public for a vote. In the referendum, anyone who is a qualified elector may vote, but only freeholders may sign the pe tition.” Mayor Wiseman advised me that the city officials or city at torney would draw the proper type of petition to be circulated, in the event any person or group of persons is interested. Because of the limited time until the pri mary on August 2, it would be al most impossible now to have a petition circularized, authenticat ed and ballots printed in time for an election. The next election will be the general election In Novem ber of next year. This would give sufficient time for all of these things to be done. Mayor Wiseman says there are several groups interested in hav ing a swimming pool for Negroes in the city; are they interested enough to get behind such a peti tion and see it through? Council has no authority to circularize a petition to itself; someone else must do that. » When I started advocating war on roaches, I meant for the City to KILL the insects, not just run Qit public property. When I went down to the corner the other day to get the mail from our rural mail box (we don’t have city delivery yet, tout hope to soon due to the efforts of our ef ficient post office personnel) what did I find. A big roach crawling around in there. I believe City Manager Ed. Blackwell and his epray truck just ran him out of the storm sewer into the box. Seriously, the anti-roach pro gram has been progressing nicely. Have you noticed recently how many dead roaches you see around in the store windowe and on the floors? Mr. Blackwell says the public is cooperating, but urged that people continue efforts to Wicker Suffers Head Injuries In Truck Wreck James Wicker of Prosperity Rt. 2, and Allen Grady Lollis of Simp- sonville, Rt. 3, were critically in jured about 6:15 p. m. Tuesday when their vehicles collided on highway 76 near Fountain Inn. Both were treated for head injur ies at Greenville General hospital. Wicker was driving an empty Ford flatbed semi-tractor, prop erty of the Prosperity Lumber Company, headed south. As he approached the Anderson Grill crossing, a beer panel truck op erated by Morrison Distributing company of Anderson and driven by Lollis, started to cross the highway from Anderson Grill on the east side. The lumber truck’s left front side struck the right side of the beer truck. The beer truck moved some 75 feet after the impact, the lumber truck about 150 feet. Both wound up in a weed patch. Beer cans were scattered over a wide area, attracting numerous passers by. The front wheel assembly ot the lumber truck was knocked loose from its chasis and the right side of the beer truck was badly damaged. Both drivers were unconscious and were taken to Greenville by ambulance. City Democratic Primary Is Tuesday, August 2nd ■m ■ :y ■■ Chairman Lists Volunteers For Donor Center Volunteer workers for the Aug ust first visit of the Bloodmobile to Newberry have been announced by Mrs. LeRoy Anderson, service group chairman. This trip of the Bloodmobile is being sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Newberry, the members of which are recruiting donors. Claude Weeks, chairman of the Red Cross Blood Program, urges all citizens who are able to donate blood on this visit. The quota is 150 pints. The Bloodmo bile will be at the Education Building of Central Methodist Church from 2:00 until 8:00 p. m. The volunteers who will assist the Red Cross at the donor center next Monday are': Mrs. W Rutherford, Mrs. Gordon Clark son, Mrs. Butler Holmes, Mrs Hugh Senn, Mrs. Maxcy Stone Miss Theresa Lightsey, Mrs. Wil liam Buford, Mrs. W. O. Miller Mrs. W. E. Monts, Mrs. Hope Wil son, Mrs. Seth Meek, Mrs. Thomp son Price; Also, Mrs. T. N. Parks, Mrs. Mamie Fellers, Mrs. Hugh Foster, r r r-' :—^v - if*" " i • 'T F ^ i MEMBERS OF THE THIRD GRADE OF BOUNDARY STREET SCHOOL during the past year were left to right, front row: Carolina Price, Kathryn Boozed, Johnny Hayes, Laura Summer, Betsy Med- lock, Nancy Berley, Judy Henderson. Second row, Jean Henderson, Tommy Pope, Charlie Epps, Stanley Lominack, Nancy Payainger) Paulette Whitaker, Anne Hentz. Third row, Irma Biber, Ken neth Sligh, Sandra Long, Carleen Swindell, Wilbur Floyd, Frances Cousins, Neal Dickert Fourth row, Miss Ruth Feagle, teacher, Carolyn Kibler, Louis Brossy, Ned Coleman, Bob Copeland, Larry Jenkins, Mary Lominick, Betsy Bruner, Eddie Fellers, and Mias Betty Maude Setzler, practice teach er. (Photo by Nichols.) New Gas Users bought By Dealers Gas Rates Will Stay The Same Although the rate of gas to the Newberry-Clinton Natural Gas Authority has been In creased, the rate to consum ers will not be increased dur ing the next heating season, according to James E. Wise man, chairman of the author ity. This information was made known at a meeting of the Authority held last Fri day night. Chairman Wiseman also announced the appointment of W. D. Edwards, Jr. of Greenwood as consultings en gineer to the authority. He replaces J. W. Goodwin, Inc^ whose services were termin ated by the authority several months ago. A meeting of 35 members of the Clinton - Newberry Natural Gas Authority and of gas appliance dealers in the two cities was held Friday night of last week at the Wiseman hotel. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss meas ures for increasing the use of natural gas in the area served by the Authority. It was decided that prizes would eliminate roaches at home and on. Mrg w j Clickt Mrs . Charles other private property. The city | Wilsky Miss Pat Wilsky> Mrs . P . K. Harmon, Mrs. Wirt Jennings, will be glad to give advice and assistance in spraying roach- breeding places. Just call 131 for this service. Before another issue of the Sun is published, a mayor and three councilmen will have been elect ed—provided there is no second primary in the Alderman Ward 5 race, in which there are three candidates. At any rate, the time for voting in the first primary will have passed. I suppose you get tired of bearing it over and over, but I would like to remind you again that the primary is Tuesday, August 2nd. There are 4 choices you,must make. For may- or t you may choose between in cumbent James E. Wisemap and ■W|u*d 5 Councilman Cecil, Kinard; in other contested races are Ward 3, < incumbent Ed McConnell and 6. rD. (Bozo) Paysinger; Ward 5, Cecil Merchant, S. W. (Bo) Mill er and Kenneth Tompkins; Ward 6, incumbent Percy Holloway and Dwight W. Jones. Although I don’t count my school days as the most pleasant of my life, there are many pleasant memories associated with those days—teachers I especially liked, subject I especially liked. I recall that from the first through the 7th grade, there was one day in particular to which I always look ed forward. That was “music” day. It came around, I believe, a- boat once a week, and I could hardly wait until our classroom door opened and “Miss Hamm” came in. I know that all of her students from those days are hap py to see Miss Rose Hamm back in the county school system, and that her new crop of students will look forward to her visits just as eagerly as we did some years ago. I just want to say, along with so many others, “Welcome Home.” I Mrs. Ned Purcell, Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, Mrs. Strother Paysin ger, Miss . Clara Bouknight, Mrs. Price Padgett. Mrs. Sudie Dennis, and Mrs. Fred Hayes. Also, Mrs. M. D. Hoffmeyer, Mrs. P. M. . Dennis, Mrs. Homer Schumpert, Mrs. James Burgess, Mrs. James N. Parr and Mrs. Von Long. One Case Polio In Whitmire Only one case of polio had been reported to the Newber ry county health department this year, according to Dr. J. C. Sease, county health offi cer. The four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nat Welch, of Whitmire, was the victim. He has been undergoing treat ment in the Spartanburg hos pital. The little Welch child had not received the Salk vaocine shots. Services Sunday For Mrs. Zwhalen Mrs. Harriett (Happy) Lips comb Zwhalen, 45, wife of J. Leo Zwahlen, a former resident of Newberry, died Saturday at Ken- nestone hospital. Marietta, Ga., after a critical illness of about two years. She was a daughter of the late Burrett Moore Lipscomb and Nelle Moseley Lipscomb of Col umbia. She was born at Ninety Six and lived in Newberry with her parents for a number of years and attended the city schools and Newberry college. Besides her husband and mo ther, she is survived by a son, Larry Zwahlen of Marietta; two brothers, James L. Lipscomb and Lewis Lipscomb, both of Newber ry; four sisters, Mrs. John F. Busch of Marietta, Mrs. Sarah Schofield of Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. A. E. Morehead of Newberry and Mrs. Durett Williams of Columbia and a number of nephews and nieces. Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday from the Whitaker Funeral home by Rev. Herbert Spell. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery in Newberry. Active pallbearers were Ber nard Lipscomb, George Epps, Ed win M. Self, William'O. Self, Jas. I. Teat and John Drummond. Mrs. Counts, 80 Rites Wednesday Mrs. Ernest O. Counts, 90, died Monday afternoon at Mills Clinic after a short critical illness and a long period of declining health. Mrs. Counts, the former Miss Katie Amelia Boinest, was born in Pomaria, daughter of the late Rev. Thaddeus Street and Ann Elizabeth Rikard Boinest. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and a charter member of the missionary society. Her hus band died a number of years ago. Survivors include two sons, Rob ert H., Spencer, N. C., and Ernest O. Counts, Portsmouth, Va.; three daughters, Mrs. John Schrum, Lin- colnton, N. C.; Miss Katherine Counts and Miss Ethel Counts, Prosperity; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Her youngest son, Gurdon Counts, died two years ago. • Funeral services were con ducted at 11 a. m. Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church by the Rev. Ben M. Clark and the Rev. George W. Meetze. Burial was in Prosperity Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Gurdon Wright Counts, Michard Counts, W. B. Boinest, Howard Counts, A. N. Crosson and William Robert Lominick. Assisting with the flowers were the members of the Katie Counts Circle of the Missionary Society of Grace Lutheran Church. be awarded each month for the next three months to lucky pur chasers of gas appliances, also to dealers who sell the most appli ances. In the first contest, each purch aser of a gas appliance will be given a ticket and a ticket with a corr32ponding number will be kept at the Gas Authority offices in Newberry and Clinton. On • the first Saturday after the end of the month, at 12 noon, a drawing will be held, for the next three months, and the holder of the lucky ticket will be aw*i*M(|La prise of $25 in each of # the ©it#*. At the end of a three month per iod, another drawing will be held, and the winner will have $50 cred ited to his gas bill. Second place winner will receive a gas bill credit of $25. A point system has been set up by the Authority for dealers with a certain number of points allott ed for each gas appliance sold. The high point man in either New berry or Clinton will win the grand prize of $500. A second prize of $300 will go to the high point man in each town, $200 to the second high. For the best display window among those in tooth cities during the entire contest will be a prize of $50. Mayor James E. Wiseman, who Two From County To Get Degrees The following students from the county are candidates for the B.S. degree at Newberry College at the end of the summer session: Mary Erlene Shealy and Mazle Allene Shealy of Little Mountain. stated that the goal is to obtain 1000 new gas customers before the winter heating season be gins. Community Picnic Set At Hartford Hartford Community picnic will be held at the Community Center on Wednesday, August 3 at 7 p.m. All former members and friends of the community are in vited to attend. Bring well-filled baskets and tea. On Tuesday, August second, Newberry voters will go vo the polls to choose city officials for the ensuing two years. In a hotly contested race for mayor, James E. Wiseman is seeking his fourth term, and is being opposed by Cecil E. Kinard, presently Councilman from Ward 5. Returned to office for the next two years without opposition are the following councilmen: Ward J, Frank Armfield, Jr.; Ward 2, C. A. Dufford, Sr.; and Ward 4, Er nest Layton. Opposition exists in the other three wards for council. In Ward 3, S. D. “Bozo” P&ysinfer will make an effort to unseat Ed Mc Connell. incumbent. Mr. Paysinger Mrs. Jones Dies At Home Thursday ^ Mrs. Graves J. Jones, 78, died Thursday afternoon at her home on Hunt street after a critical ill ness of four months. She hkd been in declining health for many years. Mrs. Jones, the former Miss An nie Jones, was born in Aiken coun ty, j daughter of the late Levi and Prudence Altman Jones. She movetP to Newberry when she was a young girl. She was a member of the First Baptist church. Her husband died in 1932. Mrs. Jones is survived by three daughters, Mrs. D. E. Wooten of Greenville, and Miss .Sadye Jones and Miss LUyan Jones, > of New berry; one step-daughter, Mrs. P. C. Ramsey, Gastonia, N. C.; two step-sons, M. A. Jones, Newberry and J. K. Jones, Graniteville; one brother, Joseph S. Jones, of Sav annah; 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct- made tft© same race two years and lost margin of Mp votes. Trying for the seat left, vacant by Cecil Kinard in Ward 5 are three candidates: Cecil Mer chant, who was runner-up in the same race two years ago; S. W. “Bo” Miller and Kenneth ^Tomp kins, both newcomers to the city political scene. Percy D. Holloway, incumbent is being opposed by Dwight W. Jones, also a newcom er, for Councilman from Ward 6. Because of opposition in four races, a large vote is expected in Tuesday’s primary. Since city- wide voting has gone into effect, each voter casts a ballot for aider- man in each ward. Under the old ed Friday at Whitaker F'uneral j 8 y S tem followed in the city, voters home by Rev. C. O. Lamoreux and I cast their ballots only for mayor T-* WW V sr* * « Rev. Paul E. Monroe. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery. Active pallbearers were Verne Kneece, Albert Jones, Larry Graves, Edwin Wooten, Jack Woo ten and Donald Waldrop. BAKER IN HOSPITAL AFTER OPERATION Ralph B. Baker is recuperating chairman of the Authority, | the Newberry OhmAy^MeftToH*} Hospital after undergoing emer gency surgery there Monday night of this week. His condition is re ported to be satisfactory. 1955 Class Gift Is Trophy Case The Class of 1955 at Newberry College has presented to the Col lege as its class gift a new trophy case. The presentation was made by Kenneth Morgan of Fairmont, N. <V president ot the dam. In acceptink' the^gfffT*^n»ddnt X- iKaufmann said: “Newberry Col lege deeply appreciates this gift It will be placed in the corridor of Holland Hall.” and the alderman from the ward In which they resided. The polling places will be open from 8:00 a. m. until 4:00 p. m. at thd following places: Ward 1, City Hall; Ward 2, Smith Motor Company; Ward 3, No. 1, Clamp’s Clothing Store; Ward 3, No. 2, Scout Hall, School House; Ward 4, No. 1, old Court House; Ward 4, No. 2, Behind Layton Bros. Store; Ward 5, next to Corley's Barber Shop; Ward 6, W. H. Davis & Son Automotive Co. Tax Collector Stays Busy All Year Around STUDENTS NAMED ON HONOR LIST The Dean’s Honor List for the spring term at the University of South Carolina has been released by Henry O. Strohecker, registrar. The Dean’s list is composed of juniors and seniors who have scholastic averages of “2” or a- bove. which is rated from “very good” to “excellent.” Named on the list are Harriett C. Dickert of Newberry and Chas. F. Jumper of Prosperity. Many people think a tax col lector Is busy only about once a year, when he receives the list of delinquent taxpayers, but that isn’t true at all, according to Ta- V bor L. Hill, Newberry County Tax Collector. Trying to collect delin quent taxes is a never-ending job, because not only does he have the current crop of delinquent taxpay ers to try to run down, he has them for ten years back. For the nine year period prior to 1954, the Collector’s books showed $20,707.- 66 in delinquent taxes. When the County Treasurer turned in the list of delinquents for 1954, Mr. Hill added another $26,277.47, mak ing a total of $46,985.13 he must try to collect. He only has help ten weeks in the year. His deputy for that time is T. C. Chalmers. In April of each year, the coun ty treasurer gives the tax collec tor the “Delinquent Tax Execution Book” which lists the name, ad dress, tax receipt number, kind ol property, whether personal or real estate, value of property, amount of tax and amount of penalty. The tax collector also keeps a file of the tax receipts. When he receives this informa tion, Mr. Hill adds a three percent penalty to all tax executions. This money goes to the county, when and if collected. He then makes a consolidated list under each of the nine tax districts in the county, showing not only cur rent taxes due, but unpaid taxes for ten years past for each indi vidual. When this is done, he makes out a list to levy upon af ter notifying the person of his tax obligations. “It is the endeavor of the tax office,” stated Mr. Hill, “to keep real estate taxes within two years on account of the complications arising frbm transfer of real es tate from one owner to another.” Taxes due on property which changes hands are charged against the new owner of the property, since it is assumed that the pur chaser has investigated all claims against the property before tak ing title. The tax collector must know how to look up deeds and transfers of deeds in order to as certain the exact location, when not known, of the property to be levied upon. “In some cases,” said Mr. Hill, “purchasers or owners of real es tate do not have deeds recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court. This complicates collection of taxes in that the tax collector does not know the location of the property and must spend a great amount of time trying to find it.” In the case of personal proper ty, such property must be levied upon if taxes are not paid on re quest. A levy is made and the per sonal property is advertised two weeks in local newspapers as re quired by law. “The state tax laws are very tight and stringent—no loopholes,” according to Mr. Hill. The sale of personal property is held on the first Monday of each month after it is advertised. The same procedure applies to real estate, except that it must be advertised three weeks in a local newspaper. Once sold, the high bidder takes immediate possession of personal property on payment of his bid in cash; in the case of real estate, however, the high bid der deposits the cash amount of his bid and if, at the end of one year, the property owner has not redeemed his property, title goes to the bidder. In order to redeem the real estate, the owner must pay all taxes, expenses, and six percent of the amount of the bid, which goes to the bidder when his money is refunded. The tax collector must account for every tax execution down to the penny. At times there are sev eral thousand on the books. Every year, prior to “settlement” time with the county treasurer, audi tors hired by the county make a complete audit of the collector’s books. Taxes must be paid before any legal action as to their justifica tion can be taken, explained Mr. Hill. %The law requires that as long as a tax execution is in the hands of {he tax collector, he must proceed to collect taxes and if there is any dispute which can not be settled by reasonable meth ods outside of court, the law epeci- fies. that the taxpayer must pay these taxes as Indicated by the tax execution, and then seek re lief'in the courts.” Unpaid taxes have been on the increase in recent years. In 1949, uncollected taxes at the time ot settlement with the * treasurer amounted to $13,094.74, The treas urer turned over the same year to the tax collector $19,960.40 in un paid taxes, a total of $33,055.14 as against $40,985.13 now owed the county in delinquent taxes. “Personal property is a much greater problem than real estate,” said Mr. Hill, “because it is much harder to locate, especially auto- I? (Continued in page 4) vj# Jle Changes Told Calhoun Life Insurance company announces the appointment of Hamilton H. Folk as agent in the Newberry area. Mr. Folk will sell and service Calhoun Life In surance company's “complete pro tection” policies in this area uA- der Gamer Nobles, manager for the company in Newberry. Mr, Folk has lived in Newberry all of his life, Is a graduate of Newberry High school, and New berry College, and prior to his ap pointment with Calhoun Life was connected with Carolina Butane company. Mr. Folk is married to the for mer QVfiss Martha Nobles and has three childAn. Calhoun Life Insurance company has announced the appointment of F. Garner Nobles as District Man ager in the Newberry area. Mr. Nobles ha^ lived in Newber ry all his life, attended school at Newberry and prior to his ap pointment as district manager was agent for the past seven years. He is married to the former Miss Wy- nona Goff and has two children. m m ;a TABOR L. HILL, County Tax Collector, work* on hfa list of delinquent taxpayers at his office in the County Courthouse. (Sunphoto.) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS July 29: D. L. v Wedaman, Welch Wilbur, Tommy Ftolk, Sr. 5 July 30:^ Harriette Morehead, BUI Hawkins, Maybelle Yates, Mrs. J. C. Counts, Mrs. Ben H. Caldwell, Mrs. C. S. Hazel, Mrs. Lilian N. Werts, Mrs. Hugh BW- ientine, LUlian Vanderford. •.-July 31: Mrs. Danny ( Mary Louise Lominack) Paysinger, Mrs. Robert Lee Ruff, Mrs. E. B. Car lisle. August 1: Mrs. W. H. (Rachel Mower) Spivey, Tommie Len Henderson, F. A. Longshore, Ann Stenrart, Mary D. Boozer. I August 2: Mrs. M. W. Clary, Dr. Louis Patrick, Debra Jane Bowers, Mildred Chapman, Ann Bafweis M W. P. Lathjroa B. B. Leitzsey, Jr., Willie Graham. August 3: Mrs. W. C. Schenck, Hugh Turner, Mrs. A. D. Haiti wanger, Mrs. T. H. Neel, Furman Wright. August 4: James S. Price, Susan Senn, Mrs. John F. Clarkson, Sa die Mae Graham, Gary Lee Ring er, Frances B. Boozer, Buddy Par nell, Thomas Cromer, Mrs. B. G. Langford, Bennie Bums. ■■ iwl M .rg£|£ Vi ^