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you imno about tho ofloits thus
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town, county and hH-hsvavs ( lean.
SHORT COURT
I had hopod to pot ovor to tho
Mourt of rommon IMoas tho othor
tnoruiup to say hollo to Judpo
Henry Johnson of Allomhdn who j " H'*'
xvas prf'stdinp. hut hofom I liad u ,ls ""
a ohaneo to mako it I found that
court had adjournod. Seems that
one or t svo id the cis il oast's ssero
nettled out of court; tho remain
der continued until next term.
JudRe Johnson is one of those
outspoken judges who pets things
done. 1 believe it was on his In
sistence that the Richland county
court room was finally air con
ditioned, and believe me, it need
ed it. I have taken hearings there
when It was so hot it was almost
Impossible to work and this sit-
uatlon exists In many court rooms,
although perhaps not quite so
much ns in Columbia where the
court house is jammed in the
midst of the city.
Judge Johnson has also been ad
vocating stricter laws and pun
ishment for drunken drivers and
I'm right with him. Drunken driv-
ing will continue to take its toll
as long as the law is only par
tially enforced and judges are so
lenient with their sentences.
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Relatives Here
J. Tol Duffle died at his home
to Ward last Friday after an ill
ness of one week and declining
health for a year. He was 73 years
old.
He 4s survived by his wife, Mrs.
Maude Duffie of Ward: three
daughters. Mrs. Dariing Clark of
Ward; Mrs. James R. Sanders of
Newberry, and Mrs. Homer Goff
of Batesburg; three sons, Carl
of Batesburg, Heyward of Lees-
ville, J. T. and Rauch of Saluda;
14 grandchildren, three great
grandchildren and two brothers.
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mrmhrr ol llm Lutheran
of lh" Rcdcciimr; Amitv
un ui lundc till-, " eck h\ k'l tiltk
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lhal Hm Ron: Mauuittp ShoWM
h tv" h< in '"'lull'd t"<' the mid way
add Ho-, that (hla is an oulMtuuding
■, h t >" haviup played in many of
alia m the South foi
.1 U' l prior to I licit
bony fhev will ho iu
Ya . and from here
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comuutfou has also
ot a icturn enpag*'
l.uckv Dell Drivers
nit other special fen
turns w ill he added this year,
uiakinp the fair ‘‘bipper and bet
("i than ever”
Mr Sutton, together with (Jar
vito Taylor, Wilson Reunett, Run
soil Addv and Tom .M I'VHers. nt
tending tho twimual meeting of
the South (’aruliuu Association of
I'aiis last Wednosdav at *he Jef
for.son Hotel in Columbia, Mr.
Sutton was reeleeled to tho Hoard
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SATTLRWHITE ILL AT
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
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was a
churi h
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Temple, and served on city conn
t i! for several let ms.
He was actively engaged as a
eontruetor in this , ■ i t\ up until
the Ixiginning of his deelitting
itealt h.
Sui viving are his wife, M r s .
Clara Livingstoii Wilson, one son,
Leland S. Wilson of Newberry;
two iirothers. (Jeorge tuid Hayne
Wilson, two grjuulsons, inland A.,
a senior at The Citadel and Rtui-
dolph L., <i freshman at Clemson
college, and a number of nieces
and nepliews.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday at 3 p. m. at McSwrtin
Funeral home by the Rev. Paul
F. Monroe and Dr. R. A. Goodman.
Hnrial was in Rosemont cemetery.
Pallbearers were Karl McCul
lough. Albert Jones. Alan Cald
well, George Huggins, Richard
Iximinick and T. C. McDowell.
Honorary escort included: Dr.
Von Long, Dr. B. M. Montgom
ery. Dr. Ralph Baker,, E. B. Pur
cell, H. D. Whitaker, P. N. Ab
rams, Thomas H. Pope. C. T. Sum
mer. Judge Steve C. Griffith, J.
V. Kneece, E. A. Thomasson. T.
P. McCartha, James Dominick,
Edgar Dominick, Ellis Kunkle, J.
F. Hawkins. Joe Boland, Joseph
L. Keitt, P. B. Ezell, L. L. Halti-
wanger, M. A. Jones, Otis Whita
ker, and Ralph WMlliams.
Flower atendants were Mrs. Y.
T. Dickert. Mrs. U U Haltiwan-
ger. Miss Aurelia Mayer, Mrs. J.
V. Kneece, Mrs. T. C. McDowell.
Mrs. Albert Jones and Mrs. Ralph
Williams.
\ S.it terw bite, cnslucr of
th" South Carolina National bank,
is a patient at th" Newberry Me
morial hospital win-re he is under
going treatment. lie has been
cnticallv ill. a.nd hospital offi
cials report his. condition ’’about
I he seme."
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( d'he ut'vt regular meeting
i Sil vet *d reel Parent 'i'etiehet
soilatton will l>e held in
school auditorium on Wednesday
night, February I. beginning at
S p m
Devi'thiuals will Uv led by Rev.
C H Wofd, pastor i»f the New
berry Methodist circuit Tins will
he followed by a panel discussion
on the subject “The General Op
eraiion of the Public Schools” C.
E Hendrix, superintendent of the
Prosperity area schools, will he
tho moderator. Panelists will In
elude, on a state-wide basis, C. B
Seaborn, supervisor of elementary
instructiun, State Department of
Education: on a county-wide basis
P lx Harmon, director of New
berry county schools; on an area
wide basis. J.'G. Long, superinten
dent of Silverstreet urea schools.
After the business session under
the leadership of the president,
Mrs. H. T Lake, a social period
will be hold, with refreshments
being served by a special comm
ittee of parents and teachers.
The public is cordially Invited
and urged to attend.
PLAMPIN IS STILL
SERIOUSLY ILL
The cundition of Pete Pihmpin,
who lias been a patient in the
Newberry Memorial hospital for
\\ it h the
.u t tv lug tn
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first shipment of pipe
Newberry last Satur
w i begun this week
A stud' clu-is "!> " \n I u 11 "«i n '■
(ton ft* i''ivt' Mpiiifu-it t'! * > -. -> l' - - |
will hi'gin Sutul.t' t-vciou- Jan j
mow I-* 1 * .tt s p m .-it iVtim it Meth
odist v toii t h, * itudit' t>'tl hv f It «'
YVonvctt’s Socit'tv "I i to t-tt t;t tt . v U-t
V let* ( tii h--> 4 ' .u *»t t> > t e t t j
charge "i the ci'i.'t-.e w"\'i-, ing ,
With Mi- IMwat'l l*u>t\Wt>ilh the'
ch ut man of ittls'oomii \ "iltn aftv'tt iiatltoad car
On Sumtas evening the voting j | HM ( , ni . p v
pt'oplc of the clum h will pt t'seni ; s ,( t . t | l( ,
tut tut unlit't U'tt ii> tlo- 'ont-e i"’the' i at is Ktihit and
phivbt lot itt. enttt led M>u't * he j g'-iun ,»l su|»t't‘intemient
on th<- water supply line from the
Saluda tt\'U («> \ew berry. The
pic!me ahovn* shows the first st'c
t toils i«f pipe being lilted from tin'
Hi readiness for trims
truck to the project
tar t tght standing on
Jackson's
Holhouser
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Saints", citnduett'd t*v Mrs
Spell ami John Culler Rev Spell
will discuss "The Confessions of
St. Augustine "
Monday afternoon tit T :’.o Mrs
Ray Nobles will lead the worship
program while In Paul II IH'tsey
will present the second elassu
"'rite Imitation of Christ.”
Tuesday's session will he led
by Rev Benjamin Heiietihaugh of
the Bible department of New her
ry college II is topic will ho "A
Serious Call To a Devout Ami
Holy Life" Mrs L C McCullough
will lead the devotions and Mrs.
F. A Truett will discuss "Lite in
the Monestary."
Mrs. Kirby Lonnnack and Mrs
T. P Crooks will lead Wednesdays
program Circle t> will present a
playlet "Three Immortal Mothers”
to conclude the course. Those par
ticipating will he Mis. Willie
Hawkins, Mrs. W. 11 Davis, Mrs
Harvey Kirkland ami Miss Annie
Bynum. Special music will It o
rendered by Mrs. Wm. Ilent/,.
The public is cordially invited
to attend each of these '•lasses.
At the dedication of the new
Fir*' House. Mayor Burley remark
ed that he hoped our Fire depart
ment. like ithl maids, would he
who i'. itt charge of the pipe-laying
job
The 'majority of the pipes are
r>o feet long, with a few 40 foot
lungths to alR)w for going around
curves. They measure Ifi inches
inside, a special size, according to
Frank F. Dunham, engineer with
H I* Berber ami Associates, Inc,
the firm which planned the water
extension project The ordinary
size is Id Riches outside. Each
sta tion of pipe weighs 2000 pounds
and the jot) will require approx
imately 4S.OOO feet The steel pipe 1 on Saluda river should la* ("tn-
was manufactured In Middletown. ple|lrd within the next two weeks
o and shipped to Atlanta where said Mr. Dunham, and "as l.>n«
it was treated and wrapped t o as there is water in Sajuda river
pi'eveut corosiou and painted to Newberry will have water, since
reflect sun rays when being laid, it is being pumped from the \ v
Six cars of the sections have ar : bottom of the river.” Mr. Dunb on
rived tn Newberry to date, with I also said that the Saluda river
S3 sections to a car. By means of water was slightly better F an
a crane and special clamp, they that of Bush River, mainly a lit Me
are lifted from the car and placed 1 softer. “You would never know*
on trucks which will carry them 1 the difference by time it reaches
to the project. As soon as the sec- i your home” he said,** but a dtf-
lions already received are on the 1 ference will be noticed at the fll-
site, digging operations will be
gin.
The 16 inch main will be capa
ble of handling four million gal
lons of water from Saluda river
t'i Newberry daily, which, with a
capacity of one million gallons
from Bush River will supply New
berry five million gallons, a suf
ficient amount to take care of any
dry-weather shortage.
The raw water pumping station
tration plant. The reason that it
is !>etter. ,, he continued “ia that
there is faster run-off on Saluda
river than on Bush river, which
is more of a creek than a river.”
The pipe-laying job is estimated
to take iK> working days. Th# cost
of construction of the pu»ping
station and the water main lit aje
proximately $500,000. Revenue
bonds were sold to finance the
projects.
Uit' past several weeks, remains I ever ready but uncalled upon,
serious, according to hospital of-J A woman without principle us-
ficials. unlly draws considerable interest.
Coroner Summer
Has Busy Year
Thirty four cases were handled
by Coroner George R. Summer,
with just half of them requlrlnjf
inquests. Cases investigated by the
coruner included deaths resulting
from the following: Natural
causes, seven; automobile acci
dents. ten; burns, four; gunshot
wounds, eight; drowning, two;
accidental, one; murder, two.
ATTEND MARKET AT
HIGH POINT, N. C.
Among those attending the fur
niture market at High Point, N.
C. the first of the week were Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Summer. Mr. and
Mrs. Richard L. Baker, John Lind
say and Dee Summer.
Recent Movings
Mr. and Mrs. Martyn Cavanaugh
have moved to their new home,
21 IS (Bonn street.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Kolodij a n d
tamily are now making their home
at 1607 Nance stret.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Morrison
have moved to 1207 Speers St., in
the Rutherford house recently va
cated by the Heyward Davises.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy D. Rollings
have moved to Apartment A-4 Car
ol Courts.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Williams
are making their home in Apart
ment E-2 Carol Courts. Mr. Will
iams is now manager of the local
Western Union office.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Miller have
moved to 1500 Mower street.
County Board Of Education Explains Lack Of Funds
By DORIS A. SANDERS
Members of tin* Newberry Coun
ty Board of Education, who have
been criticized by some for the
so-called •‘secrecy” of their trans
actions. cordially welcomed news
paper reporters at their regular
monthly meeting held hist Friday
night. The chairman of the Board
J. S. Ritchie of Whitmire, stated
that the only reason the meetings
had not been reported in the past
was that no effort had been made
by the newspapers to report pro
ceedings of the Board. Mr. Rit
chie, as well as other members,
expressed his pleasure in having
reporters present to publish pro
ceedings of the meeting in order
that the public might be fully in
formed and become familiar with
problems facing the Board.
The only delegation appearing
before the Board consisted of El
mer Epting and Elmer Shealy, on
behalf of the parents of Newber
ry high school band students.
Their purpose was to further ex
plain the equest made to the
Board to purchase uniforms for
the band members, who will par
ticipate in the Cherry Blossom
Festival in Washington in April.
Messrs Epting and Shealy explain
ed that the uniforms now in use
are six years old and threadbare;
that some members of the band
were using uniforms borrowed
from the Newberry Concert hand;
that, there were only 40 uniforms
and 62 hand members. They point
ed out that although the band is
set up as part of the school curr
iculum, no funds were provided
for maintenance of uniforms and
equipment .They presented a four
part request of the Board. (1)
that provision be made for uni
forms; (2) that a budget be set
up yearly for maintenance of all
bands In all schools; (3) that
immediate action on the request
was urged; (4) that the group of
parents be advised of action of
the Board.
P. K. Harmon, director of the
county schools, stated that the
cost would be approximately $60
per uniform and the total mini
mum needs as requested by the
band would cost close to $3000.
Mr. Epting stated that the band
members were raising funds to
pay expenses of the trip to Wash
ington by various means, but that
an effort to solicit funds from the
public to buy uniforms for the
band would be futile, inasmuch as
the public felt that the three per
cent retail sales tax imposed for
schools should bring in suffi
cient funds to take care of school
needs.
Mr. Ritchie explained that this
was a popular misconception, and
that money for school purposes
whs not increased by the amount
brought in by the sales tax, but
that some funds formerly used
for school purposes were diverted
to other state purposes. While
all money derived from the sales
tax does go for school purposes,
he explained, the amount so de
rived was insufficient to run the
schools of the state and the dif-
ference was made up from other
income of the state. He reiterated
that the schools do not have the
revenue they formerly had, plus
the sales tax money.
Joseph L. Keitt, board member
for the Newberry area, explained
that many other schools in ad
joining counties have better equip
ment for their schools because of
a higher tax levy and more money
to run the school system. A re
view of nearby counties showed
that only Saluda, with a 15 mill
levy, had a lower levy than New
berry’s 27 mills. “We have request
ed the delegation to allow us 32
mills” said Mr. Keitt. “We asked
for that when the one district sys
tem went into effect, but we have
never been able to get more than
27 mills.”
When questioned by reporters
as to the reason the seven-dis
trict system set up in- 3951 was
changed tiie following year to a
one-district system, Mr. Ritchie
explained that, according to the
policy to equalize schools there
must be schools for all races in
all school districts. The State Fi
nance Commission made • a pro
vision that no money would be
allocated for high schools unless
there was an immediate potential
of 250 students; the State Depart
ment of Education has placed a
limitation that all high schools
must have at least 200 students
to continue operation. “Because
there were insufficient negro stu
dents in the areas to secure funds
for the high schools, it was nec
essary to consolidate the seven dis
tricts into one, and build a high
school that would accommodate all
negro high school students in the
county” the chairman stated. He
further pointed out that several
high schools for white students
with less than 200 in attendance
are being operated on a “year-to-
year permit” and that in the near
future, all white high school stu
dents will attend the three high
schools in the Whitmire, Newber
ry and Little Mountain-Prosperity
Pomaria, areas. Building of a
high school for the latter area has
top priority, according to board
members, as soon as the matter
of location can be settled.
After Chairman Ritchie had ex
plained that the only funds avail
able for the ^toard to operate the
schools, other than funds receiv
ed from the state for the speci
fic purposes of teacher salary,
transportation, etc., Mr. Epting
inquired as to whether the New
berry county delegation was not
aware that the schools were in
such poor financial state.
“We have prepared a budget
each year,” said Chairman Ritchie
“and each year we have asked for
increased millage. With the funds
we have, all we can do is barely
keep the schools on the accred
ited list. If more funds are not
forthcoming, I am afraid it won’t
be long until the schools will not
be accredited.” He explained that
the school’s fiscal year ends on
June 30 and as of July 1 there is
an “operational balance” a sum
of money retained td pay teacher
salaries and fuel bills in Septenw
her before revenues from the
State and county are received.
“While we have that balance” l*e
said “it seems that the delegation
feels we have a surplus and there
fore do not need Increased mill-
age. The fact is, however, that we
are running closer to the red each
year. When the Board was first
organized, that operational bal-
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Tire Slashers
Are Not Fovnd
No arrests have ' n made in
the tire-slushing can which de
veloped-. last Friday night, ac
cruing to Police Chief Dowd 'tv
Friday night, sometime aftei
23 tires on cars belonging to «
lege students, parked on the «
pus, were slashed.
The chief said that both < y
and county officers were investi
gating the case and hoped for hl’
early arrest.
GREETINGS
BIRTHDAY
Jan. 27: J. B. Coward. Ann
Campbell, Joyce Lominlck, By
ron Nichols, Mrs. Katie Cous
ins. /
Jan. 28: Judge Eugene S.
Blease, Mra. J. B. Coward, David
Boyd Parr, Kenneth Blackwell,
Jake Boocrer, Rev. E. K. Counts,
Sandra Boland, Rev. J. Ed. Tay
lor, Mrs. J. V. Kneece, Kay
Davis.
Jan. 29: Mrs. B. R. Pickens,
Mrs. R. C. Williams, Mrs. J. T.
Bouknight, Don Chappells, Char-
He Wallace Eppa, Mrs. John W.
Waldrop, Mrs. Belle Bouknight,
Linda Smith, William G. Coates,
George Esrl Cromer, S. L. “Sid’*
Waldhour III, Claude Counts,
Mrs. James C. Abrams.
Jan. 30: Mra. B. E. Stockman,
Mary Frances Bedenbaugh, Viv
ian Lynn Wise, Mra. Dunoan
Johnson, Jr., Mrs. J. C. Abrams,
R. B. Shealy, Mrs. C. H. Eargle.
Jan. 31: John T. Norris, Hous-
eal Norris, Robert EXell Dawk
ins, John Jordan McCullough,
Kenneth Shealy, Mrs. A. C.
Ward, Jesse Lewis, Mary Lane
Williams, Kays Rinehart, Mrs.
B. V. Chapman, Mrs. H. J.
Looney, R. B. Kennerley.
February 1: Mrs. Hugh K.
Boyd, Gene Griffith, Mary Si-
dalle Crooks, Diane Wright,
Peggy Ann Pitts, Ralph Baden-
baugh, Mary Ann Moors.
Feb. 2: R. C. William% Peggy
Sue Price, Seth Meek, R. C.
Neel, Jr., Carolyn Elaaxer.
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