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Cotton Goods— Your Best Buy VOLUME 19—NUMBER Cotton Goods— Your Best Buy NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY. MAY IT, 1956 + PER YE By The Way By Doris A. Sanders ITS A! THEM I The re is a pat. this issue taken proposed darnsit' > River water-bet:. ting eou Id havt suppose, with tm: but I wa nt you t< picture i author with t he eng Vaughn, about through a swain| rying th e cametij Mystery Farm No 36 Whose Is It ? • ' ' ' V , s i:' Wt&t ’*&?■ ■j&p- fl^uwhoi o m at one of tho or: t!ie Hush A similar sot- | h< i'!i t o u ml, 1 I ' r 1 loss t rou hh ir. i tiuduod noor. < harlos half a ,• pasture, oar- while ho oar - ried his tripod and level. 1 thor oughly ruined the one pood pair of shoes 1 possessed; 1 suffered dismay af the sipht of all those cows, since 1 never have been on very friendly terms with cows. 1 didn’t have lonp to worry about them, thouph, for a beautiful hip Collie came alonp and chased them until they were on the very hiphest point of the pasture, which is the baekppound for the picture It really is a beautiful location and an ideal place for a picnic, as well as a dam, but be lieve me, 1 wouidn t wade throaph j that jiasturo apain unless. >>f , cotirse. the imr-fMise was to take i an authentic : hoto for- 1 hr- Sun. - 'a " / ", '. - 0 f 1 .. ^ ^ • • ' ' J. • • e- . ..y-W.- • ■ . -' . s - ' :5 ' 'j s&* ’ z. >s» * ^'-veS fat • ' W' M **1 -i \.g- ' Jtt -<0 4 . »U ; v * ’■< -y*•%•■•)«. ^ 'y* ■■ ± la TCUHHRS !> A ’i Your a u Mi ■‘why 1 la\ V " Ricky Her y. -n. o dim I’m • y, waiit * ■ > n't t la i e a Tea L'm M^STHRY FARM No. dti. Can > on identify it? If so, call or write to The Newberry Sun, telephone No. 1. You may be the winner of a free television service call by George N. Martin Radio and TV or a ticket to the Ritz or Wells theatres. The owner of the farm may receive the photograph in an attractive ease! by calling at The Sun office. Calls and letters will be accepted until noon on Mon day following this publication date. The names of those who correctly identify the farm will -be placed in a hat and 11 names drawn for winners. AM who correctly identify the farm will be listed in next week’s issue. i.Zekan Robbins photo.) College Commencement Services Will Be Held Sunday Jun Three Honorary Degrees Be Ma To Baumer, Clark And Blackwel 3rd Fuller Is Named Recreation Head r..\ ~. i- ;i! he: s I d I >av- ■ V. ere _u■ n m 1 Ha.>\ \\ ■ ' for a’"< w' < \a i .tie m: • ..-e, "at. tie teaele. ! -, wit'a v. 1 "lir s'ude: ’ epelld !(:") e < t t’i'i! ‘Urie : a a with their parents, are not s" honoreil. I tbih.k this is a fire- thoupht for a nine year old fourth prader, and a wonderful triliUte to Iris present teacher, Mrs;. Annie Mae Cromer, and his teachers in the other prades. It’s a little too late tv> do anythinp about it this year, but Ricky and I are poinp to start working on it w T hen school starts next year, and perhaps with the cooperation of the County Council ofPTAs, etc., we can arrange to so honor the teachers. The PTA, of course, includes the teachers and they do much work, but it is really run by parents and I know they would like the opportunity to ex press appreciation to the teach ers as much as the students would. BRIGHT BOYS Sgt. Moore, local army re cruiter, is right proud of the fact that “the army has more men of superior intelligence, both nu merically and percentagewise— than any other service.” This new T s comes from a recent issue of the Army Times, which says that because of the army’s size, it probably also has more men classed as “bright” than the Air Force, though the AF percentage figure is slightly higher in that category. Marines, the article continues, appear to rank lowest of all in mental capacity. Note to Marines, Airmen and Navymen: these figures are not mine. I pub lish them because the Army Times claims they are well authenticat ed. Applying to the first half of fiscal year 1956, the percentages listed in the superior group are as follows: Army, 8.9; Air Force, 7.8; Navy, 5.6 and Marines, 4.8. Doctor’s Degree To Be Awarded To C. A. Kaufmann By Lenoir-Rhyne < A. Kai.fniarin nary (Ydlepe, pivsurcr.t >•. Yiv.btiry ('ollepe, will, receive j the honorar y degree of Doctor - ot Laws at the Ibati commencement exercises of Lenoir-Rhyne Col lege on Monday morning. May 28. This action was voted by the Le noir-Rhyne trustees in Hickory recently, and speaking for the Board, President Voight R. Cro mer said “This degree from Le noir-Rhyne College is authorized in recognition of exceptional Christian service in the Church, the community, and particularly in the cause of Christian higher education.” Mr. Kaufmann, who is a native of Lexington, received the A. B. degree from Newberry College in 1929 and the M» A. degree from the University of South Carolina in 1954. He has served on the faculty of St. George high school and has held a number of posi tions at .Newberry College, as registrar, assistant to the presi dent, director of public relations, acting president, and instructor in Spanish, Latin, psychology and public relations. Active in civic and community affairs, President Kaufmann is a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, where he is a member of the Church Council and superintendent of the high school department of the Sunday school. He has served on special committees of the Lutheran Sy nod of South Carolina and is now Secretary of the Committee on Ministerial Education. He has be^n official delegate to two conventions' of the United Luth eran Church in America and was recently elected a delegate from the South Carolina Synod to the Harrisburg Convention of the U. L. C. A. to be held soon. Answer To School Problem Is Expected This Weekend Firemen Head Mr. and Mrs. Sam -Beam and Hugh Connelly attended the S. C. State Firemen’s association meeting in Charleston on May 14 and 15. Mr. Beam, who has been president of the association for the past year, was re-elected to that position for another year. MOTHER-DAUGHTER BANQUET AT JOANNA The Girls Auxiliaries of the Reedy River Baptist Association will hold a Mother-Daughter ban quet Saturday, May 19 at 7:30 p. m. at the Joanna Clubhouse. Fifteen auxiliaries will partici pate. Mrs. D. C. Bomar of Ridge Spring will be guest speaker. Mystery Farm No positive identification has been established for eith er Mystery Farm 34 or 35 ap pearing in the past two 1 issues of The Sun. Inadvertently omitted from the list of guessers of Farm 33 was the name of Billy Dominick. Since his name was not plac ed in the hat with other win ners, Billy may pick up a ticket to either the Ritz or Wells theaters by stopping in The Sun office before noon, May 21. Tho Newberry County Board of Education voted at a special meeting last week to allow Sil- verstreet and Bush River schools to remain open for another year, provided they are accredited by the State Department of Educa tion. The future of these two schools has been under debate by the Board for the past several months. Hugh Epting, acting chairman, told reporters at the close of the three hour executive session Wednesday that a site had also been chosen for the location of a consolidated high school in the lower part of the county to accommodate high school students of the Pomaria, Prosperity, and Little Mountain sections. The selected site is the Jake Singley property on the Columbia high way, a few miles below Prosper ity. This site is subject to ap proval by the State Finance Com mission before the building can be located there. Mr. Epting said the Board had decided that in view of opposition to closing the chools at Bush River and Silver- street, they would allow the five schools now operating in the county to remain open for one more year after which time the three schools in the lower part of the county would be consolid ated in the new building, and Bush River and Silverstreet—the top four grades—would come to Newberry high school. The board emphasized that this action could only be taken after approval is received from the State Board of Education and the State Finance Commission. It was further stated that Hey ward S. Singley, architect, form erly of Prosperity, had been em ployed to draw plans for the new high school, and that Robert Hul- sebus had been appointed super intendent of Bush River school. No other teachers have been ap pointed for Bush River or Silver- street schools, but Board mem- r hers Richard C. Neel, Jr., and Hugh Epting were given author ity t\> negotiate contracts for teachers for those schools when and if approval for their contin uation is received from the State Department of Education and the State Finance commission. P. K. Harmon, director of the county schools, and James Brown, county superintendent of educa tion, went to Columbia Tuesday to deliver resolutions for approval of the above action to the State Boards. Mr. Brown said this morning that the State Finance Commission would meet today (Thursday) and the State Board of Education Friday of this week and it is expected that definite action will be taken by both groups at these meetings. The next meeting of the County board is scheduled for Wednesday night, May 23. Exchangites To Sell Napkins The second annual napkin sale, sponsored by the Exchange Club of Newberry, will begin Tuesday, May 22 and continue throughout the week. Funds from the sale are used to sponsor a Little League baseball team, Explorer Scout Troop, to buy high school athletic trophies and to finance a representative to Boys State. Hugh Crooks, president, urges all citizens to buy napkins to help support these worthy causes. He stated that during the past year, $300 from the napkin fund was used to buy uniforms and otherwise help support the club’s Little League team. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Roberts and family of Whitmire were Moth er’s Day visitors in the home of Mrs. Roberts’ mother, Mrs. R. G. Carroll on Keroes avenue. Dickert Rites Held Sunday Jacob Lemual (Uncle Jake) Dickert, 91, died Friday night at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Newberry Coun ty, son of the late Jesse C. and Nancy Setzler Dickert. Before retirement, he was a farmer and merchant and at one time a mem ber of the city police force. He was the oldest member of the First Baptist Church, having been a member since 1897. He served as deacon and as presi dent of the Men’s Bible Class. He presided over the class last Sunday. He was also a member of the choir for. many years. Mr. Dickert was twice married, first to Mrs. Effie Counts Dick ert, who died in 1932, and then to Mrs. Annie Suber Dickert, who survives. Survivors also include three sons and six daughters. Forrest W., Coke S., and Dr. Jesse L, Dickert, all of Newber ry, and Mrs. Jesse Frank Haw kins, Mrs. Bunyan Ringer and Mrs. Ruby Trice, all of Newber ry; Mrs. William Folk of Moncbs Corner, Mrs. Wyche Dickert of Columbia, and Mrs. Albert Ezell of Aiken; one brother, John H. Dickert of Silverstreet; 10 grand children, and 14 great-grandchil dren. .Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 p. m. Sunday from the First Baptist Church by the Rev. C. O. Lamoreaux. Interment was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Ray Dickert, Charlie Bowers, Dr. E. J. Dickert, Carl Ringer, James Rin ger, and William Folk, Jr. Serving as honorary pallbearers were the members of the Men’s Bible Class and the deacons of the First Baptist Church, Dr. E. H. Moore and Dr. E. G. Able. Mrs. A. E. Lominick of Po maria was a Sunday visitor in the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ruff on Hunt,street. Charles Pruitt To Be College Band Director Charles P. Pruitt has been ap pointed Instructor - in Band and Director of the Newberry College Bands, according to an announce ment by President C. A. Kauf mann. After three years of service in the Air Force, including duties with the Nineteenth and Twen tieth Air Force Bands, he entereo Newberry College where he earn- ed the A. B. degree in Theory and History of Music with Certificates in Public School Music and Band and Orchestra. During his col lege days, Pruitt was a member (Continued on page 1) Paul K. Fu Her. a r rativo Nc *\Y herrian, has been ap pi>ii to d e it y fi ere: 1 1 hin dr roc t <>r in i epl: [ I * * g • lordon Good man . 'a hi> n •(•■ n 1 iy ••esie n>‘«l that 1"> -n i.u 1 to aer< i. • j 1 ' simi!;:r emu! t >y m out iii Ye rtf Dnro’ina. Mi - . Eu Her \v i 11 ICO oil for his new ji di oi n Ju Tie foi i: t h Tho new ( li rec tor was int er- viewed at lem' th 1 ast 1 Kriday nij i'l.t by member-s t jf t he ( 'ity H leer ea- lion Commissi ion and the c ity Manager, E. L. Blac - k well. On Saturday, Mr . F ul lei was n< fied by the city manager - that hc (Continued on page 4) , •;-x Suber Elected Whitmire Mayor Tom . Suber was named mayor of Whitmire in the Tuesday gen eral election, defeating incumbent J. A. Crosby, Jr. by a vote of 259 to 175. Clyde F. Overstreet poll ed 149 votes, and Lawrence W. Boling, 97. Mr. Suber is a native of Whitmire and is married to the former Miss Helen Mower of Newberry. Six aldermen elected out of a field of 12 were the following: Thomas Malone, 444; Bill Car- roll, 433; Arthur C. Sparks; 425: F. L. McCall, ,356; Bill Hipp, 410; and Bill Armfield, 323. Mr. Arm- field, who has made his home in Whitmire for the past several years, is the son of Mr. and Mrs, O. F. Armfield of Newberry. He is married to the former Miss Doris Jean Gilliam, also of New- berry. His brother, Frank Arm- fieid, is a member of Newberry City Council. Others in the aldermanic race were Grady Cahaniss, Luther M. Doas, A. B. Griffin, Charles H. Kidd, Ansel W. Price and Hor ace Van Privette. | Incumbent Commissioner of Water Works Burley A. Atkins defeated his only opponent, James T. Nelson, Jr. by 41 votes, polling 355 to Nelson’s 314. Sheriff Finds Horse Invaluable Aid In Locating Whiskey Stills (By Doris A. Sanders) Although it isn’t generally known to the public, except to one particular group, the force of Sheriff Tom Fellers was increas ed about a year ago by the addi tion of a “detective,” and as a result of his work, the number of whisky stills destroyed in this county during the past 12 months has more than doubled the num ber discovered and destroyed in any year for the past ten. This new detective, who has become almost a legendary char acter among many bootleggers is a horse by the name of “Doc.” The talk among some bootleggers is that Doc was bought by the Sheriff, who sent him to Califor nia and paid $1000 to have him trained; that Doc can ride down a trail irr the woods, smell the mash in the still and lead his ri der to it, and having reached the still, can taste the mash and lead the sheriff’s deputies to the home of the owner. Deputy Sheriff L. L. “Slim” Henderson, who, along with depu ty J. C. Neel, is Doc’s “partner” in these anti-bootlegging ventur es, disavows the stories being published by rumor about the horse. “He’s just an ordinary horse,” said Slim. He belongs to J. P. Strom, assistant chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement division.” Strom, so the deputy says, is the one who suggested the horse idea to Sheriff Fellers. In Newberry county, there had been so many stills being operat ed over such a wide area that it was imposible with the size of his force for the Sheriff to find and destroy them all. Deputy Henderson says that he and Mr. Neel can cover ten times as much territory on a horse as on foot. Doc is housed at the county home and when the time for investiga tion comes, Deputies Henderson or Neel carry him in a trailer which the sheriff’s force built, to as near the destination a car will go. Doc is then taken out of the trailer, and the deputies ride up and down the river banks, des troying stills as they find them. “When we first got the horse,” Mr. Henderson said, “we cut an average of two stills each day for a number of weeks. We are now thinning them out. It has been almost impossible to catch the owners, because several bootleg gers have “cooperative” stills and take turns hatching, so they won’t be caught by the Sheriff. The on ly thing left for us to do was to break them financially.” He es timates that breaking up a barrel of mash will cost the owner at least $30, the wholesale price of the illegal whisky, or even more since many of the bootleggers retail for a much higher price. The most recent still found by Doc and the deputies was an 18 barrell one, capable of producirfll; 120 gallons of liquor twice a week. “We know 95 per cent of the people who are making and sell ing liquor,” Deputy Henderson said, ‘but the trouble is catching them in the act.” Laws for liquor law violation convictions have made it hard for the sheriff and his force to get many convictions in the past, but Deputy Hender son said that the, most recent General Assembly passed a law which will make it easier to get (Continued on page 8) DEPUTY SHERIFF L. L. (Slim) HENDERSON and Doc begin an investigation. In the background is Doc’s trailer. For details, see story about Sheriff Tom Feller’s new “detective.” (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) The following Newberry uanty students are candidates the baccalaureate degree at t 1956 commencement exercises ;L New berry College on June thin: Dewey Drayton Adams, son of Mrs. C. F. Adams of Prosperity; James Osborne Cook, son of Mrs. Lola S. Cook; Jonnie Ray Daven port, son of Mrs. J. P. Davenport; Myra Mae Davis, daughter of Mrs. W. H. Davis; Dewey Gerald Golden, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Golden; Mrs. Barbara Anne Mc- Fadden Harmon; Edith Anne Hendrix, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hendrix' of Prosperi ty; Dorothy Leaphart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leaphart of Prosperity; Sara Frances Mc Dowell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted C. McDowell; Richard Irvin Mack, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben nie Mack; Julianne Elizabeth Monts, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. W. E. Monts; Jinynie Ruff, daughter of Mrs. Sara H. Ruff; Faye Elizabeth Shealy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. S.. Shealy; Mary Carlene Shealy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Shealy of Little Mountain; Philip Morris Spotts, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Spotts; James. Thadout.- Wicker, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wicker, Sr.; and William M. Workman, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Workman. The Baccalaureate service will be held in the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Newberry on Sunday morning, June 3, at 11 o’clock. The graduating exercises will be held in the MacLean Gym nasium on the afternoon of June third begirning at 3:30. Newberry college at its com mencement exercises on JuneSrd will confer honorary degrees up on an industrialisfi and two Luth eran ministers. The degree of doctor of laws will be conferred upon E win G. Baumer of Atlanta, Ga. Rorn in Stuttgart, Germany, Baun r was educated in Germany, at toston university, and at Colurn! uni versity. He is a member of P 'tree Road Lutheran church, v I - he has served as treasurer ■ race the organization of the • ongregation in 1949. Previously -e was treas urer and Counci : at St. Johns Lutheran church in Atlanta. A member of the ExcclJ ^ Com mittee of the Georgia-.' '• ma Synod, served as a membe. he Allocation Commission of re United Lutheran church in r- ica in 1951, and was electe le gate to ULCA conventions j . .952 and 1954. Active in civic affairs, B rmer is a member of Civitan, Cha mber of Commerce, National Manufac turers association and the Atlanta Athletic club. He is past presid ent of the Textile Waste Exch- ange. His fraternal organizations include Mason, Shriner and Elks. Prominent in business, Baum er is President and owner of the Automatic Waste company, pres ident of 788 Greenwood Avenue corporation (real estate), vice president of Paces Ferry Towey, Inc., (apartments), vice president and general manager of Peabody Manufacturing company (textile products), president of Harper Warehouse, Inc., vice president of Buckhead Professional Buildings (Continued on page 5) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS May 18: Mrs. Olgie Shealy, Mrs. Jackson W. Taylor, Bruce Lipscomb, David L. West. May 19: Charles Smith, Steve Price, Ralph E. Rowe, Jr., Mrs. Olin Berry, Mrs. Les- sie Wood, Lee Mayer. May 20: James I. Beden- baugh, Mrs. George T. Daven port, Mrs. Forrest Lominack. May 21: Frances Swittenbnrg, Sadie Crooks. May 22: Mrs. R. W. Culbert son, Mrs. C. B. Bedenbaugh, Mrs. W. H. Shannon, Sr., Mark Hughes. May 23: James Smith, Jr., v ‘Mrs. Johnson Hagood Clary, Gerry Dominick, Bobby Hanna HI, Mrs. J. T. Amick. May 24: Mrs. James Lea veil, Mrs. Floyd Bradley, Leroy Wil son, Mrs. Claude Buzhardt, J.' P. Boozer, Mrs. C. L. Perkins.