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i Doctors say that to stay healthy, he happy. Seems that it's the surly bird that catches the germ. fj till Youth is that brief period between childhood and mid dle age when the sexes talk to each other at a party. VOLUME 19; NUMBER 8 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1956 $2.00 PER YEAR B> .I?? * ay Run-Off Primary Next Tuesday; Annexation Vote Set July loth JUST OVERSIGHT I don’t know whether the fault was mine, the typesetter’s or the proofreader’s but the name of a very nice person w'as omitted from the (June 9th birthday list. May I say that I am very sorry, and wish a be- dated happy birthday to Mrs. J. L .Burns, who lives on Bound ary street, and who celebrated her 74th birth- Iday on Satur day, June 9. We hope she will •have many mure Mrs. Sanders t>nd that she will forgive us for the omission. m j* m RETURN CONFUSION If you’ve ever been around a newspaper office on election night, you know about the or ganized confusion that exists for several hours until the last box is in and the final score is given. Even with all the confusion, thoug-h, you “heard it first over WKDK” and saw the final score first at The Sun office if you are one of those who stay around town until the winners are nam ed. We did have sort of a madhouse around here for awhile, but it is one of those things that I thrive on—and have, since I can remem ber. The elections of past years were quite different. I can recall that as a child, I always looked forward to election night, because Mother and Dad would let us stay down town until it was all over, usually till one or tw r o o’clock in the morning. When one is reared in such an atmosphere, it just gets in the blood and stays there and when an election is going on, I’ll be around unless, as one of my teachers used to say, “I’m Providentially hindered.” The equipment for Jimmy Cog gins to bring you the returns di rect from The Sun office over WKDK was in the photo dark room; on the counter was one of these old type ring phones for giving the results direct to Bill Armfield at the Whitmire News and to get the Whitmire returns as soon as they were counted up there; helpers were around bring ing in returns, taking them down over the phone, adding up to get the totals—but the work went a- long smoothly despite the confu sion and a little before nine we informed you of the winners and those to take part in the second races, as well as letting you hear most of the winners and some of the losers speak from The Sun office over WKDK. We enjoyed working with Mar cia and Jimmy Coggins and Em ory Bedenbaugh from the radio station, and appreciate the ef forts of all the others who help ed out down there. We’ll have the returns posted for you again on the second election and they will also be brought to you over WKDK. Incidentally, I think State Building & Loan performed an excellent public service in mak ing possible the broadcast last Tuesday. / ye* 4 m m-' <0‘ .. t*,: Hi J.: x* J'.: f*T M MYSTERY FARM No. 40. Can you 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 Rltz or Wells theatres. The owner of the farm may receive the photograph In an attractive easel 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. All who correctly identify the farm will be listed in next week's issue. (Zekan Robbins photo.) Tribute Paid Senator Abrams Presiding Judge Griffith A high tribute was paid by Cir cuit Judge Steve C. Griffith to the Honorable Marvin E. Abrams, a retiring state senator from Newberry County, when the pre siding judge addressed the Grand Jury at the opening session of criminal court Monday morning. His remarks were based on the authorship of the South Caro lina probation law by Senator Abrams. He told the Grand Jury he was speaking of this matter “in the hope that his (Abrams) example, his record, will inspire in us a determination to do our duty and see that this Court is really an instrument of justice.” Judge Griffith reviewed the customs of courts in meting out punishments in time past, bring ing the picture to the present. “Finally the idea dawned upon people,” he said, “that everybody who comes into criminal courts are not habitual criminals and consigned by fate to a criminal future. It was a Christian spirit that brought about this view.” The judge explained to the jury and to those who had gathered in the court room, the probation, parole and pardon law, and gave statistics to show how satisfac tory the results of the law have been. son you ever hear criticize the probation law or criticize the probation system, that those who passed the act and those who are trying to administer it are doing so through a spirit of trying to help rehabilitate and trying to help a man that is frindless, un noticed, and sometimes even des pised. It was conceived in one of the finest Christian spirits of which I know. If it were not, Marvin Abrams would never have sponsored it. “So, Mr. Foreman and Gentle men of the Grand Jury, I thought it proper that we should pause a few moments and pay tribute to this great service that our own senator, who has served us so well, has made to the administra tion of justice. I have thought of it a great deal. These things prey on a Judge’s mind. As I have said in court many times, what a judge does on his bench he has to carry upon his heart and con science forever and into eternity. It is a serious matter. “I thank God that we have had men like Senator Abrams who had the feeling for their fellow- man that would help us in trying to bring about a little more con sideration for the man who may have gone wrong and try to T want you to tell every per- raise him up. It is a fine duty 1 that the State has undertaken. For my small part, I am glad to participate in it and I feel that, after studying this question and the record that has been made under this law, Senator Abrams has made the greatest contribu tion that has been made by a member of the General Assembly to the administration of justice within this generation, and it ranks high among those forward steps that have been taken through all times . . . Senator Ab rams has honored himself, our County and our State. He has tried to help everybody. He has tried to help the friendless and despised and I am satisfied in my own mind that those he has help ed come within the meaning of the Master when he said ‘Inas much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, mv brethern, ye have done it unto Me’.” Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cunning ham, Mrs. Randy Bateman and son, Randy of Winston-Salem, N. C. and Mrs. Claude Culler and daughter, Leslie of Asheville, N. C. sp&nt Monday night in the home of Mrs. E. A. Carpenter on Calhoun street en route to their homes after a ten-day vacation trip to Florida. Court Session Ends Tuesday By MRS. A. H. COUNTS The June term of General Se* sions Court which convened here Monday with Judge Steve C. Grif fith of Newberry presiding, ad journed Tuesday night. Sentences were passed in some 30 cases, all but two being guilty pleas. The two other cases were tried by juries. Charlie Hill was tried in absentia for second offense drunk driving and found guilty, A sealed verdict was handed down with an order for bench warrant to be issued for his ar rest. In the other jury case, Perry Alvin Shealy was tried for third offense of drunk driving and was sentenced to three years or $2,000 fine, suspended upon the serving -of six months or payment of $500, and placed on probation for three years. Cases in which the defendants plead guilty and the sentences passed were as follows: Jimmy Shelton, violation of liquor law, eight months, sus pended after serving two months or payment of $150 and placed on probation for two years; Lee Brown and LeRoy Brown, assault and battery of a high and aggra vated nature, lee Brown—three months, suspended on good be havior, LeRoy Brown—a 60-day sentence; Adam Glymph, drunk driving, second offense, one year or $1,000, suspended after serving three months or payment of $350, and placed on probation for two years; James Whitlock, larceny and receiving stolen goods, 30 days or payment of $100; Freddie Lee Glymph, assault and battery with intent to kill, pled guilty to committing an affray, six months suspended and placed on two years probation; Also, Adam Glymph, Jr., com mitting an affray, nine months, suspended, placed on probation for two years; J. C. Sims, Jr., committing an affray, six months, suspended and placed on proba tion for two years; Robert Hud son, committing an affray, nine months, suspended and placed on two years probation; Robert Hus ton, Jr., libel, 18 months, suspend ed upon serving of two months and placed on five years proba tion; Joe Ellis, assault and bat tery of high and aggravated na ture, six months, suspended and placed on tw T o years probation. Five Negro youths — Charles Shelton, 11; Robert Lee Crooks, 11; Howard Sligh, Jr., 14; Robert Lee Glenn, 13, and Malverse Penny, 10 — were charged with (Continued on page 5) Three Newberry Guardsmen To Get Commissions Lt. Gen. Thomas F. Hickey, commanding general of Third Army, addressed the Sixth Grad uating class of Palmetto Military Academy at commencement exer cises held Sunday, June 17 in Olympia high school auditorium. Among the 43 guardsmen from all parts of the state who were awarded diplomas and are now entitled to commissions as second lieutenants in the National Guard were Curtis W. Hipp of Newber ry, John F. McCarley, Jr. of Whitmire and Kibler Bowers of Prosperity. Diplomas were pre sented by Maj. Gen. John C. Henagan, director of the Acad emy and commanding general of the 51st Infantry Division. Brig. Gen. Ansel B. Godfrey of Clin ton, commanding general of the 51st Division Artillery, is Com mandant of the Academy. In order to obtain commissions, guardsmen attend the Academy one weekend each montft for two years. Over 200 guardsmen have now completed the Academy and are serving as officers in the state military forces. Lt. Hipp, Who has previously held the rank of master sergeant, is sergeant major of the 228th Group headquarters. He will be transferred to Battery C of the 107th Battalion as assistant pla toon leader in the near future. Kibler Bowers, a specialist 2nd class in the motor maintenance section of Headqurters Battery^ 107th, will receive his commission in the next two weeks and will be reassigned to another unit of the 107th. John McCarley is a member of Company K, 218th Infantry Di vision of Whitmire. Four Offices To Be Filled In Second Race; Light Vote Expected June 26 MR. BOUK NIGHT MR. FEAGLE Scholarship Is Awarded Kolodij Romon Kolodij, who was grad uated from Newberry High school this year, has been awarded a scholarship in the amount of $750 by the Pulp and Paper Foundation at North Carolina State College. The award is for $750 each year for four years if he maintains a ratio in his studies of 2.5 or bet ter. This will mean an average of B and C. Roman competed in the exami nation for scholarship given by the Champion Paper and Fibre Company and due to his high rat ing he was entered in the exami nation given by the Pulp and Pa per Foundation. SCOUT CAMP DAY Plans are well on the way for « Girl Scout Day Camp at Holly Springs camp site in Lynch’s woods. There will be a barbecue at the armory on Wednesday, July 18 to help raise funds for this project. I’ll be telling you more about it as the work goes on. Right now, just set aside the date of July 18 to enjoy a good chicken barbecue supper. A FRIEND PASSES All of us here at The Sun of fice, and his many friends else where in Newberry and over the state were saddened to learn of the sudden death of Grady Hazel. A heart ailment suffered while he was visiting a friend in Or angeburg Saturday night was fa tal. Grady was known to those in the newspaper trade all over the state and was another of those who couldn’t stay out of politics, although he was always in the background and didn’t run fo»r political office that I know of. He was a great talker, and the only time he would sit still for more than five minutes at a time was when he was talk ing newspaper or politics, which he did by the hour. We’ll all miss his occasional surprise visits to Newberry. He lived in Bennetts- ville' where he formerly published the newspaper “Pee Dee Advo cate”, and is survived by his wife, daughter, Claire, who lives in New York and three grandchil dren. I „ ..V Forty-eight members of the Newberry High School 1956 graduating class tourned Washington, D. C., and New York city the week of June 4-10. This picture was taken in front of the Capitol in Washington. First row (left to right): Jimmy Cromer, James Oli'n Adams, Jack McCullough, Madison Pitts, Oku Har mon, Hodge Harmon, Blair Martin, James Furman Kyzer, Jimmy Bedenbaugh, Jimmy Dominick, Jimmy Kyzer, Irby Longshore, Clive Hurt, Roman Kolodij. Second row: Claire Riley, June Roberts, Claire Per due, Joyce Merchant, Loretta Werts, Mary Sue Saull, Third row: Bill Thompson (bus driver). Wade Shealy, Gerald Amick, Bobby Metts, Rusty Harley, Reginald Brigman, Ray McCarley, Frank Martin, Mr. Ralph Faye Banks, Barbara Miller, Faye Blair, Connie Sheely, x Whitaker, Mrs. Ralph Whitaker, Miss Sudie Dennis, A TV¥ o vrFl f'* o Wffel vn A 1k4T_ A 11. IA11-! ^4.4. AA Z T * a _ vnr • A . w • Susan Ann Mayfield, Carolyn Andrews, Barbara Frick, Anna Coe Keitt, Sarah Alice Long, Joye Sanders Lock- wood, Mary Alice Miller, Barbara Way, Kathleen Mar tin, Betty Joyce Turner. Mr— Albert Elliott,.Miss Juanita Hitt, Gary Vaughn, Ernest Werts, Billy Riley, Randy Wright, Clarence Kinard, Vernon Workman, Bernard Hawkins, Charlie Parker (bus driver). Cancer Quota Is Still Short The Newberry County Cancer Society, which recently withdrew its fund-raising efforts from the Newberry Community Chest be cause of continued failure to meet its quota, is still short of its goal for this year. Mrs. Pamelle Ringer, county commander, has issued the fol lowing statement: “Contributions of $10.00, $5.00, $2.00 and $1.00 are coming in for meqiberships in the cancer so ciety, but we still need so much more to make up this deficit of $900.00. We not only need it for service to our local patients, -but to help further the research which is our hope to find a cure for cancer. “Please sit down today ^tnd send your contribution to Mrs. Parnelle Ringer, County Comman der, at Carpenter’s or R. F. D. 1; or to Mrs. H. W. Lominick, treas urer Pomaria, or to your local Home Demonstration club presi dent. “Fifty-four deaths from cancer occurred in Newberry County in 1954. Won’t you help save a life? Won’t you help give hope? You can—give today.” Membership cards are issued for each donation to the county chapter. Mason To Head SCS Chapter W. A. Mason, Jr., of Newberry, was elected chairman of the South Carolina Chapter of the Soil Con servation Society of America at meeting at the University of South Carolina on June 13, 1956. Other officers elected were Mil- ton Y. Blakely of Laurens, vice- chairman; Warren M. Stuck, Wal- terboro, secretary and treasurer; and Councilmen as follows: M. B. Brissie, Rock Hill, Douglas E. Wade, Columbia and Frank F. Lessesne, Kingstree. BUYS IN NEW YORK Mrs. E. A. Carpenter returned to Newberry Friday night after spending ten days in New York buying fall merchandise for Carpenter’s store. She was ac companied on her trip by her sis ter, Miss Alta Cunningham of Greer and brother, Dr. G. L. Cun ningham of Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Carpenter also visited her son, Forest Carpenter in Baltimore, Md. while away. Four run-over races are sched uled for the second Democratic primary election to be he'd next Tuesday, June 26. All polls in the county will open at 8:00 a. m. and most polls will close at 6:00 p. m., although a few will close at 4:00 as may be seen elsewhere in this issue in the Notice of Elec tion. Second races involve Commis sioners for Districts 1 and 2, and Magistrates for districts 4 and 6. Carman Bouknight, who polled 1907 votes in the first primary, and W. Ray Feagle, with 1494 votes in thatprimary, will be seeking the office of Commission er District No. 1. Others in the race who were eliminated were Ernest Martin and William Meadors Minick. For Commissioner District No. 2, the incumbent, G. T. (Tab) Werts, and Ross George will be in the race. They polled 1019 and 697 votes respectively last Tues day. Also in that race was Dud L. Bedenbaugh, who was eliminat ed. Seeking the office vacated by W. D. Hatton for Magistrate District No. 4, Pomaria, will be Tallye Hugh Shealy, who ran high in the first primary with 421 votes, and Hugh W. Hentz, Sr., who polled 244 votes. Earl W. Dickert was the other candidate for the job in that district. Involved in the second race for Magistrate District No. 6, Little Mountain, is also the incumbent, ‘J. Harold Wise, and Andrew F. Shealy, who drew 172 and 125 votes respectively in the first pri mary. Eliminated the first go- around were T. Maxcy Boland and Ernest A. Wheeler. Returns will be posted at The Sun office as received on Tues day after the polls close, and will be broadcast over Radio Station WKDK. A small vote is expected in con trast to the 7446 votes cast in the first primary. Elections have been set by the Newberry County Commission ers of Election on July 10 for the purpose of voting on the an nexation of two properties to the City of Newberry. Voting on’ each of the properties will be separate. The first property, certified by the City to the Election Commis sioners is the tract of land com monly called Crestwood develop ment. The city line now runs through a portion of the property but that portion excluded from the city contains eleven houses now occupied and two under con struction. The petition for an nexation was signed by nearly 100 (Continued on page 5) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS June 2: Tena Price, Mrs. Jew ell W. Hentz, William Part ridge, Faye Summer, Roy C. Ddolittle, Mrs. Berry Living ston, Rion C. Price, Terry Don ald Dominick, Mrs. W. H. Cald well. June 23: Mrs. H. H. Ruff, Mrs. O. J. Jackson, Mrs. O O. Fulmer, Billy Long, Mrs. John Earl Smith, Ralph Waldrop, Mrs. John P. Livingston. June 24: Susan Lipscomb, Mildred Glymph, Mrs. William R. Buford, Clarence Kinard, Jr., Skipper Hunter, Jimmy Touch- berry, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Joftn T. Cromer. June 25: Oswald Copeland, Elizabeth G. Norris, Jimmy Counts, Bobby Jollay, W. T. Vanderford. June 26: A. E. Hazel, Robert Luther Shealy, Mrs. Frank Stevens. Jr., Mrs. Ralph P. Ba ker, Bruce Lipscomb. June 27: Elsie Long, Mrs. Enston Richardson, June Wal ton. June 28: Mrs. Douglas Horns by, Jr., Olin Layton, Mrs. T. Roy Summer, Sr., Lonnie Gil liam, Mrs. R. M. Lominack, Mrs. C. C. Hutto, Kenneth Ross Harmon, Frances Derrick, Tom my Ann Werts, Mrs. H. D. Hoi- ' lingsworth, Harriett Ann Seim, Eddie BlaekwelL M -VH'S m vsA&Sil