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:r A man's character i" made hy what he stands for . . . his reputation hy what he fails for. I t li " U 4 They say money doesn't U r o as far as it used to . . . hut that doesn't include the dime that rolls under the hed. VOLUME 19; NUMBER 21 By Doris A. Sanders NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1956 By.The Way Mystery Farm No 52 Whose Is It? NO MORE SCRATC H IX(i Postmaster Harry E. Moose proudly announces that the local PO has disposed of those scrmtchy ink pens which have been irrita ting- PO customers for as long I as I can remember. They have been replaced by ball })oint pens. ' which write like pencils w i t h liquid lead. These are pretty nice gadgets ,but I hope the PO de partment purchased a better kind that some I have used which, af ter a time, begin to leak the lead and are as much or more exas perating than the old type. If they work, that is good reason to vote for the Republican adminis- tratiion, for ridding the country of such nuisances as the scratchy PO pens. TEAM SUPPORT Three years ago we went up to Salisbury to see the Newberry- Catawba football game. 1 doubt that there were more than a doz en people there from Newberry. Saturday night, the story was different, for quite a number of both students and team support ers from the city were up there to cheer Newberry on, and they did a god job of it too. Among those watching the Redskins in action was last year’s favorite Danny Brabham, who was grad uated from Newberry in June and is now coaching at Rock Hill But to get back to the game which ended in a 7-7 tie, I have heard that it didn’t sound very interesting to those listening in on WKDK, but believe me, it WAS exciting. In fact, I sat on the edge of the seat so much I didn’t know r w'hether I would be able to stand the tension. Time after time, those big Catawba players marched with little hesi tation straight down the field to / New T berry’s 20 yard line—and just as often, the much smaller New berry line held them there. Each time I had the feeling “they just can’t hold out much longer.” We appreciate the hospitality of Catawba college and are look ing forward to the Citadel game at Charleston at 8. p.m. See you there— and meantime, wall you buy a $10 ticket to the Lenoir- Bhyne game in Newberry to be played the night of September 29 ? Of that amount, $7.50 goes to help pay for the new stadium. An ad in this issue will tell you where to buy them, and w r e hope you will pay especial attention to the sponsors of the ad and pat ronize them, for they are New berry college boosters- (Continued on page 8) $2.00 PER YEAR Two-To-One Vote Defeats Bond Issue Sought By County Board City Precincts Vote 89 Majority For Issue; Whitmire Is 17 To 1 Against Postal Employee Retires; New Carrier Takes Over S,, mm mm m £*C- ‘S&Jf MYSTERY FARM No. 52. 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 cr a ticket to the Rltz or Wella theatres. The owner of the farm may receive the photograph In an attractive easel by calling at The Sun office. Call? and letters will be accepted until noon on Mon* day following this publication date. The names v, 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.) Guilty Pleas Occupy First Two Days Of Criminal Court The fall term of General Ses sions court got under way here Monday morning with Judge Rob ert Martin of Greenville presid ing. Shortly after the convening of court, the grand jury was hand ed around 50 indictments to be acted upon. Monday was spent in taking guilty pleas. The petit jury reported for duty Tuesday, and one trial case was called, that of Robert Franklin, charged with committing an affray. The guilty pleas heard Monday and Tuesday included the follow ing: Rufus Griffin, drunken driving, second offense, one year or $1000, suspended on service of 2 months or payment of $200, and placed on probation. James Cole, assault and battery with intent to kill, and carrying concealed weapons, 18 months, suspended upon service of six months and placed on probation. James W. Griffin, drunk driv ing, second offense, one year or $1000, suspended upon 3 months service or payment of $300 and placed on probation two years. James Willie Bowers, statutory rape, sentenced to five years in State penitentiary. Donald Roy Rice, second of fense, drunken driving, 12 months of payment of $1000, suspended upon service of 3 months or pay ment of $300, placed on probation for two years. Mozene Gallman, Inez Young, and Rosa Mae Wheeler, shoplift ing, sentenced to serve 6 months, suspended and placed on proba tion for two years. The second day of General Ses sions court saw 24 cases disposed of. All defendants pleaded guilty. There were seven cases disposed of for receiving stolen goods; six for violation of the liquor laws; three for non-support; three for carrying concealed weapons and intent to kill; and one each for drunken driving, second offense; drunken driving fourth offense- rape; forgery; and use of a car without the owner’s consent. Cases involving stolen goods follow: Franklin D. Hughes, larceny (Continued on page 8) James Boyd Robertson, for the past 30 years employed at the lo cal post office, prepares for his new job as rural postman on Newberry Route 2 which will be gin Saturday, September 22. Mr Robertson replaces Willie Ballen- tine, who recently retired from the postal service. The new rural carrier’s posta career began when he took a civi service examination in July of 1926, in which he topped the field of 25 applicants with an average percentage of 97. He began work on November 9, 1926 as substi tute letter and parcel post car rier and became a regular car rier in September 1937, beginning his city route in Oakland village He also carried city route 3, which was Newberry mill village and adjacent territory; and city route 5, Mollohon mill and adja cent territory. Mr. Robertson left his bicycle and went inside the post office as stamp and parcel post window clerk in November 1949, and .has remained there until this time. Outside the P. O., Mr. Robert son is an elder in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, and has been a member of the Newberry Concert Band, of which berry Post Office on June 30, has been awarded honorary rec ognition by Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield. At a sup per meeting of postal employees and their guests held at the Panorama lodge last Friday night, Postmaster Harry E. Moose pre sented Mr. Ballentine with an honorary certificate from the of fice of the Postmaster General. The certificate Mystery Fan Wir icrs Mystery Farm No. 51 has been identified as that of Os car Wessinger, and Mrs* Wes- singer wins a free TV service call from George N. Martin Ra dio and TV for making a cor- „„— w * nc * 1 . carr i es rect guess. Also identifying the the seal of the Post Office De- farm were Mrs. Ben Dawkins, partment and the signature of who receives a ticket to the With only 11 of 49 precincts in the county casting a favorable vote in Tuesday’s election, the proposed $775,000 school bond is sue was defeated by a little more than two to pne, with 1195 voters favorable and 2426 opposed. Of the 11 precincts favoring the issue, six were city boxes. Only two city precincts, Ward 3 No. 2 at Mollohon and Ward 5 at West End voted against the issue. The five county boxes voting favorab ly were Bush River, Little Moun tain, Prosperity No. 1 and No. 2 . . vcaail, A X II,J( 1^1 U. X ailU iNO. £ — — wno receives a ticket to tne , Midwav The Bush River vote General Summerfield reads: “Hon- Wells Theater, and Virgil Cook, w^ exceptionally * orary Recognition is accorded w ho wins a ticket to the Ritz Willie A. Ballentine for devotion Theater. Tickets must be pick- to duty in the course of an honor- ©d up at The Sun office not la- able career in the United States ter than noon, September 24. Postal Service. This citation, ten dered upon the occasion of retire ment from active duty, conveys I MM ¥¥ ■ 1 • official commendation from the 1 11111011103011 — -a- V *** ISAACS Postmaster General and a cordial expression of esteem from co workers in the service ” Accompanying the citation Rites Sunday light, was nine in favor, eight against. Many patrons of Bush River vote in a number of other precincts which went heavily against the issue. t There were several precincts voting solidly against: Kinards, Maybinton, Mt. Pleasant and Sa luda No. 7. Whitmire turned in a vote that expressed in no un certain terms the feelings of its W21S — a letter from Mr. Summerfield Mrs. Lucy June Hughey* Hutch- vo ^FU : 26 for, 448 , expressing best wishes for a long inson, 69, died Saturday at the ^Y hl . le 6 . clt y boxe s voted a large . and happy retirement and thank- Newberry county Memorial hos- majority m favor of the bonds, ing Mr. Ballentine for a job well pital. She had been in ill health the combined vote of the eight done in his more than 41 years of for a number of years and was P J e cI ncts . only , a m , y devoted service to the Post Office critically ill for a week. ? f Department. Mrs. Hutchinson was born in l?* 652 , 563 ' , - Mr. Ballentine first joined the Newberry county, the daughter 0ak H n ? box, which community he is now the efficient director, postal service in September 1914 of the late Job and Sarah Eliza- be Vltall y affected by the for 36 years. He lives at 1933 at Chapin and in 1928 was trans- beth Suber Hughey. She lived in building program m the city, tne Johnstone street, and in addition ferred to Newberry when Lake the county her entire life and was total vote 18 bJi Ior and bJU °P~ to his work with the band, his Murray was built and covered a member of the First Baptist p03< r d * hobbies include gardening and most of his old route. He has ren- church here- v, lhe v. ^ i j .. cabinet work in a well equipped dered commendable service not Survivors include four sons, Ro- b as scheduled a meeting for Mon- shop in the basement of his only to the Postal Service but to land of Right Point, N. C.; James day ni ^L ht 7 September 24, to dis- home. his church and his community. He S. of Newberry; C. Hughey of cus ® w "at action will be taken is now enjoying his retirement at Columbia, and Lt. Col. Earl Hut- next conceTnin g the building pro- Willie A. Ballentine, who re- his home on Elm street in Pros- tt o a * tmtm tired as rural carrier at the New- perity. First Baptist Church To Celebrate 125th Year; History Is Reviewed The First Baptist Church of Newberry, the oldest church and church organization in the city, having been organized September 30, 1831, with 42 members, will observe its 125th anniversary Sunday, September 20 with Home coming. Up until 1831 there was no church organization and no house of worship in the town of Newberry, then a little village of a few hundred inhabitants, with a few residents here and there. The only professors of religion in the place at the time were three Baptists and a few members of other denominations; probably not more than ten or twelve alto gether, according to the Rev. Luther Broaddus in a Memorial Discourse in 1882. In the summer of 1831 at the house of John S. Carwile, then a deacon of Bush River church, in a circle of three or four neighbors reference was made of the great meeting in progress at Edgefield courthouse, under the direction and preaching of some young men, students of the Furman Theolo gical Institution, and a desire be ing expressed that such a meet ing might be held in Newberry. Mr. Carwile at once agreed to take the matter in hand and make the necessary arrangements. Sometime during the month of September 18&, four young men —N. W. Hodges, J. M. Chiles, Jo- t&iah Furman and John M. Barnes, rode into the village of Newberry and began preaching at a stand in a large oak grove, located sev eral * blocks from the present church building. '$■■■ ■ Of interest and historical value are excerpts from an extened newspaper account of the reli gious meetings in Edgefield Dist- U rict, forerunners of the Newberry meeting, as showing the religious fervor which was sweeping the country in the midst of the great political Crisis—for it should be borne in mind that this was the before Nullification in South Carolina. There was published in I# Columbia in 1831 a weekly news paper, established in that year by a Landrum, of Edgefield, who suits lasting and beneficient, as i newly found Saviour. The neigh- had published a paper in that vil- those across the Saluda River at boring country Baptist churches, lage Defore moving to the Town 1 T> '— , ' /r - ™— J 1 '’ ' of Columbia. In the September 3rd, 1831 issue of his Columbia news paper he devoted practically the entire first page to an account of the Edgefield meetings written by William D. Johnson. “The or der of the services,” wrote Mr. Johnson, “brought the people to gether for prayer meeting at sun rise, for preaching at ten o’clock, at four o’clock and at candle light.” As the meeting advanced Mr. Johnson said it deepened in interest “the meeting house was scarcely over empty from sunrise to 10 or 11 o’clock at night. Many were baptized.” The Newberry meeting •which followed, was as fruitful, the re- Johnstone 6 Bush River 9 Ward 3-1 61 Mt. Bethel 2 Utopia 13 Kinards 0 Mulberry 1 Whitmire No. 1 14 Whitmire No. 2 12 Edgefield and the Rev. Mr. Broad dus this summarized them “The novelty of the thing, and the frame of similar meeting else where, soon attracted a crowd, w'hich continued to grow until people from all parts of Newberry and the neighboring District came in great numbers to hear the Word. When the weather was such that the meeting could not be held in the grove the congre gation repaired to the old court house, which stood where the present one stands, and the preaching went on there; but thej house was entirely too small for the crowd. It was not long be fore visible results followed, and many were made to rejoice in a — _ r and those of other denominations, also, received of the fruits of the meeting in increased numbers and quickened spiritual life.” In the first meeting of the church, the constitution was adopted, John S. Carwile, was elected first Deacon, and John M. Barnes, one of the four young men who conducted the first meet ing in the grove, was elected pas tor. The first church building was completed in 1832 and used until 1907, when the building now in use was built. It is interesting to note that when the old build ing was torn down in 1907, it was erected at Mollohon Mill Vil- (Continued on page 8) MR. ROBERTSON CRUM Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Crum of Charlotte, N. C., are receiving congratulations on the arrival of their third son, weighing seven pounds, four ounces, at the Pres byterian Hospital Friday, Septem ber 14. The Crum’s other sons are Dixon, age 9, and George, age 8. Mrs. Crum, the former Mar- MR. BALLENTINE MOTHER’S CLUB TO^ MEET FRIDAY JLH« oiinam, Mrs. Maude G. Ross and Miss Elsie Gilliam ^ snent ’ ■ The Mothers Club, Group 2 will meet Friday, September 21 at 4 . . nd a sermon b y Rev - p- m. at the home of Mrs. Edna J ^ 1 , Kirkegard on Boundary street. . Th ® p “ bl ' c 15 cord . laH y mvl ‘ ed Co-hostesses will be Mrs. Peggy t0 attend these services. Catlin and Marie Mills. Mrs. M. E. Gilliam, Mrs. Maude J chinson of the U S. Anny, Ite- precincts follows: tioned in Korea; three daughters, „ U.' A c ^ ^ „ Mrs. S. E. Tindal of Florence, Miss Lucy Berta Hutchinson, of Wele a Newberry and Mrs. M, H. Fan ning of Barnwell; two brothers, W. Henry Hughey of Columbia, and Marvin Hughey of Charles ton; one sister, Mrs. E. N. Austin of Greenville; 13 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Active pallbearers were Prof. T. E. Epting, Thos L. Hicks, Her man Langford, 0. C. Graham and Pearce Davis. Assisting with the flowers were Mrs. Carolina Cockrell, Miss ‘Bet ty Sue Hutchinson, Mrs. James Abrams, Miss Ha Mae Suber, Mrs. Richard Perkins, and Mrs. Larry Senn. Reedy River Group To Meet Tuesday ciation will hold its regular meet ing on Tuesday, September 25 at 10 a.m. Morning and afternoon sessions will be at Glenn Street church, with reports and discuss- Z _ x* • ■* * — BIRTHDAY GREETINGS VX AAllCftlll spent Sunday in Charlotte, N. C- in the home of Mrs. Ross’ son, John G. Ross, Mrs. Ross and daughter, Marcia. Dominick Fairview Jalapa Midway Mt. Pleasant Saluda No. 7 Vaughnville TOTAL 1 20 8 28 16 81 31 24 0 42 0 17 1 26 1195 2426 . Garmany 10 Ward 2 174 Ward 3-2 26 Ward 4-1 31 Ward 4-2 48 Zion 2 Oakland 39 Beth-E-LongL. 6 Ward 5 36 Chappells 5 Walton 7 Ward 6 185 * Ward 1 91 Hartford 19 Union 1 O’Neal No. 1 1 Maybinton 0 Stoney Hill 7 Little Mtn 99 St. Philips 7 Trinity 8 Jolly Street 11 St. Paul’s 0 . Central 4 Prosperity Nol 61 Prosperity No2 63 Pomaria 19 O’Neal No. 2 21 Peak 8 Longshore 8 Silverstreet 3 Wheeland 9 Photo by Nichols. Sept. 21: H. H. Ruff, Mrs. Eu gene S. Blease, Margaret Har man, Tommy Riley, Mrs. W. H. Chapman/ Mrs. Richard L. Ba ker, Ansel Ridgeway, Mrs. J. R. Bedenbaugh Jr., Joe E. Webb, Van E. Price. Sept. 22: Mrs. Ben Stewart, Richard Andrews, Kay Domin ick, Betty Kay Richardson, La mar Kin, Jr., Esther H. Coats, Laurie F. Spearman, Lynn Mon roe. Sept. 23: Mrs. W. O* Miller, Susan Hawkins, Cecil E. Kjpard, Jackie Clarkkon, Mrs. B. B. Leitzsey Sr., Robert Glymph, Edward Epting. Sept. 24: George Rodelsperg- er, Mrs. Edgar L. Hiller, Robert E. Wike, Barbara Way, Ton Stuck, Joyce Ann Swygert, Gary Bedenbaugh. Sept. 25: Strother Paysinger,. Pinckney Abrams, Mrs. W. B: Goggins, Julian H. Aull, Kay Dawkins, Tommy Lewis, Eddie Lominack, Mrs. Clem I. You- mans, William R. Buford, Mrs. Grace Graham Pence, Patsy Wil ton. Mrs. Marie Nicosia, Mrs. Earl Bozard. Sept. 26: J. Ervin Wilson, Peggy Lominack, Harold Bowers, Gail Phillips, Susan Cook. Sept. 27: Miss Frances Jones, Rev. Neil E. Truedale, Ruth Ro berts, Billie Lathrop, Mrs. Car- roll Eargle, Newton Dickert, Malcolm Amick Sr. ■.ftp? ■' — enough for books, but these youngsters enjoy their school each day any way. They are attending playschool conducted) by Mrs. J. L. Huffman at her home on Main street. Pictures of the children in other playschools will appear in subsequent issue of The Sun. These children, who posed for the camera in a hot morning sun bdfore beginning their play for the day, are seated, left to right, Betty Jane Maxwell, Jimmy Henderson, Len Weeks, Paul Folk, Benny Bartlev. Jan ai " r ” ~ „ —n—. ***,**, a ass mi ^ fieiiciersoii, JLcii Jones, Ellen Gist, Benny Bartley, Jan Bennett, Sloan Wallace, Connie Sanders, Mac Montgomery, and Debbie Lipscomb. Standing, left to right, with nurse, Angie Ruff, x Sandra Wood, Flora Gil- fillan, Linda Hazel, Linda Driggers, Hugh Wessinger, Nat Gist, Butch Summer, Mark Hughes, Mary Baker, Johnny Windley, Nancy Floyd, Betty Douglas, Michael Cavanaugh, Deryll Setter* white, Mike Feiker, Ralph Moyer, Sandy Fretwell, Clyde Roberts, and Billy Ringer. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.)