Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Yo'.f'.c reached middle ase w hen \ ou \ e learned ho->v to take care of yourselt' and intend to heem nio->t anvtime now. Ez Tike and his son and now carrying on a business together Ez does the business and his son does the carrying on. YOI.IMK r.' X IM El. i* ‘NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSIEW. I )E( E.MBI'R W. 195G 4. $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Doris A. Sanders M1SIOKI EM- STRIKES What conditio!! %\ouk; V'-'i he iii if vour Iio.im' weic to hmn to the y round toiitty, ce.-troying ali of your clothe.', luiuntuie eveiy- thing exeept what you are wear ing? If this were to happen to us I can asure you we would he in had shape, since the insurance would go to pay oil the mortgage on the house, and what little amount of insurance we have on the household effects would not nearly begin to . cover the losses. Christmastime is an especially bad time for something like this to happen—but it did. The old home place of Mrs. Catherine Graham, on the W’innsboro road, about four miles from Keitt’s Cross Roads, burned about nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, Nov ember 27. The home was owned by Mrs. Graham’s son, Allen, who lived there with his mother, his wife, and son and daughter, ages 2 and 3. Only a couple of chairs were saved—everything else was a total loss. Mr. Graham’s mother was off at the time of the fire and didn’t know about it until her return Sunday. If you have any clothes, furni ture or toys the Grahams can use they would be most appreciative. Many of their friends have help ed already, but they could still use warm clothing for themselves and the babies. If you have such articles would you please take them to Bill’s Glass Shop on Cald well street, or call there and they will be picked up. SHOP AT HOME Why is it that so many people who make their money from the payrolls of Newberry county take money outside the county t o spend? This doesn’t make sense to, me, especially in view of the fact that you can find almost anything* you want in Newberry, save time and expense of travel ing to Columbia or Greenville, and save wear and tear on your nerves. I know there are some things that can’t be obtained in Newberry—but look at the things you have bought out of town— I would be willing to bet you could have done just as well here. How would you like for your cus tomers ((or your husband’s) to go out of town to get the mer chandise or services they usually get from you ? This thing works two ways and if you would con sider it a little, perhaps you •would find that it is much easier and more profitable for everyone concerned if you would take time to search the stores of Newberry for what you want instead of tir ing yourself out in one of the nearby cities. WATERSHED PLAN The Bush River Watershed project is something about which a few people know a whole lot, a few more a little, and most peo ple know nothing. And there seems to be little. interest in it. With over 900 farms in the Wat ershed area, less than 100 per sons showed up for the public meeting last Thursday night when the plan was to have been approved or rejected, although the meeting was given wide radio and press publicity beforehand. When the vote was asked there were only 40 who voted—one op posed to the plan, the remainder for it. This is the sort of project, of course, that one just doesn’t get interested in unless there is some personal reason. But it is some thing in which we all should be interested because eventually, by helping those within the wat ershed, the additional profits real ized by those farmers will be spent (at least I hope so)) in the county. In addition, the construc tion of the dams and other work •will be awarded to firms in the two » counties wherever possible; the government will appropriate $60,000 for additional help in carrying out the watershed pro gram and this money will be spent in the county. If you do not think this worth while, then perhaps you will con sider the beauty of our city and county. There are few of you, 1 imagine, who did not see the swollen streams caused by the heavy rains of last spring. The high waters subside, leaving de posits of silt aud debris; a scene that is certainly not attractive. Do you recall that during the floods of the spring, I made a picture -out in the Bush River community in a pasture where .eight or ten goats were marooned on some rocks because of the (Continued on page 8) Tax Help Book Now Available \Yh( n you pay you come tax next war riuoi'a! in i'neie Sam Workers, Students Looking Forward To Yule Vacation wants your money but he doesn’t i want you to give him too much, j So says the Charlestin field of- j flee of the U. S. Department of! Commerce in announcing- that a brand new edition of the bookim "Your Federal Income Tax” i- | now available. Council Hears Report Of Highway Traffic Survey THE NEWBERRY COLLEGE BAND, under the direction of Charles Pruitt, assembled in front of the Community Hall last Wednesday for a brief concert, marking the opening of the Civic League’s Ovist mas Decorations l ea. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.; Babson Forecast Be Published In December 27 Issue Of Sun The Newberry Sun will publish again this year, exclusively in the county, Bab-son’s Business and Financial Forecast for 1957 in the issue of December 27. A careful checking of the Bab son Predictions made in the Busi ness and Financial Forecast for 195d upholds the remarkable av erage of the past years by being 85 per cent correct. The Babson forecasts for the past 18 years shows the best and highest record for annual forecasts on U. S. Fu ture Business. American business has no more inspiring personality than Roger W. Babson, internationally-known business commentator and invest ment adviser. An outstanding feature of his philosophy has been his lifelong insistence on the im portance of both religion and ad vertising in business. Born and reared in an old-fash ioned atmosphere of hard work Former Resident Dies In Orangeburg Mrs. R. F. Nichols, 57, died at her home in Orangeburg Sunday after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Nich ols lived in Newberry for a num ber of years, while her husband was head mechanic at Newberry cotton mills. Surviving are her husband, R. F. Nichols; four daughters, Mrs. Gladys Haselden and Mrs. Larry A. Bly, Jr., of Orangeburg; Mrs. Everette Salley of Athens, Ga., and rMs. Jean Siegel of Yonkers, N. Y.; two sons, Walter of the home and Ray James of Colum bia; a sister, Mrs. Jack L. Gentry of Spartanburg; a brother, James Heldman of Durham, N. C. and seven grandchildren. Roger W. Babson and hustle on a farm in Glouces ter, Mr. Babson went to Massa chusetts Institute of Technology. Upon graduating, he turned in stinctively to financial and busi ness activities in which his father was engaged. His exertions, however, under mined his health; he contracted tuberculosis and he was sent to the West "as good as dead”! It was while he was convalescing from this dread malady that he worked out some of the possibil ities and problems of business forecasting. His weekly releases are used by over 400 newspapers and his financial reports by 20,- corporations and estates. His research work is carried on by a large staff of experts. Mr. Babson founded Babson In stitute for Men; and, in coopera tion with the late Mrs. Babson, developed Webber college for Wo men—both nationally-known edu cational institutions. Here young men and women may concentrate on the fundamentals of honest and efficient business administra tion. Later, he founded a Midwest Institute of Business Administra tion, located in Eureka, Kansas, the center of the, country. He has been active also in the establish ment of other mediums of service to the public, such as Gravity Research Foundation, located at New Boston, N. H. Mr. Babson has probably done more than any other one man to create among his millions of rea ders an interest in simple busi ness problems, and to instill a broader vision in businessmen, enabling them to meet the ups- and-downs of the business cycle. Post Office Be Open Saturday Announcement was made today by Harry E. Moose, Postmaster, that the Newberry post office will remain open Saturday afternoon, December 15, until 5 p.m. to all ow the public to purchase stamps and mail parcels and letters. The finance division of the office will close as usual at 12 noon. Postmaster Moose thanked the patrons of the local office for their cooperation in mailing early and he stated that a considerable number of parcels and Christmas cards have already been placed in the mails locally. Heavy mailings of Christmas cards are expected at the office during the coming week. To assist mailers and postal personnel in the handling of thq heavy Christmas mails, the local office has available for free, slips which will identify local letters from out of town ones. Letters mailed in large numbers separat ed into the two catagories great ly expedites the handling of out going mail, Mr. Moose said. In order to make clear the ex act nature of local mail, the post master said that all letters ad dressed to Newberry whether in the city or for delivery on a rural route are considered for local de livery. In past years some pat rons have considered mail ad dressed for Newberry rural deliv ery to be out of town and when presented for mailing in this man ner, they require an extra hand ling within the office. The post master emphasized that all let ters with Newberry in the ad dress are local and those for other towns are considered out of town. “The public,” Mr. Moose said, “has been most cooperative in as sisting the local post office to process their letters by preparing them in bundles properly marked and the continued cooperation is requested.” Party Monday The Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold its annual Christmas party on Mon day, December 17 at 7:30. Mem bers are urged to attend and to note the change in time. Hostess es will be Mrs. Ruby Trice and Mrs. Mildred Harmon. Large Group At Alumni Meeting District 10 of the Newberry college Alumni Association held its organizational meeting on Monday night in the Pomaria High School. A large group of alumni were present to enjoy a splendid chick en supper prepared and served by the ladies of Pomaria Luther an church. Philip T. Kelly, Jr., dean of men and alumni secretary, of the college was present to present the program of the evening and to help organize the area into an ac tive asrociation. The invocation was given by Rev. Ben M. Clark of Prosperity. Officers elected to serve the district ten group were as fol lows: President, John Huggins, Pomaria; Vice-president, Rev. B. M. Clark, Prosperity; Secretary- Treasurer, Miss Eleanor Shear- ouse, Prosperity; Council mem bers, Mrs. Lee C. Derrick, Little Mountain and Prof. Ralph Setz- ler, Pomaria. After the meeting the Execu tive committee met to make plans for the next meeting to be held in February and discuss plans for the future. The booklet, the Dhoti edition, is one of the Federal Government’s "bestsellers,” according to C. W. Martin, manager of the Charles ton field office Each year, he said, thousands of taxpayers go for it "like a ton of brick.” This year, the publication, pre pared by Internal Revenue Serv ice so you won’t make a mistake in your 1956 income tax, con tains 112 pages of the latest and most comprehensive information for the guidance of individual tax payers. The larger format es tablished last year will be contin ued, with still more emphasis on “plain non technical language,” it was stated, and also many more examples of how returns are made with an improved index for use by the layman. The 1956 edition contains a 25 per cent increase in subject mat ter, and incorporates many of the suggestions for improvement re ceived from users of previous edi tions of the booklet. Among the variety of subjects covered are who must file a re turn, when and where, non-tax- able income, pefsonal exemptions, sick pay, retirement income, col lections and refunds, deductions, medical expenses, traveling ex penses, the type of return to file, and substance of many of the regulations based on recent- tax laws. The publications can now be obtained from the U. S. Depart ment of Commerce field office located in the Sergeant Jasper Building, Charleston, S. C., for 30 cents, the charge placed on the booklet by the Federal Govern ment to defray the cost of print ing. Group Needs Data On Former Senators The State Senatorial Research committee is searching for data concerning all former Senators from Newberry county, as well as other counties in the State. The group is seeking to compile bio graphical data on some 750 sena tors who have served since 1895, according to William P. Baskin, chairman of the committee. The committee has prepareff a data sheet to be filled out for each senator, and these are being sent to persons known to be fam iliar with the lives of these dis tinguished South Carolinians. The report of the State High way engineer on a traffic survey in the city of Newberry was read at City Council meeting Tuesday night. The survey team investi gated traffic conditions at four intersections, in an effort to de termine whether signal controls were necessary. They were found not to be advisable. Excerpts from the report are as follows: “Intersection of Boundary and Drayton Streets: During an ,af- ternoon period, an average of 335 vehicles per hour passed through this intersection . . . volumes do not approach the minimum war rants for efficient use of traffic signals. The main difficulty en countered at this intersection re sulted from poor sight distance for motorists entering from the side streets. It is recommended: replace the 24-inch stop sign on the north leg of Drayton street with a 30-inch sign; remove the first two large oak trees west of Drayton street from the north side of Boundary street. "Intersection of Nance and Harrington: This crossroad type intersection is somewhat typical of many within the City of New berry. There are very small cor ner radii, making it difficult for motorists to turn. An afternoon count showed an hourly volume of approximately 435 vehicles us ing this intersection. While this amount of traffic alone does not meet the minimum volume war rants necessary for efficient use of traffic signals, it appears that such control would be advantag eous due to the critical sight lim itations. It is recommended that the corner radii be increased and that the two parking stalls on the south side of Harrington street, just east of the intersec tion, be removed. “Intersection of Speers, Cal houn and College streets: Approx imately 525 vehicles an hour pass through this intersection. Very little difficulty and only slight de lays were noted. It appears that the present _control is adequate and a signal is not recommended. The oak trees along the east side of College street, just south of the intersection, do offer objec tions in the form of sight obstruc tion and consideration should be given to removing one or two of the trees nearest the intersection. Also it is recommended that the stop sign on Calhoun street be replaced with a reflectorized stop sign. “Johnstone and Glenn Streets: Approximately 430 vehicles per hour use this intersection with 40 percent entering from the side street. During very short inter vals of time, motorists experienc ed some delay before entering from Johnstone street. The delay is net unduly long and the per iods when this difficulty is en countered are infrequent. “It was noted that motorists make improper turns,, i.e. either beginning or ending the turning maneuver from the wrong lane, because of the small radii. “While making this investiga tion, it was observed that parking is allowed along portions of John stone street between College and Calhoun streets, a 24-foot wide facility. This street not only transports local motorists but is carrying westbound traffic follow ing Route 34. It is strongly reco- ommended that parking be pro hibited on both sides of this sec tion of street.” City Council accepted the re port as information. City Mana ger Ed Blackwell stated that he had already planned to remove the two trees on Boundary street, both of which have already been topped. A report was also read from the highway department, stating that the following streets have been added to the S. C. State Highway system: Reid from College to Nance; Highland Drive from Reid to College; Henry Ave. from Pope to Fair; Eleanor from Glenn to Hunt; Hunt from Eleanor to Johnstone; Wells Park Drive from Fair to Pope. Council voted to purchase two 12-volt mobile radio units for the police department to be installed in the new police cars which will be purchased next year. One of the units presently in use will be installed in one of the city fire trucks. Council discussed jobclassifica- tion for all city employees. T^he city manager was told to work up a classification schedule for em ployees, including policy for va cation and sick leave, and to re port back to council when the (Continued on page 8) Watershed Residents Vote Approval Of Project; Local Cost Be $12,375 Three major items still stand in the way of work on the Bush River Watershed, the plan for which was approved by those liv ing in the watershed at a public meeting held last Thursday night at Bush River school. The 39-1 vote in favor of the plan came at the conclusion- of explanations concerning the features of the watershed, its uses to landowners in the area particularly and to the county generally, and the cost involved. E. L. Shull, chief of the watershed planning party, ex plained these features, with the assistance of 'B. M. Latham, of Anderson and Joe Earle of Ches ter, area conservationists with the Soil Conservation Service and other SCS technicians. J. T. McCrackin, Jr., chairman of the Newberry Soil Conservation Dist rict Supervisors, sponsors of the watershed program, presided. Co sponsoring the program is the Laurens Soil Conservation Dist rict. At the local level, easements and permits for construction of dams and channel clearance and improvement must be obtained. These can be obtained only b y consent of the property owners, since there is no condemnation authority in the watershed pro gram. -The next step will be to send the plan to Washington for approval by the Senate and House Agriculture committee. The third step the local spons ors must take is to raise $12,375, the only cash amount needed lo cally to finance the program. The „ (Continued on page 8) SHOWN at the Tea Table during the Christmas Decorations Tea presented by the Civic League last week are members of the steering committee for the Tea. Left to right they are Mrs. E. E. Westwood, (seated) Mrs. Tom Long, Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, Mrs. Henry Parr, Dr. Mamie S. Summer, president of the League; 'Mrs. Richard L. Baker, Mrs. James E. Wiseman, chairman of the Tea Committee; Mrs. George Hawkins and Mrs. Herman Wright, a past president of the League.. (Sunphoto* by Doris A. S anders.) Almost everyone in Newberry is looking forward to a few days of rest and relaxation after tho pre-Christmas rush. The three textile mills have announced va cations for their employees; city and county offices will he closed and school students and their teachers will breathe a sigh of relief looking forward to a two- week vacation. All schools in the county will close after the regular session on Tuesday, December 18. They will re-open at the regularly schedul ed hour on Wednesday, January 2nd. Newberry college students will be on their way to their respec tive homes after classes on Sat urday, December 15. They will be back for classes beginning o n Thursday, January 3 at 8 p.m. The offices of the college will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 19 and reopen at the usual hour on January 2. County Officials will take Mon day, Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 24-26, and also Janu ary 1 for their vacation period. City employees will not be quite so lucky, since certain of the city’s services must go on, even on Christmas day. All employees will be given Christmas day and New Year’s day, except a few who will necessarily be kept on the job and given other time off. The Mollohon plant of the Kendall company will close o n Saturday morning, December 22 at 6 and re-open Wednesday a.m. December 26 at 6. The Oakand plant will close- Saturday, the 22 at 10 p.m. and re-open Wednesday at 6 a.m. Employees of both plants will receive pay for Christmas day. Employees of Newberry Mills, Inc. will have holidays Monday and Tuesday, December 24 and 25 and will re-open at 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning. This plant will also close on December 31 and January 1 for the New Year holiday and will resume opera tions January 2 at 6 a.m. The Newberry Mills employees will receive pay for Christmas day. Business firms in Newberry are scheduled to close Christmas day and Wednesday, December 26th, also on New Year day. The same schedule will be fallowed by the banks in the county and the sav ings and loan associations. Attend Meeting Of UDC Division Mrs. A. T. Neely and Mrs. F Scott Elliott attended the SoutI Carolina Division executive meet ing of the United Daughters oJ the Confederacy, held at t h < Richland County Library in Col umbia on December 8. Mrs. Neely is second vice-pres ident of the State Division. Mrs Elliott is Recorder of Militarj Crosses for the division. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Dec. 12: Mrs. Sam Beam. Dec. 14: Mrs. J. R. Wood, C. J Alexander, Raymond Salter, W S. Hentz. Dec. 15: R. Derrill Smith, T E. Wicker, Mrs. G. W. Shealy Bobby Wicker, Mrs. C. J. Alex ander, Mrs. J. E. Senn, Mrs. R. E Johnson, Katherine Sease, Fran ces Bedenbaugh, Amelia A n n < Martin, Mrs Joan Dominick Bart lett. Dec. 16: Mrs. R. Aubrey Har ley, Mrs. D. L. Nance, Mrs. Alber Ringer, Mrs. L. E. Wood, Marioi Wiggins, Rosemary Dowd, Mar iett Nichols, Clyde Richardson Jenny Ryan Graham, Mrs. F. R Higgins, Bobby Green, Davy Ic ard, Jr. Dec. 17: Lt. Col. Jack Work man, Billy Clary, Betty Clark son, Mrs. Maggie Hartley, Bettj Page, Pete Parrott, A .F. Bush Richard Cooper, Mrs. D. B Sease. Dec. 1$: Miss Lucy Epps, Cor rie Crumpton, Joan Louise Dom inick, Walter James Joye, Mra Elizabeth Harris, Marion Eargle Lorena Lancaster, George Heller Jr., J. N. Nicosia. Dec. 19: Betty Jo Livingston Mrs. R. C. Neel S,r., Mrs. A. N Crosson, Jr., Judith Mills, Mra Cleone Stoudemire, A D. Martin Dec. 20: Mrs. John Glymph, R C. Sarlisle,. Mrs. Effie Wightman Mrs. Paul H. Long, Wallace Ruff Sandy Fretwell.