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VOLUME 20; NUMBER 37
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1968
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By The Way - Ay 3)orid Sander*
ONLY ONE LEFT
Before the last term of crimin
al court, I mentioned the menace
of drunken drivers on our high-
vv&ys—those who had been charg
ed with the offense, but whose
cases were continued from one
term of court until the next. Dur
ing the interim, if they post bond,
they are allowed to drive their
cars until the case finally comes
to court. I believe at the last term
there were about seven such
cases, second, third and fourth of
fenses of driving under the influ
ence of intoxicants, which had
been continued from the June
term. I am happy to report that
all except one case of drunken
driving were disposed of during
the September term. The one con-
thiued case was a second offense
charge. The defendant is now
out on bond and is no doubt driv
ing every day.
Magistrate Ben Dawkins al
ready has warrants for three
drunken driving cases for the
March term of criminal court. One
is a third, one a fourth and ope a
fifth offense. The party charged
<with third offense drunken driv
ing is now in jail; the fourth and
fifth charged offenders are both
out on bond and both presumably
driving.
We have had at least one mur
der on the highways during the
past six months in this county
just because persons charged with
driving under the influence of in
toxicants were allowed free rein
to drive wherever they wished.
How many more will we have be
fore something is done about this
menace? These fine controlled ac
cess highways might prevent
head-on collisions, but they are
not going to prevent fatal wrecks
caused by drunken drivers.
"EDUCATION STUDY
It isn’t often that I agree with
Edgar Brown, but I do agree with
lii8 statement that the 12th grade
in South Carolina hasn’t accom
plished what the public was led
to believe it would. I might men
tion here that neither did the sales
tax accomplish what the legisla
ture led the public to believe, but
that is beside the question.
It was my impression, when the
12th grade was added to the
school system, that the high
schools would remain as they were
as far as giving courses for col
lege credit in the eighth through
eleventh grades, and- that the 12th
grade was principally for those
who were not going to college, or
who wanted to complete other
special courses before entering
college. This is not the way it
bas worked out. Courses for col
lege credit do not begin until the
student reaches the 9th grade,
then continue through the 12th.
There are two methods by which
a student may receive a diploma
at end of the 11th grade. Both
involve doubling up on subjects
to get in the necessary require
ments in English. If a student
comes to the eighth grade in the
tipper 26% of his class and has
aa intelligence quotient • “above
average” (considered at about
115) he may take a course for
credit in the eighth grade and
double up on enough subjects to
graduate after the 11th. Anoth
er method, if the student is in the
upper third of his class, he may
take five subjects in the 9th
through 11th grades, but must go
during the summer after the 10th
grade to some accredited institu
tion (such as Mars Hill) to take a
course in English, then return to
the 11th grade for five more sub
jects in order to receive his dip
loma.
If a student doesn’t care about
having a high school diploma
(which doesn’t mean much any
more anyway) and if he is in the
Upper third of his class and has 15
credit courses, he may be admit
ted to a college by passing the col
lege Board Entrance examinations
or examinations offered by the
various colleges. To do this, of
course, he must have taken five
subjects in the ninth, tenth and
11th grades. The ordinary sched
ule is four courses.
If students of 15, 20 or 40 years
ago could manage to complete 16
courses for college credit in the
8th through 11th grades, why
can’t the students of today do the
same, leaving the 12th grade for
useful courses to those who do not
plow to go to college? Your tax
money is being wasted on the 12th
grade and i go along with the
Senator from Barnwell when he
says that if the State Department
of Education doesn't do something
about it, the legislature will have
to.
ONE FOR ALL
There has been much discussion
in the past about new buildings
for Boundary and Speers street
schools. A new building at junior
high is needed about as much as
the other two. Why go to the ex
travagance of building three
schools, when one will serve the
purpose equally well, or even bet
ter? With one large school, there
would be enough students to group
them according to ability and this
is something that needs to be
done. When the subject of a build
ing program is brought before
you again, you might consider
the waste of your tax dollars
when you are considering the
feasibility of a bond issue or
other source of revenue to build
three separate buildings, when
one would suffice.
SCHOOLS HURT
The statement that the schools
had accomplished the purpose of
the 12th grade was made by a
committee of educators of the
South Carolina Education Assoc
iation. The committee has been
making a study and made a special
report on that as well as other
phases of the school system. While
I cannot go along with what they
say about the 12th grade, I heart
ily agree with the report made
Tuesday that “unless more quali
fied teachers are attracted to the
profession, the public schools of
our state will not be able to con
tinue to operate—even at present
levels.”
The demand for excellent teach
ers has exceeded the supply and
the shortage is becoanmg more
and more acute each year . . . ”
said the report. The report backs
up an association claim that the
primary reason for the teacher
shortage “is the low salaries
paid in South Carolina. Unless
the people of South Carolina are
willing to increase teachers’ sal
aries by a substantial amount,
we -need not expect to improve
instruction.”
The group also blasted the
selection of administrators. “In
spite of the recognized Importance
of the administrative head of the
local schools, anybody can be a
superintendent in South Carolina—
it must be admitted that some
could meet the standards—even
though South Carolina does not
have any real standards for such
an important position. Literally,
anybody can be selected super
intendent.”
Local Finance
Offices Are
Consolidated
Wallace, Belk and Lee Finance
Companies, all belonging to the
Wallace chain but operating as
individual businesses, were sold
on November 16 to the Home
Credit Company with the home of
fice in Charlotte. The three firms
hftve been consolidated into one
known as Wallace Finance Com
pany, now located on Boyce
Street.
The Wallace Company will move
its offices in about a month to a
portion of the building on Main
Street formerly occupied by the
Dixie Home store. The building
is presently being remodeled for
this purpose.
Alexander Leslie of Atlanta,
Ga. is manager of the office. He
will move his family to Newberry
as soon as living quarters are
available.
Others retained in the office at
present are Mrs. Eleanor W.
Clarkson, Mrs. H. B. Derrick and
Mrs. Ray Mitchell.
Classes Begin
At St. Lukes
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will
begin Inquirers’ classes Thursday
(tonight) at 7:30 p.m. in the Par
ish House, adjacent to the church
on Main street. These classes are
held for those interested in learn
ing more about the Episcopal
Church.
Discussions will be limited to
one hour, according to Rev. Can
non McCreary, Vicar of St. Luke’s,
who will lead the discussions,
Anyone interested is cordially
invited to attend.
Destroys
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira
H. Kinard on Prosperity Route 1
was burned to the ground Monday
afternoon about 3:45, with only
a few belongings of the couple
being saved. The origin of the fire
was unknown.
Mr. and Mrs. Kinard and their
two children were in the den of
the home when Mr. Kinard saw a
small blaze come through the wall.
He tried to extinguish the flame,
but the house, built of heart tim
ber, was engulfed quickly. In ad
dition to the eight-room home,
two small storehouses and a
smoke house were also destroyed.
Prosperity firemen helped pre
vent the fire from spreading to
other farm buildings. The house
was located about six miles from
Prosperity, a short distance off
the Black’s Bridge road.
Two electric water pumps stood
idle as the fire soon burned the
wires leading from the house to
the wells.
The loss, said to be very heavy,
was partially covered by insur
ance.
Mr. Kinard is a turkey grower.
The Kinards stayed Monday
night and Tuesday with Mra. Ki
nards’ brother, George' K. Domi
nick and family in Newberry.
They, will make their home temp
orarily with their neighbors, Mr.
and Mrs. Maxcy Bedenbaugh.
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Delegation Makes Inspection
Tour Of City,
On Tuesday morning, members
of the Newberry County Legisla
tive delegation and of the County
Board of Education made a tour to
a number of county schools. The
purpose of the trip was to fami
liarize members of the delegation
with operations and pressing
needs of the various schools.
Included on the itinerary were
the schools at Little Mountain,
Prosperity and Pomaria; also
Pinckney Seeks
Office Of State
Adjutant Gen.
Colonel Frank D. Pinckney, of
Columbia, announced today that
he will be a candidate for the of
fice of Adjutant General of South
Carolina in the next primary, to
succeed Major General James C.
Dozier, who has announced his
retirement after serving 31 years
in that position.
Colonel Pinckney has over 38
years of military service, includ
ing National Guard and Active
Duty, and is currently employed
as State Maintenance Officer for
the South Carolina National
Guard, which position he has held
for 11 years, since his return from
active duty during World War II.
Colonel Pinckney was born at
Mt. Pleasant, and attended the
Charleston High School and Col
lege of Charleston.
He enlisted as a private in Com
pany B, 118th Infantry Regiment,
in 1919, and has held every enlist
ed and officer grade through the
ranks to and including colonel.
In September 1940, when the
South Carolina National Guard
was called to active duty, preced
ing the outbreak of World War II,
Colonel Pinckney was then a mem
ber, and had been for a number
of years, of the State Headquart-
Guard Endorses
Col. Pinckney
For AG Post
Lt. Colonel Fritz H. Martin,
president of the National Guard
Association of South Carolina, an
nounced today that the National
Guard Association, at its annual
conference held in Columbia on
September 15, without a dissent
ing voice, unanimously endorsed
Colonel Frank D. Pinckney, The
State Maintenance Officer for
the National Guard, as their
choice to succeed General Dozier
as the next Adjutant General of
South Carolina.
Lt. Col. Martin states that, “The
Association has made a very wise
and sound selection in endorsing
Colonel Pinckney, for not only has
Colonel Pinckney given a great
many years service to the Nation
al Guard and to his State, but he
is thoroughly familiar with the
Guard in all of its aspects. In ad
dition he will bring to the office
of Adjutant General dignity, ma
ture judgment and a complete and
thorough knowledge of the duties
and responsibilities of the Depart
ment.”
Boundary Street and Speers Street
schools, Drayton Street and Gall-
man High in the city. The tour
ended with the group having lunch
at Newberry High School.
Taking the tour were Represen
tatives Jesse Frank Hawkins and
T. William Hunter; Superintend
ent of Education James D. Brown;
and Board members W. H. Cald
well, Chairman; Dan Hamm, J.
Alvin Kinard, Dave Waldrop, and
Gilder Neel.
The Board has had under dis
cussion for some months the pos
sibility of securing funds locally
to complete the school building
program in the county, inasmuch
as funds from the State Finance
Commission have been inadequate
to meet the need. The purpose
of Tuesday’s tour was to empha
size the urgent need of funds to
relieve the crowded conditions in
some schools and to replace anti
quated equipment in others.
No further meeting of the
Board and delegation has been
set, according ’to Supt. Brown.
Charles Dukes was gue*1
er at the Tuesday nteht
meeting of the Lions Club
the Community Hall. His
was “Juvenile DeUliqiiaiicy
the Attitude of Adults
it.” '
The speaker described
quent as one who fails or
his duty. “All society is dl
two classes, children and
There are delinquents In both,”
said. “A child is born
the only way he canvlibi^
imitation of his parents.” he
tinned. “We have to tl
understand the child and his
before we can find out what is
wrong.” < • ^
Mr. Dukes stated that ln <b*
present modern
tivities keep parents
ing a home life for
tistics have proved* h*
the average parent
about throe and one-half hours a
day with his cbBApSsU. \
“There is no such thing^as a
juvenile delinqueut,”'’; >
commented. “It is the pa*©*
are delinquent. It' is my < ^ .
that children nood more k>*e, ajfc
faction and feeling of securi
He ended his comments by
ing that the young people* <£
berry are “the grepSpfe?
have had, and will^hs^t
juvenile delinquents,^ be said;
as a whole, the ^
Newberry are tops. ^
Mr. Dukes was
the program chairman, l&m
Brossy. Lion tfroasy alao r~
ed that at the mee£tb>g at
21, District Deputy Dallas of Go*
lumbia, who is chairman of the
eye bank program, will: be present
and give a talk_, Oh-. ^|'
of the eye bar
Lion Preside
sided over the:
nounced visitation dates to the ^ t r| j
Columbia Club on Januap ») nhd l (
Eau Claire chib on Janu^fY
Lion Dave Hayes reported Of
the progress of the sick,- and , ad*?
vised that Lion D. D. Darby wait
back home from the hospital aittt
would be glad to have visits froia
his fejlow Lions.
Lion George Rodelsperger' pre
sented to the club a speaker’s
stand which was made and given
to the club by Lion Cyril Hutchin
son.
Lion W. W. Bennett won the
door prize.
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Connelly Infant
Be Buried Here
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Connelly died fit a
hospital in Columbia at noon Wed- <
nesday. Funeral services are In
complete, but were to be held at
the graveside in Newberry this
(Thursday) morning.
kfhs
of couh^
collected before the P*
assessed on iHmuaxy t,
.boot 14*
than last year at this
The total /1957 tax
was $5i$,555.0&
December 81* IW*
leaving $88407.40 bn
alty will be charged.
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a pen-
for January is 1%, F«
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March,
After-
paid PPM
delinquent tax collector* and *
9% collection coot **
The average pc^oeufage
collections by the treasurer aa of
Apra IS isbetwyenp4 ]mi&
ers staff. He along with * the
other officers of the staff helped
organize and establish the Selec
tive Service System for South
Carolina.
Colonel Pinckney said, “I have
closely scrutinized the growth of
the South Carolina National
Guard from its beginning after
World War I to a present day
force of over 12,000. It has been
my pleasure to observe the birth
of an Infantry Division, an Anti-
Aircraft Artillery Group, and an
Air National Guard in our state.
These three outstanding organiza
tions presently rank second to
none in the reserve component
forces of the United States. If I
am elected as Adjutant General,
I will use my maximum effort and
influence to ensure added pres
tige and respect for all these or
ganizations in the eyes of our
state and our national military
establishment.”
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6. Mug* IT., D. Wttsw Jack
Hughes* Heury W. Shealy, Mrs.
;f|i*uiNp| Booser, Mrs. Gerald
Marion Crooks,
Graham, David
Floyd.
Jaa, 14: Paul A, Buell, Mrs.
MaHe Slaton, M*s* . James
^0Uf5*p, Richard L MkWiSrter,
tSu. -Donald'* White* France. E.
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Richard
Ruff, Claudia & Btnaoa, Harey
M. Touiaa, Lewis LlpaoMui, Jr*
Hoe B. Millstead'
*** **** H. Feagle,
Edna Hite Ringer, Mra. 'O. A.'
Felker, Ann Weriuaau, T. D.
|Pa» Jr* Kirksey Keen, Bdfca
lyainger. .
Jan. Ids Beverly Clarkson,
Jamoo Montgomory Smitfc HI,
W. M. Buford Jr* Wyaona L.
Police Chief Colie L. Dowd has been basy
students o the city. He is shown here at Mrs. P. EL Way*ie
lowing children seated left to right at the table, 7 avid Long Jr* Becky McBwihl a»d Ann
standing at the right, left to right, Lisa Singley, S anley Drawdy and Dusty-. Waatwaad,, mad
Paula Fuller and Jean Harmon. (Sunphoto.)
Mra, E. L, Hart, Wfl-
AlfredRteger,
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