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WP PAGE TWO 1218 College Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937 at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS s By SPECTATOR Quite a story of the N.A.A.C.P. appeared in The Wall Street Journel of January 30th. It was the leading article of the day, being column one of page one—and running over into three columns on page six. This, as you know, is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple. So far as I know The Wall Street Journal is primarily and fundamentally a great daily of business and does not repre sent either the Segregationists or the Integrationists. I quote somewhat freely from that story: “The 48 directors of the combative, interracial National Association for the Advancement of Colored People met in Manhattan one recent morning to take stock of their battle- scarred organization. Membership has dropped 48,000, or 14 per cent, during the past year—the first decline since 1949. The association’s op erating budget shows a 52,000 deficit for 1957. And the association faces long court fights defending itself against suits filed by Alabama and Virginia. This stock taking is of significance to a great many more Americans than those militantly engaged in promoting Negro interests. The N.A.A.C.P. has been a central figure in the race relations battles that have grown in intensity in the U.S. in receht months. It has been the most agressive leader in the fights to speed integration of schools, to increase the hiring of Negroes in Northern and Southern factories and to eradicate other evidence of what it considers discrimination against the colored race. The Association, despite its setbacks, has no intention of becoming any less agressive. Its strength remains consider- •able. It still counts 302,000 members. Its Washington lobby is influential. Its reserve fund now totals nearly $250,000. The N.A.A.C.P. employs the same vigorous tactics today as it has used throughout its peppery 49 year history. It wages court battles up to the final appeal, eagerly solicts political support from both parties, maintains a constant, heavy public relations barrage-and raises money to back all its sundry activities. Through its local chapters, the organization manages to keep an astonishing number of irons in the fire. Recently, for example, the N.A.A.C.P. was simultaneously engaged in a school desegregation suit in Atlanta, a campaign for an anti-discrimination law for private housing in New York City (the law was passed), a voter registration drive through out the South and a campaign to bar blackface skits in North ern schools—among other activities. While the N.A.A.C.P. now has begun to foster some career guidance programs for Negro youths, it still functions mainly as a pressure group rather than a social agency. * The current Southern State attacks on the association, if successful, could well shift the balance of power in the de segregation controversy. Many Deep South areas would make no moves to integrate without continued court pressure, t The varied judicial and legislative moves against the N. A.C.P. are designed to counter its legal, political and other pressures for mixing the races. The Southern attacks include bans on state employe membership in anti-segregation groups, laws requiring publication of membership lists, figid registration rules for N.A.A.C.P. chapters, and laws limiting organized support of legal action against segregation. In the Supreme Court this month, N.A.A.C.P. attorneys argued against ouster of the association by Alabama. If we lose this case, we’re as good as half dead in the South , confides one official. Alabama is trying to keep the N.A.A.C. P. from operating within its borders; state courts have en joined the association from doing business there because it didn’t register as an out-of-state corporation and have levied a $100,000 fine against the group for refusing to furnish membership lists. A group of Virginia measures that, in effect, limited N.A.A.C.P. activities was struck down last week, however, by a special Federal Court in Richmond. The association has been fighting the laws for some time, and this decision re presents a major victory. The voided Virginia laws required disclosure of membership lists and funds and registration with the state, along with a prohibition on ‘barratry’ stirr ing up litigation. Since the violence of Little Rock, many friends of the N.A.A.C.P. from the North and South have been begging for a cooling-off period, to allow emotions to settle. But to an association founded in the abolitionist spirit, such strategy is unthinkable. ‘Two-thirds of the times that phone rings, it s some friend begging or cajoling me to slow down’, reports chief counsel Thurgood. Marshall. ‘Why if I slow down any more. I'll be 'running backward’. Rank-and-file members comprise most of the present board along with a generous sprinkling of such ‘prestige people’ .as Walter Ruether, United Auto Workers president; Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the former president; and former Sen. Herbert Lehman of New York. THE NEWBERRi SUN ' THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1957 DEED TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 J. E. Wells to Leland P. Lively, one lot and one building, 337 Player street (formerly in name of H. D. Hendrix et al), $1243.74 and assumption of mortgage. Theresa R. Stone to James B. Henderson and Martha E. Hender son, one lot and one building on Summer street, $2835 and assump tion of mortgage.. Harold O. Cook to Mable Ter rell, one lot on Glenn street, $5.00 and other valuable considerations. Robert J. Langford to Lydia K. Langford, one lot and one build- ing, $5.00 love and affection. Newberry No. 1 Outside J. F. Hawkins to Paul D. Matt hews and Marjorie J. Matthews, one lot on Ebeneizer Road, $600. Gus Stone, Alexander Thompson and Glenn Adams as trustees and treasurer of St. Matthews Baptist Church, No. 2, Fairfield Company, to Nora Green, one lot on Bene dict street, $75.00. Lucy Pitts to Nellie Cooper, one lot and one building. Pike Circle, $10.00 and other valuable consid erations. Lizzie Toland to J. B. Griffin and Rebecca R. Griffin, one lot and one building,' $4,000. Whitmire No. 4 Outside R. M. Duckett Jr., to Florence Johnson, one lot on Plantation Road, $100.00. Recent Marriages Daniel C. Roland and Mary Ann Humphries of Newberry were married on February 6th at New berry by Probate Judge E. Max- cy Stone. Willit Erskine Jr. and Frances Price of Whitmire were married by Rev. C. O. Bell at Whitmire on February 4th. Rev. Taylor's John B. Taylor, 79, of 621 Ken tucky Street, Columbia, died at his residence on Friday, January 31 after an extended illness. He was the father of Rev. J. Ed Tay lor, formerly pastor of West End Baptist Church of Newberry, now of the .Baptist Home Mission Board, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Taylor was born in Flor ence County^ the son of the late George and Seania Taylor. Surviving,; in addition to Rev. Taylor, are his widow, Mrs. Daisy Browder Taylor of Columbia; an other son, Jack N. Taylor of Co lumbia; three granddaughters, six great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Garrett of Columbia, Mrs. Bell Hayes of Pamplico and Mrs. Sara Ethridge of Andrews; and one brother, W. H. Taylor of Columbia. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon, February 2 from the Southside Baptist Church. In terment followed in Greenlawn Cemetery. Such ‘n ime’ board members naturally help the association raise money and political support. About 85 per cent of the N.A.A.C.P.’s $700,000 annual operating budget comes from member’s dues of $2 to $10, with the rest rounded out by contributions. Reserve funds of $246,664 last year came from donations and bequests. In addition, the branches collect over $400,000 in local dues and donations to a sep arate national legal fund exceed $300,000 annually. Much of the N.A.A.C.P.’s cash will go into political action during the next three years. With the passage of the new civil rights law, the association plans to stress voter reg istration in the South. The NA.A.C.P. makes a practice of specifying which can didates it regards as ‘friends’ or ‘foes’ of the Negro, and indirectly suggesting that voters support the ‘friends’ at the polls. The association distributes voting records of Con gress, for example, on issues it believes are important. No one knows just how much influence the N.A.A.C.P. exerts over Negro votes. Speaking expansively of the N.A.A.C.P.’s power, Clarence Mitchell, head of the organization’s Washington lobby, ar- ^ues: ‘The Civil rights bill passed because we made it clear to Congress the only way to get back in office was to get a bill on the book’s. By 1960, he predicts, ‘We shall see colored Congressmen elected from the South’. From the beginning, the association was dominated by whites and assumed the militart philosophy of the abolit ionist movement. In more recent years,both the control and membership have shifted mainly to Negroes. However, current president, New York attorney Arthur B. Spingarn, like all his predecessers, is white. A program for career guidance, political education,and training for future N.A.A.C.P. leadership is conducted by the association’s youth and college division. Some 34,000 members, ranging from 10 years to 25 years of age, belong to this division, including white students from all-white Southern colleges as Duke University in Durham, N. C., and Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. A more controversial activity conducted by youths on the local level is sponsorship of economic boycotts to combat alleged" discrimination. Perhaps one of the hidden lines of N.A.A.C.P. strength lies ^in this youth division, many association officials indi cate. At Harvard, the N.A.A.C.P. chapter claims to be the second largest student group on the campus. And one of the largest chapters in the country (nearly 400 members) is at Oberlin College in Ohio, although most of the college’s 2,100 students are white. The housing department has gained new attention since New York City passed the first law outlawing discrimina tion in privately owned housing recently. F.H.A. has agreed to encourage developers who build in tegrated projects. And when there are repossessions, these buildings are sold without regard to race. Whether this can be accomplished without disturbance depends a lot on the area—and the emotional climate at the time. Negroes moved into Levittown, L. I., with few objec tions from white residents. But when, shortly after Little Rock, a Negro bought a home in Livittown, Pa.—and took over the existing V.A. mortgage—stones were thrown and protests demonstrations were staged. The Negro, William Myers Jr., still lives in the big development, but so far no other Negro families have moved in. Naturally, values will depreciate if some Negroes move in and all the white move out. This practice has been aided and abetted by some real estate brokers. Most banks will not finance Negro homes in predominately white communities. Many proponents of racial integration in general ques tion the N.A.A.C.P.’s wisdom in trying to control or regu late the sale of private property. The association’s labor department, headed by a former United Steelworkers official, works toward removing racial barriers in industry and unions . . .” I have quoted parts of that story, without comment. An organization so active and so often in the courts and cited by newspapers and officials, the N.A.A.C.P. is still regarded iii the South as a Northern organiza-.l m and not wee knowi the rank and file of the South. . Wed In Lovely Ceremony Miss Peggy Sue Price of New-1 berry became the bride of Mr. Robert Franklin McDonald of Easley on Friday, January 24, 1958. The lovely ceremony mark ed by its simplicity was held at 5 p. m. in the Associate Reform ed Presbyterian manse, Newberry. Dr. Paul L. Grier, pastor, offi ciated with the double ring cere mony in the presence of the imme diate families of the couple. The bridal couple entered the ceremony room together. The bride, a lovely blonde, was attir ed in a three-piece ensemble in becoming steel blue and blue tweed. Her blouse and skirt of solid steel blue were topped with a fingertip coat of blue tweed. She wore a small, close- fitting hat, which matched her blouse and skirt, off-white gloves, navy blue shoes and carried a navy blue bag. Her wedding attire was complemented by a lovely corsage madfe of a white, lavender-throat ed orchid. The bride’s mother wore a Dior blue suit of miron wool with navy accessories and a cofsage of white carnations. The bridegroom’s mother wore a beige suit of pima silk with brown accessories and a corsage of white carnations. The bride, only child of Mrs. John C. Price of Newberry and the late Mr. Price, is a graduate. of Newberry High School. She completed requirements for a B.S. degree in Physical Education at Winthrop College in January and will receive her diploma at com mencement exercises in June. On January 28, she began duties as instructor of Physical Education at Queen’s College, Charlotte, N. C. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. McDonald Sr., of Easley, former residents of Newberry. He is a graduate of Greenwood High School and a veteran of four years submarine duty with the U. S. Navy, He is now with Southern Railway in Charlotte, where he and his bride are residing at 1826 Lynnwood / Drive. Out of town "Uests included Mrs. J. C. Floyd and sons, John ny and J. C. Jr., Chappells; Mr. and Mrs. H. O. McDonald Sr., Mr. and Mrs. H. O. McDonald Jr, Misses Jo and Jane McDonald, Charles Hiram and Wayne Mc Donald, Miss Myra Galloway, Bob Matthews, all of Easley; Mrs. James Horne, Miss Carolyn Horne ahd Billy Horne, of Green wood. Reception Immediately'* after the cere mony, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Brooks entertained with a re ception at their charming home on Glenn Street. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks greeted the guests as they arrived. The reception rooms were ar tistically decorated with floral arrangements in a white and pink motif. The dining table was covered County Cattle Are T. B. Free County Agent Paul Ezell reports that Newberry County has re cently been reaccredited as a Tu berculosis-free area in cattle. This was accomplished by testing all the cattle in the Pomaria section of Newberry County. Veterinarians from the Clemson Livestock Sanitary Department handled the testing phase of che program; however, due to the ex cellent cooperation of the leaders of the communities involved, the work was accomplished in record time. These leaders who assisted with the testing program were: Duane Suber, Dock Stuck, Ray Graham, Horace Livingston, J. B. Kinard, Charlie Stuck, B. M. Chap man, James Bundrick, Bruce Wick er, E. G. Glymph, and Horace Lominick. Hubert Bedenbaugh, Ag. teacher of Pomaria-Little Mountain assisted with the or ganization and direction of the testing program. Dr. R. W. Carter, Director of the Clemson Livestock and Sani tary Dept., joined P. B. Ezell in complimenting the people of the Pomaria section who cooperated in this worthwhile effort. Mr. Ezell also pointed out that only a few herds remain to be tested in Newberry County in or der for the county to be accredited for Bangs’ disease. Those herd owners who have not had their cattle tested for Bangs’ disease during the past two years are urg ed to do so at an early date. This testing for anaccredited status is done at no cost to the owner am’ is highly important to the live stock industry in Newberry Coun ty. f’AMP T. —Mr^o > • of M 1 C. (F’ on P ‘ ! of 14 with a handsome Chinese ma- deira cloth. It was centered with a silver bowl of white and pink carnations, flanked by five- branched silver candelabra hold ing pink candles. Delicious sandwiches, toasted nuts, cheese straws and indivi dual bridal cakes, decorated with lily-of-the.-valley, were served. Tea was served from a be uti- ful silver service by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Forrest Lomi- nack and Mrs. Eugenia Wise. The tea table was covered with a lovely madeira cloth and was also decorated .with silver candelabra filled with pink candles. Thirty-three guests enjoyed this delightful affair. ♦ Pre-Nuptial Shower On Wednesday, prior to her wed ding January 24, Miss Peggy Sue Price was honored at a miscel laneous shower. Hostesses were Mrs. J. Richard Lominick and her daughters, Mrs. Henry Dixon*and Mrs. Herbert Looney Jr. The Lominick home was at tractively decorated in a pink and white motif. N The honoree was presented a lovely corsage of pink carnations. Twenty-five guests enjoyed var ious contests and games with win ners presenting their prizes to the honoree. The hostesses’ gift for Miss Price was an electric toaster. She received an array of lovely gifts from the guests. A delicious salad plate was served with coffee. PTA Council Has Interesting Meet > t: " • ‘‘ v Inclement weather kept most citizens of Newberry snog In their living rooms last Thursday night, but 20 delegates braved Hie ele ments to attend the meeting of the Newberry County PTA Coun cil. These delegates represented Boundary Street, Bush River, Jun ior High, little Mountain, Silver- street, Speers Street and Whit mire. The planned portion of the pro gram included talks by Mrs. Gladys Carlton on “The Use of PTA Funds”, by Mrs. Clara Bud- din, “A Mother Goes to the Na tional PTA Convention”; and B. A. Buddin, “A New President At tends the National Convention/' Mrs. Erlene Lominack gave a re port on theirecent district meeting and J. D. Rook told the highlights of the PTA legislative meeting held*th Columbia. During the remainder of the meeting, the delegates exchanged ideas in programs, child welfare, cooperation with school officials and other topics. The lively, spirit- Teachers Sought ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga., Feb. 7—Air Force recruiters are seeking teachers interested hi positions in the Azores, Bermuda, Denmark, England, Labrador, Lib ya, Morocco, Newfoundland; Ftifl- ippines, Spain, Turkey, and sev eral other locations. The age requirements for tqfidh- ers are 23 to 40 for female appli cants, and 23 to? 50 for mafcil. Minimum scholastic requirements are a Bachelor's Degree, a valid Teachers Certificate, and two years of teaching experience. , A U. S. Air Force representa tive will be at South Carolina State Employment Office, 1625 Sumter Street, Columbia,, on Feb. 24 and 21>; and South Carolina State Employment Office, 312 E. Coffee Street, Greenville, on Feb. 26 and 27, to interview any appli cants interested in these areas. ed discussion, with each delegate expressing his .views pleasantly, intelligently and sometimes force* j fully, N made the meeting worth while. “Now m^.ybe John will believe me when I tell him a r.ew car, financed by Purcells would save us money. ft * Come to think of it, why wait to tell John. I’ll start looking around for that new car myself. 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