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NEWBERRY, S. C.
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0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
A somewhat vitriolic attack on me has been published
by some of my R. E. A. friends because of a few remarks
by me in Spectator concerning a bill in the Legislature un
der which bretheren of the Coops wish to serve areas which
have been taken into a town and even to sell power to in
dustrial establishments.
I somewhat mildly and modestly suggested that this
service was intended for farmers living on farms and not
farmers (like myself) who live in towns.
I have not seen the paper, though I think it usually comes
to me as an exchange. However, many of my farmer breth
ren have expressed some indignation over this attack on me
though I hope I may recover from it and be able to shake
hands with those young men again.
It would be just as easy for me to write a lot of abuse
and make foolish accusations of bad motives as it is for my
friends, who must have forgotten that among gentlemen
a certain chivalry in public discursion is much more be
coming than a blast of invective.
Public questions should be discussed on the merits of
the questions. For example, the question of right or wrong
cannot be decided on the basis of one man being bald-head
ed and the other having snaggle-teeth. So the issue between
the R.E.A. and the municipalities can’t be decided by slaps
at me; I am a very small fry and growing smaller all the
time.
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Hospital Patients
Mrs. Ruby C. Berley, Rt. 2, Po-
maria.
Harvey Richard Bladon, Rt. 5,
Saluda.
Mrs. Nellie Bennett, 1302 Wash
ington St.
Claude Bouknight, 346 Crosson
St.
Mrs. Reba E. Chapman, Little
Mountain.
Mrs. Lois Covan and baby boy,
1328 Summer St.
Forrest Cannon, Little
Mountain.
Mrs. Janie Dodgen, 616 Wright
St.
Master Neal Dickert, 909 Col
lege St.
Mrs. Mary Nell Eargle, 1232
Summer St.
Miss Patsy Frick, Rt. 1.
Dwight Fulmer, Little Moun
tain.
Mrs. Adele B. Floyd, Rt. 3.
Miss Annie Enloe Griffin, Rt.
1, Box 177.
Rev. Edgar L. Halfacre, Rt. 2.
Ernest W. Holloway, Box 124,
Chappells.
Edward C. Herndon, Wiseman
Hotel.
Miss Minnie Havird, 516 Bound
ary St.
Mrs. Sue Hutchinson, 801 Col
lege St.
Marvin Harmon, 118 Glenn St.
Mrs. Lillian B. Hendrix, Rt. 4.
Mrs. Mary K. James, 2006 Riv
er St.
C. W. Kirby, 1919 Nance St.
Miss Ethel Koon, 817 Boundary
St.
Miss Annie Knotts, Prosperity.
Mary Lou Lommick, Rt. 1.
George R. Lominick, Rt. 1.
Mrs. Azilee Mitchell, Batesburg.
Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, 1519 Har
rington St.
Mrs. Euna Mize, Rt. 1.
Mrs. Dot Newbold, 109 Cald
well.
William C. Norris, Rt. 2.
Mrs. Dora Nelson, Rt. 1, Whit
mire.
Mrs* Sadie P. Padgett, 89 Glenn
St.
Mrs. Ethel Richardson, Rt. 3,
Prosperity.
Mrs. Lillian Rinehart, 2053
Piedmont St.
Mrs. Helen Reid, 1806 College
St.
Eugene Shealy, 2003 Drayton
St.
Mrs. Carrie Lee Slice, 1602
First St.
Mrs. Margaret' Smith, Rt. 2,
Box 46.
James Torrence, Little Moun
tain.
David Clyde Wilson, Rt. 3, Pros
perity.
Mrs. Sara L. Summer and baby
boy, Rt. 1, Box 36C, Johnston.
Alma Elizabeth Brewington and
baby boy, 45L Spring Hill Apts.
Mrs. Mary B. Burnette, 2804
Hunt Ave.
Mrs. Onie C. Goldsmith, Rt. 1.
Arthur Long, Rt. 4.
Master Larry Gallman, Rt. 2.
Will Coleman, Rt. 4.
Jeff Gladney, Rt. 3, Prosperity.
Johnny Ruff, Rt. 1.
Mildred Simpkins, 1603 Vincent
St.
Inez Young.
MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS
Mrs. Emory Hipp, Prosperity.
Mrs. Francis Epting, Newberry.
Mrs. Minnie Frick, Chapin.
Mrs. Lula Derrick, Leesville.
Mrs. Willie Mae Sites, Little
Mountain.
Miss Florence Miller, Pomaria.
Paul Moates, Joanna.
Carl Epting, Prosperity.
C. A. Walling, Columbia.
Mrs. Georgia Mae Haltiwanger,
Chapin.
Mrs. Carrie Hiller, Newberry.
Mrs. Minnie Reagin, Newberry.
Maxey Bedenbaugh, Prosperity.
Walter S. Cameron, 67, died
Thursday afternoon in a Colum
bia hospital after several days
serious illness. /
He had been in declining
health for several years. He was
born and reared in Edgefield
County, but had spent the greater
part of his life in Neberry. For
the past seven years he had made
his home in Spartanburg. He was
formerly employed by Duke Power
Co. for 18 years and was a for
mer member of the Newberry
Fire Department.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. James A. Suber of Spartan
burg; two grandchildren and two
great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at Me Swain Fun
eral Homd by Rev. N. E. Truesdell
and Rev. C. W. Brockwell. Burial
was in Springdale Cemetery.
Shealy Rites
Were Saturday
Thomas Benson (Pad) Shealy,
83, died Friday afternoon at his
residence, Rt. 3, Newberry. He
had been in declining health for
the past seven months and ill for
the past week.
Mr. Shealy was born and rear
ed in St. Phillips section of New
berry County, a son of the late
Will and Anna Leitzsey Shealy.
He had made his home in the
Bush River section of the county
for the past 24 years where he
operated a farm. He was a member
of St. Phillips Lutheran Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ruth Elizabeth Epting Shealy;
two daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Mur
rell and Mrs. Bobby Williams,
both of Newberry; two brothers,
Luther P. and David L. Shealy,
both of Newberry and three
grandchildren.
_-Funeral services were held Sat
urday fftemppn from St. Phillips
Lutheran Church by Rev. C. L.
Richardson and Rev. C. H. Stucke.
Burial was-in the church cemetery*
General Lester
Arlington Rites
Maj. ,Gen. James Allen Lester,
U. S. Army, retired, 66, died at
Letterman General Hospital at
San Francisco Monday night.
A native of Prosperity, General
Lester was a son of the late Allen
and Rosa Lester.
He graduated from The Citadel
in 1911 and from the U. S. Mili
tary Academy in 1915—the same
class as President Dwight D. Eis-
When aman descends to attacks on a person he not only
exaggerates that person’s importance but he proves that
he cannot argue the question itself on its merits.
Throwing mud on the other man is an old trick.
An oldlawyer once told me: ‘Tf you have any law, talk
to the Judge; if you have any facts present them quietly
to the jury; but if you have neither law nor facts rave and
rant, bellow and snort; kick up a terrific dust.” Are my es
teemed friends so lacking in facts that they shoot at me?
Who am I and what have I to do with the question? I mere
ly discussed a public question.
I hold in respect and esteem all my friends of the R.E.A.
Differences in opinion don’t turn me personally against
them; nor do these matters of opinion cause me to feel
antagonistic; very likely either these gentlemen or their
fathers were actively associated with me in the Farmers
and Taxpayers’ League. We are wholly together on most
questions of the day. Why, then, should I besmirch my fel
low-farmers and accuse them of trying to aggrandize them
selves, or all such flubdub?
Incidentally I recently spent most of a morning and part
of an afternoon in connection with the Soil Bank; I have
repeatedly said that I have given rights-of-way to a Coop
(both telephone and electric).
Shakespeare said—as I recall—“The gentlemen doth pro
test too much.” Why do they protest?
I renew the assurances of my regard for the gentlemen
whose writer descends to the level of billings-gate instead
of his maintaining a calm and dignifed attitude of meritor
ious discussion.
The South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. is not under the
same management that incurred my friends’ displeasure;
Mr. S. C. McMeekin, President of the South Carolina Elec
tric & Gas Company is a native son, born and reared in old
Fairfield County, on the farm; he is a Clemson man and
fully identified with the farmers of our State.
I say again: it does not matter if the manager of the
R.E.A. is a Methodist, or Lutheran, and I happen to be a
Baptist; the issue is something which all of us as Ameri
can citizens and South Carolinians should be able to discuss
but not cuss. Dis-cuss the problem but don’t “cuss” one
another, unless we are making an uproar instead of sub
mitting facts.
PROSPERITY
Mrs. Paul Scott was hostess to
the Prosperity Garden Club last
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. George W. Harmon pre
sided in the absence of the presi
dent and vice-president.
Mrs. W. H. Leaphart gave a
timely discussion on garden pests.
Mrs. Leaphart stated that the
pests are here to stay and the
only thing to do is to store
shelves with material that will
control pests.
Officers for next year elected
are: President, Mrs. H. L. Fel
lers; vice president, Mrs. L. J.
Fellers; secretary-treasurer, Mrs.
George Harmon.
The hostess served a salad
plate with spiced tea. She also
gave each member a brush for
cleaning flower leaves and a pas
try brush.
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The March meeting of the Iris
Garden Club was held Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. B. D. Haw
kins. Mrs. Tommie Harmon,
president, presided.
Mrs. Leroy Pugh, program lead
er, first ’ discussed the control of
weeds. She then gave an infor
mative talk on chrysanthemums,
planting and cultural care and
most suitable varieties.
Mrs. Wofford Cooper had
gleanings.
Mrs. Otis Shealy was winner in
bingo.
The St. Patrick idea was em
phasized in the salad plate and
cake served with coffee. The fa
vors were miniature wheelbar
rows filled with mints. The fa
vors also emphasized the St. Pat
rick idea.
Mrs. Ben M. Clark was hostess
to the Literary Sorosis Friday af
ternoon with fifteen members
present.
Mrs. Walter Hamm presided.
Resolutions for Mrs. C. T.
Wyche and Mrs. G. Y. Hunter,
charter members of the club, who
passed away in the past month,
were read and accepted.
The club voted to offer again a
citizenship medal to the out
standing member of the Senior
class of the Prosperity school.
Mrs. J. F. Browne gave an in
teresting discussion of deserts—
their formation and characteris
tics and the flowers and animals
of the desert. Her talk was il
lustrated with colored slides.
During the social hour the hos
tess served a delectable salad
plate, coffee and ice cream pat
ties.
Jean Barnes, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Barnes, cele
brated her first birthday Sunday.
On Sunday afternoon, Mr. and
Mrs. Barnes invited the immed
iate families to help Jean cele
brate. They served ice cream and
the birthday cake decorated in
pink, mints and nuts.
Mrs. D. H. Hamm Sr., Miss
Myrtle Ruff, Mrs. J. E. Wessing-
er, and Mrs. D. H. Hamm Jr„ at
tended a WSCS meeting in
Orangeburg last Thursday.
Mrs. J. H. Riley of Union spent
from Monday till Wednesday last
week with Mrs. A. B. Hunt and
Mrs. Frances Spotts.
Mrs. Frank McMillan Jr., of
Latta spent the weekend here with
her mother, Mrs. Lillian W. Har
mon. Also spending the weekend
with Mrs. Harmon was her grand
son, Frank McMillan III, student
at University of Georgia. Frank
will leave this weekend for Savan
nah, Ga., where he will teach as
part of his work in studying for
his Ph. D. degree.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pitts of Fort
Iowa, arrived Wednesday
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wil
liams.
Mr. and Mrs. W, T. Givens and
their son, Warren Jr., of Sumter
were weekend guests of Mrs. Giv
ens’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ro
land Merchant.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Beam of
Newberry spent Sunday with Mrs.
Beam’s mother, Mrs. O. W. Am-
ick.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Scott of
Ware Shoals spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Mrs. P. E. Wise.
Mrs. R. T. Pugh returned home
Monday from a three month’s visit
enhower.
General Lester served in World
War I and World War II.
In World War II, he was on
General Douglas MacArthur’s
staff in the Pacific. Later, he was
provost marshal of the Philippines.
For two years, General Lester
served with the military occupa
tion forces in Japan.
Since retiring several years
ago, he has lived in San Francis
co.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Mildred White; three sis
ters, Mrs. James F. Davis, Mrs.
G. G. Caughman and Mrs. J. D.
Quattlebaum, all of Columbia; a
half-sister, Miss Blanche Kibler,
and a half-brother. Dr. E. N. Kib
ler, both of Prosperity; and four
nieces.
1 Funeral services were held at 2
Dpdge,
to visit
THURSDAY, MARCH 20.
p. m. Wednesday, March 19, at Ar
lington National Cemetery with
full military rites.
with her children, Mr. and Mrs.
Grady Pugh in Decatur, Ga., and
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schultz in At
lanta, Ga. Mrs. Schultz brought
her mother home and Remained for
several days.
Miss Nannie Pugh of Newberry
spent the weekend with her
niece, Mrs. W. E. Hancock.
Mrs. P. E. Wise and her sis
ter, Mrs. S. S. Bieriey of Ports
mouth, Ohio, who has been visit
ing in Athens, Ga., and Atlanta,
Ga., from where Mrs. Bieriey
will return home.
Mrs. Cora Stockman returned
home Monday from a three
weeks’ visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Russell Caughman in At
lanta, Ga.
Mrs. H. W. Smith of Cayce
spent the weekend with her sister,
Mrs. Cole Wessinger and Mr. Wes-
singer.
Mrs. Ernest Kinard and her two
children, Kay and Jimmy, of Co
lumbia, visited her mother, Mrs.
Asa Bowers and other relatives
during the weekend.
Weekend guests* of Mr. and Mrs.
Byrd Gibson were Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Webster and their daughter,
Lois of Florence.^
Mrs. J. H. Morris, Mrs. Marvin
Mayer and her two children, Stan
ley and Nancy, of Columbia were
Sunday guests of Mrs. A. B. Hunt
and Mrs. Frances Spotts.
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SCOUTERS . . .
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elevated to Scoutmaster in Janu
ary 1926 and has been registered
in Scouting ever since. During his
34 years he has, in addition to
serving , in Newberry, served for
two years as Assistant Scoutmas
ter of Troop 40, Atlanta, Ga. and
one year as Scoutmaster of Troop
16, Enoree. He returned $o New
berry in June 1931 to become
Scoutmaster of Troop 66 here and
has held that position until the
present time.
In addition to the Silver Beaver
Award, Mr. Cannon has received
the Scoutihaster’s Key, holds the
rank of Eagle Scout with Silver
Palm, is a member of the Execu
tive Board of the Blue Ridge Coun
cil and is a member of the Order
of the Arrow, a National Scout
Camping fraternity. During his
tenure as Scoutmaster of Troop
66, 300 boys have passed through
Scouting in the troop, 50 of them
earned Eagle Rank while in the
troop a number of others later re
ceived the rank of Eagle after
moving to other towns. Among the
boys under Mr. Cannon in Scout
ing, many have distinguished
themselves in later life. They have
become ministers, missionaries,
lawyers, managers of textile
plants, high ranking officers in
the Army, Navy and Marines, doc
tors and teachers. One former
Troop 66 Scout is a former mem
ber of the State Legislature and
former Speaker of the House.
Many are now active in business.
Mr. Cannon received many hon
ors while acquiring his education.
In the Newberry city schools he
received the seventh grade medal
and went or. to take second place
in scholarship at Newberry High
School. At Newberry College be
fore graduating with first honors
in 1926, he had won the Freshman
medal, the History medal, the phil
osophy medal, was business mana
ger of the college annual, treasur
er of his class and president of the
student body. At the Georgia In
stitute of Technology, where he
completed a special two-year tex
tile course, he was awarded the
proficiency medal given by the
Operating Executives Association
of Georgia and was a member of
Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Y
As a member of Central Meth
odist Church, Mr. Cannon hap
taught in the Sunday School for
many years, served on the Soard
of Stewards and also the ushering
committee. He is a former mem
ber of the Board of ftrapetee* of
Newberry City Schools, a meihber
of the Board of Directors of New
berry County Bank, a member of
the Lions Club and a past
dent and past secretary
organization.
Mr. Cannon at present ^
position of executive
the Newberry College
nial Building and
Fund, having been on the
strative staff of the college
1949. Prior to 1949 he wee
sistant superintendent and
tary of the Newberry Cotton
Special guests of the
Club for the presentation
Mrs. Dewey Kinard, Dr. f
Kaufmann, President of N<
College, James E. Britt, vtoe-pa
dent and general manager,
berry Mills, Inc., and
Shealy, chairman Newberry
I Scout District.
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