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Smort people may speak from experience . . . smarter people, from experience, don’t speak. »!- DISCRETION IS SOMETHING THAT A MAN DEVELOPS WHEN HE IS TOO OLD FOR IT TO DO HIM ANY GOOD. VOLUME 21; NUMBER 10. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1958 ^ $2.00 PER YEAR REMINDERS Assistant Postmaster James Counts would have me remind you that Federal employes—along with almost everyone else—will be taking a holiday on Friday, July 4. The post office will be closed on that day—no window service, no rural or city deliv ery service. Mail will be dis patched as usual and will be plac ed in post office boxes. Police Chief Colie Dowd also has a reminder—he doesn’t want any of you to be among the miss ing after the 4th of July weekend is .over so he asks that you PLEASE drive carefully. Care fully these days means at a very moderate rate of speed too. Re cently there have been several head-on collisions in Newberry and around the state. As a rule, one driver involved is completely innocent of fault. While he is per haps driving carefully and with in the speed limit, when another car suddenly turns into his lane, there is little he can do. A little slower rate of speed could not completely eliminate this sort of accident, but it might help to prevent some fatalities. Many of you are already at your destinations for your vacations this week but to those who will leave this weekend and to all who will be returning home. Chief Dowd urges that you drive care fully and soberly and come back home alive, unharmed. CONGRATULATION S Our congratulations to Bobby Baker, 19B8 athlete-graduate of Newberry High School, and broth er of Coach Art Baker. Bobby was chosen to play both in the North basketball and football teams in the annual Palmetto Shrine game to be held Friday, August 8th at Carolina Stadium in Columbia during Coaches Clinic Week. Not being eligible to play in both, Bobby chose the football and will participate along with other out standing athletes from the upper South Carolina, trying to best the “South”—star high school foot ballers from lower South Caro lina. The game will be sponsor ed by Hejaz Teniple of Green ville and Omar Temple of Char leston. Admission prices are $2.00 for general admission, $3.00 for reserved seats, with profits going to the Shriners Hospital in Greenville. If you are interested in tickets, contact one of your Masonic friends. Tickets have not yet been sent out, I under stand, but no doubt they will be available to the public in the near future. DISAPPOINTED I am a little disappointed in City Council. I have always — at least for the past four or five years—pointed with pride to the fact that our city council always held open meetings to which rep resentatives of information me dia, as well as the public, were welcomed. Even when Council sat in executive session, members of the press and radio were allow ed to sit in, though nothing “pub lishable” came out of such ses sions. This, to me, is the way any group, which handles the taxpayers money and affairs should operate. I realize there are certain things which Council, and other “public” bodies, wish to discuss without an audience. How ever, the very presence of repre sentatives of information media, whether or not they are allowed to publish any proceedings of an “executive session,” serves to eli minate suspicion that Council is doing something it shouldn’t do. Last week Council met—not in open session, not in executive ses sion—but for a “conference.” This, I suppose, is a tidy way of getting around inviting the press and radio. But it is a poor sub terfuge which is deeply resented by reporters who have had such friendly and cooperative relations with Council in the past. I am not suggesting council did anything it shouldn’t have done. As a matter of fact, it could not take action since it was not call ed a council meeting. But what ever the reason for the secret con ference, I hope it will be the last. Forty-one years of service was climaxed Monday when Miss Eu genia Epps retired as manager of the Ladies Rest Room, located in the Old Court House building, in Newberry. In appreciation for her many years of faithful serv ice, a gift was presented to Miss Epps by the Home Demonstra tion Council which, together with the city and county, maintain the rest room. The gift, a portrait of Christ, was presented by Mrs. T. P. Crooks, past president of the HD Council. Representing the city at the occasion was Mayor Ernest H. Layton; the county was rep resented by Senator R. Aubrey Harley. Also present were Mrs. Henry Parr, immediate past presi dent of the HD Council, and Mrs. Edward Chandler, president. Miss Epps lives on Caldwell St. with her sister, Miss Lucy Epps. Her main interest in life is her church work, and she expects to keep busy after her retirement in this type of activity. Mrs. Sally Brown has been ap pointed to replace Miss Epps. In the Sunphoto above, left to right, are Sen. Harley, Mrs. Chandler, Mayor Layton, Miss Epps and Mrs. Crooks. Work To Begin In Two Weeks On Super Highway Structures Contracts for the construction of three bridges on Interstate Route 26 in Newberry County have been awarded by the State Highway Department to Dick erson,Inc., of Monroe, N. C. The contracts were announced June 25 in letters of award from Chief Highway Commisicner Claude R. McMillan. They were based on low bids submitted when bids for the project were publicly opened in Columbia June 17. Longest of the bridges to be built is a 243-foot prestressed concrete underpass under S. C. Route 773 northeast of Prosperity. The low bid by the North Car olina firm for its construction was $56,192.85. Second of the pro jects is for construction of a 239 foot prestressed concrete under pass under S. C. Route 202 north of Little Mountain, for which the low bid was $57,098.12. The third bridge to be built is a 226-foot underpass under . Secondary Road 167 northeast of Little Mountain. The low bid for its construction was $47,503.18. Interstate Route 26, when com pleted, will extend from Charles ton to the Columbia, Clinton and Spartanburg areas, passing into North Carolina in the vicinity of Landrum. It will feature full access control throughout, requir ing construction of grade separa tion brides at all intersections for maximum safety and efficiency. Inquest Not Yet Scheduled In Death Of Wreck Victim An inquest' will be held soon in to the death of Eugene R. Werts, 51, of Ninety Six, who died Fri day after having been injured in an automobile accident late Wed nesday afternoon, according to George R. Summer, coroner. A jury has been impaneled and the inquest will be held as soon as arrangements can be made, the coroner said. Three men were injured in the two car collision which occurred at the intersection of By-pass 19 and the Belfast Road. They were all taken to Newberry Memorial Hospital. Werts was later trans ferred to Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood, where he died. He was driving a 1958 Ford. Marvin Butler, also of Ninety Six was in the automobile with Werts. He was also carried to Self Hospital. The other automobile was driv en by David Alonzo Bunch, 43 of Statesville, N. C. He was treated for bruises in the local hospital then released.. Patrolman 'Bobby C. Crisley, who investigated the accident, stated that Werts was traveling HEY’RE AVAILABLE It is assumed that Mid-Carolina [igh School will have a band, in- smuch as a band director has een hired. It is also assumed that he band would like to have uni- orms—a matter of about $4000, would say. There are available at the pres- nt time forty band uniforms for use by Mid-Carolina. These uni forms are used ones, but they are in good repair and are not “fray ed or torn,” as I understand it. While it is understandable that Mid-Carolina would like new uni forms, it would seem a tremen dous waste of money not to take advantage of so generous an of fer, when according to members of the County Board of Education, they can’t even put any money aside for repairs. Officials connected with Mid- Carolina and with the County Board are aware of the availa bility of the uniforms. Will they accept them, or will they insist upon having new ones? They are free for the asking, and money which might be paid for new uni forms would pay for a good many fire escapes. west on the Belfast Road and Bunch was traveling north on the by-pass. Survivors of Mr. Werts include his widow, Mrs. Annie Lee Berry Werts; a daughter, Mrs. Dora Sue Waites and a son, Alvis Werts, all of Ninety Six; seven sisters, two of whom are Mrs. Sa rah Miller and Mrs. Aletha Bed- enbaugh of Newberry; three brothers and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Trinity Lutheran Church in Saluda Coun ty by Rev. C. J. Rice and Rev. Morgan Kizer. Burial was in the church cemetery. G. B. Boland Dies Suddenly George David (Judge) Boland, 82, died suddenly early Monday at the home of his son, Harold Boland near Newberry. He had been in declining health for a number of years. Mr. Boland was born and rear ed in the Pomaria section of Newberry county and was the son of the late George Walter and Maggie Boland Setzler. He was a member of Epting Metho dist Church and Woodmen of the World. He is survived by two sons, Harold E. Boland and Ellis D. Boland, both of Newberry; two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Cromer, Po maria, and Mrs. Minnie Setzler, Whitmire; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday from Epting Methodist Church with Rev. B. B. Blakeney conducting. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bennett and children, Cathy and Jan spent from Sunday until Wednes day at Myrtle Beach. Monroe, N. C., July 1.—R. W. Parks Jr. of Dickerson, Inc., said here today construction will be gin “within two weeks” on a highway structure projects for Laurens, Lexington and Newber ry Counties. Parks said the $300,000 projects consists of a 214-foot reinforced concrete underpass under State Rt. 49 on U. S. Rt. 276 northeast of Laurens, and a 210-foot rein forced concrete underpass under State Rt. 66 on Interstate Rt. 26 northeast of Joanna. Prestressed concrete under passes 226 feet long will be con structed under Rd. 48 on Inter state Rt. 26 east of Chapin in Lexington County and under Rd. 167 on Interstate Rt. 26 northeast of Little Mountain in Newberry County. A 293-foot prestressed under pass under Rt. 202 on Interstate 26 north of Little Mountain and |i 243-foot prestressed underpass under State Rt. 773 on Interstate Rt. 26 northeast of Prosperity al so in Newberry County will be constructed, Parks added. The projects also consists of 1,320 cubic yards of excavation; 2,601.7 cubic yards of concrete for structures; and 474,532 pounds of reinforced steel. Parks said. The projects are expected to be completed by January 1959 and will provide employment for ap proximately 15 men at the peak of construction with jobs open for approximately five new workmen. Dickerson, Inc. was awarded the contract for the bridge work June 25 by the S. C. State Highway Department. Mrs. Livingston Service Saturday Mrs. Rosie Lee Huffstetler Liv ingston, 50, wife of Edward H. Livingston of Newberry, died Thursday at a Columbia hospital. She was ill several months. Mrs. Livingston was born and reared in Newberry County, a daughter of _ Robert L. Huffstet ler and Mrs. Corrie Ellen Huff stetler, who died May 24. She liv ed near Newberry several years and was a member of St. Peter’s Piney Woods Lutheran Church. Survivors include her husband; her father; one son, James Ed ward Livingston cf Newberry; and one daughter, Miss Doris Faye Livingston of Newberry; two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Huffman of Little Mountain and Mrs. Elvie Ruth Smith of Prosperity, and three brothers, V. L. Huffstetler of Newberry, J. F. Huffstetler of Joanna and W. L. Huffstetler of Columbia. Funeral services were held Sat urday morning at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church by Rev. John D. Zeigler. Burial was in the church cemetery. Newberry Mill Expansion Said Planned By Company President Are Told That Driving Attitudes Cause Accidents Ringer Rhes To Be Today W. Jason Ringer, 76, died early Wednesday morning at his resi dence on Harrington St. He had been in ill health for a number of years and was seriously ill for the past several weeks. Mr. Ringer was born and rear ed in the New Hope section of Newberry County and was the son of the late John S. and Anna Cro mer Ringer. He was a retired farmer of the New Hope section and moved to Newberry a num ber of years ago. He was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church near Pomaria. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva Price Ringer, Newberry; one daughter, Mrs. Glenn D. Norvell, Atlanta, Ga.; two brothers, J. Junius Ringer and Joseph Ringer, both of Pomaria; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Long and Miss Lillie Ringer, both of Pomaria; two grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at four o’clock from Bethlehem Lutheran Church with Rev. M. T. Cullum and Dr. Paul L. Grier conducting the serv ice. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Rob ert Epting, Rion Price, John Price, Sam Ringer, Harold Ringer, and Ray Long. Honorary escort will be com posed of D. L. Wedaman Sr., Horace Cromer, Wilbur Epps, A. C. Oxner, Ellerbe Sease, Dr. E. H. Moore, Cecil Ringer, Wilbur Rin ger, E. B. Harmon, John W. Rin ger, Charley Eargle, Henry Counts, Bunyan Ringer, Cecil Merchant j nd John Bundrick. Mrs. Lindler Rites Tuesday Mrs. Connie Katherine Cannon Lindler, 71, died suddenly late Sunday night at her residence near Chapin. She was stricken late Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Lindler was born and rear ed in the Little Mountain section of Newberry County and was the daughter' of the late Henry and Ellen Livingston Cannon. For a number of years she had made her home near Chapin. Mrs. Lind ler was an active member of Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church. She is survived by her hus band, A. Pearson Lindler, Cha pin; four sons, Louie Van Lind ler, Leesville, and Clyde, Loy and Herbert Lindler, all of Chapin; five daughters, Mrs. Elmer Metts, Little Mountain, and Mrs. Dewey Boland, Mrs. Alvin Counts, Mrs. Earl Frick, and Mrs. D. H. Frick, all of Chapin; a sister, Mrs. Nora Outz, Little Mountain; 26 grand children and 14 great-grandchild ren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 4:30 p. m. from Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church with Rev. J. S. Wessinger and Rev. John D. Zeigler conducting. Burial was in the church cemetery. Communion At Mayer Memorial The Lord’s Supper will be ad ministered at the 11 a. m. serv ice in Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church Sunday, July 6. Pastor D. M. Shull will deliver a brief message on the theme, “He ‘ Restoreth My Soul.” Sunday School will begin at 10 a. m. The public is cordially invit ed to all services. ATTENDS CONVENTION OF VETERINARIANS Dr. C. B. Lowman, local veter inarian, attended the regular an nual convention of the South Carolina Association of Veterin arians, held at the Bon Air Hotel in Augusta, Ga., June 19 through 21st. Members of the Newberry Lions Club were given some tips in safe driving at their regular meet ing Tuesday night by Sgt. Hoyt Bailey of the Safety Commission, South Carolina State Highway Department. The subject of Sgt. Bailey’s talk was “Our Atti tudes of Driving.” In comment ing on the attitude of one driver toward another, he said “we have pet peeves and we think the other fellow is wrong. Remem ber that the other fellow ' is thinking the same about us.” The sergeant said that 715 people lost their lives on South Carolina highways last year, and estimated this figure could be reduced by three percent if drivers changed their attitudes. He pointed out that failing to stop at stop signs was the number one accident causer, followed by driving on the wrong side or center of the highway causing headon colli sions; failing to dim lights, and rear end collisions. Sgt. Bailey distributed pam phlets explaining the South Carolina point system. He men tioned that the state is getting 668 miles of super highways and that eventually one could get on a superhighway in Newberry and travel to the West Coast without having to stop. A. E. Morehead, chairman of the program committee, introduc ed the speaker and at the conclu sion of Sgt. Bailey’s remarks, he was presented a Certificate of Appreciation by Lion Morehead. Lions officers for the ensuing year were installed by John F. Clarkson, international counsel lor, who stated that the Lions Club was the largest service club in Newberry and one of the larg est in the state. He presented out-going president Louis Floyd with a past-president’s button. Lion Floyd handed over the gav el to incoming president P. N. Abrams, who complimented the retiring president on his fine work, and presented him the gav el. President Abrams announced that the Board of Directors would meet on July 8 at the Wiseman Hotel, and that the next regular meeting would be on July 15 at Lake Murray. Special guests of the club were Bill Clamp with his electric guit ar and Dana Sawyer with his ac- cordian. They rendered several selections which were enjoyed by the club. “Happy Birthday” was sung to the following who have birthday anniversaries in July: George Martin, Richard Floyd, Richard Lominick, Drayton Nance and Thad McCrackin Jr. Mike Youmans won the door prize. E. L. Suit Succumbs Estus Leroy Suit, 56, died late Saturday afternoon at Newberry County Memorial Hospital after several days of serious illness. He had been in delining health for five years. Mr. Suit was born and reared at Bath, in Aiken County, and wa*. the son of the late Daniel James and Myra Anderson Suit. He had made his home in New berry for a number of years and was connected with the Mollohon Plant of Kendall Mills. He was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Leila Bland Suit, Newberry; a son, Raymond L. Suit, Green ville; a daughter, Mrs. Estelle Hendrix, Camden; two sisters, Mrs. Bland Berry and Mrs. Eu gene Perkins, both of Newberry; five brothers, O. L. Suit, Shaw Air Force Base,. Sumter; C. J. Suit, Branchville; M-Sgt. D. P. Suit, Hawaii; J. A. Suit, Columbia and R. H. Suit, Newberry. Three grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were held Mon day from Glenn Street Baptist Church with Rev. F. L. Lanford and Rev. J. B. Walker conducting the service. Burial was in Spring- dale Cemetery. Information Is From New York Five Days After Mill Closing Threatened (Information in this article concerning the release of June 26 by James E. Britt, vice president and general manager of New berry Mills, Inc. is for use exclusively by the two local papers and radio station and cannot be used by other communication media without the consent of Mr. Britt.) An article appearing in the Wednesday (July 2) issue of The Greenville News that “further expansion of NewberiT’ Mills is being planned” brought increased speculation and discussion concerning the future of Newberry Mills, Inc. in Newberry. Only last Thursday, June 26, a notice was post ed on the bulletin boards of Newberry Mills, Inc. and releas ed exclusively to the two local newspapers and Radio Sta tion WKDK, threatening a closing of the mill due to loss of between $6000 and $7000 per week, the loss being blamed] on “low efficiency and high seconds.” The article appearing in , The Greenville News Wednesday morning was reprinted from the July 1 issue of the New York Daily-'News-Record, a highly ref utable publication, according to Hugh White, state editor of the Greenville News. ^ The article in its entirety is as follows: “Further expansion of Newber ry Mills is being contemplated in addition to new spinning equip ment and installation of additional looms, according to Sarkis Diar- bekirian, president of the com pany. “Mr. Diarbekirian also said that Newberry Mills has increased its capitalization from $1' million to $2 million. Prior to his sailing for a European tour, he declared that present market conditions do not call for an attitude of despair, for ‘the cycle will change with great er effort and a greater concen tration of hard selling’.” James E. Britt, vice president and general manager of the local mill, was on vacation Wednesday and could not be contacted by newspapers before press-time for' comment. The notice posted by Mr. Britt stated that the majority of the fault for the low efficiency “is due to lack of interest and an T can’t’ attitude among the em ployees. The morale here seems to be very low. There is lack of loyalty and cooperation with’man agement . . . these conditions must ^change . . . (between July 14 and September) . . . when an- .- other survey will be made. If the employees have not changed their attitude the mill will be closed and all machinery will be shipped to our mills in South America.” After commenting on the lack of interest and “putrid” house keeping, Mr. Britt suggested that employees who feel they could not meet the requirements of the mill should resign immediately. He concluded the release, “We shall wait and see what happens.” Local Union 120 TWUA, AFL- CIO immediately responded, stat ing that most of the trouble was caused by use of a poorer grade of cotton and “stretchout.” They also expressed their resentment 1 that Mr. Britt aired the troubles at the mill through public media rather than over a conference table with employees. Mailers Be Penalized For Understamping Local postal officials announ ced today that a 5 cent penalty on all unpaid or' short liail will be charged after July 1, according to a new law approved on April 9th. Postmaster Harry E. Moose said that this means that addressees of short paid mail of all classes will be required to pay the defic ient postage plus a penalty of 5 cents before delivery can be made. Postmaster Moose stressed that under the new law it will be advis able for all mailers to have their letters, papers and parcels check ed for the correct amount of post age before mailing if there is any doubt about the amount of post age necessary. Deficient postage plus the penalty -will be collected from the addressee, Mr. - Moose said, and if the addressee refuses to pay the amount due, the mail will be returned to the sender and the sender must pay the am ount due, otherwise the mail will be disposed of as undeliverable in accordance with present reg ulations. At the same time Postmaster Moose announced that the two pound limit on air mail parcels to overseas military post offices has been raised to seventy pounds. Previous regulations that required an air mailparcel for overseas military post offices be restricted to 30 inches in length and girth combined have been lifted and this limit is now 100 inches. However, Mr. Moose added, there are cer tain overseas bases where the limit on surface parcels is restricted and these same restrictions will apply to air parcels. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS July 6: Miss Sara Wilson, J. J. Hipp, Billy Armfield Jr., Mrs. J. S. Thompson, Karen Lominack, Sandra Gail Dawk ins, Pam Phillips, Rogers»Lew is Ringer, Beth Boulware, Wal ter Lake, Mary Ann Watkins, Nancy Jane Mayer. July 7: Miss Rose Hamm, Dr. Claude Sease, Mrs. David Long, Carolyn Andrews, Dr. V. W. Rinehart, Jackie Martin, Lula May Hawkins, Randy Senn, John J. Livingston, Earl Bqz- ard, Sadie Merchant. July 8: E. L. Lominick, John McCullough, Mrs. Foster B. Spotts, Betty Stone, Olin Lom inick Jr., Tommy Buzhardt, Mrs. Constance Armfield Mc- Hargue of Statesville, N. C. July 9: Rusty Wilson, L. Pope Wicker Jr., Ronnie Michael Bedenbaugh, George W. Martin, Miriam Jollay, J. H. Cook, Jr., Mrs. D. R. Son, James Swygert, John L. Edwards, Troy Math- eney, Donnie Devore. July 10: Mrs. Evelyn Leavell Davis, Sara Ann Nichols, George Senn, George W. Sum mer, Louis Brossy Jk-, Paul Hutchinson, Gus Franklin Jr., C. A. Dufford Jr. t July 11: Beth Long, Mrs. Jessie Dawkins, Mrs. F. A. Longshore, Doris Marie Shee- ley, Ralph E. Epting, Frank Smith. July 12: Mrs. E. W. Yates Sr., Buddy Waldrop, Wayne C. Spearman, F. R. Higgins, Be linda Jo Bickley. Receives Award From CPA’s Robert C. (Bobby) Mays, a se nior at the University of South Carolina, was selected by the South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants at its recent meeting to receive a subscription to The Journal of Accountancy. His selection, along with.three others, was based up on performance in accounting classes and opinions formulated and expressed by the professors concerned. Mr. Mays is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Mays of Newberry. He will complete requirements for his degree at the University in August. SCRUGGS PROMOTED; George Scruggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Scruggs of New berry, has been transferred from Spartanburg, where he was man ager of General Adjustment Bu reau, to Roanoke, Va., where he will be manager of their office. Mr. and Mrs. Scruggs and their daughter, Betty, who visited here recently with his parents, moved to Roanoke last week.