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What favors this country called USA is geography and fortunately it is something that can’t be legislated away. If you don’t mind being talked about, people will soon tire of talking about you. VOLUME 21; NUMBER 20. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 11, 1958 By The Way By Oorla A. Bandars FOOTBALL TALK The Newberry High School Bull dog’s didn’t fare too well last Friday night when they tangled with Lancaster on the gridiron. Lancaster took the game by 20-0 score but I am told by those who follow high school football more closely than I that this was one of the hardest teams the Bull dogs will meet this year. They were State Champs last year, I believe. You can say for all of the Bulldogs, though, that they tried, and they played a clean game. I don’t believe they drew more than one penalty, while Lancaster was penalized a number of times. I’m sure Coach Art Baker and his team aren’t discouraged about losing the opener, and another good game should be iYi the offing when the Bulldogs meet Bates- burg-Leesville Friday night. This is another home game, and will be played at Setzler Field beginning at 8:00 p. m. There was a good crowd at the game last Friday night, but there were hundreds of empty seats. If you weren’t there last week, how about help ing fill the stadium for the B-L game? You will enjoy not only the football, but the excellent playing and performance of the Newberry High School band un der the direction of Miss Lorraine Paris. 4 $2.00 PER YEAR Murder Warrant Goes To Grand Jury; Trial May Be Next Week MORE DESIRABLE In case you missed seeing an article carried in one of the daily papers last week, I would like to quote from it. It concerned a statement made by Judge T. B. Greneker, who was presiding in General Sessions court in Ander son last week. Judge Greneker “roundly criticized the United States Supreme Court for recent decisions which he said set crimin als and communists free on tech nicalities.” “He said J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, said the Supreme Court made it easier for the Com munists to operate in this coun try.” “ ‘It personally breaks my heart,’ he said, ‘for people like that to have such high authority and use it to betray our coun try.’ ” “He later commented that all high school seniors should be taken on a trip to the state Peni tentiary, instead of to Washing ton, although, he said, they 'might see much more desirable citizens there than some in Wash ington.’ ” “He added that all young peo ple should hear the gates of the penitentiary clang shut just once, and realize that the gates could be shutting on them.” Among those who enjojyed the “Appreciation Dinner” given by the Soil Conservation District for affiliate members Tuesday night were left to right, seated. affiliate members T. A. Har grove representing Champion Paper & Fibre Co., Jesse Frank Hawkins, and John T. Norris, representing S. C. National Bank. Standing left to right are C. T Smith, supervisor; Repre sentative T. William Hunter, and J. Thad McCrackin, Jr., chairman of the District SCD Affiliate Members Are Given ‘Appreciation Dinner* A PATRON SPEAKS On May 19th past, the well- known James P. Sloan, director of Public Relations for Joanna Cot ton Mills Company, wrote a let ter to H. L. Eichelberger, chair man of the Board of Trustees, School District No. 56, Clinton. The information contained in Mr. Sloan’s letter is well thought out and indicates his intense interest in the education system of the Clinton District schools. All of his letter is informative, and in the next few weeks I intend to quote most of it. My eye fell upon one paragraph, in particular, with which I most heartily agree, as those of you who have read this column in the past will know: “No Clinton teacher should be invited, asked, urged, or required by anyone connected with the school administration or otherwise to join the National Education As sociation. The NEA, as it is pop ularly called, has socialistic and egalitarian tendencies and is an ti-intellectual in its educational philosophy. In recent years it has been particularly hostile to clas sical and academic learning to an extent that has made the teaching of Latin seem like a nasty and extremely un-American activity. Algebra is not favored, and one of the NEA’s leaders, a Mr. Wesley, considers that arithmetic and geo graphy throw no light on the 'great moral, social and political issues of the day.’ The NEA’s philosophers believe that if there is any subject which some stu dents can do and some cannot do, then the subject should be thrown out of the curriculum; that sub ject is necessarily a relic of feud alism. If affiliation with a profes sional group is desired, let me sug gest that the merits of the Coun cil for Basic Education be investi gated. The organization is no teachers’ union, but is devoted to the belief that reform is badly needed in American public schools. This group feels that too much affiliate members help the super visors by furnishing funds neces sary for stationery, and other small expenses incurred by the supervisors. “I can assure you they are tight-fisted with your money,” the speaker told the af filiate members. Mr. Epting described conserva tion as “using our resources wise ly for the greatest good of the largest number of people for the longest possible time.. The wealth of a nation depends upon its nat ural resources,” he said. He explained a Soil Conserva tion District as being “composed of local people who see their own problems and solve them, who see their own responsibilities and shoulder them. They are a local people doing what they should do, voluntarily, with no infringement of rights and liberties, with scar cely a law, rule, regulation or tax. The SCD, in action, is literally a Affiliate members of the New berry County Soil Conservation District w r ere honored at an “Ap preciation Dinner” held Tuesday night at the Wiseman Hotel. Hosts were the District supervisors, J. T. McCrackin, Jr., chairman, C. T. Smith, C. L. Lester, Dhent A. Bedenbaugh, and George E. Young. After a steak supper was serv ed, Mr. McCrackin presided over a short discussion session. He ex plained the functions of the Soil Conservation Service, a federa agency, and the Soil Conservation Districts, a state-approved, loca group which works with SCS in the soil and water conservation program. He stated that the SCS was created by Congressional ac tion in 1935, and the soil conser vation districts were authorized by state legislative action on Ap ril 17, 1937. The two groups work closely in the planning of conser vation measures in the county, he said, working with other groups such as S. C. Association of SCD Supervisors, S. C. Soil Conserva tion committee, all agriculture agencies, farmers committees and other agencies, organizations and individuals. The purpose of the Soil Con servation District, said Mr. Mc- Crackin, is to help the farmers with their farm problems. One of the most important projects sponsored by the local district is the Bush River Watershed. The speaker said that whilo the water shed has been temporarily held up, the supervisors are still working to obtain easements so that the project might go through. C. T. Smith also spoke briefly of the watershed, stating “We are not ready to give up.” He men tioned the close cooperation be tween the local SCS, SCD and other agencies, stating that in many parts of the state, jealousy among agencies is strong but that this situation does not exist in Newberry County. Elmer Epting, technician for the Soil Conservation Service, told the group that the supervisors “cer tainly are unsung.” Ee stated that they serve without pay, at- Certainly we want to encour- tending meetings and rarely even a 8'e all farmers who are interest- bit of freedom of. enterprise that made America a land of oppor tunity and abundance.” Present for the meeting were Supervisors McCrackin and Smith, Representatives T. William Hun ter and Jesse Frank Hawkins, the latter also being an affiliate mem ber; John T. Norris and T. A. Hargrove, representing affiliate members; E. E. Epting, W. F. Smith and C. *E. Metts of the Soil Conservation Service;' and news paper representatives Mrs. A. H. Counts, Ollie Moye and Mrs. Doris A. Sanders. Affiliate members for 1958 are Murray Lumber Co., The Kendall Company, Newberry Federal Sav ings & Loan Association, Cham pion Paper and* Fibre Company, Belk-Beard, J. F. Hawkins, S. C. National Bank, Newberry County Bank, Bank of Commerce, Pros perity, Spartan Grain and Mill Co., and J. T. McCrackin & Co. United Fund Drive This Year Is Postponed Plans for a United Fund drive for this year in Newberry County were dropped Monday night at a meeting of the County Inter-ser- viceCouncil held in the offices of the Newberry County Develop ment Board. Twelve of the 21 county organi zations were represented, and Ithose present expressed the opin- jion that while they were in favor a United Fund for Newberry unty, enthusiasm was not great nough at this time to plan the [project for the ensuing year. I A motion was made that the Inter-Service Council adjourn un til its next meeting on November 18, at whicl^ time the by-laws will be adopted. At that time, further study and discussion will be held on adoption of the United Fund project for I960. At the Monday night meeting were Gerald Paysinger, represent W the County Girl Scout Coun <$il; Mrs. T. P. Crooks and Mrs Edward Chandler representing the Home Demonstration Council Grace Summer, American Legion Auxiliary; H. B. Kirkegard, Rot ary; Ferd Summer, Jaycees; Fred Weir, Jr., Lions; Chester Hawkins and C. W. Wallace, Kiwanis; P. E. Rinehart, Local 324; Olin Lay- ton and Kenneth Tompkin*, Ex change; Robert C. Unde wood, VFW; Ray Schumpert, American Legion and Jack Rogers, Civitan. tan. Farmers Must Decide Now On Soil Bank Land (By COUNTY AGENTS) 1959 Conservation Reserve Program Farmers must 'make plans now as to what their farming program will be during 1959. This is'due to the fact that those farmers who plan 'to rent a part or all their farms to the government in the Conservation Reserve Program will have to indicate their inter est to the local ASC office before September 26. This means a big decision for most farmers. It is a matter of de ciding whether to go “all out” for! farming, or whether to cut-back or cut out farming operations com pletely for the next- several years. We cannot say what is best for each farmer to do. The average annual rental rate for Newberry County of $12.50 is attractive to many farmers. An acreage allot ments will be reserved on those farms that are “rented.” claim mileage. Their one goal, ac cording to Mr. Epting, is “How Can We help the farmer.” The time and energy are dissipated on fripperies and peripheral inter ests, and not nearly enough de voted to sound instruction on ba sic subjects.” Mr. Sloan further says: “I favor numerical rather than alphabetical grading of daily work, tests, and at the six weeks periods. There is too much range within a given alphabetical grade. By having specific numerical grades, the student and parent will know specifically, not with in nine or ten points, what pro portion of the work expected has been mastered and where greater effort may be required. To de- emphasize grades is an egalitar ian or socialistic trend and does not fit and train young people for the realities of our competi tive system.” More from Mr. Sloan’s letter next week. ed to contact the local ASC of fice to have payment rates estab lished for their farms before the deadline. We would like to point out how ever, that thus far, Newberry County is dependent to a great extent upon its agricultural in come. Newberry County is the third largest dairy producing county in the state, fourth largest turkey producing county, among the top 10 egg producing counties, and is now w r ell along with other live stock enterprises such as beef cattle and hogs. Feed Production has been increasing and will have to be maintained to support this expanded livestock economy in Newberry County. Now is the time for farmers to decide what their future farming program is going to be; whether it will be a full-time, efficient farming program that will pro vide an adequate family income, or whether now is the time to cut- (Continued on Page 2) Indians Are Hampered By Injuries “We’re just skin deep,” said Coach Harvey Kirkland concerning the overall depth of the ’58 edi tion of the Newberry Indians. “We’re having to shuffle men around from one position to anoth er to overcome some of our weak spots, and teaching them to play new positions presents more problems.” The ten men Newberry lost by graduation and the first string fullback and quarterback that will not return really opened key po sitions. Injuries of several men, half back Bob Yarnall, Tackle Pete Buckles, and Gene Hendrix, Cen ters Bill Corley and Conley Jump er, End Wendell Price, and guard Roland Rosier, have prevented the Indian Chief from polishing up a two unit team. Halfback Wyman Taylor, side line because of a shoulder injury, will probably see no action in the baekfield this season, but he will be used primarily as the extra point man. Newberry will tackle a nine- game schedule card this season, the same 1957 opponents with the exception of Guilford College. A host of 26 veterans, sixteen freshmen, all light and small, typ ical of Newberry College, under the coaching reins of Harvey Kirk land opens with the Citadel at Charleston on September 20, where for the past two seasons they have played to ties 20-20 and 0-0, respectively. BOUNDARY STREET PTA MEETS TONIGHT The Boundary Street Parent- Teacher Association will hold its first meeting of the year Thurs day, September 11 at 8 p. m. at the school. A short business meet ing will be held, during which time the committee chairmen will be introduced and will be asked to give a brief outline of their plans for the coming year. Following this, a reception will be given for the teachers. This will afford par ents an opportunity to meet the teachers of their children. Preceding this meeting, there will be an executive committee meeting at 7:15 p. m. Chairmen, of all standing committees, and of ficers of the PTA are urged to be present. Council Has Quiet Session Tuesday Night City Council had a short and relatively quiet session at its regular meeting Tuesday night. The only action taken, of any consequence, was the authorizing of a preliminary survey for the purpose of determining the feasi bility of extending electric serv ice, street lighting and sewer service to the recently annexed Suburbia. At the present time, there is no sewer service in the area, no street lighting, and elec tric service is being furnished by REA. Council was notified that * the revised parking on Martin street between Lindsay and McMorris has been completed and, accord ing to the Police Department, is serving very efficiently, especial ly for the transportation of school children. The Department also ad vised that changes in parking on Friend street between Coates and Calhoun have eliminated the con gestion in that area. Council was told that negotia tions have been completed with Hal Kohn in the transfer of title to the Suburbia water line to the city of Newberry. Members of council were noti fied that the National Municipal Congress will meet in Boston, Mass. November 30-December 4. The city manager was authorized to make reservations for members desiring to attend. Council was notified that the right turn with caution on red lights at Harrington and College streets, and at Main and Calhoun streets have proved to be good for the movement of traffic, and that the police department plans to try out several other intersections in the near future with thi^ system. Preparations are being made, council was told, for mailing of city tax notices for 1958. They will be in the mail by October 1st. Fifty criminal cases, two of which charge murder, are on the docket for the court of' General Sessions which convenes here Monday morning at the court house with Honorable Thomas P. Bussy of Charleston presiding. Fifteen of these cases are from the continued docket, the remain der new warrants from the mag istrates to be acted upon vby the Grand Jury. Charlie G. Swindler has been charged with murder in the death of Donald F. Bowers, 27, in July. Mr. Bowers was shot in the back and killed instantly, according to testimony given at an inquest held by Coroner George R. Summer. The Coroner’s Jury recommended that Swindler , be held for Grand Jury investigation. Swindler was carried to the State Penitentiary on August 6th and has been undergoing observa tion by officials of the State Hos pital. He is expected to be in Newberry for beginning of court next week and indications are that the case will be tried during the upcoming term of court. The second murder charge is against Roberta Stuckman who is CC Group Hears Special Class CRITICALLY ILL James Leavell remains critical- t ly ill at his home on Martin St. after having suffered another at tack two weeks ago. Mrs. Nellie Coates Davis will return to Richmond, Va., next Wednesday where she makes her home with her brother, after spending the summer months at her home in Helena and with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. O. Stewart on Wilson St. Training School Plans have been completed for the Training Union Leadership Training School of the . Reedy River Baptist Association. The school will be held at West End Baptist Church. Conferences will begin each evening at 7:30 Mon day through Friday, September 15 through 19th. Directors and pastors are urg ed to arrange transportation for their members to attend the con ferences. Scout Council The first fall meeting of the Newberry County Girl Scout Coun cil will be held Monday night, September 15 at 7:30 in the Scout Cabin. All officers, chairmen and scout leaders are urged to be pres ent. Mrs. Ruth Pugh, teacher of the Special Education Class for New berry County youngsters,! gave an interesting report of her class of 12 children at the September meet ing of the Newberry County Crip pled Children’s Society, which was held at the home of Mrs. J. D. French-with Mm F Scott ElHott as hostess. Mrs. Pugh invited the public to attend the class at any time. Mrs. French presided over the meeting in the absence of Mrs. Emmett Nichols, chairman. Mrs. W. H. Tedford read minutes of the previous meeting and Mrs. C. M. Smith gave a treasurer’s report. Mrs. L. G. McCullough reported nine memorials given to the County Chapter. The next meeting was schedul ed for November 19 at the home of Mrs. W. H. Tedford with Mrs. Pope Buford as hostess. Returns Home C. D. (Pete) Coleman, who has been a patient in the Columbia Hospital since breaking his leg in a fall three weeks ago, retuni- ed to his home here Monday, and is recuperating nicely. Miss Molly Fennell, who has finished a three months intern ship at Duke University Hospital, Durham, N. C., will arrive in New berry this weekend to spend „ while with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Fennell. Miss fen nell graduated from Duke Uni versity in June with a B. S. de gree in nursing. JASPER CHAPTER MEETS FRIDAY Jasper Chapter, D.A.R., will meet Friday afternoon, September 12 at 4 p. m. at the home of Mrs. R. E. Hanna. Associate hostesses will be Mrs. T. Roy Summer Sr. and Mrs. Robert Sproul, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Reigh- ley have moved to 700 McSwain St. to make their home. Champions for the second con secutive year — the Exchange Club sponsored Little Boys Baseball team—were treated to a dinner by their sponsors last Tuesday night at the Club’s lake house. Shown above, left to right front row are Roy Stutts Sr., manager, Henry Brooks, Randy Stone, Phil Metis, Randy Abrams, Murray Hawkins, Phil Trefsgar, Frank Gilfillan, assistant manager. Back row, Larry Gilliam, Roy Stutts Jr., Billy Cannon, David Bedenbaugh, Robert . Amick, Steve Wise and W'illie Gilfillan. Absent when the picture was made were Andy Bowers and David Bowers. The team has a record of 19 wins, four losses this season with 284 runs to their opponents’ 74. Robert Am ick was the ace of the pitching staff with a spotless 8-0 rec ord. David Bedenbaugh was 6-3 on the season and Larry Gilliam came through with a 5-1 mark. Both managers had sons on the city championship team. being held in the death of Willie Lee Rutherford on Saturday, August 23rd. Rutherford was shot with a .22 calibre rifle at the home of the Stuckman woman on Crosson St. A coroner’s jury last Thursday night recommended that she be held for Grand Jury inves tigation. Other cases on the roster in clude: Continued: Earl DeWitt Ful mer, Genious Arthur Rowe, Alex Wheeler, William Franklin Har mon, drunk driving; Doyle Lee Emory, Huston Henderson, Jessie Adams Mozee, violation of liquor law; Gordon Bostic, resisting an officer; Sammie Caldwell Jr., Ulysses Wilson, Dave Crooks, lar ceny and receiving stolen goods; Broaddus Sims, assault and bat tery with intent to kill and carry ing concealed weapons; John Hen* ry Cook, assault and battery with intent to kill; James Vance, bas tardy; W. A. Clark, non-support. New warrants from Magistrate Foster: William Pearson, rape; Donald R. Thompson and Eddie Stratton, housebreaking and larceny, safe cracking; Arthur Lee Gibson, dis posing of property under lien; John Reid, safecracking; Roger Clark, assault and battery with in tent to kill; George Thrift, bad check; Haskwell E. Wilson, drunk driving, second offense. New warrants from Magistrate Dawkins: Charlie G. Swindler, murder; Harvey Jeter, escaping public works; Roberta Stuckman, mur der; Lonnie Cheek, non-support; Jessie Dean, housebreaking and larceny; Willie Griffin, assault and battery with intent to kill; Virgil Blair, violation of liquou law; Johnny Matthews, James Harris and Stanleys Harris, tww charges of housebreaking and grand larceny, one charge of housebreaking and petit larceny; Stanley Harris/ James Harris and Fre* Longshore, housebreaking and grand larceny; J, P. Cleve land, pointing firearms, breaking. and entering; Posey Davis, point ing gun; Pernell Wise, obtaining goods by false preteflitt l* B. Williams, stealing gas; Marion Pressly, non - support; Johnny Rutherford, non-support; Lewis Pinner Metts, drunk driving, sec ond offense; William Edward Belcher, drunk driving, third of fense; Efnest Heller, assault and battery with intent to kill; Colie Glasgow, drunk driving, fifth of fense; Moses Wilson, drunk driv ing, third offense; Bell Whitener, violation Of liquor law; Theomus Eleazer, violation of liquor law; John Means Jr., pointing pistol; Joe L. Wood and Bobby Pearson, housebreaking and grand larceny; stealing gas.' BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Sept. 14: Grady Boozer, Mrs. D. A. Livingston, Miss Mazie Dominick, Anna Coe Keitt, Mrs. John F. Scurry, Frances Neel, Mrs. Luther B. Bedenbaugh, Ann Dennis, Jut Miller. Sept. 15: T. H. Neel, Mrs. W. E. Spearman, Gene Abrams, G. Howard Moore, Louis C. Floyd, Donna Driggers, G. O. Dorroh, Mrs. Johnnie Jones, Mrs. S. C. Paysinger. Sept. 16: Mrs. E. O. Shealy, Jane Patrick, Frank “Buddy” Sligh, C. B. Halfacre, Mrs. Jas. H. Davis., W. M. Miller, Myrtle D. Schumpert, O. M. Sexton. Sept. 27: Mrs. George P. Hill, Ernest Clary, R. R. Bruner Jr., Tommy Kinard, Eddie O. Gra ham, Jesse W. Seim, Janice Halfacre, Mrs. N. C. Shaver, Mrs. Floyd Amick, Jenny Jones, Miss Addie L. Simpson, Annie Jane Clark, Marsha Ann Schum pert. Sept. 18: Blanch Salter, Ansel L. Wood, Tommie Pitts, Tommy Kinard, Andrea Rae Ringer, Hugh Bedenbaugh, Allie Gar- lington, Nancy L. Copeland, Car ol T. Ballew. Sept. 19: Jeter Young, Berley Werts, Helen Stone, Mrs. Thom as Cromer, Nona Jean Timmer man, Helen Derrick. Sept. 20: Mrs. D. M. Lambeth, Mrs. R. C. Neel, Jr., Henry Burton Wells, Mrs. John T. Cro mer, A. E. Reece, Walter Hiller, Judy Walton, Charlie Bradley, Mrs. Susie B. Connelly, Jean Amick.