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I wonder just how a woman would proceed and what tools she would use in pening a box of tightly sealed cigars. Except by turning off the lights is there anything you can do to indicate to guests that it’s time they went home? VOLUME 21; NUMBER 21. By The Way By Doris A. Bandera NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 1958 e $2.00 PER YEAR More About Schools Last week, I promised to pub lish more of the letter written by James P. Sloan, public relations director for Joanna Cotton Mills Company, to the chairman of che board of trustees of School Dis trict No. 56, in Clinton. Mr. Sloan’s letter was commenting on a report made by Mr. Anderson, superintendent of District 56 schools. Portions of the letter are quoted below: “I am delighted to note that .first on the list of suggestions is a call for stressing the basic funda mentals. The shocking inability of many high school graduates to read, write, and spell satisfactor ily or solve simple mathematical problems, which will handicap them in seeking a useful life, is an indictment of the Dewey, Rugg, and Kilpatrick progressive education. I do not concur with the progressives that social aims should replace acquisition of basic knowledge. I may be old-fashion ed in my concept of education, but I firmly believe that the school should be a headquarters for basic fundamental learning, not a place where a child must be entertained and made happy. Self expression is all right in moderation, but it should not be given in full play. We need to go back to the origi nal concept that basic knowledge is best acquired not from self ex pression, extra-curricular acti vities, crip courses, and such triv ia, but by study of meaningful text books, drill, and concentra tion, even though such sustained effort might become irksome to student and teacher alike at times. Discipline and respect for authority, both anathemas today, should be emphasized and stress ed anew. “The proposed accelerated pro gram and the use of standardized tests as means of determining efficiency of the school’swork and as a basis for placing students in special classes constitute steps in the right direction. I realize that some of these proposed changes will take time, but I sincerely trust that much thinking will be given to segregating students according to capacity to learn and according to whether they are interested in pre-college study or vocational and utilitarian subjects. “Too much latitude is accorded students in selecting courses of study. Few and far between are the 14-year-old boys and girls (and I might add parents as well) who can be intrusted with the im portant responsibility of choosing their subjects. A glance at the Clinton High School curriculum as a whole indicates that it is as fine and well rounded as can be found anywhere. I note that four years of English, three years of mathematics, two years of science, and two years of social studies are required in addition to five elective subjects. However, a stu dent can receive a high school diploma today without a day of Latin, French, geometry, physics or chemistry. A student’s course of study can be padded with such subjects as physical education, band, glee club, driver training, in addition to vocational subjects such as agriculture, distributive education, home economics, book keeping, shorthand, typing, tex tiles, none of which contribute to or bear much relationship to the processes of fundamental learn ing. Clinton High School cannot do its part in providing the best prepared students for college, or trained personnel for industry, government and all areas of use ful activity until they quit letting 14-year-olds decide what to study. In order to deal fairly with the students and parents, I would suggest that two types of diplo mas be issued: A college prepara tory diploma and a vocational or utilitarian diploma ... I would further suggest that in the college preparatory course, standardized tests and other progress measur ing devices be employed to segre gate average and above average students. “A sign of the times and cur rent trends is the fact that in the 1958 Clinton Annual the ■classes section is introduced by a one and one-half page photo of the school’s driver traiuing car, well marked. Now, ability to drive a car, mastery of the social graces, development of talent in the cul inary arts, and dexterity in twirl ing a baton are noteworthy ac complishments, but parents should not be misled into the fallacious thinking that diplomas earned with an overbalance of such ac tivities are of much value. Every Jhour of school time spent on such Swindler Trial Is Continued; Mental Examination Not Given Among those who brought greetings to Newberry College students at opening exercises in Hol land Hall last Thursday morning was Senator R. Aubrey Harley, representing the county. On the stage, on the front row, are John F. Clarkson, Rev. Melvin Derrick, Mayor Ernest Layton, Sen. Harley (standing) President C. A. Kaufmanr, and James B. Windham, president of the student body. Others in the photo are members of the Newberry College faculty. (Sunphoto.) Numerous Defendants Plead Guilty During Court Term Grand Jury Says Board Will Put Fire Escapes At Schools Bridge Work To Start Soon R. W. Parks, vice president of Dickerson, Inc., said that con struction will begin January 1, 1959, on three bridges on Inter state Rt. 26 in Newberry County. Parks said the $172,747 project consists of twin bridges over In dian Creek on Interstate Rt. 26 northwest of Newberry; an un derpass under Road 44 on Inter state Rt. 26 northeast of Newber ry; and an underpass under State Rt. 19 on Interstate Rt. 26 north of Newberry. The project will also consist of erecting 331,281 pounds of rein forced steel for the structures and 800 lineal feet of creosote timber pilings, Parks said. Huge cranes will be used in moving the 450 cubic yards of earth and rock for the bridges. The first phase of the work will be the installation of the substruc ture. The project, which is expected to be completed Jan. 1, 1960, will provide employment for approxi mately 12 workmen at the peak of construction with jobs open for approximately four laborers. Dickerson, Inc., was awarded the contract for the Newberry County bridges Aug. 26 by the S. C. State Highway Department. The Newberry County Grand Jury, which, in its last present ment, took the County Board of Education to task for not having installed fire escapes in certain schools as recommended by the Grand Jury, evidently feels sat isfied that these fire escapes will be installed. The Grand Jury held a meeting Tuesday night, September 9 with members of the County Board. The purpose of the meeting was not made public last week, but in its presentment to Judge Bussey in General Sessions court Monday afternoon, the Jury made the following report: “The Newberry County Grand Jury met on .September 9, 1958 with the Newberry County Board of Education with reference to the fire escapes that were strongly recommended in a previous report of the Grand Jury. These fire es capes on various school buildings have not yet been installed, but members of the Newberry County Board of Education said they felt sure that such fire escapes as recommended by the Grand Jury would be installed in the near fu ture.’’ Scout Rally The Girl Scout Fall Rally will be held this Friday from five until seven in the evening behind the Girl Scout cabin. All scouts are asked to bring one piece of wood, a nose-bag lunch and ten cents for drinks. This Rally is for all Girl Scouts. items as driver training, physi cal education, distributive educa tion, band, and glee club is an hour that could have been devoted to becoming more proficient in reading, spelling, writing, pars ing of sentences, managing of long division and fractions, reading Washington Irving and the Dec laration of Independence, becom ing well grounded in American history, strengthening founda tions in rhetoric and composition, and becoming better acquainted with such classics as Shakes peare, Milton and Burke’s Speech on Conciliation. “The scheduling of school-con nected events on week nights, with over-emphasis upon attendance on a ‘school spirit’ or ‘Group spir it’ basis is a subject of criticism. The solicitude for the social and recreational time of the children, which results in a cutback in the amount of written homework re quired, as well as the use of true- false tests (where an “X” marks the spot to minimize the agonies of the student) produces high school graduates who are incap able of clearly expressing them selves.” Proclamation I, Ernest H. Layton by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Newberry in the State of South Carolina do hereby proclaim the week of Sep tember 17-23, 1958 as Constitution Week in the City of Newberry and urge all our citizens to pay spec ial attention during that week to our Federal Constitution and the advantages of American citizen ship by displaying our American flag. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Newberry to be affixed at Newberry, this 15th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, and the one hundred and eighty-sec ond year of the independence of the United States of America. (Signed) Ernest H. Layton. Many guilty pleas were heard during busy sessions at criminal court Monday and Tuesday. Court was still in session at press time Wednesday, and indications were that the full week wduld be taken in an effort to clear the heavy docket during this term of Gen eral Sessions Court. The Grand Jury completed its work and made its presentment to presiding Judge Thomas P. Bus sey of Charleston Monday after noon. Among the true bills re turned by the Grand Jury were two indictments for murder, one against Charlie G. Swindler for the murder of Donald F. Bowers j i the other against Roberta Stuck- man for the murder of Willie Lee Rutherford. All cases disposed of Monday were by guilty pleas, inasmuch as petit jurors did not report until Tuesday and no jury trials were held Monday. The first jury was impaneled Tuesday for the trial of two es caped convicts from a North Car olina work farm, who were indict ed for safe cracking, having re moved a safe from a business place in Whitmire, and having carted it some eight miles away. They re portedly obtained a small amount of money from the safe. The youths, through their two North Carolina attorneys, agreed to plead guilty to the minimum sentence, which is 10 years. The jury foreman" signed the indict ment and Judge Bussey sentenced each defendant to ten years in the penitentiary. They are Donald R. Thompson and Eddie Stratton. In addition to the Newberry sentence and around 10 years awaiting them in North Carolina, the boys have a sentence hanging over their heads from Abbeville County and are to be tried in Cherokee County. One of the attorneys told the judge that one of the youths evi dently did not ply his trade for money as his people were in good Mrs. Hunt, 83, Service Monday Mrs. Unity Gibson Hunt, 83, widow of Col. I. H. Hunt, well- known Newberry lawyer, who died in 1935, died at a nursing home in Columbia after a long illness. Born in Newberry County, she was a daughter of the late Albert J. and Bettie Caldwell Gibson. She was a graduate of Due West Wo man’s College and had taught school for a number of years. She was a member of the ARP Church in Newberry. Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Olin B. Cannon, Mrs. J. N. McCaughrin and Mrs. Wilson C. Brown, all of Newberry, and Mrs. C. L. Reid of Fredericksburg, Va. Funeral services were conduct ed at 5 p. m. ^Monday at the ARP Church in Newberry by Dr. Paul Grier. -Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active palloearers were Ollie Brown, Fulmer Wells, John Clark son, T. Roy Summer Jr., Albert McCaughrin, Ben Pickens and Charles S. Haltiwanger. Serving as honorary apllbear- ers were the Elders of the A.R.P. Church. Assisting with the flowers were Mrs. James Goethe, Mrs. Jim Hickson, Mrs. Walter Summer, and Mrs. Adam Williamson. Killed By Train A Negro man lying between the rails of a track near Prosperity early Sunday was killed by a freight train whose engineer could not stop in time. The man was identified as Wil lie James Hiller of RED, Pros perity, by Coroner George R. Sum mer. H. H. Lee of Columbia, en gineer for the Columbia, New berry and Laurens Railway, said he saw a man lying between the tracks but could not stop the train which was pulling out of Prosperity shortly after midnight. The body was carried a short distance by the train. Coroner Summer said an inquest would be conducted later. circumstances, and on one occa sion had given the son $80, after which he went right on a thieving job. He stated that the youth had received a serious injury in his earlier years. The following guilty pleas were taken during the Monday and Tuesday sessions: Doyle Lee Emory, violation of the liquor laws, three months or pay a fine of $1,100. Jessie Adams Mozee, violation of liquor laws, three months or pay a fine of $300. Dave Crooks, larceny and re ceiving stolen goods, nine months. Broadus Sims, assault and bat tery with intent to kill and carry ing concealed weapons, 30 days. Earl DeWitt Fulmer, drunken driving, second offense, four years or $3000, suspended on serv ice of four months or payment of $500, on probation for five years. Lonnie Chick, non-suport, one year or payment jof $1,500, sus pended upon payment of $20 weekly and placed on probation for three years. Jack Kinard, non-support, one year or payment of $1,500, sus pended upon payment of $20 weekly. Benjamin Wilson, non-support, one year or $1,500; upon pay- Tobacco Sales To Be Monday Monday, September 22nd has been set up as Tobacco Sales day for Newberry County Tobacco crop. The farmers who grew Aro matic tobacco this year should bring their tobacco to the New berry County Fair Grounds on Monday morning, September 22nd at 9 A. M. At that time it will be graded by a representative of the Southeastern Aromatic Tobacco Company and D. P. Matheson, Ex tension Tobacco Specialist, of Clemson College. After the tobacco has been grad ed it will be purchased by the Southeastern Aromatic Tobacco Company at prices set forth in the contract. Last year some 40 Newberry County tobacco growers sold an estimated 6,000 pounds of tobacco with an average price of 98 ^ cetns per pound*. S. M. Ruff Rites Today Simeon Moultrie (Moot) Ruff, 84, died early Wednesday morning at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital after a short critical ill ness. He was born in Saluda County* the son of the late S. M. .Ruff and Martha McCarty Ruff. He was a farmer until his retirement several years ago. He had made his home in Newberry County since 1924. His wife, Mrs. Nora McCarty Ruff, died in 1956. He is survived by four sons, J. H. Ruff, Avery Ruff and A. L. Ruff, all of Newberry, and J. M. Ruff of Saluda; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Ruff Graham and Mrs. Laura Belle Burton, both of Newberry, and Mrs. Nettie Swy- gert of Joanna; one brother, Oscar Ruff of Florala, Alabama; eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conduct ed at 4 o’clock this (Thursday) af ternoon at the Whitaker Funeaal Home by the Rev. J. M. Bruce, the Rev. Paul Petty, the Rev. Fay L. Lanford and the Rev. James Mitchell. Interment will be at Rosemont Cemetery. The body will be at the resi dence, 2112 Adelaide St. until 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon when it will be returned to the Whita ker Funeral Home for the services. pital on August 6, 1958. As the Court Order provided that the patient could be examined either at the S. C. Penitentiary or the State Hospital, at the discretion of the State Hospital, the officer was advised to take the patient to the S. C. Penitentiary for secur ity reasons. MRS. SPOTTS AT WISEMAN HOTEL Mrs. F. B. Spotts has accepted a position as clerk at the Wise man Hotel. She began her duties there Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis F. Sligh are how making their home at 1912 Harrington St. ment of $17 weekly, on probation for three years. Virgil Pratt, one year or $1,- 500; suspended, probation three years on payment of $20 weekly. Marion Pressley, non-suppo|-t; one year or $1,500; probation 3 years and payment of $15 per week. Johnnie Rutherford, non-sup port; one year or $1,500; proba tion three years and payment of $20 weekly. Charlie Field, drunken driv ing, second offense; one year or $1,000; or 90 days and $300 and probation for three years. Haskell E. Wicker, drunken driving, second offense; one year or $1,000; upon service of 60 days or payment of $200, pro bation for 3 £ears. Lewis Pinner Metts, drunken driving, second offense; one year or payment of $300 upon payment of $10 weekly suspended on proba tion for three years. Colie Glasgow, drunken driv ing, fifth offense; sentence to $3,000 or service of four years; upon service of six months placed oh probation for four years. Moses Wilson, third offense; three years or payment of $2,- 000; suspended upon payment of $500 or service of six months; probation four years. Bell Whitener, violation of pro hibition law, 30 days or $110. Jessie Lee Lindsey, violation of liquor laws; 30 days or payment of $100. Flower Show At County Fair A Fall Flower show will again be sponsored by the Council of Newberry Garden Clubs in con junction with the Newberry Coun ty Fair, which begins here on Sep tember 29th. The show will be open to the public beginning at 3 p. m. Sep tember 30 and will continue until October 4. Garden club members are al ready planning to make this show even better than last year. Mrs. Richard Baker, president of the Council, and Mrs. John R. Frazier, Flower Show chairman, have re leased the schedule for carrying out the theme, “Colorful Caro lina.” The Artistic Division will in clude the following classes: Old Charleston, Rose Hill, The Beaches, The Lakes, The Low Country, The Piedmont, The Up- country, Carolina’s Old Churches and Carolina Moon. Flowers of every kind are scheduled for exhibit. For the benefit of those entering exhibits, the following list cf wild flowers, shrubs and trees, which appear on the adopted conservation list of the Garden Club of South Caro lina, will not be permitted in eith er division of the show: Lady’s Slipper, yellow fringed orchid, rose mallow, fringed gentian, In dian pipe, closed gentian, moun tain laurel, Yaupon, pink and white rhododendron, Atlantic aza lea, flame azalea, flowering dog wood, redbud, American Holly and sea oat. Participating in this Fall Flow er Show will be nine Garden Clubs which are members of the Council of Newberry Garden Clubs. They are the following with presidents and flower chairman, respectively: The Newberry Gar den Club, Mrs. H. B. Senn, Mrs. Claud Smith; The Green Thumb Garden Club, Mrs. P. H. Heisey, Miss Grace Summer; The Garden Study Club, Mrs. S. C. Altman, Mrs. Clifford Smith; The Palmet to Garden Club, Mrs. Leon Nich ols, Mrs. Albert Jones; The Nose gay Garden Club, Mrs. P. M. Den nis, Mrs. Roy Anderson; The Rose Garden Club, Mrs. Henry Elrod, Mrs. Homer McCulluogh; The Floral Garden Club, Mrs. Su- die Wicker, Mrs. L. L. Haltiwan ger; The Hoe and Rake Garden Club, Mrs. Eugene Stockman, Mrs. John David Ruff; The Town „ 0 „„, „„„ ^err and Country Garden Club, Ws. berry high school football team is Solicitor Says Defense To Request Change Of Venue For Murder Trial' The murder trial against Charlie G. Swindler, accused in the fatal shooting of Donald F. Bowers, was postponed at the Monday session of criminal court until the November term. . The case was continued so that Swindler could under go 30 days observation by State Hospital officials. Swindler was taken to the state penitentiary on August 6 for this purpose, but because of a mix-up in delivery of the court order, he was not given a mental examination while there. The mix-up is fully explained in the following letter from Dr. Wil liam S. Hall, superintendent of South Carolina State Hospital, to Solicitor William T. Jones: “The above named (Charlie Garris Swindler) white male was admitted to the S. C. Penitentiary on August 6 t 1958 for psychiatric examination by members of the Medical Staff of the S. C. State Hospital by an order of the Court of General Sessions, Newberry County, dated August 5, 1968 and signed by The Honorable Steve C. Griffith. “On September 10, 1958, a tele phone call was received from the Newberry County Sheriff’s De partment requesting a report of the findings of the Medical Staff in this case. A search of our hos pital records did not reveal a pa tient by this name nor was there an order for the examination in our files. A call was made to the S. C. Penitentiary and they advis ed that Mr. Swiftdler was admitted there on August ,6, 1958 for psy chiatric examination. “As soon as this information had been obtained, a call was made to the Newberry County Sheriff’s Department and it was learned that Mr. Swindler had been brought to the State Be8-4^ ^Qkit Monday* Solicitor Jones in- Indians Prepare For Citadel Saturday Night The Newberry College Indians will met The Citadel Bulldogs on Saturday evening at 8:00 p. m. in Johnston Hagood Memorial Stadium at Charleston. For the past four seasons the Indians have won 1, lost 1, and tied 2, the ties occurring in the past two seasons, 20-20, 0-0, respectively. The Indians revealed many weaknesses last Saturday after noon in a five-quarter scrimmage and the Indian Chief is disappoint ed in the ragged showing. Coach Harvey Kirkland stated “Our work is really cut out for us this week.” The fact remains that Newberry lacks overall depth. To add to the disappointment the Tribe has only one quarterback who is battlescared, Horace Tur- beville of Camden, and one exper- iened full back, Joe Coviello of Niles, Ohio. Kirkland will have to call on Coviello as the number two quarterback leaving the full back slot to sophomore Tony For tune of Greenwood and freshman Billy Herndon of Bennettsville. Sixteen lettermen return to the forty-one man squad. Seven let termen were lost by graduation taking depth from the forward wall. Kirkland has a host of fifteen freshmen. Six were recruited and it’s possible that several will be used quite liberally in the line-up. Bulldogs Face Brookland-Cayce After suffering a 14-0 defeat at the hands of Bateshurg-Lees- viHe last Friday night, the New- “The S. C. Penitentiary usually informs the hospital of cases to be examined, but evidently they thought that since the officer had come by the hospital with the or* der, that it would not be neces sary. “The examination was begun by a team from the State Hospital on Thursday, September 11, 1958 and a report will be made to the Court within the period of time designated for the examination. “In view of the fact that the original Court Order was signed August 5, 1958 and provived for the usual 30 day examination, I believe that it will be proper to have a new order issued. “I regret that this examination has been delayed because of the reasons outlined above and I be lieve that such delays can be avoided in the future by having two copies of the order issued, one for this institution and one for the S. C. Penitentiary.” Sheriff Tom Fellers stated Wed nesday morning that the new Court Order had been taken to Columbia Tuesday afternoon. It was reported that Swindler had waived arraignment on the charge and remained at the State Peni tentiary where he is now under observation. formed Judge Thomas P. Bussey, who is presiding at the current session, that W. H. Nicholson Sr., an attorney for the defense, had served notice of his intention to file a motion for change of venue from Newberry County, stating that the defense had 20 affidavits to the effect that Swindler could not receive a fair trial in Newber ry County. The Solicitor stated “I have af fidavits from all four corners of the county saying that he can re ceive a fair trial, but I think the time to bring that up is when the case is called for trial under the law.” The next term of criminal court will convene on November 24. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Eddie Rodelsperger, Mrs. E. Westwood. E. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Senn and son, will move in the near future to 2321 Armfield Avenue in to a home they recently bought from the Everett Kinards. working for its encounter with Brookland-Cayce Friday night, September 19. Supporters are urged to see the game is possible. For those who are unable to attend, the game will be broadcast over Radio Sta tion WKDK. Sept. 21: H. H. Ruff, Mrs. Eu gene S. Bleasc, Tommy Riley, Mrs. W. H. Chapman, Mrs. Richard L. Baker, Ansel Ridge way, Mrs. J. R. Bedenbaugh, Jr., Joe E. Webb, Van E. Price, Min- t nie Lee Taylor, Mrs. J. H. Wal- lenzine. Sept. 22: Richard Andrews, Betty Kay Richardson, Lamar King Jr., Esther H. Coats, Lau rie F. Spearman, Lynn Monroe, Mrs. Frank Smith, Marian Lip scomb, Ralph L. Epting. Sept. 23) Mrs. W. O. Miller, Susan Hawkins, Cecil E. Kin ard, Jackie Clarkson, Mrs. B. B. Leitzsey Sr., Robert Glymph, Edward Epting, Gerald Griffith, Ellen Derrick, Jimmy K ester, Mrs. Charlie Altman. Sept. 24: George Rodelsper ger, Mrs. Edgar L. Hiller, Rob ert E. Wike, Barbara Way, I’on Stuck, Joyce Ann Swygert, Gary Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Carol Hipp, Patricia Graham, Beth Baker. Sept. 25: Strother Paysinger, Pinckney Abrams, Mrs. W. B. Goggins, Kay Dawkins, Tommy Lewis, Eddie Lominack, Mrs. Clem I. Youmans, William R~ Buford, Mrs. Grace Graham Pence, Patsy Wilson, Mrs. Marie Nicosia, Mrs. Earl Bozard, Mrs. Bonnie Bowers. Sept, 26: J. Ervin Wilson, Peggy Lominack, Harold Bow ers, Gail Phillips, Susan Cook, Lynn Lipscomb, Linda Cannon, Beth Underwood. Sept. 27: Miss Frances Jones, Dr. Neil E. Truesdell, Ruth Rob erts, Billie Lathrop, Mrs. Car- roll Eargle, Newton Dickert, Malcolm Amick, Carolyn Lip scomb, Alice Paysinger, Har riett Hagood Clary.