The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 04, 1958, Image 2
PAGE TWO
THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1958
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY. S. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
O. 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.
By SPECTATOR
The most recent decision of the United States Supreme
Court raises several questions of special interest to the thir
teen states which defeated the British in the Revolutionary
War and then formed the Nation.
As each of the thirteen States was a sovereign it was nec
essary to draw up a contract or compact of agreement. The
idea was to have a National Government for certain pur
poses, but to preserve the individual States in all the power
and glory of their Sovereign dignity and jurisdiction.
The agreement drawn was krown as the Constitution of
the United States. The States were keenly desirous of mak
ing absolutely sure that the scope of the Federal Govern
ment was clearly defined so that no question or conflict
should arise as to the right or prerogative of the Nation or
the States. So keenly solicitous were the States to put be
yond challenge their sovereignty that they added ten amend
ments to the Constitution immediately -- and not with “deli
berate speed”, as this court somewhat foolishly and para
doxically ordered.
The Ninth Amendment reads:
“The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights
shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained
by the people”. And the Tenth left no room at all for doubt.
Here it is:
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States respectively, or the people”.
Following the Civil War the Fourteenth Amendment was
declared adopted. That Amendment was declared adopted
by a devious proceeding, both unethical and dishonest. No
honorable scholar can defend it. But even though the so-cal
led Fourteenth Amendment is the product of fraud, it, that
same Amendment, declares that the Congress may provide
for its enforcement, not the Executive nor the Court.
Even citizens of other sections recognize the unwarrant
ed assumption of jurisdiction by the court as judicial tyran
ny, or the prostitution of the judiciary into an oligarchy of
judicial usurpation.
Let me read letters to The Wall Street Journal of New
York by readers from Masschusetts, Ohio, California, and I
Include one from Florida.
“It is indeed ironic that the greatest threat to the Con
stitution should come from that branch of the Government
designed to protect it. Overly-vigilant, even anxious, not to
restrain the other two branches of the Federal Government,
but also the solemn acts of the sovereign states, it arrogates
to itself alone omniscient adn unrestrained powers clearly
inconsistent with the specific provisions of the instrument
it has sworn to preserve, protect and defend.
But no one has ever successfully played God for long.”
Boston, Mass.
“While writing to express approbation of your editorial
‘Integration and Education’ (Aug. 20), there are a few
thoughts which might be expresed.
First, that in all the news dispatches and other matter
printed on the subject of integration, the idea is implied
for lack of refutation — that the Negro children involved in
the actions to preserve segregation are being thereby denied
opportunity of education.
This is not true, On the contrary, schools are provided
throughout the South for Negroes. The equality of these
schools with all-white schools has not been challenged in all
this fuss. The issue is, shall Negroes be permitted to attend
white schools when adequate schools have been provided
for them?
Next thought. Quote: ‘The powers not delegated to the
U. S. by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States
are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.’
I have failed to find in the Constitution on careful read
ing, any provision anywhere which denies to the states the
right to regulate each its own schools, nor any power grant
ing this authority to the Federal Government.”
West Middleton, Ohio.
“Is there, perhaps, some connection between the limited
abandonment of the stare decisis principle by the United
States Supreme Court and the growing burden of appeals
that Chief Justice Warren mentioned in Los Angeles?
If the United States Supreme Court continually overrides
and extinguishes its own opinions, how can it legitimately
expect others to’ respect the opinions it renders ?
Your editorial on ‘Judicial Self-Restraint’ (Aug. 27) was
excellent.”
San Jose, Calif.
“Section 5 of the 14th Article of the Constitution declar
es: ‘The congress shall have power to enforce, by appro
priate legislation, the provisions of this Article’.
This specific grant of power manifestly denies jurisdic
tion under the Article to either the judiciary or executive
branches of the Federal Government without Congression
al legislation. Any assumption .of jurisdiction by the courts
or the President before Congress passes an enabling act is
! Letter From
Colony Church
(The following is a letter to
the public from members of Col
ony Lutheran Chuurch.)
Hi, Folks!
We had a wonderful experience
Sunday night Nov. 23, at Colony.
Our United Lutheran Church
Women had a most effective
public thank offering program in
the form of a pageant, “I Am
Debtor.”
Mrs. Carolyn Shealy played the
part of an ungrateful church
member who thought just because
she had a streak of bad luck there
was nothing to be thankful for.
Mrs. Doris Fulmer, as the Spirit
of Remembrance; the two choirs,
and a host of other characters,
soon made her realize that God
has always watched over us
through the ages and that we are
indebted to many people. Through
Bible readings she was shown
how Jesus led the people, how he
gave his life for us, and how the
Holy Ghost dwells in our hearts
inspiring us to do right.
The music added greatly to the
program. Miss Mary Jane Fellers
was organist. Among the numbers
which the choirs sang were “Come
Ye Thankful People Come; the
Spiritual “Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot;” “America;” Thy Life
Was Given For Me;” Come Holy
Ghost, Our Souls Inspire;” The
Church’s One Foundation;” and
“We Give Thee But Thine Own”.
The junior choir sang “Savior
Like A Shepherd Lead Us, and
Mrs. Martha Ann Kinard sang
“God Himself is Present”.
After the offering was received,
the choir sang the Doxology which
was. followed by prayer. Then the
congregation, led by the choirs,
sang joyfully “Now Thank We
All our God.” The Rev. H. A.
Dunlap pronounced the benedic
tion, thus concluding the service.
Those taking part on the pro
gram were Mrs. Emma Fellers,
Mrs. Hazel Chapman, Mrs. Thel
ma Long, Mrs. Helen Fulmer,
Mrs. Rudine Long,' Mrs. Martha
Ann Kinard, Miss Betty Fulmer,
Mrs. Bobby Smith, Mrs. Ruth
Bouknight, Mrs. Bertha Dowd,
Mrs. Frances Long, Mrs. H. A.
Dunlap, Susan Dunlap, Anna Lee
Nichols, Miss Patsy Dominick,
Mrs. Shelby Gilliam, Mrs. Hazel
ine Dominick, Mrs. Eugenia Nich
ols, Mrs. Mary Helen Hite, Rev.
H. A. Dunlap, Mrs. Betty Fulmer,
and Mrs. Ethel Ruff. Offering
bearers were Mrs. Mattie Kneeee
and Mrs. Louise Smith.
The pageant was directed by
Mrs. Jacob Fulmer. Chancel deco
rations, consisting of corn shocks,
pumpkins, and other fall foods,
w'ere arranged by Mrs. H. A. Dun
lap, Mrs. Frances Long, and Mrs.
Mildred Fulmer.
A tremendous crowd was on
hand to wdtness the presentation.
Even though the program was
over, our evening had not ended.
After we had welcomed our guests
on the church ground, word was
County Gets
Money From
Sumter Forest
Forest Supervisor Paul H. Rus
sell announced today that $409,-
426 in National Forest receipts
have been given to the State
Treasurer for distribution to 13
South Carolina counties in which
the Sumter and Francis Marion
National Forests are located. The
largest payment goes to Berkeley
County which will receive $151,-
450.94. The second largest pay
ments goes to Charleston County
which will receive $47,504.82.
Payments to counties are one-
fourth of gross receipts received
by the National Forest during fis
cal year 1958. These returns are
payments to the county in lieu of
taxes and are for road and school
purposes. Receipts are apportion
ed according to the area of Na
tional Forest land in each county.
The returns to the two counties
in Francis Marion National Forest
amount to 81 cents per acre. The
Sumter National Forest payments
are over 61 cents per acre.
National Forests receipts are
principally from the sale of tim
ber, rental of land and grazing
privileges. Last year the two Na
tional Forests in South Carolina
sold 76,404,000 board feet of tim
ber.
Newberry County, with 54,952
acres in Sumter National Forest,
received $33,855.25.
Local To Elect
Slate Sunday
Mollohon Local Union 324 will
meet Sunday afternoon, December
7 at 3:00 p. m. At this time, print
ed ballots with all officers nomi
nated will be distributed and all
officers and committees for 1959
will be elected.
Every member of the union is
urged to attend and turn in his
name and complete correct ad
dress in order to make sure that
he or she will receive his Christ
mas party certificate. Other union
business will be discussed.
passed around that we must go
to the assembly room downstairs.
Pastor and Mrs. Dunlap were ush
ered into the kitchen where, dur
ing the evening, one of the long
cabinets had been piled with
packages for a Thanksgiving
shower. It was quite a pleasant
surprise to the pastor and his
family and made those of us who
had brought little gifts together
feel very good to see them so
happy. After thanking everyone,
Pastor Dunlap asked for all to
bow with him and his wife for a
Thanksgiving prayer.
As we said to begin with, it was
a wonderful evening in Christian
worship and fellowship. We hope
your Thanksgiving season turned
out to be as blessed and happy as
ours.
Hialeah, Fla.
You will observe that this Supreme Court disregards, re
pudiates decisions of the Supreme Court of other days.
In our law, when there is no clear constitutional provision,
or amendment; and no Statute, the decisioh of a Supreme
Court is usually followed by the Court in other cases that
are similar. That is the doctrine of Stare Decisis.
Not so with this court; it blithely disregards long-stand
ing decisions and precedents and bases its decision on some
freak authbr of books on Sociology.
The Court might just have well base a decision on a Pat
ent medicine to reduce fallen arches.
I have a warm and appreciative regard for my friends of
the North and West, but history tells strange stories.
The South, you know, seceded from the Union. Do you re
member reading of the Hartford Convention? The Legis
lature of Masschusetts called a convention of New England
States to meet in Hartford, Connecticut in December 1814.
Twenty six delegates sat for three weeks, in which they
discussed a proposal to secede.
In a report of that Convention we find these words: “Acts
of Congress in violation of the Constitution are absolutely
void .... and the States must be their own judges and exe
cute their own decisions”.
And our Northern friends by 1860 regarded that sort of
thing as treason.
So much for the repudiation of Congress.
And now as to the Court: In 1832 the Supreme Court de
cided against the State of Georgia in a contest with the
Creek Indians. President Andrew Jackson refused to en
force the decision of the Court, although this was a case of
property rights.
When Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law many
Northern people refused to respect the law, declaring that
they obeyed “the higher law of Conscience”.
May we wonder why the Northern patriots don’t respect
our scruples?
When the Supreme Court decided against a slave, Dred
Scott, the North and West denounced the Court in unmea
sured terms; and so bitter, even vitriolic, was the opposi
tion to the Court that Chief Justice Taney, long distinguish
ed for his judicial soundness, was lampooned all over the
Nation; and the fires of that occasion burned until the
usurpation.
The president takes an oath to ‘Defend the Constitution’.
There should be no doubt of his obligation to defend it
against the judicial usurpation exercised by the Supreme
Court in the school integration cases.”
Nation was ablaze in the Civil War.
The Court of today does not enjoy the confidence or re
spect of the Nation; and all this will probably result in
President Eisenhower being regarded as a party in infamy
with Earl Warren. Truly a sad ending of a great career!!”
PROSPERITY
NEWS
Rev. and Mrs. Paul C. Scott
and Miss Sarah Scott and Craig
Scott spent Thanksgiving with
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bartley and
children in Charlotte, N. C. The
Scotts went to Ridgeway Sunday,
where Rev. Scott officiated at the
baptizing of his granddaughter,
Sherry Lynn, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Scott. They were
dinner guests of Mrs. Lana
Crumpton Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Luther have
received a message of the birth
of another grandson. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Kislevitz of River
Edge, N. J. on Saturday,Novem
ber 29. Mrs. Kislevitz is the form
er Patricia Luther.
Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Abrams of
Bennetsville spent the weekend
with Mrs. Abram’s parents, and
Mrs. Oscar Wessinger. With the
Wessingers Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Pinson of Cross Hill,
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Oswald,
Billy and Betty Oswald, Sonny
Mayfield and Miss “Pet” Domin
ick of Columbia.
Thanksgiving Day guests of
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Lovelace were
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lovelace and
their two children of Chester; Mr.
and Mrs. George Siokos and their
three children of Columbia; Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Lovelace of Prosper
ity.
Mrs. David Lee and her two
children of Seneca spent from
Wednesday till Saturday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bal-
lentine. Mr. Furman Ballentine of
Greenville spent Friday with Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. -Ballentine.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ballentine,
Mrs. David Lee and her two chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beden-
baugh and their two children, Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Leaphart, Jr. and
their little daughter were Thanks
giving Day guests of Miss Eva
Cumulander in Chapin.
Mrs. John Schrum of Lin-
colnton N. C. and Miss Katherine
Counts of Greensboro, N. C. were
Friday night guests of Miss
Grace Sease.
Miss Joy Thomason, who is
teaching in Richmond, Va., spent
the Thanksgiving holidays with
her mother, Mrs. Vida C. Thoma
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter McCreery
and their two children of Savan
nah, Ga., were weekend guests of
Mrs. McCreery’s parents, Rev. and
Mrs. H. S. Petrea. The Petreas
and their guests spent Thanks
giving Day in Columbia with re
latives.
Miss Sarah Scott of the Univer
sity of S. C. and Craig Scott of
Spartanburg Junior College came
home for their holidays.
Mrs. J. T. Martin of Laurens
visited her mother, Mrs. O. B.
Shearhouse during the Thanks
giving holidays.
Miss Sudie Boulware of New
berry spent Thanksgiving Day
with Misses Susie and Mary
Langford.
Guests of Mrs. J. A. Sease dur
ing the Thanksgiving holidays in
cluded Mrs. Ralph Sease of Hack
ensack, N. J. and her two grand
children, Dawn and Anne Shan
non of Columbia; Tommy Sease of
Florence; Mrs. Tom Sease of
Clinton and Mrs. John Davis and
her two children of Fountain Inn.
Weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Leaphart, Sr. were
Mr. and Mrs. Fred James of Tay
lors.
Mrs. C. F. Adams has returned
home from a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Adams in Saluda,
N. C.
Mrs. O. W. Amick and Miss
Ruth Amick spent Thanksgiving
Day in Newberry as guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Beam.
Miss Grace Sease complimented
her house / guests. Mrs. John
Schrum and Mrs. Katherine
Counts, with a drop-in last Friday
evening from 7:30 till 9:00 o’clock.
The guest list included Miss
Sense’s Sunday school class mem
bers and former intimate friends
and neighbors of the honor guests.
Lovely arrangements of red
roses and gladioli were used in
the living room.
The dining room table was laid
with a cut work table cloth.
A lovely arrangement of Yellow
Chrysanthemums flanked by sil
ver Candelabra containing green
candles was used on the table.
Mrs. J. Frank Browne poured
tea. Party sandwiches, cookies,
cheese straws and salted nuts
were served with the tea.
Wreck Fatal To
Mrs. Parrott,
And Daughter
A Thanksgiving Day automobile
tragedy took the lives of a resi
dent of Prosperity and her daugh
ter of Batesburg. Fatally injured
were Mrs. Edna Parrott, 78, of
Prosperity, who died shortly af
ter the wreck occurred, and Mrs.
Mary P. Garner, 38, of Batesburg,
who died at the Columbia Hospital
Saturday.
Also injured in the accident
were Mrs. Garner’s son and
daughter, Linda and Tommy, and
John W. Deaver, 32, of Columbia,
driver of the other automobile
involved in the accident.
According to investigating pa
trolmen, Mrs. Garner was driving
toward Lexington when a 1958
Pontiac, being driven east toward
Columbia by Deaver, apparently
started to pass another car and
ran head-on into the Garner car.
Both automobiles were said to be
total losses.
Mrs. Parrott was born and rear
ed in Newberry County, a daugh
ter of the late George and Mrs.
Nancy Stockman Dominick. She
had made her home in Saluda
County for more than 50 years
where she was a member of Cor
inth Lutheran Church. Her hus
band, A. P. Parrott Sr., died sev
eral years ago.
She is survived by three sons,
Curtis Parrott of Route 1, Salu
da; John Tillman Parrott of Jo
anna and A. P. (Pete) Parrott of
Newberry; one step-daughter, Mrs.
Carrie West of Summerville; ^ two
sisters, Mrs. Lillian Turner of
West Columbia and' Mrs. Ridgell
•Bowers of Prosperity; ten grand
children, five step-grandchildren,
and eight great-grbndchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 11 a. m. Saturday from Cor
inth Lutheran Church by Rev. H.
S. Petrea / and Rev. C. L. Richard
son. Burial was in 'the church
cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gar
ner were conducted Monday at
3:30 p. m. from St. John Metho
dist Church by her pastor, Rev. E.
K. Garrison. Burial was in Bates
burg Cemetery.
Singers, Band
Give Concert
On Sunday
The Newberry College Singers
and the Newberry College Band
will begin their Christmas con
cert series with a joint concert on
Sunday, December 7, 1958 at 4:00
P. M. in McLean Gymnasium.
Dr.Milton Moore is director of
the Singers and Professor Darr
Wise is accompanist. Professor
Charles Pruitt is director of the
Band.
Featured on the concert of
Christmas will be the narration of
the Christmas story by Luther
Swicegood as the choir sings
music appropriate to the Nativity
Reason.
The soloists whojevill a PP ear oa
the program are Sheila Patterson,
soprano, and Carol Setzler, so
prano.
The Singers will close their pro
gram with the chorus “Glorious
Everlasting”, featuring a brass
choir composed of trumpets, trom
bones and cymbals. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
On December 1C, the Singers
will begin their Christmas tour,
which will include performances
in Georgia and Florida.
IMPROVES AFTER
SURGERY
Miss Mary Ann Watkins is re
covering at the Newberry County
Memorial Hospital after undergo
ing surgery Monday morning. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ace Watkins of Newberry.
E. B. (Buzz) Purcell of New
York, has been on a visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Pur
cell. Sr. on Main street.
Mrs. Garner was born in Saluda
County, the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Parrott.
%
Survivors include her husband,
Darrell Garner of Batesburg; two
sons, Ralph and Thomas P. Gar
ner; one daughter, Linda of Bates
burg; three brothers, A. P. Parrott
Curtis Parrott and Tillman Par
rott; one half-sister, Mrs. Carrie
West Sr. of Summerville, and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Trees and Trains
America's railroads move ten tons of freight a
mile a day for each of this nafion's 156 million
inhabitants. All of this freight moves on wood.
While modern wood preserving methods have
increased life of the wooden crosstie four-fold,
it still takes forty million wooden crossties a
year to keep America's great railroad system
operating efficiently. Railroads rely on wood
for crossties, boxcars, bridges, snowsheds and
a thousand other products made from trees
to keep trains rolling and on schedule. You can
help protect the forests that supply these
necessary products by being careful with fire
in the woods. Keep America Green.
TAX-PAYING FORESTLANDS PRODUCE NINE-TENTHS OF THE NATION’S TIMBER CROP
The Champion Paper &
Fibre Company