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A timely commendation is ap preciated by one and all, and not disdained even by the President, I imagine. u titi Some try hard and fail to achieve recognition, and others seem to command recognition without mak ing the least effort. VOLUME 22; NUMBER 7. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 11,1959 + |2.00 PER YEAR S By The Way * by Jborid Sander3 GOOD NEWS It was good news to hear that Newberry Mills, Inc. will start making efforts to improve the Newberry Concert Band. This is not-, taken to mean that the band isn’t a fine one as is—it just means that they will be given the recog nition they so richly deserve. I don’t know too much about that organization, except that I al ways enjoy the concerts they give, but I expect there have been times in the 53 years of its existence when the going has been pretty rough to keep the band together and functioning. With more and better band facilities, and contin uing under the excellent direction of Boyd Robertson and managing of Frank Jones, the band will be a great asset and source of enter tainment to all Newberrians and we congratulate Newberry Mills, Inc. on the interest it is taking to see that the band gets the credit and help it deserves for the fine job it does. WHY MONDAY? I can’t quite understand the thinking of the merchants of New berry in deciding to keep stores open on July 4th and closed on Monday, July 6th. I realize that Saturday is a big day in town for most businesses, but in a case like this, I doubt that they will lose, any trade by closing on Satur day. Many of those who work downstown are unhappy about this decision. They have planned trips and outings for Saturday, the 4th, not Monday the 6th. They have planned to visit relatives who will have a holiday on the 4th, not on the 6th. Since the 4th is always a closing date, many per sons made plans far in advance, plans which are now to no avail since they will find themselves behind a counter, instead of on a beach or in the mountains. Cer tainly everyone would expect stores to be closed on July 4th, and would arrange their shopping schedules accordingly. That dollar speaks with such a loud voice, however, that all the reasons for closing on the 4th are shouted down. The only thing I can say in favor of the Saturday opening- Monday closing scheme is that many “best made plans have gone awry” and perhaps as a result, some Newberrians will not be on the highway and will not become a traffic fatality during the 4th weekend. LIBERTY SAFEGUARD Many times I have written articles oposing federal aid to edu cation. Perhaps you would like to read on the same subject from someone in better position to speak than I am and after you read this, perhaps you will take time out to write to your sena tors and congressman urging that they fight against federal aid to education. The following article, entitled “Safeguarding Our Lib erty” is written by Dr. George S. Benson, president of the National Education Program. A resolution of importance to every citizen has been submitted in the United States Senate. It is Senate Joint Resolution 32. It proposes an amendment to the U. S. Constitution reserving to the states exclusive control over pub lic schools. Such an amendment shouldn’t be necessary, for when they created the federal govern ment the 13 original states retain ed full control over their respective schools and all other internal do mestic affairs. Such an amendment is necessary now only because the present Su preme Court, 'acting contrary to the Constitution itself, in numer ous decisions has shattered the structure of states’ rights, one of the great bulwarks protecting each citizen against federal tyran ny, and essential to long retaining personal freedom. A Broad Issue States’ rights is not a narrow issue concerning the present con troversy raging around "Southern schools; nor is the need for estab lishing full state control over state schools founded on any individ ual’s or group’s wishes regarding segregation or integration. The principle of states’ rights, the dele gation to the states of control over intra-state affairs, including schools, was a keystone in the structure of American freedom when the Constitution was draft ed. We will cease to have a Repub lic if this foundation stone is torn out, for destroyed with it would be our individual liberty. Thehistory of this nation brings sufficient light to bear on the prin ciple of states’ rights. The War of Independence was conducted by representatives of the 13 original states assembled in a loosely knit Continental Congress. In the midst of the war this Congress adopted Articles of Confederation and sub mitted them to the 13 legislatures, in 1778. Article No. 1 said simply: “This confederacy shall be the Un ited States of America.” The states delegated only those powers to the Congress which they could not handle individually—the power to wage war, establish a uniform cur rency, make treaties, and contract debt for general expenses such as paying the Army. States Created Several years after victory in the War of Independence, repre sentatives of five states met and decided to call a Constitutional Convention of the 13 states to bet ter formalize a federal union. The Continental Congress did not call the convention. It felt that crea tion of a constitutional Republic, wdth a federal, government, should be left entirely to the states. In the drafting of the Constitution, the basic spirit and philosophy of the Articles of Confederation were preserved. The delegation of pow ers to the federal government, carefully surrounded by safe guards, followed closely the states’ rights philosophy established in the Articles of Confederation. Yet, after the Constitution had been ratified, Thomas Jefferson and other leaders, still fearful of federal government tyranny, se cured adoption of the first 10 amendments—the last of which, No. 10, clearly states the Jeffer sonian philosophy of states’ rights: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Consti tution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectfully, or to the people.” These powers included the power of decision over all purely local or statewide affairs. Federal Wage Driven In recent years a federal wedge has been driven into the door of public education and other states’ rights by Supreme Court decisions. After many failures, some legisla tion has been pushed through Congress—largely because of the apathy of citizens—appropriating huge sums of federal money for school buildings and aid to stu dents. Legislation is now offered before Congress which would ap propriate federal money for pay ment of teachers’ salaries. No boy can successfully deny the fact that along with federal grants fi nally goes federal control. The proposed amendment, S. J. Resolution 32, would place square ly in the hands of the local peo ple the right to operate their schools as they see fit and as the Founding Fathers intended when they drafted the Constitution. If the federal government takes over control of the educational system, as it is beginning to do, ultimate ly we will have political control and it will become the chief factor in destroying academic freedom. Farsighted people will support S. J. Resolution 32 to keep control of public schools in the hands of the several states. PARKING AND TRAFFIC are something of a problem, but nice smooth streets in the city will be the result when the re-surfacing is completed. The paving machine is shown here at the intersection of Main and Calhoun streets. The paving will continue on various streets through the middle of next week and Chief of Police Colie Dowd asks the cooperation of drivers to help speed up the project. He requests that no cars be parked on the newly resurfaced streets until they are marked off. He also asks that drivers run their vehicles close to the curbs in order to pack the surfacing material there as well as in the center of the streets. (Sunphoto.) Judge Griffith To Preside June Term Of Criminal Court Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Bickley and granddaughter, Belinda Bickley and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bickley are spending this week in Talla hassee and Orlando, Florida with relatives. •* Sixteen of the 56 cases scheduled to come before the Court of Gen eral Sessions convening in New berry Monday are charges of drunken driving, second and third offenses. Presiding over the June term of criminal court will be Cir cuit Judge Steve C. Griffith, who is in his home circuit for the sum mer months. Grand Jurors will report Monday morning to act on 43 new cases and petit jurors will report Tues day morning. Cases continued from the last term include: Alex Wheeler, James D. Allen, Henry M. Shirey, drunk en driving, second offense; Wil liam T. Dallis, Fred Washington Geddes Sr., drunk driving, third offense; Alma S. Gregory, David Gregory Jr., assault and battery of high and aggravated nature; Raymond Caldwell, assault and battery with intent to kill and car rying Concealed weapons; Clarence Hodges, violation of liquor law; Carl O. Smith, rape; Samuel C. Wiggers, non-support; Jerry Ba- lew, larceny and receiving stolen goods; Oren Nellums, housebreak ing, larceny and receiving stolen goods. Among the new cases are Henry Von Hendrix, appeal; George O. Rowell, Writ of Habeas Corpus; and the following cases from Mag istrate Dawkins: Jessie Lee Turner and James Vance, grand larceny; Jessie Lee Turner, using car without consent; Bobby Gene Pearson, injury to property; John G. Coward, as sault and battery with intent to ravish; Jessie L. Johnson, house breaking and grand larceny; Wil lie Maybin, John Edward Living ston, housebreaking and petit lar ceny; Bobby Gene Pearson and James Edward Livingston, house breaking and larceny; James G. Mitchell, non-support, also assault with deadly weapon; Willie Jenk ins Jr., homicide; Abraham Shel ton, receiving stolen goods; Wil liam Reeder, William Goudelock '• .V Pi V-‘ ; ■ V F j srii Ate; 1 tsm SUPT. ED BECK presents awards to students of Newberry Junior High School. Left to right are Mr. Beck, Grady Gott and June Ab ney, who won top scholarship awards; Cookie Johnson and George Park, winners ef citizenship awards given by Jasper Chapter, DAR. (Sunphoto.) and William Thompson, breaking and stealing gas; Richard Moon, Preston Geter, William Goudelock, Willie Reeder, William Thompson, breaking and stealing gas; Leon ard Byrd Jr., disposing of property under mortgage; Lender Byrd Jr., bastardy; Bartow Cooper, Mildred Gallman, assault and battery with intent to kill; Johnson Coleman, Robert Cook, non-support; John Frank Tribble, bastardy; Elizabeth B. Phillips, Victor Ray Smith, James Willie Wilson, drunk driv ing, third offense; Robert J. L. Bowers, Walter Eugene Ruff, drunk driving, second offense. Warrants from Magistrate But ler: Tom Hailstock, assault and battery with intent to kill. Warrants from Magistrate Wick er; Roy Wise, Herman Glenn, drunk driving, second offense; Leo DeWalt, and Evans Wise, grand larceny, etc.; Curtis Glasgow, as sault and battery with intent to kill; Leo DeWalt and Evans Wise, assault and battery with intent to kill; Ollie Cannon, J. B. Tobe and Grady Lee Cannon, affray. Warrants from Magistrate T. H. Shealy: Beurl M. Rollins, non-sup port; Essie Lee Suber, assault and battery with intent to kill. Warrants from Magistrate Fos ter: James A. Setzler, non—sup port; Willie R. Erskine, bad check law; Ralph P. Cobb, drunken driv ing, second offense; Bennie Mur phy, Garnett Ginn, drunk driving. In Attendance At Boys State Six young men from Newberry County were chosen to attend Pal metto Boys State at the University of South Carolina. The local rep resentatives are sponsored by the Exchange, Kiwanis and Lions Clubs of Newberry. Those who are attending are, from Mid-Carolina High School: Daniel H. Hamm, Prosperity and Rodney F. Epting, Prosperity, both sponsored by Post 24. From Newberry High School: George Lawrence Jones, Newber ry, Exchange Club; Emory Law rence Musselwhite, Newberry, “40 & 8” Post 24; Francis Gerald Sat- terwhite, Route 3, Lions Club; and Howard Hugh Turner, Newberry, Kiwanis Club. These young men left Sunday and will return to Newberry this weekend. TO ATTEND DPW MEETING Newberry County’s director of Public Welfare, Mrs. Edna Fea- gle, is among county directors ex pected to attend a departmental meeting at the Hotel Columbia Friday, June 19. ATTENDS SHOW Mrs. E. A. Carpenter, Mrs. D. J. Williams, Mrs. Mazie Abrams and Mrs. R. L. Longshore attended the Fall Merchandise show held at Radio Center in Charlotte, N. C., and at the Coliseum Tuesday. While there .they bought fall mer chandise for Carpenters store. Council Chooses New Pumper For Local Fire Department New Type Radio Antenna At Highway Shop A 150-foot radio antenna pole of a type new to the Highway De partment was erected at the New berry shop during April to faci litate radio coverage of that area of the state. Shorter poles of a similar design have also been in stalled recently at the Holly Hill and Allendale shops. Department radio stations throughout the state have prev iously used either self-supporting or guyed towers as transmitting and receiving antenna supports. The poles now being erected, how ever, have several advantages over towers. They occupy less space, require no guy wires for support and are erected at smaller cost than towers of comparable size. The poles are made of cold-rolled steel, and are of tubular construc tion. They are completely assemb led, wired and painted while lying on the ground, and are then lifted into place by a crane and mounted on reinforced concrete bases. The pole installed at Newberry is made up of five sections weigh ing a total of approximately five tons. Overall height of the pole with all its antenna is 161 feet, since one antenna extends 11 feet above the top of the pole. The pole is equipped with three sep arate antennas. One will be used for the base maintenance radio station, one will be for use by patrol channel 2 (mobile patrol units) and the third is a repeater which will receive and re-transmit local mobile unit signals to Ches ter, Columbia and Greenwood. Each of the antennas is connect ed by coaxial cable inside copper tubing to receiving and transmit ting units on the ground. These units at Newberry will be located in a weatherproof cabinet at the base of the pole with the exception of the maintenance radio equip ment, which will be installed in side the office building. The pole at Newberry is anchor ed on a base composed of 16 cubic yards of concrete reinforced with 400 pounds of steel. The four an chor rods to which the pole is se cured are each three inches in diameter and 10 feet long. Design of the concrete base is in the shape of a “X”, with eight-foot arms extending to a depth of 11 feet, six inches. The Union Metal Manufacturing Company, makers of the pole, claim that it will with stand wind velocities in excess of 152 miles per hour. Delivery of the pole was made to Newberry in sections by truck from Canton, Ohio. The parts were assembled by Department personnel, and necessary wiring and painting were completed with the assembly blocked up on the ground. Wilhoit Steel Erectors, of Columbia, was then contracted to lift and set the pole on its base. Installation of the antenna sy- Deadline For Candidates To File Is Monday Only a few days are left for prospective candidates to file in order to enter the city primary election which will be held on Aug- gust 4th. Noon Monday, June 15 is the deadline for paying the fee to enter the mayor and alderman races, according to O. F. Arm- field, Sr., secretary of the city Democratic executive committee. As of this date, there is no con test in the mayor’s race, the only candidate having announced being the incumbent, Ernest H. Layton. Only two races have developed among the six alderman positions. They are in Ward 2, where George W. Martin is opposing incumbent C. A. Dufford Sr., and Ward 3, where Clarence A. Shealy Jr. is opposing incumbent S. D. Paysing- er. Others who have announced their candidacy for re-election are Frank Armfield, Ward 1; Clarence DeHart, Ward 4; Cecil Merchant, Ward 5; and Dwdght W. Jones, Ward 6. Persons who wish to vote and- do not have a current registration certificate are again reminded that Monday, July 6 will-be the last date on which the certificate may be obtained in order to vote in the August 4th primary. Resi dents of Suburbia must have their certificates transferred on that date, if they have not already done so, to vote in the primary. Months of discussion by city council about a new fire truck for Newberry was culminated Tuesday night when the city fathers voted to purchase a 750 gallon per minute fire pumper made by the Seagrave Corporation. A picture of a truck, similar to the new one which will soon arrive to brighten the halls of the fire department with its glistening coat of red, is shown below. The new truck will cost the tax payers $18,242.00. * Dean’s List Is Released The Dean’s List for the second semester for Newberry College, just released by Dean Conrad B. Park, is made up of seven seniors, nine juniors, thirteen s sophomores and thirteen freshmen. Sixteen of the total of 42 are from Newber ry. On the list from Newberry County are: Seniors: Kathryn A.. Cooper, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Cooper. Juniors: John M. Davis, son of Mrs. W. H. Davis; Richard A. Mann; Betty J. Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Turner; Da vid Yount, son of Rev. and Mrs. N. D. Yount of Whitmire. Sophomores: Jacqueline Crooks, daughter of Mrs. Matilda H. Crooks; Edna Earle Fant, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Fant of Silverstreet; Martha Ann Lind- ler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Lindler of Little Mountain; Sa ra Ella Yount, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. N. D. Yount of Whitmire. Freshman: Bobby Davenport, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Daven port; Nancy L. DeHart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. DeHart Patsy Ruth Ffick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Frick; Barbara A. Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Johnson of Kinards; Betty Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Long of Silverstreet; and J. William Pugh, son of Mrs. R. W. Pugh of Prosperity. To Be Improved The Newberry Concert Band, now in its 53rd year of organiza tion, will be given a boost, accord ing to a recent announcement from Newberry •Mills, Inc., sponsor of the band. Bill Gatlin, plant mana ger, has stated that more empha sis is to be placed on the improve ment of the band as well as in the improvement of the band room and facilities. Boyd Robertson is to continue as band director and Frank Jones as band manager. The band will continue to meet on Monday and Thursday evenings as has been customary in the past. Several concerts are planned at Willow- brook Park during the summer months. The band members will take their vacation the week of July fi ll and for two weeks in August. Mr. Robertson, who plans to take a six weeks leave of absence dur ing the summer, will be replaced during that time by Charlie Pruitt, director of the 246th Army Band, the Newberry College marching band and orchestra, and a profes sor of music at Newberry College. Every effort will be made to im prove the work of this fine organi zation, according to Mr. Gatlin.. . vf : • •• , Council voted to provide electric service to residents of Surburbia and area beginning August 1, 1959. This was in response to a request by citizens of that area, present ed by George R. Summer and Jam es Sligh, who also presented coun cil a copy of a letter written by Suburbanites to the Newberry Electric Cooperative, Inc. in which they requested that the Co-op dis continue service as of August 1st. Council was notified that re surfacing of city streets, authori zed by council has started and should be completed in about ten' days. Traffic and parking will be interrupted during construction, ac cording to the city manager. Council authorized disburse ment of $400 for the employment of additional supervisory personnel for-the recreation department. In addition to streets previously approved for re-surfacing, the fol lowing. were added to the list: Caldwell from Main to Boyce; and Boyce from Caldwell to Nance, at an estimated cost of $850. Council authorized a cover sheet and advertisement in the Garden Club of South Carolina Magazine at a cost of $40. The semi-annual audit report, .covering the period October 1, 1958 March 31, 1959 was presented. Sister-In-Law Catherine Sease Of Dennis Dies MEMBER OF PERSHING RIFLES Membership in the Clemson Col lege unit of the National Honor ary Society of Pershing Rifles for 1959-60, selected on elimination by the 1958-59 platoon, has been an nounced. Among the members, all sopho mores by tradition, is Larry E. McCullough of Newberry. To Washington Catherine Sease of Newberry is among the top 4-H club members in South Carolina who will attend the 29th annual National 4-H Con ference in Washington, D. C., June 13-19. Catherine has been a 4-H mem ber seven years, and her major projects have been food prepara tion, canning, frozen foods and home improvement. She served as president of her county junior leadership club and of the Pied mont District 4—H Council. The privilege of attending the national conference is considered the highest state honor a 4-H mem ber can receive. Delegates are se lected on the basis of outstanding project achievement, demonstrat ed leadership ability, community service, and citizenship activity over a long period of 4-H member ship. Mrs. Loretta Daughtry Dennis, 38, of Route 2, Hopkins, died early Thursday morning at the Baptist Hospital in Columbia. Among her survivors is her husband, Laverne Alton Dennis, Sr., a brother of P. M* Dennis of Newberry. Funeral services were held Fri day at3 P. M. in Capital View Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. B. C. Franklin and Rev. Ray Rum- sey of Florence. Burial was in Olive Grove Cemetery, Turbeville. GREETINGS BIRTHDAY Miss Ruth Blackwelder, a mem ber of the Lenoir-Rhyne College faculty, and Mrs. Ray King of Concord, spent Friday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Baker and Mrs. H. L. Parr on Main street. They spent Friday night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Parr, Sr., in the county. stem and radio equipment at New berry, which has not had a station until recently, will improve patrol radio coverage!* in the northern and western portions of the state, and provide Newberry maintenance for ces with a link in the engineer ing system. (From Carolina High ways, June 1959.) State Meeting Of C. of C. Plans have just been received for the Children of the Confeder acy 1959 state convention, which will be held in Charleston August 20-22 at the Francis Marion Hotel. Included during the convention will be a boat trip to Fort Sumter and picnic supper; historical tour of Charleston, banquet and dance, in addition to the business sessions. All members of the Eloise Welch Wright Chapter who have paidj their dues and have received a membership card are eligible to attend the convention. Groups of six must have at least one adult advisor. Names should be turned | in to Mrs. Ruby Trice or Mrs. El mer Shealy not later than July 15th. Hotel accommodation rates and other expenses, as well as in formation as to the program sche dules, may be obtained from C. of C. leaders. June 14: Steve Griffith, Jr., Mrs. Betty Hove Moseley, Mrs. Bobbie Hove Miller, Patsy Ruth Cromer, Mrs. G. W. Suber, Mrs. H. T. Lake, Malcolm Amick, Jr., William Clyde Graham, Nell Brooks, Lula Abney, Joe Robert Koon. June 15: Mrs. S. C. Campbell, Mrs. R. R. Bruner, Jr., Mrs. S. Downs Wright, Judith Edwards, Ray N. Jollay, Dabney Bonham Timmerman, Gladys Shealy, Mary Williams, Frances Wil liamson, Suzanne Danielson. June 16: Ira Morris, Steve Armfield, Mrs. Harold O. Cook, W. Ralph Baker. June 17: David Lathrop, Mrs. D. P. Leopard, David Humphries, Marcia Kirkland. June 18: Joseph E. Crooks, Martha Jo Rinehart, D. P. Leo pard, R. C. Neel, Joby Ringfer, Eula Q. Livingston. June 19: J. D. Bozard, Betty^ Walton, Mrs. H. W. Dipner, Butch Waldrop, Mrs. J. BL Cook, Charlie M. King, Emerson, E. Westwood. June 20: Howard Earl Meetze, Mrs. Mamie Cromer, J. Black mon, Bill Waldrop, Brenda Reeves, Mrs. Broadus Lipscomb, Donna Danielson. m Mi / «..s ■ m • 4 .Ml