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•f f I Lack of cash in his pocket con trols a man more firmly than his principles. Until someone thinks of a better way, let us stick with our present system of getting the most for the least effort. VOLUME 22; NUMBER 10 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROUNAi THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1959 + $2.00 PER YEAR 'il'M By The Way * by, JboriJ Sander3 ON VACATION Our By The Way columnist is vacationing this week. We thought she was going to take a few min utes off from her vacation in Vir ginia and West Virginia to write a few lines for us, but the hot feather must have gotten to that section as it has here. We have hesitated to call the local weather observer for the high readings this week since talk ing about the weather only seems to make it more unpleas ant. As this is written on Wed nesday morning it is somewhat cooler, and for you and us who do not have air-conditioned offices and homes, let’s hope it means a break in the high temperatures. The mail came while this was being written, and sure enough, our faithful helper reports pleas and weather, and writes some thing of her trip below. hilly, rolling country. Almost as if we had passed a barrier, the people became friendly, talkative and anxious to be of service. We finally arrived at our des tination and after a rest, went to a restaurant for supper. When the waitress learned we were from South Carolina, she imme diately informed us “don’t expect to find frits or turnip greens up here.’’ I still have a week in Morgan- ton as I write this, and hope to tell you more about it next week. My first and I believe lasting op inion of West Virginia is that I don’t want any part of it! There’s just no place like South Carolina, and Newberry in particular. TRAVEL REPORT In recent years I have not es pecially liked the idea of travel ing very long distances, especially if the trip involved my having to drive, but I did undertake such a journey this past weekend. On Thursday morning Connie, Ruthie and I packed our suitcases and started out in the general direc tion of West Virginia to meet and spend a week in Morganton, where Frasier is attending sum mer school at West Virginia Uni versity. We stopped on the way up for a very pleasant visit at Troutman, N. C. with Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Goodman. Their many friends ; n Newberry will be glad to learn they are both well and getting along nicely. They send their re gards to former students, asso ciates and friends. From there we went to States ville where we spent the night with my sister, Connie McKar- gue and her family. Little Connie decided that she had rather spend the week there playing with her cousin, Danny, so Friday morning Ruthie and I left her there and headed toward the mountains. The scenery was beautiful all the way to Princeton, W. Va., where we met Frasier and .spent the night. En route, we stopped by the Fish Hatchery at Roaring Gap, N. C. where Ruthie had a wonderful time looking at all the fish in the clear mountain water. The region around here is con cerned mostly with coal mining, although there is one sizeable in dustry, Form-Fit, in Princeton. I am told the main payroll here comes from the railroad shops and there is a fear that will be lost because of consolidation of the Virginia and the Norfolk and Western railroad. Old School Plant Plans Open House An Open House celebration will be held Wednesday, July 8, at Old School Manufacturing Co. from 2 to 4:30 p.m., it was an nounced by Herbert D. Setlo\v, president and treasurer of lyj. Setlow and Son Inc., of New Ha ven, Conn. “We are having this Opera House celebration in order to give the residents of the com munity and entire county an op portunity to see the operations of the plant and the new wing that has been added recently,” said Setlow. He stated that the Prosperity Chamber of Commerce and the Newberry County Development Board are cooperating in the Opera House observance. Re freshments will be served and the public is cordially invited to attend. Old School Manufacturing Conv pany opened the last week in January, 1958, with 35 employees making men’s work shirts. The factory now has over 115 em ployees and manufactures work pants, work shirts and women’s blouses. Kendall Plants Vacation Pay Near $100,000 Vacation pay was announced here yesterday for both the Mol lohon and Oakland plants of the Kendall Company in Newberry. At the Mollohon plant 475 em ployees with at least six months service will receive in excess of $47,000 in extra pay. The Oak land plant will pay over $52,000 to 516 of its employees. The Kendall vacation pay plan is based on two percent of the em ployees’ earning for the preceding 12 months for employees with six months service. Those who have been with the company continu ously for over five years will re ceive four percent of their pay for the last 12 months. Vacation pay for Newberry Mills, Inc. was announced last week as approximately $52,000, wnich is also paid on the same formula as the Kendall plants. The period beginning July 4 af 6 a.m. until July 13 at 6 a.m. will be observed as vacation period and the three textile plants in the city will shut down during this period. •• jk ' ' i si mm. 4 A .■>- - . • >• v v : I Central Pastor And Former Pastor Are Superintendents c The above portion of this trav elogue was written before we left Princeton about 8 a.m. Saturday morning. The next 34 miles of our journey was most pleasant over the beautiful West Virginia Turn pike. It runs from Princeton to Charleston, W. Va., and if you ever plan to go in that direction it is worth the toll to be able to travel that road. We were able to go on it only as far as Beckley, then had to take another highway to Morganton. After leaving the Turnpike, I really had an education in living conditions in the coal mining re gion. There are few, if any, houses in Newberry to compare with the shacks in which these people live. In the numerous lit tle communities through the moun tains north of Beckley, we saw scatterings of these ihrown-to- gether looking shacks, and usual ly one nice house in which we as sumed belonged to the mine man ager. The folks through that area are not the least bit friendly—at least not the ones we ran into. Many of them look the part of the “typical mountaineer” depicted in novels and movies. Coal mining operations are seen all along the way and railroad crossings are almost constant because of the spurs going to these mines. Despite the ugliness of the little villages and the unfriendli ness of the natives, the rrfoun- tains were beautiful, although monotonous for so long a period of time. I saw only one or two very small waterfalls—and little else to break the tree covered high hills. There are no ever greens oh the mountains and I am told this is a desolate-looking place in the wintertime. After going through Sutton, W. Va., we began to leave the coal mines and get into more civilized territory. We were out of the high mountains and came into P. 0. Observes 4th Closing Postmaster Harry E. Moose said today that the post office would close Saturday in observ ance of the Independence Day ho’iday. There will be no city or rural delivery and no window service for patrons. Incoming mail will be put up for boxhold- ers and outgoing mail will be dis patched as usual, the postmaster said. Lt. Carroll Derrick Now In Germany Second Lieutenant Louie Car- roll Derrick, son of Mrs. L. Car- roll Derrick, of Little Mountain, recently arrived in Germany where he will begin a new as signment for the Air Force. Prior to leaving the United States he spent his leave with his mother. In telephone conservation with his family Tuesday, he report ed a safe flight via Newfoundland and Scotland. In the service a year, he had been stationed at Biloxi, Miss. Lt. Derrick ,is married to the former Miss Bettie Counts. They have a son, Carroll Kessler. Lt. Derrick’s wife and son will join him in Germany when housing is available. At present they a*;e living With relatives. IT’S COOL! Need anything more be said in this weather. Enjoying the cooling spray is little Susan Schumpert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Schumpert of Caldwell St. Holding the hose is a little boy well known in our neighborhood. -(Sunphoto.) Crop Pests Discussed By County Agents Cotton ters Must Control Barbecue Held For Mill Personnel Thirty-eight overseers, foremen and staff members at Newberry Mills, Inc., were entertained at a barbecue dinner at Willowbrook Club House last Saturday night by the mill company. A film dealing with giving in structions was shown. Short talks were given by Fred Weir Jr., plant superintendent and L. E. Gatlin Jr., general manager of the plant NEW YORK, N. Y., June 29—The Kendall Company, Boston manufacturers of surgical dressings, textile specialities and polyethy lene protective tapes today joined the list of companies whose stocks are traded on the New' York Stock Exchange. The company listed 1,043,125 shares of stock, previously traded over-the-counter, under under the ticker symbol “KEN.” The stock opened at 62^. Shown at opening ceremonies on the trading floor are (left) G. Keith Funston, President of the Exchange; and Richard R. Higgins, President of Kendall. Founded in 1903, the company reported net sales of $103,382,000 in 1958. Insects Cotton at this stage of the growing season is dong quite well. In general the crop is making excellent growth and is fruiting well. Blooms are being noticed in most all fields over the county. The thing that concerns us most though is the fact that farmers simply are not poisoning enough to control the boll weevil and boll- worm. Some farmers tell us they don’t think they haVe muen boll weevil in their cotton because they have not seen any live weevils yet. Then we check their fields and find 20% or better of the squared 1 * punctured by boll weevil. At this time of year it’s a lot easier to find the damage caused by the boll weevil than to find the live weevils. You don’t see too many Newberry County Road Surfacing Contracts Let A contract for the grading and bituminous surfacing of 8.261 miles of secondary roads in New berry County has been awarded by the State Highway Department to Dowd Construction Company, of Johnston. The contract was announced June 22 in a letter of award from Chief Highway Commissioner R. McMillan. It was based on a low bid of $89,058.05 submitted when bids for the work were pub licly opened in Columbia May 19. Included in the project are the grading and surfacing of 2.184 miles on Road S-44 from U. S. Route 176 to Road s-55; of 1.933 miles on Road S-25 from ’ Road s-164 to a county road; of 1.277 miles on Road S-299 from Road S-38 to Cannons' Creek; of 2.308 miles on Road S-571 from Road S-15 to Lake Murray, including a spur; of 0.179 mile on Roads S-17 and S-41 Luke’s Church; and of 0.380 mile on Roads S-270 and S-271, being streets in Little Mountain. COLUMBIA, S. C., June—The gra ding and paving of 10.216 miles of secondary roads in Newberry County is under way, J. A. Neal of Carolina Constructiong Co. Inc., said here today. As the general contractor, Caro lina Contracting Co., Inc., is re sponsible for all phases of the construction involved in the pro ject authorized by the S. C. State Highway Department. Neal said the project consists moving 60,636 cubic yards of earth and rock, the placing of 124,976 square yards of double treatment bituminous surface and the installation of 3,578 lineal ft. of 12-inch to 48-inch reinforced concrete culvert pipe. W. H. Caldwell of Little Moun tain is the superintendent in charge of the project which will provide employment for appro ximately 25 workmen at the peak of construction. The entire pro ject is expected to be completed in 290 calendar days. Carolina Contracting Co., Inc., was awarded the contract for the Newberry County project May 22. live weevils until they start mi grating, usually in August. Then they will bp easily found in the blooms of cotton. Apply poison every 5 days as long as infestation counts run over 10%. Remember the next eight weeks are the critical period as far as cotton insect control is concern ed. Most growers will count on putting on at least six applica tions of poison during this time. We figure at least this many ap plications will be needed to give minimum protection against boll weevil and bollworm. Use at least 10%‘ DDT in all poisons ex cept Endrin and Sevin for boll- worm control. Soil Testing Underway Collecting of soil samples began in all %reas of the county this week, so our big test is now un derway. Yes, it is a big test in many ways. It will be a test of our farm soils and a test of ^he mettle of our farmers. Will Newberry County farmers be billing to fol low the fertilizer recommendations based on their soil test reports ? If they do it will more than double the present use of ferti lizer and lime in Newberry Coun ty. This is important, we feel, because such increased use of fer tilizer will surely result in high er crop yields, more abundant feed for livestock and most certainly will mean more farm income. So we do seek the cooperation of farm people in this soil test ing program now underway. We ask you to please cooperate with the soil testing crew when they come to your place. Give them the information they need so they can Girl Scout Camp Begins Monday The Newberry County Girl Scout Camp program will get un derway • next Monday morning at nine o’clock. The day camp will run until three o’clock each day for a two week period. Campers are asked to bring their camp fee of $3.00 on the first day at the camp. Those who have already paid a registration fee of fifty cents will need to bring an additional $2.50. Each camper must bring a cup, lunch, and a blanket each day. Milk and drinking water will be supplied by the camp. An interesting program of ac tivities has been planned for the two-week camping period. A pre-camp training program for staff members is being con ducted this week by Miss Doris Ann Parks, director, in prepara tion for next week’s camp. The Girl Scout bus will pick up campers each day starting at 8:30 a.m. Mr. Homer Schumpert has announced the following sche dule of stops as follows: Corner Wells Park Dr. and Pope St.; Nance and Pope Sts.; Corne lia and Nance; Caldwell and Boundary; Glenn and Johnstone; Harper and Crenshaw; Calhoun and Harrington; Mower and Ev ans; and Main and Hunt Sts. The camp is held in the Girl Scout camping area in Lynch’s Woods. quickly take soil samples of your farm and move on to the next farm. . During the month of July let’s all cooperate in " getting bur farm soils tested. Then this fall and next spring, let’s cooperate in de veloping the results of the soil testing program into an increased soil fertility program that will mean greater agricultural devel opment and increased farm in come for Newberry County. It’s been done in other counties. Cer tainly it can be done also in Newberry County! - Chinch Bugs Another insect problem we’re now having is chinch bug infesta tions in young corn, milo and millet. Seems like this insect al ways shows up about this time of year and causes much more dam age some years than others. Light infestations of chinch bugs don’t usually cause much damage. It might pay you to take a look at your milo and millet though to see if they are doing much harm. If you’ve got a heavy infestation either spray or dust with BHC or a mixture of BHC- DDT. If used on millet for grazing wait at least two weeks after spraying or dusting to start graz ing again. Chiggers Seems like we’re devoting most of our time to insect control, but wnile we’re on the subject we’d like to mention chiggers or red bugs because they, along with mosquitoes cause all of us a lot of discomfort these days. If chiggers are abundant around the yard then spraying or dusting with Chlordane, Lindane or DDT will help control them. Effective repellants for most in sects that attack us humans are now available. In most cases the repellents can be either sprayed or rubbed on the skin or clothing for best control. Diethyltoluamide is the active ingredient in the re pellents that have proven most effective. ^Follow directions given on the container for best protec tion of biting insects. J. P. Corley Dies At Greenwood James Pope (Jim) Corley, 57, died early Tuesday morning at a Greenwood hospital after an ill ness of a week. He was born in Saluda County but had made his home in New berry for a number of years. He was the son of the late George and Georgia Warren Corley. He had been connected ‘ with Mollo hon Mill for a number of years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mozelle Bolin Corley, of New berry; 4 daughters, Mrs. Eliza beth Hyatt and Mrs. Juanita Nunnery, both of Columbia, Mrs. Betty Jean County of Aiken, and Mrs. Helen Fulmer of Newberry; 2 brothers, G. L. Corley of New berry, J. N. Corley of Joanna; a sister, Mrs. Julia Smith of Eau Caillie, Fla.; and 10 grandchil dren. Funeral services will be con ducted today (Thursday) at the McSwain Funeral Home by the Rev. H. A. Dunlap and the Rev. John McCollough. Burial will be in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Mrs. J.J. Langford Died Yesterday Mrs. Lula B. Langford, widow of J. J. Langford, of 603 Boundary St., died early yester day (Wednesday) afternoon at Newberry County Memorial Hos pital after being in declining health for a number of years and a serious illness for the past ei^ht months. She is survived by a son, Her man S. Langford of Newberry and a number of other relatives Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced from a lo cal funeral home as soon as com pleted. Kendall Stock Listed On Board N. Y. Exchange New York, N. Y., June 29—The Kendall Company of Boston, a leading manufacturer . of surgical dressings, textile specialities and polyethylene protective tapes, be gan trading it! stock today on the . New York Stock. Exchange under the symbol KEN. Prior to this listing on the Big Board, the common stock was sold over-the- counter. Richard R. Higgins, President of Kendall; Harold T. Marshall, Exectuive Vice President, / Maurice L. Clemence, Treasurer; and G. Keith Fundston, President of the Stock Exchange, were present for the listing ceremony at the com mencement of trading. Mr. Higgins said in a statement: “this move will broaden the base of our share ownership, and bene fit both our present stockholders and other investors throughout the country.” The company was welcomed to the Stock Exchange by Mr. Fun ston who stated that the com pany’s growth from a modest be ginning in 1903 was a notable story of success. In 1958 the Ken dall Company reported net sales of $ip3,382,000, and for the first twelve weeks of 1959, $25,896,000. Approximately 3,800 shareholders own 1,015,000 shares of its com mon stock. / Founded by Henry P. Kendall, now chairman of the Board, the Kendall Company’s fourteen do mestic and three foreign plants produce many products under its Bauer & Black, Bike Web, Curity, and other trade names. Included in its consumer items are Curad plastic bandages. Its polethylene tapes are used as electrical in sulation and as protection from coirosion for natural gas and oil pipelines in this’ country and abroad. Central Women Meet Next Week Circles of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of Central Methodist Church will meet next week as follows: No. 1 with Mrs. F. Scott El liott, July 6, 4 p.y,’.. 718 Glenn St. No. 2, with Mrs. C. H. Cannon, July 6, 4 p.m., 712 Caldwell St. No. 3, with Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, July 7, 10:30 a.m., Hotel Wise man. No. 4, Church Social Hall, July 6, 7:15 p.m. (picnic). No. 5, with Mrs. M. Cannon Finney, July 6, 10:30 a.m., 712 Caldwell St. No. 6, with Mrs. G. K. Domin ick, July 6, 4 p.m., 1517 John stone St. Clerk Wallace At Finance School W. C. Wallace, City of New berry clerk and treasurer, at tended the sixth' annual Munici pal Finance Officer’s School of the University of South Caro lina June 25-26. Long Commissioned Med.. Corps Major Dr. V. A. Long, Newberry County Health -Doctor, has been commissioned a ..major in the medical corps and as signed to Hq. Btry. 1st AW Bn, 263rd Atry, it was announced today. Rev. Melvin E. Derrick, pastor of Central Church has been ap pointed District Superintendent of the Anderson District, according to announcement made at the An nual South Carolina Methodist conference ended Sunday in Co lumbia. Another former Central pastor, the Rev. Herbert L. Spell was named superintendent of the Marion District. Mr. Derrick has been replaced by the Rev. T. H. Vickery who comes to Central from Cherokee Place Church, Charleston. Other changes in the county include the transfer of Rev. E. W, Gott, pastor of Lewis Methodist. He will go to Chesnee in Spartan burg County. Taking over the pulpit at Lewis will be the Rev, J* A. Grigsby, pastor pf Mt. He bron, near West Columbia. , Rev. Clarence B. Word, pastor of Newberry Circuit will be suc ceeded by Rev. D. T. Templeton of Clearwater. Mr. Word has been appointed to Bath near Aiken. Rev. Phil Jones of Trinity has been replaced by Rev. J. M. Aiken of Mt.' Vernon near Kingstren. Mr. Jones was appointed to th$ Orange Circuit, Orangeburg Dist- trict. He was also elected Orange burg District director Advocate Advance. Returning to Newberry County churches are Rev. B. B. Blakeney, Epting Memorial; Rev. Paul D % Petty, O’Neal St.; Rev. D.. H. Montgomery, Whitmire; Thomas Poston (AS), Pomaria; and Rev. Paul C. Scott, Prosperity. Mr. Petty was also appointed district director Advocate Ad vance. m - Truesdell Chairman Governor’s Council On Alcoholism Rev. Neil Truesdell, pastor of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church Newberry, has been named chairman of the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism. Rev. Truesdell was elected last Friday by council mem bers from 106 South Carolina communities. The council which met in Col umbia, has two goals: To work with doctors, hospitals, law enforcement agencies, welfare agencies, ministers and civic organizations to have a better treatment program; and it also will try to establish “informa tion centers” that will direct alcoholics who want help to proper persons. GREETINGS BIRTHDAY July 5: Mrs. Lewis Shealy, Mrs. W. W. Hornsby, Ralph Gil liam, Mrs. B. B. Livingston, Prof. Milton Moore, Mrs. Mary Alice Wherry, Mrs. Billy Wal ton, Wilbur EL Epps, Mike Liv ingston, Gerald Paysinger and Gebrge C. Trefsgar. July 6: Miss Sara Wilson, J. J Hipp. Billy Armfield, Jr., Mjra. J. S. Thompson, Karen Lominack, Sandra Gail Daw kins, Pam Phillips, Rogers Le wis Ringer, CL K. Brown, Beth Boulware, Walter Lake, Mary Ann Watkins and Nancy Jane Mayer. Jply 7: Miss Rose Hamm, Dr. Claude Sea&e, Mrs. David Long, Carolyn Andrews, Dr. V. W. Rinehart, Jackie Martin, Lula May Hawkins, Randy Semi, John P. Livingston, Earl Bozard and Sadie Merchant. July 8: Mrs. D. H. McHargue, (Constance Armfield), E. L. Lominick, John McCullough, Mrs. Foster Spotts, Betty Stone Olin Lominick, Jr., and Tommy Buzhardt. July 9: Rusty Wilson, L. Pope Wicker, Jr., Ronnie Michael Be- denbaugh, George W. Martin, Lang H. Ammons, Miriam Jol- lay, J. H. Cook, Jr., Mrs. D. R. Son, James Swygert, John L. Edwards, Troy Matheney and Donnie Devore. July 10: Mrs. Bill Davis (Eve lyn Leavell), Sara Ann Nichols McCarley, George Senn, George W. Summer, Louis Brossy, Jr., Paul Hutchinson, Gus Franklin, Jr., C. A. Dufford, Jr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Wilson. July 11: Beth Long, Mrs. Jes sie Dawkins, Mrs. F. A. Long shore, Doris Marie Sheeley, Ralph EL Epting and Frank Smith. '4§| ,.U A"? - isa ■m ■ m ■ ••f