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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
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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.
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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
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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!
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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.
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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.
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