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I \ When the doctor asked Ez Tike if he had trouble making up his mind, Ez replied, “Well, yes and no.” Speaking of Ez, it’s not that he has so many faults, it’s just that he makes the most of the ones he’s got. VOLUME 23; NUMBER 29. ——— " - ——-—- ———r- NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1959 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Dorla A. Bandar* EDUCATION WEEK There has been more interest in our schools in the past year or so than ever before, perhaps, and National Education Week is a time set aside for parents to visit the schools their children attend. ‘‘Education is your business and mine,” says the Newberry County Education Association, which urges that you visit your schools during Education Week this week. “Good schools mean higher in comes, greater purchasing power, better citizens. To keep our com munity prosperous, let’s all work together to improve our schools.’ I would join with the NCEA in urging that you visit your chil dren’s school today or tomorrow, if you have not already done so this week. You will be welcomed and as a result of your visit, you may have a better understanding of the problems faced not only by your child, but by the teachers and administrators. BEAUTIFICATION The Civic League has taken up on itself the project of further beautifying our city. This is a program which will be a little slow, perhaps, in showing results, but which will be very rewarding in a few years. Many years ago there was a drive underway to have citizens plant dogwood and redbud trees. Today we are all en joying the colorful foliage of those plants and each spring the beau tiful blossoms help to make New berry a garden showplace. I have remarked in columns past on the glorious fall colors of the maple trees in the yards of Mrs. J. W. White on Caldwell street and Mrs. C. D. \\ eeks on Harrington street. This is the tree the Civic League urges you to plant, along with scarlet maples for fall beauty, and crepe myrtle for summer color. Hal Kohn Sr., who is serving in an advisory capacity to the League on the beautification program, has ordered a number of these plants and they will be available to ad Newberrians at wholesale cost, which is very low. They are sched uled to arrive on November 27 and orders should be placed by Saturday of this week with Mrs. W. I. Click, phone 1167. If you have a spot on your lawn for one or more of these plants, now is the time to take advantage of this special offer and help to beautify Newberry for years to come. The Newberry Garden Club celebrated its 10th Anniversary Tuesday. Shown with the birthday cake, are left to right, Mrs. H. B. S3nn, club president; Mrs. Leo Pratt of George town, State Garden Club Bird Chairman, who was guest speaker at the meeting; Mrs. Richard L. Baker, president of the Garden Club of South Carolina, and Mrs. Joe Roberts, club bird chairman. (Sunphoto.) Council To Begin Services To Annexed Area On January 1st Election Is Set For November 24 A General Election will be held in Newberry on Tuesday, Novem ber 24, for the purpose of electing a mayor and six aldermen to serve the city of Newberry for the next two years. Voting will be in all city precincts from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. A County registra tion certificate must be presented in order to vote in the election. Nominated for re-election in the Democratic primary this past summer were the mfcyor and five members of Council. They are Mayor Ernest Layton and Coun- cilmen C. A. Dufford Sr., Frank Artnfield, Cecil Merchant, Clarence DeHart and Dwight W. Jones. The only new nominee is Clarence A. Shealy Jr., who was named in the primary to succeed S. D. Paysing- er, in Ward 3. O. F. Armfield Sr., manager of the election, stated that residents of the recently-annexed Hartford Heights area would not be eligible to vote in the November 24th el ection, due to an election law re quirement that voters must have lived in a city for four months prior to an election before they would be eligible to vote. RAIN TRIP I took the girls on a train trip o Athens, Ga. last week to see heir Daddy. Being “seasoned trav- lers”—they once rode to Colum- ia on a train—they were’nt par- icularly impressed by the big iesel engine and the ride over heve. When we arrived in Athens, heir daddy took them to Jeffer- on, Ga., to s&e an “old-Fashioned” team engine of the Gainesville lidland Railroad which had been etired and was being set up as a luseum piece just outside of Jef- erson. This old steam engine with ;s little coal car thoroughly de- ghted the girls. They climbed all ver the cow-catcher, the cab the oal car and inspected every inch f that engine. It is hard to real- :e that these youngsters had nev- r seen a steam engine. As our lemson E 1 e a z e r would say, Change, change, the constancy of tiange!” It was not until after I had ■ritten the above item that I saw ie following story by Fletcher 7. Ferguson in the Wednesday lorning Greenville News. It is atelined Abbeville, and perhaps ou will enjoy it: “Some 3000 persons, ranging in ge from a mere few months to ell into the octogenarian rank- ig, turned out here Tuesday noon j greet and bid farewell to an old slebrity. It was perhaps the fi- al time that the folks here would et to see such a celebrity in ae on. “The celebrity was long-retired team engine No. 301 of the ainesville Midland Railroad, now ie property of Seaboard Airline ;ailroad into whose yards here an .bbeville crew brought the vet- ran on its final trip. Jack Wha- ;y, engineer; S. J. Bunch, fire- mn and Herman Blessing, conduc- 32*^ were greeted with a roai ing vation as No. 301 steamed into tie yards. There was a vibrant hrill among the youngsters, who, or the most part, had only heard bout steam engines or played nth a miniature one. “The engine was en route from Lthens, Ga. to Charlotte, N. C./ City Council Tuesday night heard a certification of the Com- | missioners of Elections for New- ! berry County pertaining to the | Hartford Heights annexation, for- 1 maily accepted the area into the ; city, and promptly appropriated 815,000 to cover expenses of ex tending city service^ to the area i beginning January 1, I960. It was pointed out that the 815,000 would not c-'ver any capital improve ments needed ip that section. R. R. Bruner appeared before i council asking for consideration ; of a license fee on 39 vending ma- ! chines installed by Be Be Vending Co., in Newberry Miiis, Inc. Dur ing the discussion of the business licenses, it was decided that vend ing machines would be licensed at the rate of $7.50 for the first five machines, $5.00 for the next five, and $1,000 for all additional ma chines under one roof. After this change was made, Council adopted the 1960 oidinance to regulate business license.; as recomi i r.ee i by C. A. Dufford, chairman of the license committee. Following length;,' iiscr.s don as to the naming of a street, known variously as Clary Drive and Pool Court, council decided to -continue the policy of permitting a develop er of property to name streets pre- where it will be retained as a mu seum piece. Another Abbeville crew, H. O. Price, engineer; T. A. Shumate, fireman, and E. R. Sout hard, conductor—left here just be fore 1 p.m., and were scheduled to leave it at Monroe, N. C. over night. “R. J. Keith, foreman of engi neers for Seaboard, also took the trip. For much of the way be tween Athens and Abbeville, the engine was followed by a section foreman’s car, which had the task of putting out fires, started from embers falling out of a faulty ash pan, along the right of way. “The engine was originally s’gted for a 9 a.m. arriva.; then the time was changed to 11 a.m. and finally noon. All of the city’s elementary school pupils were taken in school buses to the train yard or the depot. Many of the junior and senior high youngsters came by car to get a last glimpse. “Steam engines were retired completely from Seaboard service in 1952.” pared to be developed for accept ance by the city, so long as the name does not conflict with names of existing streets. A letter was read from Earl H Bergen, chairman of the New berry Merchants Association, re questing an additional donation of $250 for Christmas decorations, making a total of $750. Council granted the request, and also vot ed to give an additional $400 tow ard the cost of installing an eleva tor in the Community Hall pro vided Newberry County also grants an additional $400. The ad ditional cost was incurred when rock was struck during excavation for the elevator. Council was notified that due to the recent inclement weather, the specifications on water and sewer extensions in Suburbia and South Glenn Street Extension have not been completed to accept bids, but would be completed for con tractors to bid at an early date. Council appointed O. F. Arm- field Sr. to manage the municipal election on November 24, and to report the results of the election to Council. Council was also notified that a delegation was expecting to at tend the American Municipal Con gress to be held in Denver, Colo rado, November 29-December 3rd of this year. STILL NEAR TOP I notice from information sent out by the S. C. Business Devel opment Corporation that Newber ry is still among the top three counties in subscribing stock in the BDC. If I read these figures correctly, Richland County still leads with 122% of its quota: Barnwell is second with 113% and Newberry third with 110'R Throughout the state, however, the average is only 50% with a November 18 deadline coming up soon. If this thing should go through we only hope that Newberry’s good show of interest will be kept in mind when the Board of Direc tors starts handing out funds for industrial development. Alumni Of This Area To Meet Next Monday The Alumni of Newberry Col lege in Area No. 9, which is comprised of a portion of New- berrv Countv, will hold its Fall Alumni meeting on Monday, Nov- omh r 16 at 7:30 p. m. in the 1 Student Union Building on the campus. Arrangements have been made for this area and the Indian Club to hold a joint meeting. Presi dent Robert Schumpert has ar ranged a fine program. Election of officers will take place at this time. Miss Lemmons will set a delicious and bountiful meal at $1.25 per plate. Entertainment will be furnished by Prof. Charles Pruitt and one of his fine bands After the joint meeting,* the film of the Wofford-Newberry game will be shown in the con ference room of Wessels Library by the Indian Club. Alumni and friends planning to attend this meeting please no tify Robert Schumpert, 811 Col lege street, Newberry no later than tonight. Jurors Drawn For Court Term The November term of General Sessions court will convene Mon day, November 23rd with Judge George T. Gregory Jr. of Chester presiding. Grand Jurors will re port on the 23rd, petit jurors, list ed below, will report on Novem ber 24: Newberry: P. M. Nichols, Ir vin B. Leslie, Claude S. Summer, Earl H. Bergen Jr., James E. Young, James H. Abrams, J. R. Smith, Nathan B. Warren, Irby Longshore, Fred V. Lester, Wil liam H. Franklin, E. P. Mills, Olin Floyd. • Newberry routes: Edwin T. Graham Sr., A. B. Cotney, Wil liam P. Bowers, J. B. Berley, James T. Moore, Tommy M. Folk, Jr. Whitmire and routes: James C. Suber, R. O. Johnson Sr., B. L. Alexander, Harry S. Young. Prosperity and routes: James L. Mills, Colin Ray Hawkins Jr., J. C. Shealy Jr., Grady B. Warren. Little Mountain: G. I. Riddle, Linwood Swittenburg, Henry E. Metts. Chappells: Jacob C. Arant. Pomaria: Edgar B. Waites, Marion L. Ruff. Silverstreet: Elgin V. Sheppard, Carl E. Long, James O. Halti- wanger. Mrs. Dunston Dies Suddenly Mrs. J. O. Dunston died early Wednesday morning at the New berry County Memorial Hospital after a short critical illness. She was born in Athens, Ga., the daughter of the late Willis and Martha Adams Autry. Survivors include one son, Jamey O. Dunston of Chicago, 111.; one daughter, Mrs. Beale Cromer of Newberry; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were in complete but will be announced from Whitaker Funeral Home, where the body will remain until the time of service. Mr. and Mrs. Homer R. Wil liams have been on a visit with his mother, Mrs. Roland C. Wil liams. Homer has been a patient at the Chelsea Naval Hospital in Boston, Mass, for almost 15 months. While there he has also undergone major surgery. Andrew P. Cook Dies Monday Andrew Phillip Cook of Rt. 3, Prosperity, died early Monday morning at a Newberry hospital after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Cook was born and reared near Prosperity, a son of the late E. M. and Sally Dominick Cook. He was a member of the Associate Reform Presbyterian Church in Prosperity. He was married to Mrs. Louise Estelle* Bouknight Cook who died in March. Surviving are two sons, Ebe- neer Moore Cook of Charleston and Arthur Bachman Cook of Prosperity; three sisters, Mrs. B. I. Sease of Prosperity and Mrs. G. G. Green and Mrs. Archie Smith, both of Trenton, N. J.; one brother, P. G. (Ned) Cook of Columbia; and two grandchil dren. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3p.m. Wednesday at the Prosperity Associate Reform Presbyterian Church by Dr. P. L. Grier and the Rev. John D. Zeig- ler. Burial was in Prosperity Ce metery. Cattle Farmers Have. Important Meeting Tonight Newberry County farmers who own dairy or beef cattle are urged to attend a disease control meet ing Thursday night, November 12. Leptospirosis has caused the loss of approximately 100 head of cattle on Newberry County farms this year. This disease seems to be spreading and is a threat to our livestock industry. Dr. R. W. Carter of Columbia, head of livestock disease con trol work in South Carolina will be present to outline a program of prevention and control of this costly disease. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p. m. and will be held in the couit room of the Newberry County Courthouse. CALENDAR SOCIETY TO SELL CAKES The Calendar Society of Cen tral Methodist Church will hold a cake sale on Tuesday, November 24 in the church Social Hall be ginning at 11 a. m. The public is invited to attend. Aged Citizen Died Tuesday Sidney Arthur Monts, 99, died Tuesday afternoon at the residence of his son, A. C. Monts in New berry County. He had been in de clining health for 10 years but was ill for one month. Mr. Monts was born and reared in Lexington County, the son of the late Nelson and Julia Derrick Monts. He was a farmer and was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church at White Rock and was ac tive as long as his health permit ted. Mr. Monts was one of the oldest residents of Newberry and of Lexington County where he lived until ten years ago, and of the church. His wife, Mrs. Ellen Cath erine Mettze Monts died in 1894. Surviving are two sons, A. C. and Ed Monts, both of Chapin; one daughter, Mrs. Lola Lindler of Chapin; 16 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Funeral services were to be con ducted this (Thursday) morning at 10 a.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church at White Rock by the Rev. Guy C. Cruse and the Rev. Garth L. Hill. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Clamp and daughter, Camille of Salisbury, N. C. and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. War ner of Greenwood were visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Clamp last week. Gas Authority Customers To Pay More Beginning Nov. 18 Decorations Tea Will Open Dec. 2 At Community Hall Polio Shots May Be Obtained At Health Dept. Charlie Altman, chairman of the local chapter of the National Foundation, announced this week that the chapter had purchased $411 of Salk vaccine for use by Newberrians. The shots will be given free of charge to any per son over five years of age who will stop by the Newberry Coun ty Health Department. Shots for children under five are furnished by the State. Mr. Altman states that this will be the last vaccine purchased by the chapter, and urges that all Newberrians either start, or if they have already started, com plete their series of polio shots at this time. UDC Chapter Enjoys Talk By Mrs. Chappell Unusually large was the at tendance of Drayton Rutherford chapter members at the Novem ber meeting in the home of Mrs. Thomas H. Pope Jr. Mrs. J. Y. Kneece was cordially “welcomed after her long absence. Following the salutes to the flags, the Ritual, and the minutes, the Historian, Mrs. J. E. Wise man announced the speaker for the afternoon and the subject Mrs. J. J. Chappell, “There Will Always Be a South.” In taking up her subject, Mrs. Chappell said: “The idea in this subject is not so much whether there will be a South, for we all realize that there will always be a section of the country known as the South, but the question of greater importance is what will the South of tomorrow be like. Before the future can be visualiz ed, the past must be considered.” Her talk continued: “During the 50 or 60 years im mediately before the War Be tween the States, the grandeur of the society, the power of poli tical philosophy, and the brilliance of intellect in the South have not been equalled since. As to its com mercial importance before 1860, there were only five cities in the U. S. with a population of over 20,000, and Charleston was one of these, along with New York, Phil adelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans. “Society in the South was lav ish and genteel. The cultured Eng lishman, Col. Freemantle, records in his diary that it reminded him more of the society of the nobility of England than any other in America. “Perhaps the greatest achieve ments of the Southern Gentlemen were in the field of politics; he felt it his duty to offer himself in public elections. Most historians agree that the five greatest Sena tors of that period were Benton of Missouri, Clay of Kentucky, Webster of Massachusetts; and Calhoun and A. P. Butler of South Carolina. John C. Calhoun is now considered to be the great est political philosopher this coun try has ever produced. “Then came war and reconstruc tion—land ruined, banks closed, agriculture and commerce ruined, and the people oppressed by such men as Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner. Ten years of op pression and complete destruction were the lot of the South. “Leaving the past and looking to the future, several great eco nomists have predicted that in the not distant future, the area be tween Charlotte, N. C., and At lanta, Ga., will be the most pros perous section of the U. S. Should this prove true, there is a great economic future for South Caro lina. “The Daughters of the Confed eracy should look forward to its future. In the past the organiza tion has preserved the ideas and ideals of the South for future (Continued on page 4) The Civic-League sponsored Christmas Decorations Tea will get underway at the Community Hall on Wednesday, December 2 at 3 p.m., according to Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, League President, and Miss Hattie Belle Lester, chair man of the Tea committee. A re ception will be held that afternoon, and the Hall will remain open on Wednesday night and Thursday for those who wish to come and view the many lovely and out standing Christmas decorations and arrangements. The Civic League will be assist ed in preparations for the Tea by the Newberry Garden Club Coun cil, Business and Professional Women’s - Club, County Home Demonstration Council, also the Prosperity Garden Club Council and the W'hitmire Biographical Club. Working with Miss Lester on the Tea committee are Mrs. John R. Frazier, Mrs. Leon Nichols, Mrs. T. P. Crooks, Mrs.’ Richard L .Baker, Mrs. Price K. Harmon, Mrs. L. C. Floyd, Mrs. A. W. Mur ray and Mrs. T. J. Eskridge. Among the presidents of state organizations who have already accepted invitations to attend the Tea are Mrs. Richard L. Baker, president of the Garden Club of South Carolina; Mrs. W. C. Flana gan of Columbia, president of the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs; Mrs. Grace Rhodes of Greenville, president of the state Business and Profession al Women’s Clubs; and Mrs. Erwin Hawthorne of Donalds, president of state Home Demonstration Clubs. Invitations were sent this week to Mrs. Olin Johnston, Mrs. Strom Thurmond, Mrs. Bryan Dorn, Mrs. Fitz Hollings and Miss Erin Kohn. Parents Day At College Said To Be Success The first Parents’ Day at New berry College was a tremendous success. Several hundred parents registered iii Wright . Building and then adjourned to an assembly in Holland Hall where Dr. C. A. Kaufmann, president of the col lege, welcomed them and intro duced the members of the college administration and faculty. Then they werp divided into small groups and taken on a guided tour of the campus, conducted by the members of the President’s Council. Following the tours they had supper in the college cafe teria, compliments of the Alumni Association. At the half-time of the game between Elon and Newberry, the Alumni Association awarded priz es to the following parents: Mrs. F. W. Pitts, Jr. of Denmark, who has had the most children to at tend Newberry College; Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bansemer of Canton ment, Fla., who traveled the far thest distance and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Niemeyer of Brunswick, Ga., who traveled the second far thest distance. The door prizes went to Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Free man of Georgetown and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson McCutcheon of Bishopville. Attend Meeting In Columbia J. Ray Dawkins, Treasurer of Newberry County, and Ralph Black, Auditor, are attending the 13th Annual Meeting of the Coun ty Auditors and Treasurers Asso ciation of South Carolina today at the Jefferson Hotel in Columbia. Mr. Dawkins, who is president of *the Association, is presiding over the meeting. A report of the auditing committee will be given by Mr. Black, who is chairman of the state auditing committee. Guest speaker at today’s lunch eon will be Lt. Governor Burnet R. Maybank. Mrs. Glenn Hamm and Mrs. Ralph Epting, clerks in the offi ces of the auditor and treasurer, also attended the meeting. Customers of the Newberry- Clinton Natural Gas Authority will find their January gas bills slightly higher as the result of action taken by the Authority at its meeting last Thursday night. It was estimated that the yearly average dollar increase would be $8.76 for the home consumer using an average of 90,000 cubic feet of gas per year. It was pointed out that this would still be lower than rates paid by most consum ers in this area. Harold Stanton, a representa tive of Transcontinental Gas Pipe line Co., from which the Author ity purchases gas, met with the Authority and advised the mem bers that Transcontinental had ap plied to the Federal Power Com mission for an increase in ratee of four cents per thousand cubic feet, or about six percent, effec tive November 18. Since there are some 500 applications at the FPC ahead of this one, and action FPC will be delayed, Mr. Stanton explained that Transcontinental would begin collecting at the new rates under bond, until the FPC acts or until agreement is reach ed with its customers. The in crease will be passed on to New- berry-Clinton Gas Authority us ers effective November 18, with the increase showing on the Jan uary 1960 billing. Mr. Stanton gave as a reason for the increase the fact that gas in considerably higher at the wells. He said that where Trans continental had been buying gas in years past for eight to ten cents per thousand cubic feet, the price has jumped to 18 and 20 cents. He also stated that gas fields in the south are being de pleted and Transcontinental has contracts with producers who have drilled wells in the Gulf of Mexi co off the Louisiana coast. This also increases the price, he said, due to the tremendous expensfe of offshore drilling and the in stallation . of pipelines to bring the gas to the shore. He told the Authority that Transcontinental was seeking an increase sufficient to give them a six and one-half percent operating profit. Comparisons with other gas us ers in the area show the new local rates to be lower than rates paid by customers of Piedmont Natural Gas Co., which serves Greenville, Spartanburg and other upstate communities; Greenwood, Fort Hill and Carolina Pipeline Corpo ration. Slightly lower rates are paid in Greer, where the system is in its first year of operation and rates are reportedly kept low to entice new customers; and in Laurens, where 80 percent of all consumption is by Laurens Glass Works which partly subsidizes the system, making the Laurens rates lower than the new rate of the Clinton-Ne wherry Authority. BIRTHDAY : GREETINGS ' Nov. 15: Mrs. Dot Abrams Martin, Larry Shealy, Mary Boyd Oxner, Donald Long, Jim my Wicker, Mrs. T. D. Pitts, Mrs. W. C. Koon, Kay Bozard, Ned l-©veil. Nov. 16: Mrs. D. J. Williams, Mrs. Irma H. Perry, Mrs. Pope L. Buford, Sr., Donald Young, Tina Rae Darby, Mrs. T. M. San ders, Leila Norris, Bobby Domi nick, Mrs. W. M. Fennell, Lillie Goree, Hattie Hogge, Nellie Welborn, O. L. Cook Sr., Mrs. B. J. Keefe. Nov. 17: Mrs. P. E. Way, Mrs. Mary Livingston, Bobby Morris, Jackson W. Taylor, Paul H. Shull, .Stanley Shealy, Jimmie Zobel, Maxcy Stone, Dianne Da vis, Marise DeVore. Nov. 18: W. Henry Lominack, Russell Culbertson, Melvin Han cock, Dianne Reeves, Mrs. J. J. Ennis, Laurence D. Chapman, Frances Davenport, Mrs. Ran dolph Crowder. Nov. 19: R. E. Summer, Doris Hipp, Mrs. John McCullough, J. M. Pool, Mildred S. Martin. Nov. 20: Mrs. H. O. Newman, Gerry Rutherford, Mrs. Victoria Bradley, G. D. Wike, Clarence C. Hutto Jr., Reed Marett, George L. Johnson, Dorothy Leaphart, Mrs. Mary Ann Da vis Beckwith, Henry Holland Wilson, Robert Wayne Turner, Mrs. Frasier Sanders.