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Fred Fears says he’d rather play
poker with a poor loser than any
kind of winner.
A smile is nothing more than a
curve that sets a lot of things
straight.
VOLUME 23; NUMBER 32.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1959
+ $2.00 PER YEAR
By The Way
By OorU A. Sander*
NOT BAD AT ALL
“It was terrible, wasn’t it?”
That was a frequently-heard com
ment about the Newberry-P C..
game last Thursday. I don’t think
it was a bad game at all. In fact,
I thought it was a very good foot
ball game, for those who wish to
see good football.
I was as disappointed as any
one else that Newbery didn't win
the game. It was simply a matter
of meeting a stronger team. When
a football team can win seven
games and lose only three during
the season, as Coach Harvey
Kirkland’s boys did this year, they
are to be congratulated, not crit
icized just because they lost the
“big one.” Of the three lost, one
was to The Citadel, a much larg
er and stronger school; one was
to Lenior-Rhyne, the North State
Champions for the past couple of
years, including this year; and of
course to P. C., bowl-bound and
with only one defeat this season.
The Indians may have made a
couple of mistakes near the begin
ning of the game, but that is un
derstandable with the pressure on
them that afternoon. I think there
should be no complaints, only
praise for a hard-working, tough
playing team.
Dave Caldwell and I do have a
minor sort of complaint to make,
come to think of it. We were very
disturbed about the condition of
the uniforms and especially that
of Jimmy Lowder. We were
afraid that what appeared to be a
tear in his pants might give way
to something worse. Dave sug
gests that if the College athlonic
association doesn’t have money to
buy Lowder some pants before
next season, that we begin a com-
paign to raise funds for this pur
pose. He says he will be the first
contributor.
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Reed Speaker For Prosperity
Trade Group’s Annual Banquet
NOW I KNOW
You will recall I sit off a friend
ly feud with my WKDK disc-
jockey friends several weeks ago
by saying that the records they
were playing out there couldn’t
justifiably be called music. Now
I know the reason for those so-
called “songs” composing the
“top ten” or twenty or forty or
whatever it is. The answer is the
recently-publicized “payola.” Now
before I get scalped, I had better
make it clear that I do not refer
to the local DJs in connection with
the payola. In fact, I heard Bill
Fields talking about it the other
day and he said he felt slighted
after reading about all the money
being handed out to boost records.
The situation as I see it is this:
The big-name disc jockeys were
paid to push these records; they
played them over and over enough
that they made the “top ten” list;
they are published as such and un
suspecting DJs around the country
feel duty-bound to play the top
ten.
There may be an argument that
these tunes are requested by the
public. The public, I assume, is
composed mosty of teen and sub
teen-agers as far as this type is
mncerned. They request them be-
:ause they hear nothing else to re
quest. If anything decent in the
Bvay pf a song were to come along
md given half the play given this
>ther racket, I firmly believe the
‘public” would prefer the song to
;he racket.«
All right, Bill Fields. I’ll re-
jerve space for your reply next
veek.
A large group was on hand at
Mid-Carolina High School for the
annual banquet of the Prosperity
Community Chamber of Commerce
Monday night, November 30th.
Rudolph C. Barnes, attorney-at-
law of Columbia and president of
the Bank of Commerce, called the
meeting to order. The invocation
was by Rev. Ben M. Clark, pas
tor of Grace Lutheran Church,
Prosperity.
Following the dinner, guests
were introduced by Jacob A.
Bowers.
The speaker, C. W. Reed, was
introduced by J. Walter Hamm.
Mr. Reed is vice-president and
rate consultant of Duke Power
Company, Charlotte, N. C.
Officers of the organization are
J. A. Williams,, president; Ralph
P. Shealy, vice-president; Asbury
Bedenbaugh, secretary and Ralph
B. Black, treasurer. Directors are
W. C. Barnes, Woodrow Beden
baugh, Edward Counts, Olin Ept-
ing, D. H. Hamm Jr., Harvey
Lake, W. H. Leaphart Jr., Ralph
P. Shealy, Charles Simmons, Dr.
John E. Wessinger, Dr. C. K.
Wheeler Jr. and J. A. Williams.
In the photo above, are, left to
right, Messrs. Barnes, Hamm,
Bowers, Williams and Reed.
Express Thanks
For Donations
The elevator committee of the
Community Hall wants to express
their deep appreciation to the
County Delegation, the City offi
cials, the Civic League, the Com
munity Hall, the Lions Club, the
Rotary Club, the Kiwanis Club,
and all the individuals for their
donations that made this project
possible.
David L. Hayes, Chairman
Mrs. Clem Youmans
A. W. Murray
J. D. French
O. M. Cobb
Basketball At
The flowing is the 1959-60
isketball schedule dor Newberry
igh School? a s announced by
arry Hedgepath, athletic direc-
r:
Home games: Dec. 8, Granite-
lie; Dec. 15^ Whitmire; Jan. 8,
aurens; Jan. 22, Lancaster; Jan.
Thornweli Orphanage; Jan.
i, Clinton; Feb. 9, Qinton; Feb.
i. Union. AU home games at 7
m.
Games away from home: Dec.
, Tl&orowell Orphanage; Dec.
I.Graniteville; Jan. 5, Whitmire;
in. 15, Clinton; Feb. 2, Union;
»b. 5, Laurens; Feb. 12, Lan-
ister; Feb. 16, Chester.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Haile of
eaufort, Mrs. Walter Barrett
id Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Saunders
id children, Susan and Lewis of
prfolk, Va., spent the Thanks-
Lving holidays in the home of
(r. and Mrs. Ernest Ringer near
»e city.
County Lawyers
Commend Clerk
And Deputies
Clerk of Court Burke M. Wise
and his office staff were recently
commended by the Newberry
County Bar Association, in the
following Resolution:
WHEREAS, the Honorable
Burke M. Wise as Clerk of Court
and Register of Mesne Convey
ance for Newberry County has
made many improvements in the
keeping of the public records of
this County since his initial ap
pointment as Clerk of Court; and
WHEREAS, he ‘and his Deputy
Clerks, Mrs. Mildred R. Harmon
and Mrs. Ellouise S. Setzler, have,
without additional expense to
Newberry County, prepared a
family index of all direct convey
ances since 1842; and
WHEREAS, such direct index
will be of tremendous value to the
practicing attorneys of this Coun
ty, the lending institutions, gen
ealogists and others who use the
public records from time to time;
and
WHEREAS, in many other
counties of the State, similar in
dexes have been prepared at great
expense to such counties by com
panies specializing in such work.
Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the New
berry County Bar Association
that it does, on this 30th day of
November 1959, go on record as
expressing its sincere thanks to
the Honorable Burke M. Wise, as
Clerk of Court, and to his Deputy
Clerks, Mrs. Mildred R. Harmon
and Mrs. Ellouise S. Setzler, for
their splendid work in indexing the
direct conveyances of real estate
for the past century and more and
for establishing a family name in
dex and for their efficient opera
tion of the records office of this
County.
Newberry County Bar
Association
Robert D. Schumpert, Pres.
Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Sec.
BROAD RIVER BRIDGE
CONTRACT ANNOUNCED
A contract for the construction
of a bridge over the Broad River
and Southern Railway on Second
ary Roads S-307 and S-229 in
Fairfield and Newberry Counties
has been awarded by the State
Highway Department to Inland
Bridge Company, Inc., of Chester.
The contract was anounced No
vember 25 in a letter of award
from Chief Highway Commission
er Claude R. McMillan. It was
based on a low bid of $414,080
submittted by the Chester firm
when bids for the work were pub
licly opened in Columbia Novem
ber 17.
Included in the project are the
construction of a 608-foot portion
of the prestressed concrete bridge
over the Broad River and a 912-
foot section of the bridge over
Broad River and the Southern
Railway on Roads S-307 and
S-229 at Peak. Construction of
the river crossing will greatly
facilitate travel between the Po-
maria and Winnsboro sides of
the river, since there is no exist
ing highway crossing between
Columbia and a point neer Blair.
O’Dell Traded
To Giants
The Baltimore Orioles traded
pitchers Billy O’Dell and Billy
Loes to the San Francisco Giants
Monday. O’Dell, a native of New
berry, is a former Clemson College
star who has made good in the big
leagues.
The addition of O’Dell, a 26-
year-old left-hander who won 10
and lost 12 last season, and Loes,
30, who had a 4-7 record, bolster
ed the Giants where they were
weakest. It was the lack of anoth
er starting pitcher and bullpen
help that led to their collapse in
the final week of the National
League Pennant race.
O’Dell states that he is excited
about the trade, and is looking
forward to playing , for the
Giants. He is married to the for
mer Miss Joan Dennis of Newber
ry.
Santa Claus Is
Coming To Town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Friday in a Christmas parade
\^hich will begin at 3:30 p.m. The
weatherman promises fair, though
perhaps cold, weather for the big
event.
The Christmas season opened,
however, with the Annual Decora
tions Tea sponsored by the Civic
League on Wednesday afternoon
at the beautifully decorated Com
munity Hall, in which an elevator
has been installed.
Miss Hattie Belle Lester is
chairman of this year’s Tea, which
will continue through today
(Thursday).
City crews have been busy
making Newberry look Christ
mas-’ with the sparkling silver
decorations across the city’s
streets. Merchants are decorating
stores in holiday motif. Parents
are busy making gift lists, and
children are happily composing
letters to Santa.
Clubs and organizations, chil
dren and grown-up, are planning
Christmas parties. Record play
ers and radios are ringing out old,
I ‘familiar carols.
It can mean only one thing.
Santa Claus is coming to town,
and December 25th won’t be far
behind. t
Kiwanis Club
Oakland Shop, Yard
Attain Envious
Williams He ld
In Gun Slaying
Coroner George R. Summer
has stated that an inquest will be
scheduled soon in the death
of Julis Gallman, 25, Negro,
who was fatally shot Saturday
night at Williams Cafe on the
Hartford Road. Jimmy Williams,
also colored, is being held in
connection with the slaying.
Coroner Summer said that
Williams turned himself in at the
jail Saturday night and stated
that he had shot Gallman. Of
ficers said that Gallman was
shot through the heart with a
.32 caliber pistol about 8:30 p.m.
He was dead on arival at Mills
Clinic in Prosperity. According to
officers, Williams has pperated
the small cafe for the past 17
years.
Investigating with the Coroner
were Sheriff Tom M. Fellers and
his deputies.
CAKE SALE ON
DECEMBER 11
The Circle members of the Wo
man’s Society of Christian Service
of Central Methodist Church will
hold a cake sale Friday, December
11 in the Social Hall at 11 a.m.
Orders will be taken in advance
by Mrs. Clem Youmans, chair
man, telephone 302.
Mrs. Enlow, 88,
Rites Saturday
Mrs. Mary Catherine Rister
Enlow, 88, of Newberry, died
Thursday night at the hbme of
her daughter, Mrs. Viola M. Fi
ner. She had been ill for the past
two years.
Mrs. Enlow was born and rear
ed in Wateree section of' Lex
ington County, a daughter of
the late Adam and Amanda Ear-
gle Rister. She had made her
home in the Piney Woods sect
ion of Lexington County for
more than 40 years, where shfe
was a member of St. Peter’s
.(Piney Woods) Lutheran Church.
For the past 13 years she had
made her home in Newberry and
was a member of Lewis Metho
dist Church. Her husband. Law-
son Enlow, died in 1928.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Mrs. Finer and Mrs. Lillie
Belle Hamby of Charlotte, N. C.;
two sons, Arthur Enlow of Co
lumbia and Clifton Enlow of
Camden; one sister, Mrs. Nancy
Metts of White Rock; one bro
ther, J. W. Rister of Decatur,
Ga.; 11 grandchildren and ten
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Saturday from Lewis
Methodist Church. Burial was in
St. Peters Cemetery in Lexing
ton County.
No Trial'Cases
At Civil Court
The Court of Common Pleas will
convene in Newberry Monday
morning, November 7th with
Judge Gaorge T. Gregory of
Chester presiding.
Jurors previously drawn to
serve at this court will not be re
quired to appear, inasmuch as
there will be no jury trials, ac
cording to Burke M. Wise, Clerk
of Court.
Mrs. George L. Epps Sr. re
turned to her apartment on Cal
houn St. Sunday after an extend
ed visit with her son. Dr. George
L. Epps and Mrs. Epps in Colum
bus, Ga.
Features Quiz
The Newberry Kiwanis Club
annual Ladies’ Night was held
November 24 at 8 p.m. in the Stu
dent Union Dining Hali of New
berry College.
A “TV” Q^uiz program followed
the banquet, with T. B. “Dad”
Amis as announcer.
Introduction of guests and rec
ognition of new members and of
ficers was by David ' Morison.
This was followed by a solo by
Miss Carolyn Feis.
The first “quiz” show was “I’ve
Got A Secret,” Kenneth B. Wil
son serving as panel moderator.
Members of the panel were Mrs.
H. A. McCullough, Mrs. W. E.
Monts, Hubert Setzler, Thurmond
Vickery. Mystery guests were
Mrs. A. F. Ellis, Mrs. Cannon Mc
Creary, Mrs. Allen Murray, Mrs.
Hubert Setzler, Mrs. Clarence
Wallace.
“To Tell the Truth” had J. W.
Henderson as host, and Mrs. M.
C. Hawkins, Leon Nichols, S. C.
Paysinger and Mrs. Bobby Un
derwood panel members. Quiz
guests were Mrs. J. V. Kneece,
Mrs. Rembert Parler, Mrs. Larry
Seaman, Mrs. Gordon Clarkson,
Mrs. G. L. Summer, Jr., Mrs.
Howard Turner, Mrs. S. C. Alt
man, Mrs. David Morison, Mrs.
Leon Nichols.
Special, music was furnished by
Mrs. Kenneth B. Wilson, soloist;
and two quartets, the first com
posed of Mrs. .Tracy Barnett,
Mrs. A. F. Busby, Miss Carolyn
Feis, Mrs. Kenneth Wilson; the
second, Tracy Barnett, J. N.
Beard, Conrad Park and J. H.
Westmoreland.
The program comittee consisted
of T. B. Amis, chairman; Tracy
Barnett, Elmer Shealy, Darr Wise.
The favors and decorations were
handled by Ernest JBrooks, chair
man; J. N. Beard and W. E.
Monts.
Officers for 1959 are David W.
Morison, president; Wayne Mar
tin, vice-president; Conrad B.
Park, secretary-treasurer. Offi-
cers-elect are Ernest A. Brooks,
president; Conrad B. Park, vice-
president and S. C. Altman, secre
tary-treasurer.
Fatally Hurt
When Cut By
Saw Blade
By Mrs. A. H. Counts
A 55-year-old Negro man,
Jimmy StephensV *as * fatally in
jured here Tuesday when a cir
cular saw disintegrated and a
section of it slashed iiita his,
body around 2:30 p. m.
The victim, who operates a
woodyaerd and bicycle shop at
his home, 707 Morgan , St., was
operating the saw, u&en-ft bush
ing ' broke, causing the saw to
strike the metal frame, accord
ing to Coroner George R. Sum
mer.
The blade broke into several
pieces and the major section
struck Stephens, it was report
ed. He suffered a wound from
his left shoulder to hw right
leg, according to the coroner.
Stephen’s wife, who was hang
ing up clothes, heard a noise,
turned and saw the saw go in
onedirection and her husband
in another, she told the coroner.
He was rushed to Newberry
County Memorial Hospital where
he died about five hours later.
The coroner said that no in
quest is planned.
Nephew Of Local
Resident Dies
Dr. W. Carter Jeter, 48, nephew
of Mrs. Cora Burns of Newberry,
died unexpectedly Sunday.
A resident of Anderson, he
had practiced dentistry since
1934. He was a former resident
of Ninety Six and attended the
Ninety Six schools and Emory
Dental College. He was a mem
ber of the First Baptist Church
of Anderson.
Funeral services were conduc
ted Tuesday at 4 p. m. with bur
ial in Silver Brook Cemetery.
Union Members
To Get Gift
Certificates
TWUA Local Union 324 at Mol-
lohon Mill will meet Sunday af
ternoon, Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. in the
school building to elect all offi
cers and committees nominated at
the two previous meetings. At
this time, Christmas gift certifi
cates, good at local grocery stores
will be presented to all ,active un
ion members present and, to all
members who have retired during
the past year.
Members who are unable to at
tend due tq sjekness may obtain
theirs later. i &i^&<kiition$ ten cash
prizes of $5 each will be presented
to the ten tuejiw fneiqbers whose
names are drawn from the box.
. A Certificqtq of Merit/has been
presented to the shop and outside
employees of the Oakland Plant
of the Kendall Company for hav
ing attained a safety record of 1,-
500,000 man house without a lost
time accident.
The record b^gmxt oa November
11, 1944 and is continuing. This
record is most outstanding due to
the hazardous Afetpe involved. Ip
the yearn 194^9 and 1950, the plant
was rehabilitated and doubled in
size. All equipment was relocated
or replaced with the shop and
yard crew handling all of the
machinery. Also, during the 15
years which they worked in ac
complishing this record, the yard:
‘ W has hafcdled f&Mii than 260,.
bales of ehtton: ^ ^ Ws A 4
D. O. Carpenter, manager of the
Oakland plant* stated “we are ex
tremely pleased that the shop and
yard crews have been able to
work this length pf time without
a lost-time accident. The main
reason they have been able to at
tain this fine record is because
they are safety conscious.”
Discussing the work done by
these crews ^dpHng the plant ex
pansion in 1900, Mr. Carpenter
said “Every piece of machinery
in that plant was moved and all
of the work was dona by these
men. I would npt hade believed
that any crew eojuld have done
such hazardous work without hav
ing one or more accidents, but
these men worked carefully, under
careful supervision, apd, as I said,
they are safety conscious. I think
Frank Martin, student at the
South Carolina Medical College
in Charleston, spent the Thanks
giving holidays here at his home
on Martin St.
IS
Be Next Week
The >City Schools music festi-
vahl wifi be held four night next
week, according to Miss Juanita
Hitt^. city ,schools music director.
wm End students, includ
ing the Special Education Class,
will present their Christmas pro
gram Tuesday night, December 8
at 8 p.m. at West End school.
Students of Speers Street school
will be presented Wednesday
night at 8 p.m.; Boundary Street
on Thursday night at 8 p.m.;
Junior High and high school on
Friday night at 8 ,p.m. The latter
three programs will be at New
berry High School auditorium.
The public js cordially invited to
attend each of these programs.
they are to be ePHSratuIfktiidir ?<■
The Kendall Company felt thep
should be rewarded too, so a bar
becue dinner was given for the
yard crew last week, and early
this week the shop crew was treat
ed to a luncheon by the company.
Roy L. Cook* Maatgr Mpchgffic,
is in charge of the shop and the
yard crew. He replaced the lahp
R. H. Elam. Assistant master me
chanics are Ball Brooks, J; I. R*.
ger, J. T. Kinard. Yard crews as
sistant overseer is W. D. Horns-
by.
Mr. Carpenter stated that the
plant as a whole also has an ex
cellent safety record. SevepU
years • ago, it reached 3 million
naan hours without a lost-time
accident* This record was lost lit
about three and a quarter milliox*
but still stands as a record for
the Kendall Company.
“We have built back up to al
most thsee-quarters of a milium
manhours without lost time acci
dents,” the Oakland manager st|3-
ed, “And we expect to reach th|e
million mark again in the near
future.”
Shown in the Sunphoto here is
Perry Threatt, chairman of the
Safety Committee at Oakland,
presenting the Certificate of Mer
it to R. L. Cook. Employees of the
shop are, left to right, front row,
G. R. Lindler, J. T. Kinard, G. H.
Black, B. C. Smith; 2nd row, W.
R. Brooks, C. H. Vaughn, W. H.
Nichols, W. F. Cain, P. L. Hawk
ins, F. L* Fulmer; 3rd row, R. C.
Wilson, Maxie Spicer, W. E. Hol-
sonback, F. N. Cousins, H. .Ew
Hawkins, Jess , Willard. Absent
whenthe picture was made w^re
J. I. Ringer and I. E. Chapmnn.
Photo of the yard crew elsewhgte
in this issue. ‘ v 4;
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kennedy
have moved to 2423 Highland Dr.
to make their home.
Mr. and Mrs*. R. L. Simons,
newcomers to Newberry, are re
siding at 1110 Speers St.
The Newberry College Marching Band forms an “N” as it pre
pares to play the Alma> Mater daring the Newberry-P. C. game on
Thanksgiving Day. In the background may be seen a portion of the
5200 fans who watched the Indians and Bine Hose battle for the
Bronze Derby*'oiindt 'idMl -football afternoon. (Smtphoto.)
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
Dec. 6: Earl Bigby, Mrs.
Charles Ragland, Rickie O.
Chapman, Miss Emily Newber
ry, Prof. Scott Elliott, Mrs.
Charles Cromer, BUI Scurry,
Bftty May Eargle, Mrs. R. T.
Feagle, Mary W. Pope, Mr*.
Charles E. Dukes, Robert Shea
ly, Jr., R. Brice Waters.
Dec. 7: Loxie Lee Bowers,
Leon Taylor Jr., Mrs. Nellie
Browning, Geneva Halfacre,
Mrs. Jessie B. Boozer, Angus
Seim, Mrs. Wm. E. Seim, Mrs.
Ervin Merchant, George Luther
Long.
Dec. 8: June Hawkins, Mrs.
H. JL. Pitts, Laval H. Johnson,
Gordon Leslie, Carolyn Hawk
ins.
Dec. 9: L. E. Wood Jr., Dor
othy Livingston, Sylvia Smith,
C. H. Eargle, P. H. Moore, Bar
ry Stutts, Anne C. Hunter, Mrs.
Lucille B. Livingston.
Dec. 10: J. C. Neel, Mrs. B.
O. Long, Mrs. Pope Wicker Sr.,
Adrian M. Summer, Mrs. J. A.
Bundrick, .Virginia H. Ander
son, Mrs. John Lindsay, Jack
Goree.
Dec. 11: Caroline Cook, Joe
Summer, Valeria Stuck, Billy
Altman, Mrs. Mary Eula Hol
loway.
Dec. 12: Forrest Lominack,
Mrs. Nelson Connelly, Mrs. Fred
T. Moon, John Koon, Mrs. Mary
Jane Hanna Sproul, Mrs. Sana
Beam, Janet E. Crim.»