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■W-i* ; *&■ k! f l i ,*B0 « >.., ? You find a girl who is wonderful and soon you discover that she is one of five sisters and four brothers, none of whom is presently employed. M - I I THAT FIFTY CENTS we saved years ago by forgoing a haircut now buy one-fourth of a haircut. VOLUME 23—NUMBER 52 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1960 + $2.00 PER YEj m m By The Way * 2borid Zanders JUST AS PRETTY I read in the Bennettsville news paper the other day that the city is a veritable Garden of Eden. I would wager that Newberry is just as pretty this week as any city in South Carolina, with the possible exception of Summer ville which, with its lovely wis teria and gray moss, is usually un surpassed in the Spring. Cold weather and snows we have had with more than usual abundance this year, but those •elements served to hold back the aiaiea and other spring flowering shrubs until (we hope) the danger of frost had passed. As I sit on my porch writing this, I can see the red azaleas which line either side of the front walk at the Olin Layton home; the white wisteria at the corner of the E. S. Blease yard; the many hues of anemones, tulips and iris on the side of the D. 0. Car penter lawn; and across the street, at the “Big House,” there are white and pink dogwoods in bloom, purple wisteria and lovely aza leas ranging in shade from white through salmon, deep pink and lavender. All over town tbp Spring story is repeated. The fresh green, of the trees, now almost in full leaf, completes the picture of beauty which only nature can paint. TAKES THE BAIT I see from an article in the S. C. Education News of April that another prominent educator has taken the bait offered by the Na tional Education Association and used the State Teachers meeting as a sounding board to impart his <and the NEA’s) socialistic phil osophy. Dr. Thomas D. Bailey, a South Carolina native, now Flor ida State Superintendent of In struction, told the teachers: “I believe that wealth should be taxed where it is found and funds expended for education where the children are located.” I am glad to see that others are concerned about this business of federal aid and the “Something For Nothing” attitude of many Americans. The following editorial appeared in the March issue of “The Joan na Way.” It was written by E. J. Malek and was originally pub lished in The Joanna Western Journal: “Something-for-nothing” is an impossibility. Yet today the idea that the world, the state, the com pany or some other benevolent power owes one a living has be come so widespread throughout the United States that more and more space is being devoted in leading magazines and newspa pers to combating it. And, it is .an idea that must be defeated or this entire nation will become like a lovely, rosy apple which is beau tiful on the surface and rotten inside. A nation, a company or a home is only as strong and pros perous as the people who are part of it. Before America was discovered by civilization, it was a fertile, rich continent—just as it is to day. But it had not been of any great benefit to its comparative ly few inhabitants or to the rest of the world because nobody had made an effort to develop it. As the tide of early pioneers poured in, strong, sturdy workers who tamed a wilderness, the country was opened up and became a new nation. This nation was built in “rug ged individualism,” on men who wanted no favors or hand-outs be cause they took pride in their strength and their ability to earn their own living. In one century the United States had advanced farther than had any other coun try in several centuries. This was accomplished by a species bred here and known as the “go-get ter.” But this “go-getter” char acteristic of the American peo ple is disappearing. Those who can see the inevitable end are be coming alarmed, for it is this type of “softening” that led to the fall of the Roman Empire and every other great power that has ever led the rest of the world. , A short time ago Newsweek Magazine devoted a page to the question, “Where are the Young Turks?” It aahed, “Where is that traditional young American . . . the bell ringer ... up with the sun . . . last to leave . . . learn the line . . . shoot for the moon » . . watch-my-dust?” The Union Oil Company of California ran a page in national magazines on the “Insecure Lion.” It told of a lion that es caped from its cage in the zoo. Instead of bolting for freedom, the mighty “King of Beasts” slunk back into captivity. The theme of the article was, “to be free you must be independent.” It ended with the following statement, “Absolute security under govern ment is illusionary. For the only thing that government can give to the people is that which it first takes away.” The Warner & Swasey Machine Company sponsored the following ad in Newsweek, “Federal Aid is as Childish as Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.” It points out that only children believe they can get something for nothing—or for just being good. “Federal aid,” it says, “there is no such thing. The money can only come from the taxpayers, from you.” For every $1 in Federal aid from Washing ton, the average state pays to Washington $7 in Federal taxes. This article concludes with the advice, “You’d be better off to keep your money and pay your own bills—and save the difference in your sdf respect.” So these are the signs of the times and the warnings that are coming from all sides. Why should we at Joanna be concerned with all this? We are just a comparatively small group of little people. Each of us must be concerned because the movement back to the old independent ways cannot be made by groups until it has first been made by individuals — one at a time. The first wagon train that crossed the continent had to be started by the determination of one man. He was joined by oth ers until eventually a group, strong enough to do what was probably considered the impos sible, was formed. It is through our own work, our own determination, that we build a nation made up of strong indus tries and businesses, a sound eco nomic system and proud, inde pendent people. Our company was formed and nurtured by such groups of de termined people, both manage ment and employees. We have been proud of the manner in which we have worked together in the past to solve our mutual problems and to maintain our security and growth. We want to continue in even closer understanding in the future. When this philosophy is multiplied by the individual de termination and initiative of each one of us, we have an unbeatable team. And if we can get others to believe in this theory and work at it, we need not fear that our country will grow soft and weak . . . and thus perish. Teacher “Raise” Not All It Seems (The following article appear ed under the heading “For Par ents Only” in the April 14 is sue of The State and is reprint ed at the request of a subscrib er.—Ed.) / Complacency has always been the greatest danger to the free dom we idealize in our form of democracy. Complacency tends to breed a lax kind of thinking, the kind which draws conclusions from half the truth. It also tends to breed inertia: the inability to translate thought into action. When the referendum on prop erty tax increase failed to bring more funds for schools in this county a short time ago, it was because many voters who knew this was a necessary measure did not go to the polls. The real es tate interests were not at all com placent; they got into action and defeated the measure. Now there is a considerable con cern on the part of educators and others interested in raising standr ards of education in this state. This concern is with regard to the so-called 10 per cent increase in state aid for teachers’ salaries. This week at Dreher high school some 700 persons, teachers and interested laymen, met to clarify the present status of the appro priations bill as relates to this State aid. Meetings were called all over the State for this purpose. The hope is for more than 10 per cent. But even if it stayed at 10 per cent, this does not mean that every teacher in South Carolina would receive a 10 per cent raise in salary per se. Many teachers hired by the school system in Columbia, for in maintenance help. In the end, All would receive far less than 10 pe^ cent. This is the part of the issue not understood by most voters. These misconceptions are formed because only half the truth is ab* sorbed by the majority. The upshot of this week’s meet-* ing was a unanimously carried motion to urge Senator Waite# Bristow to call for an amendment on the appropriations bill to bring the State aid substantially beyopd ten per cent. When the house bill went to the Senate, it provided for $5,000,000 in reserve funds. The senate fi nance committee cut that reserve back to $3,000,000, which would mean $2,000,000 more in kick- backs to counties, ostensibly for school purposes. Critics of this kind of school financing fear that too many counties keep their school bud gets status quo in anticipation of these kickbacks, use the Statf funds in place of their own for education, and allocate the funds freed by kickbacks for non-educa- tional purposes. This does not signify any improvement in educa tion. It does, however, help per petuate incumbent delegations at election time! It behooves every citizen of every county to inform himself thoroughly of the way in which counties use their funds and those given them by the State govern ment, with a special eye to educa tion. A careful scrutiny of this sort would convince every poli tician that betterment of educa tion is the best chance for sur vival. In the hallway of one of Col- Is Appointed Jo Commission By Governor Walter T. Lake, 36, attorney of Newberry, was appointed Tues day to the South Carolina Indus trial Commission by Gov. Ernest F. Rollings. He succeeds Henry C. Walker, resigned. Mr. Lake will begin his new du ties after his confirmation by the Senate. He ' seated Wednesday morning that he will continue re siding in Newberry after the ap pointment becomes effective. light Docket For Civil Court Only four cases are on the ros ter for the Court of Common Pleas which convenes here Mon day with Judge John Grimball of Columbia presiding. The cases are: ■ Alex Wheeler, plaintiff, versus Cecil Sims, Defendant. t Frances Roberta Bowers, Plain tiff, versus Delta, Inc., Defendant. William S. Sinclair, Jr., as Ad ministrator, Plaintiff, versus J. H. Bowers, Jr., Defendant. Tinsley, Plaintiff, versus State Highway Department, Defendant. stance, do not qualify for State umbia’s elementary schools hangs aid under the enrollment basis— 36 to a classroom in elementary schools. So that 10 per cent in all fairness must be spread out am ong all teachers, clerical and a large poster inscribed with these words: “THE RACE THAT DOES NOT VALUE EDUCA TION IS DOOMED.”—The State, Apr!! 14;-"I**. - Straight Talk. Is Winner State Honors v-i-v.-.v xir-x-v • by T m For the second year, Mid- Carolina High School’s Lydna Pugh is a state champion cor net soloist. Lynda is the daugh ter of Mrs- R. S. Pugh of Prosperity. Sally Bedenbaugh, Lynda’s accompanist, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Bedenbaugh, also _of Pros perity. Lynda earned a second- chair place in this year’s Senior All-State Band while Sally qualified as first-chair alto- clarinet in the South Carolina “Clinic” Band. Mid-Carolina had two oti: i r entrants in the State Solo Con test. in the baritone horn solo event none were adjudged wor thy of top honors. One of the few recognized in “second di vision” was Don Kunkle. Don and his accompanist Julia Rich- ardson are both from St. Phil lips. Beverly Boland and her ac companist, Ella Margaret Bo land, both of Pomaria, received “second division” recognition in the clarinet solo event. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hutto and son, Bubba of Charleston spent the Easter weekend with Mrs. At the end of World War II the Communists controlled about 7% of the world’s population. Now they control more than 40%. Thir ty-seven years ago the killers of the Kremlin mapped out plans to take the world in three steps: (1) Take Eastern Europe. (2) Next take the masses in Asia. (3) Then take the rest of the world, including the then-ripened U.S.A. They are well along with their plan. For the first 10 years after World War II, the Communists averaged adding 7,000 new slaves an hour. By 1958, they had in creased this number to 12,000 an hour. “The Communist Timetable of Conquest” as detailed in the new book “The Naked Communist,” tells how the U. S. Military Intel ligence documented this from Com munists’ own statements after the conquest of China: Japan and In dia to become “a part of the Com munist sphere of influence” by 1960; all of Africa to be prepared for a Communist takeover by 1965; then total economic collapse in Western Europe; war with the U. S. if necessary, after 1970. Sen. James Eastland of Missis sippi, chairman of the Senate In ternal Security subcommittee, re leased a committee report which said, “The staff studied nearly a thousand treaties and agreements . . . which the Soviets have enter ed into . . . the staff found that in the 38 short years since the Sov iet Union came into existence, its government had broken its word to virtually every country to which it ever gave a signed promise . . . History’s Worst Deceivers “I seriously doubt that if during the whole history of civilization any great nation has ever made as perfidious a record as this in so short a time.” By signing agreements with, trading with and entertaining these bloody-handed tyrants we display our fear, swallow our principles, betray Christianity and turn our backs on millions of en slaved. Any exchange of visits, any “Summit” with the killers of the Kremlin, is a below-the-belt blow to the enslaved of the world. John Noble, in his book, “I Was a Slave in Russia,” reports there are 28,000,000 people in prison slave labor camps in the Soviet Union, “coexisting.” Since to the Communists, there’s Hutto’s parents, Mr. and Mrs John K .Halfacre on Rosalyn Dr. no God, no soul, and the chemi cals in the body are worth (even with a 47 cent dollar) only about $1.70, human life is meaningless cheap.. Actually, I guess it costs Khruschev more to buy the peace ful bullets which go in thp peace ful guns which are fired by his peaceful soldiers to coexist in the peaceful corpses of his enemies, than their lives were actually worth. Khruschev is indeed a peace-loving man. Khruschev reached his personal Summit over piles of peaceful corpses. He will peacefully accept unconditional surrender from us. A Summit with Eisenhower will eventually mean more corpses, possibly starting in Berlin—and ending? We are the ending. We end the Communists, or they end us. Let’s demand that our leaders quit fighting evil by compromis ing with evil. Let’s demand cessa tion of all Summits, “recognition,” and trade with Russia and her sat ellites until free elections are held in the captive nations. This would give the enslaved peoples of the world new courage: that America, their only hope, has not yet surrendered; that Am erica may yet have the morality and courage to help them free themselves from Communist chains. The Communists cannot keep any peoples permanently in chains if we can chain our Presidents, our Congress and our Supreme Court to the Constitution of the United States of America. If the people of the USA stand strong, free, and constitutionally govern ed, the peoples of the world will not permanently fall before Com munist onslaught. When Russia sends its most ex perienced monstor, Mikoyan, to America, this godless horsetrader and butcher of Budapest was win ed and dined by a large array of our god-loving industrialists — their god is money. Their “Star Spangled Banner” is the tinkle of their cash registers. Our nation is split between the peace-in-our- time, at-an-y-price crowd and those “impractical” patriots who demand a policy of a free world united against the blackmail of the Kremlin and dedicated to free ing the conquered people of the world. Peace Has Many Faces Robert Welch, publisher of “American Opinion” and founder (Continued on page 3) Rev. Davidson Be Speaker At Lewis Church annual Night NEWBERRY LIONS ENTERTAINED their Ladies and gueets at an Monday idght at the Community Hall. A delicious dinner and delightful entertainment were enj by those present. Lion president, J. Ray Dawkins, presided. Among the, guests was Welton H. Catoe, District Governor. Shown in the photo above arc, left to right, first row, John Clarkson, J. W. Earhardt, Ray Dawk* ins and P. K. Harmon; back row, Wilson Brown, Richard L. Baker, George Rodetsperger and L. , , i ms. Fischer. All are charter members with the exception of Mr. Dawkins. (Sunphoto.) The Rev. Edward L. Davidson will preach at Revival services at Lewis Methodist church, Oakland Mill, Sunday April 24—Saturday April 30. Rev. Davidson is a graduate of Cheraw high school, of Wofford college, the Candler school of Theology of Emory University, Georgia. He served at the Inman Mills church while a student at Wof ford and two years on a Metho dist circuit in South Georgia while a student at Emory. Since his graduation from Em ory he has served pastorates at Bethune, Conway, and ’’or the past three years as pastor of the Main Street Methodist church of McColl. Rev. Davidson has been in great demand as a revival preach er and has held revivals in a number of different states. The services will be held each evening Sunday-Saturday at 7:30 o’clock and each morning Tues- day-Friday at 10 o’clock. There will be special music at each ev ening service with the Junior, Youth and Senior choirs partic ipating. The music is under the direction of the Lewis church Music committee, Mrs. Irby Long shore, Mrs. Myriad Mims, Mrs. Ezell Abney, Mrs. Charles Bed enbaugh and Eugene Gilliam.Mrs. Longshore is the church organist and Mrs. Mims pianist. The pastor, the Rev. James A. Grigsby wishes to extend a cor dial invitation to the public. March For Cancer Be Held On Friday, April • v:' mm Is Winner Of . Scholarship ROCK HILL.-r-Kay Livingston Davis of Newberry has been se lected to receive an alumnae hon or scholarship to~'Wmtfirhp Col lege next year. The scholarship, valued at $200, was provided by the Charleston Chapter of the Winthrop College Alumnae Association. Miss Davis is one of 60 out standing high school senior girls to receive grants to the Soutih Carolina College for Women. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' Aubrey Davis of .Newberry, Miss Davis is a senior at Newberry High School. Carolina Teai Wins Honors mt At Newberry High she is presi dent of Allied Youth, editor of her school annual, reporter for the school newspaper, and a member of Glee Club. She was chosen Miss Hi Miss, D.A.R. Good Citi zen, Miss Senior, and as a com mencement speaker. Miss Davis was an honorable mention for the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award in her school. At Winthrop, Miss Davis plans to major in either English or mathematics. Attorney Heads Local Jaycees At its regular meeting held last Thursday night, the Newberry Junior Chamber of Commerce elected attorney Rembert Parler president, succeeding D. P. (Jab- bo) Folk. Other new officers in clude Jim Leland, first vice-presi dent; Jimmy Wiseman, Jr., 2nd vice president; Steve Griffith Jr., secretary; and Charles Dukes, treasurer. Named to the Board of Directors were the retiring presi dent, Mr. Folk, and William Hel ler, P. K. Fuller, Tommy Setsfler and Houseal Jay. NAME OMITTED The political announcement of William T. Jones, who is seeking his third term as Solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, was inad vertently omitted from the list of announcements which appeared in The Sun last week. RETURNS FROM COLUMBIA HOSPITAL J. Ed. McConnell returned to his home on Washington St. Friday afternoon, after spending about four weeks in the Columbia hos pital where he underwent surg ery. He is recuperating nicely. Miss Verna Kohn of Orlando, Fla. spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kohn on Johnstone St. Spending Easter Sunday with the Kohns was their son, Hal Kohn Jr. and family of Columbia. The University South Caro lina Parliamen- tary Debate Team, of which ohn Chappell of is a her, won he 30th Cong- ess of the Sou- hern Speech As- ation contest ,t Winston - Shi nn, N. C. last CHAPPELL weekend. Some 76 teams from 12 South ern States met in the Hotel Rob ert E. Lee in, the three-day compe tition. Teams from Texas, Arkan sas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ten nessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Geor gia, Florida, South Carolina, [,The Sun. North Carolina, and Virginia par ticipated. On the Carolina team, in addi tion to John, are Warren Adkins of Manning, Mareen Jackson of Bennettsville and Elain Barry of Sydney, Australia. This team car ried off most of the honors of the tournament. Both Chappell and Adkins were awarded “superior” certificates. Only five of the 80 contestants received this honor. Mareen Jack- son won one of five “excellent” ratings. The team judges watched as the Congress introduced and sought to pass or reject some 45 bills which were brought out of the commit tees. Members were judged on their parliamentary abilities, their speaking for and against bills, their > questioning of other speak ers, and their general adeptness on handling themselves in the changing situations of Congres sional maneuvers. John is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chappell of Newberry. for Plans are being completed the Mothers March on Cancer, cording to Miss Theresa president of the Newberry C Cancer Society. Mrs. Iris Rodelsperger, chair man of the City Cancer announced that a Mothers would be held on Friday, A between the hours of 7 and The March will get underway the sounding of fire ^ ^ Chief Sara Beam. Headquarters during the March will be at the offices of Drs. Anderson and At- * kison, with parking available in Purcell’s lot. Mrs. Elizabeth Chandler is serv ing as County Crusade Chairman, and the Home Demonstration. Club Council will conduct a Moth er’s March in the county. The Advance Gift committee, is V ‘ 7. wag already at work and that portion of the Crusade is progressing sat isfactorily, according to Mrs. Rod elsperger. A list of volunteer workers for the Mothers March will be pub lished in next week’s issue of Boys Baseball Tryouts Begin All boys interested in trying out for one of the six Little Boys Baseball teams ai j asked to re port to the Little Boys Baseball Field (behind Boundary Street School) on Monday, April 25 at 4:00 p.m. Boys between the ages of 8 and 12 as of August 1st are eligible. This means that any boy who is 8 years old by July 31, is eligible. All boys who will be 13 after Aug ust 1st, are eligible. Boys who have taken part in any tryouts before will not have to tryout again. There will be a Little Boys Training League for all boys, In the above stated ages, that do not make one of the six teams. IS RECOVERING AT SISTER’S HOME Miss Sara Caldwell is recuper ating at the home of her sister, Mrs. Carolyn Sligh in Greenwood after undergoing treatment for two weeks at the Newberry hos pital. Miss Caldwell suffered con cussion and fractured ribe in a fall which she suffered while vis iting the home of Mrs. and Mrs. Forest Summer on College St. Mm IS RECOVERING AT HER HOME The many friends of Mrs. H BL (Aunt Sue) Abrams will be happy to learn that she is improving af ter having been confined to her bed for three weeks. She is able to sit up and have visitors. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS M April 24: Gloria Cleo Hawk ins, J. Ray Dawkins, Frank Cnl- clasure, Hendrix Monts, Ernest O. Wicker, Mac 2^ rtley. April 25: Fred Gilbert, Env-ly Grier, John Paul Whitaker. April 26: Mrs. William Milam, Preston McAlhaney, Bill Folk. April 27: Leroy Shealy Ad ams, Mrs. Naomi Eonknight, Christine Rister, Margaret Eli zabeth Warren. April 28: Butch Cnklasore, Jessie Harold Hendrix, J. K. Shell, Baddy Dennis. April 29: Ann Bowers Neel, Mrs. Ruby Reaves, C. E. Han* cock, Trannie Leitzaey, Dorothy W. Bedenbaugh, Susan Marie Brady, Dr. J. S. Lute. April 30: Mrs. Beale H. Cro mer, Frederick Gardiner, Mrs. Richard L. McWhirter, Ray Nobles, F. L. Miller. j-H 0