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Children are growing up when they ask question that parents can answer. A man is judged to be great be cause of positive qualities he possesses . . . not because of the absence of faults. VOLUME 24; NUMBER 3. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1960 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way ~ by. Jbori3 Sander* a SHOWS THE WAY Col. J. K. Breedin, in his Spec- 'tator column seen often in this paper, pays tribute from time to time to the Regnery family of J<H anna and Chicago. The leadership and fairminded qualities of this family are shown by a continual ^ejection of unions by the em ployees of the various Joanna manufacturing plants. Elsewhere in this issue is «tory of the rejection by Joanna Western employees, Chicago, of the union for a third time. In statement posted on the Joanna bulletin boards, Walter Regnery, vice president and general man ager of Joanna says “. . . it is to the credit of both employees and management that they can work out their problems together, ar riving at the best solutions for the good of all, so that employees have no need or desire to pay dues to outsiders to get fair treatment and good working conditionCi.” if only employees of some “un ion” plants in Newberry would grasp this idea, how much better off our town would be! The grasp ing, greedy demands of unions have pushed employers to the point that they know there is no satisfying unions, therefore they do only what is absolutely neces sary to try to keep peace in the family. I would venture a guess that if our local manufacturers were left to carry on their busi ness, unhampered by the petty ■whining of union officials, their -employees would find they receive as, many, if not more benefits, and the atmosphere in which they work would be much happier than the tension of union-anti-union disagreements. Joanna is suffi cient proof that employees can and will receive fair treatment from fair employers without benefit of amions. I think it is especially appro priate to mention this at this time. ' I have no doubt but that Newberry would have had several new Industries now had it not been for the existence of organized labor in the three large manufac turing plants here. The decrease in population the county as shown by the 19» 0 census; actu ally the decease in town is proof that Newberry is gradually slid ing downhill and it will continue to do so unless some change is made is the “business climate” of this community. I mention the de crease in population of the city. The census actually shows an in crease of about 500, but the an nexation of Suburbia and Hart ford Heights should easily account for that many, or more individuals being added to the city, so taking the same territory as used for the 1960 cehsus, a decease would no doubt be shown. It is no credit to Newberry that an “increase” in population is shown. It merely means that a few people in areas adjacent to the city wanted to be in the city. Newberry has reasoi} to be ashamed, not proud, of the 1960 population figures. Many business people of Newberry are just as much to blame as the un ions; they are more afraid of los ing one customer than they are hopeful of gaining 300. that the NAACP just can’t exert enough influence to make Negroer apply for registration certificates and rather than blame them for this apathy, they would cast a shadow over the Southern states for the benefit of the rest of the country. The blackness of this purported miscarriage of justice will be instilled so firmly by the northern news media that it will be impossible for a ray of light from the South to get through. So the South, refusing to buckle un der to the demands of the NAACP, remains the whipping boy of that organization and remains under a cloud of suspicion for the rest of the country. f" .. WHY IS IT? I think the peony is one of the most beautiful of flowers and I wonder why there are not more of them in Newberry. They are easy to grow and magnificent in bloom. I have seldom seen a more beautiful sight than the tremen dous blossoms on the peony bushes of Dr. and Mrs. James C. Kinard last weekend. (I might say that running a close second in beauty were the budding and blooming roses, also in the Kinard garden.) I have probably mentioned be fore—but I will again—the pe onies that grow in the flat coun try of Illinois. I spent several months in Rantoul during what must have been the nicest season to visit that country. I was there in time to see the peonies at their most glorious. There were bushes in almost every yard, and bushes growing wild along the fences of the corn fields. On Memorial Day, the cemeteries were covered with green grass and at the vast ma jority of graves were large ar rangements of peonies. It was truly an inspiring sight. May I encourage more Newberrians to try this wonderful flower? Briefly returning to Illinois, as I drove up there, farmers were just beginning to prepare their vast, flat xields for the corn crop.’ In several more weeks, the little growth could be seen above the ground. The warm weather, and almost daily showers, made the corn grow so fast that it seemed you could see it grow. Before I left that country, “the corn was as high as an elephant’s eye,” and a beautiful, dark green color. Illi nois would by no means be my place of residence—I like the hill country—but I am thankful for having had the opportunity to see that part of the country. Leading the Children of the Confederacy during thfe Memorial Day parade Tuesday was an adult advisor, Mrs. Elmer Shealy. Dressed in white and carrying red roses are Mary and Beth Baker, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Baker. Other members of the Children’s Chapter follow. (Sunphoto) Activities Of Ne Banquet, Eleci nent Board To introduce Its Few Manager At Meeting Monday — —* * '• r.’-- a ■*. V > am. ' * rf: U ■ FEDERAL CONTROL I have written so much about fedefal aid to education and the resultant federal control that even I am tiring of the subject and I BOND ISSUE Next Tuesday, voters through out the county will decide whether the city of Newberry will be able to bring its elementary school facilities on a par with others in the county. This is really the only question involved in the bond is sue. True, certain funds are set aside for addition of a classroom here and there, and for other re pairs. Money for the latter work probably could be found some where in sufficient time to have the work done; the real problem is finding money to build new ele mentary schools to replace the age-weary Boundary and Speers buildings and to do a little mod ernizing at Junior High. I have not taken a “stand” in this column on the bond issue. I am not going to urge that you vote one way or the other. The facts have been presented to you The Newberry High School Band furnished music for the Me morial Day Parade. On the left in this picture is Dewey Kinard, who was marching behind a Scout Troop, and the Color Guard of the band: David Shealy (behind Mr. Kinard), Kenneth Martin, Free man Lee, Jimmy Bennett and Johnny Rucker. (Sunphoto) Confederacy Is Honored In Services On Memorial Day am sure you must be although it is this sort of apathy which will I by the press and by radio. You are bring the situation on more rap- capable of making up your own idly. I mention it today only to show, in . another connection, how quickly federal control can work. I ifefer to the demand by the jus- ticfe department of our country for the voting records of McCor mick County and three other coun ties in the South. The Civil Rights bill recently passed insured the right of every person to vote and should there be complaints then the Justice de partment would have the right to step in. This great arm of our government, however, did not wait for a complaint. It frankly admitted it had no complaint from any individual that he or she was not allowed to vote in McCormick County. The action, it seems, was spurred on at the insistence of fhe National Association for the Advancement of Colored people, and other organizations given to inciting dissatisfaction. The National radio and TV net works—at least those I saw and heard—gave plenty of coverage to the action by the Justice Depart ment, but not a one did I hear give statements of officials from tha counties affected. McCormick election officials vehemently deny that there has been any prejudice in issuance of registration certi- mind and I would not presume to do it for you. I wil state that I am do it for you. I will state that I am going to vote in favor of the bond issue for the selfish reason that when I get ready to send my children to the city schools, I want them to have facilities just as good as those at Silverstreet and Pomaria and other places. We are willing to pay the extra tax nec essary to assure that our girls will have this advantage. That is my primary reason. The second reason I favor new schools fc~ Newberry is because I think we should do everything possible to show prospective industry, when and if such should make inquiry hereabouts, that we have pride in the educational facilities of our city. We certainly couldn’t point to our present facilities with any pride. As I said, I am not going to urge my opinions upon you, but I do urge that you go to the polls Tuesday and express your opin ion in this matter. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Senn and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Neely and daughter, Mary of Rock Hill were weekend visitors in the home of their mother, Mrs. A. T. ficates. The trouble seems to be | Neely on Calhoun St. Newberry paid tribute Tuesday to the 494 Confederate soldiers of this county who died in the Civil War. In a confederate Memorial Day ceremony conducted before the monument bearing the names of the men who died, Dr. Paul L. Grier, pastor of Newberry ARP Church, said. “Beneath these names there might be written these words: ‘Greater love hath no man than this, that a man laid down his life for his friends’.’ T Dr. Grier, the principal speak er at th# 1 ceremonies which at tracted several hundred persons, noted that the Confederate Monu ment here was erected . in 18$0 “through the voluntary gifts of men and women who loved the South, many of them the moth ers, wives, sisters and daugh ters of those who had fallen in battle.” He said the best way to recog nize the debt to those who died “is to dedicate ourselves to the high principles for which they fought and died, and to strive continually so to conduct our selves that our generation and the generations that are yet unborn may be spared from the terrible scourge of war.” The program and the parade which preceded it were planned by the Drayton uRtherford Chap ter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, of which Mrs. Rob ert D. Wright is president. She is a past president-general of the UDC. Mayor Ernest H. Layton brought greetings and the Red Shirt Choir, directed by Miss Jua nita Hitt, sang several Southern songs. The parade was led by Police were Mayor Layton, Dr. Grier, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. A. T. Neely, president of the Calvin Crozier UDC chapter; uniformed 'Boy Scouts, the Newberry High School Band, and the entire membership of the Eloise Wright Chapter, Children of the Confederacy. The program and parade com mittee was composed of , Mrs. Steve C. Griffith, chairman; Mrs. Gordon Clarkson, Mrs. Hunter Brov/n and Mrs. A. J. Briggs. The monuinent was decorated by Mrs. Clarkson. week will be a busy one for the citizens of Newberry city and county, with several import ant events highlighting the calen dar. On Monday night, the Newberry County Developnfent Board will hold its annual banquet, with Wal ter W. Harper, director of the State Development Board, as guest S peaker. A “surprise” guest will e introduced, according to Board Chairman arl Gilliam. The spec ial guest will be the newly-em ployed industrial b.tgineer who has been obtained by the Develop ment Board in an effort to secure new- industry for Newberry. Tb i new board manager, whose iden tity will be withheld until kis in troduction at the banquet, is de scribed as being outstanding in the field of industrial relations, hav ing been connected with a large textile corporation. The banquet will be at 8 p.m. in the Newberry College Dining Hall. Chairman Gilliam will pre side.^ On Tuesday, voters throughout the'county will go to the polls to dedide whether new elementary schdols for the city of Newberry, and . some repairs to county schools, are worth a tax increase, of seven mills. The $848,000 bond issue, if approved, would be used to construct new buildings at the dary and Speers Street loca- s, to add Classrooms and re buildings in other areas of county. A referendum for the se of “completing the build- program” was held several ago add was defeated. Board members are optimistic that the vote in Tuesday’s election will be favorable. On Wednesday, the Newberry Kiwanis Club, in cooperation with the Agricultural agencies of the county, is sponsoring a Newberry County Agri-Business Tour. Jhe tour will be by bus, and will be gin at 2 p.m. According to T. B. (Dad) Amis, chairman of Kiwanis program committee, and Af P- Busby, chairman of the Agricul ture and Conservation Committee, businessmen will “see and learn about Newberry County's multi-1 million dollar agricultural indus try.” At the conclusion of the tour a chicken barbecue supper will be served. . • Also on Wednesday, the first po litical campaign meeting of the current primary season, v will be held at Prosperity Elementary School. The speaking will be pre ceded by a chicken barbecue sup per at the school cafeteria. The supper is being sponsored by the merchants of Prosperity and pro ceeds will be used for benefit of Boy Scout troops. Tickets are available from all • Prosperity merchants. All candidates for public office, opposed and unopposed ‘ are ex pected to be on hand for the oc casion. Police Arrests April arrests by Newberry Po lice Department: Intoxication, 35; no driver’* lic ense, 2; failing to yield right of way, 8; driving too fast for con ditions, 2; driving without lights, 1; threatening, 3; excessive noise, 2; disorderly conduct, 2; assault and battery, 5; running red light, 1; running stop sign, 2; driving too close, *1; creating die- a decision turbance, 1; speeding, 1; driving with restricted license, 1; resisting arrest, 3; reckless driving, 1; cursing officer, j|F having illegal liquor in possession, 1; loaning driver’s license, 1; and driving in toxicated, 2. , wmm m iiiplilfc iip ' + u liliir-- Shown above are a few were in full bloom during the weekend in the garden of Dr. Mrs. James C. Kinard, College St. (Sunphoto) :^^■ X-. V- ’ r - ' 1 -—— r m mm m Miss Crapps Has A Visit With The President Congressman Wra. Jennings Bryan Dorn said that Miss Brenda Crapps, of Newberry High, is. a “splendid ambassador of the State of South Carolina.” Brenda, as winner of the State Employ the Handicapped Essay Contest, represented South Caro lina in Washington with dignity, honor and distinction. She was ac companied by her mother and fa ther, Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Crapps of Kinards. Miss Crapps had a full schedule while in Washington; was greeted by President Eisenhower at the White House, and had a pleasant visit with Congressman Dorn. She. said, “The President was' very friendly and easy to talk with.” iiBl Fluoridation of the city water supply was again the main topic of discussion when city council, met Tuesday night. Council dis missed the measure at length be fore finally deciding to postpone or not to grant a petition for an advisory referendum. Various members of council fdt that further study was necessary before a decision could be made. Council then voted for a revis ion in City Ordinance No. 209 which created the office of City Manager in dewberry. The amendment requires that appoint ment, suspension ! and removal of department heads shall be subject to confirmation of Council. In the past, the , city manager has had this authority without council’s confirmation. / The amendment reads as fol lows: “A. Appoint and, when neces sary for the good of the service, suspend and remove all officers and. employees of the City, except (1) The City Clerk and Treasurer, (2) The City Recorder, (3) The City Attorney, and except as the City Manager may authorize the head of a department or office to appoint, suspend, or remove sub ordinates in such department . or office; and provided, the appoint- Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Derrick have moved to their new home on Moon St. which they recently Rev. Fay L. Lanford, who has been pastor of Glenn Street Bap tist Church for the past four years and three months, has ac cepted a call to Beaver Dam Bap tist Church in Williams ton. He and Mrs. Lanford will leave on June 1st to assume the duties of his new pastorate. A pulpit committee has been named to select a replacement for Mr. Lanford. J. B. Gowan serves as chairman and other members are Mrs. J. B. Gowan, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Reeves, Bland Berry and Herbert Stutts. The commit tee has called the Rev. James Bruce of Chapin, retired pastor, to supply until a pastor is secured. Rev. Lanford is presently serv tors Conference; a member of the General Board of the St4te Baptist Convention, and a member of the executive committee of the Gen eral Board. Since coming to Newberry, Rev. Lanford has seen Glenn Street Baptist grow in membership from 306 to 358 and has ^accepted for baptism 72 persons during that time. The Sunday School depart ment of the church is the only one in the Reedy River Association which comes up to the standards prescribed by the State Baptist Convention. “We have certainly enjoyed be ing in Newberry and hate to leave,” Mr. Lanford said, “but we feel it is the only thing we can Chief Colie L. Dowd. In the parade built. ing as Moderator of the Reedy Ido.” The Lanfords have a son and River Baptist Association; secre- !daughter, both of whom are tary-treasurer of the Baptist Pas- j married and live in Greer. ment, suspension or removal of the beads of the Police, Fire, Street, Utilities and Recreation Departments, as well aa the head of any department created and. de signated as such i n the future shall be made or done subject to confirmation of the Council „anci such appointments suspensions or removals of heads of departments shall not be effective until such has been officially confirmed by Council.” Council approved the installa tion of a sewer line on Moon St. between Cornelia apd Cline Sts. The mayor appbinted the fol lowing members of the 1960-61 Budget and. Planning Committee: C. A. Dufford, Chairman; Cecil Merchant, Dwight W. Jones and Clarence DeHart. The mayor reminded councilmen of the Newberry County Develop ment Board banquet Monday night. To Attend Convention i The following pastors will at tend the Southern Baptist Con vention to be held in Miami, Fla. this week: Fa? L. Lanford, Glenn Street Baptist; Kenneth B. Wilson and Tracy Barnett, First Baptist; D. W. Satterfield Hunt Memorial Baptist; Charles E. Hood, Whit mire First Baptist; and Arden J. Stewart, .Bush River Baptist. The Newberry * County ] Cross Chapter began its drive funds on Tuesday, and will tiuue the camp rence Richardsorvc Newberry Chapter. Solicitors cdll on business concerns in New berry and throughout the county; a, ^ in the mills and at the homes. V-, ■ ~ -r- ' “The people of Newberry Coun ty have been fortunate ^ in that they have not been the victims of disaster,” Mr. Richardson said, “but one can never tell when such might occur. If it should happen, Red f Cross would be on the scene to render aid.” ; “We are all familiar with the vital role of the Red Cross Blood Program,” the chairman continued, “and the people of Newberrjr have supported the program at times of dire need. There is now a dire need for finances, and New berry has a goal of $6,784 which can easily be met if we as busi ness concerns and individuals con tribute generously.” He urged “When approached by a solicitor, please give him every considera tion so that 1 we may continue to hive Red Cross in Ne Wherry, and if a disaster never happens here, we emi be proud of the fact that we hive helped others who were not so fortunate as we.” GREETINGS :ii Mr, and Mrs. David Williams and son, Paul of North Augusta spent the weekend with Mr. Wil liams’ Mother, Mrs. D. J. Williams on Hnrper St. May 15: Mrs. Frank Lomin- ack Jr~, Jon Wilson, Toby Wil lis, Doris / St. John, Charles Senn, Sarah Scarborough, El mer W. Mayer. May 16: Mias Pearl Amick, Mrs. J. W. Warner, Martha Dipner, J. Fred Epting Jr., Mrs. H. L. Boulware, Jocelyn Dar lene Attaway. May 17: Bonnie Boland, Linda Allen Martin, Jerry AJewine, Gertrude B. Force, Mrs. Forrest Boozer, Jewel Connelly, Bobby Hanna, Eleanor Amick,' • Karen Atkison, Aldon E. Bedenbaugh Jr., Mrs. Paul Petty. ' \ May 18: Mrs. Olgie Shealy, Mrs. Jackson W. Taylor, David L. West, Mrs. George Spotts, E. F. Lovell Jr., Bruce Lip scomb, Bobby ArmfieUL May 19: Steve Price, Ralph E. Rowe Jr„ Mrs. Olin Berry, Mrs. Lessie Wood, Lee Mayer, Mrs. Dorothy Schumpert, Margaret Lipscomb, Durtett Lipscomb, Michael Keith Nichols, Pearce Davis. May 20: James I. Beden baugh Mrs. George T. Daven port, Mrs. Forrest Lominack, J. Walker Schumpert Jr., Mrs. Andrew Shealy, Jo<£ Davenport, Stuart MaeBeth. May 21: Frances Swittenburg, Sadie Crooks, Mrs. Harvey M. Jordan.