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.> . ^ . 4... - ■ 8S852SB ..M* # . ‘ -•. '4S -•■w • ' mi- +■% ' fmt. u ®V88fc VOLUME 24—NUMBER EIGHT You tell the captain you want the best, and the captain tells the wait er, and the waiter tells the chef and you get precisely what the other customer gets. —i Wives expect so much from men that it is unreasonable to expect that they can achieve it, except from their grandsops, i fthen. , : BSk Vi imvs-: \ - '1: X Y0LUME 24—NUMBER 8 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1960 ^ $2.00 HER YEAR m,:: A* By The Way By Oorts A. Sands*** ! A BBC1SI6N 1 '“ The purpose of a newspaper is to keep its readers informed as to what is gotng on in the com munity; there are times, how ever, when an editor feels the printing of some types of news will be detrimental to the com munity, then he must decide whether to satisfy the curiosity of his readers or serve the best interest of the community. We knew before dawn last Wednesday morning that there was some trouble at 'Newberry Mills, We knew it in sufficient time to get the whole story for publication on Wednesday after noon* Wc also knew there had been similar troubles in the past, and that they had been settled before a major issue arose. We knew that for too many years, too many times, Newberry has hit the front pages of the daily newspapers, but with a bad aort of publicity. Last Wednesday, it was our hope that the trouble at New berry Mills, whatever it was or whatever its cause, would be quickly settled before it had a chance to get in the dailies and gain state - wide publicity. For that reason, we suppressed the natural urge to report the news, and ignored, at least in print, the situation. Unfortunately, things did not work out as we had hoped. Ra ther than abating, the trouble and tensions grew, culminating in a walk-out of many employees of the plant. We were looking forward to a brighter industrial future for Newberry County Development Board has hired an industrial en gineer, and since things on the management-labor fr o n t have .been comparatively quiet re cently. The walk-out at Newberry Mills will add another blot to an already much-stained record, and hopes of luring industry of any kind begin to fade as head lines tell our woes to all the peo ple of the state. I am making no attempt to place blame because we do not know who is at fault in the pre- «ent situation. We only hope that the employees and management can get together quickly, to iron out differences that exist, and that peace will again prevail at Newberry Mills. Solicitor Senate House Supv. Comm. Dist. 1 M ? y cc 4> s 1 c .5 <U -X 5 fc ' _ ?£5 C Z >f 1 2 a 4 CQ S O fc. 3 bus S3 <Z2 '&$mL A Bush River 22 12 15 19 20 18 22 19 15 28 4 Kinards 14 6 15 5 12 17 5 11 9 17 3 Johnstone 49 42 34 60 60 59 58 50 • 44 12 2 Jalapa 77 34 30 80 67 70 73 78 33 100 8 Mt. Pleasant 42 4 13 33 32 45 14 31 15 * 25 21 Helena 32 18 27 23 32 37 26 27 22 34 -16 Ward 4 No. 1 39 36 27 49 41 50 51 33 42 64 7 Vaughnville 5 26 3! 5 28 28 18 12 2Ti 3 Saluda No. 7 14 8 7 . 15 10 18 14 11 11 18 . 9 Ward 4 No. 2 .... 78 73 63 9! 84 88 57 49 102 131 13: THANK YOU As usual on election day. Ra dio Station WKDK, cooperating with The Sun, quickly brought you the results of the Democrat ic primary Tuesday. Mostly res ponsible for this quick service were the managers at the various precincts who called or brought in the results of their respective boxes as they were counted. The Sun and WKDK wish to thank the managers for this fine ser vice. While the broadcasting of el ection returns by WKDK is bene ficial to the great majority and we wouldn’t want to do without it, I believe anyone who “grew up” around politics as I did will always miss the excitement of throngs gathered in the streets to watch as the returns were posted, and when it was often af ter midnight before the last pre< cinct straggled in. The tune, “Happy Days are Here Again played over a loudspeaker sys tem when it was evident that some candidate had won, never fails to bring back memories of those election nights of the past. For the Armfield kids, that was the highlight of any year, for we were allowed to join the crowd and stay up until it was all over, while returns were being tabu lated at the newspaper office. These days are gone forever, hut some of the old excitement time for the polls to close draws returns each election day as Mi near. ' We are a little bit sorry to lose that part of the past, but even despite the music (?) they play on the 1240 spot on the radio dial, we would be lost without WKDK. — LAST FOR A WHILE will be the last column I writing from Newberry a while. As most of you know, band has been attending ersity of Georgia since last September, working toward a Doctor of Science Education de- He has been attending the University under the auspices of the National Science Foundation, among the 50 who attended Academic Year Institute, a- half were chosen for a spe cial awards institute to be held summer. Frasier fKgj« w St. Haul Longshore Trinity Utopia Mulberry .... Central Maybinton O'Neal No. 1 Walton ... Mt. Bethel Gar many .... Long Lane Airport Pealc Zion Wheeland .... Pomaria Stoney Hill .... Silverstreet .... Hartford Ward 3 No. 1 .. Fairview Whitmire No. 2.. Whitmire No. 1.. Union Ward 5 .”. O'Neal No. 2 Jolly Street St. Phillips Ward 1 Chappells Prosperity No. 1 Prosperity No. 2 Dominick Midway Lt. Mountain Ward 2 Ward 3 No. 2 .... Ward 6 Oakland TOTALS .. .. Representative^ jnfcwftiVSv.TLM.i'is V 22 9 11 —— « 25 21 66 50 41 75 74 88 63 49 66 29 43 46 26 65 51 25 45 29 27 21 27 21 41 . 23 31 26 21 37 24 22 36 19 60 43 33 28 51 45 40 57 57 79 52 54 43 • A ~‘-A ^ rfv-i'• ■ * ' - - fete Mr. Hawkins Mr. Gi w. 117 96 160 183 101 100 111 208 197 39 253 57 18 117 278 207 277 130 "3450 2707 2734 3449 3914 4539 3307 |3461 2719 Crusade Report Shows County Contributed More Than $4700 Reports are coming in from The Newberry unit of the S C Division of the American Can cer Society wishes to thank the Newberry BandPW and the New berry County Home Demonstra tion Council and many other in terested citizens for the wonder ful job done throughout the en tire crusade period. They are to be commended highly for a job well done.” Also the Newberry County U- nit is grateful to Mrs. Gloria Scott and Mrs. Lillie Pratt, co- chairmen, who did a splendid job in the colored division. The unit wishes to thank the business area for donations; the individuals who gave so willingly; the po lice, the firemen, and post of fice personnel, pastors of church es, P.T.A.’s and clubs; and a very grateful thanks to The Newber ry Observer, The Sun, and to Ra dio Station WKDK for the won derful support of press and ra dio for their splendid coverage and carrying the educational message to the people of Newberry county. The Unit would also like to take this mepns of expressing its ap preciation to Dr. E. M. Anderson and Dr. J? C. Atkison for the use of their office as headquarters for the crusade, and to Purcell's for the use of their parking lot on the night of the drive. various parts of the nation that the Cancer Crusade has been a tremendous success, and the resi dents of Newberry County can be very proud of their share in it. A complete report on the re sults of the local crusade was is sued today by Mrs. Myra Addy, Crusade treasurer. Mrs. Addy an nounced that Newberry County has gone over the $4700 mark, and expressed the Oancer So ciety’s gratitude “to all of the wonderful citizens of Newberry County who gave so generously of their time and money for such a wonderful cause.” Mrs. Iris Rodelsperger, health and safety for the Newberry Bus iness and Professional Women’s Club, and Mrs. Elizabeth Chand ler, president of the County Home Demonstration Council, City and County Crusade chairmen, res pectively, also wish to express their appreciation to all who worked so diligently and gave so generously in the fight against ca :cer. They said: “We feel the drive has been successful in a monetary manner and we trust our educational pro gram has enlightened many to the danger signals of cancer and has therefore alerted them to the necessity of regular cfreck-ups, which often result in the early detection of cancer, that other wise might have been neglected. was among those who were se lected for the special summer ses sion. He began the summer term on Monday. Sunday, Connie, Ruthie and I will go to Athens and spend the remainder of the time— five weeks—with him. While there, I intend to do no thing except make a sandwich once in a while, wash dishes oc casionally, and spend the re mainder of the time with the girls in the University swimming pool—said to be the largest in door pool in the country. If, how ever, I happen across anything of interest while I’m there, I’ll let you know and will, at any rate, keep you informed as to our general welfare. See you near the end of July. Swi mLessons Begin Monday Swimming lessons will begin Monday, June 20 at the Margaret Hunter Park pool at 9 a.m. There is no age limit, except that a child must be able to stand in the large pool without difficulty. Classes will meet Monday, Wed nesday, and Friday for beginners, swimmers and intermediates. The course will last two weeks and the only charge will be the regular admission price for the pool. Lifeguards Pope Buford, Bobby Carlton and Claudia Setzler will be instructors. Young people of Newberry are urged to take ad vantage of these courses. Dr. Bedenbaugh Rites Thursday At Prosperity Dr. James Ira Bedenbaugh, 86, retired physician of Prosperity, died Wednesday afternoon at a Columbia rest home after a lin gering illness. He was bom in Prosperity, the son of *the late Warren P. and Jane Rikard Bedenbaugh. Dr. Bedenbaugh was graduated from Newberry College in 1895 and re ceived his M.D. degree from the University of Georgia in 1903. He had practiced in the Prosper ity community for more than 50 years. He was a member of the South Carolina Medical Associa tion, the Newberry County Medi cal Association, a member of the Prosperity town council, and a member of the school board. He was chairman of the Commission of Public Works, a Mason and a Shriner. He was a member of Grace Luth eran Church and had served as vice chairman of the congrega tion for 25 years. He was x mar ried to Miss^ Frances Elizabeth (Bessie) Wheeler on April 26, 1903. She died Feb. 26, 1960. 'Surviving ahe a son, James Arthur Bedenbaugh of Laurens; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Weir Sr., and Mrs. J. W. Earhardt Jr., both of Newberry; five grandchil dren, and six great-grandchild ren. Funeral services were conduct ed Thursday at 4 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Prosperity by the Rev. Ben M. Clark. Burial was in Newberry Memorial Gar dens. Pallbearers were C. K. Wheel er, Jr., Edward Counts, James Counts. W. P. Bedenbaugh, Lind say BeJenbaugh and G. B. Brooks. Two veteran politicians found ! both aims. His father, who is W4- ■ themselves out of the running Tuesday night as two political newcomers took an early lead and i aw maintained it throughout the’ Democratic primary. Steve C. Griffith, Jr., with his! eran hat in the ring for the first time, M r and D. P. (Jabbo) Folk, who was unsuccessful in his bid for the House unseat of the tatives for of the 8th Judicial ■ ’ . V - ' ■ • ' in the House, a C. Supreme Court, is a political c, a young man - who two years ago, votes necessary to mm tfr. s by ahead of 3. W. Shealy. Jesse Frank Hawkins, who left years i Mr. Bonknight' Mt. unty Girl Scout t ings, gave his oj race * Tuesday, he ^ receiving 3914 votes. 8807. Mfc to the form er Mayer. They have ' vtsl&Jw'-'- >. .. . i has taught in lci9 ponent, NEarl Bergen, also about 700 votes. to run Court Term Begins C ,S£SJ"!K2; 20th With SS Case Docket Sheppard Rites To Be Today Lealon Hunter Shepparc, 61, died late Tuesday night at t^ie Newberry County Memorial Hos pital after a period of declining health. Mr. Sheppard w&s born in New berry County, the son of the late William Pierce and Matilda Haw kins Sheppard. He was a carpen ter. He was a member of Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church. . He is survived by three sons, William L. Sheppard, Vernon L. Sheppard and Robert t. Shep pard, all of Newberry; two daugh ters, Mjrs. Frank Jadzinski of Seattle, Wash, and Mrs. Boinest Amick of Prosperity; two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Bell and Mrs. George Sample, both of Spartanburg; 12 grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. Funeral services will be con ducted at 4 o’clock Thursday af ternoon at Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church by the Rev. J. S. Wessing- er, and the Rev. D. M. Shull. In terment will be in the church ce metery. The body will remain at the Whitaker Funeral Home until the hour of • the service. Mr. and Mrs. Wiiliain Donovon of Baltimore, Md., who were re cently married, stopped by New berry en route to their home af ter a wedding trip to Myrtle Beach, to visit Mrs. E. A. Car penter. Mrs. Donovon is the for mer Miss Alta Cunningham, a niece of Mrs. Carpenter. Walkout At Newberry Mills Is Continuing (From The Greenville News) A walkout at Newberry Mills, begun Thursday night by a group of third-shift spinners, was joined by additional employees Monday at the beginning of the first shift. Management earlier had noti fied the head of Local 120, UTWA (AFL-CIO), that employees who remained away from work beyond Monday morning “were in viola tion of attendance rules and by their action were automatically terminating their employment.” L. E. Gatlin, Jr., general man ager of the plant, said Monday night that operations had been reduced to about 50 percent of capacity. The expansion of the work stop- pageMonday morning followed a (Continued on page 4) Roster for the Court .of General Sessions which convenes here Monday includes 22 continued * cases and 33 new ones. Judge Steve C. Griffith, resident judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, will be presiding at the June term of criminal court. Continued cases include: Jonas Amick, violation of liquor law; James Hunnicutt, two counts of involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide; Ashley Able, leaving the scene of an accident; Vernon Wise, involuntary man slaughter and reckless homicide; Henry Hendrix, housebreaking and larceny and receiving stolen goods; Clarence G. Thompson, drunk driving, second offense; James E. Childers, drunk driving, 3rd offense; James L. Adams, drunk driving; William B. Weir, drunk driving, 3rd offense; 'Wil liam Dan Epting and Ervin Swit- tenburg, violation of liquor law; Elizabeth McNary,- larceny and receiving stolen goods; John Otis Matthews, three counts of house breaking, larceny and receiving stolen goods; Stanley Earl Harris, three counts of housebreaking, larceny and receiving stolen goods; Jimmie Williams, murder; Otto Gray, assault and battery with in tent to kill; Freddie Lee Mathis, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. New cases: John Finney, breach of trust; David Willie Hawkins, non-support; Eddie Taylor, also Ralph Yarbrough, each four counts, stealing from car; James E. Siebert, assault and battery of high and aggravated nature; Ro bert Lee Johnson, reckless homi- cid*' Mildred Henderson, car breaking, larceny; James Cook, James W. Meeks, assault and bat tery with intent to kill; Willie Al bert Robinson, bastardy; Eddie Taylor, Ralph Yarbrough, June King, grand larceny; Johnnie Summer, Horace M oates, house breaking and grand larceny; Vir gil Carter, two counts of house breaking and grand larceny, one of escaping public works; West Goree, J. T. Brooks, Virgil Pratt, non-support; Freddie Senn, aiding and abetting a crime; S. T. Boyd, murder; Wylie^Sims, rape; Jessie Adam Mozee, violation of liquor law; Clarence Hugh Sheely, drunk driving, and Ethel Wicker, oper ating a gambling house. time the some 2300 votes ahead of Adana eiectod Tesenar of Whtoire. Ross he wou i d not geek ^ rffke for •“other tern. The vote i» t*p§ race was Hendrix, 34 ., Shealy, District No. 2, defeated his oppon ent, Virgil Williamson, by a small er majority, 1124 to 939. In the races for magistrate the vote was as follows: District 4, L. H. Kingsmore, 207, T. H. Shea ly, 456; District 5, J. C. Butler 199, MiRon Pitts, 200; District 6, C. B. Metts, 235; Andrew F. Shealy, 287. i Nominated to office withe at op position were Sheriff Tom Fellers, Auditor Ralph Black, Treasurer Ray Dawkins, Clerk of s Court Burke M. Wise, Coroner George R. Summer, and Magistrates in Dist rict 1, 2 and 3. Approximately 6,185 voters went to the polls Tuesday. They also voted for a Solicitor, and al though Hugh Beasley carried Newberry County with a vote of 3440 to 2707 for incumbent Wil liam T. Jones, Solicitor Jones car ried the other three counties of the 8th Judicial Circuit, Laurens, Greenwood and Abbeville, to easily be returned to office for another four-year term. In the four coun ties, 142 of 154 boxes gave Jones 14,301 votes, Beasley, 8,639. The county’s 50 precincts/ gave Mr, Hawkins 3449 votes; Mr. Ber gen, 2734. Senator-nominee Hawk ins first ran for public office four years ago, when he led the tickel for House of Representatives. He again led the ticket when he sought re-election two years ago. Mr. Bergen served one term in the House, gave that seat up to run for Senate four years ago and was defeated by only about 20 votes by R. Aubrey Harley. Mr. Bergen conceded the election about 8 o’clock Tuesday night. Mr. Griffith led the House tick et with 4539 votes. Although this was his first political race, he has had ambitions since childhood to become a lawyer and a public servant. He has now accomplished JSE 2719. In the Magistrate, Dis trict 4, the vote for Kingsmore and T. H. Shealy respectively was* J as follows: Mt. Pleasant, 18-25; . ^ S. Paul, 15-27; Mulberry, 20-15; Central, 4-8; Walton, 13-33; Peak 9-51; Zion, 17-80; Pomaria, 81- 132; Jolly Street, 59-18; St. Phil lips, 80-85. . Magistrate District 5, Butler and Pitts respectively: Vaughn- ville, 2-29; Saluda No. 7, 11-11; Longshore, 18-34; Trinity, 4-32; Utopia, 16-19; Silverstreet, 110- 39; Chappells, 38-36. Magistrate, Dist. 6, Metts and A. F. Shealy, respectively: St. Paul, 4-4; Central, 6-18; Wheeland^ 27-26; Fairview, 14- 46; Midway, 24-42; Little Moun tain, 101-188. Tabulation of the vote for tlie other offices will be seen else where in this issue. ISti F s! GREETINGS VSss Mother Of Mrs. Senn Dies Mrs. Sallie Maddox McDaniel of Laurens died early Thursday morning at her home. She had been in declining health two years and ill for six weeks. Among her survivors is a daughter, Mrs. McTeer Senn of Newberry. Funeral services were conduct ed Friday at 3:30 pjn. at Ken nedy Mortuary Chapel by Dr. Robert S. Cooper. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery. June 19: J. D. Bozard, Betty Walton, Mrs. ' H. W. Dipner, Batch *Waldrop, Mrs. J. H. Cook, Jr., Vernon Bain, Allene Cook, Charlie M. King, Emerson Westwood. June 20: Howard Earl Meetze, Mrs. Mamie Cromer, J. Black mon, ' Bill Waldrop, Brenda Reeves, Mrs. Broad us Lipscomb, Donna Danielson. Jane 21: Bill Armfield, Bobby Busby, O. A. Felker. June 22: Mrs. Jewel W. Hentz, William Partridge, Faye Summer, Roy C. Doolittle, Mrs. Berry Li vingston, Rion C. Price, Tena Price Nichols, Terry Donald Do-' minick, Mrs. W. H. Caldwell, Patty Regnery. June 23: Mrs. H. H. Fuff, Mrs. C. J. Jackson, Mrs. O. O. Ful mer, Billy Long, Mrs. oohn Earl Smith, Ralph Waldrop, Mrs. 1 John P. Livingston, Floyd Book- night, Y-Genia Crossland, H. Al vin Franklin. June 24: Susan Lipscomb, Mil- dred Glymph, Mrs. William R. Bu ford, Clarence Kinard, Jr^ Skip per Hunter, Jimmy Touchbemr, H. Os tell Ballew. June 25: Oswald Copeland, El izabeth G. Norris, Jimmy Counts, Bobby Jollay, W. T. Vanderford, June Abby, Mrs. Henry L* Wright, Sara Clark, Elva Lou Waites. '•wi m