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VOLUME 24; NUMBER 13.
By The Way
By Doris A. Band®'*
ON THE ROAD
A vote for, and election of
Democratic administration in No
vember appears to be the biggest
and boldest step yet on the road
to complete socialism. I have gath
ered from conversations with va
rious persons since the Demo
cratic National Convention that
many of our citizens are finally
becoming aware of this fast
growing trend to an all-powerful
central government and are dis
turbed about it. Whether they are
sufficiently disturbed to take any
a&tion remains to foe seen.
The catastrophe, to me, is not
so much that the liberals would
force unwanted measures on the
South, but the fact that they,
and their brethren of sincere
good intentions, do not seem to
realize that these laws they
would force upon the South will
eventually affect every part of
cur country.
Take the FEPC for example.
Is Jack Kennedy going to be
happy to have an employee,
whom he doesn’t care for, forc
ed upon him? Of course the
Attorney General wouldn’t “see”
a violation in such an instance,
but the day is coming when, if
FEPC becomes a reality, these
liberals are going to eat crow.
Perhaps the most alarming item
In the Demojeratic platform
which will also apply nationwide
is the banning of illiteracy tests
for prospective voters, regardless
of race. This is another issue
which could easily boomerang,
since the illiterate can be led to
the polls like sheep to the slaugh
ter. The writing of that plank in
the platform is the most telling
point yet as to how far the poli
ticians will go in their efforts to
lure minority votes. It seems to
me it would be an affront not
only to white citizens, but to in
telligent citizens of any race. The
asininity of Jthis plank and those
who wrote it and those who voted
for it is incredible and almost un
believable.
The Republicans, no doubt, will
come along with something just
as strong although if their plat'
form framers were politically
shrewd, they would shy away from
a strong civil rights plank and
capture the entire South in No
vember. I feel, however, that na
tion-wide, there is more conserva
tism in the Republican party than
in the Democratic and that this
^fcet may slow up the tremen
dous amount of welfare give
aways.
More important than any
civil rights, plank—although the
delegates to the convention
didn’t seem to care about any
thing else—is the fact that as
never before in history, this
Country needs a strong, exper
ienced man in the White House.
For that reason I could not feel
inclined to vote the Democratic
ticket. I do not think Kennedy
has had the experience to deal
with a butcher like Kruschev, or
to handle other foreign entan
glements.
While I have no gveat regard
for Nixon, I do feel he has had
experience which will more nearly
qualify him to handle these prob
lems.
Unless some other course is of
fered between now and November,
the only way I see to vote is Re
publican.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1960
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Spearman, Oxner Are
In Crash Of Plane Tuesday
MISCELLANEOUS
Everyone asks “how did you
like Athens?” As I said in a col
umn from down there, if I had
to live in Georgia, I think Athens
would be a pretty good choice—
but there’s still no place like
home ,and we are all glad to be
back in Newberry and to see our
friends again.
It was nice to see a sort of
■“special” visitor in the office this
week—it was the first time Ed
McConnell had been in to see us
since he underwent surgery sever
al months ago. Ed is getting along
fine—I can assure you of that, be
cause he is well enough to argue
w£th me about what goes in this
column.
Mrs. Furman Sterling called to
say that her father, the late W.
O. Wilson, was a cousin of “The
Circuit Rider,” husband of Cora
Harris mentioned in a recent col
umn from Georgia, so she was
interested in the item about
“Farm Hill.”
Mrs. Jimmy Davenport and
daughter, Kim, left Sunday for a
visit with Mrs. Davenport’s sis
ter at Sumter. They were accom
panied by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Elbert Bowers of Pv .perity. award has been made to his herd
Many Enjoy
Friday Tour Of
Jersey Farms
(By Mrs. A. H. Counts)
Five of the 89 Jersey herds in
Newberry County were visited in
a recent Jersey field tour spon
sored by the Sout|i Carolina Jer
sey Cattle Club and.Clemson Col
lege Extension Service.
The 100 dairymen and others on
tour saw and heard about the var
ious types of grasses and cover
crops for food produdtion and
year-round grazing here in the
county; also fertilization and irri
gation.
C. G. Cushman, leader of Clem-
son College Extension Service, in
reminiscing on his first trip to
Newberry County around 1922,
said that dairying was very, very
primitive at that time. But af
ter the boll weevil hit this section
everyone became cow-minded and
the county’s progress in dairying
began with the building of the
Newberry Creamery to which far
mers sold cream for butter making
Milk production has grown
from a supply furnished milk for
the city of Newberry to tremen
dous amounts being sold in Green
ville, Columbia and Charlotte,
and now one of the county’s lead
ing income-furnishing businesses.
The farms visited, Mr. Cushman
said, are excellent examples of
the terrific progress that has
been made during the past year.
Other outstanding improvements
to be seen are lush pastures and
specialized seed crops.
The groups stopped at the Bush
River School for a chicken stew
lunch and heard a talk by Eu
gene Carroll, Jr., Field Repre
sentative of the American Jersey
Cattle Club in which he said:
“There are no better quality
Jerseys on the entire Atlantic
Seaboard than thooe found right
here in Newberry County.
The first stop was at the W. W.
Parr Jersey farm with a milk
ing herd of 65 cows; the next
stop was at the W. E. Senn farm
with a milking herd of 100 cows;
third stop was at the Sand Hill
Jersey Farm, J. M. Clary owner,
with .a milking herd of 90 cows;
the fourth stop was at Valley
Jersey Farm, Clifford T. Smith,
owner, with a herd of 150 cows;
and the tour ended with the Head-
spring Farm owned by Henry L.
Parr with a milking herd of 150.
Mr. Parr was named South Car
olina Young Farmer of the year
in 1959. His herd has been recog
nized as one of* the top producing
Jersey herds in the U. S.
The group saw the new feed
ing barn with automatic silage
feeding equipment and the re
sults of irrigation practices here.
The visitors saw a group of 12
top Jerseys on the Parr farm
which produced a total of 155,163
pounds of milk in 1959; also pro
duced pounds of butterfat. Top
cow in milk production is Head-
spring Dream Actress who pro
duced 15.558 pounds of milk and
733 pounds of butterfat.
Parr has recently received a
notice from the American Jersey
Cattle Club that a fifth Gold Star
Urge Citizens
To Take Shots
Due to active polio cases being
reported in Spartanburg, Chero
kee and Union Counties, the New
berry County Medical Society
along with the Health Department
is urging everyone who has not
had a booster dose of polio vaccine
since 'June *.1959 to get one
through the local physicians or
the Health Department.
According to latest informa
tion received at the Health De
partment, a booster dose of polio
vaccine is recommended yearly.
Congressman Is
At Home Office
Congressman W. J. Bryan
Dorn has opened his Greenwood
office at 124 Federal Building.
Dorn will be in Greenwood un
til the Congress meets again Au
gust 15.
He said “I am anxious to dis
cuss legislation and problems
with my constituents. Repre
sentative Dorn said that he was
not going on any junkets but
would, as usual, devote his time
to the needs of his own people.
With Congressman Dorn in
Greenwood is his Administrative
Assistant, Mack Fleming of An
derson; Carolyn Bradberry of
Abbeville, Joyce Davis of John
ston and Jane McGowan of Green
wood.
A mishap which averted tra
gedy occurred Tuesday evening,
when a small single-engine air
plane crashed on takeoff at the
Newberry airport. W. E. (Buddy)
Spearman, Jr. of Chappells, who
piloted the airplane, and A. C.
Oxner of Newberry escaped with
minor injuries.
Mr. Spearman received a bro
ken arm and was taken to the
Newberry Hospital and later was
transferred to Self Memorial Hos
pital in Greenwood. Mr. Oxner
remained at the Newberry Hospi
tal for observation. v i
The craft, an Encoupe, received
an estimated $1500 damage.
The plane faltered on takeoff
and crashed into a nearby farm
field. The airport is located about
two miles from Newberry just
off the Columbia-Greenville High
way. The photo above shows
spectators examining the plane
where it nosed into the ground.
Henry Longshore
Service Tuesday
Funeral services for Henry Wil
son Longshore, 44, who died Mon
day morning, were conducted
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock
from McSwain Funeral Home by
Dr. Neil E. Truesdell. Burial was
in Newberry Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Longshore was born and
reared in Newberry and was the
son of the late Walter and Ruth
Stilwell Longshore. He was a
member of Aveleigh Presbyter
ian Church, a member of the
Board of Deacons of the church,
and for a number of years was
connected with the Newberry
Creamery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ruby Shealy Longshore of New
berry; one daughter, Mrs. Mir
iam L. Baker of Columbia; one
sister, Mrs. John McCullough of
Newberry; one brother, Ernest
Longshore, U. S. Army, Ft. Bragg
N. C. and two grandchildren, Mac
and Hank Baker of Columbia.
T r a g e dy stalked Newberry
County during the past week,
with three violent deaths occur
ring in a four day period.
On Friday afternoon, Curtis
Duane Wicker, 34, was drowned
e fishing at Lake Murray,
body of Henry Wilson Long
shore was found hanging in the
ment of Aveleigh Presbyter-
Church Monday morning, pnd
n Monday afternoon* Bob Mor-
of Norwood, N. C. was fat-
y injured ip a train-truck .colli-
ion at Pomaria.
The body of Mr. Wicker, a
ewberry .textile worker, was re
covered about 8 a.m. Saturday.
The victim’s brother, Homer,
and Colie Buzhardt were fishing'
the lake Friday when they
rd a cry for help. They found
an empty boat and an aluminum
cigarette case which Homer Wick-/
er recognized as belonging to his
brother.
The accident occurred near the
imint where the Bush River and
the Saluda River meet, according
to Acting Coroner R. E. Harvey.
|§ Homer Wicker and Buzhardt
said when they proceeded in the
direction of the call for help, t-hey
saw a boat “going around in cir
cles.” The cause. of the accident
has not yet been determined.
Harwey said he was told that
two life preservers were found
in the boat.
Dragging operations were be
gun immediately after the empty
boat was found and continued un
til midnight. Efforts were resum
ed parly Saturday morning and
the body was found about 25
ds from the shore in water
14 fept deep.
Harvey empaneled a
oner’s jury but did not announce
an inquest.
The body of Mr. Longshore was
found in the basement of the
Presbyterian Church about 9 a.m.
Monday by Fredrick Gardner,cu-
stodian.Mr. Gardner had gone to
the basement to get gasoline for
a lawn mower when he discover
ed the tragedy. The death was
believed to have occurred about
7:15 a.m., according to investi
gating officials, and was appar
ently suicide. Mr. Longshore was
reported to have left his home
about 6:45 a.m. His car was seen
in front of the church about 7:15.
Sheriff Tom Fellers, Deputies
Hugh Shanpon and Slim Hender
son, and Coroner George Summer
investigated. The coroner said no
inquest date had / been set,
A 23-year-old North Carolina
man, Bob Morton, died in the 1
flaming cab of his damp truck
Monday after it was rammed and
crushed by a Greenwood bound
Southern Railway freight at a
highway crossing. Mr. Morton
was driving a truck laden with
15 tons of highway asphalt when
it was struck at the Highway 176
crossing 100 yards from the Po
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FIREMEN BATTLE THE BLAZE which flared up wheu|an asphalt-loaded
slammed into the engine of a Southern Railway freight locomotive Monday j
Pomaria. Bob Morton of Norwood, N. C. was killed in the collision.
Cromer Dies In
York Tuesday
Arthur B. Cromer, 71, died
Tuesday at a York hospital after
a long illness.
He was the son of the late J.
Bachman and Mannie Briggs Cro
mer and was a member of Beth-
Eden Lutheran Church of New
berry County. He was a retired
farmer and had lived in Blackville
for the past 24 years.
He was first married to Mrs.
Myrtis Cave Cromer who died in
1957. ^ .
Surviving this marriage are I maria railroad station at 3:26
four daughters, Mrs. B. E. Cooper
of Blackville, Mrs. John M.
Pratt of York, Mrs. William B.
Bonnef of Laurens and Miss Julie
Cromer of Georgetown; and three
sons, Allison A. Cromer of
Greenville, Durward C. and Fick-
ling Cromer, both of Blackville.
Also surviving are his second
wife, Mrs. Jada Still Cromer of
Blackville; three step-sons. Dr.
James C. Still of Manning, Sam
uel L .Still of Blackville and
Hugh R. Still of Barnwell; two
sisters, - Mrs. Thomas Chalmers
and Mrs. Clyde McCarley of New
berry; two brothers, Elmer Crom
er of Detroit, Mich, and Carl Cro
mer of Newberry; and 10 grand
children.
Graveside services were con
ducted in Blackville Cemetery at
4:30 p.m. Wednesday by the Bev.
Sidney Sample and the Rev. Jer
ry Alexander.
JUNE SAVINGS BONDS
Series E and H Savings Bonds
sales for the month of June in
Newberry County totaled fll,r
900.00 reports Joe M. Roberts,
County Savings Bonds chairman.
Combined E and H sales for
the month in the state totaled $lr
855,450, according to Robert G.
Clawson, State Chairman of the
U. S. Savings Bonds Division.
Eight Attend
Scout Jamboree
Newberry Scouts Henry Brooks,
Marion Crooks, David Sease, Ben
Rook, Frank Pa. bridge, Charles
Senn, Charlie Epps and Olin Dor-
roh are attending the National
Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of
America, being held at Colorado
Springs, Colo. Also attending
from Newberry County are Tom
my Malone, Jimmy Abrams and
Willie Teague of Whitmire.
The group is scheduled to re
turned to Newberry August 1st.
p.m.
The grinding crash piled up the
road switcher locomotive and
e-yht of the 24 loaded cars it
was pulling. The damp truck was
slammed down a small embank
ment beside a creek with the
nose of the locomotive resting
against it.
Trainmen told officers that the
truck burst in1*> flames imme
diately. They battled the blaze
with extinguishers carried aboard
the locomotive until a fire truck
arrived from Prosperity. Be
cause of the intense heat, all ef
forts to rescue the victim failed.
His body was badly charred.
Highway Patrolman D. E. Ab
rams, who investigated the acci
dent, said the train engineer, J. A.
Butler of Route 4, Greenwood,
told him the truck “just came
across the tracks” in front of
the locomotive. Officers said that
their investigation showed the
warning signal and bell were op
erating as the train approached.
The engineer said he sounded
the locomotive bell and horn and
applied the brakes but that it
was too late to stop the heavy
train. He said the truck came into
sight when the locomotive was
about three car lengths from the
crossing.
Mr. Morton was an employee
of S and S Co., of Norwood, N. C.,
a subcontractor with Dickerson
Construction Co. of Monroe, N. C.
Dickerson is resurfacing Highway
176 between Columbia and Spar
tanburg. He had just picked up a
load of asphalt at the plant in
Pomaria and was en route to the
paving project in Richland Coun-
TWO DERAILED FREIGHT CARS, twisted steel tracks and broken cross-ties
the jarring impact of car and truck in the Monday afternoon fatal accident near
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ty when the at ‘dent occurred.
The heavily loaded train was en
route from Alston junction in
Richland County to Greenwood.
It consisted of 12 cars of coal,
one of salt and 11 of stone.
Ail eight nopper cars which
derailed were loaded with coal.
They, along with the locomotive,
were thrown in haphazard dis
array, most of them stacked side
by side at right angles to the
track. Many tons of coal were
spilled on the roadbed. Tracks
were ripped up over a distance of
about 60 yards.
All traffic on the railroad and
the highway, the principal route
between Columbia and Spartan
burg, was blocked for many
hours.
The railway’s Columbia Divi
sion superintendent, R. H. Sny
der, said the* highway would be
cleared Monday night but work
on clearing and rebuilding the
tracks would begin Tuesday morn
ing. * " ;
Passenger train No. 17, due to
arrive in Greenville Tuesday at
1:35 a.m., would be routed by
Spartanburg, Mr. Snyder said.
The Columbia-Greenville passen
ger train, due out of Greenville
at 5:15 a.m. will travel its usual
route but will be running late,
he said.
Sightseers continued to visit
the scene of the tragic accident
late into the night. AH through
highway traffic, however, was
being detoured around Pomaria.
Fireman L. C. Shaw told a re
porter that the train was travel
ing; about 28 miles an hour at
the time of the crash. Patrolman
Abrams had not estimated the
speed of the truck. Skid marks
extended about six or eight feet
beyond the tracks, indicating
the truck was struck just, behind
its midsection. *
In the cab of the locomotive
with Mr. Butler aind Mr. Shaw
was the conductor, C. L. Mc
Queens. All three were “shaken
up” but apparently suffered no
injuries. The flagman, C. F. Stal-
cub, was on top of the caboose
and seeing the truck in the path
o fthe train, braced himself and
was not injured by the impact.
Coroner George R. Summer
said an inquest would be held
on a date to be announced. Ju
rors are Kibler Moon, Frank
Summer, James Smith, D. R. Rot-
ton, J. W. Moates and Cher lie
Altman.
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At Ft. Benning
FORT BENNING, G*. — (AHT
NC)—Army Capt. Reward N.
Parks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thom
as N. Parks, 2811 Fair Ave., is
helping instruct cadets who are
undergoing six weeks -of
at the Army Reserve
Training Corps sumiper camp at
Fort Benning, Ga. The training is
scheduled to be concluded July 29.
Captain Parks is regularly as
signed as assistant professor of
military science at Savannah (Ga.)
High School.
The 32-year-old officer entered
the Army in 1950 and was last
stationed in Italy. . ,
He was graduated* from New- Lillian N. Werts, Mrs. Hugh Bal-
berry High School in 1945 “and lentine, Lillian Vanderford, Cile
from the U .S. Military Academy
at Weet Point, N. Y., in 1950. ’
July 24; Mrs. W. A. Attaway,
Alberta Wicker, Roy Long, Mrs.
F. C. Wicker, S. Gordon Brown*
Miss Elsie Gilliam, Merle Draw-
dy, Tom Lewie, Tommy Beden-
baugh, Sloan Wallace.
July 25: David Summer, Mrs.
I. M. Smith, Mrs. R. E. Hanna,
Jr., Lucy Bouknight, John B.
Davenport, Charlie Dukes.
July 26: Olin Lominick, ; Nan
Oxner Wilson, Joyce Merchant,
Martha H. Brown, Mrs. C. E. Bar
ley. Sylvia Boozer, Paulette Word.
July 27: Mrs. D. D. Darby, An
nette Young, Mrs. Ada Livings
stoix. Miss Allene Graham, Bobby
Hawkins, C. A. Dufford, Sr., Mary
Regnery, Alien Graham, Elsie H.
28: Mrs. Bill Stock, Thom-
D. L. Nance, C. B.
ir Jr., Louis Ray Ringer, Jos
eph Lincoln Tolbert, Jr., Mrs. E.
E. Epting, Robert Hipp Copeland,
Neal Dlckert, Clara Coleman,
Jackie Bozard, Mrs. George P.
Hawkins, Woodie Livingston,
Robbie Acne Creekmore, Miss
Bertha Gray Gallman.
July 29: D. L. Wedaman, Welch
Wilbur, Horace Cromer, Mrs. G.
K. Dominick, Tommy Milton Folk
Sr., Doris Goree, H. T. Oxner,
C larence Dehart, W. Q. Wil
liams, Fran Amis.
July 30: Harriet Morehead,
BiU Hawkins, MaybeUe Yates, J.
C. Counts, Mrs. €. S. Hazel, Mrs.
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Bedenbaugh, Beverly Dehart,
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