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I SAY, let bygones be bygones, but before we can drop the matter, she must have the last word, which word may last well into the night. 1 it. m oio lo VOLUME 24—NUMBER 21 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 1960 - Jilt ' ' $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way - by, vboriA Sander5 CORRECTION In the story last week about teacher qualifications, Gallman High School was listed as having one teacher with a grade C on the National Teachers Examination. Supt. Wigfall informs me that he does not now-, -and never has had a teacher at Gallman with a grade as low as C. Investigation reveals that he is accurate; the teacher with the C grade, al though listed on the roster just Jbelow the Gallman faculty, act ually has no connection with Gall man but works with the Negro olerpentary schools. This teacher was also listed with those at •Gallman who hold Master’s de grees, thus reducing the num ber of teachers at Gallman with advanced degrees from seven to six. My apologies to all concerned for this error. CP TO DATE “Pleasure is deaf when told of future pain, And sounds prophetic are too rough to suit Ears long accustomed to the pleasing lute: They scorn’d his inspiration and his theme, Pronounc’d him frantic, and his fears a dream; With self-indulgence wing’d the fleeting hours, Till the foe found them, and down fell the tow’rs.” —Wm. Cowper These words, written almost .200 years ago, could easily have been written today to apply to the Communist threat, to those who try to warn of the danger, to those who wdll not listen until it is too late. It is all up to date except the last line; how long before our towers will fall into the hands of the ever-growing, ver threaten ing Communist mo:.fter? The Republican presidential nominee said in the simplest of terms, when he was in the South recently, about the only thing that can be said by either candi date (in the South) about civil rights: “Both platforms are about the same, so let’s consider other issues.” I w'ould point out, how ever, that the Republican plat form doesn’t call for an end to literacy tests to determine voting qualifications as does the Demo cratic platform, which would al low' every illiterate to be led to the polls and voted the way some two-bit politician tells him to vote. What I started to mention, how ever, is one of the other planks— and a mighty important one for us—that is the “right-to-work” provision in the Taft-Hartley Act. The Republicans do not oppose right-to-work laws; the Demo crats promise legislation to pro hibit states from enacting these laws and to force those states now having them to repeal them. I am sure you are familiar wdth this law. It simply means that no person can be forced to join a union in order to get work in a plant in which there is a union. The law in South Carolina makes “closed shops” illegal. The Democratic platform pro mises to make South Carolina and other states repeal this law, so that “Closed shops” would again become legal. The Republican par ty upholds the provision of Taft- Hartley which gives the states the right to decide this matter. Which do you want? Freedom of choice, offered by the Repub licans, or giving up another of your state’s rights so the Demo crats can appease the AFL-CIO? Newberry Gets REV R. L. SWYGERT REV. W. H. STENDER II: m ■* , a* REV. C. M. FISHER REV. J. H. ROOF Elder Citizen Succumbs; Rites Were Saturday Mrs. Clara Blease Chappell, widow of John Watts Chappell, Newberry merchant, died Thurs day at the Columbia Hospital af ter a short critical illness. Her age was 92. Mrs. Chappell was born in Edge- field County, daughter of the late James Hartwell Biease and Emma Rally Sunday Night Precedes Lutheran Evangelism Mission A NEW FEUD Seems that during this election year, it isn’t enough to have the candidates needling each other, and the press needling the candi dates. Now we have newspapers with opposing views sniping at each other and candidates (or their representatives) sniping at the press. I can’t remember a time when the newspapers of the state have been so critical of, or have been so criticized by, opposing factions. The battle of the press is becom ing more amusing than the battle of the candidates. First, the governor of our state finds that about 97 percent of the papers are printing “mis-informa tion,” meaning, I gather, that 97 percent do not agree with him. How could so many of us be so wrong? Not many of the papers let that get by without setting the governor straight. Then, more amusing to me, was the charge by E. P. (Ted) Riley, chairman of the $. C. Democratic party, that the editorials of some newspapers are “slanted.” W hy does Mr. Riley think editorial pa- jjes exist? If he had charged edi tors with “straddling the fence” or with “slanting” news stories, he would have been more to the point. But when the time comes that an editor can’t express an opinion—his own or that of some one else—on his editorial page, he might as well stop his presses and go home. The Anderson Independent, with its dyed-in-the-w'ool Democratic stand, refers in an editorial to the “Greenville-Columbia GOP press” meaning it, I assume, in a deroga tory manner. The Greenville News doesn’t The Newberry College Indians let that go by—they bounce back i will travel to Charleston Satur- Lutherans of the Newberry Area will hold a Rally Sunday evening, September 18 in prepa ration for the Evangelism and The Rev. William H. Stender, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Atlanta, Ga., wdll preach in Colony Lutheran Church. Preaching Mission which will be- The Rev. Carl M. Fisher, pastor gin in all Lutheran churches in the county on September 25. The Evangelism Rally Sunday will be held at Setzler Field, New berry College, and the speaker will of Trinity Lutheran Church, Con cord, N. C., wdll be guest minister at St. James Lutheran Church. The Rev. Robert L. Swygert, pastor of St. Jacob’s Lutheran be the Rev. Richard C. Hoeffler, | Parish, Chapin, will preach at one of the outstanding speakers of South Carolina. The Rev. Mr. Hoeffler is a professor in the Southern Lutheran Seminary, Co lumbia, and has a vast experience Frances Crouch Blease. She moved as Christian speaker and teacher, witn her parents to Newberry at an early age and had resided here co itinuousiy since that time. Her Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church. Others, whose pictures will be published later, w'ho will take part of the Mission, include: The Rev. J. Benjamin Beden- baugh, Professor in the Biblical nusband died in 1910. Mrs. Chappell was the oldest member of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church, both in age and in length of membership, having joined that church in 1884. Her life was one of unceasing devotion to her family and friends. She is survived by a son, John J. Chappell of Newberry and a grandson, John W. Chappell, a student at the University of South Carolina. Funeral services were held at the residence, 1908 Main St., New berry, at 4 p.m. Saturday, con ducted by Dr. Neil E. Truesdell. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were David Parr, E. B. Purcell, Dr. Ralph P. Baker, Johnson Hagood Clary, C. D. Coleman, Richard L. Baker, J. D. French, and Oscar R. Slimmer. \lso taking part in the program Department, Lutheran Theological will be a choir of 150 voices, com- Southern Seminary, Columbia, will posed of choir members from the be the preacher at St. Paul’s Lutheran churches of the area. Lutneran Church, Pomaria; the The program for the Lutheran Evangelism Rally begins at 7:30 p.m. Several thousand people are expected to attend, and the public is cordially invited. Rev. Wyman Dowd is the pastor. The Rev. Dermont F. Swice- good, pastor of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Hickory, N. C., will be the preacher in Grace The Evangelism Mission will Lutheran Church, Prosperity, of begin Sunday, September 25 when guest preachers in each of the 22 Lutheran churches will open a se ries of services lasting through Thursday, September 29. Pictured above are some of the ministers who will be preaching in the area. The Rev. J. Hilton Roof, pastor of Corinth-St. Mark’s Lutheran Parish in Saluda County, will preach in Beth-Eden Lutheran Church, Newberry. which the Rev. Ben M. Clark is pastor. The Rev. L. Boyd Hamm, pas tor of Wittenberg Lutheran Church, Leesville, will preach in St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Pros perity. The Rev. C. K. Derrick, Sr., D. D., pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Atlanta, Ga., will be preacher in Mayer Memorial Luth eran Church, Newberry. Newberry was cited today by the American Automobile Asso ciation and the Carolina Motor Club for having eliminated pedes trian traffic deaths from its streets during 1959, according to Jofe Savitz, Division Manager. The AAA “No Pedestrian Deaths” certificate was presented t<F Mayor Ernest H. Layton by Mir., Savitz during ceremonies at Clifcy Hall: Newberry was selected for the award on the basis of its report submittted to the 1959 AA A Pedestrian Program Appraisal, in which cities and states vie for awards in their activities to pro tect the man afoot. It was New berry’s second consecutive year of X6 Pedestrian Deaths. “The residents of the city—both pedestrians and drivers—Reserve considerable credit for making this award possible,” Mr. Savitz said during the presentation. “This record was achieved despite the fact that traffic exposure for pedestrians has increased tre mendously—population, motor ve hicle registration and miles of travel. “The marked reduction that has taken place in pedestrian fatali ties over the years is the brightest spot in the entire traffic accident picture,” said Mr. Savitz. “Pedes trian fatalities in 1959 totaled 7,- 750, a reduction of 50 percent from the high point reached in 1937. During this same period of time, all other traffic fatalities increased 21 percent. Mr. Savitz said this city was selected for citation from more than 1700 competing cities of all sizes. The real reward, however, he stressed, was in pedestrian lives saved. “Almost every pedes trian accident,” he pointed out, “results in serious injury or death. This makes it essential to place greater emphasis each year on pedestrian safety activities.” mm* < V'* +; , , i V ' s i ^ r'\. ' - * - ; V ; ' • * , %■: N.. . a: .1.- i - • r in ■ ' . tiSk ^ gp v^f ■ X-, * % St ■; a Wm? and Chief p MAYOR JOE SAVITZ of Abbeville, left, congratuh tes Mayor Ernest on the excellent Pedestrian Safety Record achieved by the city, with no pedestrian deaths for thir; two years. Mayor Savitz noted that this record is especially outstanding because in addition to teen-ftge drivers at the high school, Newberry college also has a number of teen-age drivers, and this age is more accident prone. Mayor Laytpn stated that Newberry has only four months to go before mg a three-year record with no pedestrian deaths. (SUNPHOTO.) •iiiv- ..r Nearly 50 Cases For Criminal . -Nt*. College Formal Opening Today The 104th session of Newberry College begins today, September 15, wdth prospects good for an other record enrollment. Dr. A. G. D. Wiles is now serving as the eleventh president of the college. He and Mrs. Wiles will reside at 1715 Harper St. until the Presi dent’s home is completed. The formal opening of the col lege will be held in the chapel of Holland Hall at 10:00 a.m. All students are expected to be pres ent for this program. Student conferences with Miss Hattie Belle Lester, Dean of Wo men and Philip T. Kelly, Dean of Men, will start at 11:30 a.m. The women will meet in the conference room of Wessels Library and the men will meet in the auditorium*) of Holland Hall. A discussion of “studying at College” will be held in the auditorium of Holland Hall at 1:30 p.m. At 8:00 p.m. an in formal dance will be held in Mac- Lean Gymnasium. All college classes begin on regular schedule Friday, September 16 hi 8:00 a.m. Council Has Light Agenda City Council had a relatively quiet meeting Tuesday night, with only a few items on the agenda. Council gave authority for the City Manager and City Attorney to transfer ownership of the en tire electric distribution system, except transformers, in the Hart ford Heights area from Duke Power Co. to the City of Newberry for the amount of $13,269. * Council was notified that a tab ulation of bids for policemen and firemen winter uniforms showed Clary’s to be the low bidder in the amount of $1,643.85. Council was notified that a Two Year Achievement for Pedestrian Record for 1959 had bee i present ed to the mayor, in recognition of the city having gone two years without a pedestrian death in the city limits. Mayor Layton men tioned that the record is contin uing up to this point in 1960. Members of Council were re minded of the meeting in regard to Safety Education to be held Monday, September 19 at 7:30 in Council Chambers. A request was received from Carol M. Hipp to install approxi mately 120 feet of 30 inch con crete pipe on his lot fronting on Harrington St. The City Manager was ordered to work out details with Mr. Hipp and report back to Council. Indians Travel To Charleston For First Game with a suggestion to “the editors of one of the most virulent of the ‘three percent’ newspapers,’* preferring to those which the go vernor does not accuse of print ing mis-information, because that three percent evidently agrees with him.) The Greenville News editor goes on to say “They (the editors referred to in above paragraph) might even experience a few qualms when they use almost day, and a large contingent of Newberry fans will also hit the road to the low-country to see the College footballers in their first game of the season. They : will meet the Citadel Bulldogs at 8 p. m. at Johnson Hagood Sta dium. L. C. Graham, public relations director for Newberry College, says a large number of tickets to The Citadel game have been sold locally. He still has some on hand vile language in editorials against and will have them at least until anyone who doesn’t fall on his Thursday night. Those interested knees and bow* three times in the in securing tickets are urged to direction of the Northern liberal’s call Mr. Graham at No,. 2G3 to- of the ADA and the AFL-CIO when the word Democrat is men tioned.” Next thing you know, we’ll be having TV debates between edi tors. MORE AND MORE People are saying more and more “I’m going to vote Repub lican and I don’t care who knows it.” day. Tickets are $3.25 each. The public relations office also has on hand tickets for the New- berry-Wofford game which will be played this year at the Orange burg Fair. The game will be on Friday, October 7th at 2 p. m., and price per ticket is $3.30. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas King have moved to 2305 Harrington street. THEIR HAND PUPPETS adding color and interest, these second graders of Speers Street school lus tily sing “Punch and Judy”, a song from their new music book, during their music period directed by Miss Juanita Hiitt. IN PHOTO left to right, front row, David Reams, Frances Smith, Bran Shealy, A1 Morris, Carolyn Graddick, Robin Duncan, Daniel Hutchison; second row, Michael Lockaby, Dean Brown, Mary Kathryn Frye, Alice Paysinger, David Graham, Johnny Windley; back row% Mary Ella Bedenbaugh. Bobby Michael Duckworth, Furman Albert Miller, Jr., Marcia Jane Evans, Van Cuthbert- son and Olon Moates. (Sunphoto.) Police Are Kept Busy In August City police were busy in August as shown by the month’s roster of 77 cases mstde. Intoxication ac counted for the largest number, 32 cases. Six drivers were caught running stop lights or red lights; four for failure to yield right of way. Four cases of assault and battery were listed, four drivers were charged for having no driv er’s license; four minors were found in pool rooms. Other cases included: Intoxica tion and creating disturbance, two; possession of unlawful weap ons, one; defective brakes on car one; excessive noise, one; driving too fast for conditions, two; curs ing and creating disturbance, one; threatening, one; permitting minors in pool room, one; Also, possession of illegal li quor, one; driving intoxicated, one; transportation of illegal li quor, one; driving under suspen sion, one; storing illegal liquor, one; leaving scene of accident, one; vagrancy, two; disorderly conduct, two; petty larceny, tw T o; trespassing, one. Police Chief Dowd requests that all accidents be reported prompt ly to the Police Department. Nearly 50 cases, ten of which were continued from the June term of General Sessions Court, will come before the September term of criminal court which will convene Monday with Judge Woodrow Lewis presiding. * Continued cases include: Ashley Able, leaving scene of accident; Henry Hendrix, house breaking, larceny, and--... receiving stolen goods; James E. Childers, drunk driving, 3rd offense; William B, Wier, drunk driving, 3rd offense; Elizabeth McNary, larceny and receiving stolen goods; Robert Lee Johnson, involuntary man slaughter arid reckless homicide; S. T. Boyd, murder; John Finney, breach of trust; Wiley Sims and Freddie Senn, statutory rape; William Darr Epting, violation of liquor law. New cases to be presented to the Grand Jury include: Roy Long, breach of peace, two counts; Raymond Boyd and Eugene Folk, assault and battery of high and aggravated nature; Freddie Lee Bates, assault and battery with intent to kill; James Corley, assault and battery with intent to kill; James Hiller, disposing of stolen property; Wiley Sims, as sault and battery of high and ag gravated nature; Willie Ray Hill, bastardy; Reuben Rollins, assault and battery with intent to kill; Richard Osby, escaping public works; Raymond Morgan, non support; Grady Floyd Sims and Joseph Glasgow, housebreaking and grand larceny; Willie Gall- man, assault and battery with in tent to kill; Tom Johnson, acces sory before the fact; John Henry Cooper^ non-support; Norris Rog ers, non-support. Also, William Amet Kinard, drunk driving, 2nd offense; Hoyt Odell Robbips, drunk driving, 2nd offense; Harry Wicker, violation of liquor law; George Kinner and Bartow Codper, affray; B. T. Kennedy and Simmie Reeder, af fray; Furman Wicker, receiving stolen goods; Johnnie Matthews, carbreaking, two counts; Johnnie Hatthews, grand larceny; James W. Hodges, assault and battery with intent to kill; Cleo Otis Sims, pointing firearms; John W. Crapps, violation of liquor law; Dou*k^Jfc»den, bad check law? AmliwP^Tony % ISryant, Mack O'* . and Harold Lee Pruitt, - " and entering, two counts; Fraiifc' Garmany, assault and bat tery with, intent to kill; Frank De- waU, housebreaking and grand larceny; W. D. Hatton, Jr., drunk driving, 2nd offense; Albert So ber, violation of liquor law; neat Lee Thompson, violation of liquor law; L. C. Chapman, as sault and battery with intent to kill; Willie Blair Lyles, non-sup- portj'^Jhmes Whirley, housebreak ing and grand larceny; Ambres Tony Bryant, Mack O’Shields, Jr- and Harold Lee Pruitt, car break- Acebrding ^to > the Clerk of Court,$ n continued case against Jesse Adam Motfee, - violation of liquor law, was disposed of by Judge Griffith bn case against Mildred Hendefson charged with car-breaking, was withdrawn by Marisdarate Dawk ins and dismMwedj j^lfaxijy Par rott, charged with violation at li quor law, waived indictment and was tried before Judge Griffith on September 3rd. ? . Grand Jurors will report to Judge Lewis Monday mottttng. Pe tit jurors will report on Ztiesd&y. 1 '- . . ’ •*/ ' • ** V ;■ /&'' —— J™ 1 ■■■■ S«>.I —pr k Dr. and Mrs. Walter H. Beck are residing at 1518 Boundary St. Silverstreet To Have PTA Meet All patrons and friends of Sil- verstreet Elementary School are urged to attend the Parent-Teach er Association meeting Tuesday night, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. in the auditorium. Miss Helen Nichols of Silver- street will be the guest speaker. Her years of experience as a teacher plus her wit and sense of humor assure entertainment as well as food for thought. The following are the new offi cers for this year: Piesident, Mrs. Harold Hunter; vice-president, Mrs. Edith Bish op; secretary, Mrs. Eva Waldrop; treasurer, Mrs. Irene Parnell. Sept, 18: Blanch Salter; Ansel L. Wood, Tommie Pitts, Tommy Kinard, Andrea Rae Ringer, Hugh Bedenbaugh,. A1 li© Gariington, Nancy L. Copeland, Carol T. Bai- lew. Sept. 19: Jeter Young, Berley Werts, Helen Stone, Mrs. Thom as Cromer, Nona .Jean. Timmer man,. Helen Derrick. ^ , t Sept. 20: Mrs. D. M. 'Lambeth, Mrs. R. C. Neel, Jr., Hepry Bur ton Wells, Mrs. John T. Cromer, A. E. Reese, Walter Hiller, Judy Walton, Charlie Bradleyu Mrs. Su sie B. -Connelly, Jean Amick, Rev. D. M. Shull. Sept. 21: H. H. Ruff, Mrs. Eu gene S. Blease, Margaret Harman, Tommy Riley, Mrs. W. H. Chap man Mrs. Richard L. Baker, An sel Ridgeway, Mrs. J. R. Beden baugh, Jr., Joe E. Webb, Van E. Price, Minnie Lee Taylor, Mrs. J. H. Wallenzine. Sept. 22: Richard Andrews, Kay Dominick, Betty Kay Richardson, Lamar King, Jr., Esther H. Coats, Laurie F. Spearman, Lynn Mon roe, Mrs. Frank Smith; Marian Lipscomb, Mrs. M. B. Sessions, Ralph L. Epting. Sept. 23: Mrs*-W. O. Miller, Su san Hav/kins, Cecil E. Kinard, Jackie Clarkson, Mrs. B. B. Leitz- sey, Sr., Robert Giymph, Edward Epting, Gerald Griffith, Ellen Derrick, Jimmy Kesler, Mrs. Char lie Altman, Susan Paige Nichols, Sept. 24: George Rodelsperger, Robert E. Wike, Barbara Way Carter, Ion Stuck, Joyce Ann Swygert, Gary Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Carol Hipp, Patricia Graham, Beth Baker.