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Next to knowing when to seize an opoprtunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to for go an advantage.—B. Disraeli. rauiii 0 VOLUME 24; NUMBER 24. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1960 By The Way * by, Zboris Sanders FOOTBALL TALK The Newberry high school Bull dogs, with three victories and one defeat behind them, will try to make it a four-to-one record for the local fans when it meets Wade Hampton high of Gieen- • ville for Homecoming game Fri day night at Setzler Field. Home coming activities are announced elsewhere in this issue, and a capacity crowd is expected for the game. Heard after the Newberry-Len- oir game: “It was terrible.” I dis agree. I thought the Indians play ed good football. I would like to have seen a victory, too, but that is hard to expect when a team is so much larger and stronger. The Indians were just outclassed, that’s all. They did a good job in holding the score down as much as they did. As long as the Red frkina play .that type football, I like to watch them—win or lose. Another good performance was put on last Saturday night dur ing halftime by Charlie Pruitt’s College N Marching Band. This group started out with a meagre 16 members just a few years ago. It has grown to 50 members this year, and, as always, Charlie has them stepping fast and looking mighty good in their scarlet and grey suits. • The Indians will be in Orange burg this Friday afternoon, play ing against Wofford at the Or angeburg Fair. Tickets are avail able at the Public Relations office and at the usual places down town. Try to go; if you can’t, tune in the game on WKpK. Air time, 1:45 p.m. THE “DIXIE NEWS” I am sure most of you saw the Democrats’ ad in the daily papers Monday of this week. It was made up to appear as a reproduction of a tabloid newspaper. It was “date- lined” Columbia, but it seems more than coincidence, dosen’t it, that the type faces used aro EX ACTLY the same as those used by the Anderson Independent, a sheet which heaps abuse on any one and everyone daring to sup port the Republican ticket; a sheet which has used every wile in the business to slant its news so that it will appear that Nixon is the biggest fraud ever to take the political spotlight, and that John Kennedy is heaven-sent to save the Republic; a sheet which has, since the conventions, been writing the same sort of copy to fill its editorial pages. Not many peop> 2 re gullible enough to be taken in by this character-defaming type of poli tical propaganda against Nixon for one single reason: they know this is the only line the Demo crats can take, because they can’t say ’ anything about their own man, Kennedy. * For example: The display makes much of the fact that Jim my Hoff a is backing Nixon. It overlooks telling you that the powerful AFL-CIO, is backing Kennedy. They overlook telling you that Walter Reuther, who needs no further description, is hacking Kennedy. The ad questions the way the U-2 incident was handled. It over looks telling you that Kennedy thought our President should ap ologize to Butcher Khruschev. They tell you that Nixon and Barry Goldwater favor integra tion; they don’t call your atten tion to the fact that Kennedy and Johnson have sworn to end seg regation in EVERY PHASE of community life by 1963. They tell you that a Republican president sent troops, to Little Rock. They seem to forget that s former Democrat president and a former Democrat presidential candidate favored the move and said the troops weren’t sent in soon enough. They call Nixon a “Hatchet Man”. What can they call Ken nedy, who reportedly spent mil lions to buy himself the presi dential nomination? They say that Nixon voted in Congress with Marcantonio; they fail to mention on what measures and they also fail to mention how many Democrats voted with the same Marcantonio. They mention inflation under Republican tenure; they forget to look back of 1952 and quote the inflation statistics for the PRE VIOUS six years under a Demo crat administration. These are examples—but en ough to show why the Demo crats are doing their best to put horns and a pointed tail on Nix on in Hie eyes of the public; they know they can’t put a haV> on Kennedy. IT’S ENOUGH The tactics of desperation being used by such politicians as Olin Johnston, Tom Wofford, et are to use an old expression “encugh to make a preacher ‘cuss.” Cer tainly the continued references to a GOP and “Carpetbag” controll ed press are enough to make a newspaper editor ‘cuss’, not be cause of the name, but because of the intimation that if an editor supports the Republican ticket, it follows that there is “something behind it.” This simply isn’t true. If there is any Republican money floating around, we’d like to see it—in the way of advertisements, of course, not bribery. The reference oy Johnson and Wofford to “carpetbaggers” was the last straw. Perhaps I should have expected it, but I would think that even those two would have the good business sense, if nothing else, not to insult the fine industrialists who have chosen South Carolina as a home for their factories. And if they are not referring to these people, to whom then, do they refer ? That reminds me—one of the big factors considered by indus tries in locating plants is “busi ness climate,” and high in that classification is whether^ a state has right-to-work laws. South Carolina has NOW, but John F. Kennedy vows he will stop that sort of business if he is elected president. If that happens, the State will have lost one of its best “selling points.” Thi§, of course, is aside from the fact that with out right-to-work laws, YOU may be* forced to join a union, like it or not, to get or, keep a job. The governor tried to smooth over the “carpetbagger” smear at his press conference Tuesday, but he is going to have a hard time apologizing away the un warranted attack by Johnston and Wofford on the new citizens of this state. Development Board Governor And ^ --V • • - J»V : t • ON THE WA*i Last Wednesday afternoon, pa pers were all signed deeding ad ditional property adjacent to Boundary Street school to the Newberry County Board of Ed ucation, removing the last known obstacle to construction of two new elementary schools in New berry. , Blueprints of the buildings will soon be ready to put into the hands of cont 'actors and barring the unforseen, the new schools on either side of town should be ready to accommodate all city school children in grades one through six beginning with the 1961-62 ses sion. This is good news, because the people who voted the bond issue for new schools want something done NOW, not two or three years hence. JUDGE EUGENE S. BLEASE, left, receives a reproduction of the Ordinance of Secession of South Carolina from the Union in 1860, from Rep. John A. May. The presentation was made in appreciation of Judge Blease’s services to the Confederate Centennial Commis sion. (Sunphoto.) High School Makes Plans For Homecoming On Friday Night Mrs. Jesse Stone has accepted a position as clerk in the office of the Newberry County Supervi sor. The crowning of the Homecom ing Queen and a clash on the grid iron between the Newberry high school Bulldogs and the eleven from Wade Hampton high, Green ville, will be features of the an nual Home Coming celebration of Newberry high this Friday night at 8 p.m. at Setzler Field. Homecoming festivities will be gin Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. with a parade, featuring the New berry high school Senior Band under the direction of Miss Lor- aine Paris, down Main street. The five beauties who are vie- ing for the title of Homecoming Queen, and their escorts, are Li sa Lominack, Eddie Longshore; Elizabeth Morris, Bobby Bruner; Faye McCullough, James Smith; Rosemary Sease, Eddie Shealy; and Marcia Todd, Parker Martin. The Senior class made its selec- THE NEWBERRY COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE organization of which Charlie Altman is chairman, received last week a $100,000 unit which contains everything necessary to set up a 200-bed field hos pital in case of emergency. The equipment has been stored in the rear of a store room in the Hotel Wiseman building. In the photo above are Charlie Altman on the extreme right and, next to him, Wil- mer Hite who, along with Eddie Loaiiniack, has attended a school in Greenville to learn how to set up the hospital when and if it is ever needed. Mr. Altman pointed out that the equipment is for use in any emergency. (Sunphoto.) tion of a queen by secret ballot last week. Results of the voting will be made known at half-time, when the Queen will be crowned by Prof. J. V. Kneece. Master of Ceremonies during the half-time show will be Elmer Long presi dent of the student body. The Newberry high school Sen ior Band will play, as the senior players and their dates are intro duced. These are as follows: Christy Livingston, sponsor for Cliff White, will be escorted by Henry Brooks. Helen Frick, sponsor for • Jerry Martin, will be escorted by Marty Cook. Marcia Todd, sponsor for Eddie Mills, will be escorted by Parker Martin. Susie Pack, sponsor for Tim Tedford, will be escorted by Bill Moore. Faye McCullough, sponsor for Tony Jackson, will be escorted by James Smith. Floy Ann Dennis, sponsor for Lewis Lipscomb, will be escorted by Eddie Lominack. Mury Helen Felker, sponsor for Kenny Davis, will be escorted by Mac Brooks. Lila Summer, sponsor for Fran cis Watts, will be escorted by Bill Reames. The other senior player is Cal vin Bodie. A i>ep rally will be held Thurs day evening at six o’clock on the square. Monday The Newberry County Develop ment Board today announced plans for a luncheon for key industrial development people to be held Monday, October 10 at the New berry county club. Included in the out. of county invitation list are Governor Hollings, Ernie Wright, Industrial Secretary to the Gov ernor, Walter Harper, Director of The State Development Board and former Senator Charles E. Daniel. The complete list includes representatives from the major construction and. engineering cor porations engaged in industrial development, the statewide banks who have ben active in the field, the public utilities, railroads and other key industrial development personnel. The luncheon - is an activity planned and undertaken by the Public Relations Committee of the county Board with Keitt Pur- ceil serving as chairman. Other members of the committee are: Dan H. Hamm, Jr., Robert C. Lake, Jr., Philip T. Kelly, Jr., James F. Coggins, Charles H. Gray, Robert tSchumpert, James N. Parr, Robert R. Bruner, Hers- chal Kemper,, George K. Domi nick, L. C. Floyd and Pinckney N. Abrams. The program will begin at one o’clock with Thomas H. Pope, pre siding. , Appearing on the luncheon pro gram will be John F. Clarkson of Newberry, John C. Floyd of the State Chamber of Commerce, Walter W. Harper of the State Development Board and Charles E. Daniel of Greenville. Attending the luncheon from Newberry county will be the Directors of the Newberry Coun ty Development Board, the Public Relations Committee, the various district advisory committee mem bers to the Board, the County ilative delegation; Mayors of municipalities in the County, entatives of all industry in the County, County newspapers and radio and the County Agri cultural Agent. Following the luncheon a group of Newberry County business and financial firms will entertain the out of county visitors. Keitt Purcell, Chairman of the Public Relations Committee spon soring the event stated that the purpose of the program was to bring into Newberry county those people who are influential in ? industrial development and give them first hand knowledge of the assets of the area and /to have them know the determina tion of our people to make indus trial progress. - ' ^ ' . :•>»¥/< Cm. mm m TAKING PART lit THE JOINT UDC Tuesday night 9t Smeltzer Hall were left, to right, formed; Mrs. Ralph B. Baker, president of Drayton ml A. May, speaker; Mrs. Eloise Wright, past president of Drayton president of Calvin Crazier. (Sunphoto.) j l; and Mrs. A. T. Neely, I-f i f iT Jurors Named honored Blease was at a point Oakland Men At Exposition Management and supervisors of the Oakland Plant of the Kendall Company were high in their praise this week about the new machinery and other equipment being displayed this year by about 380 exhibitors at the 21st Bien nial Southern Textile Exposition in Greenville. Those attending the show this week from Oakland were: D. O- Carpenter, L. H. Jordan, B. K. Chreitzberg, J. A. Davis, J. T. Long, F. W. Longshore, Asa Q. Hatfield, Irby L. Longshore, G. L. Hughey, H. E. Jennings, W. W. Bigham, Ivy L. Longshore, O. P. Davenport, W. E. Bowers, M. P. Miller, E. B. Hamrick, R. W. Iv- ester, H. E. Schumpert, R. L. Cook, W. R. Brooks, J. I. Ringer, J. T. Kinard, and W. D. Horns by. Fair To Begin Monday At Six Good weather and large crowds are hoped for as those in charge get ready for the 1960 Newberry- Saluda Fair, which opens next Monday at the American Legion Fair grounds. The Fair is being sponsored by Post 24, Newberry American Legion, and clubs of Saluda county. This is the second year the two counties have joined together for the annual event. The Fair gates will open at 6 p. m. Monday, with the Ross Man ning shows opening on the mid way at the same time. According to County Agent A1 Busby, a good, dairy show may be expected this year. Guernseys will be judged on Tuesday morn ing at 10 o’clock with C. G. Cush man as judge. Jerseys will be judged at the same hour on Wed nesday with Dofig Clawson of Clemson as judge. Community exhibits are expect ed to be outstanding this year, and a large number of entries are expected in all departments. Newberry County School Day is Wednesday, Saluda County School day Thursday and colored school day for both counties on Friday. Children will be admitted free oh these days, and the mid way will open at 1 p.m. On Satur day. the “Grand Finale”, the mid way will open at 4 p.m. Judging of.exhibits and award ing of prizes begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday. The Fall Flower Show sponsored by the Council of New berry Garden Clubs will open at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. October term of Civil Cpurt will convene Monday, the 17th at 10 a.m. with Judge Woodrow Lewis of Darlington, presiding. To serve ‘as jurors for this term of Hie court of Common Pleas are the Grady B. Wicker, Little 16*01- tain; Alton E. Lake, Route one, Prosperity; Carroll F. Lake, Route one; William Herbert Ruff, Route two Pomaria; Roland L. Hawkins, 1609 Nance St.; John J. Chapped 1908 Main St.; R. B, Creekmore, 409 Crosson St.; Jas. Everette Sterling, 808 Pope St.; T. B. Boozer, Silverstreet; Pierce C. Davis, Route two; A. P. Par rott, Jr., 315 Caldwell St.; Fred H. Cook, Route one; Norman O. Cromer, Route three; Henry H. Wicker, Route two; C. D v . Cole man, 1213 Crenshaw St.; Elon F. Eargle, Peak; Houseal N. Jay, 1320 Summer street. Also, Olin D. White, Route 1, Prosperity; S. L. Shealy, Jr., 2114 Adelaide St.; J. W. Hipp, Church St., Whitmire; Hugh E. Wessin- ger, 1606 Evans St.; Calvin E. Metts, Little Mountain; Rudolph Martin, Route two; Holland Ep- ting. Route four; Carl B, Setzler, Route three; Frank E. BarHey, 1322 Pearl St.; C. W. Dominick, Route 3, Prosperity; Carroll Ear gle, 1611 College St.; W. C. Nor ris, Jr., Route two;; Dewey Kin ard, 5:;0 Wright St.; Lloyd W. Bain, 10 Gary St. Whitmire; S. W. Brown, Route one; Marion E. Pitts, Route 3; Harold B. Cook, Route 3, Prosperity; Homer C, Addy, 112 Glenn strr^et. , meeting of the two Newberry when he was pre- on of the Ord- by Hon. John of the South U set its “voice,” Henry Tiihrod. “Our South is living, breathing; growing every hour,“ he said, “but we must not forget the mem ories of the pa&v. If we meet the. problems; of 1966 with the spirit of 186P. we shill acquit ourselve- * He urged ^that each secHon of Centennia 1 state plan some observance dnr- W£ been Commission. two such a- presented by the of tne imprinted with the following in scription: “Presented to Chief Justice Eugene S. Blease in Appre ciation of Services Rendered to the Sogth Carolina Confederate Centennial Commission.” It was signed by John A. May, Chairman. Judge Blease addressed the group briefly, expressing his ap preciation for the presentation, ,and noting that he had served in the state legislature with one df the signers of the Ordinance, Col. Robert E. Thompson. He men tioned the four signers from New berry, stating that one, Major John P. Kinard, was buried in the Beth-Eden cemetery, in an un marked grave. He urged that the Daughters of the Confederacy take action to have the grave M Police Arrests E. L. Halfacre, who has been staying in Newberry at the home / of Mrs. Gary Hawkins on Main St. for the past several months while his home on Newberry Rt. 2 was being remodeled, has returned to his home in the county. The following arrests were made during the month pf September by the City police department, ac cording to Chiefs Colie Dowd: Intoxication 22; defective brakes one; speeding, two; running red lights, eight; driving too fast for conditions, three; creating dis turbance, six; intent to defraud, one; failing to yield right of way, one; following too close, one; improper brakes, one; assault and battery, one; no driver’s license, two; resisting arrest and interfer ing with officer, one; reckless driving, one; 'driving intoxicated, three; driving under suspension, one; possession of unlawful wea pon, one. Game Tickets Are Available Tickets fer the Newberry-Wof ford game, to be played at the Orangeburg Fair Friday after noon, are on sale at Central and Lominick’s drug stores and at Johnny’s News stand; also at the Public Relations office of New berry college. marked out of respect for man who did so much for New berry County.” The Calvin Crozier and Dray ton Rutherford chapters held the joint meeting Smeltzer Hall, Newberry College. After a word of greeting by Mrs. A. T. Neely, president of Calvin Crozier chapter, a musi cal program was presented 'by Miss Juanita Hitt’s Gjrls Sex tette. The group sang “Carolina.” This wtis followed by a solo, “A Southern Girl,” by Miss Barbara Youmans, who was appropriately dressed for the occasion in a dress which had belonged to the mother of Mqs. Louis Floyd. The Sextette also hang “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” “Some Enchanted Evening,” “Ora Lee,” and “The Little Drummer.” They were ac companied by Bill Moore, Charles HuffsteHer, and Miss Eva Jane Price, who sings with the group when she is not at the piano. Short remarks were made by Mrs. Ralph* B. Baker, president, and Mrs. Eloise Wright, imme diate past president* of Drayton Rutherford chapter. Judge Blease, who was scheduled to introduce the speaker, Repre sentative May, was suffering with laryngitis, and the introduction was made by Steve C. Griffith, Jr. Mr. May, in making the pre sentation to Judge Blease, des cribed him as “one of the great-, est South Carolinians thi^ state has 'ever produced.” t The speaker told of plans be ing made by the Commission for the Confederate Centennial ob servance during the next four years. He told of the many con tributions of South Carolina to the Confederacy, mentioning that this state was the scene of 227 battles or skirmishes, that South Carolina gave the Confederacy many of its outstanding soldiers, from privates to generals; that the state gave the Confederacy ing the Centennial period. He then spoke of the songs became famous during His Between the t #5rief VMtit „. _ lowing this, the songs from album, “Songs of the Confeder acy,” were played. They included “Robert E. Lee March,” “AH Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight, “Bonnie Blue Flag” “Yellow Rom of Texas” and a narration of General Lee’s Farewell to Ids men. The musical program con cluded with “Dixie.” Following the program, re freshments were served in the hall which, along with the meet' ing room and parlors of Smeltzer Hall, was decorated with lovely arrangements of roses, dahlias, and spider lilies. / BIRTHDAY Oct. 9: Smiley Porter, Frank Wilson, Jr., L. E. Wood, Shirley Koon, David Senn,, Guy V. Whit- ener, Sr., Mrs. George P. Boozer, Alliene Dickert, Gene Epting, Vers C. Creekmore, A1 Cannon, Mildred Werts. Oct 10: Mrs. R. G. Wallace, Cleave Stoudemire, Mrs. J. D. Wicker, Mrs. L. W. Buzhardt, George Moore, Mrs. Ralph G» Johnson, Mrs. Nellie Coates Dav is, Mrs. Sims W. Brown, Frank R. Ruff, Miss Ethel Jones, Braes Graham, Linda Kay Andrews* Frank Reddick. Oct. 11: D. D. Darby, Nancy Green, Mrs. Kate Miller, Forrest Boozer, Mrs. A. H. Dickert, Bill Attaway, William E. Buford, Mrs. Trudie Epting, W. C. Dorroh. Oct. 12: Mrs. W. J. Swittcn- burg, Mrs. James R. Andrews, El bert C. Long, J. E. Wiseman, Sr.* Anita Faye Killian, Mrs. Carl Shealy, Marguerite Webb, PauJL H. Long, Martha Moore Summer, David Schumpert, Robert Shealy, Sr., Patsy Jones. October 13: Steve Griffith, ^ Mrs* K. L. Martin, Dorothy Kizer, Mar ion Spearman, Mrs. Lila Dickert*. Virgil W. Rinehart, Judy Rine hart, Karen Stewart, W. H. Ash- baugh, Mack Montgomery, Estelle Martin, Frances Miller, Mrs. Mat- tie L. Fellers. Oct. 14: David Lee Gartner, Mrs. O. F. Armfield, Jr., Henry Livingston, Jr., Mrs. O. Hentz, Miss Bessie Thrift, Mrs. W. K. Swygert, Mrs. Wofford Cooper, Murray Shull. Oct. 16:' Larry Luther Chap man, Mrs. Johh T. Norris, Mae Lathrop, Mrs. William K. Lath- rop, Tobie Enlow, Mrs. Henry Livingston, Everette Graham, J. O. Koon, Mrs. R. A. Goodman, Laddie Hamm, D. J. Taylor, and Michael Thurow.