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>•« 1 EVERYBODY WASTES nervous en ergy over worries that later appear ridiculous. / y mm ' S‘, '.<v ^ PP1 / r .V^v. : w J -;\ v ■ " % ?< ' . •• • v-_ i EVEN IF YOU LOSE your money prudently, it hurts just as much as if you lose it recklessly. VOLUME 24; NUMBER 30. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 1960 # $2.00 PER FEAR By The Way ori3 &anderJ THANK YOU ; motion the simple causes of which I’m sure that each of you appre- , security is the sure effect—where ciated getting the county results w e can consciously embrace and of the November 8th election consistently obey the laws that make the major differences be tween us and our horses and hunt ing dogs.” with such rapidity over WKDK. The credit for the speed with which the returns were broadcast is due to the cooperation of a number of people, most especially ~ *01 the managers of the 50 precincts j Kflflk who called in the Presidential and V331V1I UUUIY Amendment No. 6 returns as they ¥ f\ LI* L were counted. / IS rUDnSIied I realize this word of thanks to the managers, to Jimmy Coggins and the WKDK staff, to Mr. and JWrs. A. H. Counts and others who helped tabulate returns at The £>un, is a week late, but I was too sleepy and sick over the results of the presidential election last Wednesday morning to think of It. A bit late, but thank you. Criminal Court Will Begin Nov. 28; Jurors Named The Court of General Sessions j # <» /! • will convene here Monday, No-’P|»,q|. vember 28, with Judge J. Wood-j* II kJd IC« row Lewis presiding. The follow- rw^ ing will report for petit jury serv- MK t,Oll££S 1 0 ice on Tuesday, November 29: WHAT NOW? A number of people have asked *‘What are you going to write about now that the election is over?” That’s the same question I have been asking myself. I do have a word or so further on the election. Before the voting, I expressed the opinion that should the state go Republican, the cry of “religious bigotry” would quickly arise. Well, the state voted Democratic, but that didn’t keep Edgar Brown, bitter because he couldn’t deliver his own home county of Barnwell to the Democrats, from repeating that old refrain, “religious bigot ry.” Brown said, in what appear ed to be in the nature of a threat, “Barnwell County wall nevfer vote Republican again,” He may eat his words before it’s all over. One other observation: I was asked the other day “do you really think Kennedy will be so much worse than Nixon would have been?” While I wrill admit that my opinion of Nixon was greatly increased during the campaign I thought it was clear from the be ginning that I didn’t have a very high opinion of either candidate; my support of the Republican ticket was based on the difference in platforms, not candidates. There are many reasons, but I think I wrote most of them before the election so I won’t go back over them at this time. I have an idea that it won’t be too long, though, before I’ll be reminding you of some- of them. BLOODMOBILE I would urge that if you can do so, you donate a pint of blood when the bloodmobile visits Mid- Carolina school next Monday af ternoon. One never knows when the need for blood will arise. I am told that when the emergency call went -out from the hospital last week, a great number of volunteers of fered blood. Unfortunately, only two or three had the right blood type. It could have been you who needed blood. Most of the time it is available from the blood bank, but it won’t be unless you put it there. ^ Please try to give a pint. On December 17, 1860, a con vention in Columbia made plans for South Carolina’s Secession from the United States. On Dec. 17, 1960, “South Caro lina Secedes,” a volume by John A. May and Joan Reynolds Faunt, will be released by the University of South Carolina Press as the first publication sponsored by the Civil War Centennial Commis sion. On that day 100 years ago, rep resentatives from all 45 districts and parishes gathered in a solemn and gravely determined, group. Called together by an act of the General Assembly by request of the Governor, they met in the old State House which faced Assemb ly street. The Convention was not called merely to state positions; the ac tual machinery of Secession had to be created and set into motion. South Carolina had entered into the Union by choice and free will and therefore felt quite free to dis associate herself from it. This reasoning had logic behind it. England had recognized the colonies as free and sovereign states in tiie treaty ending the Revolutionary War. These sover eign states had then decided that the best interests of all could be served by joining forces under one Constitution. Now, South Carolina reasoned, the best interests of her people were not being served by the Un ion. She concluded that the con tract between the states was null and void when the free states re fused to abide by the runaway slave regulations incorporated in the Constitution. The Secession Convention con tinued in course for nearly two years. Its records were preserved but, until now, have been practi cally unobtainable by frhe public. Rion C. Price, Sr., 945 Cline /\ St.; J. William Boozer, Prosperity Rt. 3; W. Ray Graham, Pomaria, Rt. 1; J. Levi Longshore, Newber ry, Rt. 3; George W. Rodelsperg- er, 1914 McHardy St.; Ernest E. Ringer, Newberry Rt. 1; Jones M. Bedenbaugh, Prosperity Rt. 2; Q. L. Shealy, 1317 Silas St.; W. C Bledsoe. Newberry Rt. 1; James H. Berley, Pomaria Rt. 2; Oneal Swygert, Prosperity Rt. 3; Wil liam C. Swittenburg, Newberry Rt. 3; J. Allen Dominick, Silver- street; Harold V. Leavell, New berry Rt. 1; Robert J. Fulmer, Prosperity Rt. 1; William L. Shep pard, 2106 Mower St.; Carl Sing- ley, 521 Main St.; P. N. Book man, 933 Gilder St.; Also, M. E. Hamm, 113 Caldwell St.; J. D. Rook, 1604 Main St.; Edgar Lee Dawkins, Prosperity Rt. 2; R. Earl Satterwhite, New berry Rt. 3; John Edward Seibert, Prosperity Rt. 1; John R. Suber Jr., 114 Union St., Whitmire; H. W. Dipner Jr., Chappells; Dupree W. Stone, Whitmire; William R. Buford, 2306 Main St.; William David Shealy, Little Mountain; B. M. Stuck, Little Mountain; T. Guy Bowers, Silverstreet; Depree Har mon, 2012 McCravy St.; Cyril Hutchinson, 801 College St.; B. J. Kibler, 757 Pope St.; Hugh M. Epting, Newberry Rt. 3; T. A. Hargrove, 2015 Mower St.; and Olin L. Metts, Little Mountain Rt. 1. County High In Wood Production Pulpwood production in South Carolina in 1959 increased eleven per cent over 1958, according to State Forester Chas. H. Flory. South Carolina’s 1959 pulpwood production was 1,933,343 cords compared to 1,747,800 cords in 1958. The 1959 production was made up of 1,709,922 cords of round pulpwood and 223,421 cords of wood residues. There w T as a slight decrease in In “South Carolina Secedes” P ine cut for pulpwood. All of the increase came from a forty-nine WHAT PRICE SECURITY? Ed Lipscomb of Memphis, Tenn^ guest speaker at the recent meet ing of the S. C. Farm Bureau, gave his listeners something to think about. “One of the great and tragic delusions of our times,” Mr. Lip scomb pointed out, “is that we can achieve security by voting for it. “No political program has ever yielded more than a passing semb lance of security and none ever will. We either fail to comprehend or refuse to admit that handouts arranged by politicians are essen tially a matter of redistributing, on a politically expedient basis, the proceeds of compulsory collec tions made possible by public police power.” He noted that pensions, vacation schedules and certainty of senior ity have assumed such importance today that job' applicants ask more questions about them than about opportunities for advance ment. The only place we can find security is inside ourselves, Mr. Lipscomb said. “Here, and here alone, is the stuff of which security is built— ideals, not dollars; principles, not pensions; character, not conven ience or expediency. Here is the place where each of us is in abso lute control—where we can set in the minutes of the Convention have been condensed, omitting un important detail but recording the important facts. The three great documents, re sulting from these sessions are given in full: the Declaration of Causes (of Secession), the Ad dress of the People (of South Carolina to those of the other slaveholding states), and the Ord inance of Secession. , A large portion of the volume is devoted to the biographies of the members of the Convention and signers of the Ordinance. John A. May is chairman and Joan Reynolds Faunt secretary of the Civil War Centennial Com mission in South Carolina. “South Carolina Secedes” is the first book to be sponsored by the commis sion, and wall appear on the 100th anniversary of the meeting of the Convention. Service Monday For Mrs. Harmon Mrs. Gussie Rodelsperger Har mon, 64, widow of John Burr Har mon, died suddenly Sunday morn ing at a local hospital. She had been in declining health for the past year. She was a native of Newberry, daughter of the late Edward L. and Leila Vaughn Rodelsperger, a member of the First Baptist Church, the Lucy B. Hunt Bible Class and the Nell Davis Circle. Her husband died in 1958. Surviving are a son, Robert L. Harmon of Newberry; three daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Hallman of Summit, Mrs. Louise Long shore of Newberry and Mrs. Eli zabeth Tarrer of Rock Hill; two sisters, Mrs. H. L. Barker of New berry, and Mrs. Pope Morris of Prosperity; two brothers, George W Rodelsperger and F ed P. Rod elsperger of Newberry; six grand- cnildren and one great-grand child. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday at 3 p.m. at McSw-ain Funeral Home by Rev. Kenneth Wilson. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were R. L. Lister, Sedley Senn, L. Eddie Cro mer, L. H. Jordan, Charles Dukes and Preston McAlhany. per cent increase in cut hardwood pulpwood and a forty-four per cent increase in the use of wood residues—mainly chips made from sawmill slabs and edgings. Fairfield County, the leading pulpwood-producing county in the s^ate, was one of twelve counties in the entire South where more than 100,000 cords of pulpwood were harvested last year. The leading pulpwood-producing counties in South Carolina last year were: Fairfield 127,247 cords; Georgetown 85,473 cords; Newber ry 76,118 cords; Kershaw 69,803 cords; Colleton 66,429 cords; Edgefield 64,555 qords; Chester 60,888 cords; Berkeley 57,312 cords. Be Held Tuesday The Industrial Relations Com mittee of the Newberry County Development Board, headed by John F. Clarkson and Ernest H. Layton, Co-chairmen, has an nounced that it will sponsor a cof fee-break program on Tuesday, November 22, at the Community Hall. This first program will stress the importance of Newberry College to the community and will be conducted by Dr. A. D. G. Wiles and his staff from the col lege. Coffee and doughnuts will be served through the courtesy of Kendall Mills. The meeting will begin at 10 o’clock. In making' this announcement, Messrs. Layton and Clarkson stated that this is a first in what they hope will be a series of meet ings emphasizing the positive ap proach to industrial development through an appreciation of our outstanding business, industrial and cultural assets in the county. Messrs. Layton and Clarkson were members of the industrial develop ment team which recently made a trip to New York and Boston to contact industrialists on behalf of Newberry County. They stated that one of the lessons learned from this trip is that prospective clients place a great deal of im portance on the community’s at titude toward its present assets, and quite often that is the decid ing factor in plant location. In addition to Messrs. Layton and Clarkson, the Industrial Rela tions Committee is composed of these members: L. E. Gatlin Jr., W. H. Tedford, Hart Jordan, D. O. Carpenter, James Abrams, A. E. Morehead, J. W. Earhardt, Dr. J. E. Hunter Jr., Gerald Paysinger, P. D. Johnson, and H. B. Kirke- gard. It was emphasized that everyone is invited to attend this meeting and it is hoped that a good turn-out will be present for this important program. The pro gram will be very informal and will not last over forty-five min utes. Earl H. Gilliam, President of the Newberry County Development Board, announced that Newberry County is being represented this week in the state of Connecticut by Ben Robinson of the local de velopment organization and Man- ton Frierson of the State Devel opment Board. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Frierson plan thirty-eight calls in nine different cities in the state of Con necticut and will be headquarter ed in Hartford and New Haven. MY Gilliam stated that this is part of the Board’s over-all plan to present the Newberry County story to industrialists in the East who may consider expansion into the growing southeast market now and in the future. Bloodmobile At Mid-Carolina The Red Cross , Bloodmobile hopes to make up a deficit of 44 pints of blood when it makes its last visit of the year to Newberry County next Monday, November 21. The Bloodmobile wnll be at Mid-Carolina school from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. Although the quota for each visit is 100 pints, it is hoped by Red Cross personnel that 44 ad ditional pints will be? collected, to make up the year’s deficit in New berry County. Persons in Prosper ity, Little Mountain and Pomaria, as well as in the remainder 6f the county, are urged to contribute blood during the Monday vigit. The state Blood Bank was com pletely out of type O-Negative blood last week, and the Newberry County Memorial Hospital had to issue an emergency call for don ors to supply needed blood for a patient. Hospital personnel state the blood bank is also very low on type O-Positive blood. It is reported that Newberry County used much more blood this year than was collected in the county. All citizens are urged to make this visit a success. f ■■ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Beck have moved to 1722 Harris St. to make their home. Mrs. J. L. Koon is a patient in the Newberry Memorial Hospital where she is scheduled to under go major surgery today. Mrs. Eleazer, 88, Died Sunday Mrs. Stella Bouknight Eleazer, 88, of Summer St., widow of Charles Haskell Eleazer, died early Sunday morning at the New berry County Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Eleazer was born in Lex ington County, a daughter of the late Isaiah Mclanchthon Bouk night and Sarah Lowman Bouk night. She had lived in Newberry since 1911. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Re deemer. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. V. W. Archer of Charlottes ville, Va., Mrs. Oscar R. Sum- #ier of Newberry, Mrs. C. T. Paysinger of Columbia, Mrs. M. D. Carson of Charleston and Miss Lucille Eleazer and Mrs. J. J. Chappell of Newberry; a broth er, Sam D. Bouknight of Irmo; two sisters, Mrs. B. L. Long of Prosperity and • Mrs. L. H. Rob ertson of Saluda; five grandchil dren and seven great-grandchil dren. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday at 3 p.m. at Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. Henry A. McCullough. Burial was in Rose mont Cemetery. The annual banquet to begin the “National Employ The Phy sically Handicapped” essay con test in Newberry County was held at 12:30 in the Commun ity Hall. It is sponsored by the S. C. Employment Service, and the barbecue chicken dinner was served by the Civic League, Am erican Legion Auxiliary and Business and Professional Wom an’s Club. I James F. Coggins, chairman of the county NEPH committee, in troduced special guests, includ ing Dill Beckham, chairman of the Governor’s NEPH commit tee, E. H. Bradley, director of the State Employment Service, and Pearce Davis, manager of the local employment service of fice. Dr. Frank Hoskins, head of the English Department at New berry College and chairman of the essay contest judges, urged the students present to “be as imaginative as you can” in writ ing essays. Other judges will be Prof. Scott Elliott and Miss Margaret Paysinger, both of the college English faculty. The first place winner in each high school will be awarded $10, donated by J. P. Stevens & Co. in Whitmire; Prosperity Furni ture Co. for Mid-Carolina, and R. E. Summer, Ins. Agency for Newberry High. County prizes of $25 first prize, $10 second and $5 third will be given by Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Association. The 105 students and guests were shown a movie “The Big gest Bridge in Action.” In the photo above are, left to right seated. Miss Grace Sum mer, Miss Margaret Paysinger and Mrs. Sadie Crooks, presi dents of the Legion Auxiliary, B&PW and Civic League, res pectively; standing from left, Messrs. Beckham, Bradley, Cog-i gins. Mayor Ernest Layton and Mr. Davis. (Sunphoto.) -mi "m - MS .v- Band Night Will Be Feature Of Season’s Last Home G Son Of Local Woman Succui isbury, N. C. died Thursday at the Rowan Memorial Hospital. He had been in declining health 12 years and seriously ill for two weeks. Born June 1C, 1894, in Flor ence, he was the son of Mrs. An ita McKown Blount of Newberry and the late Rev. W. C. Blount, Sr. He was educated in the Flor ence city schools! He served in the Army overseas during World War I. For most of his life Mr. Blount ^ T , had been a sales representative for Active pallbearers were O. A. the Minnesota Paint Company. He y|pgg|ljg||fmB£i | , pmpPJP Prof. Charles” P. Pruitt, Direc-1 Conference, and the ‘Redskins” tor of the Baind and Orchestra at ■ have not met each other on Newberry College, announces that plans fpr the annual Band Day program are complete. A bigger and net tter program will be await- Harry A. Blount, Sr., 66, of Sal-i»i»g the'fans when they attend the Summer Jr., Charles T. Paysing er, John Chappell, Paul Folk, Paul W. Whitaker and Parker F. Martin. RETURNS HOME FROM HOSPITAL - Mrs. Neil E. Truesdell returned to her home on Calhoun St. Mon day morning after undergoing sur gery at Newberry County Memor ial Hospital. HOUSEALS ON EUROPEAN TOUR Dr. and Mrs. Robert Houseal, of Columbia, formerly of New berry, are spending several weeks touring countries of Europe. Shown above are a few of the lovely Christmas decorations which will be on sale when the Woman’s Guild of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church holds its Bazaar this afternoon (Thursday) beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the Parish House. In addition to items in the Christmas booth, there will be many different articles for sale—aprons, smocks, linens, canned foods, plants. The public is cordially invited. (Sun- photo.) retired about 10 years ago. Since moving to Salisbury 35 years ago, he had been a member of the First Baptist Church and had been active in the religious affairs of the church. He served as chairman of the board of trus tees and was made an honorary life member. He was a member of the board of deacons and the building committee and had serv ed as building fund treasurer when the new church was constructed. General secretary of the adult No. 1 Sunday School ‘ department, he was also a member of the White- head Bible Class. In addition, Mr. Blount belong ed to the Knights of Pythias and the Samuel C. Hart Post of the American Legion. He was married on October 16, 1919 to the former Lena M. Mc- Eachern of Bishopville. Survivors, in addition to his wife and mother, are one son, Harry A. Blount, Jr., of Salis bury; four daughters, Mrs. Harry W. Arthur and Mrs. George Hipp, both of Salisbury, Mrs. Simmons Fentress of Charlotte, Mrs. C. Hendon Powell of Raleigh; two brothers, Jack Blount and W. C. Blount, Jr. both of Macon, Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. A. J. Briggs and Mrs. T. B. Lester, both of New berry;, and 10 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist Church Sat urday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Bur ial followed In the family plot in Rowan Memorial Park. CHURCH TO HAVE CAKE SALE The Calendar Society of Cen tral Methodist Church will hold a Cake Sale Tuesday, November 22, beginning at 11 a.m., in the church social hall. Orders may be given in advance by telephone either to Mrs. S. A. Meek. No. 216; Mrs. O. M. Cobb, 543, or to Mrs. C. I. Youmans, 302. Mrs. J. C. Goggans, who has been visiting her son. Dr. Walter Goggans and family at March Air Force Base, California, has re- tuifoed to her home here. football game between Newberry College and Carson Newman on Saturday, November 19. During the halftime 600 stu dents from fourteen high school bands will join in for a mass band performance. Loy Wagner, Presi dent of the South Carolina High School Band Director’s Associa tion will be a guest conductor on the program. Mr. Wagner is at present director of the Ware Shoals High School Band. Also appearing at halftime in a solo performance will be Miss Ma jorette of South Carolina for 1960- 61, Miss Rebecca Farmer, from the Allendaie-Fairfax High School Band. High School Bands that will per form are Allendale-Fairfax (State champions in Class B competi tion), directed by Louis O. Clamp; Hampton, directed ty Miss Bar bara Long; Lamar, directed by W. Buist Farmer; Walterboro, direct ed by Robert Bouknight; Saluda, directed by James Leopard; Whit mire, directed by Julian Hicks; Gaffney, directed by H. Mitchell War I; Blue Ridge, directed by Walter Leopard; Camden Military Academy, directed by Melvin Price; Cheraw, directed by Charles Privette; Pageland, directed by Herbert L. Gilliam; Travelers Rest, directed by Ralph C. Gil liam; Johnston, directed by Walter Coui\ts; and Piedmont, directed by Toni McCullough. The Newberry “Indians”, with a 4-6 won-loss record, will meet the Carson-Newman “Eagles” on Saturday night for the tribe’s last home game for the 1960 football season. The Eagles, from Jefferson City, Tennessee, had a 1-7-1 won-lost tie record last year. The Eagles, playing out of the Volunteer State gridiron but five times, Newber ry holding Hie lead in games 4-1. Couch Roy Hannon’s Eagles have an experienced first unit with 16 lettermon returning from & last years squad. The “Fighting Redskins” axe 1 fresh from a November 11 victory over the “Catamounts” of West ern Carolina. The tribe must win it’s next two games in order to pull out a winning season. They must face Carson Newman on the 19th and Presbyterian on the 24th. TI e “Indians” last losing season ’ ms in 1952, and the team and coach have high hopes of not repeating that occasion. Richard Seastrunk, -senior full back, leads the “Indian 11” with 683 yards rushing with Jimmy powder, junior halfback hot on his heels with 647. Tom Gorman leads in the passing slot with 48% of v his throws completed for a total of 441 yards. Fred Haley paces the pass receivers with 164 yards for 11 catches. Carl Harris, who scored 14 points and passed for' two more (conversion), in the Western Carolina game, is high scorer for the “Redskins” with 46 points. ’ Are Accepted In Blue Key • The Newberry College chapter of Blue Key, a national honor fraternity, recently install: a 20 new members at a dinner meeting in Kaufmann hall. They were ac cepted on leadership, scholarship, and character. Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president of the college, was accepted as an honorary member. He spoke to the group on “Leadership” after which the members of Blue Key told the history, purpose, policies and symbols of the organization. Among the new members are: J. Robert (Bobby) Davenport, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dav enport of Newberry, and E. Eu gene Epting, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Epting of Newberry. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Nov. 20: Mrs. H. O. Newman, Gerry Rutherford, Mrs. Victoria Bradley, G. D. Wike, Clarence C. Hutto Jr., Reed Marrett, George L.^Johnsoo, Dorothy Leaphart, Mary Ann Daria Beckwith, Henry Holland Wil son, Robert Wayne Turner, Doris A. Sanders. Nov. 21: Argy Chapman, Beo R. Wicker, Josephine Doolittle, Mrs. Robert W. Glymph, Mrs. , R. E Beck, Melvin Price. Nov. 22: Mrs. Lamar Hazel, Bertha Long, Robert Kelly, Car ol Ringer, Mrs. Berley A. Fret- well, Ralph Whitaker, Martha Dahl Harley, Eva Mae Cook, Mrs. J. H. Cook Sr. Nov. 23: Russell Aubrey Har ley, C. L. Dowd, Homer R. Wil liams, Mrs. H. G. Wike, Dave Waldrop, Mrs. H. T. Carlisle, Mrs. B. B. Leitzsey Jr., Louise Motes. 'Nov. 24: Joy Hunter, Mar garet Shealy, Mrs. W. W. Walk er, J. W. “Bill” Smith, Mrs. R. C. Carlisle, W. D. Jones. Nov. 25: Jimmy Clamp, Mrs. A. W. Murray, Troxelle W. Brown, Pope L. Buford, Jr., Di anne Gilliam, Alan Senn, J. L. Koon, W. D. Kinney. Nov. 26: Robert Smith, James R. Williams, R. D. Coleman Jr., Scrappy Wherry, Henry Stevens, Jimmie Harmon, Richard Har mon, Mrs. Selma B. 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