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' - . s- sill i’hoiiRh her looks belie it, N'rs. .1. \. I nderwood Sr. has compiett d H") yer rs work at the (hikland IMant of the Kendall ( dmpan> , and on September bth, bt-gan her retirement. She is -how n here as she received her j fir-t pension check under the i <mplo\ees pension plan from \-a Hatfield, left, overseer of in whose department television occasionally—not too much. Hut my church, which is Hunt Memorial Baptist, finds plenty of work to do. We Bap tists are working people, you know, and I won't have much spare time." Mrs. Inderwood had time, however, to rear two fine sons: Dr. James A. Inderwood Jr., and Robert (better known 3s Hob) I nderwood. “I only have ‘ * U B. Kennedy, B. li. > F. Hinp Jr., (\ K. V; liodeispcrg »w. K.Ju a : Hobby Hi! an; n --a. (iraliam, I mvi*■ I.. \V. Mil's, William H. Le\‘a!;ey, (i. L. Chapman, Jef r 1 Singh-y S: ., Lewis L. ( hanman, Freddie t'nuk and \V. C. v artir. Prospt-rity and routes: Clarence B. Counts, Kenneth Swygt rt. Lee Dominick, Janies Ellis Kunkle, W. J. Lester. Whitmire and routes: Janies G. Roof. Porter H. Brazeil Sr., Ste phen R. Du hose. J. W iliiam King. Pornaria and routes; G. R Wicker, James Harold Ringer, T. L. Wicker. Little Mountain and routes: Ev- erette L. Metis, M. A. Riddle, Ira Lee Frick. *81*: CD J ; M r-. 1 ntie rwood worked. Look- t w o child ren she said. “hut I i n g on i- ( . raii> Carter, n e w of - ha VO eight grande hildren.” L ! c m mat. er .it < takland. Mr -. 1 n d t rwod was horn and Mr-. i i' i i t - r w o >d. \\ ho elired re iro d in (i reenw ( ><>d. b nt. she In C.HI-t • of h a * r health ai d not -a \ ^. 11 1 lo\ s • New! lerrv. I have In c . 1!; -1 * > f i cw an; eu to. - aid “1 ne vor been di-sat i sided he •e a i i U -1 "• i -h ! eon Id coni inue \\ ork- da \ , and 1 w ouldnt w ant to live i n e —L .1 vt ork u ntii I a - 65. an \ \v here el>e.‘ James Leavell Dies Following Long Illness in hut the fne i- enthas.asm for to rt ■ un. pernap'. t:.at o t nerat<.d 1 y Bn: Workman. A LETTER: The following letter is self-ex planatory : Dear Mrs. Sanders; For sometime I have enjoyed your column “By the Way. A paragraph in last week's paper en titled “W'here Are They” was of particular interest. I am a candidate for - a minority party in the November general election and hardly a day has passed in the last five months when Eve not heard the comment “I am with you, hut I can’t be ac tive because it will hurt my busi ness.” On the same ticket with me is a prominent and successful busi ness man who tells me his busi ness has increased so much since announcing his candidacy that he is hard pressed to find adequate time to devote to his campaign. Also 1 have been told by several independent grocers who felt they must stand on their convictions and work actively that their- bu-im.-s has not suffered one bit. My husband was warned when I decided to become a candidate that his business would (iron off. Quite the contrary has been true and Ire cannot find the tin)' he would like to spend campaigning with me. Perhaps the only thing these “red-blooded Americans” have to fear is fea’' itself. I wonder if they have ever TRIED taking an ac tive stand and working for their true convictions. If they TRIED, they just might be surprised at the outcome. But perhaps this realiza tion will come when it is too late to stand up and he counted. Sincerely, A “pleading-with-you-to take-a-stand” candidate Thank you, my friend. Perhaps in places there may T be hope, but I fear Newberry is not one of those places. Too often—in too many other situations—I have seen this thing happen here. Men doing what they knew was wrong, just to take the easy way out. Men doing nothing, when they know, deep in their hearts, that they should. Perhaps your willingness to take a stand may not be rewarded with victory on November 6th, but regardless of the outcome, you have the personal victory of know ing that you, at least, were true to your principles, and that you stood up to be counted when it might have done some good. THE DOGS It was a pleasure to meet our new city manager the other day. I doubt if he would return the com pliment. I didn’t really mean to do more than say “howdy-do”, but one thing led to another, and we were soon discussing the dog sit uation (I’m letting sleeping dogs lie for awhile) and Hallowe’en, which I have no intention of let ting rest until it’s over. I trust Chief Dowd is making his plans—such as ordering a sev en o’clock curfew, ordering chil dren (and grown-up children) to stay in their own neighborhoods and seeing that they stay there, not : : mti v r;j:u:. i :• • not : t. . D ‘ V D v r 1; i, l L. 1 X 1 U L ‘ (• 1 ! ' D • ■ , ■ U t F thing. I b«-ii< v*- that V- -stipiclo : ntvgrat !o*i o! wouid eventually lead to social in tegration. ami 1 am against it. 1 do fee! that those Negroes who have had the pride and self-respect to make something of themselves on their own. separate and apart from the incidents and pressurings of the NAACP, should he given the respect they deserve for want ing to better their race. These are not the ones causing trouble. But to get back to Mississippi. I admire the Governor’s stand be cause it is a stand for States Rights. What disturbs me is, would he take this stand for any r eason other than segregation ? There is where the Southern states have made their mistakes. They take federal (taxpayers) money for their schools, some of their representatives plead fur more federal aid t-> education. And yet they say, “you can't put a Negro in our schools—you are usurping our states rights—you have no control over our educa tion.” Why not? We get money fpmr the federal till (our nmmv, of course). Does the gove:* r cry out “you can't g.ve us nr m-y vou are violating •>-;>•■ >tatos lights:"? When the federal ao-.ti-mmm says' “we are going to nut a $. r )(i million steam generating plant in Mississippi to provide public pow er” does the governor protest “you are ruining our private enter prise,” or does he greedily eye the pork barrel fbr more “federal” money and more control.? I’m only using Mississippi as an example; all states are . guilty. The point I am trying to make is that we become excited only when something touches us per- and longer if t In v " mild b-t me. but nr. lee gi\»> me trouble and i ju-t can': do it any more.” the work at Oakland i- hard, Mr--. I nder wood admits, “hut I don't mind hard work and the people here are the finest in the world to work for.” Mrs. l'nderw(Kxl says she doesn't worry about what she’ll j do with her time. “I love to read,” she reports, “and I watch Reporting that sire had re cenGy visited Tom Parks, who also retired from the Kendall ( onrpany last month and Mrs. Parks, she stated “They both seem so happy. Pm sure they are enjoying retirement, and I ex pect to enjoy it just as much.” M rs. Underwood's supervisors, fellow- employees and friends wish her many years of retired happiness. (Sunphoto.) J air.e- Fair Will Begin Monday With Gates To Open At 6 O’clock Coroner Summer Makes Statement Excellent exhibits in many di visions, a beautiful fall flower show, and an entertaining midway will he highlights of the Newberry- Saluda County Fair, which gets underway when the gates open Monday afternoon, October 8 at 6 p.m., according to Frank Sut ton. fair manager. An added attraction will be a 81(i0 cash prize to be given each night at 10 p.m. Exhibitors are being offered over - $5,000 in cash prizes for winning entries and it is expected competition ;n all di visions will be keen, Mr. Sutton sonally — then we cry for our states rig,its! I don’ ’t want td see integration in our s chools any more than you do—but can’t we think bey oml, and see that this is onlv one fa- cet of our lives where we are The following statement has been made by Coroner George R. Summer: “I have been asked by many citizens of Newberry County why I did not hold an inquest into the death of Oscar Kinard, who was killed by pistol wounds on Friday, September 14th. Frances Baxter 1 , who was held in connection with : j the shooting, was tried on Thurs- Kx-obits must be in place by 6 [ day, September 20, in General p.m. Monday. Judging begins at 1 * ’:i N) a.nr. Tuesday. Tire < "ouneii of Newberry Gar den 1 iub- will be in charge of the Fail Flower Show, which has prov ed to be very popular during the pa.-t several years. White school children’s day will be Wednesday, and colored child ren's day Thursday. All school children will be admitted free of charge on those days.. The fair will conclude on Satur day night. losing our freedom? Agent Walker Is Promoted Walter S. Walker 1 , Associate County Agent, in Newberry Coun ty, has been named Extension Poultryman to be headquartered at the State-Federal Livestock Disease Laboratory in Columbia. He will assume his new duties on November 1st. George B. Nutt, Clemson Ex tension Director, says the newly created position has been estab lished to serve the state’s poultry producers by relating to them the findings of the Livestock-Poultry Department. Walker was selected for the newly created position be cause of his outstanding leader ship in helping to develop the poultry industry in Newberry County. Walker, a native of Augusta, Georgia, and a 195i Clemson grad uate, served as Assistant County Agent in Spartanburg County be fore moving to Newberry. He re ceived his masters degree from the University of South Carolina in 1957. New Teachers At College Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, President of Newberry College, has announced the appointment of Dr. Charles G. Jeremias, as asociate professor and acting head of the Department of Chemistry. Dr. Jeremias has the B.S. de gree in Chemistry from Georgia Tech and the Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Tulane Univer sity. He has also studied at Geor gia Teachers College and the Uni versity of Georgia. He has published a number of articles in the Journal of the Am erican Chemistry Society, and has had a wide experience in re search. He and his family reside at 1401 Boundary St. Dr. Wiles also announced the appointment of Miss Ellen Ga- brielie Naniche, as an instructor in French. Mademoiselle Naniche, a native of France, born and educat ed in Algiers, is a Fullbright Ex change Teacher to America. She has her baccalaureate in two parts from the University of Algiers, 1948, and her Certificat d’ aptitude Pedagogique, 1951. She has had fourteen years of exper ience in teaching French and Eng lish, at the high school and college level, in Algiers, Paris, London, and America. Sessions Court, and was acquitted of the charge of murder. “The incident occurred on Fri day night. General Sessions court began on the following Monday. AY hen 1 first became Coroner, I was asked by the Sheriff’s Depart ment not to hold inquests during a criminal court term because that department was busy in court and didn’t have time neces sary to devote to inquest matters. For this reason, I had not schedul ed an inquest although I was mak ing preparations to do so the fol lowing Friday night. “I must admit that I was amaz ed and distressed to pick up the Friday issue of the daily newspa per and find that the trial had al ready been held. I am informed hy a member of the Sheriff’s de partment that they, together with the Solicitor, decided that an in quest was not necessary, the So licitor giving as his reason that the Code requires that two persons of a community must request an inquest before it is held. The fol lowing paragraph of t he Code, however, states that this is not the case where there is a regularly paid Coroner; and that in such a case, the Coroner makes the de cision as to whether an inquest will be held. “I discussed this matter with State Attorney General Dan Mc Leod. He advises me that he has never known of a case of this na ture in South Carolina having been taken to trial without an in quest first being held. “While there is no need, of course, of re-opening the case for an inquest, now that a trial has been held, it is my hope that in the future, the Sheriff’s Depart ment and the Solicitor will be more inclined to carry out the Code as reouired in South Caro lina.” Dr. and Mrs. Velio Norman of Chapel Hill, N. C. spent the week end in the home of Mrs. Nor man’s mother, Mrs. F. B. Daw kins on Martin St. Rich:; I’d !.• .:v | prominent and beloved re i Newberry, passed away - a .ac ..y i Thursday night at the \ t a::s Hospital in (Viunrbia folhnv’.ny a long illess. Mr. Leaved was bora Yaughnville in the ChappelB sec tion of Newberry County, the son of the late Eugene L. and Susan Eloise Barr Leavell. Ho came to Ne’wberry at the age of 14 and made his home with his uncle, the late R. Y. Leavell. He assisted with the operation of the Leavell Funeral Home, established by the Leavell family in 1847. After the death of his uncle in 1935, Mr. Leavell purchased the business and moved to a new location on College Street where the business was successfully operated under his management and was consider ed one of the most prominent fun eral homes in the state. “Mr. Jim” as he was affection ately known by his employees and host of friends, was devoted to his profession. He was the third gen eration to operate the Leavell Funeral Home. When his health failed in 1950, the business was 104 years old. In 1951, the business was .-aid to Roy Whitaker, present owner of Whitaker Funeral Home. With his dignified manner and pleasing personality. Mi 1 . Leavell took an active interest in all j vating building phases of the funeral profession, and was an enthusiastic member of the National Funeral Directors Association and of the organiza tions of National Selected Morti cians. He was also a member of Amity Lodge No. 87, AFM, where he held a life membership; the American Legion Post 24, having served in the U. S. Army in World War I, and a member of the Wood men of the World. He was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church and a member of the Baraca Sunday school class. He also served as a deacon. On June 6, 1928, he was married to the former Miss Ella Vann Bowman, who survives with two daughters, Mrs. Bill M. (Evelyn) Davis, Chattanooga, Term. and Mrs. Charles W. Gibson Jr. (Bet ty), Camp LeJeune, N. C.; one granddaughter, Susan Elizabeth Gibson; 3 brothers, Rowland, of Chappells; Frank, of Greenwood, and Robert H. of Charlotte, N. C.; one sister, Mrs. Veda Wilson of Chappells and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 o’clock Saturday morn ing from the First Baptist Church with the Rev. J. Anderson Bass officiating. Burial followed in Rosemont Cemetery. Serving as active pallbearers were Clarence Wallace, T. B. Am is, Jesse Dickert, J. G. Purkerson, John T. Norris, Pinckney Abrams, S. C. Paysinger, Tom Abrams, Douglas Hornsby and Nolan Rau- ton. Also assisting were former employees of the Leavell Funeral Home, Major Powell E. Way Jr., Eugene Shealy, Wallace Dawddns, Dick Shealy, Wilbur Boozer, Jim Todd, Raymond Roton and Charles Dukes. NEW CITY MANAGER KENNETH W. RIEBE learns a little about the city from Mayor Ernest Lay- ton. right, and Clarence Wallace, left. Mr. Wallace, who has performed the duties of city manager for the past nine months, points out to Mr. Riebe the Harrington Heights-Highway 76 area which uill become a part of the city January 1, 1963. (Sunphoto.) Council Increases Electric, Water Rates; Adopts Budget . in a special meet- i:g Mo t.day nigh t, adopted an hi . ( a.-ed . udgei, a nd increased wa- or and • ts-ctric ; ates accordingly, or the r:-'.' a I year begun October , 1962 anu which will end Septcm- her 30, 1963. The Budget Committee named by Mayor Layton, and which Frank Armfield Jr., was chair man, reported a budget estimat ing expenditures of $898,585.72 to operate the city during the com ing year. Estimated revenues, in cluding the increase in rnies, are $853,788.88. With only $5,893.33 on hand as of September 30 of this year, council anticipates borrow ing $40,000 to met expenditures during this operating year. The budget is larger this year for a number )f reasons, includ ing a $40,000 loan made to com plete the 1961-62 operating year 1 ; the addition of a Meter Maid, pro visions for an extra policeman and one full time maintenance man for the recreation department. The necessity for borrowing money for the year just ended ; was because of expenditure for ! items not included in the budget, i the principal one being $19,000 | more than anticipated for the two .swimming pools; $4,060 for reno- for rural fire truck and rescue squad; and $4,- U00 for services of planning engi neers. Electric rates will he i•..ceased only 50c for each consumer, wun the minimum raised from $1.00 to $L50. The same increase-will ap ply to water. Minimum will be in- 1 creased from $1.50 to $2.00 and total bill increase will be 50c with adjustment being made on the first 500 cubic feet of water used. Sewer service rates were not in creased inside the city, but out side customers will have an in crease of from 33 1-3 percent to 50 per cent on water and sewer service. Council voted in favor of the budget and the increases by a five- to-one vote. The only opposition came from Councilman E. F. Mc- Cutcheon, who gave as his reason for not voting for the budget that if he voted for it, he would have to vote in favor of the increase, and he wouldn’t vote in favor of the increased rates, because he “didn’t think the people would like it.” Mr. McCutcheon made no suggestion as to which items in the budget could be eliminated so the need for 1 the increase could also be eliminated, or which city services he felt citizens would he willing to do without. He also of fered no plan whereby the needed Outstanding Speaker To Be Heard At Workman Meet Mr. and Mrs. John B. Floyd are now residing at 802 Glenn St. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pugh have moved to 604 Glenn St. Mr. and Mrs. W. 1VL Perdue are now residing at 20$ Player St. Newberry County Workers for Bill Workman for Senate will have an opportunity to hear an outstanding speaker, when they gather tonight (Thursday) at the county courthouse at 7:30 p.m., according to N. Kibler William son, County Workmen foi Senate Committee chairman. Mrs. Constance Armitage of Spartanburg, recently elected 2nd Vice President of "the National Federation of Republican Women at a meeting held in Phoenix, Ariz., will speak to the group, bas ing a portion of her talk on “The Men Behind Administration Think ing.” Prof. Williamson stated that a progress report would be given, and other plans for campaigning discussed following the talk by Mrs. Armitage. The speaker is a native'of San Francisco where she spent a por tion of her life. She is a graduate of the University of California and earned the degree of Masters of Arts and History from the Uni versity of Georgia. While at The University of Georgia, she coach ed the fencing team. Mrs. Armi- tage has been a member of inter national fencing teams, represent ing the United States in World Championship matches. She has done further graduate work at the University of Perugia and University of Florence, both in Italy, and at the French Arch eological Institute in Athens, Greece. She is one o fthree edi tors of a bibliographical encyclo pedia, written in European lan guages and in Chinese. She is list ed in the latest issue of Who’s Who in American Women for her language work in Arabic and Chi nese, and is a Fellow in the Am erican Council of Learned Society. Mrs. Armitage is former State Vice-Chairman of the Republican Party and organized the State Federation of Republican Women, becoming its first president. At the recent national biennial con vention in Phoenix, she was part of a group which led a floor fight to displace nominees of the nom inating committee, considered lib eral, with more conservative office holders. The move w T as successful and Mrs. Armitage became 2nd Vice President. One of two women professors at Wofford College, Mrs. Armi tage teaches Arts and History. She is the wife of Norman C. Armi tage. vice-president of the Deer- ing-Milliken Research Corpora tion. , F The public is cordially invited to attend the meeting and hear the talk by this outstanding pa triot. revenue could be obtained to meet needs other than those pal- lined. Councilman Armfield was elect ed by council to serve as Mayor Pro-Tem. Clary’s w’as lo wbidder for po lice and firemen winter uniforms for $1589.39, including state tax. Kenneth W. Riebe, who began his duties as city manager Mon day morning, met with council for the first time. He advised council that he had met with department heads and that they had pledged their full cooperation, and he pledged his best efforts to r.d- minister the affairs of the city in an efficient manner. Mayor Layton pledged the sup port of Council to the city mana ger. He also commended the bud get committee for its work, and commended Clarence Wallace and other city employees for the fine manner in which affairs of the city had been handled since the departure of the previous city manager. Mr. Wallace replied that the affairs could not have been handled so satisfactorily had it not been for the full cooperation of council, department heads and of fice personnel, and he extended his thanks to all who put forth extra efforts to carry on during the past nine months. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Wiles Officer Of Foundation President Charles F. Marsh of Wofford College has been elected Chairman of the South Carolina Foundation for a two-year term beginning immediately. Elected by Trustees of the Foun dation at their recent annual meet ing, Dr. Marsh succeeds Dr. Mar shall W. Brown of Presbyterian College. Other Foundation officers elect ed include Newberry College President A. G. D. Wiles, Founda tion Vice-President and Dr, Fen ton Keyes, President of Coker College, Secretary-Treasurer. Oct. 7: Mrs. Frank Culclasure, Nellie Ruff Hipp, S. L. Shealy, Jr., Mrs. T. C. Young, Mrs. T. Blair boozer. Miss Wilma Booz er, Ann Abrams, H. E. (Buck) Cause. Oct. 8: Mrs. W. S^ Henry, Barbara Susan Sheeley, Collier Neel, Jr., Hoyt Boland, Colie Hogge, Ralph Griffith, Mrs. Carolyn Price. Oct. 9: Smiley Porter, Frank Wilson Jr., L. E. Wood, Shirley Koon, David Senn, Guy V. Whitener Sr., Mrs. George P. Boozer, Alliene Dickert, Gene Epting, Vera C. Creekmore, A1 Cannon, Mildred Werts. Oct. 10: Mrs. Sarah Wallace, Cleave Stoudemire, Mrs. J. D. Wicker, Mrs. W. L. Buzhardt, George Moore, Mrs. Ralph C. Johnson, Mrs. Sims W. Brown, Frank R. Ruff, Miss U.hel Jones, Bruce Graham, Linda Kay An drews. Oct. 11: D. D. Darby, Nancy Green, Mrs. Kate Miller, For est Boozer, Mrs. A .H. Dickert, Bill Attaway, William E. Duf- ford, Mrs. Trudie Epting, W. C. Dorroh. Oct. 12: Mrs. W. J. Switten- burg, Mrs. James R. Andrews, Elbert C. Long, J. E. Wiseman Sr., Anita Faye Killian, Mrs. Carl Shealy, Marguerite Webb, Paul H. Long, Martha Moore Summer, David Schumpert, Ro bert Shealy Sr., Patsy Jones. Oct. 13: Steve Griffith, Doro thy Kyzer, Mrs. K. L. Martin, Marion Spearman, Mrs. Lila Dickert, Virgil W. Rinehart, Judy Rinehart, Karen Stewart, W. H. Ashbaugh, Mack Mont gomery, Estelle Martin, Frances Miller, Mrs. Mattie L. Fellers. /.