The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 13, 1962, Image 3
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1962
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
John Mayers
Celebrate 57th
Anniversary
Life is still golden for New
berry's grand old couple, John A.
Mayer and his wife, Maggie Rob
erts Mayer, who observed their
57th wedding anniversary on Fri
day, November 30 at the home of
their son, Malcolm Mayer, some
six miles from the city. Mr. May
er is 86 and Mrs. Mayer is 79.
They are the parents of a son
with whom they are now making
their home but don’t get the idea
that Mr. Mayer is retired—far be
it from that. He still takes care
of part of his large farm opera
tions near Peak.
Mr. Mayer is one of two living
Spanish American war veterans
in Newberry County. For years
he and Mrs. Mayer attended the
annual gatherings of the Spanish-
American veterans in variou > parts
of the country. They have attended
encampments in Portland, Oregon;
Atlantic City, N. J.; Detroit,
Michigan; Cleveland, Ohio: Oma
ha, Nebraska; Cincinnati, Ohio;
Boston, Mass.; San Antonio, Tex.;
Tampa, Florida; Washington, D.
C.; and Milwaukee, Wis.
Due to Mrs. Mayer’s health the
couple intends spending a quiet
anniversary this year with neigh
bors and friends calling.
Mr. Mayer was commander of
the South Carolina Department,
Spanish War Veterans for 1943
and quartermaster 39 years. Mrs.
Mayer was president of the Col
umbia Camp Auxiliary in 1941.
The Mayers are members of old
Saint John’s 207 year old Luther
an church near Pomaria where
they have worshipped for years.
Mr. Mayer served as treasurer of
his church for 39 years. He was a
trustee of Newberry college for
12 years and a member of Newber
ry County Selective Service Board
for six and a half years. He has
been a member of the Democratic
Executive Committee at the Peak
precinct for long years. He is a
life-long Democrat and also has
served for some time as a man
ager of General Elections.
The Mayer’s old farm home is
over 100 years old and the farm
is situated on Broad River not far
from Parr, the site of the new
nuclear power plant. The back
waters at the rear of his home
and the ponds on his farm furnish
the two with plenty of good fish
ing spots.
Mr. Mayer was born only a
short distance from his old farm.
Mrs. Mayer is the former Maggie
Roberts of Monticello in Fairfield
County, only a short distance from
their present home.
Mr. Mayer was a private in
Company B. of the First Regi
ment South Carolina Volunteers.
He enrolled May 3, 1898 to serve a
two-year enlistment. However a
peace treaty was signed in Aug
ust and he was mustered out on
November 10th of the same year.
Mr. Mayer ran one of the old
State dispensaries at Peak from
1902 to 1910, or until the State
went “dry. His first commission
to that job was signed by Gover
nor Miles B. McSweney, and in
cidentally Peak at that time was
in Lexington county.
In the 8 years that he ran the
liquor store for the State Mr.
Mayer says he was never checked
“short” which is more of a rec
ommendation than it seems off
hand. The crookedness in some of
these stores became so smelly that
the State voted liquor out.
The old “gallon-a-month” law
followed the outlawing of State
stores to be followed soon by the
‘“quart-a-month” law.
Looking A. head
* * ...by Dr. Georg# S. Benson
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street after spending several
weeks with her son and daughter-
in-law, Dr. and Mrs. George L.
Epps in Columbus, Georgia.
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DID KHRUSHCHEV
WIN CUBA?
As the post-election weeks
come and go and the political uses
of the Cuban crisis fade more into
the background, the nation needs
to restudy the whole Cuban ex
perience. Whereas the showdown
appeared to bring victory both
political and diplomatic for Presi
dent Kennedy, it appears more
and more as the cheers subside
to be in fact a guarantee of Cuba
to the Communists. To say the
very least, the latch key was left
hanging out for Khrushchev when
the President offered his “assur
ances” against any invasion of
Cuba.
At this writing the President
has not seen fit to interpret this
guarantee to the American people,
a thing which he most certainly
needs to do. Was this means to be
only a description of traditional
American policy, that is, that this
nation is not in the habit of in
vading its neighbor? Surely Mr.
Khruschev has known of our
traditions (which he often refers
to as “warmongering”), but this
time he apparently realized that
his own actions were providing a
very suitable pretex for an invas
ion of Cuba.
A Quick Deal
The world is familiar with the
rattle of Soviet rockets over the
cobblestones of Moscow on May
Day. This time, however, the Rus
sian premier by merely setting up
some of these missiles in Cuba and
rattling them under our noses,
won the permanent visa to Cuba
that he wanted so much. Cuba
therefore remains a Soviet sate
llite, armed with everything else
but these particular missiles. It
seems very clear that Khrushchev
is a past-master of the quick deal,
for he usually comes out a little
ahead of anybody who assumes
the “no-win” posture.
What we ought to fear most—
and what we must emphasize that
there is no new threat here—is
this base not for missiles but for
propaganda, subversion, and infil
tration that will exist as long as
Castro (“a Marxist-Leninist un
til the day I die”) is in charge.
This is part of the cold war, but
for a generation our government
has refused for the most part to
face up to the necessities of this
kind of warfare. Unless we de
mand that Khrushchev dismantle
the whole Castro regime, we are
losing the Cold War with Cuba
and the Communists as well.
The Backing Away
Perhaps Mr. Kennedy, who has
once reversed his direction to pur
sue a policy of action instead of
inaction, of strength instead of
weakness, could conceivably do it
again. The flush of political vic
tory and of almost unanimous
free-world approval of his block
ade will not be enmgh to put us
out ahead in the Cold War. For
America to hold the approval of
the Free world, there will have to
be an end to backpedaling and con
cessions. Instead of ( quick return
to a no-win policy, let us make
plans to take the initiative.
If an excuse is needed for reop
ening the discussion with the Sov
iet Union, we might use the ap
proach suggested by Former Am
bassador William D. Pawley, who
knows Latin America problems.
His suggestion was that Russian
statements made in New York in
early November by their Mr.
Mikoyan supporting Castro’s de
mand for withdrawal from Guan
tanamo had already justified can
cellation of any implied agreement
with the Soviets regarding Cuba.
At that point, Mr. Pawley observ
ed, the initiative could have been
regained and our “backing away
from victory” avoided. Perhaps
this still could be done.
Was It A Treaty
Does the President believe that
a treaty with Russia on Cuba, in
cluding “assurances not to in
vade,” would meet the approval of
the Senate ? According to Article
II, Section 2, of the Constitution,
the President is authorized to
make treaties only “with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate,”
two-thirds of those present con
curring. Mr. Kennedy might well
follow the Constitutional pattern
and discover what a source of
strength strength representative
government can be to its leader
ship. Such a course would help
close the gap that has been so ap
parent between public will and
executive reluctance.
Present evidence available makes
it appear that Mr. Kennedy has
given ear to the concession crowd
that helped him desert the Cuban
Patriots at the Bay of Pigs. Who
were these irresponsible advisors?
The President can take steps to
replace them with men who an
wise and knowledgeable, as well
as cautious. The nation needs lead
ership that will not bring us to
defeat through disastrous policy
recommendations we need men
who understand what the Cold
War is all about and who will not
fear to place America on the line
against Communist aggression.
Illegitimacy
Small towns in the mid-western
United States are experiencing the
same moral breakdown as are the
large cities of the world. This w’as
revealed by the report that one
out of every 40 births in the State
of Iowa is illegitimate, and that
illegitimate births have increased
from 15.8 per thousand in 1941 to
26.4 per thousand in 1961.
TRANSFERS
Newberry No. 1
H. M. Bryson to Dorothy Bry
son Clary, one lot and one buy
ing on Harrington street, $5 love
and affection.
Delora F. Sawyer and P. Mett<?
Fant, Jr., to G. Frank Holsonback
and Elizabeth Holsonback, one iol
and one building on Glenn street
$5.00.
Newberry No. 1 Outside
Guy V. Whitener, Sr., to Arthur
G. Dwyer, 5 acres and one build
ing $5 love and affection.
Bessie R. Trapp to George
Freenwood, 31-4 acres $300.
Silverstreet No. 2
Guy V. Whitener, Sr., to Arthur
G. Dwyer and Kathryn W. Dwyer,
nr>re' j . $5 love and affection.
H. M. Bryson to Dorothy Bryson
Clary, 119.76 acres $5 love and
affection.
Pomaria No. 5
Ben M. Wicker to Beurl M. Rol
lins 5.85 acres $250.
Alton C. Quattlebaum to Fu
man L. Quattlebaum, 1.54 acre'-
$5.00.
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SPECTATOR
(Continued from page 2)
to a trial in court. He is not ans-
w'erable to a Federal court. The
Governors derive their powers
from the people of their State, not
from the Federal Government.
Therefore, it is clear to me, that
a Governor need not respond to
the process from any Federal
Court. It seems propitious to dis
cuss briefly a grave question
which affects all citizens of our
great nation. I do not approach
this as a Southerner, or as a pol
itician, or office holder. I speak
not as a democrat or republican,
but as an American who loves our
great country and challenges those
who repudiate our fundamental
principles. -I challenged the course
of Mr. Eisenhower in Little Rock;
Vd. with greater concern, I see
now the Federal octopus presum
ing to punish as a criminal the
Governor of a Sovereign State for
carrying out the mandate of his
own Legislature and People. „
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