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"Imagine a woman getting a thous and dollars for the loss of a thumb. It seems excessive. Maybe it was the one she kept her husband under." VOLUME 27—NO. 2 A husband should always help his wife with housework: for inst ance. holding the icdde r while sne paints the ceiling.. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 2 $2.00 Per Year By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS Presb\ U-rian DOWN THE LINE I notice that the the United States— the Southern Pres- down of Netrro Anv Chureh in ■which means byterians—are still pomp the line with the lil>era!s and vote- seekinp politicians m urpmp ^ n* tepration not only of its ehurche.-. hut of its school.', orphanapo.', honn-s. etc. This action cann- at the meet inp last week of the General As- sent Idly, which is the top povern- inp body of the church. The As sembly also seems unable to Set the question of capital purish- ment drop from its (ieliheratnms. Seems to me thtit a previous as sembly had decided that this was not an area in which the church should meddle; but this Assembly poes so far as to say that capital punishment ra’ses a serious cp.ca tion of responsibility of the C hristian. \\ ant to bet that next year they don’t po down the liber al, leftist line and condemn capi tal punishment altogether? While they seem to be eominp to the conclusion that it mipht be the business of the church to dab ble in State laws, the Assembly can’t bring: itself to a study of the effects of toba-eo in the hum an body, saying this isn’t within their jurisdiction. Seems to me they’ve had a few things to say about the consumption of liquor- why not tobacco? ( ould it be that much of that tobacco money "North Carolina Presbyterians are represented in this (icneral t sembly—finds its way into the' collection plates of many Presby terian churches? This is not a nice thought, I know, but it is a thought, isn t it? If you don’t think the tobacco companies put the pressure on, you’re sadly mistaken. It might be a good idea for some of those Presbyterians to refresh themselves on what hap pens when wholesale integration takes over. And to remind them selves just how r the Negros are being used. This situation w^as reviewed nicely in the April 24 Viewpoint of Jesse Helms on WRAL-TV. Italeign, N. C., as follows: If the Negro leaders of Amer ica would simply stop long enough to take a -good, hard look at what is -going on, they could not pos sibly fail to realize that the Ne gro race is being used as a pawn in the greatest political power play in the history of our nation. Strained race relations are spreading across the country. In stead of gaining ground, the Negro race is 'losing it. Bitterness is now rampant where oniy a few years ;ago it was non-existent. The situation is growing worse by the day. Negroes need to ask then.selves —What purpose is being served? What progress is being made— and at what-cost? These are dead ly-serious, vastly important ques tions that carrnct be answered in pious political language. We read with amazement a press association account of ja statement issued by the Whitt House last week. Martin Luther King wanted to be put in jail to draw attention to his activities; he candidly said so. There was not the slightest hint that King had been mistreated while in cus tody; in fact, he has now been re leased under bond and he acknow- truth being created by effort. ! together the vote- ericans into a solid bloc .happened to sincerity and and good faith? As matters now 'tarui. tho>e who cry loude ! equality of opportunity an the verv one-.' who quentiy no _;c<hs f » mploye ■ amine the t: eiars a; t f - 1 fee •ho offe Newberry Mills Inc. Announces Changes In Supervisory Staff the Negroes Check t ' of nev-'papers: .-x- iaw firms of the- poii- the re.'L Almost with- t ne -lory to. m tie ! out exception , sam* : "I hi no' 1 say do.’’ This is a s<»rr\ iadde r which I Negroes are tr\mp to climb. It will not support the weight of , their (Ireams of progress. A M. Fraser. Personnel Mana-! ge- of Xewherry Mills, Inc. an nounce- the following changes in .'.up-.--visory personnel which have recent iy occurred. A native of Xewherrv, Marvin ' Sanders has been promoted to Assistant Master Mechanic in the shop. He attended Newberry pub lic schools and has been employed with the company since 1947. All his exnerience has been in the 1 And, of co”r>o the need i > r personal resp msibility on the jiait of the Xegro race is i-onstantly showing itself. In Washington, I). C., where public schools are in tegrated anu Negro - dominated Negro hoodlums are creating chaos. The superintendent of schools, Carl F. Hansen, has re peatedly warned .that “a volcano of problems” exists in the school system because of the inability of officials and teachers to discipline or get rid of chronic trouble mak ers. Henson urged his board of edu cation to permit such pupils to he expelled or to he given corporal punishment. The eight-member school hoard includes four Neg roes. plus its chairman who is a Negro. Hansen was rebuffed by a vote of 5 to 4. North Carolina Congressman Basil Whitener has introduced a hill in Congress to permit expul sion of students and corporal pun ishment in Washington’s schools. It will he interesting to see how certain members of Congress vote on this measure designed to re store order in the schools of the nation’s capital. It will be equally interesting to see what, if any thing, the Negro leaders of Wash ington do in the meantime to en courage personal responsibility among tiie Negro pupils and their parents. Whether Negroes like it or not, integrat-on is being tested in Washington and Negro citizens everywhere will be judged by the results of the test. No civil rights wiil long endure without personal responsibility. Negroes who de ceive themselves on this point, or permit themselves to be deceived, are simply walking down a blind alley. It cannot and will not be other wise. MR. HENDERSON ^ yy>, - - t' ■ Scout Camporee This Weekend About 200 Boy Scouts in the eleven troops of the Newberry District will hold a Camporee this weekend. The Camporee will begin at 3:30 Friday at “Shady Acres”, at Lake Murray. Shady Acres is the property of W. H. Caldwell of Little Mountain. Each troop and patrols within the troop -will strive to achieve a standard for camping and ribbons will be awa-nded troops and patrols attaining the highest standard. Troops will compete in the areas of camp layour, attendance, camp fire and conduct. Competition among patrois will be in camp layout, eamperaft, cooking and activities consisting of pioneering, distance judging, compass work, ledges that he was not mistreated. | r op e throwing, rope work, nature, Nor was he held incommunicado. iJrs t aid and observation. ij.C-- X i v : V ' ? 1 VVn < ;>tte - mm- MR. WAGONER MR. BOUKNIGHT MR. BRADFIELD Yet, the White House issued a press release saying that Presi dent Kennedy had interrupted his vacation in Florida to make tele phone calk to Alabama. Then, according to the press release, Mr. Kennedy called King’s wife in Atlanta and advised her that he (the President) had “made ar rangements” for King to cal 1 his wife. What the White House didn’t mention was that King had al ready called his wife, prior to the President’s intervention. In fact, King called her twice, once the day before the President intro duced himself into the affair and again, two hours before the Pres ident placed his call to Alabama. The White House, of course, did not say that King was being held incommunicado. But the implica tions of the press release was clear. The impression was left that King would not have been able to communicate with his wife had it not been for the! President of the United States. A great deal is said about the world image of America in con nection with racial difficulties in our country. It is not difficult to see the effect abroad of the W’hite House press release. No election, the political career of no man, is worth the discord Camp will break up at 8:30 Sunday morning so the Scouts may return home and attend serv ices at their respective churches. Judges for the competition will be experts in the various fields. L. E. Gatlin, Jr. is chairman of the camping and activity commit tee for the Newberry District. Band Concert At College The New r berry Concert Band, conducted by Prof. Charlie P. Pruitt, will present a concert, on Wednesday right, May 8 at 8:00 P. M. in Mae Lean gymnasium. Highlight of the program will be the first movement of the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto for Piano and Band. The soloist will be Miss Sylvia Elkins. The public is cordially invited to attend. County Auditor Ralph B. Black has returned to his duties at the Court House after an eight week absence during wh ; ch time he was recuperating from a broken leg w r hich he suffered in a fall at his home in Prosperity. College Folk On TV Show Newberry College will partici pate in the “For Citizens of To morrow” series on WSPA-TV and will take the fourteenth and final program at 12:30 P. M. on Sun day, May 5. The topic for discuss ion will he “Are there advantages of note between a large college and a small college?” Those representing Newberry college will be Dr. Conrad B. Park, Academic Dean; Dr. James R. Dotson, Assistant Professor of Ed ucation; Purvis E. Boyette, Assist ant Professor of English; and William L. Boletta, Assistant Professor of German. The moderator will be Charlie Newcomb, Director of Public Af fairs for WSPA-TV. Miss Durham Dies In Wreck Miss Cynthia Ann Durham, 20, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William S. Durham of 3420 Meredith Lane in Columbia, was killed in Lex ington, Va., in an automobile ac cident April 21. Survivors include her grand mother, Mrs. Callie Thomas, of Newberry, and an aunt, Mrs. H. H. Setzler of Newberry. Miss Durham was a junior at Mary Baldwin College in Staun ton. Va. She was a graduate of Dreher High school, Columbia. Essay Award Is Presented Mary Parr, a student at New berry Junior High school, who won second place in an essay contest sponsored by the Soil Con servation Service recently, was presented a check during chapel seivices at Junior High Tuesday morning. Making the presentation was Earl Bedenbaugh, chairman of the Newberry District Soil Conservation Supervisors. Mrs. Elise Bowler’s room was in charge of the chapel program. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by John Frazier, and scripture was read by Elaine Brown. This was followed by comment by El len Williamson and prayer by Gail Templeton. Willie Gilfillan was pianist as the students sang “America the Beautiful” and “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” Ushers were Steve Armfield and Danny Perry. Earnings Are Up Boston, April 23.—The Kendall company’s net earnings for the first 12 weeks of 1963 were $1, 078,000, or 51 cents per common share, up nearly 14 per cent from $948,000 or 44c per share earned for the comparable period of 1962. The Kendall company, manufac tures surgical dressings, woven and nonwoven fabrics, polyethy lene adhesive tapes, and elastic webbing. maintenance shop. Mr. Sanders is an active member of the Mason.c Order and National Guards. He is a member of the Board of Deacons and a Sunday School teacher at Hunt Memorial Baptist church. Mr. Sanders is married to the former Carolyn Thrift of New berry and they have three child ren. Marla Ann 16; Benjie 15; and Lynn 10. They live at 1308 Third street. In the spinning department John E. Henderson has joined the staff as Overseer. Prior to coming with Newberry Mills he was em ployed with Woodside Mills in Fountain Inn and Liberty for 11 years. Before this, Greenwood Mills for 14 years. In Fountain Inn he was a member of the Lion’s club, the City council, he Chamber of Commerce and Direc tor of the Fountain Inn Emerg ency Relief Fund. Mr. Henderson is married to the former Alice Shaw of Honea Path. They have five children; Mrs. Judy Patton of Selma, N. C.; Johnny 14, Totsie 13, Jack.e 10 and Jim 8. The family resides at 709 O’Neal Street and are mem bers of O’Neal Street Methodist Church. New Overseer of the Weaving Department is Carl S. King. He replaces J. N. Tiller who resigned to accept a position with Clinton Mills, Clinton. Before coming to Newberry, Mr. King was employ ed for a number of years with Cone Mills and Burlington Indus tries. He is a member of the Ma sonic Order and active in the Methodist Church. Mr. King is married to the former Eleanor Herring of Monroe, N. C. They have two children: Clark who is married and living in Jacksonville, Fla.; Roderick 15, and a rising Junior in High School. Mrs. King and Roderick will move to Newberry after the first of June from Pineville, N. C. The family will reside at 726 O’Neal Street. In the Carding Department there have been two changes. Harold J. Bouknight, who at tended Newberry High and New berry College, has recently beer, promoted to Shift Foreman on the first shift. He has been employed with the company since 1960 with all his experience being in the Carding Department. He is active in Little League and is manager of a team for this season. Also, he is a member of the National Guard- Mr. Bouknight is married to the former Mildred Shealy of Newbei-ry. They have two child ren: Kathy 14 and Jack 12. The family lives at Route 3, Newber ry and are active members of O’Neal Street Methodist Church. An addition to the Carding De partment is the employmen ; of D. Earl Wagoner as Shift Foreman on the second shift. He was em ployed with China Grove Cotton Mills, China Grove, N. C. for a period of 28 years. All this exper ience being in the Carding De partment. In Richfield, N. C. he finished high school. In addition to this he has completed a course k. Cotton, Carding and Spinning. He was a member of the Salisbury/ Rowan Industrial Management Club, and is a member of the Woodmen of the World. He is married to the former Bessie Carter of Albemarle, N. C. They have one daughter, Mrs. Patricia Crawford of Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner are tem porarily residing at 921 Jessica Ave. They are members of the Methodist Church. In the Engineering Department F. P. Bradfield has joined the staff as Senior Time Study Engi neer. Before joining Newberry Mills, Inc., he was employed with United Merchants Manufacturing in Aragon, Ga. for six years in the Engineering Department. Prior to this he worked with West Point Manufacturing Co. in Fair fax, Ala. During this employment he was in Engineering for two years and had five years exper ience as Recreational Director. He had his formel education in Fairfax, Ala. In addition to this he has completed a number of courses in textile manufacturing. Mr. Bradfield is married to the former Marion Gray of Fairfax, Ala. They have two children, Dar rell 8, and Randy 5. The family lives at 927 Drayton Street and are members of West End Baptist Church. Above photo shows Mrs Bill Armfield pinning the “Curved Bar” award on her daughter, Jeannie at Girl Scout Award ceremonies held in Whitmire two weeks ago. Looking on is Mrs. Johnnie Roche, Jeannie’s f Scout Leader. Jeannie was the only girl Scout in Newberry county this year to receive this coveted award. In recognition of the award, she and Mrs. Roche attended a Tea in Col umbia the first of May where Mrs. Donald Russell was hos tess. Last Friday night, during the annual Beauty Contest and Tal ent Show to pick three Whit mire Beauty Queens, Jeannie was named “Miss Junior High.” Jeannie is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Gilliam and Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Arm- field, Sr., of Newberry. (Photo courtesy The Whitmire News.'* County Alert Operation Check Is Made; Reporting Method Told Mayor Proclaims Clean-Up Week Mayor Ernest H. Layton signed a Proclamation Wednesday desig nating May 5-11 as Clean-Up Week in Newberry. This is the week during which a concentrated drive will be made to spur New berry’s chances of winning the “Cleanest City” contest for 1963, according to Gene Griffith, chair man of the Clean-up, Paint-up, Fix-up campaign. The Junior Chamber of Com merce, which is sponsoring Re pair, Pick-up and Paint-up Day, has named Ernest Boozer chair man. All persons planning to re pair and paint their homes or businesses are asked to report this fact. This applies particular ly to contractors and painters. Re ports may be made by* calling Mrs. Davis at the city office, 276- 4193. It is requested by Mr. Grif fith that all repair and paint work which has been done since the first of the year be reported. Other chairmen named for the campaign include Ralph Watkins, who heads the School Committee, and Mrs. Edna Kirkegard, chair man of the Girl Scout Committee. On Thursday of next week— downtown day — Lions Clubbers will be on hand with their brooms to make a “clean sweep” of the city. The Civitan Club, sponsoring the vacant lot committee, has named Johnny Werts, chairman. Serving with him will be Pete Bishop and Earl Cobb. Property owners are urged to clean off va cant lots and residents are asked to report vacant lots not cleaned. An effort will be made to have them cleaned. These reports may be made to any of the above com mittee members. Prayer for Today Dear Lord as the sun shines in splendor over this weary world, we lift our voices unto Thee in wonder, love, thanks giving and praise, with grati tude for the many times where in Thou has manifested Thy love toward us. We beseech Thee to keep us this day in the paths of righteousness, and when the storms of affliction, of sorrow and trouble overshadow our life we pi«y that we shall be able to hear Thee say unto us, “It is I be not afraid.” Help us to realize that it is only through the strength that Thou can give that we shall be able to walk through the dark val leys of earth unafraid. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. Deputy Sheriff L. L. (Slim) Henderson, who has been a pat ient at Newberry Memorial hospi tal, has returned to his home and is recuperating nicely. Members of the County Board of Rural Fire Control, the county civil defense organization and city officials made a tour of the ten rural fire stations in the county Monday for a final test and n. - spection before the communica tions equipment was turned over by the manufacturer. The systems were all reported operational, according to T. B. Amis, chairman of the County Board of Rural Fire Control, and Charlie Altman, county civil de fense director. The alerting system, called one of the finest in the Southeast, has ten horsepower sirens at each of the County Volunteer Fire De partments. These sirens have three different tones, one for com munity fire calls, one for Civil Defense Alert and one for Civil Defense take cover warning. The City of Newberry fire de partment has accepted the job of County Fire Dispatch Control. These firemen are veterans in handling all types of fire emerg encies and are well qualified for this task. To report a fire in Newberry County one should call the New berry County Fire Department, telephone 276-5121. This phone is located in the County Fire Alert Control Center. When this phone rings the control dispatcher will answer and obtain the address or location of the fire. He will then alert the Volunteer Fire Depart ment closest to the fire by de pressing one button in the Quick- Call transmitter which will auto matically transmit a cc led radio signal to the fire depai .merit in volved. This signal will be receiv ed on the radio located in the fire house and will activate the siren and at the >ame time trans mits the siren sound back to the control center, so the dispatcher is assured that the siren has been sounded. The coded signal is also trans mitted to six of the firemen’s homes or places of business and is received on monitor receivers. Once the control dispatcher has College May Day Saturday Newberry College May Day program will be held < n te quadrangle at 4:30 P. M. on Sat urday, May 4. Dr. Wiles will crown Sylvia Elkins the May Day Queen. Music will be furnished by the College “N” Orchestra, and Mrs. Rosann Bultman, a dance instructor in Columbia, will also perform. The public is cordially invited. heard the siren he will then re peat the fire location three times so that the firemen with monitor receivers will know the address of the fire before arriving at the firehouse. As the firemen drive the fire truck from the firehouse they will call in to the control dispatcher on a transistorized radio installed on the truck to advise the dispat cher that the truck is proceeding to the fire scene. All of this will normally take place within a two minute period, from the time the fire call was received. Each county fire department is alerted by sep arate coded signals which are automatically transmitted by de pressing the one alert button as signed to that department, and the other nine departments are not affected. There are two county-wide alert buttons which will activate all 10 sirens at once. One button will activate all 10 sirens by a radio signal to sound a Civil Defense Alert and the other a Civil Def ense take cover warning. The radio, siren and standby power generating equipment was purchased by the Newberry county Civil Defense office with Federal matching funds. W. E. (Bill) Turner, Sr., who suffered an attack at Lake Mur ray last Wednesday afternoon, re mains seriously ill at the Newber ry County Memorial Hospital. Patrolman D. F. Smith is a pa tient at Ne'wbelry County Memor ial Hospital where he was taken two weeks ago for treatment. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS May 5: Francis Aull, Mrs. Randolph Kirkland, Mildred Power Martin, Billie Wayne Sheppard, Mrs. William Thomas Werts, Richard B. Caldwell, Mrs. W. Ellerbe Pelham, Jr., Mrs. W. F. Rutherford, Stan ley Drawder, Mary Helen Whit aker, Pamela L. Setzler, Mrs. Annie B. Crews. May 6: Mrs. J. M. Randall, A. W. Murray, Betty Boyd, Mrs. Byron Nichols, Ha-el Wright, McTeer Senn. May 7: Henry Brooks, Mrs. Charles H. Boyd, Jr., Randolph Ferguson, Michael Sheppard, Annette Hawkins, Mike Epps, Carroll DeVore, Norman Beck, Buddy Morehead. May 8: Edith Dickert, J. Mor gan Randall, Mary Bouknight, Lois Ellen Cromer, Mrs. Helen J. Ezell, Sara Brown, Mary Helen Smith, Johnnie B. Lind say, Terry Merchant, Kerry Lamar Epting. May 9: Williamson. Folk, Mrs. Horace Cromer, Nat Gist III, C. E. Sharpe. May II: Mrs. Bill Armfield, Oscar Johnson, Ferd Summer, Johnnie Jones, Alice Jane Mac- Beth, Sue Ellen Hipp, Mary RcJ.ecca Anderson, Rev. David Templeton. May 11: H. T. Wike, Eleanor Amick, Mack Amick, Wallace Moore, N. B. Warren, Jr., Mrs. Ruth Culclasure, Mr«*. Ruth S. Dickert, Irvin Attaway, Julia Rebecca McSwain, Alice Price, Susie Ogle.