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WE SPARED THE ROD AND GOT A BEAT GENERATION ANYWAY. VOLUME 27; NUMBER 9. By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERSl PEOPLE ARE NICE The girls and I are beginning to think the highway from New berry to Augusta is jinxed for us, at least. We usually travel down that way in summer when the National Guardsmen are at camp. One summer, when we were on our way to Fort Stewart, we had two flat tires. The following summer, en route to Fort Gordon on the same highway, we had an other flat. Last weekend, we head ed for Augusta to meet Frasier, who was coming up from Fort Stewart, and just as we got into Saluda, the car just stopped and refused even to get out of the highway. Fortunately, we were in front of a service station. The kind folks there pushed the car out of the highway, tinkered with it for a while, and were most hos pitable and sympathetic until they got it fixed to the point that I could drive it to the Ford Motor Company just up the street. To give credit where due, the station was the Esso station on the left of the highway just as you get to the intersection leading into Saluda. They deserve public thanks for being so kind to strangers, as do the folks at the Ford place, who had the car repaired in pretty short order. Seems that some trash had gotten into the carburetor or something. The girls were a little upset about the whole thing, but I told them that incidents of this kind just prove how many nice people there are in the world. They had to agree—but they still think that road is jinxed for us and T doubt that I’ll be able to con vince them to the contrary. I hope Mr. Bill Eargle will see this item and reprint it in The Saluda Standard so the folks in Saluda will know how much we appreciate their friendliness and help. LAUGH OF THE WEEK Senator Olin D. Johnston may take credit for the biggest laugh of the week. The Senator says that Republicans are forcing the President to ask for civil rights legislation, implying that Kennedy wouldn’t do such a terrible thing if the Republicans weren’t put ting on all that pressure- Wonder just how stupid the Senator thhiks his constituents are? Well, I’ll have to admit he has every right to think they are stupid. After all, didn’t they fall hook, line and sinker for the Don aldson Air Force Base farce, and send him back to the Senate af ter that shameful display of pow er politics? The Greenville News had a few words for the Senator in the Tues day issue, as follows: BETTER LOOK AGAIN, OLIN As every Southern Senator should, U.S.Sen. Olin D. Johnston deplores the demonstrations and riots which have accompanied the racial unrest which has been stir red up and fostered by self-seek ing, self-appointed crusaders. He perceives that they have re ceived every encouragement they need from official Washington to create anarchy in almost every city in the land, especially in the South. He denounces radical elements and implies that Communists and money seeking demagogues are deliberately inciting open conflict between the races for purposes of their own- But Senator Johnston tends to absolve some parties, particularly one party and one administration of any blame for this sorry devel opment which may soon lead to an unmanageable state of affairs. In the solemn language he em ploys in his weekly letter to his constituents. Senator Johnston says: The federal courts in many decisions, instead of encourag ing responsibility among our citizens, have actually fostered riotous behavior, which has, in some instances, lead to open conflict between the races. When radical elements are permitted to enter a community, commun ication between White and Ne gro leaders breaks down. The Senator goes on to say that even intelligent people have been misguided and misled into adding fuel to “an unnecessary fire”. And he fixes the blame thusly: As an example, I point to the announcement made this week by a group of Republican Sen ators headed by Senator Javits of New York which, in the midst of all our racial strife, called for more civil rights leg islation in the Congress. There is other pressure from Republi cans and some Democrats to FORCE THE ADMINISTRA TION to promote civil rights legislation. On top of this, the Supreme Court promoted more strife by ruling that all “peace ful” demonstrations are legal. There is no such thing as a “peaceful” demonstration when tensions among a population have reached the point that they have in places like Birmingham. Those participating in such de monstrations or urging them from afar, such as the Supreme Court has done, are doing our country a great disservice. Officials who support such de monstrations stir up trouble and should be held responsible for the damage done our country both at home and abroad. Don’t look too quickly and too closely, Senator, for the shock might be severe, but it is a Demo cratic controlled Congress which has failed to stay the hand of the federal courts. It has refused to enact restrictive legislation to protect the rights and to under score the responsibilities of the states to manage their internal affairs. The judges of the courts which have rewritten the Constitution and the statutes in some respects and stretched them to hitherto unimagined lengths in others to do the things you complain about are mainly the appointees of Dem ocratic Presidents. Furthermore it was your great and good friends Jack and Bobby Kennedy who sent troops into Mississippi and Alabama, and would have sent them into South Carolina last fall but for the fact that South Carolina state officials and citizens persuaded them it would be the wrong thing to do. The Justice Department of the Kennedy’s has intervened in every integration suit which has reach ed the courts since tney took of fice. In his speech to the nation last Tuesday night, President Kennedy deplored the necessity for riotous demonstrations on the part of Negroes, but he said nothing to discourage them. On the contrary, the things he did say tend to en courage the radica’s and the rab ble rousers to go even further than they have dared to go here tofore. With the administration ap parently behind them, they prob ably think they are immune from arrest and above all state and lo cal laws. Finally, and look closely now, Senator, it is President Kennedy himself who plans to send to Con gress within the week a request for stringent civil rights laws which if they went into effect, ultimately could destroy the civil liberties of Whites and Negroes alike. Do you really think Jake Javits, the New York Republican, has persuaded Jack Kennedy co do this thing? Or can Mr. Kennedy do no wrong after what he did to help you get re-elected last fall ? You would do well to ponder the words of your colleague, Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia, af ter a briefing on Mr. Kennedy’s civil rights proposals last week said: “No good man should want so much power; and no bad man' should have it.” You may not think so, but your constituents know who it is who wants such power and they know what they will do with it if they get it. Cooperation Is Requested City Council and the city mana ger have requested the cooperation of all residents of the city in com plying with an ordinance regulat ing the size of garbage containers. Although this ordinance has been in effect for some years, the city has not requested enforce ment because more men were available to handle the garbage. With the new system of garbage collection, however, the small number of men available to each truck is not able to handle 551 gallon drums in g, sanitary man ner and continued use of the large drums could create a health haz ard. Of some 3600 stops where gar bage is collected, only about 200 citizens have failed to comply with this law. It is urged that these 200 take action immediately to replace large drums with con tainers not larger than 32 gallon capacity. A MAN IS AS YOUNG AS HE FEELS AFTER TRYING TO PROVE IT. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1963 ♦ $2.00 Per Year Court Closes I After One Day By MRS. A. H. COUNTS Court of General Sessions com pleted its work in one day here Monday with the exception of one case, that of Wade Wilson who is charged with murder. The casr was continued to the September term. William T. Hunt- ter and Maxcy Stone were appoint ed by Presiding Judge Steve C. Griffith to represent Wilson. Cases nol pressed by Solicitor William T. Jones included George Willis Perry, charged with rape, and Tobey Enlow, charged with forgery. A charge of carbreaking against Roger Trammell was transferred to the contingent docket. Bench warrants were issued for Sherrill C. Tinsley, charged with nonsupport, and Troy D. Harris, driving under the influence of in toxicants. Sentences imposed by Judge Grifith after the following defend ants pleaded guilty were: Arthur Alewine, carbreaking, six months, two years probation. Steven O’Donnell, carbreaking, six months, two years probation. Australia Sims, violation of li quor laws, 30 days or $50. Mack Alston, violation of liquor laws, six months or $300. Jim Jones, violation of liquor laws, six months or $300. Margaret Davis, violation of liquor laws, 30 days of $100. Henry Davis, violation of li quor laws, $150, probation two years. Wesley Chaplin Jr., violation of liquor laws, six months or $300. John Oglesby, violation of li quor laws, one year or $1,500. Robert Crooks, violation of li quor laws, six months or $300. Ida Abrams, violation of liquor laws, six months or $300. Elizabeth Pruitt, violation of li quor laws, six months or $300. Nowell Clark, larceny and re ceiving stolen goods, 60 days or $150. Roland Worthy, housebreaking and receiving stolen goods, 18 months, probation two years. Charles Kinard, housebreaking and larceny and receiving stolen goods, 18 months, suspended after service of four months, probation two years. Jimmie L. Putnam, housebreak ing and larceny and receiving stol en goods, sentenced to reforma tory. James D. Cameron, housebreak ing and larceny, three months, con current with previous sentence. Edward Green Jr., housebreak ing and larceny and receiving stolen goods, one year, concurrent with previous sentence. Ruby Stoudemayer, assault and battery with intent to kill, one year, probation two years. George Johnson, alias James Johnson, escaping public works, six months. Hommie Lee Kirkley, attempt ing to break into a motor vehicle or compartment with intent to perpetrate a crime, sentenced to reformatory. William T. Gibson, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapon, 18 months, probation two years. Alfred Smith, violation of li- qur laws, six months or $300. Eugene Suber, nonsupport, six months or $1,000, suspended on payment of $5 a week. Leroy Coleman, nonsupport, one year or $1,500, suspended on pay ment of $6 a week. Junior Caldwell, nonsupport, six months, or $1,000, suspended on payment of $6 a week. Frances Elkins, assault and bat tery of a high and aggravated na ture and carrying concealed weap on, one year, probation two years. Hillard H. Johnson, nonsupport, one year or $1,500, suspended on payment of $10 a week. Mrs. Ruff Dies At Hospital Mrs. Florence Talu Lominick Ruff. 73, of Rt. 2, Newberry, died Monday night at a Newberry hos pital after a short illness. She was born on Buncombe Rd., near Pomaria, a daughter of the late John and Sally Lillian Counts Lominick. She spent most of her life in the St. Phillips section of the county, where she was a mem ber of St. Phillips Lutheran Church and a life member of Lutheran Church Women. She and her husband, Holland H. Ruff, a former supervisor of Newberry County, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1959. Surviving in addition to her hus band are two daughters, Mrs. Naomi Epting and Mrs. Ruby Abrams of Newberry; two sis ters, Mrs. David B. Ruff of New berry and Mrs. Loamma Ruff of Prosperity; a brother, J. C. Lomi nick of Pomaria; a cousin whom she reared, Carroll C. Counts of Prosperity; and two grandchil dren. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 4 p.m. at St. Phillips Lutheran Church by Rev. Clarence L. Richardson. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Lewis Ringer, Hubert Ringer, John David Setz- ler, George Hallman Sligh, Rich ard Henry Ruff, Charlie Lomin ick, John Earl Ruff and Wilbur Ruff. Honorary escort was composed of members of St. Phillips Luth eran Church council. Local Shooters Win Trophies Newberry Gun Club skeet shoot ers brought home four trophies from a registered shoot in Spar tanburg Sunday. The Cotton States Open Skeet shoot was attended by eight shooters from the local club: Wyman Cook, Henry Sowell, Doyle Long, John Epps, Roy Brandt, Kay Kibler, Charlie Epps and Jim Todd. Winning trophies were Roy Brandt, Kay Kibler, Wy man Cook and Jim Todd. Kay tied the S. C. State Champion and the N. C. State champion with all three having 92x100. In tying this score, Kay broke 49x50 of her last fifty targets. Laura Pate, the S. C. Champion, won in a 25 target shoot-off over Kay and Margaret. At the local gun club, some 30 shooters took part and when the smoke cleared away, Wyman Cook and Roy Brandt were on top with 50x50. Hot on their heels was Walter Cousins with 49x50. Dr. Elbert Dickert, shooting for the first time, made the best score ever posted by a first-time shooter at the local club, hitting 36x50. Youngsters learning to shoot for their first time, and doing well, were Neal Dickert, Gene More- head and David Dickert. Out of town shooters were from Green ville and Columbia. Scores of some other shooters were: John Epps, Harold Beden- baugh, Charlie Epps, Abe Chap man and Ed Bartley, 46x50; Dr. E. G. Able, still improving, 41x50; Dr. Van Anderson, 10x26; Billy Mason, 40x50; Virgil Rinehart, 39x50; Preston Kunkle, 23x25; Frank Lominack, Jr., 22x25; Hen ry Sowell, 17x26; and Heyward Mills, 12x25. HAS OFFICE ON HUNT ST Dr. Sydney Carter,- who plans to begin the practice of medicine in Newberry about July 1, will have his offices in a home on Hunt Street, directly across from Newberry Memorial Hospital. The former occupants of the house, Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Sterling and Mr. and Mrs. Claud Summer and daughter Martha, moved last Wednesday to their new home in Buena Vista. Call To Prayer In the confusion and trouble of our lives, O God, grant us thy peace: that we may be greater of soul for all that be falls us, and better fitted by our very sorrows for the uses of thy love. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen, Croquet Is Serious Sport In County By MRS. A. H. COUNTS Croquet playing in tha lower part of the county is a popular sport which the local residents take seriously in the O’Neal and Stoney Hill sections of the coun ty, according to J. Press Fellers. There is only one requirement for membership to the croquet team, Fellers says: “If your wife sends you to the garden to pick beans and three croquet players come by and ask you to play with them, you stop what you are doing and go with them” he said. The Rev. J. S. Wessinger, an 81-year-old retired Lutheran min ister who has been playing cro quet for 35 years, heartily recom mends the game. He drives down from his home in Newberry, a round trip of 20 miles, to play several times a week. In tha game with Mr. Wessin ger when he was interviewed was Tom Kunkle, who has played the game for over 50 years. He will be 75 his next birthday; also Wil bur E. Taylor, who has been a continual player for 45 years end Chess Bedenbaugh, also a long time player. Bedenbaugh owns the property on which the two courts are located. Many of the players usually work their gardens or farms be fore proceeding to the courts to either play or watch the game. Many visitors come out from Prosperity, Newberry and some as far down as Chapin, according to Joe B. Connelly, who has been playing the game over 40 years. Connelly says the majority of the players are around 70 years old or more. The O’Neal players were chal lenged several years ago for a game at Bamberg at which time Bamberg won, and on the return game to Prosperity, the locals won. The O’Neal games are seldom played in the morning except on holidays. About once a year the players have a turkey stew and invite their wives. Norman Long, a resident of the Stoney Hill section, states that the two courts at Stoney Hill are lighted and playing is in the afternoon and at night. As an on looker, it appeared that the spec tators were having more fun and enjoying themselves more than the players. It is a year round sport and about the only thing that holds up a game is snow on the courts. Regardless of how cold it is the game goes on. A fire is built from a large pile of wood. The players usually refer to the playing area as yards instead of courts. Each court is surround ed by an odd assortment of chairs and benches for spectators. Playing usually gets underway at two o’clock and continues until dark. The O’Neal courts are locat ed in a wooded pine area in the thriving O’Neal Rural community, a few miles below Prosperity and just off the Prosperity-Batesburg highway. BIBLE SCHOOL Bible School will be held next week at Beth Eden Lutheran Church, beginning Monday, June 24 and lasting through June 28, from 7:30 until 9:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend and visitors are most cordially wel comed. Classes will be conducted for all age groups. ZIP Code Is New System To Move The Mails The newest innovation by the post office department to expedite the handling of mail is the ZIP Code, according to Postmaster Harry E. Moose of Newberry and Postmaster B. C. Bedenbaugh of Prosperity. The five-digit code for Newber ry is 29108 and for Prosperity, 29127, the postmasters announc ed. Everyone in the two cities will use the respective ZIP Code on all their correspondence to speed mail deliveries and reduce the chance of mis-sent mail, post of fice officials said. ZIP Code, the Post Office De partment’s revolutionary new sys tem of improved mail dispatch and delivery, goes into effect na tionally on July 1. The postmasters stressed the importance of all citizens learning their city’s ZIP Code and using it in their return address on all cor respondence. In answering mail, ZIP Codes taken from return ad dresses on incoming mail should be; used. The code is used following the name of town and state on an ad dress: Newberry, S. C., 29108; Prosperity, S. C., 29127. The new code will permit the Post Office Department to short cut repeated address reading. The address on mail must often be read as many as eight or ten times by postal employees, to get it to the proper destination. Each hand ling slows the process of mail dis patch and adds to the opportunity for human error. With ZIP Code, a clerk needs only to glance at the code to know immed'ately to what national area, state and post office the letter is oestined, and to speed it on its way, cutting up to 24 hours off the time between deposit and de livery. Mr. Moose and Mr. Bedenbaugh said that when ZIP Code is in full swing, the United States will have “the most modern system of mail distribution and delivery in existence.” Registration Office Be Open The County Registration office will be open at the courthouse on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, July 1, 2 and 3 for the issuing of voting registration certificates. Residents of the area recently an- ! nexed to the city are especially re minded that they must have their certificates transferred in order to vote in the City Democratic primary in August. All other persons who do not have certificates, who have lost certificates and have transferred j precincts may get their up-to-date voting certificates during this per iod. To Pr -tice Medicine Here Sydney E. Carter, M.D., will open his office for the practice of general medicine in Newberry early next month. Dr. Carter graduated from The Citadel, attended the University of South Carolina, and received his medical degree from the Medi cal College of South Carolina in Charleston in June 1961. He then interned there for one year and is now completing a year as as sistant resident in internal medi cine at the same institution. He is a member of Kappa Alpha frater nity and of Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity. During 1961-53, Dr. Carter ser ved as a first lieutenant in the United States army for 25 months eleven of v/hich were spent in Korea with the Third Infantry Division. A native of Georgetown, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Carter that city. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Georgetown. He is mar ried to the former Miss Elizabeth Blease Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Baker of Newberry. Dr. and Mrs. Baker and their sons, Sydney, Jr., 8 and Richard Baker, 3, will reside at 1234 Wal nut Street. Cook Dies; Was County Native GREENWOOD. — G. Quine Cook, 89, retired farmer of th Callison community, died Tuesda morning in a Columbia hospit: after an illness of several month A native of Prosperity, he we a son of the late John and Adel] Livingston Cook. He lived at Call son for 20 years and was a men ber of Rehoboth M e t h o d i s Church. His wife was the lal Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Dominic Cook. Surviving are four daughter Mrs. Isham Still of Tarboro, I C.; Mrs. J. S. Edwards of Raleigl N. C., Miss Blanche Cook of Call son and Mrs. J. F. Greene < Ware Shoals; four sons, Malcoli Cook of Callison, J. S. Cook < Greensboro, N. C., William Coc of Raleigh and Sgt. James 1 Cook, U. S. Army, stationed i France; three sisters, Mrs. Joh Dawkins of Prosperity and Mr S. C. Heller and Mrs. Wingai Merchant of Newberry; thr< brothers, Howard and Osborne ] Cook of Newberry and Jim Pj Cook of Prosperity; 25 gram children; and 17 great-grandchi dren. Funeral services were conduc ed Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Blyl Funeral Home by Rev. Hoyt Gn ham, Rev. Charles Elrod and tl Rev. Mr. Holt. Burial was i Good Hope Baptist Cemetery ! Raleigh Thursday at 3 p.m. Pallbearers were grandsons. Civil Defense Trailer Be Here Through the facilities of the S. C. Civil Defense Agency, Newber ry has engaged Region Hi’s trail er exhibit, “Emergency Prepared ness,” for the week of June 23-29. A display on Family Fallout Shelters and equipment which should be stored in all shelters will be displayed in this exhibit. The mobile unit will be located on the Square in front of the Community Hall, and the public is invited to visit the exhibit dur ing next week. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hayes are attending the Lions International convention which is being held at Miami Beach, Fla. Death Rate Is High In County Traffic accidents claimed the lives of 757 persons in South Caro lina during 1962, giving the state a population death rate of 31.1 fatalities per 100,000 citizens, the , State Highway Department has announced. Included among the state’s highway deaths were 11 persons killed in .Newberry coun ty. A Highway Department report reveals that the population death rate for the county, based on the number of traffic fatalities per 100,000 population, was 37.39. South Carolina had a population death rate higher than any south ern or eastern state last year. Six western and midwestern states had rates higher than this state. Few Hats Now In Political Ring Thus far, there is a scarcity of hats in the city political ring, ac cording to A. P. Parrott, secre tary of the City Democratic par ty, who says that only two candi dates have paid their fee and qualified to be placed on the pri mary ballot in August. The latest to take the step is George W. Heller. Mr. Heller is serving his first term as aMer- man from Ward 2, having defeat ed long-time councilman C. A. Dufford, Sr. in the primary two years ago. The first candidate to qualify was Clarence A. Shealy Jr., seek ing re-election as Alderman from Ward 3. Mr. Shealy is completing his second term on council. The Registration Board will be open on July 1, 2 and 3rd for issu ing certificates which are requir ed for voting in all elections in the state. Police Offices ' To Be Moved Permission has b««n received from the Federal Communications Commission to remove the radio system in police headquarters, and the police offices will be movedl next week to the new Central Communications Center on the lower level of the Fire Department building, according to K. W. Riebe, city manager. Mr. Riebe also announced that the office of the superintendent of utilities, Hugh Connelly, has been moved to the city building on Boyce street in the space former ly used as council chambers. Is Retired From Army Major Powell Way, who retired from the United States Army on April 1 after 21 years service, and his family have returned to Newberry and are making their residence in the Mower home on Harrington street. They moved here from Fort Stewart, Ga., where he has been stationed for the past two years. During his army career, Major Way has seen duty in The Euro pean Theater of Operations during World War II, in Alaska and in Okinawa. The Ways have three children, Powell III, 16; McHardy, who will be 14 on July 2, and Betty, 12. Mrs. Way is the former Elizabeth Mower, daughter of Mrs. McHar dy Mower. Major Way’s mother, Mrs. P. E. Way, lives on John stone St. MAY BOND SALES Series E and H Savings Bonds sales during May in Newberry County totaled $21,393, reports Joe M. Roberts, County Savings Bonds Chairman. TSrThday GREETINGS June 23: Mrs. O. J. Jackson, Mrs. O. O. Fulmer, Billy Long, Mrs. John EL Smith, Ralph Wal drop, Mrs. J. P. Livingston, Floyd Bouknight, Y-Genia Crosland, H. Alvin Kinard, Don nie Rikard. June 24: Susan Lipscomb, Mil dred Glymph, Mrs. William R. - Buford, Clarence Kinard Jr., Skipper Hunter, Jimmy Touch- berry, H. Ostell Ballew. June 25: Oswald Copeland, Eli zabeth G. Norris, Jimmy Counts, Bobby Jollay, W. T. Vanderford, Mrs. Henry L. Wright, June Abby, Sara Clark, Lira Lou Waites, Ben Bradley. June 26: A. E. Hazel, Robert Luther Shealy, Mrs. Frank Stevens Jr., Mrs. Ralph P. Ba ker, Bruce Lipscomb, Mrs. Olin Inabinet. June 27: Elsie Long, Mrs. Eus- ton Richardson, June Walton, Judith A. Jones, Johnny Shealy. June 28: Mrs. Douglas Horns by Jr., Olin Layton, Mrs. T. Roy Summer Sr., Lonnie Gilliam, Mrs. R. M. Lominack, Mrs. C. C. Hutto, Kenneth Roes Har mon, Frances Derrick, Mrs. H. D. Hollingsworth, Harriett Ann Senn, Eddie Blackwell, Paula Fuller, H. B. Rayfield, Joe F. Bedenbaugh, Jack Hawkins, Doris Dufford Eargle, Kather ine D. Senn, Sam Burns, Ralph Parr Baker Jr. June 29: Miss Annie Abrams, Mrs. Ralph Wilbanks, Pauline Wicker, Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Duckett, J. E. Kinard, George Lipscomb, Rev. Charles B. Daw kins, Butch Price.