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0 When a woman suffers in si lence, it means her phone is out of order. A highbrow ij a guy who tKnks he has found something more interesting than women. VOLUME 27; NUMBER 13. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1963 $2.00 Per Year By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS HE'S DISTURBED Olin D. Johnston, senior senator from South Carolina (Just like money in the bank; i.e., Donaldson Air Force Base), is greatly dis turbed iK'cause the Defense de partment says that military per sonnel may take part in racial demonstrations. We are sure the Senator is dis turbed, just as are the rest of us. But why does he tell his constit uents? As I recall, his great and good buddy is one John F. Ken nedy. After all, didn’t President Kennedy save Donaldson Air Force Base—at least long enough to get his coattail-swinger back to the senate? Now, if Kennedy could do THAT for Mr. T ohnston, surely he would listen to his cries of woe about the military taking part in racial demonstrations. The Very Senior Senator goes on to say that as Chairman of the Senate Post Office and Civil Ser vice Committee, he MAY find it necessary to see whether there is discrimination-in-reverse being carried out in federal employment. He heard rumors that this might be true. If he has heard as much as one rumor, he should have started his investigation then and there. His buddy, John F. Ken nedy might not like it much—but then it’s five years till re-election time, and maybe JFK will forget —just as the Senator hopes the people of Greenville will forget all about Donaldson in six years time. Of course, if the Kennedy Klan is still around next time the Sena tor is up for reelection, it probably won’t make much difference; by that time, there probably won’t be such a thing as free elections. DORN SPEAKS Congressman Bryan Dorn testi fied before a committee consider ing the so-called Civil Rights bill the other day, and sent along a copy of his testimony to the press. In a fairly short statement for him, Bryan pretty well summed up the situation. Portions of his testimony are printed below: Mr. Chairman, a dangerous tac tic by powerful pressure groups is forcing consideration of this legislation. Suddenly, as a result of illegal demonstrations, calcul ated violence, and disrespect for law * 1 and order, this bill has the number one priority—priority ov er domestic legislation and prior ity over foreign policy during a critical stage in the Cold war. This legislation was not originally scheduled for this top priority consideration. We are acting under duress. We have been threatened and we are acquiescing and bow ing to that threat. Lawlessness is being rewarded. A new technique in the United States is emerging for the passage and consideration of legislation. Yes, Mr. Chairman —a new technique for this coun try, but an old technique for the minority seeking to dominate and control the majority. This is an old technique of cultivated chaos and anarchy well knowm to Mach- itcelli, Lenin, and the dictators of the Nazi-Fascist era. When legis lation is considered by Congress as a result of highly organized, well-financed and violent demon strations, then we are on the road to anarchy. Law T and order can collapse. The law of the jungle will prevail. The Republic is in dire danger if the President, the Attorney General and the Congress can be stampeded into hasty, ill-advised and ill-conceived legislation. If the Congress and the President are to succumb to this type of blackmail, then the pattern is already set for complete domina tion of the Federal Government by power-mad masters of the “Sci ence of Power”. By considering this legislation, we are thus en couraging mob violence and mass demonstrations. My purpose in appearing here is to urge this committee to reject consideration of the so-called Civil Rights Act of 1963. If this legislation should pass as a result of mass demonstrations through out the country and in the Federal City of Washington, the Consti tution will become a scrap of pa per and individual liberty will pass from this continent. The next act in the drama would be mass demonstrations similar to the student riots which overthrew the government of South Korea, the student riots which overthrew the government of Turkey, and the riots which caused former Presi dent Eisenhower to cancel a plan ned trip to Japan. The Federal government must support and back up local law en forcement agencies and law en forcement agencies of the States. Many patriotic and dedicated law enforcement officers now feel that mob violence ha? been en- ,eouraged by the Federal govern- i ment. This is dangerous for the security of our nation. Unless con- i trolled, local mobs of a few hun- 1 dred or a thousand will tomorrow | become a chanting, yelling ! screaming inferno of a million in the Nation’s capitol or in Chicago ; or New York, paralyzing and oh- | structing the movement and dc- I ploymer.t of our Armed forces, j The government could become powerless to act and could be i overthrown. Mr. Chairman, these demonstra tions were the work of novices compared to what will happen to day if this Congress rewards these j demonstrators with the passage of ! this bill. Mobs in the future will : be led by men trained in the art j of manipulating crowds, men sworn to overthrow democracy. This problem has occupied much j of the time of Congress for gen erations. I know of no major last ing accomplishment by the Fed eral Government in this field. Fantastic progress has been made against discrimination, the caste system and religious prejudice; this has been accomplished prin cipally at the local level through education, brotherhood and under standing in the grass roots of our country. This is the only lasting area where this moral question can be eventually solved. Seventy years ago lynching was a very serious major problem in the U. S.. This evil has been eliminated from our society by the valiant efforts of our people at the local and state level. No Federal law against lynching has ever passed congress, las elimination is a tribute to our people at the local and state level. Likewise, the states of the Union have eliminated the poll tax as a requirement to vote. We are now- going through a ridiculous farce of adopting a Constitutional am endment against the poll tax. This has already been overwhelmingly solved by the States of the Union. Only four states remain requiring a poll tax. We should compliment our people at the local level ra ther than condemn and harass them with this type of legislation. The continual introduction of such legislation as this is the principal cause of agitation, ra cial conflict and growing friction between the races. Mr. Chairman, Prohibition is a classic example of an ill-fated effort on the part of the Federal government to legis late morals. After a sad exper ience with Federal enforcement, the Federal government had to admit failure and return the problem to the states. We would see a vast improve ment in race relations if the Fed eral government would admit fail ure to solve this problem at the Federal level by Federal legisla tion and leave this responsibility to the states and local communi ties. Title I of this proposed bill be fore this Committee would place in the hands of the Attorney Gen eral pow-er to control elections. There is a vast difference be tween voting one’s convictions, free of intimidation and mobs, and being voted by the Attorney Gen eral of the United States. Title I is a blueprint for power. Election managers and volun teers who tally the vote will live under constant fear of a snooping, ( prying, Federal Gestapo. Free elections could become controlled or manipulated elections. Title II would be a long step to ward the socialization and com- munization of the United States. The very foundations of our Na tion is individual property rights. The motivating force behind growth and economic expansion is the right to ow-n and manage per sonal property. The power of the Attorney General to decide the property rights of barbershop owners, motels and restaurants, is stark-naked usurpation of proper- , ty rights and business rights of | the individual citizen. The power that can initiate in junctions and Federal actions ag ainst a motel or restaurant will soon move across the street with injunctions and Federal troops on the Moose, Elks and other pri vate organizations. Under this title, what would eventually hap pen, Mr. Chairman, to the local Lions Charity Dinner, the Rotary Club luncheon, the Kiwanis or the American Legion barbecue? This congress, time and again, has rejected Federal control of our public schools. Title III of this bill will provide the means whereby the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Education can and will control education in the United States. School boards will be powerless to operate local (Continued on page 4) Newberrians Urged To Get Sabin Vaccine Graduate Of j ; Marine School QUANTICO, YA. (FHTNC) — Major Fred D. MaoLean Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. “Dutch” Mac-Lean of 1224 Hunt street was graduated from the Junior school May 31 at Marine Corps schools, Quantico, Ya. Junior school provides Marine corps and allied officers of the i ranks of major and captain wnth a professional education to qualify I them for assignment to command I and staff positions with Fleet Marine Force units. The 41-week intermediate course covers the use of reinforced bat talions, regiments, aircraft squad rons, and air groups as air-ground teams in amphibious operations. In addition, selected subjects of national and international politi cal and military significance are presented. A secondary emphasis is placed on general military or ganization, weapons and tactics. Hurricanes Can Be Deadly With the hurricane season under way, John C. Purvis, Meteorolo gist in charge of the Columbia Weather bureau, gives a few facts about the deadly storms: Of the advancement made i n hurricane forecasting, the elimi nation of loss of life during hur ricanes requires the cooperation of everyone. Modern forecasting, ac- much as 50 miles from its posi- sible to predict the approximate path the hurricane may take; however, it is likely that the hur ricane center may be located as muc has 50 miles from its posi tion forecast 24 hours earlier. This means that a larger area must be warned than is actually forecasted by the hurricane’s pas sage. The biggest killer is, of course, the water. For example in 1893 2000 people w r ere killed in South Carolina when a major hurricane slammed into lower South Caro lina coast inundating lowdands and causing major destruction. In from the coast the winds are still deadly; however, fallen wires and trees account for most of the in land losses in life. Flooding rivers and streams frequently follow the passage of hurricanes across in land areas. In fact, most of the major floods in South Carolina such is in 1916, 1928. 1940 follow ed the passage of tropical storms. A state-w'ide weather teletype writer service to various news media is now in operation in the state. This circuit gives the radios and newspapers a direct connec tion with the various weather bu reaus, including long-range radar, Hurricane Forecast Center, and other weather reporting points. This is expected to give the state the most accurate, timely hurri cane forecasting and warning in formation that has ever been pro vided in South Carolina. The second of a series of clinics for the administering of Sabin oral vaccine for protection against polio will begin at the Newberry County Health department Mon day. July 22, according to Health Officer Yon A. Long. The first of the series w T as given in May, and Dr. Long expressed keen disappointment in the res ponse of county citizens to avail themselves of the opportunity to get this protection. The current immunizations are especially given for babies born since the mass im munization in the fall and winter of 1961-62, and for school child ren who may have missed the im munization at that time. “We have 2000 doses of the vaccine available,” Dr. Long said. “They will be given at the health department during regular office hours from July 22 through Aug ust 3. “It is hard to believe,” the health officer continued, “that so many Newberrians could have forgotten so soon the tragic epi demic that we experienced with polio in Newberry two years ago. At that time, citizens from all over the county were clamoring for the vaccine. Now, because w T e have had no cases of polio re ported since the mass immuniza tion, people seem to think it is not necessary to immunize those w'ho do not yet have protection. “We are offering the vaccine at no charge. We cannot force any one to take it, but we would like to warn the people of the county that polio has not been completely wiped out, and can strike at any time.” Dr. Long stated that those who have not previously received the first dose of Sabin vaccine given at the health department will now have to get it from their own phy sicians, inasmuch as it is not av ailable at the Health department at this time. Is Winner Of Music Award «- m Bobby Anderson, son of Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Anderson and a grad uate of Newberry high school, a- long with Miss Susan Ahearn of Columbia, received awards Wed nesday, July 10, as the most out standing senior musicians of the fourth annual S. C. Band Camp at the University of South Carolina. These awards were made for abil ity, musicianship, citizenship, and leadership in camp activities. The winners were selected by the camp faculty, among whom were James D. Pritchard and Robert L. Van Doren, co-directors of the camp. The highlight of the camp was a concert given by the camp band under the direction of \ incent R. DjNino, who is currently the band director of the 250 piece, Univer sity of Texas Longhorn band. 21 Newberrians Lose Licenses During June the driver licenses of 1,904 South Carolinians were suspended by the Highway depart ment unler various provisions of the state traffic laws. Of those whose licenses were withdrawn, 21 were residents of Newberry coun ty. On the State level, the great est number of suspensions, 1,021 were for failure to meet liability insurance (safety responsibility) requirements of state laws. Driv ing under the influence of intox icants resulted in 435 withdrawals. Withdrawals under the point system totaled 162. Seventy-two suspensions were for reckless driving convictions and 214 were for other convictions. Department action resulted i n suspension of the licenses of 182 out of state motorists. Horse Show Set For August 3 On August 3, thousands of peo ple from all over the southeast w’ill be arriving in Johnston for the 7th annual Junior Chamber of Commerce Horse Show. Horse Show r Chairman Roger Courtney predicts the show will draw r some of the finest horses in the southeast. Entries have al ready been received from North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The many entries in 24 classes will be competing for $2500 in prizes. To keep the show going at a lively pace, a Master of Words will preside as Master of Cere monies, Bob Jenkins of Green ville. Also Dale Stone of Rome, Georgia, will be featured on the Hammond organ. The show starts at 5:30 P. M. at Watson park, Johnston. Wise, Bowers Attend School COLUMBIA. — The tenth an nual law enforcement training school of the Wildlife Resources Department held a three-day sus- sion at the University of South Carolina last week. The program included talks, lectures and dem onstrations of various phases of warden activity. A banquet was attended by Gov. and Mrs. Russell, officials of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife service, members of the Wildlife Resour ces Commission and Department employees. Attending from Newberry were G. Herman Wise and Joel R. Bow ers. FORT RILEY, KAN. (AHTNC) —Army Specialist Five Willie C. Mayers, whose wife, Pearlie Mae, lives at 930 Gilder street, quali fied as expert in firing the M-14 rifle at Fort Riley in mid-June. Specialist Mayers is assigned to the 444th Transportation company at Fort Riley. He entered the army in October 1944. Bickley Joins Carolina P&L Herbert D. Bickley has joined Carolina Power and Light com pany as electrical engineer in the company’s relay station at Ral eigh. Mr. Bickley is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and attended Clem- son college, where he received his degree in electrical engineering in 1954. Mr. Bickley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bickley of New berry. His wife Frances is also a native of Newberry. Attends School In Mexico Patsy R. Frick of - Newberry and Clara A. Sowell of Hartsville, re cent graduates (61) of Newberry college are attending the Summer Session at the Monterrey Insti tute of Hispanic Studies in Mont errey, Mexico. They are doing ad vanced work in Spanish language and literature. The Institute at Monterrey was recently reviewed in Time magazine as one of the three leading universities in Latin America. The summer session will last about six weeks. Miss Frick, an honor graduate in Spanish at Newberry college, is presently teaching at Mecklen burg high school in Charlotte but is contemplating doing graduate study in Spanish at Florida State University. Miss Sowell, presently teaching at Wade Hampton high school in Greenville, plans to re main in the city system. Prof. A. T. Mature, Assistant Professor of Spanish at Newberry college, states that both are ex cellent students and are a credit to the teaching profession. DAIRY WINNER . o , The farm of J. R. Bishop Sr., of Newberry won fourth place award in Edisto Farms Dairy’s annual production achievement competi tion, and the award was made at annual Field Day held by Edisto June 10 at Denmark. C. J. Bishop received the award from Robert P. Kapp, general manager of Edisto Farms dairy. Candidates Seeking Votes; Plan Speaking On Radio College Offers Band Courses Newberry college announces a Summer program of study for Band directors which will be of fered for the first time during the second term of the 1963 sum mer session. Dr. Conrad B. Park, Director of the Summer School, states that the program began with registration on Wednesday morning, July 17, and will close on Saturday, August 17. Designed for those who are ac tively engaged in band work and in instrumental teaching, this program of study will provide up to six semester hours of under graduate credit in music and will feature a Marching Band Clinic during the week of August 5. Courses offered are: Music 15B, Advanced Woodwinds; Music 25B, Brass Instruments; Music 93, Band Administration; and Music 94, Band Laboratory (Marching Band Clinic). Band directors may enroll for the full program or may enroll only for the Marching Band Clinic. The program will be under the supervision of Charles P. Pruitt, Director of the Newberry College Band, who will teach most of the courses offered. William H. Bas- | den, Director of the Camden high school band will be the band clin ician. Le ss than four weeks remain for the 14 candidates seeking nomination to city offices to make themselves and their views known to the voters, and many are work ing hard at the task. Candidate cards are popular items during | this season, as candidates and I their friends go about seeking votes and support. The City Democratic primary is August 13, and Pete Parrot, sec retary of the City Democratic club has let it be known that the pri mary will be carried out strictly “by the book.” At a meeting of all candidates held last Thursday night, Mr. Parrott told the can didates of their responsibilities, insofar as filing expense accounts etc. and discussed other phases of the election law. It was pointed out that many of those registered in city wards actually are not residents of the city but are so registered for convenience of voting. These ab solutely will not be allowed to vote in the city primary, Mr. Par rot said. The registration lists will be carefully screened, according to the secretary, and managers will ascertain that all those offer ing to vote actually live within the city limits. Over 400 new registration cer tificates were obtained while the Registration Board Office was open for business the first three days in July. A check of the new registration reveals that many of those who received their certifi cates in July were Negroes. During every city primary, the question arises as to whether vot ers vote for only the alderman from their ward, or for all aider- men. For many years, Newberry has had “city-wide” elections. While a candidate must live in the ward which he is offering to represent, all voters vote for al dermen in each of the six wards, as well as for mayor. Something new will be added to the campaign this year. In addit ion to the usiial “Paid political announcements” usually heard ov er the radio just prior to primary, Radio Station WKDK is offering free time as a public service for all candidates to speak to the radio listeners. The date of the speaking will be announced when radio time is arranged for this purpose. Candidates for city offices are: Incumbent Mayor Ernest Lay- ton and Howard Cook. Ward i: Incumbent Frank Arm- field Jr. and James M. Long shore, Sr. Ward 2: Incumbent George Hel ler and C. A. Dufford Sr. Ward 3: Incumbent Clarence A. Shealy and H. B. Kirkegard. Ward 4: Jack H. Senn and Clar ence DeHart. Incumbent Jimmie Davenport is not offering for re nomination. Ward 5: Incumbent Cecil Mer chant and Gerald Taylor. W T ard 6: Incumbent E. F. Mc- Cutcheon and Rembert D. Parler. Call to Prayer O God, the King of righteous ness, lead us, we pray Thee, in the ways of justice and peace; inspire us to break down all op pression and wrong, to gain for every man his due 1’eward, and from every man his due service; that each may live for all, and all may care for each; in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord Amen. Rotary Chief To Visit Here WARD VISITS ETS ETC Audley H. Ward, Rotary Dist rict Governor, will make his visit to the local Rotary club Friday at its 1:00 P. M. meeting. A native of Florence county, Mr. Ward is Past Department com mander of the American Legion and past national vice-commander of the Legion. For two years, he was South Carolina director of the Cancer Crusade, and served for three years as president of the South Carolina division of the Am erican Cancer Society. He was presented a medal and plaque for having made the greatest contri bution to cancer control in South Carolina in 1954. Mr. Ward taught agriculture at Clemson college for two years, was Darlington county agent for four years, and served as district agent of the Clemson Extension Service for 34 years. He is past president of the Darlington Kiwanis club, of the Aiken Rotary club and of the Aiken Business Men’s club. Mr. Ward is a member of the speaker’s bureau of the State Chamber of Commerce and a mem ber of the speaker’s committee of the State cancer society. During the past 25 years, he has made f 3000-odd speeches. A graduate of Clemson college and of the University of Wiscon sin, he served in France during World War I. Mr. Ward has taught Sunday School for nearly 50 years. He re tired July 1, 1957 after 38 years with the Clemson Extension Ser vice. He was elected executive sec retary of the Aiken Chamber of Commerce in 1958 and was select ed as Aiken "Man of The Year” for 1958. Commander Hugh A Cleve land, U. S. Navy, is shown mak ing an acceptance speech as he takes over command of the U. S. Naval Station, Long Beach, California on June 29. The sta tion is he nation’s third largest navy hotneport. Commander Cleveland is a native of Cedartown, Ga. and attended Newberry college be fore enlisting in the Navy in 1934. Since then he has held every rate and rank from ap prentice seaman to commander. County Native Died Wednesday Mrs. Sara Wallace Wharton of Waterloo, widow of W. Carl Whar ton, died in a Laurens hospital on Wednesday last. She was a native of Newberry county, the daughter of the late Richard G. Wallace and Lucy Spearman Wallace. Survivors include two daugh ters, Mrs. Dunklin M. Sullivan of Laurens and Mrs. W. S. McNeil of Waterloo; one step-son, Will iam L. Wharton of Mobile, Ala.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Thomas R. Sims of Florence; two brothers, J. W. of Kingstree and Charles Wallace of Asheville, N. C., and four sisters, Mrs. J. H. Wharton Sr., of Laurens, Mrs. E. N. But ler of Live Oak, Fla., Mrs. J. K. Nelson of Columbia and Mrs. S. S. Smith of Manhattan Beach, California. Funeral services were conducted Thursday. Burial was in Waterloo cemetery. May Apply For Guard Academy For the first time in its history a Military Service Academy is al lowing high school graduates to use the scores they attain on the standard college entrance exam ination for application towards appointment. The United States Coast Guard is switching from its service ad ministered test to the college en trance examination board test this fall. Students taking the examina tion with an eye to proceeding on with studies after high school may have a copy of the results sent to the Coast Guard and may receive an offer of an appointment to the Coast Guard Academy at New London. Conn. The Coast Guard Academy while similar in almost every respect :o other service academies, does not require a congressional appoint ment. Candidates for appointment complete on a nationwide scale and the tops scholastically and physi cally are offered appointments. Previously the Coast Guard held its own examination throughout the nation. This year the service is using the college entrance exam ination board test results in lieu of the service administered test. Young men interested in the Coast Guard Academy and in obtaining its Bachelor of Science degree and a commission as Ensign upon graduation may write: Coast Guard Cadet, Miami 32, Florida, for application. Testing must be accomplished on 7 December 1963 ■ t —all applications must be com pleted prior to this date. Those interested may inquire immed iateiy for processing. Dove Shooting Dates Are Set COLUMBIA. — South Carolina will again have 70 days of dove shooting this fall, divided into three segments, but the limit has been reduced to 10 per ^ay and 20 in possession, according to Direct or James W. Webb of the Wildlife Resources division. The former daily limit was 12. The reduction, which applies to is due to the fact that breeding the Eastern and Central states, populations are down slightly for the third straight year. The 70 days must be set between Septem ber 1 and January 15. Shooting hours are from noon to sunset. The three segments are Sep tember 14-October 5; November 11 to 30; and December 19 to Jan uary 15. Other migratory game seasons for South Carolina are: Rails and gallinules, October 1-December 9; woodcock, November 27-January 15; and snipe, December 2-Janu- ary 15. Waterfowl seasons will be an nounced at a later date. Mrs. Hipp Dies; Relatives Here Mrs. Ellie Black Hipp, 66, died at her home in the Hollywood sec tion of Saluda county Monday af ter a lingering illness. Se was born in Saluda county, daughter of the late Joe and Cath erine Matilda Black. She was a retired school teacher. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Lucille Boozer, and a brother, Malcolm Black, both of Prosperity. Funeral services were held at 4 P. M. Tuesday at Bethany Meth odist church by Rev. Hilton Roof and W. T. Waters. Burial was in the church cemetery. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS July 21: Judy Ann Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sterling, Mrs Christine H. Bums, Judy Senn, James Scott Boozer, Mrs. Henry Mills, Anna Hawkins, Bobby Duncan, Scott Anthony Epting. July 22: Willie Robert Gilliam, Sam A. Cook, William E. Burr, III, George A. Setzler. July 23: Tommy Tindall, San dra Kay Bums, Mrs. Carrie Kin- ard, Wayne McCullough, Mrs. Homer Long, Marion Walton, Dr. R. A. Goodman, Mrs. Louis Brossy, Richard Lominick, Mrs. Dorothy Price, Chuck Sharpe, Carol Minick, Mrs. Clyde Wil son, Mrs. Iva Rice. July 24: Mrs. W. A Attaway, Albert Wicker, Roy 1 twig, Mrs. F. C. Wicker, S. Gordon Brown, Miss Elsie Gilliam, Merle Draw- dy, Tom Lewis, Tommy Beden- baugh, Sloan Wallace, Dr. B. J. Keefe. July 25: David Summer, Mrs. I. M. Smith, Mrs. R. E. Hanna Jr., Lucy Bouknight, John R. Davenport, Charlie Dukes. July 26: Olin Lominick, Nan Oxner Wilson, Joyce Merchant, Martha H. Brown, Mrs. C. E. Berley, Sylvia Boozer, Paulette Word. July 27: Mrs. D. D. Darby, An nette Young, Mrs. Ida Livings ton, Miss Allene Graham, Bobby Hawkins, C. A. Dufford, Sr., Mary Regnery, Allen Graham, Elsie H. Creekmore, Mike Dar by, Mrs. C. C. Lominick.