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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1963 un 1218 College Street, Newberry, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance :Six Months $1.25. THE “SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN Are we making a mistake when we call on the FBI to participate in rases w'hich are entirely offen ses against the State? Naturally the urge is upon us to use every means to hunt men guilty of hein ous crimes, but the State is the prospector and the crime is a- gainst the State. Most men may have attended a trial of a man under indictment for committing a serious offense, but our ladies are not so well in formed about such matters. Let us imagine a case of murder. A man is suspected and a magistrate is sues a warrant for the arrest of the man. He is given a hearing before a magistrate who gives a hearing to ascertain whether there there is any ground for holding the man. If there is the Magistrate binds him over for consideration by the Grand Jury. If the Grand Jury finds grounds however weak, for bringing the man before the Court it then brings in a true bill, based on the charge as prepared by the Solicit or. That constitutes an indictment and the man is brought before the Court of General Sessions to ans wer to the charge. The indictment charges that X has committed certain acts “a- gainst the Statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State”. The case will be heard by a trial judge and 12 petit jurors, the jurors taking this oath: “You shall well and truly try and true deliverance make in the case of I the State against XY, charged j with murder; and a true verdict | bring according to the evidence so help you God”. Observe that the crime is against the Statute made and pro vided and against the peace and dignity of the State. Perhaps we should rely on the police power and police officers of the State, rather than the FBI. I know that the efficient FBI is helpful, but Federal cooperation frequently grows into Federal con trol. At this time we have to retain jealously and zealously our State powers, our State dignity as well as theoretical sovereignty. Theo retical Sovereignty; Thats all we have left and the idea would make the graveyards groan, eh? When I wrote last week about the offer of the Electric Compan ies to buy all the Electric Co-op eratives I quoted the news account in The State (Columbia) and the editorial of The News and Courier (Charleston). I've since had the opportunity to read the proposal of the Electric companies as they submitted it to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina. Some items struck me w r ith special force: for example, each of the co-op members appears to have a reserve in the co-op treas ury of $110. That w’ould be paid forthwith to them. You can’t laugh it off: that’s real money and the co-op ladies — whves and daughters—could make a deep impression with that money. One hundred and ten dollars! You can’t laugh that off. Now, can they lose anything? Looking over the formal offer, signed officially by the Presidents of the three Private Electric com panies, I am impresed by the de tails. And may I make the point that nothing was overlooked. Let’s see of there is anyone hiding in the woods: the price of power will not be increased; in many cases it will be reduced. Well, that’s in the clear. Electric power is assured all: that’s clear enough. The directors and managers will be retained. Now that’s both gra cious and generous. Now here is the real milk in the cocoanut: All service will be main tained. Moreover, the service will be improved. The Public Service Commission will supervise and control everything. And then fol lows: The private electric companies will pay $810,000 a year in taxes on that part which they buy from the co-ops and on which the co-ops pay virtually nothing. Now think that over: We need more money in our State treas ury; in our counties, in towns, in our schools. And the Federal gov ernment will also receive a con siderable sum. Sum it up: better service, same or cheaper rates, everybody holds his job and continues on the pay roll. Can you think of anything better ? And don’t forget the one hun dred and ten dollars for each one, that being the amount due by the co-ops to each member. You never can tell w r hen and where villainy will break loose. One night recently some vandals turned over or broke more than a hundred tomb stones in the Man ning cemetery. The depredation included part of the neighboring cemetery of thecolored people. And that happened in Manning! Manning, my friends, is and has always been a quiet, peaceful town of law’-abiding people. And this applies to all, both w r hite and colored people. Manning has no rowdies, either white or colored, and the good or der of the little city has been remarkable. Today the quiet, lovely old cem etery looks like a shambles, more ! or less. One cannot conceive of such vandalism. One cannot ima gine the motive: we have no one in the Manning cemetery whose life aroused such malignant ir reverence as to prompt such fiendish deviltry as to awaken the destructive propensity of foul re sentment. You never can tell, can you? The world is aflame with distrust, hatred and every form of suspic ion and distrust. But that lovely little city of Manning should be the scene of such malevolence will impress all who know the town as incredible. Where you save does make a difference Safety ... Stability Good earnings 1. Your savings here are insured to $10,000 by Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, Washing- ton, D. C. 2. This association is a part of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, set up by an Act of Congress in the early 1930’s. 3. Your savings here grow faster with the help of worthwhile earnings, compounded twice a year. Your entire account earns at our Current Rate of 4% per annum. 4. It does make a difference where you save! I mm avisos and Loan Association AVING*; INSTITUTION TOUNDUD J. F. CLARKSON M. O. SUMMER DIRECTORS G. K. DOMINICK J. K. WILLINGHAM BRANCH OFFICE —Batesburg, S. C. E. B. PURCELL W. C. HUFFMAN Do you like figures? Don’t run off at a tangent or go off half- i cocked. I’m thinking of arithme tic. Consider these figures:. ‘“Spread out from Washington across the 50 states and virtually every foreign country, Federal employees now number some 2.5 million, up about 8 per cent from 1955. The increase here is not, as is so often supposed, concentrated in defense. Far from it. Defense Department employment has fall en fairly steadily ever since the Korean war. In 1955 it was res ponsible for 47 per cent of all Federal workers. It is responsible for only 41 per cent today. Aside from the Defense depart ment’s decline, perhaps the most arresting development in the Fed eral sector can be found in that sprawling structure, the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. Its em ployment has climbed almost without interruption, while its patron, the farm population, has i taken a precipitous fall. The Department’s employees went from 85,500 in 1955 to about 110,500 in 1962. Meanwhile, the number of farmers dropped from 8.4 to 6.7 million. The result: the Agriculture Department now has around 1 jobholder for every 60 persons tilling the soil. In 1950 the ratio was 1 to 118. Back in 1933 it was 1 to 341. Growing more rapidly than the Federal establishment, state and local governments employ nearly 7 million people. This is about 45 per cent more than in 1955. The number of state workers— whose jobs range from fighting Bang’s disease in Oregon to man ning the prison in Huntsville, Texas, to implanting historical markers along the Ohio parkways —is 1.7 million, or 42 per cent a- bove the figure for 1955. To talk about local government in thesingular can be profoundly misleading. There are around 90,- 000 of them—big and small, rich and poor, waxing and waning, with different duties, with various powers, and with bailiwicks that are stacked and overlapped and jumbled together in a way almost impossible to describe. Taken as a unit, nonetheless, these govern ments are expanding fastest of all. They now employ about 5.2 mil lion. This is 46 per cent above 1955, with the largest part of the 1 increase going to education. Added together, civilian Feder al, state and local employment— including all sorts of jobs in all sorts of places—is equal in mass to total private employment west of Colorado. The decline in farm population has not been great enough to off set the rise in efficiency. U. S. agriculture, on practically the same number of acres, but with 45 per cent fewer manhours than 15 years ago, has been able to provide for an increase of one- fifth in domestic consumption and a rise of 84 per cent in exports. Nevertheless, government total investment in surplus commodi ties is now around $7 billion a- gainst $3 1-2 billion in 1950. Federal government has been spending over $6 billion a year op agriculture—an amount equal to almost one-half of net farm in come. About 45 per cent of farm marketings now come under price support. But, the system of high support prices and Government controls has not overcome the problem of surplus production, in part because of the farmers’ in genuity in increasing yields.” Kelli Jeanette, five pound, five ounce daughter born Sept. 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Clarence Bedenbaugh of 506 Crosson SI. The mother is .the former Nancy Susan Bedenbaugh. Chris Edward, eight pound five ounce son born Sept. 14 to Mr. and Mrs. John Ernest Cumalander, Route 1, Little Mountain. The mother is the former Johnnie Kay Bedenbaugh. PROPOSED ORDINANCE The fololwing proposed Ordi nance for the City of Newber ry is published below for the information of citizens of Newberry: CHAPTER 14—SEC 14-15 An ordinance to regulate the extension and construction of wa ter and sewer mains in public streets and alleys: how requests for such extensions and construc tion shall be submitted: to fix the cost for main extensions and con struction and to provide for the collection of such costs; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, The Mayor and City Council recognizes that the extension and construction of wa ter and sewer mains in unserved areas of the city is essential to the continued growth of the city, and WHEREAS, The Mayor and City Council deems it necessary to encourage this growth and feels that certain rules and regulations are required to set out conditions under which this extension and construction of water and sewer mains may be accomplished. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of Newberry, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same that the City of New berry does hereby establish the following rules, regulations and conditions by which water and sewer mains may be extended and constructed. SECTION I Water Mains—(In Developed Areas) (a) The water system of the City of Newberry may be expand ed by the extension of mains into already developed areas within the City where it is economically feas ible and when financing is avail able. The economical feasibility shall be determined as follows: the expenditure of $100.00 per existing customer to be served will be con sidered as economical for cost of water mains, where total cost is to be paid by the City. (b) In areas where the cost of the extension and construction of a main or mains exceeds the $100.- 00 per existing customer allow able, extensions may be made pro vided the person or persons de siring service shall petition for service and shall agree to pay the difference in the actual cost of the extension and the credit for the per customer allowance as es tablished by Council from time to time as the $100.00 set in this ordinance. (c) The person or persons pay ing the difference in cost of ex tension shall be refunded $50 per customer connected to the exten sion within one year after the completion of the extension, pro vided that refunds shall not ex ceed the original amount paid by the person or persons requesting service. Water Mains (In New Develop ments or Underdeveloped Areas) (a) The water system of the City of Newberry may be expand ed by the extension of ains through an undeveloped area or into a new development within the City where it is determined eco nomically feasible and financing is available. The economical feas ibility shall be determined after consideration of the following items and requirements: (1) the person or persons requesting serv ice shall first furnish a complete and approved engineering layout of the entire area or development, (2) the Supt. of Public Works shall determine the required lay out and size of all mains, (3) the extension shall be considered as all mains required from the exist ing City mains through the unde veloped area and throughout the new development. (b) If the service or extension is determined feasible, the cost of constructing such mains and fa cilities shall be as follows: the per son or persons requesting service or extension shall have such mains and facilities constructed in ac cordance with City standards and specifications or they may con tract with the City for such con struction. (c) At such time as the water mains for any extension are com pleted, approved and accepted by the Supt. of Public Works, the new mains and facilities automat ically become the property of the City of Newberry, whether paid for by the City or in part or tot ally by person or persons request ing service. (d) ’ ‘When the main extensions and facilities are paid for in full by the person or persons request ing service they shall be reimburs ed by the Utility Revenue Fund in the following manner: (1) for each water customer connected to the extension during construction or within one year immediately following construction, a refund of $60 for each customer will be made; (2) for each customer con nected to the extension during the second year after construction, a refund of $37.50 for each custom er will be made; for each custom er connected to the extension dur ing the third through the fifth year after construction, a refund of $25 for each customer will be made. Water Maine—(Outside City Limits) (a) The water system of the BIG NEW DODGE — The medium-price line of Dodge 880 and Custom 880 models for 1964 has new styling and a host of convenience and performance innovations. New features include an optional tilting steering wheel and a four-speed manual transmission. The nine big models in the luxurious 880 line go on display at Dodge dealerships on September 20. City of Newberry may be expand ed by the extension of water mains outside the present City Limits where it is determined feas ible both economically and from design and engineering standpoint. An extension outside the City Limits will be considered only af ter the person or persons request ing service has first furnished a complete engineering layout that meets City requirements and said layout has been approved by the Municipal Planning Board of the City of Newberry in the same manner as developments that are within the City Limits. (b) Should the extension be de termined feasible, person or per sons requesting service or exten sion shall have such mains and fa cilities constructed in accordance with City standards and specifica tions or they may contract with the City for such construction. (c) The total cost of construct ing such mains and facilities shall be paid in full by the person or persons requesting service and no refunds shall be made. (d) At such time as the water mains for any extension outside the City Limits are completed, approved and accepted by the Supt. of Public Works, the new mains and facilities shall auto matically become the property of the City of Newberry. SECTION II In no event shall the amount of reimbursements to the person or persons making original payment be more than 100 per cent of their original investment for the water mains and facilities. SECTION III Sewer Mains—(Inside City Lim- | its. Developed Areas) (a) The sewer system of the City of Newberry may be expand ed by the extension of sewer mains within the City Limits when de termined feasible from an eco nomical and engineering stand point. (b) The person or persons re questing sewer service shall first furnish a complete and approved i engineering layout of the area to be served. The Supt. of Public Works shall determine the requir ed layout and size of all sewer mains. (c) If the service is determined feasible the cost of constructing such mains and facilties shall be paid as follows: the person or per sons shall enter into a contract j with the City for such construction and shall pay 50 per cent of the total cost of materials and labor and the City shall pay the remain ing 50 per cent of the cost. SECTION IY Sewer Mains—(Inside City Limits, in New Developments or Undevel oped Areas) (a) Sewer mains of the City of Newberry may be expanded by the extension of mains through an un developed area or into a new de velopment within the City where it is determined economically feas ible and financing is available. The economical feasibility shall be de termined after consideration of the following items and require ments: (1) the person or persons requesting service shall first furn ish a complete and approved en gineering layout of the entire area or development, (2) the Supt. of Public Works shall determine the required layout and size of all mains, (3) the extension shall be considered as all mains required from the existing City Mains through the undeveloped area and throughout the new development. (b) If the service or extension is determined feasible, the cost of constructing such mains and fa cilities shall be as follows: such , mains and facilities constructed in | accordance with City standards and specifications or they may' contract with the City for such construction. (c) At such time as the sewer mains for any extension are com pleted, approved and accepted by the Supt. of Public Works, the new mains and facilities automat ically become the property of the City of Newberry, whether paid for by the City or in part or tot ally by person or persons request ing service. SECTION V Sewer Mains—(Outside City Limits) (a) The sewer system of the City of Newberry may be expand ed by the extension of sewer mains outside the City Limits when determined feasible from an economical and engineering standpoint. An extension outside the City Limits will be considered only after the person or persons requesting service has first furn ished a complete engineering lay out that meets City requirements and said layout has been approved by the Supt. of Public Works in the same manner as developments that are within the City Limits. (b) Should the extension be determined feasible person or per sons requesting service or exten sion shall have such mains, man hole and facilities constructed in accordance with Oky Standards and specifications or they may contract with the City for such construction. (c) The total cost of construct ing such mains, manholes and fac ilities shall be paid in full by the person or persons requesting ser vice and no refund shall be made. (d) At such time as the sewer mains for any extension outside the City limits are completed, ap proved and accepted by the Supt. of Public Works, the new mains, manholes, and facilities shall auto matically become the property of the City of Newberry. (e) Consumers outside the City limits that are serviced by The City of Newberry with sewer service only, will be required to furnish a service bond of not less than $6.00. This bond is held by the City of Newberry to the credit of the party making the deposit as a guarantee that the sewage bill will be paid. Upon the pay ment of all bills due, after notice is given to discontinue service, the deposit will be refunded upon sur render of the receipt therefor held by the depositor. In addition to the $6.00 bond each consumer must pay in advance for one year service charge (Minimum $9.00). In those cases where services are discontinued prior to a full year of service advance payment will be returned based on the number of months that service was not rendered. SECTION VI The City reserves tht nght to determine the size of the mains, water and sewer, to be installed. SECTION YU That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its final passage by the City Council. SECTION VIII That all ordinances, rules and regulations in conflict herewith be, and the same are hereby repealed, however, any ordinance, rule or regulation now in force and not specifically repealed by this ordi nance shall be and remain in force. Building Permits Jim Parr, repairs to apartments on Vincent street $700. Mrs. P. D. Johnson, Sr., repairs to dwelling, 1516 Boundary street $125.00. Maggie Bradley,. repairs to dwelling, 943 Gilder street $600. Newberry No. 1 Outside Raymond E. Morris, repairs to dwelling, 1209 Third street $550. Prosperity No. 7 Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lindsey, one five room brick dwelling, 2102 Ad- elaid street $5000. Smiley Porter of Florence is spending several days this week at his home in Newberry. WIN A 28-DAY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD Cl\ FOR 2 Nothing to Buyi REGISTER TODAY You may win the vacation of a lifetime ... 28 glorious days of luxurious travel and sight-seeing in London, Paris, Rome and many other glamour cities around the globe. It’s the Grand Prize of the Pee Gee Paint Sweepstakes. Visit our store to enter. There’s no obligation. LOCAL GRAND PRIZE A $79.50 KODAK MOVIE OUTFIT A lucky family here in our own com munity will win a Kodak Automatic 8 Movie Camera Outfit complete with light, floods, case. Ail you do is register at our store! Meet a Winner! 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