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IT'S EASIER TO GET INTO THE CONVERSATION 'F YOU AREN'T THERE. VOLUME 27—NUMBER 30. An efficiency expert is a man who waits to make up a foursome before going through a revolving door. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1963 4^ $2.00 Per Year By The Way “ By DORIS A. SANDERS] * GOING AROUND i not a characteristic of either na- ( A virus buK of some description ture or human natine. has been making' the rounds re- Having reached this point my ntly and it hiat at our house dur- , mind asked the question: Can we ing the past week. Fighting this have both freedom and equality? sort of bug isn’t very conducive to j Someone has said, “Freedom with- thinking, and nothing of an orig- ' out equality tends to become lie- ! inal nature has come up to fill ense. Equality without freedom this space this week. So I am : tends to produce stagnation/’ How i again relying on that outspoken | can these great objectives be se- gentleman, Jesse Helms, vice- 1 cured without damage to t h ( president of WRAL-TV in Ral- highest social system men have ! eigh, N. C. i yet devised, democracy? On three of his recent editorials ! Looking back upon history, I I of the air, Mr. Helms broadcast realized that the Jews preached j excerpts from a sermon entitled concern lor the poor, but not eq- j “The Problems of Equality.” His | uality. The Greeks preached de- preface to the broadcast, and ex- , mocracy, but not equalitv. The j cerpts from the sermon, begin be- Romans preached justice under | low. Because of the length of the law, but not equality The Middle j sermon, it will be concluded next ' Ages in Europe preached ( hrist, I wee g I but not equality. In this period of difficulty and : Here I paused to rethink confusion. Americans have not : words, All men aie the created equal.” Are they? I could see that all men are created equally help- always been able to turn to their religious leaders for calm reason and reliable counsel. In pulpits a- 1 less, equally ignorant, equally inexperienced, equally sin-touch ed, but T could not see how they could be said to be created equal in any other sense. (Continued next week) cross the land, social issues have displaced the message of redemp tion. Ministers of every faith have taken to the streets, in the name of “non-violence”, yet having the effect of promoting violence—or, at the very least, bitterness. The National Council of Churches seemingly has been in volved in practically every politi cal issue of the day, more often ) than not rubbing against the 1 grain of the fundamentals of America. , So, it has seemed, we are living j ^ , in an age of paradox. Thus, when : vrith the amva! of Christmas Club we ran across a sermon the other Ou'oks in the man. These luc dav, delivered bv the pastor of a and thrlft >' P eo !> 1<? , liave l,er ' n p v - church in Tennessee, which seem- 1 i"B at banks in the county tnru- restore America's | ° ut the y<’ aT ard are now reaping the rewards of their thriftiness, j Newberry County Bank p u t i checks for its Newberry branch i Christmas Club into the mails ov- Yule Savers Are Getting Checks Hundreds of Newberrians are receiving encouragement to do their Christmas shopping early, I M rs. E. E. Westwood, presi dent of Drayton Rutherford chapter, UDC, holds the tray ! which her UDC chapter won j “for the most outstanding work done by a chapter.” at the re cent State UDC convention. With her is Mrs. C. I. You- mans, who with her sisters, Mrs. Alice West Yates and Mrs. Tilla West Kaufmann, present- i ed tFe silver tray in memory of | their sister. Miss Mary Pearle West. Drayton Rutherford chap ter will retain the tray for one year. In addition to the name of the chapter and the date, engraved on the tray is the following: “Presented to the South Caro lina Division, UDC by Carabel West Youmans, Alice West Yates, Tilla West Kaufmann, Newberry, S. C. in memory of Mary Pearle West, their sister. She was loyal to the Truth of History.” (Sunphoto) ed to us to troubles to a better perspective, it was our thought that the ser mon should be shared with you. The sermon was delivered on , , , September 15, 1963, by Dr. Wal- | <‘ r the weekend. Checks for the ter R. Courtenay, pastor of First 'Joanna branch members will he Presbyterian church, Nashville,! later in November. Alto- gether, the checks will amount to Tennessee. Portions of it follow: During the past summer the air was filled with the raucous sounds of conflict in Birmingham, Chicago, New York and Danville. It was also redolent with discord within the United Nations, and within the Backward Countries demanding recognition. Accomp anying these was the endless struggle of labor and capital, and the seemingly endless drain of our resources into the Give-Away Programs at home and abroad. The air was charged with social electricity as individuals, groups and nations fought for new status under the banner of equality. Equality has intoxicated the world. Men walk starry-eyed through streets and halls dreaming of new days and improved status. The whole world seems in a pep- rally mood, and the bonfires gw>w larger and burn more fiercely, even as the songs, chants and shouts of the participants become louder and more fervent. In a thousand tongues men scream their demands for equality, for place, for recognition, for “rights” —for privileges. As one listens he frequently hears the words, “All men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with certain un alienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” But the words never end there, but hurry on to declare that it is the responsibility of government to make all men equal and to maintain equality amongst men. Still other words are heard, declaring that democ racy has failed to establish eq uality, and that men therefore must now turn to socialism and communism. In my summer setting, close to nature, I looked around for evi dences of equality in nature, and found none. Trees and hills are not the same in breadth and height. Rivers and lakes are not in uniform size. Not all animals and birds are swift and beautiful. The lion does not recognize the equalness of the antelope, nor the fox the rabbit. Some fields are fertile, and others sterile, and clouds and puddles are not the same, though both are water-cre ated. In nature, inequality seems to prevail, and yet the inequali ties of nature produce the beauty we admire. As I Uiought of it the same seemed to be true of history. Na tions and races do differ in size, wealth, prestige, power, creativi ty and vision. Some soar like ea gles. Some build like beavers. Some grow like vegetables and weeds in the garden called the earth. Between individuals, races, groups and nations there are broad differences, and equality is about $300,000. The 1964 Christ mas Club is now open. South Carolina National Bank distributed its checks this week. Throughout the State SCN wrote about 35,412 checks totaling $3, 187,080. The 1964 Club opened in all SCN offices Monday, with the first payment being due this week and the last payment in October next year. Checks in payment of the 1964 club will be distributed November 1964. The Bank of Commerce at Pros perity and Chapin will mail club checks the first of next week. Ac cording to Jacob Bowers, mana ger, the club is the bank’s largest on record. The 1964 club at the Bank of Commerce will begin on iqqj Democratic primary and Monday, November 18. again last summer, topped Lay- ton in the No. 2 box in Ward 3 with 65 write-in votes to the may ors 47. Cook received 55 votes # at the other precincts to bring his write-in total to 120. Mr. and Mrs. Murry Livingston, Mrs. Herman Livingston and Mrs. Minnie Monroe of Columbia were Sunday visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Stone, near the city. All Primary Nominees Are Voted In Tuesday By Mrs. A. H. Counts dates for council seats also won ^ yy y ! handily, although there was a Mayor Ernest H Layton was . smatteri 0 , write . in votes elected Tuesday to h,s fourth con- , jnst at , east fjve of thcm . 0nl secut.ve term as Newberry s i the Democrati( , nominees> names chief executive, although the candidate he defeated in two suc cessive Democratic primaries re- | eeived 120 write-in votes. Ward 1—James M. Longshore, Layton and all other Demo- Sr., 1041 votes; Ward 2, C. A. cratic candidates for si v alder-; Dufford, 1030; Ward 3, Clarence manic seats on City Council won ( A. Shealy Jr won his third term easy victories in what political with 1039 votes; Ward 4, Jack observers here said was the larg- j Senn, 1037 votes; Ward 5, Gerald est municipal general election j Taylor, 1047 votes and Ward 6, E. F. McCutcheon was reelected with 1047 votes. Longshore, Dufford, Senn and Taylor will take their seats on City Council January 1. Retiring Aldermen are Ward 1, Frank Armfield; Ward 2, George W. Heller; Ward 4, Jimmie Dav enport who did not offer for re nomination and Ward 5, Cecil E. Merchant. Thanksgiving Services Be At Lutheran Church The Rev. Robert E. Long, pres ident of the Newberry County Ministerial Association, announced that there will be a United Thanks giving Service conducted at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer at 10:00 A.M. on Thanksgiving Day. The host minister for this ; traditional service will be the pas tor of the Church of the Redeemer the Rev. Henry McCullough. The preacher for the service will be the Rev. Robert A. Addy, pastor of Faith Lutheran church of Newberry. Music will be led by the choir of the Church of the Redeemer. As in the past, the offering that is presented at this service will be divided among the parti cipating churches to be sent to their respective denominational children’s homes. Contributions specifically designated will be sent to the place indicated. The par ticipating churches are the Luth eran Church of the Redee^ie 1 *, Central Methodist church, The First Baptist church, Aveleigh Presbyterian church, the ARP church, and St. Luke’s Episcopal church. were on the ballot. The unofficial results: , turnout in history. Of 4300 regis tered voters, 1048 cast ballots on Tuesday. Layton, who served 10 years as alderman before his first election as mayor, polled 947 votes Tuesday, carrying seven of the city’s eight precincts. J .H. Cook, whom Layton defeated in other Democratic candi- S .S. AGENT BE HERE THURSDAYS The Social Security representa tive will be at the courthouse from 9 A. M. until 3 P. M. on Thurs days ONLY until further notice. Bradham Named County Ranger COLUMBIA, November 9, 1963 —John R. Bradham has been em ployed as Forester-Ranger for Newberry county by the S. C. State Commission of Forestry. This announcement was made by A. W. Murray, Chairman of the Newberry County Forestry Board and State Forester Chas H. Flory of Columbia. Mr. Bradham replaced the late Marvin E. Wilson who served 20 years as Newberry County Ranger prior to his recent death. Mr. Bradham will combine the duties of county ranger with those of county forester. He will super vise the county fire control organ ization in fire prevention, fire suppression and maintenance of forestry buildings and equipment. He will present talks, demonstra tions, slide and movie showings and distribute forestry materials to schools, civic clubs and youth groups. His work will also include wood land examinations and recommen dations, upon request. He will provide written management plans giving recommendations on tim ber harvesting, fire prevention and control, tree planting, timber stand improvement and insect and disease control. Thei’e is no charge to landowners for this service. When timber harvesting is needed ,Mr. Bradham will select ively mark and estimate the vol ume of timber for sale, furnish the landowner a list of prospect ive buyers, form letters for adver tising timber for sale and sample sales agreements. A small charge is made for the marking and es timating service. A native of Conway, Mr. Brad ham is a graduate of the Clemson College Department of Forestry where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry in June 1961. After his graduation Mr. Bradham worked for Canal Wood Corporation before entering the Army in September 1961. He has just completed a two-year tour of duty in Wertheim, Germany, where he served as a lieutenant. Mr. Bradham is single. His headquarters will be in Newberry where he will make his home. City Council met in its new chambers for the first time Tuesday night and members are shown here in the modernistic setting which will also be used for recorder’s court. In the foreground at left is K. W. Riebe, city Manager, and Clarence Wallace, city clerk and treasurer. Members of coun cil, from left, are Councilmen Heller, Davenport, McCuthcheon, Mayor Layton, Councilmen Arm- field, Merchant and Shealy. (Photo by Nichols.) Council Accepts Resignation Of City Clerk Wallace With Regret City Council here Tuesday night accepted ‘“with regret” the resig nation of W. C. Wallace, the city clerk and treasurer for 13 years. In his letter of resignation, Mr. Wallace said “I have passed . my 72nd birthday and I do not feel capable of continuing the pace needed for the office. Mayor Ernest H. Layton said Wallace had done an outstand ing job and had made a real contribution to the community. Wallace served one year as act ing city manager. His resigna tion will become effeciive Dec. 31. Council met for the first time Tuesday in the recently renovat ed combination council chambers and municipal court room. Mayor Layton said the project was a step forward for Newberry. “We can now encourage citizens to take a more active part in city government,” he said. The chamber provides adequate space for visitors, the press and special equipment for broadcasting the meetings over the local radio. Council had the second reading of a proposed city zoning ordin ance. The four visitors present made no comment on the ordin ance. The third reading for final passage into law is scheduled at the next council meeting Dec. 10. Council also passed final read ing an ordinance on water and sewer extensions in new develop ments inside and outside the city In other action, council ap proved purchase of a new street sweeper at a cost of $9,476. City Manager Riebe said $1500 was re ceived in trade-in value for the old sweeper. Lt. Col. Dalton O. Carpenter Jr., shown at right in the photo, was recently promoted to that rank. His first silver oak leaf was pin ned on by Gen. Andrew P. O’Mea ra, commander-in-chief, United States Southern Command. Pana ma Canal Zone. Col. Carpenter is serving as Military Assistance Plans Officer, Southern Command, Quarry Heights, and has been stationed there since July 1961. He has served previous overseas assignments with the 11th Air borne-Division, Philippine Islands and Japan. He is a Master Para chutist and has made 187 air borne jumps. Col. Carpenter, the son of D. O. Carpenter of this city, is a grad uate of Clemson college and of the Command and General Staff Col lege, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He is married to the former Mary Ellen Rew of Forest Hills, Long Island, New York. They reside at Fort Kobbe in the Canal Zone and have four children: Thomas, Sus- anne, Gerald and Donald. Their oldest son, Tom, was also recently “promoted” when he was awarded Eagle rank at the Court of Honor held at the Balboa high school by the Canal Zone Council, Boy Scouts of America. Col. Walter E .Conway, c jmmand- ing officer at Fort Kobbe, pre sented Tom at the court. LL Jas. A. Gwinn presented his record as a Scout which was applauded as being an outstanding record of service to Scouting and to his I community. Honor Students Are Recognized Twenty-four students received special recognition for academic excellence at the Honors Convoca tion held recently at Newberry College. Speaker for the occasion was Dr. A. L. M. Wiggins. Honor students from Newberry County included Brenda Kay Campbell, Whitmire; Virgina Ro berta Cooper, Suzanne Elizabeth Long, Margaret Evelyn Kelly, Mary Edna Wynn, Newberry; Charlsie Henrietta Counts, Po- maria, James Henry Counts Jr., Prosperity; and Jerry Wayne Koon, Pomaria. STUDY CLASS AT BETH EDEN CHURCH The Lutheran Church Women of Betk Eden will hold their Foreign Mission Study class at the church Sunday night, Nov. 17 at 6:30. The public is invited to attend. City MH Drive Readies Goal Official announcement has been made that the City of Newberry has reached the goal of $1,500 that was set in the recent Bell Ringer Mental Health Drive. County Chairman Steve Griffith expressed his appreciation to the people of the city for making this possible and offered his con gratulations for their example of interest and concern for those who suffer with mental illness. City Chairman, the Rev. Robert E. Long, expressed his apprecia tion to the many workers in the city who made the successful drive possible. He stated that every ward in the city at least doubled the amount collected in last year’s drive. The Ward captains in this year’s successful campaign were Mrs. Ralph Whitaker, ward 1; Fulmer Wells, ward 2; P. K. Harmon, ward 3; Mrs. R. G. Brown, ward 4; Mrs. Eula Livingston, ward 5; and Mrs. Jim Hickson in ward 6. Special praise was also given to the newspapers and the radio station in Newberry for the ex cellent publicity that they so wil lingly contributed. Public Invited To Open Meeting The establishment of a New berry County Association for Re tarded children will be considered at an open meeting to be held next Tuesday, November 19, at 8 P. M. in the Boundary Street school. Such associations of par ents and interested citizens are doing effective work in many counties under the sponsorship of the South Carolina Association. Parents of retarded children, as well as any citizens concerned with promoting the educational program and community services that are being developed in their behalf, are invited and urged to attend this meeting. The program for next Tuesday will also include the showing of a helpful motion picture dealing with the education and social development of retarded children. In order that parents may attend their children may come with them and will be supervised and entertained by a group of stud ents from Newberry college. The arrangements for the meeting are being made by a committee representing a group of parents and others who have shown an interest in the establish ment of a county association. This committee includes Mrs. Harold Cook, Prosperity; Mrs. Elon Ear- gle, County Health department; the Rev. Robert Long, and Dr. Walter H. Beck, Newberry college. Criminal Court Jurors Named The November term of General Sessions Court will convene Mon day, November 25 at ten o’clock with Judge G. Badger Baker of Florence presiding. Grand Jurors will report Monday at 9:30; petit jurors, Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Members of the petit jury will be: J. Ellerbe Sease, Edward Guy Counts, James Ellis Kunkie, Aub rey Davis, Jacob H. Rister, Fur man G. Kyzer, J. O. Donkle, Wm. M. Crayne, J. W. Wilson. Harry Senn, Clarence S. Hazel «L., Clin ton B. Matthews, P. T. Harris, Paul H. Long, J. Ray Hunter Jr., John A. Hardin, F. R. Campbell, Roland Elbert Reese; Also, R. J. Willingham, W. C. Bowers, Henry Barnette, W. E. Taylor Jr., Dawkins Wilfred Den nis, John W. Leavell, William Otis Graham, Nathan O. Kyzer, Robert S. Wicker, Dennis W. Newton Sr., Haskell E. Long, Gilder W. Cro mer, Vernon O. Ruff, John W. Schumpert, Jacob G. Ringer, Ira F. Bouknight, John F. Prince, Thompson F. Reeder. Religious Week At College “The Living God in a Lively World” is the theme for Religious Emphasis Week at Newberry col lege this week, according to Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president. Dr. H. G. Anderson, Professor of. Church history at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, is the speaker. Dr. Anderson, a native of Cal ifornia received the A.B. degree from Yale University; the B.D. and S.T.M. degrees from the Lu theran Seminary in Philadelphia and the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsyl vania. Dr. Anderson served as a youth worker with Winant Vol unteers in London, also as a res ident minister and member of the national boards, the Christian Ministry in the National Parks and YMCA-YWCA. He is an au thor of numerous articles and re views for denominational publica tions. He also has been the Re ligious Emphasis Week speaker at Appalachian State Teachers’ College, Madison College and Col umbia college. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Nov. 17: Mrs. P. EL Way, Mrs. Mary Livingston, Bobby Mor ris, Jackson W. Taylor, Paul H. Shull, Stanley Shealy, Jimmie Zobel, Maxcy Stone, Dianne Davis, Marise DeVore. Nov. 18: W. Henry Lominack, Russell Culbertson, Melvin Han cock, Dianne Reeves, Mrs. J. J. Ennis, Laurence D. Chapman, Frances Davenport, Mrs. Ran dolph Crowder, Mrs. Edward Lominack. Nov. 19: R. EL Summer, Doris Hipp, Mrs. John McCullough, J. M. Pool, Mildred S. Martin, Mary Frances McCullough. Nov. 20: Mrs. Doris A. San ders, Mrs. H. O. Newman, Ger ry Rutherford, Mrs. Victoria Bradley, G. D. Wike, Clarence C. Hutto Jr., Reed Marrett, George L. Johnson, Dorothy Leaphart, Mrs. Gates Beckwith, Henry Holland Wilson, Robert Wayne Turner. N-»v. 21: Argy Chapman, Ben R. Wicker, Josephine Doolittle, Mrs. Robert W. Glymph Mrs. R. E. Beck, Melvin Price. Nov. 22: Mrs. Lamar Hazel, Bertha Long, Robert Kelly, Car ol Ringer, Mrs. Berley Fretwell, * Ralph Whitaker, Eva Mae Cook, Mrs. J. H. Cook Sr. Nov. 23: Russell Aubrey Har ley, C. L. Dowd, Homer R. Wil liams, Mrs. H. G. Wike, Dave Waldrop, Mrs. H. T. Carlisle, Mrs. H. B. Lietzsey Jr., Louise Motes.