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Few things are more dangerous than a train of thought that carries no freight. There are a lot of good ways to become a lailure, but never taking a chance is the most successful. VOLUME 27—NUMBER 31. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1963 ♦ $2.00 Per Year By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS bretnren are AT IT AGAIN Our good Baptist at it again. Several years ago, the State Baptist Convention passed a res olution condemning Sunday Nat ional Guard drills. The resolution had no effect, for Sunday drills continued, but perhaps the Bap tists thought it did, for they have been silent on the subject until this year. Apparently the “back-to-back , or week-end drills are now being inaugurated in the Guard started them off again. It is unfortunate that the Con vention passed the Resolution it did last week. It is hard to be lieve the delegates to the Conven tion knew the whole story—it is difficult to believe they would have passed a resolution had they known the full story. According to news reports, the resolution noted that originally the National Guard required 96 hours training per year, and stat ed that “The time required has gradually increased until now there is required 200 hours per year from its members • • - We, therefore, viewing with alarm and concern this continually increas ing encroachment of the National Guard upon the time of its mem bers and usurpation of the Lord’s day for secular activities, by this resolution register a protest.” The public is led to believe that (1) The National guardsmen arc being imposed upon; (2) they are not allowed to attend church ser vices on Sunday; (3) the Lord’s day is being desecrated by Nat ional Guard drills on Sunday. Well, let’s see about that. (1) It is true that week-end drills require about 200 hours a YEAR of the guardsman’s time; however, for the 200 hours, he is being paid for 400 hours work— and often gets more for four hours guard duty than he does for eight hours at his regular job. Surely some of this drill m oney eventually end up in a chiu'ch collection plate. In addition, there is nothing that requires a man to be in the Guard. It is a voluntary organiza tion and he is there by choice. Once a man enlists, he must serve out his enlistment, but no one forces him to enlist in the first place, or to “re-up” when his en listment expires. (2) Not only are religious services held at every Sunday drill; if a Guardsman wishes to go bears his name, was also father of the State Baptist Convention and served four years as its pres'.dent. The Encyclopaedia of Southern Baptists has this to say about Dr. Furman: “As an araent patriot, Furman j won many to the Colonial cause when the Revolutionary war be- j gan. He volunteered to fight, but i Gov. John Rutledge persuaded him j to continue as a propagandist a- j mong the Tories in western South ! Carolina, which he did with re markable success. By his prayers and eloquent appeals, Furman so reassured the patriots that Corn wallis was said to have remarked that he ‘feared the prayers of the Godly youth more than the armies of Sumter and Marion.’ When Charleston surrendered, Cornwal lis determined to make an example of this notorious rebel. He placed a price of 1000 pounds cn his head and forerd Furman to flee from the State, not to return un til after the war, in 1782.” It is impossible to imagine that this patriot could agree with the Baptists of today who, rather than supporting efforts to defend their country against a godless enemy, seems to be doing everything they can do to undermine such efforts. Dr. Furman would surely have turned in his grave if he could have known of this action of the Baptist of 1963. * fits Dr. James C. Kinard, center, speaker at the NEPH luncheon Tuesday, chats with Keith Aull of Columbia, right, director of the State Employment Security Commission, and Jimmy Coggins, chairman of the county Employ the Physically Handicapped Com mittee. (Sunphoto.) Kinard Speech Heard By Essay Contestants Civil Court Jurors Named The December term of Court of Common Pleas (Civil) will con vene December 2 with Judge Bad ger Baker presiding. The following Jurors will re port for duty at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 2: Chevis I. Boozer, Hubert H. Stockman, Frank Trice, Thomas D. Jacobs, Hubert Graham, W. R. Suber, W. P. Wicker, James R. Lester, J. C. Pugh, Hubert V. Werts, Horace R. Cromer, A. Hayne Kinard, S. L. Koon, Fred C. Dominick^ John Swittenburg, Jr., Michael Jenkins, C. C. Hipp, C. E. Dorn; Also John W. Cockrell, Carl E. Livingston, T. Collier Neel, Bob by Gene Lester, Ralph E. Minick, James C. Griffin, Robert G. Lis ter, Charles M. Stuck, James Ro bert Hamm, C. M. Brehmer, Fred K. Moon, Ollie Moye, William S. Hentz, Lawson H. Harmon, Jos eph F. Cox, Tommy P. Setzler, J. Dewey Crossland, and William P. Bowers. CONCLUSION of R. The sermon, “The Problem Equality” by Dr. Walter Courtney, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Nashville, Tenn., which was begun in last week’s issue, is concluded here: Men do not begin life with an equal start for all. Their begin nings are marked by differences in pedigrees, health, education and moral levels, economic strength, social status and personality poten tials. There are broad differences in temperament, talents, drives, and desires. And what of the so-called “un alienable rights such as life, lib erty and the pursuit of happi ness?” Life is the gift of God, and so are liberty and happiness— in a certain sense. But being born is never enough. Getting here a- live is only a beginning. As to liberty, it is not something that comes with birth. Liberty is man- created, man-achieved, and man- maintained. God approves it, but man must wan it. Happiness is a more men services if they to do so. Chances are that participate in religious than would be the case were not at a guard drill. (3) As for usurpation of the Lord’s Day with * secular activi ties, this charge is ridiculous in light of what 99 per cent of them would be doing were they not at a guard drill. They MIGHT attend church services, then go home to a sumptuous dinner. During the afternoon, they watch the ball game on TV, or play golf, or go fishing, boating or water skiing, or just get out on the dangerous highways and ride. They may go to some sort of evening church service, but probably they won’t. At Sunday guard drill, religious service is the first order of busi ness. The remainder of the day is used in training the men in their specific duties so that when and if they are called upon to de fend their country, they will not be going as raw recruits. They are released in adequate time on Sunday afternoon to attend any evening services at their churches if they wish to do so. Is this any more secular than watching TV or fishing? South Carolina is fortunate in having an Adjutant General who believes the Russian dictator in tends to do exactly what he says: “We will bury you.” General Pinckney, since his election as Adjutant General, has strived co produce a well-trained National Guard for South Carolina—one which will be ready for any em ergency, from riots to shooting wars. The Baptist brethren should be passing a resolution commend ing, not condemning the Adjutant General and the men who give up their weekends to train themselves for the defense of the nation. My husband is a guardsman. He also is a direct descendant of Dr. Richard Furman, and he wonders what his illustrious ancestor would have to say about the action of the State Baptist Convention in 1963. Dr. Furman, who began a pro gram that resulted in the estab lishment of the University which by-product of a way of life rather to his own church, he is excused chan something granted us by birth. It, too, is something we achieve by effort . . . Life God gives, but liberty and happiness we must achieve. Having reacheu that state of mind, I wondered why men ever thought that government could make men equal and keep them equal. How can mere laws produce equality amongst men on a heart level? How van coerced fellowship ever become real fellowship ? We must face facts. In any classroom of pupils only a few qualify under the letter A. Below these leaders of the class are the B students, and then the C’s, and then the D’s and then the F’s. Some by ability and effort rise to the top, while others because of lack of ability or application take their places on the descending curve of scholarship. In every nation it is the same. Only a small percentage of people have the aoihty, the desire, the drive, the willingness to work and sacrifice, to foresee anl prepare for success in any realm. The peo ple who struggle to succeed are never interested in equality, but in superiority. Their goal is never the level of the masses, but a level above the masses. They endorse and espouse liberty because it creates for them a favorable cli mate in which to think, plan Create work and achieve according to their abilities and desires. They never pace themselves by the speed of the best. They are never satisfied by crumbs; they want half loaves and whole loaves. It is such people who made Am erica possible, and who have al ways led men in the upward climb . . . While they did not build America alone, they provided the means whereby our nation came into existence and has con tinued on its upward way. Looking cr ; tically at such a line of thought, I suddenly realiz ed that the success of the few creates the inequalities that loom large in the minds of the many. I ciation. First prize Thus, it seems to me that It is the nature of some men to succeed, and others to fail. It is the nature of some men to (Continued on Page 2) Dr. James C. Kinard, described by the master of ceremonies as “not only one of the best speak ers in Newberry, but in the state and nation,” delivered an inspir ing address Tuesday to high school students who will participate in the “National Employ the Physi cally Handicapped” essay contest this year. The speech was given at a luncheon held in the Community Hall, attended by about 120 per sons, most of them seniors from Newberry, Mid-Carolina and Whit mire high schools. Giving his address the title “Our Responsibility,” Dr. Kinard said “Our Responsibility is our re sponse to the ability of the Handi capped. We are not concerned with what is wrong with the handicap ped, but what is right; not with what he can’t do, but with what he can do.” Mentioning a number of famous people who overcame their handi caps—Helen Keller, Handel, Mo zart, Bethoven, Lord Byron, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Kinard said “the deeds of most handicapped people may not get in the newspapers, but their lives are written deep on the tablets of human heaids.” Dr. Kinard noted that people with handicaps are producing at slightly higher rates, have less ab senteeism and less injuries than the ordinary worker. He paid tri bute to Rehabilitation work, es pecially the State Rehabilitation agency, saying that a rehabilitated person pays back in taxes on earn ed income more than it cost to re habilitate him. The speaker quoted the vice president of the National Associa tion of Manufacturers as saying “Competence of the handicapped workers is no longer a question today,” and named a number of large firms which maintain train ing and placement programs for people with physical impairments. “We have learned it is not char ity to employ the handicapped— it’s good business,” the speaker concluded. Presiding at the luncheon was Jimmy Coggins, chairman of the County Employ the Physically Handicapped Committee. He in troduced members of the county committee, also Dill Beckman, di rector of the state vocational and rehabilitation service, Keith Aull, executive director of the state employment security commission, both of Columbia; Dr. Frank Hos kins, chairman of the essay judg ing committee, Superintendents J. V. Kneece, N. P. Robinson and English teachers Mrs. Dorothy Lovelace, Mrs. Scott Elliott and Mrs. Kibler Williamson; and school director Ralph Watkins. Sponsors of the luncheon includ ed Kiwanis, Lions, American Le gion and Legion Auxiliary, Ex change, Civitan, B&PW, County Home Demonstration Council and Civic League. County prizes of $15, $10 and $5 will be donated by Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Asso- of $10 for The state first prize is a four- year college scholarship and a chance to participate in the na tional essay contest. Farm-City Week To Be Observed Newberry along with other South Carolina communities will join in the ninth annual observ ance of Farm-City Week which gets underway Friday, November 22 in 10,000 communities through out the United States and Canada. The week-long observance will continue through November 28. Local and State Farm-City Week leaders have been working for several months on a projected w r eek-long series of events aimed at continuing a closer association and understanding between rural and urban communities and citi zens. The Farm-City Week observ ance, though primarily local in character, is under the over-all di rection of the National Farm-City Week Committee. This group con sists of representatives from more than 150 major farm organiza tions, industries, business asso ciations, governmental agencies, educational institutions and church groups. The purpose of Farm-City Week is to bring about a closer relationship and an understand ing between rural and urban peo ples; to increase the knowledge and appreciation of each for the American Way of Life; and to recognize that Thanksgiving Day symbolizes awareness of, and gratefulness for its many bless ings including the bounty of na ture and the strength of her man made institutions. Observances will vary in differ ent communities and counties. But women’s clubs, farm groups, youth organizations, and others wdll take the leadership in spear heading the observance. They will stress a closer understand ing because they realize that co operation between urban and rural population is vital to both our economy and social life. Activities during the week will highlight and augment the accomplishments of a year-around program of rural and urban understanding. “Coming as it does during Thanksgiving Week, Farm-City observance activities can help us to focus our attention on the bless ings we all enjoy through the co operation, services and products of urban and rural workers,” accord ing to A1 Busby, County Chairman for Farm-City Week. Criminal Court Begins Monday Court of General Sessions (crim inal), will convene Monday, with Hon. G. Badger Baker presiding. New cases for Grand Jury con sideration include: L. C. Gary, Edw’ard Thomas Taylor, D. Rikard, Charlie Pitts, Jr., L. C. Dunbar, John Henry Franklin, Olin Edward Cudd, John Tommy Bundrick, and Hugh Chick, non-support; Jeffrey Ruth erford, Robert Crooks, Jessie Ruff, T. J. Caldwell, Tom Gresham, vio lation of liquor law; Lonnie M. Sandford, breaking and entering; William Watts, assault and bat tery with intent to kill and house breaking; J. C. Worthy, John O. Shealy (two counts) assault and battery with intent to kill; James Daniel Davis and Frank Hicks, murder; Freddie Jackson, rape. Bobby . Praylow and Leo Pray- low are charged with five counts of housebreaking and petit larc eny, and one count each house breaking to commit a crime, housebreaking, housebreaking and grand larceny, attempted house breaking. Cases continued from the pre vious term include: Shirl Tinsley, non support; C. Maurice McDaniel, violation of bad check law; Tommy Nelson, Edward Baldwin, Patrick Kelly, Donny Williams, larceny and re ceiving stolen goods; R. L. Hanna, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed wea pons; Harold Crouch, housebreak ing and larceny and receiving stolen goods; Durell Smith, Har old Taylor, Norman Wilson, two counts each swindling; Alvin Fa gan, assault and battery of high and aggravated nature; Coy T. Willis, drunk driving, second of fense; Grady Floyd Sims, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. The Grand Jury will report cm Monday morning at 9:30; petit jurors Tuesday morning at 9:30. From left to right. Mayor Ernest Layton, Jimmie Coggins, Sgt. Billy Fallaw and School Director Ralph Watkins discuss Newberry’s Safety Progranm for the year 1962. Sgt. Fallaw was speaker at a Safety Report luncheon Monday. Mr. Coggins was master of ceremonies and Mr. Watkins is chairman of the city’s Citizen Safety Committee. (Sunphoto.) City’s Safety Program Said In Need Of Improvement Seniors Visit College Campus Sgt. State group President Of College Band Robert W. Wall, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wall, of Allen dale, has been elected president of the Newberry College Band for the 1963-64 term Robert Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith, of New Ellenton, a Junior, was elected Vice-President. Miss Mar garet Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Kelly, Jr., of Newberry, was elected Secretary-Treasurer and Jerry L. Owensby from Gaff ney, has been chosen as the Stu dent Conductor. Jerry is majoring in band. Among the recommendations made for traffic engineering were that Newberry should undertake a program of eliminating angle parking along its streets; that the need for additional intersec tions with crosswalks marked be investigated; that the city should develop a comprehensive master plan for traffic engineering. In police traffic supervision, the analysis recommended that all supervisors of uniformed person nel be provided at least two weeks of traffic command training and that all uniformed officers receive at least 25 hours in traffic train ing every two years; that police activity be intensified to provide approximately a 20 per cent in crease in convictions for hazaru ous traffic law violations; that use of chemical tests and alcoholic influence report forms be consid ered in Newberry. Although traffic courts received the highest rating of any section in the analysis, many recommen dations were made for improve ments. Members of the Newberry Citi zens Safety Committee are Mr. Watkins, Rev. T. H. Vickery, Mrs. E. E. Epting, A. M. Fraser, K. W. Riebe, Mayor Ernest Layton, Mrs. Richard L. Baker and Chief Colie Dowd. each school will be donated by Prosperity Furniture Company for Mid-Carolina; J. P. Stevens Com pany for Whitmire, and The New berry Sun for Newberry High. Sun To Print Early Next Week Because there will be no mail delivery on November 28,— Thanksgiving Day—the Sun will be published one day earlier than usual next week. Those having material for pub lication are asked to please have it at the Sun office no later than Monday morning. New Members Mrs. Gloria Parks and Miss Annie Abrams were hostesses for the Theta chapter of the Alpha Delta Kappa on November 18. Ten members and one visitor were present. New members, Mrs. Claudia Hinson and Mrs. Ruth Hipp, were initiated into the sorority. Miss Lorraine Paris presented the yearbooks. During the social hour Miss Ab rams and Mrs. Parks told about their trip to Europe last summer. Many slides showing scenes and places of interest in Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Swit zerland, Italy, France and Eng land were enjoyed. Billy Fallaw of the S. C. Highway Patrol told a of interested Newberrians yesterday that the city is improv ing in its Safety program, but much needs to be done to raise the overall rating of 35 out of a pos sible 100 per cent program. Sgt. Fallaw presented the anal ysis of the 1962 annual inventory of Traffic Safety Activities in the City of Newberry at a luncheon meeting at the Community hall, attended by city officials, chair men of safety of the various civic organizations, schools and college, and law enforcement personnel. The meeting was sponsored by the Citizens Safety Committee, o f Newbeny, of which Ralph Wat kins is chairman, and the State Highway department. Jimmy Coggins was master of ceremonies. Mayor Ernest Layton introduced Mr. Watkins, who in turn introduced the speaker. Sgt. Fallaw commended the city for submitting the report to the National Safety Council for analysis, which was rated with 295 other cities of comparable size. According to the analysis, New berry rated 20 per cent on death and injury record; 60 per cent on accident records; 40 per cent on traffic engineering; 39 per cent on police traffic supervision: 63 per cent on traffic courts; 45 per cent on school traffic safety ed ucation. No reports were sub mitted in the sections of public traffic safety education and or ganization for traffic safety im provement. The speaker reported that dur ing 1962, South Carolina led the nation in the number of highway deaths, with 7.6 persons killed per one hundred million miles traveled compared with 5.3 on a nationwide basis. Thirty-seven more were killed in 1962 in the State than in the previous year, he said, and for 1963, the death rate is running 15 ahead of last year. Traffic accidents killed 11 peo ple in Newberry county last year, although only one of the fatalities occurred within the city limits. Accidents cost taxpayers of the county almost one-half mil lion dollars during the year, Sgt. Fallaw said. The speaker specially commend ed the parents and school officials for the driver training program in the schools. “Each year, awards are given Morris home, and they apparent- for cities with the J>est Safety ly carr i e( j p erry vith them, or he fell in an attempt to keep the limbs from falling. Mr. Morris did not realize that the limbs or the boy had fallen until he had gone some three or four miles. Upon investigation, he found Perry miss ing, and returned in the direction of his home. The ambulance had already arrived at the scene. Mrs. Clarence Kneece, who lives on the Country Club Road, w»*s looking out of her kitchen mndow and saw Perry fall. She immed lately contacted the Morris fam ily, who summoned an ambulance. Perry was the son of Mrs. Louise Christian of Augusta. His body was returned to Augusta for funeral services. Coroner Summer stated that a jury had been impaneled, and an inquest would be held at a later date. Approximately 2000 qualified high school seniors from South Carolina and neighboring States have been extended invitations to visit Newberry College on Satur day for participation in the annual High School day. Following reg istration in Smeltzer hall com mencing at 9 ;30 A. M. the seniors ■wRh berescorted about the campus by 25 specially selected college student leaders. Included in the program for the day are visits to college classes, conferences with the faculty, lunch and dinner in the college cafeteria, and an afternoon musi cal program. During official cere monies in Holland Hall, the sen iors will be extended greetings by Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, President of the college, and by Larry Wolff, President of the Student Body. Fall Fatal To Sixth Grader Perry Christian, a six-grade stu dent at Boundary Street school, was fatally injured Monday when he fell from the back of a truck just outside the Newberry City limits on the Country Club Road. The accident occurred about 4:30 p.m., and he was pronounced dead at 5:05 p.m. at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Perry, who was 13 years of age, lived in Augusta, Ga., but was staying with his grandmother, Mrs. Bessie Buzhardt and attend ing school here. According to Coroner George R. Summer, the truck from which Perry fell was being driven by a relative, Jimmy Morris. Perry was seated against the cab in the back of the truck as Mr. Morris was hauling some limbs from the home to the city dump. The Coroner said that two limbs fell from the truck about 300 or 400 yards from the programs,” Sgt. Fallaw said. “However, we are not concerned with that; we are concerned with saving lives. Safety is a state of mind.” Noting that the one fatal ac cident reported for Newberry in 1962 represented an increace over the average of the previous three years, and that the six non-fatal injury accident report was above the average for the preceding 3 years, the analysis recommended that standard forms be used for the preparation of annual acci dent summaries* that an accident location file be maintained; that a cross reference file by drivers’ names be maintained; and that accident statistics be made avail able for, and be used in the guid ance of engineering, education and enforcement planning. Safety Bonds Sales Are Up Combined Series E and H Sav ings Bond sales for October in Newberry county totaled $3,375, reports Joe M. Roberts, County Savings Bonds chairman. Combined E and H sales for the State in October totaled $1,- 952,469, reports Robert G. Claw son, State chairman of the U. S. Savings Bonds committee. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Nov. 24: Joy Hunter, Margaret Shealy, Mrs. W.W. Walker, Mrs. R. C. Carlisle, W. D. Jones. Nov. 25: Jimmy Clamp, Mrs. A. W. Murray, Pope L. Buford, Jr., Dianne Gilliam, Alan Senn, J. L. Koon, W. D. Kinney. Nov. 26: Robert Smith, James R. Williams, R. D. Coleman Jr. Scrappy Wherry, Henry Stev ens, Jimmie Harmon, Richard Harmon, Mrs. Selma B. Price.- Nov. 27: Frank Armfield, Mrs. R- L. Lewis, Robert Pike Glymph, Caroline Singley, G. S. Parnell, Jeanette Waldrop, Mrs. Ralph Setzler, Fred Y. Lester, John D. Haltiwanger, Cheryl Ann Hentz Nov. 28: Mrs. Minnie L. Clary, Mrs. Berley S. Werts, Mrs. An na Hart Cheatham, J. W. Long shore, Cecil Ringer, Jane Pay- singer, Joe EL Welborn, Robert T. Stutts. Nov. 29: Mrs. William Brooks, Donald Rawls, Molly Partridge, Mary Riley, Efcirl Bergen, J. L. Counts, Mrs. L. W. Bedenbaugh, W. H. Shannon, Wilmer M. Hite, Mrs. Homer W. Schumpert, Mrs. Irene Berry, Billy Davis. Nov. 30: Patsy Ruth Morris, Mrs. Marion Wiggins, S. C. Campbell, Ella Rae Kyzer, Alice Melva Shealy, L. B. Davis, Vir ginia D afford, Kenny Davis, David Park, Noble K. Terrell, C. Eugene Harmon, Mrs. Harry Hedfrepath, Twins Victoria Lee and Victoria Lloyd Crews.