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IF YOUR OUTGO EXCEEDS YOUR INCOME, YOUR UP KEEP WILL BE YOUR DOWN FALL. Automation 1$ man's etfort to make work so easy that women can do It all. VOLUME 27—NUMBER 46. NEWBERRY, S. C. 29108 THURSDAY, MARCH S, 1964 ♦ $2.00 Per Year By'Thc-Wciy ... By DORiS a. SANDERS ONCE AGAIN of s. j Once again we wish to ex te ml Patriots a re eng a g e d n a a ever- ; our congratulations to Mrs. P nil ip er ding butt e w; r i t h t • Mis t < iken.| 1’. Kellv, who this week takes oV e r s. 'metimes. with res r>e( ■t t < > the i .1 the presidency of the South ( ’at < , - th inking of our y mug H'Op u . we 1 lina Education Association. Co n - S( em to he losing groiin d. 1 n at is 1 1 gratuiations should really ho V x - «■ t territic ch ailelig e and a ti { * men- 1 tended the A.-sociation, foi ■ t * ch >us opport unity to ah wh * love ; good judgment in selecting su •b 11 eedom. i 1 I a fine person to guide its en< ea V 1 ors during the ensuing yoar. ii OOVER WARN 1\G i i Margaret Kelly, in addition to 1 i being one of the nicest gei SO n s Palent' i f sc fi t 0*1 a a' e y- > i mg*- ! vou’ll ever me*'t, L one of the l )i - t > l t ( r.- should pay tartiei ! a r a t ten- 1 teachers of mathematics \ oil ’ll t i >n to the reeem warn 11 i g sued ! find, and has proven herself t o he k- Kill dire Cto; J . Edg; i r 11 l 1 over, | a capable admimstator during h or a - follows: ! Year.- of active work with tm- 1 < K* l 1 , There are few T \\U any, I state and national edu- at on ;t in ore ben t a . nan or socialion -, and with the Do] G l ! 1 4 - 111 o ■ i ■ reVt 4:i ng to a i i v: i/.e<! on- ment of ( lassroom 4oaehoi > a id (. ‘ ; ■nee than those coin! • ft, by the S. Mathematic- Dounei «• - ( xua! d e g e aerate We wish for Margaret a VO ry Some moi d its a » 1 ; din i r wo- ! successful yea: . W e re proud \ ‘ ■ in an w; i s i > r a t a i i \ at! a ■ ked and have a Newborrian of surh r V si am by a r ianiuo il k:lu M \Y ii > ?‘( - cellent capability to f'H this im- 1" ■ate,by st: h bed til. VI cl i n W ! [ \ 1 portant post. a knife and k ft ii •r bod V V! •a pped : The ' — ; ii a tran-im rent 1 mndr; i); i< a. FOR LADIES ONLY p« mpet rat or of th is vie: Oli .- c rime Better not seeff, Imiios, at the ads you see these flays de.-i.uned to sell \vi*rs. You miyiit he noediny: one, according- to th.i> artiek- which appeared recently in the National Observer: “It may take a century or more, but both man and woman eventu ally will gm through life bald, ac cording to a dermatology special ist. Dr. James \\ . Burks, president of clinical medicine at Tulane Uni versity, told a medical meeting in Memphis that the tendency to baldness is inherited. ‘Eventually, all w-omen will be bald, tot) . he said. ‘Hair on the head is no long er useful but purely ornamental. It may take 100 years or so, but it’s destined to go’.” ON HIS TOES It is good to know that we have a school director who is “on his toes” and alert to whet is being taught your youngsters. After reading an article in this column some -weeks ago, Ralpb Watkins sent me a copy of a notice sent to Newberry teachers, with the suggestion that Newber ry schc /• students should be taught more about our free en terprise system. The notice con tained the following quotation from Wayne Boucher’s Life Line: CHALLENGE TO ALL We have been negligent in teaching our children the mean ing of America, in teaching them the facts about the personal en terprise system that has made our kind of America possible. Not long ago a national research corporation conducted a compre hensive survey among high school seniors to find out their thinking about certain economic issues that affect freedom in a basic way. Here are some of the findings: Sixty-one per cent of the high school seniors did not believe in the need for profits. Eighty-three per cent of them estimated that American industry as a whale makes profits up to fifty per cent. Sixty-two per cent—about two- thirde—thought workers should not produce all they were capa ble ®f producing. Sixty-six per cent said xery heavy progressive income taxes *re good for the country. Fifty-three per cent expressed themselves in favor of govern ment ownership of banks, rail roads and steel companies. High school students are not much better informed in the field of the free government, which is a re«ult of our personal enter prise system. A more recent sur vey among students showed that only one in nine could name the Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, only a littlo more than half could name five Cabinet positions in the Executive branch of the Government, only about one-fourth could list as many as three pro visions of the Bill of Rights, and about half could not name the Senator from their own states. These high school students will be running our country in the very near future. If this is to be the kind of country we have known, we must not allow victory in the battle for the minds of these young people to go to the Mistaken. The minds of these youngsters constitute the greatest prize sought by the anti-freedom forces. For Patriots the hope of the fu ture is to be found in our children. We want them to have the kind of free America we have known. We want them to understand our country’s history so they can be lastingly inspired by the patriotic endeavors of the Founding Fath- hu J been eonvieted <>1 rape four years previously an<! was out on parole a’ the time of Die murder. Another example involved the enticement of an Il-ytar-old boy, )>v a strange man into an automo- hilv. The young boy’s body wus ( found 4 days later bearing ev:u- enee of severe sexual assault. The' assailant was identified ami read- i >!y admitted the crime. Behinu ! him lay a long, soniid r>-corh oi ' perverted sexual behavior. Ob- i viously, errors in evaluating the j dangerousness of such deviates I can result in the tragic waste of j i young life. With the advent of spring and the following summer months, law- enforcement can, with reasonable certainty, expect a 20 per cent rise in forcible rapes and a large increase in sexual assaults and child molestations. Again, as in the past, police authorities will muster their forces, issue a n d broadcast public warnings, and take all possible precautions to stem this rising flood of pci-ver sion and rapacity, knowing ah the while that their utmost efforts alone will not be enough. All too often law enforcement is confronted with the deplorable re sults of a sox crime that might have been prevented by the proper : instruction at home by parents, by j prompt reporting of sexual dev- j iates to police, and by realistic < punishment of offenders by tin' j courts. There is little doubt that many sex crimes are the products of sick minds and that these sick minds are in dire need of treatment. It is sheer stupidity, however. to rely upon brief therapy and con finement to rehabilitate degraded sex criminals. Bulging police rec ords on known repeaters and daily headlines on sex crimes are tes timonials to the fallacy of such practice. Community protection demands the separation of these degenerates from society. There is no shortage of theories on sex crime causation. Textbooks are filled with them. However, sex criminals for the most part strike knowingly and with delib erate intent. No amount of maul- din rationalization can hide this fact. The real tragedy of sexual atro cities lies in the suffering of the victims. Uafortnnately, in many instances the victim’s rights are never ccmsidered. The sexual de generate, shielded by an array of technicalities and loopholes, bares his wrist for a light judicial pat and soon is free to resume his as saults, rapes, and murders. Bromimnt :it the Democratic County Convention monday morn ing were, from left. Pinckney N. Abrams, county chairman; Mrs. James H \brams. vice-chairman: Mrs. A. H. Counts, secretary, and Robert C. Lake Jr., convention president. (Photo by Nichols) Tribute Paid Kennedy By County Democrats County Leads State In Egg Production Oliver Dies In VA Hospital Jesse R. C. Oliver, 68, died late Sunday night at the Veteran’s hospital in Columbia aner several month’s illness. Mr. Oliver was bom and reared in Georgia, but had made his home in Newberry for seven years. He was a veterans of World War I, a former member of the American Legion and attended the College Street Church of God. He w-as a retired employee of Burlington Mills. Mr. Oliver is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Gray Oliver, New-berry; one sister-in-law, Mrs. R. S. Bush, New-berry. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon from the Col lege Street Church of God with Rev. Robert L. Baker officiating. Interment followed in Rosemont cemetery. The commerical sale of eggs in South Carolina during 11*62 gross ed state farmers $29,500,000 anil it is estimated this figure will jump to $31,500,000 when the fig ures are compiled for 1963. The poultry industry as a whole A®ns- tituted South Carolina’s third highest agricultural income with $45 million in 1962. Leading the -v\ ay in production of eggs in the state was New berry county. Although having 1000 less layers than the two top counties in the state during 1962, Newberry hens produced an average of 222 eggs per lay er, against 215 for the next ranking county. Newberry’s lay ers produced 53,000,000 eggs valued at $1,667,000. The next high county was Anderson, 51,- 000,000 eggs valued at $1,721,- 000 and close behind was Spar tanburg with 51,100,000 valued at $,704,000. In celebration of this record at tained by Newberry county egg producers, and in observance of Egg Month—March—the Newber ry County Farm Bureau is spon soring a Poultry Breakfast to be held Monday morning at the Community hall. The meeting of poultry farmers, public officials and business leaders is being held also to emphasize the importance of the poultiy industry in New- berry county and to promote the use of poultry products, accord ing to Frank M. Senn, chairman of the Poultry Committee of the Newberry County Farm Bureau. The total number of all chickens in the county during the year was 305,000, of which 239,000 were layers. Anderson county had 325,- 000 with 240,000 layers and Spar tanburg had 340,000 chickens, of which 240,000 were layers. Eggs, like other poultry prod ucts. are sold without government price supports or price controls. They are sold on free markets on the basis of quality, quantity and consumer demand. Because of this, eggs are South Carolina’s largest agricultural commodity without government price supports. To bacco and cotton and seed are the state’s number one and two agri cultural ‘^'Listries. Dairy prod ucts are k ked fourth and soy beans are fifth. The poultry industry in 1962-63 fiscal year consumed 256,557.18 tons of commercial feed. The state received $64,139.52 from inspec- of $3,238.58 over the previous year. One reason for the continued growdh of the South Carolina poul try industry has been the S. C. Egg Law r passed in 1955 and plac ed in effect in 1956. In 1955 the egg industry cash receipts amounted to $15,906,000. The egg law was designed to pro tect the consumer, producer and the distributor. It is administered by the S. C. Department of Agri culture and enforced by six full time egg inspectors. The cost in administering this law is more than paid for annually by the in spection fees on poultry feed. Pinckney N. Abrams was re elected chairman of the New r berry County Democratic party at its convention here Monday morning. Mrs. James H. Abrams of Whit mire was elected vice chairman, and Mrs. A. H. Counts w Y as re elected secretary-treasurer. Robert C. Lake Jr., of Whitmire served as convention president and Mrs. Counts as secretary. Named state executive committ eeman was Thomas H. Pope, and eight delegates to the state con vention, with a half vote each will be Senator Jesse Frank Hawkins, Rep. D. P. Folk, Pinckney N. Ab rams, Rob°rt C. Lake Jr., Mrs. James H. Abrams, Thomas H. Pope, C. E. Kinard and H. L. Fel lers. The convention adopted a reso lution in tribute to the memory of the late President John F. Ken nedy. Fees for entry in the county Democratic primary were set dur ing an executive committee meet ing which followed the convention. They are as follows: Senator $250; House jf Repre sentatives $150; Sheriff, A iditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Ed ucation, Supervisor and Clerk of Court $250; Coroner $100; New berry Magistrate $150; Whitmire Magistrate $100; all other Magis trates $75; Commissioner $100. Fees will be doubled in the event candidates have no opposition. The first Democratic primary is to be held on June 9. Mrs. Kelly Takes SCEA Presidency On Thursday School children in Newberry county and throughout the state will have a holiday Friday, to give their teachers an opportunity to attend the 76th annual convention of the 114- year old South Caroli na Education Association, which will be held in Columbia Thursday afternoon and Friday of this week. The convention this year is of special interest to Newberrians, since a Newberry High school teacher of mathemaGcs,, Mrs. Margaret Kelly, will take over the presidency of the Associa tion. She succeed* W. Arthur Smith of Lake City. Madison W. Breland, Greenwood High principal, and Cyril B. Bus- bee, Brookland-Cayce superinten dent, are candidates for president elect and contests have developed in three of the four vacancies on the executive board. Dr. Walter W iseman. chief <f educational liaison branch, public information office of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis tration, will make the principal address at the 7:30 session on Thursday night. Dr. B. Frank Brown, principal of Melbourne, Florida High school, will speak at the Friday afternoon session on March 6th. It is expected that 5000 teachers will attend the convention. To Sell More Revenue Bonds County GOP Is For Goldwater The Newberry County Republi can Party, at is convention here Monday morning, instructed its delegates to the state conventio* t© recommend eloctien of delegates to the national convention who would support the presidential nomination of Senator Barry Gold- water of Arizona. The county group also endorsed the candidacy of Mrs. Edgar Mor ris of Columbia for the office of Republican National Committee- woman. Mrs. Morris is opposing Mrs. Dabney Barnes of Green ville, who has held the position for a number of years. Other state officials to be elected, not expected to have opposition, are J. Drake Edens, state chairman, and W. W. Wannamaker, National Executive committeeman. The convention elected eight delegates to the state convention with one-half vote each, and eight alternates. Principal delegates are John A. Johnson, John Robert Su- ber, Doug Arnette, A. R. Chap- pelle, Gay Suber, Ernest Brooks, Mrs. Ida Summer and Mrs. Flora Etta Nelson. Alternates are Miss Cora Marie Nelson, Mrs. Ernest Brooks, Mrs. H. B. Wilson, Burly Fretwell, Mrs. Gay Suber, Mrs. John Robert Suber, Mrs. Jean Sim mons and Pinckney Hawkins. Ernest Martin was reelected as county chairman of the Republican party. Other officers include Gay Suber, vice chairman; Earl Bed- enbaugh, state executive committ eeman; Walter Regnery, treasurer and finance chairman; and Doris A. Sanders, secretary. Ernest Brooks presided as tem porary chairman of the convention. i City Council in special session j Thursday night voted to issue $200,000 in revenue bonds to cover an $85,000 deficit in funds for improvements to water and sewer treatments facilities, with the re maining $115,000 going into a sinking fund for future expansion. When bids for the water and sewer treatment projects were opened Tuesday they exceeded available funds for the joint pro jects by about $85,000. As a result, ^ne bid for $93,000 on i water treatment base was not acted on. City Manager Kenneth W. Riebe told council that the cost could be cut but that additions would have to be made in a few years. He and city attorney R. Aubrey Harley agreed that it would save the city money to float a $200,000 bond issue now and keep the surplus in reserve. The original cost estimate on the projects was $405,000, covered by a $350,000 bond issue locally and a federal grant of $55,000. The new cost figure is $502,000. Riebe said the federal grant would increase on a percentage basis to $67,000. City accountant Walter Summer said the city’s utilities are now a- bout $40,000 tinder their annual debt limit and the additional bonds will increase the annual debt a- bout $12,000 to $15,000. In other action, council voted to ‘ turn over the old police headquar ters at City Hall to the Newberry Development Board and Civil De fense agency for offices. The city will furnish the labor and the county will provide $2,500 for ma terials, in addition to paying office rent. The county at present has no full-time Civil Defense director but the supply bill introduced in the General Assembly provides for such a position. With the CD •ffice in City Hall, the director will be close to the j county Civil Defense radio net work at police headquarters. Walter Hamm of Prosperity is now serving as volunteer director. During the 2 1-2 hour session council discussed building permits and contractor’s licenses. Council took no action on a pro posal by the city manager to re vise the fees for building permits and inspection. The construction fee now is 25 cents per room, plus $1.50 for gas inspection. Riebe proposed that the permit fees be based in the value of the construc tion, with the scale ranging from $3 for the first $1000 to $316 for the first $500,000. He also propos ed fees for inspection on electrical and plumbing connections as well as gas. Council discussed trading all three of the city’s police cars every vear rather than purchasing a new one every three years. Council took no action on the matter but seem ed to agree that it would save the city money, as well as provide bet ter service for the police depart- mnt. Head-on Collision Fatal To Mrs. Jerry Ruff Wednesday A grinding head-on collision be tween a Ford automobile and a truck loaded with fertilizer took the life of Mrs. Sarah Long - Ruff early Wednesday morning. The crash, which demolished the auto mobile and did extensive damage to the truck, occurred on the nar row bridge over Beaver Dam creek on Bush River Road, about four miles from Newberry near the Waiter Barr farm. Mrs. Ruff, who lived in the Bush River section, was en route to Newberry, where she was employed at Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Asso ciation. The truck was traveling in the opposite direction. The wreck occurred at about 8:30 a.m. The driver of the truck, w^hich was owned by Newberry Lumber Company, was Virgil DeHart. He was not injured in the collision. Mrs. Ruff was rushed by ambu lance to Newberry County Mem orial Hospital, where she was pro nounced dead soon after arrival. Patrolman Ford of the S. C. Highway Patrol, all members of the Sheriff’s force and acting Cor oner Ben F. Dawkins investigated the accident. Survivors of Mrs. Ruff, 33, are her husband, Jerry Lee Ruff; a daughter, Nancy Anna, who will be two years of age this month; and her mother, Mrs. Junios Long. Funeral services will be con ducted this (Thursday) afternoon at four o’clock at Whitaker Funer al Home by Dr. H. A. McCullough, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, of which Mrs. Ruff was a member, and Rev. J. L. Kang. Interment will follow in Rosemont cemetery. Spelling Bee Date Is Set At a recent meeting of the New berry County Spelling contest committee, composed of Mrs. Laz- elle Werts, chairman, Mrs. Mil dred Andrews ,Charles E. Wise and James D. Brown, it was de cided that the county contest would be held April 4 at 9:30 a. m. at Newberry High school. All white pupijs from the fifth through the eighth grade who will not have reached their 16th birthday on or before June 1, 1964 are eligible. Each school may have only one contestant. Each contestant will be given a group of 100 words in the county contest. If there is no winner in the first round, a second group of 50 words will be given and this process will continue until a win ner is declared. The first, second and third place winners will receive prizes of $5, $3 and $2, respectively. The winner of the county con test will represent the county in the state contest to be held at Clemson college this May. Grand And Petit Jurors Chosen The March term of general ses sion » court will convene Monday, March 16 with Honorable T. B. Greneker presiding. Grand jurors will report for duty at 9:30 Mon day and petit jurors at 9:30 Tues day of court week. Grand jurors who will serve for 1964 are: Holdovers: T. Roy Summer Jr., M. O. Mayer, James C. McLeod, Vernon F. Epting, Charles H. Kidd and John J. Chappell. New: Otis L. Whitaker, 0. L. Cook Jr., Ralph Waldrop, D. Le roy Wilson, J. Earl Bozard, E 0.. Shealy, William W. Lindler, Steve O. Minick, Malcolm E. Shealy, Otis Clyde Kinard, Morris P. Johnson, Jack O. Jenkins. Alternates: George Carter Ab rams, Luther E. Watkins, Michael L. Youmans. Petit jurors for the March term: A. B. Cooper, J. B. Kinard, Por ter H. Brazell Sr., Thomas Suber, James M. Bannister, H. Y. Hamm, B. C. Nichols, Henry F. Mills, Malcolm L. Kibler, Gurney L. Warren, J. P. Epting, Richard A. Wicker, H. Tom Long, Ferdinand Jacob Summer, Curtis Cline Shea ly, Lonnie R. Amick, James F. Long, Everette L. Chapman; Also, Daniel Graham, Woodrow Merchant, J. B. Livingston Jr., H. T. Boozer, Ernest A. Brooks, Ed ward B. Carlisle, J. B. Gowan, Charlie L. Brooks, Clarence M. Fulmer, Charles E. Dukes, John R. Suber, Jr., L. Glenn Fellers, G. S. Parnell, Sr., Charle« Thomas Prince, H. B. Kirkegard, A. E. Morehead, W. O. Hawkins, Clif ford Holloway Waites. Prayer for Today Our Father in heaven we thank Thee for the wonders of Thy creations, and for Thy love as Thou hast made it known to us in our everyday blessings. We pray that by Thy spirit we shall be guided day by day in the way of holiness. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Hawkins Dies At Prosperity Home PROSPERITY—Colin Ray Haw kins Sr., 63, died suddenly Thurs day morning at his home, Route 2, Prosperity, after several years of declining health. He was born and reared in the St. Luke’s section of the county, son of the late Reuben and Kate Morris Hawkins. He was a mem ber of St. Luke’s Lutheran church. He was a farmer and was em ployed by Newberry Mills for 15 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Artie Taylor Hawkins; two sons, Colin Ray of Kinards and Noah Reuben of Newberry; three daugh ters, Mrs. James Connelly, and Mrs. Elred Connelly of Prosperity and Mrs. Furman Wicker of New berry; two sisters, Mrs. Nancy Hawkins and Mrs. Ludie Lybrand of Newberry; four brothers, Tench, Frank and Dwight Hawkins, o f Prosperity and Otis Hawkins, of Laurens. Funeral services were conducted Friday at St. Luke’s by Rev. J. Hilton Roof and Dr. Thomas F. Suber. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Herman, Stan ley and Hazel Hawkins, Kerry Ly brand, Aughtrey Bowers and Wayne Minick. Candidates Out For County Jobs Following the Newberry County Democratic Convention Monday, several political aspirants made known their intentions to seek political office in the forthcoming Democratic primary. Offering for re-election thus far without opposition, are State Sen ator Jesse Frank Hawkins; State Representative D. P. Folk; Clerk of Court, Burke M. Wise; Auditor Ralph B. Black; Treasurer, J. Ray Dawkins; Superintendent of Edu- catic.i, James D. Brown, and Cor oner George R. Summer. Two have announced for the of fice of Sheriff. They are the in cumbent, Tom Fellers, and T, B. (Tom) Perry. Three are in the contest for the office of Supervisor, now held by H. B. Hendrix, who is offering for re-election. S. W. Shealy, Sr. who previously served as Supervisor, is seeking the office again as is Carman Bouknight who has, for a number of years, been Commiss ioner for District No. 1. Seekiiig to replace Mr. Bouk night in the job he is vacating are Ben F. Dawkins, now serving as Magistrate District No. 2, and J. Sease Dowd. B Eugene Shealy and R. S. Bush have announced that they will try for the Magistrate Dist rict 2 office. Candidates have until noon, March 16, to qualify for the Dem ocratic primary. Practice Teach In Schools Here Forty-two students from New berry college were scheduled to begin practice teaching on March 2nd and 9th in Newberry, Saluda, Chapin, Mid-Carolina high schools, Newberry Junior high and Bound ary elementary schools. Student teacher training is carefully supervised by Prof. Jas. L. McCord, Dr. James F. Cum mings and Dr. Margaret Buckley. Secondary student teachers are Franklin B. Ashley, Melvin D. Bouknight, Gloria Caldwell, Charl- sie Counts, James Countts, Mild red Derrick, Jo Driggers, Beverly Eaken, Ella Rose Frazier, Steve Fuson, Charlene Golden, Tom Gor man, Jerry Gwinn, Bobbio Lom- inick, Deraid B. Long, Gerald Long, Julian Mims, Jean Nichols, Jerry Owensby, Jo Ann Padget, Hubert Pegram Jr., Ronald A, Rash, Lynda Rowell, Jean Rossi, ter, Marilyn Searson, Jane Ann ette Shumpert, Elizabeth Tol bert, Robert Wall, Mar*, fret Wheeler and Peggy Yonce. Elementary student teachers Gertrude Elliott, Carolyn Gresh am, Marilyn Kirschner, Carrie Lucile Long, Jo Ann Manual, Lor- ine Manual, Brenda Martin, Geo. Mickelson, Dianne Patterson, Nan cy Paxton, Mrs. Mildren Stanley and Cynthia Stroman.