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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1964
Looking A. bead
V ...by Dr. Georg* S. Benson
PRESIDENT—NATIONAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Searcy, Arkansas
Toil Years Later
Whatever the Senate does with
or to the “civil rights” bill, nearly
all Americans of all colors, races
and backgrounds are fervently
hoping that the next 10 years will
be much less filled with violence
and tragic behavior than was the
decade since May 17, 1954. On that
date was handed down the Sup
reme court decision that was
viewed by many hopeful persons
as the dawn of a new era and by
others as the beginning of the end
of discrimination. With a back
ward look, the discerning person
who is informed at all would
hardly insist that either of these
visions has become reality.
Some scattered results in de
segregation, although rather mea-
ger statistically have been re
corded. Forced by court orders,
backed by bayonets in a few in
stances, some 32 of the South’s
292 public colleges and universi
ties are reported to have admitted
Negro students. However, 9 out
of 10 Negro elementary and High
school students in the South at
tend schools that are segregated.
Meanwhile, in the North many
communities have experienced
patterns of change leading to
ward segregation than away from
it. Whether we have advanced the
nation’s total well-being is a dif-
fult question.
Gains and Losses
State laws already on the books
against discrimination have prob
ably not changed the views of
many people nor have resulted in
uniform treatment in human re
lations. Laws against disturbing
the peace and riots have certainly
not prevented that kind of law
lessness. It would therefore seem
a vain hope for any of us to sup
pose that passage of civil rights
legislation would bring in the
utopia of peace and harmony that
we seek.
That the Supreme Court decis
ion of 1954 has failed to bring uni
form paradise of educational op
portunity may have disillusioned
some people. We wonder if any
law can really ever settle issues
so emotionally charged as those
related to race. It has been time,
those ten years, for reflection up
on the moral issues involved and
upon whether we are mature
enough to seek judicial remedy.
These factors of legality and mor
ality could have been tested more
adequately if so much tragic vio- j
lence had not been brought into
play.
The Mobs Not The Way
What now of the “civil rights”
legislation pending? At this writ
ing leaders in Congress are say
ing, perhaps more to reassure
voters than themselves, that some
form of bill will be passed. Even
if the bill is only advanced pay
ment of political tribute in an el
ection year, no one should expect
this kind of legislation to do more
than remind us that America does
have a philosophy on public and
civil rights that is made formal by
access to the courts. If ,with this
bill or without it, all Americans
could put away strife and disorder
(both violent and non-violent) the
prospects for the next decade
could be very bright indeed.
Agitations, demonstrations, in
flammatory speeches, and street
disturbances will lead inevitably
to destruction of life and property.
Bombings and murders are not in
the true American spirit of peace
ful, orderly observance of law.
Mobs on the streets that cannot
wait for orderly legal processes
are not the answer. Violating local
laws to achieve notoriety or dra
matic news play is wrong. While
these practices intensify feelings
and emotions, they do very little
for men’s minds. As much as pos
sible, we ought to learn to act
through reason; after discussion,
or because of persuasion.
False Hopes Raised
After all, conformity achieved
through use of force and coercive
attack is unsound. Men respect
law and obey it through reason
and understanding, not superior
propaganda or political dealing.
That men have the right to free
dom of association on the basis of
individual qualities, likes and dis
likes, must be recognized. Whe
ther these matters involve race,
religion, or whatnot, they are de
termined to a great extent by
those directly concerned. The
preferences, habits, and feelings
of men are not easily changed.
Those who expect miracles from
a “civil rights” bill may be doom
ed to disappointment.
Besides containing provisions
that may prove to be unconstitu
tional, the bill is a patch-work of
conflicts with existing state and
federal law. Its provisions for
vast federal control over almost
everyone (not just restaurant and
hotel owners) are not generally
known to the public. It would take
a decade of court testing to find
out how to interpret the law. It
is a bill that is not calculated to
make the next decade any more
peaceful than the violent decade
we have just completed.
Rev. ROBERT H. HARPER
FIXING THE BLAME
S OON AFTER the late President
Kennedy died of an assassin’s
gun in Dallas, Texas, certain
knowing ones over the country
began to enlighten the rest of us
as to our responsibility for the
slaying. The three quarter of a
million people in Dallas are not
all guilty because the crime was
committed in that city. What mat
ters is that thousands in Dallas
had given a great welcome to the
President of their country, the
thousands who dwell there par
ticipated. Notwithstanding the
fact that the high-powered rifle
that it is believed was used to kill
Mr. Kennedy was bought in a
great city of the North, all the
inhabitants of that city are in
nocent. «
Such criticism as has been di
rected to Dallas because of the
slaying of the late President
would be ridiculous if it were
not so tragic. It reveals the preju
dice of some who ding to “sec
tionalism.”
Not all the people who dwell
in the south are wicked and
abandoned men. Neither are all
the people of Dallas to be blamed
as evil any more than all actors
should be condemned because an
actor, John Wilkes Booth, killed
Abraham Lincoln.
CUPID • • • Linda Evans
takes time out from secretarial
chores on TV’s “The Eleventh
Hour” for a Valentine’s Day
pose.
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PROSPERITY
CHAPIN
NOTICE OF SECOND DEMO
CRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that pur
suant to the Rules of the Demo
cratic party of South Carolina, a
second primary Election will be
held in Newberry County on Tues
day, June 23, 1964, for the pur
pose of electing a Commissioner
for District No. 2 of Newberry
County.
1 The polls will open at 8 o’clock
A. M. at all polling places and
will close at 6 o’clock P. M.
Voting at the following pre
cincts:
Central, Fairview, Hartford,
Johnstone, Jolly Street, Little
Mountain, Midway, Mulberry,
O’Neal No. 1, O’Neal No. 2, Peak,
Pomaria, Prosperity No. 1, Pros
perity No. 2, Silverstreet, Stoney
Hill, St. Paul, St. Phillip’s, Union,
Walton, Wheeland and Zion.
The managers serving for the
first election will also serve for
the second election and voting will
be at the usual places.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR
VOTING
1 Mach person offering to vote
in t 1 s election must have resided
in ne State of South Carolina for
'.le year, in Newbery county for
six months and in the precinct at
which he offers to vote for three
months, all prior to June 9, 1964.
| 2. Each person offering to vote
must have duly registered on the
county books of Registry for
Newberry county in the precinct
at which he offers to vote during
the period September 3, 1957 to
May 9, 1964, both inclusive.
3. As required by the Rules of
the Democratic Party of South
Carolina, each person offering to
vote shall present his registration
certificate.
The managers shall administer
to each person offering to vote an
oath that he is qualified to vote
at this election, according to the
Constitution of this State and
that he has not voted during this
election.
The managers have the power
to fill a vacancy in their number,
and if none of the managers at
tends the citizens can appoint
from among the qualified voters,
managers, who after being duly
sworn ,can continue the election.
At the close of the election the
managers and clerks must proceed
publicly to open the ballot box and
count the ballots therein, and con
tinue without adjournment until
the same is completed, and make
a statement of the results of such
election, and sign the same. Im
mediately thereafter, the chair
man of the managers, or someone
designated by the managers, must
deliver to the Secretary the poll
list the, box containing the ballots
and written statements of the re
sults of the election.
P. N. ABRAMS,
County Chairman
MRS. A. H. COUNTS,
Secretary-Treasurer,
Democratic Party of
Newberry County.
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Office of Newberry County
Board of Commissioners, Newber
ry, South Carolina, will receive
sealed bids by 10:00 A.M., June
30, 1964, for the following mater
ials to be used by Newberry coun
ty for the first six (6) months,
1964-1965.
Lumber, nails, tires, concrete
pipe, repair parts, clothing,
(convict), supplies, books and
equipment.
Contract on gasoline and lubri
cants will be awarded for a per
iod of one (1) year.
Specifications on special forms
may be obtained at the Supervis
or’s office in the Court House.
All bids should be submitted on
forms furnished.
The right is reserved to reject
any and all bids.
NEWBERRY COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS
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Nancy Amas.
Susan Hegwood.
Jo Stafford.
2. She plays 2 roles in weekly
teen series.
Christina Amos. Patty Duke.
Sandra Deo.
3. He’s new regular co-star In
"Virginian” series.
Andy Griffith. Wos McCall.'
Randy Boone.
4. Comical deputy on "Andy
Griffith Show."
Sort Lahr. Buddy Ebson.
Don Knotts.
5. ’’Miss Mumsley” in recent "Mr.
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W omen keep fussing over what
to do with a husband when
he retires and comes home to
live—for 24 hours a day.
There appeared here recently
the account of a wife who was
ready to move some mountains if
necessary to snap her retired hus
band out of the doldrums she
saw him sinking into. There were
some suggestions, which ranged
from pushing him out the front
door to mingle with people, to
finding something that would
make him mad enough to get up
out of his chair and move.
Now comes a wife who says
that’s a lot of nonsense.
“Let the husband alone when
he retires,” she says. “Let him
find his adjustment and his hap
piness without scolding from the
wife.”
And then she recounts how
she manages her husband, who
retired about a year ago v/ith
no desire for a job and no in
terest in hobbies:
“He loves to sleep late. So I
( let him. If I awake and get up
| early I do things that are quiet
and won’t disturb him—dust the
furniture, clean the windows,
write letters, iron, or mend. I
also make coffee and eat breakfast
alone if I feel like it. My hus
band doesn’t mind.
“When he gets up I turn on
the TV and get the news and
weather report. He goes for a
brisk walk before he has his
breakfast, and while he’s gone I
run the vacuum cleaner. I try to
accompany him on the walks two
or three times a week.
“After he has his breakfast he
goes out to sit on our jalousied
front porch to enjoy the scenery,
especially the pine trees, and
listen to the birds sing.
“Then it is time to go to the
Post Office, and while he’s gone
I start dinner, which we have
about 1 P.M. (This couple, as you
have figured by now, is retired
deep in Dixie.)
“Meanwhile, we do the grocery
shopping together. And if there
are any chores to be done around
the house or yard, including mow
ing the grass, he does them. But
he does them only when he’s in
the mood, and he takes his time.
“After dinner he takes a brief
nap and then looks at TV for an
hour. After that he reads the
newspaper thoroughly. Then he
takes his shower. Then he goes
back to sit on the porch some
more. He loves that porch.
“When the news programs
come on TV we look at them,
have a light supper, then enjoy
TV and reading until bedtime.
My husband loves to study maps
of the U.S. and the world, and
pores over them from time to
time for hours.
“About once a week we play
bridge. We go to church on
Sunday. We enjoy friends who
drop by occasionally.
“All this may sound dull, dis
mal, and sluggish. But he is
happy and well, and so am I . . .”
There you have the “order of
the day” of one retired couple,
and it differs only in small de
gree from the schedule of living
that countless retired people are
following. Though they usually
fall into it around 71 instead of
at 66.
Such a pattern, for a couple
who has successfully struggled
through to retirement, is certain
ly their right. If they want it.
And one is not inclined to
criticize.
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NEWBERRY NATIVE
DIES IN ALABAMA
Word has been received in New
berry of the death of James Thom
as Mayes II in Birmingham, Ala.
Mr. Mayes was born in Newber
ry, the son of James Thomas and
Caroline Mayer Mayes. He grad
uated from Newberry High School
and attended College.
For 31 years, he was associated
with the public school system of
Birmingham, first as a clerk in
the secretary’s office and then as
secretary. He retired from the
system in May of 1959.
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He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Eleanora Douglas and
two children, James Thomas
Mayes III and Mary Elizabeth
Bennett. Seven grandchildren also
survive and two sisters, Mrs. G. L.
(Caroline Mayes) Summer of
Newberry and Mrs. K. H. (Kitty
Mayes) Parham of Latta.
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An extra lavatory can take
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Much of the traffic, however, is
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