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WARNING SIGNAL Hr who toots his own horn soon has everybody dodyiny when he appears. THE GOOD OLD DAYS There was a time when Uncle Sam lived within his income— and without ours. VOLUME 30—NUMBER 22. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1906 $2.00 Per Year BY THE WAY INCENSED City Manager K. W. Ra-lm was apparently incensed at Council meeting Tuesday night when the charge was made that matters coming before Council were sometimes “cut and dried”, with the insinuation that things were done in a sneaky sort of manner so that citizens wouldn’t have a chance to ob ject if they didn’t like what ever action was under delibera tion. The City Manager stated that in his four years in Newberry, no action that he knew of had been "cut and dried". It is true that sometimes things are discussed in executive session because of the nature of some actions to be taken. One in stance would be making plans to help entice a new industry, where publicity would have thrown a stumbling block. But NEVER has a vote of council been taken in executive session. A count of hands to show senti ment. perhaps, but never a binding vote. And that get.- what Mr. Riebe ers Tuesday ni. council meetings the public, and f have been open to The public has beer attend and the pu - ' know, from recent off again" council to it < the public) ca ercise a voice in city merit if it would only While I find much fa the present Counc.l f its members e; at times. I is fair to ac of “cut and By DORIS A. SANDERS "My friends. tin- political fates have decreed that when this Congress adjourns 1 will leave you. 1 have few persona i egrets about that, but 1 do hate to leave you with the spirit that seems to prevail and about which you are exhorted daily—'Do this or the Com munists will get mad at you. Send millions of dollars to oth er countries or somebody is going to get mad at you. Give away your substance. Forget the American people’s needs and wants and the great tax burden that is upon them and give to this and give to that and give to the other.’ Out of fear; a tribute, if you please, to other areas of the world in or der to placate them, in order to try to purchase their friend ship. “Now we come here with mobs in the streets, with fur ther mob violence threatened, and no word is spoken of cour age to defend the American way of government.” Lynching case be called this term. Solicitor says & * *i **#»•*' it S'* , .. 'V s • . y ‘ tiu crux of i the accus- . The city re open to manv vears ^ :.c' .4 .u Stockman rites held at church Pat A. Sunday a vears of Stockman, 78, died fternoon after several U v c - X- dried e x e o u - council some o juvenile t h i n k i l member voting. I have been to tive sessions when would wrangle a couple of hours and finally come to some con clusions which SHOULD have ■shortened the open meetings, but some councilmen apparent ly so love the sound of their own voices that they rehash the whole matter over in open meetings. Believe me, you’ll find this council only TOO willing to talk, if you’ll simply take the trouble to attend the meetings. Bow-. uecr.mnp seriously ckman wa.- Newberry !a11 J i hr Stockman, i years he on Route health. He ill since Senatorial Candidate Eugene C. Griffith and Mrs. Walter Wallace were on hand for the opening of Republican head quarters, on College street next to the Wiseman Hotel, Tues day morning. The headquarters will be open daily from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and staffed by volunteer workers. Any one interested in helping is asked to stop by. (Sunphoto) burn and Gwiinty, a and Sara For a hud made 1. He was al Meth- HIS FINEST HOUR My friend Robert Feagle passes along an editorial from the Lynchburg (Ya.) Daily Ad vance, reprinted in the Sept. 8 issue of The State. The meat of the editorial was a speech made in the U. S. House of Representatives recently by Rep. Howard Worth Smith of Virginia, with the editor’s com ment: “If ever this country needed the kind of counsel so eloquently dispensed by an el der statesman in his valedictory period, it is now.” Rep. Smith’s speech follows: “I was deeply distressed to hear the speech of my old friend from New York, the r.:s r.ome a member of the Cent odist church. Mr .Stockman is survived by one son, Andrew Stockman of Newberry; four daughters, Mrs. William A. Cromer, Newberry, Mrs. Hugh Bouknight New berry, Mrs. James H. Folk, North Charleston and Mrs. Marshall Bogan, Columbia; one brother, Fred Stockman, Pros perity. Funeral services were con ducted Tuesday from Central Methodist church with Rev. S. M. Atkinson conducting the service. Interment followed in Zion Methodist Church ceme tery near Prosperity. Active pallbearers were J. H. Kunkle, Ellis Stockman, Robert Stockman, Julian Bedenbaugh, John D. Stockman and Claude Dominick. Honorary escort was mem bers of the Chesley Cannon Bi ble Class of his church. Are awarded scholarships Two freshmen students at Newberry College have been awarded Lutheran Youth Leadership grants of $300 by Lutheran Brotherhood. They are John D. Derrick, Spartan- burg, a pre-law student and Patricia A. Winn, Columbia, who plans to become a teacher. The awards are among 158 grants presented by Lutheran Brotherhood as part of its extensive support of Lutheran hogher education in the U. S. and Canada. PACK TO RECEIVE SUMMERTIME AWARD Cub Scout Pack 176 of Ja- lapa will receive it’s National Summertime Award on Sep tember 24. The den mothers, Jeanette Wakefield, Den one, and Martha Edwards, Den two, ••or.oiiro ‘‘Summertime ON DEAN’S LIST AT AUGUSTA John K. Willingham Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Keister Wil lingham of this city, has been notified of his appointment to the dean’s list at Augusta Col lege for the summer quarter of 1965-66. John is a member of the Junior class. In the letter of notification. Dean John H. Gleason stated: “I wish to inform you of the exclusive position you have earned, and convey to you the confidence that we at Aug usta College have in your fu ture and continued success.” Mr. and Mrs. Robert Martin have moved to their new home, 2635 Preston St. will also receive chairman of the Judiciary Com- Den” awards, mittee (Emanuel Cellar, D-N. Y.), when he argued with the House that, instead of standing up and voting for what we be lieve in and doing what our oath of office requires us to do, we tremble in our seats and yield to the fear of the Negro revo lution. “If that is the kind of spirit that has come to this country, and we are going to operate in the Congress on the theory of fear, on the theory of mobs and so forth, then this is not the place to which I was elect ed. “I was distressed when I saw r the President address a joint session of this Congress, and I heard him adopt the war cry of a Negro revolution—‘We shall overcome; we shall over- oome’ — repeated time and again, when we were about to consider a civil rights law. "And I was deeply distressed to see members of the Supreme Court sitting on those front seats, hearing discussed and ad vocated a piece of legislation the constitutionality of which they would soon be called upon to pass upon, applauding. “I was distressed a few days ago to see in the press, and not refuted, the statement by the Vice President of the United States that if he lived in a tene ment, in the ghettos of the ci ties, and the second floor, he would have the spirit to lead a revolt’. SCHOLARSHIP William L. Brice, of New berry is among 43 students at the University of South Car olina who were awarded schol arships in the School of Phar- I macy for this academic year, Garden Club district meet The Presidents’ Meeting of the East Piedmont District of the Garden Club of South Car- day Inn, Route 21, Rock day I nnin Route 21, Rock Hill on September 29, The Rock Hill Garden Club is hos tess club for the meeting. There will be a registration and social hour from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. At that time the business session will be held with Mrs. Fred E. Hol combe of Clinton, District Dir ector, presiding. Mrs. Wayne Gamble Sr., of Lane, State President, will be the guest of honor and the guest speaker. Club presidents and garden club members are urged to at tend this meeting in order to receive the interesting infor mation concerning garden club activities which will be pre sented by the state officers and state chairmen. Mrs. Hol combe is offering a gift to the club president with the best attendance from her club. Reservations for the Dutch luncheon which will be served at 1:30 p.m. should be sent by September 26 to Mrs. Norman Tilley, 1107 Evergreen Circle, Rock Hill. Mrs. Judy Jolly is now resid ing at 2716 Kinard St. Mrs. Virginia Saxton has moved to 2300 Osborne Avenue to make her home. Students of Newberry Academy, Inc. learn something about music and enjoy singring with their talented music instructor, Mrs. Elizabeth Sokevitz. Here some of. the students learn the lines and spaces so they will recognize notes in their music books. On the front row of girls, from left, are Ruth Sanders, Mary Margaret Parr and Gayle Bishop. Behind them are Jo Tindall and Ann McAlhany. The boys, from center, are William Sheppard, John Boozer, Noel Clary. Billy King, Phil Livingston and Eugene Cockrell. Mrs. Sokevitz is in the background. These students are in the 6th grade at the Academy. (Sunphoto) The case of the State against Philip Plampin and L. Cornell Wise, charged with second de gree lynching, had not been called for trial in General Ses sions court at the time The Sun went to press today. Solicitor William T. J ones stated Wednesday morning that the case was scheduled for Number 1 on the trial docket but that he received a letter from E. Maxcy Stone, attorney for the defendant L. C. Wise, stating that Mr. Stone was “actively engaged in the trial of The State against Zeigler at the Court of General Sessions in Union County”. Mr. Stone said he expected the case to be concluded by mid-afternoon Wednesday and that he would immediately return to the Court in Newberry. Mr. Stone requested that the cases in which he was involved be con tinued until his return. Judge John Grimball stated that since Mr. Stone is actively participating in a case in an other Court, that would take precedence over his being in Newberry and that the case would be called immediately up on Mr. Stone’s return. Solicitor Jones said that al though the lawyer for the De fendant Plampin, Senator John Martin, was in court Wednes day, the two men were indicted on the same bill and the trials of both will be held simultan eously. Court recessed Tuesday in order that all persons involved fwould have an opportunity to yote in the special Democratic primary. • Solicitor Jones indicated that he is ready, and has been ready to call this case for trial for over a year. He recalled pro ceedings which took place at the June term of criminal court, at which time he stated: “I would like to formally for the sake of those who might wonder, indicate that I am ready and am calling for trial the case of the State vs. Philip Plampin and L. Cornell Wise.” He noted that he had received the warrant in June 1965 and that the case was continued during that term of court and also at the September 1965 term at the request of the S. C. Law Enforcement Division. He stated that at the next term in November, one of the chief prosecuting witnesses was ill and that during the March term, defendant Plampin’s lawyer requested continuance because of the Senate being in session. “And now we come to June of 1966,” Mr. Jones continued. ”1 make that notation and statement concerning the case in the light, Your Honor, of the fact that I am told there have been a lot who wondered why the case has not been called for trial. But ... all who are con cerned with the case in any way want to bring it up order ly and reasonably and at a correct time.” Judge Steve C. Griffith, who was presiding at the June term of court, said “This case has been the most talked about and written about case that I know of since I’ve been in Newberry. ... I possibly have—I know I have listened to a lot of it, may have made some comments on it, I don’t recall. I didn’t have any idea that I’d ever be called upon to try it . . . “In any event, I feel like I should not try the case and that it should be tried by a Judge who is without the county and who will be here during the next three terms of Court— someone . . . who can approach it with the fairness and impar tiality that the parties are en titled to have from the Judge ... I might be unconsciously influenced by some talk that I’ve heard. So I am going to take the responsibility myself in saying that the case will not be tried at this term.” Solicitor Jones said today that he fully expects the case to be tried before this term of criminal court adjourns. During Monday and Wednes day morning, a number of guil ty pleas were taken. College head be honored at dinner The president of Newberry College, Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, will be honored at a testimonial dinner October 18 in Columbia. Approximately 200 persons are expected to attend the event which will be held at Forest Lake Club. Gen. Mark W. Clark, presi dent emeritus of The Citadel where Dr. Wiles headed the English department for 24 years, will deliver the major address. The dinner, a joint effort of Citadel and Newberry College alumni and Lutherans, will also further the efforts of the A. G. D. Wiles Chapel building fund. A chapel bearing Dr. Wiles’ name is under construc tion on the Newberry College campus. “Dr Wiles is one of the na tion’s leading educators,” said James G. Holmes, Colombia, general chairman of the steer ing committee for the A. G. D, Wiles Testimonial Dinner. “He has done a superb job during 24 years as head of the Eng lish Department at The Cita del and in six short years as president of Newberry col lege.” Steering committee members, in addition to Holmes, include: Dr. William J. Brockington, John Carey, Walter F. Going Jr., W. LeRoy Harrelson, A. j Hart Kohn Jr., George Lott, j Columbia; Dr. John F. Clark- i son, Thomas Pope and Dr. Rob ert C. Farb, Newberry. Council considers $500,000 program Mary B. Rossiter is making ! her home at 1230 Summer St. Night classes to be held at College For the fifth consecutive year, the Newberry College Faculty Women will offer night classes for young people and adults. Registration date will be October 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Holland Hall on the campus. Attempts will he made to offer any course for which there will be a minimum enrolment of six. Anyone who is interested in having a particular course of fered is asked to call Mrs. A. G. D. Wiles, 276-3441, or Mrs. Walter Summer, 276-2146. Each class will meet approximately one hour per week for six we^ks. These are non-credit courses. Many local residents have participated in the classes dur ing the past four years, taking such subjects as math, typing, German, knitting, information on law and a variety of other subjects. Mayor Ernest Layton had this to say of the classes: “I would like to commend the faculty women of Newberry College for having sponsored these night classes for the resi dents of Newberry. I feel it has been of great benefit to all of our citizens.” Information as to course de mand is needed this week in or der that instructors can be ob tained. A comprehensive plan for ex tended and future city services were outlined to City Council Tuesday night by Manager K. W r . Riebe, who estimated the to tal cost of all projects, if un dertaken, would amount to $500,000. In addition, the coun cil was told that the city must have an additional annual reve nue in the amount of $100,000 if the city is to continue to meet its obligations. Manager Riebe pointed out that the City has not had a tax rate increase since 1959 and has not increased utility rates since 1962. He recommended increase in utility rates and service charges as a means of financing the proposed proj ects. A public meeting will be held to discuss the plan before any action will be taken by Coun cil. Projects which would be un dertaken in the capital im- To speak at 1-20 opening John T. Gentry of Pickens, chairman of the S. C. Highway Commission, will be the fea tured speaker at exercises for the opening of an 11-mile sec tion of Interstate Route 20 near Columbia September 23. Mr. Gentry, a native of Easley, received a bachelor of arts degree from Furman Uni versity in 1947 and a law de gree from the University of S. C. in 1950. Mr. Gentry is a former member of the House of Representatives. He was elected to the Highway Com- mision in 1963. The program at which Route 1-20 between S. C. Route six and U .S. Route 176 will be opened to traffic will be at the interchange of the interstate highway and U. S. Route one east of Lexington. Chief High way Commissioner Pearman will preside at the program, and will introduce the main speak er. Rites held for Judge Wyche, county native PJUDGE WYCHE DIES S SS U. S. District Judge Charles Cecil Wyche, 81, the nation’s senior federal jurist, died at Spartanburg General Hospital Saturday. He had been under treatment since Monday of last week following a fall and a broken hip at his home in Spartanburg. The dean of federal district judges was graduated from Prosperity High school in 1902, The Citadel, from which he was graduated in 1906 awarded him an honorary doctor of laws degree in 1952. First appointed to the feder al bench Jan. 30, 1937 by Pres ident Franklin D. Roosevelt, it was only last November that Judge Wyche became the sen ior judge still active in full time duty in federal courts of the entire nation. Judge Wyche studied law in the office of the late U S. Sen. Frank B. Gary, under his uncle, Judge Thomas S. Sease, and at Georgetown University while he was private secretary to Sen. Gary. He was a teacher and prin cipal at Lees Graded School • (1906-07) and West End grad ed school, Spartanburg (1907- 08.) He was admitted to the bar in 1909 and practiced law in partnership with former Gov. John Gary Evans, with the late Miller C. Foster, with former U. S. Rep. Sam J. Nichols and his father, Judge George W.. Nichols. He engaged in law practice also with many-officed and now elder statesman James F. Byrnes and with now U. S. Senator Donald S. Russell. The law career of Judge Wyche saw him as Spartanburg city attorney, Spartanburg County Attorney, U. S. district attorney for the one-time West ern District of South Carolina. He served as a member of the delegation from Spartanburg to the S. C. House of Represen tatives. Before his federal judgeship appointment, Judge Wyche sat as a special judge in South Carolina’s circuit courts by special appointment. Also by special appointment, he was briefly (1929) an associate jus tice of the S. C. Supreme court. Judge Wyche was a native of Prosperity, son of the late Dr. C. T. and Carrie Sease Wyche. His mother was a sister of the late Judge Thomas Sease. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Charles Camp of Flor ence; a brother, C. Granville Wyche of Greenville; a sister, Mrs. Maxwell H. Forbes, of Haverford, Penna., and two granddaughters. Graveside services were con ducted Sunday at 4.30 p.m. in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens by Dr. Fred Poag and Rev. Henry Keating. j provement program, and esti- ( mated costs, were listed as fol lows: Updating of present zoning laws, land use, all city owned facilities, central business dist rict, hospitals, schools and traffic. This should be a joint effort of local and county gov ernments, for which matching funds can be obtained: $20,000. City codes (last updated in 1960) should be completely re written: $7,000. Personnel policies manual should be changed or re-wri tten: $3,000. Numbers of homes within city limits now obsolete, and should be changed soon as num bers will not be available and the post office will not deliver mail without an address: $10,- 000. Reconditiining of city-owned streets, purchase of additional equipment for same, and funds for right-o^-way easements, $261,500. Purchase of fire pumper and expansion of fire alarm sys tem: $58,907. Recreation department for community building and equip ment, $50,000. General services, including trash and garbage pickup, $8,- 000. Storage shed for equipment: $25,000. Beautification—for five year program: $25,000. Scotts Creek: $5,000. Contingent fund for addition al improvements and to cover legal costs: $26,593. Wage increase for city em ployees: $57,549.61 annually, which amounts to approximate ly ten percent across the board. Riebe suggested that the pro gram could be financed by set ting aside $50,000 a year for ten years and doing a small amount of work each year; or by issuing $500,000 General Ob- [ ligation bonds so that all of the . work could be accomplished in the near future. The bond is sue could be supported with an expenditure of approximately $40,000 annually, he said, and no tax increase would be need ed during 1967 if proposed in crease in utility rates and charges is adopted. In other business, Council: Agreed to go ahead with Mower Street improvement at a cost not to exceed $12,937.14. Heard from several persons objecting to rezoning of the triangle area between Fair and College Streets from R-12 resi dential to B-l Business zone, and voted to send the recom mendation for rezoning back to the planning commission for re consideration. Had the following committees appointed by Mayor Layton: License Study, James Long shore, Chairman; Lin Slaton and E. F. McCutcheon; Budget, Clarence Shealy, Chairman, Jack Senn and Cecil Kinard. Adopted resolution authoriz ing mayor and city manager to issue vouchers to the bond commission for the purpose of paying for improvements as work progresses. Mrs. Maggie Thomas is now residing at 1724 Harper. St. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Adams have moved to 1608 Evans St. BIRTHDAYS Sept. 24: George Rodel- sperger, Barbara Way Car ter, Mrs. Carol Hipp, Patricia Graham, Beth Baker. Sept. 25: Strother Paysing^. e r , Pinckney Abrams, Tom my Lewis, Eddie Lominack, Mrs. Clem I. You mans, Wil liam R. Buford, Mrs. Marie Nicosia, Mrs. Earl Bozard, Mrs. Bonnie Bowers,' Julia Kate Sease. Sept. 26: Peggy Lominack, Harold Bowers, Gail Phillips, Susan Cook, Lynn Lipscomb, - Beth Underwood. Sept. 27: Miss Frances Jones, Dr. Neil Truesdell, Mrs. Ruth Roberts, Malcolm Amick Sr., Carolyn Lipscomb, Alice Paysinger, Harriet Ha- good Clary, Chris Folk. Sept. 28: Bobby Gilliam, Mrs. A. J. Briggs. Sept. 29: Harold Brown Folk, Mrs. Richard Caldwell, Drayton Minick, E. B. Car lisle, Mary Lou Weir. Sept. 30: Mrs. F. J. Har mon.