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THE FIRST HI RDLH
TO EACH HIS OWN
If you live through bahylutou,
all danger of 1 einy killed 1 >y kind
ness is over.
Mouth: The grocer's friend, the
orator’s pride, the fool’s trap, and
the dentist’s salvation.
VOLUME .10 — NUMBER 30.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1900
$2.00 Per Year
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; broad base of support among
^ , . . . , . , ! noneommunist.-. He boasted at
Speaking of sights of beauty j .. , .
f , . a press conference that the
—which a display of American ,, , , , ,
■ i ‘ i f arty would seek to place can-
flags certainly is—we had
Council increases rates for
water and sewer services
didates on the ballots of local,
state and national elections.
Heibert Aptheker, a member
of the National Committee of
the Communist Party, USA,
implemented this boast when he
announced his candidacy for
Congressman from the Idth
Congressional Hist, in Brook
lyn. Aptheker, one of Commun-
. , j . . i ism’s most effectjvo speakers,
pect he and the doctor will get ; . , , , , ,
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in a fight before it s oyer about , , .
, , . , , . . ; dependent neace and freedom
how long that cast has to stay , ■ , , v, .. n , , .
| ticket with thi’ full .backing of
(>n ' ’ ‘ ! the Communist Party, USA.
Once in a while something i
happens that proves the men
on our city police fore, ^ . , , , , ,
, District, also entered the poli
tical arena during the year
brought to us at The Sun of
fice last week the most beauti
ful arrangement of Japanese
Maple leaves, courtesy Hal
Kohn Sr. We enjoyed them for
the day, then took them to our
favorite publisher (O. F. Arm-
field Sr.) who was laid up at
home with a broken arm. He’s
getting along nicely, hut I ex-
A MEMORIAL WREATH to honor Newberry’s servicemen was placed at the base of the
Doughboy monument on the city square by t he American Legion and Auxiliary on Veter
ans Day, November 11. Present for the ceremony were, from left. Miss Grace Summe’-, pub
licity Chairman, Legion Auxiliary Unit 24; Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Americanism chairman;
Ra> Hunter, Commander American Legion Post 24; Mrs. M. F .Bowler, Auxiliary president
and S. C. Department Americanism chairman; C. A. Dufford Sr. Post 24 Americanism chair
man; Mrs. Jesse Frank Hawkins, Auxiliary membership chairman and J. Walt Miller, Legion
membership chairman. (Sunphoto)
force (To
“have a heart”, and if my car
ever breaks down again as it
did Monday afternoon, I hope
it will be in the same place—in
front of the police station. I
just wanted to thank Sgt. John
Wood and the remainder of the
police force (because Pm sure
they would have been equally
accommodating) for the help
given . . .
And one more item—a friend
called to my attention after not
ing that I said something last
week about Strom Thurmond
carrying the Ward 3, No. 2 box,
that the Senator did not carry
MY precinct. That is true. In
fact he lost by an overwhelming
majority at the box where I
cast my vote. And the over
whelming majority of the vot
ers in that box are Negroes.
Dorothy Hcaby, Chairman of
the Party’s Southern California
Final tally shows heavy
defeat for amendments
COMMUNISM
There are abroad in the land
politicians and others of the
left-wing ilk who loudly pro
claim that there is no internal
danger from Communism—and
that those who try to warn
that there is are, of course,
“right wing extremists”.
The most reliable source of
information as to the real dan
ger of Communism—at home
and abroad—is J. Edgar Hoo
ver. The extent to which Com
munists are carrying on their
activities is reported by Mr.
Hoover in the 1966 FBI An
nual Report. Portions of that
report are printed below:
Communist Activities
The leadership of the Com
munist Party, USA, in a wave
of optimism, has labeled 1966
as the “year of the break
through” when it will escape 1
when she made a bid for elect
ion to the office of Las Angeles
County Assessor. While sound
ly beaten, she polled over 86,-
000 votes in the June election,
a significant total since her
communist affiliation was a
matter of public record in the
area.
In its cynical bid to gain an
image of respectability, the
Party is directing an aggress
ive campaign at American
youth, claiming to perceive a
new upsurge of “leftist” think
ing among young people. The
program initiated by the Party
in 1962 of sending its speakers
to college campuses was ac
celerated during the 1965-66
school year. Party leaders
made a record-breaking 69 such
appearances all over the coun
try, spreading their propagan
da, and, they believed, creat
ing an atmosphere of interest
in and understanding for the
Party. In addition, the Party
held a number of special
schools for its young members.
Topping the list was a Marx
ist training school in Toronto,
Canada, held in January and
February 1966 under the joint
sponsorship of the Communist
Party USA and the Communist
Party of Canada. On February
15, 1966, Canadian authorities
took official action to disband
the school. This did not deter
the Americans present, how
ever. They left Toronto and
continued the school in New
York City under the sponsor
ship of the Communist Party,
USA.
Exploitation of racial unrest
in the United States continues
to be a major program of the
its isolated sphere to become a | comrnun i st s. During the year,
Potent force in American life. I the Partv j ssue d numerous dir-
In the Party’s view, a signifi-, ectives through its National
cant step in this direction was j ]\ T e g-j- 0 Commission instructing
the National Convention of the ^ members to participate in the
Communist Party, USA, held j tivil rights movement and to
in New York City, June 22,
through 26, 1966. Since this
was the first national conven
tion in over six years, it was
hailed as an indication of the
Party’s emerging “legality”
and increased stature among
noncommunists.
The initial session of the Na
tional convention was open to
news media, thus providing a
sounding board for a three-
hour harangue by Party leader
Gus Hall. In this speech Hall
expressed the desire of the
Communist Party to coalesce
with uncommitted segments of
the population to form a new
political party. He also attack
ed American military action in
Vietnam as “the most vicious,
savage, uncivilized assault on
a small nation in the annals of
history.” The convention was
closed after Hall’s remarks,
the communists reverting to
the clandestine atmosphere in
which they work best to under
mine the Nation’s democratic
traditions. ~ : - i A ; ‘
The Communist Party *plan-
be alert to the provocation of
militant action among Negroes.
In general, legitimate civil
rights organizations have been
successful in excluding com
munists, although a few have
received covert counseling from
them and have even accepted
them as members. The FBI
does not investigate the legi
timate activities of civil rights
groups, but from an intelli
gence standpoint it is concerned
with determining the extent of
any possible communist infil
tration.
The Communist Party pro
tests loudly that it is an inde
pendent political organ with no
ties to the Soviet Union. How
ever, the steady stream of Par
ty delegations traveling to
Moscow to be feted and indoc
trinated for new assaults
against their homeland attests
to the true facts, that the Party
remains an obedient servant
of Moscow, absolutely commit
ted to the world communist
movement.
The 1st Battalion, S. C. Na
tional Guard, with headquarters
in Newberry has a new com
mander, replacing Lt. Col.
James W. Henderson who has
been transferred to 51st Com
mand headquarters in Colum
bia.
Lt. Col. Sampson L. Paul of
Lancaster was named to the
position on November 3rd, and
was in Newberry meeting with
units of the 1st 'Battalion last
weekend. In the Sunphoto
above, he is being welcomed to
Newberry by Capt. Bobby Un
derwood, commanding officer
of Battery A of the 1st Batta
lion.
Col. Paul was born in the
lower part of the state, but has
spent most of his life in Lan
caster. He is manager of a
concrete block plant and is mar
ried to the former Barbara Ann
Williamson. Their children are
Ann, age 9; Amie, 7 and Sam,
Jr., 5.
Col. Paul was graduated
from the University of South
Carolina, and joined the Nation
al Guard in Lancaster in 1939.
He served during World War II
with the 107th Anti-Aircraft
(Automatic Weapons) Batta
lion in North Africa and other
ovreseas points. Since the end
of the war, he has served on the
staff of the 51st Infantry Di
vision and the staff of 51st
Command Headquarters in Co
lumbia. He has served as intel
ligence officer, operations offi
cer, and assistant to the Chief
of Staff.
Units of the 1st AW Batta
lion, 263rd Artillery, which Col.
Paul now commands, are Head
quarters Battery, Battery A &
Battery C, all of Newberry;
Battery B of Clinton and Bat
tery D of Laurens. Also attach
ed to the Battalion are the 246
Army Band and a Radar Main
tenance Unit of Newberry; and
the 124th Engineer Company
of Whitmire.
Col. Paul stated Sunday that
his initial visit with the officers
and men of the 1st Battalion
was very pleasant, and that he
1 is looking forward to his new
assignment.
Criminal court
| jurors named
| November term of General
| Sessions (criminal) court will
convene Monday, November 28
with Judge John Grimball of
Columbia presiding. Grand Ju
rors are to report Monday at
10:00 a.m. Petit Jurors, listed
below, are to report Tuesday,
November 29 at 9:30 a.m.:
John R. Floyd, Horace B.
Bouknight, L. J. Long, Perry
Bates, George D. Way, R.
Wayne Chapman, W. A. Smith,
C. M. King, Jerry Laine Rich
ardson, Thomas Peay, S. L.
Marlowe, Russell G. Shealy,
Homer E. Schumpert, Frank E.
Bartley, Hayne W. Boozer,
Governor Floyd, T. Roy Sum
mer Jr., C. Eldred Connelly;
Also, Felton Snelgrove, Bea
mon Kinard, J. C. Pugh, Albert
R. Franklin, Wilbur A. Graham,
Thomas L. Richardson, H. G.
Freeman, Daniel Wallace
Werts, Robert C. Underwood,
Frank T. Brown, Irby Lee
Raines, L. D. Gardner Jr.,
Forrest Swittenberg Jr., Wil
liam A. Cromer, Alfred S.
Pederson Jr., George W. Rob
erts, Deraid Long, J. M. Shope,
George D. Hawkins, Henry
Wayne Lominick, Talmadge C.
Crowder and Wilber Huffstet-
ler.
A final tabulation of election
returns by the Commissioners
of Election showed results in
races for all offices to be sub
stantially the same as unoffi
cially reported last week. It
also showed that statewide and
local amendments votes follow
ed the early trend, with all of
those of local interest being de
feated by large majorities.
The one political contest in
which there was some question
j was for the House of Represen
tatives. Unofficial tallies show
ed that incumbent representa
tive D. P. Folk defeated inde
pendent write-in candidate
Jacob Pinckney Hawkins by 44
votes. The official tabulation
resulted in a 46-vote difference.
It was believed last week that
a recount would be held in this
contest; however, Mr. Hawkins
on Saturday notified Robert
Schumpert, Chairman of the
election commission, that he
would waive the recount. When
the waiver was put in writing,
the election of Rep. Folk was a
fact.
In the local referendum seek
ing opinion of the public as to
whether the office of magis
trate should be abolished, and a
county court established, the
voters made their opinion quite
clear: 5103 were against abol
ishing the magistrate position.
2324 were in favor.
The “whiskey” referendum
also came in for a walloping
defeat. The portion which
would have allowed the legisla
ture to set the hours during
which whiskey could be sold
was defeated 4195 to 2365; the
second portion which would
have approved selling whiskey
in less than half pints (by the
drink) was defeated 4246 to
2031, and the third portion,
which would have approved
selling drinks at places where
whiskey was sold was defeated
4402 to 2085.
Voters disapproved by 4018-
2268 raising the limit of bond
ed indebtedness of the school
district to 15 percent of value
of taxable property in the coun
ty.
They even more soundly de
feated the urban renewal
amendments in the three muni
cipalities, the final vote being:
Prosperity: For, 1782,
against, 4258; Whitmire, for,
1837, against, 4231; Newberry,
for, 1874, against, 4341.
The only amendment which
met with the favor of Newber
ry voters was the statewide
amendment which would allow
women to serve on juries in
state courts. In favor of the
amendment were 3223 county
voters; against, 3004.
SPEERS PTA TO
MEET TONIGHT
Speers Street P.T.A. will
meet tonight (Thursday) in
the school cafetorium. Class
room visitation will be held
from 7:30 until 8:00, and the
regular meeting will be from
8:00 until 9:00. All members
are urged to attend.
City Council agreed Tuesday
night to increase utility rates
to produce more income for city
government. The vote came af
ter lengthy discussion as to
whether it was more fair to in
crease utility charges or tax
millage. The recommendation
made by City Manager Ken
Riebe was to increase the mini
mum water charge from $2 to
$3, drop what has been com
monly known as the “com
mode” tax, and charge 60 per
cent of the water bill up to a
maximum of $3.00 for sewer
service. This would increase
revenues by $100,000 a year ac
cording to Riebe.
The vote finally taken by
Council adopted this recom
mendation except to change the
60'J to 40 r c. The maximum of
$3.00 would still apply to resi
dences, but for business estab
lishments, the cost of sewer
service would be a flat 40% of
the total water charge.
Mr. Riebe said that $100,000
was needed to increase em
ployees’ salaries, to buy a new
fire engine and for other need
ed purposes. Cost of the salary
increase would be approximate
ly $57,000, and the estimated
cost of the fire engine would
be $25,000. He told council “I
think we could squeeze by with
50% instead of 60%’ for the
sewer service charge,” but
council finally pared the figure
to 40%. The new rates will go
into effect the first of Janu
ary 1967.
Council voted to purchase, for
Rosemont Cemetery Commis
sion, property for burial pur
poses for which the Commission
had already contracted. In turn,
the Commission will deed to
the city the triangular area
across from the cemetery,
known as Nosegay Park, to be
retained by the city for park
purposes. Three appraisers had
placed a value on the Nosegay
Park Property, which had re
cently been rezoned from resi
dential to business district.
Two of the appraisers set a
value of $27,500, the other, $20,-
000, an average of $25,000
which the city will provide the
Commission. The money will
come from general operations
funds of the city.
Lengthy discussion was also
held on the $500,^00 proposed
capital improvement program
which came up for second read
ing Tuesday night. Councilman
Clarence Shealy made a motion
to postpone the program for the
time because of money being
tight and interest high. His
motion was seconded by Coun
cilman Cecil Kinard and when
the vote was taken, they were
the only two voting to postpone
the program. It was explained
by Manager Riebe that before
further action could be taken,
a petition, signed by over 50
percent of the freeholders of
the city, requesting a referen
dum would have to be submit
ted to Council He further ex
plained that if a referendum
was held and citizens voted in
favor of issuing bonds for the
capital improvement program,
council could delay issuing
bonds if the price was too high.
Mayor Ernest Layton read a
letter of apreciation from Mrs.
Mary Nell H. Eargle for the
city’s cooperation in sponsoring
a day camp for children of the
Special Education classes at
Boundary Street School. Mrs.
Eargle is one of the S. E.
teachers. The Mayor also pre
sented certificates of comple
tion of industrial fire protec
tion course to Firemen C. T.
Millstead and B. R. Bundrick.
Council further:
Authorized increase of $4,500
to contract for relocation of
water line on Highway 121;
Authorized the city manager
to advertise sale or demoljtjq^i'
of house on city property hear,
sanitary fill;
Awarded contract to Spartan'
Construction Company of Spar
tanburg in the amount of $60,- j
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Mrs. Mildred R. Harmon,' working at the Port of Em-
deputy Clerk of Court for barkation in Charleston during
Newberry County since 1957,'World War II, and she had
has been named Clerk to fill done part time work in the of-
the unexpired term of Buxke fices of several attorneys in
M. Wise who died Wednesday | Newberry.
of last week. Mrs. Harmon re- j Mrs. Harmon is a native of
ceived the appointment from 1 Newberry, daughter of Mrs.
Governor Robert McNair Mon-1 George W. Reeves and the late
day of this week, after being Mr. Reeves. She received her
recommended by the Newberry j education in the Newberry
County legislative delegation. | Schools, and is married to F.
Mrs. Harmon has been em- J. Harmon. Their children are
ployed in the Clerk’s office
since January of 1953. When the
late Mr. Wise, then deputy
clerk, was appointed Clerk in
1957, Mrs. Harmon became dep
uty, a position she has held
since that time. Her prior ex
perience was gained from
Jimmy, a student at the Uni
versity of Florida, and Michael,
a freshman at Palmer College.
Mrs. Harmon is a member of
Central Methodist Church.
The unexpired term runs un
til December 31, 1968. (Sun
photo.)
100
High School Day
Approximately 100 Lutheran
high school seniors and juniors
are expected to attend Newber
ry College Day Saturday. They
will represent the three sup
porting synods of the College—
South Carolina, Florida and
Southeastern (Alabama, Ten
nessee, Mississippi, Georgia).
The high schopl students
will spend the morning confer
ring with departmental repre
sentatives and meeting with the
academic dean and director of
admissions. Coaches are to talk
with athletes, and auditions
will be conduced by the Music
Holiday hours
recommended
by merchants
The Board of Directors of
the Newberry Merchants Asso
ciation met Tuesday and rec
ommended the following sched
ule of closing and hours for
the holiday season:
Close Thursday, November 24
for Thanksgiving;
Close December 25 and 26
for Christmas;
Close January 1 and 2 for
New Year’s Day.
Remain open all day Wednes
days on November 30, Decem
ber 7, 14 and 21; close Decem
ber 7 at 4:00 p.m. for Christ
mas parade.
Remain open until 9:00 p.m.
the following Friday nights in
December: 2, 9, 16, 23.
Remain open Christmas week
until 6:00 p.m. with the ex
ception of Friday when stores
will remain open until 9:00 p.
m.
Department.
Two programs are planned
for the afternoon. The guests
are to assemble in MacLean
Gymnasium from 2-3 p.m. They
will hear greeting from Dr. A.
G. D. Wiles, president of the
college, and Candido Munumer,
Elberton, Ga., , president of
Student Government Associa
tion. Entertainment will be
provided by the College “N”
Orchestra and Newberry Col
lege Singers.
Following a half hour break,
the high school students will
attend a program in Holland
Hffll featuring a play, “A
Thurber Carnival”, to be pre
sented by the Newberry Col
lege Theatre.
Registration is scheduled
from 9:30 a.m. until noon.
Lunch and dinner will be serv
ed in Kaufmann Hall.
The committee in charge of
arrangements for the day is
composed of Prof. Blaine E.
Fader, chairman, James C. Ab
rams, Prof. Robert G. Brown,
Prof. Thomas E. Epting, Dr.
Robert C. Farb, Philip T. Kelly,
Dean Harry Weber, Dean Hat
tie Belle Lester, Miss Mary Sue
Lemmons, and Dr. A. G. D.
Wiles.
to print
on Tuesday
786.65 for construction of yrqter J \
line to the Ocoma plant; ; J 4 [ The Sun will be published one
Approved spending $12',0o0' day early next week in order
from the bond fund to extent}
electric service to the Waldrop
Brothers egg plant. ‘
fqr subscriber^ to ..receive the
paper before** Thanksgiving.
There'will he u<j. «jaii delivery
( on Thanksg5^’Wg‘‘ * thtjr. ^ Next
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Beach 1 week’s Sun will reach subscrib-
have moved to 915 Tarrant St. ers on Wednesday.
BIRTHDAYS
Nov. 19: R. E. Summer,
Doris Hipp, J. M. Pool, Mil
dred S. Martin, Mary Fran
ces McCullough, Jimmy At-
kison,
Nov. 20: Mrs. H. O. New
man, Gerry Rutherford, G.
D. Wike, Reed Marrett, Geo,
L. Johnson, Dorothy Leap-
hart, Mrs. Gates Beckwith,
Henry Holland Wilson,
Nov. 21: Mrs. R. E. Beck,
Melvin Price.
Nov. 22: Mrs. Lamar Hazel,
Mrs. Berley A. Fretwell,
Ralph Whitaker, Mrs. J. H.
Cook, Sr., Glyn Anne Folk.
Nov. 23: Russell Aubrey
Harley, C. L. Dowrd, Mrs. H.
G. Wike, Dave Waldrop, Mrs.
H. T. Carlisle.
Nov. 24: Joy Hunttf, Mar
garet Shealy, Mrs. R. C. Car
lisle.
Nov. 25: Jimmy CSttnip, Mrs.
A. W. Murray, Pope L.’ Bu
ford Jr., Alan Senn, W. D.
Kinney.