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Wholesome In a delicatessen window: "Swi.- cheese with 22 per cent fewer cav ties.” VOLUME 30 — NUMBER 31 BY THE WAY City Limits IX A SMALL TOWN THE STOC K MARKET IS THE PLACE WHERE THEY SELL CATTLE. YELLOW TRAVELERS By DORIS A. SANDERS -- - — i,- —~ — —~— Happy Thanksgiving to $2.00 Per Year had .'hf net first at the heart by mure frightful than Over and ever through the I lsts years I have tried to point out J in this column various things that are happening to bring on niun ^'E bth-- yellow-trav the downfall (jf the United i die so-called liberal—h States of America. 1 have been ! ( iea<iy creature; foi pooh-poohed, called (dd-fashion- ed ,a prophet of gloom and about everything else in the book. Why 1 keep trying I don't know—just an innate stubbornness that won’t let me give up, I suppose. munist in America then hundred thousand hoeral yellow-traveler munist Party. are a the of the < om- Th( y support 'communism and communists, and I, for myself, know that they do know exactly what j ! they are d to me It is extremely hard to tell in a few words—or even many word.'—the dangers that threat- j munists em. I have received recently a speech which is lengthy which covers more preci than anything I centlv the state have seen re ef this na- Let us remember again; eom- real communists, are very few in the world, even to- Put ! day, but their yellow-travelers infest every Western nation and their masters, are powerless, iv do the work of Against them we tion ;i t the present time i unie ss we kno w what they jare and elimi nate th« Mil. With- The speech, “The Yel ow out theii • foil o w t M'S, t h e coni- T rave lers ” was delivt “red by m u n ists wold (1 disap pear over- Miss Tayh r Caldwell in Tul sa, night. Oklah oma on August 5 of t hs t to year. Miss Caldwell has be cm a I wa n rea d a spot •ch to Uest-s •lling author for ma n y you by a man of pat i ician birth tandi and t a s tes, a y e 111 iw-tr aveler years. Amonir nor ouis ng hel| works are “A Pillar of I ro? i. ” who led t () 1 ring dow mi his “ Deai and Glorious Phvsici-r, , >> eoun try to rum a ml death and " The feed's Advoc ato. “ through f i rt ■ relit' llion and Bee: uise helieve that ev>u y- riots . l it •ase 1 i ^ 1 1 > ten ca rt ‘fully, s ho i and then I w ill tell \ OL i his one w ho is concerned do hi.' s leech, it will mum read t I >< 'o - printoi i in this column in n- 1 "What IS 1) 11' govei 'lime nt to- stallments for tho next weeks. 1 would suggest you keep- each issue until conclusion. You may want it further study and referenc* the future: i e \v Slav- fur the .tie f -r in THE YELLOW TRAVELERS by Miss Taylor Caldwell Over the past few years, I have been receiving literally tens of thousands of letters from people wailing, “Hou did our country get to this point— and what shall we do?’’ day? Privilege for a few. , '-ry for the many! Scon worker, scorn for the humble. Advantage for the powerful and the established and the proud. Laws to protect the landowner and landlord and villa.' and rich town houses, laws to op press those who are hungry and weary and whose eyes have nev er seen much money. Can a na tion call itself free and great if multitudes are hungry and have no hope? Each night,; within this country multitudes go to bed hungry and have no I hops. Is that dfgnified and wor thy? No! I tell you, I cannot see you tonight except with j tears for your sufferings, your i wronged state, your disad- babble of ' vanta £ ec * misery, your under- Criminal Court to convene Monday Thanksgiving service to be at Aveleigh The annual city-wide Thanks giving service will be held Thursday morning at ten o’clock at Avedeigh Presbyterian Church. Delivering the Thanks giving Day message will be Rev. R. J. Hobart, pastor of St. Luke’s Episcopal! Church. Music will be furnished by the choirs of Aveleigh Church, under direction of Miss Mary Elizabeth Fowler. Sponsoring churches ip addi tion to Aveleigh and St. Luke’s are Associate Reformed Presby terian, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, First Baptist Church and Central Methodist Church. The offering not specifically designated will be divided am ong orphanages of the sponsor ing denominations. Dr. Neil E. Truesdell is pas tor of the host church. Students at Newberry Academy, Inc. are making preparations for celebrating the Thanksgiving season by decorating rooms, and by learning to give thanks for their blessings. The “thanks”-giving group above consists of students in Miss Sallie Lee Cromer’s fourth grade. On the front row, from left, are Evelyn Parr, Joel Bouknight, Dollie Cockrell and Frank Sligh; stand- , from left, are Miss Cromer, Janice King, Mary McAlhany, Susanne Satterwhite, David Kinsey and Kem Kinard. (Sun- <> i Recreational facilities be developed mg photo.) To the first question, il the writer is over forty, I answer: “You did it, with your little smugness and greed and com placency, and your babble of ... . Cun , privileged torment. You happiness before the very face' December 3rd be clean-up day in county of advancing death. So long as your income from wages or salaries or investments came in smoothly, and increased from year to year, you were what you called having fun, and you laughed at all warnings given you. . . ” To those under forty, I ans- er: “You helped to bring this have endured too long. The govern ment has fallen under the pow er and jurisdiction of a few. But all the rest of us, however brave and w r orthy, are looked upon by them as a mere mob, without importance or to be reckoned with, and under the heels of those whom, if things were right, we should be able to frighten out of their minds! about, though those of you in ' Hence, all influence, power, and your twenties are now victims ^ profit are in theii hands, in of your parents and your , their gift. How long shall we grandparents, and your own ! endurt this with meekness and lack of courage to fight in this last desperate hour against the enemies of your country . . . Your enemies arc entrenched in every area of the United States, and are over-whelming ly powerful. But, for your soul’s sake, fight . . . you may spark a fire for future gene rations who may, if God is will ing, fire a holocaust which will destroy the mortal foes of y’our nation.” If the great majority of the American people’s will is to save their country ‘.. d to re store their dead freedom, God will help. But the great major ity are so happy with their cheap built-in kitchens, their litlte gaudy cars, and their big pay checks that they will fight! to the death—not the restore America’s former greatness and liberty—but to continue to have fun. It is more comfortable to be a slave than a free man. humility? How long now, you deprived fellows, are you go ing to stand for this? Is it not Letter to die trying to change the present order of things than to live weakly suffering their insolence in a wretched and bleak condition of poverty? But I swear success will be easy! We are young of this century and our spirit is un broken. Our oppressors, on the contrary, are only worn-out old rich men. Friends, the signal will soon be given! Prepare y’ourselves for the day! Our hour has struck!” We all know that the vast Russian nation was taken over by a mere handful of fierce, hating dedicated communists in one blow. The people did not resist, just as Americans are not resisting. Tens of millions were murdered in a few days by the communists, and are still being murdered. They do not resist. As human beings, we can un- He was the typical modern liberal who has also been with us since the cave. He was not exactly a young man, but a middle-aged one, about forty- three. He was unmanly, and more or less of a coward, like all liberals, effeminate, crying delicate tears over the wrongs of society, speaking brave and noble words for effect only And, because he was evil, he lusted for power and rule over his fellowmen, whom he secret ly plotted to murder and sub due with the help of his fellow liberals. His name, dear friends, is not Lenin or Trotsky or Stalin or Khrushchev, or even certain American Senators we all know, or labor leaders or poll derstand the brute thrust for j ticians, or “ moderates ” of both power by the communists, for it is human nature to want power over our brothers. Known com munists, therefore, can be un derstood, and they can be stopped by any nation willing to take the first strong steps. But, there is the catch—“will ing.” It demands a little thought, and the human race is infamous for hating thought. Still, Russia could not have been enslaved by the commun- political parties. His name is not even Franklin Delano Roosevelt who said in October 1935, “I will take the American people down the road to com munism as fast as they will let me.” No, his name seems only known to schoolboys and professors, yet he helped to destroy his great country. Who was he who spoke in such modern accents familiar to our (Continued on page 2) In cooperation with the pro gram to keep South Carolina healthful and attractive, the Newberry County Beautifica tion Committee has set Satur day, December 3 as Clean-Up Newberry County Day. The committee urges the co operation and participation in every individual and every civic community, church, school, etc. organization in this program to make Newberry County more Beautiful and in an effort to make Newberry County one of the most outstanding and at tractive in the state. In preparation for this coun ty-wide campaign, the county has been divided according to its established fire districts with the local fire stations as sisting. The Newberry County Beau tification Committee, with the assistance of many groups, firms, and organizations will furnish trucks and personnel to collect litter throughout the county. The citizens are requested to collect all litter around their homes and place it in piles by the side of the road or curb. The trucks will start collecting this litter about 8:00 a.m. De cember 3. A check will be made of the number of litter piles picked up, the number of truck loads hauled off during the day of December 3, and the percentage of participation of each fire district. A certificate will be award ed to the district that makes the best showing along these lines. Wilbur E. Long dies Saturday Wilbur E. Long, 79, died Sat urday at the Providence Hos pital in Columbia after a criti cal illness of four days. Mr. Long was born in New berry County, the son of the Lalte Lulther Irvin and Eva Mc Cullough Long. Until his re tirement, he had been a cloth ing salesman and a member of The Lutheran Church of The Redeemer, and a member of the Men’s Bible Class. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Singley Long of the Lowman Home; two sons, Wil bur E. Long Jr. of Raleigh, N. C., and Luther D. Long of Newberry; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Reid of Greenwood and Mrs. Barbara Jean Brow- nelil of Orange Park, Fla.; and nine grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted alt 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by Dr. H. A. McCullough and Rev. Kenneth Webb. Interment was in Springdale Cemetery. Active pallbearers were James Clamp, Chester Hawkins, Gerald Paysinger, B. P. Ring er, Fred Hayes and Burton Sease. Newberry Mills employees get club checks Dairy field day be held A Dairy Field Day wild be held beginning at 9:30 a.m. Employees of Newberry Mills I Wednesday, November 30, at $44,124.00 from! Saluda, according to County Agent A1 Club Inc. received the Christmas Savings program for 1966. fW the 1967 Christmas Sav ings Club a toitial of 339 em ployees have signed up to par ticipate. An amount of $73,900 would be received for the 1967 program should these employees continue the club for the full period. The management of New berry Mills, Inc. encourages its employees to participate as it realizes the helpfulness ob tained fnom the Christmas Sav ings Club in defraying the ad ditional expenses during the Christmas season. Teacher exams are scheduled Demonstration on decorations A demonstration on Christ mas decorations will be present ed in the auditorium of the ag riculture building, Tuesday, November 29, at 3:00 p.m. Mrs. June Smoak, home service ad visor with Duke Power Com pany, Spartanburg, will give ideas for decorations and light ing throughout the house. The public is invited. Mrs. Norma W. Hewitt has moved to 1909 Luther St. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Merchant are now making their home at 619 Cromer St. The National Teacher Exami nations, a certification require ment for all public school teach ers in South Carolina, will be given on Saturday, January 7, Dr. George W. Hopkins, Direc tor of Teacher Education and Certification, announced today. The deadline for submitting applications and fees is Friday, December 9. No one will be permitted to register for the examinations unless a complete and correct application is sent by this date to the Director of Teacher Examination, State Department of Education, P. O. Box 11507, Capitol Station, Co lumbia, South Carolina 29211. Dr. Hopkins emphasized that only the applications for 1966- 1967 will be accepted. All old applications will be returned without being processed. These new application Wanks may be secured by writing the above address or from school superin tendents or college directors of teacher education. . The NTE, administered four times annually, is being offered in 18 cities throughout the state, including Newberry. Hawkins dies in Prosperity Gilbert Hawkins, 47, of Pros perity, died suddenly Friday at his home. He had been in de clining health for the past year. Mr. Hawkins was born in Newberry County, the son of the late Thomas Cleveland and Gertie Shealy Hawkins. He was a painter and was a member of Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church. He is survived by four broth ers, Thomas Virgil Hawkins, Leslie Hawkins and Lewis Haw kins, all of Prosperity, and Berley Hawkins of Newberry; and three sisters, Mrs. Hey ward (Rosalyn) Frick of Pros perity, and Miss Hazel Hawkins and Miss Faye Hawkins, both of Golurribia. Busby. The meeting will be of interest to all dairy men in the area, according to Mr. Busby, and all interested in attending will meet at the Saluda County Agriculture building. Topdcs to be discussed include many subjects of interest to dairy farmers. The program is being presented by members of the Dairy Science Department, Clemson University, and mem bers of the Clemson University Extension Service. “The topics are of interest to dairymen, presented by dairymen, with dairymen in mind,” Mr. Busby said. Mr. and Mrs. Duane J. Den- nie have moved to 1120 Hunt St. to make their home. on Ft. Jackson—Army Private Donald L. Long, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Long, Rt. 3 Prosperity completed an eight- week wheeled-vehicle mechan ic’s course at Ft. Jackson October 21. During the course, he was trained to repair internal combustion engines and wheel ed vehicles chassis components. Instruction was given in the fundamentals of electrical and transmision systems. state politics and served as of ficial at the Mollohon precinct for many years. Surviving are four sons, Mel vin, Porter and Jimmy Jack- son, all of Newberry, and Ed- , gar Jackson of Summerville; Funeral services were con- * five daughters, Mrs. Mattie B. ~ * Moates of Maoon, ducted at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church by Rev. J. S. Wessin- ger. Interment was in the church cemeftery. of C. H. Jackson rites Monday Cloyd H. Jackson, 81, 2012 Piedmont St., died Saturd- day while en route to a local hospital. Born and reared in Fairfield County, he was son of the late Willis and Elizabeth Stuart Jackson and lived in Newberry over 60 years. He was employ ed by Kendall Mills until re tirement 16 years ago. He was active in local and Ga., Mrs. Harry (Kathryn) ‘Bannister of Oolumbia, Mrs. Frank (Clau dia) Miller of Greenville, Miss Mozelle Jackson of Ball State University, Muncie, Ind., Mrs. James B. (Hilliard) Mitchell of Columbia; a bnother, Campbell J. Jackson of Newberry; a sis ter, Mrs. Sarah McCormac of \ g a i counsel. Columbia; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. His wife, Mrs. Corrie P. Jack- son, died several years ago. Funeral ducted Edwin P. Rogers, State Dir ector, Farmers Home Admini stration, announced the approv al of a $280,000 loan to a group of 300 farm and rural families in Newberry County to develop recreational facilities. The loan will enable the Mid- Carolina Club, Inc. to finance the purchase of 223 acres of land and pay the cost of con structing a clubhouse, golf course, tennis courts, swimming- pool and other related facili ties. The loan was obtained by the Mid-Carolina Club, Inc., a non profit organization of 300 ru ral families in Newberry Coun ty. Members of the association are paying $30,000 of the cost of the development. Members will also pay annual dues and fees to support the facility. In addition, income will be receiv ed from fees charged non-mem bers using the recreational area. Funds for the insured loan are provided by private inves tors and insured by the Farm ers Home Administration. Un der the insured loan program, the Farmers Home Administra tion makes and services the loan and guarantees repayment of the money borrowed, along with interest. “Recreation projects of this ype boosts rural area develop ment,” Mr. Rogers pointed out “Such endeavors present new jobs to rural communities and provide much needed recrea tional facilities for urban and rural families. In addition, these facilities help develop the type rural community that en courages young people to re main in their home town, at tracts industry, and promotes tourism. These projects also utilize land not needed for crop production.” The construction of this facility will provide ov er 3,578 man-days of labor for carpenters, grading crews, ma sons, electricians and other workers. The Farmers Home Admini stration will be repaid over a 40-year period. Officers of the association are: Earle J. Bedenbaugh, President, Prosperity; James C. Mills, Vice-President, Prosper ity, and Paul Rumfelt, Secre tary-Treasurer, Little Moun tain. James N. Parr, Attorney, of Newberry, has been selected by the association to serve as le- Judge John Grimball of Co lumbia will be on the bench when November term of Gen eral Sessions court opens here Monday. Grand jurors will re- pon; Monday morning, petit ju rors Tuesday morning. Seventeen hold-over cases are on the docket, and 18 new bills will be presented to the Grand Jury for action. Holdover cases are: Berry B. Kennedy Jr., Thom as Bodie, O’Dell Davis, James Evans, Curtis Glasco and Dol- lle Ann Williams, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons; Rufus Griffin, larceny and re ceiving stolen goods; Edwin Simms, Maurie Simms, house breaking with intent to steal; Jack King, disposing of proper ty under lien; John L. Epps, George B. Epps, drunk driv ing, second offense; Arthur Lee Baker, Jessie Hunter, drunk driving, fourth offense; Edward Wise, non-support; Eli zabeth Wessinger and J. F. Wessinger, violation Section 20-301; Adam Glymph Sr., murder. New cases to be presented to the Grand Jury: Robert Hair, violation Sec tion 16-365 of Code of Law of S. C.; Floyd Allen Wright, non support; Leroy Chaplin, viola tion Section 4-91; Jessie Cope land, vidlaibion Section 45-157; Robert L. Boozer, driving under influence intoxicating liquors or drugs, second offense; Paul Elbert Smith, hit and run; J. B. Griffin, murder; Also, Walter H. Sheppard, Thomas Hawkins, David Elk ins, Cecil Wicker, assault and battery of high and aggravated nature; Matthew Free, Barbara Jeter, Ernest Hiller, Robert Gallmon Jr., assault and bat tery with inttenrt to kill; David Elkins, disposing of property under mortgage; Forrest Cald well, pointing firearms and as sault and battery with intent to kill; Curtis Sligh, rape. P. 0. Closes Turkey Day Newberry Post Office will be closed Thursday, November 24 in observance of Thanksgiving Day, a legal holiday, according to Postmaster Harry E. Moose. There will be no city or rural delivery although special deliv ery service will be provided. The regular holiday schedule will be observed for collection and dis patch of outgoing mail. In coming mail will be worked ta lockboxes in the Post Office. Stamps will be available in the post office lobby vending machines. services were oon- Monday aft 3 p.m. at McSwain Funeral Home. Bur ial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Lar ry Predger, Larry Patrick, Steve Bannister, Tony Jackson, Gordan Jackson and Darriel Driggers. John Allan Long, Architect, Saluda, and Russell Breedin, Engineer, Afauldin, have been selected by the association to supervise construction and re lated engineering duties. This is the 19th loan to be made to a rural group in South Carolina for development of a recreational area. Loans of this type were authorized by the 1962 Food and Agricultural Act.. Mrs. J. Chesley Abrams is recuperating at Newberry Me morial Hospital after undergo ing eye surgery 'last week. BIRTHDAYS Nov. 26: Robert Smith, Jas. R. Williams, Scrappy Wher ry, Jimmie Harmon, Richard Harmon, Mrs. Selma B. Price. Nov. 27: Frank Armfield Jr., Mrs. R. L. Lewis, G. S. Parnell, Jeanette Waldrop, Mrs. Ralph Setzler, Fred V. Lester, Cheryl Anne Hentz. Nov. 28: J. W. Longshore, Cecil Ringer, Jane Paysing er, Joe H. Wei born, Robert T. Stutts. Nov. 29: Mrs. William R. Brooks, Molly Partridge, Mary Riley, Earl Bergen, J. L. Counts, Mrs. L. W. Beden baugh, W. H. Shannon, Wil- mer M. Hite, Mrs. Homer W. Schnmpert, Billy Davis. Nov. 30: Mrs. Marion Wig gins. S. C. Campbell, L. B. Davis, Virginia Dnfford, Ken ny Davis, David Park, Noble K. Terrell, C. Eugene Har mon, Mrs. Harry Hedgepath. Dec. 1: H. J. Looney Jr., Mrs. Joe Koon, Mary Pinner Koon, Mrs. Gerald C. O’Quinn, Tru^y Todd, Mrs. BUI Cald well, Dawn Dickert, Mrs. Ralph Whitaker. Dec. 2: Fred Rodelsperger, Clarence S. Hazel, Dave Hayes, Frank Wilson, James M. Longshore, Walter Pitts.