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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, March 13, 1969—PAGE 3 Lindel Hawkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hawkins, Prosperity Route 2, was recognized recently at the state meeting of the S. C. Guernsey Cattle Club at Newberry Inn for her outstanding 4-H club work with Guernsey cows. Making the presentation is Fred Pardue, state extension dairy specialist from Cjemson University. Miss Cromer is UDC speaker The Drayton Rutherford Chap ter of the United Daughters of The Confederacy met at the lovely home of Mrs. Tom Fel lers. Mrs. B. A. Buddin and Miss Rcsabell Thompson were associate hostesses. Delicious refreshments were served prior to the meeting. Mis. Ralph B. Beker presid ed over the meeting. Mrs. R. P. Baker announced that the state meeting of the Children of The Confederacy would be held in Greenville on April 19th. A box of knitted toe covers was sent to Col. Sargeant at Fort Gordon. Many of these were made with the help of Miss Cynthia Martin. A most interesting program was given by Miss Sallie Lee Cromer. The topic for this pro gram was, “The Magnificent Rebels.” The first of these men, Miss Cromer discussed was General Michael Jenkins. He was com mander of the Palmetto Sharp Shooters. He led four regim ents into action. The next men discussed were the Chaplains: one of the most famous of these was Bishop Polk. He was a Lt. General and commanded a regiment. He was killed in the Atlanta campaign. Many high ranking officers as well as foot soldiers became converted during the war years. The chaplains were highly respected by the men. They were fearless and gave comfort to many in their hour of need. Northern prison offi cials would not allow Southern ministers to preach to the Southern men because this raised their morale. But they continued to preach anyway. Miss Cromer stated that many experts believe that Ab beville, S. C. is the cradle and the grave of the Confederacy. Mrs. Baker told members the President General would like for us to work like a man rowing a boat—face the past while pulling strongly to en ter the future. Mrs. W. E. Shealy dismissed the chapter with prayer. Grand, Petit jurors named A new grand jury has been selected to serve during 1969, and will hold its first session when criminal court convenes on March 17. Hon. James B . Morrison of Georgetown will be presiding. Grand jurors will report at 9: JO a.m. Petit jurors listed below will report at 9:30 on Tuesday, March 18. Holdover grand jurors: Alan J. Caldwell, O. L. Cook, Jr., Clyde N. Lake, James H. Rin ger, George Carter Abrams, W. W. Bennett. New grand jurors: Carroll M. Brehmer, H. Tom Long, J. Mark Smith .Harold L. Pitts, William H. Ariail, Milton L. Haltiwanger, Juanita F. Sease, John E. Dawkins, Evelyn M. Raffield, John H. Kunkle, El mer R. Baker, Henry M. Kun kle Sr. Alternates: Hugh M. Ep- ting, Richard Henry Ruff, and Murry H. Sheppard. Petit jurors: Everette R. Cooper, Robert J. Brank, Geo. A. Felker, Gene A. Richardson, Cecil E. Elsmore, William T. Boozer, Gwen I. Hooper, Henry B. Haltiwanger, Jimmie S. Milstead, Robert H. Martin, Virginia C. Ellis, James M. Dominick, Myrtle Brown, Ann C. Kibler, Tommy J. Wessin- ger, Robert W. Chapman, Ed- mundM. Martin, Marvin C. Eaves, Edwin C. Adams, Jas. L. Blair, Cyril E. Mayer, Myra W. Berley, Gerlad Godwin, J. Steve Rister, Lowell A. De- Hardt, Bennett C. Bedenbaugh, Jacob S. Moore, Ruth K. Rob erts, Troxell B. Sligh, Benjamin Nichols, Larry K. Wise, Robert D. Hawkins Jr., Herman E. Mayer, Frank F. King, Clara D. Wertz, Marvin L. Powell, J. Walter Hamm. Transferred from November and December term by Judge Hayes: Mrs. Patsy L. Pruitt, Ernest F. McCutcheon. Leg Iron bill is opposed by Senator Lake State Sen. Robert C. Lake, Jr. has expressed opposition to a bill introduced in the Senate “To prohibit the use of chains, leg irons, and straps on con victed prisoners in any jail, camp or other penal or correc tional institution in this state, except in certain specified con ditions, and to change the name used to denote ‘chain gangs’.” The measure was introduced by Sen. Gordon Garrett, of Charleston and Sen. James B. Stephen of Spartanburg. The bill was reported out of the Penitentiary committee by a 5-4 vote. “I oppose tne bill because I feel that here once again the government is attempting to regulate our law enforcement employees, who have already have their hands tied by the federal regulations as handed down by the United States Su preme Court,” Sen. Lake said. “Our law enforcement people are doing a good job; if we start legislating further res trictions on these dedicated servants, we will need to fur nish each one of them with a lawyer to keep them from vio lating some law or regulation.” Sen. Lake said that crime is on the increase throughout the country and that there was a need to assist officers in every way possible. “ I know that we have no abusive treatment of prisoners in Newberry, Laurens or Union counties,” the Senator said, “and I can find no testimony of such treatment in our state penal institutions.” He said of the authors of the bill, “I am certain they have a good cause to introduce such a bill, but I certainly plan to oppose this bill with all my strength.” The Act spells out that the only time such devices would be allowed would be “in the capture and subsequent neces sary immediate control of sus pects or in the transportation of prisoners to or from court or in transit between penal in stitutions.” It also provides that county and municipal chain gangs shall be called “public work gangs. ” Discussion on student unrest at College Thursday evening beginning at 6:30 p.m., there will be a discussion of “Student Unrest and The New Left” by Profes sor W. R. Edwards, on the Newberry College campus in the Visual Aids Room of the Class Room building. Mr. Edwards, Assistant Pro- r ':cor of history is sponsored by the campus Young Republi cans. Prof. Edwards has many ideas on the state of society and the future of the United States government; in a recent interview which appeared in The INDIAN, Prof. Edwards is quoted, “A lot of intellectu als, though I am not sure of the reason, tend to be social critics. They see the ills of so ciety and want to change them. “In the past, he explained, the intellectual was not given the position in society that he felt he deserved due to his in tellect. He became a part of a ‘displaced aristocracy’ and crit ical of the business-oriented establishment. “We’re in a revolution now, and a lot of people won’t admit it. If I could break the revolu tion into phases, I would say that we are between the prop aganda and activist phases. This country is so big that a revolution has not been pulled together. If the United States were the size of Belgium or Holland, the government would have fallen. We have cities the size of these countries, and one can see what has happened in them.” Car inspection due in March Is the last digit of your mo tor vehicle license tag number a “3”? If so, and you have not already had your vehicle safety inspected, this is your month. The South Carolina Highway Department has reminded that owners of vehicles with a tag ending in “3” have thru Mon day, March 31, to comply with the requirements of the state’s motor vehicle inspection law. “3” digit vehicles should be inspected without delay so as to avoid the last-of-the-month rush that occurred at the end of February, when the time expired for vehicles with tags ending in “1” and “2” to be inspected. 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