Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS OLD SOLDIERS Back in the Forties when the famous General Douglas Mc Arthur was fired because he wanted to win a war he return ed to this country and spoke to the Congress. He concluded his talk with excerpts from an old soldiers’ song which has since become well-known: “Old Sold iers never die they just fade away. Another old soldier passed from the scene last week, and a fitting tribute was paid him by Jesse Helms of WRAL-TV in Raleigh. It follows: By Jesse Helms It must be said of Ike that he never, at any time in his career, lacked durability. Num erous times during the past 13 years, the nation has braced it self to fashion for him a fare well salute. In recent years, his crippled heart has often falter ed. but not Dwight Eisenhower's instinct for survivial In appraising this good man. one need not imply perfection for tie has not been perfect and never pretended to be Indeed, it can be said that some of his blunders were awesome ones. But it also must fie said that they .vere errors of the head and not of the heart His great est mistakes perhaps sprang from the trust he placed in peo ple around him, the appoint ments fie made. For it was, at" ter all. Mr. Eisenhower who ac cepted Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the Inited States, and it was he—at the urging of his Attorney General—who sent the federal troops into the South, thereby setting a pecedent that triggered the decline of the sovereignt\ of the states. History will record these de cisions as his And in the sense tfiat fie was the nation's Chief Executive, they were. Still he deserves the assessment that he did what he thought was right, based on the information and recommendations available to him. He did not and could not foresee tfie future It may be tfiat he never really understood the gyrations of politics, or the intrigue of politicians. It was simply, to him, the discipline of v\ inning one battle at a time of fulfilling each commitment a-- it came But one thing i.s certain It a> ne\ er his intent to do other than serve his country well It was a built m component of his character which began with his hard bo_\hood From circum stances of dire poverty, he scrambled upward with a deter mination to better himself and with a willingness to tackle an\ honest job in order to improve his lot It never occurred to him tfiat the world owed him a hv mg Maybe he was a square, with all of his quaint notions about hard work and love of coun try. and morality When, in his latter years, he set about the business of writing his memoirs, he could not bring himself to publish, under his name the words “damn’’ or “heir’. His publishers recall that the cross ed out these words after having written them, and substituted “darn ' and “Hades’’. This was not puritanical, it was simply the mark of a gen tleman who had disciplined him self to avoid the excesses of hu man nature. Certainly it was no sign of weakness: Dwight Eisenhower was both strong and decisive in his various roles of leadership Those around him knew that he disliked, most of (Continued on page 8) Vol. 32—No. 51 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, April 10, 1969 $3 a Year—10c a Copy Iotbejry county WELCOMES 4 ^- _ 'v Ground is officially broken for the C. \V. Anderson Hosiery plant on the Pros perity highway at Bachman Chapel road, as C. W. Anderson, president of the com pany, digs in with the shovel last Wed nesday morning. With him are, from left, Walter Hamm, president of the Newber ry County Development Board; Mr. An derson; Robert W. McCullough, Robert M. Stroker, both executive vice presidents of Collins and Aikman, parent company of the C. W. Anderson Hosiery Com pany. (Sunphoto by Steve Armfield.) AGN unveils plans for future development of business area Members of the Public Rela tions committee of the Associa tion for a Greater Newberry were given a preview Tuesday morning of the concept plans for the business section of the city Four years ago. the Associa tion hired Adley & Associates, city planners, of Atlanta, to make surveys and outline plans for the future growth and devel opment of the city. The con cept plans shown Tuesday were the culmination of four years’ research by that company Three plans have been offer ed. but none has yet been ac cepted by the Association The hold-up, according to R E Summer, Jr . chairman of the AGN downtown committee, is caused by indecision as to the fate of the Nance Street widen ing project All plans are based on the assumption that the pro ject will go through, and would be changed considerably in the event the widening is rejected. The plans also envision wid ening of Harrington Street and the linking of Johnstone and Boundary streets for a thor oughfare, eliminating short and narrow streets and sharp turns. One of the plans also con ceives the extending of Boyce Street from its present dead end at College, to make it a through street at least as far as Lind say This would run through what is now the Wiseman Hotel building. Another projected plan is to utilize the triangular area where the junior high building is lo cated as a city-county complex, and the area around the Com munity Hall and the Opera House as a civic center. It was emphasized, for the benefit of those who have com plained about the sandbags in front of the Community Hall, that Hus area is to be beauti fied Work is being delayed un til a final plan for the city is adopted, so the work can all be coordinated Public presentation of the plans by AGN speakers and writers is expected to begin m the near future J. M. Miller dies Tuesday Joe Maxie Miller, 64, of 2804 Clyde Ave., died Tuesday at tne hospital. He was a native of Saluda County, son of the late Marion McDaniel and Emma Elizabeth Mayes Miller. He was a con tractor and an employe of the Oakland Plant, Kendall Co. He was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Martha Seabell Padgett Miller; two sons, James Edward Miller of Jacksonville, Fla., and Joe Hoyt Miller of Newberry; a daughter, Mrs. J. C. Brown of Sarasota, Fla.; a brother, Jacob Simeon Miller of Newberry; two sisters Mrs. A. C. Herlong of Saluda and Mrs. Roger Game of Roanoke Rapids, N. C.; 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. WBT executive backs firing of Smothers Saving that We are proud to bo associated with a network that has the guts to stand up and be counted,’’ the president of the Jefferson Standard Broad casting Company supported the CBS cancellation of the Smoth ers Brothers Show. In a telegram to Dr Frank Stanton, President of CBS, Mr. Charles II Crutchfield today said, “You beat us to it (to cancelling the show i by one day You have put your m uscle i and your money i where your mouth is’’, said Crutchfield, “and your actions can only give the rest of us, w'ho also abhor the growing trend against good taste and decency and patriot ism, the courage to stand up and be counted also.” The WBT-WBTV chief execu tive officer also pledged his sup port of the CBS action, “in and out of court, if they (the Smoth ers Brothers) sue, as indicated in press reports. “I am confi dent,” Crutchfield concluded, “that every single affiliate will support the CBS position.” Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Lemaster are residing at 1229 Hillcrest Road. Council delays decision on Nance widening City Council Tuesday night postponed a final decision on the Nance Street widening pro ject until Tuesday night of next week at 7:30 It was understood that the delay was at the re quest of an attorney represent ing persons objecting to the wid ening. The meeting next week will be open to the public and will be broadcast over WKDK radio. Council heard from Finance Director Tommy Buzhardt that the city’s finances arc in good shape, even though there have been expenditures which were not included in the budget for the year. Also delayed was action on a bid to purchase a 1000 gallon per minute pumper for the Fire department. Seven separate bids by four different companies were submitted. Members of the council asked for more time io study the variations in the bids before making a final decision. A contract in the amount of $20,841.06 was awarded to Eagle Construction Company for grub bing. clearing, and constructing a concrete spillway for the lake at Marion Davis Park on By pass 121. The area has been cleared of trees by the city, and work by Eagle is expected to begin within the next few weeks. Council authorized the city manager to draw up two reso lutions to be sent to members of the General Assembly. One would support the governor’s request for an increase in beer tax, a portion of which is re turned to counties and munici palities; the other would endorse a bill which has been introduc ed m the Senate to set tax levy state-wide at ten percent of as sessed valuation. It was point ed out that this would enable companies interested in locat ing in the state to compare tax es state-wide. Council also passed a resolu tion agreeing to “cooperate” with the Housing Authority of the City of Newberry This is another of the myriad forms re quired when doing business with tlie federal government. An executive session was held following the regular meeting. Play at College Tuesday night The Kaleidoscope Players will present “Spoon River Anthology at Newberry College next Tues day evening. The performance, part of the college’s 1969 Arts and Lectures series, will begin at 8 p.m. in Wiles Chapel. The public is invited, and there will be no charge for admission. The theatrical adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters’ classic brings forth from the small town cemetery a succession of ghosts who recount their successes and failures in Spoon River. Musi cal interludes and ballads tie together the characterizations of Spoon River's departed saints and sinners.