The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, April 17, 1969, Image 1
BY THE WAY
Bv DORIS A. SANDERS
LABOR UNIONS
When a new industry locates
anywhere these days, it can ex
pect to have labor union organ
izers on hand before the mor
tar is dry on the last brick.
We have seen this with the
industries which have located
in Newberry County during the
past several years. There is no
reason to hope that the Ander
son Hosiery Company will es
cape when it opens its doors for
business.
The trouble with the labor un
ion leaders is that they want
to have their cake and eat it.
too. They want higher pay and
less work at the same time. I
had occasion to take testimony
at a hearing recently where an
official of a large corporation
stated that the employees of a
particular plant had been grant
ed wage increases which would
amount to about ten million dol
lars over a three year period
We made it clear to the I'n-
lon, ' he said, "that we would
have to find souk 1 way to make
tins up" through more efficient
operation
t nder a recent Supreme Court
decision employers are going to
havea hard time trying to make
up anything. Even if a man
wants to work hard to help out
his employer, the Cmon won t
Set him do it
Perhaps what 1 need is a un
ion. Eve been working from the
break of day until dusk for
the [last several weeks and un
fortunately it is almost impos
sible to compose a column with
that sort of pressure on. Please
bear with me again this week,
and hear Jesse Helms of
WRAP TV discuss the latest
ruling b\ the Supreme Court
By Jesse Helms
It passed almost unnoticed m
the news last ueek but the
P S Supreme Court has struck
another blow m favor of reduc
ing America to mediocrity, and
again t the principle that men
ought to strut o, ( j () p lc best
tlies can.
Y
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32—No. 52
Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, April 17, 1969
$3 PER YEAR
Council hears heated talk;
Easter Seal
contributions
approves Nance widening over the top
I V The Newberrv Count
City Council went on record
Tuesday night as favoring the
Nance Street widening project.
Only one member of Council,
Claude Partain. cast an oppos
ing vote
At a special meeting called
primarily for the purpose of tak
ing action on this project May
or Clarence A Shealy read the
resolution of the City Planning
Commission, which stated that
the "Commission strongly re
commends that city council en
dorse the Nance Street project
and by-pass construction plan
as presented by Mr Paul Cobb,
urban planning engineer with
the South Carolina Highway De
partment." It was signed by
P 1). Johnson. Chairman; W.
H Tedford, Robert E. Summer.
H B Kirkegard. W C. Huff
man. and ex officio members.
John E Clarkson and A. E.
Morehead.
Thomas H. Pope, attorney re
presenting Nance Street resi
dents and others opposed to the
widening, made a plea that
Nance Street be left as is. A
oortion of his remarks follows:
1 realize that this may be
a lost cause but nevertheless,
there is something f hat needs
to be said and I think from the
people who are here tonight
you can see that the citizens
in Newberrv who are interest-
Four
members ot
a labor
■ un-
ed m this project are against
ion m Milwa
ukee 1:
lad been
fm-
it
ed by
their
union
leaders
for
"I daresay that everyone in
working
too
hard.
Specific
ally,
this room who is not in an of-
tho four
men
had pr
oduced more
ficiai position is against this pro-
goods than
their i
.uuon bosses
posed widening of Nance Street
had v\a
nted
them
to produce.
and you could divide those peo-
The in*.
■n ha
d otto
red as 1
their
pie into three groups
defense
their
belief
that if
they
"First of all you've got pro-
vv orked
for
a e o!
npany.
they
perty owners and they are re-
ought u
i UOI
k a> el
tfinent ly
and
presented here fully who own
product
i\e!y
a.' po
oSlbit
Fliey
property from the beginning of
refused
to p;
i\ Ifit-
tine. ,i;i•
i ap-
tlie by-pass down to the point
pealed
their
( . 1 M !
o the mi
arts
where the proposed expressway
t mail
y tiie
di.-pti
te P
i the
would leave Nance Street, and
Supreme < ou
irt An
d ih .!
•\ ell-
those people are here because
to one (i
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ih !. ;i';t
i.--: a wh
la a
they are interested m protect-
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s sapi
vine
mg their property and in pro-
( ourt u
pheki
1 tin 1 ;
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s.w
teeting the community there
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with the M'hoo! and the play-
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mound on either side ot the pro-
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1 lie vennu group wvild con-
produi l
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its •«
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proporty beyond Nance Street
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m the outherh direction who
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tew no "tnrt through their
plain it
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nation
11! -he ’
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prupci t\ ut the pre-ent time
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the
but uho>e properh would lie
public f
we a
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a a;!.-: *
a in
taken b\ thi' e\pre.v-uay For
the aim
iruK
tlaiiwei
'oil ■ dee;
>ion
rnstanee Mr" 'F E Davis
There i
,u;
oh'-. 1 o
a- econ<
iime
whom backyard would he tak-
prmcipF
e mv
o K r d
It WO!
kers
en and the expressway would
are to
be j:
ienali/t
'(1 to!’ (
iomg
come up to within ten feet of
their hr
■>t !t
ion oh’
wously t
here
her hack porch Mrs Van-
will be
a w
ule.-pn.
aid tend
ency
essa Holt, whose house would
to do k
‘ss th
an the
ir he: t
That
probably be taken and Mrs.
means
highr
r prod
IK'tlOll T
osts.
(’lamp, across the sireet on
and therefo
re hi
igher prices
Boundary Street, whose house
which (
•onsui
mers
and tha
t in-
would be taken . . .and there
dudes
everybody
must
pay.
is Rvhard McWhirter who owns
And tht
‘ name of that gan
le is
a store in the middle of a block
further
inflat
:ion.
on Mam Street three doors from
zens is represented by some of
us who don't live on either leg
of that proposed expressway but
who are taxpayers and proper
ty owners and citizens and who
object to this project on a num
ber of grounds: first, we don't
believe that it's needed: se
condly. we object to taking the
county property on which is lo
cated the county jail down here
for this purpose. We object to
taking the Doughboy Square and
the American Legion Post offi
cers are against that. . We do
not believe that it is proper to
take part of the property that
is not owned by this city but
was deeded to the county in
1789 for public purposes and has
been used as a square for al
most 200 years. . I for one hate
to see it desecrated by a use
less road.
I say it's useless because I
don't believe it is designed to
serve traffic from outside of the
city of Newberry. You do not
serve outside traffic by going
north to south. Most of our traf
fic that comes into. . the bus
iness section comes down Main
or Johnstone Street or from the
direction of Greenwood up Boun
dary Street in an east-west dir
ection and the only people that
would he served by this propos
ed road in my judgment would
be the ones who are working
at Ocorna and living on the
south side of town. . .
"If this were a street that
were coming down from the
Interstate 26 bringing traffic
from beyond the borders of the
county into the town it would
he a horse of another color. If
you were talking about widen
ing Main Street. . .or Johnstone
or as some have suggested,
widening Harrington Street, that
is a different proposition. . .1
don't believe any traffic survey
has shown that we need this
particular street, this express
way. to come by the high school,
by the playground, through the
jail, over the public square, and
through the middle of that block
and take all these peoples’ pro
perty and that's why we are
down here tonight to oppose it."
Mr. Pope mentioned rumors
that unless the Nance Street
project were accepted the pro
posed Highway 34 by-pass would
not be constructed. He stated
that he had written to S. N.
Pearman Chief Highway Com
missioner about this. Mr. Pear-
man replied:
"As you know Newberry is
one of the few cities in the
state which does not have a
modern street facility to and
through its business area. The
proposed Nance Street improve
ment project would go a long
way toward correcting traffic
deficiencies for traffic t hat
wanted to trade in the business
section.
"The proposed hy-pass of
Route 34 around the southern
and eastern section, if construct
ed, would provide through traf
fic with a much better way to
get around the city instead of
passing through existing narrow
streets.
"Our engineers feel that both
of these projects would greatly
improve traffic service for the
(Continued on page 4)
County citizens
have again expressed their
willingness to help those less
fortunate and particularly those
who are crippled and need fin
aneial assistance.
Phil Kelly, chairman of the
Newberry County Easter Sea!
Society, today announced that
a total of $1,712 has been real
ized from the contributions re
ceived for the Easter Seal mail
ing prior to Easter, and that
the law enforcement division o»
the county had sold 2.98. r ) BA<
buttons, the highest in the his
tory of Newberry County.
Two of the local law enforce
ment officers will he sineled
out for their becoming mem
hers of the 500 Club, which i:
made up of those officer' -
sell 500 or men' P V i.uttons
Newberry had two of the sev
en officers in the state ’
as having accompli'-' mis re
cord. Officers 1A i'uimer a r
T. L. Scase accomplished '
feat. Ender the capah' .rect-
tion of Chief Ray mimpert
and Sheriff Gee .-ihealy the
officers did a most remark:' 1
job this year in the sa.- of
BAG buttons.
Col. Jim Holcoml e was the
chairman of the Easter Sea'
mailing; assisted by Mrs. SaP
ly French. Mrs. L. G McCuA
lough, Mrs. Helen Smith, pres
idents of the three pre-school
groups.
Appreciation is expressed to
all the citizens of the county
who helped in the raising o'
this "over-the-top" project and
to those who helped in publicity
namely the press and radio
The Supreme Court has prat
ed a great deal about "free
dom" during the past ten to fif
teen years It has upheld the
'Continued on page 8i
the present McKibhen Street
whose property would be con
fiscated if this expressway were
put through.
"The third category of citi-
PEANNING BOARD ACTIVE — Shown
above are members of the Newberry
County Planning Board along with repre
sentatives of the State Development Board
and Farmers Home Administration dis
cussing plans for water and sewage in
Newberry county. Left to right, front
row, Walter McKinney, community serv
ice loan officer, FHA Columbia office:
Mike Donovan, community Planner, State
Development Board and planner in charge
of the studies being developed for the
county; Jim Keisler, planning draftsman
from the State Board; Jim Fogle, work
unit conservationist for this county; and
Roger Crouch of the local FHA office.
Standing are members of the county
board: Asbury Bedenbaugh, chairman,
Jack Raffield, Frank Senn, Gordon Clark
son, Ralph S. Boazman and Francis Setz-
ler. Absent when the picture was made
were board members Elmer Epting, Dr.
John Roche and Dr. H. J. Smith. (Sun-
photo) .