The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, September 25, 1969, Image 1
Yol. 33—No. 23.
Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, September 25, 1969
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“GETTING TO KNOW YOU ...” at the Club. Talking over tea were, from left:
tea tor new women staff members and Mrs. Gordon Henry, Mrs. Niekl Gordon,
wives of new faculty members at New- Mrs. Myrtle Speake, Mrs. A. G. I). Wiles,
berry College last week began the year’s and Mrs. James Hill,
activities for the college’s Faculty Wives
County property values show
$1.4 million increase in 1969
BY THE WAY
By DORIS A. SANDFRS
A SHAME
Even those who do not like,
or who do not agree with Strom
Thurmond's political philosophy,
agree that it is a shame that
a public official should be made
the target of an attempted
smear over what was purely a
legal business transaction of
the kird that occurs every day.
It is safe to assume that
since Sen Thurmond played a
large role in the election of
President Nixon-and probably
even before, the left-wing lib
erals have been feverishly in
vestigating to find something to
try to pin on the Senator to dis
credit him. They have been, and
still are, entirely unsuccessful.
I've had some dealings over
the past 20 years with the State
Highway Department and its
condemnation procedures and I
would believe that it wouldn't
be necessary to go outside of
this county to find exactly the
same situation in which Sen
Thurmond and Judge Simons
are involved
When property is being con
demned for a highway, the
Highway Department sends sev
eral appro e m evaluate the
propertw then decides on a
price to offer the landowner In
a great many instances the
landowner feels the price is un
fair and refuses to accept the
figure offered The property will
be taken anyway, under the law
ef eminent domain, but it is
the landowner's privilege to ap
peal to the Courts if he feels
the price offered is not suffi
cient
As I said, this happens pro
bably every week in the year
what with all the highways that
are being constructed in this
state Frequently the landown
er and the Department will
agree to a higher figure, thus
avoiding the expense of a court
battle and probably saving the
taxpayers money in the long-
run
This is what happened m the
case of Thurmond and Simons,
They had purchased the land
apparentl) for investment pur
poses They were what the law
terms "unwilling sellers" They
wished to save their property
for future industrial develop
ment The law does not give
them this right, but it goe> give
them the right to seek just
< ompensation'
Many feel that this smear was
aimed not onlv at Thurmond as
a Senator and right h; d man
m the Hremdent but at Judge
Minnns w 11’ is being talked as
t ’'in pi - uoreed J U(b:e
i a at HavnsuoJth on the 4th
! ill! Court of Appeals lb the
. a 11 ov or gets around to
mifirmmg Judge lluyn>w.orth
r the Supreme Court
strom Thurmond is a per-on
a ho oae. adequatelv defend him
elf. but juM m the even! there
mav be aigv himering doubt as
to this tian.-mction, you can rest
assured that w hat he and Judge
Simons did was perfectU legal,
lias been a matter of public
record since the time of the
transaction, and is nothing for
which either of them Ciould be
objected to the kind of at-
t ick thrust upon them b_v a
magazine of doubtful reputation
WHAT RIGHT?
<)ne wonders just what right
Ted Kennedy has to question
the ethical standards" of the
nominee to the C. S. Supreme
Court, Judge Clement Hayns-
w orth
It is an insult to the Judge
and to all South Carolinians
that this man, who at the mom
ent has such a cloud over his
reputation, can undertake to try
Value
of r eal property
in
Newberry County m 1969
has
meivast
■d by almost 1 5 million
dollars
over 1968. according to
figures
compiled m the <
iffice
(if the
Newberry County .
Audi-
tor and
released today
This
is the first year
that
taxes 1
wive been charged
und-
er the
new property valua
tions
determined under a tax
re-
assess!!
lent program which
i has
been ill
uierway the past se
v eral
> ears
Although tile value n! re.
d es-
late 111
Tax District No 1
. the
City of
.Now berry deei east
d by
■- 011; e $64,000. till' illi Teast
ill
other u
istnets brought the
o\ ft
oil me
lease throughout
t h e
county
to si. HI.790. aeco
ruing
to Mr
11 if
Jeanette liamn.
Audi ■
r b m!
property in ti.e ci
i U! i t \
tor 190
9 was valued at si
.dee
.5.iii an
leased from $0.323.1
To ni
1968 1
’ersonai property, wimh
increased by over S'.fn.iihu m the
city, dropped county wide from
a total of $7.73!J)H) m ITT to
s7.rdfl.7to m 1%T a decrease of
$113,170
The Auditor's records f o r
ITT showed total taxes charged
on real and personal property
to be $843,340 20; poll taxes,
$o,334 for a total tax in ITT
of $848,674.20
In 1969. the tax bill to county
residents will be. for real and
and discredit a man of the char
acter and integrity as the nom
inee to the Supreme Court
Let's have Ted clean his own
dirty linen before he stains the
reputation of others.
personal property. $1,061,516 01,
poll taxes, $5,449 for a total of
$1,066,965,01. Poll taxes increas
ed this year by $115.
The total value of real and
personal property m the county
for 1969 is $15,384,290, against
$14,055,670 for 1968.
The overall increase in valua
Don for 1969 is $1,328,620 and
die increase m taxes due to in
creased valuation and hiking of
the tax levy from 60 to 69 mills
is $218,290 81
The tax levy for 1969 was m-
reased by the County Board of
Education and by the County
Board of Commissioners, with
d.e entire nine-mill increase go
a:, for operation of schools.
The Education Board has the
authority to add four mills to
the iovy without approval of the
Commissioners It had request
ed .ui additional seven mills,
but was granted only five addi
tional mills by the Commission
ers
Subsequent to the setting of
the levy, the county treasurer,
J Kay Dawkins, determined
that one mill which had been
levied to retire county bonds
would not be needed this year.
This extra mill was also turned
over to the school board to be
used for school purposes
Tax notices will go out late
this month and will be payable
beginning October Is-.
Miss Lucy Senn has returned
to her home on Glenn St. af
ter having spent the summer
months at her home at Mon
treat in the mountains of North
Carolina.
Gallman High
students are
suspended
Some 75 students of Gallman
High school have been suspend-
mi after they defied a school
board order to attend classes
Monday or face automatic sus
pension
Kalph Watkins, county school
uipermtendent. said 446 students
appeared at the school Tuesday,
but only those 370 who had at
tended classes Monday were per
mitted m classrooms
Watkins said the suspended
-.indents are now arranging con
ferences with their parents and
the school principal to determine
if they will be allowed to attend
the school.
Watkins said that some stu
dents failed to register for class
when the school was opened on
August 29 and the exact enroll
ment is not known. He said some
575 students are expected to be
attending and that the enroll
ment is about 100 short of that
total.
The county board of educa
tion issued a stern warning last
week to students boycotting the
classes at Gallman that no fur
ther disruption of the orderly
operation of the school would
be tolerated. The board said
that all students failing to at
tend classes Monday would be
suspended and not re-admitted
except for “good reason”.
Drayton Street
school to
remain closed
The Newberry County Board
of Education reaffirmed at its
meeting Tuesday night its earl
ier decision to close Drayton St.
Elementary School.
A group of 10 Negro parents
asked the board to re-open the
school. The Rev. David Carter,
spokesman for the group, said
the parents feel sixth grade
children attending the s a m e
school as 12th graders is “im
moral’'.
The Board transferred stu
dents in grades six-eight to the
Gallman building after closing
Drayton this year Gallman now
includes grades six through 12
The board voted unanimously
to advise the group that the
school will remain closed.
A student boycott at Gallman
was started Aug. 29 because of
alleged overcrowded conditions
due to the addition of the extra
grades.
School director Ralph Wat
kins said that those students
who were suspended must bring
their parents to meet with the
principal and must agree to at
tend school regularly and "con
duct themselves in an orderly
manner” before they will be
re-admitted to school
Parents of suspended students
are notified that “any further
disturbance caused by the child
during the school year will re
sult in his indefinite suspension”.
The Rev. E. E. Gaulden, Neg
ro member of the board, request
ed the appointment of a Negro
member to the area advisory-
board The board named Dr.
J. E. Grant to this post Gauld
en said the school advisory-
boards do not have any Negro
members. The board agreed to
consider appointment of addi
tional Negro members to other
advisory boards throughout the
county m the near future.
The board set Nov. 18 as
the date for a referendum to
decide a school bond issue. A
school construction plan is be
ing prepared and the amount
of the proposed bond issue will
be determined later.
Dr. Harry Clark, a specialist
in school building construction
at the Emversity of South Car
olina. was approved as a con
sultant to the board for a maxi
mum of 20 days at $75 per day.
UNITED FUND
CAMPAIGN
STARTS OCT. 20
Chai man Jack Raffield an
nounced today the definite dates
for Newberry County’s 1969-70
United Fund Campaign. The
drive will begin officially Oct
ober 20 with a tentative com
pletion date set for November 1.
“We are hopeful we will be
able to complete our solicita
tion in the allotted two weeks
and surpass our goal of $37,000”,
Mr. Raffield said. “Plans have
been made to give everyone an
opportunity to share in our ‘one-
gift program this year and we
are most optimistic that New-
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