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r BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS ALL RIGHT, YOUTH- A rerder has brought to me an article written by John Ed Pearce, a member of the edit orial staff of The Courier-Jour nal in Louisville, Ky. I agree with him that this article is well worth reprinting here. Be cause of its length, it will be broken into installments. The first of these follows: All Right, Youth, Make Something Of It. By John Ed Pearce I have heard and read a great deal lately from you young peo ple about your disillusionment with your world, your society, my generation You complain that you have been dumped into a society of war, poverty, in justice and prejudice We have been so materialistic, you say, so intent on "making it" that we have forgotten the real val ues of life love, fairness, peace and brotherhood As a result of our greed and timid con formiu we have missed life, and in the process have left you a mess that can only be righted by destroying it and building better on the rubble 1 don't see it quite that way I offer no apologies for my gen eration 1 am proud of it, and of what we have built on the foundation left us I hope you will do as well You will if you will leaven your zeal with a little humor, your egotism with a little history, and ask why your insistence on universal love seems so often to express itself in hate for those who differ with you. The generations from which you inherit, including mine, have given you a basically sound world; imperfect, full of flaws springing from human imper fections, but strong, dynamic, and exciting Kor us, in many ways, these are indeed the best and worst of times But the worst is on the surface; the best is underneath, solid and end u ring It is strange that yours should be the most favored generation m history and yet the most seif-p.tying but a sense of self tragedy is common to the young. When ! was your age, I recall, we felt rather mrrv !<ir our- 1 elves, vietirm/.ed In depression. furecc 1 to fight w in ‘U w t • <ii(in t w ant to But if yon tiui ; i K ’ At’ \ Mi; it ‘ I'M; ingliK tho mvu n! \ Oi in; itenal [ H l>St ' mom id Mlu 1 U I! an f.i you n> till I.X Wo w. bon i: the a! tun noth or it ;1 ' gl' at « Oil tint glow up in hi' HOIW great uat d t j > r o' s i o n MI i (i g ■ at iua tub m tm no to fight m an ; at ' i s 11 e s t W: a r Gutting oi i. i H W <' h ■ < • i (Mi < 1 thing uppurnao ' (. i : r , j '■.IT' lg.il si we wank ■q hotter t i if i * o r < •! V« - and tar Oil \\ U gt g i i Ynl 1 .peak oi [H,\ urt> i ait We ha\ v known a ; 1 i Hi not . jUo t from visit > to Mi so is.' ,ipp i or H; arlem Wr ! "umember Wli 11. * n tht fear af hunger hung he, av\ m every home We rememt >er tlu • eves of the homeless, the defeated faces m the breadlines, the soup kitchens, the Okies, the shuff ling beggars m the streets, the endless parade of tramps at the back door begging for work or food; men with embarrassed eyes, men once .able and self sufficient whose hunger h a d eaten awa> their pride We re member the winter deaths m the slum:' and sharecroppers' shacks and mountain hollows, deaths from cold and hunger that left infant bodies too weak io stave off disease You are angered, as \ou (Continued on Page 6) Vol. 33—No. 32. Newberry', S. C. 29108, Thursday, November 27, 1969 $3 PER YEAR LET US BE GRATEFUL for the many freedoms we so proudly enjoy in this country today Let us be thankful to God for our good health and happiness. The Sun Family Special term of Court is Hon William L Rhodes, Jr., presiding at the current term o! Court of (ieneral Sessions m the county, ordered today that the term of Common Pleas Civil' (Yurt set for next week be canceled and m its place, a special term of Criminal l oil! t be held riic ermunai docket is unus ually heavy tln> term with some ten homicide eases to be con- .alert'd BoeauMv of trie Thanks giving holiday, only three days are available to the Court this week for processing the eases The noxt regular term of Cen- cial Sossions court is not sche doled until March 1 ( .»70. The following is the Order is sued Monday by Judge Rhodes Pursuant to the authority contained in Section lfj-302 of the 1%2 ('ode of Laws of the State of South Carolina the under signed, as Presiding Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit, after determining that the public in terest requires the holding of a special session of the Court of General Sessions for New berry County, and, it further appearing that the calendar of civil cases for Newberry County is such that it is unnecessary to hold the term of Common Picas Couri sot by statute for the week commencing Decem ber 1, 1%9; therefore, IT is hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed that the Court of Common Pleas for Newberry ordered County set by statute to com mence on December 1, 1969 is hereby cancelled; IT is further ordered, adjud ged and decreed that a special term of the Court of General Sessions for Newberry County will be held, to commence on December 1. 1969, and to con tinue for ! lie remainder of said week and IT i - iurther ordered, adjud ged and decreed that the jury venire already summoned to at tend the proposed term of the Court of Common Pleas for Newberry County on December 1 1969 shall be used at the hereinabove mentioned special term of the Court of General Sessions, and IT is fun her ordered, adjud ged and decreed that the Clerk of Court for Newberry County is hereby authorized and dir ected to give written notice of this Order to all members of the Bar of Newberry County, the Solicitor of the 8th Judicial Circuit, and any other interest ed attorneys whose names may appear of record as having bus iness before the Court of Gen eral Sessions for Newberry coun ty. and to all others to whom notice would be proper; and, IT is further ordered, adjud ged and decreed that the Clerk of Court for Newberry County shall have this Order published in a local newt- oaper at the earliest practicable moment. Enter pleas of not guilty The November term of Gen eral Sessions Court, which open ed Monday, promises to be a busy one. There are 54 cases on the docket, including five indict ments for murder. Presiding Judge William L Rhodes, of Hampton, ordered a special term of criminal court begin ning next Monday to help clear the docket The regular session will end Wednesday (today) for Thanksgiving. The judge said jurors drawn to serve the November term of civil court would be required to report to the courthouse next Monday to serve during crimi nal court. Civil Court was can celled. Four of the six people charg ed in five murder indictments were arraigned Monday, and pleaded not guilty. They were: Rosa Bell Glenn, charged in the Sept. 14 shooting death of Foster Hall; Floyd Sims, charg ed in the Sept. 1 shooting of Olin Lake; Joyce Pitts, charg ed in the Oct. 18 shooting of her husband, Vernon Pitts; and J W Kennedy, charged with the Oct 12 shooting of his broth er, Willie Frank Kennedy. Kennedy’s trial was continued to next week. The other two men facing murder charges are George Fpps, Jr and Willie Epps, charged in connection with the fatal shooting of J. B. Corder. The docket also includes in dictments against several youth charged with attempting to burn buildings, and manufacturing and possession of objects to cause fire. Guilty pleas and sentences during Monday's session: Mrs. Jeter Young dies Monday Mrs. Gladys Frick Young, 58, of 1508 Evans Street, died Mon day. A native of Little Mountain, she was a daughter of Eula Boland Frick and the late Dav id (). Frick. She was a regist ered nurse, member of the RNA and the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Surviving also are her hus band, Jeter W. Young; two sons, Don W. Young of Simp- sonville and D. Larry Young of Greensboro, N. C.; two sis ters, Mrs. J. C. Lindler of Chap in and Mrs. Tom Halfacre of Newberry; three brothers, OB. Frick of Statesville, N. C., Car- roll E. Frick of Little Moun tain and H. E. Frick of Green ville; and three grandchildren. Non-support — Eddie Cudd, one year and $1,500, suspended, and probation five years on payment of $20 every week for support of four children; and John Earl Long, one year and $1,500 suspended and probation five years on payment of $18 per week for support of four children. Driving under the influence of intoxicants — Willie Louis Cope land, one year 0 r $1,000, sus pended to three months or $300 and one year probation; and Johnnie Caldwell, one year or $1,000, suspended to 3 months or $300, and one year proba tion. Jesse Frank Longshore plead ed nolo contendere (no contest) to driving under tr.e influence of intoxicants. He was sentenc ed to one year or $1,000, sus pended to three months or $300, and one year probation. Dr. Neil E. Truesdell was guest speaker for the Ex change Club’s observance of “One Nation Under God” Month at the club’s meeting last Tuesday. He is shown with Club President Andrew Shealy, left, and program chairman, Donnie Layton, right. During the Month’s ob servance, talks on the subject were made at Newberry and Whitmire High Schools by Exchange Club Chaplain Harry E. Moose. (Sunphoto)