The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 14, 1970, Image 1
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BY THE WAY
By DORIS A. SANDERS
COTTON WEEK
May is a month of many ob
servances, among them National
Cotton Week. This is one which
perhaps doesn’t get a lot of
publicity, but in our area it
should.
Although cotton fields are but
few in this area, cotton still re
mains the hub of our economic
well-being in Newberry County,
for it provides employment for
many hundreds of our county
residents.
Too seldom do we pause to
remember about the importance
of cotton. Not only does it pro
vide employment, but the city
and county, the schools and all
residents benefit from taxes
paid by the Kendall Company,
Newberry Mills, Inc., the J. P.
Stevens Co., and the smaller
manufacturers of cotton pro
ducts.
National Cotton Week gives
us a good opportunity to express
our appreciation for these fine
industries which have been the
backbone of our economy for
many years You can support
this industry by buying cotton
goods at every opportunity, and
by looking for name brands pro
duced by our local manufactur
ers.
Support our local textile in
dustry—buy more cotton!
THE REASON
The bleeding hearts of the
left-wing news media are doing
their utmost to convince you
that the blame for the Kent
State killing of four students
rests upon “trigger-happy" Nat
ional Guardsmen who fired
without provocation.
If one looks far enough and
long enough, a few things come
to light, buried down in the
small print of an article in a
reasonably uncontrolled news
paper
First, there is good evidence
that there was sniper fire be
fore the Guardsmen fired. Even
without this, the Guardsmen had
every right to believe their lives
were in danger. The killings oc
curred when 16 of the Guards
men were maneuvered against
a building by about 300 agita
tors who were hurling rocks the
size of baseballs, chunks of
paving, railroad spikes, bricks,
bottles and spent tear-gas con
tainers
If you had no avenue of es
cape. if you were outnumbered
almost 2o to 1 by such a mob
of bums, surely you would take
whatever measures were neces-
sarv to defend yourself
It is my belief that tins situa
lion was just what the radical
campus groups were looking for
to start an incident, one which
would discredit the commanding
officer of the Ohio National
Guard Communists leave no
stone unturned to discredit those
who expose them for what they
are The Adjutant General in
charge of the Ohio Guard is
Major General Sylvester T. Del
Corso Two paragraphs in a
story in the National Observer
reveal the reason the commun
ists would be out “to get" Gen.
Del Corso:
“Not long ago, speaking to a
group in Cleveland, he (Del Cor
so) attacked the New Mobiliza
tion Committee to End the War
in Vietnam and the Students
for a Democratic Society as
•part of the international Com
munist conspiracy'.
‘ The SDS had been 'stopped
in Ohio’, General Del Corso said
because law enforcement agen
cies had pursued them. ‘These
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The Exchange Club’s Boy of the Year
and Girl of the Year received their awards
at the Exchange Club meeting last week.
From left are P. K. Fuller, project chair
man; Nancy Floyd, William Renwick and
Andrew Shealy, Exchange president.
(Sunphoto)
Gen. Pinckney comes to
National Guard defense
School office
establishes
‘Hot Line’
The following announcement
has been made by Ralph E.
Watkins, Jr, director of New
berry County Schools:
“The Newberry County Board
of Education and the school ad
ministration wish to do every
thing possible to have a smooth
school opening in the fall.
“Since we arc completing our
school desegregation program,
we realize there will be ques
tions b> parents concerning the
plans for next school year It
is our intention to answer ques
lions pertaining to our school
program as completely as pos
sible.
“In order to better serve our
parents we are establishing a
School Information Hot Line’.
Persons having questions are
requested to call 276-3249 giving
name, telephone number and
questions to the person answer
ing the phone between the hours
of 9 a m and 12 noon and
2 until 5 p m. Monday through
Friday. Questions will be ans
wered by a return telephone
call at the earliest possible
time.’’
LOCAL FORESTER
IS LICENSED
Eight foresters were approved
for registration and licensing re
cently by the S. C. State Board
of Registration for Foresters.
Among the eight was Clarence
Edmond Grove of Newberry.
Ihis brings to 411 the num
ber of foresters currently re
gistered and licensed to prac
tice forestry in South Carolina.
The following statement was
made last week by Major Gen
eral Frank D. Pinckney, The
Adjutant General of South Caro
lina:
The tragic events at Kent
State University have disturbed
many people. . myself includ
ed. I deeply regret that four
young students lost their lives,
and that others were seriously
hurt It is a terrible tragedy
when lives are lost in a disturb
ance of this sort. However, I
am not here to condemn or
eondone what happened at Kent
State I don't have all the
lads and neither does anyone
else at this stage.
1 am here because 1 am
frankly disturbed at the accus
ing finger of “guilt by associa
tion' that is being pointed at
every National Guardsman, and
I am concerned about the un
reasoned, emotional wave of
anti Guard sentiment this inci-
uent has created. I ask only
that you look at it in perspect
ive
Looking at it in perspective,
we can see that in the last 24
months, approximately 200,000
Guardsmen have been called
upon to maintain the peace or
restore order in American com
munities and on the nation’s
campuses. . and this is per
haps the most distasteful and
unpleasant duty that you can
assign to a National Guards
man.
Until this tragic incident at
Kent, Ohio, there hasn’t been
a smglc incident to blot the per
formance of these 200,000 men.
They have performed with great
restraint and good judgment in
the face of extreme provocation,
abuse. . and sometimes injury.
They have been the targets of
epithets, bricks, rocks, boards,
molotov cocktails and bullets.
Yet, significantly, for more than
two years not a single person
has suffered serious harm or
death as a result of any action
by Guardsmen in scores of cities
and towns around our nation.
Look at the Guard’s perform
ance in South Carolina during
this 24 month period: More than
9,800 Guardsmen have been
called upon in two dozen or so
incidents.
—We have been called upon
in Charleston to protect the
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Council backs
president on
Cambodia stand
City employees continue to
upgrade their efficiency in the
positions they hold by studying
at Technical Education Centers
and other places.
At Council meeting Tuesday
night, Mayor Clarence A Shealy
recognized achievements of six
such city employees in the Util
ity Department
Certificates were presented to
the following
II T Boozer, completion of
120 hours in live lint 1 mainte
nance by the S U Electric
Cooperative; Shealy Counts. 80
hours in Heliarc welding at
Piedmont TEC; Dawkins Den
nis. 12 hours in Water distri
bution at Greenville TEC; also
Mayes Derrick, electric metei
school at the Wilmington cam
pus of N. C. State University.
Doyle Gallman, 12 hours in wat
er/ distribution at Greenville
TEC; and C. E. Sims, Jr., 40
hours in live line maintenance
by S. C. Electric Cooperative.
In other action. Council ap
proved a bid of $24,282 from
Graves Electric Co. of Green
ville for street lights at Wise
Street Park.
Council approved sending a
telegram to President Nixon,
approving the President’s action
in Cambodia.
Council agreed to an arrange
ment leasing to the American
Legion Post of Newberry, 27
acres of land owned jointly by
the city and county The county
has already given the necessary
permission. The Legion Hut ha.>
been located on the property for
a number of years and some
improvements are being plan
ned.
Keitt Purcell presents a two-volume set of “Letters of
Michaelangelo’ to Mrs. B. A. Fretwell, chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Newberry-Saluda Regional
Library. Mr. Purcell has been a member of the Library
Board for the past six years, the last three serving as
chairman. The volumes were presented as a gift to the
library at the time he resigned.
(Sunphoto by Steve Armfield)