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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS COMMENTS I have received two com ments, both from attorneys, a- bout the column last week con cerning juvenile delinquents and the handling of the probation law in our circuit courts. The first comment was from Maxcy Stone, as follows: “You are going to be cited for con tempt of court”. The second comment was from James Verner who, it memory serves me correctly, is the newest member of the Newberry Bar. His letter was short and to the point, and I do not believe he will object to my publishing it, so here it is: “I am writing this letter in reference to your Editorial con cerning Judge Timmerman and the Circuit Court. In all fair ness to Judge Timmerman it should be pointed out that the Circuit Court should not be made responsible for dealing with questions of juvenile de linquency except in extreme cases. Juvenile delinquency should be a question of commu nity concern and dealt with through a Juvenile Court which would differ from our Circuit Court in a number of basic re spects and which would be pri marily concerned with the re habilitation of the child. At the present time the only action which Judge Timmerman can take, as far as the juvenile is concerned, is to have him con fined or placed on probation. Taking into consideration the present condition of the State Juvenile Correction Institutions and the Newberry County Pri son System, it would seem to me that Judge Timmerman has no other choice but to place juveniles on probation.” Let me say that I agree with James 100 percent that this county should have a juvenile court, possibly tied in with a domestic relations court. I know that our Resident Judge, Hono rable Francis Nicholson of Greenwood, is also much i- favor of this, and I believe he has been looking into the possi bilities and perhaps doing some groundwork in that direction. But even with the lack of such a jurisdiction, surely ways and means could be devised to make youngsters realize that criminal acts will bring punishment. I heard recently of a case which occurred in a nearby county. Three teen-agers, sons and daughters of well-to do fa milies, were caught in the act of stealing furniture from an uninhabited house. The man who was in charge of the house, and who caught the youngsters, felt that no useful purpose would be gained by preferring charges against them; they would simply be placed on pro bation, period. He agreed not to prefer charges provided they would “work out” a sentence, so they worked on his farm at times during the summer dig ging post holes for a fence. I realize that this was not a court-imposed sentence but it seems that the courts could come up with some device of this sort so that youngsters would know they aren’t going to get off scjt-free for the da mage they cause others. About the probation, how ever, I am really more con cerned with the placing on pro bation those who are old enough to know better, and commit dastardly crimes. A good case in point is one I wrote about several months ago, one of the (Continued on Page 6) Vol. 34—No. 52 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, April 15, 1971 $3 PER YEAR RECEIVE EAGLE AWARDS—Three members of Boy Scout Troop 1 were re cently awarded their Eagle Scout badges. They are from left, with parents standing at rear, Erwin Baker, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Baker, Michael Cousins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Cousins, and Mark Ren- wick, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Ren- wick. All three boys also have been award ed the Order of the Arrow for Scouting. Troop 1 is sponsored by the Newberry Ro tary Club. Warren Cousins is the Scout master. (Sunphoto) Council receives bids for filter plant City council sat in a lengthy session Tuesday night and co vered a variety of subjects, a number received as information and others being enacted into law. A preliminary report by Ha rold Wren of B. P. Barber and Associates of Columbia was made on bids opened Tuesday afternoon on a new water plant to be built on the Saluda Ri ver. Apparent low bid on the project was $2,081,156. The pro posed plant will furnish appro ximately 4 million gallons of finished water at the Saluda River pumping site, with ex panded capabilities of up to 16 millions gallons per day. Council also heard a request from the Town of Saluda ask ing that the city furnish be tween 450,000 to 1 million gal lons per day for that town. City Manager K. W. Riebe was au thorized to inform Saluda that would be available at comple tion of the new filter facility. Saluda would build a water line approximately 16 miles in length to the Newberry pumping sta tion. Terms as to the cost of water will be worked out through negotiations. Council amended the ordi nance for persons taking the master plumbers examination. In the past a waiting period of six months was required be fore the test could be taken if it was not passed the first time. The amendment requires a four month wait. A water problem in the base ment of Belk-Beard Store was brought to the attention of coun cil last month by W. D. Beard. City Manager Riebe told coun cil that engineers from Wilbur Smith and Associates had been in Newberry and made several tests to determine the source of the water, and also to see if the situation could be re medied. Engineers concluded there was no city water getting into the basement and that a spring was probably the source. Riebe said recommendation would be forthcoming from the engineers upon completion of their study. Reimbursement for a sewer line installed a number of years ago on Fair Avenue was again requested by W. F. Wells. De tails of an agreement made when the line was installed were not clear and the city has held up payment pending (Continued on Page 6) Civil Court to convene April 26 The April Term of Common Pleas Court will convene in the Newberry County Courthouse on April 26, 1971, at ten o’clock, A.M. with Judge George Bell Timmerman, Jr., of Batesburg, Presiding. The Jurors listed be low will report on Monday, April 26, 1971, at 9:30 A.M. Pauline W. Livingston, Na than D. Graham, Phillip M. Brooks, William H. Caldwell, James F. Gilfillan, Joe B. Rose, Jacob P. Hawkins, Ja cob L. Bowers, Heyward L. Suber, Edna H. Stuck, Ruth L. Davis, and George E. Johnson. Also George E. Nelson, Ralph C. Shealy, Sr., Mildred K. Hol liday, John Leonard Mack, Ruth O. Livingston, Robert W. Golden, Everett W. Boozer, Bobby E. Hill, Hattie H. Hogge, John B. Lindsay, II, Elton L. Richardson, and Dorothy W. Hawkins. Also Coy Jones, Jr., Jette F. Gregory, Clyde E. Minick, Ca rol T. Ballew, Mary R. Jere- mias, Linda H. Whitaker, Mar garet B. Wicker, Wade William Pitts, Larry A. Morris, Fran ces R. Hamm, Bennett L. A- mick, Emmie H. Beard, Cla rence H. Vaughn, David B. Parr, Jefferson Haskell Long, and Robert L. Bowers. Midget tryouts Any boy who is 10, 11, and 12 years of age as of Aug. 1, who has not tried out before for Midget Boys Baseball, is asked to be at the J. D. Rook Field, behind Boundary Street School, Mon. thru Thur. at 5:00 P.M. Each boy must be able to present a birth certificate, or other legal proof of date of birth. The end results of an incomplete for ward pass during a rain-hampered foot ball game at Newberry College last fall photographed by Paul Fesperman, College Photographer, gave the College’s student newspaper, “The Indian,” a first place award for the best picture in a contest sponsored by the South Carolina Collegiate Press Association. The SCCPA also gave “The Indian,” two other first place awards for the best pictorial feature and the t news story. The newspaper competed w other student publications from colie and universities in the state with an rollment under 2,000. The paper, edited Betsy Dunklin, Florence senior, during fall semester, also received an All-Am can Award from the Associated Collegi Press for overall superiority.