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PAGE POUR THE SUN FRIDAY. APRIL 1. 1938 QIfy? $tm 1218 College Street Newberry, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher One Year $1.00 Published Every Friday Communications of Interest are in vited. The Open Forum is open to all. Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937, at the post office at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. FIVE PERCENT FOOTS THE BILL Secretary Morgenthau announced recently that last year 2,888,890 American citizens paid federal taxes on their 1936 incomes. That is 821,264 more than the number who in 1966 paid taxes on their 1935 incomes. .It is, in fact, the largest number of federal income-tax payers the coun try has boasted since 4,489,698 tax able returns were filed on 1924 in comes. Shortly after taxes were paid on the 1924 incomes congress increased exemptions to $1,500 for single per sona and $3,500 for married couples. The number of taxpayers dropped to about 2,500,000—and remained almost stationary thru the prosper ous late 20’s. Then came the de pression. and with those liberal ex emptions the number of federal in come-tax payers fell to about 1,- 600,000 in 1931. Whereupon con gress reinstated the old 1924 exemp tions—$1,000 for single persons and $2,500 for married couples—and since then the number of taxpayers has increased. Assuming that last year’s high to tal of returns included the usual ra tio of joint returns for husband and wife, the 2,888,990 returns repre sented the income-tax payments of a country where more than 75,000,- 000 adults live. Thus federal in come taxes are paid by less than five percent of Americans of voting age. Two conclusions occur after read ing the foregoing figures: First, with 95 per cent of Ameri can voters exempt from the only type of federal tax which is direct and visible and proportioned to a- bility to pay it, it is small wonder that demands to spend more and more government money meet with such little pcjpular resistance; se cond, the new deal is making million aires almost as fast as it is making paupers! What does the forgotten man think of that? HOUSING THE FARMER Low cost houses, barns and other buildings made from pre-fabricated steel have become a reality for American farmer. Samples of com plete farm buildings have already been erected. For less than $2,200, including la bor costs in assembling, the follow ing can be bought and erected House 20 x 40 feet, barn 20 x 32 feet, poultry house 12 x 12 feet and smoke house or utility house 8 x 12 feet. The house has three bedrooms, living room and a combined kitchen and dining room and space for bath. Development of such buildings of steel affords a splendid example of American industry’s constant strides to provide better and better things at less cost. And who can tell but what these sample steel houses may presage a new giant industry. Mean while, it is destined to make avail able safe Tire-proof buildings for farms and hoems located in forests and woods. It too may play a part in helping conserve and build up our depleted timber supplies upon which house building now depends so heav ily for lumber. S PECTATOR Citizen, this is the year to choose a Governor, a United States Senator, your legislators. Give some thought this. It is foolish to vote for am an who does not stand for economy and expect him to blossom out as an e- conomist here in Columbia; it is equally foolish to elect men to the Legislature who will strangle our business. I hope the workers in our cotton mills will give some thought to what the politicians have done in passing the 40-hour bill. The wage-earner’s income has been kept down. If that’s what your “friends” do, you would be far better off in the hands of your enemies. One thing would be worthwhile in this campaign. I should likp to see the mill-workers vote like indepen dent men and not as a mass. We have some fine men in oun mills and rate as well as anybody else; the politicians are trying to play them for suckers. I have no axe to grind and am interested in this as a public question. “DRIVE SAFELY” CRUSADE A few years ago the daily news papers of the State joined in an ef fort to stem the growing number of accidents on roads. A series of page advertisements were run over a period of several weeks after which a check up was made. The check re vealed that the publicity or propa ganda for safe driving was most ef fective. The number of accidents dropped sharply and no doubt many a fast driver was “cured perman ently by this well planned advertis ing. From the “Drive Safely” crusade beginning Friday of this week and sponsored by the Pure Oil distri butors over the State worthwhile results may be expected. According to an official of the company tbe aim of the drive is “to get motorists to thinking about safety.” That is a large dose for if motorists were “safety-conscious there would be few accidents. How ever the effort is fine and the com pany should be commended and giv en whole-hearted cooperation. From the advertising it will at once be seen that they are out to save life and not to sell gasoline and this is wise. The problem is far too serious to be traded upon and we are con vinced the company is honestly en deavoring to bring about safer driv ing practices. If as a result some thing tangible comes to them it is no more than their desert. Read the article appearing else where in this issue, also the adver tisement and lend a hand toward furthering thi s cause. If the cam paign saves the life of one child in the whole state it will be well worth while, and we believe it reasonable to anticipate that not one but many lives will be saved. The campaign has been well and thoroughly planned and like the cam paign a few years ago it seeks to point out the reasonableness as well as the profitableness of careful driv ing. If drivers can be brought to “think about safety” many heart aches and much distress will be al leviated. So the poor farmer is not to be pensioned! Poor fellow! Why should iie not be pensioned? Of all the toil ers, he toils most usefally for so ciety. No other worker in the vine yard labors so steadily and so stead fastly as he. And he gets so little for hi s work, his privations and his con tribution to humanity. Tis a pity, surely. Why, now, do we purpose to pen sion the teachers and not the far mers? Can it be that the recent parade of dresses, suits and coats has gone to the head of the House? Of course the old, bewhiskered tiller of the soil can’t compete in looks with the teachers, that is, with the lady-teachers; but b’gosh, I believe the old horny-handed son of toil is as handsome as the common run of men teachers. Why, by the way, don’t we pension the physicians? Do you know of any calling so “wearing” as “medi cine”? No, you do not. The “doc tor” has no Sunday and no holiday; no regularity of sleep or recreation; no certainty as to meals; no time for little social visits. We wear him out and pay him little. Shall we pension the physicians? No; the "docs” are not organized as a politi cal unit. Unless they can “prescribe” a pension they won’t get it. And the bretheren of the press? Why not pension them? Do you know anybody so sacrificial in ser vice as ye country editor? They wear themselves out trying to make other people famous. Because of their devoted labors all of us ordin ary mortals are published to the world as “distinguished citizens,” “successful business men” and “pub lic-spirited men.” The editor ex hausts himself listening to the splen did achievements of others, as told in strict confidence, followed by a careful perusal of the next issue of the paper to see if its all there. I do not suggest that legislators be pensioned, though they devote nearly all their time to the sessions. But the teachers! Why, now! Are n’t the lawyers sharp enough to get pensions for the bar? Why not? They are officers of the court—and they talk about pensioning the courts. TAX NOTICE The tax books will be opened for the collection of 1937 taxes on and after October 4, 1937. The following is the general levy for all except special purposes; Mills State 5 Ordinary County 11^4 Bonds and Notes 7 Interest on Bonds and Notes.. 8<4 Roads and Bridges 2 Hospital % Con. School 3 County School 4V4 County Board Education % 42 The following are the authorized special levies for the various school districts of the county: No. District Mills 1 Newberry 17 2 Mt. Bethel-Garmany 4 3 Maybinton 2 4 Long Lane 8 5 McCullough 6 6 Cromer 0 8 Reagin 8 9 Deadfall 8 10 Utopia 8 11 Hartford ' 0 12 Johnstone 8 13 Stony Hill 5 14 Prosperity IB 16 O’Neall 8 18 Fairview 4 19 Midway 4 21 Central ; 4 22 St. Phillips 8 23 Rutherford 4 24 Broad River 4 25 New Hope-Zion 4 26 Pomaria 12 27 Red Knoll 6 28 Helena 4 29 Mt. Pleasant 8 SO Little Mountain 12V4 31 Wheeland 3 32 Union 4 S3 Jolly Street 8 34 St. Pauls 0 35 Peak 4 37 Mudlic 6 38 Vaughnville 8 39 Chappells ;.. $ 40 Old Town 8 41 Dominick 8 42 Reederville 15 Vi Bush River 10 Vi 44 Smyrna lOVi 46 Trinity .' 8 46 Burton / 8 47 Tranwood 10 Vi 18 Jalapa 8 President Roosevelt is a very ver satile man of talent. It grieves me to find out that he is sot so brilliant as I had thought. Here is the Story: Causually glancing through the President’s article in the Columbia Record (arti cle No. 1, March 23, page one, para graph 3) I find the following: “There are certain restraining fea tures which must be taken into con sideration by the legislature and gov ernor of a State in formulating a program of social legislation. Re strictions cannot be placed upon busi ness and industry and finance in any single State which will place them at an undue disadvantage with competing business and industry and finance in neighboring States.” Now we kow better than that in South Carolina and have passed a law limiting work in cotton mills to 40 hours a week, notwithstanding all other States have longer hours, our neighbors having much longer hours. So, don’t you see how much smarter we are than the President! After all, though he was governor of New York State, which some of our public men think is' much poorer and small er than our great and rich State. The Farmers and Taxpayers League made a campaign in 1932 that virtually overthrew the old high-spenders of the Legislature. In 1933 the Legislature cut the Appro priation bill four and a half million dollars. There are signs that pre parations are under way for a simi lar drive this summer. Information is being sifted. MRS. G. R. HIPP DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER MOTHER OF JUDGE OXNER DIES AT KINARD Mrs. Mary Jane Oxner, 73, wife of M- W. Oxner of Kinards, died at her home at 2:20 Sunday morning following a critical illness of several days. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from her late home at 4 o’clock, conducted by her pastor the Rev. E. S. Jones. Interment was in the Kinard Methodist church ceme tery. Surviving are five sons, Judge G. Dewey Oxner, Greenville; J. Car lisle Oxner, Columbia attorney; L. G. Oxner, and M. W. Oxner, Jr., all of Kinards; one daughter, Mrs. Pow er W. Bethea of Greenville; one sis ter, Mrs. W. J. Branlett of Asheville, N. C. Three grandchildren also survive. ABRAMS SCORES MAGAZINE Columbia, March 23.—Senator M. E. Abrams, a member of the joint committee which investigated the handling of cotton under the 12-cent government loan, told the senate to day that “a scurrilious attack on the honesty and integrity of members of thi 8 body” was carried in the March issue of the American cotton grower, official organ of the American Cotton Cooperation association. 49 Kinards 2 50 Tabernacle 8 51 Trilby 4 52 Whitmire 12 53 Mollohon 4 54 Betheden 8 55 Fork 8 57 Belfast 6 68 Silverstreet 12 59 Pressley 4 60 St. Johns 4 The following pelalties will be in effect after December 31, 1937: January, 1 per cent February, 2 per cent March, 3 per cent. April, 7 per cent. You are requested to call for your taxes by school districts in which property is located. The Treasurer is not responsible for unpaid taxes not called for by districts. Those who had their dogs vacci nated for rabies durirg the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, by one authorized by law, and expect to be exempted from dog tax will please bring their certificates of vaccination when appearing to pay taxes. J. C. BROOKS, Treasurer Newberry County For Sale We own and offer, subject to prior sale and confirmation, the building known as Old Commercial Bank Building 1204 E. Caldwell Street NEWBERRY, S. C. ATTRACTIVE PRICE We Invite your inquiries Socamat Bank Corporation C. C. Hutto, Representative PERFECT DIAMONDS Need Not Be Expensive! ■:0rs\ xTt jhP-J Mrs. Mattie Elizabeth Boozer Hipp, 63, widow of G. R. Hipp, died Thursday at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. F. O. Fulmer, at Mollohon mill after a long illness. Mrs. Hipp was bom and reared in the St. Luke’s section but the major part of her life was spent in Saluda county. She was a member of Beth any Methodist church in Saluda county. Surviving are seven sons and three daughters, R. L. Hipp and W. A. Hipp, Saluda county; J. W. Hipp, Richburg; R. W. Hipp, G. M. Hipp, and N. M. Hipp, Newberry county; A. G. Hipp, Winnsboro; Mrs. J. L. Koon, Mrs. J. L. Mills and Mrs. Fulmer of Newberry; two sisters, Mrs. W. B. Garrett, Fountain Inn; Mrs. J. O. Hipp, Newberry; one half- sister, Mrs. A. C. Hunter, Newberry: two half-brothers, C. C. Boozer and J. W. Boozer, Newberry, and 37 grandchildren. Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon at 3:30 at Epting Me morial church. _ / ■ I / This Superb New BliUE RIVER P&Uect DIAMOND BRIDAL SET 6-Diamond Ensemble in yellow and white, or all white gold. Priced exceptionally low for per fect Blue River quality! (Easy Weekly Terms) W. E. TURNER JEWELER BLUE RIVER Means The Diamond Is PERFECT* •nevm funrtrtrt kr X. C. utf t. C. Rule Pstrefe An CmdRm Me** Cfc*. IJpiti tfie PuM-Pep DRIVE SAFELY CRUSADE ,c— 17 in ou» . «2S0.00 1st JioO.OO £££ • V.O.O^VOO-^, 1938. ,111 bj D«- •qj*. 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