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THE SUN PAGE THREE SERVICES MONDAY FOR OSCAR W. LONG Oscar W. Long, 58, well known cotton merchant and fertilizer dealer of the city, died Saturday night at the local hospital after a short ill ness of pneumonia. Funeral ser vices were held at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon at the McSwain Funeral home on Main street conducted by the Rev. H. O. Chambers, assisted by the Rev. 0. A. Jeffcoat. Interment followed in New Chapel church ceme tery. Besides his widow, Mrs. Tochie Cobb Long, he is survived by two daughters and a son, Misses Margaret and Myrtle Long and Oscar Doyle Long; two sisters, Mrs. Joe McClin- tock of Riverside and Mrs. D. L. Hamm, Silverstreet; three brothers, Geo. W. Long, Greenville; John W. Long, Philadelphia, Pa., and Horace M. Long of Newberry. LANDOWNERS WILL VOTE FOR CONSERVATION DISTRICT ards, at Smith Mercantile Company; No. 7 Township, Chappells, Coleman and Scurrys; No. 8 Township, Silver- street schoolhouse, Hartford school- house; No. 9 Township, Prosperity town hall; No. 10 Township, Lit tle Mountain at Derrick’s store; No. 11 Township, Buber’s store; No. 12 Township, Pomaria at Lominick’s store. CATTLE LOUSE CONTROL EASILY DEMONSTRATED J. L. King, acting county agent, ■urges all Newberry county landown ers to vote in the referendum on the creation of the proposed Lower Salu da Soil Conservation district to be held Friday. December 16, from 9:00 a. m. to 3 p. m. Mr. King states that the present soil conservation work is carried on under an emergency or temporary basis and in order to assure a more permanent basis of continuing this much needed type of work it will be neessary to organize a Soil Conserva tion district composed of Saluda, Newberry and Greenwood counties. Since the Secretary of Agriculture has stated that in order to receive Federal aid and assistance it must be conducted through organized dis tricts he urges all land owners to avail themselves of this opportunity of expressing their wishes of whether or not they want to put conservation work on a more permanent basis. Following is a list of voting places in Newberry county: No. 1 Township, Newberry Court House; No. 2 Township, Mt. Bethel Germany schoolhouse; No. 3 Town ship, Reese’s store; No. 4 Township, Whitmire at M. E. Abram’s store; No. 5 Township, Jalapa at Jalapa Mercantile Co; No. 6 Township, Kin- Any farmer having a lousy cow or calf and a small quantity of cattle louse dust according to the formula of the Clemson Extensino Service can in a period of 48 hours or less be come thoroughly convinced that cat tle lice can be killed, says County Agent King. Lead the animal out in to strong sunlight and part the hair of the skin folds on parts usually in fested, and make a careful examina tion. If lice are present, apply the pow der from head to tail and dust into the coat by hand. Two days later again examine for lice in strong sun light. A marked reduction or com plete absence of lice may be attri buted to the powder for cattle lice don’t usually disappear of their own accord within a two-day period dur ing winter. With work scarce, incomes low, and taxes high, many couples are having to cut down on the size of their fam ilies in order to rhiakr ends meet— that’s swell if they can do it. How ever, if the situation does become too acute there is always government control as a last resort, you know.- Linn (Kan.) Record. A GOOD EDITOR A good editor is one who has nev er made a mistake; who never has offended anyone; who is always right; who can ride two horses at the same time he is stradling a fence with both ears to the ground; who always says the right thing at the right time; who always picks the righ horse as well as the right politician to win, who never has to apologize; who has no enemies, and who has worlds of pres tige with all classes, creeds, and races. There has never been a good editor.—Minnesota Press. You will want to Look Your Best For Christmas * Holidays Make Your Appointment Today! The season of parties and good times is just ahead. . Look your best with a modern Hair Dress from Newberry Beauty Shoppe. Make appointments now before the last minute rush. NEWBERRY BEAUTY SHOPPE 5 th Floor Exchange Bank Building PHONE 476 REMEMBER We Delight In GIFT WRAPPING Your Purchases No charge, of course. Stokes* DRUG STORE Solons Will Face Bills Of Importance By WILLIAM C. HERBERT in the News & Courier Columbia, Dec. 10.—South Carolina legislators, convening a month from today will advance several far-reach ing proposals, including one to use part nf the gasoline tax to meet growing demands on the public wel fare department and a drop in reve nue provoked by elimination of the five-mill property tax. The gasoline tax was a target for supervisors and other county offi cials who sought during the last sev eral years to have an additional cent diverted to counties for road pur poses. Counties receive one cent of the six-cent tax. Highway department officials told legislators last year the five cents was needed to meet the previously approved road program. Representative R. B. Cheatham, of Abbeville, expressing opposition to new taxes said “It looks now as if ihe gas tax will have to be divided with other expenses or a sales tax will have to be put on the public. Certainly no more direct tax on pro perty dan be levied.” Representative James H. McFad- din, of Clarendon county, while not mentioning the gasoline tax, said “A diversion of some existing tax” might be necessary to balance the budget. Representative W. W. Smoak, of Colleton county, said “I shall favor the state’s taking over all county roads and turning back tp the state all revenue derived from gasoline taxation.” Wants Local Option Regarding “the liquor question," Smoak said, “I would like to see a county local option bill enacted so that those counties not wishing to have legalized liquor may vote it out.” He proposed to push a measure to have the state assume the ninth month of state aid for schools “so that the counties will be relieved of practically all school costs.” Smoak has announced he would sponsor a bill to create state loan scholarships to institutions of higher learning. Representative Bryan Dorn, of Greenwood, said he would “fight for biennial sessions of the legislature, laws to encourage more industries to locate in the gta^e, Reorganization of the state government and stricter law enforcement.” Representative Robert C. Wasson, of Laurens, said he would introduce a bill to convert the rental textbook system into a free textbook system for the first seven grades of the pub lic schools, "I also expect to work for a change in the present liquor law,” he added. “The amount should certainly be limited. If some better plan cannot be worked out, then I shall advocate local option. I also favor increased safety measures concerning our high ways. “I also plan to introduce a measure requiring secrecy of the ballot in general elections, same as in the pri mary. “I favor cooperating with the fed eral government in securing federal aid for our public schools.” Representative J. W. Chadwick, of Saluda, said the teachers’ retirement proposal, advanced at the last ses sion, - would be among the measures to face lawmakers. “The liquor question,” he said, also would be present. Chadwick expressed hope the gen eral assembly would consider “exemp tion of all taxes from bona fide home steads up to a reasonable amount of assessed or real value. “Bach year sees thousands of dol lars of uncollected taxes added to the delinquent lists of previous years. The people just can’t meet these pay ments,” he stated. Representative J. N. Nathans, Jr., of Charleston, proposed to work for a bill requiring liability insurance on all motor vehicles. “I do not advocate necessarily large amount, only a nominal sum,” Nathans commented. In fairness to insurance companies, he daid, regular inspection of lights, brakes, and other safety facilities should be required. A new law re quires truck inspections at the pre sent time. He said he was considering intro duction of a bill to reduce by half the gasoline tax on uncollected bills of oil c n panics, referring to gasoline obtained t ; .-curtesy cards The Supreme Date on the World's Calendar Christmas is the supreme date onjtioi^ with soiRrcas of power unfa- the world’s calendar because it is the anniversary of the world’s su preme event. It is celebrated by more people, in more countries, and with more postive rejoicing, than is any other anniversary of any kind. Whatever view may be held of Christ’s credentials and authority it Is significant that even those who write against Him are forced to date their articles from His birth. Christmas is supreme because Christ is supreme. And to me the supremacy of Christmas consists in this—you dan not separate Jesus from God. The Christmas religion, as a religion—that is, as a basis and source not only of conduct, hut of all human hopes here and hereafter —is founded solidly on the Incarna tion. Take that away, and you have left—what? You have some beau tiful literature and an excellent plan of living, founded by a" man, who, barring his enormous conceit and his pathetic errors, but true nobility of character. The enemies of Christ ianity have always fought the In carnation because they know that the moment you separate Jesus from God, He becomes not only mortal, but vul nerable. He has lost His real strength; He is, in military parlance, sepiarated from His source of sup plies, But we can go further than that. If we cease to believe in the Incar nation, we have lost not only our Christian faith but religious faith of any kind. Christmas brought the Gospel, the good news—that is why it is the supreme birthday. What is the good news? It is the Supreme Power revealing Himself to man In a form man can understand. Now, if God did not manifest Himself in Jesus, where has He manifested Himself? If we lose our belief in the Incarnation, we have lost intelligent and rdasonable belief in a God of Love. It is absolutely unintelligent to believe that God is Love, and not to believe in the only clear and ra tional evidence of it. As that great scholar, Paul Moore, Says: if we do not believe in the Incarnation, there is no other channel open between God and man. A friend of mine, whom I highly respect, has recently lost his faith in the divine origin of the Gospels, for which I am sorry; but granting his loss of faith, I admire his logic. He is not afraid to accept the intellect ual consequences of his loss. He maintains that, as he can not be lieve in the Incarnation, it is clear that no communication of any kind has ever come from God to man— bene? >t is idle to practice any reli gious forms, such as prayer. Man must do the be^t he pan without any divine guidance. - Nothing seems to me more absurd more irrational, than for teachers of theology, pastors of churches, leaders of Christian thought, to attack the Incarnation as irrational, and then to proclaim the love of God and the immortality of the soul, for which their evidence is worse than insuffi cient. To my mind the real problem of theology is this—for it is what we all really want to know: Is God as good as Jesus Christ? My own chief theological problem is not, Was Christ divine? but, Is God like Jesus? Is He really as good as that? Because if anyone could prove to the satisfaction of every sane mind that God is as good as Je sus, then all our intellectual troubles all our doubts and fears, all our pro blems, would be solved. Now, Jesus is the only person in history who seems divine—that is, miliar and unknown to other good men. Compare any other admirable person with Him and His uniqueness stands out ever the more plainly. We have actulal reverence for the character of Abraham Lincoln but was there ever a man more wholly human? Leaving out all the person ages of what is called profane his tory, what shall we say of Moses, and David, and Elijah? They were ab solutely human. Place together be fore the eyes of the mind Jesus and Paul. _The difference is not in degree, it is in kind. Never was there a character more exclusively human than Paul. The supremacy of Christmas con sists in this; Jesus brought into the world divine intelligence. The apos tle John, who knew more real theo logy than any other writer then or since, said that man hath not seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, He who was in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him. The good news brought to mankind on the first Christmas Day is that the true nature of God is revealed in the character of Jesus Christ. How can we find out God?\ How can we be lieve that He is a God of Love?We can find Him and believe in Him only through the Person who is His re presentative. There is the Light shining in the darkness, and the winds of persecution, hatred, unbe lief, materalism and Indifference have never been able to extinguish it. Of all the millions of individuals who have appeared on this planet, the first place in the hearts of men is held by Jesus. No other has ever had a birthday celebration like His. Christmas is supreme because it is His birthday! SLAVE OF THE PRESS JUDGE BUSINESS BY ITS SCORE 130 million Americans receive more wages each year than the 550 million people who live in Europe. With 18 minutes of work, an Amer ican steel worker can earn food that an English steel worker must work 76 minutes to earn, and that a Bel gian must work 236 minutes to earn. The United States owns 178 radios for every 1,000 people, Germany has 108, Russia has 17, and Italy has only 2 radios for every 1,000 people. , America has enough automobiles to carry the entire 130 million pou- latjon at one time. Actually, Amer ica has one automobile for every 4 1-2 people, England has one automo bile for every 49 people, and Russia has one automobile for every 479 people. The average American wage is twice the average British wages, three times the German wage, and five times the Italian wage. And a dollar of the American wage will buy more and better conveniences than a dollar wil Ibuy in Europe. When the score is added up, it In dicates that the American Business men deserve a big hand!. MAGISTRATES REPORT As a newspaper man, in chains to the press for life, I have to read a great many periodicals. Daily pa pers, news magazines, literary pub lications, trade papers, religious weeklies and monthlies—these cease lessly claim my hours and thought. To little time is left for big books, and for leisurly converse with friends. Possibly what ails all of us is that we are too contemporary. We are “up to date” on too many things that will soon be out of date. We neglect the timeless themes and the wisdom that has survived the cen turies. Our forebears knew fewer facts than we know; but they also knew more about really vital themes. They got more wisdom from the Book than we get from all of our periodi cals.—William T. Ellis in the Detroit News. CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ON Cara Nome PREPARATIONS $3 value for $2.50 Cara Nome Powder .. $2.00 Cara Nome Perfume . 1.00 BOTH FOR $2.50 (In Gift Box) Come Soon if you want one Gilder & Weeks In magistrates’ courts of New berry County, 23 Cases were tried during November and fines collected totaling $300. A variety of cases were heard including two for reckless driv ing; one, improper lights; one, gamb ling; two, disorderly conduct; two, improper brakes; two, no driver’s license; one, drunk on highway; one, assault; three, drunkenness; one, speeding; two, driving while drunk; two, petit larcency; one, assault and battery; one, no car license; one, mis cellaneous. Ben F. Dawkins, local magistrate, turned over $221 in fines to Treasurer J. C. Brooks, reporting having heard 15 cases. J. G. Watts of the Whitmire area reviewed four cases in November and collected fines totaling $40. W. D. Hatton, Pomaria 1 magistrate, received a fine of *11 for one case. Old Si Chestnut says there’s no thing strange in the fact that a mo dem girl is a live wire. She carries practically no insulation. — Mack Cretcher in the Newton (Kan.) Jour nal. ORANGEBURG SELLS MANY HOGS Orangeburg, December 10.—Dur ing November 1756 hogs weighing 339,017 pounds were sold by 250 Orangeburg county shippers for which they received $24,986.07. “When the marketing association was o ganized”, says County Agent L. B. Massey, “we were hopeful that our hog sales might reach $100,000 per year. We have far exceeded our expectations, for during the period, December 1, 1937 through November 30, 1938, 2308 growers shipped 14,- 704 hogs for which they received , | $218,850.07, a substantial increase who seems to have been in connec- over last year.” Suggestions of Pretty Things We have received a new shipment of Novelty gifts in wood that are timely and ex tremely pretty. Handkerchiefs for Ladies and Men Give household gifts such as Towels, Embroidered Pillow Cases, Blankets, Bed Spreads, Bath Room Sets, Etc. 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