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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 29, 1939
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Newberry, S. C.
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Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937, at
the post office at Newberry, South Carolina, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
WE DON’T WANT WAR
On the burning question of the
day, whether Congress should repeal
the Neutrality Act or not, or amend
it to conform to the President’s de
sires, public opinion is sharply div
ided.
So far as we have been able to es
timate the facts, the one thing on
which the American people, almost
without exception, are united, is a
deep and sincere desire not to be
drawn into the European war—or any
war.
We are hearing and shall hear
more arguments and debate on the
question whether the proposed
changes or repeal of the Neutrality
Act will or will not bring us closer
to war. There is no living man who
can answer that question with cer
tainty. Only the event can decide.
The answer may come in a few
months or in a year or two. We will
either be in the war or safely clear
of it.
There is no doubt whatever that
the vast majority of Americans are
sympathetic with the British and
French and Polish and bitterly an
tagonistic to Hitler. Whether the de
sire to see Hitler defeated and Hit
lerism and all it stands for wiped
off the face of the earth will become
so overpowering as to swing Ameri
can sentiment toward taking an ac
tive part in the war is another ques
tion to which no one today can give
a true answer.
Certainly, if acts of the dictator
nations infringe violently upon the
rights and liberties of America as a
nation, it would be hard to stem the
urge to fight for the freedom for
which we have fought before. But if
this country should e' 3r go to war, it
will this time be within a firm deter
mination to make the peace that will
follow victory a far more just and en
during one than was the peace nego
tiated at Versailles. The seeds of
the present war were sown by the
terms imposed upon the vanquished
nations in the peace treaty.
America would never stand for an
other victory of that sort.
A PICTURE OF PROGRESS
The manner in which a great Am
erican industry can advance in spite
of hard times and bestow added bene
fits on all was graphically indicated
recently in the picture of the automo
bile industry presented by the head
of one of the larger companies.
The report showed that, in the
course of the decade of depression we
have just passed through, the aver
age net manufacture’s profit for each
passenger car has been gradually re
duced to a point where it is consider
ably less than one-third of the pre-
depresison average profit. At the
same time, hourly wage scales were
rising—in the case of the company
making the report, from 70 to 98.5
cents; and real wages had increased
materially, resulting in an ability on
the part of the average worker’s fam
ily to buy more of the necessities
and comforts of life. Meanwhile, of
course, no observer should leave out
of account the fact that the customer
receives today a far more efficient, a
far better looking, and a far safer
car than he could get in 1929, and he
gets it for about one-third less mo
ney.
And these facts about one great
American industry constitute ,as the
New York Times well comments, “a
shining example of what is done un
der the American way of free enter
prise.”
A BIG JOB WELL DONE
NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING
We, the undersigned Jury Com
missioners, of Newberry County, S.
C,. shall on the 5th day of October,
1939, at 9 o’clock A. M., openly and
publicly, in the Clerk of Court’s of
fice, draw thirty-six names to serve
as petit jurors, for the court of gen
eral sessions, which will convene in
Newberry County Court House, on
October 16th, 1939, at 10 o’clock A.
M.,
H. K. BOYD, Clerk of Court
P. N. ABRAMS, Auditor
R. B. BLACK, Treasurer
September 23, 1939
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One of the biggest transportation
jobs of the year must be accomplish
ed each August. At that time the
great wheat crop comes in, and must
be hauled swiftly, safely, and econom
ically to market.
Some years ago the movement of
this crop was often accompanied by
serious delays, as the result of car
shortages apd traffic congestion. But
those days are long past—due to the
progressiveness of the railroad indus
try. This year, as in all recent years,
the wheat was taken to market with
out car sihortage, delay or difficulties
of any kind. And that was accom
plished even though the volume hand
led by some of the important south
western markets exceeded all previous
records.
What this superb transportation
means to the Wheat farmer is obvious
—it means more money in his pocket,
and a better and more profitable out
let for his crop. And the railroads
perform equally important services
for all other producers.
Fast and certain rail transport
makes it possible for the apple pro
ducer in Oregon, the truck garedner
in the South, and the potato grower
in Maine to sell his wares at the
maximum advantage in the great
consuming centers of the East and
Mid-West. Waste and spoilage in
transit, once the great bane of agri
culture, are almost unknown.
TODAy
TOMORROW\
-tf-
FRANK PARKER
STOCKBRIDGE
WAR danger
The war that the whole world has
been dreading is under way. No
one can guess at its outcome. It is
not yet America’s war. It would be
silly to say that it may not become
our war, for none can foresee what
may arouse our people to the belief
that our rights have been invaded
and our liberties threatened.
We kept out of the last World War
for nearly three years. We re-elect
ed President Wilson in 1916 on the
slogan “He kept us out of war,” and
five months later he was asking an
enraged Congress, representing an
aroused people, for a declaration of
war against Germany. In time of
war the unexpected always happens.
In declaring America’s neutrality
President Roosevelt wisely pointed
out that people cannot be expected
to be neutral in their thoughts and
sympathies. I have lately traversed
the United States from end to end,
and talked with all kinds of Ameri
cans. I found them, almost to a
man, hoping and praying for the de
feat, not of the German people, but
of their leader, Adolph Hitler. Our
greatest danger, I think, is that our
general hatred of Hitler and his
methods may turn to hatred of all
Germans.
PROPAGANDA .... principles
I hear many people talk about
“propaganda” having got us into the
last war, and fearing that the same
sort of thing will drag us into this
one. Most people use the word va
guely, as if it meant some mysteri
ous force which can make common-
sense Americans believe that black is
white.
I have too much confidence in the
American people to believe that they
are easily fooled. Lincoln was right
when he said that you can’t fool all
the people all the time. Scatter
brained minorities frequently make a
loud noise under the influence of pro
paganda, and sometimes cause the
sane majority a lot of trouble, but
it takes no propaganda to keep Am
ericans in general secure in their de
votion to the fundamental principles
of democracy.
One of those principles, the bed
rock of democracy, is the right of the
people to govern themselves, through
administrators of their own choosing.
The other is the right of everybody
to teach or to believe whatever doc
trine is acceptable to him.
DEMOCRACY ....
Digging through the history of Am
erica for the first seeds of democracy
I found them, not in Massachusetts
nor Virginia, but in the little colony
of Providence Plantations, now the
State of Rhode Island. Roger Wil
liams, a minister of Salem, was ex
pelled from Massachusetts because he
boldly preached the doctrine that
State and Church should be separate.
Friendly Indians sold Williams land
at the head of Narragansett Bay,
where he welcomed settlers of all
races and religions. The
Baseball’s Bis* Berthas
Spectator on the European War
Spectator advocates amending the
neutrality law so that the nations of
the world may buy whatever we have
to sell, pay cash for it, and take it
at their own risk. Spectator is no
“third-termer”; he believes that
among the hundred and thirty Trill
ions of our people there must be at
least two competent men, so Mr.
Roosevelt should not have to deny
himself the thrills of uninterrupted
fishing after this term.
• • •
General Johnson Hagood wrote a
book about our army, etc. I intended
to skip about in it, but found it so
interesting and informative that I
read it from beginning to end.
and bill of rights of the colony’s code
of laws, adopted in 1647, is a remark
able document. It reads thus:
“The form of government estab
lished in Providence Plantations is
democratickal; that is to say, a gov
ernment held by the free and volun
tary consent of all, or the greater
part of the free inhabitants . . .These
are the laws that concern all men;
Would it be jnneutral to sell to
England and not to Germany? Yes,
beginnings if we deliberately excluded Germany,
as the President seemed to advocate
at one time. Bpt to allow all nations
equal opportunity to buy does not
compel us to assume that Germany
cannot take and carry away what she
miglht buy.
England and France cannot get mu
nitions from Russia. There is an im
mense source of supply which Ger
many will develop fully. Russia
could say, “Well, here it is; come get
it.” But England and France can’t
get there. Germany is not compelling
preamble ; Polish factories to supply German
and Colleton counties. Both projects
—a new court house for Bamberg anJ
a county hospital for Colleton—were
agitated by excellent citizens and men
and women of the finest public spirit.
But may I point out that 99 per cent
of all our public debt originated
through the efforts of the very finest
people ?
* • •
Germany is fighting an undeclared
war on Poland and has about absorb
ed that country. Undeclared wars
are the fashion: Japan invaded
China and is waging war there with
out a declaration, or even a cause;
Italy invaded and absorbed Abyssinia
without a declaration.
It is said that the trouble between
Germany and Poland had its roots in
the Treaty of Versailles. That will
serve as an excuse, but does not ex
plain Japan’s invasion of China nor
Italy’s seizure of Ethiopia. Nor
would this acount for Germany’s ab
sorption of Austria. Nor indeed can
we lay to the Treaty of Versailles the
annexation of Czecho-Slovakia by the
German Reich.
The Treaty of Versailles was a
harsh treaty imposed upon a people
who had yielded to a ruinous armis
tice. England and France did not
observe the spirit of the treaty;
France, especially, disregarded a lot
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Agriculture knows the worth of j and otherwise than what is forbidden
progressive railroads—a s does indus-| herein all men may walk as their con-
try, commerce, labor, and all other sciences permit them, every one in
factors of our national economic life.
Experiments have shown
orange juice can be dried and still
retain its health-giving vitamins
after long periods of time.
NEWS FACTS by GEOR
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the name of his God.”
That was America’s first step to-
that j ward liberty as we know it.
TOLERANCE ....... basic
The very idea of tolerating political
or religious beliefs contrary to those
of the rulers seemed sinful to the
Massachusetts Puritans. When Qua
kers first appeared in their colony
they were deported to Barbados, some
had their ears cut off, others, includ
ing women, were hanged for their
professed belief.
Reger Williams welcomed them,
though he did not like their religion.
They settled the island of Aquidneck,
now called Rhode Island, and founded
the town of Newport. When George
Fox, founder of the Quaker sect,
came to Newport from Barbados in
1672, Roger Williams, then 73 years
old, rowed a small boat all night from
Providence to Newport to debate the
Quaker principles with Fox at a pub
lic meeting. He completely disagreed
' with Fox’s ideas, but declared the
j visitor’s right to express them as an
! inviolable .human liberty.
Jews were also banned from the
other colonies. In 1684 they peti-
! tioned the Providence colony for the
i right to settle there and were assur
ed they would have equal rights with
; -11 others. Within a century the Jew
ish citizens of Newport were counted
the wealthiest and most enterprising
in New England. The first svna-
gogue in America was built at New
port in 1763. •
PIANOS
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needs.
Let us not be war-mongers, nor
war-seekers; but let us, at least, not
deny our own people full right to do
business within our own borders.
* • *
The refusal of Bamberg and Colle
ton Counties to authorize bond is
sues is a tonic to those who advocate
restraint in mortgaging the future
for present services. It is probable
that present buildings and equipment
will be outmoded and more or less un
serviceable before the bonds are fi
nally paid. That should argue for
great caution in public bond issues.
I doubt the wisdom of bond issues.
Following the World War our small
er communities caught the bond fever.
Just anything was possible, if financ
ed by a bond issue. The taxpayers
of today—with far less income—must
now pay the bills. Our Highway De
partment is having to pay out large
sums, both for principal and interest,
for bonds issued for roads which have
since been rebuilt. Let that sink in
—bonds and interest are still being
paid for roads which are not now in
use.
Let us congratulate both Bamberg
DANGER intolerance
Today the Quakers are among the
most generally respected citizens of
America. One of their sect, Mr. Hoov
er, was president. But we have been
bombarded for years with propagan
da, from abroad and from within our
own boundaries, against the Jews.
Fortunately this sort of attack has
not kept members of that able race
from*attaining high elective and ap
pointive offices. The Governor of the
most populous state is a Jew. There
are Jews in both houses of Congress,
on the Supreme Court bench, the
President'| Cabinet, the diplomatic
corns and in numerous other high
offices.
When Americans circulate or give
heed to anti-Jewish propaganda they
are departing from the principles of
democracy first set forth in this
country by Roger Williams, and es
tablished by our national Constitu
tion 150 years later. Our liberties
are more in danger from that sort
of intolerance than they seem to be
now from any foreign foe.
Important Notice To
DEUNQUENT
TAXPAYERS
Below You will find a Letter To
all Sheriffs and Tax Collectors
in South Carolina:
TO ALL SHERIFFS »nd
TAX COLLECTORS:
Section 95 of the Appropriation Act passed by the General As
sembly and approved on July 1, 1939, provides as follows:
“All taxes, assessments and penalties legally assessed shall be
considered and held as a debt payable to the State by the paity
against whom the same shall be charged; and such taxes, assess
ments and penalties shall be a first lien in all cases whatsoever
upon the property taxes; the lien to attach at the beginning f
the calendar year during which the tax is levied; and such taxes
shall be xirst paid out of the assets of any estate of deceased per
sons, or held in trust as assignee or trustee, as aforesaid, or pro
ceeds of any property held on execution or attachment and the
county treasurer may enforce the said lien by execution against
the said property; or, if it cannot be levied on, he may proceed
by action at law against the person holding said property.
“Provided further, that in making levies and sale of property
of any taxpayer for the collection of any tax due the State and
county, the Sheriff or Tax Collector is hereby authorized and
directed to levy upon and soil any property of the defaulting tax
payer, real, personal, mixed, either or both, to satisfy any tax liei
as evidenced by a tax execution issued by the county treasurer
against such defaulting taxpayer, and the sheriff or tax collector
shall not be required to identify any property of the defaulting
taxpayer as having been included in his return or assessed against
him for the purpose of taxation.”
Yours very truly,
A. J. BEATTIE,
Comptroller General,
This office is preparing a statement to be mailed to all Delin
quent taxpayers who have not paid their taxes. We will soon go
out from this office to either collect these taxes or levy on prop
erty in possession of delinquent taxpayers, and will have to sell
same as required by law.
This county has one of the best cotton crops in years and the
price seems as if it will be fair, so please come in and settle up
your delinquent taxes. I am sure you will agree that the County
has been very lenient indeed in this matter and now show your
appreciation by paying your taxes without being forced to do same.
I urge that all landowners encourage their tenants to settle
promptly their tax obligations to the County.
C. W. SANDERS, Tax Collector
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