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PACE TWO THE NEWBERBT SUN — FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1939 tw 1218 College Street Newberry, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor end Publisher One Yeer . Published Every Friday Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937, at the post office at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. LET’S BE REALI Y NEUTRAL Our first attempt at serious neu trality legislation took the ostrich at titude: we said there “ain’t” no war, even though hostilities were raffing in Spain and in China. Our la'-est move to save our own hides takes all of our ships off the ocean save to ports that may be des ignated by the president. Yet the criminal and cowardly attack that Russia is making on the Finish peo ple has aroused our government to unneutral protest—and 95 per cent of our people back that protest, too. Where’s our splendid neutrality now? We’ve got to go a little farther if we want to be really neutral, and we make this constructive sugges tion. In Washington there is an eerie room known as Statuary Hall. Why not adopt Statuary Hall to speak for us? It would be a perfect set-up. Not one of the boys could open his mouth or put his *oot in it! CHRISTMAS NIGHT SUPREME CCURT UPHOLDS FREE SPEECH The United States Supreme Court has outlawed four city ordinances which forbade the distribution of handbills. Thus the highest tribunal has implemented the liberties of the humblest citizen. Next to a speech on a soap-box, the printing and distribution of a broad side (printing term for a large hand bill) is one of the most characteris tic processes in the democratic pat tern. It is “free press” in its simp lest terms. It belongs to the man with $5 to spend on spreading his thoughts just as completely as it be longs to the man with a battery of high-speed rotary presses at his command. INVITATIONS ARE RECEIVED The following invitations were re ceived in the city last week: Judge and Mrs. Alva Moore Lumpkin request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Mary Waties to Mr. Thomas Harrington Pope, junior on Wednesday, January the third nineteen hundred and forty at eight o’clock Trinity Episcopal Church Columbia, South Carolina Cards were enclosed announcing a reception immediately following the ceremony at the Jefferson Hotel. Christmas Christmas comes but once a year But when it comes, it’s full of cheer. All the little girls and boys, Are happy over their beautiful toys. When comes Santa in his sled, All good children are asleep in bed. Santa is heard on tops of the roof Down the chimney he comes with a “whoof”. When down the chimney, he goes to work He fills all the stockings with a twist and a jerk. And when he has finished, he ties up his sack And goes up the chimney with his jack on his back. Bernice Chapman. Christmas night brings back such a sweet memory of the long ago at home in the early days. All day the snow has been falling so softly down, for nothing is so silent, so beautiful as watching the big snow flakes just drifting in the air, and catching the bushes and clinging to them, perhaps late in the evening the weather will clear and the stars come out in the cold skies. For the stars always sh|ne brighter, more dancing, and brilliant in the winter time. One star in the east looks like a great diamond, but far more beautiful, because it is one of God’s creations in the heavens. It may be the “Star of Bethlehem,” who knows? For the Saviour was born tonight nearly two thousand years ago in a stable, with only the shepherds and the sheep and cattle looking on in wonder. A new dawn had come upon the world. “Peace on earth.” And yet how the world has forgotten. Countries are at war; selfishness is in the very soul of na tions, and Christian Goodness is crumbling. Christmas morning over the long ranges of the Blue Ridge mountains. The sun is shining on the snow. How the mountains sparkle in the sunlight! So silent and wonderful the world looks! The trees are covered vit.h snow, the fields are so . soft and bright, even on the old rail fences the snow is piled so high, the roads in the distance below the hill have all been blotted out, just one stretch of whiteness as far as the world seems to go, and beyond lies only mystery that we will never understand, for the world is so large and we so small even in our di'eams we will never know it all. Only wonder and try our best to appreciate the beautiful scene and meaning of Christmas. Most of us leave our homes and go away to other places, that is always the sad part of life, memories will come to us of home, maybe ^iot in the business hours, but in the evening when peace is on the bay and rivers, when the harbor lights come out your thoughts will wander back to the old home. Charleston harbor at sunset, it is winter, over the Ashley river the skies are pink, the beauty of the sunset is reflected in the river, soon the night will come and lights will shine out of the waves, little bouvs flashing red and white at intervals, and beyond is the harbor bar, and the onen sea.—JOHN GRIMBALL WIL KINS in the News and Courier. $500 FOUND IN USED CAR Meyersdale, Md., Dec. 17.—Emer son Snyder bought a used car in Cum berland. Cleaning it he discovered 500 one- dollar bills behind the back seat. The Cumberland dealer moaned that he had bought the car in Pitts burgh. A bank assured Snyder the money is good. VON SPEE DIED NEARBY Montivideo, Dec. 17.—The pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spec was named after one of Germany’s great est World War naval heroes, who lost his life not far from the scene where tonight the sea raider named after ‘ him was blown up by her own crew i rather than surrender to the enemy.' On December 8, 1914, Maximilian, Admiral Graf (Count) Von Spec, commanding a German naval squad ron, engaged a British squadron un der Admiral Craddock near the Falk land islands off the Argentine coast. After a heroic battle the Germans were defeated and Von Spee went down with his flagship, the Scharn- horst. program Sunday MT. TABOR LUTHERAN PARISH Mt. Tabor: 10:00 a. m. Sunday school. Prof. J. W. Ballentine, Supt. 11:00 a. m. The service. 6:30 p. m. Christmas “Low in a Manger” by the school. Mt. Pilgrim: 10:00 a. m. Sunday school. Mr. B. Oscar Lovelace, supt 7:00 p. m. on Christmas day Christ- mast program “Low in a Manger” by Sunday school. Mt. Olivet: 3:00 p. m. Christmas Exercise by the Sunday school. mCCISTl >5« • t* • «I.M X. • I Heap on more wood, The wind is chill, But let it whistle as it will We’ll keep our Christmas Happy still Royal Crown Cola MISS ELIZABETH BREHMER PAINFULLY INJURED Miss Elizabeth Brehmer, operator if a cafe on lower Friend street, was painfully if not seriously injured Monday afternoon a little past three o’clock when.the car in which she was riding collided with that driven by Will Wicker. The accident occur- ed at the intersection of ihe Whit mire and Greenville highways, or the College street extension which leads into the Greenville road. Mr. Wicker was proceeding toward Greenville and the Brehmer car was returning from Charlotte over the Whitmire highway. Miss Brehmer suffered two broken legs and a broken collar bone and other injuries. Her brother, George Brehmer, driver of the car, and a sister Miss Angeline Brehmer suffer ed slight injuries. Mrs. George Brehmer and young child are said to have escaped injury. Mr. Wicker was cut about the face fcv flying glass. Neither car was proceeding rapidly it is said as neither turned over from the impact. Miss Elizabeth Brehmer is at the Newberry county hospital and other victims of the wreck were treated there but later released. A dozen or more wrecks have oc- cured at this intersection, some of them resulting in fatal injuries. Stop lights were to have been installed at this point some tinte ago but for for reason the installation was never made. C. LEGRAND PACE C. Legrand Pace of Marion, 41, known to many in Newberry county, died Friday morning a t State Park after being there about eight months. Funeral services and burial was held in Marion Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. Mr. Pace is survived by his wife, the former Miss Bertha Crooks, sis ter to Mrs. L. G. McCullough of the city, and two sons. * * * I "V May the Yuletide bring you Good Cheer And the New Year be Joyful and bright. R. M. Lominack Hardware R. M. Lominack Forrest Lominack Henry Lominack Final! Notice To Delinquent Taxpayers All persons who have delinquent taxes, please take notice that I have been instructed to collect all taxes past due thru the year 1937. We have been very lenient in this matter, so please co-operate with me by paying the taxes that you now owe. The property on which all such taxes are not paid will be sold as provided by law. > This is positively the last notice that you will have. C. W. SANDERS Tax Collector In observance of Christ mas this Bank will not be open tor business on MONDAY, Dec. 25th S. C. National Bank Holiday Notice/ In observance of Christmas all County office will be closed on MONDAY DECEMBER 25 Also Closed On MONDAY, JANUARY 1,1940 in observance of NEW YEAR’S Frank Sanders, Clerk