The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 22, 1939, Image 2
PACE TWO
THE NEWBERBT SUN
— FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1939
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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.
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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.
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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