Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE Ml it stm Fires Bright and Candle Light And All Your Loved Ones Near That’s the Sort of Christmas I Wish for You this Year Holland H. Ruff n 09 J&ood Cheer With the season’s best wishes we remind you that we have a few more locally made Cedar Chests which are so popular. Newberry Ice & Fuel Company MERRY CHRISTMAS Here’s to a Merry Christmas! Here’s to a time of Joy <Sl Fun! Here’s to a Happy New Year, A truly Prosperous one! Maxwell Bros. & Quinn Like a cheery candle flame Burning bright and clear May your Christmas joy remain Throughout a glad New Year. Sunrise Auto Supply Co. I. KAPLAN, Owner TAX NOTICE The tax books will be open for collection of 1939 taxes on and after October 2, 1939. The following is general levy for all except special purposes: Ordinary County 11% Mills Bonds, Notes and Interest 17%Mills Roads and Bridges 2 Mills Hospital % Mills School — State 3 Mills County School 5% Mills County Board of Education % Mills TWO SIDES To EVERY QUESnON TOTAL 40 Mills The following are the authorized special levies for the various school districts of the county: No. Districts Mills 1 Newberry 17 2 Mt. Bethel-Garmany 4 3 Maybinton 2 4 Long Lane 8 5 McCullough 5 6 Cromer 0 8 Reagin 10 9 Deadfall 10 10 Utopia 10 11 Hartford 8 12 Johnstone 5 13 Stoney Hill 5 14 Prosperity 15 15 O’Neall 8 18 Pairview 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 30 Little Mountain 16% 31 Wheeland 3 32 Union 8 33 Jolly Street ............... • S4 St. Paul 0 35 Peak ' 4 37 Mudlic 6 38 Vaughnville 6 39 Chappells 6 40 Old Town 10 41 Dominick 8 42 Reedersville 15% 43 Bush Riiver 10% 44 Smyrna 10% 45 Trinity *.... 10 46 Burton 10 47 Tranwood 10% 48 Jalapa 8 49 Kinards 2 50 Tabernacle . 8 51 Trilby 4 52 Whitmire 1 12 53 Mollohon 4 54 Beth Eden 8 55 Fork 8 57 Belfast 6 58 Silverstreet 14 59 Pressley '... 4 60 St. John 4 There will be a one per cent. (Iper cent) discount on general County Taxes through November 30, 1939. On and after January 1, 1940, the Penalties prescribed by law will be imposed on unpaid Taxes. You are requested to call for your taXfes 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 during the fiscal | year ending June 30, 1939, by one authorized by law, and expect to be exempted from dog tax will please bring their certificate of vaccina- ation when appearing to pay taxes. RALPH B. BLACK, Treasurer Newberry County. AUDITOR’S TAX NOTICE I, or an authorized agent, will be at the following places on the dates given below for the purpose of tak ing tax returns of all real estate and personal property. Persons owning property in more than one district will make returns for each district. All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one and sixty are liable to $1.00 poll tax; all persons between the ages of twenty- one and fifty outside of incorporated towns and cities are liable to pay commutation tax of $1.00. All dogs are to be assessed at $1.00 each. Whitmire—City Hall, Tuesday, January 2nd, 1940. Whitmire—Aragon- Baldwin Mill, Wednesday, January 3rd, 1940. Longshores — Thursday, January, 4th, 1940, from 9 until 12. Silverstreet — Thursday, January 4th, 1940, from 2 until 5. Chappells—Friday, January 5th, 1940 --, Hollingswortn Sto> ;—monaay, Jan uary 8th, 1940, from 9 until 12. Kinards—Vaughn’s Store, Monday, January 8th, 1940, from 2 until 5. Prosperity—Tuesday and Wednes day, January 9th and 10th, 1940. Little Mountain—Thursday, Jan uary 11, 1940. Glymph’s Store—Friday, January 12th, 1940, from 9 until 12. F. L. Ruff A Bros Store—Friday, January 12, 1940, from 2 until 5. Peak—Monday, January 15th, 1940. Pomaria—Tuesday, January 16th, 1940. St. Luke’s—Wednesday, January 17th, 1940, from 9 until 12. O’Neal—L. C. Feller’s Store, Wed nesday, January 17th, 1940 from 2 until 5. Maybinton—F. B. Hardy’s Home, Thursday, January 18th, 1940, from 9 until 12. Reese Bros. Store—Thursday, Jan uary 18th, 1940, from 2 until 5. At Auditor’s office to March 1st, after which a penalty of 10 per cent will be added. PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS. Auditor Newberry County. In the good old days of peace and prosperity, the United States used to sell to other countries an average of 6 per cent of that which it pro duced. At first glance this seems like such an insignificant amount that we could easily do without it and still prosper. But it is the economic principle involved, and not the actual bulk of goods disposed of, which makes this comparatively small vol ume as essential to our financial well-being. In good times factories are geared up to 100 per cent production and are hiring the vast numbers of workers required 1 for maximum output. Some thing happens to put the economic machine out of gear and the domes tic demand for goods slackens. No business concern is able to continue for long to manufacture at 100 per cent capacity, and pile up unsold goods on its shevles. So the manufac turer looks for foreign markets and in them sells his surplus wares at cost,, or even less than cost. It is for this reason that one can often purchase an American article in say Canada, for less money than he can buy the same article in the United States. In this manner the factory can continue to produce at capacity and make money, for it still derives a profit on the goods which it is selling at home. There fore, our foreign trade-seemingly insignificant m volume—is the bal ance wheel which often makes the difference between prosperity and depression; employment and unem ployment. Since the Great War, world trade has been so disrupted and off-center that no individual nation has been able to regulate its speed of produc tion. The result has been worldwide financial unbalance and unemploy ment without precedent. Far various reasons, but princi- tain nations to purchase our prod ucts as freely as they had been ac customed to do—our foreign trade in 1932 had fallen off to its lowest point in a great many years. 1937 saw the beginning of a rapid in crease, owing largely to the demand for steel, oil, scrap iron, industrial chemicals, naval stores, airplanes and various armament requirements of nations which were at war or were preparing for such a contingency. If this trade were to continue indefinite ly we would again become prosper ous and our unemployment would cease to be an issue. But this is an unhealthy business and will be cut off suddenly when the various purchasers make peace. If they should continue to fight for an extended period of time, they would become bankrupt and unable to purchase with anything except credit. Our manufacturers could not live on credit for long. Consider our position when peace once more maintains in the world. Regardless of the reasons, we are no longer on friendly terms with Italy, Germany, Spain, or Russia. The additiqhal business 'wlhich we may be able to build up with South America, while the manufacturing nations of Europe are at war, will be taken from us, after the war, by those same nations—poverty stricken and ready to sell or barter at almost any prices. England and France will be in sad shape financially and will be forced to the same “barter and trade’’ methods which bankrupt Germany employed so successfully before this war started. Central Eu' rope and the Scandinayian countries will buy where they can get the low est prices. There remain the cheap transport markets of China and Jap an. Not much — compared to our great markets of former days—but enough to powder deeply upon be- for throwing away. On January 26th, we may see the end of our business relations with Japan. If Japan is successful in China, this will mean the termination of that trade, also, for Japan will direct it to more friendly shores. At present there is a strong anti- Japanese sentiment in this country owing to that nation’s aggressive and wanton acts in China; also be cause they have shown little respect for the rights of neutrals. From the standpoint of morals it may be prop er that we should cease doing busi ness with them, but from the stand point of ten million unemployed work ers; of struggling cotton and wheat farmers—is it wise? It is to the ad vantage of the men who depend c(i their jobs in steel mills, oil fields and other industries where the difference between profit and loss may depend upon foreign markets? We haven’t many friends left in the outside world, and from late re ports Japan seems to be doing its utmost to renew our old time good re lations. SHE MUST HAVE OUR FRIENDSHIP OR SHE WILL TURN TO RUSSIA. We must have foreign trade or completely rebuild the fin ancial structure upon which this country has prospered for one hund red and fifty years. This is a gigantic question; one which our government must weigh before every conceivable standpoint before that fateful 26th of January which may have—owing to the Rus sian angle — a decisive effect for good or evil, upon the affairs of the world.