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PAGE FOUR ■ 1 i ... ■= 1218 College Street Newberry, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher . One Dollar — 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. State Finance Problem Simplifies Itself Into A Plain Case of Reducing the Expenditures By SPECTATOR It is said that Governor Talmadge hopes to save five million dollars in salaries. I know nothing: of politics in Georgia, and as an outsider, would not presume to discuss in detail whmt is outside my scope of activities. It is an arresting proposal, however, for most of our states, and certainly our National Government, have undertak en so many new services, with so many new agencies, that it is re freshing to follow any serious study which may be made anywhere to intro duce efficient economy into public ad ministration. Governor Mayhamk again recom mends use of Highway revenue for general State purposes. The day be fore the Governor delivered his ad dress, Speaker Blatt, Chairman Jeff ries and Senator Brown spoke for economy and retrenchment, but against diversion of gasoline revenues. So the session opened with the lead ers of both Senate and House stand ing pat and the Governor renewing the fight he lost twice by decisions of the Supreme Court. It may be con fidently predicted that the Legislature will pass a third diversion bill. As a matter of law I don’t see just where the Governor can break down the Court’s decision. Although courts have been known to change, still it is hardly sound financing to count on this court changing. For the Legis- ature to pass a third diversion bill as the method of paying a deficit would be too risky, in view of two clear de cisions of the Supreme Court. Whe ther we agree with the Court or not, it is the Court, and its decisions are the law of the State. If the Gover nor had proposed an additional cent, making the tax on gasoline eight cents, that would have been, I think, thoroughly sound in law, but equally unsound economically; for anyone who suggests using gasoline taxes for or dinary State purposes ought to be willing to advocate a sales tax on ev erything. Even a one cent tax on gas oline is more than a seven per cent commodity tax. Why should we make a poor mechanic, or carpenter, or far mer, or clerk, or school teacher, or minister, or salesman, or country doctor pay a seven per cent commodi ty tax for genera Ipurposes, including welfare? Governor Maybank die not take to the suggestion that he use the power conferred by law to pre vent a deficit; and his Budget Com mission recommends even more money for next year than is bringing on a deficit now. Here are two suggestions: Organ ized Business proposed two months ago that expenditures be reduced, as the law authorizes. The Governor proposes that we spend more in spite of the deficit, and again recommends diversion. Does not this problem simplify it self into a plain case of reducing the spending? Legislators like to hear from the people back home. Most of these gen tlemen wish to do what their consti tuents want done; they are sensitive to popular sentiment and responsive to the popular will, if the popular sen. timent and will are clearly indicated. If the people from the counties don’t show a lively interest they may be sure there will be men and women tn Columbia who will try every kind of plan and strategy to persuade legis lators. I don’t mean that 'citizens of (una?Uuj NEW IDAL HEATER Heats Ml Day'and Night on One Filling of Fuel BIG FUEL SAVER HOLDS 100 lb*. COM. • Semi-Automatic Magazine Feed LOW IN COST • See the Locke WARM MORNING COAL HEATER FARMERS OIL MILL Phone 155 Columbia are lobbyists; rather that men and women with axes to grind will come to Columbia. The hotels and boarding houses, the cafes and cafe terias, and the State Capitol will be full of men and women seeking this, that, or the other; or, by the same token, opposing something. There will be parties and frolics paid for by those who want something; or by those who are trying to defeat some proposal. The hidden hand, the in sidious influence of parties, favors— and all that—which is active in Wash ington and all State Capitals, is not unknown in Columbia. Every honorabe cause can be pre sented to the Legislature openly. It needs no special favor, no Chicanery, no pull. There are, and have always been, men of the highest principles in our law-making body. They would exert themselves vigorously to bring matters into the open forum, if even a suggestion of wrong-doing were made or hinted. Besides, we have a free, clean press, and radio stations with a fine .sense of public service. If, during this session, we hear that X, Y, Z, and Q are “throwing liquor parties” at any hotel, club, eating place, or park, it should be notice to all those who seek the legislative ear in this manner are trying to debauch us or to sell something that isn’t worth the price. Nothing so impairs the confidence of the public as the rumors of liquor par ties during the Legislature. The ru mors may be worse than the actuali ties, but the effect is so serious on the public mind that those who respect public opinion should try to be not only above reproach, but also above suspicion. Measures are to be debated on which opinion will be sharply divided, notable among them the question of the sale of liquors. When such ques tions are pending one hears quite a lot about free liquor, liquor parties— and all sorts of free entertainment. We should solve our public questions with co'd sobriety and independence. A manual is provided for our legis lators, a very helpful compendium it is, telling not only the names, home addresses and Columbia addresses of the Senators and Representatives, but giving the rule of procedure. One other feature might be made a part of this informative little book: it would be a chapter reprinting sections of the National and State Constitu tions and Statutes of the State which touch on members of the General As sembly. For members who are not law yers this would be worth something; and even lawyers don’t remember all the jaw all the time. Recently a thoughtful member of the house proposed that a resolution should be passed providing that the Ways and Means Committee of the house and the Finance Committee of the Senate should hold joint sesions on the general appropriations bill. More recently we are told that the new i Chairman of the Senate Finance Com mittee proposed joint sessions in order to expedite matters. What impresses me is that during many years there has been a statute, a law of the State, which requires joint sessions of these Committees, but which, apparently, was not known to the two Committees. It must be assumed, of course, that everyone will respect the law; and among all the lawyers who have sat on the two Oomm-iittees since that Jaw was passed it makes a layman wonder why someone did not cite this Sta tute before. We lawyers like to tell the laymen that ignorance of the law is no excuse; so what excuse have the lawyers? Here is the Statute: “The standing committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, being in charge of appropria tion measures shall sit jointly in open sessions while considering the budget, and shall begin such joint meetings within'five days after the budget has been submitted to the General Assem bly.” (Code of Laws of South Caro lina (1932) Section 3220). At am- rate, Chairman Jeffries has the full support of the law in suggesting joint sessions of the two Committees charg ed with preparing the appropriation (nil. Not for the purpose of “starting anything,” nor even of stopping any thing, I mention what judges and law professors like to say—that the law is a jealous mistress and must have a lawyer's undivided attention. The law sometimes is clear enough, in THE NEWBERRY SUM i ^ I, i - — — ■ ■ Educator Thinks It Would Be Suicide For the United States to Enter War Long-Tune Supporter of FDR Ex presses Fears; Asks Aid in Way To Avoid War Chicago, Jan. 23.—Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, asserted tonight that he believed “the American people are about to commit suicide” by drifting into a war for which they are “moral ly and intellectually unprepared.” “The conclusion is inescapable,” he said, “that the president is reconciled to active military intervention if such intervention is needed to defeat the Axis in this war. Always Supported F' R “I have supported Mr. Roosevelt since he first went to the White House. I have never questioned his integrity or Jus good will. But under the pres sure of great respon ibilities, in the heat of controversy, in the interna tional game of bluff, the president’s speeches and recommendations are committing us to obligations abroad which we cannot perform. “The effort to perform them will prevent the achievement of the aims for which the president stands at home.” The 42-year-old educator, speaking on an unsponsored radio program over the National Broadcasting Oompamy’s Red Network, cited recent utterances of President Roosevelt defining the American goal aj “a world founded on freedom of speech, freedom of wor ship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear” and added: “I hold that the United States can betta- serve suffering humanity every- wht re by staying out” of the wars in Europe and Asia. “Short of War” Omitted We used to hear of ‘all aid short of war.’ ” he continued in the prepared text of his address, his first in eight years dealing with other than educa tional subjects. "The words ‘short of war’ are omin ously missing from the president’s re cent speeches. The leas>e-end bill con tains provisions that we should have regarded as acts of war up to last week.” Dr. Hutchins emphasized that tn this, his “first public questioning” of President Roosevelt, he was speaking “simply as an American citizen, and that he wished to dissociate himself from “all Nazis, Fascists and appeas ers,” because I regard the doctrine of all totalitarian regimes as wrong in theory, evil in execution, and incom patible with the rights of man. I wish to dissociate myself from those who want us to stay out of war to save our own skins or our own prop erty. . . . National selfishness should not determine national policy.” “We are told,” he wdnt on, “that we are going to have to fight the Axis sometime. Why not fight it now, when we have Britain to help us? . . ” Should Serve Humanity “We cannot assume,” he submitted, “that any combination of powers can successfully invade this hemisphere if we are prepared to defend ourselves and determined to be free . . , There is no such inevitability about war with the Axis as to prevent us from asking ourselves whether we shall serve suf fering humanity better everywhere by going into this war or by staying out “The chances of accomplishing the high moral purpose which the presi dent has started for America, even if we stay out of war, are not bright . . . but we have a chance to help human ity if we do not go into this war. If we do go into it, we have no chance at all.” “The reason why we have no chance to help humanity if we go into this war is that we are not prepared. I do not mean, primarily, that we are unprepared in a military sense. I mean that we are morally and intellec tually unprepared to execute Ihe mor al mission to which the president calls us , , , May Attain High Status “If we stay out of this war, we may perhaps some day understand and practice freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear . We may even be able to comprehend and support jus tice, democracy, the moral order, and the supremacy of human rights. To day we have barely begun to grasp the meaning of the words." The United States’ entry into the war, Dr. Hutchins said, could mean “olny the loss of ‘social gains’, domes tically, and the “destruction of the livelihood of millions in modest cir cumstances, while pirates and profit eers, in spite of Mr. Roosevelt’s ef forts to stop them," would emerge “stronger than ever.” “The four freedoms must be ahan- spdte of the most astute efforts to be cloud it. I propose a brain-teaser which is absolutely good law, accord ing to the books, but not according to men: Any legislator serving on any ad ministrative commission or board is violating the Constitution, which »ays: “ . . . the legislative, executive and judicial powers of the Government shall be forever separate and distinct from each other, ard no person or persons exercising the functions of one said departments shall assume or discharge the duties of any other.” (Section 14, Article 1.) And even though the law provides that members of a Ocmmission to make inquiries shall be ex officio mem bers of an executive commission that law is unconstitutional. dened if they interfere with winning a war,” he declared. Would Lose 100 Yean “If we go to war, we cast away our opportunity and cancel our gains. For a generation, perhaps for a hun dred years, we shall not be able to struggle back to where we were. In fact the changes that total war will bring may mean that we shall never be able to struggle back. “Education will cease. Its place will be taken by vocational and mili tary training. The effort to establish a democratic community will Stop. We Shall think no more of justice, the mo ral order, and the supremacy of hu man rights. We shall have hope no longer. “What, then, should our policy be ? Instead of doing everything we can to get into war, we should do everything we can to stay at peace. . . Aid to Bri tain, China, and Greece should be ex tended on the basis most likely to keep us at peace, and least likely to involve us in war. At the same time we Should prepare to defend ourselves.” “In the meantime,’ he suggested, we should begin to make this country a refuge for those *vho will not live without liberty. For less than the cost of two battleships we could ac commodate half a million refugees from totalitarian countries for a year . . . These victims, unlike battleships, would contribute to our industry and our cultural life, and help us make de mocracy work. “But most important of all, we Should take up with new vigor the long struggle for moral, intellectual and spiritual preparedness. If we would change the face of the earth, we must first change our own hearts . . . The American people, in their own inter est, require a moral regeneration. . . .” False Path To Freedom Asserting that “the path to war is a false path to freedom,” Dr. Hut chins said: “The government of Great Britain has repeatedly refused to state its war aims. The president in his for eign policy is pledged to back up Great Britain, and beyond that, to the pur suit of the unattainable. If we go to war, we shall not know what we are fighting for. “We are turning aside from the true path to freedom because it is easier to blame Hitler for our troubles than to fight for democracy at home. As Hitler made the Jews his scapegoat, so are we making Hitler ours.” “Hitler,” he declared, “sprang from the materialism and paganism of our times. In the long run we can beat what Hitler stands for only by beating the materialism and paganism that produced him. We must Show the world a nation clear in purpose, united in action, and sacrificial in spirit. The influence of that example upon suffer ing humanity everywhere will be more powerful than the combined armies of the Axis.” Fulmer Seeks Relief S. C. Farms Washington, Jan. 24.—In a letter to Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Con gressman Fulmer of South Carolina, chairman of the house agriculture committee, again today urged that something be done to preserve the do mestic cotton market for our own cotton farmers. “India, a large cotton growing coun try, competing with the Cotton South, is shipping into this country annually jute and jute products, taking away from the cotton farmer of the South our own cotton market to the extent of from one to one and a half million bales annually,” he said. “We are covering cotton with jute, and we are tying the mails of the United States with jute. In the mean time, we are stacking in the ware houses of the South milliona of bales of cotton at a tremendous expense in the way of storage and interest, at the expense of the taxpayers of the country. “I would like to know if something cannot be done, .because of the serious ness of the agriculture situation, about remedying the situation. I’d like to know just why we have to con tinue to import the amount of jute that is coming into this country when we can use pound for pound, cotton for jute for everything that jute i» used for.” Price Gets Good Committee Jobs Representative Julian A, Price has been named to six committees of the House of Representatives, including the important Banking and Insurance, Social Security, and Education com mittees. Other committees on which he was named are Enrolled Acts, Pub lic Printing, Railroads. This early recognition of Mr. Price’s ability will be gratifying to his many friends in the county. Mr. Price said that a poll of the house last week showed 72 members out of 124 interviewed expressed themselves as determined to carry out the will of the voters and vote against liquor. FRIDAY, JANUARY 81,1041 ATLANTA EDITOR SEES TiME OF PROSPERITY COMING TO SOUTH McGill, Constitution Chtif, Says De fense Projects and Trainers Boost N ~ Atlanta, Jan. 24.—A business boom of unprecedented proportions is in store for Atlanta and the South, the Atlanta Constitution says in a Satur day edition front page story. Written by Executive Editor Ralph McGill, and based on information ob tained from “an authorized federal survey just completed, the story says the South is to benefit “probably more than any other section, since it will train an estimated 60 per cent of the draft selectees, and will receive dozens more of defense projects within the next few weeks.” Of the 19 billions of dollars already appropriated for national defense, less than 10 billions have been contracted for and only 1.9 billions have found their way into circulation, the story says. “This amount is to be multiplied by tern within the next few months, and federal sources see the greatest ac celeration of business and industry in history, since the 1.9 billions now in circulation is but an approximate tenth of the billions to be spent.” The fact that 2,000,000 men are to be trained, and 1 that probably 60 per cent of them will be trained in South ern camps, “assures the fact that the boom will last for at least two years,” McGill writes. “And, whether war comes or not, many of the training camps will be maintained permanently, as the Unit ed States must maintain, for at feast a decade or more, a larger army and air force than ever before in history.” NEW BOYS’ CLUB FORMED HERE Automobile LOANS •50 to *500 Let this Newberry own ed and operated Com pany finance your next car. A representative group of Newberry citizens met at the chamber of com merce and endorsed a movement to es tablish a boys club for youths between the ages of 15 and 20 years. The meet ing was presided over by J. C. Car penter, Newberry citizen long inter ested in boys work. The work was heartily endorsed by representatives UNION H. D. CLUB HOLDS MONTHLY MEETING The Union Home Demonstration club met at the schooihouse Wednes day, January 22. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Carl Epting. The song was sung. De votions were conducted by Miss Erin Taylor, reading the 12th chapiter of Romans, and all repeated the Lord’s Prayer. The subject “The Farm Fam ily Is Home Defense in 1941,” was very interestingly and instructively discussed by Mrs. Carl Epting. The Gleaner for the afternoon, Mrs. Grady Lee Halfacre, gave some helpful household hints. Bingo was enjoyed during the social hour, with several of the club mem bers being prize winners. The hostesses, Mrs. Clyde Wilson and Mrs. Houston Long, served deli cious refreshments, consisting of jello with whipped cream, pound cake and individual cakes. Publicity chairman FIRE DESTROYS COWS AND DAIRY BARN AT WHITMIRE Fire of unknown origin destroyed the large new sleeping dairy bam and 20 cows and heifers of Otis Suber of Whitmire Thursday morning around 4 o’clock. Dairymen milking cows at the milking bam nearby were unable to explain the blaze which originated in a large quantity of hay inside. In the loss are 14 milk cows, 5 registered heifers, a registered bull, 400 bushels of oats, 200 bushels of com and a large quantity of hay and other feed products. The loss is very heavy. Mr. Sober is a son of former Representa tive Zach H. Suber of Whitmire. MRS. ELLA U. AUTON Mrs. Ella U. Auton. 79, died at the home of her son in Oakland Wednes day after a short illness. Surviving are three children, Hen ry Auton, Loomis Auton, and Andrew Auton; one sister, Mrs. Della Diokert; one brother, Andrew Horton; four frrai.dohildren and 26 great-grandchil dren. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 3:30 at the residence of her son, Henry Auton, 1210 Third street, with Rev. C. M. Johnson in charge, assisted by Rev. R. W. Wilkes. Interment followed in Rosemont ceme tery. MRS. FULMER, 89, DIES NEAR LAKE MURRAY Mrs. Laura Balentine Fulmer, 89, widow of J, C. Fulmer, died at 4:50 Friday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John E. Dreher, near Lake Murray after a long illness. She is survived by seven daughters, Miss Alice Fulmer, Mrs. Della Wyse, Mrs. John E. Dreher, Mrs. C. B. Low- man, all of R.F.D. 2, Columbia, Mrs. Charles N. Frick of Chapin, Mrs. C. A. Wingard of Lexington and Mrs. E. W. Moye of West Columbia; two sons, Paul J. Fulmer of Allendale and John W. Fulmer of Washington, D. C.; one sister, Miss Jane Balentine of Colum bia; two half-brothers, Sidney W. Wessinger of Chapin and W. A. Wes- singer of Columbia; two half-sisters, Mrs. S. C. Fulmer of Chapin and Mrs. J. B. Harman of Newberry; 16 grand, children and ten great-grandchildren, Lemon Jifce* Recipe Cheeks Rhemaatie Pam Quickly Jf you suffer from rheumatic, arthri tis or neuritis pain, try this simpla inexpensive home recipe that thousands are using. Get a package of Ru-Ex Compound today. Mix it with a quart of water, add the juice of 4 lemons. !t’» easy. No trouble at all and pleasant. You need only 2 spoonfuls two times a day. Often within 48 hours — sometimes over night — splendid results are obtained. If the # pains do not J iuickly leave and If you do not eel better, Ru-Ex will cost you nothing to try as it is sold by your druggist under an absolute money-back guarantee. Ru-Ex Compound ia for sale and recom mended by Good Drugstore* Everywhere from practically all civic organizations of the city and Dr. James C. Kinard of Newberry Colege saM, had such an organization existed heretofore, that he would have less trouble with young men of that age. Doctor Kinard endorsed the move- Request your dealer to let your next car b4 financed here at home. Standard rates, quick and friendly ment and asked that Mr. Carpenter be empowered to select a committee to assist him in working out a plan. Mr. Carpenter states that the early estab lishment and operation of this club will soon be functioning, much of the organizing among the boys has al ready been done and that much ath letic equipment has already been pur chased. The purpose of the club will be to furnish athletics, recreation and sipiritual guidance for boys of that age. The proposal was heartily en dorsed by men from the various or ganizations. Classified Ads i service. We will refinance your present ear so as to make the payments smaller. We will also make direct loans on your present car and let you pay it back in monthly installments. Newberry Insurance & Realty Co. E. B. PURCELL, President Phone 197 Exchange Bldg. HARDWOOD—for Ashley heaters or fireplaces. $4.50 per cord. O. W. Coleman, Silverstreet, S. C. 3tp FOR RENT—Entire lower floo, of my home, or less if preferred, furnished or unfurnished. Mrs. W. E. Pelham, 1621 Harrington Street. St FIXTURES FOR SALE — Complete and excellent set of grocery store fixtures for sale. Will also rent building in which they are now lo cated, the J. Claud Senn stand. Ap ply to Mrs. J. C. Senn, 69 Player Street. 27-6tp WANTED—Veals, Cows and Hogs; also your Cow Hides. Se us before you sell. The Newberry Abattoir. TAX NOTICE The tax books will be open for esf- lection of 1940 taxes on and after October 1, 1910. The following is general levy far all except special purposes: Mills Ordinary County IS Bonds, Notes and Interest ... ITlfc Roads and Bridges t Hospital yc School — State t County School County Board of Education .. 1 State 1 TOTAL 4M~ FOR COKER’S Pedigreed Seeds, place your orders with Johnson-McCrackin Co., Newberry, S. C. J17tnf I 1 Time to Knit And Crochet- Visit Mrs. J. W. White & Co. for: Germantown four-fold wool in all colors. 20c per Ounce or 4 oz. Hanks 75c KNITTING. NEEDLES CROCHET HOOKS Crochet Threads and Embroid ery thread in all colors. Mrs. J. W. White Opp. Central Methodist Church Caldwell St. Newberry, S. C- I ’s Tax Notice Returns of personal property, ne~’ buildings, transfer of real estate, poll and road tax, are to be made at the County Auditor’s Office beginning: January 1,1941 Through February 28 # 1941 All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one and sixty are liable to $1 poll tax; all per sons between the ages of twenty-one and fifty outside of incorporated towns are liable to pay commutation tax of $1. All dogs are to be assess ed at $1 each. All returns are to be made by School Districts. Your failure to make returns calls for penalty as prescribed by law. Pinckney N. Abrams, Auditor Newberry County The following are the autboriaod special levies for the various sahosl districts of the county: Dist. No. Mill* 1. Newberry 2. Mt. Bethel-Garmany 3. Maybinton .. 2 4. Long Lane . 6 5. McCullough 6. Cromer 8. Reagin 9. Deadfall 10. Utopia 11. Hartford 12. Johnstone . 5 13. Stony Hill 14. Prosperity .. 15 15. O’Neoll .. 8 18. Fairview .. 4 19. . 4 21. Central 22. St. Phillips 23. Rutherford 24. Broad River .. 4 25. Neiw Hope-Zion .. 4 26. Pomaria 27. Red Knoll 28. 29. . . 4 Mt. Pleasant .. S 30. Little Mountain .. 16% 31. Wheeland . . 8 32. Union .. 6 33. Jolly Street .. S 34. St. Paul 35. Peak .. 4 37. Mudlic . . • 38. Vaughn ville .. • 39. Chappels 40. .. 10 41. Dominick .. 8 42. Reederville 43. Bush River .. 10% 44. Smyrna .. 10% 45. Trinity 46. Burton 47. Tranwood 48. Jalapa 49. Kinards .. 2 50. Tabernacle . . 8 61. Trilby 52. Whitmire .. IS 53. Mollohon .. 4 54. 55. .. 8 Fork .. 8 57. Belfast . . « 58. Silverstreet 59. Pressley 60. St. John There will be a one per cent (1%) discount on general County tax** through October 30, 1940. On and after January 1, 1941, th« Penalties prescribed by law will bs imposed on unpaid taxes. You are requested to call for yousr taxes by School Districts in which property is located. The Theaisurer is not responsible for unpaid taxes mot called for by districts. Those who had their dogs vaccinat ed for rabies during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940 by one author ized by law, and expect to be exemp ted from dog tax will please briag their certificates of vaccination when appearing to pay taxes. RALPH B. BLACK, Treasurer Newberry Oeamt|r.