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. FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1941 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE THREE A Disordered Desk Ordered Mind, Bespeaks a Well Says The Spectator Be reasonable, weathermam; no body expected you to turn on the heait like a blitzkrieg; be moderate; let’s (have at least a wee bit of spring. Drive through Summerville and en joy the gorgeous coloring which meets the eye on every street. Don’t try to find any particular place (with out map, compass and guide) but drive here, there and elsewhere, meandering about in calm contem plation of nature’s efflorescence. Eventually you will unwind your self and emerge on a main high way. Women cause a lot of trouble, don’t they? At this season they de light in turning a house upside down in the name of Spring Cleaning. Then a man can’t find anything; he’s the red-headed stepchild in his own home—over which, by the way, he is lord and master, you know. A man sits in deep satisfaction and feels at ease only to find that every thing must be turned inside out and a general unsettlement and confus ion reign. Now a man living alone would have permanence, established order, stability. His bed would be put —and it would “stay put” through the years, even though lie had to bur. row his way through the room or use a pitchfork. But a man has order in disorder. The apparent confusion does not confound him; he knows, for example that the paper he wants is on a certain table, though buried ten papers deep. But some good housewifely soul comes along, with zeal for arrangement, and cleans up the place. The man never finds any thing after that. He is sunk. Did you ever see the table of a newspaperman or a lawyer? Yet the mountains of paper, shovelled aside in spots, are no problem to him; he knows where everything is and will dive down till he finds it. Few men can do brain work on a polished surface, or amid gloss and elegance. They work best without the distraction of shine or refinement. I have read a report on the schools of Jasper County, prepared by a Com mittee of three citizens, of which H. Klugh Purdy was Chairman. Several weeks ago I was impressed by the wise attitude of Senator Ohas. E. Perry, Jr., and Representative W. E. Byrd, who sponsored the resolu tion creating a committee to investi gate the operation of the schools of | the County. The gentlemerm from I Jasper explained that the investiga- I tion was not political, nor was it in- | spired by hostility. The plan was to ! make a businesslike survey *for the purpose of appraising what was good i and correcting and strengthening any weak spots. The Committee made a careful study of conditions and opera tions and made some sound sugges tions. The spirit of the report is one of friendly cooperation throughout. It would be a fine stroke if such a study by such a Committee might be made in every County. Grand Juries can’t do this sort of thing, and they are entirely without authority to do more than see that the school house still stands, or stands still. In the Jasper case the investigation, app raisal was made at the instance of the legislative delegation and the de legation is in position to give effect to that report. A feature of the Jasper report is that it is home-made product. Three citizens of Jasper studied the general aspects and the cost of the education, al effort. There were no theorists or teachers on the Committ'"!—just three citizens who love their County and as taxpayers wish to make sure that the public money is wisely and usefully spent. The Free Conference Committee on the General Appropriation Bill is now in charge of the bill and will try to harmonize the differences between the Senate and the House. It is an excellent Committee. On the Senate side are Messrs. Jefferies, Edgar Brown and Funderburk. Senator Jefferies has been a vigorous leader of the Senate, with years of accom plishment to sustain him. Senator Brown was one of the illustrious six who, as Confarees, cut the State’s ap propriations drastically in 1933, fol lowing the great service of the Eco nomy House. Senator Funderburk is a new but respected member. ' On behalf of the House will be Chairman Winchester Smith, long known as a fighter for low appro- priaions, who refused as a conferee to sign some reports because he thought they were too high. The late Speaker Gibson once said “I know I can count in Win”. Mr. Smith’s father, the beloved Dr. Chester Smith was one of the founders of the Farm, ers and Taxpayers League. Mr. Hend rix, of Spartanburg, another conferee, is that sort of man known as the salt of the earth, as a Senator called him. Mr. Hendrix is one of the very IMPORTANT! Tax Notice! All persons who have not paid their delinquent taxes will please take notice that an agent of this office is now out in the county levying on property on which taxes are due, preparatory to advertis ing and selling the same to satisfy these executions. I am compelled under the law to take this action, so if you have delinquent taxes, I urge you to come to the of fice at once. In doing so you will save the additional cost of advertising and auction fee. Claude W. Sanders, COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR best men in a legislature of many good men. Mr. Miller H. Melleitte, the third House Conferee, has long enjoyed the confidence and esteem of the House. He has served on sev eral investigating Committees •srith great credit, and is one of the safe and sound men of the Legislature. Speaker Blatt, with 124 men to choose |rom, has been signally sound In these appointments. No one will deny that the Conferees on behalf of the Senate likewise reflect the abi lity of the senior house, which counts many able men in its member ship. The general condition confronting the Conferees was sum.ued! up In the bulletin of Organized Business in these words: “The Senate has added I $1,600,000 in new taxes to take care of the House bill, but has tacked on nearly a million of new spending. According to the logic or mathe matics of the Senate position, you could strike out the additional ap propriations made by the Senate and reduce the new tax bill by the same amount, leaving a balance of $600,- 000 to be raised. That would take care of itself, through increased re turns from existing taxes. It does strike on,e as absurd that, while seriously preoccupied with a series of deficits, and while actually proposing new revenue, the Senate, or House, shoufld increase the currant budget. Nothing could be more unsound than increased spending by the State while the National Government is preparing new tax demands, each one up in the billions. Wisdom tells us to be considerate of the taxpay ers of the State, for as taxpayers of the nation they will have to carry heavier burdens than this country has ever known. Already Congress has authorized forty billion dollars. Our total expenditure for the first World War was only nineteen bil lion dollars. Only 19 billions! What an inconceivable sum of money. Yet 40 billions already authorized—and we still at peace! Does the Legislature need a more compelling reason for leaving out all new taxes and striking out all in creased items?” We have six patriotic Americans on the Free Conference Committee. These gentlemen must see that the time for little favors here, and spe cial considerations there is past. The world is in a convulsion and we stand on the very verge of it, with all the demands for billions and billions of dollars. Let us strip and prepare for the race against barbarism. KEY TO TALKING HORSES PASSES WITH TRAINER El Dorado, Kansas, April 23.,Gloria Lee, the “talking horse”, which once thrilled circuses and carnival aud iences with a black-board chalk-writ ing act, has run up a big feed bill with Ed Curd a liveryman. The horse, once considered the greatest ever to perform the talking act, became ulseless overnight when its owner and trainer, Pap Van Vran- kin, died. Van Vrankin did not educate the horse by the Standard method of training. What he told Gloria Lee to make her write certain letters and numbers on the blackboard, with the chalk in her teeth, was a secret that died with him. “Other trainens, who use the standard key in getting horses to perform talking acts, have come from all over the United States to see if they can put Gloria Lee thru her paces,” Curd said, “I can put her through such drill stunts as high stepping and exhibitring the five different gaits. But I can’t put her through her tricks. Curd 1 says that her star act was to receive a man’s name from the audience transmitted to her by the code known only to Van Vrankin, then write it on the blackboard. “No other horse never learned that act,” he said. Van Vrankin, trained Gloria Lee from colthood. She proved so bright that he departed from the standard method of training, believing that she could learn more rapidly by his own unorthodox system. “When he died, the secret died with him,” Curd said. “All horse trainers use a standard code, just as all teachers of the deaf use a stand ard.” Gloria Lee, now ten, is too old a horse to teach new tricks. Curd -says he believes he will keep her around just for semrtStaental uurposes”. COTTON STALKS NOW BRING CASH TO FARMERS BIG ESTATES PAY INHERITANCE TAX; 2 IN THIS COUNTY Columbia, April 25.—The state tax commission announced today an inheritance tax of $5,462 had been paid on the $312,000 estate of J. L. Anderson of Chesterfield. Other recent inheritance tax re mittances, listing the estate valua tion first and then the tax paid, were: R. B. Cleveland of Spartanburg, $311,000 and $6,531; J. W. Taylor of Horry county, $97,000 and $2,107; P. M. Smoak of Orangeburg, $98,- 000 and $2,816; T. B. Stackhouse of Columbia, $187,000 and $2,927; Mary C. Murray of Columbia, $196,000 and $2,733; T. M. DuBose, Sr., of Colum bia, $183,000 and $5,765; Emma R. Smith of Charleston, $118,000 and $2,341; Clara R. Solomons of Char leston, $83,000 and $2,040; J. M. Ven ning of Charleston, $87,000 and $3,- 366; W. M. Copp of Beaufort, $113,- 000 and $2,727; B. H. Owen of Char leston, $219,000 and $4,344; M. G. Stone of Spartanburg, $168,000 and $3,489. What has become of the plan of our friend, Roy Jones, to find a mar ket for the ungraded but good pro duce from the farms? I know, of course, that best marketing requires classification according to standards, but thousands of tons of good usable produce need 1 a market every year until that great and gladsome day of transition when we shall suddenly find ourselves with nothing but grade “A” produce. Commissioner Jones, with great appreciation of the realities of our farming, knows that we have the greater part of our produce below standard, so far as standard is det ermined by uniformity of size; but In the thousands of instances which do not require unifmdty of size the excellence of our quality might bring about sales, particularly with those who seek good stuff at a slightly re duced price. ‘ What the farmer needs is a market—a market for all that he produces. A three pound sweet potato, and a three ounce sweet po tato, taken from the same hill, are probably of equal quality so far as nourishment is concerned. So great a difference in size however, operates Toledo, Ohio.—National Cotton Week, May 16-24, will be a period of celebration for cotton farmers in Sunflower county, Mississippi. A com pany in Toledo has just signed con tracts for 11,000 tons of cotton stalks to be used in the manufacture of cel lulose. Long a complete waste, the cotton stalks will afford the Mississippi farmers an addled income of $80,000. Farmers are paid $7.50 a ton for bal ed stalks delivered to -gin®. The aver age stalk yield per acre in Sunflower county is two tons, with the cost of gathering and hauling running about $3 per ton. NEWBERRY COUNTY COUNCIL FARM WOMEN HOLD SPRING MEETING against the salability bf the potatoes. There are people, however, and there are resturants, hotels, boarding i houses, mess halls and other pieces, whose use of a product is not det ermined or influenced by the lack of uniformity of size. Let us hope that Mr. Jones will continue his vigorous effort to find a market for all the things which the farmer produces. “Spending by Government on arm ament alone will be $850,000,000 dur ing April. One year ago it was less than $160,000,000. Factory pay rolls are running now at a rate of ten per cent higher than in 1929. Hourly factory wages that averaged 56.6 cents in 1929 today are 68 cents. In the steel industry, today’s wages are 50 per cent higher on an hourly bas is than they were in the last boom year., Prices, on an average, are nearly 18 per cent lower than in 1929. , : The Newberry County Council of Farm Women will hold its Spring Meeting in the Bush River auritor- ium Friday, May 2, with Bush River and Vaugfhnvillp. The program of the session is as follows: Call to order—10:00 a .m. Hymn—“Love Divine”. Devotional—Mrs. Robert Glymph, Jr. Flag Saluate and Council Creed— Led by Mrs. Y. T. Dickert. Welcome—Mrs. P. C. Workman. Response—-Mrs. Colie Cromer. Song—“-Carolina”. Address—“Our Part in National Defense”—Dr. Jas. C. Kinard. Reports of County Chairmen: Agriculture — Miss Doris Gene Shealy. Citizenship—Mrs. Y. T. Dickert. Education—-Mrs. Wm. Webb. Exterior Beautification—Mrs. C. C. Wallace. Finance—Mrs. D. S. Half acre. Health—Mrs. Carl Epting. Music—Long Lane Chorus. Legislation-—Mrs. R. C. Carlisle. Music and Recreation—Mrs. R. C. Neel, Jr. Publicity—Mrs. J. W. Abrams. Religion and Welfare—'Mrs. W. B. Bodnest. Membership—Mrs. A. A. Clelaod. 4-HClub —Mrs. Claud Price. Roll Call. Old business; New business. Treasurer’s Report. Lunch—12:30 p. m. 2:30 p. m., Entertainment—Flower Show. Pennies will be gathered for British Relief—Mrs. Paul H. Long, Pres ; Mrs. J. W. Abrams, Secretary. Kidneys Must Clean Out Acids Excess acids, poisons and wastes in your blood are removed chiefly by your kidneys. Getting up Nights, Burning Passages, Back ache, Swollen Ank'es, Nervousness, Rheu matic Pains, Dizziness, Circles Under Eyes, and feeling worn out, often are caused by non-organic and non-systemic Kidney and Bladder troubles. Usually in su r h cases, the very first dose of Cystex goes i tght to work helping the Kidneys flush out excess acids and wastes. And this cleansing, purifying Kidney action, in Just a day or so, may eas ily make you feel younger, stronger and better than in years. A printed guarantee wrapped around each package of Cystex in sures an immediate refund of the full cost unless you are completely satisfied. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose under this positive money back guarantee so get Cystex from your druggist today for oi^Ly 35c. JUST KIDS— Shortcake! By Ad Carfer Winnsboro Native Elected New Moderator of A. R. P. Synod Hendersonville, N. C.—The Re -1 /. David T. Lauderdale of Lexington, Va., was unanimously elected moder ator of the general synod of the As sociatedReformed Presbyterian church at today’s session of the one hundred and thirty-seventlh annual meeting, being held at the church as sembly ground, Bonclarken near here. Statesville was chosen for the 1942 meeting place, with the First ARP church as -host. Doctor Lauderdale, chosen by ac clamation, will be installed at the Statesville meeting as successor to the Rev. C. B. Betts, D. D., who is moderator of the current assembly. A native of Winnsboro, S. C., Doc tor Lauderdale is the oldest minister in point of sertvice in Rockbridge county, Va., having rounded out 26 years there. He was graduated from Erskine college and seminary. Due West, S. C., in 1914, and studded for one year at the Moody Bible insti tute in Chicago. He is married and has five child ren, two qf them being students at Erskine now. , • The synod today received greetings from the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (Southern). The message was delivered by Dr. L. T. Wild® of Hen dersonville, substituting for Dr. C. Mrs. Raymond Henderson-, Mrs. F. G. Hartley. ''Mrs. John Bedenbaugh Misses Allie Amick, Miss Myrtle Da whips, Miss Corrine Hendrix and Don Van Meter of the Newberry county (hospital attended! the Garo ld nos-Virginias Hospital Conference in Greenville Friday. Mrs. Lucy Taylor of Columbia is visiting Mrs. F. G. Hartley. Miss Margaret Harmon was guest for a few days last week in Charles ton in the home of Miss Lucy Lock- wood. Summer months ahead make Na tional Cotton Week an ideal time to buy canvas play tents for the child ren. To return from Palestine last summer an American archaeologist had to go by car to Bagdad, train to the Persian gulf, boat to Bombay and freighter via Capetown and Trinidad to New York. Apple peeling is‘about five times as rich in vitamin C as apple flesh. Grier Davis of Asheville, who was unable to be present. Dr. T. H. Spence, curatoc of the historical foundation and library at Montreat, assembly ground for the Southern Presbyterian denomination, discussed the work of that institutwn, in which the ARP churdh was a part. A conference on foreign missions, with the Rev. S. W. Redd of McCor mick, S. C., presiding was in to night’s program. A testimonial by Dr. Edgar Long of Due West, chair man. of the foreign mission board, to Mies Macie Stevenson, for 50 years in the ARP mission in Mexico, was arranged for this service, as was an address bv the Rev. S. Dwight Winn, pastor of the Second Presbyterian churdh of Greenville, S. C. Business matters will consume all of tomorrow’s sessions of the synod, which will adjourn after various services Sunday, including a memor ial for deceased ministers. TM- quss^ • A quick freshener for perspir- ing-hot, dusty skin. Makes a lightly fragrant summer rub- down, to maintain after-bath daintiness. Choice of 4 scents— Mountain Laurel, Tropical Spice, Natural and new Blue Iris. Carpenter’s FINAL NOTICE! / : - * '' 1 Books for the collection of 1940 taxes will close Wed- nesday, April 30, after which time a 7 per cent penalty vVill * « be added, and uncollected 1940 taxes will shortly there after be placed in the hands of the Tax Collector, The penalty until April 30 is 3 per cent. Ralph B.B lack COUNTY TREASURER