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■ ''7 RECEIVER’S SALE Pursuant to an order of the Court of Common Pleas for Newberry Cpunty, South Carolina, I will sell at public auction, at the Court House, at Newberry, S. C., within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, on Salesday in July, 1941, the follow ing real estate belonging to The Ex change Bank of Newberry, S. C., viz.: (1). That certain lot and dwelling house in the Town of Newberry, County of Newberry, State of South Carolina, fronting on College Street on the West, bounded Southern by the Leavell Funeral Home; East by lot of Mrs. Eloise W. Wright; North by lot of R. D. Wicker, being the same lot conveyed to The Exchange Bank in December, 1932, by the exe cutors of the late R. G. Wallace; (2). That certain tract of land in Newber ry County, State of South Carolina, containing seventy-two and ninety- two hundredths acres (72.92) acres more or less, bounded East by the C. N. & L. Railroad track; and lands of Fred H. Dominick; West by lands of Mrs. B. C. Matthews; North by lands of G. M. Sligh and Miss Minnie Sligh; South by lands formerly of Miss Minnie Wallace Rutherford, be ing the tract of land conveyed to The Exchange Bank by Fred H. Dominick. TERMS OF SALE: CASH. The highest bidder will be required to de posit five per cent, of his bid with the Receiver before his bid will be accept ed and if the highest bidder fail to make such cash deposit the property will be resold on the sale salesday or on some subsequent salesday at bid der’s risk. The succesful bidder will be given thirty days to comply with his bid and failure to comply will for feit the deposit as liquidated damages. The purchaser to pay for the drawing of the deed and revenue stamps. H. C. HOLLOWAY, Receiver of The Exchange Bank of Newberry, S. C. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. By Neal W. Workman, Probate Judge: WHEREAS, Dr. C. K. Epting hath made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Mrs. Anna L. Epting, de ceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kind red and Creditors of the said Mrs. Anna L. Epting deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry, S. C., on July 7, 1941 next, after pub lication hereof, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 18th day of June Anno Domini 1941. NEAL W. WORKMAN, Probate Judge, Newberry County. NOTICE OF SCHOOL BUS CONTRACT LETTING The County Board of Education of Newberry County hereby asks for bids to transport pupils in the fol lowing districts to wit: 1. To transport the children in Sil- ver street Consolidated District to Silverstreet high school over four (4) routes listed below with the approxi mate mileage and approximate num ber of pupils: No. 2—Utopia - Deadfall - Silver- street—45 pupils—45 miles. No. 3.—Ridge Spring - Trinity - Silverstreet—45 pupils—45 miles. No, 4.—Burton . Trinity—49 pu pils—40 miles. No. 5.—Trinity - Rwgin - Dead fall—30 pupils—50 miles. A diagram of each of these routes is on file at the County Superintend ent’s office for the convenience of bidders. Successful bidders shall be required to furnish new equipment and shall transport all children who live in the area or may move into the area during the life of the con tract. 2. To transport the children in Mid way school district to Little Mountain High School on route now driven by Mr. Caldwell. 3. To transport the children in Rutherford school district to Pomaria High School on route now driven by Mr. Waites. 4. To transport the children in St. Johns District to Pomaria high school on two routes designated as Route No. 1 on the Buncombe Road and Route 2 on the Broad river road, both of which are now operated by Mr. Berley. Successful bidders in Midway, Rutherford and St. Johns Districts shall furnish safe, comfortable trans portation with equipment as good or better than that now in operation on these routes. Any information re garding mileage and other particulars can be obtained from the trustees of the respective districts. All bidders shall be required to place each bid in a separate envelope, on the outside of which shall be plainly marked the school district and the route for the bid enclosed. The contracts will be awarded for a term of three years unless sooner cancelled for cause, and for the res pective school terms to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders. The bidders shall furnish the busses and the drivers of same and shall com ply with all laws and regulations re lative to the furnishing driving and equipping of same. Bids will be received through Fri day July 11, 1941 and will be opened Monday, July 14, 1941, and awards made as soon thereafter as possible. The Board hereby reserves the right to reject any and all bids. NEWBERRY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION June 27, July 4, 11 Speech of D. A. Skinner of Organized Business, Inc, Given At Businessmen’s Luncheon Here Last Tuesday, June 24 It is indeed an honor ajid a pleas ure to be with you today and to bring to you greetings from Organized Business, Incorporated, of South Car olina,—A state-wide organization,— made up of Chambers of Commerce, Local and State Trade Associations, Business Corporations, Firms, Part nerships, and Individuals,—and hav ing as its primary purpose that of concentrating, through research and fact investigations, the opinion of business and industy in the State, and making that opinion available to the General Assembly, its Commit tees and Members, to the Executive and to the Public. Perhaps mention of some of the steps taken, and the reasons there for, leading to the setting up of the organization would be of interest. Having retired, after twenty-eight (28) years service as Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, I was induced to come to Charleston to reorganize the Chamber of Commerce 4 n that city. In the course of that work I soon found that Chambers of Commerce, and similar organizations in this State could not accomplish, as they should, because of the State set-up and which set-up could only be chang ed through legislative action. If there was one thing I learned during my twenty-eight (28) years service with the National Chamber it was that business men can, from the results of research and fact in vestigations, present their views to and have them seriously considered by a legislature, its Committees, and Members. Experience has indicated to me, beyond any question of a doubt, that Senators and Representatives in any Legislature are, as a general rule, competent and pretty good fellows. They desire to represent their con stituents and do the right thing for business and industry and the pub lic interest. They have a difficult task to perform. One thing, however, I wish to bring sharply to your at tention. Just how are ihey to serve business and industry and the public interest, in a constructive way if business men and others who are or should be interested, do not advise their Representatives as to just how this or that proposed legislation, if enacted, will affect business and in dustry and the public interest. Through research and investigation, make available to them the facts and you can be fairly sure that such facts will be carefully considered, and in the great majority of cases construc tive action taken. For some years industry has been coming south. The records indicate that South Carolina has not been re ceiving its proportionate share as compared with competing States, such as Georgia, North Carolina, Vir ginia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. For several years the Charleston Industrial Bureau has had a compe tent industrial engineer visit indus trial prospects in the North, North east, and in the Industrial Middle West, with a view to securing new industries for this State, but real resistance has been encountered due, among others, to the following more imiportant matters: Tax on Intangibles. Punitive Damage Practice. Annual Sessions of the Legislature. Legislation Inimical to Business and Industry. The States Financial Situation. The Tax Situation. Maintenance of Transportation Rates on a Competitive Basis with Those in Competing States. These are matters of state-wide importance and to be dealt with efficiently should be handled by an instrumentality state-wide in scope. Several business leaders realizing OFFICE NEEDS OF ALL KINDS Ledger Outfits Account Books File Guides (Letter & Legal) Thin Papers of All Kinds Manila Folders (Letter & Legal) Rubber Bands All Kinds of Inks Paper Clips—Thumb Tacks Pencils—a,uy kind or color Pencil Sharpeners Typewriter Ribbons Adding Machine Ribbons Adding Machine paper—any size Clip Boards & Arch Boards Manuscript Covers Stapling Machines Carbon Papers Library Paste Index Cards—any size Clasp Envelopes—any size Expanding Files Mimeograph Paper Columnar Pads Index Tabs Typewriter Erasers, And many other items. We put ribbons on your type writer or adding machine. THE SUN Phone No. 1 the importance of the situation, a lit tle over two* years ago, made trips ov. er the state and addressed chambers of Commerce and similar groups plac ing before them the facts, with the result that there was set up last June “Organized Business, Incor porated of South Carolina”, which organization maintains its head quarters in Columbia, is administered by a board of Directors made up of over one hundred thirty (130) out standing business and industrial lead ers of the State, and a trained staff. As you will recall, the Tax on In tangibles was imposed some five or six years ago for one year only, but like all taxes, it continued on. It was an outright duplication in taxation. It forced citizens of South Caroljna with wealth to become citizens of other States, and prevented persons of wealth from other States fron, be coming citizens of South Carolina. We decided to work for repeal. In 1939 a Committee of some fifteen business and industrial leaders, and others concerned, appeared before the House Committee but no action was taken. In 1940 we brought be fore the House Committee over one hundred and fifty business and in dustrial leaders, with the result that the Tax was repealed by an over whelming vote in each House of the General Assembly,—and mark you, in 1940 repeal was madg by the same membership which in 1939 refused to give the matter any attention. During the recent session of the Legislature there -was an endeavor to continue the Tax on Intangibles for 1941. We promptly opposed this proposal. The House killed the pro posal by an overwhelming vote. It is felt that the question will not again be raised. Already several wealthy individuals from other states have, or are ar ranging to, become citizens. And re member, there are some one hundred eighty-four (184) wealthy Northern owners of plantations in the low country who, under favorable condi tions, will become citizens, and when they do, the receipts from income and inheritance taxes will greatly exceed any receipts ever contemplated from the Tax on Intangibles. In practically every State in the Union you may sue for Punitive Damages, but in no other state is the doctrine of Punitive Damages applied as It is in South Carolina. In this State, you may sue for one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars Actual Damages and * 1 2 3 4 one hundred thousand ($100,- 000.00) dollars Punitive Damages. In dustry is extremely sensitive. We know that the Punitive Damages sit uation certainly has been a real det errent to the bringing of new indus tries into the State, as well as pre venting the expansion of industries already operating in the State. We have assiduously worked to have the General Assembly adopt leg islation limiting awards in Punitive Damages. In the House just recent ly, the vote was a tie. We have made real headway. It is now a state-wide subject of discussion. Indeed we are informed that lawyers specializing in these kind of cases are not asking for as large damages and juries are not awarding as large damages as they formerly did. It is in the public interest that early action be taken. We are paying for Liability Insurance Nine ($9.00) Dollars more per average car than is paid in the State of Georgia. It is estimated that around Two Million ($2,000,000.00) dollars are going to the insurance companies in the North each year, when, as a matter of fact, such amount should be going into the coffers of the merchants and others in South Carolina. We now plan to have a small Com mittee of business leaders meet with a Sub-Committee of the House Judi ciary Committee, with a view to drafting a Bill limiting awards in Punitive Damages which will meet , with the approval of all concerned I and thus, when the Legislature meets in January, 1942, secure prompt ac tion. For the third time the people have voted in favor of Biennial Sessions. The recent session of the Generar Assembly has had' this matter be fore it. The Senate passed a resolu tion ratifying Biennial Sessions and sent it to the House, where it is held in the House Judiciary Committee. The House passed a resolution pro viding for four or six year terms for Representatives and Senators, and which resolution is held in the Sen ate Judiciary Committee. Apparent ly, both Houses refuse to act until the one or the other has acted. There fore, the matter goes over to the ses sion of 1942. We shall, during the interim, make every effort to build up public opinion to the end that members of the Legislature may be so impressed that prompt action will be taken at the coming session. We know of no reason why South Carolina should continue to be one of the four states to hold Annual Sessions. At each session of the General As sembly there is always proposed leg islation which, if enacted, would be detrimental to business and industry. Biennial Sessions would greatly re lieve this situation, thus giving »usi- ness and industry a real breathing spell to continue normally rather than, giving attention to proposed legisla tion, which, if adopted, often-times means readjustments, which are, as a W. P. Houseals Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary In Columbia general rule, costly and unnecessary. Business and industry are extreme ly sensitive where taxation and gov ernmental expenditures are involved. Business and industry do not object to being adequately taxed, provided governmental administration is effi cient and sees to it that every effort is continually made to operate under a balanced budget, and that on the expenditure side there be eliminated duplication of effort, overlapping of activities, and unnecessary expendi tures. The General Assembly has been in session for one hundred thirty-one days, while the Constitution provides a limitation to forty days. It adjourn ed on Saturday, May 24. If I were asked to sum up the accomplishments of the General Assembly during its one hundred thirty-one days session, it would be about as follows.* That no constructive legisla tion was placed on the statute books. That no proposed legislation really inimical to business and in dustry was enacted into law, al though there were a number of proposals, which, if enacted, would seriously hamper real pro gress in the State. That no new taxes were levied and much of the credit for this situation is due to the Governor and the House. That expenditures were not curtailed to the end that a bal anced budget is assured. As a . matter of fact, expenditures could have been so curtailed, without in any way decreasing any of the State Governmental Services. Organized Business, Incorporated, of South Carolina, has, during the entire session continuously followed all legislation affecting business and industry. We opposed a State Wage and Hour Bill modeled after the Fed eral law. That bill now rests in the House Committee on Commerce, Man ufacture and Labor. We 'opposed a bill providing for a ten per cent tax on tires and tubes, from which to pro vide income to be applied to the pay ment of salaries of school teachers. We opposed a bill providing for the licensing of wholesalers on the ground that its provisions were discrimina tory to certain classes of wholesalers, and urged that the bill be rewritten. The bill is on the House calendar. We constantly and- assiduously op posed any increase in taxes and urged that expenditures be curtailed to the end that all unnecessary expendi. tures, duplication of personnel, dupli cation of effort, andl over-lapping of activities, be eliminated. I would feel that the above outlines in rather clear fashion just what Or ganized Business, Incorporated, of South Carolina, is, and what its pur. poses are as an instrumentality repre senting business and industry thro- out the- State. Our purpose is to pre sent to members of the Legislature, and its Committees, the facts as we see them, and urge that such com mittees and members give those facts and views careful consideration and reach their own conclusions in adopt ing legislation which will be construc tive and result in the building up of the State. Our motto has been, is, and always will be: “If it is not for the public good, it is not for the good of business.” Perhaps our most important job is that of building up public opinion throughout the State. This is a dif ficult task. It requires patience, time and expense. Especially is this so in a State where there is such a mark ed disposition on the part of business men to “let George do it.” For instance, we are reaching the high point in these United States of ours in spending, in National income, and in tax returns, and what are we doing about it? We are making lit tle endeavor to decrease expenditures or to pay off our debts. On the other hand, government budgets are being increased to the degree that National and tax incomes are increasing. Little thought is being given as to what will happen when the downward spiral is again with us. Believe me, that time will surely come, and from a comparative point of view, the last depression will appear as only a sam. pie. Business men can accomplish about what they wish, providing their cases are based on facts resulting from re search and investigations, and their recommendations are in the public interest. We are living in a critical time. No man can predict the future. Through cooperative effort we can do much to peserve our present way of life. In Organized Business. Incorpoated, of South Carolina, you have the instru mentality through which to work and accomplish. Support that organiza tion both financially and otherwise, and you will be doing your part, not only in the building up of your com munity and State, but also in pre serving the United States as a real democracy. We have a real job ahead. Are we equal to the task ? I believe we are. There is, however, no room for those who would follow the line of least re sistance, and by that I mean “let George do it.” What is needed is co operation right down the line, a de termination to carry through, intes tinal fortitude, and plenty of all three. Top: Bride and bridegroom of 1881; center, golden anniversary, 1931; bottom, sixtieth evniversary, 1941. Dr. Wm. P. Hzuseal and Mrs. Houseal celebrated informally their sixtieth wedding anniversary Monday, June 16, at their home, 1717 Hamp ton street, Columbia, no invitations being issued, but they were visited by many friends and received num erous gifts in token of affection. Doc tor Houseal is at present confined to his home because of illn.*ss but hopes to be out soon. They removed from Newberry to Columbia in February, i 1907. Visitors at the sixtieth wedding an. niversary observance were served pound cake and ice cream. A unique feature accompanied this service in the form of a set of dessert sipoons, called “Presidents’ spoons”, 31 in number with an embossed bust on the end of spoons of each president from Washington to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 31st president, with term of office extending down the handle and an embossed replica in profile of the local dwelling of each president at the time of his election. Doctor and Mrs. Houseal (the latter as Catherine Anna Rives) were mar- I ried in Newberry, Thursday evening, j June 16, 1881, at the residence of the bride’s father, at the northeastern corner of Vincent and Cline streets*by their pastor. Rev. S. P. Hughes of Luther Chapel (now Church of The Redeemer) Lutheran congregation. The bride is the third daughter of Henry Pendleton Rives (then living in 1881) and the late Sarah Catherine Rives. Her earliest American ances tor was William Protchard, her great grandfather and a ship owner of \ Charleston, and next her grandfather, James Rives, son of Timothy Rives, one of the founders of the city of Co lumbia. The bridegroom of 1881 is the third son of William Walter Houseal and Eliza Caroline Barre Houseal of New berry, his maternal grandfather being Matthais Barre and grandmother, Mary Magdalene Werts Barre of New berry. Doctor Houseal’s earliest Am erican ancestor was Captain William Frederick Houseal, among first set tlers by Germans in the Dutch Fork of Newberry county in 1750 and ser ved in the war of the Revolution as a German-American patriot. His sons, John Houseal and Jolyi Houseal, sec ond, being respectively his great grandfather and grandfather. In celebrating the sixtieth wedding anniversary it is distinctly significant that Doctor Houseal is the first mem ber of the Houseal family to observe such an event within the period of 190 years, dating from 1750, so far as the record extends. Likewise the same experience applies to Mrs. Houseal during the period of 150 years. Mr. Houseals age is now within six weeks of 85, July 30 being his birthday, while Mrs. Houseal was 83 on February 21, 1941. Mrs. Houseals earliest known an cestors was one of the soldiers with William the Conqueror, sumamed Rives, at the battle of Hastings, Oc tober 14, 1066, when England was in vaded by the Normans. Remaining in England the Rives genealogical his tory was published in 1918 by James Rives Childs of Lynchburg, Va., while he was American counsul at Buda pest, Roumania, complete from 1414. Ancestors in antiquity of the Hous eal family dates from 59 B. C. when Julius Caesar admits he could not conquer the Suabians in the dense forests of German (now the Wuert- temburg section) as they weilded their battle axes, protected by a huge wooden shield covered with raw-hide of wild anipials (the Shield in German “hauschieldt”) from which Houseal was derived, modified to “Houseal” in 1750. Tacitus, Roman historian (liv- ,— ed 54-117 a. d.) agreed with Caesar, and paid the ancient Germans high praise for their outstanding virtuous lives and devotion to home and wife and children, manifesting purity of life, which was the subject of an edi torial in The State of June 4. This fact applies to the German settlers in America. But “how have the migh ty fallen” in the fatherland today. Mrs. Houseal had a remarkable es cape from a fatal accident in her in fancy (about the age of 2 years) when she was gleefully interested in the playful gestures of a gentleman friend of the family as he stood on the street in front of the Rives home at 258 East Bay. street, Charleston. Bounding out of the arms of the nurse, this gentleman attempted to intercept her fall but she fell out of his outstetched arms upon a bale of cotton, then upon a pile of cotton, 'without the least injury. That resi dential section of Charleston was de. | molished about 4 years ago to make I way for railroad tracks from the freight station to the wharves. airplane spotters for city During the coming week, Newberry County will be provided with official “Aircraft Warning Posts” to be placed in the service of the U. S. army. The initial meeting in this regard will be held today (Tuesday), at 3 p. m. in tfee Chamber of Com. merce offices. Every county in America is now be ing prepared against the possibility of invasion by air. This does not mean that Army officials actually be lieve that any sort of invasion at tempt is likely in the near future, but it does mean that America will not be caught off-balance. A real lesson was learned when England was at tacked by air, and the U. S. A. in tends to profit by experience. Last Friday night, June 27, a meet ing was held in Anderson, all De fense Chairmen of this Congressional District attending. The meeting was called by Hon. Oscar Doyle, Director of Civilian Defense for the 3rd Con gressional District, and a full expla nation of Civilian Defense problems was given by Major Heyward Mahon Director of the South Carolina Coun cil for National Defense. Newberry County Chairman of National Defense Ted W. Bremer, and Newberry Coun ty Director of Civilian Defense G. K. Dominick attended. As a result, an “Aircraft Warning Service” will be set up immediately in this county, and will be followed at once by the organization of Newberry County’s Civilian Defense Force. The general plan is that “warning posts” will be located in every part of every county of the nation; these posts will each *be located within 15 seconds of a telephone; 25 men will man each post, working in pairs, on 2-hour shifts; any enemy plane sight, ed will be reported by special tele phone relay to an “information filter center” which will in turn notify Army aviation headquarters. The meeting held Tuesday in the Chamber of Commerce offices was for the purpose of hearing the report of Chairman Bremer, and also to receive instuctions as to how the plan is to be worked out for Newberry County. Immediately following this meeting thq actual posts will be organized and the entire job completed within a few days. When once the “Aircraft Warn, ing Service” has been set up here, notice will be forwarded to the “Third Interceptor Command” (Army avia tion) in Tampa, Fla. From that point on, the entire service will be in the hands of the U. S. Army. It is expected that official maneuvars, to acually test the workability of the plan, will be held in the very near future. WEEVIL WAR WILL SAVE [MILLIONS To The Sun, Boll weevil situation is critical. Un less one-one-one poison is used, quick ly, plentifully and repeatedly, South Carolina’s colton farmers will suffer. Therefore we urge you to do your all—your best to persuade every cot ton farmer to concentrate on fight ing this common enemy. It is now or never in 1941. In case of advanced growth of cot ton and dusting equipment is avail able advise its use combining calcium arsenate with sulphur and rotenone to forestall flea hopper and plant lice. For rank and file of farmers with advance growth cotton most import ant thing is to put all help available to picking up squares. D. W. WATKINS, director of ex tension; D. M. LIPSCOMB, South Carolina cottonseed crushers association; W. P. Jacobs, cotton manufacturers association; R. W. HAMILTON, state officer, A. A. A. - HARRY BROWN, general agent, farm credit administration; R FRANK KOLB, state director, farm security administration. Columbia, S. C. * t