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. * FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1941 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE FIVE Candidates’ Cards FOR MAYOR I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of 'Mayor of the City of Newberry, and agree to abide the results of the City elections. R. C. FLOYD. Spectator Discusses The State’s Tax Situation I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Mayor of Newberry and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic Party and the results of the Democratic Primary Election.- J. W. EARHARDT, SR. I hereby announce myseif a candi date for Mayor of Newberry and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic primary. If elected I promise you an honest, ecoiomical, courteous and serious tdmin'so.’ation of city affairs. 1 thank you in ad vance for any favors shown me. HERMAN S. LANGFORD. ALDERMAN WARD No. 2 I hereby announce myself a candi date for Alderman from Ward 2, and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic Primary, RAYMOND BLAIR. ALDERMAN WARD 2 I hereby announce myself a candi date for Alderman from Ward No. 2, and agree to abide the results of the City Primary Election. TOM GRAHAM. ALDERMAN WARD 2 I hereby announce myself a candi date for Alderman from Ward 2, and agree to abide the results of the Dem ocratic City Primary. ROBERT P. FAIR. ALDERMAN WARD 2 I hereby announce myself a candi date Tor Alderman Ward 2, subject to the rules of the City Democratic Primary election. E. MAXCY STONE. ALDERMAN WARD 2 I hereby announce myself a candi date for Alderman Ward 2, subject to the rules of the City Democratic Primary elections. P. METTS FANT. I hereby announce myself a can didate for alderman Ward 2 and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic Primary election. W. E. (Whimpy) RINGER. ALDERMAN FROM WARD 4 I hereby announce myself a candi date for Alderman from Ward 4, and agree to abide the results of the City Primary. M. K. (BUCK) WICKER. ALDERMAN WARD 4 I hereby announce myself a can didate for Alderman for Ward 4, sub ject to the rules of the Democratic Democratic city primary. ERNEST H. LAYTON. ALDERMAN WARD NO. 5 I hereby announce myself a candi date for Alderman of Ward No. 5 of Newberry, S. C., and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Demo cratic nrimary. EUGENE “GENE" SHEALY. Dr. G. H. Aull of Clemson college has made a study of the relation of sale prices for land to the assessed value of the same land. It is cotn- j mon knowledge, for example, that a farm selling for $5,000 is almost cer tainly not on the tax books as being worth $5,000. More likely it will be valued for taxation at $1,500 or $2,- 000. Everybody does, it, so there is no secret about it. In fact, I have been told that when a man of good salary, but no landed property, of fered to return his household goods at about 90 per cent of cost he ap peared to be a freak, and his neigh bors, the assessors, put the proper ty at about 10 per cent of value. That did not happen in my county. I 'beard of a man who tried' to return for taxation at $50 a house that must 1 be worth $3,000 ati least. I mention these cases by way of illustrating the condition Dr. Aull found when he and his associates made notes from 30,- 000 transfers of property. You may liave heard some one complain about the taxes. People have been known to do that. In fact it is one of the most frequent topics of the day. Sometimes the question is asked “What do I get for my taxes?” Well that is something else, again. In general, all of us enjoy protection of our person and property agarnst violence and rob bery. That was the original pur pose of a government. Today the public is taxed for education, health, relief—any many other things. It is probable that the less you pay in taxes the more you receive in public benefits, other than police protection. We jiave farms and buildings on the farms; town lots and buildings; stocks of merchandise, live stock, machinery, raw materials to be pro cessed or manufactured. Our farms are assessed at rates which vary not only in the counties, but in the communities. In Bamberg Counity real estate is 83 per cent of all the property re turned for taxation, while it counts for only 22 per cent in Fairfield. Real estate in the country is nearly 1-3 of the taxable property of the State; while country and town property to gether account for one-half our ass essed values. Mills and other textile properties amount to one-fifth, with rail roads, aind other ■pubKc utili ties, accomunting for another fifth. More than fifty per cent of the tax able property in 32 counties was real estate, and in only 5 counties, was it less than forty per cent. In ten counties rural real estate alone represents more than half of all the taxable property. The observation is made that be tween 1937 and 1938 assessments were increased on 11,000 properties atnd, decreased on 10,000. In this we note that property on the tax books for less than $250 was increased only five per cent. The decreases show larger percentages for properties of more than $3,000, than for smaller holdings, being nearly 20 per cent for the larger, against 15.4 per cent for the smaller. I do not knew, of course, but I've found that relatively large holdings have considerable idle land, cut-over woods, swamps or branches, while small tracts are more likely to be usable or tillable land!. There is a bit of light which may be thrown on low assessments as compared with much higher sale prices. The local or Township Board of Assessors, and usually the County Board of Equalization also, are farm ers dealing with their neighoors. They keep in mind the condition, of the neighborhood. For example, many of us ordinary farmers are making about a bale of cotton to four acres this year. And I assure you it makes us feel very ordinary, indeed; Now if our neighbors were assessing us this winter they would not for get that entirely. But, while our income has been severely reduced, we may not regard the land as being of less sale value. In other words, I our ability to pay taxes may be less, I but the value is there. If that should ! seem unconvincing or unsound it is at least a neighborly attitude. It ' may not be scienltific; and it may not look well in print, but the assessors in tempering the wind to the shorn lamb are showing a quality of mercy which we mustn’t quarrel with. Prior to 1900 farms were returned for taxation at about sale value, but farm values increased 420 per cent between 1901 and 1912, while ass essed values increased only 37 per cent. But there is another side: When sales prices declined 78 per cent between 1919 and 1935 the ass essed values declined onjy 10 per cent! Those living in towns on salaries and wages and not owning real estate may not feel it but in many of our counties almost every public service is charged to real estate. The ‘heav iest expense of many counties is for schools. Today the State is very generous with the counties in provid- ‘ ing school aid, but many counties j have carried the burden as a tax on real estate. I was amazed when I compared the census bulletins on population and retail sales m South Carolina to find , that the retail bulletin gives our : State population as being 1,905,815. Whereas the population bulletin says ■ we have 1,899,804. As soon as I found such flexibility m figures I felt very much at home and quoted both as correct so that each person may j choose which figure he prefers. Dr. Aull tells us that farm land in our State has an average sale value of MEET oub NEIGHBOR! ALDERMAN WARD !5 I hereby announce myself a candi date for Alderman from Ward 5 and agree to abide the results of the Primary. B. O. CREEKMORE. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Commissioner of Public Works, and agree to abide the results of the city primary. NED PURCELL. NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING We the undersigned Jury Commis si oners for Newberry County, shall on the 9th day of October 1941, at 9 o’clock A. M., in the Clerk of Court’s office, openly and publicly, draw thirty-six names to serve as Petit Jurors for the Criminal Court, <which will convene in Newberry County Court House October the 20th, 1941, at 10 o’clock A. M. H. K. BOYD, CleHc of Court, P. N. ABRAMS, Auditor, J. R. DAWKINS. Sept- 27, 1941. iMr. and Mrs. O. F .Armfield and son Billy, visited their daughter, Doris Armfield in Charleston over the weekend. £L&noel Deodoro eta. Fonseca^ 1617 ~ 1891- LEADECL OF THE DEVOLUTION THAT MADE BCAZIL A REPUBLIC. HE WAS THE HEAD OF THE republican provisional. OOVEQNMENT. Vx&monds? FROM River qqwel in Bahia brazil A WOODEN BOWL, SHAPED LIKE AN OLD FASHIONED .CHOPPING BOWL, IS TH/S Brazilian's only utensil. WITH A ROTARy MOTION HE. CAREFULLY SEPARATES CLAY AND SILT FROM THE SHALL PEEBLES , AND PICES OUT THE DIAMONDS'. ARE USED IN MANY INDUSTRIES FOR- CUTTING AND GRINDING TOOLS, FOR. DRILLING OIL AND MINERALS . LASTING LONGER. AND WORKING SPEEDIER. THAN STEEL-INSTftilMENTS, INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS FHOM BRAZIL ARE INDISPENSABLE IN U. S. A. DEFENSE INDUSTRIE^. JUUajed bu Publithert' Reciprocal PTogrart, Inc. $23.10 an acre based on an exhaus tive study of sales in 30,000 record ed transactions, where the proper ties ranged from averages of $89.56 per acre to $5.36; while the census says that the average sale price is $30.12. All these statisticians have labor ed without ceasing for many long weary months. I assume that Dr. Aull’s figures are those of actual sales, while the census figures are valuations indicatedi by optomistic landowners. The census may be dry reading but sometimes those cold figures tell a story which the imagination may develop. Think over this: In 1940 we had 137,558 farms in South Caro lina, a loss of 20,373 since 1930. Probably a hundred, thousand people, men and their families, 1 ft the farm in ten years. And of these farms now in operation 19’,»-I0 are mort gaged, being 1,100 more than in 1930. Figures may prove anything but af ter hearing the figures I’ve just giv en you will be surprised to know that more farms of 1940 are operated by full owners than in 1930—50,643 against 45,515 ani that fewer farms operated by full owners are under mortgage in. 1940 than in 1930. The land in the farms of full owners in 1940 exceeded that of 1930 by near ly 300,000 acres. The value of the farms, land and buildings, was $1,- 383,887 less in 1940 than in 1930. I am using expressions employed in the census report, such as full owners. The full value of all farms in the state, including land and build ings—1940 was $149,938,755, an in crease of $5,000,000 over 1930. Taxes are set out at 32 cents an acre in 1940 against 46 cents in 1930; or $1.- 01 on the $100, against $1.25. I don’t know how the census folk arrived at their conclusions; nor why they think farms were worth five millions more in 1940 than in 1930. A lot of averaging must have been done, with considerable guessing. With regard to the taxes I should like to 'have my land .taxed on the basis given in the census. Wrestling with . the farm census almost cured me of delving into cen sus reports, though I have found quite a lot that was interesting. Any merchant who read's about farms be ing taxed at $1.01 on a $100 of value vill redouble his protest against the floor tax, that is the same tax which the census says collects $1.01 per $100 of value from the farmers, whereas the merchants pay on an as sessment valuation of $42 of every $100 of inventory. To get at this more accurately, the land/ per acre is put at $30.12 in 1940 compared with $36.48 in 1930. Now if the av erage value per acre be $30.12 and it is taxed 32 cents per acre we see how that compares with the mer chants who pay on a valuation of $42 on the $100, resulting in three or four times as much taxes. Battery Celebrates Second Birthday Camp Stewart, Ga., Sept. 23.— Battery C of the 107th Separate Coast Artillery Battalion (Anti-Air craft) celebrated! its second birthday tonight with a steak supper which was given in the C Battery Mess Hall. This celebration was held; one week ahead of time but this outfit is leaving' for Hoffman, North Caro lina to take part in the first Army maneuvers. On September 29, 1939, Battery C was organized as a Battery in the South Carolina National Guardi. Bat tery C was originally organized as Battery I of the 263rd Coast Artil lery Regiment and was later chang er to Battery H also of the 263rd. This outfit went to Charleston last summer as Battery H and was noted as being the best anti-aircraft bat tery down there. Battery H outfired and outspotted all of the old' Batta- tetries of the 263rd who had been placed in the third Battalion. The third Battalion had been designated as the Anti-Aircraft Battalion of the 263rd but in December of 1940, this outfit was changed again. This time it wais, as was the other Batteries of the third Battalion, placed on an en- MTTLE MOUNTAIN LUTHERANS CELEBRATE ON FIFTIETH YEAR For Rainy Days Holy Trinity Lutheran congrega tion, at Little Mountain, the Rev. E. Z. Pence, D. D. pastor, is preparing to celebrate its 60th amniversary on Sunday, October 5, this being the date in October 1891 on which the first church was dedicated. Ministers who have served the congregation are: Rev. J. K. Efird, who organized' it, and the Revs. S. L. Nease, H. P. Counts, O. B. Shearouse, J. J. Long, J. B. Harman and E. Z. Pence. Supply pastors have been Dr. A. C. Voight, T. H. Weeks and J. W. Oxner. Five of the original 34 charter members are living and aio expect ed to be present. They are: Mrs. B. B. Davis of Columbia; Mrs. Emma Brady of Columbia; Mr. J. Hilliard Hipp of Saluda; D. Walter Boland of Savannah; and Ernest BolanJ of Miami, Florida. On Sunday morning, the Rev. H. A. McCullough of Columbia will deliver the anniversary sermon. Following this the holy communion will be ad ministered'. After dinner, which will be served on the church grounds, the congregation will reassemble and hear the two living former pastors, Dr. J. J. Long of White Rock and the Rev. J. B. Harman of Newberry. Sons of the congregation charter tirely new outfit. This outfit was placed on a 37 mm. gun and was (members and others will bring greet- named the 107tb Sep. C. A. Bn. (AA). ln ^ s dur,n S th « afternoon. On February 10, 1941, Battery C was called into active service for the duration of the present crisis and is now located at Camp Stewart, Geor gia. Battery C is now recognized 1 as one of the best batteries now in ser vice at Camp Stewart and we are all very proud of this record and are doubly glad that we can always say that the boys from Newberry are al ways in there pitching. Our Anniversary Supper was at tended by all of the enlisted person nel of this Battery which includes the The four nights following the Sun day celebration will be given to the organizations of the church as fol lows: Monday night, the Children of the Church, with a sermon on Bap tism; Tuesday night, the Luther Leagues, with a sermon on confirma tion; Wednesday night, the Woman’s Missionary Society and the Brother hood, with a sermon on the Lord’s Supper and Thursday night, the Sun day School with a sermon on The Word. A full history of the life and nei or ims J*a™*ry wmen w* growth of the congregation is .being boys from Newberry as well as the. ared far diatrib X__ Weatherman, as I expected, you put over a fast one and now the boys with straw hats and seersucker pants re wearing overcoats at the same time. Why can’t you be reasonable? AIR RAID HELMETS WILL BE MADE OF COTTON, SOYBEANS boys who came to us by way of the Selective Service. The staff officers of the Battalion and the Commanding Officers of all the other batteries in the 107th were the invited guests at our birthday supper and the progress of this Battery as well as the work of the Battalion as a whole was praised by Lt. Col. John C. Henagan, 107th Battalion commander. Captain Thomas H. Pope, Jr., Bat tery C commanding officer, acted as Master of Ceremonies jnd a very en joyable program, was held there over the steaks and iced tea. Out of the present strength of this Battery, there are about 15 men out of the old Battery I. These men were called upon to stand up at the beginning of the supper and were given a big hand by all present. These men were highly praised by their commanding officer, Captain Pope. The supper was concluded witn the singing of “God' Bless America" as led- by Captain Evander R. Mclver, personnel Adjutant of the 107th. Washington, D .C.—If Americans are ever subjected to bombings from the air, they’ll protect their “noodles" with helmets made from cotton and soybeans. As a result of experiments con ducted by the Department of Agri culture’s regional laboratory at New Orleans and the soybeans products laboratory at Urban*, 111., a brand new helmet has been perfected to protect the heads of workers in air raid zones. The helmets are made of a heavy cotton, cloth treated with a soybean substance, and though they won’t turn a direct hit by a bullet, they’re excellent protection against falling debris and bomb fragments. The National Cotton Council says that these cotton - soybean helmets might serve in place' of metal for home defense under such conditions as in London, where about half of the air raid injuries are caused by falling glass. Much lighter than metal helmets, the new farm product head' gear can be made faster and more cheaply, and can save metals for other defense purposes. The cotton-soybean hel mets are made strong enough to withstand a blow of forty foot pounds which is all the human neck will stand. As a parting statement, Mr. Arm- field, we are all fine and hoping that the folks back home are still as much behind us as they were when we left. We are down here showing the United State® Army just what the boys from the good old town of Newberry can do and we are making a record of which we can all be very proud. These maneuvers which we are leaving on Thursday morning aren’t going to 'be play by a long shot but with this outfit fighting with the Red Army, we can’t lose. Let the people at home' know what we are doing and we will keep on digging a® we have in the past. Wishing you all lots of luck, I remain Yours sincerely, Lonnie Franklin, Jr. (Pfc.) COUNTY LIBRARY OPENED FOR THE SOLDIERS The management of the County Library wishes to do its part in ser vice to the city’s soldier guests. To this end, a large sign will be placed over the front entrance, indicating a welcome and free use of the books and magazines. The library will be open on Satur day nights until 10 o’clock and on Sundays whenever the soldiers are spending the weekend here. Extra dhairs will be needed es pecially for the comfort of thoSe us ing the library, and donations of chairs will be most acceptable. Mrs. Minnie Cunningham and Mrs. Gertrude Southern of Greer spent Tuesday with Mrs. Cuningham’s daughter, Mrs. E. A. Carpenter and family. POPEYE, THE RECRUITING P--SS-T- LOOK, MISTER- \ / IS TH' GALS CERTIN6LV LIKE ) THAT US SAILORS/ \SO? r THA’S TH* LIFE, ) o O ''j o- Y' \ EH? J/ S « O '’-WAS, ACOURSE, THAS SO!! BESIDES \ LEARNIM' A SKILLED TRADE IN TH' NAWV. TH' SAILORS HAVE PLEkl'V OF FUN— UMT* LOTS OF TIME TO VISIT TH’ LANDS OF ROMAKJSK AN’ OPPORTUNIKV/ - I’LL BET VA WISHES VA WAS IN TH’ NAW'/ i—n OFFICER, V MEETS THE ADMIRAL! I '4 /. T rttein£cH$$ AJ LOOK WHO'S HERE! 1 THOUGHT SOU WERE RETIRED, ADMIRAL VES, BUT I CAN’T KEEP M/AW FROM THE NAVW/f oooO-OH 60RSH! Your pay in the Navy is gravy No rent to pay. No food to buy. No doctor's or dentist's bills. Even-movies and other entertain* ment are free. And when you first enlist, the Navy gives you $118.00 worth of uniforms! And if you want to learn a trade, the Navy is the place to do it. There are forty-five odd trades you can learn ... training that's worth hundreds of dollars the first year. The Navy offers the chance of a lifetime to young men. If you are 17 or over, get a free cepy of the illustrated booklet "LIFE IN THE U. S. NAVY," from the Navy Editor of this newspaper. Simply write or call. SERVE WOUR COUNTRW ! BUILD WOUfZ FUTURE.' GET IN THE NAVW NOU)! prepared for distribution. All members, former members, and friends are urged to come and en joy this great occasion. Remember the dates Oct. 5-9. ENLARGED OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE THROUGH WPA Due to the interest and coopera tion on the part of the Library man agement, the state WPA for Library Extension has agreed to make New berry county one of the few demon stration areas in the state. This means that additional workers will be assigned not only to the local center, but workers will be furnished to towns in the county that are too large for adequate service from the depositories and the book mobile. Both rooms in the old court house will be th -own into one, and the state WPA will send to the library from 1000 to 3000 books. Additional oases are being made to accomodate these. Through the County Education de partment, $500 worth of children’s books will be added, and these a® well as the other books for children will have a special section. In this new setup the library will be open on Saturdays and for awhile at night, for the convenience of those who cannot come at any other time. The WPA furnishes no funds and at present, the real need is for some chairs. If any reader has a chair not needed in the 'home or office a call to Mr®. R. D. Wright, phone 393, will be greatly appreciated. Under this arrangement, it is re quired that the directors of the lib rary be appointed by the County Board of Education, and the follow ing are the recently appointed' board: Miss Ethel Counts, Mrs. Paul Long, R. C. Lake, T. H. Pope, Jr., R. Aub rey Harley, Z. F. Wright, and Mrs. Robert D. Wright. To Relieve Misery of COLDS LIQUID, TABLETS SALVE NOSE DROPS COUGH DROPS Try “RUB-MY-TISM” A Wonderful Liniment 666 ere comet js ffte /frlde... [ For th« best in Genuinely Engraved Wedding Stationery Ask For lee-southern I Invitations, Announcements, Reception ot Home ond Calling Cords. Prices ore Most Reasonable In Newberry we are exclusive agent for the LEE SOUTHERN line of Wedding Invitation®, An nouncements, Calling Cards, En graved Stationery and Informals. Our Representative will be glad to call at your home with sam ples. Or, if you wish, come by The Sun office and see our com plete line. Sty* #mt PHONE ONE One of the best between'-class pals is this cravenettcd cotton gab ardine raincoat. Just like the rain coats being worn at men’s colleges, this coat is one of the smartest being shown for the 1941-42 col lege season. And they’ll cheer for durable, long- lived gabardines. Just one glance will convince them that without cottons no school wardrobe is complete. True enough, the war and Amer ica’s own defense program will show their effect on cotton fashions on the campus. Tailored corduroy suits— just a bit severe, though exceedingly smart in lines—will be seen in the class room. There’ll be a greater swing toward slack suits for picnics and lounging around the dormitories. Thrills in Velveteen But whatever severity there is in everyday clothing, it will certainly find relief in the thrilling new vel veteen dinner and evening dresses the college girl will wear to formal par ties and campus balls. The soft fold® of long, full sleeves give an air of feminine sophistication to the very newest freshman. And speaking of velveteens, they’re going to be more popular than ever before for dress-up afternoon par ties, tea dances, and of course to wear weekends at home or on the campus at Tecfh where Joe’s going to school. Soft and glamorous in ap pearance, cotton velveteens are be ing offered this season in more than forty different colors. For evening the darker hues are most popular, though one of the most striking din ner dresses of the season is being made in wine red velveteen. Corduroys for Every Girl But to get back to corduroys— for they’re going to play an even more important part in college ward robes than last year—there are some absolute “musts” no girl should miss. For instance, to get away from the age-old combination of sweater and Airt, there’s a two-piece corduroy suit. It has a jacket with roomy pockets and a front kickpleat skirt. In aqua blues, flame red, dusty rose, and beige, the outfit is worn with a tailored white cotton shirt and 1 knee- length cotton ribbed hosiery. Slacks Do Double Duty In the same colors as the suit en semble there’s a slack suit which is ideal for general knock-about wear. Some of these corduroy slack suits are made so that they can play the double role of slack suit and lounging pajamas! 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