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THE WEWBEHKT 8UH rEIPAY,- OCTOBER U, 1M1 1218 Colleje Street Newberry, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher One Year 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. Selling Arrangement For Farm Products Needed In This State, Says Spectator THE TIMES ARE OUT OF JOINT During the prolonged drouth which has gripped this section of the country for the past three months, many knowing folk have pointed to the “signs” and predicted rain based thereon. But all the signs have fail ed: the position of the moon in the sky was not right, clouds were of the wrong color to fetch rain, the gath ered cloud banks in the west at sun set went back on the prophets—all signs failed. The failure of the signs is a trag edy. They were the old reliables Now the drouth has burned them up. Surely, the times are very much out of joint. NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS Britain is being criticised for not invading the European continent, now that Hitler SEEMS to have the bulk of his army on the Russian front. It is easy to understand this criti cism. The chance to strike Hitler in the rear seems to be a golden one. It appears to be a wide-open opporunity to deal him a severe blow. But there are other sides to the invasion ques tion which non-military minds do not grasp. How does anyone know that a bulk of Hitler’s armies are in the east? It is a mere guess. This story may be a ruse, circulated by Hitler’s propa ganda bureau to lure a British force to the continent and then fall upon it with a hard-hitting army. Anoth er Dunkirk might follow. Again, British bombers have play ed havoc with French, Belgian and Dutch port facilities. Wharves, pfers, cranes and railway tracks have been bombed to pieces. How can anyone expect to land a large body of troops and their heavy equipment without adequate unloading machinery? It can’t be done. A more serious obstacle to an in vasion attempt is the difficulty of maintaining an army over a large area of water. Soldier- might effect a landing in France or Belgium, but could they be sustained? That is an all-important question. Unless lines of communications can be kept open, the life of an army depending them is brief. Unless Britain is reasonably sure of being able to land and maintain a superior force on the continent wis dom dictates the course she is pur suing. A radical is a fallow who has less money than his neighbors. BUSH RIVER SCHOOL NEWS There was a flurry of excitement at Bush River last week when the first report cards were issued 1 . There were some surprises, some disappoint ments. Grades were compared, and occasionally disputed. In spite of this, most of the pupils knew that the grades were correct. So now, the com motion seems to have settled down. The high school students will have free transportation to the State Fair Tuesday. All who plan to go expect to have a wonderful time. The barbecue chicken supper serv. ed at Bush River October 10 was a great sucess. All of the chicken war sold in a comparatively short time. Mr. Herman Wise cooked it, and any one who has eaten any of his barbe cued chicken can imagine how deli cious it was. Nothing could have been better. The basketball girls are planning to have a Hallowe’en carnival soon. Preparations have already begun. All are cooperating beautifully so far; even other students are helping. This spirit is what causes success, so we are hoping that it will continue to prevail. •>i The author of Spectator broadcasts over several stations regularly. The broadcasts are a presentation of Na tional and State affairs. This is the schedule: Tuesdays—2:15 WIS (Columbia); WOLS (Florence). Wednesdays—2:30 WRDW (Augus ta). Fridays—1:30 WFRC (Greenville); 11:30 WTMA (Charleston). Charleston and Greenville alternat ing. Twelve members of the United States Senate are fighting to reduce Federal non-defense spending two billion dollars. It could easily be done. The idea of continuing N. Y. groups, as part of defense is ridicu lous. One of the principa» handicaps to thorough preparation for war is that we still must pamper a lot of pets. The vast, unsuspected war resour ces of Russia are not sufficient to stem the tide of onrushing Germans. Now what have we, in comparison with the Russians? This is no time to indulge pet theories; if business can’t be as us ual, as all the war economists tell us, then nothing else here should be as usual, for business is our means of livelihood, as well as the satisfaction of normal human needs. Every COC boy ought to be In the army, navy, marine corps, or back on the farm—and that applies more or less to the others. Congress might omit them from the budget. Our people are strangely inconsis tent; when we draft men for military service, at great sacrifice, sometimes., we have no moral excuse for pussy footing about anything or coddling anybody. A few years ago I read some fig ures on our condition which may not be true in equal degree today, but are too nearly true for ts to feel proud. Before repeating the figures, I re peat that we could rebuild South Car olina with the money we have; and we could greatly improve our contri tion by supplying our own needs. Perhaps you recall a little calcula tion I made. H 1,000 men of iwtuth Carolina would invest $1,000 a year in this state, that would make possible a million dollar industry every year. Wj have thousands of men who have an extra thousand dollars. If 100 men in a small county invest $100 a year, that county could have a $10,- 000 industry every year. Three or four thousand dollar industries would make things hum in most of our towns. And surely this is not a dream of riches I have. We may be explor ing the nation for gold, while acres of diamonds are under our feet. We buy from other States millions of dollars of butter, meat, flour, feeds, lard, cheese, etc. All this we could produce here. It was said a while back that 17,- 000 farm families grow no veget ables; 80,000 grow no wheat; 20,000 have no chickens; 48,000 have no cow; 14,000 grow no corn; 24,000 have no hogs. Now that is pretty bad, but many of those who vary their pro ducts have not a sufficiency: 33,000 have not enough corn; f97,000 have not enough wheat; 47,000 haven’t chickens enough; 63,000 run short of milk; 54,000 need more vegetables. Miany farmers buy hay. When we talk about diversifying agriculture we might find a market here, for we buy so much from other States which could be produced here. One thing we have not solved: Mar keting the fanners’ surplus. Time after time we are urged to diversify our crops and to “lay off cotton”. Well when the farmer produces other things, can he sell them ? I know far. mers with corn to sell. There is no market. If you have hay—there is no demand. Cotton, tobaaco and hogs can be sold, but very little else. In 191& the cotton crop was worth about three hundred million dollars. At that time our State appropriated $3,892,682.78; in 1941 the cotton crop is worth about $35,000,000 and the state is spending a t least $30,000,000, received from the taxpayers. Year after year special pleaders point with great shame to our low cost per pupil—and all that; but we rank very low in individual income in the United States! We are not getting our share of Government spending, according to THE MANUFACTURERS RECORD. In the latest issue (October) I find these comparative figures, which in clude all contracts from June 1940, through August of this year: “ARMY AND NAVY” North Carolina $124,793,000 Oklahoma 217,782,000 Florida 185,294,000 Louisiana 148,271,000 Missouri 573,442,000 Mississippi 121,297,000 South Carolina 90,447,000 Georgia 161,110,000 U. S. MARITIME COMMISSION Contracts: North Carolina ..$64,' -9,000 Louisiana 4- 41,000 Mississippi 32,000,000 Alabama 68,823,000 Texas 66,199,000 South Carolina NOTHING We received generous allotments for the WPA—about the same as Florida. It must be that the fault is with us that the Government builds ships in docks of North Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas and Mississippi and can’t even see us. And we with Nat ural harbors far surpassing any wat erways of those states. Congress has within two years authorized expenditures equal to the total income of all the people of the United States a few years ago. When war ceases all the billions spont here by foreign countries and this gov ernment, for war preparations, will cease. It does not require an econo mist to forecast a slump. Even if our government should try to make work for the unemployed, how far would five billion dollars go to make up for forty billions, not to mention fifty or sixty billions? , We may be concerned about this as citizens of a great nation, but we have an even more immediate inter est as citizens of South Carolina. I call attention to what must bt thoughtfully considered by us be cause of the meetings of the State Budget Commission, and shortly af_ ter wards of the Legislature. The money pouring into the State treas ury is unprecedented, but it is highly flexible; it comes from a rapid accel eration of business. Any slowing up in business will be followed by reduc tion of revenue. If we spend in pub. lie services all this revenue, are we not as surely headed for trouble as were the Egyptians, when Joseph foretold “Behold, There come seven years of great plenty throughout all the la,ud of Egypt. And there shall arise after them seven years of fam ine * . . and the plenty shall not be known in the land by REASON OF THAT FAMINE FOLLOWING; FOR IT SHALL BE VERY GRIEVOUS.” Well that was sound economics and the experience ox men in all ages. The Egyptians prepared for the de pression in time of plenty. Are we as wise as they? We stand in need of a selling ar rangement for farm products, such as Commissioner Roy Jones suggested a year or two ago. Today some farm ers may have a few bushels of com beyond their needs. In many a com munity several truck loads of com can be had. Some other farmers may need this cbm. What is corn worth? As I under stand, from selling com and from the price of Western com, it is about like this: If a South Carolina farmer offers corn he hears that the Chicago price is eighty cents, but the freight is twenty cents so our com is worth eighty cents, less twenty cents. But when we buy com, it is worth eighty cents, plus twenty cents. So we may sell for sixty cents and buy it back for a dollar. Why can’t we handle all the farm ers’ produce? There must be a de mand somewhere. It is true that much of it, perhaps most of it, is not graded, not up to certain specifi cations; but this nation was built by men who ate ungraded produce and the plows were drawn by mules T. L. HICKS NEW PRESIDENT SECURITY LOAN & INVESTMENT By HAL KOHN T. L. Hicks, a native of Greens boro, N. C., decided twenty-four years ago to make the insurance business his life work. And after one year spent in his home town in his chosen profesion, he moved up by being made District Manager of the Pilot Life In surance company at Cheraw, where he remained 1 three years, coming to New berry in 1921, as secretary of the Se curity Loan and' Investment company, which position he has held until the past week when the Board of Direc tors named Mr. Hicks president to fill the office held by the late J. H. West. During the time that Mr. Hicks has been connected with the Security Loan & Investment company, the business has shown a great increase which ne cessitated the doubling of the capital stock from $12,000 to $25,000. In addition to doing General Insur ance, Real Estate, Rentals and Surety nourished by ungraded com, oats and hay; we have reared a vigorous man. hood on unclassified pork and the hogs were fattened on ungraded com, potatoes—and anything else around the place. Most of us have know the thrill of “busting” ungraded water melons and we have eaten bushels of ungraded peaches, pears—and what not. I do not disparage the value of standards; we need standards of qual. ity an standards of size; but the quality of much of our ungraded pro duce is good, though the sale price may be a bit off. But surely we can sell it to somebody! Bonds business this firm was one of the first in the south to sense the op. portunity offered in auto financing, and in July, 1922, they added this de partment and at that time they and one company operating now in At lanta were the only auto finance businesses operated in South Caro lina, so this company has the honor of being the oldest local owned auto finance company in South Carolina. The Security Loan and Investment company was founded in 1905, and celebrated its 36th birthday in March. It is the oldest insurance business in Newberry county and had as its first president, Dr. O. B. Mayer, who was followed by Colonel W. H. Hunt, Mr. W. A. McSwain and Mr. J. H. West, all of whom are now deceased. Mr. Hicks takes up where these es. timable gentlemen left off, and under his guidance the future of this great home institution is assured, for in addition to a thorough knowledge of the insurance business, Mr. Hicks combines a most pleasing disposition, a courtly manner, and unlimited en ergy, and all of these virtues com bined make him one of the outstand ing insurance men of this section. During his busy life in Newberry, Mr. Hicks has found time to do his share of civic work. Just this year he was co-chairman in raising funds during the USO drive, and this city doubled the quota asked for. He is past vice president of the Chamber of Commerce and immediate past presi dent of the Newberr*' Rotary Club. Miss Mary Wheeler and Mrs. Elli- sor Adams were business visitors in Columbia Saturday. Busy workers know that a minute for ice-cold Coca-Cola promotes contentment and efficiency.Why not enjoy it at home? A six- bottle carton of Coca-Cola from your dealer brings home the pause that refreshes. THE SIX-BOTTLE CARTON SOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY NEWBERRY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY 00<»X>'»*X>'>»:“»»>»»»»X>0<X>00-XHixX><HX>00000000000 TAX NOTICE State and County tax books for the year 1941 will open October 15, 1941. One per cent discount will be allowed on all taxes paid by Novem ber 14 except the four mills State tax. J. RAY DAWKINS County Treasurer A., W. P. A., C. C. C., aixl some othei I “I Classified Ads i —— NO TRESPASSING—Everyone Is hereby notified that hunting, sein ing for minnows, or trespassing in any manner is strictly forbidden on our lands. This means every body. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Domin ick. 15-3tp FOR SALE—Seed oats, wheat, vetch, clover, rape, and all other Held seeds. Johnson McCrackin Co. 19-4c RIBBONS—for adding machines and typewriters. We put them on for you. The SUN office. Phone 1. THIN PAPERS—for Lawyers snd others, any size, any grade, any weight. Plain or margin ruled. The SUN office., Phone 1. SKRIP BLACK INK—In qnarts o. smaller; numbering machine, and stamp pad ink. The SUN' office. Phone 1. FOR RENT—Two office rooms over Johnson Hagood Clary’s Clothing store on the Public Square oppo site the old Court House. Apply at J. H. Clary’s clothing store, Main street. 3tc | FOR SALE—Seed oats. Barley and Wheat—all seed grown on my farm, necleaned and graded. Purity and germination test high. Prices cheap if you consider quality. Contact me for all information possible re garding these seed. Phone No. 2302. H. O. Long, Silverstreet, S. C. 10-3-tfe JoRelien j/K Misery ^ CH%66 Liana TABLETS. SALVE. HOSE DROPS TAX NOTICE The tax books will be open for col. lection of 1941 taxei. on and after Oc tober 15, 1941. The foliowring is general levy for all except special purposes: Mills Ordinary County 1 11% Bonds and Interest 18 Roads and Bridges 2 Hospital % School—State ■ 3 County School 5% County school special 1 County Board of Education % State 1 TOTAL '......43 • The following are the authorized special levies for the various school districts of the county: Diet. No. Mills 1 Newberry 17 2 Mt. Bethel-Garmany 6 3 Maybinton 6 4 Long Lane 5 6 McCullough 6 6 Cromer ... .■ 0 8 Rnagin 10 9 Deadfall 10 10 Utopia 10 11 Hartford 6 12 Johnstone 5 13 Stoney Hill 6 14 Prosperity 15 15 O’Neal! g 18 Fairview 4 19 Midwray 4 121' Central 4 1 22 St. Phillips 8 23 Rutherford 4 I 24 Broad River 4 25 New Hope Zion 4 26 Pomaria 12 27 Red Knoll 6 28 Helena 4 29 Mt. Pleasant 8 30 Little Mountain '.... 16 % 31 Wheeland 3 32 Union 6 33 Jolly Street 8 34 St. Pauls ' 6 35 Peak 4 37 Mudlic < 6 38 Vaughnville 6 39 Chappells ' 6 40 Old Town 10 41 Dominick ' S 42 Reederville 12 43 Bush River 12 44 Smyrna ■ 12 45 Trinity 10 46 Burton 1 10 47 Tranwood 12 48 Jalapa 8 49 Kinards 2 50 Tabernacle 8 61 Trilby 4 62 Whitmire . 15 53 Mollohon 4 54 Beth Eden .■ 5 55 Fork 8 67 Belfast . 8 68 Silverstreet 14 59 Pressley ' 4 60 St. John 4 There -will be a one per cent (1%> discount on general County taxes through November 14, 1941. On and after January 1, 1942, the Penalties prescribed by law will be imposed on unpaid taxes. You are requested to call for your taxes by School Districts in which your property is located. The Treas. urer is not responsible for unpaid taxes not called for by districts. Those who had their dogs vaccinat ed for rabies during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, by one authoriz- ■ed by law, and expect to be exempted from dog tax will please bring their certificates of vaccination when ap pearing to pay taxes. J. RAY DAWKINS, Treasurer Newberry County, j