The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 31, 1941, Image 4
«
PAGE POUR
THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1941
nn
1218 College 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.
OIL SHORTAGE THE BUNK
The so-called “oil shortage” scare
on the eastern seaboard, promoted for
reasons hard to understand, has van
ished like morning midst. According
to a congressional committee inves
tigation, there is no serious shortage
in the foreseeable future.
The productive capacity of the
American oil industry is more than
adequate to meet today’s enormous
military and civilian demand. A
transportation problem was created
by the transfer of tankers to Britain.
That problem is now being met by
moving oil by rail, by the construction
of pipe lines and by using coal in
stead of oil in industrial operations.
This country produces more than
60 per cent of all the oil in the world.
It produces oils of a quality unequal
ed elsewhere. This is what private
industry has done—and all the poli
tically inspired rumors of “grave
shortages” cannot hide it. Friendly
cooperation with industry as disloca
tion problems arise, due to defense
needs, will do more to solve them than
autocratic action.
and higher manufacturing and whole
sale costs must be reflected in retail
prices. The retailers are doing the
finest work in their history in cutting
overhead and serving the public to
day.
MORGENTHAU CALLS ON PUBLIC
TO SAVE NOW FOR TAX BILLS
NO RABBITF < HATS
The OPM’s consumer relation has
received a number of letters protest
ing at rising retail prices, and ac
cusing the retail industry of profit
eering at the public’s expense. That
is evidence of misunderstanding on
the part of the public.
It can be said that retail merchan
dising in all fields has generally done
its utmost to hold prices down. It
has done this in various ways: By
voluntarily accepting smaller profits;
by further incresaing overhead effi
ciency and lowering costs; by educat
ing the consumer to use suitable sub
stitutes for scarce, costly articles;
bv fighting “scare buying” and so
forth.
According to government figures,
retail food prices are still 18.4 per
cent below 1929 levels. That is true
of most other commodities as well.
So, don’t blaame the stores when
prices rise. They can’t perform
miracles. Higher wages and taxes
Washington, Oct. 25.—Secretary
Morgenthau, saying that the public
did not yet realize how stiff federal
income taxes are going to be next
year, urged everone today to start
saving immediately for the bills he is
going to send them.
“The job has to be done to get It
over to the people what their taxes
are,” the treasury head declared. “I
don’t think they have any conception.”
As a step toward that end, he an
nounced that he was arranging to
distribute—chiefly through banks—
millions of phamplets showing , the
approximate tax on anyone with an
annual income from $750 to $25,000.
Banks have been asked to mail
copies of the pamphlets in their
November 1 statements to depositors,
and treasury offices will mail addi
tional copies with quarterly notices
on this year’s taxes.
The pamphlet includes tables show
ing that income taxes on single per
sons range from $3 for a man who
earned $800 this year to $7,224 for
one who earned $25,000. Other tables
show the approximate tax for each
income class among married persons
with no dependents, and couples with
one, two or three children.
Opposite each tax figure is an es
timate of how much should be saved
monthly to meet the bill, and in this
connection Morgenthau reminded the
public that a convenient way of lay
ing tax money aside is to buy treas
ury notes—a special government se
curity which can be used instead of
cash to pay income taxes.
Miss Carrie Wightman of Colum
bia spent the weekend with her moth
er, Mrs. W. F. Wightman.
Guy Whitener left last Friday on a
business trip to New York.
Spectator Urges State to Relieve the
Property Tax Burden of the Counties
The most urgent question before
us as a state is to relieve the tax
payers in the counties. The state, for
the time being, is rich; money is
flowing in; but the state’s revenue
comes from industry and trade, for
the most part. The Counties and
towns depend on general property
taxes. Even the schools, the common
schools, derive about fifty per cent
of their revenue from taxes on prop
erty. The state spends millions to
build and maintain roads, but the
counties also spend a considerable
sum in keeping up roads and bridges.
Here we have two fields of operation
in which both the state and the
counties are operating. The state
cooperates with the school districts
in operating schools, but the state
and Counties operate independently in
road and bridge operations. The tax
burden of South Carolina is most
heavy in the counties. The state
need not pay salaries of sheriffs, but
the State might assume all the roads.
I am not concerned whether the
State take over all the roads or help
the schools; what does impress me as
of the highest importance is that the
state relieve the taxpayers of a con
siderable part of the property taxes.
It seems to me wholly preposterous
to propose new measures involving
expansion of public service; what we
need is to distribute the burden we
already have. Of course I am en
tirely in favor of. revamping our
state services so as to get the most
service for what is spent; and to do
away with, or restrict, the services
we do not urgently need.
We do not need any home guards.
Some one in or from Washington fill
ed us with alarm about that last
year. We have troops at Columbia,
Charleston, Spartanburg and Beau
fort, and we are to have military
units at Sumter, Edmund and other
places. Also we have a very efficient
Motor Patrol, well organized, well
equipped, picked men and capably
directed. Furthermore, in every
county we have sheriffs and rural po
licemen. But every citizen is sub
ject to call as a member of a sheriff’s
posse, if summoned for service. There
are enough men, guns and pistols
among us to police and patrol any
danger spots, without adding to the
expense of the state some hysterical
idea of home guards in a state full
of soldiers and with so many men
subject to call by the sheriff. And
among our citizens not measuring
up for full military service are many
coon-hunters, bird-hunters, deer-hun
ters, fox hunters—and all other sorts
of hunters. Any Sheriff in South Car
olina can summon a hundred armed
men about as quickly as a Governor
can call out a home guard. Moreover,
among those likely to be called by a
sheriff are many wise old heads and
firm trigger fingers who would know
what to do and how to go about it,
without imagining spooks and Ger
mans behind every tree.
already made and the dream of uni
versal dominion they hold out. And
well they might be, for no other pow
er ever achieved so much in in so
short a time. It means that the
full power of this mighty nation will
be needed, if we mean to stop and
overthrow Hitler. We can do it, but
not through NYA and the OCC, the
WPA, and the PWA—and the ducking
and dodging of fundamental issues.
If we mean to halt and curb embatt
led and victorious Germany we must
buckle down to the task and quit pid
dling and playing at politics and so
cial idealism.
BNCLE SAM’S SAILORS ON HORSEBACK
SEE PANAMA FROM THE SADDLE
McDavid Horton, editor of The
State, was a gentleman as well as a
modest man in his work. I seldom
saw Major Horton, though we fre
quently talked together over the tele,
phone. He was always courteous,
attentive and ready to cooperate
whenever he could. He was editor
of a great paper, a clean, welcome
visitor to all homes. Under his
guidance—and with the fine helpers
he had!—The State avoided sensation
alism and hysteria. He was a be
liever in political party regularity
and never wavered in a full measure
of support for the Democratic Ad-
I ministration. Every good effort could
count on Mr. Horton’s sympathetic
support.
Spectator will miss him, not only as
an editor, but as a friend.
Let us keep before us some land
marks. In 1919 we produced 1,426,-
000 bales of cotton which we sold for
$300,000,000. Year after year our
cotton brought to our farmers and to
the trade of the state a hundred mil
lion dollars, sometimes more, some
times less. Since the depression we
have received $29,000,000 one year
and $35,000,000 this year. We have
lost year after year at least $50,000,-
000, as compared with the years be
fore the depression. Mark you, year
after year, not just one year. Instead
of having a surplus for investment, to
buy land or improve it, the farmers
have had their nose to the grindstone
—and all the business of the state
has correspondingly suffered. 1919
was our banner year, not 1929. From
1920 to 1930 our farmers contended
against both boll weevil and defla
tion. They struggled and suffered—
the farmers and all others together—
ten years before the Great Depres
sion.
I date the farmers’ Golden Age as
being the year 1919. And in that gol
den age our state government cost
us $3,892,682.78; but year after year,
while our condition grew constantly
worse, the state spent more and more.
Not to help the farmer! No, it seem
ed to think that poverty was exactly
the proper springboard from which to
leap into public extravagance. And
year by year the appropriations rose
until they reached about $12,000,000
in 1932. Then an aroused citizenship
turned the Legislature inside out and
expenditures were reduced about half.
But fom 1933 to 1941 we have jump
ed to more than thirty five millions!
And there we are! But even that Isn’t
all. A powerful and persistent lobby
prevailed on the Legislature to in
crease the salaries of teachers. No
one seemed to remember that the
school district taxpayers might need
a little relief. No, there was no lobby
working for the taxpayers of the
school districts, but there was a well
organized, highly financed lobby
working for the teachers. So a liber
al admixture of political calculations
boosted the pay of the teachers. Now,
the same kind of lobbying is expect
ed to bring about a pension plan for
teachers. Well, why not one for tax
payers! Why not one for newspa
permen ? Why not one for farmers ?
JOHNSTONE H. D. CLUB MEETS
MONDAY
H-D COLUMN
By ETHEL L. COUNTS
No, the U. S. Navy doesn’t have
a cavalry unit, but many a sailor
straddled leather before giving up
his bucking broncho or plow horse
for the bounding main.
The sailors in whites above are
seamen in the U. S. Naval Reserve
on shore leave in Panama. No dis
tinction is made between sailors in
the Naval Reserve and those in the
regular Navy. Enlistment in the
U. S. Naval Reserve is for four
years, but all men enlisting in the
Naval Reserve will be released to
inactive duty’as soon after the na
tional emergency as their services
can be spared, regardless of the
length of time remaining in their
enlistment. If the emergency ends
within a period of several months,
those enrolled in the Naval Reserve
will not be required to complete
their 4 year term in active service.
Opportunities for advancement,
to learn skilled trades, for travel
and adventure are identical
whether a man enlists in the reg
ular Navy or the Naval Reserve,
and his pay, food, clothing, medi
cal and dental care are the same.
Are we going to war? Everybody
asks that. Of course we are in the
war. We have troops in Iceland, as
sociated with British troops and un
der the supreme command of the
British General there. That is a mil
itary alliance and nothing else.
Strangely enough, Congress neither
ratifies nor repudiates that act of
war.
Leaving all technicalities aside, we
might as well understand that no
free nation can hope to live in a world
controlled by Hitler. England and the
United States are as foreign to Hit
ler and his puppets as people can
possibly be.
If Hitler must be whipped, Ger
many must be crushed. The British,
even with three or four million men,
cannot crush Hitler. Nor can Am
erica do an adequate share with a
million men. In the First World
war America landed two million men
in France and had three million more
in camps at home. We shall need at
least that—if the scourge of Hitler
is to be put from us.
Hitler and the German people are
now intoxicated by all the conquests |
The Johnstone Home Demonstra
tion club met at the school house last
Monday. The meeting was called to
order by the president. Mrs. Ollie
Sligh conducted devotionals, reading
from the 6th chapter of Galatians. A
paper on how to choose proper clothes
at the least cost was read.
Miss Counts gave an interesting
talk on poultry and fall gardens.
The hostess, Mrs. Marvin Wilson
served ice cream, cake and fruit.
ENSE
BUY
UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS
BONDS
AND STAMPS
ON SALE AT YOUR POST OFFICE OR RANK
America On Guard!
Above is a reproduction of the
Treasury Department’s Defense
Savings Poster, showing an exact
duplication of the original “Minute
Man” statue by famed sculptor
Daniel Chester French. Defense
Bonds and Stamps, on sale at your
bank or post office, are a vital part
of America’s defense preparations.
DON’T DESTROY LEAVES
The thousands of tons of leaves now
falling on South Carolina farm lands
—and in urban areas as well—ought
not be burned or otherwise allowed
to go to waste, extension specialists
advise. Ordinary thrift and common-
sense appreciation of their fertility
values should prevent what might
well be classed as criminal waste.
Not only leaves but other litter
and crop residues contain organic
matter, nitrogen, phosphoric acid,
potash, and other plant food ele
ments which have come from the soil
and should be returned to it, the ag
ronomists point out.
If no livestock is at hand so that
leaves and litter may be consumed in
making natural compost, it is sug
gested that synthetic compost may be
made. The method, a simple one, is
given as follows:
The process of making synthetic
manure is merely the treatment of
organic matter to hasten decay. De
cay is due to bacteria in the presence
of moisture and warmth. For rapid
action bacteria must have a balanc
ed food of nitrogen, carbohydrates,
phosphorus, other minerals, and the
acids of decay must be neutralized.
By supplying the nitrogen as sul
fate of ammonia, phosphorus as acid
phosphate, and neutralizing the acids
with limestone, bacterial decay can
be hastened to consume about one-
fourth to one-third of the usual time.
The proportions of these materials
are approximately 45 pounds ot am
monium sulfate, 40 pounds of lime
stone, and 15 pounds of 16 per cent
acid phosphate. The only caution is
not to use more than wice as much
limestone as sulfate of ammonia.
In preparing such compost pack
down a layer of litter about one foot
deep, sprinkle heavily with the fer
tilizer mixture, using at least fifty
pounds of mixture per ton of dry lit
ter, and scatter a few shovels of
manure to innoculate with the decay
bacteria. If possible wet down with
water. Add other layers of material
similiarly treated until the pile is
about six feet high. On top of the
pile place one or two inches of soil
to weight down the pile. Keep the
sides of the pile straight, with the
center of the pile lower than the
edges. The niles should not be built
any higher than can be wet through
by a normal rainfall. Leaves and/
other litter treated in this manner
should be sufficiently decayed to put
on fields and gardens in three months.
Homemade Sirups
Cane and soredium sirups are high-
powered sweet foods because they
contain iron, calcium, and ohosrjhorus.
Homemade sirups are higher in iron
than light-colored sirups and com
monly bought molasses.
White sugar when eaten gives the
body only energy to do work with,
but cane or sorghum sirup when eat
en not only "ives energy but iron to
make red blood and calcium and
phosphorus to help build good teeth
and strong bones.
In cooking use homemade sirup or
cane molasses 3 to 4 times a week
for sweetening in place of white su
gar. Hard sirup cookies, steamed
brown bread, and ginger bread are
excellent sweets for children when
eaten at the end of a good meal.
Every farmer should consider the
savionr aod the increased family food
surmlv offered hv farm production of
homemade sirun.
Muffins
2 runs wholewheat flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablesooons sirup
1 cup milk
1 egg. beaten
4 tablespoons melted fat
Sift the dry ingredients together.
Mix the beaten egg with milk, sirup,
and melted fat. Add the combined
liquid to the dry ingredients all at
once. Stir just enough to mofsten
and give a rough appearance. Fill
greased muffin pans two-third's full
or pour into a greased bread pan.
Bake in a hot oven (400F-425F.) for
about 20 minutes.
W. H. EPTING
Willie Haskell Epting, 70, died
early last Thursday morning at the
Columbia hospital after an illness of
about a week. He Uved his entire
life in the Pomaria section of New
berry county and was an active mem
ber in St. John’s church until the
time of his death.
Funeral services were held at 3
o’clock Friday afternoon from St.
John’s Lutheran church with the Rev.
J. Shelton Moose in charge, assisted
bv the Rev. J. J. Long and the Rev.
E. Z. Pence. Interment followed in
the church cemetery.
He is survived 1 by his widow, Mrs.
Dorothy Emma Counts Epting, and
two sons, Ernest L. Epting of Co
lumbia and C. Virgil Epting of Char
lotte, and two grandsons, Ronald Ept.
ing and Bryson Epting.
POPEYE, THE RECRUITING OFFICER, TUNES-IN A RECRUIT!
BUT (WILL I HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITV
TO PRACTICE
AND DEVELOP MV
" ' MUSICAL.
AMBITION
1 ?
ir
A’COURSE, VA KINi
UUE 60T SOME OF
f BES’MUSICIANS
IN TH' LUORLD
TO HELP VA!
-AN AMBITIOUS
LAD KIN LEARM
MOST ANVTHIN'
INTH'
V
INTH'NAVV
WE HANDLES
THESE VKXJNKS,
AS EASV AS
DROPPIN’
ANCHOR
I V« I YingTraturw SyT>d.:«tg. Inc . World iUervid
Learn as yap earn in the Navy
Want to learn a trade? There are fifty-
odd trades you can learn in the Navy.
Want a steady job with no lay-offs?
You’re sure of that in the Navy. Want
free meals... free board... free medical
and dental care? You get all this in the
U. S. Navy.
If you are 17 or over this is your great
opportunity. Get a free copy of the illus
trated booklet, ''Life In The U. S. Navy,"
from the Navy Editor of this newspaper.
SERVE SOUR COUNTRV?
BUILD SOUR FUTURE *
SET IN THE NAVV NOW!
Always In Stock For Immediate Service
Now you can make your clothes with the McCall Printed
Partbrn, famous for its accuracy, printed cutting line, and
modern sewing helps. Our economy group of patterns,
priced to please, includes styles for women, misses
and children.
McCall, The Only Satlara With Thm Prlntad
Cutting Lina, Makms Hama Sawing laty
CARPENTER’S
Newberry, S. C.
-*i
For Electrical Jobs
- 1
Phone 120-J for any Electrical work you want
done. I will come promptly and do the job right.
Will handle any size job in town or country.
CHEVIS I. BOOZER
Phone 120-J Newberry, S. C.
State and County tax books
tor 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
•o<XH><XKXM>oooo<HX>o«*>i>ocMj<><>e>ooooo^^