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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1941
THE NRWfccimi our»
AUDITOR’S TAX NOTICE
I, or an authorized ayent, will be
at the following ■places on tie dates
given below for the purpose of tak
ing tax returns of all real estate
and personal property. Persons
owning property in more than one
district will make returns for each
district.
All able bodied male citizens be
tween the age of twenty-one and
sixty are liable to $1.00 poll tax.
All persons between the ages of
twenty-one and fifty outside of in
corporated towns and cities are liable
to pay commutation tax of $1.00.
All dogs are to be assessed at $1.00
each.
Whitmire—City Hall, Friday, Jan
uary 2nd, 1942.
Whitmire—Aragon - Baldwin Mill,
■Monday, January 5th, 1942.
Longshores—Tuesday, January 6th
1942, from 9 until 12.
Silverstreet—Tuesday, January 6th
1942, from 2 until 5.
Chappells — Wednesday. January
7th, 1942.
Hollingsworth Store — Thursday,
January 8th, 1942, from 9 until 12.
Kinards—Thursday, January 8th,
1942, from 2 until 5.
Prosperity — Friday, January 9th,
1942.
Little Mountain — Monday, Jan
uary 12th, 1942.
Glymph’s Store — Tuesday, Jan
uary 13th, 1942, from 9 until 12.
R. L. Ruff & Bros. Store — Tues
day, January 13th, 1942, from 2 un
til 5.
Peak — Wednesday, January 14th,
1942.
Pomaria—Thursday, January 15th,
1942.
St. Lukes — Friday, January 16ih,
1942, from 9 until 12.
1942, From 2 until 6.
O’Neal — Friday, January 16th,
Maybinton — F. B. Hardy’s Home,
Monday, January 19th, 1942, from 9 j
until 12.
Reese Brothers Store — Monday,
January, 19th, 1942, from 2 until 5.
At Auditor’s office to March 1st,
after which a penalty of 10 per cent
will be added.
PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS,
Auditor Newberry County.
TAX NOTICE
The tax books will be open for col.
lection of 1941 taxes on and after Oc
tober 15, 1941.
The following is general levy for all
except special purposes:
Mills
Ordinary County 11%
Bonds and Interest 18
Roads and Bridges 2
Hospital %
School—State ■ 3
County School 5%
Countyschool 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:
Dist. No. Mills
1 Newberry ...' 17
2 Mt. Bethel-Garmany 6 -
3 'Maybinton 6
4 Long Lane 6
6 McCullough 9
o v;romer 0
8 Reagin 10
9 Deadfall 10
10 Utopia 10
11 Hartford ■ 6
12 Johnstone 5
13 Stoney Hill 6
14 Prosperity 15
16 O’Neall »
18 Fairview 4
19 Midway > 4
21 Central 4
22 St. Phillips 8
23 Rutherford 4
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 1 8
42 Reederville 12
43 Bush River 12
44 Smyrna 1 12
45 Trinity 10
46 Burton 10
47 Tranwood 12
48 Jalapa ■ 8
49 Kinards 2
50 Tabernacle 8
61 Trilby 4
62 Whitmire 15
53 Mollohon 4
64 Beth Eden 5
65 Fork 8
67 Belfast . J ®
68 Silverstreet 14
69 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
Penalt es 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.
Christmas Gift
••••
• •••
By JOAN STEDMAN
“We’re tired of the camp and we’re
going to move on. See?”
Orrek Gordon lifted his head. “Go
ing to walk out on me and quit?
Your wages are good here.”
The foreman of the lumber gatig
sneered. “Say, money ain’t every
thing. We want to get back to town
and we’re going.” He slouched back
to the tent and joined the crowd
of surly men around the great cbrnp-
fire.
From the log bungalow beyond the
camp twinkled many lights. Orrek
stared at the Christmas candles.
Marcia had placed them there, say
ing they brought peace to the house
hold. And now, with his men walking
out on him, Marcia would be lost to
him.
A skimming sound on the firm
snow aroused him and Marcia, a gay
little figure in her white furs, caught
at his arm and came to a stand
still on her skis. “Why stay out here
when I want you, Orrek We’re
making up a bridge table.”
A bridge table when his future
career was toppling down!
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“Orrek, what’s wrong with the
men?” she asked. “My maid told
me there had been a r°w there.”
Orrek’s eyes blazed as he tucked
the small hand under his arm. How
he loved her! In a few brief sen
tences he told her of the discontent
among his men. “It’s the loneliness
that gets them,” he finished, “the
lack of amusement.”
“If they walk out you cannot keep
your contract. That will queer you
with the owners.” She turned and
left him in silence.
Back at the bangalow 'Marcia
tumbled the contents of her clothes
closet while talking rapidly to her
maid, Ninette. “Isn’t H lucky that I
taught you those chords, Ninette?”
The camp men, grumbling around
the fire, fell into a sudden silence as
the gay plink-iplunk of a banjo
sounded in the clearing.
Gebert, surly gang leader, jerked
out hi® pipe, “Listen, boys!”
Down the hill Marcia came gaily,
her fingers bringing jolly notes from
the strings. The frosty air echoed
and re-echoed as Ninette joined in.
“I know that,” declared Gebert.
Carried along by memories, the
men joined in, forgetting the loneli
ness of the Christmas eve, forget
ting their fancied troubles.
Marcia had come to the very edge
of the great fire and stood there
picking at the strings. Above her
towered the man she loved, just be
yond her stood the men in a semi
circle, their unshaven faces lighted
by a mutual love of music.
“How many of you play small in
struments?” she asked softly.
The answers brought a quick smile
to her lips. “I thought there would
be many of you to help me out,” she
cried.
“I want to have a string-band,”
hurried on Marcia, “and I need vol
unteers. A violin, maybe two or
three, A guitar—’’
“I play the flute,” interrupted
Jacques.
“And I the piccolo.”
“At home I have an accordion,”
came a wistful voice, "but—”
“Fine,” interrupted Marcia. “I
have, tonight, made out an order
that should have been mailed soon
er. It is my Christmas gift to our
men. The order for musical instru
ments. I wish each man would write
down his instrument and give it to
me. With luck we should have the
order filled in three days and we’ll
practice hard so that New Year’s day
may find us ready. How about it?"
There was an instant response as
... brings to eoch of us on
oppreciotion of those fine
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which moke life worth living. And so
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THE SPECTATOR
against them. Japan itself is an is
land and open to submarine attacks
on its life line of commerce.
When this month came in it was
freely predicted that the Congress
would not declare war, even if the
President wished it. We were as
suredly a nation of many minds.
But the little yellow fellows settled
all that. When they jumped on our
fleet at anchor and our planes they
made all American people of one
mind, one purpose. That purpose is
to thrash the Japanese to a fare-you-
well. And let’s hope that we do it so
thoroughly that the Japs will have
something to think about.
Mecklenberg County, North Caro
lina (whose County Seat is Charlotte)
has operated on less than its budget
for the five months of this fiscal
year. Reports from Charlotte are
that a sum of $9,183.00 is the saving
for five months. Good for old Meck
lenberg; may she continue to show
bow a county should ’be operated.
Whether the Mecklenberg declara
tion of independence was our first
formal defiance in 1776 or not I pro
mise to keep our Historical Secretary
Alex Salley off their necks if they
will continue to hold a light on the
path of sound and thrifty county
management.
As to that Power edition, I think he
is now on page 66, “going strong”.
If he isn’t interrupted, he may finish
the Power edition in time to read
the Christmas, special with calm and
I circumspection.
Those of us who have “got out”
special editions can appreciate the
tremendous labor involved and our
felicitations are sincer* for the doing
of a fine service.
Bishop Smoak of Colleton changed
his Press and Standard to an eight
column sheet. Just why the Bishop
did that I don’t know. His paper
has always been “chock full” of
County news, so he must purpose in
his heart to “fill it fuller” with live
Colleton doings. Those of us who
have toiled all night with county pa
pers marvel at the kind of paper the
Bishop “gets out”. It’s all in the
man, undoubtedly, and we concede
that, though Bishop doesn’t take
kindly to Spectator, as a rule. Still
there may be one or two other sub
stantial brethren who don’t care for
Spectator, but we love ’em all, just
the same; and among them the fight
ing Bishop is a prime favorite.
Things happen in the ranks of our
papers. The News and Courier pub
lished a notable edition of such size
and content as to keep us all busy
for weeks. My oldest brother who
fiances at The Courier from Kivver
to Kivver during the first hour, then
let® it soak into his subconscious
mind. After dinner he gets down to
it seriously and reads all the light
stuff by snipper time, holding the
heavy article® for the night reading.
FIRST PRINTING OF
CHRISTMAS CAROLS
Christmas carols had a wide ap
peal from the very beginning. They
pleased both the devout and the
roisterers, and it was inevitable that
they should find their way into print.
The earliest printed collection, is
probably Wynkyn de Worde’s
“Christmas Carol les Newely En-
printed” (1520). Only a single leaf
is extant It contains two complete
carols—one a hunting song, and the
other a boar’s hear carol.
hardened palms came together.
Just beyond the pmes a wolf
howled, but Marcia was looking up
into her lover’s eyes.
A reorganization of State and
County Government is needed, be
cause we have created organizations,
to administer services, without re
gard to the services w« already had.
Just as soon. aa some_one has an idea
for a new service, or when expansion
is thought of, at once something new
has been created. For example, our
State aeronautical work might have
been added to the Adjutant General’s
office; but it seems not to have oc
curred to anyone; and our forestry
work might have been made a part of
the State Department of Agriculture.
I am not at the moment suggesting
that course; I merely point out that
it might have been done. Then
again, we created a separate depart
ment of Labor, for political reasons,
it seems to me, rather than because
of any necessity to take that work
away from the Commissioner of Ag
riculture, Commerce and Industries.
We have a Public Service Commis
sion of seven members, and an In
dustrial Commission of five mem
bers, whereas three members should
be sufficient for each of these com
missions. In all such matters, we
have acted politically, not soundly.
Some one may say that the difference
in cost is not great. Perhaps so; but
the same slipshod methods are costly
when multiplied by all our services.
We need not expect a reorganiza
tion, within a short time, but even
greater savings might be had by
pooling all the needs of the State
services, and buying in larger quan
tities. A voluntary cooperation
might be effected, without the pass
age of a law. I think our institutions
are desirous of buying as economi
cally as may be possible. Why
shouldn’t they make a ? atement of
needs and try cooperation? Certainly
| central buying or control must come
I sooner or later. Our State, with all
its institutions and services, the for
ty six counties and the several hund
red municipalities—all taken togeth
er—would be the greatest consumer
of many commodities within our
State. A method of cooperative buy
ing could easily be devised, without
taking from the separate units full
authority over the management of
their own affairs.
In our public business in South
Carolina I do not think we have any
intentional extravagance. Most of
our public officials are happy to ren
der a service, and to prove the use
fulness of their offices; IT IS OUR
LACK OF A GOOD PLAN OF AD
MINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION,
WHICH NEEDS CORRECTION.
CHRISTfflflS
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GRttiines
Once more it is our pleasure to extend
the compliments of the Yule tide
Season to our host of friends in this
community. It is a very pleasant and
cheerful custom to renew these as
sociations — that’s why we await
Christmas time with eager anticipa
tion.
You have been good to us—may old
Santa be just as good to you.
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With the splendid remembrances of
the harmonious associations we have had
with our many good friends in this area
during the past, we eagerly look
forward to a continuance of them in
the future. .
We sincerely hope that these friendsTiips
have been as pleasant to you as they
have lieen to us.
May this lie your happiest Christmas
ami may the New Year bring you some
new joy each day.
Heit 'U/uUbA. Jo* tUo tMolidcuf. Soa&ott
The South Carolina National Bank
NEWBERRY, S.C
C. C. Hutto Floyd Bradley
Elizabeth Kinard Rook Kinard
John M. Kinard, Jr.
Jacob A. Bowers, Jr.
John T. Norris, Jr.
Frank D. Graham
Tilla West
James Simpkins