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St. James Congregation Worship In Handsome
New Building; Rev. Kester Is Pastor
St. James’ Lutheran church, now
located at Jalapa, seven miles \vest
of Newberry on the Greenville high
way, was formerly located at a point
a few miles east of Goldville on or
near the line dividing Newberry and
Laurens counties and was then known
as Liberty Hill Lutheran church.
Little is known of the early history
of the congregation. It was organiz
ed in 1840, the first building was
erected in 1840 and dedicated in 1841.
In 1869 a new building was erected
on the old site at Liberty Hill. In
1890, through the efforts of Rev. W.
C. Schaeffer, D.D., pastor of the
Church of The Redeemer, Newberry,
this building was moved from Liberty
Hill to Jalapa and was dedicated on
December 21, 1890.
In 1920 during the pastorate of the
Rev. L. P. Boland the building was
torn down and replaced with a new
one. On June 12, 1941, during the
pastorate of Rev. M. L. Kester, this
building was struck by lightning and
completely destroyed, together with
much of its furnishings. On Tues-
June 17 the church council met at 8
o’clock in the evening in the home of
Mr. L. F. Derrick and decided by
unanimous vote to take steps to re
build at the earliest possible date
Due to the very unsettled conditions
resulting from the war construction
on the new building did not get un-
er way until near the end of 1941.
Although the building was not
quite finished the first service was
held in the new church, Sunday af
ternoon, July 12, at 5 o’clock at which
time a brief sermon was preached by
the pastor, Rev. M. L. Kester, after
which the Holy Communion was ad-
REV. MOSES L. KESTER
Pastor of St. James Since 1935
ministered.
The foundation of the building, is
of Newberry county granite up to
the floor level. The structure itself
is brick veneer with Gothic art glass
windows. There are six class rooms
exclusive of the auditorium, one on
either side of the entrance, two In
the gallery and one on either side of
the chancel. The seating capacity is
about 400, including the Sunday
school rooms which may be thrown
open and made a part of the auditor^
ium. '
Because of inability to make defi
nite plans, due to unsettled condi
tions resulting form the war, the
cornerstone was not laid when the
foundation was built. However this
service is being arranged for Sunday
afternoon, July 26 at 5 o’clock at
which time the chief speaker will be
the Rev. E. Z. Pence, D.D., of Little
Mountain, president of the Evangel
ical Lutheran Synod of South Carol
ina. There will be greetings by the
Rev C. J. Matthews, Pastor of Smyr
na and Little River-Dominick Pres
byterian churches, the Rev. A. T.
Usher, pastor of the Bush River
Baptist church, the Rev. J. V. Long,
president of the Newberry county
Ministers’ association who will also
represent the Newberry county Luth
eran conference and the Rev. J. B.
Harman, president of the Newberty
county Interdenominational Ministers
association. The public is cordially
invited to this service.
According to available records the
following pastors have served this
congregation: Reverends Herman
Aull, John C. Hope, C. H. Brown,
William Berley, E. A. Bolles, W. H.
Fink, J. B. Anthony, Stanmore R.
Shepherd, R. J. Hungerpeler, Jacob
Moser, Jacob Hawkins, James ,M.
Schreckhise, J. D. Shirley, A. G.
Voigt, D.D., A. J. Bowers, D.D.,_ J.
H. Bailey, Z. W. Bedenbaugh, W.
K. Sligh, J. D. Shealy, J. D. Kinard,
D.D., P. E. Shealy, L. P. Boland, W.
D. Haltiwanger and the present pas
tor, M. L. Kester, who has served
the congregation since February .1,
1935.
NOTICE OF TAX SALES BY
TOWN OF NEWBERRY
Notice is hereby given that I,
John A. Peterson, as Tax Collector
for the Town of Newberry, S. C., by
virtue of tax executions issued and
directed to me by D. L. Nance, Clerk
and Treasurer of the said Town " of
Newberry, and which are now in my
hands against the following named
taxpayers for delinquent taxes due
the town of Newberry, for the year
or years hereinafter stated, have
levied upon and will sell, the prop
erties hereinafter described to satis
fy the respective tax executions of
the several defaulting taxpayers, at
public auction, in front of the Town
Hall, in the Town of Newberry, on
Monday, the 3rd day of August 1942,
during the legal hours of sale.
Terms of sale: Cash. The year for
which taxes are due, and a descrip
tion of each parcel andjor article of
property levied on and to be sold (all
of such property being situate in the
Town of Newberry) and the name of
the defaulting taxpayer are as fol
lows, to wit:
Properties upon which taxes are
due for the year 1940, and which are
sold to satisfy executions issued for
said year:
Personal property, consisting of
■household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Will Bates.
Personal property, c onsisting o'
shop equipment, located in Building
on Bayce street, assessed and levied
upon as the property of A. E. Beden-
baugh.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of T. J. Bouk-
night.
Personal property, consisting of
on Boyce street, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Charles
Burton.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Weston
Burton.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Robert
Childs.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods assessed and levied
upon as the property of Eugene
Cole.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Albert Cole
man.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods assessed and levied
upon as the property of Everette
Connelly.
Personal property, consisting of
one Chevrolet sedan autamible, as
sessed and levied upon as the prop
erty of Beale H. Cromer.
Personal property, consisting of
one 1934 Chevrolet sedan automo
bile, assessed- and levied upon as
the property of D. W. Davis.
ARE YOU
puttingTenPerCentof
your Income into U.S.
War Bonds fcStomps?
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assesesd and levied
upon as the property of Jeru
Davis.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Sam
Farrow.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Cornelia C.
Freeman
Personal property, -consisting of
one 1938 Fordor Dodge sedan auto
mobile, assessed and levied upon as
the property of J. R. Ford.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Harry
Kemp. v
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Fred Lind
say.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of J. F. Lomi-
nack.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Charlie L.
Perkins. *
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of C. W. Pitts.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Jamps
Pratt.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Sylvester
Reeder.
Personal property, consisting of
one 1934 Plymouth automobile, as
sessed and levied upon as the prop
erty of Verna E. Rutherford.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Eugene Su-
ber.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods assessed, and levied
upon as the property of Harrison T.
Summer.
One lot and one building on Play
er street, assessed and levied ugon
as the property of Jessie Boozer.
One,lot and one building on Boupd-
ary street, assessed and levied upon
as the property of Addie Davis.
One lot and one building on Boo
zer street, assessed and levied upon
as the property of Luther Dennis*
One lot and one building on Pope
street, assessed and levied upon as
the property of Mrs. Maggie S. Fel
lers.
One lot and one building on Jones
avenue, assessed and levied upon as
the property of Lee Gary.
One lot and one building on Char
lotte street, assessed and levied up
on as the property of J. Lawson Gog-
gans.
One lot and one building on Cald
well street, assessed and levied up-
Personal property, consisting of
on as the property of Bessie Golden
Estate.
One lot and one building on Bess
street, assessed and levied upon as
the property of Will Goodman.
One lot and one building on Pow
er House Alley, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Berry Neely
Estate.
One lot and one building on
Brantley street, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Eugenia
Penn.
One lot and one building on
Horseshoe Alley, assessed and levied
upon as the property of Marinda
Robertson. . .
One lot and one building on Boun
dary street, assessed and levied upon
as the property of Ella Sands and
Eugenia Penn.
One lot on Benedict street, assess
ed and levied upon as the property
of Elvie Swittenberg.
One lot on Charlotte street, assess
ed and levied upon as the property
of J. C. Turner.
Notice is further given that by
virtue of executions to enforce an as
sessment made by the town of New
berry, S. C., upon abuttnig property,
for the purpose of paying one-half
of the costs of the permanent im
provements on certain streets and
sidewalks of said town, all of which
are directed to me by D. L. Nance,
as Clerk and Treasurer aforesaid,
and which are now in my hands,
against the following abutting prop
erties, for delinquent assessments
upon the respective properties, due
the town of Newberry, I have levied
upon and will sell, the properties
hereinafter described to satisfy the
executions against the several abut
ting properties, at the time and place
and upon the same terms as herein
before stated; a description of each
parcel or property levied upon and
to be sold, the street or streets upowi
which the respective properties are
abutting, that were permanently im
proved, for one-half the costs which
the respective properties were as
sessed, and the names of the owners
of each parcel of abutting property
as shown by the assessment of the
respective properties for taxation in
the Town of Newberry, are as fol
lows, to wit:
One lot abutting on Calhoun street
and otherwise bounded now, or for
merly, by the lands of Pool Estate,
Mrs. D. W. A. Neville and Ira. L.
Clamp. This property is assessed
for taxation in the name of Miss
Kate Porter.
All personal property sold will be
delivered to the purchaser on date
of sale. Purchasers of real estate
will not be given title until the ex
piration of one year, and will re
ceive only a receipt on date of sale
fo rpurchase price, as provided by
law.
JOHN A. PETERSON,
Tax Collector for Town of Newberry,
South Carolina.
A MESSAGE FROM THE
FLOWERS
By PAUL STEWART
Pastor First Baptist Church
PELZER, S. C.
The flowers have a wonderful
message for us. Some flowers show
their blossoms when the sun shines,
while others wait for the sun to set
and the shadows fall. There are
some people whose lives are made
sweeter and nobler because of the
experience of sorrow, while others
grow sour or bitter.
Paul said, “Wherefore I take pleas
ure in weakness, in injuries, in nec
essity, in persecutions, in distress,
for Christ’s sake; for when I am
weak then I am strong.”
We are told that the flowers of the
parnassus grass give off sweet per
fume when the sun is shining, but
becomes scentless with darkness.
There are some people who are easy
to get along with, they seem radiant
and happy, when everything moves
along smoothly. But they lose their
charm and song when things go
wrong.
There is a beautiful story of the
gravel walk and the migonette:
“How fragrant you are this morning”
said the gravel-walk. “Yes, said the
migonette, “I have been trodden and
bruised, and it has brought forth jny
sweetness.” “But,” said the gravel-
walk, “I am trodden on every da^,
and I only grow harder.”
Let us seek to make our lives af
ter Jesus, the Rose of Sharon, the
Lily of the Valley. His life was
one of hardship, suffering and grjef.
Tears were seen by him, and exper
ienced by him. At last He died at
the hands of his enemies, not with
bitterness, but with a forgiving love.
Regardless of our experiences, let us
seek to have and show the spirit of
Jesus, the One who is altogether
lovely, the fairest of ten thousand:
“If life be short, let’s make it
As lovely as a rose!
With multitude of blows—
If griefs there be to break it
If cares there be to shake it.
If every joy forsake it,
And only sorrow wake it,
Let fragrance crown its woes!
If life be short, let’s make it
As lovely as a rose.”
—Charles G. Blanden
Are yon entitled to wear a
“target” lapel button? You
are if you are investing at
least ten percent of your in
come in War Bonds every pay
day. It’s your badge of pa
triotism.
Inflation Crisis At Hand
Statement by Senator Harry F. Byrd
of Virginia.
It is very evident that our fight
against inflation has reached a very
critical stage.
In his testimony before a house
committee, Mr. Henderson admitted
that the price control program in
stituted to prevent inflation is in
danger of breaking down. Already
price increases have begun and this
will very soon be reflected in the re
tail prices of many commodities es
sential to our existence.
Once the vicious spiral of inflation
is well started, it is extremely diffi
cult, if not impossible, to control it.
Courageous and effective action . to
control inflation cannot be longer de
layed without bringing disaster to
the country. Short of defeat in war.
there is nothing more harmful to the
institutions of government of a free
country than an uncontrolled infla
tion.
'I’he reason for this imminent col
lapse of the control of inflation are
very obvious. Neither the adminis
tration nor the congress has been
willing to meet squarely the prob
lem of inflation and to adopt the
necessary restrictive measures to
prevent it.
The price control bill did not pro
vide for the stabilization of wages
and, as wages are the first and
greatest cost in the production of
goods, it is perfectly plain that no
price control can be effective which
eliminates the largest single item of
cost.
If we are to avoid the great evils
of inflation, we must realize before
the inflationary movement which has
now started gains greater momentum
that one of the main dependencies in
the effective prevention of inflation
is an all-out control, including every
single element of cost, both of labor
agricultural products, and all otter
elements entering into the cost of
the finished article offered for sale.
Quick, decisive, and courageous ac
tion is imperative if the situation Is
to be saved.
It is essential to control the cost
of living from spiraling to a point
that would bring distress and suf
fering to millions of our citizens and
at the same time, destroy the cur
rency system of our country.
The suggested plan to pay whole
sale subsidies to civilian business is
merely pallative. It will not cure
the trouble but, in the end, will add
immeasurably to the difficulties of
restoripg the sound conditions of
business enterprise after the war.
It is not and cannot be made a
substitute for an effective price con
trol system. It is not necessary if
the congress and the administration
have the courage to do thp obvious
things to prevent inflation. Subsi
dies will cost billions of dollars, all
of which must be borrowed. The
spending of borrowed government
money in great amounts is in itself
the heart of the inflationary problem.
It will place much of the civilian
business enterprises of the country
under the direct control of the gov
ernment and will encourage waste
and inefficiency in private business
to be paid out of the public treasury.
Let us first give price cotrol an hon
est trial by including in the control
all elements of cost.
Signs are increasing that instead
of facing squarely the political di
lemma of all-out price control, the
administration is considering asking
for a general program of vastly
costly subsidies, which may appear
to start on a small scale, but will
regularly increase in cost and the
dictation by the government to pri
vate business will be constantly ex
tended.
For the good of America we must
meet the situation intelligently and
courageously and not seek a politi
cal compromise on an issue which
permits of no compromise.
The enemy of inflation is insid
iously creeping up on us. Each days
delay in meeting this enemy is to the
advantage of Hitler and the Mikado.
We must not delay.
TRUCK OPERATE^ "WITHOUT
GASOLINE!
Fuel Provided by Homemade Char
coal Generator for New Mem
phis Vehicle
RAT IN THE GASOLINE?
(From The News & Courier)
Confusion is doubly confounded in
the gasoline supply situation and no
body seems to know (or at least no
body is willing to tell) just what are
the facts.
The administration has adopted its
usual means of dealing with public
outcry by dipping into the public
purse to buy off the malcontents- A
federal subsidy will Day tne differen
tial of two and a half cents which
the removal of tankers is said . to
have added to the cost of transport
ing gasoline.
An oil man the News and Courier
knows has this to say:
“Since the submarine warfare be
gan to affect tanker movements, the
cost of gasoline has gone up not two
and a half cents, but 3.7 cents—since
last August 18.
“Enough gasoline is reaching
South Carolina by pipeline and other
wise to supply the needs of the state
without rationing.”
Since the bulk of gasoline con
sumption in this state is in the Pied
mont section, where it is only a short
haul by tank truck from the pipeline
at Spartanburg, the distribution cost
for the entire state is not much more
than when ocean tankers came to
Charleston. The advantage in sea
borne freight, he said, was cut down
by cost of distributing from the sea-
coast. The distance from Spartan
burg to Charleston is as great as
from Charleston to Spartanburg, but
since most of the consumption is
near Spartanburg, there is a smaller
quantity now to be hauled across the
state.
This same oil man says that inde
pendent companies which refused to
join the “pool” that shares the two
and a half cents for overland trans
portation are bringing in gasoline,
selling it at the current rate and
pocketing the difference as profit.
Both Georgia and South Carolina
freight officials are trying to exempt
their states from rationing of gaso
line. They say, and the News and
Courier’s oil informant seems to
agree, that our supply is adequate.
Government representatives have not
yet explained in detail wherein there
is a gasoline shortage here. They
have thrown additional mud in the
water by bringing up rubber con
servation; yet the president himself
said that there was no point in rat
ioning travel in the midwesc where
there is plenty of oil.
At the risk of the accusation of
“sectionalism” The News and Courier
says that it begins to smell a rat.. It
believes that the North and the east
are the places where there really is
a shortage of gasoline, and that we
in the south are being rationed and
also are paying the extra cost of
transportation, for the Yankees.
If that is so, why doesn’t the gov
ernment sav so? We are all Amer
icans, and we’re willing to share
what we have; but let the midwest
and the southwest and the north
west share, too.
Memphis, Tenn., July 8.—A large
six-wheeled truck drove through city
traffic without aid of gasoline here
today, stopped and started noiseless
ly and hit speeds as high as forty
miles an hour.
A home-made charcoal generator,
which looked for all the world like
a battery of hot water heaters in
an apartment house basement, did
the trick. Carbon monoxide, gen
erated by a slow charcoal glow in
the generator, was cooled in a water-
jacket and sucked into the carbure
tor by the engine’s compression.
John C. Vandiveer, Memphis chem
ist who helped build the machine for
demonstration uses by a local char
coal company, said the entire ap
paratus cost no more than $10 and
was made mostly from junk. Six
pounds of charcoal—about ninety
cents worth—will drive the truck
approximately two days, he said.
“We made as high as forty miles
an hour on the open road,” Vandi
veer said. “And we passed several
trucks on a hill after starting from
a dead stop.”
How It Works
How does it work? Charcoal is
placed in a burner which has about
three and a half gallons of water in
the bottom. When the fuel starts
burning, carbon in the charcoal com
bines with oxygen in the air as it is
sucked over the coals by the enginejs
vacuum. The gas then goes through
a double condenser to cool. It is coh-
tracted as much as possible as hot
gas takes up too much space. A
flannel cloth filters the soot and then
a water trap removes the moisture.
From there the gas is piped through
a flexible tube such as used for wind
shieldy defrosters, right to the en
gine.
“There is no danger of asphixia-
tion,” Vandiveer said, “because the
gas never is under pressure. It is
just sucked in as the,motor needs it
and when the engine is not running
no carbon monoxide is made.”
The vehicle, believed by Vandeveer
to be the only one of its kind in the
United States, is operated by a sys
tem of valves so the driver still puts
his foot on the accelerator to speed
up. There are no tricks, and the en
gine runs with scarcely any sound.
“The quietness is due to the en
gine’s compression,” Vandiveer said.
“You could make more noise and
more power by bringing the cylinder
head closer to the piston to make a
higher compression.”
The usual method of starting,
Vandiveer said, would be to run the
engine with gasoline for a few min
utes until thngs are warmed up.
Then all you have to do af*«r the fire
is burning, is turn off the engine,
switch the valve, and step on 'the
starter. The starter turns over the
engine which makes compression and
sucks carbon monoxide into the cyl
inders. After that subsequent starts
may be made without using gasoline.
“It takes between a quarter and
a half a minute on the starter to get
things going” Vandiveer said. “After
the engine has been going, it needs
but a few turns to restart.”
The truck can be stopped for as
long as an hour, he said, and still,
start up on carbon monoxide.
For private cars, Vandiveer said
his equipment would cost up to $200
for the first casting, but that after
that, “even a blacksmith could fix
you up.” He estimated a commerc
ially built generator would cost in
the neighborhood of $40 and could
be installed n an automobile’s trunk
compartment. '
Home
Demo n stration
News
By ETHEL L. COUNTS
m *
A new bulletin, “Home Canning, of
Fruits and Vegetables,” has just
been published by the South Caroli
na Extension Service. If you have
any canning trouble we will be glad
-to have you call by the ofice and get
a copy.
How are you getting along with
your food storage budget which calls
for 24 quarts of vegetables ,22 qts.
of tomatoes and 4 quarts of kraut for
each member of the family? Has it
ever occurred to you that next win
ter you moy not be able to buy can
ned goods? Let us prepare now!
The American Legion Auxiliary
is making a call for old or discarded
victrola records. Anyone who has
records that they would like to do
nate can send • them to my office, or
they will find a place for them in
the Exchange building. These are
to be exchanged for good records to
send to the soldiers. The call is for
immediate action.
The Home Demonstration Agent
will spend the week of the 20th at
Winthrop college attending a State
meeting of agents. Miss Shealy will
be in the office to help vm with bul-
etins, bean beetle du--, candling
eggs, etc.
The following are some recipes to
match your sugar ration:
Scalloped A pies
Pare, core, and slice tart, firm
apples. Place a layer of the sliced
apples in a baking dish, sprinkle
lightly with sugar, and dot with but
ter or other fat. If there’s no salt
in the fat, add a few grains. Put in
another layer of apples and * press
down, add more seasoning, and keep
on until the dish is heaping full.
Cover and cook slowly for about I
hour in a moderate oven. Then re
move the cover, spread buttered
bread crumbs over the top, and re
turn to the oven to brown crumbs.
The apples will be in whole pieces,
almost transparent, and some kinds
will be pink in color. Scalloped ap
ples are good served hot with the
main course of a meal, or as a des
sert.
Baked Apples
Wash the apples and core them
without cutting through the blossom
end. Place the apples in a baking
dish. Fill the holes with a combina
tion of sugar and a table syrup, and
raisins, if desired. Add just enough
water to keep the apples from stick
ing, and cover the dish. Bake in a
hot oven until the apples are soft.
Serve baked apples hot or cold, with
or without cream.
Fruit Shortcake
Bake rich biscuit dough in rounds,
split, fill with lightly sweetened
fruit sauce (fresh, dried, or canned
fruit)’ and serve at once with or
without cream.
It is time now to begin all over
again with the garden program. AH
vegetables that could be planted in
the spring can be planted now. There
is no time ‘for delay. We have done
well with our spring Victory gar
dens and we want to be sure that the
hot sun does not wilt our enthusiasm.
Plenty of fresh vegetables until
frost will do lots for our health and
happiness. By all means do not for
get to save seed. After harvesting
let them dry in the shade. They
should then be skrinkled with tob
acco dust or insect powder and put
into cloth bags and hung out of
reach of rats.
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Pause • •
Go refreshed
In offices, factories, shipyards and workshops, the pause that
refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola is *« p'easant moment on the
sunny side of things. This welcome drink is the way to turn
to refreshment without turning from work. When you work
refreshed, you do more work and better work.
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