The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, July 31, 1942, Image 5

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- FRIDAY, JULY SI, 1942 THIs nsWBEBnrx wen* PAGE FIVE 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 ar.d directed to me by D. L. Nance, Clerk and Treasurer of the said Town of Newberry, and which are now ir. 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 and|or 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 autgmible, 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. 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. Personal property, consisting of household goods, assessed and levied upon as the property of Fred Lind say. Personal property, consisting cf 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 Jamjs 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 upon as the property of Jessie Boozer. One lot aqd 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 stre-t, 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. v 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 upon 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 he 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. ★ ★ What you Huy 'k/itlt WAR BONDS ★ ★ A scout car is a low-slung motor car armored with heavy steel plate, used to transport troops from one point to another. It is of low sil houette and gives protection against machine gun and other ground fire. A scout car costs $5,000. By SPECTATOR Two armed men accosted me re cently in AYtgusta. To my surprise I looked up to see two frowning go- getters, with big guns on their hips. Said one to me “Can you prove your identity?” Well, that nearly knock ed me cold. My identity? Who am I, anyhow? Still it is waste of time asking philosophical questions of a man whose faith is based on a gun. I chanced to have a copy of Specta tor with me and tried out the truism that the pen is mightier than the sword, by showing that pair of birds Spectator in the original. True no body compared a pencil with a gun— and while full of contention for my constitutional rights, with all the privileges and immunities—and so on—I don't feel safe in front of two guns when I have only a couple of worn-down pencils. “Spectator” did the job, I verily be lieve, because I first undertook to es tablish my identity by showing a small size check I was carrying proudly. But the check didn’t fill the two armed men with becoming awe. It was “Spectator” which forc ed them into a retreat which looked like the flight of the Persians at Salamis. How’s that,Brother Ketch in? Will you stand by me on that I don’t ask Bishop Smoak because I can’t pry him loose from his cash register. Perhaps Brother Davies will rally round, while I persuade Deacon Brunson to co-ordinate. Seriously now, what are we coming to? Those uniformed gun-toters said that they were Federal men. They looked exactly like Stan Williamson’s martial men, though not so handsome or soldierly. We have so many arm ed officers of enforcement that if the Federal Government is holding up citizens in that manner we might just ar'^vell not talk so much about lib erty. I didn’t find out whom the two of ficers sought; nor did I learn what the charge was. It was entirely an improper proceeding. I s-ay that de liberately. If people are to be chal lenged in that maner many a roan will ba carried off to jail. I thought of the friends I might call on, you know, beginning with Governor Jefferies, our handsome State Treasurer, Jeff Bates, that safe and sane pillar of society. Attorney General Daniels—and a host of oth ers. This being a political year I feared that my friends might not be flush. I wasn’t sure of my banker friends because bankers don’t like to be put under a strain. Still if they had put me in jail that debonair cavalier, Norwod Hastie, would cer tainly have sent me flowers from beautiful Magnolia Gardens. After all, I was disappointed. I had thought that I might be “wanted”, but found that I was still Unwanted. Whither are we drifting? O tern pora, o mores. Sic semper tyrannis— and all that. Well, Brother Tom Waring! small chance at least. When you fire a blast of 115 degrees in the sun you are not acting as becomes a sports men. Even the "farmer, retreating to the cool of his porch, can’t feel any joy of living or any spring chicken fervor when you roast hini there to the tune of 100 degrees or better (or worse). Of course the old weevil “done us wropg” last year—and “mighty nigh lie " Knt let’s not deal in re- ruint us,” but let’s not deal in re prisals. Give the old weevil a chance to limp off. You and your neighbors joining together can buy one of these vehi cles for the Ordnance Department of our army with your purchase of War Bonds. We need hundreds of them and need them quickly. Put at least ten percent of your wages or income into War Bonds every pay day and help your fellow Americans top the War Bond quota in your COUnty. \J t S. Treasury Department NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND FINAL SETTLEMENT OF I will make final settlement of the estate of Mrs. Anna L. Epting in the Probate court for Newberry county, S. C., on Monday, the 24th day of August, 1942, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, and will immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as Administrator of said estate. All persons having claims against the estate of Mrs. Anna L. Epting, deceased, are hereby notified to file same, duly verified, with the under signed, and those indebted to said estate will please make payment likewise. C. K. EPTING, Administrator July 2i, 1942. SOLICITORS REGULATED The Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce received requests from several of the merchants to do some thing about so much soliciitiiation of money, ets. here in Newberry. Accordingly he investigated sev eral, mostly out of town solicitors, and found some of them unworthy of our support. He then wrote to sev eral towns which had passed ordinan ces regulating soliciting and found that such ordinances had prown a great benefit. The secretary then combined the better »parts of several of these or dinances into one and together with the Merchants committee of Cham ber of commerce presented it to city council. The council passed it. This ordinance regulates solicit ing of money or property and sale of tags, publications and property for charitable, patriotic, religious or philanthropic purposes in the city of Newberry and provides penalties for its violation. It creates a charity solicitation commission of three members appoin ted by the mayor. A written application on a special form must be made to this com mission by all solicitors. This ordinance is not for the pur pose of stopping solicitation for worthy causes, but is for the pur pose of stopping these unworthy rac kets.—L. C. Graham, Secy. The country has been “going to the dogs” for many a year; in fact all countries, in all ages, have been going to the dogs, according to their liter ature. I wonder why some aspiring scholar, striving for his doctorate, doesn’t delve into this dog business thoroughly and explore it in all its ramifications, repercussions!—and re actions. Insteal they waste time on such useless studies as the dif ference in ground covered by a frog in his first and third, second- and fourth leaps. That breadth of frog erudition may move a spectacled young pedant to frenzies of intellec tual zest, but we who live in areas where the deep reverberations of pitty-dump, pitty-dump are as the music of a wondrous organ, accept that as the tolling of an evening bell, but we think our habit of send ing everything to the dogs will bear study. In this I count of the sym pathetic endorsement of Gov. Jeffer ies, whose years in Ridgelar.d and Walterboro have made his ear expert in all the cadences of the frog chorus. So much, in fact, that upon taking up residence in the Governor’s mansion he made certain animadversions against the unmusical notes of Col umbia ftogs, according to my appre ciated friend “Seen Here And There” who, himself, probably enjoys the resonance of basso-profundo frogs. Here I’ve run off on this frog busi ness when I meant to consider dogs. The Great Book admonishes us to re frain from giving that which is Holy unto dogs; but it also tells us about the sympathetic and compassionate dogs which licked the sores of Laza rus. The papers tell us of a lady of De troit, a retired teacher, has left her home and $75,000 to her dog, a bull terrier. I do not wonder that teach ers sometimes feel that they find more comfort with dogs than with people, but how did a teacher “come by” $75,000? Perhaps we should in vestigate. Before we talk any move about teachers’ pensions, let us in quire how many of our teachers have $75,000 or more, which they are plan ning to bequeath to dogs. In very truth here is a case of a person throwing money to the dogs, or one dog. Nothing I’ve said is meant to im ply that there is anything wrong about leaving money to dogs. The love of money, you know is the root of all evil, but money is not holy. This lady Jias violated no sacred canon in throwing her pearls before a bull terrier; what the Books in veigh? against is casting pearls Be fore swine. Nothing holy must be giyen to dogs, and no PEARLS should be cast before swine. My brethren of the cloth may elucidate that. Spectator, as usual, deals only with facts. One or two of my breth ren have gone so deep on occosion as to call for a helping hand to climb out. We wish an outright declaration against bob-tailed bills might be made by the candidates for Governor, Lieutenant - Governor and (later) Speaker of the House. Some of us ought to speak out now and promise to challenge any bob-tailed bill in Court. There are times when bob- tailing may seem desirable, but the practice is so bad and so entirely re pugnant to our Constitution and to correct procedure that the evil over whelmingly outweighs the good. A governor should refuse to approve a bob-tailed bill, whether State-wide or local and a Lieutenant-Governor and Speaker should refuse to sign bob- tails. Years ago Speaker James B. Gib son announced to the House that he would refuse to sign any bob-tailed bill. More recently, J. E. Harley, while lieutenant governor, took the same stand. Speaker Blatt is sub stantially of the same mind. But let us declare against the practice unequivocably. There is another matter which should appropriately evoke a decla ration by these same gentlemen: I refer to the inclusion of new matter into Free Conference reports. When the House adopts a bill for $12,000,- 000 and the Senate bill calls for $12,- 500,000 the committee on Free Con ference is supposed to reconcile the two houses. The compromise: must be on a total not exceeding the high er figure. There is no legal sanc tion whatever for incorporating a lot of new matter; increasing sr aries; creating new offices—or wh... not. Such a practice is bad and should be brought before the courts. Let’s have government operations open and above board. If the gover nor, the lieutenant governor and the speaker resolve to stop this practice, it will be stopped. Otherwise resort should be had to the courts. Our legislatures in recent years have been more alive to all the in terests of the state than in other times I think. But there is much to do. Instead of talking about tHe poor, man, let us help him to help himself. Our farmers still wrestle with the problem of marketing: and our industries cannot employ all the ■people who need work. We can’t ship our people away; nor should we wish to do so. There are prob- les of sound statesmanship which should be solved by all our people in unison because they are equally the problems of all. More jobs, more payrolls, a surer economic prosper ity—that is of concern to_ all alike. Instead of crippling industry, more payrolls, more opportunities for Hie coming generation. The State can adopt the right attitude and solve the problem. Let’s choose men who will study the State as a great field for development. Selfish groups should not be elect ed. Elect men who have no ties; who profess no loyalty except to the State; who owe nobody anything but good will and good service. “IN THE NAME OF DECENCY” 20,000 Japs Will Grow Food In Arkansas In connection with the record- breaking $42,820,000,000 Army sup ply bill, Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon took a stand that should receive public commendation. He asked for time to consider the bill, “in the name of decency and some concern for expenditure of public funds.” He said, “I always try to be fair and reasonable. But here i§ a bill calling for an appropriation of nearly $43,000,000,000 with a 92-page report and a record of four days’ hearings.” The Senator objected to being re* quired to pass on such an important measure on virtually an hour’s no tice. “I don’t question the amounts. I am interested in a display of judg ment. This is jpst pushing members of the Senate around. We ought to have at least one day to consider this bill—a sum bigger than the cost of the last war, a sum which a few months ago was considered by many as bigger than a safe limit on the public debt.” Senator McNary is to be commend ed for asking “a display of calm ness and judgment,’’ instead of blind ly waving the flag to cloak unneces sary, hasty vacation on matters so vi tal to the nation. With the public debt estimated at 13C billion dollars „ in 1943, his action may encourage clos er scrutiny of future appropriation measures. WILBUR LONG, JR., AT KEESLER FIELD, MISSISSIPPI McGehee, Ark., July 25.—Another band of people is coming into Arkan sas to carve homes out of near-prime val forests in the Mississippi rivet bottoms, but they are not coming willingly as did the pioneers of more than a century ago. This present day band is not of English, Scotch and Irish blood as was that earlier one. Nor will it be menaced by hostile Indians and fierce beasts. But it will be faced with the same herculean task of converting thousands of acres of heavily-wooded lowland into field? of growing crops. The 1942 exodus is that of more than 20,000 Japanese evacuated from the West Coast defense zone and re located on two government camps— one near McGehee, in Desha and Chi cot counties, which lie on the Louisi- ana-Arkansas boundary line. On these two projects, the Jap anese—75 per cent of whom are American citizens—will grow food' for America’s victory effprt uRtil the war with their ancestral homp- land is ended. Both relocation sites are, for the most part, covered with hardwood forests and are lowlands that wiP need some drainage to make them farmable. Contrary to reports, the tracts are excellent bottom soil and are neither marshy nor unhealthy. They are not infested with mala ria, mosquitoes and snakes. When drained—a not too difficult task— the result will be the rich, dark farm land that has made the productive ability of the Mississippi delta world- famed. Farm security administration of ficials describe the land as being of “bale-to-the-acre quality.” It is as good .as any in the delta and above the average of the majority of the state. The camp near McGehee comprises a known 10,000 uncleared acres that were purchased by the federal gov ernment as an FSA project. The government has continued to secure options on surrounding land and the exact size of the final project is not known. At present, it is drained fairly well bv a ninety-foot-wide ca nal, but lateral canals will be nec essary to assure complete drainage) Water will be obtained from wells. Excellent drinking water is obtain able from pumps driven thirty feet. The Drew-Chicot tract comprises about 12,000 acres of which 1,500 now are in cultivation. Under tentative plans, approximately 10,000 acres will be drained. It is situated in the southern section of Drew county and the western section of Chicot county and lies in the Beouf-Mississippi riverg basin. The Nipponese will be housed, in barracks simila’- to those of the CCC. Barracks will be approximately twen ty-five bv one hundred feet and will be divided into four separate family units to accommodate four families— about twenty-five persons. An estimated twenty mess halls each capable of holding 500 per sons—will be constructed on each project. Hospitals and schools will be erected. The hospital staffs will be composed of Japanese physicians under the direction of an American head surgeon. finery precaution to protect the health of the families will be take.q,” according to E. B. Whitaker, assist ant regional director of the FSA, who will be in charge of the projects. “None will be moved into the carqp until we are sure they have health ful conditions under which to live.” Whitaker said the first contingent —about 500 single Japanese—will aid <n preparing the camp site- When preliminary housing is completed, 1,000 more will be moved in to work on accommodations for the thousands more to follow. Each camp will be guarded bv U- S. Army soldieds, Whitaker said. The Japanese will be confined to camp and their status will be much the same as prison trusty convicts. They will not be permitted to leave the camp. Their job will be the production of as much of the food they con- sume as possible. “In addition to vegetables,” Whita ker said, ‘they will produce tomatoes for canning, soybeans, eggs, pork and other foodstuffs that can be grown in this rich soil. We do not expect to handle beef cattle.” Their pi oducts will not be sold on the market in competition with those of local farmers, Whitaker revealed. Neither will they acquire any equity to the land, but will be paid fo^ their work by the war department. The reaction of the present resi dents of the two sections, as a whole, is more or less philosophical. They realize that the relocation is a nec essary defense measure and believe that the majority of the Japanese are loyal to the United States. “They realize that someone must take care of these people,” Whitaker said. CHURCH REMEMBERS VAL UABLE MEMBER The following resolutions were ad opted by the Board of Deacons of the First Baptist Church here, opt of respect and memory of one of its long devoted and valuable members, the late Floyd Bradley: Whereas: God is His wisdom has seen fit to call to eternal rest our Brother, Floyd Bradley, and, Whereas: For many years our de parted Brother was a faithful, loyal and devoted member of our church, and. Whereas :He served the church for many years as Deacon and Life Dea con and was at the time of his pass ing Chairman of the Board of Dea cons of the First Baptist Church, now therefore be it. Resolved: That in the departure of our brother we feel a keen per sonal loss, and recognize that the congregation has lost a trusted lead er and valued servant, and be it fur ther, Resolved: That we bow humbly at this dispensation of Divine Provid ence, and commend to the heavenly Father the family and host of friends of our deceased brother who moprn his passing, and be it further Resolved: That a copy of these Resolutions of Respect and Sympa thy be sent to the family, a copy to be inserted in the minutes of The First Baptist church, a copy be sent to the Baptist Courier and a copy be sent to each of the local newspapers for publication. BOARD OF DEACONS, J'irst Baptist Church Newberry, S. C. NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the estate of Robert C. Livingston, deceased, in the Probate Court for Newberry County, S. C., on Fridav, the 28th day of August, 1942 at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, and will im mediately thereafter ask for my dis charge as administratrix of said estate. All persons having claims against the estate of Robert C. Livingston, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same duly verified, with the un dersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make payujeht Invar iqa ' ANNIE LIVINGSTON, Administratrix of the estate of Robert C. Livingston, deceased. July 23, 1942—4tc. Keesler Field, Miss.—July 29.— Private Wilbur E. Long, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Long, Sr., 746 Pope street, was enrolled as a stu dent this week in the country’s greatest Army Air Forces Technical School at Keesler Field, and has started an intensive 19-week course to qualify as an airplane mechanic. TAKES POSITION WITH THE JOHNSON-M’CRACKIN CO. Weatherman: This is a low down trick you are playing on old Bre’r Boll Weevil. Be a sport; give him a Miss Vivian Wise has accepted a position as bookkeeper with Johnson McCrackin company, filling the vac ancy made by the induction into th« army of Carter Abrams, on July 13th. Navy Gets Local Boys Nine young men were accepted for enlistment in the Navy by the navy recruiters here last Thursday. Seven of them accompanied the re cruiters back to Columbia for final enlistments after which they will be transferred to the Naval Training Station in Norfolk, Virginiia, for four weeks of preliminary training. They are: Gregg Rowe, Callie Lig- on Duncan, jr., Rondol Hpuseal Mills, and Thomas Laffette Mill- stead, jr., all of Newberry; John Sidney Hamm and Marion Cr. .ner Martin of Silverstreet and E. D. Martin, jr., of Helena. Gilder Huiet Clary and Irvin Woodrow Frye were also accepted for enlistment but are to report to Columbia at a later date, This is the time of year that* should find you actually doing something about that long^delayed Monument. We can help you select a Memorial design suitable for your plot. Stop by and talk it over with us. Newberry Monument Co. J. B. Coward, Prop. “What a Difference” That’s what a lady driver said to us the other day when she called for her car. She ordered a complete lubrication job because she was tired of squeaks and noises and she wasn’t taking any chances on a costly repair bill later. Let Us Check Your Tires Often G. D. Coleman Co. "Be Sure With Pure*' TELEPHONE 400 1941'1942 NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING The Trustees of School District No. 1 will make their annual report to the citizens of the district in the court house Thursday morning, AUGUST 6, at 10 o’clock J. Y. JONES, Chm. of the Board