The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 25, 1942, Image 5
“First footing 1 ” is a New Year’s
custom of Scotland. The person who
first, after the stroke of the new
year, sets foot inside the house of a
friend, remains the guest throughout
the day and is privileged friend
throughout th eyear.
The Emancipation Proclamation
was signed on New Year’s day,
1863, by President Abraham Lincoln.
The Chinese New Year’s greeting
is “Sui-hi,’ or “May joy be yours.”
For many years on Christmas eve,
residents of Kitzbdhel, Austria, have
decorated each grave in the cemetery
with a tree lighted by candles.
The first reference to “mail
eazly’ in the post office depart
ment files was in November, 1913.
An old Bohemian legend has it
that a wife will die within a year if
she bums a Chrstmas cake.
any French peasants believe that
babies bom on Christmas have the
gift of prophecy.
FOR RENT—Furnished apartment.
Phone 220-J. Mrs. T. P. Johnson,
1237 Calhoun street.
HOLIDAY NOTICE
This Bank will not be
open for business on
the following dates:
FRIDAY, DEC. 25
SATURDAY, DEC. 26
Also
FRIDAY, JAN. 1, 1943
SOUTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL BANK
Holiday
Notice/
Offices in the County Court
House will be closed on the
the following dates, account
the holidays:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26
—and—
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1943
FOR SALE—Pure strain Cocker
Spaniel puppies, age 3 months. Mrs.
C. Forrest Summer, Phone 333, 2112
Main Street, Newberry. 3t
WANTED TO BUY—Scrap Iron,
Copper, Aluminum, auto radio parts,
Rags, Irtner-tubes and Zinc. Loca
tion in alley leading to Standard Oil
company bulk plant. W. H. Sterling.
ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBS mTd
Fixtures, Floor Lamps, Electrical
material and service, repairs to all
electrical appliances, etc. If in need
of an electrican, telephone No. 109.
Clarence T. Summer, Inc. 2t
FLOUR & FEEDS, fresh stocks
and priced no higher. Clarence T.
Summer, Inc. 2t
LOST—Pocketbook, about 2 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon between the
Busy Bee cafe and police headquar
ters. It contained one B. gasoline
book about half used and one A
book with four No. 3 stamps left.
Finder please return to police head
quarters and receive reward. Willie
H. Werts, Silverstreet. 2tp
WELL PUMPS, a few more left, see
us for installed prices. Satisfaction
guaranteed. 2t
The Spectator
Writes About Christmas
LOST—Gasoline Rationing book
A, No. 37.972. B. C. BANKS, Route
3, Proaperity., 2tp
GAS STOVE,used, but in good re
pair, also one good used electric re
frigerator ready for delivery. Clar
ence T. Summer, Inc. 2t
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER S
MEETING
Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the stockholders of the
J. W. Kibler Company, a corporation
with its principal place of business
at Newberry, South Carolina, is here
by called to be held in the office of
Blease & Griffith, attorneys, New
berry, S. C., on Monday, December
21, 19i42, at 11:00 o’clock in the
forenoon, for the purpose of winding
up its affairs, surrendering its char
ter for cancellation and dissolving
the corporation, and for the transac
tion of any other business connected
therewith.
M. W. CLARY,
President
Newberry, S. C., Nov. 17, 1942.
TAX NOTICE
The tax books will be open for col
lection of 1942 taxes on and after
October 15, 1942.
The following is general levy for
all except special purposes:
Mills
Ordinary County 11
Bonds, Notes and Interest 18
Roads and Bridges 2
Hospital ^4
Schools — State ‘i
County Schools 5
County Board of Education.... %
County Schools — Special I
State 1
42
The following are the authorized
special levies tor the various school
districts of the County:
Dist. No. Mills
1—Newberry 17
1—Newberry (O.S.) 17
2—Mt. Bethel-Garmany 6
3— Maybinton 6
4— Long Lane 5
5— McCullough 6
6— Cromer 0
8— Reagin 10
9— Deadfall 10
10— Utopia 10
11— Hartford 6
12— Johnstone 5
13— Stony Hill 6
14— Prosperity 15
16—O’Neal 8
18— Fairview 4
19— Midway 4
21— Central 4
22— St. Philips 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. Paul 6
36— Peak 4
37— 'Mudlick 6
38— Vaughnville 6
39— Chappells 6
40— Old Town 10
41— Dominick 8
42— Reederville 12
43— Bush River 12
44— Smyrna 12
45— Trinity 10
46— Burton 10
47— Tranwood 12
48— Jalapa 8
49— Kinards 2
50— Tabernacle 8
51— Trilby 4
62—Whitmire 15
53— Moliohon 4
54— Beth Eden 5
55— Fork 8
57— Belfast 6
58— Silverstreet 14
59— Pressley 4
60— St. Johns 4
There will be a one per cent (1%)
discount on general County taxes
through November 14, 1942.
On and after January 1, 1943, the
Penalties prescribed by law will be
imposed on unpaid taxes.
You are requested to call for your
taxes by School districts in which
property is located. The Treasurer
is not responsible for unpaid taxes
not called for by districts.
Those who had their dogs vaccinat
ed for rabies during the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1942, by one authoriz
ed by law, and expect to be exempt
ed from dog tax will please bring
their certificates of vaccination
when appearing to pay taxes.
J. RAY DAWKINS,
Treasurer Newberry County
Christmas is with us again, or o
nearly so that it is the same. Christ
mas is now not just a day, but a sea
son, for it begins before the 25th
and swells in interest and joy until
the great day itself i? ushered in by
the little fellows with horns and
drums and all the other instruments
of jubilation that fond mothers and
fathers could provide.
It is the children’s day.—and prop
erly so—because of the Wonderful
Babe of Bethlehem—Immanuel who
had come as the gift of God to man
kind. The older folk may wonder
about the Prince of Peace while the
guns roar in battle. Where is the
Prince of Peace? Just where He al
ways was—in the hearts of those
who seek Him. Certainly God did
not mean to bless wrong or evil.
Those things do not merely right
themselves. The most useful man
among us sometimes is the surgeon
who cuts into the body so that larg
er usefulness of ourselves may re
sult. The Prince of Peace may, come
as the Sun of Righteousness, with
healing in his wings as Malachi tells
us, but He hmself said “THINK NOT
THAT I AM COME TO SEND
PEACE, BUT A SWORD.” And since
His coming the evils and injustices of
the world have given way slowly be
fore the thrust of the sword of the
Messiah.
That little Babe of Bethlehem
came to divide mankind, putting
those of good will on one side and
those of predatory selfishness on "the
other. He made His appeal to the
hearts of men, and though we still
have the guns ablaze we Americans
and British are resisting the arro
gance of power which asserts the
rule of force as the governing prin
ciple of the age. The simple soul
which has accepted the Man of Gali
lee believes that, however we our
selves may need the chastening hand
of Jehovah, He will not let Goliath
triumph, even if He must yet send
a David against him.
Our people, with all our short
comings and pampered appetites,
still have the child-like faith of our
fathers, w'ho, in time of peril, found
comfort and sustaning grace in such
assurances as this from the Old
Book: “HE WILL NOT SUFFER
THY FOOT BE MOVED: HE THAT
KEEPETH THEE WILL NOT
SLUMBER.”
We can only hope that when all
the noise of battle is hushed, the
reign of The Kingdom may be ad
vanced.
Automobile
Heaters and
Radios
Give One For
Christmas
Just a Few Left
Davis Motor Co.
1515-17 Main St.
This is the Christmas season,
though Christmas day comes the last
of next week. It is nice to talk
about the good wrill of this time of
year after toiling over the facts and
figures of government.
From the first of December until
the day after Christmas, Christmas
is in the air. The ladies are rushing
about with arms loaded with bundles,
all remembrances for friends and
relatives. Of course the little fel
lows are all agog. Christmas to
them is unalloyed bliss from trink
ets to candy, and with all the cake
they can hold.
In my years in South America
Christmas was just a religious fes
tival. Here it is the great festival
of the home.
I’ve told you, I think, about a
Christmas in Cajamaroa, high in the
Andes Mountains, and of the two
little Indian children in the home
where I lived. Guillermo, the boy,
and Zoraida, the girl, had never
heard of Santa Claus. Zoraida, wo
man-like, was full of faith and .be
lieved what I told her about Old
Santas Guillermo was not convinc
ed, but, like a philosopher, decided
to pretend to believe por si, acaso,
as they say, meaning “Well, you
never can tell, so I’ll play safe.”. §o
Guillermo wrote a letter to Santa
which I was to deliver. Zoraida
had told me what to tell Santa, for
she was just a lively little fellow of
about four. There being no chim
neys in Cajamarca I had to modify
our tale, but even so, Guillermo nev
er understood how Santa got into
houses with barred doors 1 and win
dows. As my windows were open
Santa had to come through my room.
Here in America we are the fav
ored people of all the earth. Once in
Scotland a lady asked me about
America. I have forgotten all but
one remark: “OH, BUT AMERICA
HAS SO MUCH.” We are a happy
people and not even the sobering
cares which come with war can re
press us.
This is a great country because a
great people have made it so. With
all frailties and foibles America is
an open-hearted as she is free-hand
ed; and the jolly American, wher
ever you see him, is the most ap
proachable man, the most neighbor
ly man, in the world. This is not
just bumptious or blatant .provincial
ism; I respect the others for their
great history and their heroic quali
ties, but for the splendor of a child
like faith, and a readiness to stake
his all on a cause, the American
marches in the front rank. Blest we
are above all others, still this people
which has received so much, gives
with a bountiful hand.
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1942
Tax Notice
After the close of business
on December 31, 1942, a
1 per cl penalty
will be added to all unpaid
i 1942 State & County taxes.
J. RAY DAWKINS
COUNTY TREASURER
WE'RE GLAD
IT'S-CHRISTMAS
BECAUSE it gives us an opportunity to renew old ac
quaintances. 1 ,
BECAUSE it’s the one time of the year when problems
and tribulations can be forgotten.
BECAUSE the spirit of Christmas prevails every
where and the brotherhood of man predom
inates the thoughts of civilized man.
BECAUSE we can be young again, and relive a life
of fond memories with our loved on"?.
BECAUSE a world which observes Christmas is a
world worth living in—a joy for all.
Tom M. Fellers, Sheriff
■
The pleasant custom of stop
ping in our business activities to
exteiui Season’s Greetings to our
friends makes this season of the
year a happy one.
Christmas can always be a
happy time if we but make it so.
It is the time to think of the
pleasant things of life, of loved
ones and friends, of the finer
things in a world that strives for
Peace.
When we wish you a Merry
American Christinas we are only
expressing a wish that is upper
most in our thoughts at this time.
It is our sincere hope that you
will spend an enjoyable Yuleiide
this year aiui for many more
years to come,
R. M. Lominack
J. Forrest Lominack
W. H. Lominack