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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1943 THE NEWBBBET SUN PAGE FIVE The Spectator Back ers wer$ weight were the rj ohwas one toughkitt^ and mt 'bS parison a» filled man oline?^ No^r''5his of ; rough days—when rul lifers and threw their t;he Children of Israel “•■heel of Pharaoh, as as called. Phara- £tough guys; so Leon Henderson rats appear by com- rith the milk of hu- shall we say gas- bugh old bird didn’t like th^„I?raeBtes, He was so jealous that he tnade them labor rt hard tasks. By way of proving that old Pharaoh was worse than thy rubber tire rataopers, I tieed cite the Scriptual record which^proves that he compelled! the Chosen People to make bricks without straw. Sinc e those days of great tribulation Bible readers have^borrowled from the Old Book the exflressioi^. denoting tasks of almost conceivable severityhandi capped, hamstrung, ypt^and^j the stern compulsion of unrelenting', .task masters. So we say*, HE MUST •MAKE BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW. Now we are coming to. niilk of the cocoanut. I refer &g&m to my friends, my fellow fermeVS; rtjy. co sufferers in the nobl&causc of Vribg- ing from the soil bar bounteous pro duce,—and so on. -'^ou know. They labor with little or no help; while great husky (maybe soft) fejlbws bellows from the hustings that the farmer should produce more. The Farmer must do more on less. Well, how is the farmer to do all these wonders. He must operate his farm with less labor, less fertilizer, less machinery—and less of everything else, but he must produce more! Are there no social gains for’the 'farm ers? Must he be the Miracle Man? The farmer,ip the grandest irfan of, them all. Everybody says so, hut few do much about it except palaver The Ways and Means Committee of the House is considering the new Ap propriation Bill. Under its new Chairman, J. Morrison Tuten, it \?ili formulate the tax bill and- mdkj fh first proposals for State spending do not doubt that the sound common sense of the Committee members will guard against the too-free proposals of the Budget Commission. Here are some considerations worth pondering: 1. Our surplus is a temporary cir cumstance, like a .windfall. , 0(ir pre sent expenditures are far above th income of the State any year before this war. I urge the Committee to investigate this. What will they find? That until war spending started—or preparedness, as it was called—this State had a deficit. In other words, South Carolina is spend ing for normal services hundreds of thousands of dollars more than a nor mal income would be even in a good year. We are doing that NOW, yet the Budget Commission recommends even n^orp! ^ f Is the political situation getting out of hand ? Ordinarily we thirtk of Senator Edgar Brown as the sharp-shooter with musket aimed at Cotton Ed’s seat in the United States Senate. Some weeks ago when friends in Colleton told me that Governor Jefferies had Senatorial ambjtions I took it lightly, like this: No, that can’t be, for Senators Brown and Jefferies will not clash in forensic riv- alry for !a Washington toga. But, perhaps, I’m in error. Cotton Ed may be a sick mah today, but he has the most marvelous recuperative pow ers and he is no slouch himself- everybody knows. Besides, all will recall that the late John Aull topped it off by saying that “Ellie Smith is undffeatable. In order -to bring about his election the very elements will conspire; storms will blow up or the floods will come.” The grizzled old I deerslayer of Lynchburg is a battler . t on the stump. But if Governor John- NEWS FROM JOHNSON-McCRACKIN CO. Garden or Poultry Wire, 4ft., 2in. mesh, 1 ft., 1 in. mesh. Korean and Kobe Le^pedeza. now. MoCormick-Deering Repairs for binders and mowers. Repair now. 1~ _* l I We have No. 3 Tin Cans. Buy while you can get them. JOHNSON-McCRACKIN COMPANY “Things For The Farmer” Auditor's Notke Returns of personal property, new bladings, transfer of real estate, poll anlj road tax, are to be made at the |nty Auditor’s office, beginning: • i? JANUARY 1, 1943 THROUGH l FEBRUARY 28, 1943 |ll able-bodied male citizens be- tw en the ages of Owentjlftna^, aifd sii y are liable tf $1 poll -Vtaxib all pe ions between tne ages twent^b on and fifty outside of incorporated to’ ns are liable to pay commutation ta: of $1. All dogs are to be assess ed it $1 eac i. 11 returns are to be made by bol Districts, 'iour failure to le returns calls ftr penalty as Scribed by law* S v £ Hr „ PINCKNEY ABRAMS, Auditor Newberry County ston enters the race, and those other three stalwarts come in, why, then we may look forward to next year with a thrill. t That doesnlt mean that no one else will run. Suppose Judge Blease should decide to make the race? Well, no use to throw any scares. Still, if the Judge should really warm up and go after the boys, he would make his weight felt. And even that isn’t all. Doubtless a dozen men of mature years and developed charm have been watching Cotton-Ed’s seat for years, and may decide that this is the golden opportunity. Well, my newspaper and radio friends will not be sorry if the campaign becomes lively. Wouldn’t it be desirable to decide some questions on the basis of merit? Ponder this: It has been suggested that a taxpayer, when paying his State Income Tax, should be allowed to deduct, in computing his taxable mcome,»tb» ipcome taxes he-has J>a^l to th£ Federal Governerit. Nothing could be more reasonable. Why, in deed, should a taxpayer pay taxes on taxes? The real purpose is to col- ffect taxes on what the taxpayer ert^ Jbys for his private use. Nobody can ijUfenicr that. It is hard even to un derstand the utter foolishness of this double taxation ond th e absurity of taxing tax money. But when the matter is presented we hear th#t to rflieve a taxpayer of this enormity, would imperil the Treasury of the State. This is all stuff and nonsense. Th#i first obligation of the State i& to exercise its taxing powers wisely', dt has certainly not do fie so in this case; so the appropriate correctlory, ’should be made. Doesn’t it strike you as inconceiv able that a simple, straightforward correlation^ of obvious inequity should Poultry Wanted : The Greenville Poultry Company will have a truck in Newberry Every THURSQAYJrom 10 to 11:30 a. m. CASH PRICES AS FOLI&WS: | Colored Hens, pound 22c Leghorn Hens, pound 18c j Roosters, pound 10c ! Turkey.Toma, npund 23c jTuieMenl f&uS* 25c [Ducks and Geese, pound 12c lit*- * • »*<''* Leading Point at Lake’s Machine Shop This will be a regular schedule, rain or shine Be on 'Jtyme arj^ Tell Ytliir Neighbors ^ Do Not Fee'k^piultry /, on Day of Sale Greenville Poultry Co. COTTON qUIZ iMon JOHNNY DOUGHBOY* USE MOKE COTTON THAN | ^JOHNNY PLOWBOY** ■ < i j-i i*’* YtfE U.S. SOLDIER RE QUIRES 12 TIMES AS MUCH COTTON AS THE AV ERAGE'PEACETIME AMERICAN CON SUM- ( H0TT0»! ER USES- MRS. WRIGHT IN FLORIDA Mrs. R. D. Wright left last week for Eau Gallic, Fla. to spend some time with her son af*i daughter-in- law, Lieut, and Mrs. Downs Wright. be opposed State a half of a milljo; whoopin pie of pffftioi thousand' in other'wordsj 1 ;- generous, fn like a Dm care about pie justice is not read; think the s; on giving measure of success of; upon any that appr- time, of |w that it is worth f million tetetnfee cost the ree quarters oll^TS. while we are ichors’ jataries a cou- ndA ^bdyfiundreds of tjgn dire/tions ? In Wishes to be Jartei^ 3pen-handed, ntrful, it doesn’t •o ( U» OTts of sim- d political result liable. I do not hd State depends kyte“sgpiis small ioYffthink the op *acj*. depends an, ^.He bills, j-krAly. Some conclude nfetliBig to be right. That, however, is'ask^ng much, in the w'h&’knbss fof the’fleSh. Friends from different parts of the State have spoken to me about the higher valuations being put on auto mobiles by order of the Tax Com mission. I knew nothing about this —and I still wonder how my friends happened to be po well informed. But the Tax Commission is not only an efficiently conducted Department, but one in which courtesy is the nrie. Up on inquiry I learned from Mr. Craig, who is Director of the Property Di vision, that the Commission is follow- ing its established practice of adopt ing the used-car-values of a recogniz ed authority and that as used cars have a higher sale value now, they are being valued more for taxation. • tois of gasfllikejaHd fubfcer sea chance has he to sell his car ? How, then, shall we justify a HIGHER val uation, which means a HIGHER TAX, when the far is worth decided ly less-? 'Would* not our Commission be fairer if it REDUCED last year’s valuation, rather than increased it? ana A Touch Of Gingham Is Added Barbara Britton, young Paramount player appearing in “Wake slar.d", illustrates how easy it is trt dress up a plain white cotton" Iress. The .belted braces are red and white''checked gingham enhanced >y little red felt hearts and ribbons, ^tr DutChy raft il resf hli’d MitS •becked gingham, w ith a red brim and calf be reversed td show' gittgham ‘ •i/brim and pert lijttle bow s . , ^ Dry Forces May Again Lose In The Senate - Congressman Hare Supports Move !. For RED Service on Holidays In Statement Before 1 tiji * ! >ti.) ♦ Wff* MV 1 I*f<)i i Mti. i*> 1 ollows, these- holidays it<-will-mean • wo-weeks in the yeai-where--patrons (n’ rural -routes -will receive ’ho mail 1 nd, Mr. Chairman, if yo ushould stop Ihe postal facilities of the United tiite .eargmrs op- all holidays except i Rates for two weeks you could vis- Sundays I introduced a , sin»il*r b.4‘- h '"" .tjie laet Congress.,, ^Thp Ppst Ofr. , Mr. Chairman: Ten or twelve year# *go I introduced a bill in , the Mouse that would, require the Post Offige Department' to, .provide delivery,sejr,-. tige on all nirgl, routes by substi- Columbia. Jan. 30.—Efforts to re turn the state to prohibition appear ed today to be headed again for one form or another of the legislative doom they have suffered since the 1940 referendum that" directed the general assembly to remove the state’s liquor laws and find new rev enues to replace thpse derived frqjn taxes on alcoholic beverages. ' 'f’he “dry” bill that would accom plish the first of these twin direc tives was introduced in the house last tveek bearing the. names of 67. mem bers qf the house, a .number but six short, $ enough to, guarantee its passage by, that body. Further impetus to enactment of Such a bill was given by Governor Johnston .when in. h>s inaugural ad dress two weeks ..ago he. said he i “delighted”,, to sign an act returning the state to prohibition. . , ■ '• Despite the factors favorable to ' tjhe efforts of the proponents of prohibition, legislative 'observers be lieved the bill would neVer be en acted* «•'!<* " ' 1 An unofficial poll of bhb senate conducted by orie of its “dry” mem ber* Who declined to hdve hjs ’name revealed indicated a wet majdfitY prevailed in that body as It has done ’ Sifice ’ 1940. Thus Should the meas ure pass the house,'as many hbdse ' J iembers agree is probable', it would dee’ a Tough path ini the uppfr u.; * - -:<•> *l. in.am ipe Departpient .apparently ha^ n«y- r been inclined to support the , leg islation but I was advised by the Department last .year, that. such leg islation is unnecessary because the Department may provide such service under existing law if sufficient funds wbro* available. TTverefore, my pur- ^riSe in appearing before yeur com- ikittee at- this time is 'to urge that y<yjf include 'a' sufficient amount to cover the additional expense 1 or ’Costs’ noute's a'rtfTdStftiW'Sha VhfTt 'tWcOTTn- w .1. • a 1 i-L. t.-I*.* I frv uc a wVtrvln ia Irvcirwr erf such service beginning with July 1, 1(943. Rural Tree deliVery" serivee has been Within the past six months, however, ijiaintained now for upwards of 40 something has happened. If„a ipan jears on the thebi*y‘that -people liv- e ing in nfrkl' areas afd entitled to de- t Hvery sCYviCe"as mu<£h so as people diving towriS and cities. As a rule, e Department has heretofore pro- ded one delivery of -mail in towns d cities except on-‘Sundays end lidays, and f have’always contend- that in'fairness to the-people and order to meet one’of the economic eds of those who live-in -rural breas ey are' entitled to this service and or T h ijifficieh. , _._ r _ , pg on these ’holidays to pay forupe Tbp GeneraIpAsscnibte made a good beginning; 1 letj|us hop®that the ex cellent staijl ip^y^ot jfe lost in a cunfuslbn 'of purpose or conflict of plans a nd ambitions. There are sev eral schemes under way to soak up the surplus without leaving even we t Jpjt. I If the Legislaure lends ear tc all pleaders it might as well P iBdifiinal cost incident to the ser- a rtce.'" wet If the Legislaure lends an a^llyery serVice*, ^ , , , Ms provided for bn holidays' i am resign itself to a long and heated ^ nburin the C onclusiob that the session. If it woulcy make re-adjust- ^ sta] 4 eiplg from ' rout es ments in some salaries # economiz- ’ in be a . s he avy or heavier on the ing in other ^artn^nYs, it could a-|1 plidays a8 ^ -olfiei--Mb day of _ . that surpus m War r wemies 'thereftom wilt be suffi- n _ , plent to pay the' additional costs 2. Reduce appropriations wher-^ serv ice will mean so much e\er possirle, using the savings f° r K the convenience and economic payment ofj something more to some fejfg of the peo ^ who, have learned very deservyjg and meritorious work- dopt twa'dufimtel t. To iffee'st Bonds; and ei'5, S 'hough the Nation staggers under awful debt and tax burdens; thougr our young manhood strugglers thru welter of jblood, yet will political serVides* tall hnd clamor for more. It is a waste of time to look for services which have no value; of course all have some value, whether re^tSor small; bwt <«ro mp, Ameri- ans ^enying themselves something? ;ilap a^y public servicq^made a sac rifice iqual to the sacrifice of our cats arid of our^^J^.t® APS^e^bout at will - Has any public service ris en to the degree of sacrifice of their own members who have entered the armed forces? Has any public ser vice sacrificed anything a tall? Yet the proposed budget calls for more spending! Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? Our leaders of the General Assem bly owe a debt of responsibility to the taxpayers. Their position gives power, and the power should be used for the public good, not for the de velopment or aggrandizement of in- > ^stit|j|tions which have built up lobbies ‘ ^feitBer physically numerous *r eenti- meiyalljA,''-app#alij|igifv of us ‘should tfrlrf o#f- dfiT 'biYtle'' of charity sometimes and let the results speak for themselves. But the great ma jority of legislators are not on the inside of any of this. Why don’t they assert their RIGHTS and per form their DUTY by scrutinizing every dollar of the State’s spending? appreciate, the value of rural de- i/ery service. . , *.. i '< * In looking at the ‘ calendar for ! 43 I find there will be nine holi- i ys, excluding, Sundays, and it is 3 tremely-eaterestlipg to^bser^Mtiiat ike of thobe holWays Wll citnm on turday or Monday, and in either e the patron on a rural route will S three ,days, .without-mail., .ilf -.you jji 3lude the Sunday which .precedes or lize how much this service will ean to the milWfft* Of'*p^>Me*liv- g on these routes. In my opinion, ere is nothing that would para le busiess a this ’ nation so qlrickly ' and SO i bmpletely. as the cessation of -pbs- 1 services aij^ wh^i ^ \\e conteqr ] ijate what it would mean to be ithout postal facilities for a period two weeks wt feet fe fairly good :a of what the Post Office Bepart- * TbluVnbia.—TfieVe lias been a grad ual increase of rabies among wild , fpxes jn South Carolina since 1937. The State Board, of .Health, labora tory reported seven such cases in 1937, eight in 1938; nine in 193$, the number increasing to 24 in 1940. These 24 cases of rabies in foxes Ker- Ches- teafield, Colleton and Williamsburg. inent is losing, the patrons of these tjryias a whole is losing. The last^irifarjnetian 41 Hiad from' t|ie Posf Office Deparnnent was that the’e are slightlv over 32,000 run < el very routA^ ip -the-Un* i ta ;es, the -number having decreased i pj roximately 12,000 JnUth^ pajt JP? j ea "s, while thd 'nfileage ’ trayeleo Has ijic eased upwards of 125,000 miles i i h e meantime, and the number of Hat ons served increased from ap- I ro :imately 25,300,000 in 1930 to ap- I ro umately 29,200,000 in 1942, the r ur her of families served havfl^f'TW ere sed ffejf^ 6,862,00$ Jto 7,800,000 \ it in sllme-PeUPd-. . j 1 ie Post, Office Department ad-< nsi s thg *adUitional cost will ap-: o limater-^,000,000 per' annutn. e ma£,Aay this is nbt a' , <|me 'hi a the. s£ryice should pe .inaugur ate! but my'feeling is that it should fob stablishefa at least for the dura- tior of thenar because there' are tjio sands* ofi fathers atid mothers, o hers -■a-nd* sisters who 1 arfxiously afivi it evefy’day for mail ccjming froi i they; ,s9ns or brothers'in, the arm ;d fortes and, as I have already spic wherf these holidays come on,'a Set irday br.Monday, and,there will nore.cm these two days than dll tie )ther days of the week* combined, iti n eans pfattically three days when p iti ms op, rural routes >viU'be with out 5ervice*and I am, therefore, urg ing and -insisting that you give fav- oraije consideration to .the proposal, I M sdn, hqm 2! w i < * Amount of Victory Tail Deduct ble from Weekly Wage* of Selected Amounts and Ai mount of Net Victory Tax After Deduction of. Credits -a- Waakly Hung i . w *« # (gross I amount) f* Gross i yieliry -i A SON ) . and; Mrs. Edward PefJoach of N(ev|aerry„ arihounce the a'rnval of a Furman 1 ufus, bern at their near the city Monday, Jaridafy “ik ... V r t • * * I Jv II AJ ’dee' a Tough chamber. Last year th c drj)' bill was effect ively"' killed in the house When th'f ways 'hVid' mean#! CortlTnittee declined tjo report bift the tiieastire. This 'year the bill has a'gain bi^eh referred'' to'' the ways and means group--for study of substitute revenues, which the bill fails to provide. The t)iil ^ioes di rect that gene'ral appropriations be increased to replace alcoholic' tax' ( revenues of approximately S5.obO,0(Jd that aPe eaihAarked for schools', ’ • i t ..-.t i m: i-i{>* ■»' ’ 'i *♦ • 1 fib;' I iP>» Th'> FOX PERIL IS GROWING IN THE STATE last year ware fr^n Richland, shaw, Lee, DaMington, Cheraw, < Y/ Slnglo : porson—• no dop«nd«nts tt Victory aftT ciocllfi "T- Mtrriad ptrson— no dopondBnts Marriod | two dapood—It 1 J 1.15 .40 .90 1.40 1.90 *.40 3.40 3.90 4.40 The credits' , rriax be taken currently or IQ percent of the tax for married and 2 percent for each dependent. , . . . . . be based on (a) payments of premiums or life insurance policies in force bn September 1, 1942; (b) payments of bid debts^(<V purchase ot iO percent of the tax for married persona 25 pefcept. Jor single pecsoDiL. J\ { t. They r lay be taken currentiy and will b: -$.09 • * .-24 ’ :! / • .84 ■1.14 11 '.'i:44 • . 1.74 2.04 12.34 2.64 | .08 .22 .50 .7* 1.06' 1.34 1.62 • 1.99 2.<S .*2.46 • »fter the w ar - They amount to far Bonds. 1“ • p’. S. Trtojury btfartmtnt and coastal sections thus being rep resented. Outbreaks of rabies in foxes «fel*o’ are 'UPchfrthf? 3if Xborgia and Alabama. There is likelihood of a feteat incrc^e m^yijp unless 'Suppressive "measures are. promptly taken to exterminate- the infaeted foxes here. r * • I I So far as reported, there were on ly two persons ih South Carolina bitten by rabid foxes last year—one bitten on the finger, who recovered under treatment and the "other bitten severely, on--the nose, -who sraeetnnb- ed to rabies before antijrabic treat ment could be fUrnished. S r. 1 ’ 1 '■ ' * * f Y*".: * f J i f t Iti comparison with the 24 foaes found positive fort rabils at the lib- oratory last year. 196 ettWr' ahftn|ils, mostly dogs, we^e foynij ’positive /or rabies at the laboratory,, • There were doubtless more rabid JfoXel 4nd other animals than tfjosf svPv tq ^he laboratory foe examination, tVhile there is danger ifrom rabid’ fd»es, there ‘is * still greater danger from rabid dogs since fhere, are-more .of them and since there is greater lia bility of contract with - such dbgs. A total of 2,750 persoKs exposec} to jabies in South Carolina last year were! given anti-rabic vaccine tfefat- htbnt: ’ ' " ” • • • * • Rjibies Js'a definite disease, - ^is tinet from tetanus or any other dis ease, with a definite cdifse and with ^characteristic signs and syhigton\sl , However, even in theee days *of enlightenment there a Aill 1 a ’ ffew ibisguided individuals, among tbpm an occafsional ill-informed- i doetpr, who believi dr pretend to ■ betieve that there is no such thing as rabies in. Aian or animal, and ylso thAt* V 16 efficiency of vaccination - against smallpox'is all ^ delusion.'It is 1 use less' to'~waste time frying" to con vince such folk, for they arc blind, and will dduBtleas continue to - re main forever blind, ,to any proff^ „MISS STEPHENS TRAINS FOk WAAOs i 1 « Fort Des Moines', Ipwa.-rAuxilary Sallie Victoria Stephens of Route 2, Whitmire, has begun training in the Woman’s Army Auxiliary Chips. ' $he was assigned to a Receiving center company for a week’s elem entary military training. There she ijs issued clothing and equipment, in structed ia rudiments of drill, aad given Army classification tests. These tdsts will help determine 5” e job she 'Will fill in the WAAC. Y , t - For the following four i weeks,: she •will be assigned to a' basic company for more’ detailed training, preparing " ie* to replace a man in a non-com bat army job. She is the sistec-«f Mrs. Nellie El- of 3^49 t-antona Dr.,' SaA Diego California. fleYd, Califi