The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, February 05, 1943, Image 5
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-
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mesh, 1 ft., 1 in. mesh.
Korean and Kobe Le^pedeza.
now.
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1~ _* l I
We have No. 3 Tin Cans. Buy while
you can get them.
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“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