The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, March 12, 1943, Image 5
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The Spectator
As I left the meeting of Senator the name of the State. And this ia
Warren’s sub ^Committee to study proposed even while the Federal
the consolidation of all State agen- Government is compelling big power
cies to advertise the State I walked combinations to break up, to separate
with ex-Govemor Jefferies. When into smaller units. That has been the
my friend Senator Jefferies became
Governor I addressed him as “Gov
ernor". But he stopped me, with
the remark, “I don’t see why John
Bredin should call Dick Jefferies
‘Governor’; I’m still Dick Jefferies
to you."
Mr. Jefferies had me up a tree. He
suspects me of opposing the Santee-
Cooper aggrandi-ement; and he hap
some reason for thinking so. We,
therefore, didn’t dwell long on the
Santee-Cooper. But where he caught
me on the blind side was when I ask
ed him about hiking off one mill be
cause of the $6,800,000 trust account
and acouple of mills because of tak
ing over school transportation. He
said “Why you didn’t even read iny
address to the General Assembly.”
Well, after reading six South Caro
lina dailies and about fifty weeklies,
including the Baptist Courier, The
Southern Christian Advocate and
Spectator, my time is very limited.
But I found a copy of that address
and read it with great interest. I
have never read a message wnich
was more informative. E^en if I
had disagreed with Governor Jeffer
miration for the most informative
statement on our State Government
I have ever read. Quite apart from
the recommendations, Governor Jef
feries presents the facts and figures
which show the condition of the
State. I dissent entirely from his
recommendation that the Santee-
Cooper be allowed to absorb other
power companies. As a citizen I re
gard with abhorrence the idea of a
oower combine, trust or monopoly in
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
I offer for sale the following prop
erty of the estate <Sf Warren T. Ep-
Hng:
House and lot in Newberry, No.
1517 Johnstone street, two blocks
from the business district, facing
the Lutheran church, known as the
Summer place;
The home place of Warren T. Ep-
ting, 322 acre#, in Pomaria and New-
Hope school districts;
The Samuel Epiing place, 60 acres,
in Pomaria school district;
The Pitts place, 56 acres, in Trin
ity school district.
For further information, see the
undersigned, or Blease & Griffith,
attorneys.
ERNEST W. EPTING,
Executor
policy of the Government for eight
years and the S. E. C. is now carry
ing it out. As a matter of fact, the
Columbia corporations which the
Santee-Cooper wishes to swall iw, in
the name of the State of South Car
olina, are themselves part of a big
Company which the Federal Govern
ment wil have to break up. There
is something about this whole San-
tee-Coper proposal which does not in
spire confidence. It looks more like
a -political enterprise than a power
development. Nevert'.ieless, with that
small observation, I repeat that Gov
ernor Jefferies delivered an address
which should be read by all citizens.
And then I ran into Edgar A.
Brown, Senator from Barnwell. So
many stories are told of Senator
Brown that he is to many a sort of
legendary figure, even while still
young and very activ#. So rubust,
indeed, is the Senator, that it may
yet be said of him, as was said of
Moses when be attained to 120 years
of age: "His eye was not dim, nor his
natural force abated.” .,
Some counties marvel at the in
fluence and power in the Legislature
lea I should still have to express ad-'^f ° ther counties. A man of person-
LOST—Gasoline Ration Book for
automobile license number D35790,
motor No. M36472, book issued July
1942. Any information to J. L.
Adams, 1105 Sinclair Street, Whit
mire, S. C.
FOR RENT—Apartment for rent
Mrs. Tom P. Johnson, 1237 Calhoun
street. Phone 220-J. 3tp
INCOME TAX RETURNS—I am
prepared to assist you in filing yoni
Income tax return. Will be either at
The SUN office or my home. Phone
414-M. MRS. A. H. COUNTS 3tp
WANTED TO BUY—Scrap Iron
Copper, Aluminum, auto radio parts,
Rags, Inner-tubes and Zinc. Loca
tion in alley leading to Standard Oil
company bulk plaptt. W. H. Sterling.
FOR SALE—Coker Four-In-One wilt
resistant and Coker 100 wilt resist
ant Cotton Seed, first year from
breeder; price $1.50 per bushel.
Made 48 bales on 35 acres last year.
Better buy quick if you want first
year seed «t reasonable prices. H.
O. LONG, Silverstreet, S. C. 2-5tfc
FOR SALE—Serecia lespedeza, re-
cleaned, scarified; germination 90,
purity 98 at 20c per pound. Korean
lespedeza 8 l-2c per pound; Kove
lespedeza 12 l-2c per pound; Hegari
seed, 4c per pound. NEWBERRY
MILLING & DISTRIBUTING COM
PANY. 2tc.
al force who remains many years in
the eLgislature becomes a power.
Senator Brown never forgets that
he is the Senator from Barnwell; and
he tries to win the approval and sup
port of Barnwell. Wyndham Man
ning told me a story which illustrates
the hold which the Senator has on
his people. Said Colonel Manning:
“I was out in the country in Barn
well County and stopped at a farm
home. The farmer expressed him
self decidedly against a third term
for Mr. Roosevelt. Then he added:
“But if Edgar is in favor of it, it’s
all right with me, because Edgar
knows.”
Senator Brown, who, even when he
disagrees with me most, is always
the genial gentleman, opened his
mind to me recently. Since then the
substance has appeared in the news
papers, so I may elaborate it some
what. As Chariman of the Finance
Committee of the Senate, Mr. Brown
is, of course, the leader of the Sen
ate in financial matters. Said the
Senator to me—and I quote with his
permission—“I am tired of other
States getting ahead of us; and, so
far as I can, I will tell you what the
leaders of this Legislature have in
mind. We want to give relief to the
man back home by taking off a part
of his tax burden. In doing this we
do not mean to eopardize any sound
interest or institution of the State
We mean to give an appreciable mea
sure of relief wherever we can, but
w are not making a play to the grand
stand. And we are not planning
something that will glitter for one
year; we are making the same study
of the State’s business that a man
makes of his own affairs. Our first
aim is to help the man who pays
•property taxes, because the proper
ty tax affects mo»e people than doer
my other tax. It would help the
farmer, the town man, the merchant
md all the industries. We are tak
ing ojf about six or seven mills—
l mill because of the trust fund tc
retire State debts, three mills of the
S0';:ool tax, and the counties mus<
take off the number of mills now
used for transportation, since the
State is taking over all school trans
portation.
When the people threw out the con-
stitutional three-mill tax it should
not have been re-imposed as a sta
tutory tax. The schools will not suf
fer. ,
I hope we may reduce the capital
stock tax to two mills. The third
mill was imposed as an emergency
measure during the Depression and
should come off. We have before
us measures to help the smaller in
come-tax-payers. The “Floor-tax”,
which operates as a discrimination
against merchants, is under study.
We hope that situation can be cor
rected. The merchants are being
hit on all sides just now and they
need all the help they can get. We
Schools Open Drive
To Buy 10,000 Jeeps
T HE little jeep which is serving
so nobly from Guadalcanal to
Africa has become the symbol of
the gigantic efforts of millions of
American school children in their
War Savings program.
Thousands of public, private and
parochial schools soon will be dis
playing a certificate of honor from
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., signifying that
they have paid for at least one jeep
by buying $900 in War Stamps and
Bonds.
Countless others will be flying the
Schools At War banner awarded to
schools with 90 percent pupil par
ticipation in War Savings.
Ten thousand jeeps and a hun
dred bombers I This is the new goal
of America's schools as 30,000,000
children continue their Schools At
War program under the auspices of
the Treasury Department and the
U. S. Office of Education.
Results so far in the program re
ported by Dr. Homer W. Anderson,
Associate Field Director in chhrge
Battle Flags of the Schools
of the education section of the War
Savings Staff, are:
More than 7,000,000 elementary
and high school students from 30,000
schools . have prepared special
Schools At War scrapbooks for state
and local exhibits.
War Stamp and War Bond pur
chases may reach a grand total of
$300,000,000 for the school yeas.
don’t want to indulge in any bom
bast. The millage reduction will help
the merchants, .as well as all others.
But the fact that the merchants pay
on an average of 311-2 per cent of
their invoice values, as compared
with a state-wide average of 19 per
cent for others, ought not to be.
Keeping in mind the reductions al
ready agreed on, we have to be cau
tious not to upset the whole apple
cart. We are studying such exchange
of ioiformation as may result in co
operative or central purchasing.
I want to say that all of us are
glad to do what we can in relieving
our taxpayers because the war taxes
are beyond the imagination of most
of us. But in all my years in the
House and Senate I’ve never known
the membersi..ip to be so anxious to
do something of permanent good.
Most of us have business interests in
our own communities and we want to
bring in payrolls. If anything in our
tax system or State policy is work
ing against South Carolina in bid
ding for new enterprises this Legis
lature wants to get rid of it. We
want indurstry; we want enterprises
here. We want more opportunities
for our 'people; not only do we want
the jobs at good wages, but the local
market for our products. If this
Legislature can adopt a measure that
will reassure those who may look for
locations for industries it is my
judgment that such a measure would
command wholehearted support. We
know, all of us know, that South
Carolina ought to be rich State, well
balanced between agriculture and in
dustry. Something is wrong; I don’t
know exactly what may be the Chief
obstacle, but the attitude of this
Legislature clearly indicates that so
far as may be in the range of our
knowledge we want to take off any
and all shackles and put South Caro
lina where she belongs.”
Thank you Senator; and let the
thanks of our people flow like the
resistless billows of the sea to all
sons of South Carolina now in the
General Assembly, who share the
Senator’s hope and ideal.
RICHARD H. HIPP
Richard Hampton Hipp, 68, died
suddenly Thursday afternoon in Po
maria. He appeared to be in his
usual health and had gone to Po
maria on business and 'became ill
while there.
Mr. Hipp was a faithful member
of the Woodmen of the World. He
was born and reared near Pomaria
and spent his entire life there, hav
ing been a merchant for a number
of years and at the time of his death
he was operating his farm.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at 3:30 from the Lutheran
church in, Pomaria by the Rev. E. K.
Counts. Interment was in Bethlehem
church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mary Louise Hope Hipp of Pomaria;
i daughter, Mrs. Hubert L. Shuler of
Orangeburg, and the following
-randchildrer: Hubert, Harriett,
Hope and Delores Shuler; Mary
Hampton. Richard H. and David
Hayne Hipp.
Active pallbearers were: H. W.
Cominick, Alvin Kinard, Henry
Counts, Clyde Koon, E. W. Epting
md W. D. Hatton.
Honorary pallbearers were: L. O.
Aull. H. C. Holloway, E. S. Blease,
T>r. J. I. Bedenbaugh. T. A. Setzler,
M. E. K. Glympb, J. E. Counts, E.
S. Shealy, L. A. Shealy, J. P. Setz
ler, W. C. Koon, H. H. Huggins, W.
T. Ringer, W. E. Wiggers, E. O. Kin
ard and J. J. Hewtz.
U.
S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
NEEDS 1500 WOMEN FOR
WAR PLANT
South Carolina has been called on
to furnish 1,500 women workers for
work in a war plant in a nearby
state, W. Rhett Harley, director of
the United States Employment Ser
vice in South Carolina, announced to
day.
Mr. Harley said that no one need
apply who had had experience on a
farm or who was now employed in a
war industry.
Workers who are recruited under
this program will be paid 50c an hour
and given an automatic raise after
four weeks of 5c an hour. All work
in excess of 40 hours will be compen
sated at the rate of time and one-
half regular pay.
Tnose to be employed must be from
18 to 45 years old and have at least
in eighth grade education. No pre
vious experience in the work to be as
signed is necessary, but those wfth
industrial experience are preferred,
Mr. Harley said. It was explained
that the work will be on an assembly
line, inspecting and labor process.
Mr. Harley said that room and
board are available near the War
Plant at rates ranging, from $7 to $10
per week.
Those interested were urged to call
at their nearest United States Em
ployment Service office as soon as
possible for further details. It can
be expected* that there will be a de
lay of from one to two weks after
each aplication is received before th e
worker is actually assigned to a job,
as each is thoroughly investigated by
the plant before she is approved.
Adolph, Bsnita and Hlrohtta
—the three blind mlee. Make
them ran with, ten percent ef
your income In War Bond*
every pay day.
DR. KINARD WILL SPEAK
Dr. James Kinard, president of
Newberry college will speak at the
negro Bethlehem Baptist church
Thursday evening, March the 11th at
8 o’clock, in interest of the negro
Red Cross driven The negro Red
Cross goal is $600.
MT. PLEASANT CLUB
The Mt. Pleasant Home Demon
stration club met at the scIukI build
ing Wednesday afternoon, -March 3.
In the absence of the president,
Mrs. R. W. Glymph, Jr., presided.
The project song, “Nobody Knows
the Trouble I See”, was sung. Mrs.
William H. Ringer conducted the de-
devotional, reading a portion of Luke
19, and praying for our soldiers who
are in services and for the loved ones
at home waiting for their return.
Clean up, Fix up, the subect for
the afternoon was presented by Miss
Counts. She urged the members to
! do all they could along this line, and 1
| give a report at April meeting. Miss [
Counts also discussed some subjects L
| that are of vital importance now,
spend less, pay up debts, to make
things, cut waste, make things last,
as washing machines, sewing ma
chines, refrigerators, etc., to buy
carefully, read labels on goods, bud
get hours, train children to help do
work around house and garden. By
carrying out these plans as far as
possible, money will be saved to put
I into Victory bonds.
Keep a sane outlook on life, was
the last fact. Do not let trouble get
you down but be bright and cheerful.
The treasurer reported that $8.50
had been sent by club to Mrs. J. Au
brey Estes, for Blood-Plasma Fund,
and that four dozen garments had
been made for Red Cross since the
last meeting.
$5.14 was realized from Valentine
party.
Better Fiaren Living cards were
distributed by Miss Counts.
Farm Youth of U. S.
Looks to Tomorrow
Acm* Phot*
HU Pigs Go to War
Young Johnny Clay of Rocky
Mount, North Carolina, is typical of
farm children raising victory pigs
and devoting profits to War Bonds.
TPOMORROW’S farmers and farm
homemakers are second to no
school group in their enthusiasm
for investing in War Bohds and
Stamps to make sure their future
is secure. Through the Schools At
War program they are investing
what they save and earn in War
Stamps and Bonds.
First evidence of this is the
amount the 4-H Club boys and girls
and the FFA boys invested in war
savings in 1942 from "Victory Pig”
and other projects. A million and a
half 4-H Club members put $6,000,-
000 of their own savings in War
Bonds and Stamps and sold $2,500,-
000 worth of War Savings to their
neighbors. Nearly a quarter mil
lion members of Future Farmers of
America invested more than $1 -
500,000.
Spurred by the realization that
the financial welfare of farm fami
lies the next 20 years depende on
how wisely they use today's higher
incomes from increased food and
other wartime production, both
groups have set their goals still
higher for 1943.
These farm youths are building
financial reserves, and urging their
parents to do the same, for after-
the-war necessities, to meet finan
cial emergencies and to help them
get started in college.
They’re building reserves today
for tomorrow’s farm buildings and
for the other things they will need
when they’re tomorrow’s farmers
and homemakers.
During the social hour the ever
popular game bingo was enjoyed.
The hostesses, Mesdames Henry
Suber, George Cromer and Ray Ruff
served a delicious salad plate with
coffee.
with a
CONCRETE
POULTRY HOUSE
More eggs for the United Nations
requires more modern poultry
houses on American farms.
For healthier, more productive
flocks, build a concrete poultry
house. Concrete has no crevices
forlice, mites and other parasites;
keeps out rats, weasels and ver
min ; is easy to keep warm, clean
and dry; does away with the
need for frequent, costly repairs.
Write for free booklet, "Con
crete Poultry Houses," showing
layouts of poultry, incubator and
brooder houses of various types
approved by state agricultural
colleges.
Concrete farm jobs re
quire a minimum ef
critical war materials.
If you need Help, get in touch with
your concrete contractor or building
material dealer.
Check list, paste on postal and matt for fr— literature
PORTLAND CIMINT ASSOCIATION
Hurt Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
Feeding Floors
Hog Houses
Foundations
Barns
Silos
□ Concrete Poultry
Houses (seeadove)
§ Storage Cellars
Milk Houses
Concrete Making
BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
AND BONDS
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every time
ALL America values the extra service that the
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps brings to
the war effort. And Americans, too, set store by
the simple things that help build morale.
Ice-cold Coca-Cola, for example, does a special
job in refreshing folks. You know from exper
ience that its taste is deliciously different. And
Coca-Cola does more than quench thirst.
It brings a delightful after-sense of refresh
ment that never fails to please. Choicest
ingredients and 57 years of experience
have helped make it the best-liked soft
drink on earth.
An original creation to begin with,
the taste, refreshment and quality of
Coca-Cola set it apart. So make sure
you get the real thing. There’s no comparison
It’( natural for popular names to acquire friendly
abbreviations. That’s why you hear Coca-Cola
called Coke. Both mean the same thing . . .
“coming from a single source, and well known
to the community”.
Army needs come first. That’s why you see
plenty of Coke at Post Exchanges. In civil life,
Coca-Cola being first choice sells out first, now
that there’s less of it in wartime.
5'
plus tax
The best is always the better buy!
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