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TAX NOTICE
»ks will be open for col
lection of'.1944 taxes on and after
October 16, 1944.
The following is general levy for
all except special purposes:
Mills
Ordinary County H '4
Bonds, Notes and Interest 16
Roads and Bridges 2
Hospital V4
County Schools 1%
County Schools—Special 1
County Board of Education __ %
Total 33
The following are the authorized
special levies for the various school
distiicts of the County:
District No. Mills
1.
Newberry
17
2.
Mt. Bethel-Garmany
6
3.
Maybinton
6
4.
Long Lane
3
5.
MkGullough
6
6.
Cromer
0
8.
Rea gin
12
9.
Dead Fall
12
10.
Utopia
12
11.
Hartford
4
12.
Johnstone _ _
5
13.
Stoney Hill
6
14.
Prosperity _ _
15
15.
O’Neall
8
18.
Fairview
4
19.
Midwav
6
21.
Central _
4
22.
St. Phillips
8
23.
Rutherford
4
24.
Broad River
6
25.
New Hope Zion
6
26.
Pomaria
8
27.
Red Knoll
6
28.
Helena
4
29.
Mt. Pleasant
3
30.
Little Mountain
16%
31.
Wheeland
3
32.
Union
6
33.
Jolly Street
8
34.
St. Pauls _ _
6
35
Peaks
3
37.
Mudlic
6
38.
Vaughnville
6
39.
Chappells
6
40.
Old Town
12
41.
Dominick
8
42.
Reederville
12
43.
Bush River
12
44.
Smyrna
12
45.
Trinity
12
46.
Burton
12
47.
Tranwood
12
48,
Jalapa
6
49.
Kinards
2
50.
Tabernacle
8
51.
Trilbv
4
52.
Whitmire
15
63.
Mollohon
4
54.
Beth Eden
3
55.
Fork
8,
57.
Belfast
6
58.
Silverstreet
12
59.
Pressley
4
60.
St. Johns
3
Athens, Oct. 24—From the Greek
Red Cross has come a ghastly story
of German butchery and brutality
which lasted nearly four years, and
gained momentum as it drew to a
close.
Chapter and verse of Nazi bar
barity against the people of Greece
were laid before me by courageous
Red Cross nurses and officials, all
of them vouching only for things
they had actually seen and on which
there was corroborating evidence,
111 treatment of Allied war prison
ers and civilians began with Italian
prison camp commanders, and be
came increasingly worse when the
Germans took full control after the
Italian armistice.
Torture of a British officer, Capt.
S —, who made an unsuccessful
escape attempt, was told by Madame
Argryo Raparingopoulo, who was’ at
the Larissa prison when the break
occurred. The Italian general of the
Larissa area blamed the Red Cross
for the escape attempt, she said, and
for several months refused Greek
Red Cross workers admission to the
prison.
“Finally when one of our work
ers was allowed to go,” she continu
ed, “she came back with word that
Capt. S after his recapture had
been beaten until he fainted and
thrown into solitary confinement. He
was in such terrible condition that
the other Greek inmates said he was
sure to die.
“Finally at our representations, the
Swiss delegate contrived to get per
mission to see Capt. S . I, my
self, was with him when the visit
finally was granted.
“He was in an indescribable physi
cal condition. His body was com
pletely wasted. He was crawling
with lice. His hair was filthy, cak
ed with blood and dirt. He had
sores all over him and the marks of
the lash had left great weals oyer
his back.
“Despite the protests of the Swiss
delegates, S was not allowed
to be moved from civil prison. He
was sent to the Averoff in Athens,
and later ute heard he was trans
ferred to Italy.”
Just prior to the Italian armis
tice, Greek prisoners from Larissa
prison were brought to a prison
near Athens, called Hidari. It was
the most infamous camp in Greece.
“The first jailer of Hidari was
Sturm'bunds Fuehrer Radomski,”
said Madame Sofie Mavrogordato,
chairman of the committee of Greek
Red Cross voluntary workers.
“He was completely mad. We
went to him on his taking over
and asked him if any medicine was
needed in camp. His reply was: ‘We
have abolished illness in the Third
Reich!’
“Asked if soap was needed, he
said sand was good enough for pris
oners.’
Radomski used to strut about
with a short lash in his hand, which
bore rawhide throngs into which
were set strips of razor blades. He
even threatened to use this instru
ment on Red Cross women. Many
times those heroines, at their tasks,
saw prisoners being struck with this
horrible weapon.
Radomski prided himself on his
“sense of humor.”
On a winter's day he would make '
prisoners crawl on their bellies
through the snow half an hour or
more. If they did not keep moving,
men with rubber truncheons beat
them.
Radomski also would cut the soles
of his victim’s feet and put salt in
the wounds.
When Radomski and his juniors
were feeling gay, they would amuse
themselves by making the prison
ers run about singing and laugh
ing. The penalty for not laughing
was a cut of the lash. Sometimes
he would order them to pile all
their tin plates and mugs in a heap
in the center of the square. Then
he would give them a minute to
ed permission to go down to the
train and distribute parcels,” said
Madame Paparingopoulo. “But when
we got to the station we were in
formed there was no notice of our
arrival.
“The train already had been trav
eling for four days. Madame Lina
2arifi and I drove in the ambulance
to the next station where we begged
for a 20-minute delay so we could
give out the parcels.
“The German officer in charge
agreed. We had just begun to open
the boxes when the train began to
move again.
“From one of the cars came the
cries of a woman in labor.
“From another car they were
calling, begging for the door to be
opened for amoment to take a dead
man out.”
Madame Zarifi here interjected,
saying: “It was so horrible, this
affair, that even the i .erman loco
motive engineer—a young boy—
turned to me and broke down, sob
bing. ‘I can’t stand it. My God, I
can’t stand it,’ he cried.”
MRS. CARL HELLER
Mrs. Eliza Viola Long Heller, 71,
wife of Carl Heller, died Saturday at
their home in the Tranwood section
after a short illness.
She was the daughter of the late
Luther M. and Anna C. Schumpert
Long of Newbery county.
Surviving in addition to her hus
band are four brothers, Edgar, Rob
ert, Willie, and Junius Long, and
three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Sease,
Miss Anna Long, and Mrs. John
Shealy, all of Newberry county.
Funeral services were held at 3
o’clock Sunday afternoon at {he
Leavell Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Dr. R. A. Goodman. Inter-
ment was| in Rosemont cemetery.
r\Oti£.ty
NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING
jurors, for the respective terms of
common pleas court, which will con-
TOLBERT-HARRIS
Of interest to their many friends
in this section and Newberry is the
marriage of Miss Lucille Tolbert, of
Newberry and Sumter, to Wilson
Harris, which took place at 6:30 Sat
urday afternoon in St. David’s Epis
copal Church in Cheraw, the Rev. C.
M. Hobart officiating.
Chrysanthemums and ferns graced
the altar where the vows were spok
en in the presence of relatives and
close friends.
The bride and groom entered to
gether unattended. The bride was
attired in a brown suit with match
ing accessories and wore a shoulder
corsage of Tailsman roses.
Saturday night a reception was
held for the bridal party at the home
of Capt. and Mrs. R. D. Hudson, in
Fayetteville.
Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John Tolbert, of Newberry, Mrs.
Han-is is a graduate of the Newber
ry High school. She has been hold
ing a position with the Western Un
ion Telegraph office in Sumter, and
formrely held a similar position here.
Mr. Harris, son of Mrs. A.’ C. Har
ris and the late Mr. Harris, is a
graduate of the Bennettsville High
school and is eonected with the local
postoffice.—The Dee Dee Advocate,
Bennettsville, S. C.
JVe the undersigned jury commis-'vene (first week) November 27th,
sioners of N§wberry county shall, at! (second week) Dec. 4th, 1944, at 10
9 o’clock a. m., on the 16th day of j o’clock a. m.
November, and again on the 23rd! H. K. Boyd, Clerk of Court
day of November, in the Clerk of P. N. Abrams, Auditor
Court’s office, openly and publicly, I J. R. Dawkins. Treasurer,
draw 36 names to serve as petit Nov. 4th, 1944.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Russell of
Buffalo, N. Y., spent last week in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tabor
Hill on Crenshaw street, enroute to
Miami, Florida to spend the win-!
ter.
SATURDAY, NOV. U
(Armistice Day)
BEING A
LEGAL HOLIDAY
THIS BANK
WILL NOT BE OPEN
FOR BUSINESS
THE SOUTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL BANK
There will be a one (1) per cent dis-. not getting your own mug and plate
count allowed on taxes paid on or was starvation.
before November 15, 1944. Stories of senseless brutality were
On and after January 1, 1945, the ’common in the records kept by the
penalties prescribed by law will be Greek Red Cross. Here is one ca^e
imposed on unpaid taxes.
You are requested to call for your
taxes by school districts in which
the property is located. The Treas
urer is not responsible for unpaid
taxes not called for by districts.
Those who had their dogs vacci
nated for rabies during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1944 by a li
censed veternarian, and expect to be
exempted from dog tax will please
bring their certificate of vaccination
when appearing to pay taxes
J. Ray Dawkins,
Treasurer of Newberry County.
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Exchange Bank Building
in which the victim survived to tell
the tale:
Arrested as a suspected “Com
munist,” a Dr. Tsalos, who works
today in the Greek Red Cross in
Athens, was handcuffed with his
hands behind his back and hung
by his hands so that his toes just
touched the ground. Sacks of sand
were hung around his waist to in
crease the weight. His torturers
tugged on the sand bags.
He was cut down after an hour
and a half and given a full tumbler
of brandy, then shut in a small cell
for 48 hours on a diet of brandy and
cigarettes. Then he was taken out
and stood against a wall and shot at
from close range. The bullets just
shaved each side of his head.
After 16 days Dr. Tsalos was
transferred to Averoff prison as a
doctor—a virtual prisoner. Today
he cannot raise his arms above his
shoulders.
To deter sabotage along the main
railroad lines, the Germans would
run ahead of each locomotive a
flat car loaded with hostages, caged
in by barbed wire.
Summary slaughter of hostages
increased towards the end of the
German occupation in order to sup
press possible uprisings. On one
record day this summer, 210 were
shot—the “price” always going up
at the death of a German soldier.
One of the most horrible stones
of all was told to me of the depor
tation of the Jews.
The first big train load left
Athens April 2, 1944. It consisted
of 35 cars, each packed with 80
men, women and children—cars used
by the French for “eight horses and
40 men.” Doors were sealed. The
narrow slits high on the sides cover
ed with barbed wire.
“Almost miraculously we obtain-
Fractionating towers for producing
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in TNT.iandfit is TNT that gives
bombs, "block \busters”, sea and land
mines their destructive power.
* Sinclair makes great quantities of
Toluene from petroleum in these newly
completed fractionating towers at its
refinery at MarcuslHook, Penna.
, To supply our boys who are doing
)
the fighting, i Sinclair makes not only
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thetic rubber, 100 octane aviation gaso
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NOS AND STAMPS
S I N C L A I
M'J'
S. C. Paysinger, Agent
NEWBERRY, S. C.