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THE NEWBERRY SU* FRIDAY. JANUARY 13, 1945 aeim SINGLE BALLOT LAW UNLIKELY Possible Changes In South Carolina Do Not Include Talk Of That Columbia, Jan. 5—Legislating ac tivity on election matte.s by the General Assembly that convenes here next Tuesday apparently will be confined to confirmation of an ap proved constitutional amendment to remove a provision requiring the Legislature to regulate political par ty primaries. Legislation to remove the poll tax and set up a single ballot, mat ters that are highly unpopular with the state’s Democratic party, are among the unmentionables of pre legislative talk, judging from the absence of advance notice, by leg islators that they would introduce such legislation. Almost every other possible top ic of legislation has been at least touched on by legislators in an nouncements in newspapers of their home communities. The $1 poll tax requirement, ap plied to men only, for general elvtion voting in South Carolina, has been a tradition since Demo crats gained control of the state in the 1870’s. Southern senators and representatives fighting Federal leg islation that would outlaw poll taxes have said repeatedly in Congress that the tax was not aimed at keep ing the vote away from Negroes. Formation in this state of a Ne gro Democratic party, the Progres sive Democrats, brought the poll tax and the single, state-printed ballot into the limelight during both the party primary and general elec tion this year. The jingle, state-printed ballot on which candidates of all parties would be listed in general elec tions, with voters scratching out all names except those of their choices for the offices to be filled was advocated vigorously this year by the Republican party. The practice under existing state laws is for each party to prepare and distribute its own ballots. ^^WILD-LIFE < SOUTH CAROLINA VT? | with POOP FBANKLIN 5HEBMAN ^ Sr MCAD-CLE-MSOfe COLLEGE-DIPT OP ZOOLOGY BARRED OWL AT FIRST SIGN OF A I V o'-® *666 Cold Preparations as directed FOR SALE SEED WHEAT, OATS and BARLEY Prices reasonable. Phone 2302 H. O. LONG and SONS Silverstreet ,S. C. TRESPASS NOTICE — Trespassing any form—hunting, hauling wood, fishing—is strictly forbidden, on the lands of the undersigned and any violation will be prosecuted. Signed: H. O. Long, B. O. Long, J. G. Long, A. P. Werts, T. Blair Boozer, Guy Boozer, J. H. Bow ers, S. L. Porter. tfc TRESSPASS NOTICE—All hunting or otherwise trespassing on the lands of Mrs. Pat Mitchell or Mrs Claude Summer is expressly for bidden and will be prosecute under the law, 31 ~ 8t POR SALE — FOUR MULES, .50 SQUARES 5-V SECOND HAND ROOFING, HALF PRICE. H-O- LONG & SONS, SILVERSTREET. AUDITOR S TAX NOTICE I, or an authorized agent, will be at the following places on the dates given below for the purpose of tak ing tax returns of all personal prop erty new buildings and real estate transfers. Persons owning property in more than one District will make returns for each district. All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one and sixty are liable to $1.00 poll tax. All persons between the ages of twenty-one and fifty outside of in corporated towns and cities are lia ble to pay commutation tax of $1.00 AH dogs are to be assessed at $1.00 £fip!l. WHITMIRE—City Hall, Tuesday, January 2nd, 1946. WHITMIRE — Aragon - Baldwin Mill, Wednesday, January 3rd, 1945. LONG5HORBS— Thursday, Jan uary 4th, 1945, from 9 until 12. SILVERSTREET—^Thursday, Jan uary 4th, 1945, from 2 until 5. CHAPPELLS —Friday, January 5th, 1945. HOLLINGSWORTH’S STORE — Monday, January 8th. 1946 from 9 until 12. KINARDS—Monday, January 8th, 1945, from 2 until 5. PROSPERITY—Tuesday, January 9th, 1946. LITTLE MOUUNTAIN—Wednes day, January 10th, 1945. GLYMPH’S STORE — Thursday, January 11, 1945, from 9 until 12. F. L. RUFF & BROS. STORE — Thursday, January 11th, 1945, from 2 until 5. PEAK—Friday, January 12, 1945. POMARIA—'Monday, January 15, 1945. ST. LUKE’S—Tuesday, January 16th, 1945, from 9 until 12. O’NEAL—L. C. Fellers Store, Tuesday, January 16, 1945 from 2 until 5. MAYBINTON—F. B. Hardy’s home, Wednesday, January 17, 1945 from 9 until 12. REESE BROS. STORE.—Wednes day, January 17th, 1945, from 2 un til 5. At Auditor’s Office to March 1st, after which a penalty of 10 per cent will be added. PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS, Auditor Newberry County. Several times lately I have heard this owl at night about the Clemson campus and one was killed and brought to me a few days ago. Per haps it is more numerous than usual this winter and therefore mention of it is appropriate at this time. In size we might call it a “large” owl; in color it is chiefly brown and gray the breast being distinctly barred with brown more streaked further down on the belly. It does not have ear-tufts. Its call or cry (to the owl its a song) may sound weird and uncanny to some, and is uttered chiefly during the night— _ “Whoo-whoo-whoo; whoo-who-whoo- jah.” It is one that might be called 1 “hoot-owl.” It is large enough so that any farmer or poultryman who sees one immediately assumes that it would carry off a chicken, hence it is usually killed at every opportunity. Yet as a matter of fact the careful studies that have been made of its food indicate it feeds mainly on rats and mice, and to minor extent on small birds or poultry, and in the main does more good than harm. Like all of our owls it is active chiefly at night, and stays mostly in the woods; in my observation this barred owl is inclined to prefer low grounds, marshy places, etc. Perhaps its favorite food is more abundant there, for in addition to rodents it also devours frogs, crayfish and in sects. Barred owl is found from Canada to Gulf of Mexico and one or another of its subspecies is to be found in South Carolina throughout the year. Its length from tip of bill to tip of •" tail is about 20 inches, so it is far larger than our little screech owls, yet decidedly smaller than the great horned owl. The best characteristics by which to know it are its medium large size, barred breast merging to streaks on belly, and the absence of ear-tufts; also its large eyes are dark brown, almost black. This is an appropriate time to re peat what was said in a former ar ticle on owls in general, that most of our owls are considered to be beneficial because they devour far more of rats and mice than of poul try or of beneficial birds. Our most distinctly destructive owl is the great homed owl which conspicuous ear- tufts and is a larger, stronger spe cies. The barred owl is perhaps the most common of our larger owls, and though we do not see nor hear it every day, nor every week, nor even every month, it is present tne year round. U. S. GIVEN ONLY POLLYANNA NEWS, CRAWFORD SAYS S. C. Far Over Top Columbia Jan. 4—So”th Carolina has exlceeded previous war bond sales campaign records by purchas ing 158.77 per cent of its Sixth war loan $49,000,000 quota, state War Finance Chairman Christie Benet said today. With reports still incomplete, Benet said sales had reached $77,- 800,000 of which $20,100,000 was in “E” bond sales to individuals against an “E” bond quota of $16,000,000. Final reports will be made January 9, Benet said. No exact figures were ready on sales to individuals an dcorpora- tions. New York, Jan. 4—The truth about conditions in Europe is being kept from the American people by a rigid censorship which is “largely po litical,” Frederick C. Crawford, for mer president of the National Asso ciation. of Manufacturers, charged to day in a speech reporting on his re cent tour of the liberated countries. Speaking to the New York State Chamber of Commerce, Crawford, Cleveland, O., industrialist, said he returned from Europe “very much disillusioned” about both the mili tary and political situations. He said that many tales about the suffering of the French and Belgian peoples under German oc cupation had been ovrdrawn and added that France enjoyed a “con sumers boom” under the Nazis which in large part reconciled the people to their conquerors. Crawford said there was every indication that the Germans ex pected to stay in Frame and want ed the support of the people. He said he had been told by French men and Belgians that the Germans were cruel only to those who en tered underground political organ izations. “I was told that if things went on as they were for another year and a half the French would have want ed those conditions permanently,” Crawford said. By contrast, conditions in France and Begium under the Allies make a “sordid and unhappy story,” he said, and the United States is being blamed by the people of those coun tries for the black markets, the rise in unemployment and the rigid de flationary controls. Crawford said he heard a “high- ranking general” say that he hoped the war would be over before all Europe fell under the influence of communism. Germany’s strength, morale, lead ership and resourcefulness is still high, he asserted, and the warfare on the western front is the bloodiest ever fought by the United States. “Why aren’t the American peo ple told the truth?” he asked. “Why can’t we be realistic? Our people are at their best in adversity.” He said U. S. newspaper corre spondents in France had told him that it “appeared that Americans must be told only Pollyanna stuff.” Asserting that 1,000,000 persons left war jobs in this country last year, Crawford said that the home front has “degenerated” because we don’t know what is going on at the fighting front. There are no foundations ' in Eu rope for a lasting peace, he said, “and let’s be realistic and acknowl edge facts for what they are.” WE WILL BUY—Your burlap sacks or any kind of old rags, also scrap iron and other metals. See W. H. STERLING. NOTICE We Will be Closed all Day Each Wednesday for the duration, or until further notice. We find it necessary to work one day out of the week behind closed doors in order to keep up with repair work. Fennell’s Jewelry T. M. Rogers & Son W. E. Turner CONCERNING RESOLUTIONS (From the Pee Dee Advocate) This is the time of the year when every normal citizen should be break ing his New Year resolutions, and probably ninety percent of those made have already been voilated. I found some years ago that it was a lot easier not to make them than it was to keep them after they were made. So for the past few New Years, while my friends were mak ing their resolves on what they would not do for the next twelve months, and which they almost in variably broke within the ensuing few days, I just sat tight and re solved that I wouldn’t resolute at all And that is one resolution that I have been able to keep. Many years ago I used to swear off smoking not only every January 1 but at least a dozen more times a year. Sometimes I would hold out a day, sometimes a day and a half and very occasionally as much as three days. I think once I went for an en tire week. But I never did stop long enough for the desire for tobacco to quit gnawing at my very vitals, and I would get so cross and crabbed that no one could stay in a half mile of me, much less in the same house. I’d kick the cat, throw the dog through the screen door, beat up the kids, and sometimes even work myself up to point of being so rash as to talk back to The Wife. I’d cuss up a storm on little provocation, or no provocation at all, but just for the hellishness of it. (Yes, I know I should write it “curse,” but that word always had an awful sound to me ,and I never did like the idea of cursing. The fact is I don’t think I ever cursed, but I have always when occasion demanded been able to do a real piece of cussing that a barge captian would be proud of. And I have usually found that it relieved the situation quite a bit.) And then in a few days I’d be back smoking again, and my usual sweet, smooth and placid disposition would return. Even in my swearin goff days, when I was more or less young and tender, and didn’t have the wisdom that age is supposed to bring ,1 al ways had better sense than to try to quit smoking and cussing at the same time. I think if the worst came to the worst, and I absolutely had to do it, I could quit one or the other, but I am sure that I could never quit both vices, if such they be at one and the same time. Then, too, I don’t think I could make a living without cussing. I don’t know how to do anything but run a newspaper, and this is a business that requires a lot of (to put it mildly) strong language. I have known one or two preachers to try to run a newspaper, but I have yet to see one who could do a successful job of it and keep his contacts “up yonder” at the same time. But I was talking about resolu tions. Although, as I said before, I have sworn off making them, it would certainly be exceptional if I did not break this resolution not to resolute. So just for old time’s sake, I am going to make a few: I am not going to swear off smoking, any more ever; I am not going to swear off cussing; I am not going to quit lying, when a lie is really needed or serves better than the truth; I’m going to continue to try to live an honest, straightfor ward life, treating my fellowman as I think he should be treated, and as I should like for him to treat me, but I am not going to change my way of living very much—I have gotten too used to it and it suits me too well; I am not going to quit liking the people I meet and mingle with every day’, and I am not going to quit having confidence in them, even if I do get fooled occasionally; I am not going to quit thinking that my friends (and that includes almost everybody) are the best and .most loyal people in the world; I am not going to quit thinking that my ene mies^ (and that includes very few people, I hope) are the dirtiest fellow a suit. The prospective cus tomer refused to buy and when asked why said he had three reasons. “What are they?” asked the Jew. “The first.” said the P. C., “is be cause I haven’t ,he money.” “Veil, damn the rest,” vas the Jew’s re ply. Well, my one reason is plenty —-they are not taking ’em my age. SIXTH WAR LOAN BREAKS ALL RECORDS. NEARS 22 BILLION Washington, Jan. 4—Total sales in skunks that ever lived. In other j the record-smashing Sixth war loan words, I am going to keep right on . drive were announced today as $21,- being me the very best that I know i 621,000,000. how. Those that like me that way, I This is a billion dollars above the O. K., fine—they are the salt of the'previous all-time world financing earth so far as I am concerned. | record of $20,639,000,000 established Those that don’t like me that way, j in the Fifth war loan last summer. I’m sorry, but I can’t help it—and I j The nation in its first Christmas probably wouldn’t want them to like season bond drive took the theme, me anyhow. Thats my code, and I am willing to live and die by it. Oh, yes, I almost forgot one or two things I meant to resolve not to do. After due consideration I have come to the absolute determination that I’m not going to join the Para troopers, at least not during this war —those boys take things entirely too seriously for me. Then, too. I’m not going to join the WACs. They can have all the campaigns they want too, and talk about how badly Uncle Sam needs them, but I’m just not going to join. I have several good reasons, but one will probably suffice. Reminds me of the Jewish merchant who was trying to sell a “the war’s not over yet,” and piled up one and a half times the quota of 14 billion dollars. The hard-to-get quota of $2,500,- 000,000 for series E-bonds was also oversubscribed. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, announcing the final results at a special news conference, said final sales of “the people’s war bond” were $2,868,000,000. This was not a new record but it was more than many treasury of ficials had dared to hope The “Sixth” was not only the first Yule season drive, but it marked the first time three drives had been held in one year. Until Further I I Notice WE WILL Close Each Wednesday Afternoon AT ONE O’CLOCK R. M. Lominack Hdwe I Ml 1^ Fighting tanks need fighting lubricants —lubricants that will fight heat- keep motor and gears working smoothly despite tough battle con ditions. So the U. S. Army uses Sinclair lubricants for many of its tanks, jeeps and other mechanized equipment. To give your car the same, sure protection, get Sinclair lubricants from your Sinclair Dealer. To pro tect your engine, for example, he offers Sinclair Opaline Motor Oil. This famous oil stands up longer and lubricates better because it is both de-waxed and de-jellied. 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