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ItliG NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1945
•^ WILD - LIFE
3QUTH CAPOL1NA
with PROF- FRANKLIN SHERMAN
HtAD-CieMSOK COVLCOC-Mrt 0» ZOOLOCV
SPREADING ADDER
This snake is found in all parts of
South Carolina, is one of our com
monest species and is perhaps the
most interesting of all in its habits.
Yet it is very much misunderstood.
It attains a length of from two to
three feet, and is yellowish, orange
and brown or black in color, quite
variable, some specimens wholly
black and readily mistaken to be of
a different species. One of its most
distinct characteristics is its pointed,
up-turned snout, from which it is
sometimes called “hog-nosed snake.”
This up-turned snout is doubtless an
adoption to its habit of burrowing
through loose soil, under leaf-mold,
etc.
It is able to greatly flatten the
entire forwar portion of the body
and it does this when surprised,
brightened or annoyed. This gives it
a threatening and dangerous appear
ance; so much so that perhaps the
majority of our people have been in
correctly told that its bite is deadly
venomous. It does not have venom-
glands and fangs in the mouth for
the inection of venom.
Its threatening appearance and ac
tions are almost wholly sham, make-
believe, and bluff. An intelligent cor
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George Coulouris and Stanley Ridges
respondent in Chester county wrote
to me of it as “a clownish bluffer.”
It will draw back the head, hiss, and
vibrate the tail, all of which will
frighten a timid person. Yet it
seldom if ever will actually strike at
or bite a person, and it is not ven
omous if it should.
If you disturb or torment this
bluffing, threatening spreading Ad
der with a stick it seems to recog
nize that its bluff is not working,
then it may try another ruse. He
will squirm over belly up, open his
mouth and lie limber and unresisting
as if absolutely dead. While in this
mood you may handle it as you
please, even hang it over a peg or
clothesline. If you place him on the
ground right side-up and close his
mouth, he will immediately turn
belly up and open the mouth again.
If you leave it thus “pdaying dead”
or the ground, withdraw a few steps
and watch quietly, you may see it
gradually “revive,” turn over to
normal position, and start to crawl
away. And if you again start toward
it, it may (without being touched)
again turn belly-up, open the mouth
and play dead. Thus it not. only
shows a remarkable habit, but seem?
to exhibit an actual memory of at
least a few minutes duration.
The principal food of the spread
ing Adder is toads, occasionally a
frog, I believe there are records of a
few insects being found in their
stomachs. The females lay eggs
from which the young are hatched.
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(Continued from page one) .
Hitler might have become a second
Bismark by consolidating Germany.
Certainly when he absorbed Austria
he had gone further than Bismark.
Again, when he boldly occupied the
Saar basi'-* he had * 1 left his mark im-
perishably on German history. If
he had stopped there he could have
welded all Germans into the greatest
nation a German could legitimately
dream of. And what a place he would
have filled! The Teutons united,
Teutonic genius given freeplay in
the industries, arts, sciences!! A free
people, a happy people, a prosper
ous people, an efficient and effect
ive people—all might have been the
happy lot of Germany if Hitler and
(his satellites hpd ttirned German
skill and thoroughness into the
channels of peace!
Hitler dreamed dreams of Nordic
superiority; he had visions of world
dominion. How far did he go? In
territory gained and held by force
■he surpassed the achievements of Na
poleon. Norway, Denmark, Holland,
Belgium, France, Czecho-Slavakia,
Greece, parts of Russia, Poland were
in his iron grasp; Sweden, Italy, Ru
mania, Bulgaria, .Hungary, Italy, Fin
land, Spain—all trembled at his word.
That was, indeed a vast empire that
this fanatical Austrian built. Even
Great Britain seemed on the verge
of toppling.
And now? As Anthony said of
Caesar: “But yesterday, the word of
Caesar might have stood against the
world: now lies he there, and none
so poor to do him reverence.”
Where is the empire of Hitler?
All his victims are being torn from
his clutches and made free again;
Germany itself, long thinking of im
pregnability behind its ramparts;
Germany, the land of music, of ap
plied science; Germany the nation of
great cities; Germany is being
smashed into bits of heavy guns and
blasted into fragments by bombs.
The coarse, harsh treatment shown
the poeple of lands her armies over
ran now makes her people cower in
dread lest the conquering armies
should bring retribution to them.
This dream of Hitler’s; this sat
urnalia of crime to gratify his am
bition—what has it profited Ger
many? Hundreds of thousands of
her men are dead; millions are muti
late; millions of civilians have suf
fered actuely in mind and heart, as
well as body; a once noble land reek
ing ruins; and the worst is yet’ to
come, perhaps.
May we conclude like Victor Hugo
that the God of Battles has a^ain
rebuked the arrogance of the im
pious.
“Lord God of Hosts, be with us
yet, lest we forget, lest we forget.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Columbia tells us that Negroes will
demand equal opportunity for grad
uate work, quoting some one as say
ing that the negro teachers’ associa
tion would ask immediate admission
of negroes into State-operated insti
tutions offering graduate courses.
Furthermore, this same association
will ask for negro representation on
bodies dealing with the State’s educa
tional affairs.
White people might just as well
stop pussy-footing; either white
people will govern this State or they
should stop talking about white su
premacy and leadership. It is time
for a leader to appear who will talk
straight; who will not tremble or fal
ter because somebody threatens an
action in court.
We need positive assertion and
the people will rally to the leader
who will stand boldly for the white
race.
As long as there is this nagging,
challenging spirit of negroes the
white people should meet the issue
squarely and without compromise.
I have no patience with those who
“cuss” and abuse negroes; but is
sues must be met frankly and fear
lessly, not by ducking and dogfng,
sidestepping, pussy-footing and trim
ming. Is this a White man’s coun
try?
The negro leaders are trying to
capitalize every opportunity; that is
to be expected; but we need not
yield one jot or one tittle. The
time is ripe now for real leadership.
The negro leaders always talk of
“Court action,” if we don’t accede.
Well, let’s take the bully by the
horns sometimes and re-assert the
white man’s complete control.
White people are sick; and tired of
these negro threats.
Governor Williams does not mean
to be a mere me-too Governor. I do
not agree fully with the Governor’s
position on liquor, but I admire his
sincerity of purpose and his very
manly attitude. His vetoes are de
serving of study. Likewise the Gov
ernor’s vetaes of various items in
the Appropriation Bill are admirable.
As to the Industrial Commission,
the business-men and the workers
stand together in demanding changes.
I think the Commission got off on
the wrong foot; all the complaints
could have been avoided by a strict
adherence to the plan of gmng
speedy justice without strings and
without making the Commission a
court. It ,should be a simple matter
to get a more acceptable administra
tion of the law.
The Governor deserves high com
mendation for his stand.
So all the empires of military-
power have crumbled and decayed, or
have been crushed by military pow
er. They rose by the sword—and
they perished by the sword.
Bub we may quote Napoleon again.
He the man of stark realities, the
man of the earth, the genius of the
practical. In the long hours of re
flection the great chieftain survey
ed the ambitious achievements of
conquerors and found them mere
fantasies, just ripples, for they had
been weighed in the balance and
found wanting.
Napoleon saw the one enduring
empire, begun in a conquered pro
vince, without swords without pomp
or trappings of Kingly power; an
empire whose chief had not where
to lay His head; and whose minis
ters were poor and humble fisher
men. This empire has grown in
nineteen hundred years until it has
adherents in all corners of the earth,
even on the little isles of the sea.
The Emperor of this sent no ar
mies abroad to hold men in subjec
tion he selit poor men of burning
zeal to carry a message of salva
tion a promise of life hereafter. And
the empire of the Nazarene grows
and thrives on the cohesive, endur
ing power of god will.
Practical men come to the end of
life’s fitful fever with the same con
clusion which forced itself on Napo
leon ,that the only enduring empire
is that built on good will; that is
the abiding influence which draws all
together and holds them irrevocably.
The greatest item of news for all
the world was the death of Presi-
denet Roosevelt. In the hushed pre
sence of death we may forget the
things which divided us, and seek
some common ground of sympathy
for those now sharing the one great
experience of all mankind.
That I dissented sharply from Mr.
Roosevelt is quite well known; and
I am not reconciled to anything,
which I have heretofore opposed, be
cause this gallant and attractive man
has gone from us . It is a pleasure
to recall his charm, his persuasive
ness, his genius, which enabled him
to command such wide-spread sup
port and intense loyalty.
Who knows but that fate has been
kind in removing him so gently, after
the storm and struggle of years? He
ended his career in the full flush of
victory everywhere. Lincoln, too,
passed when a grateful nation hailed
him as the Savior of the Union.
Woodrow Wilson lived beyond his
day of triumph; lived to fight amid
rancor and abuse; lived to be repu
diated by his people; died a broken
hearted martyr, though now, 25
years later, he is acclaimed. Mr.
Roosevelt passes off the stage be
fore the disappointments and fail
ures come. He died while still
treading the heights in the ecstasy
of fulfillment.
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NOTICE OF DELINQUENT TAX
SALES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
The State of South Carolina,
County of Newberry.
To AU Whom These Presents May
Coneern:
Whereas, by an Act of the Gener
al Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, entitled, “An Act in Re
lation to Forfetied Lands, Delin
quent Lands and Collection of Tax
es,” approved December 24, 1887,
and acts amendatory thereof, the
Treasurer of Newberry County of
the aforesaid State, has in compli
ance therewith, issued in the name
of the State, tax executions against
defaulting taxpayers of the afore
said County and State as herein
below listed, and has directed T. L.
Hill, as Tax Collector of Newberry
County, or his lawful deputy, to le
vy the same by distress and sale of
so much of defaulting taxpayer’s
personal property to satisfy the tax
es of each defaulter.
Whereas, it is further provided by
the said Act, and Amendatory Acts
that under and by virtue of the
said tax executions, the Tax Col
lector of Newberry County shall
seize and take possession of ‘ so
much of the defaulting taxpayer’s
personal property to raise a sum of
money sufficient to cover delinquent
taxes of taxpayers hereinafter list
ed plus the charges thereon. Having
complied with these terms, the Tax
Collector will, after advertisement,
sell to the highest bider for cash,
the same property before the Court
House door of the aforesaid County
in a regular salesday in May, next,
(same being May 7, 1945), within
the usual hours for public sales
After completing these sales, the
Tax Collector will give to the pur
chaser (upon his complying with
terms of the sale) a receipt for the
purchase money.
All properties levied upon and
sold at this sale will be sold as the
property assessed in the name of
persons hereinafter listed.
All sales not complied with, one
hour after closing the aales, will be
sold at a subsequent salesday.
Personal property consisting of
household goods, in School District
No. 1, in the County and State afore
said assessed and levied upon in. the
name of James Attaway.
Personal property consisting of
household goods, in School District
No. 1, in the County and State
aforesaid, assessed and levied upon
in the name of Sam Farrow.
Personal property consisting of
household goods, in School District
No. 1, in the County and State afore
said, assessed and levied upon in the
name of Thomas C. Burton.
Personal property consisting of
household goods, in School District
No. 1, in the County and State afore
said, assessed and levied upon in the
name of Fred Lindsay.
Personal property 'consisting of
household goods, in School District
No. 1, in the County and State afore
said, assessed and levied upon in the
name of Charley Williams.
Personal property consisting of
household goods, in School District
No. 1, in the County and State afore
said, assessed and levied upon in the
name of Dennis Dewalt.
Personal property consisting of
household goods, in School District
No. 1, in the County and State afore
said, assessed and levied upon in the
name of Wilbur Miller.
Personal property consisting of
household goods, in Sehool District
No. I, in the County and State afore
said, assessed and levied upon in the
name of John T. Oxner.
Personal property consisting of
household goods, in School District
No. 1, in the County and State afore
said, assessed and levied upon in the
name of Albert Coleman.
Personal property consisting of
household goods, in School District
No. 1, in the County and State afore
said, assessed and levied upon in the
name of Frank Banks. •
Personal property consisting of
one 1941 Buick sedan, in School
District No. 1, in the County and
State aforesaid, assessed and levied
upon in the name of Claude W.
Sanders.
Personal property consisting of
household goods, in School District
No. 1, in the County and State afore
said, assessed and levied upon in the
name of J. A. Underwood.
Personal property consisting of
household goods, in School District
No. 2 in the County and State afore
said, assessed and levied upon in the
name of John Leitzsey.
Personal property consisting of
household goods one mule and one
cow, in School District No. 2, in the
County and State aforesaid, assessed
and levied upon in the name of Will
Suber.
Personal property consisting of
one 1934 Chevrolet coach, in School
District No. 2, in the County and
State aforesaid, assessed and levied
upon in the name of W. B. Oxner.
Personal property, consisting of
one cow, one automobile, in School
District No. 2, in the County and
State aforesaid, assessed and levied
upon in the name of James Ruth
erford.
Personal property, consisting of 2
cows and household goods, in School
District No. 2, in the County and
State aforesaid, assessed and levied
upon in the name of Addie Jones.
Personal property, consisting of
household goods, in School District
No. 28, in the County and State
aforesaid, assessed and levied upon
in the name of John Copeland.
T. L. HILL, .
Delinquent Tax Collector,
Newberry County.
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