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I FRIDAY, OCTOBEK 5, 1945 THE NEWBERRY BUW EAGii A1VJS nifA f 0K LOU THf^ElTi/ MS PUNCHES FOR. THE COAST GUARD THAT HELPED GM/E U.S. THE GREAT Key • Buy VICTORY BONDS U. S. Treasury Department The Spectator TAX NOTICE The tax boks will be open for the collection of 1945 taxes on and af ter October 1, 1945. The following is general levy for all except special purposes: Mills Ordinary County 10 *4 Bonds, Notes & Interest .. 16 Roads a nd Bridges 2 Hospital Vi County Schools 1% County Schools Special .... 1 County Board of Education ?i Total 32 The following are the authorized special levies for the various school districts of the County: Dist. No. Mills 1— Newberry 17 2— Mt. Bethel-Garmany 6 3— Maybinton 6 4— Long Lane 3 5— McCullough 6 6 —Uromer 0 H—Reagin 12 9—Dead Fall 12 10— Utopia 12 11— Hartford 4 12— Johnstone 6 13— Stoney Hill 6 14— Prosperity 15 15— O’Neal 8 18— Fairview 4 19— Midway 4 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 8 39—Little Mountain 1614 31— Wheeland 3 32— Union 6 33— Jolly Street 8 34— St. Pauls 6 35— Peak 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— Trilby 4 52— Whitmire 15 53— Molohon 4 54— (Beth Eden 3 55— Fork 8 57— Belfast 6 58— Silvertsreet 12 59— Pressley 4 60— St. Johns 3 There will be a discount of one (l) per cent allowed on taxes paid on or before October 31, 1945. On and after January 1, 1946, the penalties prescribed by law will be imposed on unpaid taxes. You are requested to call for your taxes by school districts in whicn the property is located. Those who had their dogs vacci nated for rabies during the fiscal year eneded June 30, 1945 by a licensed veternarian, and expect to be exempted from dog tax will please bring their certificate of vaccination when appearing to pay J. RAY DAWKINS, Treasurer of Newberry County. <,SE 6 6 6 COLD PREPARATIONS Liquid, Tablets, Salve, Nose Drops Use only as directed Loans! ON REAL ESTATE AUTOMOBILES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY NEWBERRY INSURANCE AND REALTY CO. NED PURCELL, Manager TELEPHONE 197 Exchange Bank Building *3 Notice Goragemen For Welding and Shop Equipment See Us scon AUTO PARTS DISTRIBUTOR HOME Demonstration By Ethel L. Counts October the 6th will be a big day for Newberry County Farm Women as that is the time for the District meeting. The honor does not come to a county very often, so the farm women are inviting friends to attend the meeting. All council members are urged to be present. There will be a lunch for all serv ed at Margaret Hunter Park at a nominal cost. Newberry County is very proud of the fact that the Dis trict President, Mrs. W. E. Senn, is a member of the Newberry council. The program appears elsewhere in the paper. SWEET POTATO PIE: With so many sweet potatoes coming on the market soon, this is a good time to be thinking sweet potatoes a nd sweet potato pie. You make it somewhat like pumpkin pie. First, combine one and a half cups of boiled and riced sweet potatoes with two cups milk, Vi to Vi cup sugar. . .and a half teaspoon each of salt and ginger. Heat this mixture in a double boiler. Beat two eggs, add a little of the heated sweet potato mixture to them. Then mix the eggs back into the sweet potatoes, and add the butter. Pour this hot filling into a baked pastry shell, and bake the pie in a moderate oven 350 degrees Farenheit, i until the filling is set, about a half an hour. ENERGY SPENT: We hear much about saving energy as sitting versus standing. Well, maybe you’d like to take these percentages down as to the energy required to sit, bend, or to lie down. We naturally reason that lying down requires least energy, which is right; sitting requires 4 per cent more energy than lying; standing requires 12 per ct. more energy than lying; and bending requires 55 per cent more energy than lying. So the more chores we can do to save erergy, the better. We might add that one calory of energy is used when we arise from sitting position and walk 8 feet away and return to that position. It is “sort of’’ practical application of the term calorie which so many of us don’t understand. Calorie is a measure of heat or energy. CONTROL OF PEACH TREE BORERS By P. B. EZELL, County Agent Effective and safe control of peach tree borers may be obtained by use of 2 chemicals which are available: namely, paradichlorobenzene and eth ylene dichloride. Hand worming is another method now little used. Each material has its limitations and also its definite merits. Paradichloroben zene is cheaper but is not reedm- mended for use on trees younger than four years (summers) in the orchard, and the time for its application is limited. Ethylene dichloride requires less labor and may be used in cooler weather than paradichlorobenzene. Apply P. D. B. and Ethylene dichlo ride in Newberry county from Octo ber 1 to October 10. Ethylene di chloride may be applied a few days later than P. D. B.—never earlier. It may also be applied with less ef fective results later in fall if weath er continues warm. How to apply paradichlorobenzene: Clear grass and rubbish and smooth soil around tree for a distance of one foot from base of tree. When borers are working much above ground, mound sufficiently to raise soil level so the crystal are above worm holes. Apply paradichlorobenzene around trees so that crystals are not closer than 1 1-2 inches from tree. Spread carefully several shovelfuls of dirt over crystals and avoid getting them against the tree. Place six or more shovelfuls of dirt to form mound around base of tree. Pack compactly to confine fumes of gas. What next? Remove mounds at the end of 28 days for the trees four and five years old, and at the end of six weeks for the older trees, to avoid possible injury from unspent crystals. Be careful not to remove soil from below the original soil level. If ethylene dichloride is used the manufacturer’s instructions should be carefully followed. Information for the use of ethylene dichloride may al. so be obtained from the county agents office. REGISTRATION FOR GENERAL ELECTION The supervisor of registration has been ordered by the Council of the Town of Newberry to open the books of registration September 12, 1945, to remain open until ten days be fore the general election of mayor and aldermen in December. Required for registration, tax re ceipts showing payment of all tax es for 1942 and County and State registration certificate. D. L. NANCE, Supervisor of Registration. FOR SALE.—Hardwood for heaters or fireplace, sawed any length de sired. Order yours now befote the bad weather comes in order to get prompt delivery. Phone Saluda 2566. O. W. COLEMAN, Silverstreet. 4t HEADQUARTERS - FOR — ' Candy, Cigars, Cigarettes, etc. Big ship ments in this week. Come to see us. R. DERRTLL SMITH, Whole sale Grocer, Newberry. 2t WANTED—HOGS—will pay $14.40 ceiling price for top hogs. Will buy anything from 100 to 300 lbs. Price according to grade. THE NEWBERRY ABATTOIR. FOR SALE—1 two horse wagon, 1 McCormick mower, runs in oil and in good shape. Seed oats, barley and wheat. H. O. Long & Sons, Silverstreet, S. C. South Carolina is a good State to live in; a good State to invest in. It is a state of good people, good aver age people Few brilliant people sparkle here and still fewer cranks. Very few try to preach new gospels and very few wander seriously from the path of recognized decorum. Saints and sinners live here but both are so moderate as to be able to find common ground at times. Sel dom do millionaires grow up among us; and as seldom do you find pau pers. South Carolina has few crit ics and fewer freaks. Extremes of cold are not common nor extremes of heat; floods a n <l droughts are equal ly rare. Few statesmen adorn our public life and as few political quacks becloud it. A good State, of churches' and schools .people essenti ally sound and sensible. Look about you. The people are at work. Farmers in the fields,, others in the factories and shops; still others in stores and offices. Relations between management and workers are cordial. How different in some other States. What is the trouble? What lies a t the root of the labor unrest in other states? Is this country to be in a state of per petual warfare between the workers and the owners with occasional arm ed truces? Is this a problem beyond solution ? Or may we hope to estab lish a workable basis of mutual fair ness? There are three parties in every strike; management, workers and the general public. In recent years the Government has become a party, theoretically in behalf of the general public, but generally to take the workers’ sidel It is and has been a mere political play for votes; the w r orkers are more numerous than the stockholders, as a rule, and are or ganized to fight as a unit; there fore the politicians find more votes by taking the workers’ side. Jus tice has become a secondary consid eration; coldly the big politicians count the votes, for votes are their stock in trade. In order to maintain themselves in power; or to gain power deals with city bosses and la bor bosses are common; justice sits on a side line as blind as she is pic tured to be. That isnt true in South Carolina where we are still a fairly reasonable people, proud of our American stock and living an plan ning in the good old American way. As to the three interests: the owners have built the plant; they have provided the operating capital so that the mill may operate—may have fuel, raw products to process, may pay wages. Obviously either private individuals must put up this money—must invest their capital, or the Government must do so. If in dividual citizens invest their money they do so because they expect a profit. Those of us who farm ex pect a profit. The bountiful Provi dence is the authority for that: He gives us a harvest of a hundred fold when we plant; He taught us in the lesson of the talents that one should be thrifty and should use his talents so as to gain other talents. So we see a t once that whether we operate a farm, or a store, or a mill we expect our capital to produce a profit If the Government should put up the money there would be Govern ment regulation, Government super vision, Government control. Would you like that? Did you ever have any experience with Government regulation, supervision and control? How about it? Did you like it so well that you would welcome it for all your life and for the life of your son and grandson? The OPA— well, now, what say you to that? If you like an army of politicians to dictate what you shall eat and what you shall wear—and how much— then let the Government put up the money and turn the bureaucrats loose on you; but if you want individuals to run our business let’s keep the politicians out. The strongest argument for indivi dual control is that every man hopes to run a business of his own some day. He or his boy may rise to the top. Most of our great business leaders were poor boys and they climbed to the top because our coun- try has been a free, wide-open land of opportunity. Recently I sat with a great indus. trialist. His record for labor rela tions is outstanding in the Nation. He said very simply “I was a boy in Iowa.” He has, ne /er forgotten _his struggles. Here in South Carolina we have a native son, a great manu facturer, who cherishes his memor ies of boyhood on a farm in old Edgefield. The man who invests is entitled to a substantial profit. If, in a period of reconversion, this Country is to have an era of strikes at the whim of labor leaders, either all management should organize and stand like an invincible army, or we should become a second Russia. It must be possible to determine a fair basis for both Capital and .la bor, but strikes are not instrumen talities of equitable adjustment any more than shut-outs and shut-downs. Both are arbitrary and settle noth ing; both are measures of coercion. But this country must find the means of peaceable adjustment, adjustment rooted in justice to all, not founded in politics, political considerations or votes. Let us beware. Russia has no La bor unions, no political parties, no strikes. All these labor agitators Who tell us of Russia are really preach ing the doom of labor as well as of Capital. Our Government should either act with the fairness expected of a court or it will compel manage ment to unite a s cohesively as Labor. In any case we Americans ate able to solve our problems. Let us use our brains more and our emotions less. Recently I quoted letters relative to economies in the Counties. I have some others—from Marlboro, Wil liamsburg, Darlington, Calhoun and Horry. I quote former Senator Paul Quattlebaum of Horry: “In Horry County tax reduction started early in my administration. When I became Senator, Horry Coun ty had a tax levy for county purposes of 22 mills, and also had a bonded in debtedness of close to $400,000. The good financial basis & gave the tax levy one mill, put the county on a god financial basis and gave the tax payers a year’s recess with no taxes for county purposes. Following this the tax levy was systematically re duce dto ten mills. When I went out of office the county nad a surplus sufficient to operate for more than a year without an additional levy. 'In the meantime all indebtedness of ^he county was liquidated, or provided for leaving the county completely free of indebtedness and with a sub stantial cash balance. While tajees were being reduced, and indebtedness paid off, we did not neglect public improvements. A county bridge was built across the upper Waceamaw river, a county office building con structed, the jail rebuilt and prisoner capacity doubled the courthouse was completely rebuilt and enlarged. These permanent improvements were all paid for at the time. In short, Horry County, during my ten "years in the Senate, operated strictly on a cash basis a nd on a business basis.” Senator C. S. McCall of Marlboro: “Our County is in the best financial condition that it has been in for several years. After making liberal appropriations for all county institu tions, we find that we have in the bank at the close of our fiscal year, funds sufficient to take care of all of our outstanding indebtedness. For the last few years we have been run ning on a cash basis, and find that this year we can cut our millage two mills and give us ample money to take care of all our appropriations. Several years ago we issued bonds for highway improvements and these will be paid up within three years and the county then will be free of indebtedness.” Senator L. Marion Gressette of Calhoun: “The County Treasurer and Auditor are authorized in our Supply Bill to levy and collect a tax suffi cient to meet appropriations. After discussing this matter with the Treasurer and certain other county officials, we have decided not to re duce the levy. At first we felt that it could be reduced four mills. How ever, there is great need at present for road machinery, and when anu if it becomes available we want to pay for it in cash. Also, I am not so certain that payments from the State Income Tax to the Counties will maintain the present level, and we should be prepared for a falling off of some a nd any other similar pay ments from State funds. We are op erating on a cash basis with a sub stantial surplus and no Conuty bonds.’’ Senator James P. Mozingo of Dar lington: “I am sorry that I have hot answered your inquiry relative to my county levy but have for the first time since I bgan to practice law taken a vacation. It is no mystery that 1 did not take one because for the first five or six years I practiced I did not make enough money and was unable to afford one, then in the past two or three years I have been so busy until I did not feel I could afford the time I had a nice time at Pawley’s Island with my wife and three boys and now feel fit for a stormy session of the Legislature and a vigorous campaign next sum mer. I realize that you were not asking for a personal letter but wanted to give you my reason for having delayed answering. In regard to my county levy this year it will be the same as last year. Frankly, we could have reduced the levy a few mills but I felt that we should pay off our indebtedness at this time rather than give the reduction and be forced to replace the levy in depres sion years. We have, however, kept down our expenditures as much as possible and I am a firm believer that Counties, Municipalities and other units of government, as well as in dividuals, should use the “cheap money” that is now being circulated to clear up indebtedness. Some few years ago we tried giving all of the reduction at one time by declaring a tax holiday and eliminating all the county ordinary levy. Of course, this could only be done for one year and by using a surplus. We have varied from this policy however, and are assigning surplus amounts to Postwar replacements and recon struction of necessary items and ar ticles—for example, school buses, etc.” Senator J. Frank Eatmon of Wil liamsburg: “According to the re port of the County Auditor, the over all levy has been reduced some 6 1-2 mills in the county in the period li*41 through 1945. In 1941 it was 46 1-2 mills; 1942, 47 mills; 1943, 43 1-2 mills; 1944 and 1945, 40 mills. The foregoing does not, however, correct ly reflect the developments in our tax program for the past few years. In 1944 the present Legislative Dele gation passed an Act whereby the County educational system was re vamped and a County unit plan in augurated. This was done in order to more equitably distribute the educa tional tax burden over the entire County and relieve some of the small er districts from the heavy load that 1 they had been carrying for many | years in their efforts to educate the 1 children of such districts. Before passage of this legislation some of the school districts were paying as much as 30 mills special levy for school purposes, which included sink ing fund payments for retirement of bonds Under the Act, a uniform levy .was provided and for 1944 and 1945 ! PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WILL BE HELPED With the cooperation of industry and labor, employment opportunities will be found for the physically handicapped worker, Mrs. Sudie J Wicker, manager of the Newberry ! United States Employment Service j declared today. Mrs. Wicker said each of more than 1,725 USES offices in principal cities in the U. S. is pre pared to assist disabled veterans and other handicapped workers in obtain ing suitable employment where they could establish by their own efforts employment security for themselves and families. “The United States Employment Service has the responsibility for serving all employable persons who come to it seeking work.” Mrs. Wick er continued, “But some applicants need special assistance. Among these are the physically handicapped. Through past experience the USES has developed special services for the handling of such placement, cases and is well equipped to render top service 1 to employers and applicants interest- fixed at 6 mills for each district throughout the County. Thus, some of the districts realized a reduction of as much as 24 mills In fact, of the 39 school districts^operating in the County under the Act, 33 of them experienced reductions ranging from 1 to 24 mills as before indicated, or an average reduction of 9.48 mills in each of these 33 districts One dis trict was unaffected and only 5 in the County sustained an increase in millage which ranged from 1 to 5 mills. Two districts had an increase of 1 mill, one district 4 mills and two districts 5 mills. Our County is in excellent financial condition. W© can approach the post war era with c6n- fidence. According to the jeport of the auditing Accountant who audited the books for the years 1944 to 1945, the financial status of the County has improved $126,889.99 in this period.” I repeat what I said several weeks ago, there has been a lot of good work done in some counties. W‘ should like to hear from the other counties. ed in the placement of the handicap ped. “As the eemmunity job center for returning war veterans and displace*! war workers, the USES office be comes of the utmost importance to both management and labor. “At the USES office the employer may list his job openings in terms’of i skills required so that they may be filled by qualified workers who have ! been given special attention- as te j their skills experience and training before referral. “At the USES office the worker will find that the office has been or ganized to furnish the type of ser vice he required in terms of the propen job for the right person. In formation about the job and what is required of the worker to perform it is obtained from the employer when he reports job openings.” The USES office is the govern ment’s answer to the demand a few years ago for a community job cen ter that would have full information regarding the labor market situation in the area. The USES has the legal responsibility to aid all workers in obtaining employment. This respon sibility, of course, included assistance to displaced veterans and other handicapped applicants.” WORLD WAR II VETS HAVE RIGHT TO FORMER JOBS Who knows anything about munic. pal government in South Carolina? Washington, D. C.—Selective ser vice is standing pat on its contention that World War II veterans have an absolute right to their former jobs. The agency reiterated this view today in a policy statement for the guidance of * draft board personnel designated to aid veterans. The policy, based on selective ser vice’s interpretation of the draft law, has come to be known as the super-seniority issue. It has been under attack for months by union leaders and some employees, but it has been upheld by the federal dis trict court in Brooklyn, N. Y. The selective service interpreta tion is that a veteran is entitled to his former position, or a job of like seniority status and pay. The agon- cy says this is so even if it means firing an employee who was on the job before the veteran entered ser vice. In some cases this could mean discharge of a veteran of World Ward 1. HOW MANY $ $ IN MY FARM TREES? Only top quality products get the job of lubricating the motors and machinery on our fighting Navy’s • ships. So we’re proud to tell you that Sinclair lubricants are used on many Navy ships to assure smooth operation and save wear. 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. Use Sinclair Opaline to keep your car rolling. SAVE WEAR WITH SINvLWlR i S. C. Paysinger, Agt., Newberry