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FHE NEWBERRY SUN
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NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
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Entered as second-class matter
December 6, 1937, at tht postoffice
at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
Spectator
■Maybe the whole world’s gone
wrong eh? Now comes Tom Linder,
Commissioner of Agriculture of Geor
gia, with a blast at the O. P. A. be
cause of the ceiling prices on pupl-
wood. Mr. Linder says that the ceil
ing on pine is $7.60 a cord in Ala
bama, Florida, Georgia, South Caro
lina, Tennessee and Louisiana, but
$13.25 a cord in Vermont and New
Hampshire. Says Mr. Linder, “be
cause the pines grew in the South,
they are penalyzed $5.65 a cord. If
a cord of pine wood is worth $13.25
in New Hampshire, there is no reas
on why it should not be worth $13.25
in the Southern States”. Just off
hand, I suppose the differential is
the freight. But we consume a lot
of pulpwood in the South, so the dif
ference cannot be properly ascribed
to the freight rate.
Major W. D. Workman, Ji.. who
covers the state for the News and
Courier, tells of an interesting inci-
v>uuiic;i. bCAis va mi mi/cicasing mw- - , , , - . , 11
dent in the state senate. As is gen- « ” as ?_ r 2 f, ^i e ’.u e - Ve L. 1 " l . d0 ^L S
ren, but should like to consider the
point as a Constitutional question.
If this expiring General Assembly
may fill positions which become va
cant next December, it may fill those
which become vacant in January,
February or June. It may even fill
positions which become vacant in
December 1947, for the Constitution
prescribes that a member of the
General Assembly begins his term on
the Monday following the General
Election in which he was elected. The
new General Assembly will be elect
ed on the second Tuesday in Novem
ber, 1946, so the new Legislature will
be the Constitutional legislative
authority beginning the third Mon
day in Novem!>er, 1946. Obviously a
vacancy occuning after Monday, the
eighteenth of November should be
filled by the General Ahsembly in
office at that time. That will be the
NEW General Assembly, not the one
now in session.
The Constitution does not say in
explicit language all that I’ve said,
but the implications must be clear;
otherwise, why shouldn’t one Legis
lature extend its authority far into
the future in choosing officers? If
the point raised is soundly conceived
—and it appears to be—the practice
of the Legislature will not (or should
not) suffice to override the Consti
tution.
We South Carolinians should re
member the vigorous opposition of
our Senators and Representatives in
Congress to the FEPC bill. I asked
in all seriousness last week how a
Southerner can support Mr. Truman,
while thinking harshly of Abraham
Lincoln. So far as the slavery issue
is concerned, we White people of to
day are glad it is a thing of the past.
erally known, the term of Judge P.
H. Stoll expires in December., The
members of the House (and half the
Senate) go out of office in Novem
ber. In legal effect a new, entirely
new. Legislature will be in office fol
lowing the General Election in Nov
ember. This Legislature is prepar
ing to elect a suiccessor to Judge
Stoll. It means that the expiring
Legislature plans to fill a position
which will not be vacant during its
term of office. This point was rais
ed in the Senate by Senator Baskins
of Lee and Senator Mays of Green
wood Senator George Warren of
Hampton, who was presiding, ruled
against the point of the two sena
tors. Senator Warren, a good lawyer
and a senator of clear mind and
poise, made an excellent statement
of his reasoning against the point
raised by tfie two senators But the
question persists: is such an election
contrary to the Constitution?
I am an admirer of Senator War-
and cents, and held the South down
through inefficiency. Even so we
insist that it was not the concern of
the National Government and was a
condition fully disleussed and agreed
on in the drawing up of the Consti
tution. The attitude of the North
in doing violence to the Constitu
tion over the Negro issue would
probably have been exactly the course
of action of the South if the FEPC
were adopted.
The FEPC is not rooted in the
Constitution; it is a bit of Commun
ism which Mr. Roosevelt took from
the C. I. 0. and palmed it off on a
Nation at war, by a wholly illegal
order. Strangely enough, the South
has been very quiet about it. The
only fight worth the name has been
made by Southern men in Congress
and a few, very few, newspapers.
We Southerners, except for the men
in Congress a nd the few newspapers,
seem to have lost our punch.
I have wondered why no Southern
Governor rallied the South in opposi
tion; why no Southern legislature
issued a clarion call to other legisla
tures, to declare vigorously that the
South would not recognize such a
law a s the FEPC.
Have we Southerners been bought
by favors? Or are we afraid to
speak and act lest we lose a handout?
Are we acting as worthy inheritors
of a great past, and as trustees for
the peace, order and social order of
Dixie? I wonder. It looks as
though we. once half-starved South
erners are ready to quench our
spirits for the old mess of pottage.
A citizen of distinction who has
tried to serve his State, wrote to me,
asking if Canada is a good place to
move to. South Carolinh is worth
living in, very much so, but we need
a vigilance Committee, or something
of the sort, a few men, just a few
men, to stand alert all the time for
the good of the State. But they
shouldn’t Have any strings tied to
them, politically, socially, financially,
or otherwise. A Gideon’s Army for
the public good.
We need some new blood in our
public life. Without disparaging
any others, I think Colonel Thomas
H. Pope of Newberry a promising
figure. I have no reference to any
particular office, but, in general, the
public life of the State needs fresh,
new blood, new ideas, new view
points.
Is rayon superior to cotton?
The National Cotton Council
quotes a statement from the head
of General Tire and Rubber company,
saying that rayon is not superior to
cotton in passenger tires. “It (ray
on) is so thin (in passenger tires)
that there is little protection against
puncures; whereas the cotton fabric,
with its greater thickness, is insur
ance against every stone or nail on
the road going through to puncture
the inner tube”. The Curtis Publish
ing company promised to guard
against certain advertisements which
the Cotton Council protested as mis
leading.
CONNELLY-MORRIS
Mr. and Mrs. *J. B. Connelly of
O’Neal street announce the marriage
of their daughter, Ruby Inez, to
Richard Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Morris also of Newberry, which
took place on Sunday, February 10,
in Prosperity at the residence of the
Rev. I. O. Bledsoe who performed the
ceremony.
The bride is the younger daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Connelly. She at
tended the Newberry city schools.
The bride looked lovely in her wed
ding dress of an advanced spring
model of aqua blue gabardine with
which she wore black accessories.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Berry, brother-
in-law and sister of the groom were
the only witnesses at the ceremony.
For the present, the young couple
are making their home in Spartan
burg where Mr. Morris is connected
with radio station WSPA.
I'tnwn, KBBEUABT 22, 1946
NOTICE OF DELINQUENT TAX
SALES FOR PERSONAL
PROPERTY
May
Gen-
Capt. Julian William White and
son, Robert White and friend, Miss
Mary White of Greenwood, J. W.
White, recently discharged from the
Navy, his wife and their daughter,
Patricia, of Hynennis, were recent
guests in the home of Mrs. J. W.
White on Caldwell street.
The inflation fear, which has wor
ried the President, seems to be some
thing which grows by the roadside,
or dangles from the skies. Very little
is done to prevent it, though furrow
ed brows and fluent tongues warn us
about it. The Government itself is,
by far, the worst'offender. It offends
by its own fabulous spending, as
well as by its twists and turns of
policy Just what is the Government
doing to putjts house in order? Let
me quote from a h excellent autohrity:
“Back m the early 1930’s, when
President "Roosevelt came into office,
the Federal Government had about a
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half million civilian employes on the
payroll, whose salaries YOU had to
pay. In the years that followed,
that figure was increased consistent
ly every year without fail until it
reached an even million in June 1940.
The war in Europe had begun by
that time and we were beginning our
own national defense program; ad
ditional emergency employes obvious
ly were necessary. With our entrance
into the war, all sorts of government
war agencies had to be whipped into
being. We had to have a War Pro
duction Board, and OPA, an Office
of Civilian Defense, an Office of De
fense Transportation, and heaven
knows how many other bureaus and
agencies, to handle the emergencies
of war production and distribution.
We inaugurated fabuously large pur
chasing programs for the Army and
Navy, to buy munitions, ships, air
planes, clothes, food, and everything
else that the Army and Navy needed
—as well as our allies. These things
required thousands upon thousands of
Civilian workers. So, at the very
top peak of wartime operation, with
all of those agencies and bureaus go
ing full blast, the Government pay
roll reached^ the staggering all-time
high of 3,660,000 full-time civilian
employes.
Remember that figure, because it
is important in the light of current
events. Last August came victory
over Japan and the whole war pro
gram stopped. There was no need
for the tremendous buying program,
with all the paper work and records
and negotiations involved. The office
of War Information was abolished, so
the Office of Censorship, so the Of
fice of Inter-American Affairs, so
the Foreign Economic Administra
tion, so the vast War Production
Board, so the War Labor Board, so
the War Food Administration, so the
War Manpower Commission, so the
Office of Defense Transportation, so
the gigantic Lend-Lease Administra
tion and many others.
In fact, the entire army of civilian
Government employes that was re
quired to watch and regulate almost
every move you 'made, during the
course of every day—all of the food
you ate, and the people who produced i i j ^
that food, and the clothes you wore, j cow and one cook stove,
an wdhere who worked, and how ■ - - -
many hours he worked, and what he
was paid per hour—all of these
people no longer were needed and
the agencies they manned folded up.
That sounds very gratifying—to have
the Federal payroll, which YOU
must pay for, relieved of all of these
millions of workers. It’s a great re
lief.
Well, is It? Let’s see!
Remember the all-time peak for
civilian Government employes was
3,650,000. The figues just made pub
lic by the Byrd committee show that
with all of these eliminated bureaus,
agencies, functions, duties, policing,
investigations, and activities in gen
eral—with all of the things that are
no longer necessary, with all of the
employes "that are no longer requir
ed for these wartime operations, the
number of civilian employes on the
Federal Government payroll has
bee n pulled down only from 3,650,000
to 3,215,000.
And the Byrd report shows that
from last October to last November
the number of civilian employes on
the payroll of the Government, out
side of the War and Navy Depart
ments themselves, actually increas'd.
The Reconstruction Finance Corpora,
tion, for example, showed an increase
of 10,000 during that month alone. In
August, when the war ended, the La
bor Department had 6,346 employes;
today it has 34,596. In August, the
State Department had .11,188 em
ployes; today it has 18,943.
This rising trend is projected into
fiscal ’47 by the President’s budget.
Here, for instance, are proposed in
creases in Federal employes (a few
of many): White House regular em
ployes to 225 from 52; Budget Bureau
to 825 from 492; Civil Service Com
mission to 2,244 from 1,670; FCC to
1,006 from 606; Coast and Geodetic
Survey to 1,057 from 693; Public
Health Service to 984 from 667;
Bureau of Mines to 489 from 247;
Bureau of Labor Statistics to 1,548
from 509.
And so it goes. In agency after
agency, Mr. Truman has asked Con
gress for extra funds to create jobs
and increase peacetime spending.
Those interested in perpetuating pur
Federal bureaucracy are wearing
broad smiles and gleeful expressions.”
That is an eye opener, isn’t it?
Although one dislikes to suggest
that America should fail to respond
to urgent need throughout the world,
one may wonder whether we are ex
ceeding our ability. We must supply
millions of tons of food and clothing
and billions of dollars in money, too.
Is it likely that these requests are
being sharply scrutinized ? Probably
not! We know, as a practical habit,
that people who are invited and en
couraged to submit a list of needs,
The State of South Carolina,
County of Newberry.
To All Whom These Presents
Concern:
Whereas, by an Act of the
eral Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, entitled, “An Act in Rela
tion to Forfeited Lands, Delinquent
Lands and Collection of Taxes,” ap
proved December 24, 1887 and acts
amendatory thereof, the Treasurer
of Newberry County of the aforesaid
state, has in compliance therewith,
issued in the name of the State, tax
executions against defaulting tax
payers of the aforesaid county and
state as herein below listed and has
directed T. L. Hill as Tax Collector
of Newberry County, or his lawful
deputy, to levy the same by distress
and sale of so much of defaulting
taxpayer’s personal property to satis
fy the taxes 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 Collector of
Newberry County shall seize and
take possession of so much of the
defaulting taxpayer’s personal prop
erty to raise a sum of money suffi
cient to cover delinquent taxes of
taxpayers hereinafter listed plus the
charges thereon. Having complied
with these terms, the Tax Collector
will, after advertisement, sell to the
highes bidder for cash, the same
property before the Court House
door of the aforesaid County oh a
regular salesday in March next,
(same being March 4, 1946), within
the usual hours for public sales.
After completing these sales, the Tax
Collector will give to the purchaser
(upon his complying with terms of
the sale) a receipt for the purchase
mohey.
All properties levied upon and sold
at this sale will be sold as the prop
erty assessed in the name of persons
hereinafter listed.
Personal property, consisting of
one 1936 Chevrolet, in School District
number 10S, in the County and
State aforesaid, assessed and levied
upon in the name of L. R. Timmer
man.
Personal property, Consisting of
two mules, one cow and one wagon,
one cook stove, and a bed, in School
District number 6, in County and
Seate aforesaid, assessed to and
levied upon in the name of Maitoel-
lus Rodgers,
Personal property, consisting of
one 1939 Ford truck, COE, M 67307,
S-B 2188 in School District number
9, in the County and State afore
said, asssssed to and levied upon in
the name of J. Pat Livingston.
Personal property, consisting of
one cook stove, one bed and dresser
in School District unmber 9, ’ in
County and State aforesaid, assessed
to and levied upon in the name of
Brooks Cannon.
Personal property, consisting of
one cow, ar.d Chevrolet car, in Schobl
District number 9, in the County and
State aforesaid, assessed to and lev
ied upon in the name of Clarence
Vinson.
Personal (property, consisting of
one cow, one cook stove and bed, in
one cow. one cook stove and bed, in
School District number 10, in the
County and State aforesaid, assess
ed to and levied upon in the name cf
Pink Moon.
Personal property, consisting of
! cook stove, in School
District number 10, in the County
and State aforesaid, assessed to and
levied upon in the name of M. P.
Spearman.
Personal property, consisting of
1935 Chevrolet car, in School Dist
rict number 15, in the County and
State aforesaid, assessed to and
levied upon in the name of Alice
Wise.
Personal property, consisting" of
one cow, one Ford pick-up, in School
District number 15, in the County
and State aforesaid, assessed to
and levied upon in the name of David
Boyd
Personal property, consisting of
one cook stove, and radio and one
bed, in School District number 19,
in the County and State aforesaid,
assessed to and levied upon in the
name of Lee Green.
Personal property, consisting of
one Model-A Ford, in School District
number 22, in the County and State
aforesaid, assessed to and levied upon
in the name of George Sims.
Personal property, consisting of
one cook stove, one bed, in School
District number 22, in the County
and State aforesaid, assessed to and
levied upon in the name of Bennie
Harmon
Personal property, consisting of
one cook stove, one bed and dresser,
in School District number 22, in the
County and State aforesaid, assessed
to and levied upon in the name of
Leroy Boozer.
Personal property, consisting of
one cook stove and one bed, in School
District number 22, in the County
and State aforesaid, assessed and
levied upon in the name of Manuel
Edwards.
Personal property, consisting of
one heater, one bed, and one dresser,
in School District number 26, in the
County and State aforesaid, assess
ed to and levied upon in the name of
H. H. Germany.
Personal property, consisting of
two hogs, one cook stove, bed and
dresser, in School District number
26, in the County and State afore
said, assessed to and levied upon in
the name of John Atwood.
Personal property, consisting of
one cook stove and one bed, in School
District number 26, in the County
and State aforesaid, assessed to and
levied upon in the name of Jim
seldom act economically. We can
easily overdo our generosity if we
fail to study in detail what is needed,
not what is submitted.
We Americans are not giving what
we ourselves produce (that would be
clear enough) but we are mortgaging
production for many years. We are
giving a lien on a crop that hasn’t
been planted—a bad idea, as South
Carolina one decided.
Holly.
Personal property, consisting of
one 1938 Plymouth car and one mule,
in School District number 26, in the
County and State aforesaid, assessed
to and levied upon in the name of H.
C. Cromer.
Personal property, consisting of
one 1929 Chevrolet car, in School
District number 30, in the County
and State aforesaid, assessed to and
levied upon in the name of Eudie
Summer.
Personal property, consisting of
1939 Hudson, in School District num
ber 33, in the County and State
aforesaid, assessed to and levied upon
in the name of G. F. Wicker.
Personal property, consisting of
one 1935 Ford, in School District
number 39, in the County and State
aforesaid, assessed to and levied
upon in the name of Abbie Mae Sum
mer.
Personal property, consisting of
one cow, one cook stove, and one bed,
in School District number 40, in the
County and State aforesaid, assess
ed to and levied upon in the name of
Fred Burton.
Personal property, consisting of
one mule and one cow, in School
District number 44. In the County
and State aforesaid, assessed to and
levied upon in the name of George
Scott.
Personal property, consisting of
one mule and one cow and one auto
mobile, in School District number 68,
in the County and State aforesaid,
assessed to and levied upon in the
name of George Scott.
Personal property, consisting df
one mule and one cow and one auto
mobile in School District number 68,
in the County and State aforesaid,
assessed to and levied upon in thu
name of Gus Thomas.
TABOR L. HILL,
Delinquent Tax Collector.
Mr. Farmer
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requirements at once before the rush starts.
We have on hand a supply of that good
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Your business will be appreciated.
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