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/. m FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1948 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, February 15th, 1949, a special municipal elec tion will be held in the Town of Newberry, S. C., for the purpose of considering amend ing the CHARTER of the Town of Newberry, in the following particulars, to wit: • 1. To change the name of the Town of Newberry to the City of Newberry; 2. Thaty the City of Newberry shall be divided into six (6) wards; that Wards No. 1, 4 and 5 shall remain as presently laid out; that a new ward to be known as Ward No. 6 shall be formed, and shaU include portions of Wards Nos. 2 and 3; that Wbrd No. 6 shall be described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of Caldwell Street and Harring ton Street, and running thence along the middle of Harring ton Street to Martin 'Street; thence running along the mid dle of Martin Street to Cal houn Street; thence running in a northernly direction along the mjddle of Calhoun Street to Harper Street; thence run ning along the middle of Har per Street and into the middle of Mayer Avenue to the cor porate limits of the City of Newberry; thence following the corporate limits of the City of Newberry, in a southernly di rection, to the middle of Bene dict Street; thence in a wes- ternly direction along the mid dle of Benedict Street to the intersection of Glenn Street; Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 ^CHEVROLET r THE BEST PLACE FOR Buick & Chevrolet Service \ IS Davis Motor Company 1515-1517 Main Street It’s Here! Money on ^our Automobile, Furniture or Your Signature. $5.00 to $2,000.00 SPECIAL NOTE, AUTO DEALERS We will finance your sales, no strings attached, without recourse, no endorsements or re-purchase agreements necessary—plus attractive reserve paid date acceptance of deal. Phone 736-M. SERVICE FINANCE COMPANY 1506 Main St. QUEEN ELIZABETH The luxury liner, Queen Elizabeth, while docked at South Hampton, England, during the recent strike was spoken of as a suburb of that city. We have never financed a car for persons living in South Hampton, England, but we do have hun dreds of enthusiastic customers in this vicinity. PURCELLS Your Protection Our Business Phone 197 thence in a northernly direc tion along Glenn Street to the middle of Johnstone Street; thence along Johnston Street, in a southwesternly direction, to the middle of Caldwell Street; thence along the mid dle of Caldwell Street to the beginning corner; That the remainder of what is known as Ward No. 2, shall be known as Ward No. 2, and the remainder of what is known as Ward No. 3 shall be known as Ward No. 3; 3. The six (6) Aldermen of the City of Newberry and the Mayor thereof shall be elected on a general ticket by the qual ified voters of the said City, at the time and for the term now prescribed by law for the Mayor and Aldermen of the said City. Each Alderman so elected on such general ticket shall be, at the time of his election, and during the term of his office shall remain, a resident of the Ward for which he is elected. REQUISITES FOR VOTING: 1. County Registration Cer tificate; 2. Municipal Registration Certificate; 3. Proof of payment of all taxes due and collectible for the preceding fiscal year. The municipal registration books will be in charge of D. L. Nance, as Supervisor of Reg istration, and will be open dur ing the usual business hours of his office as Clerk & Treas urer of the Town of dewberry apd registration certificates can be obtained at his office, on Boyce Street, from January 1st, 1949, to February 4th, 1949, both inclusive. Ajiy person of the age of 21 and upwards, hav ing a County Registration Cer tificate, and has resided within the corporate limits of the Town of Newberry, S. C„ for four months previous to the date of election, and has paid all taxes due and collectible for the preceding fiscal year, shall be entitled to a Municipal Reg istration Certificate. The polls shall open at 8:00 o’clock, A. M., and shall close at 4:00 o’clock, P. M., at the following named places and in charge of the managers herein shown opposite the respective voting places, to wit: WARD 1—Mrs. A. H. Counts, Mrs. F. G. Hartley, John A. Peterson, Clerk, oting at Re corders room City Hall. WARD 2—John T. Cromer, Miss Ruth Feagle, Mrs. Martha Sease, Mrs. Marion Wilson VOTING at New Court House. WARD 3, NO. 1—Irvine Les lie, C. B. Spinks, Mrs. C. B. Spinks, Henry T. Cannon, VOT ING at Todd Motor Company. WARD 3, NO. 2—Adelle Ful mer, Claude Jackson, S. J. Ar thur, Florence Harvey. VOT ING at Mollohon School House. WARD 4, NO. 1—Mrs. Ethel B. Fellers, Mrs. Mary E. Dowd, Miss Clara Bowers, Thomas P. Wicker, Clerk. VOTING at Newberry Hotel. WARD 4, NO. 2—Miss Come Lei Havird, Miss Minnie Hav- ird, Mrs. O. F. Armfield. VOT ING at park behind Layton’s Store. WARD 5—Sarah Rucker, Eve lyn Hendrix, Dorothy Rose, Carolyn Kinard. VOTING near Corley’s Barber shop. ( The said election will be held pursuant to Resolution, duly adopted by the Town Council at its meeting on Thursday, December 16th, 1948, authoriz ing said election, following the presentation to the said Town Council of the Town of New berry of a petition signed by the majority of the freeholders of the said Town of Newberry, By 7W Kesting Tim* to start Saving...with $afe£ij.J€rc! You will be surprised how regular savings will grow to bring you the financial independence you want. Liberal earnings are added Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Association To look at a plump, friendly, buck-toother beaver, you’d nev er suspect that he is the fellow who led the white man from the Atlantic to the Pacific, for it was in search of his soft fur that scouts kept pushing be yond the rim of civiLzation. His influence in settling the West was tremendous. But even more remarkable are his feats of engineering which are in evidence from Alaska to Labrador and south to the Rio Grande. The land is filled with monuments com memorating the services of this busy night-shift worker. He is surveyor, logger, water engin eer, builder and landscape ar chitect all in one writes Frank Dufresne of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The big job of the beaver is its vast landscaping; its quiet ing and clearing of floodwaters; its creation of lakes attractive to fish and game; the slow filling of these lakes by sett ling silt, and finally, the build ing of grazing meadows. That sort of thing has been going on for centureies. In pre glacial times there existed a species of huge beaver as heavy as a bear; it built enor mous dams across America’s rivers of the past. . Down through thousands of years the beavers have been creating fer tile lands. They’re still doing it wherever they find a stream that needs slowing down, and today there are many of these. It’s hard for us to believe that natural erosion—the con tinual washing of good earth into our rivers—is more dam aging than all industrial pol lution. And that’s where the eager beaver steps into the pic ture. Not only does he do a good job in regulating the wa ter runoff in many parts of the country, but th e methods he employs for doing it — the building of brush dams across the guUies one above the other, is good practice for the land- owner, too. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF WILBUR LANDS Immediately after the public sales on Salesday in January, 1949, the undersigned will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, at ^public outcry, that certain tract of land in Newberry County, State of South Caro lina, about two and one-half miles Northwest of the Town of Newberry, near the Oakland Cotton Mill, containing one hundred fifty acres, according to plat prepared by O. B. Can non, Surveyor, from survey of January 27, 1934, and bounded by lands now or formerly of W. W. Bullock, J. S. Bickley, William Shealy, the roadbed of the old Laurens Railroad which separates it from lands of Welch Wilbur, the younger, the Newberry Country Club, and by the road leading from the Town of Newberry to the Coun try Club which separates it from lands now or formerly of E. H. Cousins; my deed for which is recorded in Deed Book 39, at page 134. There is approximately forty acres of the said lands in pasture, fenc ed, and traversed by Ready Branch; twenty acres of open lands; ninety acres of young growing tirdber; eighty-five pe can trees in the pasture; one tenant house, barn outbuildings, well of good water, large con crete water tank, pipes laid for sewage, place excellent for dairying. TERMS OF SALE: CASH. Th e purchaser to pay for revenue stamps and draw ing of deed. Ten per cent. (10%) of tjie purchase-money to be paid down on day deed will be delivered and posses sion given. Failure of the pur chaser to comply with fore going stated terms of sale, without a legal cause, will for feit the cash payment to the seller as liquidated damages. Taxes will be paid to January 1, 1949. For fuller information confer with myself or H. C. Holloway, Attorney. (Miss) Grace Wilbur, Anderson, S. C. 12-10|4tc praying that an election be held for the purposes hereinabove mentioned. Additional ballots will be given to each qualified voter during said election for the purpose of having the voter express himself or herself on the additional following ques tions: 1. Whether or not the Com missioners of Public Works should be abolished and its du ties devolved upon the City Council of the City of New- ber.y; 2. Whether or not the City Council of the City of New berry should employ a full time City Manager for the pur pose of coordinating the busi- said City. ness and departments of the The result of the voting on the two above questions shall be only for the purpose of as certaining /the sentiments of the voters and shall have no binding force and affect what soever. D. L. NANCE, Clerk & Treasurer of the Town of Newberry, S. C. . December 21st, 1948 3tc THE NEWBERRY SUN PROSPERITY Shealy-Thompson A marriage of cordial inter est was that of Miss Maxine Shealy and Ronald Thompson, which took place Thursday af ternoon at Grace Lutheran Church, at four o’clock with the bride’s pastor, the Rev. W. D. Haltiwanger officiating. The ring ceremony was used. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Stockman ac companied the couple. The bride wore a becoming blue suit, a winter white hat, black accessories and 1 a cor sage of pink carnations. She is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Shealy and graduated from the Pros perity High School. She is now a student at Newberry College. Mr. Thompson is from Gainesville, Fla., and received his education in the city schools. He served two years in the Air Force in the recent war. He will enroll in the Area Trade School in Columbia the first of the year. Mrs. Thompson will complete her semester’s college work be fore going to Columbia to live. Bundrick-Bowers Miss Mary Frances Bun- drick and Kibler Bowers were married Friday afternoon, De cember 24, at four-thirty at the residence pf the Rev. J. B. Harman, D.D. The double ring ceremony was used. Mrs. Bowers is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Bundrick of the Jalapa community. She received her education in the Jolly Street school. For her marriage she wore a grey gab ardine suit with pink acces sories and a corsage of pink carnations. Mr. Bowers is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ridgell Bowers of the O’Neall community and is a graduate of the O’Neall school. The couple will live in the Jalapa community. Both are employed in the Joanna Mills. Women's Bible Class Parly The Women’s Bible Class of Grace Church gave a Christmas party Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 21, honoring Mrs. Cole S. Wes- singer, who is givipg up the class after several years as teacher. The party was held at the home of Mrs. W. A. Ballentine, secretary - treasurer of the class. Mrs. H. L. Shealy is president and was mistress of ceremonies. Mrs. Shealy presented cor sages to Mrs. Wtessinger, Mrs. Jacob S. Wheeler, assistant teacher, and Mrs. E. O. Counts, whose husband, the late E. O. Counts, taught the class for a number of years. Gifts from the class were also presented to Mrs. Wessinger and Mrs. Wheeler, the presentations be ing made by Mrs. P. C. Singley and . Miss Blanch Kibler. Mrs. MJary Wessinger, the oldest member of the class, who is in bed with a broken hip, was also sent a gift. Mrs. J. A. Singley conducted a clever Christmas contest and led the group in carol singing. Delicious refreshments were served. Th e house was festive with Christmas decorations. Men's Bible Class Dinner The members of the Wo men’s Bible Class of Zion Church were guests at a' tur key dinner given by the mem bers of the Men’s Bible Class on Wednesday evening, De cember 22, at the lunch room at O’Neall School house. En joying the diner with the two classes were the Rev. and Mrs. Harvey Montgomery, Rev. and Mrs. G. F. Clarkson and Rev. and Mrs J. A. Bledsoe. Sixty were present for this enjoyable affair. Sunday School Party A delightful affair was the Christmas party which Missi Grace Sease gave for her Sun day School class, the young Women’s class of Grace church. The Sease home was tastefully decorated in Yuletide reflec tions. The members of the class en joyed an evening of fun and fellowship together. Mrs. J. L. Counts presented Miss Sease gifts from the class. A salad plate, fruit cake, and hot punch were served. Ladies Night Ladies Night was held by the Prosperity Lodge on Wed nesday evening, Decetnber 22, when the Masons and their guests enjoyed a turkey din ner, served by the J.H.A. of the Prosperity School. Jake Wheeler, W. M., was master of ceremonies. J. W. Abrams introduced the speak er, W. A. Mason of Newberry, who talked on “People,” a sub ject which he presented in an unusually interesting manner. Dr. E. N. Kibler, the only fifty year member of the Lodge, was also presented and spoke brief ly. Also making a short talk was Rev, W. D. Haltiwanger. Entertain Councilmen Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Shealy entertained the councilmen of Grace Church and their wives on Thursday evening at their home. Also sharing the pleas ures of the evening were Rev. J. B. Harman, D.D. and Mrs. Harman. A three course tur key dinner was served by Miss es Jeannine Ballentine, Miiiam Ballentine, Anne Hendrix, and Nellie Ruth Wicker. Atttractive and striking Christmas arrangements were used throughout the lovely home. _ After dinner Mrs. Elmer Shealy conducted two Christ mas contests with prizes award ed to Mrs. W. A. Ballentiqp and Dr. C. K. Wheeler, Jr. The group gathered • around the pi ano and sang familiar carols. The Christmas spirit and fel lowship that was enjoyed by those present will last far into the new year. _ Have Christmas Eve Dinner Dr. and Mrs. George W. Har mon were host and hostess at their annual Christmas Eve dinner on Friday evening. The guests were MJaj. and Mrs. George S. Wise and t^eir son, Spence, of Washington, D. C,; Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Wise; Mr. and Mrs. Gary Paschal; Mrs. J. C. Schumpert, Mrs. W. J. Wise of Columbia; Mir. and Mrs. Ed Price of Denmark; Mrs. J. I. Oxford of Atlanta, G&; Mks. F. M. McMillan, Jr., and Frank McMillan III of Latta; Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Smith of Birmingham, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Browne and Mrs. L. W. Harmon of Prosperity. Personal News Items Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Cochran of Abbeville spent Christmas with their daughter, Mrs. Jake Wheeler and Mr. Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hendrix and their two cnildren. Anne and Billy, spent Christmas Day in Columbia with Mrs. Hendrix’ sister. > Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Counts and their two boys, Gurilon Wright .and Dicky, were in Es- till Christmas Day for the mar riage of Mirs. Counts’ orother, Kenneth Epting, who is teach ing in Varnville and who was married to Miss Catherine Sol omon of Estill in a home cere mony at five o’clock. Mrs. A. K. Epting, mother of Mr. Ep ting, was already in Estill visit ing her other son, Voight M- Epting and son. Joe Spotts of Greenville spent the weekend with Mrs. Spotts and Larry at the home of her mother, Mrs. A. B. Hunt. Guests Christmas I^y of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. CdUnts were Mrs. Corrie McWaters, Mrs. R. L. Courtney and two sons, R. L. and Andrew, Mr. and Mrs. Hines McWaters, Mr. End Mrs. John Cecil McWaters and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alexander of Columbia, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ohlhues and daughter of Cluster Park. Ill, and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Counts, Jr., of Prosperity. With Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Har man Christmas Day were. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Matthews, ,Mr. and Mrs. Cecil W. Bowers and two children, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harman, Jr., of Columbia, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Smite of Louisville, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hawkins and twe chil dren of Newberry. Mr. and Mks. J. A. Sease had with th^m at some time during the holidays Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sease and their two children, Frances and John of Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Tom Sease and‘"children of Clinton; Mir. and Mrs. Eltoft Sease and their two sons, Elton, Jr. and John, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Richardson and their two chil dren, Betty and “Rick” of Col umbia. Misses Susie and Mary Lang ford spent the holidays with their brother. John R. Lang ford and family in Camden. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Mills were Mr. and Mrs. Otis Mills and baby of Laurens, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Calvert and baby of Green wood, aind Mr. and Mrs. Julian Long of Charleston. Mir. and Mrs. Horace Hunter and children of Albany, Ga., were holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Counts and family. * Holiday guests of Mr. and Mirs. W. A. Ballentine were Mrs. Furman C. Ballentine and Mr. and Mrs. Robert W'. Ballen tine of Cameron, Mr. and two children, Mr. and Mrs. David Lee and their small son of Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Be- denbaugh of Kingstree are spending the holiday season with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maxcy Bedenbaugh and Mrs. J. A. Counts. Mrs. Counts will also have with her for the weekend Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Counts of Orangeburg. Holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Wicker were Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Williams of Charleston. Mrs. L. S. Long, Mrs. An nette Brooks and Dr. and Mrs. Von A. Long attended the twenty-fifth wedding anniver sary of Mr. and Mrs. A. B, Youmans in Megget, Monday, December 27, Mrs. Youmans was the former Miss Mae Long. Mrs. F. M. McMillan, Jr. and her son, Frank McMillan III of Latta, spent the Christmas weekend with Mrs. McMillan’s mother, Mrs. L. W. Harmon. Mrs. Jacob S. Wheeler spent the Yule season with her mo ther, Mrs. Minnie Curlee in Winnsboro. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Barnes had with them for the Christ mas holidays their children and their families, namely, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ross and three children of Marietta, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Williams and two children and Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph C. Barnes and two children of Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Shealy and their two sons, Billy and David, spent the Christmas weekend in Blacksburg with Mrs. Shealy’s parents. He's a Rat What is the most destructive ani- ] mal in the world? No—it’s not a puppy or a small boy! The common Norway or brown rat j has absolutely no competition when it comes to the ability to destroy. !, Annually, rats alone destroy about m 4 per cent of the total grain and cereal crop ih the United States, fig ures compiled by extenSon service entomologists indicate. As if its de structive abilities were not enough, the rat is host to carriers or is it self a carrier of bubonic plague, typhus and other diseases which are deadly to man. Few farms are entirely free of rats, although rat populations can be reduced quickly. Cleaning up the premises, rat proofing, cutting off food supply, poisoning and trapping are major points in an effective rat control program. But, once the con trol measures begin to show results, there can be no relaxing. Rat con trol is a permanent, year-around program. A few days of poisoning will have only a temporary effect on the rat population. Modem Dairy Buildings Will Boost Efficiency Increased efficiency has entered the daky industry with more wide spread use of milking ;ooms and milk houses. ^ , The ideal location for a milk house is attached to the milking room or barn. In most areas, sanitary re- ..JEt xv -f ROOM l..p m S3 '-I. M too * «eo mi.- tenr Miles of walking are saved an nually when the milk house is adjacent to the milking room or barn, figures compiled by Cornell university show. quirements permit construction un der the same roof. Adjacent construction permits the dairyman to coordinate feeding, car ing for the cows, milking them and handling the milk into an efficient system. Rabbit and Chicken Raising Is Profitable To offset high meat prices, home production of rabbits and chickens can be carried on very economi cally, making the family at least partially independent of commer cial sources. Raising of rabbits and chickens at home has a big advantage in the economical use of feeds, because such animals mature more quickly and at a lower feed cost per pound of gain in weight. AUDITOR'S TAX NOTICE The undersigned, or an au thorized agent, will be at the following places on the date* given below for the purpose ot taking tax returns on all per sonal property, new buildings and real estate transfers. Per- sbns owning property in more than one district must make returns for each district. All able bodied male citizens between 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 incorporated towns and cities are liable to pay commutation (road) tax of $1.00. All dogs are to be taxed at $1.00 each. ✓ WHITMIRE City Hall, Monday, January 3, 1949. Aragon Baldwin Mill, Thursday and Friday, January 6 and 7, 1949. G. M. & R. E. NEEL STORE Monday, January 10, 1949. from 9 until 12. SILVERSTREET Monday, January 10, 1949, from 1 2 until 5. CHAPPELLS Tuesday, January 11) 1949. HOLLINGSWORTH STORE Thursday, January 13, 1949 from 9 until 12. KIN ARDS Thursday, January 13, 1 from 2 until 5. PROSPERITY Friday, January 14, 1949. ST. LUKES ' Store, Monda.. ary 17, 1949, from 9 until O'NEAL Fellers Store, Monday, Janu ary 17, 1949, from 2 until S. LITTLE MOUNTAIN Tuesday, January 18, 1949. PEAK Thursday, January, 20, 1949. POMARIA Friday, January 21, 1949. JAMES HOMER CROOKS STORE Monday, January 24, 1949, from 9 until 12. A. E. & R. E. REESE STORE Monday, January 24, 1949, from 2 until 5. F. B. HARDY'S HOME Tuesday, January 25, 1949, from 9 until 12. At Auditor’s office to March 1st, after which a penalty 10 percent will be added. PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS Auditor Newberry County ‘ SMITH Radio Service For prompt, efficient Ra dio Service at a reaaot able price call 724-J c bring your aet to Caro lina Electric! and Appli ance. Co., 942 Main St. 8 Yean Experience E. K. 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