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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1949
THE NEWBERRY SUN
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. That 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, ana shall include
portions of Wards Nos. 2 and
3; that Wtard 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 middle 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;
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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 30 days
prior to the election of any poll
tax due and assessed.
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 Newberry
and registration certificates can
be obtained at his office, on
Boyce Street, from January 1st,
1949, to February 4th, 1949,
both inclusive. Any 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. Mlarion 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—AdeUe 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,
“Man
is stumbling blindly through a spiritual
darkness while toying with the secrets of life and death.”
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
Newberry Federal Savings &
Loan Association
AFTER CLOSE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER 31, 1948
Address by Gen. Omar N.
Bradley, Chief of Staff, United
States Amy, before the Armis
tice Day luncheon, Boston
Chamber of Commerce, Boston,
Mass., Wednesday, November
10, 1948:
Tomorrow is our day of con
science.
For although it is a monu
ment to victory, it is also a
symbol of failure. Just as it
honors the dead, so must it
humble the living.
Armistice Day is a constant
reminder that we won a war
and lost a peace.
It is both a tribute and an
indictment: A tribute to the
men who died that their neigh
bors might live without fear
of aggression. An indictment
of those who lived and forfeit
ed their chance of peace.
Therefore, while Armistice
Day is a day for pride,, it is
for pride in the achievements
of others—humility in our own.
Neither remorse nor logic can
hide the fact that our armis
tice ended in failure. Not un
til the armistice myth exploded
in the blast of a Stuka bomb
did we learn that the winning
of wars does not in itself make
peace. And not until Pearl
Harbor did we learn that non
involvement in peace means
certain involvement in war.
We paid grievously for those
faults of the past in deaths,
dissaster, and dollars.
It was a penalty we know
ingly chose to risk. We made
the choice when we defaulted
on our task in creating and
safeguarding a peace.
Now new weapons have
made the risk of war a suicid
al hazard. Any nation which
does not exert its vigor, wtfalth
and armed strength in the
avoidance of conflict before it
strikes, shall endanger its sur
vival. It is no longer possible
to shield ourselves with arms
alone against the ordeal, of
attack. For modern war visits
destruction on the victor and
the vanquished alike. Our
only complete assurance of
surviving world war III is to
halt it before it starts.
For that reason we clearly
have no choice but to face
the challenge of these strained
times. To ignore the danger of
aggression is simply to invite
it. It must never again be
praying that an election be held
for the purposes hereinabove
mentioned.
Additional ballots will be
given to each qualified voter
during said election for ihe
purpose of having the voter
express himself or herself on
the additional following ques
tions:
1. Whether or not the Com
missioners of Public Wtorks
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
said of the American people:
Once more we won a war; once
more we lost a peace. If we
do, we shall doom our children
to a struggle that will take
their lives.
Armed forces can wage , wars
but they cannot make peace—
a chasm that can only be bridg
ed by good will, discussion,
compromise, and agreement. In
1945 while still bleeding from
the wounds of aggression, the
nations of this world met in
San Francisco to build that
span from war to peace. For
3 years—first hopefully, then
guardedly, now fearfully—free
nations have labored to com
plete that bridge. Yet again
they have been obstructed by
a nation whose ambitions thrive
best on tension, whose leaders
are scornful of peace except on
their own impossible terms. —
The unity with which we
started that structure has been
riddled by fear and suspicion.
In place of agreement we are
wrangling dangerously over the
body of that very nation whose
aggression had caused us to
seek each other as allies and
friends.
Only 3 years after our sol
diers first clasped hands over
the Elbe, this great wartime
ally has spurned friendship
with recrimination, it has
clenched its fists and skulked
in conspiracy behind its se
cretive borders.
As a result today we are
neither at peace nor war. In
stead we are engaged in this
contest of tension, seeking
agreement with those who dis
dain it, rearming, and strug
gling for peace.
Time can be for us or against
us.
It can be for us if diligence
in our search for agreement
equals the vigilance with which
we prepare for a storm.
It can be against us if dis
illusionment weakens our faith
in discussion—or if our vigil
ance corrodes while we wait.
Disillusionment is always the
enemy of peace. And today—,
as after World War I—disillu
sionment can come frpm ex
pecting too much, too easily,
too soon. In our impatience
we must never forget that fun
damental differences have di
vided the world; they allow
no swift, no cheap, no easy
solutions.
While as a prudent people
we must prepare ourselves to
encounter what we may be un
able to prevent, we neverthe
less must never surrender our
selves to the certainty of that
encounter.
For if we say there is no
good in arguing with what
must inevitably come, then we
shall be v left with no choice/
but to create a garrison state
and empty our wealth into
arms. The burden of long-term
total preparedness for some
indefinite but inevitable war
could not help but crush the
freedom we prize. It would
leave the American people soft
victims for bloodless aggres
sion.
Both the east and the west
today deprecate war. Yet be
cause of its threatening ges
tures, its espousal of chaos, its
secretive taatics and its habits
of force—one nation has caus
ed the rest of the world to fear
that it might recklessly resort
to force rather than be block
ed in its greater ambitions.
The American people have
said both in their aid to Greece
rope that any threat to free
dom is a threat to our own
lives. For we know that unless
free peoples stand boldly and
united against the forces of
aggression, they may fall
wretchedly, one by one, into
the web of oppression.
It is fear of the brutal un
principled use of force by reck
less nations that might ignore
the vast reserves of our de
fensive strength that has caus
ed the American people to en
large their air, naval, and
ground arms.
Reluctant as we were to mus
ter this costly strength, we
must leave no chance for mis
calculation in the mind of any
aggressor.
Because in the United States
it is the people who are sov
ereign, the Government is
theirs to speak their voice and
to voice their will, truthfully
and without distortion.
We, the American people,
can stand cleanly before the
entire world and say plainly
to any state:
“This Government will not
assail you.
“You can have no conflict
without being yourselves the
aggressor.”
Since the origin of the Am
erican people, their chief trait
has been the hatred of war.
And yet these American people
are ready to take up their arms
against aggression and destroy
if need be by their might any
nation which would violate the
peace of the world.
There can be no compromise
with aggression anywhere in
the world. For aggression mul
tiplies—in rapid succession—
disregard for the rights of man.
Freedom when threatened any
where is at once threatened
everywhere.
No more convincing an avow
al of their peaceful intentions
could have been made by the
American people than by their
offer to submit to United Na
tions the secret of the atom
bomb. Our willingness to sur
render this trump advantage
that atomic energy might be
used for the peaceful welfare
of mankind spintered the lies
of those world-warmakers that
our atom had been teamed with
the dollar for imperialistic gain.
Yet because we asked ade
quate guaranties and freedom
of world-wide inspection by the
community of nations itself, our
offer was declined and the
atom«has been recruited into
this present contest of nerves.
To those people who contend
that secrecy and medieval sov
ereignty are more precious than
a system of atomic control, I
can only reply that it is a
cheap price to pay for peace.
The atom bomb is far more
than a military weapon. It
may—as Bernard Baruch once
said—contain the choice be
tween the quick and the dead.
We dare not forget that t]ie
advantage in atomic warfare
lies with aggression and sur
prise. If we become engaged
in an atom bomb race, we may
simply lull ourselves to sleep
behind an atomic stockpile.
The way to win an atomic war
is to make certain it never
starts.
With the monstrous weapons
man already has, humanity is
in danger of being trapped in
this world by its moral adoles
cents. Our knowledge of
science has clearly outstripped
our capacity to control it. We
have too many men of science;
and in the reconstruction of Eu- too few men of God. We have
grasped the mystery of the
atom and rejected the Sermon
on the Mount. Man is stumb
ling blindly through a spiritual
darkness while toying with the
precarious secrets of life and
death. The world has achieved
brilliance without wisdom, po
wer without conscience. Ours
is a world of nuclear giants and
ethical infants. We know more
about war than we know about
peace, more about killing than
we know about living.
This is our twentieth cen
tury’s claim to distinction and
to progress.
In our concentration on the
tactics of strength and resource
fulness which have been used
in the contest for blockaded
Berlin, we must not forget
that we are also engaged in a
long-range conflict of ideas.
Democracy can withstand ideal-
ogical attacks if democracy will
provide earnestly and liberally
for the welfare of its people.
To defend democracy against
attack, men must value free
dom. And to value freedom
they must benefit by it in hap
pier and more secure lives for
their wives and children.
Throughout this period" of
tension in which we live, the
American people must demon
strate conclusively to all other
peoples of the world that dem
ocracy not only guarantees
man’s human freedom but that
it guarantees his economic dig
nity and progress as well. To
practice freedom and make it
work, we must cherish the in
dividual, we must provide him
the responsibilities a freeman
bears to the society in which
he lives.
The American people cannot
abdicate in this present strug
gle and leave the problem to
their armed forces.
For this is not a test of com
bat strength but a contest of
resolution. It is dependent less
upon military strength and
more upon human strength,
faith, and fortitude among such
citizens as you.' If we are to
combat communism, we cannot
oppose with anti-communism.
We capnot fight something with
nothing. More than ever be
fore, we must alert our people
—and people throughout the
world—to the meaning of their
freedom and stimulate in each
of them an awareness of their
own, th^ir personal share in
this struggle.
Good citizenship is the start
of a working democracy. And
good citizenship begins at home
in the ability of every Ameri
can to provide a happy and
wholesome life for his family.
From such simple beginnings
do we create better communi
ties, better States, a better Na
tion—and eventually we hope
a better world.
To you in the greater com
munity of New England much
has been given in the heritage
that began with Concord, and
in the truths that have been
left for you by your Lowells,
your Emersons, your Holmes.
Out of so fortunate a spiri
tual start in the meaining and
significance of freedom, you
have constructed an industrial
machine with which to nou
rish great faith in it.
If we will only believe in
democracy, use it, and prac
tice its precepts in the factory
as well as the voting booth,
we shall so strengthen ourselves
that nothing can prevail
against us—or against those
who stand with us in like good
faith.
fLPiiilS
Avnui
By Tad Kest/ng
I have been reading strange
and wonderful things about the
affects of altitude and cold on
rifles, things that made me
wonder why I never have sim
ilar experiences. Actually, most
of the strange behavior of the
rifle is caused by the shooter
violating some principal that
every rifle shooter should
know.
Here are practically all the
precautions you should take to
insure that your hunting rifle
will always deliver shot well
into game, at least wKen you
aim and squeeze the trigger
properly. These suggestions are
from' Col. Townsend Wheien.
noted arms and ammunition
authority.
Don’t take it for granted
that your rifle, as it comes from
the factory or gunsmith, is
correctly sighted for you, foy
the ammunition you will use,
and for the distance you want
If you have your rifle sighted
in for you by a friend who is
a good shot, always verify this
sighting yourself. He may not
aim and hold the rifle as you
do.
If you change ammunition,
verify the sight adjustment
with the new road. Two makes
of cartridges, both with the
same weight bullet and same
advertised velocity, may or
may not shoot to the same
center of impact.
Never rest a rifle on a solid
object, rock or log, as it will
probably shoot very high and
wild. Have some soft object
between the rifle and -est, even
the hand will do. Keep your
stock as dry as you can.
Most of tne complaints we
hear about shooting high and
th e admonitions to aim low can
be traced to the open rear
sight. Yet our manufacturers
still persist in equipping their
standard sporting rifles with
open rear sights, which are re
sponsible for many misses and
much Wounded game. No one
who has learned to use the
Lyman type aperture rear
sight has any of these troubles.
If you will observe these pre
cautions, then you must lay
your misses to your aim and
trigger squeeze alone. Modern
American hunting rifles are re
markably reliable arms, and
with them yout only alibi is
poor marksmanship—not the al
titude or tiie weather.
ASSETS
First Mortgage
Loans $3,935,536.31
Investments and
Securities 45,900.00
Cash on Hand and
In Banks 178,738.51^
Office Equipment, Less
Depreciation 9,974.33
LIABILITIES
Members’ Share
Accounts $3,486,174.71
Advances from Federal
Home Loan Bank 500,000.00
Loans in Process 18,832.16
Other Liabilities , 382.51
Specific Reserves 1,846.32
fiJ-P Tl A 1
Reserves 152,913.45
Undivided
Profits __ 10,000.00 162,913.45
$4,170,149.15
$4,170,149.15
Payroll and Social Security
Forms and Binders
Payroll Checks
Offset and Letter press
printing, & engraving
THE SUN
AUDITOR'S TAX NOTICE
The undersigned, or an au
thorized agent, will be at the
following places on the dates
given below for the purpose of
taking tax returns on all per
sonal property, new buildings
and real estate transfers. Per
sons 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. ft. & R. E. NEEL STORE
Monday, January 10, 1949, from
9 until 12.
SILVERSTREET
Monday, January 10, 1949, from
2 until 5.
CHAPPELLS
Tuesday, January 11, 1949.
. HOLLINGSWORTH STORE
Thursday, January 13, 1949
from 9 until 12.
KINARDS
Thursday, January 13, 1949,
from 2 until 5.
PROSPERITY
Friday, January 14, 1949.
ST. LUKES
Moore’s Store, Monday, Janu
ary 17, 1949, from 9 until 12.
O'NEAL'
Fellers Store, Mfonday, Janu
ary 17, 1949, from 2 until 5.
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. 8e 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 of
10 percent will be added.
PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS
Auditor Newberry County