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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY. APRIL 1, 1949
PAGE FOUR
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, S. C.
O. F. Armfield
Editor and Publisher
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
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Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937,
at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C., $1.50 per year
in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year fti advance.
COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
BY SPECTATOR
Approaching San Bemadino,
California, the silver-covered
ranges, as the sun shines on
the snow, set off the rugged
valleys. Western North Caro
lina, however, is equally im
posing. We must not yield to
the beguiling advertising of
our California friends, beyond
admiring the undoubted beauty
of the scenery. We, also, have
scenery. Distance must not
lend too much enchantment to
the view.
The Calfornians have built
fine roads and exploited en
ormously all the beauties of na
ture; and they have told the
world by constant repetition
that this is the second Heaven
—and improving ambitiously.
I take off my hat to these
Californians; they are workers,
as well as boosters. They have
taken the bounty of Nature;
and they have converted bald
spots into beautiful places. As
compared with them we are
like the egg-laying duck and
the hen. The hen lays an egg
and tells the world, with pride
and joy, that she has contrib
uted to th e betterment of man
kind: the duck lays an egg—
and waddles off. Just an egg-
nothing more. We approach
orange trees, while in the dis-
Los Angels between rows of
tance, on both sides, are the
mountains.
I saw a monument to the
Madonna of the Trail. No one
knows how greatly the brave
women contributed to redeem
this far-away land, travelling
many / hundreds of miles in
every danger and handicap.
Broad avenues from town to
town provide easy passage for
the very heavy trafficl ti lane
highway thru Pasadena.
Chastely beautiful Pasadena
College is a fine sight. An at
tractive Methodist church greets
one on the main boulevard.
Presbyterians also have a struc
ture of quiet dignity. First
Methodist church is on .the
same principal highway through
Pasadena.
Pasadena * has streets of
great residential beauty, with
lovely palm lined sidewalks.
Los Angeles has heavy traf
fic, more and faster than New
York’s. My comrade Brutsch
is a great master at the wheel
but he had his hands full here.
We are losing our peaceable
habit and becoming warlike.
The little boys have their
shoot-em-up guns all the time.
All the little fellows decline
their breakfasts and annoy afjd
baffle their lovely young mo
thers; but they are ready for
the war path from the moment
oP waking. One little Buck
Rogers shot me up in the
Grand Canyon. His name is
“G. I. Joe” and he won’t an
swer without the “G. I.!” What
great plans for the day occu
pied his mind when he left his
bed, with both guns at his
little hips!
Long lines of cars we meet,
as they travelled East. Wte
wondered if they were fleeing
from inflation on the West
Coast. If so, they were headed
straight for Las Vegas — and
twenty five cent shoe shines.
We awoke to a glorious sun
shine, the famous California
sunshine, the kind we have in
Manning, Columbia, Charles
ton, Sumter, Greenville, Orange
burg, Anderson and Green
wood—everyday.
Santa Claus
We ate lunch in Santa Claus,
a delightful restaurant in the
desert, twelve miles from King-
man in Arizona, on the way
to Hoover Dam. It was all
delicious, but Santa Claus was
strictly at the receiving end.
President Truman has blind
spots, perhaps, and can’t see
the leveling off because he is
still looking through his tele
scope for inflation. However
when my shoe-shine cost me
twenty-five cents in Las Vegas
I suggested to fny comrade
Brutsch that w e leave at onse
before more overwhelming
proof of Mr. Truman’s infla
tion should smite us. We left
Las Vegas, fleeing from infla
tion and ran straight into the
arms of a man, man mind you,
who asked eight dollars for A
tourist room for two sleepy
men. Perhaps there is infla
tion.
I am writing this from a
Motel on the outskirts of Jack-
son, California. It has rained
all day. Yesterday and last
night we spent in San Fran
cisco, incessantly on the go—
and in the rain. Today we
spent hours in the Capital,
Sacramento—in the rain.
Where is the beautiful Cali
fornia sun? Man has worked
wonders here, even more
grandly than in Florida, but
California surpasses all the
Wtest in its possibilities. These
people are the most friendly
and warm-hearted folk you
ever saw, and deserve all that
they have because they have
worked like Trojans to do big
things—and they have done big
things.
We had started for Reno,
Nevada, today, but the Sierra
Nevada was slippery with ice,
so we turned back and by
merest chance we are here
where gold was discovered in
1849.
Even wher e we are tonight is
part of that great era.
The actual spot—Coloma—we
passed this afternoon. We
spent an hour in Placerville
and stopped at one place—
Drytown—where in the gold
rush 26 saloons prospered.
So, by chance, we are in the
fabulous region of the gold
hunters of just a hupdred years
ago.
4-lane, even 6-lane drives
over bridges, great, broad high
ways make it possible for the
heavy traffic to move along at
high speed. And the speed is
notable, even on principal
streets.
MJy friend Brutsch is a
knightly gentleman, of the pur
est ray serene, and cherishes
many fine enthusiasms. He
drove us sixteen miles across
the bay at San Francisco in
quest of Muir’s woods, a forest
named for John Muir, the
great naturalist. Mr. Brutsch
was all agog to see the giant
red wood trees. Well, we saw
them.
Wte have spent days and
days on deserts, but the desert
was better than this gloom and
constant rain — especially in
Northern California.
Although I spent many hours
in Hollywood I have not seen
Roy Rogers and Trigger, but
I’ve seen scores of little boys
heavily armed, with big pis
tols swinging from sagging
belts. I’ve seen palaces and
hovels, as one sees everywhere.
We went to church last Sun
day, in Hollywood, mark you,
being in the congregation of
Sister Hopkins, in the country
of Hollywood. I met Mr. and
Mrs. Lucree, formerly of Col
umbia.
Sometimes in ordering ham
we had to explain in detail
,that we wanted ham, ham from
a hog, not from a can, or other
wise synthetically contrived
from the imagination.
San Francisco is quite a bit
less rushing than Los Angeles.
It is quite smaller also. We
have driven through hundreds
of blocks of the City; and we
have walked out at night; and
we have crossed the Golden
Gate Bridge and other bridges,
going to John Muir’s Woods
sixteen miles away. Some of
the streets are almost unbe
lievably steep, the street some
times being cut through solid
rock.
The amazing thing is that
excellent hotel accommodations
can be had below the exorbi
tant rates demanded by many
tourist courts.
San Francisco has the im
press of a glamorous history;
like all the West, it was a
man’s town, built by robust
men of stout hearts, strong
liquor and vile language; but
men in all the sense of mas
terful purpose.
I failed to mention among
the Soutti Carolinians at the
Cotton Convention that amiable
and versatile friend, J. M.
Eleazer who is doing so inform
atively and entertainingly the
assignment of special reporter
of all that affects farmers.
It rained during all our stay
in San Francisco, the haze and
gloom pervading everywhere
and everybody. WBiat have
these Californians that we have
not? If I must speak the truth
our failing is not in our stars,
but in ourselves, for we have
more to work with than they
have. • •
Could he be a Californian,
native son, whose breakfast
consisted of 2 stacks of hot
cakes, a side order of sausage
and fifteen cups of coffee? A
pretty waitress told us of that.
My comrade Brutsch and I,
under great pressure, might
eat as that man did—but 15
cups of coffee!! Perhaps the
most impressive sight to Mr.
Brutsch and me was the lady
wno took th e five dollar bill
from her purse and paid the
bill for herself and hubby.
Some woman—out here in the
great open - spaces!
Still raining as we thread
our way through the moun
tains, now and then seeing a
tablet in memory of some
thing or somebody of the gold-
rush period.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS
An examination is announced
by the U. S. Public Health Ser
vice, Communicable Disease
Center, Atlanta, Ga. for posi
tion of Sound Technician,
Script Writer, Film Librarian,
Project Supervisor, etc. in the
Motion Picture field, paying
salaries ranging from $3727 to
$6235.20 a year, for duty in
Atlanta, Ga.
For further information ask
for announcement No. 5-82-1
(49) at the local post office, or
at any First of Second class
post office in the southeastern
states. Applications will be ac
cepted until further notice.
•The Shaw Air Force Base,
S. C., has a good many posi
tions such as Seanjstress, Shoe
Repairman, Painter, Engineer
ing Equipment! Repairer, Sr.
Auto Equipment Repairer, Gen
eral Machinist, etc. Ask for
announcement No. 5-48-2(49).
j Sadie Bowers
EASTER ... in the air!
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IF YOU’RE a regular Curlee customer, you know
there is a treat in store when you come in to see the
new Ourlee Suits for Easter. They’re smart—the nat
ural result of styling by Curlee’s expert designers.
They have that comfortable fit and drape—built in by
Curlee’s skilled craftsmen. They’re good-looking—
Curlee has chosen the newest patterns from leading
woolen mills.
Come in and choose your Curlee Easter Suit today.
You will find a wide selection from which to choose—
styles and models you like, in the size that fits you.
And every suit in the Curlee spring line is priced right.
Clary Clothing Co.
main street
^ntwunciiw. Removal
To
1532 E. Main St.
in building just vacated by Todd Motor Co.
We invite you to call on us here where
we have better facilities to serve you.
W. H. DAVIS & SON
Saks OLDSMOBILEI Service
Supervisor’s Report
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Oct., Nov., Dec., 1948
MISCELLANEOUS CONTINGENT
The Peoples Hospital, hospitalization, welfare Dept $ 264.50
Security Loan & Investment Co., Ins. perm. 37.50
Sinking Fund Commission, Ins. on County Bldgs. 1599.17
Central Drug Store, supplies 9.69
South Carolina' Sanatorium, patients’ expenses 54.00
Ruth H. Mathis, travel 45.00
P. B. Ezell, misc. expenses 64.19
Shealy Motor Co., new car, also trade in price 2845.00
South Carolina Retirement System, contributions 804.89
T. C. Chalmers, travel 75.00
J. J. Dominick, rent, Co. Agent's office , 70.00
Lillian G. Saunder, salary, expenses 149.94
F. B. Pratt, Agt., Col. Dem. office rent 30.00
Lorraine Counts, salary 135.00
Florence S. Addison, salary 30.00
T. L. Hicks, rent Co. Welfare office 150.00
Commercial Inv. Co., rent Co. Health office 168.75
Ben F. Dawkins, car expense 270.00
Virginia L. Counts, Services Registration Board 55.00
Eugenia K. Nichols, Services Registration Board 50.00
Duke Hospital, Hospitalization Wei. patients 56.00
Newberry County Hospital, hosp. Wei. patients 188.60
Purcells, bond premiums 20.00
J. C. Neel, elevator upkeep 48.00
Jake R. Wise, travel -—-—-7
Ben H. Caldwell, service in preparation of election.., 50.00
John A. Mayer, services in preparation of election.. 50.00
The Newberry Observer, quarterly report 198.00
The Newberry Sun, quarterly report 90-08
S. B. Marshall, 4-H club expenses ^ oo
South Carolina^Industrial Commission, Ins. prem. — 1991.0b
Derrick and Finch, CPA Audit 1947-1948 County
Records — 187 fi an
Bowers Insurance Agency, Ins. prem.
ROAD MAINTENANCE
Hugh F. Pitts, lumber ..
Silverstreet Lumber Co., lumber
Geo. W. Senn, salary
J. C. Baxter, salary „
D. C. Spearman, salary
Labor
D. E. Abrams, vehicle licenses
R. M. Lominack, Hdw., supplies, parts ;
N H Summer, Rd. Machinery, parts, labor, equip. __
Frank Lominack, Hdw., supplies, parts
Blair Quarries, Inc. crushed stone
Newberry Contracting Co., asphalt tar RG-2
Smith Motor Co., parts, new truck, supplies
Shealy Motor Co., parts
Davis Motor Co., parts, supplies
D. L. Laird Rad. Works, repairs
Goodyear Service Stores, tires, repairs
Thornton Tire Service, repairs ——
Main St. Pule Oil Sta., repairs
Esso Standard Oil Co., gas, fuel oil, parts
The Texas Co., oils, greases
C. D. Coleman Co., gas, oil, services
Havird Bros., gas, oil
Jeff Hunt Machinery Co., parts, labor, supplies
Newberry Machine & Welding Co., repairs
Kendall Mills, supplies
Newberry Auto Supply Co., parts
Scott Auto Parts, parts, supplies
Columbia Hydraulic, parts
Kaufman Bros., parts
Sunrise Auto Supply Co., parts, supplies
Hayes Motor Co., parts
A. T. Henderson, lumber — :
South Carolina Retirement Sysfena contributions —
Geo. S. Enlow, top-soil
South Carolina National Bank, taxes
Thomas & Howard Co., nails
Lipscomb Motor Co., parts
Firestone He me & Auto Supply Co., supplies
Aubrey Davis, equipment, parts
Tools, Inc., parts, supplies
C. E. Evans, top-soil
Richard Neel, lumber
Dave Waldrop, top-soil
Jas. H. Brown, top-soil
Jas. E. Shealy & Sons, repairs
Johnson-McCrackin Co., parts
Tidewater Supply Co., parts, supplies
Chapman-Hawkins Co., supplies, equip. ,
Tom Lewis, gas
Elbert Hunter, top-soil
Wlallace Concrete Pipe Co., pipe
150.70
311.88
498.00
456.36
387.75
8079.51
36.80
22.61
1425.20
44.39
839.66
40.00
2542.13
59.72
106.03
50.00
550.42
232.97
5.50
1982.63
194.62
60.11
2.92
371.46
394.65
12.00
153.12
29.15
63.85
423.38
59.32
6.42
487.21
174.55
7.90
142.90
129.25
13.30
13.60
62.94
9.88
21.00
108.23
182.50
5.10
8.50
3.80
51.68
13.50
4.22
3.00
13.00
COURT EXPENSES
J. 'H. Wilson, travel, delivering prisoners
J. Ray Dawkins, Co. Treas., jury pay bills, coroner’s
inquest
Ben F. Dawkins, travel
L. L. Henderson, travel
J. C. Neel, travel
Tompkins-Wells, photos of wrecks
21.36
j
1160.70
31.32
11.16
212.35
21.00
NATIONAL GUARD FUND
Capt. Owens, National guard 500.00
COUNTY HOME
Dixie Home Stores, food 1-40
Newberry Milling & Distributing Co., grinding 18.90
C. B. Parr, parts 27.66
Johnson-McCrackin Co., discs for plow, parts 76.30
Market Basket, food 48.58
Thomas & Howard Co., food, supplies, 222.26
Belk-Beard Co., clothing, supplies 55.43
Gilder & Weeks, medicine, supplies 32.10
Lominick Drug Store, medicine, supplies 97.60
^t. M. Lominack Hdw., supplies, parts 48.43
T. P. Adams, salary, travel, cooking hire - 664.40
W. O. Stones Hatchery, chickens - 18.00
Newberry Electric Coops., Inc., electricity 66.21
McSwain Funeral Home, paupers burial 150.00
Builders Inc., payment new County Home 12637.77
J. Drake Eden, food 20,08
Schumpert Mloving Co., moving old kitchen 175.00
I. T. Cousins, fertilizer 275.60
W. E. Senn, cutting silage 30.00
B. C. Moore & Sons, clothing 4.95
Transportation Service, delivery charges 1.44
E. C. Pay singer, food 7-00
A. E. Wertz, plumbing, parts 20.60
CHAIN GANG
Market 'Basket, food 84.52
Thomas & Howard, Co., food, supplies 590.17
Belk-Beard Co., clothing, supplies 312.37
Gilder & Weeks, medicine, supplies 40.70
Lominick Drug Store, medicine, supplies 29.64
R. M. Lominack Hdw., parts, supplies 130.95
L. G. Wright, clothing, supplies 274.90
Reagin Shoe Shop, repairs 4.55
Cromers Shoe Shop, repairs 4.00
Dennis Shoe Shop, repairs 13.00
Dr. E. M. Anderson, dental service 33.00
Newberry Drug Store, medicine, supplies 3.25
N. H. Summer Rd. Machinery Co., clothing 42.91
South Carolina Retirement System, contributions 16.17
M. M. 'Longshore, salary 445.50
L. V. Buzhardt, salary 415.20
J. H. Boozer, salary 429.00
E. K. Horton, salary 429.00
D. C. Wilson, salary 394.05
C. E. Wicker, salary 388.08
J. C. McLeod, salary j. 371.25
J. O. Derrick, salary 429.00
W. H. Moon, salary 263.40
South Carolina National Bank, taxes
J. Drake Eden, food
M. Citron & Co., Inc., clothing
Henry Brown, plumbing service
A. T. Neely, M-D., optical services _
Frank Lominack Hdw., supplies
27.40
47.36
290.70
9.00
25.00
16.00
y REPAIR PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Farmers Ic e & Fuel Co., coal, ice
Grover L. Todd, labor
Otis Elevator Co., repairs, parts
Price Refrigeration Service, labor & parts. on jail —
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co., supplies
Phoenix Oil Co., supplies
Frank Lominack Hdw., supplies
Lonnie W. Franklin, supplies
Comm, of Public Works, water, electricity
Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone services
Earl C. Taylor, labor j
Jas. D. Wheeler, labor on painting jail
R. M. Lominack Hdw., painting goods for jail, supp. _
Dixie Home Store, supplies
Yates Refrigeration Service, labor, parts
Sam D. Beam, servicing • fans <
Hill Mfg. Co., supplies
Burns-Whitaker, repair work
Lorick-Couch, supplies, office equipment
Harbins, Inc, lights & fixtures
Adams Plumbing Co., plumbing & heating system
Old Court House 1214.85
Andrew Wheeler, wood, fuel 12.00
Simon Allen, labor on jail 107.26
The Rembert Co., supplies. 13.80
Phoenix Oil Co., supplies ; 22.00
Thomas & Howard Co., supplies 24.69
Buzhardt Furniture Co., equip, blinds 30.00
G. B. Summer & Sons, supplies, stove parts 32.50
Center Chemical Co., supplies • 42.63
Dewitt Supply Co., supplies 19.86
Newberry Lumber Co., paints, supplies for jail 197.05
Newberry Machine & Welding Shop, repairs 58.50
F. T. Moon, labor on jail yard 60.00
Irvine B. Leslie, architectual service. Old Court
House 981.00
999.60
8.05
35.72
34.40
21.20
35.00
43.58
15.50
495.85
468.94
24.00
609.60
195.37
4.09
15.45
10.25
49.50
26.50*
150.40
525.68
BOOKS, STATIONERY, BINDERS. POSTAGE, ETC.
Peoples Book Store, office supplies 32.41
The Newberry Sun, printing, adv., supplies 225.70
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., service contract,
supplies 90.00
Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., books, binders,
supplies 208.71
R. L. Bryan Co., books, binders, supplies 675.81
Geo. K. Dominick, P.M., postage stamps, box rents 39.00
Kenneth N. Baker, repair works, servicing machines. .21.50
Newberry Post Office, printing 6.85
Harbins, Incorporated, supplies 12.10
The Newberry Observer, printing, adv., supplies 234.50
Southern Ribbon & Carbon Co., office supplies 24.00
Copy-Craft, carbon & supplies 3.75
Keys Printing Co., office supplies 18.99
Newberry Typewriter Co., repair work 24.00
Monroe Calculating Machine Co., service contract 56.00
Gilder & Weeks, supplies 16.50
South Carolina National Bank, box rent 6.00
Record Office Supply Co., supplies 7.74
Central Drug Store, equipment 22.25
H. K. Boyd, postage stamps 30.00
Business Supply Co., supplies ; 1.76
POST MORTEM. LUNACY EXAMS fc CORONER'S
INQUEST
C. K. Lindler, iM.D., lunacy exam 5.00
K. D. Shealy, M. D., lunacy exam 5.00
Maxcy Stone, P.J., committment papers 100.00
A. B. Wteathersbee, M.D., ^lunacy exam 5.00
E. H. Moore, M.D., lunacy exams 20.00
Grady Adams, equip, to locate lost body in Lake 25.00
R. W. Lominack, M.D., lunacy exams, post mortem _ 70.00
R. E. Livingston, M.D., lunacy exams, post mortem
exams 200.00
H. B. Senn, M.D., lunacy exams 25.00
V. A. Long, M.D., lunacy exam 5.00
Mamie B. Hawkins, recording information & prepara
tion of papers in coroner’s inquest 95.00
Leroy Wilson, travel, expenses in holding inquests *88.65
SALARIES
H. K. Boyd, Clerk of Court 769.51
Elizabeth C. Boyd, clerk 403.20
Ben F. Dawkins, Sheriff 813.57
J. C. Neel, Deputy Sheriff 642.33
Rufus Livingston, Deputy Sheriff 663.09
W. S. Alewine, Deputy Sheriff 642.33
T. L. Hill, Tax Coll. 665.64
T. C. Chalmers, Asst. Tax Coll. 531.30
J. Ray Dawkins, Co. Treas. 366.78
Martha S. Cromer, clerk 364.50
P. N. Abrams. Auditor 361.38
Ruby S. Sommer, clerk 364.50
E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge 752.61
Mary F. Kunkle, clerk 320.40
Jas. D. Brown, Supt. of Ed. i 150.00
Edith Preston, clerk 420.00
H. B. Senn, M.D., Co. Physician 173.91
Leroy Wilson, Coroner 208.71
Eugene H. Spearman, Co. Supervisor 719.76
O. H. Lominick, Clerk to Bd. 728.64
W. E. Epps, Commissioner 182.16
C. B. Schumpert, Commissioner 182.16
B. V. Chapman, Co. Atty. 139.14
W. A. Ridgeway, Asst. Co. Agt. 274.02
P. B. Ezell, Co. Agt. 115.20
R. A. Nelson, Magistrate 190.08
Lonnie M. Graham, Magistrate 467.55
Claude Wilson, Magistrate 166.95
W. D. Hatton, Magistrate 100.17
A. L. Dominick, Magistrate 104.34
W. A. Counts, Magistrate Sl 86.94
J. H. Wilson, Constable 389.61
K. L. Martin, Constable 389.61
J. E. Dawkins, Constable 139.14
W. R. Koon, Constable 95.64
Ralph Lancaster, Constable 183.99
E. E. Cumalander, Constable 83.49
Fitz B. Dawkins, Jailor 437.10
Fred H. Bishop, Asst. Jailor 57.46
Jake R. Wise, Service Officer 388.74
J. C. Sease, M.D., Co. Health Physician 525.63
Theresa Lighisey, Co. Nurse 363.84
Eugenia Epps, Rest Room Opr. 216.00
South Carolina National Bank, taxes 409.50
South Carolina Ritirement System, contributions 434.79
SHERIFF'S DIETING
Ben F. Dawkins 1127.75
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