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NOTICE OF SCHOOL BUS
CONTRACT LETTING
The Board of Trustees of
Central School District No. 21
hereby asks that bids to trans
port pupils in said district to
Pomaria High School, be filed
with the County Board of Ed
ucation on or before noon Au
gust 2, 1949. The successful
bidder shall be required ta
transport all children who live
in the District or may move
into it during the life of the
Contract. The successful bid
der shall furnish safe and com
fortable transportation.
Each bid shall be placed in
a separate envelope, addressed
to the County Superintendent
of Education and plainly mark
ed on the outside thus: “Bid
for Transportation of pupils in
D'strict No. 21.”
The contract will be award
ed for a term of three years,
to the lowest responsible bid
der, and may be cancelled at
any time for cause.
Bids will be opened at noon
on Tuesday, August 2 in the
office of the County Superin
tendent of Education. The
Board reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
Board of Trustees,
Central School District.
J15-22-29
ANNOUNCEMENTS
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for re-election for
Alderman in Ward 5, and
pledge myself to abide by the
results of the Democratic Pri
mary. \
CECIL E. KINARD
ALDERMAN FOR WARD 1
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for Alderman in
Ward No. 1, and pledge my
self to abide by the results of
the Democratic Primary.
L. POPE WICKER, JR.
ALDERMAN WARD 1
I announce myself a candi
date for the office of Alderman
for Ward 1, and agree to abide
the results of the city primary.
GEORGE W. MARTIN
ALDERMAN WARD 1
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for Alderman for
Ward 1 and agree to abide by
the results of the primary.
t. c. (ted) McDowell
ALDERMAN WARD 4
I announce myself a candi
date for re-election as Aider-
man from Ward 4, seeking
your continued support and
confidence. I agree to abide
the results of the primary.
ERNEST LAYTON
ALDERMAN WARD 3
I hereby ’ announce myself a
candidate for re-election to the
office of Alderman from Ward
3 and pledge myself to abide
the results of the primary.
j. ed. McConnell
ALDERMAN WARD 5
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for Alderman for
Ward 5 and agree to abide the
results of the primary.
A. H. (Bill) CLARK
ALDERMAN WARD 2
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for re-election as Al
derman for Ward 2 and agree
to abide the results of the pri
mary.
C. A. DUFFORD
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Will Rogers
Once Said:
“Take away my ham, take
away my eggs, even chilli, but
leave me my newspaper. Even
if it has such purely local news
as ‘Jim Jones came home last
night unexpectedly, and blood
shed ensued’ or ‘Jesse Busyhead
our local M.D. is having one
of the best years of his career,
practically speaking—but they
won’t pay him when they get
well,’ The county seat was
packed yesterday with promi
nent people from out of town,
attempting to renew their
notes’ and election ain’t far off
and everybody is up for office
that can sign an application
blank.’
“Now all that don't seem
much news to you. But it is
news to you especially when
you know the people and they
are your own folks. So no mat
ter how punk you may think
your local newspaper hs getting,
why just take it away from you
and see how you feel. The
old newspaper, I think, is just
about our biggest blessing.
“So let’s all read and be mer
ry for tomorrow the paper may
not have enough ads to come
out.”
NOTICE OF ELECTION
A petition having been filed
with the County Board of Edu
cation asking for an election
in O’Neall School District No.
15, for the purpose of voting
an additional 4 mill school levy
the revenue derived therefrom
to be used either to float a
bond issue or a loan, with
which to build a gymnasium
at Prosperity High School and
the above levy to be discon
tinued when said indebtedness
is retired; the said petition is
hereby granted and the elec
tion ordered 'held on Friday,
July 22, 1949 between the hours
of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at
O’Neall School House. The
trustees of District No. 15 to
act as managers of said elec
tion.
Only persons returning real
or personal property for taxa
tion shall toe eligible to vote
and shall present a Registra
tion certificate and his tax re
ceipt for the preceding year as
is required in general elections.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
A petition having been filed
with the County Board of Edu
cation asking for an election in
Prosperity School District No.
14, for the purpose of voting
an additional 4 mill school levy
the revenue derived therefrom
to be used either to float a
bond issue or' a loan, with
which to build a gymnasium at
Prosperity High School and the
above levy to be discontinue^
when said indebtedness is re
tired; the said petition is here
by granted and the election or
dered held on Friday, July 22,
1949, 'between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the Town
Hall Prosperity. The trustees
of District No. 14 to act as
managers of said election.
Only persons returning real
or personal property for taxa
tion shall be eligible to vote
and shall present a Registra
tion certificate and his tax re
ceipt for the preceding year
as is required in general elec
tions. J8-15c
NOTICE OF ELECTION ♦
A petition having been filed
with the County Board of Edu
cation asking for an election in
Union school district No. 32 for
the purpose of voting an addi
tional 4 mill school levy, the
revenue derived therefrom to
be used either to float a bond
issue or a loan, with which to
build a gymnasium at Pros
perity High School and the
above levy to be discontinued
when said indebtedness is re
tired; the said petition is here
by granted and the election or
dered held on Saturday, July
23, 1949 between the hours of
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at Un
ion School House. The trus
tees of District No. 32 to act
as managers of said election.
Only persons returning real
or personal property for taxa
tion shall be eligible to vote
and shall present a Registra
tion certificate and his tax re
ceipt for the preceding year as
is required in general elec-
NOTICE OF ELECTION
A petition having been filed
with the County Board of Edu
cation asking for an election in
Stoney Hill School District No.
13, for the purpose of voting
an additional 4 mill school levy
the revenue derived therefrom
to be used either to float a
'bond issue or a loan, with
which to build a gymnasium
at Prosperity High School and
the above levy to be discon
tinued when said indebtedness
is retired; the said petition is
hereby granted and the elec
tion ordered held on Friday,
July 22, 1949, between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
at Stoney Hill School House.
The trustees of District No. 13
to act as managers of said elec
tion.
Only persons returning real
or personal property for taxa
tion shall be eligible to vote
and shall present a Registra
tion certificate and his tax re
ceipt for the preceding year as
is required in general election.
Young Greek Airman
Rests In Native Soil
The body of F. O. James G.
Metchicas arrived in Newberry
Tuesday afternoon and was car
ried to the McSwain Funeral
home, where it will remain un
til the hour of service.
Jimmie, as he was known to
his many friends was born in
Newberry and spent part of his
early life in Greenville. He
was the son of Gus Metchicas
and the late Mrs. Euriklia Ke-
hayas Metchicas. Jimmie was
a graduate of Greenville high
school.
Prior to entering service, he
was employed by the Busy Bee
cafe and the National Advisory
board of Civil Aeronautics at
Langley Field, Va. He took
C.P.T. in 1942 and later volun
teered for the Army Air corps.
He was sworn in at Hondo,
Texas, and was graduated as
a flight officer in 1943 at South
Plains air field, Lubbock, Tex.,
where he received his glidei
pilot wings, and was assigned
for advanced training at Bow
man field, Louisville, Ky. He
was sent overseas in April,
1944, and was assigned to the
troop carrier command of the
9th Air Force, 438th Group,
88th Squadron. On June 6,
1944, at the age of 23, he met
his death near Cherbourg,
France, in the initial D-Day
invasion of Normandy.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 5 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon from the graveside
in Rosemont cemetery by Chap
lain C. H. Stucke and the
Greek Orthodox priest of Co
lumbia. Military services were
conducted by the Newberry
unit of the South Carolina Na
tional * 1 Guard..
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs.' Letha Beaman Metchicas
of Abilent, Texas; his father,
Gus Metchicas of Greenville;
two sisters, Mlrs. M. S. Dimitri
and Miss Anatasia Metchicas,
both of Atlanta, and one uncle,
John Kehayas of Greenville.
12 Commandments
OF A FISHERMAN
By B. F. Poole
I. Don’t lie about fish imd
fishing. Telling the truth mil
amount to the same thing.
II. Don’t always tell the
truth—keep it to yourself or
the other fellow may muddy
the water before you get back.
IH. Don’t envy the other fel
low’s success. Rather, compli
ment him. Probably he Is a
better fisherman than you are.
IV. Don’t take risks- in a
boat too small, too old, too
leaky, nor risk your life on
rough or dangerous water. The
game is not worth it. The
Coroner may need the money
but dragging the river or lake
for your body is a thankless
job, trying on your family, and,
too, your best tackle may be
lost.
V. Don’t take a gun in the
boat with you, you don’t need
it to fish with.
VI. Don’t do all the “gassing,”
the other fellow may want to
do some of it.. If he over
does it he will make a good
mirror for . you.
VII. Don’t take more fish
than is the legal limit, nor any
that are under size. That’s
hoggish.
VIII. Don’t go fishing just
to fish. Admire a few of the
other good things the Lord has
placed in the bosom of Old
Mother Earth and in the air.
IX. Don’t get into your head
that you are the best ever, it
is a mistake. If you are the
other fellow will note it. If
you really are a good angler or
know the waters well, give a
bit of help to the less fortun
ate friends always are valuable.
X. Don’t be a sport. Rather
be a sportsman. Don’t row
your boat where, nor wade
where, the commotion would
disturb the water where an
other is casting, unless it should
be accidental, in that case if
your courtesy is obvious, any
sportsman will excuse the dis
turbance.
XI. Don’t criticize legitimate
methods that differ from your
own. They may be equal to,
or better than yours. Often
you can correct your own er
rors when you see them in
others.
XII. Don’t neglect to care
properly for your tackle. Don’t
neglect to care for your catch.
Don’t neglect to care for your
health.
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MRS. NANNIE A. MARS
Mrs. Nannie Adcock Mars, 65,
died early Monday at the New
berry county hospital after an
illness of several months.
She was born and reared in
Anderson county, but had made
her home in Whitmire and
Newberry for the past thirty-
five years. Mrs. Mhrs was
twice married, first to William
Adcock and then to “Ren”
Mars.
She is survived by her hus
band; one step-daughter, Mrs.
Lulu Emmie Yarbrough, of
Whitmire; two brothers, Mack
and Perry Waters of WSlliams-
ton and one sister, Mrs. Julia
Revels of Pelzer.
SEEN ALONG
THE ROADSIDE
By J. M. Eleazer
Clemson Ext. Info. Specialist
They are paving the road
through our Stone Hills!
Change is constant, and prog
ress rolls on. But I hate to
see the old things go. Even
though something new is bet
ter, we usually discard the old
with a twinge of regret.
We held on the mule until
the tractor pushed him out op
many a farm. And the diversi
fication we now see dawning
did not oome easy. But iback
to the road.
The rocky road we ran to
the creek, and where many a
bare toe was stumped, is
smooth and black now. And
where the bog hole always was
in winter, the road now makes
a graceful turn, and cars do
not even slow up. The old
ditch by the road that we fill
ed with rocks, as we threw
them at the yellow jackets’
nest there in the side of the
bank, has been wiped out. And
the low bridge that floated in
the sea of mud in our day has
been replaced with concrete
pipe, and the mules that shied
from its cracks have been re
placed by cars and trucks that
thunder down through the val
ley that used to be so quiet.
Yes, and Wateree Creek,
where we ventured and played
so much in clear running wa
ter, late silted in from rueeed
lands that were cleared. Ero
sion got the land and many of
the folks left. Grass and
briers and trees came in that
order, and now the stream does
not seem to run so red any
more. And that new road runs
through our Stone Hills that
have gone largely back to
trees. It goes straight and
there are only a few graceful
curves. Our old road was very
crooked, just like it happened
there in the early days of the
wilderness. And it is those
spots that were not obliterated
by the new wide road that
bring back memories as I
walk childhood’s lanes again
there.
Wte like our yesterdays. But
we must not dwell there. To
day is better. And tomorrow
carries the golden promise of
something better still. Time
and distance lend enchantment
to the distant day. But if we
could go back there I am sure
we would find its fragrance
gone.
So, goodbye, old road! You
are pleasant in memories. The
good road has cut your distance
in two and multiplied your
speed by ten. And it has
brought Main Street to our old
rural lane.
Sometime ago we were talk
ing here about the better bacon-
type hog that the government
is working on at Beltsville,
Maryland. Sidney Wolff of
Clarendon county has 'been in
terested in that subpect for
some years and he has a good
many of the Landrace crosses.
He writes me that he got a
premium for some on the Co
lumbia market recently. And
as pointed out here before, that
is what is needed in order for
farmers to become more inter
ested in this subject. And A.
D. Griffin, president of South
land Provision Company of
Orangeburg, writes that they
pay a premium for these ba
con-type hogs. ,
A lady who was invited with
her husband to the recent field
day held at the Wolff farm to
see .these Landrace crosses was
thrilled at the prospect. She
said, “I sure want to go for I
have never seen a hog race.”
Riding with County Agent
King of Dorchester I saw some
fine crop-growing demonstra
tions.
The six acres of alfalfa that
were sown on J. D. Hutto’s
farm last fall had been cut
the second time on June 1.
D. C. S. Patrick’s prize field
of hybrid com looked as though
it might leave a 100-bushel-
yield group considerably in the
rear.
And they still ship hogs at
a lively pace.
Watermelon Festival this
week, July 13, at Hampton! I
hope to be there.
County Agent Thompson
there, and also Searson up in
Allendale, has several five-
acre plantings of a new disease
resistant melon of the Garrison
type planted for a carlot ship
ping test. It was produced at
the USDA station near Charles
ton. They will have some of
these new melons on exhibit
there. And I hope to see how
they look and taste. I really
like an assignment of that sort.
I’ll be telling you more about
it after I have wiped the juice
off my chin. New things! The
experiment stations and plant
breeders are always seeking
them. And the county agents
takp them to the field to see
if they must meet the final
practical test.
Orangeburg has 12 farms in
a rather isolated section that
has 1,019 acres of cotton that
has all been properly poisoned
early. All of this cotton is
closely supervised and checked
by County Agent McComb and
his assistants. It will be in
teresting to watch the outcome
there.
A good many of the agents
have similar projects under
way this summer. Maybe from
these we will learn how to
really hold the weevil down in
a community until a cotton
crop can be made.
I have a new title now, “Doc-
toro of Rural Philosophy.” Hot
dog!
Mr. Frank Cope gave me
that after my talk to the
Orangeburg Farm Loan Associ
ation the other day. But I
still have to wear patched
pants and darned socks.
South Carolina now has an
up-to-date 4-H club camp for i
dedicated in early June and is
fully booked for the summer
Negro boys and girls. It was
with county groups. It is lo
cated on the Santee Cooper
lake in the very edge of Cal
houn county across the line
from Orangeburg not far from
Elloree.
Over 2,000 folks were there
for the dedication. The mayor
of Elloree v/elcomed the visi
tors and pledged the whole
hearted interest and coopera
tion of the people of Elloree
and surrounding country. Sen
ator Gressette of Calhoun and
Representative Williams of
Orangeburg both spoke, ex
pressing continued interest in
the project that they had been
interested in promoting. Direc
tor Watkins and District Agent
Ward were introduced by E. N.
Williams, who is in charge of
Negro extension work in the
state. They complimented all
who have worked to make this
added facility for youth work
in the state possible, as* did the
several speakers representing
the Negro race.
The camp consists of eight
concrete block dormitories with
32 beds each and a large mess
hall and assembly center. It
embraces 267 acres of land and
has a 7-acre private lake on it
in addition to bordering on the
large lake. It is in direct
charge of Waymon Johnson, as
sistant to E. N. Williams and
Marian Paul who is in charge
of Negro women’s and girls’
work in the state.
The clouds were fringed
with fire at sunset today.
How could anyone tire of
this beautiful world of chang
ing hues and moods! And to
night a mellow moon broke
through the darkness in the
east, and now a cool sleeping
out-of-doors is bathed in soft
heavenly light. Think I will
quit this and take the folks
for a long walk .. . .
It is the next day. We had
a wonderful stroll. A large
spider’s web covered with dew
sparkled like diamonds there
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in the moon’s mellow glow.
Tommy dropped a small leaf
on it and she rushed out of her
tunnel thinking she had caught
a juicy insect. Down on the
river a great owl hooted, and
over in the oak woods towards
the cemetery a whippoorwill
was heard. Katydids and cric
kets chirped ahead of us at
places, but always stopped be
fore we got there. A small
frog croaked in a deep ditch,
but our approaching footsteps
hushed him too.
High above was the droning
of a night plane.. How we
would have liked to be up
there in that dream world be
tween earth and eternity's
great out yonder. I was up
there one night last August,
across mountains and western
range country. I told you
about that then. In just a
little time he was out of hear
ing. Great man-made creature,
outflying any bird that ever
went on wing! Before sunrise
he could be in Canada.
When we got back, sleep was
easy. For a night like that is
easy on tl.’ nerves. I have
walked at n.ght too when the
elements were disturbed. That
has its thrills too. Thunder
bolts hurled across the heavens!
Manifestations of powers that
we can’t see nor understand.
A bolt shattering a distant
tree, like the very crashing of
doom! Terrific cannonading in
the skies. Blinding flashes of
light breaking the utter dark
ness. A deluge of water, fresh
and pure, that has mysterious
ly come from the salty sea.
Gusts of wind that stay your
progress. The passing of the
storm, as it rumbles away in
the distance. Serenity returns
to a refreshed and rejuvenated
earth. And that same moon
comes out again and casts its
mellow glow.
Yes, there are great moments
to be found, whether the sun
is shining, in the moonlight,
or in the storm. .
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