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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1956 Building Permits "v July 7: Herbert Coleman, gen eral repairs to dwelling, 1705 Vin cent street, $50. July 7: A. E. Bicklev, add shed to carshed, wood frame, 327 Play er street, $50. July 8: H. B. Wells, 3rd, re pairs to dwelling on Caldwell street, $75. July 11- Thomas Halfacre, one 8x12 wood frame building, as bestos siding, 2019 Glenn street, $125. REVIVAL SERVICES AT QUEEN’S CHURCH A week of evangelistic services will begin Sunday night at the Queen’s Memorial Presbyterian church, Whitmire road. The visit ing minister, who will speak each night, beginning Monday, is the Rev. W. H. Bendy of the Whit-' mire Presbyterian church. Rev. Neil Truesdale is pastor of the church. / Services will begin each even ing at 8 o’clock and, with the ex ception of Saturday, will be con tinued thru Sunday night. Be sure to see our Bargain Window! ITEMS IN THIS WINDOW WILL BE v MARKED DOWN TO ** Half Price China Novelties for the home or gift items. * * Silver Bowls, Trays, etc. Also Jewelry and other items. • V Other Bargains on display in the store. W. E. Turner JEWELER Caldwell Street Newberry MISS ILLINOIS . . model Diane Daniggelis, 18, ner of National Press Photog raphers’ top award, has been chosen “Miss Illinois” to com pete In “Miss Universe” contest. Here Diana sets out for lake spin In her Johnson outboard. v ; v ' w / It’s Not’ Tod Early To Think of Fall Sewing! JUST ARRIVED NEW PRINTS IN THE NEW FALL COLORS 36 Inches Wide 59c yd Carolina Remnant Shop REPORTS SAVINGS . . . Ex- Pres. Herbert Hoover said U. S. budget would balance and taxes could be cnt t billion dollars If recommendations *of his re-or- ganisatlon committee were foL k HONORS ROSE BIrs. Ed ward Milholland, Jr., of Brook- vUle, N. Y., (right), national chairman of “Rose for Ameri ca” committee, gives Maine’s Sen. Margaret Chase Smith pe tition signed by 25,008 sshlng rose be named national flower. “See, dear? Fve been after you and after you to see Purcells for an auto loan to buy a new carpet!” The friendly Purcell people roll out the carpet for folks who need cash for new furnishings. Just ’phone, then trip in for your money. u ll r c e i L A “Your Private Bankers” 1418 Main St. Newberry CHEATS DEATH . . . Firemen at Grandview Air Force Base, Mo., perform daring rescue of injured workman who fell 20 feet from top of 180-foot tank to narrow cat-walk. Vic Vet says THE KOREA 61 BILL FORBIDS •refresher* COURSES IN FIELDS YOU ALREADY KNOW THE LAW PERMITS ONLY THOSE COURSES WHICH LEAD TO A * TRAINING OBJECTIVE FOR WHICH YOU ARE NOT NOW PREPARED. MAXCY STTONE . . . (Continued from page 1) of the county for two weeks. Af ter this time, if there is objection to the appointee, the probate judge must determine if the ob jection is valid. If there is no ob jection, the appointee files bond with the probate judge and pro ceeds with the administration the first step of which is to give no tice in a county newspaper for three weeks to all* creditors to submit their claims and to all debtors of the deceased to pay their indebtedness to the estate. In the event claims are in dispute, the probate judge must determine the validity of such claims. Judge Stone then appoints three disinterested persons to appraise the property of the deceased. In this connection, he said ti\^t many people felt'that appraisal was in the nature of a tax assessment and tend to want the value to be low. “This is a mistake,” he continued, “because state inheritance tax is low and there is no federal estate tax on estates jbelow $60,000. tfow- ever, he said, if the inherited property is later sold, the tax commission checks the appraisal value and the seller must pay state and federal income tax on the difference between the ap praisal value and the selling price. This is true even though the pro perty may not he sold for fifty years or more. The administrator is given 30 days to have the appraisal com pleted, then it is sent to the in heritance tax commission, which may require a re-appraisal if it seems the true value is not re flected. After this initial action, there is a waiting period until near the end of the administrative year. If there is any cash in the estate during this time, it is invested in a safe institution. Near the end of the year, notice is again given to creditors and debtors that the es tate is to be settled. The adminis trator files a petition to be dis charged from his duties. After seeing that he has made an an nual report, accounting for all monies taken in and spent, the probate judge issues a discharge. The property that is, left is dis tributed to those entitled to it and the estate is closed. Some estates are not settled for years, but no estate may be settled in less than a year’s time. Judge' Stone said that while he has been in office, wills have been administered ranging in length from five lines to 12 pagee, and in value from $500 to $500,000. Talking on the subject of wills, Judge Stone recommended that every person with any amount of property should make a will. “The main reason,” he said, “is that your property will go where you want it to go. Also,, if you name an executor in a will, this will save money because it will not he necessary to advertise the ap pointment of an administrator. The administration may begin im mediately, and it is not necessary for an executor named in a will to post bond. ‘‘It doesn’t necessarily have to be a formal will, drawn by a law yer,” continued 'the judge. ^ “Any person making a will, of course, must be of sound mind and not under any undue influence or compulsion, but the only technical requirement is that there MUST be three witnesses, that each wit ness and the maker of the will must see each other sign the will. It is necessary for all four to be present when each one signs.” A minor, (under 21 years of age) cannot make a ’ valid will. No wills l^ave been “broken” since Judge Stone has been in of fice, but some could not he con sidered valid, principally because there were not sufficient wit- neses. The probate judge must make an inventory of contents of safe ty deposit boxes held by the de ceased and report this to the In heritance Tax Commission. He also reports to the auditor and the clerk of court ai}y real estate held by the deceased at the time with ‘ S ST v ^ ° MEMBERS OF GRADE 2-B AT SPEERS STREET SCHOOL dufflng the past sesaion, taught by Mrs. Furman Reagln, are left to right, first row: Doggett Whitaker, Mary Williams, Buddy Green, Phil Trefsgar, Richard Stevens. 2nd row: Phyllis Glenn, Gall Amick^ Randy’Taylor, Susan Lipscomb, Linda Morris, Ann Smith. 3rd row: | Linda Martin, Janet Ruff, Clarissa Wiliiama, Raymond Ruff, Jr. 4th row: Glenn Lister, Terry Tucker, Roy Stutts, Jrl, Steve Hanvey, Randy Stone. 5th row: Mike Harmon, Ourrett Lipscomb, Mary Ruth Armfield, Gwen Snipes, Janic^ Whitaker. 6th row: Mrs. Reagln, James Kneece, Sandra Smith, Sherion Carroll, Margarett Wherry. Absent when the picture was made were Edward Hill, Herbert Giles, Clifton Floyd, Joe Summer. (Photo by Nichols). of his death. In connection committing persons to the State Hospital, there are three ways of doing this, says Judge Stone. First, there is voluntary commit tal, where a person goes of his own consent. The probate judge has no connection with cases of this nature. The second commit tal is on .medical certification^ On request of members 1 of a person’s family or others, .the probate judge appoints two doctors to ex amine the person. If both agree that he is mentally ill, the probate judge draws up the necessary pa pers for commitment and immed iately arranges transportation to the state hospital. The person may be taken by friends or relatives; the hospital will send for them, but charges an ambulance ser vice fee; and in some cases, mem bers of the sheriff's office takes the person to he committed to Columbia. The third type of commitment is known as “judicial commit ment.” This comes about when a person is committed on medical certification, but the question lat-11 er arises as to whether the com- performance of his duties; the amount of bond being twice the worth of the personal property of the deceased if a personal, bond, one and a half times if a surety bond. “When a person dies,” said Mr. Stone, “the first thing to determ ine is whether he left a will.” If the survivors do not know of the existence of a will, the probate judge searches among the wills placed on file in his office by at torneys for safe keeping. If he does not find one there, he con tacts the attorney of the deceased tljen checks the safety deposit bdxes in banks, if any were held. Failing to find a will, he appoints an administrator. If any person has knowledge er possession of a will of a deceased, he is required to produce it in 30 days. If no will turns up in a year’s time, the estate is settled and If one later is found, it is no longer valid. Before the administrator is ap pointed, a notice of the appoint ment is published in a newspapei mitment was proper. In thip case the person is returned from the State hospital and a hearing is held before the probate judge who must then decide whether the per son should be released or return ed to the hospital. Some of Judge stone s miscel laneous duties include: working with. the Department of Public Welfare in making arrangements to care for homeless or neglected children, to place them in homes where they will be cared for or in orphanages; working with the Veterans Administration in con nection with affairs of incompe tent veterans’ or minors of veter ans; looking up old records, some going back as far as 1776; issu ing checks each year to widows of Confederate War veterans; keeping records of marriages; fil ing all papers connected with administration of estates; serve as guardian for minors and for persons not mentally capable of handling their own affairs; in co operation with city and county au thorities, commit boys and girls to reform schools for petty crimes. Helping Judge Stone with all these tasks during his nine years in office has ibeen Mrs. Mary Frances Kunkle. Mrs. Kunkle and Judge Stone both welcome citiz ens of the county to stop by the office of the Probate Judge at any time they have questions which might be answered by that office, or just for a visit. HOW’RE CROPS? . . . Burma prime minister U N« farm problems with U. 8. agriculture ° "'--a Taft Premier U is here on foed-wiU visit. z imm f: Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Daly Phones 719 & 76—Night 513-R »■; ■ p,;. T T; ,; m 119 Knots Tied Marriage licenses were issued during the month of June by Pro bate Judge E. Maxcy Stone to: James Milton Gresham and Mary Prances Waters, Newberry; Roy Herman Kyzer, Columbia, and Margaret Loretta dartefe, Whit mire; Luria E. Cumbee, Jr., Ai ken and Sylvia Faye Pitts, New berry; James Thurmond Amick, Chapin and Betty Yvonne Carley, Newberry; James C. Hannah and Janice Langford, Whitmire; Ja», Rudolph . Bouknight and Anita Carolyn Smith, Newberry; Wil liam Cary Cromer, Newberry andj Shirley Ann Koon, Prosperity; Walter L. Hansford, Greeley, Colo., and Frances -E. Gregory, Newberry; Also, James Thomas Horne and Helen Geraldine Howell, Whit mire; Charles Harrell Clary and Mary Sue Hutchinson, Newfberry; Jack Ammons and Betty Anne Nelson, Whitmire; Calvin T. Mill- stead and Alice Roton Vaughn, Newberry; Walter Thomas Lake and Dorothy Annelle Ruff, New berry; Troy Ray Adams and Do- vie Ruth Wise, Prosperity; Dew ey Crossland, Winnsboro and Y- Genia Hogge, Newberry; Howard Coats, Newberry and Mildred Eargle, Leesville; Minor Edmond Neelands and Peggy Louise Wes- singer, Newberry. Clary-Castles Richard James Clary, Sr. of Newberry announces the engage ment of his daughter, Saffie Cald well and Thomas Fred Castles of Winnsboro. Miss Clary is the daughter of Mr. Clary and the late Mrs. Es telle CaldWell Clary. She graduat ed from Newberry high school and the business department of Newberry College. For the past two years she has been working in Columbia for an insurance firm. 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