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VOLUME XLVIIL
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JUNE 2.VTH. 1925
NUMBER 43.
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STATE TAX LEVY
HALF MILL LESS
LIMIT ALLOWED BY ACT NECES
SARY. BEATTIE FINDS
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Scopes Case Trial Room and Chief Figures
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Is Five and a Half .Mills.—Majority
of Sjate’S~ Funds Raised from
Indirect Tax Sources.
The tax levy for ‘ordinary pur-
. oses” of the State government, as
xed in accord with provisions of the
tuiual appropriation act <;f 1925,
..mounts to five and one-half mills,
ne-half mill less than that of 1924,
was announced Friday by A. J.
i eattie, .comptroller general, who has
itified the divers county auditors and
■ easurei-s of the State, of the levy ile-
t-riniiied.
Undef the provisions of the soeall-
i -c.-o-l” sch<)ol aid law there is also
t.i he levied in each county for school
, (1 a tax of four mills, this on addi-
:* >n to the three mill constitutional
Tax also devot 'd to this purpose.
The ^wo null levy for highways
• • nl bridges, under authority of Sec-
^' on 79 of the appropriation act, is
-uspended for the year and county
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Weevil Infestation
Is Extremely Heavy
FIGHTING BOB
LAID TO REST
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Within the pa<t few days? the editor I L \TE
of The People-Sentimd has personally )
inspected several fields of cotton and 1
finds that, while in some fields the !
infestation is apparently very light,!
in others great damage is being done j
by the boll weevil,. One of the‘fields i
visited belongs to one of the largest i
farmers in It.u nwell County who ' fs ■ Th „ bodv of Robert Marion U Fob
doing everything possible to 'cOrjtrol
SENATOR SLEEPS ON
OREKN HILLSIDE.
Death I hursday, Afternoon Ends.
Spectalular Career of Senator La
f ollette of' \\ isconsin.
the pest. At one erid of his
j *' l!l ''’’ L nitetL States Senator front
held, j Wisconsin, was laid to rpst Monday
near some woods, pract.caby the e,,-'. j,, l(n ^.narked plot o n a verdant hill-
tue bott»m crop has already, been ; S1(k . at Madigonf , Wis -Fighting
destroyed by the weevils and they are it,,], •• as bt ^
at Madison, ■ Wis.
as he was known to his friends
and admirers, succumbed to .« heart
puncturing the remaining <qua.res on
the stalks. Further away from thej attiU . k in Washington Thursday af-
wj7 ( ,d s . h,owever. the infestation is whi i ( . recuperating from a
tn|u h lighter and very little damage ilb'vt oe cold. ‘ 'l
Next month attention ^yill be centered on ‘Uie little tbvtU. of (Dayton, Tenn., where Jolin T. Scopes will he tried
»— — r ; . - for violating the state law against the teaching of the theory of evolution. Above Is the Rhea county courtroom
auditors nave been advised by Mr ; where the trial will ho held, and 1, John T. Scopes; 2, John KfOodsey, attorney for the defens'e; JI, S. K. Hicks,
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Beattie not' to enter this levy.
In the instance „ of Charleston,
Rcrkelcy and Williamsburg Counties
there 1s levied an additional tax of
i oe-h^lf a mill for the-Santee bridge,
for which the levy has heretofore
been one mill. •
Ip all counties, of course, there arc
also the levies for ordinary county
purposes, foF schools, bonds, loans,
etc.
The appropriation act provides that
the levy ,for ordinary State purposes
shall hot exceed five and a halt miMs,
which maximum limit it has been
f land necessary to levy.
“The five and a half mills.” Mr.
Beattie said, “will produce approxi
mately $2,500,000; total appropria
tions amount to $9,380,602.66. The re-
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The various'indirect tax sources: the
income tax;-the inheritance tax. the
business license tax, departmental
fees. etc.
“Of the total more that one-half is
devoted to-educatipnal purposes and
. this Without including the receipts
, from the seven mills levied as the
three mill constitutional school tax
; .u! d the four mill ‘‘6-0-1” tax.
“The .appropriation may be divided:
• Educational,^ $5,181,000.
••Admmi-traticn. $1,991.0(10. (Minus
senior prosecuting attorney; 4, Jml^e J. T. Raulstou, who will preside over the trial.
More New Subscribers
Added to Mailing List
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Several more new subscribers, have
been added to’The People-Sentinel’s
mailing list since the'last issue of
this newspaper and quite a number
of renewals have been received, which
is very good evidence that the paper
is winning new friends and keeping
the good will of old ones. .
Those to whom The People-Sentinel
begins its weekly visits with this
issue are as follows:
J. C. Sandifer, Blackville.
Mrs. J. W. . Vrledge. Jacksonville,
ainder must*therefore be met from ^ Florida. H
Mil ledge Black, Blackville, No. 3.
C. W. Wall. Gibson. N. (\
W. T. Hanklnson, Meyer’s Mill.
L. E. McCormack. Rlacicville No. 2.
Renewals have been received from
the following subscribers: '
Wm. Morrison. Blackville. *
Chesley H. Bates, Blackville.
B. F. Gardner, Blackville No. 1.
‘ It. H’. ^rartbu Blgckville. •
J. 0. Long,, Hilda.
Col. 11. D. (dilhoun. Barnwell.
Mrs. G. H. IvVan,. Biltmore. N. C,
U* i Bank of Williston, Willis ton.
1 The Peoplo-Sentinel greatly ap-
'.•eciates these remittances and ‘ex-
the hoju 1 that other subscri-
Cucumber Crop Goodi;
Boll Weevils Thrive
T. F. Hogg Succombs
After Long Illness
id'.l76.000 received in fees. (tc..
t iv the “net cost” of $815,000.)
' “Pena! and charitable institution
$1 Afd.noo.
"Pensions.- $7,>5,000.
■ ‘ Lcgi s 1 a live do part me n t«
“Tluv-c figun "1 courst
of publi
tine.'
Im expended bv the State highway d(
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] I'res-es
1 bers will send in their renewals
$157,600.
do not.
n i the t-cul of publii ( \pcndi-
here arc the same millions to
>ru
mptly.
Spelling News.
Blackville, June 21.—This* is prt>b-j
ably the best cucumber seasmi, from a
lfiiuincia| standpoint, Blackville has
ever had. The vines have he'd up re
markably well end the stock is green
and way above the average of previous
years. - '
Numbers of farmers have 'alrt/fcly
cleared enough on their cucumbers .to
pay 'jtiig year’s expenses on their en
tire crop. An unusual large number
of buyers have been present through
out the season and bidding has been
lively on -the street sales and on the
loaded cars. ,
T^ damage the Boll Weevil is do
ing to the crop in this section was a t
great surprise to the farmers. The
weather had been hot and dry and the
farmers were not expecting much
trouble, but since the rainy weather
has set in they are here ’h great
numbers and are doing quite a Jot of
damage. Some farmers report that
they can scarcely find a square that is
not punctured. Some gia^i-telligcnt
farmer* claim q is the worst damage
they have ever had since the weevil
first made its { ppearante a_jnmnber
of‘years ago. Quite a number of the
best farmers have come to the eori-
,elusion poisoning was not necessary
and now it looks like it will cause
thousa’.ds of dollar' lo-s. to t! is sec
tion.
Dr.
Thomas
l’'. .Hogg,
has been done' ko far. This farmer is
fighting the weevil with every means
in his power by rapid cultivation,
picking up the squares and pc.isot^-
ing, with both molhses and calcium
arsenate and with calcium ai-senate in
dust form. A | atentod wec^-il-catcleAr
was run over a ouarter of an acre of
this cotton Monday rnorning and six
weevils were caught.
The above field probably in an ex
ample of extreme infestation, but like
incidents are reported from other sec
tions of the cornty. On the other hand
many farmers ropoyt that their fields
are practically free frono . infestation
and no poisoning has been done up to
thfs time. The giant is fruiting rapidly
the
ex-
and with va.orao'e seasons for
next- few vvreie*r good yields are
prominent | >
physicianqand farmer of. Alle.ndalc j ' t > a
(’ounty, died at his home near Kline ;
at mjdnight' Thursday night, after a 1
lingering illness from which he had j
been suffering tor the past five years. |
^le.had been at El Paso, Texas, foi
his health for several months and had ! Th< * man .V • fri <‘ luls (,f M «‘- Norman
returned to his home near Kline ! Gamble, whirr in addition to his
Barnwell Insurance
Man Wins Fine Trip
about four week ago. He was grad
uate of The Citadel and the Ciiarjes*
Position as vice-president ,of the
Home Bank, of Barnwell, rep r *‘ s( * n t s
ton Medical College and although he ( the; Southeastern Life Insurance Co.,
was a physician of note, he had follow j /Tfeenville, 1 as won a trip to At-
ed his profession for several years, 'antic City by writing. $16(1,000 worth
.having devoted Ms-time to his large ! insurance- during the \iast year,
farming interests. He'had spent his j In fact.xjie exceeded that amount by
entire life m and hear the community, several thousand dollars and expects
Funeral services were held Friday ’ to receive a handsome bonus in hd-
afternoon at five o’oclock .at Cave ' hition to the,trip. The live-wire
Churph. a- large concourse of sorrow- ‘ agents of this South Carolina compan
ing relatives and sympathetic freinds , which, by the way, led all oilier life
gathering to pay their last tribute to ^insurance companies in the amount of
his memory. Dr, Hog is survived by new insurance written in this State,
his widow, who was Miss Moly Creech will go to Atlantic City next month,
and two sisters, Mrs. A. B....Appleby, : The People-Sentinel congratulates
of Allendale, and Mrs. Harriett, of Mr. Gamble and hopes that he will
SeQ^rtor La F ollelte was h pictur-
pesque figure, having; hgen in.the Ijme-
light for many years. He was Gov
ernor-of Wisconsin for three ternu
and represented that State in the
United States Senate for many years.
Last year he was an independent can
didate for President and fought val
iantly to establish a third pary in this
country. He was known * as an in
surgent in the Senate, as he refused
to adhere strictly tt> party lines and
often voted with the Democrats on
important- measures.
Rumor jjays that one of his sons or
his wife May be appointed to fill the
Vacancy caused by his deatfh.
Orangeburg. There are no children.
Killed in Auto W rec^
One negro wa- killed and several
have
a wonderful time.
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j . >Mr. (I. L. Hill and daughter.
Marie Hill, were the guests of Mi
iture a> the re-ui’^ of ]>ua!ie de-
l>’d t r ni the ia-ople. So in < rd'-r to
my reybuiion in taxes we must
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Snelling. June 23.—Mr. Melvin
Lane speot the week-end at his home
at Caitersville.**
Mr James Cook, of Bamberg, spent
Sunday night with bis parents, Mr.
and Mis. 11. M. Cook.
Miss
were me gu<
T. (). Davis ahd sisters Saturday.
Miss .Mittit-, liaij,', ef Augusta, and
Mrs.- W . ( '. Kymedy and, ( hi'dreti, ot
W illi.-ton, snei’! Wednesday withMr-.
H. M. Cook.
Messrs.. R. .R. and S. K. Moore
; pent Thu'-iiay afternoon in, Bam-
bevg. , .
M's. M. M. Mooie has njt^rfied to
Ot hers were more or le*s s^riouMy in- ; On April 10, 1843. a little babe was
jured Sunday afternoon in an auto- horn ui the home of Mr. and Mrs.
mobile wreck a short distance of Lees. ' Jacob Brunson, near ( ave, S..C., and
in Bamberg eounty. It is understood *ooif she grew into girlhood, thence
tl.at. the machine was being driven at to womanhood, tor this was no other
terrific rate of speed and the driver! than our deceased friend, Mrs. Jane
Celebrates Eighth Birthdav.
blackville. June 23.—A delightful
event of last week wa< the Jiarty
givep., by Mrs. Leon Martin in honor
of thl- eighth birthday of her- little
.daughter, -Dorothy. Merry games
were played and delightful refresh
ments wore served. Everybody pres
ent enjoyed iiie occasion immensely.
a
.was’ unable to negotiate the*-- Short-1 ( reech. (
curve at the poir/t \?J+!e the highway ; She became I be bride of Mr. W. 11.
• crosses the Soufflv'rl s Rail<fTrrTraeks. ' Creech January 29. 1859. and they
The car .which Rvas! a Vive-passenger ’.Hverl most'' congenially togethr r and
Buick touring
Dchninr-k tr;iv(
almost
a
t-t.'il
Tiend
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the (I
.negro chai
nd the property of a j wt-re faithful in every respect-.to their
r.ng salesman, was ! marital vows.
Rvrerk. It iv idyl hat Early in lit'-- Mr s. Creech became
the machine -wrfs' converted, and was baptised in full
Baruwell Farmers
Grow Many “Cukes’
Farmers of this county are now
finishing a very successful year with
cucumbers. About 260 cars have been
sold at Blackville, practically ill of ^
the car lots being shipped from that
point, J
Althoug the dry weather cut the
crops'a good deal, some large yields
and gross returns have been gotten,
in a few cases as much as $500 to
$600 per acre. Of course the above
Js''the exception, but on the whole
the crop has been profitable to prac
tically all that grew if this year.
Numbers of farmers are growing
soy beans for hay and the seed this
year for the jjrst time, and it is he's
lieved the beans will be of great value
as hay, grazing crop and soil builder’ '
as well as for a cash crop" Com
crops have improved a great deal
since having rains.' Prospects are
good for a good watermelon crop with
good prices.
The cptton_erop jn most sectipns of
the' county is vbry good, with the ex-5
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eeption of the cotton gotten up late.
Farmers are busy plowing as often
as possible. The boll weevil ha^ al
ready become s> nous in marry of the
cotton fields. Square pitkinr-qnd fast
cultivation is general. County Agent
Boylston haS been verw busy making
weevil ,infestation counts and assist
ing in the purchase of dusting mater
ial and machinery. Between 4(V arid*
50 dusting machines have been .
bought in the county in th<^ past
week. A determined effort i. being
made to control the weevils this vear.
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Advertise in The People-Sentinel
in company
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with
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(leterminc' 'which, expenditure
best aff >r<l to reduce and in-
s'Mict the lyw makers to so i educe ap-
propriations;,
“It is not a tax burden, btpi an ex
pansion burden.”
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home here after a pleasant visit
to her daughter. M)/s. P-i W. Patter-
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I Mrs. H. M. ('cTojk and far
<1 services'fit Ro.qcmat'V B;
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Ford Sales Continue Good.
'">n, of Allendale.
Mi . and
ly e.ttepided
tist church Sunoay afternoon
Mr. and Mr;. VV. (’. Bill, of Wil-
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listoii.fwere vvsitors here Sunoay af
ternoon. . ir
The Dicks Auto ('o^ of Barnwell,
‘.says that sales figures' of the Ford
Motor Cofnpany for .the moi-th of
May show a continued good domestic
demand for Ford ears and trucks, the
la-t ten days qf the month showing’-a
substantial increase over the previous
ten da\js.” Ttiy figures also disclose
re- oi'd-breaking sales abroad and in
the high-price car field a growing de
mand-for Lincoln eats. In tret, the
Williams-Robinson.
Blackville, Jure 16. An event of
much importance to rmny Blackville
friends was the marriage last week
of Miss Fannie W illiams, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Williams, of New
Holland, to Mr. Joseph Robinson, of
HcVhune. The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. Byron Gunter, a
cousin 'of. the- bride. About a hundred
Important Notice to Subscribers.
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Since consolidating' The Barnwell People and '1 hi- B-miweil
Sentinel, the rnaiing lists of tin* two pape s have been eombitad.
As stated jn a previous issue. The Barnwell People-Sentnn-l will
he mailed each week Jo subbsei ilier> of both paper*. Where a sub
scriber was taking The People and The Sentinel and was paid in
advance to the latter, due credit was. given, as w ill be-seen from
the address label on the 'pajw-r. . -
Now it is poor' rulr-that doesn’t work both way-, and th“ pub
lisher of The People-Sentinel requests every suhsciiber who is in
arrears to remit i piomptly. Every effort lia* been made t«> get the
mailing list cbrrected-jup t>i dat* 1 and all that is necessary fm a sub-
i- mae
n Savannah and /membership i-f - the Allen’
to-.k ad-, outage Church, of which dp- proved to
mot faithful mnm|ker until death.
! She‘will be gream missed in every
i phast--of life, yi'd while her gqin is
_ nur- f,' . may we reaW/.e that all
things r ,work together for g'.od to
thos< that love "God. Words , are in-'
adequate to describe her loyalty as a
a mother, but
duties until a few Jt^urs before her
irid 20th. and on
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SUM
U-r to find out how* mia h he owe
to examine the date
on
I.ineoin sales ' in the United State
during May went to a new record with And fifty guests were present to wit-
9»;K deliveries t<> customers, exceed- w?* the important event.
>g by more than fifty the record os- Immediately after the ceremony the
ucblished in April. • happy; couple left by automobile fur
Fo,-,l ear and truck sales for the a we<fj|ing_ trip in the-mountams .of
month reached a total of 201.779 of North Carolina.
which number 19,576 were foreign The bride is a popular young lady,
sales. Thist-Jis a record for foreign noted fi>r her sweet disposition «nd
deliveries«nd is more that 1,100 above the gvdom is a splendid young man.
the April sales. * 1
Advertise in The People-Sentinel
They have the best wishes-of hosts
of friends for a long, and happy life
together.
hi* address label. It'shows the month and year of expiration (all
subscriptions (late from the first of each month); For instance,
if the date reads "Jan. 25" it means that a Subscription expired
January, 1. 1925, The figures af. for the year not the day of the
month.; . .
The People-Sentinel is making every effort to givecit"- readers
.one of the best weekly. newspapers in thi* section of the State,
but, frankly, it costs money.- and a lot of it. Subscriptions are
just as much a palt of the 1 legitimate 1 returns'of a newspaper as
advertisements. Losses jm either hurt the paper to that extent.
i. The editor believes- that his subscribers appreciate his efforts
fo give them a worthwhile newspaper anti he is asking them to .
show that appreciation in a material way by sending in their re-
fptwals without delay. While he does not-j.want to lo-e a single
reader, he does not care to send the paper to anyone who does not
want it. dr who has no intention id*' paying for it.
A* a special l^ivor, he asks that this matter be given immediate*
1 attention. * ’ ; .
! friend, a [jejpmate
may her 4ii'jh Christian'character and
influence stand nut prominently in the
lives of her fiv** children.
Mrs. (‘reech was: tip doing her home
few; J 1
death. She died J»
the following day funeral services
were held at' Mien’s Chapel church
amidst a concourse of sorrowing rela
tives ai'ul friends who gatht-reij/'t<>
pay their - last i ites to one whom they
loved and. honored,. ' . . f
He;- pastor, the Rev. Guy Martinj
of Allendale/"wus in <h;ii;gc <|f the
services and spoke. - mLt beautiful
and comforting—tlfopjghtk. I:
The remain* of Mrs. ('reech wei^-
, laid to rest in Allen’s Chapel c-em<b
i teiy beneath a mound of flowers the-^>
being only tokens of the love and
esteem expressed by the frinds and
JbVed ones of the d<>cea.*ed. Siie leaves
t'i) mourn her death an aged husband
-and fiye ehiUlren. .Messrs. B. F.
^‘reech. of Atigusta. Ga., C. S. (‘reech,
of Barnwell. Lawrence Creech. of
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News from Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst. June 22.-r.Mr.*. ■*(’. D.
G.-iiitt and children, of Beaufort, are
spending some weeks here.
Miss Margaret Haarper, who for
the past school term held a position
at Lykesland, is back at hom<> again
for the holiday*.
■ Mi ss Margaret Harper, who for
dale, and Maude Stelnmeyer, of Beau
fort. were here for a few hours on
Thursday, taking advantage of the
opportunity to join a swimming < p ar *
•ty, and enjoy a plunge in the limpid
water,* of the Lower Three Runs.
Messers. S. H. Gantt, and Harper-
and (‘aider Ellis motored to Y'xrnville
on. Friday on :i fishing trip. A storm,
however drove tl em from the sw-amp
before many fi*h coukLbe caught.
Mrs. I,. C. Fowky. who has for
several weeks been*pn a visit to re
latives in King's Mountain. N. C., is
back home again.
( rops in this section are progress
ing very well, but the gardens are
Ibndly in need of rain. *
Bates-Kitchings.
Miss Saflie Pinkie Bates and Mr.
Matthews Parnell Kitchings, both of
the Williston community, were mar
ried Sunday afternoon at five o’clock
J at the home of the bride’s panents.
j Olar, J..A. Creech, of Ulmer; 36 grand j Mr and Mrt , c j Bate
Sallie-Ayer, of Ulmer. 36 grand
children and one g»at grand child,
and a host of relatives and friends
who will miss her ever welcome smile
Miss Reba Sanders, of Orangeburg,
arrived in .towW on Monday to nurse
Miss Pauline Richardson, who ie quite
ill at her home here.'
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