The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 13, 1925, Image 4
THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1STH, 1925
B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor.
T&ntered at the poet office at Barnwell
S. aa second-class matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $1.60
Six Months .90
Three Months .60
(Strictly in Advance.)
THURSDAVr AUGUST ISTH. 1925
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Bein,f convinced by the t ''tion of
’he oot:>n market Monday, following
the publication of the government’s
crop forecast Saturday, that esti
mates of this kind are vahuless, The
People-Sentinel hus decided not to
attempt any forecast of the size of
Barnwell County’s crop. There is
too creat a variance in the estamates
submitted, and the early deteriora
tion, together with the unknown
amount of toll weevil damage, makes
ary estimate oi negligible value. We
thank those who sent in estimates
for the interest shown, but they will
not be published for the reasons above
stated.
The people of Colleton County are
- at last aroused to the wanton de
struction of fish and game within its
borders and a mass meeting of eitr
tens was scheduled to be held in
Walterboro Monday “for the purpose
of taking such action as may be nec
essary.” We hope that their awaken
ing has not come too late and that
there is yet time to save at least a
part of this heritage. It has long
been an open secret that the fish
laws have been flagrantly violated in
that section and that it could only be
a question of time, and that very
short, before the streams would be
hopelessly depleted.
At this whiting, we do not know,
of course, what action will be taken
by the people of Colleton, but we
certainly hope it will be drastic
enough to conserve tne supply of fish
and game. We have in mind a cer
tain stream, two hours ride from
Barnwell, where, only two or three
years ago, it was possible for a fisher
man with rod and reel to catch 75 or
100 fine trout and jack fish in the
course of a morning. Many such
catches have been reported and veri
fied and even so mediocre a fisher
men as is th’s writer succeeded in
catching a nice string Of 10 finny
beauties one day. Sad to relate, this
particular stream has been almost
entirely depleted of its supply of
fish-—so much so, that one of the
ibefet fishermen in this section fished
hard for several hours one day last
week and caught only two small
trout and one jack.
People have been so selfish and
unthinking in their efforts to break
old records of numbers caught and
establish new ones that a condition
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died only by drastic action. Not sat
isfied with being able to make such
large catches with hook and line as
those referred to above, many have
been so unsportsmanlike as to resort
to nets, dynamite and rifles in their
pot-hunting activities.
The writer enjoys a day’s sport
with rod and reel or hook and line as
much as anyone and he sincerely hopes
that something can be done, not only
in Colleton but in other counties in
the low country, to protect the fish
supply from the depredations of un
sportsmanlike fishermen.
Why a Cotton Estimate?
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The action of the cotton market fol
lowing the last two government re
ports of conditnio and estimates of
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the probable yield makes the query,
“Why a Cotton Estimate?” a most
reasonable one. Two weeks ago,
when the condition as of July 16th,
was placed at 70.4 per cent, of a
norm.-l, with an indicated yield of
13,5$8,000 bales, ti e market immed-
■ iately advanced about 1 !a cents a
pound. Then Texas was visited by
rain and all of the advance was lost
on the theory that a half million bales
had been added to the crop.
The department of agriculture’s
August 1st forecast was issued Sat
urday. The average “guess” of the
members of the New York cotton ex
change was for a condition of be
tween 67 and 68, with an estimated
yield of about 14,000,000 bales. The
government’s figures placed the
condition at 66.6 per cent of a normal,
with an indicated yield of 13,566,000
bales, a decline of 22,000 bales in
stead . of an increase of half a mil
lion. The report was not published
until after the close of the market
Saturday. Naturally. everybody
looked for an advance in the market
Monday. On the other hand, the
price declined nearly one cent a
pound. Evidently, the cotton gamblers
refused to believe the government’s
Therefore, “Why a
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A few weeks ago, when there was
talk of a crop of between 14 and 16
million bales, a prominent Barnwell
citizen, who was in New York at the
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time, took advantage of the opportu
nity to visit the cotton exchange. In
spi^e of big crop talk, the market was
very steady, advancing a few points
instead of declining. r In response to
his question as to why the price did
not decline in view of the probable
large crop, he was told that, the South
had sold the ’market heavily‘and as
long as that condition existed, there
would be no decline. Evidently thg
South was “shaken loose” on the
previous report and there is now an
excellent opportunity for those who
don’t know a cotton stalk from a
gypsum weed,, as Senator Smith ex
presses it, to buy cotton at a very
cheap price.
England fixes the price of the
world’s supply of rubber by reason of
her monoply, advancing the price of
crude rubber from 17 cents to about
$1 a pound in a short while. The
South enjoys a practical monopoly on
cotton production, yet the cotton
gamblers of the North apparently are
hand in glove with England in see
ing how cheaply this great commod
ity can he sold to the world, at the ex
pense of this section of the United
States.
The People Sentinel is not advising
its readers as to what they should
do with their cotton, but it seems to
the writer that cooperaive marketing
of the fleecy staple offers the only
practical solution at this time. Year
after year, with sickening regularity,
we see our cotton crops sacrificed at
prices that barely cover the cost of
production--hardly that when every
thing is taken into consideration.
If the cotton gamblers of the world
refuse to believe the t government’s
forecasts unless it pleases them to
do so, why issue these estimates to
the injury of the producer? And if-
the cotton exchanges exist merely for
the purpose of hammering down the
price of cotton, why not abolish them
also?
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A Cold Day in August-
H. L. O’Bannan, Esq., of this city,
has experienced the proverbial “cold
day , in August.” In a, letter received
from him a few days ago,, requesting
that his copy of The ~People-Sentinel
,be fonvarded to him ai Henderson-'
ville, N. C., as he Wants “to know
what is going at home,” Mr. O’Ban-
non writes: “I am sitting by the fire v
and find it very comfortable.” '
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that it can pull through where
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Our Ginning Plant, which is equipped with four of the
latest improved gins and one double box press, has been
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thoroughly overhauled during the summer, and everything is
now in first class condition to handle the new crop. We are
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equipped to gin 7 5 bales of cotton per day, and can assure
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the public of quick service and excellent turnout.
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temporarily at least. The former wife of George Jay Gould has won
approximately $100,000 in a sensational manner at the baccarat tables, playing
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pounds at the rate of 60 cents per 100 pounds. Bagging
and Ties, $1.25.
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When you are in a hurry—need your car right a^way, and
something goes wrong, we give you immediate service,
so you will not be delayed a minute longer than absolute-
ly necessary. No extra charge for this, service.
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