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I ■t l Bd I ■ i • t the post offle* 8 C., aa SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Dm Ymr HAO Six Month* *> Thrto Month* ......—....~ AO (Strictly la AOraaea.) THURSDAY, MAY 20TH, 1937. Political Markets. One who signs himself “An Obser ver" writes from New York City to the esteemed News and Courier and complains of President Roosevelt’s re cent statement that steel and copper were “selling at too high prices.” which statement, it is alleged, caused “the market” to dive immediately. Now, isn’t that just too bad? About ten years ago, the then sec retary of agriculture under a Republi can president said that cotton at around 25 cents a pound was “too high” and advised prospective buyers to wait for lower prices. The cotton market “immediately dived”—so low that it didn’t begin an upward climb until after President Roosevelt went into office. Did “An Observer” regis ter his protest against the “political cotton market” as he now does against the “political stock market"? Or did it happen that he wasn’t “playing the cotton market" and did get "caught” in the recent atock decline? (We presume that he “plays the mar ket," as he admits that “several times recently" he wss “in a board room looking at stock prices.") Unless “An Observer" condemned Secretary Jardine's statement that resulted in such s drastic decline in rotten pnees. we refuse to shed even "crocodile tears" over the "political stock market" of which he complains Incidentally, it might be rrmarked in passing, that "Aa Observer" has been s prolific, persistent and caustic cntic of the New Deal and all »f its psrsry Prwe Using Nits RveeyWdr ta i as* <WTSopowdin J shape ot potting an the job or poymg higher wages. The awtive hack of these attempts at amfiltaining high prices is the theory that only by getting more money for his wares can the "little man" in business survive. Facte and government statistics explode this theory. There are more “little fel lows"—that is, independent mer chants—in business in the United States today than ever before. It hardly seems to be a proper concern of any government, State or National, to protect incompetents, but that is the tendency of every legislative ef fort to prevent price competition. It deprives the distributor or merchant of superior ability, because it makes it illegal to sell more cheaply than his competitor does. The real victim of price-fixing laws is the ordinary citizen, the consumer, who is usually overlooked when such legislation is being drafted. Behind every such measure are “pressure blocs” composed of manufacturers and middle-men seeking their own financial advantage at the expense of the public. They are well organized and vocal. They send representatives and delegations to committee hear ings—and the law-makers seldom hear from the consumers as such. They are not organized and have no spokes men. A real consumer organization with no pet theories or fads to air and really representative of the average A meric-»n home could do a lot to stave off thr steadily rising coat of living and might be able to block iQ- rrrd efforts to keep Why should the ■wnufartgsur be bp law to At the retoil eel)- bag price ef aa article? It la that the retailer la allowed a It per differential in fixing the eel ling price that la, he can charge anywhere within the bmita of AO and 100 per cent of the nationally advertised price—but in the NRA code for the graphic arts industry there was also such a differential in the price Hat adopted and the whole thing waa de clared unconstitutional by the Su preme Court. And, strange to relate, many of those who so strong!^ ob jected to the higher prices under the code have been quite active in foster ing the passage of the new legisla tion. There is one possibility of relief for Mr. and Mrs. John Consumer: If certain manufacturers persist in the practice of fixing a nationally adver tised price for their products, and the law makes that price mandatory, other manufacturers may market similar articles that are “just as good” at a cheaper price. After all, there is no compulsion to buy the nationally priced product. Brown-Varnadore. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Boyles announce the recent marriage of their adopted daughter, Miss Gladys Brown, to J. C. Varnadore, of Luray. The cere mony was performed by the Rev. J. J. Swindell, pastor of the Christian Church of Varnville. The young couple will make their home in Luray. Medkal Association Meets. The regular monthly meeting of the Barnwell County Medical associa tion was held at the Shamrock hotel ia Blackvill* on Thursday night of last week. After the aeeeting had been called to order, several matters of import ance to the aeeociatioa wer The local office of the national re employment agency, since its in auguration in 1983 with Col. N. G. W. Walker, of Barnwell, at the head, and Mrs. Goldie C. Holman, also of • • Barnwell, as his assistant, has placed hundreds of men on the payrolls of private business. When the office was first opened office spat‘e gjid equipment were fur nished by the town of Barnwell. Since the destruction by fire of the town hall, the offices have been moved to the old Caldwell building on Main street. At the office any unemployed of this section can register and when possible will be placed on the payroll of some private organization. Appli cants are carefully interviewed to ascertain as near as possible just what work they are best fitted to do and if they are thoroughly competent in that work. All of the workers on CWA and WPA were put to work through this office on the various government pro jects of construction over the county, such as the construction of the Barn well school building, the Williston field house and the Blackville gym nasium. These buidings were built by private contractors and the labor had to be of the first class to be ac ceptable to these contractor!. During the fiscal year ending July! 1, 1936, the Barnwell office led all of fices in the State in the placing of men on private payrolls, being ahead of such large offices aa Spartanburg. Greenville, Columbia and Charleston. At the present date the office ranks fifth ia the State and Colonel Walker states that he ia satisfied that he will be able to raise this total before Jmly 1. The record shows for itself the alapn which have been made in thm sectlen toward la the pie cement ef labor an peM* file severa! very desirous of securing a position come to the local office and register. Of the hundreds who have been placed through this branch, many are now holding responsible positions; others, who, prior to the depression were working at jobs they did not like or could barely make a living from, have found work which they enjoy and can make a comfortable living from, and others, who found tempor ary employment, have reutrned to the office for the purpose of being regis tered again and another position found for them. ■ It is believed by local employers and employees that the continuance of this agency will keep down the unemployment situation and render inestimable service. tytUlidStuiq* •TO FUNSTNKUIKvmMIB] m is mu utan ^ MMINMfhdkdlllll Husdradi W tom Kriving miftKflr m add • m« Uca to •to aky ttn< . . . jm. It Taboo KK'KRGY to PLINO TOWERS SKYWARD I CLAUS8EN S BREAD Is "Ale Coax^Moood"—qaickly eoolod la dtv pare, woshsd ok. cmd wrap at proper lompscotara —CL . AEirS BREAD to al ways ntxsa at rout Grocer'*. The "Bonus Boys” vs. High School Team A game of baseball between mem bers of the local American Legion Post and the Barnwell High School team ia scheduled for this (Thursday) afternoon at 6:80. Much interest is being taken in the scheduled game and those who will attend will have the pleasure of seeing such “old timers’ as Angus Patterson, Martin Best, “Pat” the barber, Rowdy Gleaton, Wil son Walker, Ted Girardeu, “Little" Perry Price and others back on the diamond “doing their stuff." The opposing team of high school boys is expected to giv c the “bonus boys* a feed match. Coast eel sad root for your favorite team. NOW IS THE TIME TO REPLENISH YOUR SUPPLY OF STATIONERY We Are Offering very attractive prices in all our BEAUTY WORK Tested methods only are used in our shop. Nothing is left to chance. We use only the best. For Appomtment PImmm 43 Barnwell Beauty Shop Mr, and Mr*. A. F. Carter *pret Mother’* Day with the Utter’* seat. Mr*. Ussto Ray. GlenvUU. Ga^ on which date Mr*. Ray celebrated her 76th birthday with a family reunion. She ia the mother of 18 children, 11 of whom are living, and these, to gether with 81 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren, were nil preaent with the exception of two grandchil dren. Mrs. Ray’s relatives and friends in Barnwell County will learn with pleasure that she is in the lead for the prize offered by the State of Georgia to the mother having the greatest number of children and grandchildren, the next highest num ber being 59. Other nieces joining her on this occasion were Mrs. Belle Dyches, Mrs. C. H. Delk, Mrs. D. J. Hartzog, Mrs. J. P. Collins and Mrs. J. 0. Sanders Presented in Piano Recital. ( Blackville, May 15.—On Friday evening, May 7th, Mrs. G. Frank Posey presented Miss Louise Collum, the talented 15-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Collum, Sr., in a lovely piano recital. The gymnasium of the Blackville high school was at tractively decorated for the occasion with floor baskets of mixed garden flowers and jardinieriea of white shasta daisies. Miss Collum’s numbers were per formed with fine quality of tone and interpretation, sad a Urge audience enjoyed the benaty and lerhnsqne ef Mton Celtum wne as rugvnm by Ifiins Lifts •d; Serenade, ep. 8 (Vkter Herbert) Valor triale. eg. 44 (ftibetm*), Mia* CeJlum; Norwegtaa Dance, op SS. No. S (Grirgl. Mias CoUam and Mrs. Posey; violin sals, Mia* Tsai; Slew Movement, from Moonlight Sonata, op. .27, No. t (Beethoven), Mias Col lum; violin solo, Mias Teal; To Spring, op. 42, No. 6 (Grieg), Dark Eyes (Peery), Mias Collum; The Glow Worm (Lincke), Miss Colhim and Mrs. Posey; violin solo, Miss Teal; Liebestraum No. 3 (Liszt), Miss Col lum. WILLISTON-ELKO DOWNS BARNWELL IN TIGHT GAME Williston, May 18.—Williston-Elko defeated Barnwell he^e this after noon in the 10th inning when Lemon muffed Whitaker’s infield drive and Greene scored to break a tie and 1 end the game, 5 to 4. Barnwell held a one run lead until the fifth inning, when the locals scor ed two runs on timely singles by D. Ponder, Benson and Rogers. Lemon’s drive to left field in the eighth inning went through Crouch and was good for a home run, scoring Carter, who was aboard, and put Barnwell again in the lead. Still added another run for the visitors on a wild pitch. W’illiston-EIko came back in their half of the eighth and scored a run when J. Ponder pounded out a three- bagger, scoring Fienikrn ahead ef him, and went on to deadlock the fount in the ninth inning. With two gone hi the 19th amUg, Grm C reach b*et eat aa mfieU aaa ha by earn «4 THERTTZ THEATRE RAftNWIU* flL C MON DAT-TV BOAT. MAT 84-89 FRED M«Ml RREY sad GLADYS SWARTMOOT m Champagne Waltz MATINEE TUESDAY—4:90 P. M. WEDNESDAY. BARGAIN DAY MATINEE 10c—N1TE 10c-15c PRESTON FOSTER in “We Who Are About to Die” MATINEE 4:00 P. M. THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 27-28 SIMONE SIMON and JAMES STEWART in “7th Heaven” MATINEE THURSDAY 4:00 P. M. SATURDAY ONLY, MAY 29 Jane Withers in “Holy Terror” —ALSO— CHAPTER FIVE THE PHANTOM EMPIRE With GENE AUTRY INSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILITY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS AUTOMOBILE THEFT Ctlhoa. tad Ca. r.*. !n> BtILO A UUUTB Tt TIRl -rmAmro do bsifito farming mm tMCLU UVBTOTR CO TOUR REDDY KILOWATT We Have Moved WE HAVE MOVED INTO NEW QUARTERS IN THE BUILDING FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY GEO. PEEPLES, OPPOSITE THE BAP TIST CHURCH, WHERE WE ARE BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER TO SERVE OUR MANY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS. WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT US IN OUR NEW HOME AND, IN THE MEANTIME— “LET TED DO IT” Plexico’s Dry Cleaners Barnwell, - - S. C. 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