The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 14, 1925, Image 3
Till RSDAY, MAY 14TH, 192.')
THE BARNWELL BEOPLE, BARNW SOI TH CAROLINA
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Ye'tei'an.s and their sdn.; whose
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ith in property rights ,\vkf evidenced
An Address delivered by Dr. W. M. I years, only to-be'bartered away for
•lobes, of Barnwell, at the reunion of federal patronage. We are smothered
the members of Camp Morrall, U. D.! |y illustrations of this sad truth.
The police jiowerfof the State is one
of the fundamental rights of a State.
Some day some man will tell the
people - the whole truth abdut prohi
bition, which now is one-aif thelivest
at Meyer’s Mill. S. C., on May 2,
192.). Dr. Jones spoke impart as fol
lows:
The
causes of modern wars are
for
the most part either due to adesire for
conquest of territory or for enlarged
markets for commerce. To find its
causes we must go back 700 years to
Run.nymede meadow when the nobles
ufM'higlamf wrung from King John in
the Magnet Carta the inalienable right
of theTreeborn citizens, which are the
foundations „of Anglo-Saxon c : viliza-
tion. In the defence of these rights
against the theory of the“divine rights
of kings”Cromwell’s Ironsides brought
a new day in England. Our forefath
ers, emigrated to America that they
might build a better civilization in
this fair and pleasant land. These
rights are f »und as the germ in the
character of every American. These
by four years of war and ten years of
Reconstruction, see themselves taxed
out.of houses and homes to the 1 point
of property confiscation ?
We have come to the place where
many believe that we shall e,r.tcr at
once into the millenium if vfe can
i have what these taxes are. levied for.
The 'mo.-t dangerous thing we face
today is a leadership 1 which has
frfcrikly rejected all the garnered wis-
, , . j dom from the experience of past gen-
and deadest of questions. We have !
. , , - ' . , , 1 erations..
with all our might tried to surrender; ,,
, • , • . , they
this legislation and enforcement to
the federal authorities.’' The pros
perity of the* State is bound up in
some reasonable control of our rail
roads, but this right we have side
stepped iii favor of federal control.
Federal courts are rapidly assuming
jurisdiction in litigation that belongs
strictly to State courts. The fe deral
treasury is handing out sums for high
way constitution, but in- the main
for federal purposes. The success
ful venture of getting into the con
stitution tlu* 1 kth amendtm/nt has
emlxddened those who' would strip
In their own estimation
are the source and reservoir of
all wisdom, and when they die, wis
dom .will die with them. As a pro-
gresshe people living under the
finest civilization the world has ever
seen we must advance, but are we
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getting all that wo*are paying for?
Do the multiplied taxes on automo
biles being back a 100 per cent, to
the o- Education from the one
tt leiu-r country
I aid-il college.'
school to the state
re necessary' to • a
le. but it is another
inalienable rights, of life, liberty, and jthe State of the last vest ge of
:hn pursuit of happiness gav<» (s#cpres-j'tate » rights. -I am not blind to the
cion to the Bill of Rights, the 'VclaVa- j fact that each surrender has some
turn of Independence, and ti e Con- good end in view, but where will it
stitution of the United States. In'end? Who mak( : s our game laws?
the defence of the.'- rigots was Who would vest inva national bureau
fought the War of Independence and jin Washington the control of our
the War of IS 12. ' j -'chools ? Who would sunemler the
Now. it has been stated that the ''nuternity in the state with federal
Confederate war was fought to p,,,..' safeguards.? ^ All of these p* iceless
privileges of “state rights” we are
itrying to turn over to the-nation.
The “right of the people to bear
corned how theV might end it withpvu] r ar - n,s sllaI1 n,a 1 "’ in ^ in ^e'l " The
hjurv to the rtave> and their’“ f th( ‘ American r.rmie, was
long 1,-fore the Abolitionists of the UhU ,ts So,,iuM;<
North were born. Freed slaves were stral, - rhl l:i huntin g- house
io raritv in eveiv part of the South'.f o1 >vpn*sentatives parsed a bill t>
In the- South \v» re men who heal as nutlaw P ist ‘ ,ls ;, »" 1 ammunition from
•sacred any vested property right.'• In I with ting avowed purpose
•he North were sonu ny n who
jumposed by for ce
the inalienable ri
right consecrated
tYecmeii f« r 7(ct y
jK-tuati -n of slave
petuate slavery. Southern men and
women who were in direct touch witl^'
th»* evils of slavery Were deeply c'-»-
1 progressive peopu
. thing to ask whether we are getting
ai! that we are paying in taxes, for
education. The men who nay tin*
; taxes to support CTemson, and other
state* a d-d sch ols will some day ask
where do I get my return-? The
nun who are taxed millions to build
highways will some day face the
' quest ion -f w hat they are, getting
1 for their taxes.- Our forefathers
went to the heart of the mattt r say
ing it u not a matter -of slavery as
an : ::<itution, but my inviolable
rights in i^roperty. We need today
in the matt* r of taxes something of
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Bamberg-Barnwell- Orangeburg
summer! school
June 9th to July 17th, 1925
COURSES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ON
WHICH CREDITS .MAY BE SECURED TOWARDS
( ERTIFJ4, A I E R EN FAN A I S.
THIS S( HOOL HNS THE ENDORSEMENT
OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
FOR FURTHER .INFORM ATION ADDRESS—
A. J. THACKSTON
ORANGEBURG, : : SO. C AR.
ALLENDALE FRITT CO.
Allendale, S. C\
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arms
t' - destroYj
rht-
hv
in property, a i •
t he blood- of ,'
Not 1 . e iter- ! '
a -i ins.’ itut ion. !
>ut ’*
;f my ji:*
>] Ui'ty ^ •
;] v I a vos
n 1m
di-ri-gai
’•■dcd. whai .-I cu
r*; ( StV ^ight
> itV can
\'t‘ h;
ivc tor j
m any
Then’
1 ', •'' 1 ’
or rca! nos-
><s«fro*(s'v”
thus preset
materia! f
arbitrament
ei
1 to
u* -
t!
ta
o.f tin
“statr's
as the ;
South
:*■. but
- sword.
rights”
hreaten-
*'Che issijt
' wa-, not
for the
The principle cal!
was Just''a- irdien
ed property i ights. Whenever in the
past any royal/ government Rad
■•hrea’ened the soverign rights of a
colony it- people rose in rebellion.
When the states entered into the
* ’’edefftl union they expres-ly reserved
( very right which has not been -pecifi-
cally suiTendelvd to the federal gov
ernment. Now arcs - a new theory
that the might ot the federal authori-
■ tv*- is a stronger r ght than all of
* t'
the state's
irtuiranteed for 300
these new theori- - arose the Con-
■^foTle*-dt(‘ war. because the South real-
.zed' that the frundation-' of Anglo-
Sax ti < rvilization were at stake.
The militarv historv of America
>f !ca\
ing the i>;-i
.tc*(
•tion
of the banks.
he home in the
country,
, the c iuntry
mho.ll'
te;ichor. n]> in
-t be
county iioaco
iffici r-
. w'-i'L* th
( 1 y
;irc* i
at th* morcy
ff ;■ rmed ,thues:
j
f WO
could stand
*.*shh
■the. corr.r:
id ( , '
s* wb
o fill graves
in bat
(le field--.
p p •*
i t hi
• who won .
Eor u ,
the vie'
)r'i<
■s * f
Ro -on.t* me-'
lion, a
: i tell in
■m
what
wa* lutve re-
J" v
AlH'
.>arr<-tifbu’ xif •-
■date’s
r'uiits, tl i
•V \
vould
1 answer that
V.t* hi;
\a* barterc
, i
our 1
leritage for r
the soirit which is the heritage from
the Confederacy.
I am not here accoui ting f r" it.
bu:•the most dangerous feature of
opr day is that in public and private
estimate our poonle have lost faith
in the nunhi;u ry of government.
Our father- believed they were the
be ‘ en earth. The right f trial by
jury vv..s a man’s -safest road to jus-
nose wh() have bvei
the-e institutions hav<
to such shoals and (puicksands
• • last r.\ t nty veers have cost
. -titut.o:'' more pu'Nlic c on -
than will be regain - i in the
a me-- of pottage, and that -ve have
e\'.-ha!’«ged patriotism f r. politics.
One the caus*.‘s of the Canf -der-
ate w: r vvas the attempt ’ > invade
the property rights in slaves. It was
not perm tuatiny of slavery, but the
-acred inviolability of propertv. rights.
That (UK'stym ir one of the livest we
face today in taxes. Taxes necessary
to support the govertrment i; : one
thing. It is a vn-tlv different matter
ta-e.
men. A
them i
uatii t
: i •
lab-n,-.
next c
time
by its
was a
h*
t;
Tgur.
You
remember the
n.ntl . office wa i(led.
hol(i*.r a'r a public trust. It
crown placed orf tin* holder’s
1. to- be %yoni worthily and t<
down
r ; ght than all ot |-(N-_
rights which
when tie* so called public- support re
sults in confiscation of private proper-
Originally the tariff was he signed
thab private
property
ernnier,’.. Tin* political p-os abilities
of the taiiff were ton evident to be
overlooked by the politicians who
wanted the labor •volt*. The
Conditions, of the Ann-: tan
cn had beeil jto tax imports" ratheT
years. Out ofWnvoneetv for the sunport of the gov
j handed down untarnished j. to his
children. Today these crowns are
Used as stepping stones-to higher of
fices. The dec ay of public confidence
has gone so far in South Carolina that
when millions cf dollars are raised
for any purpose we do . not believe
that we have * any citizen,, however
high, who can handle this sum apart
from some fotrn of financial or poli
tical graft. -'This decay of public con
fidence luts come in less than a gener
ation from the day of Wade Hamp
ton. I call you to witness that I
make no attack on any* person, or
on any state institution, but J do
call on you to face the* spirit of our
times “which is a virtual surrender of
ivirjf—khi vei’y four.dations of Anglo-Saxon
wage ’ civilization as u has borne its finest
Southern Baptist Convention
MEMPHIS, TENN.
May 13th to 17th, 1925
Special reduced fare's of one and one-half for the round trip
have been authorized from all points on the Identification Certi
ficate' Plan, whi/h' certificate can be .secured from Rev. Charles
A. Jones, Baptist Headquarters, Columbia^ S. C.
SPECIAL THROUGH PUELM\NS
will* be openited for a comodation of delegates and visitors (en
this, occasion from Columbia and Spartanburg on the following
gcheduh : ——y -- "— —
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nnrtahburg, Southern Ry. 10:2') a. in.
.VTn-xilie, Southern Ry. 2:10 p. m.
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Tue-day, May 12th. Leave
Tueday. May 12th. Leave
Tuesbay. May 12th, I ettVi
Tuesday, May 12th, Leave
Tu< sday. May 12th, Leave*
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■ Wednesday, May* lath, A.-rrvt M*-rhphis. Southern Ry. 7:25'a. m.
('onvent:VL nieets ]() (/ lock Wednesday mormng, May 13th.
The Pullman will be open for obgupancy at Columbia at
10 o’eb.ck Monday night, lltji for convenieHce of j>aiscngers ar
riving on the evening trains.
Excellent dining e-ar s*-rvict* for all mealKcnrouto.
You will ei^joy a tr u < n the t “LAND Ord’HIE SKY
SPEC I. VI.” through the ' !•*, muiful mountain seetioiiXpf North
CaroHmi r.m! Fast Tenne (‘e. along 4he • French Broad River.
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has no more glorious page than that-earner must lx* the best in the w old.* ^ 'Wer hi the* South. Apart from
written by Confederate armies from! The tariff is too big a question to be ! our net 'd for real religion, our greatest
'CiL to Y>.'>. Half of the Confederate j discussed here, save to- say that - the | weed is
armies were d/ad on the fields of bat- loll weevil bitten farmer of the
tie. These who returned t*> fight and South who must buy articles of Am-
uan
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the battle-', of Reconstruction erican manufacture is, each year
u c*d greater nerils under nvn..* severe forced to pay in tariff into the bank
handicaps than they had found on the accounts of these factories more than
battle
lion
stake
or .,;be leaven of the spirit
of til-mi and fiT the victories of ten
years _of Reconstruction.
field. Everything that civiliza-, half that he .makes. The farmer
id won in 2.0fMi year-’v.as at could pay the Height on almo-t any-
und(*r the combined onslaught thy.ig he buys in American markets
day across -the* continent and the (dean
rein wed from \fi*ican jungles, and I and pay less f u - thc*se American p.ro-
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War Recollections.
Bv M. NS
Jones. Co.
S. C . V.
II, 17th
(Jltc
•uiinrmc.ipled. cat pot baggers. Anglo
Saxon civilization found it- vi'VV life i pays
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at- l>ay, Ix'foi c
South found
dcpi‘nd(*d the
negro suprenn-cy. The
s farms upon which
it of th< ir loved
imouitiiu;
•ues eat’ r up 1*> the iiiiijuitiTus taxc
of radical legislature^, for the en-
* ichment * f corruot ojTice holders.
The 13th, 11th and loth amendments
of the federal c n-titutioi were
ammed-down their throats with fed
eral bayonets at every county- seat
in the Slat.-. History has no parallel
of men outnumbered and >verpowered
on the field, and who in peace won
such .victories as were won bv
* . g . . - • •
South during Reconstruction. Be it
cleifrlv-remembered that these victor-
in European . markets than be
here. Taking the For dr y-M(*-
t'umber tariff under which we now
pry tariff- 'prj* •- s. ami we -ee that on
every pair ef .-l-ax-s and sub of woolen
cl.itbcr less than half of the price
paid is for the' v iiue of tin* g'<*ds. fh**
balance is confiscation* for the en
richment-of tH<* inan-ufacturer. On
everything that goes into' hi- life
frevm the needs of the .cradle
to the grave, the; farmer pays an’ejf-
orbitant tariff which is an invasion
of Ins property rights. Not only the
clothes for his family, hut*, the pro
vision^ for his pantry which are'
b( ught, the utensils in which his food
is cooked, the sewing machine by
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ies were not won by violence nor fraud j which hi^ clothes are sewed, the scis-
at. th t ballot box *■ > much as by the* -ors an<l cutlery of his home, the
sufierb statesmenship of SoutheiTi , funiiture of h : s house are priced so
high that mmv than half is taken
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leaders, and the wholehearted loyalty
of the rank and file of the disbanded
armies. Posterity will ever remember
that in peace y m regained th,* funda
mentals of the highest civilization the
world has ha- ever known.
When.the history of the years suc
ceeding the RecOnstivtion is written,
it will ' recall the remarkable.* fact
that the sdldiers 'f the ('onfcd-iiracy
and, their >ori.- surt'-vhdered for- ;r
mess of pottage the inalienable rights
which they had firmly secured in the
Reconstruction, Tiu* .-ons ef the
.South are foremost, t’> pioclaim the
fact that the principle of "state’s
Vights” ; s dead. It lived for more than
fought for
and during
trying days that filled the next ten
the fad of Fort Sumter, en-
Rsti.ng went on at a rapid rate and
sppn all the young men of 17 and is
had gone Urvatci faster than they
c u'd i) ( . armed*and eejuipped. In the
meantime, our first company from
Barnwell, (apt. Joe Brown's, wan
sent to Morris Flam! to be taught the-
rudiments of war. They were given
army tents which would furnish sleep
ing quarters for 12 or In men, so
the men from about] Blackvilb* awd
Healing Springs occupied one
and, as I was told by -one of the <x -
eoi^ants! of -that particular tent, • one
night about ten p. m. a storm of wind-**
and rain came up and lifted the tent
from over .them after they had gone
to Led and as the rain passed they 1
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body else. Every car on the road is a used car, in a sense, unless it
is fresh honr the factory. Here you will find many used cars with
thousands of .comforts, health and profit-bringing miles left in them.
There is surely one that will appeal to you and your family, and only
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feJUlhat they were the most misera-
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cation of property rights, under the my father, who ♦ was the wag of
guise of tax(*s for federal support’.
Added to these tTxleral taxes are
state ’axes whose multiplied hands
reai h ou*. to touch everything that
mab-s' up life. Everyhing that en
ters into you 1- pleasure, your hard
won luxuries, or Vour businc-- trans-
actions is used a- an occasion for
state taxes. Thi s is not-in-war-torn
France or Germany, with crushing in-
denjnitdes, ig/s England, nor any other
burdened nation, but in Arileri yr. th-*j, w 4 * . '
/ . . nV-m ■ tought.
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What wa worrying me an.l other J
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war would end before we were
enough to g> t( . fur it st 'riA
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