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— If jou want aioaey, we have K— If yea hare leoey^we waot it" HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. ■R OF BARNWELL COUNTY. ’ r Consolidated lone 1. 1925. 'Ju»( Llk« a M«mb«r of tba Family” VOLUME XLIX. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 1ST, 1926. r T -X- BARNWELL LAWYER SAYS f PRESENT OFFER TOO LOW . v t; Sponsor for County Extends Invitation (Continued from 1st page^lat Section) _ \Cf 2 li, plant, possibly including the water plant, for 1925, amounted to about $7,000.00. Of course we have no .as surance that the # profit will be $7,- 000.00'in* 1926. The plant may break up. If it should, I understand, we would be benefited #>y having to put in more economical machinery and avoid the very heavy expense of the present coal bill, and if in its present .condition, it can be operated at a profit of enough to pay this interest, then with proper machinery the rate could be reduced considerably. But there is certainly a way In which this matter could be handled whereby we would have hydro-electric power and still the town could receive from the lighting system sufficient money with which to pay this interest. ., This cannot be done, however, if the people want to swallow the bait of $42,500.00, aaid by some K%igh price for the physical property* pnd at the same time be caught in the let work of a contract which puts the light and power rate in the hands of the railroad commission with a wise electric light company convincing both the people and the railroad com-l« mission that the rate charged is not adequate and should be . raised and by which contract the town is also deprived of any income fro4i thr electric company for carry ing on in the town limits the most profitable business that there is in town. . • The cash price of $42,600.00 for the exclusive franchise to operate a grocery store in Barnwell would be a money making scheme for the pur chaser if the people did not have the right to say what prices he should charge. However, this being a public utility matter, the public has the right to receive from it much more than a mere license. Suggestion as to Basis of Sale. In 1926, I understand our rate was 20c and that it brought in $20,000.00 (This doubtless includes income and expense of water.) If no more light and power is used the proposed rate of 12 1-4 cents .should bring the pur chaser $12,160.00. The gross cost to him is not over 1 1.-4 cents as shown by his willingness to furnish power at that price as staled in the proposed contract. Therefore, his cost would he $1,150.00, leading a net profit of 11c per k. w., amounting to $11,000.00. In four years he would have his money back and $11000.00 per annum , pension from the people of Barnwell, even if we never grow and never use any more power or lights than we do ^^10w; while.we tax to pay the interest the bonds. In the following I do not attempt to figure on the cost of running the light line into Barnwell, nor the cost of j management, because only electric ex perts are able to do this, but when they offer power at 1 1-4 cents per k. w., I am satisfied that these items of costs are included in the 11-4 cts. Their out-lay of $42,500.00 at 8 per cent w'ould be $3,400.00 per anium * $1,275.00 profit per jtear would give them back their $42,500.00 at the end of the 35 years. $7,920.00 coming from them each year would be the . interest on our bonds making a* total of $12,695.00. If I understand Ute figures obtained from the Commis sioners’ office, whereby a rate of 20c The members of the fihn of Harry Marcus, men’s and boy’s outfitters, of Savannah, who are sponsors for Barn well County during the great water carnival in the Georgiy city next week, extended a cordial invitation to the people of this city and the county at large to make their store head quarters, assuring the visitors every courtesy while in Savannah. This concern has gone to* great'expense to provide a beautiful float for Barn well County’s representative. Miss Nita Carter, of Barnwell, and is es pecially anxious to see a large dele gation from this, comity in the parade. In this connection The People-Senti nel has received the following letter from the Savannah Water Carnival Association: “If is with much pleasure that we advise you that the Float for your county will be located on 31st Street, facing Whitaker Street. “Won’t you please give prominent mention of this in your paper. this week, so that the people of your county will know where to fall in line and help to make a splendid showing for your county here Monday, July 6th. ' “The County Queen who has the most cars in the Parade imtnediately back of her Float will receive One Hundred Dollar* in Gold. * “It is very important that the young lady be escorted by the people from her county in automobiles and we know you want your county to make s splendid showing. We will appreciate it if you will urge this upon your readers and the people generally. “The parade will move promptly at 11 o’clock, Monday morning. July 6th. and your county should be in line not later than 10:30 o’clock ready to move.” Attention is also called to the fact that Harry Marcus is offering an added inducement to visitors in the way of special prices, as will be seen from his advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue. “CITIZEN” CITES FIGURES : . <? • **, ’ ' '■ , ON SALE OF POWER PLANT Start Remodeling Methodist Church CANDIDATES APPEAL FOR . VOTES OF “DEER PEEPUL” The work of remodeling th4 Barn well Methodist Church was started last week and when finished it will be one of the most beautiful houses of worship in this section of the State. Preliminary to the actual work of remodeling, the present building was raised about two and a half feet above the old level and the plans call for the brick-veneering qf the pqeseat auditorium and a^4^-foot bijick ex tension in the rear, with a hall con necting the auditorium and the Sun day school plant, which will be three stories in height, including the blse- rtent / > The kitchen,, dining room, social hall and heating plant will be located in the basement. On the second floor will be the auditorium, ladies’ parlor and departments for the cradle roll, beginners, primaries and juniors. The third floor wil dodtain departments for the inter mediate-seniors and adults. The en tire interior of the present building will be remodeled and when completec the new s true On re wilt preseifc handsome appearance. (Continued from 1st page, 1st Section) Death of Mr. Y. O. Davis. The friends .of Mr. T. O. Davis were shocked to hear of his death, whi?h occurred about eight o'clock Monday * w morning at his home near Snelling. after an illness of only two hours, death being the result of heart fail ure. His body was laid to rest Tues day afternoon at Dunbarton, the funeral services being conducted at his' late residence at 3:30 o’clock by the Rev. W. R. Davis, of Williston, in the presence of a large numbex of relatives and friends. Mr. Davis, who is survived by two sisters, 1 Misses Sallie and Eugenia Davis, of Snelling, and one brother, Mr. Ben F. Davis, of Augusta, was a prgressive farmer and a man of sterling worth. He will be greatly missed in the community and the sincere sympathy of many friends goes out to the bereaved family. Weiner’s July Sale. the members of the commission. He wou\d reduce the membership of the highway commission to seven, to be elected by the voters of the seven Congressional Districts. Geo. K. Laney. Evidently referring to the speeches of some of his opponents who pre ceded him. Mr. Geo. K. Laney, •••? Chesterfield, declared that he would not tear up the government, should he be elected. He expressed himself as being very glad to *** *0 many ladies present and also spoke in a complimentary way of the numerous signs of agricultural prosperity in this section. He is running his cam paign, he said, as he would the Gov ernor’s office—economically—nor is he r unning as a Methodist or a Pres byterian or a Vacant Scholarships in Barnwell County Attention is called to the fact that three scholarships in Barnwell Coun ty are vacant—one to Winthrop Col lege and two to Clemson College. The ’scholarship examination to fill the vacancy at Winthrop will be held at the Court House in Barnwell on Fri day and Saturday of this week, July 2nd and 3rd. The ecaminations for the two Clemson scholarships will be held Friday, July 9th. Additional information may be Secured from Mr. Horace J. Crouch, County Supexin tendent of Education. Beginning tomorrow (Friday) and continuing for 16 days, Weiner Bros, will stage their annual July Clearance Sale and are offering some exceptional Citadel he came here with other mem bers of the student body of that in- _ Baptist, decrying the'* titutlon to nty thpir respects to the alleged effort of some to inject the,™" 10 ^ 0 General Johnson Hagood, ‘ being a member of the squad that religious issue .into the race. The ffpeaker recalled what he has done for the farm women of the fired a salute over the grave of that distinguished soldier and statesmnn, State, for education, for Confederate CarroU D Nance ’ of . Laur * n *’] de : Veterans and .for the State- Hospital for the Insane during the" years that he served in thte legislature. * He thinks that expenses can be reduced several hundred thousand dollars without crippling the State govern ment. “I favor economy in' State government to the point where it will hurt,” declared the speaker, who op poses the revaluation of property. He stated that he was a member of the commission that inaugurated in direct taxes and favors taxing bonds, mortgages, ett. He is against a con stitutional convention for the reason etected. _ IX A. G. Outzs. Senator D. A. G. Outzs, of Green wood, says that he is “old enough to know what is right and young enough to do it,” after which he devoted »oi time to telling his audience of various efforts made by him as a member of the State Senate. Answering his own question as to “What's the matter with South Carolina,” the speaker declared that the main trouble is the various commissions, boards, bureaus etc. He then compared the a moot money spent for education in South Carolina with the amounts spent by North Carolina. Georgia and Virginia this State greatly exceeding the ex penditures in either of the others named. He would amend the 6-0-1 law by adding an extra grade in the high schools of the State and abolish ing the freshman year at college, thus having ouly three years instead of four, as at present. He took credit for the passage of the ufllform text book law, with its consequent saving on the purchase of school books, and declared that he would have vetoed the appropriation bill if he had been Governor at the time. The apeaker scored extravagance in various in stitutions in this State, pointing oat Continued from 1st page, 1st pliance with the (contract is cot the town is well taken «are of. The Edisto Public Service Company de posited a certified check for $10,000.00 guaranteeing that they would comply- with the terins of the contract. They agree^ir forfeit the purchase price of if they fail to build' the tension line into Barnwell on contract time. They further agree to come into the town on a basis of good service rendered, which means that if they fail to give proper service at reasonable rates, the town has the right to take the forty-two thousand five hundred dollars paid for the plant and build a new plant or let some other company come in and serve the town. The Edisto Public Service Company, in my opinion, is the one that is taking the risk, for they are making an investment of about $76,- 000.00, including transmission lint to Barnwell, wfekout any guarantee whatever. Now, then, in order to shpw the saving to the town and the indhrifnn! customers of Barnwell under the bom- tract with the Edisto Public Serriee Company, I will give some figurse taken from a recent statement of the light plant: • . * Interest on s inking fund, $30,000.00 $130041 Interest on floating debt light plant, $16300.00 1, Town Street lights per year 1, Cost fit. lights contract $438030 wmM 0*440 Jt After ‘paying off light bonds and floating debt there will be a balance of 00300300, which at •percent interest weald be The net profit from operation of waterworks should bo at least 016030 per month — dared that he is not the candidate of any ring or political organization but j specific instances, and declared bim- is running on his record. He is not a 1 •* f in favor of biennial “ssiorv of lawyer, banker nor merchant, but a | ^e legislature and a constitutional fanner. He gave a brief sketch of convention his career, acknowledging his debt to the people of South Carolina fof a scholarship that gave him his educa- Thoq. H. Peeples. Making a total net aaring to the to am yearly of 06,4803# The total average light bills for ia- dividuals is $1300.00 per month ead at the new rates, whiclfc are 42 per cent lower than' present bills, will 1 a yearly saving to individual mfrs of $6,048.00 per year. This will make a total saving to the town and individuals of $11306.00 per |)#ar» In addition to this the town will ba connected with - the biggest system in the Southeast. - CITIZEN. Birthday P*ty{ Peeples, a native of this county, to be Little Miss Martha Ayer Harley, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J* B. Harley, celebrated her 3rd birth- It was a great pleasure to Thos. H. * the hpmc of her grandparent. it is “wide open.” As chairman of the important Ways and Means Com mittee, the speaker said' that he was charged with the duty of providing money for'education, etc., and favor- that it i, too expensive. He in also, e<l thc indir * ct °* t*«tion aa againat the abolition of the primary the b ** t lMd,n,r ,hc fi * ht for ^ - • •onnnnnn u a , bargauui in a page advertisement on brings in $20,000.00, then a rate of .. , Vv « t a- , . , , a .j • at. 'the 7th page of the first section of 1 1-4 cents would give the company, .. . . , t o- a-. 1 this issue. of The Peopie-Sentinel. its cost of $1,150.00. Adding these, we have the Co’s, operating expensfe.. $1,150.00 Interest on cash purchase price — 3,400.00 Additional profits for Co. __1,275.00 <Fund for payment of interest qn bonds 7,920.00 —' ■ — " Rate of iSHc-Jier k. w., to raise, J annually — 1 $13,645.00 These figures are the best I can ob tain, and Udo noUjpiow whether or not they are anywhere near correct, but I do contend that the plant should disposed of upon a contract, with kient guaranty, whereby the mpany may cherge' its Inst of not exceeding ope and one-quarter cents (1 l-4c) per k. w., then enough per k. sl, to psy interest due by the town stiff then enough to pay the company a reasonable profit and interest on 'any out-lay in cash purchase price it may ha vs to make and staking fund for its reimbursement. According to Seasonable merchandise is being of fered at money-saving prices and readers of this paper who need any thing in their line will profit by rest ing the advertisement and acting ac cordingly. my calculations the rate on the amount of current now used would not be over 14c and would grow less in pro portion to the additional current used. • To present the matter ki a nut shell, an investment like this without taxA, insurance or other charges, shchild certainly not pay more than ten (10 percent), per cent unless high profit eering is to be. permitted. Therefore if the profit is $11,000.00 the invesU ment should not be less than $110,- 000.00 instead of $42300. ■ * I am not acting as an attorney in this matter, and express these opin ion only for what they may be worth to-th# Town. - - ~ V THOS. M BOULWARE. system. He closed his address by de claring that law enforcement is the paramount issue in this campaign. Ira C. Blackwood. “This is not the first time that South Carolina has been called upon to solve a difficult situation,” declar ed Ira C. Blackwood, of Spartanburg, who is in favor of taxing nearly one- half billion dollars in bonds, mort gages, etc., that now escape taxation. He favors indirect taxes, as do all of his opponents, but is opposed to the tax on soft drinks, declaring that it is not right to tax a part of the people Unjustly. He favors strict economy in government and branded the tax commission as “a menace to the people of South Carolina.” but advised the people to exercise caution in the removal of this commission and other boards and bureaus. He re called his happy childhood on the farm and the training that he received from a good mother. Mr. Blackwood is in favor of segregating State and county £axea, having indirect taxes bear the burdan of "the expense of State gov ernment He is also hr favor of rigid economy and the rigid enforce-; ment of all laws. Carroll D. N Recalling bis first visit to Barnwell 18 years ago, when, ns a cadet at The tion. He i, proud of hi. .ix year.’. bark >mon(t .. homc ma moro. record in the Houxe. deelnrinic that] >nd he r( . m{ „ ded hi , , udieMe ,h H fc, got his first political start in Barnwell County, being elected a member of the legislature. He was later honor ed by the peoplp of the State, who elevated him to the office of attorney general. While inj this office he was elected as president of the association of attorney generals, comprising the entire United States, and during the World War tyeld a commission as Major in the United States Army. He has also been honored by the peo ple of his adopted county, who elect ed him to the House two years ago. He attacked what he termed “the ne farious- appropriation bill,' 1 pointing qut that it has grown in ten years from two million dollars to more than ten million. This, he said, is due in large part to the creation of nuro*r- the soft drinks tax. “I worked and voted for it as against the Senate revaHlation measure/’ said Mr. Nance, who a^o declared that he has no apology to offer for the measure nor for the appropriations for Win throp and Clemson Colleges. The \ f* - '! Laurens man did not try to evade the issue but shouldered full* respon sibility for his part in the fight' to retain the tax on soft drinks and to ward off the * re-valuation of farm property. Mr. Nance scored an effec tive point when he held up a package! v . , . _ . , „ . ' T ous offices, boards, etc., and referred of cigarettes and called the attention of hi* audience to the fact that the to the work of the special committee, of which he was chairman that made United States government collects six . . j .. x. ®n investigation last summer and sub- cents tax on every package OoM, ihe; ^ , . , . . , mitted Us renort at the last session monuy bem* u»ed to p.y th. pon.ion, o{ ^ . AsMniWy . A . , re . of Union soldiers “who fqught against your father and mine,” he said, and sUlt of this investigation, 27 bills [HP IBP . . . were introduced by him in the House 00 voK-e ot protest is ra,Md by ony ^ whkh ^ thay ^ p.^d.would one, .od yet -ben the State of South { „ ^ prob>b|a Crohn, impose. » “x of only two! of , Ini||k|n da , |>r , ; Mr _ p tenta to help provnle the n««. M ry wou|d curU{| „ , tnd tianyt , funds; .for pensions for Confederate Veterans asd other necessary ex panses of ttk. State government, men gance and declared that he is in favor of abolishing the tax commis- . ^ i sion. He scored the highway com- gnther on .tteet corner, end <»•» the. ^ ^ ^ ^ tefutatare ." *en.r.l .n<t Crroll, ^ ^ HMtee In porteettlnr. The only wy,, u ^ to .holMi the vanou* «e—|„|„ lt , , M |,„ he raid, b thiourh the bciotatar* »nd> tt, h. -eaM build pledged himself to work shoulder to ^ ’ shoulder with that body should he he (CONTINUED ON FAGS TWO). Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Morris, on Street (Monday afternoon. ' The house was decorated in pink hydrangeas, pink roses and pink crsOe myrtle. After the children gathered many games were played out of doers. They were then served cream tad cakes. Tiny bags’of mints were, given each child. Those fjudpting Mrs. Harley and Mrs. Morris in entertaining and serv ing were Mrz. McAllister, Misses Margaret McAllister, Essie Morris, Frances and Margaret Lemon, Eliza- befh Kennedy and Elaine Harley. She received many very pretty and useful presents. “Kid Party” Enjoyed. A v^ry enjoyable affair of thia week was thq “kid party,” given at the home of Mrs, E. R. Cail Tuesday evening for the benefit of the Ban- well Baptist Church. During the evening vocal selections by Mrs. In Pales and Miss Eva Pratt, sister of S Mrs. M. C. Best, added greatly to the enjoyment of the occasion. Refresh ments were served daring the evening, .Prizes were awarded to Miss Elizabeth Deason and Master L. M. Mace. Th# silver offering amounted to $26. To Plant Bird Food. At its regular weekfer meeting Moo- day niyht, the Hty couaeU appropriat ed $65 to defray the planting bird food along the of the Virgiiria-GaroliM Field grounds near thia eKy.j Thtedid spirit e# the club sad will be greafly^ edbythemurita