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I TbcB irn well P«opW-S<mtin«l / B. P. DAVIES, Editor uni Proprietor. ' ■— btowd «t tb« pwt offic* at Barnwell 4 S. C., aa second-claes matter. « '>•* % ISf, ■ ' WaW ra E' A. m v BtjBSCRIPTlON lATMt Tkr ...... $1.60 Six Month* ..... JO Thf— Month*—..— JO (Strictly In Adrmnca.) THURSDAY, JULY 2tTH, 1920. After all, the promise lt)f a candi- *Re to fill an office ‘Ho the beet of hi* ability" doesn’t necessarily mean a great deal v ^ : i i j’gfc Or# in Edgefield County there’s a candidate for the Legislature who promises, if elected, to “always vote on the right side.” Say, that gby ant humai. -4 ; Our good friends, the editors of The Bamberg Herald and the Waiter- boro Press and Standard are belabor ing each other again about the merits «nd demerits of their respective coun ties. Now, if you ask us, our opin- y,. ion is that. While both Bamberg and Colleton are mighty fine counties, * old Barnwell County is the best place to ^ - Ihre, and we suggest that Editors Hitt • and Smoak start a movement to an nex onto this ^county and settle their controversy in a sensible manner. continue the good work (Access is cer tain. Continue checking up on your (V'didatea for the Senate and Ho rise aad have as many ah possible pledge emselves to vote against the tax. Support actively those who ere with us and oppose vigorously those who are against us. If you can use more photographs like those already sent you inform this office and they will be forwarded immediately. Very short* ly other literature will be sent you for distribution—see that ev#y voter in your cou^y gets it. Don’t fail to have everjrvotar favorable td us qualify for the primary by signing the club rolls —this is extremely important. We *re depending upon you andJcnow we have your heirty cooperation; for this is your fight and it MUST be won." The People-Sentinel is not at this time discussing the merits or demerits of the soft drinks tax, but is merely calling attention to the dangerous pol icy to which the bottlers are appar ently wedded—dangerous to them if the voters become sufficiently aroused and dangerous to the public if this or any other class of corporations is al lowed to shape and direct legislation in South Carolina. v ATTENTION, K. K. K. There will be a regular meeting of '*nwell Xian la the Masonic Hall every second and fourth Tuesday nights in each mqnth. tendance is requested. • full Notice to Delftor* and Creditors. Notice is hereby given tq all per sons holding ciaimi i^ilinst the estate of Mrs. Ada Wiae.to file them duly attested to the undersigned attorneys at Blackville and all persons indebted to the estate will make prompt re mittance to the undersigned attorneys. NINESTEIN & BAXLEY, Attorneys-at-law, Blackville, S. C., July 12, 1928. 7-i5-3t. , v A Martyr for the Cause of Right F* ■ r>r s '4 H 1 Av ' r The entire nation has been shocked by the wanton killing of Don R. Mel- lett, youthful crusading editor of The Canton . (0.) Daily News. Officials and citizens agree that the murder wag's thrust at the very vitals of law order. Like s captain leading bis forces in battle, Mr. Mellett has fallen a mar tyr to a system which in too many places in this country is getting a strangle hold upon government. Vice runs rampant in hundreds of cities, and towns in America. Nearly* every day we read that public officials, charged with the enforcement of all .laws, have been arrested and exposed’ for grafting or laxity of office. Corruption in public office should not be tolerated. Don Mellett, a born fighter, stood alone for week* in his battle to rid the city of Canton of thieving office-holders, rum-runners, drug peddlers, gamblers and gunmen. A brave and courageous yditor, shot down, the victim of cowards who were afraid to fight him fairly. Now—too late to save Don Mellett’s life—Canton rises in indignation. Can ton realizes more forcibly now wh-it Mellett was fighting for and why he was fighting. The Mellott murder is strong proof that good citizens, in all cities, should rally to the active support of news paper editors jpnd officials who have the courage to xdefy the powers of wvil. Crusading editors usually have tha mere approval of the better ele- of their communities, but not active, virile, efficient encour- and assistance. Indiffer- on the part of the citizenry only to help the vice, rings. ► A Dangerous Policy. 4.-V m The South Carolina Bottlers' Asso ciation, with headquarters in Colum bia, is entirely within its rights in working for candidates favorable to the interest of its members and in op posing those who art not, but in doing an they are treading on very dangeroys ground and following a policy that may prove a costly boomerang. As The State, of Columbia, points out, “But forty years ago, when South Carolinians conceived the railroad cor porations were controlling legislation fat this State, rewarding friends and punishing opponents, the people be come aroused to indignation, with the reOult that the pendulum was made to ■wipf from one extreme to the other —from intense legislation pro-corp- oratisti to intense anti-corporation, and it was long years before bitter an tagonism subsided, with o law-enacting equilibrium.’’ ' Nor were such activities Confined to aTX Something Rotten in Denmark. , Over in Georgia, 85 small banks closed their doors within the short period of#ten days. The charge has been made that the alleged dealing at bucketshops by officials of the Bank ers Trust Co., of Atlanta, fiscal agent for the smaller banks, was responsi ble f(A the numerous failures that have brought hardships to hundreds cf families whose hard-earned savings have been swept away. ■ In this State a larty* bank in Col umbia failed a short time ago and carried down with it branches located at two widely separated towns. The charge has been made in this instance that the bank was “deliberately wrecked." CrimiAl proceedings will in all probability be pressed to the limit against some of the officials of the head bank. It also appears that the State bank examine^, W. W. Bradley, was a heavy borrower from the defunct in stitution. in spite of the fact that his salary is $4,500 a year and expenses. Several banks in the lower part of the State also closed their doors in the past two weeks, but so far as we know no charges of mismanage ment have been lodged against the officers. All of which leads us to the query*, “Why is a bank examiner, anyway?" Our observationr has been in the past that he has acted more in the capacity of an undertaker than otherwise—tak ing charge of the corpse and attempt ing to give it decent burial. Daily newspapers throughout the State are demanding that Governor McLeod remove Mr. Bradley from office end appoint a strong man who »* under no obligations to the banks of the State through loans or otherwise. The situation needs drastic action and far from shrking the confidence of the people in the banks, as many profess to fear, it would strengthen their faith. There have been entirely too many bank failures in South Caro lina in the past few years and it is possible that they have been taken too philosophically by the people for their own good. A long time sentence to the'rock pile would no doubt have a salutary effect. And another thing: Avfeid tlie hanks where doubtful borrowers say it is easy to> get loans. Do business with those whose officials have the f«putation of being “hard/boiled.— "tight" or whatever name some choose to apply to those whose sound, com mon business sense leads them to re gard the money placed in their care as a saertd trust and to safeguard it in every way possible. Legitimate busi ness will not suffer thereby. True, many could not get the “wherewithal” upon which to splurge and buy lux uries beyond their means and when the bank from which they borrowed fails, manage by hook or £rook to evade payment of their obligations. The time has come for a return to the old high standard of honesty and integrity, when a man’s word was as good as a bond and any attempt to return to' gain wealth by questionable practices invited social and business ostracism. ■ ■■ ; . { tins State alone. Similar attempts oc eorred in other States with similar re m .v h * *■' gaits. !•, * ‘-t- On the front page of Saturday’s is- ■Qrf qf The State there was published V^confidential bulletin,-’v over the irignature of R. R. Bruner, sec- mftaiy of the South Carolina Bottle -s’ Ig,^, —r voted for the soft drink* tax and nko a list of those who voted against the tax. The closing paragraph of the bp; If 4ou hud OUr friends A man Puts k ^ ^ A WOMANS *lN6tfc ANt> SHB "Purs ONF IN'rtp ^ MASTER’S SALE. Pursuant to a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas in case of Home Bank of Barnwell, et al., against Barnwell Cooperage Company, the un dersigned Master for Barnwell Coun ty willl sell at public auction in front of the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., oq Monday,- August 2, 1926, the same being salesday, between the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, purchaser to pay for stamps and papers, the following described reaPand personal property, to-wit: All the real and personal property of Barnwell Cooperage Company, more particularly described in mortgage of Barnwell Cooperage Company to Home Bank of Barnwell, dated Sep tember 24, 1925, and recorded in the Clerk’s Office for Barnwell County, in Real Estate Mortgage Book 9-J, page 555, and in Chattel Mortgage Book No. 19, page 605, and consisting chief ly cf its mill site in the town of Barn well, S. C., knorin as Lot No, 4, as shown on Plat recorded in Book §.-A, page 306, of the Clerk’s Office for Barnwell County, containing Eight and 28-100 (8.28) acres, less one acre, more or less, said tract of land being bounded by right-of-way of Southern Railway Company, lands of P. M. Buckingham and estate of J. O. Pat terson. O ALSO: /Timber and Timber Rights upon the following tracts of land, to-wit: Tract of timber, in Richland Town ship, Bapiwelf County, S. C., therein described, containing five hundred and fifty-two acres, more or less, known as the Darlington Place. Tract of timber in Barnwell County, S. C., therein described, containing Ninety acres, more or less, being known as the Emma Nix Place. _ Tract of timber in Barnwell Coun ty, S. C, containing Four.een Hundred and Seventy-three acres, more or less, known as the Brown Place. Tract of timber in Barnwell County, S. C., containing Thirty-five acres, more or less, therein described, known as the Joe Sanders Place. Tract of timber in Barnwell County, S. C., therein described containing thirty-five acres, more or less, known as the J. S. Collins Place. Tract of timber in Barnwell County, S. ‘G, therein described, containing One Hundred and Forty-seven acres, more or less, known as the Lamar Place. Tract of timber in Barnwell County. S. C., therein described, containing One Hundred and Ten acres, more or less, known as the Sam Williams make said deposit the Tract of timber in Barnwell County LMm 1 * 1 ’ will immediately retell the said premises-«n tip same term* and conditions. • S. C., therein described, containing Twenty-five ceres, more or less, known a* the J. O. Banders Piece. Tract of timber in Barnwell Cojmty, S. C., therein described^, containing fifteen acres, mor# or. less, known as the J. O. Sanders Piece, — ALSO All machinery fixtures and other personal property of said -Bymwell Cooperage Company, located upon H* said mill site or elsewhere. Under the said Decree the success ful bidder will be required %o deposit with the Master, a certified check or cash in the sum of One Thousand Dol lars as a guaranty that his bid will be complied with, and in case said bidder G. M. 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