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1S40—1912.
B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor.
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THURSDAY. AUGUST 5TH, 1920
Agriculture on the Wane?
Elsewhere in this issue, of The Peo-
ple-Sentinel will be found a special
news article embodying some facts
nad figures taken from the report of
the recent farm census in Barnwell
Ceunty. Tl^’rdaperve special
thought and analysis and give rise to
the natural qnery, “Is agriculture on
tha wane in this section?”
. This paper does not vouch for the
accuracy of the figures, but Irsas-
as they are published by the
Bureau, they must be accept
ed as official, whether or not they are
authentic.
One alarming condition is the fact
that there, were nearly 50,000 less
in farms in 1925 that there
in 1920. The actual number of
is smaller by 601, which evi
dently means that just that number
of fanners have gone into other linv>s
of endeaver—forced out, doubtless,
by the tremendous drop in the value
ef farm products.
The heavy blow that the agricul
tural interests have suffered is seen
In the shrinkage of farm land values,
which declined in this county from
19,782,020 in 1920 to $5,392,275 in
1925.
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No comparative figures are avail
able on the amount of mortgage^iebts,
hat 81.1 per cent, of the farm owners
reported -mortgages on their farms.
Tlrfa is considerably smaller than the
Rgnm quoted before the last General
Assembly, when it was stated that 85
per cent, of the farm lands in South
Carolina were under mortgage.
The distressing part of the situa-
tiention in reference to the decline in
Hum values and agricultural pro-
4aets is the fact that the farmer is
faced to buy many articles that he
anat have it little if any reduction
ftcas the levels that he paid during
the Wief period of his own flush
times. The People-Sentinel is not
pffstendia* to say to whose fault this
tndition is due nor to offer any
for wiser heads than ours
over this subject. Perhaps
situation is righting itself on the
ican tourists are foolish. Many, as a
joke pasted French francs on the out
side of thiir luggage, with hotel
labels, or threw French money on. the
floor, to show how little they thought
of it. The shrinking of the franc be
ing. financially, a matter of life or
death wit£ the French, they naturally
resent the conduct of such American
idiots. •• • -1 <*!*»'* »i.
On the other hard, for your com
fort, if you feel that this country
ought to be more generous with
France, bear in mind the statement
of Mr. Mellon and the President that
we are not trying to collect one dollar
of the money lent to France BEFORE >
the Armistice. whU^the war was on.
All of that debt is wiped out. in the
•et\lement proposed. But that is not
told to the French people.
Some European countries threaten
to boycott American investors and
borrow thtir money elsewhere. That
would be a ble-smj? to many Ameri
cans silly enough to invest in foreign
bonds that may or may not be paid.
Bu-. it won't happen. Borrowing
from good old “Uncle Shylock," as
Europe calls him, will continue as
long aa Uncle will lend.
The wise American wil| invest in
America.
point in favor of the village—by the
large, proportion of home ownership
and native white, stock compared with
the city.
So the village is safe and sound, a
good place to live in, a good place
for business, a pillar of honest Ameri
canism. We are strong for.the vil
lage and the villager. ,
While a bad check law is all right,
a law to check bad banks would be
better.
Makes Millibn
lotion
ipebdlpete&t fa men
Mp* ■ Ttyat, at least, ia ope toi
off, tha problem of over-production of
fall products, with the consequent
prices, f " v •
ft Attitude Toward U. S.
with rough fcraat-
toorifts by French
that aotta Anwr-
The Village the (ornenJbone of the
Nation’s Foundation.
Let’s hear no more about the decay
of the American village.
C. Luther Fry, writirfg a report of
the Institute of Social and Religious
Research, says that, contrary to the
general impression, the village of
Americ a is growing in numerical and
social importance.
In the past twelve years villages
have increased from five to nine times
as fast as the open country popula
tion. and considerably more than the
.nation’s population as a whole. In
three out of eight regions, villages
have grown faster even than cities.
Since village mofthers have few*sr
children than those on the farm,
these facts raise the question whether
the, trek from* the open country dis
trict doe* not lead to the village as
much as to the city.
Mr. Fry’s findings disclose the
American village as the citadel of
conservatism against the insurgency
of fanners on one side and the rad
icalism of the big city wage workers
on the other. Over 12,000,000 Ameri
cans, one of every eight, live in vil
lage,s. These people are not pre
dominantly farmers. In the Middle
Western villages, for instance, only
a little more than one-tenth of the
population make* its living on the
farm
The village, of from" 250 to 2,500
population, is primarily a small-
scale' manufacturing city, according
to Mr. Fry’s sun£y. He shows that
the largest single economic group* in
villages a re unskilled laborers, work
ing in manufaqtariAe plant* and
‘'proprietors, owhers and manageri,”
the Infer having a proportion to the
village 70 per cent, greater than in
the large urban centers
The atmosphere at small proprie
torship, usually distinctively conserva
tive, dominates the villege and it, m
little danger off fatarhaatfe: It is
left her persnt’s farm In Calgary,
Oanafa end leek a aaleagiri’s peat-
tion in Chicago, selling real ertate
an the side. Today ahs has hsr
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ion for hereslf.
has mods n auii-
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further intensified—and here’s a major J Advertise in 'The People-Sentinel
BARNWELL. 8. C
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons holding claims against the estate
of^Mrs. Ada Wise to file them duly
attested to the undersigned attortieys
a t Blackvflle and all persons indebted
to- the estate will make prompt re
mittance to the undersigned attorneys.
.« ’ NINESTEIN & BAXLEY,
Attomeys-at-law,
Blackville S C., July 12, 1926.
7-15-3t.
Advertise In The People-Sentinel -
666
is a prescription for
MALARIA, CHILLS AND FEVER,
DENGUE OR BILLIOUS FEVER.
^Jt Kills the Germs.
* There will be a meeting of the
stockholder^ of the Sunlight Hosie
Mill, Inc., at the office of Ninest
and Baxley, Attorneys, at Blackvill
S. C., on the 9th day of August, 19
at lO e’clock, a. m., for the purpose o]
having the Sunlight Hosiery Mills,
It6£:; dlssc?ved, and the company liqui
date its affairs as provided by law:
J. M. FARRELL ,
July 6th, 1926. President
MONEY TO LOAN
Loam made same day
application received.
No Red Tape
HARLEY & BLATT.
Attomeys-at-Law
BamwelL S. C..
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That certainly applies to making
gasoline. Prominent oil men tell
me years and years of striving are
necessary before a company can
produce a gasoline that gives motor
ists what they want these days;
snappy starting, good pull for the
high stretches, lively motor always
— all qualities which only experi
ence can teach.
“Take ‘Standard* Gasoline. There’s
fifty-six years of experience behind
that brand. And it's the beat straight
gasoline you can buy. Always de
pendable—obtainable everywhere.
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Superpower for South Carolina
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< Power for Home ami Store, Farm, Factory and Public Buildings C>
A long stride toward progress has been made by a combination of producers for the distribution
of electric energy. \
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The joining of resources and facilities of the F.dislt) public Service, Company, (Denmark, S. C )
the Carolina Light and Power Company, (A:keit, S. C.) and the Augusta-Aiken Railway and Elec*
trie Corporation of Augusta, bring a guarantee to the residents of this community that unlimited
power, at very favorable rates, will be available to dt> all sorts of useful work for the farmer, the
housewife the storekeeper and the manufacturer. ,
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The output of these three corporations is drawn from the streams of our own neighhohood—
Augusta alone producing 24,000 horsepower from the Savannah River. Added to this great volume
are all the steam plants that the central towns, which in the past, have been the sole source of
electric supply. By this modern arrangement, thdse steam equipments will be held in reserve, to be
used as auxiliaries, to be operated only at Very infrequent intervals, when repairs may be needed to.
the water wheels, or other branches of the service.
To anticipate future needs, and provide for the botmdless cominercial and agricultural activi
ty already awakened in this section, the Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation lias re
cently completed a physical connection at Toccoa, Georgia, with the^limitless supply of hydro- power
generated in the five States of Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North -alxL South Carolina, and distri
buted through the switch boards of the Georgia Railway and Power Company at Atlanta.
These ato the visible—the tangible evidence of the supreme faith shown by tlte managements
of these corporations in the business possibilities of the district in which they have spent, and are
spending, hundreds of thousands off dollars to provide the most important agent—the most '
essential, for the 'development and prosperity of a fa^rable section, that needs but the work
faith of its citizens to achieve the very limits of industrial success, cominercial supremacy and
cultivated home life. '
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