Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Foolish Suffestio". Of oil the foolish suggestions for the relief of the present cotton situa tion—and there have been many—the one credited to Bamberg business men that the South launch a “Burn-a- Bale Movement” certainly caps the climax. In the first place, it is fool ish because few sahe men believe that it would be possible to convince four million people that they should furriah- the fuel for the bonfire. A bett?r plan—but one that has no possibility of fulfillment—is to leave a part of the crop in the field. Thus the farm ers would be saved the expense of pick ing and ginning and the. lands would be enriched by the rotting seed and staple. But be' that as it may. God Al- mighty i' in His Infinite Wisdom, has decreed that a bountious harvest shall be gathered this year and 'it would seem like flying ir. the face of an All- Wise Providence to follow the sugges- r tion of the Bimberg business ( ?) men. Who knows what the future has in store for our people? How much better it would be to take a leaf out of the book of the old Egyo- tians ard during the fat years pro vide ter the lean ones that are bound to follow! Probably everybody re call* the. dreams of Pharoah, their interpretation by Joseph and the wis dom of course that was adopted in the early dawn of history. We of the present generation will do well to follow the teachings cf the Book of Books in this and many other in stances. Fact is, it would '‘etm that we have gotten too far away from the B.ble anyway. The Bamberg business men wh > endcrsed the “Bum-a-Bale Move ment" have made themselves a laugh ing-stock and we are quite stire thnt their suggestion will not be seriously considered for s moment. Rather let us turn oar time and talents to the •Mowit.e plan of safely storing the unwanted surplus *'-d effecting a drastic cut in acreage next Spring. Let us put the world on notice th.it four million bales of the present crop are not for sale and that to all in tents nd purposes the available crop of 1924 is loss than thirteen million, tests and purposes the available crop next year. That, it seems to us, is the sensible way cut of the pivsent dilemma. DOLLAR DAT SALE THURSDAY ami FRIDAY * Five Pounds Sugar One Campbell Soup J,l ’ e One Box Matches”- —- 1 One Small Car. Milk One Package. Cocoa (half pound size) ------ Six Bars Soap (assorted) Three Boxes Washing Ponder 1; > c ^ive Pounds Irish Potatoes •— 35c TOTAL --- ALL FOR $1.25 $1.73 School Tablets and Pencils at 4 cents. BrizilNuts 35c lb. Now 22 cents. BUY YOUR XMAS SUPPLY NOW BARNWELL GROCERY CO. W. A. D. BLACKWELL, Manager Barnwell, South Carolina MIKE and IKE — TWIN MIDGETS The Feature of the Zeidman and Pollie Shows at the Barnwell Street Fair ONE NIGHT ONLY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 Order Yours Seats Now-Don*t Forget Date A Veritable Riot of Color COMEDY - GIRLS - GIGGLES Jiggs, Maggie & Dinty The Three Most Popular People in the Whole Wide World in an all New Musical Cartoon Comedy Based on BRINGING UP FATHER Positively the World's Greatest Laughing Show—A Big Hearty Laugh Every Ten Seconds —It's a Wow! Girls, Fun! Comedy! Nothin’ Else But! COMPANY of 35 - MOSTLY GIRLS EASY TO LOOK AT r~ ' tickets <n Sale at Btsttrlirg and Company. Phare 16. Order Now. PRICE: $1.50, $1.00—Col 75c—Don’t Wait T u * o h m “On the farmer* cf South Carolina who raise cotton really want to help tb^mfeeMs?’* aaks (f e Charles M. Gaikway, of Waahington. P. C„ n a letter to the editor of The State. analysis of the vota iff the sec- *d primary for United State* sen- or seems to answer the query in it. negative. A careful study of the retams shows that the voters in the and cities—and not those in the ountry—elected Serator Smith. The is that the cities of Chariest m and Columbia saved him from defeat,” eay* Mr. Galloway From all of which it would seem that the farmers of South Carolina' certainly trkd to help themselves in that instance by electing a “go-getter” in the place of a “never-was” but were prevented from doing go by the town and city vote. It was clearly *hown in the recent campaign that Senator Smith has done precious lit tle fer the advancement of the farmers during his 18 years in the Senate. And Mr. Galloway apparently dois net really believe that Senator Smith has measured up tb expectations, for he writes: “A leader is required. Who is he?. Will he come forward and volunteer his services?” Well, whfit about that self-styled leader and “diagipeen” of the farmer, Senator Smith, himself? Is it possible that he H not qualified to lead the farmers out of the present slough of despond ? After having read all of the eulogies published by the daily newspapers of the State, we abao-dam-lately refuse to believe it cotton a* a means of relieving th** present actuation. He evidently for gets that there i* already such a tax. the only difference being that wh.*n the faimer overproduce he. pays this tax on hi* entire crop and rot just the aurplus and it is collected by the| speculators and oil* r< instead of by the State. A fourteen-million bale • crop this year would have meant at loaat 20 centa per poui d for cut-oiw The proapect of around seventeen- million balea have caused the faimcrs to pay a tax of from $12 to $50 ar.d $60 on EVERY bans that they have marketed to date. This tax has been in force and effect for many years and its collection does not require the ^ services of paid officers of the law The farmers do not have, to pay this tax unless they want to. The pro duction of smaller crops, with the at tendant decrease in cost*, will pav them a premium. Think it over. IS v Hu coTit* \ L, t joe-lklY vSAVA^M *r.7AU fACT»AM>* ) \X!t cor<o» y Advertise in The People-Sentinwt —— i . ~ "The Bathtub TaaT CkMMtgfc Y»S«SY »• I IMsti coire*pendent signing ~ himself Production” in a letter to the of The State, soggests a grad- tax an the ovei^production of At last “Cotton Ed” Smith . has been located. We sec by the daily papers that he was in Washington last week urging federal aid for the cotton farmers. During the debacle of prices that followed his election, not a chirp had beer heard from th.‘ “champeen” of the farmers until the market shower some signs of stabil izing itself. Now watch the distin- gguished Senator from South Carolina take credit for havirg stopped, single- handed, the raids of the bears. The Barnwell County friends of Miss Clifford Barrett will learn with interest that she arrived home re cently from China on the S. S. 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