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.FT. M. V « At » *M ADVn- Am PDA. 1, ms. *Just 1.IIc«)«k Memb«r of (h* Famllv" [NORM; LIFE INSURANCE Volume l. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY M. 1»27. .!« ■; MF""' TRUSTEES VOTE TO RAISE MONEY UNANIMOUSLY DECLARE THAT ■—-* 8GHOOLSMUST RUN. Considerable Interest Manifested in :/• Meeting Held at Court Hose Monday Morning.''. * ^ ♦he unanimous adoption of a mo tion offered by Caipt. W. D. Black,of Wilfiston, requesting the pamwell legislative. delegation to devise a method* of raising sufficient funds to take care of an estimated deficit of $25,000 of $30,000 for public schools featured the meeting of school trus tees, members of the County Board of Education and members of the county delegation in 'the Court House here Monday morning. Under Capt Black's motion it will be necessary.to make 4 special, levy in a majority of the school districts to provide money for the deficit. Members of the County Board of Education pointed out that the deficit is due to the fact that many school districts have bean spending beyond - their incomes and also because of the fact that the as- s sessed valuation of property in the county has decreased greatly in the past two or three yean and about 15 per cent, of the tax money is naver collected. Monday's meeting, which was ah* tended by trustees from practically every district in the county, was call ed to order by County Superintendent of Education Horace J. Crouch and was opened with prayer by Dr. W. M. Jones. Mr. Crouch then stated the object of the meeting, which was pri marily to disc use the matter of school finances, the Board of Education be ing faced with an estimated deficit of $25,00 or $30,000. He had no criti cism to make of the'trustees, he said, as they are performing a great and necemary work without remuneration. The problem to be solved, he said, has been brough about by increasing ex penses without increasing revenue. Dt. Jones, who has been a member . of the Board of Education for the past 25 years, recapitulated Mr. Crouch’s statement, mating that while operat ing expenses have increased in that time, in his opinion the schools have improved 300 to 400 per rent He thought it unwise to use money to h? received in 1927 to pay <926 claims, end asked the county delegation to*ar- range for a loan in order that the schools might get on a cash basis, this loan to be paid by special levy in not more than ten years, ar.d in five y^ars or less if possible. Mr. Clarpnce J. Pickling, of Black- viDe, ( the third member of the Board of Education, said that the problem is to raise more or spend less, ami ex pressed the opiniofi that it is not desirable to do the latter. He made a personal reference to the amount of his own taxes and the benefits that his children are receiving in the way of an education and said that he con siders the price very reasonable. Col. J. E. Harley, « member of the House of Representatives, addressed the meetng and read a statement showing the amount of the tax levies in the various school districts fn the county, and compared the highest and lowest with like leties in Bamberg County, which county is said to be out of debt. Mr. Harley also read a statement that he. had prepared in which it was shown that the total in debtedness of Barnwell County af the present time is $457,684.02, of which amount, however, $223,000 is bonded indebtedness for highway construc tion and the principal is to be paid under the reimbursement act by the State Highway Department, the county being Hable for the interest. Thus it will be seen that, aside from road bonds, the total indebtedness is $234,684.02. Col. Hadley also read a letter from the State Highway Department in reference to the proposed plan to spend $360,000 in paving the highways in and .around the towns of Barnwell, BlackviUe and WiUhton, in order, he said to correct the imprsesfam of many taxpayers that the county will lose Hue money unless it is used at this time. The letter appears elewhere in this issue. Col. Harley dosed .fey / saying that the people had elected him on a platform of economy and re trenchment, that ho intended do ing everything in his poorer to redeem his campaign pledge. His Bartiwel} Fanner . Seeks His Crown I HARLEY INTRODUCES BILLS IN LEGISLATURE TO LOWER GASOUNE PRICES m mm mm Barnwell Representative Makes Investigation and Finds Wide ^ Difference in Prices Existing in South Carolina and Geor gia.—Price la Cheaper in Columbia Than It la in ’ ...A J 11 I . ^4 Charleston, Where Refinery la Located. The above is a likeness of George T. Swearingen, of Trenton, who was recently crowned "Cotton King" when he won the crown and reward for hav-. inf raised more cotton per acre in 1986 than any other farmer in South Carolina. Col. N. G. W. Walker, of Barnwell, who received - honorable mention in the contest, stated Tuesday that he is out to win this year and ex pects to lift "King" Swearingen’s crown from that monarch’s lordly brow. QoL J. E. Harley, member of the House of Representatives from Barn well County, spent the week-end in the city with his family and when seen by a representative of The Peo ple-Sentinel Saturday morning; he stated that he has introduced two bills in the General Assembly that, if passed, should bring about a re duction in the price of gasolinet in Barnwell and other towns m the State. This matter was first agitat ed by The People-Sentinel a short time ago, at which time it was stated that the reason gasoline sella at a higher price in South Carolina than fa» Georgia was because this State re quires a higher test product. Ool. from W.P. Lowe, credit manager of the Virginia-Carohna Chemical Cor poration, of Augusta, who* sets out that for several months he has been a customer of the Consumer’s Oil Com pany, also of that city, "and that this company has sold during the past year gasoline that is as good as any that depoqent has ever purchased, and yre- sumes that the same comes up to the test of the State Oil Inspector; that deponent is at present paying 23 cents for gsaolme, which is the general re tail price of gsOoHne in the' City of Augusta at the present time, which amount includes the four cents gas tax; that deponent further says that some months ago gasoline in the city Are Worriedg Over Scant Rainfall The farmers generally are said to (be disappointed over the rainfall this Winter and are worried for fear that the present lack of moisture will be overcome by heavy downpours during the growing season. They point ont that the past two or three Summers have been quite dry in this section and that good cotton crops have been made. It would be unusual, they say, for 1927 to be another good crop year. They are of the opinion that a dry Winter does not presage good crop prospects and for this reason are hop- ng that there will yet be a heavy rain fall during the remaining weeks of Winter. It is understood that complaints are coming from some sections, par ticularly Bamberg County, that the lands are so diy that difficulty is be ing experienced in breaking the land. CUKE OUTLOOK FOR 1927 GOOD J. B. HIXSON WRITES OF FROS. PECTS THIS TEAR. Says Acreage in FlorUa Atmut 8am« s^ Last Year.—Thinks Deal Here Will Be Better. Harley says that hif Investigations at Augusta *was retailing as low as have led him to believe that this is 1 19 or 20 cents, including the gae tax; not the real cause and he is trying po and understands from others that Early Asparagus Is Shipped from County Mr. J. L. All, of Dunbarton, was a visitor here Monday and told a rep resentative Of The People-Sentinel that he shipped a bunch of asparagus that momigg by parcel poet to Hall and Cole, commission merchants, of Boston, Mas*. It is also undertood that Mr. T. R. Pender, of WHliston, ■hipped several bunches last Friday. These shipments which are probably the earliest on record for this section, are due to the unusually warm wea ther 4hat has prevailed for a number of days. -— - - Royster Fertilizers Sold by Local Dealer The F. S. Royster Guano Co., of Norfolk, Va., begins publication of a series of advertisements in this issii" of The People-Sentinel. This brand is 1 well known to the farmers of this sec tion, many of whom have used it for years with much success. Royster makee fertilizers for all crops grown in Barnwell County and their prices are in line with the products of other well kfiowu manufacturers. The F. S. R. brand is sold in Barnwell by the Formers Union Mercantile Co., which is now booking orders for the coming season.*- Those in need of a good fer tiliser will do well to get in touch with the local dealer. Death of Mr. Sam Dyches. The friends of Mr. Sam Dyches were grieved to learn of his death, which occurred seven o’colck Thurs day morning at the home cf hie sis ter, Mrs. D. H. Cain, of Healing Springs, after long ill health. His body was laid to rest the following day in the Double Ponds Churchyard, the Rev. Mr. Toler, of Springfield, conducting the funeral services. Mr. Dyches, who was 31 years of age, it survived - by three brothers* Sheriff Bone)} H. Dyches, of Barnwell, Messrs. Aiken Dyches, of Augusta, and H. P. Dyches, of Ellienton, and two sisters, Mrs. D. H. Cain, of Heal ing Springs, oncT Mrs. D. P. Baxley, of EDenton, who have the sympathy of many friend* in their bereavement. Hen Lays Large Eggs. Mrs. J. S. Plexico, of Kline, lute a hen that lays , eggs that are record- breaking in aize, being fully as large aa a turkey egg. This hen produced three such eggs last week in as many days and they were placed on exhibi tion at The Best Pharmacy. One of the eggs was broken and had. two yolks. Advertise in The k People-Sentinel. reecflutiou that the delegation devise •oom method of raising sufficient funds gs meet the existing deficit. A roll call vote was token and the raeo- lotion nnenimnosly adopted, 72 to 0. After a short diecu—ion of another affecting afew districts, the remedy the situation by the enact ment of onti-truet legislation. He has introduced a bill to amend Article XIV, Volume 3, Code of Laws, 1922, by striking out two. sections of the said Aiticle and inserting in lieu thereof new sections regarding unfair discrimination and sales for the pur pose of injuring competitors. Col. Harley has made a special trip to Augusta for the purpose of inves tigating prices and grades in Georgia and succeeded m securing affidavits from gasoline and oil dealers and con sumers from which it appears that consumers in this State are being dis- crihunated against unfairly. For in stance, it appears that there is a re finery in the city of Charleston and that gasoline refined there is shipped to Augusta, freight of nearly two cents a gallon is added and the same product sold in the Georgia city at wholesale for four cents, a gallon less than it can be bought in Charleston where the refinery is located. It is also pointed out that the same gaso line is also shipped to Columbia, with the added cost of transportation, and sold at retail for three cents a gallon less than it is in the City by the Sea. It is this unhealthy condition that Col. Harley is trying to remedy arx) he stated that his bill was scheduled to come up for a hearing before the Judiciary Committee Tuesday after- neon, at which time it was expected that the big oil companies would have representatives on hand: The Bom- well law-maker said that he would have witnesses also. Secures Affidavits in Augusts. ■' Among the affidavits secured in Augusta was. one from C. P. Board- man, who stated that he; with his brothers, operates filling actions un der the name of the Peoples Oil Com pany in Augusta, Hambqrg an dNorth Augusta, the last two towns being in South Carolina; “that the wholesale price of gasoline of the same grade and gravity in the State of South Carolina is 24 cents and in the State of Georgia 20 oents, a difference of four cents per gallon for gasoline of the same grade gravity; that the State tax in South Carolina is 5 cents per gallon in addition to one-eighth of one per cent per pallon for inspection, and in Georgia the State tax is three and onerhalf cents per gallon and one- half cent for inspection; that the re tail price of a standard grade of gaso line in the City of Augusts, including the tax, is 23 cents per gallon and in North Augusta, just across the river, it h 25 cents per gallon; that depon ent further states that the wholesale price of a standard grade of gasoline in Augusta ig 20 cents and deponent is informed and believes that the wholesale price of & standerd grade of gasoline in Charleston is 24 cents per gallon; that deponent further states that the freight rate per gallon on gasoline from Charleston to’Augusta is approximately 1.95 cents per gal lon; that deponent is informed and believes that the retail price off . a ■timdanl trade of gaaolfcie in the City of Oohanbia is 84 cents per fatten, wWle the retail pries in Charleston is 87 cents par gallon; that deponent dow not know what the freight rate is fior gasoline from Charleston to Wlmt * some time during the summer of 1926 that it retailed as low as 18 cents, in cluding gas tax. “That deponent further says that gasoline purchased by him is, a* far as he knows, ms good as any f«s»line purchased by him frvm Sooth Carolina dealers, and understands that the price of this some gas at present and for the past few months is two cents higher in North Augusts, across the Savannah River, than it is in the City of Augusta, and four cents higher in the towns of Edgefield and-Aiken, which is not more than 20 or 25 miles from Augusta.” * A resident of BsrnweH told a rep resentative of this paper Saturday that he bought gasoline the dty before m Augusts for 22 cents a gallon, which is five cents a gallon cheaper than the retail price in this city. Col. Harley’s A mend menu. The amendments to Article XIV that Col. Harley it seeking to make are as follows: “Section 3536. No. 7. Unlawful to Discriminate Unfairly to Destroy Competitor’s Business. ‘Any person, firm, company, association or corpora tion,foreign or domestic, doing busines* in the State of South Carclinaand en gaged m the production, manufacture or distribution of any commodity in general use, that for the purpose of injuring or destroying the business of ■ competitor in a ny town, village, city or locality discriminate between dif ferent purchasers of such commodity in general use in such village, towns or cities in this State, or discriminate between such purchasers in different sections, communities, cities or towns of this State, by selling such Commodi ty at a lower rate to one purchaser in the same city, town, section, or com munity than is charged for said com modity by a person, firm, company, or aseociaticn in another section of said city, town, community or locality in this State, after making due allow ance for the difference, if any, in the grade, or quality, or quantity, and in the actual cost of transportation from the point sf production, if n raw pro duct, or from point of manufacture, if a manufactured product, shall be deemed guilty of unfcur discrimina tions, which is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful “Section 3544. No. 15. Sales at Less Than Cost for Purpose, of Injur ing Competitors Prohibited. If any person, persons, company, partner ship, association or corporation en gaged in the manufacture, sale or dis tribution of any Commodity in general use in this State shall, with intent or purpose of driving out competition, or for the purpose at financially injuring competitors, sell at less than cost of manufacture, or at less than the cost of such commodity bought in the open markets, plus the freight and other charges to point of destine^ tion, or give away such product for the purpose at driving out competi tion, or financially injuring competi tors engaged in the manufacture, sale or distribution tt such commodity in this State, aaid person, peraona, < firry, partnership, association or porattoo retorting to this method of securing a monopoly in the off State shall bo guBty^ffc oompiracy to term County Agent Urges Treatment,of Hogs The County Agent says that many people do not seem to understand how to arrange for having hogs treated against cholera. Anyone can serixre this help by celling on the county agent, who will assist in arranging for a government veternarion to treat the hops. The farmer only has to pay for the medicine used. In re questing service for treating hogs, pleaee state the nadber of hogs to be treated and approyimote weights. This service is free and should be taken advantage of by all who with to prevent the lom of bogs from chol^n. It is mom important titan ever that hogs be Taken cure of and that the number we havs inert seed. The low prices that prevailed a few years ago caused many farmers to almost quit raising hogs, but with farming condi tions os they ore, we should make every effort to produce meat and lard fior the entire farm and family by keeping sufficient hogs, giving feed treatment, growing crops, feeding peoperly *nd contraimg disease and pest. Let’s grow more* chickens this year than ever before. Buy baby chicks or hatch more eggs this year than ever before and give them better care and attention, feeding green feed and balanced ration. The first car load shipment of poultry will be made from the county the first of March. This will be of interest to those who are now inquiring when they can sell their poultry. Other shipments will be made as the demand arises. Get the hone garden started and make on extra effort to have a better one this year than ever before. New fruit trees should be set aa soon* os wdble. Pruning the orchard should be done before Che buds on the tre e begin to operu-^-H. G. Boyleton, Ox Agent. Mr. J. B. Mixson, of the J. B. Mix- son Brokerage Co., of Wauchula, FLu, has written a letter to The People- Sentinel setting forth the prospects for the coming cube season in this section. He states the* the acreage in Florida will be hbotzt the ssane as lost year, but that it is yet too early to get a line on Alabama, which crop usually conflicts with Booth Carolina. In view of the fact that this Is Bern* well’s second year aa a cuke market, however, he is of the opinion that the will be better then last year. Mr. Mixson writes as follows: "As the time ter planting cukes Is near at hand, I thought that e werd from ms regarding the deal would not be out fins end will any the pros pects for about the same acreage off cukes in Florida aa teat season te ap- ISn ’ inte* m out of the way when Caroltee gets to J shipping in not fear Florida, bet Alabama always cornea In about the earne time os yoe and it is too early now to gut anythin definite aa to their praspette and pro- babld acreage. However, as we have had Atehame ta conflict with min the Au Affair of Hearto. The above title is to incite the in terest of not only the old maids and old bachelors of Barnwell, bat of all whom it may concern. , / The ladies of the) Barnwell Metho dist Church wiM serve a choice menu at the Court House tomorrow (Fri day) evening, Feb. 11th, beginning at seven o'clock. Note the list of good things to eat: Oysters, chicken salad, sandwiches, drinks, candy, ice cream and cake. In addition to the supper there will be featured all kinds of Valentine sug gestions end games in which the young people can participate—and all others who are “caly a s old aa they feel.” AU are cordially invited to come. Tim ladies who ere sponsoring the oscasion suggest‘that time be turned back in its flight and all be chUdren again ter a little while at least f cannot see why our proepecta fob prices art not food as "I believe wu will have time So sell cukes from Barnwell this year than last, as it always takes at least a ssaaon or two to convince the Northern anil Western buyers that a new chipping point is the beat point for them to get their supplies. Every bought cukes in will do so again, for know from experience the) pate op equally as peed. If hi the State can) gut ta market 24 to 48 hours then other point# that do no the two railroads as Barn wail 1 “The same .buyers will be again this season and several ne have expressed their intention of Brak ing Barnwell headquarters this •on on the cuke, cantaloupe and deals. I shall be them and exert every poerible effort to raring the deal in m satisfactory 3 manner 00 possible &c that the farmery will make ttoney m tneir crops and not be sorry they planted. "Last ssaaon we shipped ribout 88 cars of cukes from Barnwell and tide. since we are ‘advertised,’ we 1 believe the seam araoaat off can be handled and to as i larger and yeah. “Any time I cop be of service to you in the way cf information as Ut crops here and other points I wtt ha glad to do so. Assuring you and afl the fanners of my full co-operation and that I will be in Bemwell at tba proper time to buy and pay tba beak prices for their cucumbers, f am," etc. , 1 Reliable Fertilizer Sold by Local Dealer straint of trade, and'further deemed guilty of unfair discrimination, wh is hereby prohibited and dedored to be unlawful: . . • In addition to having introduced two measures seeking to remedy the gaso line situation in tins State, GoL Harley ha wBL introduce a to have a committed tarn— the matter and aacattehi if why gnooitaf thud is raft wtou can be sold at a chouj price, arith the added emftef teHon, in it cua be mU in the city where the nfluiry is Is rated and to other teams to Boat! The Southern States Phosphate and Fertilizer Do., with factories hi Sav annah and Auguste, announces in advertsiement in this issue that their , Bemwell dealer, Mr. C. F. Molair, is prepared to take core of the needs off local fanners with their reliable brands of fertilizers for all crops, in cluding ^speragus, cucumbers, caste* , Gotten, watermelons, etc. Mr. states that he boa handled the S. S. brand of rsrtiliters for yean hie customers uniformly good crape. He hi now •booking orders and will be glad to quote prices. There will be a Stiver Tee mm of Mrs. B. W. Sexton ea toy, Feb. 88, from tour to six p. m. The ptfclie is ~ to