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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY M. 1»27.
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TRUSTEES VOTE
TO RAISE MONEY
UNANIMOUSLY DECLARE THAT
■—-* 8GHOOLSMUST RUN.
Considerable Interest Manifested in
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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
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HARLEY INTRODUCES
BILLS IN LEGISLATURE TO
LOWER GASOUNE PRICES
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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 ’
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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.
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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