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1 ISSr THE OFFICIAL NEW8PAPEB OF BAKNWBLL COUNTY •^3 The Barnwell Peo mmmmm Consolidated Jana, !, IMS. PLUME L. *Ju«l L!k« a M«mb«r of (h« F«mlly H % L • ' ' II I I I BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH 17TH, 1927. NORMAN LIFE INSURANCE NUMBER A HARLEY FIGIi^S^ CAPITATION TAX BARNWELL MAN HAS HOSPITAL BILL RECOMMITTED. Would Be Paid by the Poor People, While Nothing Would Be Re- « ceived from Corporations. /L,, Reversing its a ction of Thursday night, when it had approved, 63 to 46, the bill levying a $1 capitation tax for the benefit of the State hospital and the State training school, the House Friday, ending its ninth week, gave the measure a setback by voting 62 to 50 to recommit it. ; The recommittal of the bill, lending it back to the committee on the State hospital, which had joined W. H. Keith, of Greenville, in introdvfcing the measure, would usually be tanta mount to the bill’s rejection. In this instance, however, its proponents, are not inclined to abandon the light and there is the likelihood that this week will see the measure returned to the calendar. The bill, introduced by the commit tee on the penitentiary and Thomas F. Brantley of Orangeburg and in- ^^lended to a uthori!ze the State prison l^^ttthorities to borrow $85,000 for the >. purpose of making necessary improve ments at the State prison, also ap proved Thursday on second reading, wa« passed on third reading, without opposition, and ordered sent to the Senate. The Brantley-Duffie resolution, pro viding for the submission to the quali fit*! electors of the State of an amend ment to the State constitution to allow the classification of property for tax- | at ion, went over until Wednesday night on motion of Jchn B. Duffie of Sumter. The recommitting of the Keith- ccmmittee on State hospital bill, in tended to provide approximately $250,- 600 for needed permanent imprYe menis at the State hospital (for the insane) and at the State training school (for the feeble minded), was the result of an attack on the measure led by J. E. Harley, of Barnwell, says The State. Opposition to the measure, was aroused not so much by the indirect appropriation cairied in it, proponents and opponents cf the bill being gen erally agreed as to the need for addi tional buildings at the State hospital, but by the means of raising revenue provided—the $1 capitation tax on ail males between the ages of 21 and 6ft. Opposition to Tax. “This is no way to get revenue to support any institution of ours,” Mr. Harley declared. “You get nothing from the corporations by it, you. get it mostly from the poor people.” “Ask hint how many insane railroads and cotton mills are in the State bos- pitai,” a member suggested to Mr. • Keith, who was standing a* if to in terrogate the Barnwell representative. Mr. Keith, however, did not put the question. ^ “Do you not think the poor farmer,” the Greenville member asked instead, “Would rather pay this $1 than run the risk of some unfortunate member of his family being put in jail fbr lack of space a t the State hospital?” “No,” Mr. Harley declared. “They (feu’t want to pay this tax.” “How could the Supreme Court hold this bill constitutional?” J. E. Stans- field, of Aiken, inteorupted. “I don’t knew,” Mr. Harley replied. "I think it is unconstitutional.” “You are just trying to vote an un just tax on poverty tP support afflic tion,” L. E. Dreher, of Lexington, took up the argument for the exposi tion. “A just tax ils a tax on the ability to pay. This is a tax on poverty, B tax 'on the head that God Almighty gave each of us. ' “Talk of abolition,” he threw in a cohfessional aside, “if there is any thing that needs abolition worse than the general assembly of South Caro lina for God’s sake show it to me,” The capitation tax was, Mr. Keith replied, the “only” means of providirtg the money needed at the State hkwpi- . taL \ *1 “Had it been possible,* he declared, to put through a bill providing this !$250,000 in any other way we would "have done it.” , “Just aa certain as we are here if you don’t paw this bill some poor un fortunate will have to go to jail in stead of the hospital "There is no use worrying about Cat to King Last July an^oil fi«d wild-catter. Today worth $10,000,000 and an Oil King. Such is the story of Robert F. Garland, 3$ years bid, native of Ohio, who brought in “Discovery Well,” first of the Seminole (Okla.) field which is already producing 10 per cent of the total output of crude oil in the United* States, ac cording to oil journals. m A member cf a party of Barnwell fishermen had an unusual experience Tuesday while fishing with rod and reel for trout and rock fish in a stream in the lower part of the State. The fish were biting poorly, but a cast up a “break” resulted in a strike a n d the angler was surprised ta find that he had hooked a small shad, which are running at this sea son. An old fisherman in that sec tion stated that this was the first ex perience of its kind to come under his observation. Big Manufacturers Turn— ^ to Newspaper Advertising Jiutice Holmes at 86 iif Three Men Injured Auto Accident Three young white men were in jured and a pony was killed in an automobile afektent Tuesday night near Barnwell when a Buick coiu:h collided with a pony and wagon (♦riven by George Hogg, young son of G. M. Hogg, of Barnwell. The in jured. are Griggsby Milhous, Millard Morris and Ed Neeley, of Olar. Roy Barker, of Orangeburg, owner of the car, and William Sanders, of Olar, the other occupants of the coach, es caped ipjury. The wagon was occu pied by several boys who were re turning from a fishing trip and for tunately they were unhurt. It is understood that the driver of the car swerved in order to avoid a collision with the team, but hit the pony and lc*t control of the machine, which ran into a ditch and turned over in a plowed field. The injured men were brought to Barnwell and given medical attention. It* is not thought that any of thew were seriously hurt. The People-Sentinel Receives Renewals The following is a list of the new and renewal subscriptions received by The People-Sentinel during the past week: Mis. F. H. IV-ks, Toinbarton. C. H. Delk, Bbckville route 2. Jacob Delk, Blackville route 2. R. W. Harrison, Ulmer. Lee Ashley, Elko route 1. Another Fish Story. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel. ( the constitutionality of the bill.” Taxpayers and Insane. . F. A. Thompson, of Maribn, pleaded that the taxpayers as well as the in sane needed attention. “For every unfortunate injm in the asylum,” he said, “‘thfsne are thou sands back home—taxpayers—asking you for relief. When we acted upon the appropriation bill we gave Doctor Williams all he asked for and the ap propriation for the asylum is nearly ,88 high ae the whole appropriation bill of 15 or so years ago.” E. H. Blackmon, of Orangeburg, who Thursday had voted to pans the bill on second reading, had come to the ocnclusion that he was wrong in his vote, he arid. “To pass it would start a very dan- ; gerous precedent,” he explained. “The (principle of the capitation tax is wrong. “I am willing to appropriate the money needed” > „ The vote on Mr. Hariey'i motion to recommit the bill Hollowed, the mo tion' carrying 52 to 50. Last week The People-Sentinel told of a fundamental change in the adver tising policy cf the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, whereby its advertising appropria tion will be expended almost entire’y in newspaper space. Since then this paper has received a letter from Al fred P. Sloan, president of General Mtators Corporation, telling of a two fold departure in the advertising policy of that big concern. Mr. Sloan writes in part as follows: “For the first "time we are ad ver tising all of the General Motors cars together (Chevrolet, Pontiac, O-ds- mobile, Oakland, Bdick and Cadillac) --also Delco Light plants and Frigid- aire. “For the first time we are going in to the country weeklies, spending on this trial campaign alone several hun dred thousand dollars. “The plan cf this campaign origina ted in my own office. I believe in the country weekly. I believe that no printed matter imthe United States is more thoroughly read, or has more influence thsn the pages of these home town papers.” * Along the same line •» a letter from Bruce Barton, a member of the agen cy handling the General Motors adver tising, who writes as follows: Hilda Club Holds Regular Meeting The regular meeting of the Hilda Home Demonstration Club was held March 9th in the store of Emory Wil liams, who very kindly offered the Home Demonstratwo Agent the use of one of the counters in the store for the demonstration of the afternoon. , Every one in ths community having surplus eggs for which there was no market was asked to bring them to the store, where egg scales, candling machine and fcrates were placed read ,' for use. About 30 people were present, and each one was shown how to candle, weigh, grade and pack eggs for mar ket Talks were given by Mis« Jane Ketchen, Marketing Specialist from Winthrop College, and L. H. Lewis, Asst. Marketing Specialist from Clem- son College, upon the c&re and handl ing of eggs at home for market pur poses and the importance of a well graded product. -It was urged that only fresh, clean eggs should be offer ed, and that eggs be marketed twice a week. H. G. Boykton, County Agent, wag also present and assisted .in-the work of the afternoon. It is the plan of Mias McNab, Home Demonstration Agent , to continue standardizing poultry products in Barnwell County. In as much as the poultry industry is increasing it is very necessary that work of this kind be emphasized. ♦ ^ ♦ Death of J. B. Harden. Martin, March 14.—On Wednesday night, March 2nd, the Death Angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Harden and claimed their beloved father, J. B. Harden, after an illnes of lees than tw<o weeks. Mr. Harden, who reached his 78th” birthday on Junuaiy 5th, last, was bom in old Barnwell County in 1848, and when he was 13 years old he joined the Con federate Army, serving throughout the war. He was a member of Speed well Methodist Church tat Millette- ville and wa« a true and loyal Chris tian. His body was laid bo rest Fri day morning, the 4th inst., in the Siloam Churchyard. Mr. Harden is survived by'one son, A. N. Harden; six grandchildren, Mrs. Dannie Jones, Willie, Norman, Milder, Mildred and Eulalie Harden, and one great-grandchild. He is gione but not forgotten, Nevear will hik memory fade; Loving thoughts will ever Unger Around the grave where he is laid. A Granddaughter. 4> We are placing these advertise-! ments because we believe that the small Down newspapers offer a real advertising opportunity for General Motors. . . . “My boyhood was spent in a coun try .town. For thirty years I have lived in a country town in the sum mer. I read every line of itg weekly paper, net only in the summer, but in my New York home in the winter. I believe in these papers.” Such expressions of confidence and faith in the value of so-called “coun try newspapers” frc«n men high in the commercial life of the nation is in deed gratifying and should serve in large measure to refute the assertion of some small town business(?) men —often made in ignorance—that “ad vertising doesn’t pay.” The president of General Motors is too good a busi ness executive to spend several hun dred thousand dollars unless he feels reasonably sure that his company will get substantial returns on the invest ment. Local merchants could profit ably follow the example set by General Motoi?. The first of the series of advertise ments will appear in next week’s is sue of The People-Sentinel. Watch for it. » Dr. W. M. Whiteside at Baptist ^Church The Men’s Class of the Barnwell Baptist Church have felt that they would do the church and community a service by bringing here from time to time men with a constructive mes- # sage. The first that they have M- cured is Dr. W. M. Whiteside, the superintendent of the Baptist Hospital in Columbia./Although he is recog nized as one of the leading hospital superihtendents in the South, yet he 1 will not represent its interests here on that day, except to answer any inquiries that may be made. While the subject of his address his not been ann unced, it is recognized that no man in the State has a greater meaeage on “The Deacon and Hiij Work” than Dr. Whiteside. He has also given much attention to the sub ject cf Church Finance, fnd is the author of a system that has been adopted in a number of churches in this and other States. Dr. White- side is in such demand from the pas tors of this State fhr his helpful, con structive messages, that he is booked with many advanc^ engagements. His work in the Baptist Hospital has been such an outstanding success till he has recently been sought as the superintendent cf a growing hos pital in Ashland, Ky. Loot year he ■was offered the superintend*ncy of a large hospital in Ft. Worth, Texas, and i n both cases at • larger salary than he is now receiving. The public is cordially invited to meet with the regular congregation to hear him at the Barnwell Baptist Church at the rooming service on Sunday, March 20th. OXy# : Twenty-llv^^ear* ago President Roosevelt called Oliver Wendell Holmes, then 61, to the United States Supreme Court bench. Now at 86 he is still aa .active as any of nine justices. “Work is the secret,” he says, “and 1 will never retire.” i To Present “Danger” Here Friday Night “Danger,’P & burlesque entertain ment for the benefit of the Barnwell Baptist Church organ fund, will be presented at the Vamp Theatre to morrow (Friday) night This play, which is said to be one of the moat humorous on the American stage, is being coached by Mrs. Beulah Gar land, of Atlanta, a professional ac tress who plays the leading role and opens the production with negro im personations. Intagi^e, if you can, important Barnwell business men in ladies' evening gowns; in comic songs and dances; as blackface comedians, eta. See Mordecai Mazurtky aa a black mammy; Lee Easterling as a Now York flapper; Prof fc Fowler and V. S. Owens as tiny tots; Keys Sanders aa a social butterfly; S. B. Moseley as “Sis. Hopkins,” t and many other ridi culous characterizations. The admission charge is only 25, and 50 cents. Hilda News Items. Instructions Given r in Making Felt Hats The Pleasant Hill Hoe Demonstra tion Club held its regular mating Thursday, March 10, at the home of Mrs. R. S. Weathersbee for B millin- «4ry demonstration. After a short devotional, instructions for making felt hats were given by Misses Winnie Belle Holden and Elisabeth McNab and the work of the day wa# begun. It was felt that ths afternoon was spent quits profitably when twelve new hats were worn home that day of an approximate cost of 60 cents. Presbyterian Church Services. The People-Sentinel has been re quested to announce that there will be Sunday school at the Barnwell Presbyterian Church Sunday morning at 10:80 o’clock. Dr. Hugh R. Mur chison, of Columbia, will conduct services a Hour o’clock in the after noon. The public is Invited to attend. Hilda, March 16.—Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Hartzog visited relatives near Elko Sunday*. G. W. Delk and family visited his brother, I. H. Delk, Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. James Still, of Black ville, were visitors in this community; Sunday. . ' > Mrs. Brooker Hartzog and Mrs. Thelma Hiers visited Barnwell on business Saturday. Miss Sadie Delk spent the week-end with Miss Victorene Delk. J. B. Hartzog a nd Al. W. Hartzog and family visited Mrs. Annie Wood ward Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mra. Taft Dyches visited the latter’s father, I. H. Delk, Sunday. Sidney Collins spent Sunday with Willie Woodward. Emmett Still left last week for At lanta to take a bather’s course. ' Miss Elizabeth Vaughn, 'of Barn well, spent the week-end with Miss Katherine Woodward. Aiken CoJlins and J- B. Hartzog spent Sunday morning with G.W. Delk. Two Negroes Killed. Two negroes, a man and a six- year old girl, were killed in an auto mobile accident about three o’clock Tuesday morning eti the highway about two miles North of Hampton. The driver, also a negro, claims that he lust control of his car, which left the road a n d landed upside down in a shallow pond of water. He arid a small negro boy were thrown dear of the wtrecked machine, but the other two occupants were killed.. GARY OWENS SHOT BY UNKNOWN MAN BARNWELL MAN CLAIMS THAT HE WAS HELD UP. -K Shoot lag Occurred About lOJ* O' clock Saturday Nig* o. PubHc * Road Near This City. • / ' - 3™ John Gory Owens, 34-yfear old farmer of this city, was rushed to the University Hospital in Augusta late Saturday night in a serious con dition as the result of having been shot three timed by * nun whom he claims held him up near Barnwell Mr. Owens was struck by one bullet in the abdomen, one in the left arm and one is the left aide just above the hip. Mr. Owens’ version of the shooting is that he was driving along a publio . road on the outskirts of Barnwell about 10:80 o’clock Saturday night when he wse held up at the point of a pistol by an unknown negroi He stated that he stopped his car and got out into the road, whereupon, be said, the man immediately fired upon him four times, three ballets finding their mark. Mr. Owens said that he then drew his pistol and fired at his assailant, who fled. Injured seriously and unable to overtake his assailant, Mr. Owens said he got back into his automobile and drove Do Deason’s Drug Store in Barnwell for medical attention. His family was summoned and in com-*, pany with his wife and brother, W, A. Owens, Jr., he was rushed to an Au gusta hospital afUf* first a i d had been administered by a local physician. Asked whether he had ever aeetf his assailant, Mr. Owens is said to have stated that he had not and that it was so dark ariiere he was held up that he probably could not have iden tified him anyway. Legal proceedings in the cass took a queer turn Sunday morning when Iqpai authorities, ttu ths face of Owens’ statement that his assailant was a negro, rrestad two white men— Bob Lard, who is about 60 yours old, and Tom Parry, who is in his serly twenties—in ocvtnektion with the shooting. Both are married men. The officers claim that Owens went to 'Lard’s home twins Saturday night and that they have the statement of two neighbors that they heard several shots fired in the Lard horns. It is understood that Perry admit ted that he had been at Lard’s house ,on the occasion of Owens’ first visit Saturday night. Parry is also quoted as having stated that he went horns, and Inter heard several shots fired In ths Lard home. A negro tivingnear- by is reported as saying that he heard three pistol shots at Lssd’a home. In view of the coafifcttag state ments about the shooting, the affair has assumed the proportions of a mystery. Both Lard and Perry wen from the jell without bond o« day. v Mrs. Homer Sanders, who under- weta an appendicitis operation at the Baptist Hospital in Columbia a cou ple cf weeks ago, is exported to re turn home today (Thursday). Gasoline Prices Decline. A further decline of one ceqt a gallon in the price of gasoline went into effect i n this State Monday morning, the fuel sell ing in Bejnwell at 25 cents. This makes a reduction of two cents a gallon in South Carolina in the past three weeks and may or may not have been the result of the investigation suggested by The People-Sentinel and spon sored in the General Assembly by Col J. E. Harley, of Barn well Be that ae it may, it can not be denied that the reduc tions have come since the agita tion was started by this paper and the retail prices in Georgia and South Carotins are eloaer together than they have been i n several yean. These reductions mean the saving of theumads of dollar* to the motorists of this State. n An Arizona Cowboy 1 * to Be 3hown Here The Reno Road Show Company will return to the Vamp Theatre to-night * (Thursday) for their loot engagement here prior to their retun to New York to soon start their usual Spring rind /Summer tour of Maine and New Eng- .land. The next and loot play will be “AN ARIZONA COWBOY” with Her bert K. Betts as “Happy Hazard” the cowboy. Those who saw Mr. Betts at Joe Morgan, the drunkard, in “Ten < Nights in a Barroom” and oe “Jesse James” can be sure the jSter port in “An Arizona Cowboy” is in good 5 hands. This company has given general satisfaction here in their other two plays and the management claims that the one to be presented tonight is the best of the three. It tells a powerful story and the inter est of the audience is held to the last curtain. All new vaudeville will b* given and the perforn^ance will com mence at 8:80 o’clock. Bridge Chib Meets. The Smart Set Bridge Club met Wednesday of last week at the horn* of Mrs. Boned H. Dyches. The high neon prise was wen by Mies Blanebn Porter sad the by Miss -