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rAGB FOUR. Jv THE BARNWELL PEOPLB^IKNTINSL, BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA I H U KoLrA 1 ■ mMMkXsEm &iom 9 ThtBaniwD P#ople-^ntinel JOHN W. HOLMES IMA—If IS. - - B. P. DAVIES. Editor m4 Proprietor. Entered et the poot office at Born well S. C., u second-clou mottcr. SUBSCRIPTION RATBSt Om Toot Six Months — ytst AO Throe Months (Strictly In Adronce.) r vV*^' u' " •) ■ THURSDAY. MARCH 31ST. 1927. I» it M Applniisc M or “Appleuuce” the world is giving you? Make suy! Asked to tell about his courtship end morrioge, a New York man said, "Well, I just sobered up and there she !" One of our beet known local men remarked last week (that the only v photograph of himeelf which ever did him justice was an X-ray of hie kid- neys. Boy scout hitch-hiked from Califor nia to New York, 3,000 miles, in fif teen days. He musta got a short lift from some motorist, late for dinner engagement in Russia. Well, perhaps ridicule will accom plish what common sense and sound reasoning have failed to do in the matter ; of King John’s enforcement of the blue Sunday laws. Prohibition agents raided a 500-gal-, don still near Princeton University campus—on tipa from the college au thorities Evidently the Princeton Tiger is not a blind-tiger. ^ Two wealthy American women who hacked a real estate enterprise which failed, have personally refunded every dollar to the unfortunate investors— we mean fortunate investors. President Coolidge’s lame wrist hag been attributed to a handshake with a newly appointed U. S. marshall from North Dakota. One might say from “being in the clutch of the law.” King John of England granted Magna Carta t» his subjects. King John of Sooth Carolina resurrected the centuries old blue lews to impose upon his “subjects.” Some men •thieve greatness and others merely notoriety. At kiat we understand why the anti-evolution bill provokes such op position in the legislature, do many tdTice-hnldars “make monkeys of themselvee” that they want to prove that it ig a case of heredity and the blame on their defenseless Our American life seems to be noth ing but a skin game. The football season ia known as “pig-skin” season; baseball as “horse-hide” season; grad uation as ‘‘sheep-skin’' season—and having visited a few beaches last year, we know for a fact that summer is "ba re-skin” Governor Richards has declared that he will not modest Sunday golfers pending the decision of the Supreme Court as fro whether or not the game is a violation of the blue Sunday laws. But why should a decision of the Court effect him in his efforts to en force his own religious views and opinions? If our memory serve us right, the Supreme C:urt, in a test case several years, ago. declared that the sale of ice on Sunday is a viola tion of the law. Governor Richards, in his avowed attempt to enforce the centuries old statute, sfiid that the sale of ice is not a violation of the law. If he cani disregard the opinion «f the Court in one case, why not in others? . t— Lot's Select the Beat. Am election has been called for April 12th, to select five for the Barnwell School District. We consider this one of the moat important matters to be - ledded by >the people of Barnwell during the year 1927 and in the years to come, for in the proper se lection of men and women to guide the destinies of our school depends in large measure the proper educa tion of our children. Politics should have no place whatever hi this selec tion. Good, conservative, level-head ed patrons of the school should offer for the places to be filled and they should be chosen without any regard for personal likes and dislikes on the part of the, voter. The People-Sentinel has rio can didate or candidates to offer for this important position. We dould name numbers of good men and woman who are eminently Qualified to dis charge its duties and we urge five or more of them to offer for election. In short, as we stated above, let's not make- of thfirelection a, pplitical race but rather an honest, earnest effort to select «ur best and most public-spirited citizens to administer the. affairs of this important institu tion, and, having done this, let’s all support them to the limit. What is it that is so amusing about » person’ B falling down? A fall may cause serious injury, and yet it invariably provokes a laugh. Sometimes one person will deliber ately cause the fall of another just fiA the “fun” of sewing him fall. -, v Thig perverse streak in human na ture caused a little, Denmark school ' boy to lose his right eye, when he tripped up by one of his school mates end struck his head against a desk. , Anrther thing that often excites is the sight of a drunken And yet if we paused to re- upon the heartaches of some or mother or sweetheart or sis ter that result from the man’s con- ditfcm, we would not laugh. What for the moment may seem funny fco ns is a tragedy to some good woman. Think about this the next thne you under the influence V in • ■ The Guesaers’ Alibis. We winder how many of our readers analyzed the final ginning re port in last week’s issue, of The Peo ple-Sentinel and noted the pitiful at tempt of the government’s official gueasers to alibi themselves out of the hole in which they found them selves because of their large esti mate of the 1926 crop and which, in- okientally, has cost the Southern far- mc,’-s thousands of dollars. Alibi No. 1 states that “includad in the statistics were 234,041 bales, which ginner* estimated would be ginned after the March canvass, i quantity larger than ever before.’ Therefore, inatead of the report “show ing cottvi ginned from the 1926 crop’’ being 17,687,607 running bale*, the number actually ginned was 17, 451,666 bales, or about a million and s quarter lees than the department’s December “guess.'' Alibi No. 2: “Officials feel the de partment's December estimate w*s not far wrong and that had all the 'JXton grown last year been picked the crop prcbably would have been larger than tQe Decernbe^ estimate. The difference in the agricultural de partment’s estimate n nd the quantity actually ginned or ta be ginned ia around 707,000 bates, or 4 per cent.” The difference ia nearly a million and a quarter running bales, or about six ner cent, *nd in terms of 500-pound hales is nearly a million, ar more than 6*4 per cent.’ if oaly the amount actually ginned is couhted. But tBe officials of the department must save their faces, and the difference of only “about 4 per cent.” or a million bales, more or less, means nothing i n their y ung lives. . ~ Alibi No. 3: “Officiats pointed out that considerable cotton had been wasted this year in various ways, in cluding sledding method c4 picking, by which 20 or 25 per cent, of the cotton is wasted." This oxpbjmtion may serve the purpose far which it wws intended, but «t is iV^t very soothing to the farmers who have paid “through the nose.” as our friends the French are wont to say, far the department’s ooetly error. Three Great Remedies. This interests those that sleep with windows closed. Dr. Kummer, cf Geneva, studies the lockjaw germ and announces that one thing it can’t stand is plenty of fresh air. It will resist powerful disinfectants, but cHlapses if you open the wound and let in fresh air; ' .Our three greatest remedies Provi dence gives us free of charge, sun light, fresh air, fresh water, and a majority of human beings neglect all three. A Frenchman designs a villa mount ed on a turntable, arranged to folbw the sun, an electric motor turning the villa slowly around. That is ingen ious, but not important. _It is simpler to have plenty of windows, let the sun do all the turning, and keep some of the windows open. touching slightly on behaviorism and emergent evolution, says man ia a apiiit So he ia, but' what is a spirit ? Man, being man, cannot) judge man. That "'Know thyself” command tells us to do mmsthing we can’t do. The wise thing is to work and be grateful fbr knowledge as it- comes gradually. _ t Still a Question. Clarence Darrow, who has made murder safe for distinguished crimi nals, discussed with • clergyman the question asked long agx, “What is man?” aa two hoptoads might dis- cuas the nature of the express train on Ua way across the continent. Mr. Darrow cals the human body a hnd thinks “everything has • mochanioal origin.” Dr. Gray, *ad collage president. Why Robels Works. • Robels, Spanish bullfighter, killed bulla for two months in Mexico, earn ed 165,000. He spent a few hours fn gambling institutions at Tia Juana, across the Colifornia border, end Tia Juana gentlemen have his $65,000. “Bullfighters never have any money,” says a friend of Robels, “they are all gamblers.” That fact keeps them workings killing bulls. Many Americans are not so differ- ewt. They also rarely have money, or don't have it long. They buy real estate they have never seen, shock in wells without oil, gold mines without gold. That keeps them working. Foolishness is perhaps humanity’s greatest asset. If those that save money, all lived on H ih idleness, in stead of losing i| to sharpers, there might be (too much idleness in the country. Patience of Job This expression appears In the New Testament In James 5:11: “Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have aeen the end of the Lord; that the Lord la very pitiful, and of tender mercy.” This, of course, is In allusion to the patriarch whose history ts given In the book of Job. He has become the personification of poverty and patience. Job was a pious and prosperous patriarch. Satan Insinu ated that he was pious only because God had hedged him In with prosper ity. Remove these worldly blessings, declared Satan, and Job would cure* God to his face. To prove the falalty of this charge Satan was permitted to atrip the patriarch of all his earthly possessions and children and to afflict him with a loathsome disease. Job bowed uncomplainingly to hla fate and because of hla faith In spite of adver sity was restored again to all hla wealth and happiness. — Pathfinder Magazine. -•— •«- — Agricultural Research The foreign agricultural experiment stations are quite different from those In America. They select certain well- defined lines of work and continue It for years. These experiment stations do not possess the equipment for dis tributing their Information among the people. Their reports are Issued In limited editions and are not always easy to secure. Bulletins of Informa tion are not Issued to any extent, as they are In the United States. The work of tha stations appears to he largely Investigation, control of fer tilisers. deeds and seeds, but not dis tribution and dissemination of agri cultural Information. While the Buro- pean stations are doing careful scien tific work, authorities believe that Oft*, experiment stations are doing bitter work for the advancement of practical agriculture. Old Cannon Recovered Two cannon, said to have 1 thrown overboard from a Russian man-of-war when she went aground in the year 1808. have been discovered In Halelwa bay near Honnlulu. The guns, which were discovered lying In 15 feet of water, are deeply encrusted with barnacles and other sea growth. The discovery was made by an army officer from Fort Kamehameha. The probable history of the cannon Is given by Albert P. Taylor, librarian of the-archives ofYlawall, who says that at the time several pieces were thrown overboard to lighten the weight of the ship. One gun was* recovered several years ago and-.Is now on the grounds of the Halelwa Hotel. g.Jjeach resort St Pnul, Minn., teems partial to Miss Peart Cramer, twice within a year electing her the city's “moat beautiful, this time to rep resent her town in tlalveston, Tex., spring beauty contest She’s a blonde. Baak No. 814. Statement of the condition of THE BANK OF«UN& ' located at Kline, S- C. at the dose of business Match 23, 1927. RESOURCES. Loans jmd Discounts 69,898.76 Overdrafts-.. *•__ ' 491.02 BondTslid Stocks Owned — 80.00 Furniture and Fixtures-'-. _ 2.186,50 Banking House 1,452.90 Due from Banks and Bank ers — 6,541.65 Currency 3,882.00 Gold tS.oo Silver and Other Minor Coin 279.35 Checks and Cash Items 173.36 Other Resources, viz: v School Claims 1,362.09 TOTAL $84,917.62 ‘ LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid In..-.$10,000.00 Surplus Fund ,— 6,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Tax- r es Paid — 2,874.21 Individual De posits Sub ject to Check. .$29,233.12 Savings De posits — 27,843.32 Cashier’s Checks __ 166.87—57,243.41 Bills Payable, including Ger*-' tificates for money bor rowed __ _ '8,800.00 TOTAL $84,917.62 State of South Carolina, , County of Barnwell. Before me came VICTOR LEWIS, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true con dition of said bank, as shown by tKk books of said bank. VICTOR LEWIS. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of March, 1927. G C. Best, Jr., Notary, Public for So. Car Correct Attest: B. M. Jenkins, Sr- • M. J. Ulmer, Directors. Send U» You* Job Work. Use High Grade Feed and watch the improvement in your chickens Starter, Fine Baby Chick, Growing Mash, “Scratch Feeds. -■y - Lemon Barnwell, x ' / . y' . • . Coker-Cleveland cotton seed, one year from Coker. This is strain 5, the best strain of Cleveland big boll and the winner of first prize in the State-wide contest last year. Price 90 cents per bushel. P. A. BAXLEY Blackville, South Carolina. Advertise in The People-Sentinel Advertiaa in Tha Paopla-Santinel Watch the signals l —and you’ll see that smokers are headed straight for Natural Tobacco s Taster Tobacco Caste—that’s what you start out to buy in any cigarette, and that’s what you get in Chesterfield. The pure, natural tobacco taste of the choicest tobaccos known to tobacco men. ~*nd yet, they're MUD Lkkwr Jfc linns Tobacco Go. i