Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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•v rout •OtmCABOUNA THt'RSDAT, APWL I4TH^ \%27, JOHN HOLMES L-.. BL F. DAVIES. Etflor Proprietor. ■ 1 1 ■ Entered at the poet office at BarnweO . 8. as second-claee Batter. SUBSCRIPTION BATHS: Kb Year $LS0 Blsc Month* i i ■- JO fhree Months —..... JO (Strictly hi THURSDAY* . APRIL HTH, lt27. Our otMervations during recent weeks were that at leant umbrella* and book* kept lent. Did you ever notice that the peo ple who apeak too lightly—sooner or later have Co weigh their word*? Explorers report more memkeys than men in Tibet. Bu why go all the way to Tibet? TVy any speak-easy first. 1 i 5 I I w If t i V i L .L I f 1 Famous European artist arrives in U. S. to paint American women, he aays. Futile trip, we’d »ay. They re 'Wng it themselves. Henry Ford sold groceries at cost in his Dearborn stores last year and ■mfte $4OOjO0O—which is funny, if you know what we mean. A seat on Wall Street’s Stock Ex- at $190,000 i* really a b*r- Jtuin—e* ccmpared to Illinois and Pennsylvania seats in the Uniter States Seale, Nature ordained only one head for on* pair of shoulders, but in thi* day of flappers and shteks and. pettin? potties—two seems to be the order At least so we have noted along the highways these Spring evenings. Stats Senator George D. Kirkland, of Allendale County, is "talking right opt in masting” and telling the tax payers of his county ■ thing or two about the condition of the county’s finances. Senator Kirkland is railing a spade s spade and says that the county has been spending from $20,000 to $26,000 a year more than it has been collecting, with the result that the taxpayers ire now faced with a deficit of shout $136,000, which has to be met with a bond issue. Spend ing beyond one's income is as bad for a county or a State as It (a for an individual a nd that is a condition that Senator Kirkland seem* to be trying to remedy to far ss his county is con cerned. collection of all taxes—both due and past doe. So impartial and certain in Ha operation was that machinery sup posed to be that H gave rise to the Wtaf »S» MJKath .**L taxes.". Our present form of government provides for treasurers to whom taxes are to be paid when due. The law fixes a time limit upon their payment and when that limit expires the treas urers are supposed to issue "execu tions." It then devolves upon the sheriffs of the' various counties to force payment by levy and sale, if necessary. That, it seems to us, should take care of the situation in an ade quate way. If treasurers and sheriff* in any particular counties are, orhace been, derelict in the performance of their duty they should be forced to carry' out the provisions of the law or be removed from office. And another thing, ha our friend Andy Gump is wont to say, what as- surane* have w# that a special tax Collector, at a salary of several thous and dollars a year, doubtless, would be any more efficient in the colleclton of taxes than the present duly elect ed officers of >the people? How ar« we to know that there would be a more impartial enforcement of the tax laws than we have n-w? Somehow we got the mistaken im- press^Qiv that the present legislature was elected on a platform of economy. From it* performance to date, how ever, it wculd seem that it is about' like its predecessors, whose idea of economy was apparently that of mak ing two office* grow where only one grew before, instead of weeding from the garden of State the many usele** incumbrances that chitter up the land scape at considerable cost to the taxpayers. We may be entirely wrong about this matter of special tax collectors, but our judgment at this writing is that it i* just another useless expense. hi the Met analysis. Is due in some U the suggestion of The We believe that .opq. thmg alone has justified the «ff this ugnspuper—Mg think that we have g right to be proud of what has been accomplished in cooperation with Col. Harley. News GL leaned ■ / The Seaboard Air Line Railway last week, started a poultry car at Eetiil, making stops at Fairfax, Denmark and North, netting the farmers of that section around $3,000, it is said. The news out of Jasper County is that Rhisoctcnia is causing much in jury to the Irish potato crop;'that a new county educational board has been named, and that three negroes were caught Friday night running a car of "shine" across the State line into Savannah. pawaw * Repoits fr^m Allendale County are. that the first carload of asparagus was shipped the past week; that the citizens- of Allendale are bestirring themselves in the interest of establish ing a kindergarten school, and that D. F. Moore has started'a big poul try farm at Bnihson with 4,000 chicks. Perfect Attendance School Contest In (’Hina to Save Americans Only. Where l nprr<- r< |f n t r< j Prosperity I* Unprecedented proapo. ity for 207 ABenoans, 132 more than last year— •f shown by income returns; ritTze is wkh an l^coias pf • million doUar'* or ■•ore, is the subject up « which many of the rwtkxi's fancy writers are now painting pretty pictures for all to •dRWT*. ^ Of course this is ah bunk. The ratums by n~ memos show that pros- parity for Itt—or 207—Is a well dis tributed prosperity, and that is the thing we are mil mostly interested jn. It is a fact that a fraction of 1 per toot psys 96 per rent of the inc:me Ill's Hlere? re, if only a fraction of 1 per cant make* the greatest pa.it of the profits, that obviou«ly mean* that our alleged prosperity is not a well dJatributod r a healthy prosperity. We don’t know the names of the fortun»> 207.' We will hazard a guevs, however, that net u few of them enj.yed the privilege of extort- gain from the consuming million* through the tariff. It is also pos.ci- ble, under this scheme of things, thit the 82 per cent "paid their tax” dir- <wt h: the fortunate 207 And, as long as we are in the guessing mood, we will take one Bure fling. That in the list of the fortunate 207, whr are now enjoying “uuph-eeedented prosperity,” you could not find one farmer or agricultural- igt’s name. And Wall Street wender* why ag riculture did not accept the veto of the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill with bettor grace. A sot her Useless Expense. ymtj: ' ■/- “We aee by the papers” that "a majority favorable report was sub- mitted by the House ways and means committee upon the bill introduced earlier in the day (Thursday) by Bepreaentative McLaurin and others to providp for the. appointment of a apacial tax collector in each county wheae duty would be the collection of past due taxes." » And right here we ripe to aak, "How Americans have a high regard for the rights of other pe -pie. Therefore, America rejoice* in the determination of it* Pre*»dent that the United Stales shall not be dragged nt> a war with nelftah [* -wer* to OTUvi *he national- iatic hor»es of the Chines? ;*rpl« There is no denying that an effort is being made to embroil u* with other nation* that have selfish aspirations there. Thi* we hope is checked f-c all time in PresKient Cool'idge’* pre- emfTory instruction* tv our milita.y iwpieMxiLaUves ui China last week. The tearing of an American flag by a few war- r i*ed (Thineae cannot per suade the American people that our ■ '’dier« sh' uld he sent to fisither the game of European capital which see* op the tremendo u* rising of '.he ’nitionslist spirit a grim determina tion of the Chinese to assert and maio- : ain th«.ir novxi eigri rights. The average American of g od principles i* in complete sympathy with the C^ureae h» ne* and a»pirati"ns. Every day we read, “More U. S. Marine*,” “Mere U. S. Battleships to Ohm*.” AH well and g od, but, we are confident the American people, in telligently represented by its Presi dent, will not fergei that those mar ine* and thcae battleships are hhe e‘ for . Be purpose only, to proiect the live* of American*—and only those Americana who follow instruct! ts and advice of the American military. Just received a nice lot of Men’s in Woolens, Mohair and Genu ine Palm Beach, all with two pairs of pants. If you want a nice suit and straw hat at a reasonable price for Easter, come in and see ours. We also have a nice selection of ladies hats at , .. • _ -V *t . . • . the right price. / Don’t forget we are now located in the . Falkenstein Building iehton’s Dept Store :: Incorporated Barnwell, South Carolina "Be Yourself ’[ In a cigarette, that means natural tobacco taste, and that, in turn, means CHESTERFIELD Girls beat boys and Kentucky leads in the Natibnal contest for the best school attendance. Caro- - Also, tfiaC 82 per cent do not — — — ... _ .. . - ^ k. m incon* «*. ttanLJa pwtec^uL —•— it -I- . *—*-i • « — save their lives. * * ■ • A Worthwhile Saving. It has bcon estimated that the re duction of two cents a gallon in the price rf gasoline, announced last week by thiee large oil compa.ni"* and which i* attributed to the passage of more stringent anti-trust law*, will mean a saving of $1,750,000 a year to the motcrist* of the State, or the equivalent of four mills in the tax levy. Inasmuch as the total re duction since the agitation was fi>st started by The Pdop\e-Sferitlrjel in Jaunary amounts to four cents a gal lon, the saving will be $3,500,000 a year, or the equivalent of eight mills in the tax levy. Without in any manner detracting from the splendid achievement of Representative J. E. Harley, of Barn- j well, who introduced the amendments to the anti-trust law* and also launch ed a legislative investigation, we be lieve that The People-Sentinel is en titled to some share of the credit far the reduction, inasmuch as this news paper first suggested an investigation of the gaoline price _&ituation in S:uth Carolina, pointing out the big difference exiating in the price in South Carolina and Georgia, a nd in- Vtoreeted Col. Harley in the matter, to the end that he conducted a private investigation on his cwn initiative which led him to believe that there wa a “something rotten ip Denmark." name?” Somehow we had been under The recent reduction is attributed tfcn fBpreeaion all of Ubm years that j directly to the passage of his anti- tfcere was adequate machinery for the ; trust law amendments and, therefore, • .-1 . . years, 7 months and 15 days with out being absent or tardy. Lila V. Phillips (center), 15, of Elrod, S. IT, with 9 years and 8 months, is second; and Mary Ferenczi, 14, of Linden, N. J., 7 years, 7 months, is third. Is there a boy or girl in this county with a better record than Caroline Grubbs? If so, send us your picture. Renew Your Health by Purification Any nhysician will tell you that “Perfect Purification of the System is Nature’s Foundation of Perfect Health.” Why not rid yourself of chronic ailments that are undermin ing your vitality? Purify your en tire system by taking a thorough course of Calotabs,—once or tytrice a week for several weeks—and see how Nature rewards you with health. Calotabs are the greatest of all system purifiers. Get a family pack- afe, containing full directions. Only 36 eta. At any drng store. (Adv.) :alhoun r Funeral Directors and Embalmers Allendale, Sooth Carolina. v ify ^^atural tobacco taste is the good taste of good to* baccos put together right and nothing else! And in this day what a "find” it is! ( -and yet, tbefrtWLD 4 & Myna Tobacco Co. * . f * .