The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, April 28, 1927, Image 4
JOHN W. HOLMES
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& P. DAVIES. Editor and Proprietor.
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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE^SENTINEL, BARNWELL* SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY. APRIL 28TH, |S27.
F»ople-Sentmoi
(Strictly la Adraaco.)
THURSDAY. APRIL 28TH.
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Nobody takes advice, bnt evidently
fun to yivo it
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Those, who have the best qualifica
tions for position and place are often
the last to seek
Some famous cobs:
Corn—
Irvin—
If man yore afl pc •'feet as their
wives expect them to be there wouH
be very little excitement in this old
world.
It is easier for a rich man to get on
the board of trustees of a church than
U is for him to enter the Kingdom of
Heaven.
It ig true that our national rubber
resources are limited—but they are
at least greater than before the short
skirt *ra.
Seme men don’t know when they are
licked, and others get so used to it
that they don’t mind. Take the bigs-
for instance.
America’s tennis hopes for 1927
hinge on Bill TUden’s knee, say sport
ing authritiM. Prom pictures of Bill
we must admit it's . “siim” chance.
Men’s golf suits made of plain black
cloth are now quite the newest and
most popular a apparel. No doubt a
badge of mourning for the golf widows
who ait alt home over the week-and,
April to November.
Taking the national census in 1930
is going to be a more difficult job
than ever before. Whet with thirty
■dllion automobiles in the U. S., the
padpitrains cannot stand still long
enough to be counted.
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M The Legislgture Adjourns.
■
After a racord-breaking session (in
point of time and lack of accomplish
ment) the 1927 Legislature adjourned
aim die Saturday afternoon.
Although they were elected, as the
believed, on a platform of
the closing hours of the
were featured by the mem
voting themselves an increase >n
pay of $200 each, which will cost the
StaU about 134,000. Only a few
yuan ago the pay was $200 for a 40-
day session. This year it was $600
for a 16-week session, an increase of
tOO per cent.
Had this eeaeion of the Legislature
been featured by accomplishment in
stead of length of time the people >f
the State would not complain very
much about the extra pay, for they
believe that “the laborer is worthy of
his hire” and they do lot expect a »ran
to give of hie time and talents with
out suitable remuneration. But aside
from securing a substantia! reduc
tion in the price of gaanliue. through
the introduction in the Hous* of
gaiendments to the anti-trust law by
Representative J. E. Harley, of Barn
well, very little of Statewide impor
tance was accomplished.
True, no increase was made in the
property tax levy, but while the tax
on cigarettes and tobacco was in
creased and a few other article® were
added to the “indirect” tax list, the
session adjourned, after long weary
weeks of impotent wrangling, with
Uie State’s receipts and disbursements
so badly out of balance that a deficit
of three million dollars stares us in
tile face. In other words, the General
Assembly failed to provide source* of
revenue to care for the annual ap
propriation cf more than ten million
V dollars and a two million dollar deficit
carried ever from last year. Failure
to 40 this has merely postponed the
‘ evil day of reckoning, with an in-
" eset to the taxpayers for in
ch tile money borrowed to meet
As The People-Sentinel
a ecuple of weeks ago, it is
for A county or State to spend
Ra income as it is for an
to live beyond hit means,
is hound to come aconer or
it retrenchment
year the voters are
reduce taxoa,
the General Assembly. If the State's
program of ad-called progress has
keen too ambitious, would It not be
wisdom to curtail smekhat until the
people sye better able to pay ?
When the head of a fkmily ia faced
with a loss in income, or a business is
going through a period of depression,
every possible effort is made to cut
down expense* accordingly. But in
spite of the fact that; South Carolina
has experienced several yjeara of
finanem dspresaion, the coats of gov
ernment operation have increased
stesan?.
The present Board of County Direc
tors for Barnwell County has shown
that if is possible to save money for
the tax-payerr and at the same time
hay* q|n| |«fffcientt administration.
And we believe that what has been
done in our county government could
be done in the State government.
What we need in our governments—
town, county and State—is less
politics and more good sound busi
ness judgment and ability, yntil that
day arrives we will probably continue
to see Legislature!* composed in large
measure of young, inexperienced men,
voting themselves extra pay for ex
tra time spent each session because of
their inability to solve the problems
that confront them. The session just
ended should teach the voters of
other counties the necessity of elect
ing mature, experienced men,
Barnwell County has done.
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Crop Report Gives
Interesting Facts
The crop report issued for the
State April 1st by the United States
Department of Agriculture givea some
interesting facts relative to the truck
growing industry in Barnwell County.
This county leads the State in the
production of cantaloupes, cucumbers
and vWtermelone, and the following
items in the report will be of interest
to the readers of The People-Sentinel:
“Cantaloupes—Early intentions in
dicate an increase of about 20 per
cent, in the nantaloupe acreage over
last year, when the estimate wan for
620 acres for shipping. Barnwell has
about 80 per cent, of the acreage, the
remainder being mostly in adjoining
counties.
“Cucumbers—The prelintnary acre
age is placed at 4.300, compered with
4,120 last year. Barnwell has about
70 per cent, of the acreege, with
Charleston and Beaufort the neat
largest, although the crop ia grown
in the twelve counties.
"Watermelons — Early information
indioates about the same watermelon
acreage a* last year, when the esti
mate was 12,720 for shipping. Barn
well is the leading county, with a
large acreage in Hampton and Allen
dale. Altogether about a dozen oi
more counties grew melons for ship
ping in varying amounts.”
Asparagus is also „ very important
crop in Barnwell County and the
crop report contained the following
statement: A Acreage in asparagus is
estimated at 6,400, the bulk of the
acreage being found in Barnwell,
Saluda, Edgefield and Aiken Coun
ties, with smaller acreages in count-
ties to the south and east of these.
An early estimate of probable yield
indicated abut 60 crates per acre for
this season.”
Constables Capture
a Large Liquor Still
State Constables Gilmore S. Harley
and George Priester captured a large
still in ‘Salkehatchie swamp, near
Ray’s Crossing, Monday. The outfit
consisted of one 150-gaUon still, thir
teen 250-gallon vats of mash, 65 feet
of copper coil, five 10-quart buckets
and a copper funnel. The plant was
destroyed.
Oat Crqp of County
Suffers Big Damage
There ia an unusually heavy dam
age to- the oat crop this year from
smut. Real demonstrations showing
how this ia prevented are. found in
this county. On September 25th of
last year an article was carried by The
Barnwell People-Sentinel and The
Will is ton Way calling the attention of
the farmers to the foci that there was
much.damage from smut hi the last
year’s crop and urging them to be
cute to treat all oat seed in order to
prevent having thia damage again.
Many farmers book advantage, of this
inJbrmhtion and treated their oat
seed, tiie majrity did not.
Attention is called to demonstra
tions of how smut can be prevented, as
seeing is believing, ait least in moat
cases. I ask that you see such farm
ers as D. L. Merritt, Williston; H. W.
Sanders, Barnwell, and W. E. Mat
thews, Blackville. They will be glad
to show you. Emmett Matthews and
Jud, his brother, planted seed from the
same lot. Emmett treated the seed
that he planted while Jud did not.
Listen to what they say: No damage
from smut in the fields planted with
treated seed and twenty to forty per
cent damage in the fields planted with
untreated seed.
A conservative es.intte is that
there has bee a a loss ti the present
oat crop of ten to fifteen thousand
oat crop of $10,00 to fl5,000.
Thia loss can be prevented. Do not let
it occur again.. It will cost less than
one cent per bushel to treat the seed
to prevent this damage. The formal
dehyde dry treatment is best used,
and the exact directions may be se
cured from the couniy apt nt’s office
and demonstrations of the method of
treating will be given any one who
requeats it when the .time comes in
Octcber.—H. »G. Boylston, County
Agemt.
Hilda School Closet
Successful Session
Hilda, Apail 25.—The school at
Hilda dosed April 23rd, after a very
successful year’s work.
A program waa given Friday even
ing, which wa 8 greatly enjoyed, after
which prises were awarded to the
pupik doing the best work, and cer
tificates were presented.
' On Saturday of the same week,
school picnic was held on the school
grounds.
Those making the honor roll for
the year were.: » - n .
Ida Hutto, 92. •
Rhodell Black. 95.
Lucille Bkck, 94.
Thelma Delk, 91.
Mniy Black, 90.
Moselle Gilliam, 92.
Alberta Collins, 90.
Dalice Mae Bonds, 94.
The honor roll for April was as
follows:
First Grade—Eula Collins, Mary
Dychea, AUivean Black, Rachel Car
ter, Ida Hutto.
Second Grad<>—Evelyn Rowell, Mil-
died Grubbs, Mary Elia Collins, Sadie
Hutto.
Third Grade—Ruby Bonds, Verna
Bonds, Joeamva Bonds, Jessie Evelyn
Delk, Catherine Long, Myrt» Dyches,
Dorothy Dyches, Elizabeth Johnson,
Achille Collins, Bessie Mae Hutto,
Nina Lee Collins.
Fourth Grade—Rhodell Black, D. A.
Dyches, Elizabeth Bonds, Thomas Gil-
liam, Ida Miles.
Fifth Grade—Lucille Black, The!
ma Delk, Mary Black, Doris Collins,
Pnrris Weeks.
Sixth Grade—Mozelle Gilliam, Al
berta ColHns, Horace Weeks, Irene
Collirra, Kathryn Miles, Myrtle Delk.
Seventh Grade—Alberta Collins,
Meredith Collins, Dalice Mae Bonds,
Edwin Carter, Clyde Black.
State Faces Deficit
1— of 3 Million Dollars
Columbia, April 23.—On the basis
of estimated income, said to be con
servative, however. South Carlina will
run thia year with a deficiency of a
million and a half or more between
revenue and expenditures authorized
by the General Assembly, which ended
a fifteen week session today.
No action was taken by the Legis
lature to wipe out the $1,696,000 de
ficit brought over from last year, ex
cept to authorize the borrowing of
$2,000,000 early thia nfonth for a
period of one year. Applicable to this
however, ig said to be the $850,000 in
contested taxes which the Southern
Railway Company was recently dir
ected by court cirder to pay to the
State.
Exclusive of the highway depart
ment, which is to be financed out of
tile gaaoline and license tax money,
the Legislature authorized expendi
tures of $10,460,765.06, including the
$473,000 school deficit incurred last
year.
Another deficit was 'predicted for
the 6-0-1 law i n 1927. The appropria-
M. B. CALHOUN A SON
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Allendale, South Carolina.
Use High Grade Feed and watch
the improvement in your chickens
t&a
Starter, Fine Baby Chick,
Mash, Egg Mash,
Scratch Feeds. -
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Bros., Inc.
Barnwell,
tion bill carried $3,250,000, whereas
Superintendent “Hope of the depart
ment of educatjon, reported that $3,-
512,000 was needdd to meet the
State’s obligations for teachers pay
under the act. A proviso authorising
the borrowing of $160,000 in caae a
deficit developed, waa ‘rejected fey. the
House. ' ~
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