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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1928 THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA / ' PAGE TEREK REPRESENTATIVE HARLEY DISCUSSES SUPPLY BILL Says Levy of Five Mills for Ordinary County Purposes Is Lowes 4 in 20 Years.—Less Than $18,000 to Be Raised by Taxation.—Full Text of Measure. ■v«h- “The ^people of Bamwtdl County will pay in\^928 the lowest levy for ordinary county purposes that ha$ been assessed in the past 20 years,” said Representative J. E. Hairley, who spent the week-end at his home here, “and, with on« exception, the fewest of any county in the State — Hampton County, with a levy of four mills. The bill carries an appropria tion of $52,158.32, of which amount it is estimated that $34,200 will accrue from other sources, including the gasoline tax, thus leaving only $17,- 958.32 to be raised by taxation. “An examination of the bill,” con- tinue|d Colonel Harley, “will show an itfem of $2,000 to provide an addi tional $25 for t«very Confederate Vet eran a nd Widow who married a Veter an prior to 1900. Barnwell County Veterans and widows will, of course, share in this county’s portion of the State appropriation of three quarters of a million dollars. Twenty-one Vet erans and 56 widows of Veterans will share in the. appropriation/’ Credit for the levy of five mills is due in no small measure to. tho econo* mies effected by the present Board of County Directors, as was pointed out ih these columns a short time ago, and it should be very gratifying to the taxpayers to know that the membeirs of the Board and the County Delega tion are working so harmoninously in an effort to relieve the tax burden. The full text of the supply bill is as follows: ^ ' r % jL A BILL. To P'.ovi'de for the Levy of Taxes for Sehdol and County Purposes for Barnwell,County for the Year 1928. and to Provide fo" the Expenditure and Government Thereof. Be it enacted by, the Cfcneral As- semh’Wxol* f. > v hna: the St4 r e of c outh Caro- the laws of the State, and who are at that time alive and residents of Barn well Cdunty, the sum of Twenty-five Dollars each. Premium on Bonds 360.00 Traveling Expenses, County Directors 450.00 Farm Demonstration Agt. 1,500.00 Item 10. Home Demonstra tion Agent 1,435.00 Item 11. Clerk to Probate Judge 300.00 To JohjrK? Snelling for Pen- sion Disbursements 150.00 To Jennie P. Greene, Main tenance Ladies’ Rest Room for Yeaftl928 ____ .... 100.00 To Clerk, Sheriff’s Office 300.00 .To Carlisle Courtney Heme 600.00 To Salary, Chm. Bd. of Re gents, County Poorhouse, 1928 100.00 ker, df Laurens. It was hoped at the j The question $nay be asked why so else move.'" The medical profession time the bill was passed that funds much concern about the iodine con- fo*: its operation could be supplied by the Federal Government. It has been found that no such funds are availa ble. There is now before the Legisla ture a request that the Secretary of tent "of foods. The reason is that it has been learned that iodine is a' neces- safry mineral element to human well- being. If it is deficient in the food supply simple goitre resuP and con- the State Board of Health be added | sequent ill health. The State is, in- as an ex-officio member and that the' formed by a student of the subject sum of $30,000 be appropriated to I that more' than 30,000,000 people in commence a systematic analysis of the the United States reside within the food products grown and produced in this State. * If the Commission can prove the presence of iodine in the food stuffs in sufficient quantity to prev<<mt simple goitre, the farmers of the State will not be able tc supply the demand for such vegetable^ as spinach, tomatoes, carrots, beans, cucumbers, lettuce, as paragus, cabbage, etc. Practically all 'of those vegetables many others not mentioned can be canfned with lit tle mineral deteriation. If the analy ses are made and it is found that they goitre area and more than half the people who reside in this area ane suf fering from goitre. The situation is growing steadily worse and relief is urgently demand^. Among the groat^ cities situated in the goitre belt are Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, ' Akron, Cincinnati, ^ Seattle, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids and many others. By a high authority we am inform ed that the only satisfactory way to supply iodine to human beings is through food supply. Various other contain iodine in sufficient quantity* measures have been instituted but the fact can be Certified to by the none of them have proved successful! Commission and tlten they can become It*' is interesting to note* that the TOTAL $52,158.32 Less Estimate Revenue other than Taxes, Fines and Li censes $1,000.00 Commutetion Tax 6,700.00 -Gasoline Tax (two cents per gallon) ____ 25,000.00 Insmance Licenses __ 1,500.00 > ’ not only a food but a therapeutic food of gr«at value. This then becomes a matter of concern by such authorities as the Sergeant General of the United States Public Health Service, the Sergeant General of tho Army and the Boards of Health of the various States, whose -duty it is to protect the public health. The public health and the public defense must necessarily go hand, in- hand. great dairy anjd poultry centers of the country lies in the goitre area. These are immense industries, particu- Jarly the dry milk and cheese manu facture. These interests have become much disturbed over the agitation in regard to iodine deficiency in thkir section. Their difficulty can only be overcome by the introduction of food stuffs from areas that have an abun dance of iodine in their products or has already begun a campaign for the education of the people as to these fact*. If we can establish 4he abundance of iodine in our food stuffs it is be lieved that a large /number of the farmers of this section, who are of the same racfi/ks our own., can be in duced to move here and establish the great dairying and canning injdu.strics in our section. There is still another consideration, we have two railroad lines from the Port of Charleston to the West, from which we are deriving little or no benefit. If we can divert 6ur produtes from the East to the West we can build up a large trans continental business. Of course, the most important consideration is the fact that this promises financial inde^ pendence to the fanners of this State who are now unsuccessfully strug gling with cotton.. At present the only other crop that seems is being tried on anyhing like a large scale is to bacco. This, as we know, can be easily overdone, but if every acre in South Carolina were* planted in food stuffs that Contained protective amounts of iodine we could not begin to simply-the demand from people who need them and are able to pay for them. ^ It seems that this work of Food Commission is the cost chance that has been suggested for the solution of our agricultural diff^oUiOs. c need new fields rnd this may offer them. It has been Remonstrated that we can grow ell the foods they require but we have not demonstrated their mineral content This the Food Com mission purposes to do. The sum they ask for conducting this work when considered in the light of opportunity and possibility, * seems insignificant. There is a chance, even a probability of great things for this State through the proposed work—The State. FOR SALE! Three building lots it the town of Barn- well, centrally locat ed on Washington Street; size of lots about 75 by 140 feet. : For further information \ apply to Mrs. Ada S. Burckft&lter Barnwell, S. C, . ^34,200.00 » — ■ - - • - Amount to be .raised by ^ Taxation $17,958.32 * Sec. 2. The contingent fund herein created shall be spent only upon the written approval of the Legislative Delegation. Stic. 3. No warrant shall be is sued to pay any Magistrate and his Constable until at the end of each mohth”and such Magistrate-has filed ONE ACRE OF CUCUMBERS PAYS BETTER THAN TEN ACRES OF COTTON • > ' • • • . * < - / * For a Money Crop, Plant / Se tion 1. That a tax is hereby -levied upon all tho tax'iMc* property of Barnwell County of five mills fo r the ,\ ear 1928 and fo” the amounts and rrurposes herein stated, respe'*-” lively.- . v- item 1. Roads and Bridgets: Convicts and Maintenance of Road his report °f the proceedings in his Court. * HI Sec. 4. The Coroner and County Physician shall attend and conduct all inqueists in the Countyi Sec. 5. The Board of County Direc tors shall publish a quarterly state- | ment* showing all claims paid -in each J Township, and the County-wide claims, giving, amount and subject to each Working Organ izatldhsr~rr^H5r0OO I 00 _ $ . • •* . . ■ ■"Prov icteifc~*An - admtitmal amount ~Tn the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars may be borrowed by the Treasurer ; »nd the County Board of Directors on the approval of the^Delegation, to be used "exclusively for cross-county road purposes. Item 2. Salaries: Clerk of Court $700.00 Sheriff —- —- 1,800.00 e chajr claim. Sec. 6. No claim shall be approved Tor warrant issued therefor unless such claim be itemized and sworn to. —imantieiatkm of the.cQUeCz. Exensi Infovcxment 1928, Law 500.00 Treasurer I- — r - 766.06 Clerk to Treasurer 600.00 Auditor 1,— —- 766:66 Clerk for Auditor 300.00 Superintendent of Educa- - tion 1 1,500.00 Attorney- 200.00 Physician _ 600.00 —Coroner - -, _ 600 00 Supervisor of Roads 1,800 00 County Directors, $200 each, chair man $250— 1,050.00 Clerk cf Bd. of Directors, 1.600.00 Judge of Probate 350 00 Constables 2,015.00 Magistrates 1,950.00 Jailor 300.00 Item 3. County Boards: Board of Education 150.00 Bnarrl of Equalization ($4,06- per day) 500.00 . F/yird nf Registration - 300.00 Item 4. Jail Expenses, includ-' ing (dinting of prisoners , 1,500.00 Couit Expenses, Court of Common Pleas _— 2,000.00 Court Expenses, Court of Geneual Sessions ^ 2,000.00 Item 5. County Home, Poor-. house and Poor 3,000.00 Item 6. Post Mortems, In quests and Lunacy 225 00 Item 7. Public Buildings, In cluding Water, Fuel, Light and Insurance 1.200.00 Item 8. Printing, Postage and Stationery 1,200 00 Item 9. Miscellaneous Contin gent - 500.00 Vital Statistics 250.00 . Confederate Soldiers and Widows -— 2,0004)0 Provided: The Judge of Probate for Barnwell County! with the appro- 'va,l of the Barnwell Pension Bbai^d, is hereby authorized and required to pay out of the funds herein appropriated, . Under this item, bn the firkt Monday in May, 1928, or as soon thereafter ns convenient, to Confederate Soldiers or widows of Confederate Soldiers who are now entitled to a pension under tion of taxes herein provided for, the Board of County Directors and the Treasurer are* authorized and Empow ered to borrow, on the credit of the .Counfy, such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and to'pledge the 1928 taxes in payment thereof. Su?h obligations shall be signed by the'Treasurer and man of the Board «f County Directors, attest?d ly the Clerk of such Board. Sec, 8. The Board of County Direc tors rnd the. Coun' y Treasurer are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of Twenty T housar.d ($20,000.('0) Dol lars, if so much be necessary, payable in five caua! annua i.-ridlments, for the payment of past ’indebtedness pledging the credit of the County as security to same, and executing such obligations as may he necessary to pledge «srueh credits the County Audt“ tor is htireby authorized and directed to levy sufficient taxes each year up on the taxable property of Barnwell County to pay off this indebtedness. - See. 9. The Ladies’ Rest Room in the Courthouse at Barnwell is placed in the custody of dcimi° P Greene, who shall receive an annual salary of PERFECT SHAPE PERFECT COLOR PERFECT SHIPPER EARLY PRODUCTIV1 v\ \ IT STAYS GREB * « V Sold Only in Sealed Packages Insure Your Crop by Planting Originator’s Stock ■ AjV Color "Kirby is the earliest of the White Spine type; fruit seven to eiglit inches long, cylindrical in sha] ■• /■ / a beautiful dark green from stem to blossom end, which is retained longer than any variety we know/of. Vigor ous grower, enormous yielder, shipping quality unexcelled, and always commands the highest marjfet price^ THE BEST FOR SLICING OR PICKLES . Not genuine Originator’s stock unless in our sealed container like cut below: TESTIMONIALS * .TESTIMONIALS “On February 20, 1 planted twelve acres of your ‘Kirby’ Cucumber—on April 14th, I made my first picking of 135’ bushel "ham pers per acre,, they were-95- per cent fancy. My second picking averaged 244 bushel ’hampers per acre. These were grown with out irrigation on land my father cleaned up before the Civil War. ' • “My crop was the finest I have ever seen and tl^e ‘Kirby’ Cucumber is sure the heav iest fruittr l^have ever grown. I picked as many as eight fancy Crown Cucumbers at one picking from one hill. They set more early fruit than anv variety I know of.” (Signed)- WYLIE DIXON, Center Hill, Florida. “I take pleasure in writing you about your ‘Kirby’ Cucumber seed. I have found none better or as early as the original ‘Kirby’ Cucumber. I picked a solid car this fall in less than 40 days from time of plant ing. For quality, yield and earliness I glad ly recommend the original ‘Kirby’ Cucum ber seed.” (Signed) J. W. CARUTHERS, Webster, Florida. CUCUMBER t ONE PQUNP “I„ha/e tried the above seed out against severalof the supposedly earliest cucumbers and have found the ‘Kirby’ to bE earlier than anything I have betn able to get.” (Signed) G/W. SEA BROOK, Edisto Island, S. C. One Hundied Dollars for maintaining- same. See. 10. The Chairman of the Board of Regents of the County Poor-, house. sihaU-rc^eeiv^ an annual salary of One Hundred Dollars per year, pay able monthly: Provided however, That all groceries and supplies" pur chased by the Board of Regents' for the County Poorhouse “shall be pur chased through the County Board of Directors, so ,that wholesale prices may Ixi obtained/ and Provided, Fur ther, That the County Physician shall prescribe diet lists for the inmates of said Poorhouse. Sec.Tl. This Act shall take effect’ immediately upon its appioval by the Governor. PLANTER SAYS ABOUT KIRBY CUCUMBER . • FOR PICKLES .* “I have made my first cutting for pickles, ‘The Kirby,’ and want to say I am sorry I did not make my entire planting * Do not grow for Cucumbers, but am satis fied from the few large ones, thd^ can’t be excelled for Cucumbers, and as pickles, I have tried them all and .the ‘Kirby’ is a pinner in color and.shape.” (Signed) Peaceful Valley Farm, * Indianapolis, Indiana. TRAO* MARK REO. U pat orr “IT STAYS GREEN” SOLD ONLY IN SEALED PACKAGES — ■ ; j.V- - ~ -- —; I. N. SIMON t* HO’ 436-438 Maiket St. - PMadelphia/Pa ‘We wish to write you a few words of praise for the cucumber seed your Mr. T. W. Smith, of Center Hilk Fla., sold us for fall planting. The seed/we bought was the variety now known as the ‘Kirby’ Cucumber. Our section bought seed enough for forty- five acres, we must say that t*very grower that planted this special variety of seed is - more than pleased; i “We planted the seed on the 27th of August, and shipped Cukes in forty days, being at least ten days earlier than any other variety we planted and the yield was/ greater than we expected of the finest g___ Cukes we have ever seen, the fruit runnU^g 06 ■per cjriit fancy. Every growur in Sis sectionyWill plant nothing but the ‘Kfrby’ cuoumber.- We are glad to say ttyat it proved beyond" our expectations.” (Signed) SCHRAEDER LAND & ^ . TIMBER C / —" " L. S. Brinsoiy' Mgr., / Riverlan/ Florida. “I used your ^Kirby” Cucurtbers last year and I t^jnk they- are the best Cucumbers I evtir raised. They are uniform in size and very productive.” (Signed) Wiyf. SPILLMAN, ~ Peoria, 111. .. • — A WORD OW PRAISE FOR ^ KIRBY JCUCUMBER “In 35 days fronf time of planting I pick ed a fully matured Cucumber.and started once to gatheri/g. I wish to say I have found no bother, and none so early as the. original strainr‘Kirby.’ (Sjgned) W. B. BRANCH, v Webster, Florida. .. ' Kirby Cucumber—Originator’s Stock in Sealed Lithographed Container, Lik/ Cut, for Sale by Mutual Trading Co., Blackville, S. C.' Green & Co., Elko, p. Q. Simon Brown’s Sons, Blackville, S. G. The Best Pharmacy, Barnwell, S. O Gold in Our Soil? Is it Worth Seeking? " r H. G. Hiers, WilUston, S. C. / Palmetto Hardware Co., Allendale, S. C. Local Agents T* The General Assembly of 1927 cre ated what is known as the Food Anal ysis Commission and designated the president of the University of South Carolina, the president of Clemson and the dean of The. Medical College of Sduth Carolina as ex-effi?io mem- bers of the Commission. The gover nor was directed to appoint two mem bers. He appointed Dir. William Wes ton, of Columbia, ^nd Dr. R. R. W4I- We carry a full line of Vegetable and Flower Seeds. Selected Stocks listed in our 1928 Market Garden ers’ Catalog, copy of which is yours for the asking. 7 l N. SIMON SON L WESLEY D. SIMON 438-T MARKET ST., Philadelphia, Pi (I NORVAL E KIRBY