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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1928.
“Don’t Quit.’
When things go wrong as they some
times will,
When the road you’r^ trudging seems
all uphill, - 1
Wh<sn the funds are low and the
* debts are high,
And you want to smile, but have to
sigh,
When care is pressing you, down a
bit,
Rest if you must—but don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twists . and
turns *
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he
stuck it out;
Don’t give up, though the race seems
. slow, >
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the? goal is nearer than 9
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Oftan the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the vic
tor’s cup,
And he learned too late when the
night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden
, crown.
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close
you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the sfight when you’re
hardest hit,
It's when things setm worst that
you musn’t quit.
—Courtesy McClung Hdw. Co.
Suppose women wore bustles along
with tho present styles in skirts!
Well, South Carolina wasn’t as dry
in September as it would have the
rest of the country believe it is going
to be in Nevember.
“The mellow glow of burning
tapers, casting thHr soft rfedianeb
over the scene of <inchanting loveli
ness,’’ may be all right for weddings,
but as a substitute for the good old
electric light in the home and office
it is the bunk.
.The latest decree of fashion seems
to be longer hair and shorter dresses
—probably on the theory that the one
will compensate for the other. Of
course, theories do not always work
out in actual practice—but then there
ia always the fig leaf.
Nor can we understand why a voter
who intends to cast his or her ballot
for Hoover should object to being
oaRod a Republican! In spite of all
that has been said about and done
against A1 Smith, we intend to vote'
for him and are proud to be called a
Democrat.
Hoover, you know, once thought
that he was a Democrat. That was
during the days of the Wilson vic
tories at the polls. After the Harding
landslide he decided his best chance
President lay as always with
the party polling the most votes.
Remember the fable of the dog cross
ing the stream with a hunk of meat
in his mouth? He saw his reflection
in the water and dropped the sub
stance for the shadow. May Hoover
meet a like fate!
Didja ever notice how many “Dr.-
JCgkyl-and-M*r.-Hydes” thojre aile in
any community? When they drop
nroimd for a favor—in our lino it’s
usually a little free publicity—they
all smiles and the milk of human
radiates from every pore.
But just meet them on the street five
minutes later and the sour look they
Band cut makes one confident that
they were weaned on a pickle. We
~ sr sometimes if folks eat
oniona—they say they are
for the liver.
any appreciable number of (former
Democrats will cast their ballots for
Hoover in Barnwell County, there
seems to be tome determined opposi
tion to Governor Smith in a few coun
ties and it behooves all loyal South
Carolina Democrats to qualify and
vote for the national standard bearer.
Governor Smith has an uphill fight
but it is conceded that he has a chance
to win, as he is graining new friends
and supporters every day. Let’s give
him the largest majority that South
Carolina has ever given a candidate
for the Presidency. 0
The registration books will be open
at the Court House in Barnwcdl on
the above dates. There is an entirely
new registration this year. If you
haven’t already gotten your certifi
cate, get it October 1st, 2nd or 3rd.
Why Sell the Light Plant?
Frequently one hears the sugges
tion made that Barnwell should sell
its light and power plant to a private
ly owned corporation and naturally
the question arises, “Why sell the
light plant?”
Two or three years ago this was
the burning issue in this city and the
proposition was voted down by an
overwhelming majority. At that
time the arguments advanced in op
position to the sale were that (1) the
purchase price was not enough; (2)
the schedule of rates was too high;
(3) the quality of the service offered
by the biddef was very poor; and
(4) certain guarantees (?) were made
that in less than a year the city could
negotiate a salo for $100,000 and a
much lower scale of rates.
As to proposition No. 1, we are not
prepared to say. We know nothing of
the physical worth of the plant then
or now. At that time, our readers will
recall, one week th<ge would be a re
port that the plant was liable to goto
pieces at any time—the next that it
was in apple-pie order. Its condi
tion seemod to depend a great deal on
what particular offer the city council
had under consideration.
Proposition No. 2: The rates were
probably higher than can be secured
row. We understand that Wagener
emjoys a rate for lights of eight
cents per k. w. Some towns pay as
bight as twelve cents. An average is
probably ten cents, and this will be
the figures we shall use in this edi
torial.
Proposition No. 3: The quality of
the service offered was no doubt be
low the standard in many towns, es
pecially those with municipally oper
ated plants. No hydro-electric ser
vice can be as nearly uninterrupted
hs local service because of the great
distance that such lines traverse from
the source of power.
Proposition No. 4: If there has
been an offer of $100,000 for the
plant and franchise, or one increasing
the bid of $42,500 by one farthing,
we have heard nothing of it.
In *the meantime, what have the
light and powder users of Barnwell
paid to retain its municipal plant?
We find that the quarterly state
ments published by the Commissioners
of Public Works for one year show
that the total receipts of the plant for
light and water were $19,533.81,
divided as follows:
Quarter ending Sept.
30, 1927 $4,501.88
Quarter tnding Dec.
31, 1927 5,366.78
Quarter ending March
31, 1928 4,899.61
Quarter ending July
31, 1928 4,765.54
ita Urged to
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People-Sentinel has been re-
to call attention to the fact
lober let, tad and 3rd will be
days for Democrats in South
(that
Total receipts for year $19,533.81
As the last statement showed a
balance on hand of only $48, it is
safe to assume that it cost the neople
of Barnwell $19,485,81 to operate tTfb
plant for 12 months.
Now, then, suppose the town could
dispose of the plant for $50,000—just
50 per cent of the amount that we
were told could be secured for it.
Half of that amount could be used
to pay off a part of the town’s indebt
edness, some of which is drawing as
high as eight per cent, interest, and
the balance could be placed in the
sinking fund. Compounded quarterly,
this would go a long ways towards
retiring outstanding bonds whe/n they
fall due. Would there or not be a
substantial saving to the people of the
town?
A ten cents light rate would be ex
actly half of the rate that is in force
and eff«t here now. We have ho way
of telling from the publiihed state
ments what proportion of the receipts
are for lights and what part is for
water. We will say fot-the sake of
argument that 26 per cent, represents
the sale of water. On that basis, we
are paying about $16,000 a year for
current. A part of that is sold at a
power rate of eight cents per kilo
watt, being uaed principally for the
motors for commercial purposes.
Twenty pet cent Would bd! a liberal
estimate, vjm thinly for thpt source
of revenue, which leaves $12,000- a
year for lights alone—$1,000 a month.
On the basis of a ten cents rate,
that would be cut exactly in half—a
saving of $6,000 a year or $500 a
month to the light users alone, and
that amount represents the money
that the light users of Barnwell are
being TAXED each month and year
to maintain the plant, to say nothing
of the saving that would be effected
to the taxpayers by reducing the in-
debtedmes of the town!
Are such savings worth while? Or
fcan we, in view of the many recent
'financial reverses in this section, with
the consequent curtailment of
m/enue, continue to pay this TAX
for current—for what? For service,
as some will argue. Because we don’t
Want a private corporation to mSke
anything out of our franchise here,
others will say; let the town make
the profit.
All well and good, but if the towh
can’t show a profit of more than $48
in 12 months with a 20 cents rate,
why keep the plant? Why TAX the.
consumers of current $6,000 a year to
makjr*8fprofit of $48? Is that good
business ?
In closing, we might point out that
the above figures, with the exception
of the published receipts, are our own
estimates. Their correctness is not
absolutely guaranteed, but we feel
sure that they are approximately cor
rect. However, we shall be glad to
make any corrections therein that
may be called to our attention. We
would also be glad to have expressions
of opinion from other fellow sufferers
who have grown tired of bearing this
burden, and it might be well for city
council to ascertain if any power
company is interested in a franchise
here. *
Perhaps we shall have more to say
about the matter in another issue. ,
regard with admiration the business-j Dr. Watson is trying to “speed up”
like, active career of the bee. The now, reducing idleness in the
boe was a model of industry, virtue,
Speeding Up the Busy Bee.
What is becoming of our-good old-
fashioned adages and maxims?
sobriety. Now we must face the fact
that the bee is a little better than a
loafer. Alas! Alas! for our youth
ful illusions.
Dr. Lloyd R. Watson, pursuing re
search work at Cornell University,
announces that the supposedly busy
bee should never be a synonym for
conscientious toil.
The average bee, he says, works
mvm. _ , / -, •. ;
Well, we hope he succeeds. If he
can get the bees to work hard, we
may not have to go to the trouble
of thinking up a new maxim!
Anyway, many persons who have
spoken about being as “busy as a
bee” spoke the truth even though they
may have thought they were lying!
United States government author!**
ties show that under favorable condi*
tions with a beginning of one male
and one female fly, they may increase
in one season to over 50,500,000,000,-
000 flies. This shows the need of FLY
TOX. FLY-TOX is the scientific in
secticide developed at Mellon Institute
of Industrial Research by Rex Fellow
ship. Simple instructions on each
bottle (blue label) for killing ALL
household insects. INSIST on FLY-
AI! matrons of Barnwel lare invited TOX. It is safe, stainless, fragrant,
to attend a lecture on “Rejuvenation”! sure.—Adv.
“Busy as a Bee” has long been a hard for a little while, then knocks off Tuesday night, October 2nd—“The
byword. We were all brought up to for the day.
Flapper Grandmother.’
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