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* THURSDAY, MAY, MED. in*. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA ere and erea oouts 4 'Phone U» the Names of Tour Vlsiton, or Other Item of Local Interest for This Column. / Bymtes Huggins has returned home after a visit to relatives and friends in Charleston. | Mrs. Estelle Patterson, Miss Sarah f Patterson., Miss l^erry Patterson and Mrs. Robt. A. Patterson and little son left this weelc for a visit to rela tives at McColl. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Martin, of Blaicjcvillje, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Still Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. W. M Jones are vis^ iting relatives and friends in Rich mond, Washington and Baltimore. Mrs. Edgar A. Brown and little daughter, Emply, have returned from a visit to Mrs. John T. Stevens in Kershaw. / J. D. Robison, of Columbia, was a visitor here yesterday. His many Barnwell friends will be interested to know that he will move to Charlotte, N. C., next week; Brown Towles Polly Beach. spent Saturday at Cadets Ben Davies, Jr., and Frank Day, of The* Citadel, spent a short •time here Friday with the former's parent!, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Davies. - -.dP : •—.• /Missies Ada Martin, Lucile and Eula ^Hughes and Hollis Welcher, of Cal houn. Falls, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mahaffey on Sunday. Mrs. R. Cl Perdue and children and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Myrick and chil dren, of Orangeburg, wore guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baxley Sunday. Miss Ophelia Huggins, Miss Myrtle Driggers and Mike Walsh, of Char leston, spent Monday and Tuesday with the former's mother, Mrs. J. J. Huggins, Mrs. J. W. Vuncent, of Union, who spent the week-end with Barnwell relative^ was accompanied upon her return home by her mother, Mrs. Leah Best. Mrs. H. B. Harley, who has been visiting relatives here, returned to her home in Charleston Sunday, accom panied by her sister, Mrs. R. H. Wil liams, and little sons, Ralph and Reginald. > Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Molair, Mr. and Mrs. W .L. Molair and Mrs. B. H. Cave spent Sunday with Miss Carrie A. Cave at the Columbia hospital. Miss Cave’s friends will be glad to know that she is rapidly recovering from a recent operation. the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Mrs. G. M. Greene, president; Mrs. J. N. Anderson, vice president; Mrs. J. N. Dicks, secretary; Mrs. R. S. Dicks, treasurer; Mrs. Terry Richard son, publicity chairman. In his closing remarks to the asso ciation, Supt. W. W. Carter, who has served as president for two years, stressed the Af ed of a new high school building, stating that the present one is entirely inadequate to carry forward the Work to the best interest of the children. Urging the members to keep this thought before them, meeting was adjourned. T la MemorUm. Radio Station for Savannah. Benjamin O’Neal Baxley, of Tren ton, N. J., and his cousin, Joseph Stal lings, and Mr. Fisher, were recent guests of Mr. Baxley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baxley. They re turned to Trenton Monday. School Improvement Assn. Holds Meeting At the meeting of the Barnwell School Improvement Association held Tuesday afternoon a delightful mu sical program was given by Misses Martha Moofe, Betty Banks and Der ry Patterson. At the business session Savannah, Ga., May 19.—Word was received from the Federal Radio Com mission alt Washhigtoni that the con struction permit for the Savannah chamber of commerce radio station has been granted. The message also stated that the call letters “WSGP” have been as signed to the Savannah station as re quested! in the application. These in itials being for “Wonderful Savannah, Georgia’s Port.” The station is to operate on a wave length of 21J.6 meters with a frequency of 14 ^ kii vycles the ex pectation being that Savannah will be on the air in* 90 days. Sacred to the memory of Eugene Wilbur Harley, whose tragic death oc curred December 29th, 1928, the fol lowing words are penned: A gloom has been cast over his en tire family and all who knew him, but at this particular time we are re minded of the fact that Wilbur, too, had cherished hopes that we now must stand and see perished. For was not he to receive his diploma from Dunbarton High School on May 24th? His class mates have missed the j his cheerful greetings, his sunny smiles and friendly disposition, always dispaying honesty even in plgy. His teachers, too, have missed him in the classroom, om the playground and wherever he could he used, for indeed Wilbur was one of the few who was always courteous, polite and gentle with the old as well as those of his age. His family miss him. Ah, yes! how their hearts have bled just for a glimpse of his bright face/but. Where the ran shall never go dowm.* We loved him, yea, we loved him* But Jesus loved him beet And from this world of Has taken him to rest. We feel that he is etiH “Come on,” whkh were hig last Friends. “Alas! his body rests beneath the end, And the soul is now secure with God In the land where there is no frown And the sun shall never go down. We feel we see his face so bright Among the angels in heaven's light; Uj>on his head he wear* his crown Shine or Rain You are fortunate to be kving in Barnwell, you may have the best quality whole sweet milk or rich cream at prices lower than in other nearby larger cities. See our deliveryman every day on the streets of Barnwell, rain or shfine, or write APPLEDALE DAIRY BmMoCk — Lyndhurst Mrs. Angus Patterson* BEAUTY SHOPPE • U EUGENE PERMANENT WAVES. WATER AND FINGER WAVES J: MARCEL WAVES. Facials, Scalp Treatments, Shampoos and Manlcvrea Phone 117 . — Bamwell, 8. C tr rrrrr f" f" f I v ,mim rrrVrrrrrr'rfl ‘.A* Industry Pro*p*r»-So Prosper Tht P*opl* Cotton Mill Earnings--Who Gets Them? IHE tremendous importance of the cotton manufacturing industry in South Carolina is unquestioned. Here is an indus try which furnishes direct support to a fifth of the State's white population, and indirect support to many more of her citizens; an industry whose finished products are worth three times the cotton crop and almost twice as much as all the crops her farmers grow. Such an industry must exercise a profound influence on the economic and social life of any commonwealth in which it exists. What then of the thousands of men and women vrtiose investments make that Industry possible? Are they receiving the profits which the importance of their industry would seem to warrant? The plain truth is that cotton manufacture is not the profitable enterprise that some believe it to be. Earnings are dependent to a large extent on conditions beyond the control of the management or stockholders, and are not in keeping with the risk involved. Violent fluctuations in cotton prices, unstable markets for cloth, frequent style changes, and economic depressions all operate to make profits uncertain and management difficult. Net returns on actual invested capital in South Carolina mills during the past two years have averaged little more than 5 per cent. In some recent years there were no profits, and if the abnormal war period were disregarded, the average for the history of the industry in this State would probably not exceed 4 per cent. Earnings in almost every other leading industry have far exceeded those of textiles. Even railroads, long regarded as the invalids of American business, have fared better than the textile industry. / ' ' * . While the securities of most other industries have enjoyed a steady, and in many cases remarkable increase in value during the past five years, those of textiles have with rare exceptions, either remained stationary or suffered a decline. Despite their low earnings, the cotton manu|acturers of South Carolina have persistently endeavored to better the living conditions of those who helped to make their industry possible. Data collected by impartian fact-finding bodies indicate that the weekly pay check of the average operative in South Carolina is today more than twice as large as in the pre-war period. Moreover, the houses, the churches, the recreational facilities and the provisions tor insuring health have all been greatly improved; improved at a cost of millions of dollars to stockholders. - | , / i . ’ •" * . • . / ■ , ' . • - ; , ; - ■. . - . • . In many instances, cotton mills have operated at actual losses for the purpose of furnishing employment to their operatives. -Truly, it may be said that by far the larger portion of cotton mill earnings has gone to operatives, and not to stockholders. * - on Manufacturers’ Association rf south Carolina 11 ■ 'f-