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and M. Thone Us the Names of Tour Visitors, or Other Items of Local Interest for This Column. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mahaffey and children spent Saturday in Augusta. Roy Turner is spending his vaca tion at Florence and Myrtle Beach. Mrs. Elizabeth Shepbeard visited :elatives and friends at Lees Tuesday. Robert Harley, of Beaufort, was the guest.of relatives here Tuesday. Mrs. J. 0. Patterson entertained the Duplicate Bridge Club Monday after noon. Paul Barbot and Johnnie Krobloch spent Sunday with relatives in Char- lestorr.. \ The Cotton Mill Dollar The following statement for the month of March, 1929, from one of South Carolina’s most substantial wide-print.cloth cotton mills, shows the percent age of expense distributed to various accounts. More than half of the wide print cloths made in America are produced in South Carolina. A mill of this type illustrates the present status of mill operators and operatives, as regards their shares in each dollar of gross sales. The amount paid to the operatives absorbs nearly the entire gross profit after deducting the other necessary expenses of interest, power, depreciation, cotton, supplies, etc. • COTTON COTTON TEST THESE FACTS. I, How many people can Rrade cotton? There are 26 different grades, and the money differei.ee between them is great. How many people an* in constant touch with the world’s largest cotton buyers and with a market that changes nearly every minute? You need a reliable and experienced man in Augusta (one of the world’s largest m omi? ij° insure yo Y r cottor - bringing the highest price. . r - J. Ineold method of each person selling their own cottob, by get- tmg loca! buyers to make an offer, ard then just taking the “Highest" i. 18 rcep^nized as bad business. For tl.e simple reason, the Highest Bid may be many dollars under the market value. 3. Good roads and public trucks enable you to send your cotton to me in a f^w hours. Immediate sale can be made, insuring you of the highest market price and prompt returns. Don’t give your cot ton away by simply accepting the “Highest Bid” of a local buyer in a small market. Let me show you results. CHAS. G. HOUSTON COTTON FACTOR AUGUSTA, GA. FARMEn This statement is taken from the books of a mill which is without plant debt. The mill equipment is modern and up- <r Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Morning- star, of Ehrhardt, spent Sunday in mwell. Mrs. Johnson Hagood and children have returned to Barnwell after a visit to relatives in Charleston. The many frierds of Mrs. G. M. -Icgg will regret to !civn that she has been quite ill for the past several days. Billie Holmes and a party of frierds, of Greensboro, N. C^ spent Sunday in Barnwell while er. route to Beaufort. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lancaster and Mr. ard Mrs. John T .Phillips, of Denmark, visited Barnwell relatives Sunday.. Mrs. Catherine Pattersor, of New York City, is spending some time with her mother, Mrs. Kate Patterson. Mrs Rufus Jackson, Jr., ard little daughter, Betty, of Eait Palatka. Fla., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Diamond. Mrs. F. W. Anderson and baby, of Albemarle, N. C H are spending some time with her parents, Mr. ard Mrs. A. D. Furtkk. Misses Carey and Hilda Martin have returned from Swansea, where they were the guests of relatives for thf past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Davies left yes terday (Wedresday) morning for a visit to relatives' in Burlington and other points in North Carolina I'everly Simms returned to Wash- irgtcn. D. C., July 3rd. He has just completed his first year at NatioLal Law University in Waslington. Miss Kate Mahe: Sitnm< has accept ed a position with former Governor R bert A. Cooper, wh) is n3W or.e of Washington’s leading att»rney.« Y Circle No. 3 of the Baptist Church will meet with Mrs. T. D. Creighton on Friday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock. 11 members are urged to be present. Mrs. H. J. Phillips and Mrs. Eugene Easterlir g carried the former’s daugh ter, Betty Lee, to the University hos pital in Augusta Monday afterr oon for a tonsil operation. The Rev. and Mrs. V. M. Berson end children ar» in Barnwed visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Hair. Mrs. Benson is pleasantly remembered here as Miss Lizzie Hair. Mrs. Lera Davies left Saturday morning for Hendersonville, N. C, where she will sper d some time at Lake Kanuga Inn. Dr. L. T. Claytor, Morroe Morris and Harry Andersor have returned to Barnwell after a visit to the former’s brother at Quincy, Fla. Mrs. Msrtitt, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Sitgreave, of Toledo, Ohio, have returned to their homes after a visit to Mrs. Edgar A. Brown. Dr. Heyward Gibbes. of Columbia, spent last Thursday in Barnwell on busireas. He was the guest °f Judge and Mrs. Chas. Carroll Simms that afternoon. with upwards of 70,000 spindles and 1, 500 looms. Operatives ___ $ 64,416.08 21.148% Management 3,860.00 1.5 Supplies 14,290.85 5.554 Sales Cost * 5,145.99 2.0 Cotton 149,732.40 58.195 Taxes 4,050.00 1.574 Interest 2,000.00 .777 Plant Maintenance v 8,986.13 3.492 Power 11,257.69 4^75 Miscellaneous: . • Telephone, telegrams, insurance, office sup- $ plies, auto truck, etc. 1,147.41 .446 Profits 2.413.03 .939 • $257,299.53 100% i V Of The Cotton Mill Dollar, the farmer receive* about 58 cents, the operative receives about 21 cents, the stockholder receives less than 1 cent. S _ it' 1$ 'IB*! 56* 41* 3it 2* n* 15* r t Charlie Brown. Sr., has a few splendid mules at his stables in Barr- well, which he is offering at money saving prices. See his advertisement in this issue of The People-Sentirel. , Mrs. Lessie B. Easterling, Mrs. Marie Ma e and little L. M. Mace, of Barnwell, and Mr. ard Mrs. J. G. Moody, Jr., of Columbia, left Sunday for a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Josh Bax ley in West Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gable, of Altus, Oklahoma, reached Barnwell on Satur day for a visit to Mr. ard Mrs. M. C. Diamond and other Barnwell County relatives. Mrs. Gable is a sister of M. C. Diamond and J. M. Diamond. Mrs. R. L. Bronson ard two sons, ( are spending several days at Folly Beach, rear Charleston. . “Judge” Bellinger Maher is sperd- ing the Fourth of July with his friend, Lawrence Groves, at the Shamrock Hotel ir. Blackville. Quite a large crowd atterded ser vices at the Presbyterian Church last Sunday morning and night. This is the first time this church has had a morning service in some time aid the services were very riiuch enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Sanders and children left for Bath (Aiken County), last week, where they will make their future home, Mr. Sanders having ac cepted a position at that place. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders have many friends here who regret to give them up.* H. Antopolsky Main Street Barnwell, S. C. Tub Silk Flowered—Guaranteed Fast $1.00 A Yard Rayon Spread Cloth Remnants. Ij|eal for Bed Spreads and Draperies. Five Years $1.00 Unbleached Dimities 38 Inches. Makes Fir.est Work A Yard Men’s Sox Mercerized. Four Pairs Guar anteed for Four Months. Four Pairs $1.00 Ladies’ Hose Chiffon Full Fashir.ed French Heel. $1.50 Iron-Clad Johnson Hagood, of Woodbridge, N. J., is expected in Barnwell this week. He will be accompanied upon his re turn by his wife, children and father, t?ol. Butler Hagood, who will make their future home in Woodbridge. Miss Patricia Dicks, Bobby Dicks, Billie Davies, McTyre Calhoun, Brown Easterling, Jim Bush, Ben T. Sexton, Edward Richardson- and Tommy Ha- morning to attend the Episcopal Church camp at Lake Karuga, near Hendersonville, N. C. They will be away for two weeks. The party was joined at Tryor, N. C., by Rodman Lemon. ? RECEPTION FOR COL. * BUTLER HAGOOD. Col. Butler Hagood, who leaves in a few days for his new home in Wood- bridge, N. J., was the guest of honor Tuesday evening at an informal re ception given by members of the Church of the Holy Apostles at the home of Mr, and Mrs. C. F. Molair. Colonel Hagood has been a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and for many years has performed in a most efficient manner to duties of secretary to the Vestry, The recep tion Tuesday evening was an expres sion of aptreeiatioa for the vahw- ha« rendered and * a distant State. A musical program wa 8 rendered by the your g people of the Church, which was greatly erjoyed by ail present, while Judge Chas. Carroll Simms ex pressed the sentiments of the assem blage in a few remarks in keeping with the occasion. A basket of gifts from the various members of the corgregation was presented to Colo nel Hagood by J. Julien Bush, Esq. During the evening, block ice cream and cakes were served. The many friends of Colonel Ha good sincerely hope that his sojourn in New Jersey will be temporary and that in the not too distant future he will return to his boyhood home. He will carry with him the best wishes of scores of frierds. MRS. EASTERLING HOSTESS TO BRIDGE CLUBS. Mrs. Eugene Easterling was hostess Friday afternoon to the -members of the Smart Set and Junior Bridge Clubs and a few invited guests. The high score prizes, decks of playing cards and score pads, were won by Miss Helen Calhoun of the Smart Set Bridge Club and Mrs. Mordecai M. Mazursky of the Junior Bridge Club. The guest prize, a box of Houbigant dusting, powder, wag awarded to Mrs. R. G. Herrdon, while the consolation, a dainty handkerchief bag, was cut by Miss Willie Bush Deasor. A salad course with iced tea was served after the games. Out-of-town guests were Mrs. R. A. Easterling, of Denmark, Mrs. Adkins and her house guest, Miss Frankie Tickle, of Valdosta, Ga. ♦ " ■ ■ CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH PARTY. Little Miss Irma Brown was hostess to quite a nuipber of her little friends on last Thursday afternoon, the oc casion being her birthday anniversary. After several interesting contests in which the winners were awardftd dainty prizes, the little guests were in vited into the dining room where were served home made pound and ice cream. 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