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Consolidated Jvnc l v W25. GLUME LUL Barnwell 4 **Ju»t Like a Member of the Family** BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1930. NUMBER 24. POWER CONSUMERS ASK RATE INQUIRY •'1 tfEEL SOUTH CAROLINA IS PAY ING TOO MUCH. Form Organization and Would Have Legislature Authorize Investiga tion.—Brown Leads Fifcht. Columbia.—Following the adoption of a v resolution declaring that “South Carolina is not enjoying uniform and attractive rates on electric power in comparison with rates existing in other states and which hex natural re sources warrant, and that industrial development in other states of the Southeast which enjoy better rates far surpasses South Carolina,” the South Carolina Electric Power Consumers Association was organized at a meet ing of x-epresentative citizens of the State held Saturday in the city coun cil chamber. John T. Stevens, of Kershaw, was elected chairman of the executive committee of the associa tion. The decision to form an association “to do all things necessary to the end ^Bkxat the rate on electric power for ^^fcnsumcrs in this state shall be made '^Tair, equitable and uniform” was ar rived at following talks by Dr. Wade Stackhouse of Dillon/ who presided ever the meeting, J. J. Lawton of Hartsville, John T.'•Stevens of Ker shaw, Senator W. L. Riley of Bam berg. W. D. Rhoad of Bambetg, Dr. M. A. Connally of Woodruff, C. E. Jones, chairman of the State highway commission, and others, and after Senator Edgar A. Brown of Barnwell had presented figures tending to show ' a wide variation in rate? paid in South Caiolina and also differences between t | grates in South Carolina and in other states. The executive committee elected by the meeting is composed, besides Mr. Stevens, the chairman, of the follpw- iug: J. J. Lawton, Hartsville; LeRoy Springs, Lancaster; J. D. Prothro, Aiken; Dr. Wade Stackhouse, Dillon; NEW AFGHAN AMIR PROPOSED REVENUE BILLS TO AFFECT ALL CITIZENS TAX MEASURE WILL TOUCH CITIZENS OF ALL BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS.—COMMITTEE MAKES EFFORT TO REACH ELUSIVE “INTANGIBLES”—BILLS LIKELY UP < FOR DISCUSSION THIS WEEK. Nadir Khnn, who, having defeated the forces of Hnhibullah Khan and captured Kabul, lias proclaimed* him self nmlr of Afghanistan. Would Force Farmers To Cut Stalks Early Charleston Man Want* Those Failing to Destroy Stalks by October 15 Subject to Fine. Tax measures, affecting in one Way or another, practically all citizens of South Carolina, will likely be up for consideration in the House of Repre sentatives this week. The tax measures have been and are being drawn up by a special rev enue committee headed by R. Beverly Herbert of Richland. Alrady the House has stricken from the appropriations bill a section which provided that not more than five mills should be levied on real property for State purposes. When this section was stricken out, the House at one blow cut down the income of the State by about $2,200,000. Already there is a deficit of nearly $4,000,000, accumulated during past years when revenues did not equal expenditures. * The task of finding means of re placing this $2,200,000 and at tV^ same ly as regards the activities of the “house to house” salesman. Keep No Books. The amount of the several taxes are based largely on the size of the town in which the business is located. Every effort is being made by the committee, according to R. B. Her bert, chairman, to make the “occupa tion” tax so simple and easily under stood that no bookkeeping on the part of the taxpayer will be necessary in looking after it. The taxes^on different individuals, doctors for instance, will be graduat ed—that is, professional men will pay $12.50 on incomes of less than $1,000 and of $25 when their incomes are above that amount. Taxes on follow ers of other txades are graduated in somewhat similar fashion. These “occupational” tiaxj?s, Mr. Herbert says, will not in any way af- DANCING GRID STAR POLITICAL POT BEGINS TO BOO. rnmmmmmmmm THREE DECDARE INTENTION TO RUN FOR HOUSE. Wiillnm A. Gliissgow, football sun of the University of Iowa who lend* the HnwkeyeR In who? mny be their Inst season in the Big Ten conference. Giassgow, one ot the best ground gainers In the conference, earns his way through school by managing a dance hall In Iowa City. District Teachers Meet in Allendale time reducing in some measure the feet the local manufacturer or local Farmers failing to destroy their cot- ton stalks on or before October I'Sth would be subject to a fine of not more than $.50 nor less than $10, or to im- pri'onment of not more than 20 days | nor less than ten, under the terms of i I a bill introduced in the House of Rep- 1 • ■ i resentatives last week by J. Swinton I Whaley, of Charleston, and referred to the committee on agriculture. The biH sets ferth that “in order to pi*operly exterminate the boll weevil, it is essential to destroy their breed ing places before they hibernate” and as “cotton stalks harbor millions of immature weevils,” therefox^e, “be it enacted by the general assembly of deficit faced the revenue group whos^ eai’s have been constantly assailed by the cry “Far ms are being sold for taxes everywhere—reduce our taxes.” To Distribute Burden. The revenue committee, in the se- producer. As to Intangibles. The revenue committee has also a bill providing an amendment to the constitution so as to make it possi ble to place a tax on stocks and bonds, ExcHTerit Program Announced for Session to Be Hold in Allendale Saturday, Fob. 22. ijries of bills it ha* drawn up, has made | and piopex*ty coming under t^ie term efforts to distribute the tax burden, ^.“intangible”—property now largely so that, so far as possible, the tax should fall on those best able to pay. The group felt that many citizens were escaping their just portion of the burden and that others were bear- ing more than their shaie—and it has drafvn its bills in an effort to correct that inequality. Some six or eight bills compose the series; they increase the poll tax; put a tax on occupations; increase certain taxes, now in force, on corporations, on insurance .concerns and on public Connelly, Woodiuff; Dr. W. R. Tuten, Fairfax, and W. P. Goodman, Rock Hill. The committee is empowered to elect a secretary and select such en gineers and legal talent as is deemed necessary to gather data, statistics and informatinon, tp ask for proper legislation, if such be .necessary, and Co present such petitions and appeals as are necessary to the proper rate fixing body in the State. Wants Investigation. A resolution was also adopted ask ing the general assembly to make an escaping taxation altogether. This committee has already drafted bills proposing an increase on the poll tax for men from $1 to $2. Also it has a hill reducing the ex emptions on the incomes of individu als. Married persons would have ex emptions of $2,000 with $200 addition- A meeting of the teachers of the Second Congressional District will be held at Allendale on Saturday of this week, February 22nd, begining * at ten o’clock. The following excellent program has been arranged for the occasion: • General Session: 11 o’clock a. m.— W. F. Hagan, Allendale, presiding. Devotional, Rev. Eben Taylor.’ Music, Fairfax Glee Club. Address—Hon. Jas. H. Hope, State al for each child while exemptions for Supt. of Education. * i State of South Carolina, that on C. E. Jones. Batesbur*; Dr. M. A. | or before , he , 5th of 0( . tob< . r of each | utilities; lower exemptions on ineomes; year all farmeis shall destroy all cot ton stalks on premises owned, occu pied or leased by them.” The bill further provides that “it shall he the duty of rural policemen i efi each county to keep a list cf all ' persons planting cotton in their re- spective counties ami notify such ^' mere people perhaps than any, farmer* in writing prior to June 1st thst they are required to destroy their cotton stalks on or before October 15.” Then follows the section providing for the imposition of penalties on _ , farmers failing to observe the law. appropriation of $25,000 to enable the 1 The bill will likely, be reported on I I>ersonR in the healing art. railroad commission to make an in-| thi* week bv the coWimittee to which! aic h»tects, engineers, vestigation of the rates charged' by j jt was referred. > ' On restaurants, hotels andinnkeep the power companies. . i ■■ single persons would be $1,000. In comes above tho«e amounts would be taxed on a graduated scale. Corporation income taxes would be raised from four to four and one-half mills. by insurance companies would also be incleased somewhat by bills recent ly introduced and the tax on insurance 1 provide for a tax on chain stores, on house to house salesmen, on hotels. There is in the offing, though not yet drawn up, a bill, providing for a tax of one cent a pound on sugar. Occupational Tax. | agents also slightly raised. The levenue bill which will directly j The Sugar Tax. ( Another revenue measure of the others of the series is now in the making and is an “occupational” tax bill. It will likely be introduced in the House early this week. This bill imposes a tax on attorneys, doctors, dentists, osteopaths and all Associational Report—Secy. J. P. Coates, State Teachers’ Association. Address—Miss Lucy Gage, Pea body College. 12 o’clock M.—Lunch. General Session, 2 o’clock p. pi. W. The base tax on premiums collected J T. Wade, Fairfax, presiding. Pres. Music, Allendale Glee Club. Address—Dr. Harry Clark, State Teachers’ Association. Gieetings—H. O. Strohecker, Pres elect State Teachers’ Association. Address—Miss Lucy Gage, Elemen- [n calling the meeting to order Dr. j residential service, including lighting, j Lckhouse, who had issued the call, cocking, heating or any ^combination I TXclared that those present had no of these, the rates ranging from an fight to •make on the power companies i average of 7.2 cents per k. w. h. to 10 j but that they felt that power rates | cents for lighting and from 5.60 to 6 ! erator * should be fixed in South Carolina that cents per k. w. h. where the service meic ^ an ^ a Rraduated scale, are fair, equitable and just to the pro- included lighting, cooking and refrig- first store being (barged $10, the ducer and consumer alike. leration. John T. Stevens told of some inves-, Senator Brown outlined steps which which will likely be introduced this week j tary Education, Peabody College, is one providing for a tax of one j Program Department Mfetingx. cent per pound on sugar. ‘ General Theme for morning depart- This bill has not yet been drawn up ment meetings, “Reading.” 10 o’- but will likely be put into shape this 1 clock a. m. week for introduction before Friday. Primary:—Miss Minnie B. McEl- The ways and means committee, of veen, Dunbarton, presiding, which the revenue committee is a 1. Errors in reading and how to part, has bills already in the house eliminate them, Mrs. G. C. High, Den- ers, the tax being based on the num-' providing that all funds collected by mark. ber of rooms and the charge per day., the various departments of govern-1 2. Suggestions for motivating Reading. Miss Frances Conner, Bam- Langley and Holman of Barnwell and Kennedy of Willioton Make Pro- liminjtry Announcements. In spite of the fact that the primary elections are still several month# in the future, the political pot in Barnwell County has aready started to boil and if one is to believe all that he hears, the coming campaign will be a warn one indeed. Although no formal an* nouncements have been made in the newspapers, three candidates have de clared their intention of being in the race for the House of Representative* this summer—T. J. Langley and R. C. Holman, of Barnwell, and J. A. Ken nedy, of Willistdn. The former told a representative of The People-Sentinel Monday that he will positively be m candidate and last week’s issue of The Williston Way published a statement that Mr. Kennedy will also seek one of the two places on the delegation. “Mr. Kennedy,” says The Way, “ad mitted his intention to seek the posi tion. He stated that while he has submitted application to the Attorney General of the United States for th# District Attorneyship for the Eastern District of South Carolina, he does nog consider that application for a gov ernment office, appointed by the presi dent, a hindrance to announcing hia aspirations to the House of Repre sentatives.” Tuesday, Judge Holman said that ha will also enter the race this turn mer. This will not be Mr. Langley's first entry into the political arena, as he served for several years as a member of the Barnwell Commission of Public Works. He is at present engaged in the insurance business and has a acquaintance Throughout the Mr. Kennedy is likewise well known, having practiced law at the Barnwefi Bar for a number of years. He is a son of Ex-Senator A. M. Kennedy, of Williston. Judge Holman is too well known to need any introduction to the people of the county. According to Dame Rumor, all of the county’s office-holders who must seek re-election this year will have opposi tion, and if “street talk” is to ba ha* lieved, the woods will be full of candi dates making their appeals for tha votes of the “deer peepul.” Whether or not such opposition develops re mains to be seen, but in the p*at a large crop of candidates has ahaoab always gone hand in hand with tha cry of “hard times.” On filling stations, garages and au tomobile salesmen. On undertakers, entbalmers and op- of automobiles for hire. second $20—and so on, the tax on the 30th in a chain being $300. This .tax ment shall go into a general fund. By this arrangement it is hoped to I berg. reduce the amount of money which has to be boriowed each year, and thus save interest charges. « tigatiens which had been made of he felt that the association could take ( ^ rtc ^y affects the chain stole rates prevailing in various sections of this State and urged the formation of an association, the deployment of a competent engineer to make a survey, etc. Mr. Stevens said that there should be an equalization of rates. J. J. Lawton said that South G ina had lost a $5,500,000 indus plant on account of high power rates. which wouljd render reliof to the people of South Carofina. Offered by Jones. The resolution providing for the The bill will place a heavy tax on the house to house salesman, and ped dlers. Traveling salesmen will also be taxed. In this section, the makers of the bill are putting forth efforts to ^ mization of the association was p ro tect the “home” merchant, especial- offered by C. E. Jones and was as fol- j ■ 1 '■" — ^ s: . j committee shall consist of not more BROWN AND DESPORTES . FILL FINANCE VACANCIES >W'! t-f “Whereas it is obvious that South than nine per80ns to ** kn0WT1 “ the executive committee and 'shall be He said that the State had been zoned : is " ot ** n ^° J „™ a ^ charged with the duty of perfecting by the power companies and that attractive rates on electnc power in B _ , “ ratea are fixed by bartering in many comparison with rates existing in ' other States and which her natural resources warrant; and that industrial cases. Serakoc 'Browii presented »re«uHs , .of a survey which had been made development in other Stater of the * tending to show the wide difference Southeast which enjoy better rates in rates charged. He used as an il- fal ' ,u P» sses South Carolina, which, - ft permanent organization, electing a secretary, selecting such engineers and legal talent as is deemed neces sary to gather data, statistics and in formation; to ask for proper legisla tion if siuch be necessary, to present lustration a company which operates we believe, dUe to lack . ® f ^to rteproper rate^ng body in the oil mills in Columbia, Augusta, Ga., )uniform,ty and high rates now all thinTnecessary to and Montgomery, Ala. Each of these lng in is “ i en{ j that the rates on electric pow- mills used 378,000 w. h. one month.! “Whereas, it is apparent that not er for congumers j n this State shall The cost therefor in Columbia, was | only is said condition manifestly un- ^ d fair equitable and uni form. “Be it further resolved that said $4,370.50; in Augusta, |3,604; in just and unfair to the people of this Montgomery, $3,513.13. He cited the State but that a careful survey of the case of another oil company which situation reveals the further fact that used 219*600 k. w. h. per month and , wide differences of rates exist between paid $2,974.75. Based on rates charg- ! towns, communities and enterprises by seven other power companies within the borders of this State, alt of coimimer an d rating in five Southeastern States, | which are to the financial detriment! cl charge would have ranged from j of the people of. South Carolina. $2,174.10 on the rate charged by the “Now, therefore, be it resolved that Alabama Power company to $3,173.72 this meeting bind itself in a perma- «Tt the i ate charged by a power com- nent organisation of power consumers pany operating in South Carolina. j and that the chairman of this body do executive committee shall be charged with devising ways and means of fi nancing this organization, the sense of this meeting being that each indi- , ction j, necessary in order that the each town or i may contract for crates,labels, community interested in fair and uni-j ^ desiring, to join should Senator Brown, of Barnwell, and Senator Des Fortes, of Fairfield, will succeed the late Senators Legare, of Chaileston,-and Martin, of Orange burg, on the Senate finance Commit tee. Senator Robinson, chairman, moved Thursday that they be appoint-1 ^daie," presiding! ed on his committee and the presiding 1 officer, Senator Stukes, of Clarendon, appointed the two senators to fill the vacancies. Senator Hammond, of Richland, in troduced a bill Friday to provide that payment be made to the families of the two late senators for the full ses sion of this sitting of the senate. 3. Oral reading, or silent reading, or both, Mrs. J. A. Dobey, Johnston. INTERMEDIATE:—Mrs. Fred L. Armstrong, Bath, presiding. 1. Reading in the intermediate grades, D. L. Lewis, State Dept, of Education. 2. Correlation of Reading with other subjects, Miss Virgie Miller, Hampton. 3. 'The rural teacher’s problems, Miss Mattie Thomas, State Board of Education. HIGH SCHOOL:—E. Crane, Al- * C-* 1„ Library fiad^HIes, J. . <McT) Daniel, State High School Inspector. 2. What can the High school do to help the poor reader, H. H. Shiflet, Langley. 3. Directing the High school pupils WILLISTON SHIPS FIRST ASPARAGUS OF SEASON Early “Grass” Expected to Bring High Price in New York. Williston, Feb. 16.—The South Caro lina Asparagus Growers’ Association made its* first shipment of the Wedneday afternoon, Feb. 12. It grown on the asparagus farms of T. . R. Pender, prominent in asparagus culture. The grass was shipped to 8. R. and E. H. Frost, New York. Tha price that will be received for it is • matter cf speculation, but it is expect ed to bring a fancy price. Farmers Feeding Hogs. Seven farmers around Dunbarton and Blackville hate already started to f feed hogs for April market. We a few around Blackville for the Let us know if you will feed * March 1st Last Day. The People-Sentinel has been re quested to again call attention to the fact that March 1st is the last day on I ^rk in the primary grades, led by which farmers can join the Barnwell Migg Blanche EUia, Barnwell. Cucumber Marketing Association, as 3. Traching health habits, Mrs. no .more members will be taken into | Lem g Ke , ton> GranKeviUe. the association after that date. This reading, Howard M. Byrd, Granite- 1 Corn and fish meal fed to hogs wtt give good profits for feeding. Hags are now bringing good prices. We want farmers of the county to get in the habit of feeding hoga dhr * March, April and September aariM. At these times the market is always best. Farmers the livestock more profitable on the farm. , <. ^ We should have some ready about April 10th. ville. Afternoon Department Meetings. PRIMARY:—! o’clock. 1. Primary number work, aids and devices, Mrs. W. H. Manning, Willis ton. 2. Round table discussion, number Senator Brown also presented a forthwith table showing the rates charged over three to form power rates be invited to take cmnunucte at once with L. A. Cave out a membership in this association' or POT y £_ Bush at Barnwell, and to pay a membership fee of not less than $100. “Be it further INTERMEDIATE: — Miss Bertha **ing fed with the county agent— Barker. Allendale, presiding. j I >r *P* r *d by H. G. Boylston, County L Practical ’suggestions for mak- Agent ing Geography interesting,— ‘ , . a . 2. Comprehensive reading program, I cial 3. Some problems in 6th and 7th m CHd age may be postponed by the Mathematics, resolved that the injection of the Mood of young per-1 HIGH SCHOOL: K. Hagood, Artificial lightning of volts has been produced in the tory of tha 'at appoint a committee °f j Dune of th© permanent association' sons, according to a Polish scientist. nominate representatives shall be the South Carolina Electric who has made successful experii South Carolina for lighting, cooking,, hom the various interests, wliich said Power Coniumers Association.” [ with animala 1. 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