The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, March 13, 1930, Image 6
South Carolina’s Gold Mine.
Editor, The People-Sentinel:
If South Carolina had suddenly dis
covered gold in paying quantities scat
tered throughout the State on its
agricultural lands, there would no
doubt be a gold rush to South Caro
lina quite equal to the great gold rush
of ’49 to California.
Yet a really more important gold
nine has been discovered, and there
is no gold rush. The work of the
South Carolina Research Commission
ia of more than equal importance 3to
the discovery of gold throughout the
State. By painstaking investigation
it has developed the fact that there is
a high iodine content in the soil of
South Carolina; that this iodine is
taken up, and becomes a part of the
food products produced from South
Carolina land, so that South Carolina-
grown food products are preeminent
jn their content of iodine—an element
now regarded as essential to human
and animal diet for the production of
food products calculated to reduce the
prevalence of goiter, or prohibit its
development.
As a large part of the United
States suffers severely from this dre^d
disease, the demand for such food
products as can be grown in South
Carolina should be enormous, if
throughout the goitrous region the
iodine content value of South Caroli
na-grown (pod products were well
known. If our lands abounded in gold,
it would require* enormous invest
ment to extract the gold and give it
market value. Besides a great deal
of technical talent would be required.
Similarly to developing the iodine
mine to its real value for South Caro
lina people, large sums of money, and
a great deal of experienced talent
would be required. Hence, there is
not only the problem of growing the
food products on South Carolina soil
—a problem which will solve itself
once it is clearly appreciated that it
would prove profitable to grow such
products—but there is also the prob
lem of inducing capital and talent—
experienced talent—to take up the
business of canning, dehydrating, and
other wise put into permanent mer
chandise form gieen or fresh food pro
ducts as they come from the farms.
Advertising can induce the capital
and the experienced talent to come
to South Carolina, and develop such
of this capital and talent as may be
already present in South Carolina. It
can also open the market for South
Carolina products in their green state
or fresh state, and in their canned or
packaged condition after manufacture.
The problem of advertising, how
ever, is a national one. Hence, a bill
has been introduced into the South
Carolina legislatuie looking to the
State assuming this general obliga
tion to develop the possibilities of
South Carolina-grown food prducts by
affording the necessary publicity, de
velop the market therefor, induce the
capital and talent necessary for the
preparation of the foods and for the
marketing of same.
The principal objection to this bill
is the difficulty of raising funds to
cover the already recognized neces-
aary expenses of the State govern
ment. This difficulty, however, while
at first thought is the principal objec
tion to the bill, is the principal argu
ment for the bill, since the State can
not pay taxes out of non-producing
lands and keep up the process per
manently. We must have prosperity
in order to bear tax burdens readily;
anj po l° n K as we have no well de
veloped natural resources, and our
agriculture U slack, it in absolutely
necessary that something be done to
open opportunity for our people, to
enable them to make the wealth neces
sary to give them the tax burden
bearing capacity to sustain the
State. * +
Advertising the value of South
Carolina-grown food products is there
fore a sensible course for the State
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government to take, in it a own inter
act as well as in the interest of its
people.
The cost of such publicity, which
must be conducted at home as well as
out of the State, is estimated to be in
the neighborhood of a quarter of a
million dollars a year. The raising
of <«uch a sum by additional taxation
would at first sight appear to be a
burden which might b? avoided; but
to avoid it is to neglect the only big
opportunity for South Carolina pro
gress and prosperity, leaving the peo
ple to struggle with their already ex
treme burden of financial stress and
agricultural depression.
The success of the Canadian gov
ernment in advertising for popula
tion, and of Florida, California and
other States in advertising their cli-
mate and residential advantages, en-
eoorages the opinion that a campaign
-on the part of the State of South
<Gar*iina to advertise the iodine con-
of its food products,‘when
perly conducted, is matured of success.
The result of the campaign, so far as
out-of-State territory is concerned,
will be that of helpfulness, the bring
ing of information which will improve
health conditions in the goitrous re
gions. WHhin the State, the cam
paign will be one of hope, encourage
ment, and the development of co-ordi-
native effort throughout the State, to
ward the end not only of private ad
vantage, but of public progress, and
the salvation of the State as a whole
from the sad financial and agricul
tural conditions under which it has
been suffering.
Such a campaign, therefore, may
look for hearty sympathy on the
part of publishers within the State,
and in a large degree also on the
part of the publishers without the
State, especially on the part of
those who are particularly interested
in the problem of public health.
The bill for advertising the food
products of South Carolina is enti
tled, “A Bill to Provide for the Re
habilitation of Agriculture in South
Carolina, by Advertising the Iodine
Content of Food Products Grown in
the State, and to Encourage the Pro
duction and Faciliate the Marketing
of Such Products.” This pretentious
title presents very properly the ulti
mate purpose of the bill, which
through the means of advertising pro
poses to capitalize the great scienti
fic fact of the high iodine content of
South Carolina food products, a s the
advertising will be based upon a great
scientific fact, already well demon
strated—a fact of enormous impor
tance to the world at large, as well as
of vast economic importance to the
people of South Carolina.
It would seem reasonable to believe
that giving publicity to this impor
tant scientific fact would not fail to
accomplish its purposes, always as
suming that the advertising is intel
ligently and truthfully prepared and
distributed.
South Carolina cannot afford to
have the world in ignorance of the
! great scientific fact of the high iodine
content of her vegetables and other
food products. The world cannot af
ford to he without the information,
but it is up to South Carolina to dis
tribute this information in a way to
reach the masses, and to build the
maiket for the South Carolina-grown
food products, as well as to develop
their manufacture and merchandising
and the proper grading and market
ing in their fresh state.
This bill, if passed, will certainly
result in bringing into the State mil
lions of dollais for investment in can
ning and dehydrating plants; hun
dreds of experienced, capable can-
ners and dehydrators, as well as men
experienced in merchandising such
products. The co-operation of exist
ing trucking associations may be ex
pected, as these associations will be
the first to benefit by the marketing,
affoiding higher prices for the pro
ducts of their members. The expan
sion of these associations may be ex
pected as one of the benefits to accrue
from the advertising campaign. The
development of a vast canning indus
try would be another, and very im
portant factor in the results expected
to accrue.
No step could be taken by the South
Carolina legislature which would more
highly evidence the intelligent grasp
of the present economic problems of
the State, as well as of the vast op
portunity arising from the fresh in
formation developed by South Caro
lina Research Commission.
,J. F. JACOBS.
L
LIGHTS DIXON
of NEW YORK
' Bay Ram
The original bay rum lx made by
distilling the juice of the leaves of
the bayberry, a tree which grows ex
tensively in the West Indies. No
particular attention la given to the
cultivation of tlie tree. The making
of hay rum was formerly chiefly a
seasonal, Ifceal Industry in the Islands
like the preparation of mapie syrup
in this country.
The distilled oil of the bay, how
ever, Is only one Ingredient of the
commercial bay rum of the present
day. It includes also alcohol, water,
oil of orange peel and oil of pimenta.
Most of that sold In the United States
Is mixed in this country by drug
firms, hair tonic manufacturers, etc.
a Lov« Apple”
Thomas Jefferson recorded the grow
ing of tomatoes In Virginia in 1781.
yet It is said that an Itatidn could
not persuade the people of Salem.
Mass., to taste the tomato In 1802.
But the “love apple” or “gold ap
ple” of the herbalists soon after be
gan to appear aa a market vegetable.
In th* early part of the Eighteenth
century the tomato was a subject
of general field culture In Italy and
It Is to the people of that country
that wo moat accord Its highest and
earliest appreciation.
I Wonder
The theater businesa, badly off at It
la, enjoys boom days In comparison
with the night clubs. These establish-
menrs, once the happy hunting grounds
for suckers with bank rolls, are now
almost deserted. Press agent after
press agent bus tried to put this or
that club over, but with scant success.
Can It be that people are tired of
drinking?
o. • •
Something New
Something new and decidedly worth
while in the night club line bus devel
oped. It Is a swanky establishment
that alms to amuse with playlets,
sketches and songs, instead of gaudy
floor shows. There was a decided air
of class about its premiere. Instead^
of opening at eleven o’clock or mid
night, Its discreetly silk-draped doors
are unlocked at seven-thirty. Any time
between then and nine one can dine—
and dance, of course. And the diners
do not have to rush through the meal
and hurry off to a theater, for the
stage entertainment Is right there.
Sophisticated sketches about marriage
and morale, humorous sketches of fif
teen minutes’ duration and shorter
items of the blackout variety are on
the program. It is all very European,
and maybe it is the new thing that the
night club world has been crying for.
• • * ~ —
It’a • System
I heard a story the other day about
a postmaster In a village near New
York who was warned 'Hint he must
sell $1,000 worth of stamps by January
l. or take a cut In salary. Post offices.
It appears, are graded by the business
they do, and this one hovered on the
brink of becoming fourth class instead
of third class. The postmaster com
munlcnted his troubles to a New York
friend. The city fellow promptly vis
Ited the village and .bought $1,000 in
stamps in one monchalant purchase.
It looked like a pretty generous thing
to do. for It would take even a large
business concern sometime to use that
much postage. But did the rescuer
start mailing letters wholesale? No.
He came back to New York and sold
his stamps to the general post olHce
here.
• • •
A Habit -
The fascination of an auction room
has a magic effect upon gadget buyers,
i don’t mean the cheap Jewelry fake
auctions, hut the nn-the-level disposals
of household furnishings. I dropped
into a red-llagged establishment the
other day to see what price an antique
desk that 1 had admired would bring.
1 wanted the desk, hut was afraid to
start bidding on It. I might pay more
limn 1 could afford. I sat for a long
while watching desks, pianos, chairs
and chandeliers go under the hammer.
Beside me sat 0 very well-dressed, ex-
<*ited elderly couple, who hid in item
after Item. Finally the woman turned
to me as If she felt that un svpolngy
for her presence were forthcoming.
“I don’t know why we waste our
time and money here, hut we can t
tear ourselves away. We don't need
these things. And look! Here’s what
we might he doing tills very mjnute.”
Opening,her hug she showed me two
orchestra seals for a m&Unee of the
opera.
“I’ll go,” 1 said. And she gave them
to me. ,
*• • •
Honeymooners
The world doesn’t realize how many
hooeymooners are traveling about un
til a steamship sinks. Stricken ves‘
sets seem to he filled with brides and
grooms. A young woman with whom
1 am acquainted announced her en
gagernent some six months ago. The
wedding was scheduled for a few
weeks Inter. But the trousseau took
an enormous amount of time, and the
wedding was postponed. The second
date arrived, and again the ceremony
was put off. Finally, after months of
wild shopping the bride-to-be felt that
she was properly equipped.
The ceremony took place and the
newlyweds boarded the Fort Victoria
for a honeymoon in Bermuda. Four
or five hours later the ship was
wrecked in a tog off Ambrose light,
and the young couple found themselves
, in a lifeboat—and in the rain. The
trousseau was In Davy Jones’ locker.
((g). 1930. Bell Syndicate.)
‘Come and Get ’Em,’ Says ‘
Borrower After 40 Years
Washington.—Your neighbor Isn’t
the only one who borrows books and
forgets to roturn them. Forty year>
ago the Stale department loaned the
court of claims 130 volumes of records
relating to old French and Spanish
claims against the United States
Last month the department wrote
court officials suggesting 40 years was
long enough to keep borrowed books.
True to borrower’s habits, the court
replied the department could have the
books if It would send after them.
Woivaa Kill Hundreds
of Canadian Deer
Montreal.—Carcasses of bun
dreds of deer ore dotted over
the hillsides and wooded valleys
of northern Alberta and the
northwest territories, victims ot
the wont depredation of wolves
the northwest has known for
pro- TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER
Lesson for March 16
THE PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM
LESSON TEXT—Matthew 13:24-52,
GOLDEN TEXT—The kingdom of
God ia not meat and drink, but right
eousness and peace, aud Joy in the
Holy Ghost.
* PRIMARY TOPIC—The Whole World
for Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPIC—The World for
Christ
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—What Our Religion Means to Us.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC—What Chrlstiiinity Means to the
World. jti.
The things set fortfi in these
parables only apply to the church in
the measure that they permeate that
body by virtue of its being formed
within this period. It should be ob
served that they set forth the “mys
teries” of the kingdom.
I. The Wheat and Tares (vv. 24-30,
cf. 30-43).
1. The sowers. The sower of the
good seed is the Son of Man (v. 37),
and the sower of the tares is th^i devil
(v. 39).
2. The growing crops (v. 20).
There is a striking resemblance In
the growing crops. The chief peril of
the devil is that tie transforms him
self into an angel of light (II Cor.
11:14, 10).
3. The harvests (v. 30).
There comes a time when the fruit
of the crop shall he gathered. The
separation is made by the angels un
der the direction of the Son of Man.
For the tares there is a furnace of
tire. For the wheat there is the Lord’s
garner.
II. The Mustard Seed (vv. 31, 32).
1. Its unimportant beginning (v. 1).
It begins as the least of all seeds.
Not only was Christ, the King, of
humble parentage, hut His disciples
were unlettered fishermen. Likewise,
through the centuries, not many wise
and not many noble have been culled.
2. Its vigorous growth (v. 32).
Though small in its inception, the
work Inaugurated by Christ has be
come mighty In power.
3. Its lodging capacity (v. 32).
The birds which find lodgment IfV^he
tree do not represent the children of
men who find safety and salvation In
the church, hut the predatory beings
who have found shelter in the church,
though they are no part of it
III. Tha Leavened Meal (v. 33).
1. The meal in Scripture means
something nutritious and wholesome.
It was used in one of the sweet
savour offerings which typified Christ
(Ijev 2:1-3 R. V.).
2. The woman.
The woman Is the administrator of
the tiorne. Her responsibility is to
take the bread provided by the head I
of the home and prepare aud distribute
it to the children. It means then that
the woman, the administrator, has In
troduced false doctrine and thus cor
rupted the children’s bread.
3. The leaven.
In Scripture, leaven Is Invariably n
type of evil (Ex. 12:15; Matt. 18:«,
12; I Cor. 5:0-8; Gal. 5:8. 9). It
means that in this age the truth of
God wiould be corrupted by worldll-
ness and unbelief.
IV. The Hid Treasure (v. 44).
1. The field (v. 3S). Christ’s own
Interpretion makes this the world.
2. The treasure. The treasure means
Israel (Ps. 135:4, Dent. 7:0-8).
3. The purchaser. No one hut the
Son of God had sufficient resources to
buy the world (John 3:10).
4. The purchase price. This was
the precious blood of Jesus Christ,
God’s beloved Son (1 Pet. 1:13. 19).
V. Tha Merchantman Seeking Pearls
(vv. 43, 40).
1. The merchantman is Christ. The
Son of Man has come to seek and save
that which was lost (Luke 19:10).
2. The purchase price. Christ Im
poverished Himself (Phil. 2:08) to pur
chase the one pearl of great price
(Eph. 5:25).
3. The pearl of great price. This Is
the church (Col. 1:18).
VI. The Dragnet (vv. 47-50).
1. The sea. The sea In Scripture
denotes peoples or multitudes (Dan.
7:3; Rev. 17:15).
2. The dragnet The dragfiet cast
Into the sea means the sowing of the
seed by the Son of Man.
3. The dragnet drawn to the shore
when full means that when God’s pur
pose for the present age is full, ac
count will be taken of the results.
4. The separation made by the an
gels. This will take place at the end
of the age. •
5. The destiny of the bad flsh. The
angels shall sever the wicked from
among the just, and shall cast them
Into the furnace of fire where there
shall be walling and gnashing of teeth.
Tka Bravasft Man
Oar bravest men are often those of
whom the world hears the least Life
to them Is a constant struggle. They
meet their obstacles every day and
pass them In silence.—Presbyterian
Record.
Wkmm Yea Are Right
When* you Are in the right stand
up for it, no matter If the heevens
tall; If you loee every friend yea have,
God will raise up others who will ho
bottors-D, L. Moody*
NOTICE!
Against Hunting, Fishing & Trapping
Sr- . < *
Any person or persons entering upon the lands hereinafter referred^r.
situate in Barnwell, Richland and Red Oak Townships, for the purposed
himrimy fiaVtinop nr tranninor will he DrOSCCUtcd t© the full extent of th®
Mrs, Flossie Smith 1,000
W. H. Duncan 405
Mrs. Kate M. Patterson 3,000
Dur.canm>n Place 1,650
Mrs. Jane R. Patterson 1,000
Sweet Water Place 500
John K. Snelling 100
Barnwell Turpetine Co:
Simmos Place 450
Middleton Place 300
Mose Holley 150
S. B. Moseley - 100
J. M. Weathersbee — 572
Estate of H. A. Patterson— 2,000
, Joseph E. Dicks 800
R. C. Holman 409
Bruce Place 509
B. L; Easterling Cave Place — 209
J. P. Harley — 150
L. W. Tilly — 160
H. L. O’Bannon 72
Hariet Houston 159
GEO. H. WALKER,’Owner
ANGUS PATTERSON, Mgr.
I
Barnwell, S. C., Sept. 3, 1929.
il LONG TERM MONEY to LEND I
► 6 per cent, interest on large amounts
► Private funds for small loans.
BROWN & BUSH
LAWYERS BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. ^
TREASURER’S TAX NOTICE
1
The County Treasurer’s office will be open from September 15th, 1929,
to March 15th, 1930, for collecting 1929 taxes, which include real and
personal property, poll and road tax.
All taxe£ due and payable between September loth and December 31st,
1929, will be collected without penalty. All taxes not paid as stated will
be subject to penalties as provided by law:
January 1st, 1930, one per cent, will be added.
February 1st, 1930, two per cent, will be added.
March 1st to 15th, 1930, one per cent, will be added.
Executions will be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection af
ter March 15th, 1930.
When writirg for amount of taxes, be sure and give school district if
property is in more than one school district.
All personal checks given for taxes will be subject collection.
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State
Ordinary County
Road and
Bridge Bonds
Past Ind. Bonds
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6-0-1 School
Special Local
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TOTAL
No. 24—Aahleigh
5 .
10
12
1
3,
4
12
47
No. 23—Barbary Branch .
5
10
12
1
3
4
30
65
No. 45—Barnwell
5
10
12
1 ,
3
4
29
64
No. 4—Big Fork
5
10
12
1
3
4
18
53
No. 19—Blackville
5
10
12
1
3
4
31
66
No. 35—Cedar Grove
5 _
^-T0
12
1
3
4
28
63
No. 50—Diamond *
5
1 10
12
1 •
3
4
14
49
No. 20—Double Pond
5
10
12
1
3
4
19
54
No. 12—Dunbarton
5
10
12
1
3
4
27
62
No. 21—Edisto
1 5
10
12
1
3
4
9"
44
No. 28—Elko
5
10
12
1
3
4
30
65
No. 53—Ellenton
5
10
12
1
3
4
11
46 .
No. 11—Four Mile
5
10
12
1
3
4
14
48
No. 39—Friendship
5
10
12
1
3
4
14
48 V
No. 16—Green’s
5
10
. 12
1
3
4
20
55
No. 10—Healing Springs-
5
10
12
i
3
4
20
5i5
No. 23—Hercules -
5
10
12
1
3
4
27
62
No. 9—Hilda
5
10
12
1
3
4
35
70
No. 52—Joyce Branch __
5
10
12
1
3
4
26
61
No. 34—Kline —
'5
10
12
1
3
4
18
53
No. 32—Lee’s
5
10
12
1
3 1
4
10
45
No. 8—Long Branch
5 ^
41 10
12
1
3
4
17
52
No. 54—Meyer’s Mill
5
10
12
1
3
4
26
61 ,
No. 42—Morris
5
10
12
1
3
4
14
49
No. 14—ML Calvary —
5
10
12
1
3
4
28 |
63
No. 25—New Forest
5
10
12
1
3
4
28 1
63
No. 38—Oak Grove
5
10
12
1
3
4
19
54
No. 43—Old Columbia —
5
10
12
1
3
4
26
61
No. 13—Pleasant Hill —
5
10
12
1
3
4
15
50
No. 7.—Red Oak
5
10
12
1
3
4
16
51
No. 15—Reedy Branch .
5
10
12
1
3
4
21
56
No. 2—Seven Pines
5
10
12
1
3
4
,12
47
No. 40—Tinker’s Creek -
5
10
12
1
3
4
17
52
No. 26—Upper Richland -
5
10
12
1
3
4
26
61
No. 29—Willisjton
5
A
10
12
1
3
4
32
67
The commutation road tax of $3.00 must be paid by all male citizens
* between the ages of 21 and 55 yean. All male citizens between the ages
of 21 and 60 years are liable to poll tax of $1.00.
Dog Taxes for 1929 can be paid at the same time other taxes are paid.
It is the duty of each school trustee in each school district to see
that this tax is collected or aid the Magistrate to the enforcement of
the provisions of this Act. ■
Checks will not be accepted for taxes under any circumstances ex*
cept at the risk of the taxpayer.—(The County Treasurer reserves the
right to hold all receipts paid by check until said checks have been paid.>
Tax receipts will be released only upon legal tender, postoffice money
oidon, or certified checks.
J. J. BELL, County Treasurer.
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