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rx cakouha thubsdat. march h. CHARGE COMBINE OF OH. MAKERS RESOLUTION ON COTTON SEED APPROVED BY HOUSE. Census Reports for Absentee Families <■> Special Provision Made for Enumerat- ing Those Away from Home During Month of April. Jiow With Senate.—Attorney General . Asked to Take Steps to Correct * Alleged Combine. 'Charges that cottonseed oil manu facturers have combined in a “high- handed M manner to maintain a low ilevel price for cotton seed which they in turn manufactured into products which enabled a profit of $18 per ton to be made, are contained in a con current resolution which has already received the approval of the agricul ture committee of the house of rep- reeentktiveSi and has been adopted by the house. The measure is now be fore the senate for consideration. The resolution provides that the at torney general “is hereby instructed to confer immediately with the attor ney general of the United States, the federal trade commission and such other State and federal authorities as he may be advised and to take vigor ous steps in conjuncUon with the federal government and other States *or alone to immediately correct the nbuses mentioned and to punish those responsible for them^ if such course is practicable, and to regulate or put an end to this manifestly unjust corn- trine of the cottonseed oil mills of this and other. States, and to make to this general assembly a progress report of his actions by March 15, 1930, and 'to make a full report of his acts, do ings and accomplishments to the next .genera) assembly, together with such recommendations «s he may deem proper.” The resolution calls attention to the fact that $5 per ton is a reasonable manufacturing charge, to which is added a charge of $1 for sack and in- • spertion tags and $1.50 freight, a total gross chat go of $7.50 for a ton of cotton seed from which products valued at $44.10 arc manufactured. With the oil mills paying only $26 per ton for seed, and an annual pro- •duction in South Carolina of 300,000 tons, proponents of the resolution es timate that the annual loss on ac count of the combine of oil mill own ers is costing the farmers of the State The Fifteenth Decennial Census of the United States will be taken dur ing the month of April. The enumer ation will be made by a force of about 100,000 enumerators who will go from house to house add secure the infor mation required for the census. Every person is to be enumerated, so far as possible, at his “usual place of abode” or the place where he usual ly* lives. Where individual members of a family are away from home at the time the census is taked they will be reported to the enumerator by other members of the family. For cases where it is known in ad vance that the whole family .will be away from home at that time, special provision has been made by the Direc tor of the Census in the form of - an absent family schedule which is . to be filled out byjiome responsible mem ber of the family in advance of the census date and transmitted to the local Supervisor of the Census. A copy of this schedule can be secured by application to Mr. John C. Spann, of Allendale, S. C., who is the Censbs Supervisor of this district. Families planning to be away dur ing the month of April, leaving the home closed or with no one in charge who is qualified to give the census infoimation to the enumerator, are urged to obtain one of these schedules at once and to fill it out and send it to Mr. John C. Spann at the earliest possible date. Or if the house is left in charge of a servant who will be sure to be at home when the enumer- ator calls, the schedule may be left with such servant for delivery to the enumerator. The | information fur nished on this schedule will be treat ed us confidential and will be used only for the tabulation of statistics which will not reveal any information with regard to individuals or fami lies. The Supervisor of the Census for this District, Mr. Spann, announces that he has appointed the following enumerators to take the census of distribution and manufacturers: Aiken County:—William A. John son, Montmorenci; John D. Turner, WHITE CRIMINALS EXCEED NEGROES BLACK DEFENDANTS GIVE WAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 303 Capital Cases.—Convictions Total 175, Mostly on Homicide Counts, in This State. $3,000,000 per year. According to figures contained in Vaucluse; Thomas B. Rountree, Beech the resolution, one ton.of prime cot-1 Island; Mrs. Lucille M. McClain, Jack- ton seed manufactured by the aver- son; James E. Starnes, Peiry; Thos. j*ge oil mill will produce the follow- V. Salley, Salley. «ng pnxiacts, the prices as of F>b Allendale County:—Paul J. Fulmer, rmry ! Allendale; Mrs. Gwendolin M. Lawton, .950 pounds of cottonseed meal, at» Allendale; John J. Sneling, Millete- $32 per ton, $15.20. | villt, l J<)hn A - Rouse, Fairfax, R. F. D. 340 pounds cottonseed oil, at 7 l A | Barnwell County: Mrs. Jennie P. cents per pound, $23.00. Greene, Bainwell; Mrs. Willie G. i550 pounds cottonseed hulls at 45 Cooper, Blackville; Clayton H. Trotti; cents per hundred, $2.48. j Wilistcn; ( harles M, Turner, Ellen- *^'iptci**’ <it 3Vi cent# per ton, m. E. McNab, Bainwrell, pound, $3.62. Bamberg County—David E. Neeley, • 85 poundg loss due to trash and Denmark; Lauiie McMillan, Bamberg, Haskell J. Hiers, Ehrhardt. Hampton County:—Ben W. Nix, Brunson; William J. Anderson, Hamp ton. Jasper County:—William E. Byrd; Ridgeland; William H. Taylor, Ridge- land. Beaufort County:—John K. Net tles, Beaufort; William H. Simmons, Pritchardville; Albert L. Gage, Dau- fuskie Island; Frederick H. Worthing ton, Frogmore; Emmett L. Priester; Sheldon; Douglas H. McRoy, Harde- ville. moisture. Total, $44.10. Most of House Cuts* Restored by Senate The finance committee report of the a*ppropria^fbn s bill which was submit ted to the State Senate Monday night carried an increase over the bill as passed by the House and it also in cluded the five-mill property tax for State purposes which was stricken lower Tegkrlative hi anch. The grand total of the committee Kill is $11,346,845.11, this amount in- dtiding $277,275.00 for the State high way department which was placed in a separate section by the committee. This amount represents an increase of '$$42,598.80 over the bill passed by rthe House after a three weeks fight /led by Representative J. E. Harley, of I Bainwell, to reduce appropriations and is a total. increase of $240,340.01 tvuer Hie bill as w’ritten by the ways and means committee. JBy the committee report, the edu- * national institutions of the State would receive practically all of the money which was first allotted by the ways and means committee. The "“economy bloc” in the House cut the Magic Power Ascribed to-Mirrors, Long Ago Mirrors in ancient times were net as nowadays dedicated exclusively to the service of vanity, but also largely to that of magic. Their power of reflecting real things In vague silvery depths bred an awed wonder, which echoed down the cen turies in mystic rites wherein they played an important part. A mirror was used to focus the scattered beams of midday heat In one dazzling point of flame, drawing the pure fire* of heaven down to the altars of this earth. Or hung up at evening dusk in the foliage of high tret's, it was left to gather dewdrops from the cool radiance of the union. For the d €W gathering on objects, as It were ’out * educational institutions about ten per '*«mt. t J; r ... | of infinite space, seemed full of sacred mays and means bill in regard to the* rKlgniftcftnce ' ■ ■ Ham Wu Tl, mnch given to belief In the occult, erected .a pillar of bronze on the Terrace of Fragrant Ce dar Beams. On the summit of its 200 ] feet a spirit with outstretched hands held a shallow dish, to receive the pre cious moisture, ^nd there were psychic mirrors for evoking apparitions, for reflecting shadow^ from the events to come. Often they were burled with the dead, to dispel the gloom of the grave, for the light they had so faith fully reflected on earth was by some weird process supposed to dwell In them still.—From “Porcelain Pagodas and Palaces of Jade,” by A. E. Grant ham. ZAa UnpUaurtt Subject* AS ef the functions of life are not mat to consider. Perhaps this is some mothers refuse to think that ■ •. Thursday, March 13th, we start a special 9-day demonstration of the Frigidair HYDRATOR /. Negro defendants in criminal cases in the South Caroling State courts were outnumbered by s whites in 1929 according to recapitulation of the report of Attorney General John M. Daniel made by The State. In addi tion, the leport discloses that 175 people were convicted of murder, ar son or criminal assault -within the year while 128 people were acquitted of the same charges. The preponderance of white de fendants in the courts comes notwith standing the fiequent statement that most of South Carolina's crime is fostered by negroes. There were 2,127 white ^defendants compared with 1,942 negroes, a total of 4,069 people who faced juries in the State last year on criminal indictments. Murder convictions, in various de grees including straight verdicts (au tomatically carrying the death penalty in the electric chair), those with rec- omendations to mercy (the sentence fer which is life imprisonment), and verdicts of manslaughter, led by an overwhelming majority the capital cases. A scattering dozen criminal assault and arson charges ended in victories for the prosecution, but the larger part of the 175 total are for convic tions in homicide cases. In practically every South Carolina county where whites and negroes are on a population parity, the white peo ple led their dusky brethren. Many Piedmont centers saw twice as many white people face the bar as negroes and it w’as only in the lower State and i and a few midland counties that the negro defendants amassed a decisive majority. The 303 capital cases, most of which were for taking humap life, do not reflect the number of killings in South Carolina in the same period but cover only the cases actually brought to trial. There aie numerous instances where defendants are being tried this year for crimes committed in 1929, and probably as many others where the accused has not been arrested or determined. Women, whose careers, mostly in liquor or in fights of varying natures —205 of them, landed in the courts with the 3,804 men. Few were involv ed in felonies. Although no statistics are available, the list of cases indicates prohibition which they are told how they can increase their volume of sales. violations led all other charges by a *-* wide margin. Next in line, in all probability, are assault and battery cases, followed, perhaps, by larceny and the homicide charges. Desserts and salads will be served. New recipe books will be given away. Be sure to attend • • • H ere'S your oppor tunity to find out all about the marvel ous new Frigidaire Hydrator. On Thursday, March 13th, we start . a special 9-day dem onstration-one of the most interesting ever held in our showroom* We will show the Hydrator in actual use—just as* you would use it in your home. You will see how lettuce is made tender and brittle by the Hydrator’s moist reviving cold. You will see how celery and radishes take on added crispness—how tomatoes are improved in texture and flavor. And that is not all you will see. The latest household cabinets in Porcelain-on-steel will he on display. The famous “Frigidaire Cold Con- \ V trol” w\ll also be demonstrated. You will be shown how this device freezes ice cubes faster—how it permits you to make scores of unusual desserts that require extreme cold. Will you be our guest? SPECIAL OFFER Until Saturday, March 22nd We are prepared to make a liberal special ojfer to all who buy Frigidaire during our 9-day demonstration. Let us tell you about this offer. Let us tell you about our easy payment plan. Come in at your first oppor* tunity. We will be open evenings until ten o*clock every day of the demonstration. t Williston Hardware Co. Willis ton, South Carolina 1 I From Rome to Boston The grandeur that wan Rome rested In large measure upon founda tions of bricks, as the traveler may ’ see when he visits the baths of Dio cletian, where the marble facing bus long since disappeared, hut the brick work stands strong and sturdy after the lapse of nearly twenty centuries. The Romans practiced an ancient art when they made bricks, yet it was one destined to he forgotten or nearly- forgotten in Europe during the Dark ages which followed the fall of the Roman empire. But in the Eleventh or Twelfth century there was a re vival. Again bricks were fashioned in a manner to make them of endur ing character.—Boston Herald. ? Y i For Barnwell Merchants Only Being one of a series of chats with Barnwell businessmen i Speeding Up Your Turnover! WHEN ^your merchandise turnover is sluggish and your revenue falls Climber Eats Way Up When the mountain beaver wants to climb he eats Ids way up. This rodent, sometimes called the boomer and whistler, has become a serious pest In the Pacific Coast coun try. the only part of the United States in which he is found. His damage to gardens Is really se rious, and his burrowing has wrought havoc with many a road. The mountain beaver Is unable to climb trees, can easily go up shrubs and ttpUngK. His usual meth od Is to eat off the tender ends of . branches and shoots, and then use the stubs as a ladder by which to ascend to the upper branches. v off it’s time to look your business squarely in the eye. LOOKING, you’re likely to find two particularly disturbing factors. One is that some of your customers are shopping outside of BARNWELL. The other is that these same customers, and some others also, are buying from mail order houses. DISTURBING as these conditions are, advertising is a way of getting J. around them. Advertising, that is, where it can do you the most good, ad- ~ l vertising where your customers are certain to see it—advertising in your local, home newspaper. YOUR own advertising is essential. There’s no doubt of that. But if your merchandise turnover is to speed up and stay that way, the adver tising support of the manufacturers whose commodities you handle Is just as necessary. £ € round orpin worms, irovdi. howerec: Vhite’s Cream Vc that sure and harmlea » wfli make these symptoms r. Yen can get White s <£eam jb toe $6 cent* par from Epps’ Pharmacy, Blackville, S. C. 1L A. Deascn, Barnwell, S. C. in The Peeple-Sentioal ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel Trout Eff Industry The raising of goldfish Is an Im portant Industry, and goldfish farms exist In Maryland. West Virginia, New _ Jersey, Indiana and California. Trout farming Is still another phase of • aquaculture. The demand for the eggs for stocking public and private waters, says Nature Magazine, is sufficient to attract considerable Investment In the venture, annual sales of trout eggs be ing estimated at about $200.(100. In addition, surplus fish are sold for food at fancy prices. ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. AND you can go a long way in enlisting the support facturers quite easily. -i . WHEN the salesmen of the manufacturers whose goods you stock call on you, impress them with this thought: if . IF YOU ate to do any sizable amount of busi ness you must keep Barnwell’s folk coming to your stores and that advertising in your local, home newspaper—your own and that of the manufacturer —is therefore an absolute necessity. MAKE this thought impressive enough and the salesmen are bound to convey it to their home offices where advertising moneys are decided upon and advertising media selected. of these manu- THIS newspaper has joined small town newspapers all over the country in a nation-wide c ani . fpaign to convince national adver tisers that they can best assist small town merchants by advertis ing in the local, home town news papers of the small town mer chants. \ «* ■ . You need the advertising aid of the manufacturers whose goods y< stock—urge their salesmen to recommend your local p ape The People-Sentinel