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CHARGE COMBINE
OF OH. MAKERS
RESOLUTION ON COTTON SEED
APPROVED BY HOUSE.
Census Reports for
Absentee Families
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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.
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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
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Thursday, March 13th, we start a
special 9-day demonstration of the
Frigidair
HYDRATOR
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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
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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
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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.
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Williston Hardware Co.
Willis ton, South Carolina
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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.
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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.
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round orpin worms,
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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
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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
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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. \
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You need the advertising aid of the manufacturers whose goods y<
stock—urge their salesmen to recommend your local p ape
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