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The Barnwell Peopl le-Sentinel K JOHN W. HOLMES 1840—1912. I B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the poet office at Barnwell S. C., as second-class matter. 9 •> :» v SUBSCRIPTION RATES: >be Year v*----- .8_VW (Nx Months . .90 Three Months ... |80 (Strictly In AdTsnee.) THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH, 1931 When a Man Is Hit Between the Eyes. In respect of an audit of the affairs of the State as proposed by The State, of Columbia, and seconded by Rep resentative-elect C. E. Jones, of Lex- inRton, The News and Courier raises no objection—but it directs attention to facts that anyone should be' able to see and thaUthe general asembiy cannot avoid acting upon without mak ing the troubles more critical than they are. The State cannot now afford to spend $ll,0t)0,000, by legislative ap- ■priations, a< well as it could have af forded to spend $22,000,000 eleven years ago when cotton was selling for 30 or 40 cents a pound, tobacco at a proportionate price, and cotton mills ■were issuing 100 per cent stock divi- dends from their profits.' No ex pert is needed to show legislators that, unless they be imbeciles. ' Millions Of acres of farm lands that were assessed from, 10 to (rarely) 36 jper cent of actual value in 1020 are now assessed from 50 to 150 per cent -of value. Some men are paying taxes on lands that they cannot give away. No board of specialists is needed to tell that to the legislators. On millions of acres the rate of taxation is confiscatory. Taxes- on great aieas, in the aggregate, are paid l»y owners from other sources of in come. ready for the he^rt-breaking reduc tion that ia essential ta>public sol vency, The powef'belongs to the people.. *hey submit to the continuance of the joy ride, they should not complain. Let us have no yammering and blethering about\hJgh taxes” if the people insist upon taxing themselves into the hands of the sheriff. They elect the legislators and other officers. If the people would be heWera of wood and drawers" of watery in order that government shall live high and hand some, it is their privilege to pay the bjlU with their acres and houses. ^The audit is not objectionable. *' The more audits the better. But a man needs no audit when the figure* told him by the tax collector hit him between the eyes and knock him down.—News and Courier. ug a plank or a slab and thrimgh the fence and see-sawed: day they"h<Qp in our Fords and “see- w” severaPcounties in one night, noPeounting the^times they park. They gulp down Ooca-Colaj but we enjoyed our sassafras tea. Now they wear BVDs and Step-in s ansofo but we were mighty wiril satisfied without them; we kept our britches .patched. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee. New Year’s Resolutions. 1. RESOLVED, That I will never write about my wife’s kinfolks any more unless at “her” request. 2. ' RESOLVED, That I will stop eating scrambled eggs with a knife —if a teaspoon is handy. 3. RESOLVED, That I will not let any more flappers talk to me and count the buttons on my vest by running the piano scale when my wife, is down town, too. ' - , 4. RESOLVED.-Thatl will be more charitable to book agents -in the future. (1 will use an ice-pick instead of an ink well.) 5. RESOLVED,-That I will try to count 26 before cussing when I stum ble over a pair,of skates, 2'toy trains, 3 slop-jars, and a couple of hair- Many thousands of acres actu- brushes on my way to the telephone ally have been sold for taxes. Thirty- four thousand farms have been aban doned since 1920 (the censu* reveals it), and the surplus lands of course depress the value of al] lands. Con st night to let Central say—“There’s no one on the line.” 6. RESOLVED, That I will ab stain from affixing my name to any- ■fiscation of land on account of taxa- thing in the future except the follow- •* tian is actually in progress. All in- ing credentials: Arrest warrants, my formed persons know it. own checks when I know they sre The Natrona] Automobile Chamber good, my own note s for renewal pur- *>f Commerce reports 47,500 school buses in operation in the United States. For these vehicles South Carolina i s spending about $1,400,000 a year—for the children of the white people, a little more than half the population. No report of auditors is needed to tell us that for South Caro- v Jina such expenditure i< preposterous, ruinous. The purchnsing power of the dollar of 1913 was less than one third more than is that of 1931. Hence a salary of $4,000 now will buy as much as a salary of $3,000 in pre-war times.” Those denying it are those unwilling to give up fancy enjoyments in which they have learned to indulge. For example, there are legislators who in 1S13 would not have dreamed of boarding at a $2.50 a day hotel and poses, a few obituaries, and my will, if anything looks like it will be left to will anybody. 7. RESOLVED, That I will be con siderate of tramps, hobos, , jobless men, beggars and itinerant peddlers— because,, without a change for the better in the very near future, I will be one or mebbe two\ of the fellow's enumerated herein, n (I voted for Al. Smith.) we had A dance, it was some dance, folk*. A big old brass lamp with the chimney badly snpoked—gave us all the light we "heeded. We gen erally danced that chimfiey off and busted it by 8:30 p. m. For “music, we had a mouth-organ or a “Juic£* ? harp, and .when we had a good fid dler and a first-class straw-beater, we jyere in our ihop-light” glorty. banjo properly picked, was the next best thing—in music. Last Mile the Longed sat at a desk at the end of a iftrapjtal d ia, L apparently engaged In .making a drawing of some sort. An inquisitive fellow-soother of aufferfng humanity approached.^Rpth had been assigned to the floor used exclusively by the stork. The two talked general ities for a moment, then smilingly ob- ved two men pacing up and down the hall. There were echoes of baby cries-from the nearby nursery. Finally e Inquisitive one r noting the draw ing, aaid: “Wluft are you doing; Madge? Mak ing plans for a new home?” ‘ ^ ^ “No,” cirtne the reply, “Pm trying to figure out a jnew hospital contain ing a race track for prospective fa thers!” " u *• —- - ; Vt.——X- — World’. Fair Weather Voyage The sea voyage to South Africa Is A the fair weather voyage of the world. Capetowrf, once a remote outpost of Now our kids have a paid “orches- try”—and their daddies do the pay ing. They hug and hoochy-koochy these days-and-nights and call that dancing: we danced and went out om back pi-azza to do our hugging. W6 did our limousine stunt* on a- pile of straw in a 2-mule wagon—but mod em ride* are in lizzies, packed four- deep and six-thick. Were we happy? Ask my old lady. Statement The Bank of Wesi Bank No- 260 Conditioai- of civilization, is toflay one of the world s fairest cities. It is not only beautiful and delightfully situated, but the Cape is historical qs well, for it was here In 1487 that Diasj,saw the sea route to India and this incited Columbus, whoj in his search for India-found America instead. Drake describes it as “the fairest Cape in the whole cir cumference in the w<4Hd.” Few dis coveries have inilueneed the affairs of nations!'more than the discoveries be tween 1487 and 1497. This era was tru’y the dawn after the Dark ages and the first rays fit the Cape when Dias discovered his way around. One.of the big events in our “home life” was the annual visit of our prea cher. They had preaching* every 4th Saturday and # Sunday, and when the preacher visited Us on some of his trips, he turned our house topsy-tur vy. They pdt the linen table-cloth on for him, and they even had jelly a few times for the dear divine, and I be Heve T .r ’ He Got His Price Jimmy's mother stored all the win ter bed clothirtg in a small shed at the back of l^e liouse. One day. on returning frqid* downtown, she found Unit all the Bed clothing had disap Tbut out Jimmy and askedJiim where they were. j —^ r’Ain’t "sBTeftrpa- bought - -t!Dxi .ypu_mji:iii.those old mattrmwes anil things.'"/he asked. “Why. I sold those old thibgs to the tr.g man!" some cheese for him to eat the day I was to be baptized. (Cheese was high i eating in the 90s.) Well, personally—I’m glad “then” ain’t “now.” We hear so much about the good old times, but it’s baloney and nothing else a-tall. No shows, no .painted cheeks and His! motheK aghast, asked him how much I he hu«l received for (hem. "Well," replied Jimmy with great satisfaction, "after a lot of arguing 1 finally got him to give me’six cents." —Indian! " - ' - l' ^ ^ ■■■" — Card of Thanks. powdered i yincent Smalls, tfie colored painter, faces, no football, no radio, no Ford, w j s h es to thank all of his Barnwell and no nothing worthwhile. Gimme friends for‘their * 1 2 3 4 * * 7 * ’patronage-during the ’.‘vhiSik*' x at today just like it te—that’s enough. Here’s the Answr.r at Last. year 1930, which includes the follow ing: Mrs, ll. W. Sexton, Mrs., T. S. Cavie, Mr. and Mrs. Berry A. Price, She is supposed to be business Mr. and'Mrs B.~P. Davies, Mrs. R. S. woman.' She came into my office un- Dicks, Mr. J. N. Dicks’, Mrs. W. E. Located at Barnwell, S. At-- the close of business Decembe,r 31, 1930. RESOURCES. Loans and Discount^ J $238,351.95 Cash on hand 'and due from ^ ' v - Banks i____52,671.22 Exchanges for the Clearing House 382.22 TOTAL - J $291,405,39 —^LIABILITIES. ——— Undivided Profits, lesA Current Expenses and Taxes Paid $2,826.33 Individual Deposits Subject to Check.. $181,476.00 Savings De deposits 106,159.58 v Certified Check* __ 137.60 Cashier’s Check* .-805.88—288,579.06 X -- TOTA L - - - — — , ; - - -$291,405.39 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Barnwell. ss. Before me came Perry A. Price, Manager of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the who, being duly swi above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. PERRY A. PRICE. '_V\ ~ Sworn to and subscribed before me thi* 3rd day of January, 1931. 1 JAMES J. BELL, Notary Public for S C. Correct Attest: W. J. Lemon,' Edgar A. Brown, Directors. Bank Statement of the Condition of : The Bank of Western Carolina, - Located at Blackville, S. C., at \the close of=business December-SI, 193*).. ^ "RESOURCES. ^ Loans and Discounts $^7^9.18 Cash oh hand and due from Banks 10,022.6<j Checks and Cash-Item* --— 50.6» Due from Head-Office: A*-- Aiken, S. C. ^..^.0,021^ TOTAL $240,163.54 LIABILITIES^T7~ Undivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Taxe* Paid 4—— $2,232.64 Individual Deposits Subject to Check $94,917.31 Savings De- ..„ posits 142,401.24 - Certified Checks 336.67 Cashier's Checks. 275.68—237,930.90 -k. _ J.' — — TOTAL $240463.54 TM1AL —-A--- afteiw STATE,OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Barnwell. ss. Before me came Thos. L. Wragg. Manager of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said' bank, as shown by the books of said bank. 1 THOS. L. WRAGG. Sworn to and Subscribed before me thi* 3rd day of January, 1931. ',A. H. NlNESTEIN, Notary Public for. South Carolina. Correct Attest: " J. M. Farrell, •• "i H. B. Grimes, Directors. CONDENSED STATEMENT OF BANK OF WESTERN CAROLINA AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS, DEC. 31 ST, 1930. - ' - ASSETS ' ' ^ ~ * 6.5,007.47 Bonds and Stocks — —- ----- X"" 27 Banking Houses — \ 100,660.5^ RealEstate — T : . Furniture and Fixture^ - — _T" - '^toOLa.'i Cash cn Hand and in Bank* — r-tr. 535,656.4<' $3,526,993.33 ^ - LIABILITIES. Capital Stock - .L r -28W00.0( ; ‘ Surplus - - ^01,100.0*' Undivided Profits — 19,680.8. Reserve F'und -S^OO.O 1 ' Deposits: ' ' General — t $1,194,977.75 Savings — 1,780,184.32 Certificates of Deposit 4,740.00 Certified Checks — 1. • 5,357.95 \ . Cashier's and Manager’s Checks'_ r -- 5J202.00—-1^,990,462.02 . Other Bank* i---- 2 —j- 1--— 4 1450.46 Bills Payable —'-v4 — NONE. : 8. RESOLVED, That I will never again invite “mike Clarke, rfd,”.arid Uncle Joe to take Christmas dinner l-^-V-ery-wellr^^iha-nk you, how..are you with cannot dream of staying at anything thing to eat.) less than a $5 or a $6 a day hotel now. One could vote in 1920 for an increase of a salery of $. , !,000 to $9,000 with far more reiton than he could vote 9. RESOLVED, That I will talk les-, think more, work harder, sleep , , sounder, nay cash (if possible), avoid •now for fixing the salary of the same' . , . . • , * r* diafts—both from banks,and windows, me unless 1 mean it, (After they had 4 helpings from the chest of that tuikey, the carcass looked like a cemetery fence. My wife and the kids had to cook themselves some- office at Ifi.tlOO. Is any “statesmen” of South Caro lina prepared^ to defend the proposi tion that a salary once raised must stay at.the raised figure perpetually? Is any statesmen paying a dollar a hundred for picking cotton now be cause he cou^ not get his cotton picked for less* than « dollar a hun dred in 1920? ’ There is no better argument for South Carolina to maintain a “stand ard of living” of government now as high as that of 1920 than there is for the cotton mill operative and the two- horse farmer to maintain it for his family. No set of auditors can make these fact* plainer than they are. Farmers t* » ■who cannot obtain credit for another crop, who see their lands sold for taxes or under foreclosure, know them. ' . Tlje king of Abyssinnia i* reported to have spent about all that his treas ury had and could borrow on hi* coro nation festivities a few weeks ago. In South Carolina we are not quite doing that—but we" are carrying on a jgovemment show that cannot last more than a few year* longer without a receivership. While the people are growing poorer Jthe factories ami rail roads included) the festivities or* tl»e government proceed. Government includes the schools. _ llie school system of Soutji Carolina aeftducted with prodigal extrava- Many instances of it* spend- are disgraceful^ The abler and letter school men perceive it and are gick of it, though they are far from 1 ,,, » ■- . v ,V/.ik, ■. j 'v eat slower, be wary of checks, dodge Fords, encourage thrift in my home, keepsmy old radio, and be content with what I have and hope for an opportui- ty to get out of debt.. 10. RESOLVED, That I will appre ciate my friends more, increase my loyalty to my'church and pastor, cut out most of my “smart-aleeky-ness,” say kind things about my neighbors, try my best to believe that those boys actually read my gas, water, and elec tric meters, sop my gravey with more regard to my shirt front, and not complain because everybody isn’t just right, or exactly like I would have it. Before and After. The younger generation ought to live a few weeks like their fathers and motheis lived prior to the time the matrimony bug got to humming about their love fests. Where we- played marbles, our offspring shoot* golf. In the place' of roley-holey, .they enjoy hockey. For mumble peg, they have substituted bridge. announced. She struck a match on McNab, Mrs. -Charlie Brown and Mrs. my typewriter and lit w her cigarette. J. Julien Bush.—Adv. She adjusted her brassiere. She j • • * powdered her nose while I answered I Card of Thanks, the phone. Her dress was none too Vincent Smalls, 'the colored painter, leng. Her eyes were blue, her hair wishes to th^nk alj of hip Blackville was brown and her teeth were white. | friends for their patronage during the ^ „ I year 1930, .which incudes 4he follow- Ejccept for a mole on her left jaw ing: Mrs. J. L. ..Buist, ^Capt. Duncan, Mrs. W.' A. Gyles, Mr. Henry Delk, Mrs. Cleveland Risher v Mrs,_ Tom Bo land, Mr. T. L. Wragg and Mr. Sam Lowe.—Adv. ■, 9 10 and a wart on her Adam’s apple and a pair of black-rimmed species; shj^ was good-looking. She—placed her efiew- ipg-gum samples on m y f*fet, asked me where I got that clock, and puffed 5 times before asking “How’s business in thig bum town?” I told her— = and your old man?” She grunted and replied—“Single, thank my stars.” She rambled along about one thing and another for a few minutbs. -and • * < finally helched forth the following jn- formaticn: “Young fellow (I appre ciated that), do you hiippen to know what’* the matter with this great country of ours?” I said—“Why, sure I do:7“what is it?’’she said—“it ain’t Hoover and it ain’t lack of Al. Smith that’s caused the rumpus. BUT— - t A Happy Thought for the NEW YEAR The bunch of crooks who busted us from center to circumference daddied and broad-casted the following state ment* and slogans and darned lies:— “Buy now, pay later." i “Pay while you ride.” “Only 5 dollars down:” i “Easy paymentX v ^*«<«S‘ if there was such a thing.) “Your credit* is good with us.” "Don’t sell America short.” “You have 2 years to pay for it.” “Poverty will be banished shortly.” “Saving* deposits now amount to over $75,000,000,000,004’ „ Serve Cl&uSSertS Bread Has More Food Value" and—_ ■ ■ Q&uSSeffS Cakes ^ * 'Delightfully Different” Every Day? —■‘MW*— . , ^ , . PURE AND SANITARY v. ^ - Jersey Milk t ■ j < Q TESTED COWS STERILIZED • CONTAINERS D O r ce ra Leap-frog is forgot, and tennis has that place occupied. We went in - a- waahingi our Xflungi=ters go in bath- cneRSvfne on - .jfggf: sly, but Judie and. Billie and Sallie smoke anywhere, any time, and it’s cigareettes. “Dog-gone it” was the vilest type of cussing in ear-shot of pa and ma, But you should bear Vome of them now. ■>— When we wanted to take a ride, Ve 2 Early Delivery—for Breakfast. ^ 3vj> S { ' ' M .•H Not Juat Milk, but Quality ^ T n Milk and Cream. “Yep, them’s the guys__i]tiat ruint us. And to mpke a long story longer, our gum is made from genuine im ported chicle, grown and evired in Honduras, and is absolutely the long est chewable quid on the market to day. It comes in gross boxes (turn my hand alogse), i* waapped in tin- foil, (quit pinching me), and I per- ^ ^ sonally guarantee its sale. Think 5 £• H gross will be enough?” And then W See Deliveryman on Streets of ^ J J < she left, but the aroma that, them tal- an^ fac® golish left still remain to scent our premises, office help diddent like her—she was too passe, if you happen to know what that is. r - ■ 1 . I . . . ■: 1 Send Ut Your Job Work. ; The People- Sentinel. ^ Barnwell- or .J . $3,526,993.3^ THE GREAT AMERICAN VALVE ' ' . • . ' . • v ■ 7. • '. ' • .■ ‘1- , . .* » At the National Automobile Shows » . * * Chevrolet wins first plaee Wr : for the fourth time v- First place at the. National Automobile Shows— a position granted on the basis of apnual sales volume—is again awarded to Chevrolet. This ia' the fourth consecutive time that Chevrolet has won this honor. And the reason lies in its great value—as exemplified by today's Chevrolet Six.-' -- - » New low prices « Roadster, $475; Sport Roadster with himble seat, $495; Coach or Standard Five-Window Coupe, $545; Phaeton, - $510; Standard Coupe, $535; Sport Coupe (rumble seat), $575; Standard Sedan, $635; Special Sedan, $650. Special equipment extra.* Prices f. o. b. Flint; Michigan. - NEW CHEVROLET SIX Grubbs Chevrolet Co. Barnwell, . S. C. 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