The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, January 08, 1931, Image 2
The Barnwell Peopl
le-Sentinel
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JOHN W. HOLMES
1840—1912.
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B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor.
Entered at the poet office at Barnwell
S. C., as second-class matter.
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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-
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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 *•
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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
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’ 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! " - ' -
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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■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
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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—
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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
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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—
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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
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'Delightfully Different”
Every Day?
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PURE AND SANITARY
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STERILIZED • CONTAINERS
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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. ^
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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 ^
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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.
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THE GREAT AMERICAN VALVE
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At the National Automobile Shows
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Chevrolet wins
first plaee
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for the fourth time
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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.
BROWN * BUSH
AttorneyKsattLaw
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BROWN-BUSH
BUILDING
BARNWELL,
SOUTH CAROLINA
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