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CoL Harley Pleads Cause of Railroads License Law Evaders Cites Some Enlightening Facts and State * I Figures at Condemnation Pro-, ceedings at Bamberg. Highway Department Begins Enforcement Campaign Tomor row, January 16th. With E^arly Shipment of Fresh Vegetables By Eugene Chatterton, of The South Carolina Power Company. Col. J. E k Harley, Assistant Division ./-Columbia, Jan. i4.—At least 50 of- Oounsel for the Southern Railway fleers, the entire personnel of the Company, appeared before the Board State Highway Patrol and the regular hd Condemnation at Bamberg on Wed- license inspectors of the Highway nesday of last week on behalf of the^..Department, have been ordered to go Southern Railway Company in connect out on the morning of Friday, Jan tion with the condemnation of certain 16th, on an enforcement campaign ?K)rtions of its right of way for high- against persons driving motor vehi- way purposes between Bamberg and cles without 1931 license plates on the Barnwell County line, through the their lown of'Denmark. Colonel Harley, who, it will be recalled, led the “econo my group” £T the last session of the legislature in an attempt to reduce taxes and was narrowly defeated for the office of Lieutenant Governor on "economy platform,” cited some an facts and figures that should be of in terest to reader s of The People-Sen tinel. ' / In his argument before'the Board asking that * the ^ Southerh Railway Company be compensated justly for that portion of the right of way taken over for the highway he said, among licenses vehicles. ^ v It’-is planned to spread a dragnet qver the entire State on the same day, according to a memorandum sent by. Ben M. Sawyer, Chief Highway Com missioner, to the director of the Motor Vehicle Division. An effort will be made to sUmmon s to a magis trate’s court all such drivers Of motor vehicles upon whose cal’s are not dis played the new lictense tags. The law provides that licenses must be applied for by December 31st, and it allows the Highway Department the period ending Jan. 15th to deliver such These who have been 'applied for. have made applications other things, that the American rail ways represent an investment of ap proximately 26 billion dollars in land ^nd.eauipmenU.and that the American j n having such licenses sent out on the railways paid in taxes in 1929 to the same day- However, licenses applied During last September, we submit ted to the county papers of the Edisto and Savannah District an account of a personal visit to many of the North ern canning plants. The tw6 arti cles submitted dealt particularly with the. different methods used in planting and harvesting the Hender son Lima Bean and the Alaska Pea. v* % We found that the Northern planters were using mass production methods, and as a consequence were getting their yields at a much fbWPY' cost per acre and per ton. The methods, however, for tomatoes and string beans were necessarily similar to those in South Carolina, and the yields in these two, vegetables, as an average from the best farmers, were no larger in Mary land, for instance, than in South Caro lina. It is quite possible,- therefore, that the future canning plants of this State will find it expedient to start their operations with string bean s and tomatoes and possibly beets, spinach, and turnip tops, before enter ing into the mass production methods for the lima bean and the pea. A few of the smaller communities since Jan. 1st are being given full co operation by the Highway Department^in coastal So. Carolina, could do well at this time, their rather to take cognizance of • .\ationial, Stote, County, and Mumeipa.l---f or to bo delivered-byu..the [ for a small canning plant,—one that governments $395,5O0jnHryr $753.00 ^oroin^orJi^riM'wni ,- 5ubj^@ would ISkTS^T the functions qf a per minute. To put it differently, he j motor vehicle owpers or drivers to -aid the railways pay out in taxes,' boint? sUmmoned to court . maintenance and interest on rights of ) The State Highway Department has way about 27 per cent of their gross 1 no financial interest in the‘law en- *arnings. In 1929 the railroads employed ap proximately 1,700,000 men—thus upon a conservative basis'providing for. the forcement campaign in that all fines assessed my. magistrates for violation of motor vehicle laws remain in the county in which the violation occurred mean s 'of support of about 6,800^00. | and go info the county’s general fund The wages paid these employees j A year ago, in a similar campaign,- amounted to $2,937,000,000. This hundreds of persons were caught by money was largely, if noit entirely, ! license inspectors, and in the ensuing expended by these employees in the trial s in magistrate’s court, the fines communities in which they live and ( imposed by magistrates were in most went far to the support of the business j cases $10. To be of as much assis- institutions of those communities. I tance a s i s possible to the motor ve- The present financial condition 6f hide owners the Highway De^ai'tment the railroads is almost entirely caused 1 remains geared up at present so as by the operation of bus and truck-to expedite all applications now corn- transportation companies. Most ing in. thoughtful people who have observed , i 41 the development of the motor bus and I W. E. Lake, Jr. truck as a carrier of passengers and ffeight have wondered what the ulti mate effect on the railroads will lx*. As the operation of bu s and truck the operation linos spreads, it is evident that they are seriously cutting into the patron- - age of the railredds, says Colonel ■—Harley/ ; The total asse^ed value of proper ty in the .State of South Carolina is about 426 million dollars. Of this the railroad properties make up about ime-fourth, the a-sessed value of the railroad properties in South Carolina being around 103 million __ dollars. Probably no other propel ty in the State i s assessed hitfhbr and pays a irreater rate of taxation according to value. , . > The importance of this ; _s|tuation McCormick, Jan. 12.—Funeral ser vices for W. E. Lake, Jj., 39, superin tendent of the McCormick- schools, will be held atAYalhalla Tuesday-af ternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Mr. Lake died at his residence here Sunday night after an illness of six days. A week ago he icturned here commission agent to start out the season and, after the fresh markets had collapsed, put the balance into cans. ' ' . New machinery capable of putting up 1,000 cqses, a day of two dozen No. 2 cans would cost about $8,000. Many in so doing, supply *1] of the necessary capital. , One of the bes£ prospects who have visited us so far were two gentle men who operate a plant in Virginia. They were willing to supply the ma chinery if local interests would pro vide a building, boiler and working Charles O. Hearon, editor of the Spartanburg Herald, and a member of the State highway commission since its creation in 1917, was elect ed chairman of the commission. Mon day night to succeed C. E. Jones, of capital, 'i'he proposition lookg partic- Ba tes k ur g» w fi° resigned his ctpir- ularly good from the standpoint that uianship a few minutes before, local capital would not be>tied up in j The election was unanimously on frozen assets, but would at all times the recommendation of a nominating be invested Tn commodities that were committee. John T« Steven^ of Ker- liquid. There is, of course, always a shaw, wa 8 elected vice-chairman. The market for the staple canned goods second to Mr. Hearon’s nomination like beans and tomatoes, at a price de- was made by W. Fred Lightsey, of pending upon the quality. —. Miley, who was prominently meAtion- There are any number of small com- ^ * or chairmanship.' 1 munities in Coastal South Carolina Following a Kmg session that be- that could take over this or a similar ^ an ^ o clock in the morning, the project, very much to their own ad vantage. With everybody working to wards success it could be the begin- * ning of a prosperous farming com munity. The handling of the fresh vegetables by the plant to be shipped to the Northern markets should net, at least, once out of every three years, an enviable profit. During the other years the canned product, under capa-‘ ble management, could hold it s own, elbetinn came last night at 9:30. A nominating committee, composed of John P. Grace, of Charleston, W. A. Floyd, of Greenville, and Mr. Stevens tnade r the recommendation for the chairmanship while H. C. Summers, of Pendleton, toqk Mr. Stevens’ place on the committee for the nomination Of the vice-chairman. The election was for the term until May, when the terms of expire. Mr. Hearon A meeting of prime importance to the farmers, bankers end business men of this section will be held in the Court House in Barnwell Satur day afternoon at three o'clock, at which time a program for the farm wi|) be discussed and information present^) on. the outlook for cotton, truck and other farm crops. ; “This meeting is of much import ance,” says H. G. Boylston, county agent, “and everybody is urged to at tend?' It will be recalled that a meeting wa s held here in December, at which tfm£ committees were appointed to make reports at Saturday’s meeting. F ertili zer .Meetings. this year, ouTsfandtfig~ , 5]i'pofttnTty ttTfd~graThHrtty grew-in size-'and take three members^ ; . . - - , over other vegetables including aspar- recerity reappointed by Governor farmer should tjear him at one of ;>.• . . iRfdhAWll 15-MPJ6 MW On Wednesday, January 21st, two important meetings will be held in the county.**^ that time R. W. Ham ilton, Specialist in Farm Crops and in charge of the Cotton Contest in South Carolina,'will be the principal speak er. v Mr. Hamilton will bring very timely information to farmers on how to mix their fertilizers, the kind and how much to use thi 8 year. Every agus. communities have floor space avail- to ^ble, including a boiler, which could be used for the plant. Other essen tials would be working capital, the amount of which would depend largely upon the management and their broke rage relations. A good percentage of the canmed goods of the country is sold as soon as jt is loaded on cars at the plant. v The broker advences 80 per cent upon ^receipt of the bill of lading. ■ If located in a community in which there was net already a commission merchant established the plant could start off in- the early spring by ship ping fresh bean s and follow this by putting the balance of the crop into cans. At about this time the green tomato would be ready for the Northern market. When- this market became unprofitable the red ripe to mato could then be put into the can. A favorable yeSF ilfrthe fresh vege- Southern Railway Co. Wins Asparagus Suit Circuit Court of Appeals Sustained Verdict for Defendant in Hard- - ■ ' . A’' fought Case. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond has ^sustained the directed verdict in favor of the defendant in the case of the South Carolina Asparagus Growers Associa tion against the Southern Railway Company, according to « telegram re- — —Jones Resigns. Mr. Jones placed his resignation as a member of the commission v in the hands of Governor Richards Tuesday. In a speech regretting the retire ment of Mr. Jones, Mr. Grace asked that the address delivered by the chairman be placed in the minutes of the commission and offered him a message of condolence becausra the people of Lexington County “have con demned you to death in the legisla ture.” r In a statement following his elec tion, Mr. Hearon said that he planned to advocate a “consistently sane” poli cy and a strict adherence to the ceived here Tuesday afternoon by governing ideas of the road bond act. Harley and Blatt, attorney^ lot the He added that the program under his direction would not be a “crazy” one. A warning against increase of the indebtedness for road con- » the resume hi- school ,dutie s although at | table market would pay for the plant the time-he complained of feeling bad ly. About midday he had to leave the school building and go to bed, pneu monia setting in. • v a couple of times over. Two hundred acres of beans and three hundred • acres of' tomatoes would keep the plant operating over a Mr. Lake had been superintendent satisfactory season. The tomato qjpp is quite an inexpensive crdll, costing only about $1.00 for the seed and $10 of the schools here for tivo and a half years. He was reared at Newberry. He is survived by hu widow, who before her marriage was Miss Rose mary Busch, of Walhalla; one daugh- ^ould ble seriously considered by the ter,-Elizabeth Lake; one son, William jveople of each County in the State. Lake, his mother, Mrs. W. E. Lake, Had the Southern Railway Company Sr. K of .Newberry; one brother, E. O. and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Lake> of Newberry, and four ssisters. Company, which operates and do 1 Mrs. T^F. Suber^jof Columbia, Mrs. business in Barnwell and Bamberg: A. R. Morris, of Olar, Mrs. Thomas X Counties, gone into the hands, of a receiver as the Seaboard Air Jdne Railway Company did on December 23, 1930, Mr. Harley said that, in his opinion, the schools ’inr both Barnwell and Bamberg Counties could not con tinue to operate. Mr. Harley called the attention of the Board to the fact that in Barnwell -County the ( total amount of taxes collected in 1929 was $202,8&0, of which the railroads paid $80,475, and in 1930 the total amount collected by the Treasurer of Barnwell County up to January 1, 1931, was $115,624, of which the railroads paid $72,045. That in addition to this, there is collected from the railroads in Barnwell Coun ty by the several municipalities more than $5,000 in taxes. W. Morgan, of Aiken, and Mrs. F. C. Polhemus, ol Newberry* Mr. Lake was at ohe time a mem ber of the Barnwell high school faculty and had many friends here who wjll learn with regret of his death. for fertilizer. Some of the fertilizer will remain in the soil for a following crop. The banks would welcome an opportunity to help the farmer with crops such as these, which givg so much more assurance of profit than cotton and which are harvested at a season when cash i s badly needed. The plant should be ' under the canner of long ex- should be cut to an absolute minimum, allowing the management of a perience. Overhead ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel 489, is $23,359. The taxes of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Co/hp&ny have not been paid by reason of its having gene into the hands of a re ceiver. ~ Mr. Harley said that, in his opin ion, had the railroads gone into the 1 The situation is the same in Barn- hands of receivers last fall, then in f order to keep up the same standard in pe'rs whom we visited. Some*of them, manager to take his recompense from subsequent profits rather than from a definite settled wage. The manage ment should be given a free hand in re jecting alj culls, and he should be one who is definitely established with a brokerage house of national distribd- tfon, as well as one familiar with the fresh markets in the Northern cities. The qualifications an^ x restrictions just stated appear to take bh a pretty large order. They however, are pos sible of fulfilment. j_ Since returning from our trip North, We have maintained a steady correspondence with many of the can railway company. , - This was a suit brought by the as paragus association for $3,884.65 al- ; State’s leged damages to a carload of aspar-' struction purposes “until the special agus. At the first trial of the case, motor vehicle revenues prove them- the jury returned a verdict for the selves more fully” was issued by Mf. full amount in favor of the plaintinT Jones in his farewell address^- This verdict _wa s set aside by Judge j Citing the decrease in licenses is- Ernest F. Cochran of the United sued and the small increase in gaso- States District Court and' a new trial -line consumed, the chairman said: gianted. At the second trial Judge “My advice to. thi s commission is Cochran directed a verdict in favor to go slow in requesting the issuance of the defendant and the plaintiff ap- of further bond 8 until the motor ve- pealed the case to the Circuit Court hide revenues further prove them- of Appeals, wliidfr^«!^l|p>r .attained ndves.” the verdict of the dower court. A poultry meeting will be held «t Barnwell at the Court House on Jan uary 22nd. The meeting will start at 2:30 p. m. P. H. Gooding, of Clem- eon College, hag been obtained to dis cuss various problems. Feeding, brooding, breeding and diaeasea wffl be discussed in detail. If yop are in terested in improving your poultry practices you should attend thia meeting. y It has been demonstrated on farms in Barnwell County th^t nigh egg pro duction and a successful broodinig, season is a good indication of a pro fitable poultry year. The number of eggs you get during the winter and the number of chickg you raise thia spring will be a big factor in deter mining your profits next fall. Yea will be greatly benefited by attending thi 8 meeting, discussing your prob- The case has been hard-fought from beginning to end and has been followed with keen interest by mem bers of the association and others. Col. J. E. Harley argued the case for the „ railroad company before the Court at Baltimore several weeks ago v . > Urges Caution. “While optimistism with m^ is habit,” Mr. Jone s said further, “I am not so sanguine as Yq^Hcpdct larger motor vehicle revenues in 1931 than those received in, 1930. In fact, I look for further declines. If the motor vehicle revenues in 1931 decline to any appreciable extent under what was received in 1930 the revenue will not Mo sufficient to meet increased debt requirements and at the saiqe time BARNWELL MEMBERS ON IMPORTANT COMMITTEES sat j s factorily maintain the roads of ■v A our- schools and incur the same ex^ggtablished and reliable fellows,—ar§, _berg County, as in 1929 the taxes col- pense as heretofore, j* would be j willing to enter negotiations with lo- lectible were only $147,000, and prob- essary for the property and land own- ca i gr0 ups if any are willing to eo- ably 30 per cent of this went into exe cution, and of thi s amount the rail roads paid $34,756; and in 1930 the taxes collectible on the books amount- ed to $141,000, and of this amount, outside of what the railroads paid, on ers in, Barnwell an,d Bamberg—Coun - ties to pay “nearly twice as much taxes-as they are paying today. In addition to this, Mr. Harley called at tention to the fact that the Town of operate with them. ^Others have not committed themselves this far but have said they were coming to Flori da this winter and yould gtop off and look at our country on the way. You may be interested to know that we Denmark collected in taxes fi*om the iy- $47,373 wag .collected Jby. January jjgjhoads i n 1929 $2*,992, and in 1930 have not found any, so far—and we -S£Wn’ of BamK-rg have written and sent reports to over Representative Winchestertt. Smith, Jr., and R. C. Holman have been ap pointed on the important Ways and Means and Judiciary Committees, re-. spectively, while „ Senator Edgar A. 1 Brown is a member of the following committees in the Senate: On bank ing and insurance; on county (Jffices and officers; on federal relations; on finance; on incorporations; on mili tary; on railroads and internal im- the State.” • Declaring he could not be unfaith ful to “you who have trusted me and to the people of the State,” he said “Therefore, I must warn against further increase of the State’s indebt edness for road construction purposes until the special motor vehicle reven ues prove themselves more fully.” The State. Many Buzzards Seen Here. provements; on roaBs, bridges and ferries. v_ . For the past several weeks, num A joint resolution was introduced in erous buzzards have been seen in the the Senate Tuesday providing a 20 trees ar*l yardg'of local resident*. In per cent, cut in all salaries of mem- quiry a s to the probable cause elicited bers, of the Senate and House of. Rep- the information that the vultures are rts^ntatives and of all employes and hungry and are finding it hard to eke clerks of the Senate and House. Buys School Bonds. out a livelihood since a State law re quires that the carcasses of all dead animals be buried. Mayor B. W. Sex ton says that the town is not nearly a s rotten as some would like to have the railroadniave paid, excluding the - .xtaxe s of the Seaboard Air Line Rail way Company which amount to $9,- collecfed in taxe s from the railroads in 1929 $1,256.98, and^ in 1930 $1,- 108.80. v '' “ a thousand canners in the country, who are willing to start admail operation j in a strange* part'of the country and, in ’ ■ J. Julien Bush, Esq., chairman of the local board of-school trustees, says other^ believe, and referred to an jui the. board has bought in several thous- cident in a town in, the upper par; and -.dollar 8 worth of school -bonds of the State where buzzards are re- outstanding against this district and ported tb have attacked a flock of live i s now negotiating for the purchase of chickens in their quest for food. Dur some more bonds-' that have been ing the present seige of hard times, i; located recently. The issue for the is said the the buzzards eagerly size erection of the present school build- upon "any i>ii.ofjjwlire ing will mature in May, 1934, when peelings, etc., and the killing of a dog, the'y will be retired and the tax levy hog or other animal on the highway is this district subrtantv^ly reduced., the immediate signal for a feast. louse, Wednesday, January 2let, at 0:30 a. mi, and at Blackville High school building at 3:00 p. m. Come to one of these meetings and get vain- able information which will help you to intelligently buy and use your fer- ;iizer this year.—Prepared by H. G. Boylston, County Agent.' Poultry Meeting. lems with the neighbors, and getting some of the most recent developments that go to make a profitable poultry business.—Prepared by H. G. Boyls ton, County Agent. WILL INSTALL TALKING . PICTURES IN BARNWELL An announcement of interest the theatre-goers of Barnwell vicinity is to the effect that prepara tions are under way for the installa- tron of talking pictures in this city. H. Clay Creech, who recently moved to Barnwell from the Big Fork sec tion, said Tuesday that he has placed an order for the latest De Forrest sound equipment, which he hopes to have installed and in operation at the Vamp Theatre by February 1st. Mr. Creech also said - that only the latest and best “talkies” will be shown. Little Curtin Eugene Harley. Curtis Eugene Harley, little son af Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Harley, of Leigh quietly passed away at the home of his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Williams, of -Dunbarton, Wednesday morning, January 7th, at 2:80 o’clock after an illness of heart trouble, little fellow was one year, six and seven days <xL The funeral was held at Chape] Church at Dunbarton and ths body was laid to rest in the church yard Thursday afternoon, the services being conducted by Dr. W. M. Jones* of Barnwell. The little grave was banked with beautiful flowers and tike funeral was attended by a large nuaa- ber'of relatives and friends ' of the family, who sympathize with Mr. TM rs? BarlSyln^tKetr 1 Mrs. J. W. Ruff spent the with relatives m Charleston.^ A M- . - ryWry r ,.v Ms&BwikiHlMIhiiihhsiiaiitfi^ilskdldissrfiaittiifiiUrfh; ■ ■ . ■ j t.?