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* rAGB FOUR. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAEOUMA THURSDAT, JANUARY 2S, 1M1. > .V- - 3tv 3 V The Barnwell People-Sentinei V JOHN W. HOLMES v 1840—1912. . ' ~ B. P. DAVIES, Editor *Ad Proprietor. post office at Barnwell s„ as second-class matter. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: >» Year 11.60 Six Months JO Three Months ....... ,50 (Strictlj in Adrantf.) THURSDAY, JANUARY 29. 1931. Speed It Up. Senator. It will be heartening news to many Bhgnwell 1 County farmers to (learn that Senator E. D. Smith has gotten a resolution through both houses of Congres s and added to the appropria tion bill to fe-lend to the farmers in .South Carolina, North Carolina, Geor- #fia, Florida and Alabama the money that was paid back to the government on the 1930 loans. But this money will be of no material benefit and a large part of it wil] be lost if it is not made available earlier than ha s been the case in the past. Last year many farmers did not receive their checkes until May or June—entirely too late to buy and apply fertilizer to cotton, as everybody knows. In fact, we are told that a few farmers returned the checks to the government, knowing that it had been received too late. We have heard of another case where two farmers who borrowed some of this money- received it so late that their cotton crop was an absolute failure, the two of them putting their crop to gether in order to gin a 276-pound bale. Senator Smith’s resolution will probably do some good, provided he can make the money available about March 1st to 15th—and if it is to be Available, why wait until May June ? Speed it up, Senator! or License Tag Exttnsion. spite of the many years they have apeut ift directing *and ordering /arm activities, the farmers find them selves in the worst plight they have experienced since the War Between the States. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee. • ■ • /I - " ■’■IT: Am He Thinketh, So Are The Times. While up town a few minutes yes terday afternoon, we found it conven ient to interview a few fellows who were all loafing. Our question to each person approached was the same: “How’s everything?” Mr. Brown, The Shoe Man: “Well, it can’t be this way al] the time. Most everybody has worn out his shoe 8 and folks are too proud to go harefooted. ^ look for a little bit less riding and some what more thinking from now on. But something’s got to be done about taxes.” Mr. Green, the Farmer: “Us farm ers have just about got useter having our stuff took away from us. There ain’t, much difference at our house. We have pinched and skimpped all our lives, and expect to keep it up. I in tend to* work a 8 hard as ever, cut my fertilizer bill 50 per cent, and shoot every kind of agent that comes in sight of my house. Lookit this suit one of them sold me in Decem ber.” Uncle Jack, the Hedge Trimmer: “Yasser, boss—I’se all right. We has a mighty good preacher' now’. Glad to see this putty sunshiney weather. My,&le oman has almost got W'Cll of her rommy-tism and now washes for 4 families. 1 cuts hedges and rakes off leaves. Mr. Gee, please give de old nigger a ehaw-terbacker, or a dime or something.” chy marathon i 8 no longer enticing. The hikers have all been caught beat ing rides, so, friends, unless some body starts a pay-as-you-go contest, things will be mighty dull—until food becomes a little scarcer. The legislatures of the country are now assemblying, and that meanp more calamity. Taxes will be increas ed, of course; new bureaus will be add ed on, why, sure, Uncles, Aunts, Cousin 8 and Buddies will be given a job apiece, state institutions will ask for twice as much- as they need and get it; advertisements for highway bids will run constantly in the same newspapers that advertise our farms for sale for taxes; political pie-eaters ^rill not have their cut; useless offices will be created, and business and ag riculture will continue to sweat and bust. But nobody expects anything else, so—why worry. '*• . • . On top of all my other ‘troubles, my wife went and bought 13 new hens and^I new roosters last week while I -**•<* was at church. We were in the poul try business last fall, and each egg we got cost us 4 dollars, but this man told her that the poultry he was sell ing her (at 32.00 fier head and tail) was a cross betwixt the Buffs and the Orphingtons and the Red Islands, and took 7 blue ribbons for laying an av erage of 8 eggs per week, so she de cided to make one-more effort. Per sonally and confidentially, I thirikthis pedigree stuff she bought represents the culls from that man’s hennery. Anyway, we shall see. I am net tak ing any egg orders yet, however. The editor of The People-Sentinel on Monday asked Senator Edgar A. Brown whether or not it is likely that the general assembly will extend the time for automobile owners to pro- cure license tags, and the Senator re plied that he thought not.' He ex- , plained that the one cent a gallqn that is returned to the counties for local road work ig pro rated on the basis of automobile registration and that, therefore, it would Operate against those counties in which a com paratively small number of licenses have been bought. He urge s every automobile or truck owner who can possibly do so to buy their license tags now, as otherwise Barnwell Coun ty stands to lose a substantia] amount of money in the way of the gasoline tax. Mrs, Gray, the. 1 - House-Keeper: "Everything is pretty good with us. The boys have gone badk to college. Bob thinks business will pick up soon. We are leting our car sit under the shed—we can’t run it and pay for edu cating our children at the same time, so we decided to walk, as they are more important. Folks will have to come down, that’s all. Groceries are Night Clubbing. Nothing would do Cousin Bill un less I drive out in the country to his house and go possum hunting some night. 1 am sure I had more sense than to undertake such a fool thing,’ but my wife -said—“You must be get ting old, don’t want to enjoy a little sport.” That was the straw. Obaervations of An Idler.' Representative R. C. Holman, who spent the week-end at home, does not believe that the present session will exceed the constitutional 40-day limit. May be not—may be not. But' how can the members of that august body of golons accept “extra con^pensation” if there be ho extra time? And speaking of extra compensa tion, or extra pay, or what have you, to say nothing of cutting salaries, the House of Representatives shied at a bill along thi g line sent over by the Senate last .week. ;V, ^ A farmer was helping to “prop up”, one of the stores on Main Street the other day. He was complaining about hard times, and the coyness of banks about lending money to farm ers. Upon being reminded of the fact that he was a visitor in town only the day before instead of “breaking” his land in preparation for another crop, he replied that he would be here “to morrow an<3 the next day and the next” and so on until he got some money or something to eat. “And dere yer is,” as Amos V Andy might well remark. Think of it! A farmer coming to town to “get something to eat!” t,e\ Oui-BjO ^ ^ C a l a 4 <5 Plant bi ll' \\ m -1 a? JX 1 Eas7 to Grow Roses— contains full planting direct.^n*. wme for It TODAY! ___ fruitland nurseries Desk V-4. P. o. Drawers 910. AUGUSTA, GA. - \. - Pointing to the local bank, a towns man remarked: “So far a s you’re concerned, that bank is just like the sun-dial—something to look at.” Of course, all of this was spoken jestingly, but there’s lots of food for thought therein'. I chose last Saturday night for that hunt. It seemed to be mighty fine Ipossum weather. The keen, biting wind was from the east, and the North Star was as bright as the Farm Board, and the Milky Way had practically tumed to clabber, and that foretold good possum news. They dearly love to ramble about on nights like that. I got to Cousin Bill’s house about 6 cheaper, but Bob jg worried to death ! °.Ql-fck and sat around, thinking, of about high taxes, and says our county ^ course, that supper would soon be could get along on half as much as | rea ^y* About i :30, Cousin Bill belch- they are now spending. Mr. Redd, the Filling Station Man: “Yep, there’s a right smart of riding going on yet. The young folks can’t quit. Just swapped 10 gallons of gas for that basket of egg s and that bag of sugar. Gas is bearing a heavy load: 6 cents tax, or about 40 percent ed a few-times and said: “Them ham and eggs and sausage I had for sup per ain’t Getting well with me.” I asked him what time he ate supper: he said—“We aller* eat supper before sunset.” That made me sick all over. The Teachers and Their Salaries. In common with other newspapers in the State, The People-Sentinel is not advocating a reduction in the sal aries the school teachers, some 9,- 1 GOO, more" or less. But we are -op posed to the State of South Carolina guaranteeing them a minimum wage of |90 a month, with a compulsory in crease in salary of $5 per month for every year that they teach in the same school- up to five years. We think these are matters that should be left for settlement with the trus tees and the teachers themselves. In other words, we don’t think that every teacher turned out by the educational mills in South Garolina is worth $90 m month during big or her first year, nor doe s it necessarily follow that he’ pr she is worth the 35 a month raise Vach year thereafter. If the teachers are to be guaran teed a minimum wage, why not ex tend it into private enterprise and fix g minipium wage for clerks, for au tomobile mechanics, or what have you, and if the owner of the aforesaid private business cannot affoij to pay such a wage out of his earnings, then cupply the deficit out of the State treasury by direct taxation on the people—including the teachers, if you please. < Russia fixes a scale of wages for fcer workers—and compels them to work. After I was just about ready to gd to sleep (10:30 p. m.), Cousin Bill on the dollar, but folks never growl ' mad « > t* 111 statement that it wtfs about about the ga s tax—its the house nnd| time for P° 8sum s to be tfin to prowl farm tax. We have only 54 bad a‘°und for simmons Arrsoforth, and checks on hand now. Drop ai ’ oun d ' a ^~ ajul let Ug fill your installmenT plan t**™* some time.” —] asked him if he wassent going pa( of the. way in the car, and he said- “No, old fogy, come on.” ^ Mr. Blue, the Bench-Warmer: “Well, this old country is gone to the dogs, and Hoover done it. They are steal ing the farmers cotton and com. I look for a revolution if things don’t get better. FiveW my younguns is now out of a job, and we simply can’t stand it. The State will soon own all the land, and we folks will be slaves. Cotter match?” The News and Courier hits the nail on the h^ad when it says that a man can dig a good living out of the ground for himself and his family, but he canT make enough money to t pay installments on an automobile and keep the tank full of “gas. v ” »!»♦•#♦•♦♦♦» ♦»#0»»A»00 BROWN & BUSH Attorneys-at-Law BROWN-BUSH BUILDING * BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PRACTICE IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS NOTICE - N. * . Against Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Any person or persons entering upon the lands hereinafter referred tv sitiiate in Barnwell, Richland and Red Oak Townships, for the purpose of hunting, fishing or trapping, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the • law: Mrs. Flossie Smith 1,000 W. H. Duncan 405 Mrs. Kate M. Patterson 3,000 Duncannon Place 1,650 Mrs. Jane R. Patterson 1,000 Sweet Water Place 500 B. L. Easterling Cave Place 200 Barnwell Turpentine Co: Simmons Place 450 Middleton Place x 300 Mose Holley 200 B. C. Norris 125 Harriet Houston 150 . J. M. Weathersbee 572 Estate of H. A. Patterson.,2,000 Joseph E. Dicks -v- 800 R. Ci Holman * 400 A. A. Richardson 1,000 Lemon Bros.' 150 John K. Snelling 100 J., P. Harley 150 L. W. Tilly 100 John Newton J. 200 Tom Davis 400 Two Barnwell men motored to Charleston Sunday, going by way of Walterboro and returning by way of Summerville.' They swear that they didn’t see a hen or a hog over ihe entire loute. Well, not quite as bad as that, perhaps, but plenty bad enough. Many tenants—and landowners, too —are robbing their lands of much needed vegetable matter, besides damaging their timber, by the annual costly habit of setting fires promis- cously in the fields, and woods, with the mistaken idea that they are kill ing boll weevils. Just what was the reason advanced before the advent of y. the pesky pest. Social and Personal News from Williston A member of the general assembly ha s introduced a bill to abolish the ~ position of home demonstration agent in the various counties of the State. If the farms and farm homes decrease «s rapidly in the future as they have in the past, it is only a question • of ■ *ii f hnth agents an.l the home demonstration agents find themselves "all dressed up and no place to go.” Of course, no one blames these agents for the present depress ed state of agriculture and it would most unkind to suggest that in ^ -i ' ■ ■ ' ' * iWNei ’ • ,v - Current Comment. ^ _____ V* The republicans are hiding behind the statement that—“This is a world wide depression,” but the democrats, while they admit that statement to be true, say—“It certainly is a world wide mess, but you all caused it with your tariff bill, ansoforth.” v - Cotton Letter. New York, Jan. 26.—Cotton eased off 54 points on informatiqn from Oklahoma to the effect that Mr. Carl Williams had issued a report to his Sunday School class that the acreage planted to potton this year would be 38,888,888 instead of 52,999,999 as cir culated by the Wall street bears. The nearby months were easier about noon, hut about that time—the far off months fluctuated and reduced south ern selling to interior straddling and hedging. The longs are encouraging the Drought Relief committee to pass cut some dough immediately so that they can catch the shorts, therefore, we advise shorts. We walked down through his 199- acre pasture, pressed 6 wire fences, entered a corn field and then entered a cotton field and then turned to the left. I asked Cousin Bill to wait a minute till I tied my 2 shoes and pull ed some briars and thoriis out of my legs and hips. But he strutted right on at about 45 mile g per hour. I hol lered at him and asked him if there .weren’t some possums in his own State? (We were 23 miles from his home by mid-night). ■ About 3:30.Sabbath morning, after we had roamed through 7 different townships, jumped 876 gullies, waded through 56 big swamps, been hit in the face by 9,999 saplings that. Cous in Bill had, tumed loose, and tom two- thirds cf my clothes off, old Towser barked, and Cousin Bill shot towards that bark like a bullet and left me in the dark. , X ■ . There seems to be but mighty few chances, for world’s records this year. The up-in-the-air-crowd was only’ excelled by the up-in-the-tree boys. The English channel has been swum both going and coming. Just any body with any kind of machine can fly uross the Atlantic. TW hoothyikobt- % X ‘ I finally found him and the other 3 dogs. It was a polecat. We diddent see him, but that’s what she was. We huntad on till I ought to have been getting ready for church. We failed to shine any possum eyes, or even strike his scent. I had lost 22 pounds, and had worn-out my best clothes and shoes. My tongue was hanging out and I diddent care whether F lived or died. I got home at last and went Vo bed, and woke up in time to go to work Monday morning. Half of the fools of our country are in the asyl um, and the other half is off somc- whefe* hunting possums- “fop sport.’ I insulted every customer we had thftt beautiful Monday. : V?*— TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER* FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS Williston, Jan. 24.—Mr. and Mrs A. >M Kennedy left Wednesday for White Springs, Fla., where "they will spend several days. •%Jj(Juw.^Jjgs‘ 5 1 |s...Jvy nne dy sDent a few home uf Mr. and Mrs. F. L _Hair. Mr. and Mrs. Fii-haga Lee and ch.idven, of Langley, war.* guests •-n Furi"uy of Mr. and Mrs* L. R Ilu!r. L-wis Grubbs, of Fahfijd, , n .a., ar.d Miss Laura Grubb:-, rf Ocala, I!*., spent a few days the guest 3 of Misses Inez Hair andx^tlanche Jow- ers last week. , ■ . Friends of Mrs. P. :•!. Hair wili regret to learn that she is ill from flu. » -Marion Wall is quite ill at his home here. It is hoped that he will soon be well again. It is a source of regret tp the nunir erous friends of G. W. Greene to learn that he i s confiend to his bed with flu. Mr. and Mrs. Arlie P. Scott and ' family spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Ruth Scott, of Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Player and Billy Patterson spent last, XJ-^k-end in Mayesville. ' / Miss Marguyftronna.^ j: -spent several days inJapt 4 * k. T. C. Spra^lA h B rtl .-j,' A,.. S®* sey, of Aiken, "WeV^WW, Ada * da Sprawls Sunday. GKO. H. WALKER, Owner ANGUS PATTERSON, Mgr. TREASURER’S TAX NOTICE - . - — —,—-— ‘ .. . i . The County Treasurer’s office will be open from October. 15th, 1930, to March 16th, 1931, for collecting 1930 taxes, which include real and personal property, poll and road tax. All taxes due and payable between September 15ih and December 31st. 1930r will b e collected without penalty. All taxe s not paid as stated will be subject to penalties as provided by law: January 1st, 1931, one per cent, will be added. ■, February 1st, 1931, two per cent, will be added. March 1st to 15th seven per cent, will be added. Executions will be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection af ter March 15th, 1931. - Wheij writing for amount of taxes, be sure and give school district if property is in more than one school district. , All personal checks given for taxes will be subject ttrcollection. 19,626 Bales Ginned. There were 19,626 hales of cotton ginned in Barnwell County from the crop ©f 1930 prior to Jan. 16, 1931, as compared with 16,818 ^bales to the same date a year ago, according to/a report made public "ibis wgek }?y P, A. . f . . »>, 2 2 • '* I* 1 j Tdihary County ji Road and Bridge Bonds TJ C o « •o c 09 68 to c -O s ♦A 09 c - *-•# '* % X, o CO f-H • o Special Local - •< O 00 No. 24r—Ashleigh 5 * 13 4 1 3 4 12 42 No. 23—-Barbary Branch . 5 13, 4 1 - 3 4 30 60 No. 45—Barnwell 5 13 4 1 3 4 29 59 No. 4—Big Fork 5 13 4 1 3 4 18 48 No. 19—Blackville 5 13 4 1 3 4 25 5r. No. 35—Cedar Grove 5 - 13 4 - 1 3 ‘ —4 28 5h No. 50—Diamond 5 13 4 1 3* 4 14 * 44 No. 20—Double Pond 5 13 4 1 x 3 4 19 49 No. 12—Dunbarton - 5 13 4 1 3^ 4 v 27 57 No. 21—Edisto 5 13 4 3 4 9 ' 39 No. 28—Elko . 13 4 1 9 A o/\ No. 53—El lent on 5 13 “ 4 1 • 3 4 oU 11 60 41 No. 11—Four Mile 5 13 4 1 - 3 4 14 44 No. 39—friendship 5 13 4 1 3 4 14 - 44 No. 16—Green’s w 0 13 4 1 3 4 20 No. 10—Healing Springs. 5 13 4 1 3 4 20 50 No. 23—Hercules 5 13 4 1 3 4 27 5T No. 9—Hilda 5 13 ' 4 1 3 4 35 g:> No. 52—Joyce Branch __ 5* 13 4 1 3 4 26 50 No. 34—Kline 5 *1 13 4 1 3 4 18 48 No. 32—Lee’s —— 5 13 4 1 3 4 10 40 No. 8—Long Branch a 13 4 1 3 „ 4 17 47 No. 64—Meyer’s Mill — 5 ' 13 4 1 3 4 ■Sb , 60 No. 42—Morris 5 13 4 1 3 '4 v«*4 12 42 No. 14—Mt Calvary 5 13 4 1 3 4 28 58 No. 25—New Forest 5 13 4 _ 1 3 4 28 58 No. 38—Oak Grove 5 13 4 f 3 4 19 41* No. 43—Old Columbia __ 5 13 4 1 S'. 4 26 5C No. 13—Pleasant Hill — 5 13 4 1 3 4 15 45 No. 7.—Red Oak 5 . 13 ” 4 1 • 8 A 16 40 No. 15—Reedy Branch - 5 13 4 1 3 4 21 51 No. 2—Seven Pines 5 13 4 1 3 4 12 42 No. 40—Tinker’s Creek _ 5 . 13 4 .. 1 3 4 17 47 No. 26—‘Upper Richland ' 5 13 4 1 l 3 4 26 50 No. 29—Williston ‘ 5 [ ' 13 1 4 1 I 3 1 4 32 62 V ’ l v.4 Baxley, special agefft, o&Blackvjlkv > Sunday School Clas^ Enjoy Outing. The little members of a Sunday School class of. the ^Methodist Chur©^ enjoyed a “Weinie roasts near town Monday afternoon. The little tots were accompanied by their teach er, Miss Sarah Patterson and Mrs. R. G. Herndon. ‘ - \ TSe commutation road tax of 33.00 must be paid by all male citizen* between the ages of 21 and 55 years. All male citizens between the age* of 21 and 60 years are liable to poll tax of 31.00. Dog Taxes for 1930 wifi be* paid at the same time other taxes are paid. It is the duty of each school trustee in each school district to see that this tax is collected or aid the Magistrate in the enforeement of the provisions of this Act. - Checks wall hot be accepted for taxes' Under any dreumstaneba SJf*- cept at the risk qf the taxpayer.—(The County Treasurer reserves the right to hold all receipts paid by check until said checks have been paid.) > Tax receipts will be released only upon legal lender, postoffice money orders, or certified checks. . | W ‘ _/J. J. 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