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B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Bntered at the poet office at Barnwell S. C., as second-claas matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: xfee Year II60 Olx Months .90 Iffcree Months ,60 (Strictly in Advance.) *- ■ ■ 1 ■ JT- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1931 Tax CompariHonH. While the taxpayers are complain ing about high taxes in Barnwell County, and efforts are being made (and rightly so) to reduce expendi tures, a comparison of Conditions here with those in some other counties will ehow that our county officials are ivot the wasteful spendthrift that some yrouldi have the taxpayers believe. Just for instance, the Spartanburg delegation in-Iho general assembly has been publishing some interesting figures on the cost of government in that county. In urea it i 5 about one- third larger than Barnwell County, with a population about four times as great, according to the 1920 cen tum, yet we find that its county high way department is spending $125,000 a year in salaries alone. While we have no official figures for Barnwell County, we venture the estimate that the expenditure for salaries, includ ing those of the county directors, their clerk, supervisor and chain gang ■guards, has been hardly more than 4«,000 a year, or about one-fifteenth of the amount expended in Spartanburg. Viewed in that light, Barnwell County officials are niggardly misers as com pared with those of our oppulent sis ter county. And when the proposed reductions are put into effect here, it would seem that there would be little room for complaint from even the most hardened opponents of those in office. In fact, we ate reliably in formed that salaries have already been reduced about $1,400 a yean, •with other reductions in pryspect. The People-Sentinel holds no bijef for those charged with the adminis tration of the county’s finances, but feel that much of the adverse criticism directed against them hak WOtm un just. Let’s be fair enough to “give the hi s due.” A new use has just been discovered for cotton cloth: A woman in Atlanta found outlast week that under-clothes and house dresses made from cotton materials not ♦hly look wel) and wear well, but-the men admire th£m very, very/much indeed, thank you. (Es pecially the outing ones.) If a Jierson were to belieVe the«ad-J vertisements in the magazine* and newspapers, he would come to - the conclusion mighty quick that this oM world could not wobble another wobble were it not for shaving cream and tooth-paste and cigarettes and yea-t. * > Cotton Letter. New York, Feb. ll.-^Boll weevil emergence for January was 6 as com- plared with 6 last season, hence the decline of 9 points for May and 3 for July.' Spinners takings were light to dull during last week on account of further curtailment. Call money is down to 1 per cent, but that kind of money for the use of gamblers, and not cotton mills or other industries, hence the weak demand for spots. Frcst was predicted for the interior and it seems to be cloudy in Texas where moisture isn’t needed, there-1 therefor we advise selling short or straddling. When jay-birds take in washing, and monkeys lay egg-, and fish build their nests on mountain tops, and the tarentula becomes a pet for the baby, and the republicans outlaw graft, and prohibition officers receive no pay other JharTiheir-salaries, and roosters lay 2 biddies apiece a day, then you may look for taxes to be reduced. A politician is composed of 98 per cent « . bull and 1 perc ent apple-sauce, and it’s against the law to print the ather percent; and you know, he’s the only guy that can lower taxes. ^ ■ in a Series appearing in thin newapapar '*1. (. ' - . Vr -v ■’ ' " •' C OU and I are the two most important factors in next season's crop success. If the work you do and the fertilizer I sell are the right kind, your crop will be a money maker in spite of low prices or bad weather. So I do my paft by keeping a big supply of Chilean-Nitrate. I can furnish as much as you want, when you want it. I recommend Chilean Nitrate...the one best nitrogen fertilizer. SUUT H’S OLDEST NULSERY ■i— C HILEAN NITRATE has proved its supe riority in every kind of test over a long period of years, and in all kinds of conditions —drought, flood, pest and disease. Crop cham pions always use it. For use under the crop or as side dressing it is safe, sure, profitable, p When you order nitrate say CHILEAN Ni- —trate. Then yq.ur deal ell- will supply you with the real thing.. . nitrogen the South relies on for better profit. That one word CHILEAN is your protection . . . your dealer’s too. Re member the two kinds — Original Chilean (Crystalline) and Champion Brand (Gran ulated) both natural nitrate. e eoeoe ♦ e »oo BROWN & BUSH Attorneyg-at-Law BROWN-BUSH BUILDING BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PRACTICE IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS Why Advertise? Some have naturally raised the question—“Why do the cotton mills •dvertise?’’ Here i-' the leason: The cotton mills are the State’s largest produleis, greatest -nnsumers, leading tax payers and principal emr ployersi Anything that affects the State affects the mills. Likewise any general act c f the mills, is felt through out the State. The mill executives naturally therefore recognizes the responsibilities of tKe 'ITFRftl^try-' ^as J’w £•; the leading citizen of the State and fcave therefore selected their best method of going directly t > South Carolina citizens with vital facts un biased and authentic through the medium of paid publicity—facts con cerning not only industry but agri culture, commerce, finance, education and the welfare of the* State at large. They would thereby help the press of the State carry the financial burden of public enlightenment. * It is their hope that the research of their statistical department may bring to light important truths that will be iavaluable in solving many fo the State’s problem-. From every evi dence, they have reason to believe that •uch has been the effect so far. As all South Carolina Cotton Mills are contributing to the effort, the cost to «ach individual mill is negligible, not exceeding -o far one cent per spindle. Taxes alone paid by the contributing mills represent 78 cents per spin- file. The annual cost of the publicity actually much less than one Half There has l>een a right smart said about where the farmers are going to get the money with which to farm this year. Why, it is the easiest thing in the world to borrow money now for the purpo-e of buying guano 'and farm supplies; all you’ve got to do, Mr. Smith, i*—take a few Liberty Bonds (4ths if you pleaseV'to any bank (not closed and in the hands' of the hank examiner), and attach the said bondr-- to tf-jf^ollateral note, pnd presto; the Cashier will hand you out cold cash to the extent of 76 dollars for eveiy hundted dollars Liberty Bonds you pin to the said note. Of course, you must s ign the note and get your wife to endorse it. That’s all. Soft, ain’t it? LOWEST PRICE in years t -i CHILEAN NITRATE •r SODA r f X TMI * * The bag without a backache - 1 ■- " B NEW lOOrlb. BAG . Chilean Nitrate of Soda EDUCATIONAL BUREAU '810 Carolina Life Bldg.,Columbia,S.C. • • ' - ——• 1 ' * ■ * • in urging for literature .or information, pirate refer to Ad No. 69 Well. The Re-Bound., People—our present republi- at our house again. You remember - 4 we went back into the chicken-and-egg 'raising business about a month ago? Well, we got an eirg last week, and are expecting another tomorrow of ! this week. The other 15 hens are j filling out, and^ pretty soon, mebbe, we will be getting possobly 2 eggs a week. The present egg cost us only ; $16.61, but it’s a beauty; yellow near ly all over except* a few speckles. 1 This wife of _mine ought to have , charge of* a big hennery at an -ex- adininistiation has played thun-j periment station during an-egg-lay- with the country. Naturally, and mg contests Hens' just cackle to get can dcr propei ly so—we democrats that they are responsible for the de pression. They daddied the tariff bill and it backfired. believe ; to lay fowls, along for./her. The 6 A Valentine Party. Building-Fund Groap No. 8,-of the Barnwell Baptist Church w-ill have a Silver Tea in the form of a Valen tine party on Friday evening, begin ning at 8:00 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Forest S. Brown. The public is cordially invited. She deaily loves her ^ ... I roosters" are getting; 6 a very well, I thank you; howj are you bn poor ■(jrtr'Tgi'rcTarrf (Tf hitting hack. She has placed a tariff of about 600 petcenbon manufactured I cigarettes. But our big Americans say—“Why, we’ll just go over there and build factories and make cigar- etts." And they wjll do it, ,too, and employ Chine e labor, not Ameri can. That will help—China. And Henry Ford and Gen. Motors will like wise build “Over there.” — All of the foreign countries have got it in for us. They have passed oytv.tt measures and import duty laws and tariff re-trictions that have done us more harm than a couple of wais rould no. It will take 50 yPNrs to get these things straightened btifjJ-j and it must he done in time. But the present hunch that strutted itself won’t have the pleasure of fixing the puncture. Brains, n?>t politics, wil| be empl yed to undo the blunders they have made. „ . * X ■ - jr ¥ i T. B. Ellis J. B. Ellis ? ELLIS ENGINEERING CO Land Survey inf a Specialty. is ©f one week’s pay roll of cotton mill in the State. nne latge Some times we w nder in < ur idle •way how much longer the law of gravitywill be enforced in the United States. Nobody’s Busings | By Gee McGee. Who Would Have Thought 4t? ^ jp-ese brt fall „wa s coeds made bv foreign countri - tnf America. Apparently it has suc ceeded admirably, and it likewise is Jweping AmericarKmade £ood g out cf But let’s talk about something else. I saw in the paper la-t week wheiq a man had married a new wife every 6 month-! since 19 and 2. Only 34 cf ’hem are still living, however, to bless him out. They have him in jail; he ought to h«Ve been .in the asylum all the time. And he said it was love. And 32 cf the women in-ist that, ho made a nice husband as long as he lasted. • Another thing I read about Wi two nil planes col!ided®.l]V in arr.11 Ycu see, there ain’t much room up here, sa they simply^,owSTdn’t meet. Evidently both piksU-Jield out their hands. Our only herpe is air trafic lights. Some hew or other, I can’t ve* very much sfynifiathy’ 'for- folks 'who ggt killed doing show-off stunts or trying ter fly a few oceans for the name of HT Listen, Friends. We are-all happy’ Lyndhurst, 8. C. Knights of Pythias Meeting. There will be a special meeting *>f the Barnwell Knightg cf Pythias lodge on Friday night of this week at 7:45 o’clock. A full attendance o| the membership is urged as officers will be installed and other important mat ters wjll come before the lodge. ^ ^ ^ Attc n d Pecan Meeting. Representatives from a number Trf sections of the county attended the pecan meeting at1he (-'curt House 4n Barnwell Monday afternoon.' The at tendance was not very large, only about twenty-fi\e -being present, but tho-e present were veiy much inter ested in the two talks made by Mr. White, of the Georgia-Florida Pecan Growers Association, on production, and by Mr. Gibbons on marketing. , Messrs. Prince and Schilletter, of the South Carolina Exten-i n Division, 'ere present for the meeting. Much good information was brought‘ out Lcoqcerning pecans.—Prepared by H. G. Boylston, County Agent. NOTICE! Against Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Any person or ptersong entering upon the lands hereinafter referred tfc situate in Barnwell, Richland and Red Oak /Townships,, for the purpose of hunting, fishing or trapping, will 6e 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 -»l— 1,650 Mrs. Jane R. Patterson 1,000 Sweet Water Place I__ 500 • B. L. Easterling Cave Place 200 Barnwell Turpentine Co: Simmons Place 450 Middleton. Place —200., Mose Holley — 200 B. C. Norris 125 Harriet Houston 150 J. M. Weathersbee 572 Estate o$ H. A. Patterson__2,000 Joseph E. Dicks .V.. 800 R.-p. Holman *—400 A. A.-Richardson — 1,000 Lemon Bros. 150 John K. Snelling 100 J. P. Harley 150 L. W. Tillv - rr -;- - . 160 John Newton - - 200 Tom Davis 400 GEO. H. WALKER, Owner ANGUS PATTERSON, Mgr. TREASURER’S TAX NOTICE The County Treasurer’s office wiy be open from October 15th, 1930. to March 15th, 1931; for collecting 1930 taxes, which include real anci personal property, poll and road tax. All taxes due and payable between September 15\h and December 31st. 1930, will be collected-without penalty. All taxeg not paid as stated tfiL 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 lje added. Executions will be placed in the hands of thq-Sheriff for collection af ter March 15th, 1931. When writirg for amount of taxes, be sure and give school district- if property is ip more than one school district. All personal checks given for taxes will be subject collection. Iv d * » A. P’\ ' Brt. v.n, T \ Adi’ -: ON HANDW * el ' “ B. HAGOOD - Barnwell, S. 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Bonds [!i • / > 1 —■ ' — ' ■" •H Ijponstitutional Sch’l 1 X. u CO 1 4 —SO j Special Local u * •! h9 <, H O H ■SXIPI li** -- -at- , - . — ■J'—— - ’ ~~ - No. 24—Ashleigh ; 5 13 4 1 -A 3 ‘ __4_ \ 42 No. 23—Barbary Branch . 5 13 1 4 1 3 4 30 60 No. 45—Barnwell 5 * 13 4 1 3 4 , 29 No. 4—Big Fork 5 13 t 4 i 3 4 18 48- No. 19—Blackville 5 13 4 i 3 4 25 55 No. 36—Cedar Grove 5 13 1 * 4 i 3 4 28 5h No. 60—Diamond 5 13 4 i 3 4 14 44 No. 20—Double Pond - 5 13 4 i 3. 4 19 49 No. 12—Dunbarton r 5l 1. 13 4 i 3 4 27 67 No. 21—Edisto.- 5 13 4 i 3. 4 9 39 No. 28—Elko 5 . 13 4 i 3 4 30 (W No. 63—Ellenton 5 13 4 i 3 4 11 - 41 No. 11—Four Mile 5 13 14 i 3 ’ 4 14 44 No. 39—J- 6 13 4 i 3 4 . 14 - 44 No. 16—Green’s ,i~ 6 13 l 4 i 3 4 20 No.; 10—Healing Springs- 5 13’ 4 i — 3 4 20 5(* No. 23—Hercules 5 13 4: i • 3 4 •27 ’ 57 No. 9—Hilda 5 13 4 i 3 4 35 65 No. 52—Joyce Branch __ 5 13 4 r 3 4 26 •56 No. 34—Kline 5 13 4 i 3 4 is 4S No. 32—Lee’s -■ 5 13 4 ' i 3 ’ 4 10 40 No.: 8—Long Branch 5 13 4 —3 4' f7 47 No. 1 54—Meyer’s Mill __ 5 13 4 i 3 4 26 . 56 No. 42—Morris 5 . • 13 ,4 i .1 4 1& 42 No. 14—Mt. Calvary — 5 13 4 'i, 3 4 28 58 No. 25—New Forest 5 13 4‘- i 3 4 28 58 No. 38—Oak Grove 5 13 4 i 3 4 19 49 No. 43—Old Columbia __ 5 13 4 i 3 4 26 56 No. 13—Pleasant Hill 5 13 | k 4- i 3 4 15 45 No. 7.—Red Oak - 5 j ^ 13 4 i 3 4 16 46 No. 15—Reedy Branch - 5H 13 4 i 3 ’ 4 21 L 51 No. 2—Seven Pines 5 13 4 • i 3 4 12 42 No. 40—Tinker’s Creek _ 5\ 13 4 i .3 4 17 47 No. 26—Upper Richland r _ _5 r i 3 -4- m£6 56 No. 29—Williston 1 . \ ' 5 i i* ^ . . a 4 • 1. 1 ! 3 < 32 62 The commutation road tax of $3.00 must be paid -by all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 65 years. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and QO years amiable to poll tax of $1.00. Dbg Taxes for 1930' will be paid at the same time other taxes ire paid; It is the duty of each school trustee in each school district to see id; ™ ■■■■I msiJL. ■ ■ - : that this tax is collected or aid the Magistrate in the enforcement of the provisions of this Adi ■ ent.of Checks will not be accepted for taxes under any circumstances ex cept at the risk of the taxpayer.-(The County Treasurer ’ reserves the right to hold all receipts paid by check until said checks have been naid > o«iere X orTrtiL Wi i^ T ' lea8€d 0,,,y UP ° n le?al ^ PO8t0ffice ordtra, or certified checka. - - , J. J. BELL, Oo. Treas. «r. ’ 9