The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, February 12, 1931, Image 2
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.)
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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
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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.
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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
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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. „ . *
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i T. B. Ellis J. B. Ellis ?
ELLIS ENGINEERING CO
Land Survey inf a Specialty.
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©f one week’s pay roll of
cotton mill in the State.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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