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The Barnwell People-Sentinel
JOHN W. HOLMES
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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1931.
B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor.
Entered at the poet office at Barnwall
S. C., aa second-clan matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
jfae Year $1.50
Biz Month* JO
Three Months JO
(Strictly la Advance.)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1931.
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sources of revenue,” while making no
serious effort to retrench.
The Soldier Bonus.
No one will seriously question the
debt that the people of the United
States owe to the veterans of the
World War. The sole question seems
to be whether or not the national gov
ernment is in position to pay all or
a sub-itantial part of the “adjusted
compensation” at thi* time. Secre
tary of the Treasury Mellon, himself
many times a millionaire, has been
holding up his hands in holy horror at
the idea and predicting all sorts of
dire consequences to the bond market
and business conditions throughout
the country. Other millionaires and
representatives of “biff business” have
also voiced their fears, but such ex
pressions, together with the opposi
tion of Prd-ident Hoover, did not pre
vent the ConffToss from passing over-
w’helminffly a bill to lend the veterans
one-half of the face value of their
certificates, instead of only 22H per
cent., as formerly.
It is hard for the average man to
see how the loosing of such a vast
amount of money—$1,700,000,000—in
to circulation at thn time can do any
vast amount of harm to business in
jfeneral. It may be true that the
value of certain bonds and other se
curities may be depressed—none of us ‘ Farm Relief. Mebbe.
have any way of knowinff that until | Prof. Parinsky says that the pea-
later—but ordinarily it would seenf ‘ not is a fine brain food. Pshaw, he
that s o much new money froinpr into doesn’t know what he’s talking about,
the channels of trade should help Half of our politicians don’t eat any-
rather than hurt business conditions thing else much but goobers, and I
generally. If it means that the bulk wish you’d just looky h<Tw foolish they
of the burden must be borne by those act. Unde Joe says that most legis-
who have waxed rich on the country at lators think it is smart and elevating
large, so much the better. One big 1 to introduce a bill every day or so.
trouble with the United States at
present seems to be that the wealth of
the nation hais become concentrated in
the hands of a few men, coihparative-
ly speaking. Perhaps a more general
distribution will help things.
At any rate, we shall soon gee what
we shall see.
Thomin every night on the radio you
won’t have much need for The Liter-
There are many way B in which the ary Digest. He tells nearly every-
postal service could reduce expense*, thing it tells. •• But of course you’d
For instance, a good many millions mis„s the pictures.
are spent each year for mail carriers „
in towns and villages of a few hun- We have had to buy several dif-
dred population. As most of j the ferent parts for one of our ten-and-a-
peopte in these town B get a part of half trucks here lately. We figgered
their daily divePsioij .from a visit to ; up’fast night—if we were to buy one
the post office, the carriers serve pnly ' of thiese trucks piece by piece and hire
comparatively .small numbei* of ’em put together on the so-called
pati
It is jalso true that the cost of the
rural delivery service has been gteadi»
ly mounting. We are told that most
of these carrier? are paid around $3,-
000 a year for only a few hours worje
each day, with a vacation at full pay
during the summer.* We venture the
assertion that very few of them would
quit or resign if the pay were reduced.
And we daresay that many more
millions could be saved by cutting out
many useless clerks in the various de
partments and a reduction in salaries
all along the line. Why should the
government pay more for certain class
of service than is paid by individuals
or private enterprises?
“scale” basis—-the job complete (for a
$725.00 truck) would cost ua exactly
$26,775.88.
STATE AID: Ma getting some
money, from Pa to help Willie (their
beloved son) buy a present for his sis
ter, Sue. JY‘
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FEDERAL. AID: Pa taking 1
dollar out of his vest pocket and put
ting it in his britches pocket with the
50 cents he borrowed from Ma, and
then hiring his mother-in-law to go to
town to tbuy an inner tube for their
lizzie—with the $1.50.
Mustard Plasters.
-...Well, folks, times are almost nor
mal at, last. Shoe-shines are a nickel,
and a shave is 15 cents and a hair-cut
(male) % 25"^ents. All we need now
is—lower freight rates and Pullman
fares, 5-cent street car ticketa,~pre
scription adjustments a cut in picture
show admissions so’s poor people can
attend occasionally, and a pretty cot
ton stocking that can be bought foe a
quarter.
COMMITTEE: £ number of men
or women appointed to do something
for nothing that doesn’t amount to
anything at all—before or after.
-L„-INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE:
Usually a bunch of resilient men with
itching palms and weak eyes and deaf
ears who are paid for trying to do
something they can’t do' and wouldn’t
do if they could, who use only white
wash brush©' and large pocket-books
in their burlesque. ,
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VOTER: A bonehead that can
only.listen and hope, possessed of ad
miration for a sawdust-head candidate
during the campaign, and; cusses and
fu-ses at "tax-p&ying" time. Also thre
guy who gets it in the neck both going
and coming—and is always jghored
aftefr the votes are counted.
As to Biennial Sessions.
In spite of the fact that a small
majority of the meagre number of
voters who participated in the gener
al election last fall favored biennial
sessions of the legi-lature, the House
last week voted to continue ratifica
tion of the measure until the session
of 1932. Opponents of ratification
took the position that the vote polled
did net truly reflect the sentiment of
a majority of the people of the State
and contended further that biennial
Sessions would be more costly than
annual sessions, this having been the
afcperietoce in other States. The Peo
ple-Sentinel is rather inclined to this
view and is not in sympathy with
those who belabor the members of
the general assembly for disregarding
what they are pleased to term the
"expressed will of the people.” We
did not favor the biennial sessions
bill as voted on last fall for the rea
son that it did not limit the length of
the geaMons of the legislature, regular
or special, nor the amount of salary
to be paid the members.
In 1929 the legislature of Tennes-
*ce held an extraordinary session and
voted the members “extra compen-a-
tion” of $100 each. The supreme court
pf Tennwee has now decided that
this payrtfeitf w*s unconstitutional.
A test case on this question, has
never been held in South Carolina,
but if, under the tern? j of the present
biennial session s bill, the payment rf
"extra compesation” to members were
hold to be constitutional, the way
would be wide open for a raid on the
State treasury by members of future
legislatures.
Perhaps “it is better to bear the
ilh that we have than to fly to others
that we know not of.”
Cotton Letter.
New York, Feb. 24.—March con
tracts broke 22 points when it thuTT-
dered in Texas (about noon today)—
where mqiature is badly needed. Liv
erpool came ih as due, but nobo’dy no
ticed it. Continental buying was in
evidence when call money went to 1
percent, but as their credit wassent
good, they immediately soi^l short or
straddled. Cotton-aids, bird’s - eye,
brown sheetings and denims will im
prove in price, according to Mr. Legge
when the present stock of rayon and’
silk stuffs are worn out. We advise
more night-life before it is too late, as
silks will help you to have a better
time. Cotton mill curtailment is im
proving .‘ome; in fact, several mills
have decided to curtail from now’ on,
but their creditors are working on full
time, both night and day. We advt&e
a democratic administration.
INDIGESTION^ A symptom en
tirely unknown amongst washer-wo
men, well-diggers, ditchers, convicts,
bears, tramps, and lions, but jo a pet
hobby with millionaires, flappers, gold
fish, dieticians, poodles and candy
salesmen.
..DETOUR: The softest route be
tween two places,- common to jMhd-
builder-s plentiful at the season offhe
year when travel is at its highest. Ap
preciated only by garage men and tire
dealers.
Want-vr Ride?
Folks, please don’t cuss the auto
mobile. It ha s done m^re toward fur
nishing employment to individuals
than anything else since the building
of the Pyramidi? of Egypt and the Chi
nese wall—of Japan, as a school teach
er would say.
How to Cook Spinach.
Take a gallon or more of nice,
well-washed, fresh spinach, place in a
large aluminum boiler (manufactured
by Mr. Andy Mellon)—examine each
and every particle of this vegetable
and if you find a leaf without vitamin
Today the automobile is giving
work te 4,555,777 farm hands in gar
age rephir shops. With cotton and
wheat selling for might nigh nothing
per pound and per bushel, respective
ly, what in the world would become of
all of those plow-hands and hoe-hands
if they diddejaL have jo.ba4n garages,
other men, women and foreigners now
engaged in making cars and drilling
oil wells and running filliiig stations
and driving tank wagons and making
tail-lightg and otherwise getting our
joy buggies ready to roll. Nope—we
coulddent do without automobiles. If
you stop them, politicians would have
to get the government to appropriate
$4,654,333.22 annually to feed and
clothe the 3,666,879 tit-suckers that are
given employment by them today.
You have perhaps forgqften that there
are about 17,000,000 people in the U.
S. right now that derive their liveli
hood from'the manufacture and use of
automobiles. (But mine is in the shop
now.) - ' ’
Linger at State Door*
for “Closeup” of Star*
Familiar among Broadway’s night
sights are the small crowds who gath
er near stage doors after the show is
over. Usually between the hours of
eleven and twelve they are to he
found waiting for’ their favorite star
to emerge. They stand with a rather
quiet expectancy. Every time the"
stage door opens they push forward
eagerly, often to be disap[>ointed when
an_fiy£nU.l-elud stage hand makes his
exit logging a .trunk or piece of sceiv
ery. When tile long-awaited star does
come out they crowd about, asking
questions, bestowing adoration and
pushing forward to obtain a better
view. Some fans come with photo
graphs to be signed. Others seek a
star’s autograph on a program, while
still others want to see what their fa
vorite performer looks like away from
the footlights.
Some nights an actor or actress Is
In a hurry and, desiring to avoid the
crowd, leaves by a different.exit. The
stars use various ruses to get away in,
a hurr>\_ sometimes telling the door-
-uum-to notify tfac-'tfrowd ‘that so-and-so
will not leave the theater for a few
hours.
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for It TQDAY!
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PRACTICE IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS
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NOTICE!
Against Hunting, Fishing and Trapping
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Publicity’s Value Well
Known to the Ancients
More than 3,000 years ago, accord
ing to the London Morning Post, the
Egyptians devised innumerable meth
ods of bringing their names before the
public; and by inscriptions, by historic
monuments, and by the literature of
the period, they left to posterity the
records of a complete and systematic
scheme of advertising.
In certain respects they made even
more extensive use of publicity than
does the present "age. In the reign of
Tutankhamen, doctors, unlike the
modern practitioner, were allowed to
advertise their remedies; and*one of
the more subtle methods used to. at
tain this end was to comi>el patients
on swallowing specific medicines to
cry out. “A really excellent remedy
proved a million times!”' The art of
^Bbpetition was thoroughly understood
ny Egyptian publicists; anff it was
customary to stamp wine jars with
the word “Good” thrice repeated. Sim
ilarly they weir well aware of the
value of disguised advertisements;
and experts now declare that the tem
ples of ancient Egypt were in nearly
every case built to advertise the pow
er of Egypt’s rulers. They were cov
ered . with accounts of victories
achieved, and records of'’cities. con
quered.
Any person or persons entering upon the lands hereinafter referred to
situate in Barnwell, Richland and Red Oak Townships, for the purpose of
hunting, fishihg qr 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 Plac^r^v.... 500
B. L. Easterling/uHve Place 200
Barnwell Turpentine Co:
Simmons I*lace 450
Middleton Place 300
Mose Holley 200
B. C. Norris 125
Harriet Houston -__ 150
J. M. Weathersbee 572
Estate of H. X. Patterson. _2,000
Joseph E. Dicks *--- 800
R. C. Holman t 400
A. A. Richardson 1,000
Lemon Bros. 150’
John K. Snelling 100
J. P. Harley. : ^ 150
L. W. Tilly ,__ 160
John Newton 200
Tom Davis 400
GEO. H. WALKER, Owner
ANGUS PATTERSON, Mgr.
TREASURER’S TAX NOTICE
And as little as you think of it,
the automobile has increased the num
ber of undertakers and assistants
O-ince 1900) from 6,432 to 99;752. Ev
erybody knows that there ain’t enopgh
positions in beef markets and abat
toirs to keep al] of this bunch of men
at work. And thousands of men are
constantly digging graves and setting
“P.” turn it over. Then take the con
tainer and its contents out into the 1 up tombs to n es today that would be
hack yard ^nd empty the spinach onto
the ground where the chicken s can find
it and eat it, if they ain’t got no bet
ter sense. And last but not ba<t—
send back to your grocer and tel] him
to let you have a mess of turnip-greens
for. dinner and charge ’em—and cook
over a slow fire.
loafing were it not fer automobiles.
Rubber Growth Experimenta
Rubber plants that are native to
dry region* are being--tested in Calb
fornia. in the coast districts as we' T
as in the interior valleys. Several dry-
country rubber plants are known in
Mexico, while others are reported In
South America, Africa and Madagas
car. The production of rubber from
the Mexican quayule plant (Partheni-
um argentatum) has been Investifftit-
ed carefully by a private corporation
and the stage of agricultural practi
cability Is believed to have been
reached in California. The quayule
rubber plants in Arizona and Califor
nia amount to several bdndred acres.
The County Treasurer’s office will be open from October 15th, 1930,
to March 15th, 1931, for collecting 1930 taxes, which include real andj,
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 taxe 3 not paidras stated will
be subject to penalties as provided by law:
January l^t, 1931, one per cent, will be added.
February 1st, 1931, twa 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. » ^
When writirg 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 to c.ollection.
Tune: “Somebody I s Calling Today.”
A man came to our house not long
ago to pay us a social visit. He owed
me 25 dollars, but he diddent come to
pay that, jvi?t a visit—which he did
dent owe us. Well, he was welcome
the first, second and third day, but
along about the fourth day, we needed
his bed for another of my wife’s cous
ins, and we told him that we were
ffcoking for more company, and he said
it wouldn’t bother him to let it come,
Were it not for automobiles, the
82,000 highway patrols and speed cops
(now in use in the United States)
would be absolutely minus sufficient
revenue to .buy everything they want
—as their wives simply could not af
ford to keep them in luxury without
help—as they are now enjoying. »
And who made the hospitals what
they are today? Automobiles. Who
made it necessary for 1 girl out of ev
ery 12 to become a trained nurse in
stead of a mother? Automobiles.
What keeps the bandage and splint
wheels of the country a-turning? Au
tomobiles. What makes growing flow
ers a profitable indulgence today?
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May Raise Postage.
Automobiles. What has made the
but he evidently reached the conclusion ! coffin and caaket manufacturers rich?
Automobiles. And what made all of
the doctors go prosperous ? The Drug
The Republican administration is
advocating an increase in the postal
rates now in effect to take care of
the $100,000,000 deficit in that branch
of the government Naturally, it doe 8
not seem to occur to the national gov-
that we had only one “company” bpd
and he said he would not object to
sleeping with th<r other person, and be
fore I thought, I ?aid, “Who would?’”
This other company was a pretty
school-teacher-cousin, but when my
wife looked at me so horrified, I apolo
gized and told him why he w’ould have
to go tomorrow and come back later.
He went tomorrow and came back dav
emment that the deficit MIGHT be
"tfeEen imi'-iSrW* a Tedtre1T«r!SF«P*t*ftei' toittwrow: ^rnnftfollw have
’been very considerate since Christmas,
when I wrote that piece about them.
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by increase
This little oversight seems
perinea rather than
revenue.
to he common with governments,
■whether they be State or national.
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Stores.
What is it that gives employment
to 143,888 instaJJm ent agents and col
lectors? . Automobiles. Why can so
many thousands 'of bookkeepers be
hired every yearyn the commercial
credit agencies? Automobiles. And
tlflnk of the* 564J98 puueture fixers
and blow-out patches that w’ouIcT pro!
ably be riding the blind-baggage were
it not for automobiles.
Famous Tapestry
The Cobelin tapestries originated In
the work of a former dyer, named
GobelinAwho in the Fifteenth century
came frfm Reims to Parts, the famlly
having discovered a marvelous scarlet
dye which attracted great attention. In
the Sixteenth century to the manufac
ture of dyes was added th<^ ? thufac-
ture of tanestry, which warn' the
fortune* oL v *- family. SafiX
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Old foresteri^ih ' ne stroifeest
opinions as to the* influence of the I
moon on timber. In the royal ordi
nances of France for the conservation j
of forests, it was laid down that tim
ber, especially oaks, should he felled
only during the wahe of the moon, and
the belief—superstition, tf you like to
call it so—still persists both in France
and-KnglondA The idea is that timber
felled at these times is less liahle.-to •
rot than when felled during the wax.
The belief dates right back to Roman
times.
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No. 45—Barnwell
No. 4—Big Fork
No. 19—Blackville
No. 35—Cedar Grove
No. 50—Diamond
No. 20—Double Pond
No. 12—Dunbarton
No. 21—Edisto
No. 28—Elko
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No. 11—Four Mile
No. 39—Friendship
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No. 10—Healing Springs.
No. 23—Hercules
No. 9—Hilda
No. 52—Joyce Branch
No. 34—Kline
No. 32—Lee’s
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No. .54—l^eyer’s Mill __
No. 42—Morris -
No. 14—Mt. Calvary __
No. 25—New Fo
No. 38—Oajc Grove _A
No. 43—Old Columbia
No. 13—Pleasant Hill __.
No. 7.—Red Oak
No. 15—Reedy Branch
No. 2—Seven Pines
No. 40—Tinker's Creek
No. 26—Upper Richland
No. 29—Williston
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Cnd don’t forget the 7,543,222
ADVERTISE IN
The People- Sentinel.
The commutation road tax of $3.00 must be paid by a.
between the ages of 21 and 55 years. All male citizens bet
of 21 and 60 years are liable to poll tax of $1.00.
Dog Taxes for 1930 will be paid at the same time other taxes are
It is the duty of each school trustee in each school district to -
that this tax is collected or aid the Magistrate ifi the enforcement of
the provisions of this Act.
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 paid.)
Tax receipt* will be released only upon legal tender, postoffice money
orders, or certified check*. . J. j. BELL, Co. Treas.
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