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The Barnwell People-Sentinel JOHN W. HOLMES _ 1840—It 12. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Catered at the poet office at Barnwell S. C., aa second-class matter. ES- Hv [' i r SUPSCRIPT10N RATES: Year 11.60 Six Months JO Months ' ,60 (Strictly la Adraace.) THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1931. Barnwell Should Get Buey. During the pant several weeks, local farmers and business men have received inquiries from a Northern canning company relative to cucum bers and asparagus. It is also rumor ed that this concern may locate a plant in this immediate section. We cannot vouch for the accuracy of the rumor, but we do know that the company is interested in buying at least two of cur truck products. This being the case, isn’t it reasonable to suppose that they might also be interested in locating a preserving ’plant close to the source of supply of raw material^? Two local property owners have sent us word that they would donate a lot for such a plant. All of which being true, it would »eem that this is an opportunity for Ka rnwell business men to get together and endeavor to induce the canning company to place a branch plant in Barnwell. several months ago. We know for a' -.,-Eggs are now so cheap they ain’t fact that this recipe is a good one, of At to eat. Being in the egg-produc- course, but it might be against the ing business (in a big way: we have law' to publish it. The man who gave^ 14 hens and 6 roosters) we are de- it to IK. does not now believe that he pressed. We multiplied our egg *e- will ever recover from jake paraly- ceipts for last week by our feed for- sis, however: take a quart of sugar, warding s and nest-loadings and found a pint rff good varnish, a can of lye, (that our percentage of losses to our 2 cakes of soap, add carbolic acid till probable profits (if eggs were twice the taste suits you, then boil over a as high) and discovered that our warm fire till the Wickersham report poultry was a 45 percent greater lia- ts translated. Serve at prize fights, hangings and lynchings—while hot. flat rock happenings. a right smart of sickness i s still amongst us and the indian doctor is of they quit paying him for same, of the folks that don’t get the regular doctor to call on them onner count of they quit paying him fro same. bility than were their assets, count ing the 6 heng that took up setting after laying 8 eggs. (For sale: a nice 2-peh .hennery, with roosters to match. All pedigreed stock, but bad ly mixed.) . Disgraceful and Deplorable. The shameful and deplorable finan cial condition of the common school some folks think that th e undertaker system surely the peopl e do not un- ig helping tb finance the indian doctor. demUnd. if t h e y did, public opinion | would compel the general assembly --..there will be no preaching at the ; ^ some action to remedy it. Eliurew next Sunday as the pasture is 06bt * must b * or credit vanishes, off-on a vacation, for his helth which! We ^ ah 01 * closing schools and broke down on him not long ago while “No, we cAn’t think of it,” is the running a pro tracted meeting when universal cry. 4 ^ was saved by baptism and 4 by let-! ^a* 1 think of 5t when We cannot ter, and here is hoping that they will be lp ourselves. • stay saved so’s he won’t be broke down “Qh, I wouldn’t - ' do anything .to damage the schools,” shouts a legis- again next year-re-claiming ,them. lator. » . If we*roek along at the present r ate The U. S. department of agriculture and its secretary are prevented by |l«^w from publishing guesses On “intentions of cotton farmers to plant" —that* is to say, estimates on the acreagf—before the seed is in the ground—yet, representatives of the Farm Board, a federal agency, are •allow’ed to make such guesses ag of ten as they choose, with the conse quent disastrous re-ult 4 to the cotton market. Ex-Chaiiman Legge’s part ing prediction that acreage would be «nly slightly reduced caused a loss <>f about 33 per bale. There is one thing that we have never been able to understand, and that i R how these so-called experts can lock at a field, wen before the land has been “hrok- on,” and tell whether it is to be planted in cotton, corn, or what have you. six or seven different boys and girls have jined the h-4 club and it ther^ will he no schools to damage. More Than Million in * * * y.— i . twenty States Fedky - 9 . Red Cross Volunteers Hot School Lunchcx and Bal anced Ration* Given to Drought Victims—Seed Pro grams Instituted on Wide S^*le Mora than 1,000,000 persons in 862 drought-stricken counties of 20 States came under the care-of the American Red Cross In what developed into the moat extensive relief operations in half a century of ministering to stricken humanity. Measures to lessen the severity of the blow inflicted by drought were taken as early as last September, when seed was distrihnted to more than 58.* .000 families for the planting of rye and other pastures, and to more than 27,- 000 families for the planting of kitchen gardens. The expenditure for this pur pose amounted to 3326.800. Green vege tables were made available up to the first of January!" ‘ ' Early in February another Red Cross garden program got under way and 507,000 packages of seed were distrib- juted in 15 states. Quarter-acre plots w;ere planted to beans, beets, cabbage, carrots, collard, sweet corn, kale, let tuce, mustard, okra, onions, peas, school systems is 31,228,000. That is ■ > * from the report of the Stake supenn-1 temleat. What is he going'*!! to do ! about it? What does he superin tend? If BamweU’s deficit is 3’>0,000, it looks like they mean bizness if they can get some peddy greed seed and a few stripped-in pigs and hens to raise, mr mike Clark, rfd, has of fered a prize for the H biggest egg laid by the members of the club which is a 1 dollar bill, and allso c50 for the fattest pig turned out by november means that some day or other Barn- the 1. more of them exit,com pete if w< d County, the people of Barnwell, they want to. * , have got to dig up 3•'ft,000 and pay i - • * the debt—yet one’s recollection if that the ladies tni^sign nerry society of 1°"^ l>ofore the 6-0-1 law was enact- this place hell an old time quilting Barnwell was able 1 to pay for at njrs. biown’s last tuesday and it schooling white children more dollars turned out to in* an interesting meet- l bt ‘ head than any county in the ing, hut as the man who was to send State except p.qssibly Charleston, the cotton hatting over to jpo into Consider the case of Greenville. It the quilt got drurk and forgot it, no receives more -money from the State rail quilting work was done, hut mi’s, school fund than’ any other county- brown turned the meeting into a Greenville’s deficit is second only I patching and darning club and all mr. t<f Spartanburg’s, a county that is spinach, squash, tomatoes and turnips. TKe aggregate deficit of the county were farm families gijmi -and— - . > ^ ' # « . \ , ». Sulphate of Ammonia ON HAND Prices Right \ M. B. HAGOOD Barnwell, S. C. 4 H- J CJt 't second only to Greenville in the amount of State aaaistance received! Curiously, many of th e big county school debt- are in “white” counties. Nobody’s Business f By Gee McGee. Good New ski. The import duty on whiskers from Russia has been reduced from 25 percent ad valoiem to 15 percent ad jus. Ford w ill save 10 cent* per cush ion, and that means $1,000,000.00 to him in a year, and paint brushes ought to be some cheaper too. brown’s old clothe*- was fixed up in good shape for once in his drfir. montihly dews was collect|pd which come to c56. tea and crackers was served; the culler .-keem w'as jhonny Anderson, York, and Oconee are ex- quills. * ceptions. Besides Spartanburg and - , Greenville, Horry, Chesterfield and \r — well,.mr. editor—times is not get- Florence are flourishing. Unit much„better. the bonus has hope 1° a d the counties except seven ap- 7 of our boys to get hew cars and 4 pear deficits, though in five or six to pay for the ones they alieady had other? they are negligible in size, ami the preecher got 1 dollar from Two thirds of the forty-six counties sam snill-on. the republicans cer- °' vt ‘ considerable sums. Together tainly have took' the ex-soldiers* off they have iun behind nearly a million of their feet and they seem be en- an<< « quarter dollars—according to joying a good time for the present, the Stat** superintendent’s report, rite or foam when you miss hearing tV hat is he superintending? What i* from me weakly. — "the business of the county superin- - • temleftts? The county debts have been gt'ow'- * intf while the State was paying from -$2,500,000 to 800.000 to help the county schools. Now we have a State I he brewers say that if Unc'le Wanted:—Broader Broadcasts. If all of the radio stations get all •f the stuff they are asking for, we won’t be able to tune in on anything but static. 777 towns are calling for more wattage, some are kicking about their kilo-cycle* and others are not satisfied with their wave lengths. Old man Henderson still functions, regard- lea* of Mr. Hoover, the chain stores, and th e Federal Radio commission. yores trulie, mike Claik, rfd. f-h —;. Though!leas Thoughts. Cotton Letter. New York, March 25.—Talk of a dry winter, a wet spring, a hot sum mer and an early fall, plus southern selling and northern straddling, put July spot* on a basig equal to Bom bay** futures. The decline in silver •ad Ghandi’s refusal to wear drawers had a disquieting effect on the boll weevil emergence, therefore—hedg ing might be advisable while call mon ey is cheap. Some realizing took place near the close, but we advise a cfo<e watch on your wife and the stock market.. i-^r Land a Job Jobbing Land. If the large corporations con- tinuc to ‘‘cut down their overhead” by taming off so many of their employ ees, and if the plan to use 2 school teachers in the future where 4 have been used in the past, is put through, w© don't see anything in sight except that the Federal Land bank employ all of the*e folks in looking after the thousands upon thousands qf -acres of land now falling into theif. hands. We had once hoped that teeny-weeny IToIf would absorb this surplus labor, bat danged if it don’t look lik e it’s Aod Don't Let Your Insurance Lapse. .—We still receive letters asking for the recipe for making home-brew •,—which appeared in this column Sam will let them make beer that they-can put 2,-000,09W to work mighty quick. Yes, but what is to become of the 3,545,888 bootleggers and the 765,000 prohibition officers and rum runners that will be* thrown out of jobs? Answer mg that, Mr.. Capone. Did you ever notice that the men and women who' attend W. C. T. U. lecture* are tu>t the persons who deficit of. nearly five million dollars. In other words, the fauns, houses, mules and'otlier" properties have been “mortgaged” to carry on the schools the last six or seven year-—and if the process continues there will be noth ing tq mortgage for the boys and girls who wish to' go to school,two or three years hence. W8 have taken that money out of capital, we have -hrunk our capital by that much,*fcr operating expenses—to n«Hl to be ,.lk^ to co^eroinK the ^ the ternbleness of booze? The way to . , ... . .. . , „ . ' „ ! cost of running school buses. As for get the right hunch out is to pull a ■ , . . .. ^ « u* • . i i- tb( ‘ school hou-es, the permanent un cock fight or a dog fight just before . . •. . ...... , • / . . provements, they aie not paid for— the prohibition speech is to be made , , o i i u .u a • bonds are owing, and then lock the doors. . . ,• . ... Is it any marvel that so many of the schcolhouses need paint? They will need new roofs In a little while. Is The New s and Courier overdraw ing th e picture’? We think not. At Cotton Letter. ...New Ycrk, Match 23.—Due to the activity in cotton handkerchiefs and wash rags caused by the bonu? loans, the’condition is shocking. The combed yam s were very strong at peop , € to be shocked, hud-day in sympathy with the b <>H; The NeW * and Courier doubts if weevil emergence in Oklahoma. Piob- t the elabflrate hi}?h school system can able thunder m Te^as had a disquiet-, ^ ma i nta i n ed. It doubts that the ing effect on brown sheetings and some ; peopIe c», n afford ten per cent of the further curtailment in moose-golf is buses They can KO on spending till being anticipated. Miami reports tfiey have noth j nf r ^ft, of bourse they •, can, but what will become of the cline in silks and satins, but the teacher , and their salaries later? shorts are still in evidence where pret-1 Tho financia i condition of the schopl ty figures' prevail. W e suggest rapre syst ^ m of g^h Carolina is confused, work and less play to make Jack. (N. disgraceful deplorable, sick and skk- B. Mr. Mellon is stU 1 oresident.) ! e ning. ^ «»y J-U If we can -.-Below you will of the the schools great-events of the and 31 the fine sch up to the present writing. down. 1. Hoover vetoed the bonus bill, j If the schools cannot teach the peo- 2. Democrat* over-rode his veto. pi e to live within'their Incomes,-they 3. Hoover vetoe? th e Muscle Shoals | would be better off with no schools.— HU* j News and Courier. 4. Much rejoicing' amongst the millionaires. 5. Hoover vetoes the Drought Re i.mwmiwMW the opportunity-to’particiitarNTin their own salvation. A comparatively mild winter contrltv nted to-t he success of the Spring^and Fait seed campaigns. .Many habitual single-croppers were introduced to the advantages of kitchen .gardens, bal anced cropping and balanced diet. Numerous land-owners have expressed the opiiii/rfi that this constitutes the one apparent blessing to come out of the drought catastrophe. The United States Department of Agriculture and the focal county agricultural agents* and -home demonstration agents co operated in making this part of the re lief operations out«tandinglv success ful. Balanced Meals Served Red Cross feeding wiy* aimed at ade quacy and scientific correctness, as well-hs simple economy. In large num bers of schools, where' children were found, to be attending with little or nothing in their lunch boxes, hot meals wwa served at noon. A typical menu consisted of vegetable soup and bread one day; thick beef soup or stew with vegetables another-day; cocoa or milk and cheese, peanut butter, or jam sandwiches, a third day. In some places where lunches were not served in the schools, but were pro vided for in the regular food orders, each family hnvirg school children re ceived extra staples for school lum hcs incluifTng peanut butter, raisins, prunes and tomatoes. Red Cross nutritionists instructed mothers in the preparation of lunches ~ County lifalth officers and private physicians commended the adequacy of rations procured oh orders issued bv Red Cross chapters, which were filled at locnj stores. Besides the usual staples, such as corn meal. Hour. lard, meat, beans and potatoes’, such items as canned salmon, cabbage, tomatoes, vcgeGthlps and milk were provided, each order being adapted to tho special needs of the family for whom it w-as ‘issued. Where pellagra Threatened, eggs, yeast and other preventives were given. - — Thousands of Volunteer Workers Many. t h o u ssi n d s of volunteers, through their local Red Cross chapters, gave freely of their time, experience and efforts, as in other Red Cross dis aster operations. They searched out needy cases in Lheir communities-, many persons being restrained from asking assistance because of pride. Chapter committees- investigated cir cumstances, distributed food and clpth- titip —i——; —-=■—•—- More than 500 carloads of foodstuffs were contributed. These were given free haulage by railroads. Farmers of more fortunate sections embraced the opportunity to help 'theSr pastoral cousins of the affected area. Shipments ranged from live poultry to ffsh, from grain to grapefruit. Carloads of flour, eggs, beans, vegetables, onions, rice, com and mixed vegetables were in cluded. . As 'the result of co-ordinated Red -Cross chaptei* efficiency, not one au thenticated case of starvation .as a re suit of drought has been uncovered. ! Large quantities of new and used clothing wer conseque sumed th at hmh from rural si were ena' Red Cross States invoiv kansas, Georgia, 11 tucky, Louisiana. istributed. chool c ho had cient some i d been as a re Alabama, Ar bis, Indiana, Ken- Maryland, Missis- Genuine ‘The Henderson” Cucumber Seed * — FOR SALE BY — SIMON BROWN’S SONS Blackville, S. C. THE ORIGINAL PARENT STRAIN OF EARLY LONG GREEN CUCUMBERS, MOST PROLIFIC. BE SURE—PLANT GENUINE THE HENDERSON SEED. TREASURER’S TAX NOTICE MAY 1ST Last Day to Pay Taxes Executions will .be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection af ter May 1st, 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 collection. wmmm 6. Belgium don’t understand Mr. Hoover. VO -* 7. Congress adjourned. Card of Thanks. We wish to , — express our sincere ihc.r tonSarssriirwhaKfjwwnnwrew teachers of the Barnwell (graded school for the nic e gifts presented to us after the loss of char home and fur- • ITU * V J n* -mm-tr.tr-.. m s B w M 8. . Much rejoicing amongst the ~ niture by, fire several weeks ago. ‘ ^ J Gignilliatt an^^Family. /_ .__^o—At jL ’ .. J —^ sippi. Missouri, Montana, North Caro lina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma. Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vir ginia. West Virginia. Many of these States had been hard hit by a succession of floods, crop fail ures, low prices and economic depres sion, and drought constituted a climax to the cycle of distress.' . “Wherever J wenr." wrote one pb; server, “I made a point of asking what would have happened if the Red Cross had not been able to respond. In wide i ! • X S 5 CO a Ordinary County Road and Bridge Bonds « Past Ind. Bonds Constitutional Sch’l • * 6-0-1 School • Special Local TOTAL « •• No. 24—Ashleigh 5- J3 4 1 3 ! 4 12 | 42 No. 23—Barbary Branch . 5. 13 4 1 3 4 30 60 No. 45—Barnwell I 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 55 No. 35—Cedar Grove 5 13 j4 * . 1 3 4 28 58 No. 50—Diamond 5 13 4 1 3 4 14 44 No. 20—Double Pond 5 13 4 1 3 4 19 49 No. 12—Dunbarton 5 13 4 1 3. 4 • 27 67 No. 21—Edisto ; - - 5 13 4 , 3 4 39 No. 28—Elko “o 13 4 '. 1 3 4 30 60 No. 53—Ellenton 5 13 4 1 3 4 11 41 No. 11—Four Mile' .T - 5 13 4 1 3 * 4 14 1 '44 No. 39—Friendship 5 13 4 1 3 4 14 44 No. 16—Green’s 5 13 4 1 3 4 20 50 No. 10—Healing Springs. 5 IS 4 1 3 ~ 4 . 20 50 No. 23—Hercules 5 ;3 4 1 3 4 27 57 No. 9—Hilda 5 13 4 1 3 4 35 65 No. 52—Joyce Branch .. 5 . 13 ’ 4 • l v ’ 3 4 -26 56 No. 34—Kline 5 13 4 1 3 4 18 48 No. 32—Lee’s 5 13 , 4 1 3 4 10 40 No. 8—Long Branch ... 5 13 4 1 •< 3 4 17 47 No. 54—Meyer’s Mill — 5 13 4 1 3 4 26 56 No. 42—Morris 5 - 13 - ' 4 - 1 3 4 12 42 No. 14—ML 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 1 3 4 19 49 No. 43—Old Columbia 5 13 4 1 3 4 26 56 No.-13—Pleasant Hill 5 13 4 1 3 4 15 45 No. 7.—Red Oak 5 13 4 -1 3 4 16 46 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 i. is 4 i 1 3 4 17 47 No. 26—Upper Richland . 5 1 13 1 t. 1 ‘l 3 4 26 56 No. 29—Will is ton 5 ,L 13 1 4 I 1 ‘ 1 3 1 « 32 62 zens, came the answer that undoubted ly there would have been many deaths directly from starvation, with epi demics preying npon the undernour ished.” ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel The commutation road tax of $3.00 must be paid by all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 55 years. All male .citizens between the - ages 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 paid. jA.- It is the duty of eaclj school trustee in each school district to see at this tax is collected or aid the Magistrate in the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. * 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 paid.) Tax receipts wfH be released only upon legal tender, postoffice money orders, or certified checks. J. J. BELL, Co. Treas. / ADVERTISE IN THE PEOPLE-SENTINEL. ■aHBBBflmfluNjlfiHlHHai ..... ^