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PAGE TWO.. V THE BARNWELL PEOPLErSENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH. 1MI. The Barnwell People-Sentinel JOHN W. HOLMES 1840—1912. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Sntered at the poet office at Barnwell S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATB: i>ne Year 91.80 Bix Months JO flrhree Months JO (Strictly la Adrance.) ^ \ THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH, 1931. Dull braing result from a deficiency of iron, scientists say. Also from a surplus of bone. V 2. Thf, inventive grenius of legislators ig sorely taxed by the necessity of inventing new taxes. Pity the poor folks who have no radio sets with which to listen to all the wonderful advertising talks. If the optimists are to be believed, business ha g turned the corner so often lately that it must b e dizzy. Both political parties seem rather reluctant to take the responsibility for what the next Congress may do. Baseball umpires were introduced in 1879, and shortly thereafter neces sity motheied th e invention of pop pottles. ^ “Bugs” Baer proposes,-a slogan for the Muscle Shoals problem. He sug gests that it be cut up mto shower baths. One very serious disadvantage of the machine age for a lot of us is that we have to worry along with last yeai’s model. A paragrapher asserts that gossip i 9 the only thing for which the supply is not equal to the demand. How about alimony? the canal in 1907, after other emin- ----But the very next day that very' ters, Nell and Kathleen, of North ent engineers had failed, a Washing- same doctor told me that he believed Augusta; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Baxley,, ton newspaper editor commented un- that I was suffering from zoxicitolitiz-' of Columbia; Adrian L. Baxley, of favorably on hia selection for the istox of the lids. I agreed with, him! Columbia; Paul A. Baxley, Bryan S. job. After recounting the failure g of that it wa s possibly lid trouble. He Baxley and Mias Olive Baxley, who others to accomplish the task, the recommended more sleep, less read- | reside at home with their parents. ing, stewed prunes, raw cabbage and newspaper said: K “And what in heaven's name can 3 pairs of his 45-dollar specs (..), and SUMMER SCHOOL—Session ^une we expect of a man who parts his I told him I would look around and 8th to July 17th. Great\yariety Col- hair in the middle and smokes cigar- let him know what my banker thought ettes?” • | of it. Yet Goethals did build the canal, j , ^ ■ although he continued to part hia I dropped into his office the fol- hair in the midle and smoke cigar- lowing day and he put a pair of ox- ettes as long as he lived. yokes on my face, and made me sit down and look at a sign-boatd he had plastered over on the wall. He inserted all kinds of lenses into the frame-work resting on my nose and md me try to read "ECB,” which T did, but I coulddent do any good with the next paragraph which was ‘afdx- otfc.” 1 : . . . Cotton Letter. New York, May 25.—Spots declin ed 24 points today in sympathy with lege Credit Courses offered—expenses very mvderate. t For further infor mation address'" Dean B. Y. Tyner, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C. Clemson College 7 n=— —* —v - • Scholarship Examinations and Summer Program. Competitive examinations for award of vacant scholarships will be held by. each County Superintendent of Education in South Carolina on Fri day, July 10, 1931, beginning at 9:00 t a. m. Candidates must meet the en trance requirements and must be residents of the State. A statement of financial condition which will be I did not know horw^well off Pwas in this world’s gc^ds till that doctor got a pair of specs (..) rigged up for rail*, and rails were forced down to me. The windshield on my Ford is examined Tnto 'by the South Carolina a new low on account of copper, and worth over $3,000. The glass bottle T Commission must be oresented copper also broke 8 points when ^sitting on my desk right now ought on or beforeJ^y 13 to the Regiftrar: rained in Texas. Boll weevil emer-' to fetch $450.00. basked him if gence seems to be. satisfactory to | made ^is lense from any special kind De p artmenV of^ducati'oVto success the government, and private esti- of glass, and he said, 'Yes, I use ful candidates who desire to pursm mates will be in order as soon as the abuble thick window panes, .and of farmers finish choping. We advise a course that gave me a financial pain. long hold and a short dress, and poa- j Textiles. Specialization may be fol- sibly a 1 piece unshrunk baftnng suit . ..Now, the frames that he fixed up lowe<| jn one ^ f . twe i V e phases of for me cost only $9.75. They were ^ fields as deS( . ribed in the Qem _ made of gutter-percha from Guttem- son Collefrt . catalog; Scholar-ships Scholarships are awarded by the State mccess- pursue courses leading to thd Bachelor, of Science Degree in Agriculture or an-oforth. The Tax Issue. Laurenburg, N. C., May 28, 1931. Gee McGee:-. You South Carolina folk are all the time slandering North Carolina about her high taxes. Lpok around yoyr own premises and tell us what the poor man has to pay in the way of taxes on his so-called luxuries and .“lite or foam.” " . ■ Yours truly, HARUM SKARUM. Safety movements are -having a good effect. We read that only one person was injured while playing ping pong last year. Dear Harum:- You keep off South Carolina. We are in fine shape. Nearly every leg islator we have can read and write and spell. Lots and lots of ’em have actually worked in stores, and some ber B , and the things you hook over ^ wor , h „„„ „„ your ears were made out of celluloid tuition from Celluberg. The little brass per year and rivets that were inseited into the frames to hold therii together came from Goldberg, and that’s why they cost so much. We coulddent possibly get along without our specialists, but r^-hope they will ttootr' let a- fellow furnish his own glass and gutter- percha when hf buys glasses. • • -7. Surprise Birthday Party. Summer Program: - The Clemson Summer School operates from June 9 to JulyTS, offering courses in Educa tion, Geology, Botany, Chemistry, English- Beginners French la n d German, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, and Cotton Grading. Fees: For Teachers, $15.00; Regular ' college courses, $7.50 each; Minimum fee $10.00. Board, room, lights and •water $7.00 per week. Cenferences for teachers of Indus- St. Augustine, Fla., has invited King Alfonso to become a resident. We now expect Los Angeles to make a'bid for Kaiser Wilhelm. Blackville, June 2.—A most de- .. c-, * o - * , 1 trial Education, State Supervisor of lightfu occasion for those participat- , , ^ v .• ^ . , . , , • , Industrial Education cooperating; ing was the suipriie. celebration of ,r t i ir i *• *■ . _ , , w T D June 15-24; Land, Valuation Sho^-t the 70th birthday of Mrs. J. V. Bax- „ 0 c , , , •„ »« Course July 9-11; Summer School: ley, of Blackville. On Sunday, May , ^ . . 0 , , ^ ^ , . , , , D ! Adult Education Opportunity School, 24, bright and early, Miss Olive Bax- . - Vw^.ic j of them have studied law, but the > i e Vllmg. with her parents, was _ . . . jr, , ! cooperating, July 2.5 to August 22. - busily engaged in putting the home \ . . . » . • i- . i ...... These desiring scholarship applica- in order and placing bright flowers . - „ , , , ■ r j * , . tion blanks or other information heie and—there, instead of making, , ,o , , | , should write ready for the Sunday school hour as her Guard the Child’s Eyes. Many persons become blind, or go through life with impaired vision be cause of neglect of the most ordinary precautions, according to Dr. Steel- smith, Iowa’s health commissioner, arhd gives some good advice in a re cent article. He declares that the putting of a drop or two of silver solution into the eyes of an infant at birth is, g most important matter, as five or six different kinds of germs which may cause partial or complete blindness are liable to gain access to the in fant’s eyes at that time. It is also important to keep sharp or pointed instruments, such as scis- abrs, pencils and dangerously shaped toys, away from very young children, and any foreign body which happens to get into the eyes should be given immediate attention. No inflamation ♦of the eyes, however slight, should over be neglected. With respect to cross-eyes. Dr. Steelsmith advises that steps be taken to correct this condition very early, and he declares that a child no more than a year old may be taught to wear glasses for straightening the squint, which will in most cases effect a permanent correction. He wains against the use of ten-cent store glasses or any glasses not prescribed after expert examination of the eyes.- Reading in a poor light or. in a had position strains the eyes unduly, while glare is aLo harmful and advould be avoided as much as possi- J>le. ■C* # ■***>_ Considering what handicap poo r ♦eyesight places upon the individual, •t is really strange that the simple {precautions recommended by health puthoiities are so frequently neglect- majority of them are good business men and know all about whetting taws and where to put the tax. As little as you think of it, South Carolina citizens pay only a 40 per is her usual custom. However, mother did not suspect that some- THE REGISTRAR Clemson College, S. C. cent tax on gasoline and not quite 28 thing was brewing until she sought percent on cigarettes and less than 15 per cent on chewing tobacco and not quite 72 per cent on malt for making home-brew and nearly 35 per cent on golf ballg and hardly 25 per cent on good candy, and just- 20 per cent cf soft drinks and scarcely 15 per cent on reaj estate, and perhaps 18 per cent on their installment auto mobiles. But snuff bears only a 10 per cent tax. to interfere with the preparations for dinner, which was shortly before the arrival of the first of the unex pected guests. .... .*i Winthrop College SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. The examination for the award of A Critic’s Error. That minor personal habits have no important bearing upon one’s ability i§ illustrated by a little joke that the late General Goethals, builder of fthe Panama Canal, was fond of tell ing on himsblf. Long before the now ubiquitous “coffin nails” became popular, or even respectable, the general became inveterate cigarette smoker. He parted hia hair in the middle. When Goethals, then a major, was the difficult task of building Some old mean somebody from out- Tpr-the-State has circulated the i«- port far and near that the last legis lature has put a 2-cent stamp tax on doodles and a 4-cent tax on doodle holes. That’s an out-and-out fabri- cated fasehood: the man evidently had walking sticks on his mind, and not doodles or appurtenanceC^heretor We are getting tiled of outsiders talking about us. Whoever told that half of the land of „ South Carolina will be sold for taxes during the next 10 years told something that he knew absolutely nothing about. Why, the best posted men in our State say that not over 49 per cent of it will be sold for taxes within 9 yeais and eight months, so there you are Now. Mr. Hairum:—If the hen-egg stamp tax had passed the house in stead of being vetoed by the senate, we would have been up against it. It was the purpose of thi s proposed bill to require each hen to affix a 5- cent tax stamp to every egg she laid befote it got cold. With just a few exceptions, such as politics and chiggers, we are getting along fine down here, I thank you. Yours truly, Gee McGee. All of the children came for the ; vacant Scholarships in Winthrop Col- day and they brought the dinner with j and f 01 ' a^^ion of new stu- them so there was nothing to mar dents will be held at every County the happiness of the mother, and j .Courthouse in the State on Wednes- she was radiant with -the excitement 1 da y. Ju " e 24th and Thursday, June of the surprise. Indeed, one observ-! 25th, at 9 a. m. This examination ing the sparkle in her eye, the flush upon her cheek, and the spiinginess in her >ttp, might easily have doubted rtfrat she seventy years ..-fl.f. age. There was a big birthday cake with candles, and a large basket of gifts was presented to Mrs. Baxley by her little grand-daughters, Nell and Kathleen Cleckjey. Perhaps the opening of the gifts was the most enjoyable feature of the day7 This was enjoyed by Mr. Baxley as much as it was by his wife, and every now aryl then there would be a ^ or nWn. He is a Confederate Veteran, having fought in General Hampton’s Cavalry, and is perhaps the oldest veteran in Barnwell County. He has leached that age when nothing af fords him greater pleasure than a family reunion. JHl-.. Baxley will be eighty-nine in October. Those presnt were: Mrs. W. W. Behson, of Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Etheridge, of Batesburg, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cleckley and daugh- will be held whether there are vacant Scholarships or not, asrt'acancies. may occur after the examination. Appli cants must not be less than sixteen year s of age! Wh?n~scho!arships are vacant after June 25th, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provid ing they meet the conditions govern ing fhe award. All who wish Scholar ships should attend the examination whether there are vacancies reported or not. Applicants for Scholarships should write to President Kinard be fore the examination fof* Scholarship blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and fiee tuition. For further information and catalogue, also information con-, cerning Summer School, address Pres ident J. P. Kinard, Rock Hill, South Carolina. * Double Trouble. * They say that most all newspa per feature writers,have “I” trouble,* and that ip tiue. but I have had real j eye trouble for tjr'• past 16 dafy'. j Some of the doctor.^-.uid it was caus- ^ ' t ed by straining my v .jeye at short dresses, or perhaps at long,* thin dresses. "'Anyway, I aw’t~been seeing so well lately. As soon as 1 discovered that, my peepeis were sub-normal, I looked up a spec (.) maker. He examined me for bi-focals^ and several other focals, and told me one day that 1 had the oxicixologistic s of the retina. I told him that I was afeared that I had ketched that^terrible thing from somebody. . Shoes Cost Money Realizing this fact and.with an eye singular to^ the needs of the public, I have recently installed a new Champion Mc Kay Stitching machine. This machine is built exclusively for sewing “soles 5Tt'“TattTes* ~Stroer: and is the very^^est machine on the market. This machine, in addition to my other equip ment ixutfui».!i^ of the bert equipped in this part of th e State. KNOWING THAT SHOES COST MONEY—Why throw them away when a pair cf half soles cost so little and will make them new? OUR PRICES REASONABLE. W. H. VAUGHN m * PLEASE PUT ALL BOTTLES OUT DAILY. PURE AND SANITARY b Jersey Mjjlk TE^ED COWS STERILIZED CONTAINERS V ^ . Early Delivery—for Breakfast. .-.-vw .■■■ 'MS'-.'I'I Not Just Milk, but Quality Milk and Cream. See Delivgryman on, Streets of A Barnwell or. drop us a card. * Appledale Dairy L. C. FOWKE, LYNDHURST PLEASE PUT ALL BOTTLES OUT DAILY. /' ■ • ■ Libby Theatre \ opnngriciu FRIPAY & SATURDAY —t— June 5th and 6th —^ inn i 11 _ 9 The Greatest adventure picture of them all. T^O SHOWS DAILY—7 and 9 a. m. Admission: 11 c, 28c, 50c— State Tax Included. t- The loss of old friendships is probably most often due to friends moving to other localities. Keeping up a corres pondence is bothersome and even irksome to many of us, so that these friendships once dear to us are gradually lost. But this need not happen to you. Thousands of people * _ A row know from experience that their telephone is the tie that kerps friendships alive. Your friends, wherever they may be, are as close to you as your telephone. A call now and then to your out-of-town friends will keep these old and dear friendships alive, affording much happiness to you and to them. The cost is negligible. You can talk a distance of 150 miles for as little as fifty cents when using Night Station-to^Station service after 8:30 P. M. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Incorporated) “THE Cp$T 18 SMALL WHEREVER YOU CALL" Sulphate of Ammonia ON HAND Prices Right ?V M. B. HAGOOD ... -i ■ * . • . . * Barnwell, S. C. EDUCATIONAL TOUR For Teachers and Students — VISITING — WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, ATLANTIC CITY and NEW YOR Special Pullman train with trained guides. All expenses paid, includir beit hotels, meals, sightseeing, theatres tips, and all other expense Wealth of entertainment. CERTIFICATE -RENEW ALS • • ' • ^ Teachers making this trip will have their Certificates renewed on tl basis of this trip. Educational leaders of South Carolina haye endorsi this trip a a one of unusual value to the teachers. • • ~ _ • 1. . r '.' ‘ Governor and Mrs.'Blackwo6d and Hon and Mrs. James H Hoi will be guests of honor. Special Pullman train will leave Spartanburg < July 17th. . b Via SOUTHERN RAILWAY SY’STEM Reservations should be made promptly. For exceptionally low co Price and complete details, address Tour Manager, Spartanburg Reral Journal, Spartanburg, S. C., o r W, E. McGee, G. P. A., Southern Railw* 'Qvrc+Avm ^