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' ■ f AGB FOUR. Local and Personal V News of Blackville . - BlackviHe, Aug. 8.—Cary Gregory; Icf Atlanta, returned home Monday, after a visit to her sister, Mrs. James Nevils, at her camp at Holman’s Bridge. Dr. Mike Blume, of the Imperial Valley, Calif., arrived Friday for a visit to his mother, Mr«. Mary Blume. Miss Ruth Barton, of Orangeburg, returned home Monday after enjoying a two week’j camping trip at Hol man’s Bridge Mias Jenice Brown returned home Monday, after spending some time at Sullivan’s Island. Mr. and Mrs. Earl DeWitt, of Col umbia, spent last week-end with a group of friends at Holman’s Bridge. Mrs. Annie Laurie Buist and daugh ter, Virginia, left Saturday for Col umbia, where they will spend a few days before leaving for Portland, Me., for a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Merle Jewel. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Wragg and slaughter, Mrs. Leroy Molair, of Banwell, left Sunday for a two week’s .stay in the mountain* of North Caro lina. Mrs. O. I). Hammond and daughter, Jane, are expected home this week, after a, prolonged visit in Indianapo lis, Ind., and other points. Mr. and Mrs. Somers Pringle and children have returned from Sulli vans Island, where they spent three w^eks. Tom Murry Walsh, of Savannah, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Browning E. E. Fickling and daughter, Miss Cccile Fickling. -pent Sunday with his son, Edgar F.ckling and family in Ridgeland. Mrs. Lottie R. Buist. of Charleston, is the guest of Mrs. Sem Rush. Mrs. Nellie Cave, of Barnwell, is the guest of her aider, Mis. Lennie Buist. Mis„ Helen Holstein, of Monettu, left Sunday for her home, after a pleasant camp at Holman’s Bridge. HOPOCATRUC THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOt^TH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 193L If The Editor Told ihe Truth. The Ringling Eagle hag been sev erely criticized lately for not telling the truth about the recent occur rences in Ringling, D. B. SprattHng, editor, wrote in a first page editorial June 25th. He explained why he did not give the whole truth, by quoting an Indiana newspaper whose editor thad decided to print all the facts. The Indiana man ^wrpte local news items as follows: “Joe Benin, the laziest merchant in town, made a trjp to Beeville on Monday. “John Coyle, our groceiy man, doing a poor business. Hi s store is dirty and musty. How could he expect to do any business. “John Doe, the cold-blooded village banker, suffered sun stroke while cutting weeds the other day. No one visited him while he Was in bed/- - “Dave Conkey died, at hig home here Tuesday.'"The doctor pronounc ed it heart failure, but home * brew killed him. “Married:—Miss Mary Rhode* and James Collins, last Saturday at the Baptist parsonage, by Rev. Gordon. The bride « v ®ry ordinary girl who does not know any more about cook ing than a jackrabbit and never help ed her mother three days in her life. Shejs not a beauty by any mean 8 and has a gait like a duck. The groom is up-to-date loafer. He has been Social and Personal News from Williston ’ Improved Ui International an living off the old folks at home all his life and«js not worth shucks. It will be a hard life.”—Sooner State Press. B. M. K. Still. By G. Chalmers MrDermid. Did I have a good time this week? — Well 1 guess.—Those yacht races at Rockville on th<* Hohicket were just thrilling. I am glad that so many of you “up State" people were aide to get consider — saitb mating. I think you will agiee with me that a watching -ail boat dul way to spend, a few days vacq tion. Go to Bemif u t next week and watch ’em again. Fight b tuts in the race and you d, n't know haw they will linish until they rros* the line. Did you read th 0 article 1 had in Walterboro, Aug. 7.—B. M. R. Still did ut his home in Walterboro early today after an illness of seveial months. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Christian ehurch in Walterboro with the Rev. Swindell, the Rev. C. C. Derrick jrnd the Rev. Charles Hackney in charge. He will be buried Saturday at Brooklet, On. Mr. Sr,ill, who wa*. a retired hotel manager, was h. rn 71 years ago in Barnwell County, son of Judfon S. and Harriet Williams Still. He had been living in Walterboro for a num ber of years. Mr. Still is survived by his widow, six daughters, Mrs. Ada Faust, Mrs. T. E. Jones^Misses Pearl down here ami see whit I Jo * ie ^ of Bateaburgjfr.: the best sport in th t . world W C - Wvatt un ‘ 1 Mr *' M - A - K p nner!y of Augusta, Gn.; three sons, F. F., of (Menton, Md.,* ami C’levie, and Carl of Walterboro; the following In others, C. J. II. Still, of Barnwell; S. J. W. > Williston, Aug. 8.—Misa-C-tarra M Edenfield, of North Augusta; is visit ing Mrs. G. R. Hudson and her aunt, Mrs. R. S Weathersbee Mrs. L. R. Hair has'as her guests her sisters, Misses Gladyg and Verna Mae Lee, and her cousin, Miss Mary Moody, of Kline. The Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Davis, Mr». W. C. Cook, jMigg Lenna Davis, and Gordon Davis left Monday for Blufftoh, where* they will spend sev eral weety. . Miss Billie Varn, of Walterboro, is visiting her ^ister, Mrs. John Mar shall Lee. ' Mrs. G. W. Edenfield, of Savannah, and daughter, Harriette, are visiting her sister, Mrs. Bessie Brabham. ^J)r. and Mrs. Jrx. Smith and chil dren left Wednesday for a vacation at BlufTton. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Greene and chil dren have returned from a vacation trip in Florida. D. E. Scott, of Onley, Va., stopped for a few days’ visit in Williston this week enroute to Georgia. Jtlr. and Mrs. H. M. .Cook and chif- dren returned Monday, from a visit of several days to Mr. and Mrs. James Cook in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Hair and daugh ters and J* W. Folk spent Wednesday at Bluffton, the guests of the Rev. anrPMrs. W. R. Davis. m Mrs Louis Andrews, of Charleston, has returned home after a visit to Mrs 6; S. Thompson and her father, L. S. Mellichamp. . Among those from here spending Sunday at Folly Beach were: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Parker and children, Mrs. Florrie Givens and Misses Beatice and Agnes Givens, Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Davis, Mr. aiW ^drs. R. L. Pea cock and Mr. ami Mrs. P. F. Parker, Jr. -wnr- . Relief That Relieves. Lesson (By RBV. P. B. P1TZWATER. D. D. ber of FHeulty. Moody BlbU ! Institute of Chicago.) Hem- Lesson for August 16 I SOWING AND REAPING (Temperance Lesson.) TJBSSON TEXT—Galatlane GOLDEN TEXT—Be not deceived: God Is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. PRIMARY TOPIC—Obeying the Law. JUNIOR TOPIC—Obeying the Law. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Sowing and Reaping (Effects of Alcohol). YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—Sowing and Reaping (Effects of Alcohol). * That the tax buiden on real ahd personal property in South Carolina is largely a Iceal and school tax bur-j den is a tiuth demonstrated ad nauseum.' Of the $21,222,406.12 rais ed by levy against the tangible? prop erty of the State last year $19,145,- 455.40 was in county and • .school taxes. The average ad valorem levy in the State, excluding municipal taxes from the computation, w-as went In chapters three and four Paul pre sented in a masterful way the heart of Christianity; namely, that Justification Is by faith In the atoning work of Christ rather than by the works of the law. In chapters five and six he made practical application of the doctrine to the affairs of life. Gracious justi fication by faith Is the dynamic for right living. Those who Are freely Justified h) Christ will manifest the fact by the following conduct: I. Rihtere the Sinning Brother (v. 1). 1. * Who he la. “The one overtaken In a fault.” The Idea expressed by tbe word “fault” Is not to minimize the sin, but to show the suddenness of the temptation. One’s spirituality Is shown by his willingness to help In such a case. 2. What la to be done. He is to be •‘restored.” Restore is a surgical term which means the placing back of a dislocated member to Its normal placrt Christians are members of the body of Christ. Therefore, the sinning of a brother should as really give us palp as the dislocation of a member of bur body. " , ‘ \ X ITow.lt is to be done. “In a spirit of meekness.”. Harstiness has po place In tbe life of a Christian. The fruit of the Spirit Is love, meekness, etc. The believer must show his right to claim the'llfe In the henvenliea by .stooping (town to help the brother crippled and besmeared in the dirt of boat ra mg, or even just racing U a splen-, % few days vacq- ; Still, of Winterville, Ga.? Mrs. ( harlie Ooft, (;f Barnwell; Mis. Solomon Ready, of Wflirenville. Ga., and Rich ard Sti!l^ of^hrnwell. in Bamweli Cour»:y me m.* o» *•* , |m)P(N>i1 , wp f||lfll| |ho , aw of ohr|s1 J. (•. Matthews. last week’s paper on the early history of the asparagus crop in South Caro- * linn? Has anyone anything better to wfTer on the subject ? Horace Crouch, of Elko, told me Uiat the fir-t asparagus roots he ever bought, came from Alfred Journ- held in high net, the writer of that letter, and friends here, that the resulting crop was the best he ever iaised. I have had som? mighty nice let ters from people who attended the asparaffus Field Day at Williston on July :10th, and appreciate them all. Will those of you who still have the spiesticnaires we di- tiibuted at .the meeting, till them out and send them to me? PLEASE. t Some folks are still setting sweet potato “slips.” do it because of the lack of rain. With plenty of rain and at least 800 pounds of 8-d-12 fertilizer, you should be able to make a crop before fro.-t. Frost—did you get that last word? Not that we want to see any just now, but wouldn’t ’a let up in thi s hot weather be a relief? / Your county agent is going to Williston, Aug. 10.—J. G. Mat* thews died at his home heie today uftC| an illness of only a few Whurs. He was 73 years of age. A lifelong resident of this community, he was esteem by his jnany Funeial arrangements have not been completed, hut it is understood that services wil be held at the Wil liston cemetery tomorrow morning about U o’clock. ^ . Surviving bin) are big wodow, Mrs. Annie Owens Matthews; an adopted daughter, Mrs. Jeff Ussery; three sisters, Mrs- Sadie Lake and “Mrs." Julia (toff, o^ Saluda; Mrs. Emma Long t of Bate'burg, and four brothers. They are having to [-Tillman Matthews, of Newberrjk Joe Matthews, of Fruit Hill, James Mat thews, of Augusta, and George Mat thews, of Naranja. Fla. 51.1 mills', of which 26.3 mill to schools, 19.8 mills to the counties and 5 mills to the State. All this has of courqp been so for years and . known .without anything | having been done about it. This year ' the talk of tax | 'reduction, usually wa-ted- in not alto gether groundless attack on useless i State boards and bureaus, begins to mean something. Barnwell's levy f> r ordinary county purposes, 13 mill* in 1930, has been cut to five mills and ' the county now claims the lowest , ebunty tax rate in the Stas.*. This , distinction Barnwell will apparently be denied, unless, as the news dis- i -I. The Incentive. “Lest thou also be tempted.” No one Is Immune from j temptation. The surest way to be -fortified against temptation Is to go sympathetically to the rescue of-the fallen. II. Bear One Another's Burdens (v. 2). Many are the bunions of life: bur dens of weakness, temptations of a fallen nature, sorrow, suffering, and sin. Some have more temptations than others. Since believers are .ln- scRgrably bound together, the strong shoqld hear the infirmities of the weak. Christ Is tbe supreme burden bearer. When we bear one another’s POULTRY SHORT COURSE V WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL Clemson College, August 8.—With a total attendance of 6B people repre senting all sections of. fhe State, the poultry short course held at Clemson Cdllege the last week in July was a very practical course of instruction and demonstration for those attending to familiariz e themselve^ with the dif ferent breeds and varieties of poul* try, and with the latest knowledge regarding culling, brooding and feed ing. , , -Twelve people took the examina tions; given at the end cf the codrse, qualifying them as inspectors of flocks Tor the South Carolina Poultry Improvement Association. Thi g is the second year of the poul try short course, which has proven so bneficial and which meets such a real need that it is now* likely to be an annual event, says P. H. Gooding, extension poultryman, w’ho had charge of the work. ’ .Muny hnrt^tnbvriled the appetite for intoxicating liquors, and the spirit of bnrden bearing will move ns to make our utmost endeavor to remove far away the Temptation (o strong drink. III. Bear Our Own Burdens (vv. 3-5). There are some hurdenit which can j be borne alone by the individual. 1‘er- aonal responsibility .cannot be es caped. In a most real sense every man lives his life alone. Helpful ns Urges Return of Beer. patch telling of the eight.mill cut in, ordinary taxes did not tell, si>me re- 8 W ath £ “"«» divine, great- auction i, .Iso made in^c 1930 five' "" We ^ of " ur miirievy for bonds. With the bond levy unchanged'* "Barnwell's county levy, exclusive of school taxes, will be 10 mills this year as compared with Che>ter County’s 1930 county levy for all purposes except schools of 8.751 mills, Bamberg’s 9 mills and Florence County’s 10 mills. But,there is no occasion for such quibbles and as the record how s tan da Bamweli retains rthe trophy for the great 1 reuction—until some other "j * « , * county goes out and does likewise 3T better. And more important than the comparison of tax rates is the fact, bringing'cheer, to Barnwell taxpayers, that Ban^ll!A4y)UnL)t.-Uxfi^-Ari:.-d£fi^ August Busch, prominent St. Louis brewer, advocates the legalized manu facture and sal t > of beer as an aid to stage his farm tour this week or next. | rt .ij e ving the unemployment situafion Have YOU planned to gO With him 1 nn ,l ^.inino- nut thw nntinnnl itpfirit and see what some of your neighbors .aie doing? These farm tour* are a splendid w’ay of getting new ideas and meet ing new people and you should make It a point to go along. (Getting ready for fall turnips, cab bage, beans, tomatoes? .Now is the - time. You’ll find that the “neckless type” of rutabega is a mighty good, one. Spotting the cabbage seed right in to the seed bed has proven lots more satisfactory than trying a seed bed at this time of the year. And ic- member that the cabbage worms are still with us, and they are ravenous. 'They will eat the leaves of all the yirops mentioned above. Better get the poison gun ready the day you plant the crops. And don’t forget—those crops can’t fee made without plenty of mixed fer- ■*. " r 'v and wiping out the national deficit by adding $400,000,000 to the federal trensuiy. Busch estimates that 1,- 250,000 men would be given jobs/ David Lawrence, nationally known, writer and newspaper publisher, says that, from the viewpoint of the drys, this - is the most dangerou s argument that has been advanced. Busch quotes Anti-SalocL'L^aKUe figures of 1916 and 1917 to show that the brew- * . ing industry consumed annually 3,- 200,000 tons of coal, 69,000 cords of wood,* 527,000 barrels of oil and gaso line and more than. 3% brBwn cubic feet of gas. ■. The principal point made is that a tax of $<Ua bar- tH which was levied m 1919, would have brought approximately four hundred million doHar(r'intO c tJie-#ed- eral treasury. State and county treasdriea would also be emiched ,it is pointed out. Send Us Your Job Work. nitely oriTthe do*Vn grade. Given time and no more" bond issues the five mill bond levy will eliminate it self. ~ Nor even here is th e whole story of Barnwell’s achievement told. With in the next few years, The Bpmweil People-Sentinel reports, the $25,000 school bond issue for the Barnwell school district wltt have feeen re tired and school taxes in the district may be reduced 12 mills pr more. Blackville school district has already cut its levy. There will be no excuse for general reductions in schdiJi and county levies next year. Greenville county has show*n that school expenditures may be reduced; Barnwell demonstrates the possibility of^ ebunty levy reduc tions. x If other counties db not follow* suit it w(Jl be because their county delega tions either have no desire, or not the sense to do so. There can be no evading of the issue.—The Columbia Record. ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. brother, the Individual must live his own life. The law of God which is In harmony with the law which con trols the Individual declares,“The soul that sinneth It shall die.” IV. Supnort Teacher! of God’s Word (vv. 6-8). N It Is incumbent upon those who are taught In God’s Word to give, of their means for the support of the teacher. To repudiate this obligation is to mock God (v. 7). for God has ordained that they who preach the gospel, shall live of the gospel (I Cor. 9:14).' The dec larntion. “Whatsoever a man soweth .that shall he also reap.” sets forth a law which operates In ajl spheres of life. V. Be Earnest in Well Doing (v. 9). The frnrvest la nnr^ f Sow, good seed tind patiently wait for the reward. The same unfailing law whicji even tuates in a harvest Qf corruption to those'who sow to the flesh will bring life everlasting to those who sow to the Spirit. VI. DWork for the Good of All Men (v. 10% c .. The belhu^r in Christ who realizes his freedomwill have sympathies and interests as wide ns the race. While especially endeavoring to help those in Christ, he will be reaching out to all men. He will he seeking to win them to Christ. Thirf obligation to work for the good of/all men applies in such fnotters as the abolition of the manutacture and sale of Alcoholic beverages. ^ v Tho Righted The righteous are as trees of life; the fruits of their piety and chatity, their instructions, reproofs,’ examples and prayers, their interest "In heaven and their Influence on earth are like the fruits of that tree, precious and useful, contributing to the support and nourishment of the spiritual life In r Inanyr—Matthew Henry. When Learn mg Is Useful Education is useful, but when It Ignores God It ia destructive.—TJab- SOU. “ L „i!: THE • ' *"• 0 GREATEST VALUE \* " ■■ ■■"■■■ 1 — EVER BUILT INTO A Ford Car Tha Beautiful Ford Tudor Sodom $ WO (F. O. B. Detroit, pint freight and delivery. Bumpert and spare tire extra at lose cost.) W HEN you buy a Ford car today, you buy what ia unquestionably the greatest value in the history of the Ford Motor Company. Never befor^has so much beauty, comfort, safety and performance been, offered at such a low price. The low price of the Ford is something to think about because it means an immediate saving of many dollars — always an important consideration. But far more significant than price alone is what you get for that price. When high quality ia combined with low price, you may justly take pride in having found a most satisfactory purchase. See the Ford — gide in it — learn something about the value that is built into every part. The more you know about it, the more certain you will be that it is the car for you. It is literally true that when you the facto you will get a Ford.? \ Announcement: WE TAKE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THAT WE HAVE OPENED A FIRST CLASS REPAIR SHOP IN BARN- WELL AND ARE PREPARED TO DO GENERAL AUTO * REPAIRING WELDING OF ALL KINDS . -BODY AND FENDER WORK AT REASONABLE PRICES.—ALL WORK GUARANTEED. WE ARE LOCATED ON WEST MAIN STREET—NEXT DOOR TO THE BARNWELL MOTOR AND MFC. CO. , ' COME TO SEE US! 1 Daley Garage & Welding Co. H. B. DALEY, Propr. BARNWELL, S. C. BROWN & BUSH, Attorneys-at-Law ■ t.. BROWN-BUSH^ BUILDING fELL,. SOUTH CAROLINA PRACTICE IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS