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PAGE TWO. t— \' THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST mi. Tb.B.mwellPeopUjwtiD.l JOHN W. HOLMES 1840—1112. m r- I;. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Catered at the post office at Barnwell 8. C M aa second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Six Months — JH) Ursa Months ,80 (Strictly ia Advance.) THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1931. Well, It had to come—a suRgeation that the legislature be called into special session to raise the price of cotton. To paraphrase Mark Twain's re mark about the weather, iffuch is said about the price of cotton and nothing is ever done. This would be a mighty fine time for the “servants of the (people" who hold constitutional offices to accept a voluntary cut in their salaries. Do we hear any of them expressing such willingness? No, nary a chirp. With depression gripping th e en tire world—with the South in a pan- icy condition In-cause^ of the low price of cotton—with piivation and want “taring hundreds of thousands of people in the face during the com ing fall ami winter—with the rank and file of humanity crying in the wilderness for leadership—one of the leading South 1 farolina dailies a few days ago published enlightening editorial* on current events under the following captions: “Life.... Resists Death," “August ” “ Believe," “Pants,’ Yellowbird.” their present cotton crop. A counter-1 recently did some • painting in and est bidder for cash, subject to the suggestion, and one that is just as about it s interior. “Wet paint" signs restrictions of law. ThiTproceeds of likely to be carried out, is that every were displayed near a counter. An said sale to be applied to the payment old negro woman walked up to one due the Town of Barnwell for taxes and costs. Each lot, parcel or piece of land -i s situate .in the Town of Barnwell, State and County aforesaid. . ■ Regl Estate. * We Saved some money at Home No - L—Bounded South by Street* of while we were away on our vacation-i- Barnwell, East by Lucy Scott, West “Aburing the (•o^rnmenL*' The Newberry Observer publishes an inteiesting editorial under the above caption, taking the position that to criticise the govemrtient is to throw u boomerang that hits the critic, inasmuch as th e people are re sponsible for the election rf public [ officials, and that to blame the gov ernment for “hard times" is silly. While The Observer may be cor rect in its first prenjine, the govern ment may not be entirely blameless in the latter. Granting that the peopl,. are responsible for the elec tion of public officials, it cannot be- successfully denied that they were milled m the last presidential elec** ticn by roseate promises of perpetual proapeiity, ^he absolute abolishment of poverty, and such rot. Neither can it be successfully denied that the control of government by selfish men and selfish interests has seriously contributed (o the plight in which we tfind ourselves. Witness the latest tar.ff fostered by the Republican ad ministration. Witness alao, the ex hortations of national leaders that the people of the United States con tinue to spend freely in order to overcome the depression, which has lasted longer than any previous busi ness debacle. Witness the futile and inane attempts of President Hoover to restore business confidence. • We are not trying to excuse those who have wasted their substance foolishly nor those who were rash borrowers when money was easy, but surely all of th e people of the United States do not fall in one or the other of these two classes. If, however, the policies of the party in power hay* made it possi ble for four per cent, of the popula tion to control eighty per cent, of the wealth of thi 9 country, isn’t it reason able to blame th e government for that _ If the duly elected officials have betrayed their trust to the peo ple and made it possible for the few to become immensely wealthy at the expense of the many, who j 8 to ‘blame? Are all of the people of the United States responsible for the scandals of the Harding administra tion? Is it possible for 96 per cent, of the people to continue to live on 20 per cent, of the' wealth, with even Xhat small percentage rapidly shrink ing to the vanishing point? But whether or~ not all of these things are true, v unless those .who third fArmer be shot, which we move to amend by suggesting that this be done after first shooting the.jnembecs of the farm board. If that is the only remedy that the board can pre scribe for our economic ills and ifj the suggestion pearly reflects the type of men entrusted with solving the agricultural problems of the nation, then we submit that our amendment i s entirely in order; that it be put promptly into execution, the board permanently abolished and “requiescat in pace" be engraved up on the tombstone of our agricultural system. Why pick on* cotton? Why not suggest to the* wheat farmers that they plow up every third acre of their wheat? To the peach growers that they cut down every third tree? To the corn growers that they plow up every third acre of their com? To the merchants and manufacturers that they destroy one third of their stocks of gcods? And so on ad in finitum and ad nauseum. A more worthwhile suggestion—and one that we now make to the dearly beloved farm board—i 9 that the government, buy and destroy every third bale of cotton made^this year. According to the farm board, their plan would re move only about four million bales from the market; ours—on the basis cf the government estimate—would remove over five million bales. In stead of the burden falling entirely upon the Southern faimers, the cost of the plan would be distiibuted^moiv or less equally among the tax^a^ra of the nation, who would share (more jor less.) equally the return of p*o*i perity to the nation. '• Th« farm boa id members must The Capacity t» * 1nvt ' k nown ^ at thei* so-called plan and “The Summer- ^uld not Ik* taken seriously and- that if it had been so taken, it*i 9 im practicable. Even had the governors of the 14 cotton growing States to whom the plan was suggested favored its adoption, how could the* Idea have l>eon “soW* to two million farmers scatteied from Virginia to Califor nia? And what assurance would one farmer have that his 1,999,999 brother farmers would destroy a (bind -of their crop? Furthermore, the inequalities in the plan are glaringly apparent. For instance, the inch to inch and an eighth staple cotton grown in this State would be destroyed along with the almost worthless five-eight* of an inch Texas cotton. Then, too, on the basis of the government estimate, South (. arolina has cut it* production 20 per cent, this year, while Texas has a ten per cent increase. Thus, our farmer* would be cutting their production 53 per cent, as compared with last year, while Texas would be cutting about 11 per cent. -The re duction in actual nlimber of bales in each State would be about the same— 500,000—as compared with last year’s total yield ~ From all of which it will be seen that the farm board was either try- ing to “spoof” us o r it 9 members had not given their “plan” careful con sideration before making it public. In either event, their resignation and appointment of a new board in sympa thy with American agriculture are in order. clerk and said: "Mister, please sir—lemme havr^a-dime’s worth of wet paint to paint a bedstid with.” It stjir Jiays to advertise. ' * during the month of July. Our water bill fo r June was $3.62. Our water bill for July (while we were off) was only $3.61. Our electric light bill for June (while we were at home) wag $7.83. Our electric bill for July (while we were'not) was only. 2?-81, by Pauline Glover and North by Eliza Jackson. Levied upon and sold as Estate of Margaret Benson for taxes for year 1929. No. 3.—Bounded North by Main Street, East by lot of Easterling, South by Alley Way of said town, -of Rosa Braxton for taxes for year 1929. • ' ' — .No* 3.—-One wooden bed, one cen ter table, one Victrola, two rocking chairs, on e straight chair. Levied up on and sold as the. property of Primus Jacobs for taxes for'year 1929. GEO. W. PEEPLES, Aug. 18, 1931. Chief of Police. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that I, Caro line Elizabeth Kemp, am the wife of and the duly appointed Committee of Angus Hayne Kemp, and that I will not be responsible for any debts con tracted by said Angu s Hayne Kemp West by Tobin. Levied upon and sold or an y checks given by him, or any and so wa g cu r gas bill. And we did- dent have to mo'w the yard either as property of Mrs. Marie T. Cornefl while we were mountain-eering. for taxes due for year 1929. * - ; No. 4.—Bounded North by Augusta My friend, John, - bought no Road,'East by Turkey Creek, South stocks on margins. He is no gambler, by A. C. L. Ry M and land 9 formerly He bought stocks out-right, and he’s 1 of Mrs. F. M. Simms, West by lands got ’em to show you. He says he formerly of Mrs. F. M. Simms, hasn’t lost any money—a 8 he still Levied upon and sold a 3 property of hag his stocks. His banker keeps the Estate of Mrs. E. E. Harley fee- calling him “for to put up.” Nope, taxes for year 1929. there’s a decided difference between I No. 6.—Bounded East by Perry gambling and buying stocks out- Street, West by G. P. Hogg, North by right. In the forrher case, you lose- SoUie- Meyer, and South by Mary a little—and drop out—in the latter, Alice Duncan. Levied upon and sold you lose more and stay in. I a s property of Estate, of Henry Mari- j no for taxes for year 1929. obligatibne made by him in any way CAROLINE ELIZABETH KEMP, Committee for Angus Hayne Kemp. R. F. D. No. 2, Elko, S. C. Thi s 20th day of July, A. D. 1931. NOTICE FOR BIDS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS The number of pupils to be transport ed can be ascertained by applying to the school district trustees in the dis trict where pupils are to be trans- fcorted live. ^ ^ ^pw— “Bids* for the^ transportation of cer tain pupils in Old Columbia School District No. 43, to Seven Pinp 8 School djstrici.No. 2, and also bids for" the l^Snsportatiofl of pupils in Ellen- ton School District No. 53 to Ellenton, will be received at the same time, and shall comply with the regulations stated above. -v- ' ' B. S. MOORE, JR., Secy., County Board of Education' Barnwell, S. C., Aug. 18, 1931. About the- only p'roperty • the' No. 7.—Bounded North by Bound- average poor man wants is plenty of ary Street, East by Episcopal Church, South by A. C. L. Ry. Co. or others, Wesj by Dr. A. B. Patterson. Levied chewing tobacco to keep him busy chawing, a couple cf hound dogs to suck his eggs, an old Ford to keep him poorer, and 8 or 10 younguns to work for him. -...The majoiity of the sunrises are just as pretty as the majority of the sun*ets that so many people throw fits ever. The difference between the two is—there ain’t nobody up early enough to «ee the sunrise, except farm hands who don’t like sunshine, and that’s why sunsets have it on sunri^s. Natuie ain’t grand to everybody. The railrba<!s' will be able to cut their operating expenses Very exti*n- sively just as soon as they get that la percent advance in freight rates.; They can take off at least 25 per t cent cf their trains and train trews, as the truck* will haul most of the freight. The truck trains are look ing forward with much glee to the advance in . rates—because they can advance their rates 15 per cent too, and still be in iine. — upon and sold as pioperty of Miss S. T. Patterson, for balance taxes due for years 1928 and 1929. No. 8.—Bounded North, Scuth and We*t by Street of Town of Barnwell, East by. E. D. Peacock. Levied upon and sold as property of Estate of Mrs. S. C. Richardson fo r taxes due for year 1929. No. 9.—Bounded North by lot’ of Mrs. Davies, East by Estate of Miss Carrie Cave, South by Main Street, and West by Alley of the Town of Barnwell. Levied upon and sold as property of Mrs. M. I. Walker Tor Taxes for year 1929. ^ Personal Property. No. 1.*—One Chevrolet Truck. Levied upon as the property of Rufus Sanders for tax* - f i \..t, li*29. No. 2.—One iron bed, one dtes*er, one vnrshstand, one wood stove, two rocking chairs, one straight chair. Levied upon and sold as the property In compliance with Section 3 of Act No. 806 passed by the 1930 session of the South Carolina General Assembly, notice is hereby given that bids will be received on September 4th, 1931, by the Barnwell County Board of Educa tion for the transportation of high school pupils in the followTng dis tricts: Double Pond School District, No. 20. to Blackville High School. Ashleigh School District, No. 24. to Blackville High School. All bid 8 for transportation of pupils shall be. in~a “sealed envelope and addressed to the County Superintend ent of Education, and marJceJ on the tutside, “Bid for trauapi rtjg^o^ of pupils on Route No. r --_ 1 (Use district number,—school district! from which pupils are. transported.) ? These bids will b? opened at 3*o’clock I p. m. on September 4th, “and awards made by the Cgunty Board of Educa tion, who rhall have the right to re ject any and all bids, and to readver- tise for new qr additional bids.” Special attention .is called to this part of the new act,—/’AH contracts for transportation shall be awarded to the lowe-t RESPONSIBLE bidder." Bids may bt mace for all or part of the pupilg'in a district and should be made on a per pupil basis, and also a bid fo r the total to be transported. MASTER’S SALE. * . » - t. se-i-s ,f : ' . r j*ursTMint to a decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Barnwell Co., Scuth Carolina, dated August 14, 1931. made in the case of A. J. Owens, plaintiff vs. J. B. Morris and others, defendants, I the undersigned Master for Barnwell County, will sell at public auction in front of the Court Hou.*e at Barnwell, Sputh Caro lina, to the highest bidder fpr cash, the following described premises, on Monday, September 7, 1931, J^etwei n the legal hobrs of sale, to-wit: “All that certain tract cf land situ ate in Great Cypress Township. Barnwell County, South Carolina, containing sixty-one and one-half (61’■a) acres, more or i^s-^andjtiound- ed now or foYmerly bn'the North by lands of G. M. Sheppard, East by W. L. or W. M. Sheppard, South by lands of Ira Black and West by lands of G. M. Sheppard and being represent ed on plat thereof made by H. R. Erwin, dated September 2t>, 191i.” Tenfls of sale: cash, purchaser to • ’ pay for papers and-stamp*. * G. M. GREENE, ** Master. NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that*I will file my 1st and Final report as Ad ministrator of IB**Estate cf Irrtin Hogg, with the H*n. J. K. SnelLng, Judge of Probate for- Barnwell Coun ty, upon Monday, thp 14th day of September. n \c next' after pubi.ca- tir.n, and petition the said Court for an Order of Discharge and Letters Dismissoiy. v * SOLOMON HOGG. Admr. This, the-18th day of Aug. 1931. Nobody’s Business * By Gee McGee. ♦♦♦♦ " Poor-Us Plasters. Good 10-cent picture shows have sprung up all over th e country. Now us poor folks can afford to erijoy life —if somebody will loan u> .a dime occasionally. 1 don’t believe in sign s any more. 1 saw one in the big road the other day which read: “MEN WORKING.” But when I got there, 3 cf them werjg loafing, 2 of th^m were loafing and smoking, an<j the others were just loafing as usual. 1 » ,\ Letter. _ New York, Aug. 12.—Due to some thunder in Oklahoma and the Pan handle, spots broke 10 points in anti cipation of moisture, which j 9 not needed. A red spider was found in Alabama last week, and $s soon as I his whereabouts were reported to New Orleans, the nearby months eased off to new low for the season. 1 If stocks break again, cotton will follow, as cotton is sympathizing most sincerely at pre*ent—with the stocks and call money. We advise holding for a probable squeeze. Y v . ‘t * • • • * . ’ t > Our Prices on Job Printing Are ' The Lowest in Years How to Make a Good Town. Trade at home. Pay your debts. Go to church. Support your town douncij and ichanuber of commerce. Let ypur own docto r treat youn liver troubles. Speak well of your neigh bors. Love your own wife. Boost your friends. Stop growling, put yoqr money'in the^bank. And Cuban Revolt Ended. */ General Gerardo Machado announc ed Monday afternoon that the rebel lion in Cuba had been pacified. He prepared 'to return %o Havana where two of the principal leaders of the revolt are imprisoned in Cabana for tress. It was not* certain, however, that the insurrectionist* had given up their effort to end the Machado re gime. control the money bags of the country rtretch forth a helping hand—quick ly—privation and want will again stalk the South. A Sample cf Farm Relief. Of all the damphpol advice given to the long-suffering farmers of the South the suggestion made last week the Federal Farm Board is, per- h»ps the silliest of all and received Cotton Letter. New York^Aug. 18.—Southern sell ing forced January to*a new low, and showers .in Texas did the same thing for December. Private estimates are pouring in fa-n everybody who is willing to pay Sl8r the telegrams, and ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. Legal Advertisements NOTICE OF TOWN TAX SALES. ' S- If you haven’t bought any Job Printing lately, you will be surpris ed at the very low price s that we are quoting. N And in spite of the reduc tion in price, the QUALITY remains at the same high standard that we • * • ■ * « •* »’* have always. maintained. At our PRESENT PRICES, there is no need to patronize mail or der houses or to buy cheap, unattractive printing. Save dissatisfaction and th e annoyance of delay by placing your orders with us. a rush, we can deliver all or part of ycu r order the same / . *' * ^ : If you are in day it is rd* ceived. It. ''V>* spots continue to occupy a Wedk posi-| state of South Carolina, tion. , Some curtailment is antici- County of Barn ;. ell ; jEwupl ujectfop that fUEh out bfltoover. “We^vi Am * drastic remedy for low-priced tion. cottog^the board .suggested that the plow up every third row of 1 * One of. our pate* in oil .wells, but installment houses report very few returns. (They have to send afte r them.) ; Picking is i|i progress in the far west, Roosevelt i* apparently lead ing in the far east. The moratorium is still moratprium-ing, and that mm* that, hag him ise eau- depsrtment stores Town of Barmyell. The undersigned Chief of RoRce of the Town of Barnwell has this day levied Upon and.seized the real estate and personal property hereinafter de scribed uf-the parties below, and will dayof-fiep- tember, 1931, at 12.o'clock noomon the Said day oi; as soon thereafter as convenient, in front of th e Court House at Barnwell, S. C., to the high- Call or write for , ... • * . heads, Billheads, [UOtatioTis on Letterheads, Note- i ft nts, Envelopes, Etc. THE PEOPLE-SENT 4X-X-XX-XK-J-X-C-C-^-^KX-vX ■■■