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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, AUGUST
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Tb.B.mwellPeopUjwtiD.l
JOHN W. HOLMES
1840—1112.
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B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor.
Catered at the post office at Barnwell
8. C M aa second-class matter.
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(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. *
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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
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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
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By Gee McGee.
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" 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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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