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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1931 THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE GETTING BUSINESS R. C STEPHENSON GLOOM BEHIND US By ROME C. STEPHENSON Presidtnt American Bankert Association 1 ■-HERE is such a thing as over-stay- * Ing a depression just as there is of over-staying a boom. Over-confi dence makes the great majority miss the turn in a boom, and un der-confidence makes them miss it in a depression. A leading New York banker was asked recently whea he could teH that a turn fer the better had come. VAbout three months after it has hap pened,” he candidly replied. There is more significance in that remark than appears on-ther surface. As more and more manufacturers and business men realize that the turn has already come and that they are over staying the time to adopt constructive policies, they begin cautiously to press their selling campaigns, to speed up their production, to enlarge their work ing forces and increase their com mitments for supplies. It is the gather ing weight of their influences that final ly raises the pressure' of confidence to the dynamic power of recovery* The surest way to bring the nation out of the business depression is to raise the pressure of public confidence to the- point of becoming such a dynamic*force. It has invariably becr v the push of that force which has started recovery in the past, and it is the gathering power of this force which will start recovery from this p(ei>ent deyeision. It is n favorable sign of the times that There ar^ms to be general agree- xnrnt that the bottom of the depres sion has been reached aTid air eyes are peeled and looking ahead ffcr the first indications that the turn for the better is in sight.. Who knows but what the first thing we know w« will find ourselves looking backward in stead of forward Sji we Vealize that the turn has already come.' It is e rough and rocky road that runs acros/ t-hn bottoiq of the valley of busSnesf depression, and most of ns are toe y'lteering the . !,| YVd fr< ni l.umr to bump to be able to take in aB 017] rcenery. So who knows buf .what some important rhangca in (he land scape are already takigg place. REBUILDING UNCLE TOM’S CABIN Southern Tours Are Made More Interesting by the Construction of Modern but Unique Camping Facilities. * . .i; . # , \ ■*’ ' ’ v . . ' _ " ' By M. B. GLOVER, Walterboro, S. C. * • ' . ’ -h BANKERS FAVOR ' GRADUAL CHANGE National Commission Believes LocaL Sentiment Should Gov- . ern F.volution in Methods of Conducting Banking. . VF substantial chauges are to bt * brought about in branch banking it the United States they should origi nate within the states rather than from Washington on inter-state liner as proposed in “trade area'" branch ■ banging plans, a recent report of the ‘ .Economic Policy Commiseton of the * y American Bankers Association de dares. Such changes, it adds, "should develop by evolutionary rather than revolutionary stages.” “The extension of branch bankiug through state action would mean that states not now permitting state bank* to )iave branches or else closely re- • striding them, would individually lib eralize their laws as an expression ol Changing local desires and vonditions and'this doubtless would insure a de liberate, evolutionary process," the re port says. “The other eiethod, that is • through Federal action, would mean a sweeping change for the country at a whole, foy legislation granting branch banking powers to national banks in all states, regardless of local senWment, would, of course, induce equivalent branch banking enactments in every state in the Union not now permitting or really wanting state banks to have branches, in girder to keep them on a competitive equality. Upholds State Privileges “We find some bankers who __ feel •that a proper stimulus to the develop ment of branch bankiug would be given by tbe Federal Government tah> ing the inUiativw throulh granting broader privileges within state lines to national banks than they now en joy. It is argued that state govern ments could then follow suit as tc state banks and that in this way a more progressive' branch banking at titude' might be promoted by the na tional banks taking the lead. While we do not deny that there may b^ some merit in this view as to some . specific localities, we stand firm never theless on the principle that no such grant of powers to national bank?, should cross state lines, or exceed the privileges that state legislatures couk and would grant to their state banks “Moreover we believe that if Uk choice between these two possible courses of extending branch banking wiire put up to bankers they woul • he generally opposed to any forcibk jmpositiop of branch banking on the elates through the medium of the na tional bank system. We believe it ^ w apy to come’ahf) r 3T ual and democratic method of • the states grantlhg their banks ^tanel banking powers state by stati where if, and as local conditions ano sent) luent might be ready for • change/* AH along the southern highways, log cabin s are being built again. Not for.The-old negro slaves to live in, for most of them have been gathered to their forefathers, but for the visit ors who come out qf the north and who delight in the picturesque and the unusual. Changes can be noted in the new log cabins. There are no open spaces between the logs which must be fill ed in with newspaper when the win ter winds blow, nor are the chimneys built of clay and level with the roofs. These new cabins ar e airtight, with chimneys of brick, and the most approved type of windows for sun light and air. Some of them have x “k?an-to M extending from one» side for the automobile to roll under. The old familiar wash pot is missing end so is the rail fence. The new age de mands space and there must be -rib obstructions. Not all the cabins are built of logs, however. “Uncle Tom” would scratch his head in amazement if he 'Quid see some of the fancy cabins that are built. Some are wooden structures, and some of brick and cement with “zoo”’ which is such a drawing card that the keeper neyer fails to men tion it on the road signs. It was easy enough to add to his collection codns-^ ’pofestims, foxes, - waterfowl, alligators and cooters. Many of those who stop at this place have never seen these creatures before. He erect ed a filling station on a bit of land that wag lying idle. As business grew, he added a lunch counter and then began the erection of. cabins. These earn him 31.50 to $2.50 a night. . It isn’t always necessary to live on the roadside to gain profit from the erection of tourist cabins and camps. One woman who lives some miles from the highway but near the water has a steady year-round income from he r cabin. In the summer, fishing parties rent it; in the winter, hunt ers seek it,out. She gets fifteen dol lar* a week rental—far more than she could rent her-large home for.- It is comfortably furnished and given her personal supervision. Tired folk like to rest .comfortably and to know’ that the linen is fresh. She says she does not know how folk from di-tant rr T‘ * ❖ * * * * 5 *£ 5 Things Are Happening in Columbia: ^ AND WE ARE PROUD OF IT— IN THE SAME BREATH WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WE ARE PROUD OF YOU FOLKS, TOO. VISIT COLUMBIA THIS FALL; # YOU CAN SAVE MONEY. * V PERRY-MANN Electric Co., Inc. COLUMBIA, S. C. Distributors General Electric Home Appliances • . « . '■*- . • • - - and Construction Materials —. W. M. PERRY, President* C*—Q—■ ^ Q Q O W. L. PERRY, Secretary ... . 9 ■ ’ i ■ i in mi The upper »iew slums the Hew tourist log cabins that greet the autoist in the South. N'Me the lean-to for the automobile. At the bottom is the typical old negro cab»r of whichtbe tourist cabin are descendants. w - "»s .. attractive composition roof* in many hues and blending well with the green trees and grey muss. Dainty curtains! hang from the windows and the woodj pile is invitingly near. Electric lights take the place of the old tallow can dle, and tuning water is a substi tute for the old oaken bucket. A charming combination of the old and new. And where' once the cabins stood raw' on row and known ax-.the- “Slavequarters” noW stand the new' type, sought out by the travelers go ing south in winter and north in sum mer. These folk must pause larTtzt; and what more delightful place than these same cabins. Many of the travelers are just out adventuring and all This is part of the adventure, to’7ay that they slept in a Southern log cabin, under southern stars, ma-| jestic pines keeping guard. In the; distance, th e tinkling cow Bells and now and then the sound of the hunt er’s horn and the musical bay of the dogs a* |he.trail grows warm. For the most part, the cabins eie built and o,perated by farmers who derive a steady income from this side-line and as a sjde-line, there w hardly anything more profitable. The upke^a is flight. Tourists do not. come to these cabins expecting to fipd “period” , furniture and all - the comforts of home. Tbe simplicity and the novelty of it all appeals to them. The friendliness of these farmer-folk is all a part of a delight ful adventure. In connection with the camps, one often Tinds an antique shop, or a gift shop with souveniis made of the native woods. One such place has a places learn of her cabin, hut they do. Tcuiists, like gypsys,. leave signs along the tntil for their fellow travel- ejrs. . A farmer bad a strip of land on the river. He planted up to tbe point, but this was waste land. Tak ing the 'Uggestion of * fiiend he cut it up in small lots for camp site*. These he sold for $25 each. For less than‘an acre of land he received $300. One purchaser built a house oh his portion for a summer camp. After enjoying his vacation each summer, he rent s it to "friends: TheTlrst year he got his money back fo r the lot and building. So wherever these odd bits of land, beauty patches on the land scape, are to be found there, sooner or later, wrill a camp or cabin be erected; and all unwittingly the old negro servant with his brief know ledge of architecture has made a contribution to the happiness and pr®fiperity of the white man and as a monument to hi s -faithful services log cabins dot the highways_qnd stand cut-staunch'ancf sturdy against the Southern skies. ~~ * t * *. • . (NOTE:—The above article appear ed in the July issue of The Highw’ay Magazine. The illu-tiations are fa miliar. The cabing ar e situated on highway No. 17 between Walterboro and Charleston. .The negro log cabin is on the highway just w’here the turn is ; to the giave of the Martyr Isaac Hayne. The cabin* above this are in Charleston County dh the same road and the modern cabins are the Clerg^ntia cabins.) : • . China Students to Do School's Janitor Work I’elpingV-The' edumtlon commis sioner of lUtnan province. 1.1 filing- tsai, has issued an order that students In governmental schools must here after do the Jan ft nr work in their sidiools. fo cut down eximnses, n«*cord- ing to tiie Chinese press here. This is a new departure for Chinn, when* students have traditionally not been expected to do work with their hands. > Mr. 1.1 said that ediicatiifnal funds are low, and students should lie glad to help make it imssible for students who so desire to get an education. So they are requested to wash floors and wafer gardens Iti the schools. Reno Going Highbrow; to Build Art Gallery Reno, Ner.—This city, known the world over as the home of the gam bler and divorcee, Is going highbrow. The Reno city council has just do nated a piece of ground near the Ne vada State university to the Nevada Art Gallery association, tyhlch Is be ing formed, and it Is proposed to erect a building 'typifying.the architecture of the Southwest. .The gallery will be “dedicated to tbe- Memory of noble womanhood." " T r—r Odd Nuptial Fete ■"Washington:—Garreton C. Echols, stepson of a Washington undertaker, us$d the mortuary chapel of his step father's establishment-for a reception following his marriage to Miss Sarah Christ inf Combs. Leonardiown, Md. Advertue in- The itoopie Sentinel FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS. SILVERWARE id JEWELRY C^aslinQ fs Permanent beauty and utility make • • * N " Silverware the choice of the wisest givers and they do their shopping here because of our wonderful values. We also have a magnificent array of rings, watches, diamonds, necklaces, brace lets, etc., in exclusive design, vfsit us. JEWELERS P. H. LACHICOTTE Sl CO n Inc. 1424 MAIN ST. COLUMBIA, S. C. Established Over 45 Years, GREETINGS:- i - Seeds, Dairy and Poultry Feeds Distributor* ■v/'f-C Another type ct cabin—small but clean and. comfortable.