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f AGE POUR. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA $ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1932. Taxpayers’ League Issues Statement 'CoromrntM on th* Appropriation Bill Before the House /or Its Third Reading. The Farmers’ and Taxpayers’ League issued th,. following comment <ai the Appropriation Bill before the House fof third reading Tuesday: “The House ha 8 adopted and sent to the Senate the 'aptpropriation bill totalling eight million, five hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars ($8,- :565,000.0(1).—While the amount was being discussed Representative R. J. Williani s asked Mr. • Bennett,* Chair man of the Ways and Means Commit tee, if the amount expected from the taxes imposed would cover the amount appropriated. Mr. Bennett sfcid it would pot. Mr. William* made the perfectly natural remark- “Then we should piovfde additional revenue to meet the bill.’’ “There is the point to be emphasiz- «d; We are headed straight Tori higher taxes or an increase of the deficit. Are the people of South Carolina able to pay more taxes? Are the industries of this State able to pay more taxe?? Have we no sense at all? Are we deliberately resolved to plunge this Stqte further in debt, or further paralyze the industries which are neces-ary to our economic •development ? '‘Mr. Bennett, earnest worker that he is, is not willing to seek new sources of revenue; nor does any clear thinker wish more taxe< of any ■sort on anybody. What Sou^h Caro lina does want is a heavy reduction of all taxes. “The only policy of safety is to hold th e total of aHpr°P r i»tions ; with in seven mifiion" dollars in the certain ty that as our ability to buy and to spend is lessened so will the yield of our taxes be reduced. “It is no exaggeration to say that we are forcing our people into an at- Tearl Blackwood, young white man, is said to have attempted suicide at hik home fyere Sun day evening when he fir^d a 38-calibre bullet into his left side, just below' the collarbone. The.missile came out his back without hitting any bones or vital organs. According ..to Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches. and Chief of Police George-Peeples, who visited the wounded man shortly after the alleged at tempt, Blackwood told the' of- ficer s that he was hungry, his wife and children were hungry and that they would b/ better off without him. He will re cover unless complications should develop. V are in the greatest dtst known to men of this generation. We have faith that our problems will be solved; that our lands will yield fruitfully and profitably; that our stores and industries Will earn divi- dends; but we believe we must rise iij our native strength and wrest w’ith conditions without the fetters of excessive taxes and the bonds of fool ish pride.” HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers* McDermid. no man and no service without friends. All are good and all are worth main taining—when we are able; but we are a poor people-todays Without-ra* sou ices and without credit our people are facing the toil of another year— without prospect \of a profit, sustain ed only by that f^tth that somehow a way will by found. “Our County and' State tax bills today represent South Carolina at the highest peak of prosperity. And what a mockery it is today!! Lands 'taxed far beyond their rental value; industries' ready to leave South Carolina—as they previously left Fall River, Massachusetts,, which is in the hands of a receiver, a once great city. j “While this condition obtains wb hear the special pleas of those w’ho beg that they be not cut, even chal lenging the justice of a cut!! Our State has become an aggregation of organized groups, each of which must not be touched lest the foundations of the State fall down. “In the halls of the General As sembly they gather — each group titude not merely of resentment, but; Hdnaerously represented; each ask- •>f open defiance. What means this' > n K f° r a few tljpusand dollar s more; threat from Greenwood, from Ander son, Oconee, Orangeburg, Williams burg? Is it idle talk? Then is any man who wishes the threats of the people carried into action? We would aay with all earnestness to the Gen- 'eral Assembly that in spite pf their ■eaiTiest purpo.« e to hear all who plead first for this cause, and then for an other, that the House bill still is a million and a half dollars too large and that it would Ik* the part of prudence to go back to the original bill of the Ways and Means Commit tee and cut it* to seven million dol lars. “Can you cut any man or any ser- I read an article in the Market Growers Journal the other day about the depth of planting sweet potato plants, but have misplaced my copy and can’t quote from the aiticle just now. As well a s I can remember it, the writer stated that he had secured his best results from using a depth of one, inch. I wonder if any of our readers have had any experience w’ith dee-p -and shalkrw planting -of -»weets. - Tbe- article went on to state that the dif ference in yields per acre was tre mendously in favor of the shallow' planter! plants. —If-this-is also true for South Caro- Hna, it probably accounts for out rather low average yields per acre, because a big majority of our sweet potato growers put their sprouts down deop to take advantage of any soil mtfisture. What has been your experience? I plead total ignorance in the matter and am asking you, this titae,^ for information. Drop me a line in care of this newspaper and tell me how it ha s worked out with your farm. Still the questions come to my desk. Lots of folk s have written and asked me about' securing eaily tomato plants. Most of these inquiries have come from the Fairfax-Estill-Allen- dale area. •*— fc-. . * * My advice to you is to grow your own plants in hot beds, if you want extra early plants, and in the open field if you want them medium eaily. You can get instructions for building each representing something so vital to tho welfare of th e State that sure-! hot bed * f ' om the Horticultural Dt- lv the State will he -loomed, if not v,sion of «♦"»“» C? 1 ***- ^ «? damned, if their own service be,not not hard to build ,and the<are and at specially considered, retained, foster- tent,on whl ' h J*» ” ,ll 1 RIV , e them wdl . , - , ... , reflect itself in the . kind of plants ed and favored. After each group . * r takes a hand at saving the State lo . ^ ou e . and behold! th e Appropriation Bill As to m ; d,um earl y P la " ts ’ 1 glV * , _ ! you these facts from a little personal has grown so great that, like mighty ^ * , ; experience—I grew' a million and a half plants in 1927 for a canning factory in Maryland^ and delivered, them, starting April 1st. Assembly—in whose Rood purpose we, por ^ p , ants> , the seed in the. open ground on 2V£ foot rows, Caesar, you wonder upon what jit feeds that it has grown so great. “That the members of the General have full confidence—allow them selves to vote for such a high bill shows the great- influence of the special pleas, and appeals to which vice without arousing a host in op- they are daily and hourly subjected, position? Of course not. There is We know their difficulties; they can’t Two Big • # •. February Specials! Universal Electric Irons Only $2- 69 69c Down We recognize that it is our job to serve instantly and constantly. 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Signed: .*S ----- Address: SouthXarouna POWER. COMPANY J. W. RUFF, Local Manager. about 5" seed to the inch, on March 5. I fertilized the ground, with 600 pounds of 7-5-5 per acre. Most of the plants weie 6 inche s or larger by shipping time, which con tinued from April 1st to May 10th. Most of the hot bed men have their seed up and growing nicely now, but you still have time to get a good growth if you get started immediate- Jy- A s to field fertilization of toma toes. I give you this infotmation as an indication of what some of the larger tomato farmers are doing Mr. William Keyserlirtg, of Beaufort, uses about 1,000 pounds of 6-4-10 per acre under the crop, and side dress es W’ith a little nitrate of soda and a rather larger amount of kainit. (About 500 pounds per acre, I think.) ^ Mr. George Nungezer, of Charles ton uses from 1500 to 1800 pounds of 8-4-12 per acre^under the crop and side dresses some timeg once or twice r— —• ' . 4 '• " ’— *■ To the Depositors of the Barnwell Branch, Bank of Western Carolina: \ • v-v , * —--A very important meeting of the depositors of the Barnwell Branch of this bank - .... ...... . . . . . “ ' v is called for eleven o’clock a. m., Saturday, February 6th, 1932. • • / -■ • The purpose of the meeting is to discuss (1) plans for the reorganization and reopening of the entire chain of banks; and, (2) to appoint proxies to attend a meeting at Aiken, South Carolina, to be held on February 15th, 1932, at which time plans of reorganization are to be submitted to all of the depositors and stockholders of the en- “'tire^chairr of banks. -ai^f^ilfflg te-^^gattize-4he lmnk^_ta elect a Receiver. Separate meetings are being held in the respective branch banking communities on the 6th, in order that each branch may be properly represented at the big meeting in Aiken, it .•'(-* . .**>■* / % lygmg impossrble—for -eleven -Hiou^nd- or- mor^ -4epositors.-Jimiughaut .Bank of Western Carolina territory , to get together at Aiken. * • Depositors will receiye from- the State Bank Examiner during the present week a notice of the Aiken meeting, with proxy attached. In order for the Barnwell Branch to be fully represented a^d to have your interest protected at the Aiken meeting, it is highly important that you either arrange to attend the Barnwell meeting on the 6th, A*. „ • ii brfng your notice and proxy, so that you can understand the plan of reorganization •. ■*' . • «* » * ■ and participate in the same, or that you execute your proxy and mail it to either of the undersigned at Barnwell,'or leave the same with P, Ar Price, former Manager ef- "vtli^ bank, at the Bank Building at Barnwell during the present week. Of course this is unnecessary, if you expect to attend the Aiken meeting and appear in person. Uncfer the plan of reorganization, a skeleton of which is printed elsewhere in * * . «• • * this paper, it is hoped to work out an arrangement whereby depositors will immediately or within a reasonable time receive at least fifty per cent, of their deposits, with the . . _ ’ * v.. . . r * . „ r -chance, if the bank, on reopening prospers, receive in dividends, over a period of years ,the other fifty per cent which they are going to be asked to write off at this time. Y T Please attend meeting at Barnwell at the Court House on the 6th instant and protect your own interests. We are doing the best that we can, with other members of the reorganization committee to aid in saving the situation, as far as possible, but this cannot be done without the full co-operation of others interested in the bank. \ Respectfully, | , W. J. LEMON, ? t ' EDGAR A. BROWN, X y ’' ’ ~ - Local Committee. A v REORGANIZATION PLAN OF BANK OF WESTERN CAROLINA with other applications of 8-4-12 also. It has been the. experience of many tomato grower s that too much nitro gen works against high quality with tomatoes. They don’t stand up well if they have too much quick- nitron gen, and a good balance is that ob tained in an 8-4-10 fertilizer. When they are being planned and laid out is the time to make provision for beautifying roads. Pennsylvania’s road builders should not overlook their present opportunity to set an example which the whole nation must eventual ly fot!oW.---Philade)phin RfK'ord. DAIRY MEETING AT BARNWELL TUESDAY A dairy meeting will be held in the eourt house at Barnwell Tuesday, February 9th, at 2.30 p. m. Some of the - important matters which will bej}iscus*ed are: Feed* dairy cows; for age crops; permanent pastures; uie of* better sires. “Be sure to attend this im portant meeting,” say s County Agent H. G. Boylston, “and learn more about this part of your farming business so that you may get a larger new in come.” (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) to faithfully cooperate with all con cerned that the full intention and purpose of this agreement may be carried out in order that the Bank may speedily regain it 3 strength and standing in the community served. Done in regular meeting duly call- ed at Aiken, S. C., by a more than two-thirds majority in number and in amount of the unsecured deposits and unsecured creditors of the Bank of Western Carolina, this 15th day of February, A. D. 1932. ' To Load Poultry Car. ship. Later he has told me that his prediction had come trtre;~~ The justification for public educa tion is that it renders the one who receives it more efficient and will in the end repay the cost in a higher class and more productive citizenship. This is, in fact, what it does in a broad way, if the training ’is of the right kind, but no one expects the student so trained to remain where educated in order to repay such an obligation;—-Boy# -of girls educated -in County Agent Harry G. Boylston announces that a poultry car will be loaded Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day of next week at Dunbarton, Barnwell and Hilda, respectively eirrds givin the schedule of prices | wthe actua i owners of the’land-de will be mailed to farmers this week. BURDENSOME TAXATION OF LAND, by E. B. Ferris. „ Many years ago a thinking man of wide experience remarked.in my pres ence that a certain country communi ty whfch had just heavily taxed itself to build and equip a school would find that, insofar as the actual upbuilding of the community wa s concerned, it wiuld be worse off in the end. That the ambitious youth educated in such a school and its affiliated institutions would leave to take advantage of bet ter opportunities offered elsewhere, rather than settle, as ip the past, to form a part of it's permanent citizen- a community, county or State school majf' find it to their advantage to con tribute’their talentp to the upbuilding of communities in other States and to a very large extent do leave the less attractive localities for what they consider better ones in their own sec tion or State. The cost of maintaining schools consumes a very large part of the tax dollar and where the land alone has to produce thi& dollar, the tax rate has become so burdensome as to he all but confiscatory. In many instan- communities, but the most insignifi cant of these serve as feederg for the better highways and in the end inur^^ to the benefit of th e county, Stat^P? and nation as a whole, which, in con sideration of their aid, should be pri vileged to exercise a wider control over their placement and upkeep. The supports of schools and roads so largely by th e land has served in many instances to make its ownership a liability rather than an asset and -Midosg -something 4s done to . relieve -*—— rive no direct benefit from the schools and if the .education of the children is, ih fact, going to leave the'community less efficient, where is the justificar tion for taxing the land so heavily? Education inures to th e benefit ^e county, State and nation as a whole and those should more largely pro rate the ccst of maintaining schools, but in so doing should be privileged to exercise a wider control, over expendi tures and the location of such schSols^ thu a insuring a wiser expenditure of th e tax money. The building and maintenance of roads is the next highest item in con suming the tax dollar. These, too, have been largely supported by the lands of country communities. In a sense it might seem that local roads should be entirely suported by local the situation and distribute the bur den, at least a part of such lands in the poorer communities will have to go to the State and be taken from the tax rolls, thus aggravating a condi tion already unbearable. It may. be argued that if the present owners cannot pay such charges as are now assessed against them, the land should be sold to others more capable, but finding buyers under such handicaps would be the larger of the two prob lems. The poorer communities should be taxed in proportion to their-ability to ‘pay, but granting they can contribute little to th e tax income, as^a rule, they conltribute liberally to our wealth in children, and these,' when all is said, ,are the most valuable as sets an y> ,country can have and should be made a s efficient as possible. Therefore, it should be the duty and privilege of the wealthy communities to contriliute a larger share to the ttfiining of the future citizeft in what ever part of the country he or she^ may have been born. Certainly it shouhLfiot be expectec^^^ of a poor community tha t it sacrifice its present means of livelihood in the land in order t6 train the children and build the roads that will in future contribute to the unbuilding of com munities and States better able to help with the task.