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BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 19S2.
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NUMBER 28.
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Open Here
Earning Capacity Is
Down, Taxes Are Up
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Willistm Doctor Attacks Liberal Ap
propriations to Schells ar.i Col
leges as Kuinious.
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Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
A Little Sense and Nonsense ^Lbout
People You Know and Others
You Don’t Know.
To the Editor of The People-Sentinel:
When a good ship stormtossed
springs a leak Ifncf is in great danger
of going down everything of weight,
regardless of value, is cast overboard;
when a town, county, or State finds
it ; elf verging on bankruptcy with a
dilapidated credit it should stop,
lock and listen. That is something
our officials have failed to do, or else
have done it to no purpose. It can
net be given as an dlibi that the
present financial distress has come
on us suddenly, for years before 1929
there , has been a rapid shrinking of
ie earning capacity of labor and in-
stments in South Carolina while
taxes went up by leaps and bounds.
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It js no mere coincidence that bank
ruptcy, poverty and crime have in
creased with the same ratio as taxes.
We are facing stern, startling condi
tions, not theories. What are the
facts? More property has been con
fiscated for taxes in the past ten
years than in fifty years before. Dire
poverty is stalking abroad in our,
State. Thousands of good citizens
are living on a crust and begging for
work. Ninety per cent of the farm
ers and merchants in small towns
who are net already bankrupt know
not which way to turn to escape ruin.
When the legislature is asked to
reduce taxes we are told “You must
not injure our institutions!” Yet
they stand calmly by and see agricul
ture, the mother of all other institu
tions, choked to death by taxes. No
one appreciates more than I do the
value cf good public schools and
higher institutions of learning, but
it is nothing short of political, social
and economic suicide to tax our
yeomanry into a non-land-owning,
non-home-owning peasantry^ . That
way leads to anarchy, autocracy, or
bolshevism. It is unthinkable that
cur solons will continue to hand out
such devastating appropriations just
to satisfy the tax-eaters league. This
selfsame tax-eater? league is the
most compact,, consolidated, smocth-
Two automobiles bearing New
York license plates and ?aid to Be
acting in a “suspicious manner”'caus
ing some comment here Saturday be
cause ef the interest in the Lindbergh
kidnaping cast. . . Which recalls
to > mind the many “Geiman spy”
scares that folks enjoyed during the
early days following thi s country’s
entrance .into the World War. . A
local air-minded lady getting air-sick
during a ride* in C. G.’s plane a few
days ago. . Auditor “Bill” Man
ning, suffering from an attack of
sciatica, all bundled up in an over
coat. . . Asparagus growers vis
iting the post office, in the hope of
getting checks for early shipments of
“glass.” . . Farmers, white and
black, gathering at the county agent’s
office in the hope that the “guv’munt
blanks” had arrived. . . . And a
notice posted in the window to the
effect that the blanks had not come
nor was it known when they would be
received.
A local man remarking that a man
is a fool to ride in an airplane—and
five minutes later he went up to prove
it. . . C. S. Creech, of Barnwell
route 1, displaying a hen egg no larg
er than a bird e£g. . . A man
apologising to a lady for the use of a
“cuss-word” in her presence and the
latter telling him to go right ahead—
that she’d like to indulge in a few
herself.
Order Rescinded.
Congressman Butler B. Hare was
notified Monday by the secretary of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
that the Commission has decided to
rescind its order ^ providing an in
crease of freight on watermelons ef-
fectiv e February 23 and suspend the
same until September 23, 1932. The
notification came in response to a re
quest filed by the congressman several
days ago, urging that the order be
rescinded until he and others could
be heard in the matter. It will be ob-
, served the proposed increase will not
working, political machine that ever effective until after the approach-
existed in the State. They are out j n g cr0 p j las been marketed. The
for the coin, and are ff^Rctters. con g ressnian ^at he hope s that
They are coming and ffoing e v e r y day, w jj] b e possibl e not only 1 to prevent
the original order from going into ef
January to January they are broad- fect but if a hearing is ordered, an
Appoint Committees
For Barnwell County
Names of Those Who Will Pass on
Farm Loan Applications An
nounced by County Agent.
H. G. Boylstcn, crunty agent, an
nounced Monday that the various
farm loan committees for Barnwell
County are as follows;
County Committee—M. C. Best,
Barnwell, chairman; C. H. Dicks, Dun
barton; P. A. Baxley) Blackville.
Blackville-Hilda Committee—J. S.
Creech, Blackville, E. F. Boylston,
Blackville; A. P. Collins, Hilda.
Williston-Elko Committee—H. M.
Thompson, Willistcn; P. S. Green,
Elko; Dr. W. Cone, Willistcn.
Ellentcn-Dunbarton Committee—B.
F. Owens, Dunbarton; Joe Ashley,
Ellenton; C. G. Youngblood, Ellentcn.
“Applications for loans should be
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made ) to one of the committeemen,”
Mr. Boylston said. “A list will be
made and blanks distributed as re
ceived. Only 100 blanks had been
mailed out on Monday, but other
shipments are expected as soon as
they come from the printer. Every
effort is being made to secure as
many blanks as early as possible for
the farmers of Barnwell County.”
Second Week Jurors
Were Drawn Monday
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CcAirt of Common Pleas Convenes
- Here Next Monday, With Judge
E. C. Denris Presiding.
“THE BANK OF BARNWELL” IS
NAME OF NEW INSTITUTION
Farm Loan Blanks.
Washington, D. C., March 8.—Edi
tor, The People Sentinel":—I was in
formed this afternoon by Department"
of Agriculture that first application
'for farm loan fund under my amend
ment to Reconstruction Finance Cor-
.poration Act was approved by ex
amining division for a farmef living
near Heath Springs in Lancaster
County, S. C., and has gone to dis
bursing officer for payment. C. L.
Cobb, farm lean administrator for
Southeastern States, informed me to
day that 300 application blanks have
been mailed each county agent in
South Carolina and that more will
follow as rapidly as possible until
demand is reached* Department
states time* will be saved if appli
cants answer every question asked in
application blanks.
(Senator) E. D. Smith.
Petit jurors for the second week of
the March term cf the Court of Com*
men Pieas, which convenes here
next Monday with Judg? E. C. Dennis
presiding, were drawn Monday, as
follows:
J. Lawton Weeks, Hilda.
John S. Reel, Long Branch.
Clattie Renew, Long Branch.
Edward Sease, Morris.
Frank Sanders, Barbary Branch.
A. D. Connor, Jr., Barnwell.
W. Hayne Dyches, Hilda*
W. C. Co:k, Williston.
A. B. C. Still, Hercules.
J. C. Folk, Williston.
L. E. McCormick, Blackville.
J. H. Lancaster, Ashleigh.
Sam Dyson, Williston.
W. B. Paiker, Seven Pines.
Edward A. Thompson, Williston.
Charlie H. Hutto, Blackville.
D. A. Dyches, Hilda.
Luther L. Birt, Elko.
H. M. Hair, Green’s.
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N. D. Coclin, Barnwell.
Ben T. Darnell, Double Ponds.
J..S. Plexico, Kline.
Norman J. Dicks, Barnwell.
W. H. Boyles, Diamond.
Eail Hair, Ashleigh.
W. S. Browning, Barnwell.
George W. Delk, Hilda.
Franklin Grubbs, Healing Springs.
Milledge Sanders, Reedy Branch.
James S. Hair, Long Branch. ,**-
George Martin, Blackville.
H. M. Cook, Seven Pines.
Jerome Martin, Blackville.
Robert A. Patterson, Barnwell.
Herman Brown,, Blackville.
Chester B. Parker, Pleasant Hill.
Several Real Estate
Sales Made Monday
G.
M. Greene, Master in Equity, Dis
posed of . Several Tracts to Joint
Stock Land Bank.
The following is a list of the sales of
real estate made here Monday by G.
M. Greene, Esq., Master in Equity:
First Carolinas Joiqt Stock Land
Bank vs. Flossie P. Smith, 818.18
acres of land in Red Oak township,
bought .by the 1 plaintiff for $6,100 v
First Carolinas Joint Stock Land
Bank v>. RV C. Holman, three tracts
of land containing 106, 217 1 - and 219
acres, respectively, bought by the
plaintiff for $3,200.
First Carolihas Joint Stock Land
Bank vs. Edn a Earle Lee Blanchard,
246 acres, bought by plaintiff for $4,-
200.
First Carolinas Joint Stock Land
Bank vs. Miles Brew’ton Hagood, one
tract of land in Barnwell township
containing 423 acres and one tract in
Great Cypress township containing
676 acres, bought by the plaintiff for
$5,500.
PAID IN CAPITAL OF $25,000.00,
SURPLUS $2,500.00
Strong Board cf Officerg and Direc
tors, Headed by C. G. Fuller, to
Be Elected Friday.
Gillespie—Fowke.
the legislature is in session, and from
January to January they are broad-
luting propaganda which is echoed
~tind re-echoed from the mountains to
the seaboard and from the seaboard
to the mountains, creating the im
pression that they are our guardian
angels without whose guiding and
protecting hands we would wither
and perish from the face of the earth,
but they have overworked the game,
—- tor the ability of the foxpaver to
come forward with the cash has
waned to the vanishing point and
something muse'be done or taxpayer
and tax-eater go down together:
“Lay on, MacDeff, and damn’d be he
that first cries hold, enough.”
The teachers and their friends
should be wise in their day and gen
eration about their demands, for with
out a' big change, which no one is
locking for, a half leaf will look big
by the side of no bread. ,
The appropriation should be cut
to not over eight million dollar* and
that should be devoted to our “in
stitutions” as best it may. Not so
long ago we had a much smaller ap
propriation than that and our “insti-
tions,” though lean did not perish!
(Now they should mark time,\if neces
sary’, until the taxpayers can get on
their feet; otherwise the very foun
dations of our civilization will be de
stroyed.
Mr. Editor, if you think I have
exaggerated, or over-drawn the picture,
^^nut cne of your bright men on the
^Hoad, let him make a cross section cf
'^^he State, north to south, east to
west, and if he is a careful investi
gator and faithful reporter, you will
be astonished by what he tells you
about the condition of our people.
W. C. Smith, M. D.
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The Book Club met Friday after
noon at the hom e of Mrs. R. S. Dicks.
effort will be made to secure a reduc
tion from the present high freight
rates on watermelons from South
-Carolina.
Mourning and Marrying.
A highly respectable colored man
recently buried his third wife. Up-
jQp.. his return from the funeral he re-
marked that h e had ‘picked three
good wives but I’m done. .The Lord
don’t intend me to have no more.” A
female relative remarked: “Shucks,
I see Widow smilin’ on you
at de grave.”
A few years ago, a colored man of
St. Matthews lost his. At the church
service* his weeping and wailing
could be heard all over the immediate
vicinity. As the body was borne to
the grave, he passed a good looking
widow and whispered to her: “Don’t
let n&bcdy come to see you. -I be
there before a month.” As a matter
of fact, he did go, and within a
month th e knot was tied. j
They seldom languish beyond thre?
months. But no colored man in
“these parts” has ever equaled th»
recerd of-'a white, which was men
tioned, years ago, in the:-e columns.
He was a resident of the High Hill
Creek settlement, about 5 miles from
St. Matthews. He and wife moved
to Columbia, where she soon died. He
accompanied the remains on the
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morning train to St. Matthews. That
night, at 9 o’clock, he and a new wife,
lawfully married, boarded the train
for Columbia.—The Calhoun Times.
From Thunderstorm
to Sleet and Snow
Wide Range cf Weather Experience^
by This Section During the
Fast Few Days.
From a thunderstorm Saturday
pight to s^et and snow yesterday
(Wednesday) morning is the wide
range cf weather experienced by this
section during the past few daylg.
Rain early Wednesday morning sqon
changed to sleet, followed by a light
fall of snow lasting several hours, but
the-ftakes^melte'd almost as rapidly aa.
they struck the ground. However,
housetops and shrubbery were cov
ered with a light blanket of Nvhite.
Rain, accompanied by thunder,
lightning and high winds, visited this
section Saturday night, and the fol
lowing day there was a decided change
from the springlike weather of the
preceding week. Ice and heavy frosts
followed on Monday and Tuesday, the
ground being frozen for the first time
this winter on Tuesday.„„^The weather
moderated somewhat during the day,
but heavy clouds came out J of the
northwest late in the afteincon, brings
ing the ?ncw flurries of yesterday.
The forecast for today (Thursday)
s for fair and cold weather.
Local and Personal
News of Blackville
Blackville, March 5.—Mrs. C. R.
Boylston was hostess to thiiteen lit
tle girls last Thursday afternoop in
honor of the thirteenth birthday of
her daughter, Emma Boylston.
Dr. and Mr«. J. H. Sanders and
son, George Sanders, of Lakeland,
Fla., returned to>their home Monday,
after spending several days as guests
of Mrs. H. D. Still.
Mrs. Willi s Gregory and son, Wil
lis Gregory, Jr., of Florence, spent
the latter part of the week with the
former’s mother, Mrs. C. J. Fielding.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl DeWitt, of Col
umbia, were also guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Fickling for the week-end.
^ C. R. Boylston is spending this
week in Florence, where he is serving
on the federal jury. Dr. and Mrs. O.
D. Hammond and Miss Jane Ham-
roond accompanied Mr. Boylston to
Florence Sunday.and returnetPTTues
day afternoon after visiting rela
tives there.
Mrs. S. B. Rush is spending this
week in St. Matthews with her par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Bruce.
Mrs. Joe Chapman, of Florence,
spent part of last week here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Altman.
Mr. and Mrs. Bow’man Still, Mrs.
Koger Still, Mis s Meldrid Still, Red
dick and Leonard Still, of Spartan
burg, spent the latter part of last
week in town with relatives.
Mrs. Nellie Cave, of Barnwell, was
the guest this week ef l^pr sister,
Mrs. J. L. Buist.
J. V. Matthew s and L. C. Still, of
HwUinc Springs Hcnor Roll. Washington, D, C„ spent Inst week-
Healing Springs, March 8.—The end in town with relatives. They ar-
folkvwing is- the honor roll of the'rived Friday to atterid the H. D. Still
Healing Springs school for the month funeral.
Dr. DeWitt Lancaster has returned
to his home in Baltimore, Md., after a
business visit here. He was accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Madison
Woodward, who will visit relatives in
Baltimore.
ending February 26th:
Ffrst Grade:—JEverett Breeden,
Ella Mae I?emp, Mae Still. '
Second Grade—William Odom, J.
D. Collins, Audrey Lott.
Third Grade—Harriett Breeden,
Mae Odom, Fletcher -Williams,
Fourth Grade—LcD Lott, Miriam
Odom, Amelia Ray. = »
Fifth Grade—Merial Breeden.
Sixth Grade—Virginia Cain, Helen
Odom, Beulah Whetstone.
Seventh Grade—Nina Lee Colling.
Myrtice Dyches, Caroline Kemp.
The marriage of Miss Ruth Eliza
beth Gillespie, of Gastonia, N. C., and
Laurie Cargil Fowke, of Lyndhurst,
February 12, at 8 o’clock in a simple,
but very beautiful ceremony at Arm
strong Memorial Presbyterian church
in Gastonia. The bride’s father, the
Rev. George R. Gillespie, was the
first pastor of this church, and the
ladies of Circle No. 1 of the auxiliary,
decorated the altar very beautifully
for the occasion.
The bride was lovely in a smart
traveling ensemble of Nassau blue
silk crepe with hat and costume ac
cessories in matching tones. She
wore a shoulder bouquet of Talisman
roses and lilies of the valley.
The marriage service was impres
sively prcpounced by the bride’s fath
er, the Rev." George Gillespie.
Mrs. Fowke i s the eldest daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. Gillespie and is a
charming and attractive girl. She
was born in St. Joseph, Mo., but has
lived inf Gastonia since a small child.
She is a graduate of the city high
school and wa g .a student nurse at the
G&stone sanatorium.
Mr. Fowke is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. John C. Fowke, of Lyndhurst,
and is a prominent dairyman of that
section. He is an alumnus of Clem*
son college and a veteran of the
World War, and i s also engaged in
the civil service branch of the United
State* government.
“The Bank of Barnwell,” with a
capital stock of $25,006 and surplus of
$2,500, will open for business next
Monday morning, March 14th, at nine
c’clock- A strong board of officers
and directors, headed by C. G. Fuller,
local road contractor and financier,
and containing the names, of at least
two millionaires, will be fleeted at a
meeting of th e stockholders here to
morrow (Friday) morning at ten o’
clock. The capital stock of the new
institution was over-subscribed Mon
day and in order to hasten the open
ing of the bank, The People-Sentinel
issued an extra edition Tuesday for
the purpose of publishing the neces
sary notic e of incorporation.
It is authoritatively stated that the
officers and directors of The Bank cf
Barnwell will be as follows: C. G.
Fuller, president; Edgar A. Brown,
vice-president; Perry A. Price, cash
ier; John T. Stevens, Geo. H. Walker,
C. G. Fuller, Edgar A. Brown, Jas.
Julien Bush, Perry A. Pric e and W.
A. Fuller, directors.
None of the above named gentle
men i 8 a stranger to the readers of
The People-Sentinel. Mr. Stevens is
a millionaire banker and manufactur
er of Kershaw »nd is also a member
of the State highway commission, be
sides being actively identified with
numbers of business enterprises in
the State. Mr. Walker is a broker
and private banker with offices in New
York City and St. Lcuis. For the past
several years he has owned a winter
home, “Quail Lodge,” near this cRy.
C. G. Fuller, who quR a salaried job
\ a few years ago to enter the road con
tracting business, has, in that short
space of time, amassed a fortune run
ning into the hundreds of thousands
of dollars. He ha s made his home in
Barnwell for the past three years and
is sa much impressed with the future
of this section that he has sold his
home in Ohio and ha s located here
permanently. Associated with him is
his brother, W. ,A. Fuller, who has
activ e charge of his various road pro
jects throughout this State. Colonel
Brown, Mr. Bush and Mr. Price need
no further introduction to the readers
of this paper.
Safety Pint.
The first thing to be stressed by the
officers and directors of thg new Bank
of Barnwell will be safety for its de
positors. This will be kept to the
foiefrcnt at all times and the assets
of the bank will be| kept in- such liq-
Mr. and Mrs. Fowke left immediate-,
y alter the cerefflTOy foi 1 uiutoi-form^that .the depositors can be
trip to Atlanta, Ga., and other south- P aid ever y d(>11 * r of their
ern cities, after which they will be at whenever same is demanded. Loans
home at Lyndhurst.-Allendal e Coun- wil1 ** * responsible borrowers
Citizen.
ty
Celebrates 70th Birthday.
M iss Marie Farrell was hostess to
the Thursday Afternoon bridge club
this week.
Church Meetiiigs.
The People-Sentinel has been re
quested to announce that a meeting
of the members of the Ashleigh Bap
tist Church will be held in the church
building Sunday afternccn at 3:30
o’clock for the purpose-cf calling a
paster. A full attendance is request
ed.
Martin, March 5.—The family of
Mr. Bill Bates, of Martin, honored
him Sunday, February 21st, with a
surprise dinner, in celebration of his
TOth birthday. Everyone enjoyed the
day very much and all wish for him
many more return R of the day.
A delightful dinner was served
about 1:30 o’clock, and the afternoon
was spent in singing, swapping jokes,
etc. Mr. Bates received many nice
presents, among them being - the
beautiful cake, covered with white
icing, with his a£e 70 and “Happy
Birthday” in pink. —
Jurors to Report March 15.
Sheriff B. H. Dyches has notified
all petit jurors drawn for the first
week of 1 the March term of the Court
of Common Pleas, which convenes
here next Monday, March 14th, not
to report for duty until the following
day,, Tuesday. No jury cases wil! be
disposed of on. the first day of the
term.
on approved collateral, and a large
part of the money on deposit will be
invested in United States government
bonds. In short, it is the intention of
Mr. Fuller and his associates to con
duct the bank along the most conser
vative lines with safety for depositors
placed ahead of earnings for stock
holders. As stated in an advertisc-
1 mefit to be found elsewhere in this is
sue, they have organized this bank for
three reasons: First, because they
believe that no comunity can prosper,
or even continue to do business, with
out adequate banking facilities; sec
ond, because they believe that they
can render a distinct service to Barn
well County at this time; and, third,
because they desire a safe place to
keep their own money.
* Historic Association.
The name, “The Bank of Barnwell,”
is’cne of historic and honorable asso
ciation. Th e original Bank of Barn
well was organized in 1877 and for
many years setved the people of
Barnwell County. It wag wRh those
years of honorable and loyal service
in mind that the promoters
chcsen the same name for thq mm in^
stitution. It h confidently predicted
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