The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, September 29, 1932, Image 1
Bgr this urriuiAL wisw
Barnwell
CraMttdatod Jum h IfM.
*Ju»t Like a Member of the Family'*
VOLUME LVL
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1932
Still I* Elected by
Majority of 74 Votes
Over Nineteen Hundred Ballots Cast
in Tuesday’s Democratic Pri
mary Election.
James T. Still, of Hilda, was elected
Coroner of Barnwell *County Tuesday
ov^r S. H. Ussery, of Bartiwell, by a
majority of only 74 votes out of a to
tal of over 1,900 in a primary election
that cost the local Democratic party
more than the office pays annually.
The cost of the election was approx
imately 3240 and the coroner’s salary
for the ensuing term'will be 3150 a
year.
First returns received Tuesday af
ternoon gave Ussery a substantial
lead, but as precincts in and near
Still’s home reported, fhe Hilda man
gradually forged ahead and at one
rime was leading by 143 votes with
two precincts, Four Mile and Great
Cypress, missing. When these two
boxes finally reported, Still’s majority
was cut to 74 votes.
The popularity of the tw’O candi
dates at their home precincts is shown
by the substantial majorities each Re
ceived. At Barnwell, Ussery was giv
en a three to one majority and Wi’lis-
ton did even better by him, while
Great Cypress voted 6 to 1 in h : s fa -
vor. The most remarkable vote, and
a great tribute to the new coroner,
was that at Hilda, his home precinct,
where he lost only one vote out of a
total of 124. The esteem in which he’
is held in that section is shown fur
ther by the vote he received at Double
Ponds, Hercules and Reedy Branch,
the total of these three boxes togeth
er with Hilda, giving him 331 votes to
13 for his opponent.
Quite a large crowd gathered at
The People-Sentinel office to hear the
returns and almost as much interest
was displayed as was shown in the
Sheriff’s race two weeks ago.
Unofficial returns by precincts are
Seen and Heard Here
i During the Past Week
A Little Sense and Nonsense About
People You Know and Others
You Doh’t Know.
Will Stop Sale of
"Bootleg” Gasoline
South Carolina Said to Lcee Much
Revenue Each Year Through
Tax Evasion.
as follows:
Barnwell
Still.,
116
-Uaiery
348
Bennett Springs
6
>6
Blackville
236
67
Double Ponds .
42
2
Dunbarton
46
26
Elko
57
13
Four Mile —
2
21
Friendship -- --
48
25
Great Cypress -
9
59
Healing Spiings
__ T 28
25
Hercules
111
7
Hilda
123
1
Red Oak
24
39
Reedy Branch
55
3
Rosemary
17
42
Siloam - -
12
27
Williston -
59
187
Totals _ -
992
918
The following item in The Augusta
Chronicle’s “Know Your Muskeeters
This Year”: “David Byrnes Hair
shows promise of being one of the
shining lights in the Richmond Acade
my backfield this season, and at pres
ent is being used by Coach ’Ike' Sher
lock at one of the halfback positions.
He is 18 years of age, weighs 142
pounds, and is five feet, 11 inches
tall. Hair Ls the son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. M. Hair, of Barnwell, S. C. He
has played football for three years,
and donned a baseball uniform for
two years while living in Barnwell.
His nicknarrife is ‘Dave.” ” . . . .
Several ladies wondering why their
“walking club” had not been men
tioned in this column. Well, “here
'tis. Are you list’ning?” . . . .
The price of gasoline dropping 3.2
cents a gallon, which didn’t cause any
complaint from local motorists. . .
A prominent member of the local bar
attired in a white linen suit and a
straw hat and shielded by a lady’s
silk parasol during a shower of rain.
. . . A member of the Hilda school
faculty remarking that she likes this
column better than anything else in
The People-Sentinel and asking the
identity of- the perpetrator. . . .
The following conversation .between
a telephone operator and a local
housewife’s negro cook: Operator:—
“Is Mrs. Blank there?” The Cook:—
“She shore' iz.’’ Operator:—“Tell her
it’s long distance to Washington.”
The Cook:—“Yes’m, it shore iz.” .
. . Lloyd Plexio reporting poor
luck on a fishin’ trip in the lower part
of the State. . . “Jack” Phillips
taking a nap in his car ^hile waiting
on ice customers. . . . Frank
Hart and Walter Going, two of Gol-
ubia’s high muck-a-mucks in Masonry.
. . And somebody remarking that
Walter is one of the few men in the
State who is Going all the time
(Hellup!) ... A negro farmer
repaying this year’s government loan
and balances from the years 1930 and
1931. . . A magnolia blooming in
Mrs. Kate Patterson’s yard
Representatives of the South Caro
lina Petroleum Industries committee,
which represent major distributing
companies and independent jobbers,
came to Barnwell last week to study
the problem.of “bootleg” gasoline
which they claim is being sold over
South Carolina to the benefit of some
retailers and loss to the State in
gasoline taxes.
^ Sees Heavy Loss.
Investigation has not progressed
far enought for a statement to be
made as to how much of the six cents
gasoline tax South Carolina loses in
a year -from bootleg products, the
representatives said, but in other
States the range is from 10 to 33 1-3
per cent. If South Carolina lost 10
per cent of her tax in this way she
would each year be minus 3700,000 of
the gasoline tax money she should
receive. The evidence so far does
not show that the amount lost is 10
per cent. If further investigation
proves this true, this Skate is losing
a smaller amount than the average
in the United State^ it ^as said.
The high gasoline tax which South
Carolina and many other Southern
States impose is an open invita
tion to the “bootlegger,” but the
money is necessary to pay off the
heavy road bonds.
The methods used in “bootlegging
gasoline were described by the rep
resentatives as hauling in trucks
across State lines, receiving ship
ments by railroad billed as kerosene
mixing kerosene or liquid naptha with
gasoline, and having a dummy set of
books to show the tax collector.
Sell Tax Free.
When a truck load of gasoline is
purchased in one State to be sold in
the other it is received tax free, the
State of origin not being allowed to
tax it. To tax it would 1* to inter
fere with interstate commerce which
would be illegal.
Such a truck load of gasoline can
easily be taken across a State line and
placed in tanks before anyone can
check it, the representatives saijl.
State Supreme Court
Reverses Two Cases
Gives Opinions in Appeals from Lower
Courts of Barnwell and Dillon
Counties.
Two opinions, reversing rulings
made in lower Courts, vrere filed in
the State Supreme Court last week,
one case coming up from Barnwell
County and the other from Dillon.
The case from Barnwell County wa 8
that of J. F. Ready, as administrator
of the estate of Eugene Ready, de
ceased, appellant, against Barnwell
County, defendant. This was a suit
for damages in the sum of 35,000, it
being alleged that Eugene Ready was
fatally injured when the truck he was
driving, loaded with logs, went upon
a bridge which collapsed. Judge W.
H. Townsend heard the case on a
demurrer to the complaint, and sus
tained the demurrer and dismissed
the complaint. An appeal from this
ruling was taken, and the order sus
taining the demurrer was reversed and
the case remanded to the lower
Court for trial. The opinion was by
Jesse F. Carter, associate justice.
The Dillon case hinged on whether
an account of J. N. Hargrove, a cot
ton buyer, now deceased, in the
Marion National Bank, was a “special
cotton account.” Judge C. C. Feather-
stone had held it was but the Supreme
Court reversed his ruling.
Prices for Gasoline
. Take Tumble in State
Standard Oil Company Reduces Ccet,
Causing Other Companies to
Follow Suit.
Walterboro to Play
in Barnwell Friday
Local Football Season to Be Opened
Against Strong Opposition.—
Lineup Undecided.
beauty of “the Star of Bethlehem,”
which is visible in the Eastern sky
about 4:30 a. m. Some star-gazers
claim that it is “as large as the
mcon.” (No, Celestine, we haven’s
gotten up yet to see it.) ... C.
W. Wall, of Dunbarton, Mrs Max
Bronson and Charlie Brown, Sr., of
HaftnweW, renewing their . subscrip
tions to The People-Sentinel. . . .
N. Putnam, manager of Reid’s Furni
ture Store, remarking that the
“Business Builders” in The People-
Sentinel live up to their name. He
has a new on* in this issue.
A local motorist complaining be
cause he-bought four gallons of gaso
line Thursday afternoon, thereby los
ing 12 cents by virtue of the three
cents decline the following day.
A brand new two-horse wagon with
red wheels, green body V everything.
. . . An ordinary brass faucet
suspended by a cord in The Best Phar
macy show window and pouring out
a steady stream of water without any
apparent connection. . . . Dr. L.
T. Claytor inviting the members of
“the ladies walking club” to take
their exercise a little later on by
and untried players. He has not yet I joining him on a possum hunt,
decided on his starting line-up, which ] Expressions of disappointment over
will be picked from the following th e poor showing made Saturday by
squad:
Ends—D. Baxley (170), C. Hill
(130), E. G. Cope (150), Jack Har
ley (135).
Tackles—J. Hogg (180T, W. A. Hill
(160), McKinley Shipes (155),Blease
Harley (155), Shannon (140).
Centers—L. Still (190), B. Davies
(160).
Backs—L. Holland (140), R. San
ders (140), B. Baxley (140), R.
Lemon (140), S. E. Moore (135), E.
G. Cope (150), Edward Richardson
(125).
Guards—J. Bush (145), M. Holley
(160), R. Carroll #45), W. Carroll
(145), G. Black (130), Bobby Dicks
(115).
Admission will be as follows: Men,
40 cents; ladies, 25 cents; children,
10 cents.
It is hoped tbat a large crowd of
fans will attend the game tomorrow
afternoon and give the boys their
moral support.
Early risers commenting on the They cited two incidents, one of
which was the indictment of a broker
in Tennessee, who has received and
sold 20 car loads of gasoline vKthout
paying the State tax and the other
of a special auditor uncovering 357,-
000 in uncollected taxes in the State
of Georgia in three weeks time.
The investigations are being made
in South Carolina for the purpose of
bringing indictments against thos3
who are bootlegging gasoline, it was
said.
Ask Increased Membership.
The football season in Barnwell
will be ushered in tomorrow (Friday)
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock when the
Walterboro Wildcats will attempt to
«■>
claw their way to victory over the
Ibcal eleven. Coach W. R. Price lost
a number of his star players by
graduation this year and it wa.s neces
sary to fill their places with green
ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel.
the Carolina Gamecocks against the
Sewanee Purple Tigers, the Lavaliers
finally nosing out a 7 to 3 victory, i
. . Two men discussing present
conditions and one remarking that
“anyway, we’re going to live until
we die” and the other replying that
“we’ll be in a mell of a hess if we
don’t.” l
C. E. ((“Cip”) Jones, of Bates-
burg, locking as handsome and de
bonair as ever. . . Cards from
Sheriff J. B. Morris notifying delin
quent taxpayers that they must come
across for their past due taxes—“or
else.” . . George Manville, one of
the managers pf the general election
for city officers held last week re
marking that there was just one
vote cast in that election for each
week in the year—52.
Magistrate W. P. Sanders wearing
A black shirt but denying that he has
joined Mussolini’s Faseiste. . . .
The People-Sentinel beginning its
weekly visits to Miss Claire Dicks at
Winthrop, Mi&« Maude Halfcrd at
Mrs. A. A. Lemon, chairman of
the Volunteer Committee, Barnv&ell
Chapter, American Red Cro^s, is in
receipt of the following telegram,
which is self-explanatory:
“Central Committee today adopted
resolution askjng al). chapters for in
creased Red Cross member-hip, stat
ing Red Cross facing emergency
caused by heaviest demands for re
lief .since World War. Relief on tre
mendous scale must still be continu
ed this winter. In absence separate
Red Cros. 1 * call for unemployment re
lief fund, Red Cross confidently looks
to people for increased membership
support in every community. Cen
tral Committee, therefore, urges each
chapter to take .steps to ’assure in
crease called for~by this emergency.
Seven hundred members assigned as
ycur chapter goal.—John Barton
Payne, American Red Cross.”
The annual Roll Call will begin In
the near future and Mrs. Letnon hopes
that the people of Barnwell County
will make a generous response there
to. * ^
Prices of gasoline toppled in Barn
well Friday and ether cities through
out the State also felt the benefit of
the cut. A reduction of 3.2 cents per
gallon in gas prices was made at
>11 local-stations.
Standard Oil Co. filling station oper
ators said prices all over the State
had been reduced by 3.2 cents per
gallon, making the retail price in
Barnwell, including State and federal
taxes of seven cents, 19 Vi cents a
gallon fr plain gasoline.
Other filling station operators here
also reduced their retail selling prices
to meet Standard’s new price, al
though Jhn B. Harley, manager of
the new Taxaco station at the cor
ner of Main and Marlboro Streets,
said that he had not been notified of
a price reduction by his company on
Friday.
Filling station operators were not
informed as to the cause of the
reduction, but supposed it was due to
a change in the general market.
Whatever the cause, the reduction
.means a saving to thousands of South
Carolinians.
Collection of Taxes
Ordered by Beattie
Comptroller General Saya Conditions
v - v
Demand Collection as Pro-
vided by Law.
Under date of September 19, Comp
troller General A. J. Beattie wrote
Sheriff J. B. Morris, as well as the
otheF sheriffs in the State, to proceed
with the collection of delinquent taxes
“as provided by law,” present finan
cial conditions making it impossible
for the State or counties to borrow
money. Sheriff Morris immediately
asked Mr. Beattie whether or not he
could bold up on a portion of the
taxes when one year is paid at this
time, the comptroller general reply
ing that he sees no objection to this
course under the circumstances. His
first letter is as follows:
“The financial condition of the va-
various counties, as Veil as the State
government, makes it necessary to
proceed with the collection of delin
quent taxes as vigorously as circum
stances will permit.
“At this season of the year taxpay
ers are in better position than at any
other time to pay these delinquent
taxes, and I am, therefore, writing to
request that you devote your attention
to this duty very earnestly at this
time.
“Conditions have developed to an
extent that neither State nor county
can borrow money and, in order that
the schools may continue and the
functions of government go on, the
collection of taxes will have to be
made as provided by law.”
In response to Sheriff Morris’ in
quiry about partial collections, Mr.
Beattie wrote:
“I have your letter of the 23rd in
stant in which you ask whether you
may hold up on a portion of the taxes
when one year is paid at the time. In
reply, I see no objection to this under
the circumstances. We, of course,
realize that where taxpayers are more
than on* year delinquent it is impos
sible in many cases to pay the ful
amount at one time, and in such cases
you will, of course, use your goo<
judgment and discretion.”
In accordance with this last letter,
Sheriff Morris fays that he will allow
those who owe taxes for more than
one year to pay 1931 taxes and a part
of the amount past due for the pre
vious year or years. In this way he
hopes to collect a substantial part of
the delinquent taxes without working
any undue hardship on the people of
the county. Sheriff Morris told a rep
resentative of The People-Sentine
yesterday that he has collected ap
proximately 32,000 of delinquent
taxes since assuming office a short
time ago.
Urges All Democrats
to Get Certificates
Ccunty Chairman Edgpr A.
Stresses Importance of Voting
in General Election.
Col. Edgar A. Brown, chairman of
the Democratic party in Barnwell
County, urges ail Democrats who par
ticipated in the primary elections, ae
well as those who did not vote, to
secure from the registration board ah
the Court House here on Monday, Oc
tober 3rd, registration certificates
qualifying them to cast their ballots
n the general election November 8th.
In discussing the approaching elec
tion, Colonel Brown says that every;
voter in Barnwell County took n
.solemn oath when he voted in
primaries to support the nominees of
the Democratic party, both State and
national. “It is my opinion that no
Democrat can comply with the solemn
obligation „ without going to the
polls and voting for the Democratie
nominees on November 8th. It is im
possible to vote on that date mUese
you have a registration certificate, and
I earnestly urge that every Demo
cratic voter in the county be sure to
get one.
“There ia a Republican candidate
opposing Congressman H. P. Fulmer
and there will be a Republican candi
date opposing Senator E. D. Smith,
and we have no assurance that there
will not be Republican candidates
against Democratic nominees for
county offices.
“I hope that all of the good mew
and good women of the county who
wish to show the Republicans where
they stand in old Barnwell County
will take the necessary steps to pot
themselves in a position to support
the Democratic party with their' bal
lots on November 8th.”
Loaena Still Dies.
Blackville, Sept. 22.—Funeral ser
vices for Lorena Still, youngest
daughter of Mrs. Maggie Hair Still
and the late H. D. Still, were held at
her home Sunday morning, conduct
ed by her pastor, the Rev. L. G.
Payne of the Baptist Church. , Lorena
was nine years old and a member of
the junior department of the Sunday
school, which she attended with faith
fulness.
She had been in failing health for
about six months and was a patient
in the Wilhenford hospital , in Au
gusta at intervals for the past several
months. Interment was in the family
plot in the Blackville cemetery. Sur-
vicing are her mother, four brother?,
H. D. Still, Jr., Pinckney Still, Joe
Still and Jimmie Still, and three sis
ters, Miss Eugenia Still, Miss Mar
tha Still and Miss Marie Still, all of
Blackville.
Sheriff Thanks Voters.
Senator Edgar Brown
Qualifies at Member
First in BarnweM County to Join
“Shareholders in America” to
Promote Democracy.
Eugene Easterling is attending
United States Court in Aiken this
week as a juror.
Cedar Springs and Hummel Harley
at Wofford. . . Allen Owens wear
ing a coat in which he sai<i he was
married 12 years ago. . . A motor
ist whose cal' displayed a tag advo
cating the repeal of the 18th Amend
ment reading the more or less famous
poem, “The Face on the Barroom
Floor.” ... A Barnwell boy off
at'College writing “back home” to his
father .NOT to send him any more
money for some time.
To the Voters of Barnwell County:
I take this mean? of thanking the
voters of Barnwell County for the
handsome vote of confidence given me
in the second primaty, which resulted
in my election by an overwhelming
majority, and also wish to express my
sense of gratitude and appreciation to
the many.lcyal friend* who worked so
tirelessly in behalf of my candidacy.
It shall be my constant aim and en
deavor to vindicate the confidence
placed in me by an efficient adminis
tration of the affair# of the office. „
Gratefully yours,
J. B. Morris.
Senator Edgar A. Brown, County
Chairman, announced today thatJas.
Farley, Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, in conjunction
with the Executive Committee haS
designated him as the first member
in Barnwell County of “Shareholders
in America,” a movement designed to
elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and John
N. Garner. The Senator said he re
ceived teday his membership and of
ficial Roosevelt - Garner Medallion,
which is the official insignia j of
Shareholders in America.
The medallion is a real work of
art, bearing a profile cf Governor
Rosevelt and Speaker Garner. It was
created by Gutzen Borglum. Senator
Brown said that he expected to be a
sponsor of Shareholders of America
in Barnwell County, and give every
supporter of Franklin Roosevelt an
opportunity to procure one of these
medallion. He said anyone would
be proud to display it and would fur
ther want to preserve it as a souvenir
of the campaign.
“This plan for raising funds,” said
the Senator, “is in keeping with
Franklin Rosevelt’# idea of making
this the* Peopled Campaign.” The
medallion sells for 3100. Any per
son desiring a medallion can communi
cate with him at his office in Barn
well. Senator Brown is seeking vol
unteers to cooperate in this cam
paign. Anyone who j« willing to help
the cause of Franklin Rosevelt can
communicate with him at Ccnnty
Headquarters. ,
v$a
Gradual Reduction
la Made A Taxes
No Levy for Ordinary County Pop*
poses This Year Mamas. Saving
of 19 Milts.
That taxes in Barnwell County ara
gradually being brought down te a,
level in keeping with* the times in
shown by a study of the Treasurer’s
Tax Notice for the past few
and the fact that no levy is
made this year for ordinary
purposes means a total reduction ef
19 mills for all purposes as compared
with 1929, when the entire Wvy
amounted to 64 mills in the Barnwell
school district, whereas this year it
is only 45 mills. Of this amount SB
mills is for special school
a reduction of one mill as
with 1931. Of the remaining IT
mills, which applies thnAighovt thn
county, 5 mills is the State levy* 4
mills for road and bridge boikta, 1
mill for past' Indebtedness bonds, S
mill a for constitutional e<hooJ tax
and 4 mills for the 6-0-1 school
Thus it will be seen that the
ers of Barnwell school district
paying this year 35 mills for
purposes alone out of a total levy ef
45 mills, while the taxpayers of Mm
other school districts pay more er
less according to the amount of tho
special local school tax. «
Some years ago it was necessary ta
substantially increase the local school
tax levy in the Barnwell school dis
trict to provide a sinking fund to re
tire the bonds issued for the prussnt
school building. It is understood thah
these bonds will be retired in the
next year or two, when it will he
possible to make a further redaction
of about 12 mills.
From the above it will be seen that
the greater part of the burden om
local taxpayers is for school
and that their county officers
the present administration have
fee ted economies that haver' mem*
substantial savings to the people of
the county. The People-Seatim!
congratulates the members of the
County Board of Directors and Mm
individual county officers who
cooperated with them in
these economies.
.m
m
Cotton Ginning Report.
There were 6,726 bales of
ginned in Barnwell County
September 16th, as compared
8,166 hales ginned to the
in 1981, according to e
public this week by P.
special agent of 1“ '*
Ms