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TlwBarnwIl People-Sentinel JOHN W. HOLMES IMS—1912. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months 90 Three hlpnths .50 (Strictly in Advance.) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1932 We don’t believe that to date any other newspaper has recorded that 4 ‘the melancholy days are here—the aaddest of the year.” Does President Hoover’s remark that “what this county needs is a great poem” forecast the creation of r the office of poet laureate for the United States? What Mr. Hoover is going to need after November 8th is somebody to write his swan song. “What this 9f country needs is a great poem,” President Hoover is quoted as saying, which once more shows how little the President really understands the real needs of the country. What it really needs is a leaded—not an engineer—in the White House. Franklin D. Roosevelt will supply that need. had been changed to bine. I understand now why we have a deficit of about $2,500,000,000, not counting the many concealed obliga tions. The subway and the garages for the congressmen and senators had a little something to do with our troubles. There are already enough of large office buildings in Washing ton to take care of England, France. Great Britain, Sicily, Europe. Ger many and Italy, yet-^-they are pre paring to spend a billion dollars more for office buildings. The boys are razing about 100 good buildings so’s they can have plenty of room to erect about 100 more buildings that they don’t need. If they would cut out 50 percent of the red tape used in matters of gov ernment, 65 percent of the federal employees could be sent home and put to work. It takes £ different men to lick a postage stamp up there, and the services of 3 stenographers and 2 clerks are required to help a boss sneeze. A man told me that they were going to build a 10-million-dollar in ter-state commerce building— as if there was any more commerce of rny kind left. All the I. C. C. has dene so far^ has been to hpld up freight rates aqg passenger fares so’s the trucks and buses would get all the business. Another Noble Experiment. Apparently the Republican cause has become so desperate that Presi dent Hoover is about to try another “noble experiment.” Fearful of a wholesale defection from the Republi can party in the Northwest, we are told that “federal aid in an attempt to j?ell many millions of bushels of privately owned northwestern wheat to China was discussed today (Sun day) by President Hoover and high government officials at a hurredly called White House conference.” Ac cording to the dispatch from Wash ington, the exponent of the “noble ex periment” of four years ago advo cates lending China $8,000,000 of America’s money with which to purchase 15,000,000 bushels of Ameri can wheat grown in the Northwest. (As if we didn’t already have too many uncollectible foreign loans!) In 1928 President Hoover’s cam paign slogan was “a chicken in every pot.” For 1932 we suggest “a bis cuit for every Chinaman.” Mere Straws in the Wind. Monday’s daily newspapers contain ed the information that the author, Richard Washburn Child, ambassador to Italy under Presidents Harding and Coolidge, will .support Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Presidency and .would head tn organization known as the Republicans-for-Roosevelt League. The National Progressive League also announced that Senator George W. Norris, insurgent Republican from Nebraska, will make a coast-to-coast apeaking tour in behalf of Mr. Roose velt’s candidacy. Initial returns in the Des Moines Register and Tribune statewide presi dential straw poll showed Mr. Roose velt leading President Hoover by more than 4,000 votes out of a total tabulation of 23,728. Roosevelt re ceived 13,954, Hoover 9,187 and Nor man Thomas, socialist, 294, the re maining ballots being cast for scat- 'tering candidates. While Iowa is normally 60 per cent. Republican, Mr. Roosevelt’s share of this early vote la 58.8 per cent, and President Hoover’s is 38.8 per cent. At Hollywood, Calif., la^t week a crowd of 50,000 persons greeted Mr. Roosevelt and gave him an ovation. California is the President’s home State. The building for the Forked Tail Tadpole Commission will cost in The neighborhood of 3 million dollar:? The building to house the Bureau for the relief of Blind June Bugs will re lieve the taxpayers of only $750,000. The structure that will be occupied by the Commission on Food ami Drink for the Colorado chipmunks will be erected at le^s (possibly) than $3,455,666.77. All forms of wild life will have Bureaus at their backs, and the said Bureaus will sit in nice, marble houses. You can actually smell wa.^t?, extravagance, idleness and pin-headed politicians when you get within 42 miles of Washington. The March of Progreso. My pa was the first man or wo man in Dark Comer township to put lightning rods on a house. I was quite young, but I will never forget that lightning rod agent and them lightning rods he sold my pa. That agent could talk faster than 5 women put together. He could 25 words while any man was battmg his eye. He knew more about light ning rods than Solomon knew about poligamy. 3, Pa paid $155 for his set of light ning rods, but the said set had four points and one weather vane—(to show which vray the wind was blow ing—as if that mattered), and it also had a rooster in the crowing act on top pf the kitchen. There w?re 7 glistening balls on those lightning rods, and beautiful—them balls was. , folks they were simply A Skin Game. 1 have never been very good to look at. I was born that-a-way. I had a relapse when I was 10 years of age, and I gradually grew worse until la^t week, and then I suFere'.! another relapse. It must be fine to be soft on the eyes. ;; Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee. Washington, D. C., the Politician’s Paradise. It was my pleasure, if pleasure it -might be called, to spend 10 hours and 4 dollars in Washington one day last week. I was surprised tc find that the gold-leaf on the Capitol dome was still intact, and none of the tombstones had been removed from any of the public buildings, meaning the marble buildings, of course , Realizing that my natural ugli ness could be increased by not exer cising the proper care of my dress and make-up, I have always tried to have my hair cut in such a manner that only about two-thirds of my bald-head would show when my hat was on it, but I ran into serious trouble a day or so ago. 1 went into a barbershop last Friday and crawled into the most comfortable looking chair they had. I didn’t pick out any special barber. I told him to barely trim the edges of my arleary sparsely settled locks. He began with a pair of electric clipper’s that made 50,000 revolutions per minute, and that got me sorter bothered. All the other barbers had always used scissors on my head. That “bobber” kept on running different kinds of instruments thru and ovei' my hair, and the room was full of flying particles. He finally hollered “next,” and I betook myself to the looking-glass and I almost fainted. That bird had shaved and shined my head from my ears across my plate and back again. There wasn’t a single hair that was one- millionth part of an inch anywhere on my head except at the base of my neck. The 5 square inches north of my ears were as white and glossy as a California oniort, and no kind of animal now extant could light there on without sliping up and busting his anatomy. One side of my spinal column that extended to the base of my skull wa« as clean as a cucumber. He actually cut my eyebrows off’and they were so short they wouldn’t scratch the skin of a 3-days old baby. ... I noticed that Mr. Hoover ?s hav- ing the White House re-painted. Mr. Roosevelt ought to appreciate his thoughtfulness. I couldn’t understand It, but it waa being painted white; after the prosperity wave that has waving for 2 years, I think it have been bettor if the color 1 started °nce to grab a razor and go to the pen for life for mur der. I was so mad I forgot to pay the man. He asked me to hurry back. I told him if I could find a shotgun close by, I’d be back in a minute. If that boy ig a good bar ber, I am the Qneen of Rumania. He ought to move west and jon the sheep shearers. I will he ashamed to go to prayer-meeting forf the next three years. I looked had enough “just so,” but now I am embarrassed when my wife and children and 2 cats look at me. Why, folks, I’m plumb ruin:. I m thinking of joining a side show for a while. Our house cost $45.00, and v.hen that sum was added to the purchaie price of our lightning rods, the total value of our re.-:idence -(we changed its name from ‘house to residence as soon as the rods were installed— was $200.00. We never worried about lightning striking us after those copper rods were put ,iup for the purpose of keeping lightning away. (The agent said they were solid copper just like what money was made out of.) ♦ This effervescing peddler quickly conyinced pa that he should buy the lightning rods when he showed him some pictures of lightning striking dwellings and killing the inmates by ,the thousands. He said they were actual photographs, and we believed him. You see, when the photogra pher saw that lightning was a-fixing to strike a house, he ran home and got his camera and got back in time to take a picture of the terribie stroITe. People came from miles around to see our lightning rods, and all 12 of us children took much delight in showing the folks about and explain ing the function of each point. It took all of the money pa and the family had saved up for 9 or 10 years, but we gained much prestige in qur community. We were the first folks in them diggings to buy a swinging lamp, and put pillow shams on the beds, and hang up signs in the rooms that read, “Peace” and “Home, Sweet Home.” We were leaders. Two or three of my brothers and sisters had learned how to read and spell by time they were 10 years of age, but it took me 13 to do that. Four Negroes Killed. Four negroes are dead and four white persons are in the Walterboro hospital suffering serious, though probably not fatal, injuries a? a Re sult of a head-on collision at Early Branch Sunday night between auto mobiles driven by Dick Taylor, white, of Beaufort, and Heyward Brocking- ton, negro, of Yemassee. Mr. and Mis. Taylor and their two children w’ere returning to Beaufort from Allendale where they had gone, to spend Sunday with Mr.?. Taylor’s aunt, Mrs. Jack Harley. Brocking- ton and five other negroes from Yem assee were going to Early Branch to attend church services. The injure^ were rushed by passing travelers to the Walterbdro hospital, the injured white people being first to reach the hospital. When the car containing the negroes arrived, two were dead and the other two died shortly afterwards. Brockington had traded for the car in which he was killed on Saturday, paying for it in cash. Enroll at The Ckadel. Charleston, Sept. 26.—S. E. Carter and W. H. Sanders, of Barnwell, have been enrolled at The Citadel a-s mem bers of the Freshman Class. They are at present undergoing a period of instruction in Recruit Regulations by mepibers of the Senior Cla-s who have been detailed to act as instruc tors to the Freshmen. The recruits are also receiving in struction,? in the fundamentals of drill so that they may be prepared for the dress parades which will be gin about the first of November Hurricane Deals Death. A hurricane Tuesday dealt swift death to several hundred persons and caused millions in property damage as it ripped across the island of Puerto Rico. Early Tuesday night the huge “doughnut of wind,” carrying veloci ties up to two miles a minute along its outer edges and an absolute calm in the center, was pursuing a relent less north-northwestard course to ward tbe island of Haiti. URGE SAAR BE MADE i INDEPENDENT STATE '3 What Will Happen When Control by France Ends? Washington.—What wl’l happen to the Saar? As 1935, the end of the fifteen-year period ^for which the coal mines of the Saar basin were turned over to France, approaches, that query is bid ding for an important place in Euro pean politics. “Saar, which straddles the Lorraine- German border, almost next door to Luxemburg, is a region about two- thirds as large as Rhode Island and is famous for Its mineral deposits,” says a bulletin from the Washington (D. C.) headquarters of the National Geo graphic society. Famous Coal Region. “Before the World war when Lor raine was German territory, the com bination of Lorraine iron deposits and Saar coal deposits made this region one of the outstanding steel produc tion regions of Europe. “Saar coal, perhaps, would still be long to Germany, if it were not for the efficiency of German troops who, while retreating in north France, de stroyed coal mines that once yielded 28,000,000 tons annually. Because of this act, when the peace treaty was framed, diplomats attempted to com pensate France by turning over Saar coal digging rights to France for a period of fifteen years—1920 to 1935. The German government also was called upon to compensate private mine owners in the Saar fields for their losses but these losses were not difficult to meet as most of the mines were the state property of Prussia and Bavaria. “The transfer of coal mining rights to France, however, was not made without political and economic ob stacles. The region could not remain under German control for the prop erty rights of the Frencli would not he assured protection, and the great German population and German prop erty could not be placed under French control. The League of Nations, there fore, set up a governing commission composed of one Frenchman, one citi zen of the local region, and three non- French and non-German members. The commission is directly responsible to the League council. “Saar took its name from the Saar river, a winding stream which flows through the western part of the re gion. While coal is the district’s most famous product, the river banks are covered with vast fruit orchards and vineyards. There are also farms, but agriculture is not a major Saar in dustry. On the picturesque hills, here and there dominated by ancient castles of Homan days, are thick forests, which form the basis of another im portant industry. “The coal mines now being worked lie about ten miles.to the northeast of Saarbrucken, a city of some 125,000 inhabitants who are employed in many Industries. Saarbrucken’s skyline is studded with the smokestacks of blast furnaces, metallurgical establishments of many kinds, machine shops, chemi cal works and ceramic kilns. The city is an Important railroad center. “Saarbrucken went to France ten years before our Declaration of In dependence was signed. After the battle of Waterloo, the Allies took It and turned It over to Prussia. At that time the coal deposits were hardly known. Its present prestige may be credited to the development of the steel Industry which thrust It to the front among the important European mineral regions owing Hb its location near the Lorraine iron deposits. "Recent reports Indicate that there Is a griming movement in some parts of Europe to urge the creation of an independent Saar state under the pro tection of the League of Nations. If no change is made from the original provisions of the treaty, however, in 1935 the people of the region w*Il de cide by popular vote whether to live under the French or the German flag.” COPELAND ‘WHO’S WHO From our records of over a quarter of a century mt e clothing business in Columbia we could compile a large Who s Who”—discriminating men of affairs in all walks of life m Columbia and surrounding trade territory who for years have come here each season for their clothing needs. They know our methods, our service and our honest effort always to keep their interests in mind. To these hundreds of old custo mers mere words cannot express our deep appreciation. THE BEST FALL CLOTHES YOUR MONEY CAN BUY $15 S19J5 S28.50 Jessamine Suits at - - Alco Suits at - - - - Kuppenheimer Suits at - - r Kuppenheimer’s Fam- (00 AA ous “Crusader” at - VU«vU COPELAND CO. 1535 MAIN STREET COLUMBIA. S,'C. If “Coin the Ocean”! Prize Idea for Solving Crisis Boston.—The “prize idea” for end ing unemployment was a proposal to have everybody extract gold from the salt water of the ocean, Harvey A. Wooster, director of the Massachu setts commission on stabilization of unemployment, revealed. The gist of the idea was that since there was about five cents worth of gold in every cubic yard of sea wa ter, all the unemployed could tackle the job aad all could be millionaires. Director Wooster threw a wrench into £be works, though, by pointing out that it would cost more than 5 cents to get a nickel’s worth of gold out of the water. Enemy War Flyers Stage Friendly Race London.—Two aviators, enemies in the World war, recently staged a friendly air .race around London.' One w’as Baron E. von Schleich, known during the war as the Black Knight of the German air force; thje other was Maj. Christopher Draper, the Mad Major of Jbe Royal air force in war years. The Cerman lost the race by thirty secoads, but hit British op ponent “stood” for the dinner given later at the clubrooms of tLt Old Comrade* of the Air Fore*. Treasurer’s Tax Notice! The County Treasurer’s office Will be open from October 1st, 1932, to March 15th, 1933, for collecting 1932 taxes, which include real and personal property, poll and road tax. All taxes due and payable between October 1st and December 31st, 1932, will be collected without penalty. All taxes not paid as stated will be subject to penalties as provided by law. January 1st, 1933, one per cent, will be added. ‘ Februaiy L«t, 1933, two percent, will be added. .March 1st to 15th, seven percent, will be added. Executions will be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection af ter March 15th, 1933. When writing for amount of taxes; be sure and give school district if property is in more than one school district. All personal checks given for taxes w’ill be subject to collection. State Ordinary Countj Road and Bridge Bonds Past Ind. Bonds * 1 • Constitutional School 6-0-1 School Special Local TOTAL No. 24—Ashleigh 5 0 4 1 3 4 12 29 No. 33—Barbary Br’ch.. 5 0 4 1 3 4 29 46 No. 45—Barnwell j 5 0 ”4 — 1 3 4 28 45 No. 4—Big Fork 5 0 4 1 3 4 17 ' 34 No. 19—Blackville 5 o 4 1 3 4 23 40 No. 35—Cedar Grove 5 0 4 1 3 4 27 44 No. 50—Diamond . 5 0 4 1 3 ! 4 13 30 No. 20—Double Pond._ 5 0 4 1 3 4 19 36 No. 12—Dunbarton 5 0 4 1 3 4 27 1 44 No. 21—Edisto . 5 0 4 1 3 4 8 25 No. 28—Elko 5 0 4 1 3 4 29 46 No. 53—Ellenton * 5 0 4 1 3 4 7 24 No. 11—Four Mile - 5 0 4 1 3 4 8 25 No. 39—Friendship 5 0 4 1 3 4 13 30 No. 16—Green’s 5 0 4 1 3 4 19 36 No. 10—Healing Spgs._- 5 0 4 1 3 4 20 37 No. 23—Hercules 5 0 4 1 3 4 26 43 No. 9—Hilda 5 0 / 4 . 1 3 4 35 52 No. 52—Joyce Branch.. 5 0 4 1 3 4 26 43 No. 34—Kline 5 0 4 1 3 4 17 ’34 No. 32—Lee’s 6 0 4 1 3 4 10 27 No. 8—Long Branch 5 0 4 1 3 4 16 33 No. 54—Meyer’s Mill 5 0 4 1 3 4 26 43 No. 42---Morris ^ 5 0 4 1 3 4 11 28 No. 14—Mt. Calvary*.. 5 0 4 1 3 4 * 27 44 No. 25—New Fore?t_l*f. S - 0 I •—f— — 27 44 No. 38—Oak Grove 5 0 4 1, 3 4 18 35 No. 43—Old Columbia. 5 0 4 1 - 3 4 26 43 No. 13—Pleasant Hill--. 5 0 4 1 3 4 * 14 31 No. 7—Red Oak - 5 0 4 1 3 4 15 32 No. 15—Reedy Branch.- 5 0 4 1 3 4 13 30 No. 2—Seven Pines 5 0 4 1 3 4 11 28 No. 40—Tinker’s Creek. 5 0 4 1 3 4 16 33 No. 26—Upper Richland. 5 0 4 1 3 4 26 ' 43 No. 29—Williston * 5 0 4 1 3 4 31 48 The commutation road tax of $3.00 must be paid by all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 55 years. All male citizens between the age? of 21 and 60 years are liable to poll tax of $1.00. Dog Taxes for 1932 will be paid at the same time other taxes are paid. It is the duty of each school trustee in each school district to see that this tax is collected or aid tltt Magistrate in the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. Checks will not be accepted for taxes under any circumstances ex cept at the risk of the taxpayer.—(The County Treasurer reserves the right to hold all receipts paid by check until said checks have been paid.) Tax receipts will be released only upon legal tender, postoffice monev orders, or certified checks. - J. J. BELL, Co. Treas. BROWN & BUSH Attorneys-at-Law BROWN-BUSH BUILDING BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PRACTICE IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS ♦♦♦♦♦♦ SEND US YOUR ORDERS FOR JOB PRINTING.