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V PAGB FOUB. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA 1 iiu The Barnwell People-Sentinel JOHN W. HOLMES 1840—1912. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES* i One Year $1.50 Six Months .90 Three Months —.50 (Strictly la Adranca.) • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1932. A few years ago it was the “Yo-yo.” Now it’s the “Bo-lo.” Youth rnu^t be served. If Russia can worl< out her destiney with Karl Marx, think what she might accomplish if she had the 4 brothers—Groucho, Chico, et al. The aytr'onomers tell us that the island universes, those outside our own galaxy, are speeding away from us into . s pace at several thousand miles a minute. Oh, well, you can’t much blame the universes for that after having witnessed nearly four years of Hoover. Bishop Cannon made the came appeal then that Bishop DuBose is making now.No doubt, thousands of good On one occasion, when the famous Notre Dame football team was trail ing it s opponent, Knute Rockne, its equally famous coach, is said to have .'tuck his head in the dressing room door' between the halves and caustical ly remarked to his charges: “And they call us ’the fighting Irish!’ ” We could have understood hi* disgust had his remark been addressed to the 1932 edition of the team, the first string of which includes .‘uch well known Irishmen as Jaskwhich, Bran- cheau, Lukats, Kohn, Sheeketski and Melinkovich. Our Stupendous Tax Hill. Can you imagine prosperity in any country whose annual tax bid—fed eral, State, city and township— amounts to the stupendous and un believable total of FOURTEEN THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR? Yet B. C. Forbes, authority on finance, tells us that is the amount that will be collected in 1932 from American taxpayers—14 BILLION DOLLARS. The human mind cannot visualize such an immea'e amount of money and in order to give some idea of its immensity, Mr. Forbes makes the fol lowing comparisons: “If every dollar of gold in ^he United States were tendered in pay ment of taxes, the bill would not be one-third settled. If all the paper cur rency in circulation throughout the country were added to all the gold, we would still owe the tax collectors a* much more again—and more. Tf all the gold mine* in the world shipped every ounce of their produc tion, it would take 34 years to meet America’s tax charges for 12 months. “If five-dollar gold pieces were, piled on one another, it would take a stack 11 time* the height of the highest building in the world (the Empire State) to equal the 1932 tax , - Prosperity may be just around the corner, but it will never return until Ihe taxpayers are relieved of a great part of this burden. Methodist* who had been life-long Democrats deserted their party be cause of their foolish faith in the ut terances of Candidate Hoover and the false leadership of Bishop Can-, non—and have lived to regret it. Now, in view of what has already gone before, we find another bishop of the same denominatfon seeking once more to lead the members of his flock astray, the appeal this year being based on the remote possibility that, if elected^ Curtis, the alleged dry, may succeed Hoover, the wet- dry, or dry-wet, as President. That, to our mind, is the flimsiest sort of an excuse for deserting the Demo cratic party, even by the most rabid prohibitionists. The prohibition plank in the Republican platform is most ambiguous and, if it means anything, it means all thing* to all men. What more natural therefore, than for Hoover and Curtis, in their desperate efforts to be reelected, to take op- ; posite sides on the prohibition que*- tion in order to fool the gullible poli tical preachers and their followers? There is, of course, a difference of opinion a* to whether the prohibition question is moral or political. We believe that the church should wage a militant warfare against intemper ance of all kinds, but we have never believed that religion and politics should be mixed.. If prohibition be a political question, then the church should be hands off. If it be a moral one, experience has shown that mor als cannot be legislated into a people. We discussed this matter a short time ago with Mr. Betts when our reverend fiiend paid us the honor of a visit, and we gathered then from his re marks that, in view of the platform of the two parties on the liquor ques tion, he would support the Democratic ticket this year and we were some what surprised to find that he is now actively urging hi.* fellow Methodists to support the Republican ticket. We still believe in the separation of : church and state and are no more in ! favor of allowing the Methodist de nomination to dominate politics than | we are to allow the Roman Catholic Church to control governmental af fairs. (The 'eparation of church and state, we believe, is-one of the fun damental principles on which our government is founded.) The good Bishops of the Methodist Church and some of the lesser lights in the ministry aptarently overlook the fact that Franklin D. Rosevelt, as President, can no more repeal the 18th amendment than has Herbert Hoover, as President, enforced the prohibition law. That will require action by the Congress and a three- fourths majority of the 48 States of the Union. We think, therefore, that if the bishops and ministers of the Metho dist Church will confine their activi ties more strictly to religious rather than to secular affairs, they will the sooner help to restore the Kingdom of Christ on earth—and with this view we believe that the rank and file of the Methodists are in complete accord. „ * Washington every day. Gov. Black wood is endeavoring to get back aoma-of thia money go m to make Methodist Leaders and Prohibition Elsewhere in this is.*ue of The People-Sentinel will be found a com munication from the Rev. W. A. Betta, of Bamberg, for whom the editor of this newspaper has a very high regard personally but with whose at titude on the prohibition question we •re not in accord. Mr. Betts quotes from a statement issued by Bishop H. M. DuBa*e, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in which the reverend church man admits that President Hoover "has. deserted and disappointed mil lions of constitutional prohibitionists” •nd in the same breath urges them to support the Republican ticket be cause of the professed dry views of the Republican vice-president candi date Chas. Curtis. Mr. Betts then ur ges pastors of his denomination to “ad vise their members who are hesitating in the matter, to do so, (vote the Re publican ticket) and thereby rapidly mobilize the forces of prohibition in ♦olid phalanx in the present emer gency.” Four years ago, another Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, one James Cannon, Jr., was misled by the j profe-sed views of Candidate Her- ber Hoover anent this much mooted question that he (Hoover) was pleas- -ad to term “the noble experiment.” Ae least that was the reason that *is former Demosratic churchman for his opposition to Alfred E. t>me are of the opinion that xuBgious bigotry was the true cause, we are compelled to pay this into rsi* , ** — » CHRISTENSEN FAVORS BORROW ING FEDERAL FUNDS. Editor, The People-Sentinel; In a recent letter tq Senator E. D. Smith, I expressed views on Gov. Blackwood’s ’ effort to secure for South Carolina an allotment from the three-hundred million-dollar fed eral relief fund so that unemployment in South Carolina may be in some measure relieved. The League as an organization has not exressed itself on this very recent issue, but through new reports that are being published of the views of some of ^ts prominent officials, the League was becoming in volved. These views were apparently based on partial, and in some in stances, erroneous information and I thought it incumbent on me to study the situation and inform our mem bership. Requests for further ex planation have come and the follow ing statement is submitted to clarify these inquiries: . There can be no question that many thousands of our’ people are destitute. In every section families are facing a winter of suffering. Conditions may become desparate in some of our communities. Any step that can safely be taken to alleviate this very critical situation should .be taken. South Carolina is required by the last Congress to pay several million dollars in new taxes this year, which in part are being advanced ‘to the several States for relief to the unem ployed. Whether we like it or not, whether we approve the law or not, it available for our own distressed people. The federal government has arrang ed to use the governors of the several States as its agents to receive and distribute each State’s share of this fund, whei*e the governor tan con vince the federal authorities the need in this State' is acute enough t6 justi fy it and where the ^State’s proposal for distributing it js sourid. * The advance 'of this fund as au- thorized by Congress would not be a loan in the usual sense of the word. Neither the Governor nor any State agency would commit South Carolina to any repayment out of our taxes. No bond or note would be issued, only a receipt to show the advance had been made. Our public bonded: indebtedness would not be in creased, our public current funds would not be drawn on, the Legisla ture under this Act of Congress would not now or later be required to appropriate anything directly or indirectly to repay the money. The Federal Act provides: “All amounts paid under this section . . shall be Reimbursed to the corporation . . by making annual deductions, begin ning with the fiscal year 1935, from regular apportionments made from future federal authorizations in aid of the States and territories for' the construction of highways and rural pest roads.” The amount advanced to us (with 3 per cent, interest add ed) would be withheld by the federal government (1-5 each year) for five years out of the road money the Con gress has been giving us and pro poses to continue to give us. If Con gress stops these road appropriations, then this advance, interest included, is not to be paid by South Carolina. The Real effect of this relief Act is to enable us to get Federal Aid im mediately without matching it with State money. The Federal Road Aid law now requires that w e match thi* and unless we can come under this relief Act, we cannot get any more without putting up our own money. The whole question comes down to this—"Does the distressing unem ployment emergency justify u s in do ing more road work now?” As to the expenditure of these monies when and if secured, there is no reason why they cannot be used for road work by the State Highway Department so that they will all go directly in the shape of wages t6 the needy. The State Highway Engineer, Mr. Moorefield, covers the situation in this comment: “The State High way Department is already expending State funds for the maintenance, bet- ! terment and construction of roads. Certainly it is feasable for the same organization to spend effectively a material additional amount from this Federal Relief Fund, through the employment of additional labor for work on the roads, without increasing the present burden of cost on the State.” It will probably be generally conceded that the Highway Depart ment is the only administrative or ganization in position to handle “wo^k.relief” on a State.-wide. .scale It is, of course, presumed that ,Gqv. Blackwood would reserve a suf ficient- part of the fund for direct re-' lief to be used if a > sufficient emer gency arises. We are warned that our tfhajfatble agencies may not have enough with which to feed and clothe the destitute this Winter, and without sufficient state and local funds to meet necessities we may have to resort to these Federal funds for direct relief. But we are all agreed that WORK relief should be our FIRST resort and DIRECT relief our LAST resort. The real point about this whole matter is as to whether we are to get any assistance for our destitute as a return for the heavy new Federal taxe s w e are paying for that purpose. Senator Wagner of New York, on« of our Democratic leaders in relief legislation, is complaining bitterly that the administration is vrithholding it by setting up resrictions that are defeating the purpose of this effort to help the needy. Tax relief is vital, but our first responsibility is to pre vent the starvation, disease and suf-* fering that now threaten thousands who cannot speak for themselves. Let me add, they may later act for them selves if we do not meet this situa tion. NIELS CHRISTENSEN. “Speaking strictly from the moral viewpoint,” Bishop DuBose said, “the Democratic prohibition plarfk ia un- acceptable and impossible to constitu tional -prohibitionists. The Republi can plank is almost equally so.” “For prohibitionists to vote for the Demccratic nominees,” he continued, “would help to pave the way for license and the saloon.” “President Hoover,” the bishop declared, “has deserted and disappointed millions of constitutional prohibitionists, and no longer has a claim upon their loyalty.” “But all have admitted that' the attitude of Mr. Curtis, candidate for vice-president, continues a modifying and challenging fact in the contest,” Bishop DuBose said. “Leaving Mr. Hoover out of mind, multitudes of prohibitionists will vote for the Re publican electors in support of MR. Cuttis, understanding that should he be elected, there is always a possi bility of his succeeding to the presi dency.” I From the above position taken by Bishop DuBose it would seem that the many men and women of his chur'ch throughout the South—and members of other denominations as well—would clearly see it their duty and high privilege to “go and do likewise” as Christian citizens inter ested in the Prohibition cause. Pas tors should advise their members who are hesitating in the matter, to do so, and thereby rapidly mobilize the forces of prohibition in solid phalanx in the present emergency. W. A. BETTS. Bamberg, S. C. Ashleigh Church Service. The Rev. Mr. Mclver will conduct services at the Ashleigh Baptist Church next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. A cordial invitation ig ex tended to the general public to at tend. There will, be a business meet ing after the service. Poor Husband “But, Mabel, dear, what makes you so pensive?” “The maid lias left us. and now my poor husband has to do all the work.” Urges Support of G. O. P. Candidates. To The Editor: Quite recently thq^ssociated Press reported that Bishop H. M. DuBose of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, said in a statement at Nash ville', Term., where he resides, that “multitudes of prohibitionists will vote for the Republican electors in support of Vice-President Charles Curtis in the approaching national election.” Dormouse m European Although tiie white-footed mouse of the United States is sometimes termed the dormouse, the true dormice are in habitants only of the Old world. The dormouse is a sort of cross between the real mouse and the squirrel. It seems to have characteristics of both. It usually lives in trees and bushes and feeds freely on berries and nuts. It is thoughtful of the future, like the squirrel, and lays up a good store of food for the winter and then curls up to sleep during the cold months. On warm days during the winter the dor mouse wakes up, eats a bit and then goes back to sleep. Evened Up Diner—Hey, waiter, there’s no turtle In this soup. Walter—No, and there's no horse in the horseradish. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee. +*e««*+*^MM>{Mg M xfie*******« My Forty-Fourth Circus. A circus came to town a few days ago and I went to see it, as I had to take the baby. I missed a circus that came to town in 1899, and never got over it. On account of the depres sion, I had a hard time getting a seat, the show wa s so crowded The general admission to the show was the same as advertised, viz: 50 cents, but when I bought my ticket, the man charged me 5 cents tax for Uncle Sam and 5 cents tax for my home State. The unreser ved seats were so located that peeping through a hole in the tent had them all hollow, so I had to pay 50 cents more for a chair with back to it— in sight of the ring. My chair had a splinter in it, but I got it picked out of me after I got home. I don’t enjoy splinters except for kindling fires The popcorn man charged 10c for his 5c popcorn, but he sold his nickle Cracker Jack for only a dime. I bought an ice-cream cone for 10c that had elephant hair and dust all over it. It would have taken 500 cones to make a square meal for a kitten. They wouldn’t start the show till they sold out all of their candy and stuff, but just before I dozed off to sleep for the night, it broke lose. It had a parade of horses and ele phants and some camels, as usual, al so clowns and a few pigs, or shoats— according to where you were raised. From the look s of the crowd, grocery stores are going to have a hardtime collecting anything for 2 weeks or more. We spent all we had. My wife asked me if we had a nice crowd at the circus, and I told her we had a big one. I took some of her folks along ed some good tricks.:. I saw most of them 20 years ajgo, ' meaning the tricks. The show girl s were all real pretty at a distance, and so were .the 2 trained donkeys. And then ca the concert. And such a concert! A UUUIV CJV/Wiv. » ~ clowns puH- rthe little gray squints twitte sott- Now, folks, that concert was wonderful. They had Wien with ropes and 2*or 3 horses, and the wrestling match was something like a couple of 3-day old puppie s wallow ing over one another. That was all they “concerted.” This was the first dime anybody had beat me out of for nearly a year. By the time the man and woman twirled the ropes around their heads 6 or 8 times, the show-gang had the tents torn down, the seat s all moved and the .stobs pull ed up. I was a pretty good circus for 50 cents, but I had to pay $1.10 to see it. fall is nigh at hand, the oak leaves is shedding and floating to the ground in large numbers while fllat rock news our efficient school principle, miss jennie veeve smith and her sis ter, sallie veeve, has started a liberry fund fo buy some books to put in the liberry which they will start in a back room at the rare of the audy- torium. each child will be asked to fetch a peny a month from now on, if they can bony that much from their daddies ansoforth. ly amonkst the limbs, the grass n the cow pastorals turning brown and the crickets i s chirping their love songs under the chips, cotton pick ing is over and long underwear, if smme can be had, will soon feel kind to the legs and anatomy generally, hurrah for fall! old mrs. green who was reported at death’s' door in his collum last week has overcotqe her spell of colick and ig up and aboqt again, and hei chillun will not be aHe to divide her property as they hope<l\to do - ^ next^ week. her-son-in-law, \who had picked out the home-place, Vy s she now looks like she i s good for ^O cr 15 more years. ! the town council met in execu tive session last night and decided to cut the expenses for' the insuing year, they reduced their salaries frlom *.$■ per meeting to 4$ per month, and they will ask the policeman to buy his own unieform, and sell his pistol, they may take out the stove in the front room, as it is used for loafers only who enjoy playing checkers an soforth, but taxes will remain the s ame and wont be cut pone. mr. bull jones say s that he aint going to call no names, but if a black spotted hound dog don’t stop doing so much barking at all times of night in the future, the drug store will sell a big dost of stricknine at an early date, flat rock would be a nice town to sleep in if it wassent for that dog, so he says. bob ivvins is putting in a petition for a compensation or bonnus or something like 9 other boys are now getting from the govverment. he says he can prove that he ketched flat feet in the camp at atlanta, and sllso a chigger bit him. he wants 40$ a month, he will no doubt get same. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd. # corry spondent. Treasurer’s Tax Notice! The County Treasurer’s office will be open from October tst, 1932. to March 15th, 1933, for collecting 1932 taxes, which include real and personal property, poll and road tax. All taxe.* due and payable betwgen October 1st and December 31st r 1932, will be collected without penalty. All taxes not paid a^ stated will be subject to penalties as provided by law. January 1st, 1933, one per cent, will be added. February 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 will be subject to collection. - ; . State § ' 6 >> ca c 6 Road and Bridge Bonds Past Ind. Bonds Coa-titutional School 6-0-1 School Special Local TOTAL No. 24—Ashleigh 5 0 4 1 3 4 12 I 29 No. 33—Barbary Br’ch._ 5 0 4 1 3 4 29 46 No. 45—Barnwell ^ 5 0 4 1 3 4 28 45 No. 4—Big Fork 5 0 4 •1 3 4 17 34 No. 19—Blackville * 5 0 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 44 No*. 21—Edisto -S - 4 1. .^-3- 25. No. 28—Elko 5 o - 4 a A OQ Ad No. 53—Ellenton . j 5 0 4 1 3 4 29, 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 5 0 4 1 3 l 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 Forest...- 5 0 4 1 "S 4 . 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 ages 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 the 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 money orders, or certified checks. J. J. BELL, Co. Treas. - -J. ' . 4 ' f * SEND US YOUR ORDERS FOR JOB PRINTING. •