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i 1 V; V £#■ THE OF^CIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTT/ Barnwell ..\V CoosoHdatod Jdm t. ‘Juftt Like a (Vl«mk>c>r of Ih® F«mlly M VOLUME LVI. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1932 NUMBER !•. Endorses Change in State’s Fiscal Year Senator Brown Says It Is Most Ef fective Single Stroke That Could Be Made. . . _ _ <- 4, The most effective single stroke of business managenient and economy • "f . j that could be made in the government of South Carolina would be to adopt the constitutional amendment chang- ng the fiscal year of the governmeni from Januaty~lst. or calendar year basis, to the July 1st, or fiscal year basis,” Senator Edgac A. Brown, of Barnwell, said Tuesday in discussing this proposed amendment to the State constitution. Commenting fur ther, the Senator said the change .'hould be made for the following easons: “1. The Federal government runs on a July fiscal year basis; and Fed eral Aid for roads, colleges, experi ment stations and other activities is appropriated and allotted, and must be matched on a fiscal year basis. “2. A great many of the other States, probably a majority, operate >n the July fiscal year basis. For purposes of statistical comparison of South Carolina with them uniformity s desired. “3. The high schools and graded -' hools of the State operate on the July fiscal year, and expend on a July basi s the money appropriated by the General Assembly on a calendar year basb. This results in great confusion, uncertainty and waste of mnev. “4. The State collegs, experiment stations, national guard, and forestry work are on a July fiscal year basis, but receive 'part of their income for’ a complete calendar year and part for a complete fiscal year, so that it is necessary to keep two sets of records to conform with tjie two years. It is therefore impossible allocate or cal culate the per capita cost of opera tion. “5. Adoption of the July fiscal tear would gieatly simplify the book keeping and auditing of State depart ments and institutions, and would tender reports intelligible. Under the present system it i s virtually impossi Me for anyone except a skilled ac countant to understand the financial reports of depaitments and institu tions with disjointed fiscal years. With the July fiscal year uniformly in force in all parts of th? State gov ernment, a uniform system of book keeping could be installed. “6. The General Assembly could more effectively control the State’s finances. Heretofore in January of rach year, it has been called upon to appropriate funds for three separate and disjointed fiscal years, one begin ning the past July, one beginning on January 1st, and one the coming July, some departments using one basis, others another basis, and some of them even making their reports f° r the year ending October 1st. The hands of the General Assembly have been tied, becagse of the fact that more^han one-half of the whole ap propriation bill is already spent be- fore the legislature meets in January. Under the July fiscal yeai J plan the General Assembly would meet with hand s free, unrestricted by any con tracts or obligations, and could lay down complete plans for all the acti vities in time for the whole benefit of changes to be felt. “7. Departments and institutions tould do more work with less money. Under the present constitutional pro- vision they must absoib all reduction "fin eight or nine months, for three or four months of the calendar year have passed u ually before they learn what their appropriation will be. The colleges have been forced to place the burden of their reductions on four month of the twelve. It w’ould be far better for the General Assembly to be able to notify each department and institution in the spring how much money they are going to get begin ning July 1st. Time for readjust ments would thus be allowed. ■‘8. Property tax collections would then conform to the fiscal year of the State and collections of the property tax would begin in October soon after the beginning of the fiscal year, in stead of at the end, a« now. In the long run this wmild encourage the operation of the State government on a cash basis. ”9. Reorganization and consolida tion of activities could more promptly be carried oat by the next General Assembly, for they could be made ef fective beginning July 1st with .much Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Othera You Don’t Know. Bob Conhor, of Bowman, who is a brother cf A. D. Connor, of Barnwell, occupying the ‘‘lead position” in Rip ley’s “Believe It or Not” in Saturday's newspapers. Under his picture ap peared the following: “Bob Connor, of Bowman, South Carolina, was elected to the legislatuie by extolling hi? own faults! Such as—Lack of Education, Business Failure, Refusal to Pay Taxes , Disagreeable Disposition, Laziness, etc., and although he print ed no cards or advertisements,—re fused to shake hands, and cautioned the people against himself, he was elect ed by 500 pluialitv oyer 17 other can didates!” . . . The Democratic Party’s election ballots being received by Col. Edgar A. Brown—and the name.? of no Republicans appear there on. . . C. G. and W. A. Fuller coming in to Barnwell above' the clouds after a trip to Manning in the former’s plane. . . . The Rev. ,W. E. Wiggins, pastor of the Barnwpll Methodist Church, declaring that he saw a “spirit” during the services Sunday evening. ... A visitor from North Carolina saying that the Old North State is safe for Roosevelt and Garner by a huge majority. J. Buist Grubb-, one of the federal election commissioners, with a small package of Socialist election tickets sent from Charleston for next Tues day’s presidential election. . . . Heavy rain clouds, thunder and light ning. . . Prof. W. W. Carter, Lloyd A. Plexico, Norman Anderson and a party of friends from Greenville back from a deep-sea fishing excursion off Tybee Island and reporting a catch of ever 300 pounds of blackfish. . . A large sign being erected in front of one of the new stores in the Lancas ter block which will be occupied by Sexton’s Drug Store. Two negtoes discussing President Hoover and one of therrf remarking that he is “suttinly” a great man, he (Hoover) having “made fat-back taste just like ham.” . . . Buist Grubbs trying to “wish off” on the secretary of the local Democratic organization the Socialist tickets mentioned above. J. C. Moody qualifying as Barnwell’s oldest air-minded citizen. Mr. M .ody, who is 81 year s young, took his first flight in an airplane with C. G. Ful ler Tuesday afternoon. . . And Mis. Fuller taking les-ons in flying. Social and Personal News from Williston Williston, Oct. 29.—Among the college set who sipent last webk-end here with their parents tvere Misses Ethelyn Anderson, who had as her „ «r , guest her room-mate, Miss Mary Lo gan, of Florida, and Elizabeth Ken nedy, all of Coker college, and Morde- cai Garbei and Ted Hicks, of Clem- son college. Mr. and Mrs. Kenlaw Purvis and Mrs. Ben E. FMk have returned from a**isit of several days to fiiends in Atlanta. Miss Mayo Rountree ha-'vreturned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. H. H. Altman, of Atlanta. Mis s Margaret Thomp-on, of the New Brookland faculty, spent the week-end here with her mother, Mrs. Susan Thompson. Cordie Page Resigns. Columbia, Oct. 31.—The resignation of Cordie Page a s first assistant state attorney general was announced to day by Attorney General John M. Daniel. It wa* effective today. Mr. Page, in his letter of.resigna- nation, said the salary he received “was not commensurate with the work.” He i s entering private law practice in Columbia. Mr. Page, formerly of Conway, has been with the attorney general’.- of fice nearly eight years. i i Vote the Democratic Ticket next , Tuesday, November 8th. ^ greater ease and regularity. “Perhaps, there are other reasons just as strong as those suggested above. But they seem to establish the necessity of the change. It would save the State millions of dollars, and I give the General Assembly actual conti cl of State appropriations,” Sen ator Brown said in conclusion. * ■ L . I - Join the Red Cross and Help The Distressed and Needy Politics Talked at South Carolina Fair | Greenville May Have Three Candidates For Governor, for Which Many Others Aspire. New Brick Building Replaces One Burned UL Members of the f Baptist A Red Cross Roll Call Begins November 11 Campaign for Members Will Close Thanksgiving Day.—Local Chairmen Appointed. Local chairmen for the Red Cross Roll Call, which begins Friday, No vember 11th, and closes on Thanks giving Day, November 24th, have be;*n announced by Mr-. A. A. Lemon, as follows: Williston—Mrs. Winchester Smith. Blackville—Mrs. Herman Brown. Dunbarton—Mis s Belle Anderson. Barnwell—Mi!?. H. L. O’Bannon. Kline—Victor Lewis. Hilda—Mrs. A. P. Collins. Snelling—Mrs. R. R. Moore. Four Mile—Chas. G. Youngblood. -Big Fork—J. W. Sanders. JLyndhurst—Mrs. Mabel Gantt. Oak Grove—Mus Inei Creech. Hattieville—Mrs-. Effie Catei. Meyer’s Mill—C. O. Meyer. During the past few months, two carloads of flour (approximately 4,300 twenty-four pound bags) have been shipped into Barnwell County by national headquarters, in addition to 10,000 yard- of cloth to be made into garments for the needy and distressed. Three hundred families were also furnished with garden seed, and re- ! qui-fition has been made for ready made garments, such as overalls, jumpers, underwear’ and stockings, which will be distributed a- soon as they are received, ' The Red Cross in 1932 i s carrying the largest piece-time load in the his- o tory of humanitarian organizations and is dependent on the Annual Roll Call for financing the varfiou.- pro jects. Memberships are designated as follows: Annual $1; contributing, $5; j sustaining, $10; and supporting $25. i Fifty cents of each fee goes for national and international work. The rest i s for local services. Ginnings in County Show Large Decrease 10,849 Rales of Cotton Ginned Prior to Oct. 18, Compared With 16,- 769 Last Year. That County the cotton crcp in Barnwell is considerably/smaller than the yield in 1931 i s shown by a re port of P. A. Baxley, special agent, of Blackville, which was made public last week. According to this report, 10,849 bales had been ginned prior to October 18th this year a s compared with 16,769 bales to the same date in 1931. This is a decrease of approxi mately 6,000 bales, this year’s produc tion being about 60 per cent, of the yield last pear. The decrease is accounted for by several factors. First, there wa s a smaller acreage planted in 1932 than was the case in-1931. Second,/a de- crease in the amount of fertilizer used, and, third, ipoor seasons' in ma|ny ,-'lections of the county. -Early in the season, estimates of the approxi mate yield langed from 10,000 to 13,- 000 babs. From Mr. Baxley’s report On ginnings it wou’d seem that the final yie'd will be somewhere between the high and lew estimates—proba bly around 12,000 bales. The decreased yield is partially off set by higher prices at the beginning of the new cotton yeai, immediately following the government’s August 8t^r estimate, as a result of which jmces went above ninej:ents a pound. Since then, however, the trend has been downward, with an average price of perhaps 7V£ cents a pound. Columbia.—The State Fair, South Carolina’^ great, annual reunion, brought the u-ual thousands coming from every section of the State, for getting “hard times” fer a day ox two, looking at the exhibits, agricul tural and otherwise, cheering them selves hoarse at the football eluseie, and talking politics. Member’s-nomi- nate of the next general assembly, hold-over senators, candidates for positions to be filled by the general assembly meeting in January, pros pective candidates for State offices two years hence, and every other • bade and kind of statesman and poli tician, mingled with the throngs down at the ground s and talked over* “the situation” in up-town hotel rooms and office buildings. There was heard, for instance, talk that Greenville County had three son« whose friends were thinking they would make mighty fine governors for the dura tion of the tertn beginning two /ears from the third Tuesday in next Jan uary. Their name s were mentioned, and they are: Col. W. H. Keith, candi date two years ago for the chief mag istracy; W. P. Conyers, member ofthe house a couple of years ago, and C. E. (“Mountain Lion”) Sloan, recently nominated for' the State Senate from Greenville. Other counties had folks here boost ing the claims of their favorites, but none save Greenville, far as has been ascertained, had contingents talking of three potential gubernator- ical candidates. Among those being talked we/e of course Olin D. John ston of Spartanburg, and Lieutenant Governor James O. Sheppard of Edge field, both of whom have announced their intention of making the race; Senator R. M. Cooper of Lee, former Senator T. B. Pearce of Richland, R. Beverly Herbert of Richland, former United State? Senator Cole L. Blease of Columbia, Congressman Fred H. Dominick of Newberry, and a good many others, and there was some speculation with regard to the state ment of H. Kemper Cooke, nominated to the Senate from Horry, who said immediately after 4 the primary that he expected to remain in the senate only two years of the four-year term, this being taken by some to mean that the self-styled “backwoods states man” from Horry might be laying his plans to get into the race for gover nor : All of those who are now being “mentioned,” including the two gen tlemen who have positively announc ed, now held office or have held office in the,recent past. State gossop did not bring into prominence this year any new men in connection with the governorship. It was generally agreed, however, by non-partisans that in these times of political "unrest and near-political revolutions, anything might happen any day to br ing about a complete change in any political situation.—Aiken Standard. Church Will Observe Home Coming Day Nov. 6. Dunbarton, Nov. 1.—The members of the Dunbarton Baptist Church wilt observe • Home Coming Day Sunday, November 6th. One year ago on that date the old frame building in whi^h the people of Dunbarton and the surrounding community had worshipped for many years was destroyed by fire. The church member’s were not dismayed by their loss, but went to work at once to rebuild. A bif.lding commit tee composed of T. W. Dicks, chair man, W. H. Dicks, S. D. Rountree, J. Anderson and B. F. Anderson was elected. Work wa s soon started on a modern brick building to replace the old church and by July the auditorium was completed, the first service being reld in the new building on July l«t. The Sunday school rooms have not yet been completed, but they are be ing used. As additional money i s re ceived for the building fund, a little more work is done and each week sees the building nearer completion. The members are justly prtmd of the new church, which has been erected without one cent of indebted ness, and of the fine spirit of co-oper ation which has been: shown during its erection. The service next Sun day will be in the nature of a Thanks giving service and all members and former* members are urged to come and join in the service. Pastor Bonce H. Price will preach at the regular hour—11:30 a. m. Three Die in Plane Crash. Fog brought death Monday to two men and a girl who died instantly a» their plane crashed blindly into the middle of a country road hear Mocres- ville, N. C. They were Edward H. Byars, of Charlotte and Lincolnton, pilot and owner of the plane; W. Earle Padgett and his 17-year old daughter, Miss Earleen Padgett., of Lincolnton. Byars had been on a week-end visit to relative^ in Colum bia. Authorizes Discontinuance. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion has authorized the abandonment of the Seivern and Knoxville Rail road, which operated from Bates- burg, in Lexington County, to Wag- ener and Perry, in Aiken County. The Southein Railway, which oper ated the Seivern and Knoxville peti tioned for the discontinuance of this line several months ago, and tty? fight to have operations maintained w&.* carried by Aiken and Lexington Counties and by residents of the sec tion served before the State Railroad Commission. The railway carrted the matter before the Interstate Com merce Commission. Railroad officials maintain the op eration of the line has been maintain ed for sometime past at a loss. Mr. and Mr.' 1 . H. L. O’Bannon w^nt up to Columbia Sunday to visit ,G. Duncan Bellinger, Judge of Probate of Richland County, and Thos. M. Boulware, Esq., of this city, both of whom aie patients at the Columbia hospital. To Election Managers. The People-Sentinel is de sirous of getting complete re turns from next Tue:?day’s gen eral election as soon after the polls close as possible. We a?k, therefore, that one manager at each precinct in Barnwell Coun ty phone us the results a? soon as the votes have been counted. We understand that there are three tickets for presidential elector?—Democratic, Republi can and Socialist; two for the United States Senate and Con gress—Democratic and Republi can ; and only one for county of fices—Democratic. In addition there are several constitutional amendments. Please give us the total vote for each. 'Just call The People-Sentinel office or phone 89—well pay for the message. Thanks. New Act Is Explained by Master in Equity G. M. Greene, Eaq^ Has Received Many Inquiries About Deiciency Judgment Act. G. M. Greene, Master in Equity for Barnwell County, states that a num ber of persons have made inquiries of him about the recent Deficiency Judg ment Act of the General Assembly relative to the bidding at the Muster’s Sales remaining ofien for a period of 30 days. In order, therefore, that the public may have a clear under standing of this Act, Mr. Greene has issued the following statement in ex planation of the working of the law: “I quote the following from the Act referred to: ‘In all judicial sales of real estate the bidding shall not be cla-ed upon the date of sale but shall remain open for a period of thirty days from the date of such sale.’ (Acts cf 1932, page 1529.) The legal hours for all judicial sales a 8 fixed by statute are between eleven o’clock a. m. and five o’clock p. m. The recent law does not state at what hour oa the ’ thirtieth day the bidding shall be closed; but a 8 the legal hours for sales are between eleven and firs o’clock, the logical conclusion is that the bidding should be closed at fivu o’clock, p. m. (Eastern Standard Time) on the thirtieth day following the date of sale. For instance, the October sales day occuring on the third of October, all bidding on these sales will be closed on the second day of November at five o’clock p. m. Any person who desires to raise a bid on any October sale, must therefore pre sent his bid and make the required deposit on or before the second day of November at five o’clock p. nu “The Master’s books will be open at all times fer inspection by the r blic; and in case any bid in a sale rai ed the name of the peraon raising said bid and the amount there of will be made known to anyone whe may inquire.” Democratic Elector*. -* The South Carolina Democratic Electors as they will appear on the. ticket, November 8, are: Wilie Jones, Columbia. Claude N. Sapp, Columbia. H. K. Townes, Greenville. Joseph Maybank, Charleston. G. A. Neuffer, Abbeville. J. D. Pohe* Greenville. 1 Paul Hemphill, Chester. J. W. Perrin, Florence. • 11 ■"*'‘1 The Latest Slog am and Anti-Slogan. “Hoover blew the whistle, Mellon rang the bell. Wall Street gave the signal. And the country went to hr- *r~ —Halifax.* V-