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f . m ft « a/\Tmv/* a ona _ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1M2 B. P. DAVIES, Editor »nd Proprietor. Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ~ Ottd Year : ^50 Six Months -90 Three Months .50 (Strictly In Advance.) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1932 We agree with the News and Cour ier, which says, in an editorial lament ing the construction of the Boulder dam and the millions dollars being poured into the construction of the Hoover dam, that “it is no part of South Carolina’s duty to help furnish Lo s Angeles with power an<i water.” But, in the words of a popular song, “What are we to do about it? Let’s put out the lights and go to sleep.” Recently the statement wa s made by one supposedly in a position to ^know that South Carolina produces the best liquor in the United States, and now we see by the papers that South Carolina tomato juice has been endorsed by a New England physi cian. Enterprising bootleggers might combine the two in an attractive Christmas package. The Farm Problem. “Prices of farm products stand this fall at an index of 56 (pre-war aver age being considered as 100), prices paid by farmers for commodities bought 107, farm 'taxe 3 about 250, farm wages 84,” says the December report of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. “The general wholesale price level of all comjnodities stands at 94,” the report continues, and “In dustrial wages rates are around 175.” Thus, the farmer is faced with the problem of trying to make both ends meet by paying a higher than pre war average for commodities that he must buy with products that are worth only slightly more than half as much. With the cotton farmer the problem i s made even more acute, in asmuch as his yield per acre has been reduced very greatly by the ravages of the boll weevil.. On the other hand, the industrial wage earner is in a very much better position than before the World War, a s his wages “are around 175” (an increase of 75'per cent.), while at the same time he is able to purchase so much more with his dollar because of the decline in the prices for farm products. Reviewing the drop in farm income, the bureau points out that “in the last three years the producers of grains, of cotton, meat animals, and of dairy products have seen their income shrink roundly one billion dollars in each of those lines; and these industries are not the only large Users.” The bureau places responsibility for the long deflation in farm products prices in “causes largely outside ag riculture.” Net production of farm products, it is stated, has been com paratively stable for ten years while all sorts of farm shifts and readjust ments have been resorted to, and pro duction ig less this year than in 1929. Nevertheless, the gross farm income is only 44 per cent, of that for 1929. Recent .improvement is reported in g ome lines, as in the November butter and egg markets and the recent step ping up of the movement of leading fruits and vegetables to about 2,500 cars a day or nearly the same volume as that of a year ago, but considering the year 1932 as a whole, the bureau says, “the situation has once more been dominated by those forces which have swept prices and income down to new low levels.” tot medison and practice and cutting them open ansoforth. the shofers both lost out. the other 3 stoars in be muchly flat Pock works their own wives and childrens, hence no extra help is wanted. Frejn Italy. 1,000,000,000 pounds of spaghetti, 2,000,000,000 pounds of garlic. 200,000 pounds of grapes. 300 large battleships. $4.75 in actual cash. From Germany. ^ ~— 2,000,000,000 pounds of limberger cheese. 200,000,000 kegs of lager beer. 500 tons of poison gas. $.75 in actual cash. From Great Britain. 1,000,000,000 quarts of Haig and Haig. 200,000,000 pints of White Horse. 300,000 gallons of Three Feathers. 250,000 monocels. 50,000 race horses. 1,000 U-Boats. $2.75 in real money. the blacksmith shop is busted and the member 8 of his family, including him, have moved out in the country to her brothers, and he is allso busted, but don’t hafter pay'rent, the milk dairy is closed down onner count of his 2 1 cows went dry, so they are out of un-employment allso. Belgium could send us a few paintings and $2.00 in cash. France could possibly spare 500,000,000 cask s of good wine, a few late dresses, and 50 cents in cash. Russia might ship 2,000,000 bales of whiskers and 30 cents. And the rest of the world could pay us in chips and whetstones also, and break us too. (N. B. No charge is made for this advice, Gen tlemen. • ^ Yours truly, Geo McGee, Ex-Financier. How to Tell What Your Neighbor Had for Breakfast. 1.—If you notice a few egg splot ches on h' s vest, why, er-er, let me see, he must have had eggs for break fast unless, of course, he likes may onnaise at hi g morning meal; it could ba mayonnaise splotches. 2.—If he sneezes on the way to his work, and a drove of sparrows make a dive for the neighborhood of the said sneeze, he is a dry-toast victim. Lots of women don’t know any better (yet) than to feed their husbands on that kind of stuff. 3. If h? has dust or shavings all over his lap, he’ s surely been eating cornflakes or brand or some socalled breakfast food. It is possible to de cide more definitely as to which cereal he ha 3 had to enjoy for the recent re past if you’ll notice his whiskers if he has any whiskers. all told, we have about 84 living off the red cross flour so far as bread is concerned, but most of them are fur nishing their own meat and gassc- leen and radios, we think that the dimmercrack.s will fetq'h prosperity back, even if they are forced to go around the corner and drag her in. our preecher s are hawing a hard pull, as all the members still think salvation is free, but he says free sal vation don’t, mean free wood, >vatter, light s and food, but they think so and pray as loud as ever, the railroad agent is still here and has a job, but he is not working, as the trucks are hauling all of the freight. if we need help, i will rite or fcam you with out fail. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd. corry spondent. TOAST WRITTEN BY RIVERS GIVEN TO JONES AS DIRECTED i i Nobody’s Business Another “Young” Plan. Messrs. Hoover and Roosevelt, presi dents, Washington and New York,' Dear Friends:— You all won’t mind an outsider making a suggestion, will you? I see in the papers where our old war (ex) allies are busted, broke, and possibly bankrupt—which makes it nearly im possible for them to pay us the due^portion of those war debts. It looks like it is up to you gentlemen to provide ways and means to relieve the pay-in of these debtor nations. i i Here’s my suggestion: Let our "fmftiii” friends (?) pay us in kind, that is, with staple merchandise, etc. that we are in deperate need of. Each 4. If he has brown on his jaws and chin, you can put it down that those spots were caused by dipping or sousing his toast in his coffee. A great many semi-toothless gentlemen can’t handle toast in any other man ner. It softens it by thi$ rocess, but it leaks and splashes slightly while being devoured hurriedly. r 5. If he i 3 seen icking his teeth with hi 3 pocket knife or screwdriver, he’s guilty of trying to eat s\me steak he bought because it was cheap. Steak gravy makes black or very dark places on his vest, shirt or trousers, so, if in doubt as to whether or not he has had steak^the giavy-spots will help you to identify hi s meal.. 6. If he has a wife who enjoys bridge more than she enjoys home making, you can tell that , he has light-bread and butter for breakfast if you observe some soft crumbs ad- hearing to his lips or nose. It is hard to find a napkin to wipe litter off one’s mouth while your wife is in bed sleep ing late, as usual, and the cook ain’t coming. (I sincerely hope these few suggestions will be helpful to all neighbors and it will save you from trying to smell what the other crowd is cooking for breakfast, which cer tainly ain’t country ham, these hard times). Mike Clark Explains Flat Rock’s Unemployment Situation, flat rock, s. C., deeem. 13, 1932; deer mr. editor: yore letter was received asking me to make a report on the unemploy ment situation in our midst and i will do so, as followers: there are a great meny men, wim- men and childrens out of jobs here :nner count of the sody fountam turn ed off 2 boys and the garage turned off mr. brown and hi s family and the chain stoar moved. Evidently realizing that he did not have long to live J. Clifton Rivers, late State warehouse commissioner, called his stenographer into his of fice sometime before his death and dictated a toast to be delivered to his successor. It was sealed and handed to the secretary with order 3 that it was to be passed to “the man he did not know.” V Mr. Riveers died July 29th of a sud den heart attack. He was succeeded by J. Roy Jones, formerly with the department of agriculture. The two men knew each other as personal friends but neither knew Mr. Jones would be the one who would next hbjd the office. The following is the toast as writ ten by Mr. Rivers: “Here i s a toast that I want to drink to a fellow I’l never know—to the fellow who’s going to take my place wh-n it’s time for me to go. I’ve wondered what kind of a chap he’ll be, and I’ve wished I could take his hand, just to whisper, ‘I wish you well, old man,’ in a way that he’d un derstand: I’d Hke to give him the cheering word that I’ve longed at time 3 to hear; I’d like to give him a warm handclasp when ’never a friend seems near. I’ve learned my knowl edge by sheer hard work, and I wish I could pass it on to the fellow who’ll come to take my place sorpe day when I am gone. “Will he see all the sad mistakes I’ve made and note all ths- battles lost ? W’ill he ever gues s of the tears they caused or the heartaches which they Post? Will he gaze through the fail ures and fruitless toil to the under- iyhig plan. And catch a glimpse of the real intent and* tW* heart-of .the vanquished man? I dare to hope he may pause some (jay as he toils a« I have'wrought, and gqin strength for hi s weary task from the battles which I have foUght. But I’ve cnly the task itself tp leave with the cares for him to face,\ and nsver a cheering word may sp^ak to the fellow who’ll take my place. “Then here’s \o your health, old chap; I drink a? a bridegroom-to his bride; I have an unfinished task for you, but God knows how I tried, I’ve dreamed my dreams,\as all men do, but never a one came tiue. And my prayer teday is that all the dreams may be realized by you\ And we ’d meet some day in the grejit unknown —cut in the realms of space; you’ll know my clasp as I take your hand and gaze in your tfred faceX Then all failures will be a success \ in the light of the new-found dawn—-Vo I’m drinking your health, old chap, Who’ll take my place when I am gone. , “J. Clifton Rivers “December, 1929.” CHRISTMAS DAY V 4 LIGHTS ► TRUMBULL of NEW YORK The secretary of a famous play wright recently called up a noted au thor. She was telephoning, she said, to report for the opening of bis show, which bis friends could have at regu lar box office prices. •Thank him for me." replied the frnjhnf ••and toil him that t have ar- ranged with my publishers to have a stack of my latest book laid aside, and that copies may be secured by my close friends at ^fhe regular retail price, without recourse to speculators.” • * • ^ Science has opened one more Job to the blind. A New York woman, who lost her sight long ago, is employed as a radio critic by one of the largest broadcasting companies. The company has found her opinion of programs valuable. the 2 street employees that useter clean urp the leaves and trash and haul same off to the incennerator lost their jobs 3 week s hence when the citty ccnsel did not have quite enough monney to pay the mayor, much less useless help, and now the poleeseman does what little cleaning up i g done. the 2 doctors here had shofers for their cars up to a month ago, but when noboddy woulddent pay them The average length of a hotel bed Is said to be six feet six inches, but Rdyal Ryan tells me of one hotel that has laid iu a couple of dozen beds a foot longer. This will be good news for such citizens as Robert E. Sher wood, Jess Willard and others who didn’t stop growing. • * • Gus Dorals, football coach at De troit. is supposed strongly to resemble Eddie Guest, the poet One way to tell them apart Is to watch Dorals write a poem and Guest boach an eleven. Eddie Batchelor tells me that Dorals has two small sons who are, as might be expected, enthusiastic dev otees of the pigskin pastime. Re cently, the coach stopped to watch his progeny engaged In an exciting game. He was somewhat puzzled by the pres ence of a ten-year-old. who followed the action up and down the lot with a large alarm clock hung around his neck by a piece of rope. Suddenly the alarm went off with a terrific din, and play was suspended. It was then explained that the hoy with the clock was the timekeeper. He set the alarm to ring In fifteen minutes, which marked the end of a quarter. * * • H. N. Swanson, who quit magazine editing, spent several weeks In New York, but now has returned to Holly wood. These film executives seem to lead an active life. Since George Pal mer Putnam, for example, has become connected with the motion picture in dustry, the only way to talk to him comfortably Is to ride along beside him on a bicycle as he sprints from conference to conference. • * * In a penthouse on the West side of New York lives a baron who was once stationed in German Africa, a Filipino boy, and a monkey. The three appear to get along In perfect amity. * * * The Dutch Treat club, which sus pends during the sumer months, has started its luncheons again. Prob ably more well known persons have spoken at this club than at any other like organization in the world. • • • About the only time that New York youngsters get a chance to see a horse is when the Rodeo comes to Madison Square Garden. Whether or not this show makes the youth of the town long To be cotrhoys Is a question. -The bufkers they bring to these cham pionships look slightly more danger ous than lions and a city boy’s reac tion might be that they were better objects for big game hunting than for riding. But it does teach the city dwellers the difference between the bronks and the Bronx. Bade to Farm Movement Growing, Figures Show Washington.—Increases during the first three months of 1932, according to the Department of Agriculture, Indi cate a total farm population at the end of the year of approximately 32,* 000,000. This figure would be only 77,000 lower than the 1910 rural popu lation year. During the first three months of this year the department said, the farm population’ of the United States in creased by 263,000. “The farm population estimates,” said the department, “clearly Indicate the effect *f the current business de pression, yet even during this period many farm people Vhave moved to cities.” It was pointed out, however, that the net farmward movement during the first 90 days of 1932 amounted to 132,000 persons—564,000 having moved to farms from cities, as compared with 432,000 who left farms for cities. “The net gains In farm population In 1930 and 1931, plus the projected gains this year,” the department said, “will more than offset the decrease of approximately a million and a half people In the farm population from the years 1920 to 1930.” Maxwell Brol Furniture V v . ' • Special Values for Christmas Shopping , j v 933 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. NOTICE! It is not definitely known when Christmas was first celebrated. The institution of the festival is attributed to Telesphorus, who flourished in the reign of Antpninus Pius (131-161 A. D.) The reason for the final choice of December 25th cannot be deter mined. As Christianity spread, the feast of the winter solstice, the time when the day begins to increase, and light to triumpth over darkness, was changed into the Feast of Christ, the Light of Life. TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS Jobless Go Fishing, Rod Makers Thrive Post Mills, Vt.—The depression hks brought prosperity to this mountain hamlet, A rod company, sol* industry of the village, re turned to normal production and now 'has added a night shift, em ploying a total of fifty hands. It manufactures split bamboo rods and other fishing paraphernalia. Many of the nation’s Jobless have turned to angling to while away their idld\ moments, thus lncrea& ing the demand for these products, according to company officials. Against Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Any person or person s entering upon the lands hereinafter referred to situate in Barnwell, Richland and Red Oak Townships, for the purpose cf hunting, fishing or trapping, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the Irwi J. M. Weather. 5 bee 572 Estate of H. A. Patterson 2,000 Joseph E. Dicks 800 R. C. Holman — 400 A. A. Richardson 1,000 Lemon Bros. 150 John K. Snelling — 100 J. P. Harley 150 L. W. Tilly 160 John Newton 200 Tom Davis 400 B. L. Easterling 75 Terie Richardson 100 N. A. Patterson (Tanglewood Place) - 130 W. M. Cook 250 GEO. H. WALKER, Owner ANGUS PATTERSON, Mgr. Treasurer’s Tax Notice! Mrs. Flossie Smith 1,000 Mrs. Katf M. Patterson 3,000 Duncannon Place 1,650 Sweet Water Place 500 B. L. Easterling Cave Place 20Q Barnwell Turpentine Co.: Simmons Place 450 . Middleton Place 300 Mose Holley 200 B. C. Norri 8 125 J. W. Patterson 100 L. Cohen—(Hay Place) 200 Dr. Allen Patterson 1,000 Brice Place. 500 Harriett Houston 150 Mrs. B. H. Cave 250 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. February 1st, 1933, two percent, will be added.' March 1st to 15th, feeven percent, will be added. Executions will be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection af ter March 15fh, 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. 4 State Ordinary Count> T. c rz w O Past Ind. Bonds Con.- titutionul School 6-0-1 School Special Local TOTAL No. 24—Ashleigh 5 0 4 1 3 1 4 12 29 No. 33—Barbary Br’ch._ 5 0 4 1 3 4 29 46 No. 45^-Barnwell 5 0 4 1 i 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 o 4 1 3 1 4 27 44 No. 50—Diamond 5 » 4 1 3 4 13 , 30 No. 20—Double Pond__ 5 0 • 4 1 3* 4 19 36 No. 12—Dunbarton A '0 M' 1' 3 | 4 27. 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 o 4 1 3 4 IQ No. 10—Healing Spgs._- 5 0 4 1 3 4 20 Ov> 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 1 3 4 10 27 No. 8—Long Branch.—. ‘ 5 , 0 4 1 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 3 4 27 44 No. 38—Oak Grove— — 5 o , 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 t. 3 4 14 31 No. 7—Red Oak. 5 0 4 ~x 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 me commutation roaa tax oi ?>3.uu must be paid by all male citizer between the ages of 21 and 55 years. All male citizens between the ag< 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 paii It is the duty of eafch school trustee in each school district to that this tax is collected or aid the Magistrate in the enforcement < the provisions of this Act. Checks will not be accepted for taxes under any circumstances e: cept at the risk of the taxpayer.—(The County Treasurer reserves it right to hold all receipts paid by check until said checks have been paid Tax receipts will be released only upon legal tender, postoffice mom orders, or certified checks. J. j. BELL, Co. Treas. Send Ui Your Job Printing Orders