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-V - \ #A61 rwa A- THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CARObtnj THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, IMS TlwBarnwell People-Sentinel & f JOHN W. HOLMES 1840—1912. / *****-' Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.60 Six Months .90 Three Months .60 (Strictly la Adraaee.) and opened up a vast empire. Their forebears fought the red jnen for the possession of the land—now they are ready to fight their own kind to re tain possession, JL ‘ It is hard ti convince men in their ^P»J)AVIES t Editor and Proprietor, present frame of mind that such acts of violence are justified. They have worked hard to produce enough from the soil to support their families and pay the interest and principal on in flated loans. It ig no fault of theirt that the collapse of our economic sys tem has brought them to the brink cf ruin—wiping out in a short space of time the work and sacrifice and THURSDAY, JANUARY—12. 1933 .. privation of many years. Debts were for c35. v the 'city counsel drug off main street friday and it was much appre ciated by the voters, as it had got ver- ry bumpy and full of ginnanests. this made it rough on ottermdbeels anso- forth. they used the chaingang scrape which is camped nearby. Watch your step tomorrow—Friday, the 13th. Hush, little girlie, don’t you cry, You'll b€ a school marm by V by. The general assembly convened on Tuesday and bad weather may be ex pected for the next 40 days or more. The People-Sentinel favors a sales tax if the revenue is to be used to reduce or remove the property tax. If it is to provide an additional seurce of revenue for the purpose of paying high salaries to officials, providing useless jobs in the various bureaus, etc., etc., ad infinitum, we are un alterably opposed to it. fjfeV;-' Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings against the Manning Times, Clarendon County weekly newspaper, have been instituted in the United State 9 Dis trict Court in Charleston for Virginia creditors, who allege that the news paper and its owners owe them $18,- 123 for newsprint and other suplies. Wish somebody would show us how to owe somebody $18,123. At the press institute held by the South Carolina Press Association at the University of South Carolina in Cclumbia Friday, our good friend, Ed DeCamp, of Gaffney, made a few extemporaneous remarks that were thoroughly enjoyed by all in attend ance. During the course of his short talk, Ed said that people have fallen too much into the habit of praying for additional things instead of falling on their knees and thanking God for the many that 'they already have. A world of philosophy and common sense in that. And it is also worthy of note that Ed did NOT recite “Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man,’’ which is news of the same calibre as that of the man biting the dog. Incidentally, the Gaffney scribe had a new “pome.’’ Local jig-saw puzzle enthusiasts should beware. Out in California the ertaze has taken such a hold on the feminine population of one town that the husbands have appealed to the mayor to send their wives back to their housewifely duties. Here’s what an Associated Press dispatch from Carmel, Calif., says: “Golf widows, bridge widowers— now the poor husband bereft of femi nine care and attention on account of the jig-saw puzzle. "That their' wives might return to dishwashing, bed making and door bell-answering, a group of Carmel husbands has appealed to the city council to banish the jig-saw puzzles and picture cutouts. They charge the ■wives were ‘constrained in unhealthy positions’ while working the puzzles and were neglecting household duties. “Mayor John Catlin avowed he would refer the matter to the city attorney for opinion.’’ The Farmers Rebelling. Out in the Middle West a few weeks ago, the farmers went on strike and attempted to prevent produce irom reaching the markets in an effort to increase prices. Now, from the same section—Iowa—comes news of a more serious and disturbing nature. Last week at Le Mar's, Iowa, a group of irate farmers at a farm foreclosure sale slapped the face of the sheriff, dragged an attorney of the New York Life Insurance Com pany down 18 stone steps and forced a judge to write his recommendations to the governor-elect. The attorney, fearful that he would be lynched, ■wired his company for permission to ■raise their bid on the property, which was granted. Their display of vio lence forced the postponement of another foreclosure sale. While aympathizing with the farmers of thg. country in their distress, The Peo ple-Sentinel is very glad indeed that ttta incident did not occur in South Carolina, which i s looked upon by aaany in other sections as a lawless State. Iowa, however, is supposed to W populated with old fashioned, pion eer American stock—decendants of contracted when wheat was selling at $2 and more a bushel./ Now they find it impossible to repay those cheap dollars with wheat selling at as t a s 12 cents a bushel. David R. Coker last week quoted a member of the federal reserve board as saying that wheat is selling at that price and com at nine cents in South Dakota. What is tine of the condition of the grain growers of the West is likewise true of the cotton growers of the South with the fleecy staple selling at five and six cents a pound. These figures should represent the PROFIT on such products instead of their sell- • / V mg prices. While the action of the Iowa farm ers may be lawless, it will have serv ed a most excellent service if it re sults in a readjustment of farm values. An ( j unless such readjustment is hastened, such acts of violence and lawlessness will spread to other farming sections. v _.effie green ha 8 sold his pair of •rutches, as he found he w^as well en ough to walk without them the next day after he got his insurance monney for being crippled in a wreck, which was 65$, but the docto^ got 10$ and his lawyer got 25$. crutches, so he come out all right in the end. plnyment from one end of the earth to the other. - - 7 y- And thusly have our beloved (?) poli-ticians handled and hampered Uncle Sam’s business affairs. They have 1 eft no stone unturned to~ tear down and mess up. They have bor rowed and bought, bought and bor rowed, wrecked and built, built and wrecked, hired and re-hired, wasted and destroyed, taxed and double-tax ed, expanded and extended—till we are nearly all broke or busted or bankrupt and tbe end ain’t yet in sight—much to the shame of decency and common sense. Selah! Maxwell Brothers Furniture Special Values for Christmas Shopping ' ■■■■■' -— \ " • '» > 1 ■ - "■ 933 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. V t Reforming the School System. Because of lack of funds, hundreds of schools in Alabama and Atkansas have been forced to close. Thousands of teachers have been thrown out of work and other thousands of pupils are “all dressed up and no place to go.” Among the major problems to be faced by the present session of the South Carolina general assembly is that of reforming our school system. It i? needless and foolish to say that we can continue spending money for educational purposes a s we have in the past. Already hundreds of dis tricts in the State are unable to pay their teachers. Where funds are not available, many teachers are selling their pay warrants at substantial dis counts, thus accepting a drastic cut in salary that doe R not benefit the taxpayers cf the State except those fortunate few who still have money to invest. It stands to. reason, there fore, that if the teachers can accept a cut by discounting their warrants, hands of the State and the' various’ districts for the benefit of the tax payers as a whole. It is idiotic to continue to promise to pay salaries to teachers^er other employes of the State that cannot be paid except by the sacrifice of the homes and farms and industries of South Carolina. We would hate to see the schools of Barnwell County closed for a month—but it would be better to dose them for a year or two years rather than be forced to educate our children at the price of bankruptcy. And what we have to say about the schools applies with equal force to other departmeuts of government. The time has arrived when dristic cuts must be made in the personnel of the various bureaus and departments as well as in the salaries of those who may be retained to administer the affair s of government. A reduction in the appropriation bill that does not also carry a reduction in the tax levy will be giving the people a stone ,vhen they ask for bread. The People-Sentinel does not envy the members of the legislature the task that they are facing. But the situation in Alabama and Arkansas is the handwriting on the wall. The people are looking to them for real relief—even at the expense of the pampered tax-eaters. __. .thexirug stoar is serving hot sody watter and chockerlate drinks and is making a killing out of same, he took in c30 yesterday from a quart of milk which cost him only clO. if he don’t cut his prices, he is sur’e to have com petition. folks can’t stand idly by and see him get rich, the millenary stoar is talkin about putting in soft drinks, that will hurt him bad. the citty counsel is having a right hard collecting the license fees from the merchants onner count of them being too high, considering the deprAsLn and the panick; but the poleeseman told the cumm and gitt cash stoar that the city had to raise some monney to pay the help with and keep him employed, and they had to get it by the license route, as it is against the law to use a pistol like jesse james done, the citty don’t know that the merchants is hard up allso. mr. editor, kindly run a parri- graph in youre wanted department that all peddlers and hitch-hikers are warned not to come to our town looking for relief, a 3 there is none left for the regular ressidents at piessent. they will all arrive and depart at their own risks, as the citizens can not raise nothing for them, it is about all we can do now to pay for our gas and oil and toback- er, much less help the outside world. some changes have took place since the new month arrived, the cor ner cash swopped stoars with the pay and tote, and the maggistrate moved acrcst the hall over the post offis, and jhon smith moved into 2 rooms of his mother-in-law and saved his rent, and jeff stokes left town entirely. yores trulie, mike Clark, corry spondent. - ^ The Trust and^the Trusted.-. they can accept a drastic opt at the - — Mn A. Citizen owned, a right sihart of property in 19 and 20, sbeh as merchatidwie establishments, farms, factories, etc. He found it necessary to go on a very long journey whi»|. required his absence for a peried of 12 years. Mr. A. Citizen and hi s wife and family knew that their interests must be intixisted to other men and they proceeded therefore to ballot on cer tain candidates that had offered their services to tun his business during their absence. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee. News From Flat Rock bob flynn has not yet returned back from the last bonnus martch on Washington and his wife i s afeared that he did not get his bonnus, as he is staying off so long, and if he did get it, she i s a-feami that he has spent same by now. he was in the war hot never did get but oT W first camp. Mr. A. Legislator was duly elect ed to look after Mr. Citizen’s farming interests. Mr. A. Congressman was the successful aspirant*in a race and he wa? delegated to manage Mr. Cttt- zen’s mercantile holdings, while Mr. A. Senator came thru with a howl, and he was immediately put in charge of Mr. Citizen’s factories and wage- eamers. r Mr. A. Citizen returned home in 1931. He found that Mr. A. Legisla tor had mortgaged all cf his farm lands and built roads over the said lands, erected useles g barns, hired various and sundry unnecessary ten ants to look after this and that while he slept and slumbered and loafed on a high salary created by himself. Re sult: All of Mr. A. Citizen’s proper ty of this kind had become worthless to him. Fools, We Are. Before I was 35 years of age, I thought all of the fools were in the asylum. I know better now. - i ___ < ‘_I saw .a bare-headed cake eater drive hi s daddy’s car down a sleet- covered street the other day at 50 miles per hour. It takes a dormant btain to do that. \ Last year a bunch of senators and congressmen passed the Smoot- Hawley tariff bill. Thinking minds would not have done that. This smart trick made S i® v es out of half the world, Cuba especially, and paupers out of us. Edward Tully went all over town last week trying to borrow some money on a third mortgage on hfs house. He should have been sent to the “Rattle-brain home” years and years ago. Only a fool would even try out a second mortgage in that manner. Our public office-holders are loading more taxes upon the backs of our citizenship, knowing full well that they have already pver-burdened them Oniy idiotic people would attempt to make a horse travel with a heavier load than it could bear. Pig brains would knew that the animal should be relieved of a portion of it s ton nage—rather than keep piling on. Willie Green makes 10 dollars a week and spends 14 dollars a week, including his own 10 dollars. Willie is crazy, but he doesn’t knew it, and he will soon find out that the place where he is getting those extra 4 dollars will vamoose. The asylym is beckoning to Willie with extended, empty hands. Politicians still think that they can pay debt s with borrowed money. They might not be as nutty as they loolC'and act, but they are goofy in mind a nd crooked in pripciple. Only crazy men believe that paying a debt ■with the other fellow’s cash solves a debt problem. Hundreds cf so-called business men are wailing for times to get better. Ninety-five percent of our college graduates expect to teach school somewheie, but they don’t know where. Millions of dollars are being paid out l?y our government to folks who don’t deserve it, but the govern ment doe'n't know why. We are all moie or less crazy. Analyze your self and see if I ain’t talking about you while I am talking about me. Ad dress comments care of Asylum No. 12354. Jury Decides Razzing of Policeman Is Legal Cincinnati.—The well-known “Bronz cheer,” alias the “razzberry." alined at a policeman, has been uphold by a jury here. Deciding the “cheer” was no cause for arrest, the Jury awarded $500 damages to Ben Stein, who was Jailed by Patrolman L. Van Coney. The le gal definition of the "cheer” was left unsettled. Mr. A. Congressman had expan ded Mr. A. Citizen’s mercantile inter est from Dan to Beersheba, and the folks in Dan could not pay for what they bought, and BeeP^heba had quit trading with his firm because he put a tariff on his goods that kept them from exchanging commodities, there fore, Mr. A. Congressman had reach ed the point where he could neither sell nor collect. 1 Mr. A. Senator had builded haz ards round about the premises of his miss jennie veeve smith, our scholl principle, in company with her twin sister, miss sallie veeve, were the dinner guesses of the all-nite caffay in the county seat last tuesday and j to discharge all of his day and night employer’s factories, in the way of high-priced, white collared, swivel- chaired agents and advisors, excess expenses for whims and whams, sell ing agencies that failed to function, and other costly accessories before the facts—that forced Mr. A. Senator How Doctors Treat Golds and Coughs To break up a cold overnight and re lieve the congestion that makes you cough, thousands of physicians are now recommending Calotabs, the nausealess calomel compound tablets that give you the effects of calomel and salts without the unpleasant effects of either. Onp or two Calotabs at bedtime with a glass of sweet milk or water. Next morn ing your cold has vanished, your system is thoroughly purified and you are feeling £ne with a hearty appetite for breakfast Eat what you wish,—no danger. Calotabs are sold in 10c and 35c pack ages at drug stores. (Adv) MEN WANTED for Raleigh Routes of 800 Customers in and near Cities cf Barnwell, Blackville, Counties of North Barnwell and parts of Aikcftr Reliable hustler can start earning $25 weekly and increase every month. Write immediately. Rawleigh Co., Dept. SC-12-S, Richmond, Va. Jan. 5-19. NOTICE! Against Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Any person or person s entering upon the lands hereinafter refened 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 tlje ^ law: Mrs. Flossie Smith 1,000 Mrs. Kate M. Patterson 3,000 Duncannon Place 1,650 Sweet Water Plac^ 500 B. L. Easterling Cave Place 200 Barnwell Turpentine Co.: Simmons Place 450 Middleton Place 300 Mose Holley 200 B. C. Norri s 125 J. W. Patterson 100 L. Cohen—(Hay Place) 200 Dt. Allen Patterson 1,000 Brice Place 500 Harriett Houston 150 Mrs. B. H. Cave 250 j. J. M. Weather.=bee 572 Estate cf 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.T7Harley 150 L. W. Tilly —- 160 John Newton 200 Tom Davis 400 B. L. Easterling 75 Tcrie Richardson 100 N. A. Patterson (Tanglewood Place) 130 W. M. Cook —- 250 GEO. H. WALKER, Owner ANGUS PATTERSON, Mgr. 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. February Lit, 1933, two percent, will be added. March 1st to 15th, seven per cent, 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. a +-> tfl C 3 6 >> u r: c •5 5 £ § S -2 1 * o if CC c o CC 3 c . o -•—< 3 O .-i 0 J= I” U o o J= o W © i © 3 u o & © W < H O t- No. 24—Ashleigh No. 33—Barbary Br’ch.. No. 45—Barnwell No. 4—Big Fork No. 19—Blackville No. 35—Cedar Grove No. 50—Diamond No. 20—Double Pond- No. 12—Dunbarton No. 21—Edisto No. 28—Elko No. 53—Ellenton ^ No. 11—Four Mile - No. 39—Friendship No. 16—Green’s No. 10—Healing Spgs.— No. 23—Hercules.., No. 9—Hilda ; No. 52—Joyce Branch.. No. 34—Kline. No. 32—Lee’s No. 8—Long Branch No. 54—Meyer’s Mill No. 42—Morris - No. 14—Mt. Calvary No. 25—New Forest No. 38—Oak Grove No. 43—Old Columbia... No. 13—Pleasant Hill... No. 7—Red Oak . No. 15—Reedy Branch. No. 2—Seven Pines No. 40—Tinker’s Creek- No. 26—Upper Richland No. 29—Williston 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 • 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0, Q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 4 12 29 4 .1 3 4 29 46 4 1 3 4 28 45 4 1 3 4 17 34 4 1 3 4 23 40 4 1 3 4 27 44 4 1 3 4 13 30 4 1 3 4 19 36 4 1 3 4 27 44 4 1 3 4 8 25 4 1 3 ■ 4 29 46 4 . 1 3 ' . 4 JU -24 4 1 3 4 ■ 8 25 4 1 3 4 13 30 4 1 3 4 19 36 4 1 3 4 20 37 4 1 3 4 26 43 4 1 3 4 *35 52 4 1 3 4 . 26 43 4 1 3 4 17 34 4 1 3 4 10 27 4 1 3 4 16 33 4 1 3 4 , 26 43 4 1 3 4 11 28 4 1 3 4 27 44 4 1 3 4 27 44 4 1 3 4 18 35 4 1 . 3 4 26 43 4 1 3 4 14 31 4 1 3 4 15 32 4 1 3 —4— 13 36 4 1 3 4 11 28 4 1 3 4 16 33 4 1 3 4 26 43 4 1 3 4 31 48 fgr ■ bmd that conquered a wildernees she says they served a nice plate lunch ! wage earners and thus caused unem- \ V 4 ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. 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 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 Tax receipts will be released only upon legal tender, postofrice 11 money orders, or certified checks. ‘ J. J. BELL, Co. Treas. Send Us Your Orders Printing V k- > * ^