The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 17, 1933, Image 4
THE Barnwell PEOPLE-SENTINEL BAGWELL SOCTE 4UEOui«a
THU BSD AT. AUGUST IT. IfU.
Tb<Barnwell People-Sentinel
JOHN W. HOLMES
B. P. DAVIES, Editor »nd Proprietor.
Entered at the post office at Barnwell,
S. as second-class matter.
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Three Months .50
(Strictly in Advance.)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933.
Worse Than a Bank Failure.
Perhaps everybody doesn’t realize
it, but the recent decline of approxi
mately $15 a bale in the price of
cottcn is worse than a bank failure
in every community in the cotton
belt. Twelve o*nts cotton this fall
would have meant a measure of
prosperity as compared with last year
and the year before. Nine cents—or
less—for cotton, with the dollar in
flated means less per pound in termy
<f other commodities than did s>ix
cents a year ago.
The silver lining to the cloud, /how
ever, lies in the fact that many farm-
ers who participated in the cotton
acreage prcduction program have
paid, in most part, their < hligations
to the government’s see« loan fund,
provided they can get a reasonable
price for their “option cotton.” It
must be remembered, however, that
thi g cannot be add prior to December
31, 1933, unless the price is at least
9 4 cents a poupd.
•‘THAT LITTLE
rw
i.i^By B. Link |
AGAIN.
LAST TfcAlH
-fan ^ais Aoe
-They missed i
To the city /
''Nly Thing
IS Play
M until
UJVTH
Zoo'Ll Do Nothing of ThB Kind,
it's The IP OydM FAULT. THEY
Should HAVE LEFT HERE AN
HOUR AGO
I’vE HAt> ENOUGH OF THOSE
NotsY Hoodlums.
H Ten. Them to WALK Home
Morning
.
To Remove a Stump.
A part of the • platform’' of 01 n D.
John.ton, candidate for governor, with
which The News and Courier heartily
afreeadr repeal of the three-mi.I con
stitutional tax f«r *< ho Is.
The retention of that tax does not
M*t*t :n raising revenue, for the
0rh( o|s. Most of the school i ••venue*
are now ra ted by other ways than
priperty taxation, and the three-mill
tax i t an obstacle to ju*t and uniform
••••■•ment thr ughout the State. If
Kersh-w County or one of it, dis
trict. be under r mpultion to assets
proper* ie. at a high rate in cider
that revenues for general purposes
may be had. the three-mi:l Lx w il
rsise revenues projort natrly for
the schools Thus proport <’*ate!y
KAshaw . claim f r aid from the
Hlate s ho*»| furvl would be reduced
by tompons n with that of a >><U0ty
so conditioned that it ran anl dors
assess at an extremely ow rate
The re*ons f«r the insertion of the
three mill tax m the constitut on of
1N95 I ng ago vanished TV pr«>visn>n
it a stump that halts the progress of
taxation reform V|r Johnston sente*
the pe> p e well by rmphasmng *hr
Mceu/Jr that it be it pealed.—The
News and Courier
But what is to prevent Kershaw
County from putt ng on a high >vy
for general c unty jmrpsi.es* There
are two way. f racing a desm.l
sum of money by tsxation ne with
a low assessment and a high levy ami
the otbet with a high a«*e*.ment ,.n !
a low ’evy. No r ubt there ate
many countie. in th*- State (ire.n-
ville, f r in.tano— that have low as
sessments in i rder to c ntribute
little a* po.-ible to the State :re.i«ui\
while they provide for oca I n.-s-d*
with a high levy. Thcrr 1 i< no com
pulsion for Kershaw or any thei
county to put on a high a.«*c.s«m*-n?
in order to raise fund*.
v\
^ mor« p«r miU ,
l6 on bihuntnou*
|^C nfu>r« on grovtl
on dirt roods.
FOR FURTHER* INFOR
MATION WRITE THE
CEMENT SERVICE MAN,
CARE OF:
at tiiir Silvia
/
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
Hurt Building, Atlanta, Go.
V
A Number of—
Good Farms Tn Barnwell
County for Sale—Cash or
Terms. Phone or write
W. P. WILUAMS, Wagener, S. C/
cannot depend upon even the written j what we p’owed up brought a nice
agreements of the farmers, will premium over middling. you can’t
doubtless TELL them in no uncertain ccunt yore cotton mcnney till you
terms next year just how many arrein leave the gin, and what i plowed up
they can plant if control cf produc
tion be again attempted.
Many thoughtful people maintain
that the method, pursued by the gov
ernment in the past few years in
ending money to the farmers are en-|the field since she had the fluze in
mought not of ever got to same as
it costs monney to have it p.eked and
my back hurts all the time enduring
cotton picking and fodder pulling
time, and my wife it a poor hand ;n
tirely responsible for the rumoua
surplus that now hears d wn the
pticr. They maintain that while it
may have been a go'd thing for the
individual farmer, temporan y
Iwen disastrous to th» South
martch.
there i t some talk of organ t.ng a-
nuther bank, but *he feller who run
it has • the laat one ia not home yet.
as a .pesker-lated in wall street; hi.
with some house-hold goods and a
family cf 12. It tcok us 28 minutes
to get around that poor old fellow
and his holdings. And w * would have
•till be.n behind them had they net
turned off at a well. The mule walk
ed »o slow y u c-uli count 250 be
tween the sounds of her feet on the
pavement. Road patrols wi.l cer
tainly get my thanka if theyTl speed
up traffic about 50 per cent where
it converts itself into g'ow moti n.
and if they find a pa*ty mh . desire*
:o
rde
at 4 mi
>. per V ur. force Vm j
he' to
dr I wl
»h le anl that it w u^ have been ttsld a stranger the other day that he
much better to have paid thr money waa working for the g wernment in
to th. rott n’ots as a dole, w th thejatlanta. we need a hank mighty
under standing that the bt nr (W tar lee bad, but y u hafter pay new ta go in
pr du e n<> cotton whatever. | a hank an J pay to come out, so our
It d«>es teem f«
»h t km f farmer* j i>
irge crop
money to produce a
then pay them at r t destroy a par
of it. The money for such prwrttre*
must come ft m those who hav* al
ready suffered a.'> n K w th the farmer*
who have instated on growing more
rott n than the world can consume
an,} who»t prints have dwindled ta
the vani'hmg p int.
Thr Fe ople-Sentinel Is • ppased to
and —**•'
rman says, there nrw palSt
t nr at her I an nor borrow,
any other mpr cement, take |
w l| inrlvde same in my neat r.
yore* tmlie.
mike C^rk. . fd
carry epondent
i.
bu*
Id be mu. h better
I try
1 raffle ( ongawt
I have made up my s
to go an>w here ta a
aMetn* *•> If
ride thru the woods or part urea ■
me they won’t tun n*rv us peer-
i crsiy. .
tBho’a K ho »a f lat Hark
rank* and ,
*eame i c:t
one state b
part of saa
traveling ft
time kuntn
rry
ierr>
mnes roa* up from the
t now one of our most ea
ten*. he was homed ta
it he do not kn n what
e a* kt* pa and ol were
am place to place at that
g chip eat*
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C. aug
1033.
“The Cotton Farmei-* ( heated."
Under the above caption. The York-
vi’lc Enquirer charges that many cot-
ton farmers of the South who borrow
ed from the government’s seed 'nan
fund last spring, instead of living up
to their agreement with the govern
ment to reduce their acreage 30 pe:
cent., actually increased the number
tf acres planted in cotton and that a s
a result of their unfair dealing with
their benefactor they have been
caught in the trap of declining pi ices
in spite ef the fact that a large por
tion of the crop has been destroyed.
We are afraid that The Enquirer is
entirely right. In fact, we have
heard of numerous instances in Barn
well County where farmer s violated
the terms cf the contract with the
government and actually increased in
stead of decreased their cott n acre
ages as compared with last year. and (
were fearful of signing the acreage
reduction contract because a checkup
would show they had violated the r
loan agreements. This being true,
the farmers have nobedy to blame ex
cept themselves because cf the plight
in which they now find themselves,
with the price of everything else
aetadily advancing while that of their
mam product ia joft a t *urely dec'in-
The forrrement, finding that It
no doubt b* g’nd
?<* hear that the “new deal** h«s cured
tlat n.ck of the d pre-sion anl every-
kt pt on runa ng and waa finally at
la*t elerktei and then h •_dr pped-ia
the mayor’• chair fra term and latet
n, h«* ran f r the
he had no oppo>it:on, he
anl tha* i» w hy he :* cal:
jone*.
»• j
M
go*, r le . kt
-<1 h n. jer
* jeiry ha, alwxya fought for the
"nor min an int-:duce«| tw) b:i's in
the leggis ature agaio-t the sfretc
rut and high taxe, on fanry lane
but he did not get them thru onnet
count ■ of lobby.sts buying < If the op-
far a- I c u’d see, both in
ti >nt an i b* hm I, were automobile-.
If time* were much harder, travel
wi»u d l»e so congested it wouldn't b •
thiriu i« r.uw .>n a l> uni. l> zne-s is worthwh le to go any place. And
humming an,| monn* y i> ni re pU n i- nearly every car you -ee it a new
fuller th.m it .» I»enn in 4 >var. one.
the following lepairs and improve-j —
ment-* have henn made in cur town. The first couple that slewed ma
enduring the past 12 weeks: | down from 55 m. p. h. were hugning petition, he fought all ccpper-ra-
1—hlidd lee brown has patched his! with all fow* hands anl driving the t; , n> an j they were sapping the
auto top. fear u.th a eft font, ffiey were burn- |ff e ., u t 0 f the w rking man by charg
'd—mrs. herman jone s has had 3 ing up the cement at about 5 m. p. h. : n>f him for elecktrick lights and
teeth pulled. U&he - ni! v wuudn’t turn that buy a- house rent ansof rth.
3— jhonie green ha- had his valves ■ 1 ose and I had to poke al ng behind
ground. — ’—|.lhem for 25 minutes—a s a <icr was
4— sid burnett got hi s -h es shine 11 meeting me as fast as I could bat an
lust tuesday. ‘ j eye.
5— joe bolts had his nak? shaved
ye?tiddy, the first time since 1928.
G—Ipm j. hixx has kivvereJ hi s out
house.
7—bob r bberson re-built bis ba:k
steps ’ast Nw'eek.
S—mrs. izzidore wein-tein swept out
her back pi-izza Sunday gone.
$
9— pete bruno and his wife have
went back together.
10— ferdy-nan smith has turned cut
hii mustash."
11— prince biuce has fixed his three
•a 0 '
punctures.
12— jim simpkin s paid the preecher
c50 last Sunday.
13— eleck hightower put new shin
gles on his cow stall.
14— archie-ball wil«on hat his ton-
sill^ cut out thursday.
15— m ss jennie veeve smith 1
b-ught an organ with 18 stops.
There were several model “teas’
~ when annything big comes to
flat rock, jeiry i s put at the head of
same, he welcomed the w. o. ws.
last summer in a fine speech at a
picknick and he interduced the county
in the piocession; some were loaded attorney when he spoke in the scholl
with watermelons and younguns while
thers were loaded yith youpguns and
ma and pa. They weie hitting ’em
a’ong pretty well considering \they
werent going anywheres in particular.
Most of the folks were pleasure ri
ing; their pleasure consisted in not
letting anybody break a 10-mile per
hour speed limit—should they run a-
cross one.
auditorium in favor of the w\ c. t. u.
and prohibition, jerry has newer
benn married but once as hi« first
wife is still/ livving.
well, mr. editor, you can *** far
yoreaclf that w# are nearly overever-
thing cotton ia fetching 110, but
non* of u f have naay nt prevent, but
What this c untry needs is a
minimum speed limit* instead cf a
maximum speed limit. A man or
woman who hogs up the highway by
easing along at about a parking speed
| gait ought to b* arrested as quickly
a* the chub who skeet s by at 80 m.
p. h. If a couple want* to court ami
affecti nat**, why den’t they hunt a
road where nobody travels?
....Ore time
got behind a
rhile enroute, our car
wagon
jerry/ worked in the bank one
summer/ has traveled about a right
smart, imd'is well known everwhere.
he is a fine church worker, but drinks
some/at night, he stands high at
/L T f
the drug stole and can get creddick
by the w;*ek if he needs it. he is a
fine publiek speaker and got rote up
iij a newspaper at the capitol while
the leggislature for bis wonderful
talk on the boll weevil, well this is
the secont “wha’ s who in flat rock”
that i have rote up. who will be
next? send in yore life history.
yores trulie,
mike Clark, »fd., .
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