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fiT THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OP BARNWELL OUUNTY/ V r OmmMatMi Jim L 19H. VOLUME LVII. The Barnwell People-Sentinel ’Jtw 'Just Like a Member of Ihe Family" BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1933 NUMBER 1«. Repeal and Monetary Policies to the Fore s Inflation Issue Likely Hinges on Pro gress of President’s Recovery Program. Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About ’ People You Know gna| Others You Don’t Washington, Nov. 5.—Congressional leaders, gathering in Washington for informal conferences and committee meeting.?, believe that legislation re lating to repeal and monetary policies will be to the fore in the next session. It was conceded, even by congres sional advocates, that whether infla tion became an important issue would depend largely on the success in the meantime of the administration’s re covery program. , « Inflationists are centering their ef forts on a propo-al to make compul- ~ory the Thomas amendment to the faim act, which permits the president to devaluate the dollar by 50 cents and to issue currency up to $3,000,- 000,000, and provide* also for the free coinage of silver. Some leaders believe that much of the steam would be taken out of a 'irive for direct inflation if measures that the administration had under taken—the public works program, the l ank-aid program, credit expansion mea-uies, the gold-buying program to iaise commodity price? and other -imilar endeavors—became fully ef fective. Two Months of Grace. They think that if jhe administra tion does not obtain the result* it wants fiom its gold program, it will try other means to raise commodity pikes. The administration h&* two months before congress meets in which to elevate prices. Repeal legislation will be in the r.atuie of tax law*, repeal of the Vol stead act in so far as it affects the District of Columbia and the terri tories, enactment of a control law tor the District, which the adminis tration doiies to make a model, and repeal of the Reed amendment, under which sending liquor advertising mat ter through the mails is illegal. .Democratic leaders^ feel that the irmendment offers no protection to drV States and that it is useless. Whether legislation concerning se- (Uritie* tlading will be enacted will depend"largely, it is understpod, upon how far the New York Stock exchange and othei^go. President Roosevelt is umjerstod t\ have told Richard Whit ney, pteside A faimer buying s of turnip Highway Work Begins •*>» In Barnwell County Barnwell Eleven Is Auto License Matter Surprised by Estill * Is Carried to Court Six Miles of Olat Road Will Be Bitum- Favorites Are Held Down to Six to ious Surfaced by State High-V way Department. The State highway commission, meeting Thursday in Columbia, ap proved nine “direct labor projects,” that is, projects to be undertaken by the highway department itself in keeping with the new regulation of the bureau of public roads to expedite the program of road building being carried out with federal recovery funds. Included in this program will be the bituminous surfacing of about six miles of the Olar road (Route No. 64) in Ba bn well County, at an esti- mated cost of $50,000. Work on all nine projects was scheduled to be started on or before Monday of this week. The projects are well distributed over the State, there being two in all highway maintenance districts except the northeastern, which ha* thiee. Ten counties share in the work. The nine projects, which will include the bituminous surfacing of a total of 86.6 miles of road, were estimated to cost a total of $662,000. All have been approved by the fedeial govern ment. At the meeting Thursday, the high way commission rejected bids on six projects and ordered them readvertis ed. It also approved bids on nine other projects, included in which L* the bituminous surfacing of 9.7 miles of Route No. 4 in Orangeburg County, which was awarded to C. G. Fuller, of Barnwell, for $123,626. Nothing Score by Hard.Hitting v •' \ Visitors. greens” at a local store, but telling the writer that he had a crop coming on later. . . Lonnie Calhoun ask ing a negro man if he got some ofvthe free “gouv’m«nt” pork and the negro replying “Naw, suh, I ain’t wukking fur dem as yet.” . . . “Bully” Harley putting a copy of the World Almanac at ‘the Greeks” in an effort to settle a few df the many arguments that arise there during the course of a day. . . A tyin-motored plane with M. O. Dunning, of Savannah, as a passenger landing at the local air port and Col. Edgar A. Brown flying with him as far as Columbia en route to Washington. . . A man on the street viewing the distribution of free pork and remarking that “this L* one time a lot of men are bringing home the bacon.” . . Nick Hiers, of the Hercules section, sporting a repeal necktie. . . A man looking at one of 1 the new r auto license tags and expressing the hope that the let tering theieon is not prophetic. It read “S. C. Expire* April 30, 1934.” . . . Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fuller returning in their plane from Con- neaut, Ohio, where they were called cn account of* the illnes.* and death of the latter’s father . . Prof. C. F. Carter, who is teaching one of the “Opportunity Schools”, asking the editor for the names of the various townships in Barnwell County. How many people can name them off hand? Well, here they are in alpha betical order: Barnwell, Bennett Springs, Blackville, George’s Creek, Great Cypress, Four Mile, Red Oak, Richland, Rosemary and Williston. Quite a number of ladie* voting for repeal of the 18th Amendment in Tuesday’s election. At one time the balloting stood 65 to 1 for repeal. . . . Charlees Burckhalter casting the first vote for prohibition. . . A report that one day recently 20 bales the federal processing and other taxes j et ml., 90 acres of land in Barnwell of cotton were brought to Barnwell, one being sold and 19 stored for higher prices. The day before it i* Estill high school brought a sur prisingly well coached, hard tackling tetam here Friday afternoon and suc ceeded in holding the favored Barnwell high to a 6 to 0 score. The locals’ only touchdown came early in the second period and thereafter Estill gamely fought off every Barnwell threat. Barnwell piled up a large number of first downs and the local* were in scoring distance five times*, twice on Estrll’s three-yard line, but lost thei r chances to pile up'a score on fumbles, penalties .or the visitors’ stiffening defense. On the other hand, the visi ters, only ,seriou*ly threatened one time when they recovered a Barnwell fumble deep in the locals’ territory irly in the first quaiter. They were unable to gain, however, and the ball went over. They succeeded in mak ing five first downs, one with the aid £ of a penalty, but could not keep up a sustained drive. Carroll, who was the best ground J gainer for Barnwell, scored "the touchdown when he slashed and cut his way thiough the Estill defense for 25 yards. \ slippery field slowed up the of- fen-e of both teams. Barnwell goes to Greenwood to morrow (Friday) to play the stiong Bailey Militaiy Academy team. Columbian Wants Constitutionally Ruled On.—Hearing Is Ordered for November 13. Explains New Tax on Hogs and Field Corn Federal Processing Tax Is Far-Reach ing and Applies to Many Indi vidual Fanners. The People-Sentinel is in receipt November Salesday. A fairly large crowd was in the city Monday for “November sales day.” Only thiee sales were made by the Master, G. M. Gieene, Esq., as follows: The First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank vs. Bessie F. Bradley, et al., 117 acre.* of land, bought by the plaintiff for $1,475. The First Carolinas Joint Stock of an outline of the application of | Land Bank vs. Mrs. Rosa B. Peacock, with respect to hog* and field com, I township, bought by the plaintiff for which was piepared by Robert M Cooper, collector of internal revenue, $990. C. H. Williams vs. Mr*. Jennie The new automobile license tag law, under which auto owners are re quired to display a new license plate on November 1 instead of on January 1, as in other years, is to have ibs day in court, the constitutionality of the act having been questioned. There hag been much criticism cf this act and the hearing in the supreme court will tend to clarify the atmosphere, probably before the State legislature meets in Januaiy. The State highway department was ordered Wednesday of last week, cn petition of J. C. Heslep, of Columbia, to show cau*e before the State Supreme Court on November 13, why the act should not be declar ed unconstitutional. The order was signed by John G. Stabler, associate justice. But South Carolina autoistg operat ing their cars under the old 1933 plate, ate not to be prosecuted for the time being at any rate, according to a statement given, out by depart ment officials. Mr. Heslep sought a temporary or der, testiaining the highway depart ment from interfering with him in the operation of his automobile under a 1933 tag on the ground that act No. 389,^changing the license date from Pecember 31 to October 31, wa* un constitutional. The associate justice of the supreme court refused to grant the temporary restraining order sought under the principle “that the act* of the legisla ture are presumed to be constitutional until their unccnstitutionality has been established beyond & reasonable doubt.” “After full consideration of the moving papers,’’ the justice says, “I am of opinion that this is a question of grave public interest on which the decision of the full court should be rendered at the earliest possible mom ent.” He then set the date for the hearing on the constitutiqnality of the act for November 13th. Heslep Outlines C—t. Mr. Heslep, petitioner for an order Two Carolinas Dry But Election in This State Is Cloae.— Barnwell County Wet by Large * Majority. Returns from Tuesday’s repeal elec tions indicate that North and South Carolina voted dry—the latter by a narrow margin—while Ohio and Penn sylvania are overwhelmingly wet and early returns from Utah put the re- pealists in the lead. The votes in* Kentucky were not counted until yes terday (Wednesday), with both sides claiming victory. The vote in South Carolina was sur prisingly cla«e, the dryg leading by a majority of 1,833 with 862 precincts reported of 1,220 in the State. The vote for repeal was 31,470 against 33,303 against repeal. Unreported boxes were expected to increase the dry majority. 1 Barnwell Goes Wet. Barnwell County went wet 1 >y • majority of more than five to one. the complete vote being: Wet, 717; dry, 138. Not a single vote was cast against repeal at Kline, Meyer’s Mill and Snelling. The drys led in one preinct—Elko. The vote in this county was as follows: Wet: Dry: Barnwell ... 264 12 Blackville -- ... 134 41 Dunbarton — 27 2 Elko - .. 17 30 Hercules ... 47 t Kline I.. ... 70 9 Meyer’s Mill 15 O Pleasant HjU. ... 14 6 Robbins -.1 .. 25 1 Snelling ... 18 0 Williston ... 86 1 44 TOTALS .-..A-... — TIT IX Charleston was the wettest county in the State with 8,285 votes against 380, while Saluda was the driest with 20 for repeal and 265 against repaaL Utah Gees Wet? Radio reports from the repeal elec tion in Utah yesterday (Wednesday) morning put the wets 6,000 in the lead with 80 per cent, of the vote re ported.— understood that not a single bale was and as the new taxes will affect many ; Miller Timmerman, 120 acres of land, enjoining highway department from sold, all that was brought to town j individual farmers in Barnwell Coun- bought by Harley and Blatt, attor- interfering with him in the operation of the New York ex being stored in local wareho'u'es. G. W. (“Bud”) Halfoid, local cotton weighei, saying that one bale sold ty this information is published lor ! neys, for $800. change, that ht* would like to see that Saturday for 9.75 cents per pound. . trading center put into effect its own j. . U. B. Hammet casting his bal- i.eforms. \ lot in the repeal election and then re- The exchange hftyS under considers- ‘ hewing his subscription to The Peo- tion move* to resQict short selling, i ple-Sentinel. Mr. Haipmet wa* a loyal minginal trading amKthe operations baseball fan last sumer, attending all vf floor specialists. If the exchanges J of Barnwell’s home games. He should do not enact their own reforms, it is also attend the football games. certain tha their information and guidance: The federal processing tax on hogs and field corn is effective as of No vember 5, 1933. In the case of hogs, every slaugh terer of a heg for sale, or any pait thereof, is considered to be a proces sor of hogs and is.-^tjcrefoie, subject Probate Judge John K. Snelling al so sold three tiacts cf land in the case of L. J. Connelly, administrator of the estate of J. M. Fanell, decea*ed, vs. Annie F. O’Gorman. The proper ty was sold subject to moitgages therecn and the tract containing 600.99 acres wa s bought by John O’- to the processing tax. No exemption Goi man for $10. Mr. O’Gorman also regarded as virtually «H'tain that -uch legislation will be introduced in congress. * \ Economies Bring Squealh. Revelations before the senate mai- ( ket investigating committee have, ^ turned leader* to a study also of how _ to plug up the holes in income ta^ laws. Whatever changes are made will be largely adjustments in income tax legislation ai^l efforts to elimi nate nul*ance taxes, such as that on checks. \ Leaders foresee a drive by vet erans and federal employes to rescind the fompensation and \ salary cut is provided in the law for any . terer of hogs for sale. This laugh-{purcha-ed the other two tracts for means i $20 and $10, and transferred them to Mrs. R. T. Johnson. Blackville, Nov. 7.—After a short illness of pneumonia, Mrs Eva John son died at five o’clock Wedne*day morning, November 1st, at her home in Washington, D. C., and the body was brought here for interment at | the Blackville cemetery Thursday, i The funeral seivices were condacted I by ti)e Rev. L. G. Payne, pastor of the ' Blackville Baptist Church, a*sisted by Dr. John J. Milfoid,. of Huntsville, Ala. The pall bearers were Emmett that the occasional slaughterer of a hog for sale is liable to the tax. The rate of the proce*sing tax imposed upon the slaughterer of hogs for sale is as follows: Nov. 5, 19)13, is fifty cents per hun dred weight—live weight. Dec. 1, 1933, is one dollat per hun dred weight—live weight. Mrs. Annie F. O’Goiman. Bey Hurt by Automobile. Harry, Jr., the little 10-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hairy G. Boylston, this city, was painfully injured Wed nesday afternoon of last week when ! the pony he was ridjtig on Mailboro Jan. 1, 1£34, i* one dollar and fifty J Street was struck by a car driven by Seivern Ray, of Barnwell. Hariy was thrown off and /Suffered cuts on his _ v - _ . C. Rhodes\cf Birmingham, Ala.. L. A. imposed on them. But Speaker Rainey . • » tr rs—c 1 , , , . , v . i Marsha, of Columbia, Herman Dyches, said last week that the foderal em-j \»» u vi , „ \ * , of Norway, AM el bourne Cieech, Me- plovers’pay would not be rCstoied un-i \T Vjm T i r» u # F J J ' Cr.v Ti-ppr-h aVd Malcolm Dyches, of cents per hundred weight—live weight. Feb. 1,‘1934, is two dollars per hundred weight—live weifcNt. Processing tax returns on P. T. form 4, covering each calendar month, dition by head and wa.< picked brui u less finances wan anted. MV. Roose velt has been studying the question. Budget estimates for next year have ' been made on the basis of restoration of the j>ay cut*. Some veteians’ organizations .^eek modification of economies made their expense in the last congress. Healing Springs Honor Roll. Coy Creech a Blackville. \ Mrs. Johnson Va* the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Creech and was boin in Blackville \Maich 4th, 1898. In 1917 she was 'married to R. T. es on his back. He in an unconscious con- Ray and carried to a ore. where he wa s given tor of InternaV Revenue at Columbia immediate medical attention. The not later than the last day of the sue- j little follow soon rallied but it was feeding calendar month, whether or .several days before the attending phy not there is any tax due. Complete I sician could determine definitely U family leeords regarding such proce*sing must be maintained by the processor. If any individual intend* selling Johnson, of Savannah, Besides her i srusage or ham, or any other poftlo parent*, she is survived by her bus-1 of his slaughtered hogs, now or late, band, who now resides irvJYashington, | an( l l 133 nc ^ received the necessary pony was also injuied D. C.,; one daughter, Eva^thette, 15; whether or nob he had suffered inter injuries. The friend* of the will be glad to know that such was not the case and Harry is now well on the road to recovery. His The honor roll of the Healing Springs school for thq month ending October 27th Ls as follows: First Grade—O’Neil Hutson. Second Grade—Hazel Odom. Third Grade—None. ^ Fourth Grade—J. D. Collins and William Odom. Fifth’Grade—Harriett Breeden. Sixth Grade—Amelia Ray and Evelyn Whittle. Seventh Grade—None. Negro Man Drops Dead. hree sisteis, Mrs>AL. R. Fanning, cf aachula, Fla., Mrs. E. C. Rtvodes, of Birmingham, Ala., and Mr.*. G. A. Mansha, of Columbia, and \ one brotWr, Lonnie B. Creech, of BlUck- ville.\ . - / Mrs\ Johnson was a woman chaim \and personality^ and leaves^ many friends, both in Washington and this city,\vho grieve at her parsing. folms, he should write to the Collector : It is understood that the boy was of Internal Revenue at Columbia for watching a car coming from another thorn. ^ —- J— direction and did not see the sp in the case of field corp, evei-y ] proach of Mr. Ray’s car. operator cf a grist mill is /considered ’urkey Supper A turkey sapper will be served by the ladies of the Methodi*t Church on Will Allen, an old negro, man. j Friday of this, week, beginning at dropped dead yesterday (Wednesday) | 4:30 p. m. Priee\35c. There will also morning while working near the be hot dogs and desserts on sale, swimming pool with a gang of relief* Come and Aijoy a good supper and worker*. . to be a processor and i^, theiefore, liable for the tax. The rate of pro- cesring tax imposed on the processing of field corn is twenty-r#ght cents per »ushel of fifty-six /pounds. Proces sors of field corn will be required to maintain complete records of all field com, processed. •ocessing returns on P. T. form" 3, covering-each calendar month, will be requWed to be in the hands of the CollectorVof Internal Revenue at Columbia qn or before the la*t day of the succ^ding month, whether or not there is any tax due. If any individual who operates Small Blaze Yesterday. Fire, evidently caused by a spark from the fireplace, burned a hole in the floor the home Easterling yesterday (Wednesday) morning, but the blaze wa* extinguish ed befoie much damage was done. of his automobiles under 1933 licensee tags, sets forth in his petition that in December, 1932, he applied for an au tomobile license plate, and paid $24.60 for it. He alleges that “this transac tion constituted a contract between the petitioner and the State highway department in which contract the pe titioner secured the right to operate a motor vehicle without further molesta tion or collection of additional fees for the calendar year 1933. To require him to get a new licen«e before the one already purchased ex pires is a “deprivation of his property rights and a violation of his contract with the State of South Carolina, hence the act so requiring this would as to him be unconstitutional, null at|d void,” Mr. Heslep alleges. V It is fuither set forth that, subse quent to the passage of the new act (No. 389) in July, 1933, the petitioner, having acquired a second automobile, applied for a license, and, on payment of half the annual fee, or $11, secured another license to expire December 31, 1933. On the first car, he alleges, a credit for November and December, 1933, was - allowed for relicensing the car. On the other car, there w*as no credit allowance in the blank applica tion mailed him, “notwithstanding the fact that the petitioner paid a one- half year fee for the licen*e procured for the vehicle.” He contends the act impairs the ob ligations qf the petitioner’s contract; deprives him of his property without due process of law and “amounts to the taking of private property for pub lic u*e without due compensation, in violation oLthe terms of the State and the federal constitution.” Stroup Checkb Prosecutions. B. R. Stroup, director of the motor MISSION TO BE HELD IN LOCAL EPISCOPAL CHUBCK Beginning Sunday night, Norem- ber 12th, and continuing through Fri> day night, November 17th, the Rev. W. S. Poyner, rector of St. Joka’s Church, Florence, S. C., will conduct a mission in the Church of the Hotjr Apostle.* at Barnwell. Two senrieea will be held each day, a celebratfe* of the Holy Communion each mora- j ing at 10:30 and evening prayer aal sermon each night at 8:00. The Rev. Mr. Poyner comes hightjr recommended as ft missioner and % man of pleasing personality. Ik* public is cordially invited to attend all services of the mission. Hallowe’en at Healing Spriagn. vehicle licensing division of .the State •0$ an upstair.s bedroom i n highway depd^tment gave out the of ftlr. and Mrs. D. L. following* “Until further public notice, high way department police officers will not make case? against motor vehicle owners for operating with 1933 license plates. “The sale of 1934 licenses continues in full swing. The motor vehicle di vision remaining open until 2 p. m., and the division is still congested with Healing Springs, Nov. 7.—A highly enjoyable Hallowe’en program was given in the Healing Springs school auditorium Friday evening and was witnessed by a large audience. Tha auditorium was attractively decorated with pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, au tumn leaves and com stalks. Many students, dressed in bright colored costumes, were present. A small ad mission fee was charged, the sum of $16 being raised for the benefit of tha school. The principal features of entertaia- ment for the evening were as follows: A cake walk, a trip around the worML a fishing pond and apple race. T saw ade and other refreshments were served. Several entertaining numbers were enjoyed. The program was sponsored by tha ladies of the faculty. not received the necessaiy instruc tions or forms, he *hould write to the Collector of Internal Revenue at Columbia for them. help a good cau-e., j Certain penalties are provided for a failure to meet the requirements cf. applications for licenses rechived by corn mill, whether 'arge or small, h:s the Uw. mail. The plates are being mailed out just as rapidly as possible. “The law provides that one eeafc per gallon of the gasoline tax shall ha distributed among the counties on a basis of the amount of motor vehicle license fees collected from said coun ties. “It is evident, therefore, that s county whose motor vehicle owners purchase license tags promptly wiR receive an inct eased proportion of the gasoline tax revenue, whereas the county whese motor vehicle delay the purchase of their tags will receive a decreased propor tion of the gasoline tax."