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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.60 Six Months JH) Three Months .50 (Biriclly In Adranee.) THURSDAY, JANUARY II, 1934. The Cotton Acreage Reduction Campaign. sorts of laws will be introduced; au tomobile licenses are too high and the highway department i s a most in- iquitous body and should be abolished, commission The cotton acreage reduction cam; paign, inaugurated in Barnwell Coun ty Monday morning, should have the unqualified endorsement of every cot ton farmer and allied interests, not only in this county but throughout the entire cotton belt. There should be no slackers among the farmers themselves and if any individual tries to profiteer on the patriotism of his fellow farmers by increasing his acre- age, public sentiment should be so strong against him that his selfish ef forts will come to naught, even though there be no legal method of bringing in line f **"TE , .. tie rCblafT as entrants in the Gover nor's race; cotton, it only cent* a pound and all of down this way be lieve it is entirely too cheap; the pro cessing taxes are too high and should be abolished anyway; the bootleggers continue to peddle booze and the un regenerates drink it; hell breaks-loose he chides them for “neglecting” their. down »n Cuba every once in so often; editorial pages. No doubt, all that the leghdature met Tuesday and all he says is true and the editors wilT have to plead guilty to the indictment. He says in part: No editor of a weekly newspaper can write a stronger and more force ful editorial than Eugene McSweeney, and he has three county newspapers in which to. write them. Yet he sel dom- has an editorial utterance of his own. The Barnwell People-Sentinel has a prince of newspapermen as its edTt6r71)uT'be ~hegleCtS his~edituiial- page. The same is true of the two Ijewspapers at'St. George—there is a field here for only one. The Bamberg Herald does have a good editorial a -week, .but if Brother Hitt would he uean write on more subjects. He is .^widely quoted a s an editorial writer, and he says what he thinks with force and power/ The Beaufort Gazette is another example of a good newspaper ~^The ties or from other States. Counties without - dispensaries were jealous of the profits enjoyed by counties with them. Thig was reflected in the vote by which the county dispensary, tm- der local'option, was abolished and the gallon-a-month law adopted.- It is only fair and just to the'men responsible for the county dispensaries corrupt State system was never their concern. Men who-have since declar ed themselves for legal prohibition were defenders °f the State system t° the day of its perishing notwithstand- with editorials of force, but not enough of them. The same comments might be made upon the newspapers across the Santee, but that section is still somewhat remote from us and just. has naw we are thinking «|>cnt millions of dollars in the effort to restore the purchasing power of the agricultural classes and is pre pared to spend many more to accomp- lish this end. "Surpluses can be re- moved in only two ways—by increas ing consumption or ^curtailing produc tion, or a combination of thfe two. Ef forts for the present are being conr centrated on a curtailment of pro duction as the quickest mean s of the desired end. But for the plow-up campaign of last summer, cotton would probably bevelling for about half of the present, prme, or less, with p^spects of low prices for several years in the future. our immediate seer.on. * We have often wondered whether or not the editorials of the weekly press are really worth the effort expended their writers.” There" have "ireerr times when we h^ve labored over what we thought was a “classic,” only (so far a s we ever knew) to have it totally, ignored by^our .,xgad&r&....or r" Now, the government i s trying to re- duce the heavy surplus still more -by reducing the cotton acreage this year and in 1936, if necessary. It agrees to help the farmer attain this end by paying him a fair rental for the cotton acres taken out cf produc tion. It is paying him to do what common sense tells him he should do, anyway. , Cooperation in the campaign should mean 15 cents or more for cotton in the not top distant future else to be told tjiat we were “all wet” tin the subject. For instance, several years ago we advocated a certain pro ject that We thought wa s for the interest of the public and were seve^5'> ly criticised by a business man who said that we Were merely expressing our personal views and had committed a more or~less unpardonabTe* sfn Uy - it- was useless feu cooperate will mean a return to, the runiously low prices of recent years. The People-Sentinel urges every farmer-reader in Barnwell County to sign an acreage reduction contract and to use his influence to get /his neighbor to do likewise. With the entire South struggling to get back on a basis of profitable cotton production thi s is no time and there should be no place for slackers and profiteers. Sign the contract and live up to it 4o the letter! us to point-out that no less an au thority than Webster had defined An editorial as “an article published as an expression of the views of . the editor.” Only recently we urged our readers to familiarize themselve s with all the facts of" a project proposing the ex penditure of a substantial sum of money and the levying of‘additional Failure to Ltaxes for a long term of years, and Stenographers and School Teachers The People-Sentinel understands that the many State departments and bureaus are still paying their stenog raphers salaries of $100.00 per month [ refuse To "bend'the pregnant hinges the net result of our effort seems to have been criticism by some of our readers, for our. lack of progressive ness. (Note that we did not editorial ly oppose the project, but merely tried to impress upon the public the im portance of getting the facts in con nection therewith.) ^ In a county a s small as Barnwell, where everybody knows everybody else, even constructive-criticism is too often construed as “an attack” on somebody or some thing. And this attitude is not confined solely to editorial criticism, either. Oh, cf course, we know that the idealistic conception _of an editor’s duties i s to “hew to the line and let the chips fall where they may” or to -all of these are safe subjects for the free use of the editorial pen or typewriter during.the coming moffths, so. “on with the dance.' Let’s “Edi torialize, Brethren, editorialize.” ing the evidence of scandals. County di&pensarie 8 were closed as the result of the election in 1915, but not because of any charges of fraud or graft against their operators.— New s and Courier. —^-1. : Nobody’s Business Bj Gee McGee. Flat Rr*k Is Going After Some R. F. C. Mcmey. flat rock, s. C. janny. 8, 1934. deer mr. edditor:——~— : : our town has at last decided to try to borry some monney from the rfc and put in some watter work s anso- forth. mayer agreed to go to the county seat at once and see the sheriff and 'let him rite a letter to Washington, d. C., for the monney. yore corry spondent, mr. mike Clark, frd» has-ippomioed to eopperate to the fullest to get watter Works and has offered to let them pump all the water the town wants from his branch in the cow pastor behind the barn for 10$ a month in advance, the cow can get all the watter she can drink below the dam, allso her caff. our poleesman says he will run the pump for the town for 5$ extry per month, provided the up for 6 months last yeAr and not rnlke r TrihT~ta1{e~ri5^flTTf6 gCttpg.—Ire wants the pump to~be j^n by steam as he got his right arm broke while a boy jn georgy, and can’T pump with same, he is allso willing to endorse a note to the govyerment to get the monney wont hafter pay the bonds a-tall if we carvget out of same? it looks like easy monney to us, and we want to hurry up and get it befppr the rest of the towns gobbles ^t all up. 1 "' Redmond. J. L. Redmond, of the Reedy Branch section died Dec. 25th at hi$ home af ter an illness of more than two weeks with pneumonia. His body was laid to rest the following day in the Dou ble Ponds Churchyard,^ the funeral services being conducted by Dr. W. M. Jones, of Barnwell. A large con course of sorrowing relatives and sympathetic friends gathered to pay their last tribute of respect to his memory. The many beautiful flowers that covered-his grave attested ^the esteem in which he was held, Mr, Redwpqd r is survived. by his BROWN-BUSH BUILDING BARNWBLL, SOUTH CAROLINA PRACTICB IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS • - tMiMM b yie************************** Against Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Any person or persons entering upon the lands hereinafter referred to sit- uate in. BarnwelL Ri^Iand and Red Oak Townships, for the purpose of hunt- ing, fishing or trapping, will be prteefcUted to*the full exient oTthe law: Mrs. Flossie Smith 1,000 Mrs. Kate M. Patterson-— 3,000 Duncannon Place 1,650 Sweet Water Place/ 500 B. L. Easterling Cave Place 200 Barnwell Turpentine Co: Simmons Place 450 Middleton Place - 300 Mose Holly• 200 J. M. Weathers bee —. 672 Est. of H. A. Patterson — 2,000 Joseph E. Dipks 800 R. C. Holman 400 A. A. Richardson 1,000 Lemon Brds. 150 John K. Spelling 100 J*. P. Ha|% - - 150 L. W. Tilly - 160 widow, wh9,-J>efore her marriage, was Miss Bertha Grubbs, a daughter of the late J. M. Grubbs and Mrs. Julia Grubbs; feur daughters, Mrs. J 1 . C-. Dyebes arvd Mrs. Atmar Coates, of Columbia, Mrs. Norman Warren, of Denmark, and Mrs. R. C*. Black, of Barnwell; sthree sons, Woodrow, James and Omurle; two brothers, Isa- dore Redmond, of ".Columbia, and Val- mbre Redmond, of Contributed. Savannah, Ga.— W. Trotti Riley. Allendale, Jan. 8.—W. Trotti Riley, ’ s oldest and most respected, citizens, passed away at "His “heme TrT3ay"nTghT'after""a illness. long our mayer says rfc monney. can „be had on the following terms, vizzly:— the govverment will give us 30 years to pay one-fourth of it back7anFwi!l Methodist church, officiating, assisted take sera]/bonds Ipr the .ballanc£4 JEfi- by-the lUv. J. A. Pinckney, rector.-of He i s survived* by the following children: Mrs. Roberts Kennedy, 15f Washington, D.'C.; Angus Riley, of Bennettsville; J. Mclver Riley and Wilmont T. Riley, Jr., of Allendale, as well as nine grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sun day at 3:00 o'clock at Cave churchy the Rev. J. R. Jolmson, pastor of the \ and more. To become an efficient stenographer requires comparatively short training as compared wjth the educational requirements of school of the knee Uiat thrift might follow fawning” and other high-sounding phrases, but we jqp^gin« that the average weekly newspaper ly newspaper edittn^-has teachers, whose pay was cut last ses- i been too busily * engaged of late in jsion to a minimum of $60—and they | trying to make a living to give the must live 12 months on what they, necessary thought to his editorial earn during the school teim, unless page the main watter pipe will come through our backyard and hit the citty ha’l in the raie, and then it will run down main street to the old dead stump, and then turn to the left and strike the scholl house, everboddy is excited over this free monney, and some of our citizens have already looked in some cattalcgs at bath tubs ansoforth. / they are fortunate enough to secure employment during the summer vaca tion. We ar» in favor^of economy in - all departments of the government; Buf there ig no fairness in paying office help nearly twice the wage scale of thoee entrusted with the training and education of our boys and girls. s' Automobile License Fees. In most weekly newspaper offices, the editorial and business ends are too closely linked for free and frank expressions -Qf~opinion-on many iub- jects. There is too great a desire in some quarters to “punish” an editor by withholding business when his: views do not always coincide with thos^ of others. However, we shall be glad to join Brother Sraoak ■ and the other low country edito.r g “in a boosting cam paign for bur favored section.” Such editorials Tinould offend no one, but just what does Editor Smoak wish to “boost” ? Ream s an d reams have been written about our favored climate and soil and hospitable people and what have you. To bopst or boast of these continually would probably grow tire some to editors and readers alike. 18th Amendment has been re place the loss in revenue from this 1 pealed and South Carolina became course. There i s no suggestion on the 1 the “different”'State by voting dry. part of the highway depart meat that The predicted Congressional opposi- The State highway department will recommend to the South Carolina gen eral assembly that the automobile license fees be reduced approximate ly 60 per cent. That’s fine and the re duction will be hailed with delight by the motorists of the State. But—and here’s “the nigger iq the woodpile”— the department will also ask for an increase in the gasoline tax to re-j The the redtiction be absorbed by econo- mies in administration. tionvto the Roosevelt recover program faP.ed to materialize and the Republi- The People-Sentinel is in favor of cans are voting right along with the the license fee reduced, but yie do not want that saving wiped but by Jtaereased gtasolp^ taxes. In fact, would probably be no “saving” to automobile owners, as the higher taxes would no doubt more than the proposed reduction.. Trust the highway department to every possible penny of motor vehicles. from Democrats. Finland is paying her debt to Uncle Sam 100 cents on the dollar. All is quiet-.on the Southern border, and it is useless to write about any of these subjects. But— France has defaulted on her war debt and wants to sell us wines and * other alcoholic beverages; a pcliti campaign i 8 in prospect for ibis •, with both “Coley” and “Lit- watter will < mean a big thing for Hat rock, and the town well can be filled up. we will first ask for 5u,0ou$ as we need on)y 25$, $11 told; and we feel sure we will get that, this much monney will not only put in watter works,"irot it wili pay alfback ^etts and leave a ballance for the mayer and pdleeseman to draw on till next fall. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd., corry spondent. Wrong About Countv Dispensaries. the Episcopal church. B. C. Norris 400 J. W. Patterson 100 L. Ctohen—(Hay Place 200 Dr. Allen Patterson 1,000 Bruce Place 500 Harriett Houston _150 John Newton 200 Tom Davis - - 40^ B. L. Easterling 75 Terie Richardson 100 N. A. Patterson (Tanglewood -i Place) ——ISO Mrs. B. H. Cave 250 Sue Ford 120 C. F. Molair (West side of old Savannah Pond .100 W. M. Cook ----- --- 250 Billy Jenkins 50 Jerry Scott 150 GEO. H. WALKER, Owner ANGUS PATTERSON,-Mgr. Treasurer’s Tax Notice f The County Treasurer’s office will be open from September 15th, 1933, to March 15th, 1934, for collecting 1933 taxes, which include real and per- sonal property, poll and road tax/ All taxes due and payable between September 15 and December 3J, "1933, will be collected without penalty All taxes not paid-as stated will -be subject to penalties as provided by law. . / / , January Jst, 1934, one per cent, will be added. February 1st, 1934, two per cent, will be added. March Ipt to 15th, 1934, seven per cent, will be added. * Executions will be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection af ter MarclrlSth, 1934. When writing for amount of taxes, be sure and give school district if property is in more than one school district. • > AH personal check s given for'taxe s will be subject to collection. BARNWELL BAPTIST CHURCH. Sunday School—10:S0 a. m. A a. m. class f:r everyone. Morning Worship—11:30 m. B. Y. P. U.—6:30 p .m. Choir practice—Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Midweek Prayer service, Wednes day at 7:30 The Board of Deacons; which met Monday night, has several important resslutions to present to the Churoh. We are extremely anxious for all to be present. Ready for Business. F. V. James, secretary and treasur- er of the.Bam-well Production Credit Says Frank J. Loesch, who was a member of the national (Wickersham) commission on law observance and enforcement, iri* the Rotarion maga- zine: “South Carolina had a State dispen sary system which became so foul that it was repealed and a county dispen sary system was.adopted. That, in practice, was worse and it was abol ished.” Two-thirds of the South Carolina counties were without county, dispen saries under the Carey-Cothran law. In the other third dispensaries were successful nine years and no scandal grew out of their operation. They were not abolished because of any in- decencies charged against them. The record of the State dispensary system was written to a large extent in base doings, but the county dis pensaries should hot be confused with the State’s corrupt enterprise. It,js grossly unfair to the counties with dispensaries under the Carey-Cothran law to say that they were improperly managed. ■ As a matter of fact counties which voted against county dispensaries were not so dry. as they claimed^ Prihkers in them drew their supplies from dispensaries in adjacent conn- j Association, with offices adjoining Molair’s dry goods-atoxe, said Tues day that the association is now func tioning and 1 many applications . for Icarts are being received. Inquiries as to the method of applying and for any ether information should be made at the Court House or the association’s nffice. - . Dyches-^-Mims. Elko, January 8. — Mrs. Carrie Dy chesV" of Bat dwell, ahff" WIIM TfiT- bert Mims, of Elko, were married January 4th at the home cf Judge Jno. K. Shelling, who performed the Shelling, ceremony. They will make their home in Elko, where the bridegroom i s en gaged* in business. Mr. and Mrs. Mimsf have many friends who wish for them a long and happy life. Gets Early Asparagus. Washington, Jan. 9.—Senator Jas. F. Byrnes today received from W, B. Cassels, of Ellenton, a quantity of asparagus cut this month, two months ahead of the season. The Senator an nounced the fact that South Carolina was again breaking d record RHEUMATISM Pain—Agony Starts To Laavi in 24 Hours Happy Days Ahead for Ton Think of K—how this old world does make progress—now comer"* prescription which Is known to phar macists as Allsnru and within 41 hours afUr -you start to take this swift acting formula pain, agony and Inflammation caused by excess uric add has started to depart. . Allsnru Aoss Just what this m^los says It wffl do—It la guaranteed. To* oaa gut one generous bottle at lead- Ing drugstores everywhere for K * cents and If It dossn’t bring 4he~ Joy ous results v re — co c 9 O u >» *. C8 \s ”9 O re "9 7 C e o re m « * o if •- ■9 C' O m T3 C ►H re re t. re c o / 11 £ w o U re v u V c. CO 1 K O No. 24—Ashleigh _— T No. 33^-Barbary Branch No. 45—Barnwell No. 4—Big Fork No. 19—Blackville — No. 35—Cedar Grove No. 50—Diamond __— No. 20—Double Ponj No. 12—Dunbarton No. 21—Edisto No. 28—Elko. — - -- - No. 53—Ellenton : No. 11—Four Mile No. 16—Green’s No. 10—Healing Springs No. 23—Hercules —l r - No. 9—Hilda, ———— No. 52—Joyce Branch 1 No. 34—Kline No. 32—Lee’s No. 8—Long Branch Hg.-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. 16—Reedy Branch No. 2—Seven Pines No. 40—Tinker’s Creek _i No. 26—Upper Richland) No. 29—Williston 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 61 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4* 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 J-f! 4 A 4 4.' 4 4 4 4 4 s 4 4 ! 4 4 4 4 H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L 1 1 1 1 a <r 3 '3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 12 30 29 18 20 27 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .3 ... 3 3 14 ■19 27 8 26 7 8 14 19 20 27 35 26 18 10 17 21 12 27 27 29 47 46 35 37 44 a 19 26 14 16 14 12 16’ 26 ^3T 31 36 44 25 43 24 25 31 36 37 44 52 43 35 27 34 38 29 44 44 36 43 31 33 31 29 33 43 48 The commutation road tax of $3.00 must be paid by til male citizens between the agesof 21 and 55 years. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years are liable to poll tax of $1.00. Dog Taxes for 1933 will be paid at the same time other taxes are paid. It is tlie 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 pro visions of thi g Act. . ' • . r . ' ' \ - sf ' * • • • - • . , Cheeky will not be^ accepted for taxes under any circumstances except at the risk of the taxpayer.—(The County , Treasurer reserves the right to hold all receipts paid by check until said checks have been paid.) • Tax receipts will be released only upon legal tender, post office money J*. J/BELL, County Treas. orders or certified' chedks. for Job