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■ . mr. i I a P. DAVIES, Editor •nd Proprietor. Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year r $1.60 Six Months *90 Three Months .60 (Strictly la Adranca.) THURSDAY. JANUARY 10, 1935. We see by the papers that Allendale is to have a new bank with “unauthor ized” capital of $10,000. That should be something new under the sun. Well, Governor Blackwood’ con tinues to run up his total ol pardons and paroles, but that’s not news. The day that he doesn’t turn convicts out of the pen will be—somewhat like the man biting the dog. The News and Courier compares the pardon records of Scott and Moses with those made by Democratic gov-, ernors of this State of a later time— anj the comparison is very favorable to South Carolina’s notorious carpet bag governors. Pre-legislative dope from Columbia forecasts that the general assembly may “go Washington” on a number of pieces of legislation, such as State unemployment relief fundls and old age pensions. Just how the folks back home are going to meet addi tional taxes is another one of the lit tle mysteries of life. —— lenton ^ * V provide research for utilization *of cotton stalks; standardize covering for cotton, and regulate shipment of the lint. The department of agriculture al ready maintains a research division for waste agricultural products, but Fulmer expressed belief that with addi tional congressional aid a practical method may be found to make money from cottolrt stalks now plowed under after the lint is picked. The proposal to standardize cover ing wouk? provide a maximum allow ance of l4 pounds for the bagging and tarag^, resulting in a saving in freight and insurance costs. The measure to regulate shipments would authorize the interstate com-' merce commission to give preferential rates to high-density ginned com pressed cotton. Railroads can carry more bales of such cotton in a box car than of ordinary ginned cotton, but. Fulmer sai^l no provisiona were made for this in rates. Dramatic League Organized. 1 “Danger Ahead.” Under the above caption, The Green ville Observer warns members of the legislature against the introduction of “restrictive measures which they will allege will be for the benefit of those who work in the mills," citing the fact that such measures forced the removil of many cotton mills from New England to the South and the abandonment of numbers of others. “The best way to help the mill work ers of this State is to keep the milla, to make their operation more profit able,” says The Observer, which has the following to say about Barnwell County’s Senator in this connection: Senator Edgar A. Brown, of Barn well, is a politician. As such, of course, he professes to be a friend of labor, for labor has a very big vote in this State. But he has too much sense to believe that he will help labor by favoring legislation which wdll drive mills out of business, for the mills not only add to the general pros perity of the State but they are the fcigge&t outlet for employment of the State’s labor. According to Senator Brown, South Carolina must reduce its taxation of cotton mills or face a danger of losing them because they will go where taxation is lower, just as so many of them moved here from New England because at the thne they were moved mill taxation was less in this State than in New England. He believes there is at present grave dan- "ger that South Carolina may lose many of its cotton mills, as well as that there will be no new investment In cotton mills in this State. > New England and other Southern States have reduced their tax burden and are attracting textile plants with increasing rapidSty, Senator Brown said. If South Carolina does not do so in the early future, Alabama, Geor gia and other Southern States, as well as New England, will take the textile plants that rightly belong to this fitater ha declared. ——~— One South Carolina plant, located in the Horse Creek section of Aiken County, is to be dismantled and ship ped to South America, Senator Brown aaidl The company looked over all of its mills and found the one in South Carolina to be the least profit able. Decision was then made to dis mantle the equipment and transfer the plant to South America. Senator Brown said he preferred aot to say which plant this was, but iadicated it was now^idle^ He said an appeal would be madfe to the South Carolina tax commission to save this industry. “I think our State is virtually out of the depression,” he said, “but one more thing remains to be done. We must protect our mills or lose them* I am a> friend of labor, but we cannot 4drive our mills out of existence.” On Monday afternoon at the Barn well Court House, representative members of Ellenton, Dunbarton and Williston High Schools met with Group leaders’of Ihe Baptist Building Fund f° r the purpose of organizing the Barnwell County Dramatic League. J. B. White, Supt. of the Ellenton High School, presidted and plans were formulated whereby each organization will have the benefit of four plays. Beginning on February 8th and end ing on the 15th, Williston will pre sent the first play at Williston on the 8th and making the towns of Barn well, Dunbarton and Ellenton be tween that date and the 15th of Feb ruary. Barnwell’s schedule will run from March 1st to 8th, inclusive; El- March from—March 29th through April 5th, and Dunbarton from April 19th to 26th, % inclusive. The entire proceeds from the four plays given at each point named will be used by the organization sponsoring same and will not be prorated) as heretofore. Ashleigh News. Ashleigh, Jan. 8.—The many friends of Mrs. Blease Rosier will le^rn with regret of her continued illness and ho.pe for her early recovery. Miss Norma Porter returned to her home in Williston Tuesday after spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Ross. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Creech and son, Bernard, of Augusta, spent Fri day af the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Owens. • • ’ Mrs. Jesse Halford and children and Miss Madeline Gassett, of Hardeyille, spent the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Diamond. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Creech and son, Billie, of Barnwell, spent Sunday at the hor#? of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Owens. The friendfe of J. L. Owens, who has been quite sick for the past few days, will be gla ( j to know that he is im proving. ' r E. J. McDonald has returned to his home at Metter, Ga., after spending the holidays with relatives here. Percy Beasley returned to Green ville Tuesday after spending the holiday^ with Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Ross. He is a student at Furman University. THE FUTURE—1935 V A ! we lay aside another year of banking and look to 1935, we resolve to be of greater service to the.people of this section than ever before. And to you we offer our banking facilities. If there is no bank in your community, or if you have an occasion or need for banking connections outside of your community, we would like very much to serve you, and we- extend to you a cordial invitation to visit our Bank, located at 823 Broad Street s. The National Exchange Bank OF AUGUSTA AUGUSTA, GEORGIA We are a member of the Federal Reserve System and our deposits are insured, both by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Good Management / GOOD' BAN K S 1 N C E 1871 ■p Barnwell 50 and 25 Years Ago. Interesting Items Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People. JANUARY 8, 1885. Still unsettled—the weather and the accounts of many delinquent sub scribers. 1 • \ '• r ’ V V? The small grain atreage is much less than it was a year ago, unfavor able weather having kept many farm- ers from sowing. The labor supply throughout thfc county is satisfactory. The Brothers The Legislature.' Shortly after the general assembly convened Tuesday, } Representatives Calhoun Thomas, of Beaufort, and Solomon Blatt, of Barnwell, introduced a bill to legalize the manufacture and sale of liquor, while over in the sen ate, Senator H. Kemper Cooke intro duced a resolution to have the State sue judges to recover “expense allow ances.” in Black are changing their habitation* Cliff Williams shooting to death Wil- r Ingredients of Vida VapoRub in Convenient Candy Form VKKS OHICH DROP Legal Advertisements NOTICE, WHITE PENSIONERS. I have received the third install ment of Confederate pensions. Please call at the Judge of Probate’s office, Receipt for and receive your pension check. JOHN K. SNELLING, Jan. 8, 1935. — Judge of Probate. FULMER OFFERS PLANS TO HELP GROWERS Of COTTON ■ *» 1 r Washington, Jta. ^—Three Tneas- a ares to benefit Southern cotton grow cts were before the house today as prepared* for its long grind, by Representative Ful- «f, Sooth Carolina, they would I will be at the following places for the purpose of taking tax returns for the year 1935. Only personal property is to he returned this year. Ten per cent, penalty will be added more, generally than, they have here tofore done • but very few have left the county. * 1 * The Bamberg Chronicle was sold under foreclosure of mortgage on the 31st inst. and bought^ by Mr. George Bishop. It will be revived at an early date under a new name with Mr. J. Felder Myers as editor. There has been a slight dtecrease in cotton^, receii&s.; at„^ ——JANUARY 6, 1910. \ Mr. George Weathersbee is attend ing Wofford College at Spartanburg, S. C. V. S. Owens, Esq., secretary to Congiessman Patterson, left for the national capital on Monday. f Only one intentional homicide oc curred in this county Christmas week, the parties thereto being colored, Ham Nelson. The slayer was prompt ly lodged in jail. ^Barnwell Hill looked on Monday as if a stock fair and a Happy NeW Year Day celebration were held in conjunc- tion. * \ _ A New Year Bridal.—Married by Rev. R. W. Sanders on the 2nd inst. at the home of the bride’s parents, Miss Kate, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jenkins, of Kline, and -Mr. Geo» This has not been caused by th short ness of the crop but by the transfer of business to the more convenient depot at Barnwell'•bf many planters who formerly made Elko their depot. Dr. J. Allen Patterson, of—Athmta, paid his friemdfc % fly* n 8 week and drank some Turkey Creek water. ' Over four hundred tons of cotton * ,<v seed have been sold and shipped to the Charleston oil mills this season. The Barnwell Railroad raised its passenger rates on the 1st inst. to 40 cents for first and 35 cents for second 1 class fare to Blackville. Rev. Mr. Chipman has accepted the call to the pastorate of the Baptist Church. I for failure to make returns on or be fore February 28th, 1935: Hilda, January 11th. Kline, January 14th. , Leigh, January 16th. , Meyer’s Mill, January 18th. Robbins, January 21st. / Snelling, January 28rd. Williston, January 26th. Respectfully yours, W. H. MANNING, Auditor^ Barnwell County. P. Kearse, of Gulfport, Miss,. Shortly after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Kearse .took the Southern train—for their future home in the South West. Thursday morning was the coldlest of the winter to date, the Barnwell and Allendale thermometers agreeing that 14 degrees was the figure. A weather observer tells us that it has not been that cold here since 1898, when the thermometer registered 9 degrees. In that blizzard time, nearly 12* years ago, there was good skating on the Sherwood race track pond. Mr. B. P. Davies, of Burlington, N. ^., gave his many Barnwell friendfc a glad surprise on Tuesday morning by coming once more to the cherished old home. V ■ Notice to Debtors and Creditors Notice is hereby given to all per- estate of the late >asedi, to make the undersigned persons holding lid estate are sons indebted to tl Jacob Cohen, d( prompt payment Executor, and all claims against the requested to file same, properly, at tested^ with the said Executor. L. COl Estate of Ja<k>b Barnwell, S. C., Jan. Executor, deceased. 1934.—3t. Around the Clock- with Reddy Kilowatt 8 P.M. n When youth will have its day ^1 And dance and love and play " must he music—-must be laughter- must be song. So here’s Reddy Kilowatt, -V * The gayest of the lot Who will play his fiddle evening long. ^ REDDY KILOWATT” YOUR ELECTRICAL SERVANT -? J. W. 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