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-♦AGE FOUR. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUWJBi Ziin, c?- The Barnwell People-Scntinei JOHN W. HOLMES 1840—1912. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months .90 Three Months .50 (Strictlj in Adranee.) Fundamental Truths. Fundamenal Truths. If Nobody’s Business Bj Gee McGee. Mikes Writes the Department of Agriculture Again. mr. henry wallis, ' secker-erry agger-culture, Washington, d. C. jieer sir:—. if it looks like it is going to hurt uie farmer to take off the processing' taxes on cotton and wheat, please don’t pay no attention to long, taU Fundamental truths do not change with the passing years. Long ago The People-Sentinel point ed out that the South can never really prosper as long a s our farmers are forced t obuy what they nee (jin a tariff-protected market and se N what they produce in world markets in competition with cheap labor in for eign lands. ' It was Abraham Lincoln who said that this country could not exist half slave and half free. He was mistaken in a sense, for the South has managed^ in some manner to eke out an exist ence, though condemned to ‘‘economic slavery” by the factors citedl above. More than 125 years ago—in 1828, to be exact—John C. Calhoun wrote a protest against the "Protective Tar- «ff” on manufactures, known a* the “American System.” His words are just as true today as they were when first written by South Carolina’s great statesman. Read what he said: “We are told, by those who pre tend to understand our interest better than we do, that the excess of pro duction, and not the tariff, is the evil which afflicts us; and that our true remedy is a reduction of the quantity of cotton, rice and! tobacco, which we raise, and not a repeal of the tariff. They assert, that low pi ices are the necessary consequence of excess sup ply, and that the only proper correc tion is in diminishing the quantity. We would 1 feel more disposed to re spect the spirit in which the advice is offered, if those from whom it comes accompanied 'it with the weight of their example. They also, occasional ly, complain of low prices; but in stead of diminishing the supply, as a remedy for the evil, demand an en largement of the market, by the ex clusion of ail Competition. Our market is the world; and as we can not imitate their example by enlarg ing it for our products, through the exclusion of others, we must decline their advice—which, instead of al leviating, would increase our embar rassments. We have no monopoly in the supply of our products; one-half of the globe may produce them. Should we ieduce our production, others stand ready, by increasing theirs, to take our place; and, instead of raising prices, we would only di minish our share of the supply. We are thus compelled to produce, on the penalty of losing tmr hold-otr -the general market. Once lost, it may be lost forever; and lose it we must, if we continue to be constrained, as we now are, on the one hand, by the general competition of the world, to sell low, and, on the other, by the tariff to buy high. We cannot with stand this double action. Our ruin must follow. In fact, our only per manent and safe remedy is, not from the rise in the price of what we sell, in whcji we can receive hut little aid from our government, but a reduction in the price of what we buy; which is prevented by the interference of the government. Give us a free and open competition in the general markets of the world. If, under all our discour agement by the acts of our govern ment, we are still able to contend there against the world, can it be mage and company who is trying their derndiest to get it off. the gower- ment is trying to help the common peeple and not govvernor s and sena tors and milli-nairs my akers have benn cut down from 8 to the plow to 7 to the plow; that means that you will be renting one more aker of my land enduring 1935. and 1 this will make by check read “37$” instead of 30$ for 1934. if you think, there is anny chance to gtet this rnixe^ up, you might send me my extra check for 7$ by return male. i hope you will keep on pulling for the farmer, he needs eve’rthing he can get holt of to keep going, gasser- leen and! tires have gone up might nigh 50 per cent, and radio tubes can’t be had from the direct relief agen cies, so what we want is more govver- mehTTfnonney and more p. w. a loans and higher prices for what crops we sell and lower prices for the stuff we have to buy. took up worrying after that last in vestigation.^ My face began to burn, my legs wanted to stand a-kimbo, I saw black spots in front of my eyes, my breath got shorter, my nose got longer, and nothing seemed satisfied in my stomick. “WATCH THE FORDfTGO BY 95 \ •/ f- fyyyyy. v^.y -—-I went to my family physician. He said my blood pressure was not tooYiigh far « gklloping fool like me. (I resented that.) He suggested that I rest an hour at noon; stop eating lean meat, sausage, steak, bread, but ter, sugar, eggs and starchy foods. Those things he outlined represent | everything we ever have on our table, including all 3 meals. 1 think it would be all hunky-dory for me to chew gum, nibble a soda cracker every other day r smell cheese on Fridays and Igal h^lidlays, sip 7 or 8 sips of hot water now and then, suck a lemon before breakfast, which I must* not eat, taste a spoonful of tomato juice before dinner, which I must not even think about, and sleep with a biscuit, well buttered under my pillow at night. If I could stop thinking about that high blood pressure, I think I would get along very well. I can feel my bood vessels pumping at high speed. I can hear my heart strain ing itself to push the white corpuscles thru my arteries. I am pained with a tingling sensation all over my anato my, and my spinal column hurts from Dan to Beersheba. It’s got me, folks —but I am still working. Any one possessing any good high-blood-pres sure remedies will please communicate them to me. Thank you. if something could be done to get the senators and congressmen up there (who rode into off is on pres, rosey- velt’s coat tail) to stop playing poli ticks, and quit fighting the. add-min istration, this old country'would b3 over her trubbles in 6 months from this date, the dimmercrats have al ways hope 98 folks out of every 100; them last 2 is rich folks and they can stand a small jolt, as they will have plenty of everthing left when they lose a little MEASURING OF COTTON. WILL BEGIN NEXT MONDAY if you need anny speeches made up north or out west to off-set the at tacks of huey long and gov talmadge, please rite or foam me at once and i will stump the whole u. s. for only 5$ per speech, those 2 gentlemens <«re only dreaming political dreams; when they wake up anj find that they can’t “shear the wealthy” and run the gov- vermnt their way, everthing will be hunky-dory. keep up the good work for the farmer, and give dr. townsend our love and tell him we hope he will get firs old-age pension bill thru. ■doubted, if this impediment wen* re moved, we would force out all com petition; and thus, also enlarge our market, not by the oppression of our fellow-citizens of other States, but by our industry, enterprise, and natural advantages. But while the system prevents this great enlargement of our foreign market, and endangers what remains to us, its advocates attempt to console us by the growth of the liome market for our products, which, according to their calculation, is to compensate us amply for all our losses; though, in the leading article of our products, cotton, the home market now consumes but a sixth; and if the prohibitory system as to cotton goods were perfected by the exclusion of ail importations, the en tire consumption of cotton goods would not raise the home consumption of cotton above a fifth of what we raise. WANT INCREASED GASO LINE MILEAGE?—See Page 5 as We can use that monney allso. tell the rest of the quacks and bull-shooters howdy-do for me. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd. Going U p! -...Old man Imagy-N-ation has taken hold of me. I felt all right up till about a month ago. Then I decided to take out some more life insurance for the purpose of keeping the old lady in eiite-society when I demised, so I called upon an insurance agent and he hed me shifted to a doctor for examination. -/ This good doctor discovered that my blood pressure was considerably higher than stocks, bonds, cotton or real estate. In fact, it seemed to be trying to hit on 8 instead cf 4, and 4 U its normal capacity. It always goes up when other stuff goes down, there fore I did not worry much till the next day. - -I had my test re-t(iken the fol- lowering ~ J weekr It hath gained 8 points; US steel had! lost 10 points— that’s how I explained everything. I During this week the County Com mittee and the County Agent are se lecting Compliance Supervisors for this county, who begin next Monday to measuring co.ton contracts. Each cotton farmer under contract will be measured accordingly as to the acre age-of cotton found, the rented acres checked carefully to see if it is,ther? and if it is being used properly. In addition to this ;he committeemen and' supervisors are to see that com pliance is carried out as to acreage of certain cash crops as well as the labor on the farm is the same charac ter and number. If a farmer had share-cuoppers la«t year he should have the same number this year or a satisfactory explanation must be givem — There are 1826 contracts in the county to be measured and it is esti mated that it will take 36 men about three to^our week s to complete the work. -The first rental checks for 1175 of the cotton contracts* have already been received and it ib, expected that the majofiy of the remaining number will come in within the near future. All farmers having cotton contracts have been requested to stake out cor rectly their rented acres so that the- supervfsor 3 will be able- to identify them ahdl determine if they meet the requirements. They should make themselves available so that at tlia time of measuring they will be present to give the necessaiy information and show where the fields of cotton and rented acres are.—Prepared, by H. G. Boyston, County Agent. Advertise in The Peonle-Sentine! HOTEL SAVANNAH 300 FIREPROOF ROOMS 3 RESTAURANTS - Near / A Everything J Wort ^ whlle ! r r.r. .i fa ,, • i > i'ii 11 11 AVANNAH, $1.00, ENTIRE SHOP REMODELED AND RENOVATED. Our Regular $5.00 Croquinole Wave, $2.50. With each $3.00 Permanent Wave, one free'. Other Permanents $2.00, $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00. HIGHTOWER BEAUTY SHOPPE r Mrs. L. M. Hightower Miss Biliie Griffin. Miss Elizabeth Walker 321 Leonard Building Phone 3761 , AUGUSTA, GA. We Hope You Will Not Have an Automobile Accident BUT YOU NEVER CAN TELL. TOMORROW Your car may need repairing, body rebuilt, .or radiator repaired. ( If so, drive into our MODERNIZED SHOP and let us give you a price on the necessary repairs, or, if need be, we will send our wrecker for you. EVERY JOB GUARANTEED. WHITTEN MACHINE & EQUIPMENT CO. Headquarter* for White and Indiana Trucks—BK Vacuum Brakes. Sixth and Ellis Sts. Phone 1637 ' AUGUSTA, GA. . v • • r-- -. • SEE THE FORD EXHIIITI0N AT THE CAUF0RHIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT UN DIEGO Barnwell 50 and 25 Years Ago. Interesting Items Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People. JUNE 25, 1885. Two Blackville merchants have scld about fifteen hundred ladies’ hats this season. “The Cape May,” a cheap and comfortable hat, Is the favorite of the fair sex. — Harrison Ashley captured 4 logger- head turtle weighing 12 pounds, the patriarch of Turkey Creek, on Sun day, and the Molair HoUse guests en joyed turtle squpten Monday. A hog raiser says he has not lost a hog in thirty years from cholera. He gives, ones a week, a quart of tur pentine in slcps to forty hogs. JUNE 23, 1910. Farmers tell us that the present condition of the cotton crop of the county is not over 56 per font, of its •promise at this time last year. ^Cnpt. X B. Murrls has. been elected President of the Saltkehatchie Farm ers’ Club to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. H. W. Qqinn’s removal. * At the commencement of Charles ton College last week, Charles F. Mar tin, of Blackville, was graduate^ a. feacholor of Aits, winning the second j honor of his class. Mr. Marrin has gone to Annapolis, having won a FOR ALL —write— Carolina Supplies & Cement Co. CHARLESTON, S. C. Mrs. Dr. N. F. Kirkland, Sr., has scholarship to the United States Naval a floipk of seventy-six p4omising Academy. young turkeys. Misses Anna Walker, Marie Keel Major E. R. Hayes sold in Augusta and Mary Goode sailed on Saturday on Friday a car load of melons from) from Philadelphia on the .steamer his Florida farm for $325. An 18-year old negro boy named “Big,” living on Major J. Evans place, recently caught at Holman’s Bridge over the Edisto River a huge xock fish that weighed 5& pounds sev * eral hours after it was landed. It is said to be the largest ever caught in the Edisto. “Big” was fishing from a canoe, using a hook made at Black- ville, and when the mammoth fish struck his bait, a big bream, the boat wa s over-turned and the negro was towed around four bends in the river befoi’e he was shoaled on a sand bar, from which vantage point he landed the rock fish afeer a long struggle. Cadets Oscar Willis, Robert Holman and Richard Riley, of the King’s Moun tain Military School, are at home for the summer holidays. Haterfoid for Liverpool. T*hey will spend three months in touring travel through the most attractive portions of Europe, and are the first Barnwell people since the war to have that happy pleasure. The Bank of Western Carolina was the lowest successful bidder for the bond issue of the six thousand dollars recently voted by the Elko School Dis trict for the purchase of a beautiful location of several acres and the erec tion theieon of a handsome and com modious brick high school^ building. Contractor Hutto, ot Columbia, will erect the buildSng. The closing of a most successful year in every department of the Black ville High School was crowned in the graduation of Misses Rosamond Buist, Alma Baxley and Ruth Hoffman and checks MALARIA in 3 days—- Liquid - Tablets COLDS Salve - Nose first day Drops TONIC and LAXATIVE . I Rev. W. W. Graham, of Willis'ton, is Messrs. Harry Blume, Carlisle Altman the only peach grower of our acquain- and Ussery. Prof. G. W. tance who has made a full and] firm Coggin was elected principal for the crop this season. next term. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Optometrist Sight Diognastician and Specialist 956 Broad Street ------ Augusta, Ga. Special Prices ON PERMANENT WAVES $3.00 to $7.50 Don’t forget our IODINE and HOT OIL Reconditioning Scalp- Treatments. They are guaran teed to cure dandruff W t e are now using the famous GALVE‘ Preparations foi facials which we are sure will please YOU. N i 1 l i t FOR APPOINTMENTS '(■ PHONE NOi 43. The Barnwell Beauty Shop 1, TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS. 'i; L,.