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J52- FAGB FOUB. BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH TUBiniwUPwleSentUiei JOHN W. HOLMES % 1112. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. - ■ <* —■ ' t ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.60 Six Months JH) Three Months .60 (Strictly in Adraneo.) THURSDAY, JULY 25TH, 1935. Congratulations, Sheriff. Sheriff J. B. Morris is to be com mended for his war on th^ bootleggers in Barnwell County, endl hit campagn should be backed up by strenuous ef forts on the part of municipal offi cers in the varius towns of the county. Citizens in Barnwell andl other towns in the county have invested consider able sums of money in the operation of liquor stores. They have bought the required licenses and ere aeHing stamper liquor, all of which mean in creased revenues for the State. Natur ally, to allow bootleggers to operate in competition with them is unfair and unjust, for these law violators bay neither licenses nor stamps and, more often than not, peddle vile concoc tions. Every effort should be madle to stamp out their illicit business, there by giving protection to the licensed dealers and increasing the revenue of the State, counties and towns. A Situation That Should Be Remedied. COMMENTS one place to do business old An<j then there is yet more travel. | Now and again some one must gp to ! Recently there were a series of copferenees at the State University on theme g of public interest. Some dis cussed taxation; some talked about bringing in new industries^ some others ^talked about th*. advantage of the short ballot; while still others had something to / say about consolidating offices. } As to Taxation: Our taxes are too high. On land they are so high that the taxes are a real burden, a burdten that discourages the buying of a home. Afterdating taxes, insurance and repairs it is less expensive to be a renter than an owner. That ig a pity, for it creates too many footloose fami lies and ihakes our towns more like nice camps than permanent places. We must have permanence in order to have standards. Our old towns—those where father, son, grandson—and all others—still live acquire a tone that is different from the little fly-by- night places that grow up because of boomlets. They are better places in which to live. flee they are “in conference”; in the District office they are “in confer ence”; in the Regional office, “in con ference”;* in the National office, “in conference!” Caesar’s Ghost! what do they confer about? And what re- suS'^ from the conferences? And busy! They are so busy with confer ences that there is no time for busi ness! Just like an engine running ddle and all hea^d up, standing at the curb! And they run from one end of the County to the County seat “for con ference”; and Vrom every County to a District meetiiig “for conference”; and from every County to the State Capital “for conference”; andl from every State Capital to a regional poin^l “for conference”; and 411 crowd into Washington “for conference!” It’s a tourist enterprise—this E. R. A.— with its conferences. They flit from one conference to another, buying changes of ffnen on the way, for surely they don’t stay long enough in New York, Chicago or Los Angelek to I attend 7 lectures! In our innocence Ve ' thought giving a free-handout simple business. Not 8 o! One must go to attend special lectures so as to! know whether a starving person shall | be given bread or denied all aid and sympathy. _After a few months -of special training they learn that if peo ple have no food they are v apt to get hungry. __ It’s a great life if you don’t weaken! Do you remember that people—men and women—earnest, pious souls— went about in late 1918 telling the Country that the boys of the A. E. F. were so “spiritualized” by their deep and soulful experiences that the churches in the good old U. S. A. would have to revive their spiritual tone so as to be good enough for the boys of the. A. E. F? Were you in the A. E. F? All the oldl bunk, wasn’t it? I went all through the A. E. F. and the dominant note was an urge to get to Paris! Possibly for the spiritual life; (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.) Several days ago, the editor of The People-Sentinel received a letter from a relative in another State, saying that he understood watermelons were being sold by South Carolina farmers at $40 per thousand, while up in West Virginia wholesalers were sell ing the same melons to retailers at 37 cents each, or $370 per thousand! Granting that it costs 10 cents apiece to transport watermelons from Barn well County, S. C., to points in West Virginia the net cost to wholesalers would be only 14 cents each, or $140 per thousand, and vre aay without fear of contradiction that a profit of $230 per thousand, or 178 per cent, is entirely too much. Recently, The Bamberg Herald sug gested that subscribers in northern and eastern cities write the editor and tell just how much they have to pay f° r watermelons, cantaloupes, cucum bers, etc. The following letter was received from O. F. Hunter, now of Washing ton, D. C., and published in last week’s issue of The Herald): “Editor, The Bamberg Herald:— Referring to your paragraph in last .week’s Herald about the price of melons, I wish to sky that water melons are now selling at what we consider a low price—from 35 to 50 cents each. “I understand that about two weeks the. farmers, were, selling cama- loupek in Bamberg for 15 cents per cr *t®* At that time, a citizen of Bamberg sent me a crate of 36 canta loupes, upon which the express was 52 cents. Allowing 10 cents for the crate itfelf, the 36 cantaloupes cost 77 cents delivered in Washington, or about 2 1-7 cents each. At the same time, cantaloupes scarcely a s good as those sent me were selling for 15 cents each. I was in Bamberg the firs', week in June and. saw farmers selling cucum- ber s for 25 cents per crate. The girls who packed them received 2 ««rts per crate. The crates were worth 12He each. When I reached Washington on June 8, similar cucum bers were selling at $5.00 per crate, or 5c each. It certainly seems that the farmer is not geting enough for his produce or we in the citie s are paying too much, or both. They usee! to tell us that it often takes all a carload of melons brings to pay the freight, but who gets the difference between the 2 l-7c (express included) for a canta loupe, and the retail price of 15 cents?” It .seems to u g that this is a situa tion that should demand the attention of the federal government, jit is fol ly to lend money to farmers to pro duce crops andl then leave them to the tender mercy of unscrupulous com- _ mission merchants i n the north and east It i 8 not fair either to the farmers or the consumers. While the federal government is dishing out money for hundreds of activities with a lavish hand, why not use a small part of it to improve marketing condi tions of farm produce? The People-Sentinel would welcome letters from its subscribers in dis tant States, telling whs they are pay- for watermelons, cantaloupes, and other perishable products. It has been suggested that we make a special drive for new business. We might try to get a hundred new fac-j tories during the four years of Gov ernor Johnston. That sort of thing can’t be done by ballyhoo. If we seek new mills or new industries we must offer some reason for the coming of the plant s to this State. What induce ment can we offer? Money? If they need money we don’t need them, for this is no charity. What advantages have we? Steady labor, intelligent, loyal men 2nd women—American born? Climate? More sunshine— therefore less expense for lighting and heat? Nearness to the raw products, like cotton, timber, lumber, etc., etc? Just what talking points have we? Good land s and easy taxes? Do we really want new industries in South Carolina ? "We might give some thought to that. l g this a pet idea of a few of us, or do we as a State want to haVe new factories? It is a queer thing, but those coun ties which have big industries fre quently elect men to the Legislature who are distinctly hostile to the mills. Why is that ? If the ipills should shut down thousands of men and women would be without food. All business would dry up. What would happen in Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Greenwood or Lancaster if the mills dosed? It seems that w4 ought to ask our selves seriously, do we wish to build up our State industrially? QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY DIRECTORS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING, JUNE 30. 1935. G. W. MANVILLE, Clerk. Board of County Directors. Bernice Still, salary, chain gang $85.00 E. F. Woodward, chain gang 114.35 M. C. Kitchens, salary, magistrate 12.50 W. C. Kennedy, salary magistrate’s constable 13.95 B. F. Owens, contingent Jessie J. Brohson, board of reg. 1 20.00 25.00 Our State government could be operated much les s expensively. It would not be fair to say that our State is notoriously prodigal in ex penditures; it is true, though, that a carful study of fell our agencies would prove that considerable saving might be made through reorganizing the de partments of governments There was a proposal to have a Commission* of nine to study the whole set-up with recommendation^ for je-grouping the different services. The plan died a- borning. The members of the Legis lature, in general, don’t know enough about the set-up to do anything about it. If anything is ev4r done it must be done by specific recommendation of the Governor. A Wouldn’t it be great if the State had some one to look after the tax payers’ interest? Doe? that seem foolish? Not if you are a taxpayer. Our whole State machine is geared to the obligation to get a dollar’s retufn for a dollar spent. Spending is the idea—and it is faithfully carried out. . ^ I db not mean that there is crook edness. Our officials are as good* as the rest of us, but I mean that we ought to see a real urgent, vital need for a thing before using public money for it. Just because a few people want something is no reason to saddle it on the State as a thing to be paid for with taxpayers’ money. 792 793 794 795 796 797 . 798““ Jeff Hunt Road Machine Co., chain gaing. special—5,648:66 J. J. Bell, Treas., interest on bonds 1,503.75 Vickery Bros., chain gang 33.50 S. C. Power Co., jail and court house 21.02 J. J. Bell, Treas., court expense 687.80 Jennie P. Greene, rest room 8.33 The Williston Way, advertising 6.00 Idis Brabham, salary, board of director s ^ 1 16.66 Ryan R. Gyles, salary, co. bd. of directors i6.66 W. D. Black, salary, co, bd. of directors 1 16.66 L. S. Still, salary, co. bd of directors 16.66 R. R. Moore, salary, co. bd. of directors 16.66 J. W. Patterson, salary, supervisor 133.33 Henry Hartzog, salary, chain gang 75.00 Bernice Still, salary, chain gang ' 75.00 A. B. Patterson, salary, co. physician 33.33 Mrs. R. S. Dicks, demonstration expense - 10.00 The People-Sentinel, adv. and pitting I— 54.05 Commis!sionesr of Public Works, jail,.court house, co. home 26.35 Josh Patterson, janitor 1. 20.00 Paul H. Senders, salary, magistrate, 2 months 25.00 M. L. Collins, salary, constable, 2 months 25.00 J. M. Halfohl, board of registration Sarah C. Pyi^ salary J. J. Bell, salary, treas 63.89 R. L. Bronson, salary, clerk of court, postage, etc. 71.51 A. N. Black, board qf equalization *9.00 J. J. Bell, postage — — 2.00 G. S. Harley, salary, deputy sheriff .1 —__ 75.00 L. T. Claytor, county home 16.66 A. M. Anderson, salary, 6hain gang G. R.'Peeples, salary, magistrate D. W. Glover, salary, constable > B. S. Moore, Jr., salary, co. supt. of ed. J. B. Morris, salary and expense, J. E. Lafn, board of equalization 12.00 L. Cohen, county home 369.13 L. Cohen, chain gang l.S.\ 6.52 E. F. Woodward, county Jiome — 20.00 -E. F. Woodward!, chain gang j—- 92.97 799 800 801 - 802 803 804 805 ,806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 - 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 v \835 836 —837 838 839 640 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 850 25.00 60.00 65.00 29.16 29.16 115.00 191.66 J. B. Morris, court expense 126.60 Governor Johnston doe* well ,iir re fusing to take seriously the sugges tion of an extra session of the Legis lature. We have some destitute peo ple in every community but the desti tution s not new. The poor have al ways been with us and have always j been.fed. The sooner we eaU off the; “Social Workers” and the others the sooner the country will try to do for itself. The paper s tell us that there ik (or was) a conference in New Orleans and that the E. R. A. chieftains andl braves are there smoking the pipe of peace. Now, aren’t these E. R. A.’s the grandest litle conferees the world has ever seen!? In the County office they are “in cpnference”; in the State of- 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 J. B. Morris, postage — 3.50 J. B. Morris, court house and jail 35.33 J. B. Morris, court expense 56.50 J. Br Morris, jail r—^ J. B. "Morris, dieting'prisoners 50.75 Margaret Me/Ulster, salary, sheriff’s clerk '—25.00 J. K. Snelling, salary, clerk and postage -V. 51.50 Barnwell Ins. Agency, premium on bond 6.00 -Jeff Black, salaiy, mag. constable 29.16 S. H. Ussery, county home 58.00 Lemon Bros., chain gang, jail, co. home, court house __ 84.62 Grubbs Chevrolet JLo., chain gang —6.20 Ghingold’s, county* home, jail and chain gang 20.45 T. M. Willis, board of equalization 15.00 O. H. Morris, board of equalization 9.00 A. M. Sanders, boaid of equalization. 12.00 W. S. Creech, board of equalization , 1 9.00 J. W. Folk, board of equalization 9.00 C. G. Youngblood', board of equalization 9.00 J. P. Chitty, board of equalization 9.00 F. H.'"Dicks, Sr., board of equalization' 12.00 E. D. Peacock, board of equalization 12^)0 A. D; Connor, Sr., board of equalization 12.00 D. C.^Bush, board of equalization 6.00 M. N. Ahl, boatd of equalization 9.00 865 B. F. Anderson, board of eqB<at&n '~^--js 9.00 M. W. Wise, board of equalization 9.00 J. Black, Jr., board of equalization 12.00 Victor Lewis, board of equalization 9.00 T. P. Mitchell, board of equalisation 9.00 , J. M. Walker, board of equalization 9.00 W. C. Kennedy, board of equalization 21.00 866 867 868 869 870 871 672 C. M. Turner, board of equalization - 12.00 873 I. W. Rourttree, board of equalization 15-00 874 , R. R. Johnston, board of equalization — — 12.00 875 J. F. Swett, board equalization 12.00 16 E. G. Birt, board of equalization 15.00 17 J. W. Sanders, board of equalization 15.00 18 S. G. Lowe, et al., board of equalization — 39.00 79 H. Jeffff Hair, board of equalization 12.00 30 R. R. Mooie, board of equalization — 15.00 31 Standard Oil Co., chain gang L 115.57 32 G. M. Hogg, salary^ magistrate , 29.16 33 J. W. Cook, salary, magistrate — 25.00 34 J. W. Sanders, salary, magistrate, chain gang 15.50 885 - 886 867 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 '^99 aoo .901 902 903 904 905 906 907, 908 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 -919 920 921 THURSDAY/ JULY 25TH, 1935, C. S. Anderson, salary, magistrate 14.58 J. M. Hill, salary, magistrate 14.58 25.00 O. D. Hammond, salary, magistrate W. F. Johnson, mag. constable ----- i9Kft Charlie ♦ Morris, mag. constable 1{ . R ^ C. L. Hiers, mag. constable — Thos. J. Hill, mag. constable — G. O. Johnson, mag. constable and chain gang - R. W.‘Price, public bldg s - - " B. and ». Motors, chain gang ™ ™ D. W. Glover, chain gang ^ - ‘ Greene Lumber and Crate Co., county home ,-— 3.24 W. T. Riley, chain gang * Jas. H. Lott, chain gang - C“ Monroe Rowell, chain gang - ^ Furmin Delk, chain gang * P.-O. Beckj.. chain gang —- C. F. Molair, chain gang and co. home 19-88 Cassels and Co., Inc., chain gang and co. home 140.61 Happ Bros. Co., chain gang - - 58 05 R. A. Deason Co., county home - 9 " 05 G. W. Manville? stamps - 2 - 0C> Barnwell Turpentine Co., county, home — 27.22 ' Farmers Union Merc. Co., county home 19.97 Farmer s Union Merc. Co., jail 1-^0 Jas. T. Still, county home 30.75 Walker, Evans and Coggswell Co., printing— 170.23 R. L. Bryan Co., printing - 140.14 W. H. Manning, salary, auditor 55.56 P. W. Price, board of equalization 15.00 The Childfren’s Burau, contingent - — 20.00 Service Garage-, chain gang — .r 1-75 B. F. Owens, contingent ^— 20.00 S. C. Pov&er Co., court house, jail — — 17.11 Beasley and Ussery, chain gang 18.10 T. W. Blackwood, chain gang _ ^——‘ — 8.00 Idis Brabham, salary, co. board directors — 16.66 922 W. D. Black, salary, co. board of direefors 16.66 923 R. R. Moore, salary, co. board of directors _— 16J56 924 ’ Ryan A. Gyles, salary, co. board of directors 16.66 L. S. Still, salary, co. board of directors — 16.66 J. W. Patterson, salary, supervisor 4 133.38 G. S. Harley, salary, (deputy sheriff 1. 75.00 . H. «4L Hartzog, chain gang 75.00 A. M. Anderson, chain gang 65.00f G. R. Peeples, salary, magistrate 29.16 D. W. Glover, salary, magistrate^ constable 29.16— J. M. Hill, salary, magistrate ^— 14.58 Thos. J. Hill, salary, magistrate’s constable — 14.58 L. T. Claytor, county home — 16.66 Bernice Still, chain'gang ’ , ’ 75.00 *l5. W. Glover, chain gang — j —^13.00 J. B. Morris, salary and expense 191.66 L. Cohen, chain gang and county home ... 31.17’ R. L. Bryan Co., printing ... — 7.75 Standard Oil Co., chain gang , 126.88 E. F. Woodward, chain gang 111.92 E. F. Woodward, contingent 12.50 Walker, Evans and Cogswell Co., printing ,„>v 16.20- D. A. Lubricant Co., chain gang 21.00 A. St. Clhir Price, contingent 1 50.00 Chas. Morris, contingent 12.50 W. F. Johnson, salary, constable and chain gang - 30.51 G, M. Hogg, salary, magistrate 29.16 M. L. Collins, magistrate’s constable ; 12.50 O. D. Hammond, salary, magistrate 25.00 G. O. Johnson, magistrate’s constable 27.91 G. W. Manville, salary and extra v --. 70.00 Margaret McAllister, salary, sheriff’s clerks t 25.00 H. J. Crouch, salary and 1 postage 118.38 W. H. Manning, salary, auditor 55.55 J. W. Sanders, salary, magistrate 12.50 J. W. Cook, salary and chain gang __ 26.00 Paul H. Sanders, salary, magistrate ' 12.50 Jeff Black, magistrate’s constable 29.16 C. L. Hiers, magistrate’s constable 15.83 J. K. Snelling, salary, clerk and postage 61.25 Josh Patteison, jaflitor, public^ building* 20.00 A. B. Patterson, county physician ....i 33.33 G. S. Harley, contingent ^ 126.60— A. E. Hair, contingent —_ 4.00 Barnwell Ins. Agency, premium on bond _• 30.00 Com. Public Works, co^Jiome, jail and court house 20.35 R. L. Bionson, salary, clerk, postage, etc. 71.66 J". J. Bell, salary, treasurer 1 63.89 Sarah C. Price, salary, treas. clerk *- ,60.00 V. E. Fourehier, stationery, etc. 1 5.50 V. E. Fourchier, stationery, etc 5.00 W: F. Bates, equalization board .1.1 12.00 Grubbs Chevrolet Co., chain gang 6.55 Ghingold’s county home and chain gang 28.53 Lemon Bros., chain gang, jail, pub bldgs., co. home 77.59 Cassels Co., Inc, county home and chain gang ..^ 225.14 R. A. Deasoh Co., county home andl chain gang ....l^^ 3.75 H. 'Antopclsky, chain gang 19.10 Sxton’s Drug Store, chain gang, jail court house 12.85 B. T. Lott, chain gang 26.82 Vickery Bros., chain gang 62.60 T. W. Blackwood, chain gang 1 19 43 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 "932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 950 951 952 953 954* 955 956 957 958 959 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 968 969 970 971 972 973 974 975 976 977 978 979 ‘ 980 981 982 983 98T 985 986 987 989 990 s 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 “Jeff Hunt Road Machine Co., chain gang ^ 38.50 S. B. McMaster, chain gang 1.75 Barnwell Filling Station, chain gang 44.09 Marvin Holland, chain gang 23.00 Children’s— Buww~eqfftfngent - - - - - _ _ __ _ 20.00 J’. B. Morris, dieting prisoners 47.95 J. P. Greene, rest room ■nr-w--""— 8.33 J. B. Morris, contingent 14.87 J. B. Morris, postage 4.06 B. F. Owens, contingent 20.00 J. C. Rogers, public buildings ,8.73 Barnwell Ins. Agency, premium on bond 25.00 L. C. FoWke, equalization board 6.00 Sinking Fbnd Commission, contingent 7.03" C. F. Molair, county home — 7.35 Gulf Refining Co., county , homa^. * 5r.4<^ Jennings A. Owens, county home 5.20 Mazursky’s, county home 1.25 Barnwell Ice and Fuel Co., county home 10.55 Unity Grocery .Co., county home 21.00 J. B. Morris, county home and jail —*. — 41.95 P. W. Price, public buildings 1 - - -- - - -—-117 12.50 1006 L. F. Randall, public buildings 2-50 1007 The People-Sentinel, stationery — 11.55 1008 J. T. Still, county home — 31.00 1009 C. S. Andlerson, salary, magistrate 14.58 1010 L. J. Baughman, co. bd. of education^ + 1 45.00 1011 R. R. Moore, contingent .i_ —- 5.00 1012 Idis Brabham, contingent 5.00 1013 Ryan A. Gyles, contingent j_. 5.00 1014 Bf. S. Moore, Jr., contingent .1 240.00 1015 J. J. Bell, treas., ret bonds, int, fee 2,803.00 1016 J. J, Bell, treas., ret. bonds, int., fee * 4^265.83) 1017 ^ S. C Power Co., Court House and jail T 15.87 1018 J. J. Bell, treas., qpurt expense s 190.30