The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 29, 1935, Image 1
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VOLUME LVIIL
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1935.
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NUMBER 52.
Farmers’ Sentiment
• Against 9-Cent Loan
Cotton Buyers Say “It Is Fair to All
Concerned.”—Small Farmers “in
for a Drubbing.”
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Sentiment of the fanners, mer-
char^s and others in this section on
t^ig government’s nine-cerit loan is
confused. The immediate reaction on
the part of many was one of resent-
ment artidl indignation, some feeling
that the government had broken faith
with the farmers. After more careful
study cf the matter, however, there
seems- to be a disposition in some
quarters to take a more optimistic view
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
A Little Sense and Nonsense About
People You Know and Otherp
You Don’t Know.
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of the ultimaite results^ although this
attitude cannot be said to be shared
in by the farmers generally, especially
the “small f ’ farmers.
Then, tco, the announcement of the
nire-cent loan seems to be ciystalizing
a latent resentment and hostility
agaiinst what many term the unfair
ness-of thp acreage and tax exemption
certificte allotments Whether true
or not, there seems to be a wide
spread belief that the “big boys” took
care cf themselves in these matters
at the expense of the one- and twe-
horse farmers, and) the “wool-|hat
boys” are beginning to do a little
talking. One hears charges that
there are farmers who are actually
planting more cotton under the Bank-
head law than they did before the
cotton control program became effec
tive; that they have an excess of gm
certificates, and that their rentals to
the government provide a very tidy
annual income—in seme instances, as
much as 32,000 to $3,000 annually.
Perhaps the fault lies more in the law
than in its application, but that does
not allay the Resentment against the
final results.
But getting back to the reaction to
the nine-cent'loan, C. F. Molair, lecal
merchant, farmer and cotton buyer,
says: “As to a loan value of 9c on
cotton, I woulxi regard it a safe in
vestment and an extremely low basis
on which to sell cotton. Our crop was
An embarrassed - looking young
couple passing through Barnwell in a
light blue sedan on the sides of which
were painted in large white letters
“Just Married” and ether such ex
cruciatingly funny (?) phrases. . .
Football talk vieing with pessimistic
discussions cf the nine-cent loan. . .
A report that a “gin-cut” bale of cot
ton was sole on the local market last
week for four cents a .pound, while
the value of the gin certificate was
around $25. The producer was trying
to “get ahead of the nine-cent loan.”
. . . A. R. Still, of Hilda, and D.
O. Fanning, of Blackville, joining
The People-Sentinel’s family of read
ers, and W. H. Nix, of Hilda, renew
ing his 1 subscription. The latter has
been a subscriber fer many years. .
. . Farmers praising Senator Jas.
F. Bymfcs for his magnificent fight to
increase the cctton loan from nine
to 12 cents. . . .No evidence that
the farmers in this section are hold
ing their cotton off the market at this
time. . . Col. J. E. (“Bully”) Har
ley, Jr., paying a veterinarian’s bill
for $8 for treating a mule and “Bud”
Halford advising “Bully” to give the
mule to the vet. and pay him the dif
ference. . . . Perry B. Bush re
ceiving his appointment as mail car
rier on Barnwell route 1 as the re
sult of an examination held several
months ago
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Ten-Cent Cotton Loan
Is Given to Farmers
Subsidy Will Bring Total Price to 12
Cfnts a Pound on the Bankhead
Allotments.
100 County Officers
Entertained by Carter
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Solicitor Is Host at a Fish Dinner
Thursday at American Legion
Hut on the Edisto.
Bamberg, August 27.—Solicitor B.
D. Carter entertained about 100 of the
law enforcement and) other county of
ficers of Aiken, Barnwell and Barn-
Perry has been acting berg Counties, comprising the Second
Washington, Aug. 26.—A substitute
compromise plan to provide a loan of
ten cents a pound and-.a subsidy to in
crease the final producer return on the
1935 cotton crop-to twelve cents was
announced late today by the AAA.
Loan forms will be available to
farmers the week beginning Monday,
Sfcpt. 2nd.
The new plan, differing in several
important- respects—from the
loan-subsidy arrangement announced
last week, wa s approved at a confer
ence of farm and^ treasury officials at
the White House this afternoon; in an
effort to pacify Southerh senators
who had blocked adjournment of con
gress.
Federal Offer Altered.
Under the compromise plan, loans
cf ten cents will be advanced on cot
ton cf 7-6 inch low middling grade
or better. The subsidy payments will
. . i • r _ .be based upon daily average prices
by Lundy of Denmark at the ten spot markets.
, Here are the saliqnt differences be-
in tween the nine-cent plan and the ten-
cent compromise announced today:
Local School Begins
JNew Year Sept 5th
Public is Invited to Opening Exercises
in New Building.*—Faculty' Is
Announced.
. The Ibcal school will begin the new
tyear >:n Thursday, September 5th.
The public is invited to the opening
exercises in the new building at nine
o’clock.
In ordter to secure the greatest
benefit from the new building and
equipment the organization has been
changed so as to bring the ^eventh
grade into the high school this year,
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Teale Theatre Bought
New Owner Plans Improvements
Equipment apd Programs After
September 15th.
Loans will be made only on 7-8 inch
low middling cotton or better, instead
of an 13-16 inch low middling or bet-
J. H. Ross, operator cf the Teale ter as in the nine-cent plan. This
Theatre in Barnwell for the past sev- 1 reduces by about 200,000 bales the
eral months, has soldi his business to number eligible for loans.
G. F. Lundy, of Denmark, who oper-1 The subsidy payments will be made
ates the Dulamae in that town and on the basis of the average price at
carrier since last fall. * • . Local Judicial Circuit, at the American *Le-^ the Carolina in Allendale. The change the ten spot markets on the day the
merchants complaining about dull gion hut on the Edisto River Thurs- in ownership is effective September cotton is gold,'rather than upon the
tiade. ... Mr. and Mrs. Ike day with a fish dinner. Mr. Carter! 15th, it was announced here this fourth month average.
Weiner and) Leu Weiner, of Philadel- has been calling meetings of the peace week.
! ! Loans and payments will be re-
phia,- renewing'old acquaintances in officers for several years past, when Mr? Lundy was in Barnwell Tues- gtricted to actual production not in
Barnwell while en route to visit rela- 1 matters concerning the good order of day morning and told a representative excess cf the Bankhead allotment,
tives in Georgia. They are former the countie s were discussed, and this of The People-Sentinel that the local Formerly, each of tye 1,004,000 con-
merchants of this city— . . News- year all county officers were inclucJed. theatre will be closed after the night tract signers was eligible to obtain a
paper dispatch from New Orleans de- Mr. Carter preferred to designate show on Saturday, September 14th, loan on all his cotton, but subsidy
claiing that cotton traders and them as “law administration” officers and will remain closedi until extensive payments would! be made only upen
farmers disapprove of the increase in rather than law enforcement officers, improvements have been made in the the Bankhead allotments.
the cctton loan from nine to ten «i n thg p r0 per administration of the mechanical equipment, which will g a | es Involved.
made on a vejy restricted acreage,^ cents, and this writer making an un- laws, every official, of whatever desig-1 place the local theatre on a par with: . , .,, .
... .j . i i * J ’ . I . .. . . . . ! The subsidy payments will apply
to all sales of 1935 cotton, including
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with code prices for fertilizers, high- } successful effort to find farmers in nation he may be known, has a part,” i any in this section. It is very proba-. 1
officers and made them feel at home.
With special emphasis on the offices
priced mules and feedstuffs, but this section who are dissatisfied with
prices for laber baiely living. By way [the action cf Congress in forcing the
of c-mparison, when the sale price cn increase. . . Joe H. Zorn, of the
a popular make range was $69, cotton Friendship section, claiming to have
was se.ling for 14 cents, which would i even better coin than his brother Ben magistrates and constables, Mr,
comfortably buy one, but the sale Zorn or Robert Morris and 1 trying to Carter said 1 that proper enforcement
price today for a similar range is prove this claim by Frank Sanders. 0 f law can be had only by the full co-
$150, and cctton what?” | Local man expressing surprise-that operation cf every official.
W. J. Lemorv-rnerchant and farmer,' Labor Day-f*H» cn Mon4ay-this year.^ Mr. "Carter fitst introduced Magis-
who also buys cotton from time to ... . Showery weather further trate H G Garvin, of Aiken County,
time, thinks that over a long peried delaying cctton picking.'. . WilUs- who hag been in office since 1902>
the nine-cent loan will probably be a ton man remarking that hrs r^ife is Mr* Garvin whose reputation as a
good thing, provided there be no dras-' “spending a month and all he has in g0C( j 0 ffi c i a i an( j as a peacemaker is
tic break in the price. He says it ( the mountains. ^ ; k»own far and near, said that he at
.will tend te create a trading market t ^ ~ ■- — * • — '
he said. | ble tha^he will install an entirely
Mr. Carter cordially welcomed the new projecting and sound apparatus
and thereby help reduce the surplus
by bringing the mills and, exporters
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Evans re-
ently moved here from Sandersville,
into the market. He points out that ( Ga. Mr. Evans is to be in charge of
those who sell their crap above the , the newly-created Agricultural De
average price for the next four partment in the local high school,
months will receive more for their
receive more
cotton than those who sell under the
average.
Charles Lfevinson, proprietor of
“The Leader,” thinks that it is a
/ery tdisastrous blow to this section
and the South as a whole.
B. W. Walker, cotton buyer, ex
presses the opinion that the lean is
“fair to all parties concerned,” which
view- is also held by other cotton buy
ers here. .
Dr. Martin C. Best, local druggist
and farmer, is opposed to the nine-
cent loan, saying that as long as the
price ranged around the 12-cent level
it would have been better for^lhe
fatmers if the government had de
ferred making any announcement.
Resentment among the farmers—
especially those who have greatly re
stricted acreages and £mall certifi
cate allotments—seems to be wide
spread, and one frequently h^ars a
farmer declare that he will not sign a
contract in 1936, but that attitude
may be changed if the Congress
makes a 12-cent loan mandlatory or
should a nine-cent loan and benefit
payments cn the .Bankhead allotment
wx>rk out to their advantage.
It seems to be pretty generally con
ceded, however, that the one- and two-
horse farmer is in for a drubbing.
His acreage' was greatly resticted and
hia allotmeht of tax exemption certi
ficates is small, which means that, if
he be forqedl to pay $25 a bale to gin
his production in excess of the Rank-1
head allotment, that part of his crcp
' will net him only about $20 a bale j
should the price decline! to nine
cents. And, if that should turn 6ut
to be the case, he’s the boy who is
1 going to do a lot of “hollering” in the
next few months.
Death Stalks
S. C. Highways
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Three women were injured
Thursday, one sustaining a
broken collarbone and another
fractured ribs, when the car in
which they were riding was
wrecked near Darlington.
Maricn Lupo, of Marion, was
painfully injured Thursday when
the car in which he was riding
ran into the back of another
machine.
G. S. White, of Eustis, Fla.,
was fatally injured and four
other Floricla men were hurt in
an auto-truck collision six miles
from Ridgeland Thursday night.
F. W. Jcyner, Kingstree con
tractor, is in a critical condi
tion as the result of injuries
sustained in an automobile wreck
Wednesday night of last week.
Several other persons were less
seriously injured.
Mrs. Anna Agnes Roberts
Bowers, cf Martinsburg, W. Va.,
was fatally injured and five
persons riding with her were
hurt, some of them seriously,
when their automobile turned
over four miles north of Wal-
terbero Monday morning.
Liston Samuel; 35-year old
negro, was instantly killed Mon
day morning when struck down
by an automobile on the Man
Bluff bridge near Florence.
tributed the success of his adminis
tration to the cooperation he Jrad al
ways had from the other ppace offi
cers, especially the sheriff and his
deputies. “Don’t have so many cases
in court,” he advised his fellow-mag
istrates. “If ycu haven’t a case, don’t
hesitate to say so.” Many Cases, he
saidi, can be settled oua of court, and
he frequently does so. Practically all
and make other changes fer the en
tertainment and comfort of his pat
rons.
Mr. Lundy is an experienced, mo
tion picture theatre operator and his
coming to Barnwell will be welcomed
by local theatre-goers, who, at the
same time, will give up Mr. and Mrs.
Ross and their little son with regret.
those already made.
Visibly displeased with the com-
premise, and almost bitter about the
change in the program forced by the
Southern senators, farm officials fat
ly refused to amplify or to explain
ifurther the new plan.
LiLewi.se, the Compromise Jnet
some cisfavor on Capitol Hill. Ob-
organ
ized as a four ye^r senior high school. •
Now the entire school will operate cn
the six'-five-plam- The first six grides
wilt constitute the elementary school,
while the last five grades will operate
as a junior-senior high s chocL The
change is designed to enrich the work
of the seventh and eighth grades and
to give the pupils of these grades
more definite guidance toward the
ocurses that they wish to follojr in
the senior high school. Along with
the change in organization new courses
have been introduced in agriculture,
home economics and commercial Work.
The school office will be open the
first three days of next week for in
terviews with parents and pupils.
Pupils who are coming to Barnwell
for the first time should bring *with
them a complete record of their work
in other schools so that they may be
classified promptly.
Elementary teachers are Miss Annie
Margaret Zeigler, of Denmark, 1st
grade; Miss Grace League, of Clin
ton, 2nd grade; Miss Elease Ray, of
Denmark, 3rd grade; Miss Louise Mc
Cullough, of Greenville, 4th grade;
Mis s Rboda Wade, .of Chester, 5th
grade; Miss Sue Carter, of Varnville,
6th grade.
In the high school Miss Margaret
Free, of Bamberg, teaches history;
Miss Margaret Ellis, of Due West,
English; Mis s Hallie Mae McKeithan,
of Florence, Latin; Miss Mary China
Stevenson, of Hartsville, Science;
Miss Ruth Hull Dicks, of Dunbarton,
home economics; Miss Gladys Bell, of
Columbia, English and French; Miss
Delma Burgess, of Kingstree, com
mercial; George R. Evans, of Sanders
ville, Ga., agriculture; W. R. Price,
of Columbia, mathematics; Mrs. Ira
Fales, music. W. R. Price is princi
pal of the high school and W. W.
Carter is superintendent.
1 -jections were Raised by Senator
The latter have greatly improved the ^ eorge (democrat, of Georgia), strong
proponent of a 12-cent loan, Senator
theatre here and have brought many
excellent pictures to Barnwell:
Blackville Makes Application.
The Blackville* school district No.
19 has applied to J. L. M. Irby, State
director of PWA, for $45,000 to finance
the construction of two school build-
ings, it was announced Saturday.
The total estimated cost of the two
projects is $50,000, with $5,000 being
Byrnes (Democrat, of South Carolina),
whose amendment to the third de
ficiency bill for a 12-cent lean re
sulted in the compromise, cs.id the
compromise wasn’t what he wanted,
but that it was the best that tould
be done.
Farm officials privately expressed
hope that the new plan would permit
some increase in cotton exports, but
said the opportunities were not as
atin.oi.jr on * r “ .
of his cases, he said, are disposed of, contributed by the sponsors. D. Har- g * j^AA Comoiains of
without a jury on the first d!ay of old Hair, of Blackville, was named as p
court. The defendants nearly always architect,
plead guilty, because unless he has a
DRIVE CAREFULLY!
goed case he .will not send it up.
Sheriff J. Howard, of Aiken
"County, said that his county has a lot
of crime, but that it has a “wonder
ful set of officers,” who always co
operate. Aiken ig peculiar, he said,
in tha^ it has a system of constables
in the mill towns.
Opportunity for Service.
Coroner Tom Tarver, Aiken Coun
ty, said that peace officers have a
fine opportunity to render,' service to
the people. He related that Magis
trate Raborn once, years ago, had a
case before him where two families
had “gone to law” and were having a
regular battle. Warrants had been is-'
sued on both sides, when the magis
trate asked him to help out. Tarver
proposed that they try to settle it.
One side agreed, but it took much
persuasion before the other would
agree to drop the case. It was
dropped, however, and after much
more ipersuasion the families shook
hands, made up, and have been the
best-of friends since.
On another occasion, he said, a man
took offense when he held an inquest
and threatened to kill hun on sight.
The man would not speak to him for
several years. “I just prayed for
him, and when he was stricken with
paralysis, I went to see him. With
tears in his eyes he asked me to for
give him, and I was only too glad to
Miss Grace Hogg was a week-end
visitor in Charleston.
Fights for 12-Cent Loan
Cost.
, The AAA press gection officials
handed to reporters a statement of
the “modified plan,” and departed im
mediately, saying the “statement
speaks for itself.”
The action of congress in forcing, , ,,, , , . . ,
, . I members was published last week.
an increase of from nine to ten cents r
Blackville Schools Open Sept, 5.
The Blackville schools will open
Thursday, Sept, ,5th. »t nine o’clock,
according 'to an announcement re
ceived yesterday from SUpt. Byron
Wham. Opening exercises will be
held in the auditorium and a large
attendance cf patrons will be appre
ciated.
From nine until twelve o'clock
Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. Srd
and 4th, high school pupils , are • re
quested to report at the office for
classification and information con-
cerning the schedule of work for the
year. It is most important that ail
high school pupils take advantage of
this opportunity.
The first meeting of the faculty will
be held at 5:<Xi p. m., Wednesday Sep
tember 4th. A list of the faculty
in the loan was said to have made
available Ko farmers approximately
$50,000,000 more than had been pro
vided. An increase in price of a
cent a pound amounts to $5 a bale.
The crop this year has been estimat
ed at 11,980,000 bales. Growers rep
resenting approximately 77 per <*nt.
of the cotton acreage were repdrtedl
Mrs. J. E. Edwards.
Branchville, Aug. 24.—Mrs. Zimmie
Whetstone Edwards, 57, wife of F. J.
Eddf Edwards, died Monday afternoon
at her home in the Cattle Creek sec
tion. She was ill only a few days.
Funeral services were held at the
home ^Tuesday afternoon, conducted
under AAA contracts. The Bankhead by the Rev. W. L. Parker, the Rev.
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allotment this year was 10,500,000
bales. .
While refusing to comment upon
the revised plan, officials indicated
that the necessity* for figuring daily
average and making subsidy pay
ments on the basis of daily sales will
involve a Vastly complicated book-
crease the cost of distribution of pay
ments.
T. W. Davis and the Rev. P. H. Cow
herd, with interment in the Edwards
plot nearby.
Mrs. Edwardb was the daughter cf
the late Dr. N. C. Whetstone and Mrs.
Elizabeth Whetstone and lived her en
tire life in the community in which
she was reared. In early childhood
SENATOR JAS. F. BYRNES
Who led the fight in the Senate for an
increase in loans on cotton from 9 to
12 cents, which finally resulted! m a
compromise of 10 cents a pound with
keeping arrangement and might in-^’she joined Cattle Creek Church and
retained membership there through
life.
Mrs. Edward* is survived by har
husband; seven daughters, Mrs. E. C.
Still* Mrs. W. G. Hill and Mrs. Jen
nings A. Owens, of Barnwell; Mrs. W.
M. Bishop and Miss Gertruds Ed
wards, of Columbia; Kisses Gladys
and Anns Wilmsr Edwards, of Braaah-
ville; two sisters, Mrs. Anna !
of Lamar; Mrs. J. E. Webb, of
Pond; four brothers, S. A.
S. and O. W.
Ih Loving Memcry of Taft Dyches.
Although, Taft, one year has past,
Since we saw you last,
There is yet still,
A. place in our hearts and home
That no one else can filL
—Mother.
subsidy to guarantee fanners 12 1 Richard Moody, of Columbia, was
,(CONTINUED ON PAGE. EIGHT.) cents on their
ruarantee farmers iz ^i ' '
Bankhead allotments, the guest of relatives here Sunday. .*| ville; also six
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