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[ * r • ■ ■ r. / •' T iwell 50 and 25 Tears Ago. -* m ———————— Itenfa Gtcan«d From Uto File* of The Barnwell Pooplo. AUGu/t^7, 11 E.—Tne cbpy o) 1885. OTOTE.—The ci>py of this issue is from the file.) V AUGUST 25, 1916. b!1 County fanners have sav- mt more good fodder this season than »> , , • in any one year in a long time. Attorneys Best, Brown and Wyman Vsnre returned from a three weeks ari^y at Tate Springs, all in fine kel- Messrs. C. C. Simms, W. L. Cave, "H S. Cave and H. Richardson took m Clyde Line steamer at Charleston' mn Swnday for a quick round sea trip *» New York A number of Elko people recently a house at Healing Springs and half-camping out for a week re home satisfied that such an out- was better than gong on a trip, he Barnwell Oil Mill ginned two bales of new cotton on Tuesday. The first, weighing 354 pounds, belonged to Mr. T. S. Cave, while that of G. M. Morris, colored, tipped the scales at 505 poundis. Electric Storm.—On Friday night lightening struck a chimney of, the handsome colonial! Residence of W «• . ‘a -iS . r* a ,-J^ beyond dislodging a shower of soot. __ Another bolt struck a chimney of the cottage of Judge E. E. Morris in South Barnwell, but beyond shocking several members of the family did no harm of consequence. Gocd Roads Rnlly.—President Jack B. Morris of the County Good Roads Association estimates at 1,200 the attendance at the meeting on the 17th inat. at the Saltkehatchie s Club grounds. Many ladies were present. All k^ctions of the county were rep resented by delegations of the best citizens. 1 tpn BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA CARTER ENTERTAINS r ■ ' -- if ■ . . .. . a ^ THURSDAY. AUGUST *9, 1985. 100 epUNTY OFFICERS (COJ&INbED FROM PAGE ONE.) do it." This man,'he added, i s now one of his best friendfc. 1 Mr. Tarver also relsi|4^^jcerning the importance of the cffice, that aft«r a wreck seme y^t^ ago he and the sheriff were satisfiedP« C man’s death was due to the accident; He chanced to look at a tag cn the man's neck to get hi 8 name, when he discov- ere d 80m e fingerprints. Officers' were Oillnore Simms, Esq., but .fid no htritt- ^ j ndj after MVera i V V. V 4 COMMENTS ON MEN AND NEWS By SPECTATOR. The ex-audtitor of Clarendon Coun- ^ Is aueing for back pay. With the •Jvdges recovering back pay; and some legislators sueing for it; and now an ■auditor starting something. If there is smy real ground for these suits it /prooes that our State has not been mdl served in the effort to "cut sal- mries. Everybody knows that the #uts have been made unless an im- riahed State should maintain its ing because they are dissatisfied 1 . Certainly this is noicase for “relief.” Shall the Government feed the farmer if he stops work; or the merchant if he close his store? Well, Uncle Sam has passed the old-age pension law. The Federal Gevernment will contribute $15.00 a month to the pension of employees who are sixty-five years old or more, its in comparative luxury; but The states must enact old-age pen-< mliy was not the cut made legally? Camsidering the great number of law- jms m the House and in the Senate it fc passing strange that things were done contrary to the Constitution: It nakfa one wonder how many lawyers ha name are lawyers in fact. In re cent years laws have been enacted that were loosely wiitten as well as pooriy conceived. One does not ex pect masterly legal composition from m layman; but from a lawyer we have the right to expect knowledge of law ia the writing of bills. If the aver sion laws so as to avail themselves of the National provision The next session of the Legislature will be occupied principally with ef forts to match Federal grants for one thing cr another. We are traveling fast. Either we are solving one of the gravest of all problems—that cf old- age dependence—or else we are wad*- ing too deep for safety. The expendiency of much of the New Deal may be challenged. Of course, all the measures proposed may he de- rattan in October! Some years-jigo William J. Bryan mdvocated the guarantee of bank de posits. He was hooted down by the wise men of finance. Seveial States tried the plan as a State measure— sand had to give it uip. When R ose- •velt assumed office there was a re newed demand for insurance of bank •deposits. We all know what had hap pened; how thousands of people had laA their last dollar—their nest egg. After eighteen months of this pkn thr Federal Deposit Insurance Cor- pnvation issues a statement that it has insured deposits up to $5,000.00 im more than fourteen thousand banks, .thm? banks having a )ctal of forty- fended and in due time vindicated, farmer were as inexpert as the We all have thought with dread of an age legislator he would plant ( helpless- old-age; surely some way needs be found to amaliorate * that condition, but one fears the sudden,_ piecipitate plunges into ambitious un dertakings that charac.erif^the New Deal. One may admit—as one must admit, if fair—that the nation has been given a new birth under this ad-' ministration; one may equally Contem plate whether the nation, once on its feet, should not be allowed to grow and develop its strength without fur ther nursing. Here is a delicate matter. Many of our Carolina Democrats are entirely out of sympathy with many of the policies of Mr. Roosevelt. That is well known. But aie these men ready to oppose the renomination of' Mr. bQlion collars on deposit—that is Roosevelt? If his policies are fraught iting the insurance coverage at with so much danger to institutions are •vr thousand dollars in each 'insured the critics ready to vote the Republi- m tank. Duiing the 18 months that the tGowernnient has insured the banks 22 have failed, requiring a pay- moat to depositors of two million, seven hundred and sixty thousand dol- Ism. In the same period the corpora- ftjon has received from banks and cAher sources more than nine million ■*J»B«ts. During the ten yea!s 1920 to 1930 more than seven thousand banks failed. He dtd not tell us how many fearics failed from 1931 to March, 1933, as all banks were closed when Roosevelt assumed control the piesent state of affairs speoks eloquently cf improved banking conditions. The papers tell us that the town can ticket if Mr. Roosevelt should be the nominee of the Democratic party— as he surely will be? Political cour age is even rarer than physical cour age. Many men talk on the street corners about the peril to all we hold dear from the New Deal and make a public speech lauding Mr. Roosevelt end the New Deal to the skies. What UPyOur people think? It must, be remembered that a man’s loyalty to his clan, cr family, or race, or club Is usually stronger than his loyalty to his own convictions. We move with the mass. Now thousands of men may utterly disapprove of all that Mr. Roosevelt has done; may be so excited about it that they would work, three were arrested and charged with murder* Two of them were con victed, one going to the chair, and the other being sent up for seven years. Carter Complimented. Thoma* T. Cushman, Aiken County clerk of court, paid Mr. Carter a high compliment, as did all the other speak ers, saying that the circuit -has been blessed many years with conscienticus prosecuting attorneys. Mr. Cushman thinks that the books of registration from which jurors’ names are drawn should be revised at least every five years. In many instances, he said, men leng dead are drawn for jury service. Auditor Manning, of Barnwell, said that the officers in his county cooper ate and have been very helpful in getting the county on a good financial basis. By taking voluntary cuts in salaries and otherwise reducing the expenses, the county budget has been reduced fiom $272,000 in 1929 to $150,000 this year; losses in bank rupt banks have been^made good, the county is now on 'a cash basis, and for a period of 18 months no property taxes were levied at all—all due to the cooperation of the county officers, he said. ' Crouch Has Unique Record. Supt. of Education Horace J. Crouch, of Barnwell, said that he is one of the “oldest and youngest" superintendents in the State. After serving a long term of years, he ex plained he was defeated, and th^n after a four-year lapse, he ran again and was elected without opposition. He waimly praised Mr. Carter for such get-together meetings as this one, and said that the “reason you usually do not like a person is because you do net know him.” He consid ers education a very important phase of law and order. - Judge of Probate John K. Snelling, of Barnwell, has been in effice since 1899. He said that he was glad So licitor Carter feels enough interest in his circuit to call the officers to gether for mutually discussing their problems. He said that Mr. Carter 1 is one of the best sclicitois in the State. L. E. Croft, master of Aiken Coun ty, said there is not a finer, more con-* sciencious solicitor in the State than Mr. Caiter. He begged c f the good people of the circuit not to “shirk jury service.” “When you-see mis carriage of justice in the couit room, it is most frequently because of fail ure cf the jurors to do their duty,” he said. * Representative M. F. Bush, Aiken, said that “magistrates and legislators are the poorest paid officers of all.” “Ycu magistrates can make your dis trict as free from crime as you wis)i,” he told them, and outlined some of the ways they can be of service to their communities. Suggests More Meetings. Representative Sol Blat:, of Barn well, who is speaker pro tern of the • 'Welding ... the best way to make a perfect union of two pieces of metal is by welding them together. m V~ N. . . . and the best way to get a more pleasing flavor and a better taste in a cigarette is by welding together the different types of tobacco . . . i • • * ■ That is just what we do in making together you get a combined flavor which is entirely different from any one type of tobacco. It is this welding of the right amounts of the right kind of tpbac> cos that makes CHESTERFIELD a milder and better-tasting cigarette. CHESTERFIELD Cigarettes—the three types of mild ripe home-grown to baccos, that is tobaccos grown in this country, are welded together. Then they are welded with aromatic Turkish. ■ When these tobaccos are welded O 1933, Liggitt & Myers Tobacco Co. Chesterfield... the cigarette that's AfllDER Chesterfield... the cigarette that TASTES BETTER tion cf the fish dinner. A bountiful supply of stew and fried fish was served» Mrs. B. D. Carter and a number of other ladies assijted in serving. Do You-Know Your County? The upland forests of Barnwell Coun ty abound in hie’ " . oak and pine, the latter predomi k. This is the h:me cf the Southern long leaf yel low pine adveitised as the building mateiial par excellent, because of its durability.There is nothing quite equal to the beauty of springtime in the low country. It is always an early spring in Barnwell Cdunty. Moss-draped trees are found iq the river and creek swamps, violets, honeysuckle, jessamine, dogwood', shiubs and othe^ flowers line the roadsides and penetrate deep into the pine-scented regions. In the fall and winter myriads of colors greet the eye on eveiy side. Rich hues of red and yellow, ^carjet and huff, brown and also full of fresh water fish, and' with innumerable ponds stocked with a’l kinds of fish these products have al ways been exceedingly abundant. The climate of Barnwell County is mild; the winter’s are short and the summers long.* The center of the county is about 80 miles from the sea coast. The average date for killing frest in the fall.is November 17th, and the last in the spring is March 13th. The growing season is long, the aver age being 240 days for Barnwell, thus giving ample time for the maturing of a wide vaiiety of staple and special crops. Winters are so mild that some' crep can be tak,e« fr:m the land every month in the year. (To Be Continued.)- WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON MOTOR FREIGHT SERVICE lenber, to celebrate the Santee-Coop- beginning. Governor Johnson, fienttor Byrnes and Chairman Burnett !” ay ta they, will vote Mqybank are expected. In' recent . mccr,tic A case in P° in t years Manning has had an annual has exc,ted considerable comment. A purple stand out conspicuously. The heuse, said he was sorry every circuit gum trees flaming .with crimson ban- in tte State did not have meetings ners, and blackjacks with leaves of simror to this one. “My association ftaminif red, poplar aglow in yellow with you here today will make me a and orange; evergreens of cedar and better legislator,” he said. “The holly scattered heie and there, the remedy for ciime i^, the certainty of latter ftd^f bright red Christmas punishment,” he added, “and not the berries a& hot isolated instances, but severity cf it.” He paid Solicitor besta^*/ with a lavish hand by a Carter a high compliment. “He is a generous nature, high-toned Christian gentleman, and j A good deal of the acreage not un- a higher compliment can be paidl no. der cultivation is used for pasturage, man,” he said. Colonel Blatt also farm Huildngs, orchards, forestry pro- Hoover had done the same thing, took occasion to commend Associate dluctipn and the topographical features yet these men will never leave the Justice J. F. Carter as being one of unfit the land for agricultural produc- Dem cratic party. However they the most conscientious officials of the tion. But the fact that there is more with the ' ~ rTESBBi i. planning a 8l, " s ° f v e"*» n <* « Mr- for Saturday, the 7th of Sep- A public hearing cn the application of Lowe’s Tiansfer, Aiken, S. C., for Class D Certificates cf Public Con venience and Necessity to render motor freight service between the South Carolina-Georgia State line (Augusta, Ga.) and Charleston, S. C., over U. S. Highwy Nos. 1 and 78, via. Aiken, Williston, Denmark, Bamberg, •St. George; and between the South Carolina-Geoi gia Stqfe line and Co lumbia, S.l!V©ver U. S. Highwa^Np. 1, via Aiken and Batesburg, was originally ordered to be held in the Public Service Commission’s office in Columbia on June 5th, 1935. At that time the applicant moved for a post ponement o(^Iie hearing, and' the ^Spon - postponed the hearing in Ifi&K de until 10:30 a. m., Tuesday, September 3rd, 1935. This hearing is to determine thq require ments of public convenience and neces- pobiir fret-together, with barbecue at JL JL Breedin’s El Rocuerdo farm. As nearest important town to the certain distinguisheCKcitizen of the State. - * j than 100,000 acres of tillable land un- s jty i n the premises. Other officials introduced and giv- used that could be used would appear t ing brief greetings were: Magistrate on the surface as awaste; not so, M I .... Q. B. Free, of Bamberg; Auditor these vast acres abound in game birds State, long a Radiator for economy, Haskell Joidan, of Aiken; Auditoy W. of all sorts, native to this latitude,' for retrenchment, for consolidation, M. Brabham, of Bamberg (who with and for several years the field tiials 1 PLAYGROUND TO SPONSOR “SOAP-BOX DERBY” SEPT. 5 AIR CONDITIONED Equipment Something Has Been Don* About the Weather ' by Southern Railway System Alr-conditien»d Puitatn Cart and Southern. Din-rg Cara art now in service t *’ Travel In Cool. Quiet, Delightful Comfort, free from Duet, Smoke and Cinders ... A miracle de velopment of temperature con trol for the convenience of the traveling puhi'c Round TripTickcts On Sale Daily 2 Cents per Mile—1$ Day Limit 2 1 /2 Cents per Mile—6 Month'Limit Tickets hoaered la sleepiaq sad pariet cars on payment ol propot charqts let space occupied ... no surchsree One Way Coach Faro* IVtc Per Mile 'Fast and Convenient , Schedules / Sanlee development Manning signal-j e ^ mlnat ‘ on, erad * ca tion and extripa- Fletcher Kirkland had a lot to do with held here brought- to the county The Barnwell County Playground tier inteiest in the great prospect ^ on ’ con,es ou ^ * n whole-hearted and catching the fish); Treasurer J. S. prominent sportsmen from all over doctor and her local (Barnwell) sup- bj a feast. enthusiastic call for clubs to work for Walker, of Bamberg; County Commis- the country, each of them piaisingthe ervisor will stage a “soap-box derby,” Roosevelt. The criticism is that Mr. sioner Yaun, of Aiken; Supervisor R. wide open spaces, the amount cf game to be participated in by all of the Roosevelt appoints so many spending L. Kearse, of Bamberg; Supt. of Edu- found * nd the h n& Southern hospi- boys and girls of the town. The en- and taxing commissions that he is a cation Lybrand,.of Aiken; Supt. of Ed- tality .of Barnwell folk. The Ameri- trants for thi s derby will be allowed ( more golden spender than Hoover, ucation O. W. Lancaster, of Bamberg; can Field Trial Magazine, in a recent to use anything with four wheels, as I have no interest in whese favorite sport was to appoint Judge cf Probate George W. Webb, of issue had^ this to say: “The grounds as long as it doesn’t have an engine “Fact-fincing Commissions” on every- | Aiken; Sheriff J. B. Morris, of Barn- are beautiful at any season of the to supply the necessary power. Each thing under, the sun. The loyalty of well, and Sheriff T. J. Hadwin, of year; in June a veritable paradise; in entrant will be allowed two or more Ok of the most astonishing orders «rihe ERA is that strikers shall be; mo re golden spender than jftvca M relief.”rtH khl* except to wonder why the bread md meat intended for the destitute iskdi be given to men .who voluntarily jobs. Any man who strikes ■^employed man. No unemployed can strike; he hasn’t anything to for. It is equally proper, I sup- (hat the ERA should pay the eO the losses of the-shut-down? operatives of the mill are strik- a man to his party or club transcends his private convictions. All this means that, regardless of all the spending, the Democratic party will pell at least 80 per cent, of South Carolina’s vote. ■ * ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel Bamberg. December a hunter’s dream.” pushers, the number depending on the In closing the meeting, Mr. Carter, Besided^the game, as a part of the length of the course and number of said that the sole idea of all law is natural resources, and coming from laps or heatg. to be run. Prizes will to make a better place in which to the animal kingdom, fish' are exceed-, be awarded to the winners. Every- live. “All laws which do not have ingly abundant Bounded on two ( body is urged jto get busy and build that for their purpose should! be wip- sides—north and south—by two rivers or speed up his entrant, whichever ia _ ^oe i m v « « * . .. v. _ . . .. _ ... * __ . . .. «d off the hooka, 1 * he said. abounding in fish, and the Saltke- necessary. For complete details see •A. G. Hicks supervised the prbpara- hatchie running through the center the playground supervisor. \ AIKEN-AUGUSTA SPECIAL Lv. Augusta 2:15 P. M. Lv. Columbia 5:00 P. M. Ar. Washington 6:60 A. M. Ar. Baltimore 8:12 A.’ M. Ar. Philadelphia ___ 10:07 A. M. Ar. New York 12.01 P. M. CAROLINA SPECIAL Lv. Columbia 12:45 P. M. Ar. Cincinnati 8:10 A. M. Ar. Chicago .. (CT) 2:15 P. M. For fares, sleeping car reservations and other travel information, call or write: W. E. MCGEE, A. G. P. A, COLUMBIA, S. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM ADVERTISE IN ThePeople- Sentinel.