The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, October 10, 1935, Image 8
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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY. OCTOBER !•, 1935.
Barnwell 50 and 25 Years aso.
Interestinr Items Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People.
OCTOBER S, 1885.
Reliable early risers report frost
on Monday and Tuesday mornings.
Col. Lee Hagood had shipped up to
Saturday last 170 tons of cotton seed
to the Charleston Oil Co.
Rev. • D. W. Key has accepted th$
pastorate 6f Rosemary Baptist Church
for the next year.
Cotton receipts up to Monday night:
Bamberg, 2,884 bales, an increase of
340 bales over last season; Grahams/
1,306 bales, increase, 242 bales, Black-
^ille, 3,486 bales. /
Married.—On the 29th ult, at the
residence of the bride’s^ father, by
Rev. U; W. Key.^dr. Albert E. Willis
and Miss Bessie Hammond, daughter
of Major E. Spann Hammond. . . .
The happy couple took' the six o’clock
train at Elko for a bridal trip to the
seashore - / \
Deaths.—In Barnwell, on the 2nd
inst., Robert Bethune, only son cf Dr.
and Mrs. A. Bethune Patterson.
In Red Oak township, on the 6th
inst., Ira Burkett, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Burkett, of Atlanta, Ga.,
aged one year and three months.
In Blackville, on the 6th inst., Hamp
ton, youngest son of Rev. and Mrs. Ar
thur Buist. ,
OCTOBER 6, 1910.
The Willistop High School Trustees
have bought kn admirable campus lot
of five acres in the northern suburbs
on which the new and capacious school
building will be erected.
^ Mtimed October 2nd, 1910, at the
residence of Rev. J. M. Sanders, the
officiating minister, Mr. V. B. Ross, of
Elko, and Miss E. Belle Miles, daugh-
fer of J. D. Miles, of George’s Creek.
There is already county-wide talk of
an excursion to Columbia at the time
of the inauguration of Governor
Blease. It is a matter of general ex
pectation that Chief Justice T. S.
Dunbar will administer the inaugural
bath.
No. 52 is the number of the last au
tomobile registered in this county,
an elegantly handlsome Buick owned
and driven by Dr. B. F. Storne, of
Blackville. It is the only one of that
name in the county and is as pretty as
a picture. 1 \
Magistrate Frederick, cf Williston,
committed to jail last week the two
negro robbers charged wih highway
robbery in taking $56 from the pocket
of, farmer James Bonnett, who lives
West of the Aiken Ccunty line. The
money was recovered.
COMMENTS ON MEN AND NEWS
By SPECTATOR. -
Secretary Roper is in favcr 6f such
a broadening of the Federal jurisdic
tion as will permit Congress- to do al r
most anything that an emergency
might suggest as desirable. Of course
much may be said fur that. It is a
big order and full of interesting pos
sibilities. Some pertinent questions
may be asked. Aie we sure that a
Republican Congress might not use
that power to meddle with s me pe
culiar conditions in the South? If
Congress be empowered 1 to legislate f r
It has no reference to setting up a'
system of pensions to embrace every
body. The very purpose of a pension
System for old-age is that one may-
look forward to it' Include it in all
his plans, accept it without shame,
embarrassment or mortificationn. It
distinctly is a case of lelief based not
on rtctual want, a condition to be ac
cepted gracefully. No, it can’t be
done—that is without violence to the
Constitution.
The Cbnstitution has ceme up for
trade, without restrictions, then Con- so much discussion that it may be re
gress may legislate for wages, without
restrictions, and hours and conditions
of work—and’-a dozen othei points of
garded as a timely topic. All this
discussion will be profitable because
it will result in bringing to our mindJi
special significance to us of the S uth. j the leasun for a Constitution. One
Are we'geady to let down the bars? great reason is that the haste of
1 am not s > full of State’s rights or hysteria is guarded 1 against. We can
State autonomy as to be blind to the always amend the Constitution, but
groweth of our common interes:. We the slowness of the process has a
are a naion far^ more than we are a
mere aggregation ofyStites.. Re
calming effect on us all. Some years
eg i we were threatened with such an-
gardless of cur political jealousy and .omalies as the recall of the decisions
our Constitutional hedging our eco-jof the Courts. That would be almpst
nomic interests are national. The anarchy. Yet Theodore Rosevelt pre
stuff we buy and the products we sell
know no State lines. The truth is that
we d n’t think of the State except as
one of our centers of politics and local
taxation. But in spite of all that
certain differences paevail among our
people and these differences are plain
ly marked an., clearly understood.
Shall we risk all of our interests?
An* we ready to do so? Pa-esident
Roosevelt is a very attractive man
and his wins, me charm seems to dis
pel misgivings, but once the authority
is conferred it might be yet another
type of man who would invoke it.
Old-age Pensions Blocked.
Recently J. K. Brecdin, Managing
Director of the Farmers and Tax-
payers’ League, gave a statement to
the Associated Press saying that
there could be no appropriation by cur
Legislature for old-age pensions until
claimed it as a neeced reform and mil
lions clamored for it. If it could have
been hi ought about by statute it would
have been adopted.
Pr;<visions Are Puzzling.
Some provisions of tur State Con
stitution are a puzzle to me Why were
they included’? Of course there was
a reason—and to the framers cf the
Constitution it appeared to be a valid
reason. Some confusion exists in cur
Constitution; seme contradictions, due
in pait to bad editing.. When the
Constitution is amended it should be
left a clear plain document, not a
hodgepodge of the original, with the
amendment added to cause greater
confusion. That is how it is today.
In my opinion tho^e contradictions
sh-uld be cleared up by the Judiciary
Commitees of the House and Senate.
The Constitution sometimes permits
u Constitutional Amendment should a couise to be followed which no one
be submitted to the people in Novem
ber of 1936 and subsequently ratified
by the General Assembly in 1937. Mr.
Breedin based his statement On^section
32 of Article three of the Constituion
of South Carolina, which readts: “The
General Assembly shall not authorize
payment to any person of the salary cf
a deceased 1 officer beyond the date of
his death; nor grant pensions except
for military and navy service; ncr re
tire any officer on pay or part pay.”
Editor Buchannan of the Columbia
Record, a penetrating critic and lucid
expositcr, commends Mr." Breedin’s
statement to the Legislature and
makes the point that the Constitution
accepts. 1 have in mind f the provision
which permits the Governor to veto a
section of a bill, while leaving the re
mained in-tax*t, if there is enough left
to amount to anything. It is generally
assumed that this refers to items of
an Appropriation bill. I don’t find it
so, upon reading it carefully. It is
section 23 of Article four, ^fou will
observe that this section does not
limit its operation to bills appropriat
ing money. It begins with a discussion
of bills and? joint resolutions (every
bill and joint resolution it says). Af
ter that the section deals with “bills
appropriating money” and concludes
that sentence. After that it says—
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the unrelated part of any bill' know n
to us as a bob-tail bill.
There Is a Constitutir<n.
All in all the people will wake up to
the fart that there Is" a Constitution.
Of coursq, it isn’t a sacred document.
It is man-made law and in no wise
related to the famous decides from]
Sinai. It may be amended as the jfWP > v
pie may wish, for it is their charter.
The people would do well to proceed
slowly, and cautiously in amending
the Federal Constitution. There is
nothing holy about it; it should be a
flexible document, responsive to the
needs of a great commonwealth; but
that does not signify that every whim,
every proposition, is worthy of • a
change in the great fundamental law.
Conceivably our growth as a nation
may call for a larger recognition of
the national scope, but calm, thought
ful study is desirable. We need not
take off pur shoes as we approach'the
document, nor yet fear that a change
would indicate a pollution of the pub
lic life at its source Let us study our
national interests sanely, but study
it surely. Dor/t let us rush in with
profaning hands (here I am, too) be
cause some one has shouted a shib
boleth. Let us know what we are do
ing. After all -is said and done, the
Constitution and the laws are for us
who are living; not for those who are
dead*. If we think best to confer un
limited powers on Congress, then let’s
go ahead. But watch your step; walk
skid.
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2—1928 Chevrolet Pickups
1—1927 Chevrolet Fordor.
1—1929 Ford Coupe.
1—1929 Ford Truck.
1—1935 Ford Fordor—New.
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ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel.
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has been kicked about so much by b u t no t w jth any special reference to
everybody that it can hardly be ex
pected to held now against those who
would set it aside. Mr. Buchannan per
tinently points out that some tax
payer will surely challenge any effort
to evade or ignore this Ccnstitutional
provision and tie it up in the Courts.
In his luminous editorial Buchannan
intimates that perhaps the counties
might feel competent to set up a pen
sion system, citing section three of
Article twelve of the State Constitu
tion.
I believe the point not well taken,
though Mr. Buchannan is a discerning
critic, knows that the' Constitution is
alwsys open to violence at the hands
of those it impedes. Clearly this sec-
tion three of Article twelve refers to
indigence, to charity, to abject poverty.
bills appropriating money—“If the
governor shall not approve any one or
more of the items or sections contained
in any bill, but shall approve the resi
due thereof, it shall become a law, etc.”
Under what appears to me to be a
fair interpretation of the State Con
stitution Governor Johnston might
have vetoed' the part of the bill' which
provided for the selection of Highway
Commissioners'by delegations and he
might have thereby retained the part
providing for a three dollar license.
It is surprising how impressions be
come so firmly fixed' that we disquali
fy oui selves as critics of even what is
plain. The impression is abroad that
the Governor can only veto items of
an Appropriation Bill, whereas he is
authorized by the Constitution to veto
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Has reopened at Blackville in
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modern, up-to-date equipment
has been installed and a highly
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ited time. Free scalp treat
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Treasurer’s Tax Notice!
The County Treasurer’s office will be open froy September 16. 1935.
to March 15, 1936, for collecting 1933 taxes, which include real and i>er-
sonal picperty, poll and road tax.
All taxes due and payable between September 15 and December 31,
1935, will be ccllected without penalty. All taxes not paid as stated will
he subject to penalties as provided by law.
January 1st, 1936, one per cent, will be added.
February 1st, 1936, two per cent, will be added.
March 1st to 15th, 1936, seven per cent, will be aduied.
Executions wdll be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection
after March 15th, 1936.
When writing fcjr -amount of taxes, be sure and give school district
if property 4s in more.than one school district.
All personal checks given for taxes will be subject to collection.
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The People- Sentinel.
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State
Ordinary County
Road and
Bridge Bonds
Past Ind. Bonds
\
Constitutiqnal
School
Special Local
TOTAL |
No. 24—Ashleigh -
5
7
4
1 1
3
12
32
No. 33—Barbary Branch
5
7
4
1
3
17
37
No. 45—Barnwell
5
7
4
1
3
25
45
No. 4—Big Fork
5
7
4
1
3
21
41
No. 19—Blackville
5
7
4 .
1
3
20
40
No. 35—Cedar Grove
5
7
4
1
3
28
48
No. 50—Diamondv
No. 20—Double Ponds :
5
7 '
4
1
3
17
37
5
7 J
L 4
1
3
19
1 39
No. 12—Dunbarton
5
7
4
1
3
27
47
\’o 21—Edisto
5
7
4
1
3
9
29
No. 28—Elko
5
7
4
1
3
27
47
No. 53—Ellenton
5
7
4 •
1
3
11
31
No. 11—Four Mile
5
7
4
1
3
8
28 „
No. 39—Friendship 1
5
7
4
1
3
17
37
No. 16—Green’s Academy
5
7
4
1
3
• 20
40
No. 10—Healing Springs
5
7 ^
4
1
3
20
40
No. 23—Hercules T ---
5
7
4
1
3
. 30
60
No. 9—Hilda
5
7
4*
1
3
19
* 39
No. 52—Joyce Branch
5
7
4
1
3
26
46
No 34 Kline
5
7
4
1
3
21
41
Nn 32 Tlpp’s _
5x
7
%
4
1
3
10 J
30
No. 8—Long Branch
5
7
4
1
3
15
35
No. 54—Meyer’s Mill
5
7
4
1
3
21
41
No. 42—Morris
5
7
4
1
13
15
35
No. 14 Mt. Calvary 1
5
7
4
. 1
3
18
38
No.. 25—New Forest
5
7
4
1
3
18
38
No. 38—Oak Grove 1____
5
7
4
. 1
3
19
39
No. 43—Old Columbia
5
7
4
1
3
26
46
No. 13—Pleasant Hill
5
7
4
1
3
15
35
No. 7—Red Oak
• 5 ~
"7
" 4
1
3
19
' 39
No. 15—Reedy Branch
5
7
4
1
3
17
37
No. 2—Seven Pines
5
7
4
1
3
12
32
No. 40—Tinker’s Creek
5
7
4
1
3
17
37
No. 26—Upper Richland
5
7
4
1
3
26
46
No. 29—Willistcn
5
7
4
1
3
32
52
The commutation road tax of $3.00 must be paid by all male citizens
between the figes of 21 and 65 years. All male citizens between the ages
of 21 and 60 years are liable to poll tax of $1.00.
Checks will not be accepted for taxes under any circumstances except^
at the risk of the taxpayer.—(The County Treasurer reserves the right to
hold all receipts paid! toy check until said checks have been paid.)
Tax receipts will be released only upon legal tender, post office money
order or certified checks. i J. J. BELL, County Treat.
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