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s THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1935. The Barnwell People-Sentinel 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 $1.60 Six Months - .90 Three Months .60 (StHctlj In Advance.) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1935. $3.00 License Tags. A’very popular plank in Gov. Olin D. Johnston’s platform last year was his advocacy of $3 license tags for au tomobiles. We believe that it won more votes for him than <fid his in sistence that Ben M. Sawyer, chief highway commissioner, “must go’’— be ousted from office. Recently, Gov ernor Johnston has received a couple of |>etitions—one from Lancaster and the other from Ridge Spring—calling on him to “clean out the South Caroli na highway commission and give the people of South Carolina $3 tags. The editor of The People-Sentinel, like thousands of other automobile owners in South Carolina, is not averse to purchasing a license tag for $3.00—less than half the amount that we are now paying—provided, the re duction can be made without impair ing our road-building and maintenance program or the retirement of bc«ids al ready issued. Whether or not thi.« can be done seems to be a disputeed question between the chief executive and the highway commission, but it seems to us that it is one that can be readily settled. A thorough examina tion of the receipts and expenditures of the highway department should d'o that. There is no denying the fact that a reduction from the existing rates to $3 would be a bright feather in Gov ernor Johnston’s political cap, and, in the public esteem, would probably fan JVhat Broke Us. The boll weeviL didn’t bust us. Opr bills didn't do it either; only half the notes of 1929, 1930 and 1931 were ever paid. ^3(ur crops have brought as much money'every year since 1921 as they ever brought prior to 1918— based on cost of production. The drought of last year was only the straw'that broke the camel’s back. We were wobbly and weak before that calamity befell us. We are having to pay for what we eat because of it. But listen, folks: What broke me and you was extravagance. We made 2 dollars and spent 4. We let inter est eat us up. The indiscriminate pur-* chase and use of automobiles contri buted materially to our downfall. Silk stockings and fur coats aided and abet ted to some extent. outweigh the removal of Mr. Sawyer. The row over the removal of the chief commissioner i.« one, we believe, that the rank and file of the people have grown tired 1 of, and whether the gov ernor can force his retirement this year or next i.< not material. It is claimed that Governor Johnston is definitely sure of attaining that aim some time next spring when the terms of a sufficient number of the present members of the highway com mission will have expired. "However, if there is any likelihood that $3.00 license tags will throw'any part of the burden of bond retirement upon real and personal property, we are unalterably opposed to the reduc-, tion. We believe, too, that Governor^ Johnston would be opposed to -uch a contingency. Speculation was the entering wedge. Easy credit is the mother of specula tion. We borrowed money' with our eyes shut, and bought stuff without thinking of values. We counted our weajth on a basis of equities, and when the show-down came there were no equities. We figured that we were worth so much above what we owedi but never figured how we were gping to pay our debts. We are still living beyond our means; I am talking about both you and me. We are enjoying luxuries’ that we can’t afford and we know it. Ninety per cent of every dollar you and I make in the form of wages or produce is spent several weeks before we eayi it. Our wages are new pledg ed in most cases 6 months ahead. Now people,—what are we going to do about it? Nothing at all. ThatV right. The standard of living is not exactly too high for the good of the country educationally and morally, but it’s too high to bring forth a prosper ous and honorable citizenship. We are still trying to keep ahead of the Joneses. It is ridiculous to hear sensible peo ple talk of reducing taxes without some manner of reducing expenses first being inaugurated. How can we have what we want and what we are used to without taxes? High taxes didn’t bust u.« either, but until we get better off taxes should be lowered, if possible. P. S.—After the above was written, Governor Johnston cited three mem bers of the highway commission, in cluding the chairman, to show cause Ibefore him yesterday (Wednesday) why they should not be removed from office. The Kingstree County Fair was featured one night week before last by a marriage. We see by the papers that the ceremony “took place upon the large platform at the rear of the grounds where each evening a free show was staged, in which acrobatic atunts and* performing dogs and pigs put on special acts.’ Unwelcome Visitors? “Vigorous protest against the ‘un limited parking of automobiles’ about the 1400 blocks of Hampton, Bull and Washington Street- by people who are ‘not even residents of our city’ was field! with the Columbia city council at its meeting yesterday by citizens and taxpayers, who said they had ‘paid their share’ of street paving taxes,” is the illuminating information con tained in Tuesday’s issue of The State. While it may be annoying to these Columbia “citizens and taxpayers” to have people who are “not even resi dents of our (their) city” visit the capital of the State and park their cars on the city’s streets, it might be well to remind them that those same “non- residfents” are contributing in large measure to the growth and prosperity of Columbia. If they be unwelcome viaitors, Columbia is reminded of the Tact that there are many other cities in this and adjoining States that will 1 welcome them with open arms. It is like-wise annoying to visitors who wish to trade with Columbia mer chants to drive for blocks to find a parking space because of the fact that Columbia cars occupy the most desira We areas throughout the day. If they wiah to encourage out-of-town trade. Columbians should provide parking opaee for their working people and re- re the streets for these shoppers are not even residents of their eity. The man who succeeds from this day hence is going to merit success. N O T H I N G I a-ked a lady what /ubject she wanted me to write on this week, and she said:: “Nothing.” I am glad to be able to accomodate her. The word nothing emanated from a mother-in-law’s “no” and the rear end of “something.” Nothing is what a politician’s promise amounts to, and represents also what you get when you pay par for oil .stock. Nothing is what some folks think I am, and is likewise what I think some folks are. Nothing is also what some young men and young women amount to when their daddies spent several thousand dollars trying to raise and educate them. Nothing is what a man paid me the other day when he gave me his check in settlement of his account. Nothing is what the legislature is going to do about reducing taxe.? when they meet next year. Nothing is what we get for at least 45 cents of every dollar we paid in taxes last year. Nothing is what a girl said when I asked * 1 her to marry me in 1906 and she didn’t do nothing else. Nothing is what I had left after I paid my last month’s grocery bills, and it now looks like I won’t have even that much be fore I pay them this months Nothing :s what the little boy shot at, and nothing is what he hit when he swore he killed a rabbit. Except a dress and one other little garment, nothing is what the average girl wears. Nothing is what a congressional in vestigation finds out, and nothing is what the people expect to learn from them. Nothing is what our cook does most of the time, and nothing is what I have to eat when she burns the break fast bacon. Nothing is what I’ve got now and nothing is what I expect later, and I don’t want to hear nothing else about this article—because its written about nothing and I knew noting else 'to do or say. A ► 4 THE NEW FORD V-B FOR 1936 A "" Why do we say The New Ford V- 8 for 1936? What is new about it? Of course, the newest engine in the low-price car field is still the V-8 engine. Sinfce Ford made it aYailable to all rar users (keeping it as economical as cars with fewer cylinders) the Ford V-8 has been the newest engine on the market and remains the newest for 1936. You may buy a car on minor “talking points"—some specially advertised fea ture “with the car thrown in"—but after all, it is the engine you buy when you buy a car. Hence we put the engine first Other new points about the car make a long list. Its lines are much more beautiful. The - Lmm - hood is longer and sweeps forward over the distinctive new radiator grille, giving ’ the car a length and grace that are instantly impressive. The fenders are larger, with a wide flare. Homs are con cealed behind circular grilles beneath the headlamps. New steel wheels. Ford upholstery — always of sterling quality and excellent taste—is rich and enduring. The appointments of the car have a new touch of refinement There is no question abouf the increased beauty of the Ford V-8 for 1936. In more practical matters, many improvements have been made — Steering is made easier by a new steer- ing gear rrrtin. The -cooling cyotom cir- driver's touch like a well-trained horse. You don't have to “push" or “fight” the Ford V-8 —drivel: and car easily get on "terms of good undersign ding with each other. An engine has much to do with the culates 5 V2 gallons of water through a new, larger radiator. Natural thermo- syphon action is assisted by two cen trifugal water pumps. New style hood louvres permit a rapid air-flow around the engine. Easier, quieter shifting of Ford gears —The gear shift lever now travels a shorter distance. The two qualities yoa want in brakes — Brakes that stop the car with ease and certarnty. Ford Super-Safety Brakes of the long-tested, fool-proof, mechanical design. Safety —as always — in the electri cally welded genuine steel body. Safety Glass all around at no extra cost. Hun dreds have written grateful letters be cause this glass has protected the safety of their families. > A<car you can drive without strain all day, if you like, in city or country. Steady, holds the road, responds to the roominess of a car. Very much indeed. A long engine uses up car space. The compact V-8 engine permits much of the ordinary engine space to be used by passengers. It really is a great car in eveiy way, this 1936 Ford V-8 —the finest, safest, most dependable Ford car ever built. Now on display by Ford dealers. LOW FORD V‘8 PRICES THIRTEEN BODY TYPES—Coup* (5 window*). $510. Tudor S*dan, $520. Fordor Sedan, $580. DE LUXE—Roadster (with nimbi* seat). $560. Coup* (3 windows), $570. Coup* (5 windows). $555. Phaeton. $590. Tudor Sedan. $565. Cab- ^riolet (with nimbi* seat). $625. Fordor Sedan, $625. Tudor Touring Sedan (with built-in trunk). $590. Fordor Touring Sedan (with built- in trunk). $650. Convertible Sedan, $760. F. O. B. Detroit Standard accessory group, including hampers and spar* tire, extra. All Ford V-l body types hare Saiety Class throughout at uo additional cost. Economical terms through Universal Credit Company. Mike Writes the Governor on An Important Matter. gov. olin d. johnston, Columby, s. C. deer govvernor:- i notis by the new.-papers where one of yore faithful constituants sent you a jawbone of a jack kass for you to use in connection with getting yore unrully highway department straight ened out, and i am riting to say that i hope it will serve his purpose ok. you will not have as manny phil- li«-teens to combat as sampson had, so you ought to be able to take care of the 16 gentermens in question, but plese be careful if you have newer w’ielded a jack kass jaw bone, you must get into how it should be hell in yore handis when being used. if you will ketch the jaw bone at the other end and wrop yore thumb and big finger around the left molar just below the eye-tooth, it won’t slip out of yore hand when landing an upper cut to the chin, if the jaw bone is sound, you don’t run no risk in hit ting straight down. it mought be a good* idea for you to rite the names of all the members of the highway department that you contact on the side of the bone in red ink so’s this instrument of relief can be placed in the zoo or museum for inspection by future publick officers that try to run everthing. to take the place of 5 or 6 of the pre-- sent members of the highway depart ment, kindly let me know; i mought be willing to take over the entire works if their jobs is open, i have had a right smart experiences in handling polliticks, and i feel confi dent that i can take care of this open- ning, if anny. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, pollitician. Baxter—Darnell. SAY, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THOSE WOLVERINE SHELL HORSEHIDE SHOES DID FOR ME ! if you find the jaw bone in question unsattisfactory, plese rite of foam me at once and i will send you a better one. is there anny way for you to tell whether or not the former owner and grower of the jaw bone now in yore possession ever run for congress or the legislatifre, or annything? if you happen to need a. good man Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Baxter, of this city, announce the marriage of their daughter, Miriam, to Mr. James A. Darnell, of Blackville, the ceremony being performed at the Methodist par sonage in Bamberg by the Rev. J. D. Inabinet, pastor of the Bamberg Methodist Church, on October 10th. Mrs. Darnell is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Baxter and is a grad uate of the Barnwell High Schol of the class of 1934, and a member of Barnwell’s younger society set. Her many Barnwell friend's regret that her marriage takes her away from Barnwell. Mr. Darnell is a young business man . and holds a responsible position with the Standard Oil Co. in Black ville, where the young couple are mak ing their home. Carolina Swamps Citadel. \ Comfort obis as slippers right from the start. HE! NO WONDER FRIENDS {RAVE ABOUT [WOLVERINES!] t Out In the ram all day, yet feet hept comfortable. Next morning... dried out soft as ever. ONLY WOLVERINE SHELL HORSEHIDES MAVK ■OTM SOLAS AMD OP1M SHELL LEATHER WEAM TARRED BOCKSKtH-SOTT BY A The Carolina Gamecocks upset the Citadel Bulldogs in the annual grid iron clash at Orangeburg Thursday afternoon by the lop-sided* score of 25 to 0, thereby handing the Cadets their wonst defeatHn 10 years at the handsfj of the Birds, -About 8,000 persons wit nessed the contest. advertise; in The People- Sentinel. foot comfort and money-saving k wear la to wear nothing but Wolverines! Both soles and uppers are genuine Shell HoneMde...unique leather with a tough center layer like your finger nail. And the secret Wolverine triple-tanningproc- ess makes them soft as buckskin. Come in and try on a pair. Farrell-O’Gorman Company BLACKVILLE, S. C