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A V y PAGE EIGHT. THEBABJTWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BAk^TWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA A / if,., \ h t r.< COMMENTS ON MEN AND NEWS By SPECTATOR. , - I read in one of the county papers last week that a professor of the University declares “that the yellow pine of this State grows faster than •any of the northern trees and is just as good for paiper making” and! that ‘We should 1 have that paper industry in South Carolina ‘if it were not 'for the fact that new industries locatipg-dn this State have always been taxed too heavily.” He makes a concluding statement that is very arresting: “On ly very recently a graduate of the University pioved about thirty miles over the State line to start a small manufacturing plant. He could have set up his business in South Carolina just as easily, but the fear of high taxes kept him out, just as it is doing in the ease of countless others.” Well that seems to be appaient to every body. What shall we do about it? Is it worth while to take stock of our State; or shall we continue to spend all th<\people can be forced to pay? Do you know that taxes are higher now that at the peak of pros perity? Do you know that taxes this year are.higher in some counties than they were last year? Isn't it about 1 time ^to revamp our whole public policy? The fact that a service is good is no conclusive argument for retaining it. The one conclusive ar gument should be that it can be main tained at a profit to the public and without strain. Recently a leading manufacturer said to me “I’m ready to give up. For year g I’ve fought the encroachment of taxes and I’m ready to quit. I’m sick of working just to pay taxes.” The PWA and the WPA and • all that alphabetical conglomeration have talked endlessly about^ad lines. One may scramble for government money. Enough has already^een spent to tnoafiarm the country V >t had been spent sensibly. We are all looking to\the Courta these days. In national uifiTairs we wonder what the Courta will do about the AAA and the Bankhead\Act, the Utility Holding Bill—-and a\ lot of other measures. j It is only in the United Staetn that courts may nullify a Statute- m old England, the Mother of Parliaments, the will of thd Parliament is supreme and neither Court nor King dare pose it. That is all right, but England is a small country and compactly se tied by people of one blood, people' whose ancestors lived in the same C place. We are a nation of States, a \people not yet fused into one. We need our courts with a bit of supreme authority to save us from the ebul lience of the moment. Some one has suggested that it is the turn of the Legislature to run amok. First the Courts ordered the Comptroller General to pay salaries that were higher than those allowed by the Appropriation Bill and then the Comptroller General went back to 1932 and paid the differences. The last Legislature debated that for weeks, but decision on the real merit of th.e case was never reached. Now comes the Governor and abolishes a Commission and creates an "Organiza tion of his own. Anr then the Gov ernor calls out troops to support this new organization and to protect it from any flank attack by Colonel Ben Sawyer and his militant legions. Now, perhaps it is in order for the Legislature to try its hand at some he-man stuff. There is no telling just what it might do, but the public hav ing become accustomed to these free i pectacles Might relish yet more. In olden times—and 1 even now in some countries—the. ruler provides free circuses, fireworks and other at tractors so that the public may be diverted anc} the constant preoccupa tion about poverty and other afflic tions banished froYn the mind. So we talked 1 a long time about the Courts and a long time about the Governor and now we want a new show. 'Hie Legislature might provide that and keep us from worrying about the slings and arrows of outrageous for tune. / The decision of the Supreme Court was as I expected and predicted in this column. There - was no other course for the Court. In so far as the Court ruled that the three members appointed by the Governor could not claim office until confirem by the Senate, a question arises. The Court is the Supreme inter preter of cur law and must be re spected. Of course,.one may ask a re hearing if he thinks the court in er ror. Frankly I wonder about the throwing out of the Governor’s appoin- tee B fcr lack of confirmation. Clears ly I can see that unless a Governor submits a name to the Senate—if it be in session—he might completely evsde and disregard the Senate for a year; but the principle is important, it seems to me, that a Governor should appoint when a vacancy occurs and his appoin tee shoud serve until the Senate can approve or disapprove the appoint ment. The Court is regarding the hold-over commissioners as lawfully entitled to serve makes me wonder where the law is for that. The Con stitution and the Statutes in determin ing a term Of office are specific in de claring that certain officials shall hold office until their successors shall have qualified; but in the cas^ of the High way Commissioners the : statute is so specific that I am wondering on what the Court rests its decision. Ot»A thing stands out—we must not have a war between the Governor and! the Courts. True, I think, the Gov ernor is not answerable to the Courts when he acts squarely within his pre rogative. Unfortunately, the Gover nor jumped clear outside all the law and the prophets. rfll mw ■■ ' V~ ' Collegiates at Home. The following college boys and girls are spending the Christmas holidays in Barnwell with their parent^: Cadets Rodman Lemon, McTyre Calhoun and Edward Richardson, of Clemson College. Misses Polly Fales and Christine Smith, of Columbia College. Hummel Harley and Toth B. Hagood, of the University of South Carolina. Misses Eliabetk Mace and Mary Brown, of Winthrop College. Misses Frances and Elizabeth Man ning, Georgia StateNorman, Mil ledge ville, Ga. Miss Mary Gay O’Bannon, of Coker College. Mies Vera T. Btoulware, of Black- stone College, Va. Cadets Bob Dicks Bennet and Billy Davies^ of The Citadel. *** — * * Should Make Application Immediately. ^^^A ^ <• . v . h ..... .. >. - ; • - All fanners in Barnwell County who plan to produce Irish potatoes for gale in 1936 should make applications for sales allotment. It makes no differ ence how snpadL fen amount of Irish po tatoes are offered for sale that are pro duced in 1936, stamps must be put on each package. . ^ _ Applications for these sales allot ments must be made Vst once, as it is expected that the time of taking allot ments will close on January 6th. Farmers should have information aS^to the potato acreage on the farm they are on in 1936 for the years 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1936. • The applications are made in the county agent's office and L. C. EidSon will prepare them for fanners desiring to apply for allotment of stamps. ...r Officers Elected at Dunbarton. •» • Dunbarton, Dec. 17.—At the De cember meeting held at, the church, Mrs. Tom Dicks was re-elected presi dent of the Baptist Missi chary socie ty here. f Mrs. Dicks has closed a very suc cessful year’s work. She is also ac tive in other church work. Other officers elected to serve dUr- iiifc 1936 are: First vice-president, Mrs. F. H. Dicks, Jr.; second vice- president, Mire. B. F. Owens f third vice-president, Mrs. Henry Williams; secy.-treas., Mrs. C. H. Dicks; per sonal service chairman, Mrs. H. A. Moody. x ■* Final reports for the year showed the society has made liberal contribu tions to the denominational program as well as to local causes.. t ^ Doll Dress Contest. : —*■*" . Local Leaders and 4-H dfeb girls ehteriing the Doll ’ Dress Contest for the county were: Local Leaders—Myrtle Besginger, Gene Swett, Lunnette Bates. Hercules Club—Eleanor Saundrs, Helen Ruth Morris, Marva Lee CVeech, Marion breech. Meyer's Mill Club—Rebecca Ander son, Talulai Wilson, Gladys Wilson. Healing Springs Club — Merial Breeden, Harriet Breeden, Mary Gard ner. Reedy Branch Club—Mary Still, Carolyn Black. The Doll Dress Exhibit was set up in the window of the Home Demon stration. ^agent’s office and made fh attractive display. Winners in the contest were: Blue Ribbon—Gene Swett. Red Ribbon—Harriett Breeden. Yellow Ribbon—Mary Gardner. " White Ribbon—Marva Lee Creech. INSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILITY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS . - AUTOMOBILE THEFT Calhoun and Co. P A. PRICK Manager. ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. THURSDAY DECEMBER 26, IfSS THERTTZ THEATRE BARNWELL, S. C. Moqday and Toesday,' Dec. 30-31 ? r ROBERT MONTGOMERY, JOAN CRAWFORD and _ CLARK GABLE in Forsaking All Others with CHARLES BUTTERWORTH Wednesday-Thursdny, January 1-2 CHESTER MORRIS, SALLY EILERS -IN- . * PURSUIT i- J . V 1 - V v.. , - Friday and Saturday, Jan. 3-4 WALLACE BERRL, and . JACKIE COOPER in 0 , Shaughnessys , Boy COMING^ JAN. 17-18 MARX BROTHERS in Nile at the Opera v \ ■fv / N - P V'- " S X / / / c POWER COMPANY — J- ‘ i / v .-j.- iJKLt. •: ; ■■fl