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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, 193$. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the pogt office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months " -90 Three Months .50 (Strictly in Advance.) THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, 1936. Reforestation. A recent article in “The State Farmer Section” dealt with reforesta tion—a subject that should be of vita! interest to Barnwell County land own ers at this time, when a reforestation program is beinjr conducted in co operation with the Barnwell CCC camp. Already, according to the au thor of the article, a wood shortage is a stark reality in three North Carolina counties, where farmers last year were forced to go 50 miles to buy wood and then haul it home to cure their tobacco! We learn further that the farmers of the two Carolinas bum annually 6,900,000 cords of fire wood, each farmer using an average of around 15 cords a year to heat the home, cook meals and cure tobacco. To move this amount of wood would require 6,100 trains of 40 cars each! Stacked 1 , it would be six feet high and four feet wide and would extend from the At lantic to the Pacific Ocean and back again, with enough left over to reach from Charleston, S. C., to Chicago! And 1 yet until very recently we have given little or no thought to the pro tection of our forests from destructive fires, to say nothing of a prgram cf reforestation. We sincerely h< pe that each and every one of our friends read the article in question. If you over looked it. get your copy of last week’s “State Farmer Section” and turn to ppge three right now. It may mean dollars in your pocket—or bank ac count. ;i Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee. Yes. That’s Me. Some careless person wa a messing and meddling -in my ‘‘Noah’s Ark" desk the other day, and discovered a tin-type picture of me which was taken when I was about 12 years of age. It is a most pitiful expose of my former self as to physique, intellect, and attire. I recalled the time when that pic ture w r as made, but I can’t think of any reason for it. I had on the jeans suit mother had made for me 2 or 3 years before. I didn’t get new' clothes except when it became absolutely im possible for me to squeeze into the remains of my old ones. On account of cotton selling at less than 5 cents per pound, none of us got new thing s for several years. The suit that I wore when I was “struck” was ab, ut 5 sizes too small for me. I had evidently grown 6 in- | | 5 THE RITZ THEATRE BARNWELL, S. C. Monday and Tuesday, MaKh 23-21 ANN SOTHERN and BRUCE CALOT —IN— Don’t Gamble With Love Also SHORT SUBJECTS MATINEE TUESDAY. Wednesday-Thursday, March 25-26 BERT ROB’T. WHEELER WOOSLEY —IN— Filly Billies ^.Also COMEDY. MATINEE THURSDAY 1 was barefooted. That was en tirely normal. The britches legs end ed immediately south of my knees, but they originally reached to my an kles. The sleeves barely passed! my elbows The coat lacked 5 'inches but toning, and the collar hao me by the throat like a stranger. 1 could see that my old bedticking gallusses were fastened to my britches by skewers, the buttons having disap peared months and months before. It looked like I had bee melted and poured into that outfit. My shirt was made of hickory stripes and it had 3 pearl buttons on it when I wore it the first and second times but they too had given away, and thom s were serv ing in their stead. My hair was white and pointed due north. My eyes were squinted like I was gazing directly at the sun. My mouth was warped westward, and 2 flies were plainly visible walking to- wardg the opening in my nose or mouth. An old leather sling was hanging out of m y right pocket, and I had my hand in the other pocket. I could tell easily that I had only 4 nails on my 10 toes, and judging from the way I was leaning against a wall, I must have had a couple of stone bruise s on my heels. That picture made me look almost ugly as I am to day My wife won’t let me destroy it. She enjeys it. Your friend Gee McGee. run of paws and maws. Tanning our hide was not a pleasant undertak ing with them, but they realized that lots of tanning was necessary for our own good. Dogwood brush-brooms had more pain per lick than green peach- tree, hickries or leather straps. A real first-class beating with a' 6-foot switch generally lasted me 2 or 3 days, and* then it had to be done all over again. When us boys were called in the morning, about 4:30, we bounced out of bed! flop, flop, flop, be cause we knew that the second call would be made with an obstruction standing in our door oh the way out . . . . with something in his hand that didn’t grow there. Then and Now. When I was a boy, my father managed to keep me so busy all the time, I never had much chance to get into any seriou s meanness. One of the evils that afflicted our family was a blacksmith shop. When it was rain ing, or the ground was too wet to plow, hoe or ditch, that blacksmith shop kept me busy. Funny how children argue and talk back to their parents now-a-days. The only talk back we ever did was— “yes-sir and yes-mam.” We didn’t even risk saying—“May I scratch my back first, or I’ll do that after dinner.” I am scared to dleath to tell my chil dren to do a thing; I’m afraid they would refuse, and that would put me on the spot, so I do everything for them, and call ’em ‘Darling after they got over 5 years oldi, begin to rule the household lik a dictator. Your friend Gee Ji cGee Demand for Horses Is on Increase in Canada Oltawn, Ont.—The horse is staging a comeback in Canada. ~ The Canadian department of agri culture reports that demands for horses from United States brewers and for the use on farms In western Can ada has Increased the value of the heavy type of horses by 30 per cent In the last two years, giving a great impetus to horse breeding. x In ‘.931, when the Ond of prohibition was lii sight, exports of horses from Canada to the United States leaped from 672 In 1930 to 6,020, and in 1932 to 6,713. A X " The trade dropped In 1933 and 1934, hut is again being revived by/demands for Canadian draft horses from United States brewers. A recent shipment from Lambton county in Ontario brought a price of $250 per head in the United States. / The principal demand, however, is a domestic oney^ In 1921 there were 3,610,495 horses on Canadian farms. Last year there wbre only 2,933,480. The drop^is explained by the fact that with the advent of tractors and other automotive machinery farmers aban doned horse-breeding. / Now, with farm prices low, farmers Zare abandoning tractors and again turning to horses. They find it. more economical to feed oats to horses than to sell the oats to buy gasoline. TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS 1 Turning a grindstone was one of my most regular tasks. Everything on the place from iron wedges to hoes had to be sharpened, regardless of whether they were dull or not. I Mowed the bellows a right smart and helped at the anvil very frequently, and shoed shoo-ed mules and horses whe nthey didn’t kick too rampant. Other thorns in the flesh on our plantation were a cot' on gin, a thresher, a saw mill, a grist mill and a lasses mill Anything that was classed as machinery could be sold to us without any trouble. When I was 8 years old! I ran an engine, and knew better than to let the steam go down or the water get low in the boiler. M y parents knew more about how to use a switch, board, stick or stove- wood, or any other instrument of tor ture within reach than the common COMING! FRIDAYand SATURDAY, MARCH 20-21 SPRING DOLLAR DAYS « • # at WHITE’S in AUGUSTA WITHOUT EXCEPTION the greatest sales days of the Spring season at White’s!. . r% . Not only marvelous bargains at $1, at two, thr^e, four and more for $1 . . but values equally as remarkable in staple and style mer- • - chandise selling at more and less (than $1.00. New Spring wearables and accessories will be featured. Come and see! A warm welcome awaits you ALWAYS at this old- *0 established Augusta store . . . p J. B. White & Company ■ 'T “Electric Cookery Is Fast, Economical and Dependable ” M says REDDY K!LOWATT Your Electrical Servant Friday and Saturday, March 27-28 Hopalong Cassidy With Wm. BOYD. MATINEE SATURDAY Coming Next Monday and Tuesday The Bride Comet Home THE new table-top electric ranges are things of beauty and joys forever, says Reddy Kilo watt. They are finished in spotless porcelain enamel, have enclosed surface units, large ovens and utility cabinets, oven heat control and many other convenience features. You really must see them at oncel 'Til cook for you and clean ly, too, And there will Hot be much ado— Just time me well and set I’ll do the rest—I am no sloven!” —REDDY KILOWATT SouthXarolina POWER COMPANY NOTICE! In accordance with an Act of the General Assembly, the time for paying 1935 Taxes has been extended to April 15th, 1936. The Act provides for a penalty of 3 per cent, to March 31st, 7 per cent, from April 1st to April 15th. The books will close on April 16th, 1936. All unpaid taxes will then be placed in Execution with all costs and pen alties attached. J. J. BELL Treasurer, Barnwell County Satisfaction is worth ♦ a Lot. Let us do your Cleaning and you’ll be SATISFIED! I ■ , : ■ • Plexico’s Dry Cleaner’s Main Street • • Barnwell ADVERTISE IN THE PEOPLE-SENTINEL.