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m ' PAGE EIGHT. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY 21ST, 1936. Barnwell 50 and 25 Years Ago. Interesting Items Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People. MAY 20. 1886. The wind storm of Saturday even ing blew down large quantities of fencing and timber and injured the crops considerably. Stands of cotton are badly broken throughout the county, but old farm ers say that they are good enough to make full crops. There a grape vine in the Baptist Church yard at Midway that meas ures three feet in circumference 21 inches above the groundu Mr. P. W. Farrell has planted 13 acres, as an experiment, in castor beans. There is always a steady market demand for them at $1.50 a bushel. Mr .Farrell thinks, a s do many other good men, that king cot ton’s reign is over. Mr. George G. Thompson, of Wil- liston, who recently graduated) from the law department of the University, has been admitted by the Supreme Court to practice in all the Courts of thi s State. At a meeting of about 50 corpora tors, stockholders and friends of the Blackville and Alston R. R. Company at New Bridge on the 13th inst., or ganization was effected! by the elec tion of Capt. I). H. Salley, E. S. Ham mond, J. J. Whaley, Nathan Porter, Mike "Brown, Alfred Aldrich and J. M. Price as directors. Capt. I). H. Sal ley was elected president. It was de cided to build a broad guage road. Died in Williston, on the 12th inst., at the residence of Col. J. H. Burck- halter, her son-in-law, Mrs. Eliza Starr, in the 9Gth year of her life. MAY 18, 1911. Farmer B. L. Easterling promises us a ripe melon by June 25th. Farmer J. D. Garrison, of Red Oak township, brought in and sold six bales of 1910 cotton on Friday to Buyer J. A. Porter for 15 cts. per pound round. Married, on Sunday, 14th inst., by Magistrate M. C.. Kitchings, of Willis ton, Mrs. Nancy Mims to Mr. Pres ton Betterson. The bride is 81 and the groom 71 years of age. Mrs. Bet- tison has her fourth husband 1 and Mr. Bettison his second wife to live in happiness with during their remain ing years. The couple will return to their home in Rosemary township af ter a short visit to Mr. Ball Mitchell There were 50 people present to wit ness the ceremony. Adjutant Geeneral W. W. Moore has appointed Major R. Boyd Cole o:’ Barnwell, on the fourth detail to par ticipate in the maneuvers* on the Mexican frontier. Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy am Dr. and Mrs. J. Lewis Smith, of Wil liston, are automobiling through Southwest Georgia and! are also visit ing points of interest on the Gulf. They write to Wilistom friends that the roads-^re fine and they are hav ing a delightful trip. G. Duncan Bellinger, Esq., of Barn well, s on of the late attorney general, was last week elected Probate Judge for Richland County to serve the un expired term of the late John T. Gas ton. There were four candidates in the race, Mr. Bellinger leading his nearest competitor by 37 votes. Triple “C” News Notes (By Arthur RidUock, Reporter.) Twenty-one men, all except two from Anderson and 1 Greenville Counties, ar rived here at 11:45 Monday, May 11, to become members of this company. Except for a couple of “goldbricks,” whom we hop > to reform, they seem to be a pretty good lot. Three have had former experience in 'the CCC. Here is the list: Guy II. Bass, Sellers; Glenn D. Bruce, Clyde E. Crawfoid and I. T. Dt^vis, Belton; Ralph A. Burt, Gil bert G. Cobb and George B. Collins; John L. Campbell, Iva; Willie C. Clark, K i!ey; J mes L. Cook nif.! James C. Rush, Greenwood; Carl,' C. (boson, and Fred R. Mays, Andei.-on; Otis F. Harrison, Verliv V. Hooper and Par ker Richard, Piedmont; David Mc Clain and Jimmy Lee White, Rock Hill. These men were met . t the station by th two army tru.ks an., i i ntin- gmit oi Larb is under Lieut. Ritchie. Th.y were given a light .-upper at camp end the next day began working on va: ious jobs around comp, as they must stay in the camp area during the 1 1 days of their quarantine period. The n \t <1 .y a few of them were sent to get the k y to the flag polity pipe stretchers, sky hooks, etc., b&t* this w sTon-i red “hazing,” which is against the rules, and Limit. Ritchie soon put a stop to it. The “fresh meat” took it in the right spirit. One of th new men has written his experiences in getting into camp, and we reproduce it here: “I am in the CCC now. 1 signed up M;y 8th. Then \fc w.nt to Green ville to stand examination May 11th. I passed mine fine. That day we were to leave at 5:10. They gave us a dinner lit for a king, and a lunch. The doctor rske,! 1 me where I was ’from. I told him Anderson. He said T thought so by your breath.’ We ar rived at camp at 11:45 that night. I asked the conductor how far we were from Barnwell. He said ‘What do yota-crre? you are not going anywhere else!’ This is a fine camp. It is nice and neat. Our lieutenant is the best I have seen and I have seen a good many in the CCC and the CMTC. “Verlie V. Hooper,” We are beginning about 20 new classe s this week, with the foremen doing most of the teaching. Every man in camp is being assigned to a class, and each class will have a secre tary to keep the roll. We hope to have the best educational piogram in the district, in spite of the two side camps. Pete Brown and Red Hammond are now barber professors—they started a new course in the art of hair cut ting during the week-end. On Saturday the ball team went to Fort Moultrie to play the supply com pany, and instead were played with, the supply company beating us easily, 24 to 7. But the camp ha s some new materia] now, and the team is ex pected' to show great changes in the next game or two; Captain Hindman and Mr. Myers, DEA, paid a short visit to camp on Tuesday. On Friday Lieut. Ramsey, district dentist, stopped by but de parted at once, as there was no one in need) of'hig services. Chaplain Gregory is here for ser vices the afternon this is written. We did not have our usual monthly dance here this month, but the boys at the Walterboro side camp are go ing to have one Friday night, May 23. They say it will be better' than any pulled off so far at the main camp. Ed Cauthen and his Pineland serenaders, of Summerville, are go ing to furnish the music. COMPTROLLER GENERAL WRITES SHERIFF MORRIS The following letter from the Comp troller General to Sheriff J. B. Mor ris is self-explanatory and of interest to : 11 delinquent taxpayers: “Section 2<8G1, Vol. 2, Code of Laws of 1932, provides: “That' Sheriffs (tax collectors) in the several counties in the State,'in m: king levies and sales, in making te- turn-, and in paying over money col lected unefcr tax warrants and execu tions placed in their hands by county treasurers, shall he subject to the direction and under the control of the Comptroller General of the State,, as hey are now in like manner to plain tiffs in execution; and the Comptroller General is hereby invested with all the riKhts and privileges of a plain- titf in execution, to invoke and obtain the aib of the court to compel refrac tory sheriffs (tax collectors) to dis- ehaige their duties in the enforcement cf tax executions . . . ” . “Under the authority, duty and re sponsibility of thi s Section, I hereby direct that you proceed immediately with the collection of all delinquent tax executions in your hands, either i by collection in cash or by sale of the property, as ^ovibed by law. For the present, however, you are request ed to diroct your attention to the col lection of taxes Jue in the cities and towns in your county, leaving farm property to a later date about which I will write you. I shall expect and require of you that this be done be fore the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1936, without exception, unless of coui\-e in the case of foreclosure pro ceedings or some similar interference. In order to expedite these colletions before the close of the fical year I suggest that you give to your local paper a list of your executions in cities an ( ] towns, the same to he advertised according to information contained on the execution; this to be done, of course, after proper notice has been given that payment must be made. I sympathize-with you fully in this undertaking. At the same time we are confronted with a situation which we cannot allow to remain longer and I shall, therefore, expect you to carry out these instructions promptly, and in case any further infomation or ad vice is desired I suggest that you communicate with this office for such instructions.” BANK CHARTERING > POLICY REVIEWED State Official Declare* Correct Principle* in Licensing Banks Are Essential for Sound Banking Conditions PHILADELPHIA. — Sound public policy In .chartering banks was dis cussed by Carl K. Withers, Commis sioner of Banking and Insurance of the State of New Jersey, before the Eastern Conference on Banking Service, held here recently under the auspices of the American Bankers Association. He de clared that “few questions bearing on the future stability and security of our banking systems loom as more Impor tant than that of a sound policy to be Letter Carriers Meet. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel pursued in the chartering of banks.” Alluding to competitive policies ot both state and national banking au thorities to charter the most banks iff the past, he said that “this country was over-banked, and that aside from any other consideration, economic or other* 1 wise, this condition was brought about largely through an unwise, unsafe and unthinking charter policy.,alternating between the state and national sys terns, which has marked and ham pered banking progress in this country since its very inception.” The Bamberg-Barnwell Rural Let ter Carriers Association met in Barn well Tuesday afternoon at Fuller Park. J. U. Watts, Jr., Esq., local attor ney, made the address of welcome to about 20 of the members gathered for the meeting. Raymond 1 Pender, of Williston, president of the association, took charge of the meeting and offi cers for the ensuing year were then elected. John Parker, of Elko, was elected president end Perry B. Bush, of Barnwell, was elected secretary. George C. Gunter, of L«f^|ville, president of the South Carolina Rural Letter Carriers Association, was then introduced and! made a most interest- tng address to those present. iAt the conclusion of this speech the memb?r s of the association and their families were served a most delicious fried chicken supper with all the trimmings. Preceding the meeting, a special meeting of the postmasters of this distiiCt was held! and an address by Inspector A. J. Knight, of Columbia, led A discussion on the handling of the soldiers’ bonus, which will be paid next month. Political Influence He decried political considerations in connection with the chartering of banks, saying: “Political Influence has no more place in banking (han it has in the deliberations of our highest tribunal—The Supreme Court of the United States. Until this is recognized and brought into being within both our state and national systems, we may never feel safe against the shifting sands of political expedience." As to the “element of sometimes ridiculous competition heretofore ex isting between the state and national systems.” he said that much may be said in favor of the progress made in recent years, in many states there ex ists a pra'ctjea£ working agreement be tween local supervising authorities and the federal authorities, whereby all charter applications are mutually considered on a basis of community need rather than competitive advan tage as between systems. In some states this arrangement goes even fur ther in the refusal of the one authority to even consider a charter while pend ing with the"' other, he declared. Aside from the competitive and po litical aspects of our future charter policy, he continued, there are several others more individual and local which merit~consideration. Among these he mentioned honesty of, purpose, com munity need, the character of manage ment and adequacy of capital. Most state laws make reference to the "character, responsibility and fit ness” of the incorporators of a new bank, he said, continuing: “So important do I conceive this fac tor to be, that 1 place it first among those for consideration, for unless the motive is sound, honest and sincere, there is little likelihood that the result ant institution in its service to the community will reflect other than the spirit of its founders. The Lessons of the Past “Too often in the past have charters been granted to promoters pure and i simple—not always pure, and by no | means simple. The couptry was dotted with such. The experience has been costly and. it is to be hoped, the lesson well learned, not only by charter-grant ing authorities, but the public.” Other factors to be considered as among the most important in granting new bank charters, he said, are the number of institutions already serving the area, the record of earnings of ex isting institutions, the number of fail ures since 1920, and the reasons there for, public convenience and advantage, the reasonable prospects for growth of the community, expectation of prof itable operation and whether a branch bank could serve as well. ‘Sound public policy demands that no new banks be chartered unless there is a definite, necessitous and permanent need," he declared. “Sound mergers, consolidations an,d the sen sible extension of branch banking are much to be preferred to any general movement toward a flood of new char ters. But here again we must guard carefully against monopoly or un bridled branch competition, either of which might become as dangerous as the organization of new banks.” Barnwell County Boy Makes Good. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. A/Col lins, of the Healing Springs/section, will be glad to know that their son, J. Q. Collins, was a winner in the recent j Philco radio sales contest and a s a result was awarded' a ten-day trip to New YoFk City and Havana, Cuba, with all expenses paid. Mr. Collins has an interest, in 'furniture store s ' n Winnsboro, S. C., and Con cord, N. C., and makes his home in the Tar Heel city. He will leave in a few weeks on his trip to Cuba. Farm Machinery, Trac tors and Trucks One 10 foot Tractor Binder. Two 6 foot Horse Bindeis. One 8 ft. Motor Driven Case Combine Five Reconditioned Farmall Tractors Used Mowing Machines. Reconditioned International, Fore and Chevrolet ^ ton and l 1 /^ tor Tractors. International Harvester Co. SEVENTH and REYNOLDS STS. AUGUSTA, GA. nmnzinc BUT TRUE SUPERFEX 4 the 'miracle 1 ' refrigerator for rural homes, uses*no electricity, no running water — and has no moving parts. Operates on kerosene. T HIS refrigerator is designed especially for homes in the country. It keeps foods fres' freezes ice cubes, and m; * frozen desserts, by burning^fust • little kerosene light R and tatfa It All you have to <k> is touch a match to the butriers. You don’t even have to bdther about turn ing them of£ In about two hours they go put automatically. And you g^r 24 hours or more of stion with this one light ing^ The short burning time you modem refrigeration in its most economical form. Mad* by a Responsible Company The Superfex Refrigerator is made by the same company that makes the famous line of Perfection Stoves and Ranges. Its dependability has been proved in thousands of homes —and by more than eight years of dependable service to users. TM« •xdvsiva Swpar New Models Offer Many Improvements Today’s models are the finest ever built.They offer adjustable shelves, ample ice capacity, and more usable food storage space. And the design and finish of the cabinet are entirely different. Its symmetrical lines and beautiful cream-white finish make it a piece of equipment you always will be proud to have in your kitchen.Telephone or write for free home demonstration and full details about our easy pay ment plan. J. W. Smoak Hardware Co. ORANGEBURG, S. C. ^Mark of Quality SUPERFEX A PROD |>4rT> OF PERFECTION STOVE COMPANY THE OIL BURNING REFRIGERATOR Public Confidence Challenging a recently published statement that there is an “apparent loss of public confidence in banks,” William A. Boyd of Ithaca, N. Y., asks why, if this were true, bank de posits are constantly increasing. “1 maintain that any banking institution which has continued to serve its com munity since the trying days of 1929 must be enjoying Old respect and con fidence of that community, and I am sure that the very large fliajority of banking institutions which have come through this depression have never had to ‘regain’ public confidence,” ho says. Trust Institutions A directory of trust Institutions pub lished by the Trust Division, American Bankers Association, lists 2,853 insti tutions having aggregate capital funds of $4,416,000,000 and total resources of $35,443,000,000. It shows a total of 6,949 men and women engaged in this phase of hank work. The trust institutions comprise 1,356 state-chartered trust companies and banks and 1,497 na tional banks with trust departments located In 1,684 cities and towns. | Candidates I ■ Cards - For Cnroner. Barnwell, S. C., May 11, 193G. I hereby announce myself a candi date f. r re-election to the office of Coroner, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election. < J. T. STILL. ELECTRICITY will light ,ithe average kitchen for several hours for less than the cost of a cake of soap. REDDY KILOWATT Your Electric Servant. 666 Liquid-Tablets Salve-Nose Drops SALVE for COLDS pri c e 5c 10c 25c DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Offices 956 Broad St. AUGUSTA, GA. ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. DONOGHUE BEAUTY COLLEGE ACCREDITED — RECOGNIZED STATE OF GEORGIA. COMPLETE COURSE OF BEAUTY CULTURE. SPECIAL RATES NOW OFFERED. REASONABLE TERMS. WRITE OR CALL. 433-435 8th Street, Augusta, Ga. When a lovely but exceedingly clever young woman is accused of a double murder, and especially if that young woman has just fallen hopelessly in love, what can she do but fight, bravely and gloriously, for her exoneration and happiness? 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