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THURSDAY, JUNE COMMENTS ON MEN AND NEWS Some people take the county paper a s a matter of course. They criticise it harshly sometimes and say it Is no good and never ha s any items of in terest. Have you noticed that these same people always want a good write-up when some member of the families dies, or marries, or when friends come ^to visit them, or they themselves go off somewhere? and have occasion to “foot-up" ten, fifteen and sixteen you run to an adding machine, peck out the figgers, then grind - out the total. Isn’t it so ? You may have a high school certi ficate and a couple of diplomas and degrees—and be a deacon in the church—but you can’t get the simple figgers to perform for you. Now we ought to get that into a boy’s head up. Instead of the legislature plan ning to spend more and to tax more we need to earn more. Did you ever go a long way from Well, now how about it—can you home? You #vill appreciate the lit tle items in the county paper then— the homely little notes about your neighbors. Why should you read your county paper? Because it is your duty? No, indeed. It isn’t your duty at all, it is your opportunity, to know what’s going on.. I know a landlord who advised all his tenants, white and colored, to take the county paper. Why? Well, the county agent publishes notices nowadays about government contracts with farmers. Then all the legal notices are published in the county paper. Then those who come arid go; those who are sick—they are there, too. Then what goes on in the churches and schools, the card parties and sewing clubs—all that is there. Then the industriou s Demonstration lady tells you about meetings and methods—and all that. . • I read many county papers and am impressed with the real quality of ^ome otf them—real county papers they are. Of course you ought to take it and yeu ought to pay for it. The city daily does not take the place of the county paper. People sit at home and read * 1 the county items. People read those papers calmly, quietly and thoroughly. That’s why merchant? find it to their advantage to advertise in them—that i g live merchants. If a man hasn’t anything to sell, or is ashamed of his goods, there is no use inviting the public to hi s store. But if he has something worth selling he ought to take a hint from that great advertiser, the hen, and: make a joyful noise about it, proclaiming proudly to the world that he is alive and doing business. You know that a duck Fays eggs, but did you ever hear about asking for a dozen duck eggs? Turkeys lay eggs, too, but when you say eggs you mean hen egg s of the sort we’ve eaten all our lives. Why? A duck is like a merchant who doesn’t ad vertise. He may have good merchan dise, but who is going to run around to find out? The hen mad's herself and her product a by-word and a world necessity by telling the whole world about her goods. spell ?i No, no, that’s a lost acquire ment. Cabbage today has one “b” and tomorrow 'it has two “b’s”. How can we keep it straight? Anyhow ^abbage ip strong enough to take care of itself. Well may be your strong point is writing? Who can read it; or can you write a tetter without a spasm? Geography, I’m sure, must be your strong suit* Well, what is the capital of Wisconsin? Where is Charleston from where you live ? Of course my Londbn and Ber lin readers need not worry about that, though I wish my friends in Norway to take note. Of course I know full well that your long suit is Americas history. Well, who settled the very community where you live? You may wonder why they chose such a place. Well if that is too tough, how about this: What did Thomas Jeffer son do to cauee all the talk about him ? We were thought bright pupils years ago, but what do we actually know? And what db the children know to day? We old fellows may be excused, for our brains have become fossilized and we merely clutter up the earth; but if we’ve forgotten the vast store of learning that crowded our minds it is the inevitable seepage of time; but these lads of -todby—what do they really learn except that Qemson and Carolina have an old feud and we Carolina men know we can lick Qemson just so we don’t have to prove it. R. V. FLEMING How many unemployed people are there in the United States? Nobody can answer that. The labor Jeaders tell u s that the unemployed' number is about twelve million, some other source of information puts it at eight million, the New York Sun says that the number is somewhat above three • # million. Note the difference! From three million to twelve million! How would you ascertain with ap proximate exactitude? .By our an cient habit the wife remained at home and cooked and sewed and “kept house.” Now if a married woman who has had a job finds herself today with out a job i s she one of the unemploy ed? Suppose her husband ha s a job— is she still one of the unemployed? Suppose she has a job and he has not—is he unemployed, that is for counting purposes? . In the gimilar eia of our childhood few women went out to work If we were to apply the same method of counting to that time would we not have million? of unemployed, even in our most prosperous days? Every community once had a num ber of men who did little or no work. Sometimeg they drank a lot of liquor, sometimes they quaffed a lot of pat ent medicines, being “sort of puny,” and all that. Today they are counted ,among the unemployed—pop, grand- pop and Uncle Ezry. Every livery The teacher? turn around fast stable used to be the social center for Are the schools’ paying a fair divi dend on our investment in them ? The question was asked by one who was himself a teacher and school ad ministrator many years. The same question may be put to the colleges also, but let us not coyer too much ground. South Carolina sP« n t $14,510,326.00 last year on it? common schools and $1,024,787.50 on its colleges and is spending more now and will spend yet more next year. Our schools and colleges are no worse than compara ble instituting of other States; but are they yielding an adequate return on the investment? TO TAKE MYSTEHY ' OUT OF BANK By ROBERT V. FLEMING, Ptttident American Bankert Association The American Bankers Association has cooperated wherever it could prop arly do so in every measure for national recovery. It has of fered constructive recomm ®nda- ■r V tions for suc * 1 ing laws as we rec- M ajJ? °K nize< l were nee- 1 now have a better law under which to operate. The Banking Act of 1935 affords us op portunities for broader s e r v ic e and, at the same time, retains the fundamentals which we believe are so vital to our national welfare and which have played a large part in bringing our country, in a comparatively short space of time, to the position of the gredtest industrial nation on the earth. The Public and Banking It is necessary that the public have a thorough understanding of the func tions of banks, what they can do and what they cannot do, for it must be recognized that to many people the business of banking is still somewhat of a mystery. We should frankly explain these func tions to the public, acquaint them with the laws under which we operate and emphasize the vital part which banks play in the economic life of the Nation. Therefore, in order that there'may be the fullest cooperation and understand ing between the bank; and the people of the country, it will also be one of our objectives to take the mystery out of banking wherever it exists in the public mind. Banking Conference* A series of Regiopal Conferences on Banking Service will be held in strate gic sections of the country, embracing all types of banking. The new banking laws and the regulations issued there under will be carefully analyzed so that our bankers will have a thorough un derstanding of the broadened services now made possible. The question of public relations and how we can best serve the people of our communities will be another topic of discussion. Clinics or forums on spe cific questions of interest ,to bankers and the problems confronting them In their particular localities will also be included in these conferences. enough—and keep the children more or less churned, but education is more than chuflTing. What is wrong? Well the old 1 -fashioned school master and school marm frequently taught subjects ranging from reading up to trigonometry and Horace. The mod ern teacher has one group—sometimes two—but all in the same subject and in the same “class.”' Well, that in dicates that the present-day teacher does not work as hard as the old- time teacher; but that isn’t true. The answer is that there are so many sub ject? “taught” that time permit a only the #merest skimming, though the teacher may be ever so dMigent. We really don’t “instruct” the children; we glide over the things, as a person might slide on ice. What do we need basically? Just reading, writing, arithmetic, geogra phy and spelling that would be covered before leaving the sixth gradfe. Every thing else you can acquire by indi vidual effort. I’m not arguing against colleges, nor am I animadverting on the high schools. I’m showing you what we need fundamentally. How much arithmetic do you use every day? A little addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. That’s all. Well, now let’s be honest—can you add figures? Coma on, now; don’t dodge—can you? Or do you cus 8 and say that the doggoned fig gers seem to change? Well, old man, the figgers don’t lie, in spite of what the liars do to the figgers. Well, you can’t add—I know it. If you are a merchant or* a bookkeeper those ungainful men. Sometimes marm had a boarding house and pop was just the star-boarder. Is pop to day one of the twelve million? South Carolina i s suffering from the lack of commanding personalities. Capable and true men we have, but no one stands out as a figure that compels attention. It is a big vacan cy. How we grope about, feeling here and there, imitating the National Government one day, Governor Tal- medge the next; and perhap s the late Huey Long the day after. But we are not getting anywhere; we are not doing anything. The condition of our State cries a- loud for intelligent consideration. Our public men seem to think, of nothing but small political stuff and more spending and more taxing. The same near-sightedness rules in our national affairs—more spending and more tax ing. A country prospers as its people prosper, and the people prosper as their earningg increase. The increase of earnings must come from production, that is the creation of something. Just swapping dollars doesn.’t increase business, and the pouring out of pub lic money dloesn’t create anything. When yoil stop the-pouring you have the same condition; you haven’t creat ed anything but debt. South Carolina must create some thing, whether it be new crops or new goods. It goes back to this: we need new capital and new enterprises. We need to create something and bring new money here. We are drying PUBLIC ATTITUDE HELPS THE BANKS Annual Bankers Convention Says People Have Had Confi dence Restored—Recommends Changed Government Policy The restoration o** public confidence in banking has put it in the position where it can function fully and vigor- ou»ly in playing its full economic part in the progress of recovery, said the American Bankers Association in its annual convention resolutions. “The passage of a generally construc tive banking law in the Banking Act of 1935 has stabilized the banking situa tion and enabled bankers to devote un divided attention to the normal admin istration of their institutions in pro moting ^ie business and public welfare of their communities,” the resolutions said. “We feel that it is a particularly im portant feature of tb1«fftiw that it aims to create through the revision of the Federal Reserve Board a Supreme Court of Finance which, with the non political appointment of exceptionally competent men, should constitute one of the greatest forward steps in build ing a sound banking and credit system for this country.” The Government in Banking Another resolution said: “We particularly emphasize the de sirability of the retirement of govern ment from those fields of extending credits of various types which can be adequately served by privately owned institutions. We recognize that the exigencies of the now passing depres sion made necessary a large participa tion by government for a time in the task of meeting the public's emergency financial needs. “Those conditions have been largely remedied and .he obligation now tests upon the banks and other financial agencies to demonstrate to the people of this country tnat they are fully abb and willing to meet all demands upon them for sound credit cooperation. It if our duty as bankers to facilitate in every effective way the retirement of government agencies from credit ac tivities by promoting public under standing of the proper function of pri vately owned banking.” Candidates “ Cards “ For Congress. I hereby announce my candidacy fpr tjenomination and reelection to tl^ej Congress of the United States,''Second ! South Carolina District, in the Demo cratic primary election August 25th, based! on my legislatve record, prompt and efficient service and promise to abide by the yules of the Democratic party. * H. P. FULMER. Orangeburg, S. C. For State Senate. • I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the State Senate, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election. EDGAR A. BROWN. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the State senate, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary election. J. M. SPRAWLS. For House of Representatives. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the House of Representative? from Barnwell Coun ty, subject to the rules and regula tions of the Democratic primary elec tion. SOLOMON BLATT. 1 hereby announce myself a candi date for relection to the House of Representatives, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election. WINCHESTER C. SMITH. \ ______ I hereby announce myself a candi date for election to the House of Representatives from Barnwell Coun ty, subject to the rule s and regulations of the Democratic primary election. C. H. BEATTY. Fee Clerk of Court I hereby announce myself a candi date for reeleetion to the office of Clerk of Court, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election. R. L. BRONSON. Reddy Kilowatt Say* Be sure to seethe beautiful new 1936 General Electric For Sheriff. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the office of Sheriff, subject to the rules and regula tions of the Democratic primary elec tion. * J. B. MORRIS. For Master in Equity. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the office of Master in Equity, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election. G. M. GREENE. For Ccroner. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of Coroner, subject to the rules and regulation? of the Democratic primary election. J. T. STILL. Magistrate, Red Oak Township. I hereby announce myself a candi date for election to the office of Mag istrate, Red Oak Township, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election. W. T. STILL. Magistrate, Great Cypress Township. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the office of Magistrate, Great Cypress Township, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election. J. W. SANDERS. » • * * * * * * • * 9 * Buy and Use \ CAROLINAS SCENIC • » * AND HISTORIC ' * * STAMPS • p Boost Your Sente! . • l & * • * ♦. ♦ A ft ft ft~ft For Magistrate at Meyer’s Mill. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reeleetion to the office of Magistrate for Bennett Springs and Four Mile Townships, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary election. G. R. PEEPLES. For Magistrate at Hilda. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reeleetion to the office ol Magistrate at Hilda, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary election. PAUL H. SANDERS. I hereby "announce myself a candi date for ' election to the office of Magistrate at Hilda, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary election. W. K.-BLACK. ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. The Refrigerator that has Everything; See our displays now of the new Motaitor topa and flatops 5 Year P erformance Protection A “GE” protect* both your food and your purse. Ask T^xis about it to-day. Special Easy Terms— i . ■ , $3.00 Down, 36 months to pay. (Time price includes small carrying charge.) - SouthjCarolina POWER COMPANY VSSN KJL7 HSSS nrrr all tht MOM... 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