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V V PAGE TEN THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, > JUNE 25TH, 1»36. The Barnwell People-Sentinel JOHN W. HOLMES 184*—1912. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as gecond-elass matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.60 Six Months .90 Three Months .60 (Strictly in Adranee.) THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH, 1936. Investing the Bonus Wisely. Not all of the World War Veterans are converting their “Ixmus bonds” into “bonus buggies.” We hear wel come report s of some who are buying homes or farms with the money pro vided by a benevolent government to compensate in part, at least,for the aacrifice a made nearly 26 years ago. And what a better section Barnwell County would be if every veteran— white and black—invested his money in this way, instead of putting it into something that will dissipate his dol lars in a few short months, leaving him just where ho was before the bonds were distributed 1 ! Imagine each one of these men a home or land own- COMMENTS ON MEN AND NEWS By SPECTATOR. Our State needs men in the legisla^ ture who know something about the economic condition of the State and who can plan a policy that will not only give relief todlay, but prepare for a sound rebuilding of our economic life. No informed man would strike indiscriminately at our State services, nor impair the service rendered to the people; we do need, however, a ration al study of our set-up so that all needed services may <be enjoyed with out overlapping agencies or excessive cost. The hard facts of the Depres sion wrought almost miracle s in some lines of manufacture and w T e fenjoy- them today in better articles at re duced prices. Why don’t we use business sense in our State govern- of com and oats, why there are no more horses to eat corn and oats'* and we are all studying the relative Value of ordinary “gas” and “ethyl.” Now just put your mind on this fellow. More accidents at 15 to 25 mile s per hour? He has been clozing since those grand days when we “step ped out” on a. sandy, rutty road in Aiken County and pulled way down the hand! throttle of the model T and held the wheel with firm grasp as the wind beat u s in the face while we dashed down the road at a dare-devil speed of 20 mile s per hour. Nowadays the hopeful youngster makes it in 70 flat. Sometimes they bring him in flat, too, and gaze on the smile that lingers on his face. But 15 mile s an ment? As the time approaches for‘hour: That is like taking a ride on the State campaign I uige that men the Hampton and Branchville Express, who offer for the Legislature be call ed on to declare 'themselves for or against a study of our State and coun ty organization and our whole system of direct and indirect taxes. There is grave danger that our people may become partisans in petty and unim portant issues of personalities, ob scuring the real needs of the State. We need above all else some deter- dashing out from Smoak’s Cross Roads, headed for Lodge, South Caro lina. „ ^ , . . . mined, resourceful, informed men who « w,th » stake m h. s K overnment! wi|1 „ 01 . k intel | igentl to make thu V«. I\ , sx ax ax .* • . a I ax ax ^ a a a a ax M And what wonderful opportunities they have to make worthwhile invest ments at the present prices for real estate! State an attractive place in which to live and do business. .. ... A Dr. Jacobs has attracted 1 a lot of Unlike the national government, .• . . • .. .. . . , , , ’attention by his address on the pover- they cannot spend themse ves back to 1 . e . . ... J . 4 . , ! of farmers. It is appalling to see prosperity unless they spend their dollars wisely. Candidates’ AsNessments Again. the figures—8121.10 per person on the farm, a s an average. That will come home to us more poignantly if we remember that $121.10 per person Dr. G. W. Rorster, an agricultural economist, writing in the Charlotte Obseiver, has some interesting things to say about the tax burdien as it af fects the farmers of North Carolina. Quoting somewhat at random we note “The total income of the State in 1934 was only five per cent, less than the income in 1920. On the other hand the gross income from agricul- tuie was thirty-six per cent, less in 1934 than in 1920. The income from agriculture declined more rapidly than the income of the State as a whole. The decline in farm taxe s was not as great as the decline in farm income.” Well, did you have to read that to know it? Will you have to wait for Why Gulf has a new Gas for June .11 Mm means that thousands of our people We ask our readers’ pardon for ’ have less than $50 per person a year! again referring to the matter of candi-1 Doe s ’that sound like a great and pros- dates’ assessments, hut so much has pepus people? Isn’t it time that we been said in some ffuarters in the past use our brains to study our State and about the alleged “unreasonably high” its possibilities? Are we forever assessments in Barnwell County that to play peanut politics and create all | last year. Last year corn was higher, we wish to call attention to the scale sorts of new jobs w*hile the basic indus- 1 wasn’t it? Cotton sold for more in some professor to tell you that you are not as well off now as you were this time last year? Well, are you? Some people cite bank clearings and a lot of statistics to prove that we are in better condition, financially than over in Marion County. It is as fol lows:' State senator, $150; house of rep- try of the State show s a. condition just a little better than squalor? Dr. Jacobs has performed a service The learned professor comes to cer- reaentatives, $100; clerk of court, j in bringing out the facts but didn’t tain conclusions that deserve empha 2200; probate judge, $150; sheriff, we know all the time about the dis- sis. Hear him: “We may state ten- 32 »0; superintendent of education, tressful condition? tatively that a tax system to be fair $150, and game waden, $150. j _______ Compare this list with the assess- New and then some fellow comes to the ability of the various classes to ments in Barnwell County for the ou t with proof that what we have 1 pay the taxed levied. If this is not same offices: I long believed is not true. It is very. done a tax system may become dis- State senator, $150; house of rep- distrubing, even upsetting. Herb criminatory and hence unfair.” One resentatives, $75; clerk of court, $200; comes the head of the bureau of traf-| WO,1 d more from the professor. “Seri- probate judge, $100; sheriff, $200; research at Harvard University ; ous objection can be raised to using superintendent of education, $150. In telling that the most dangerous speed wealth as a measure of ability to pay. Lainwejl County the game warden is f () j. automobilis is between fifteen and Taxes are not paid out of wealth but not nominated in the primary. twenty-five miles per hour and that out of income.” The trouble ij$ that It iMsts money to conduct primary ‘fewer th£n ten per cent, of accidents 'o SouthCaiolina taxes are paid on elections in Barnwell County just as occur at high speead. What do you the basis of wealth, not income. Many it does in other counties in the State, think of that? a farmer with an investment of $5()0o and the only way to get it is to as- That reminds me of my own ol>ser-^p: ys on that basis, though his in- ses s the candidates for amounts suffi- v . tion. I have seen a lot of bad driv- come may be, anj often is, less than tient to defray ihe expenses. 1 o do apd have had to dodge some cars the salary of some clerk who pays otherwise would leave an aftermath driven by sober men. It strikes me nothing but poll tax, if he pays any- of criticism and dissatisfaction among that taking chances is the root of'thing at all. those charged with the conduct of the most accidents. I elections. What I want to know is: Where The Manufacturer’s Record says A Candidate Withdraws. Up in Newberry County, 0. F. Armfield, newspaper editor who had announced his candidacy for the house of representatives, in withdrawing From the race said: “I have no doubt of election IF I were willing to be a rubber stamp. . . While 1 am not antagonistic to the governor I would not agree to be led around by him as many would exp?ct and demand. I could not trade my convicitions for a .seat in the legislature and I forese does thi s investigator find cats run- that a comparison of investment for ning from 15 to 25 miles per hour? new plants or rehabilitation of plants Surely, he isn’t so heartless as to in the South is as follows: check up on funerhl processions. j That is the trouble with these sta-1 tisticians—they don’t digest their facts until all the conditions have ch; ng:*d. By the time they publish the facts alniut the relative feed value NA? “The possibilities for further indus- 1933 $ 76.000,00 1934 80,000,000 1935 136,569,000 1936 (3 mos.) 81,636,000 HOW MUCH IN SOUTH CAROLI- been distributed to the World War veterans of South Carolina and a large {ait of this amount will go to the purchase of motor cars. Many » lot of hard Wiling in thi a race for of lhese car *,' ,m fal1 int0 ,h ‘' han<ls the man who insists on being his own Jnan.” The People-Sentinel had hoped—and still hopes—that the State will not be torn asunder thi s summer by bit ter factionalism of the type th t marked the hey-c’lay of Bleaseism. When such conditions exist, passion and pvejudic? govern the selection of ‘candidates, rather than their fitness for the office to which they aspire. Whether or not a man is “for” or “against” Governor Johnston should not be the deciding factor. There are many good men in both camps and they should be selected to represent and work for the best interests of the State at large—not for the political aggrandizement of any man, clan, clique or faction. Voters should make their selection on the basis of quali- ftrition g and fitness, just as they would employ men to ’ conduct their firivate businesses. To do otherwise is to take a backward step. Enforce the Law. ot irresponsible operators, including a large proportion of negroes, and dead ly weapons of destruction will be loosed upon the reads to menace the traveling public. Already, “bonus buggies” have figured in accidents in and around Barnwell. There is a law against a driver opeiating an automobile while drunk. The highway patrolmen should; en force it to the letter, else our high ways will become a shambles. We all know too well what a little “likker” does to the average negro behind the wheel of a fast automobile. It is pretty safe to pi edict that automo bile accidents will register a sharp increase during the next few months. You or some of your loved ones may be the victim of some drink-crazed driver. Let us, therefore, demand that the patrolmen enforce the Jaws passed to safeguard the general pub lic. Remember that more lives are lost annually in automobile accidents in this country each year than were lost in battle by the American forces in France. This is not by way of, saying that all of the bonu s money will be used trial expansion are evident. The South has resources of fertile soil, minerals and favorable climate, as well as adequate labor, to insure a vast increase in it s wealth. The trend tow;yd decentralization of industry is turning investors to the South be cause of its manifest and manifold ad vantages,” says the Blue Book of Southern Progress. The State highway patrolmen again have an excellent opooitunity to justi fy the creation of this branch of the in the purchase of automobiles, nor Eternal gain Upav enforcement drvfcsi^n of the that all veteians who make such State government by strictly enforc- j purchase are per se reckless drivers, ing the laws governing the operation | W’e are protesting against that class of automobiles and tiuckg on the, who would be a menace behind the highways and public roads. Nearly wh;el of a car, regardless of the $20,000,000 in “bonus bonds” have ' source of the purchase price. I Buffalo on White House Site The first white men to ascend the Potomac river saw specimens of the American bison—the correct name of the humped and shaggy “buffalo”— near the place where the White House stands, observes a writer In the New York Times. If there were no other evidence—and there Is plenty—the Elk river flowing from Maryland Into the Chesapeake bay indicates by its name that the early settlers saw enough of these animals along Its course to name the stream for them. Mrs. Penn’s Epitaph After Mrs. Penn's death, her hus band, the famous William, wrote an epitaph. In it he stated that "she was a Publick as well as a Private loss”; that she was an excellent mother, a constant friend, modest and humble, religious, without affectation, an “easie" mistress, good neighbor, espe cially to the poor, and other virtues. He ended it with the sentence, “There fore nnr great Loss though her own ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. JUNI IS THI MONTH of romance— and the month for a new Gulf gas specially refined for summer driving; For as the temperature climbs, the formula of your gasoline must be changed. Otherwise you don’t get top mileage—part of your fuel blows out your exhaust unbumed, wasted! Try Thai Good Gulf—it’s “Kept in Step with the Calendar” so that all of it goes to work, none of it goes waste. Sold at the Sign of the Orange Disc. <**6 tie G&ncfa THAT good gulf (( gasoline u 1934 than 1935, didn’t it? Perhaps the cotton mills are better off? Not so. Latin Mottoes Are Used by Twenty-Two States There are 22 states with Latin mot toes, which, according to the Detroit News, are as follows: Arizona, “Dl- tnt Deus” (God enriches); Arkansas, “Regnat populus” (The people rule); Colorado, "Nil sine numlne” (Nothing without the Deity); Connecticut, “Qul transtiillt sustinet” (He who trans planted continues to sustain); Idaho, "Esto. perpetua” (Mayest thou endure forever); Kansas, “Ad astra per as- pera” (To the stars through difficul ties) ; Maine, “Dirigo" (I direct); Maryland, “Scuto bonae voluntatis tuae coronastl nos” (With the shield of thy goodwill thou hast covered us); Mas sachusetts, “Ense petit placidam sub libertate quletem” (With the sword she seeks peace under liberty); Michigan, “SI quaeris peninsulam nmoenam clr- cumspice’’ (If you seek a pleasant pen insula look around you); also "Tuebor” (I will defend); Mississippi, “Virtute et armls” (Ry valor and arms); Mis souri, “Salus populi stipremn lex esto” (Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law); New Mexico, “Crescit eundo” (It grows ns it does); New York, “Excelsior” (Higher); North Carolina. “Esse quam vlderi” (To he rather than to seem); Ohio’s former motto was “Imperium In Imperlo” (An empire within an empire); Oklahoma. "Labor omnia vincit" (Labor conquers all things); Oregon, "Alls volat pro- priis" (She flies with her own wings); South Carolina, “Animis obihusqae parati” (Ready In soul and resouce), “Dum spiro spero” (While I breathe I hope); Virginia, "Sic semper tyrannls" (Thus ever to tyrants); West Vir ginia, “Montanl semper liheri" (Moun taineers are always freemen); Wyom ing. "Cedant arma togae” (Let arms yield to the gown). Old Autos Are Sold to Museum of Lumberman Duluth, Minn.—George A. Sloan of Duluth has sold two ancient automo biles to a Los Angeles museum being developed by a California lumberman. One car was a five-passenger Interna tional, the other a sporty one-seater made by an Ohio firm. They had been I’.' storage for 15 or 2U years, Sloan said. Poland’* Seaport Gdynia is Roland's seaport, an out let from the Polish Corridor which was set up after the World war. Prior to P.)24 it was Just a stretch of sand with a few fishermen’s cottages scattered about. With independence achieved and a commerical existenceT Poland undertook the construction of a mer chant fleet and built up about Gdynia a community of Q0 ( CHjy persona, The oil they use in the oil-fields Now you can use it, too *«>• ’ 0 Hi ~ pa, wm Stirling Oil. first made in 1£9S. is holder of Penn- t« r'—rv’ x> J A 0 1 . * 4 . xl * Cx v « V. V_- » ** w4 «_ V_s 4 4 Association Permit No. 1. During these 3G years. Sterling became the favor ite motor oil c f our neigh- Arizonian Uses Dogs to Bag 300 Mountain Lions Prescott, Ariz.—Successful lion hunt ing. If you believe Giles Goswick. de^ ponds on having good “hounds." Goswlck’s opinion on anything con nected with mountain lions is regarded as gospel in Arizona. Tor ten years Goswick has made his living by killing mountain lions, first as a United States biological survey hunter and now as a state-employed predatory game hunter charged with ridding this section of the state of the tierce killers which destroy tens of thousands of dollars worth of live stock each year. Goswick’s pack of “lion dogs” are descended from a hound brought -M Arizona 35 years ago by his father. Through successive generations of training, they have lion hunting bred Into them. According to the hunter, he and his pack have killed or captured 3<X) moun tain lions, including a nine-foot male which was believed to be the largest ever killed in the Southwest. This par ticular lion, he said, was trailed for three days by the dogs before they frightened it into a tree. bors m the Pennsylvania xl-fields. Now available in your neighbor/.~oi . zo you. too, can use this fine cl. Girling Oil Ce: yany. Motor Oil Division. C.l C. . 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