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... PAGE TEN THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA Th«Barnwell People-Sentinel JOHN W. HOLMES , 1S4#—IfU* ^ a P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the poit office at Barnwell, S. C., as aecond-claaa matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.60 Six Months ^0 Three Months —- AO (Strictly in Adraneo.) THURSDAY, JULY 2ND, 1936. The Negro in Politics. Opinion i 8 divided as to whether Senator E. D. Smith, of South Caro lina, was “right" or “wrong” when he walked out of the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia last week in protest against the prominence given on the program to negroes. At one season the invocation wag offered by a negro minister and Mitchell, a negro congressman, although not even a delegate to the convention, had been selected to second President Roose- velt’ 8 nomination. This was changed after Senator Smith's “walk," and Mitchell merely addressed the convent tion instead of seconding the renomi* nation. Following tAe Palnietto sena-’ tor’s lead, nine other members of (he South Carolina (jeleg^tion, Including, Representative Wipchest^j- C. Smi(h, Jr., of Williston, wiMHed, <^ut with hio^ and the entire delegation later hied a formal protest against the party lead ers’ action in according such promi nence to negroes. We are in complete and thorough ac cord with the action of Senator Smith and the other nine delegates. The Democratic party has long been known a 8 “the white man’s party,” especially in the South, which has been kept solidly Democratic since the War Between the States largely on that ac- account. While efforts may be made to minimize the appearance of the ne groes on the program, it is an enter ing wedge that bode s ill for the South. “Political equality can never come to pass in the South,” claim some. But can’t it? What is to prevent it if men like Senator Smith do not protes vig orously and lead the fight against political recognition of the negro? What is to prevent the introduction and passage of a “Force bill" in congress by a coalition of Northern Demo crats and Republicans unless a re lentless fight be made against it? Stranger thing a have happened. For instance, a Democratic legisla ture in Pennsylvania has enacted a law making ft a criminal offense if hotels, restaurants and theatre s re fuse entertainment to negroes on equal terms with white people. The national Democratic party, as now constituted, ha s given national and official recognition to the negro. The News and Courier says, “Some of us know that in South Carolina and the South it is necessary that white men control political affairs, without negro interference, and we know that unless we make plain that we shall resist at any cost, even to the point of withdrawal from the national Demo cratic party, the national Democratic party, in power in congress and the White House, will coerce the South a a the Republicans coerced it between 1867 and 1877.” We do not believe that President Roosevelt would be a party to such coercion, but one or more of his successors might be. In condemning Senator Smith for his action, his critics have pointed out •hat, in 1876, white Democrats applaud. **d the speeches of negro Democrats and that Senator Smith himself sat in the South Carolina legislature with negro representatives from George town. True, but in 1876 the white Democrats were desperately trying to restore white supremacy to a down trodden and violated people and Sena tor Smith’s protest was the initial ef fort to prevent a return to such un speakable conditions. In 1876 we were trying to oust the negro from politics—in 1936 the national Demo cratic party seems to be committed to the task of restoring the brother in black to a place in the political sun. And against such action we join Senator Smith and the other members of the South Carolina delegation in voicing formal protest against and vigorously opposing the effort. There are some things more important to the South than the election of a Demo cratic president and congress through the elevation of the negro in politics. There may be no real danger of po litical equality in the South in the very near future, but this latest dfe- vehupmertti contains a vei|r real threat, to say the least. | Nobody’s Business |j By Gee McGee. ' ^ - Mike Enters County PcJitics. deer mr. edditors:— you have no doubt gaw in fhe papers where the undersigned, Mr. mike Clark, rfd, has announced hisself as a candy-date for the offis of kurriner of the lit>me county, and' he is going be- foar the voters with a view to lead ing them to the poles to cast their bal lets with his name on same unscratch ed. i have lived and labored in this county for 27 years this comming martch, and have growd a large fami- ley with the swet of my brow s and toils of roy hands *nd brains; and now i desire to be lifted upon the shoulders of the public to the offis herein refer red to above. my flatform will be dimmercratic from beginning to end. i am in fav- vor of economy, good schools, and fair show to labor, i am against the ita!ayan g in their taking over of ethy- opy, and no not fawer the leege of natippa or anny other furrin entangle- m4uKrinich as the world coarts, high and duties on tobacker, snuff, a: .. I? 1 '■> i -im five foot nine in length weigh 133 poundg in my overalls, and wear a 39 coat when i can get holt of one, and my britches are 30 in waste and 36 inches to my heels, my mustach is black and i s always kept well trimmed, no babies or others that mought be kissed by me enduring this campane need to worry about germs and back- teria in same, a s they are well groom ed and combed out every satturdlay morning. rooter and snout entirely off, and the watter in the well i s so dry it rattles like paper when being drawed up and drunk down, plese inspect us at once for relief. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd., *. dirt farmer. p. s. the drowth has benn partly broke, so don’t do too much for us till further notis. m. G. i am a self-made man. i worked so hard on myself and for myself in order to make a fine citizon out of my personality, i did not receive verry much education, but i am fully qualli- fide to hold down the said pollitical job and return a fair verdict for* the corpse as well a 8 for the defendant who shot or run over him. if eleckted, i garrantee to increase bizness at least 50 percents, i will hold my h£ad up and my pride down while serving in this great offis. i will be fair to the poor and lean alike; i will tote no chip on my shouldler, and my add*ministration will be as clean as a hound's teeth when it terminates, if ellyvated to thi 8 posish, i warrant to be on hand to view the boddy be- foar the smoke or dust dies down, yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd., candy-date. Mike Is Becoming Desperate. mr. henry s. wallis, 8 ecker-terry of agger-culture, Washington, d. C. deer sir:— if it do not rain in our midst by the time this reaches yore offis, you might as well begin at once to take flat rock and her vicinnity over and add them to yore pressent direct relief rolls, it ha s not rained; enduring the past 66 days, including Sundays and legal hoilidays. 1 : ^ postponed until the death of the sur vivor, and that occasions the waiting of one for the other in the ooflin house. For the peace of the departed soul and the good luck of the surviving members of the family, a day when all the elements of nature aq^ln har mony In relation to the departed one must be chosen by a learned geoman- cer for interment in the earth. That is always difficult, for what would be a lucky day for one son might bring disaster for a corpse to wait five, ten, or twenty years for burial. Very rich families have been known to wait fifty years for the right day. Origla of Liglkthoasos The earliest lighthouses of which records exist were the towers built by the Libyans and Coschltes In Lower Egypt, beacon fires being maintained In some of them by priests. Lesches, a Greek poet (660 B. C.), mentions a lighthouse at Slgeum, now Cape Inchi- sarl, in the Troad, which appears to have been the first light regularly maintained for mariners. The famous Pharos of Alexandria was regarded as one of the wonders of the world. The tower Is stated to have been 600 feet in height It was destroyed by earth quake In the Thirteenth century, but remains are said to have been visible as late as 1350. The name Pharos be came the general term for all light houses, and the term pharology has been used for the science of lighthouse construction. Ancient Memorials Mark Certain Parts of China Wherever one goes In China he sees evidence that China (s An old, very old country. In the heart of Hang chow there are tombs and memorials so ancient that the weather of the* centuries has worn the stone statues and carvings to smooth surfaces. In the country are disintegrating walls enclosing what were once rich estates and imposing buildings, the ruins of which are overgrown with seml-trop- cal jungle. The “coffin houses” along the paths Ip the hills, where repose the remains of the departed awaiting an auspicious day for burial, are In better condition than are houses of the living. These mausoleums, writes Mason Warner In the Chicago Tribune, are rows of 12 to 20 attached buildings, 10 to 12 feet high,, each having one room, with space for either one or two coffins. Some- Pursuant to Rule No. 11 of the tlmea^the burfal of husband or .wife Is Democratic Party of South Carolina, Send Us Your Orders For Job Work NOTICE OF ENROLLMENT. crops have benn planted and so has vegger-tables, but verry few sprouts from the seeds ever showed; up. the undersigned big farmer, mr. mike Clark, rfd, begs to report the follow’- ing cropg as hi s sum total to date, viz- zly: a few stalks of cotton behind the barn, 1 stalk of corn below the pig pen, and 1 cabbage head undter the boss troff. everything else is dead, missing and gone. Lightness and Strength Make Aluminum Popular Aluminum Is used wherever a com bination of lightness and strength Is desired. The pure metal is highly re active with various corrosive sub stances, yet In actual practice It resist? corrosion \ery much better than the theoretically more resistant Iron. The reason for this, writes Dr. Thomas M. Beck in the Chicago Tribune, is that aluminum on exposure to the atmos phere forms a microscopically thin, tough, alr-tlght coating of aluminum rust which gives the underlying metal perfect protection against corrosion. Iron, on the other hand, forms a brit tle, porous rust that flakes off and exposes more mental. Along with the advantage of light ness and rust resistance, pure alumi num has the disadvantage of being relatively soft For a long time this limited Its use to the manufacture of kitchen utensils, sheet aluminum, and similar uses In which It was not sub jected to very great strain. How ever, there have been developed some highly successful aluminum alloys, in which the metal has a strength ap proaching that of steel, with no sac rifice of lightness. Oddly enough, In the oase<» ‘»f some of the most useful of these alloys the aluminum, in gain ing strength, loses much of its resist ance to corrosion. This fault, how ever, can easily be remedied by giv ing the alloy a thin coating of the pure metal. it i s the genneral opinion in the section that the republicans and the townsend-ites started this dTqwth, and it has been aidted and abetted by the communists ansoforth, all for the soul purpose of defeating the pres sent add-ministration. > in other words, the opposition i s reducing the produc tion without an act of congress by withholding rain back from the earth. this dry spell is terrible on boll weevils, they are running around hell- ter-skeliter crying for a nest to lay their egg s in, but no cotton can be had for same and they can’t hold their off-spring verry mutch longer, we can’t afford to farm without the boll weevil, as him and! the'tplowing up pro gram is all in the world that has saved u 8 from ourselves. A Widow’* Name Emily Post’s “Etiquette” says: “A widow no less than a married wom an should always continue to use her husband's Christian name, or his name and another Initial, engraved on her cards. She Is Mrs. John Hunter Tltlier- Ington Smith, but she Is never Mrs. Sarah Smith; at least, not anywhere In good society. In business and legal matters a woman is necessarily ad dressed by her own Christian name, because she uses It in her signature. But no one should ever address an en velope, except from a hank or a law yer’s office, ‘Mrs. Sarah Smith.”’ As to the signature, Mrs. Post declares “a married woman should always sign a letter to a stranger, a bank, business firm, etc., with her baptismal name, and add, in parenthesis, her^married name.” • 0 0 0 t 1 • * * • * * » * Buy and Use CAROL1NAS SCENIC AND HISTORIC STAMPS Booat Your Suttcl . .0 0**6 *' a • m m m ■0 we have tried everthing we know of to make it rain to no avail, our farm ers have hung up over 50 snakes, and have stopped the children from killing toad frogs, but still no watter has fell from tha elements, our old cow is giving powdlered milk; our 2 hern lay eggs that i $ so shriveled up, they look like dried prunes; our shoat has wore Dutch Bee Mart Holland Is world famous for its tu lip, hyacinth and other bulbs, and a good many cheeses, but not so many people know that it Is also a great industrial center for honey. Once a year, In the market of Veenendaal, which Is the largest in the world, bar gaining Is done in about 2,000 skeps, <»r hives of straw, housing about 20,000 bees each. The country people come to the market on bicycles, with a huge bkop hanging from each side of the vehicle. In the heavier hives, the bees are killed by sulphur fumes while the honey is being removed. Value of Punctuality There is no more desirable business qualification than punctuality, and no other so Indispensable to a man of affairs, or to anyone who would save his own time and that of others. Na poleon once Invited his marshals to dine with him, but. as they did not arrive at the moment appointed, he began to eat without them. They came in Just aa he waa rising from the ta ble. “Gentlemen,” aald be, “dinner la oow over, and we will Immediately proceed to bualnesa." , * I, Edgar A. Brown, County Chairman of Barnwell County, hereby give no tice: (1) (Rule No. 6): “The qualifications for membership in any club of the party in this State, and for voting At primary shall be as follows, viz: The applicant for membership, or vo ter, shall be 21 years of age, or shall become so before the succeeding gen eral election and be a white Demo crat. He shall be a‘citizen of the United 1 States and of this State. No person shall belong to any club or vote in any primary unless he has re sided in the State two years and in the county six months prior to the succeeding general election and in the clyb district 60 days prior to the first primary following his offer to en roll: Provided, that public schoo teacherg and ministers of the gospe in charge of a regular organizec 1 church shall be exempt from the pro visions of this section as to residence if otherwise qualified.” (2) Books of enrollment for the re spective Democratic clubs required under the rules for the new enrollment in Barnwell County will be opened by the secretaries or the enrollment com mittee s of the respective clubs on Tuesday, June 2nd, 1936, and will re main open for the enrollment until Tuesday, the 23rd dAy of July, 1936, which shall be the last day of enroll ment. (Rules Nos. 11 and 12.) ( 3) Each appjicant for enrollment shall in person write upon the club roll his full name and immediately thereafter his age, occupation and post office ad dress, and if in a city or town shall write the name of street and the num ber of his house in which he resides, if such designation exists in said city or town. If the applicant cannot write he may make his mark upon the roll, which shall be witnessed by the secre tary or other person then having the custody thereof, and the secretary shall fill in the other requirements. (4) No person shall be enrolled in any club or vote in any primary except in the club district in which he resides. (Rule No. 8.) The names of the clubs i n Barnwell County, the boundaries of the club districts a s required to be set out in Rule No. 11, the names of the members of the enrollment committee s and the places where the respective clubs are to be are as follows: (5) TThe club district and boundaries of the clubs in Barnwell County (with the exception of the Dunbarton club) are as follows: In all cases the voter must enroll at the precinct nearest his place of residence IN THE TOWNSHIP IN WHICH HE RE SIDES, REGARDLESS OF PROXI MITY TO PRECINCTS IN OTHER TOWNSHIPS, and can only vote at the voting place of such club, and ter ritory included by this test shall be considered 1 the club district for such club: BARNWELL—Club District: As set out in 5 above. Enrollment Committee-r-F. S. Brown, Ira Fales and Monroe Morris. Book to be opened at. Deason’s Drug Store. BENNETT SPRINGS—Club Dis trict: As set out in 5 above, except that part of Bennett Springs township East of the public road through Green Pond Place running South three miles. (See Dunbarton.) BLACKV1LLE—Club Distict: A s set out in 5 above. Enrollment Committee—Dr. C. A. Epps, Dr. Sim B. Rush and J. M. j Halford. Book to be opened at Rush’s Drug Store. I . ^ ■ - - -- - - DOUBLE PONDS—Club As ^et ^>ut in 5 above. District: i Enruffbent Committee—Leon •on wr'S W. utto and Sam zr mnm Hutto, Mrs. Leon P. Hartftog. Book to be opened! at residence of Leon W. Hutto. - DUNBARTON—Club District: All of Richland township, together with that part of Red Oak township that lies West of the Lower Three Runs and that part of Bennett Springs township that lies East of the public road through Green Pond place, run ning South three miles. Enrollment Committee—T. W. Dicks, G. G. Dicks and W. J. Rogers. Book to be opened at store of T. W. Dicks. ELKO—Club District: As set out in 5 above. Enrollment Committee —Paul S. Green, Hallie Staley and L. E. Stan- sell. Book to be opened at store of Green and Co. FOUR MILE—Club District: As set out in 5 above. Enrollment Committee—Pete John son, H. T. Youman s and! B. L. Pee ples. , j Book to be opened at residence of: C. M. Turner. FRIENDSHIP—Club District: As set out in 5 above. Enrollment Committee—Paul Mor ris, H. E. Creech and Frank Sanders. Book to be opened at residence of Frank Sanders. GREAT CYPRESS—Club District: As set out in 5 above. Enrollment Committee—B. M. Jen kins, Jr., G. C. Best and R. M. Barker. Book to be opened at store of G. C. Best HEALING SPRINGS—Club Dis trict: A s set out in 5 above. Enrollment Committee — D. W. Heckle, L. P. Boylston and Ed Wade. Book to be opened at Heckle’s Fill ing Station. HERCULES —Club District: As set out in 5 above. Enrollment Committee — Bennie Morris, W. Hayne Dyches and Farrell A. Creech. Book to be opened at residence of Bennie Morris. HILDA—Club District: A s set out in 5 above. Enrollment Committee—A. R. Still, M. L. Collins and H. J. Delk. Book to be opened at store of A. R. Still. RED OAK—Club District: As set out in 5 above, except that part West of Lower Three Runs. (See Dunbar ton.) Enrollment Committee — O. D. Moore, T. D. Creighton. Jr., and J. M. Hill. Book to be opened at store of O. D. Moore. REEDY BRANCH—Club District: As set out in 5 above. Enrollment Committee—C. C. Black, M. O. Creech and J. C. R. Grubbs. Book to be opened at residence of C. C. Black. ROSEMARY—Club District: As THURSDAY, t. in 5 a bo JULY 2ND, 1936. w?t otrt irt 5 <bove. Enrollment Committee:—W. R. Bell, R S. Weathersbee and M. S. Hair. Bo6k to be opened at residence of R. S. Weathersbee. SILO AM—Club District: As set out in 5 above. Enrollment Committee—Belton Hol ly, F. H. Gantt and Harper Ellis. Book to be opened at residnece of Belton Holly. WILLISTON—Club District: As set out. in 5 above. Enrollment Committee — H. M. Thompson, Walter Davis and J. W. Cook. Book to be opened at store of J. W. Cook. YENOME—Club District: A s set out in 5 above. Enrollment Committee—J. W. Bates, B. O. Norris and Mrs. Mollie B. Har den. Book to be opened at residence of J, W. Bates..' Attention is called to the fact that under Rule 11, there shall be a new general enrollment of all voters every four years, beginning with the year 1934, particular attention being called to the following provisions: “(a) Provided, further, That in each election year the books of enroll ment be opened as now provided, and those person^ meeting the require ments for enrollment since the last general enrollment, or who are not enrolled, shall be enrolled 'by the sec retary or by the enrollment commit tee. In case any properly enrolled voter has changed his voting precinct, he shall be entitled to be enrolled in his new precinct under the following rules, to-wit: Application for a cer tificate of transfer shall be madfe in writing to the secretary of the former club, who shall certify in writing to the secretary of the precinct chib where such enrolled voter desires to be enrolled, to the effect that such voter was duly enrolled in his chub, giving date of enrollment, name, age, occupation and address. At the time he shall note in ink on the enrollment book the transfer s o made. Upon pre sentation of the certificte of transfer to the secretary, the applicant shall be permitted to enroll in his new voting precinct club, provided he is in all other respects qualified under the rules of the party. “(b) In case of the death of any voter, the secretary, or the enrollment Committee, under supervision of the County Executive Committee, shall have authority to strike from the book of enrollment names of such deceased voter, giving the approximate date of death of de ceased." (NOTE.—Under the above rule, voters who enrolled in 1934 will not be required to enroll again this year, unless they have changed their place of residence from one township to an other.) EDGAR A. BROWN, Chinn., Co. Executive Com. Attest: B. P. Davies, Sec'y. Barnwell, S. C., May 25, 1936. The Thomas Alva Edison Foundation Join with us in giving promising youths practical help in their scientific and inventive work! The Thomas Alva I Edison Foundation is now .appealing for funds to provide grants jo promis ing young men and women each year. STATE HEADQUARTERS 141 Meeting Street CHARLESTON, S. C. Satisfaction is worth a Lot. Let us do your Cleaning and you’ll be SATISFIED! Plexico’s Dr; Cleaner’s Main Street >: - Barnwell