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• * WWl * PAGE FOUR. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENT IN EL, BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JULY 30TH. 1936. TheB&rnwell People-Sentinel I I I JOHN W. HOLMES 1840—1912. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the post 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, JULY 30TH, 1936. After spending a week-end at the seashore, we are again moved to wonder why in the heck it was ever referred to as “the human form divine.” How’s thi s for alliteration: “An Apathetic Audience Avoids Adulatory .^>plause.” Sub-head in The State over a report of a Richland County campaign meeting. A Splendid‘Compliment. Barnwell County ha s been p&id a splendid compliment by the Farmers and Taxpayers League. The organiza tion sodght and has been given infor mation relative to this county’s finances, which will be used to show that taxes can be reduced by busi nesslike administration of the peo ple’s business. This county was perhaps the first in the State to operate for 18 months without levying a single dollar for ordinary county purposes—in fact, we know of no other county that can equal that record. It wasn’t just a “happen soon,” but resulted from care ful management. Auditor W. H. Manning, in a statement prepared for the league at its request, attributed “the exceedingly fine condition in which the county finds its financial affairs to the close co-operation between the county delegation and the board of directors and the other county offi cials.” The record shows that appropriations for ordinary county purposes were re duced from $160,940.16 for the four- year period 1928-1931 to $59,619.81 for the four-year period 1932-1935, both incluaive—a saving to the tax payers of a litle more than $100,000, or at the rate of over $25,000 a year. During the same time the total taxes assessed were reduced from $952,904.69 for the four-year period 1928-1931 to $656,086.22 for the four- year period 1932-1935—a reduction of approximately $300,000, or at the rate of $75,000 a year. Thi* in cluded State, county and special school levies. That is a record of which “the county delegation and the board of directors and the other county offi cials” may well Ire proud—an achieve ment for which they need offer no apologies Mr. Manning further points out that the county is still operating on a cash basis (it has been on that lasts gince 1930) and had a cash sur plus of $14,939.55 as of June 30th, 1936. No wonder the Farmers and Tax payers league wantg 1° use Barnwell County a A a shining example to light the way of other counties in South Carolina along the road of tax reduc tion with the consequent savings to the taxpayers! Sis- Is Editor Ball Pro-Republican? Editor, The People-Sentinel: “It is an ill wind which blows no one good.” That adage seem s to have cropped up many times in our wan dering perusal of newspapers, maga zines an d books. Anyone who has read the editorial colutfms of the News and Courier for the past several weeks will probably agree that Editor Ball and his “five on six paid editorial writers” are certainly trying* their darnedest to prove the old saying as we have yet to find any good from the gusts and “blasts” that have been flowing s o freely from the pen of our most esteemed friend down in the City-by-the-Sea. Certainly, a man so well informed in political matters as we believe Editor Ball to be, would not make an attempt to change South Carolina from a Democratic State to a Republican State. If he be the good Democrat which he claims—yea, writes lengthily and cries loudly about—then the least he could have done would have been to confine his blasts to pre-nomina tion days and then come into the fold along with other outstanding leaders of this and other States. He couldn’t be trying to increase the popularity of the News and Courier with South Caroliniani, who, with the exception ol a precious few, are strongly pro- Roosevelt and pro-Democratic. What, then, is the object of these fusilades against the Democrats and. against, Roosevelt? Surely, our good friend j and' fluent writer hasn’t cast longing ; eyes upon the editor’s desk of one of | the larger Republican newspapers? We sincerely hope not. Every man makes mistal^es—the doctors bury their s and a politician’s live on to haunt his remaining politi cal days. Let’s admit that Mr. Roose velt has made a few errors. Let’s ad mit that every one doesn’t agree with him on all his idea 3 and projects— let’s even admit that some of the things he has done were a little fool ish. But, at the time that Mr. Roose velt went into office America was in such straits a 3 to call for these dras tic emergency programs. Could Mr. Ball offer us a better man or a better solution than the man and the solution which we now have.? Unless we misinterpret Mr. Ball’s editorial in the July 25th edition, we believe he i s offering for our approval —'and with his approval—the Republi can nominee, Landon, of Kansas. Again, unles s we analyzed incorrectly, we believe that in Mr. Landon’s speech, which we read in Friday’s paper, he, Mr. Landon, admits—not in so many words, but in a round about manner —that he is not big enough for the job offered him—that of standardbear- er of the Republican party in the Presidential election of 1936. That interpretation, of course, is based on the belief that Mr. Landon was en tirely sincere in his .‘Aatement. Doe 8 our esteemed writer or any of his “five or six paid editorial writers” have another man to offer? We hope that our writer of Republi can press copy in the City-by-the-Sea will soon have a change of heart and direct his attack as solidly for the New Deal and its leader—PRESI DENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSE VELT—a s he has been adverse to it, but until that happy day comes we suggest that the News and Courier change it 8 slogan of “Th» South’s Oldest Daily Newspaper” to “The South's Strongest Republican News paper.” A Democrat. tach to our automobile, but we have no house car at present, and the au tomobile belongs to Jim Wicks who boaids with us. Unless something turns up pretty soon, our summer vacation will be a Fall vacation; we can’t afford to be away from home dur ing the Fall'. That is the only time that busines s is really first-class in the store, but as we busted a few weeks ago, we have no store, so we might as well put off trying to take a vacation till next winter, then it will be cool enough to stay at home, that is—if our home is not foreclosed by then. Yours dementedly, Gee McGee. Even our women folks have to accept this punishment. Think of a sweet, tender, beautifully manicured little hand having to be grasped by a horse-shoe-rasp, ham-like hand! Why, it’s awfully awful. That’s a candi date’s idea of saying—“I--love you dearly, please vote for me.”' Looks like they could walk up to a citizen apd say: “Good morning, Mr. Smith. I ain’t fit for the office, but neither i s the other guy. Won’t you kindly vote for me?” Mike Clark Makes a Strong Appeal to the Government, hon. henry s. wallis, secker-tery agger-culture, Washington, d. C. the citizons of flat rock and sur rounding farming community have ask me to rite or foam you for drowth re lief at once, w-e planted our crops as usual, in apull. it failed to rain more than five drops a week for 75 days, and then it rained too hard and baked our lands. 1 believe in being sociable when shaking hands, or even kissing, is in tended for a sociable indulgence, but I’m against this seasonable-vote-for me, (you old sap) hand-wringing and finger-twisting practice that lasts on ly from the time, he announces until he either get s elected or gets beat. It doesn’t # make any difference; he quits being so nice after the election. ; Nobody’s Business f By G«c MrGe*. Thia Writer and Family Are Looking Forward to a Wonderful Vacation. We have been thinking of closing our house and moving up to our sum mer home in the mountains, but we have no summer home in the moun tains. We decided last week to go down to the beach and spend about a month in our cottage, “The Muske teer Den,” but after checking up on things, we found that we did not own any cottage at anybody’s beach, so we dropped both ideas. Last night when it was so hot, along about mid-night, I got up to turn on the electric fan, but the old lady informed me that it was re possessed during the hot spell we had week before last, so I didti’t turn it on after all. 1 then concluded that I’d go to the refrigerator and get some ice and put an ice-pack on my head, but there wasn’t any ice in the re frigerator, so I did not hunt for an ice bag; we never owned an ice bag in our lives. Several days ago I wrote my un cle John at “Sleepers Rest, on the side of the Blue Ridge” that we were planning to s-pend a few’ day s ' near his beautiful colonial, hospitable home during the month of August, and in timated that we might drop around to see him and Aunt Sue, but the letter came back 3 days later marked | Unclaimed.” Uncle John is the postmaster at Sleepers Rest. So we abandoned that hope. the undersigned farmer, mr. mike Clark, rfd, averages 2 stalks of cot ton to the row T 14 inches high while the balance of it is not 1 inch high, a boll weevil would have to stoop down to lay his egg in the bud of the stuff that has come up since the rain, the big stalks are so far apart, he would wear himself out going from one to the other, hunting cotton squares. Now, I think it would be cute for the voter to make the hand-shake ap proach. He could seek out a cam paigner, and extend his arm to an akimbo position, and invite the candi date to shake. Then the candidate would know he was going to get that vote; but the other way, he is kept guessing all of the time, that is—till * the ballots are counted. After that, i % the voters are kept guessing until the next race takes place. There ought to I be a law to keep candidates at a safe | and sanitary distance from the voter. (No harm meant, boys; just couldn’t think of anything else to write a- bout. Come on, and shake.) WE ARE ANNOUNCING SPECIAL REDUCTIONS ON ALL BEAUTY WORK, COM MENCING THIS WEEK,—ES PECIALLY ON ALL TYPES OF PERMANENT WAVES. FOR APPOINTMENTS PHONE NO. 43. The Barnwell Beauty Shop ❖ $ I Qandiiates f | - Garis - %• V ;—;—;~!-X—X—X~X“X—;‘ For Congress. I hereby announce my candidacy for •vienomination and reelection to the Congress of the United States, Second South Carolina District, in the Demo cratic primary election August 25th, based 1 on my legislatve record, prompt and efficient service and promise to abide bjr the rules of the Democratic party. H. P. FULMER. Orangeburg, S. C. what we want yore department to do is to pay us rent on all of the land we have stuck a plow in this year. We won’t make nothing on it nohow, and it will beat yore plow-up pro gram all holler, if you can’t do this, you will have to postpone frost and freezing weather till about januwary the 15. this will enable us to make a crop in the normal time, vizzly: 6 months. * our corn has come up, but there are 17 bud wirms to ever 5 square feet setting around in the fields with their bills all sharpened to a razor’s edge, they will go thru our com fields like the republicans hope to go thru the dimmercat a ansoforth. our irish po tatoes never did get big enough for the potato bug to get a single square meal on. our veger-table garding has benn used 4 months (enduring the (irowth)' for th; boys to pitch boss sho« a m while not fishing. it looks like you have us farmers on yore hand* in toto this time, and it ain’t our fault; blame it on the weather, please send all of our chil drens to the c c c camps at once, and try yore best to get the townsend plan to function for us older folks who will be left at home, if necessary, kindly inflate the currency, but stay off the gold standerd. can you ship some more cows down here? they would help; we like beef ansoforth. we are all a hopeful genneration, and are willing to work out our 3 months-behind crops, but you must be put on notis that if we don’t reap where we sowed and pick where we planted, the govvermnet will have to feed, clothe, heat, teech and house each and ever one of us. there is not enough green stuff at this riting to feed a month old yearling on my entire farm of 15 akers, including the cow pastor. yores trullie, mike Clark, rfd, drawth farmer. We sent for some Coney Island and Montauk Point pamphlets; these are both good summer resorts. We didn’t know but what somebody might come along going up there for a month or so -and ask us to go with them a s their guests, we have read the literature thru 8 or 10 times, but up to last night, nobody showed up in transit for those delightful locations. The Periodical Hand-Shainking Is Amongst Us Again. The whole country i s seriously af flicted with politics. This is indteed a political year. Every office from coroner to the president of the United States will have to be filled within the next few months, and the woods are full of the best, smartest, wisest, hon- est-est soberest men I have ever heard of before, all seeking a berth on the good old 1 gravy train. As a help, we have taken the glass windows entirely out of our i bed-room so’ s the wind can perculate more freely. We fetch in a few pine' and spruce limbs, also an occasional cedar limb, and leave them in th(; open windows; these things make the breezes (when there are any) smell very mountainous. We have also put a few cobs and pine knots in our mattresses to make them sleep like resort beds. • We have thought of driving to different pleasant comer, of the land in our house car which we would at I have decided that I will vote for the candidates regardless of their politic s or policies who don’t want to go around shaking hands. In the first place, shaking hands ain’t sani tary. Imagine a guy sticking out his paw to you . . . wijiich has possibly just shoveled a quid of Brown’s Mule to the gutter, or wiped his mustash after eating a pint of gobers and drunk a bottle of slimy soda pop. I always try to dodge the chronic political hand-shaker. They dive at a fellow like a duck at a June bug, with horny, fuzzy (frequently) bun- ioned hand extended, accompanied by a 10-inch smile on his face that never even grinned till it got into the of fice-seeking business. Lots of the as pirants for office have never shook over 75 bunds in all their lives. -X-X-:~:~:~:~X~X*<~X~X~X~X~X~X~> Triple “C” News Notes (By Arthur Riddock, Reporter.) A New Chaplain. Co. 4468 had the new chaplain in camp for a few day s during the week, and he held services Wednesday even ing. Oiaplain Vann comes from Nmth Carolina, and has been on CCC duty only two weeks. This is his first tound of the camps. We might feel proud because he saw fit to stay with us for several days if we didn’t know it was partly because his car broke down and he had to send it to the foit for repairs. New Hoys to alterhoro. Of the 29 new boy, who came in this month, 22 have been sent down to the side camp at Walterboro, for work down there. This movement wa, accomplished Friday, the 24th, the first day the boy, were turned over by the army to the forestry service. The seven boys who did not go were picked to remain at the main camp largely on the basis of their need for educational activities, along the line of reading, writing and arith metic. This is an unusual group of boys. It ia seldom that in a group so large one or two do not “go over the hill” the first few weeks of camp, the con ditioning period. Once that ia over, they usually get settled and like it all right, but the two week* remain ing on the camp area are likely to be pretty trying, especially to a boy who has not been away from home much. This group managed to stick it out. The new boys at Walterboro say they like the ,ide camp fine. In fact, they have already begun to imitate the old boys down there in saying they wouldn’t come back to the main camp. Dance Committee. At the regular Wednesday night company meeting, a new dance com mittee wa, elected to take the place of the old one, which recently resign ed. Members of the new committee were as follows: Cephus Martin, chair man, Chris Day, Edward Wheeler, David Stone and Pete Biown. The new committee will \iave to go some to keep up with the standard set by the old one. Visitors. Capt. Hyndman was here for his monthly inspection last Wednesday, with him were Lieut. Pope, of the District Supply Co., and Captain Lati mer of the McClellanville Co. We don’t know whether these officers were visiting Barnwell particularly or not, but we think they might have been, a s it is rumored wl? got a rt supeiior” rating in everything this month. First Aid Class. A first aid clas s taught by Dr. Ralph E. Brown came to a successful conclusion on the afternoon of July 23, with an examination. Fourteen men stood the exam. It is believed that all passed. About 28 s tarted the course back in May. The Forestry Department. Malcolm McCutcheon, who ha s been connected with the forestry depart ment here for a couple of weeks, is already leaving us. Mr. McCutcheon is going to Washington to take up work 6s an Electrical Engineer on a rural electrification project under the Department of the Interior. We are sorry to lose Mr. McCutcheon so ,oon, but we are glad to see him begin work ia his chosen field. Legal Advemsements SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint Not Served.) State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. In the Court of Common Pleas. THE FEDERAL LAND BANK OF COLUMBIA, Plaintiff, w vs. ROBERT'GLOVER, Hattie Walker, India Carter, Isadore Glover. Caire Walker, Beatrice Brown, Myrtice Bush, Hampton Glover, David Glov er, Willie Mae Sapp, Maybell Hay, Ceotee Payton.' Bt-ardrick Glover and Arthur Carter, a* administra tor of the estate of Ervin Glover, deceased. Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action which is filed in the of fice of the Clerk of Court at Barnwell, S. C., and to serve a copy of your an swer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Barnwell, S. C., within twenty days after the ser vice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to an swer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NO TICE: That the original summons and complaint herein are on Ale is the office of the Clerk of Court for Barnwell County, at Barnwell, South Carolina. THOS. M BOULWARE. 7-16-3t. Plaintiff’s Attorney. . NOTICE OF DISC HAKt.E. 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 Representatives 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* and regulations of the Democratic primary election. C. H. BEATTY. Notice is hereby given that 1 will file my final account as Administrator upon the estate of W. P. Walsh with the Hon. John K. Snelling, Judge of Probate for Barnwell County. State of South Carolina, upon Saturcay, the 15th day of August, A. D. 1936, and petition the said Court for an Order of Discharge and Letters Dismissory. W. H. BIRT, Administrator, Estate of W. P. Walsh, deceased. July 16, 1936. 4t Notice of Meeting of County Executive Committee. Notice is hereby given that a meet ing of the. Barnwell County Demo cratic Executive Committee will be held in the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., on Saturday, August 1st, 1936, at ten o’clock a. m., for the purpose of purging the club rolls, appointing managers of the primary, elections and transacting such other business as may properly come before said meet ing. Candidates having compaintg of irregularities are .invited to appear before the meeting at the above time and place. As this is one of the most important meetings of the year, a full attendance of the executive committeemen is requested. Executive committeemen are re quested to bring their club l^ooko to this meeting or send them to the secretary, B. P. Davies. EDGAR A. BROWN, County Chairman. I herrby announce myneif « candi date for ejection to the Hnuae « f Reprearntatsvea, subject to the naira and regulation* of the I democratic primary election. H. C. YOUNGBLOOD. Fee Clerk of Coart I beret) announce my**If a candi date for reelect ion to the office of Clerk of Coart, subject to the rule* and rrgiilationa of the Democratic primary election. R. L BRONSON. For Sheriff. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelect ion to the office of Sheriff, subject to the rules and regula tions of the Democratic primary elec tion. J. B. MORRIS For Master ia Equity. I hereby announce my*elf a candi date for reelect ion to the officq of Master in Equity, subject to the rules ami regulations of the Democratic primary election. G. M GREENE. checks MALARIA in 3 days COLDS Liquid, Tablets Aral day Salve, Noae Dropa. Headache 39 mins. Try “Rub-My-T>sm”— War Id’s Best Liniment. 666 For Oroner. I hereby announce myself a candi date f< r re-election to the office of Coroner, subject to the rules and regulation* of the Democratic primary election. J. T. STILL. Magistrate, Red Oak Toanship. 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. i. . ■ ■ ' For Magistrate at Meyer’s Mill. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the office of Magistrate for Bennett Springs and Four Mile Townships, subject to the rules and 1 regulations of the Demo cratic primary election. G. R. PEEPLES. For Magistrate at Hilda. 1 hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the office of 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.