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. ST ... faov non. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1M7. Favors Elimination of Tax on Property CmBptroller G^nerM Farora Abolish- *o' ing State and County Property Taxes in Report. Columbia, Jan. 1.—Elimination of State and county property taxes is recommended by A. J. Beattie, comp troller general, in his report to the general assembly which he outlined yesterday morning: “These property taxes should be abolished, except when assessed for the payment of bonded indebtedness," Mr. Beattie said. In further commenting on property taxes, he said that such a method of obtaining revenue was obsolete. There are so many ways in which taxes can be more equitably assessed and easily collected. “The ad valorem tax," he continued, 4, is assessed on unprofitable and profit able property alike, without any dis tinction. In one instance the tax cai\ be paid; in another, ,*he • property would be confiscated to pay the tax. All property, profitable, or unprofit able, is treated alike. “What would we do for revenue if the property tax were entirely re moved, except, as I have said, for bonded indebtedness? Well, the pres ent indirect taxes could be increased and other indirect taxes added to those we now have. “Already the State is paying one- half the county taxes from indirect sources. It seems to me we might as well go the whole way, and pay not half but all from indirect sources, thus abolishing the State and county property taxes entirely.” Mr. Beattie has long been an ad vocate of tax reform and is convinced that elimination of the property tax is a decided forward step in that direction. January Farming Hints. Clemson, Jan. 5.—For greater suc cess in farming in 1937 extension specialists make these important sug gestions for January: Agronomy. 1. Be sure your cotton planting seed for 1937 was bred to produce staple at least one inch in length. 2. If sufficient grain was not plant ed during the fall to meet farm needs, plant this month, weather permitting. 3. Clean up hedge rows and wood patches between fields. Horticulture. 1. Prepare hotbeds and coldframes for cabbage, tomato, pepper, etc. 2. Plant English peas, if soil is in condition. 3. Prepare land for Irish potatoes, end order certified seed. 4. Prune fruit trees and vines pre paratory to spraying with lime sul phur or oil Bordeaux. 5. Plant fruit trees at once, if soil is in condition. 6. Terrace all new orchard land before planting. Agricultural Engineering. 1. Plan to lower production costs in 1937 by more efficient use of labor, power and machinery. 2. Anange sheds and farm shop for better care of equipment. 3. Make more efficient use of land and machinery by rearranging fields, lemoving stumps, constructing ter races, ertc. 4. If possible, include more fencing in the 1937 program. Insects and Disease. 1. Plan to treat cotton seed before planting. 2 V Continue cleaning orchards to destroy fallen fruit and limbs to con trol disease. 3. Prune grapes to remove and burn disease-harboring vines. 4. Clean up trash about edges of fields and gardens to kill hibernating insects. 5. Do not burn woods to control in sects. 6., Apply dormant spray to peach trees lor San Jose scale and diseases. **”• 7. • Fumigate, if necessary, with carbon disulfide to save grain, peas and beans. Mrs. M. G. Boylston. Williston, Jan. 2.—Mrs. Mattie G. Boylston, 70, died Thursday morning at her home here following an illness cf several weeks. She was a life long member of the Spring Branch Baptist church, a devout Ciristian, loved and respencted by all who knew her. Mrs. Boylston is survived by the following sons and daughters'. R. B. Boylston and Rufus Boylston, of Jacksonville, Fla.; D. L. Boylston and Clem Boylston, of Williston; Mrs. W. C. Birt, Mrs. Dixie Porter, Mrs. Clyde Porter and Miss Alice Boylston, all of Williston. Funeral services were conducted *t Spring Brance Baptist church Friday at 12:30 o’clock by her pastor, the Rev. J. H. Owens, assisted by the Rev. C. X. Hz^n, pastor of the Williston Baptist church. Base Acraage Set for 1937. The base acreages to be used for the 1987 operation of the New Farm program, as given in a statement from H. R. Tolley, agricultural ad justment administrator, are announc ed by County Agent Boylston. Soil- depletion bases and soil-conservation bases for the Southern Region, to which South Carolina belongs, briefly outlined are: 1. The soil-depleting bases, in cluding the general base, and the cot ton, tobacco, peanut, sugar cane, sugar beet and rice bases will con form to the 1936 bases, subject to ad justments to correct inequities. The soil-depleting bases for indi vidual farms will be determined by the county committees who will take into consideration variation among farms' in size, number of crop acres, type and productivity of soil, topogra phy, farming practices and acreages of the particular crops normally grown. Bases for farms which are similar in these respects will be kept in line and the total bases for all farms in the county will conform to standards established by the AAA. for farms participating in the pre serving crops also will be established for farms participating in tse pro gram. “These acreages will constitute soil- conserving bases,” Mr. Tolley said. “These bases will &rve as a yard stick to measure increases in soil- conserving crops. They are in line with requests from producers for more rigid standards to measure per formance in 1937.” The soil-conserving bases for the Southern Region is the average acre age of soil-conserving crops over a representative period. Students Retiuin to College. The following students have re turned to their respective colleges af ter spending the Christmas holidays in Barnwell with their parents and friends: Miss Maria Coclin, Miss Catherine Black, Miss Polly Pales, Miss Daisy Anderson, Miss Gene Smith and Miss Christine Smith to Colum bia College; Miss Martha Frances Grubbs to Limestone College; Miss Mary Gay O’Bannon to Coker College; Misses Beth and Frances Manning to Georgia State Normal College at Milledgeville, Ga.; Cadets Brown Easterling, McTyre Calhoun, Rodman Lemon, Edward Richardson and Billy Manning to Clemson College; Cadets Billy Davies and Denton Rountree to The Citadel; Hummel Harley, S. E. Moore, Tommy Hagood and David Cooper to the University of South Carolina. Famous Painting to Re Seen Here. On Sunday night, January 10th, at 7:30, there will be exhibited in the auditorium of the Barnwell Baptist Church a large copy of the world- famous painting “THE LAST SUP- iPER" by Leonardo Da Vinci. This copy is being brought to us by C. B. Colvin, who was for a number of years a lecturer on the Chautauqua platform. Mr. Colvin will give some very interesting information concern ing the picture in his lecture. The service will not be long, but promises to be most interesting and helpful to all. The public is cordially invited to attend and enjoy this privilege with us. There will be no charge, but an offering will be taken at the close of the services to help pay Mr. Colvin’s expenses. J. AulAey Estes, Pastor. THE R1TZ THEATRE 7 BARNWELL, S. C. r Mond a y-Tuesday, Jan. 11-12 JEAN HARLOW, Wm. POWELL, MYRNA LOY, SPENCER TRACY —IN— “Libeled Lady” ALSO SHORTS. MATINEE TUESDAY—4:00 P. M. i Wednesday, only, jan is MATINEE 10c—NITE 10c-15c STU ERWIN in ^11 American Champ” ALSO selected shorts. Thursday-Friday, Jan. 14-15 CLARK GABLE, MARIAN DAVIES —IN— “Cain and Mabel” ALSO NEWS. MATINEE THURSDAY 4:00 P. M. SATURDAY, ONLY, JAN 16 MATINEE and NIGHT HOU-A-LONG RETURNS AGAIN —IN— ‘Heart of the West’ With WILLIAM BOYD ADDED COMEDY. tising Agencies in the United States Has to Say About The People-Sentinel Regardless of what many local business men think of advertising in their weekly news papers, the Campbell-Ewald Company, of Detroit, Mich., is satisfied with the results obtained—and the president of that national advertising agency does not hesitate to give the newspapers of the country much of the credit for the phenomenal sales record of the Chevrolet Motor Co. Herewith is reproduced a letter received last week from Mr. Ewald: CAMPBELL-EWALD COMPANY, Advertising H. T. EWALD, President. General Motors Building Detroit, Michigan People-Sentinel, Barnwell, South Carolina. Gentlemen: December 31, 1936. I was thumbing through a copy of Ralph Waldo Emerson the other day and I saw a phrase which started me thinking about my many years of friendly association with advertisers and pub lishers and which prompts me to write you this letter of greeting. The phrase was as follows: “The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.” Now, that sentence may be perfectly true. It certainly expresses the attitude which almost all of us have taken in the past toward many people and many institutions that we admire and appreciate the most. But I believe that the troublous years which we have noyv happily put be hind us have altered that attitude and made all of us a bit more ready to think of the other feU low and to applaud the job that he is doing, not just silently, but out loud so that he can hear and know! And so I am writing to you and to a number of other publishers throughout the country today to congratulate you on the splendid job which you have been doing and to thank you for the fine contributions which you have made to the growth and prosperity of the Campbell-Ewald Company and its clients. All advertising media are important, of course, but the Campbell-Ewald Company has al ways considered the newspaper the most vital factor in influencing the local market for a nation al producer, and we and our clients continue to hold this same conviction today. Our largest individual client, the Chevrolet Motor Company, has just completed the most successful year in its history. It has sold 1,125,000 1936 Chevrolets, taking first place in both passenger car and truck sales for the seventh time in the past ten years. It has also sold more than 2,000,000 used cars, breaking all previous sales records in that important field as well. All of which, you will agree, is a magnificent selling achievement. • In that achievement, the newspapers of America—your newspaper—have played an im portant part, and I want to thank you most sincerely on behalf of the Chevrolet Motor Company and my own organization. , All of our other clients, in many other lines of business, have likewise enjoyed a highly suc cessful and profitable year, as has the Campbell-Ewald Company itself. In the achievements of these organizations also the newspapers of America—your news paper—have played a leading role and I want to thank you on behalf of these clients, too, for the fine support and co-operation whiclryou have always given to them and to us. This has become a rather long letter, but that line of Emerson’s did start me thinking and did cause me to decide to make my appreciation evident. My thanks to you again and my very best wishes for a Happy, Prosperous New Year in 1937. Sincerely, H. T. EWALD, President, Campbell-Ewald Company. 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