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4* *AGB non. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 8TH, 1957. i I- It I ;! >» I t c 5 > z. i; t COMMENTS ON MEN AND NEWS Repri'sentative Ben E. Adams, of Richlandl County, went to Detroit to observe conditions fcrowinjr out of the Sit-down-Strikes, Mr. Adams is one of the outstanding independents in the Legislature. He is courteous and fair, a friend and champion of the working man with a dominant purpose to do what he thinks is right. Mr. Adams has' written a series of arti cles which 1 hope to reprint, with his permission. He tells an absorbing story of v what he saw and what is real ly happening. Conditions are even worse than I thought. I still believe that Governor Murphey’s weakness, far from saving the situation and far from serving the workers, has brought on a condition that is almost anarchy. What is a Democrat? A lady writes from Aiken asking this ques tion. 1 really don’t know how to an swer with an abstract definition. Per haps we might reason it out together. There was a time when the Demo crats (advocated the strong State governments and a sharp limitation on power of Congress. Mr. Hoover began to feed the people through the RFC. Hoover was a Republican. Per haps you remember Mr. Hoover; he used to be President. Mr. Roosevelt feeds more people and so multiplies the organizations that wherever we look we see a new Federal organiza tion, or one changing its name. CWA; PWA; WPA; ERA; HOLC; and so on; but none of them shows any of the spirit of the PDQ. In fact, the highway warning sign which Mr. Ben Sawyer must have contrived in a moment of humor—Slow' men working •—is thought to refer to WPA labor on the roads. Mr. Roosevelt, as you know, is a Democrat. He was nomi nated by the Democratic Convention and all the Stateslof the Union, ex cept two, voted fi* him rs a Demo crat. The Republican Party used to be the champion of the colored man but Mr. Farley has brought them under the wing of the Democratic Party. So, now, you can’t judge a Democrat by color. President Roosevelt wishes to hold a sword over the Supreme Court. After all these years the smart, alert politicians have “got the low-down” on the great court. If the President be right, then those who disagree must be wrong. If the President’s program be desirable, then the op position must be squelched. Even though the court be of equal rank with the President, the court is “just out of luck.” For a time, you know, I began to think we might have to call hi that charming teacher, Dr. Court ney Carson, of the University, for we seemed to have to solve the old prob lem of the irrestible force running into an immovable body. An Act of Congress, however, is proposed as a solution. And so one of the mooted questions of Physics will be solved by the Brain Trust of the Democratic Party. But I fear we haven’t answered the question of the lady from Aiken. We might try another slant. Let’s see who’s who. The President is a Democrat, and so is Jimmie Byrnes. But how about “Cotton Ed"? Where does he come in after all these long years under the Democratic flag? Then there is Doctor Ball of Charles ton Mr. Ben Adams, of Richland— both Democrats. How can we recon cile these brethren of the quill? As to Spectator—well, he is churning about in a maelstrom and neither? knows what makes a Democrat, nor yet what unmakes him. As a matter of fact, what he knows isn’t so; so that lets him out. In the realm of higher mathematics it is said that the zero power can lx* proved to be worth something. In this day of intellec tuality we must have a lot of great mathematicians in our Legislature. They’ve been squeezing figures out of zero for several years. Earnest thought and profound study have brought me to this conclusion: Whatever the Democratic Party “gets through” Congress is for the public good; is inspired as surely as were the tablets of Sinai; but what ever proceeds from a Republican source is corrupt to the core jfrid de structive of the national welfare. We ame the people and wisdom will die with us, as Job said to his comfort ers, i But I don’t know WHAT a Demo crat is; though I know WHO he is. elected’ a trustee. That is what causes so many citizens to hold the Legislature in very scant esteem. I have no doubt of the qualifications of the trustees referred to, but I do not hesitate to affirm that the Legislature nQt only violates the Constitution in electing its own members to trustee ships, but it arrogates too much to itself in assuming that the most capable men are within its member ship. All popular lawmaking bodies are disparaged nowadays—and they seem to be quite indifferent to public opinion or the ethics of ,the case. Sometimes I have wondered whether the statement is made that South Carolina is pursuing a policy which is keeping investors out of our State. At any rate there is no sign that any one is trying to provide a remedy. That we need industries and in vestors is well known to informed table proof is givdn of our disadvant age as compared with neighboring States. For example, how can we hope to get new business or new investors when we contemplate these facts: The tax per spindle on cotton mills is 21c in North Carolina, 27c in Virginia and 56c in South Carolina, so a manufac turer tells me who owns mills in the three States. A manufacturer with one mill in North Carolina and a mill the same size in South Carolina pays $7,- 000 property tax in North Carolina and $21,000 in South Carolina. Now a prominent business man comes with a statement and shows his income tax return. On his return he will pay $;i99.86 in South Carolina and would pay only $39.15 on the same return in Georgia. This gentleman is a trained accountant and thoroughly in formed as to requirements in this State and Georgia. VISUAL MFKCTS Htonatr $ Aren’t there seme men in our Leg islature who will ponder these facts? Certainly all of us, whether high- spenders or low-spenders, are agreed in the wish to build and develop our State. What we need is to apply business to the politices of the State instead of applying so much politics to business. Only recently the House passed a 40-hour bill, though our com peting States have 55 hours. A fact which seems to escape our political leaders is that all business except that of putting on taxes is highly competitive. Within Constitu tional limits (theoretically, of course) the Legislature may impose almost any kind of tax and any sort of dis proportionate tax burden on business or property; it is exclusive in its right, except as Congress and muni cipalities use the same tax, but busi ness has no exclusive field; it com petes with close neighbors, with in dustries of other States, and of other nations, as the cotton mills which not only compete with other mills in this State but with the mills of Massachusetts, England, Germany, France and Japan. Too many of oar public men have no business orinea- tion; they seem to think that as cot ton is sold to a local buyer that ends the matter, though Brazil produced a million and a quarter bales last year and is becoming a serious competitor with our own farmers. All business is a world struggle and we South Carolinians can’t build a wall around our little State; we are in the cur rent of worldwide business and must sink or swim in that current. To Repair Main Street Soon. J. P. Scoville, who is in charge of the local State highway station, said this week that the asphalt paving on the business section of Main Street will he repaired as soon as the scaf folding in front of the hotel property is removed!—which probably means within the next two to four weeks. The asphalt mixture was put down last December just as the heavy win ter rains started and did not “set” properly, with the result that holes are worn in the roadbed every time it rains. The mixture used gives best results when applied in warm, dry weather. j Mr. Scoville said that it will no£be necessary to remove the present mix ture of asphalt and sand, but that new materials will be mixed with it. Completion of the work will be wel comed by motorists and pedestrians alike. As my memory senes me I think 1 recall that the House of Representa tives of our Legislature recently adopted a resolution declaring stoutly against the. election of a member to any office within the gift of the Legis lature, but more recently (just about ten days after passing the resolution) a member of the Housejvas elected a of one of our institutions and Hie father of another member Fire Destroys Furniture. Fire of unknown origin destroyed a building in West Barnwell Thursday night of last week, together with its contents of furniture belonging to Mf. and Mrs. Charlie Brown, Jr. The blaze made rapid headway and the building was wrapped in flames when the volunteer fire department arrived on the scene. It is understood that the furniture loss is covered bjf in surance in the amount of $800. INSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILITY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS AUTOMOBILE THEFT Calhoun and Co. P. A. PRICE. Manager. Beauty Parlor DONOGHUE BEAUTY PARLOR Fully Accredited, 26 Years’ Ex- ptrience. lEnroll NOW. 438 Eighth Street i Augusta, Georgia. CITATION NOTldE. The State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. By John K. Snelling, Esq., Probate Judge: WHEREAS, Howell W. Hutto hath made suit to me to grant unto him Letters of Administration of the Es tate of and effects of Isaac H. Hutto; THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Isaac H. Hutto, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Barnwell, S. C., on Saturday, April 17th, next after publication thereof, at 11 o' clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Admin istration should not be granted. Given under my Hand this 7th day of April, A. D. 1937. JOHN K. SNELLING, Judge of Probate. Published on the 8th day of April, 1937, in The Barnwell People-Sentinel. NOTICE OF ELECTION. NOTICE OF ELECTION. By authority contained in an Act passed by the South Carolina General Assembly, notice is hereby given that an election will be held 1 in Dunbarton School District No. 12 on Tuesday, April 20th, 1937, for the purpose of electing one trustee for said school district. This trustee will be elected to fill the position of trustee made vacant by the expiration of the term of E. D. Dicks, and the trustee elected will serve until the 2nd Tuesday in April, 1942. The polls will be opened at office formerly occupied by Dr. Rogers, and the following will serve as managers of said election: W. J. Rogers, Ronald Rountree and C. L. Hiers. HORACE J. CROUCH, County Supt. of Education. Barnwell, S. C., April 5, 1937. til the second Tuesday in April, 1942. Said election shall be held as is pro vided by law for the holding of Gen eral Elections. The polls will be open ed at the Court House, and the follow ing 1 will serve as managers: Angus Patterson, J. D. Grubbs and G. W. Manville. HORACE J. CROUCH, County Supt. of Education. Barnwell, S. C., April 5, 1937. NOTICE OF ELECTION. v By authority contained in an Act passed by the South Carolina General Assembly, 1935 session, notice is here by given that an election will be held in Blackville School District, No. 19; Healing Springs School District, No. 10; Ashleigh School District, No. 24, and Double Pond School District, No. 20, on Tuesday, April 20th, 1937, for the purpose of electing school trustees in said districts, as follows: Two (2) to succeed Farrell O’Gorman and G. K. Fickling for Blackville School Dis trict, and to jierve until the 2nd Tues day in April, 1940; One (1) trustee for Healing Springs School District to serve until the 2nd Tuesday in April, 1940, to succeed L. T. Noble; Two trustees for Ashleigh School Dis trict, one to succeed H. L. Wilson and to serve until the 2nd Tuesday in April, 1940, and one trustee to suc ceed J. H. Lancaster and to serve un til the 2nd Tuesday in April, 1938, and One (1) trustee for Double Pond School District to succeed Telfair Hutto and to serve until the 2nd Tues day in April, 1940. The Democratic Club Roll shall be used for determining the right to vote »in said election. The following managers are hereby appointedi and the following polling places named for the said election: Blackville School District, No. 19.— Furman Black, Lawson Fickling and John Creech, Sr. Polling place: Wil liams’ store. Healing Springs School District, No. 10.—D. W. Heckle, Obie Dyches and Victor Martin. Polling place: Church vestibule. Ashleigh School District, No. 24.— Tink Hair, Jasper Owens and M. B. Owens. Polling place: Southern Rail way depot at Ashleigh. Double Pond School District, No. 20.—Harry Still, F. W. Delk and Geo. McCormick. Polling place: Double Pond Baptist Church. HORACE J. CROUCH, County Supt. of Education. Barnwell, S. C., April 5, 1937. m*: ■ .'•>V. :::' r ms .sJT 'i ^ % •'Jr 4** •“%<** '0m 'Mi. *'• Left: POTASH STARVED Right: PLENTY OF POTASH IN YOUR COTTON TOP-DRESSER W ITH careful seedbed preparation, fertilization, and selection of seed, you have planned a cotton crop which will carry through to profits in 1937. Keep those profits growing. Only vigorous, healthy plants will withstand rust and wilt and mature a full crop. COTTON RUST IS POTASH HUNGER. Results at the South Carolina Experiment Sta tion show that where cotton rusts, extra potash is needed. ' The Arkansas and Mississippi stations report that liberal potash applications not ohly control rust but reduce the amount of wilt. If your fertilizer at planting time did not con tain ample potash, use 50-100 pounds oj muriate of potash per acre in your nitrogen-potash top-dresser. It is important that the top-dresser be applied immediately after chopping. Coneult your county agent or experiment xtation on your toil reguirementt. See your fertilixer manufacturer or dealer about nitrogen-potath top-dretsert. Write ut for further information. American Potash Institute, Inc. INVESTMENT BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C. SOUTHERN OFFICE: MORTGAGE GUARANTEE BLDG., ATLANTA. GA. By authority contained in an Act passed by the 1927 session of the South Carolina General Assembly, notice is hereby given that an elec tion will be held in Hilda School Dis trict No. 9 on Tuesday, April 20, for the purpose of electing two trustees for said school district. One trustee will be elected to fill the position of trustee made vacant by the expiration of the term of W. K. Black, and the trustee elected will serve until the 2nd Tuesday in April, 1942, and to elect one trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of I. H. Collins, and the trustee elected will serve until the 2nd Tuesday in April, 1940. The polls will be opened at A. C. L. depot, and the following will serve as managers of said election: M. W. Hartzog, J. B. Hartzog and A. D. Hut to. HORACE J. CROUCH, County Supt. of Education. Barnwell, S. C., April 5, 1937. •A. ♦T* T T T T T T T ❖ f T T ❖ f T f f T T T T T T T T T T t T ❖ f x T x T t ♦ T T T T t ❖ THE BANK OF BARNWELL, Barnwell, S. C. STATEMENT OF CONDITION MARCH 31, 1937. RESOURCES: Loans and Discounts Distribution of above loans: $104,095.78 Notes from Notes from Notes from Notes from Notes from $ 1.00 to 101.00 to 201.00 to 401.00 to 801.00 to ( 100.00 200.00 400.00 800.00 5070.00 —59— —31— —19— —13— —37— .$ 3539.22 ...5151.89 .. 5610.00 .. 7609.40 . 82185.27 —159— $104095.78 Security to above loans: Notes secured by Bonds, Stocks and Claims $ 8681.53 Notes secured by Warehouse Receipts on Cotton, Peas, etc. 28702.18 Notes secured by first mortgages on improved real estate 21015.00 Notes secured by Live Stock, Farm Crops and Farming - Equipment 27298.50 Notes secured by Other Collaterals 8307.17 Notes secured by Two Signers 10091.40 $104095.78 United States Government, State, County and Municipal Bonds $ 95,489.09 FHA Mortgage Loans 22,434.26 Municipal Note s secured by Current Taxes 32,000.00 CASH ON HAND AND IN BANKS .261,W36 Bank Building, Fixtures and Equipment * ^ 6,500.00 $522,172.49 NOTICE OF ELECTION. By authority contained in section 2, of Act 295, passed by the 1927 Gen eral Assembly, notice is hereby given that an election will be held in Barn well, S. G., on Tuesday, April 20th, 1937, for the purpose of electing one trustee for Barnwell School District No. 45. Said trustee will be elected to fill the position of trustee left vacant by the expiration of F. S. ^Brown’s term and the trustee elected shall serve un- LIABILITIES: Capital Stock Paid in ... $ 25,000.00 Surplus and) Undivided Profits 24,294.98 Reserved for Contingencies 4,000.00 Reserved for Taxes, Interest and Insurance 232.80 Demand Deposits 317,087.49 Savings Deposits 151,116.07 Certified and Officers’ Checks 425.93 Other Liabilities ...—-1— * 14.32 — $522,172.49 1 f < f f T ? T T t Y T T T T x T T T T T T i T T T T T ❖ f i T T T f T T ♦ T x x T x T i ❖ . W##v- <•