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THURSDAY, MAY 20TH, 1937.
Political Markets.
One who signs himself “An Obser
ver" writes from New York City to
the esteemed News and Courier and
complains of President Roosevelt’s re
cent statement that steel and copper
were “selling at too high prices.”
which statement, it is alleged, caused
“the market” to dive immediately.
Now, isn’t that just too bad?
About ten years ago, the then sec
retary of agriculture under a Republi
can president said that cotton at
around 25 cents a pound was “too
high” and advised prospective buyers
to wait for lower prices. The cotton
market “immediately dived”—so low
that it didn’t begin an upward climb
until after President Roosevelt went
into office. Did “An Observer” regis
ter his protest against the “political
cotton market” as he now does against
the “political stock market"? Or did
it happen that he wasn’t “playing
the cotton market" and did get
"caught” in the recent atock decline?
(We presume that he “plays the mar
ket," as he admits that “several times
recently" he wss “in a board room
looking at stock prices.")
Unless “An Observer" condemned
Secretary Jardine's statement that
resulted in such s drastic decline in
rotten pnees. we refuse to shed even
"crocodile tears" over the "political
stock market" of which he complains
Incidentally, it might be rrmarked
in passing, that "Aa Observer" has
been s prolific, persistent and caustic
cntic of the New Deal and all »f its
psrsry
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shape ot potting
an the job or poymg higher wages.
The awtive hack of these attempts
at amfiltaining high prices is the
theory that only by getting more
money for his wares can the "little
man" in business survive. Facte and
government statistics explode this
theory. There are more “little fel
lows"—that is, independent mer
chants—in business in the United
States today than ever before. It
hardly seems to be a proper concern
of any government, State or National,
to protect incompetents, but that is
the tendency of every legislative ef
fort to prevent price competition. It
deprives the distributor or merchant
of superior ability, because it makes
it illegal to sell more cheaply than
his competitor does.
The real victim of price-fixing laws
is the ordinary citizen, the consumer,
who is usually overlooked when such
legislation is being drafted. Behind
every such measure are “pressure
blocs” composed of manufacturers
and middle-men seeking their own
financial advantage at the expense of
the public. They are well organized
and vocal. They send representatives
and delegations to committee hear
ings—and the law-makers seldom hear
from the consumers as such. They
are not organized and have no spokes
men.
A real consumer organization with
no pet theories or fads to air and
really representative of the average
A meric-»n home could do a lot to
stave off thr steadily rising coat of
living and might be able to block iQ-
rrrd efforts to keep
Why should the ■wnufartgsur be
bp law to At the retoil eel)-
bag price ef aa article? It la
that the retailer la allowed a It per
differential in fixing the eel ling
price that la, he can charge anywhere
within the bmita of AO and 100 per
cent of the nationally advertised
price—but in the NRA code for the
graphic arts industry there was also
such a differential in the price Hat
adopted and the whole thing waa de
clared unconstitutional by the Su
preme Court. And, strange to relate,
many of those who so strong!^ ob
jected to the higher prices under the
code have been quite active in foster
ing the passage of the new legisla
tion.
There is one possibility of relief
for Mr. and Mrs. John Consumer: If
certain manufacturers persist in the
practice of fixing a nationally adver
tised price for their products, and the
law makes that price mandatory,
other manufacturers may market
similar articles that are “just as
good” at a cheaper price. After all,
there is no compulsion to buy the
nationally priced product.
Brown-Varnadore.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Boyles announce
the recent marriage of their adopted
daughter, Miss Gladys Brown, to J.
C. Varnadore, of Luray. The cere
mony was performed by the Rev. J.
J. Swindell, pastor of the Christian
Church of Varnville. The young
couple will make their home in Luray.
Medkal Association Meets.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Barnwell County Medical associa
tion was held at the Shamrock hotel
ia Blackvill* on Thursday night of
last week.
After the aeeeting had been called
to order, several matters of import
ance to the aeeociatioa wer
The local office of the national re
employment agency, since its in
auguration in 1983 with Col. N. G.
W. Walker, of Barnwell, at the head,
and Mrs. Goldie C. Holman, also of
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Barnwell, as his assistant, has placed
hundreds of men on the payrolls of
private business.
When the office was first opened
office spat‘e gjid equipment were fur
nished by the town of Barnwell. Since
the destruction by fire of the town
hall, the offices have been moved to
the old Caldwell building on Main
street. At the office any unemployed
of this section can register and when
possible will be placed on the payroll
of some private organization. Appli
cants are carefully interviewed to
ascertain as near as possible just
what work they are best fitted to do
and if they are thoroughly competent
in that work.
All of the workers on CWA and
WPA were put to work through this
office on the various government pro
jects of construction over the county,
such as the construction of the Barn
well school building, the Williston
field house and the Blackville gym
nasium. These buidings were built
by private contractors and the labor
had to be of the first class to be ac
ceptable to these contractor!.
During the fiscal year ending July!
1, 1936, the Barnwell office led all of
fices in the State in the placing of
men on private payrolls, being ahead
of such large offices aa Spartanburg.
Greenville, Columbia and Charleston.
At the present date the office ranks
fifth ia the State and Colonel Walker
states that he ia satisfied that he will
be able to raise this total before Jmly
1. The record shows for itself the
alapn which have been made in thm
sectlen toward
la the pie cement ef labor an peM*
file severa! very
desirous of securing a position come
to the local office and register.
Of the hundreds who have been
placed through this branch, many are
now holding responsible positions;
others, who, prior to the depression
were working at jobs they did not like
or could barely make a living from,
have found work which they enjoy
and can make a comfortable living
from, and others, who found tempor
ary employment, have reutrned to the
office for the purpose of being regis
tered again and another position
found for them.
■ It is believed by local employers
and employees that the continuance
of this agency will keep down the
unemployment situation and render
inestimable service.
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The "Bonus Boys” vs.
High School Team
A game of baseball between mem
bers of the local American Legion
Post and the Barnwell High School
team ia scheduled for this (Thursday)
afternoon at 6:80. Much interest is
being taken in the scheduled game and
those who will attend will have the
pleasure of seeing such “old timers’
as Angus Patterson, Martin Best,
“Pat” the barber, Rowdy Gleaton, Wil
son Walker, Ted Girardeu, “Little"
Perry Price and others back on the
diamond “doing their stuff." The
opposing team of high school boys is
expected to giv c the “bonus boys* a
feed match. Coast eel sad root for
your favorite team.
NOW
IS THE TIME
TO REPLENISH
YOUR SUPPLY
OF STATIONERY
We Are Offering
very attractive prices in all our
BEAUTY WORK
Tested methods only are used in
our shop. Nothing is left to
chance. We use only the best.
For Appomtment PImmm 43
Barnwell Beauty Shop
Mr, and Mr*. A. F. Carter *pret
Mother’* Day with the Utter’* seat.
Mr*. Ussto Ray. GlenvUU. Ga^ on
which date Mr*. Ray celebrated her
76th birthday with a family reunion.
She ia the mother of 18 children, 11
of whom are living, and these, to
gether with 81 grandchildren and 41
great-grandchildren, were nil preaent
with the exception of two grandchil
dren.
Mrs. Ray’s relatives and friends in
Barnwell County will learn with
pleasure that she is in the lead for
the prize offered by the State of
Georgia to the mother having the
greatest number of children and
grandchildren, the next highest num
ber being 59. Other nieces joining
her on this occasion were Mrs. Belle
Dyches, Mrs. C. H. Delk, Mrs. D. J.
Hartzog, Mrs. J. P. Collins and Mrs.
J. 0. Sanders
Presented in Piano Recital.
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Blackville, May 15.—On Friday
evening, May 7th, Mrs. G. Frank
Posey presented Miss Louise Collum,
the talented 15-year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Collum, Sr., in a
lovely piano recital. The gymnasium
of the Blackville high school was at
tractively decorated for the occasion
with floor baskets of mixed garden
flowers and jardinieriea of white
shasta daisies.
Miss Collum’s numbers were per
formed with fine quality of tone and
interpretation, sad a Urge audience
enjoyed the benaty and lerhnsqne ef
Mton Celtum wne as
rugvnm by Ifiins Lifts
•d; Serenade, ep. 8 (Vkter Herbert)
Valor triale. eg. 44 (ftibetm*), Mia*
CeJlum; Norwegtaa Dance, op SS.
No. S (Grirgl. Mias CoUam and Mrs.
Posey; violin sals, Mia* Tsai; Slew
Movement, from Moonlight Sonata,
op. .27, No. t (Beethoven), Mias Col
lum; violin solo, Mias Teal; To Spring,
op. 42, No. 6 (Grieg), Dark Eyes
(Peery), Mias Collum; The Glow
Worm (Lincke), Miss Colhim and
Mrs. Posey; violin solo, Miss Teal;
Liebestraum No. 3 (Liszt), Miss Col
lum.
WILLISTON-ELKO DOWNS
BARNWELL IN TIGHT GAME
Williston, May 18.—Williston-Elko
defeated Barnwell he^e this after
noon in the 10th inning when Lemon
muffed Whitaker’s infield drive and
Greene scored to break a tie and 1 end
the game, 5 to 4.
Barnwell held a one run lead until
the fifth inning, when the locals scor
ed two runs on timely singles by D.
Ponder, Benson and Rogers. Lemon’s
drive to left field in the eighth inning
went through Crouch and was good
for a home run, scoring Carter, who
was aboard, and put Barnwell again
in the lead. Still added another run
for the visitors on a wild pitch.
W’illiston-EIko came back in their
half of the eighth and scored a run
when J. Ponder pounded out a three-
bagger, scoring Fienikrn ahead ef
him, and went on to deadlock the
fount in the ninth inning. With two
gone hi the 19th amUg, Grm
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Champagne Waltz
MATINEE TUESDAY—4:90 P. M.
WEDNESDAY. BARGAIN DAY
MATINEE 10c—N1TE 10c-15c
PRESTON FOSTER in
“We Who Are
About to Die”
MATINEE 4:00 P. M.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 27-28
SIMONE SIMON and
JAMES STEWART in
“7th Heaven”
MATINEE THURSDAY 4:00 P. M.
SATURDAY ONLY, MAY 29
Jane Withers in
“Holy Terror”
—ALSO—
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We Have Moved
WE HAVE MOVED INTO NEW
QUARTERS IN THE BUILDING
FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY GEO.
PEEPLES, OPPOSITE THE BAP
TIST CHURCH, WHERE WE ARE
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER
TO SERVE OUR MANY FRIENDS
AND CUSTOMERS. WE INVITE
YOU TO VISIT US IN OUR NEW
HOME AND, IN THE MEANTIME—
“LET TED DO IT”
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