Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months .60 (Strictly in Advance.) THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1537. WILLIAM ELLIOTT GONZALES. “Mister Willie” has left us—and Sooth Carolina and the nation can ill afford to lose such a man in the critical times through which we are passing. Unfortunately, we did not know Captain Gonzales as intimately as we would have liked, but in our mind’s eye we see him as one with the late Major John W. Holmes, founder and for many years editor of the old Barnwell People, under whose kindly guidance we took our first toddling steps along the “1 have found some hin* that will store more nitrogen in the sail thin cow-peas. It is called ▼elret bean.” I have thought of that a lot. Since then I hare planted velvet beans. I wonder what it’s possibilities are? I have in mind something that is called chemurgy. It means chem istry applied to agricultural products so as to use them in in dustry. For example, a number of experts say that within the next ten years the South may devote twenty-five million acres to new crops which will be the basic in gredients of great industries. We might set out millions of acres of pines for pulp for the paper mills; and acres of soy beans for oils; castor beans make well-remember But the purely legal whether there was a vacancy or not is one the Court should not dodge. I an not interested or con cerned one way or the other, but should like the Court to toe the mark. Either Mr. Black is or is not entitled to his seat Which? If entitled to it, why not say so? ed oil also, dear to the hesrt of most of the heav y burden8 on the small boys. The oil of the castor P 60 ^ 6 a11 throu * h the de P reailion bean is also a smooth-working lu bricant for airplane motors. I am not trying to enumerate all , «• er - With our record of increasing the possibilities; I am onlv calling ^ V/ . . , . appropriations every year, pray attention to what may be done in' . . . .. . . , T , „ , , _ * .what is there to be so proud of? If thorny paths of journalism. Each. the South to improve, as wel as' , a . . . . . . . ... .. ... u * IJ- • . the State were reducing local ex- was of a retiring disposition but diversify, our agriculture. possessed of/i gentleness and under standing caused ssed o*a ing of > d them't uman frailities that to draw the mantle of Italy? Well, what about low-down is about this; Italy' evement charity around the short-comings _. antg more land; Germany wanta on the of their fellow men. We do no *. more land; Japan wants more land. : CO mes >n where’s know the author of the following EnKlandf France and Ru „ 5a have evement in that? lines, but he must have had Captain g. reat territorv-aU they can pos-' Gonzales and Major Holmes m sibly need or Wfrt ^ those that n * IB ^ w hen he penned them. | bave no t are j n league to get some- “Gentleness, courtesy, sympathy thinp ^ that ., at the bottom of take nothing from rugged manhood. | the whole business . ItaIy sym . They add d.gn.ty and balance, and pathizes with Japan and denote broad character | No one Tka CHy Tkat Found Itaaif**— aa article ta the July Lane of Rend Digest, should be inspirational to any com unity to give fall sup port to any recreations! program being caned on in tkat commun ity. While the WPA has a worthwhile recreational program in Barnwell County, Mrs. Vigie K. Reeves, Area Supervisor, says: “We have a good recreational program in the county, but we are far from being satisfied with it. There is no rea son why we can’t reach the success of ‘The City That Found Itself’.” The article follows: i The key to the Flint idea is a new tie-up between school and life. Frank Manley ebeut ten years ago, came to Flint as director of physical education. He found that the average boy and girl got very little physical training for the vtr- sity teams monopelized gyms and playgrounds. The children were not welcome in classroom or work shop after schocl either, so the school buildings served the aver age child only until three-thirty— through the summer* no at all. Mr. Manley knew there must be some connection between all this snd the number of children killed in playing in the streets, as well as the juvenile delinquency record, so he decided he would do some thing about it. Within two years he h?d 68 per cent of all the Flint mv # • _ school children taking part in some The farmer is selling his crops, , , , ... .... * j II after-school activity, this year on a fifty-cent dollar. * basis. His nine cent cotton is j He then attacked the problem of worth, then, four and a half cents. 1 summer playgrounds, making talks before any group that would listen. In South Carolina much has been said recently about the great rec ord of our State in “keeping with in the budget.” That means that we are not spending more than we take in. But that does not mean that our taxes are not too high. That means that we spend all we take in. There isn’t anything in our record to pat ourselves on the chest about; our State has kept End uses almost every dollar for some additional expense. Not one dollar for the relief of the taxpay- penditures in proportion as it in creases State appropriations we The might join in acclaiming the achi- But to keep the burdens people and spend all that the big achi- It figures out even less in pur- can think of a man ss less strong tQ sUnd t0fre thei. , her on; Germany and Italy agree chasing power. i going to the automobile factories l because his heart was touched by the troubles and misfortunes of another. One sign of greatness, N'oth.ng is as simple as it ap- s uade the Chinese to lengthen their pears. When I looked at one side shirttails! j of the picture I should like to catch If “Cotton Ed” would only per-'and to the citizens to get volunteer and an unmistakable sign, is con- j Mus80 i inif Hitler and the Jap Em- sideraticn and concern for others ... in times of joy, in times of sorrow. The gentleness that character ized Captain Gonzales’ life was a heritage from his Carolina mother. peror by the scruff and pitch them into the sea. But Mussolini, Hit ler and the Japs are fighting against communism or Russian bolshevism. Spain is today in civil war, the bo’.shevists in power and a gentlewoman of the Lowcoun- ( tbe na ti ona ;i s ts being rebels. All try” the gallantry that led him to my sympathies are against the couch his lance in defense j government in power in Spain; worthy causes was one from his j want the rebels to win Wellf patriot Cuban father, b rom each ^ blit at tbe confusion: Musso- he inherited those sterling traits j bn ; sent so jdj ers Spain to of character on which was builded help the He wants a fin _ a life of service as journalis., ^ er j n tbe pj e Great Britian is soldier and diplomat. Th:s is the ^ up a tree Her natural sympathy communism, but help and money, for this was dur ing the depression and the city couldn’t apportion a cent for the As I expected, the President has exte j nsio " of the P ro ^ ram he de - called Congress in special session *' red ’ H,s opportunity came when to prepare a farm act and to pass I Mr ' ^ ott ’ Vice-President of Gen- a Wages and Hour Act. The wages j eral M otors - who ^ a end Hours Act will increase the " am P for underpr.v.ledged children price of everything the farmer i became concerned over the welfare buys and it will do that inimedi> f , th ; children ^ en the ,y came ately; but the Farm Act will, or! back from cam P- Mr. Manley then may, do a little something for the farmers next year or the year af ter. What this country needs is a chance to do business without the finger of the Government in every pie. Even as it is the pie is most ly crust. heritage that he now leaves to his ! ^ w j tb suggested turning the school build ings into clubs. The leaders, Frank Manley chose for these evening ac tivities, all possessed the following Qualities: 1. Personal attrac tiveness; 2, Knowfedge of the sub ject; 3, Enthusiasm. Some of the leaders were public school teach- Our experts and theorists and brain-trusters” in Washington ers some were WPA people, some ekUd has Wm k.lWd playing ta tk* They have music of oil deaenp- tions—fuDoi c ho rouses to a sym phony orchestra. Plays are written munity players, as well as exhibits of all kinds. There am the back yard playgrounds, that serve the snd then presented by the coin group. These are n charge of spec ially trained scouts, 13 and 14 years old, who do this without psy. In Flint, the problem of leisure for workers has moved furtherest toward solution, for in their free hours they are learning to do some thing worth while. News of Mr. Manley’s success is rapidly spreading. A mayor of another town said, “But you get such wonderful cooperation, here. I don’t know whether we could get it in our town.” Mr. Manley an swered, “You can get it in* any town. Just go after it. You have your school plant—buildings, play grounds, gyms, workshops. Per- sue de your school board to con tribute them, with heating and lighting. Then the only other thing you need is leaders. You can find the same quality of leadership in your town as we have found. Every town is full of talent. Just go after it!” As for the money to pay our leaders. Our cost for this is $20,- 000 a year. Our school cost us $200,000 a month. Wouldn’t your city, or your community fund, or a group of citizens, come forward with one tenth of what your school cost for a single month, in erder to start this program off for one year? You can do it.w.Any town can do it.” Miss Bettie Brooks, State Direc tor of W’PA. Recreation in S. C., says, “Let’s see what we can do in South Carolina to improve our recreational program. Read the article and I I am certain it will arouse in you a personal desire to see what you can do to make the public conscious in your commun ity of the leisure problem and must do something about it, for, as Neu- meyer, in his book “Leisure and Reereatipn’J, says, “The civiliza tions of the world have been made and unmade by the way in which people have used their spare time. It matters not so much what peo ple do when they work as what they do when they do not work.” she can’t enjoy seeing Japan gob- were supremeIy and exclusively ' students ™ co,le ^ °r senior high loved ones. In his editorial career he was °f- ( b!e up China, nor Italy gobble up , "uY' VkIIT i^l I children, but soon the group includ- ten the target of blatant politicians g pain \v e of the United States . wnr iH market for co tcn Onlv i cb ' ld^en, but socn tbe roup inc ^ ud - ^ tnlilin^s^awinsrfn'*^ 1 ' ^ eX£Ct,y ^ ^ ^ ** after four years of theorizing have ed parents - older brothers and sis * out of rail.ngs aga.nst an ,n1 '; British; we do not sympathize with *— — 1 * ‘ qputous press, but he confounded , commun j st j c bolshevism, eis in Rus- h:s cri.ics by refusing to reply in j ri0r eV en the mild attack of it i France and the communstic eie kind, and while many cf his de-j ; n p ranfe At heart we are mere tractors have sunk into \\eel-des>er- f 8Vora bly disposed to Italy, Ger- ve<] political oblivion he himseif and Japan than to Russia, sealed the heights by following the road of loyaltx and duty to his State and counter. The members of the Seuth Caro lina Press Association will miss sorely his sustaining influence at their annual gatherings. To them he has thrown the torch. May they hold it high to light the pathway of those who follow! William Elliott Gonzales is gone, but the world is better for his hav ing lived in it. Peace to his ashes! they found out the reality; now i ter *« t0 ° In one 5cho<)1 ’ whlch ^ four yesrs from now they may see! an enrollment of 1300 day-time that the nation is feeding millions | children, there weie^ 1600 children of under-capable people because in its great campaign for the under- (Comments.. On Men and News By Spectator. priviledged the Brain-trust laid so . ^ ^ , 1 many burdens on business and »n- ment in Spain. But Germany has that the u^^pabie had become a sort of Godless nation tQ ^ dro?ped from the payroll8 . and Hitler and Mussolini are a pair , Nobody wiU pay a fjve-dollar of swashbuckling upstarts upset-, man 8ixteen FARM POSSIBILITIES. WHAT ABOUT ITALY? EVADING THE ISSUE BALANCING THE BUDGET. THE SPECIAL SESSION. ting everything because nobody wants a war. Fifteen yeErs ago nine nations signed a treaty guaranteeing the intergrity of China. Japan and Italy were among the signers. The only great world powers who seem to remember that treaty are the United States and Great Britian. The other signers are afraid. Shall the United States, Great Britian tnd France go to war for that? Oh, no! Shall we fight to oust the Itakiar>s f^om Spain? No! And the Italians, the Japs smd the Ger mans know that. Since the nations do not respect the treaties they sign, what do they respect? Force, military power, nothing else. International moral ity may not be at a lower ebb than formerly, but the nations lea?t able to bear the frightful cost of war are those who seem readv to piecipitate it. They may be bluffing; I think they are; but in order to call their bluff an enor- Have you heard of any guaran tee prices? No! Well is industry to be compelled to pay an unprofi table scale of wages with no guar antee of meeting its costs? No! Then what will industry do? It will pay sixteen dollars a week to sixteen-dollar men. And the others? They will be “let out,” of course, and will be fed by you and me in the form of a permanent Government WPA—cr something else. If the Government would just let up, just stop knowing everything so superlatively well, just stop trying to out-Moses Moses himself! Moses was able to point out to the Children of Is rael that all during the forty l years their clothes and shoes had not worn out or needed re pi ace- 1 ment. Unfortunately for us chil dren the clothes do wear out. Do we need a broader vision of our possibilities? Frequently the ( nious superiorly of force is neces sary. If England, France, Russia. man who craves a broader vision is one who can’t see the thing that 1 is under his nose. That may be the literal truth. Years ago our fathers knew notlji- mg of cotfoQ^seed meal snd cotton MASQUERADE DANCE AT FULLER PARK T. D. Creighton, Sr., promoter of the United States and the powers ( the square dances that have been of of South America could unite in a increasing popularity at Fuller direct and vigorous ultimatum to | Park Pavillion for the past several the upstart powers we should see a months, announces that the regular show-down. But three nations | dance scheduled for next Tuesday seed oil—and inany other products ■ un i ed in grabbing whst they want,) night, November 2nd, will be a •f cotton. The seed were a waste, j have stood ail the ethers off be- j masquerade affair, and all who at- yet they had a hidden value of |cause they know we do not want a tend are Esked to come masked. _m.; j_n__ *i^ war. | Music will be furnished by an un- Now think of this: is it worth a war to us? In plain words, I am letting the thieves rob the other man’s house because I don’t want to be shot. and grownups attending the even ing activities la^t winter. In dealing with the delinquency situation, Mr. Manley and his as sociates believe that by providing after-school athletics and activi ties, that will so interest the young folks, they will not have time to get into mischief. It has been proven that for the number of boys and girls sent to prison and re form schools, the percentage has been cut 70 per cent, and not one DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Offices: 956 Broad St. AUGUSTA, GA. INSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILITY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS AUTOMOBILE THEFT Calhoun and Co. P. A. PRICE Manager. DR. P. W. STEVENS OPTOMETRIST Barnwell, S. C. Telephone 88 Office Hours: 9 to 2; 3 to 6; Sundays by Appointment. If you have regular headaches, if your eyes ache, burn or sting; if you suffer dizziness, nervousness or blurred vision, you should have an examination by a competent optometrist—You may need optical aid in the form of scientifically fitted glasses, orthoptic treatment or both. many millions of dollars. Along comes Dr. Herty and proves that pulp can be made from our pine trees. Before the time of Dr. Her ty the late Major James Lide Co ker had spent time and money ex perimenting with the manufacture of paper. That paper mill is a thriving enterprise in Hartsviile. The soy bean. Our fathers had never heard of it. Yet today it is known and appreciated by most of oar farmers and is not only a soil Our United States Supreme Court evaded the issue when it declined to decide the validity of Justice Black’s appointment Mr. Black is either fully entitled to his seat or he is not It seems to me be- usually goed string band from Au gusta. An admission charge of 25 cents will be made to gentlemen to defray the expenses of the music,' etc. Ladies will be admitted free. This bids fair to be one of the most delightful dances yet held at the park. Good Farm For Sale! Two hundred and fifty-acre farm, known as the “WILMOT RILTY FARM” in Barnwell County, in Great Cypress Township, three miles north of Cave’s station. This is a six horse farm and is bounded as fol lows : East by the Barnwell - Allendale County line, South by Mrs. Mollie F. Hogg, Mrs. A. B. Appleby and Mrs. George Bonnett; West by Mrs. George Bonnett, and North by the Estate of R. J. Priester. TERMS: Preferably cash, but I am in position to offer terms. I have recently had a plat made of this farm which is available to any person interested. Wilmot Riley Advertise in Urn Peoplc-Hrirtiael ALLENDALE, SO. CAR. snd feed crop, but is wyond question tfcst any citizen rv ClauSSenS _ nouno pounn m* *rr* THE CAKE OF A THOUSAND USE SI* SSSJ, U'SXZ CLAUS SENS ROUND ROUND CLAU o5C.ni o ------ ■istibiv Veto's. Mrvt this marvelous caka—so mail? Mnatlont »o mtk* w*th (*- that UterallT ‘Ihe cake at a thouaand uaaa. Ord«i li rour f rotet' ^ . t saacira ClauSSenS ROUNDiPOUND CAKE THS FINBIT Vs ROUND CAKB IOU BVBB TASTIOI BECAUSE IT IS HUNGRY FOR Cotton rust is not influenced by weather conditions as much as was generally believed, Southern experi ment stations and growers are finding. Even with excessive rainiall, in many sections this year rust damage has been as severe as it was during the dry weather last year. There is only one known way to control cotton rust—USE MORE POTASH. In addition to controlling rust, potash produces larger yields, heavier seed and heavier bolls. It makes more lint per seed, better grade, longer staple, stronger fibers,! and a higher percentage of normal fibers. RUSTED COTTON IS HARD TO PICK, and its poor quality causes Southern farmers an annual loss amounting to millions of dollars .. Plan now to produce a crop next year that will grow normally to maturity. It can be done by using a fertilizer containing 6 to 1$ per cent potash and a nitrogen-potash top-dresser if necessary. Consult your county agent or experiment station about the fertility of your soil. See your fertilizer deal er about the right amounts of potash in your cotton fer tilizer. Write us for further information and literature. 1 AMERICAN POTASH -INSTITUTE, INC. I*I Boildinv 7TmMd|1»w. D. C. SoothanA OUieo! OttatAnl— BulUUnf, Atlanta, Ooorvia * FALL IS HERE! And we are better prepared than ever to assist you in looking your best. Our equipment is up-to- date in every way, our operator has had years of experience in her profession, > Your patronage will be appreciated. For Appointment Call 43 Barnwell Beauty Shop ADVERTISE IN THE BARNWELL PBDPLR-SENTINEL.