The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, November 11, 1937, Image 4
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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER It 1M7
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JOHN W. HOLMES
1M»—1912
R. P. Davies, Editor and Publisher.
Entered at the post office at Barn
well, S. C., as second-class matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $1.00
Six Months 75
Three Months .50
(Strictly in Advance.)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1937
• rvi should not be
b. Of covraa, prop-
| ertjr which is owned and need for
investment (or “* rented oaf)
should pay as an investment, for
that is what it is—though a very
poor investment. Whether farming
land is an investment just like the
machinery in a newspaper plant, is
a point for discussion. Mr. Adams
probably throws out the suggestion
for discussion and it will be
healthy discussion.
Is There No Hope?
On Wednesday of last week
Drazil ended a seven-year old effort
to control coffee prices and pre-
1 ared to pour into world markiks
some 20 million bags of 132.24
pounds each.
On the New York exchange that
day, Santos futures declined a full
cent—the limit of decline permit
ted in a day's trading. Observers
in New York, however, said Brazil’s
new program probably would have
little effect on the cost of coffee
to the average housewife. They said
the cost of roasting, packaging and
distributing likely would maintain
retail prices around current figures,
at least for sometime.
And once more, dear reader, it is
clearly demonstrated that there
is too much “spread” between what
the farmers receive for their pro
ducts and what the consumers are
forced to pay. The one-cent de
cline in the price of coffee is ap
proximately 11 per cent., hut the
consumer must continue to take it
on the chin along with the coffee
farmers, the difference going into
the pockets of those in between.
Let’s see: Twenty million hags of
coffee, each weighing 132.24
pounds, figures out 2,644,800,000
pounds of coffee. A decline of one
cent a pound means a loss of $26,-
448,000. Quite a tidy sum, even in
these days of prodigious spending.
We haven’t inquired lately, but
just how do the prices of cotton
goods compare today with those
of a year ago, when the fleecy sta
ple was selling for several cents a
pound higher than the present mar
ket? And then there are the little
items of cottonseed, wheat, corn,
hogs, etc., that enter into the cost
of living. All of these, we believe,
have suffered substantial declines
—but to what extent have they af
fected the cost of living?
Industrial labor is getting its
full share of the national income,
but what about YOU, Mr. Farmer?
The answer seems to be that all de
clines in the prices of farm prod
ucts are offset by the increasing
costs of manufacturing or process
ing, and that the farmer and the
consumer are the twin goats of the
universe.
A new farm control bill is in
process of incubation up at Wash
ington. Unless the little one and
two-horse farmers press their case,
the chances are that the big farm
operator once more will come out
the big end of the horn, in the mat
ter of allotments, etc. Better no
farm legislation at all than a re
petition of the crime against the
little farmer of a few years ago.
Write your senators and congress
man TODAY and make your de
mands so plain that there will be
no possibility of a misunderstand
ing.
It seems to me that our State
might pay for a nine month term
for the schools, automatically re
quiring the removal of special dis
trict taxes, except for- meeting
bond payments.
mg only what la being done el
where. That explains it, of coune,
but does not help matters.
We spend in every direction an<
hear that each service is making an
indispensible contribution to the
life of the State. Yet how easil;
could the State dispense with a lo:
of things and still be happy and
Contented, and even prosperous.
Just as the great inventions am
reforms seem to come through peo
ple not directly engaged in the busi
ness affected, so some day we shal
have to take in hand our public in
stitutions and retain only those
which really serve us usefully, to
the exclusion of a lot of flub-dub
that now eats our revenue without
a commensurate contribution to
our life.
J. M. KILLING8WORTH.
(Comments..
On Men and News
By Spectator.
Education is all upside down
isn’t it? I am using the won
“education” very narrowly, as we
use it commonly to mean'the for
mal training in the schools.
Now, there’s “pop” reading the
paper. War in China; Japan land
ing troops. Well, say, where is
China ? How do you get there from
Japan? How large is China and
in what part is all this fighting?
Well, “pop,” you studied all thi
you know, when you were about 12
years old. You studied geography
when you couldn’t possibly get any
thing out of it.
And what about the Constitution
of the United States and the Su
preme Court? Well when you
were about 13 or 14 they had a
book called “Civics” or “Civil Gcv
ernment,” and they told you all
about those things. Probably some
very young lady taught these sub
jects. Now that you are old
enough to appreciate what it’s all
about you learn thaf you were
taught such things in your top
spinning era. Of course, children
can’t learn much of any value a
bout the world or the government;
it is too far beyond the range of
their experience.
And the liver? I once heard
physician say that we low-country
people have more liver trouble than
any ether kind of physical ailment.
Well, when you wer^Tjust a lad and
ignorant of liver except that which
is sold by the butcher, the schools
taught you physiology, anatomy
and hygiene. Even so. Now,
when you have occasion to become
aware of your liver, and think in
terms of calomel, ipecac and soda,
you can’t even find the book, much
less remember what it said.
What about the heart? What is
its functions? All about us peo
ple are dropping off every day,
just suddenly keeling over, you
know. The heart and the lungs —
my word! We knew all about them
when we wore knee pants. But
now—!
Remember how we used to spell?
My, but we were a lot of old moss-
backs, eh? Just think of wasting
all that time on spelling Besides,
it’s like studying a dead language;
nobody can spell nowadays. I
think the basic or motivating idea
torny (pedagogicall, understand)
is to “get” the first letter—and
trust to luck. example, ask
a pupil to spell' “friendly.” He
will frown in deep though until an
inspiration seizes him and he opines
that the word begins with “f.” Of
course, at times he may try “b” or
“g”, but gets to “f” after a few
spasms. But once he suggests “f”
the rest, residue and remainder is
just anybody’s guess. “Friendly”
has eight letters; so a quick thinker
gives it the “once-over” and allows
it six, seven, eight, nine or ten
letters. Just any letters, without
ryme, rythm or reason. Oh, well!
What’s the use?
STUDENT PUBLICATION
\
MAKES ITS APPEARANCE
“The Sun Dial,” Barnwell high
school’s official student publica
tion , is again making its appear
ance in Barnwell, this year appa
rently headed for one of its most
successful seasons. The paper
was started here a few years back
and has rapidly become one of the
most popular phases of school life.
This year’s staff includes the
following students: Sara F. Brcdie
-editor-in-chief; Marjorie Good-
son—associate editor; Emily Brown
—business manager; Kitty plexi-
co—assistant business manager;
Annie Sue Fowke, Paula Mazur-
sky, Sara E. Harris, Margaret
Christie and Sophia Coclin—feature
editors; Ann Brown and “Sonny’
Patterson—sports editors; Billie
Bronson—humor editor; W. P.
Norris—art editor; Gladys Black
and Martha Ayer Harley—copy edi
tors; Sara Jones, June Diamond,
Joy Vogel, J. B. Baxley, Jaudon
Harley, Lavalette Still, Betty
Brown and William Jenkins—re
porters.
In the first issues put out by
this staff during the year, they
have shown themselves most com
petent and have apparently headed
‘The Sun Dial” on a most success
ful trip for the remaining months
of the present school term.
Homemade Cakes.
TAXES ON HOMES.
UPSIDE DOWN EDUCATION.
'COST OF GOVERNMENT.
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Ben E. Adams, representative
iron) Richland County and editor
®f the Free Press, advocates the
removal of taxes from homes. Mr.
Adams is considering the social
value of home-ownership as a
means of combatting the dangers
growing out of a foot-loose popula
tion. In the leading article appear
ing in The Free Press. Mr. Adams
refers to the assumption by the
State of the cost of many local
services and argues that local levies
tihoald be correspondingly reduced.
Mr. Adams is right, I think.
Local taxation is too burdensome;
tases should be based primarily on
roomni or profit, not on property.
Certainly, this should be the rule,
though I see the danger of land
■poeulation. A distinction some
where should be made between a
hoaae and an investment. The
State should encourage men to build
own homes. No man’s home i*
The Charleston Chamber of
Commerce is publishing a series of
studies of the cost of government
in South Carolina, noting the in
creases year by year. That sort of
thing has long since got out of
hand. Year after year some new
something is created because of
the whim of some one, or because
some such thing has been done
elsewhere. Usually the beginning
is modest, hut after a while it in
evitably expands and expands and
expands and we are called upon
more and more to support services
that are not necessary, certainly
not very important and assuredly
not urgent.
I say it advisedly, that a third
of all the public money collected
through taxation might be saved
without serious impairment of pub
lic welfare. Our schools teach un-.
necessary subjects or skim over
them, at a high aggregate cost to
the taxpayers; our colleges do pre
cisely the same, also adding ex
pense needlessly. We are proceed
ing to add subjects and courses
that are not of 'serious and helpful
contribution to the students; which
are the veriest meringue sillibub,
or what-not. Our schools and col
leges are over-loaded with a lot of
courses that cught to be thrown
overboard. We are, of course, do-
The members of the Ladies’
Guild of the Church of the Holy
Apostles at Barnwell will sell
homemade cakes cn November 20th
(Saturday before Thanksgiving).
The proceeds of the sale will be
used for a worthy church cause.
The time and place of sale will be
announced next week.
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Human Palate I« Superior
to All Tasting Devices
Washington. — Government tea
tasters, meat chewera and soft-
drink samplers were pleased to
learn recently that in determining
flavors in food and drink there is no
mechanicaH^wjjbstitute for the hu
man palatfcP*
Government chemists so resolved
after years of experimentation in
the testing of foods. Artificial stom
achs may be used to watch the
chemical changes of food in the
digestion, crunching devices to de
termine tenderness, but only human
organs have been found satisfac
tory in making palatability tests.
Egg tasters at the New York
State College of Agriculture recent
ly found also a definite relation be
tween smell and fltfvor. They sam
pled as many as 160 fresh, flat and
strong eggs at a sitting so accu
rately that college officials pre
dicted an increasing demand for
tasters by the egg trade.
Florence, Nov. 9.—J. M. Killings*
worth, 60, died here today at the
home of hia son, R. M. Killings*
worth. The funeral services will
be held at the Baptist Church at
Dupb&rtoit, Thursday alftemcon
at 2 o’clock. ^
Two sons survive, R. M. Kill-
ingsworth and J. M. Killingsworth,
Florence. Sisters surviving are
Mrs. J. L. Wise, Mrs. Morgan New
man, Miss Claire Killingsworth of
Augusta, Ga., and Mrs. E. P.
Weathersbee of Wilmington, N. C,
m siw»i—i«
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Mi kl***r-t*ckt»a.
PiRFKUD
HYDRAULIC
GRAKtS
aiaxlaivn matoring
GENUINt
KNEE ACTION
Roman War Tank Found
by Diggers in France
* Paris. — War tanks are not new
means of defense, it was proved,
when, near Beauvais, a member
of the Archeological Society of
France unearthed a tank dating
back to the Romans.
While unearthing a bridge, built
some 2,000 years ago near this
town, which for centuries was the
scene of innumerable battles, M.
Matherat came upon the debris of
a war machine, resembling a cov
ered, armored cart which Caesar’s
legions used in their battles. They
called it a “Vined,” or rolling bar
rack, and it was formerly used in
the same way as tanks are used
today.
The tank was man-propelled and
its construction was sufficiently
strong to resist the warfare of the
time. Also, a collection of ammu
nition, including arrowheads, stones
and pieces of iron, was found inside
the tank.
15 BILLldN YEARLY
IS COST OF CRIME
South Carolina has much less in
come per capita than most of the
other States, but out people want
everything that others have.
Our State, county and municipa
governments should be curtailed'in
their expenditures by at least 5(
per cent.
Recently I asked some gentle
men just what county expenditures
they would cut off if they had ful
power to govern. They agree<
that we want as much as other peo
ple, regardless of our means.
Chief G-Man Say» Felony
Occurs Every 24 Seconds.
Washington.—J. Edgar Hoover,
director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, has urged the na
tion to “accept a gauntlet thrown
down by more than 4,300,000 persons
who have chosen to defy our laws. 1
“The crime army threatens three
persons out of every four in our
United States, bringing about a suc
cession of crime so magnitudinous
that a felony occurs every 24 sec
onds,” the chief G-man said.
He estimated the nation's annual
crime bill at $15,000,000,000, or $28,-
500 per minute, $41,040,000 a day.
“It seems inconceivable,” Hoover
continued, “that in a country as ad
vanced as America each setting sun
should look down upon a daily toll of
some thirty-si&^ives taken at the
hands of thdPumerworld—one such
murder being committed every 40
minutes.”
Hoover said records of the bureau
for 1936 revealed 1,333,626 “major”
crimes in the nation, including 13,
242 murders and manslaughters, 7,-
881 criminal assaults, 55,600 rob
beries, 47,534 aggravated assaults.
278,823 burglaries, 716,674 larcenies
and 213,712 automobile thefts.
“In analyzing the cost of crime
a little further,” he pointed out, “we
find that it means a burden borne by
each and every individual of $10
^yery month.
“Our greatest need in America to
day is a new type of mental vigi
lance on the part of our citizens,
who will study conditions and who
will realize that there cannot be
safety from the depredations of the
vast criminal underworld unless
this safety is insured by the com
bined efforts of all right-thinking
persons.
“Our citizens must become not
only foes of corruption and ineffi
ciency but the strong right arm of
the honest law enforcement officer.”
*
Young Women Tnvading’
Navajo Indian Territory
Window Rock, Ariz.—The beard
ed adventurers who pioneered the
West nearly a century ago have dis
appeared on the vast Navajo Indian
reservation here, but in their place
have appeared young women.
About 150 of these young women,
isolating themselves in one of the
most remote regions in North Amer
ica, teach the white man's knowl
edge to the red man's children in
57 schools scattered over the 16,-
000,000-acre reservation.
The lives of the young teachers,
however, are not so packed with
hardships as were those of their
predecessors.
At Chin Lee, a tiny hamlet 97
miles from a railroad, they live in
an old building called the Club
House. Their rooms are comfort
able. Good food is served to the
teachers, who share their dining
room with reservation laborers and
other employees.
They enjoy radios, tennis, badmin
ton, pool and horseback riding.
When sufficient musical talent can
be recruited they dance in the rec
reation hall. Dancing partners gen
erally are Indian traders or visitors.
Their most &vere test comes dur
ing the winter months when heavy
snows often cut them off from civili
zation for weeks or months.
ALL SILENT
ALL-STEEL BODIES
VALVE IN H t AD
L NGINE
English School to Train
Dogs for Conversation
London.—A school designed to
teach dogs to read, do arithmetic
sums and carry on conversations
with human beings is to be opened
here this fall.
The sponsor is Miss L. Lind-af-
Hageby, founder and honorary di
rector of the Animal Defense and
Anti-vivisection society. Her purpose
is to convince people that dogs, and
the other higher animals, are not
just “things,” but beings capable
of independent thought and spirit
ual feelings, very much like human
beings. This would go far toward
ending thoughtlessness and cruelty
to animals, she believes.
Printing of Bank Notes
Takes More Money Now
Washington. —'Paper money costs
more these days.
To print a thousand sheets of
Federal Reserve notes at the Gov
ernment Printing office now in
volves an expense of about $97.
In June, 1935, the cost was $86.
Under Section 16 of the Federal
Reserve Act the cost of Issuing
Federal Reserve notes must be met
by the Federal Reserve banks.
Advertise in The People-Sentinel.
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/CHEVROLET
Can MuatrmtrJ an Mottrr Dm Ltum i
WtoBOL OF SN
It's great to drive a Chevrolet, when you can get
all of Chevrolet's modem advantages at such
low prices and with such low operating costs.'
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Grubbs Chevrolet Company
Barnwell, S. C.
HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD
MET MONDAY AFTERNOON
A meeting of the Barnwell Coun
ty Health Advisory Board was held
in the Barnwell County Court
House on Monday afternoon. The
meeting was opened by Miss
Elizabeth Patat, Barnwell County
Nurse, who presided in the place
of the chairman, M. M. Player, of
Williston, who was unable to at
tend the meeting due to an en
gagement in Columbia.
Miss Evelyn Procter, Barnwell
County Health Nurse, read a full
report of the werk done by Dr. L
T. Claytor and t^e members of the
Barnwell County Health Depart
ment during the past three months.
After the report had been given
several matters of importance
were discussed and passed on.
In the report, which was com
piled from the records of the
Health Department, a complete re
cord of the number of clinics held,
the number of patients treated,
and everything connected with the
work of the department during the
past three months was given. It
was a complete resume of the work
and the Board voted to accept and
endorse it.
Advertise in The People-Sentinel.
WANTED!
Several two-horse farmers with
own stock and equipment. Good
farms for rent reasonably. Write
|W. P. Williams
Wagener, S. C.
checks
COLDS
and
FEVER
Liquit Tablets first day
Salve Nose Drops, Headaches, 30
mins. Try “Rub-My-Tism” World’s
Best Liniment.
INSURANCE
FIRE
WINDSTORM
PUBLIC LIABILITY
ACCIDENT - HEALTH
SURETY BONDS
AUTOMOBILE
THEFT
Calhoun and Co.
P. A. PUKE. Manager.
GET
LASTING
BENEFIT
FROM
RELIEF
LABOR!
Build Curbs and Gutters and Other
Improvements Your Community Needs
W HY not use Federal Relief Funds to replace old v
unsightly curbs and gutters with concrete. Or
build needed new concrete curbs, sidewalks, drain*
age structures, park improvements, swimming pools,
and other beneficial, permanent civic improvements^
Maximum labor on the job! Something worthwhile
to show for the expenditure!
Hundreds of other cities are grasping this oppor*
tunity to get improvements that would have to be
built soon anyway. So can your city.
For complete, quick information on any spe
cific use of concrete, write or wire
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION ^
Hurt Bldg , Atlinta, Ga. •
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 *
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