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*... _ f AOB POUB. TO BABNWSJ. PBOPLB.SKNTINIL. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. NOV. It. 1MT. if 2 ■ 1 1. I Hi Birmll People-Seitlnel JOHN W. HOLMES IMA—1912 B. P. Davies, Editor aad PaMieher. Altered at the post office at Barn well, S. C’. f as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Six Months 75 Three Months 60 (Strictly in Advance.) THURSDAY, NOV. 18, 1937. Needed Legislation. We note with interest that Rep resentative John W. Crews, of Richland County, is preparing a measure for introduction at the next session of the general assem- t>Iy to require “very rigid examina- tM>ns ,, for truck drivers in South Carolina. “Trucks operated by construction companies, freight companies and others requiring haste in their work are a constant menace on our highways, especially when driven by someone not competent,” said Mr. Crews, who, incidentally, is one of the outstanding members of the legislature and one whose views on any matter commands the res pect of his colleagues. The People-Sentinel does not hesitate to endorse Mr. Crews' pro posed bill as sorely needed legisla tion and we sincerely hope that it is placed on the “must” list. The writer has had several narrow' es capes at the hands of truck and bos drivers in making weekly trips from Barnwell to Columbia, and the fact that two deaths in two «fays in Columbia last week were caused by trucks has focused atten tion on this highway problem. Too often inexperienced youths are employed to operate trucks, both by construction companies and those engaged in hauling freight, and as a result we are paying a frightful toll. We would like to see Mr. Crews’ bill even more compre hensive and require all drivers of motor vehicles to pass “very rigid examinations,” but such an inclu sion might imperil the proposed legislation. At least, it is a step ia the right direction and we are confident that it will be supported wholeheartedly by the Barnwell County delegation. canto an hour to hoo-handa 7 Woll, I waa, with all kia affability, a fight- tkora art other buaiaaaaea that I or, a hard-hitter, a protagoniat will ba juat aa hard hit by auch a law aa tho farmers would ba. I cheriah the hope that soma day all this experimenting may stop and our country be allowed to ad just itself to conditions without brain-trusters. son, when business is struggling to lift its head, for the passage of laws that impede progress. “Why let brain-trust theorists, who have never conducted a suc cessful enterprise, be permitted to dictate legislation and write new laws regulating business when the country now, of all times, needs sober judgment and experience?” It is estimated that we South Carolinians buy from outside and bring into this State about two hundred million dollars worth of goods each year. Right there we have a great field for development. We could easily produce all our feed stuffs and milk and cheese, surely, and some millions of dol lars of canned vegetables and fruits, us well as salt pork, bacon, hams, sausages and eggs. Says the greatest periodical of the South, referring to the bill in Congress to fix maximum hours and minimum wages: “It exercises political control over private enter prise to a degree that is virtually the power of life and death. The Wage and Hour bill will lead to un employment instead of the reverse. It will hamper investment and ex pansion. There is no adequate tea- Dr. J. J. Dominick of Prosperity; who hit from the shoulder and asksd no odda. Dr. Johnston was one of the founders of the Farmers and Tax payers League, his letters to the press brought about the organiza tion which he lived to see a power throughout the State. Physicians have held a foremost place in this League. The presi dent is Dr. Carl B. Epps, whose zeal for public services is well known. Among the stalwarts who have gone are Dr. D. M. Crosson of Leesville; Dr. Chester Smith of Williston; Dr. Hunter of Prosperity. Surviving are Dr. Robert Wilson of Charleston; Dr. Epps of Sumter; omments.. On Men and News By Spectator. THE CANCELLED VISIT. THE WAGE-HOUR BILL. THE RAILROADS. OUR COTTON PROBLEMS. KAITHECL SERVANTS. The Duke of Windsor has can celled his visit to the United States. Some labor organization «f Baltimore expressed opposition U> bis coming and he, with his usu al tact, decided to postpone his visit. We may regret the bad ■tanners of the Baltimore organi sation, for the Duke is a Britisher of rank and renown, a fine gentle man well deserving our most gra cious hospitality. One could wish that the Duke had disregarded the expressions from Baltimore. Probably an over whelming majority of our people would like to have the Duke come to America; and even in Baltimore the majority probably would ac cord him a warm welcome. This man, Edward, is a man. He de liberately stepped down from the throne of the greatest empire of all time in order to live the life of a normal, self-respecting man. He might have said: “Empire or no empire, I’ll first be a man.” Verily, he is . No man among us, no mero man of all the ages, ever made a sacrifice of earthly glory that in the remotest degree is equal to Edward’s renunciation of his throne. It is said that there are two mil lion five hundred thousand “hired 1 hands” on American farms. Does any body urge that they should have minimum pay of sixteen dol lars a week for a maximum work week of forty hours? That is what the Government is insisting that Congress order for labor. But what labor? Everybody but farm- ers and domestic help. “They” nj that this will increase buying ywtr or spending power. Well, wfcy don’t we include our “Farm Mp*” Wouldn’t you farmers Rave a sweet time paying forty During the early days of the depression I thought the Railroads about the dumbest group of all our enterprises. I still think they have been sIqw to wake up to their own interest. It is refreshing to kndw that they have done some thing, far more than I had dream ed. Here is a part of the record: 1. The American railways and the Pullman Company Tiave air- conditioned more than 9,300 pas senger cars, at a cost of approxi mately $50,000,000. 2. Streamlined trains are opera ted in 30 of the 48 states. 3. There are more than 650 passenger trains operating on a mile->v»minute schedule in the United States. 4. Along with the improvements in passenger equipment and ser vices, railway passenger fares have been reduced substantially. A dol lar spent for passenger travel in 1936 carried the average passenger 54 miles as compared with 35 miles in 1928. This reduction cf 35 per cent in the average revenue per passenger-mile saved the traveling public 224 million dollars last year. 5. Not a passenger was killed in a train accident in the first six months of 1937. 6. The railroads installed 56,307 new freight cars, 269 new steel locomotives, and 47 new' electric and Diesel locomotives in the first nine months of 1937. 7. ‘Many freight trains are be ing operated with the regularity and dependability of passenger trains, and in many cases almost as fast. Due to the speeding up of freight service, many communi ties throughout the United States now enjoy overnight service from points as far as 500 miles distant. 8. The average speed of freight trains between terminals is now- more than 50 per cent higher than it was in 1929. For today's im proved freight service, the Ameri can railways receive less than the price of a post card, on the average, for hauling a ton of freight one mile. Dr. J. H. Seay of Sharon and Dr. E. Harry Barnwell of Martins Point. How many fine spirits banded themselves into a league to serve our State! Among those who have passed away within recent months are Mortimer V. Haselden, who re cruited eight thousand members in Charleston, Dr. Chester Smith of Williston; Dr. D. M. Crosson and J. E. B. McCartha of Leesville; Colonel Isaac H. Hunt and Dr. Hunter of Newberry, Hon. J. H. Manning and James B. Gibson of Dillon; Captain William E. Gonza les of Columbia; Colonel Tom C. Hamer of Marlboro; J. L. Mims of Edgefield; and Captain J. B. Guess of Denmark. Whpt a loss to the forces of patriotic service! We of the Lea gue cherish the memory of these faithful men. dtnotod by th« fact that not! of the fins in the entire County are operating only on “gin days” now, some of them utilizing two days a wsek and others only one. As has been observed before, the crop this year was considerably lower than the outlook showed in the spring and early summer. Many local farmers state that they believe the crop is off about 33 per cent, from the original crop estimate of the early spring, basing their figures on the acreage plant ed. Some farmers believe even more than that, while others put the estimate lower. The ravages of the boll weevil, bad weather conditions and a number of other factors combined to cause this small crop. Blackville and Barnwell Tie. Drive Starts Nov. 26th. The Tuberculosis Seal Sale Drive for 1937 will get under way on Friday, November 26th, according to a statement made by Mrs. H. J. Phillips, chairman for Barnwell. Mrs. Phillips will be assisted in her work by Mrs. W. J. Lemon, chairman of the mailing list, and a corps of workers recruited‘from the town of Barnwell. The fact that Barnwell County will most probably receive many times the amount contributed, due to the fact that we have many cases of tuberculosis in the County which will be treated by this or ganization, give freely and gladly to this worthy cause. The Seal Sale workers will be making a plea for one of the great est humane organizations in the State and it is hoped, and believed that Barnwell and Barnwell Coun ty will make an even better con tribution than that made last year. The fact that tuberculosis is cura ble, if found in time and if the patient is provided with the neces sary treatment, is another reason why the local people are expected to contribute. The names of the workers and the various committees for Barn well will be announced within the next few days, Mrs. Phillips stated. Espiscopal Church Services. We may solve our cotton prob lems without regard to the rest of the world. But It won’t be next year. Great things are ahead of us. The old black gum of our swamps is good for paper. So good that it is said to produce more pulp per cord than most pulp woods. And then we read of all the experi ments being made with cotton. It is being successfully used for read building. Nearly six hundred miles of cotton fabric reinforced gitu- minous surfaced highways in twenty-six states in 1936; cotton mills themselves are planning to ship their goods in cotton osnaburg (whatever that is) instead of bur lap; we may cover the bales of, cotton with cotton; fertilizers may- soon be shipped in cotton sacks; experiments are being made to de termine the practicability of cot ton houses. At frequqnt intervals the papers tell me of the passing of some co-worker who toys aside his pencil or scalpel and leaves the “madding crowds ignoble strife” for the peace of God which passeth all un derstanding. The genial Dr. A. R. Johnston, warm-hearted, companionable man, The Rev. Roderick Jackson, pas tor of the Espiscopal Church in Orangeburg, held services at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Barnwell on Sunday afternoon. Quite a large congregation was present to welcome the Rev. Mr. Jackson and they w-ere rewarded with an excellent sermon. This was the first time that ser vices had been held in the local Episcopal Church in some time as the congregation has been without a regular minister since the Rev. John A. Pinckney left the post last November to accept a call in Try- on, N. C. Homer Starr, a senior ministerial student in the Episcopal seminary in Alexandria, Va., and a son of the late Rev. Homer W. Starr, of Charleston, held a series of services here during the summer and returned once -in the early fall for services. Bishop Thomas, of the lower Dio cese of South Carolina, has written the Barnwell members, however, that the Rev. A. W. Skardon, of Walterboro, will be here to hold services in the church next Sunday afternoon at four o’clock. Whether the services of this gentlmen will be secured regularly or whether his visit will be merely a supply one for the one Sunday is not known at the present time. Barnwell County Ginnings. Barnwell County ginnings are up to a total of 1,634 bales over the same period of last year, according to a report made public by F. W. Delk, Sr., of Blackville, Special Agent. Mr. Delk reports that 17,- 095 bales of cotton had been gin ned in Barnwell County prior to November 1, 1936, and that 18,729 bales have been ginned prior to November 1, 1937. The cotton season is just about wound up in this County, as is The Barnwell high school foot ball team played a brilliant defen sive game here Friday afternoon to hold the highly favored Black ville high aggregation to a score less tie. The Blackville team, which was much heavier and more experienced than the Barnwelll lads, had been conceded a big edge according to pre-game dope and the Barnwell lads played one of the best games of the season to hold their favored opponents score less. The game was a defensive one for both sides, very little offensive strength being mustered by either club. The Blackville boys rang up two first down;) and Barnwell was held to one first down. Neither team seriously threatened the other’s goal and, despite a soggy field from heavy rains of the night before and the day of the game, the punting of both back- fields was good. As the game was played mostly in midfield, neither team being backed against its own goal line, both of the teams were able to run two or three plays before resorting to punts. However, both lines were charging fast and hard and these plays, except on the three occasions when the only first downs of the game were made, were never enough to start a drive. The line play of both lines was the high spot of the game and neither club showed and outstanding players, each of the players having an equal share in the glory. Should Blackville lose to Willis ton this week, Barnwell would be the county champion, but should the Blackville boys win from the Williston-Elko lads, Barnwell and Blackville would be tied for the championship, each team having won one game and tied one in the county. To EMay Columbia “Bees.’ In the last regularly .scheduled home game of the 1937 foot ball season, the Barnwell high school team will play host to the Colum bia “B” at Fuller Park here on Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. The play of the local team in the - last two or three games has proved that the boys have finally found themselves and have developed in to a smoothworking scrappy eleven. The local team has been sorely handicapped during the entire sea son by lack of weight and experi ence. The latter has been gained as the season wore on but the weight proposition still is evident. On last Friday afternoon the boys played the highly .favored Blackville eleven to a scoreless deadlock and turned in probably their best performance of the en tire year. Blackville was much heavier than the local lads and brought with them a team which had several veterans on it. Never theless, the locals would not yield to the charges of their heavier foes and came off the field with at least a “moral victory.” Coach Price is driving his boys hard this week for the last game of the season in the hope of wind ing the season up with a victory. It is understood that the invading squad from the State capital is one of the smoothest, best working outfits that the “B”s have pro duced in some time. This is the first meeting of the two teams in several years, the Colombia lads formerly having been a regular op ponent for the Barnwell boys, how ever. Football Problem Solved. During the present foot ball season, which is rapidly coming to a close in Barnwell, the members of the home economics class of the Barnwell high school have been preparing dinners for the foot ball players who live in the country and are unable to return to their homes between school and practice. This has most successfully sol ved a problem which has worried local athletic coaches and school authorities for a number of years. ti—tfc xwcfal— . a® tofo >w l»—l (WITH lAPfTY OLASS AU AROUND) ' Marion—Sgtoar, . ar color, — and Uoitlool coflttrwcfioa, fortro,, of tafoty. fihfhi « * ** — » . -» uiviifuii agatnsr •ON MASm ot unt MODELS ONLY MODthH M3C5 STYLING PERFiCTEO HYOP&L'tiC BRAKtS GENblNl KNEE-ACTION* ALL- SIIENT All-STEEL BODIES VALVE IN-HEAD ENGINE fISHER NO DRAFT VENTILATION "You’ll be ahead CHEVROLET!” You'll bo ahead in »tylo—boauty— smartness—with this bigger-loolcing, better-looking low-priced carl "You'll be ahead with a ChevroletT* That’s the enthusiastic verdict of more and more people as they see, drive and compare the new 1938 cars. And we believe it will be your verdict, too^ when you consider all the ex clusive extra values this beautiful new Chevrolet brings to you. See it at your nearest Chevrolet dealer’s—today! CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION DETROIT. MICHIGAN Grubbs Chevrolet Company Barnwell, S. C. Many of Barnwell’s players live outside the city limits and are therefore unable to go home and get back for practice every after noon. By the serving of the meals at the local school, however, the players were allowed to stay in town and practice during the af ternoon. The work was done under the su pervision of Miss Ruth Dantzjcr, home economics instructor, and it is understood that the cost per meal ran only about 15c per player. Besides the economy practiced by the students in the serving of the meals, they were also most careful to give a properly balanced diet so that the boys would have no Ite- down in the amount of food energy consumed. It is hoped that this practice will be continued for the basket ball athletes and other teams dur ing the year. It enables many of the players who live in the country to take part in the athletic schedule and at the same time gives them a chance to live on a proper diet. Hilda H. D. Club. The members of the Hilda Home Demonstration Club held their reg ular monthly meeting at the Hilda school house on Tuesday afternoon. A large number of the members of the club were present and a most enjoyable and interesting meet ing was held. The business ses sion was held first, during which time several matters of importance were discussed. After the busi ness session, a study of the demon stration for the month was made, this being followed by a social hour, during which time delightful re freshments were served. Keeping Home Ties Alive and Warm Your telephone is a means of quick per sonal contact with those friends and relatives whom you do not visit as often as you would like. More and more people who are separated by distances are using the telephone to keep friendships alive and to maintain family ties. The relief from anxiety and the pleasure of hearing a friendly, cheerful voice, give satisfaction and value which is almost priceless. Yet the cost of a telephone con versation between friends or relatives who are miles apart is surprisingly low. By using station-to station service after 7 p. m. you can talk a distance of 150 miles for about 50c, and greater or less distances for correspondingly low cost. If the town you wish to call ia not listed in the front of your tele phone directory, just ask your “long distance” operator. She will gladly quote rates to any point. WANTED! Several two-horse farmers with 1 ’I ^ own stock and equipment. Good farms for rent reasonably. Write W. P. Williams Wagener, S. C. INSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILITY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS AUTOMOBILE THEFT Calhoun and Co. P. A. PRICE. Manager. Southern Bell* Telephone end Telegraph Compang. laaoraoralad V & &! NO >T ICE! Against Hunting, Fishing and Trapping. Any person or persons entering upon the lands hereinafter referred to situate in Barnwell, Richland and Red Oak Townships, for the pur- pose of hunting, fishing or trapping , will be prosecuted to the full ex- tent of the law: Mrs. Flossie Smith .1,000 J. M. Weathersbee _ .. ... 572 Mrs. Kate Patterson .3,000 Est. of H. A. Patterson _ ..2,000 Duncanncn Place .1,650 Joseph E. Dicks -- - 800 Sweetwater Place _ 500 R. C. Holman 400 B. L. Easterling, Cave Place 200 A. A. Richardson _ 1,000 Barnwell Turpentine Co: Lemon Bros. — 150 Simmons Place . 450 John K. Snelling 100 Middleton Place . 300 J. P. Harley 160 Mose Holly . 200 L. W. Tilly 160 B. C. Norris . . 300 John Newton ... 200 J. W. Patterson . 100 Tom Davis 400 L. Cohen—(Hay Place . 200 Terie Richardson ... 100 Dr. Allen Patterson .1,000 N. A. Patterson (Tangle- Bruce Place . 500 wood Place) 130 Harriet Houston . 150 Billy Jenkins — 50 Mrs. B. H. Cave . 500 Jerry Scott .— 75 Sue Ford Kemp Place ... 175 L. Cohen—(Chitty Place). - 200 Andrew Jessie — 60 C. F. Molair (Big Savannah Mrs. J. A. Porter 600 Pond) _ 400 GEO. H. WALKER, Owner. ANGUS PATTERSON, Mgr. ADVERTISE IN THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL.