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-r" I 4 Ju»t Ltk« a Member of the Family” IE XLIV. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 28TH, 1921. NUMBER 47, TO ORGANIZE BARNWELL COUNTY TRUCK GROWERS PERSONAL AND GENERAL - NEWS ITEMS FROM ELKO Series of Meetings Held in This and Continued Rains Have Done Consid- Adjoining Counties. Mr. W. W. Long, director of the Extension Service, and Mr. F. L. Harkey, agent in marketing, spent several days recently in Bamberg, Barnwell, Allendale, Aiken, and Edge, field Counties in holding a series of informal meetings looking toward the organization of the truckers of that section for co-operative marketing of their truck crops. Meetings attended by leading truck growers were held in Denmark, Blackville, Williston Barnweil, Fairfax, Allendale, Aiken, and, Trenton, and a study was made of conditions, needs, etc. Delegates were named at each of these meetings to attend a regional meeting to be held at Blackville on July 29 to con sider and possibly perfect organiza tion. The plan to be proposed would jbring the growers of cucumbers, pantaloupes, watermelons, and as paragus into one marketing organiza- jon rather than have separate mar- agencies for each crop, for jt'he gr9wing of such crops has increased in the last yerit or [the business to be done in any rrop would hardly justify an fficient organization and selling >rce for each. Then, too, the four incipal crops, coming on somewhat succession, can be handled easily one selling agency with fairly distribution of the marketing ?rk. Such an organization as t* pro- should accomplish the follow^ Prevent dumping on glutted irkets and arrange distribution to irkets with best demands. 2. Deliver growers from the hands unscrupulous speculator buyers. 3. Improve grading, packing, load- ig, shipping, etc. 4. Purchase containers and other supplies at lowest prices for mem bers. 5. Secure untyed effort for adjust ment of freight rates, commissions, «tc. ‘» An illustration of what growers are up against in the way of freight and commission is found In the fol lowing account of sales of a car of truck shipped recently from Willis ton. 78 bsk. Cukes at $100 J78.00 UObsk. Cukes at 90c 189.00 9 bsk. Squash at $2.00 18.00 >137 bsk. Lopes at $2.25 308.25 59 bsk. Lopes at $1.76 103.25 erable Dabage to Crops. BASE BALE NEWS Elko, S. C., July 23.—(Special.) —The continued rains have done considerable damage to cotton in this section, although apparently not as much damage as to the lower section of the county. Cantalopes and water melons in car lots are moving freely this week. A few of our farmers have, been making express ship ments of tomatoes this and last week, but prices on these have not been flattering. One of the best signs of our prosperity is the ship ment of shelled corn from our station this week in. hundred bushel lots. Quite a number of our farmers re port bams full of last year’s com yet. One farmer has had an order for three hundred bushels, and this and other orders will be readily filL ed. Prices range rrom sixty to eighty cents per bushel. About six cars of hay were shipped from Elko this spring, and this is another index to our farmers surplus food crops fr 1920 and 1921. One of the prettiest rainbows seen in a long time was visible last Monday afternon about five o’clock. The secondary bow was as plain as the primary bow usually is. It ap peared to dip one dhd Tft the Half Moon Pond, and the other at Post Oak Farm. It was visible for an un. usually long time. At least this much pleasure was gotten from this shower. Mr. R. R. Johnson. Clerk of Bam- well-Bamberg Baptist Sunday School. Convention, has almost com. pleted the Minute* of last session’s Convention. Mr. Johnson annouccs that the next Convention will meet with the Long Branch Sunday School for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before the first Sunday in September of this year. ’ An interesting and attractive program with eminent speakers listed is being arranged. A complete program will be ready for publication in a few weeks. Mr. H. A. Stallings of Macon, Ga., who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. W. H. Hair for several days, re turned home Sunday carrying Miss Annie Ruth Hicks with him. Miss STANDING OF THE CLUBS. (Second Half:) » , ■' J. w. L. Pc. Springfield- 4 1 800 Barnwell 3 1 750 Bamberg 4 2 666 Williston 1 3 250 Denmark . _ 1 3 250 Ehrhardt * 1 4 200 WHERE THEY PLAY. Friday, July 29: Denmark at Ehrhardt. - Bamberg at Williston. Springfield at Barnwell. Tuesday, August 2: Ehrhardt at Bamberg, r Barnwell at Denmark. Williston at Springfield. Bamberg 4, Barnwell 2. Costly errors in the 9th inning of one of the best and most hotly con tested games played in Barnwell this season gave Bamberg Tuesday’s game, 4 to 2. The visitors got away with a lead of two runs in the second inning, whiph was tied by Barnwell in the sixth. Neither team was able to score in the 7th and 8th, but luck broke against, Barnwell in the ninth, when Bamberg made two runs after two men were out and there were two strikes on the batter. Pitching honors were pretty evenly divided between Radckffe of Bamberg and Pearson of Barnwell and both were given good support by their team mates. Springfield took the lead by de feating Ehrhardt 3 to 1. Denmark and Williston battled to a 13 in ning tie, dsrkness ending .the game with the store 5-5. j * , t L | Springfield Turned Back Denmark, July 23.—Denmark turn ed Springfield back here yesterday by the score of 8 to 3. The slugging of locals drove Pollack froip the box in the seventh inning after a double and three singles. Boland went to the mound but failed to check the battling rally, Kombar Boland was summoned and only with difficulty did he succeed. In the first inning Cox got a pass and Willis tripled. The outstanding feature of the game was the pitching of Coten, who let the visitors down with five hits, and the catching of Scoville. Gibson play ed a good game on third and robbed the visitors of several hits. Springfield __8 5 2 HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUBS MAKE PROGRESS Mrs. Claudia Kennedy Gives Out Interesting Statistics. While attending the Short Course at Wmthrop College recently, Mrs. Claudia Kennedy obtained some in teresting statistics relative to the progress being made by the Home Demonstration Work, which will prove of interest to the readers of this jpaper. Mrs. Kennedy states th&t there was an organization of State council of farm women during the Short Course, which puts South Carolina in the lead of ether States in this work. The officers of the Council are: Mrs. Bradley Mbrrah, president, McCormick; Mrs. Paul ilrowm, vice-president, Kershaw; Mrs. T. L. Tinsley, secretary and treas urer, Beaufort. The following sta tistics will show the progress be. ing made: Number o? counties organized in 1921, 36; number of county agents, white, in 1921, 36; number of negro agents who work 3% months each Denmark 8 10 3 y ear| 14 ; district agents for immedi- Pollack, K. Boland Boland and j supervision of three districts, 3 —Piedmont, Eastern, Central. Fulmer; Coten and Scoville. * • ■ 4 Williston Loses to Bamberg Through heavy hitting and all round good playing, Bamberg won I exper j ence from Williston on the former’s dia- j Food Conservation—Mrs. Dora mond Friday afternoon, the score 1^ Walk „ ( one of . the flrst cvinty being 4 to 1. Radeliffe pitched a l*genis appointed in the United Specialists for supervision of dif ferent lines of activity—women of excellent training ayid fine practi- W. P. FRANKLIN KILLED ^ NEGRO IN SELF-DEFENSE Barnwell Man Shot James Adams as Latter Attempted to Shoot good game for Bamoerg. Bamberg and C. Rents, as well as the other 2 Clothinf Specialist, members of the Bamberg team, play ed well. The Williston team could I An unfortunate occurrence, which 1 not get started except in one inning, when one score was made. developed into a free-for pH fight, was a counter-attraction to the ball game. The trouble is' alleged to have started from the offensive re marks of a tobacco buyer from Kentucky who is temporarily a resident of Bamberg and is said to have been aggravated by some of his friends. He went s little too far in expressing his opinions of some of the Bam We 11 ball players and when the armisitice was signed there were several sadder but wiser men, all visitors. In justice to Bamberg The People takes pleasure in stating that, so far as this paper is stye to learn, very few, if any, of her Hicks has been the guest of Mrs. I citizens were mixed up in the “scrap*’ 1 Hair for several weeks. | and certainly were not instrumental Mrs. Lizzie Hair was at Elko this in bringing it on. After hostilities week visiting relatives. 'had ceased, the Kentuckian is said to The Elko Baptist Church at a have_ expressed the opinion that he recent conference, extended a call to thought they were “hard-boiled in Rev. D. Funderburk of Lexington, I Kentucky, but compared to Barnwell 493 * $696 50 Sorting charges $ 3.48 Freight 408.23 Commission 55.72. Net Proceeds .. % $229.07 In other words, the cost of shipping ami selling was 67 per cent, of the ^^^eds, leaving only 33 per cent. t^^Pwtr all other costs and profits. Blackwell-Snelling Parksville, July 23.—Friends 9f Thomas Envin Snelling, formerly of Barnwell, now of Greensboro, N. C., and Miss Marie Blackwell of Parks- ville, wilj be interested to learn of their marriage, which occurred Tues day evening at 6 o’clock at the home of Jhe bride’s parents, Dr. and^ Mrs. William Gary Blackwell, the Rev. E. L. Kugley officiating. Only members of the family were present. . The bride is a charming and at tractive young graduate of Columbia college, being a member of the class of 1920.' Mr. Snelling is a popular young man who attended the University of -♦ * South Carolina and is now engaged in the insurance business in Greens- . boro, ..NiS* Immediately after ' the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Snelling left for a brief visit to the bridesgroom’s parents at Barnwell. Fire at Williston S. C. to become its Pastor. It has not been announced whether Dr. Funderburk would- accept or not.' but he promised to fill the pulpit at Elko next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. • Mrs. Ellen E. Johnson, Mrs. N. B. Youngblood, and Mr. Elly Hair are still on the sick list, but at this writ, ting, (Monday*) all have improved. Mrs. Youngblood Iras carried to her mother’s, Mrs. J. B. Keel, Blackville last Saturday. It is hoped she wili soon be well again. Railway Agent J. P. Jones and his family have been visiting in Lum- berton, N. C. and returned home Idst Friday. His relief during his ab- cencc was Mr;< Hewitt, the cleverest and most accommodating agent that the Depot patronage has had ih a long time. Mr. L. E. Birt, formerly of -Green and Co. but now of Lauringburg, N. C., and his family motored to Elko to visit friends and relatives this week. He is a most welcome visitof, and his house-hold. A few of our folk attended the meeting of the Williston Chamber of Commerce banquet at Ganouk’s Cafe on Friday evening the 8th inst. The fellowship was cordial, the speeches enthusiastic and instructive, and the banquet delightful. Wp would not atempt to fighters they scholars.” are > Sunday school 3. Dairy Specialist. I 4. Poultry Specialist. *6. Food Specialist. *„ 6. Household Management Spec ialist. Number of women enrolled in Three hits in the || ome Demonstration and Poultry in 1920, 12,107; number of Rosemary News Elko, July 25.—Mr. and Mrs. E. Birt, Miss Valerie Mitchell and Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Owens and fam ily spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Powell. Mr. A. I. McLemore and family were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Manson Huir last week. The friends of Mrs. Fred'Powell will regret to learn that she was forced to return to her bed and her speedy recovery is hoped for. Mr. Willie Armstrong and family of Augusta, are visiting Mr. and Mrs, Willie -Hair. The many friends of Miss Leona, daughter of Mr. Clinton Heath, of Charleston, and Mr.. Carroll Arm- « strong, «ff Williston, will be inter ested j to learn of fheir marriage, which occurred at Barnwell Wednes day afternoon. They left for Tenn essee, where they will make their home, ' followed by the good wishes of a host of friends. The following guests enjoyed a party at the home of Mr. Salem Townes Friday evening: Misses Olar DrfraU Ehrhardt Olar, July 2 8th inning were all that Olar could I make off the delivery of Kirkland ln . p ou | try , (booking. Sewing. Thursday, but that was enough and CMdemiUrund Canning Clubs in 1920, Olar romped on Ehrhardt to the turte | 5^^ Table showing that an investment of $76,049.89 by the State of South Caretina has cleared for the Stats *2,145,925.49: Credits. Amt. cleared from wom en’s clubs .. $2,034,294.27 Amt. cleared from girls’ cluba 16t.57S.il Total $2.186,869.38 I Amt given by federal government^...- ..1 35,106.50 Grand Total . ..$2,221,975.38 Debit. State gives Counties,give .... Total Subtract what State has spent $ j76,049 89 Amt. gained hy State, $2,145,925.49 of 5 to 2. The visitors started off in a savage manner on the Olar pitcher, but he soon tightened and had the leaguers eating out of his hand, while his team mates piled up 5 runs, a lead which Ehrhardt could not oyercoma. The best fielding was furnished by the Barker brothers, Bernice and Ellis, the* former catch ing a beautiful game behind the bat, while the Utter played league ball in center field, making two seem ingly impossible catchee. The in tense rivalry between the two teams was clearly manifested Thursday, but the game went off smoothly, as games usually do when umpired by R. F. Goodwin. The Triends of little Westor Car- roll are sorry to know that he has betdi sick in bed the last week. Messrs. Hasting Tyler and Marion 'Dyches anti Miss Pauline Usserv were the attractive guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Carroll last Sunday. The Home Demonstration - Club of L. B. met last Wednesday. The subject was, “pickle making”. Mrs. J. B. Carroll was asked to give a demonstration oh olive oil pickle. Everyone seemed to like the pickle very much. The many friends of Messrs. Theadore and Etneridge Baxley want to congratulate them for Add ing two other members to the L. B. church. x Miss Juanita Carroll isvisiting relatives in Aiken, S. C. this week. Mamie Willis, Lessie and EHjel Heaticj give-< the menu in full, j Valerie Mitchell, Aileen Woodward 4 Williston, July 25.—The Willis ton Ice Plant was destroyed by fire of unknown origin at four o’clock this morning. After an absence of only a few minutes, Mr. Sloan, the Accordihg to ^fcager, returned to find the engine, here Monday, ■A in flames. The volunteer fire- ^Piters were pbweriess to aave the burning building but prevented the because some, of-the things might Lycy Lard, Mary Martin, Mr. and have fiad French names. About Mrs. E. E. Owens, Messrs. Charlie the best thing we had-wps “Canta- Willis,. * Joe Martin,'Jim Anderson, lope stuffed with ice cream,” ''fin William Henry Grimes, Monroe Birt, English), Our epicures are hoping .George Mitchell, Hollis Powell and the next meeting will be held before ,Hamp Woodward, Hopes are gone. *21.498.75 .• .. 52,561.14 ...*76.049.89 WilliM-Sraith To Erect New School Building a report received a new high school building is to be erected in Willis ton, construction to be started im mediately in order 10 complete same blase from spreading to nearby tfor occupancy this Fall. The structures. The loss is partially covered by insurance and it is under stood that die plant- will be rebuilt at an early date. * . probable cost of the new building wea not stated, but is is undented The friends of Mrs. Virgie Birt will regret to learn that she is suf fering from a fractured rib, whicji injury was sustained some time ago. Her early recovery is hoped for. Mr. Manson Hafr and Mr. Ashley Birt were the guests of Mr. Perry Hiers Sunday afternoon. Long Branch .Items | Long Branch, July 23.—(Special.) ! dut it will be one of the best in this J—Mrs. J. S. Keel is" visiting her I section of the state. tmrenta of Four Inn 8 C. * Pleasant Hill News Pleasant Hill, July 23.—(Special.) —Mrs. Susie Lightner and tittle son have returned to their home in Yem- massee, 1 4 Miss Kahron Folk- left Sunday for Columbia. S. C. Mrs. Willie Armstrong and daugh ter, Miss Jennie, of Augusta were the guests of relatives and friends last week. Mrs. Mamie Edenfield, and daugh ter, Miss .Willie Mae'of Augusta visited Mrs. R. S. Weatfiersbee last Week. J . Miss Ruby * Parker had as her guest last week, MisS Edith Bell of Williston. Mrs. C.' Woodward leaves this week for Greenville, S. C., to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. James. Miss Mae MoLemore of Winston- Salem, N. C. and Mr. and Mrs. John Bowen of Savannah, Ga., are the expected guests of Mrs. A. I. Mc Lemore this week. Misses Juanita and Elisabeth Car- roll and Mr. Sidney Carroll of Long Branch visited friends in .the com- The many friends of Miss Helen Willis and Mr. Winchester C. Smith, Jr., both of WMliston, will be inte rested to learn of their marriage, which occurred Saturday afternoon at five o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Willis, the Rev. M. B. Buckley per forming the ceremony. The young couple left immediately for a wedding trip to the mountains of North Caro lina. Mrs. Smith is a very attrac tive yoving lady and the groom is a popular and progressive young farm, er and business man. v The People joins with their many other fyiends in wishing them life-long happiness and prosperity. ^ ~ J : Mr. W. P. Franklin, of Barnwell, shot and killed Janfcs Adams, color ed, Monday afternoon one mile East of Snelling, on the Bamwell-Dun- bartoo road. It seems from the evi dence brought out at the inquest that Mr. Franklin and a little negro boy had been to Dunbarton to deliver gasoline. Shortly before reaching Donora they saw Adams sitting on a bridge. Returning to Barnwell they overtook the negro about a mile East of the place where they passed him earlier in the day., Adams ask ed Mr. Franklin for a ride, to which request the latter complied. After getting on the truck, the negro asked Mr. Franklin if he had sold fetich gasoline, to which the latter re plied that he had not and that what . he had sold was on credit. Shortly before * reaching Snelling^ Adams showed his pistol to the little negro boy who was on the truck with Mr. Franklin. After leaving Snelling, Mr. Franklin, whose suspicions had been groused by the negro’s ques tions,! ooked behind . him and aaw ~ Adams in the act of shooting him. He immediately drew his own pistol and fired several shots, one of which took effect in the negro’s left side, just below the heart, causing almost instantaneous death. The negro fell from the truck and not waiting to see whether or aet he had killed him. Mg. Franklin im mediately came to Barnwell and surrendered to the authorities.' First arrivals upon the scene found the negro stone dead, his pistol lytag near his body. A coroner’s jury eras empanelled, the verdict being that “James Adams, abas "Fat Boy,” came to his death from a pistol shot wound in the hands of W. P. Franklin, acting in self-defense." The negro boy sms the only eye witness to the homicide and his story coincided with that of Mr. Franklin in every particular. It was discovered after the homi cide that every ballet except the first shot lodgsd la the barrel of Mr. Franklin’s 'pistol, and bo would no doubt have been killed if his aim had been faulty. He is now out on baiL Homicide at Blackville A homicide occurred in Blackville Saturday night, when Jim Champion, colored, cut the throat of Mil ledge Gjoster, also colored. The killing occurred in the store of Mr. L. J. Baughman. It is stated that Glos- ter had Champion down and that when another negro, at the request of Mr. Baughman, intervened and pulled him off, blood was noticed on Gloster’s neck. He walked out of the front dood andfell on the sidewalk dying in a short time., Champion was arrested and lodged in the Barn, well jail. An Early Mon:ing Blau Mellichamp Wins Title < L. S. Mellichamp of ^yilliston won the checker championship of South Carolina in the state tourney staged in Columbia Wednesday. S.' H. Still was the runnerup. Twenty players, divided into five teams of four each, contested for the state title, and the competition tvas very keen. Before the tourney began the South Carolina Checker association was or ganized and the following officers chosen: P.residerrt, F. B. Fishbume, Columbia; secretary-treasurer, L. S. Mellichamp, Williston; executive Fire of unknown origin, which was discovered about four O’clock Tuesday morning, destroyed the dwelling occupied by Mr. Tom Bolen and family, together with all of his household furniture. When Police man Ross gave the alarm the fire was burning fiercely on the inside of the house. It is thought that the blaze was caused from defective wiring or rats and matches. None of the family was at home, having spent the night with Mrs. Bolen’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wood ward. It is understood that the loss is partially covered by insurance. The dwelling was owned by the Misses Cohen. : A Watermelon Curiosity Mr. S. J. Carroll, one of The People’s subscribers, who lives on Elko route No. 1, brought the editor a real curiosity in the shape of a watermelon one day last week. Mr. Carroll planted only Excel seed and says that there isn’t s patch of any committee, J, M. Layton, Georgetown; i other variety within a half mile of J. H. Johnson, Allendale, and Ernest Jackson, York. Home Made Cakes for Sale The Mission Study Circle announc es that solid chocolate, marshmallow, caramel, lesson-filling, orange, pound and other varieties of cakes will be on salt by aine o’clock Saturday morn ing at Mr. J. S. Black’s market Tbe price will' be 66 cents per ponnd Everybody is invited to leek and buy. his field, yet the melon he brought to this office shows a distinct cross with the Watson, being three- quarters Excel and one-quarter Wat son. The melon is not mottled in ap pearance, but looks as though one- fourth had been cut out and a slice of the Watson variety grafted jan, The question is. Was the cross caused by the busy bee or art 'be to type? ,