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V • V,' u, * Jli • ■ ' ■ , I' 1 ijjr ~ HOME BANK DEPORTS $* Y 1920 i U_.i $214,000.00 | ❖ 1922 , L $156,000.00 ? ? 1924 -- 7 ^- - ------ $318,000.00 .1; p|; HOME BANK OF BARNWELL, j; Vi?*X-X**X**>X*** A Established in 1877 k " ■ > ^VOLUME XLVII1. i^TUE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.'^a ‘Just Like a Member of the Family” i X January ’25 Subscriptions Hare ^ i» fir Y ? PLEASE RENEW PROMPTLY! Expired. Largest County Circulation. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE RSI) AY, MARCH 12TH, 1925. NUMBER 28 $100,000.00 DAMAGE SUIT IN COMMON PLEAS COURT THREE OTHER BK? CASES ARE PENDI^b Mrs. Mary O. Youngblood Brings Suit for Death of Her Husband in Wreck. ( The Court of Copimon Pleas, with • udge VV. H. Townsend, of Columbia, residing, convened here Monday .morolhfr Miss C. Alva Baxley, of Elackville, is acting as stenographer ;*uf•‘Ernest L. Allen, Esq., who is ill fi*. his home in Aiken. Two cases were disposed of Mon- :ay, the first being that of B. M. Jen kins, Jr., vs. the Southern Railway » a suit for $7,000 alleged damages for refusal by th? defendant to ship antaluupes without payment of treight in advance. A verdict was ireeted for the defendant. The ’ laintiff was represented by Holman & Boulware and the the defendants v Harley & Blatt. A non-suit was granted the defend- nt in the case of C. H. Kinard vs. fW. H. Kennedy & Son. This was ^ .lit for $5,000 damages for the al- .p-jr ged unlawful prosecution of Kinkrd • v W. H. Kennedy & Soji. The plain- ::tf was represented by Wm. M. Smoak, of Aiken, and the defendants 1 y Patterson & Kennedy, of Barnwell. A case that is attracting consjder- ile attention is that of Mary O. Youngblood, Admx., vs. Southern Railway Co. This is a suit under the federal employer’s liability act for >100.000 damages for th(- death of :he [daihtiff’s husband, G. C. Young- oo(L who was killed in a railroad wreck near Orangeburg several months ago. The Court was engaged :’i the trial of this case* when The People closed its forms. The plain tiff is represented by R. C. Holman -e nl Brown & Bush, of Barnwell, and Wolfe & Berry, of Orangeburg, and the defendants by Harley & Blatt and 1 :'a hales, of Barnwell, Youngblood was the conductor on the train. The . ary is as fottow : J. I. Hutto. ('. O. Richardson,* Shelly Black, J. S. Col lins, Crimmins Renew, C. E. Boyls, t n., B. O. Norris, Aubrey S. Bolen, A. N. Ray, E. R. Beasley, C. F. (’ar- •< r and P. P. Carter.: Another suit r $50,000 damages^*- also pending. Two similaiPictions, involving nits f o' $ .0,000 and $100,000 damages are o pending in iie case-of Dahtx.leiy -. Southern Railway Co., for the aih of t he engineer i‘ the same wreck. Important to Subscribers._ Last week The People began mailing out statements to those whose subscriptions are due or past due. frr-hookiug over our books, we find /that there are many in this class and wv are making a special appeal to them to let us have the small amount due right awaj^. Indi vidually these amounts are small, But collectively they total several hundred dollars. Just as rapidly as possible, statements. will be mailed to everyone on our mailing list whose subscription is in arrears. This is quite a job and oiir friends could save us a great deal of work along this line by sending in their remittances TODAY. Look at the label on your paper and if your time hsrs expired renew right away. We thank' ycu. - < ELECTION HELD AT DUNBARTON MU. IS. F. ANDERSON IS CHOSEN INTENDANH. BARNWELL REFLECTS SPIRIT OF NEW AND OLD SOUTH BARNWELL TO BE SHIPPING POINT 1 Basket Ball Team Defeats Ellenton, 32 to 4.—High School Boys Think of Baseball. Local and Personal News from Hercules Mrs. t Maner Morris ' ^visited the Hercules school last Friday after noon fcr the society. Miss Doyie. Gunnels spent Saturday night with Miss' Co.'jeiv .Biers near Olar. *’■ ' \ Mi ss Lucy Cook spent last week end with her parents. MY. ami Mrs. U- M. Cook at Smiling. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Williams, Mr. Dunbarton, March 9.— In the elec tion of town officers held last Friday the following were elected: Mr. B. F, Anderson, Intendant; Messrs. T. W. Dicks, R. M. Burckhalter, T. E. Killingsworth and G. Walter Moody, (KTTuncjlmen. All of these men are popular in the town and wyll make good officers. Miss Ruth Rogers has been very sick with the ‘flu” for the past several days, hut at this writing she is some better. Her friends wish for her a speedy recovery. The Dunbarton Girls won the basket ball game last Friday from El lenton by a score of 32 fo 4. The El lenton team showed signs of inex- -periem-e. imt took their defieat very good-naturedly. They are to lie con- gratulated on the fine spirit they showed. There was a big crowd out for the game and a neat sum was col lected, which will ‘be used for ath letic equipment. These two teams will play in Ellenton next Thursdav, which wilm'probahly end the basket ball season here. * Mr. Clyde Herndon, the Superin tendent of the Ellenton school, to gether with Mrs. Herndon and baby were the guests of Supt. II. H. King on Friday evening. Mr. King and •Mr. Herndon‘ were school mates at Furman some years ago. The Sunday School and B. Y. 1\ IT. of the Cypress Chapel Baptist church and Mrs. Harry Harley, Mrs. Rosa were recently'reorganized along ’,the Garrison and Mrs. Ivy Weathersbee were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Harley Sunday. Mr. Floyd Bodiford and Mr. Horace which occurred t Interesting Budget of .News from Snelling Sneiling, March I*. Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Anderson and little daugh ter. Maggie Lou, ..f Dunbarton, spent > inday afternoon -with fMis. Amler- >• i* ' parents. M:. and Mrs. H. M. • Kik. NfP E. Ray motored" to A iken:‘Tttesda>* on business. Mr. J.'W. Lain, of Govan. was the guest of Miss Laura Lain Sunday af ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Sanders, of San Antonio. Texas, were visitors to Mr. and Mi;s. G. E. Ray Sunday. ] j Mr. Theodore Ray was the guest of Miss Evelyn Creech Sunday even ing. Mr. and Mrs. Broadus Still motored — r — • : . . ■ - to Blackville Saturday. Mrs. Aiken Still and baby, of Wil- liston. a re spending the week with lu r patents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Gun nels. - hr ■ - Mrs, Lawton Creech, of 'VVilliston. is vidting her father, Mr. J. A. <!(>eeh.. _ • Mr. and Mrs Govan. wen* tin lines of A-l organizations and are now running along very smoothly. A great deal of credit is due to Mr. and •Mrs. Newton Heckle for their efforts in this -organization. They are both very much interested in church work and their stay in Dunbarton is decid edly -to our advantage. The aim her fore the B. Y. 1’. U. and the Sunday School is ultimately to reach the stand ard <»f .excellence. With the advent of these wr.rni, Majjy Historic Landmarks Bespeak Its Fast Glory and Numerous Modern Improvements Picture Its Progress of Today—Has Municipal *; V Lighting and Waterworks System. ASPARAGUS TO BE SHIPPED IN CAR LOTS. .Richard VY. Riley in The Augusta Herald. “Old Barnwell,’ the town with a past as it were, has passed sucecss- sively and successfully, through the various stages leading to the present ‘civilivation, from an Indian trading post of hundreds of years ago to a real live county seat and community center. Even twenty years ago, Barn well was the proverbial smalP town, but today she is out iy front with the other progressive, wide-awake little cities of lower South Carolina The narrow streets and numerous alleys do not make it hard to believe that the town has a history, and when one views the dozens of palatial homes the grandeur of the old South and “old Barnwell” are even more forci bly emphasized. , Among the landmarks of years gone hut now standing in Barnwell to ghirify its past is the magnificent old mansion of Judge Charles Carroll Simms, who is himself a son of Wil liam Gilmore Simms, the great war poet of South Carolina. Judge*Simms* present home was built by Joe Allen, at one time the owner. of thousands of acres of land and practically all the then town of Barnwell. Joe Al len was immensely wealthy, possess ing hundreds of slaves and being a breeder of the finest horses in the South. The war’s advent set him back to such an extent that he finally ’ost everything be possessed, even his beautiful old home. He must have been a kind master, for in his days of dirt; need, his negroes, who had been set free by Lincoln’s edict, built him a comfortable thduglv not palatial home ua. the edge of the town. He died, in this house that was the gift of his faithful ex-slaves. The beautiful home, crowning a magnifi cent hill and surrounded by spacious grass and shrubbery-clad grounds, was sold to General Johnson Hagood, gallant soldier of the Confederacy, in a few weeks, it being stated as likely that the people of the town would he given an opportunity of ex pression at the polls. Barnwell’s industries consist of Local of the^Sjputh Carolina Aspar< agus .Association Is Now Being Formed. About 15 farmers attended an im portant meeting at Barnwell Monday, at which time the matter of loading asparagus in ear lots and shipping direct from this city was discussed. Mr. M. C. Kitching, of Williston, two cotton gins, one saw mill, one j president of the South Carolina As- heading mill, one planing mill, one ice plant, two wholesale fuel oil stations, two bottling plants an 1 two newspapers. There are five white churches in the town, one Methodist, one Bap tist, 'one Episcopal, one Presbyterian and one Catholic, and three colored churches, one Methodist and two Bap tist. Has $75,000 High School Building' The professions are well taken care of by fourteen lawyers, four physic- - ians, two dentists, two veterinarians and three civil engineers. Barnwell is justly proud of its ex cellent educational advantages, hav ing a modern and model $75,000 high school building: The odd feature of the school building is its type of architecture^— It is almost a replica of the old Alamo, at San Antonio, springy" dys the thoughts of the i after th ^ KeneraBs retirement from hoys of the high school turn toward baseball. Practice will probably be- - gip thus week. This WillJ>e the first year, that Dunbarton has ever tinned cut a team. While it can not be ex pected that the high school should have a Winning team, thew will have a fighting team which will he much to their credit.. B’ackville Saturday. The many friends of Mrs. ByWelf will ; ivgr •; to learn that it 1 came necessary to take her to H'e l niversity hospital in Augusta last Saturday.night, Jan hope for her ally recovery. j Mr. and Mrs. H. .M.f t ook spent 1 Kesday in Dunbarton with their . ighter. Mi s. Ilecward \-\n<lorson, Mr. and Nils |.o< Hutto, of Willis- , -petit Sunday with Mr. and Mt*s. v. . U. Mi,!. MI 4 , ^ Miss Lucy Coothe Herfii’es > ti<m-. 'pent the W’cek-end-with her, j. rents. Mi . and Mrs^JL M. Cook. Miss Clare • K.i Ilnurs worth, of Au- Mannie Lain, of giiests of . YIi^ and Mrs.-I. K. Lain Sunday. •Mr. and Mrs. Ilayne Dyche- spent Wednesday afternoon with the for mer's father, Mr. 'Isaac Dyches, of Hilda. Mr. and Mrs. (\ C. Black, of the RU'dy Branch section, spent- Thurs- day with Mr. and Mrs/Broadus Still. Gratitude Expressed by James F. Byrnes T the Pei pie of r >i.r.ia! District: Today my term the 2nd District ■> exp ,c s niy» prof Mt - )Ul teaehei ,olh ^ Miitild a Grooms, primary here, ' motored to Denmark Sunday for the Bamberg-A rhdge wedding. ' March 1. B'.:5. .M'cot.d * ’ongTt s- .Cangi'c- nian of IV: . 1 want to i gratiuid" to ’o; . • w: fotnteen veal. This eotiimunitv was hocked to hear (tf the death of MiC Irene San ders last I* riday. A Mt■ w davs ago Mrs. Sanders took ,the “flu” hut no om thought of he- heitig so ill as to , * f cause death. “-Mrs. Sanders is sur vive/ dins, decs j in me during the p; You have not only been geherons in j.your judgment of my- eOgduct but ex ceedingly reasonable in your requ -ts. Some othiT man with greater inteU lectual attainments mi,Mu have rnadi | a moie efficient ivpro ;«i>tat ive • but no man could haviC p.iored miog- • d- ously to. promote you • interO'ts. the governor’s office It still stands, yet the finest houfse in Barnwell and a wonderful monument of the wonder ful past. Many Monuments to Barnwell Past Other grand old home- in Barnwell, some of them older than t'he •old Al len place, are the home of the late Cfmgressman James.,0- Patterson, the home- of the late Barney Brown, the •dd Mixson Hyiisg, The Oaks, an<l foundation of brick and concrete, the superstructure being of hollow tile and stucco. In it is a large-auditor ium with a seating capacity of nearly one thousand. The 'building is fitted out in every particular for the safety and convenience of the pupils, boast ing the best natural lighting system, by the scientific arrangement of win dows, of any school in this section. The grounds about it are roomy, al lowing the use of one -side for base 1 ball and the other for football with the ground behind utilized as a play ground for the smaller children and for basketball by the larger girls. paragus Association, and Mr. Jones, the manager, were present. Growers realize that if the asparagus interest of this section is to continue to be profitable to the farmers, proper dis tribution must be m&de to the mar kets, so that none of theih will b e' glutted. The men attending the meeting were very much interested in the matter of loading at this point, as it is believed that the acreage ad jacent to Barnwell warrants making this a shipping point. A local of the asparagus associa tion is being formed at this tjme at Barnwell and a large number of the groxyers have already signed up for the formation of the local organiza- tiqn at this point. This is a m'ove in the right direction and should result in much benefit for this section. Mr. II. G. Boylston, county 'demonstration agent, is now assint- exas. It is constructed with a heavji^ ing in the organization of the mem bers here. Young Negroes Are Charged With Theft William Jowers and another small negro boy were arrested Tuesday morning by Chief of Police Ross, being charged with entering and robbing Vickery Bros.’ garage. The alleged robbery occurred some time Monday night, entrance to the office being effected by breaking a window glass. The cash register was rifted, but only about-$L50 was stolen, it is John Douglass Rofarafrtf is superin- j said. A clue to the identity of the tendent and has held the position for thief or thieves was found in a glove that had been left behind. This is aid to belong to the Jowers boy and several years most successfully The colored people also have a fine school building on the North edge of the town. George G. Butler, a it bMinderstood that he admits owner- •-■Sl j ship Bilt^denies h:s tfuilt in connec- highly respected colored citizen, is not so lari'e >or so hv her hu-’nand. Mr. R. 1*. Sah, two daughters. Mrs. Hamp San- 1 and Mrs. James To / those whom I have ’.r i a -aave Grubbs. Ml of i eutjvi t.irinveij ehiidren. and ;i number . of . grand-‘‘ that - .relatives and friends. ! this • resnee in a personal way m t jJcpartmenL-. 1 varil success T have attain' d t is 'd'ie in great me i.A several others beautiful, nor so typical of the t'nies they were left t > represent. Many handsome homes have been constructed- iq the la>t quartei-cen- luiy, most of them of the colonial type, with massive tinted snow-white columns, wide verandas and spacious lawns. Am/ng ;lr- e are the v homcs of,.Mrs. J. A. Porter. Co Walker. Min. B. I 1 . Easterling. Mrs. Kate A. Patti rson.l Robert A Pat-- ti'ison, J. O. Patterson. II. B L. Easterling and Sheldon B. MoNfdey. Quite a few beautifuf b‘ t. ire modern type- ct' architee^uje thave also been built in 'revt'iiTyea rs, in- cludetl iii iIicnj. i»eing rtjo ro?ji|ci;cc'- “f Robert C. Holman. J. Emile liar- ley. B. I*. DavieN, ('apt. .1.1,!. Morris.i d. Edgar'" A-* I tion with the robbery. He has been principal of the-school, and has hold | in t4u ‘ ^pJ^-of-the Barnwell Fruit the/position successively for 23 years, j^-ompany as delivery boy. The' Board oT trustees is as follows:} Young Jowers was tried and eon- Harry D.'Ualhourl. chairman and Tho. I vi,tl ‘ ,i *» Mayor's court Tuesday mom- M. Boulware. The board regularly 1 in * and sentenced to 30 days on thb eojisists of three members, but one chain gang. The other suspect was place is vacant at the present. j Barnwell has two trunk line rail roads and two express companies, wiih excellent .-hipping and passenger fifii.lities opening to all the larger Allendale. Maich 9. - \eidery ,^,.1^.^ ' ; Grubb, of this place, suffered a nar row escape from serious injury on released. Has Narrow Escape Allendale. Has Progressive Administration. f Sunday afternoon when the - fender The town is now under a progres-| of the car, which ne was driving was ive administration in jjhe matter of ; -struck by a freight train. Apparent- li lllfjhe . .l g : Moody-Jr.. : ly thinking that he could cross in merchant is safety before the train came hi* had before Tu7 realized the danger of his position. Giving the wheel a quick twist, he headed his ear in the opposite direction, so that the train only strytrk hi> fender, and aside frbm betiding it, did no damage to either the car or its occupants. Mr. Grubb was accompanied by two'. The 4j-ittle Girl Break-i Leg. ± to the effleieiuv f mv Secretary."AI Henry B., Hare, whose relatioi/ * > me lias been more! of a pai tner than an. \ i de:i* A. Lem , Brown, J. Ju:ien non. W. E v ’M7X maker Pgtte.rsbn. To demonstrat Barnwell h. C .u- IL L. O’Ban- b ami .L AY: amia- g-.ONta, E‘visiting -rr- at i\ es and friends The many frieiv Is . of Mr. and Mrs. employee. • f 1 : ing .(•iii the gk^; I'l-el'-e. J Jutien •ush \vi 1 1 le an i with'hi ■grej With malice toward- ; i man*. Ed|.. hn\ modern : •Mr. Melvin T„ in-' spr it the week • tl uTt their little i+HXg>' lt( r. MarvV had good will to. all men. I retire fidm ptrl -ele Arie light i enil - at his horn e i (*ar Tinimonsville. tl ic piisfoi tube to bre ik her leg Suj>- lUfibjic Iif t . and iv furti t • the pr ti t tee aM tem and the Mr, and Mrs. AY. r. Biri am •Mr. d iv night" She was pf ay ing in "the of * the Ijrw. I h ave lit ‘(“n otf. i ed It' taut, E paved w i ( Mok v, t re t he guests ~r EEMr. tf init yaii (ft her home with se vera! business iVuvnecti ’ll/ > n TquYrtan burg. !)a s ^ IH* m a 'grei; t : ml M i:-. Fred Pu veil. Trr the Rn-e- ii ttle plav nates whan th r~ m eiden t oc- no at tract fve tha i^' .j 1stice to my- sa« rific ing the ti how absolutely move,} away front, liv- v. of ancestry’, they rid effii ient munici* ing a-ad. wati r-woi ks enllie .business see- :!h eom rete. There t deal <>f taik aliiiut mayor and council a progressive young are; 1.. E/ Davis. E. D. Peacock. J. M, Brodte, II. P. Uompton, B. AY. Sexton and Perry A. Price; Ira Fayles is clerk and treasurer. The commis sion of public works, having charge of thi' water and light plant, con- sists i f tbFj-folloWing: T. .1. Langley, ehaii man, I}, \V. Holman and L. M. (’alhquti, members. J. M. Caldwell is secretary to ih,* commission. John B.,M}osn. brother-in-law of Chief S. E. . Grubbs of the Augusta polie" de partment, is chief of poliei and Berry O.fl'easley i- night marshaTT. ~ 1 . I The i ouit.housr; buo'~5o yiav< ago-. ^Mr. R. AY. Dick . ofTh: waul, i - another wa> strivken TmiHeTrlv *Vi J of his littleoister- the time, accident took place ju^t two weeks after his marriage to Miss Katherine Meyer, also of this place. - ~Urrderg«K‘s Operation. J. AAJ'den V •of t In terest . fhrties of tfk' politic •iiaiids of •' th w in it i- in- 11 1 " hen the South wu- in v. n v se.(tion. Sunday night.. Ml*, and Mrs. Lerti-DicIvSpVt ; and Ml>. Mamie Tunic) - , of the. Long Branch section. Wire visitors . here SifiTday. Mr.-and Mrs. -E. L. Port and chil- drejn, of Elko, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. AY ; C. Dirt. Saturday. Messrs. H. M. Cook and Hollis PoWell were visitors in the Rosemary section Saturday. to Mrs. H. D. Calhoun went up Cplumbiiy_Sunday for a visit to^ rela- 'tlves. etirred, It is' said that bent like a green stick, gi uphs showed t hat the hrqke’n. • the bone was. X-ray photi)- arge I one •If must accent. cause-: me to leav< triefT But; whereM T regret that th it wm Mrs. Elfie M. .Manilel Over I do I - 1 menory . of the i ciations with Second Dis- ^ and will ever cherish the friendships and asso- voti , Should either twn’s' lighting t lan.f | to BlackvSl! io connect up with the <*>tension.line-j Hon, and about the time that—AVade .} of fUe Augusta-Aiken Railway* and Hampton Ted the whites back to p over RWtrie corporation,, of Augusta, city, who an attack of apj • ivTa it|s,Was rnshed to the Orangeburg t^ospital Monday for an *rime reconstiUctton and operation. Hi* friend^ will be glad of Sou h Carolina in the to know that he withstood the opera- radicAl'” and “scalawags,” tion splendidly and hi* early recovery ounty seat was moved.from Barn- is hoped for. After 1 Fecdrstruc-y 1 “ time that—Wade . soon to parr —, -h The rennyins—of_iMj{s^Effjif M| Man tlet. who died at the Baptist hospital in Columbia Wednesday night, were taken to Fairfax Thursday fu,r hyrial. She^ was 44 years of age and was formerly a resident of Ulmer. Advertisein THE PEOPLE. nu which it is understood, near Barnwell'to ether towns. How ever, the opinion of the mayor and business or. pleasure bring you to 1 tirominent citizens is that-the value Spartanburg'"! trust you wnTVa}l upon h>cal plant should be realized Upon the ' door will rest the ^before the ehange is made. They take the view that the town has invested in the plant and that it is working satisfactorily and there is no reason to change if it is to mean throwing thousdnfTs of dollars away. Howevei^ the matter , is expected to be settled latch string and within there await ,a welcome from {Your grateful, servant. James FYBvrnes will Advertise in THE PEOPLE. the courthouse. w;in moved back to By; nwell and the present building eref|c.d. ’ Several attempts have since been made, onty ^/ recent years, to move the courthouse back to Black 1 ville, hut without avail. Many notable characters, whose names are'mlosely- linked with Barn well’s picturesque history, have held the offices in the courthouse. Among these names were: William Gilmore fCONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE.) IMPORTANT NOTICE! Notice is hereby given that' it E -trictly against the law for any child under the age of a sixtieen (16) years to drive any motor vehicle within the city limits of Barnwell. This law went into effect’January 26th, 1925. J. G. MOODY'. JR., Mayor. 'iu L ir j L* r ■' • ••;••. •k*. >