E^TUE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY/^gl *If you want money, we have it— If you have money, we want it.' HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. • > **- ■ ■ ■ .. . ^VOLUME XLVIII. Established in 1877. *Ju&t Like a Member of the*Famlly M Largest County Circulation. BARNWELL COUNTY’S BEST I ' & MOST POPULAR NEWSPAPER. ALL HOME PRINT. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROUNA, [THURSDAY. JUNE 18TH, 1925 NUMBER 42 f SENATOR J. THOMAS HEFLIN MAKES GREAT SPEECH HERE STORY OF THE SOUTH” UAPTI- VATED AUDIENCE. Snail but Appreciative Crowd Heard •• . ‘ ^ •*' Speaker.—Other Distinguished Men to Be Invited. FOUR WILL RUN FOR GOVERNOR ' • 1 Speaking to a small but highly ap- y eciatiVe audience at the Vamp The atre in. Barnwell Thursday night, United States Senator J. Thomas He-* fin, of Alabama, enthused his hearers with his great lecture, “The St pry of ’•he South.” and. if possible# made them even prouder than ever that they are Southerners. The speaker • the evening was introduced by" Col. Harry D. Calhoun, who presided at the meeting as chairman, and with a few preliminary remarks that served to put his audience in a receptive mod, the Senator began to develop his theme. His brief summary of Ala- bf.ma's birth as a territory, her ^ owth into statehood, wedding to U icle Sam, her suit for divorce, which as decided against her in a decree , pnded down it Appomattox and the subsequent reconciliation, was great. New Englanders, said Senator He- f. ii. are great propagandists and while- they have not made history like the people of the South, they have Ken careful to write and • publish wnat little they have to their credit— ? mething that Southerners have neg- leced to do. For instance, history re- •< -d< .the fact that the first **teit p..rty” was held at Boston and the f t battle of the Revolutionary war was fought at Concord, while as a ' matter of fact, both occurred in North Carolina, the shot that wafe heard a- round the world beTfTg fired by em battled farmers in Alamance County. A Southerner, Patrick Henry, in his immortal speech* crystalized the sentiment of the .colonies against the oppression of England and Southern- ei' framed the Constitution of the United States. When it hecamd nec essary to select a commander in chief of the colonial armies, a Southerner— George Washington—was selected for that important post.. One of the decisive battles of the Revolutionary ■^Var was fought at King's-Mountain, in this State, and after the successful T* mination of that contlict. ir.was a Southerner who became the fi.vjit Pre- sid nt of the l nitod States. - In the Vecqnd war with England— tl- i of 1M2—thr'- South again played a Tttg ryle. and credit - to a Snuthernei Andrew Jackson— for BLACKWOOD, JACKSON, RI( H- ARDS AND McKISSKK. c $ Those Who Would Rule Are Not W aiting to Be Drafted for Ser vice bv the People. J ‘ For a number of >^ears past the name of Ira C. Blackw-ood. of Spart anburg, solicitor of the~Seventh Cir cuit, has been discussed in connection with the Governorship, atfd it bus been pretty generally believed that even tually Mr. Blackwood would aspire to head the State government, says a re port from Coumhia. The news comes now from 'Spartanburg that Mr. Blackwood has intimated that he will make the race next year, although, it is added in the report, he has not defi nitely decided. It is no secret that many of Mr. Blackwood’s friends, not onlv throughout the Seventh Circuit hut all over the Piedmont and in other sections of the State, have been urg ing hinri to otfei.'sutd since he con fesses to serious consideration of be- comiyp a candidate, it is considered very likely that he wilk-W in the race next year. I Mr. Blackwood, who is exceedingly popular, is recognized as one of the State’s most forcefht solicitors. For thfc past nirte years he has served his district in this capacity, and last year was reelected by a handsome majority. He is a member of the law firm of Lyles. Daniel, DrummbmLand Black wood. Mr. Rlackwoqdjs intimation that he will make the rnCe brings the practi cally certain candidates to date to four—Mr. BlackwoiJfi. I.t.-Gov. Pi. B. Jackson. of^Wagenerj Representative A. Foster Mckissick. of Greenville, and John G. Richards, of Liberty Hill. Important Notice to - Subscribers. Since consolidating The Barnwell People and The Barnwell Sentinel, the maiing, lists of the two papers have been combined. As stated in a previous issue, The Barnwell People-Sentinel will be mailed each week to subbscribers of both papers. Where a sub scriber was taking The People and The Sentinel ami was paid in advance to the latter, due, credit was given, as will he seen fropi the address label, on the paper, . Now it is poor rule that doesn’t work both ways, and the pub lisher of The Pebpte-Sentinel requests every subscriber who.,is in' arrears to remit promptly. Every effort has been made to get the mailing list corrected up to date and all that is necessary for a sub scriber to find.out how much he owe* is to examine the date on his address label. It shows the month and year of expiration (all subscriptions jlate from the first of each month).' For instance, if the date reads “Jan. 25” it means that a subscription expired January, 1, 1925. The figures are for the year not the day of the month. ‘ j- • The People-Sentinel is making every effort to give its readers one of the l^st weekly newspapers in this, section of the State, hut. frankly, it costs money—and a lot of it. Subscriptions are just as much a part of the? legitimate returns of a newspaper as advertisements. Losses on either hurt the paper to that extent. The editor believes that his subscribers appreciate his efforts to give them-a worthwhile newspaper and he is asking them to show that appreciation in a material way by sending i*i their re newals without delay. While he does notuwant to low? a single reader, he does not care to se^d the paper ti anyone who does not want it or who has no intention of paying for it. \ ■* B v. • As a special' fafor, he a^ks that this matter be giverf immediate attention. , ,, • |. 1 BOLL WEEVIL DOING GREAT DAMAGE IN THIS COUNTY BLACKVILLE MAN BADLY INJURED -O AUTOMOBILE TURNED OVER AT MONTMORENCT, Sem H. Ru-.h Suffers Broken Ribs and William Mims Is Also Seriously Hurt in Accident. BARNWELL MAN TO HEAD ASSN. W H.l, HE I’ltESIDKVi: W STATE BANKERS* ASSN. Uol. Harrv *D. Calhoun, I’resident of 1 Home Bank, Is in Line, lor Uromotion. J chart Co ov* f hr*|aking tile power jof the r* 'i men in this country when he won the battle >>■ Horseshoe Bind, in Alabama.- 'y.d.or Heflin touched .on the c-iuse's leading up to the war between t 1 '', State- and tin wondeiTul heroism d:-placed by those who wore tlie (iitay in ■ lat-niigh'roivflict. And not only. iid. did the leaders pledge their 1 and their .'oldiers* allegiance to a Ga.t;' wt.en the quest ion of Suites'* l ights, submitted to f the afhi- tr inu et-of the -word, was derided as ga -: th>-m v it a nioad-sotike 1 decree, mr also tdvtt »o •heir children and tV ihildren'- etdidten untfl Hie end >f time. Tlia! tile SoUth .accepted, ihitt decisien’ih rood 'aith w.is proved in ••!)(' Spatii-ii-Anrerican War. when Son'homers mia kl\ rallie.d to the de- T i . . . fence m Barnwell County Is Represented Abroad Barnwell County is well represented abroad; The People-Sentinel last week recorded the leavingof Mrs. Lizzie M. Cave, of this city, for a trip to Europe, -he having sailed SaUfirday from New York aboard the Leviathan, the larg est steamship afloat. It will also he of interest to many friends in this county to learn that Major and Mrs. R. Jdoyd^C<{h‘, thi(ir little son and Mrs. Emma Simms, nil former residents of Ba nwell. leave .in a few days for Hon-, Vlulu, to which place Major Cole has been assigned for the next Uvo years. Several Wiilistiin people also sailed on the Leviathan last week .for*Eu- ,i ipe, they heing Mr. and Mrs. .A-r M. Kennedy and Miss Martha Dixon. 1 While abroad ’bay will visit France, Italy. Switzerland. Germany, the Brit - ish'l-los and other countries. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Kennedy'. David and Eliza beth Kennedy, of \\ ijljston, and Mi .*/ Kennedy’s sister. Miss .Gertrude Baft* nett, of .l.aurens, left’ last v. eek for San' ■ FrTincisco J ,.|trom which, uort they It will be a source of gratification to his many friends throughout Barn well County and the State,at large to know that Col. Harry D. Calhoun, who is now. ^ vice president of the- South Carolina Bankers' Association, will he by virtue of his present of fice the next president of thatorgani zation. i- : "* Col. Calhoun was born and reared on a farm near Appleton, in what was then Barnwell County. He secured his education by attending the three months term of the common sdumls in his district, having to walk four miles each day. At the age of 13 years, he accepted a position as' regular plow-hand with Mr. J. Law- ton Sanders, ‘T Red Oak township, for $5.('<) a month and hoard. Whin 15 vears of age he went to Beaufort COSMETICS TAX CUT DOWN LOW DROPPED (fNT 1 FROM TWENTY PER FO FOUR PER ( ENT. \- Aiken, June Sem H. Rush, a well known merchant of Blackville, S. C., and his companion. William Mims, were badly injured late last night when their automobile turned over pt Muntmorenci after the car had struck v L » ^ the edge* of the depot when the rail road crossing was passed. Mr.* Rush was rendered unconscious front 'his hurts which consisted of several broken ribs and concussions on the heaiT"and face. Mr. Mims sustained injuries about the neck and shoulder and in the accident hit his tongue nearly ii^ twain. Drs. Ryan Gyles, of Blackville, and Hastings Wyman, Jr., of Aikenj' were called to attend the sufferers, who 'following treatment •were taken to their homes in Black ville. The physicians feared last 'night thai fhe fractured ribs had punctual the uings of Mr. Rush who appeared very seriously hurt.: FARMERS WORKING TO CONTROL COTTON^ PEST. Reduced;.bv State Tax Appeal Board —* '' ^ at Meeting Held in Governor's , Office Fridav. ’>f the St;'r K i ancisco^m-om wl sail this week, fm i and Stripes. It v. ’-a South' 1 ) ner. a hoy from North Cardina. he reminded lus bearers. u*as^ the first Jo lose his life in that •conflict.’ ai'd tn Joe \Vheeler, a Confederate \ eteran. was due the (,-;<'ilit that was given to Roosevelt, Newton D. Baker, a Southerner, was' ■Secretary .of War. Josephus' Daniels, a .Southerner, was Secretary of ,tho Navy', land Woodrow W ilson. a South- erncr. wajwPresident-when the United States was forced to-pnter the World War in -defense of civilization, and tVoops from North Carolina. ’South Carolina land Tennessee broke the Great Hindenburg line. The South, said the speaker, is like wise the greatest section of the coun try, lioth agriculturally and industri- ■ ally, citing facts and figures to prove ■ EKTs sVatement. North Carolina ttfml South Carolina acne.. Ke said, apm more than half of the South'? cotton that is not exported. Any erpp that can he grown anywhere van be pro duced in the South and he is proud of the fael that the Southern farmer is ■ I \ learning diversification. For awhile, other sections of the .country tried to combat the march of empire to the South by attacking climatic and Jiealth conditions. That charge was successfully refuted antt now thi# section is the health resort \v>r sail trns v/eoK lor Hon ilulu To §jemi some time with Mr-. Kenne dy's hrol}iei'. Csipt. David !•.. # B>arnett. who. we believe. vYa- Rt one’dimt; a member of the liarnweir High School faculty. ' The People-Sentinel wishes them nfl bon Voyage and a safe return to their homes. The cosmetics tax was deduced hv .... » -' the State tax appeal board from 20 per cent to four per cent at a meeting held in the office of Governor McLeod Friday. Thb tax on ice cream as sold in tKulk was removed. However, ice t - 1 * cream when sold at soft drink stands will he subject to the usual tax^ ,, The cosmVtics and ice cream taxes were mac ted by the recent legislature. Ice cream was taxed under the pro vision for taxes on soft drinks. Here tofore an article of cosmetics costing 50 cents was taxed ten cents. ' Here after the tax on such an article will he two cents. A one cent stamp on each twenty-five cents articles will here after. he imposed. Lifting the tax on hulk ice fream relieves purchases for .family use or for church festivals and the like. The motipn for the reduction of the two forms of taxation was made by Representative Carroll Nance, of Lau- rciiC Following the decision for the Barnwell Loses Under New Gasoline Tax Law I •. Apiil—the first entire month of^ the five-cept gasoline tax in South Caro lina—produced $396,483.03, of which $158,846.18 has been ' distributed a- mong t,he several counties, Barnwell County’s sh’are’ being $1,687.49. Un der the old law Barnwell County’s, share would h^ve been $1,735.41, a loss undm the new law in effect of $97.92. Barnwell is one of the 30 tounties which lose under the 'new law. The counties’ quota of the tax, un like their proportion of the old three cents a gallon tax, is distributed on the basis of license tax receipts. The fojfrner method of distribution jind that originally contemplated ny the framers of the-five cents tax, was up on the basis of property valuation. The new distribution plan, a com parison reveals, works to benefit 16 counties .— Anderson, Chesterfield, Edgefield Lancaster, Florence, Green ville, Horry, Laurens, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Rich land. Saltfda, *Spartanhurgj arut‘York. Chief beneficialies are: Greenville County, which receives $4,965.29 more* manufacturer, and. Mr._a.ud Mrs. VV. M. Towne.'of Mar tin,-were yisitovs here Friday. T of the country. Senator‘-'Heflin’s address was re lieved by inimitable anecdotes and he jumped from prose to poetry and from the sublime to the ridiculous with the agile ease of the finished orator and student of public raffairs and human frailities. No mere re porter can unt.v, which gitinA $1,879.- \ sed them oj' the., decision. J. A. j 71; Sprfrta*»hurg, gaining $1,499.71; m ice cream i and Lexington, gaining $1,476.07; I rapk K*dUuv, of i The remaining 30 counties lose' by (Tintoc:. wore alsp in Columbia aniH the change of distribution basis .In were in conlYrencc with ihcheaid. ‘amounts ranging from $2.92 in the -*-• ’ . * ! • l .olowing '•tho meet ing Governor j instance McLeod stated that the members of the east the commission irad had the matter of roilu* i\r the eo iiictic- tax undi '■ c.on- - iderai i'lhyBy -om time. They had | given the inatti r thorough study. ! Mt.-f: The leduetion v in line'with what ranging from $2.92 of Bamberg to $3,888.43 of <'hailo-ton, (.reech-Sandif er. d're a < h,' of Klifie. and ' . ' Yf. ^ - a Mr. I.lovd Sandildr. of Denmark, were i-fiK believed ; o be t lie. spirit of,the legislature in iU’--jng the tax act. the ( hief Executive said. .A -h*»rt tini" ag", 1 Tuesday of last week. The an attractivo young- lady and tree Col. Harry 1). Calhoun. 1 and secured a position .as clerk* in dry goods store. Five years later he went on the road as a traveling salesman and for 20 lyears. was “a knight of the grip.’' Coj. Calhoun returned to. his native county ‘in 1,910 and assisted in organ izing the Home Bank of Barnwell, being elected to the presidency, which position he has held ever since. During—tluu itme. the stockholders of the Home Bank have paid 120 per cent."! .The hunk is a great factor in promoting the interest of the farmers Mid other worthy pursuit of Barnwell County. if During the World War. Col. Cal- druggists published tisoment in this BArnwell a f'ull page r.dyer- paper 'protesting mat riei Itridt-i i- has itiiany friend.! in this section^ The groom formetTy held a po-itioti with Boleps Barber Shop, in this c.ity. — against the ^20 metics. . ‘ per-cent • tax qn.cos- 1 l Cotton Bloom from Mever’s Mill. Infestation Heavy. Mr. and Mr-. Jesse Rountree, of Meyer’s Mill, were vi-itors here Frt- 1 day and brought The People-Sentinel i a cotton bloom from their fields the fust to he received from that section/ As was the case with the other bloom* received by thi? papery it'was picked from cotton plapkcd *in March, Mr. 1 , a-re wonderful, his criticism*,kindly • houn served o n • ( a 11 the impoitant and his presentation of the t M5tpry--ef | committees anclAflrWes u^ui he has hidd the Sou-th” a clear . and unbiased history of the great achievements "of this-great section. It was a privilege to* hear him and a matter for regret that- larger number of people did not avail themselve- of the opportunity, well .under the auspices of the local The Alabama Senator came to Barn- Chamber of Commerce, which organ ization- plans to invite other distingu ished public men to visit this city during the next few months. Rountree states tbyt he promising crqp.„. ha^ji very many positions of honor and trust in thy county and State. At one time he was chairman of (iwoup Two'of the South Carolina. Bankers’ Association, has beep a tru-tee of the local schools for 15 years and was instrumental in building the/ beautiful new school building at. Barnwell. He is^ a briga dier general of the Sons of Veterans of the Second Congressional District, is a vestsymaii -of- the Episcopal Church, and (i- always ready to serve Vdvertise in The People-Sentinel iu- fellow'ma/i. He is closely identified with*the Owens. *Rrnwn and Over'- -treet families in the county^ H;s greaF’grandfathi’r. James Overstreet, represented this district in Congi'ess front dM4 to 1822. He traveled to and frotigJLhe national capital in a gig and died online of the trip-, his body being huiied at China. Grove, N. . '.•» Gi The PAople-Sentinel congratulates both Col. Calhoun and the South Caro lina -bankers? Clemson College, June Ki.—- (Special to The People-Senti nel i: VY«.‘ have had in the last few days six experts on weevil conditions visit all counties in tjhe lower part of the State and they report weevil . infestation in all counties very heavy and increasing, Many fields / now have infe.-tation of .35 to 50 . * . per cent. 1 Poisoning should he started when one-tenth of the Squares are punetured or where 20 weevils pet; acre are found. Unless vigorous action is taken at once, great financial loss may !>c expected. We urge leaders in every community to arou-e the people to the neces- *sity of making at onpe dose observation of their fields and of applying poison when neces sary. To remain -prosperous. South Caroling \{nust produce its share of the Southern cotton eropj , t W. W. LONG. About 10 Dusting -Machines Hare S-. >' Been Bought in This County R*- i cently. Says Boylston. ^ ; -» During the past week or ten days. teports of boll weevil damage have become more ffaquent and widespread ifi this section. Arepresentative of Thi- People-Sentinel was-told Monday that a farmer living near Barnwell, who has weevils picked from the cot ton plants by hanK every year, has already picked 1,51X1 weevils from 12' acres of .cotton, whereas up to July 1st last year he had picked 1,800 wee vils from the same acrea/;. This Woes not mean that Aueh a iVeavy im Testation is general throughout the county, as some farmers report that to date their cotton has suffered little or no damage. However, a close watch should h^ kept on every fieldj. and when infestation shows as high ns ten ,per cent., or evt-n before that time, control measures of some sort should he taken immediately. The editor of-this paper is not at tempting to advise the farmers as to what they should do, hut authori ties generally are agreed that-dusting 'kith calcium arsenate is the best _jqieJrhod. Where it can be done, pick ing weevils from the plants by hand is a good way, hut this will require quite a lot of labor. Squares should fm gathered as fast as Ahoy fall, es pecially the first ones. Later in the season, this is not advised. The People-Sentinel is in receipt of the following communication from County Agentj Harry G. Boylston: “We find a^rithis time that some ds of cotton are very heavily in- ted with hnll weevil, so mqch so that 29 to 25 \)er cent of the squJtves are being punetured, while in othir cases infestation is still Very light. We now are beginning to realize that unless the most favorable Reasons exist for the next month an?! a half, or that a well planned fight on the weevil is made, that serious damage will result to the cotton crop of this are flow beginning td realize this sit uation and are beginning to dust cot ton -for weevil control. At least 40 dusting machines have been bought in the county recently, and the farm ers seem to be determined to take no chances of practically loosing their crop by weevil damage. W r here-4t is seen.that the boll weevil is now do ing considerable damage, that is punc turing 5 to 10.per cent of the squares, r dusting should K* immediately begun, applying an application and fo lowed he two or more in 5 to 7 davs, and then an observation is made to see if the 1 weevil is under control. noAnore dust being applied »tintil the *f!amage begins to increase, when, one or two additional applications may become necessary., “Very definite (lusting demonstra tions, where a part of.the field will he left hbdusted: will be carried on .with five different farmers in the county. These demonstrations have been arranged for, and carried on with the following people: J. G. Owens, of Barnwell. D. 'f*. Johnson, of Black ville. G, (’. Fowke, of Dumbarton, Victor .Lewis, of Kline,' and W. G. Smith. Jr., of Williston. As soon as the work has been begun and the out line of the different fields'made up. more information will l>e given as to the different joints where farmers will. have an opportunity to observe ‘proper dusting methods that are being carried on*. Tty-re is a probability of the price of Xrkenate increasing j and diffculty in obtaining dusting ma chines. I would therefore advise all farmers contemplating dusting to,| secure their machines /find dusting 1 material as soon as. possible.” In Honor of Visitors. in n \ , \Ie>