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r Two Scoi:t Cars Will Leave Georgia City Monday for.Purpose of Logging the Route. Savannah, July 14.—On July 20th, / two Savannah automobiles, each car. rying four Savannah business men, will begin a four-day tour of South Carolina for the' purpose of logging the route of the proposed Get-Ac quainted Tour of this State by one hundred leading Savannahians in September. The two advance cars will take different routes, one going via Yem- a^see, Walterboro, Charleston to Col umbia. The other by way of Harde- ville, Fairfax andi^Barnwell to Col umbia. The two parties will meet at Columbia and letura together to Sav annah via'~ Orangeburg, Bamberg, Branchville and Walterboro. W. T. Knight, Jr., general chairman of the Get-Acquainted Toyr will pilot one car while Wm. H. Robertson, Park >nd Tree Superintendent of Savan- ilgelieral marshal of the tour, will it the seeon,J car. ^Lj^fhe advance' scout cars- oC the ^Hvannah party will log the distance between stops that the big party will make and will make all arrange ments at the towns and cities for the reception and entertainment of the one hundred SavannAhians. The new Savannah River bridge near Savannah connecting South Car olina and Georgia will open on July 15th, on which date will be deter mined tHft|pte of the proposed^ Get- AcquaintedTour and also the date of .the formal grand opening of the bridge. It is probable that the formal bridge opening will take place the middle of e September while the Get- Acquainted Tour will occur about the first of September. Mbanwhile the travelling public will be using the new bridge which for the first time in history connects the coastal sec tion of South Carolina with Georgia. It is the purpose of the tout 1 party ^ of Savannahir.ns to get better ac quainted with South Carolina in the Savannah trading area and to ex tend to people of this State a cordial — welcome to attend the formal bridge opening ceremonies. The big' tour - will require about four days^t.and T nights and will cover approximately five hundred mil^s of distance. Some thirty stops withe made by the party in as many towns and cities-for hand shaking and short speeches. Following are some of the more im portant towns and cities that will he covered by the advance scout, cars and the mafiv tour party;, Hardeville, Garnett, Estill,'' Fairfax. Allendale, Barnwell, Blackville.^piko, Spring- field. Swansea, ColurUbia, St. Mat thews. Parler. St. Georgy. Ridgeyille, Charleston, Walterboro, Branchville, ^Umberg, Orangeburg. Yemassnee and ^Blgeland. >' ♦ ^ Blatt-Mirmow. Blackville, July 14.—Of cordial in- ^ terest to a large circle of friends throughout. South Carolina was the "marriage of Miss Rebecca Blatt, on ly daughter of ^Mr. and Mrs. N. Blatt, of Blackville, to Mr. Edward V. Mir- mow, of Orahgfeburg, the ceremony being performed at the home of the bride’s parents by Rabbi Strauss, of Augusta, in the presence of members of the two families. ♦ ' x Mrs. Mirmow. who is one, of Black- ville’s beautiful and attractive young ladies, is a graduate of Chicora Col lege. She has’ taught school since her graduation, being a member of the Barnwell High school faculty the ^ past session. Mr. Mirmow is r, popu lar young business man of Orange burg and numbers his friends by the score. Best wishes are Extended the young couple for a long and happy .. married life.” ^ f ‘ Immediately ’after the ceremony, 'hjlr. and MTfs. Minnow left for .an extended wedding trip, after which * they will be at home- in Orangeburg. Enjay Weinnie Roast. Mrs. -M. J. Vann chaperoned a “Weinig RoasC* given in honor of Miss Ruby Cain, niece of Sheriff B. H. Dyches, on July 8th, at Holman’s « idge. Those Attending report a jbt delightful evening. The follow- l made up the party; Misses Ruby Cain, WiJHe Mae Vahji, Agnes Hiers, Christine Blanton, Ethel Graham, and Messrs. B. H. Dyches. V. S. Owens, L. F. Jackson, Eugene Zixzett and S. F. Sherrill. Mr. Dave Black, who lives neay this eHy. hQiighi~.ft field pf melons Thursday from an other farmer in his neighbor hood for $180. By Saturday af ternoon he had sold $700 worth from the “patch” and expected to realize even more. In other swords, ne has already made 300 per'cent, profit. Melons Bring Record Prices in Barnwell “Governor” W. L. Cave, of Barn well, “rang the bell” Monday when he sold a carload of watermelons for the record price of $500,00 f. o. b. this city. The melons, which werg of the Watson variety, averaged 36 pounds, each and only 791 were re- puired to load the car. Excellent prices are being received by the growers this season, prices of $400.00 and better belngtpuite a com mon occurrence. One farmer vsold an average of $425.00 a car. The wonderful profits being netted by those who planted melons this year sound more like the pipe-dreams of Florida real estate than they do re ceipts for a 1 farm product. v Fofd dealers import a flourishing business. The Dicks Auto Company, of this city, sold five Fords Saturday and one Monday morning before ten o’clock. Many farmers will be able to pay off their bank notes at this time and have their cotton crops clear this Fall. Game Warden Has Sent Vouchers to Counties Vouchers for the sum of $61,872 were sent out Thursday by A. A. Richardson, chief game warden, to the county treasurers of the State, these covering the amounts earned by the game warden’s, department from the sale of huntingjicenses and fur tags for the year July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1925. The money is to be used for school purposes. Of the abbye^toSal, counties^ in this section receivetT the following amounts: From Hunting Licenses. , Aiken ...... $1,273.05' Allendale 500.85 Bamberg 617.85 Barnwell . 564.30 ' Hampton ! 1,093.50 For Fur Tags.* „ Aiken —... $39.42 Allendale 69.15 ^ Bamberg 78.02 Barnwell 53.07 Hampton 169.97 ♦ ♦ ♦ f—- Mrs. Calhoun Boineau Dead. Barnwell County Is" Proud of Club Girls — Barnwell County is justly proud of the work being accomplished by her Club girls throughout the county. Under the""able supervision of Miss Willie Mae Vann, the recently* ap pointed Demonstration Agent, won derful strides have been made. The girls have completed their sewing and are now busily engaged in canning. The Clubs are contesting for the best representative to go to the Dis trict contest in September, which will be held in Charleston. Th§ Hilda Food Club will have the honor of sending Either Misses Pauline Delk oi Leonora Delk to represent D*e Food C1u';.t of Barbell County. Miss Sadie Creech from I ong Branch will represent ihe Clothing Clubs. ''S v The women are interested -n poul try. One car'Ttf poultry Whs -nipped from Barnwell County which retted four carload, Monday fc,»UDO.OO o.L, (]uite „ g ^ |y 5Um t0 the prices being -unusually good all the spring and summer for both poultry and eggs The Women’s Clubs are contesting in yeast breads, cakes, improved homes, poultry, better gardens, flow ers and millinery. "“Hen Parties” were given in each section of the coun ty to finance the Club representative to Winthrop Short Course. Thye parties met with success a$> well as “much pleasuie. The delegates to the Short Course were as follows: Mrs. Clara Wood ward, from Pleasant Hill Club;- Mrs. Broadus Still, from Hercules Club; Mrs. R. B. Carroll, from Long Branch Club; Miss Ruth Ratteree, from San Hill Club; Miss Evermae Broughton, from County Council; Girls Club: Misses Mary Creech, Elizabeth Black, Sadie Creech end Sadie Delk. The work holds for the county girls and women an interest and a desire to make better homes, better women and better citizens: Is this not a step toward qiaking Barnwell County the BEST County?—Contributed. Postmaster’s Convent ion at Charleston News of the death of. Mrs. Antoi nette-Boinearirwife of Lieut.-Calhoun* Boineau, was receivea In Barnwell last week and caused a distinct shock among the many friends of the family here. Mrs. Boineau before her mar riage was Miss Antoinette Medlerf of Chevy Chase, Va.. She was married to Lieut. Boineau m May 1924, and was a visitor a few weeks ago in w . ft this city, where she won a number of friends by her personal charms. She was considered one of the most beau tiful women in the United States and her pictures had been printed exten sively in newspapers all over the country. Lieut. Boineau is a nephew of Col. Harry D. Calhoun and Mr. L. M. Calhoun, both of Barnwell. He is an officer in the regular army and is stationed at Fort Eustis, Va., His wife’s death was a great shock be cause -of the fact that she was not considered sernus’v ill and had under gone a minor operation. Swimming Party Enjoyed. A party was given at Dyches’ Swimming pqol Tuesday night of last week or Miss Polly Walker, the guest of Miss Jewell Woodward. The guests met at the home of tne chap eron, Mrs. E. F. Woodward. Aftefr a delightful swim lunch was served. ! Those who. enjoyed the occasion were: ! Misses Polly Walker, Blanche Ben nett, Sarah Patterson, Anne Butler Patterson, Margaret Owens, Maude Brabham; Elizabeth and Willie Bush Deason, Mildred Cail, Elizabeth Hum- t phries, Susie Peacock and -f nna S. I/Clarke; Messrs. Bobby Holmes, Brown / and Terrell barker, Bates Hagood, f Harry Anderson, Marion Miller, Ash- 1 ton and Willie Holland, Lewis Grey Smith and Herbert Stokes. . Ulmers, July 14.—The- South Caro lina Branch of the National League of District Postmasters of the United- wi ^ turn ed on GIANT FESTIVAL WILL OPEN THIS AFTERNOON. Miss Grace Hogg, of This City, to Take Part 1 in Mammoth Parade of County Queens. on at The Francis Marion Hotel, Char leston, S, C. on July 22nd apd 23rd, next. A very fine program has been arranged .for tjie meeting, which will gegin at 2 p. m. on the afternoon of July 22nd. Immediately following the afternoon session, Congressman Tho mas S. McMillan of Charleston will give the visiting Postmasters a two hour boat ride-and sight seeing trip about the harbor; On July 23rd, there will be another session beginning at 9 o’clock a. m., which will adjourn at 1 P. M. for lunch. Immediately after lunch Postmaster Jermings of Char leston and the Chamber of Commerce will give the visitors a trip by auto to Folly Beach, Where, ample time will be given those who desire to take a dip in the surf. Among those who have been secured to address tho con vention , afe Senator Cole L. Blease and Congressman Thomas S. McMil- resenting The National Leggue qf Postmasters and Hon, Chicles F. Trotter, Deputy First Assistant Post master General, also of Washington, representing the Postoffice Depart ment. Other speakers have . been secured from other departments, namely, Railway Mail Service, In spection Department, Disbursing and Central Accounting Offices. There will be many subjects brought up for discussion which should prove inter esting and instructive to all Post masters who may attend the meeting. Dies from Fall in Sealding Hot Water Charlie Lewis, negro workman at the Kearse Veneer and Box company plant at Olar, met a terrible end last week when he fell into a vat of boil ing water. He was rescued only after sinking the second time, and died the following 1 ’ day from the effects of scalding. Lewis, who was 19 years old, was at work on some boards placed across the top of the vat, which is used to scald logs at the plant for manufacture, releasing the logs as they were thrown into the hot water. In some way he lost his balance and fell into the vat with fatal results.—Bamberg Herald. Savannah, ( Ga., July 15.—Arrange ments are nractically complete for the second annual water carnival at Savannah. The giant festival will consume every moment in the after noons and evenings of July 16, 17, and 18 and indications are that thous ands of visitors will present from the surrounding counties to take part in one of the greatest gala occas- sions ever staged in Savannah. Promptly at 3:30 o’clock on the af ternoon of .Thursday, July 16, the mammoth par-vb- ,*f county queens wjll start in triumphal procession through the pn'ncipal avenues of the city past the De Soto hotel where the 'masquefaiie street parade will be held, out to Daffin Park lake where the water pageant will take place, out Victory Drive tj Thunderbolt where the motorboat races will be staged, and back to Savannah. Fifty 1 floats have been entered in the parade by the’^merchants of Savannah and the > various civic and fraternal or ganizations'. Each float will repress, ent some county in Georgia, South Carolina or Florida and will be artis tically and appropriately decorated. Thirty counties have conducted .beauty contests to select their most attractive maids to represent them at the carnival. Each of the maids will ride on her own float.' The con tests have beer, keen in all of the counties and it is expected That Savan- Yiah will be treated to the greatest ar ray of beauty ever assembled here In her history. The most beautiful maW-of all will be crowned^ queen of the carnival. In addition to the floats, several thousand” gaily decorated automobiles will participate in the parade which is expected to be three or four miles in length. One of the major events on the program will be the water pageant on Daffin Parke lake which will be held at 8:30 o’clock bn the evenings of July 16 and 17. On the minute the opening bomb will be fired and a spectacular display of electric lights Immediately after will Mr. B. W. Sexton, of this city, reported an open boll of cotton Thursday, the 9th inst., which is probably a record for this section. The boll, however, was a freak, having opened prema turely oi^ a stalk that had died in the field from blight or some other ciuse. . ' VETERANS WILL RECEIVE COINS TO RE GIVEN THEM BY BANKS OF COUNTY. Heroes in Gray to Be Remeaibered in Distribution of Stone Mountain > » Memorial Coins. V v States, will hold their State Convent.* Father Nc P tu , ne and his cou , rt _ enter to preside over the revels. The third event on the pageant program will be the living electric fountain of Venus. The fountain will contain surprising features and with its brilliant illumination will create a dazzling effect on the Water. The triumph of the carnival will be the tableaux of the nations. The Itallian float will represent the “Marriage of the Adriatic”, France wilt be represented by “Joan of Arc bn the way to Rl\eims”, the Spanish float will .portray Columbus at the court,, of Queen Isabella*^of Spain, England will be characterized as an explorer, adventurer and Empire builder, Holland with windmills and tulips, Japan with silks and cherry blossoms in an Oriental tea garden, Norway the land of the Viking jieroes, and America ihc land of liberty. The county eflieens will par ade over the waters on sharming^gon* lan. Others are Hon. Victor H Stonesifer; Washington, D. C., Rep^dolas, and the ,diving mermaids will a * mi i.: 1 T ^i • l* • x ' * - i* disappear in waters dotted wjth Hv ifig lilies. Swimming and divirtg events followed by canoe tilting and canoe polo will be next^on the program and both Thursday and Friday even ings will wind up with the most splen did display of firework that has ever been putjm In Savannah. Friday and Saturday afternoon at Thunderbolt will be taken up with thrilling' motorboat races. An open ing parade of yacths and motor boats will feature the first afternoon. Boats have been entered from T’lorida, Geor gia and South Carolina.- The first program includes: Outboard motor boat race, 705 runabout race, out board free-for-all, hydro-plane (speed class), semi-speed race, free for all which will bring in the fastest single engine runabouts in the world and aq uaplaning. The Sea Scouts race will open the second afternoon and there will also be a cruiser chance race, out board motor race, Savannah handicap race, relay race, with fast boats, free for all, and aquaplaning. The final event of the carnival ’will be a masquerade ball in fancy costume on Saturday night-in front of the De Soto Hotel. Four blocks will be roped off and the forty piece Marine Band Barnwell County Gets $1,452 from Gas Tax A slight reduction is noted in the receipts from the State five cents a gallon gasoline tax for lur-’ as com pared with May, the first month of its operation, according to figures made public last week at the office of S. T, Carter, State treasurer. Total receipts for June from the tax) amounted to $341,804.11, of which $1,145.60 was refunded under the law to yachts, etc.; receipts for May totaled $396,483.03. Of the $340,658.51, June receipts minus the refunds, $204,395.11—three fifths of the whole—has been given the State highway department and the remainder—$136,263.40, distri buted by the State treasurer among the several counties of the State, those iri this section receiving the following amounts: Aiken $3,329.85 Allendale 996.45 Bamberg 1,319.19 Bhrnwell 1,452.95 Hampton 1,268.53 Remval Sale Prove* Highly Successful Each day finds a vast reduction in other in the selling at B. H. Levy, Bro. and Co.’s Removal Sale. This company, having been invone stand, 5-7 W. Broughton St. for 30 years, is now planning to move into their beau tiful new building on the corner of Broughton and Atercorn Streets. This new building'’ is to be one of the most complete stores trf dtsHcind in the South, occupying three floors and basement, 125 fst^ wide tnd 90 feet deep, with nearly 10 s acres Of floor space, where everything that is new for Men, Women and Children will be sold. Eac hday finds a vast reduction in the stock in the old building, al though the stock is still complete in most instances. It is the determina tion of this firm to sell every part of this old stock, and many are the special values offered each day dur ing' this sale. B. H. Levy, tiro, and Co. wish to extend special invitation to all readenf of*this paper and of this county, to the Savannah Water Car nival which is to be held in Savnnah on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 16th, 17th wnd 18th. July 16th has been designated as Georgia- South Carolina Day. A beautiful pagiant of fl >ats is a portion of *.the' program arranged for the visitors to Savannah on tHls day. 36 counties are^ taking part in the program, each one represented by a beautiful queen from that county, who will ride On a float prepared for her by one of the merchants Lpf Savannah. An elabor ate program is being arranged for both day and night for the visitors to Sayannah On Georgia-Carolina Day. You are cordially invited to not only share in- the multitude of values offered in the Removal Sale, but to make tiffs store your headquarters while in Savannah during the Savan nah Water Carnival. r ^ i t Advertise in The People-Sentinel from Parris Island will furnish the music for dancing. The opening num ber be a parade of all masked’dancers in custome and this will be followed immediately with an elimination dance. -The dance will end at mid night and it is expected that Sunday will be a very large day at Tybee. During the carnival United States naval vessels will be stationed in the harbor at Savannah and visitors will be conducted through them on inspect ion tours. Every effort is being made to make the 1925 Water Carni val an-occasion that wHl long remain a memory to those who take part in it. It is expected that the associat ion Will itywrpoiate in the near future and the counties interested will be in vited to become active members. Hun dreds of beautiful girls and handsome boys will take part in the pageants and several hundred people ha vet been working on the various programs. Every Confederate Veteran in Barn well County will be given a Stono Mountain Memorial Half-dollar by the banks of the coqnty, according to an announcement by Col. Harry D. Calhoun, chairman for Barnwell ‘ County in the sale of the coins. In a letter addressed to, the Bank of Western Carolina at Barnwell, the Bank of Western Carolina at Black ville, the Bank of Williston, the Far mers and MerchanU Bank of Willis- ton, the Bank of Kline and the Home Bank of Barnwell, Col. Calhoun - wrote as follows: “Dear Banker Friends: Join with us all in presenting to each Confeder ate Veteran of Barnwell County one of the Stone Mountain Memorial Coins, each bank to stand its pro-, portionate share of the number pre sented. iThis cap' be done by re questing each Veteran in your com munity to call on your bank. If he is too feeble, send it to him by a trus tee. Receive from each Veteran a receipt and show which bank present ed the coin. .. _ . “This has occurred to me as a most lovely duty we can perform and I feel sure eac!* of you will enter with us lovingly and quickly. “Barnwell County has been allotted a certain number of coins to be sold by its citizens. Eighty thousand hare been allotted to the State. Hon E. W. Robertson is State Chairman.. “Kindly let us hear from yoU, and if you agree, you may begin at once, taking a receipt from each Veteran and delivering him a coin. At tha proper time we will designate your proportion.” The following is s list of the tiarn- well County Veterans who may re- ceivd a com by caLmg at any of th* above named hanks: G. W. Anderson, J. V. Baxley, Pres ton Betterson, A. Black, D. W. Black, F. J. Black, G. W. Boylston, Wm. B. Carroll, L/F. Cave, Jacob Cohen, H. W. Creech, J. S. Creech, Henry B. Croft, Isaac A. Dyches, Judson Green, F. N. Hair, L. F. Hair, C. W. Hankin- son, Chas. H. Hartzog, Henry Hutto, Starling Hutto, B. M. Jenkins, Sr., H. W. Jones,’ B. P. Lancaster, John P. Lee, Sr., A. P. Manville, William Mat- ‘ thews, J. A. Meyer, C. P. Morris, Robt. Mhns, T. J. Ready, E. B. Sanders, Sr., Tobias Still, E. F. Weeks, and W. C. Willis. > . Snelling News. > Snelling, July 13.—Mrs. Corenne Altman- and children, of Charleston, soent the week-end here with rela tives. Miss Agnes Hill is visiting her sis ter. Mrs. L. J. Baughman, at Black- viHe. * /' - v , ~ Mr. and Mrs. .H M. Code and children spent Sunday afternoon in the Hercules section. * Mr. S. E. Moore was a visitor in Bamberg Friday. , Miss Gladys Moore spent Friday, in' Allendale with her aunt, Mrs. P. W. Patterson. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cook spent FH- -day afternoon at Bamberg with their son, Mr. James B. Cook. Mr. W. M. Cook and children spent Sunday with relatives si Jacksoi^ Mrs. Ella Rutland spent last week end with relatives in the Pleasant Hill section. V.. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Birt, of Wilis- ton, spent Tuesday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cook. Miss Leons Code has returned home after a pleasant visit to - her sister, Mrs. Murphey Long, at Al lendale. - . . Mr. Lester Cbok, of Jackson, visit ed his grand father, Mr. W. M. Cook, last week. Mrs. Richerd Draughty and chil-, dren, of Savannah, are spending some time here with her. parental, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Linnie Birt and chifc dren, of Elko, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cook Sunday. - ^ » O' Fine Corn Crop. Col. J. E. Harley, of this city, has- a 60-acre field of-corn after asparagus that gives premise of yielding a total pf 2,000 bushels. He cut about 94,- 000 worth of asparagus this. season, most of which came from a field of 15 acres that is about three years old. ' > 1 u. V\S