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crim ongcuL nswbpapsr op barnwbll county. in iVn. 'Jr. • V t M Ju»t Like a M«mb«r of tha family” ~ - jy ' BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 30TH, IMS. LutfMt County Orcnlrti— HE COAST COUNTRY, A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY VALUABLE PUBUCITY FOR BARNWELL COUNTY FAVORED SECTION ATTRACTS — ATTENTION. KIDNAPED AND WED Bluff ton and Other Coastal Sections Becoming: Mecca of Vacationists * “ ' t , v • and Investors. 'i S The editor of The People-Sentinel erk.ioyed a short outing last week at Brighton Beach, near Bluffton, where Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. All, of Al lendale, have recently built a com fortable 16-<room hotel for the ac- cn^unodation pf those who wish bo enjoy the marty attraction^ offered by that section at a minimum of cost, and was agreeably surprised at the signs of coming activity in the coas tal country. The location pf this new resort is on New River, only a few miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean, and the site was purchased from Mr. Tom Lawton, who already has disposed of all 'pf his water-fromt lots. Here one may enjoy bathing, fishing and a general rest from' the y and bustle of every-day life, oftly about three hour’s run from well over excellent highways, rdered by magnificent pjks drapid ' ~\ Spanish moss. The most pictu lesoue route is by way of Yemassee to Ridgeland, although the cut-off at Almeda saves a few miles. _ The editor and his family left Barnwell shortly after one o’clock in the afternoon and arrived at “All’s Joy Hotel’’ in time for a swim before • supper. The following ‘ morning, a half-hour automobile ride carried him seveial miles up New River for a few hours’ fishing in fresh water. In the aftemon enjoyed a ( try at salt water fishing. The remainder of his visit was spent in fishing, swimming and trips to nearby points of interest. Bluffton is a picturesque old vil lage that is being awakened from its many years of peaceful exsistence by the advent’ of vacationists arid th >se seeking an opportunity to in vest in real estate. On Sunday after noons, the road leading into Bluffton is lined with automobile's loaded with Savannah people, many of whom claim that they much prefer that seettan to their own Tybee., Already there are evidences of a real estate boom, as the'pioneers, charmed by Bluffton’s climate and restfulness, induce their friends back home to visit the coast. Quite a number of 'people from Allendale and other places have purchased lots and plan to build summer cottages before another, season. . « The writer was told tha^ there is a nearby island that has never been visited by frost. On it is a twenty- acre field, of volunteer cotton, ready for picking, that(will make a substan tial yield. The soil appears to be quite fertile and in some sections the com crop is particularly fine. Liv- g costs are very reasonable, and this, in combination .with soil' and climate, makes it ensy to understand why many prefer to seek their for tunes there rather than in Florida. A short time ago, Mr. James D. Grist, of Yorkville, wrote a very in- i teresting .article about Horry County and the famous Hoary Strand, declar ing that there is nothing in. Florida to compare with it. The writer is of the opinion that the entire coastal section of South Carolina is on the eve of a boom that wi]l rival that of the Land of Fowers. In" addition to the new hotel re ferred to above, there is a delightful fishing camp near Bluffto-n where a tent may be rented, the vacationists (preparing their own meals or getting them at the camp cafertertb. Several Barnwell people were guests 4 there ■ last week. This camp, it is under stood, will be moved to Palmetto Beach, adjoining Brighton Beach, nlext season. The writer was also told that another hotel will be built there shortly. *. , ■ Barnwell Crops Excel. Miss Ernestine Bean,; stenographer of Kansas City, who says she was the victim of a kidnaping plot in which she was forced to marry her abductor. As a result of her story the pollqe are searching for Joseph M. Phillips, twenty-three, of St. Louis, the alleged kidnaper of the young woman. Pack Away Cotton to Increase the Yield The People-Sentinel is in receipt of the following interesting end timely letter from Mr. -1. Lewis Langley, formerly "of this city, who now holds a responsible position w r ith the Con solidated Textile Corporation, of Lynchburg, Va.: “Feeling that you are constantly on the lookout for information that will be of value to the readers of your .paper, I am giving below something concerning cotton which I ^eel the cotton planters would like to know: “In order for cotton to lend itself readily to manufacture it must pos sess a certain amount of oil. As the reader knows, all oil comes from the seed. If the seed are taken from the Barnwell and Barnwell County are getting some very valuable publicity as the result of the selection of this city by the Virginia-Oarolina Field Trial Association as the plate for its 1925 meeting. “The American Field,” a sijprtman’s newspaper published in Chicago, had the following comment in its issue of July 25th: “One of the wheel horses of the Virginia-Carolina Field Trial Asso ciation is Colonel R. T. Stedman, who has been its president for the last five or six years. The Colonel how ever, has been identified! with this fine old club practically ever since its inception and while he has always been more or less in the background, preferring hot to court the publicity that this office justly entitles him to, it is Colonel Stedman who has directs ed the affairs of the club during several years when conditions were not in .the least favorable; but never was the Va.-Car. in better shape than it is at the* present time, for in conjunction with the secretary,*TT S. Comstock, Colonel Stedman has accomplished much. These two have worked w’ell ( together, as results have shown. The Colonel, however, mod estly says: “By far the greater credit iA due to Tracy for keeping the club going,.,-^ Frank Reily and I have been members for about a quarter of a century. It is ’our inital venture in the field trial game and as he express-* ed it some time ago: ‘I have a real affection for the old club and I hope J C fo to see it take its place among the fore most dubs of the country.’ The wish is evidently about to be gratified, for both of these life-long members. The trials at Barnwell, S. C?, with the two open stakes in which a total purse of fifteen hundred dollars, will* put this season’s trial# right in line with the Georgia and Scuthern, which follow ih consecutive order. Mr. Stedman visited the grounds with Tqacy Corn- stock and Dr. Wilder When the decis ion was arrived at to run the three trials as they are now scheduled. Col. Stedman gives u« additional infor mation about these new grounds at Barnwell. “I believe,” he writes, “that we have some of the best grounds in the South, with more birds Than are to be found anywhere else. There are great open spaces, with here and there small patches of trees and shrubs, with no dense growth to hamper a dog in' showing the best there is in him and there is no /feason for the widest going dog to get lost. These is consid erable uncultivated land, . with plenty of cover for the' birds, but, as before stated, no dense growth or ^tliickeW, The soil {s of such a nature that it never gets muddy and, therefore, there will be no loitg delays even if it shquld rain while the trials are cm. There are little ponds and pools of water all over the grounds where the dogs can refresh themselves at will. The running of the stakes of ^the Southern Circuit (Virgiinia-Caro- lina, Georgia and Suothem) has been *80 arranged that the handlers can move from one trial to another at a minimum of expense and the com bined purses of the three clubs, amounting to $5,000, should bring out the best dogs in the Jwmtry.” WILLIAM JENNINGS DIED SUDDENLY SUNDAY SHRINERS’ NEW HEAD THE GREAT COMMONER PASSED PEACEFULLY A*AY. Found Dead in Bed Where He- Had Gone to Take a Nap.—Appar- . ently in Good Health. Dunbarton School to Have Eleven Grades Dunb^-ton, July 28.—Mr. aqd Mrs. B. F. Anderson and son, Kenny, have gone to the mountains of North Caro- lira to spend in'* remainder o* the summer. M-.-and Mrs Bolt, of -Laurens, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. B. F. Owens. ’ , Mrs. G. J. Anderson and children, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Moody, T. S. fibre as soon as the cotton is picked. , the fibre becomes dry, ami a (treat Moody »"d J « n ette. All are ^endtn* many manufacturers are today find ing it necessary and expedient to add oil before spinning. Should the cot ton be packed away after it is picked, the fibre will soon draw the oil from the .seed, thereby increasing in weight, improving in grade; and tests have shown that the staple will grow one-eighth inch longer. “It is quit^ evident that should the farmers handle their cotton* in this way, it would greatly injure the oil mills,but I believe more peop'c would benefit thereby. This is one method by which we can increase our supply of : staple- eotteor -whiob- today- is so scarce. “With kindest v regard^ ar.d best wishes Tor the success of The Barn well People-Sentinel, I am. Yours v^ry truly, I."L. Langley.” On a trip to the coastal country last week, the editor found that nowhere along the route traveled are the crops as a whole as fine as they are in this section. The crops of corn nnd cot ton are “spotted,” being very good in some sections while in others they ,have been praciically ruined by the >ught. The writer was told that the weevil in Beaufort County has' not been as active this summer as in previous yean and the fanners ex- 4>ect a large yield of the fleecy staple. 1 < ♦ ♦ ♦ ' Advertise in The People-Sentinel. Kills Large Snake High Above Grouiiia r i ‘ ’ In a letter received Tuesday after noon, Mr. T. J. Ready, who lives in the Siloam section, tells the^fellowing interesting snake story: - “Last Saturday afternoon 1 heard some jaybirds hollowing in a green pine tree and I could see them strike at something. Upon investigation, I found that they were striking at a king snake about five feet long. I got my gun and shot the snake, which was about 35 feet from the ground. The puzzle is, how did the snake get (there? The pine is about two feet in diameter and the first limb is at least 80 feet from the ground. Monday morn it*? I killed another king snake about 2% feet kng, in and cak tree about 15 yards from the pine.” Possibly some of The People-Sen- tinel’s readers can explain how a snak^ five feet long can climb a tree two feet in diameter or about sii feet in circumference. Building New Town in Barnwell County Perhaps it will be news to quite a number of peopk* to learn that there is a new town in I^mwel County. It is to be known as “West Spring- field” and is located on the Edlsto River. The following news item from Springfield appeared in Saturday's issue of the Orangeburg Times and Democrat: “Springfield will have a new annex in the near future, a s' Mr. Stubbs, manager of the large Badham Mills just * across the river in Barnwell County, has built a town of his own. With the largest and most expensive saw mill on the Edisto river, he is *> * erecting many cottages with several handsome homes for the manage ment of this extensive'.enterprise, to gether, with warehouses, store rooms and other necessary* buildings. The town will be known as West Spring- field. They have their own side tracks, hoisting engihes s dry kilns and in fact everything that a million dollar mill may need.” Homicide Near Dunbarton. two weeks in camp at Beaufort. They are expecting to return the latter part of this \veek. Mr. S. D. Rountree went to a hos pital in Augusta last Saturday where he underwent an operation. At this writing he is getting along as well as could be expected, and his friends hope he will soon be able to return home. __Mr..jL—IL--Williams is also’ in the hospital, where %e was taken last week for an operation. He is also getting along well. * Mr. and Mrs. Carter Price, of Barn- wedl, were visitors, in town Sunday. The Rev. Mr. Hiers, of Columbia, preached at Cypress Chapel Sunday afternoon, Mr. Hiers is a representa tive of the Carlisle Courtenay Home in Columbia, and at the close of the. service that institution was presented With a liberal offering. rt , : The new room which is being added to the school building will be com pleted within a week. This addition will provide teaching space for seven teachers next session. In addition to this room, the building is being Re painted on the inside and everything will be in readiness for the opening early iiv, September. The following corps of teachers have been elected for^ next sessiop: The many friends af Prof. j. p Miss Minnie Byrd McElveen, of Sul-1 Robison will learn with regret of the . Jim Oliver, /colored, shot and in stantly killed Mike Jackson, also col ored, on the farm of Mr. Barney F Owens, near Dunbarton, on Thufsday of last v.'e^k. Oliver was armed with a shotgun ami tfackson with an auto matic pistol. They • were firing at each other across a well, with the curbing between, them. When Jack- son raised his head to get a shot at Oliver, the latter fired the fatal shot, the ton of Jackson’s head being blown off. Oliver was arrested by Sheriff Dyches and lodged in the Barnwell County jail. James C. Burger of El Jebel tempi*, Denver, elected imperial potentate by the Sliriners in convention In Lon Angeles. ***’ / ■ New Electric Power Available to Users Hydro-electric power, generated at Stephens , Creek on the Savannah River by the Georgia-Carolina Power Company, was turned on the lines of f he Edisto ’ Public Service Company last week and the ’ Denmark concern, which was established several years ago by Mr. R. A. Easterling, son of Mrs. Julia B. Easterling, of Brrnwell, is now furnishing or will furnish Tower in a very short time.to the following towns: Windsor, White Pond, Williston, Elko, _ Blackville, Lees, Denmark, Bamberg, Govan, Olar, Umer, Brunson, Hampton and Varnville. It is also understood that \the company is building lines to other towns. The power,Is carried td Williston over the recently constructed lines from the power plant and is there dis tributed to the various towns served by the Edisto Public Service Com pany. The power lines are construct ed for use on f6,000-volt service, but it is understood that for the present the current will be transmitted at 44,000 volts. The capacity is twenty thousand kilowatts, which will be sufficient for the needs of the terri ‘■'iry served for many years to tome. About September 1st, the Denmark company will be connected with the super-p' wer system of the Southeast, which includes the following com panies: Georgia Power Company, Alabama Power Company, Southern Power Company, Columbus Power Company and others. Users of the new curent are sak to be very much pleased with the Dayton, Tenn:—William Jennings fcryan, who many years ago as “the/ Boy Orator of the Platte” with his “Cross of Gold” speech won a demo- ° cratic presidential nomination and a lasting place l»efore tthe American public, Is dead. , y v . . _ _ . 1 The end came Sunday afternoon while the Commoner was sleeping in the house of Richard Rogers, which had been assigned him during his stay here when he came for the Soopee trial. Dr. W. F. Thompson and Dr. A. sC. Broyles, who examined the body, stated death was caused by a hemorrhage of the brain, resulting in apoplexy. He was 66 years old. James McCartney, family chauffeur, was sent by Mrs. Bryan at 4:30 p. m. to wake her husband. McCartney shook Mr. Bryan twice in an attempt to arouse him and then noticed he was not breathing. Rushing to the home of A. B. An drews, a neighbor, the chauffer called for physicians who reached the home within a. few minutes. After a& examination, the doctors said Mr. Bryan probably had been dead thirty or forty-five minutes before they ar rived., . . ‘T am happy that tny husband died without suffering and in peace,” Mrs. Bryan said. * His Last Words. - His last words to her as he en tered the room for his nap, “I am so sleepy.” Before he went to Sleep, Bryan autographed two books.. Judge John T. Faulston, who presided at Hie Scopes trial. The books ware: 'The Seven Questions in Dispute,” and “In His Own Image.” He wrote “To Judge and Mrs. John T. Raulston, Winchester, Tenn., with the good wishes of Mo*, and Mrs. W. J. Bryan, July 26, % 1925.” One of the books was open when (physicians reached -the room and the ink'was not drj\ After traveling over two hundred miles and delivering speeches at Winchester and Jasper, Tenn., Mr. Bryan returned to Dayton early Sun day from Chattanooga, where he had spent the night. / Before he left Chattanooga, Mr. Bryan joined A. W. LeeMey, owner of the hotel st which he was step ping and several others for breakfast. Mr. Leesley accompanied him to Dag' ton and during tee trip the Commoner expressed hie determinutikm to “eee the case through.” Mr. Bryan showed no evidence of bad health, Mr. ley said, but remarked that he suffering with diabetes Mr. for Lyndurst Items Lyndhurst, July 27.—Mr. Long- street Gantt, of Winnaboros spent service and the people of the towns several day* harff^during the peek along the line are quite enthusiastic week, the guest of relatives. Make Annual Settlement. Mr. E. M. Jones, of the Comptroller ley. First gradq; Miss Callie Bates, of Jackson, Second and Third Grades; Miss Hilma Rice, of Meyers Mill, Fourth and Fifth Grades; Miss Olga Richardson,, of Liberty, Sixth and Seventh Grades; Muss Mary Ellen Kempson, English and French; Mr. TI. K. Neely, of Clinton, History, Science, and Athletics; and Supt. H. H. King, Mathematics and Science. death of his tyandfather, which oc curred at his home in* Tampa. Fla., a few days ago. . over the possibilities of ihe„ future industrial development of this part of the State. Barnwell is proud of \the fact thai it was a native son who met this seetiatn’s greatest' ntod— electric power at a reasonable cost. With so many natural advantages there is now no reason why Barnwell and adjoining counties should not de velop at a great rate. With this able corps of teachers it is believed that Dunbarton-Jligh School will have its most successful year yet.. The Eleventh Grade will be put on this year, making this school a full accredited high school. SENATOR E. D. SMITH TO SPEAK HERE NEXT WEEK General’s office, waji in the city Tues day for -the purpose of making the annual settlement with the county officers. . He found everything t in tip-top shape, as usual, the books of the county commissioners, superin tendent, of education, auditor treasurer taffyi x ' / to-the penny. jf Announcement is made that United States Senator E. D. Smth will speak in the Court House here Thursday, August 6th, under the auspices of the S. -C.. Cooperative Cotton Marketing Association. “Cotton Ed.” as the Senatog is familiarly known, needs no and j intrbduction to' the people of* Barn- well Courtty and ^rill no doubt at tract a large audience. The public generally and the farmers in particu lar are cordially invited to hear Sen ior Smith. He is an interesting and eloquent speqk^r at all times and is at his beet when cotton is his subject. Remember the time and place: The Court House at Barnwell, Thursday, August 6th, at 11 o’clock a. m. To Open Club Market, n v' i •\ ~i mmrn—mmmm Miss. Willie Mae Vann, Home Dem onstration 'Agent for Barnwell Coun ty, has announced that she will open a Club Market on Saturday, August 1st, using the space in front of the Court House for the purpose. This market is opened for the purpose of (converting tef ever-pi US of Vegeta hies, poultry, eggs and other pro ducts raised by tKe club women of the county into cash. A similar plan was carried odKherj several years 1 ago and mot with splendid success. The how for opening will be seven o’clock and will remain open until nine o’clock, thereby giving the house-wives of the town an oppor tunity to do their buying in the early part of the day. Miss Vann is gat ing in touch with the various clubs of the county and will endeavor to have an excellent display of products on hand on Saturday morning, Augusf tat, and every Saturday thereafter until further notice Mr. S. H. Hav, of Birmingham, Ala^ left Saturday for his home, after a two week’s visit to his mother, Mrs. M. G. Hay. Miss Rachel Stekwneyer, of Beau fort, spent several days here during the past week, the guest of relatives. * Mrs. F. FT, Gantt, of Allendale, and daughter. Miss Margaret Gantt, ware the guests of Mrs. M. W. Tharin, for several days during the past week. Mrs. Edgar Barker, of Lodowp, Ga., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fowke, for several days this week. Mesdames Annie Alfred and JuHa Fogler, who spent the whiter months •in* Sylvester, Ga., are bade Rome again for the summer. Rain is very badly needed in this community, none of any consequence having fallen for , several weeks. Cot ton, howewver, is bidding its own very well, and corn, owing to several good rains of a few weeks-'igo, has not suffered, as badly as in some sec tions, but the fodder has a tendency to ripen prematurely. Sheriff Seises StHI. * Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches captured and de»royed J another stffl Friday morning in the Patterson’s Old Mill section of the county. It was'com plete in every detail, b«t had never been in operate* for the reneon that R was located too far from a tenter > IV vX'!?. Xs-i'