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BARNWELL. aOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER », 1925
QUARTERLY REPORT
OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE QUARTER
• 7 , ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1925:
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Of the Board of County Directors for the Quarter Ending September 30, 1925.
Claim No. * Name and Item. 1
375 A. M. Anderson—Roads and Bridges . ..
E. F. Woodward 1 —Roads and Bridges
J. B. Armstrong—Court Expense —_ —...
J. C. Hogg—Chain Gang -- 7 —
Henry Hartzog—Chain Gang — *—- -
Wiliiston Hardware Co.—Chain Gang
J. S. Still—Chain Gang. —— ——-
W. P. Franklht — ....
W. P. Franklin—^hain Can"
Q. A. Kennedy—Chain Gang —7-
B. Hj Dyches-^hain Gang
J. W. Cook—Chain Gang ,— --
W. P. Franklin—Chain Gang _ r —..
B. Mazursky—Chain Gang
J,. M. Weathersbee—Chain. Gang 40.00
I. W. Rountree and Son—Chain Gang 12.42
G. 0. Cadden—Chain (?hng — \ — 14.70 j
C. F. Molair—Chain. Gang — --J 39.88
L. Weiner—Chain Gang • —'— - - -— 62.10
J. S. Still—Chain Gang ...Zl... - 263.26
Woodward—Roads and Bridge*”-....... 83.94
Bennie Owens—Roads and Bridges —--- 65.00
Vickery Bros.—Roads and Bridges 8.10
W. E. Anderson—Roads and Bridges -- 10.78
- Mrs. R. C. HoJjnan—Roads and Bridges ._ 183.00
Highway Iron Product* Co.—Roads *and Bridges .2,300.00
H. C. McMillan—Roads and Bridges — - 2.85
J. W. FoHcJRoads and Bridges — 288.97
N. F. Sanders—Roads and Bridges — 55.00
W. P. Sanders—Magistrate . — 29.15
R. B. Harden—Magistrate 12.50
G. L. Hill—Magistrate • 14.58
C. S. Andetson—Magistrate — — 14.58
R. L-. Wooley—Magistrate — 25.00
C. S. Buist—Magistrate —-- 25.00
•R. W. Peeples—Magistrate 26.00
12.50
12.50
14.58
2915
15.83
12.50
31.92
36.11
27.20
81.86
69.63
. 6.75
111.00
30.00
30.57
28.25
6.60
45.00 i
676 0
377
‘578 .
379.
580
381
582
583
584
585
5g6
587
588
589 . .
590
591
592
593 -
594
586—
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1598
"599 -
600 w
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
G12
613
614
615
616
617
. 618
^619
628 /
621
622
623
624
625
626*
627
. 628 _
629 ’
/
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
^640
*641
y642
643
644
645
636
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
'666
667
«68>
669
670
671
672
673
«74
675
676
680
681
682
J. 4, Morris—-Magistrate ’
Trotti Harden—Constable —
B. F. Field!—Constable .gt— ‘—
R. M. Rears*—Coy table - —
J. F. Rountree—Constable t - v —--
B. A. Gunnels—Constable -v- —
J. S. Bourne—Constable and Chain Gang a
J. M. Scott—Constable and Chain Gang
G. R. Peeples—Constable and Chain Gang .j—
J. B. Moiris—Com - Tax and Chain Gang —...
J. C. Fi^k—Blackville and Georges Creek ..
J. M. Hill—Red Oak and Rich Land — —1-. _
Dave Jeffcoat—Red Oak and Rich Land
W. F,. Duncan—Four Mile and Bennett Springs
Ashley and Co.—Four Mile and Bennett Springs _
D. W. Brown—Four MMe and Bennett Springs J
Wise Motor Co.—Four Mile and Bennett Springs __
J. F. Swett—Four Mile and Bennett Springs
Standard Oil Co.—Roads and Bridges, Georges
Creek, Red Oak and Rich Land , 273.11
Wiliiston Publishing Co,—Stationery -'.1 -10.00
WATER SPORTS SAFER
FOR RED CROSS WORE
Expert LiferSavers and Many
Thousand Swimmers Reduce
Annual Water Toll.
JONIOA RED CROSS AIOS
PEACE OT DIG GROWTH
Gains 142,000 Members in Year
, in Schools Throughout
United States.
R. L. Bronson—Stationery •.
G. M. Main—Jail j !_
Home Furniture Co.—Jail
_J.emon Bros.—Jail '
L. J. Henry—Public Buildings .2^...
A. F. Dawson—Public Buildings 1...
V. S. Owens—Roads and Bridges
E. D. Peacock—County Board of Equalization
O. p. Hajnmnnd—Lunacy !
Willie Mae Vann—Home Demonstration Ageent
H. G. Boyhton—Farm Demonstration Agent * ...
J. B. Armstrong—Interest on Money Borrowed
5.94
' 5.40
10.00
3.76
8.50
90.60
100.00
6.00
5.00
109.08
91.68
3.00
B. H. Dyches—Dieting Pris ners 68.50
Jean Riley—Sheriff’s Clerk • 33.33
J. B. Armstrong, County Treasurer.—Court Expense and
Stationery 7 83.79
B. H. Dyches-—Salary and Public Buildings 134/H)
J. S. Still—Salary and Public Buildings 150.00
Mrs. S. C. Armstrong—Treas. Clerk j 33.33
W. H. Manning—Salary and Clerk 138.88
John K. Snelling—Salary, Lunacy a^d Stationery 40.91
Brown ind Bush—Attorneys ^ 50.00
M. J. Black—Clerk, Probate Judge l 41.00
D. -P. Lancaster—Salary 1. 50.00
V. S. Owens—Attorney 16.67
A. B. Patterson—Physician and Lunacy „• 60.00
H. J. Crouch—Salary and Stationery .129.00
E. M. Kirkland—Salary .1 100.00
Jennie P. Greene—Special Appropriation 50.00
J. B. Morris—Chain Gang, Salary and Expense 29.71
E. C. Matthews—Salary and Expense 24.16
C. M. Turner—Salary, Four Mile and Bennett Springs.. 43.66
Ed Weaver—Roads aqpi Bridges ; ______ _1 42.00
Newton Heckle—State Highway, 1_ ^ 14,00
K. Ellis—State Highway __ ___ _v_—' 40.65
C. H. Muckenfuss—State Highway — ’289123
Wyatt Thomas—State Highway ...v. 478.14
R. M. Killingsworth—State Highway ______ ______ ____ 6;74
W. R. Cjarson—State Highway 4,192.14
Irene H .Lemon—Salary 50JM)
A. J. Owens—Poor House 6431
L. Cohen—Poor House * *___ ' , 30.90
Mace and Deaaon—Chain Gang and Poor House 4.70
Jas. M. Caldwell—Water and Lights . 2735
A. D. Furtick—Poor House _____*_ 72.55
Mace and Deason—Poor House and Chain Gang 18.30
Carolina Drug Co.—Poor\ House and Chain Gai^c
City Ice and Coal Co,—Poor House and Public Buildings..
B. Masursky—Poor House _1_^_ Ji
Lemon Bros.—Poor House Z__
Fanners Union Mercantile Co.—Poor House
C. F. Mdlair-^Poor House
G. t. ,Burk—Poor House
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14.7^
2030
32.45
76.10
26.42
11.00
5.00
Water'sports In thp United States
have never been so safe m they are
today, a survey of the work done by
Life-Saving exports of the American
Red Cross in the past year indicates.
Thousands of adults and yonng peo
ple were taught to Swim profleffently
by these experts during this period.
In addition. 6.SSI men. 4.1S7 women,
and 13.024 juniors successfully passed
the rigid tests of the Life Saving Ser
vice of the Red Cross. The tofal thns
trained during ( Jke year—22.892—la
5.041 more than last year’s results.
The total membership of the Life Sav
ing Corps of the Red Cross on June
SO was 72.810 persona.
Meeting the demand for qualified
instructors and councillors kn these
camps, are the college men and women
of the country, many devoting whole
or part of their annual vacation peri
ods to this field. Meeting the need
of standardised instruction in Life-
Saving, First-Aid, and kindred sub
jects. the American Red Cross con
ducted nine First-Aid and Life-Saving
Qamp Institutes this year with a total
attendance of more than 600, in Maine,
Massachusetts^ New York, North Car
olina. Indiana. Wisconsin, Oregon, and-
California. Representatives of Red
Cross Chapters, summer camps, life
guards at municipal pools and beach
es, directors of physical education In
schools, and others of this callbr*
made up the student' body.
A number of city of regional Insti
tutions were conducted also during
the winter at indoor pools to develop
local experts. The aquatic school con
ducted by the New Yprk Chapter was
especially successful, it is stated. In
spired by this system, many camps,
pools, 'bathing beaches, etc., have
adopted in whole or in part, the Red
Cross Life Saving and water-safety
program. In the New England states
alone, mote than 180 camps employ
councillors trained in these methods.
A partial survey indicates more than
80 gUies using the Red Cross senior
test as a minimum requirement for
their municipal life guards. Educa
tional Institutions have turned to it
wRh enthusiasm.
This, widespread instruction bw
[ sides creating unprecedented numbers
of expert life-savers. Is developing a
vast body of Americans who a^e at
home in the water. All contributes
to safety the year-round, for iwIuk.
ming Is s recognized all-year spo^V
.today, records show.
The danger from water accidents ]
is evef-present however where proper v
l safeguards are not taken and to
j broaden this valuable Red Crons Ser*
i vice la one of ‘ the x reasons why lu-
creased membership In the Red Cross
is urged. The Atnuai Roll Call, dor
Ing which the opportunity to assist
all Red Cross work In many lines of
endeavor Is extended, will be held
from Armistice Day to Thanfcsglvint,
November 11-26.-' —<
A new high level in peace time
membership of the American Junior
Red Cross is recorded 'or 1925—Its
ranks numbering 5,788.648 school glfls
and boys—a gain of 142,000.
This unique and powerful children's
ECHOES FROM
■T “GET-AO
By Roy\ Spindelle, News Representa
tive of the Savannah Press.
Welcome! We are .with you heart
and s6il! v
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. The above paragraph carries the
entire message of the Savannah Get-
Acquainted Tour, numbering fifty or
more Savannahians who made the
western leg of the tour, leaving
Savannah Tuesday morning and ar
riving at Columbia Wednesday after
noon. All along the route from Har-
deeville to Columbia the glad hand
was extended and a willing effort ex
pressed to bring Savannah and this
section of South Carolina closer to
gether.
It was a foals'occasion; aholiday for
all. Every countryside, hamlet and
town turned out to welcome the visi
tors and give them that warm greet-
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ing and handclasp made famous in
the State of Calhoun and .Hampton.
The laborers in the fields paused as
the cavalcade passed arid waved their
hands in greeting. The pedestrian
f^long the roadside smiled his broad
est and wished the visitors Godspeed
tin their mission. At the meetings in
the towns, the blessings of the Al
mighty were beseeched by the pastors
for the success of the trip.
- The trip in the estimation of every
man on it was one &f the most im
portant that Savannah has ever made
into the interior. It is freighted with
the most wonderfu^ possibilities to
both Georgia and South Carolina. It
is the beginning of a new era in the
history of 'advancement for the two
sections that have been divided for
time immemorial by that great bar
rier, the Savannah River.
None but those who made the
organisation started as a war meas
ure. hut today fs one of the greatest’
Influences for peace ever known. An
Increasing participation in local pro
grams of service has featured their
year’s growth- It is indicated that to
a greater degree than ever pupils In
the schools are performing individ
ual and collective arts of service in a
true Red Cross spirit
The success of the Jnnton swimming
program, launched last year through
co-operation of the Life-Saving Serv
ice of the Red Cross, has led to a de
termination to make It a regular fea
ture of both these branches.
An outstanding feature of the
Juniors' work this year was the par
ticipation for the first time of a Junior
Red Cross worker in the disaster re
lief operations following the tornado
fa Missouri. Illinois, and Indiana..
Schools In many more fortunate local
ities displayed a keen Interest in
sending toys and books ffer the uae
of the children in the disaster area.
The Junior Red. Cross porgram has
flourished not alone in settled com
munities. but has been extended to
(ndisn schools, and to native Alaskan
schools where many Eskimo children
undertook Junior work. Ip addition,
the International correspondence be
tween schools is proving more and
more popular. American schools sre
•now corresponding with those in thir
ty-four countries.
Hwo thousand inhabitants and[ late
have paved streets, r splendid sys
tems of waterworks and lighting ar
rangements. The business parts of
them are rif bride mostly, the build
ings modern arid substantial. The
citizenry is prosperous and as anxious
to get an outlet to Savannah as Sav
annah is to have an inlet for them. Al
ready hundreds of farmers are track
ing their cotton and other products
into Savannah where there is a ready
market for it. Every man spoken to on
the trip expressed himself as being
glad indeed of the opportunity tri
bring Savahnah and this section of
the State into a closer friendship and
business relationship.
Farming is the principal occupa
tion of the people in the section tra
versed. Corn, cotton, snd truck are
the principal crops.
Barnwell County alone this season
has shipped 140 cars of asparagus,
400 cars of cucumbers, 1,880 cars of
watermelons, at an approximate in
come of 91 >000300. Before the sea
son is over it will have shipped 25,-
000 to 30,000 bales of cotton, valued
at. two to three millions of dollars.
Hampton County, .AUcndale County,
and ether counties are likewise pro
ducing great quantities of produce'
which are bringing in millions of
of dollars to those sections.
Some of' the finest farmers in ths
State were seen on the tour. Ths
homes of the citixena in ths towns
are substantial and would do credit
to cities of many times their popula
tion. The soil for the most part la
highly productive and with the inten
sive methods of cultivation that are
being used, this section of Sogth Caro-
trip can ever know the welcojne ex-) rapidly becoming one of the
tended and’ the hearty co-opsratioo lending agricultural centers of the
promised, and they cannot express it entire State
Strong Membership Appeal
III Red Cross Disaster Relief
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Asking themselves "What If disas
ter should visit our city?” the leading
citizens of many communities of the
United States have adopted the Scout
mdtto to “Be Prepared.’’
Impressed by the frequency and the
wide range of peace time calamities
in their country, they have organized
their communities with the thorough
ness which normal conditions permit,
against the possibility of h time when
there will be qo chance for thought
or plan. Red Cross Chapters in many
localities are similarly prepared.
in words. At esch stop it appeared
as if the greeting extended could not
be exceeded, yet the very next town
would add something that was new;
something that brought a little closer
together the friendship of the visitors
and the hosts.
South Carolina, that has always
been known for its wonderful hospi
tality, actually outdid itself, and the
Savannahians will remember it as
long as they live as one of the most
pleasant and enjoyable in their lives.
The arrival of Chief Munroe’s “fir*
wagon" in a town a fca’.f -hour before
the cavalcade was the signal for tHb
citizenry to gather and from then on
there was nothing too good for the
visitor*.
The section of South Carolina
traversed by the party is considered
to be the very best section of the
State in both hospitelity and agricul
ture. Barnwell County has * been
noted &>r years for its watermelons,
snd shipped many cq^s this season
into Georgia, a State that is also
noted for its watermelons. The
towns are old, most of thenf. and
exceedingly substantial. Towns of
Too much cannot be said of the- ad
vantage to Savannah of Having this
Savannah River bridge brings ta Rs
1 Rjrer bridge brin
>rritory as large as
doors a territory aa large as served by
it in Georgia, and in -a number
respects superior. But this saettou
welcomes Savannah aa much as
Savannah welcomes it, for the people
over here realise that while Savan
nah will secure a large part of their
trade, the Georgia port city at the
same time offers it a market that la
readily accessible^ sorqething which
it has not had in the past. The roads
enable the farmers to load their
product on their trucks and taka R
to market, dispose of it and be home
again the same day. something which
they have ^ been able to do in ths
past
It is a mutual benefit. Both Mo
tions equally are served, and
ing thfi the Get-Acquainted
has started a friendship that the
years win cement into a bond
will be as enduring as the'
cent monument* of steel, stone
concrete that now links the Empice
and Palmetto States together.
UPPER SOOTH CAROLINA
IS VISITED BY TORNADO
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£
Total for Month of July 1 -*—813,75131
Largs Volunteer Work of Red Croat
Volunteers finder the Red Cross ail
aver the United State* are doing eon-
■tastlY'W others, among thetr pro*
nets being more than M par oeat of
the Braille reading matter for * w -
Greenville, Oct. 25.—The heavy
rain qnd.wind storm that swept upper
South Carolina this morning -claimed
one death in an indirect way when
Ernest Shaw, youqg white man of
Abbeville, was instantly killed whefi
he touched a high voltage electric
wire that had been blowei down into
one of the streets at Abbeville. Shaw
ficcordlng to witnesses, touched the
.wire apparently with the intention of
ing it from the street. The
Swire carried 2,400 volts.
' Series Swept Piedmont.
Spartanburg, Get. 25.7—A scries of
11 tornadoes swept the upper Piedmont
early this morning. Housea • were
11 blown away in the upper x part of
j Spartanburg County and several per
sons were ipjured but no deaths have
| been reported. ^
. The Charles tod and Western Caro
lina station at Kilgore in the south
eastern part of the county was blown
aoray snd trees fell across, the rail
road tracks.
Starr Rears Brunt.
Anderson, Oct. 25.—A severe wind
and electrical storm swept scrota the
lower section of Anderson County
early this morning but the damage to
property was only slight. Many trees
were uprobted along the Savannah
River. At Starr, whiqh suffered the
heaviest from the storm, two houses
were partially unroofed and several
outbuildings were demolished but no
one was seriously injured.
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It & Don errw cnMers.
Gray Court, Oct. 26.—Mrs. Emma
Cathcsrt was painfully braised whan
her home was partially^ demolished
by a heavy wind apd rain storm which
struck that taction early this morn
ing. Several houses* were unroofed'
arid outbuildings damaged by the
force of the stonn. Thp Rabon Creek
section of Latiren* County
heavily, many
eraMy damaged and
dsaunlisbetl. At 01
cotton wer^
by the force of the
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Wing cenahL