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VOLUME XLIX.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER S. 192
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BARNWELL COUNTY TEACHER'S
Hercules Honor Roll.
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ASSOCIATION HOLDS MEETING
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The first meeting of the public
school teachers of Barnwell County
foi* the session 1925-1926 was held
Saturday in the auditorium of the
Barnwell High School. This was a
joint meeting of the teachers of Al
lendale and Barnwell Counties, for
\ the purpose of organizing the Study
Center for this school year. The
weather was incliment, but there ware
about seventy-five teachers present—
about forty-odd being from Barnwell
County and thirty from Allendale.
The Barnwell Teachers" Association
was organized with the election of
the following officers: President,
Su^t. C. H. Fowler, of Barnwell; Vice
President, Supt. M. B. Self, of Wil-
Tiston; Sec.-Treas., Supt. Horace J.
Crouch, of Barnwell.
Prof. E. H. Hender»ojv,£i£*Funnan
University, was present and made a
very fine address, dealing especially
with the dangers of the teachers be-
ecming “mechanical” in their work.
Mrs. Gray, of the Department of
State Teachers Association, ^wa*
present also, and was enrolling the
teachers present in the State Asso
ciation. Barnwell County last year
had a 100 per cent enrollment in the
Associatifn, (one of only nine coun
ties in t|ie State), and it is expected
that this year there will be a full
enrollment. The county now is about
75 per cent. . ' ’ f
Dr. A. P. Bourland, of Winthrbp
•College, was also presenl and made
» very happy address. He stressed
the value of the Study Center and
told of its wohderful growth. All of
the Study Center Instructors were
present, viz:-Supt. C. Hi Fowler,
Dean; Supt. M. B. Self, Mrs. G. C.
High, of Denmark and Miss Agnes
McMaster, of Columbia. Supt. J. R.
Cullom of Allendale was also present
and is heartily co-operating with the
Teacher Study Center organization.
The next Study Center will be
held at Allendale on Saturday, No-
venber 7th, beginning at 10 o’clock
a. m. It was necessary to have this
meeting at this time in -order to miss
the Thanksgiving holidays and
Christmas holidays. After this, the
Study Center meetings will be held
everywo weeks. Dr. Harry Clark,
Professor of Education at Furman
University, comes for an address
pext Saturday. He wfll appear at
Barnwell on Saturday, , Dec. 19th.
Dr. Clark comes to South Carolina
from Peabody College, where he oc
cupied the chair of Education. He
was formerly High School Inspector
fgr Tennessee. He Is 'regarded as an
authority along educational lines, and
the schtool teachers in this section of
South Carolina can ill afford to miss
hearing him at the teachers meetings.
A large delegation of Barnwell
teachers will go to Allendale next
Saturday. The Study Center course
is most attractive this session, and
teachers who do not attend will miss
a rare opportunity to improve them
selves.—H. J. C. ^
The follPuring is the honor roll of
the Hercules school tor the month of
Octoberi,' • .-.V
Alice Creech, Elberta Still, Fr v ed
Tucker, Ansel Creech, Marvin Dyches,
Blease Harley, Elore^ Still, Mildred
Gunnels and Alleen Still.
The school had an interesting pro
gram Friday afternoon, this being
Francis Willaird Day. The higher
grades had a special program for the
occasion and the third grade repre
sented Hallowe’en Day.
Armistice Day
ins
Mr. C. J. Martin was among the
Blackville visitors here Monday.
Bridge Clubs Me«t.
Mrs. Solomon Brxvn entertained
the Wednesday Aftarnpon Bridge
Club last week. HallAvran dacoia-
tioi|* and favors were used effedUve-
ly and added much to the enjoyment
of the occasion. The high score prize
was won by Mrs. Edgar A. Brown,
and Mrs. B. P. Davies cut the conso
lation. After the games ujiigrTful
refreshments yirere served.
Mrs. Lonnie M. Calhoun was hos
tess to the members of tne Duplicate
Bridge Club Friday afternoon. Here
also the spirit of Hallowe’en was seen
in the decorations and favors.
II
Bishop Guerry Will
. Preach Here Sunday
Newberry Defeated
Barnwell Thursday
The Barnwell High School football
team, was defeated by Newberry
Thursday .afternoon on the latter’s
•gridiron. 27 to 0. The Barnwell boys
have no alibi to offer, stating that al
though they outweighed the Newher-
rians, they were outplayed by their
faster and better coached opponents.
It is believed, hom-ever, that the fact
that the Barnwell boys went into the
game fagged out after a cold, tire-
come automobile ride of a hundred
miles or more may have been partly
responsible for the big score made r
against them.
The loen^ boys were loud in their
praise of the hospitality of the New
berry people, which in part offset thfe
defeat. They enjoyed their trip to
the fullest and hope that some time
in the future a return game will be
played here, when both the score of
the football game and the kindness
of their hosts will be evened up.
More Cotton Ginned
Than Made Last Year
More cotton had been ginned ip.
Barnwell County prior to October
18th than the county made in 1924,
according to a report of the Depart-
memnt of Commerce just made public.
This year the farmers of this county
have ginned 24,486 bales as com
pared with a total production of
about 21,300 bales last year. This is
an increase of a little more than 3,-
000 bales and it is estimated that
the total production will reach at j clock.
Of interest to a large numl>er of
people in this section,, not only among
the members of the Episcopal Church
but those of other denominations as
well, is the announcement that the Rt.
Rev. Wm. A. Guerry, Bishop of South
Carolina, will make his annual visita
tion to thia Parish next Sunday, the
8th inst.. and will preach at the night
service at the Church of the Holy
Apostles in Barnwell.
The Rev. Howard Cady makes the
following announcement of services
for Sunday, which is the twenty-sec
ond Sunday after Trinity: Church
School at 10:15 a. nr Evening ser
vice at 8:00 p. m. A cordial invita
tion is extended the public to hear the
Bishop.
On Monday night, the 9th inat.,
Bishop Guerry will preach at St. Al
ban’s Mission in Blackville at 7:30 o’-
A cordial welcome awaits
One Killed and Two
Hurt in Auto Wreck
least *26,000.
Ginning figuies for other counties
in this section are us follows:
1925
1924
Aiken
. . . .25,957
184111
Bamberg
17,459
8,903
Hampton ..
10,739
6,666
Orangeburg
.... .. 48.772
26,777
The State .
. .... 731,655
362,328
Barnwell
School Honor
Roll.
Hard Surfaced Roads
for Barnwell County
Nine miles of hard surfaced roads
are to'be built in Barnwell County at
a cost of s $243,000, according to art
outline of thKroad construction pro
gram recently agreed upon by the
State highway definrtment. In ad
dition 12 miles of earth type roads
j will be constructed at a cost of $60,-
000, making a total of ISOS.WKJ^to be
> spent in this county for road cpn-
. struction .from 1927^0 1934, inclusive
The program for the entire State
includes the building of 792 miles of
hard surfaced roads and 760 miles of
sand-clay. Mileage included in the
program for this section is as fol
lows:
o Earth Type.
} The honor roll for Ihe Barnwell
school for the first term is as fol
lows:
FIRST GRADE—Catherine Black,
William Halford, Eugene Sease. An-
rpe Louise Falkenstein, Henry Mil#! raided a negro gambling
hous. Sara McNab and Mar^ Cather
ine Gamble, j
SECOND GRADE—Clara Sue Mat
thews, Stuart Hensley, Lillie Mae
Collins, Mary Brown, Bernice Terry
and Elizabeth Mace.
THIRD. GRADE—Bobbie Dicks,
and Billie Davies. /
FOURTH GRADE—Rodman Lem-
n. ,
H GRADE—Phoebe Potter-
son, mcTier Calhoun and Eunice
Moody.
SIXTH GRADE-^Anne Scott Me
Nab, Ruth DiamOqd,* Marion Eolen,
Evelyn Davis, WilbuKHolland, Hum-
Miles.
Amount
Aiken
42- '
$252,000
Allendale -.1-
8
48,000
Bamberg
30
180,000
Barnwell
12
60,000
Calhoun
10
45,000
Colleton —1 : .
40
240,000
Hampton
10
50,000
’‘“X Hard Surface.
Miles.
Amount
Aiken
. —t~ 16
$248,000
Allendale
z 6
'162,000
Baihberg'" . —.
.... 6
135,000
Barnwell ^
— _ 9
243,000
Calhoun
_ 7
210,000
Colleton
16
432,000
^Orangeburg
iff
432,000
Death of Mr. Sa
m Woodward.
lipf disposition.
those who attend this service.
Sheriff Arrested
Several Last Week
Sheriff B. H. Dyches and his'depu
ties were quite active, last week, sev
eral arrests being mad? and various
offenses charged.
' R. V. Lane was arrested on a
charge of violating the prohibition
law, five quarts of liquor being found
in his store at Dunbarton as the re
sult of a raid.
While returning from a trip to the
upper part of the county^stbe Sheriff
game and
arrested Dock Green and. Joe Nelson,
of Blackville.
Friday Sheriff Dyches, Constable J
W. Sanders and Magistrate W. P.
Sanders called on Hallie Long, near
Saltkehatchie. a short distance from
Barnwell. When Long saw tKg offi
cers approaching he is alleged to
have loin out of the hopse with a jug
or bottle of liquor. The Sheriff gave
chase and Long, it is said, soon drop
ped the liquor and during the race
shedded his overcoat and shoes. Long
finally escaped into the woods at Ha-
good’s Mill. ,
The same day Mr. Dyches and his
assistants located and destroyed a
Tribute to America’s world-war
dead in solemn ceremonies will
mark Armistic Day—November 11
th rough out “ the land. U pper-
flowers the perfect tribute; ceen-
ter,'center, Secy’y. of War, Davis,
Pres. Cooledge and Sec’y. of Navy
Webber at grave of unknown sol
dier at Arlington, W. Va. ceme
tery., ■■ Lower—Guard at flower-
bank crypt of War-President Wil
son at St. Albans Cathedral, Wash
ington.
Father Meets Death
at Hands of Own Son
Grace Kennedy, ' negro, of Steel-
creek, S. C., wrs almost instantly
killed, and Isiah Kennedy and Robert
Lee Kennedy, the woman’s husband
and son, were seriously injured in
an automobile accident last pight
about five miles from Augusta on the
Beech Island road. Robert Lee Ken
nedy sustained a fractured skull and
his father is suffering from a proba
bly fractured skull and a badly bruia-
ed and cut fart. The woman’s death
came as a result of internal injuries.
Roosevelt Hay, the driver of the car,
and Willie Farmer, Jr., negroes, of
Stee’creek, are being held in the
police lockup for South Carolina au-
thoritis
It is understood that the car In
which the negroes were riding collid
ed with a car containing white people
whose namps could not be ascertained
last night. The negroes were brought
to the University hospital in a truck—
Augusta Chronicle, Nov. 1st.-
Master, Sheriff and
Probate Judge Sales
In spite of the very inclement
weather, a fairly large size attend
ance was here for salesday—Monday
of this week. Several tracts of land
were advertised by the Master, Sher
iff and'Judge of Probate, sales being
made as follows: ..
By the Master.
- Mrs. Rosa G, Stansell vs. J. R. Keel
et. al., 80 acres of land, sold for $300.
Jane O’Banner Birt, et al., vs.
Randall Lee Birt, ct al., 178 acres of
land, sold to J. M. 'Birt for $1,800.
Arthur T. Vanderbilt, et al., vs. W.
H. Harden, et al., 115 acres of land in
Joe Simmons, a white farmer, who
lived in the Corley Mill section of
the county, died Tuesday .ntghl ns
the result of a gun shot wound al
leged to have been inflicted by his
own son, Guy Simmons. The tragedy
ip said to have occurred in the Sim
mons’ yard, the young,man shooting
his father in the leg with a shotgun,
the e'der man dying from loss of
blood. No details of the honreide
were available here yesterday (Wed-^ Great Cypress township, sold to Du-
mel Harley, Marie Halford, j gtill on Saltkehatchie-Branch. It was
Clary, Harris Morris ancTXThelma
Bodiford.
SEVENTH
of 60-gallon capacity,
found.
Na mash was .
GRADE — Kathen
Holland, Clarie Dicks and Eliza-
beth 'Hagood,
NINTH GRADE—Calhoun Lem
on, Benjamin Davies, Jr., and Mar
guerite Lemon.
TENTH GRADE — Lillie Mae
Thomas, Jewel Woodward and Marie,
Hill. ' !
ELEVENTH GRADE—Julia Lem
on, Mary Frances Moore, Verna - Mae
Lee, Mjriam' Creech, Basil Jenkins,
Lavinia Moore and Polly Walter.
There would have been several
others on the honor roll except for
the attendance requirement, which
requires that the pupil be absent not
more than two days. «
Hilda Honor Roll.
Hilda school closed . its first
month the 23rd ult. The en-
rollme ie first, month was 129.
The (Ns the honor roll for
October:
Bonds, Ida
Achille
First Grad
Hutto, Evelyn
Collins.
Second Grade—Verna Bonds, Mir
iam* Fields and dlessie Mae Hutto.
Third Grade—Leroy Johnson, Ches
ter Vernon Boggs.
Fourth Grade—Rhodie Hartzog, J,
D. Hartzog, Mary Black.
Sixth Grads—Wilbur Hartzog and
nesday) morning when The People-
iSentinel closed its forms. Sheriff
Dyches and Coroner Lancaster went
to the scene of the tragedy to hold
an incuest.
Lexington Downs WiUiston.
After an illness of more than a
«
year. Mr, Sam Woodward died at his
residence here Tuesday, 'his body
bring' laid to rest the following day Pond, aection; was a welcome caller Bertha Collins and Irene Dychea.
He was a carpenter by trade .and afiuft The People-Sentinel office Wed- Eighth Grade—Edna'Collins. -
Ninth Grade—Janie Lou Hutto.
\ . '■ ■ • Woodrow Fields.
Mr. H. W, Jones, Sr., of the Double Seventh Grade—Susie Mae Hutto,
'.v. .
Lexington, Oct. 30.—Lexington de
feated WiUiston in the second cham
pionship game of the ninth district
by the score o^ 19 to 0.
In the first quarter Lexington drove
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the ball 30 yards for a touchdown af
ter recovering a fumble. t
In the last half Lexington put-a-
a
cross two touchdowns on straight
football, the only forward, pass of
the game failing »to be complete.
Corley place-kicked one extra point.
While the entire two teams played
good footbaU, Corley, J. S. Wingard
and F. Harmon of Lexington, did
steUaf work. Numerous substitu
tions were made on both aids.
Lexington plays Orangeburg at
Lexington next Friday, Nov. 6, in the
third championship game of the
ninth district.
Mesdames Edgar A. Brown, J. N.
Anderson, S. B. Moseley and Perry A.
Price were delegates to the Federa
tion ^of Music Clubs, which met in
Edgefield Saturday.
bose Boylston, attorney, for $100.
By the Sheriff.
The State vs. Richard Odom, one
lot in the town of Blackvilles, sold to
Theopolis Glover for $75.
The State vs. Anditw Jefferson, one
lot in the town of Blackville, sold to
Mrs. M. E. Still for $26.
By the Judge of Probate.
James M. Templeton, as adminis
trator of the estate of Julia A. Tem
pleton, deceased, vs. Sarah Temple
ton, et al., 120 acres of land, sold to
Thos. M. Boulware, attorney, ,for
$800.
Mr. €. C. Meyer Dead.
COTTON GROWERS
FLOCK tO CO-OPS.
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SLUMP IN j PIUCB OF COTTON
AROUSES THEM.
Many New Member*.—Heavy Deliv
eries Reported by All Associa
tions Over Entire Belt.
- The tremendous slump in the price
of cotton has driven hundreds of cot
ton growers all over the belt into the
ranks of the Cotton Growers’ Co-op
erative association and if maintained
a while longer is going to result in a
perfect deluge of new members, says
statement issued by the South Caro
lina Cotton Growers’ Cooperative as
sociation. , There has been a steady
influx of new contracts for the past
month into the various associations,
the statement says, and last week
there was a very marked increase.
“When a sllump like the present
one comdk, it serves to arouse a great
many of the growers as nothing else
can to the fact that they are utterly ?
helpless if they attempt to fight
alone,” says the statement. “It
makes them realize how foolish it la
to attempt to fight in any other way
but an organised way. It i* a pity
that it takes price debacle such, as
this to awaken so many of them.**
Deliveries to the South Carolina
Cotton Growers” Co-operative con
tinue very far ahead of last season
and indications are that the total re- ~
celpts for this season will f *r sur
pass those of last season. Th* same
report comes from the othor co-oper
atives. Some States have already got
more cotton than mey got all last
season.
Discussing further the present price
the cotton association’s state
ment says:
“Who la responsible for the tre
mendous slump in the price of cot
ton—a slump that haa carried it very
far below the cost of production?
“Certainly it ia not the good, loyal
members of the cotton co-operattvs
marketing association—men and Bre
men who have delivered every bale of
cotton they coaid possibly control and
who have worked in season and out of
season for the advancement of the
co-operatives’ cause. a Nobody can
blame them, nobody will dare Marne
them for everybody knows that but
for them the price would be far be
low what It is now and woul4 have
been, far below what it has Been all
during the past three years.
“Who, then, is to blame? •Upon
whom must the responsibility reet?**
The statement then places thd*
b'amc upon the farmers who have
steadfastly refused to join with their
neighbors if the co-operative move
ment; upon those who, while not
grower* of cotton, have done every
thing in their power to keep the
growers from joining, and upon those
who could have helped but who have
maintained an air of indifference.
“It took ^ a financial disaster to
bring about the birth of co-operative
marketing of cotton,” says the state
ment. “It has often occurred to us
that perhaps it would take another
financial disaster to put it across. It.
will be a terrible price for the grow
ers to have to pay and the pity of it
is that the innocent will have to suffer
too, but co-operative marketing, firm
ly established, will be well worth the
price. And if the present tremen
dous slump in the price of cotton wilt
seive th.: puroo&e of wa'cning the
people of the South to their fulTduty
towards the movement, perhaps H
will prove a blessing: in disguise ”
The statement declares that co
operative marketing offers the grower
the only way out of present situa
tion and declares that every man and
woman in the Sbuih ought to join in
an effort to sign ever/ grower in the
belt.
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Death el Mrs. HeOia Pewell.
News that Mr. C. C. Meyer had|
passed away Friday at his home in'
Meyer’s Mill brought sadness to • ^ ^ fricnds o£ Mrs . Hollis
large number of friends in Barmyell, j PoweU< of WiUiston. will be saddened
where he made his home for two ^ o£ her death, which occurred
l He A ' > ‘9 A Ma. _ M
years, being proprietor of the Circle
Inn. He wgs a gentlemsrh-—of ^ the
old school and readily made friends
of those with whom he cavae in con
tact. He was a successful ' farmer
ropnewr oi me right, tfter aa ill
a gentleman—of the^^ Before her
she* waa ;!tias ^aa Birt.
Mr. W‘ C. Bik, formerly of
and was a young wi
•r.r-''
'M
>nd at one time was also engaged in ^ respe?t #nd e8tf , em o£ ^
the mercantile business at Uty*T>* knrm ^ ^ " n^rried about
Mill. His body was bud to rest Sun- Tttr
»g w *
day, the funeral being attended by a
Udft concourse of sorrowing vela- j The friends of Dr. A. B. Pa
tivea and sympathetic friends, who, will leant with regret that he.
extend sincere sympathy to the be- fined to his
reared faarily. * *eff