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NUMBER 17.
Kiddies Of Barnwell Comity Tell Their Wants
A RARE RELIC
GIVEN MUSEUM
BARNWELL COUNTY MAN MAKES
GIFT OF VALUE
Soldier’s Cap Worn in Revolution and
Now Valued »t $3,000 is Pre
sented by H. B. Cave.
Many Letters Addressed ,
to Dear Old Santa Claus
A relic of the Revolutionery War—
£ soldier’s cap which is now valued at
more than $3,000—has been present
ed to the Charleston Museum by Mr.
Henry B. Cave, of Kline. The gift j extra pages ii\ order not to curtail
the usual amount of news items
This issue of The People^Sentinel
contains a large number of letters to
Santa Claus from the children of
Barnwell County and it is to be
hoped that there will be no aches of
disapointment in childish hearts on
Christmas morning because of empty
,dtoc!kings—the greatest tragedy of
childhood. Several columns were
required for publication of the let
ters, necessitating the printing of
was made through Congressman
Thomas S. McMillan, himself a na
tive of old Barnwell County, who, in
.-endins: The People-Sentine\ an ac
count of the donation from the Char-
’eston Evening Post of December 2nd,
writes as follows:
“I am enclosing herewith copy of
t he Charleston Evening Post, under
late of Deecember 2nd, 1925, which
arried a story of a** °ld Revolution-
iry War cap worn by John Cave, of
Barnwell County. This story, I am
^ sure, will be of jfreat interest to a
number of the readers of your good
raper, and I have been requested to
forward it to you for publication in
one of our early issues:”
The aitiile is
Therefore, this issue of the paper is
dedicated to those to whom Santa
Claus is a reality. A few letters will
be found on this page and the others
on page one of Section Two.
Olar S. Cj Dec. 21-25—Dear Santa
Claus—Please bring me a Bicycle a
piano and a doll carriage and a box
of stationary and some fruit candy
and nuts this is all I am asking for
and please brii\g all of my friends
something nice. ?With love to you—
Merdrew Sanders.
colse am waiting for you to come—
Manning and Hubert Sanders. ^
Olar, S. C., Dec. 21-25—Dear Santa
Claus— Will write and tell you what
I want you to bring me & Trycicle
a doll carriage and a little chair and
fruit candy and fire crackers and
please bring the other little children
something too. Will close with love
—Allie Blanch Sanders.
♦
Worn in the stirring times of 1776
by John Cave, great-great grand
father of Congressman Thomas S.
McMillan. B nd in spite of its age
•tiW^in fair condition, acap, similar
to those, worn in the Revolution by
men under the command of General
Francis Marion, has been contributed
to the Charleston Museum through
Hr. McMillan by Henry B. Cave, of
Barnwell County.
The cap is of blue broadcloth of
n tuncated-oone shape and has on
the front a brass palmetto tree un
der which are' the figures 1776 and
to each side of which arc small el
liptical “waals,” similar to the pres
ent seal of the State. The seal to the
left side of the tree bears the in-
scjnption “Dum Spiro,-; Spero Spes,
which freely- translated means
“Whifc I breathe I hope,” and the
«oal to the other side has the inscrip
tion "Parati Opibusque Anjmis,” or
freely translated. “Ready in Spirit
and in Deed.” The latter inscri|ftion
I« also stamped on the small brass
loittons, one of whieh is to eacji side
of the cap and fastened on the small
Mack “belt” which is directly over
the wide hard card board rim or visor,
-r Cap Purchased Here.
The cap was purchased by John
Cave ffom Walter Steel, 231 King
St., Charleston, the name qf thi^
iealer being..un a label in the crown.
At his death if was given to hifc
«^n, Ben Cave, the gtamlfathcr of
Henry B. Cave, tjje Confederate Vet
eran. Upon the death of Ben Cave,
the cap passed into the possession- of
his daughter, Elizabeth Cave, who
married J. W. Wilson and lived near
Kline, Barnwel ICounty. A few
years before her death she gave it
to Henrv B.^ave, her nephew. Henry
B. Cave has had th& cap in. his pos
session since 1882. The latter was
horn March 18, 1844, and served thre,e
years and three months in the War
Between the States in C. J. Colcock’s
regiment and also with, Lamar’s
Seige Artillery. He is an uncle of
Congressman McMillan ^nd is-now-
living near Kline, Barnwell County.
The cap was worn by John Cave,
great grandfather of H. B. Cave,
Confederate Veteran, and great, great
•grandfather . of Congressman Mc
Millan.
John Cave was the - son of Peter
Cave an immigrant to the States
who settled n t Charlottesville, Va.,
before the Revolution. John Cave
when ji young man came to Barn
well County of this State some 18
years before the Revolution. He en
tered the war when hostilities began
and served mostly in and 4 around
Charleston and (between this city
and Savannah.
His commander-in-chief was Gen-
1 Marion and the colonel of his
giment was Bill Hardin of -Barn
well County, who is buried now on
the bank of the Salkehatehie River
about three miles from the BamweH
Court House. * His captain was Tarl-
tpn Brown, also of Barnwell and his.
Cave's brother-in-law. Tarlton Brown
also came originally from Charlottes-
and J want you to be a good Sant a to
me I want you to jbring me a Try
cicle a little gun and automobile and
plenty of fire works of all kinds and
some fruit and nuts and candv. Will
Olar, S. C., Dec. 21-25—Dear Santa
Clause—Aa Xmas is near and I have
been good I am asking you to bring
me a few- things I want you to bring
m_> ^ big dol 1 and a doll carriage and
plenty of fruit candy and nuts and
that is all I am asking for as I want
you to bring all of the other little
boys a nd girls plenty. Will close with
love —Stella Sanders.
TEACHERS MET
HERE SATURDAY
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FIFTY TEACHERS ATTEND IN
SPITE <)F WEATHER. —
Dr. Harry Clark, of Furman Univer
sity, Was the Principal Speaker
of the Occasion.
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Contestants Are
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Neck in
And
ig Race
Olar S .C. Dec. 21-25—Dear old
Santa—I am a little boy and live in
the-country •! go to schoftf eVffry~ffiyt JemrLou.'T'er^and Margie a tea set
Blackville S. C.—Dear Santa—We
will tell you what we want for Chris-
mas I Katherin want a tea set and
some fiuit, I McLaurin want a cap
pistol, and some fire crackers and
some fruit. Bring our little jistera
apiece and some fruit, guess we had
better close and give-some one else
chance to ask for something. Lov
ingly —, Katherine and McLaurin
Owens.
Methodist Concert
Was Great Success
W. DrHarley Injured
While Unloading Car
The sacred concert at the Methodist
Church Sunday evening for the bene
fit of the orgaii fund was a great suc
cess from every* standpoint. The
church was crowded to capacity and
the splendid program was enjoyed
from beginning to end. The free will
offering netted about $3*2.00. The
program was as follows:
Chorus—“It came upon_ the mid-
night^air.”—Music Club.
Piano Solo — Veneva - Condo lira
(Liszt)—Mrs. Solomon Blatt.
Vocal Solo—Ave Maria from Cav-‘
alleria Rusticana—Mrs. S. B. Mose
ley.
Chorus— Swee and Low— Music
Club.
Vocal Solo—Little Gray Home in the
West.—(I-ohr)—Mr. Rajph Smith.
Vocal Solo—Ava Mari a (Mallard)
—Mrs. Ira Falcs. -
Vocal Solo—Flanders Fields. (Ber
gen)—Mr. J. Arthur Kennedy.
Chorus—Swing Low Sweet (’har
lot Music TTuk ,
Remarks—Peace on earth, /ffqod
will toward men.—Rev. R. W. Hum
phries. t
Free Will Offering—benefit of
OrganFund.
Chorus—Silent Night—Music Club.
Congregational Singing Doxology.
Filling Stations
to Close Christinas
Mr. W. D. Harley, local Hudaon-
Esaex dealer, was painfully injured
one day last week while unloading a
shipment of those very popular au
tomobiles. He was adjusting the oj]
pump on one of the can when bis
hand slipped, the knuckle on the fore
finger of his right band being badly
cut. Mr. Harley suffered intensely
for two or three days, but the wound
ed members is healing nicely and hia
friends hope that *no permanent in
jury will result.
In spite of the inclement weatlh and
the fact that quite a number of the
schools had closed last Friday for
the Chriftmas holidays, about fifty
teachers met-^ the local high school
building Saturday mornShg.—All of
the Study Center instructors, includ
ing Supt. Fowler, of Barnwell, Supt.
Self, of Williston, Mrs. G. G. High, of
Denmark, and Miss Agnes McMas-
ter of Columbia, were in attendance
a nd the Study Center classes met from
ten o’clock to 1 o’clock- P. M. Dr.
Harry Clark, who is in charge of the
Chair of Education at Furman Uni
versity, conducted the class in Edu
cation for Supt Fowler. At 1 o’
clock the teachers assembled in the
auditorium fbr the teachers meeting.
Devotional exercises were conducted
by President C. H. Fowler. Musk,
both instrumental and vocal, was
presented- -‘Bess and Her Little Ted - -
dy Bear,” as sung and illustratecd by
Clara Sue Matthews, a pupil of the
Barnwell school, accompained by Mrs.
S. B. Moseley, won the praise of the
audience. Dr. Clark was the speaker
and for an hour addressed the teach
ers upon the subject of “The Economic
Value of Education.” 1L. waa Dr.
Clark’s second appearance before the
teachers this session and they hope
for another chance to hear him. The
seasonable dinner, with the Christ
mas decorations, served by the ladies
of the Presbyterian Church was most
delicious and enjoyable and ngerited
the many favorable comments.
The bars are up! The tntek is
clear! !The People-Sentinel Auto Sub
scription Campaign is getting under
way now and the race for the prises
headed by that marvelous Essex
Coach is on in earnest. But a few
subscriptions separate the high and
low contestants. In this issue will
be found the standing of the candi
dates up to Wednesday morning.
Some of those who took but little
interest in the race at the start have
at the repeated urging of friends, de
cided o stay in and mak* a fight for
K.
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Saturday night, January 2nd. Tig
time is set for 9:00 p. m., but should
any candidate be unable to report in
full by that hour the time will be ex
tended sufficiently to meet the re
quirements.
Candidatfs *re requested to come
to the .office as early in the evening
as possible. They will be waited on
in order first come, first served.
The People-Sentinel office will be
closed as soon as all candidates have
reported in full and with its dosing
the “first period” of the Campaign
ends and the BIG VOTES will be
Among the late starters are Miss ] over.
Beatrice Hiers, of Dunbarton; Mrs. | Miss Frankie Harleey Leads far the
Social and Personal
News from Ellenton
Paul Sanders and Miss Agnes Mob
ley, of Olar, who, at this writing bid
fair to give the others a real race.
Other entrants whose recent returns
at The People-Sentinel office more
than indicate that they are out to
make the others hustle are Mrs. Au
gusta Long, Miss Annie Moody, Mrs.
W. H. Manning and Mrs. John Wi
der.
It is a close race between several
Marvelous- Essex Coach
With the last returns to be tabu
lated before the paper went to*
Miss Frankie Harley, of Barnwell,^
leading the entire field in the raca for
that BEAUTIFUL ESSEX COACH,
which is the GRAND CAPITAL
PRIZE in Tha People-Sentinel Cam
paign. Mrs. Jeff Black, of Black
ville, now holds first place in District
No. Two for the Ford car, crowding
All filling stations in Barnwell will
observe Christmas Day by closing
their places of business and it is an
nounced that no gasoline nor oil will
be sold from tonight (Thursday) un
til Saturday morning, December 26th.
Motorists are urged to see that their
tanks are well filled if they expect to
enjoy a ride Christmas Day. ‘
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ville, and settled after the war at
Boiling Springs in Barnwell County.
Congressman McMillan prevailed
upon his uncle to give the cap to the
local museum as a'permanent relic of
the ReVblutqinary war and on ac
count of the sentimental claim that
Charleston had on it, in that £he cap
was bought here and was worn by a
soldier of the Revolutioit ?n and
around the
It is understood that the cap is
valued at more than $3,000 and that
this price had been offered for it
quite recently and refused.
The cap is older than the hat worn
by General Andrew Pickens and now
in the Charleston Museum, it is un
derstood, and it" will be preserved as
a priceless relu; at the lo«aL institu
tion.
Ellenton, Dec. 19.—L. M. Peebles
will leave Saturday to spend the holi
days with relatives in Camden.
The Ellenton school will have its
Christmas exercises Friday evening.
At this ime aplay will be given by
the high-tmhool and a commuiffty tree
will be featured.
The following teachers will spend
the holidays with their parents: Miss
Blanche Grant at Springfield, Miss
Olivia Rook at Charleston,' Miss
Gladys Owens at North Augusta.
The Meihodist bazaar which was
held last week was quite a success.
In addition to the fancy work that
was on display, a most enjoyable sup
per of chicken and ’cue was served.
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The following young people from
their respective colleges are expected
home nevt week for -the holidays
Miss Betty McLeod, Georgia State
Normal; W. B. Turner, Charles Tur
ner, Albert Weathersbee, Glemson;
Suiqter Cassels, Furman University.
Miss Helen Dunbar of Columbia is
on a visit to her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Dunbar.
The Rev. R. H. McKinnon and Mrs.
McKinnon have returned from Colum
bia where they were called on ac
count of the recent illness of Mr/
McKinnon’s mother.
Friends are glad to hear that Jeff
Stokes is recuperating after a severe
case of influenza.
_ Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fanning have
moved into their attractive new
bungalow' on Main Street.
Betsy Starr Chapter
Entertained at Olar
Olar, Dec. 19.—Mrs. C. P. Chewning
was hostess t<> the Betsy Starr chap
ter, U. D. C., Thursday afternoon.
The reception room and parlor were
bee ora ted with potted plants, holly and
Christmas hells, suggestive of the
approachingv holiday season. Meet
ing was called to order by the vice
president, Mrs. C. P. Chewning. The
regular routine of business was dis
posed of. It was unanimously voted
to buy a bond in behalf o(.the tuber
culosis relief fund. A committee was
appointed to sefid cards of Christ
mas cheer to our veterans and widows
or veterans. The meeting was turned
over to the historian. The very inter
esting program was as follows: Piano
solo, Vivienne Yates; talk, “The Life
'of (the Author of the Thirteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States,” Miss Ellzey;
choiVs, “To Our U. D. C,” by mem
bers; reading, ^U. D. C. Creed,” Mrs
W. L. Branno.n; reading, “Excerpts
of Haynes” Speech on South Caro-
ina’s Devotion to the Union,’*' Mrs. G.
V. Kearse. The hostess served a
salad course with cocoa mints in
Christmas colors. She was assisted
in serving by Mesdames L. A. Hart-
zog and B. P. Hartzog and Paul Cook.
candidates for leadership for s the^jyy^
EiWX~Cbach with Miss Frankie Har
ley claiming high honors by a very
small margin.
It is a neck and neck race, with
nothing but a few hours’ work stand
ing between first and last place. Be
cause a candidate is low in the pub
lished list today doesn't mean that
they cannot be high tomorrow.
The vote to the present time places
the candidates very close together.
As a matter of fact, the least slack of
the leaders would allow them to be
overtaken and passed.
The crucial test is now at hand. If
you ever intend doing anything big
in tbit race, DO IT NOW! Instead
of being second, third, fourth or fifth,
get AT THE TOP AND STAY
THERE.
Now is the time to secure an in
surmountable reserve vote. Now is
the time to make reasonably sure
of the prize you i^pst desire. •
Never again after, Saturday night,
January 2nd, will it be possible to se
cure the full voting power on sub
scriptions. This is final and fair
warning. To hold hack now and to
rely on “promises’* to subscribe at a
later date simply means that you
will have to take less votes on such
orders. We are putting it up to you
squarely. If you entertain any de
sire whatever of being declared win
ner of the Essex Coach, one of the
Fords, or any of the other prizes to
be awarded, do not fail to. turn in
every available subscription to your
account before the close >of the “First
Pgriod.” Not to do so simply means
that you will have to rc-double your
efforts during the remainder of the
race to make up for lost ground. A
few long term subscriptions NOW,
while they count most, may he the
very ones needed'to “clinch” the Es
sex'Coach and they, can hardly help
winning orte of the Ford touring cars.
The “first period” will end with the
closing of The People-Sentinel office
Barnwell Wins from Dunbarton.
Car Stolen in Augusta.
Mr. R. R. Moore, of Snelling, had
the misfortune to .iSee his new Ford
touring car by theft while in Augusta
one day last week. Unfortunately
Mr. Moore had no theft insurance.
The loss was reported to the police,
hut to*date nothing has been heard
firojp the car.
the upper berth.
The standing of the candidates ia
as follow*:
DISTRICT No. 1.
Barnwell.
Mrs. John Wilder 95,906
Miss Frankie Harley .... 13$,090
Mias Annie Moody ..97,000
Barnwell R. F. D.
Mrs. Augusta Long 134.800
Mr*. W. B. Parker ....1 5,000
Miaa Daisy Ray 45,700
Hilda. *
Miaa OUie Lee Jones
Mias Eulali a Black
Mrs. Emma Lou Still ....
Kttas.
Mias Mary Ann Best 97,000
Ulmer .*
Mias Louise Blount 84,200
Ulmern. R JT, if. .
Miss Louise Good son, ....
Olar.
Mias Agnes Mobley
Mrs. Paul Sanders
DISTRICT No. 2.
* Blackville.
Jeff Black .....
Martha Bruce
Williston
W. H. Manning r.. 127.600
Blackville, R. F. D.
Miss Mabel Mims 59,500
. Dunbarton .
Miss Beatrice Hiers 98,800
81,600
83,000
Mrs.
Miss
Mrs.
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79,800
New Coe Champ
ship on the part of both teams and
of fine courtesy from each team for
the other team and each player for
her opponent. To - mention stare
would simply be to give u list of the
players on each team. Both teams
wtCTe fast and showed fine teamwork.
The Barnwell High School girls’ Barnwell had and getting it down the
basketball team continued its victor- field toward their goal and the Barn-
ious career by defeating the Dunbar
ton High School team 49 to 29, at
Dunbarton last Frioay, In one of the
prettiest basketball games ever play
ed in Barnwelf County. .The game
waa very fast and cleanly fought. It
waa marked throughout by a wonder-
*ul spirit of food dean sportsman-
well forwards seldom missed a try
for goal. Although beaten the Dun-
tarton tedm displayed a very fine
brand of basketball and this team
will bear watching as it Is due to
spring some surprises and give any
teams they play an interesting half-
Barnwell Man’s Auto
Turned Over Sunday
Mr. Terie Richardson, his children,
and Messrs. Solomon Blatt and .H.
W. Sanders had a narrow escape from
serious injury Sunday morning whan
the former’s sedan turned over oa
the Barnwell-AUendale highway about
three miles South of this city. Mr.
Richardson was driving very slowly
at the time but th* car became un
manageable because of the slippery
condition of the road, caused by tha
recent rains. The occupants of the
machine (.escaped unhurt with the ex
ception of Mr. Sanders, who received
a few bruises. the car was slightly
damaged.
Here, is Edward Heretnana. Bel
gian cue sc nest!on whoae ddll
wrested the World’s BflHard Crown
from the brew ef young Jahi
Shaeffor. This Is tha seam crown
that V"Ufe Hoppe held far aa
>earn. Who»
Faring Improves Streets.
Property owners on Burr Street
have greatly improved the appear
ance of their property by the laying
of concrete sidewalks, the woifc be
ing done by the Kennedy Construc
tion Co., which concern had the con
tract for building the concrete
bridge over the Salkehatehie River,
on the Bamwell-Dunberton highway.
Sidewalks have been laid on the Watt
side of the street J?<xn Mr. Terie
Richardson’s corner* to Mr. S. B.
Moseley’s corner, and on the oppoaite
side of the street from- Vickery's
Garage to the comer of Motor's
Hardware Store. It is undantood
that the town pays one-third of tha
cost of this improvement and if there
are obers who desire sidewalks in
front of their property they win do
weB to communicate with tha
authorities. -
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