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** * '*5 , J ■< > A “ • ' l % • A OrPIClAL NEWSPAPER OP BARNWELL COUNTY. “If ym mint nonejr, wc hav* It— - If you hare monej, we went Jt" HOME BANE OF BARNWELL. riii ii . i% i o • l .... , #• " „ 4-- '» BARNWELL COUNTY’S BEST 1 (ip namwpiN ■ pnnip-LiPntinpi ft MOST POPULAR NEWSPAPOL > Established in 1877. M 1 n&l 1 IL*. j* Hjemllas” ) Lnreeet County Circulation. * t ALL HOME PRINT.' i-ag 1 '" 1 - —a ar VOLUME XLIX. ■v' BARNWELL. 80l|TH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER Si. 1925. x NUMBER IS. THE BIG VOTE OFFER TO CLOSE SATURDAY NIGHT I, »;• rr Barnwell’^ Most Popular Citizen BARNWELL SHIVERS IN GRIP OF ICY WEATHER NEVER AGAIN WILL SUBSCRIP* TIONS COUNT AS MUCH. All Candidates Running Close Togeth er, With No One Having a Very Large Advantage. & SCO Go Infant Drank Lye With Fatal Results Super-effort is now being displayed iii The People-Sentinel’s big cam paign as the largest and best Extra Vote offer of the entire race huddles around closing time, up to 9:00 a. m. Saturday. Candidates have the privi lege of mailing Weir subscriptions and remittances so they will count on this most liberal special offer of all time. Are you prepared to meet it? The past was a period of changes— many changes—of many candidates taking better places, of others drop ping to less advantageous places. What happened in the past is only ^ a forerunner Sjf what is bound to ,c*me today, ft is inevitable that in nr» th«w«oext three days itvalance of sub- ious the present arrangement score Will be turned topsy-turvy, to every person you know and then begin to seek out those with whom you are not acquainted; tell them of your hopes, aims and ambi tions, explain your method of pro cedure; tell them of the work you have done so far and what you hope . to do. Tell them-how. valuable to you • a subscription is right now. Prove to them it may mean the winning of the prize which you so much desire and they will be willing to help you. Im press upon them the necessity of giv ing their subscriptions in order to make you successful, make them feel that now is the crucial time and that their subscriptions are the ones upon which your success depends. Arouse their interest and you'll surely gain their subscriptions. An interested person is of the greatest assistance and always ready and will ing to stretch out a helping hand. You will soon see that your work is getting along nicely and that hosts of people arc interested in you. when nefore you could easily number your friends. It is this Interest that ypu —' nrouse tflat will surely spell 'success for you when the campaign ends. Spurred on by the ever present ne cessity of making time'aount while it counts the most, and determined to out aside every obstacle that may Itrise between them and long cherish ed ambitions, candidates in this cam paign are with feverish activity ap proaching the cal! of “time” of the big 300,000 Extra Vote Offer,. The near approach of this largest and best vote offer may lie likened unto a • burning brand applied to a brush heap ip the manner it spread* en- ^ghusiasm Among workers. Wp Spreading like wildfire among Them it has leaped to every comer of The .People-Sentinel’s territory, and everywhere the word has been passed That right now is the time of times to show the greatest results. The way the public in general and the candidates in particular are. stir red up over this unusual opportunity makes it look as though the campaign will upset all previous calcufations and establish a mark all its own. Candidates who are witholding their subscriptions with the convic tion, that !\v doing so they will later he able to gain more votes on them, are headed for an awakening that means iegret. Right now. during the largest Ftii. Vote Offe>, ; s the time to* accomplish big v vc totals ahd every possible subscription should be turned in on or before Saturday. Let that fact establish itself in the minds of those who harbor a different opin ion. • IF YOU WANT THE $865.00 ES SEX COACH OR ONE OF THE OTHER AUTOMOBILES, THEN MEET THE NEXT THREE DAYS SITUATION WITH COURAGE. * MM As They Are Running. As tie result of the first period nearing its close and the greatest of all free vote "offers closing with it, there was a general shake-up in the standing of the various candidates week. iHHlrs. Jeff Black, of Blackville, again \ Tffkea the lead for the Essex Coach, overcoming her setback of last week and resting on top once again by the small margin of q^ie and one-half subscriptions. Just think 7,500 votes behind Hie leader. One two-year .subscription would have changed the Hercules, Dec. 29.—The bsby of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Still, of this community; jdied Wednesday night as the result of drinking lye ftiat morn ing.. The frantic parents rushed the child to a doctor immediately after it had taken the fatal dose and every possible effort was made to save its life ,but in vain. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Still sympatize with them in their bereavement. — Miss Derry Patterson Wins Division Prize Of interest to her many friends is the announcement b]^ Mrs. J. B. Work man, Division Detector of Children of : Confederacy, to ^Kss Derry Patter son, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Patterson, of Barnwell, of the winning of the Division prize for the best poem on a Confederate sub ject, the prize being a lovely silver vase. This prize was offered by Mrs. James H. White, of Johnston, jand has been forwarded to Miss Patter son who treasures it gs one of her most priceless possessions. ' Valua ble prizes are offered each year by the South Carolina Divisioif to mem bers o£ the Chapters of Children of Confederacy and Barnwell feels proud that one of her daughters should win this honor. Derry is President of the. recently organized Perry Man- ville Chapter, C. of C., and is do- inging excellent work. Cotton Ginning Report. There were 26,443 bales of cotton ginned in Barnwell County prior to December 13th, as compared with 20,919 bales ginned to the same date in 1£21. according to a report recent ly made public by the Department of Commerce. This is an increase over last year of 5.524 bales, or more than 25 per cent. The total for the State was placed at 909.861 bales, as com pared with 798,400 bales in 1924. Ginnings fior other counties in this section are as follows: * 1925 Aiken . Allendale Bamberg Hampton 29,596 14,084 18,788 11,825 1924 28,562 11,738 11.626 8,523 Johnson Hagood Chapter Meets The Johnson Hagood Chapter held its December meeting with Mrs. E. W. Holman. Assisting Mrs. Holman -hp hostesses were Mesdame J. Her bert Black. T. D. Creighton and Al len Brown.' Quite a number of mem bers were present- and various com mittees 'appointed T6r th»i coming year’s work. Mrs. B. L. Easterling, the recently ‘elected president, urged the members to cooperate with her and to make the year 1926 one of the best years in the chapter’s history. After business was laid aside a social half hour w^s enjoyed, during which a delightful salad course, with Russian tea, was served. An Important Cotton Meeting in Atlanta An important meeting of bankers, farmers and other representative bus iness men of the South will be held in Atlanta January 6th, at which time a movement will be launched to reduce the cotton acreage in 1926. Realizing that another large crop next year will mean ruinous prices for the cot ton growers, an effort will be made to reduce the acreage 33 1-3 per cent. Many prominent men will be present at the meeting and it ia sincerely hoped that their efforts will be crown ed with success. TEMPERATURE 20 DEGREES LOW FREEZING. Coldest Weather In Severn! Yentg Swept Over This Section Son- - day Night. JUDGE M. B. MAHER. Sunday School Class T . Enjoyed Xmas Party One of the most delightful of the Christmas parties was given by Mrs. G. M. Greene on Friday evening when she entertained her Sunday School Class, consisting of about thirty young girls and matrons. The rooms were attractively decor ated in holly and bamboo, the color scheme being red and green. Upon the arrival of the guests they were presented with cards, each contain ing a letter of the word Christmas and asked to form as many words as possible in a given length' of time from those letters. Miss Anna Wal ker, former teacher of this class and the guest of hoppr, won the prize, a lovely blooming plant. After several piano selections by Misses Elizabeth Easterling and Willie Mae Vann, the guests were handed telegraph blanks nnd asked to write a message to Santa Clus, each word in the message to begin with the letters contined in the words “Santa Claus.” The messages when eompleted were exchanged and read by those present, causing much merriment. Miss Ett a Owens was given the prize for the most'original message, a lovely hand-embroidered guest towel. At the conclusion of this contest the guests repaired to the dining room and were asked to draw 'gifts from a huge Christmas pie. At the end of Miss Anna Walker’s rib bon was K card telling her to “look in the corner, where sits little Jack Homer, eating your Christmas Pie.” Colored School Helps Near East % The above is an excellent roproduetbn of Barnwell’s most popular citizen—Judge M, B. Maher—beloved by young and old alike. “Bellin ger,” as he is •affectionately known to his host of friends, is a man of many professions, styling himself a lawyer, doctor and preacher, in ad dition to # his title as judge.X. Shortly before Christmas, Mr. Angus B. Patterson conceived the idea of having Judge Maher’s frititd;' show their affection in^a material way and the result is seen in the a hcve # photograph, Bellinger having been presented with a complete outfit from head to foot. He consented, to pose for this photograph on condition that' it lie reproduced in The} Plexico, dressed as iit- People-Sentinel, and Barnwell County’s most popular newspaper feels] t ' c ^ OT ] T1t ' r » *** * n » beautifully honcred to publish the picture of Barnwell’s most popular citizen. decorated high chair having before her a huge pound cake beautifully iced, the gift of the class to Mias Walker. - Mrs. Greene, the present lelader of this class, was presented with a lovely cut glass fruit bowl by Miss Rosa Owens, president of the class. s r*-*~ ' After several hours of merriment delicious refreshments, consisting of ice cream, pound and butter .' sauce cake, were served. Barnwell shivered this week hi Qie coldest weather that has visited this section in several yean, ther mometers Monday morning register ing only 12 degrees above zero, or 20 degrees below the freezing point The first of the present cold spell nude its appearance Saturday, being ush ered in by an icy wind, Sunday urna fair and cold and the mercury con tinued to fall during Sunday night, followed by the coldest weather of the present winter—and also » for several years—Monday Many householders who failed to off their water supply Sunday found the pipes frozen the morning and local pi urn ben reaping the harvest that usuaB* fal lows such neglect Little relief is promised from the present cold spell until after the New Year. It has been extremely cold through out the country, no section having as- caped the icy breath of Winter, low temperatures have been •s far South as Florida. Radio listeners who were tuned fh on Chicago Sun day night heard the distressing story of hundreds who were said to be freezing to death end who were seek ing shelter in police stations, where cots were placed to accomodate them. Conditions were said to be worse than ever before in the history of the city. Many deaths, doe either direct ly or indirectly to the extremely cold weather, were reported from New York and other cities in the East and West. Farmers Welcome Cold. The fanners of this section wel come the cold weather, however disa greeable it may be, as it gives them an opportunity to kill hogs and will also destroy thousands of boll wee vils that would survive a mild Win ter. It ia believed by many that the emergence of this peat from hiber nation next Spring and Summer will be small as compared with last year, as the severe Winter following the drought of last Summer, should prove a knock-out blow. Santa Claus Visits * Veterans of Sixties The Veterans of the Sixties . and widows of Veterans of the town of Barnwell were made very happy on Christmas Eve when a committee visited each of them carrying a love ly -box of- fruit, nuts,* candies, etc., together with a warm greeting. Misses Blanche Bennett and Derry Patterson, presidents of the local chapters, Children of the Confeder- Social and Personal News from Ellenton F.llcnton. Dec. 26.—The second • % number of the lyceum featuring a musical program by the Piedmont bureau will be given at the high school auditorium Wednesday night at 8t30 o’clock. Miss Gladys Watson of the Beau fort high school faculty was a visitor here last week. She was accompa nied Wednesday by the Rev. and Mrs. Lyndhunit Items. The committee on Near East Re lief last week received a donation of $5.00 from the Colored Graded School of Barnwell for the little orphans across the seas. Coming at this sea son when one is so apt to. be think ing of' his ' own selfish pleasures makes this gift to those hfffpless chil dren all the more appreciated, and the' principal, George Butler, and his corps of workers are to be com mended for this splendid act on their part in helping the helpless. entire,standing of these candidates. Miss Frankie Harley, of Barnwell, holds her own this week and is lead ing* district No. 1 for the Ford tour ing car. But for the condition of the weather she would, probably be where she was last week. Any old thing may happen before the paper comes out next Week. There are three candidates in this district that could easily forge to the front with a little extr a effort. Mias Harley ia being cloacly crowded by the other candidates in thia district. Either of these may spring a big surprise any day. » U Diamond and Floride Jackson and Mrs. G. M. Greene visited the various homes as representatives of the Christmas Cheer Committee and left behind them many glad hearts. Every Veteran in the County was remem-' bored with a lovely Christmas card and it was a source of regret to the mother chapter and her auxiliaries that a box could not be sent to each Veteran and widow in the county.. A box of fine apples was sent t o the Confederate Home in Columbia and a check sent to the faithful nurse at the Home as a gift from the Johnson Hagood Chapter. The Christmas Cheer Committee, consisting ,of Mrs. Cora Brooker, chairman, Mesdames M. C. Diamond, T. K. Bolen, Lee Middleton, Mary Moody, Misses Laura Clary, Julia Delk and Carrie Williams prepared the boxes for distribution, each box being, tied with Confederate colors, red and white. acy. Misses Mildred Moore, Zelma I R. H. McKinnon to Columbia, where they will spend the holidays with the latter’s mother, Mrs. T. M. Watson. J. B. Harley of Wilmington, N. C., is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. A. I. Boyd. Mrs. Mitt Dunbar has as her guest her grandson, Dynck Feanell of Philadelphia. \ Sumter Cassels of Furman is spend ing the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Cassels. The Intermediate B. Y. P. U. had a most enjoyable social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bagnal Tues day evenihg. Twenty young people with Mrs. Emmett Johnson as leader, had a delightful evening making merry about the Christmas tree. This union will be again entertained next Tuesday evening , by the Rev. and Mrs. R. H. McKinnon. •♦\ N The Baptist church will have a watch service Thursday night. All the churches of the town are invited to join with the congregation at -this time. * / Padgett-Cave. Mias Corine Padgett, of Kline, and Mr. R. M. Cave, of Barnwell, were united in marriage Tuesday, Dec. 22, in the presence of a few friends. The ceremony was performed by Judge John K. Spelling in the Judge of Probate’s office. The friends of these young people wish for them a long, happy and prosperous union. •' : ‘ L. 'j_ Services at Allen's Chapel ‘ We have been requested ;U> an nounce that there will be services at AUenls Chapel next Sunday, Jan. 3, at 11 o’clock a. m. All members of the church are urgently requested to be present. i Advertise in The People Sentinel. Col. Calhoun Points the Vi»y. r A meeting to consider the cotton acreage reduction fqf 1926 has been called for Januarjj,.' < &jh in Atlanta, but Col. Harry D. Calhoun, president of the Home Bank, of Barnwell, has been urging his customers for the past several weeks to adopt that plan. Although many probably realized that another big cotton crop will spell disaster for the Southern farmer, Col. Calhoun was among the first to point out the danger, urging a smaller cot ton acreage and a larger production of food ami feed crops. If the farm ers of this county will heed his ad vice, they will be in much better shape next Fall, regardless of the outcome of the Atlanta meeting. Lyndhurst, Dec. 28.—Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Gantt, of Columbia, arc spending the holidays here, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gantt. Mr. Rufus Clarke and Dr. Hugh Wyman motored up from Estill on Christmas- Day, spending a short while here with friends. ^ Mr. Dick Gaunt, formerly of Allen dale but how in business in Clear water, Fla., spent a part of the holi days here with relatives. Mr. fend Mrs. W. D. Gantt spent Christmas in Elloree, the guests of Mrs. Gantt’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Parler. Miss Elizabeth Gantt is the guest of Mrs. M. W. Tharin in Allendale. There has been a good bit of hunt ing around this section during the holidays, but thf birds are reported to be scarce, probably due to the long drought of the past summer J .Arthur Wiggins Dead. Honor Roll of Hercoles School The following is the honor roll of the Hercules school for December: l«t Grade—Myrtis Sanders, Ralph Ray and Mildred Gunnels. 3rd Grade—Mae Creech, Sarah Templeton r Tena Sanders, Ray Still and Phillip Peacock. 4th Grade—Hazel Dyches. - 5th Grade—Irvin Gunnels. Lyra Sanders, Ruthie Sanders, . Green Still. 6th Grade—Ansel * Creech, Marion Dyches, Dorothy Gunnels, Myrtle Still and Katherine Hutto. 7th Grade—Alice Creech, Davie Gunnels, Blease Harley and David Sanders. 8th Grade—Eloree Still. Mr. J. Arthur Wiggins, one of Denmark’s most prominent citizens, died at his' home in that town at fo«r o’clock Wednesday morning of last week._ Mr. Wiggins moved to Den mark while quite a young man. Dur ing the first nine years of his resi dence there hq wis superintendent of the school, resigning to accept a po sition as cashier of the Bank of Den mark. His 30 years of service to His community as qducajtorv banket and churchman endeared him to hundreds of people, who will feel his loss most keenly. * ~ Mrs. A. B .Btyaa Dead. Mrs. A. JB. Bryan, of Clemson Col lege, died a few days ago in Atlanta while on a visit to friends. Her has- band, who has been connected with extension work at for many years; ia dale County and is iHfiiHNMMHHHI . • ^