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Barnwell People-Sentinel VOLUME LX. M Ju»t Llk* m M«mb«r of th« Family" BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JUNE 24TH. 1MT. Barnwell County 4-H Certificates Awarded MU* MeN«b Announces the Winners of Certificates.—Much Work Accomplished. Seventy per cent, of 4-H members of Barnwell County have completed projects commenced in the fall and will receive certificates for work ac complished. More 4-H ce'rtificates will be issued 1 this year than in sny previous year since 4-H clubs have Been organized in the county. A score of 70 per cent, is necessary for a certificate. “My P§rt in the Home,” a phase of The Home Management Project, was chosen by twelve 4-H clubs as the major project for the year. The pur pose of the project was: 1. To help the 4-H club member to become a helpful member of the home. 2. To aid her to see contributions she can make to the family and home. 3. To give her skill in doing every day tasks. 4. To show her the value of her time in reUtion to her family and her self. 5. To train her to know the value of money. Monthly meetings were held with oemonstraUons and discussions. Features that added pleasure to the year's work were songs, picture •tndy. Christmas programs, nature • tudy and contests Ouhatere com- Tleting the year's work will be en- 1 tied la attend the annual encamp ment July M m St at Camp Lang. Eegntrementa for the year's project • ere I. Keep an acvwnnt ef money • pentfor a year. fi. Make a erhednle of time at btme. S. Improve methods • detag tasks as dmhwnahtng. ironing, ked makmg and setting Inkle; A- As • at witk fsewly trenmg daring dak year; (k Re euagoaothte for own kad < weedy made, 4 PvmrtWe famuly < mrteases. Y. Pswrtwe aortal eenrte- eon; A Astemi ala moetiagi. •- • emplete aotohnak. Oak memheoe to vesersn eeetid* otee ore Juha Wheameae. Laetle Brwwu. t'hrmeer Doem^ RBa Mae Weeam AnWoy Loll and Moo Bid'. Honing Bgetagn. Meed Buhg Baegf. Mary Dyehna Mekm V tt ami Am •eoa Bmrk. MMfin. Mary E Barker. Geare Borkor. Rthertme Megg. I * * Mae Megg. Jaanmn Ckamfik Brownie i tenrfi^ Bunaio L Morete^ Anno Bar keo. Big Fork. Morse BnrrkhnMet. Raeeee Mddeed Baeeeo. eo TV ^ese Merkryi. %'Oitoe i. Jeyee Bkemrk. Career G • .-wOOe Losre Geoake. OOkaonk BMrk. Ceeelya BMek. Beady Bowmk. Mae Pwett, Ahee VsA. Bokeeen Andoaeam. ftlnr Boeos, NaMst Cheena, Cortl Moyuv. Lmm Brkamgaat lekdn Riog. Lamarw Ratos. Meyer's Md, Carelmm Fawka, Irma ARsn. Aanae Fewke. Nairn F imho. Lanier Gnott. Loarsr Gnott, Betty Gnntt. Morse Gntl. Bashaw ^prtngs. Helen Keel. Late Renrw a Late Owens, Virginia Matr, Lang Branch; Miram Creech, Bmdy Creech. Wilma Orach, Amalia Craft. Mamie Natl Sanders, Cklol.tdr Still. Ruth E Still. Joe W’tanie Morris, Madeline Still, Frances Creech, Myrt D. Still, Leila Mae Croft, Elms Croft. Hrrca- Unusual Old Couple Lives at BlackviUe Eulie Newton Has Worked Side by Side Witk Her Husband in the Field. R. B. Pickling, of BlackviUe, tells The People-Sentinel of a rather un usual old couple who live on hit plan tation at BlackviUe—Calvin Newton and his wife, Eulie Newton. Calvin is 69 years old and his wife is 57, says Mr. Pickling, who continues as follows: VENERABLE BARNWELL LADY TELLS OF WARTIME LIFE Mils Anna Walker, Beloved Barnwell Lady, Tells Very Interesting Story of War Between the States and the EUenton Riot One of Barnwell’s oldest and beet loved citizens was persuaed to remin- oce here last week and as a result a dramatic story was brought to light. Miss Anna Walker, now in her 85th “When they married, Calvin was 1 year, modesty denied that there was 20 years old and his bride was two years his junior. They have 17 chil dren—11 boys and six girls, and most of these children are on my plantation now. Eulie gave birth to three chil dren in one year, one boy beng bom on January 1st and twin boys on the 24th of the following December. “After having been married for five years, Calvin’s wife plowed side by! side with him for 15 years, she doing the laying off of the rows by stake. Many days she cut cordwood; many days she cut and hewed rrosstiea; anything unusual about her except the fact that she has lived beyond the allotted three score and ten, but "Miss Anna,” as she is affectionately known, proceeded to tell some tales of Barnwell and this section. Miss Anna was bom in Edgefield County at the home of her gran dpar- parents, but says that she really re gard Barnwell as her home as she came here when just a child. She was bom on November 6, 1852, the daughter of Anne Lamar Car*y and Nathaniel George Washington Walk- A sister died shoot tiro years many days she put up as many of 5001 * r shingles. They both read and write ** 0 **r brother, Col. N. G. W. well. Calvin only went to school one Walker, now resides in Barnwell, month in his lift, but hs wife taught Mr. and Mrs. Walker owned a plaa- , him how to read and write at night tation near Barnwell, "Bonnie Doon. I after she had worked all day. , which ia now the property of B. L. ^"his couple ransc to BlackviUe Easterling, of Barnwell, and it was | from Hampton County. There, Chi- there that a goed portion of her child- . vn. after a day's work ia the field, hood days were spent. Her father, would cut an acre of ne* nt night and alao kad a 2d-room hotel ia Bara we 11 ' kis wife would tie and shock It that *hkh he operated prior to the War > same night- They are a very thrifty Between the States ! con pie and saw their awney. They INwtag her childhood days, the War Botwesa the Btatea was fought. “How wall do 1 roenesaker the day my hand," Mno Anna mid. when oho had finally keen pewuited open m dte- cueo the tetter day* of war umea "I •a* juoi a rkiML la my aarty loot fipno m a Hampton hank failure —Calvin and hie wife are still very active w farm mark an my place and can pick MB pounds ef cotton a day Eulie la the heut cwcwmhor packet I ka*e no my farms. They have enjoy' ed gaod health ad Gniom has sever had a phyuwmu hot once la has Me SucgveU B. D. Carter For S. Cl comes, she comet.’ “But there he stopped turned and walked out of the room inembarrass- ment. After a very sociable evening the officers courteously thanked us for the entertainment and took their leave without so much as damaging a piece of furniture. “The next morning, however, the same officers came to bid us farewell and were upstairs talking when one of the old negro men-aervants rushed up the stairs screaming for us to leave the house at once that it had been set on fire by the Union aoldiera. We quietly filed out and stood in the rain while the place was reduced to ashea. “These are my moat vivid memories of the War Between the States.'* But, Mias Anna wasn’t to lead the peaceful life from then that she wanted. After some of the immediate perils of the rvcoostractioe days were over, a friend. Mrs Cannon, of Ellen- ton. a shed her to come to EUenton and teach her three children as there was no public ache si to which ah* mold send them. Mias Walker agreed and In tke fall of ICTfi ah* took up ker abate In Elleutote Her stay there was sheet lived. Uat- mg only through the first term of the egvaod school yuer. due to the fust that the Emewasu riot, the ftul srhSrh put EBvote* an the asap and moat fur towards the vlsetteu ef of heotk C Local Garden Chib Appoint* Committees Beautification of Presbyterian Church v Grounds and Marking of Streets Proposed. The Barnwell Garden Club was en tertained very delightfully on Friday afternoon by Mias Dora Green and Mrs. E. D. Peacock, at the home of the former. The reception hall, as well as living room, was made at tractive by the use of vari colored flowers. In the abdftice of the president, Mrs. J. J. Bell, the business session was presided over by Mrs. G. M. Greene. After the minutes were read, reports from officers and all commit tees heard, two committees were ap pointed^ one looking toward the marking of all streets of the town, theother for the cleaning of the Presbyterian Church grounds. The first named committee is composed of Mrs. P. H. Harvard as chairman, Mrs. Furman Davis, Mrs. B. L. East erling, Mrs. Shelly Black, Mis. P. W. Price end Mrs. P. W. Stevens. The Lions Club and other organisations of the town are to assist in this worth while project. The beeutificutioa of tertan Church gt poued until falL he trsasptaauvj safety, t summer mouths Mrs. P Mrs. C P. Meiatr, Mrs J. N Dicks Mrs. J g Mahafey, Mm W. W. Gfcr ter and Mrs. Harvard wfil ask aa a cummNtae ea Upkeep and G ef ebvuhhevy. oka M C G (met Law ye* » Mervare« Befihn gum Mmi| M *- • to laa*s kefi me Assam VMMBVflV te 9 BtedFteMF f. te a esse mum- eteaff as bm s sasmp bud 1 ffteCMl 19 Ito IkMfctote' V MotuML atem- Mi Rs feteew Out be mm teMM tto ~ 41 f BteWtee B D 1 step bastes, I US tbry SkB t tefftetete # tef top 9teteteffB4 Jutenal Cl uoute. uatefi Mm i*si te* issto m tote gptetete^ote pf flhppto Ceeakms 1 te Mm tbr* euauauf tease baea ptoitiN* pppI yppte Me GeeAmm cnee Yuebey •ease M*« J M gw --S' *v • * w * |r Carte* teeweed hssuuuu ef steer fiteeae fie Ike pusflfiteu^ eg tema "Me muufii krsag ev iwgsahe* oud do • vumteefuf IS ef *» dfehle dsortted as a ■ewt, a lawyer sf eudrevur. a mas ef ImnS- emtrgy ead perfect maugvwy, ef manure, but vuh sarong sou* vtgtmn a man who reepecta all ef our nuiefle, both whit—a4 black, a* of whom are required to respect kin likewise a etc sight, upright ms a" Mr. Graham feels that he Is just the (ted an d did net search us type of man needed as chief esrru- ‘That night a group of the officers tiv* today. “He is not a politician in cjmw and requested permission to *#ba ss end *TW t ! •«• erU fsona ef emr temm asked * three wove ws the peeuanee gm wouAf bo eoarehsag fiw aap value ate of the « keen ksdAsu escape em kofiore the ' aware, a *wey tody, whr vuulf hr ve (ioMnrd paooruosru ef Ml could Utter e trued, sat of laid the eeidwr that they had kora prswarned and had, therrfors. bidder everything of vales. He ooouaod satis* 9 fade the ka ■g* ewb Win n muoe. A la- 1**; Martha A. Harley, Mildred Ms- j **• general meaning, but ia a states- com* upstairs to the family drawing haffey, Mary Dicks, Nonna Anderson, Joan Bauer, Jaudon Harley, Margie Summer, Alva Stevens, Barnwell. Poultry members receiving certi ficates are: Carolyn Black, Lavalette Still and Miriam Creech. Club members to receive diplomas are: Maud Ruby Knopf, Joan Bauer, Alva Stevens, Leira Grubbs and Laurie Ella Gantt. Ties for First Pl«ce i Mrs. Basil M. Jenkins was a notified Monday by P. Lorillard, \ Inc., of New York City, manu- facturers of Old Gold cigarettes, that she, along with” more Chan a thousand other contestants,” had submitted the correct solu tions to the first 90 pictures in tha Did Gold contest. This places Mrs. Jenkins in a tie for th* first print of f 100.000 A set of ft more pass!* pie* m i wots tectesad with te* ute ms 0* man who dares to do right but fears room and play th* piano. This p*r- to be wrong” mission was grsnted as it was really Mr. Carter has served as solicitor a command in the guise of a request, for about ten years, and is one of the I had seen a few of the Confederate few prosecuting attorneys in the soldiers and their uniforms were of a country whose political popularity has faded gray, bedraggled with mud and. increased during his term of office, in some cases, splotched with blood, He frequently refuses to prosecute so when the Union officers marched cases where he considers the defend- in in their fine goldbraded uniforms, ant is not guilty, and frequently asks I was taken abock. We couldn’t be- the court for a lenient sentence where lieve that it were possible for the extenuating circumstances exist. | Union soldiers to be so excellently and Solicitor Carter is a prominent' lavishly outfitted, while our men in church official, and is teacher of the gray were in such (fire need of clothes men’s class in a local Sunday school, to protect their bodies. \ When asked concerning Mr. Gra-j “Apparently these men, the offi- ham’s article, he said that he had cers, were of good breeding, as their given the matter no thought, and manners were faultless and they ' that the “nomination” came as quite showed us every courtesy. They had a surprise to him. He has given no brought one of their men to act as indication that he would seek the pianist, and after singing sever- Democratic nomination, but his friends al of the popular songs of believe that he would not dorim* a ladies would car* to play and sing. Statewide demand for his Berries*. On* of the group aereptad the offer ■ • • tad lasmsdulsly started plaftef aad staging 'My Murytaad qtete ttetily Ote of (te* tnu*«" < j**a*4 la sax.. otU •* tkv *** * *** off tea lamas satesd f aria* tear kad ptea sakad «%as was sp Tha TfiateUBfe. tea* | beams “ May sag teay is gw aa MM esasytesmp teste tea ssadhr la tea gswse * A sight vwsry uotm f rsasf Hast r. Batter aad its tesa teas Bsath laud arrtosd aad sa tea faBamtep i Gaaaral Jahaaaa Hapead aad hte teas from BaruwsU pal la Uteir appear aars aa tha aeraa. Thaaa twa cate* pas*aa of mva roaawd the coaatry- sidv, killing every armed negro that they found. No resideners were banted in Ellen- ton to Miss Anna’s knowledge, bat numerous smokehouses and outbuild ings were burned to the ground. Miss Anna’s relatives prevailed up on her not to return to EUenton, so she opened a private school in Barn well. Several years later she and a Mr. Kennedy opened the first graded school Tn Barnwell. It was in a two- room building and she had the young er pupils, while he taught the ad vanced students. After teaching for 25 years in her native Barnwell, she left to accept a position in the Sum merville schools which she held for two years, moving on to Hartsville for a year and thence to Shorter col lege in Rome, Ga. After one year at Shorter, Miss Anna decided against returning for another year, due to the illnesa of several member* of her family. She sesurvd instead, a positioa la Colam- tea roll spa so that site mould ho asarrr Barawvil Bho stayed at Chfiaateta fse term yuan hsfissu mo*tep to G M ss Una mao mate te p IS U mm ImUmO 1 tea teaPtek, teswma . tea te Mte C psqte tec tea Pvoy • r* aaa *map I Maa Msfiam steav I "TV* Ivbs* os gw I Oktea M«a F B I •wmatey •vamns tea I Mss I pasa a teasafiptem I Iks saamfiass sf I qaaaasP la teaap i I lbmo*s aasl Mva J I F te ^teas acted I V * te te* # te I fem fw Mh* ptted I Mr* g L Baateafitep «ms pwsm a sad j rtefiaa Ike tea teaat sdwateaoa cm* I raapateaat. -TW flar- Alpkakak." aa Mteteak* |tep caascsfi. wot teaacaptey emterte Mrs. G M Grasas mwa first pnas, Mrs J. g Makaffey fraud Aitrar Uv* pat ptaata war# pivva aa priaaa Gacsta at bar teas risk mrmksrs mare Mrs. g g Brow* aad bar mother. Mrs. Vella, of Sovaaaak. Tbs bootesc aorvsd dslkioas punch aad cracker*. Th* My aseetiap will be held with Mrs. P. H. Harvard with Mr*. P. W. Stevens as assitant. Mrs. P. W. Price and Mrs. E. D. Peacock will have charge of the pro gram. William B. Norris. William Benjamin Norris, 76, died at his home in the Yenome section of Barnwell County early Saturday morn ing. Mr. Norris was active up to the time of his death. Funeral services were held Sunday morning at 11 o’clock at the Mount Olivet Baptist church, with the Rev. G. W. Hopkins, pastor of the church, conducting the rites. Interment fol lowed in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Norris was a farmer of the sec tion in which he lived, having been horn and reared there and had always taken sa act hr* interest ia the affairs sf tbs rsmmuaHy He sms a laadsr te hate rshptems aad osteal Mb sf tea mmmmmttf aad a aateboc *f Mamas Oteate dbaate IBs M sapuksud hy asm atek B ^ Mmste df Ma Mte fiSaq ssatema aa* tern 4 *-*w 0t9 a sal Building in Barnwell Heavy Past Months Bonding aad Svsrsl Being Erected ia the Tewa. Building projects in the business and residential sections of Barnwell are probably more numerous at tbs present time than in any othsr period since the depession. New stores have just bean completed on Main street and workmen are busily en gaged on the renovation of othsr business district property as well as some residential property. ' The Barnwell Hotel on Main street is rapidly nearing completion, the workmen being engaged at the pres ent in the completion of th* lobby and doing the insulation work. The coffee shop has been opened to the Public to take care of the truck buy ers who are here for th* trucking season. However, th* manager of the coffee shop stated recently that even further work would be done on that portion of the hotel Next door to the hotel work wOl soon start o* the for the local pout of- te G. to Charleston for the Saturday. Mr. Parker was a student at the University of South Carolina Summer school and would havegradtuted in pharmacy at the end of the session. He was registered for the past winter session and had done all of his college work at the university. Parker left home for Charleston with J. B. Henson and Craig Baxley, who was driving the car, about mid night Friday. The car overturned af ter crossing a railroad track between Bamberg and Denmark. Parker and Henson were thrown clear of the wreck. Michael Ussery, of Barnwell, on his return from Bamberg, brought th* wreck victims to Columbia. Parker talked dearly Satunfisy, but complained of a paralysed foaling ha* lew the waiat. He •ad hack tejurtee sad g te **■* I up hMN