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• b P * I«M U Barnwell People-Sentinel TOLUMB LX. M Ju»t Llk« m M«mk>«r of Iho Fomllv" BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JULY 1ST. 1tS7. BARNWELL GIVEN FIRE PROTECTION TRUCK ROADS, WATCH TOWERS, WIRE LINES BUILT. Timber Surrey Also Is Being M*de of Large Ares.—CCC Side- camps Help. During the first two years of the operation of the forestry department of the local CCC camp, under the supervision of F. P. Cuthbert, project supervisor, and his staff, there has been marked improvement in the pro tection of Barnwell County timber from fire hazards. Truck trails through - the woods have been built in excess of 60 miles. This will prove of inestimable value to the fire fighters in reaching firees which have inadvertently been started in • thickly wooded and spesely populated section of the county. It also has sdded to the accessibility of the various sections of the county which heretofore have been more or less isolated from other specific points in the county doe to no roads which could be traveled. These trails, or roads, have been leid out. graded and otherwise made according to correct engineering pro- rednrec so that they would stand up i oder heavy trucks and without the <tureas of rain and other devastating elements. They will play big parts la the fighting of woods fires. Forty miles of telephone lines, ran-1 rertmg the three fire towers, the CCC ■ comp and the iaral county ranger's j e#tau. have bees strung hy the work er*. When n fir* to sighted hy esse of the re age re from his lowst ho to ; oblo to commons old ertiheut loos sf , Ground Broken for New P. O. Building Uncle Sam's New Quarters to Located on Main Street Next Door to Hotel. Be T* Insta'I Truffle Light. BROTHERS REST IN TWIN GRAVE Announcement has been made that the State highway department will in stall a stop-and-go traffic light at THOUSANDS PAY FINAL TRIBUTE the corner of Main and Marlboro The old frame building adjoining the Hotel Barnwell, formerly occupied by Plexico's dry cleaning establish ment, has been raxed, preparatory to the erection of a handsome new post office, announcement of which appear ed in these columns a short ago. Work on the building will be started immediately, according to G. Bates Hagood, owner of the property, who recently was awarded the contract for furnishing new quarters for the local post office. The structure will be a handsome new brick building, with a front in harmony with that of the ad joining hotel. Under his contract, Mr. Hagood is also to furnish new modem fixtures and it is understood that he plans to steam-heat the build ing from his hotel heating plant. After it was announcel that the-con- tract for. new quarters had been a- warded to Mr. Hagood aa lowest bid der, it is Streets in the near future. The n- stallation will cost $4,500 and will displace the present warning signal that has been in operation for several months. TO CRASH VICTIMS. WPA Labor Available Nearest Re-Employment Office Should Be Contacted, Says State Administrator. High Officials of State, Army and Air Service Join Sorrowing Friends. Timmonsville, June 28.—Taps was sounded at Byrd cemetery at 6:15 o’ clock this afternoon over the newly to Farmers if Needed made double ^ rave of Ca P t Marion | Huggins, army flier, and his brother, Thad, at the hour that Captain Hug gins’ watch stopped on their tragic crash in Timmonsville Saturday af ternoon. During the funeral a squad ron of planes circled overhead. The brothers, Captain Huggins, a graduate of splendid Columbia, June 29.—In order to avoid confusion and likewise to per- West Point mit farmers in South Carolina to ob- 1 physique, and air cadet, Sgt. Thad- tain whatever labor is necessary for deus Huggins, former Citadel cadet, operating their farms, Lawrence M. 1 and law student of the University of Pinckney, State Administrator for Georgia, s cheerful lad of substantial the Works Progress Administration, build and not yet 20 years of age, today requested fanners desiring la- were buried together as they had met understood that an effort h 01 * employed on Works Progress Ad- death together in the plane crash Sat- made by several local busiaesi ministration projects to contact the urday when flying borne to the bed- to have the poet office depart-! neorest National Re-employment of-1 side of their critically ill mother. Residence at Elko Destroyed by Fire Flames Believed to Have Boon Caused by Lightning Daring Storm Sunday Night. Elko, June 28.—Fire, believed to have been caused by a bolt of light ning, completely destroyed the home of Allen E. Hair, of Elko, last night The blaze was discovered by Mr. and Mrs. Hair when they returned from church services and had gained such headway that it could not be extin guished by available facilities. The fire followed a thunderstorm that was accompanied by a vivid electrical display, and there seems to be little doubt that a bolt of light ning struck the residence. The house was valued at $3,500 and the loss is partially covered by insurance. Lightning is also reported to have struck snd destroyed s ha y stack on the farm of Q. A. Kennedy, Jr., near Williston, at about the same timo that Mr. Hair’s residence was burned. State Melon Office Opens in Allendale ment in Washington reconsider the bids and perhaps locate the site on property facing The Circle, because of the fort that Main Sstreet is a rather; Cooperating with the Nation*: Re- narrow thoroughfare. It was report- employ ms nt office, Mr. Pinckney ed here this week, however, that thr •»»«*«* *ba» l b» Work* Progress Ad- department took the position that the «m*etmtion in South Carolina will contract had * treed v keen let and de release labor that la assigned by the flee, who will be glad to assign them > Captain Huggins had spent a night the necessary labor needed, if avail- at borne shortly before the tragedy I Saturday end Thad was looking for- ADJOURNS AFTER FOUR-DAY SESSION COMMON PLEAS COURT CLOSED THURSDAY NIGHT. Several Caaea Disposed of at Short Term Presided Over by Jndgo Hayao F. Rica. After being in session only four days, the Juno term of the Court of Common Pleas for Barnwoll County adjourned sine die Thursday night. This was a scheloled two weeks term with Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, presiding. The following is a Hat of the cases disposed of: The esses of Ben Lott, as adminis trator of the estate of Myron Lott, va the State Highway Department of South Carolina, suit for $4,000 dam ages for the death of Myron Lott; and H. G. Molony va. the State High way Department of South Chrotiaa and the General Exchange Corporation, a suit for $4JMM sges for age to verdicts of $<000 for the plaintiff la the Lott case aad SfljUO ks the Me- leay case, hi the latter $3 000 h*«a* aay further act! in Soil Contervation Hearing project* tern- pee v Ids such Nat leas I If rr win deal pormrtly la order to labor for egrtrofttate It was pslated oat that oil employ for sarh temporary em nU ore n Ovua it ■Ip artt Week* >i ward to a flight home with hie brother for the weok-ead. "Dear mother aad daddy,** wrote Thad in a letter to his poreata recently from company B. R O T C. ramp. Port Mr. Clellaa. Ala- "With the hoUared ramp raotiao as to lotoresttag esper- learoo still la all wo rouat the day* | until wo are ahlo tn g* ham* It Is wha haee hosa # wo y ft I Mmp yaam, hot a low eweet hems Maybe I wtB get the wooh end after this eao I Allendale. June K—1 wil! la Al a. r. ~Z W ~ of the offtm u hem* foe dMtb oad la o far ■arm h i wo » le MG w* Maadap that a petcuoa ha* teoa mb foramen Ip A foe*. B*rw inhaeg. Bamberg oad Alan dale fematm* foe forumtiaa of the Mlufe Bad ComaoMatma Dmtrwf. oad that a haartag wdi he hetd at Romeaa Memday, JuC? fth* at 1 JP p m The foromua* of Bktp dmartet weald m»*e tamh la a large peeweaS l. A- , c* WPA mm fa •P •* he ley *a Joam M oad BR of the ih* «ome *** t*"** Putwwedl t wer week. Fedor* to de m oW mnoa hts dmmmaal team Me WPA pagnaB A twgg of that eetm** tsM ho oma la e*o*g peegort to ta rued Oy the foreman ta the n*eWe% ftp af art Ga, fop Fhs tmsetma Boa fop l PAD m •« ** F reentry degaetmsat. Oow *f li e*tts is teasPsd ohsoi p aMs oa tag temlhnasi af BarwaeB. ama '• Imntad a few sett (often and the the** » wont of Dam i lomtod ami waeiod aad fwi d greatly IP of the* ttsSrtrt amtei •eai •* I hg Tae*o omao mrtam o tea Meenoe i - nee for the wartta ho harp pa oyo eg the rorrwaaAmg torvaia; a ram- riot* madrea hoagaWw for the warden ta llv* la; Ctehtm sad ool hotldfogn: tm arvm of load for htts to lead, with the eatirv place fenced ml Each of throe tone t«* ephoar so that at any I camp, the rsagnr's office or tower* can be contacted- It Is the «utjr of the warden to keep a watch ful eye at all tunes for possible fires, and especolly during the season when the burning of fields is so prevalent. Through the use of these towers, the local fire crews snd the CCC enrollee* forest fires in Barnwell County have been appreciably decreased. Approximately a half million pine seedlings have been planted under the supervision of the forestry divi sion. These seedlings were planted Ly land) owners on land for which they had no other use; on land which had been forested before but through the destruction by fire or human hand had become practically barren, and on other lands which the owners were farsighted enough to see that they would some day be worth money as timber. Any landowner can have this service during the proper plant- feomosr* I wOeeal Buff OttpswetN* Aa emohftmg Art rueoaOy pu***d Amth Cuewima wgwhoeor* AB farmer* laPevuoOed la mevartag •ad othoe form* of eowoma ooatfui •hooM pioa la aciead thss Impwrtaai pgBttgff foal. 4 » ^ ^fOrilM OfiTUMR pad ao %m rDnllMI»G Ih Pas The TW eeiioa reeg eaetkeedl woA tmmly a •*« • geud f •f the pear, the «**g pew the mart af«aamg that ho ta the* sortam ms the |a*r* However, the hell thee*!. Am So FDfrtBB B4BNWBU. aa herag rnevad fmm hoe ha| foe a CD* 1 CBHAT1Y BMJOYBD TV a Aet off by U Eat B B. - rt I p m. (la rt «l aad hg the focal | mrtor* of the foastfo oaf o pern* of a o foot fee ■mrtaag at the Coart House a Bor* wed arit Moadsy, Mr. Bey'eteo *art Aoomta hi BovHaL Ml County friend* of erttea poet. I the part oeveval day*. Harry G. Boyfotoa. reuaty agent, | ha* urged the fsromrs to potooa then ' cottoa in oa effort to otiostaoto the loam of the farmer* The the Bov. B. Archie EUta, p aoa of the J knee been rewarded with escelleat re- lot* Dr E. W. Ellis, of Duaborton. ^lu from this method of warfare oa will be interested to learn that he i» ' the ereovil, and others ore fighting it conducting a revivsl meeting in the 1 j n 9Vvr y possible wsy. Hugh A. Riverside Baptist Church at Green- Bowers, assistant county agent, said ville, of which he is pastor. Mr. Ellis i Mt week that one fsrmer, whose is doing his own preaching and has fieij had shown an infesUtion of sp-1 Singleton the assistance of the Rev. J. Aubrey proximately 18 per cent, had applied der command of Msj. F fuaarnl car* ••• f —artery. whets 1 fOaeenl wao hetd la which the Ucmal Guard tompnmm of • MW a*rt FUesmre aad effkwc* from Maxwell aad Fepe fieldi took part. The pollhearer* for Captain Hog gins, selected from the Notional Guard company member* under Lieut. John G. Rose, of Timmonsville, and the pallbearers for Cadet Sgt. Thsdeous Huggins from the Nations) Guards of Florence, commanded by Copt. Burt The honor escort was un- H. Barnwell Estes, pastor of the Barnwell Baptist | poison and the following week the Church, in directing the music. The infestation had been reduced to only revival began Wednesday, June 23rd, a bout five per cent, and will close Sunday, July 4th. until a short time ago there were two side-camps connected with the local unit, the other being at Luray. of the Second batallion of 263rd Coast Artillery. The firing squad and bugler were selected from the Florence bat tery under Captain Singleton. Hun- Besides the war on the boll weevil, which is being waged in an effort to dreds of persons from all over the produce a good cotton crop, the other State were here for the funeral, crops are pretty well advanced. The \ M. B. Huggins, heartbroken father cantaJoupe crop has begun to move and of the young men, a member of the The side-camp is under the super-1 0 ne farmer has already sold several Florence delegation in the general as- vision of C. P. Padgett and W. B. hundred dollars worth from 10 acres.' sembly, said today: Trantham, junior foreman. They are Scattered shipments in crate lots have “I can’t see how the accident hap- carrying on the same operations. | been made from this section in the pened. To me Marion was king of the The local forestry department is pas t several days, with carlot ship- air.” Mrs. Huggins, when told of the made up of the following workers:, mcn t s expected to start rolling by death of her sons, exclaimed, ”0, God, F. P. Cuthbert, project supervisor; the middle of this week. The acre- if this had to happen, I am thankful inf time by paying the amall coat of : E. W. Edgerton, engineer foreman; ajfe i, a bout the aame as last year, the boys got home.” The death of the the needling*. The work will be done Jimmie Nevila, junior foreman; J. G. but the atanda are generally better two young men ia the firat that haa free ot charge under expert wiper- 1 Murray, junior foreman, and C. A. tM | ( with a fair price, should net the come to the immediate family of Mr. xtoiea. Application* should he mode Gamble, ia charge of the timber ear- grower* a reasonable profit (and Mr*. Huggins, of wKkh until the to foe MPOBtf ranger j**7- j loeeral field* of meierttealae ar* tragedy there were eight •••■ and Fat the pert otgfic mattha a tam mfo* aooMfi rt foprfirtfo^ ta he teewad ( r* ofogvod irwcLMod* la ifie ogge* M*€k ta* womwy rt feeamefi CooaOy ha* see* i» ttp fls*wrt*j dkgaeimaat fins ^ (gp Dmio Imp AartL ofofle J pert tw ■•••< mo**««»>■ ••• • Dtew m><* i Mtatftf •**•* pm“% fofioM by Mr* Yirgmio af the WTA feeeea- Tfifo woo Pdfomod hg , Charts* Vittfo. Myrwk aad Joe the morning aad a pkaic served at IJfi ia the scheduled baseball game between the “Fata and the Loans” waa rained oat. Tuesday night more than 7Q0 persons attended the square dance in the Ful ler Park pavilion, the dancers includ ing visitors from all sections of Barnwell and adjoining counties. Music was furnished by a string band from Aiken, and iced lemonade was served throughout the evening. The success of the occasion is large ly due to the untiring efforts of T. D. Creighton, Sr., and' his corps of willing workers, and also the mer chants and business men of Barnwell, who sponsored the program. Interesting Program Planned. The Ypung People’s Rally of the Barnwell Association will meet in the Double Pond Baptist Church on Thursday, July 8th, at 10:30 a. m. An interesting program has been planned for the occasion aad the tioubte Pood Uatt will furnish loach. It is hoped ' of repre- 1 the I iMgb ■ a ■ li rt Ifie IBiB' the lessons taught, including of ciesnlinoos, sanitation and tion of special diets, stressing simple foods that will prevent pellagra, rickets, etc. Those working on this project are called “housekeepers’ aides’* aad will render varions types of service in homes that are having to struggle with the handicaps of illness and poverty, Mrs. Best said. When a little time has elapsed, it will be very interesting to visit the cottage and see the work being done, which will demonstrate the results that can be obtained in making the homem clean and attractive with little cost. Temperature Takes TnmlMe. Welcome relief from the excessive heat of several days was experienced here Monday afternoon when a aortas will -a • tt