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\ i. im. Barnwell People-Sentinel M VOLUME LX. M Ju»l Llk« 4i M«mb«r of th« Fiimllv BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 8TH. 1937. NUMBER O. BARNWELL PROUD v OF US STANDING FINANCIAL STATUS PLEASES TAX PAYERS. r7rrTTTT^ 4 l 1 governor likes X A Subscriber for 48 Years. * . « campaign tour route 2, was a caller at The ,! . People-Sentinel office on last OPPOSES HARLEY’S 'PLAN TO CURB MEETINGS. Cooperation Is Secret of Success of County Administration Over Lengthy Period. (Wrintten for The People-Sentinel.) A great majority of the Barnwell County citizens are well pleased—in fact, proud of—the record made by the county officials in the past 12 or 14 years, as evidenced by the fact that they are returned to office regularly. Since 1924 there has been very lit tle opposition to the present office holders and, when there was opposi tion, the officers were swept in by a large majority. In 1925 the Barnwell County board of commissioners was composed of R. R. Moore, of Red Oak; G. W. Greene, of Williston; L. S. Still, of George’s Creek, and Idts Brabham, of Ben nett Springs. J. W. Patterson was, and is, county supervisor. This board, with the changes necessitated by death and the election to the board a few years ago, of Dr. R. A. Gylees, of Blackville, has accompfished an al most amazing task since that time, notwithstanding the fact that the country has been through one of the worst depression in its history. Captain W. D. Black succeeded G. W. Greene when the latter died sev eral years ago; Captain Black being succeeded by T. P. Mitchell this year upon his death. C. G. Youngblood, of Four Mile, was recently appointed to Ail the vacancy created on the board by the death of Idts Brabham a short time ago. When the present hoard, of county managers as they are now termed un der a recent art of the legislature, took charge of the county affairs the levy fee ordinary county lasso 14 mills; UMtejr, that levy le mille. The outstanding county debt at the beginning of their service was 83IS.000. while today It stands at 840.049, despite the fart n lose of over ft&O.OOO was suffered through a hank failure. The total county school iadrbtodneos was ftlTTjOOO and today stands at 114&.000 This last total Mwtudee a recent boiM iseoe fee new boildtage at Barnwell and Black elite totaling a little mare than 999.* 990 ( aopeveltaa Is week’s “busy day” and told the ; ’ editor that he subscribed to The • Barnwell People 48 years ago ! and has been a subscriber ever since. Mr. Hartzog always tries to keep his subscription paid in advance, but has given im plicit instructions not to stop sending the paper if he should get a few weeks in arrears. The editor would like to know if there is a subscriber who can equal or exceed Mr. Hartzog’s record. Lieutenant-Governor Favor Limiting Meetings to Fourteen Instead of Forty-Six. MANY LIVES LOST DURING WEEK-END County’s Cotton Crop Is in Critical Stage Heavy and Excessive Rainfall of Past Ten Days Increases Boll Weevil Menace. Barnwell County’s cotton crop is passing through a very critical stage just at this time, due primarily to the heavy and excessive rainfall of the past ten days that has not only leach ed fertilisers from light lands, but has increased the boll weevil menace to an alarming extent. During the dry weather of the first part of June, a number of farmers used sweetened poison on their cotton plants and Lieut-Gov. J. E. Harley, of Barn well, in an interview Wednesday of last week, told a representative of a Columbia newspaper that he thinks discontinuance of what he described as “a killing thing” in the long grind of touring the State might serve to encourage “good and able men” to run more often for public office. He suggested that one joint meeting of all candidates inleach judicial circuit of the State would serve the purpose just as well. He cited the easier and quicker modes of transportation in support of his opposition to the coun- ty-to-county campaign tour. Lieut-Gov. Harley said the rigors of the long tour “make many a man shy away from seeking public office. And many of these men would make us good public servants,” he declared A day or two later. Governor Olin D. Johnston voiced his opposition to the lieutenant-governor’s suggestion, calling attention to the fact that he led a successful fight in the State Democratic Convention four years ago against discontinuance of county- to-county compaigns. The governor doesn't think it fair for voters to have greatly reduced the infestation of to travel long distances to hear the weevils, but the cool, showery weather , office-seeker* present their appeals that has prevailed lately is almost for suffrage, saying that “it is so sure to increase the damage from this; much simpler for the candidates to take theamelves to the people.” The governor, under State law, can not be a rand idle to succeed himself, but the general belief is that he will be ia the thick of the couaty to-couaty campaign next summer as a far the U. 8. senate seat by Senator E. D. Smith. Harley’s unless a period of hot, shiay weather prevails very shortly. Not only has the wet weather dam aged the cottoa crap, but the canta loupe aad wstemeloa crops have suf fered also. Farmers Dteaatlsied? Aad •peaktag of truck crape, it that the farmers of this St- . . ... . , IM. .r. „„ MM. 4M.IMM ..ul* 1 *" 1- rat: t. These area have boss sb remplieh this ealy through epevstMU of the legislative detegatroa aad the ruaaty affinals. Sot ealy have the. pat Bara well Coawty ea a sound 4asocial heete, hat they did It during the depress tea Far a period of 19 mouths there eras as levy for or dinary county purposes such as the chain gang, officers’ salaries, court ex peases, the jail aad the poor yard. The total collected in 192& sms 8823A39.13 ns compered with $146.- 999 54 in 1934. The total assessed value of taxable property ia this county in 1925 was $4,574340, while today it is on the county auditor’s hooks st $3,448,120. Not only has the assessed valuation of property in this county been considersbly cut, but the levy also has been cut in half. Sheriff J. B. Morris has collected during the fiscal year closed June 30, 1937, a total of $57,487.65 in back taxes. The present sheriff, since tak ing office in 1932, has made consider able progress toward the cleaning up of the back taxes on the books. The men who have served Barnwell county in the past 12 years include W. H. Manning, county auditor; J. B. Armstrong, county treasurer, until his death in 1930, when he was suc ceeded by J. J. Bell, the present treas urer; John K. Snelling, judge of pro bate; R. L. Bronson, clerk of court; Horace J. Crouch, county superintend ent of education, except for a four- year term from 1930 to 1934, when B. S. Moore, Jr., was in that office; G. M. Greene, master in equity; Boncil H. Dyches, sheriff until his death in 1932, and J. B. Morris, who succeeded and still holds thut position. i the auction makot conducted hurt this spring and summer m an effort to on- , shlo grewoco in obtain hotter price* for their prodoce la spite of a very I short crop of encumber*, many form-! t er* rlnim that, with the otnrt meth od of graiding, price* were lower than I ia past season*, except to o few in-! I stances On the other hand, they point out, H>lda. which did net adopt the anrtioo plan, has enjoyed one of j | the big go st end mast profitable sea- sane in its history. According la information reretvod by The Foopio-Sentinel, an effort wtU be mode to have the Bamwe l town council repeal the ordinance creating the a act lea market and return next year In the old method of marketing On* skjsctioa to the naction block. It to cloiosod. ia the requirement that dates for ronaty offices to join u pa- buyers poet a bond of 885 before bo- redo through the county, often mak- 1 mg allowed to bid on produce, which iag speeches twice a day and many of prevents truck operators who may not them to mere handfuls of voter*. ; visit this section agota this season In this county, because of the num- i from bidding on produce. : bar of candidates, speeches often ore The People-Sentinel knows nothing limited to a few minutes. The speaker of the merits or demerits of the auc- has little time to discuss public mat- tion marketing plan, but it does seem ten and the meetings often resolve that some method could be worked themselves into mere exhibits of out whereby the farmers would he as- 1 candidates. A change of campaign sured of a larger share of the con- methods might be beneficial to the Our Campaign Lisnt.-Gnvomnr Harley makes u only erMictam of political campaigns so they ore coo hided in South Caro line when ho says they tend to pro- sent many good man from offering foe public office. Ho does not believe In the political ceravaao that travel the highway* every year when a State election to hold. He Migfit* a change of campaign methods by which the candid sir* would appear in joint meotmg* in each judicial district in stead of ouch county. That would re duce the number of political meetings from 44 to 1A Something also aught be said a- bout the system which requires coadi- CELEBRATION O F AMERICA’S BIRTHDAY IS COSTLY. At Least 314 Persons Were Killed, But No Deaths Attributed to Fireworks. America’s celebration Sunday of its 161st birthday cost the lives of at least 314 persons—but not one death was attributed to the use of fire works. The figure was the third largest since 1930, and only slightly smaller than the total of 346 posted last year. City and State officials ponted to their crusades for a safer and saner Fourth as the cause for the preven tion of fireworks deaths. Also they said, a fireworks accident which had claimed six lives in Idaho last Friday, although tragic, had served as a warning to others throughout the na tion. Automobile accidents accounted for the greatest number of deathf—194 in 26 States. Seventy-two were (frown ed and 48 others killed in sundry acci dents. New York led with eight traf fic deaths, three drowning*, three killed in an airplane crash, one shot to death and one fatally injured in a fall. Three were killed in a grade cross ing accident in Rhode Island. An explosion of a gasoline stove in Wis consin took two lives. Two diod of mine acc^frtit injuries in Indiana. One person in Kansas and another in Nebraska were burned to death. Before a dot id* y crowd of 1,000 par sons, Arch R. Nutter, 88, an airplane pilot, spun to hie doe Lb at a Clarks burg (W. Va.) airport. At N. H, a mother aaw her son crash to hia death la a five-mile automobile rues. A Georgian, C. A. Brickenstaff. killed by lightning while ho played golf ia a foursome. Other of the party were stunned. Motor clubs thro ago ut the nation reported citiee virtually moved to the country and the country to the citiee for the holiday* Travel over the week-end was reported record-break lag at maay place*. Quiet to Boroweil. Oho*rrone* of the Glorious Fourth •a* very quiet la Beruwell. Nome om parties mokorod bo benches noi Charleston and Savannah to spend the holiday, hut for the moot part local poopl* remained at bo* wore cloood Monday In observance of tb* nation’s b irthday. Ram Into dng afternoon and intermittent i era throughout Monday put a on the holiday spirit. 70 Barnwell 4-H Club Boys Will Go to Camp All Members Having Records Up to Data Entitled to Attend An- nual Encampment. Camp Long will be open to 4-H club members of Barnwell County July 26-30 when 70 Cl abaters and cabin leaders will v be in attendance. All members having their records up to date are entitled to attend the an nual encampment. An added feature of the camp this season is a class in Arts and Crafts. Classes in good manners, nature study and music appreciation, swimming and other outdoor sports will fill the morning hours. Daily assembly pro grams w^l be conducted by club- sters, with the assistance of home agents. The midday program will be one of the high-lights of each day. Evening programs will represent the creative ability of clnbstert who will present dramatic skits, one act plays, vocal duets, chourses, instru mental numbers, or folk dances as costume. Members of 4-H Clubs of Williams burg and Abbeville Counties with their respective agents will join the clubs ten of Barnwell County on July 26 to 30 at Camp Long. Health Department Holds Two Clink Many Per**** Attend Flint X-Ray Clink Ever Held ia Barnwell GIRL BADLY HURT IN AUTO SMASHUP MISS MARTHA ATKINSON AL MOST SCALPED. Three Others Injured Saturday Morn ing When Two Cars Collided la We*t Barnwell. Miss Martha Atkinson, 18, wss critically injured; her father, John Atkinson, 40, suffered a broken arm and a broken leg; Horace Randall, 88, suffered head and knee injuries, and a Mr. Daniels, a tire salesman, of Orangeburg, escaped with cuts and bruises in a head-on automobile col lision in West Barnwell, on the Barn- well-Augusta highway, shortly before eight o’clock Saturday morning. The collision occurred when Randall at tempted to pass several other can and crashed head-on into Daniels’ machine as the latter is said to have attempted to avoid an accident by swerving his car onto the shoulder of the paved road. Mias Atkinson was almost com pletely scalped, presumably when her »ad came in contact with the wind shield, end was the moot seriously in jured of the quartet After being given first aid by a local physician, the young woman, her father aad Randall were rushed to a Colombia hospital ia the local OCC camp aeihu- mce. Reports received here (turn the hospital late Saturday night were to the effect that Miss Atkiaeoa had Her father aad The Barnwell County Health De portment with the aeeistanee of Mies Eloiae Miller, tuberculosis field peneored an X-rey clinic aad Flldi| of laaft week. For the clinic. Dr. John M. Preetea, But* X- r*y chairman, was here aad dooeeu- •t rated the aoo of the “Mehio X-ray." This ta a trailer complete! with Flufuecept X-rey aad equipment The see of ouch Is for the purpose of diereverlag early •lege* of tnborrulaoio. This was the Am X-ray cliuic held la Berawell County aad a large the opportaall| ta have the over. N ember* of c ia by the Bar*well County Heath Depart an at. whoa* poet •e**r*i Burnth*. eaaeo ehewiag symptoms of the la a burg |e Auguoto la a aaw ear the Fourth. whA ley's Mill Club* Plan for A pic tare day at the charge, e alee well Bits sumer’s dollar. Garber-Turtletaub. A. N. Garber, of Williston, has an nounced the engagement of his daugh- State and the counties.—Spartanburg Herald. Should Be Abolished. Lieutenant Governor J. E. Harley, w t-v ^ , of Barnwell, may be a little over opti- ter, Miss Dorothy Thelma Garber, to . .. . ... . . *u v i-^- L. mistic in thinking that the abolition Max Turteltaub, of Charleston. The wedding will take place in the early fall. of the qousity^to-county campaign tour would bring more “good and able men” into State politics in South Carolina, but there is no denying his declaration that the county-to-county campaign is outmoded. . , ,. . , . ... The county-to-county campaign, delegation has long been considered .. , . . j # ^ j i *• • it* 16 simple truth is, now defeats its Barnwell County’s status today as against that of 1925. The Barnwell County legislative hi These men. due largely ta the fart that they have worked together fmu m aad year out without e chauge # j ,, g m i ri_ ka** always wwrhad wutb Aw *um uf ewmgltae vwagwowessu w<4k dka eewaey •ummmeaauee* ahd mmrn hgeakww** twmpm-^ Thou Mug utHuadMg • BMP tM9 1$ g»«g •* meuwffr m •* wuuM wuBmw'% dAms • IA4$ one of the leading delegations in the State legislature. The present dele gation, composed of Senator Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell; Winchester C. Smith, of Williston, and Solomon Blstt, speaker of the house, has worked diligently to scrv* the peo ple of the county and the State. They have given their time and money to- : ward the betterment of Barnwell Ceuaty, and the Slate, sad were re warded whoa, hi the pnmanse loot year, they were retaruad la affWa fry ea eeerwhehaing majority aguiuet the 9m appaadjaa dhry had wnrewn- taeod m eweaenl yuasu ^ff9M9l aAmweea* sow* Aw 9heSe fru*u imsmo* r mqpo V A As Art am* SoUP WBo*S * own purpose. It discourages, some- FOI R NEGROES LYNCHED IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1987 According to rocords compiled at Tuskegee Institute, there were four lynching* in the first six months of 1987. This is the same number as for the first aix months of 1936 and 1934, and two less than for the first six months of 1934. All of the persons lynched were negroes, the offenses charged being: Murder, 3; rape 1. The States in which lynchings oc curred and the number in each State are as follows: Alabama, 1; Georgia, 1; Mississippi, 2. Mr. and Mrs. Rob’t. Keel and Mrs. M. A. Keel spent Sunday, in Wagner with Mr. and Mrs. Leon Rosier. times prevents, the discussion of the real campaign issues, confuses rather than aids the voters in making a choice. The Democratic party should abol ish it.—Columbia Record. ARREST THREE NEGROES ON BURGLARY CHARGE Me a the UaL There must he anmethiug trmgw ttuler group. Those of ea wfr* even e amell circle of frtewda appalled at Usees by the thought that we are feet becoming the I her of the gang that frolkkad to gether in our youth end struggled *houl<frr to shoulder in the world in later year*. We wonder what are the tough ta of Captain Basil M. Jenkins, Sr., who at the age of 91 is the Ust survivor of the War Between the States in Barnwell Oouijly. Perhaps one of the remaining five in our county, who may soon be the last himself, could answer the question. We dare say that Captan Jenkins, along with the five in this county, others in the small band in the South, are all thinking they fought a good fight, that they would not act different ly if the same circumstances arose again, and that these thoughts are much consolation as the end nears. It is a privilege to think and to write of these grand old men, whose call to final duty will come so soon now.—The Augusta Herald. Dr. Stevens la Host. Charlie Jones, Ben Brant and Wil lie Wade have been lodged ia the Baruwe l Ceuaty jail ea p charge of burglary> the trA hsetag heea ar rested kg Sheriff J. S Marne pad S HorWy of Brant, it is charged, entered the home through e window aad, going late a be frnam. grabbed a daughter 1$ your* oML by the arm. The young a saaupmad The semi-monthly meeting of the central zome of the South Carolina Opto metric Association wmt held ia Barnwell Thursday night. Dr. P. W, Steveua, of this dtp, saaa chairman, entertained the group with *a eld j f* ahtaaed (frAthea •upper, wfrfcfr ou* **e**d ef Aw MaAl Rarwoed pad , heartily ea^ryod by Aw gnouPn Alter eogpur Aa gauow •egw-eol A {uh* dAeo m ShwAa 9Aroowa hw Aa I AsaBBA e9flB9B pass s ’ evil The high light of A e day spout A A iag. Tours seer the the dairy, poaltr, ph talks of ii program*, also add interest to the Barnwell County chib will attend camp ere: Mrs. W. C. Ball, Mrs. Albert Ellis, Mrs. Leona Still, Mias Ehrlist Still, Mrs. D. L Hart. tog, Mrs. C. P. Morris, Mrs. Belton Holly, Mrs. Belle Morris, Mrs. H. L. O’Bannon, Mrs. W. J 1 . Lemon, Mrs. J. B. Kirkland,- Mrs. Zelma H. Stewart, Mrs. L. L. Birt, Mrs. W. M. Moore. u 1 PRESIDENT PAYS VISIT TO CONGRESSMAN FULMER Washington, June 29.—Entirely on- announced, a White House automo bile rolled up to the Naval Hospital this afternoon, and President Frank lin D. Roosevelt called upon Congress* man H. P. Fulmer, where the latter has been a patient for several weeks. He spent ten minutes in a happy con versation with the Congressman and Mrs. Fulmar. Mr. Fulmer, who is now able to walk shout tb* Hospital, for s abort time each day, was happy to sat tha 0* a. A BUAA-