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a m*m - I im Barnwell People-Sentinel VOLUME LXi. 'Juat Llk« m M«ml>«r of th« F«mllv” BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. SEPT. 23. . 1#37. Farmers to Gather in Columbia Oct. I J. Roy Jones, Commissioner ct Ag riculture, Issues Call for Statewide Meeting. Commissioner of Agriculture J. Roy Jones, has issued a call for a Statewide gathering of all farmers to meet in Columbia, 11 a. m., Fri day, Octobr 1st, at the Columbia Hotel. This is a preliminary meet- present the U. S. Senate Agricul ture Committee hearing, scheduled for October 19th, also to be held in Columbia. Senator E. D. Smith will preside at the Senate Commit tee hearing. Commiaaioner Jones in calling hia meeting advised that it was in accord with the views of the U. S Senate hearing and also that the recfrnt conference of Southern Ceesmioeicnen of Agriculture, held at Memphis, passed a resolution re questing the commieeieuere Ml the vtrises State* la held a msetiag af farmer* to form same deBaite ideas la peueeut the U. S Agriculture BARNWELL CLUB MARKET MAKES GREAT PROGRESS ORGANIZATION STARTED IN BOOM DAYS. Ganed Most of Its Strength Durng the Dark Depresson Days cl Early 1930’s. The Barnwell Club Market,—an organization started in the boom d^ys of the middle 1920’s gain**! ing to discuss farm legislation to '*hiost of its strength during the depression days of the early 1930’s, and is now continuing its mailced progress—may soon be one of the outstanding markets of its tyjte in this section of the State. There are no available record* to show the number of members; the average attendance of both members and customers; the a- mount of produce sold, or sny other definite facts about the work until the 1931-32 report. Follow- teg these reports from then up un til the present market year will dearly show the pmgreee that has been made sad wtO give grounds aa whkh In hese the as- Tax Payers' Honor Roll. Aaccording to a statsment made by Capt. J. J. Bel!, county treasurer, the following tax payers deserve to be placed on the honor roll for being the first to pay 1937 taxes, when the books opened Sept. 15th: B. P. Davies, Jr., Barnwell. C. N. Burckhalter, Barnwell. Mrs. L. H. Christie, Barnwell. Tom C. Clemmons, Barnwell. F. J. and Lucy Hartzog, Hilda. Frank Hartzog, Hilida. Thos. Barnes, Meyer’s Mill. Mrs. Mildred McCurry, Wil- liston. Miss Leonard Kelly, Black- ville. J. G. Matthews, Blackvillc. Hugh Sanders, Oak Grove. Home | Owners Loan Corp- Barnwell. C. D. Hays, Barnwell. Fhiry Belle Willis as*, Barn- Blackville School Adds New Courses Agriculture, Physical Education and Music Are Included in Curriculum. government to adopt I Very Short Session DAVIES’ CONTROL PLAN? 1 Cemmitte* Thsh fdWwtng reeu- I aumptemi that II to otltl handed fee | teUen mne recently ndepaed by the' higher and better thing* Cmnmtomensee j Aeenedteg le Mim Elmnbeth Me mel*sd That toe Cemate- Ketk caaaay tesas dsmtestrelite I ra to Agvwwtees* are erged Is , ea* 1 **. (te pra >m4 free* iff? «a itfil I tm mm t ffmpav* ** fiteas* a *w* e psnad dsretepawte As* 1 Wg to toe yrmaerere aad sto- I mg »te»b IM 100 ^ •arMas wasR etel meseesed Ml semes | md stoat I espssimteSe < H « A ) <0# TH0$ 00 01 00 1 yetearte •veered bp (As pamA I *to*si la te** 000 100 0000 0Mi40Sto0R 1 Mm farnmmmre ms i Re ate* [ to macAssasg 0M00 |0to 00000000 f Ml RM gHPHtote to paAAw ! ete toe «*aa toRtote 0 TW %>0i to M R te ea tosae seMRwa s As Ate •aaw ***s*e* ' 900 mmm 00 01 |00i 4 Rp3 M toMRto MMf Bl > PtotoM * APn* ipaaaea. m i 0030 ^0 000000I0NM0 The Blackville high school launch ed its 1937-38 school year with three new courses added to the cur- circulum thereby giving it one of the best rounded programs in the school's history. The three courses added include agriculture, physical education and public school music. At the opening exercises on Thursday morning, W. D. Nixon, of Columbia, State high school supervisor, gave a most interest ing talk to the assembled students, teachers and patrons and friends of the school in the auditorium- gymnasium of the school. Mr. Nix on brought out some very valuable points to the crowd present and discussed several phases of the school work. The high school fsai ty this year to made up bf the following members; Robert H. Her (eng, of Job net cm. agrtruttvre; Mim La- nib Brown, of Bern bo it. French sod bwtory; Mia* Mary SoffWy, of Orongetmvg. romasocrtol octonco; * * ■**8 00< 3 Engtasfc oad Itbemry; Mtos Dorothy _ Cromley. of Bahteto. homo orenom Fncme* -IbeW- Is P*«nd af Mw aod Mm* 1 run GoCtevoy, of Apg»onmeoah*p an The Ram . Cohntobas. WR gtnde ond yhymnl _ ^ laBHRMnn, ond Rosen R Isboan. of o*n Poona* Time Limit Set H. G. Bcylston, county agent, has just received the follow ing telegram from I. W. Dug gan, acting director: “Buyer’s receipts for cotton from 1937 crop sold prior to September 15th must be mailed or delivered in person to the county office not later than September 30th. Buyer’s re ceipts for cotton sold after Sep tember 15th must be so filed not later than 15 days after date of sale. Pending receipt of gov ernment forms producers should secure original sales receipts from buyer < showing date of sale, name and address of pro ducer, number and gross weight of bales snd signature of ad dress of buyer.” V ' SECRETARY WALLACE TO AN NOUNCE POLICY. Up-Off to New Policy Is His In sistence That Cotton Loans Be Held Down. Recalled Farm Women Meet in Akin Saturday Mma l~.it aa bath toe Nab to Carry Large Detegntwa fens Reva- That the goernment has adopted —or is about to adopt—the cotton control plan recently submitted to President Roosevelt by the pub- Kaher of Theh People-Sentinel is forecast in the “Washington Mer ry-Go-Round,” a syndicated fea ture that appears daily in many newspapers throughout the coun try. While no reference is made to “the Davies plan,” the salient features hava been embodied in the new farm program, if the au thors of the “Merry-Go-Round” are correct in their forecast. The following comment te the “Merry-Go-Round” Sunday, dr a Washington date ftee of the nevtoos day: Ctofc. Henry Waiter* hns a of AAA llollalL of Criminal Court Quite a Number of Casos Dtot—WI of te First Two Days. Judf Gaston Presidtef. I* - - - - « The September term of thto Court of General’Sessions, which, convened here Monday mornteff with Judge Arthur L. Gaston, of Chester, presiding, was expectetf to adjourn sine die yesterday (Wed*- nesday.) A list of the eases dhte» posed of in the first two daya to a# follows: Willie Coleman was acquitted of i charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Bennie Sanders, charged with am attempt to burn a dwelling hoaae, entered a plea of guilty and wan sentenced to serve If months at herd labor. Poor! 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Olovee Cnil. vRot I the enUa ond the otRee orvHmg bar deoghter. Mm Lowg Debase, I dawa the amaunte af the pvrrimeoa. dnvtag no Austin, signalled for Thi*. however, he only cenaidered n (aft turn. A touring car accu* mm membership so there ore si- pied by severs! negroes was im- *ay* wore people working on the mediately behind the Austin, while, market than the actual market n new Buick sedan, occupied by Lloyd C. Casteel and family, of Orangeburg, was hesded East. Either the csr occupied by the negroes had faulty brakes or the driver took a chance and tried to drive between the other two ma chines, with the result that he hit both of them. The tail light on the Austin was broken and the left rear feeder of the Buick was smashed in, but as all three cars were running at a slow rate of speed, no material damage was done and nobody was injured Diamond School Opens. membership shows. The patronage of the Barnwell people has run unusually high, as local housewives are well aware of the fact that they will get fresh vegetables, eggs, butter, etc., of high grade quality and with a guarantee. The membership of the club is not limited to those of this im mediate vicinity, but includes the entire county and in many instances some people come from as far a- way as 18 miles to bring poultry (Continued on Page Eight.) The opening of the Diamond school has been set for nine o’clock on Thursday morning, Sept. 23rd. The Ute opening of the school is due to the fact that the term will ba far a period of oaly eight Mrs. T. A. Heflaaf. Jr, af Rar* mto, ami Mam Mart** Xerrm. ef Grows Old Gracefully. Congratulations to The Barn well People-Sentinel, which re cently celebrated its sixtieth birthday. 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COUNTY AGENT COMPILES INTERESTING FIGURES Arrested far ibiag Johnnie Bradley, a one-armed negro, was arrested Tuesday by Magistrate G. R. Peeples, of Mey er’s Mill, and Deputy Sheriff Gil more S. Harley, of Barnwell, snd lodged in the county jail on a charge of housebreaking and larce ny. It is alleged that Bradley, who hails from Alexandria, Va, entered the home of Major Ingram, near Robbins, Monday and stole a number of articles, including a watch, three suits of clothes, a pistol, 32 pounds of meat, bed spreads and a pair of women’s shoes, all of which were recovered and returned to Ingram. Bradley was apprehended by the officers at the plant of the Leigh Banana Crate Co. N. R. A. Office Moves. The office of the Natiotel Re- Amocmtite kaa been Total VaIur of Barnwell County Farm Crops U Listed at $1,755,000.-Cotton Top# Ail Other Crops With $1,400,000. That the total value of Barnwell County’s five important cash crops jn 1936 was $1,755,000, with the cotton crop topping the list at $1,- 400,000, is shown by figures com piled by H. G. Boylston, county agent, at the request of Judge Thos. M. Boulw’are. These figures, however, do not include the pro- Crop: Poduction: Cotton 20,000 bales . Asparagus 93,000 crates Cucumbers 240,000 bushels Cantaloups 85,000 crates Watermelons ... 1,000 cars .. duction of about 400,000 bushels of com, a large part of which is used for feeding domestic livestock and in the production of hogs. The information furnished by Mr. Boylston is based on accurate fig ures or very good information. The production and Value of the five main cash crops are as fol lows: Value: $1,400,000.00 90,000.00 135,000.00 60,000.00 70,000.00 Total value of above crops ... .......... $1,755,000.00 employment Ms Isralite m fete* C “la addition to these important cash crops," says Mr. Boy (sum. im -Ibe the shove ma n crops, there is a lahetentlal •mounl of tele nod other seed j ted from tom eotety, iter* j ye* tete i go mmey aa MR l.ogte taate Aeon to • tom mate flbe toe to epeatog toe way fee a to toe UaMod State* (■•• world market* oa a largo teals. “Another significant strew latte wiad was the reeigaatioa to Cally Cobh as Southern regioaal AAA director sad the retarn to Oscar Johnston to the sgricnltarnl de partment ss assistant to Wallace. “Cobb is a die-hard believer in drastic crop control and high gov ernment loans. Johnston, manager of one of the largest cotton planta tions in the South and head of the government cotton pool, once held similar view's, but last year decid ed this was a mistaken policy and began urging a return to export production. “Johnston Policy. “Able and persuasive, the Miss- issippian is highly regarded by Wallace and has been his chief cot- * ton adviser. “When Johnston began advocat- ‘in^ his revised export theo ry, it was not long before Wal lace began to agree with him. The decapitation of the AAA by the supreme court last year, capped by the who) tote year, H meted M. “TW atey eteJal fi • I Am 4 • .• a ILY If* IAU. itVI is m w district Ute •laUng thst COC whs have hate tm the ser* period to over li months, heve not passed their 34th are eligible tor re-enlletmo set passed st the last si Congress called for the in September of all men served for a period to 18 longer and all men who had paaasd their 24th birthday. The first past of the act was rescinded recently^ Captain Schuh stated that as a. result of the last order the number of men who trill be relieved of duty on the 30th has been reduced to about 26 or 28 of the 80 that would have been let oat if the order had not been changed. There are a number of experienced men in tha list that will be discharged, how ever, and J. P. King, Jr., educa tional SKhrisor for the local outfit^ requests thst any employer in need of workers contact him here and he will send one of the men for AH interview. Quite a few to the heps have at* . . te, •to ./