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Barnwell People-Sentinel
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VOLUME LXI.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1937
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NUMBER 17.
Quiet Christmas Is
Enjoyed at Barnwell
Only Pestiferous Shooting of Fire
crackers Mar Birthday of
Prince of Peace.
With the exception of the pestif
erous shooting of firecrackers un
der the feet and over the heads of
local and visiting shoppers in the
business district, Barnwell enjoyed
a safe and sane Christmas. Neither
injuries nor altercations were re
ported by local and county law en
forcement officers during the holi
days, which probably sets a new
record for Barnwell County.
Most merchants appear to have
been agreeably surprised by the
volume of Christmas shopping,
which, while not as large as last
year, was much better than had
been expected in view of conditions
in this section.
There has been considerable com-
plaint, however, by a number of
merchants and their customers of
the indiscriminate shooting of fire
crackers in the business district,
which reached its climax on Christ
mas Eve, and many have wondered
why the practice is not prohibited
here as it is in Columbia and other
civilized communities. But even
this nuisance and annoyance abated
Christmas Day, which was as quiet
as the usual Sunday.
Christmas at Blackville.
I gratefully acknowledge and ap
preciate for myself and members
of the Council the splendid coopera
tion of the citizens of Blackville in
the quiet observance of the Christ
mas Season, and 1 hope and believe
that the prohibiting of fire
crackers did not in any way mar
the pleasure of any citizens. I feel
that it added to the happiness and
safe feeling of many and I hope
that all future Christmas Seasons
will be as quietly and happily spent.
I sincerely commend the good
order maintaind by our police offi
cers and I sincerely appreciate the
spirit shown by the citizens.
Now wishing for all a bright,
happy and prosperous New Year,
1 am, sincerely and gratefully,
JOHN O’GORMAN,
Mayor of Blackville.
O. D. MOORE.
O. D. Moore, 46, died at his home
in Snelling, near Barnwell, at nine
o’clock Thursday morning following
an illness of only a few hours.
Mr. Moore had resided for a num
ber of years at Snelling, where he
had been engaged in farming and
the mercantile business. He was a
leader in his section of the County
and was recognized as a successful
business man. His passing will be
moumed by a large number of
friends in this section of the State.
Funeral services were held at
3:30 o’clock Friday afternoon at
Snelling, with interment following
in the Seven Pines Cemetery. The
Rev. Mr. Neese, pastor of the Seven
Pines Church, officiated at the last
rites.
Surviving Mr. Moore, besides his
wife, Mrs. Maude Hill Moore, are
three sons, Willard Moore, Earl
Moore and Billy Moore; three
daughters, Miss Gladys Moore, who
is a senior at G. W. C., Miss Vir
ginia Moore and Miss Gwendolyn
Moore; three brothers, R. R. Moore
and S. E. Moore, of Snelling, and
B. S. Moore, Sr., of Barnwell; three
sisters, Mrs. John R. Ray, of
Marion; Mrs. C. S. Altman, of
Charleston, and Mrs. P. W. Patter
son, of Allendale.
Baptist Church Service.
The first communion service of
the New Year will be held at the
Barnwell Baptist Church Sunday
evening, January 2nd, at 7:30
o’clock. This will be a candle light
service. All members of the church
are urged to attend.
Friendship Church Services.
Rev. James Weil will conduct
services at Friendship Church, near
Barnwell, on Sunday afternoon at
four o’clock. The services will be
started immediately following the
Sunday School. The public is cor
dially invited to attend these ser
vices.
* Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Ellis, former
Banftvell residents, of Woodbury,
Ga., attended the Christmas dance
given at the Sweetwater Country
Cub on Christmas night.
Credit Association
to Meet January 4
Annual Reports and Election of
Officers Will Feature Gather
ing at Barnwell.
The fourth annual meeting of the
stockholders of Hie Barnwell Pro
duction Credit Association will be
held at ten o’clock Tuesday morn
ing, January 4th,' in the Court
House at Barnwell, according to an
announcement made Monday by
Charles M. Chitty, secretary of the
organization.
The meeting will be held for the
purpose of giving reports by the
officers on the work done during
the past year. The year, which
will close on, December 31st, has
seen further steps made by the lo
cal organization which has grown
rapidly since its beginning in 1933.
The Barnwell Credit Production
Association embraces Barnwell,
Allendale and Bamberg Counties
and has helped and will continue to
help a large number of farmers in
these three counties to finance their
farm programs. The work is car
ried on from the main office in
Barnwell with branch offices being
aet up in the other two counties
during collection periods to help
the farmers in making their pay
ments.
At the meeting to be held on the
fourth the stockholders, of which
every borrower is one, will be given
an opportunity not only to hear re
ports from the officers on the work
done during the past twelve months
but also to have a chance to make
suggestions for the work to be done
during the coming twelve months.
Plans will be made at this time and
a program, made up from the
opinions of the officers and stock
holders, for the coming year will
be laid out. Election of officers
and directors to supervise the work
also will be held at this time.
The present officers of the or
ganization are as follows: C. F.
Rizer, of Olar, president; E. D.
Peacock, of Barnwell, first vice-
president; W. T. Riley, Sr., of Al
lendale, second vice-president; St.
C. P. Guess, of Bamberg, and G. A.
Sanders, of Allendale, directors;
Charles M. Chitty, Secretary-Treas
urer; E. C. Barker, assistant sec
retary; B. B. Cave, bookkeeper, and
Miss Evelyn Clary, stenographer.
HOME SERVICE PROJECT
COTTAGE COMPLETED
WPA Authorities Show What Can Be Done in Making
a House Clean and Habitable by Small Outlay
of Money, Material and “Elbow Grease.”
Rri’l Call and Seal Sale.
Although official figures are still
lacking, it is believed that the
results of the Red Cross Roll Call
and the Christmas Seal Sale Drive
will be about the best ever recorded
in Barnwell County.
During the past two campaigns
the citizens of the County have
pulled up their rating in the State
through their generous contribu
tions to the Red Cross. Much of
this credit is due the Honorable
Solomon Blatt, who has served as
County Chairman for the past two
years; Mrs. G. M. Greene, who
served as Roll Call chairman last
year and was actively connected
with the wmrk during the campaign
just closed; Mrs. R. E. Brown, Roll
Call chairman for Barnwell during
the recent campaign and to the Roll
C all Chairmen of each section of
the County.
The work has been most efficient
ly handled and the results have
been such as to make the workers
and the citizens proud of their ef
forts and contributions. A complete
report on the Red Cross sales will
be given within a short time.
The Tuberculosis Seal Sale cam
paign was handled in Barnwell by
Mrs. H. J. Phillips, general chair
man, Mrs. W. J. Lemon, mailing
list chairman, Mrs. J. E. Harley,
Jr., school work chairman, and
Mrs. Mordecai Mazursky and Mrs.
W. L. Molair, bond salesmen. These
ladies should be proud of the work
that they turned in during the past
campaign as they have undoubtedly
increased the sales in the town of
Barnwell over those of last year.
Mrs. Phillips stated that she would
make a report on the number of
bends and seals sold within a short
time.
Barnwell County authorities be
lieve that the Home Service Pro
ject Cottage, sponsored by the
WPA, is the best such project in
the State. During the recent in
spection of projects over the Coun
ty, the cottage and it# workers
came in for quite a few complimen
tary remarks.
The cottage which houses the
project is located on Washington
Street in Barnwell, the property of
Mrs. Lena Davies. The cottage is
a small four-room affair, two of
these rooms being particularly
small. When it was taken over,
during the summer, the weeds were
almost waist high in the yard and
the inside of the cottage was lit
tered with trash and an accumula
tion of rubbish.
The first steps taken were the
cleaning up of the yard, making a
circular drive, trimming the shrub
bery, shaping a lawn and complete
ly clearing off the lot, which has
a good depth and width. Flowers
and shrubs from the woods were
then added to lend beauty to the
yard and these have grown excep
tionally well. A plot in the back
yard has been cleared and a gar
den planted.
The house was then thoroughly
cleaned, scrubbing being carried
on for several days so that all pos
sible traces of germs and dirt
could be erased. There were cracks
in the floor and walls and those
were removed by using fillers for
the floor and papering the wall
with heavy paper and cardboard,
which was secured from local mer
chants free of charge? An inex-
pensive border of wall paper was
also run around the tops of the
walls to lend to the looks of the
building.
Lime for white washing and
enough brown paint to trim the
house was donated by the owner
and then was applied. This added
materially to the outward appear
ance of the house and as soon as
the workers are able to erect wood-
awnings, which will be striped in
red and white, the cottage will
make a most inviting appearance.
The object of this work is to
show the people of the County what
can be done with practically no ex
penditure of money. All the work
done on the house and the improve
ments were made with things
which were given them, such as
the cardboard and heavy paper for
the walls. The cottage is also
used to teach the various home
service workers their proper du
ties in going over the Couhty to
administer to the sick. Different
institutes are held from time to
time in the cottage and these are
most instructive to the workers.
As you enter the cottage, the
living room is on the left. In this
room, which is neatly papered, the
floors and woodwork being stained
with a stain which was made from
the bark of trees, there is a chair
made from a barrel, cut out so
that it is most comfortable. This
chair is covered with a cheap, but
nice looking material, and is up
holstered with dried moss to make
it comfortable. There is also a
small chair, for a child, made from
a small barrel exactly like the lar
ger chair is made. Besides the
chairs, there is a whatnot stuck in
one corner which was made by the
use of small boards and spools. A
neat looking magazine rack and
table are also in the room, these
too having been constructed with
boards and spools.
This furniture, along with one
or two other small pieces, makes
quite a comfortable looking room
and every piece of it was home
made and made with practically no
cash outlay. In fact the entire
house is furnished without any
cost except labor.
The bedroom, beyond the living
room, has a home made bed with
chicken wire stretched across for
springs and a mattress made from
dried moss. The bed is apparently
most comfortable and substantial
and it is entirely homemade. In one
corner there is a baby’s crib, which
also has a dried moss mattress and
is screened in so that the little tot
can play but will be safe to leave
alone. A dressing table with a
vanity bencto completes the room,
the latter two articles being made
with spools, a few yards of cloth
and a little work. There are rag
rugs on the floor to add to the cozi
ness of this room, which also is
papered with heavy cardboard and
stained with the homemade stain.
The kitchen is spotless with
builtin closets, shelves and other
useful articles. There is an iron
ing board which folds back against
the wall so that it will be out of
the way, a stove for cooking and
apparently a place for every arti
cle. The kitchen is small but com-
National Leaguers
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Boston Bees .Scheduled to Play
Exhibition Game Against Al
bany This Spring.
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L. C. Huthchison, manager of the
Barnwell Hotel stated Monday that
he was in receipt of a communica
tion from C. C. Stewart, New Eng
land Passenger Agent of the South
ern Railroad Company, stating that
the present plans of the Boston
Bees, National League baseball
team, called for an exhibition game
in Barnwell on April 9th.
Mr. Hutchison stated that he
had recently been in correspondence
with Mr. Stewart in regard to the
proposed trip by the National
League club and that the communi
cation received Monday stated that
the team would appear here. It is
understood that the Albany, N. Y.,
entry in the NewYork-Pennsyl-
vania League will furnish the op
position for the Boston club.
According to current reports, ne
gotiations have already been closed
with the Albany club to use Barn
well as their training site again
this year. Should these plans be
carried out during the coming
spring this will be the third time
that the Albany club has been here
in the past several years, the first
trip being made in 1934 and the
second in 1937. During the stay
in 1934 the Boston Nationals stop
ped in Barnwell for an exhibition
game and were greeted by a capa
city crowd. Bill MCKechnie, who
was at that time managing the
Bostonians, said after the game
that it was one of the largest
crowds they had played before on
the spring tour and that the Barn
well park was the best looking park
he had seen in the South with the
exception of the one in Birmingham,
Ala.
Should Albany again come to
Barnwell it will probably be one
of the few notrhern ball clubs train
ing in the State of South Caroina
Local citizens are anxious to make
Barnwell the training site of either
Albany or some other ball club
as it will mean a great deal to the
town and the section to have a ball
club coming in here each spring.
Mr. Stewart’s letter listed stops
for the Boston club in Savannah on
April 8th, Barnwell April 9th and
Augusta on April 10th.
Manager Bill McCosry, of the
Albany club, signified his intention
to return to Barnwell before he left
here last spring and stated at that
time that should he return here
he would probably have one or more
major league clubs to play exhibi
tion games in the Barnwell park.
Agricultural Club
to Study Problems
Meeting Will Prdtably Be Held in
Near Future to Discuss Farm
Legislation.
Christmas Postal
Receipts Cheering
Force at Barnwell Post Office Kept
Busy Handling Incoming and
Outgoing MaiL
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County Agent Harry G. Boyl-
ston said this week he expected a
meeting of the Barnwell County
Agricultural Club to be held some
time in the near future to discuss
farm legislation and other matters
which may come up before it.
The local County agricultural
club was formed some time ago by
interested farmers in the County
with an objective of studying pro
posed and passed farm legislation
and gathering information as to
how such legislation might best
help the farmers of this section.
There has not been a meeting in
recent weeks due to the lack of
topic study but Mr. Boylston
stated that he expected to call one
within a short time and should such
be the case the farmers would have
an opportunity of holding a round
table discussion of not only farm
legislation but also any other mat
ter which might be of interest and
benefit to the farmers.
At the organization meeting, held
in the County Court House the lat
ter part of the past fall, C. G.
Youngblood, of Ellenton, who is
also president of the Ellenton Agri
cultural Club, was elected presi
dent of the local organization. Mr.
Youngblood is well versed in the
procedure of such organizations,
having been connected with the El
lenton Club, which is the second old
est in the State and one of the most
successful in this section, for a
large number of years and has ser
ved as an officer with fhe club for
the past several years.
The motive for the formation of
the local club was to give the farm
ers an opportunity to study farm
legislation and other matters which
may pertain to the welfare of the
farmers in the County. It is be
lieved that the club will probably
be one of the most helpful units
ever organized in Barnwell County.
An Open Letter to Delinquent Subscribers
Farmers to Meet.
The Annual Outlook Meeting of
Barnwell County farmers will be
held in the Court House in Barn
well beginning at ten o’clock on
Wednesday morning, January 5th,
according to County Agent Harry
G. Boylston.
Mr. Boylston stated that this
would be the most important meet
ing of the farmers during the entire
year and that he expected a capa
city crowd, as was the case last
year, to greet O. M. Clark, Econo
mist of the Extension Service De
partment of Clemson College, who
will be present to address the
gathering and help them in their
farm plans for the coming year.
Each year the farmers gather the
early part of the year at a general
meeting, which is addressed by
some authority on farm work and
programs, for the purpose of dis
cussing the program for the coming
year. As a result of these meet
ings the farmers find that they are
better able to map out their work
for the ensuing year and as a result
of this they have better balanced
programs and therefore reap the
benefits of well planned, well con
ducted planting seasons.
Mr. Clark will discuss livestock,
cotton raising and other crop pro
duction during his address and
should be able to disclose some in
formation which will be of inestim
able benefit to the farmers of the
County.
The receipts at the local post of
fice for the Christmas rush were
among the largest ever recorded
here, according to Postmaster R. A.
Deason. Beginning the middle of
the week before Christmas and
running through Christmas Eve
the incoming and outgoing pack
ages, cards and letters probably
set a new record.
The entire year of 1937 baa
shown an increase in postal re
ceipts, the local postmaster stated,
with the Christmas rush winding ap
the heavy work. Local people matj-
ed their cards by the hundreds
while packages were sent out in
large quantities also.
Several local merchants stated
Christmas day that their receipts
for the year’s business were slight
ly under last year’s, however. Lo
cal Christmas greeting card dealers
stated, though, that they sold more
cards than in any previous year.
One dealer stated that he had sold
over 6,000 cards while others sold
out their entire stock, also.
It is believed that, while the
money probably wasn’t as free as
it was last year, the spirit of Christ
mas was more noticeable Mid those
who were unable to send gifts sent
greetings on cards.
CCC Camp Strength
Raised to 219 Men
50 Enrellees Sent to Barnwell Be
cause of Disbanding of Other
Canips.
Tillman Memorial Fund.
The strength of the Barnwell
CCC Camp has recently been raised
to 219 enrol lees, according to Cap
tain Leon B. Schuh, commanding
officer of the local outfit.
Due to the disbanding of several
camps in this section about 50 en- ,
rollees were sent in to the Barnwell
camp and it is now running at top
strength. Captain Schuh stated
that he did not know that his com
pany was to be increased in sise
until the afternoon before the boys
were sent in.
The local camp is running
smoothly despite the fact that it
was suddenly increased in man
power, Captain Scuh stated, and he
believes the strength will be kept
at approximately what it is now.
The men will be placed on various
detail work with some of them
probably being added to the crew
which is busily engaged construct
ing the Barnwell County State
Park.
The park, which will probably he
completed before next summer, is
being constructed on a site about
six miles north of Barnwell. When
completed it will be one of the most
enjoyable places in the County and
will afford, not only Barnwell Coun
ty citizens but other people in this
section, an opportunity to enjoy an
afternoon or a day in the woods. It
will be complete with trails, a lake,
and many other conveniences which
will afford pleasure to those who
like the out of doors.
Accepts New Position.*
Bishop Visits Relatives.
Blackville, Dec. 28.—The Rt. Rev.
Robert Emmet Gribbin, of Ashe
ville, N. C., bishop of the Western
North Carolina Diocese, visited his
mother, Mrs. Rebecca Moore Grib
bin, Christmas Eve, the occasion
also being her 87th birthday.
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Barnwell County’s contribution to
; its portion of $195.90 for the Till-
; man Memorial Fund has now been
1 increased to $70.35, which is repre
sented by the following additional
contributions: __
Previously acknowledged ._-$4(fl55
Edgar Brown 5.00
Solomon Blatt 5.00
John K. Snelling 5.00
J. B. Morris 2.00
Com. Charles F. Martin 3.00
W. H. Manning 1.00
J. J. Bell 1 1.00
H. G. Bcy’ston 1.00
Miss Kate Woodward 1.00
Ben Tillman Lott 1.00
J. E. Harley 5.00
J. D. Ray, who has been connect
ed with the WPA work in Barnwell
and Allendale Counties for the
past couple of years as an engineer
in charge of construction work, re
cently accepted a position with a
firm in Georgetown and has left
for his new work.
Mr. Ray rendered courteous and
efficient service while with the
WPA here and during his period
of service he was instrumental in
the carrying out of a number of
excellent projects. He helped plan
and construct the Williston-Elko
community house; the community
houses at Allendale and Fairfax
and a large number of other build
ings and projects which were well
worth the cost to the communities
benefitting from their construction.
His many friends in Barnwell
County and in this entire section
wish for him the best of success in
his new work.
TOTAL $70.35
Mrs. Katherine Patterson, o#^
I Washington, D. C., spent the weak-
] end in Barnwell with her mother.
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