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- *» ■■ ■ iftcH 44- V- IL \k h-i. , v.* ' ESTABLISHED 1852 “Largest County Circulation*’ VOL. LXVIl. MAKES SPEECH TO PEACE OFFICERS BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1919 NUMBER 39, LIQUOR CONSTABLE WOUNDED. Governor R. A. Cooper Makes Good Speech at Colombia Meeting, if Before the peace officers of the state who met Gov. Cooper at his invitation, in Columbia, to consider law enforcement, he spoke ,in part as’ fellows: ■“I have requested a conference with the sheriffs, foremen of grand juries, solicitors and magistrates for the purpose of discussing the ad ministration of criminal laws of this state. I do not .wish to create the impression that the people of South Carolina are lawless, because I am sure that the. great majority are law- abiding and law-respecting. But din; to a combination of circum stances we have a lawless condition throughout the state. The sale of iDtoKkatmg liquors >nd every com- l»>und of mixture of , every kind that is ra emu*!** hj prohibitioi Owing to a great n ' III lii Ik in tt. be lilteD nlat* rig U* ■lit in •fftl o_ produce drunk- :ondemred. This cw nation-wide, high price wh.ith ,! e are willing tti bevera^eP. illicit ur.i up all ove Camden, July 17.—J. F. Bateman, State constable, of this city was shot and seriously wounded this after noon when he and A. G. Whitaker, chief of police, made a raid on an illicit distillery located in Beav er Dam section of KersTTaw County about seven miles east of Camden. The officers ran. upo& Sant Bar rett and Jim Sheorn in the woods. Barrett is said to have opened fite at the approach of the officers and constable Bateman fell with a bullet in his left breast about four inches below the heart. The officers re turned the fire and Barrett fell with a broken thigh. Sheorn fell also, but after bringing Mr. Bateman to Camden and returning to the scene Sheorn had made his escape, but it is thought that he was also wounded. Barrett and his young son. about 11. years of age. were arreted. An examination of the wounded officer wa> hurriedly made and Dr- Guerry from Columbia wil* reach Camden tbiiight to as-.jst the local physicians in ar. effort to save his life. He is thought to he seriously wounded. Mr. HuUuiftrt is about Id years of age and wa» for a r.u/nher of yeurs chief constable, stationed at Charles ton. Barrett is said to be /ibout «h» years of a^e and Sheorn about 4"». Ihe a till in that locality is said to 11 rI j r a K >ukl i to irily any il man wr.o ordt of engaging i are so attracted, by iev may make ging in this But there arc L r v. »ll4„ the profits frhti that they are lid ariou > buMM t*il.or matters closely allied *and resulting from this practice that must be considered. The popula tion of the jails in this state is on Hie increase. In various sections report, .of immorality have been called to my attention. A great deal of this condition is doubtless <u* to the natural reaction follow- '-or the war, and incident to ihe general unsettled conditions. What- evor may be the cause, or the expla nation, the fact remains that there Is more violation of the law in this state and more immorality than is conductive to Ure best interest of our people. • “Tli*? governor cannot withQut thV suppoit of the good people of the state prevent enrae. The solicitors taasiot suppress crime without the aid of public opinion and cooper ation on the part of the citizens. The sheriff b powerless in the dis- cliarge of his duties unless he is like wise supported by the people of his county. Grand jurors may present bills of indictment, hut no good re sults can be expected unless every presentment is approved by the people whom they serve. The mag istrate is also dependent for the suc cessful administration of his office on public opinion. My experience as prosecuting officer has led me to the conclusion that while all this is true, yet the governor, solicitors, sheriffs and magistrates can create a public opinion and secure the co operation and support of the people of their county by a tactful’ and efficient administration of their respective' offices. “Crime is a disease, contageous and infectious.” 1 am quoting from one of the most eminent of our circuit judges who has passed to his reward. This •disease germ can only fave in a can- genial atmosphere, and its antidote ion is created by a vigorous and im partial execution of the laws on the part of those charged with their ex ecution. 4 *I have made these remarks to in dicate to you what I had in mind in calling this conference, and have in- dmafiC,.! vrbit should y>nn«id»r»d report* from Columb that Di In the past few months T have re ceived letters from wives and moth ers who are distressed because a husband' or son is the victim of an illicit distillery, or a penen -who is furnishing, under the pretense of medicine, certain compounds used as beverage." CAROLINA REALTY COMPANY Am 3 £ the charters granted teat weed by V. teaks Dev#, aecretery •f Mete, wee eee is (be Cereltee lislb 1 Cspsfssy, mi leiewefi. The peeps is 1 cepMel mask ees ft# Tie pttiSiMn are Edpse A [JR A Isurr+Sg mi W t «f apwse r. K. >pvr- thile Guerry wnom G< A. Cooper to Camden to ate on Mr. Bateman «t 'tat w the w iurtd is serious yet the wour man ha* a chance. Bsrnw*ll High School Dot*. Miss Martha Roddy, one of the high school teacher* who taught last session, has sent in her resignation to the board of trustees, saying on account of having contracted malaria fever, that her parents and physician advise her not to go into the low country* and many of us re gret to know this. • Herman Mazursky will attend the Staunton Virginia Military Academy beginning the next session, which opens some time in September. -We- wish you luck Herman. Misses Jennie and Emily Kirk- Jand are home* on their vacation from Brenau College, and will re turn to their studies at that school some time in September. Before coming home however, they made an extended trip through Texas where they visited friends. Mr. John Douglass Robinson our beloved Shpt., for the next session of tlrtfBarnwell high school, will come to Barnwell the first week in September, A letter to the board of trustees from him saying that he could not get here earlier has been received. He will attend a summer * - school for superintendants of schools and get all the new ideas in school and athletics training, so that he may be better fitted to perform his duties. Remember parents from the other school districts can send their .chil dren to the Barnwell high school the coming session and there will be no fee charged. Those that can not drive ifjto town daily, desirable board wifi be secured for them. The Editress, of High School Dots is on a visit to her relatives at Hen dersonville, S. C., and we wish for her and those with her, a most de lightful vacation which she deserves. Mr. A. Rufus Morgan is spending his vacation. with his family at Saluda, N. C., and we learn will re turn about August 1st Mr. Morgan was emergency Supt., of the school last session when 'the other SupL T i j « • J ’ ’ i a « suddenly resigned and worked very hard and under many difficulties during the Influenza epidemic and deserves a vacation. Baseball * Notes. Rarely have local fans had an op portunity to see such high clans amateur playing aa was seen on the W till stun Tuesday between the B Matthews teems Each knew it was ap ■ CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE BANK OF WESTERN CAROLINA At Closs of Business, June 30th, 1919. ASSETS. BILLS RECEIVABLE BONDS AND STOCfcs, LIBERTY BONDS OWNED BY BANK BANKING HOUSE, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES CASH ON HAND, IN BANKS AND IN TRANSIT LIABILITIES. ; CAPITAL AND SURPLUS UNDIVIDED PROFITS DP*. POSITS MONEY BORROWED TO CARRY LIB* EHTY BONDS BILLS PAYABLE _ r $2,753,673.49 44,155.00 379,720.00 .111,505.80 765,956.Oil $4,055,010.35 $ 570,400.00 71,079.42 2,653. > 260,000.00 500.000.00 $1,0^5,010.35 Y Y Y Y Y Y r v> y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y x Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y a a a $ Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y. Y $ Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y s Y Y Y Y Y Y Y *, s Y Y Y 8 8 Y 8 « Y Y Y Y Y l l 8 tt Y 8 8 Y 8 Y Y l pr. the tun it d*es tndicaU of m^n t! ►r*. rr.cnt'of the Batik of Westerft Carolina should reading for our subscriber.*, as many of them bank or Are numbered among its ten thousand •o indicates, by the amount of money on deposit lition of the people in the four ccuntic* where amount of money loaned out is. a good present cotton crup and of the amount ha* been borrowed to make it. * * L-t.il. leposit* were $2,65.’!, *>10.00. At the -axe ear th> e $2,2k6,Q9!.06, a gain of > during the year. Of thu gain $162,348,70 wo in Saving De- posit.*. . This is note worthy, as during the past year the Government has been offering more than four per cent interest for money, and it was expected that money would be drawn from the banks to buy bonds. On the contrary, the people with money to loan seem to have prefered the four per cent offered by the Western ( arolina to the 4 1-2 and 4 3-4 offered by Washington. But the most striking figures in the statement, are those that show that the Bank of Western Carolina had in CASH RE SOURCES on JUNE 30th, $765,000.00. Bonds, stocks, buildings are all right, but money talks, and $765,000.00 talks very loud at this time of the year. BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT. Editor of The Sentinel. •a r I address this letter to you in be half of the Boy Scout movement. During the World War, I had oc casion to visit Washington on at tendance at the reunion, C. S. Vets. At the union station, our traia was met by the Boy Scouts. Their politeness and gentility of manner in welcoming these old soldiers, completely won our hearts and made us feel we were among friends. * We said, “if we could not enter your city under Lee and Jackson, we now captured it under old Glory with the children to wel come us. “Let us have peace.” To encourage this movement, you help to develop the character of the true patriotic American and worthy citizen. I can not encourage the military * I spirit among out people, as I do not £ 1 regard it to our best National in- A ! terest. But a love of Country, the £ I Union a* one and inseparable, is a £ , duty ever)* man owes to the land of •;; hi* birth. * a I * A SHOOTING AFFAIR IN DENMARK Two Negroos Were Killed and Three White Men Wounded. In no way can these noble end tfrf" in the I .Let us teach 1 How him ?[be better promoted «« training of our youth. ever to look aloft. Statue of Liberty on Bledsoe *1, and tell him its History. ’ * | tr n the boy ^cout Movement j. „ i i »tea«i rii Denmark, July 17.—Two negroes were killed and three white 'men wounded; two of them dangerously, in a shooting scrape here late this afternoon between a white man and one or two negroes. The dead are Agent Brown and George Stevens, negroes. Carroll Mobley, white, about 20 years old, has two bullets in his breast and a third in one of his arms and is not expected to live through the night. Henry Murray Ray. 22 years old, son of Sheriff S. G. Ray, was shot through the neck and is paralyzed from the -waist down. HuT con dition^ also critical, J. Ralph Thompson, white 25 years of age and unmarried, had an arm shattered by a bullet. His con dition is not serious. All three of the young men will be taken to a hos pital in Columbia on the early morn- I Inf irvln. TMipui IS VR fM- ployee of the telephone comppoy. Tljt trouble arose out of a case between two negroes. In Luper w*» charged with N. A. Patter Wat ions ■*<>.’ The Bank has loaned to its customers $225,000.00 more than last year, and to the Government as its share of the heavy war burden $379,720.00. This is a good record. While mindful of the calls of patriotism, it has also done more than formerly to assist in the making of good crops this year. It also indicates that in spite of higher prices for labor and supplies, our farmers are not,borrowing much more tharTusual this year, and are in sound financial condition when higher prices of cotton are con sidered. The total Invested capital of^the bank on June 30tfi, was over $640,000.00 which places it well up toward the front among the strongest banks in South Carolina. _ During the year ending with July 1st, the Bank has paid four dividends to Its stockholders, amounting to $45,620.00* in the aggregate. The prosperous bank is the safe bank. It has paid out in interest on it* Savings Deposits, the past year, over, $30,000.00. The steady growth of thia department shows that “SAFETY AND FOUR PER CENT” is attracting a steady increasing number of depositors and bringing the lesson of thrift to many new homes every year. The statement shows the Western Carolina is using $760,-* 000.00 of outside money. This amount has been largely de creased since the statement was published, but it isjn accod- ance with the well known policy of the bank to always take care of its depositors, and if their legitimate demands exceed the ' resources of the bank, to borrow the money for them. Who can tell how much good this amount of money made available to the fanners of this section at a critical period in the growth ' of the cotton crop may mean? We congratulate the Bank of Western Carolina on its splen did showing and the counties of Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield and Lexington on having such a strong financial institution.—Aiken Journal and Review. Americas Potash CosGaa«4. When the mar shut the southern j farmer out from his accustomed j supply of German potaah, American ' industry began to look for new ' potash sources. This was found in ; liome cases by burning a Pacific | seamecd. In. other cases Irotn a by product of the cement industry. It , was also gained from evaporating the waters of certain lakes in the far west. These producers of American potash clamored for pro tection of their infant industry. This was given them by requiring the farmer to pay on an average of $250 a ton for the home product, and by keeping out the German product. This step raised a howl from the fanners. In the last few days reports have come in from cer- A j tain sections of the state that this A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A -S A s A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A I 8 A A A I A A A American potash has been found to be injurious to the crops. How much of this is fact and how much an effort to get better rates on pot ash remains to be seen. j Congressman A. F. Lever Resigns. REV. WATSON RESIGNS. The Baptist Courer brings the an nouncement that Rev. Watson has accepted a call to the- Williams ton Baptist church. This of course ! means that he will leave the Biack- v'Ue church. Rarely has any nun is le. impressed himself so securely church, to' Mr be hard to j replace in his town and association work. Miss Jo«»e Stitt, of Weltminister, S. C. t is visiteag relatives in the city. Mew re J. JJ Weather*bee aad W. W. A oodward. of the ton, were Ms the city Saturday. Brown and Carroll Mobley wag a witness for Stevens. When court adjourned this afternoon, wrjth thj^ tnal unfinished. Brown and him* brother-in-law, Ozell Anderson, left ) the court room first and one of the negroes was heard to remark,“We'll get him yet” la the court room were 35 or 49 white people. Theee came out after the negroes, and Mobley crossed the street toward the negroes, when Brown opened fire. Mobley dashed back toward the street, while Brown contiaeed firing. Mobley took refuge behind a tree and drew his pistol and shot Brown dead. In the meantime Brown had shot Ray, Thompson and Luper. Anderson b missing to night, but b being searched for, aa eye witnesses claim that Andersen had part in the shooting. Both of the negroes were elderiy men each being about 35 or 40 yuan old. Stevens was employed by tha American Telephone Company. Ozell Anderson the other negro implicated in the shooting made his escape by jumping into a Ford touring car. Police officers in ad jacent cities have been asked to bo on the lookout for him. It b be lieved that he passed through Augusta, Ga., just before the police there received the notice. Representative Lever of the sev enth congressional district of this H state was last week appointed by President Wilson to a vacancy ex isting on the Federal Land Loan Board at a salary of $10,000 a year. Mr. Lever as chairman of the House Committe on Agriculture made for himself quite a name and was one of the foremost men in the House. He was intimately connected with several notable laws for the benefit oF the fanner. He will resign from the House about August 1st, of as soon as he is confirmed by the sen ate. Quite a number of aspirants for his seat have announced them selves, among whom are '|Solicitor George Bell Timmerman, of Lex ington, H. P. Fulmer, of Norway and Solicitor E. C. Mann, of St. Matthews. * AN ALLENDALE MURDER. WEALTHY NEGRO DEAD.- Martin, July 16.—J. R. Rhoden, one of Barnwell county's wealthiest colored citizens, after a long and serious illness, died at hb home oe June 26th. His parents _ were Virginians. Hb real estate ia valued at several thousand dollars.' He is said to have been a devoted father and husband. A faithful wife, nine children, 38 grandchildren and threfe great-grandchildren sur vive him. J. M. Rhodes was one of the moat substantial, honorable, and 'trust worthy men of his race in Barnwell county. He was held in the high est esteem by not only those of hie own race, but also by the white people without . respect to their station in life. - „ JUDGE H. R WATKINS. On Saturday night at Martins, Prince Hulon, a white man, walked into a store where a card game was in progress between some negroes. Hulon pulled his pistol from his pocket and flourished it aroirtid the crowd. The pistol was fired. Hulon says it was accidental A negro, Joe Fikes, received the wound in the middle of hb forehead. The cor oners jury returned a verdict that Ftkas came to his death from gun shot wounds at the hands of Holoa Price. Both men are about 46 mi the Barnwell jaiL v V The vacancy caused by the death of Judge Johnstone a few weeks was finally filled by the ment of H. H. Watkins of Andersam In being ehoeea to fill thb on the bench of the federal for the western .district of. Carolina H. H. Watkins will ure up to the beet He Furman University when he yean eld, graduated at 11. taught arhoel for Afterward he was b- •f