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*• OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.*^ *f ^ es, if you want mone> we hare iL^‘ If you have monet we want it. . X *♦* -’ n * . I -5. •> o o Paid in Savings- Department.*£ HOME BANK OF BARNWELL'. £ July ’2t Subscriptions , Have Expired. PLEASE RENEW PROMPTLY ♦ «■ Established in 1377. “Just Like a Member of the Family »* I.argest County Circulation. »i # ^A ME XLVIII. Local High School Opns New Session; Large Enrollment rhc* r.arnvvell High School opened Hs lt)24-2*) session on Tuesday, Sept. "Dth, with the largest enrollment that has ever been known in this city. There was a splendid attendance of parents, it was really inspiring- to see the interest shown in the welfare, of the childien. All of the teachers ar rived on time and were at their posts, just as if they had been there for several years. Hon. Horace .1. Crouch, County Supt. of Education was present and pleaded the audience with a short talk on the relations between the country schools and the city schools. He also emphasized the fact that tile High Schools of the county should be enlarged to take care of the adjoin ing country high school pupils. Mr. Harry I>. Calhoun, Sec., of the local Ikoard. spoke very briefly, welcoming the new teachers to the* schixd and town. Mr. H. M. Guyot (Geo), prin cipal of the High School urged that the boys of the* school take an active in athletics, explaining that to pail each pupil must make a stand in school work. Mr. Thos. Boulware, chm. of the local l>oard, \velcomed the parent' of the town to the school building and insisted that tht*l school and the town get better acquainted. We were also glad to have with us. Rev. Mr. Atkinson, who has always shown that Iv is a friend of the school and of the faculty. He offered the prayer. I am sure' the whole town of Barn well will join in welcoming the teach er-. and bid them Godspeed' on their way to the best year that our school 'has ever enjoyed. Supt. Robison is very enthusiastic over the prospects and believes that one year from to day there will be* a bigger and better school building in the town of Barn- we-ll. The capacity of the present building has about been reached and he* is working on a project that will make the town of P.amwel extend in all directions for miles. All the trus tees of adjoining districts are urged to see Mr. Robison and (Jiscuss the new school. Let our motto be: A High school-building for Barnwell and its neighborsT—Contributed. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1921. NUMBER 2. BLEASE ELECTED TO SENATE OVER BYRNES ly Safe Lead Over Aiken Man. * rt Jw'e good Fifty-nine Small Boxes Scattered! Through Twenty-one Counties Unreported—-Winner's Major ity Less Than 2 P. ('. in Large Poll. J ■ Blackville School Improvement Assn. Holds Call Meeting v Blackville. Sept. 9.—The School Im provement Association of Blackville Field ;< rail meeting Wednesday, A'l- gu-t 27. The*' IVesident opened the meeting with the Lord’- Prayer, af ter which a general discussion of luisi- ne . followed. The* .more important — -Abs.*us^c*cl- W4-re: Inside equip ment of the chool house to be donated I by the* As-ociation, as tc*a.eliers’ desks, -hades and a pupil’s record filing sys tem;* the ivmoval of the trees on the north side of the school building and the conversion of-the space to an ath letic tieicb T1ik (Tuesday) evening. Sept. 9th, at o’clock, the, Association wdl have an open mc*eting. The men and lady memlKMs are urged to lx* pres ent. '£hc parents of the* pupils have been invited to -be present - and hear the State School Improvement organ izer. Miss Mattie* Thomas, address the audience.—Mr. .1. Arthur Wiggins, of Denmark, will be another interesting speaker. The State, Sept. 10. Coleman L. Blease, of Columbia held early today a lead of 2,210—small but probably sale—on returns from the run-off primary yesterday with Rep resentative James F. Byrnes, of Aiken for the seat in the United States sen ate* which* N. B.-Dial, of Laurens will vacate March 3 next. Fifty-nine boxes unreported out ot 1,3.')4 were scattered through 21 of the lb counties, but they were mostly in sparsely settled areas and it was, re garded/ as unlikely that when heard from they would change materially the indicated .re-uft. although the election was unprecedentedly close. The figures-early this morning stood: Blea-e, 97,462. Byrnes, 9.V2r>2. Precincts utm*ported weiv distribut ed as follows: Allendale county 2. Barnwell 1, Berkley 11, Calhoun l, Churle-ton l, Chesterfield 1, Claiei*.- don 1, Colleton S, Edgefield 2, Fair- field 9, Flor**nee 7>, Georgetown 2, Ker shaw 1, Horry 2, Lee 1, Lexington l, New'lierry 3, Spartanburg 2. Sumter 2, Williamsburg 2 and York 1. Mr. Blea.se, after a political career which began when he was barely past his majority, ahd in th-* course of which he lias |)een almost continuously through 34 years either a holder—of cv.n ( ate, g li'is • ..e Unofficial State and County Returns for Second Primary US.Sen. At. (ien. Com.Ag. | Congress St. Sen % Coroner _ -**, r ' ^ ’ U V / /. T i. lx. .£ 1 u -1 Jx U U V j=- z / _ • * U >, £ 2. X 3 1 v. 3 U . n l X* 2 • « > Barnwell. M M f > Mf)? 268 315 265, ■315 220 159 125 130 450 Ben. Spfs. 45 39 28 24 43 47 20 7>7 10 7) *’.2 ’ Blackville 1 41 24( 155 229 214 171 136 248 127 27)n •3.5S Double P. 14 ::t • ) *7 • > i 11 27 20 10 38 ** 27 21 4 44 Dunbarton 46 98 84 61 101 44 87 52 43 101 •8 ' 137 . Elko .. 48 89 74 64 71 ♦ )l> 54 83 25 113 14 123 Four Mil** ,. 12 51 21 . 42 1 43 20 56 6 40 w ' ) 11 52 Friendship Jo 35 18 O.) to 19 *» i 13 47 * I * > 0 50 Grt. Ups— 47 49 28 (’>0 53 43 7f> 20 51 ’ 45 13 83 Heal. Spr-. 8 32 - 21 19 27 13 18 f> 35 • 7> O * •> » Hercules * r»7 42 . 27 82 89 20 74 . :’.-t 83 26 10 95 Hilda 63 32 40 r>:> 57 * IS 20 77> 71 21 15 SO Red Oak 41 14 46 i<t 51 4 17 39 52 4 1 '5 Rdy. Br. . , j 29 14 Rosemary 24 6*] 62 29 68 23 30 60 11 78 12 .9 Si loam 43 41 56 29 48 36 7>r> 31 74 To 6 78 Williston. 158 232 219 184 141, 17)8 137 266 ()7 334 ■ 48 354 Tot a! 972 1457 1195 1250 1319 1024 1215 1227 1268 304 2135 Lar^e Audiance Was Present at Meeting of Co-ops Last Week On Wedi ir-dit' m-J-niug a coopera tive marketing meeting was held at the Court House ,n Barnwel , a* 11 oVbH'k. t There wa-. a representative audience prt>sent and tJi.* crowd wa- somewhat di-apointed that the Ho*i. A. F. Lever was unabb* to attend. However, Mr. A. H. Wiud, District Agent of the Extension Division, was present utui • spoke on, c<*op**rative marketing. Messrs. Geter and La- Grone, <>f the Cotton Marketing A -- sociation, w,ere aUo priesent and en tered, into the dissuasion after Mil Ward had finished. Mr, Ward’s talk.' was very interesting and instructive, and well listened to by those present. The meeting wa.- presided over bv the County Chairman, Dr. W. C, Smith, of Williston, who mad* very mtc-ivstmg remarl ginning of th** meeting. The erowil was not as large as might have been expected, but this was partly due to the fact that the farmer< are extreme ly busy- at this time gathering cotton. Large Liquor Still Raided by Officers; Plant is Destroyed Another large liquor still in Barn well ( ounty was raided by officer* last week in the Patterson's, old mill section, which -eems to ix* a favorite location with Iwiotleggers. The raid ing party, which was composed of Officers .1. W. Sanders, P. O. Beasley, > W . % J. B. Peeples and Jim Dunbar, de- stroyed the plant, which consisted of following: One I^O-gallcm boiler; ! tlu* some one lOb-gallon still; 'on** 100-gallon doubler, all copper connections; thir ty-two 400-gallon fermenters; 10,000 gallons of beer; To fc***t of cop|H*r pipe; two _6(kgallon barrels; 30 gallons of liquor. The raid was made on the 2nd rnst. Mr. Sanders has aJange number of . stills to hi- credit since his appoint ment several months ago and is rec- ognized as one of the most activo revenue officers on the force. public office or r ten ( ate nomination for United States senator ui>on his third attempt, less than n month prior to his 56th birthday, lie was defeated in 1911 by Sertator El lison D.. Smith of Lynchburg and in 1918 by Nathaniel B. Dial of Laurens His'victory u by less than 2 per cent in a reported vote of 192,714. Wea ther was good all day throughout tin state and material factors favored a I heavy (mil. John M. Daniel <<f Greenville, *is- .sistant attorney general, was yt*ste,*- day nominated for attorney general of South (’amiina'over Solicitor J, Mon roe S|K*ai.s of Darlington and Bon- neau Hairis of Pendleton, stat»* com missioner of. agriculture, eommerce and iiwlastries, wa- nominated to sur- ee**«| himself over James W. Shealev of Lexington, formerly a county agent of tin* extension service. * Figures available early tod:*\ were: For attorney general: Daniel. 98,182. Spears, 89,254j For ('ommissioner: Harris, 104,965. Shealv, 80.509. Saving Cotton Seed For Next Year Dis cussed by Boylston County Agent Boylston has the fol lowing to say in refernce to saving cotton seed for next year’s planting: When we come to realize that the largest percentage of cotton is gin ned on public gins in Barnwell Coun ty, we can easily see (he problem that we are confronted with in saving cotton seed. It is variously estimated that the mixture resulting from gin ning one bale of cotton of one variety will Dr. A. B. Patterson ***.—• „ Elected Senator in Neck and Neck Race In a neck and neck race, Dr. A. B. Patterson, of Barnwell, defeated Dr. W. (’. Smith, of WilUston, in Tues day’s primaiy election by a majority of 46 votes. Early returns indicated tho election of the Bamwvll man, but as more complete returns came in, the race became ,<o close-that it was necessary to get complete returns be fore the contest whs definitely decid- ed. The vote: Patterson 1,268, Smith alter one of another variety probably get 15 percent mixture in the first bale, with a smaller percent age in the second and third bales thereafter. Therefore, we would rea dily see that by saving seed ginnel on the suction gins we would have quite a mixture, if ginned), in th** ordinary way. Our types of cotton are not so many, and the largest per centage is planted to Cleveland and Dixie Triumph, at the same time there is quite a good deal id' Tool**, King, Cooks, etc. The following procedure is advi-cd as a method of keeping the seed pure: Pick sufficient quantity of cotton for the seed that one desires to save during the middle of the pick ing season, then make arrangements, with thc ginik*i to throw the roll on tlu* gin, and catch the seed directly as they fall. This can be more easily done with systems that do not have suction systems, because m, those cases it is also necessary to clear out the entire system. If the’ above suggestions are carried out a great Ivenefit .can be derived' by. keeping of i 4 Although Mr. J. M. Diamond, Barnwell, h a *1 requested h friends to cast .their ballots for Mi D. P. Lancaster^ his opponent in the race for Coroner, the present incum bent received over 300 vote*, unoffi cial returns giving Diamond 304 votes, and Lancaster 2.135. Mr. Lancaster has lequested The People to - thank the voters of Barn well County -for the honor conferred upon him and wishes to a-sure them that he will do Ids utmost to vindi cate their confidence. Butler B. Hare Wins Congressional Seat by Majority of 2163 planting seed comparatively pun*. OLAR HIGH SCHOOL OPENS 6 Ola), Sept. •' graded schools will-open Wednesday, September 10, for the 1924-25 session. , Notable additions, both to the school plant and equipment, have been made during the summer and two additional teacher.- have been added to the riops for the new year. The following teacher- constitute th** faculty: First grade, Miss Sy il Parker, Belton; second grade. Miss Kathleen Cooley. Lowndc'sville; ihir.t grade, -Miss Charlotte Bivins. H: d- doek. Ga.; fourth yrade. \l : ss Lurib* rhoma-. Plains. Ga.; fifib grade. Mi s Frances And*. >.*n. Chiui*.', 1 i i ; sirth The Hon. Butler B. Hare, of Satud *. was fleeted to Con,gross from the Second District in TuesdayV election. The Olar -high and defeating—hr- -opponent.—Solicit**tg_IL Hazel Knight-. Holly H'.d.-rtYiken § gra*l**. Mi Music, Miss Carm«*n < ros-, Wcia- Edge fit* 1*1 minster. * ' . • Saluda Higft -chool: G. \\ . Sawy**i. ^Lin- ! Jasper e*ta. agriculture; Mis- ThelrffTi Ell..,- Barnwell Clyo. Ga.; French and history, Mi-sj Total.- Marian I take. Blythwood; English and Latin: W. L. Brannon, .-upefin- tendent, mathematics. L. Gunter, *>t Aiken, by a majority of 2,163 votes on the face of unofficial and incomplete returns. The Hon. Thos. S. McMillan, a na tive of Barnwell County, defeated Congressman W. Turner Logan in th<* First District, the vote being-: Logan 8.431. McMillan 11,215. The result of the election in the Second District was as follows: Social and Personal *. ^ . News from Williston Williston, Sept. 7.—Mr. and Mrs. P M. Hair, Mi-s In«*z Hair and Mr. ’IL M. I'oythress have retuin***! '. from Lumberton, Fayettevill*- and Laurcn- burg, N. C, Mr. ami Mrs E. E’banks, oi’ Augusta *ue i. i.-ititr and Frank Pol con returmxl to Akron, 0. after vi-iting Mr. ami Mrs. R. E. W<H>dward. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Armstrong, of Columbia, are visiting Mr. -and Mrs. W. W. Armstrong this week. MrS. Eva Cave. Mrs. Avis Coleman and Miss Mabel Coleman, of Sumter, are visiting Mrs. B. F. Drummond. Mi-s Elise Ray, and S. S. Ray, Jr., of Denmark, .were visitors this week of Mr. ami Mrs. S. B. Ray. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Holston and daughter, Marie, and Mr. J, C. Wise, alb of Batesburg, were vi-itors last week of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Hair and dau ghter. Miss Inez Hair, accompanied by H. M. Poytlii.e-s, left Wednesday for Laui'iuburg. N. C., and Wright s- ville Beach. Dr. Hugh R. Muia-hi-on. of C*>lum- bia, was the week-end. gue-t’ «>f M*-. and Mrs. John W. 0<li<M'n<*. Mr-. C. M. Pender and thi«*e .sons, Kdward. Milton and Claudius, ha'e S. C. Marketing Assn. Averaged Nearly 30c . For All Cotton Sold Columbia, Sept. 7.—The average gross price received by th** South CanCi-.a Cotton Growers’ Coopera tive A-socialion for short staple cot ton of the 1923-24 pools of all grades from dogtuil to the better grades, was announced by the management last night as 29:99. The expenses, includ ing storage, insurance, freight and overhead will amount to approximate ly 150 points, it was announced. In preparation for the final settle ment on short staple cotton for last season the accounting department has been working on the association’s books since the final .sale of short cot ton was made and last night the average prices wera arrived at. Cal- cuiations are- now being made on the member* accounts on this basis and the checks will be written as rapidly as possible and made*! to.the members. This will turn loose a considerable sum of money. The final settlement is being made this year much earlier than last year, final settlement for the 1922-23 sea son not having been made until around November 1. It i s believed that the earlier final settlement will lx* warmly welcomed by the members. Meanwhile, it is announced by the association that cotton is pouring in ■from the lower section of the state for the 1924-25 pools. Orangeburg County has jumped into the lead in deliveries thu. far, although the sea son. of ,course, has hardly begun ’ i the greater portion of the State. The deliveries t<> date have been particu larly gratifying, it was stated by of ficial- of the association last night. Barnwell-Bamberg S. S. Convention Held at St. John’s Church Allendale Beaufort Hampton Bamberg Gu nter. ;>-2* > 389 405 ’ 1.211 .4,341 425 422 226 1.215 9,169 Hare ,.561 ,701 1,358 . .858 ’ 2,540 .2x7 1.227 . .11.332 c^ has >o- 3 J. Bell. They have ju-t ieturii«/i from New York where Mr Fule nksJ < has been taking a special course at ^Columbia University. Mr. Wiley Eubanks, of Augusta, an*l Mrs. S. D. Eubanks, of Aiken, visited Mrs. J. J. Bell .this -week. Miss Cora Hutto has returned from Atlanta. Mi ss Eloisc Hutto left last wecK for C**ntral, to resume her school work. Advertise in THE PEOPLE. Mrs. Gilbert H. Stcbhins li turned to her home.in Avon Park. Fla . I I after a pleasant visit to h**r brother-, j Me."'--. Ashton- and'*Marvin i H >:land. Mr. WI. B. Whitaker, of Lakeland, Fla., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Whitaker. Mrs. Willi** Wolf** Thomp.-on ha- Returned from Jamestown. \vh**re -he has b****n teaching this summer. Misses Kate. Lou an*l Nelli** Dixon; Messrs. L. Dixon arrrl John Tjiorne, **'’ Cam*K*n, are visiting - Mu, and Mr John W. Dixon. Mrs. John Ma-servy, of CharlestondT is visiting her father. Mr. R. ErtWoo*!- vvar*!. . Wvatt W( dward and Mr. ! Mrs. horn* at North returned to their ifter vi-iting Mrs, T. R. Pender. Major Isador** Us-«*ry wdek for Blacksburg for th* there September 1st of th* session of-the Blacksburg pubdc schools of which Major Us-cry is superintendent. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Me<ll<»ck, Graniteville. were r**<ent visitors Mr. and Mrs, M. O. Hewitt. Solicitoi-elect Bert.** D. Carter, Bamberg, wa, a visitor in Williston Monday, thanking hi- many friends for the splendid vote given him which gave him a majority of 1,516 votes for the nomination for solicitor f the Serond Judicial Circuit. Mr. and Mrs. ; C. I.. Davis,, of Tajupti. Fla., were recent visitors ..of Mr. and Mi.-. P,. L. Hair. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wobdwar* Spariailburg. -U ..visiting Mrs. Mr.' and left la A * opening 1924-25 of of of Bamberg, Sept. 5. -The Sunday School Convention of the Barnwell Association convened at St. John’s Church last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. There were all-day ses- j sdonts and programs for each day. Most of the Sunday schools were wed represented ami made splemlid re ports of this year’s work. The main feature of the convention was tin* I representation of Connie Maxw?ilJ Orphanage, of GroehWutxE W. M. Jas|»er Fe;u-ter and wife ami two of the-Jaoys i Kershaw from tht* orphanage thrilled the uu-j Lancaster diem>* Thursday, morning with their i Laurens r talk- and songs. Th** convention vot- I Lee ed t*i send to the orphanage in the Ia*xington next thirty days three carloads of McCormick supplies. Dr. Robert Black has'TeT”-j Marion ed as president of the convention for Marlboro - two years and did not offer for re-, N* wlx*i i y election. Th** following offi<%ts were Oconee elected t*> serve the coming year: Orangeburg President. 0. W. Rentz, Jr.. Bamberg; Pickens' . secretary. Mrs. Clara L. Hittr Klko, Richlaind Several d* f mon-trations (>f Sunday Saluda - school work, were given and com- Spartanburg mended for such splendid work. Mi-s S imter — F.lizalx'th Nichols, of th** general Union - board, was present Thursday and Williamsburg made a talk on grtu+nri-* literature in York - * he Surulav school. 1 he dinners were Bank Predicts Crop Decrease; Says Only 665 v 616 Bales Made R<xk Hill, Sept. 8.—S*>uth Carolina will pnxhxco 665.616 l>alcs of cott**n this year, as eom()Cired with 793,600 fvile- in 192’.. according to an esti mate announced yesterday by the Peo ples’ National Bank, of Rock Hitt, a* a result of a statewide survey just completed. The sypcygy of tjhe bank was based u|H»n the average date of Sept**mber 5. In making the survey, the coopera tion of every bank in the state wfi* e-nlisted and the* replies received from the several banks of each county were ave-ragvd in reaching the esti mate for the respective countless. The response this year by the banka was more prompt and also indicated that approximately one-fourth of this year’s cotton crop would be marketed through the cooperative marketing as sociation. letter advices since the- compilation o f the" from certain sections indicate that the damage done by the bo 1,1 weevil i* greater than is generally believed. A large majority of the replies in dicate that farmers throughout the state are in good shape financially and will not be inclined to sell their crop under 25 cents. Reports of the estimated yield this year with the tdtaf yield la«t year follow: (Government Figures) Pro duction Balf.s „ 1923 Abbeville *12,800 Aiken 26,700 Allendale 11,00. Anderson 43,800 Bamberg 13,600 Rarnwell 19,000._ . Beaufort 1,200 — Berkley 2.900 Calhoun . - 15,.>00 Charle-ton . . 1,500 .. Cherokee \ 13,500 Chester 22,100.. . Chesterfiekl 29,900 C.lar*-n4l«tn 12,800 Colleton 4,500;. Darlington 24,(K) IHllon 27,100 . Dorchester 5,200 _ Edg«*fi**l*i '* J 2.800 Fairfieid 10.800 Florence 13,900" Georgetown 1,3(8). Greenville 39,007.— Greenwood M.700 Hampton 5,600 Horrv ...L 1.700. .. Estimated YieldJ924 * Bales ...10.6(h) ...'.15,000 ..10,850 .....47,375 ... 8,8.13 .... 10,600 ..... 1,000 . _... 2JS00 8.500 ..1,500 13,500 .18,500 .1^,600 .... 9,238 . 6,500 15,875 .. 20,006 ..... 5,000 .. .10,500 .11,075 .. 9.850 2.500 33,700 .14,750 . 7,500 1.500 173001 - : t : . j,500 ■ 21,300 .^4,166 15.000 t ; _. .10,000 23,800 . >. .20,500 •>5,800 ... ..49,000 16,300.. 17,335 ..— 3.700 5,750 8,000... 5,550 44.500. c...;. .33,333 ^>7,800 14.500 ^ . r . 12.200 16,000 39.900 ...30,009 . 16,000. 15,500 14.500. ; 12.500 ._ 11,900... ..12,000 __ 61.200 60,250 . >5.300 15.000 12.5on; 10,900. 30.000 10.216 9.000 26,170 served at the church and wei of tiful.* 7* L. —“ _ Mr. R. 1* (CONTEn UED ON FOURTH PAGE) wa- in th* \Vu(«lward. <>f Rosemary, citv Mnr.lav on busmes 793^500 - 665,616 Monday if Among the visitors here w**r<* Mai. J. A.. Meyer ,and Mr. J. B. Kirkland, of MoyeUsTMiH. O' J u- X.