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^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.
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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.
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229
214
171
136
248
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101
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113
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47
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Williston.
158
232
219
184
141,
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972
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1195
1250
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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
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„ 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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