The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 03, 1922, Image 1
The Barnwell People
Eitsablishcd in 1877.
*Ju»t Like a Member of the Family"
Largest County Circulation.
VOLUME XLV.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUG. 3RD, 1922.
V
NUMBER
♦ *4/
COUNTY CAMPAIGN OPENED
IN WILLISTON THURSDAY
Congressman James F. Byrnes Made
Closing Address.
/
(By J. A. Latimer.) .
The Barnwell County campaign of
ficially opened in Willistoh July 27th.
Capt. W. D. Black presided and in
troduced the speakers.
Messrs. J. B. Armstrong and J. X.
Snelling, candidates for Treasurer
and Probate Judge respectively, did
n’t make any extended speeches but
merely announced themselves. They
have no opposition.
C. W. Moody, of Barnwell, lead off
for Auditor. He spoke of his' pre
vious administration of this office
and* assured the voters that he
would give the same close attention
should he be~elected this year.
The present incumbent, R. W.
Riley, next spoke and in a short talk
placed hii record before the voters
for them to judge of his fitness.
A. Ray Sanders dosad for auditor
and stated that he wanted the people
to carefully consider his ability.
For the first time, voters, from
this section of Barnwell County list
AUTOMOBILES COLLIDE
A head-on collision between 1 . n
■ O
Ford coupe driven by a traveling man
and (Mr. J. 0. Patterson's large tour-
car, with his daughter driving^ oc
curred on Main Street in front of
’the First National Bank /Friday af-
’temoon of last week. As usual that
narrow thoroughfare was more or
‘ less blocked by vehicles. Both cars
were damaged to some extent. It is
understood that Mr. Patterson has
brought suit against the Ford own
er for $100 dajpages, and it is also
stated that the latter will enter a
counter-suit.
\ negro man named Joe Holman
had a narrow escape Tuesday morn
ing when he was struck by a Cole
automobile. He fell back upon the
fender of the car and managed to hold
on until the driver brought the ma
chine to a stop.
OVER 900 WOMEN ENROLL
FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS
The total enrollment of voters in
Barnwell County for the approaching
jjrimary elections exceeded all ex-
Total Enrollment in Barnwell County
Larger Than Expected.
DOVE SHOOTING BEGINS
1ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER
Game Wardden Gives' Data on ^Ef
forts to Assist Hunters of State.
Dove shooting in South Carolina
will begin Septmeber 1 this year, ac-.
cording to a ruling of A. A. Richard-
LONG BRANCH PHILOSOPHY
1. \ '
1 •> \
The candidates heart \s beating
fast
The primary vote will
cast
BARNWELL MAN HAD VERY
CLOSE CALL LAST WEEK
‘Jack” Phillips Nearly Suffocated by
be
Smoke from Burning Reel.
All the money and time it has cost
Will soon be either won or lost. . ^
it is not certain in every case who a ^. r , t ^ e ^ am P Theatre at Barn-
we are going to vote for but we are
Mr. H. J. (“Jack”) Phillips, man-
1 well, had a very narrow escape from
(death on Thursday night of list week.
^cutions the grand total being djW game warden who haa ; just now reldy ive some „ tm „.
802 of which 936 are women and reached an agreement w.th the W- who we not sopport for H .j when a moving picture reel caught
1861 are men. These figures are eral authorities for this date and also * gtance we have NEVE r caat a vote 1 fir « a P^ture was being shown.
migratory bird 1 f M B , T » is easv hut ’ It seems that Mr. Phillips had re-
by the county chairman. It will be treaty act Mr. Richardson will allow ■ why any man Bwin|r ‘ aroU nd %hei! noVed the n * 1 from one of ^ P r °-
' entire state telling things he will do.. >cting mach5nM an <l wa » Pacing it
taken from the club rolls as received l under the federal
treaty act Mr. Riel
shooting to begin on this date.
UNION MEETING
* The union meeting of the second
division met with the George's Creek
Baptist Church. After praye r and
song service the delegates were en
rolled, after which tne union organiz
ed by electing W. H. Hutto as Mod-
ened to a talk by a lady aspiring forj f r *t 0 r and J. O. Sanders as Clerk,
the important position of Supenn- \ first topic was dismissed by W.
tendent of Education. Mtss C. Alva ! ^ Hutto. B B Baxley. J. O. Band-
Baxley, of Blarkvtlle. formerly a * r% • Gmbbo. 8. W
sthool-teacher and now a full fledged * ohms. L- W. Ab»tanc*
lawyer stated taht men are best fitted .ham*. * 1
for »niUi public office*, others can b>. ' McCormack
Fail. W H.
8 8. Wil-
Carter and • Dr. J. R
Tbe union then ad-
equally well filled by asen or women
ahd eome few ran better be filled by
w<>mrn and she placed the poaitien o*
County Super in tandent a# Education
in the latter etnas and nmd the fact
fhaf BP per cent- of the toeclkers *f
the county are women In strweatng
the fart that the women hs the vtlsl
fee tor hs the eduratteu of the child,
Mlee Basle) said she did not want M
understead that men dsaY take aa
iMtemet la odamtioa hat that the
hetievea hat thta qaeotiua ta nearer
and dearer to women She paid a
heoatifui tribute to the women of the
UonUsderacy and said that the women
of today are a chip off the «ame
blech and that now that they haw
surprised everyone by their enroll
ment almost us the aoman the) would
a»t leave the job half dune bat awatd
gw ta the poll* and vote for those
who stand for Ina nad order. She
t la-ed by on) tag that Harwwetl Cean-
ihrrllM Nr pf•.; % tr ttIHl #MNft
lilt* fimi hi
the state sad tha* follow the ex
amples of many of the progressive
sUstos sd the Heel. Mioe Itaxtey male
a c<H<d talk and receiied «lose at
■
joumed for dinner, following which
the union re assembled and after
prayer and sung service the other
topics were discussed The ant m
'Voted to dispense with the Saaadj
afternoon program
The asvnhiI# (jM 4^^
which aitl go fur House Mm*ton*
The next onion will meet with Friend
shp Baptist Church on Saturday be
fore the fifth Sunday m October
V. H Hutto. M drrotor,
J. O Header*. Clerk
seem from the above that the per
centage of women enrolled is 33.44. In
1920 the enrollment was 1881, so
the increase is due almost wholly to
the large number of new citizens who
have qualified to vote. In that year
the largest number of votes polled
for any one office was 1622, and it
Is estimated that the vote this year
will be around 2400, which is as
large as it was before Allendale
County was formed. The enrollment
the other machine, which was m
operation. Realizing the danger
from fire, he grabbed the box rontain-
ht* father being a farmer he would
owl *ute fur any moa*ur* against *h*
farmers fae anyh*o4)‘* dtrxi dollars
He •toted that the queotme af
(wight and pnawngcr rates wa« ew
tlret in the hsnde of the Inlersta*e
Cammerro • emansotoe end that he
aroald he puwertese to emhe any
change m the some even if he d**
H
ngni
r* ’
the
.1.
n,
tmr
l-ljl
of his I
I what the present
rgaUun hnd a*««»*tipli*hr**l and said
it they had reduced taxes from
milL
and had r
r from 124 to 7 1 -
ion would have
lower had the
lloiai-e J. rrma It. of
d Mim Hailey and in
remarks j-a d a trd’Uta
ment'* quail!* *
even if he w..h M l to .si ant - Ik'dMXH* to k^.ihgl and had reduo-d
g against hei
position he would
way, he gave an account of his >U
wardship of this • important position Electrie and other special bill* nassed
for the last 14 years. He said that | **> the House become law. He is
during this time evory noorporated i °PPose«l to the State Tax ( ommis-
town in the county had built one or ? s ‘°" •" favor of the Hydro Eleet-
mure modern school buildings and r ' r Will. He referred to his fight at
several hail built two, including Wil-; midnight, sesson l»efore last, which
liston in the last statement. He f resulted in the defeat of the resolu-
said he thought he knew before child-1 tior( calling for a Constitutional Con-
ren came into his home what was | vention which would have cost the
needed along educational lines ^but ’ state a million dollars.
J. W.'Folk, offering for re-election
to the House, opened his remarks by
saying that he was proud to render
to his home people a record of two
years service. He stated that the
by precincts ix
as follow::
1920
Precinct. Men
Women Total
En’m't
Barnwell 876
)91
&87
37ft
Blackville 312
174
4h6
316i
B. Spgx 62
23
7S
ftO
D. Pond* 66
18
M
# 19
Dunbarton 69
29
99
lift
Elko * 122
62
1M
m
Four Mile 34
1ft
49
Friendship 70
14
64
• 52 I
H. spa* at
29
61
49
He mile* Ittft
3ft
I4»
9V
Hilda ftft
31
116
93
Kline P2
144
96
Red Oak «a
14
c*
M
R Branch U
III
71
* ’**
Rosemary 1 78
4&
116
64
Bitaam 19
1<
64
a |
‘23k)
m
MtP
• • l
Totals tag?
MB
SM?
mat 1
Dmoharteo b
lhe owl
t peer ••
et that <
•hewed a decrease In
eorelhoeot %e 1
tempered with
i*fa.
aRheogh the 1
samhev ml men
tllH
tear at.
a somber ef prertorfe
m h*e than 1
two ye or* ago.
emnog
thee#
being
Rlockville. Heal
ing Spring*. Red Owk
and W illietoo
ttmred (hot he 0 ill am
k# a gNMMd fid* I
fleer He • toted that
he weald net
vote fee any htl
II that
weald horX lhe
lots rest ef the 1
hrwmr*
and cl*
need by
Xoymg that he
0 gel ng to he
elected
fee “yaw can’t k
eep a goed man 4owo
Ohi b ea* prev
ea whew Jeon
h coaae
I bock te bod.**
G. L Weteoti
nger.
of Block i .tL>. 1
I rimed for the .
H«o«e
Like
Mee*r*
j Harley and Rb
It he b offering for
office for the fl
r*t Time He
made a
tliort talk wtat i
ng tha
| mIMM
Id the
wt*|| U»
el«d h
HO hr
would
! take pht* »ure i
VI
nst the
vnan> hm*!**#* u
the
rr mnd
other-
sim- prutect th*
inters
fI# of thr pt* *-
pic of Barnwell
Count
f. Hr
•aid he
I is a buxine** m
an and
not a
•peak -r
l - '"I , " p P ' y *“ * '*“7 of " G H ® lley »hen every living bit of it i, beyond-'" a box wh ™ il
thet of A,ken, the cbief warden ontlmee hi( fr ^ hav( , , in brin ,. f f™m . r.rbon .pork th.t fell from
- ht, posit,on and explains h., ruling, j >bopt lhe , ituition d „ cribed ln '
His letter follows: I ® .
“I heg to acknowledge receipt of ®
your letter of July it. ,n re open h , ve , new hl( Ind „„ |<Klk|n> , „ | ing the smoking film and tried to
«i.son for doves. the votfr . with conSiie „„, but , p '» ‘hro<l«h a window of th.
I tan readily un.Vratand an.1 >«-| dont b „ r „ trt cue „ dinn . r Unfortunately he trippwl
ogmte your doves being ^ , urn<(bpd b thp r o r f ldpr , tP ,| •" -l-otric fan and instead of gw
a norymigratory bird, yet by an art- r>nd|d .„. nor , n ^ hi roneendng' 1 ^ t,,roo,rt ’ ,h * ** h »* “*
of congress they have been made ■*. |o , v „ , nd fi , h „ idi ,, the wall and landed on the b.lc~.
migratory and any one killing them
in violation of the federal lai
suffer.
M I have made the ruling that the
dove season will open September I,
and. in doing so, made this ruling for
the be nefit of the dove hunters of
South Carolina.
"Last year, under the state law,
a person could begin shooting doves
on August IS. and at the seme time
the federal authorities had the right
ta arrest such a hunter who killed
doves prior ta October 1C After a
great deal of correspondence and per -
soaal interviews with the authorttiou
la Washington. I get them tu agree
to let the doee eeason open Seuteta-
W V with
wo«l.| use i
state law
end epee
"TW r*
git in—which of course may he for
floor. Several negroes were in
the best, .nd the multitude to be •< *** «' *
their escape doom the
the exception of-
with
on, a colored physician, who,
Mr. Phillips, was cut off frou
exit hy the dense smoke.
A cry of “Fire!" caused tha
. turned down will still have their new
( hats and suits or what ever they
bought to appear gentle in. so we
hereby notify all whom it may con-
I cem that they need not call at our
1 shack right away as we wil I be I
•beent for some little time during • W|U on the mala floor af
(hr heated term we will be bark inf tk * lh ~ lr » U U “ ,tm * +■
though there were little or mm signs
of puatr. When the flhu eapladsd a
•beet of fire sheet
arrwas the halreuf. aad
jumped to the mala f
distance of several feet,
aa miury to «-nr mi his legs Mr.
term we will be bark in
lime ta vote but not in time to be
chinned or boned by any one con
corning their claims on us
Riah Mas
VtlTBH NO MtHIB FOR RLRlHE
the under*landing that I
ly mflueeee to have th*
conform to the federal
fl^iMmhur I
do cemmwekesier.
| Ptkdhps. Minded
tferated hy the f<
• •
the rode
of laws af South t'erwliuu, I9B3.
volume II. seta forth unde* Surtleo
kdd that the spew season far deeoa
shall be from Ortnber Ik to January
SI sd each lUar.' Thss code, having
hy the legislature, thta
eulor
lav v
wald
•opemede all
ether bwe
aad n
y hand* ooaM he I
led wore 4
Ml fa
r the
fact that la
the mmm
radM.
node*
Beet loo UB.
the seta*
mteeeoae m
4e forth >hel
the fob***
a! mig
fraler
y brd irooty
rogwlotlew*.
krtag
the e
opveaM bw of
the bod
under
Artel
kt V1 of the
eooatitaMaa
ml the
Untl
led States, art
1 hereby dr -
cbved
to h*
■ the bw ml thi
0 Mate, and
the penalty
fee their vte
fatten shall
T* the Kdttor of The State
I feet like the Ikrmerrattc
from Be raw* H ta reference te Mr was gtvea
Blsnse I have aheoys voted fae hmt,' msUtea. to whtrh
the loot time ever the pretuet of my time Mr
twa anue that wewt tu France tahetp has hfe lu Mr Riley, whnm
whip the Germane. IsN I did ant he ^nimm was attmrXod by the y*
Hava thsae reports ea hua Rat hr maa's rrtao emi whs hurried to
lets Mr Dunrau repeat these rhnrg' ■ re«ree. ocbers in the
every day until I ess satisfied that jthel he hm* already <
Ufs
Phillips
la a
be ram- tbe) are ti
hoaaam Me.
The velwalaee fkre
'W^dd net ealy deny them but a —* Xpsadsd quirkty ta the alarm. ae<
be punishment ml ant lee
aer mare than $38 fine, I
imprisonment
hretl <
•Ir
for
ii'pvt igstion
rtl
is id
I and
'Hi
will
L therefore
p mine
that, a*
rwry
county
paper *houl
of
thi*
departomt
if its
optional j
of Mr
Dunes
in's spree he
a hi
• h *ert ion
of tl
ir IP72
would
haie seen 4, if a fi
thj
ill g
uvern dov*
* hunti
ng; and 1
had n
ot show
ihI m«* nisi 1
ht*
bent
interrvt <
uf all
pariie*
State
Let e
very * body
rm*
'! 1
have rule
il that
Section
what
we are
up again
il!
COV •'
'r the dove
•ituat
ion. and
Count;
y EdiUx
rs, for God
SMPM
^on
for shoot 1
ng d«
>ve* in
what
Duncan
ix saying
1 c
arofl
ina will o|
|M-n Se
ptember
1 Bleast
>. 1 xa;
y thix with
1 cl
OJ4C
December
15.
1 to everybody
for there
af kla grit waaM kaark Ibsaraa off
the platform if II was aat true. Be I
am dene voting far Mr IIlease as this,
Is a white Deaearratir primary and
aril) pare Deaiarratr shamld be al
lowed ta ran aad es as many pesptv
all ever the state daa't read the dally
papers, aad don*t see a Hat Mr Dan -
ran Is arusing Mr Blrase af I think
Id copy one
a. I never
riend of mitir
ropy * of The
know just
at. So Mr.
m
age rvaultlag keyead the 4
ml the eas reel
Il Is staled that the way
the fire started Is meet
though 4 la aat at aB uacsmaMa far
a partare being run threagh the mo
ck* ar la calrk fire, go aurally with
very little damage
BL \< h VH.LE PKEP ABINC
TO ENTERTAIN YISITORB
(tig Hsrbrcor Dfaarr ta Rr Served aft
('ampaiga Mvetiag Taday.
in his home
Hr helirvrs in
unstinted support of rural schools
and would like to see them as good ax
the town schools. Hr also welcomi*<l i Southern states the dove season diM*s
the ladies. j not open until November 20, and in |
many other states of the union there
is no open season at all.You *will,
therefore, see that we have much to
altout Mr. j Mr- W J. <“Red”) Faulkner, who
all faimesn | was in the city Monday, told a Cep
has never! resentative »f The People that Blaek-
I have been.
When the chairman .called the
names of four candidates for Magix-
A *76 Democrat.
Aiken.
sh<
be thankful for along this line.
“A. A. Richardson, ’
“Chief Game Warden.”
The open season for all game birds
and animals in the state is as fol-
now with two children who will sOon
be ready for schools of Barnwell
County he said he feels better fitted
than ever to place the Barnwell
schools at the top. He stated the
duties of a county superintendent and J presen^ delegation had done more to.
drew attenton to the fact that he had i get the cdUnty in good financial shape
visited the schools not just Once a i than any delegation within the last
year as required under the law hut, ten or fifteen .years. He submitted
tratr only one answered, W. A.
Willis, who maded a short talk, stat
ing that he is making the race on a
’straight out law and order platform
and that should he he elected he would
know neither friend nor foe. He
jstated that if anyone did’nt want the , lows:
law enforcement not to vote for him.) Deer, bucks only fJ '.September 1;
It had been whispered about that ( bear, mink, mtiskrats, opossum-!,
Congressman Byrnes would speak ! otter, rabbits, racoons, skunks and
and the large crowd remained on the ’ squirrels, October 1; fox, September
railroad platform long past the din-M; blackbirds^, October 1; wild turkey.
“In Georgia and some of the other _ l*een a man stronger for Hlease than j villc ix making great preparation* *.m
entertain the visitors who are ex
pected te attend the second county
campaign meeting to be held there
today (Thursday). About 20 hogn,
3 goats and 2 heifers are being pre
pared, according to Mr. Faulkner,
together with the other necessaries
that go with a real old-fashioned
Southern barbecue. Iced soft drinks
wil] be in abundance , as well as
DEATH OF A CHILD
Blackville, July 31.—The death
angel visited the home of Mr. and
tyrs. Elias Hutto Tuesday morning,
the 25th inst., and took away their
darling little .girl, Elizabeth, aged 6 ! cigars and cigarettes.
he visited them a great deal more
than this and cited the case of the
Green’s Aqademy school which he
visited four times the last year be
cause they jjalled for him while con
structing a new building. He point
ed with pride to the fact> that 21
Barnwell County girls took the Sum
mer School course‘s at Orangeburg
interesting figures to showj how that
under the present system the state is
getting bark approximately one mil
lion dollar? a year in special fees
ahd made the statement that the tax.
on visible property could have been
reduced from the present five and a
half millions to approximately one
and a half millions had all of the
this year and referred to the fact that ■ House bills for raising revenue be
he had spent two weeks, one at
Clenjson and another at Furman,
familarizing himself with the needs
mone law. 'He is against the State
Tax Commission and jn favor of a
Hydro Electric Bill, arid desires the
years. .She had been ill with
diphtheria for only aweek and bore
her suffering with great fortitude.
Her body was laid to rest in the
Double Pond cemetery on the follow-
ner hour and wer? amply^repaid. Mr. ^Thanksgiving day; doves, September i ing day at 5 o’clock in the afternoon,
Byrnes made a short but very inter- i; wood or summer ducks, no open j the funeral services Jbeing conducted
esting talk largely along . the lines season-; migratory ducks, coots, by the pastor, the Rev. Mr, Davis,
■ 0 taxation and said that the Re- snipes and gallinules, November 1; | of Hilda. She is survived by her
publican party is a party of special rails and marsh hens, September 1;
priviliges. He said that W. P. G. plover arid yellow legs, September l;
JIarding and Daivd F. Houston, -woodcock. Nov. 1; reed ‘birds may
though Democrats m name, were be shot from August 15 to November
largely responsible for the severe de-' 15 to protect rice crops; meadow
flat ion which had caused much suf-. larks may be killed to protect crops
fering. | from November 1 to April 30; part-
Mr. Byrnes stated that he had not ridges (bob white), Thanksgiving
voted for the Woman Suffrage Bill day.
SPECIAL NOTICE
of the schools of th» county. He ( Budget Committee report ’followed
stated that he had attended all th{ or else do away with the committee,
meetings of-qtate teacher* association ' He stated that the present delegation
and now held the position of Execu- hads^ved in the two years about $641,-
tlv#"Committeeman from the Second j 000 as explained by Mr. Brown. He
• jrresxional District. In dosing' dosed his talk with a tribute to the
itated that he laid more xtreai on ! women and hit belief that they would
racier than arholarahip on the caat their ballot for law and order.
t*rt of tearherx ( L M Harley opened hi* talk to the
off for the Honor Hr demod that; o«t flat footed for bw aad order Hr
hat earn* a *a it rood aurrary waaM m T rtatod that an
father amj mother, one sister, two
brothers, and other relatives to
mourn her death.
“Precious darling, she has left us,
Yes, forever more,
But we hope to meet our loved one
On that bright and happy shore.
Lonely the home and sad the hours
Since our dear Elizabeth has
gone. \
F’rom what Mr. Faulkner said, the
( good people of Blackville realize that
“the way to a man’s heart is through
his stomach,” and acting on this old
adage they expect to captivate every
visitor who partakes of the feast
that is being prepared. Quite—a
large crowd attended the initial
meeting at Williston last week, bat
Blackville expects a much larger
number of voters, meto ami women,
to accept her invitation.
TWO NEGROES killed
Struck by Lightning While SUndiag
^ Under Tree.
shine this
for he believed that this question j
should have been4eft to the states but !
now he knows the women will use |
Yheir vote wisely and will improve . —.
politics. He scored the supporters { The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Dyer Anti-Lynch Bill and said of the Barnwell Methodist Church
it was put Through Congress for ' will have their regular monthly mget- ■
.political reasons alone on aroant of ing Tuesday, August 8th. at ft V-1 ^
the large colored population in many clock. TV* meeting will be held a: • * The price ef rot tan advanced
Northern Congreaaiofial districts the home ml Mrm. W E MrNfth j 17ft potats Tuesday, following
Williston is aneay* glad to have Every officer and member ef tie poMiratiao ef the geveromeof*
the dwtiagwiahed representative from Society m urged 10 he
the Seri/ad Dtxtnrt a* her gmr*’ tan meeti’or TW of
Owing to the Wtemne ef the hamr mess ipg mill lq
Allendale, July 28.^—Two negroes
But, oh! a brighter home than ouro ^ Simon Pattern and William Robison^
In heaven i» now her own.” , were silled by lightning near Ulmer*
One who loved her. yesterday afternoon, according to »-
• • • formation reaching Allendale today.
The dyt »oae ten mirqitos >n >un , TV- two negroes with other
who were knocked
hy tha hah,
a field when the
thinking that R was ta
il[ dingo report af 7a A oerh pm b
reap af llAMABh baba
wan ant foM)
•r*