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c r: \ . ^ “We Are Careful, Yet Liberal.” •if We appreciate your businese. • In 5 n o Paid in Savings Department. < k HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. I VOLUME XLVIL >r ^TJE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OE BARNWELL COUNTY.' Established in. 1877. M Ju»t Like a Member of (he Family" BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1924. l ■ • • . Feb. 24 Subscriptions Have - * Expired. mb' % PLEASE RENEW' PROMPTLY! Urges! County Circulation. $+^W»+»»»»++»»w»»»o«»+4 number am BLACKVILLE GUNTER ^ANNOUNCES FOR Congressional honors t * ■ mi * i 4 \ southern section confer ence Npw IN SESSION Airrounding Communities Combine to » Entertain Urge Number of Delegates. - Bhtckvitte, Feb. 23.—More than 350 deleffatos from Orangeburg,- Batea- jurg, Charleston, Aiken, North Au gusta, St.. Matthews and other unions «re here* for the Southern section Baptist Young People’s union in ses-« •aon here and are being entertained by the Baptist churchy of Blackville, Bamberg, Denmark, Barnwell, Willis- jyn and Elko. Other delegates are expected to be present for the Sun- «iay sjcfisions tomorrow. Buel Webb, president, is in charge •jf the meetings. The Rev. C. E. Burts, D. D, secro- bary-treasurer of the Baptist general ^vjard, Columbia, delivered an appro- jriate address, which, was an inspira- „ '.Ton to hi? many heaixTs to do Chris- A > an work. A reception was held in the ..parlors ,i the Blackville Bapxtist church, which added greatly'to the joy of the eiasion. Afterward the delegates at tended a play especially presented in 4 he High school auditorium for the lelcgates. '<• The program today consisted of arieties. The president told of the access of the unions, many of whicn u;e reported A No. The three state ifjjmncrs are*held in this section, on* 1 l! ^BlackviI!e Baptist church and two •V the v Citadel Squait' Baptist chunch i> ChA lies ton. Solicitor of Second Judicial Circuit Would Succeed Byrnes. GRAND JURY FINDS POOR YARD IN EXCELLENT SHAPE Aiken, Feb. 25.—The announcement, that James F. Byrnes would-enter the race for United States senator from South Carolina was followed by the announcement of Solicitor Robert L.Gunter, of the second judicial- cir cuit, that he would offer for repres entative in the place of Mr. Byrnes. Mr. Gunter has served as the ablici- tor of this district for the past 14 years and has upon several occasions Also Finds That the County Cham Gangs Are Doing Good Work. The following is the Presentment of the Grand Jury' which was made at the Court of General Sessions which closed list week: To the Honorable T. S. Seaso, Pre siding Judge: Grand jury for the county having I performed all of its work for the present term begs leave to report as follows: ' DENMARK PUBLIC SERVICE CO. MAY ENLARGE FIELD Representative of Bonding Co. Visits Section to Be Developed. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS TO CONVENE MARCH 3RD Special to The Barnwell People. ~ Denmark, Feb. 26.—The Edisto Pub lic Service Company, of Denmark, i.> Judge T. S. Sease to Preside at Sched uled Three Weeks Term. Beginning Monday, March 3rd, the Court of Common Pleas, with Judge T. S. Sease presiding will convene making arrangements to develop at Barnwell for a term scheduled to , • . , , , „ , . .... We have passed upon and returned been highly praised for his efficiency , ... . ' to the court all indictments handed by the presiding judge in open court. He is a native of Aiken County, and is 52 years old. For several years he taught school in the Wagener section to earn mon ey for his college training, which he received at Newberry College and the University of South "Caiolina. He also toolr a post graduate course at the University of Michigan. us by the Solicitor. W f e have made an investigation of the different county offices and find them to. be in proper shape and that the county officers are duly j*erform- ing the duties of their respective of fices. We have made an inspection df the county jail dnd find it in the usual well kept condition. We desire To Constitutional, Convention. . , , ir , .j , •. , to tjompnment Mr. Mam. the jailor, Wnen 25 years old he was chose ml : , , t. i for the efficient "service ar State Superintendent A. L. Baggott gave the keynote address, saying that J! young church • members should l>c trained in accordance with the ideah if the B. Y. P. U. He showed V.u necessity for many more unions in •-he state*, recommending as many as :en in large churches. fames W. Merritt, former presi dent of the 1>. Y. P: 1 U. in Georgia mdrriow Sun.luv school licit! seere •ary in that state, was the principal . aker this morning. The Baniherg church furnished sup- ■er this evening for the convention .njl iHighborhonl towns slunvtl m he enterfailiment. Aftci the rr.ea t riod of -tunts wa- in k t>rder. Mr. Merritt will >pf'ak at the mor i- itg session tomorrow. Five hundred delegate's were elite alfted at Lunch today by the Barn\v< il jid‘ Elko unions nrd in th< aftornCuTiff n. v a member of the State consriitutiona convention, and served In the House of Representatives .this State dur ing the years 1901 and 1502. B. B. Hare, of Saluda, and Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, it is under stood, will contend against Mr^ Gtm- ter for the vacancy niade by Repre sentative Byrnes. Today an announcement also came from John Edwin Stansfield, of the Aiken bar, .that he would be a candi date for the place of Solicitor which will be made vacant by Mr. (junter. Mr. Statisfield is a native o"f Aiken County:? He was born in GraniteviPe and graduated at the school there. He n*ceiypd ; his college training at the University of South Carolina, he has so - w x . je long and faithfully rendered his coun ty in this capacity. We have made an inspection of the county Poor Yard, which is operated under a board of i. gents an .1 we find all of the ipmates. being properly cared for and well satisfied with their condition. We interviewed Hu; Sup erintendent. Mr. Allen J. Owens, and Mrs. A.' A. Lemon, one of the regents, and'went over with them their weak there. We desire b tx’hrd M them the thanks of the e .testy for the service they retder'.’i c.iri’ig_ fsr.the unfortunates entrusted to their cart We recommend that i c ;ente sent to the Poor Yu’V. to .r.ak-' coitah. necessary regain* ' "U'.h to make such the Poor Yard nece ; ury r rj.iii s at We also recommend . , , , , steps for some of the hoU-vs and that graduating with honors and finished 1 ,. , , , > » the boanl of directors <t checo’int.v the course of law at the law school , . . . make provi-ions fv>i-. piov.enig lumber of that institution in 1916. He has Ixien practicing law at Aiken since 1916 and has often assisted Solicitor Gunter in prosecutions. , When’ interviewc ol today, State Senator John F. Williams stated pos itively that m* would not enter the race for Congress despite .rumor t°|- lu .] 1 the contrary. ..It is rumored that Cole L. Please will not enter the race again.-.! Byrnes. . ■ - their business on quite a big basis and Mr. S v N. Blake, of Boston, who represents a big Eastern Bonding Company, was down here all of the past week looking over the territory served by this- company and the ter ritory which they propose taking in when the development is complelted. The Edisto Public Service Company is now furnishing light and power at Denmark, Blackville, Olar, Lees and Govan and they have recently dosed contracts with some other towns. In addition to operating a power plant they also manufacture ice and have one of the largest ice plants South of Columbia. This concern has arrange ments under way by which they Will soon be able to furnish an unlimited amount of power to its customers, as they are working on a hydroelectric', power proposition which will give them all the power needed for this section. “Bob” Easterling, who oper ates this concern, says that while he is in business to make money, that he is sure that there is no one tiling that will do more to develop this country ^han cheap electric power and if there is any way to get cheap power in this territory he expects to do it. He says that this is a fine fanning country and that what is needed is a home market for the surplus farm pro ducts and if there an* lots of manu- ;; • f facturing plants this will afford a ' market fqr this surplus and the only i ij- i way to these plants is to have building , . cheap power. ' • . last three weeks.' Petit jurors to the approaching term have bee drawn as follows: First Week Jurors: W. L. Cave, Barnwell. L. C. Fowke, Red Oak. •L. E. McCormack, Blackville. Aiken O. Hair, Blackville. D. C. Birt, Barnwell. S. M. Baxley, Bennett Springs. W. C. Cunningham, Williston. W. F. Duncan, Bennett Springs. H. M. Thompson, Williston. Clyde Vickery, Barnwell. S. W. Trotti, Rosemary. Owen Ferguson, Red Oak. Shelly Black. Barnwell. Luther Black, Barnwell. A. McAllister, Barnwell. N. D. Coclin, Barnwell. J. C. R. Grubbu, Georges Creek^. Henry F. Odom, Barnwell. A. J. Bonds,, Georges Creek. C. H. Smith, .Williston. J. A. Shipes, Blackville. R. O. Cave, Richland. Leonard H. Martin, Blackville. W. S. Guess, Blackville, R. S. Fitzpatrick, Barnwell. Alonza* Bates, Williston. P. G. Eubanks, Blackville. E. II. Hartzog, Blackville. G.. P.. Hogg, Barnwell. J, A. Tucker* Georges Creek. \V. II. Baxley, Barnwell. M. A. Harden, Great Cypress. B. ().- Norris, (peat Cypress. Reuben F. Lott, Williston. Aubrey S. Bolen, Williston. J. y. Swell, Bennett .Springs. BYRNES WILL RUN FOR U. S. SENATE DECLARES HE WILL BE IN PRI MARY THIS YEAR. Has Spent Thirteen Years as Con gressman from 2nd District.— Makes Formal Statement. Republicans Meet Here. Two Alarms of Fire. At a meeting in Barnwell Wedne,s ; . ^that benches be built for the dining j Bay of last week of the Republicans f Sunday in. Barnwell room, a.- these are badly needed. We also recommend that the inmates at the poor yard be each given a small amount of work each day to perform as they are capable of perform - Death of Little Hazel DHL. discussed, ehire.ss of the oc- v t, H. PrUr methods \yoi « This evening the easion was ,by tie Rev. Fumian Martin of t^he First Baptist church iT Florence. Mr. and Mir. H. H. Snuggs. whrf a*v '.isjii! for Chipa shortly as missiou- nea, will address the convention t<>,- onxw. a full program having been arranged for the day. Blackville. Feb. 25.—On Sunday night. Feb. ITtb, the Death Angel vis ited the home of Mr. dnd Mr*. FI. J. Dvik and U)ie awyy their dear litHe^ twelve months old baby.- Hazel was sick on! v y one week, but Goil knew and took her to tha( rfrecious * he - ’ Mrs, Jennie Sanders Bates Strong in the faith of a true Cbris- uan and triumpltant in the sweet ex- o^-tation W' eternal joy uml p*>aev*, Mrs. BatTs jiaased to h»*r heavenly crown Dec. 22, 1923, after several weeks of declining from paralysis. She was the daughter of Jesse C. Sanders, Sr., and Mrs. Rivamia Civech Sanders, and was the beloved and devoted wife of James VV. Bates, of Yenome, S. C. In her (ieath. Mt. riiivet Church,, in wliose cemetery •she sleeps, has lost one of |ier moat HOtive, conseerated and. .Ghristlik** members. No mo'lher could L>e more tk^vottHl than she w-as to her husband, childr* n and frierids and t*i the Kingdom of her Lord ami Savior. She has Ti? many relatives who will always cher ish the femdtist memories of her af fection, iKiautiful character and amia- bJe* disposition. She was moat indus trious, hospitable and kind—ever thoughtful of the temporal and spirit ual wants and welfare of her neigh bors* and co-workers in the vineyard of her Savkvr. “Blftscsed Are the dead who die m the Lord,” shall ever be true of this lovely saint. R. W. Sanders. L , J Birth of Baby .Announced. nome beyond* where no death nor i tear- shall yver come. All that !o’-- ng hands and tender nursing could do was done, but of no avail. Wej cannot understand why she w as taken, but some day in the lietter land wi'l read the meaning of our tears. ’Tw<ts hard, so hard, to give her up. but there is.c-onsolation in our belief that it is His will and not ours. -/Ha/.*! laid Urivst in . the Double Pond cemetery Monday afternoon, Feb. 1Y, the Rev. D. W. Heckle conducting th funeral services. ' Dear little hands. We miss fhee so: ! AH through the day where e're wc go-- , AH i through th>' night how lonely it seems For no bttle bands bo wake me from cmy dream^j We m : ?s thee all through the weary hours--'*’ VVe^miss thee as others <k» sunshine- and flowers. ing in thc*way of cleaning the yards and keeping the premises in a clean and. sightly condition. We recom mend .ifn the! that the superintendent ?>f the poor yard requile all inmates of the poor yaird to first gvt permis sion before leaving the premises, as we understand that some, of the' in mates, wheneveF they feel so disposed, go off and do not return until it suits their convenience. Wc have made e.n investigation ol ! the county cliaingangs and lind that they are doing g*ond work.* We find the stock being •■well taken care of. There are one or two matters whicn we desire to -call to the attention of the piopei- authorities, which matters' have on previous occasions already been tailed to the attention of the proper authorities by former grand juries of this county, and that is to say we recommend that chaingang number *-one, be equipped with a sanitary kitchen. This kitchen should {"■be furnished immediately and put in to use. We earnestly urge .the coun- i ty directors to furnish such a kitchenb We hafre made, its stated abov*l* 4 this recommendation several Limes, but no action has been taken thereon. An other matter that we wish to ix*com- mend is that chaingang number two be furnished witii a new cooking stove. We .further recommend that the prisoners of the* chaingang ’ne given more-varied diet and that, from . .... . . , , ! time to time there‘be purchased for JD.aytime oi' mght time, where e ro , . ' I their use, fresh vegetables, such as 1 turnips, cabbty^,, we go. Dear little hands. we miss thee so. Aunt:** Hear President ( oolidge .. _L_ • * ...- :. Banvwell radio fans heard Prvsi- dent Coolidge deliver an address Fri day night in commemorating the ^birthday of George Washington. His -speech, which was delivered in his sweet .potatoes, etc., and that they aTs'/Tbe tbrnished front time to. tffme' with fresh meat. We have in the past requested the proper authorities to have the court house isquare cleaned -up and put in, ’ ^ *' -- rV a moref,presentable condition. This recommendation appan-ntly has gone of the Second -eoagrcssional district, John M. Jones, of Saluda, was elected U delegate to the national Republican convention. W. A. Jackson, of Aiken, was elected alternate. , Josqph W. Tolbert, state chairman, made a speech as did othe!*s. A reso lution indorsing .Coolidge^for pn-si- dent w'as adopttHl and the delegate is to stand by Coolidge for th^ nomin.,- tion a.s long as he is in the race. — Advertise in THE PEOPLE. tinuance, that the sheriff do j’esum- mon said witnesses for attendance in due time. ^ We are .advised that the .County legislative delegation is making Ef forts to reduce court expenses by rv ducing thw^humber of weeks of court held each year.. We heartily ’agroe with this movement and recommend that something be done immediately in this regard. We understand ,tha,t .under the present law we have four teen weeks of court, which in our opinion is nearly twice as much court as is necessary to attend to the busi ness of the county. Our court' Ex penses are'eponnous,-compared witn the size of the county and we believe that by reducing the number of vveeks -of court' in Barnwell County, trait a' considerable sum^of money <‘an i>e saved to the county and at jthe .•.ante time'all of the court, business of thj county be transacted. It has bc-cn called .to our attention by tiie supervisor of roads and by the county Physician thart. a prisoner on the chaingang,' to-wit: Charlie Tny- lor, who has been upon the chain- gang for sixteen yeaits. is suffering from Tuberculosis. The county I4k\ r - siejan reports to us that die has been traatdng him constantly for the past year and that he is unable to con tinue to work at hal'd labor and is an expose to the~county. ;__The sup<*f- visor also advises us of the same Washington, Feb. 23.—Represent.:- tive Jaimes F. Byrriee, of the Sec.r.d South Carolina district announce* to day that he will be a candnlfite in the primary election lhn year for the. senate of the United StVes. Senator N. B. Dial, who is complet ing his first term, announced last fall that he would bo a candiau’o to suc ceed himself. Former Gov. Cole L. Blease had likewise announced. The formal statement of Byrnes follows: “In. the approathing prim ..y elec tion it is my intention to be a candi date for the Democratic nomiration for the United States senate from South Carolina. “With my experience of more than 13 years as a member of congress and my intimate acquaintance with many members of the senate, with whom I tserved fof* years n the house It is my hope that, if elected to the senate, 1 can be of real service to our state.” ,, Senator Dial, when appraised of the announcement of Mr. Byrnes, de- • dared briefly that the office was the property of tiie people and theirs for disposition. He referred to the fact that he was serving his first term and, that it had lx*en an exceedingly-busy term. He will make an aggressive campaign, he added. That Mr. Byrnes would be a can didate has been understood for sev eral months. It is learned that he has surveyed the field and is confident that he will be elected. He has served conspicuously for many years and is unquestionably one of the Democratic leaders of the house. He likewise wid make an aggressive campaign and South Carolinians in the capital ex pect the most interesting senatorial rate ip the recent history of their state. Mr. Byrnes is from Aiken. A brief At the is fcatuicd bv two a 1 aims of fire, both blazes oc- curving at jtp* same plate—the resi dence occupied by Mr. Tom Bolen on. East Main Street. The first alarm was sounded about nine o’clock when it w'as found that the roof of the dwel ling was ablaze near,, a chimney.'. A { s ketck of his career follows few buckets of water and the use of, af , (1 u f ^ in or( j e r to contribute to a hand fire-extinguisher soon had the | the S upp ur t of His widowed mother, he fire under control. The second alarn left school and entered a law office w'as sounded shortly after one o’clock in the afternoon. It is thought that the second blaze was either a “hang over” from the fire earlier in the day, which had smouldered; for {several hours unknown, or was cause J by a spark from the.chimney, as was the case in the morning. Very little dantugc resulted from .either fire. The house is owned by Mr. J. H. Lan as office boy. At night he studied shorthand and later served' as stenog rapher in the same office. In 1900 he entered a competitive ’'examination and won the appointment as douxt stenographer of the Second circuit. While serving in this .capacity, he studied law. In 1908 he was elected solicitor and. after serving two years, was elected to congress.* S. Cave. n ** ' caste) and is situated on the comer , ; ln t h t . house he first served on the of Main Street and Marlboro Avenue, 1 banking and currency committee and next door to the residence of* Mrs. T? | took- an active part in framing the federal reserve act offeiing the pro vision to rediscount agriculthral- paper. He was one of a committee of fiye that framed the nrst bill to pass the house granting federal abFiVi the construction of roads. During recent years he has been a member of the appropriations committe and ha* been active in framing legislation re ported by that committee and in the Two Deaths Near W illiston. Willistont Feb, 22.—This week saw the passing of two very old people of this section. Less than 4X hours be fore the death of Captain Hankinson'. Mrs. Eliza McDonald, aged 85, passed away! She died Saturday, February 16th, after a long, illnc.-ts at the h6me j debates on the flpor of the house, of her daughter, Mrs. T. F. Barker, i Mr,. Byrnes was a delegate at large near Williston. She Was the widoyf of j to the last Democratic national con- the late Ini .McDonald, of Barnwell j ven tion and represents South Carp- County,_w'ho died in Jacksonville, Fla., about four years ago. Mrs. McDonald is survived by one son, J. H. McDonald * ► *- of Williston, and one daughter, Mrs.. lina *on the Democratic congressional committee. He is-.a member of the Episcopal church, is a 32nd degree MaSon and a memiier of other tra- T. F. Parker. She had been a loyal and i ternai organizations, consitent member of Long Branch __Senator Dial is of Laurens. He was church for many years. Funeral Ser vices wen- held Sunday morning tit o the .Williston cemetery followed interment there. ' oy unhevde<f, and we'r’econfmend that thfe'l state of facts relative to this prisoner, yaixls be cleaned up of all 'trash and j We recommend tluit ine proper Ifu- stutly at the White House, was broad-j tha^ tiie court house squaie be not', thorities of the county make applica- cast from station,-, in Washington and I ma ^ :l dump big ground* for property i tion to the governor for**a parole^ ’’tween Williston and Blackville this! committees on commerce, enrolled New York. T^ho tionally clear. V reception was excep- ! °f sendee to the' county. We urge thaf 'air"magistrates The Ground Hog Was Right. Olar, Feb. 2.':.—-Mr. and Mns. San ders Black, of near Barnwell, are receiving cmrgratulafions upon the arrival of a tine baby boy at their home 'February IGth. " i Send your Job Work to The Peopl*. The ground hog has Inn'll vindicac- j ed as a 1 weather prophet. Some of the coldest and mast disagoeable weather of the entire winter has yisited this section since the little animal emerged from winter quarters, on February 2nd and, beroming friglit- dhed at his shodow, returned for an- other nap of six weeks. careful to bind over all necess^*y, fitnesses in cases sent to the.court of general sessions and that they also before each, term of the eourt of general sessions make it their busi ness to notify these witnesses if pos sible of the importance* of their being on hand when court convenes. Along this same line we recommend. that whenever a case Is continued and witnesses be excused until the next term of court on account of said con.- ri-f during good behavior of*thir> prisoner. We wish to express our apprecia- ’turti ,'ti> tiie_presiding judge for the courtesies extended us and for the maimer • in-which he has conducted this court.. We desin- to thank the solicitor and other officials for the assistance which has been rendered us by them in our deliberations; all of which 's Respectifully submitted. R. J. ROUNTREE, * Foreman. Barnwell, S. C., Feb. Hf, 1924. v M illiston Girls Lone. a delegate to the convention, which nominated Grover Cleveland for hi* second term. Later he was offered but declii^d the consulship at Zurich, SwitzerUn*!, in 1912. He was a candidate for the senate bift was defeated by the Utc Blackv ille. Feb. 22.—Williston High j Senator B. R. Tillman. He was Again School girls’ basket ball team met its a candj da to in' 1918 and, after the ^Waterloo, on the local field this after noon, Blackville beating them 18 to 13, This makes the second clash be- death of Senator Tillman, was elected overwhelmingly over Mr. Blease and J. F. Rice. He is a member of the season, the first game having resulted bills, postoffices and post roads in a deadlock of 12 to 12, at Williston'.; revision of laws. s The game was featured by the bril-i • * ■ ? Hunt work of the Misses Martha and j Ashleigh Items. Pura Still. The, visitors put up a| - plucky fight with the spirit of qevei'j Ashleigh, Feb. 25.—Miss Luci'.e say die and the wonderful exhibition Morris, of Savannah, has been the displayed by Miss Elmo Ussery and j guest of relative here for several Miss 1 Kate Odiome. who did the best days! work for tiheir team, stamp them as, There has been a number of cases fine performers. the days gain ten. minutes in sun j shine this week. of measles in this community but all of the patterns are up again. Advertise in THE PEf^LE. i *