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. / r Jk “We Are Cmrefttl, Yet Uberal ” We appreciate your businetw. 5 o o Paid in Savings Department. $ HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. r ggprilE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.'^a ^ w J3! Established in 1877. •4 Just Like a Member of the Family" VOLUME XLVI1. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD, 1924. Largest County Circulation. Feb. 24 Subncriptkms Have Expired. - PLEASE RENEW PROMPTLY! ; NUMBER «b 3/ DELEGATE APPOINTED B* T - . COUNTY MEDICAL ASS v'. Physicians Were Gnests of Dr. L. W. Anderson Thursday. JUDGE HOLMAN DECIDES NOT TO ENTER PRIMARY ! CONVICT SEEKS WAY TO r» PRISON IN STRANGE CITY Barnwell Man Thanks Many Friends Negro in Distress When He Becomes for Offers of Support. Dunbarton, March 31.—The mem bers of the County Medical Assoc*, i- tion were guests of Dr. L. W. An 1 ?r- son, of Dunbarton, lawt Thursday af ternoon. Those who were me ient were: Drs. Briggs, of' Black dlle; Hensley, of Barnwell;, and C. W. Smith, Blanchard and Cone, of Wil- liston. At*this meettng a delegate was appointed to represent the A ;si;- eiation at the State* Association whi'h meets at Orangeburg for three days beginning April 17th. Dr. Blanch *rd was appointed delegate, With Dr. Hensley as alternate. The next meet ing of the county association will meet with Dr. Smith at W T illiston on April 24th, at which time Dr. Smnh ■ will serve dinner to his guesits. . Preaching services next Sunday will be as follows: At Dunbarton at 11:30 a. m. and again at 8:00 p. m.; and at Joyce Branch at 4:00 p. nj. Mr. C. H. Diamond and H. H. Jor don, who have been cutting timber near Dunbarton for the past several /months, have moved their mill to n point near Aiken. We are sorry to see these business men leave our town. Last Thursday afternoon Master Burdell Whaley gave a birthday party to a host of his little friends. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Rountree u.v: being congratulated on the arrival of it baby boy, Ben, Junior, last-Tuesday morning. Dr. 11. M. John so-, who made his home ap-Dunbartn for several years, but who is now located at Rowe •ville, Orangeburg County, was in town'last Sunday shaking hands with his old friends. He brought "his family w.th him. , • . . The quarterly meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Society of tin* Joyce Branch Church will meet at Joyce Branch Thursday, April 1(K i, at 10:30 o’clock. The merpbers are invited to attend this meeting. On last Sunday the sons and daug i- ters of Mr. W. A. Dicks gave him a surprise dinner at his home. The dav was his birthday and every one of his children ami grand-children we»v fimsenj,—the first time in about sev - i years; At dinner the birthday cake with sixty-eight candles burning was msplayed. Mr. Dicks has five sons, one hlaughte'', and eight graiid c:u!-, divn. . ' Mrs. L. X. Owens was caUcd to ; * ‘ of Judge R.. C. Holnum, of Barnwell, has definitely decided not to enter the race, for Cangress in the coming pri- * Separated from Supervisor. The unusual spectacle of a man, on his way to the State penitentiary, (seeking the officer who had ’.him m maries, his decision being reached charge and from whom he had be- only after mature deliberation and in j come separated in a strange gity, was the face of cordial offers of support presented in * Columbia yesterday from all parts of the Second Congres sional District. In conversation with a representative of The People Tues day morningt Judge Holman stated, that, while he appreciates the flatter ing offers-’tyf support and good wishes that he has received since the last Issue of The People, he would not be a candidate, although he believes that his chances of election are good. The decision of Judge Holman not to make the race does not leave Barn well County without a candidate, how ever, as Capt. W. D. Black, of Willis- ton, is planning to make an active campaign. The latter’s friends be lieve that he is going to be a winner, and the prediction has been made that Capt. Black and B. R. Tillman, of Trenton, will ma : ;e the second race together. Four of the five candi dates so far announced are in the upper part of ^.he District, which will split the vote Jn that section, and if the lower part of the District will stick to the Captain as it should, it will be hard to keep him out of the second race. Then, too, there is .» growing feeling on the part of many vote"s that Aiken County has had her share of political honors in the j past several years and that it is high time to confer some of them on the favorite sons of other counties. SCHOOL AT BLACK VILLE SELECTS BEST SPELLERS Misses Martin and Still and Master James Buist the Winners. j | )V th ' Kllunton last Saturday on. are ‘lint the illness of one of the ehildr'oT of her daughter. Mrs. F. C. Brinkley. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Trowbridet • • • v Mr. and Mrs. H. H. King spent week-end at Healing Springs. Th<‘ (T.authuqut whuh come- to 1 Dunbarton May 1, 2. and 3 v\l!l he ! held in a tent this year. It woii! 1 by j less trouble and expense to have it j in an -auditorium, but Dunbar.,w j. ] unfortunate in not hawg on. . ’1 wo years ago it was necessary u> make two class rooms oat of tho s»’um' au ditorium. and since that I'm.}* the school has been running eiyatlv •> andi.- Blackville, April 1.—Miss Mary Martin won the nonor of being “the best speller’’ in the high school depart ment here, and Miss Mildred Still and Master James Buist were selected to represent the intermediate grades at the higher contest in Barnwell. Mrs. Lynwood Davis and her line, handsome little son, Lynwood, Jr., j who have been hen* for some time with Mrs. Davis’ mother, Mrs. Wil liam Baisden. will leave this week for Hawthorn, Fla., where ATr. Davis is now located. A merry-jro-mund is furnishing^ diversion and amusement for the lit tle folks of Blarkville -4f—h-I-h-w < apped-,—Tho bas heiwmic a needs sit now and i*. is , hoped that in the tunir 'u jvo we •.'id have a larger an! be’ "* r •'i::i; "c d school building than wa* have at .pto- j cut. The exact location of the tent of 'TlV( r rtlTnTT'aUqiift has not Ikumi decided ; A very interesting debate was held the Wilsonbrn Literary Stn-iety Friday aftertioon. the query being, “Which is the most profitable, the hen or the incubator?” Misses Mye tis Martin and Elizabeth Hair uo- % - * in;hi the incubator in very eloquent style, but Masters S. Myrick and Albert Xinestein brought out the good -qualitu - of the hen so forcibly and logically that the judges decided iii their favor. Both sides won great applause and laughter. The Rev. L. H. Milter, Messrs. J. when Hugh Scott.’ a negro of Barn well County, was looking for J. S. Still, supervisor of Barnwell county. It was no half hearted search on the part of Scott either, for he would not rest content until he had found assist ance and was safely incarcerated be hind the grim walls of the State pris on, where he was placed for safe keeping. . According to informaxon gathered yesterday, it seems that Scott was serving a sentence in Barnwell Coun ty, he having been convicted of killing a negro in 1921. lie had served about tw r o years and six months *of his sen tence when his health failed and he was being transferred to the peni- tentiary to complete his sentence. i „ Scott w-as brought to Coumbia by Mr. Still, the supervisor. The negro was a trusty and, according to infor mation received from the Sheriff o^’ Barnwell l^t nigh‘1 over long dis tance telephone, was a “good negro.” After the Supervisor and the negro had arrived in Columbia, the former went to a restaurant td get some lunch, Scott being left outside. He, finding much of interest in a city strange to him. somehow lost sight o r the restaurant and, search as he would, could not locate it. In his distress lie. sought the assist ance of Thomas H. Peeples, former attorney general, and recounted to him the circumstances of his dilemmd When' askpd last night about the inci dent, Mr Peeples said, “Scett told me he had become* lost from Mr. Still. He said he was a trusty aqd he wa<s afraid that Mr. Still would think that he had run away, while Mr. Still was getting something to eat in the res taurant, and he asked me to help him. “After going to tne city police sta tion anff tfiF Sheriff 1 * office, 1 took Scott to the penitentiary. He had no commitment papers hut was final'y admitted to that institution. “No blame at all attaches to Mr. Still, who is a highly efficient and re sponsible officer. The negro was trusty and when Mr. Still was getting something t<> eat^the negro, strange to the city, became lost.” It w-as learned that the governors dffice had been communicated with in |regard to the case and that after con ference with that ( (Tice Scott was ad mitted to the p* nltentiary. — Tlu State. March 29. (\ Matthews. W. B. Johnson, Virgil Nevils. Julius Sanders, L. E. Hair. MPledge Duncan, George Bradford and others attended the Layman’s Meeting in Columbia last, week and ' l * feport a moSF enjoyable visit. SEVEN EXAMINED FDR WILLISTON POSIOEI P E MUs Marie C. Harley Has Ho/d the Place Over 2a Years. ! County* Gets UheAp Money i^The First NationaF Bank of Barnwell has loaned Barnwell County $50,000 at the lowest rate of interest at whichy the eftunty has ever obtained funds, the-rate quoted being only 3.3'5 per cent. The next lowest bid, it is understoi if, was 3.93 per cent. Both the county and the bank an* to Ik- congratulated on this loan—the former for being able to obtain such a low rate of interest, thus effecting quite a saving to the taxpayers, and ^the latter for its public spirited-, ness and ability to lend this amount of money at such a low rate. Governor McIkhkI and other State officials are in New York this week to borrow $3,- 000,000 for South 'CaroHna and it is a safe bet itiat they will not lie able to get the money a* cheaply as Barnwell County ob tained it from a local institu tion. While the First National Bank is the youngest financial insti tution in the county, it hats made great progross in the few years of its existance and is regarded as one of the strongest banks in this part of the State: It has a record of being >villing at all times to help its friends and depositors to the limit and play ed a groat part in helping to tide many over the hard times'' of 1921-1923. HOGS TO BE HIGH NEXT WINTER SAYS BOYL^fON Countv Agent -Warns Farmers . Against Selling Small Pigs. MORE CANDIDATES THROW HATS IN RING THIS WEEK Farmers of the Dunbarton section and the Blackville section of Barnwell County are very appreciative of the efforts of the County Agent ami the ! assistance' given them in the sale of i their hogs during the first of the (J. .M. Greene and V. S. Owens An nounce for Office of Master. The People this week publishes the forma! announcements of several new candidates for office, among- them be ing the cards of G. M. Greene, Esq., and V. S. Owens, Esq., both of Barn well, who are -eeking the -office of. BRITISH KNIGHT ON BENCH - WITH JUDGE J. E. HARLEY Sir Charles Davidson Accepts Invita tion of Barnwell Jurist. ^ week. About $3,000.00 ^-orth of hogs were sold at that time, very Air prices being obtained, the top hogs selling for 7 l-4c per pound. If a farmer could have the eight kind of hogs for sale he would realize a great deal more for them than usual ly he does. As an illustration of this, one farmer brought to Blackville on Wednesday in one wagon eight hogs, which were graded No. one’s, sold for 7 l-4c per pound, his check being $157.32 for the *eighi nogs. It was a great pleasure * for. Ijhe County Agent to assist the farmers in this work, seeing how much they appre ciated it, and knowing at the same .time that he saved them at least, two or throe hundred dollars in the in creased prices which he got for porkers. I have followed* the hog market very closely for the last month or two, and noting the fact that the West, as well as the South, has been selling a great many small hogs, and also some of their breeding stock. I call the farmers’ attention to this Master. Both of these gentlemen are well known to the voters of Barnwell County, Mr. Greene having made tho race for Solicitor many years ags, while Mr. Owens made ; his debut in the political arena more recently as a candidate for Master. They made many new friends during those cam paigns. Messrs. Greene and Owen* have been members of the Barnwell Bar for m&ny years and are recog nized as lawyers of ability. It is safe to say that the best interest qf the people of the county veil! be con served, regardless of xfie outcome of the primary. It is understood that Mr. H. L. O- Bannon, whb has served the people so long and so efficiently wiH not ne a candidate for reelection.- Coroner J. Staff Halford, of this city, announces his candidacy for re- election this week. He needs no in troduction toHthe votens of the county, having served jvery acceptably ns Coroner for a number of- years., He • is a Confederate Veteran. So far as is known at this time, he will have no SOCIAL AND PERSONAL * * NEWS FROM WILLISTON Silver Tea Enjoyed by U. I). C.’s at Home of Mrs. Kennedy. - Aiken. March 30.—There won* seven candidates to. stand the civil rom..*'* examiniation as applicants tor lIfe' Williston postofi'ii ■■ before H. D.^iv Aiken, March 27.—The unusual spectacle of a British knight on the l>ench in an American court occurred yesterday afternoon when Special Judge J. Emile Harley idvited S't Charles Davidson, retired Chief Justice of Quebec, to occupy a place beside him during the evening session nf the Cbmmon Pleas Court/ Sir Charles Davidson served twen*y-ntne years as Chief Justice in the Canadian court and in a short speech to the Aiken bar, upon being present**<1 by Judge Harley, the distinguished British jur is'! told of jurisprudence as provailing in Canada. He said that l>oth English and French were used in the court room in the trying -of Cases, and told of the manner of procedure and staid rules prevailing. Ik* jestingly said he felt greatly hi norod to lie once again on the bench, amT especially a bench in the wonderful land of the United States. Sir Charles occupied a place beside Judge Harley during the evening taking much interest in the reading of the pleadings and the general proceedings of the court- ' Sir Charles Davidson has beer, t regular winter sojourner at the High land Park Hotel Joi a number of years, ami has in great measure been the means of bringing a large number of wealthy Canadians to the resort from 1 be cold winter in rannd.i matter, and suggest4o them that they I 0 l ) P os i tlon . as was the case four not sell their breeding stock and small ^ ears a ^°‘ pigs. My judgment is that good No. 1 hogs will sell this coming winter for between 8 and 10c per pound on foot at the shipping point. Furnish some grazing for these shoats and sows, and carry them along in a healthy condition and finish them out the last of August and up to the middle or latter part of September, at which time the market will be very strong. If this is done more profit can be got ten for the hogs than waiting until later. Then such smaller hogs as are too small to he sold at that time can be carried through the bean and cow pea field, carrying them into the spring, finishing them out in March and selling them the 1st to 15th of April, which will he another Williston. March 29—Mrs. D. J. Hair has returned to her home in Charleston after a orief v sit to rola- tives in this section. Edwin Carroll, x student at tne University of South Carolii a, spent the week-end with t nls ^parent*. M**. and Mrs. J, R. Carroll, in the Long Branch section. * .. i. : Mr. O. B. Staley and Tamily visited high relatives in Denmark Sunday. point in the market, if history correct in the matter. All information necessary in con trolling the different diseases of hogs, is Miss Lottie Toole, of Garfield, Ga., is visiting Misses Juanita and Esther Kaney. , * ' After a visit to his parents, “Mr. and providing the necessary grazing | and Mrs. W r . A. Willis, Major James crops, and care and attention will be i A. Willisrhas returned to Washington gladly furnished by the County Agent | to resume his duties with the War at Barnwell. | Department \n the Judge Advocate 11. G. Boylston. I Generals office. County Agent. Riah Mas balls Into Poetry. We have often thought that the upon- Report Of Fight- Enjoyed. Welcome, ludge Harley. Aiken f’ounty is honored—at this term of Court'by the presence of one of our .distinguished neighbors g's nro- siding Judge. Upon request of om- Bar, Judge Sease being ill, the rhief t and was broadcast from several sta Justice designated the Hon. J. E. liar-* lions throughput the country. Th* Barnwell radio-light fan* . enjoyed the blow by blow report of the Stri**- Jing-McTigue light heavy-weight world’s championship bout, which—oc curred Monday night in Newark, N. -1 , Holly* at Aiken pcstnfTire Sat-u lay evening. Besidi*. the present imam™ bent. Miss Marie ('. Harley, who ha.- held the place over a quarter f a century, the following stood che ex amination: George R. Hutson, Ed- \vard_ Tlipfrinson, L Quattlehanni, P>. Self and Mrs. Minnie Lott." Williston postotfice is in the *1 nd- class, and pays ^ 1,700 per annum. The present term expires Jua** -p.h next. Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy, J. E. Kennedy and Dr. I. L. Smith have re turned from an automobile trip to Florida. Mrs. J. E. Steadman. Mrs. Boyce poor Bucra and Nigger who 1 possess- Steadman -and Mrs. Arthur Preghalls ed the Smallest means -pays the big- of Denrftark were recent visitors here. gesUprofits'and are of the Same opin- Mr - Bur ‘l p11 Ussery has returned t.» o»ai t .. , -J- ■ • c • Atlanta, lK*ttig accompanied by* his ion Still, for illustration: \N e have 1 3 mother, who will walked , into a Store find found .the • price of a certain brand of fftsur ’ pend some time v '‘ n Seven Bucks per Bid. while the price ; . |H*r iik. wais a Dollar So we see by this illustration (and of course we'couldl S. S. Conference Met Here Sunday. The Sub-District Sunday School Conference, the program of which was publisluMl in The TVnple—Uat_ Suffers Painful Injury. Mr-*. W. T. Still, yvho lives 'Severil >n ley, of Barnwell, to serve as Special, j clearest 'reception was that from Sta-j miles from Barnwell, was the victim Judge at our Common Pleas I’ehm:, tion KDKA at Pittsburg, as is usui^l-j.of a painful and peculiar accident It gives us great pleasure to extend ly the case. While Strihling, a 19-* Tuesday, of last week, to Judge .Harley 'a hearty welcome to | year old school boy of Macon. Ga., ■ swept 'some trash Tnfo a fireplace ancl our county. There has always be on :i out-fought the. champion in every one j was standing* nearby, when a car- d in the Barnwell Methodist Church Sunday afternoon, with Capt. J. B. Guess, of Donmaik. presiding. The keynote of the Conference' was “Evangelism.” This and belated themes were ably pro entod by out standing Sunday school and church workers.. j ^ • It was remarked by tKe officers of tbe Conference and others that the attendance established new records, being the largest i the history-of -the She* had iust ; . ^—- ^ 'rirrstitution. give tliepf !iy tin* dozen) thaCTtR“ Mg' fish have long ago Swallowed all the little ones'and have grown fat by so doing but it is useless to be comment ing on a thing that has been going on ever since Jacob beat old Ixibon out in the way thaf Ke did a/T dc ‘scribed in the Bible we. haVe aften Mrs. S. A. Owens and Mrs. W. M. ones, of Barnweirrwere visitors here Tuesday. Dr. Sidney Ussery, of Norton, Va., is at the bedside of his father, Mr. J. P. Ussery. who is quite ill with pneu monia. + His mother who has been visiting in Norton, returned with him. M iss Minnie Cody, of York, is vis- iting Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bennett. Miss Mattie lK*e Bennett spent the week-end at her home here, wondered if Labon was given to the Mesdames R. B. Still, T. R. Chis- Shuation or just Jet u all. go because, j $ Nevils. Jud Matthews and Jacob married into the Family we have seen case'sTust as bad in Family ^ ht , re Tuesdav . ( ircles. „ —< H. L. Buist, of Blackville, were visi- tridge exploded in the (ire and the bullet, lodged in her arm just alio * the elbow, inflicting a painful wound. great friendship between Aiken and of the 12 rounds, receiving a “ne\Vs- old Barnwell, and these friendly ties paper decision” aJ the winner, Me- are strengthened when we have our Tigue retains the title, as under the neighbors with us. Only a couple of Now jersey law hi* could have Icwt it j'Ihe bullet traveled upward for al>out years ago pur fellow townsman, Fm- only by a knock-out or a foul. This I an inch: She was brought to Barn- ley Henderson, presided over the 4s tho second time that Stribling whin-j well for medical attention. x Barnwell Court, and it is quite fitting | ped McTigue, a bout in Columbus, Ga., \ — that Judge Harley should now come j last October being declared a-draw by j Engagement Announced. to us in the Fame capacity. We'trus* a referee imported by the champion. | -y—- that he will enjoy his stay here, and Efforts are being made to secure a j Blackville, March 30.—Mr. and Mrs. we. say with one accord. Welcome, j fight to tho finish between the two J John J. O’Gorman, of Blackville, an- Thc attendance in a Wax- Judge Harley.—Aiken Journal and Review. Capt. W. D. Black,-candidate for j fans motored to Augusta yesteroa* j Q a ^ marriage to be solemnized Congress, Prof. M. B. Self and Dr. (Wednesday) to see the exhibition! t he 29th of April. pugilists. | nounce the engagement of their daugh- • • * I ter, Miss Caroline Cecil O’Gorman, Quite a number of local heteeba 1 j Victor Gardiner Dorr, of Augusta, Blanchard, all of Williston, were visi tors here Monday. game between the ITew York Giants and the Chicago White Sox, i Advertise in THE PEOPLE. serves as an index to interest, hen'*<* it may be, USsuincil that the Sundav school work in this Sub-District is prosperous., Arpong the distinguished represen tatives of the church attendant upon the conference were Dr. J. W. Dan iel, the Revs. M. W. Hook and C: !\ (’hewning from the pastorate. From the laymen’s ranks were noticeable many leading business men and elect ladies resuling in th»s part of the State. * * Ijiarnwell keeps open doors to church leaders and religious groups and conference. Honor us with your presence *of^pn.—Contributed. Advertise in THE PEOPLE. Our Social System reads thus The big fish* oat the Small fish Th( r Sbfal|) fish in their turn Eat -Srpaller fish of al fish * This is the fact we learn And certain cynics try to Assume thw-cruel pla_p Is one that. mu*tJEfpply to The Sociql^Jlife of ‘man. The Jungle leasts are praying .On other beast? we know, Ami this in turn are laying , ■ The weaker creatures low Its manners loxv of living,. “ Philosophers proclaim While mthlessly . decerning a That man must do the same But why should rqan be guided By natures savage creed Or all his ways deceived By strength, craft and greed -For though life's a bungle Far worse than we could wtsh He need not ape the jungle t Mr. Q. At Kennedy is on a business trip to St. Louis'. i Mrs. W. C. Smith, Jr., entertained the Wednesday Afternoon Bridge J Club in her handsome new residence I which has just been completed. Af- ! ter ttfe games, a delicious salad course ; and tea were served. Mrs. Murray Smith, of Coronado, ral., and Mrs. Allen Weathersibee, of PMorida, were the out of town guests, t A delightful social event of tins week was the Silver Tea by the U. D. C. Chapter at the home of Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy, Sr.,. Friday evening, which was largely attended. - Music and readings were enjoyed after which a delightful refreshment course was served. The Barnwell High School lost the Or imitate the fish. Riah Mas. opening beseball game of the season to Denmark Friday afternoon on the latter’s diamond, the score being 7 to 2. The local boys will be seen in action for the fir*t time in Barnwell on Friday. . . „ >■