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fSTTUB OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.*^ X HOME BANK DEPOSITS ' ‘ 1920 — $214,000.00 *{• 1922 $156,000.00 X v 1924 ...... $318,000.00 X HOME BANK OF BARNWELL, f A Established in 1877 The BarnwelI. People. *Ju&t Like a Member of the Family” Largest County Circulation. >♦<»♦»»» January *25 Subscriptions Hare Expired. ♦ PLEASE RENEW PROMPTLY! | -VOLUME XLVIII. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JAMVvRY 15, 1925. NUMBER 20. SHERIFF B. H. DYCHES TAKES CHARCE^ FIRST RAID MADE SATl RDAY III DUET OF INTERESTING j ■ • ■ ' SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS FROM WILLIS>TOX NEW SPEAKER OF HOUSE Sheriff Boncit H. Dych(*s, >f Black- Williston, Jan. 10.— Misse's Ruby ville,' was inducted into office Friday, Courtney, Audrey Joyner, Eva Wen- succeeding Mr. C. Key- Sanders, who grow, Nina Bell. Jennie Lou Folk and has filled this office for a number of Mrs. Willie Wolfe Thompson have re- years. He 110*= appointed Mr. W. A. turned to Win'throp college. Hayes, formerly chief of police of Misses Anna Baker and Louise Black Barnwell, as his deputy. ! have returned to Converse college nf- Sheriff Dyches, true to hU cariipaign ter spending the holiday- with their pledge, is not 1‘tting the grass grow parents (.apt. and Mrs. W. I>. Black, under his feet in his efforts to curb Misses .Mary Harvey Newsom and alleged lawlessness in BannvelkCoun■ Henna Brown Davis have returned to ty. The first raid under his adminis- Coker college. tiution was conducted Saturday* af ternoon, when Deputy Sheriff Ilaye.', Constable J. W. Sander^, Con-table Brodje ftnd Magistrate’s Constab 1 '.* Scott raided the home of Martin Re new, near Williston. They report finding some whiskey in a half-gallon fruit jar. Renew is -aid to have poured out the contents when the of ficers entered the house. He was brought'to Williston and releasi der bond. sec! un- LIKUT. C. F. MARTIN OF MI.ACK\ II.I.K COMMANDS STRANDED SUBMARINI Lieut. C. F. Martin, Jr., of B’.e'k- viBe, is in command of the Uititc<l States submai ine S-19, which wa stianded off the coast of Massai hn- setts early Tuesday . morning. ‘ 1’he submarine was hoarded shortly before nine o’clock that night by coast guards, who reported that the f orty men of the crew were comfortable and could pass the nitght in safety. Lieut. Martin is a son of Mrs. ('has. F. Martin, of Blackville. (1. 'Jp. (larlter ami J. M: Lee have! returned to the University of North 1 Cai-^Jiiu\. Emmett Youngblood ha< tc-umo ! his work at I’lemsoh college. I Mi«s Lueile R per of Fountain Inn | is visiting Miss Florrie Lee Scott. Misx-Mildred W’illis ha^ I’etuined to Anderson .college. The teachers have leturned to the r j work in \Villiston and those who came ! back h aine to spend the holidays ha\e I j returtied to their schools. •- i Mi-s Eddio Lou W’eatlnu'shee of Lau- ! ra ns spent the holidays with Mr. and M i s. R. S. W ath ■: ■ co. ! Mr. and Mrs. Bell and Miss Ottic* ' Lee Be!l of Kitchin.gs Mill were guests j Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hair, i J. V. Biacey of Augusta was a , brief visitor in Williston last week. Mrs. J. N. Folk and son a. e visit- , ing relatives in Westminister, Md. Judge and Mrs. J. Henry Johnson ! of Allendale and children, Doris, an 1 I J. H., Jr., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Riley end son, Melver; Mrs. W. T. Riley, Jr., and J. A. PORTER CO.*S STOCK OFFERED TO PUBLIC AT REAL BARGAIN PRP ES LARGE, LIliUOR STILL RAIDED BY OFFICERS IN BARNWELL COUNTY Among the importnt news in this !s-ue oftThe People ; s the double-page advertisement for the J. A. Porte’ ! R. Gleaton ami F. T. Co., of Barnwell, announcing that th'* Springfield, and Policen o: 0. .?2o,(i00 stock of this concern will he offered to the buying juddic at bar gain prices, beginning Wednc-day. January 21st. Mr. Bruin, a repres m- % tative of one. of the most sucee ful salts systems in the South, is in t harge of the sale and he states that his-orders are to sell the goods, re gardless of cost or loss. A large i force of t iers is busy marking d ,\vn prices and arranging the - stock for the opening day. Readers of The P-oplc are urged to read th:> advertisem >nt and profit ceodrdingly. I tenth of M rs. Moion\ . EDGAR A. BROWN. A Worthy Cause. r W-dinner was given Tuesday night in the Court House, undei- the auspi ces of the Associated Charities, for the purpose of raising funds to pay taxes for the family of the late Mr. J. W. Riley. Committees from the various churches solicited materia!’ with which to prepare the dinner ihd over $100 was netted. While other towns have been boast ing about their way of doing things, the good people of Barnwell have quietly gone about the business if administering to the need- of the poor and distressed, without fuss or feathers or the fanfdre of trumph^ts. As a matter of fact, Barnwell has taken the lead in this county in charit able work and much good is beinj done by the Associated Charities Leader both in the practice of his profession and in pfihjie •'affairs has sons, Wilnront and Jules; Mrs. Mary] Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, yester- Vissar of Allendale and Mrs. Merritt Potter of King-port, Tend., we e guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Kennedy. Mrs. M. L. Boliek and son, Bobert, returned to Williston this week with Mrs. R. A. Weathersliee and Mr-. Rosa Matthews and is spending sev eral weeks with the former. Mrs. S. B. Ray ha- returned from Bishopyille, where she spent the holi days, and has as her guest hei little nephew. DuBose Simp-on. • Mr. and Mrs; J. P. McNair, Jr., ha e returned from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Yore in Ninety-Six. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Garber had as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Paul* Garber of Batesburg, Mr. and Mrs. day elected speaker of the house of representatives of the 76th general assembly, proven himself. The victory, by a majority of 89 to 26, is evidence enough of the esteem won hy him throughout the state and of his ability. Mr. Brown was horn near Shil6h Spring’- in Aiken County, July 11, 1888. the son of Augustus Abraham and Elizabeth (Howaid) Brown. His grandfather, Needham Brown, los, in the Confederate cause, was a sturdy North Carolinian, whose fatherbe*or.> him, Ezra Brown, an early English settler in eastern North Carolina, was a Revolutionary soldier, wounded at the battle of Eutaw Springs. Needham Brown and his family came to South M\ (hina Doll" Plea ses. Miss Barbara Bronell and a strong supporting east in "My China Doll ' delighted a capacity audience at the Vamp Thestre-fTr-Ssrnwrfl Thursday B. Mazursky, Mr. and Mrs. Mordecai I Carolina some time before the Con- Mazursky and daughter, Paula, of ; federate war and settled in the “Dutch Barnwell, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Gar- j Fork section of Lexington County, ber,. of Allendale, and Mrs. Edgar! The destruction of Columbia and the Lyons, of Sumter. Dr. Mel Brooker, of Richmond, is visiting his sister, Mrs. R. J. Roun tree. . Misses Mary Alice and Elizabeth Player of Elliott were recent guests of Miss Kate Odiorne. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Whitaker spent night. It was one of the jvleanest and best musical comedies seq}) and heard Sunday with Mr. \\ hitaker s father at Grover. devastation of surrounding territory by Sherman saw the removal of the family to Aiken County. Here Mr. Brown spent his boyhood, finding his education in the common schools of Aiken County and at G<an- iteville academy. As a boy he was fired with an ambition to hecone* n Blackville, Jan. 11.— The people o Blackville' were greatly shocked and saddened to learn of the death . of Mrs. Sarah S. Moiony, which occurred Thursday evening snortly after nine or'ock. While she has been sick f-r some time, her recovery was hoped r or, hut the Master thought best and (■/ill-, ed her to that eternal home beyond the skies. Mrs. Moiony was horn at Waynes boro, Ga„ Oet. 29th, 1844, and wu.- married to Michael F. Moiony on fan. 2;>th, 1863. She was the daughter of Simeon W amuck. Her husband and three sons preceded her to the grave many years ago. She lived a 1 mg and useful life and numbered her fi iends by the score. She was a de vout member of the Catholic Church and a noble Christian woman. Funeral services were conducted at the Sacred Heart Church at Black ville Saturday morning at ten o’ clock, Father Mackin officiating in the presence of a large concours- of sorrowing relatives and friends. The body was laid to rest in the local cemetery. A profusion of beautiful floral Offerings covered hei last rust ing place. Mrs. Moiony. is survived by five -ons, Dr. John E. Moiony, of Black ville, Charles Moiony. president of the Wiightsville and Tennile Ry. Co., with headquarters at Dublin, Ga., H. G. Moiony, of Millen, Ga., A. T. Moiony, of Greenville, and \V f . W tice, he was appointed by. Judge Rob ert Aldrieh as court stenographe. of •the Second judicial circuit. In 1910 he was admitted to the bar and moved to Barnwell, beginning the practice of his profession, while at the same time continuing his work as court stenographer. January 1915 he form ed a partnership with James J alien Jush under the firm name of Brown and Bush. Mr. Brown has held high place in the councils of the Democratic party in South Carolina, having served as piesulerft of his Democratic club, chairman of the Barnwell County Dem ocratic Executive Committee and be ing now a'member a-id chairman of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee. He was a delegate to the 1924 National Democratic Conventio 11 Moiony, of Blackville; a step-daugh- A short time ago. State Constable S. E. Brodie, of Springfield, Constables Batgs, cman P. Beasley, of Barnwell, conducted \ - raid on Hollow Cr< ek, Aiken County, capturing a large < >pper still, with 17 gallon- of whiskey, a large supply- of utensils, syrup cans and things used in the manufacture’of whiskey. Two small outfits near Elko, Uri- county, were also taken. The next catch of importance wa- made in lower Barnwell County which netted it complete tenting outfit, an immense stilling plant, consisting of one large Imiler, complete with fire box, and steam boiler wfth 15 larg - vat- containing 7,500 gallons of ready- to-run mash, 40 gallons of distilled spirits in barrel,' with a quantity < f fruit jars, with the "liquid joy" ”eady for delivery, five* cases of empty fruit jars, ix sixty gallon new whiskey barrels, one complete copper coil or worm, two axes, two buckets, three empty whiskey kegs, one rubber hose pipe, three men’s coats, one cap, two hammer-, two pipe wrenches and several other artic 'es usual to this kind of business. This outfit was apprai-ed as being- worth $4,000 or $5,000 had the mash been reduced to “Barnwell County Lightning.” This large still was in full blast, when approached by the officers who recognized the three ne groes and two white men engaged in the - manufacture of whiskey. All made their escape in the swamp, but it is said that warrants will be is sued for their arrest, as they are well known to some of the men making the raid. Mrs. .Mary Elizabeth Grubbs. lawyer and, without means of securing hen 1 in a long time and Jjhe audience at Grover, a college education, he took up the was not a bit dingy with Its applause. * • study of stenography, obtaining a oo- The singing and dancing were gopd, Milhous-Chitty. sition as stenographer in the office the costumes bright and the ladies of , °f D. S. Henderson at Aiken.„JJ[eyx*he , ried Annie Love Sit greaves, .eldest the ch irus for the mod part were Olar. Jan. 10.—Miss Maggie Milhous I began the study* of the law, but in daughter of Edwin McBurney and “easy to look at." The local stage , afid Joe Willie* Chitty, both of Olar,! 1908, before he was 21 years of a^e Centcllia Martin Sitgreaves. — The .was not .large enough Ip accomodat ’ wore married Sunday morning at the In 1920 he entered the political arena for the first time, being in that year elected a member of the House from Barnwell County. He has since been regularly reelected and in the i 75th General Assembly was one of the most influential of the members of the Judiciary Committee. He was a lieutenant colonel on the staff of Gov. Robert A. Cooper and during the World War was very active in the promotion of the Red Cross and Liberty and Victory loans. He is a Ma-on.and Shriner, an Elk, Knight of Pythias and a member also ><f the Woodmen of the World. December 39, 192!*, Mr. Brown mar the special scenery and an-orchestra i home of G: M. Neeley, uncle of thp would have added greatly t<> the pro- bride in Denmark, the Rev. Bob Mur- ductinn. hut in spite of these two , phy officiating. Only a few close drawbacks, the show was greatly, en : friends and relatives witness the an#l could be .admitted to the prac-1 State, January l b BAMBERG COUNTY LOSES I GOOD PROGRAM AT VAMP TWO SPLENDID CITIZENS! THEATRE FOR THIS.WEEK ter, Mrs. Ida Groves, of Blackville; a step-son, F. S. Moiony, of Blackvi’le, and five grandchildren. Christmas Seal Sale. Barnwell lead all other towns in the county in the Christmas sea! campaign, according to latest figures, available. The quota for the county was $500 and only $30 worth of seal- remain to he sold to go over the top. Some of the towms are still working in order thai the quota may 1m reached. The sale by towns wa- follows: Barnwell - Blackville Williston Dunbarton Elko .. Kline . —— ns joyed from start t.> finish. ccremonv* Th * bride is the eldest iditer of Mi. and Mrs. U. G. Mi;- Sevon Life Teachers. i Bamberg County lost- tw*> of its i bops ot Olar. She is a graduate of loading citizens by death last week, I Lander college, and at present holds a | ,, n ,, BarnweU County has seven, white position as teacher in the Ehrhardt | teachers now holding life certificates school. She is a young womlui of j ,TU) ' n * n K aft -i an ihnes- of only to teach, as follows: Mr-. H. H. King, I charming personality ami i.s very j on( ' hour, his death being due to a'-uu -of Dunbarton: Mrs, T. A. lloliaiul iuid ronular. Tin* bridegroom was educa*. I indigestion. He was a son of the Mrs. Matilda Grooms, of Barnwell; M. ed at the University of South Caroli- 1^ Self and Miss Hattie Newsome, of na and at present is superintendent of Williston; Mr-. Clara L. J. Hitt, of the Ehrha.rdt school, Elko, and Mrs. S. C. Dunlap, of Kline, i ♦ — — — Certificates for these teachers are on | McLendon-Dvches. file in the office of H. J. Crouch, County Suptrintendent of Education, I Elko. Jan. 10.—A marriage of much late Mr. A. F. Free, of Barnwell, a Turner treasurer of Barnwell County. Mr. Free, who had been a resident of Bamberg for the past 20 years, i- survived by a large number of r da tives, among whom are his step mother, Mrs. A. W. Free, of Mill- haven, Ga.'j'one sister, Mrs, F. M. Ray, who states that there are probably interest to their friends Was -solemn- other teachers who could qualify for j zt .(i Tuesday, December 30th, at 11 these certificates and he is urging that o’clock. When Miss Harriett Margaret ' of BamberK: hls ^ lfe ’ ^h^heforo ^r McLendon became the bride of Hariy Samuel Dyches. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. I). W. Heckle, in. the presence of only a few close relatives and friends of the oontract- they do so. Poultry Short Course Next Week marriage was Miss Estelle Gerald, of Harlem, Ga.; a half-brother and a half-sister; one .-on and four daugh ters. Dr. J. B. Black. State Senator from Attention is again called to the Poultry Short Course to be held at ing parties. The bride is a daughter Bamberg County, died at his horn” in Williston next Tuesday, the 13th inst., of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. McLendon, of Bamberg Friday morning at nine and at Barnwell the following day. Elko, a dainty petite blonde, who i o’clock, heart failure being the direct Miss Neeley, of Winthrop College, and never looked more lovely than on her j cause of his death. He had been i’i Mr. Hall, of CWinson College, will be wedding day. The bridegroom is o health for some time but had been confined to his bed only a few hours previou- to his death. He was na- present and will discuss- points of piosperous young farmer of the Heul- interest. Miss Lula Chriesman, the ing Springs section. The young couple home demonstration agent,, has .id- left for a short trip to Spartanburg, j Uvy of Colleton County, but m.-ved; dre-sed a letter to all Club Members, Greenville and other points! urging that they attend one of the meetings. I Mrs. R. H. Wilcox has returned » ; from Augusta, where she was called The days gain seven minutes in -un- on account of the serious illness of shine this week. her sister, Mrs. Murphy. to Bamberg, then a part of Barnwell County, in 1879. He represented Barnwell and Bamberg Counties in the General Assembly for 28 years, the longest-swvice of any representa tive living at the time of his death. The following is the program ,of picture- t6 be shown at The Vamp Theatre for the coming week: Thursday, Jan. 15—Pathe Feature.' Fiiday. Jan. 16—Ralph Inee produc tion. "The - Uninvited Guest,” with Maurice Flvnii, Jean Tolley and Mpry MaeLaren. Saturday,’ Jan. 17 — “Name the Man.’’ with Conrad Nagel, Mae Bush, Patsy Ruth Miller and Hobart Bus- worth. __ Monday, Jan. 19—Douglas Fair banks in “The Mollycoddle.” Tuesday, Jan. 26—Jack Hoxie in “Ridgeway of Montana.” Total $470.72 On December 3rd. 1924. Mr-. Marv Elizabeth Grubbs, aged 69 yearss parsed away after an illness of three months, during which time she bore her suffering with patience. She ac cepted Christ in early youth and affi liated with -the 4lee<iy Branch Church, of which -he was a member at the time of her death. Living for Christ, her family and the betterment of the world, she was a gt>od neighbor as well as a good, woman*. She was a true ChristTan and was always punc tual in her attendance at church. Mr-*. Grubbs, before her marriage, was Miss Mary Elizabeth Black. Be sides her husband, Mr. N. C. Grubbs, Sr., to whom she was married about 44 year- ago, she is survived by five children, Mrs. A. J. Bonds, of Hilda, Mrs. B. W. J. Still, of the Blackville section, Mrs. J. B. Grubbs, of Wilds- ton, Mr. I). T. Grubbs, of Massachu setts, Mr. J. C. R. Grubbs, of the Reedy Branch section; 30 grand chil dren, 11 great grandchildren; five brothel's and two sisters. Her IxHly was laid to rest In the Reedy Branch cemetery on Thurr,day- afternoon, Dec. 4th, the funeral ser vices being conducted by her pastor, the Rev. D. W. Heckle, in the - presence of a large congregation of sorrowing relatives and friends. The sympathy of the entire community goes oat to the bereaved family in their hour of grief. . Granddaughter. Dr. Alfred Patterson, of Allendale, was in the city Monday. Mr. B. M. Jenkins, Jr., of Kline, was a business visitor here Monday- Pond-Fogle. •^ijryor J. G. Moody, Jr., has return ed fronf^a stay of several days at *bvy Baptist Hospital in Columbia. The many friends of Mrs. Virg’nia Sanders will be blad to hear th^t she is able to be up again after a long soel ( of illness. Mi ss Maggie Black, of Kline rfd, returned home Monday after a plcas- Wednesday, Jan. 21—Corrine Grif- ant visit to relatives at Fairfax, Early fith and Conway Tearle in “Black Branch and Davison, S. C. Oxen,” a most startling revelation of ; the secret of youth and beauty. From The People this week begins its the sensational novel by Gertrude weekly visits to Mi-s Thelma Chittv Atherton. at I*angley. The Southern Bell Tf! and Tel. Co., of Orangeburg, i.s also being added to the list of subscribers. Mrs. Marie T. Cornell, Miss Marie Louise Cornell and Mr. Albert Cornell arrived in Barnwell Wednesday morn- l a, "8!e shipment of quail from ing from San Rafael. Cal., whereThey Texas was received here Monday hy have been makinv their home for the S. E. Hutchison, to be used in past two years. stocking his hunting preserve near Barnwell. ThL Ls the second s'nip- He retired from the practice of medi- ment of its kind, several hundred c.ne 2o years ago, hut was actively birds being turned loose on the place connected with the business life about a year ago. the town and community. His Jody ” —— was laid to rest Saturday. Advertise in THE PEOPLE. Denmark, Jan. 10.—The social event of the week was the marriage in Blackville on Sunday of Miss Sudie Fogle and Barber Pond. Miss Fogle- wa- a student at Winthrop and was daily expected to return to that in- a surprise. The newly weds, forgiven and amidst parental blessings on both sides, are comfortably at home with the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Pond. Ashleigh News. Ashleigh, Jan. 12.—Mr. Sanders Morris and son, of Claxton, Ga., are visiting the former’s brother, Mr. Moses Morris. Messrs. Robert, Samuel and Troy Morris, of West Palm Beach, Fla., are spending some time here with re latives. Quite a number of their friends gathered Friday night at the home of Mr. Moses Moms to visit them. Autos Destroyed by Fire. Mr. Ralph Smith’s Hudson coach was destroyed by “fire Saturday night a few miles from town. The Essex coach of Dr. L. M. Mace j was also destroyed by fire aboiit days ago.