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HOME BANK DEPOSITS j 1920 $214,000.00 ? 1922 $156,000.00 'i' 1924 $318,000.00 X HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. $ VOLUME XLVI1I. (- ^*TUB OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY."^ Established in 1877. <4 Ju&t Like a Member of the Family" - rtf' Largent County Circulation. January *25 Subscriptions Have Expired. PLEASE RENEW PROMPTLY! ? BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 1925. NUMBER 23. Denial Bureau Bill Attacked in Senate f E - Criminal, Court Will CALENDAR OF HOUSE IS Convene at Barnwell FULL OF LOCAL BILLS By Barnwell Senator Monday, February 161 Supervisor of World Flight Is Visiting Home in Allendale Columbia, Jan. 30.—Efforts to ad vance 1 a Senate measure to create a bureau of dentistry, r under supervision of the State Health Department, today drew tire from Senator A. B. Patter son, of Barnwell, himself a physician, upon the bijl and' incidentally upon the department, which he character ized as an “octopus.” * The Senate refused to strike out life enacting words of the measure as moved by Senator Oiizts, of Green-J wood, by a vote- of 14 for, to 20 : against the motion. The bill 'was then 1 advanced to final reading with notice j of amendments. An amendment offered by Senator Ward, of Georgetown, to do away 1 with the services of a stenographer for t-he proposed bureau was adopted! by the,,. Senate. This reduced the $8,500 appropriation carried in the bill by $1,200. hai.ling m .his ettorts to have the - bill made a special order for next Thursday, Senator Patterson launch- \i into a speech from the floor against the measure and the depart- /ment. — He declared that the attempt to ci cate another bureau under the State Department of Health is an effort to widen the scope of it- influence to the detriment of the medical profession. “I see in this thing a blow at the medical profession,” he asserted. He charged that the workers of the department go into the counties and engage in the treatment of cases without consulting local physicians and dentists. He further charged that the State Board of Health is un der the influence of the American Medical Association. Senator Jeffords of Kershaw, au thor of the measure, rose to its de fense. He declared that the bill pro vides for enlargement of dental work already being carried on by the State board among the children. More than f>;()00 dental examinations have been made by health officials, as -tated. “The voice and the howl of the econ omist have been heard ever since the dawn of civilizatbn,” said Senator Duncan, of Union, in regard to oppo sition to the bill in the^ Senate. He denounced what he termed an effort “to put dollars in the balance with the —welfare- of-the children.” He asserted The February term of the Court of QUESTION OF CALLING CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION BRINGS General Sessions for Barnwell Coun ty will convene here Monday, Febru ary 16th, with Judge W. H. Town send, of Columbia, presiding. Grand Jurors for the year and petit jurors Columbia, Feb. 2—When the Sruth for the first week of the approaching Carolina House of Representatives RESPONSE FROM MEMBERS AS TO ITS FEASIBILITY. that to do away with the mouth hy giene activities of the department by cutting off the proposed appropria tion vojuld be “false economy.” Senator Duncan asked for a roll call on the motion to kill the measure “in order that those back home may know” how each- Senator stood. Plant Velvet Beans, Soy Beans, Cow Peas, Says H. G. Boylston , - tt. • — We find at the beginning of another eron year that the supply of eow pea term were drawn Monday, as follows: _ Hold-over Grand Jurors. R. J. Rountree, Williston. Koger Hartzog, George’s Creek. A. W. Muns, Four Mile. Julius Lowe, Williston. S. H. Ussery, Barnwell. A. N. Black. George's Creek. , New Grand Jurors. J—A. Collins, Williston. B. W. Sexton, Barnwell. R. R. Johnston, Elko. tV. K. Shuler, Williston. W. P. Still, Blackville. A. J. Owens. Barnwell. F. A. Creech, George's Creek. Wade Hampton Hutto, Blackville. M. T. Quattlebaum. Williston. Ralph Killingsw’orthu Richland. J. R. Moody, Four Mile. W. M. Cook. Red Oak: Petit Jurors. N. B. Youngblood. Wilb-ton Olis Creech. Ba.- i * dl. J. J. Huggin , George's C'oek. J. B. WeeKBIuca'dV. T. E. Killingsworth, Richland, G. T. Bell, Wj^iston. J. S. Blume, Jr., Blackville. S. G. Lowe, Blackville. C. B. Lazar, Barnwell. J. D. Grubbs,’Blackville. G. W.' Halford, Barnwell. F. H. Weissinger, Blackville. W. Floyd Johnson, Williston. T. J. Folk, Williston. Clyde Vickery, Barnwell. T. M. Willis, Williston. W. B. Powell, Williston. Seymour Ross, Blackville. G. G. Rountree, Bennett Springs. F. H. Rountree, Red Oak. J. A. Creech, George's Creek. J. A. Shipes, Blackville. A. B. Holly, Red Oaks C. F. Molair, Barnwell. T. J. .Langley, Barnwell. W. P. Walsh, WiKistor. Press Wall, Be no it Spi ings C. G. Youngblood, Willis 1 >n W. N. Brown. Four Mile. reconvenes tomorrow night at 8:30 o’clock -it will be confronted with a calendar that is crowded with local measures. During sessions of the House the last th'ee days of the past week the calendar of the House has not been reached for th<- regular thir ty-minute call for local matters and for this reason there has been a idl ing up of matters of thb kind. The motion for adjournment last Friday by Carroll Nance, of Laurens, pro vided, however, that only local and uncontested matters be taken up at the session tomorrow night, so if a guorum is present it is expected this part of the work will be dispensed with speedily. A general resume of the work of the Lower House since the present term began shows that local matters are greatly in the majority among the measures introduced. There have been some of State-wide interest but final action upon them is still pend ing. There have been a few hills that have passed the third rending in the House and sent to the Senate. A large number also have been passed to third reading and ('with the House calendar in such shape it is expected that, with the clearing away tomorrow night of the local and uncontested matters, someT constructive, State wide measures will be taken up for consideration beginning Wednesday. Auto License Time. One of the outstanding matters now pending before the House is the extension of time for the payment of automobile licenses. A resolution flam the Senate extending the time thirty days . was read in the House Friday and passed to second reading. A House resolution by J. 0. Williams, of Pickens, and otners, requesting the State Highway Department not to enforce the license expiration for a period of thiity days beginning Feb ruary 1st, was unanimously adopted by the House Fridav, clearly'showing that body to bfr'in accord with such a movement. Another measui'* of interest is that of reducing automobile licenses and increasing the gasoline tax from the present rate of three cents to five cents. The Wajyc and Means Com mittee has had this measure under consideration and has reeomm mded its adoption in the House. By holding headings mornings, af- I ternoons and evenings, the Ways and , Miss Lula ( hriesman, who for the i Means Committee is making rapid past few months has been working in I progress ‘towards" the general appro- Chicken Breeders of Barnwell County in Statewide Contest Allendale, Jan. 31.—Lieut.. Malcolm Five poultry breeders of Barnwell Stoney Lawton, of Washington, P. C., j County have signed up for the egg an officer of the ai my aviation corps,! laying contest which was opened Mon- accompanied by Mrs. Lawton, is spend-1 day by Miss Juanita Neely, poultry P. S. Greene vV'iii-e W. A. Owens.,B !<• iv. -—f. on. R. L. Moody, b'o.n- M : ! . H. W. Delk, Blackville. Ernest Sease, Red Oak A. F. Weimortz, WillistoYi. C. B. Ellis, Jr.. Bennett Springs. Miss Lula Chriesman Leaves for Beaufort; Miss Vann Is Agent and velvet bean eed is very small m this county. Apparently last year w<> v.t re letting things go along and for got about planting and taring for these crops. A number of years ago this county bcj^Jpusing velvet beans a gicat deal, planted more and fnore of them until a very jarge acreage was planted in, the • ounty, and there by building up a great deal of the { Barnwell County as Home Demonstra- J priations bill. Mr. Nance, chairman tion Agent, is hein^ transferred to j 0 f that committee, announced Friday ] Beautort County as Home Demonstra- afternoon that the appropriation re turn Agent there. Miss Chriesman | quests of all State institutions had left for Beaufort Monday I-ebruary been received by the committee, the >d. Hus position comes to Miss j-| a st. l\ inthrop College, faaVin sent to the Senate. This hill brought about some debate hut had enough supporters to pass it to the Senate. Outstanding Debate. The one outstanding debate of the sessions of the House so far came last week with the reading </f a resolu tion by Representative Duffie, of Sumt«\ and others, that would place before the voters <f the State at the next general election the- matter of calling a constitutional convention in the State and that v/ould further em power the General Assembly with the arrangement of details should the matter obtain a majority at the polls. Fhere was quite a bit of opposition to the resolution and it will be among those things taken up when the- cal endar of the House is sounded. Immediately after reading of the resolution a vote on its rejection was taken. The vote in favor of the pas sage of,the measure was 78 to 35 hut was short of the required two-thirds majority, therefore, the matter stands rejected until the vote can he reconsidered. Mendel L. Smith, of Kershaw, made a motion to recon sider the vote, but Hamlin, of Union, moved to table Mr. Smith's motion and this second motion, the adoption of which would apply the “parlia- mentary clincher,'' must first he re jected by the House before Mr. Smith’s motion may he considered. At th<H juncture the House was ad journed and due i i the fact that' the calendar has not been taken up since further debate on the subject has not been had. Several hills have been reported upon favorably by the committees to which they have been referred. Prom inent among them is a favorable re port by the committee on police regu lations of a bill by Representative Sloan, of Greenville. This bill would prohibit the operation of all swim ming pools ; in South Carolina on the Sabbath. The committee .on agriculture re ported favorably i resolution by Rep-1 resentative McAdams, of Ahlieville, requesting the State tax commission to reduce assessments on farm lands at least 2(> per cent. This resolution had previously been reported unfav orably by the judiciary committee. /New State Building. Somd opposition., to the proposed new State office building is seen in a resolution presented in the House the past week that would provide for the appointment of a committee of- three members of the House and .three of the Senate t<> look into the feasibility of purchase by the State of the prop erty in Columbia known as the Lib erty Bank property. Immediate con sideration was asked for by th^* au thors, but ten members objecting the matter was passed-for consideration ing his vacation with his mother, Mrs.. ; specialist of Winthfnn College. There Hattie B. Lawton, at her country j are 80 entrants throughout the State, home near Allendale. At the age of , Those from this county who entered 27 .Lieutenant Lawton volunteered the conte-t are as follows: and enlisted December 15, 11)1.7. After four months’ service he was commissioned second lieutenant and Leghorns. Mrs. J. W. Kichings, White Pond. Mrs. Richardson, Barnwell,. White July, 1021.'he received his commission as first lieutenant. Soon after the conferring of this honor he was made an instructor <J(f a'viafois and as such served - at' various aviation fields in the South, including Gt rstmo - and Dorr fields, Arcadia. Fla.; Carleston , « field. Lake Charles, La., and Kelly field aV San Antonio. In connection with the apound the world flight. Lieutenant Lawton was detailed to supervise, the third divi sion extending from Japan to Cal cutta. a stretch of about 5,000 miles. Among his various duties in this posi tion was the advance work of chart ing the route, establishing 14 landing points, distributing supplies and re pair parts for the planes, appointing representatives of the government to supply the needs of the world fliers on their arrival, and acting as their guides and interpreters. In these arduojs and responsible duties Lieutenant Lawton had at his beck and call 16 destroyers of ’The United States navy. The enthusias tic, cooperation of the officers and men of this squadron, as in all of the other divisions, was an outstanding feature,' and contributed in a general measure tt> the success of the enterprise, is the opinion expressed by Lieutenant Lawton. The numerous friends in the home town of this young rising officer are showering him with the warmest con gratulations over the success he has met with in the aviation corps and the prominent part he took in the enter prise of encircling the globe by air. The honors that have been conferred upon him do not seem to have, en tered his head wTh enlarging effect but rather seem to have stolen into his heart—and the same old hearty hand-shake and cordial smile revive and strengthen the ties of bovhood. Dunbarton, BarhweiV, White Ray, Blackville, “ i,poor, sandy land : u the county. Tbere is no better land builder than c< w peas and Velvet beans, but we have begun to CbnL Mp-Min ma- king cotton in large quantities and, therefore, have ' somewhat forgot-tw- the very important matter of kcepirjig our lands built up. and as a result very few velvet bean seed have been saved and the cron last year was en tirely too small. If we are to make cotton successfully under boll weevil conditions comparatively small acre ages must be planted and the land must be built up to a good state of cultivation; therefore, more attention should be paid at this time to the growing of such crops as soy beans, velvet beans and cow peas. Soy beans is also a good land builder, as well as a good grazing crop for hogs and cat tle. and makes a fine'quality of hay ^when cured at the proper time. Those farmers who.*are looking ahead are rjdjy making arrangements to , get the! v reeds of the above kind, and'we - should 'now interest ourselves pt see ing where we can secure good quality seed at reasoYiabh? prices. ;! will he glad to fuVnish such information as I i^rhave relative to buying these seed.— II. G. Boylston, County Agent. "been ( hriesman as a promotion and al- presented Friday afternoon by.a tele- though she has hem in the county on- j grpm from Rock Hill, ly since October 1st. Miss Chriesman During the pa t week a bill by J. has made friends who will regret to ; Williams! amended so as to make see her leaVe. j the tax on dogs one dollar, passed the Miss C hriesman will be succeeded ‘ third reading in the IF use and was by Miss Willie Mae Mann, of Georgia ' and Alabama. ?Ti-r Vann comes to Jarmvell very highly recommended by the leaders of Home Demonstration work in Georgia with whom she has worked during the past year. South Carolina Corn Farmers Are Offered Over $2,000 in Prizes ITT H laU'i date. With m ist (A the local matters presented and all of the preliminaries dipensed with, members of the House expressed ib.e belief Friday that Wednesday would sec the begin ning of some real work by the House. -AUU- -Vann is a graduate of Mbntt Heyward B. Bates Is Found Totally Disabled for Life $20.00 per month on a life insurance Valla in Alabama and has had stim- -mer school work at the University of Virginia and Wisconsin. 8he has taught Home Economics in the .schools' of South Carolina, Georgia and Vir ginia. She was the efficient and popular Home Demonstration Agent in Tooms County, Gu., last year. Miss Vann'is not only well quali-’ Policy under the total and permanent tied for the position, but is a charm- disability clause. It will be recalled ing young woman, who will be an ad- ^ r * I’ a t"s received, severe in- dition to the social and business life .i ur ' es * n a difficulty in a store in the of Barnwell. ! town of Dunbarton on May 6th, 1924. Miss Chriesman has already re-or- ^ le ' tr ' a * the-case consumed a ganized six girls’ clubs with an enroll- "'hole day and was tried before Mag- ment of 83 and 7 adult chibs wjth an istrate W . P. Sanders and a juiy. enrollment of 139 members. Miss About ten witnesser testified, finclud- Vann will carry on this work and Will !n £ t wo physician . and it was shown be in her office in Barnwell after Feb- ^ these.witness-** that the injuries ruary 6th to assist or advise all those re ceived by ,Mr. Bates in the alleged who will call on her. I tt b rht consisted of « Wo^en nose, a —• J broken cheek bone, a fractured skull Essex Touring Car Burns. j and also that his eyesight has been ' - im.pa-uT*d to such an extent as to al- An Essex touring car o\iwe'd‘"t)7 ftttkerhim j.otaJ^v bliml. Tom Bolen, of thD city, was destroyed ' ' The juky-tetur^d a vercfict for the by fire Saturday night on the Barn- full amount claimed by Mr. Bates, well-Allendale highway. and also found that ht was totally Negro Drowns Near Barnwell Saturday While Duck Hunting Jack f’ave, • c-dored, was drowned Prizes totaling $2,230 are offeree to corn farmers in South Carolina counties who make entries in the National Seed Corn Show to be belt in Chicago March 2 to 7 under the auspices of the Sears-Roebuck Agri cultural Foundation, an announcement received here states. The show, which is to be.held during “Seed Corn Test week.” is intended to diive home the need of a'high germination seed corn policy To insure the country a norma 1925 corn crop. In addition to the Tive-doUar prize to be* awarded to the farmer in th< county showing the be-t.ear of corn a thousand dollars in gold is offere' to the farmer in Sou’h Carolina oi the United State- who exhibits th nation’s c hantpio'i ear. Another prize of a thousand" dollar- to the agrictil tural agetit, farm bureau, agricul tural or community organization o’’ the county displaying th** largest number of entries is also ann mm cd. The show is open to the entire |- United State s. Any person, hoy, girl, man or women, may enter an ear i Mrs, A. F. Corley, Brown leghorns. C. A. Mitchell, Leghorns. Mrs. Sullie R. Rhode Island Reds. These contestant e -a-tas- showing_un- usual interest in this new poultry pro ject, and more than 25 counties are competing with selected pens of va rious standard bred birds. Th** con test will last six months, which will take in four high egg producing . months and two low months. Thi- Vj-ill he a good test as to thi* egg lay ing ability of the average hen. It is expected that this contest will >e the means of arousing Statewide interest in better breeding of poul try, and in improving the methods of general management and feeding, as well as showing the importance of records keeping. The Winthrop col- ege specialist has given the following reasons for conducting the egg laying contest: 1. To improve the. standard of the 3reeding stock of the farm poultry 'lock. 2. To increase greater egg produc tion on the farm at a minimum cost. 3. -To improve feeding methods. 4. To improve methods in manag ing the flock.. 5. To improve housing conditions. 6. To teach the importance of re cord keepings. The horn** demonstration and county farm agents arc* giving valuable a-- sistanci* in helping the contestants select th** birds for the contesting pens, as well advising methods for feeding and management. Rules of Contest. U.—The egg laying contest will open February 1 and en 1 July 31, thus ma king a six months contest. 2. No contestant can enter birds in the contest except of the standard breeds of poultry. Any of the stand ard breeds is eligible for competition. 3. Each entry or pen must consist of ten hen- or pallets of one breed or variety. Two alternatives may be s**-- lected to use only in case of death or sickness of any of the birds in the pen. The" pen must tie maintained at ten throughout the contest. 4. Record heels and daily egg rec ord cards will he, furnished each con testant by tlu- poultry specialist, Win- Jthrop College/ 5. Record sheets correctly filled out must he mailed on the last day of each nVonth and mailed to Winthrop College, Rock Hill, so a- to reach headquarters not later than the 3rd af the following month. 6. After receiving the monthly rec- near Barnwell Saturday while duck of corn: P/nrel p st entrjes will I 1 A veTy-interesting case was tried in the Magistrate's Court here one day last week. L was the casf of j hunting) in the old Hagood Mill received any time up to the night Heywaid B. Bales against a life in- j stream. The negro was in n boat, March 7. arid each ear mu>t have* the surance company, in which Mr. jwiith.a ..Mr. Cheek, son of Mr. J R, name, address, -ounty and State of Bates-alleged that he was entitled to Cheek, a saw mill owner 1 of this city, its owner on a paper which should be and in some mann *r the boat was cap-j wrapped securely around the ear with sized, throwing the* two men into th** the writing on the outside*. No ear. water. Cave, who had on heavy rub- j will awarded a prize until tested for her hoots, sank immediately and did > vitality and disease resistance, the not. come to the surface of the water judges to he selected by the American again. Mr. Cheek s\Vam ashore and jSociiety of Agronomy, summoned assistance hut th** negro; Entries should be* addressed to the was /lead before hi- -body was re- - National See*d Corn Show. Sears- covered. . Jtwebuck Agricultural Foundation. Coroner D. P. Lancaster held the Chicago. ' . inquest Sunday morning, the jhry morning, bringing - in a verdict in accordance with the above fact . Mr. T. J. Creech, of Blackville route 2, called at The People office Monday to renew his subscription. The Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club met with Mrs. R. H. Wilcox last- week and with Mrs. C. Kevs Sanders ords from each contestant, the highest averages from the flocks will be made public. . . 7. No contestant may enter more than twre-pens. _ ' H.~~ Each contestant i~ tviquyied C-j have the" home or farm ageflt. or poul try specialist, make an inspocti >n oP the contesting pen, records, etc,, once a month. 9. Ae< urate feed record and daily egg record must be kept in ordei to, give exact record at the end of the month for report. Premiums will be awarded t-o the following places: (a) highest aver age producing pen each month; (hi highe.-t average producing pen of each breed each month; (c) highest aver- * age producing pen in contest; (d) highest average producing pen of each breed in contest; (e) award to con testant making most profit from eggs above feeding cost during content. Six Weeks More of Winter. this week. yesterday after a pleasant visit to i relatives in \tlantn Ga., and Mem phis, Term. The first fbing she did disabled for life as tfce result of the upon her nival was to renew her sub- said injuries. Monday w'a.s “ground hog day” and if the little weather prophet is to he believed there will he six weeks more of winter. According to an old tra dition. the ground hog wakes from his long winter sleep and comes out on February 2nd for a Took around. If ' . . 1 - . y j , * Mrs. L. H. Christie retuinerr'hume the -un is shining, he becomes fright ened at hjs shadow and returns under ground for another nap of six weeks, which is taken to me^an that Spring is just that far off. The sun was shin ing in Barnwell Monday. . rt- ' i scriptioH To'The Peoj^e.