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n 5 *..\ ; HOME BANK DEPOSITS ; 1920 ^ $214,000.00 » 1922 $156,000.00 ! 1924 $318,000.00 I HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. £ Established in 1877. I OLUME XLVIII. ByTUE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTT.-^a The Barnwell People <« Ju&t Like a IN/lember of the Family'' Largest County Circulation. January ’25 Subscriptions Hare • !* Expired. ^ '■ ■ PLEASE RENEW PROMPTLY! BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, 1925 NUMBER 29 NEW COUNTY GOVERNMENT BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE Act* Become* Effective Immediately Upon It* Approval by the Governor,—Wa* Introduced by Senator Patter*on. 1 I'.' if if ■ ' m if I For the information of its readers, The People is publishing this week the full text of the new county gov ernment bill, which was intjoduced in the Senate by Senator A. B. Pat- treson.^pf Barnwell, and passed third reading in the House Wednesday of last week. The Act, which becomes effective immediately upon its ap proval by the Governor, is as follows: A BILL to Repeal “An Act to Pro- v de a System of County Government for Barnwell County” known as No. 652 of th t > Acts of 1922, and approved March 11th, 1922, and all Acts Amen- M I datory thereof, and to abolish the form of County Government thereby e-tablished, and to Create a New f rm of Government for Barnwell C mnty. Be it enacted by the General As sembly of the State of South Carolina; rSBCTlGN U—That an Act entitled «■ I I I r J ■ l [^n Act to Provide a System of Coun- Government for Barnwell County” JfeEnown as No. 552 of the Acts of 1922, approved March 11th, 1922, and all Acts Amendatory thereof, be, and the same are hereby repealed, and the f rm of Governnunt thereby created is hereby alxdished and a new form of Government for BarnweU County is hereinafter created. SECTION 2. That a Board of County Commissioners of Barnwell County, to consist of five members, is hereby created, to be appointed - by the Governor upon the recommenda tion of a majority of the Legislative Delegation, to include the Senator, f or a period of two yeaVs, and until their successors are appointed and oualify, at a compensation of Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars per an num each, to be paid monthly. SECTION 3. The said Board of Commissioners shall elect from their , number a Chairman, upon whom shall ^ he devolved by tne Board, in its discretion, such executive and official duties as it may deem advisable, and shall each enter Into' a bond in a Surety Company to he approved by the. Clerk of Court in the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars, condi tioned for the faithful discharge of his duty. SECTION 1. That all the duties. « Migations and functions heretofore i.iposed by law upon the County Commissioners which are not incon- -tent with the provisions of this Act, arc hereby discretion is pioper and necessary, and may meet at such other times, at the Court House or elsewhere, as the business of said Board of County Com missioners may require: Provided, That no contract shall be made, ac count approved, nor warrant drawn or paid, in excess of the appropria tion made rfor thej specific purposes provided, without the written appro val of the Legislative Delegation: Provided, further That no warrant shall be paid unless signed by the Chairman and two other members of said Board. SECTION 9. The 'said Board of County Commissioners shall have the power to employ cc unsel at an annual salary of two hundred ($200.00) dol lars; whose duty it shall be to advise the said Board in all matters where legal advice is necessary, and to de fend all iuits brought against_ said Cminty, a^id to brihg all actions for said County whenever a cause may arise in favor of said County: Pro vided, That said Board shall have the right to pay any extra expense that counsel may incur by reason of ad ditional services other than the usual k*gal services hereinbefore.required. SECTION 10. It shall be the duty of the County Board of Commissioners of Barnwell County to keep on file in their office, open to public inspec tion. a complete record of all expend!- tures of the county, and all funds de voted to the buiding or improvement of roads and bridges in the county arising out of special levies, commu tation tax, local bond issues or ether sources, and of all moneys and ether property of the county,-including live stock, machinery, working tools, wagons and carts, the said record to show the dates of receipt and disposal and disbursement of the same, the sources of receipt, the amount or amounts paid for personal property, dates of purchase and sale, by whom sold, name of purchaser, amount sold for. date and manner of loss, if my; and the said County Commissiorers shall publish quarterly a complete statement of the same in one of the County newspapers; the^ said state ment to contain a list of all expendi tures paid or approved by them dur ing the quarter next preceding sueh publication, and i statement of all moneys expended in the County for road improvements and other pur- either by the county or out of Verdict Directed in ¥ $100,000 Damage Suit Judge W. H. Townsend, presiding at the March term of The Court of Common Pleas, directed a verdict for the defendant last week in the case of Mary O. Young blood, administratrix, vs. Southern Railway Co. This was a suit for $100,000 damages for the death of the plaintiff's husband, Cleveland J. Youngblood in a wreck at Stilton, Orangeburg County. Others cases disposed of since the last issue of The People Are as fol- ows: • Eulie Gleaton vs. Southern Rail way Co., suit for $500 actual damages and $1,000 punitive damages, in which it was alleged that a defective crossing caused plaintiff’s car to choke down on the track, being struck by a train; verdict for the plaintiff for $365 actual damages A verdict was returned for the de fendant in the case of T. R. Chisolm vs. W. M. Hair, a suit for $1,000 dam ages for injuries received in an -auto mobile collision in Blaekville. A mistrial was ordered in the case _nf S. H. Porter vs. J. L. Boylston, a suit for damages for the alleged fraudulent breach of a share crop con tract. Mrs. Annie Hall, as Administra trix, vs C ard W. C. Rv Co., suit for $100,000 damages for death of plain tiff’s husband, W. Stephen Hall, ver dict for the defendant. S. H. Rush vs. \V. A. Ross, suit on account for $146.92, less creditarfor $50.00 paid after commencement of suit, verdict for the plaintiff for $96.92. Green and Co., vs. Dave Hair, suit on account for $153.97, verdict for the plaintiff for $153.97. Court adjourned sine die Tuesday morning. Mrs. W. B. Johnston Barnwell County Man Dies of Paralysis Winner in Corn Show Blaekville, March 13.—Mrs. Hettie ^ Chicago, March 13.—A woman grew Mathis Johnston, wife of W. B. John- | Americals best ear of cojin in 1924, ston of this place, died Wednesday at judges of the National^Seed Corn 8 o’clock. I show today awarding first prizd of Mrs. Johnston had been in ill health $1,000 to MrsT Etfue M. Paulauska, of for over a year and was in a hospit al in Qolumba for several months. She underwent an operation there Waverly, 111., whose entry was pro nounced 100 per cent, perfect. The show was held under the auspices of OFFICERS OF LAW CONTINUE RAIDS LARGE COIM'EK STILL CAITURED ! LAST WEEK. and had improved greatly and her ■ an agricultural development associa- friends and relatives had thought she ; tion. would soon be entirely well again. She had grown very much better The announcement of the award came to Mrs. PaTauska on her fifth and Wednesday wtnt with a party of ! wedding anniversary. Five years ago. friends-to .Augusta on a shopping I she and her husband began farming trip. She had finished her shopping tin Morgan County, liilinois, with only Sheriff Dyches an<* Deputy Sheriff Hayes Had Exciting Race Sunday Afternoon. and was sitting in a rest room in one of the stores, whr*n suddenly she was smitten with a stroke of paralysis. She was rushed to a hospital there, but died a few hours later. Mrs. Johnston’S body was brought here on Thursday morning’s train. Mrs. Johnston was a consecrated Christian woman, had been an active ehgrch worker in the Baptist church here, of which'she was a member for many years. She was kind to every body, was a gj-eat hand to visit peo- plc in times <jf sickness and sorrow and numbered her friends by ihr score. She was twice married. Her first husband was a Mr. Shaw. One son of this marriage survives, * Leslie" "M. Shaw, who lives in Ohio.- ■ She and Mr. Johnston, who sur vives her, have no children. She was buried in the cemetery here Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The Rev. L. H. Miller, pastor >f the Baptist church here, .of which . she was a member, conducted the services. $25. The couple now has an 160 acre farm, and the prize money came just in time, it was said, for them to pay off their final debt on their and. The .Prize winning ear, Mrs. Palaus> ka, said, was picked accidentally as I she was walking among her com cribs.- Forty-six States and 1,731 coun ties were represented by the 27,411 entries. Winners in the State sweep- stakes include: Roy O. James of Fal mouth, Va.; J. .A. Patterson of China -Grove. N, C.. and W. W. Harley of Barnwell, S. C. Local and Personal News from Hercules A bricked in copper still of 150 gal lon capacity was captured on Har rington’s Island, in the Edisto River, on Tuesday of last week by State Constable J. W. Sanders, Deputy Sheriff W? A. Hayes, of Barnwell, Constables George W. Dukes, Gleaton. Reed ami Kizer, of Orangeburg Coun ty. The outfit was just across the line, in Orangeburg County and, ac cording to Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches, was owned by a man “who lives in Bamberg County, made liquor in Orangeburg County and sold it in Barnwell County.” In addition to the still, the outfit consisted of the following articles: One 40-gallon copper doubler; all copper connections, complete; four 800-gallon fermenters; 3,000 gallons of beer; 10 gallons of liquor; four 16- gallon charred liquor kegs; several) . 1 —.. * . .1 - -^—— - * t r ~ - _ Buckets and other xrtensils;—-meatr Social and Personal News from Willis ton devolved upon and P oses Board of Countv P*<>ceeds of local bond issues, ! spec ial levies or commutation tax: j vested in the salt mmissioners. SECTION 5. That it shall he the l neral duty of said County 'Beard of Commissioners, for the discharge T which duty full power and authori- . are hereby conferred., to organize Old conduc t the. administration of the County’- business, financial and fi.-cal affairs upon a systematic, econ omical and efficient basis. Xk.fiTH li I be id I'.rnrd of County-Commissioners are author- . D... d and empowered to employ a t mpetent office assistant, to be 1 own as ' the Clerk of the Board of C -unty Commissioners.. at a salary to be fixed by Commissioners, not,to exceed $100.00 nor month, payable monthly, who shall he required to be in the office of the said Board c'ailv, and the custodians of all funds devoted to the improvement or building of roads and bridges in the County are hereby required to file* quarterly with the County Board of Commissioners a full statement of till their expendi tures in time for the publication of accounts herein required: Provided, That the said County Commissioners shall not be required to publish any items now required by law to he puh- lished by the County Treasurer. SECTION 11. The said Board of County Commissioners shall have the power to employ a County Physician r.t an pmiual salary of ($600.00) Six Hundred Dollars, whose duty it .-hall be to treat all inmates of County Jail and Poor House and all convicts upon Williston, March 14.-—Dr. J. L. Smith is spending a few days in Wil- iiston before returning to his winter home in St. Petersburg, Fla. Misses Florrie Lee Scott and Kate Kennedy and R- P. Kennedy motored to Fountain Inn to spend the week-1; end with Miss Lucile Roper. Walter C. Cunningham has return ed from Florence, where he went as a federal juror. Court only lasted one day. Mi-s. L. H. Hartzog, Mrs. G. I. t. Odom. Mrs. R. F. Goodwin, Misses Parker and Anderson, of Olar, were visitors here Saturday. Mis-es Annie Laurie and Mamie Walsh have returned to Augusta af- te^rj a visit to relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mis. James A. Merritt of St. Matthews visited relatives here Sunday. Mrs. W. L. .Merritt came hack with them after spending some weeks in St. Matthews. Miss Elaine Harley has returned from a Visit to Miss Hazel Jackson, daughter of Lieutenant Governor Jackson, in Wagoner. Mliv.s Loulie Harvin, of Columbia Sundav of Mrs. J. W, bin reasonah'o office hour was a visitor Odiorne. <' Miss Mary 'Harley, of Columbia, was the week-end gu«*t of Miss Lou- i-e Prothro. Among the newest residents in Wil liston are Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Boland and family who moved hack tb Wil liston after an absence of about Baptists Arrange Many Conferences Baptist association lead n rship con ferences are to be* held throughout the entire State March 24, 2 •> and 26, ac cording to the Rev. T. J. Watts, D. D secretary of the Sunday school, B. Y P. U. and colportage of the State Baptist Board . Thirteen groups have been arranged, combining more than 30 associations in the State for the^e conferences. Well known Bap tist speakers have been procured. It is expected, according to Mr. Watts, that these conferences will make pos sible the raising of fund^ to bring the fiscal year of the Southern Baptist Convention to a successful close. The second purpose of the conference is to enable the various Baptist churches of thy State* to complete the securing of subscriptions for the 1925 pro gram’which hai' been only frartly sub scribed. i While these leadership conferences are not designed for the masses of the membership the combined con ference' will probably bring together about 4,000 Baptist people of the State, it is said. j • The program for conferences in i this section is as follaws: i Group 8, Savannah River A-socia- 1 tion meets at Hampton Church Wed- ■ nesday, March ,25. at 11 a. m. Speak- ItVs, HU 1 Rot. O. 11. rulla.- Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Still are the proud parents of a 9-pound girl. Mr. Theodore Ray spent Saturday night with his friend, Mr. James Creech. Miss Laura Lain spent the week end with Misses Bessie and Estelle Collins. • Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Still and.family, of Elko, spent Saturday afternoon with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Morris. Mr. Hollis Ray, of Columbia, was the guest of Miss Coriene Hiers Sat urday evening. Mrs. Mary Bodiford is visiting her brother, Mr. O. H. Morris. Mr. Theodore Ray and Mr. James Creech lost $10 between Barnwell and Friendship church Saturday n ght, finder will please return and receive reward. Mr. Carlylse Morris was the guest Saturday evening of Miss Resale Reid, at Olar.* Mrs. W. A. Mon is, Jr., ffpeiu Fri day with her brother, Mr, Adrian Still. Mr, Patrick Morris spent Saturday night in Olar. Messrs. Theodore Ray, Patrick Morris and Severn Ray made a flying trip to Augusta Saturday afternoon. Misses Florence Sanders, Lillian Morris and Martha Sanders spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Sanders. Mr. L. M. Hutto and family motored to Augusta Wednesday on business. Mr, and Mrs. N. A. Hiers and fami ly sjfent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hutto. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Creech spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ilug- lard, flour, and one string of cat fish; three sacks of sugar; two sacks of corn meal, and 100 empty granulated sugar sacks. No arrests were made. On Saturday, the 7th inis*., Sheriff Dyches and his deputy made a raid at the home of Jim Grubbs, a white man, who lives on the Bamwell-Allendale highway. They succeeded in locating 92 bottles of jamaica ginger in Grubbs’ bam. i Sunday afternoon, Messrs. Dyches and Hayes had an exciting race with Lee Knotts, a young white man, who the Sheriff suspected of violating the prohibition law. The officers finally succeeded in arresting Knotts, but riot before he had succeeded in throw ing a number of jars and bottles from his speeding automobile. Sheriff Dyches states that he would b»-eak the jars and bottles before throwing them away and that liquor was drip ping from his (Knotts’) automobile when he was finally overtaken. Knotts was released under $300 bond. Sheriff Dyches is to be congratulat ed on the relentless warfare that he is conducting against alleged viola tors of the prohibition law and the wish has been expressed by many that, when the cases are brought to trial, the jurors will perform their duty in the same manner that the Sheriff is discharging his. Ulmer News. to r k- f .) th<* books, accounts and records; ami ,to perform the i•'rieal work of sajri office and to perform such ether duties may fie imposed by the said Board. SECTION 7. r l ho ...said Board of C iurity Commissioners shall, .jnii mediately upon qualifying and enters ing upon the discharge of their duties, make an estimate of the amount of supplies necessary to and for the needs of the county for the first en suing month thereafter, and shall cpr.'inue every thirty days to make such estimate, and shall advertise and 1‘ r t i the lowest bidder who is willing to f irnish said supplies!: Provided, That said Board shall have the light to let out the said contract to more than qn<* bidder so that exclusive dealers in any one article shall have k «uhe right to hid theruoru. SECTION 8. That the said Board of County Commissioners shall meet on the first Tuesday in each month at the Court House to audit, approve and issue vouchers for the claim* against the Cotinty of Barnwell, and to trans act such other business, as in their • t-* * the Countv chain gang and to provided,, ,, , • /-* i i • 1 ~ three months -spent in Columbia an a diet list for these institutions. The Countv Physician shall.also attend all Bamberg, and the Rev. L. H. Miller, of Blaekville. Colleton Association meets at Walterboro Church Thurs day, March 26. at 11 a. m. Speakers, the Rev. O. B. Falls! I). I).. of Bam berg, and the Rev. L. H. Miller, of Blaekville. Barnwell Association meets at Double Pond, March 27. Speaker, the gins. Miss Lucy Cook was called to her home at Snel ing on account of the illness of Mrs. Hollis Powell. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. C. Still, Mr. F. L. Still, Misses Estelle and Mamie Padgett and little Miss Hazel Dyches j motored to Walterboro Sunday. Miss Alice Creech s-pe^t Tuesday inquests and* perform such -other ser vices as are required of the County Physician.. “'s SECTION 12. It shall h?-the duty Miss-Lucy Cook attended the funer- Ridge Springs. Mr. Boland rebought j Rev. C. A. Jones, D. Ib, of Columbia. ;M* ss El 0 'it Still, his barber shbp. Ernest Black, iff the Friendship section of the countv has recently Mrs. Angus Kevirse and Miss Vera Herlong, of near Olar, visited friends and relatives here Sunday. Miss Ada Sanders- spent several days in Fairfax last week. M isses Myrtle Best and Annie Lou Miley, of Limestone College, ■spent the Spring holidays at home. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stevenson, of Abbeville, have returned home after a ( visit to relatives here. Mr. Allison Sanders spent last Sun day in Orangeburg. TTi'. Mlli v McMillan who hnn boon real sick is improving. Mr. Lynwood Myrick, who is at tending. a business college in Colum bia, spent last Snday at home. , Mrs. .Belle Brant spent last Satur- ! day in Sycamore. Mr. Edwin Myrick has returned home from a visit to relatives in Augusta. Mr. U. A. Calhoulrt Dead. nel- Kcsolutions of Respect. >n|K* to Williston and acceptc of the said Comilty Commissioners to kcefi a record ip their office ''at all tini<*s, open to public inspection, a complete list .of prisoners in the coun ty jail, showing the respective dates O * 1 • ^ The community was saddened to hear of the death of C. A. Calhoun at. f their confinement find discharge or j played safil jail; also ?. oom- of all convicts confined C( position with Thompson Manufactujj ing company. |6 o’clock'Friday evening, March 6, at One of the mo*t .enjoyable parties his home in Appleton, if kuA week in Williston was giyen Mr. Calhoun i* survived by his wid- )V vfrs. Carev SHiith Friday after^l ow and four children, Mrs..R. H tables of bridge were ' terson, of Walterboro; Mr ate in noon.j Foui unt i removal from saul jail; also ?. com- j after vU’nich fruit plctf* recorr on. the public works of the county, showing the respective dates of their confinement and discharge, release or e-K-ape, length of sentence of each, and -amounts of fines imposed or col lected. Such record shall be kept in a book provided .therefor by the Board iff County Commissioners. SECTION 13. The said County Board shall procure and keep on hand suitable books necessary for keeping a systematic record of the matters and things set forth in this Article. SECTION 14. It shall he the duty of all county officers to furnish in Pat- Clar-enco the afternoon, Calhoun, of Augusta, Ga.; Mr. Her nia.]. chicken send- bert Calhoun and Miss Ethel Calhoun, were served. j of Apiilcton. B. Ray were hos- Mr,'■‘Calhoun was horn near Ap- go club Thursday plcton April 19, 1858. Almost his March r >. Tables were ar- entire life was spent in that eordmuni- He was held in the highest-es- al of Mis. William Grubbs at ling Tuesday afternooTT. ' r | ' Mr. Janies Cook, of Fairfax: and | Once again Harmony Lodge No. 17, Miss Mabel Harvey, of Deninark, A. F. M., has been caFled upon to give were visitors at Hercules Tuesday. I up a faithful member to the Great This time we mourn departure of Past Master, Brother Miss Ida Scheider, of Savannah, is N. C. Grubbs, whose genial presence spending some time with Miss Ina we mi-s in our communications. W VTI U V I n 1 u V J n C4L l v. • ’ ' « c« # v • , Ufj il iUlUIliUl ML R. 1’. Sanders is ,visiting Mr. ; Lodge abovk and Mrs. W. H. Sanders. the departure cl wiehes and eolffeo Mr! and Mr-. S. tosses to the Bri evening. ranged for four. After the games a ty. Sanders and Mrs. Matilda Grooms. Mrs. Luther Stitt and -her father. Mr. B. G. Grubbs, and Miss Eloree Still spent Sunday with the former’s si-ter, Mr-. Anna Still, Slr. -and Mrs. W. H. Dyches spent Sunday with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Isaac Dyches, near Hilda. srijad* courser-followed by a sweet teem by all who knew him and will couise, was served. Miss Catherine be missed by a wide circle of friends Walmsley. of Birmingham, Ala., was : and relatives, an out of town guest. He was hurried at Antioch Chris- ( ^ ers ^ Barnwell. tian chllich Sunday morning. I The ^ r * ^ aV ‘A Grubbs, of Maine.IS visit funeral was very large and the floral ‘ nir relatives in this section, offerings beautiful.—Allendale Coun ty Citizen. , Therefore, be it resolved: ; ~i 1st. That we have lost in Brother Grubbs a very choice spirit and a loyal friend and brother, and that I while we deplore our loss we believe that it is his great gain. 2nd. That we tender to his be- i reaved family the sympathy and writing, whenever requested, all such information pertaining to their, re spective offices as will enable the County Commissioners tq carry into (CpNTINLED ON EIGHTH PAGE.) 'tending Court here this week. Mrs. Tom Sanders is spending some friendship of Harmony Lodge No. 17, time with her ?on, Mr. Jackson San- ' A. F- M. J 3rd. That a copy of these Resolu tions he mailed to his family, a copy published in The Barnwell People and- a copy placed in the archives of th* Lodge. N. G. W. Walkerr Louis Cohen, ^ Otto R. Evans, Committee. The many friends of Mr. C. B. Dunbar will learn with regret that he Mr. D. A ."Dyches, of Hilda, is at- is quite ill at his home in Millett- ville.- a