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ni y *, v / v l ' P> t eB^TUE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.^ <• A. Ad )^“If you want money, we have it— y ❖ -If you have money, we want it.”.% * X X HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. V X 4 jX-w-x-x-:-:*** A K Rtablished in 1877> wi ‘Just Like ci Member of tbe^Family” j BARNWELL COUNTY’S BEST MOST POPULAR NEWSPAPERr | ALL HOME PRINT. Largest County Circulation. I DLUME XLVIIL BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, APRIL 16.TH 192.> NUMBER S3 TO HOLD TONSIL- ADENOID CLINIC BLACKVILLE FOLK AUTO WRECKS M 1»R. C. W . KOLLOCK WILL BE THE SPECIALIST IN CHARGE, t. linic Will Held at Barnwell April 39 and May 1.—Affords Great Op portunity for Children. MRS, FANNING AND MISS ALT MAN INJURED. PLANS PERFECTED FOR DISTRICT CONFERENCE NEW TAX LAW IS NOW EFFECTIVE V The Barnwell Red Cross Chapte", Messrs. Harry Bui^t and Eugene Pick ling Also Suffering "fro1n Severe Cuts. Blackville, April 14.—Messrs. Hai- operating with the State Board of jy Arthur Buist and Eugene Kjekling Health and the County Medical As so- are jruffering from severe cut- and nation, will hold a tonsil and adenoid bruises r.ceived “in an automobile ac- i inic in the Barnwell High- School yident Saturday evening in Hampton I ailding April 30th and May 1st. | County, between Brunson and r'air- This clinic will afford an opportuni- fax. They were driving a truck with- ty for children needing such attention out lights, it is said, and met another t procure same at the minimum cost, car also without lights. The two m i- Dr. C. W . Kollock, of C-harf-^ston. chines collided with such forest that ' no is a specialist in this liiv* and Messrs. Bulat.. and Fickling wore who is well known in Barnwell County thrown over into the other car and ' cause of the’splendid work he did badlv hut not seriously hurt, fh'esc* BARNWELL STORES TO <LOSE EARLIER Several merchants of Barnwell have agreed to close their places of business at 6:30 o’clock p. m . except Saturdays, beginning April 20th. Those who signed the agree ment are as follows: L. Weiner, F. \Y. Falkenstein, Lemon Bros., Inc., B. Mazursky, L. Cohen, (’. K. Molair, l'at mers Unit>n Mercantile ('n. # re last year, will perform the opera- two \JoungL men, whose early reeverv ms. He will bring with him an ex- i< biped for, are in the employ of the rienCed assistant and nurse, who State Highway Department, e in the habit of working with him. i Anullu ,,. automobile accident in There will he trained i VJ, ''‘ s "i v> ]uch Blackville people were injured arge in both wards, both d iv>. and ; oct . urre( j here Saturday afternoon, {rained nurse during the night, with : when thl , l . ar in whit . h m 1s . M. P. times. The school building will he fully uipped for emergency hospital work xl provision will be made for motli- rs t«> attend their children through the night, if they so desire. Further information, application anks, etc., can ho had by writing ;o the Barnwell Red Cross Chant:- ’. 1’»- t’ -nts will he registered in the ord.-r which applications are received o-id only a limited number can h - han- *d in the two days. Fanning and Mass Myrtle Atman were Tiding ran into the stand pine at the Southern depot. Both ladies wer.a painfully hut not seriously hurt. To Miss Edwarda Dickinson, -*? Ul mer, the popular primary teacher here, has come a great sorrowsn the death of her brother, Don Dickinson, Several Prizes Won by Barnwell Schools Two school? ill share in - in Barnwell the money Courv, I'V the South Carolina prizes given School Im provement Association, announcemetj’. of the awards being made Monday hr -Mass Mattie E. Thomas, communi-v organizer of the association. Notice- will be sent out to the winners im mediately. There are five piizes: The first of >40 in cash'for’the most improve ments in building-* during the yea' - , which was awarded to 27 schools; the - a ond of $ 10 to the- association in e rh county for raising and deposit- i -g with the county treasurer the argent amount of money in the coun- tv; tin third, a 3d award to com mum- ; s that have l ehl mi-etin-rs Caen month the year round; the f urth, 31 ■ » the sc! ool of each loAnty shown ^ ■'it- most 'notable growth, upkeep of - iiool and community efficiency; and which occurred last* week in a ho nital in Asheville, where he had been oper ated on for appendicitis. He was the -on of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dickin son, of Ulmer. The sincere sympathy of this community goes out to th en- m their great bereave guest John OT C. th the fifth another 31' 1 prize to - -iiool in eai li coi'nty wdiieh has tlu t health apd sanitary conditions. The Barnwell County »t won prize- are as follow ■chools « tire family ment. Mr. Ralph Matthews, of Birming ham, Ala., was the recent his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews: and other relatives hi tins section. His many friends wore de lighted to see him again. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Juliu? St rebel, on Hampton Ave., is be ing re|»aired iind remodeled. Mesdames Alice Still, Ellen Jones, Judson Bii‘t. Mr. George Still and Master Audrey Still motored to Au- gusta^Sunday to visit Mrs. Howell Still, who is critically ill. there. Little hope is held out for her recovery. Mrs. Still is a former Blackville resident and In r illness is a source of regi* t. io her friends here. Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Storne and sev eral friends were visitors at M 'gnoli-i Gardens, arid other places of interest in and around Chari.v-ton last av k. Mrs. R C. Hardwick, of Denmark, was a visitor at the borne of Mrs. Mnr\ Carroll Monday. Mrs. Julius Strobe! nfid d Mdses Meta and Gladys Wild . m toied ti> Augusta Saturday. Mrs. (VL. Toney, of Colum> BARNWELL LADY , GETS LIFE PASS ONLY ONE EVER ISSUED TO MAGNOLIA GARDENS. DELEGATES FROM !0 CHARTERS TO ATTEND. 4 Excellent^Frogram Has Been Arrang ed.—Big Barbecue Dinner to Be Served. COMMISSION ISSUES TEMPORA RY INSTRUCTIONS. T Dealers to Keep Records of Drinkk, (Written for The People.) All plans have been perfected for Cosmetics, Etc., Sold.—Stamps Are Available. WILLISTON MAN KILLED BY AUTO W THOMAS POWELL LOSES LIFE IN FATAL ACCIDENT. Car Driven by W. Edgar Cunningha Strikes Farmer.—Death Al most Instantaneous. ni The various taxe.-i—on-soft drink chew ing tobacco, snuff, cosmetics, doc- Millistorf about 3:30 b clock Saturday An unfortunate accident occurred in the Edisto District Conference, which 1 uments, corporations and public utili ties—embodied in the annual' appro priation hill as ratified Thursday by is to J>e held at Barnwell on Friday,General Assembly of South Care-instantly killed by a Ford au afternoon, when W. Thomas Powell, a well known farmer living a few miles from that town, was struck and the 24th inst. at which time deh gates |j na an( j approved by Cov. McLeod are from about forty chapters will be the guests of the Johnson Hagood Chap- J ter.U. l). C„ and last, hut Ivy , no * now in effect. In reality the taxes counted upon to produce this year about 32,296,000, be mm,ns least, this chapter is expecting ^ ective at three o’clock Thure- with u> on that day the Boys Who afternoon, at which hour the bill Wow the (iia\, although their rank was signed l>v the governor, hilt, \V r al- are thin today, the rear guard of that ter G Qlu . r y t chairman of the StaU tomobile driven by W. Edgar Cun ningham, of Blackville. The streets were crowded and Mr. Cunningham, it is said, could not find a place to park hi- car on the southern side of Main Street. He turned to cross the raitroad fracks directly ip front of . :the post office and while his car was valiant host, whose deeds are Dixie's Mrs. Julia P>. Easterling Pa\- First N isit to Hamous Beauty Spot "at 84 Years. has from "that iughtei v:> I rize ney: No. : Prize look ;•.!,< I leedy Brai eli. Priz.- No. o. nditions: :l e nuts No. 2, fi-r rairing Blackville. im-c Ing pii/.e: Bla kville No. 4. foiregjuwth. upkeep T»r •>' Among the hundreds of letters which have poured in on Mr. C. Nor wood Hastio during the present Mag nolia Garden season Re has received none which touched him quite so much as one which he had yosterdiw from Mrs. Julia B. Easterling, of Barnwell, who at eighty-four had just seen the Gardens for the fir-t time. The News__aad LVouriei gotten Mrs. Easterling’s letter Mr. Ha-tie becadse it is sure many of its readers will enjoy j:. Here is' what she wrote him: “Barnwell, S-, 4-6-1926 “Mr. C. Norwood Hastie: "I have just returned from Charier- • • v ton where I went to visit Magnolia Gardens, I know that there is no lovelier place in*the world where the hand of God has shown nature in such marvelous colors and hi such profusion of lovely fioweps. All my life I have been crazzy about flower- and work with and among them daily. The reflection of the azaleas, in the I water was a picture and one I will ' carry down with rpe to my grave. 1 am eighty-four years of- age but strong and well preserved for my years. As 1 walked with my son, R. A. Easterling, through those gar dens and. he would point to its beau ties. .! felt, as if 1 was in tlv* very presence of. God. “I enclose irefew seed of the Florida Pon-iana. It grows to he* eight or ten feet high and iseovered in • tiie spring aid summer with a profusic.-i of rich red blossoms. After it bloom- it has lu-aa- about three inches Iqpg. -H' these* are cut -off it will bloom again. ' “I believe 1 would live to * . tax commission, said that n,ght__Uie running stowly, Mr. Powell, apparent- juccudc’st boast will come* in to, theii commission would make* no effort j startled by the horn of the ap- share of the glory. For after all, to collect 4axes due* until the follow- preaching automobile, stepped direct- thc chief work of the United Daugh* inf , ( j ay jj (1 f 0 ] t tbrtt dc ileis in the |h '»> f *'°nt of the machine, ters of the Confederacy lies with the taxablc commodities were entitled ‘o, the cai; were Mr. Cunningham, Veteran and we are anxious to have S( , rit . no tj ce 0 f law's taking effe -i tvvo children and his mothjpr-in-law, every Veteran in oitr county pre^nt .., n( j j. w „ u |,j \ myi . ma< |c eaaier the in Mrs- J. VV. Floyd. Mr, Cunningham in order that they may see for them- Inauguration of the new levies had selves just what is being done in there been included in the act some District, as well as our Southland to | p rov j so allowing a reasonable interim perpetuate, in love and honor, bo ( t>ctvveenvthe approval of the act anil heroic deeds of those who enlisted in the Confederate Army and upheld its flag throughout the four long years of war. A year ago when our chapter '“X- tendod the invitation to the DistT’ct Conference to meet with us we had a membership of only twenly-six. the levying of the first taxes. “However, the terms of the art leave the commission without-option in the matter,” Mr. Query pointed out, and the* taxes will be enforced as be ginning Friday morning, April 10. To (iuide Taxpayers. ‘‘Pending the formulation of more foci ay we have more than doubled ou, j pcrinanent regulations, dealers in th membership, having taken into our chapter during the month of March thirty-four new members, restore 1 two and have ten others whose papc-is were filed during the past year, gi”- ing us a membership at this time of seventy-two. We are proud of our record and are in the 100 per cenc class, having contributed toward eve ry obligation pledged by our District at the State convention. The program for the dav was pub lished in the last issue of The People and a treat is in store for all who at tend. Some of the State’s most gift ed women will address us along the lines suggested in the program and we feel that this will be* one* oi Barn well’s Red Letter Days. No special invitation will be sent to Veterans but let them take notice that this is their invitation to be pres ent on the above date. The following eopjmittees have ♦f th ■ I taxable commodities are Jo observe the following temporary instructions: Mrs. J. W. Floyd, brought the car to a standstill within a few feet and eye* witnesses, who de clared the accident unavoidable, car ried the injured man a few hundred feet toward a nearby drug store but before they reached the store he ex pired, living only about one minute after being struck and never recover ing consciousness. His body was car ried to his home and the coroner and sheriff were notified of the accident. This is said to be the first time that a person has been killed in Williston by an automobile and the sympathy of the community goes out to the two “Manufac turers of soft drinks will i families keep for the commission records of all bottled drinks made or soi l, begin ning Friday. “Dealers i*n fountain drinks will keep for the commission records of I all drinks sbld, beginning Friday-— I bottled drinks upon which the tax has ibeen previously paid excepted. “Manufacturers and dealers in bot tle drinks will take stock of all hot- I t tied drinks on hand Friday morning— listing the kinds, sale prices, etc.— and will remit to the commission taxes due thereon. “All chewing tobacco and snyff will be* stamped with the revenue stamps Mr. Cunningham, who until recently was a resident of Williston, is con nected with the State highway depart ment. Mr. Powell, who was about 60 yea r s old, is survived by his widow, former ly a Miss Webb, two married children, Joe Powell and Mrs. D. H. Stringfield. and five younger children, all of the; Williston community. One of his sons, Tom Powell, is in the United States navy. Funeral services were held at th • family cemetery Sunday afternoon at four o’clock. ! now used for other tobaccos or c oi.Vmumtv off a*ienVv Wenne-day in Mi-. Ihrie-lv’t'ar cm their >, f r- health I »lac* irvjl b *, and nitavv huhdrec! voais old if 1 lived ,.t Mag mdia Gardens. i Easter Services Are Greatly Enjoyed Here M "(Mi s. i . Ha* re in replv Easter Day dawned tnjght in Barnwell—one of t,ht and clear rt in nanny year*- -and in keeping with the beauty of’the day, were the services at the* various churches here, all of which were largely attended. It was a full day for Episcopalians. At eight o'clock there was early Com- .•( ited home folks here last week-end/ | Mrs. A G. Murray. Mrs. Th ”as i Davies, ef Bert h I land, and M>re of John Bussey, <d' Greenville. n;.> ed ! t hi ('Ugh Black ! BusseyN hand wav to visit li e Gardens an ! otn- i | nkq'os in historic Charleston, j Mr . G. W. Sax n and ehildi *n. of ^ J Augusta.'have returned home af*cr a- , ' n , vi ft to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. 'l. ! she w >uld Jive to W. Eubanks. While here Mrs. Saxon j would rMuiDut^st-e i lest her wedding ring, which cause! i >’< *ir am her much anxiety. Every effort was ; uns.^ mad<* to find it. hut in vain. Jlowever, several days ago Mrs. Eubanks acci dentally came aeross it in—a valise containing some dress goods, which Nlrs. Saxon had looked at while lv*re I and it is supposed the ring .■lipped i off her finger then. been appointed to take care details: Transportation. -> Miss Elizabeth Easterling, Chair man: Mrs. E. W. Holman, Mis-c Mama SteXah and Blanch Bennett. Reception. Mire \nna Walker. Chairman; M< j dames 1 H. D. should the dealer he unable to secure stamps—a record kept of all sales and | remittance made for taxes due on goods sold and stock on hand. “On documents the- stamps how U'cd will he used, the rates, being, j however, doubled. Where, for 'n- | stances, under the former law a fiv* cents stamp was affixed a t(*n cents j stamp will now be required, f “Stamps may be secured from th* [ coinmi sion -ceriainly within approx- i Conference April 28th in Blackville one , dc tv i imnielv D hours hv dealers in any T D. Creighton. R. S. Dic ss. t Calhoun. Allen Brown, L. M. truly v. “Very J alia ic. writing M: told her that Mire Nolie Williams nVbfored c urs, • • "ling.," . Ehstor-* he hoped >e a hundred atid tue Carders eve.y hi* sent her the only lit * to the Cardenk that has eve. been i$sue«l. -The NVVv> and C-uir : April 9th. Mace. J. G. M< M. B. Hagood. Easterling. R. 1 Malloy Brodie. -i Ussery. Misses Kate Simms. Decorations. ,ody, Jr.. M. C. Best. 1 . M. Cave. la ssie B. ; ,. Bronson, C. B. Ray, 1. B. Armstrong, S. Jl.,i ii* ( C411 ie Cohen’ ■" .section—of the State, or from any of the stamp ih'positories.” Taxable Articles. The following articles are subject new tax: So-ia water, ginger ale. roea-cola, lime-cola, p.p-i-cola. near-beer, bee**, fruit juices, ice cream, ices, suo<laes, An Enthusiastic Meeting. munum. i huiqi «*hool lit I0t15, *«-j w aBen „ r , vl .„ n th-an.l liun ha^d KM vices nt 11:1.1 ami a special pvoEvam j* ||J|( , hi ,| d i cs .. She hail gope to some i’’ n1, ' **\nense nrenaring them comfortable for the children at four p. m. The quaint little church was simply but beautifully decorated for the occasion and special music was arranged by the members of the choir, who were 1 assisted by Mesdames Perry A. Price . and Josh Baxley and Prof. J. D. Robb j'A*, , bl t son. A' diiet by Mesdamhs Price and Baxley adiied greatly to tin* enjoy ment of the service. * quarters and they were flourishing ! her offspring and great thing? are »\- heautifully under her care, when to pected during the* coming year, her sorrow, a dog slipped in several j—-The-fneeting was called to order h> them Mre. G.‘ M. Greene, in the absence of 1 the Director, Miss Pauline Richardson, On Monday afternoon the Bern well Chapter. Children of the Confederacy, held ;*. very enthusiastic meeting at the Rest Room in the 1 Court House with a record breaking attendance. The mother chapter is very proud of nights ago and devoured all—nt if ter which the Lord’s Prayer was n*.- The—roll wv>' call hi Mrs. 11. IL Calhoun, Mesdames Herbert Black, ker, T. I). Creighton. Lee l ery. ■!. M. Terry. Jack Phillips. Mb.-c - Cora Dicks. Pauline Richardson. Lau.a. Chuy. Carrie Williams. Juba De'k and Agnes Hiers. Refresh men tre , • i Mrs. A. J. Bennett. Chairman; Mesdames Norman Dicks, ■—Loan l l- mer, Victor Lewis, Bessie R.. Mdore, G. M. Main. B. L. Easterling,. Gary Owens, W. A. Hayes, E. W. Wood ward, James Dick*?,. 1'■ S* Brown, M:n- ! virt Hogg, Cora Brooker, A. A. Mc Allister, W^C. Milhous, S. A. McNab, E. D. I’eacock. S. H. Greener-Eliza- | | confe ct ions, hott'led d rinks Chairman; 1 -k*nfl‘'-what‘*oev«*|’; a*’<l all , Blackville, Aprjl 14. - There will he an Efficiency Conference at the Black ville Baptist Church April 28th. This conference is fort all of the clerks, treasurers, and deacons of the Bap tist Churches of the Barnwell Baptist A-soeiation. There will be three ses- -ions -16 a. m., 2:3o i>. m. and 8 p. :n. The morning session will he devoted to tin work of the church dorks, the afternoon to the work of tho treasui • ers; and the evening to the deacons , and their work This conference has no diierrcmi- ni ction with the campaign, hut has been arranged Ry the Pastors’ Con ference of the Association in an effort to be helpful in the general work of M. 1. Wal- drinks and otherlkeverages-and thing* ot every ,the churches. Dr. W. M. Whiteside, fountain superintendent of the Baptist Hospital f Columbia, will direct the work of commonly <h sigftated as ‘soft drinks ; conference- Dr. Whiteside is one and bp stick.-, rouge, face paints, face r u f the best efficiency men in the land powders, face » reams, talcum pow- an( ) this day's work should he exceed- dei s, toilet waters •sknd lotions, I. P ‘ v * ingly helpful to all concerned, fumery. hair oils, hair toni-s, pom- The Blackville Church will entertain ades, cosmetics and hair’ dves; •hewing tobacco and snuff. Mrs. Judson Greene Dead. 1 the visitors and it is hoped that each j person concerned will come prepared to spend the whole day. However, in case any should be unable to do that , it is most earnestly desired that each Mrs. Judson Greene died at her one of these officers in each church of home near Dunbarton Saturday afte*’- the Association shall at least be pres- noon at four o’clock, after an illness ent for that part of the conference beth Shepheard. Misses Ida Browning. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Juliub Sanders, who recently moved to-J^aXdland, Eki, ay- , peated in concert. p pounce the birth of a'little daughter | and thirty responded itb their names " Ihsit'week. who will he (jailed BlanchcJ The.minutes of last meeting were read the pipe organ by Prof. Klein, of Bam-| M| . s> Maggie Murphy’ who has 1-- and approved.' Plans were discussed cently returned from Philadelphia., for the. Children-' Hour in the (no where she took a post graduate feretne to bet held here on the 24th was one of th< h< ,-t t at ( ins ( I t , ourS(? j n nursing, is spending a while inst. and a creditable showing will b y •l.erg, was also highly appreciated. The sermon by the Rov. Howard Cady « ed during his residence hi re and • ff 1 de a profane! V* congregation. impression on his ( ol/ Harry D. I alhoun,* Messrs, recovery is hope<^ for. with her mother, Mrs. Gribbin. The made.by ourechapter. latter’s friends will regret to lojyrn Gfibes of “Women of the Sou 1 that she is suffering from a painful! in Wai^'I irses’ were presented to o’J** attack of Rheumatism and her speedy ! chapter by tRjt* Johnson Hagood Chap ter for sale.i proceeds derived there- William. McNab and W. L. Cave at- Mr. Geot'ge T. Still motored to So- from to be given our chapter. tended the banquet given by the Den- mark Chamber of Commerce Thurs day evening. Col. Calhoun was one of the speakers. ■* » journer’s Poultry Farm, near here ‘ There l>eing no furthoY business, about a week ago, and bought 25 love- meeting adjourned. (- (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Ruth H,‘ Dicks,- ‘ Press Reporter. of several years, during most of which ' that relates io his special phase of time she has been an invalid. , work. Mrs. Greene was about 70 years old 1 • • • and before her marriage was Mis* Miss Plexico Entertains. WilliecMrureVann, Carrie Cr hen, Lena | Mittie WeatlKi r sbet , She had been' ' * (ave and Pauline Richaidson.^ fora number of years a most conse- Little Mi<s Catherine Plexico, The barbecue is being handled by crated and loyal Mr. J. S. St(ll, Chairman, with Messrs. Branch Baptist J. B. Morris, Boneil Dyches, vV. A. vived by her husband, a prominent tie frie; Js Wednesdat afternoon of Owens, Gary Owens and G. M. Man, farmer of the Dunbarton section of last week with an Easter egg hunt, assistants, and the following men the county, and the following children: During the afternoon dedlightful re- have contributed meat: Messrs. W. Messrs. Furman Greene, Maxey i freshments were served. H. Manning, J. B. Armstrong, C. K. Greene, Ernest Greene, Junie Green., . ♦ Sanders, J. K. Snelliqg. J. S. Still, B. jRoliert Greene, Dayton Greene, Perry j Th(j R eV , Howard Cady is spending a H.-Dyches, J. I*. Morris,' Guij Oi^eirt, fireene, Monroe Greene, Miss Dora days in Atlanta this week. W. A. Owens, M. B. Hagood, W. P. | Greene and Mrs. Jessie * Webb, 1 Sanders and J. W. Sandbrs. Landy rtwo sisters, Mrs. H. P. Anderson, of L4unbarton, and Mrs^jSallie^ Rountree Mims has been engaged to Vue the meat, which statement is sufficient to guarantee excellent Vne. -re member of Joyce daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Llo.vd Plexi- Mu* is sur- co, entertained a number of her lit- of Augusta. Funeral serices were held from the M dinnef. ^ ; Little Misses “Erma Brown, June ^residence Sunday afternoon at five o*- A bevy of pretty girls,-members of , Milhous and Elizabeth^ Mace will act ^clock, interment following at the fam- as ushers and also assist in serving as Pages. ily cemetery. , ' . 1 . ? - 1 .-* " ’ * ■ .. HMHI -■ - —mmm ■Bonn MMnBsaniaHHBnaBn