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v' . vC^TUE OIFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWElL COUNTY.*^! *If you want money, we have it— If you have money, we want it.” HOME BANK OF -BARNWELL. c i’ Established in 1877 Just Like & Member of the Family” Largest County Circulation. BARNWELL COUNTY'S BEST & MOST POPULAR NEWSPAPER. -) ALL HOME PRINT. OLUME XLVUI. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MAY 28TH. 1925. NUMBER .59. SESSIONS COURT Interesting Meeting j! CONVENES HERE W. SANDERS IS ACQUITTED Ol MURDER CHARGE. ’•luch Interest Manifested in 'I rial of Fred Snelling for Murder of Dock Gantt. by Local U. D. Q.\ T ; ^ •' ~—hr v On 1'riday afternoon, the 22nd inst., ! was held one of thd most int^restintr ! meeting’s that the Johnson Hagood Chapter, U. I). C., has held 'his year, the meeting being held at the home of Miss Cat t ie. Cohen, with Mes(lames ; II; R. Black, B Moore and_S. / A. McNab hostesses COMMENCEMENT ■ AT BLACKVILIE o 1 ' GRADUATING EXERCISES WILL BE HELIlirONIGHT. R. assisting ' Annual (ddrt'ss to Senior Class M ill Be Made bv Dr. Marshall. ^ r Excellent Program. BANKERS POSSESS KEY TO SITUATION ^ t M j GOVERNOR McLEOD TALKS/OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. I)(*clarcs Agriculture Must he Aided by Bankers and Manufacturers in Spee< h at Aiken. - Aiken, May’ll).—More depends upon the bankers of .he State probably than upon any- one other class of business men in the solving of South Carolina’s economic problems, declared Gov. Thomas G. 'McLeod, speaking at an transacted. Interesting reports were j 2 l s t inst., with an enjoyable program dj(? fashioned and sumptuous barbecue The Court of General Sessions con- - I Blackvillle May 2t5.—Another sue-, ened here’ Monday mc.rning with . interestin * f V'W™™ w ? s ^ ‘ cessful session of the Blackville High udgeJIayne K. Rice, of Aiken, pre- r ^ d out ,* nd thn la ^ numb ,? r ' ,re f nt -.School will corhe to a dose Thursday iding. r Five’cases were disposed of e,.ju,eu .«,«f u.eeun^ | night, with graduating exercises by thoroughly enjoyed the meAiing. This r he first day—one .for murder and four' ni((ting of th( | the Senior Clas. The commencenu'nt or violation of -the prohibition law. < * U ' tc a L ,l, d^ (.« ul of business ^ as j exercises began Thursday ,night, the «. W. Sanders, State- constable, who was'charged w ; th the murder of Rich- ma< 1 ’ t ^ 01 ^'wis, ICcai( 11 , p U pjj s 0 f ^j 1(1 p r j mar y depart ed McMillan, a negro, several weeks of Crosses, showing applu-ali.r. J for | mont Tomorrow (Wednesday) night, .go, was acquitted: Mc Millan wa.- •rilled by Mr. Sanders when he re sis t- Another Large Still • FATHER SHOT BY Captured in County SON ON^TUESDAY fr^pr /l-EE SANDERS SERIOUSLY HURT NEAR B.VRNWftLL. ■t Difficulty Is Said to IIa\e Resulted from Alleged Whipping of Another Son. The second to the*, largest still captured in Barriwell C|mn f y was taken in a raid Monday afternoon of ’ast week near the Joyce Branch sec tion, in the Western part of the county. Sheriff Boneil II. Dyches, with his depiitX’, W. A. Hayes, State Constable J. W. Sanders, W. P. San- • ders and R. B. Kearse, made the raid, Lee Sanders, a white man who lives which might he termed successful in several miles East of Barnwell, .was every particular.^ shet and serious-ly wounded Tuesday The- still is said to have belonged morning by fits son, Curtis Sanders, to a white man, but negroes were fit 1 he latter’s home. The injured man operating it at the time. Five were •wtur'brought to Barnwell for medical at work but all of them fled. One 1 treatment and it was found that about :§ •d hr rest in connection with an arson ase near Kline. Dick Burgess was convicted of vio- ating the prohibition law and a sealed entc'nee imposed. Robert Cave 1 , ,young wh tv boy, •leaded guilty to the charge of viola- ing the prohibition law and was sen- encc'd to eight months at hard labor yn the State penitentiary, service at three Crosses of Honor by Veterans; also report on Jefferson Davis'* High way ahd Monument by Mrs. John Ulmer, and an excellent report by Miss Anna Walker On Memorial Day exercises which were held in the school auditorium on May loth, at which time the history prize was presented to little Miss'Claire Dicks. The chapter went on record as dinner at the Aiken Agricultural Club given for the hankers of the Second the pupils of the intermediate de-1 Congressional District, group two of partment will present a play entitled | the South Carolina Bankers’ Associa- “Some Class,” in four acts. The cast, tion meeting in Aiken today. favoring the work done by th>' Barn- [) uncan well County Council of Farm Women and has offered a prize of t." (K) of characters include the following:' Sam Mathis, Elizabeth Baxley, The resa Eunderhurg, Josephine Morris, Ralph Delk, Volpo Still, Tracy Willis, Miriam Hutto, James Buist, Joe Hal ford, Etta and Hettte Mathis, Ethel Hightower, Sa' i Matthews and Kittie _lhe penitentiary rather than on the Pilain KanK iK-ing impwd hV Judif- .Ini' in Ihi- rminty ra i-im-| lie-,. Ix-i'aus''- .f lh.- y..uth of thu ac- thc li > r ‘-' < ' 5, am ' !unt lo1 ' sch ° o1 fmovement within the coming yeai ! After torical Sketch of the LG The program for Thursday night is 111 ' as follows: used. Andrew Join's also pleaded guilty to " iolating the prohibition law and was -enteneed t > eight mourns at hard la- , • . • ... Simms, by Miss Kate Maher Simms; >or on the chain gang or in the- pern- ’ the business meeting a his- program was carri 'd out: .«i 11 ■ entiarv. of William Gilmore ite Maher Simms Sketch of the life of Jefferson Davi- by Mis. A. J. Bennett. During the social half hour delic ious refreshments, consisting of sand wiches and iced tea. were served.— Daisy D. Bennett, publicity director. Ernest Brown and Clifford Robin son, who pleaded guilty to violating he prohibition law, were sentenced to S months at hard labor on tlicjfir: iin .ring >r in the State penil The Snelliiig Case. . Much interest wa- manifested inn he so-called "Snelling case,’ which vent on tryil Tuesday morning. Fred Literary Society Spelling was charged ;with the mur- —Invocation. '—^r- Salutatory— Ruby Bates. Class History—Samuel H. Still. Class Prophecy—Mattie Ma * Still. Last Will and Testament of the Senior Class of 1925—Claude Ray. Valedictory—Juds >n Sanders. Moon of the Springtime—Chorus. Annual Address—Dr. Marshall. Presentation of Diplomas. , • Presentation .of I). A. R. Scholar ship-Medals. America. , i Benediction. Excellent Program ter ot Dock Gantt at a negro church . i) un i )ar t'>n, May 2d.—As announced ear .Barnwell several months ago, his | af . t week, there will he no commence ment exercises for the Dunbarton High School, but the closing ef a very * anther, Elizabeth Snelling, and two 1-others. C. R. and Herbert Snelling.. ■eing named as accessories. 1 wo oth- r negroes. Lank Williams and Henry •unbar, also named as accessories, vere riot tried, as there was m* evi- .ence comuH'ting tliem with , the al- ■ged murder. The State introduced -no testimony of seven witnesses. bile the defense examined more than .0 Tuesday. The 'defense closed its isc Tuesday afternoon and th- open- ig argument uas made by Solomon •Uatt. Esq., who is assisting Solici- ■ ,r Carter in the prosecution, before ve Court adjourned for the. day. The • ase 'vas expected to be given to the n y Wi dnesday morning True Bills. ThevGiaml Jury returm'd the fob •wing 'I'rue Bills: J. W. Sandei s, murdet Harden .West, murder. W. H Deki Mbit ion law. Hallie Long, violation of th .tii*M law., Ha’good Pri.'ster, violation «»f the rohil'ition law. G. L. Kn -tfs, violation of th. prohi- • tion law. # James Giubbs. \i'flat ion 'd the pro- ihition law. Paul W'ashiegt'vn, violation t the rohibition law. IMant (dry . Mr. W. M. H-irtin, of Ula., was a \ isitor in tin week. He is now connected with the Plant City Realty Co., dealers in real estate, groves and subdivisions. Other States, Governor Mcheod de clared, are confronted with problems «. .v' ' • not unlike those of South Carolina, but other States, he added, do not ad vertise those problem^ as is <ionc in South Carolina,'•'where, he declared, “We have been trying to solv<‘ thj'fn by expediency.’' Agriculture, he said, must bv -aided by the hankers and by the manufac turers so that South Carolina farmers will not be entirely dependent upon the successful production and the suc cessful marketing at a profit of then- cotton. “Every barker,” he said, “should constitute himself the guardian of his comhiunity in order to make its agri culture more productive." Ami if nee- essary,. “the present system of having 'agriculture paper fall due in the fall of the year in accordance with tiie old custoin,” should he changed; Revert ing to the economic problem of the State", Governor McLeod said that tjhe City,‘idea that by de-tructive measures tjhe last problem can hi solved is eld wrong. • Needs Team Work. , y “The tearing down process ifc •all was arrested in the chase that follow- 00 bird shot had hjt him in the head, ee and confes d. Since then, how- i left sid^and left arm. the most serious wounds being caused by one oi more shot that pierced/‘his left lung.' He was spitting up t .blood and fearing that ever, three other men who were recog nized at the still have been captured by the sheriff and lodged m the coun ty jail. This makes eight men, three of them white men, Jthat Sheriff Dyches, with his working forge, has landed in about that many working days. i ■) The still capturco last vv.*<'k was 125 gallons capacity. Twenty gallons of liquor had been run, and the en tire outfit, together with 1,500 gal lons of mash, was destroyed; Mrs'. Calhoun Entertains. Mrs. L. M. Calhoun entertained the Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club last week. The high score prize was won by Mrs. Edgar A-^Brown and the '•(insolation was cut by Mrs. J. D. R bison. After the games ice cream and cake were served. Send vour Job Work to The Peonle violation of the prn- prohi- successful session will he featured by an excellent program by the Wooilrow | Wilson Literary Society turnon >w (Wednesday) evening. The officers of this society are: Linwood Bush, president. Franklin Whaley, secre tary. lIsherjs 4 for t nnoirow night are Evelyn Rountree, Margaret Kirkland. Ernest Eubank- and Leonard Drum mond. The program in full is as .fol lows tv Invocation. Reading —Mary „K n kland. Music High School Choixts; Recitation—Gwendolyn Ellis. Ri" itation Bernue, Drummond. Music--^Gladys Bush. Current Events- Loulie Greene. E-say Lul.t Mae Bush. Musie Louiso Williams. Debate Resolved, That the State should furnish fnV text hoiks. Af firmative, Beatrice Heckle and Mary Belle Rountrc'; negative. Beatrice Hie! ' and LiiciUc Heckle. Music Naomi Lowtnan. Announcenv ids—Supt. H. ri, King. Music H’gh School Chonis. Ihqi a t of Judges. .. BARNWELL COUNTY’S PART OF LICENSE REFUND $3,886.50 COUNTY TREASURER RECEIVES CHECK FOR AMOUNT. Dick Btiri'c :biti m law. Robert Cave tion law. violation of the pi o \ iolat ion of t he pnohi Grand .lur - . Presentment. The (irand Jury completed its ie 1 m Monday •afternoon violation of-1h" >h: » •esiding pro i ■ Li, violation of ti;e pm- Andrew Hay • tion law. Andrew Joma aliition law. Ernest Biowur, CB>ord Robinson, t •scarriklaitH's. Steve Drummoiids ami Nelson Eubank;, violation of the pra- .hit ion law. E. R. Beasley, assault and battery . uh intent to kill. John Abney, obtaining goo is under ’fd-je-pr(4(‘l)-'-(» T Automobile Owners Who Paid License Fee Before Reduction Will Get Money Back. A cheek for .sd.XHlkat) w.us mailed to County Treasurer J. B. Armstrong by the State Trea-urer last week, accord ing to a letter from the Highway De partment. This am iunt represents the money to be refunded to automo bile owners in Barnwell CoUnty who bought their licenses before the foes were 'educed at the last session of the General Assembly. The money will be refunded by the county treas urer. ' - . • Til' follow big is a copy of thb let ter sent to Cipt. Armstrong by the ( State Highway Department: i “Dear Sir: It is hereby eirtified I that Sectiml 1 ■! an Act of the Gen eral A-sefnhly, approved Mardi 2-'l. 1925. entitled ‘An Alt to Ametvl an Net Entitled ‘A i A«t to Brov.de for a State System of Hard Surface, Top Soil and Other Dependable Types of Highways, in TJ i. • State.' Known, as work for tin and made the following PresentmeftiL T > the Hbn. H. Iw Rice. Judge: We, the Graml Jury for Barnwell! Act No. ritl o County, having completed ur work j 1«_ reduce *jtho L i ens,* of Automobile!- f,u the present term, beg have to and Increase the lax on Gasoline, report as follows: 1 j contains'on«' paragraph of which thi 1. We have pfis-o'd upon all in-; following is a tine copy: ‘ Jhe Stati )F the Acts of 1921. so as thorized. empowet i dietment tor. 2. We hslve made examinations of refund t" any person.-firm n^orpora- the Po- r 1 louse and the Jail and find tion who ha purchased a license the former in\geod condition and the priot to this Act all in excess of the latter in excellent oonditilon. i fee fixed herein. The Statg Highway We have also looked'into the Department sliji 11 make at least tour Large Audience Enjoys IBm. chain gang and find the same in good The Vamp Pheatie was packed ti> condition, the prisoners-ban.! mules Treasurer.’ “In pursuance of the provisions contained in' the foregoing, this De partment compiled the requind lists of refunds to be made in each county, thi* Comptroller General’s office veri fied the respective totals and the State Treasurer has stated he will fugwiud to you today his check for the amount of $.‘1,880.50, together with one copy of the list of all persons, firms or corporations in your county who. prior to the passage and approval of the Act referred to. had purchased motor vehicle licenses for the current year, showing the respective amount of the refund_to which each is-cnlitidd. “The'State Highway Commission requests yoti, immediately upon re ceipt of this check and the accom panying list to write out and mail your checks to the persons, funis in corporations whose names and ad-* dresses are gideii. for the respective amounts shewn to he due in each case. By acting promptly in, this matter you will render an especially aluable MU'vice to the motor vehicle owners coqcei ned and also to this Depart ment, particulariy in saving the own ers and this department much unnec essary correspondence regarding these refunds. •' i - f ■ “We weiconv thi- opportunity also to draw your -utention to Uie fact that the additional two cents per gal lon ga-oline ta\ levii'd under thl'j. right," he said, “as long as itris a pruning process, but no good when it simply tears down and gives nothing n return. iSouth Carolina needs team work and brain work,” he im pressed upon his audience of about 200 men and women. “The State’s tax problem has got to be solved, but it will not be solved by passing the buck.” So far as the farmers’ present plight is concerned, said the governor, “thi* bankers have the key to thi* sit uation,” adding ms a note of warning lhat “just as sure as the farms go down.'the hanks will go down too.” A business session was held at thi court house pri >r to the barbecue din ner. William B. Turner, president of the Bank of Western Carolina, presid ing. The address of welcome was made by Juliar^B. Salley, vice presi dent of the Bank of Western ('; rolina, Harry I). Calhoun, president of thi H me Bank of BarnWelt, responding in happy vein. W. W. Bradley, State, bank exam ine! - , followed with a practical talk on “Problems of the Bankers. Mr. Bradley did not sp-ak in discouraged tone but advocated a central banking committee to take the place of the federal loan, which, he siiid. “did not remain long enough with us.' Co; mei Congressman \ U. 'Lever, president of th.- (’aiidina 1 'Joint Stock Land Bank, of < olumbia, made a stir ring talk in which he declared, “V\e are unwise in letting the impression go out through the great North and East,.that we aie a bankrupt 1 eoplc. pneumonia might develop, Sanders was hurried to the Orangeburg hos- ital. His son, who is charged with the shooting, was arrested by Sheriff B incil H. Dyches and lodged in the county jail to await the outcome of' the wounded man’s injuries. From'what can be learned here of the difficulty, it is alleged that San ders whipped a younger son Sunday,- the boy leaving home and going to the home of his brother, Curtis Sanders. The father wfent to j Curtis Sanders’ 1 ume Tuesday morning to get the lad and, it is said, a^ain whipped and choked the bjy, whereupon Curtis Sanders struck him with the stock of a shotgun and bit him with, hjs fists, succeeding in nreaking his hold on the boy. I-rf'e Sanders, so his son claims, then made a motion towards his pock et and fearing that his fathfir was at,-u tempting to draw a weapon, Curtis fired one shot at a distance of 30 or 40 yard>. It is understood that the wounded man suffers from a mental disease at times. ' a Fifty per rent. <>f the farmer' in South* handed to us' by the Solu i-! Highway Commission C hereby au ( 1 and directed t<i above mrntfi’ule l Act, to he distributed a I to Die counties to be used by thi coun ty 'authorities exclusively for the con* s(ruction oi maintenance of roads not CjuSolina are not today producing as nujLh s-s tlieii families coixmne, he pointed out, if cl ithing. food<iuffs and educational exocnses are t<» '>e count ed in the cost. -j Need of Industries. Mr. Lever inpre-sed the great and crying need of more industries in South Carolsna, declaring that the?' State h;is not the proper economic hal- ince. “Capital is needed. Laws a'fw Kline Graded School to Close Next Wejek The Kline Graded School will close a successful session under the direc tion of Prof. S. C. Dunlap next week and appropriate exercises will he held Thursday and Friday nights, June 4th and 5th. Thursday night’s program will be featured by an address by the Hon. J. H. Hope, State superintendent of education. Friday night the high school department will present “A Box of Monkey The program for the two nights is as follows: Thursday, 8:00 V. M. Address—Supt. J. H. Hope. - Open Discussion —County Board and Trustees. Friday, 8:00 P. M. "A Box of Monkeys" High School Depai tment. Act 1—Afternoon. Three Choru.-es by the Primary and Intel mediate Departments. Monologue Mildred Lewis. Dialogue .Melvin Moody and Lucy Sanders. Act 2 -Evening. Cast m Characters. Edward Ralston; a •promising voung American, half i wner *>f the Sierra gold mine—H. N: J., J Chauncey Oglethorpe, his partner, second s m of Lgid Doncaster ~H. T. Mrs. Ondegti J'juu'S, an admirer of rank- Mary M Sierra Bengal.no. her niece, a prai rie rose—Gladys L. Lady Guinevere Llandpoore, an En glish primrose, daughter of the Ear! of Pavnaught—Lilly Mae. coma; iparity Tuesday night to witness reduction of “Deacon Dubbs” by the Senior CJass of the Barnwell High Seho ri ;iniF everybody presirirt seemed •o he delighted with the *pei foiniaOce, t firing the consensus of opinion that \va< one of the I'c'st “1 >eal talent” t * . nlay.s seen here in a long time. To compliment the imjividual performers would fie to call the roll of the entire ast of characters', fur it was indeed anL‘;41 star vast.” The pltty was-un der the direction of Miss Elizafieth ITuTi'khalter and the manniu n which u > the fiuing'well care I for. L The eomniittee appointed by th* /irand Jury fr ini its members to look into the feasibility of joining with Bamfierg'^tind Aiken Counties in the erection and maintenance of a Poor Farm for the use of the three rounties report to the Grand J.uy that they have made some investigations but ni'e not prepaied to make- their final report t.> this body. We thank v nir Honor and the So- for the eoui tesises extended and the help rendered us in the Y‘ • licitor performers' acquitted themselves a h o. com ii ment to her•cntieh- V A substantial sum was realized and the moqey will be used for a memorial Wwutbe.ri^lass of 1925. I'eifornianeet of our duties'." Respectfully submitted. R. I: ROUS’TREE. Mav 25, 1925. Foreman. Advertise in THE PEOPLE. copies-of a list of alf persons, fil ms or corporations in each county who have purchased' licenses, together w.tH the amount'of refund to which -uch per son, firm or eorporr.tioii .is entitli'd. The State Highv. - \ Depart mer.t shall transmit three copies of sifi V list to the Comptroller General, who rindl transmit two coji’es of’such li t t<> the State Treasure . together with a war rant for the tori'! amount to be refund ed to each coufity. The Stale Treas- urcr shall sen I to the 1 reasurer of each eoutity the total amount to be re- funded to tTie persons, firms and cor- * i| porations in su li edunty, with a copy j of the names and amounts of refunds for..such county. The County Treas urer of each county shall pay to each person, firm or corporation in' such j county the amounts of refunds shown on the list received from ihc State ing the coming into South Caro- li-na if investing capital are sadly needed, a-, are laws protecting irulus- try as well ;!?- :ig) icuk-me Possibili- if- I'ties qxist foi, the builijmg up4n South in the St at ('"High way- System, i- quired to be ffistrifiuted on a b.asis of j (’ a r<iHnil of a juot'eiA,v unsurpassed by the amount^nf, lictmsu fees s-ollected.| an y "State in' t)»e i’nioii.” he dee from automobile- and trucks in the Hie qndevelpped Vesouiies various counties'.' In shoit, yotS^OOn- tv will shale in the' bedetits 'oT"this gas dine tax fund in direct proportion to the amount of license fees collected Seem itu from your county. This fact, there fore, should, and I am sure when gen erally known will, constitute a very real incentive* o all peace officers and citizens throughout your county tivco operate to the fullest possible extent he di dared. are here.”/' •K. A. Padgett, 'f Edgefield, deliv ered ;a piai'tie.d talk on ••Overdrafts after which officers • if the group were electfid to si i Ye for the ensuing y ar, a' follows: B. W. Crouch. Saluda, president; Walter E. Richardson. Beaufort, vice president; O, C. Gunter, Saluda^-secretary and treasurer. The retiring secretary and dev 1 at the Vamp Theatre Thurs- <tverting. May 28. at eight-tltirtv. ID. A. R. Chapter Meets with this Depai tment in its effffFts to i treasurer. Lieut.-Gov. E. B. Jackson, enforce the Start'’' motor vehicle li-| 0 f Wagcner.viecuyed «t rising vote, of cense laws. j thanks for hb “As a means of dissi'minaiing 1 ten-years. - knowledge of these provisions of law j Mr, Jackson wps later, at a meeting On Tuesday -afternoon, the 19th inst., the Barnwell Chapter D. A. R., Aryices during the past ! held a very interesting meeting at i the home of MesdamesTldM. Cave and among the people at large, I am ta king tin- liberty of furnishing a copy of this letter to the newspapers in yjiur county, with a request that it he chaii hutn fif -the published.” ^ *•'• of the hewlv. elected officers, named B. VV. Sexton, had and Election of officers^xas the officers w'-ero reelected execurive committeeman, and Mr. Tur-j to serve another year. After the ner. retiring chairman, was elected | business was disjH'nsed with a de- Barnwell High School News. Xhe-^erior ph y was a splendid suc- ce-s. Each per; n took" his part well, ho wring that It-* had had goad coach ing. Miss Rufi khalter gave much'of her valuable tion to practising and to drilling the Senii rs.' , The music pupils all showed the re- su.l? s oi’ excel]e'nt ' teach ring as the music recital Wednesday afternoon, was a success. / Their technique was good, and Mrs. Cumming' had drilled t!vem 'U thoroughly that all were famiuar enough, with their selections t i play them with case. The enmmencem'*nt exeriis-'s are to Ire lulli )JT- nomination commit-i^riHdous salad 1^. tee lowed by mint 1 course with iced tea, f»U^_ ^ ints. \vas served. ‘ jy • f — . > ) teuaa^rnmmmaammm , . ;