Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' ^ ■ *' ^ ■*i........ •« i •--i . .^. •.. * T . ^ * * 'f—r • ') JjlL Mr* l< . fi.T*— ,- /• B^TOT OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTT. ^If yog wmt money, we" have it— f HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. \ m EsUbHahed in MdHLfk* a Member oF th«i patnlly* 1 Lnrgeet Cwintf CirenlatiML BARNWELL COUNTTS BEST A MOST POPULAR NEWSPAPER. . " ALL HOME PRINT. m UME XLVill, RSONAL NEWS > OF BLACKVILLE f7j& BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. r - THURSDAY, JUNE UTH, 19*5. -1 -tf NUMBER 4L vl' BRAVE BOBBY BRANER s. - "LADIES’ AID SOCIETY M WITH MRS BOLANO., —tf Barnwell Folks Attend District Con. ference.—Several Families Re- <* turned from Florida. 1 • ^ ' - Bldckville, June 9.—Miss Vera Lowe is at home from college Tor the sum mer holidays, The Ladies’Aid Society of the Methodist Church was delightfully en tertained by Mrs. T. Q. Boland last Monday afternoon. It will be a source of joy to hosts of friends to learn that the Misses Isa bella Murphy, Catherine Weissinger and Eleanor Ninestein united with the Methodist Church here last Sunday af ternoon. Three other members came in by letter—Mesdames M..P. Fan ning, Belle Huggins and Dyches. Mesdames Victor, -Horry, Jerome and Leon Martin-were visitors in Wil- liston Tuesday afternoon. r Mr. C. E. Miller, of Columbia, who is employed by the Southern Bell Tel- ephone_ Co./ is ~stopping in Blaqkville SENATOR J. THOS. HEFLIN TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT c t. EDGAR A. BROWN MAKES ADDRESS /.I 4 awhile. A- ; ^ Mr. Ralph W. Long, who JiVes in ahyland but who has been in Flori- a buying truck and^Ttuit for some time, is in Blackville now buying truck. _ xj CoT: and Mrs. N. G. W. Walker, Col. Edgar A. Brown, Messrs. C. C. JOwens and A. A. Lemon were among those Barn welt, jwha attended jthe Quarterly Conference at the Method ist Church here Sunday afternoon Miss Mary Elizabeth Kearse, who , lives near here; is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Sara ' Cooper! fR Jacksonville, Fla. Miss Hattie Hutto has been called ~ / to Denmark on account of the illness cf her sister, Mrs. Eugene Brooker. Mrs. Frank Walker and daughter, Miss Ida Blanche, of Tampa, Fla., have' "been recent visitor a|t the home #of Mrs. Walkerts sister. Mrs. David K. Briggs. It will be of interest'to hosts of friends to learn that Miss Walker is a recent graduate of.Sullins A College, in Bristol, Va. After teaching in Barnwell, Miss ' Rebecca Blatt is at home again, to the _ delight of her friends. .. . Much sympathy is felt for Mrs; Carl Buist, who was called to her par ents’ home- in Chester (recently on ac count of the critical illness of her 12 year old sister, who has since died- • Miss Helen Wragg is at home from ■ college for the summer holidays. Services at the Methodist Churcfc by the Rev. R, W. Humphries, the pastor, came to a close last Friday and were greatly enjoyed by those who attended; — Miss Mary Matheny, of'Bamberg, ’ _ wa* £ visitor here Wednesday Miss Florence Ninestein has re turned from Columbia College for the summer. Friends of Mrs. Ben Storne will be M id*‘lighted to leorn that she is improv ising wonderfully fa^t, aftey a serious operation in a Columbia hospital, and WjUI soon be at home again. * fMiss- Elizabeth Baxley is visiting L . ner aunts, Mesdames Avery and Sax- - \ on. in Augusta. ' Friends of Miss Cappie. Hutto will regret to learn that she is in a hos pital for a ,very dangerous operation. The prayers qf her pastor and Triends have been asked for. Her recovery is anxiously hoped for by many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Williard O. Brodie and family visited relatives here last Sunday. , The Misses Parlor and Appleby,, of St.. George, have returned home after a visit to Mrs. T. b. Boland. .. Mr. and Mrs. David A. Hutto and children. Henry Tlice,*■#*;, and Elbert, of Hildehran, N. C., were guests of Mr. Hutto’^ sisters, Mrs.'J. M. Hat- ford and Mrs. G.' T. Still, Monday. While in this section - they, visited Mrs. Hutto’p sister, Mrs Sigmund Walker, at Denmark, and her brother, Mr. Alfred Steadman, at Waynesboro, Ga. While motoring to Waynesboro they were greatly impressed with the beautiful farming lands between here and there along the highway. Mr. Sidney Shelton and children, ftf Wauchuta, Fla., are here Tor awhile fbuying truck and also visiting rela tives. He is a “Blackville boy” and is receiving cordial greetings fipm hosts of friends. Mrs. S. H. Rush has returned from a visit to Charleston. She was ac companied by her son, Mr. SMJ-.Rush, who graduated at the Medical College last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Myrick and fam ily, of Newberry, but former Black- vilfe residents, were guests of Mr. Bobby Braner, eleven-year-old son of City Fireman Homer Braner of Washington, Pa,, Is a candidate for a Carnegie medal foraiMict of heroism. His flve^year-old sister, Helen Louise, here seen with him, crawled beneath a freight traln7 and us the lad saw her, the train started to move. He rushed to his sister’s aid and pulled^ her to safety, but himself suffered the loas of a toe. v " “Pick, Poison, Plow Advice of Home Bank The Home Bank Ts" agaih advrsing its farmer customers and friends to “Pick, Poison and Plow” their cotton in^an effort to combat the boll weevil BARNWELL MAN TALKS CLASS IN CHARLESTON. TO Barnwell and Barnwell County Well '» /" ■ - ^ • Represented at Medical College Commencement Exercises. ; Barnwell and Barnwell pounty were well represented -at the com mencement exercises of the Charles ton Medical College Thursday night of last week, at which time Col. Edgar A. Brown, of this city, was one of the chief speakers-and in .his address he stressed the importance of prepara- tiohTor fife and the benefits of living the proper ilfe. Among the graduates in pharmacy were Julian R. Horrison, Jr., of Barnwell, and. SetmBuist Rush, of Blackville. r The' following is taken from Friday’s issue of The News and Courier: * Mr. Brown began at once to develop his theme with the announcement that he had selected as his topic “Where do<we go from here, or what does the futunMiold?” .The power of his ad dress was forcibly made-clear by his frequent use of the question. - “What-experienoe and training have you acquired to fit yourself? Have you cleared the rubbish t>f the build- iag-ja&ffetM .and laid the foundation COMES UNDER AUSPICES OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Is the Author of Resolution in Con- gress Making Second Sunday in May Mother’s Day. t' Senator J. ThoS. Heflin, of Alabama, will speak at the Vamp Theatre here this (Thursday) evening r at 8:30 o’clock, under the auspices pf the Barnwell Chamber of Commerce. The 1 subject of his Iceture will be “The Story of the South.” This announcement is of great in terest to the people of Barnwell coun ty, as the Senator’s visit to Barnwell will give them the opportunity of see ing and heafipg one of the most dis- MISS LOWDEN ENGAGED tihguished men iifpublic life today. He is said to be One of the^finest orators in the country and is Southern to the core. This characteristic is^descri- bed by Savoyard . in the Nashville October at the Lowdep home, near T-i O #1 Ct Fi-kll • ffOs-l**/*.** ^ W ^ *• Miss Harriet LoW’den, the beautiful daughter of ex-Oov. and-Mrs. Frank (X Lowden of Ittlnols, who Is betrothetl tA Albert F. M. Madlener, Jr., of Chi cago. They are to be married *tn Banner as follows: “Some-men are de- stined for publ iq' 1 i fe TrbnT fhetr cradles This boy is one of them. Helftn is a strong man, mentally, morally and physically. He is~the most genial pf men and could swap anecdotes! witK Proctbr Knott himself. There is a deal of the poet in the man, and his apos stroph^ to the cotton How Southern Tom Heflin Oregon, III. “The Life of Christ X7 To Be Presented Here it reads .■ r. as ■ and friends rs boll weevil wide distribution, lows: ^ “To our customers Barnwell County: The fight is. on. early, in June will' begin to attack your cotton. You must "fvieik- up all the Squares or forms that fall off the plant and continue to plow the cotton twice a week until late in August. If you can get poison, put this on, but the person who. trusts in “luck” and doesn’t “Pick, Poison and Plow” will not make any cotton in- our opinion and will be classed as a lazy and in different farmer.” character? How have you builded your character? Do you believe in f u- r ru . , .-—j—— . . , service?” were some of the pointedly this season* This advice is contained | ^ j r , f ^ on a circular that the bank is giving native to the soil as the fig.” Manv years ago, Senator Heflin at- of your life on the rock, the mudsill of*|^ rac ^ e ^ nation-wide attention hy shoot- ing an impudent negro on a street car ip Washington, where whites and blacks ride together in public Convey- ances. Hia career in the United States Benate has been a most distinguished one but one of the things of which he is very proud is theTact that he is the author of the resolution in Congress making the second Sunday in May Mother’s day. The People-Sentinel would like to directed Tefnafks of The speaker ‘Who aue your associates and what are your habits? Are you willing to 0 f be judged by your intimates?” Then he asked the “young ladies and gentle men”-of what extent was their vision; if they had.the narrow view of self ard what was the extent of their con- J-*' Citizen. “What will be your influchce\ for good?” he continued. “What will be the extent of your influence over those with whom you come into con tact?” Doris Elizabeth, the little • 18- months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oeland Lazar, had the misfortune to fail from a porch Monday afternoon, knocking out three lower teeth. . , According to an announcement just plant is classic, received from Mrs. Tarleton S. Ca ieflin is! An the Building Committee of,the hew okra plant cap’t beat him. He is as Barnwell Baptist Church, there is t# be exhibited at the Vamp Theatre on Tuesday, June 16th, at 8:30 p. ra., a most excellent screen,, production en titled “The Life of Christ.” This motion picture is considered one of the finest ever produced and portrays in -a very beautiful And graphic manner the life, of Christ from the annunciation through the as cension, taking in the birth of Christ, His boyhood days, works and miracles on earth, last supper, crucifixion, res urrection and ascension. Nbthing that in any way might be a denomina tional or sectarian point in the life of hrist is shown anil the endorsements i the picture has been given hurches of various ' denomina tions. “The Life^P^ Christ,” as it will be presented here, has been very highly endorsed and recommended by pastors of all Christian denominations, edu cators and well known leaders. sc 1, sntss as to the duties of the good the many press notices about the Alabama Senator, but thetf would occupy too much space. The following s od^r.that comment from the Newark, N. J. t j for churches Sunday Calk however, is typical of the impression that he has created throu ghout the North and South: “The gift of oratory is peculiar to theSouth. A nation must essentially be a law- There is something £ t he climate. abiding or a law-breaking nation, said mayhap in the sbil , which Tends to in- Mr. Brown, and no nation that is char- spire the imagination and give feHci _ acteristically law-breaking can long (ty to speech Senator HefHn . s address endure, for the day will soon come when, if laws are broken or unbroken at will, no l?w will exist. The average boy and girl, properly trained arid educated at home, have was alternately grave and humorous. His anecdotes were new and replete with the choicest elements of humor pnd when he’ turned to the serious Some critics go so far as to say that this picture will teach and impress people^ especially "children, more graphically and pidelibly with the life of Christ than a number of Sunday]" school lesimhs. Besides, it as given in | - an ‘ ' C. H. FOWLER IS A SUPT. SCHOOLS TRUSTEES.‘HAVE ANNOUNCED; SBLRCnpN, ' ; - . y Haa Taught at Clinton, Fountain Inn and Pamplico.—Graduate of • The Citadel in 1911. The Trustees of the B&rnwell High ' School announce the selection of Mr. C. H. Fowler as superintendent, to, succeed Supt. J. D. Robinson, who re signed to accept a similar position at Abbeville. This selection wag made from a Jjarge number of applicants, all of whom ara very fine gentlemen. Many of them visited Barnwell in per son ta look ovor the field. Mr. Fowler comes very highly reccommended, having had 14 years experience in teaching at Clinton, Fountain Inn and Pamplico. He is a graduate^of The Citadel, having worked his way through that insti tution and finishing high in the Class of 1911. Mr. Fowler, who is a man about 36 years of age, has a wife and two children, all of whom wilj^meet i with a warm welcome from the citi zens of Barnwell. He is a Presby terian. ‘ The trustees now have, jijpder con sideration an assistant to the super intendent, who will have a class but will also devote much of his /time in coaching the boys. Miss Elizabeth ckhalter has been elected princi pal of the school and will have charge of the basket ball team and other sports for the girls. The trustees be lieve that everything points to one df the most successful years, in the his tory of the school. , Other members of the facn be announced later. Southern Cot|pn Oil Co. Now Independ The Southertr- Cotton Oil tJompanjr, .which has been in bankruptcy pro ceedings for nearly>a year, is again tuhned over to ths owners of the com pany by the receivers, Arthur T. Van derbilt and Charles G. Wilson. This was done by virtue of an order signed a few days ago in Savannah by Judge W. H. Barrett, vacating the receiver ship, to take effect on May 29. This order wag psked for by the receivers themselves. The local representative of this company is J. R. Boylston, who is in arge of the company’s mill In Allen dale / >ol lesions. Besides, it <is given in | \ The now ha * headquarters intensely interesting manner and 1 * n ^ ew Orleans,^instead of in New York^ as formerly, and has been re organized jvith an entirely new per sonnel. Only the ihcorporate name has been retained to link up the pres- ^ aspects of his subject he was eloquent ahd Mrs. John Turner for awhile last ; formed their character by the time to a degree that enraptured his audi-'^tld^ the attention of the spectator Sunday. From here they went to Ul- they have reached the age of twenty-ience.” ' j | from beginning to end. mers to visit Mr. Myrick’s parents, j cne. he said. There are exceptions, j The Chambe»- of Commerce invites! Appropriate music^ both instrumen- Mr. and Mrs, William Myrick. ' but the general ryle/remains, and most! the people of Barnwell County to hear tal and vocal, has been arranged to Miss Marguerite Brooker, cf Den- of the students how leaving the insti- | this distinguished son of Abe South > ccol PP an y th e entire picture and this ! f. nt C0 ™P an y *vith the. old organiia- mark, was a visitor here Sunday . Mr. ahd Mrs. Leroy Fanning and family are at*their home here>, .after spending the winter in Florida. tution.' arcmlready. molded “after a i when he visits this city. An admission ' no doubt add considerably to the ! V° n ' ^ n ^ re |y Southern capital is now fashion ret.” • ]\ . (of $1 will be charged to help defray impressiveness. • \ AllendsI* ‘Life is a series of infinite chances,” i expenses ahd, it is hoped, add some- and it may lead one way or another, I thing to the treasury of that organi- one n *Kht and in order that everyone Mrs. A. B. Hair and son, George , but it is the strong, clean characters zation. Come oqt, hear a splendid or- Hamel, Mrs. “Sam Buist and Sapi, Jr., j in a community that «xert the most Mrs. J. W. Hamel and Mrs. Sallie Vil- 1 influence. The professional man is the lineuve visited Dr. Tom Greene at El- j guide to destiny of the country, an<L loreejast week-end. (he not onfy sees the dangers ahead, Miss Sara Browne, of Augusta, has but has the power to avert these dah- returned home after a visit to her cousins, Misses Etta’ and Mathis. j gers, and “a part depends orkyou,” he Hettie . explained. ' To be able to work-in unison, to co- • i- T-.j * .r, i / were greatly surprised, to learn of Presiding Elder Graves, .of Orange- j operclte with others around* live a • • \_, • i * ^ ‘ if • ‘ . “wT. arounu « M nve a their marriage which occurred at the ator and help a good cause. Cook-DeW itft. Blackville, ,June 8.— The many friends of Mr. W. H. DeWitt, Sr., and Airs. WilHemina Cook, of Blaekville, The program will only he exhibited ^ oun ^y Citizen. may avail themselves of this oppor tunity, popular prices will be charged. Incidentally, the amount realized by the Building Committee will be applied toward the erection of the new church and the support and cooperation of everyone is requested. Snelling News. burg, - preached a splendid and v^ry , usefiR, active, life, is more to be de timely sermon at the Methodist ^ .sited •'thap the acquirement of great Church last Sunday afternoon. • '{-selfish^power or riches; the one is the Mr. and Mrs. Newton Heckle, of swp^hp of selfishness, the other the Dunbarton, visited Mrs. ^ Heckje’s JfiHtop of human brotherhood, said parents Mr. and Mrs. John C. M^t-^ Mr. Brown in conclusion, thews, Bunday. Mr. Melvin Creech has returned from a visit to Charleston. While there he took in the graduating exer- i Death of Mrs. S. G. Matthews. Baptist Church at Aiken, at 10 o’clock Lunchstand at Pool. Mr. H. J. Phillips, propietor of jthe Saturday mornitig. The marriage j. and j. Sanitary Market, announces was a very quiet affair pratk‘ally none n hat he hag opened an up-to-date of their friends having any knowledge j hn)< . h 5tand Dy*e S ’ Summing that ,t waa to take plaee. After the and patron5 of that plea!Ure re . ceremony Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt board- ed?a train for a trip to Atlanta and other places and upon their .return sort tan now get fresh sandwiches of all“kirtds, milk, cold drinks, etc. Williston,’ June 8.-ytfrs. Sam G. ,, , * i j cises at the Medical 'College and vis- Matthews died here this afternoon in' r ‘ e 1 IS ° ne ° e ar{?es an will make their home at Blackville. E ver ytbing will be kept Strictly sani tary and supplies will be furnished ited many places of interest. her 70th year, following an illness of Mrs. G. L. Weissinger and daughter, several weelcs. While her health was Miss Helen, were among those from not of the best for several years, her holders in this part of the State pos sessing real estate in both Barnwell and Bamberg Counties and numbers lere who went to Charleston/to be friends and relatives will be shocked). hig frtends by the score. Mrs. DeWitt present at the graduation oTJMr. Sem to hear of v her death. Her husband, a Buist Rush in pharmacy af^the Med- wealthy retired farmer of Williston, ical College. j has been an invalid for several years To the delight oL hosts of friends, and the tender care with which Mrs. Mr. and Mrs, Leroy Still .have re- Matthews nursed him was a ‘severe turned to their home here for the tax upon her strength. Her death is •summer, after spending the winter in peculiarly sad in that Mr. Matthews Florida, where Mr. Still was engaged was so dependent upon her. 'Mrs. 4n the real estate business.*^ : ~] Matthews was a most loyal member Misses Mary and Imogene Still are of the Elko Baptict Church amHHW at home for the summer after being .Christian lady, in college. • “’X; Henry Still and Sol Brown are at home from the Citadel for the holi days: , - The Quarterly Conference convened at the Methodist Church here Sunday afternoon. -4*, Master Joe Stafford Halford is vis- Tting his sister, Mrs. ; W. 0. Brodie, ip Orangeburg for two weeks. Sh° will hf. greatly | missed by her many friends. Before her marriage she Was Miss Pawnee Burkhalter, )f Milbrook section' of Aiken County and is 3u»Vved by her husband and one sister,’ Mrs. M. T. Holley, df Aiken, and two brothers, Messrs. L. J. and J. H. Burkhalter, of Aiken. ■Funeral services wijl be hoHat the Williston Cemetery at 4 o'clock. is a very attractivfe la<ty. universally liked and has held a position with the Bell Telephone Company Southern here for a number of yed^*- *TT' m Denmark News fresh daily by his market. Dr. Mace Returns Home. X- and Mrs i Baxley and ackviHe, were Denmark, June 9.—Mr Jake Baxley, Miss Alva Mr. Paul Baxley, of Blac recent visitors here. M ss Virginia Hutto is n<^w at home for the summer. She taught last year in Augusta../Sh^^has recently -been elected to a position in the Barnwell schools and will teach there next . Dr. L. M. Mace returned home Fri day night from Columbia, where he has been in a hospital for several weeks, following two .very serious op erations. His mdny friends will be glad to know that he has so far recov- nj ered as to be able to sit up for a short . while each day. and it is Hoped that he Snelling, June 9.—Mr. and Mr*. Calhoun Turner, of Orangeburg, snent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W, B. \ Parker. . Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cook and chil^ dren snent Thursday at •Dunbarton with Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Ander- son. • Mr. Melvin Lane spent the week end at his home at Cartersville. Mrs J. J. HilJ and daughters, Misa Jamesina Hi!i and Mrs. T. D. Creigh ton, Jr., spent Saturday afternoon at Barnwell with Mrs. T. D. Creighton, Sr. • - j K . • Mesdamek O. D. Moore, Wlfc Rurt- er and S.'E. Moore were visitora in Williston Friday afternoon. Miss Lucy Cook spent Saturday with Mrs. W. B. Parker. ' ^ ■ Mr. L- & Hair,-Mr! and Mrs. L. A. Frederick and daughter, Mias Nina Frederick, of WilUaton, were visitora here Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cook; and child ren spent Sunday with relatives at 'Williston. - ?ar. Mr. W. H. Wooley, of Elko, was a recent visitor here. Advertise in The People-Sentinel will soon be on the streets again. Woman Lawyer Speaks tress Denmark, June 4.—IMtis* Alva Baxley, of the law firm of NinesteKL and Bax ley, of Blackville, delivered ap at the Baptist Church Sunday ii absence of the pastor, Dr. Frank Kelly, who was in attendance at Ihe union meeting of the Bamberg-Barn- well Association at Old Springtown Church. Loves “the Old Pa per." “Send me The Barnwell People, as I just lovjrthe old paper and some of our family have always taken it. Please send paper this week.’’ writes ' Mrs. Cdy Thomas, of Fairfax route JL.in sending in her subscription. T^e People-Sentinel is very glad indeed to add her name to the mailing list, already several times as large aa that >f any other newspaper published in Barnwell County Another new sab- scribeV- Mr. J. N. Andei popular agent for the Southern way at Barn#ell^ A, • i.-\ s • :> .-J*. ' ' t k