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' BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 30TH, IMS.
LutfMt County Orcnlrti—
HE COAST COUNTRY, A
LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
VALUABLE PUBUCITY
FOR BARNWELL COUNTY
FAVORED SECTION ATTRACTS
— ATTENTION.
KIDNAPED AND WED
Bluff ton and Other Coastal Sections
Becoming: Mecca of Vacationists
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and Investors.
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The editor of The People-Sentinel
erk.ioyed a short outing last week at
Brighton Beach, near Bluffton, where
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. All, of Al
lendale, have recently built a com
fortable 16-<room hotel for the ac-
cn^unodation pf those who wish bo
enjoy the marty attraction^ offered by
that section at a minimum of cost,
and was agreeably surprised at the
signs of coming activity in the coas
tal country. The location pf this new
resort is on New River, only a few
miles inland from the Atlantic
Ocean, and the site was purchased
from Mr. Tom Lawton, who already
has disposed of all 'pf his water-fromt
lots. Here one may enjoy bathing,
fishing and a general rest from' the
y and bustle of every-day life,
oftly about three hour’s run from
well over excellent highways,
rdered by magnificent pjks drapid
' ~\ Spanish moss. The most pictu
lesoue route is by way of Yemassee
to Ridgeland, although the cut-off at
Almeda saves a few miles.
_ The editor and his family left
Barnwell shortly after one o’clock in
the afternoon and arrived at “All’s
Joy Hotel’’ in time for a swim before
• supper. The following ‘ morning, a
half-hour automobile ride carried him
seveial miles up New River for a few
hours’ fishing in fresh water. In the
aftemon enjoyed a ( try at salt
water fishing. The remainder of his
visit was spent in fishing, swimming
and trips to nearby points of interest.
Bluffton is a picturesque old vil
lage that is being awakened from
its many years of peaceful exsistence
by the advent’ of vacationists arid
th >se seeking an opportunity to in
vest in real estate. On Sunday after
noons, the road leading into Bluffton
is lined with automobile's loaded with
Savannah people, many of whom
claim that they much prefer that
seettan to their own Tybee., Already
there are evidences of a real estate
boom, as the'pioneers, charmed by
Bluffton’s climate and restfulness,
induce their friends back home to
visit the coast. Quite a number of
'people from Allendale and other places
have purchased lots and plan to
build summer cottages before another,
season. .
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The writer was told tha^ there is a
nearby island that has never been
visited by frost. On it is a twenty-
acre field, of volunteer cotton, ready
for picking, that(will make a substan
tial yield. The soil appears to be
quite fertile and in some sections the
com crop is particularly fine. Liv-
g costs are very reasonable, and
this, in combination .with soil' and
climate, makes it ensy to understand
why many prefer to seek their for
tunes there rather than in Florida.
A short time ago, Mr. James D.
Grist, of Yorkville, wrote a very in-
i teresting .article about Horry County
and the famous Hoary Strand, declar
ing that there is nothing in. Florida
to compare with it. The writer is
of the opinion that the entire coastal
section of South Carolina is on the
eve of a boom that wi]l rival that of
the Land of Fowers.
In" addition to the new hotel re
ferred to above, there is a delightful
fishing camp near Bluffto-n where a
tent may be rented, the vacationists
(preparing their own meals or getting
them at the camp cafertertb. Several
Barnwell people were guests 4 there
■ last week. This camp, it is under
stood, will be moved to Palmetto
Beach, adjoining Brighton Beach,
nlext season. The writer was also
told that another hotel will be built
there shortly. *.
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Barnwell Crops Excel.
Miss Ernestine Bean,; stenographer
of Kansas City, who says she was the
victim of a kidnaping plot in which
she was forced to marry her abductor.
As a result of her story the pollqe
are searching for Joseph M. Phillips,
twenty-three, of St. Louis, the alleged
kidnaper of the young woman.
Pack Away Cotton
to Increase the Yield
The People-Sentinel is in receipt of
the following interesting end timely
letter from Mr. -1. Lewis Langley,
formerly "of this city, who now holds
a responsible position w r ith the Con
solidated Textile Corporation, of
Lynchburg, Va.:
“Feeling that you are constantly on
the lookout for information that will
be of value to the readers of your
.paper, I am giving below something
concerning cotton which I ^eel the
cotton planters would like to know:
“In order for cotton to lend itself
readily to manufacture it must pos
sess a certain amount of oil. As the
reader knows, all oil comes from the
seed. If the seed are taken from the
Barnwell and Barnwell County are
getting some very valuable publicity
as the result of the selection of this
city by the Virginia-Oarolina Field
Trial Association as the plate for its
1925 meeting. “The American Field,”
a sijprtman’s newspaper published in
Chicago, had the following comment
in its issue of July 25th:
“One of the wheel horses of the
Virginia-Carolina Field Trial Asso
ciation is Colonel R. T. Stedman, who
has been its president for the last
five or six years. The Colonel how
ever, has been identified! with this fine
old club practically ever since its
inception and while he has always
been more or less in the background,
preferring hot to court the publicity
that this office justly entitles him to,
it is Colonel Stedman who has directs
ed the affairs of the club during
several years when conditions were
not in .the least favorable; but never
was the Va.-Car. in better shape
than it is at the* present time, for
in conjunction with the secretary,*TT
S. Comstock, Colonel Stedman has
accomplished much. These two have
worked w’ell ( together, as results have
shown. The Colonel, however, mod
estly says: “By far the greater credit
iA due to Tracy for keeping the club
going,.,-^ Frank Reily and I have been
members for about a quarter of a
century. It is ’our inital venture in
the field trial game and as he express-*
ed it some time ago: ‘I have a real
affection for the old club and I hope
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to see it take its place among the fore
most dubs of the country.’ The wish
is evidently about to be gratified, for
both of these life-long members. The
trials at Barnwell, S. C?, with the two
open stakes in which a total purse of
fifteen hundred dollars, will* put this
season’s trial# right in line with the
Georgia and Scuthern, which follow
ih consecutive order. Mr. Stedman
visited the grounds with Tqacy Corn-
stock and Dr. Wilder When the decis
ion was arrived at to run the three
trials as they are now scheduled. Col.
Stedman gives u« additional infor
mation about these new grounds at
Barnwell. “I believe,” he writes, “that
we have some of the best grounds in
the South, with more birds Than are
to be found anywhere else. There are
great open spaces, with here and there
small patches of trees and shrubs,
with no dense growth to hamper a dog
in' showing the best there is in him
and there is no /feason for the widest
going dog to get lost. These is consid
erable uncultivated land, . with plenty
of cover for the' birds, but, as before
stated, no dense growth or ^tliickeW,
The soil {s of such a nature that it
never gets muddy and, therefore,
there will be no loitg delays even if
it shquld rain while the trials are cm.
There are little ponds and pools of
water all over the grounds where the
dogs can refresh themselves at will.
The running of the stakes of ^the
Southern Circuit (Virgiinia-Caro-
lina, Georgia and Suothem) has been
*80 arranged that the handlers can
move from one trial to another at
a minimum of expense and the com
bined purses of the three clubs,
amounting to $5,000, should bring
out the best dogs in the Jwmtry.”
WILLIAM JENNINGS
DIED SUDDENLY SUNDAY
SHRINERS’ NEW HEAD
THE GREAT COMMONER PASSED
PEACEFULLY A*AY.
Found Dead in Bed Where He- Had
Gone to Take a Nap.—Appar-
. ently in Good Health.
Dunbarton School to
Have Eleven Grades
Dunb^-ton, July 28.—Mr. aqd Mrs.
B. F. Anderson and son, Kenny, have
gone to the mountains of North Caro-
lira to spend in'* remainder o* the
summer.
M-.-and Mrs Bolt, of -Laurens, are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. B. F.
Owens. ’ ,
Mrs. G. J. Anderson and children,
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Moody, T. S.
fibre as soon as the cotton is picked. ,
the fibre becomes dry, ami a (treat Moody »"d J « n ette. All are ^endtn*
many manufacturers are today find
ing it necessary and expedient to add
oil before spinning. Should the cot
ton be packed away after it is picked,
the fibre will soon draw the oil from
the .seed, thereby increasing in
weight, improving in grade; and tests
have shown that the staple will grow
one-eighth inch longer.
“It is quit^ evident that should the
farmers handle their cotton* in this
way, it would greatly injure the oil
mills,but I believe more peop'c would
benefit thereby. This is one method
by which we can increase our supply
of : staple- eotteor -whiob- today- is so
scarce.
“With kindest v regard^ ar.d best
wishes Tor the success of The Barn
well People-Sentinel, I am. Yours
v^ry truly, I."L. Langley.”
On a trip to the coastal country last
week, the editor found that nowhere
along the route traveled are the crops
as a whole as fine as they are in this
section. The crops of corn nnd cot
ton are “spotted,” being very good in
some sections while in others they
,have been praciically ruined by the
>ught. The writer was told that
the weevil in Beaufort County has'
not been as active this summer as in
previous yean and the fanners ex-
4>ect a large yield of the fleecy staple.
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' Advertise in The People-Sentinel.
Kills Large Snake
High Above Grouiiia
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’ In a letter received Tuesday after
noon, Mr. T. J. Ready, who lives in
the Siloam section, tells the^fellowing
interesting snake story: -
“Last Saturday afternoon 1 heard
some jaybirds hollowing in a green
pine tree and I could see them strike
at something. Upon investigation, I
found that they were striking at a
king snake about five feet long. I
got my gun and shot the snake, which
was about 35 feet from the ground.
The puzzle is, how did the snake get
(there? The pine is about two feet in
diameter and the first limb is at least
80 feet from the ground. Monday
morn it*? I killed another king snake
about 2% feet kng, in and cak tree
about 15 yards from the pine.”
Possibly some of The People-Sen-
tinel’s readers can explain how a
snak^ five feet long can climb a tree
two feet in diameter or about sii
feet in circumference.
Building New Town
in Barnwell County
Perhaps it will be news to quite a
number of peopk* to learn that there
is a new town in I^mwel County.
It is to be known as “West Spring-
field” and is located on the Edlsto
River. The following news item from
Springfield appeared in Saturday's
issue of the Orangeburg Times and
Democrat:
“Springfield will have a new annex
in the near future, a s' Mr. Stubbs,
manager of the large Badham Mills
just * across the river in Barnwell
County, has built a town of his own.
With the largest and most expensive
saw mill on the Edisto river, he is
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erecting many cottages with several
handsome homes for the manage
ment of this extensive'.enterprise, to
gether, with warehouses, store rooms
and other necessary* buildings. The
town will be known as West Spring-
field. They have their own side
tracks, hoisting engihes s dry kilns
and in fact everything that a million
dollar mill may need.”
Homicide Near Dunbarton.
two weeks in camp at Beaufort. They
are expecting to return the latter
part of this \veek.
Mr. S. D. Rountree went to a hos
pital in Augusta last Saturday where
he underwent an operation. At this
writing he is getting along as well
as could be expected, and his friends
hope he will soon be able to return
home.
__Mr..jL—IL--Williams is also’ in the
hospital, where %e was taken last
week for an operation. He is also
getting along well. *
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Price, of Barn-
wedl, were visitors, in town Sunday.
The Rev. Mr. Hiers, of Columbia,
preached at Cypress Chapel Sunday
afternoon, Mr. Hiers is a representa
tive of the Carlisle Courtenay Home
in Columbia, and at the close of the.
service that institution was presented
With a liberal offering.
rt , : The new room which is being added
to the school building will be com
pleted within a week. This addition
will provide teaching space for seven
teachers next session. In addition to
this room, the building is being Re
painted on the inside and everything
will be in readiness for the opening
early iiv, September.
The following corps of teachers
have been elected for^ next sessiop: The many friends af Prof. j. p
Miss Minnie Byrd McElveen, of Sul-1 Robison will learn with regret of the
. Jim Oliver, /colored, shot and in
stantly killed Mike Jackson, also col
ored, on the farm of Mr. Barney F
Owens, near Dunbarton, on Thufsday
of last v.'e^k. Oliver was armed with
a shotgun ami tfackson with an auto
matic pistol. They • were firing at
each other across a well, with the
curbing between, them. When Jack-
son raised his head to get a shot at
Oliver, the latter fired the fatal shot,
the ton of Jackson’s head being blown
off. Oliver was arrested by Sheriff
Dyches and lodged in the Barnwell
County jail.
James C. Burger of El Jebel tempi*,
Denver, elected imperial potentate by
the Sliriners in convention In Lon
Angeles. ***’ / ■
New Electric Power
Available to Users
Hydro-electric power, generated at
Stephens , Creek on the Savannah
River by the Georgia-Carolina Power
Company, was turned on the lines of
f he Edisto ’ Public Service Company
last week and the ’ Denmark concern,
which was established several years
ago by Mr. R. A. Easterling, son of
Mrs. Julia B. Easterling, of Brrnwell,
is now furnishing or will furnish
Tower in a very short time.to the
following towns: Windsor, White
Pond, Williston, Elko, _ Blackville,
Lees, Denmark, Bamberg, Govan,
Olar, Umer, Brunson, Hampton and
Varnville. It is also understood that
\the company is building lines
to other towns.
The power,Is carried td Williston
over the recently constructed lines
from the power plant and is there dis
tributed to the various towns served
by the Edisto Public Service Com
pany. The power lines are construct
ed for use on f6,000-volt service, but
it is understood that for the present
the current will be transmitted at
44,000 volts. The capacity is twenty
thousand kilowatts, which will be
sufficient for the needs of the terri
‘■'iry served for many years to tome.
About September 1st, the Denmark
company will be connected with the
super-p' wer system of the Southeast,
which includes the following com
panies: Georgia Power Company,
Alabama Power Company, Southern
Power Company, Columbus Power
Company and others.
Users of the new curent are sak
to be very much pleased with the
Dayton, Tenn:—William Jennings
fcryan, who many years ago as “the/
Boy Orator of the Platte” with his
“Cross of Gold” speech won a demo- °
cratic presidential nomination and a
lasting place l»efore tthe American
public, Is dead.
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The end came Sunday afternoon
while the Commoner was sleeping in
the house of Richard Rogers, which
had been assigned him during his
stay here when he came for the Soopee
trial. Dr. W. F. Thompson and Dr.
A. sC. Broyles, who examined the
body, stated death was caused by a
hemorrhage of the brain, resulting
in apoplexy. He was 66 years old.
James McCartney, family chauffeur,
was sent by Mrs. Bryan at 4:30 p.
m. to wake her husband. McCartney
shook Mr. Bryan twice in an attempt
to arouse him and then noticed he was
not breathing.
Rushing to the home of A. B. An
drews, a neighbor, the chauffer called
for physicians who reached the home
within a. few minutes. After a&
examination, the doctors said Mr.
Bryan probably had been dead thirty
or forty-five minutes before they ar
rived., . .
‘T am happy that tny husband
died without suffering and in peace,”
Mrs. Bryan said. *
His Last Words.
- His last words to her as he en
tered the room for his nap,
“I am so sleepy.”
Before he went to Sleep,
Bryan autographed two books..
Judge John T. Faulston, who presided
at Hie Scopes trial. The books ware:
'The Seven Questions in Dispute,”
and “In His Own Image.”
He wrote “To Judge and Mrs. John
T. Raulston, Winchester, Tenn., with
the good wishes of Mo*, and Mrs. W.
J. Bryan, July 26, % 1925.”
One of the books was open when
(physicians reached -the room and
the ink'was not drj\
After traveling over two hundred
miles and delivering speeches at
Winchester and Jasper, Tenn., Mr.
Bryan returned to Dayton early Sun
day from Chattanooga, where he had
spent the night. /
Before he left Chattanooga, Mr.
Bryan joined A. W. LeeMey, owner
of the hotel st which he was step
ping and several others for breakfast.
Mr. Leesley accompanied him to Dag'
ton and during tee trip the Commoner
expressed hie determinutikm to “eee
the case through.” Mr. Bryan showed
no evidence of bad health, Mr.
ley said, but remarked that he
suffering with diabetes
Mr.
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Lyndurst Items
Lyndhurst, July 27.—Mr. Long-
street Gantt, of Winnaboros spent
service and the people of the towns several day* harff^during the peek
along the line are quite enthusiastic week, the guest of relatives.
Make Annual Settlement.
Mr. E. M. Jones, of the Comptroller
ley. First gradq; Miss Callie Bates,
of Jackson, Second and Third Grades;
Miss Hilma Rice, of Meyers Mill,
Fourth and Fifth Grades; Miss Olga
Richardson,, of Liberty, Sixth and
Seventh Grades; Muss Mary Ellen
Kempson, English and French; Mr.
TI. K. Neely, of Clinton, History,
Science, and Athletics; and Supt. H.
H. King, Mathematics and Science.
death of his tyandfather, which oc
curred at his home in* Tampa. Fla., a
few days ago. .
over the possibilities of ihe„ future
industrial development of this part
of the State. Barnwell is proud of
\the fact thai it was a native son who
met this seetiatn’s greatest' ntod—
electric power at a reasonable cost.
With so many natural advantages
there is now no reason why Barnwell
and adjoining counties should not de
velop at a great rate.
With this able corps of teachers it is
believed that Dunbarton-Jligh School
will have its most successful year yet..
The Eleventh Grade will be put on
this year, making this school a full
accredited high school.
SENATOR E. D. SMITH TO
SPEAK HERE NEXT WEEK
General’s office, waji in the city Tues
day for -the purpose of making the
annual settlement with the county
officers. . He found everything t in
tip-top shape, as usual, the books of
the county commissioners, superin
tendent, of education, auditor
treasurer taffyi
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to-the penny.
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Announcement is made that United
States Senator E. D. Smth will speak
in the Court House here Thursday,
August 6th, under the auspices of the
S. -C.. Cooperative Cotton Marketing
Association. “Cotton Ed.” as the
Senatog is familiarly known, needs no
and j intrbduction to' the people of* Barn-
well Courtty and ^rill no doubt at
tract a large audience. The public
generally and the farmers in particu
lar are cordially invited to hear Sen
ior Smith. He is an interesting and
eloquent speqk^r at all times and is
at his beet when cotton is his subject.
Remember the time and place: The
Court House at Barnwell, Thursday,
August 6th, at 11 o’clock a. m.
To Open Club Market, n
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Miss. Willie Mae Vann, Home Dem
onstration 'Agent for Barnwell Coun
ty, has announced that she will open
a Club Market on Saturday, August
1st, using the space in front of the
Court House for the purpose. This
market is opened for the purpose of
(converting tef ever-pi US of Vegeta
hies, poultry, eggs and other pro
ducts raised by tKe club women of
the county into cash. A similar plan
was carried odKherj several years
1 ago and mot with splendid success.
The how for opening will be seven
o’clock and will remain open until
nine o’clock, thereby giving the
house-wives of the town an oppor
tunity to do their buying in the early
part of the day. Miss Vann is gat
ing in touch with the various clubs of
the county and will endeavor to have
an excellent display of products on
hand on Saturday morning, Augusf
tat, and every Saturday thereafter
until further notice
Mr. S. H. Hav, of Birmingham, Ala^
left Saturday for his home, after a
two week’s visit to his mother, Mrs.
M. G. Hay.
Miss Rachel Stekwneyer, of Beau
fort, spent several days here during
the past week, the guest of relatives. *
Mrs. F. FT, Gantt, of Allendale, and
daughter. Miss Margaret Gantt, ware
the guests of Mrs. M. W. Tharin, for
several days during the past week.
Mrs. Edgar Barker, of Lodowp,
Ga., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Fowke, for several days this week.
Mesdames Annie Alfred and JuHa
Fogler, who spent the whiter months
•in* Sylvester, Ga., are bade Rome
again for the summer.
Rain is very badly needed in this
community, none of any consequence
having fallen for , several weeks. Cot
ton, howewver, is bidding its own
very well, and corn, owing to several
good rains of a few weeks-'igo, has
not suffered, as badly as in some sec
tions, but the fodder has a tendency
to ripen prematurely.
Sheriff Seises StHI. *
Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches captured
and de»royed J another stffl Friday
morning in the Patterson’s Old Mill
section of the county. It was'com
plete in every detail, b«t had never
been in operate* for the reneon that
R was located too far from a tenter
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