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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF RAENWELL COUNTY: V 4 W you want money, we hare it— If you hare money, wo want It* 1 ' HOME BANE OF BARNWELL. Established in 1877. 'VOLUME XLVIIL -i’ JuWt a Member of jbhw FmriiHv^ Larfest County ClreuUte. BARNWELL CQJUNTTS Bl»T A MOST POPULAR NEWSPAPER. ALL HOME PRINT. .. i' i * BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AL*G. 6TH, 19». NUMBER 4t. 'Personal news OF BLACKVILLE ' SEWING CLUB MEETS AT HOME OF MRS. C. S. BUISF. New Home of Mr. fihd Mrs. Allison Pickling Is Nearing Completion. —Other Items. OFFERS TO BE SLAVE Blackville, Xugr. 3.—Mrs. Carrie Kennedy, of Spartanburg, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Belle Huggins, and her niece, Mrs. M. P. Fanning. ’ Mr. Leland Johnson has returned from Maine, where he went not long ago to buy truck. He visited many points of interest while away. ‘ ♦ Mr. and Mrs T. L. Wragg and daughters have returned from a visit to St. Louis, Mo., and many places of importance. Miss Lucy Phillips, of Sandersville, Ga., was the guest of Mrs. Daisy "Walker last Friday night, while en* route to New York, where she has gone on a business trip. Mrs. Fred McFadden, of Rock Hill, has been visitihg her uncle - and aunt,- Mr. and Mrs. Aiken Hair. Friends of Mrs. Irene Lee Rush, ,itof Denmark, who is a former Black- Je resident, will regret to learn that is in an Augusta hospital, pre paring to undergo 'a very serious surgical operation, and her speedy re covery is earnestly hoped for. • Miss Addie Altman has gone to Tampa, Fla., to visit friends. Mr. W. B. Hutto and daughter, MiSvS Mary Belle, and sons, Thomas, Benjamin, and Lester Wilson, ac companied by Mr. Robert Benke, of Charleston, visited Mir. Hutto’s sis- • ter, Mrs. J. M. Halford and Mis. Geo. Still, last. week-ehd. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lowe and Sam, Jr., have returned irom a delightful visit to home folks at Greenwood and in the upper part of the State. Mrp. Daisy Bailey was a visitor at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Ryan A. Gyles. _ 1 The Rev. Chapman and his wife, were week-end guests of Mrs. Chap man’s aunt, Mrs. Eugene Boylston, and of her mother, Mrs. Victoria Fickling, at the home of Mrs. Boyls- tom. ^ The home of Mr. and Mrs. Allison Fickling, a handsome brick bungalow, is nearly completed, and is a “scene of beauty” and modem conveniences. The handsome home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Fickling is being repaired. The illness of little Miss Virginia .'Buist is a source of regret to her friends. The regular meeting of the Sewing club was held at the home of Mrs. C. ,S. Buist last Thursday afternoon. The house, was tastefully decorated for the occasion with lovely yellow flowers. The j)ld but ' always new game of Rook was Enjoyed and as a result Mrs. T. O. Boland and Mrs. T. w L. Wragg won prizes, and Miss Inez Hamel cut consolation. Misses Gladys Mitchell, of Brun- ^Aon. and Ethel Williams, of Jaekson- ^^rille, Fla., are guests of Mrs. George Gray, near here. Mr. and Mrs. Culien Dyches, of Greenwood, who are former Bl^ck- ville residents, are visiting relatives here. - Mr. and Mrs. John Reed and Miss Mary Beard, of Barnwell, were visi tors here for a short while Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Aiken ,Hair, of Black- - Augustine Brodeur of Worcester, Mass., World war veteran, is ready ro sacrifice his pride and “sell” himself Into slavery for a year so that he may be able to take care of his mother and family of seven. He recently lost bis position as a shoe salesman. Melon-Cushaw Grown 4 ./ ,• by Barnwell Farmer A freak of the vegetable kingdom is on display in front of the Home Bank of Barnwell. It is a cress be tween a Watson watermelon and a cushaw, and was grown on the farm of Mr. B. L. Fields, near this city. The freak fruit-vegetable is about two-thirds melon and represents a very curious appearance, pan of the rind being a deep green in color and other important places of interest^ ^j ie other part green and white strip ed like a cushaw. It is hardly likely that the “meloshaw” is edible '' Forget*. Tax Payer and Capture* Still Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches, while out collecting taxes on Monday, re ceived information as to the location WHAT SIZE COTTON CROP ^ WILL THIS COUNTY MAKE? WANDA HAWLEY WED Many people are of the opinion that Barnwell County is facing a Wave of prosperity for the next few months, unless reports of crop-conditions are untrue. There has been considerable discussion of the probable size of the crop, estimates varying from 21,- 000 to as high as 30,6o0 bales. The People-Sentinel wants to let its readers know just what can be expected from Barnwell County’s cot ton crop and there is v but .one "Way to get any idea of conditions, and that is for numbers vof people from all over the - county to send in their es timates of wh*at the cotton crop will be and also what price they think will he the average a pound, basis mid dling. A Farmers-’ are especially anx.ous to get this information from the other sections of the county away from their farms. From time to time, these estimates will be published in these column's when it appears that everyone interested has sent in an- es timate, an avefage of all will be taken and the total published. A year’s subscription to The Peo- ple : Sentinel will be given to the per son "whose guess comeg nearest, to the size of the county’s crop as shown by the governmentVfmar report. ~ If for no other reason than to see how good a guesser you are, send in your estimate. Address it to The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell, S. t. , • , 4 -. ^ It is hoped that enough estimates will reach this paper in time to give a preliminary estimate in next week’s issue. Barnwell Convict’ Break* Into Store • >- a ■* White Pond,' Aug. 2.—Saturday at 3:30 a. m. a light was seen flickering $ropnd in the store pf J. W. Williams in White Pond. P. ,M. Lewis, F. A. Williams and 0. L.‘ Weeks wei'e noti fied and immediately closed in on the culprit and found one John Davis, a negro convict of Barnwell County, in the store. . He had a small amount of cash he had taken from the cash drawer and about $50 worth of dry goods, which he had sacked up ready to move out with. No one knew the negro and he told many different tales. A mule he had ridden into town was found hitched near by. He had on a large pair of overalls when discovered. He had convict stripes ’Underneath his over alls. It was then he owned up as to who he was and that he was serving a seven-year sentence from Barnwell County for robbery of a store and had served about five years of his time. Magistrate 0. L. Weeks held a pre- lifninary and sent him to the Aiken jail to answer the charges in Aiken Coilnty. On investigation it was found that he was a trusty at the Barnwell to Be Host to Distinguished Men of & still up near the Aiken line. In. his haste to locate the still, the de- chaingapg camp and that he was up linquent tax payer was forgotten for the time being gnd he went alone up into the swamp surrounding Eubanks’ old mill, where he.located a complete copper still of fifty gallon capacity, found three negroes at the still and captured all three single handed. Af ter being caught, the negroes con fessed and wefe brought to Barnwell and placed in jail. The entire out fit, which was installed on last Tues day and had only made one run, to gether with ninety half-gallon fruit jars and^ quantity of mash, werg destroyed. Will soon be here £pr the white and holered people, which we do not ob ject to at all. . v - \ Mrs. Cleveland Risher and daugh ters, Misses Marguerite and Harriett, are visiting rtelatives in Columbia. Sunday and Monday were delight fully cool and pleasant here for the feeason, and the “lure of the moun tains was not so strong. Before day, Sunday morning,, folks were scram- ville, and Mrs. Frederick McFadden, fajing for heavier cover than usual. R<x* Hill, were guests of Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Faust and Mr. John Woodward }n Williston last Jack Bailey were guests of Dr./ and week. ’ —7 Mrs. Lonnie Creech and Miss Sara Mrs. Ryan A. Gyles last week-end. ^ Wal- for housdbreaking and grand larceny. He was allowed to take the county mule and ride away at night and re turn at any time he felt disposed. Mr. Williams feels confident that he or someone entered the store some time before during the night. - 1 Barnwell will be host this week to two distinguished visitors—U. S. Senator E. D. Smith today (Thurs day) and Admiral Samuel McGowan, chief highway commissioner, tomor row (Friday). Senator Smith will address the farmers and others in terested in agriculture at the Court House this morning on cooperative marketing of cotton. Admiral McGowan’s visit is more or less unofficial and while in the city he will be the guest of Col. Ed gar A. Brown. He will be accompan ied to BarnweU by Joe Nettles, Esq., and family, of Columbia. Neither Senator Smith nor Ad miral McGown are strangers to the people of Barnwell County and both have many admirers in this section. The Senator has long been a champs ion of the farmer and the excellent work of the Admiral since his elect ion to the post of chief. highway com missioner is well known to the readers of The People-Sentinel. Before his retirement from the Navy, he made a most enviable record in that branch of the service. Hq is a “go getter” and it is generally conceded that the highway department could have made no better selection of a chief. The People-Sentinel welcomes these two distinguished visitors in behalf of the people of Barnwell. J Club Market Prove# • Highly, Successful ALLENDALE MAN ^SHIPS 1ST BALE ‘ W. I. JOHNS GRdWSjefXRLY COT TON THIS Two Bales of Fleecy Staple Ginned and Shipped from Allendale Laat Thursday, •\'■ Wanda Hawley, motion-picture ac tress, and Stuart Wilkinson, sportsman and auto racer, who recently suffered a broken back during n thrilling race at Culver City speedway, have just been married. Former Fairfax Man Killed in Collision Interesting Budget of New* from Snelling Snelling, Aug.. 3.—Mrs. W, B. Par ker left last Thursday for Green wood, where she will spend some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Turner. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Birt and Mrs^ Byron Bolen and little son, J, E7, were visitors here Saturday. Miss Lucv Cook has returned home after spending several days with Mrs; Broadus Still in the Hercules section. Mrs. Ella Rutland is visiting her sisters,. Mesdames John Grubbs and Lonnie Birt, at Laurinburg, N. C. Mr. George Cook spent last week with relatives at Williston. Miss-Leona Cook apeni several days last week with her sister, Mrs. N._G Morris, hear Olar. f Misses Kate Grubbs and Irene Harvey, of Denmark, were recent visitors of Mrs. W. F. Hill. Quite a number of folks from here attended the revival meetings at Mt. Olivet and Friendship last week. Death of Little Boy. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hutto, of Ashleigh, will sympa thize with them in the death of their little seven weeks old son, A. D. Hutto, Jr., who passed away Friday, July Mrs. John Turner, Mrs. Lula :'Molony were visitors in Denmark last ker and Miss Eunice Turner were Thursday afternoon. | tailed to Matthew, Ga., recently to The Ladies Aid Society of the attend the funeral of their nephew, Methodist church Was delightfully Mr. Fulton Minus, who died very entertained by Mrs. Sam Buist, Jr., suddenly of aaute indigestion. Monday afternoon. . \ * . • Miss Vera Lowe is enjoying a de- Frlends of Mr. Lang Buist will Ughtfttl visit aiftong relatives in be delighted to learn that he is bet- Columbia and. Chappells, ter after a continued illness. j Mrs. Furman Gook antL children, , The Rev/L. H. Miller, Mr. W. B. Roscoe and Dolores, of Guyton, G«>, Johnston, Misses Alva Bkxley, Eva are visiting Mrs. Cook’s sister, Mrs. Riume, and Louise Walker were Lessie Bates. among the number from here who at- j Miss Rosa Rich, who has a posi- tended the Summer Assembly at tion in the Bank of Western Carolina,; t™ 1, I * 1s kw'w&s laid to rest in Greenville. | ie enjoying a vacation in the moun- the Doublt Ponds Churchyard, the A good many folks'from here, at- , tains of Western North Carolina, tended the revival services at the Mr. Herman Brown and son, Stan- Salem Methodist church, about 8 ley, are at Atlantic City, where they miles from here," in Bamberg County, 1 will remain a short while in their last Week, and were greatly impress- summer home there with Mrs. Bjrpwn ed by the splendid sermons. The Rev. and the smaller children. Chewning , of Olar, is the pastor, and Miss Locile Molony is spending secured the services of the Rev. some time with relatives and friends What is believed to be the first 0. Henderson, from near Colum- in Savannah. bale of new erdp 1 cotton was ginned bu|. The meeting came to a close J Mrs. A. H. Ninestein was a visitor , here Wednesday a. m. at the Fanner’s Sunday afternoon, with splendid re- in Augusta Monday. . j Ginnery. It war grown by Mose Wil- ' suits. I Mrs. Mamie Corley and Mrs. Min- liams, a young colored fanner who Hie fleecy staple is opening right nie Keel, of Kitchings Mill, are the lives a few miles from Barnwell. The rapidly now, and a busy season” guests of their sister, Mrs. Bates. cotton graded middling and was \ ... ' / ~ i - The housekeepers of the town were astir yery early on Saturday morning on account of the opening of the Ciuh Market at the Court House. On ac count of a misunderstanding on the part of some of the members of the various clubs, only one club was re presented, that of Long branch by Mrs. J. Rivers Carroll and daughter, MisS'Louise. Within a short time Mrs. Carroll had sold out and felt just a little proud of her morning’? wiork, turning into cash the surplus' vege tables, fresh butermilk,. etc., which had been brought in by this iadustri ous woman. Miss "Louise Carroll has been appointed Club Secretary and an Accurate account will be kept of all products sold and ^t the end of each month these dubs will check up and a report of sales wjll be published, proving to the public, and mtrre es pecially the farm women, that cotton is not the only money to be made on the farm. Miss Vann will within the next few days make a thorough canvass of the County and endeavor by next Satur day morning to have a fine collection of vegetables, chickens, eggs, coun try meat, etc., and asks the cooper ation of the people of this city in, this worthy entrprize. Rev. L. H. Miller, of, Blackville, con ducting the funeral service. Mr. am Mrs. Hutto wish to thank their friends for the kindness and sympathy Shown them in their bereavement. Miami, Fla., Aug. 2.—Wilbur Wil son. 25. of Ojus, formerly of Fairfax, S. C„ bookkeeper employed by the Ojus Rock company, was killed in stantly and Leonard Lockleer, also of Ojus, was probably fatally injured early today when the automobile in which they Were riding collided with truck. Laude Quinn, also of Ojus, formerly of Dunellen, Fla., a third occupant of the* automobile, was injured but not seriously. Commander Calhoun Writes About Coin* Columbia, Aug.. .4.—“If I were a son or a grandson or a great grand son of a Confederate Veteran; or if I were a daughter, or a grand daugh ter or a great granddaughter of a Confederate Veteran, nothing could prevent me from owning one or more of the Stone Mountain Memorial coins in howor of the valor of ^ my ancestors for the Lost Cause.” So writes Col. Harry D. Calhoun, of Barnwell, State Commander of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans of South Carolina, in a letter to the hendquarters in Columbia for the distribution of Stone Mountain Coo federate Memorial half dollars. Commander Calhoun is giving his support to the distribution of these coins in South Carolina, proceeds from the sale of which will be used in earv. ing the figures of five South Carolina heroes in the great panorama which will stretch across the face of the mountain. This memorial will com memorate the valor of the Confeder ate soldiers. These coins are now being distri buted in practically every county in South Carolina and ftiay be obtained from banks and firm stores. Daugh ters of the Confederacy and others who hold in affectionate remembrance the brave deeds of the Sjjfut^ern sol dier are active in their distribution In several Abuhtres, movements have been started looking to the presenfa tion to each Confederate Veteran therein residing of one of these coins which bear the likeness of the two great Confederate heroes, Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Boylston-Givens. r. Ch to* BARNWEU COUNTY’S FIRST BALE SOLD HERE YESTERDAY t —- v bought by Mr. S. B. Moseley,, local buyer for Mr. C. F. Rizer, of Olar, the price paid Ijging 23 cents per pound. Shortly before The People-Sentinel went to press, the second bale was being ginned at the above named gin nery. *>' Williston, Aug. 2. —A marriage which came as tv complete surprise to their friends was that of Miss Coree Vera Boylston * and Mr. Otis Allen Givens, which took place at the cow; house m Orangeburg, Monday, July 13th, at 10 o’clock, in the'presence of a few relatives and friends. The bride is the youngest jdaughter of Mr and Mrs. J. L. Boylston, of Wiilis- ton, having graduated from the Wif- listcn high schol in 1923. < Mr. Given* is the youngest son of Mr. A. P. Givens of the New Forest section. . v ^ 1 After spending several days in Florence and "other places they wil make their home near Williston. The People-Sentinel is glad to ad( the name of Mr. J. E. Brown to its list of satiifted readers. Mr. W. I. Johns, of Allendale, car ried off first bale honors this year in South Carolina, when he shipped two bales of cotton Thursday morning of fiast week. In fact, it is said that he broke all records in this State for oarly shipment, this being the first time in history that new crop cotton has been shipped from South Carolina in July. One bale was shipped to Welker • and Walker, cotton factors, of Au gusta, and the other to Cooper and Griffin,- of Columbia. One bale weighed 480 pounds and the other 505. Heretofore the first South Oarp- lina bale has a)ways made ita appear ance about the middle of August. Cotton is a3ao opening rapidly hi Barnwell County and picking is al ready in progress m some sections, j While en route to Allendale Friday, the writer noted several pickers at work in a field belonging to Mr. Vic tor Lewis, of Kline. A . The two local cotton gins* are mak ing strenubua efforts to have their plants in readiness tor the cotton season, which is apparently about two weeks earlier,than usual. Public Is Invited to Hear Senator Smith As announced in last week's issue of The People-Sentinel, United States Senator E. D. Smith will apeak at Bamwedi this (Thursday) morning, August 6th, at 11 o’clock, in the cout house, on “Cooperative Marketing of Cotton.” He is coming under the auspices of the South Carolina Cot ton Growers' Cooperative Associa tion and the meeting is being very widely advertised. Senator Smith in the past three years has spoken all over North and South Carolina in behalf of the co operative marketing movement and everywhere he haa been greeted by Urge crowds. He haa thrown his whole-hearted support behind the new system of selling and belteres that it offers to the cotton grower the way out of commercial slavery. ^ The meeting here will be open to ’ the general public and cotton gnawem who ore not members of the associa tion are especially invited. Encampment Enjoyed At Healing Springs The first boy’s encampment for the boys of Barnwell County was held at Healing Springs Wednesday and Thursday of last week.- Club boys from three clubs in the county ware present. ' Although the enrollment at the camp was not as large as tt knight have been the interest taken by those present more than made ’ up for the numbers. From appear-’ ences the boys could not have enjoyed themselves more. Each of the boys brought some provisions and every feature was in camp style. It is expected that there- will be camps held each year hereafter, pro bably two or three counties coming together, p.nd thereby having a large camp wh.vc t'..n or four days will be spent. County Agent Boylston was assist H i. rcVing the camp by Mr. B. O. WtUiams, State Club Agent, and Mr. J. C. Miller, County Agent of Orangeburg County. These two men furnished valuable assistance in en tertaining the boys white in camp. On the whole the camp was very ene- cesafgf. No Curioeity, But Worth Seeing. J A banana plant is no great curios ity to the people of Barnwell, as several of the ladies of this city have had them in their yards, but they are not common.in this section and Mrs. T. M. Caldwell has one in her yard on Main Street that is worthy of passing notice. This plant was set cut leas than three months ago and .when put in the ground the sUlk was cut off at the roots. Today it stands several feet high and has nine large leaves, some of them 19 by 48 inches in size, offering a most cnrelesaty, graceful appearance to view. Th* People-Sentinel is sure that Mrs. Cald well would be pleased to have any one interested call and see it / l