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Barnwell High School Opens September 7th The trustees of the Barnwell-High School/ announce that the 192$-1926 session will open Mpnday, September Tth and it is believed that the en- ‘•ollment will exceed that of any pre vious year. ' i The faculty for the coming session is as follows: Superintendent—Prof. C. H. Fowf- ler. V Director of Athletics and Boys’ Activities—Prof. Frances Rice. ii Principal of High School and Girls’ Adviser—Miss Elizabeth Burckhal- Domestic Science—Miss Elma Cave. High School—Miss Cecil Finklea. First Grade—Miss Elizabeth Me- Nab.V ■ Second Grade—Miss Blanche Ellis. Third Grade—Miss Virginia Hutto. Fourth Grade — Miss Mineola Grimes. -Fifth Grade—Miss Katherine Law ton. Sixth Grade-—Miss Eva Glenn. Seventh Grade—Mtss Elizabeth Johnson. if OK SUPREME COURT BENCH To Print Florida Pfiper After printing the weekly is sues of The Barnwell Sentinel for a period of about. 29 years, the cylinder press owned by that paper at the time of its consolidation wih The Barnwell People is now on its way to Winter Garden. Fla„^where a new paper is being established by two former South Carolin ians who have yielded to the siren call of the Land of Flow ers. The old press, which has rendered such yeoman service, is still good for many more years of town and community boosting. \ IS b£ing booste!) by four COUNTIES. Is Native of Barnwell County.—Rep resented Barnwell and Allendale l , . ■ in State Senate. FROM HIS HOME TOWN * m; Admiral K. \V. Eberle, cider of naval operations of the United States navy, witli the gold sword presented to him by the people of Fort Smith. Ark. It ts a.token of their admiration and pride in having one of their own townsmen attain the highest ranking officer’s position in the navy. Barnwell Mason Has * Initiated Two Sons Cotton Factors Use The People-Sentinel Elsewhere in this issue of The Peonle-Sentinel will be found the ad vertisement of several Augusta cot ton factors. Most of them have^been using these columns for the past several years ^nd the fact that they are again buying space in this paper to get their message before the peo ple of Barnwell -County is.excellent proof of the value they place on ad vertising .in The People-Sentinel. % Pope and Fleming. In the course of 40 years there are many changes and upsets in the busi ness world, especially in the cotton trade. The name of Pope and Flem ing (who have a quarter-page ad: in this issue) has always stood and still stands for business integrity and effi cient service. Phinizy and Company. Another firm that has withstood the acid test of time is Phinizy and Com pany, who have been continuously in business since 1865 and is the oldest cotton house in Augusta. Chas. G. Houston. Chas. G. Houston is another cotton * factor who also enjoys an excellent reputation fau-honesty and reliability. All of the above firms will appre ciate any business from the people of Barnwell County and assure their customers of prompt and efficient ser vice at all times. Walker and Walker. ■> ^ Walker and Walker, another “old line” firm of Augusta, cotton factors, arc using the columns of.The People- Sentinel. This consern, which was es tablished jn isaa, operates a govern ment bonded warehouse. Savannah Represented Also. The Savannah Cotton Factorage Co., and Middleton and Peterson are two Savannah cotton factors that are soliciting the patronage of Barn- County farmers through the columns of this paper. Boll Weevil Activity Rivaled by Campaign r -- ' J >\ Activity of the Boll Weevil has been put to shame in the past few days by the more ictive campaign against the bootleggers by S her hi Boncil H. Dyches, who eont'trues to capture stills throughout the county. On Monday night of mat week a still was located up on Penn Branch three miles from Ellenton and rfrithb* one hundred yarda of *!«: .ravel Pit. The sheriff returned home and'made plans to capture the still on Wednesday evening, leaving town in company State Constablesbgf mw mf hf mmm with State Constables J. P. Hart and J. W. Sanders, Federal Officer An drews and Mr. W. F. Duncan, private citizen. After reaching their desti nation it was found necessary to re main in hiding for about nineteen hours near the still before the cap ture could be made. The catch con- - sisted more, Ga., Ulon Cobb and W. Cullom, Orangeburg 4,884.75 whites, Ben Simmons and Will Zeak, j — colored, who were later brought to • I Barnwell and placed in jail. \ A news picture has been published in a number of papers in this sectibn showing a resident of California and his son. Below the picture is the fol lowing explanation: “First father to have the ’’distinction of initiating his own son into the Masonic lodge.” Interesting, if true, but the Cali fornian cannot boast of being the first father to initiate his son into that or der. The People-Sentinel is told that it has been done a number of times be fore and right here in Barnwell there is a father who enjoys the unique dis tinction of having raised-both of* his sons to the sublime degree of a’Mas ter Mason. He is Perry W. Price, who has been an active member of the- or der for many years.- He initialed his eldest son, Carter, while occupying, the chair of Worshipful Master. A few years later he initiated young Perry nnd on this occasion he was Acting Worshipful Master. As has been remarked in these col umns before, Barnwelj excels in many thingfe, not the least among which is the ancient and honorable order 6f Free Masonry. Gasoline Money to - Be Given Counties Hampton, Aug. 15.—Although per sistently refusing to become a candi date for' the vacancy in the supreme court, or to permit the use of* his name up to the presen time, the bar associations of Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton and Allendale Counties of the 14th judicial circuit seem deter mined to present to the general as sembly, as a worthy successor to the late Mr. Justice Fraser, Circuit Judge ! ,T. Henry Johnson, of Allendale, con fidently assured in Their own minds lhat, if elected, he will not refuse to •serve in this larger field for his splen did talents. To this end he has recently been indorsed unanimously by thk mem bers of the bar in the counties named, and, if Judge Johnson allows his name to be placed in nomination be fore the general assembly, it is a -fore gone conclusion that he will be a serious contender for this high honor. The indorsement of "the several bar associations mentioned recite that: “Judge JohnsotT was born and reared in Barnwell County, graduat ed from the Citadel in his 18th year, taught school for a year thereafter and completed his course m Igw at the University of South Carolina at the age of 20, beginning the practice of his profession, by virtue of a special act of the legislature, before attaining his majority. x For thirteen years he enjoyed a large and general practice at Allendale, establi&hing throughout the entire lower section of the State a most enviable reputation as a lawyer of no mean ability. He served in the senate from Barnwell County for a term prior to the crea tion of Allendale County, after which he was twice elected to the general assembly from Allendale. “In January, 1923, though , only in his 36th year, he was elected to' the judgeship of the 14th circuit, and since that time he has attracted state wide attention as a result of his dis tinguished service upon the circuit bench. “Judge Johnson is now 37 years of age. active and vigorous of mind and body, young enough to warrant the expectation that,, if elected to the supreme court, he will serve his State with honor for many years, a cultur ed Christian gentleman of unim peachable character and marked abil ity, possessed of judicial temperament to'air unusual degree, and eminently qualified in every resj>ect, both as a man and jurist, for elevation to the supreme court.”—*—-* - —~— --- Since this section of the State has never had a member of the supreme court, while the Piedmont' is now rep resented by all four of the present justices and the Pee Dee has recently had representation in the, person of the late Mr. Justice Fraqyr, it is the earnest hope of his many friends in ’lower' Carolina that Judge Johnson will unhesitatingly pe/mit his name to be placed in nomination when the legislature convenes in January. Mr. C.,C. Owens, Barnwell’s nop::!nr drayman, 'eft Monday ni-fiit far a visit to H's daughter,, Mrs. <■ enrge Grubb?, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Ow-ens says that this is the first real vaeatjpn that he has enjoyed in 39 yea**s and TheH’eople-Senti nel sincerely hopes that he wi’l have, th? time ol his life. He was accompanied b/ ;w:o'hei daughter, Mrs. John Hoj,*g, of this city. • Southern Railway ^Changes Schedule If There Is a Blue Ring Around ym Label£ Tour Subscription Has Expired and the publisher will appreciate your remittance by return mall. We have a hrge number .jf su>.‘bribers who are in arrears and with yy increased costs of publication it ia impossible for u* to continue sending the paper to delinquent subscribers. The label shows the month and year to which your subscription is paid. For instance, “Jan. 25” means that the subscription was paid to Jan. 1,1925, and Your prompt attention is requested. The Publisher. so on. A new Sunday on schedule went into effect the Columbia-Savannah division of the Southern Railway and it is now impossible, for patro-ns of that road to visit Columbia and re turn home the same day unless they use the night trains. Southbound train No. 13, which has been passing through Barnwell at 4:13 in the afternoon now goes through here/ at . 12:35 p^' fh., arid Northbound train No. 14, which for merly reached Barnwell at 9:40 a. m. is now scheduled to .arrive at 11:25 a. m. These trains go through Savannah on the new schedule ’ in stead of stopping at Hardeeville, as they have been doing in the past. They wjM continue to be operated as local trains and will make stops at all stations as formerly. From the above it will be seen thaU. BarnWell folks who desire to visit Colunrjbia on business or shopping trips must either leave on the early- morning Wain, which passes through here about three or four o’colck, or they must return to Barnwell on the night train whch reaches here about one o’clock. Otherwise it will be necessrqy for them to soend the night in Columbia. Mav Use Bus Line. oincvlent wth the ai nouncement of the >w>v schedule, the T’d.’-nf ? Line, which runs from Columbia to Beaufort, by- way of Barnwell, an nounced the addition of anqther bus each way daily, making it possible to leave Barnwell in the fnomming at 8:50 and arrive in Columbia at 11:10. Returning, the bus leaves Columbia at 4:30 p. m. and arrives in Barnwell at 6:20, thus giving visitors over five hours in the capital city. Another bus leaves Columbia every morning at 7:30 and arrives in Barnwell at 9:50 a. m. In t;he afternoon it leaves Barnwell at 4:25 and arrives in Col umbia at 6:45 p. rr. This Ts an ex- ‘cellent schedule and will ^ doubtless appeal to many people in this section. The complete schedule is published elsewhere in The People-Sentinel. Mf. Hughes, the proprietor of the line, also states that stops will be made at all hotels. NH Severe Drought * Kills Trees. The severe .drought through put this section during the past few weeks has not only caused severe damage to. the crops of com and cotton but hundreds of trees are dying for the lack of moisture. Although the season is still summer, the woods are taking on the appearance of early fall, the leaves turning " UJ) yellow and shedding. tO/fT * fir^nmir sections South~e^ Barnwell it is reported that many people ai;e burning woods and fields in the belief that rain will result. • - ; v' FIRE DAMAGES BARNWELL HOME BLAZE APPARENTLY OF INCEN DIARY ORIGIN. Residence of Late James E. Daria Discovered in Flames Early Friday Morning. "NOVEL MOTOR CAR Receipts from the gasoline tax for the month of July amounted to slight ly more than a third of a million dol lars the exact figure being $338,282.42 Which is slightly less than the amount collected in June. A total of $134,781. 58 has been allocated to the counties of the state, thfe following amounts being forwarded to the counties in this section: Aiken $3,307.06 Allendale 937.97 Bambdrg — 1,298.75 Barnwell — 1,449.65 Calhoun. — 910.97 Dorchester — 1,187.42 of a mixed crowd from Still- \Hampton 1,258.21 N Has Narrow Escape. The outfit consisted of one lOO-gal- lon copper still, several thousand gal lons of mash, 86H gallons of Rquqr, 1 several dozen half-gallon fruit jam,' (j owll the cook pots, tuba, hoes, axes, groceries, shoes and clothing. The outfit was completely destroyed. Mr. Marvin Holland had a narrow escape from serious injury Tuesday morning, when his automobile rolled embankment at Turkey Creejt, in the Western part of the city. Advertise in The People-Sentinel. Pythians to Meet in x Walterboro Sept. 16 The Pythians of the First and Third Districts, which include Barn well and Blackville Lodges, are plan ning to hold a joint District Cori-" vention in Waterboro on the after noon of Sept. 16th, beginning at three P. M. It is hoped to have at this meeting at least fifty candidates for : the Page , Rank, and the splendid Charleston Degree Team will confer the rank in Amplified form. The Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal will also be present with the original Rqthbone Bible to obligate these Pages, and the membership will en joy seeing this excellent degree work/ At six P. M. a barbecue or picnic supper will be served , by the Pyth- |ians of Walterboro, followed by a short public meeting when the Grand Lodge officers will be heard from,; At eight P. M. the degree work will be put on. r This will be a most en joyable meeting, and it is hoped that a great number of Pytilians from Barnwell and Blackville Will be 'on hand. ’ ** ' Mias Emma Kirklan is visiting re latives in Denmark. Dove Season jto Open This Year on Sept. 1st ‘ 9 Hunters will be interested to know that the dove season opens this year on September Ist, which is several weeks earlier than heretofore. The partridge season opens on Thanks giving Day. Game Warden Gilmore S. Harley, of this city, announces that hunting licenses may be pur chased at the following places in Barnwell County: Blackville Hardware Co., Black- vijle. * , Lemon* Bids., Barnwell. Enterprise Hardware Co., and Wil- liston Hardware Co., Williston. Green and Co., Elko, P. J. Hiers, Dunbarton. J. F Swett, Meyer’s Mill •M. C. Lee, Kline. W. M. Hutto, Hilda. O. D. Moore, Snelling. — George C. Snyder, u New York en giueer, is pictured here demonstrating hia new machine, a motoriess car which Is propelled -by 'the weight of the rider. It bums no gasoline, has no irear shifts and is capable of making thirty miles an howr. Rushing Business Is Done by Club Market The Club Market did » pishing business on Saturday morning. Four clubs were represented and the house keepers had no difficulty in having their wants supplied. . Plenty of nice frying size chicken.?, n^aj*, corn, okra, tomatoes, figs, peaches, iicars, boiled peanuts, butter bean?, fresh butter, buttermilk, water melons, eggs, etc., were on sale and netted the ladies something over $20.00. From the Long Branch Club came nice snap beans, grown by Mrs. Sam Hair. Some of the ladies have promised to furnish ’ ‘cued meat and hash when cotton picking sliwed down ^’ust a little Bit. It is hoped that the other two clubs will come in by next Satur day. The hour of opening has been moved up to 8:30 in as much as these ladies find it impossible to gather their vegetables and reach here ‘■earlier than this hour. The follow ing Clubs were represented: Hercules, Hilda, Long Branch ar.il Pleasant Hill. Black-Tant. , New Furniture Store Opens Up in Barnwell * . i \ Another new concern opened for business in Barnwell last week. It is the Black Furniture Store, of which Mr. Nic)f Black, formerly of , city but more rucunUy of ton. w ' B |n ^ ^ in V JX j A.*** c... .n August 2nd; Only r *. - -j-.im, anile a re M, * tew cloie friend, of tbc youny couple business here and gained quite a repu-, .. . M ^ A M - furniture at low were P*^*f**- Ur - an ^ Mn ’ left immediately after f^e ceremony Fire, apparently of incendiary ori gin, caused considerable damage to the residence of the late James E. Davis about two o’clock Friday morn ing. The blaze was spreading at a rapid rate when the v volunteer fire department arrived and. it was by strenuous and efficient work on the part of the members that the dwelling was saved from total de struction. . Mrs. Davis and her daughter, Mias Josie Davis, were out of town at the time and the house w*« securely locked, it being nece$pary to break down the doors in order to enter the burning building. The second story of the residence was badly damaged by fire and water but the damage on the first floor was caused mostly by*, water. The furniture also suffered to a great extent from fire and water. . Raw Jto; ^ — Jl a.a, .. a .a.%^ a _ ** th uTiacr NUjocrTYiRt xnw ed by $5,00? insurance on the house and $3,000 on the furniture. - Those who reached the scene of the firp shortly after the alarm was given stated that, in their opinion, the blase '•as of incendiary origin, as the fire was burning in two or three differ ent places and there was evidence of kerosene oil having been poured about the building. After the fire< members of the fire department are said to have discovered that holes had been cut in the walls downstairs and oil-soaked paper placed therein. The theory is that the house was rob bed and- that the jobber then set the building on fire *n an attempt to hide the crime. It is believed that he be came frightened be fere completing his work pf destruction. It is also understood that a ladder was found at a rear window, through which the robber-incendiary evidently entered the house. Efficient T •"« Depart men!. v In commenting on the work of the Barnwell Fire Denur+m^nt, a resi dent of this city had the following to say Friday: - v 1 ~ “Barnwell has one of ttfe tost fire departments in the State and the Re mark is frequently heard on the streets after a fire that as long aa Chief J. J. Vickery and his present force are on the job a fire has a slim chance. But what this department really needs is better equipment. These men put up such a brave and determined fight that our people have never been awakened to the fact that they should be totter prepared to wage war on fire. It is with a feel ing of great security that our citizens ^ go to sleep at night, knowing that should a fire occur they-will lose lit tle, if anything. Our department does this work gratis—they do not expect money—but would not object to a certain amount of appreciathm shown them and totter equipment furnished.” » ■m Little Boy Hurt. Blackville, Aug. 17.—Mrs. Minnie Black announces the marriage of her daughter, Miss Minnit Belle Black, to Mr. Roland D. Tant, . the tation for selling prices. He plans to carry a complete stock of hottie furnishings and in vites his friends to call oh him at his store in the Tobin Block on_Main Street. Hia advertisement appears elsewhere in this issue of The Peo ple-Sentinel. to spend s few {lays in Charleston. , Mrs M. J. Youngblood and daugh ter, Miss Mamie Youngblood, of Aug- usta, are visiting Mrs. B. L. Easter ling. A Little David, son* of ,Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Woodward, happened to a rather peculiar accident last week. While at play he fell and in some way hia shoulder biads was torn looee and had to to gi»cn medical attention^ He has no idei when the accident occur red and was n&t suffering from the injury when taken to a local vhysie- ian. He *a doing nicely at this time and no 'ur’hci trouh’d is r.'iticipfetod. Mrs. William Hair and aou, Williston, were the gueota of Mrs. F. Grubbs Monday