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‘If jm want ■—ey, 4re bare H— If yoa have Money, we want It.** BOMB BANK 0F BARNWELL. &~TUB OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BAKNWBLL OOUNTT.^EI BaUblUbed In 1877. *Ju»t Like ii MTiibrol ilwi Family* BARNWELL. SOOTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 1818. ^ • / v - : NUMBER 81 BALES A MARKETED THE END OF THE JOY RIDE %.A. a CHAPIN V NEARLY 1,000 SOLD UP TO SAT- I .-.-v,- URDAY NIGHT. / Is Probably a Record for Barnwell.— Prevailing Price Has Been 22 3-8 to 23 1-4 Cents. Nearly 1,000 bales j>f cotton—or to be Aact, 976 bales—of the 1925 crop had b^en sold on the local market up to Saturday night, the 22nd inst., and the 'thousand mark was passed ^arly Monday morning. This is prob ably a record, on the local market for early movement of the new crop, as it is usually the first of September be fore cotton is sold in any quantity. Very good prices have been paid for the staple, the market varying between-22 3-8 to 23 1-4 cents' per pound, with the exception of two or •three gin-cut bales early in the month. While this is less than the farmers hoped to receive for thir cotton—25 cents being the popular conception of a profitable price—most of the grow ers are marketing the fleecy staple iust as fast as they can get it from the fid to the gin. The Cotton Report. The government issued its .fprt- lightly - condition report Monday morning, placing the conditio^ at 62 and the estimated yield at 13,- 990,000 bales as of August 16. Gin- nings to that date were 577,921. The condition and estimate were about in line with expectations but ginnings ..were lower. Shortly after the pub lication of the report, October op tions jumped from *i3.18—or about 20 tpointa under Saturday’s close—to 23.40. a few points net higher. The market closed Monday at 23.25. Birthday Dinned Enjoyed Saturday Double Pond, Aug. 25.—Preaching 'service was held here Sunday after noon with a large attendance/ Miss Julia Warren spent Saturday with Miss Ollie Lee Jones. Mr. Isadore Hartzog made a flying trip to Olar Saturday afternoon. Miss Suell Redmond spent Saturday night with Miss Lila Weeks. Mr. Freddie Jones made a flying trip to Blackville and Barnwell Sat J unlay morning. Mr. J. B. Weeks, of this community, purchased a new Buick car Saturday afternoon from the Denmark Buick Co. ' Mr. Ponnell Hair was in Bilda Tues day on business. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Jones, Jr., and children spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hair, of this section. Mr. J. B. W,eeks and family motor ed to TTenmark Saturday afternoon. Mr. Alfonso Hutto and sisters, ' Corine and Christine, left Fnday orning for a visit to their aunt in illistoh-Jfcfter spending some time with friends and relatives of this’ community. Mrs. W. P. Hair, Messrs Frank and Ponnell Hair, Misses Ollie Lee Jones, Julia Warren and Daisy Hair motored to Denmark Saturday afternoon. Mr...amj Mrs. J. A. Shipes motored to Blackville Saturday afternoon. Mr. Lee Lancaster and. family and Miss Emma Fanning spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Shep Lott. Mr. W. P. Hair and family were the guests of Mr. Eddip^Hair and family, of Bamberg. Sunday. Mr. Lee Lancaster and family motored to Blackville Saturday af ternoon. Mrs. Ethel Tant spent Saturday night with her sister, Mrs. O. B. Nix. The many relatives and friends of Mr. E. F. .Weeks enjoyed the birth day dinner Saturday given at the home of Mr. W. F. Weeks, the for mer celebrating his 77th birthday. A large crowd was present with well filled basket*, Iced tea was served with lunch. The occasion was en joyed by all. . More .New Bbngalows. •AJToOaStc ^ _J? ssyasi If There Is a Blue Ring Aroun THsf Label Your Subscription Has Expired and the publiaher will appreciate year remittance by return malt We have a Urge number of su^crlbers who are in arrears and-with increased costs of publication it is impossible for us to continue sending the paper to delinquent subscribers. The label shows the month and year fo which your subscription is paid. For instance, “Jan. 25” means that the subscription was paicl to Jan. 1,1925, and tiom is so on.' Your prompt attentiomis requested. The Publisher. . ’ v • t-P'SK \ ALLENDALE COUNTY’S OIL I WELL OWNER HERE MONDAY TRUSTEES ENTHUSIASTIC OVER SCHOOL OUTLOOK c Work on the brick bungalow being erected by Mrs. B. W. Sexton on Kills L^tyie Rattlesnake. Lyndhurst, Aug. 24.—Quite a large rattlesnake wqs killed a few days ago by L. P. Ready, Jr., of this section. The rep tile was said to measure over five feet in length, and was adorned with sixteen rattles 1 and a button. A large lump was noticed in the middle of the snakeV body, as if it had swal lowed some large prey, and upon an incision being made, a fyll grown fox squirrel was found in a semi-digested con dition, but intact enough to be identified. It seems rather a strange thing tl^at so alert and wily qn animal as a squirrel should have been captured. Evidently the reptile used the bower they are said to possess, and “charm ed” nature’s acrobat. ~ Thos. M. Boulware, Esq., chairman, ’ 6 session.” and Col. Harry D, Calhoun, secretary of the local Board of School Trustees, are very enthusiastic ove<^ the pros pects for the Barnwell Schools dur ing the coming year. These gentle men were interviewed this week by a representative^ of The People-Sen tinel and each of them spoke in the highest terms of Prof/Fowler and hiK k corps of efficient teachers. They feel that a wise selection has been made and that, the local school will begin the 1925-26 session under very favorable circumstances. Dunbarton School to Open September 7th Dunbarton, Aug. 25.—The Dunbar ton High School will open on Monday, September 7th. The opening exercises will be held at Cypress Chapel Church at 10:00 o’clock, due to fact that the school has no auditorium. After exer cises at the jAureh, the pupils will go to the school building for classification and assignments of books. The pat rons of the school are cordially invit ed to attend the opening. Supt. King is looking forward to the best year yet. There,will be seven teachers this session and the eleventh grade will be added for the first time. This school was made a state high school three years ago, and the addit ion of the eleventh grade this year makes the school a standard four-year high school which will issue state hi^i school diplomas. , For the first time in the Kistory of the school there will be an athletic coach to handle the different depart ments of athletics. An attempt will be made to put out teams represent ing the differents departments of To Progress Mentally and Morally Mr. Boulware says: “We think the outlook for l‘''.>-6 is good. This opinion is oased upen new plans of knowing that both pupils and teachers put forth their very best ef forts. 1 “Athletics will not be neglected, as we have a coach for boys and a-coach for girls, but superiority' in athletics is not even one of our main objects. Our two main objects are: A step, or as many a#possible, forward men tally and morally. “With this object of moral de' elop- ment in view, we have an assignment as Director of Boys’ Activities and an S ssignment as Girls’ .Adviser, whose uties will be fully explained to the teachers and pupils by Prof. Fowler. “As to mental development, we feel safe in our opinion, based upon his record and personality, that Prof. Fowler will see to it that the tax payers’ money expended through the Barnwell School gets results. A part of this Record is that Prof. Fowler, professionally,, has risen from the bottom to the top in efficiqnpy, and has carried with him the, schools in which he taught. While we have hope that Barnwell may not always remain so far behind other communi ties in the matter of a centralised school and vocational training, where by a grad&ate is given 'a respectable earning power, still our oresent ob ject is to see that the children get what good there may be In the 1925- A Better and Bigger School Col. Calhoun, when asked about the iprogpecjtn for a better and bigger school this year, said: “In my opinion we have the best faculty jn the history of the school. Supt. Fowler, who worked his way through the ^Citadel and the Univer sity of South Carolina, has had great experience as a teacher, organizer 'aruf^is^iplinarian. Mr. Francis Rice, who finished high in his class at Washington and Lee and the UnWer- 'sity of South Carolina, comes high^ ly recommended and is very sucess- ful in the management of boys and their training in athletics. “Miss Elizabeth BurckjiaUer, who Vill have charge of the basket hall team and other sports for the girls, an adept in the art. In addition Heal Wave Fatality. • A death-.attributed to the terrific heat wave that has held this section in its grip during the greater part of August oc curred Wednesday of. last week near Ashleigh/a few miles from Barnwell, according to reports received here. A negro woman was picking cotton and about 12 o’clock noon was stricken with a hemorrhage from the ‘ nose. She suffered such a great 'loss of blood that she ldie<j within a few hours. Her death caused considerable ap prehension on the part of other cotton pickers, many of whom refused to work between the hours of 12 and four o'clock. Very high temperatures were recorded in this section several days last week—fully as high as those of two weeks ago, when thermometer readings w'ere as high as 110 degrees in the sun and very little cooler in the shade. Successful Melon 1 Season Is Gipseji J. LAWTON BOX TfilNKS HE* HAS STRUCK OIL. • ^ . ~ % Finds Traces in Well Whose Water Supply Has Been Affected by Dry Weather. Mr. J. Lawton Box, of Allendale County, wfte. in- the city Monday and in response to an inquiry from a rep resentative of The People-Sentinel staUdj that he had really found tracdf of oil on his plantation several miles from Allendale. His attention was first attracted to the well several days ago when his wife informed him that the water was unfit for drinking, having the taste and odor of kerosene. Mr. Box drew a bucket of the liquid from the weB and when a match was applied it blazed up like gasoline. Thinking that perhaps some one had poured a quantity of oil or gasoline in the well, he had the water drawn out and himself scraped the bottom.. While in the well, he noticed a trickle of oil from one side but the flow finally stepped. He submitted a sample to Clem son College for examination but had not heard from the analysis when he wan here Monday. Whep asked if it were possible that the oil or gasoline had/seeped into is she manages the high school depart ment in a very satisfactory manner, all the children being-quite fond of her. “Miss Elizabeth McNab, who will The 1925 watermelon shipping sea son in Barnwell County has passed Into history and those who grew melons for market’ netted a very -handsom^ profit and put a considera ble amount of money into circula tion. While the production was some what curtailed this season, the quali ty and size of the melons were good 'and throughout the selling season the juicy fruit commanded fine prices. 7n most instances, the low prices re ceived were as good as the high prices of other years. Choice melons sold a*, high as $500 a carload, while lower qualities pranged from a little under $100 per car, iy». The attrac tive feature of the marketing this year was the fact that checks were given right on the spot, the farmers have charge of the first grade, has taking no chafes whatever. A large had great experience in this depart- number of b^ers was here an , wi ment and it goes without saying that t ^ ie exception of a ew a y 8 ' e she will be credit to the faculty mand wa * ^ through- “Miss Grimes and Miss Cave taught for us last year and we are fortunate in having them again, as ‘the 1 parents and - children are^ all. de- v^d to them. Their past work has proven entirely . satisfactory. The other lady teachers all come from re putable colleges and we* are sure to have the best school during 1925-26 that we have ever had.” Marlboro Avenue Is progressing spirts. Mr. H. K. . Neely, of Clinton is the athletic advisor. He will teach History and Science in the high school. ^ • The building has beefT~ renovated xffd another room added to the build ing to care for the additional teacher recently been opened up through to] this year. Hie room that was built the Southern railroad and will bs ona' last year has been painted, grounds W the most desirable residential sec- 1 cleared, and everything made attrac- Irapidly and.the building ^*111 be com tpleted in the near fture. It is under- thst Mrs. Lizzie Cave and Mrs. will have two other bungalows on lots adjoining this one in >the hear future. An avenue tions of the city. I tivgfor the children. A good corps of Barnwell Merchants ; Remodeling Stores out the season. _ - In a number of instances, sufficient proTit was made froth the sale of melons to pay for the expense of the whole farm, although some farmers preferred to buy a new" automobile in stead. Barnwell and Dunbarton are perhaps the largest shippers of melons in the county, although "Blackville, Elko, Williston, Kline and Hilda also shipped many cars. All in all it was a ‘most successful season and many thousands of ^dollars were paid to the farmers/ Mr. B. Mazursky, proprietor of j Mazursky’s Department Stor.% Ms j doing some extensive remodeling to the interior of hi? store building next door to the Bank .if W j Urn Carolina in this city and when completed it will ]t>e one of th« most up-to-dste Stores in the county. The middle partition has been, torn out, the office elevated above the floor level The Kaeptpn Reunion. stores c * to-weaV. pf men’s and women’s ready- teachers has been announces and everything is bright for a record year. ' There will be the largest enroll ment ever in the history of the school. | Repairs are also being made* to the Trucks win be operated again this j building on Main Street formerly oc- year from Meyer’s Mill, Four Tfffte, j cupfed by the Palace Market add it A if occasion which wo* enjoyed by about fifty people—relatives and friends of the Knepton family— was the Knepton reunion held at the home of Mr. W. A. Knepton, near Baldock, ^n Thursday of last week. A barbecue had been prepared and i by Mr. Knepton and well filled bas- cases have been built for the large 1 kets were brought by those who at tended and almost lumptuous picnic dinner was served during the day un der the shade trees near the house. During the afternoon a “watermelon „ T ^ cutting” was enjoyed by tome while Greenland, and Joyce Branch ‘ Dis- is understood that L. Weiner and Bro, others went for a swim in the heautl- tricts. Supt. King welcomes the pupils from these districts and tKtae who care to come from other districts. He aleo requests Gut every pupil who intends to come daring the year to be on hand for the opening, so he pen get right down to^wprk. will occupy this store about October h .. - a '.*• j- . •« r*- let. = ^Local merchants are anticipating • good business this Fall, in spite of the fact Gut the cotton crop has teen cut somewhat by the prolonged drought. fui Bans about a mile away. Wh&e it wae a source of regret Gut more *f the relatives and friends of the Knepton family could not attend, it is safe to say Gut Gris was ona of , the most enjoyable reunions this > family has held in a number of years. V' the well from a tank, Mr. Box re plied that he thought not. He has tank on his place but says there has been no gasoline in it for two years and that the seepage into the well is on the opposite side from where he has the tank. The well is about 15 feet deep and the traces of oil were not discovered until the water supply was affected by the extreme drought. He has another well on the placq that he states also shows signs of oil. The result of .the Clemson anal-. ysis will be awaited with keen inter est and it is sincerely hoped that oil in commercial quantities will ha' found in this section. —v*" Ku Klux Klan Hu Parade at pah-fax Fairfax, S. C. Some eight hun dred members of the Ku Klux Klan of this section of the State took part in a parade here Thursday night at which time about seventy-five can didates were initated. It is said that the. gathering was the largest that ” has fever been witnessed here. White robed horsemen headed the parade. Behind them came hundreds of klansmen dressed in full regalia. An eight foot fiery croas was carried. The klansmen marched in columna of fours. The parade moved from the main thoroughfare into the park, where naturalisation took place. The principal address was deliver ed by R. O. Dunning, 'special repre sentative of the Ku Klux Klan Realm of South Carolina, F. T. Deas and J. M. Night of Auguata spoke. W. L. Lee and F. W v Wilson of Fairfax also spoke.* An eight piece orchestra head ed by Prof. L. W. Smith of Fairfax, furnished the music. A delegation from Augusta took part in the exercises. — * — - s ■%£ Resigns as City Attorney. At the regular meeting aTthe city council Monday night, Solomon Blatt, Esq., tendered his resignation as dty -