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Baxley, the other members of the - Board, had already tend* red their resignations last week This ends the controversy between the members of the 'Board and the nty Delegation, a full account of appeared in last week’s issue t The People-Sentinel. Col. Edgar A. -wn prepared a statement in re ference to the adjustment of the dif ferences existing between the two bodies and it is published in full be low. A new board will be named with in the next few days. The members of the Grand Jury assmbled here yesterday morning at the request of the Directors, but in view of the agreement arrived at and the further fact that they were with out authority in law to meet at this time, adjourned without taking any action in the matter. Col. Brown’s statement is as fol lows;.. Col. Brown’s Statement To the People of Barnwell County: The controversy between Mr. Mat thews, Mr. Folk and Mr. Turner, members of the County Bdard of Directors, and the Delegation^ is end ed. These gentlemen, by agreement, have this day resigned from the Board 1 want to say, in concluding this un pleasant matter, that my differences with these gentlemen have been in matters of judgment and policy. If I have in the public prints reflected upon the character and integrity of these men, it was unintentional. I have known all of them for many years, and always considered them good business men of ability, integri ty and character—particularly have I considered Mr. Matthews way above the average in these qualities. After going over this entire matter with them and their representatives, all striving to* reach an agreement for the best interest of the County, I am S^nvinced that hqwefer much I may s ‘ differed with them, that they acted in all public matters as ted by their best judgment. They realize, tho, that cm account of the violent differences between them selves and the delegation, it Is for the jpest interest for them te resign, and I give them full credit for this. The Delegation, so far as I am con cerned, will endeavor to appoint an entirely new Board, composed of some of the best business men that we can pick in the county, to fill these most difficult places, and I bespeak for the new Board the cooperation and sympathy of the citizenship of the County in what I hope will be an earn est effort to put the County on a sounder financial basis. I have always thought that odr chaingang cost too much money, and still think so, and ao far as I am concerned, as I now see it, unless the expense of main taining the same can in some way be reduced, I believe it would be cheaper for the County to do as the other Counties have done; that is, have no chaingang, send all convicts to thp penitentiary, and contract ail work on roads and bridges. However, this is a question to which there are two •ides and which will be settled later, EDGAR A. BROWN. . —■ 0 > » c^MIVI m. Order Police to Stop Nfc Speed Law Violators ^Numerous complaints have been made to the City Fathers about many Catches 8-lb. Trout. V The Rev. R. W. Humphries, Martin Q. Best, of Barnwell, and J. W. Vi ,V of Union, enjoy- violations of the speed laws in Barnwell and at the regular meet ing Monday nigfcjb the city policemen were ordered to ihrest anyone who is guilty of speeding’qr reckless driv ing, especially in 'Ifie* school zones. It appehrs that quite a number of. drivers absolutely disregard the speed limit, 1 driving their cars at a Tapid rate of speed through the streets, thereby endangering the lives of others, especially school children. The members of city <ounc : l are de termined to put a stop to .his dan gerous practice and \yarn drivers to observe the treffe laws. Those who persist in speeding or driving their icars recklessly will be severe’y dealt with. Many Boys and Girls’ Leaving for College Barnwell is fast taking on the'ap pearance of a deserted village, so far as college boys and girls are con cerned. Quite a number have al ready gone to the various colleges and others are leaving this week. The following is a list ot the young ladies and gentlemen who have already left or will leave this week, and also the colleges that they will attend: To Furman—Aubrey Harley, Al bert Cornell, Dan Hartley and Frank Cave. To and Henry Killlngsworth. To University^ of South Carolina— B. S. Moore, Jr., Emile Harley, Jr., Terrell Parker and Marion Miller. To Erskine—Harry Anderson. To Davidson—Bates Hagood. ' To The Citadel—James Calhoun. To Coker—Miss Frances Lemon. To Wihthrop—Misses Elizabeth and Willie Bush Denson. To G. W. C.—Miss Louise Creech. To Chicora—Missees Ella Lcwiise Molair and Anna Sams Clark. inson, of ed a fishing trip on the Com* bahee River Friday; ^hen Mr. Vinson caught a large ' input that tipped the scales at eight. pounds after he had been out. of the water for several hours. The fish measured 27 inches in length, or about three inches longer than another prize catch made by the Union man at a pond near Barnwell * several months ago. The bait used Was an artificial crab. -O ✓ PARTIAL RELIEF COMES AFTER MANY WEEKS. ^ ; a ’* * • • • v A"* ’ \»i> i *‘.. . Barnwell Visited by Light Rains Monday Night and Tuesday —Prayers Answered. WITH LARGE ENROLLMENT • Barnwell Methodists to Build New Church W5 PUPILS WERE PRESENT MONDAY MORNING. v V. S. Owens Resignes as County Attorney V. S. Owens, Esq., resigned as county attorney yesterday morning, following the action of Messrs. Mat thews, Folk and Turner in hahdingin their resignations as members vof the Board of County Directors. Mr. Owens was appointed several months ago and has discharged the duties of his office in a very able manner. It is hardly probable that his suc cessor will be elected until after the appointment of a new Board. Although only light showers fell in JBarnwell Monday night and Tues day moiriing other sections of the coun ty are reported to have received fine rains, breaking the prolomrcd drought of several week d^ttjon. Shortly 'before dark Monday eeveping, resi dents of this city noticed flashes of lightning in the North, which steadily increased in intensity as the clouds gathered. In a short while the rumbling of distant .bunder could be heard. The electrical dis play was accompanied by quite' a severe windstorm, which, however, ^lid no damage. In spite of the heavy clouds that covered the sky, only a light sprinkle of rain fell here Monday night, to be followed Tuesday morning by another light shower. A few miles from Bamwelf, however, and at Blackville. Dunbar ton' other parts of the county, good falng, fell, according to reports received herb*Tuesday. Special Offer to College Students The People-Sentinel has decided to make a special subscription offer to Clemson—Madison Woodward^ collegn pf si. fnj ytvtira college term. If you have a boy or girl at college, send us the above amount and we will enter his or her name on our subscription list to June 1st, 1926. The young people want the news from home and there is no better wajf for them to get it than from the columns of this paper. Send us one dollar today and let them get a copy of this weekV issue. Orangeburg B^ Y. P. U. Visits in Blackville S' *-* ' . Blackville, Sept. 8.—On Sunday evening, August 30th, the B. Y. P. V. Detriment of the First Baptist Church wf Blackville was honored by a most delightful visit from the B. Y. P. U. Department of the First Bap tist Church of Orangeburg. Fifty- five members of the Orangeburg B. Y. P. U. motored over to Blackville^— »* Death ef Mrs. Addison. . ~ ' Mrs. Anna Aldrich Addison, a na- of Barnwell,' dlad at her home in [.Tna«dMM*tfca advanced of n tow*. «««***» «•- received here. Her body will be brought to thia city F^Waf laid to vaat in the Episcopal Church yard, beside the regains «f gone before, eflbvW' The rains followed prayers offered by the people of varidua, denomina tions on Sunday in response to a pnoclamanton by Governor Me j that the day be set aside for fasting and prayer for relief from the drought. So far as can be' ascer tained, prayers for rain were offered in only one church here—the Episco pal Church.. Many other sections throughout South Carolina report relief from the drought, a dispatch from Rock Hill stating that a refreshing shower fell there Sunday afternoon, a few hours after the holding of union services to petition “forgiveness of sins” and Divine relief from tne dry spell. The weather ferecast gave further promise (CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE.) GOVERNMENT FORECASTS ~ 13,750,000 BALE CROP CONDITION PLACED PER CENT. AT 56.2 New Organ Dedicated at Episcopal Church Market Promptly Responded Bullish Estimate, Advancing 95 Points for October. to !■ ■■ MMipdMi In the face of numerous private, re- d..p>te the extremely du.ty coef-fp^t, durin|I the ^ WMk> the average of which showed a condition of 58.6 per cent of normal, with an indicated yield of 14,075,000 balds-, the government report Tuesday morning was quite bullish, tho con dition being only 66.2 per cent, with an indicated yield of 137700,00, or about a quarter of a million bales less than was forecast two weeks before^ The market had already,ad vanced a number of points previous to the publication of the report and in a short time after it was tamed, October had advanced 95 points abovo the close of last Friday, being quoted at 23.84. That month closed at 28.08. Tffe ginners’ report was about in line with expectations, being 1,892,000 bales to Sept. ^at. While tbit is very heavy for this season of the year, many take it as a further indi cation of a short crop, claiming that cotton has opened premainrily. Bd that as it may. It Is said' ’ha*: the two local gibs have not been quite ai busy this weeek as heretofore. tion of the road,—and arrived on the church grounds in Blackville about six o’clock. Shortly after their ar rival a lunch was served the visiting * * delegation and at 7:30 one group of the Orangeburg B. Y. P. U. rendered t^ a-crowded house, (the joint meet ing of the two B. Y. P. U. Depart ments being held in the main 1 audi torium of the Sunday school depart ment of the chprchj^a most instruc tive and interesting program on mis sions. Orangeburg is proud of her B. Y. P. U. Department and she has a right to be. After the conclusion of the B. Y. P. U. program, the people of Blackville had the privilege of hear ing a splendid sermon delivered by Dr. Davis, Pastor of the Orangeburg church, Rev. L. H. Miller,, pastor of the Blackville Baptist Church 'having turned over the evening preaching 'hour to- our. visiting pastor from Orangeburg. This visit from Orange burg was most enjoyahb and quite inspirational and will be long re membered in the annals of the Black ville B. Y. P. U. Department. MRS. W. K. ALTMAN, s Corresponding See’y. - Adult B. Y. P. U. . s The beautiful new pipe organ, which was installed several months ago in the Church of the Holy Apostles at Barnwell, was dedicated Sunday morn ing, quite a large congregation be ing present Jor the special service. The Rev. Howard Cady, preached a 'most excellent sermon, while special music by the choif, with Mrs. Perry A. Price as soloist, added greatly to the enjoyment of the occasion. Col. Harry D. Calhoun, junior war den, made a. few remarks appropriate to the occasion. The organ is a memorial to the 'brother of the present rector, who died abont a year ago, Mr. Cady paying half the cost and the congre gation the other half. we The members of the Barnwell Methodist Church have decided to erect a handspme new church build ing to replace the present frame structure, work to begin within the next 60 or 90 days, according to in formation received . yesterday. A meeting of the members was held Tuesday night at the home of CoL J. E. Harley and in a very short time the su mof $15,000 was stfbscribed. It is understood that the new church will be built of brick. The present building will be rolled back, veneered with brick and used for Sunday school rooms, with the main body of the new church on the site of the old one. An active-.canvass of the mem bership will be made this week. The local Baptists are alto plan ning to replace their present building with a more modern- structure, hav ing Already bought a large amount of bricx, etc., which is now on the ground., Two Counties HoM , Sunday School Meet The Barnwell • Bamberg Sunday school convention met at Double Pond church, Barnwell County, last The first session was held Wednesday, followed by interesting sessions Thursday and Friday. Wed nesday an interestfug^demenstration was given by the' kindergarten de- pai^ment of the Williston Baptist Sunday school, directed by Mies Mayo Rountree, superintendent of this de partment, assisted by the teachers ef four and five year old children. After various addresses of welcome and responses, the principal address of Wednesday was made*by Dr. O' Kelly, pastor of the Denmark Bqptist church. Wednesday afternoon special exercises were held by Friendship, Denmark and Barnwell Sunday schools.^ During the day the music was furnished bjr the men's male chorus of Williston. The \outstanding thing on Thurs day’s program was an address by Dr. A. T. Jamison of Connie Maxwell orphanage and an able address by Lieut. Gov. E. B. Jackson of Weg ener, who has recently returned from Florida. Others on the program Were; Miss Alva Baxley of Black vflle, J. L. Baggott of Columbia, the Rev. J. Dean Crain of Columbia end the Rev. O. B. Falls of Bamberg. ' — Dr. Hensley Declines County Physician Job Brown add BUflk City Attorneys. Brown and Bush haw been as attorneys for the chy of Barnwell to. ftB the vacancy caused fig the tmm of * continue to ta ably Prices Recovered Last Week. New Orienaa, Sept 6.—The cotton nuirwuw naowua « vnoaurwc recovery the past week from tho ^|efae which followed the Mid-August government and yield report The tow- jMrfnt reached by liertinilwiT tracts wgp tLR an Monday. A pferf Prices advanced until at the high point for December, reached Fri day, that month traded at 22.24, a re covery of 86 points from the recent low. It was then announced that big fchorts had about covered, and more or leas hedge selling followed, lit a result of this about 16 points Of the advance was sacrificed. Con sidering the heavy movement of cotton to market for se earty a period of the season, prices have held up well, sustained by increasing of the drought situation in the eastern half of tbrf belt and by re ports of deterioration tqThe crop in Oklahoma end Arkansas. Activity was hold in check by the dkarim of traders to even up m tn advanca ox m§ trip** 4ay. & When asked by a representative of The People-Sentinel on Monday\if he had accepted the position of county physician, Dr. Chas. A. Hensley, of this city, replied: • ^ \ “While I understand that the Board of County Directors, to *eb- sion ct Barnwell last week, elected me county physician, I have not been formally notified of the appointment and with the present Board to office, in view of what has happened to the vpast atid the summary manner in which I was dismissed several months ago, I will, of course, decline the ap pointment. I have no aasorancq that this appointment will be other than temporary and I will not permit this Beard or any other Board to use me as a means for settling personal grudges. If, however, at aokae future date another Board is appointed and it is composed of fair-minded,’ bust men, ft will bo my pkaauro to serve the people of Barnwell County as ceu&r phys&aa should I be elect ed to that position. < db 'M Total EnrqMmoat Will Exceed That •f Last Session.—“Work” Will . Be the Keynote, ^ The Barnwell High afid Grammar School opened Monday with a record breaking enrollment for the opening day, about two hundred and thirty- five being present. The significance 6f this figure is found by a compari son with last year, when about two ■hundred enrolled on the first day 282 were enrolled for tile session. The total enrollment for this session should be over three hundred, as a good many children are still out who will be la as soon as the pressure of the cotton picking is over. ..The enrollment in the high school, was particularly gratifying. Eighty- 'seven enrolled against a total ef ninety for last session. A good num ber of high School pupils from sur rounding districts have been attract ed by the reputation of the Bun- well High School and the prospects for s session of good work this year. This ^'department should have more than a hundred students this year. 1 ' % * The opening was marked by sim ple and appropriate exercises. After devotional exercises led by the Rev. Howard Cady and the Rev. R. W. Humphries, Mr. Thoa. M. Bouhrare, Chairman, and Col. ff. D. Calhoun, Secretary, each made e short talk, setting forth the alms and policies ef the school from the standpoint of the ' of trustees The key note ef Mr. C. H. Fowler, the superintend ent, then introduced all the teachers to the patrons and children. Folk the High School:.Mr. C. H. Fowler, Bupt, Mias Elisabeth- Rurckhalter, Princi pal and Girl’s Adviser; Mr. I. H. Boinest, A Set. Supt. and Athletic Director; Miss Ehna Cava, teacher of Home Economics; Miss Cecils Ftoklea, teacher of Latte and French; Mbs Elizabeth Johnston, seventh grade; Miss Eva Glenn, sixth grade; Mbs Katherine Lawton, fifth grade; Mbs Mineola Grimes, fourth grade; Mas Virginia Hutto, third grade; Mbs Blanche Ellis, second grade; Mbs Elizabeth McNsb, flm grade; Mrs. T. E. Cummings, modi* This was followed by a pba from the superintendent to the that they ft* really ; the teachers of their j there might be that standing and sympathy which furnish the basis far real tion between parent amt teacher la their efforts for the benefit of the child. Mr. Fowler then gave the policies of the school admtoiatratbn. Here, as in the case of the board ef trustees, the keynote Was work and thoroughness. *• “V After a few announcements -• the classes assembled to their room the 1925-26 session had begun. -. Al'-v wm Quite a Number of^ Subscribers Renew Quite a number of subscribers have sent to their renewals to The F*opb- fientfoel (faring the past week. One to Mm mafflag list—that of Mr. Jefferson C. Smith, of Tillman, who made Me team here number of years ago. Mr. Smith is a son-to-tow of five late Sheriff ff. B. Creech. ' ' r \. The following is a list «* those who hnv* renewed: Mrs. L. M. Gave, BarawML CoL £0. Bafik of Western viBe. S. H. Greene, 1>r. U'W.' Miller, BarnWelL 1 tfnrfimrff OfiHI Til A*! I IT #• xxprnMn* obsssp c. r. .