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^ — * . -'V'- ; em» OFFICIAL NBW8PAPJ0I OF BAgKWBX COUNTY. ‘If m want aontj, we bare it— If 70a bate money, we wa«t ft." HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. ■. ir ii ■ ■ 1 1 ■■ ' »i. , iii 11 .UlltB XL|£^ ' ' EsUbliabed ia l87f. f/n/* V RECEIVER WILL PAY 20 P. C. DIVIDENDS NOV. 15 VANN MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT} OF INTEREST. Convicted of Here'sy Mu«t Like a Member of the Family” - ■ —-—■»—^ BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER », 1925 — — ■ ■" 1 1 '■ 1 .. , - ■ ■ ■■ JOINT SESSION OF TEACHERS OF BARNWELL AND ALLENDALE COUNTIES. * V - —r- —• / ■' ♦. To be. Held tt Barnwell High School Auditorium Saturday, October-Slat, 1925 11:00 CClock A. M. r~ Layteet County Clrealatlon. BARNWELL COtJHTrS A MOST FOPVLAR NEWBPAPRIl ALL HOME PRINT. NUMBER 9 BARNWELL COUNTY FAIR|||H OPENS MONDAY, NOV. 2ND Also States That First National Bank Depositors Will Get More Money JatV 1st. —<_ Mr. J. R. Vann, recsiyer for the First National Bank of Barnwell, told'a representative of The People- Sentinel i few day » aj; > that he w.M pay a twenty per cent dividend to depositors of tiiit defunct institu tion on November 15th and another substantial dividend, about January 1st. Announcement was made several weeks ayt * ut a d.\.‘dend \v< uld be ^aid Decen^r 1st and it w’ll be wel come news to deorisitors to learn that i.'ty will revive a out <i thei^, money tljiriv day-» earlier thar first announced. Mr. Vann re^nts that he cannot pay an even Jar^er dividend just at this time, but his inabilty to realise tost now on some paper held by the sank makes it necessary to defer Panother payment until about tne first 'of the'new year, a which time he hopes to be in a position to pay ten per cent., or maybe a little more. He wishes to assure depositors stid other parties interested that he is dt >nfc all in his power to wind up the affairs of the bank as rapidlv as ppssibl.*, a: the same time safeguarding he inter ests of all concerned to the best of his ability. It is understood that quite a num- ?>er of stockholders have paid their liability and others have made ar- rangemens to do so in the near fu- *ure. but it is necessary to institute ’egal proceeding^ against aom • tc < nforce payment. This will, of course, take time ami the receiver etm only pay dividends as he realizes on the resources of the bank. 15 P. C. at Allendale. .A'lendale. Oct. 24.—Perhaps no announcement has been greeted with as much enthusiasm and genuine pleasure as the calm announcement of J. R. Vann, receiver of the First National bank, that the bank would nay off a fifteen per cent, dividend on nil deposits on November 1.- This, which is the nrs^ dividend, is being paid less than a year from the time the hank’s doors were closed and the bank put in the hands,of a re ceiver. Although this one is only fifteen per cent. It is definitely an nounced that the affaira of the bank are in a fair way to be straightened up. and in due course iof time, deposi tors will all be paid in full. Mr. Vann announces that diviut-nds will be paid from time to time until the full Op ESurcises—Rev. J. R. Cullom, Supt. Ed. Allendale County, nee Met Song. Devotional “Acquaintance Meeting” with High School Supt’s. Fowler, King, Posey and Self leading. (Sqpt. T. E. Crane for Allendale County.) Organization of Barnwell County Teachers’ Association. —— : ADDRESS—Prof. E. P. Henderson, Furman University, Greenville. “South Carolina Teachers’ Association," by the Field Secretary or a rep resentative of the State Teachers’ Association. Violin Solo—Miss Martha Bruce, Blackville High School. Organization of Barnwell-AUendale 1925-1926 Study Center. ADDRESS—Dr. A. P. Bourland, Winthrop College, Rock Hill. “Diamond” Dick Alive! 1 Wednesday is Veterans. Day at County Fair ^^Vmount has been paid off. •> Hhe will lie recalled that the doors of bank were tlosed shortly after Thanksgiving last yegr. A^ that re time, a number of hiational Banks throughout this section were closed by order of the national bank exam iner. Prior to its > closing, it was thought by the directors of the bank that they could put the institution on its feet again if given only a few more months. The bank had been in a somewhat weakened condition ever since the strenuous days of 1920-21 which saw so many institutibns go under. However, last y?ar, ,the bank examiner considered it best to close the doors and since that time, every effort has been to pay off the depositors and straighten out the bank’s affairs, with such good results that the receive* is now ready to pay off the first dividend, which will be paid November 1st Sycamore News. Sycemori, Oct 24.—M’s I.eww Williams and childijpn of Seigling visited Mrs. W. R. Aften Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Estelle Loadholt and son and Mrs. Chassereak spent Wednesday in Ehrhandt on -business. Carrie Verribn, who has been visit- her aunt, Mrs. E. A. Huffman of Augusta, returned homl last Thurs- Nonhan Harter and Miss Thelma Ison, both of Uhutr, were quietly married here at the Baptist parson age recently, the Rev. W. R. Cardar officiating. - Mr.-and Mrs. L L. Bowers and Mrs. J. E. Lightsey and son spent Sunday afternoon with their sister, Mrs., Ben All of Allendale. s * The' House of Bishops of Pro testant Episcopal Church took ac tion against Bishop William Mont gomery Brown, retired Arkansas minister, to depose him from the ministry. They claim his teachings .were heretical. Will Sell Valuable Tract* Here Monday Elsewhere in this isus eof The Peo ple-Sentinel will be found a page ad vertisement of some valuable farm and town property that will be s&H at public auction in Barnwell immedi ately after the legal sales next Mond- day. The farm land is a part of the famous Sherwood plantation and is just outside of the city limits. The town property consists of lets in the town of Barnwell and the city of Columbia. Real estate prices at thh time are probably tne lowest they will be in many years to corny, unless, of couree, some unfwaeebi disaster should occur. Thousands of people are being attracted from the North and West to the South on account of the many advantage* of soil and cli mate to be found here. New Eng land banks report that thousands of dollars are being withdrawn daily for investment in this ffavored section and many neople are going to seek, homes in South Carolina. Thac be ing true, it would seem that the time to bqy real estate is now, before he boom sets in and prices begin to go up. Those, in charge of the above property will be glad to have prospec tive purchaser* inspect sam-‘ r.t any time prior to the sale Cotton Prices Fall Under Big Estimate Announces Services for All Saints Day The Rev. Howard Cady makes the following announcement of services at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Barnwell for All Saints Day, No- vember 1st: Church School at 10:15 a. m.; Holy Communion and sermon at 11:15 a. m ; Evening Prayer at 8:00 p. m. The subject for E.vening Prayer on Wednesday night, S. S.- Simon and Jude, will be “The Holy Trmity.” A cordial invitation is extended -the public to attend any or all of these services and the people of this sec tion are reminded of Bishop Guerry’s annual visitation to this Parish on the night of November 8th. The Confederate Veterans from all parts of the State enjoyed th" State Fair and have retuined to their homes the happier for the m/iny courtesies extended them while at the capitol. And now comes the welcome news to the veterans of Barnwell County that the Barnwell County Fair \8soc;a- tion, together with the Town of Barn well, have set apart Wednesday, No vember 4th, as Veterans Day and every veteran in the county j* in vited to be present on that day. A dinner will likewise be served the vet erans at the store on Wall Street next door to Hill’s Bakery. Mr. W. D. Harley, representing the Fair Asso ciation, will be on hand with passes for each veteran and upon arrival in town they will call at this store and receive their pass into the Knicker bocker Shows. They will also be furnished a free ticket for dinner, which dinner will be served by Circle No. Thre© of the Barnwell Baptist Church. The ladies of this Circle will serve a chicken as well as an oyster dinner, chiJken salad sandwiches, hot dogs, ham sandwiches, pies, cakes, coffee, etc., throughout the entire day, the proceeds df which will go towards the Building Fund of the Baptist Church. The Fpir Association and city council regret (hat they are un able this year to furnish passes and free dinners to the wives and widows of veterans, but hope to be able to do so at some future time!. * Knickerbocker Shows Highly Recommended Through the efforts of the leading showmen of America, a great deal of good has been accomplished in doing away with objectionable, features con nected with traveling tented organi zations. This movement had its ori gin with the formation of The Show men’s Legislative Committee and elected as its commissioner, Thomas J. Johnson, a well known attorney of Chicago. His duties in connection with this organization are similar to those of Landis in baseball and Hays in the movie industry. The leading showmen pledged themselves to con duct clean shows, free from immoral attractions and though the leader ship of Mr. Johnson have established themselves permanently with thq amusement seeking public. The .Knickerbocker Shows, coming here during the Barnwell County Fair, As the result of an increase ^of nearly half a million bales in the es timate of the Department of Com merce, issued MeU'day, as compared with that of two weeks previous, the price of cotton has declined more than a cent a pound this week, mak ing a totpl decline of five cents in the past month. The government now forecasts a yield of 15,226,000 bales, as compared with an indicated yield of 14,579,000 bales on October 1st. Probable production for South Carolina was placed at 850,000 bales. The total amount of cotton ginned to October 18th amounted to 9,519,784 bales, or less than two-thirds of the indicated total yield. Of this amount 781,690 bales had been ginned in South Carolina. _ The Department's e8timate*<lrew attacks from Senators Carraway, of Ariaynsas, and Harris, of ‘Georgia, the later expressing doubt that the final figures for the season would, ex ceed 14,000,000 bales. The Arkansas Senator declared that he would in troduce a bill in Congress prohibit ing^ gamblirig in farm products. “It is time to reform or abolish the De partment of Agriculture,” he said. > After living the quiet life of a village physician for thirty years in Norfolk, Nebr., Dr. Richard Tanner turns out to be “Diamond” Dick, dramatic dime novel hero. Those supposed fiction stories are true episodes from Dr. Tanner’s life. SIX BIG DAYS AND NIGHTS AT BARNWELL. Farm Products to Be Exhibited^— KqMterbocker Shows Will Fur- X ii^eke nlsh Attractions. Cupid Quite Active in Barnwell County Box Party at Reedy Branch. The public is cordially invited to attend a Box Party at Reedy Branch school house Friday evening, Oct. 30th, at 8:00 o'clock. The proceeds to be used for school purposes. Confederate Vets * Enjoy State Fair To the Editor of The People-Sentinel Dear Mr. Editor: Through kindness of the U. D. C.’s State and Barnwell Crmnty titular, oOite a nbmber of Confeder ate Veterans were enabled to attend the State Fair with all expenses paid and would have had the time of their lives had it not been for that genus of the species, the much dreaded and despised pickpockets, who were much in evidence and caused a number to come home wiser if not richer than we went, for they got our railroad tickets, too, and had it not been for the kindness of the Travelers Aid Association we would havd been in it, sure enough. But I started out to say something Dan Cupid was quite active in Barnwell County during the year 1924, according to figurva recently announced by the U. 3. Dep^r-ment of Commerce, the incr-*a«! the previous year being nearly 60 per cent. South Carolina figures shew that there was an increa*> in 1924 over 1923 of 1.7, which makes the increase in this county about 30 times as great as for the State at large. Barnwell County hafi 262 marriages in Hl24 as compared with 184 in 1923. Allendale showed a sharp decrease, falling from 200 in 1923 to 191 in 1924. Bamberg County increased 8.8 per cent, with 210 mar riages in 1923 and 247 in 1924. Col leton County, like Allendale, sh^ws a decrease, the figures being 239 ami 202 for 1923 and 1924, respectively; Cupid also fell down on the job in Dorchester, there being only 133 wed dings in 1924 as compared with 166 the previous year. Aiken, Calhoun and Orangeburg show substantial in creases while Hampton lacked a few theof keeping up the same record, of the in par- The Barnwell County Fair opens next Monday, November 2nd, and six big days and nights of fun, frolic* amusement and instruction are prom ised by the directors of the ‘Associa- tiontion. As announced in last week's issue of The fyople-Sentinel, cash prizes are being offered for the best exhibits of farm products, this fea ture of the Fair being in charge of Miss Willie Mae Vann, Home Demon stration Agent, and Mr. Harry G. Boylston, County Farm Agent. In the absence of an 'exhibit building, the products will be displayed in the show windows of the various mer chants of this city, who are co-operat ing in every way possible to make the Fair a success. § Of course, no Fair is complete with out a “Midway,” and the attractlone this yeflf are being provided by the Knickerbocker Shows, which come to Barnwell highly recommended. Ar rangement* have been mhde With the town authorities to have the mid way located on the Court House square this year, instead of outside the city Unfits, as has been the caa^ in the past. This will make it more con venient for residents of Barnwell and visitors also. A cordial invitation is extended to the people of Barnwell and adjoining counties to visit the Fair—every day if possible— enjoy the sights and com bine business with pleasure by mak ing purchases at the stores of iocaA merchants. Everything possible will ’’•be done for your pleasure and profit. Negro Sentenced to Gang for Stealing Jack Mack, colored chauffeur, was sentenced to 60 days on the chain gang by Magistrate W. P. Sanders Tuesday morning. It seems that the negro, who has been driving a car for Mrs. Julila B. Easterling, used the automobile Saturday night transfer, carrying members of the Cola Santo band to the train. In spite of the. fact, that neither the car • « * - - are members of this organization and 8 i^ e< I 0Ver by a the people of this section have as- men and women, with every conven- aurance that they will he provided * ence which could be desired. I had with clean and wholesome entertain- heard of it, but it was a surprise to ment. find it so complete. It is indeed the nor the'gasoline" cost him anything about the Old Soldiers’ Home—that ! an{ j a n that he made was clear-, profit, most excellent institution, the gift M ac ic evidently thought that he was of a generous State, which is pre-1 un( ] er p a jd an d annexed a suitcase he- corps of excellent longing to a member of Jt® band. It Citadel and Mercer ' ; ’ . '4 ^ Battle in AugUtta • * 4 ■■ I ■ IN — Augusta, Oct 27.—Outside of the Southern Conference, one of the out standing football clashes of the 1925 season will be staged here October 31 at Warren Park between the Citadel Bull Dogs and the Mercer Bears. ^ There is intense rivalry between these two teams and a battle far fiercer than the Georgia - Furman game, which was staged in Attgusta on Oct 17th, is assured when the elevens from Charleston and Macon- Barnwell Plny« Newberry, grapple here. { The Barnwell High School football Augusta is now making provisions' aqusd expects .to leave tils to handle the vast crowds that are ex-1 (Thursday) mbnring for Newberry, peeled for this big game. The Alum- - where they are expected to play that ni of bdth Macon and The Citadel, liv- city’s high school team in the aftef- mg in this section, have organized noon. The team hpft been going good for the purpose of stimulating inter- ! iii the last two games played and eat ia the game and to make it an an- the fans here are expecting the boys nual Augusts Classic.,,, ; -to bring home the bacon. < The Shows come well recommended and are numerous enough to provide plenty of amusement during the en tire week at the Fair. Fire Does Slight Damage. • • r , , uauanmiMBsw Slight damage was caused by fire Tuesday morning the two-story dwel ling adjoining the old Tobin resi dence. The blaze origint-tei on the roof and was quickly extinguished by the fire department However, the occupant of the house, Mr. C. F. Carter and family, believe in safety first and removed practically all of their hcosehotd goods. The dwelling is owned by Mrs. E. M. -Porter. happiest family I have ever visited and what a pleasure it is, when the was missed before the train reached Allendale and a wire was sent back to Barnwell. As a result, Mack was arrested Sunday afternoon by Poliice- man J. B. Ross. At first, his memory was very poor and he was unable to bell rings, to see the old boys come j tell anything about the occurrence, trooping into the dining room, as However, on the trip to the lock-up happy as hungry boys. I did not he confessed the theft, enabling the have thf-“pleasure of meeting the officer to recover the suitcase and Superintendent^ as he was unwell, its contents. Thirty days of his but his most genial assistant, Mr.; sentewe is for driving q car without Kellar, a most lovable man who did ttye owner’s. permission and the re- everything he could to make our stay ma i n der ia for larceny. f- 1 . pleasant, substituted for him. J ■ j ' > *■ The Home is a large buildling of Barnwell Mai/Doe* 38 bedrooms besides other necessary; rooms, with a spacious dining-room j large enough to seat 100 or more, if ... Exhibits at Barawad. Miss Vann and I are now getting up a number of community exhibits in addition to the GftTs and Boy’s Chib Exhibits. ( ‘ Arrangements are being made fer placing the exhibits, which will likely be in the show windows of the diffeiv ent stores. “These will be had in con nection with the show features which will be held during the weak of No*. 2nd to 7th. Exhibits will be brought in on Mon- da v and Tuesday, at whichTtime they will be arranged. They will be on display from Wednesday through the balance of the week. Every girl and bqy, as well as man and woman who ia expected to taka part will please make every effort' to have exhibita in on time, aa well aa co-operate in every way to mak« s success of these exhibits held this year. H. (k BOYLSTON. County Agent. Missionary Circles to Serve Lundi 1- V Well in Columbia necessary. Each bedroom has two bads, with hot aad.«old water, steam heat and other comforts. Hi W. Jones; Co. H, 17 & CT V. Nock The Carolina Life Insurance Co., pf which Mr. A. B. Langley is vice-presi dent, general manager and director, has purchased the .Liberty / Rank Building, one of Columbia’s scrapers. Mr. Laagley is a native of Barnwell and - moved to many years ago. He has been highly J. M. Gamble, of Manning, was | successful in all of his undertakings killed about midnight Thur<iday while and. today is recognised as one of returning from State Fair. The au- i the capitals ctty's moat m tomohile in which he was riding went j business man. His man^ friends in over an embankment and hit neck Ida old home county are glad to learn was broken. of his continued v The various circles of the Barnwell Baptist Church artll serve lunch every day during Fair Week and delightful meals can be had for a nominal sum. Everything from barbecued pork, oys ters. chicken dinners, chicken salad sandwiches, hot dogs, pies cakes, cof fee, et<?., will be served from day to day, beginning Monday, Nov. 2nd. when Circle No. 1 will serve and con tinuing througout the week, with the exception of Wednesday "when all circles will serve- from a booth the Western Carolina Bank, ea Circle No. 1. which will serve barbe cue dinner in the (5ourt House on Monday and on account of feeding the' Veterans on Wednes4ay, Circle No. Three will serve at the store on Wall Street next to Hill's Bakery. The proceeds from sales to go towards the Binding Fund of the Barnweft Bap tist Church. The ladies ask for w liberal patronage from the public. Fatly al' -• - Elko, Oct. 27,—The Elke School will give a Hallowe’en enter tainment Friday night, Oct. firfifi o’clock. An admission fat and 2fi cents ! will he charge freohasents will be served by dies of the 8. I. A. The vftad to attend. .’Via -'V, *3Mi hs ■BfllHHi M , - ’ % -