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VOLUME XLIX.
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BARNWELL. 80l|TH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER Si. 1925.
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NUMBER IS.
THE BIG VOTE OFFER TO
CLOSE SATURDAY NIGHT
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Barnwell’^ Most Popular Citizen
BARNWELL SHIVERS IN
GRIP OF ICY WEATHER
NEVER AGAIN WILL SUBSCRIP*
TIONS COUNT AS MUCH.
All Candidates Running Close Togeth
er, With No One Having a Very
Large Advantage.
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Infant Drank Lye
With Fatal Results
Super-effort is now being displayed
iii The People-Sentinel’s big cam
paign as the largest and best Extra
Vote offer of the entire race huddles
around closing time, up to 9:00 a. m.
Saturday. Candidates have the privi
lege of mailing Weir subscriptions
and remittances so they will count on
this most liberal special offer of all
time. Are you prepared to meet it?
The past was a period of changes—
many changes—of many candidates
taking better places, of others drop
ping to less advantageous places.
What happened in the past is only
^ a forerunner Sjf what is bound to
,c*me today, ft is inevitable that in
nr» th«w«oext three days itvalance of sub-
ious the present arrangement
score Will be turned topsy-turvy,
to every person you know and
then begin to seek out those with
whom you are not acquainted; tell
them of your hopes, aims and ambi
tions, explain your method of pro
cedure; tell them of the work you
have done so far and what you hope
. to do. Tell them-how. valuable to you
• a subscription is right now. Prove to
them it may mean the winning of the
prize which you so much desire and
they will be willing to help you. Im
press upon them the necessity of giv
ing their subscriptions in order to
make you successful, make them feel
that now is the crucial time and that
their subscriptions are the ones upon
which your success depends.
Arouse their interest and you'll
surely gain their subscriptions. An
interested person is of the greatest
assistance and always ready and will
ing to stretch out a helping hand.
You will soon see that your work is
getting along nicely and that hosts
of people arc interested in you. when
nefore you could easily number your
friends. It is this Interest that ypu
—' nrouse tflat will surely spell 'success
for you when the campaign ends.
Spurred on by the ever present ne
cessity of making time'aount while it
counts the most, and determined to
out aside every obstacle that may
Itrise between them and long cherish
ed ambitions, candidates in this cam
paign are with feverish activity ap
proaching the cal! of “time” of the
big 300,000 Extra Vote Offer,. The
near approach of this largest and
best vote offer may lie likened unto a
• burning brand applied to a brush
heap ip the manner it spread* en-
^ghusiasm Among workers.
Wp Spreading like wildfire among
Them it has leaped to every comer of
The .People-Sentinel’s territory, and
everywhere the word has been passed
That right now is the time of times
to show the greatest results.
The way the public in general and
the candidates in particular are. stir
red up over this unusual opportunity
makes it look as though the campaign
will upset all previous calcufations
and establish a mark all its own.
Candidates who are witholding
their subscriptions with the convic
tion, that !\v doing so they will later
he able to gain more votes on them,
are headed for an awakening that
means iegret. Right now. during the
largest Ftii. Vote Offe>, ; s the time
to* accomplish big v vc totals ahd
every possible subscription should be
turned in on or before Saturday. Let
that fact establish itself in the minds
of those who harbor a different opin
ion. •
IF YOU WANT THE $865.00 ES
SEX COACH OR ONE OF THE
OTHER AUTOMOBILES, THEN
MEET THE NEXT THREE DAYS
SITUATION WITH COURAGE.
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As They Are Running.
As tie result of the first period
nearing its close and the greatest of
all free vote "offers closing with it,
there was a general shake-up in the
standing of the various candidates
week.
iHHlrs. Jeff Black, of Blackville, again
\ Tffkea the lead for the Essex Coach,
overcoming her setback of last week
and resting on top once again by the
small margin of q^ie and one-half
subscriptions. Just think 7,500 votes
behind Hie leader. One two-year
.subscription would have changed the
Hercules, Dec. 29.—The bsby of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Still, of this
community; jdied Wednesday night as
the result of drinking lye ftiat morn
ing.. The frantic parents rushed the
child to a doctor immediately after it
had taken the fatal dose and every
possible effort was made to save its
life ,but in vain. The friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Still sympatize with them in
their bereavement. —
Miss Derry Patterson
Wins Division Prize
Of interest to her many friends is the
announcement b]^ Mrs. J. B. Work
man, Division Detector of Children of :
Confederacy, to ^Kss Derry Patter
son, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Patterson, of Barnwell, of the
winning of the Division prize for
the best poem on a Confederate sub
ject, the prize being a lovely silver
vase. This prize was offered by Mrs.
James H. White, of Johnston, jand
has been forwarded to Miss Patter
son who treasures it gs one of her
most priceless possessions. ' Valua
ble prizes are offered each year by
the South Carolina Divisioif to mem
bers o£ the Chapters of Children of
Confederacy and Barnwell feels proud
that one of her daughters should win
this honor. Derry is President of
the. recently organized Perry Man-
ville Chapter, C. of C., and is do-
inging excellent work.
Cotton Ginning Report.
There were 26,443 bales of cotton
ginned in Barnwell County prior to
December 13th, as compared with
20,919 bales ginned to the same date
in 1£21. according to a report recent
ly made public by the Department of
Commerce. This is an increase over
last year of 5.524 bales, or more than
25 per cent. The total for the State
was placed at 909.861 bales, as com
pared with 798,400 bales in 1924.
Ginnings fior other counties in this
section are as follows: *
1925
Aiken .
Allendale
Bamberg
Hampton
29,596
14,084
18,788
11,825
1924
28,562
11,738
11.626
8,523
Johnson Hagood Chapter Meets
The Johnson Hagood Chapter held
its December meeting with Mrs. E.
W. Holman. Assisting Mrs. Holman
-hp hostesses were Mesdame J. Her
bert Black. T. D. Creighton and Al
len Brown.' Quite a number of mem
bers were present- and various com
mittees 'appointed T6r th»i coming
year’s work. Mrs. B. L. Easterling,
the recently ‘elected president, urged
the members to cooperate with her
and to make the year 1926 one of the
best years in the chapter’s history.
After business was laid aside a
social half hour w^s enjoyed, during
which a delightful salad course, with
Russian tea, was served.
An Important Cotton
Meeting in Atlanta
An important meeting of bankers,
farmers and other representative bus
iness men of the South will be held
in Atlanta January 6th, at which time
a movement will be launched to reduce
the cotton acreage in 1926. Realizing
that another large crop next year
will mean ruinous prices for the cot
ton growers, an effort will be made
to reduce the acreage 33 1-3 per cent.
Many prominent men will be present
at the meeting and it ia sincerely
hoped that their efforts will be crown
ed with success.
TEMPERATURE 20 DEGREES
LOW FREEZING.
Coldest Weather In Severn! Yentg
Swept Over This Section Son-
- day Night.
JUDGE M. B. MAHER.
Sunday School Class T .
Enjoyed Xmas Party
One of the most delightful of the
Christmas parties was given by Mrs.
G. M. Greene on Friday evening when
she entertained her Sunday School
Class, consisting of about thirty
young girls and matrons.
The rooms were attractively decor
ated in holly and bamboo, the color
scheme being red and green. Upon
the arrival of the guests they were
presented with cards, each contain
ing a letter of the word Christmas
and asked to form as many words as
possible in a given length' of time
from those letters. Miss Anna Wal
ker, former teacher of this class and
the guest of hoppr, won the prize, a
lovely blooming plant. After several
piano selections by Misses Elizabeth
Easterling and Willie Mae Vann, the
guests were handed telegraph blanks
nnd asked to write a message to Santa
Clus, each word in the message to
begin with the letters contined in the
words “Santa Claus.” The messages
when eompleted were exchanged and
read by those present, causing much
merriment. Miss Ett a Owens was
given the prize for the most'original
message, a lovely hand-embroidered
guest towel. At the conclusion of
this contest the guests repaired to the
dining room and were asked to draw
'gifts from a huge Christmas pie. At
the end of Miss Anna Walker’s rib
bon was K card telling her to “look
in the corner, where sits little Jack
Homer, eating your Christmas Pie.”
Colored School Helps Near East
% The above is an excellent roproduetbn of Barnwell’s most popular
citizen—Judge M, B. Maher—beloved by young and old alike. “Bellin
ger,” as he is •affectionately known to his host of friends, is a man of
many professions, styling himself a lawyer, doctor and preacher, in ad
dition to # his title as judge.X.
Shortly before Christmas, Mr. Angus B. Patterson conceived the
idea of having Judge Maher’s frititd;' show their affection in^a material
way and the result is seen in the a hcve # photograph, Bellinger having
been presented with a complete outfit from head to foot. He consented,
to pose for this photograph on condition that' it lie reproduced in The} Plexico, dressed as iit-
People-Sentinel, and Barnwell County’s most popular newspaper feels] t ' c ^ OT ] T1t ' r » *** * n » beautifully
honcred to publish the picture of Barnwell’s most popular citizen. decorated high chair having before
her a huge pound cake beautifully
iced, the gift of the class to Mias
Walker. - Mrs. Greene, the present
lelader of this class, was presented
with a lovely cut glass fruit bowl
by Miss Rosa Owens, president of
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After several hours of merriment
delicious refreshments, consisting of
ice cream, pound and butter .' sauce
cake, were served.
Barnwell shivered this week hi
Qie coldest weather that has visited
this section in several yean, ther
mometers Monday morning register
ing only 12 degrees above zero, or 20
degrees below the freezing point The
first of the present cold spell nude
its appearance Saturday, being ush
ered in by an icy wind, Sunday urna
fair and cold and the mercury con
tinued to fall during Sunday night,
followed by the coldest weather of
the present winter—and also » for
several years—Monday
Many householders who failed to
off their water supply Sunday
found the pipes frozen the
morning and local pi urn ben
reaping the harvest that usuaB* fal
lows such neglect Little relief is
promised from the present cold spell
until after the New Year.
It has been extremely cold through
out the country, no section having as-
caped the icy breath of Winter,
low temperatures have been
•s far South as Florida. Radio listeners
who were tuned fh on Chicago Sun
day night heard the distressing story
of hundreds who were said to be
freezing to death end who were seek
ing shelter in police stations, where
cots were placed to accomodate them.
Conditions were said to be worse
than ever before in the history of the
city. Many deaths, doe either direct
ly or indirectly to the extremely cold
weather, were reported from New
York and other cities in the East
and West.
Farmers Welcome Cold.
The fanners of this section wel
come the cold weather, however disa
greeable it may be, as it gives them
an opportunity to kill hogs and will
also destroy thousands of boll wee
vils that would survive a mild Win
ter. It ia believed by many that the
emergence of this peat from hiber
nation next Spring and Summer will
be small as compared with last year,
as the severe Winter following the
drought of last Summer, should prove
a knock-out blow.
Santa Claus Visits *
Veterans of Sixties
The Veterans of the Sixties . and
widows of Veterans of the town of
Barnwell were made very happy on
Christmas Eve when a committee
visited each of them carrying a love
ly -box of- fruit, nuts,* candies, etc.,
together with a warm greeting.
Misses Blanche Bennett and Derry
Patterson, presidents of the local
chapters, Children of the Confeder-
Social and Personal
News from Ellenton
F.llcnton. Dec. 26.—The second
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number of the lyceum featuring a
musical program by the Piedmont
bureau will be given at the high
school auditorium Wednesday night
at 8t30 o’clock.
Miss Gladys Watson of the Beau
fort high school faculty was a visitor
here last week. She was accompa
nied Wednesday by the Rev. and Mrs.
Lyndhunit Items.
The committee on Near East Re
lief last week received a donation of
$5.00 from the Colored Graded School
of Barnwell for the little orphans
across the seas. Coming at this sea
son when one is so apt to. be think
ing of' his ' own selfish pleasures
makes this gift to those hfffpless chil
dren all the more appreciated, and
the' principal, George Butler, and
his corps of workers are to be com
mended for this splendid act on their
part in helping the helpless.
entire,standing of these candidates.
Miss Frankie Harley, of Barnwell,
holds her own this week and is lead
ing* district No. 1 for the Ford tour
ing car. But for the condition of
the weather she would, probably be
where she was last week. Any old
thing may happen before the paper
comes out next Week. There are
three candidates in this district that
could easily forge to the front with
a little extr a effort. Mias Harley ia
being cloacly crowded by the other
candidates in thia district. Either of
these may spring a big surprise
any day.
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Diamond and Floride Jackson and
Mrs. G. M. Greene visited the various
homes as representatives of the
Christmas Cheer Committee and left
behind them many glad hearts. Every
Veteran in the County was remem-'
bored with a lovely Christmas card
and it was a source of regret to the
mother chapter and her auxiliaries
that a box could not be sent to each
Veteran and widow in the county.. A
box of fine apples was sent t o the
Confederate Home in Columbia and
a check sent to the faithful nurse at
the Home as a gift from the Johnson
Hagood Chapter. The Christmas
Cheer Committee, consisting ,of Mrs.
Cora Brooker, chairman, Mesdames
M. C. Diamond, T. K. Bolen, Lee
Middleton, Mary Moody, Misses
Laura Clary, Julia Delk and Carrie
Williams prepared the boxes for
distribution, each box being, tied
with Confederate colors, red and
white.
acy. Misses Mildred Moore, Zelma I R. H. McKinnon to Columbia, where
they will spend the holidays with the
latter’s mother, Mrs. T. M. Watson.
J. B. Harley of Wilmington, N. C.,
is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. A.
I. Boyd.
Mrs. Mitt Dunbar has as her guest
her grandson, Dynck Feanell of
Philadelphia. \
Sumter Cassels of Furman is spend
ing the holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Cassels.
The Intermediate B. Y. P. U. had
a most enjoyable social at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bagnal Tues
day evenihg. Twenty young people
with Mrs. Emmett Johnson as leader,
had a delightful evening making
merry about the Christmas tree. This
union will be again entertained next
Tuesday evening , by the Rev. and
Mrs. R. H. McKinnon. •♦\ N
The Baptist church will have a
watch service Thursday night. All
the churches of the town are invited
to join with the congregation at -this
time. *
/ Padgett-Cave.
Mias Corine Padgett, of Kline, and
Mr. R. M. Cave, of Barnwell, were
united in marriage Tuesday, Dec. 22,
in the presence of a few friends. The
ceremony was performed by Judge
John K. Spelling in the Judge of
Probate’s office. The friends of these
young people wish for them a long,
happy and prosperous union.
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Services at Allen's Chapel
‘ We have been requested ;U> an
nounce that there will be services at
AUenls Chapel next Sunday, Jan. 3,
at 11 o’clock a. m. All members of
the church are urgently requested to
be present. i
Advertise in The People Sentinel.
Col. Calhoun Points the Vi»y. r
A meeting to consider the cotton
acreage reduction fqf 1926 has been
called for Januarjj,.' < &jh in Atlanta,
but Col. Harry D. Calhoun, president
of the Home Bank, of Barnwell, has
been urging his customers for the
past several weeks to adopt that plan.
Although many probably realized
that another big cotton crop will spell
disaster for the Southern farmer, Col.
Calhoun was among the first to point
out the danger, urging a smaller cot
ton acreage and a larger production
of food ami feed crops. If the farm
ers of this county will heed his ad
vice, they will be in much better
shape next Fall, regardless of the
outcome of the Atlanta meeting.
Lyndhurst, Dec. 28.—Mr. and Mrs.
Fred H. Gantt, of Columbia, arc
spending the holidays here, the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gantt.
Mr. Rufus Clarke and Dr. Hugh
Wyman motored up from Estill on
Christmas- Day, spending a short
while here with friends. ^
Mr. Dick Gaunt, formerly of Allen
dale but how in business in Clear
water, Fla., spent a part of the holi
days here with relatives.
Mr. fend Mrs. W. D. Gantt spent
Christmas in Elloree, the guests of
Mrs. Gantt’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Parler.
Miss Elizabeth Gantt is the guest
of Mrs. M. W. Tharin in Allendale.
There has been a good bit of hunt
ing around this section during the
holidays, but thf birds are reported
to be scarce, probably due to the long
drought of the past summer
J .Arthur Wiggins Dead.
Honor Roll of Hercoles School
The following is the honor roll of
the Hercules school for December:
l«t Grade—Myrtis Sanders, Ralph
Ray and Mildred Gunnels.
3rd Grade—Mae Creech, Sarah
Templeton r Tena Sanders, Ray Still
and Phillip Peacock.
4th Grade—Hazel Dyches. -
5th Grade—Irvin Gunnels. Lyra
Sanders, Ruthie Sanders, . Green
Still.
6th Grade—Ansel * Creech, Marion
Dyches, Dorothy Gunnels, Myrtle
Still and Katherine Hutto.
7th Grade—Alice Creech, Davie
Gunnels, Blease Harley and David
Sanders.
8th Grade—Eloree Still.
Mr. J. Arthur Wiggins, one of
Denmark’s most prominent citizens,
died at his' home in that town at fo«r
o’clock Wednesday morning of last
week._ Mr. Wiggins moved to Den
mark while quite a young man. Dur
ing the first nine years of his resi
dence there hq wis superintendent of
the school, resigning to accept a po
sition as cashier of the Bank of Den
mark. His 30 years of service to His
community as qducajtorv banket and
churchman endeared him to hundreds
of people, who will feel his loss most
keenly. * ~
Mrs. A. B .Btyaa Dead.
Mrs. A. JB. Bryan, of Clemson Col
lege, died a few days ago in Atlanta
while on a visit to friends. Her has-
band, who has been connected with
extension work at
for many years; ia
dale County and is
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