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VOLUME XLIX.
!•' 1877.
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BARNWELL COUNTTS BEST
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BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1926.
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CRIMINAL COURT
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ONE WEEK SESSION BEGINS ION t
FEBRUARY l^THf ^
• rand Jurors for Year and Petit'
Jurors for Approaching Term -
Were Drawn Monday.
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The February term of the Court of
<Jeneral Sessions fbr BamWell Coun
ty will convene here Monday, Febru-
:.ry 16th, with Judge John S. Wilson,
»f Manning, presiding. This is a
ne week term and is for the trial
:<f criminal cases only. Grand Jurors
for the year and Petit Jurors for the
.approaching term were drawn Mon-
cay as follows:
A Grand Jurors.
Hold-overs from 1925:
M. T. Quattlebaum, Williston.
J. Farrell Creech, Hercules.
R. R. Johnston, Elko.
J. A. Collins, Calvary.
W. F. Shuler, Williston.
W. M. Cook, Seven Pines.
New Jurors:
. E. D. Dicks, Dunbarton.
* T. O. Davis, Seven Pines.
H. J. Hair, Healing Springs.
Byron H. Hair, Williston.
M’. M. Mazursky, Barnwell.
Ralph Smith, Barnwell.
J. A. Creech, Hercules.
A. J. Bennett, Barnwell.
M. B. Whittle, Healing Springs.
Emmett C. Still, Hilda.
Aubrey S. Bolen, Calvary.
T. J. Folk, Williston.
. Petit Jurors.
■ R. R. Moore, Seven Pines.
Leoff W. Hutto, Double Ponds.
T. E. Hair. Elko.
Ernest Sease, Morris.
F. M. Harley, Kline.
John Hartzog,, Double Ponds.,
James L. Redmond. Double Ponds.
K. Diamond, Morris.
C. L. Hiers, Jr., Dunbarton.
B. M. Creech. Blackville.
Hroadus Still, Hercules.
Russell Black, Hercules.
J. Howell Delk. Double Ponds.
Bennie Adams. Morris.
M. L. Dyches, Blackville.
Frank Field?. Morris.
J. C. Staley, Ashleigh.
Walter Connerly, Four Mile.
G. W. Black. Reedy Branch.
J. G. Moody, Sr., Barnwell.
W. C. Smith, dr., Williston.
F. T. Merffn, Williston. r ‘
0. J. Martin, Blackville.
C. W. Hull, Williston.
A. Gray, Elko.
T. P. -Penwell. Seven Pines.
W. H. Moody,.Jr.. Big Fork.
A. K. Sanderfe^Big Fork.
A. A. McAllistei\B^vnwell.
C. L. Greene, Williston.
K. B. Fickling, Blackville.^ /
M.-B. Ha good. Barnwell.
I. . C. Vickerv, Barnwell.
TfT Carter, Diamond.
G. P. DjMtes, Blackville.
B. L. Boylston. Blackville.
MISS FRANKIE HARLEY
Wiraitr of th- w * Fcrd Touring Car in
District Number One.
“Love in a Palace” at
Vamp Next Tuesday
MRS. AUGUSTA LONG, OF THIS
CITY, WINS ESSEX SIX COACH
WINTERNOT OVER
^ SAYS GROUND HOG
Considerable interest attaches to
the forthcoming presentation of
“Love in a Palace,” which will be the
attraction at the Vamp Theatre next
Tuesday night. The words and music
are by two talented Denmark ladies
and the cast of characters is com
posed entirely of local talent. The
proceeds will be for the benefit or the
Barnwell Methodist Church and it is
announced that seats will be on sale
at the Best Pharmacy. The following
is the cast of characters;
Mrs. Marvis, Society Lady of 4f>—
Miss Elizabeth McNab.
Merrimay Marvis, her sweet at
tractive daughter—Miss Jean Riley.
Venus, the dancer—Mis«j Virginia
Moseley.
Geraldine Squiffins, looking for
man—Miss Annie Moody.
Dolly, little girl of 13—Miss Elea
nor Sanders.
Pianes, funny cook—Miss Blanche
Ellis.
Mr. Marvis, business man of to—
Mr. C. H. Fowler. /
Mr. I Makitt Wright, business man
of 35 in love with Venus—Mr. Hugh
Boinest. ' /
Jimmy Jarvis, in love with Merri-
inay—Mr. Many Andersojf.
Russian Count, also love with
! Merrimay—Mr. Dan Merritt.
Jerry, little bo>Vof 13—Calhoun
Lemon. » /
Eustice, negr/ man—Mr. S. B.
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Moseley. /
Chorus Gifls—Misses Fannie Mims,
Julia Lemon. Lavinia Moore. Mary
Frances/ Moore, Blanche Bennett.
'Caroline Johnston, Mrs. Harold Pre-
vontfa, Mrs. McLaurin Brooker.
Picaninny Chorus— ^M' 88 *** Sarah
Patterson, Letha Miller, Margaret
Allistar, Miriam Creech and Mil-
d Cail.
The^ People-Sentinel’s Big $2,600
Profit-sharing' Circulation Building
Campaign, which has held the inter
est of this city and all surrounding
territory for the ‘ past eight weeks,
closed Saturday night in a burst of
enthusiasm, and was a success in
ayery respect.
The final count of the judges was
finished in record-breaking time, con
sidering the large number of subscrip
tions turned in during Hie last few
days of the race. Every vote cast
during the entird^ race was counted,
added and then carefully checked by
each of the judges and the Campaign
Manager so that enjor was practical
ly impossible.
The Grand Capital Prize, the Essex
Coach, was won by Mrs. Augusta
Long. The first grand prize for dis
trict number one was won by Miss
Frankie Harley, while the first prize
for dixtrict number two went to Mrs.
Jeff Black. . .
The other prizes were given out
in order as will be shown in the re-
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MRS. AUGUSTA LONG
Winner of the Essex Coach.
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Several Sales Monday.
port of the official judges published
in this issue.
To say that the campaign was by
all Adds the greatest, and as fair
and square as was ever put on in this
section of the State, would be putting
it very mildly. The prizes were far
more generous and the rewards even
greater in proportion. There develop
ed the most ambitious 4otrt of candi
dates that the campaign 1 manager
ever came in contact with and when
they worked they obtained huge re
sults. When a bit idle the subscrip
tions seemed to come to them by the
score, even though , unsolicited.
The weather was very disagreeable,
and then Christmas and New Year
came in the very middle of the con
test, which hindered all of them a
great deal, but even with all this the
candidates worked perseveringly to
the end and the reports turned in
were most pleasing to both the pub
lisher and the campaign manager. \
From every point of view the cam
paign was a huge success. The race
forged ahead each 'day to a remarka
ble finish with the best of good fqel
ing prevailing between all the cand /1
dates and the management.
Not one worker has been he
express dissatisfaction with thte man
ner in which the campaign, was con
ducted, nor charge this/ paper nor
the campaign manage/ with Unfair
ness or partiality. Of course, some
few hard things were said unthought-
edly before the contest closed, as is
usually the case when some one feels
herself slippjhg and thinks another
is getting ahead of her. That is per
fectly natural. But after the final
close arid all saw the precautions
taken to safe-guard the interests of
all the candidates and give each and
every caritiidate the same opportunity,
every one seemed to be well pleased
with the manner in which it was
handled.
When the magnitude of the cam
paign is considered, and the splen-
did results that have, heen achieved
are taken'''into consideration, this
paper is indeed satisfied. We stood
with hut one object in view—to
build as qtfickly as possjhle the largest
circulation of a n V publication in this
section of the State, and in that we
are confident * we have succeeded.
Very few publications, if any, have a
list of readers which so completely
covers its community, including every
nook and corner of Barnwell County
and adjacent rier^by territory, as
does The People-Sentinel.
Our object Was to make The Peo
ple-Sentinel so valuable an advertis
ing medium to the business men of
this city and county that they would
find-space in it highly profitable. To.
have secured these same additional
subscribers by regularly hired solici
tors would have cost fully as much
and possibly more and would have
taken months instead of a few short
weeks to complete. It is not only a
record *of circulation building, but
easily gives The People-Sentinel a
strong lead in the entire county.
It is our intention to make The
People-Sentinel an even letter n. v/s-
•paper than it is todpy. It is still the
largest as well as the best in Barn-
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, MRS. JEFF BLACK
Winner of the Ford Touring Car in
' District Number Two.
3rd Sacred Concert
• Here Sunday Evening
SUNNY DAY COMES TO WARN
THE WEATHER PROPHET
Little Animal See* His
Which Indicates Hut Winter"
Lasts Six Weeks More.
There will be six more weeks of \
winter, if the ground hog is the
weather prophet that people say
he is, for the little animal, according
to tradition, awoke from his long
winter nap Tuesday and came
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Several legal sales, of real estate
were made here Monday, as follows:
-, Master’s Sales.
C. F. Rizer v/-^. G. Sanders, et «!.,
5t> acres in the. Big Fork,; section,
bought by C. F. Rizer for $800.00.
Columbia' Savings and* Trust Co.
vs. "Daniel Stallings, tjvo tracts of
.land containing 25 .,nd 155’ acres re
spectively, bought by C. C. Sitnms,
attorney, for $500.00,
Mrs. Julia E. Smith, et ab, vs. S.
B. Newman, et a!., 389 acres'in the
Ellenton .section, bought by Hender
son ami Salley, attorneys, for $300.00;
385 acres also in the Ellenton section,
bought by A. H. Ninestein for $25.00.
Probate Court Sales.
Horace Brown vs. George Brown,
et al., two tracts, containing 46’•i and
14 acres, respectively, bought 9 by
Harjcy and Blatt, attorneys, for
$3,200.00. . - /
Dr.,0. D. Hammond vs. W. A. Ross,
et al., 66 acres of land, , bought by
R. A. Easterling for $265.00.
/Two tax sales were also made by f'
the Sheriff.
Stephen Williams Blanton.
While not unexpected, the death of
Mr. Stephen Williams Blantoifat his
home here Wednesday morning of
last week brought sadness to a wide
circle of friends. Mr. Blanton was in
the 69th year of his age. being horn
May 30th. 1857, in the Rosemary sec
tion of- Barnwell County. He was
twice married, first in 1880 to Miss
Theodosia Kennedy, who died nine
yearsjluter. In 181)4 he married Miss
Lila Crosby, of Orangeburg, who. to
gether with two daughters; Mrs. J. M.
Tt rry and Mrs. J. Buriyan Black, of
Barnwell, survives him. *
Mr. Blanton moved to Barnwell 22
years ago and engaged in the mercan
tile business. Because of his strict
honesty and close personal attention,
he was very successful. For several
years he was a senior deacon in the.
Baptist Church. He' was one of a j
family of twelve, only one of whom—1
the Rev. Joseph W. ■ Blanton, of j ^
Orangeburg—is now living, and it is 1 Number 1544 wins the trip^b Flori-
imderstood that he is ? uite ill in 1 da offered in connection with The
the Orangeburg hospital at this time; | People-Sentinel’s circulation
A i • j t * paiffn- The holder is request
Mr. Blantons body was laid td rest 4
Thursday afternoon in the Baptiit j P™" ’T/’V/ ^ at ' tte
Churchyard, the funeral.service, b..U»''l,e,t pottftble date. ■
ing conducted in the Presbyterian | A<k grt is , e in The People-Sentinel.
Church by Dr. W. M. Jones and the ■ ■! - " ■ 1 " ■■ * i i
Rev. C. K. Turner in the presence of sign from the deacons of the Baptist
a large number of. relatives fcnd Church.
friends, many out-of-town people be-] The surviving members of the
ing present. The flora* tributes were family h;<Ve the sincere sympathy of j
many and beautiful, conspicuous a host of friends in their "bereave-
among them being *n exquisite de- ment.
The Lucky Number.
cam-
requested to
REPORT OF THE JUDGES
IN THE PEOPLE-SENTINEL’S BIG AUTOMOBILE AND
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PRIZE CAMPAIGN.
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We, the undersigned judges named tr> take charge of the
ballot box and malce the final count of votes in The People-Senti-
nel’s $2,500.00 Automobile and Prize Campaign, were present at
the. Home Bank of Barnwell and took possession of the ballot
box at 9:00 o’clock Saturday night, January 30th, the hour and
date named for.the closing of the campaign.
It was found that the correct standing at the close, together
with the prizes won and the number of votes cast by each of. the
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candidates who continued in the racy to the end, was a? follows:
(NOTE.—Those candidates, who failed to win prizes will be
paid a cash commission of ten per cent, on all the money they
turned in during the campaign, providing they were active from
the day they entered the race until the final report was made
and had a report in the ballot box the last night. These checks
will be’mailed to the winners this week.) *
Grand Capital Prize. *
ESSEX COACH, VALUE £865,00 VOTES
Mrs. Augusta Long 33,787,600.
District Number One.
1st—Miss Frankie Harley 25,112,200.
2pd—Miss Mar^ Ann Best 6,886,800
3rd—Mrs. Paul Sanders 4,210,200
4th—Miss Annie Moody ,— 3,297,500
Com.—Miss Eulalia Black - —--1 — 2,297,700
Com.—Miss Agnes Mobley 1,378,700
Com.—Miss Roslyn Blunt 852,000
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'1st—Mrs. Jeff Black 24,976,500
2nd7—Mrs. W. H. Manning 5,134,000
3rtf—Miss Beatrice-Hiers 2,823,000
SIGNED: * ;
Judson Matthews,, Blackville,
Rev. C. K. Turner, Statesville, N. C.
P. A. Price, Barnwell,
1 Nick Cocltn, Barnwell,
N. B. Gamble, Barnwell.
Another musical treat is in store
for the people of Barnwell and sur
rounding country Sunday evening,
when the third of the series of sacred
ebneerts. will be given at the Vamp
Theatre, beginning at 7:30 o’clock,
for the benefit of the Barnwell Pres
byterian Church. The first of the
series of concerts was given in the
Methodist Church just before Chriat-
mas, followed by another last month
in the Episcopal Church, BqLh_were
greatly enjoyed by large congrega
tions and it is believed that scores of
people will again avail themselves of
the opportunity to hear the excellent
talent of this section. The pastors
and congregations of al! the churches
have been invited to join with the
Presbyterians in this song worship
and it is hoped that the building will
be filled to capacty.
The following program ha* been
arranged:
Doxology.
Prayer—Dr. Hugh R. Murchison.
Song—Choir..
Psalm.-
Prayer—Rev. R. W. Humphries.
Solo—Mrs. Perry A. Price.
Piano Selection — Mrs. Solomon
Blatt.
Solo—Mr. Turrentine.
Reading, “White Rose”—Mrs. Ken
nedy.
Solo—Mrs. Ira Fales.
Piano Selection—Mrs. Holden.
Duet—Mrs. Harry All and Mrs. W
I. Johns.
Solo—Mrs. S. B. Moseley.
Chorus, “Rocked in the Cradle o
the ,Deep”—Choir.
Violin Solo—Mrs. J. N. Anderson
Solo—Mrs. Harry Rich.
Offering, and Offertory by Mr. C.
H. Fowler.
Song, “Revive Us Again”—Congre
gation.
i. Prayer—Pr. W. W. JoftHr
Benediction— Rev. Howard Cady.
for a “look •«©.” -The gun was
shining brightly, the alleged weather
prophet saw his shadow and returned
to his burrow for another six weeks,
or about the length of time that the
Legislature will be in session, which
is also taken as an indication of bad
weather.
According to tradition the ground
hog is probably the best herhingsr
of Spring “what Is." As a prophet
he ia said to be without a paer. Ac
cording to the story , handed down
from generation to generation, the
ground hog comes oat of his winter •
home on February 2nd to view the
situation. If he sees his shadow he
immediately returns to hia quarters
and remains there for another 46
days, as he knows that Spring Is yet
afar off. If he fails to see his shadow,
he calls forth his family to revel in
STreariy Spring.
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Farmers Met at Court Home.
A very important meeting was held
at the Court House Wednesday of
last week on the use of fertilizers ow
the farms. About 75 farmers front
different parts of the county attend
ed this important meeting, much in
terest was shown in the discussion of
the proper use of fertilizers. Ifr. R.
W. Hamilton, of Aiken, agronomist
of the extension division, spoke at
the meeting where a free discuuiou
was had on the most profitable
amount of fertilizers to use, what
proportions, how to mix and other
important points concerning fertili
zers. Many farmers are to have fer
tilizer formulas worked out for thfui
and it appears now that there will bo
a larger percentage of farmers who
will mix their fertilizers at
than ever before. County
Boylston of Barnwell County ar
ranged for this fertilizer meeting, in
order to better Inform the farmers
of the county in the proper us« of
fertilizers.
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Honor Roll for Hilda School.
. Hilda. Feh. 1.—The following is
the honor'roll .Tor the Hilda school
for month ending January 29th<
Second. Grade—Ruby Bonds. Ber
tie Lee De!k and Archie Collins.
Third Grade—Rhodeil Black, Eliza
beth Bonds and Chester Boggs.
Fourth Grade—Paris Weeks, Mary
Black, Thelma Delk, Lucile Black
Rhodie Hartzog and James Black.
Fifth Grade—Alberta Collins ami
Irene Collins.
Seventh Grade—Susie Mae Hutto,
Irene Dyches and Bertha Collins.
Eighth Grade — Hattie Sanders
na Warren. . ,
Ninth Grade—Furman Collins, Zel-
ma Bonds and. Janie Lou Hutto.
Sycamore News.
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Sycamore, Jan. 30.—Theodore Al
len left for Columbia Monday to ac- 1
cept a position with the Southern
Railway. • '
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown and fami
ly motored to Swansea Saturday and
came back Sunday after visiting rela
tives.
Lewis Cone of Savannah was in
town Saturday on business.
Ray Kennedy and Hill Copeland
were in town Tuesday.; j
New Trial for Blgkam ^
The Supreme Court haa granted an- ,
other new .trial to Kdmund D. Big- • I
ham. charged with the murder of five • i
members of the Bigham household.
Inchidmg his mother, brother, sister
and the latter’s two adopted children.
Barnwell County to ~t~
Load Car of Poultry
Plans are now being worked
out fbr the selling of a oar load
of poultry in Barnwell County
during the week of February
8th to 13th. The Home Dem
onstration Agent and the Farm
Demonstration Agent are now
listing lots of poultry which
will be loaded in the car, as
sisting folks to cull their
flocks, calling for 'bids and
other things necessary to make
the sale successful. This car
will be stopped at Dunbarton
on February 10th, Barnwell on
the 11th and Hilda on the 12th.
The prices to be paid for the
poultry ’Will be announced aa
soon as the bids are closed
which will be on Friday, Feb.
5th. \Ve expect to get be
tween 22 and 25 cents per
pound for hen’s, with prices on
other kinds of poultry in line
with the above prices. The
poultry , will be weighed in and
paid for at the car door. This
notice, no doubt will be of in
terest to a great many* people
in the county, who will be able
to dispose of all hens which are
not profitable layers, and any
other surplus poultry which
they might have. The Home
Demonstration Agent or! the
County Agent will be glad to
cull out any flock for folks who
desire to keep their best layers,
^and sail the others. A definite
schedule of time «f folding at
each point, ss well as fh^Pfice,
to be paid will be announced
within the next few days. Let
everybody Co-operate to
thfc shipment . successful^-H.
G. Boylston, County Agent.
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