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r , ^ _ - v V #... .. ^ — 7^- ■ Barnwell County Can Be Made, in Fact as Well as in Name, the Garden Spot of the Country. Diversified Fanning Will Do It. Get —““TT" . Away from the Dangerous stem. A. Vf yoir wint money, we hare it— V"- , If you hare money, wo want It," HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. E^tub Official newspaper of Barnwell county.* Consolidated Jane 1, 1925. *Ju«t Like a Member of the Family" Larfost County Circulation. BARNWELL COUNTrS BEST * MOST POPULAR NEWSPAPER. ALL HOMflftfclNTJ VOLUME XLIX. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 1ST. 1926. NUMBER 31. Stale Constables Capture Big Stills Springfield, March, 27.—State constables George L. Reed, of North, with R. L. Gleaton and Magistrate J. T. Corbett, of Springfield, raided the South Edisto river swamps to day, capturing a very large and com plete copper still with doublers, worm, and everything that is neces sary to turn out the real Springfield brand of. “all ready to run.” The alleged capacity of this outfit, is said to be about 25 gallons each night when in operation, which from appearances must have, been every night. With : this still they also cpp tured a large quantity of “mash” buckets, axes, fruit jars, with cook ing utensils. They also captured several gallons of the “ready made joy of the swamps, a nice quantity of freshly’ caught fish, and two of the operators, Clarence and Otis Wil- janis, two of the last decendants the once famous Edisto Indians, hese hoys have been under suspi- on for sometime, and one of them was convicted about two years ago having a suspended sentence hang ing over him. The outfit was cap tured on the Barnwell county side of the South Edisto river, a few miles down from Springfield. They like many others, live in Orangeburg county and ran their outfits across the river, as it is more secluded, and detection very much more difficult. “Is prohibition a success”? This question is daily forcing itself to the front, and it is nearing the day when it must be answered. Negro Woman Cai in Hot Supper Style i Barnwell Will Open Ball Season Friday In a fit of jealous passion, it is said, two negro women nan&d Lucille Kel ly and Hattie Williams, engaged in a fight -on Main Street here late Monday afternoon and before by standers could separate the combat ants, Hattie Had carved Lucille in true hot supper style, using the time honored razor fot the operation. The Kelly woman was rendered hors de combat, but not until she had severe ly bitten the Williams woman on the face. It was then that Hattie brought up her reserves in the shape of the razor and With a massed attack, foi'C- ed the enemy to seek a first aid sta- ... #**.. . - ■ tion. The Kelly woman was rather seriously cut about the face and head and also suffered a gash on her left arm. Her wounds were dressed by Dr. Russell and it is understood that she is well on the road to recovery. The causus belli seems to have been the husband of the Williams woman, who apparently is rather insistent that Lucille play in her own back yard. Hattie was arrested and lodg ed in the county j^il, being released Tuesday, morning under a bond of 350. . $700 Net Profit on Four Made Near Barnwell Last Y ear Music Club Meets. . The Barnwell High School will open the 1926 ‘baseball season here to morrow (Friday) afternoon, a game having been arranged with the Hamp ton High School team.—It is under stood that the game will he called promptly at four o’clock. The local team’s first game of the season aW4ty from home was schedul ed with Dunbarton for yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. On Road to Recovery. -Drs -G. Norman Snelling. who has ben for somrtime a resident of At lanta, Ga.. left there about two months ago to accept a position as manager of a large drug business in the city of Miami, Fla. On Sunday, the 21st of March, Judge Snelling, his father, received a telegram an nouncing that Dr. Sneling was des- parately ill in a local hospital in that ace with typhoid fevar. Daily in- rmation .from his bedside shows a ■steady improvement, and The Peo ple-Sentinel is glad to announce - that the last message stated that his tem perature is about normal again. Dr. Snelling, more" familiarly known as Norman Snelling, was-brought up here and for many years worked .in the drug store of Dr. C. N. Burck- halter. He ha|* many friends in Barnwell who wish him a speedy re covery.. The . Beethoven Music Club met March 26th at 4:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. H. L. O’Bannon. We were vecy.much encouraged and also delighted to have with us Mes- dames R. S. Dicks. Terie Richardson, Ashton Holland and A. C. Matthews. Clara Sue Matthews, June Milhous and Mary Gay O’Bannon were the joint hostesses of the afternoon, and after the following program served d delicious ice course: Venetian Love Song—Navin—Susie —I •—-— 11 Golden Daffodils— Lawson — Dot Richardson. Life of Shubert—Nell Moore. Piccicato—Deliahes— Essie Morris. Whispering of Love — Kinkel— Katherine Holland. Life of Beethoven—Evelyn Davis. Dance on the Green—Presser— Clara Sue Matthews. Julia- Lemon, Pres. Blanche Bennett, Sec. Nine hundred forty-nine dollars and fifty cents gross profit or 3700 net profit on four acres of land was the remarkable record made last year by Mr. W, H. Black, a well-to- do farmer who lives a few miles East of Barnwell in what is known as the Galilee section. The ?t >ry of such success is indeed refreshing in these days of low-price cotton and more or less gionmy prospects for the present year, caused mainly by ovcr-produc- tion and the dangerous one-crop policy. Mr. Black kept an accurate .record of his receipts .from the four acres and the story is told ir* thefo!- iowing figures, which give the num ber of acres planted to each crop and the amount received: Cucumbers, 2 acres 3460.00 Sugar Cane, 1-3 acre 224.00 Watermelons. 1 acre 85.00 Beans. 1-3 acre 35.50 Squash, 1-3 acre — _ 33.50 45 bu. Corn at 31.25 56.25 300 bundles Fndder 11.25 7 bu. Cowpeas 56.00 served on his own table and .the bal ance he fed to his hogs. In addition to saving enough seed cane for plant ing purposes, he made 108 gallons of syrup, all of which could easily have been sold at 31.50 per gallon^ (40 gal lons having been sold at th*t price i, while he sold 362 worth of srtalks to •«'local merchant. The corn and fodder ,we>e made after the cucum bers, and the cowpeas were the re sult of “double-barrel” farming—that is, planting two crops on the same land. He states that he has been of fered—and refused—38.00 a bushel for the peas. Two items in the above list, beans and squash, represent the net amounts received after paying for the crates Mr. Black is one of those farmers "ttrlnf “live at home and board at the same place,”’ a nd he seldom finds time to cry “hard times.” His policy is to plant fields of com and “patches” of cotton, his largest cot ton patch being not over seven acres. His entire farm, however, did not pay as profitably as the four acres described above, as he says that he Net profit |700.00 In addition, Mr. Black planted tur nips and beets in the “middles,” mak ing a very large crop, part of which he gave to his neighbors, part he Total - 3949 50 Less fertilizer, work., etc . 249/ 0 didn’t do much more than ttiak* a liv- ing on his other 106 acres, which were planted in corn and cotton. He is not in the least down-hearted over the present situation, as cotton is no; his main dependence. May his tribe increase. Easter Day Services at Episcopal Church * ' ''' '" ■ i The Rev. Howard Cady, rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles, makes the following announcement of services for Easter Day, to which the public is cordially invited: Holy Communion at 8 a. m. Church School at 10:3jjHC~m Holy Communion and sermon at 11:30 ». m. r ^No night service Children’s Easter Service at five p. m. Union Service at eeight p. m. at the Vamp Theatre, When a musical service will be given by the Barnwell Baptist Church. The musical program at the 11:30 o’clock service Sunday morning, with Mrs. L. L. Holden at the organ, will he as follows: Prelude. Processional Hymn, No. 169, “Wel come, Happy Morning.” Kyrie Ellieson in F. Hymn No. 177, “Angels Roll the Rock Away.” ~ Offertory Solo—Mrs*. Perry A. Price. Doxology. Sanctus. Hymn No. 333, “And Now, O Father, Mindful of Thy Love.” Recessional Hymn, No. 178, “At the Lord’s High Feast We Sing.” Postludc. Organize Chapter at Springfield Easter Cantata Will Be Sung Sunday Night Oak Grove News. ^ Olar, March 30.—Mr. and Mrs. Al- •<**W ' len Harter were the afternoon gruests of Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Platts Sun day. , Mrs. Paul Sanders, mother an<J sister. Miss Inez Senders, were the dinner guests of Mrs. J. W. Sellers Saturday. M rs. Paul Sanders, Mrs. J. W. Sellers, and Miss Inez Sanders mo tored to Denmark Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Platts were the dinner guests of Mrs. Frank Platts Friday. Misses Inez .Fail and Elizabeth Harter were the’week-end guests 6f M rs. Paul Sanders. The many little friends of litt'e Iris Sanders enjoyed a party given by her last Friday. Many nice pres ents were received. Fire Fighters Enjoy - an Elegant Banquet Home Bank President Would Encourage Growing of Truck m Col. Harry D. Calhoun, president of the Home Bank of Bamwe doing Jhis bit towards helping farmers of this section to get away from the dangerous all-cotton sys tem of farming by encouraging the growing of canteloupes this year. The Colonel has bought 500 pounds of Rocky Ford canteloupe seed, which he is distributing among the Tarmers in and around Barnwell, his idea be ing the planting of an acre of cante loupes to each plow. If a profitable price is realized from the sale of the Mopes this summer, the v farmers will be expected to pay for the seed— herwise, not. I B Now, Col. Calhoun** idea is for the ®hrmers to plant the acre of canta loupes on their best clay land, right in the middle of a cotton field, if necessary, to insure its proper culti vation. Then along about June 10th, com should be planted in the mid dles, and he figure* that enough com s ■ should be made to defray the ex penses of cultivation, even of the cantaloupe crop is a failure or un satisfactory prices are received. Col. Calhoun states that he will en- dpavoK^o interest 'buyers in coming to Barnwell to purchase the crops of cucumbers a nd cantaloupes and watermelons^ and, furthermore, he plans to run one or more trucks to the surrounding farms to haul the cantaloupes to market, thus reliev ing the farmers of as much extra work as possible and allowing them to proceed with their usual farm work. This plan, he thinks, will serve a two-fold purpose—it will reduce the cotton acreage one acre to the plow and will provide a little-extra money during, the summer at a time when funds are j,t a low ebb. The Colonel is very enthuiastic over the idea and As a nnounced in The People-Senti- nel Mine time ago, an Easter Cantata will 1m* sung in the Vamp Theatre heie .on Easter Sunday night, April 4th, at eight o’clock, by the choir of the Barnwell Baptist Church, assist ed hy talent from other Barnwell churches and from neighboring towns. This is one of a series, of ^musical sendees which have been given recently in Barnwell under the aus pices of the learal churches, all of which have been greatly enjoyed by those who have bc*en so fortunate as to hear them. The following is 1 the excellent program which has been ar ranged for Sunday . ’night and the public is cordially invited to attend: Sonta Pathetique, (Beethoven)— Miss Elizabeth Burckhalter. invocation—Rev. R. W. Humphries. (Congregation standing.) Hymn—“All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name. (Congregation gtand-, . ■ . > ing.) Scripture Lesson — Rev. Howard Cady. Prayer—Dr. Hugh R. Murchison. Redemption's Song. Mrs. J. M. Brodie, Accompanist. No. 17 A New Sonff. - CChoTr, So prano Obligato, ..and Children’s Chorus.) ~ ' —•— No. 2. Ride On in Majesty. (Men’s Unison Chorus.) » No. 3j Midnight in the 'Garden. (Soprano and Alto Duet.) No. 4. And. He, Bearing His Cross Went Forth. (Bass. Solo and Choir.) No. 5. If I Bear Not a Scar for Him. (Soprano Solo.) No. 6. Now Upon the First Day of the Week. (Choir.) No. 7. Tell the Glad Story. (Three part Women’s Chorus.) Remarks—Dr. W. M. Jones. Offeratory. (Violin.) Intermezzo. (Cavalleria Rusticana)—Mrs. J. N. Anderson. No. 8. Death is-Swallowed up in Victory. (Alto Solo and Choir.) No. 9. The Song of the Redeemed. (Tenor Solo and Choir.) No. 10. Behold, I Stand 1 'at the Door and Knock. (Soprano Solo. No. ll. We shall See Jesus.. (Bass Solo and Choir.) No. 12. Rejoice and Be Glad. (Choir.) The members of the Barnwell volunteer fire department and their friends greatly enjoyed the elegant banquet which was served in the Court House last Friday evening by Mrs. G. M. Greene’s Sunday School Class. Long tables were arranged in the court room, which was beauti fully decorated for the occasion, and more than one hundred plates were served. Music was furnished for the occasion by the Carlisle Orchestra, of Bamberg. At the conclusion of the banquet, the menu for which consisted of ’cued pork. ch|cken, hash, rice, creamed potatoes with green peas, pickles, breads, coffee, etc., short -talks of appreciation and commenda tion of the excellent work of . the fire department were made by Col. Edgar A. Brown, Judge C. C. Simms, Col. J. E. Harley, G. M. Greene, Esq., Dr W M. Jones-and Thos. M. Boul- W&r57~Esffrtfith "SoTomoK KTatt, Fsq., acting as toastmaster. All in all, it was a most enjoyable occsion and served in some measure to show the members of the -depart ment the high regard in which 9hey are held by the people of Barnwell. A. substantial sum was realized over and above all expenses, which goes to the building fund of the Bap tist Church. Mrs. Greene’s class is greatly, indebted for contributions of chickens and wood to Messrs. W, H. and Wash Black, Terie Richardson and August Sanders and also wishes to thank each and every one who as sisted in mking the occasion a suc cess. One of the largest, if not the larg- , est, chapters of Children of the Con federacy ever organized in the Edis to District was organized at Spring- field on last Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. G. M. Greene, Director C. for the district, when 35 children met at the home of Mrs. W. E. Ben nett and elected dfficers, etc., for the coming year. Fifteen tothers are planning to come into the chapter at the April meeting, making a total membership of 50. A prize of 32.50 in gold is being offered by the Dis trict Director to' the chapter organiz*- ing with the largest number of new, members and a like prize to the chapter already organized register ing the largest number of new mem bers this year. Mesdames A. J. Ben nett, J. N. Dicks, Ellis Davis and Miss Blanche Bennett accompanied Mrs. Greene to Springfield. Suggests Trip to X " .V ' ■ v . *' ■ - - Magnolia Gardena Col Harry D. Calhoun, president of the Home Bank of Barnwell has sug*— gested to the superintendents of the four high schools of Barnwell Coun ty, located at Barnwell, Blackville, Dunbarton and Williston, that they look into the advisability of taking the members of the several graduat ing classes of these schools to Mag nolia Gardens of Friday, April 16th, * and while in Charleston that they also visit the museufh, the library, the art'gallery, the historic St. Michael’* and St. Phillip’s Churches, and the many other places of interest to be found in the City by the Sea. Each (pupil would be required to write a 1,000-word story of the trip, the one . writing the best discription to be presented’with "a Stone Mountain Memorial Coin by the Home Bank. The faculties of the various schools would act as judges and the stories would be read at the morning chapel exercises, the prize-winning story to ‘to be published in this newspaper. Col. Calhoun proposes that the trip be made similar to the one to Colum bia a short time ago. Each school would take lunches, which would be put together and p rirnir dinner served. . Irhe return trip would be made the same day. The owner of the gardens is offer- s ing the pupils admission at half price, or 31.00. The regular price is 32.20, including war tax. Mr. Hsa- tie advises Col. Calhoun that the reduced price is the same rate charg ed pupils of the Memminger high school of Charleston. Supt. H. H. King, of the Dunbar ton high school is writing to the miperintendents of the other high schools in the county about the plan. Their decision will re announced with in the next few days. If this trip is made and proves to be as delightful and educational as the one to Col umbia, it is thought that it will be made an annual event for the graduat ing classes of Barnwell County. Easter Services at Blackville. Blackville, March 31.—Services will he held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Blackville on Sunday, Apri| 4th, as follows: Sacrament of Penance, 9:30 a. m. Mass, 10 a. m. Sermon on the “Resurrection” by the pastor, the Rev. M. - J. Reddin, of the Orangeburg Missions. The public is cordially invited. Soprano » ^ Mrs. Ira Fales, Obligato; Mrs. P. A. Price, Solo; Mrs. Harry All, Solo; Mrt. A. A. McAllister, Mrs. L. M. Cave, Mrs, G. M. Greene, Mrs. H. L. will be glad to explain'his plat) in de-| O’Bannon, Mrs. T. J. Langley, Mrs. tail to interested farmers who will T. A. Holland, Mias Blanche Porter, call at the Home Bank. | Miss Jean Riley, Mise Willie Mae Vann, Miss Margaret McAllister. Alto. Mrs. W. I. Johns, Solo; Miss Helen Turner, Obligato; Mrs. C. H. Fowler, Mrs. M. J. Vann, Mrs. B. L; Easter ling, Mra. W. M. Jones, Miss Eliza beth Easterling, Miss Essie’Morris Bass. Rev. C, K. Turner, Solo; C. 1L Fowler, Solo; V: S. Owens. Tenor.. Daniel Merritt, Solo; Dr. A. T. Russell, P. A. Price, John McNab. Benediction—Rev. C. K. Turner. Enjoy WSB Program. Radio fans and their friends great ly enjoyed the musical progiam from Station ’WSB in Atlanta Saturday night, when they hea % r uice“'of Miss Eva Pratt, of Due West, a sister of Mrs. Martin C. Best, of Barnwell. Mis» Pratt was accompanied on the piano by Miss Harriet Edwards, also of Due West, and the excellent playing of th's young lady added greatly to the en joyment of the program. Numerous telegrams of appreciation and ap plause were received by the young ladies and broadcast by the station, one of them being from Mrs. Beat, who was in an-Augusta hospital with her little hoy. County of Barnwell Gets Gasoline Tax Barnwell County’s quota of the five c?nt* a gallon gasoline tax, col lected in February, amounted to Si,* 392.77. The total amount collected during February was 3326.032.63, of which the counties received $1S0.- 413.05, or 40 per cent. The amounts received by other counties la this section of the State are a* follows: Aiken $3,067.04 _ ' 750JHT Bamberg 1,228.11 Hampton 1,214.43 Camp Morrall to Meet. Announcement is made that the annual reunion of Camp Morrall will be held at Meyer’i Mill on Friday, Apri 30th, at which time the usual program of exercises will be render ed and a basket picnic enjoyed. More complete details of the approaching rdunkm will be published in this paper next week. > Playground Committee Takes Hold in Businesslike Way The Playground Committee, com posed of Mrs. B. W. Sexton, chair man,, Mrs. Louise Porter Bauer and Mrs. Harry D. Calhoun, has gone to work in a business-like manner and have been quite busy during the past few days soliciting funds, etc., for the playground. Quite a substantial sum wfis subscribed Monday by var ious men and women and the com mittee is indebted to Mr. J. jt. Cheek, local lumber dealer, for the gift of a joggling bofcrd. This was one of the things mosl needed and Mr. Mr. Cheek’s generosity is gteatly appreciated. ./ “ „ The committee is also indebted 'o Mr. Leroy Molair for the splendid gift of a “see-saw” and enough lum ber to construct the boxes for the jtand piles. Messra, Cheek und Mq- lair have set a splendid example for others to follow and their liberality should be an inspiration to others. The comaiittea announce* that a Easter egg hunt will be held at the playground Monday evening at four o’clock, the proceeds to be used to provide swings, benches, etc. In ad dition to the egg hunt, there will be various games and races, including a three-legged raft, egg race, etc. Ice cream and cake will he served dur ing the afternoon. The admission will be only ten cents and it is hoped that a large crowd ‘will be in attendance. This is g most worthy cause and the People-Sentinel voices the senti ments of many fathers and mothers when the hope is expressed ^ that it will receive the whole-hearted sup port of the people of Barnwell Celebrates Third Birthday. Little Jaudon Harley, the daughter of Col and Mrs. J. E. Harley, delight ed g number of her tittle friends cm Tuesday aftemon with * birthday party, it being her third