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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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-,
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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
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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
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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