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T r - > # "If 70a want nonej, we hare it— < U y»« hare money, we want it." t- HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF iAENWHX COUNTY. 4 Consolidated Jane 1, 1925. • —^ "Ju*t Like a MerrpJber of the Family H mSu. Larfoet Coanty Ctycnlatioa. BARNWELL COUNTTS BEST A MOST POPULAR NEWSPAPER. ALL HOME PRINT. LUM^ XLIX. BARNWELL, SOifTH CAROLINA'. THURSDAY, APRIL 15TH, 1926. NUMBER St. COUNTY CHAIRMAN ISSUES NOTICE OE CLUB MEETINGS Luther Burbank, Famous Horticulturist PRECWCtS" WILL IREORGANI/.E SATURDAY, APRIL 24. County Convention Will Be Held in Barnwell May 3rd.—State Con vention May 19. Elsewhere in this issue of The People-Sentinel will be found 1 Cbunty Chairman Edgar A. Brown’s notice to the various'-chibs- to reorganise and elect delegates to the County Convention, which will convene here May 3rd. These club meeting are (preliminary to the County and State Conventions to be held in May, by which time it is believed that many candidates will have succumbed to the siren call of “admiring friends’’ and thrown their* hats, around which political bees are already buzzing, in- -to-the political arena:— i This -being the “off year” so far as the presidential race is concerned some interest is diverted, but qn the pther hand both a United States fiator and a governor, in addition many other district, state and >unty places are to be filled. There fore the meetings will be well .at tended and full of enthusiasm. The Democrats reorganize every two’years. The dates for the vari ous meetings are fixed by the party rules and adopted by the Democratic state convention of 1924._ . Precinct meetings—April 2£ , ini jaurtimwiWmi< ^ ,1 fli , . . a jppmgBtti County convention—May 3L r State convention—May 19. In the case of the precinct meet ings, a change may be made to any day that week provided due notice is given, but almost without excep tion the pricincts will reorganize on the stated date. The orecincts will elect officers and name delegates to the county con vention, which in turn will name of ficers and select representatives for the state meeting, which is held in Columbia. The state convention will adopt a platform and elect officers. The state executive committee will arrangp the countv to county itiner- Asparagus Growers Organize Assn. Here s ■" ■■ " ,m < « Local asparagus growers organized an association here last week, to be known as the Barnwell Asparagus Association, ajid shipments in car lots are already going forward to Northern and Eastern markets. Ship ments were made by express last week, the first solid carload being sold here Monday, netting the mem bers about $1,210. The following following prices werb paid on the brack: Colossal, $3.50; Fancy, $2.75, and Choice, $1.75. y. The officers of the association are: W. L, Cave, president; W. J. Lemon, secretary and treasvirer; E. D. Pea cock, Moirdecai Mazursky and Terie Richardson, executive committee. In green ink on white paper, has been adapted by the assoeiatH/ti and bears the inscription: “Barnwell Asparagus Association, Barnwell, S. C.,” together with a picture of a bunch of “grass.” The associarion will fill a real need here, as th« acreage around Barnwell has grown at such a rapid- rate in the past ^ew years that individual shipments by express were out of the question and the expense of and time lost in trucking asparagus to Elko or Williston worked t >0 great a hardship, _While returns for asparagus ship- -pod—rm -consproved a great disapoiniment to growers in the county, the prices received, here on the track for “Barnwell grass,” all of which is cut green, have been quite satisfactory to the members of the local association. It is understood that about nine carloads were shipped out of this county Monday. ~ ary for the senatorial and state par ties, while the county executive com mittees will attend to campaign de tails for county vacancies. The state executive commttee will fix assess ments for senatorial*, congressional and state candidates, while the coun ty committees will handle their re spective counties in'this matter. Governor McLeod, now winding up four years, will not offer for reelec- tjon. There are a flock of announc ed and potential candidates for chief executive. So far none has announ ced against Senator Smith, and only here and there have there.been any nnouncements for other offices. Meeting Postponed Williston Girl Wins High School Contest Miss Edith Bell, of the Williston- Elko High School, and Miss Mildred I^ewis, of the Kline Grammar R/»hnnl, were the winners in the county spell ing contest held here Wednesday night of last week and jsjll represent Barnwell County at the State spell ing contest to be held a t Rock Hill in July. The contest proved vevy interesting, especially in the race for high school honors, as Miss Bell and Miss Polly Walker, of the Barnwell High School tied in the first tests given. In the second test Miss. Bell was declared the winner. Little Miss Katherine Weissineer, of the Blackville school, was a dose second in the grammar school con test. Dr. A. P. Bourland, of Winthrop College, who fosters thr State cofe4±d U-H&eDil the game 113 DELEGATES TO ATTEND t THE COUNTY CONVENTION ' Here is the great “Plant Wizard,” snapped while on an inspection tour of his wonder gardens at Santa Rosa, California. Mr. Burbank diAi Sunday at the advanced age of 77 years. 19 Batters Whiff Ether in One Game The Barnwell High School baseball team won an exciting game from VamvHie on the latter’a diamond Friday aftezmoon, the final score be ing 3 to 2. So evenly matched were the two teams that the result was in doubt until the last* man had been put out, as Baznwell scosed the 'win ning run in the ninth inning after having tied the score in the eighth. Althoug'h Barnwell loaded the bases in the first inning with only one out, they were unable to score, and Varnville drew first blood in their hftjf of that frame, when, with two out and a man on base, one of the players. clouted the old pill for the circuit. For the remainder of the game, Ben Armsibrong was invin cible, stricking out 19. batters and keeping the hits well scattered. Barnwell’s first tally was made >n the fifth toning* -In the eighth, a triple and a-double made it two-ail, while in the ninthe the necessary ex tra run was put across. Both teams played excellent ball Womanless Wedding Will Be Presented A “Womanless Wedding” will be Tdrnado Wednesday Caused Some Damage Barnwell County was visited by a tornado on Wednesday afternoon of last wegk, which from reports re ceived in Barnwell traveled in a north-easterly direction, cousing more or less damage wherever it struck. Mr^ J. H. Wall, of the Martin section, was in the city Monday and told a representative of The People-Senti nel that the twister passed near his home, uprooting trees and unroofing bouses,, wherever it struck. The greatest damage seemed to have been at the home of one of his neigh bors, a Mr. Rountree. So far as is known, nobody in that section was injured. A negro who watched the nado fpom a distance,—said Mrr Wall, said that the dense black cloud, dipping to earth and twisting off large trees in its path, was an awe inspiring spectacle. The twister seems to have struck again near Long Branch Church, where two houses on the farm of Mr. John B. Ross were badly damaged and BARNWELL CLUB HAS LARGEST REPRESENTATION.^ presented at the Vamp Theatre this, .. , j • • Cu' ' , : L * 1 other damage caused in the nezghbor- (Thursday) evening, April 15th at , . * .u . J r hood. One of the houses was occu- eight o’clock, for the benefit of the Associated Charities of Barnwell. An admission fee of 25 and 50 cents will be charged. The cast of charac ters. which insures the sdccess of the wedding, is as follows: - ^ The Bride—Boncil H. Dyches. The Groom—L. F. Jackson. Maid of Honor—Ralph Smith. Bride’s Mother—G. Miller Greene. Bride’s Father—Mordecai Mazursky Bride’s Little Sister—S. E. Moore. Bride’s Little Brother—Allen Brown Bride’s Aunt—A. A. McAllister. Gloom’s Mother—John B. Ross. . . Groom’s Aunt—H. P. Compton. Best Man—Hayne Hogg. Flower Girls—Seymour Owens and Howard Cady. Ringbearer—Hugh Boinest. The Parson—Edgar A. Brown. Groom’s-men—John McNab, Jack acted as one of the judges here and contestants I and their teachers upon the splendid Until Future Date showing made, predicting that the winners in the State contest will have to beat the Barnwell County repres entatives. ■ , Some'old-time fiddling by Ex-Sena tor Hubbard and an old fashioned “blye-back spelling book”' contest added greatly to the enjoyment of the occasion. Because of a misunderstanding on the part of the members of the State Tax Commission as to the appointed hour for the meeting scheduled to be held at Barnwell Monday afternoon at one o’clock with the County Board of Assessors, the meeting was post- fzoned until a future- date on motion of those present. Messrs. J. Fraser Lyon and J. P, Durham, members of the commission, did not arrive here Until about 2:30 o’clock,- and stated that they understood the hour ap pointed for the meeting was three o’clock. The members of the Board of Assessors, none of whom had had dinner, were tired and hungry and as some of them were busy with as paragus, it was deemed wise to de fer the discussion of the situation for a fevr 4ays, a convenient date to oe agreed upop. by Auditor Manning, Mr. R. R. Johnston, of Elko, chair man of the county” board, and the members of the Tax Commission. While here, Messrs. Lyon and pur- ham were the guests of Col. Edgar A. Brown. and all of the players proved them selves good sports. 0 Armstrong, the locals’ star pitcher, enjoys the remarkable record of 64 strike-outs to his credit in four games this season, all of which have been won by Barnwell. Fire in a Row. In an easy win over the Estill High School team. 9 to 1, Tuesday after noon at Estill. the Barnwell boys cop ped their fifth straight victory and kept up their undefeated record. The Beaufort team plays here Fri day afternoon and local fans are urg- Dav'us, Lloyd Plexico, Tom Bolen, Bill Harris, Monroe Terry, W. C. Milhous, Monroe Morris, Billy Duncan, Frank Kirkland and Harry Anderson. Bride’s-mafids—P. W. Price, J. K. Snelling, C. H. Fowler, A. J. Bennett, W E. McNab, W. P. Franklin, Ed Woodward, Bill Manning, Jack Mor ris, J M. Brodie, S. B. Moseley, Lang Cave and Ben Moore. Music by Male Quartette. Daniel Merritt, piano; W. R. Hubbard, violin; C. K. Sanders, sola Ushers—Charlie Brown an<^ Solo mon Blatt. J The audience is invited and urged to remain for the dance in honor of the bridal party, which will "be given immedtawty~lifter the ceremony. Bridge Club Met Tuesday. The regular meeting of the Wed nesday Afternoon Bridge club was held Tuesday, afternoon at the home of Mrs. Solomon Blatt. The high score prize was won by Mrs. Charlie Brown, Sr., and the consolation was cut by Mz-s. B. P. Davies. After the games a delightful salad course was served. . 1 \ pied by Mr. Ross’ son, Mr. Monroe R’dss, and the other by his son-in-law, Mr. Luther Black. Fortunately no member .of their families was in jured. It was reported here that the residence of Mr. Lennie Birt was damaged somewhat and many trees in that neighborhood were blown down. A tornado the same afternoon prac tically demolished a residence near Lexington and it is possible that it was the same . one that passed through ths county, as a glance at a map will show that the places struck are about in a line. The Hoodoo Pleated Large Audience Here Increase in Total Number of Delo~ gates Over Two Yeara Ago About 20 Per Cent. When Chairman Edgar A, Brown calls the County Convention to order at 12 o’clock noon on Monday, May 3rd, there should be 113 delegates present from the 17 clubs in Barn well County—an increase of practical ly 20 per cent, over the number in attendance two years ago, which the total representation was 95. In 1922 the number of delegates was only 66, so that the attendance thia years will be nearly double. This in crease is due to the fact that more women voted two yeprs ago than m~ 1922, the. first election to be held af ter they were given the ballot. , Under the rules of the Democratic ipsrty in this State, the number of delegates to the County Convention is ascertained by the membership of the various clubs, one delegate being a lowed for every 26 members or majority fraction thereof, based on the number of votes polled in the first primry of the proceeding elec tion year. According to this rule, the clubs are entitled to the follow ing number -of delegates; - “The Hoodoo,” a three-act comedy Phillips, Flowers Calhoun, Furman by ulent, pleased a lerge - Vote in — No. of Club 1924 Delgts. Barnwell , ~ 639.. 26 Blackville . -1447 18 Bennett Springs 66 S Dunbarton 162 6 Elko — 149 7 Four Mile .. . 64 3 Friendship 69 t- Great Cypress .. . - 133 3 Healing Springs — ..48 2 Hercules .. 140 6 Hilda ... 109 4 Red Oak .... 55 2 Reedy Branch _ - 71 - 3 Rosemary .. 100 -4 Siloam .... 86 t Williston ...- 421 IT Sheriff Captures Booze. Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches and his deputy, Mr. Perry Beasley, .raided the home of H. H. Williams, in Rose mary township, Monday*and report finding five gallons of liquor in the kitchen. Williams was arrested and carried to Williston, where he was released under bond by Magistrate R. L. Woolev. audience at the Vamp Theatre here Thursday evening. It was billed as “s dollar’s worth of fun for fifty cents,” and it was all of that. While the entire cast ^was splendid, the outstanding stars were Mr. M. M. Player as Professor Spiggot; Miss Margaret Burnett as his 17-year old son, Hemachus; Miss Clio Crosby as Dodo DeGraft; Miss Grace Givens as Angelina; Miss Thelma BraseWon as Lulu, the maid, and Mrs. W. H. Man ning as Aunt Paradise, the colored cook. The plot of the play was in teresting, the comedy good and while the action dragged just a little at times, the production was well above the average of local talent plays and every one taking part is to be congratulated for his or her part in making it a success. One-third of the proceeds, after deducting expenses, .was for the benefit of the Bkrnweli Methodist Church building fund. Baseball Schedule of Barnwell High School ANNOUNCEMENT OPENS MUNCIPAL CAMPAIGN Fowler Re-elected . as Superintendent Prof. C. H. Fowler has been re-el ected a.« Superintendent of the Barn well schools for another year, ac cording to an announcement made The . Barnwell municipal campaign time whether or not Mr. Harley will public bv the Board of Trustees Tues- is formerly opened this week by the have rfny opposition, although the announcement of Mr. W. D. Harley as' nan * of * 0 ' eral ^ntlemen have Hoen possible candidates. Bridge Club Meets. The Wednesday afternooh Bridge Club met last week ✓at the' home of Mrs. Charlie Brown, Sr. The high score prize was won by Mrs. Edgar A. Brown and the consolation was cut by Mrs. ,L. M. Calhoun. • •.. v ' After the games, delightful crew and cake were served. . day. It has been rumored for some time that ho would be chosen ' tb succeed himself, but nothing definite was known until the announcement this week. It was stated at the same time that the other members of the faculty for the 1926-1927 session have not yet been selected. To Sing Cantata at Williston. The Cantata, “Redemption’s'Song,” which delighted such a large audience at the Vamp Theatre Easter Sunday night, will be sung Sunday night, April ISth, in the Baptist Church of Williston, in repsonse to an invita tion from a number of music lovers of that town. The days gain 13 minutes in sun shine this week. a candidate for Mayor to succeed the present incumbent, Mir. J. G. Moody, Jr., who was elected two years ago in a hotly contested Election. Mr. Harley’s announcement comes as no surprise, as it has been generally known for some time that he would be a candidate again this summer. He is a former member of the city coun- N — cil and is a prominent young business man, being the local Hudson-Essex dealer. He has always taken an ac tive interest in politics, town, county and State, and is>too well known to the voters of Barnwell to need any intro duction at the hands of The People- Sentinel. If elected, he pledges him self to give the people of this city a clean, businesslike administration. It is not definitely known at this mentioned as Mr Moody was asked Tuesday morn ing whether or not he would make the race for re-election and stated at that time that he has not fully de cided.. — — - There have been* no formal T an nouncements yet by candidates for Alderman, nor is it known whether any of the present incumbents will seek re-election. Mr. Harley’s announcement has broken the ice and it is highly proba ble that others will follow, as it is understood that the municipal elec tion will be held at an earlier date this year than usual in order not to conflict with, the county and State elections, which has always caused more or less embarrassment to can didates in the past. The following is the baseball schedule of the Barnwell High School for the Remaining games this season: - April 16—Beaufort at Barnwell. April 20—Barnwell at Allendale. April 23—Estill at Barnwell. April 27—‘Denmark at Denmark. April 30^—Allendale at Barnwell..- May 4—Salley at Salley. May 7—Denmark at Barnwell. May 12—Hampton at Hampton. May 14—Varnville at Barnwell. May 18—Salley at Barnwell. May 21—Beaufort at Beaufort. May 26—Open. May 28—Open. Auto Accident Monday Night. Total 2310 113 In 1924 the number of delegates elected to the County Convention was 95, eighteen less than for the pre sent year. Four years ago, the Barn well Club was entitled to only 13 delegates, whereas in the forth-com ing convention, this precinct’a rep resentation will be 26 — just double. In the same period Bkzckville’i repdeseriatfen increased from 11 to 18 and WilHston’s from nine to 17. The percentage of in crease in the country precincts ia smaller, being only about 69 per cent, while in Double Pond there has been no increase whatever in the . last, tout y£ars, that club’s repreaenation beng then and now only ttro dele gates. _ Barnwell shows the largest in crease in number of votes as well as delegates, the gain being 140 votee— an increase of 28 per cent.—and six delegates. Blackville polled only 52 votes more in 1924 than in 1922— an increase of a little more than 13 per cent!—the gain in number of delegates being two. Williston pol- led 73 more v***», nr The automobiles of Dr. A. B. Pat terson and Mr. W. H. Duncan were badly damaged in a collision on Turkey Creek Hill early Monday night. D. A. R.’s Meet. The local D. A. R. Chapter was en tertained Friday afternoon by Mrs. Lizzie M. Cave. After the bupinesa teas: >n, the hex ten served a delight ful chicken salad course. about 21 per cent, and a gain of three delegate®. From these figures it would aeem that Barnwell is enjoying a relatively larger grow th than any other town in the coun ty, and this is gratifying to the peo ple of this thriving little city, but, on the other hand the fact that the towns ate growing at a faster rate than the country may be taken aa an unhealthy sign, inasmuch aa thia ia an agricultural county and the, in- creaae may mean thev,continued mi gration of country people to the towns. Joiner-Bronson. A surprise marriage of cordial in terest to many friends was that of Miss Jessie Joiner, of Henderson; ville, N. C., and Dr. E. A. (Max) Bronson, of this cky, the marriage being performed Monday in the Tar Heel city, according to Itifoarmatioa received her! Tuesday. Mrs, Bros- •on • well known in Barnwell, where she made her home for A number of year*. Dr. Bronson is e popular drug gist of this city. The of the young couple wish them a lift of