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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:—
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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
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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.
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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;
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“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
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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
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Williston
...- 421
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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-
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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