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* E XLDL BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, APRIL BTH, EDGAR BROWN ENTERS RACE AGAINST SMITH TO OFFICIATE TUESDAY Speaker of House Announces That He Will Take Certain Persona to Task.—Will Discuss Frankly Important Questions of the Day Most Worshipful Grand Master Charlton Durant Will Preside- Oration to Be Delivered by Past dirand blaster C. K. Chreitzbyrg, of Rock Hill' f Next Tuesday will be * n ‘important day for the Barnwell Baptist Church, Harmony Lodge No. 17, A. F. M., and visiting members of neighboring Masonic lodges, for it will mark the laying of the cornerstone of khe new church building by the officers of the Grand Lodge of Masons in South Carolina. Much credit belongs to,the local Masonic lodge for the day and tfie occasion. Cornerstone laying has been honor ed in the breach rather than in its ob servance, when we consider the fact that quite a number, of handsome churches and school buildings have been erected in this county in the past few years, even in centers which boast of flourishing Masonic lodges, yet the Barnwell High School build ing and Pleasant Mountain Church t.nr r.i-wsK Masonry with education and religion. Invitations to local Masonic lodges have been issued by Harmony Lodge No. 17, A. F. M., stating that the ex ercises will begin at 3:00 p. m., on Tuesday, May 4th, when the officers of the Grand Lodge, with Most Wor shipful Grand Master Charlton Du rant in the East, will in *the lodge room open a session of the flrand Lodge for the purpose of laying the cornerstone. He will he attended and assisted by other officers of the .Grand I^odge.. After the Grand Lodge ih duly opened the procession will be formed and proceed to the Baptist Church, where with appropriate ex ercises the cornerstone will he tested and laid by Grand Master Durant. This will be followed by an oration suitable to the occasion. Past Grand Master C. K. Chreitzberg, of Rock Hill, has been requested by the Grand Master to deliver this oration. The cornerstone, which will weigh over re- five hundred pounds, will be of polish ed Winnsboro blue granite, bearing on its North face the name of the Grand Master a nd >the Masonic date of its laying. On its East face it will beat the date when the Barnwell church was organized and its pres ent rebuilding. Protected by heavy stone walls will be a receptacle con taining a copper box. Into this box, which will be riveted and soldered, will be placed a record of the pro- ceedifigs of the day, a copy of The Barnwell People-Sentinel, together with The Baptist Courier and such matters of local and church history as will be of historic interest to th° future generation on which will fall the privilege of rebuilding the church. At the conclusion of these ceremonies the procession will for m dially invited to attend these exer cises. At 7.30 that evening the local Masonic lodge will reassemble for the purpose o/ raising three Fellow- crafts to the sublime degree of a Master Mason. In this the local of ficers will have the assistance of the officers of the Grand Lodge who are presont that day. As soon as the first section of the degree has been given, the local members and their brethren from visiting lodges will be called from labor to refreshment, which will be served in Vickery Bros, garage in a style which has loft a fine taste on all former occasions in the mouihs and memories of our vis iting bretberen. Invitations to ad jacent lodges Have already been sent by the secretary of Harmony Lodge No. 17, A. F. M. A more detailed acount of the cor nerstone laying will be found in next week’s issue oT The People-Sentinel. Col. Edgar A. Brown, Speaker of | After a hard struggle to obtain an the House of Representatives and I education he became a stenographer, chairman of the Democratic party of I then sat at the feet of Col. D. S. South Carolina, wilt be a candidate I Henderson receiving there in ‘ the for the United States Senate in the! Aiken law office his early^training Democratic primary this summer, ac-1 both in law and in politica. Upon cording to an announcement made by I competitive examination, in 1906, he him Friday. J . , I was appointed official court atenogra- Although not ready to outline his I pber of the Second Judicial Circpit platform, this, together with a declar ation of political principles, will here after be announced and discussed on the stump, states Col.-Brown. propose,” he declares, “to dis cuss frankly with the people the im- BARNWELL DEMOCRATS ADOPT RESOLUTIONS Unanimoualy Endorse Candidacy of Edgar A. Brown for United States Senator.—Officers Elected Here anfi at Other Clubs Throughout County The Cotton Growers’ Association Meets a The Barnwell County Cotton Grower* 1 -^ Association met at the pourt House on Thursday morning, I the 22nd insL,. at .11 o’clocky with Smith, pf WillTitnrT -ymwtft- mg. Dr. Smit heal led the meeting t.> ing. Dr. Smith called^ the meetirfg~lo various matters, he announced that Olar, April 26.—An excellent pro gram has been prepared by the com mittee Tor the fiftieth anniversary of the Rivers’ Bridge MemomL. .which P the object of the meeting was to ele»t delegates to the District Conference, which 'meets in. Aiken on April 28th, tat 12 o’clock noon. The following named gentlemen were elected to ~ ^Cave, of Barnwell, M. A. Smith, of IWilliston, and E. C.. Matthews, of jBlackville. The delegates are author-* ized to name their alternated in case they fail to go themselves. The •meeting adjourned subject to call of the chairman. Excellent Program for Annual Reunion Col. Edgar A. Brown, candidate for the United States Senate, wh« unanimously endorsed by the Demo crats of Barnwell at the local club | meeting Saturday morning, at which time officers for the ensuing two years and delegates to* the county convonftiion were elected. The reso lution of endorsement, which was of fered by Mr. S. B. Moseley and pass ed without a dissenting vote, is as follows: “Whereas. the daily papers throughout South Carolina this morn ing carried the announcement of our distinguished fellow townsman a» * candidate for the United States Sen ate, ' “Therefore, Be It Resolved, That the JlMiijtn ell Dnnuavtw dob, of tmftt by Dr. D. W. Daniel, of Clemson Col lege. He will be inltroduced by the Rev. J. W. Daniel, D. D., of Bamberg, who is also chaplain of the organiza tion. Instrumental music will be furnished by the Carlisle School or chestra. The boys are well trained The annual ..address will be-.delivered for -many years, endorse the candi- ples, executive committeeman; J. B. Kirkland, C. B. Ellis, Jr., and W. F. Bates, delegates. by Judge Robert Aldrich. Moving t , from Aiken to Barnwell, being admit ted to practice in 1910, he formed ft partnership with James Julien Bosh. Col. Brown has many times been honored by the people of Barnwell and ■ portant questions of the day. Among I °f the State. He has been a member these I regard as vitally important the House of Representatives from States’ rights, the centralization of this county since 1920, and by reason powefl in Washington, govenlment byj°f his signal service as speaker d«f- costly and unnecessary boards, J ' n 8 the past two years ft» well as hit — bureaus and commissions, and the! State chairmanship of the Democratic necessity of getting hack to constitu-1 P ar ty has become widely known tional government and Jeffersonian J throughout South Carolina. He wst principles of democracy. No less im- J * colonel on the staff of Governor pertant- as vitally affecting the eco-l Robert A. Cooper. A delegate at nomic life of our people are the tftrW.I \*m -Democratic—~ in New York in 1924 hit es-aniS^/riilfilt Tates. in dmeuss- i ing these matters it shall be my aim | ability was speedily recognized in tha and purpose to confer with the peo- J national party councils. He waa pie of South Carolina as one business* "“d* » member of the important man with another on questions in platform committee and there played which we are mutually interested a conspicuous part in the fWaamm rather than attempt to urge my con- Madiaon Garden convention, victions upon any person. As a legislator, Col. Brown haa te “I shall ask the suffrage of the pe> h »* "^‘t the authorship of the ah- pie solely upqn my record and »«ntee voters’ law, and the co-author achievements and not as a lawyer, » h »P the indeternrinate sentence farmer or business man. in all of law. He was among the first to insist * which lines of endeavor I have been “P°n humane quarters for the in- successful. I shall appeal to no mates of the State penitentiary, thia ticular class but will offer my services agitation finally culminating in the as the representative in the United passage of the BranDey-Coleman BiH States Senate of all the people of for • new and modern prison at the South Carolina, confident that my I la»t legislative aession. He haa taken *v Dunbarton. Dunbarton, April 26.—The follow ing is a list of officers and delegates elected at a meeting of the Dunbar ton DemocrwtSc Club on Saturday: President, B. F. Anderson; Secre tary, B. F. Tisdale; Executive com mitteeman, T. W. Dicks ^ Delegates to county convention, L. A. Drum mond, C. H. Dicks, J. L. All, S. H. Greene, and J. M. Killingsworth; al ternates, L. A. - Harley, C. H Greene and P. J. Hiers. represent this Association:—W. L. and are under the supervision o^ Cap- Barnwell Wins Another. 4 The Barnwell High School'basebal! team scored its first shut-out game of the season by defeating Estill here Friday afternoon, 11 to 0. Arm strong "for the locals struck out 16 batters, bringing the total number, of strikeouts to his credit in thei first eight games played by Barnwell to 117. The Estill pitcher failed to strike out a singla Barnwell batter. Carroll and Davies of the locals . / • hrftted well, the former getting three triples and a singje and the latter a triple, a single and two walks out of five times at bat. Every member i of the Barnwell team played Well, r'Ylalford’s spectacular catch in right field for the third out In the ninth inning preventing Eatill from sedring. Estill’s first baseman was the out standing star for the visitors. tain Paul Whittiker. The quafltette that is to furnish the vocal selections comes from the Bamberg music thi’os. There is no doubt as to this quar- tetfce thoroughly defighting the au dience. • Flowers for decorating the stage and the grave are expected from the various U. D. C. Chapters, schools and individuals who are in sympathy with this worthy cause. AY the close of the program, a general picqic din ner will be served, as fisual. Any who can conveniently- do so, please bring well filled baskets, but don’t bring plates and spoons, as an am ple supply will b e provided at the, table by the associaGpu. The executive committee wifi meet on the, grounds at 11 a. m„ and the program will commence at 11.15 a. m. U. D. C. Meeting Postponed. dacy of Col. Brown and commend him to the people of South Carolina as a gentleman of the highest charac ter, integrity and ’ ability, a leader among men and one who wbuld, if elected United States Senator, com mand a leading position amShg. "Wash ington statesmen.” The meeting was called to order by Col. Brown, president of the. club. Reorganization was effected by the election of the following officers, all of whom were unopposed: Edgar A. Brown, president; Dr. A. B. Patter son and W. D. Harley, vice-presi dents; .B. P. Davies, secretary and treasurer; Dr. A. B. Patterson, execu tive committeeman. Delegates to the county convention are: Edgar A. Brown, W. D. Harley, B. P. Davies, Dr. A. B. Patterson, W. R. Hubbard, G. M. Main, J. E. Harley. P. W. Price, T. M. Bdulware, Solomon Blatt, J. C. Fields, S. B. Moseley, L- M. Calhoun, Perry B. Bush, N. B. Gamble, G. P. Hogg, W. J. Lemon, F. M. Cave, Ira Fales, L G. Richardson, H. D. Calhoun, J. Julien Bush, Mrs. R. C. Holman, Mrs. G. M. Greene, G. W. Manville and Mrs. C. B. Ray. _ There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. Elko. , Elko. April 24.—The ft tlhwjftg of fleers and 'delegates were elected at the merting of the Elko Democratic Club held -here today: H. J. Crouch, presidenfc; P. S. Greene, secretary; H. J. Crouch, executive qdmmittee- man; H. J. Crouch, A. R. Still, S. J. record in the public service will com mend me as of aufficient ability, in tegrity and energy to get things done in Washington for South Carolina. “I propose,” added Col. Brown, “to pay my respects in no uncertain terms to certain political demagogues who part in all for' ^rd-looking and pro gressive legislation during the past six years. Selected last December at n meet ing of state legislators htld in Wash ington to protest aginst the pasasaga of a proposed joint federal and State have been riding the old hobby-horse MaberiUnce tax as their spokesmn ba- ‘Cotton’ decidedly to their personal the finance committee of the advantage, depending upon it for their United States Senate, Col. Brown Carroll, S. A. Hair, F. P. Lee and P. S. Greene, delegates to the county convention. ' ■ Great Cypress. • Kline, April 27.—At the meeting of the Great Cypress Democratic Club here Saturday, Victor Lewis and B. M. Jenkins, Jr., wen-e re-elected presi dent. and secretary, respectively, G. C. Best was- elected executive com mitteeman and the following dele gates were elected to the county con vention: R. B. Harden, F. M. Harley, W. H. Moody, Jr., J. L. Bradley and Victor Lewis. The regular U. D, C. Meeting will be postponed until next week in order to give all members an opportunity to attend the reunion at Meyer’s Mill. • Mr. Hayne Dyches, of the Hercu les section, visited The People-Senti nel office while in the city Saturday. Bennett Springs. Meyeer’s Mill, April 26.—rOfficers for the ensuing tfcvo years and 'dele- , gates to the county convention were elected Saturday at the meeting of the Bennett Springs Democratic Club as follows: B. W v Peeples, president, C. B. Ellis, Jr., secretary; B. W. Pee- , Hercules. Hercules, April 24:—At the meet ing of the Hercules Democratic Club held here today the following officers were elected: F. L. Still, president; O, H. Morris, ^vke^JH-esidentjJ- A. Morris, secretary; J. E. Lain, chap ain; N. A. Hiers, executive commit tqeman; J. A. Morris,' W. Hayne Dychcs, J. E. Lain, B. A. Gunnels, F. L. Still and J. A. Creech, delegates to the county convention. (prolonged tenure of office-holding, while those they claim to represent ♦ continue to suffer without any hope of relief except the vague and emp'y promises of false prophets and weak and resourceless leaders.” While Col. Brown’s bame has been discussed In eonpeefibn with the sens- ——wtaswaMSfjjf rvaai and he has been continually urged to enter the race, particularly since his J **■ # signal service* rendered to democracy and the principle of States’ rights when he was selected by the speakers of the various State legislatures to protest against the join* fedcinl and State inheritance tax measure—a fight into which he entered without compensation and from which he em erged successfully—no definite an nouncement of his intentions has been fdrthcomiitg until this time Edgar Allen Brown was horn July 11, 1888 in the Shiloh Springs section of Aiken County, the son of Augus tus A., and Elizabeth Howard Brown. An ordinary farmer boy with few ad vantages but x with an intense yearn ing to properly fit himself for a life of usefulness and service, he went to work in the cotton mill at Granit" ville in the famous Horsecreek Val ley In Wt^sflPaarb money with which to defray his expenses at school- made so forceful a fight for the principle of States’ rights that, al- ■ though the revenue bill carrying the joint inheritance tax provision had almost unanimously passed the house, the senate finance committee voted practically solid to adopt hia views on the ,ubject " ^town’s iirirtiir Ha Was highly commended by Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Senator Simons of North Carolina and others as being a clear-cut decMration of States’ rights as applied to tax levies between the State and federal gov- ernmerits, and his speech on the sub- , ject was printed as a public docu ment by orders of the committee. Delegates to the county convention are as follows: S. E. Moore and W. B. Parker Red Oak. Snelling. Apil 24.—At the meeting of the Red Oak Democratic Club here fljoday the following officers were elected:. S. E. Moore, . president; Walter L. Baxley, secretary* S. El. Moore, 4 executive; committeeman. Reedy Branch. Ready Branch, April 26.—The fob lowing officers and delegates to the county convention were elected at the meeting of thg Reedy Branch Democratic Cl rib Saturday: J. C. R. Grubbs, president; J. M. Grubbs, vice president; Willie L. Baxley, sec retary; W. H. Black, executive com mitteeman; M. Q. Creech and B. W. J. Still delegates. - Familiar with the problems of the fanner, the cottori mill people—com ing himself from the plain people and 7 keeping always in touch with them— at the same time a leader among the business and - professional people of his home community and section of the State, Col. Brown is a man of warm human sympathies and broad vision. He has climbed to success in his profession by intense application and hard work and has always given liberally of his time and efforts to movements for the public welfare. Senator Smith Announces. Senator* E. D. Smith announced in Columbia Saturday that he-will offer for reelection this summer, making the race on his past record. Byrnes May Run Abo. , Spartanburg, April 25.—James P. Byrnes, local attorney and formerly representative in Congress far a number of years, may enter the Democratic primary this summer as a candidate to succeed United States Senator Ellison D. Smith. Mr. Byrne* declined to make a statement to day but close friends are of the opin ion that he haa decided to enter the race. Mr. Byrnes was (defeated for (CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE) | the senate in 1924 by Cob L. Bbaaa.