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CLUB ROLLS ARE PURGED BY COM. ITHREE NAMfeS TRANSFERRED FROM BARNWELL. > _ * Managers of Election Were Appoint ed at Meeting of Executive TC^ m it tee Monday. A meeting of the Bamirell County Democratic Executive Committee was held, in the Court House here Monday morning for the purpose of purging the club rolls and appointing nihna- gers of election for the approaching primaries. "The meeting was presid ed over by Dr. A. B. Patterson, of this city, in the absence of the county chairman, Jol. Edgar A. Brown, who was scheduled to speak to the voters of Dorchester County at St. George. The first business to be disposed of was that of purging the club rolls. Mr. H. J. Crouch, executive commit teeman from the Elko club, reported that his club roll was correct with the exception of two namee having been enrolled twice through mistake. The error was corrected. N jLMr- B. W. Peeples, of Meyor’s Mill, Ijl^hted that a woman voter at Four ^Wfle had been prevented from enroll- on account of sickness in her ^^mily. After hearing all the facts in the case the Executive Committee decided that, while the enrollment committee was correct under a strict interpretation of the law in refusing to allow her husband to enroll for he-, they agreed that the intent of the rules is not to disfranchise a voter and under the circumstance* * in structed the secretary to write her riiame on the club book. The retention of the Committee was cal.ed by Mr. J. W. Bates, of the Siham Club, to the fact that several persons who should have enrolled on th:»t dub book had enrolled at Barn well. It was ordered that their names be transferred from the Barn well book to the Si loam book and the voters in question be so notified in writing. The rales require the Com mittee to strike off “the names of all persons not residing in the dub district for which each roll is made up." It was found that the executive committeemen at Blackville, Hilda and Spur Branch had failed tp send ' in their enrollment books as required by the rules and a motion was made by Mr. Crouch that a committee con sisting of the presiding officer, the soecretary and the executive, commit teemen of the three clubs be appointed to secure the club rolls and ascertain if they are corract. There being no complaints of ir regularities in regard to the other books, it was moved and seconded that the club rolls as they now stand, with the. corrections already referred to, be adopted as the official club rolls.- Managers Are Appoiiged. next business before the com mittee was the appointment of mana gers of election. On motion of Mr. J. W. Bates, it wps decided that the executive committeemen at each club be appointed as the clerk thereof, with out pay. This was done to comply with the rules and to enable ✓the committee to pay the managers $3 per day, as in the' past, the saving thus effected making this possible and at the same time will kee^ the expanse of the election below the cost of two years ago. In the absence of several executive committeemen, managers who served at their re spective precincts two years ago weie reappointed, the complete list being as follows: Barnwell:—G. W. Halford, C. F. Carter and S. B. Moseley; clerk, Dr. A. B. Patterson; polling place, Court House. Bennett Springs:—J. B. Kirkland, W. F. Bates and J. A. Meyet; cferk, B. W. Peeples; polling place, San Hill school house. Blackville:—C. C. Storne, L. F. Hair and E. H. Weissinger; cl/rk, H. D. Still; polling place, vacant store.. Double Ponds:—J. P. Chitty, Leon and Aiken Croft; cferk, W. H. Hartzog; polling place, Double Ponds school Dunbarton :-HC. H. Greene, S. Hr Dicks, Sr., and T. J. Hiera; clerk, W. Dicks; polling place, vacant Tax Burden Must Be B«tac*d and Commituona and Bureau* Must Be Curbed. Lv .._***- to heart, wfft be the shortly after Sept p—dsra fight pro- motor will wad Miaa Maxine Hodges of New York City, M id- * — Large Melon Grown by BarnweHTarmer Uwt week. The JPeople-Sentinel told about - the large melons being grown and shipped by farmers in the. Dun barton section, many of which weighed 75 pounds. During the past few days, the Home Bank of Barn well, depository for many fine ex amples of the product of the field and garden and orchard, had on display a mammoth Excel melon that was grown by Mr. E. D. Peacock, of this city, who is generally recognised as one of the most progressive farmers in the county. This splandid specimen tip ped the scales at exactly 82 pounds and is said to be the Largest melon of the Excel variety ever grown in this section. Col. Harry D. Calhoun, president of the Home Bank, who overlooks no Opportunity to encourage the fanners and boost what they produce, sent a twin melon to Governor McLeod several days ago and the Chief Exe cutive was so delighted with the gift that he had a photograph made of himself erith the melon in his arms. The Governor sent an autographed j photograph to Col. Calhoun, and it occupies a place of honor in the Home Bank lobby. hills Large Snake. Ulmer, Aug. 2.—One of the largest rattlesnakes ever seen in this section was killed Saturday by Ringer Mix- son on the plantation of Mr. R. B. Cunningham, near Ulmer. The reptile measured five feet nine inches in len gth and sported 14 rattles and a but ton. It ia reported that >t* mate ia still at large. Mr. J. M. Boynton de- Aribes the snake a s the largest he has ever seen. Jh! wRilko:—C. J. Bates, R. R. and'C. H. Anderson; clerk, Crouch; polling place, Elko bouse. Mile:—D. C. Bush, LeeBrowfi polling place, Ashley's Mill. Friendship:—Jas. R. Ray. G. W. Fail and Frank Sanders; clerk, John II. Kay; poking place, Friandship school hruse. * .Great Cypress:—W. H. Moody, Jr., J. L. Bradley and C. D. Owens; clerk, G. C. Best; polling place, Kline school house. Healing Springs:—T. J. Grubbs, H. J. Hair and Mil lodge Hankinson; deck, L. P. Boylston; polling place, Healing Springs school house. Hercules:—F. L. Still, J. A. Creech and L. S. Still; clerk, N. A. Hiers; polling place. Democratic club house. Hilda:—Monroe Rowel*, W. D. Hu - to and A. N. Black; clerk, A.D. Hutto; polling place, Atlantic Coast Line Depot. ‘ Red Oak:—T. D. Creighton, Jr., W. L. Baxley and H. M. Cook; clerk, S. E. Moore; polling place, 0. D. Moore’s store. x Reedy Branch:—J. C. R. Grubbs, John Gary Grubbs and M. L. sfill; clerk, W. H. Black; polling plac^ Reedy Branch school house. ' Rosemary:—W. R. Rutland, W. R. Bell and M. S. Hair; clerk, J. M. Weathersbee; polling place, Pleasant Hill school house. Siloam:—-W. P. Morris, C. P. Mor ris and Belton Holley; clerk, J. W. Bates; polling place, Siloam Church- Spurr Brandi:—F. M. Stubbs, L.L. Robins and M. B. Utseyj clerk, James J. Ray; polling place, lumber com pany’s store. . * j WilKston:—Edward Thompson, R. L. Hair and J. W. Johnson; clerk, J. B. Grubbs; polling place, Willistoo Motor Co. ' Thera being no further business. The following is the platform of Mr. Victor Lewis, of Kline, candidate for the , House qf Representatives, — which was submitted for publication in response to • The People-Sentipel’s invitation to the candidates for this office: 1. I am in. favor of levying just so much tax as will be absolutely neces sary to operate our government and our necessary institutions on a strict economical basis. 2. I am opposed to the yearly in crease tax burden and believe taxes can be reduced without injury to any needed institution. 3. I am against a multiplicity of bureaus and commissions and believe that some of the bureaus and com missions we now have can and should be abolished and the powers of others curbed. 4. I am in favor of indirect texa- tion. in principle. 5. I am opposed to paying un reasonable salaries to the employees of the commissions and bureaus. €. I am a firm believer ip educa tion and recognize the fact that* the duration cf the youth of our land is necessary for the preservation and advancement cf our civilization. And for this purpose I am in favor of adequate appropriations, but I am against iappropriating unnecessary money for higher State institutions at the expense of the cbn^mon schools and the taxpayers. 7. I am in favor of the conserva tion of our natural resouraes. 8. I am opposed to government by machine, and believe in government by the people. 9. I am in favor of local govern ment and opposed to centralization of government. State officials should exercise such powers only as are ab solutely necessary for governmental function and not usurp the powers and duties of county officials, so that the people may have some one to whom they may go for redress and get redress. Respectfi/hy submitted, VICTOR LEWIS. BARNWELL COUNTY FARMS • ' DECREASE 20 PER CENT. LESS BY SIX HUNDRED IN PAST FIVE YEARS. Number ef Acres Under Caltivetioa Smaller by Nearly Fifty Tkeue- aad Acres. According to a recent farm census taken by the U. 8. Department of Agriculture, there was a decrease, of aheui-te per eeat. ia the number ef farms in Barnwell County in 1925 as compared with 1920, the official fig ures showing 3.105 in 1920 as com pared with 2,604 in 1926, a decrease of 601. In 1910, before the forma tion of Allendale County, the total was 4,145. The decrease in number also shows a corresponding decrease in the num ber of acres. The approximate land area in 1926 ts placed at 334,060 acres, of which 52.2 per cent., or 174,- 404 acres, were in farqns. The average number of acres per farm ia placed at 69.7.* The total number of acres of crap land is given at 119,987, of which amount 103,258 acres were harvested ih 1924. 482 acres represented crop failures and 16,247 acres were idle or fallow land. There were 2,604 farmers in the county in 1926, of which 923 were white and 1,581 were colored. Three hundred ninety-three whites and 138 negtoes own their own farms. Fine Whe* Crap. . Blackville, Aug. 3.—W. Hamp Hut to, who is overseer on one of Capt. Jim Guess plantations, near Black- villa, has harVostsd 625 bushels of wheat from about 28 acres of land. HI* oat crop turned out splendidly, and his corn and cotton crops are at pre sent unusually fine. in ValuatleaL There was also a marked A nr the vatuatknr ef BerfiwhN CcMtf farm lands In the peat five years. In teea*. 1920 the total value of lend and buildings in the county was 19.782.020. as compared Aith only 16.392.275 in 1925. Implements and farm machinery were valued at 1363,686 and Itvqqtock on farms at $661,831. Of the 644 farms operated by their owners, 200 reported a mortgage debt. The average value of th* mort gaged farm is given at $4,839 and the. average mongage debt at $1,878. The average value per acre ia $31 *3 and the average mortgage debt is $12.13. ' • Number of Uveateek. Barnwell County fanners in 1925 owned 697 hor*e, 3,623 mules, 3,426 cattle, including calves, heifers cows, steers and bulls, six sheep, 191 goats, 11,605 hogs, and 47,422 chickens. In 1924 the eggs produced totaled 87- 446 dozens, while 77,535 chickens were raised. Value of Crops. The total value of crops produced in 1924 is placed at $2,846,274, as com- There were 65 white and 48 colored* pared with $6,694,886 in 1919. The part owners, one white and no colored farm manager, 464 white and 1,395 colored tenants, 1 139 white and 691 colored croppers, an d 142 w hite and 139 colored cash tenants. The per centage of tenancy in 1925 was 74.2 per cent., as compared with 68.3 per cent, in M120. acreage of the principal crops was divided as follows: Corn, 45,523; whesrt, 214; oats, 3,631; rye, 127; rice, 44; peanuts, 2,561; velvet beqns, 1,746; hay crops, 2,100; cotton, 49,271; sweet potatoes, 306; cantaloupes and muskmelons, 297; watermelons, 3,- 250; tdmatoes^O. Dunbar; clerk, C. H. Turner; the meeting was adjourned. The Bridge Builder An old man, traveling a lone highway, Came at the evqning, cold and gray, To a chasm vast and deep and wide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim, The sullen stream had no fear for him; But he turned wlien safe on the other side And built a bridge to span the tide. < “Old man,” said a fellow-pilgrim near, “You’re wasting your strength with building here; Your journey will end with the ending day, You never again will pass this way; You’ve crossed the chasm deep a nd wide; Why build you this bridge at eventide?” The builder lifted his old gray head— • “Good friend, in the path I have come,” he* said, “There foiloweth after me today A youth whose feet must pass this way. This chasm that has been as naught to me To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be; He, too, must crocs in the twilight dim-— Good friend. I am buHdtfig this bridge ffor him!” —Will Alien Oroagooie. m Six Precinct* Show 'C SLIGHT DECREASC COMPARED /C' .-<* ' ** . - •7 5V F.1|7 ^ 3 WITH IBM. ^ Enroll meat qt II Boxes Is Smaller. .th*',. has cleared up with Mm m meat that Gene Tnnssj will be to Summit, N. J, for the Mg bout which will be hold Sept. 11th. ■■ ■ ■■ f* Sailor Leonard Wins ’ Fight With Knockout Sailor Leonard, of New York, won his third strtigkt bout in Barnwell, this time by the kay-o route, when he floored Blonde Pittman, of Jack sonville, Fla., in the second'round of s scheduled eight-round match at the Vamp Theatre here Thursday nigut. Pittman, who was outweighed about 11 pounds, fought gamely for a round and a half and brought first Mood when he cut Leonard's lip in the in itial round. He was unable to weather the Seiler's jobs, however and after about o minute and a half of fighting hi the second round be was knocked out. It ia reported that Pittman once fought a draw with young StribUng. Aside from the main bout, the feature etf the evening’s entertiin- ment wme a three-round notch be tween Fighting pound boxer, of MoGough. another diminutive fighter from Moron. Go. Both ef the little chops showed class and speed and a willingness to mix things up, and while in, deference to the excellence ef the exhibition the judges' decision was announced as a draw, It is believed by many that young Kearns had n little bit of on edge on his youthful opponent. It is to be hoped that these little fellows will be seen in action here again at some future date. A collection Wes taken for the young fighters end the fans showed their appreciation with a liberal donation. The first preliminary of the even ing was a bout between a local negro and a duAy boxer from Denmark, which also rqsulted in a draw. Before the Leonard-Pittihan fight started, e visitor from Fairfax intro duced Mike Owens, of Savannah, and stated that the latter challenged Leonard for a match at Fairfax Fri day night. Mr. Tom Bolen, who has been quite active in promoting the bouts Here, announced (hat the Sailor would accept the challenge provided Odens can weigh in at 149 pounds ringside; which is said to be Leonard’s weight. Owens then announced that he, is willing to>meet the New York boxer anytime, at any place and under any conditions. It is understood that ^Leonard is willing to meet the chal lenger, and it is very probable that a match will be arranged for one night next week. / Barbecue Campaign Day. The People-Sentinel haa been re- caught an jedge of the, recent hurr quested tp announce that the ladies cane, which‘blew some of the cor the trimmin’s, at Barnwell on "August their closing appeals for the votes of w b* n »be has been the guest of reh South Carolina Democrats. The ladies of the Barnwell Baptist Church served a dinner on State cam vaVIS ajveatrg; paign day and it U hqped that tha •l*® «C that city, spent Sunday her Methodist ladies will receive the liberal patronage that was accorded Fowke. those of the Baptist Church. Thers was a dscrease of 38 ia the number of voters who enrolled for the coming primary elections as .pared With two years ago, the offi cial figures shewing that 8,189 voters qualified this year and $478 in 1824. Six precincts show gqios, they being Barnwell, Double Ponds, Dunbarton, Friendship, Healing Springs and Sad Oak. Decreases are showfi ia the en rollment a t Bennett Springe, Maek- - vllle, Elko, Four MUe^Grast Cyfresa, Hercules, Hilda, Reedy Branch, lase- mary Siloam and WiUiotoa. ' A aew club—Spur Branch—With an tttfuB- ment of 33, was added to the 11* tMs year. This club is located at tha kna- ber Iowa oh tha Edisto River. Barnwell shows IBs greatest erical iaetuase and Rad OaR largest relative shows ^oth tha largsst relative jWereaee. Tht enrollment win eoass as a prise to many, as the lack of so far displayed la polities lad M tha belief that the numbsr would faS tor short of two yea ment by pradaeta is ae follows: Barnwell ...JTl' ... <748 Bennett Springs 81 . tt Blackville • MS 884 Double Peads .... ±~.J9 \ Wt Dunbarton 179 H* Elko s. 139 ‘MB Four Mils $4 IB Great Cypress . Healing Springs . 1188 -- Tf Hilda ... Bad Oak m lit 1ST •yssrau 1 Siloam Iff MB ttidsas mmm Willis tan 4TI Totals 8118 SlfB / Mr M of Aldrich, and Mrs. G. P. . Howard and Statesboro, Oa^ have after a pending a low days with the latter’s brother, Mr. TUlmaa Al drich. Mr. Tilhaaa Aldrich lo few days wMi Meads as near 8 ta tee bare, Ga. Mrs. a P. Morris sod Mia. Paaliaa Aldrich speat last Saturday with tha former’s sister, Mrs. W. H. near Hilda. Mr. aad Mrs. G. P. Marr Maasrs. Hayward, Aqoila aad TIBnua Aldrich'•spent their sunt, Mrs. Schofield.« Mr. Lawton Black and daughters, Misses Hennie Las and Carrie Man, of Colombia, and Miss Townes visited the former's parent}, Mr. aad Mrs. B. R. Black, Inst Thursday. Lyadkurst News. Lyndhurst, Aug. 2.—After quitq i long period 6f drought, this * sectia was visited recently by quite a sac cession of bard rains, these were c great benefit t6 the corn crops, bu were somewhat detrimental to Hi cotton, causing much of it to shod th greater part of its tap crop. Wo ala of the Barnwell Methodist •. Church down, but no great amount of damaf< wfll serve, a barbecue dinner, with all w ** done. ^ \ «i Miss Rachel ^teimneyar, of 28th, at which time the candidates f° rt . returned home Sunday after i ton United States Senator will make pleaaant visit of about a. fortnight Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Gantt and ehfl dren, rt; Beaufort, and Mr. Ranatrai tha guesta of Mr. and Mrs. J. tmt Ta Preaaat Play. The members of the Friendship In termediate Sunday school class will will be present a play entitled M The Dust ef the Earth”, at Hercules school bouse, Friday night, Angus} 8U1. Admission, 16c sad 38c, tbs proceeds t# fe 'for the benefit of the church. The public is cordially invited. Miss Etta Dunbar, of Millettovilb jant several daBltboco last weak Hi guest of Miaa Rficabath The friends of Mr. T. B.