The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 05, 1926, Image 1
CLUB ROLLS ARE
PURGED BY COM.
ITHREE NAMfeS TRANSFERRED
FROM BARNWELL.
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* 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.
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to heart, wfft be the
shortly after Sept
p—dsra fight pro-
motor will wad Miaa Maxine
Hodges of New York City,
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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.
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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.
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Six Precinct* Show
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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.
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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
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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.