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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAT, NOVEMBER 2ft, ItSS.
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NUMBER 12.
HOME BANK OF BARNWELL
CLOSED DOORS SATURDAY
SUSPENSION CAME AS GREAT
SURPRISE TO MANY.
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County of. Barnwell Was Heaviest
Depositor.—Various Causes Said
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to Have Been Responsible.
The Home Bank of Barnwell closed
its doors sliortly before noon Satur
day morning, the Allowing notice be
ing posted cn the door*,
.“We, the undersigned officers and
directors of the Home Bank of Barn
well, after due deliberatioft and con
sultation with the State Bank Exatn-
iner, have decided in the interest of
the depositors to close this bank. All
deposits offered to-day have been kept
separate, rot deposited, and will be
returned by the Bank Examiner.”
This notice was signed by Harry D.
Calhoun, president; N. B. Gamble,
vice-president, and S. B. Moseley, J.
B. Calhoun, J. H. Hewlett and L. M.
Calhoun, directors.
, The news that the Home Bank had
suspended business spread like wildfire
ard caused general consternation, as
very few suspected that the institu
tion was unsound. While no state
ment as to the cause' for closing has
been given out by any of the officials,
it is believei to have been due in part
to the failure several months ago of
the American Bank and Trust Co., of
Columbia, poor collections due to the
kw price of cotton and withdrawal of
deposits. It is understood that various
amounts have been withdrawn in the
past two or three weeks and that a
run was developing Saturday morning
when the officials decided to suspend
business in the interest of the remain^
ing depositors.
It is not known at this time the
amount of money on deposit Saturday,
but a wag remarked that, judging
fiom what he had heard, with a few
country depositors still to report, he
rcughly estimated the amount at be
tween three million and four million
dollars. It is believed, however, that
the amour* is in the neighborhood of
$200,000, of which amount about 97b,*
000Q was to the credit of Bamweft
County.
A part of the county's deposit was
money received from a 950,000 bond
i<aue to defray the cost of building
highways from Barnwell to Olar ard
from Williaton to the Edisto River in
the direction of Springfield.
Aside from the personal loss sus
tained by the many depositors, the
closirg of the Home Bank is a severe
blow to this immediate section, as
Colonel Calhoun has always taken a
great interest in the small farmers snd
has done everything in his powdr to
assist snd encourage them.
At first it was feared by some that
a run might be made on the Barnwell
branch of the Bank of Western Caro
lina, but *s soon as the depositors were
assured that this institution does not
owe a penny, has money to its credit
in the leading banks of Augusta, Col
umbia, Charleston, Savannah and New
York, a rd that ample funds were on
hand to take care of any demands,
their fears were dispelled and Monday
morning found business going on as
usual. As a matter of fact, it is un
derstood that this bank has several
hundred thousand dollars on interest
in New York.
In connection with the closing of
the Home Bark, there is one matter to
which The People-Sentnel desires to
call the attention of its readers. Many
people seem to be under the impres
sion that a visit from the bank ex
aminer forecasts the closing of a
bank. Nothing could be further from
the truth. ’As a matter of fact, a
State law requires that banks in South
. Carolina be examined twice a year by
this official and while some banks have
closed following such a visit, it was
only because the examiner had found
that they were insolvent. This state
ment is made in the general interest of
all the banks of the county in order
to prevent the extravagant statements
of some hare-brained persons from
being paid serious consideration.
Barnwell Wins
County Classic
Blackrtlfe Loses 29-0
The Barnwell High School eleven
closed a most successful season by de
feating their ancien£, rival, Blackville,
on the local field Tuesday afternoon,
29 to 0, in Barnwell County’s grid-.
Iron classic. Touted to score, if not
to win, by the passing of their light
but fast team, the visitors were routed
by the aerial attack of their opponents,
who completed a number of forward
and lateral passes that would have
done credit to college players.
Blackville received the kjek-off and,
aided by a fumbled punt, worked the
bail down near Barnwell’s goal line.
They were held for downs on the ten-
yard lire and the fans were then
treated to a spectacle seldom seen in
high school football. With two beau
tiful passes, one a lateral and the
other a forward pass, the locals car
ried the ball almost the entire dis
tance of the field to the shadow of
the goal posts. Only two line plunges
were then required to make the touch
down and Carroll added the extra
point by kicking goal. This ended the
scoring for the first half, the teams
playing on equal terms during the
second quarter.
In the second half, Barnwell again
launched an aerial attack and, in spite
of the loss of L. Black, speedy and
brainy little player, who suffered a
dislocated shoulder, swamped the
visitors at their own game. Carroll,
Barnwell’s sensational backfield man,
threw a pass for forty yards to Hol
land for a touchdown. One of Black-
ville’s passes was intercepted and run
back, resulting in a touchdown and In
one particular instance just 80 sec-
ods elapsed from the kick-off to
touchdown. The Blackville defense
collapsed and ita line was ripped wide
open time after time for substantial
gaira. When the smoke of battle had
cleared the locals had registered four
touchdowns and a safety for a total
of 29 points.
To name the stars in Tuesday’s
game would be * roll call of the en
tire BarnwHl eleven. The visitors
also played well and gamely, but were
outclassed by their heavier opponent.
Briefly, it was a good clean game of
football in which the beat team won,
but the losers have nothing to be
ashamed of. Referee Whittaker, of
Bamberg, who officiated Tuesday, paid
the Barnwell team a very hifh com-
piimept when he stated that its mem
bers ire clean, hard players and good
sports. The same might also be said
of Bmckville.
Out of eight games played this sea
son, Barnwell has won five and tied
three, thaaks to the excellent coaching
of Messrs. Keel and Blatt. The locals'
goal line has been crossed but once
and they have scored 120 points,
against six for their opponents. The
following is a list of the games played
ard the results:
Brunson, 0, Barnwell, 6. -
Williston, 0, Barnwell, 0.
Denmark, 0, Barnwell 82. ,
Aiken 0, Barnwell 0.
Allendale 6, Barnwell 7.
Langley-Bath 0, Barnwell 46.
Blackville 0, Barnwell 29.
It is understood that an effort is
being made to get a game here for
today (Thanksgiving Day.)
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TO HOLD FIELD TRIALS
IN RARffltygLL NEXT WEEK
Talking About
Our Neighbors
By R H. WATTS
EYES OF SPORTSMEN AGAIN ON
THIS SECTION.
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Tracy Comstock, Secretary .of Vlr-
giaia-CarolPt Club, la Exported
Here Tkia Week.
PLANS BEING MADE FOR
CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE
SUMTER FARMER
POINTS THE WAY
CHAIRMEN ARE APPOINTED FOR
VARIOUS TOWNS.
HAS
A SPLENDID RECORD
ACHIEVEMENT.
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Mrs.
A. A. Lemon, County Chairman,
States that Barnwell Coun
ty’s Quota ia 9609.90.
There is a chance of Barnwell
County getting a Finnish colony. I
lave a friend who has recently re
turned to America after a visit to the
homeland with a view of interesting
his countrymen to settle in the South.
This friend was the prime mover in es
tablishing such a colony in Southeast
Georgia down near the Florida line.
I am writing this friend about Barn
well County. As everyone knows,
Finlanders are the most industrious
folks we have, and to get a small
colony of them in this fine county in
dairying and trucking, would mean
much for this entire section. These
Finns are real diversified farmers who
have beun trained for this work back
n the old country.
Mr. J. F. Fender, prominent tur
pentine operator from Southeast
Georgia, was a visitor here this
week prospecting over Barnwell Coun
ty with a view of locating. He was
driven over several fin* sections by
Mr. M. C. Diamond, whose invitation
brought him to this section to look
the country over. Mr. Fender was
impressed with the county, especially
her good roads.
The people of Barnwell ara making
plans for the forthcoming Virginia-
Carolina field triala, which will be
held here next week, beginning Mon
day, November 29th, and which ara
expected to attract numerous sport
lovers from Aiken, Columbia, Savan
nah, Augusta, and many pointa in the
North and East. It ia understood that
a number of entertainments will be
given in Barpwell homes for the visi
tors and Solomon Blat, Esq., presi
dent of the local Chamber of Com
ber of Commerce, is plainring a Mg
barbecue dinner for one evening dar
ing the week.
Col. D. W. Gaston, of ARmb, ft Is
announced, will provide ii Worses for
which are 1
J. M. Eleazer, Cou^y Agent far Sum
ter County, Tellsjj^at One Man
Has Accomplished.
Big Sale Continues.
Mazursky’s Department Store an
nounces the continuation of their big
Cash Raising Sale. Some' extra-
specials are being offered in a page ad
vertisement on the third page of this
issue of The People-Sentinel.
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• Advertise in The People-Sentinel
Negress Killed When
Car Turned Turtle
i Addie Beil Aiken, colored, was in
stantly killed Monday morning when
,the car in which she was riding turn
ed turtle on the Bamwell-Blackville
highway, rear the Blackville ceme-
f tery. Her brother was driving at the
^time and stated the coroner’s in
quest that he was traveling at a
moderate rate of "speed. He turned
,out for an approaching car ard said
that his sister grabbed the steering
,wheel and gave it a quick twist, caus
ing one of the wheels to collapse and
car to turn over. Th* woman was
pinned under the machine, the run
ning board resttc? across her neck.
The boy was unable *to lift the car
ard she died before help arrived.
The farming experience of L. B.
Bradford, Sumter, S. C. t R. F. D. No.
4, ia interesting at this time. In
an interview with him he was rather
reluctant in speaking of what he has
done and it was only upon assurance
that the us« of his rame would sdd
interest to the story that he was will
ing for it to be used.
In his own words he “struggled 11
years to pay off a mortgage on sixty-
seven acres of land with cotton.
Didn’t pay a dollar but was forced to
borrow morey from the bank the first
of every February to pay the interest.
Was getting nowhere and so decided
to give the cow, hog and hen a try.
Eliminated cotton entirely a nd paid
all debts in four years, and owes noth
ing now. Has hogs enough to sell
several hurdred dollars worth and
still have plenty of meat snd lard for
home use. Has w-good little herd of
pure-bred Guernseys, sells lota of
butter, feeds skim milk to pigs and
poultry and toil is getting richer each
year. Runs only an ordinary sized
one-horse farm, but keeps two head
to do effective work.”
Looking s little further into this
reassuring experience, Mr. Bradford
now has thirty porkers, most of which
will soon be ready for sale or slaugh
ter. He also has seventy-five white
Leghorn hens penned and seventy-five
Rhode Island' Reds on range. The
past year he sold a little over 9200
worth of poultry products in addition
to building up his flocks. During the
same year he sold 9450 worth of but
ter. From one acres of watermelons
he sold 9213 worth, and has made a
bumper crop of velvet bears on the
same acre.
His dairy herd is interesting.
Eight years ago he got his first pure
bred heifer. From this start h« has
built his present herd of eight pure-
breds and has refused 9600 for the
mother cow.
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The entire farm is planted in feed-
s tuff s'. Nothing except sometimes a
little concentrated feed is bought.
This year -he has more than he will
need. ,
' In a humrous wary he said he un
derstood that the cotton fanners were
hard hit this year, but that he has had
as good a yey as has ever come his
way. He is square with the world, has
bought five acres of land fronting on
the paved road to build on some day,
and would’nt plant ary cotton if he
were gurrjnteei thirty ,cents per
pound for it.
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Lowman and
family, of Chester, are the guests of
their daughter, Mrs. C. H. Fowler,
daring the Thanksgiving holidays.
Mrs. A. A. Lemon, chairman
of the Christmas Seal Cam-
paingn in Barnwell County, has
been quite busy the past few days
making plans for a successful drive
in this county. She has secursd the
active cooperatioon of public spirited
people in’ BUckvtCe, Wintstoo, Dun
barton, Snelling, Kline, Elko and
Barnwell, a nd an active campaign will
be waged to secure Barnwell County's
quota of 9600. B. P. Davies, editor
of The People-Sentinel, has been ap
pointed publicly chairman and the fol
ling is a list of the chairmen for ths
Christmas Seal Sale in th* various
towns:
Blackville—Mrs. Herman Brown.
Williston—Mrs. G. W. Whitaker.
Dunbarton—Miss Mary Owens.
Snelling—Mrs. S. E. Moore.
Kline—Miss Kate Wingo.
Elko—Supt. J. S. M. Finch.
Barnwell—Mrs. A. A. Lemon.
Colored—Dr. Dixon.
Working committees will be named
next week.
The importance of this work will be
fully realised when it is known that
18 deaths front tuberculosis occurred
in Barnwell County in 1925, at which
time the estimated number of cases
was 185. In 1924 there were 19
deaths ard 190 estimated cases.
The Christmas Seal Sale should not
b« confused with the annual Red Cross
Roll Call. The money derived from
the sale of the little “Health Bonds,”
as they have been aptly termed, is
spent entirely in fighting the dread
disease—tuberculosis. That these el
forts are meeting with success is
shown by the fact that the tubercu
losis death rate in South CaroIin a de
creased 23 per cent from 1919 to
1923.
The State Association conducts fieU
clinics in about 20 counties per year,
furnishing workers and specialists.
Barnwell County has had the benefit
of two such clinics in the past few
years.
The design of the Christmas Se
this year, a reproduction of which is
given herewith, is highly appropriate
and aymbolizes “Health, Hope and
Happiness.” Health is the figure car-
ryirg the shield with the double-bar
red cross; Hope is shown with the
trumpet and Happiness with the man
dolin. They are dressed in the fash
ion of the Minstrels of the Middle
Ages, an order whose members sub
sisted by the arts of poetry an:
music, and sang to the ijiarp verses
composed by themselves land others
They wandered fro mcasQe to castle,
and in exchange for the^r entertain-
were often presented wkh gifts of
great value.
Mistaking Mr. M. C. Lucas, citisen
of Calhoun County, for a squirrel ia
the bushes, a colored man peppered
him generously with birdshot. This
seems to have been a Jonah for this
farmer, for later, as he was butcher
ing a beef, he made a misHck with
his knife, jammed it into his thigh
snd punctured a large artery. HFwas
nsshed to the Columbia hospital for
aiedical aid.
Last week Miss Lillie Cooper, qf
Denmark, went out into her yard and
use during the trials,
on the 18,000 acre estate ef 8. S.
Hutchinson, Philadelphia millionaire.
These grounds, which ara said to be
the finest in America, have
dered for use in the week's
of events by Capt. G. Arthn
local representative of tin Philadel
phia owner. |
Tracy Comstock, secretory of the
Virginia-Caroltam dob, is expected to
arrive in Barnwell from ThemeevfBe,
N. C , this week to complete Baal pre
parations for the trials. This organi
zation ia one of the oldest ef Me kind
in America gad need the grounds aqar
Barnwell for the first time last year.
Their discovery was made by the lav,
R. W. Humphries, of this city, who la
a lover of fine bird doge end a mem
ber of field trial aeeoriatlene. Upon
his invitation, repreeentntiena of
the Virginta-CaroUna Club vMtod
Barnwell last year and were at mm
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with the
1925 and the members ef the
tion wee eo delighted with the
and splendid hospitality of the
of Barnwell, that they voted
spied a half-grown doe leaping over» raoua | y te r,turn this year. The only
the fence of her apple orchard.
Several deer hunts have recently
been staged in that section and it is
believed to have caused these animals
to go to the towns for their hiding
places.
Grinding sugar can snd boiling
the syrup with all the other good
things which go therewith, ’frinstance,
roasted potatoes, candy making and
pulling are in full swing now in the
rural districts of the county. I hear
that the cane crop is unusually fine
this year and the syrup is most ex
cellent.
As this is being read, sportsmen
from all over the South are treking
to Barnwell to participate in the an
nual Field Trial, which event will be
staged on the Hutchinson plantation
next week, beginning Monday. It is
expected that more than fifty fine
breed of dogs will be tried out and
given opportunity to prove themselves
on these hunting preserves. Half a
hundred horses, it is said, will be used
by thesevsportsmen.
Mary Livington, of Aiken County,
will represent this State in the health
contest to be held in connection with
the meeting of more than 1,000 young
club girls and boys at . Chicago next
week. Last year South Carolina won
third place in this national contest.
It is quite a distinction for one of our
neighbor county girls to be so ^pnoretT
Annual Football
Banquet Tonight
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Sanders and
children spent the week-erd with rela
tives in Columbia.
As The People-Sentinel closed its
forms, a committee of ladies was a t
work completing plans for the annual
football banquet, which, it ia under
stood, will be served at the Hotel
Diamond this (Thur4 evening. The
Barnwell High School squad has closed
its most successful season, not a game
having been lost out of eight starts.
The boys are due this recognition for
their hard work and loyalty to their
school and it is a pleasure and privi
lege for the citisers of Barnwell to
play the part of hosts. It is planned
to serve a turkey dinner, with sll the
trimmin's.
drawback experienced last year sras
the scarcity of birds, due to the pro
longed drought the previous summer
which ruined the pea crop. It la be
lieved that this trouble has ban
remedied, as small patches of paaa
were planted along the
provide amply feed for the I
ere said to he quite plentiful
year.
A. F. Hochwalt, who
“The American Plaid,”
sportsman's newspaper published in
Chicago, , described rim
grounds in these words: “The
are beautiful at any season of
year. In June, e veritable
in December, a hunter’s dream.” Mr.
Hochwalt said further: “When the
officers of the Virginia-CaraHna Field
Trial Association announced last
summer that they had found a new
field ground down In the State at
South Carolina, many wondered, if
their vision was not tinctured with an
overplus of enthusiasm, for the re
ports were glowing, roseate, almost
superlative. Tha trials which took
place over those new grounds during
the week of November 30th, have
shown that the ctqb has, indeed, made
a find. The officers, in deciding upon
this new place, evidently went far
beneath the superfluities to bedrock,
and their statements were not over
drawn. \
“The grounds are in Hie vicinity of
BailnweU ...... a tow*n where tra
ditions and history meet each other
half way. It is a fine old place and
its citizens have extended a hearty
welcome to the field trial contingent.
Not only a welcome, but an invita
tion to come back again and again,
for sports of the outdoors are part of
tha old South.”
And The People-Sentinel can assure
the members of the Virginia-Carolina
Field Trial Association that the wel
come extended a year ago will be just
as warm and hearty again next weak.
Dr. Viace*t Laid ta Rest.
The body of Dr. C. P .Vincent, who
died a few days ago at the home of
his son, Dr. C. P. Vincent, Jr M in Sen-
ford, Fla., was laid to reat Tuesday at
the Old Hay Cemetery at —
Springs, this county. He wns a
of Chariestou and. it
wife and nine chfldran.
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