The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, February 03, 1927, Image 1
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JESSE F. CARTER IS ELECTED
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
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Decision Came Wednesday Night on
Fifty-fifth Ballot.—Term Will
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Expire in 1930.
Senator Jesse Francis Carter, for
years a leader at the Bamberg bar,
was Wednesday of last week elected
associate justice of the supreme court
of South Carolina to fill out the un
expired term of Richard C- Watts,
recently named chief justice of the
highest tribunal of the State.
The decision which came on the 1
first ballot Wednesday night, ended a
long deadlock in which 55 roll calls
were necessary. On Monday the vot
ing favored Senator McColl, who led
the field but who lost first place on
the last roll call of the night, Senator
Carter forging ahead, 50 to 49. Over
night Senator Carter gained two vote?
for the first roll call of Tuesday, and
Senator McColl remained at 49. Both
of the leaders gained on the 60th bal
lot—.the second of Tuesday—and after
that vote Solicitor Hydrick’s name was
) withdrawn, but that of A. F. Woods,
of Marion, was put into the field. The
latest nominee made a strong showing,
getting 34 votes. On this roll bot^t
of the leaders feet some ground, but
on the next Senator Carter went up
to 60, and McColl dropped to third
place, giving second up to Woods with
44. Judge Grimball’s name was then
withdrawn, leaving three in the race.
On the next call, Carter gained again
and M'Coil went back into second place.
The laet ballot of the oon sitting taw
Senator Carter almost in reach of
' ictory with 76 votes. On this ballot
McColl went up to 56 and Woods drop-
ped to 29. When the joint aaaembly
reconvened Wednesday night, the
name of Mr. Wooda was withdrawn.
>'ut htat of Mr. Hydrick was reentered.
On the first call. Carter received 83
votes, sufficient for election. The
others atcod: McColl, 60; Hydrick*Jl.
Asked that ight if he would resign
his seat in the senate before the tea-
ion was over, the associate justice-
elect said that he could not make a
definite announcement, as yet. but
that he certainly would not resign for
at least a couple of days, as he had
several matters pending in the senate
to which he wished to give his atten
tion before leaving.
Born in Colleton.
Jes.se F. Carter was bom near
I odge, Colleton County, September 2,
1873, and therefore he is in his 54th
year. His father. Miles McMillan
Carter, was a native of that county
and his mother, Janie Irene Kinard
Carter, was a native of Barnwell
County. He is of English a nd Scotch-
Irish extraction.
Senator Carter, as a small boy, had
opportunity to attend occasionally a
"log*cabin school in Colleton. He was
13 when his father died and he took
chaige Of the farm and assisted his
mother in rearing his younger broth
ers. His mcrther died when he was
20, after which he attended the graded
school in Bamberg, also a classical
schcol, and taught in the summer. He
finally entered Peabody College, Nash
ville, from which he was graduated in
1900.
ahariff
in tha Sun Flow** State. Mrs.
ChMt meetedp- her hue-
to title exceedingly "he-men**
eTtite neeee end
Two Negroes Frozen.
Kershaw, Jan. 27.—An unus
ual tragedy for the Sunny South
occurred two miles South of
Kershaw on the Columbia-Chdr-
lotte highway when two negro
beys were frozen to death dur
ing the rain and snow of last
night. Their bodies were found
early this morning lying in the
road where they had fallen, ap
parently exhausted. The ages
of the boys were apparently 10
and 12 years, respectively. Up
to a late hour they had not been
identified.
As the unfortunate victims of
the sadden whimsical change in
temperature were seen by a
passerby early in the night
making their way towards Cam
den, It is supposed that they had
run away from home at either
Lancaster or Camden, probably
trying to get back to Camden
and were too young to realize
the real danger they were expos-
ed'V) and lost their lives. Ef
forts are being made by the au
thorities to ascertain where they
were from.
Two Shot Saturday
Night at Ellenton
A negro man and negro woman were
shot and seriously wounded, it is al
leged, by Robert Winters, a white
man, at Elkjnton Saturday night.
The man was wounded in the thigh
and the woman in the side, according
to Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches, wh<^
placed Winters and five colored m?n
under arrest, the latter being John
Bbwers, John Henry Williams, Wal
ter London, Charlie Drummond and
Fred Gordon. The shooting affray jc-.
curred at the camp of the Leigh Ba
nana Crate Company, near Ellenton,
and a crap game is said to have been
in progress at the time, according to
the Sheriff.
Last Day to Pay Dog Tax
Without Penalty.
RESPECTFULLY YOURS,
J. B. ARMSTRONG,
County Treasurer.
Booklet Advertising Savannah-
Edisto Sector is Progressing
Mr. A. W. Knight, of Bamberg, and
his staff of photographers were here
Tuesday taking views of public
buildings and scenes in and around
Barnwell to be used in the booklet de
signed to advertise the Savannah-
the Ed is to Public Service Company,
and the task will only he completed
after a considerable outlay of time,
expense and effort on the part of
thia progressive concern. It will not
cost anybody a penny, aruf the idea
Mr. W. T. Hightower, of Black-
ville, was among those who renewed
theif subscriptions to The Peop'e-
Sentinel last week. He was a visitor
He taught a while and later j h ere Saturday.
itook a degree at the University of
Nashville, 1903. In the fall of 1904 the local draft board, member of the
the future associate justice entered State council of defense and active as
the law school of the University of a “four-minute speaker.” ,
South Caroling .where he took the two- j ^ \ record of Senator Carter«8 activi-
year course in one and was admitted ties as debater and public speaker, as
to the bar m 1905. He settled at Hgted in the legislative directory com-
Bamberg, where he has since prac- j jxiled by J. Wilson Grbbes, clerk of the
ticed with success, except for a short house, includes that of literary socie-
time in 1908, when he took a special ty orator and holder of his society de-
course at the University of Chicago.
The senator practiced alone until
his brother, Solicitor Berte D. Carter,
Ediato sector. The preparation of the is merely to tell the world something
material is progressing satisfactorily, about this fine section in a great
Mr. Knight stated to a representtive State. Mr. Easterling conceived the
of The People-Sentinel. The work is nlan along with his earnest purpose to
being sponsored by the Edisto Public Lend his energies towards the up-
Service Co., of Denmark, of which building of his community. His enter-
Mr. R. A. Easterling, formerly of priee is only expected to benefit in-
this city, is vice-president. This con- directly. “Mr. Easterling is not an
cern is getting out the booklet and is idle dreamer,” said Mr. Knight, “but
entirely responsible for its publics- » far-sighted, influential public-spirit
Later’s medal at the University St-
( South Carolina, representative in the
Southern Intercollegiate Oratorical
was admitted to the bar, when a part- ^association contest and president of
nership_was formed, Carter and Car-1 the literary society of Nashville,
ter. This Jinn-, later became Carter, j j n a ©lection held in Janu-
Carter and Kearse, and was change . ar y^ h© wa8 elected senator to
Carter and Kearse when. Berte D. fiU ^ vacancy caused by the death cf
His term would ex-
J ,B. Black,
pire in 1928.
In 1911 Mr. Carter married
Carter was elected solicitor.
Mr. Carter has devoted his time to ^
the law, but has had time to take an
active interest in things whkh he T .
., ,, . Lydia Belle Jenkins, of Kline
thought were for the advancement of,. . . .
,. , , q. . . i have three young daughters,
his city, county and State. He has j'
held no political office except county' > .J
chairman of the Democratic party and > Senator Ci
State
ties he
Miss
They
He is
Carter was surrounded by
, in both of which capaci- friends Wednesday night who wished
now serving.
Senator Carter was esp--*-
interested in the literary so
cioties—in debating and oratory.
• On Draft Baud. . .
to congratulate him on hie election.
It will be recalled that when Justice
Marion was elotted Mr. Carter polled
a heavy vote for many roll calls and
,it was hit. withdrawal from the race
During the war he was attorney for ( that broke the deadlock.
tion and distribution.
Completion of the data and cuts is
progressing rapidly, a^ordiqp to Mr.
Knight, a nd the entire job is expected
to be in thd* hands of the printer by
February 15th. Distribution should
proceed in the early Spring, and 10,000
copies of the book comprises the first
order. It will consume approximate
ly 50 pages of matter, and will com
pare most favorably with the South
Carolina hand book. It deals with
Allendale, Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell,
Colleton, Hampton and Beaufort
Counties.
The bcok will treat largely of the
wonderful agricultural possibilities of
the territory covered, enumerating its
excellent educational facilities and
advertising its remarkable industrial
enterprises. It will feature the in
viting influences for additional com
mercial prosperity.
There will be no paid advertise
ments. The subject matter will be
written in a style designed to be in
teresting, entertaining And highly
attractive to outsiders. Mr. Knight,
a former newspaper man and an ex
perienced writer, is editor-in-chief of
the publication Culberson’s Studio,
also of Bamberg, holds the contract
for the display of photographs which
will appear therein, and at least 160
'isplendid illustrations will be used.
To Hive v Wide Appeal
Six other gentlemen—one from each
of the other counties represented be
sides Bamberg—have been employed
to assist MF. Knight in preparing the
reading matter. Each of these will
depict the advantages of hie own coan-
ty, and everything contained in the
book will be absolutely authentic and
subject to complete proof.
Quite a masher of paopia will be
engaged in the work before it Is Ha
lt b a Wg undertaking for
, od citizen with a definite vision, the
full realization of which he believes
will be attained by such methods as
this booklet for a starter^",
The illustrations will include no
individuals and no individual busmeti
interest's, except pictures portraying
many modern agricultural achieve
ments. Ther?i will also be photo
graphs of schools, churches, indus
trial *{ani commercial enterprises.
Railroads and good highways will like
wise be featured.
Nearly 30,000 Bales
Total of Ginning*
According to the recent report of
the Department of Commerce, 29,244
bales of cotton had been ginned in
Barnwell County prior to January 16.
This is the largest crop of cotton made
in this county since the formation of
Allendale County, being larger than
the crop bf 1920, before the days of
the boll, weevil. Other counties in this
section, with the exception of Hamp
ton, also show increases, the report
crediting them with the following
number of bales:
\ 1926 1925.
Aiken 36348 ' 29,776
Allendale 16,494 14368
Bamberg'... 21390 18328
Barnwell 29,244 26318
Hampton .'.-' .. 7306 12,009
Orangeburg 75381 60,956
The State 954448 918382
Several weeks ego, the government
foreemt a crop of 1460300 bales for
South Carolina, at which time The
People-Sentinel inpramsd its doubt
that the final gmnings would bear out
the estimate. It is not believed now
that the crop In tkb State will be
u million babe.
^ dub
J. Navin
Lived in Silence 16 Teen.
Akion, Ohio, Jen. 2&—rSix-
teen years of married life dur
ing which bus bend end wife
lived in the eeiae home without
•peaking to each other were re
vealed here yesterday when a
divorce was granted to Mrs.
Elizabeth Arnold, 09, from her
huabend, John Arnold, ?£ far-
mar*
The Arnolds bed been married
60 years, Mrs. Arnold charged
that her hnaband eeaaed speak
ing to her in 1910 “even at times
deeping in the barn to ag
grieve me, and habitually ignor
ing and treating me with con
tempt.”
The husband charged his wife
first adopted the silence policy
during a “fit of temper” and
without cause.
Testimony at the hearing
showed that when meets were
served, Mrs. Arnold rang a bell
to summon her husband. They
then sat at the table together,
each reaching for food without
asking for it to be peseed.
Fire of unknown origin, which was
discovered about eleven o’clock Thurs
day night, totally destroyed the Hill
Top Stables and two negro tenant
all owned by Mr. Charlie
Brown, Sr.; of thb city. A third
tenant house was also damaged by
the. flames. A stiff wind was blowing
out of the Northeast when the -fire
started and in a very few minutau the
entire large frame structure wpe a
mass of flames, making it impossible
for the volhnteer fire-fighters to do
anything except try to protect ad
joining buildings.
At first HI *wms feared that the re
sidence of R. A. EUis, Esq., weed! be
burned, but the direction ef the wind
aided the fire department in Bering
the building.
Exactly 25 years ago—in January,
1902—Mr. Brown suffered the tam of
a large sabs stables on the aaOM site
as the one destroyed bet wash.-Hut
fire occurred between eight dad nine
o’clock in the morning and prnhetyp
originated from a spark tram the ef
face flue. It is
the fist Thursday night eccurred
a like cause, ea there had bem u 1
in the office grate during the day.
Mr. Brown was in the lower
of the state with a drove ef
bat week end fortunately no
were loot in the fire, k b
that his loos is partially covered hy
62300 insurance ea the
61300 on hie stock of!
etc. It b not
whether or not Mr.
build.
Honor Roll for the •
Barnwell Schools
The following i© the honor roll of
the Barnwell High and Graded Schools
for the third term:
First Grade—Tom Boulware, Vera
T. Boulware, Marjouric Brown, Maria
Coclin, William Moody, Arden Lemon,
Boyd Ray, Dubose Robertson, Ollie
Ross and Miriam Seigle.
Second Grade—Anna Louise Falken-
stein, Catherine Black and Elizabeth In, " L '* n,on *
Moms. lowing itatement for
Mn. Lemon Raporii
SO Xma* Seal Sale
The Oiristmui Sent flub la Barnwell
County totaled 6269.42, according to a
report made public thia week by Mrs.
A. A. Lemon, county cl
While the. county’s qvbte
reached, Mr*. Lemon thinks that a
very creditable showing was made, hi
view of the depressed financial condi
tions of this section. Her report was
as follows:
BarnweH 6145.19
Blackville
Dunbarton
Will is ton ..
Kibe 14.76
Elko 1999
Snelling Jfl
Third Grade—Gladys Black, Mary
Brown, Elizabeth Mace and Bernice
Terry.
Fourth Grade—Billie Davies, Bob
bie Dicks, Helen Fields, Tom Hagood,
Evelyn Morris, Julius Seigle and Anna
Williamson.
Fifth Grade—Emily Black, Lucy
Coleman, Mary Holland, Rodman
Lemon, Edith Mahaffey and Robert
Sanders.
Sixth Grade—Mac Tyre Calhoun and
Eunice Moody.
Seventh Grade — Marion Louise
Bolen and Anne Scott McNob .
Eighth Grade—James Riley McNab,
Mildred Bond, Claire Dicks, Elisabeth
Hagood, Katherine Holland, Louise
Johnston and Mildred Lewis.
Ninth Grade — Beatrice Collins,
Pauline Delk, Margaret Fowler and
Mary Anne Halford.
Tenth Grade—Benjamin Davies, Jr.,
Harry Neal Jenkins, Calhotm Lemon,
Margaret Lemon, J. W. Sanders and
Mildred Thomas.
Eleventh Grade — Maggie Black,
Winnie Davis, Miles Hagood, Mark
Hill, Johnnie Jones, Dorothy Sanders,
Lillie Mae Thomas and Jewel Wood-
Poultry Short Course.
AH who are interested in poultry
are urged to attend the Foultry Short
Course «t flOMn on next Wednesday,
the 9th tnsk, ksgtoufef ut 1030 o'
clock. Miss Joefita Neely, Specialist,
will give lecture* throughout the fey
on various subjects portnfelug to
poultry, uni tim pnMb is cocdblb In-
riled 10 be
Total
Mrs. Lemon else gave out the fol*
ing
“As county chairman of the Christ
mas Seal Sale and in behalf of the t.
C. Tuberculosis Association. I wbh to
thank the people of Barnwell County
for the splendid co-operation wo ra-
ceived during the recent sab. It b
true our quote has not been readied,
but we feel that thb b due ta the
finacial cindtion prevabnt through
out the county and not to lack of in
terest on the part of the people.
“Especially do we wish to express
our gratitude bo the following:
“(1) The sub-chairmen end their
respective committees who worked so
faithfully that every one might bo
given the opportunity to contribute.
“(2) The teachers who not only
sold seab but also did an excellent
piece of educational work in preeent-
ing thia cause to the young folks. -
"(3) The ministers, mayors and
other citizens who endorsed the work
from the pulpit and through the news
papers.
"(4) The newspaper men who gave
*> generously of front page space ftr
publicity.
“(5) And lent but not least, tha
purchaser*: of these Httie seals. Yeur
pennies are counting in thb big light
on tuberculosis. It is a slow fight
hut a winning one and year
more and more interest U
in thb bao|e against tha
white plague.—tabereubaia
Tha mrag friend**! Mr