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VOLUME L. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. TRURSpAY, MARC^ 3RD, 1927. NUMBER 27. CRIMINAL COURT MAKES PROGRESS S Ml l llllll.» JUDGE JOHNSON PRESIDES AT ONE WEEK TERM. Quite a Number of Cases Disposed of. —Grand Jury Finds True BiBs.— , Presentment. The Court cf General Sessions oon- - vened here Monday:morning with Judge J. Henry Johnson, of Allendale, presiding. This is Judge Johnson’s first visit to Barnwell since his eleva tion to the Bench and he has made a very favorable impression. His charge tA the Grand Jury was clear and force ful and his rulings are generally re garded as being fair and impartial. When The People-Sentinel closed its forms, the following cases had been disposed of: . Willie Wroten, charged with burgla ry and larceny, was found guilty of petit larceny and sentenced to 30 days. J. W. Denriso pleaded guilty to vio- latig the prohibition law and was sen tenced to servei six months, all but 30 days being suspended during gcod behavior. Eugene Davis, charged with dispos ing of property under lien, was tried in his absence, found guilty and a .sealed sentence imposed. Charlie Pauls pleaded guilty to h u.ebPP.king and Lrceny and was' " m l' t *")' "><* 1 > 1 ' indu*™ »"<1 Fir»t $1,000 Prize To Campfire Girl FIGHT LED BY BARNWELL MAN FIRES OPENING ' GUN IN TAX COMMISSION BATTLE. Bills to Abolish This Agency Have . - / ; v v Passed Second Reading |n House •OCASTCgl Eileen Sirtlpson, Is, of Grand Rapids, Mich., plunged into Lake Michigan last summer, saving two children out beyond their depth. For this feat she has. been awarded the first National prize- by the Campfire organization—a check for $1,000. Bamberg to Exempt : Industrial Plants Bamberg, March 1.—Senator E. H. Henderson, of Bamberg County, has just introduced a bill in the State Sen ate which is expected to mean much fer the progress this commum y. The bill would piovide means to ex- sentenced to serve seven months. I mAufaoturing enterprises from the A verdict of not guilty vn* direct, j W™'" 1 of «>“"** ,or the Best ed in the tca-e of L. E. MorningsUr.i > r '* ra * ^ B * ra - charged with dr.wrng check without. Cc ’ U, " y ' ^ b,! !. w,n '' k ' ly h ,‘ v< - the support of Keprwentative Riley, M.™ Jeffc .t. Jut Black .nd Dock “"'V of the ho ““ fro,n t! ’ U WUliuns were acquitted of violating! in which ' v ' nt il wil1 the prohibition taw. I f-ttainly ^ rne a taw. A mistrmi ww ontered in the case T* 1 ' W'* 1 ” Cumpany. 1 of Denmark ,is largely instrument! :n promoting this measure, which is Tink Hancock, charged with viola ing the prohibition law. True Bills. The following True Bills were found by the Grand Jury: Btysie Jackson, murder. Cleveland Nelson, murder. Purvis Hsnkerson, receiving stolen S * v * nn * h ‘* ctor . in wh ‘ ch ^i* cop» ^ j pany operates win also fall into line 1 Willie Wroten. burglary and tar. “d l “ v ' ■»•'*' for Oieir benefit, and even other coun- cony. j Luther Hogg, husebreaking and | U «‘ in the ••' ersl part* of the St*te, although for the present Bamberg is designed to advance the interest^ of | this section before prospective com mercial enterprises of the nature af fee ted thereby. It is expected that the other six counties of the Edisto- larceny. J. W Derriso, violating the prohibi tion law. Morriii. Walker, violating the prohi bition law, Bddie Morris, violating the prohibi tion law. Eugene Davis; dtspraing of property under lien. G. J. Diamond, disposing of proper ty under .lien. by Narrow Margins. BLUE LAWS ARE OBSERVED HERE NO ARRESTS ARE MADE IN THIS . COUNTY. I Surface Appearances at Least Indi cate That Governor Richards’ Edict ' Was Obeyed. . r -• the etily 'county included in Senator Henderson’s bill. ’ . — The other six counties include Allen dale, Barnwell, Colleton, Beaufort, Hamilton and Jasper. Several of them *>nbible far extravagance* In an effort to redeem his £atn- paign pedge to do all in his power to -abolish the State Tax Commission, Col. J. E. Hariey, of Barnwell, led the fight on that august body in the House of Representatives last week, being called upon by his colleagues to make the opening argument in sup- poft of the administration bill as de signed by Governor John G. Rich ards providing fen* the abolition of the Tax Commission, which passed first reading in the House Wednesday night by a vote of 60 to 55, the vote being reached just before midnight after a heated debate. A companion measure passed first reading Thursday, 62 to 55. Both bills passed second reading beflwjre the week-end adjournment Fri day afternoon. The proposal to abolish the Tax Commission has brought on the hot test fight of the present legislative ses sion. It is expected that the bill will pass the House by a smell margin thi* week, but the outccme in the Senate is speculative .the general opinion be ing that it will die there. Both Governor Richards and Rep resentative Hartey advocated the abolition of the Tax Commission in their campaigns last Summer, and the feetner considers that, in view of his overwhelming election, he beats a mandate from thfe people. Col. Harley is said to have made a mutt ccetvincing argument in favor of the prupoaed abolition and the points lie brought out were instrumental in win ning many vote* fjr the propo**!. HA has been warmly congratulated by his fellow members on his effort* and is generally regarded as one of the leaders of the present session. It is claimed by the advocata* of the bill to abolish the Tax ConVynisxion that not rnly ean there be a moneta>-y saving of from $100,000 to 3125.000 effected, bwt that, since the apprApria- I ticna for that body have grown from $12,600 in 1918 to more than $220,000 I for 1926, that agency ia largely re in State already have provisions exempting tex tile plants with a capital stock of $100,0000 or more, but the new law will include all new manufacturing and industrig) plants of all kinds, with Charlie Pauls, housebreaking and ] ,imil * tK>ns “ Q»e amount ef stock. larceny. Grand Jury Presentment. The Grand Jury finished its work for the term Monday afternoon and made the following Presentment to the Court: To the- Honorable J. Henry Johnamh octtqty gari TtiuU., oL the State. The booklet which the Edisto-Public Service Company is now getting out with A. W. Knight, of this city, as editor-in-chief, in an effort t» play up and properly advertise this section will be ready for distributinon to the pub lic at an early date. Presiding*Judge of the Court of Gen- eml Sessions. The Grand Jury of Barnwell County* begs leave, to report. 1. That we have passed upon all bills of indictment that have been handed us by the Solicitor and have returned them, to the Court. 2. We have appointed a Committee composed of D. C. Bush, C. G. Young blood ^and B. F. Owens to make an in vestigation of the. affairs of the chain gang. We have appointed a Commit tee derm posed of W. J. Lemon, J. C. Staley and Johnson Hagood to make an investigation of the County Poor Farm and we* have appointed a Committee composed of J. B. Morris, J. H. Phillips and J. B. Grubbs to make an investi gation of the County Jail. These Com mittees have been instructed to make thorough investigations and the. re sults of their recommendations will be reported to the Court at the next term. 3. We recoWiend that the Clerk of Court be instructed to imediately noti fy all the Magistrates of the County to in the. future bind over all witnesses for attendance upon the Court. 4. We recommend that the County Board of Directors do immediately purchase x new chair and flat top desk for the use of the Judge on th$ Bench. 5. We desire to express our heart iest approval cf the various matters and thmgi referred to by your Honor in your interesting and' instructive charge to our body. We especially de- . sire to commend your expressed inten tion of, enforcing longer hours for the holding of court in order that the busi ness cf the court may be more expo- ■ditiously disposed cf with a comet- ponding saving to the county of ex- and will absolutely exempt them from all county taxes for a period of five years. It is believed that this will be a very attractive inducement to many desirable prospectors, and should make ficr a more diversified line of such Mrs. Walker Visits County. Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, Production and Copservation Specialist from Winthrcp College, was in the county last week.' She visited a number of schools, giving interesting and in structive lessons on gardening. Mrs. Walker was the first home demonstration agent to enter the field in Barnwell County and was one of the first agents to be appointed in the State. government, k i* argued further that Che Tax Communion ia an autocratic agency without direct responsibility to the people for the reason that it* members yie net elected by the voters who cannot reach them through the ballot Sox. The bill provides that the neces-**v duties of th^ Tax Ccm- misskn shall be* performed by the constitutional tax officer of the State, the Comptroller General. To Present M , , “J«se James,** a Western stajp play in four acta, will be presented at the Vamp Theatre in Barnwell Thurs day evening, March 10th, by the Reno Company, which gave & good perfor mance of “Ten Nights in m Barroom’’ Monday evening. Ah entire change of program is guaranteed and all the vaudeville that will be introduced be tween the acts will be' new. The^com pany has- special scenfry for the Jesse Janies play, as they did Monday even ing for their other iperformance. Two of the funniest negro characters ever written into a play—Lige and Liza—keep the audience in a roar of laughter throughout the entire even ing.—adv. Advertise in The People-Sentinel * Although one man made the state ment Monday morning that he could buy anything in Barnwell Sunday that he had been in the habit of purchasing on the Sabbath in the ptast, it is be lieved that the centuries old “blue laws,” invoked in part by Governor John G. Richards, were generally ob eyed in Barnwell and throughout the county. At least, surface appear- • offices indicated that such was the case. The filling stations were closed throughout the day and drug stores and restaurants observed Sunday hours for the sale of drugs and serv ing meals. So far as can be learned, rto arrests were made in the county. An amusing story was told of local boot-legger who sold a custo mer a bottle of whiskey but refused to sell a soft drink for a “chaser” be- l ' . cause it wag “against the law.” It was the second “blue” Sabbath in the State, and was more general in its effect than last. Drug stores* in .the principal cities either closed or catered solely to these purchasing medicines, while no gasoline filling stations were reported operating. • , Four men were arrested cr Green ville golf links. They were Proctor A. Bonham, former solicitor; W. G. Per ry, Jr., J-. hn Cushman and David Fer guson. W. W. Rogers, State const* ble, was the arresting officer and the charge was for violation of the Sun day laws. The men were released on thei own rufcugnrzanoe by the constable, but when they started to resume play were warned that it would result in their being “locked •up.” Bonham and hit companions then drove by automobile to Biltmore, N. C., near Asheville where they finiahed their game. All said they would fight the case in oourt. Bonham ia fermer State Sena tor, while the others in the party are Greenville business men. At Aiken, a resort town, officers re ( fused to allow newsboys to aell paper« on the streets, but golf and polo were played with no arrests made. The usual number of links folk wers were on the Palmetto Club links for the afternoon rcunds, while on the High land Park Hotel course a fount me !>e- tween Ben Thompson, Jim Searle, Mack Donald end William Whitte- more, professionals, was played. Pupils of a preparatory school en gaged in a polo gams there, but all the amusements were held outside the city limits of Aiken. Tourists Leav* Stale. Camden, another tourist town, how ever, took no chances with the law, and announcement was mode from all hotels that the law had been enforced. A number of winter visitors there left the State today, most of them going to Pinehurst, N. C., hostelry owners said. At Charleston, the lid was tight. Not an arrest had been reported by officers %nd all .filling stations, gara ges, *oda fountains, cigar stores and many restaurants shut their doors for the day. Only street Cars and taxi cabs operated as usual. Greenville had reports of a “cigar ette bootleg” gang, operating there, selling their banned wares A t 50 cents a package instead of the usual 15 cr 17 cents. Columbia observed the law closely officers reported with no arrests made. [ Wfct to Do WtA Him?’ Boy, II, Shoots and Kills 1 Beaten at home, Michael Pon- krashaw, 11, went into a store, attempted a hold-up, became ex cited—and shot and killed the proprietor. Mental tests show him 2 years above normal—still New York authorities know not quite how to deal with hiip. Shall he be tried on a murder charge? Mr. Daiiiel C. Vickery Passed Away Tuesday POWER COMPANY p LOOKS THIS WAY MAYOR HARLEY RECEIVES LET TER FROM BARSTOW. Representative of Big Development Concern Expected to Visit Barn well This Week. Of peculiar significance just at this time w a letter received last week by Mayor W. D. Hartey, of Barnwell, from the Broad River Power Com pany, stating that a representative would visit Barnwell within the next few days to look over the situation with a view to furnishing this city with hydro-electric current. Its sig nificance lies in Hie fiact that Sunday’s newspapers carried the announcement by the General Gas and Electric Cor poration of New York of a huge hy dro-electric development on the Saluda River, a bout ten miles from Columbia. William S. Bar stow ia the prime mov ing force behind both of these con cerns. Hydro-electric development in thia State ig going ahead at such a rapid rate that an outlet for the current produced must he found and it is en tirely reasonable to suppoee that with in a comparatively short length of time the entire lower part of South Carolina will be covered with a net work of p urer line*. Anndunrement wa g made a short Though not ui^xpected, the an nouncement of the death of Mr. Dan iel C. Vickery, of Barnwell, who pass ed away at 11 o’clock Tuesday morn ing a*t a Columbia hcapital after long ill health, came aa quite a shook to scores of friends in this city who had hoped againt hope that he would be victorious in hi* brave fight agah^t I time agx o' * oig development on the the Grim Reaper. Neither the *kiH Savmnah river near Clark’s HiM from of physicians nor the tender nursing which plant current would be supplied of loving hands could stay the final to Charleatmf. Cloae upon its heels summons, and hi. sprnt pawed peace-1 come, the announcement of Uii. huge fuly into the Great Beyond, “like one | cn the Salttdll River ^ who draws the drapery of his couch j developing 200,000 horse-power—three and lies down to pleasant | time* the present capacity of Muscle 1 penses, and the saving of time to wit nesses and jurors. 6. We desire to also express the sense of the people of Barnwell Coun ty in saying that Barnwell County is especially proud of the fiact that we have been able to furnish to the State so able a judicial officer as wd have furnished in the person of your Hon or. We believe that Bairnwr.il County also is behind your Honor, supporting you in your efforts to uphold the dig- pity and majesty-f the kfw. We de sire to express our appreciation , to your Honor and to all of the Court of ficials for the kindly assistance ren dered us in oar deliberaitions. I AU offi which h respectfully submit ted. J. M. Farrell, Foreman Barnwell, 8. C., Feb 28, 1927. ' Local Firm Buys Controlling Interest in Ice and Fuel Co. Announcement is made that Eaeter- ling and Oo., of this city, has bought the controlling interest in the Mutual Doe and Fuel Co., of Barnwell, from Mr. Robert A. Easterling, of Den mark, who purchased the plant from the South Carolina Ice and Cold Stor age Corporation several months ago. The active management of the local plant will be under the direction of Mr. H. J. Phillips, a member of the firm of Easterling and Oo., who state* that it* capacity will be doubled by additions and improvements. A deep well is now being bored to furnish for the manufacture of ice and aditional machinery will be installed during the next month. The mechnical end cf the business will be in charge of an experienced man ard every ef fort will be' made to give the consum ers pure ice and good service at reasonable prices. The retaining of a minority share of the stock by Mr. Easterling insures a connection with hia ice plant at Den mark and in the event of a break down at the local plant at any time, there would be no ice shortage here. Formal announcement of the pur chase ^ made elsewhere in this of The People-Sentinel. about him dreams.” During the yeere that he has lived in Barnwell, “Dane” Vickery, as he was familiarly known, won many friends who were attracted to him ay hi* sterling manhood, the chief characteristics of which were loyalty and public-apiritedneas. He was born March 6th, 1872, in Charlotte, Mich., where he married Mbs Aliicrfe Sea- christ, th^r anion b mg b!e*.-ed with two sonp Whin the Barnwell Lum ber Company w** o rganized, Messr >. D. C. and J. J \i> kery moved their families to Barnwell and when that concern finished their «■ pend k ns here, the two brothers opened a r*rage and machine shop under ih>> *rm name bf Vickery Bros. Recaiif of t.wir square dealingn and hones tv, they won a large measure cf aacrcH*. Mr. Vickery, who was n Baptist by faith, was an active member of several fraterqal organ izwtidna, being a Knight of Pythias, a Master Maaon, a Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight Temp lar and a Shriner, a nd he lived by the teachings of his church and lodgaa He wee also a member of the local volunteer fire department and the Chamber cf Commerce, and always took an artiva interest in every move ment pertaining to the advancement of his adopted town and State. His body was • brought back to Barnwell Tuesday night and funeral servicew were held at two o’clock Wed nesday afternoon in the Barnwell Bap tist Church, the Rev. R. W. Hum phries, pastor of the Barnwell Metho dist Church, officiating in the absence of Dr. W. M. Jones, who is sick at his home here, 'ftie large attendance and many beautiful Aoral offerings were testimonials of the high regard and esteem in which he was held oy al^ The funeral party, consisting of members of hia family, left Barnwell over the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad yesterday afternoon for his old home in Michigan, where the remains 'will be laid to rest Besides his wffe, Mr. Vickery is survived by two sons, Messrs. Clyde and Lloyd Vickery, one silter, Mrs. J. M. Diamond, and one brother, Mr. J. J. Vickery ,all of Barnwell, who have the heartfelt sympathy of many friends in their bereavement. millkms of to the Skoals. When the dam across the Saluda Rivar is completed, it will create the largest fresh water lake in the United States East of the Mississippi Rivar. •nits body of water will.be 30 miles long and 14 miles in the widest point, covering n 60 square sales. * The censtnictioa of this means the expenditure of dollars in Soutit Carolina, industries wiH be attracted Btate because of cheap poan the additional annual payrolls af mil- Hora of dollars, creating additional buyais ef millions of dollnre worth af finrm prduct*. As Tht State 8und*y: “H will taka days, for our people fully to comprehend the magnitude of the undertaking.’* The dark eat hour is always joat.be fore dawn and many are of the nplnim that the tide has turned in favor af South Carolina. The eyas of th3 en tire nation are turned Southward and da section should soon begin to en- )ay a prosperity the like of which its people have never gben. —■ a a a Winter Routs Spring With Snow and Sleet 4 said ** Those who Spring hud rude awakening Tuesday when this section wan visited by C” flurry of snow, which soon turned to Meet and rain. It rained steadily throughout the day e nd into the night and Barnwell residents were surprised Wednesday morning to see the house tops covered with a mantle of white, which, however, soon disappeared. Thermometers registered around the freezing point. / Fears have been expressed for the fruit, crop, but the weather man in Columbia stated that the crop would not be damaged to any great extent. Kills Mammoth Hog. Pythians Confer Degree. • 'v . . • ■ At a meeing of BarnwCfi Lodge No. 16, Knights of Pythias, Monday even ing, the third degree was conferred upon Prof. C. H. Fowler. During the evening a delightful chicken supper was served by the ladies of the local Baptist and Methodist Churches in the dining room at the Baptist Church. Speeches by Ernest L. Allen, Eeq., of Aiken, Solictor Beit D. Carter, of Bamberg, end CoL Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwall, added greatly to the enjoyment of the Mr. Theodore B. Harden, who livoi fltmr Kline, killed a mammoth hog one day Mat week, it being reported that the anuhal weighed 600 pounds. Bun- well County leads in many respects , and there is no reaeon m the world ^ why it should not produce enough pork and bacon for the needs of the home folks. Mr. Harden and others have demonstrated what can be done |along this line. Bridge Club -Meets. The last pre-Lenten, meeting of the Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club held Tuesday afternoon at the W Mra C. high score prisa was won by Mnk J Calhoun end the bjr «