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TMa pm," hm Km EXCLUSIVE *»• ta tkh t»w»lijr m all (EWS, rEATUKES and ADVER TISING SEEVICB—af Rm PUS- USHERS AUTOCASTER SER VICE «f Naw Yard CHr. P Consolidsted Jem 1, 1925. T- VOLUME L. % --fc- FAIRFAX CHIEF SHOT BY NEGRO % ' • i ' V R W. PRIESTER IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION. L. F. Stone, Member of Party Search- ing for John Loadholt, is Seri ously Wounded. Fairfax, March 6.—Attempting to day to arrest John Loadholt, negro, near here Chief E. W. Price ter was shot and seriously wounded. Load- holt was killed later when attempting to flee from a posse, but not before he had shot and seriously wounded L. F.*' Stone, of Fairfax. Chief Priester was taken to the Baptist, hospital in Columbia and Mr. Stone to a hospital in Orangeburg. The condition of both men was said to be grave. Following a night in which he is sai^ to have hearten his wife and to have shot things up in general, a war rant was sworn out for Ldadholt’s ar rest by his father-in-law, Jackson Bowers. Chief Pries ter with Magis trate B. W. Dowling and Constable W. A. Harter were approaching the house occupied by Loadholt when within close range a window was thrown open and a shotgun fined, the load taking effect in the right shoulder and upper right lung cf Chief Priester. The shooting occurred about three miles norfh of Fairfax cn the plantation of N. B. Loadholt. His companions sent him back to Fairfax as socn as possible while they watched the house. Soon help, in the f. rm of a posse, arrived from Fair fax. At this juncture the negro fled from the house shooting as he ran. L. F. Stone, a member of the poase, was sorioasly wtunded in the abdo men and Frances 1 farter, a noth e' member, suffered minor wounds in one shoulder. Within a short while, however, the p:ase came upon the negro, who was still showing fight and attempting to e scape. He was killed. The coroner’s jury impanelled late t day found that Loadholt came to his • oath while resisting arrest. The condition of Chief Priester at the Baptist hospital in Columbia is considered serious, according to Dt. W. R. Tuten. who accompanied him here. The exact exr.cnt of injur ies will pr hably not be known until ’ t >day. Dr. Tuten said yesterday, but j ho was convinced that virtually the j entire load from the shotgun fired by Loadholt took effect in the right -“boulder and upper lung. Hie condi tion remained unchanged late last night. E. G. Conley, cf Fairfax, a member if the poeae, said last night over long distance telephone that Chief Pries ter was shot stout noon yesterday while^ with two cither officer^. approaching the house occupied by Loadholt to arrest him. Soon after the shooting, Mr. Con ley said, the news spread like wild fire, a pease numbering probably close to a thousand mewi, were scattered over the country searching for the negro. He was located in the swampland only after he had fired from ambush upon a group of the searchers and seriously wounded L. F. Stone, Mir. Conley said. The negro was hidden when he fired, according to Mr. Conley, and almost instantly several guns handled by the men of the searching party blazed forth at the clump of bushes from which Loadhalt had fired. A few min utes later the negro was found dead with his shotgun close by. Mr. Stone was hurried to a hospital in Orangeburg, Mr. Conley said, but did not know his condition last night. According to Dr. Tuten, who accom panied the wounded officer to Col umbia, Mr Priester is about 48 years of age and has been chief of the Fair fax police for about ten years. He is known as a fearlesp, efficient and popular officer.—The State, March 7. Orangeburg, March 6.—L. F. Stone, 21, of Fairfax, is in a serious condi tion in a hospital here suffereing from wounds in the abdomen said to have been inflicted by John Loadholt, who was short: and killed by Stone .after he was wounded. Stone underwent an operation immediately upon his ar rival here this afternoon and tonight his condition was said "to bfe grave. ■■ ^ ^ ^ Mrs. Annie Parker Easterling and Mrs. Lucia Carroll McGann, of Aiken, spent Saturday in Barnwell viaiting Mrs. 1$. B. Gamble and Mrs. C. C. Simms. Making Air History AVIATION DePinedo, Italian air ace, is ev ery day making air historv in his S reat flight, Italy to Africa, to outh America—and soon to fly North to the United States, Canada and home again. Second Week Petit Jurors Drawn Monday The following is a list of the petit jurors for the second week of- the Court of Common Pleas, which con venes at Barnwell Monday. March 14, with Judge J. Henry Johnson, of Al lendale, presiding: T. J. Langley, Barnwell. A. D. Furtick, Barnwell., Joe W. Williamson, Barnwell. C. B Parker, Pleasant Hill T. J. Attaway, Barnwell. R. G. Hiert, Williston. W. R. Kennedy, Williston. J. M. Terry, Barnwell. V. L. Nevils. Blackville. Franklin Grubbs, Oak Grove. W\ D. Delk, Barnwell. ’ , Alonza Bates, Elko. Charlie W. Hair, Elko. L. N. Connor, Barnwell. Y. E. McCormick, Blackville. W. C. Cook, WilHston. Fred Bell, Tinkers Creek. Norman B. Youngblood, Elko. B. F. Gardner, Healing Springs. Harold Williams, Barnwell. J. L; Hall. Willistcs). H. P. Compton, Barnwell. Jasper L. Owens, Ashleigh. D. T. Black, Reedy Branch. Eulie Bolen, Blackville. C. J. Martin, Blackville. P.»S. Ussery, Mt. Calvary. J. Wade Grubbs, Blackville. A. M. Sanders, Diamond. W. E. Cunningham, Williston. V. L. Brown, Meyers Mil). C. F. Molair, Barnwell. A. J. Owens, Barnwell. --BIT. TiwK'B-ISSIm. Jasper Jenkins, Kiine. Finds Newspaper Advertising Best Pittsburgh, Pfs, March 7.—A fun damental change in the advertising policy of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, where by its advertising appropriation will be expended almost entirely in news paper space was announced yesterday by J. C. McQuiaton, manager of pub licity, to take^ effect April 1st. - “Newspapers,” Mr. McQuisfeon said, “seem to offer the only medium by which we can both ‘nationalize’ and ‘localize’ our various sales campaigns, thus permitting us to conduct a na tionwide campaign on products and at the same time vary our program to fit the fieeds of special districts. ‘Our decision to concentrate on newspaper space came after a careful Study of all factors entering into the market, selling and advertising situa tion. One important item was flexi bility whereby we could vary our plans to conform to various, condi tions and peculidrRieg in the econo mic situation with reepeot^bo any particular district of the country.” Entertains Sunday School Class . Mrs. E. D. Peacck, Mrs. T. A, Hol land and Miss Ruby Hickson enter tained their Sunday School claeses, jointly, on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Holland. A most intereating contest was eft- joyed by the young ladies at the classes, after which delightful re freshments were served. , C7* THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY *Ju»t JLfkfe a Memb«r of lha Family” n- rmanBT LIFE INSURANCE BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH 19TH, 1927. NUMBER 29. Who’d a-Thunk It ’BASEBALL' The following is a copy of the Bum- well County Supply Bill, which was introdurted in the General Assembly test week: A Bill to Provide for ihe Levy of Taxes for School purposes for Barn well County for the Ye«r 1927, and to Provide for the Expenditure Thereof. Be it enacted by the General As sembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. That a tax is hereby levied upon all the taxable property “of the County of Bamwel of seven and one-half (7%) mills for the yeur 1927, and for the amounts and pur poses herein stated respectively: Item 1. Roads and Bridges: Convicts and Maintenance of Road Working Organization l* $15,000.00. Item 2. Salaries. Clerk of Court 400.00 Sheriff 1,500.00 Expense for Sheriff, 1927 500.00 Treasurer ~ —II 766.66 Clerk to Treasurer 300.00 Auditor 766.66 Supt. of Education 1,500.00 Attorney 200.00 Physician 600.00 Coroner 500.00 Supervisor of Roads 1,800 00 7 County Directors at $200.00 each, Chairman $250.00 1,450.00 Clerk of Board of Countv Directors 1,600.00 Judge ff Probate 350.00 Constables 1,940.00 Magistrates 1,950 00 Jailor 300.00 Item 3. County Boards: Board of Education 150.00 B ard of Equalization ($4.00 per day) 500,00 Board of Registration 150.00 Item 4. Jail Expenses, In cluding Dieting of Pi is one n 1,500 00 Court Expenses, Court oi Com mon Pleas 2,600.00 Court Expenses, Court of Gen eral Sessions 2,500.00 Item 9. County Home, Poor* _ h use snd Poor 3,000.00 Item 6. Post Mortems, In quests and Lunacy 225.00 Item 7. Public Buildings, In cluding Water. Fuel, Ljght and Insurance 1,200.00 Item 8. Printing, Postage and Stationery 1,200.00 Item 9. Miscellaneous Con tingent 1,000.00 Vital Statistics 245-75 Premium on Bonds 300.00 Traveling Expenses, County Directors - 150.00 Farm Demonstration Agt. 1,500.00 Item 10. Home Demonstra tion Agent 1,420.00 Item 11. To F. S. Brown to pay Managers of General Elec- tion on acoount_of Money Be ing Lost in Bank 176.00 Item 12. Clerk Probate ' Judge 300.00 To Jno. K. Snelling for pension Disbursement 75.00 To Jennie P. Greene, Main tenance Ladies Rest Room for Year 1927 100.00 To Clerk, Sheriff’s Office, 300.00 To Carlisle Courtney Home 600.00 • V* To Salary Chairman Beard of Regents Co. Poorhouse, 1927 .. 100.00 Commutation Tax 6,700.00 Gaaodine Tax 20,000.00 Insurance Licenses 1,500.00 29,200.00 Amount to be Radsed by Taxation $21,504.07 SECTION 2. The contingent fund herein credited shall be spent only upon the written approval of the Legislative Delegation. SECTION 3. No warrant shall be issued to pay any Magistrate and his Constable, until at „ the end of each month, such Magistrate has filed hia report of the proceedings in h SECTION 4. The Coroner and County Physician shall attend and conduct all inquests held in the County. SECTION 5. The Board of County Directors sh'ill publish a quarterly statement showing all claim« paid in each Township, and the county-wide claims, giving ameunt and subject to each claim. SECTION 6. No claims shall be approved on warrants issued therefor unless such claim be itemized and swum to. SECTION. 7. In anticipation of the collection of taxes herein provided fur. the Ikard at jCounty . Directors and the Treasurer a re authuritwl and, Last October the idol of baseball fans as leader cf the first World Champ Cardinals—and five months later in New York Giant uniform, Roger Hornsby—greatest of Na tional League batsmen, can tell you the wheels of fate turn fast. Mr. Youmant Attends Convention of Dealers CRIMINAL COURT HAS ADJOURNED PETIT JURORS FOR TERM HERR o DISMISSED FRIDAY. Cleveland Nelson, Charged With M«r» der of Hia Wife, Pleaded Guilty , to Manalaughter. The Court: of General Sessions, which convened here on Mhnday, Feb ruary 28th, with Judge J. Henry John son, of Allendale, presiding, adjourn ed sine die Friday. Quite a number of eases were tried, tHcne which were dis posed of after The People-Sentinel went to prgft last week being a# fol lows: _ Hallie Long was found guilty of violating the prohibition hnr and was sentenced to serve 12 months at hard labor in the State penitentiary or on the public works of Barnwell County and pay a fine of $1,000; upon service of 30 days end payment of the fine, the balance of the sentence to fa# sus pended until the defendant again vio lates the prohibition law, either of a municipality, the State or the United States. Cleveland Nelson, charged with the murder of his wife, pleaded guiHy to the charge of manslaughter and Wae sentenced to serve not ices than seven nor mere than 14 years at hard labor. Boysie Jackson was found not guilty of the murder of Charlie Camp bell. TOTAL $50,704.07 Less Estimated Revenue— Other than Taxes: Fines and Licenses 1,000.00 empowered to borrow, on the credit cf the county, such sums as sre nece-sary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and to pledge the 1927 taxes in payment thereof. Such obli gations shal be signed by the Treas urer and the Chairman of the Board of County Directors, attested by the Clerk of such Board. SECTION 8. The County Board of Directors and the County Trt#surer are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000,00) Dollars, if so much be necessary, pay- sblei In five equal annual instalments, to be used by the County Board of Director! to constiuct and repair the county cross roads net a portion of the State Highway System. SECTION 9. The Board of County Directors and the County Treasu^r a:e hereby authorized to borrow the -urn of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars, if so much be necessary, pay able in five annual installments, for the payment of past >indebtedne«s, pledging the credit of th* county as security to same, and executing surii obligations as may be necessary to pledge such credits, the County Audi tor is hereby suthorized and directed to levy sufficient taxes each year upon the taxable property of Barnwell County to pay off this indebtedness. SECTION 10. _ The, Ladies' Rest,[ Room in th«j Qourthouee, rt Batmwjl is placed in the. custody of Jennie P. Greene, who shall receive an annual salary of $100.00 for maintaining the same. SECTION 11. The Chairman of the Board of Regents cf the County poor- house shall receive an annual salary of $100100 per year, payable monthly: Provided, however, That all heavy grpeeries and supplies purchased by the. Board of Regents for the County poorhouse shall be purchased through the County Board of Directors* so that wholesale prices may be obtained. SECTION 12. This Act shalll take effect immediately uptem its approval by the Governor. ? ' ' The Chevrolet Motor Company, world’s largest producer of gear-shift cam, is preparing tor the greatest yenrrin-’irtv-hwtoryr-accordTngrttr-MrrJ ParteT'Kiemsin - snia~acquRted~dF $2,000 Worth of Poultry Loaded - in Barnwell County Last Week The farmers of, Barnwell County re ceived about $2,000 for a shipment of poultry last week, when 3,250 pounds were bought at Dunbarton on Wed nesday, 2,715 pounds at Barnwell oh Thursday and 2,865 pounds at Hilda on Friday. Considering the (Um^ial- iy bad weather during the week^xhe receipts were veuy good and the far mers seemed to be well pleased with the prices received and there were many inquhriee as to the date of an other shipment Last week the pounltry was bought by Riaser and Rabinowitz, of Phila delphia, and the Bale wae handled by Mias Elizabeth McNab, Home Demon stration Agent, end H. G. Boyistcn, County Farm Agent. A. M. Stephens, Livestock Agent of the Atlantic Coast Lins Railroad, sriisted L. the W. J. Youmans, Manager of the Causey-Youmans Chevrolet Company’, who has just returned from Greens boro, N. C., where he attended the Carolina convention uf more than 700 Chevrolet dealer* The meeting was the fourteenth 6T a aeries of 21 meet ings that are to be held this Winter from coast to coast. Enthusiasm over the Chevrolet out look for the year and the wide-spread popularity of cars was evident every where. Dealers from all quarters of the State joined in the cpinion that the current year will surpass 1926, when Chevrolet established a record in this territory. R. H. Grant, Vice President and General Sales Manager, of the Chevro let Motor Company, presided at the busineea session in the National Thea ter in the afternoon and served as toastmaster at the banquet in the King Cotton Hotel in the evening of Biarch 4th. Under Mr. Grant’s direction, Chev rolet’s tremendous sales plans for 1927 were outlined to the dealers and illustrated in the form of playlets. Mr. Youmans declared that the Chevrolet Motor Company is provid ing its dealer organization with the •highest type of merchandising aid and co-operation. jili a OCvT tnr w * VWV call on Mr. Youmans for a demonstr- tion of the moat beautiful Chevrolet in Chevrolet history. ing. Plans are now being made for another shiprrient to be made over the Southern Railway about the. first week in April, the oar being stopped at Williston, Blackville and Barnwell. Definite loading points and prices will be announced later. In addition to the poultry shipment, the County Agent- assisted in a co operative shipment of hogs the pre vious week, nine farmers taking part in the sale. The total receipts for the hogs sold amounted to $1,710. Continued sales of this kind will be of much benefit to the county gener ally, bringing in thousands of dollars to the farmers to help them out at a time when money is needed for the expenses of produorng another crop. Thse county 4»uld produce enough surplus hgs and poultry to load a car j two ice a week —H. -G, Boylstou, County Agt. -to The People-Sentinel Receives Renewals The following new and renewal sub scriptions ha^c been .received by Tnc People-Sentinel during the past few days: Heyward Bollin Co., Columbia. W. T. Still, Snelling. P. D. Black, MHletteviMe. M. A< Harden, Lyndhurst. W. H. Moody, Jr., Kline. Mrs. Hi T B. Moye, Decatur, Ga. Judge J. H. Johnson, Allendale. Benson Still, Barnwell (route 1. J. D. Garrison, Barnwell route 2. Allen E. Hair, Elko. Barney Johnson, Elko route 2. H. C. Creech, Kline. - Max Sanders, Kline. A. N. Black, Govan. Furman Barnes, Appleton. Desire to Please. Last week annooncenfent was made that Easterling and Co., of this city, had purchased the controlling in terest in the Mutual Ice and Fuel Co. In their advertisement on page eight this week they state: M It is oqr de sire to give our patrons the beat ser vice possible, a nd we request that any short .weights or other cause for dis<- satisfaction on the part of the wngon drivers be reported ret once to the management.” Mr. H. J. FtBUpe. manager, says that they will in addition the murder of Johnnie Green. Hagood TVester was convicted in his ebeenre of violation of the pnohi* Mtin law, a .waled sentence being tan* poeed. Eddie Morris pleaded guiPy of vtv toting the prohibition law and was sentenced to serve three months at hard labor and pay a fine of 9100; upon payment of $26, balance at sen- be suspended during good behavior The judgment of Magistrate C. 8. Buirt in the arm tof J. B. Bush, charg ed with larseny, was confirmed and the appeal dssmiesed. Judge Johnson returns to Barnwell next Monday, when the Court of Com mon PWas will convene for a term of two weeks. Baptist S. School Training Court* Two weeks ago Die Baptists of Bara* well held a very Interesting and in structive training school for the Sunday School officers and teachers which was a boon to our entire teem. The schol was in session a weak sad the classes met at nig)tt with the fal lowing intructors: Mr. —% —% Cer- zine, Mrs. Lanham, Mias Shewmeks, — It was ihde«a trained teachers as these were. Each night before the classes assembled a light lunch was served in the aseeea* bly hell down stairs by the ladies of the church. , The result of these classes wae that the Sunday School has been reorgan ized and carefully graded thronghoad, and there has been a great increase in attendance as well as improvement in every phase of the work. This opportunity is taken to invite everybody, young and old to come and join in this splendid work.—-Contri buted Dick Herndon Will Open New Ice —Of interest to his many friends in Barnwell is the announcement of Mr. R. G. (“Dick”) Herdon that he haa • perfected arrangements wkh the .Atlantic Ice and Coal Co., of Augusta, and will open a new ice house In Barn well within the next 30 days. Mr. Herndon has been connected with the Mutual Ice and Fuel Co., of this city, since its establishment severs! months ago and has given uniformly good ser vice to the ice consumers of Barnwell. He stated to a representative of The .People-Sentinel Tuesday that he wfll build an up-to-date ice house cb a convenient location and that ha will jbe ready for business at an early date, announcement of which will be later. In the. meantime, attention called to his five of this w-