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BARNWELL MEN ENTER CONTEST FIVE-ACRE COMPETITION VERT ATTRACTIVE. Crops Being Poshed in Hope of Win- ning Some of the $2,000 Prize Monejr Offered. r Clemson College, June 21.—Eleven farmers of Barnwell County have en rolled among the 430 entries in Clem son College’s'five-acre cotton contest and are" busy pushing their crops in hopes of winning some of thfc"|2,000 prize money offered by The Cotton Manufacturers Association. ; There are contestants in all- but two South Carolina’s* counties. Prizes will be: fimst, $1,000; second, $500 third, $200; and three $100 prizes. Last year's average contest cost of 7.9 cents a pound of lint made under weather handicaps, clearly demonstrated t£hafc pedigreed seed of good variety planted on good \land and -Hbemlly fertilized pays well for in itial cost and trouble, even when cot ton sells at eleven cents. Growers show a determination to do even bet ter this year. Orangeburg County leads the en rolhnent with 45 entries, while An derson is second with 29, Edgefield, third with 24, and Sumter fourth with 21. Twenty-nine farmers are each operating two five-acre entries. Most popular of the varieties is Coker Cleveland 5, planted by 85 contest ants, while 51 used Coker Extra Cleveland, and 50 are growing Humco Cleveland 20. • Staple under one-inch length will be penalized and that under three-fourths-inch will be die qualified. The following farmers from Barry- well County have entered the contest P. A. Baxley, Bleckville; A. Has kell, Barnwell; B. M. Jenkins, Jr., Kline; Ben Tillman Lott, Blackville L. W. Lott, Backyffle; Mm. SaUie R Ray Elko; Terry Richardson, Barn well; H. B. Sanders, Dunbarton; M. I. • Walker, Barnwell; Walker and San ders, Barnwell. ’ In addition to the above, Mrs. L. M. Cave, of Barnwell, who has a large plantation at Seiglingville, is entered from Allendale County." Aiken County has six entrants Bamberg County 15, Allendale County one and Hampton County five. Increase Is Shown In License Sales More money has been collected from thei sale of automobile licenses this year Atom January 1 to May SI than during the entire year of 1926, ac cording to a statement recently made public by the chief highway commis- pioner, Ben Sawyer. To June 1, there year, *while the total collections last year amounted to $1,907,198.10. Skies for counties in this section foHow, fqr alt of 1926 and the first five months of 1927:‘ 1926: 1927 Aiken $48,427.50 $53,789.25 Allendale — * 12,948.00 12,727.75 Bamberg 18,875.00 Barnwell 21,966.40 Calhoun 13,886.25 Colleton 19,431 Dorchester 17,615.25 Hampton 19,639.25 Orangeburg _ 70,767.00 18,477.00 21,655.50' 13,753.95 21,924.50 20,302.25 19,756.75 72,336.00 B. Y. P. U. Meets. EUenton, June 20.—The members of the Intermediate B. Y. P. U. en joyed a most delightful fish supper several evenings ago, at the river about three miles from here. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Hammond, Mrs. Sagguss, and Miss Christine Sagguss, of Crawfordville, Ge., Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Youngblood, Mr. J. B. Bagnal, J. B. Bagnal, Jr., Stanley Eubanks, E. M. Buford, Grace Walton, Alice Millelr, Dorothy Mc Leod, Jeff Stokes, Iris Phillips, of HazeftiurSt, Ga., Florence Duncan, Ruth Nicholson, Clarice Genness, of Fairfax, OUie Bell, Mildred Hays, Angus McLeod, William Dunbar, Em- m^ Buford, Marion Johnson, of Al lendale, Sarah Baxley, Lucy Bush, Elizabeth Brinkley, Bvelyn Krropt, Pearl Delk, Iliene Bagnal, Virginia Cassels, Willie Mae Thamee, Kate Nicholson, J. C. Bell, Fred Brinkley and Wilmott Buford. The days neither lose, nor gain in atmshine this Here is the man who stirted the New York to Paris hopping—Mr. Raymond Orteig, hotel owner of New York. At a special dinner last week Ltndv • was - handed the $2SXXX> check by Mr. Orteig. Information Given ' to World War VeU. July 2, 1927, is the final date set by law for reinstating and converting Yearly Renewable Term (war time) Insurance. In order to take advan tage of the opportunity to reinstate and convert War Risk Insurance, the veteran’s application for reinstate ment and conversion must be post marked prior to midnight July 2, 1927, and should be accompanied by a remittance sufficient to cover at least the lest monthly premium on the amount of insurance converted where the Term (war time) insurance is in force, or where reinstatement is ef fected for the purpose of conversion, the remittance should be sufficient to cover at least the premium for the grace month on the amount of Torn (war time) Insurance to be re instated and the first premium on the amount of -insurance converted. Where reinstatement is applied for by vet erans having A service connected dis ability os prtM<$ed uiM$er Section 304 of the Act as amended, with a hen of the premiums and interest due, a properly executed affidavit (form 763) acknowledged before Notary Public should accompany the application together with the fiia>t premium on the amount oif insurance converted. Application blanks for reinstate ment and conversion and full infor mation will be immediately furnished upon aplication tfr the Regional of fice, U. S. Veterans’ Bureau, Colum bia, S. C. Application and informa tion may also be obtained from the American Legion, American Red Cross Chapter, State Service Officer, and other cooperating agencies. In reinstating war time insurance it is necessary that the space provided tor a physical examination on the appli cation for reinstatement be executed, provided the war time insurance has lapsed for a period of more than three months. This may be accom plished through the veteran’s private physician, or in the event he reports to the Regional Officer, U. S. Vet erans’ Bureau, 1246 Maih Street, Col umbia, S. C., at his ow n expese a physical examination will be made without charge. Begirring Monday, June 27, 1927, and continuing until July 1, 1927, the Regional Officer of the U. S. Veterans’ Bureau, 1246 Main Street, Columbia, S. C., will be open until 8:00 p. m. for the purpose of assist ing World War Veterans in reinstat ing and converting their insurance. That office will also remain open until midnight July 2, 1927, for the same purpose. Veterans calling at that time will receive prompt assistance in executing their applications. • LLEMAN IEETS DEATH IN AUGUSTA Big Damage Suit Now Being Tried The Other Mather J. D. HMR FOUND DK^D LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. Woman With Whom He Boarded at Two Men Held by Police on *» Investigation Charge. 'Winthrpp Scholarship. Tho People-Sentinel has received the following letter from County Superintendent of Education Horace J. Crouch: “Winthrop College has notified me that there is one vacant scholarship for Barnwell County this next ses sion. The formal advertisement ap pears in your paper, but does not state that there are any vacancies for Barnwell County." It is hoped that several deserving girls will try the examination for this scholanhip. Of course, thsre are several “at large* scholarships vacant also Augusta, Ga., June 20.—J. D. Hair, formerly of Blackville,-S. C., and an employe at the Enterprise Manufac turing company here, was found dead late last night in a house at 1440 Cooper street, with a buHet wound j.n the abdomen, said by police to have been inflicted by a 45-calibre revol ver. Mrs. W. E. Eldridge, said by] | police to occupy the house, and her brother, Leon Carroll, and her hus band, Allen Eldridge, are all three being held by the police on an inves tigation charge in connection with the death of Hair. Mrs. Eldridge was arrested by the pohee at her home, 1440 Cooper street and her husband and brother were ar rested at 1011 Calhoun street about an hour after Hair was found dead. Mrs. Eldridge talked freely regard ing the death of Hair. She told a newspaper reporter that Hair killed hhnself in her presence in the hall way her home. Mrv Eldridge’s Story. The story as told to a reporter by Mrs. Eldridge, was to the effect that she and Hair had been talking for some time last night in Allen Park, and sometime after nightfall both left the park and went home. Hair, she said, was a boarder at her home. On arriving at home, ahe went into her room -to place her little boy in bed, Mrs. Eldridge said, and that while in the act of putting the baby to sleep she heard a noise and so in formed Hair about it. In her state ment to the reporter, she sAid that Hair said, “I will go to the door and if any one it there I will shoot hit eyes out,” or words to that effect. Mrs. Eldridge said that Fair left his rooril (which was in the front of the house) with a pistol in his hand. She said that ahe followed him from her mom to his room and saw him go to the front door. In her statement she said that when she reached Hair's room she sat. down on th” end of the bed while he went to the door. At this point Mra. Eldridge said that she could not state positively wlnither Hair opened the front do^r or not. The only thing that she wr.s sure of was that when Hair icached the door, he turned and, according to hqr statement, Hair said: ‘ Well I am going toTdll mysel*,” »nd jr altering these words, Mrs. Eldridge said that Hair placed the end of the pistol to hi| abdomen and pulled the triggez. She could not state whether anyone was ait the door when Hair went'there Catches Dying Man. Mrs. Eldridge said that when Hair pulled the trigger of the gun he staggered into his room and towards her with his arms outspread. She caught him as he came towards her, she related and attempted to hold him up, but his weight was so great that he dragged her down to the floor when he fell. On her clothing from the right side of her shoulder down ito the botton of her dress were blood stains. According to officers who arrived on the scene shortly afterward and three persons who rushed into the house on hearing the pistol shot and the screams of a woman, Mrs. E'd- ridge was holding the body of Hair in her lap, attempting tx> stem the flow of blood with a rag. Placed Under Arrest. Following an investigation by Of- cers Murphcy, Simms, Kennedy and Sergeant Ray, the woman was placed under arrest by Officer Murphey. It wan' stated by an officer that the bullet went through Hair’s body, through a door and into the ceiling of the room. According to Mrs. Eldridge , she met Hair through her brother last February. In her story to a reporter she said that she married Allen Eld ridge in 1924, and soon after the marriage she and her husband had numerous quarrels which finally led up to her seeking a divorce' last January. Mrs. Eldridge said that the reason tot her seeking a divorce waa that her husband was cruel to her. However, she said that before leading 1011 Calhoun street, she fn The PeoplerSerttinel dosed its fyrms this week, the Court of Common Pleas, which convened here Monday with Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, presiding, was engaged in the trial of the cms of Mary 6. Young blood vs. Southeh) Ry. Co. Mrs. Youngblood is suihw the railroad company for $100,000 damages for the death of her. husband in a main wreck near Orangeburg several years ago. Many witnesses have been exannned by both the plaintiff and the defend ant. The first trial resulted in a di rected verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant appealed to the Supreme Court and a new trial was ordered. In the case of W. E. Baker vs. Barnwell County and Friday A Hill, poad contractors, the plaintiff was given a verdict of' $1,000. It is un- dersood that the verdict will have to » be paid by the contractors and not by the county. Who’s the Locky Owner? * wmmoam The Standard Service Station will grease and wash, free of charge, the Barnwell automobile which bears lic ense No. B-l$,006. In order to take advantage of this offer, the owner must bring his car to the Station either Thursday or Friday of this week. See advertisement elsewhere in this issue for-details of this big free offer. Heavy Rains in This Section. " The heavy rains of the past two or three weeks have been very bene ficial—to grass and boll weewils. Many field are badly in need of work and the weevil complaints continue to reach Barnwell. However, the corn and cucumber crops have been bene fitted. and her husband resided in the same house but in separate rooms, and remained in the house until three weeks ago when she moved to 1440 Cooper street She seated that when she decided to move to another house on the advice of her lawyer, she asked Hair to board with her. She said that before she asked Hair to board at her home, she* inquired of her lawyer if it would be proper, and on being advised that it would be all right she accepted Hair as af boarder. No Reason for Killing. Mrs. Eldridge stated that she could not give any reason for Hair killing himself. However, she did say that Hair asked her yesterday af ternoon if she would, marry him after she secured her divorce. In her words to the reporter she replied to him *1 don’t know whether I will or not. ^ Verdict of Suicide. A verdict of suicide was returned Monday by a coroner’s jury investi gating the death of J. D. Hair, aii account of which apeari above. The principal witness was Mrs. Eldridge, who told practically the same story that she did the night of the shooting. Her husband and brother, who were Arrested shortly after the alleged suicide, were released from custody Monday morning, A. • Mr. Hair’s body was carried to BlackviHe, his old home, and laid to rest Tuesday afternoon in tb^ Double Ponds Baptist Churchyard, the Rev. B. H Duncan conducting the funeral servkaa. Mr. Hair is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hair; three broth ers, I. A. Hair, Ova Hair and j. C. Hair; four sistars, Mrs L. L. Hill, Mrs. W. C. Walker, MU« ion May Hzir end Miss Lula Hair. . Chamberlin of Den- lowa, mother of Oarence in, America’s second sir see—and now holder of the long ..distance Bring record. New Yorh to' Barnwell —— Elects Convention Dates Changed. * Elko, June 21.—The Executive Committee of the Bam well-Bamberg Baptist Sunday School Convention has seen fit to change the time of meeting one week, to save conflict' with the Baptist Assembly. The | Convention will meet at Olar, Aug- |,-ulBt 3rd, 4th and 5th, which dates are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after] ^ the fifth Sunday in July. AH pastors are requested to hold thorn dates open and defer going on vacation until afterwards. County iects Delegates The Barnwell County Cotton Growers Association held a.yer^Jarge and enthusiastic meeting in the Court House here Friday, the purpose of the meeting, as exphaned by the chairman, Dr. W. C. Smith, of Wfllis- ton, being to elect three delegates to represent Barnwell district at the District convention to be held at Ailcan on Friday, June 24th, at 12 KM) Noon, at which meeting one or more members of the BaraweH delegation wiB be presented tm nominees for directors to represent the district. Dr. W. C. Smith, of WMfeton, W. L. Cave, of Barnwell and C. L. Dixon, Of Elko, were unanimously elected to set at delegates in Aiken. A frit report of the activities of tip Association Bor the past five years was read, which was interesting, and showed much progress made in that time. A financial statement ss of Msy 31st, 1927, wss also read, this also showed that in spite of the number of enemies fighting the co operative marketing association, It is making tepid strides, and it is hoped that a greater per cent of the fanners of Bamwel Count ywill sign the new contract than were on the old one. It is the only solution of the great problem of the farmer—CO OPERATION.—Contributed. Edit to Company b in Great Power System Public Service, iseuecTbythe North and South Carolina Public Utility in formation bureau of' Raleigh, N. C.* Mid-Eastern super-power system. TRAGIC DEATH OF MLM. HOLLY INSTANTLY KILLED BY TRAIN AT KLINE. Evidently Did Net Hat' Approach of Train and Stepp'd Directly la Path of Locomotive. Moultrie M. Holly, aged 56 years, was Instantly killed Saturday morn ing by a Southern Railway freight train near the depot to Kline when, he is said to have ^topped directly in front of the swiftly moving locomo tive. His body was badly mangled, an am and a leg being severed and hie face crushed. — Mr. Holly, who. had been in failing health for some time, suff|red from bad eye-eight and defective heeling. He had been across the street, which is traversed by the railroad track, to the store of J. F. Ready to get a cu cumber basket head to be used to identifying a truck land of cucum bers that had been stolen from him the night before. With his mind evidently engrossed with the theft, Se failed to note the approach of the train until too late to q|ve htmaetf. The engineer is said to bare thrown on his emergency brakes and atoppad his train a* quickly as poasiWe, bat Mr. Holly wpo deed when isefttenne reached him. . the funeral services wan ducted Sunday morning at Church,\a large congregation cf rawing relatives and friends tog to pay their teat tribute of apart to bis memory. Mr. Holly, who was a merchant and farmer of KHaa, is survived by hie widow and one sister, Mrs. Bagenfe 1 Harley, of Barnwell. This is the second tragic death te occur in hi« immediate faasily to the peat few weeks, Mr. Holly’s neph G. M. Holly, having been instantly killed a short thee ago on tho well-Allendale highway motorcycle collded with a truck. • his Annual Meeting of i _ - B. Y. P. U. District The B. Y. P. U. District of the Barnwell AssociritJcai wl)! hold $li annual meeting at Blackville, Sunday afternoon, June 26th, at three o’clock. ^The district is composed of Mm fol lowing churches: BarnwsH, ABenli Chape| Bsfchri, Cyptlsss * Chapel, Friendship, Ore** paftkehatchfe, Kline, Mt Arnon, ML Olivet, Olar, Reedy Branch, Sycamore sad Bteck- tville. It is urged by president, Mrs. G. N. SmMt of hardt, and the district. 1 Gao. K. Fickiing, that a North and South Carolina—hairing tkm from all of the above namsu one section of Eastern Tacheelia—are churches be in attendance, regardloss now traversed by high-voltage elec- of whether or not a church has a B. trie trenanaasion lines nhsch const!- Y. P. U. Readers of The People flea tute a part of a mighty Eastern and tins! who are members of Mm above w:A * named churches are expected at Already the Carolines are part and the Blackville Baptist Church at three parcel of the super-power system of o’clock Sunday afternoon, the Southeast but there is coming— and .it will arrive in August of this ca ^** ^ Giat territory fa which year—a new link which wiH tie to- 2*** on ’ p T ® e ' nv *® # * Waahlugtoi* Mow gether the great sources of* electric power all over the Atlantic seaboard, which fa turn will be joined with the systems along the Great Lakes and the Canadian bordhr. Virtually all of South Carolina is now covered by transmission lines which bind together the big power companies of the two Carol in aa, of Georgia, Alabama and Florida. The Caroling Power and Light Company m the East, the Southern Power Company in the Piedmont, the Broad River in the Ceritral, the South Caro lina Power Company along the lower coast and the Edisto to the South west—all are linked together and in torn maintain connection with the sources of power in neighboring states to the West and Southwest. Only One Section Out. . In North Carolina, the Southern] Power Company In the Central and Piedmont, the Carolina Power and Light Company in both the Weet and Central, the Tide Water Pbwer Com pany in the Southwest and Virginia Electric and Power Company in tho Northeast have their intereommetioas tdfcether with their Mnks with South Carolina and the states There la only one section of not included within tht etr- Bern and other cities of _ North Carolina are the centers. But still greater developments tr« coming. This ,8 power system is the Middle Atlantic, the New . and the Mid-Western .systems. In August of this year the wiH Ss forged when Mm _ Roxboro, North Carolina, to Virginia, is completed. Ihc Power and Light Coapsnv elB he the connecting link bs twees “ power companies ef Mm and the great sources d North and Northwest, that the asst electric re Great Lakes region of and the mammoth d going on in Maryland command of the power North and South Carolina. Not satisfied with' the inlets north and oouth. Mm are soon jto bo tory directly to Mm tin V- to bh established It to the and oriM eff € • The