The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, June 23, 1927, Image 1
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
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