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Wi ’S£%£S i *r v rll L v , , , ci , y^ u , T 2S i jir r ry THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF RARNWBLL COUNTT "^a ^ Consolidated Jane 1, 1925. J “Ju*t Llk« a Member of the Family'* WBgWBWW NORMAN B. G/ 3UlR LIFE INSURANCE i VOLUME L. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JFULY 21ST, 1927. NUMBER 47. WOMAN’S HEAD ALMOST SEVERED HUSBAND COMMITS HORRIBLE CRIME AT BLACKVILLE Jealousy Is Said to Hart Been -the Cause.—Naldo Tooney Lodged in County Jail. Catherine Tooney, negress, is dead and her husband, Naldo Tooney, is in the Barnwell County Jail charged with her murder at Blackville Sun day afternoon. The crime is one of j the most horrible that has been com mitted in this county in many years, the woman’s head having been al most completely severed with a razor weilded by her spouse. Jealousy is said to have been the cause. From information received at the Sheriff’s office here, it is understood that the man and woman, who are _ natives of St. George, had separated. She move to Blackville recently from Florida with her seven or eight mon ths old baby. Saturday night Naldo is said to have visited her in an ef fort to induce the woman to return to him. Sunday afternoon, between two and three o’clock, another negro man drove up in front of the house in an automobile. Catherine went out to speak to him. Naldo's jealousy Ls said to have been aroused, and, ac- I cording to his story, when she return ed to the house, he remaiked to her that he understood her to say that she didn’t have any friends. He quot ed her as replying that she had “plen ty of d—u friends and intended to keep them.” He told Sheriff Dyches that he was so enraged by her rep'y that he attacked her with a razor. He is said to have cut an ugly gash acra&a her face and the woman ran out of the house into an adjoining yard. Her husband followed her, leaped an intervening fence and al most completely severed her hpad with the razor, it is alleged. It is understood that the man made no effort to escape and surrendered peaceably to Sheriff Dyches, who was summoned to the scene of the crime. Sheriff Dyches has the weapon with which the crime was committed, a white handled razor. The point is broken off, but it is not known wheth er it was broken during the attack or before. Torrential Friday Afternoon Although this section of the State has been vtafted by almost daily showers since the^latter part of May, the heaviest rain of the season fell Frioay afternoon, extending from Dunbarton to WiHistom, Blackville and the section adjacent to the Edisto River. From what can be learned the greatest amount of damage was done in the Dunbarton-Donam section, where the approaches to two bridges on the BamweU-Ellertt'dh highway wore washed out by the heavy rain, which was described as a near cloud burst. Bridges on tlye old Augusta road were also washed away, but large forces of workmen soon had the 'roads open to traffic again. Some damage to crops is also reported. Snelling was also visited by J. Pluvius Friday, afternoon and resi dents of that town state that the rain was thei heaviest that they had ever seen. W. L. Baxley told a represen tative of The People-Sentinel that a large tub in his yard was filled to a depth of six inches after the rain, al though it was empty beforehand. Crops as a whole have suffered severe damage because of the Inces sant rainfall and boll weevil infesta tion is said to be growing heavier throughout the county each day. Even \^iere the weevil is not doing a great amount of damage there is complaint of shedding, especially on light sandy lands. This writer Sharkey Dempsey Barnwell County Boy . | PERRY HARLEY Submits First Essay. The hold former champion Jack Dempsey has on ring fans was reflected in the big advance sale of tickets to the Dempsey-Sharkey battle m New York, July 21—as “Jack the Giant Killer” started the co me back, trail-for another battle to regain his title which he lost to Gene Tunney last fall. Cotton Gin Burned at * /• * , • r Backville Saturday Brown’s cotton gin at Blackville was completely destroyed by fire of unknown origin early Saturday morn ing. It is underwtood that the plant jj ag had just been thoroughly overhauled Pays Big Price for # Carload of Melons W. M. Harris, of Barnwell, paid $380 one day last week for a carload of watermelons grown by Jacob Hartzog, of Blackville. The melon-s, which were of the “Wonder'’ variety, talked with numbers of farmer? from 4 b y W - H - mrt ’ who bas operat- averaged"about 44 or 45 pounds, Mr various scictions of the county during ,n ff the girmery for the past several the "past week and from their esti- i years, and some additional new ma- mates of the present crop it would chinery had been .installed to take seem that not more than 20,000 to caTe 0 * t* 16 new cotton crop. As no 22,000 baJeo of cotton will be made one sa 'd 10 bave been around the thus year, as compared with nearly house for several days, it is 30,000 bales in 1926. The watermelon thought that the fire was caused by ; crop has also suffered, but is being a defective light wire. offset by the prices that the farmers are receiving. ,A fair com crop is in prospect, but the hay crop is the most flourishing of all. Gulf Refining Co. to Build Station? Herman Brown, the owner of the plant, wired immediately to gin man ufacturers and thear representatives were expected in Blackville Monday. It is presumed that the plant will be rebuilt at once if the installation can be made in time for the coming crop. Another ginnery is being erected in Blackville by a concern that is said to bet installing eight plants in this section. Just where the others Robt. A. Easterling Buys Palatial Home Bamberg, July 19.—An important real estate transaction has just been doanpleted hfire which involves the conveyance of one of the most valu able residential pieces of property in Bamberg. The Jones A. Williams home, located on East Railroad ave nue, and for years recognized as one of the. show places of the city* baa been ‘bargained for by "Robert A. East erling, of Denmark, vice-president and tnanager of the Edisto Public Service Co. ‘The deal was effected through H. M. 'Graham, local agent of the At lantic Life Insurance Company, and tiie actual transfer of the title will be made at once. This is a choice lot w >th an ideal location and a palatial home, and sev- eral thousand dollars will be expend ed to put the whole place in tip-top condition. In addition to Railroad . . i ’ ■' avenue the place is also bounded'by Second Street and North Street. Mr. Easterling is a splendid citizen and one of the foreipost‘business men in this section of the state, and local people hope he will soon be one of them. Perry B. Bush spent Sunday in McCormick. ' Barnwell's Million Dollars. . Barnwell’s 249 carloads of as paragus brought into the coun ty during the shipping season recently ended about three hun dred and Ithirty-five thousand dollars. The farmers have re ceived for some six hundred car loads of cucumbers more than a half million of dollars. Re- < ceipts from the melon crop* will likely exceed three hundred thousand dollars. Barnwell, in other words, will this Spring and Summer receive more than a million dollars from cash crop# other than cotton.—The State. ' - - / A. J. BenpetJt, local manager of the Gulf Refining Company’s tank wagon station at Barnweil, stated to a rep- are to be located Ls not known at this resentative of The People-Sentinel on time. f Monday that in all probabilty big — ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ . ^ company would erect a modern filling station here and that it would be in operation about September 1. While Mr. Bennett said that he is not in a position at this time to name the lo cation of the proposed new station, it would be built on one of the maiii Ira F&les Resigns; W. H. Duncan Elected At a meeting of the Barnwell city council Monday evening, Ira Fales business streets of the city and would ^ erK ^ ere< i his resignation as clerk, ef- f>e complete in every detail foir the: ^ ec ^ ve A u 8' us t which was ac- convanience of motorists. Furthag' and W. H. Duncan was elected announcements would be made, he ' ’ n b ' s stead. Mr. Fales has been city Harris; said, and there was Kvely bidding among the bulyers. The crop as a whole around Black ville, however, is said to have suffered from rains, as is the case in this sec tion. • Onee grower told a Barnwell man Monday that he has 40 acres from which he does not, expect to load a single car. A Dunbarton farmer was in the city one day last week and stated that he does not expect to load more than 10 or 12 cars from 60 acres. said, when the plans are m6re fully matured. Mm. Annie Eliza Morris, wife of E. E. ( Morris, of Barnwell, died in a Columbi a hospital at 6:30 o’clock Saturday evening, the 16th inst., af ter mo»re than a year of illness and suffering. Mrs. Morris was a life-long member oi the Baptist Church and at the time of her death was affiliated with the Barnwell Baptist Church. Through her long months of suffering she was ever cheerful and bore her illness with Christian fortitude. She was a de voted wife, a kijid and affectionate mother, and a true and constant friend. The greatest pleasure of her life was in doin^ for others. Mrs. Morris is survived by her hus- b*nd, Edward E. Morris; one son, George Dewey Morris, and three 'step daughters, Miss Millie Morris, Mrs. C. A. Blume and Mrs. S. A. Kennedy, whose love and esteem for her was a testimonial of her splendid character and of her affection for them. Her remains were brought to Barnwell Sunday and laid to rest at 4:30 o’clock that afternoon in the cemetery at Friendship Baptist church, the funeral' services being con ducted by her pastor, Dr. W. M. Jones, assisted by the Rev. O. W. Heckle, in the presence of a large concourse of relativea* and friends. The pall-bear- erg were her four brothers, Luther Still, John C. Still, Joseph E. Still and Lee Still, and C. A. Blume and 3. A. Kennedy. clerk for several years and has served veiy acceptably in this position. Mr. Duncan is a very capable young man, having served aS Clerk of Court fol lowing the death of his father a num ber of years ago, and should prove a Literal Lea “I’m striking a happy medium,* ■aid the detective as he hit the fake apiritaalist over the Jhead) • ; Postoffice Service Augusta-Allendale Washington, July 15.—The post- office department today announced the following new order for mail ser vice from Augusta to Allendale and return, by way of Appleton, Baldock. Martin, Milletteville, Hattieville, El- lenton and Jackson, 50 to 52 miles and back, six times a week. Th| post master at Augusta is authorized to employ temporary star route service under section 1396 postal laws and regulations six times a week at the rate of $1,721.50 per annum, effective July 18, 1927. Carrier not to be re quired to transport other than first class and newspaper mail. The following item from Sunday’s issue of The Atlanta Journal wtH be read with interest by the friends of Otto Grubbs, of Barnwell route 1: Farm boys and girls are greatly in terested in seeing the $1,800,000,000 annual value of farm products in the S outheast increase, 1 through more ef- cient marketing methods, judging by the large number of inquiries being receiver by the Sears-Roebuck agri cultural foundation, Atlanta, in re sponse to its essay-writing contest on (farm marketing problems among farm youths of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, it was announced Saturday. To Boyd F. Dantzler, Route 1, Par- ler, S. C., and Otto Grubbs, Route 1, Barnwell, S. C., go the honors for submitting the first complete essays in the contest, the subject of which is “The Marketing of an Important Cash Crop of My Community.” Young Mr. Dantzler chose to discuss sweet potato marketing in his community, while 'OtT* Grubbs wrote on cucumber mar keting. • The grand prize for the best es say in. the entire contest is a free educational trip to the International live stock exposition, Chicago, in November, with expenses fully paid for the winner and a chaperon. Two boys or girls from each State will be awarded educational trips to the Southeastern fair, Atlanta, in Octo ber, for submitting thje two best essays from their respective states. Tn addition, the Setars-Roebuck ag ricultural foundation will award 200 founders’ roll medals of the Stone Mountain memorial to the 200 high est ranking contestants in each of the contesting states. Six radio sets are Mnc offered to county farm and home demonstration agents er high school agricultural teachers who have the largest percentage of medal winners from their enrollment. The contest is open to boys and girls 19 years old or younger and all esrays must be submitted bo the ag- ricultural foundation- by September 1. to serve Barnwell route No. 2 as mail carrier. “SEVEN POINTS” ❖*X*X»<"8-X :: In the presentation of the new plan of the South Carolina Cot ton Growers’ Cooperative Association, the explanation of the ac tivities of the Association has been divided into seven points as follows. — 1. GOOD COTTON ACCURATELY CLASSED. 2. ADEQUATE MARKET INFORMATION. 3. EFFICIENT OFFICE AND SALES MACHINE,- 4. OBTAIN MIDDLEMEN’S PROFITS. 5. SPINNER COOPERATION. 6. INCREASING CONSUMER DEMAND. 7. PROFITS FOR MEMBERS ONLY. Under each one of these seven ponte there is need for ex planations which will be given later. Watch for them. No 1 was explained a few days ago. n ~ 2. Adequate Market Information. • In order that the members’ cotton may be rold with intelli gence, the Association has, together with other associations in the South, provided for the collection of all information which has a bearing on the trend of the market. For example, a crop reporting system ha# been set up parallelling the Govemrtiervt crop reporting system and the cooperative associations’ crop, forecast will be available) at least five days ahead of the Government crop forecast and should be subsequently the same because it will have been prepared in identically the same manner. The Association also provides for the collection of general information hearing on the crop and the market For example, rainfall, temperature and general condition of prosperity dn every section of the world where cotton is used. The Associations have obtained workers formerly in the employ of the United States Government to assemble these facts and properly relate them for the use of those in charge of selling cotton. In addition, the associations through the American Cotton Growera’ Exchange also get daily reports from aH of the sales offices maintained by the cooperative associations through out the world. By comparison of these prices at which cotton is—j ■old in every section of the every very accurately have sold. world, the associations are enabled to the value of the cotton which they PROFITS FOR MEMBERS ONLY—WILL YOU PARTICIPATE? SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON GROWERS’CC>OPEJLATIVE ASSN! Blackville, July 16.—Miss Edith Black, of Walterboro, who on the second of August becomes the bride of Arthur B. Brown, of Charleston and Chicago, was the guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower on Wed nesday afternoon given by Mise Eu genia Still and Mrs. LeRoy Still at the home of the latter. The rooms were very attractive in bowls and baskets of cut flowers. The bride’s chair was placed in a bower of ferns and flowers. Miss Black was lovely in an. ex worthy sacCfe*Wr~'TIr' WUf" 48finWSe laee coetum* wont with droop ing hat of orchid silk braid. Miss Eugenia Still was charming in a gown of orchid silk organdie;-while Mrs. LeRoy Still received* the guests in a dress of blonde Elisabeth crepe. The gifts were brought in flower bas kets by three little girls dressed as flowers, Lorena, Marie and Elinor Still, who presented them to the bride a* gifts from the Queen of Flowers. Many lovely and useful things were received by the bride-to-be. During the afternoon punch was served by Misses Mildred Guilds, of Columbia, and Mildred and Martha Still. Refreshments of block sherbert and cake were served, and dainty favors in keeping with toe occasion were used. Mrs. D. B. Black, of Walterboro, mother of the honoree, Miss Min nie Lee Ayer, of Bamberg, Mrs.'Wy att Browning, of Columbia; Miss Et ta Walker, of Atlanta, Mrs Ernest Wetherhom, of Charleston, and Miss Mildred Guilds, off Columbia, wdge among the out-of-town guests. Gov an News Govan, July 16.—Mn. Mary L. Hutto, of Bamberg, spent several days of this week here with her sister, Mrs. A. R. Lancaster. . Russell Browning, of Columbia, has been visiting his parents, }fLr. and Mm. J. B. Browning. Govan Kekufedy ha* returned to : Atlanta, Ga., to resume his dtity there ae dispatcher for the Seaboard Air John Baker Kennedy is, enjoying a pleasant stay at Denmark with vela- a J M ^ _ *' r "~~ *r “ -—t ^ tires. KILLS BROWN —— BROTHERS-IN-LAW HAVE FALL* INC OUT. Victim Instantly Rilled in Yard off J. P. Harley Near Barnwell Tueeday Afternoon. Percy Brown, a young white man, about 30 yearn old, was toot and iiv- stantly killed Tuesday afternoon by his brother-in-law ,Perry Harfeor, In the Patterson’s Mill section, a few miles from Barnwell. ^From what can be learned here, it hi alleged that Brown drove to J. P. Harley’s house in his car while in an intoxicated condition, that he wan- cursing and that just as he went to leave Perry Harley drove into the yard. The two men are said to have gotten into a heated argument, , and Harley stepped out of his car with a shotgun in his hands. Harley claims that he tried to induce Brown to leave the premises, but that he refused to do so and reached for a pistol that was lying in his lap, whereupon Her* ley fired one shot, the entire load taking effect in Brown’s neck, sever- ng his jugular vein and windpipe. He died in the car. A pistol is said to have been found lying in his lap. One of Brown’s brothers testified at the coroner’s inquest that Harley ordered Percy Brown to. throw up his hands after the two men had h'vl some words, and that when he refused to do so Harley toot him. The coroner’s 'jury returned a verdict to the effect that Brown came to hi$ death from gunshot wounds at the hands of Per ry Harley. Brown, who'wa* original ly from Georgia, is survived by his widow and two children. Harley surrendered himself to the sheriff Tuesday afternoon, and was {lodged in the local jail, and was later released from custody under bond off $3,000. Texaco Products Sold by Plexico Local and Personal News of Blackville “Plexico Sells Texaco” is the way Lloyd A. Plexico, proprietor of the Barnwell Filling Station, arm ounces the change in the brand of gasoline and oils sold by hift station, which haa handled Gulf products since its est ablishment several year's ago. Texaco gasoline and oils are nation ally advertised products and enjoy a large sale throughout the country. Both are well known to motorist* and Mr. Plexico states that he does not anticipate any loss in pritronage by reason of the change; in fact, he says he is going to make a drive to increase the amount of hi* sales. Several new gasoline and oil pumpa were Install In addition, Mr. Plexico plans to carry a full line of tires, tubes end other automobile accarsories. Plana ha\y been drawn for remodeling and enlarging his present station ana wber^the work-is completed he stetee that he will have one o fthe nicest snd most complete stations in, this section. Readers off The People-Sentinel will find his advertisement on an other page of this High Water at Bdgeield. Mrs. A. A. Lemon and Miss Eli zabeth McNab had a nervewraclring experience Monday afternoon while returning to Barnwell from Anderson. A light rain was falling when they started on the return trip, the heavi est part of the cloud being just a- head of them aB of the way down to Edgefield. When they reached that town, they found that four and a half inches off rain had fallen and that the bridge over a stream in the edge of town was under water to a depth of abort two feet. Negroes were sta tioned along the edge of the bridge to guide travelers across. A member of the highway force placed t rain coat over the motor of Mbe McNab’s ear to protect it from the high water and drove the nughne aonoes khe bridge. It is said that the water reached half-way to the hoy off the hood, but the bridge was negotiated in safety and the trip^ to Barnwell I was made wfehort mishap, although many cam had skidded intd along the way. I “I advise women *> use