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v BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THRSDAY, JULY 28TH, 19277
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PLOT CHARGED
TO CONSTABLE
CEO. H. PRIESTER, OF BARN-
Well, arrested Saturday
Warrant Issued by United States
District Commissioner.—Officer
Released on Bond
STATEMENT ON
PRIESTER CASE
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE COMMENTS
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ON ARREST.
of $1,000 it was s<
“one of Goverhpi
Urge
Not Member of Regular Constabulary
Force of Governor Richards.—
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In Special Class.
G. H. Priester, of Barnwell, arrest
ed at Aiken last Saturday on charges
of impersonating a federal officer
sn< of attempting to induce tw >
negroes to pay him $150 “hush”
money to cleat them of chargee of
•iolating the prohibition law, is “not
a membgr of the governor’s constabu
lary, has never done work out of
the governor’s office and is not known
"to'the governor’s office,” according
to a statement given out yesterday
from the office of Governor John
Ruhard^. Governor Richards is at
tending the governor’s conference in
Michigan and will not be back in
Columbia until next week, but the
statement was forthcoming from his
office'.
In news dispatches from Aiken, tell
ing of*the arrest of Priester and of
h;.« later release on bond in the sum
set forth that he was
pr Richard’s consta
-bles/’
“Mr. Priester was pot a member ot
the governor’s constabulary force,
accoding to the statement, from the
governor’s office.
■—“He did, however;
sion as a special officer from loo
governor’s office. ^
“The governor’s constabulary con
sists of a force of men which works
out of the governor’s office directly.
“In addition to this force, commis
sions are issued to policemen, rail
road employes and some others as
special officers. It was in this Inst
class that Mr. Priester belonged
“He was given this commission
after he had set forth his reasons
for wanting additional authority in
the following statement:-*
“ ‘On several occasions working
with chief of police, George W. Pee
ples, I have needed the authority so
that we could follow people who had
committed a crime in the town of Barn
well but due to the fact that wo did
not have the proper authority we
have had to let a good maay law vio
lators go by because we could not
follow them beyond the limits of the
town of Barnwell. Also there are
several places running almost wide
open just out of the city limits and
our hands are tied and they are
flooding the town with whiskey, and
we, as. the police force of Barnwell
can’t touch them without the authori
ty. Signed, George Hi Priester.”
This statement by Priester was
dated March 25, 1927. •
“Mr. Priester,” the statement from
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vre they \\pxA.kept-in|-3fopth. “was commissioned as a special
officer on the recomniendattOn of W.
D. Harley, mayor of Barnwell, and
George W. Priester, chief of police
of Barnwell.” ' • .
Priester is to be given a prelimin
ary hearing on the charges brought
against him at Aiken August 2. He
was arrested last Saturday by the
United States deputy marshal,..!. R.
Dixon, of Orangeburg, on a warrant
issued by the United States commis
sioner, Thomas R. Morgan.—The
State. •
One of Governor Richard’s Special
officers, George H. Priester, of
Barnwell, was arrested here Satur-
—: day on a warrant issued by United
States District Commissioner Thomas
R. Morgan, charging the officer with
violating Section 62 of the Federal
Crimijnal (Oode in impersonating a
United States officer and with at
tempting to induce two negroes to
pay him “hush” money to clear them
of charges of violating the prohibi
tion law.
The arrest was made by United
- States Deputy Marshall T. R. X‘ ton *
ot Orangeburg.
Priester was released from cust
at. Aiken on a $1,000 bond which was
signed by M. C. Diamond, of this city.
He is to appear at a preliminary hear
ing at Aiken Tuesday, August 2. A
^feiepatch from Aiken stated that ef-
^BP)rt« to get in communication with
-Crovernor Richards as to what action
he intended to take in the case proved
futile Sunday eight, as the governor
is out of the State attending the con
ference of governors.
An Erroneous Statement.
, It was reported in a dispatch...-from
Aiken to an Augusta newspaper, that
“two prominent white citizens of
Ellenton, Messrs. Bush and Turner,
motored to Banwell at the request
of the negroes, Martin and Poe, and
carried $150 with them to offer Con-
" stable Priester, who, when he heard
of the arrival of the white men, disap
peared, itJ salleged.”
A representative of The Peopie-
Sentinel has seen affidavits signed
by C. M. Turner and F. D. Bush, the
. men referred to in the Aiken dispatch,
in which they emphatically deny hav
ing come to Barnwell for the purpose
of paying hu«h money to Prieste>r or
anyone else in connection with the
case, and further that they are not
pressing any charge against Priester.
Mr. Turner also sets out that his pur
pose in coming to Barnwell was to
employ Solomon Blatt, Esq., to rep
resent the negroes. Nothing was said
in reference to paying Priester any
thing.
The arrests from which the charges
against Priester resulted wele made
in Beech Island the n'ftht of June 15
and the officer claims that one of the
negroes atU-mpted to shoot him. He
disarmed him, he says, and it is al
leged that a search of the- vehicle oc
cupied by the negroes resulted in
the discovery of * several bottles of
whiskey. . The alleged violators of
y^eprqhibjtion law were brought to
nSarnwetl, wtiefe they v^ere kept-in
jail.for nearly a month and later
turned over to the Aiken authorities,
Sn vifllictycounty >fche«arrests wfcre mad.
Soon after they were rdfcased from
custody, it is understood, by the
Aiken authorities. Priester claims
that he is being “framed” and that
at the proper time he can prove his
innocence of the charges.
Helen’s tyfome
HOUSE FIRED,
MAN PERISHES
NEGRO LOSES LIFE WHEN BOLT
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•V STRIKES DWELUNG
Two Small Children Escape from
Burning Building After Trying
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to Extinguish Flames
women s
Helen Wills, Californis
frnnis champion and first American
woman to win the English Wimble-
Tom Odom, negrb, was killed and
hrs body consumed by flames that de
stroyed his home when it was stnuHl
by a bolt of lightning during a terri
fic electrical storm Thursday night.
The negro lived on a farm in Red Oak
township, several miles Southwest of
BarnweH.
According to information received
jn Barnwell, Odom and his two small
children were alone in the house when
the storm approached, his wife having
gone to church a short time before.
The -ma n was lying on a bed in a
shed-room, while the children were
in a bed in the main body of the house.
The bolt, which killed Odom and -set
fire to the house, left the children un
scathed. Awakened by the accom
panying peal of thunder, the younger
is said to have tried to extinguished
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the flames and was carried from the
burning building J?v the older child.
They are reported to have said tint
their father was “still kicking” when
they left the house, and it is possible
that he was merely stunned by the
lightning and perished in the flames.
Odom is a brother of John Odom, a
First Open Boll. V.
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G. M. Hogg, of this city,
brought in two open bolls of
cotton Monday morning from
his farm a few miles from Barn
well. N •'>
B. W. Sexton, also of Barn
well, states that he has a field
'of small cotton that is opening
rapidly and already is white
almost from one end of the row
DUNBARTON MAN ,
KILLED BY AUTO
FATALLY INJURED WHEN CARS
CRASHED IN AUGUSTA
Body of L, M. Baughman Laid to Rest
Friday Afternoon in Joyce Branch
v Churchyard
L. M. Baughman, age 23 years, for-
dou,ink .ycars.. / iihc t* ^ carpenter,- who ItTes in Barnwell,
warming up for the U. S Title play. “
Augusta Oil Mills
Use of Poison
On page three of this issue of The
People-Sentinel will be found ah ad
vertisement by five leading cotton oil
mills of Augusta, urging that the
farmers of this section protect their
cotton crops against the boll weevil
by using calcium arsenate. The sub-
scribers to the advertisement are the
Buckeye Cotton Oil company, the In
ternational Vegetable Oil Company,
the Planter^) Coition Oil Company,
the Southern Cotton Oil Company and
Swift ahd, Company, Oil Mill. The
boll weevil is doing great damage to
/ the cotton crop in this section and it
is feared that, with continued rains
^nd in the absence of protective meas
ures, the crop in this county will be
very short* At present, estimates
range from as low as 10,000 bales to
between twenty and twenty-two thou-
nd. Several fields that were bloom
ing freely last week are now conspic
uously free of blossoms, which indi
cates heavy weevil damage.
Heavy Rains Hurt
Lyndhurst Crops
LyndhurSt, July 24.—Mrs. W. M.
Steinmeyer, children, of Beau
fort, are spendhi|: some time here
during the summer* months.
S. H. Hay, of Bithijngham, Ala.,
was the guest of his brother. Harold
H. Hay, for several days during the
past week.
Miss Betty Miller,.of Beaufort is
spending the week here, the guest
Mrs. W. M. Steinmeyer and family.
Bill Payton, of Port Royal, who
has been spending several week?
here, returned to his work on Tues
day.
Roger Pinckney, of Beaufort, spent
the week-end here, the guest of rela
tives.
Crops ip this section have suffered
very much of late from heavy rain
fall. However, it appears that a
fair crop of corn, at least, may he
made. jr
Samson—-Do you neck? /-
Delilah—S-a-ay, that’s my business.
Samson—well, let’s transact a
little business, rw
First Augusta Bale
Brings 75c a Pound
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Augusta received the first bale of
new ccutton -for the season Saturday,
the fleecy staple being shipped to
Phinizy and Co., cotton factors, and
came from E. W. Batts, Ocilla, Ga.
The bale was auctioned at 11 o’clock
in front of the cotton exchange there
ant was bought, by George R. Sibley,
representing L. G. Doughty and Co.*
which concern is owned by B. T. Lowe,
for 75 cents a pound. The bale weigh
ed 425 pounds and brought $318.
The first bale received last year
was on August 5th, indicating that
the season is ten days ahead of last
year. With sunshine weather pre
dicted for the next few days it is ex
pected that there will be a rapid in-
c r ease ir. the offerings here and some
cotton factors and dealers me ex
pecting heavy receipts for the next
few days.
Harold Tinsley, of Clemson CoK
lege, spent the week-end ut the city
'with friends.
BET? atMBMTSgi
Shortly before nightfall Thursday
evening, a* heavy cloud gathered
Northwest of Barnwell-, and had ap
parently moved on to the East, 'but
a change in the wind drove the storm
clouds back over this section. There
| was a heavy fall of rain, accompanied
I by vivid flashes of lightning and
heavy peals of thunder.
The hardest rain of the year is said
to have fallen at Snelling, five miles
West of this city, which was also visit
ed by a near cloud-burst the previous
week.
This section was visited by another
eavy rain Saturday morning and
voters from the South of Barnwell
a hard rain lasting for about
two hov ks and a half.
Charles Burckhalter Improving
The many friends of Dr. and Mrs.
C. N. Burckhalter, of this city, will
be delighted to know that their yotmg-
and it is sincerely hoped that he will
soon be entirely restored to health.
Dr.
Returns.
Dr. A. B. PattCr^qn has requested
'the People-Sentinel ta announce th&Y
he has returned from hK vacation
and is again practicing hijt-.profes
sion. He further stated that there is
no foundation to the reports that he
is contemplating locating in Atlanta
or any place other than Barnwell.
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Small Ad. Pays
“Please stop my little advertise
»nt ” js •the regue
Greene, 'of tfcts’dty,
she has received more orders for milk
and butter than she can possibly fill.
/to the other.
Last year the county’s first
hale was ginned at'> Barnwell on
August VlOlh. The cotton wafr
grown by Ed Sanders, of the
Big Fork section.
FIRST ANNUAL
CLASS SHOOT
BARNWELL GUN CLUB ISSUES
OFFICIAL PROGRAM.
Added Money and Trophies to Be
Offered Trapshooters at Barnwell
Friday, August 5th.
The official program of the First
Annual Class Shoot to be held by the
Barnwell Gun CluhJis just off the
press and is being mailed to interest
ed trapshooters. The event will be
held in Barnwell Friday, August 5th,
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1 “SEVEN POINTS” * 5
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.
ADEQUATE MARKET INFORMATION.
EFFICIENT OFFICE AND SALES MACHINE.
OBTAIN MIDDLEMEN’S PROFITS.
SPINNER COOPERATION.
INCREASING CONSUMER DEMAND.
PROFITS FOR MEMBERS ONLY.
Under each one of these seven ponts there is need for ex
planations which will be given later.
3. Efficient Office and Sales Machine.
The South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Cooperative Association,
in line with the cotton cooperative associations in the other
States, is reducing its office and handling costs to a minimum.
ThQ standard accounting system through the cooperation of the
office managers of all the State associations under the direction
of thn svstems department of the Exchange has been adopted for
use in Scuth Carolina. Machines are being installed which do the
work of from ten to fifteen people and thus reduce the office
salary costs. We have already mentioned the sales machine of the
American Cotton Growers’ Exchange which covers every section
of the world where cotton is consumed. This last year, more
than seventy percent of all the cotton of the South Carolina As
sociation was sold direct to mills. The selling cost is very much
less than the overhead cosL.qf private cotton firms.
PROFITS FOR MEMBERS ONLY—WILL YOU PARTICIPATE?
SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON
GROWERS’ COOPERATIVE ASSN.
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given an opportunity to display their
marksmanship.
Several trophies ‘are being offered,
as follows: $50 cup to high gun; $35
cup to high squad, and trophiess for
low gun or consolation. In addition
added money will be offered by the
club. r ^ %
The club grounds are located on
Brown’s Hill, near the A. C. L. Rail
road depot.
The following information is taken
from the official program, copiess of
which may be had by writing to W. P,
Franklin, of thig city:
Targets will be thrown at 3c each
included in entrance fee.
A fresh stock of shells will be on
hand at the local hardware stores
and some will be on hand at the
grounds.
All professionals are cordially in
vited to attend and shoot for targets.
Shooting for targets only will be al
lowed and all amateur entrants will
be eligible for any trophy offered,
whether they shoot for money or not.
All ties to be shot off in 25 bird
events. \ # •
■ Shooting will begin promptly at 10
o’clock a. m.
P. B. Plummer, of the Western
Cartridge Co., will cashier the s^oot.
Lunch and cold drinks will be served
*>n~the grounds.
merly of Dunbarton but for the past
few months a resident of Augusts*
who was fatally injured earjy Thurs
day morning of last week in an auto
mobile crash at the comer of Seventh
and Greene Streets in Augusta, died
at 7 a. rti. the same day at a hos
pital. He suffered a fractured skull.
According to police Mr. Baughman
was driving west on the south side
of Greene Street and when he at
tempted to turn to the north side to
proceed on up Greene Street, another
machine, driven by an unknown party*
going south on Seventh Street crashed
into him. The Baughman machine
was driven against an ornamental
lamp post in the middle of the green.
When found, Baughman was lying
unconscious on the green some dis
tance from his machine. A party un
known to the police picked the injured
mas up and conveyed him to the hot
el Rital.
_V The only near-witnesg to the acci
dent, Eddie Ewing, caught the num
ber of the machine that crashed into
the Baughman machine as it drove
beginning at ten o’clock a,, m. and, _ _
continuing uhtihalhOTtrant^havrbevn ■ WF *y'from the scene* without giving
and Western Automatic Traps will b£
used.
The. Club reserves the fight to re
ject any entry.
No shooter will be allowed to win
more than one trophy.
Hilda News.
Hilda, July 27.—Miss Sadie Delk
spent the week-end with Mrs. Monro**
Rowell.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Willie Bessinger
and children, of Midway, Fla., are
spending a few days with the latter’s
parents, lilr. and Mrs. J. C. Dyches.
D. -1. Hartzog and family, of the
Elko section, were the dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Collins Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Woodward and family
visited Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Hartzog
near Gcvan Sunday. ,
Masses Katherine Hightower, Mary
and Evelyn Black spent the week-end
with Mrs. Lloyd Black. -
Nolton Black and family, of Heal-
ift^ Rfrngs, attended preaching svr-
vices at Hilda Sunday afternoon.
Misses Mamie and Rosa Hutto vis
ited their sister, Mrs. D. J. Hartzog,
near Govan Sunday.
Miss Pauline Delk spent the week
end with Miss Lenora Delk.
James Still* and family, of Black
ville, were visitors in this community
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Hair, of Black
ville, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilton Smith Sunday.
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We’U Say It U
“What’s the hardest thing about
ico-skating when you’re learning?”
asked the begiaaer.
tThe ice”*, was to tort reply.
any assistance. The machine bore
the-license number 333,077 N. C., ac
cording to the information furnished
the police by Ewing. With this in
fo ration the police put out a dragnet
in an effort to apprehend the driver
of the machine, but no trace was
found.
Thursday morning, a Ford roadster
bent in front apparently as the result
of a collision, was discovered in a
cornfield near the Richmond Lumber
Cdmpany. An investigation disclosed
the fact that the license number of
the abandoned machine was the,same
number a 8 reported to the police by
Ewing. The car was hauled into the
city and placed in a garage and every
efort is being made to find the drivar
or owner of the car.
Mr! Baughman moved from Dun
barton to Augusta about six months
ago and secured employment as a
collector wkh R. E. Elliot and Sons,
funeral directors. His body was
carried back to his old home Friday
morning and laid to rest that after
noon at four o’clock in to Joyce
Branch Bapthit Churchyard, the tyev.
Mr. Davis conducting the services.
The pallbearers were cousins of the
young man and were as follows:
Ronald Rountree, Aubrey Reuntree*
Leon Birt, Herman Birt* Claude Hiern
and Holly Kennedy. ' —
father and mother, Mr. and - Mrs.
Charles Baughman; one brother*
Charles Baughman, Jn
Family Reunion.
Dunbarton, July 24.—At the resi
dence of George W. Anderson, in the
Dunbarton section, an annual birth
day dinner was given by his children
on the 11th inst. Mr. Anderson is a
member of Camp Geo. W. Morrmll at
Meyer’s Mill. He enlisted in the Con
federate army at the age of 17 years*
having joined Capt. Stallings’ heavy
artillery company of the 2nd S. C.
Volunteers. He surrendered with
Johnson’s army, April 0, 1865.
Mr. Anderson has reached the ad
vanced age of 83. Yearly the chil
dren unite to celebrate his birthday
with a reunion and a splendid dinner.
It is indeen touching to mark tha-
filial love and devotion of the chil
dren and grandchildren. All of them
were present this year except Mrs.
Moody and Mrs. Drummond, who
were detained becauM of illness of
their families.
The dinner was one of the best,
with the various articles on the menu
too numerous to mention. Every one
present enjoyed the cordial hospitali
ty and bounteous dinner and went
r.way fully satisfied.
Mr. Anderson is justly to object
of the love and esteem of a large
circle of friends and neighbors, who
wish that he may see many
of his-natal day. He enjoys th
faction of having lived a
life of usefulness.
Nicholas A.
la.
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