The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, September 29, 1927, Image 1
Large Attendance of
Farm Women at Meet
Record - Breaking -Number -Attends
County Council at Barnwell on
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Saturday.—Elect Officers. <•
THE 0FT1C1AL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY
Consolidated Jana 1, It25.
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LIFE INSURANCE
Largost County Or eolation.
V BARNWELL^ SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 1927
On. Saturday, the 24th inst., the
Barnwell County Council of Farm
Women met at the Court House with
a record-breaking attendance, represj
entatives from Hercules, Hilda, Long
Branch, Oak Grove and Pleasant Hill
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Clubs being present. Forty women
were in attendance.
The meetig was called to order by
the president, Mrs. G. M. Greene, af
ter which short devotional exercises
were held. Mrs. T. A. Holland, gave
a most cordial welcome to the visi
tors, assuring them of her interest in
their work and hearty cooperation,
The Hon. J. E. Harley gave a very in
teresting talk on Improvement of
Rural Community Life, urging those
present to remain oh the farm, to
stand for better schools and make
their homes so attractive that their
young people would not leave for the
cities.
After the singing of “America the
Beautiful,” roll call was had, the
dubs standing as their club was call
ed. Minutes of the Spring meeting
were read by Miss Ina Sanders, tem
porary secretary. Reports from the
varioqs clubs showing activities for
the year were heard with interest. A
very interesting feature was the talk
by Miss Floyd, Nutrician Specialist
from Winthrop, - on “What
County Council May Do.” Miss Floyd
is a fluent speaker and held the at
tention of the council. At the noon
hour, lunch was served and a half
hour given over to recreation. At the
afternoon session a demonstration on
salads was given by Miss Floyd.
EVANGEUSTIC SERVICES AT
BARNWELL BAPTIST CHU|CH
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Seriei of Meetings to Begin Here Sunday, October 2nd, with the
Rev. L. H. Miller as Minister and Chat. O. Miller as
< . Singer.—Cordial Invitation to Public.
L. H. MILLER, Minister.
W. L. Harley Chopped
in Head With Hatchet
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Attacked by Horace Croft Near
He good's Mill Saturday P. M.—
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Wounds Not Serious.
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W. L. Hsrley, who lives several
miles Blast of Barnwell, was painfully
but not seriously cut in the head with
a hatchet by Horace Croft Saturday
afternoon, in front of the latter's
house near Hagood’s Mill. The in
jured man was brought to Barnwell
immediately and his wounds were
dressed by a local physician. Although
Your bo lost a considerable amount of
blood, Harley was able to be out
again Sunday.
From what can be learned from
eye-witnesses, Hsrley is said to have
been cursing in front of Croft’s hous*.
Where the letter remonstrated wi:h
him, an argument ensued. Croft se-
Beginning on next Sunday the
BamwelfTfaptist Church will hold a
series of evangelistic services which
will continue for ten days or two
weeks. These services will be con
ducted by the ^Miller Brothers, of
Charlotte, N. C. They belong to y the
Home Mission Board Corps of evan
gelists, and are under its direction.
The preacher, the Rev. L. H. Miller,
was for seven years the pastor of
the Blackville Church and of Double
Ponds Churcti, where he has a multi
tude of friends who will gladly wcl-
hon\e him for his visit to Barnwell
County. His services as an evangelist
were so highly regarded by the Home
Mission Board that they induced him
last January to leave the pastorate
and enter rts corps of evangelists. Al
though he had several flattering calls
to continue in the pastorate on leav
ing Blackville, he was convinced that
his best work lay in evangelism. His
services in this line while Ur the pas
torate and since, have been highly
successful. '
While the Rev. L. H. Miller is a
gospel singer of recognized ability,
having been one Of the Home Board
singers before entering the pastorate,
he^ will bfe assisted in these services
by his brother, Charles O. Miller, who
is one of the best gospel singers in |
the South. Although Charles 0. Mil
ler possesses such gift as an evange
list as to be in continued demand for
revival servides, his work as a singer
makes them both a splendid team. I
NUMBER S,
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Then Kill Each Other
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Interesting DeUils of Hiero-Andrews
Affair Revealed at
Liqnor Figures.
CHAS. O. MILLER, Singer.
Hold Conference on
School Matters Here
Ellenton, Sept. 26.—That Raymond
Andrews a nd Levy Hiers Came to their
deaths at the hands of each other,
was the verdict of the coroner’s jury
at the inquest held -nere tonight into
the double killing that took place Sun
day afternoon. At one time It was
thought that a third party may have
been implicated. This the coroner's
inquest disproved.
Coroner Tim Carver and Sheriff
Nollie Robinson made an investigation
that showed the bullets striking dif
ferent places in Andrews’ car wfere
from the same pistol. >
Evidence at the Inquest was to the
effect that the two men had been
drinking. It seems that Hiers passed
Andrews in the road, then stopped
tunity to have these men in their
midst. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to everybody to attend regu
larly these services, which will be
held daily at 11:00 a. m. and 8:00
p. m.
School Trustees.—Organization
b Perfected.
Locals Win Opening
Game of the Season
Swansea DefeeMtf Here Friday Af-
ternooe by If toTf Score.—Play
Lexington Next.
B.mw.ll ^ th, surrounding coun- Thing. Dtew** .1 Hating f .nd wtnt to p^t thnt th.
try .re fcrtunate in iumng the oppor-1 > letter h*l tried to trte .11 the thorou-
ghfare. After some argument the
two became friendly, aecordfag to
According ’ to previous announce-1 ^Y^***** ^ 00 ^ *
ment, fifty-four school trustees met ^
at the Coujt House in Barnwell 0*1*™" "*** ^ c * rtr ** m '
the 23rd inst. 4n conference with the
County Delegation to the General
Assembly and the County Board of
Education. The County Board of Ed-
so that each then had she.
Hires went off 4mt came back as
Andrews was cranking his ear and
shot once into the ground, aefcording
Have Narrow Escape
v When Car Turns Over I ^‘ation'had "pwsiTt, 1 10 evid * nc « * th » Andrews
•— - • but only J. E. Harley was present to < * Pew end fired at Hiers,
Puncture of Rear Tire Causes Barn- J represent the Legislative Delegation. I eAC k wounding the other in the breast.
well Driver te Laae Control of
Auto Near Aiken.
which proved instructive as well as j cured a hatchet and struck Harley
appetising, the salads being served to several blows on the head.
all present. J Harley is a eon of W. W. Harley,
During the business session, s re- who lives near Barnwell, and a
port was made by the delegate to the' brother of John B. Harley, of this
State Council. Mrs. R. E. Woodward, city. He was Magistrate # at Hilda
cf Pleasant Hill Club, was appointed ( aerersi years ago.
as a delegate to the District Council; m
in Beaufort on November 5th and r* .. • • w»
ourte a number signified their inten- Cotton GinningS Now
tion of attending this meeting.
This being the time for election of i
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The Barnwell High School football
team won the opening game of the
1927 season by taking Swanse a into
camp Friday aftemon on the local
field, 19 to 0. All of the scoring dame
in the first half, two touchdowns in
the first quarter and one in the sec
ond. In the last half. Coach Hugh
McLaurin sent in his substitutes,
many of whom had never played in* s
game before, and while Barnwell fail
ed to score again, Swansea was not
able to gain ground consistently, the
local’s goal never being in danger
during the game.
Halford, Lemon and Davies played
1 best for Barnwell, while Carroll and
County Prior to Sept. 16.—11,-
429 Last Year.
officers, Mrs. Greene tendered her Q B | y 7 Bole* Ginned iu Ber»we|l Moore gave good accounts of them
selves, ns did the other members of
the team. Although there is quite s
I bit of green material on the eleven
[this year, it is believed that Coach
roll. Long Branch Club, President; I Cotton ginnings in Barnwell Coun-1 Mobaurin will have a ~%nappy machine
MrA. Alms Collins. Hilda Club, Vice- { ty are beginning to reflect the short before the season progresses very far.
resignation as President of the Coun-1
cil. which was accepted with regrets. I
The following officers were elected
for the coming yenr: Mrs. Rivers Car-
president; Mrs. W. E. Jowers, Pleas- crop in this section, there being s
ant Hill Club, Secretary-Treasurer, [ marked decrease in the number of
The following committees were bales ginned prior to September 16th
appointed for ,,1927-28: Agriculture ' as compared with the same date a
(cow, garden and hen): Mrs. Iva Hair, year ago, and this in spite of . the
Miss Lois Greene, Mrs. Leivy Still, fact that the crop is several days
Mrs. Susan Hutto, Mrs. Rivers Car-
roll, Mrs. Jim Collins, Mrs. Jeter
Creech, Mrs. W. E. Jowers and Mrs.
J-r-R. Rosier
Bfarlcetfng: Tfrs. A. P. Collins, Mrs
J. R. Renew and Miss Ins Sanders.
Beautification: Miss Lizxie Gantt,
Mrs. L. P. Boylston and Misses Eunice
Greene and Eva Bhime.
Health: Mrs. T. P. Gaskin, Mrs.
Charlie Hartzog and Miss Alberta
Odom.
Legislative: Mrs. T. A. Holland,
Mrs. O. B» Staley, Mrs. R. S. Wea-
thersbee and Miss Ruth Rountree.
Tty>se attending from the various
clubs were:
Hilda Club—Mrs. J. B. Hartzog,
Mrs. G. W. Delk, Mrs. M. A. Delk,
Mrs. Emma ^axley, Mrs. A. J. Bonds,
Mrs. Alma Collins, Mrs. N. V. Col
lins, Mrs. Roberta Bonds, Mrs. Eulalie
Black, Mrs. Eugenia Black, Mrs. Delk
and Mrs. Dyches. 1
Hercules Club—Mrs. Mabel Dyches,
Mrs. Cora Huggins, Mrs. Willie Bax
ley, Miss Ina Sanders, Mrs. W. W.
li^ Hart, Miss Ophelia Huggins, Miss
Hazel Dyches and Miss Paul Sanders.
Long Branch Club—Mrs. Rivers
Carroll, Mrs. T. A. Holland and Miss
Louise Carroll.
Oak Grove Club—Mrs. Paul San
ders, Mrs. Owen Morris, Mrs. Jeter
Creech and Miss Cleo 'Creech.
Pleasant Hill Club—Mrs. Clara
Woodward, Mrs. R. S. Weathersbee,
Mrs. W. E. Jowers, Mrs. Dixon
Greene, Mrs. Ben Baxley and Miss
Eddie Lou Weathersbee.
Tomorrow afternoon, the Barnwell
boys gq to Lexington and % hard
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Mrs. W. E. McNab was called to
Farmville, Va., Friday night to the
bedside of her sister, Mrs. Spencer,
who is seriously ill at her home there.
Mrs. Spender has many friends, in
Barnwell who hope for her )eariy tie-
coveiy.
esrHdti.
According to a report just made
public by the Department of Agricul-
twutyjmlyl
prior to September 16th, as compared
with li,429 to the same date last
year. This is a decrease of 3,494
bales. It is believed that the bulk of
the cotton in this county has already
been ginned and that the total crop
will be between ten thousand and
twelve thousand bales. Last year,
the production in Barnwell County
was nearly 30,000 bales.
Estimates on the total production
in the South this year range from
eleven million to fourteen million
bales. Some are of the opinion that
the government’s ginning report,
showing 3,505,000 bales ginned prior
to September 16th, represents 80 per
cent, of the crop, pointing out that
excellent weather has been experienc
d for picking and ginning, and that
ed for picking and ginning, and that
with improved gin* and good roads the
in record time
A letter was received last week by
a local merchant from Col. E. O. Cal-
hon, of Texas, who stated that in his
section of the State many farmers
have already finished picking, The
last government estimate forecast a
yield of 4,700,000 bales for the Lone
Star State, while private telegrams
from prominent people lust week ex
pressed the belief that the crop would
not total four million. If those opin
ions are correct, the final yield will
b? under twelve million, unless there
has been marked improvement in other
States.
Mrs. Mitt Dunbar, Mr. and Mrs
Eugene Buckingham, Mr. and Mrs
Elmore Ashley and little daughter
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J,
Julian Bush Sunday.
ton always has an excellent team and
a victory for Barnwell would be
feather in the caps of the locals. The
members of the team will remain over
until Saturday, as it is understood
that their opponents will be their
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Plexico and
little daughter, Kitty, had a narrow
escaped from serious injury Tueseday
morning while en route to Augusts
when their Chrysler sedan turned
County Treasurer Armstrong and Au
ditor Manning were .also in stten-|
dance, as were the four Superintend-]
ents < of the Williston, Blackville, I
Barnwell and Dunbarton High
Schools, namely, C. M. Moore, G. F.
Posey, W. W. Carter, and H. H. King. _ __
Every district was represented except | GaVC lO WTI N 1111)6$
Andrews turned and walked around
his car and was shot in the back.
Hiers was shot several times, An
drews’ pistol was found empty.
Hiers is survived by a widow and
tlx small children.
four, and most of the districts had
over n*«r Aiken. Although the t.r (ul| g„ m , tru.1*.
... Wdly d-n.red, non, of the or- voUd fc .
eupenu ... hoe. e«eept foe m.noe For ^ t|m , Tnn l
rou from broken *1.... I th, trusUe. dUeuued routine m»t.|
Buried at Home
Mr. Plexico. who was driving, stat-
term. Among other things, the follow-
ed the. . Uej, noil punctured the.^ Trustee, .p-
tire on the left re.r -heel. "U.lnr | conim | Mlonfc ,|„. n , U ,
statements, teachers’ certificates, vari-
Mra. Otar Morris
Died !■ Bavananh. Is LaM te
Rent in Oiar Charchyard.
the tire to deflate so rapidly that he
lost control of the car, although he
was driving only about 35 or 40 miles
an hour. He had brought the machine
almost to a standstill when it turned
over on its side against a bank. The
impadt broke the glass in the wind
shield, tore the front seat loose from
the body and bent front and rearj
fenders on the left side.
Mr. Plexico is an experienced]
driver and this is the first serious ac
cident that he has ever had. It is |
Olar, Sept. 24.—The body of Mrs.
Olar Morris Westberry, 38, who died
in Savmnnah on the night of
ous school laws, school trucks, (their
operation, coat, drivers salary, safety | ^ brought to her old
measures, eto), use and abuse of
and
school property. Are insurance, length
of daily and term sessions and time
for beginning each, holidays, negro
schools, (their terms, salaries, etc.),
transfer of pupils from one district to
another, and finances. It was a
genuinely enthusiastic meeting.
The wisdom of an orgaisation of
School Trustees was apparent, and
j for burial, the funeral «rd it
taking place at the Baptist church
here Friday afternoon. The services
were in charge of the Rev. D. W.
Heckle, who was assisted by the Rev.
C. K. Turner and the Rev. J. B.
fought gsrhe is antiripated. Lexing-, po«*»ble that his knowledge of auto- ^ following were elected officers:
Common Pleas Coart ;
Tries Several Cases
The fl lowing cases have been dis
posed of by the Court of Common
Pleas, which convened here Monday
morning with Judge T. J. Mauldin
presiding:
Mrs. Dors D. Walker vs. C. and
W. C. Ry. Co.,' suit for $30,000 dam
ages, verdict for the defendant.
W. F. Weeks vs. A. C. L. R. R. Co.,
suit foe $3,Q00 damages, verdict for
the defendant ^
-’Brack Smith vs. A. C. L. R.R. Co.,
consent verdict for the plaintiff for
$125.
When The People-Sentinel closed
its forms the Court was engaged in
the trial of the ,c*6€ of Albert Glover
vs. Western Union Telegraph Co.
W. D. Black, of Williaton, President,
and Solomon Blatt, of Barnwell, Sec
retary. Future meetings will cull
ed by tho County Board of Education
after confering with the officers of the
association.
mobiles prevented a more serious
wreck. He is the proprietor of the
Barnwell Filling Station, and both he ]
and his wife have a w ide circle of
friends who will be glad to know that
they escaped almost nnhurt.
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j. M. Scott Died at :* [ New Grocery Store
Williston Sunday * to Open Saturday
Williaton, Sept. 26.-Jack M. Scott, Elsewhere in this issue of The
aged 63 years, well known Williston People-Sentinel, U. Bi Hammett an-
citizen, died suddenly here Sunday af-1 nounces the opening of a new fancy
ternoon, about 6 o’clock, at the home grocery store in Barnwell. He has
of his brother, T. W. Scott. Mr. Scott, rented the Porter Building on Main
though he had not been in the best Street and will stock a complete line
of health for the last few weeks, was of fresh groceries. Sr. Hammett is
able to attend to his regular duties well known to the -people of this
as constable for Magistrate R. L. city and before accepting a position
Wooley. Heart failure was given as with the government several years
cause of his death. ago conducted a grocery business very
Funeral services, which were large-1 successfully in Barnwell. He an
Mrs. Westberry was a dughter of
the kta Richard Morria, who was a
prominent man of tho community.
This town was named for Mrs. West-
berry. The original name of the town
was Hammond. For so«pe reaaon tho.
railroad company found it nscsssary
(o substitute some other name for the
name Hammond and asked the cRi-
Death of Mrs. Sidney Collins.
Hilda, Sept. 28.—After a serious
illness of ten days, Mrs. Louise Col
lins died at her home here Saturday,
September 17th. ' The funeral ser
vices were held at George’s Creek
Baptist Church and the body was laid
to rest in the George’s Creek ceme
tery. •,
Mrs. Collins had a wide circle of
friends who will miss her in the borne,
church and'community. She was a
consistent member of the Hilda Bap
tist Church. She is survived by her
husband, Sidney Collins, her parents
and several brothers and sisters.
ly attended by hundreds of his friends
and relatives, were held at the WilHs-
ton cemetery Monday afternoon at
5 o’clock. There were many and beau
tiful floral offerings.
Mr. Scott was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William T. Scott, of Willis
ton. He was born and lived practical
ly his entire life in Barnwell County.
He is survived by three brothers, Rob
ert Scott,’of*Statesboro ,Ga.; William
A. Scott, of Greenwood; and Thomas
W. Scott, of Williston; three sisters,
Mrs. J. M.Garnett, of Plum Branch;
Mrs. M. C. Kitchings and Miss Alice
Scott, of Williston.
nounces tbat**he will be open for
business Saturday morning.
Last week, The People-Sentinel car
ried the announcement that R. D.
Reid, of Varnville, will open a furni
ture store about October 10th in the
Moseley Building and the reopening
of these two stores will enliven the
appearance of that part of the busi
ness district.
Tnnney Retains Championship
J. D. Robison, of Colombia, waa a
business visitor here Monday.
Considerable interest was manifest
ed here in the ontoome of the Tunney
Dempsey championship- fight at
Chicago Thursday night of last week,
Jfr. Scott had for a number of j oca j f ang gathered around radio
years been one of the best known and #eU ^ bear the blow-by-blow returns
most efficient law enforcement officers I they were broadcast. ARbs^gh ho
of this county and section and num- was a ] moat knocked out in the seventh
bered many friend* throughout this I Tunney won the bout on points
part of the State who will mohrn his ^ stained his championship. It is
■uddmr death. > * * I possible that a return fight will be
A number of years ago Mr. Scott arranged between those heavyweights
joined the White Pond Baptist chuidh | some time nsxt year
and took a keep interest ia the church
activities of the community. I ADVERTISE in Th# PoopW-SontineL
tion. The citizens complied wRh the
requoit At that time Mrs. Weetberry k '
was an attractive little girl and her
father, through his devotion for the
child, suggested her name to the
company. From the Uat of names
submitted to tho company, the name
of the little girl, Olar, wee selected
for the name of the toernt This is
how Olar received its name.
• Mrs. Westberry had many friends
and relatives. The large crowd that
attended her funeral and the numer
ous flowers bore witness to her popu
larity. She was a member of tho
Olar Baptist church, having joined
during ohiMhood.
Mrs. Westberry is survival by her
husband, Paul Westberry, of Savan
nah, and tho following children: Myr
tle, Geo, Thelma, Paul, Jr., and Cecil
Westberry; also by the following
brothers: J. E., T. W., A. F., F. V. and ;
Henry Morris; of Olsr, and H. M.
Morris, of Wadesboro, Ga., and E. C.
Morris, of Norway.
Hurt ia Ante Accident.
Mrs. L. W. Drummond, of Dunbar
ton, was slightly injured here early
yestrday morning when the automo
bile driven by her husband collided
with another automobile driven by
C. D. Carr, of .Carr-Lee Grocery Co.
The accident happened at the comer
of fifteenth and Harper streets.
Mrs. Drummond waa conveyed to
the University hospital whose her in
juries were treated and she was db-
The care were only slightly
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