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^ Consolidated June 1, 1925.
‘Ju&t Like a Member of the Family”
Larfett County Circulation. ^
VOLT ME LI.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 5. 192S.
NUMBER 19.
Chaimber of Commerce
Not Wanted in County
At Least, Lack of Interest in Two At
tempts to Organize Would Indi-
Allendale Citizen
Kills Self at Home
COL. EDGAR A. BROWN WILL
OFFER FOR STATE SENATE
January Salesday
Sees Small Crowd
T. I). Johnson Shot Himself Through
the Heart With Winchester Rifle
•te
That
At tit udt*.
Thursday Morning.
A
md
UU"
UlV
os"ful attorn
’t ’o
Allendale.
I )e
o. 2th T. D. Johnson,
< l c :iII i■/ I
a (
hambe
r of Common.
o in
fl>2, well known
citizen of Allendale,
‘hi' i cunt v.
to
\V(
rk in coopor
it ion
committed si
Hoi
le at his home here a
u:th the
Fdi
St o
Sa\
annah Rivers
Do
little after
s
>’olo/k Thursday by
vi T mnn't
• t A
SMC
tilt
on, was mado
hero
"hooting hims"lf thnuigh the heart
I’ i clay
H t ci
n ■'
n.
when, as on
the
with Wirn
to"'
’or i die. Doath came
! ‘ v iuis
( Hv
a."!'
n.
thoro was rn
»t a
mst ant 1\'.
ufl’it icntiy 1
ii'gi
■ 11
■pi oxmtat ion
f rum
M !'. J.ihn.'i
Ul
nad boon in ill heal! h i
Dio \ a ri
Mis
t o\\
Tl"ll
ips in tin* oi
11 n' y
for 'ome time ;
md had Tiocn \'oi'V do- 1
t m t a
fair
e\|
"ion of the w
i Hies
"pendent o\<
■r hi" idiysiea! ootnlit.■ n 1
* ' He p
■'i'i
IL
u |' \ c ! , if the
iaok
and i imp fai
un
■ hut ho ga■ e no in-
• ■: n 11 ii
! .1
i -;' 1
a \ i
J rn any indi
\. ::
d icat o n 4 o 1
i:'
familv that ho had
1 m ■
talc
in f
, r
eianted that
sin h
li 'orri" upon h
is own life.
an nr gar
Mat
loti
t
m* u ..r it cl Io
io at
Mrs. John
son
wont into her hu
: * t ’ m t
hand’s room
thi
' morning and irnpi : - i
\: Ft
Ha;
mot
■ ’ no', i ho op
m i o n
ml a" to ho\\
ho
felt. M r. Johnson re 1
v i' i • \ n r
< ' ~ <
■ I tl
’at.
: ;ii In me th"m
past
Idii■ 1 t hat In
\\;
s in t fool mg vet y \\ Ii
< "Morn
( • s
with I
- al ot van i/a
t '.olfS
and t Io ‘light
ho
Wolll 1 not get ’ip ill"’
. 1 t t O ' 1
h a i
ct.
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He if arty i
■th, '
t hen. He a s
ko.
he! to oh ISO the do 1 r |
! V • ’ 2 ’ 1 ■ 1 ni
1 u.
oil.!
; w ■
a v o m p 1 i" 1 n ■ i
and
U hen "Pc w
ent
out. -Lmt a sin .'d
that t
V"
ah-
ml
with tlm pr
cl. t
while after
sin
' had gone out . t he i
WociJ |,,.
a U'
t!< -
■" ( ’
r pornl! t U ! o of
t nm.
t opiirt of t in
• U
n w a" heard and M i .
. .fiGr! ;
tH
mot
M'\
Lar'l 1' r m
the
Jehn'ort wa"
fo
und !\ing in a pool of
Christmas Does Not
Close Seal Campaign
ITihlic Still Has Opportunity to Buy
Health Stamps at Bank of
Wes tern Carolina.
mnnMi, a t cni p"i a r\' < irgan i/.at s >n w a -
pc fr t cl at a mi'ft: Hi’' t ha* u a- al •«i
'nat ki'd i-y \ » y small attendanee
S(ill atii.a HI at t. K- 1 1 . w a - elta-;-
i't dent and 11 ai t > < I.
>■ i't • n t * m;» a a!sil n t a i y M r
i'dnt t Was . n s! t i 11 ted 11 > cal! aiadtO".
in*'' it mg a' a lat 1 date an 1 Kr ala \ '-
m< < t, ng \\ a - tin rv-ul t. 1 aU »■ r- " f
VTa
\\ ia*n 'l"nn
«*d ‘ am ;n *i a ’ \
MV lt.lt I (i n w • •.
man ' h i "Ugh"'
\\ a rivar. t h a.
1!a mu all and W
V t he paagda lit ! !,a
U : - tl : n t al t Ma U , I a l
t’u ■ pp<a t ! ;n i t a e t ■ * l ><
s. ' n at l» .m-t. m>
11u dium at a t • ’.in'y »
mm t- A f* - a sev#i'.%
mtl
ian'
mi dad t
ha amir ’ v ami rmt •
igh tin papers a'
!l -t<an I'Ut a\ aland
tea * .11111 y ma
t'f the u.aida'-
fttimd m tin.-
t th-migh tta
in m he r ig n a :
1 pravent hi'
11
h is a \\ n him id.
•ludging fi"m
la uly and the hh"'
tlud Mr. dahtistin
trunk m the tman
tha gun !'■ ht' h'-a
ga: uith a pita f af 1
found r.aarhy. Tuo "thi a dm
r: igt-a wara f■ 'iir.d on the trunk.
illg IIKit c i \ filan' a iif t ha aarm
nf Mg ' dumi >n '< ; nt t nt a an
Mr. .f"hm n was h.an at .lohn-.
Landing. Alhnda t* ('"Utity, "i\t\-two
yam ago. lh formally oporati»l a
store in AUondale, tlaai moved aue.y
'in k again, having' lean
Ju Neal" ■'lime he moved
aotid time. Ha ma r r it H
Hair, af 1 larnwt H, who,
position of the
. it wa< thought
had sa* upon a
and had preme 1
. pul!ing the t my
ard. wlv.eh wjis
aa rt -
hear-
* m e '
amt < a m t
hare ahoiit
ha< k the -
M m-
“(dirmtrna- Hay has come and gone,
hut that does ret mean that the ta.i:
paign tor t io sale id' (diristmas Se.d-,
1 ' o\ i r. "a id Mm. A . A. la m< n.
enairman ot the (d'listmim Seal <'om-
tnitlee on rue^day. d ht' public stall
hm an oppoitumty to hu\' the health
seals Item tlm ruherculosis A ss ela
tion and tie relit htdp the amot iat'on
i to etintmue t - work thm year. Tim
aeals m.l\ lie 'earned at th.e Lank of
Wmtetn ( at o! ina.
I he pt'hl la i s on< e more H! get 1 to
huy ( hrmtmas Seals and use them on
1 letters an 1 package" throughout the
mont n ot .lanuai v . lly "o doing they
will gat the "at m fact ion of feeling
that they have done something to
hi tike 1 uhereulosis a
as Harnwell County is
t u 1 ns from t he mail
coming- ;n a nd hy the,
gye! Y letter "Imuld he
date the following arm
repor ted :
Iharnweil $17.",.(t0
Blaekv file .. p| ('ll
1 hi n ha rt on pii pi
Klim pj.yo
Hilda ."».()()
< ornmittee." are "till at work liopum'
to reai'li the $0(111 tpiota for this eeun-
t \ . W.lliston, k.lko and Snellmg h a 1 e
W ILL >()T RUN LOR CONGRESS
AS SOME URGE.
Extremely Gold Weather Prevents
Many from Visiting County Seat.—
—Master Sells Land.
Thinks He Can Be of More Service to
His People hy Repre**‘nting
Barnwell Countv.
The extremely cold weather of Mon-
Goodfellows Club of
Blackville a Success
1‘50 People Benefit from Diatribotion
of 30 Bankets.—To Be Perma
nent Organization.
V
The Goodfellows Club of Black-
day prevented the usual large crowd - ville went over the top in fine shape.
metnory as
t ar
eonoornod.
Re
sale are
st. 11
end of thi* week
heard from.
To
ounts have
keen
1;
an
v 1 red tier rn w ; n m > um e rt a n
'mum. the nmetmg u a" admurned
um die. wh.ih is taken hv many to
m.' an t b a ’ the 1 tfcrt dmd a-U"i rung
New Year Ushered in
by Freezing Weather
v. it h ti ve danghtei s an i t w
su rv iv e. The children n re :
Lh ': :d‘>, Mae, M at gai e*
.L hirnun. Mr-. .L'hn Ik
Mo ■ k v : i 1 e, N (k. T. D.
W’irm'u n-Salem.., \. C
Near Zero lemperature Becorde
I la r n u e 11 ond a \ ( ohl, U
ill S< \ era 1 ^ ear v .
sons
Mm".-
and Marian
1 .e( i rand, of
di'hnsi *n. of
and ILivid
'Johnson, ef M.liett. Mms l-diifid*- 1 "
'■nudoYi'd as a "tenograplier in Be m-
jf-i’ ami Mi"'i - Mae and Margaret
t eat h, the L mnmr ,n (i"l 1 v die and
r
M
a -
r
Io i
! i
Nk-u \
" in Kmgstre.
■ him n
Iv.i ha i' 1
m. i -n
' Sa v
- " 1: v iv eit
htmotg ff
1'11■ r. Mrs.
hut
the 1
la an
Vet
made
led fo
nun am
repor t s.
Iks have
1 theirs 1
In Barnwell
not yet been
always a re
port to he pi, Ud of.
Although the death rate from tuher-
1 uhrs; - has been cut in half, that
t
'ti" the job is only half done.
> half wa\ ?
Why
The People^Sent inel’s f riends.
a
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"a v.
!,
* , / ’ L * t, rn
, n 1 '■ 11 r w A
mam' a . 11 e d
i.i \ n."’ mu; u,
lied a new
• Iiu-iv iuimnt, as tin 1 <gt■ >n
and the lowest m a num-
hi
* 1.. v
M
' u'
met'
•L'
1 h 1 Ilf Yell!", when the meivum "to,111
a* only seven degrees above zero and
L’d degrees below the freezing' pmrP.
< "lit)rilled 1 old W as fonmast f"i sev-
tu al days.
Mo"t hou-eho 1 de 1 s took warning and
d arned then- water pip, e, hut a few
w ho "to, k a 1 ham e" had plumhe,-"’
b II" to pa\ . It 1 1 '<■;levod that many
11,1; 1 weevils and ot her' i■ i'i,11 ; n"e '*
pest s hav. lie, U o \ 11 v in i f) a t »• 1 hy the
("11 and the farmer" a:e anticipat
ing a better nop yea: than was e\_
peiiem cd in L'JT, whali w .m mark' 1
v a mild wintm and a wet "Ummer.
Idm weather of tlm past few days
lias been the roMe-t m many year"
w ,rt< t of 1 P1 7-1's,
tell ha i'i *.
lY one
lb if ky
H!l, dt
n n a h,.
for -h.
,| ad
t . ! led ’ o ' kol! W k. W . ’ ll the OX op-
t 1 n of M i" o - M a* a ml M a t ia n. v. ’m
w i ■ e w ’ ii 'hit .mot hi ■ i i n the mui a
w h' i. rim t i am-uv ■'i-uiti d.
Ml -li rlin s< Ul w a" a fa ! meg. hut was
employed at odd times at the .1. G.
Jones gToceiy n■ He wa" a mem-
her of the Baptist ihureh.
Mr. Johnson was known for his
horn -d y and mtogrit v. He had many
i friends who trusted and loved him.
I One friend -aid of him: “He never
made much nmney. hut he find many
I friends.’
The holly wi'i he hulled at ('onco'-d
irhuich, where his parents, a year old
baby girl, and other relative' are
bui led.
Mrs. L. T. Izl
a r
Die
i * u t■ 11 n1y ' im ■ e t h
w'm n heav v "miw
L\ ndhur"t New ".
L\Uldhui't. Lee. .‘
rod H. ('.ant t an
('olumhia, spent
Lr.-d
M 1 , and
little "Oil,
( hi i"tnui'
Mi - .
-1 ohn.
hem .
A! i s. John M ( hint t.
this
t he
t he
the
tile guests of
Brampton Harper, formerly
section, 1 ut row a student at
Univt r ;:y ef Smith, f’arolina. was
gue"t ef fr.ends hi ere during
holidays.
Theodore Tlmtin, of Allendale, wim
here for the holidays, the guest of hm
;m t her. M rs. M. \\ . Th at in.
Mr. . t nd Mis. Edwin L. Ellis spent
( hristmas in BeauLut, the guests of
Blackville. Jan. kh Mm. L. T. I/.lar.
widow i f t he late 1 Lur. T. I/.lar
died tod',,' at 1 : JO o’eleek at 'lie home
of her daughtei, Mrs. (’. S. Buist
M i s. 1 /hit w i" a member of th,e
Mothodmt ( huuh She had been on a
v ‘"it ho. c and mid been in tailing
health for a great length of time.
After her himband’s death she spent
her remaining years partly with her
children m Lionda and part id’ the
tur. • v. ih her daughter
Mm. I/.lar
lowing' child i
L, s Angeles,
< 'learmont, ■
is 'UTvived by the Pd-
-n: A’almore l/.lar, of
Cal.; D. A. L. Izlar, of
la.; Mrs. (differ'd An
drews, id’ J'ampa.
Buist, of Blackville
Fla.; Mrs. C. S.
Dr.
and
Mrs VV.
Mrs. Ellis’ patent',
M. Steinmeyer.
Whitney J'harin, foi-meily of this
place, hut now of Charlaston. where
Registration of Birtlis l rged.
Dr .1. A. Hayne, of the State Bead
of Health, has requested federal au
thorities to check birth registration
m Smith Carelina in order to deter
mine whether this State is meeting
he holds a positioh as reported for the, the required 90 per cent reporting re-
N.rws and Courier, paid a flying trip quired for admission into the federal
here during the holidays. | birth registration area.
Dr. and Mts. L. S. Hay, of Ro/kj Requests for copies of birth cer f i-
Hill, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hay, of j 'mates from Barnwell County are be-
T<x‘oa, Ga., and Dr. and Mrs. B. J. ing sent in increasing numbers every
Hammet, of Allendale, motored up year, and it is the duty of parents to
from Allendale on Christmas after
noon, spending a short while with
relatives.
see that their children’s births are
recorded. The federal check will be
gin in South Carolina on January 15.
Many new and renewal subs np-
p ns have been received by The
ki iple-S,*nt uiel re-ent !y. among them
n*;ng the following:
B. S. Martin, Her mosa Beach, (’al !’
Mam r \\ . Mm it-, Barnwell route L
N . lb Cot |; n, Ba i nwm L.
But le; Hagoi mI. Ba i nw el 1.
J. i . San leii arman Cniv oi ,/.
Mi'S Fmeline Batten, Barnwed.
11. J. J'empleton, Blaekv die.
k. J . (i ruhh", W r last on.
l. 11. Delk, Hilda.
U . Ik Hankmsyn, Meyer’" Mill.
Mrs. Thns. H. Beeples, Sprilgtieel.
D. C. Bm;h, Ellenton.
B. Ik Morris, Blackville route 1.
J. B. W,nks, Blackville mute Lk
J. B. Hartzog, Hilda.
Dave Mack, Elko route 1.
Mrs. C. R. Kelly, Blackville.
Mrs. C. H. Mathis, Blackville.
Beverly Simms, Washington, 1). C.
C. 11. Hutto, Olar.
A. Ik Connor, Barnwell.
Jas. J. Ray, Biai kville.
J. M. Cruhhs, Barnwell mute 1.
W. S. Creech, Kline.
J. D. I )avis, Barnwell 11 ute 1.
A. D. Dash. Blackville route 1.
Jas. F. I )i. ks, Honea Bath.
11. W .Sanders. Barnwell.
Mrs. M. F. Thorrut". Savannah.
W. A. I-'ickling, Blackville.
H . F. CteT.e, Mi^vaukee, Wm.
C. lb rd, Bainwelh
Bliu k. Barnwell.
Estelle Bennett, Ba'nwell.
Rowell, Hida.
Martin. Backville.
L. Still, Barnwell route 1.
sen Muns, Ellenton.
Dr. D. K. Briggs, Backville.
Otto Evans, Barnwell.
F. I). Fee, Barnwell route a.
Mrs. Geo. Glaspy, Burlington. N. C
I. Keele: , Blackville mute F
J. (k Hutson, Aiken.
B. F. Tisdale, Dunbarton.
Victor la avis, Kline.
C. S. Bui<t, Bla kville.
W. W. Cam, Blackville.
Mrs. M. M. Sell. Blackville.
Mrs. S. A. Alfred, Sylvesta, Ga.
July Smalls, St. Augustine, Fla.
Notices are being mailed to all sub-
serilx«rs who are in arrears and it Is
hopt^l that they will make prompt
Remittance, as otherwise it will be
necessary to remove their names from
the mailing list, the publisher having
found by experience that the paid-in-
advance plan is best for himself and
subscribers alilae.
“I will not he a candidate for Con
gress next Summer, hut take this
opportunity of thanking numemu"
fnend" throughout the Se-ond Di-
trmt for their pledges of sunnort,”
-aid (kd. Fdg.u A. Brown to a re > >-
I'e sen t rt i v e ->f tins paper Tiles lay
morning. “I believe that at litis
time 1 tan lender more lea! service
to tlte people . f Barnwell County hy
rept e"ent ing them in the State Sou-
ate. m view of the important rmi i-
huildtng pi'ogram and the tax qu. e-
tions with which the people of the
State are confronted.”
Thi- anno inei merit will set at red
the vaiious eonjeitures that have
been going the rounds thi' past few
weeks ;i" to Col. Bmwn’s political in- ;j()()
lont'ions m tlie coming camptiign and
1 he enjovs the distinction of being the
' first candidate to break the polite- ii
irt* of HJi’s' in Barnwell County.
Col. Brown continued: “The Sta’e
Highway Department at this time ,*»
preparing to cut ofl’ Highway No. 1 -
Columbia to Savannah at Swansea
and is planning to hard-surface that
mad from Columbia ‘ to Otangeburg
by way of North, down the Seaboard
Air Line Railroad. If No. 1 is to he
hard-surfaced it should he through
Blackville and Barnwell, which is the
shortest pra tical route.
“Important queAions of taxation
will have to he disposed of during the
next two or thTeo years and I am con
fident that my experience along this
line will he of great benefit to the
pcple, not only of Barnwell Coun'y
hut the State -t large. It will be re
called that 1 was successful on several
occasions in preventing the State Tax
Commission from raising the pioper-
ty assessment in Barnwell County,
and at this time thu people of this
county enjoy the lowest assessed
valuation id’ any in the State.”
Coi. Brown’' announcement will he
of inteiest to a wide circle of frien Is.
who freely predict that if there are
i ther entne" ti th.e i ace the man “who
heat" Brown” will he tin. next State
Senator, it is yet too early to as'-r-
: a m whether or- not other candidat s
will ofTei f.T this position, the Barn
well man having made his announce
ment at this time to set at rest lunvo'
that he would run for Congress. Sena
tor Patterson was asked
from visiting tho county seat on what
is usually one of the biggest days of
the year-"January salesday - and the
bitter cold drove the visitors home as
soon as they could transact neces
sary business. In "pite of the cold
and the slimness of the crowd, how
ever. livestock dealnrs report fair
business, one dealer having made 11
ales during the day.
The enly legal sales advertised were
four hy the Master, as follows:
Mrs. F. R. 1*'. Williamson vs. W. J.
MiCutcheon, et al., two tracts of H’rJ
and Tj a re", sold as a whole; hid in
by Brown and Bush for $1,000.
N. B. Smoak vs. Mrs. Koger Still,
t ah, house and lot in town of Black
ville and 110 acres of land in the coun
try, sold as a whole; bought in By
Kearse and Kearse, Attorneys, for
N. B. Gamble, Receiver, vs. G. S.
Gre<4 h, et ah, flo acres, bought by
Brown and Bush for $050.
Bhoebe Bartow Burke vs. J. J. Ul
mer and Southern Cotton Oil Co., 200
acres, bought by Blown and Bush for
$1,000.
Elmer News.
Elmer, Jan. 2. — Miss Myrtle Best,
of Limestone College, and Miss Janie
Myrick, of Winthrop College, spent
the Christmas holidays with home
folks.
Mi'. Harry Kearse is still very i’i
at the home of her brother, G. A.
Best.
M r. and Mrs. Victor Kearse, of De-
Land. Fla., are visiting the latterk
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Brant.
Mr. and Mrs. ('. L. I'ssery and
daughter, Jeanette .ef Williston, Mr.
and Mrs. A. 0. Sanders and children
of Kline, Mr. and Mrs. II. K .San
der’s. of Conway and Mr. and M»*s
W. J. Detir, of Orangeburg, spent the
Christmas holidays with Mrs. Ida
Sanders.
The friends of Mrs. Emma Wilkin
son are grieved to hear of her death
which occurred Friday night.
Miss Irma Rhodes, of Swansea, has
returned fie,me tifter a visit to her
- I'ter, M r s. Landress.
Mrs. Victor Harvey, Miss Mild)'
Blount and Mrs. Mattie BiAennic
visited Orangeburg last week.
Sevural young folks attended
There wore thirty baskets, filled with
a variety of groceries, fruits, candies,
meats and other good things to eat,
which were given to thirty families,
and it was estimated that 150 folks
were benefited by these baskets. The
baskets were on display for a fow
hours at the Ford Motor Company’s
show room. Afterwards, they were
delivered to the various homes hy the
following volunteers: Eugemi 9°yl 8 ‘
ton, J. C. Matthews, Carl Matthews,
Ted Ninestein, Eugene Weissinger,
W. B. Johnston, Dr. Bill Molony, J.
W. Boggs, Ri«v. B. IL Duncan and
Tracey Willis,
Those enlisted as members and who
had part in providing these baskets,
whose names have not heretoforei been
published, are as follows:
J. (’. Matthews, L. Wengrow, Miss
Nettie’ Shelton, K. of P., W. W. Moto-
ny, Mrs. W. W. Molony, Mrs. E. H.
Weissinger, S. G. Lowe, J. W, Brown
ing, Simon Brown’s Sons, Chester
Matthews, T. L. Wragg, John O’Gor
man. Jack Farrell. Th<re were a
number of others who contributed to
the cause but who did not join the
club
Judging by the interest taken in
this work this year, it appears that
this will be a permanent organization
there.
The officers of the Club take this
opportunity to thank most heartily all
those who contributed in any way to
the success of this undertaking.
Santa Claus Rides in
Emancipation Parade
Something New Under the Sun Seen
Here Monday During Celebration
by Negroes.
whither he will offer for reelection
and stated that he had not fully de
cided.
F
W
M
D.
H
F.
W
River Association
Meets at Allendale
party at the home of Mr. and M-s.
Fuesd tv George Kearse last Tuesday evening.
Leon Weekley visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Weekley, recently.
Edwin Myrick, of Atlanta, is visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Myrick.
Mr. and Mrs. Manly Wilkinson, o*’
Bamplico, w'ere called home on ac
count of the death of the former’s
Allendale, Jan. 2. —Allendale w'dl mother, Mrs. Emma Wilkinson,
he hostess at a distr ict meet ng of the ; Mrs, J. F. AIKtn has returned to
Edisto-Savannah Rivers Development Charlotte, N. C., after a visit to
As-oeiation. which is scheduled to take friends here.
place at the Allendale Court House at j Miss Ada Sanders and Mrs. H. K,
2:20 o’clock, on the afternoon of Fib Sanders visited relatives at Snelling
day. January 0. This is to he a very last Friday afternoon.
important session and-W. Fred Light- j ♦ ^ •
sey. pi t indent of the association, urges j Interesting Govan News.
a full representation from each coun- 1
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ty in this section. A cordial invita-j Govan, Dec. 51.—Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
lion is extended to any man or worn m ! Craig and daughter, Carolyn, have r ?-
“Something new under the sun’*
was seen here Monday during the
Emancipation Day celebration by th«
negroes of the county when—believe
it or not—Santa Claus rode In the
parade behind a brass hand more than
a week after he was supposed to have
returned to the icy North! Maybe he
was fooled by the icy-cold w<.«ather, as
is the case with the ground-hog on
some occasions. But the rosy cheeks
were belied hy the black , work-rough
ened hands that held the reins o£ the
galloping horse that the alleged Santa
Claus was riding instead of the time-
honored sleigh and eight reindeer,
which gave rise to tho suspicion that
things were not as they seemed.
But be that as it may, while other
towns may have had ordinary parades
and celebrations as a result of Mr.
Lincoln’s proclamation back in the
Sixties, the people of this city en
joyed the rare specta'cle of an emanci
pated St. Nicholas in broad day
light, which is further evidence, if
any be needed, that “Barnwell is Barn
well.”
Is Speed Personal?
interested in the development of this turned to their home in Eastover after
section of the State to attend this a stay of several days with Mrs.
meeting in Allendale. A special invi- ( raig’s mother.
t at ion is extended the members of the Judson Browning, of ' Durham, N.
various county delegations. j C„ spent the Christmas holidays here
Mr. Lightsey says thi.' organization, with his pannts, Mr - , and Mrs. J. B.
although young, is making good pi >- Browning.
gross in its development and that Miss Estelle Bolen, of Orangeburg,
inquiries have been received from all was the guest of Miss Alma Lancas-j would lx. of any service anyway—so
sections of the country relative to thi ter last week. | there! We note that the older and
bringing of varioU' industries into Mrs. Iris Smith is spending the hold- 1 more firmly established a doctor is
the less hurrying he does.—Marion
No, son, a physician has no more
right to speed through the streets
than anyone else. In an emergency
he might reasonably be excused, but
the average high-speed run by a doc
tor is nothing but camouflaged adver
tising. Just remember that it’s not
over two to five minutes run, at rea
sonable speed from any given point
in the city to the other side of same,
and if the patient is within two or
five minutes of death, few doctors
this section. It will he recuBed that days here with her mother, Mrs. A. R
one of the mam purposes of this or - - Lancaster.
ganizatii n is to so advertise trie ad
vantages of this section as to induce
new industries to he brought into the
State.
A chamber of commer.e will aDo
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Lancaster arc
Visiting the latter’s sister at Vance.
Mfrs. W. I). Chitty, of Olar, spent
Tuesday with Mrs. Annie Lancaster.
Miss Callis Tanner, of Columbia,
Star,
Cotton Prices Drop.
be organized in Allendale County at spent last Sunday arfd Monday at the
the district meeting to l>e held here home of Mrs. J. B. Browning,
on Friday. Congressman Butler B. Mis. A. R. Lancaster and family
Hare, Dr. William Weston, Senator spent Monday in Orapgebyrg with
Geo. D. Kirkland, Representative J.' Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Bolen
The cold weather this week caused
a decline in the price of cotton as
drastic as the drop in temperature,
when values broke $3.75 a bale Tues
day because of the betR
weevils had been killed by below
freezing weather.
M. Thomas and other prominent men ; Eugene Hutto, of Sumter, is ' isiting
have been invited to make addresses his brother, L. W. Hutto.
n this occasion.
Mrs. W. H. Smith, Misses Louise
Kennedy and Alma Lancaster were
F. D. Rowell, of Hilda, called at The ' shoppers in Bamberg Thursday.
People-Sentinel office Monday to re- 1 Mrs. Herman Zorn and children are has been spending some time«
new his subscription. I spending some time in Denmark with homo of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
the former’s mother.
John Dyches, of Savannah, Ga*
visiting relatives and friends
Mrs. Gene Goodwin, of