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V • THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY Thlt'paper has tlie EXCLUSIVE bright* In this cammanity to all NEWS. FEATURES and ADVER TISING SERVICE—af the PUB LISHERS AUTOC ASTER SER VICE tf Ha« r«e* OKr. f Consolidated June 1, 1925. "T VOLUME LI. Like a Member of the Famllv 91 BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 16. 192*. Largest County Circulation. NORMAN B. GAMBLE LIFE INSURANCE Beloved Pastor Died Yesterday Morning The .Rev. R. W. Humphries Passed Away in ’Florence Hospital ^ _ After Lingering Illness. To Head Farm Loan Winter Residents Want Golf Course Allendale Girl Is Killed in Accident All of Barnwell was saddened yes terday (Wednesday) morning when a’ message was received here announc ing that the Rev. Humphries had passed away at an early hour in the Florence Infirmary after an ill ness of several weeks and though not * i t unexpected the news whs a great shoctCTo his ho§t of friends Who had hopi‘d against hope that the summons of the* Giim.Reaper might be stayed and this good man spared for many wore years of Chr 1st ian--sorviee^ For.-f-- three years Mr. Humphries was pastor of the Barnwell Methodist Church, dur ing which time he endeared himself to .;i wide circle of friends in every walk _pf life, enjoying the love, respect and esteem ofv members of all denomina 1 tions. Dur ng the World War, ho saw ser-. vice, overseas as a chaplain in the Amilrican army and was gassed during an engagement with enemy forces. Af ter the armistice he returned to the United States to help fight the battles of peaco. Coming to Barnwell from Varnville, h^ soon undertook the task of erecting a new church building here on Visitors from New Jersey Express Desire to Return if Amusements Are Provided. corm * i “We would like to come back to Barnwell next winter and live with ? . ■ o * “ * r r—— - —* 1 / * you folks if there wtre some/form of amusement here,- suclr as a golf course,’’ remarked Mrs. Geoige Bat ten, Jr.,rto a local business man one day last week, and shcymeruly echoed the expressed desire of other visitors .utomobile Rolling Into Ditch Caught Thelma Oglesby as She Jumped.. —Skull Crushed. • . Allendale, Feb. - 8.—Mis Thelma Oglctsby, seventeen, of Seigling, near Allendale, was killed last night be tween 11' and 1T:30 o’clock When the cair in which she was riding ran into p a ditch on the highway just out of Allendale. When the car rolled into the ditch, the girl, seeing the danger, who are charmed wjth Barn Well’s e!i-1 opened the door of the coupe in an attampt^to Teap ou^'^In falling, her hea^l was Taught between the door and the car and her skull crushed from ear to ear. She lived only a-few fA,irrocACTe: As a step toward new relief measures for farmers, President Coolidge completed a reorganiza tion of the Federal Farm Loan Bureau. Mr, Eugene Meyer, Jr. of the War Finance Corporation will be named Farm Loan Commission er and will be entrusted with de veloping the Adminstralion farm plan. . ^ r Improvement Assn. _ ■ Doing Great Work amLthe handsome edifice on Main Street stands as a monument to hi§ faithful service and untiring zeal. It was a source of great ngret to v his friends that his illness prevented his attendance at the first-service held in the new building. - r Shortly a fter moving to Springfield last Fall, he was stricken \v^h the malady that proved fat!??^ hut^through' all cf his sufferings he never lost his Accomplishes Much Toward Bettor School Spirit and improved i on ditions at School The Barnwell School Improvement Association was. organized early in the school year by a ^roup of inter ested citizens for the^purpose of aid ing in the development of the school. During the few n/onths of its exis- association has accomplished 'much towaid better school spirit and simple childlike f^ith in the Lord and improved conditions at the school. The Master who^ teac hings he strove 90 members saw from the beginning gat hard to emulate in his daily life and things t^iat were needed w’ould corract with his fellowman. Such acost money/and they Began early to man does not die. Though his body [ lay plans for raising funds, returns to the* dust from whence it I A total/of $281.25 has been secured c ame, the fragrance nf his memory I By the association from various sour- wili linger in the years to come as a priceless heritage* to those who. were privileged to know’ the real man that mate ancj people, But who find time hanging a little heavily on their hands when they tiie/bf walk.ng or motor ing. CountryV-lubs and golf courses arc* providey “ by other wide-awake townsvthat/arcvtiying to attract win ter residems and their efforts are be ing rewarded. v It is/pointed out that Aiken is very crowded and as- reSlilL“'rents, etc., Hr T ^ , are/soaring skywaid, only the most wealthy being able*, to afford a “sea son” ^t that resort. Visitors here n,d thcrclimate just as delightful as in Barnwell’s sistei town, with the ad ded advantage of lower living costs. The writer has been told tjiat there are huncheds of families in moderate cir cumstances in the North who would spend the winter in a town where such costs are not prohibitive—if they are provided with some means of amuse ment. That should_npt be an insur mountable difficulty and The People- Sentinel- feels- quite-^ure^ that Jthe business mc*n of Barnwell can gef to gether and provide a ctTUntry club and golf course. he v/as. Peace to h’s ashes. ■ M*. Humphries, who was about 50 >ears of age, is survived by his wife. • me son. Gilliam Humphries, of Allen- -da'o. and two daughters, Mrs. E. B. [ McSweeney, of Allendale, and Mis* Elizabeth Humphries, a student at ColumBiaTPllege. To them The Pt?B- ccis. C^f this amount $217.54 has l>een spent. This expenditure *icoverk the cost of plowing - and leveling the ground, filling in the low places, laying conoiete curb- i g and wdlk, and planting grass and rubbery. Dictionaries have lx Bn laced in all rooms above the fourth grade at * cost of $18. There is a balance of $63.71 in the treasury. Through the sale of. advertising-_ space on the curtain, the association Blackville is alive to the possibili ties of the veiy heavy tourist travel from the North to Florida over High- way No. 3, which also passes through •-Barnwell,- and the Shamrock Hotel in that progressive town is “cashing in” daily. Attractive green and white signs have been placed algng , the highways directing tourists 'to that excellent hostelry and from 10 to 40 guests stop there nightly. .That js a step in the right direction, an,d one that could he profitably followed by BarawtilL but this town should go even further and endeavor to attract those who would make their homes here for several months out of each year. Isn’t there someone who can and will take the lead in sueff an enterprise? minutes. Miss Oglesby’s companion was Marion Stafford, twenty-two, employ ed at the preacher Barber shop. Mr:•StaffoYd is of Sylvania, Ga., and lias been working in Allendale for about a year. The young man and girl weie sweethearts and Mr. Stafford is prostrated with grief. Stafford Receives Cut. « Mr. Stafford r&c.pived a cut on one foot, but aside from that, was unin-' jured. /' His version of the affair is that he and Miss Oglesby had been to Fairfax and had returned to Allen dale and driven out just beyond the centralized high school building where they tufned around and were coming back to Allendale. He was driving slowly.-hp--said, when Bis companion .pried out that he was going into the ditch, ‘He tried" to stop the. car, but it continued to roll slowly down the embankment. The girl opened the door to jump out but the car turned over and caught her head be tween the car and the door before she could es cape. He said he crawled out md foupd a pole with which he tried to lift the car, but was unable tp do so. The girl spoke only twice Stafford said, meaning. “I am dying” at one time. Then again, “Stafford, I see heavim.” - Mr. Stafford said he then ran up the road trying to get help and was picked up by Harry and Charles J-or- Rock Hill Youth Die. After Taking Pouon Miss Mabel Ball, of Paris, France, known as the Diamond Queen who. is accompanying Oiarles A. Levine as a passenger on a non-stop flight to Havana,-Cuba—in .the famous monoplane “Columbia.” ' . Dogwood Tree. Will Make City “Unu.ual” pte-Sefttmek joins wkb ot frienSs in Barnwell in extemlinir/sin- ; has j ust financed the purchase, of a eerest serapatThy iii their dark h.dir of cu ‘ taln and foU1 ' <**>*«. of scenery . i for the stage. The onlv expense :rief. / i ., . / the association was a small a mount for Funeral arrangements had r)Bt l )een announced when this paper closed its ro’ ms. 7 Supt. C arter Reelected. Good news t« the patrqns and pupils of the Barnwell schools will be the announ.ement that Su^pt. W. W. Car ter was reelected for/another year at a meeting of the trustees last* Week. is generally conceded that the school has boon better and h^s made more progress under his administra- than has been th/case for some time. And in additiory to the'excellence of ’a r tor tias beenrta rg < r - ly iftstiaimentail in intereseting the patrons in tho institution, to the end lumber. This scenery has addttd much to the appearance of the auditorium and will enable the school to use the auditorium more often than was pos sible before. There is still much to be done. I Every person who is interested in the school should be present at the next meeting Tuesday afternoon, February 21st, at feruf n r clr>ck. - Is Painfully Burned Earl S. .Rountree Suffers Burns About the Face and Hands \N hen Gaso line Stove Explodes. that the grounds have been beautified ,. .. , fto : ' , /. • . , The age limits are 18 to 22 y< and stage equipment installed through . l ., ,, . ' ' . i circular accomnanvirur the Ip the efforts of the school improvement associatio No announcement has yet been made / f . ^ <Wl « as to the personel of the faculty for next yg4r. Orangeburg, Feb. 13.—E. S.'Roun tree, manager of the City Motor com pany, was painfully burned about thh' face and hands this afternoon as the result of an explosion of a gasoline • - ♦*- heater. The building-and corttenjis of the motor company tfustaimd heavy- fire loss. The building, which is located i - in West Russell street, was badly damaged, a nd several new automo biles in the show rooms suffered dam age from water and fire. Mr. Rdiihtree, it is tu Offers Attractive Fares.’ le^outhcrn Railway Company is ^ring attractive round-trip fares tween all points within a radius of lAO miles, as will be seep from an idvertisement in This issue of The People-Sentinel; also the new multi ple tickets, which became effectiv-e on February 15th, between all points where the one-way fare does not ex- ceejd $7.20. See advertisement for further information. Coast Guard Examination. - The Ptople-Sentinel is in receipt of a. letter fi.,m Congressman Butler B. Hare, announcing that the United States Coast Guard will hold a com petitive examination for the appoint ment of cadets the latter part of June. ears. A circular accompany ihg the letter’ de scribes this as “an exceptional oppor tunity for .young men qf the right calafere to complete their education'at govyinmcnt exense and to become "Ciur issioned officers in the United no ^ serious. Staffs Coast Guard, one of the mili tary' services of the United 1 ' States, which includes * service afloat ^nd ashore.” Further particulars may be had by writing to the Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard, Washington, D. C. to light the gasoline heater in his of fice. It exploded, throwing^'burning gasoline over the office and other parts, of the building, causing the fire to spread rapidly. M Mr. Rountiee wa& takon to* 4 ' the hospital for treatment,, where it was said Ijis injuries, while 'painful, were Orchestra Makes Debut. Dixson Elected Delegate. accident and then went hqck to Allen dale for holp. Dr. F.. H. Boyd was rushed to the ^Cene, hut the girl was dead whpn he arrived. • Graduate of High School. Miss Oglesby was-the daughter *’of Mr, and Mrs. P, M, Oglesby, of Se.ig- fingville. She wa/. a graduate of last year of the Allendale'high s f .>hool. In addition to hf.r parents she is survived by sisters and brothers, Leila May, Bertha, Annie Laurie, Mattie, Lula, David, D. M.', Jr., Tomjmy and Willie. ^ Funeral services were held this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, the Rev. O. S. Uimtir officiating. Interment took place in Mt. Arnon church yard. - ' A peculiar phhse of the accident was that there was not a glass broken in the car seeming to prove that had the girl not opened the door in an at tempt to leap out,” she might not have been killed. . Effort of Two Ladies to Raise Church Funds May Be Means of Beauti- . ^ - ~ . ^ . ./ fying Barnwell. — i ■ i im - An effort on the part of two local ladies to raise money towards the painting of one of the local churches may be the first step in a campaign |o make Barnwell a place of unusual bu\uty in the Spring./ These ladies decided upon the plan of selling dog wood trees to local ' residents as a means of getting theik pledged por tion of the painting fund and with practically no effort tihey quickly se cured ordei s for about 20 tree’s. The orders wore filled Saturday* four of the tr0SS having been purchased by -the Banlc irf Western Carolina to He set along the sidwalk on the East side of the bank building. L. D. Pitts, Jr., Commits Suicide 48 L Hours After Marrying Young - Blackville Girl. Columbia, Feb. lJ.—Tragedy and widowhood fell upon Gladys Willis Pitts, 19-year-old bride, here today on the second day of her honeyrhooh. Less than 48 hours’ after ^he had been * married in York Thursday night to L. D. Pitts, Jr., son of a cot ton manufacturer, her- 22-yeai^old busbary! committed suicide in drama tic fashion by swallowing a quick acting poison in their hotel bathroom shortly after noon today. ~ < * A sealed letter addressee! to the bride he was about to make a widow, authorities said, a?sume<T"fuH blame far taking his own life and exonerated his wife of any ^Responsibility, but failed to give any explanation of the jdeed.__ -v' / v ^ Doctor Called ^ Pitts, apparently perfectly norma!, went into the bathroom without con veying to his young wife any hint ? his tragic intentions, and swallowed the jmison, according to authorities’ version of the suicide. A moment S r, he returned to the bedroom, i marks of the fatal dose about his mouth, and showing evidence of agony. The suggestion has been made that dan, who returned to the scene tff the the dogwood be adopted as the “city flower” and the trues be planted n profusion^ in the yards and city parks. Imagine what a scene of un usual beauty the town lyould present every Spring when the dogwoods •Burst into bloom! ''’In a modest way, BaroweH would take place* along with Magnolia and Middleton Place Gar dens and become the Mecca of Beauty- lovers each Spring. The little time and effort aryl money required to transplant the shrubs will pay huge dividends in a short time. BLACKVILLE MOTOR CO. OFFERS CAR BARGAINS Tacky Party Friday Night. There will be a “tacky” party and a box party at the Barnwell Baptist Church tomorrow (Friday) night fit - >-^:30 o’colck. A prize will be given to the one who dresses in the'rthost ~r comital. fashion. An admission fee of ten cents will be charged, the proceeds being for the B. Y. P. U. piano fund, Friday morning th£ local school had the 4 pleasure of hearing the orchestra at the chapti period! - When the or chestra made * its first appearance ear. ly in the school year there, were only three pupils playing, now there At a meeting of the/. Republican are nine members in all. These are State Convention in Columbia Thu-s- adding -much to the music of the We# of last week, Wesley S. Dixson, school. Teachers and pupils were de colored, of Barnwell, was elected as lighted with the program. Those play- a delegate at large teethe Republican ing are: Miss Emiline Batten, Vera National Convention^ along with Joe T. Boulwaru and Daisy Andeison, l?t, W. Tolbert, of Ninety-Six;, Sam J, violin^ Ben T. Sexton, David Wood- 0 Lr2.j>hart, of Lexipgton, and Dr. J. II. ward and Mary Catherine Gamble, 2nd Goodwin, of Columbia. The Tolbert violin; Calhoun Lemon, clarinet; Mrs. forces were in control of the conven-ZJ-N*, Anderson, cello; Mrs. Solomon tion, ‘ ' j Blatt, aacompanist. Mrs. Anderson The Republican District Convention has worked faithfully training these will beJieldili BantWell today (Thurs- pupils and she is to be congratulated The BlackvLite Motor Co. takes a half-page advertisement on page right of this issue of The People-Sen tinel to call attention to several used carrtflafgains and attractive prices on auto tires and accessories and money saving Jabor charges. This concern has a modern, well-equipped shop and all repair work is guaranteed. Read ers of this paper who are in need of a good used car, tires, otc., or who have a Ford in need of repair will do well to •investigate these bargains be fore purchasing. ; ' ^ ** ''A. / Body of Mrs. Devlin Found in Reservoir Sister of Former Barnwell Man Was Drowned Sunday Night.—Had Been in III Health. Greenwood, Feb. 13.—Mrs. Genic McCaslan Devlin, 37, wife of J. Rod dey Devlin, was drowned in a reser voir at the Greenwood water aw light plant .last night. Mrs, Devlin had been in bad health The bride called a doctor immediate ly and although he arrived before the youth had breathed his last, he found Pitts beyond aid. Pitts livod less than ten minutes after taking the poison. i The young couple registered at the hotel about 11:45 o’clock last night. Pitts, a son of, the president of the In dustrial Cotton mill of Rock Hill, had been a student at the University of South Carolina and also at the Cita del, but had recently been connected with hi s father’s business. Mrs. Pitts’ home was in Blackville. She formerly attended Winthrop col lege,/^ /. ' ; Sisters Were Visitfng Relatives. ■ Blackville, Feb. 11.—Misses Meta and Gladys Willis, daughters of Mrs. C. B. Strobel, left Blackville last Sat urday for a visit to relatives in Rock Hill. Mrs. Strobel received a me<»r sage Friday moming; telling her that, Gladys Willis had married L. D. Pitts’,, Jr., of Rock Hill Thursday afternoon and they were then In Columbia. Mrs. Pitts is 19 years of age, sho was a student at Winthrop college until January 5th, when she came home. - ' Mrs. Strobel heard of the suicide of her son-in-hw through a telephone message from 7 her daughter. She left immediately for Columbia with her son, Tracey Willis, c/b. Strobel/ her husband, was in that city wher^ he went this morning on business. Mr. and Mrs* C. B. Strobel, M< Gladys and Tracey Willis were an- ning to leavci fot- California Fel ary 20th, and expected to be gone util September or longer. Miss Louise Willis, oldest aughter of Mrs. Strobel, teaches at / St. Mat thews. To Present PU •day) for the purple of electing one upon the success she has made, district delegate to the national com " »♦ — o- 4 vention. a ADVERTISE in The People-SentineL PAYS PEOPLE-SENTINEL VERY HIGH COMPLIMENT It is such letters a& the fol-,, lowing from Raphael Koester, of- Washington, D. C., that lighten the labors of a weekly newspaper editor: “Enclosed find subscription for your paper. .Having lived many years in the dear old South, T can truthfully say that I have never seen a more pro- grreasive and up-to-dato paper than The Barnwell People-Sen- tintl. Your editorial about Sen- *‘ x ator Blease hits the right spot.” Jfor several months, but recently was btilieved to be improving and she and Mr. Devlin had completed plans for a trip to Florida at an early date. Last night she. had talked with rela tives „for sometime before retiring to her room, but did not respond when called to supper. After a s<arch of about an hour by relatives and friends her body was found at the power house'. : ... * Besides her husband she Ts sur vived by two little sons, John, aged five ymrs, and Gus, five months; two sisters, Mrs. W. T. Bailey and Miss Anna Dell McCaslan, of Greenwood, and three brothers, Foster MkCaslan and Gus McCaslan, of Greenwood, and Clark McCaslan, of St. Matthews. ^ Funeral services will be conducted at the home of her brother, Gus Mc Caslan Tuteday afternoon at 3 o’ clock by her pastor, the Rev. James W. Jackson, of the First Presbyterian church, and the ReV. Fred T. McGill, of the S; A. R. P. church, interment will follow in Magnolia cemetery. The ladies of the Batmwell Metho dist Church will serve aft xjy»ter« pttp- per in the dining room at the church tomorrow (Friday) evening. In addi tion, sandwichcfi, cakes, ice cream, can dy, it?., will be offered for sale.. The public is oordiaRy invited to attend. The Blackville High School faculty will present the playy“Patty«> Makes ThingSv Hum,” in the /Bamwel school auditorium Monday (gening, February.: 20th. at eight o’cloglc. The proceeds from this play will feo to the Barnwell School Improvement Association. Ad- 1 m’ssion twenty-fiVe and.fifty cents. The synopsis oje the play, which is a comedy in three acts, is as follows: ♦ o,- ■ 7 : Mrs. Green ordains a dinner party; the lobsters don’t Come; Mr. Green forgets all about the event; the “ac- cqmmodator” is sick; and the hostess* young si&teivPatty, just expelled from school for being “natural,” turns jp unexpectedly as the last straw. Patty is sent to bed but turns up later as a waitress. A good “cullqcP’ part in Hyacinth, a servant from. a flowery family who believes in sticking by tho colors. r Believe It or Not. A certain newspaper is s&id to have offered a prize for the best answer to this question: “Why is a newspaper like a wife? ”*JThe winning answer sub mitted by a woman, was as follows^ “Because every man should have one and not run after another man Is.” 7 By the way, the subscription price of The People-Sentinel is only' $1,50- a year. ,