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GLUME LI.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23f 1928.
NUMBER 26.
EXCITING CHASE WITH A
SUSPECTED RUM-RUNNER
We Fear the Farmer is Lasing His Patience
By Albert I'- Reid
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POLICEMAN ‘ GEORGE PEEPLES Local JUtd Personal
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News from Williston
FIRES SHOTS.
Claimed That Occupant of Pursued
Car Was Hit in Knee by'One of
* ' the Officer’s Bullets.
* SAY,-LIS W -You CAN pass IEGSUTion
Rebatin’the MANUFACTURER ani> CALL IT
'TARIFF
And special legislation
For Labor And CALL it 'Americanism
You Guaranty earnings ToTne Rail
roads And call it 'equalization
and You call a Special Plan for
the banks a'Federal Reserve System,
Local and Personal
News of Blackville
A threatened lawsuit charging as-*
sault by an officer is' one of the re-
sultsTof an exciting chase of an al
leged rum-runner, which began Fri
day afternoon at the corner of Main
Street and Marlboro i\venue in this
city, and ended a\short distance Vtc-
yond Blackville, when* the car pur
sued by Mayor W. D, Harley and
Chief of Police George Poeples eluded
the officers.
There is quite a difference in the
stories told' bv interested parties.
Follceimah' Peeples states “that the
suspected liquor car, a Cadillac touN
ing.model, came up Turkey Creek Hill
with a Buiek driven by Perry Harley
in the lead. He and Mayor Harley, in
an Essex coach, stationed themselves
a t the corner of Main St net and Marl-
oro Avenue and that when the cars
Approached, the Cadillac was in the.
leiy!. At the cruising of Main. Street
and. Marlboro Ave., Peeples says,the
car driven by Perry Harley was be
tween him and .the * Cadillac He
waited until the Biiick had passed and
caught hold of a side-curtain of the
suspected car with his right hand, in
which he had his pistol. The curtain
tore and the officer fell to the
ground. In falling, Peeples states,
his pistol was discharged and that he
then fired two Ynore shots at thc» es
caping car, which was again. being
led by the Bui^k driven by Perry
Harley, he alleges.* The policeman
then got into the Essex and he and
\Mayor JHaidey gav? chase on High-
wav No. 3 towards Black rilla
Peeples claims that they were about
to oveHakc the Cadillac wften it ^tent
by the Buick arijd that the driver of
" the latter car did not give the officers
^ sufficient rotgn to pass. At Four
Mile Pond, hownver, the officers suc
ceeded in passing\the Buick and con
tinued to give chase to the Cadillac
. until they passed Blackville, when
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—they were hopelessly outdistanced by
the 1 " faster machine. Peeples claims
that hn saw several cases ordjquor^in
the suspected cah.
, The version given by Perry H^rlcv
differs somewhat from the above. He
denies having piloted the other car,
which he ‘claims was A not carrying
liquor. He knows thet driver thereof,
whose name, he says^i& Arthur Levitt,
!>
rf Columbia. Seeing him go through
town and wishing to speak to him, he*
followtd the Cadillac down the
Street and overtook hijn at the Marl-
• >oro Avenue crossing, w’here both
ars were running slowly, Peep-
les,; _iie -says; jumped upon iKe
running board of the Cadillac
with his pistol in his hand. Harley
quotes Lovitt as saying that the of
ficer did not order him to halt, but
aimed the pistol- at his* head. He
knocked Peeples’ hand dowij A W
claims, and the weapon was discharg-
. ed; that the policeman raised - his
pistol again and he knocked it down
a second time, the weapon again gq-
ing off, thti bullet, he claims, taking
effect in his companion’s right knee,
the other occupant of the car also be
ing on. the front seat. Harley says
Peeples then fell or was knocked from
the running board of the Cadillac,an.i
he Jdrui three othgr^shots at the
car, one of which went through the
rear glass am) narrowly missed the
driver’s’ head/ The Cadillac drove on
out Highway No. 3, followed by
Ha Key W the Buick. Harley also
denies leaving driven his car in such
a mamher as to interfere with
officers. He says that the wounded
man may bring suit against Police-
man Peeples, charging assault.
Wherf asked Monday if he had
sworn out a warrant for • Harley
charging interference with an officer
iru the performance of his duty,
Policeman Peeples replied in the
negative, but stated that such action
>,may be forthcoming.»
Williston, Feb. 18.—Mrs; W. R. Ken
nedy was hostess to Hart’s Battery
chapter, U. D. C.,' Friday afternoon.
There were 24 members and several
visitors present. Names of Southetn
nov..-ustr, were given when the roll
was called. Several business matters'
were dispensed with and then the fol
lowing program enjoyed: Reading
-‘‘On Changing the Words of Dixie,”
Mrs. L. M. Boland; vocal solo, Miss
Annie League Menitt; reading, “A
Balad of Trees and the Master,” Mrs.
J. L. Smith. When the meeting had
adjourned, an, enjoyable social hour
was soent with the hostess, who
solved a delkious salad course.^-Fa-.
vors were small, valentines.
Mrs. W. C. Smith, Sr., was hostess
at a Valentine bridge pari^ Tuesday
afternoon. Four tables were jdaced
in the living rqpm, where the games
were played. The v Valentine moi'f
was carried out in the score cards,
favors and refreshments, which were
served after the games. Mrs. James
A .Kennedy and Mis. John Milov
5l'T Any Thing faR Me is ' Paternalistic
Now I want Something Done For me
And I- OONT CARE A
WHAT You Call it
were given prizes for high and low
?cores.. Mrs. S. A. Wise, cf Aiken,
the honor guest-, was remembered
with a gift.
M iss Pat Baxley spent the week-end
In Columbia with her mother, Mrs.
Lil Baxley. , ^
Mrs. Mary Visser, of Allendale,
was the guest last week of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Kennedy.
Mts. A. P. Lee and Miss Bettie Mat
thews returned Monday from a busi
ness trip to Atlanta.
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Misses Gretchen and Catherine
Hair spent Saturday in Augusta.
Miss Virginia Boland, of Columbia,
spent the week-end with Miss .Billie
Scott. — *
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Miss Bill Vam, of Columbia, was a
recent visitor of her sister. Miss Pearl
Yarn, A ‘
.W. T. Riley, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Riley, Jr., and children wore
guests Sunday of Mr.''and Mrs. W.
R. Kennedy.
W. C. Cork und Tom Fplk gpen/
the week-end in Dublin, Ga. r visitjtig
C. M. Folk. i
Miss Kent and Miss JJodgek/
thci week-end at their homes in Geor-
8<ia * ■ •• ' A ■ )'
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Thompson visit-
eMDr. W. B. Way. and m. B. Ernst : n
Riogeville for the week-end.
was th^ x guest of Miss Harydt.lle
Thompsorv\)ast week.. __
Mrs. G. BXWalsh, of Cornish, N. Y.,
is visiting. Mrk M. F. WeatKersbee. “
Misses Marie and Bettie Harley and
Jack Harley werA recen f guests of
Mr.AarfiSJ Mrs. W. Hl Aprogan.
Mr. tind Mlrs. J. A. Kennedy motor
ed to Savannah Sunday afternoon,.re
turning Tuesday.
Q. A. Kennedy, Sr., has Returned
from a business tiip to Atlanta^
W. , *P. Walsh left Thursday fd
business trip to Richmond, Va.
Col. LeRoy Springs
Shot in Charlotte
Blackville, Feb. 18.—A. H. Nine-
stein gave a camp stew on Friday
! last at the famous Healing Springs in
compliment to his little daughter,—
Eleanor. The Girl Scouts werer in
vited with their leader. Miss Eva
Clarke, and all had a happy time to
gether. Those present were Miss?s
Ninestein, Janice Brown, Rosaline
Mathis, Leah Wengrow, Eleanor San
ders, Virginia Buist and Eleanor Still.
Mrs. C.,H. Mathis entertained the
Methodist Aid Society on Monday af
ternoon at 4 o’clock. A profitable af
ternoon was spent in the study of
‘‘Prayers and Missions” led by Mrs!
E. HTWeissingur. Refreshments we*e
served/" The nexf meeting will be"
Jield at the home of Mrs. C. J. Mar
tin. •<
The -School -Improvement Associa
tion met ° n Tuesday afternoon at the
- j school house with the president, Mrs.
T. O. Boland, presiding. A good num
ber was present and a profitably hour .
was spent in discussing school mat
ters. Six teachers werp present. A
short talk was made by our Western
District Director,/ Mrs. L. C. Still,
on the co-operative program^ of our
^State Federation. Jt was decided to
maintain our standard of excellence
-Barnwell County \
Shipping Poultry
'/-Poultry was bought at Dunbarton,
Barnwell and Hilda on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday of last week.
Mutfh interest was taken in shipment
and pralctically a car load was receiv
ed at these three points. More than
thirteen thousand (13,000) pounds
‘Were bought, bringing to the farmers
$2J)20.gf. This is the- largest re
been received at any one time 1 and
this amount is very nearly as much as
was shipped during the entire year of
1921. •
To Light Roads, Electrify Farms
Soon, Says General Electric Head
Written Specially tor The People- would
Sentinel by Robert Fuller through
Autdcaster Service. —— 7 —-——
New York, Feb. 21.—It won’t be
j^rng before all Statu highways are
illuminated by electricity and much -of
soon be electrified. If the
farmers, thfef power companies, and
the State Highway Departments re
ceipt from- the county that has ever wor ^ along these highways is
done by electric power, predicts Owen
D. Young, chairman of -the board of
directors of the General Electric Co.
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He says power companies are al-
Another shipment was loaded from ready making surveys of the situa-
Williston and Blackville on Mondav
and. Tuesday ~af this week,‘"from
which points thi« car is to be routed
by Bamberg, St. Mattehws and
Chester to complete the loading.
Shipments are expected to be made
as often as necessary to furnish a
Mi A Juliet McCreary* of Columbia^/ready market to those desiring to
sell poultry. Other shipments will
be made about April.
All car lot sakis of poultry from
this county areAbeing handled by
Miss Elizabeth MfeNab, Home Demon
stration Agent, and H. G. Boy Is ton,
County Agent.
speed and size. The lineup follows:
Denmark—Matthews'and Sturgeon,
forwards; Abeo and Faust, guards;
McDaniels, jump center; Jordan, side
center. ./ *
(oi wards'^ Eaves and Rountree,
irds; Foreman, jump center; Eaves,
center.
T
tion as the first stup toward electrifi
cation of-highways and farms.
i In addition manufacturers of elec
trical quipment and manufacturers
of farm machinery are discussing co
ordination to reduce cost so that the
manufacture of standard farm machin
ery suited to the use of standard elec
trical motors and' other equipment
will be brought about.
Soon the power companies will in
vestigate to see haw many \ of ;the
farmers along a given route are wil-
ling to subscribe for electric power,
Mr. Young says. Then the power
companies will be-ready to lay the
matter before the* State Highway De
partments, whose co-operation is
necessary.
“A tax, verj? small and insignificant,
placed on every motor vehicle by the
tarteei care of installing the lights,”
says Mr. Ypung.^Once the lines^fdr
the lights were extended the farms
operate, the problem is solved.”
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* Electrification of farms will mean
the installation of electric refrigera-
jion plants, ciither large ones co-oper
atively owned by the farmers of a
certain section, or smaller ones on the
farms, or the farmer can keep his
fruit and other produce and so con
trol his markets, it is pointed out.
Mr. Young holds that his vision of
a brighter tomorrow for farmers is
but “the application of electrical pqw-
er to an industry which has been
heretofore greatly overlooked. In the
past most of our enginetirs . have
been too busy applying themselves to
the development of electrical equip
ment for other industries, such as
the^teanufacture of stoel or textiles.
Tomorrow, we shall see the applica
tion of electricity to agriculture and
our efforts will.be more concentrated
on this.”
by arranging our program to meet
all requirements. ;f»* -. *
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Martin and
daughter, of Elloree, were visitors -at
thn former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. P. Martin, last week-end.'
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Jones, of Au
gusta, spent last Sunday at the home
of Mrs. J. M. Strdbol.
Newton Heckle, of Saluda, was a
visitor in town for the last week-end.
The tractor clinic in Orangeburg
last week was attended by Gene
Watts and Maurice McMahan.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Still, of Barn
well, spent the week-end here with
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. StilL “
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SANDERS RESIGNS FROM
PROHIBITION SERVICE
Miss Louise Willis returned to her
school in St. Matthews Tuesday.
Edwatrd Ninestein was at home
from the University with his parents
► last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard 0. Brodie ahd
children, of Orangeburg, were guert*
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Halfoiu last
week-end.
Isadore Brown, who has Keen suf
fering with rheumatism has 'fcohe to
Hot Springs for a fewA^ks.
Laurie Buist was herfe from Colum
bia last wtek-end.
Miss Marjorie Meters, of Columbia,
spent Jast week-end with her sister,
Miss Elizabeth/Meyers. <
Mr. and MnL W. T. Hightower and
daughter, Thelma, were visitors in
Bamberg Sunday.
Mis s Meta Willis has returned from
a visit with relatives in Rock Hill.
Mesdamca A. H. Ninestein and L.
C./Still were shopping in Columbia
edhesday.
Mrs. Herman Brown left Tuesday
Col. LeRoy Springs, wbo recentlj/
moved from Lancaster to Charlotte,
N .C., was shot i n the fa,ce but not
critically injured in the fatter city
Mcnday by Eldred Griffith, aged Jfi
years, a cotton broker and former em
ploye of Springs. The shooting oc
curred in the main business section of
the city shortly btifore noon. After
bding, shot,'Colonel Springs js said to
have run across the, street and into a'
the drug store, begging for his life. He
was pursued by Griffith, who is said
to have snapped his pistol twice at the
millionaire before he was disarmed.
A grudge g/° win R ou t of the former
busimss relations of 4he two men is
said to have been the cause of the
shootip^;. Colonel Springs was‘car
ried ^ a hospital, where the bullet,
which had lodged at the base of the
brain, was removed.
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Martin C. Beet returned home Mon*
day from a Columbia hospital, where
he has been under treatment for /Sn
infected jawbpne for the past two
weeks. His friends will be glad, to
know that he is well on the road to
irecovwy and hopes to be out again
in the next few jdays.
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• The many friends of J. W. Sanders,
*'f Ulmer, will he inloiested to/earn
thiit ho has resigned his pbsitio'n as
federal prohibition enforcement officer
and will devote his time and attention
to his farming interests/ Mr. Saiu
ders has made a very efficient officer^
having been instrumental in destroy
ing a large numbe/ of stills in this
and other. counties, and the esteem
in which he is held by those charged
with the enforcement of the prohibi
tion law is /hown by the following
letter undof* date of Feb. 9th, from
J. A. CWiion, Jr., deputy administra
tor, of/Greenville:
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'ar Mr. Sanders: I am very
^ that you have decidud to. resign
fi/m the service. "While I have known
ou only a short time I have learned
from past records that ybu have made
a splendid agent, and if your personal
business becomes so that you desire
to re-ent«r the service,.I will be glad
to do anything for you possible.”
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Denmark, Feb. 19.—^he Dunbar-
ten Girls’ basketball team defeated
the Denmark team in a game here
Thurstlay afternoon, the score being
40 to 14 in favor of the visitors, who
outclassed the home girls both as to
Respectfully
W. H.WANNI
Auditor, Barnwell Coui
‘ty.
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Williston Ships First Asparagus.
Williston, Feb. 16.—The South
Carolina Aspaga&us Growers’* asso
ciation shipped from Williston today
probably the first bunch of aspara
gus to be shipped from Sputh Caro
lina. This bunch was shipped to S. K.
and E. H. Frost, New- York City
aryl was grown by T. R. Pender, who
has the distirtetion of almost every
year shipping the first
“grass.”
ADVERTISE in The People-Sen
for the home of her mother in Phila
delphia to attend the latter’s birthday
celebration.
Joe Halford was a week-end visitor
with his lister, Mrs. W. O. Brodie,
in Orangeburg.-
Aiken after^^jysit here with his
aunts, Mesdames T. R. ChislonTand
S. Gf Lowe. -—
Mrs. L. P. Blunje and daughter, Eva
motored to Wagener Thursday after
noon. • ■ .p>i>— ». • ——
The bor^X basketball team played
the Dunbarton boys on Friday after
noon in Dunbarton. The score was
18 to 8 in favor of Dunbarton.
Mesdames S. G. Lowe and H. L.
Buist motored to Williston Thurs
day afternoon.
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Mesdames S. H,* Ru&h aryi J.. L.
Buh-t; and Miss Rosa Davis* spent
Wednesday in Barnwell.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Buist sp$nt
last Sunday in Chester with thn lat
ter’s mother.
Mesdames H, A. Rich, S. G. L*owe,
and Miss Eudora Gyles were visitors
in Williston Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Halford and
little son, James, Jr., of Johnston,
spent last Sunday with the former’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Halford.
Miss Lijlie Belle Bruce, of St. Mat
thews, spent the yreek-end with her
sister, Mrs. G. F. Posey.
Misses Annie Willie Johns<
Lila Teal spent the week-end
bui*.
and
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Mrs. G. W. Washington, of Augusta,
was the guest of her sister, Mr^ lris
Chisholm, last
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