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^ •Z't- '-'-^tp- - H '! r ii 'Wi»l l 1 • •] —— 9V^P|IHap^ipp|M(|PBPlliinnRMi^lRRI|PPPPPil|9RI|P4INpnpiWHnil|^P|PiVIIHH||HHi NEWS. FBATUKBf a»4 ADVER km Hm BXCLl Ella CMiaanltjr IMG BERVICE—«f Um PUB- | HERE AUTOCABTEB SEE- •f M«v YwR BP* THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY *SE| Consolidated June T, 1923. *Ju*t Like a Member of (he Family” VOLUME LI. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1928. Free Conference Committed Cuts Appropriation Bill to $9,654,859 COL. 4. E. HARLEY, OF BARli- WELL, IS MEMBER. Total Is Million and a Half Dollars Less Than Measure Passed by • the State Senate. Carrying a total of $9,654,859.70, the report of the free conference com mittee on the general appropriation bill, of which Col. J. E, Harley, of Barnwell, is a member, was laid on fhe d(i>ks of the members of the two houses of the General Assembly Mon day night and will come up for con sideration during the week. The appropriations bill as original ly passed by the House carried a to tal of $10,245,000, which was amend ed by the Senate to $11,065,000. Thus it will be seen that the total of the fiee conference committee report is approximately $600,000 less than the: House bill and .about a, million and a half dollars less than the amended Senate measure. This is taken by proponents of the committee report as an earnest desire on the part of the Barnwell Hens Lead in Egg Production W. H. Moody’s White Leghorns Laid , v. . Average of 19.3 Eggs Each During January. Clemson College, Feb. 29.—L. J. Chaney, of Union 'County; W. H. Moody aiyi D. L. Blackburn, of Barn well County, led the January egg pro duction of 220 poultrymnn in all paits of the State who are following the advice of L. G. Neel, extension poultry specialist here and keeping a record of their flocks to determine* the results. Backyard flocks of five* to fifty birds were led by Mr. Chaney’s forty : twp Rhode Island Re,ds, averaging seven teen eggs a bird; Miss Fannie Dye's barred rocks in Fairfield County averaging 16.8 eggs; Dan Missroon’s Rhode Island Redis, of Horry County, 16.4 eggs; E^arl Myers’ reds, of Florence County, 15.3 e*ggs, and J. L. Hill’s barred rocks, of Fairfield Coun- legislators to reduce the burden of the] ^ 14 - 7 e ^ s P er bird - * ; * taxpayers. Mr. Moody’s ninety white leghorns On the question of the 9 salary of led the farm flocks, consisting of 50 Dr. D. M. Douglas, pritsident of the University of South Carolina, the free conferees inserted an alternate appropriation in this form, “Presi dent $7,500 or $10,000, provided that ^the question of the authority of the trustees to fix the salary of the president shall be submitted to the courts. If it is decided that • such power is vested in them, the salary # shall be fixed by them, and if not, then his salary shall be $7,500, and the appropriation is accordingly re duced.” v Below House Bill. The. free conference bill is narly to 100 hens, by an average produc tion of 19.3 eggs a hen during Janu ary, his re.ord shows. . Mrs. Fred Levi, of Sumter, had sixty-seven white leghorns that averaged 19.1 eggs. Other flocks averaging more than seventeen eggs per bird belong to Mrs. H. J. Tisdale and Mrs. Carrie Bragdon^ of Clarendon County, J. L. Cogburn, of Saluda County and Mel-, vin Sipe, of Greenville County. All had white bighorns except Mr. Cog- bum, who had reds. The commercial flocks of .500 birds or more were led by Mr. Blaek- burh’s 520 leghorns averaging 16.4 $600,000 below the total of the house 1 eprg!S ‘ ^ xt c * me K.. Dowtin, of Mc- MH» $10,245,000, which latter figure' Cormick Count y. 14 8 eggs per bird; included the $525,000 for permanent L - Puc.khaber, of Oconee County, improvements, ^expenditure of which* ePTKs; T. C. Gray, of Anderson was authorized by*’the last legislature Count y> 13 - 4 eggs, and M. B. Hender- upon condition that the current ses- 1 son ’ of La urens County, 11.2 eggs. sion arrange to pay-the amounts, and also the appropriation for the State highway department. The senate bill totaled -$11,065,000, in which was in- o’uded $225,000 to pay interest on the State’s deficit of $3,700,000 and other or her float in g indebt ed n e s s. The appropriation for the State, "highway departhient isTtriuetized in the conferees’ repofT, Fmf IT was pointed out, as the appropriation is paid out of departmental revenue and i Hot from general revenue, it is not material whether or not this item be carried along with appropriations for other departments. A reduction of $150,000 was made in th<» appropriation for paying teach ers’ salaries under the 6-0-1 law, which was placed at $3,100,00 as against $3,250,000 in 1927, and $3,572,000 requested by Supt. James H. Hope, of the department of educa tion. „ • ^ 'll. ; 1 The report was signed by all six of the conferees. Senator H. H. Gross of - Dorchester, chairman of' the finance committee, Sernttog P.-IL-Ar-j rowsmith of Flonmee and Senator Fred D. West Abbevill^i represent ed the senate while the house ‘was -represented by Represtntative* Rob- ert E. McCaslan of Greenwood, cliai man of the ways and means commit- teu'J. Emile Harley of Barnwell and Olin D. Johnson of Spartanburg. Among increases carried in the bill All of these commercial leaders kept whit*« leghorns in addition to which Mr. Dowtin had reds and Mr. Puckhabel* had anconas. These rec ords Represent cooperation of poul try men in thirty-five South Carolina counties with the poultry . division here. Is Eighty Years Old, Has Had 20 Birthdays Coroner D, P. Lancaster Also Enjoys Distinction of Being Veteran a a d Son of a Veteran. Preparations for Mammoth Liquor Still Rudely Interrupted by Sheriff Dyches Margaret' Brown, middle * aged Governess of Park fijtv&nue, Ne.w York, who was batterea into un consciousness and then burned to death by a fiend. High School Faculty Will Present Comedy * Preparations for building what would undoubtedly have been the largest whiskey still ever operated in Barnwell County were rudely inter rupted Tuesday morning by Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches and Magistrate’s Constable E. E. Morris, when the two officers found seven white men and one negrb busily at work laying the foundations for the plant. Upon the approach of the sheriff and the con stable, the men ran and succeeded in ^ making their escape, although the officers fired several shots in an ef fort to stop them. The site of the proposed still was on the place of the Rev. Miller .Bush, a negro preacher, in the Joyce Branch section, and was located on the banks of a small stream. That the men in tended manufacturing liquor on a huge scale was evidenced by the larfee amount of material found ,jon-rthe ground, all of which, it is said, had been hauled in Monday night and from the marks found on the goods ‘Am I Intruding?” Will Be the At traction at the Barnwell School ..Auditorium Thursday. The people.of Barnwell aj'e antici pating with pleasure the presentation of the three-act comedy, “Am I In truding?’’ whi.h will be presented this ('Thursday) evening in* the local school auditorium by the faculty of, the Barnwell High School. This is the fourth" and last of the series of plays presented by the various high schools of the county, the proceeds taring for the benefit of the Barnwell School Improvement Association. The comedy, which is diiected by Mrs. Marguerite Maftin, will also be pre sented at Bla-ckville, Williston and Dunbarton. ' 0 , . “Am I Intruding?” is a thoroughly modern comedy based on a mystery plot, Things are in a troubled state in the Vare. household when word is reettved that Gerald Mays, son of Vare’s boyhood friend, is coming on a visit. Vare, a heavy investor In Blue bird Motor ^tock, faces ruin. His daughter, Marjory, is being drawn in to rather fast society; his younger daughter, Violet, is suffering from an acute attack of flapper-itis, and Dora, Vi’s littlcl friend, a dd s to the fun. Vare remembers the boy Gerald as a gentle lad with golden hair, but the visitor proves to be a rawboned rus tic with hayseed trimmings. This is the first surprise but- not the last, for there is a new one marly every min ute, and every surprise means a laugh. Cast of Characters. |iad been purchased in Augusta, the opinion being that the operators hail ed from Georgia. The men had al ready sawed a quantity of lumber to the desired length and were busily at work at the time of the raid. Sheriff Dyches and Constable Mor ris "confiscated the following goods and paraphernalia: 3,000 feet,of lumber; six sacks of cement; 1,500 brick; 100 pounds of nails; six rolls of roofing; 30 sacks of meal; five bags of barley malt; two sacks of flour; two sides of meat; one case each of corn, tomatoes and sal mon; ten pounds of sausage; three 10- lb. buckets of lard; half bushel each of Irish potatoes, onions and grits; one sack of cabbage; one gross of matches; four cartons of cigarettes; one case of condensed milk; three cans of coffee; one case of yeast; 20 comforts; two blankets; one mat tress; two lanterns; two axes; three suits of "clothes; one pair of shoes; one navy uniform; dtum and piping. Plant Analy.UBill Has Passed the House Smoak-Purdy Measure Carrying Ap~ . propriation of $15,000 Now Goes to the Senate. Common Pleas Court « * Will Convene Monday Second Week Petit Jurors Were Drawn Monday.—Judge S. W..G. Shipp to Preside at Term. College Musicians Will Visit County •*i \ / t> Clerr.so.i College Band at Barnwell in May, Furman Glee Club at Wil- Jislon March 15th. vv Petit jurors for the second week of Music lovers thioughout this see the March term of the Court of Com mon Ple.as, which convenes at Barn- |tion of South Carolina have rare treats storii, because of the fact that well Monday, March 12th, with Judge 1‘Urman University Glee Club and the Coroner D. P. Lancaster, of this county, celebrated his 80th birthday Thursday, Ftbruary 29th, and thus while he reached the ripe old age of four score years, exceeding by a de- *1 ~ —; — ' — • cade the allotted Biblical span of life, he, h^s really enjoyed only twen ty ‘'birthdays.” He is hale, hearty, healthy and happy and experts f ,o celebrate at least five more birth- days n which will make him just 100 yeans young. Many of the coroner^ friends called at his homu on the 29th to wish him many happy retujms of the dav. \ • * ^ ■ Mr. Lancaster enjoys another dis- inction—that of being a Confederate teran and the son and nephew of. V(%rans, • father a nd son having fought side by side in the same regi ment the War Between the is doubted that theie is in South Carolin a who o combination of dis- n -r j An exceptionally happy selection has been made in the cast of charac ters ,which is as follows: Mrs. Hastings, the housekeeper— Miss McSwain. Blah* Hoover, the adventurer—J. T. Shuman. Ernest Rathbum, Jane’s secretary —L. K. Tyler. Marjory Vare, the elder daughter— Miss Wragg. Dickie Waldron, a romanticist—^ • f~-. 1 — • - O. Patterson. Vena, the maid—Miss McMeeki Vare, the father—W. W. B. Y. P. U. Program. .V W Cj^ 111 v i i l * illiams, g^^es as superintendent cf the State hospi-1 another ma - tal, whose salary was made $7,500 a ‘ en j su< . h year, and $1,000 for Col. O. J. B °nd, 1 tinct j ons president of the Citadel, whose salary' was mad<i $6,000 a year. Salary increases were made for va rious state officials and employes. The program of the Intermediate They included: Second assistant at-' B. Y. P. U., Group No. 1, Dodson'Still, torney general, from $2,400 to $2,800; captain, for March 11th, is as follows: assistant state service officer from $1,?00 to $2,400; superintendent and treasurer of John de la Howe from $2,400 to $3,000; superintendrnt and treasurer of the §chool for the Deaf and. Blind from $3,000 to $3,600; su pervisor of adult night schools, from $2,400 to $2,750; secretary of the board of pardons was given $1,200 ir^ stead of a per diem; insurance com missioner, from $3,300 to $3,600; chairman of the railroad commission, front $3,000 to $3,600; chief game — * (CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE) , Subje t—“Anywhere with Jesus’.” ' \ . «* A Scriptuie Reading, by the Captain. “The Young Luther Rice”—Viviaq Hair. Horace Carter. _ Violet Vare, the younger d/ughter —Miss Moe>d. Peteir, devoted to Vi—B/S. Moore, Jr. Dora, a friend of Vi’s-AMiss Mabry. Gerald Mays, from $age Creek—H. C. McLaurin. Jane, Vare’s nieo&—Miss Spann. The scene is laid at Vare’s home on Long Island and/the time is the pres ent.^ The synopsis is as follows: - Act 1.—A/spring morning. J^rry intrudes Act 2.-/t J ate the next day. Jerry tak<fi a hand. '• Art /3.—The , following Je*ry/untangles the thread. S. W. G. Shipp presiding, were drawn Monday, a s follows: Durant Martin, Blackville. J. H. Still, Jr., Barnwell. Chester B. Parker, Pleasant Hill. S. B. Pringle, Blackville. Med C. Diamond, Barnwell. Lloyd C. Vickery, Barnwell. ■' C. H. Dicks, Dunbarton. . . u ' R. G. Herndon, Barnwell. T. G. Cobb, Eour Mile* O. W. Black, Reedy Branch. H. S. Dixson, Dunbarton. Shelly Black, Barnwell. _ W. Angus Ross, Ashleigh. Terie Richardson, Barnwell. C. 'C. Mitchell, Tinkers Croek. ^AT^nrtFGorman. Elackvilte. J. D. Grubbs, Blackville. A. N. Ray, Friendship. B. S. Baxley, Blackville. J. G. Matthews, Blackville. Leroy Still, Blackville. S. B. Moseley, Barnwell. B. L. Boylston, Blackvilfi Reuben F. Rountree, Dunbarton. ..... Olander Black, Jr., Reedy Branch. H. S. Anderson, Dumbarton. J. B. Odom, Mt. Ci Wm, H. Black, Reedy Branch. B. A. Rountree,. Dunbarton. J. H. Swett, Meyer’s Mill. Furman B./Davis, Barnwell. . J. B. Lott/Willigton. - > \ C. F. Carter, Barnwell. J. W. ^soyles, Old Columbia. \ W. R. Rutland, Pleasant Hill. H./r.- Youmans, Meyer’s Mill. To Manage Denmark Hotel. Clemson College Band ' have/both made engagements to render ' pro grams in -this county in/the near future. . Some time the eaiTy part of May the Clemson College Band will give an entertainment a t Barnwell. The exact date has not yet been decided. Last Spring the/Clemson Cadets ren dered a most Attractive and pleasing program at the Vamp Theatre, and the announcement of this return en gagement/is heartily received. This year’s hand is rated as good, if not betted than last season’s. Placards throughout the county a^d in adjoining counties announce at the Glee Club of Furman Univer sity will fill an engagement at the Williston-Elko High School, Thurs day, March 15th, at 7:30 p. m. Last year the Furman Club won the State and Sonthprn championships—and | was ranked fourth in New York at the National contest. Again this season the Furman Glee Club won the -State championship, and in the South ern contest defeated the State cham pions as follows: Duke University, University of Tennessee, University of Alabama, and the University of Virginia, and were declared 1928 The many friends of Col. and Mrs. Harry D. Calhoun will learn with re- gnrt thrt they left Tuesday for Den^ ning Thursday evening, in New Yorjc and the Furman Club will be one of the contestants. The Furman Club may be heard via Radio from WEAF next Saturday evoning. This Club is led by Director of the Greenville Woman’s College, of Greenvilje. Prices for such an attraction have been made , , ., . . extremely- moderate, and a full house mark, where they -expect to make . / , ~ ^ - . , _ ^ , is trcpected to greet the Purple Sing- their future honre. Mrs. Calhoun has , , . 7 T x * sters. Of added interest is tta. fact that Aubrey Harley, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Harley, of Barnwell, is a member of tho Glee Club, and Madi son Woodward, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Woodward, of this city, is a member of the Clemson-Band. Never before have so many colleg- iafo* mugiciahg7visited-^Barnwell Court- been asked to manage the Denmark ■ * ^ Hotel for the owmrs, with thl* assur ance that a housekeeper and compe tent servants will be furnished her. Colonel Calhouft will continue bis work of visiting the various counties of the State, soliciting loans for the counties through Aa b/oker for a The public is cordially invited to York bank:-:—He is also connected with the Edisto Public Service Company and the Edisto- Savannah Rivers Development Asso ciation. \ ' / While Barnwell gives up Col. and Mrs. Calhoun with sincere regret, it is' morning, gratifying to know that they will reside “near home” and that they “Luther Rice Going” - Katherine 1 atWnd ' enjoy a P lea ? an t evening’s en- Halford. “Luther Rice Staying” — Katherine Hair. Luther Rice as Others Saw HUn” f ennie Black. »ur Debt to Luther Rice”—Charles Burcl^halter. “A Reminder of Luther/Rice”— Brown fcusterling. .will keep their church membership here'. It is also believed that they yrtainment and help a most worthy j are sufficiently unchsr Ae witchery of :au9a • a a. White Oak Springs water to insure their return to Barnwell in the not too distant future and that when they again decide’ to cast their lot here it will be “for keeps.” Herman and Isadora Brown, • of Blackville, were in the city Monday with a drove of mules* Notice of Church Meeting. The members of Mt. Olivet Church are requested, to attend a meeting'at the'church Sunday afternoon at three o’clock, in reference to calling a pas tor. A full attendance is urged. Columbia, March 1.—The bill of Messrs. Smoak and Pui^dy, providing for a quantative and qualitative anal ysis of mineral contents bf product* grow^i or procured in South Carolina, passed third reading in the House and was sent to the Senate today. The bill as amended carries an appropria tion o^l 15,000. Tlie analysis will be made uryhir the direction of a commis sion composed of the presidents of tho State University, Clemson College, dean cf the Medical College and two members to be appointed by the Gov\ emor. The secretary of the State Board of Health will bc» ex officio member. The commission is empowered to ob* tain the services of necessary chem ists and to use State laboratories for- the analysis. Dr. William Weston, of Columbia, has been instrqmental in spreading the knowledge of the super ior iodimi content of vegetables pro duced on the South Carolina sea coast to the attention of tjre American Med ical Society, and thit organization has made exhaustive surveys and is pre paring bulletins which show in detail the sup<trior medicinal qualities of tha South Carolin a products. An outstanding fact discovered by the American'Medical Society is that not a single case of goiter has been found among thousands of low coun try negroes examimd; Goiter is caused by lack of iodine and figures given out by the American Medical Society show that in some Western and Eastern States the pe^rctfitage of people affected runs as^high as 35 per cent. The measure is looked upon by its authors as offering an excellent op portunity for legitimate and exhaust ive publicity for South Carolina, par ticularly the coastal section where a major portion of truck crops 'i re grown. Foodstuffs produced in other sections are expected to show Up fav orably under analysis such as will be made if the Senate adopts the meas ure. An effort will be made to spe^t the measure through the upper hoOia Standard Training A - School Next Week A standard training school for Sun^ day school workers will be conducted at the Barnwell Methodist Church mfict weekTthe opening session being held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. There wilt be four courses and four instructors, as follows: “The New Testament,” by the Rev. E. U McCoy, of Orangeburg. “The Methodist Church,” , by the Rev. A. C. Aston, of Latta. “The Pupil,” by Miss Altene Spivey, Conf. Elementary Secretary. ty in so short a time. Alumni of Clemson and Furman are advertising these progiams, and since thest* will be in different towns it has been sugested that the two alumni chapters co-oper ate in the matter of securing large audiences for both groups of colleg ians. r *’ r ^ t Poultry Short Cour»e. A Poultry Short Course will be held March 16th at the home of Mrs. Ma mie Warren in the Double Ponds com munity. Miss Juanita Neeley, poultry specialist of Winthrop College, will conduct this short course with the as sistance of the home demonstration Sessions, after- Sunday, will be held each evening at 7:30 o’clock, continu ing through Friday, the 16th inst. Sunday school teachers and vtorkcrT of tta. other denominations are cor dially invited to join the classes and derive the benefit from the courses. Met With County Board. A delegation of Williston citizens *met here Tuesday with the Board of County Directors in reference to the building of the WilHston-Springfidd’ highway. The Board has the matter under advisement and « it is under stood that the roa-d will be built, along with the highway from Barnwell to Olar, if a feasible plan can be worked out for financing the two projects. J. W. Patterson, chairman, r and R. R. Moore, a member of the Board, went up to Columbia afU»r the meeting Tuesday to consult with the county delegation about the matter. - ^ Box Party a Success. The box party at the Galilee school bouse Thursday evening of last week was a great success in every way. In addition to a pleasant evening having been spreit, the sum of $32.90 was realized, which will be used for the agent. All poultry producers in the county are cordially incited to attend. J improvement of the ■MBr . Southern Champions. The National “Sunday School Administration,” by coifteSt will be held this week, begin- the Rev. A. D. Betts, Conf. S. S. Sec retary* * The requirements for credit are at tendance on every session, reading the text book and writing skjort paper* as requested by the teacher. Thti cost