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L—- :——: - 1 L ; fc/ BT THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY Consolidated June 1, 1925. VOLUME LI. CLUBS TO MEET SATURDAY, 28TH DEMOCRATS WILL ELECT NEW OFFICERS. Delegates Will Also Be Chosen to County Convention Which Meets Here May 7th. Under the rules of the Democratic party, all precinct clubs in Barnwell and the other counties of South Caro lina are required to meet Saturday, April 28th, for the) purpose of electing >officerft for-the-ensuing two years ami delegates to the CoUnty Conventions which meet Monday, May 7th. As stilted ir, these columns .. short time ' • ' ** &■ , ■ ago, the, Barnwell County Convention S\*', • » will be composed of 91 d<(legates and for the convenience of the various dubs the. apportionment is republish- cd,^as follows: _ - A , ■ * . Vote in No. of Club 1926; Delgts. Preliminary Work at . Sweet Water Begins . - v - Survey of Golf Course at Country Club Is Now Being Made by J. A .Searle. -Sentinel Like a Member of Itw Family” BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 26TH, 1928. 1926: Barnwell _ 608 .Bennett Springs — 69 Blackville 310 Doublei Ponds __V 44 Dunbarton 11 : _ 156 Elko * 90 Four Mile 46 Friendship __ 78 Great Cypress 123 Healing Spring? ____ 38 Heiruies 1*14 Hilda 85 Red Oak _• 85 Rosemary 52 Reedy Branch 34 Silbanv 31. Spun* Blanch ______ 25 Williston _l306 Preliminary work at the Sweet Water Country Club, announcement of the development of which was made in these columns last week, is already under way. J. A. Searle, of Columbia, golf expert and authority on golf links, is in the city and began the survey of the course Monday morning. As soon as possible the necessary work of grading *and turfing the fair ways will be started and lushed as rapidly as possible. Col. Edgar At—Brown-Stated Monk day morning that there is enough tim ber on the place to provide lumber for the club house, etc., and that arrange- rmints will be made this week to have it sawed. The people of Barnwell are very -24--~|~cnthusiastic over the propped de velopment of the Sweet Watc^r proper ty and other plans that are under way to attract winter residents to thi? city, and it is predicted that there will soor v be many ardent devotees of golf in this city. The work is being watched with keen interest and every day sight seers motor out to the new develop ment. ♦ ♦ ♦ .5 12 2 6 4 2 3 5 9 2 1 1 1 12 Total j____ J.___ 2294 9.1 Club notices received by The Peo ple-Sentinel are as follows: Barnwell. The Barnwell Democratic Club will nun in the Court House at Barnw r ell Saturday, Apr\f 28th, 1928, at .12 q’-. clock noon, for the purpose of re organizing, electing officers for the ensuing tw'o years* and delegates to the County Convention. Edgar A. Brown, Pres. - Bennett Springs. The Bennett Springs Dcimocratic Club will meet at the Sar Hill school house Saturday, April 28th. 1928, at four p. m., for the piiVpos#.of reorgan- izingfeand electing officers for the en suing two years and delegates to the County Convention which merits at' Barnwell May 7th. All members'are requested to attend. B. W. Peeples, Pres. Hercules Club. Notice is hereby given that the Hercules Democratic Club will meet at the club house Saturday, April 28, 1928, at 2:30 p. m., for the purpose of I e-organizing, electing officers for he ensuing two years and d<i 1 egates io the County Convention, and trans acting such other business as may come before the meeting. F. L. Still, Pres. _ Will Locate Laundry—- in Main St. Building Owner-Operator Expected in Barnwell ~Thig Week to Complete All Ar rangements.^: ANNOUNCE PROGRAM FOR CAMP MORRALL MEETING Ar. trxcellent program has been ar- rang;|l for tW» annual reunion of the members of Camp George-W. Monall; which will be hekl at Meyer’s Mill on Friday, May 4th. The Hon. Cla’ Je N. §app, of Columbia, will be the orator of the day. All Veterans and wives and widows of Veterar^ a .re cordially invited to attend. The program is as follows: '"Invocation—The -Rev. Mr. Ham mond. Chorus, “Dixie.” “My Flag and Your F’lag”—-Kitty Plexico. . Chorus. Reading—Peggy Martin. Vocal Duet, “Tentirf? ^Tonight”— Derry Patterson and Mildred Moore. Busim^s Session. ^Musical Number by the Ellenton Chapter. Annual Address—The Hon..Claude .N »Snpp. — —~ J ' Music—Ellenton Chapter. Closing rTa) Banks. lyer- -The Rev. M. L. Stokes Bus Lines Run Convenient Schedule The Stokes Bus Lines, which began operating betwtfn Columbia ard ‘Barnwell, by way of Orangeburg, on April 1st, offer a convenient schedule to those who wish to visit the capital city and return home the same day. The bus leaves the Diamond Hotel <iach moiring at 7:30 o’clock, arriving j at Orangeburg at 9:20 and Columbia' at 11:05. Returning, the bus leaves Columbia at 4:00 p. m. and arrives here a t 7:35. Mr. Stokes is offering a special round-trip rate of only $5.00 from Barr well, good for two days from date of issue. This will effect quit,e a saving to travelers. A complete schedule is published Alfred Emanuel Smith w'as born on December 30, 1873, ir. an old tene ment in New York City. As a small boy he sold newspapers. His father diejd when Alfred w r as only thirteen years of age, leaving the boy’s mother arrd younger sister to his care. He started work in hi^s father’s trucking business. Later he took a job helping one of the men who had a stall at thu Fulton Fish Market. Still later he was a laborer in the employ of a steam pump company. In 1900 he married Catherine A. Dur|i, and their union has been blessed w r ith five children. , In 1903 he was first elected to the New York State Assembly. From then until 1915 h>4 served in the Legis lature for twelve -successive terms. During this.time he became majority leader in the Assembly, then floor leader of the minority, then Speaker. He servejd on marjy important com- mittefes. From 1915 to 1917 he was Sheriff of New York County. In 1917 he was elected President of the Board of Al dermen and in November, 1918, he w'as elected Governor of the Empire State. He w r as renominated in 1920 ard defeated by only 74,000 votes, al though it was a prdsiden^ial year. He was again nominated in 1922, won the election by receiving 1,397,- 670 votes, a figure never before attain- e,d by any candidate for State or local office anywhere in the United States, and has served as Governor sinc<|that time. All in all, he was elected to the Governorship four times by the people of the State of New York. He is note<^ for his thorough under standing of the problems of govern ment and his consistent liberal policy in the field of administrative reforms. Note.—This is the first of a series of sketches embracing all the leading candidates for the presidential nomi- ration and is just another example of the seivice that The People-Sentinel is trying to render its readers. Next week, Herbert Hoover will be delin eated, W'ith Democratic and Republican presidential possibilities alternating each week thereafter. MAY CONVERT RESIDENCE INTO TOURIST HOSTELRY tinel w'as told Monday morning that a building on Main Street has been se cured to house the m/w $25,000 sttam laundry plant which is to be located here and that the necessary work- of remodeling and extension will be started shortly. The owner-operator is expected i-n Barr well, within, the next few days to complete all arrange ments for thednstallation of the plant, etc., according to a letter received from him by Col. Edgar A. Brown. Aa soo as that has been done, full details will be published. — m Operetta Greatly Enjoyed. A capacity audience greeted the pre sentation of the fairy operetta, “A Rose Dream,’” by the music and pri mary departments at the local school uditorium Thursday evening. So reat was the interest displayed that mariy could not gain admission. Thq operetta was greatly enjoyed and all present f^t indebted to Mrs. Ira Fales, ■ Misses Blanche Ellis, Virginia Hutto a nd Hazel Coleman, who were untiring in their efforts to make It the success » \ that it was. Sentinel. To Broadcast Services. The Rev.- L. H. Miller, former pastor: of the Blackville) Baptist Church, an|d his brother, Chas. O. Miller, both of whom ar^ now in evangelistic work, will be m a campaign witlT the First Baptist Church, Charlotte, N. C., 1 April 29th to May 13th. Barnwell County people will be interested to know that this church broadcasts its Sunday services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Residents in this section may tune in on Station >YSB ir* Charlotte a t these hours and hear these former Blackville men. i MARLBORO AVENUE HOME IS IDEAL LOCATION. Judge R C. Holman Sa^s That He Is Nj^ow in Communication With Outside Interests. Imbued with the idea a dvarced by rmob during 4he past several weeks that Barnwell can be blade an attractive tourist resort and that every effort should be made to cater to the neods of those who travel the highways through this section, Judge R. C. Holman told a represen tative of this paper last week that he is in communication with moneyed interests jn this State and in the . ’ r* _ \ North relative to converting his handsome Marlboro Avenue home into rooms., Situated as it is on Highway No. 3, from Columbia to Sayarnah. with adequate space for the enlarge ment of the residence, which is admir ably adapted for the change into a Storm Here Sunday. A windstorm, accompanied by light ning and a heavy downpour of rain, visited this city about one o’clock Sun- dr- jday afternoon, but so far as can be learned no material damage was done. A bolt of lightring burned out a fuse in a light transformer on Washington Street, but the transformer itself was LartMl Gouty ClrcmUtiam. School Improvement Association Meets Officers Elected at Final Meeting of Present School Year, i Does Good Work. BARNWELL ROAD WORK APPROVED REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT IS GIVEN O.K. The final meeting of r the Barnwell School Imprv^ment Association for the present school y%ar was held on Tuesday afternoor, of last week with Mrs. R. S. Dicks presiding in the place of SupG W. W. Carter, who was urnble to be present. At this time officers for the ensuing year w<(re elected, as follows: W. W. Carter, president. . Mrs. H .L. O’Bannon, vice pres. Mrs. A. A. Lemon, secretary. Mrs.'R. S. Dicks, treasurer. Mrs. B. P. Davies.^ publicity chhL Mrs. Dicks read her report as treas urer, which was adopted. This report showed that nearly $900 had been reused since the organization of the association last Fall and that the money has heed wisely expended^ Among the things accomplished this term were the enlarging of the stage in the auditorium, the installation of a curtain, sct.nery and footlights, the improving of the school grounds and the purchase of a mimeograph for the school and dictionaries for all of the grades. ' '• * Early last Fall an active member ship committee quickly sutured 125 members at 50 cents a year. During the session some excellent programs have been furnished by the program committee. On October 18th, Miss Mattie Thomas, State president, ad- dr psed the association, hfr topic be ing “Community Work.” She brought to the association many new and val uable ideas, a number of which have been (tarried out during the year. Cooperating with the State Board of H<jilth, a pre-school clinic ard a tonsil p nd adenoijd clinic were success fully handled by the association; Numbers of children were examined and 27 op<(rations performed, thus fit ting these children for better school work. In addition to the dictionaries for the various graces, books have beer purchased for the circulating library. All in all, the first year’s work of the association 'has been very valuable and shows what can be done by a live organization of this kind. It is under stood that the mqmbers have a more ambitious program for next session. not damaged. E. W. Dicks, of Dunbarton, was a visitor here Monday morning and said that the storm blew down a num ber of trees in that town.. - A heavy rain fell here Sunday night, beginning at about ten o’clock and lasting for nearly 12 hours. verted into a hotel it will undoubted- ly be liberally patronized by tourists a medern tourist hotel of 20 or 25 during the season of travel from the North to Florida and return. With th^4 completion of all-weather roads through this section, 1 the amount of this travel will be greatly increased ard Jhere is no reason why some of Concert by Colored Quintette. hotel, it would-be hard -to find a much these tourists cannot be induced to better location within the city limits. The Bendict College Quintette will appear in r concert at the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Barnwell Monday evening, April 30th, at 8:30 o’clock. This organisation, has delighted Red- path Chautauqug audiences and radio fans. The pride of admission will be 25, 35 and 50 cents. Judge Holman’s id<« is to organize a corporation, he takirg stock in the hotel company ( for the value of his property. He made it clear that he will Tikt try to finance the proposition locally, but is,.as stated above/* in communication with outside interests who will develop the property.- Al ready on* of the most attractive homes ir the city, should.it be con- .spend at least a few days in Barnwell, esp^.ially since the development of the Sweet Wkter Country Club seems an assured fact. It is sincerely hoped that Judge Holman will be successful in interest ing his correspondents in the possibili ties of Barnwell as a winter resort and that this city will soon be in a* 1 sition to oflfar the very best hotel ilities to tourists. Closing Exercises at Hercules School Believed That Work of Surface Treat ing Highways Will Be Started , Early in Summed At a nutting of the State Highway* Commission in Columbia Wednesday night of last week, at which time C. E. Jones, of Batesburg, was re-eiected chairman, a reimbursement agree ment wa s approved with Barnwell County providing for the surface treatment of the following roads: A station of Route 3 from the Orangeburg—County line, through A highly successful session of the Hercules school came to a close with enjoyable exercises at the school building Friday evening. This school has made splendid progress during th«i past,two or three years under the direction of its ' efficient corps of teachers, Mrs. Cleo Barker, Mrs. Vic- t<M* Keanse anfl Mis s Ruby Peacock, aU*of whom have been reelected for, another year. Th** program of the exercices Fri day evening was as follows: Opening Song, “How Do You Do? It’s Up to You.” Welcome to Our Friends. Dialogue, “The Reward.” Dialogue, “Betty and Betsy.” The DoUDriH. Dialogue, “The Train Leaves ir. Ten minutes.” _ Th<i Studious Band. —Play, “Cabbage Hill School.” — The Mud Pie Song. Dialogue, “Wanted , A Husband.” Dialogue, “Doll Contest.” The Flag Drill. - Dialogue, “Dot Enter^ins.” A Vote of Thanks. Sor*g, “Mr. Sun and Mr. Moon.” Blackville and Barnwell to the Allen dale County line, approximately 26 miles. A section of Route 37 from Elko to Barrwell, about ten miles. . A section of Route 78 from the ' Bamberg County line through Black ville and Elko to the Aiken County line, approximately 14.5 miles. ' • It also approved kn agreement for $75*,000 with Barnwell County provid ing for the surface treatment of a section of Route 39, beginning in Wil liston ar.d extending to the Orange burg County lir£, about 8.4 miles, and a section of Route 64, beginning be tween Barnwell and Olar, about # 8.3 milels. ^ r- » The meet step will be that of ad vertising for bids from contractora ard it is believed that actual work will begin early in the Summer. It is hoped that the roads will be in read iness to care for the tourist travel through this section next Fall and Winter. It is understood that assurance has been giveri that” the road through Orangeburg County, connecting witl» the paved highway at Swansea, wilt be surface treated, thus providing ar» all-weather road from Kline to the State capital. An effort made to induce Allendale County to link up with the improved road at the Barnwell County line and extend the “dependable type” highway to the ^Jamptpn County line, thus providing ard almost unbroken stretch of paved or surface treajUd roads Irani poirts North of Columbia through Blackville, Barnwell and on to Savannah and points in Florida. ♦ _ I + Col. Edgar A. Brown's < Car Is Badly Damaged J. A. Searle, En Route to Aiken Satur day Night, Takes to Ditch to Avoid Collision. Col. Edgar A. Brown’s Cadillac se dan was badly damaged ' Saturday nighUwhen J. A. Searle, who had bor rowed the car to go to Aiken, was forced to take to a d tch to avoid a rear-end collision with a Ford tour ing <ar occupied by negroes. Mr. S arle states that the touring car was beirg driven without lights and that he did not see itJintil he was within about ten feet of the other machine. In order to avoid a collision, with possible serious consequences to the negroes, he chose the lesser of the two evils and headed for the ditch along the side of the highway. When the wheels went into the ditch, he lost control of the hmvy sedan, which First Magistrate Announcement. Paul H. Sanders, of the Olar sec tion. enjoys the distinction of berng the first candidate in Barnwell County to announce for the office of Magis trate, his formal announcement for Magistrate at Hilda appearing else where in this issue of The People- Sentinel. Mr. Sar dors, who is a son of J. O. Sanders, of Olar, is a pro gressive young farmer and promises a fair and impartial administration turned completly over. The fenders on the left side.\ were crushed, the widnshield broken and the top badly damaged. Mr. Searle <«Uaped un hurt. The accidert occurred on the Barnwell-Elko highway, about three miles from this city, near the spot whrre a Mr. Hair was killed in ah automobile accident several years ag®. Congressman Hare Announces. Elsewhere in this issue of The lYople rSentirj*lj will be found the fformal announcement of Congressr- man Butler B. Hare, of Saluda, as a candidate for reekrrtion. He was elected four years ago in a hotly con- teated race to succeed the Hor r James F. Byrnes, who was a candidate for should he be elected. The. present in- the United States Senate, and was AS cumbent is John A. Morris, who, it is understood, will be a candidate for reelection. Mrs. Perry A. Price, Misses Rosalie Spann, Priscilla Shaw a od Jean Berr> ton were visitors in Augusta Saturday. reelected two years ago without op position, as will probably be the case a'gain this year, as to date there ha s been no mention of ary other as pirant for the office. Mr. Hare de making a splendid representative and | would doubtkes be herd to beat.. *