The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, April 26, 1928, Image 1
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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
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ago, the, Barnwell County Convention
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will be composed of 91 d<(legates and
for the convenience of the various
dubs the. apportionment is republish-
cd,^as follows: _ -
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Vote in No. of
Club 1926; Delgts.
Preliminary Work at .
Sweet Water Begins
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. —
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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
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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
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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. ^
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» 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.
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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
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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..
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