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sr THE OrnClAL NEWSPAPER op barn well COUNTY *^| TW* 9MW IMS As EXCLUSIVE Vrldits la Site cMuaanltjr ts all NEWS. FEATUEBS saS ADVER- TI8IN0 SERVICE—sf tU PUB- USHERS AUTOCASTER SER VICE stf N«v Y*«t O* The BarnweU People-Sentinel Consolidated June 1, 1925. Muftt Like a Member of the Family” Larfeet County Clrenlation. /? NORMAN B, GAM LIFE INSURANCE VOLUME LI. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MAY 10TH, 1928.. I NUMBER SI. BARNWELL MAN OPPOSE EVANS EDGAR A. BROWN ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY. Local Attorney Will Oppose Former Governor for Democratic Exec utive Committeeman. Columbia, May 5.—Edgar A. Brown, attorney of Barnwell, former speaker of the house of representatives and chairman of the State Democratic exe cutive committee, in Columbia on business Thmsday night, announced that he would be a candidate to suc ceed former Governor John' Gary Evans as executive committeeman at the State Democratic convention, which will be held in the hall of the house of representatives Wednesday, May 16th. With the announcement! of Mr. Brown’s candidacy T interest ip . na tional politics in South Carolina will take on new life. Mr. Evans is seek ing re-election as the champion of the b^ne dry faction of the State, and ac cording to expressed opinions of poli tical prognostications, will draw his support largely from this scource. The sentiment developed at the recent conference of bpne dry fac tion leaders held in Columbia^and the announced intention of those who at tended the confeience to wage a fight ill the State convention for repeal of Rule 32, relating particularly to the .pledge to support the nominee of the party in national as well as State elections, wilf be opposed by Mr. 51 ' • - - „ Brown. '* “Dyed in the wool South Carolina Democrats of the old school are con vinced that Democracy is based on I piinciple, and the'basic foundation of that principle is support of the party nominee,” said Mr. Brown. v “To do other than pledge to support the nominee ot the party is an attack on the very foundation of party princi ples. Rule 32 must stand or fall with South Carolina democracy, and I will challenge retention of the rule, against any and all opposition that may de velop in the State convention. - “f have no partieuiar candidate in the list Democratic presidential as pirants. I want the party principles to prevail at the Houston convention and confidently predict that a good Democrat will succeed President Cool- idge.” %. FARM WOMEN TO MEET * AT THE COURT HOUSE An interesting program is being [planned by Mrs. Rivers Carroll, presi dent an|d Miss Elizabeth McNab, Home Demonsbi ation Agent for the County Council meeting on Saturday, May '|^12th. The meeting has been called flwor one o^lock and will be over by *^^four o’clock. It is to be held at the Court House in Barnwell. Reports from all clubs will be given and work for another year discussed. Every Council is expected to help with the Johnson-Walketr Scholarship fund, to pay its own dues, ar.d se^d its representative to the State Coun cil meeting at Winthrop in June. The Educational!, Agricultural, Home Beautificatiorp.1 and Religious Com mittee chairman will give reports of work done in the county this year. Miss Harriett Layton, of Winthrop College will give a talk on the woiik of the County Council. . Two interesting contests have been a planned. In one every worhan will be asked to guess the number of grains of coffee in a jar. The one guessing nearest the correct number will be given one pound.of coffee as a prize. Theother will! be n nail-driving con- ’ test. A prize will be given to the woman who drives‘the nail in with the - fewest nutnber of blows. Every Hpnie Demonstration Club member in the county is urged to 5 be present as this is a very important meting. \ Delegates to the State, Council meeting are to be elected. -Contributed. Small Blaze Friday. An electric toaster which had been left lying on a bed in a room occu pied by Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Patterson at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Efllis caused slight damage Friday morning before the blaze wa* ex tinguished) by volunteer fire fighters, Barnwell Visitor to Enter Big Race Again Norman Batten, Who Drove Flaming Car at Indianapolis Visited His Aunt Here. * „ ;— t , Norman Batten, who was the guest of his aunt, Mrs.' George Batter, in Bairnwell stiveral weeks ago while en route to Florida with his wife and Lieut. Eugeue C. Batten, will pilot a car in the 16th international 500-mile automobile race at Indianapolis May 30th, according to a dispatch from that city under date of April 26. Mr. Batten is a racer of considerable notq and displayed great courage in the race a year ago w’hen his car caught fire. The story of that drive is told as follows: Indianapolis, April 26.*-Norman Batten, the flaming cossack of au tomobile racing, whose courage and bravery in driving his burning mount the length f the honur stretch to avoid a serious situation for other cars in last year’s race, will pilot a car in the sixteenth .ntei national 500- mile event to be hold at the Indiana- polis Motor Speedway, May 30, he announced today in a wire from Flori da where he has been recuperating fr'MV the burns he sustained in his '\ild ride in the last contest. Battun, an unassuming chap, who came to the Indianapolis traidt-sevciral NO “COMPANIONATE” PARTY - FOR BARNWELL DEMOCRACY CONVENTION GOES ON RECORD FOR RULE 32. yc. rs ago from the dirt paths of the half mile circuits, drove himself into fame and permarent page in racing lo’-e by his feat last May. Coming throughHhe short straight away between the back and home stretcht*, the motor in one of the ears preceding Batten clattered to pieces. A jagged strip bounced from the track through the gasoline tank in Batten’s car. * He didn’t know • a thing about it until he thundered into the home stretch and past the thous ands of spectators in the log row of grandstands at a gait of 110 miles an hour. Thifi his car burst into -lames. v # It was useless to attempt to stop the speeding car. Batter jumped up in the seat of the burning speedster. H$or moment it appeared as though ho wem going to attempt to jump. Then, as though he remembered that n burning car on the track would en danger the lives of’the other pilots who were whirling about the big oval, Batten grasped the stering wheel, en- shiouded in flames, and with his feet firmly planted iiy the seat, half sit ting, half stanrfing,. ht, made his drive down the straightaway. As he neared the pits he flashed the car along the wall, slackening its speed. Then, with the car slowed to 30 miles' an hour and the end of the pit section in view he jumped. Burned and bruised he was hurried away to the hospital, while a mechanic jumped from the pits and by kicking the front wheels of the burning car roll ed it off the track and within easy reach of several companies of waiting firemen. Death of Hazen Black. Blackville, May 7.—On April 30th, 1928, the Death Angel visited the home cf Heyward Black and bore away ‘bur dear gnandfather, Hazen Black. He had been in ill health for some timer but no one realized the end was so near until a short time before his death. He was shk only a few days. His body was laid to rest Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Reedy Branch cemetery, the funeral services being conducted^ by his pas tor, the Rev. D. W. Heckle. He is* survive^ by two daughters, Mrs. J. B. Weeks, of the Double Ponds Debate o nQuestion Quite Acrimonious, But Sentiment Overwhelmingly Against Change. _ There will be no “companionate” party in South Carolina if the vote of the Bamw'ell delegation to the State Democratic Convention can prevert it, the Barnwell County Democratic Con vention having gone on record here Monday by a vote of more than four to one as being in favor of the reten tion of Rule 32 ir ; its present form and the six delegates elected were so instructed. This does not mean that the convention favored the candidacy of Governor Alfred E. Smith, as several who spoke 1 r t favor of re taining the rule in its piesent form declared their opposition to the New Yorker. The convention was called to or- ■ i ^ *■ der promptly at twelve o’clock by County Chairman Edgar AT Brown and the meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. C. K. Turner. The secre tary, B. P. Davies, read the temporary roll of delegates, which, after it had been .*ovectel, wag made tfc* perma World’s New Speed King Olar High School to Hold Commencement Interesting Program Announced for Exercises, Which Begin Sunday, May 20th. nent roll on motion of Col. J. E. Har ley.. Organization was perfected by the unanimous leelection of all of the former officers, the election being by tac^amation on motion of Solomon Blatt, Esq. They are as follows: President of the fcor^vention by Coun ty Chairman, Edgar A. Brown; Vive- Chairman, Capt. W. D. Black; Secre tary and Treasurer, B. P. Davies; State Executive Commttceman, Edgar A. Brown. Colonel Brown was also elected by acclamation a s a delegate to the State Convertion, leaving five delegates to be named by ballot. The following gentlemen were nominated: J. E. Harley, of BarmtcUl. W. C. Smith, Jr., W. D. Black, of WnUrton; H. D. Still ard J. V. Matthews, of Backville; B. F. Anderson, of Dunbarton, and H. J. Crou(!_h, of Elko. Mr. Crouch request-- ed that his name be withdrawn. The result of the balloting wa&^asjfollows: Hailey^ 78; Smith, 74; Matthews. 65; Still, 71; Black, 75; Anderson, 34. The first five named were declared elected. A motion had been previously adopted to elect six alternates by ballot, but on motion of F. S. Brown it was decided that each delegate be allowed to name his own alternate. While the votes were being courted, L .P. Boylston, of Healing Springy, requested the chairman to explain Rule 32, which he did at lergth, point ing out the dangers to the party or ganization in South Carolina should trikii Ray Keech set a new world’s record for atrto speed kings at f eisce. Daytona Beach, Fla., going over 207 miles an hour and bringing the speed laurels back to America Sfrom Britain. Cucumbers in Bloom. the rule be amended by striking the word “national” therefrom. Rule 32, which many contend is the backbone cf the Democratil? party ir< South Carolina, reads a s follows: “I do solemnly swear that I am a resident of this club distinct and am duly qualified to vote at this election ac cording to the rules of the Democratic party, and that I have not voted be fore at this election and pledge my self to support the rf>minces party, State and national.” Colonel Brown reviewed the history of the Democratic party in this State and stressed its fight to secure and main- tairj w’hite supremacy in elections, which, in his opinion, would be jeopardized by the proposed amend ment. The fireworks > started when Solo mon Blatt, Psq., moved that rule 32 be continued in its present form and C. F. Carter, of this city, was dis playing a cucumber plant in bloom Tuesday. The vine had been pulled from a five-acre field belonging to J. J. Ulmer, of Kline, and indicates that in spite of the unseasonable weather conditions this Spring his crop is well advanced. ♦ ♦ ♦ Advertise in The I ?ople-Sentinel. ing the rule in its present form were made by Edgar A. Brown, J. Julien Bush and Solom-m Blatt, the latter declaring that he spoke for the young n en of Barnwell County and as a i enresentative of the soldiers who had fopght in France for the preservation of world-wide democracy, to whom CaptHBlack had declared that he was willing to leave the issue for settle ment. Mr. Bush pointedly asked Capt. Black. an,d ek-Senator Kennedy for whom they would vote for Presi- dnt if the rule were abolished and Governor Smith is rpminated by the Democrats, irrespective of the Re publican nominee. They sought to evade the question by declaring that they would support the candidate who, in their judgment, is the best man, but, upon being pressed for a more direct answer, Capt. Back replied that he would not vote a t all in such a contingency, while Mir. Kennedy ad mitted that he would vote for the Republican nominee against the New Yorker. To Perry B. Bush goes the distinc tion of being the orjy delegate present who openly endorsed Governor Alfred E. Smith, Mr. Bush declarir# that if the New Ybrkor has any religion at all he thanked God for that. At times the debate grew acrimo nious and bordered dangerously on personalities, frequent references be- misrule and th° possibilities of a cetuin to such conditions if the Demo'- cratic pa rty be split by the “enter- ing wedge” of abolishing the voter’s oath. An effort was made to adjourn with out a vote on the question, but those favoring a retention oiTthe rule forced the issue and upon a jdivisior. vote it was found that 63 favored Mir. Blatt’s The Rev. J.C. Roper, pastor of the Green Street Methodist Church, of Columbia, will deliver the baccalaur eate sermon to the graduating class of the Olar High School in the Bethel Methodist Church, Sunday morhing, May 20th, at 11 o’clock, according to « program j-eceived 4,his week by The People-Sentir^l. The Junior play, “The Girl Who Forgot,” will be presented in the school auditorium Wednesday evening, the 23rd inst., while the Senior play, “The End of the Lane,” will b e pre sented the following evening. The grajduating exercises will be held in the school auditorium Friday evening, May 25th, and the Hop. But ler B. Hare, Congressman from this District wil brake the address to the graduates. A cordial invitation is extended th^ public to attend any or all of the exer- 86 DELEGATES AT CONVENTION ONLY FIVE FAILED TO ATTEFdM MEETING. the Southeastern Summer School. The 1928 session of the Southeas tern Summe^ School for Teachers will commence oh June 6th, when—the I • Spurr Branch Not Represented.—Otaar from Elko and Three from GresS. Cypress Absent. When the Barnwell County cratic Convention was called to at noon Monday in the Court Hi 86^ of the 91 delegates answered roll call. No report whatever received from Spurr Branch, the club on the Edistb RiyCr, which entitled to one delegate, and there one absentee from Elko and three from Great Cypress. As the division vote on the lesolutjon to retain Ride 32 in its present form stood 63 for ant 14 against, it will be seen that nine oT the delegates in attendance did not vote at all. The permanent corvention roll oT the delegates, together with the execu tive committeemen from each elah, fe as follows: ■ Barnwell (24)—Edgar A. Brown, Bl: F. Davies, TT B! Gamble, Perry BL Bush, Herman Mazursky, Angus I^t- teison, J. W. Patterson, L. G. Rich ardson, J. Julier. Bush, Ir a Falls?, HL D. Coclin, J. E. Harley, E. E. Goodsott* F. S. Brown, V. S. Owens. W. P. Har- resolution to retain the rule and in- ; section, and Mrs. Clyde Smoak, of t* 18 * U 16 fo^Kates to the State conven^ | s truction 0 f the delegates, while only ‘ Orangeburg; five sons, Arthur, Char-! t * on ^ i ns tnicted 1° so vote, this 14 were against it. The secretary lie, Luther, Furman and Heyward * motion receivi n£ several seconds. Black, all of Barnwell County; sixteen j C *V L W - D - Black * who glared grand children; two great-grand chil- 1 that he was a b€tter democrat that dren ard five brothefis, Aubrey, John-f anyone els€ in the convention because son, Dock, William a nd Barney Black J of the l€n * th of time that he has been Sleep on, dear $rand father, and a member, of the party, spoke at take your rest, Go^i called you home len F h »n favor of amending the rule, for He knows best. A grand daughter, Lila. 1 1 • Services Sunday Morning. declaring that he expressed the senti ntent of the Williston club which he represented. R. E. Woodward, of Rosemary, favored an amendment of the rule because of his expressed, fear Archdeacon Burton, of Allendale, that the prohibitionists of the State will (conduct services at the Church of might be forced to vote for a <*‘wet” the Holy Apostles in Barnwell, Sun- ; candidate. Ex-Senator A. M. Ken- g, May 13th, at 11:30 n ^y» of Williston, also strongly/ad- aihoun, of Bishopville, who responded promptly to the Slarm. was in the city this week on business. ' day mo o’clock, ed to a e public is cordially invit- » ♦ * vocated amending the rule, declaring that the Democrats should not . b£ fori ced to vote for an objectionable candidate. — Able arguments in favor of retain 14 was irstructed to list those voting in favor of amending or abolishing the rule, they being as follows: A. M. Ken nedy, W. E. Protlno, H. M. Thompson, R. E. Woodward, L. P. Boylston, M. C. Kitchings, W. D. Black, J. W. Folk, B. F. Anderson, C. G. Youngblood, L. F. Cave, Byron Morris, T. M. Willis, A. P. Lee and A. S. Blanchard. As Mr. Boylston is the executive commit teeman and wag not a delegate from Healing Springs, the vote was about 4H to 1. " There being no further business, the convention was adjourned, the chairman announcing that a meeting of the executive committee would be held in the near future for the pur pose of naming enrollment commit tees, fixing assessments of candidates, *tfe. v registration of students will be attend ed to. Last summer the school was successful in eyery respect, and indi cations are that the enrollment this sessions is to exceed all expectatior. . The Southeastern Summer School has beep approved by the State Board of Education, and all credits duly earned by teachers atending this school are recognized by the State Department of Education. * In order to meet the demands of a great many teachers who wish to have their set-ond-gra^e credits raised to first-grade, several of the courses give advanced credits: That is, credits toward raising certificates.* By at tending four summer schools and completing twelve * advanced credit courses, the holder of a second-grade certifl:*ate may have his or her certi ficate raised to first-grade. Two new instructors have been add ed to the faculty : W. W. Carter, Supt. of the Barnwell Schools, and W. E. Willis, Supt. of the Lodge Schools. Superintendent Carter will conduce the classes in educational, psy chology and stadard methods of classroom tests, in an attempt to present to the teachers practical and helpful informaion in the field of ef ficient teaching. Mr. Willis is to handle classes in practical discus sions of fifth a n<l sixth grade geogra phy, giving attention not only to geo graphical data but a l so the most suc cessful methods of applying this knowledge in the classroom. The Southeastei it Summer School for Teachers is financed and support ed by the four counties, Barnwell, Bamberg, Beaufort and Colleton. It has a faculty of able and experienced ir^tructors, and there is every indica tion that the school will become a peimanent fixture in the educational life of this section of the State. Kills Negro JYithout Cause. ~ With >appaiently no more reason than “Negro, I don’t like your looks,” a stranger, shot and instantly killed Dave Firklea, negro, at a filling sta tion near Kingstree, Sunday after noon. The on!y reply the negro is said to have made is, “Cap’n, I car’t help how I made.” According to the testimony of Joe Gamble, proprietor of the filling station, Finklea was run ning wh*n the\white mar, fired the fatal shot. The alleged murderer and his companion made their escape in a Ford roadster which had recently been painted gray. A reward of $60 was offered for their arrest. Both apparerily were under the influence of whiskey, Gamble said. ♦ •+< ♦ ^ • . Leads Trspshooters. ley, Solomon Blatt, B. S. Moore, Jr* G. P. Hogg, B. H. Dy:hes, J. M. Diamond, J. B. Morris, K. C. Hofnm and J. O. Patterson. Executive Committeemani—Edgar A_ Brown. Bennett Springs (3)—C. O. Meyer*. W. T. Hankinson and B. W. Pecples- Executive Committeeman—B. W-. Peeples. Blaekville (12)—J. V. Matthews G.. L. Weissinger, P. E. Aller, W. E. Mat thews, H. D. Still, E. H. Weissinger, L. F. Hair, C. J. Fickling, W. W. Molony* J. C. Kammer, George Magruder ancf Victor Martin. Executive 1 Committeeman—EL Dl. Still. Double Pon^ds (2)—J. L. Croft andT Isadore Hartzog. Executive Committeeman—W. EL Hartzog. Dur.barton (6)—B. F. Owens, T. A.. Cook, P, J. Hiefs, B. F. Anderson, H*. A. Moody a nd L. F. Cave. 1 Executive Committeeman—J. M- Killingsworth. Elko (4)—C. W. Hair, H. J. Croorlr and H. A. Green. (Absent, FL KL Johnson.) • Executive Committeemar—H. JL Crouch. Four Mile (2)—C. G. Youngblood and C. M. Turner. Executive Committeeman—C. K_ Turner. Friendship (3)—Frank Sanders, GL. W. Fail and C. F. Sanders. Executive Committeemar — Frank Sanders. Great Cypress (5)—R. B. Harden and W. H. Moody, Jr. (Absent, J. L. Boylston^ Bradley, B. M. Jenkins, Jr., and Oweir Gcoge.) Executive Committeemar.— R. BL Harden. Healing SprirgS (2)--W. T. Walker and Byron Mo r ris. F^ccutive Committee!nan— X. FT Hercules (5)—W. A. Morris, Jr., K L. Still, Paul H. Sanders, W. Hayner Dyches and J. A. Morris. E. L. Smith, of Varrfville, was high gun at the weekly shoot of the Barn well Gun Club Friday afternoon, breaking 25 pigeons in a row. The complete score was as follows: First Squad—Tucker Lafttte, 22; Prof. W. W. Carter, 14; Sam Geanuc, 16; W. P. FrankMil, 17; E. L. Smith, 2°. Second Squad—Wi P. Franklin, 21; E. L. Smith. 25; S&n Geanuc, 26; B. P. Davie#, 22. Eexecutive Committeenman— N. A_ Hiers. Hildg (3)—H. D. Hutto, W. G. Col^ lins and H. W. Collins. Executive Committeeman—A- Hutto. Reb Oak (3)—S. E. Moore, W. T; Still and R. R. Moore. Executive Committeeman—S. R. Moore. Rosemary (2)—J. M. Weatherabee and R. E. Woodward. /Executive Committeeman—R. EL Woqdward. Reedy Branch (1)—Otis Creech. • Executive Committeeman—W. HL Black. • Siloam (1)—J. W. Bates. —~ Executive Committeeman— J. WL Bate#. Spurr Branch—(No report.) Williston (12)—J. W. Folk, W. KT Prothro, T. M. Wiltis. W. H. Man ning, A. S. Blairhard, W. C. Smith, Jr., W. D. Black, M. C. Kitchings? HL M. Thompson, A. M. Kennedy, A. P. Lee a rU Dr. Wallis Cone. Executive Committee mar r—WL JK Bkuck. +mw' C5‘