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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY / t ni« 9rights la NBWft, USING US H BBS VICE «f Barnwell ^ Consolidated Jane 1, 1S25. ’Jusl LJke a M«mb«r of the Famlly ,M B. GAME E INSURANCE VOLUME LI. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROUNA, THURSDAY,. MAY 31ST, 1928 NUMBER «L May Term of Criminal Court Now in Session Several True Bills Found and Cases * Disposed of.—Grand Jury Makes Presentment. The May term of the Court of Gen eral Sessions convened here Monday morning, with Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, presiding. True Bills found by the Grand Jury are as follows:- Oscar Armstrong, assault and bat- te* 1 y with indent to kill. Ellis Baxley, murder. E. W. Weaver, breach of trust with fraudulent intent. Girl Spurns Wealth Perry Martin, violation of the pro- h’bition law. Henry and Duff Hoover, housebreak ing and larceny. : Duff Hoover, housebreaking, and larceny. Murray Allen, housebreaking and ia rueny. _ v E. W. Weaver, breach oMrust with fraudulent intent. Cases Dispbs The following cases had been dis- pised of at the time The People-Sen- tinel closed its forms: Hcrbeii Cook, violation «ff the pro hibition law, guilty of having liquor in his possession ptarecommended to mercy. Murray Allen, housebreaking and larceny (store of T. L. Martin), pleaded guilty, sentenced to two ; cars at hard labor. IV ry Martin', was tried in h\< ab- sence^for violatWm of the prohibition law a,nd fowrd guilty, a sea{ed sen tence being imposed. — M. B. Owens and Mellitious Harley, charged with violation of the prohibi- t on law; Owens acquitted, •“ Harley f+)»nd f guilty, a sealed sentence l>ein^ imposed. Duff Hoover and 'Henry' Hoover, charged with housebreaking and lar ceny (store of M. C. Lee at Kline), we e both found guilty of housebreak ing and petit larceny. V ■■ ’ / I Grand Jury Presentment. The Presentment of the Grand Jury is as follows: To the Honorable Hayne F. Rice, _ _ t T P esiding Judge: Jhe Grand Jury of Barnwell County begs leave to report as follows: 1. We have passed upor all bills of indictment that have been submitted to us and have returned them to the' Court. X 2. A Committee of our hod\/ has visited the County Jail and myae an inspection of the same. This Jail is kept in perfect condition, and the Jailer has the best garden in county, efficiency Rev Nicholas Feringa, pastor of the Church of the Incarnation. New York, and his bride, th^ for- mer Grace Waldron, society girl Mi$s Waldron wa.s o engaged «.to marry John G. Ardon, millionaire, but changed her mind and married^ the minister instead. HEAVY DAMAGE TO CROPS IN—, UPPER SECTION OF COUNTY •o Blackville School Delivers Diplomas Blackville, May 26.—Commence ment exercises of the Blackville school were held at the sihool auditorium on Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. The following seniors were given dipio- mas: Misses Marjorie Pickling, Het- tie and Etta Mathis, Meldiid Still, Martha Still, Lucille Bodiford, Eva- dell Jowers, Doris McKerley, Evelyn LOSS ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN $75,000 AND $100,000. Williston-Elko High Concludes Session Willistcn, May 28.—Commencement exercises were held in Williston last week, culminating in final exercises at the Williston-Elko high schobl Friday evening when Dr. W. S. Currell, of Columbia, deliveied the literary ad dress to the 2J graduates of the high _school, At this time^ certificates of merit and various medals were deliv- crcjd and Superintendent C. M.-Moore presented State high school diplomas the following 23 graduates: MissesjPotton commencement. Gaskin, Myrtis Hightower, Hazel Hartzog, Raymond Gaskin and Wil- mot Martin. The “salutatory was given by Raymond Gaskin and the valedictory by Martha Still. The addiess of the evening/was given by Hon. Butler B. Hare, congressman from the Second district. His sub ject was “The Two Whats—What’s the Difference and What’s the Use.” During the evening the followinj Hail Storfo Sunday Afternoon Visited Williston ,Elko and Reynolds Sections. A hail storm, which visited /the Williston, Elko and Reynolds sjxftions Sunday afternoon caused damage to crops of cotton, corn, cucufnbers and watermelons estimated/at between pupils were given certificates of p motion from the seventh grade to the ffighth: Gene Rountiee, , Pstelle Blume, Sophie Fickling, Zelnia High tower, Oda Mae Hartzog vMyftis Bo land, Eleanor Still, L. Y. Baughman, Grover Carter and Pinckney Still. Music was furnished during the pro gram by Miss Lil^Teale, vialin teach- accompaniegby Mrs. G. F. Posey. $75,000 and $100,000, according to cal culations of observers who have visited the stricken aiea. The heaviest dam age was at Reynolds Station, although both the Elkb and Williston sections were sufferers. From all accounts, the storm was fully as had as the one Ufat visited this immediate sec- tioj/just a year ago, when fields of crops were swept practically uf vegetation. Urfortun fihe Xare Big Audience Hears Hon. Jas. F. Bym» State High School Diplomas Ddfwreft to Largest Class in History of y Local School. An audience that crowded the V* Theatre to its full capacity wi the graluating exercises of the Barn well High School Tuesday evening; adt which time the Hon. Jam^ F. Byrnes of Spartanburg, delive^bd a masterly address and State high school diplomas; weie presented by Jas. Julien. Bmfc, F»q., chairman of the Board of Tn»-^ tees, to the largest graduating class in the—histcry/of thc local behoof - IK er The girls of of co-opeiyfiion in the drive for “-the comiumption of cotton materials. Their/dresses, though fashioned en- tirej^ of cotton clcth, were especially attractive^ This was Blackvilie’s first the hail stoim last year also^jdshered in a long period of rainy weather, which greatly aided the bpfl weevil in his destructive work. J!he farmers in this year’s affected ^rea are v hopeful that seasottaole wether will prevail fiom nc'w on and that, a part of the loss will be recovered. It is estimated that, in addition to the damage to the cucumber and Dorothy Toole, Mildred Bell, Aleas^ Bi it, Jacquc^ Davis, Sadie Garber, Katherine Green, Laurice Green/Nilla ( Kathryn, Hair, Ethel Kennedy; Mary Ellen Parker, Ruth Scott, RiXe Louise Webb and Eva Widener/and Cullen Boland, Sam Dyson, Lyje Joyner, Her bert Smith, Lyhiamp Smith, Hallie Staley, J. T. Stalev/Fabyarr Still, Ash ley Toole, and J./E. Webb. Thursday evening the senior class presented its ' class showed a spirit, w T atermglon crops, the production of cotton has been cut between 500 and 60(]/1»ales, those suffering the heaviest lyss being as folloys: M.-C. Kitun ings, the Wayne Eaves place, jG. E. Crruch. P: S. Greene, H: J. CnaiUch, C. \V. Hair, W. L. Powell, WJL Wooley, Robert Glover, Reynoldsi^aiims, Inc., Dr. W. C. Smith, B. mXHair, Henry Bolen and W. R. CarrXl. * v Perry B. Bush returned /^lon lay from a motoi trip to'Pittsburgh, Pa. IZ/irrocACTEt Raymandc AUain, 16 year/old Paris beauty, who won over/<cvcn hundred contestants for th/ honor vi icprcsvtning France uL/hc In- tc-rnational v Pageant of Pulchritude to be staged at GaJVeston, i ex., iune 2 to lune 5. / Parachute' Saves Barriwellah When Airplane Sheds Wings ‘oily anna,’ i under the di- We commend him for the his 3. A Committee of our body has visited the County Gh^ingang. We find the <ame ip good condition. The stock and con/icts are well cared for. 4. The attention of our body has been called to the dangerous condi tion of fhQ^tfnder-pass on the pubT5t road !ytw r een Dunbarton ard Mover’s \ / * Mill/where the same goes under the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. \We ‘commend that our County Board of Directors take up this matfer with the railroad authorities and use their best eideavorsto have this /uede safe fer people traveling along ! Krade plriys at th# 3 public'road. At the last term cllass play, rection of ^fiss Margaret Carswell, as- sLted by a st roughcast. , Wednesday evening, May 23,-the clas^/day exercises of the grammar high schools we»e held at the high hool auditorium. Lybi*and Smith as valedictorian and Mis? Ethel Kennedy as salutatorian of the high school sen iors did well their part as spokesmen for their class. The exercises were cleverly arianged in the form of a play, “The World Outside,” with the following seniors taking parts: Jani tor, Hallie Staley; Father Tiny*, Sam Dyson; Spirit of Learning and Testa tor, Ruth Scott; tempter and poet. E. Webb; prophet, Alease Birt; pis tol ian, Sadie Barber. Miss Pear! Yarn greeted the high s.hool class day ex ercises. Among the seventh grad^ gradua Lily Rogol delivered th^ valedicU»ry; -Agnes Latimer, the salutatory/ Era Givens, class history^ Cecil Hair, class will; Elizabeth Grubbs, prophecy. The piincipal, John A. Walker, delivered certificates to over 20 graduates. Another interesting here whs th X ' • l Capt. J^mes Tillinghast Moore, Stunting at Tientsin, Before international / Garrison, Floats Down Into ^fbat. Uninjured, When Marine “Bus Fails. ___ \ ■ - • ' • • i high s hool audi- j toriuny Fri|day, May 18. “Not Such a of Court several : Goose” and “Who Kis-ed Barbara” c < > m m i tteai - we.iT appointed f i om our! were piesehteaby thejgiils and boys of body to make inspections of the dif-| grade in a splendid manner, re ferent County Institutions. Two 0 f/fleeting much credit upon their acting these Committees composed of three and upon the coaching of their teacher member. 1 each served one day in ad-^ principal, John A. Walker. ciition to the dgys in regular attend-1 ance upon this Court. We feel that! the membeis of these Committees :, shcuId be paid for one extra day and mileage. How a -native of Ba-mwei 1 > nying in an air ciicus at Tienlsin foi-the diver sion ,of the international garrison, saved himself by # a parachute jump when both right wing/ of his bi-plane tore away, is related m a copy of the North China Stai/of Apiil 23rd, which was leceived recently by the intrepid pilot’s motheX*Mis. W. W. Moore, of lumbia. Capt. Janies Tillinghast Moore, son of the Late adjutant general of South Cari/fra, after being graduated from The Citadel. Charleston, served on the ^fexican border as a lieutenant in the machine gun company of the Second Infantry, N. G. S. C., and later ob tained a commission rn the marine corps. He had n( t been long a marine officer before he began specializing in aviation. » Capt. Moore has spent much time in Haiti and at present is with the brig- cident of com- a< * e °f marines assembled last year in the seventh i. China under command of Brig. Gen. Smedley Butler. // / ~ ; Following is in part the stoiy of his o.i the race track at the opposite side of the course at the stands. — The descect of Captain Moore was watched wdth bated breath. The wind carrieji him past the stands and he fell exploit at Tientsin as related in the North China Star, which will be read with interest by/his many friends In // / Bainwell County: Phn airplan Mrs. W. L. Merritt Passes. Friends of Mrs. W. L. Merritt, o Williston, will learn with regiet We thank, the Presiding Judge, the her death which - occurred Monday Solicitor and the other Court officials night at the home of her daughter, for the courtesies extended our bod> T during deliberation, all of which is respectfully submitted. WyJ. Lemon, Foreman. CATFISH STEW AND CHICKEN """"SUPPER AT BAPTIST CHURCH Group ist Chn p No. 3, of the Barnwell Bapj tist Church, of which M<! s. E. D. Pea- copk is leader, will serve a catfish stew and chicken supper at the church on Friday evening, June 8th, begin ning at seven-thirty o’clock. The pro ceeds from the supper will be for the benefit of the church organ fund. The public is cO'.diaUy invited anff urged to attend , Mrs. Lillis Baggott, in. Wagener. Funeral services were held at Wag ener Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. W. R. Davis, pastor of the Williston Baptist Church, interment following in the Williston cemetery, Dr. W. M. Jones, of Barnwell, assisting in the services at the,grave. Mrs. Merritt, wo was 86 years of age, is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Baggott, of Wagener, and Mrs. Ollie Keel/ of St. Matthews, and four son/ F. T. and D. L. Merritt, of Williston, L. Merritt, of Augusta, and JL A. Merritt, of St. Matthews. me Loses Wings. A& airplane collapsed and fell dur- mg arvexJiibitkm of start flying, and Captain Moore, the aviator, escaped by jumping wdth his parachute, at the review % given by the United States marines at the race course yesterday afternoon., before lepresentatives of the American, British, French and Chinese forces in Tientsin and a large ir.unjber of civilians and service men. ' The right wdngs of the plane fell off /during the course of a seiies of somersaults. The machine had pre viously given a nose dive and rose at terrific speed, and the air resistance was apparently too strong, thus whip ping off the wings. The plane rose in to the air for a few seconds and then dropp>cd straight to the earth. The accident happened at less than 800 feet from the ground. \ Crowd Is Thrilled. • ^ * The escape of Captain Moore thrill- r. and M.;S. J. M. Weathersbee, of ed the assembled crowd. When the /me Rosemary section, were visitors Tfrachine started on its dive, he sprang here Monday the former being a off amidst the cheers of the specta- ADVERT1SE m The Pfcople-Sentinel. member of the Grand Jury. ^ tors. The airplane struck the earth into the water. Many peisons ran forward as he fell, and willing hands-' other candidate for this office, assisted him out of the moat. He w’as smiling and none the worse for his experience. Captain Moore w’as helped into a marine automobile and when he reach ed the stands the crowd gave him a lousing welcome. Many surrounded him and congiatulated him on his nar row escape. After taking some light refreshments, he departed for a change of clothing. All sorts of questions were fired at Captain Moore by those who crowded about him. Many shook his hand, while cameras clicked. The aviator’s first words were, “I’m all light.” Ac cording to him, the wings fell off be cause the plane was going at too great a speed when it turned on its side. “Scared to DeathT* “I was almost scared to death!” he laughingly said, when questioned tis to how he felt when the machine began Many Ann6uncements Made by Candidates With/the entry of eight new as p:in/s in*o the iirena this vtck, the pojLtbal pot in Barnwell County be- ins to boil. ^ So far, no opposition hag developed to the incumbents of the major offices, chief interest centering about the several Magistrate races in the county. R. L. Bronson annourees hT« candi- dacy to succeed himself, as does also Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches. To intro duce these gentlemen to the voters of Barnwell County is as unnecessary as introducing “Jim” Byrnes to a Barn well audience. In the Magistrate Marathon, the incumbent, G. L. Hill, of Red Oak, is being opposed by J. ,M. Hill, who is I cing presented by a number of Voters of that towmship. Wr S. Grubbs, of Blackville, is opposing C. S. Buist incumbent, while W. L. Harley and I>. A* Dyches have entered the race for Magistrate at Hilda, bringing the total number of aspirants to four .Paul H. Sanders and W. Hayne Dyches having previously announced J. M . Diamond is (ffeting for reflec tion rs Magistrate nt Barnwell anc so far is without opposition, although rumor has it that there will be an- Apparently Col. Edgar A. Brown will make the race unopposed for the State Senate, as will also Col. J. E Hatley i>nc the Rev. D. W. Heckle for the House of Representatives, nor is it finely that Coroner D. P. Lancester will have any opposition. All in £.11, present indications point to an ixivcmeiy cuiet Summon, politi cally, in Bainwell County. NOTE:—Since the above was put into type, O. W. Harley has announcec his candidacy for reelection to the office of Magistrate at Dunbarton. Study Institute at Bamberg. Or. Friday, May 25th, beginning at 10.30 A. M., the W. M. U. of the Bam well Association held an institute for its members in the new and beautifu Baptist Church at Bamberg. * Mrs. J. B. Boatwright, of Mullins, State Mission Study Chairman; Miss to fall. His action was qukk, for not; Vcnnie Lance, of Columbia, State Cor more than a few’ seconds elapsed from responding Secretary, and Mrs. W. the time the wings broke unt-il he jumped off. Captain.Moore did nrt seem to be much excited. When one lady exclaimed, “You are our hero.” he burst out lauging and ran away. Among the feats the aviator was doing before his plane crashed was the turning of several somesaults in rapid succession, diving down at great speed Hatcher, of Johnston, State Sunbeam Leader, were present and each pre sented her phase of the work in an In tel esting and instructive way. Miss Lance abo spoke briefly on the W. M* U.. program at the recent S. B. Con ic **tion in Chattanooga. Mrs. G. N. Smith presided over the meeting in her usual efficient and girls and/14 boys. After the invocation by the Rev. L .Banks and a selection, by a cftornft dXhigh school girls, Mr. Byrnes wok, ntioducted by Solomon Blatt, who felt that the introduction of the distinguished visitor to a BarnwefY Hudieroe was like carrying coals Newcastle. The former Congressman from this—District .s-poke—informally snd throughout his address he stm ed the advantages |o be gained by m college education, illustrating: hm points with timely illustrations that: have come under his own observatkm. At the conclusion of his remarks, Bush presented the diplomas. A number not on the program was rthe awaiding of the prize offered by the local U. D. C .Chapter to the boy or girl making the highest scholar ship in American history. The win ner this year was Miss Patricia Dicks, daughter of Mr. ari^Mrs. R. S. Didw and a member of the seventh gradk*. An interesting incident in cornecfionr with the award was the fact that Mias: Dicks and Ben Davies, Jr., a member of the Senior Class, tied for the honor, but as the latter had won the prise while in the grammar school he was ineligible to compete agairr. Mr. Bush paid a fine tribute to the splcmticUwork performed during the part session by Supt. W. W. Carter a-d his efficient corps cf teactrers, as did also Hon. Horace J. Crouch ,coanty superintendent of education, who, in ar letter of commendation offered »: medal for all-round excellence inr tht? tment.—Mr. Carter and ri&'ftg—up almost perpendicularly,-charming manner. Mrs. B. D. Carter dropping off on one *ide, and other hair laising stunts. W’hen the wfings fell off, the spectators at first thought that it was a new stunt, to fly with one set wings. The machine was a ma?s of wreck age. The engine was ynderneath, with canvas, steel and wood on. top. Souvenirs and photographs were taken by the crowd that swdrmed around. The two remaining wings were ciump : led up. There were wires all over, and the propeller was unrecognizable. It is said that the plane is practically . worthless. delighted the audience with a number Many an uneducated man has taken his thii d degree. and Miss Vista Brabham gave a vocal I ' ■ —-• J ■ polo. The church was tastefully decorated throughout with, roses artd other spring flowers. At the lunch hour a veritable feast things to eat was served by the Bamberg ladies in the dining room in the basement of the building. There were 21 churches and seven as sociations represented..^ This was the first meeting of this kind to be held in this Association, but it proved so suc cessful that it is hoped, that many more such will be held in the future. Mrs. John B. McMiHan. responded in a happy vein and stateel that whatever measure of success tbe school has achieved under his direr-' tion hag been due wholly to four out side influences—the unselfish woik amf cooperation of the Board of Trustees., the excellent work of his assistants^.' the cooperation cf the parents an# 7 the spferdid personnel of the stodesrit body. He also complimented the wort: of the school improvement associationr which was organized last Fall. Thf*- patrons of the school know, however^ that much of the 'school’s success m due to Mr. Carter’s capable coordina tion of the c e several influences. A piano selection by Miss Gladya’ Lee, of Kline, added much to the enjoy ment of the occasion and the exercises were brought to a close by the bene diction, pronounced by Dr.- W. ML Jones. The commencement exercises began Friday evening with a recital by the members of the Beethoven Club, under the direction of Mrs. Ira Fales. The baccalaureate services were held Sun day evening fn the Barnwell Methodiat Church, at which time the Rev. J. R* Caston, of Bamberg, preached a most interesting and timely sertnon, b subject being “Success, or How to Succeed.” If the members of the* graduating class heed the advice given by Messrs. Caston and Byrnes there will be no question as to their succe*-? in later years. ti ; Help a Good Cause. Clara Bow is the flapper’s idol of America. She has ‘‘It” and plenty of it. She is American girlhood m rtst sweetest, snappiest, happiest phases-. But—she has also the greatest dramat- of selections on .the new pipe orgfff^ic talent of any young actie?s on thr screen tody. See her in the most grip ping, thrilling, heart-clutching role of* her career as “Lolly” in Gene Strattoir Porter’s “The Keeper of the Bees,’* to* be shown at the Vamp Theatre, Barn well, on June 6th and 7th, beginning at 8:15. Prices, adults 40 cents, chil dren 20 cents.. Proceeds from safe of tickets will be used for piano for adult depaAment of the Baptist Chyivli: Come out and see a good picture araf* help a good cause at the same time;. Mrs. J. G. Howell and two ch of Lamar, are the guests of relatives this week.