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: •*» if ' "'£>*■£4 BT THE OPnCUL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY +• ItCLUSfYB ^ AOV1*. 8KRV1CB—«f tk* PUB* Al/TOUABTBl BBR. The Barnwell People-Sentinel Consolidated June 1, 1925. 'Jufet Like a Member of the Family” Largest County Circulation. NORMAN B. LIFE INSURANCE OLUME LI. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JUNE 28TH, 1928. NUMBER 44. V / r . City Capitulates to ^ ' “Friendly Invaders’' 4- " Charleston Motorcade Captures Barn well on Good-Will Tour of This Section of State. Scholarship Exams. in Barnwell County DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IS UNDER WAY AT HOUSTON Horace J. Crouch, County Superin tendent of Education, Calls At tention to Opportunities. Attending Short Course. CALLED TO ORDER TUESDAY BY CLEM SHAVER. k , Barnwell was invaded yesterday (Wednesday) by a detachlfent of Charlestonians and the city was promptly surrendered to tltfe visitors. At 11:30 o’clock, 110 business men, led by a motorcycle cop v and a brass band, entered the city and after the motorcade had .driven throught the business section, the cars were parked, on Court House square and an im promptu reception was held. Greet ing cards in rhyme—the offeort of a local poet an d containing more truth than poetry—were distributed by the local newspaper, The Barnwell People- Sentinel, the sentiment thereon seek ing to express the v welcome of the Barnwell people. The meeting of the visitors with the townpeople was presided over by Mayor W. D. Harley, who introduced Solomon Blatt, Esq., of Barnwell. On behalf of the citizens of the city, Mr. Blatt extended a cordial welcome to the Charlestonians, reminding them of -he fact that have some celebrat- adopted sons from this county, mong them being Congressman Thos. S. McMillan and ex-Sheriff Elmore Martin.- The address of welcome wag re sponded to by Buist Rivers, member of the House of Representatives from Charleston County, after which Con gressman McMillan, though not on the program, was called on foj* a few re marks to his “home people.’’ “Buddy” Thornhill, owner of the Charleston Oil Company, made a spledid address and the meeting was closed by Dr. A. T. Russel^ who invited the visitors to return to Barnwell and stay here. Shortly after twelve o’clock the visitors took their departure for Ulmer, the next scheduled stop and Congressman McMillan’s home town, from which place they moved on to Allendale. The greeting card referred to above was as follows, it being noted that the first letter of each line, when read downward, spells the name “Charles ton”: / Calling cn us, you Charleston / # friend#, 1 as given us pleasure—our.welcome extends. Are you tired from your country trip? , * - Resolving to entertain, w'e offer you a “nip.” Long live the benefits of this “Hello! Good-bye!” Establish a friendship that will never die. ' t ’ 1 - Should any of your party be a landlubber Tell him to stop over—stay, be our “brudder.”* On with the dance! Thrice wel come] Have fun! No place, no people more wonderful than CHARLESTON! For the information of the “bone- dry” delegates at Houston, it might be said in passing that the “nip” fail ed to materialize. One story has it that a ra^d yesterday interfered with the plans, while another is to the ef- risk the pleasures of seductive Barn well County corn, with a “chaser” of White Oak Springs water, for fear that the siren-call would lure them away from a completion of the good will tour. In a letter to the editor of The Peo ple-Sentinel, Horace J. Crouch, Coun ty Superintendent of Education, calls attention to the educational opportu nities available to the buys and girls of Barnwell County through the scholarship and entrance .examina tions to be held at Barnwell next month. Mr. Crouch’s letter follows: Dear Editor:— . Un.der the law, the scholarship and entrance examination for (j Winthrop College will be held at the Court-House in Barnwell on Friday, July 6th. There are no vacant scholarships for Barnwell County this year, but Barn well County girls may contest for the State at large scholarships. On this same date, July 6th, an examination will be held to select two boys. to. fill as many county scholar- shijL Furman University. Every county in South Carolina this year hag two Furman scholarships. ♦ These scholarships are worth $75.00 each per year, and the winner may be re appointed for the four years if he maintains his classes and conduct in school. The examinations for Clemson, the University of South Carolina, The Citadel, and Charleston College will be held at the Court House on Friday, July 13th. No official announcement has been received yet as to the number « • of scholarships vacant. Please give this letter space so that deserving Barnwell County boys and girls may be informed of the valuable educational opportunities offered. Sincerely, HORACE J. CROUCH, Co. Supt. of Education. « ♦ ♦ More Money Comes from Car. Licenses Report from Highway Department Shows May Netted $659.25 in Barnwell County License collections on motor vehicles during the month of May totaled $58,- 988.25, which brought the total for five months of 1928 up to $2,173,540.45. Grenville County with $5,373.25 lec the counties for May collections, fol lowed by Richland with $4,932.75 Spartanburg with $4,488.75, and Char leston with $4,462.50. For total collections to date during the current year, the same four coun ties held the same relative position Greenville reporting $197,379.25, Rich land $168,794.45, Spartanburg $166,- 393.75, and Charleston $149,789. Collections of the counties .in this section for May and for the first five months of 1928 are as follows: For May For 5 Mos. Aiken $1,730.00 $59,933.75 Allendale 358.00 12,691.75 Barnwell 659.25 22,688.75 Bamberg 514.25 ‘ 18,554.25 Hampton • 553.00 20,192.75 ♦ ♦ ♦ ■ •. The members of the Girl’s Home Demonstration Clubs of Barnwell County are attending the annual summer short course in Barnwell this week and ap pear to be having “the time of their lives.” Miss Elizabeth Mc- Nab, home demonstraticci agent, is giving them every attention. Tuesday evening they attend^ the Vamp Theatre. A full ac count of the course will appear in next week’s issue of The Peo ple-Sentinel. Political Prophets Predict Nomination r of Governor A1 Smith in Early J* Balloting. Woman’s Missionary * * Union Holds Meeting Harmonious Meeting of Local Democrats Semi-Annual Convention Held in Wil- All Officers Reelected Tuesday Evea- liapton Baptist Church Thursday, June 14th. Heavy Rains Menace County’s Cotton Crop Several Days of Hot Sunshine Follow ed by Regular “Weevil Weather.” —Some Hail. The editor of The People-Sentinel “listened in” awhile Tuesday to the proceedings of the Democratic Nation al Convention, which is now in session at Houston, Texas. Throught the terrific crashes of static, he heard the potinding of Chairman Clem Shaver’s gavel as he called the convention to order. After awhile the delegates quieted down and prayer was offered by Bishop R. Hay of the Methodist Epiacopal Church, South, his petition including the Lord’s Prayer, which all repeated in unison. A lady with a beautiful voice sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” and led the convention in singing 4 My County, ’Tis of Thee.” The radio announcer stated that the keynote speech would not be delivered until eight o’clock Tuesday night. Central time. Static, which is often caused by unsetteled weather conditions, will probably make listening the proceedings as difficult ar^d unsatisfactory as was the case when the Republicans were in session at Kansas City two weeks ago. It is freely predicted in press dis patches from Houston that Governor A1 Smith, of New York, will be the choice of the party on the first ballot if he wants \t that way, certainly 75n the second or third after the delegates from various States have been given an opportunity to vote for “favorite sons.” The South Carolina delegation has decided to cast this State’s 18 votes for Chief Justice R. C. Watts, of the South Carolina Supreme Court. Inasmuch as most of the Palmetto State’s delegates adhere to the opinion that they cannot vote for Smith under any consideration and all are bound by the unit rule, the New York Gov ernor will not likely get a vote from South Carolnna, unless the delegates AIKEN-BARNWELL ROAD j are ™ lea f ed by ^ ^ nve " tio "- ™ ey | can hardly vote for Senator Reed of ROUTE TO BE CHANGED Missouri, because of that gentleman’s * I attitude toward the late President From Windsor to White Pond, it is Woodrow Wilson during the World After several days of hot, sunshiny weather—the kind that gladdens the heart the farmer in his fight against the boll weevil—this section was visit ed by a heavy downpour of rain Fri day afternoon, which has been follow ed by unseasonable weather in some parts of the county. Quite a heavy hailstorm was reported in the Kline section Sunday afternoon, although it ^ not believed that any material dam age was done. Monday, the weather man handed out a sample of regular “weevil weather”—cool and cloudy with occasional misty showers. As a whole, however, crops showed marked improvement last week, al though they are “spotted”—that is. while some farmers have very good prospects at this time,“there is quite a bit of very small cotton. It is hoped, however, that conditions from now on will be such that at least as much, if not more, cotton will be made than last year, and as the price shows an ad vancing tendency there is no reason to lose heart. .... .♦ HORACE D. LEONARD ~ DIEff AT BLAl understood, United States Highway No. 78, will be re-located on the North side of the Southern Railway track, and an underpass will be built at White Pond, connecting with the pres ent highway near the Aiken-Bamwell line. The highway wfll continue on the southern side of the railroad to Branchville without a grade crossing between Aiken and Branchville.—The Aiken Standard. HUNTING LICENSES IN STATE TOTAL. $116,466 War. Nothing remains, therefore, but for the delegates to act the role of “bitter-enders” and continue to throw away their votes in what now appears ^(Written by Mrs. T. A. Holland.) The Semi-Annual convention of the Woman’s Missionary Union of the Barnwell Association was held in the. Willi/ton Baptist Church on Thursday, June 14th. A very interesting pro gramme was enjoyed. In the absence of Mrs. Smith, the meeting was pre sided over by Mrs. John McMillan, At 10:30 a. m., a devotional was con ducted by Mrs. T. R. Pender, was opened with a song service by Mrs. B. D. Carter, of Bamberg. Very cor dial greetings were then extended to delegates and visitors present, which was responded to by Mrs. Miles Black. A delightful message in song, entitled *‘A Little Prayer,” was given by Miss Lenna Brown Davis. The subject, “The Child,” was ably discussed in its many phases by Mr. Webb in the absence of Mrs. Hutto. Mrs. James Cleckley gave some very helpful suggestions as to the proper training of our boys and girls in Christian activities. She stressed the importance of keeping the girls inter ested and one way to do this is to be very careful in selecting a very attrac tive place of meeting and one appro priate to the programme if possible. She told of a meeting which the Y. W. A.’s of the Bamberg society had re cently held. The subject was “Africa,” so they selected a place on the Edisto River, a dense woodland which one might imagine were like the jungles of Africa. After an interesting pro gramme, they had a swim in the stream and then enjoyed a lunch. This indeed must have been an ideal meeting, and our Young People’s society might- try this place * during the summer A very instructive lesson w'as given on the Ruby Anniversary by Mrs. Jesse Carter, in which she explained why our Union had chosen tHIs name for its fortieth anniversary. The signi ficance of the ruby as mentioned in the Bible and of its being typical of sacri fice was explained. One of the most interesting features of the meeting was a wonderful mes sage brought us by Rev. W. R. Davis on the subject “The Bible, the Mis sionary Text Book.” He said so many good things that it would be hard to give them all, and still more difficult to point out one above another in im portance. He pointed out very clearly ing at Brief Session of Monft- clpal Club. A most harmonious meeting of tha Barnwell Municipal Democratic Chib was held Tuesday evening at 6:30 o’ clock at the Court House. The meet ing was called to order by the presi dent, P .W. Price, who stated the ob ject. Upon motion of Thos. M. Boul- ware, the, president and- secretary, Messrs. Price and G. W. Manville, were reelected by acclamation as president and secretary-treasurer, re spectively, for the ensuing two years. A. A. Lemon then- moved that the fol lowing be elected by acclamation as members of the Executive Committee; P. W. Price, G. W. Manville, M. C. Best, N. D .Coclin, Thos. M. Boulw&re and A A. McAlister. This motion was duly seconded and passed unanimous- 7* ' * It was moved and seconded that the Executive Committee be empowered to arrange for the approaching pri mary election, fixing assessments, ap pointing the enrollment committee, etc., which was also passed without op position. The. election will be held under the rules adopted two years ago. There being no further business, the meeting wa s adjourned. Two New Announcemets. Two new political announcements appear in this issue of The People- Sentinel—S. B. Moseley for reelect- tion as Alderman and T. J. Langley for reelection as Commissioner of Public Works. W. R. Hubbard announced last week in opposition to Mr. Gang- ley. So far only three candidates have announced for Alderman, with six to .be elected. J. B. Grubbs Accepts - Automobile Agency I V * Will SeU Popular Line of Chevrolet Cars i» Barnwell.—CarUad Is Received. Data, assembled^ by the U. S. De- the farm situation were described as Special Attraction at the Vamp Theatre “The Legion of the Condemned” is the special attraction at the Vamp Theatre in Barnwell, Wednesday and Thursday nights of this week, June 27th and 23th. It is a thrilling story of men who courted danger and laugh ed at death—flying by day, flying by nightA-always flying, always fighting. A last whirl at life—then the world go Kang! Their only discharge was Death. Be sure to see this picture, which is one of the greatest dramatic sensa tions cf the year. v Blackville, June -21.-^Horace D. Leonard died at his home here Tues day afternoon at 3 o’clock after an ill* ness of two days with pneumonia. Mr. Leonard had been in poor health for several months. For 13 years he was traveling salesman for the J. C. Wel- brcck Fruit and Produce Company, of Charleston, and prior to that time was in the mercantile business in Black ville. He was a member of the Bap tist church. partment of Agriculture, shows that during the hunting season of 1926-27 in South Carolina, 69,113 hunting licenses were issued as follows: to residents 68,048 and to non residents of the State 1,065. The total revenue from .the sale of Figures for Georgia show: resi dent licenses, 64,755, non resident licenses 226; total revenue $79,155. For North Carolina; resident licen ses 137,099; non resident licenses 876; total revenue $203,000. to he a hopeless effort to “stop Smith.” It is expected that the balloting fori God 7 , purpose concerning us'fronTth'e a Presidential nominee wdl begin to- beginninK of 0 , d ^ History to the day (Thursday.) coming of Christ, through the new By Tuesday night the atmosphere dispensation to the present time. He was practically free of static and impressed Ug with the fact that Chris- radio listerners heard the “keynote’ I tians should obey not in part, but address of Claude C. Bowers, of New God’s every command in order tha; York, who in a most militant manner progress may be made. He closed by scathingly flayed the past two Republi- aayjng the Kingdom was coming, anc can administrations. His references to J Christ was coming again to establish His Kingdom on earth and whether we all had a part in it dr not remained with us. It was wonderful in its scope and context. The intermission came bringing with it the social contact one with an other and also the delighfut lunch served by the Williston ladies. The main features of the afternoon sessions were two instructive talks and several selections by Mrs. S. T. Moye, of Denmark, and Mrs. B. D. Carter ,of Bamberg. The interest ol the Edisto Academy was presentee "Theatre Notice. being on a par with William Jennings Bryan’s famous “Cross of Gold” speech at Chicago in 1896, when the Great Commoner declared: “They shall rot press this crown of thorns upon the brow of labor; they shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.” mention of farm relief that it is predicted that this will be a rallying cry in the coming campaign, along with political corruption, mythical prosperity, etc. With Govornor Smith’s nomination assured—perhaps on the first ballot— J. Buist Grubbs, of Williston, has accepted the agency for the Chevrolet line of automobiles in Barnwell and received a carload of these popular cars last week. Almost immediately he made a sale, delivering a sedan to a Mr. Bodiford, of Blackville. Some time ago, Mr. Grubbs, who hat been in the automobile “game” for several years, accepted a position with the Williston-Jumper Chevrolet Co. and made a number of sales in this section. He was so encouraged by his success that he decided to enter the ranks of the dealers. For the present Mr. Grubbs will con tinue to reside in Williston, but his friends here hope that he will toon de cide to move to Barnwell. w ♦ w J. ELMO OWENS DIES AT WILLISTON ♦ 1 Effective Wednesday, June 17th, all passes to the Vamp Theatre will be discontinued an,d absolutely nobody He is survived by his will be admitted without purchasing a Church Notice. The members of fhe Friendship Church are requested to meet at the church on Thursday before the third Sunday in July (the 12th) for the purpose of cleaning the premises. The Committee. widow, Mr*. Lillie Polatty Leonard; a half sister, Miss Eudora Gyles, of Aiken, and two daughters, Maude and Evelyn Leonard. Burial services were held at the Blackville cemetery Wed nesday afternoon at 5 o’clock. To Try Motor Cars. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad will use motor-driven cars bseween Estill and Cohinbia.' instead of the usual steam trains, r according to an an- nouncemcnt made last week. The new service is more or less of a experi ment, but it is expected that the pat rons of the road will be pleased with 'absence of coal dust and cinders in cident to steam locomotives. Reduced fares will also be a part of the innova- ticket. We. have been very lenient about people just walking in and have not said much, but beginning with the above date we mean business. Those who have been enjoying this privilege ire hereby notified to buy tHeir tickets and save themselves and the young lady at the door the embarrassment of having , to ask them to pay admis sion.—The Management. Transformer Burns Out. 4 • During the thunderstorm Saturday night, a transformer was burned out at the local power plant, shutting off by Mr. Buell Webb in which he made a plea that the Academy be made a speculation is centering on his runping Junior Col|ege and gave ten re$M>ns mate and it is probable that Senator why thia 8bould ^ ^ ne . Robinson, of Arkansas, will be the Vice Presidential nominee. In the mean time, the delegates from South Caroli na, hog-tied with instructions, are “all dressed up and nowhere to go.” Barnwell Quiet. Miss Virginia Hill brought k very instructive message bn Daily Voca tional Bible Study. She has been do ing this work at Louisville, teaching the girls apd had organized a class in the Bamberg church. Echoes were heard from the divisional vice-presi dents and their reports were very en couraging. Business was taken up, and various committees submitted the current that supplies the street lights. A new transformer has been' candidate for the office early in - In Barnwell County the politicians have either learned their lesson and resigned themselves to their fate, of I their reports, they have suddenly reformed. Barn- Mrs. McMillan read Mrs. Smith’s well, the seat of many a warm battle message to the convention, which was on the political firing line, pow has art very inspirational. The meeting ad- unopposed slate of candidates for the joumed to meet with the Double leading county iffices. Ponds Church sometime m December. The fiercest battle was expected in the race for senatorial hopejs, Edgar | Big Liquor HauL A. Brown having announced himself a the | It ii reported here that State and -j Williston, June 21.—J. Elmo Owens, 66, died at his home near Williston Tuesday morning, June 12. Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 13, at the Joyce Branch Baptist ' ' Mr. Owens was a/ highly esteemed farmer of Barnwell County. He hi survived by his widow, Mrs. Mattie Owens; two sons, Robert and Earl Owens, and five grandchildren. Bids Submitted for Paving. HI "I/ Bids were opened Tuesday morn ing by the State Highway department in Columbia for 50.69 miles of sur faced highways and 19 miles of sand- clay highways in Barnwell County, in addition to 38 miles of paving mod other projects in various sections of the 'State. At the time of closing the department’s offices that evening the low bids had not been ascertained. The proposed surface treating of Barnwell County highways is at tracting considerable attention and is described by The State as “one of the most interesting projects listed.” “Is Your Daughter Safe?” The picture, “la Your Daughter Safe?” will be the attraction at the Vamp Theatre in Barnwell next Mon-* day, matinee and night, and at Allen dale the following day. ordered from Atlanta and is expected spring. The present State Senator I Federal officers staged a most success- nature of the subject, in the next few day*. Until it is in-1 now has moved to Atlanta, leaving Col. ful raid near Barnwell Tuesday, de-! not be tion. The cars will operate on con- stalled it will be impossible to use the Brown a clear track ahead.—Calhoun Vstroying a large still and confiscating afternoon venient schedules. street lights. 1 Times. 1900 gallons of Kqoor. only i