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Kg'- THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BABNWBLL COUNT! ^ of lh« Family'’ BARfiWEI.I,. SOUTH-CABOLPU. TaURSOAY, J'.'LV i6TH^ 1328. LarfMt Couty ClrqihH— Enrollment U Slow for Town Ejection Only About Forty Per Ce n t. of Quali fied Voters Had Signed Club Roll Monday Morning. The enrollment for the approaching municipal primary elections is pro gressing very slowly, only about 40 per cent, of those qualified to vote having signed the club roll up to noon Monday, according to a member of the enrollment committee. About 600 men and women are qualified to vote and of that number only 200 have done so. All that is necessary is to put one’s name, age, occupation and address on the book provided for that purpose and the qualifications are the same • as govern the State and county primaries. Only about ten days remain for voters to qualify, as the book will close Monday, August 6th. The book will be found at the store of LemsP Bros, and those who have not already done so are urged to enroll at once— TODAY. The selection of officials to manage the affairs pf the town for the next two years is an important matter and every voter should partici- ate therein. In addition to the elec- ion of a Mayor and six Aldermen, a Commissioner of Public Works will also be chosen this summer. Dno’t put this matter off any longer. ENROLL TODAY. — ♦ Editors of Carolina En Route to New York Sailed from Charleston Tuesday Morning With Four Representa- / v - lives from Barnwell. Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Davies, Miss Blanche Porter and Miss Helen Cal houn, of Barnwell, and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Latimer of Williston, sailed from Charleston Tuesday morning aboard the Clyde Line steamship Cherokee with other members of the South Carolina Press Association. They are attending the annual meeting of the association, which is being held aboard the Cherokee en route to New York. The business sessions will be completed on the steamer and the association members will be royally entertained from the time they arrive in New York early this (Thursday) morning until their departure on the afternoon of the 28th. The New York program is being worked out by F. T. Dennan, of the publicity department of the Mergen- thaler Linotype company and John 4 R. Young, of the Merchants’ Associa tion, and calls for a reception to members of the association by Mayor James J. Walker at the city hall, where the editors will be officially ^jsJcomed to the city, following which ey will be taken by the Intertype rporation on a municipal steamer for a trip around the harbor. There is a possibility that the as sociation members will be guests at the Heeney - Tunney championship fight on Thursday night, although this has not as yet been definitely ar ranged for. Thursday the association will be the guests of the American Press As sociation at a luncheon. Friday they will be the guests of the Mergenthaler Linotype company on a sightseeing trip around the city, and at a luncheon and an afternoon at Coney Island. Friday evening they will robably be guests at one v of the leading shows now running in New York and follow ing this will be taken to the Herald- Tribue office where they will be enter tained at a buffet supper. Saturday • the editors will be free to do as th^ey please up to the hour of leaving for home. V New Cotton Pest. Spartanburg, July 22.—A mysteri ous green worm has appeared in sev eral cotton fields of Spartanburg gnd is causing the planters and entomolo gists much worry. Those who have inspected fields devastated by the worm say it is worse than the boll weevil. Like the jreevill the pest attacks the squares Hd consumes them. ^The worm is about three-fourths of an inch in length and is said to carry on its destruction principally during the night. Nobody knows where it came from. • ♦ ♦ - —— - Mrs. Marie Cornell was a visitor in Columbia; Thursday. Vote Today in Nation-Wide Straw Vote for President People All Over Country Are Now Marking Sample Ballots for Hoover and Smith; The People-Sentinel Wants to Know Which is Your Favorite; Results to be Printed in The PeopIe-SentineL The coming presidential election will be the most interesting, perhaps, ever held in the United States. V / The names of Hoover and Smith are on tb^lips of everyone. Do you want to know what is the trend of political thought throughout the country? Which has the best chance of winning? If you do, cooperate with The Peo ple-Sentinel in its nation-wide presi dential poll which is inaugurated with this issue. The results of this straw vote will be a straw showing which way thqj political wind is blowing. In conjunction with more than 2,000 other weekly and daily papers pub lished in representative towns in every State in the nation, The People-Senti nel will conduct this poll. The voting will be concluded on Oc tober 11th. The final vote will be an nounced in The People-Sentinel shortly thereafter. In the meantime, weekly reports will be made of the progress of the voting. The report from otheji States will be forwarded to this newspaper through the Publishtrs Autocaster Service of New York, through which national news organization this newspaper is served. Vnl? for your favorite now—today —at Once. Shew your fellow voter s of the same political faith ir other States what YOU arc going to at the polls. To pile up votes for your candidate in the early weeks of voting will have its effect on sentiment. The votes as received at this office will be accurately tabulated and the voice of Barnwell and surrounding ter ritory as expressed in that vote will be forwarded to the New York head quarters to be totalled in the nation wide returns. Clip out the ballot printed herewith. Mark an X before the name of the can didate for which you intend to vote. u I PRESIDENTIAL POLL My CHOICE for PRESIDENT □ ■ IS _ w.***-^*— - HERBERT HOOVER (Republican) FI ALFRED E. SMITH ) (Put an X before the one yoo intend to rote) After filling out this Trial Ballot, please Mail or Bring it to the office of This Newspaper What TICKET Did You Vote Last Presidential Campaign? Barnwell Democrats Ignore Call Meeting Only Three Attendants at Meeting State Highway Department Adopt* Called by L. P. Boylston, Two of Whom Are Smithites. Also indicate, if you care to, the party be intenested^hTTnowir A meeting called by L. P. Boylston, Democratic Executive Committeeman from Healing Springs Ciub, to be held in the Court House at Barnwell Satur day morning at ten o’clock for the expressed purpose of “discussing our political, economical and general wel fare,” with a view to devising some “plan whereby we may be able to shake off the iniquituous shacklesthat our would be leaders seem to think that they have us securely held by,” was a complete flop. The time for the meeting came and passed and the lack of a quorum was apparent. Finally Mr. Boybton is said to have gone to the Court Room, where the meeting was scheduled to b*' held. On one waH was a large picture of Governor Al fred E. Smith, Democratic nominee for President. Besides Mr. Boylston, the only other attendants at the meeting are said to have been two men who are ardent supporters of the New Yorker.” Others from Barnwell would have attended the meeting, it is said—not however, with a view of attempting to break the “iniquituous shackles,” but for the expressed purpose of adopting resolutions adhering to the principles of the Democratic party and pledging the support of Barnwell County to all of the nominees of the party, from Magistrate to President, w ♦ ♦ Farmers Are Invited to Demonstrations for which you cast your ballot in the last presidential campaign. Mail or bring it to The People-Sentinel office. Vote today! v No matter what your political beliefs may be, there is no voter who will not lowing the drift of the vote in this exciting campaign and with a threatened bolt in the South and West it will be doubly interesting. Hoover or Smith? Which one will get your vote? Let us know ? $50,000 Damage Suit Results in Mistrial Jury Unable to Agree in Case of Paul ■ \ H. Owens vs. The State High way Department. The jury in the case of Paul H. Owens vs. the State Highway Depart ment of South Carolina was unable to agree on a vefdict last week and a mistrial was ordered by Special Judge J. B. S. Lyles, of Columbia, Friday night. Mr. Owens is suing the high way department for $50,000 damages for personal injuries sustained several months ago as the result of a collision between his touring car and a highway tractor near Barnwell. This is the 2nd time this case has been called for trial; the first time a mistrial was or dered because the presiding judge was called home before the case was finished on account of the serious ill ness of his daughter. Court was adjourned Friday night until Tuesday morning, all jurors be ing ordered not to appear Monday. Other cases tried since the last issue of The People-Sentinel are as fol lows: Dollie Richardson and J. J. Moore vs. A. M. Stokes, operating under the firm name of Southern Bus Company, suit for $5,000 damages for personal injuries; verdict of $400 actual dam ages for each of the plaintiffs. Miss Bessie Greene vs. South Caro- . ''' line Highway Department,verdict for defendant. The case of E. T. Sheftall and Co. vs. F. P. Lee was on trial when we closed our forms Wednesday noon. Primary Oath Binding State Chairman Holds Stewart Construes Rule 32 to Require of South Carolina Democrats Active Support of Party Nominees, State and National. t To Preach at Mt. Olivet. w The Rev. J. Guy Martin, a former pastor of Mt7Olivet Church, is visiting in this section, and will preach at Mt. Olivet Church at the usual houj on Sunday, July 29th. With all the reports of whiskey and champagne brought up by divers, 1 it seems the new quest is for sunken pleasure rather than t. nken treasure! (The State, July 21.) Roach S. Stewart, of Lancaster, chairman of the South Carolina Demo cratic executive committee, respond ing to an inquiry by telephone from The State, as to his interpretation of the obligation assumed by a voter in taking the oath prescribed by Rule 32, telegraphed last night a statement which follows. The state chairman, it will be noted, construes the rule strictly and holds that the primary oath binds the voter affirmatively to the active support of the nominees of the party, state and national. State Chairman’s View. The State, Columbia, S. C. I have your three questions. First, if a man votes in the primary is he morally bound to vote in the gen eral election ? Second, can a man vote in the pri mary knowing at the time that he will not vote in the general election? Third, construe Rule 32. In order to properly answer your questions it is necessary to state that the matter of changing Rule 32 by striking out the word “national” was submitted to the last State Demo cratic convention and after long and serious debate the convention refused to change the wording of the rule. Hence, to my mind a person who votes in the Democratic primary morally binds himself to vote for the nominees of the Democratic party, State and national, in the general election. While there is no way to tell the intention of the voter at the time he participates in the primary, and there is no provision in law or in the Democratic rules to prevent such voter from participating in the primary, re gardless of his intention, if he takes the required oath; nevertheless, in Ifiy opinion it is morally wrong for a person to vote in the primary with the fixed intention of not participating in the general election on accout of an tagonism to the national Democratic nominees. The answer to these two questions constitutes my construction of Rule 32 ,which provides that all Democrats who vote in the primary bind them selves to vote for the nominees of the party, State and national, in the gen eral election. , The word “support” used in the pri mary oath is active ir* its nature and failure on the part of a person who votes in the primary to vote for the national Democratic nominees be cause he does not like the personality and individual views of the presiden tial candidate, is morally a failure to support them as is required in the oath. How may a voter in the Democratic primary fail or refuse to “support” the national Democratic nominees? First, by voting for the Republican nominees; second, by Refusing to vote for the Democratic nominees; third, by influencing others to vote for the Republican nominees, or not to vote for the Democratic nominees. The above represents my opinion under the teachings of my own intelli gence and conscience. Others may conscientously disagree with me. ROACH S. STEWART, Chairman. Lancaster, July 20. ♦ w Executive Committee Meeting. A meeting of the Barnwell County Democratic Executive Committee has been called for Saturday afternoon, August 6th, at four o’colck, at the law offices of Brown and Bush in Barn well, for the purpose of purging the club roils and appointing managers of election. A full attendance is request ed. There are a number of interesting demonstrations being carried on in the county and farmers are urged to visit these from time to time in order to see just what is being done. We have a fertilizer and rotation demonstra- tiort with J. W. Patterson, A. E. Corley, Dunbarton, and Lee Creech, Barnwell. These are five acre fields. Mr. Creech planted corn and soy beans in the drill this year, which will be followed by cotton next year. The fields of Messrs. Patterson and Corley are planted to cotton this , year, followed by corn next year. A l very definite plan of rotation and I fertilizing with the use of summer and winter cover crops is to be fol lowed. We have a number of very good firs- acre contest fields. There are nine teen who entered the contest and a great many of these are outstanding. Some of the best fields apparently at this time are P. A. Baxley, Blackville; W. H. Johnson, Kline; Mrs. Lizzie Cave, Seigling; A. A. Foreman, El- lenton; B. M. Kenkins, Jr., Kline; Walker and Sanders and Walker and Holly, Barnwell. Several of the best fields are being dusted with calcium a^senatej^ Farmers are invited to inspect any of these fields whenever they have an opportunity. We hope to make more than two bales per acre on some of these fields. Farmers are invited to see a demon stration in the use of sulphate of ammonia on corn with Milledge Black, Barnwell; also hig fertilizer demon stration on the highway with cotton. Marion Odom, a Club Boy, Healing Springs, has a very nice acre of corn. Farmers are invited to see how a club boy can grow good corn. Other interesting pieces of work will be called attention to from time to time. During this weejc the Annual Boys’ Club Encampment is being held joint ly with Orangeburg and Dorchester Counties on the North Edisto River at Myrtle Park. We have from one to two hundred boys who are attending this camp. Club boys enjoy these encampments. Much benefit is being gotten out of the recreation as well as the training which they receive. About thirty boys from this county will attend the camp.—H. G. Boyls ton, County Agent. ♦ Swimming Party. Fort Screven, Ga., July 23.—Mrs. Robert Inabinet entertained Tuesday, July 17th, with a delightful picnic and swimming party at Tybee in honor of her guest, ^iss Rosalie Reed, of Olar, S.C. »■ ■■■ • Col. and Mrs. Edgar A. Brown and little daughter, Emily, left this week for AsherlDe^ N. where they will spend several weeks. Report Settiag Out Method of Surface Treating. That the surface treated highways in Barnwell County will be “hard sur face” roads of dependable type is learned from a report recently adopt ed by the State Highway Department. Such roads come within the meaning of the pay-as-you-go act and the following description, which is taken from the report, shows the dependa ble character of the proposed high ways: “ *1. The roadbed is graded, drained and shaped according to the standard specifications of the State highway department. “ ‘2. A surfacing of top-soil, gravel or other granular material, is applied and permitted to be compacted under traffic, while being kept in proper shape by machining and dragging. This surfacing varies from about four inches to about ten inches thick, de pending on the quality of the material composing it and the stability of the subgrade on which it was placed. “ *3. After the roadbed is prepared as described in paragraphs one and two, the surface treatment is ap plied in the following manner: “ ‘(a) An application of tar having a prescribed viscosity is put on at the rate of about 0.3 of a gallon per square 1 yard and allowed to soak into the read* surface. “‘(b) After the tar has been ab; sorbed by the road surface an appli cation of asphalt having a prescribed penetration is put on at the rate of about 0.4 of a gallon per square yard and immediately covered with crushed stone, all passing a 1H inch screen with the dust screened out. The stone is put on at the rate of about 50 pounds per square yard. After this the road is thrown open to trafle. traffic for several months a i consisting of asphaltic oil or cut back asphalt,, having a low viscosity suit able for cold application and an asphalt content at 100 penetration of 60 to ?5 per cent, applied at the rate of about 0.25 of a gallon per square yard, i sput on and covered with stone chips or sand, and the job is consider ed complete.” ♦ Praise for Blackville Blackville, July 22.—Blackville 10 one of the best shipping points of the county makes the following report: Barnwell County is the most diversi fied county of the State. In an aver age normal year, from Elko and Wil liston 300 cars fit asparagus ar* shipped. Blackville, as the biggest cucumber market of the entire United States, ships from 500 to 600 and as high as 700 cars of cucumbers. The cantaloupes from this point range from 100 to 200 cars a season, and Wtermel^iip around k,&00 darn. About 5,000 bushels of seed, oats, 20 cars of hay, five to ten cars of dew- benries and three cars of onions are shipped from Barnwell County. This county also grows business meq who know the real values of life and its relation to fellowmen. Cyclist With Record Passes Through City A fed Man Claims That He Has Trar- eled 300,000 Miles in 35 Yean of Bicycle Riding. An unusual, not to say queer, spec tacle was seen in Barnwell late Thurs day afternoon in the person of one who, from the vmrious signs carried on Jiis bicycle, was M. C. Phimer, long distance cyclist. He claims to be 73 years of age and to have made more than 300,000 miles in his 35 years of bicycle riding. His sunburnt, leather-like skin tends to substantiate his claims. He also lays . : claim to being an artist as well as an outdoors man. Hig wheel was carry ing among other appurtenances s steel luggage carrier and spare thru mount ed on the front Making only a brief stop here he hopped his wheal went on his way to complete Ua al leged journey from Portland, Miami, Fla. ^ V The born optimist a cigar lighter who tans fer of a big box of