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The BarnweD People-Sentinel
Consolidated June 1, 1925.
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VOLUME LL
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, AUGUST % 9 1928.
Barnwell Man Shoots
Himself in Shoulder
Eugene Zissett Painfully Wounded
With Pistol Monday Afternoon.
—Collar-bone Broken.
Eugene ziseett, a local barber, was
painfully wounded shortly after noon
Monday when he shot himself with a
pistol, the ball breaking his left collar
bone. The young man was given im
mediate medical attention and was
later carried to the University Hos
pital in Augusta for further treat
ment.
As Zissett made no statement in
reference to the shooting it is nof
known at this time whether it was ac
cidental or intentional. At first a re
port was current on the streets that
he had attenpted to commit suicide,
but his uncle, Brunson Zissett, in
whose barber shop the wounded man
is employed, thinks that the young
man was twirling the pistol around
his finger when in some manner it was
discharged. Zissett had gone to his
Yoom in his uncle’s home, where he re
sides, about dinner time and as he is
said not to have intimated to anyone
-any designs upon his own life it is
very likely that the accidental theory
correct.
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armer’s Week Aug.
13th to 18th Inclusive
During the week of August 13th to
18th the farmers of Barnwell County,
as well as over the entire Statei, will
have an unusual opportunity to take
a vacations at the same time being
able to get much beffieficial informa
tion and instruction on subjects per
taining to farming. A most inter-
v esting program consisting of lectures,
demonstrations, tours of the College
with all of the different departments
and surrounding territory, musical
concerts, etc. The cost of spending
the week at Clecnson will be nominal.
Meals which cost $1.00 per day will
be the oniy expense at the college.
Farmers who will make up parties and
go in automobile* will find that the
cost of travel will be very small. The
college will be open Monday after
noon and close Saturday. * Anyone
may stay the whole time or as many
days an possible
During the week of August 13th
farmers will have very little thatJLis
rti-essary to do on the farm. Those
who are planning to attend should
write at once to Dr. W. W. Long,
Clemson College. S. C., for room reser
vations stating the number of people,
time of arrival and how many rooms
needed. Barnwell County should have
large numbers of representatives at
Cltimson College during Farmers’
Week.—Prepared by H. G. Boylston
County Agpnt
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Furman Hair Dies at Williston.
Williston, Aug. 4.—Furman N. Hair
1, one of Barnwell County’s best
~known citizens, died at his homo in
Elko Thursday morning, August 2nd.
Mr: Hair’s health has been, failing for
several years.
Mr. Hair was the oldest son o
Mr. and Mrs. J. Walton Hair. He
served throughout the Confederate
war and has always taken an active
interest in reunions and matters re
lating to the Confederacy. Mr. Hair
was a devout Christian, an Active anc
loyal member of Rosemary JBaptia
church; He, could be counted
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-all times to take the right side o
questions and took a keen interest in
community, county and State. He wil
be greatly missed i^ the community.
He is survived by hig widow, for
merly Miss Martha Anderson, of the
Dunbarton section, and one son, Moise
Hair, of Elko, and one daughter, Mrs.
F. P. Lee, of Elko. Another son, Tom
C. Hair, died about a year ago ana
another daughter, Mrs. John Wood
ward, died many years, ago. He is
also survived by one brother, W. H.
Hair, of Williston. The late J. C.
Hair, of Williston, was his brother.
Funoral services were held Friday
afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Hair
cemetery near Williston, conducted by
hi^ pastor, the Rev. C K. ’i j'uer.
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Final plansvjwere laid in St. Louis
the newly formed Smith Associa-
of the World for a gigantic party
which nearly 2,000,000 Americans
named Smith will be invited. This
will probably be the first party in his
tory at which people won’t become
embarrassed trying to recall each
other’s names. ^
Miss Anita Tully of New
York, who paid for her
musical education working
in a morgue, is to appear in
Wagnerian opera.
Archie Compston, Britis
golf champion, congratu
lates Walter Hagen, Ameri
can champion, who defeated
him at Rye, N Y\
John P. Wood of Wichita,
Kan., finished first in the
1928 National Air Tour in
which 26 planes competed.
President Coolidge throws
out the ball at opening of
the Head of the Lakes
Baseball Tournament at Su-
|>crior, Wit.
Meeting Prevented
by Lack of Quorum
Only Four Clubs Represented at Meet
ing of Executive Committee
Saturday Afternoon.
Only four Democratic clubs—Barn
well, Friendship, Red Oak and Siloam
—were represented at the meeting of
the County Executive Committee call
ed for Saturday afternoon and for lack
of a quorum no business was trans
acted, necessitating the calling of
another meeting Saturday afternoon
of this week at four o’clock. Satur
day’s meeting was called for the pur
pose of purging the club rolls and
t
appointing managers of election for
the coming primaries. The Executive
Committeemen of several clubs mailed
a list of their managers to the secre
tary and these appear in. the notice of j
election published elsewhere in this
issue of The Peoplo-Sentinel.
So far as is known there are dis
puted votes at only one precinct in the
county—Red Oak-Sphere there is a
warm race for Magistrate between the
incumbent, G. L. Hill, and his cousin,
J. M. Hill. It is understood that both
candidates claim that several voters
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are enrolled Illegally and as the rules
require that a majority of the clubs be
represented at a meeting for the pur
pose of purging the rolls it was neces
sary to defer the matter until Satur
day of this week, when it is hoped
that at least ten Executive Commit-
?
teemed will be present. Those who
cannot attend in person aret urged to
send representatives in their stead.
First Results of Nationwide
Presidential Poll Shows Re
markable Change in Sentiment
Over 8,000 Voters in All Parts of Coun-
try Indicate They Will
“Switch” This Year.
Enrollment §11(11(17
LessThan 2 Years Ago
Two Candidate* for Mayor, To* for
Alderman and Three for Com*
misaioner of Public Works.
The enrollment book for the
municipal primary elections closed
Monday evening with a total of 488
names enrolled. This is slightly un
der the enrollment of 1926 and will be
still further reduced, it is said, when
the list is purged by the Executive
Committee, as it is reported that
several names appear thereon whoso
owners are not qualified to vote.
Interest in the approaching electSbn
grew suddenly warm last week with
the announcement of W. J. Lemon, E.
D. Peacock and B. W. Sexton as
candidates for Aldermen. The en-
Produce More Cotton! ?£■£££ ^
Miss Alice Finccl, 19; rtf
Dubuque. la., has earned the
title of being the champion
shot of fourteen central
states.
Predict County WU1
Death of Mrs. Davidsson.
After ar illness of eight weeks, Mrs.
Sarah Davidsson died at 9:12 o’clock
Tuesday evening at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. J. Vickery, aged 68
years. She was born in Blodgett, Mo. t
February 3rd, 1860, and professed her
faith in Christ at an early age. Dur
ing tKe^fimeTHeTrved in Bamvyell she
was a consecrated mermber of the
Mothcidist Church and always took an
active interest in promoting its wel
fare.
Mrs. Davidsson j* survived by thro*
The first results of the Nationwide
. Presidential Poll, in which this news
paper is cooperating with over 2,000
other daily and weekly newspapers,
uncover a remarkable development in
American political thought.
The results indicate that next No
vember the voters will not be as much
influenced by party lines as formerly.
Over 8,000 who voted for one party at
the last Presidential election have
designated in the straw vote that they
are to vote for another in. this election.
This shows a decided tendency on the
part of thousands of voters to switch
their votes.
The report, tabulated from votes re
ceived thus far from every section in
the country, is as follows:
HOOVER—32,010 Vote*.
SMITH—14,550 Votes.
Number voting Democratic ticket
last Presidential year and now to vote
the Republican ticket—6,984.
Number voting Republican ticket
last Presidential year and now to vote
the Democratic ticket—1,455.
Thci large number of “switches” in
dicates that in this campaign the
political leaders will have difficulty fn
forecasting the probable out-come in
various sections of thp country. For
mer. Republicans are indicating that
they will vote for Smith and former
Prospects for Larger Yield Than Last!
Year Seen as Result of Hot,
Dry Weather.
Democrats are casting their straw
ballots for Hoover.
Here are our local returns:
SMITH—8 Votes.
HOOVER—1 Vote.
v If you havci not yet voted in the
straw vote, do so at once!
We want to know how you stand!
This newspaper non-partisan in this
Nationwide Poll. The votes received
at this office are sent to the Autocas
ter News Service of New York, through
which organization this newspaper is
served. The results are tabulated in
New York and reports are to be mad*
in. The People-Sentinel from time to
time. __j ,
Voting ends October 11. We cannot
urge you too strongly to VOTE NOW!
Mark an X on the ballot* to >show
whether you are for Hoover or Smith.
Also let us know how jrou voted in the
last Presidential campaign^ ’ Mail or
bring the coupon to the office of The
People-Sentinel.
The results of this poll, taken as it
is by over 2,000 newspapers from
Maine to California, will be of tremen
dous importance—will show just how
the vote is likely to swing next No-
vcimber.
Do your part.
VOTE TODAY.
Thanks to the hot, dry‘weather of
the past three or four weeks, Barn
well County will produce more <
th: s year than in 1926, according to a
number of observers who six weeks
ago were apprehensive that the yield
would fall below that of last season
when only about 13,500 bales were
made.
The crop got off to a late start and,
in fact, to date some of it has failed
to make a start. Whether this is due
to the cold Spring or the heavy rains
leaching out the fertilizer is not
known. On the other hand, there are
farmers in this immediate section who
state that they have as good crops as
they have ever had. While signs of
t>oll weevil damage are to be found
in. practically very field, the damage
so far has not been g¥eat except in a
few instances, and with seasonable
weather from now on it is predicted
by some that the yield for the county
will be about 18,000 or 20,000 bale/
All of which is good newg to the
business men of this section, practical
ly all of whom were quite pessimistic
over the outlook a short time ago,
With the prices received for aspara
gus, cucumbers and watermelons a
great disapointment it is hoped that
the farmers will be able to “pull even”
on the cotton crop and have enough
left after paying their obligations to
stimulate trade to some extent this
Fall.
who is offering for reelection. His
announcenutit brings the total num
ber of aspirants in this race to ten,
with two for Mayor and three for
Commisioner of Public Works.
Both candidate* for Mayor—W. D.
Harley, the incumbent, and V. B.
gen*—are claiming victory in the
election to be held August 21st and a v
few bets were mado last week on the
outcome. It is understood that at
least one gentleman thought he had
made a bad bet and compromised the
wager.
The complete list of candidates is as
follows:
For Mayor—W. D. Harley and V. S.
Owen*.
For Alderman—G. M. Hogg, J. R.
Harrison, S. B. Moseley, G. Malcolm '
Anderson, W. E. McNab, W. J. Lemon,
E. D. Peacock, B. S. Moore, Sr., B. W.
Sexton and E E. Good son.
For Commissioner of Public Works
—T. J.Langley, W. C. Milhous and W.
R. Hubbard.
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Cotton Estimate a Surprise. - _
daughters, Mrs. J. J. Vickery, of Bann
well, Mrs. S. W. Brundage, of Miami,
Fla., and Mrs. E. J. Hansel, of Moul
trie, Ga.; one sister, Mrs. K.. A. Good
win, of West Plains, Mo., and three
grandchildren, Margaret Ellen Vick
ery, of Barnwell, Earl Hapsel, Jr., of
Moultrie, Ga.; and Mrs. James Seltzer,
of Oakland, Calif., who have the sym-
pathy of many friends in their
reavemetot.
Funeral services were conducted
yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon at
four o’clock at the Barnwell Methodist
Church by the Rev. M. L. Banks, pas
tor, the body being laid to rest in the
Baptist Cemetery.
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Death of a Child.
Blackville, August 8.—The» friends
of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Blume will sym
pathize with them in the loss of their
baby, B. L., Jr., who died July 31st.
Darling, you have gone aqd left us,
How we miss your loving face;
But you left us to remember
None Oti earth coul|d take your place.
We loved him but the Lord loved htm
more, _
Then we will all be reunited on that
h&ppy> golden shore.
Grandma.
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The friends of Miss Mary Ann Hal
ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. J.
Halford, will be glad to know that
she has recovered ^sufficiently from
an operation for appendicitis, in the
Unirersity hospital in Augusta, to
return home yesterday (Wednesday.)
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PRESIDENTIAL POLL
My OiOJCE for PRESIDENT
IS
□ HERBERT HOOVER
(lU—bliw)
ATCPITTh g? CHJITnru
ALrKfcO E. SMt ITT
(Put an X before the one you intend to vote)
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?
A PLEA FOR TOLERANCE
(From The Allendhle County Citizen.)
In the opening of his charge to the
grand jury on Monday, Judge John
son stated that, if he had the gift of
££ptfession he would attempt to “put
across” to hig hearess a plea for toler
ance in religion, in politics, and in our
commercial and industrial life—a plea
for freedom of thought and action
in all three spheres without the crea
tion of religioug or racial prejudice,
factionalism in politics, on antagonism
in the business worlds
He stated that, in his opinion, this
section of the State is facing a crisis
in its agricultural and commercial ex
istence, and called upon his audience
to lay aside all petty differences in
religion, politics and business, and to
get together in an united concerted ef
fort to bring back prosperity to our
that great document of civil liberty a
provision that there should be no
religious test for public office in the
United States. He then spoke of the
opposition to the democratic nominee
tor president because of his affiliation
with the Oatholic Church, mentioned
the fact that a considerable propor
tion of the population of America is
represented by citizens of that faith,
and even a large proportion of the
wealth of the nation; reminded those
present that gome of the causes of the
Revolutionary war was the fact that
the mother, country sought to tax
Americans without giving them re
presentation in the government, and
stated that, so long as America called
upon Catholics and Jewg to bear arms
in defense of the nation, and so long
as their property was subjected to
taxation for purposes ol government.
Ag is usually the cas*, the govern
ment estimate of the cotton crop, is
sued at II o’clock yesterday (Wed
nesday) morning^ came as i surprise
to those interested in. the price of the
fleecy staple, as bearish reports in the
past two weeks had caused many to
look for a prediction of around fifteen
million bales. The figure^ are as
follows:
Condition 67.9
Probable Yield 14,291,000
Yield per acre 167.7
Ginnings 87.888
When the cotton exchange closed to
receive the report, October cotton was
quoted at 19.10. On the first call af
ter the estimate wag published, that
month had advanced to 20.60, but im
mediately reacted to 19.80, advanced
again to 20.07 and at 12 o’clock was
(quoted at 19.96, an. advance of 85
points. 11
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Celebrates 68th Birthday.
Blackville, August 8.—A dinner was
given at the home of W7P7Blume on
August 2nd in honor of his 68tfi birth
day, his children, grandchildren and a
few friends being present for the oc
casion. This custom was inaugurated
by the family seven years ago and is
an, annual event that is eagerly antici
pated. In that time there has been
nothing to mar the pleasure of thesa
annual family gathering until this
people, and to make South Carolina
a safer and better place in which ioj
live and to rear our children—the
and women of tomorrow, into
whose hands must soon pass the con
trol of our affairs.
Reason for America.
He recalled that America was set
tled, and our great nation founded by
those who fled to these shores in
search for a land where every citizen
might worship his Creator according
to the dictates of his own individual
conscience; he referred to the Declara
tion of Independence and its great
principles, and to the fact that the
framers of our Constitution were so
afraid that their descendants might
suffer from religious persecution and
discrimination, that they wrote into
they were, in all fairness, entitled to
representation in that government
when they put forward for public of
fice men of unquestioned character
and ability; and concluded this phase
of his address with the statement
that, although his personal views on
religion would ne*er allow him to
espouse the Catholic faith he accorded
to every man the same right that he
demanded for himself—the right to
worship his Maker in accoi|lance with
the dictates of his own conscience;
that, in religion as well as politics, he
respected the views of those who dif
fered from him just as he expected
to have his views, and his right to
them, respected by those who could
not agree with hitn; stated that he bad
never become offended with anyone
who could not agree with his views on
religion or politics, and expressed the
hope that, in simple fairness, those
who did not agree with him would be
as fair to him; deplored the fact that
some of the leaders in hig great
church—the Methodist — were now
calling upon democrats* who had par
ticipated in local club meetings, in
county conventions, and in State con
ventions t° forget that one of the fun-
year, wherr the death of dear little B.
L. Blume on July 31st, just two days
befomihe~event, i^ed We BeartsW
his loved ones with sadness. Other
wise the day was spent very pleasantly
by young and old.
Dinner was served at two o’clock in
the usual place, under the old hickory
tree, a Divine blessing being asked by
Mr. Blume’s brother, J. S. Blume. The
host received many presents, which he
appreciate^ beyond expression.
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Shower sf Meteors.
Scientists predict a shower Jot
meteors during the night of August
Uth and the early hours of the 12th,
the spectacle reaching its greatest
brilliancy between two and three o’
clock. If they are correct, the “fall
ing stars” will have the appearance
of a celestial snow storm,
damental principles of democracy is
the implied agreement with each other
to be bound by the decision of the
majority, and to boH the party.
Soasis Warning.
He warned that a vote
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