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er THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COCNTT The Barnwell People-Sentinel Consolidated June 1, 1925. AJME UI. *Jumt Like a Member of the Famllv M 1 1 1,» ■ — ■■ BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER IS. 1928. NORMAN B. LIFE INSURANCE Barnwell Democrats Invited to Columbia Urged to Attend Democratic Rally to Be Addressed by Vice Presiden- Hal Nominee. On 1 Peace Mission Col. Edgar A. Brown and Mayor W. D. Harley received telegrams Tuesday morning from State headquarters of the Democratic Party inviting the Democrats of Barnwell County to at tend a big Democratic rally in Colum bia this (Thursday) evening at. eight o'clock, at which time United Statcfe Senator Joe Robinson, of Arkansas. :atic candidate for the vice idency. will speak. Senator Rob- insdn will speak in the field house of the University and to provide for thosa who will not be able to obtain seats in the field house, amplifiers will be appropriately arranged outside the building. If those from this county who desire to attend the meeting will communicate witV^ either Colonel Brown, Mayor HarLe^ or B. P. Davies at Bajmwell, arrangements will be made to secure seats for them in the dd house. fThe field house of the University Fill accommodate 50p0 peopled The first floor, from where tho Senator speak, will be reserved for out-of Democrats. Each county is asked td^ send representatives to the speaking and it is expected that many will at- - tend from all parts of the State. On the speaker’s rostrum will bet seated the members of the State Democratic Executive Committee and other high State officials. Roach S. Stewart, of Lancaster, will introduce Senator Robinson. The Senator and Mrs. Robinson will arrive in Columbia in their private from Charlotte before nine o’- BARNWELL COUNTY ASKED TO RAISE $500 FOR DEMOCRATS Rains Damage Crops in Ashleigh Section Cotton Suffers and Hny Is Complete Loss.—Saluda Sportsmen Enjoy Fox Hunting. I THE PEOPLE-SENTINEL WILL RE CEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS. Loyal Democrats Can Help Insure Victory of Smith and Robinson With Their Deflations. icretary Kellogg route to Paris, where he is to sffcn the Renunciation of War Treaty. Secretary Kellogg is a leading fac tor in the growing movement tor world peace. Common Pleas Court. to Convene Sept. 24 Judge J. W. DeVore, of Edgefield, tc Preside at Two Weeks Term.— Petit Jurors Drawn. car clock this (Thursday) morning. They will breakfast on the train and upon arrival will go to the Jefferson hotel. No demonstration is planned at the station. At noon he will confer with Democratic leaders at the hotel. At 1:30 he and Mrs. Robinson will be the guests of Governor and Mrs. Richards at lunch at the executive mansion. There may bo a reception for Mrs. Robinson in the afternoon. There will be a ride about the city and among the points of interest to be visited will be the homo of Woodrow Wilson. Dinner will be taken private ly at the hotel and at eight o’clock the public exercises will begin at the field house. Departure will bo taken about midnight over the Seaboard. A two weeks term of the Court of Common Pleas will convene at Barn- \#ell Monday, September 24th, with Judge J. W. DeVore. of Edgefield, pressing. Potit jurors for the first week of the approaching term were drawn Monday, as follows: M. F. Black, Ashleigh. E. D. Peacock, Barnwell. Archie Ross,\a snleigh. T. D. Creightoh. Jr., Barnwell. B. F. Odom, Blaejcville. S. H. Rush, Black^Hjle. M. B. Hagood, Barnwell. A. F. Meimorts, Mt. Calvary. C. R. Cave, Blackville. Arthur Joyner, Oak Grovg. F. P. Lee, Elko. \ \ \ O. H. Best Painfully Cut by Windshield Heavy Glass Falls from Frame and In flicts Painful Injury, Requiring Several Stitches. O. H. Best was painfully cut on his [left arm Tuesday afternoon- while re- irning from his farm when the wind ed of hie car fell from its frame. Best threw up his arm to catch and the shai^> glass struck him be- reen the elbow and wrist, cutting a ip gash about an inch and a half in th. He immediately bound a hand- jhie’f around his arm to stop the of blood and came on to town, rhere Dr. A. T. Russell closed the wind with several stitches. One of leaders ir Mr. Best’s arm was fly severed bit it is not thought it any permanent injury will result the accident H. M. Bodiford, Blackville. W. W. Marti*; Blackville. M. N. Ahl, Williston. Eddie C. Black, Reedy Branch. E .C. Matthews, Blackville. Jimmie Moody, Dunbarton. Callie Black, Reedy Branch. Tony Sanders, Reedy Branch. W. Hayne Dyches, Friendship. A. P. Scott, Williston. T. L. Quattlebaum, Williston. Clattie Renew, Long Branch. J. R. Harrison, BarnwelL F. W. Delk, Backville. Nick Croft, Reedy Branch. Fulton Bolen, Elko. G. M. Pender, Williston. W. H. McCormack, Double Ponds. W. R. Kennedy, Williston. M. C. Lee, Kline. Willie Peters, Healing Springs. J. T. Owens, Ashleigh. J. B. Harley, Barnwell. G.. L. Simmons, Sr., Joyce Branch. C. S. Youngblood, Elko. Ashleigh," Sept. 11.—The rains in this section the past week .did con siderable .damage to the cotton crop and a number of farmers had the mis fortune to lose their hay crop, which had been cut when the rains started. Lee Lancaster lost his entire hay crop during the wet spell. * A number of sportsmen from Saluda have been camping in this section and enjoying fox hunting. The people had the chance of hearing the hounds chase “Ole Reynard” several morn ings last week. The only difficulty the hunters had wits keeping the hounds after tho same fox, as they are so plentiful that they could re lieve one another on the run. The best race was run Saturday morning, when* the prize was capturral near the Blackville highway at Toby’s Creek. The friends in this section of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hartzog sympathize with them in the loss of their little son, Roger, Jr., who died Friday, the 7th inst. Laurie Laird and family, of Big Fork, attended church here Sunday. Thomas Floyd, of Hardeeville, spent Sunday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Floyd. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Floyd and Mrs. Lewis Porter returned heme Monday after a visit to Atlanta. H. F. 0<9>m and family, accompanied by his son, W. F. Odom, of Asheville, N. C., spent Sunday in Augusta with relatives. Laurie Gilliam spent Sunday witR Alvin Beasley. Mr. and Mrs. Oeland Lazar, of Aik««n, spent . Sunday at the home of N^irs .Lazar’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. 1 Diamond. rs. Lee Rnotts spent the past week-end with Mrs .Harold Dyches. Friends of Mrs. Letha Owens, who has beer^ ill for several weeks, will be glad t<\hear that she is able to be out again. \ Bellinger Owens will make a busi ness trip to G«oy a this week. What About Dairying In South Carolina? WANTED:—Five hundred Demo crats in Barnwell County to contribute the sum of $1 each to the Democratic Campaign Fund. Makes Prehistoric Find | P: H. Sanders Elected Magistrate at Hilda Defeated L Dyches "■* w. To Outlaw Slot fttachines. Greenwood city council has de- war on slot machines and a city :e, which prohibits gambling kind, will be the weapon used iting the derices which are as enemies of the youth, as well le older persons, of the town, dispatch from Greenwood. The >mey has been instructed to necessary steps to stop the of the 50 or more machines ion at soft drink stands and within the city limits. stores ill County Boys Practice. the 87 freshmen reporting Monday at The Citadel boys from Barnwell Jr, and Stoaey Poultry Producers Form Organization Clefnson College, Sept. 8.—Organi zation of the South Carolina Poultry Improvement Association was per fected at a meeting of poultry breed ers and hatcherymen in Columbia, August 31, when a large precent of the baby chick hatchery operators as well as numbers of the leading poultry breeders made application for mem bership. The purpose of the association, says, L. G. Neel, poultry specialist of the Extension Service, is to afford pro tection to the producer from unscrupu lous competition and fmahle the pur chaser to buy with confidence. A sur vey of the poultry breeding and hatch ing business early in the summer showed that practically all were in favor of some form of official inspec tion iand standardization. Membership in the new organization l will include flock owners And hatchery men, who will be designated as (1) S. C. Standard Flock owner, (2) S. C. Standard B. W. D. flock owner, (3) S. C. Certified flock owner, (4) S. C. Certified B. W. D. flock owner. Clemsorv Agricultural College will have general supervision of the in spection work, approve and train in spectors, and direct disease control work. * Barnwell County has been assessed $500 by the National Democratic Com mittee for the campaign expenses of 1928, the assessment oh counties be ing made according to population and wealth. South Carolina is expected to raise $25,000 for the “war chest” of the Democrats and various news papers over the State are lending their afforts to help raise the necessary amount The People-Sentinel has been* asked to assist in this very important mat ter and is very glad indeed to do its mite to help insure the election of Snfith and Robinson in November. Already several dollars have been pledged and acknowledgement of all contributions will be made through these columns, the money being sent to General Wilie Jones, Director of Finance for South Carolina, who will J ^ ■■■ Roy Chapman Andrews, bead of W recent Asiatic, expedition, tent ‘word from Peking, China, that he and his party have unearthed the headbones of a prehistoric monster indkating the existence of ah ani mal “about th* size of the Wool- worth Building if the building were in a . horizontal position.” The Wootworth BuaSdii . la TW feet high. Second Primary Blectiea by Majority of 94 Vtfieu, 4 \ Paul H. Sanders was elected Magis trate at Hilda in Tueuday** second primary election, defeating Ms op ponent, p. A. Dyches, by a majority of 84 votes. Three other candidate!— W. K. Black, W. Hayne Dyches and W. L. Harley—were eliminated in the first primary election two weeks ago. The result of Tuesday’s election, which wss the only second race in the county, was a« follows: ipg in Hew York Cease Start Again Tuesday Much Damage Done to Cotton Crop, With Situation Aggravated by Return of Showers. Quid Dyches: Sanders: Friendship 8 65 Hercules 88 86 Hilda 94 24 Itaedy Branch 20 20 Totals — 160 1#4- The Barnwell County Executive After a solid week of heavy, inces sant rainfall, the weather cleared off Friday afternoon of last week and the farmers and business men of this sec tion were hopeful that fair weather would prevail for the next few weeks turn remit to national headquarters i> ord * th ‘ t th * cotton cro P ^ XT TUr, - is.* ! gathered without further damage to m in New York. The following is a list of the contributions to date and those who wish to help the cause are urged to send in their donations at once: Brown and Bush $25.00 L. M. Calhoun J. Cohen - L. Cohen B. P. Davies Local and Personal News of Blackville Blackvillu, Sept. 8.—The Blackville schools began their year’g session on * Tuesday morning. The invocation was given by Rev. B. H. Duncan of the Baptist church. Mr. C. J. Fickling then made a short address to the pupils, patrons and teachers, after which Supt. G. F. Posey gave a con cise talk on the aims and methods of our school. Three new teachers are enrolled on the school faculty—Miss Eulala Osborne, of Ninety-Six, who will teach homo economics; Miss Staick, of Elloree, in the intermediate department, and also Miss Eunice Ferebee, of Ridgeland. Mr. Cordell, gathered without further damage the staple. This hope proved vain, however, as showery conditions re turned Tuesday, when rains fell several times during the day. 1 00 At this writing it is absolutely im- 1 00 possible to estimate the size of Bam- I oo County’s cotton crop or the 1 00 amount of damage* that has been done by the rains. Guesses range from 12,- 500 bales to 15,000, the tverage being about the size of the 1927 yield. Such a crop, however, means that the farm ers will receive thousands of dollars less than they did last season, as many of them sold their cotton then at 20 , cents or better and there wss practical- Jy no damage by rains. So far this season, 18 H cents has been the top price for good cotton, with a decline of about a cent and a half a pound Monday and Tuesday following the publication of the government cotton estimate Saturday after the close of the New Yprk cotton «xchange. Ac cording to the estimate, the South will produce 14,439,000 bales this year, an increase of about 140,000 bales during August. No account wss taken of the damage wrought in the Eastern part of the belt during the first week Clemson College, Septy 8.—South Hartwell, Ga., will have charsre of September. In addition to the de- Carolina buys approximately 8,000,000 Athletics. pounds of butter annually from other States besides considerable quantities of milk and cheese, according to\nar- kdting studies of important centers in the State, say Ward C. Jensen a B. A. Russel of the Division of agri cultural economics of the South Caro lina Experiment Station, authors of “The Business Side of Dairying,” pub lished as Experiment Station Bulletin 249 and now ready for free distribu tion. The data gathered in the survey of dairying in the Stato, while not necessarily showing what to produce, give a picture of supply and demand that may serve as a basis in part for more intelligent production. __The survey shows that the State’s population increased 256 percent be tween 1870 and 1925 while the number of dairy cows increased only 165 per cent, with a considerable decrease in the number of cowgjbetwecii 1910 and 1928. Per capita consumption of dairy products in the State is relative ly low, the demand and consumption being checked undoubtedly by low quality and lack of uniformity of the products sold. It Is Important, say the authors, not only thabbetter quality and great er uniformity be secured but also that farmers study markets, relative prices, efficiency in production, etc. Friends regret to learn that LeRoy To this end th<i bulletin riveii much l F * nnin * E " tw »y’* Elko, vffl be relatives M'S Mrs. J. N. Anderson and ive returned from a visit to in Gieetrili Tfciff were home by Mrs. Ander- Mrs. Bailey. data on marketing facilities and prices, types of fanning in relation to dairying, competition in dairying, and detail information on dairying sur veys made of many typical farme in the Piedmont and Coastal Plains sec tions of South Carolina. ^ Bulletin 249 may be had from the county farm agents or from the diris- ivn of public^tiom, Col’ege, S. C.\ Joef Halford, of the cRy oi L. E. White and family have moved to Healing Springs, where he is super intendent of the school there. Al though only residents here for a year, the family have identified themselves as active church and social workers. Mrs. W. W. Cain and little daughter have returned from Winston-Salem, whwe they have been visiting her parekts. /, - „ . Mr.Nand Mrs. Reys SandeHs have moved tp Chester, where he will be employedXby Swift and Co. This is the third Blackville’s families to leave within \ month. We regret their going. Mr. and Mrs\G. K. Fickling, Mr, and Mrs. H. Sigsbe Grimes, E. E. Ficklfeg and Mi^s Cocile Fickling were guests of MrAand Mrs. Edgar Fickling, in Ridgeland, Sunday. * Miss Ida Blanche Walker, of Tam pa, Fla., is the guest of her aunts, Mrs D. K. Briggs end Mrs. C. JL Fickling. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman Still and family havg returned to after visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Rentz and kittle son were thu guests of Mrs. W. Storne Sunday and Monday. Storne returned with them to their home in Columbia and will spend two weeks there. cline in price, there will be a still fur ther loss on account of poor grades. Every crop this year has been a disappointment, beginning with as paragus and ending with cotton. As usual many gloomy predictions are being made, but “hope springs eternal in the human breast,” and no doubt some way will be found to “muddta through.” If the darkest hour Is just before dawn, prosperity, for this sec tion should be just around the corner. It is believed that the expenditure of thousands of dollars on Barnwell County^ system of , surface-treated roads will be of benefit to the mer chants of the county and is one bright spot on the dark horizon. - ' ♦ ♦ ♦ Lyndhurst Items. Lyndhurst, Sept. ID.—Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Gantt and little son, John, o Committee will meet today (Thurs day) at noon in the Court House for the purpose of canvassing the returns' and declaring the result of the pri mary. A full attendance of Executive Committeemen is requested. / ♦ ♦ ♦ More Money in Milk Than Growing Cotton One Fanner Expects to Clear 88,99# Abore Living Expenses.—Hss ' Herd of Nine Cows. mmmmmmmmr* Memphis, Texas, Sept. 11.—There is more money to be made in owning a dairy farm than through the raising of cotton, thinks J. E. Bowman, of this section, who hss had phenomenal sue- ceee *■ a farmer and expects to dear $8,000 this year above his living ex penses. Mr. Bowman started with three cows aad now has a herd of niag, and be says the height of his ambi tion i« to own n dairy farm with 89 head of dairy cattle, and to sell cream. He is new selling about Hi worth of cream a week and hie feed expanse Is very little—about $2 a week. He lives on his cream money entirely. How ever, he has the family garden and raises everything possible in the sum mer. What is not oaten then is for winter use. This snccmefnl farmer also hss acres of cotton, which, from indications, will yield 40 bales. He should net about $8,000 from his cotton crop ns clear profit. There are ftm business men who can show a $3,000 clear profit from their work during the last year, over and above all bring expenses. Yet there ere those who Mg there is no money on the farm! 0 Before Mr. Bowmen started la the dairy business he had beta borrowing from $500 to $700 each year from the bank for living expenses for dry goods and groceries. This year he has not borrowed a single cent be makn the living. He got a letter from a bank the other day wanting to if he was sick. The bank could understand why he had net been in this year to borrow money as so many other farmers had done. Mr. Bowman is a great believer in cotton seed meal for his cows. He says: “It is the only feed for cows. I cannot find anything that will equal meal and hulls. Lota of people say I feed too much meal, but I feed a cof fee can full of it to each cow at a feeding, and find'that I get results than from smaller quantities. r u™ .wv* 1^11^4 ~ *- • f Columbia, were here for several days 11 have not lolled a cow yet no4 have ’.1 ‘ * lii ium in Columbia. Lest They Forget. Tlie members of Capt. G. M. Main’s Sunday school class will meet at the church next Saturday ? afternoon at four o’clock for the punJbse of cutting the weeds and grass od* the grou in front of the church building, hoped that as many of tho of tho class will be present ai and that much work will ka during the past week, the guests of Mrs. John M. Gantt. Dr. and Mr*. W. M. Steinmeyer and children, Maude, Alma and Marie, and Albert Corey, of Beaufort,repent Sunday here, the guests of relatives. A. P. Hay, of Parris Island, spent the past week-end here with his [rs. J. C. Fowke returned Friday Atlanta, Ga., where she has been bn a visit of several weeks. ♦ ♦♦ Large Rattlesnake. fed one of them for four years. I found moal and hulls better for cows than mixed feed.” Mr. Bowman says the dairy try does not grow faster hecaupe ftBUirs have not the ambition to care of a dairy ' yard A large rattlesnake, measuring five feet two inehesXjn length and sporting 15 rattles and a button whs killed’ Sun day afternoon by T. B. Black in the of hismomr in i m are It is ’ plentiful this year, N&Coy Mika, of the Aahloigh sactiof hrse in eue day a V wti . M Eevery morning passing the The Calhoun Times* offtan art seen little fellows and girls on way to school and thefar “A. B. The procession ing with the opening of couldn’t help but think ups who wind C ’’also. To them it ways Ba Garsfai* ways be i