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v Consolidate* Jobs 1, UZS. THB OFFICIAL MBWBPAPEB OF BABKWHX COUNTY BarnweU People-Sentinel NORMAN B. GAMBLE! LIFE INSURANCE Must Llk« a IVI«mb«r of the Family" BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER U, U28. Baptist Convention at Bamberg Tuesday Present Session Described by Many as ’ Being tbe Best Ever Held by the Association. Champion Voter f Bamberg, Oct. 16.—The Barnwdl Baptist Association, embracing 39 churches of Bamberg, Barnwell and Allendale Counties, convened in the Bamberg Baptist Church this morn* ing, with about 400 delegates and visi tors in attendance. The present meeting is described as being one of the best ever held by many who have been attending the sessions for years. There was a spirit of optimism and progress in evidence throughout the day's proceedings. Dr. Robert Blade, of Bamberg, was reelected moderator; the Rev. W. R. - Davis, of Williston, vice-moderator; Horace J. Crouch, of Elko, was elect ed clerk, and Ralph Johnson, of Elko, treasurer. After reports from the various churches, all of which showed a healthy condition of Baptist work in this territory, Mrs. G. N. Smith made the report on woman’s work which t , characterized as most satisfac- e.Rciv. B. H. Duncan, pastor of the Blackville church, preached the association sermon, taking his text from First Kings, 20:24. The Rev. J. K. Hair, of Columbia, spoke to the association in regard to the mutual fire insurance plan, and the orphanage and hospital were discussed by the Rev. W. M. Jom«, of Barnwell; the Rev. W. R. Davis, of Williston, and the Rev. J. N. Tolar, of Springfield. Dr. Robert Black made the execu tive committee report, which was discussed. A bountiful picnic dinner was serv ed in the church dining rooms. To morrow a barbecue dinner will be eerved by the ladies. A committee was appointed to con- * vey to the Rev. J. B. Caston, pastor of the Bamberg church, the association’s regrets at his inability to be present, just having returned from the Bap tist hospital, Columbia, following an operation. Arrangements have been made to entertain 500 guests tomorrow, when the largest attendance probably in th<« history of the association is ex pected to be present. Tomorrow’s program includes Dr. R. C. Cranberry, president of Lime stone college; the*Rev. Phillip J. Mc Lean, Jr., returned missionary from China, and the Rev. W. M. Whitesidev superintendent of the Baptist hospital. Two Fires Saturday. J!*St V ft The residence of W. P. Sanders on East Washington Street was totally >yed by fire between one and t’clock Saturday morning, to- with most of the household furnishings. The family was away from home at the time and the blaze ha4 made such headway when the alarm was given that th<i volunteer fire-fighters found it impossible to save the doomed building, but manag ed to keep the flames from spreading * to nearby property. It is understood that the loss is partially covered by $3,006 irouranee on the house and • $600 on the furniture. About 11 o’clock thei same morning a tenant house on the farm of W. D. Harley, near the incorporate limits of the city, was also destroyed. It is said that Mr. Harley had corn and seed cotton stored in the building. Williston Beats Bamberg. \ Williston, Oct. 12.—Williston-Elko riilis won from Bamberg high here this af ternoon 15 to 1. -Both teams put up good garnet Early in the first quar ter Bamberg made a touchdown as a result of a pass, E. Rice to S. Rice and made the extra point but was un able to score again during the game. The locals made a safety in the sec ond quarter when W. Davis punted across Bamberg’s goal. G. Davis carried the ball across for Williston’s first touchdown in the third” quarter. * Kick for extra point failed. In the « th quarter after Haskell had miss- |e goal line by inches W. Davis ied the ball across. C. Hall kick ed the extra point. i The Riverside players en route to ’ Bamberg to play Carlisle were inter im ested spectators at the game. w ADVERTISE in Th« People-SentineL -. Uliam.Porterfidd, 95, of St. CLirsville^O^: claims the U. S. VoUng Championship. He has cast J^frwWcntial Ballots, the first in 1865. i Sheriff Dyches Is First to Pay Taxes Holds Receipt No. 1 for Both Town and County and State Taxes.— Others Also Pay. Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches, of Barn well, was the first taxpayer to pay his 1928 town taxes and also holds receipt No. 1 for his county and State taxes. The tax books opened Monday, the 15th inst., for the col lection of Stato and county taxes and others who settled their accounts early are as follows: Mrs. E. A. Manning, Elko; J. C. Matthews, Blackville; Oliver Dyches, Tarleton'Jenkins and W. H. Manning, Williston; W. F. Dunbar, Old Colum bia; Mrs. S. A. Alfred, Red Oak; Southern Express Company; Henry Newton, Blackville; • P. S. Morris, Barbary Branch; Mrs. Edna Bronson and R. L. Bronson, Barnwell; Mrs. L. R. Graham, Ashkagh; Mima Jacobs, Barnwell; H. M. Cook, Seven Pines; J. I. Hutto, Double Ponds; Jesse Mc Cormack, Oak Grove; Mary Anne Holley, Barnwell; A. Oswald, Ellen- ton. The total amount collected up to Monday evening was $732.17. Nationwide Straw Vote Closes With Hoover 36,783 in the Lead The Nationwide Presidential Poll conducted by this newspaper in con junction with 2,000 others the country over ihas come to a close. The last ballots have been counted. The Voice of Rural America has spoken—but, truth to tell, it.has not spoken very decisively as the voting has been very close right from the start. - Hoover retained the lead he gained early in the voting, but his lead has been quite slight during the major part of the Poll. Several times it seemed as if Smith were going to upset Hoover’s lead, but never did the New Yorker quite maka it. His ballots fluctuating near Hooveifs mark dangerously, but never got above it. The final results of the entire straw poll are as follows: Hoover—612,440. Smith—575,657. Former Democats Voting for Hoover—110,814. Former^ Republicans Voting for Smith—72,416. These figures give Hoover a lead of 36,783. His percentage of the total voters approximately fifty-one and a half percent. His precentage has been fluctuating between sixty-eight and a little over fifty-one percent of the total vote. x From these figures it is impossible to venture the assertion that the rural districts of America are definitely aligned in favor of Hoover. His lead is not sufficient to allow'any definite conclusion. The Nationwide Straw Poll has demonstrated, we believe, that the returns in the election this year will be very colse. It has also shown a strong sentiment to “switch” votes on the parts of both Republicans and Democrats. The Hearst Newspapers Nation wide Poll shows a majority for Hoover as follows: ^ Hoover—515,596. Smith—417,060. In the Literary Digest Poll, Smith reduces Hoover’s percentage from 68 to 63 as the first major returns are reported from the South and several larger cities in the fourth wetek’s re turns of the Literary Digest’s Presi dential Poll. This poll has the following returns: Hoover—1,201,869. Smith—688,829. In the Literary Digest Poll, Smith leads in Chicago, Philadelphia and New York. 167,386 voters tho coun try over “switch” from Democrat to Republican, while 259,913 “switch” from Republican to Democrat. • Well, the Campaign is degenerating into just what I though it would. It started out to be honorable It was a noble experiment but it just didn’t bring home any soup bones. At first we was all hearing so many whispers that it began to look like everybody that spoke to you had lost their voice. We layed it to bad coles for a while, then we discovered that everybody couldn’t have Pneumonia at once. The funny thing about it was that the things they had been whispering was not as bad as the things they had been saying out loud. So they quit whisptring and started saying worse things at the top of their voices. Oh, it’s a Gentleman’s game??? Everybody is of a “high type”—till the time comes when there is some thing worth while to be little over, th<<n theyrevert to type. TT^ But through all this our old Anti- Bunk Party has maintained its dig nity. As a candidate, I am not run ning about the country shouting in everybody’s ear, “as I said so ably in my acceptance speech.” We didn’t say anything in our ac ceptance speech. W« didn’t even ac cept aiyi at that we said more than they did. They can always bring up their acceptance speech, for that is as far back as they want their record looked into while the campaign is going on. WILL ROGERS. Final Results Nationwide Presidential Poll Hoover 612,440 Smith 575,657 Switches from Democrat to Republican 72,416 Hoover’s Lead 36,783 Hoover’s Percentage of Total Vote 51V4 This Straw Vote was taken from the readers of 2,000 daily and weekly newspapers the country over served by the Publisher”s Au tocaster Service of New York. * * ' The results may be taken as indicative of the sentiment of rural America. The voting has been so close as to indicate a hard fi^ht in Novem ber. The vast number of switches and the general closeness of the bal}ot£ing makes political prediction well-nigh impossible. It does not seem as though rural America is to lean toward any candidate in any concerted manner. Hoover has been in the ked since the beginning of the poll, but his lead has never been so largo as to make it possible to designate him as the definite choice of the rural districts of America. Local and Personal News of Blackville sday afternoon at 4:30 in the X)1 auditorium\with the president, i. T. O. Boland^ presiding. After * Ginnings Behind Last Year. Only 5,989 bales of cotton had been ginned in Barnwell County prior to October 1st, as compared with $1,291 bales to the same date in 1927, ac cording to a report just made public by P. A. Baxley, of Blackville, special agent for the Department of Com merce. Other counties in this section show about the same comparison. A local cotton buyer stated Monday that so far this season only about 2,- 000 bales had been sold on the local market. Last year the total for the season, he said, was about 3300 bales. Blackville, Oct. 13.—The Blackville School Improvermint Association met Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in the school Mrs the reports of the various officers del egates were elected to the district conference of Women’s Clubs, which meets in Barnwell, November 7. Mrs. E. H. Weissinger, delegate, and Mrs. H. D. Still ai^d Mrs. J. V. Matthews, alternates. The association then <k* cided to have the necessary dental work done for one of the football boys who suffered the misfortune qf hav ing three of his front teeith knocked out in football practice a few days ago. The matter of a sch’ool news paper was then reported by the super intendent, G. F. Posey, and it was de cided by the membera present to buy a column for club activities that the school patrons may know what the association is doing. The association is r entering upon the new school with great enthusiasm. The Wednesday Afternoon Book Club met with*Mrs. L .C. Still at its regular meeting. A splendid meeting wag reported wherein it was discussed to join the Book-a-Month Club and use this as a^part of thei study pro gram. The hostess served a salad course. The teachers’ training course con- ducted at the Baptist Church during the past week was a success, many enjoying the benefits therefrom. Mrs. Mamie Limerick, who has been the guest of Mrs. C. H. Mathis, left Thursday for her home in Orlando, Fla. Saturday Mrs. T. O. Boland and daughter, Myrtis, and Misses Ida Groves, Ella Hill, Lila Teale and Isa bella Murphy motored to Augusta on a shopping trip. The first, third and eighth grades were given an hour holiday Friday for having the largest number of mothers • a* Austrian Peas Being Planted During this week Austrian Winter- peas are being planted in the five- acre fertilizer and rotation demon stration fields of J. W. Patterson, A. E. Corley and Lee Creech. Thirty pounds of thesci seed are being sown per acre. In the cotton fields they are sown in the middles of the rows, while the corn and soy bean field is turned under before planting is done. In addition to these a number of others arw planting some of these peas as a cover crop for the first time. Cover crops are of much benefit in building the soil and rye, oats, vetch and Austrian peas should be sown in cs many of the cotton fields as possi- &be Knows Her Onions pw *. J-s. 1 .... v* . IP - > % & < I *' ■ ^ ~ YBit o' Miss Violet Clark^f Kansas dis playing her prize-winning Bermuda onions at the fair at Lawrence. Total Registration / in BarnweU is 2723 Number Registered for General Elec tion Compares Favorably With Primary Enrollment To Present “Ramona” for Benefit of Fund BarnweU Baptista to Share in Pro ceeds from Picture st Vsmp Theatre This Week.'' ble. /Assistance in securing seed may be had from the County Agent’s of fice.—County Agent H. G. Boylston. present at the meeting of thei School Improvement Association Tuesday af ternoon. This has been adopted as a means of increasing the attendance at thesd important meetings. The Blackville school is getting things ready for a new undertaking, a school newspaper, which will be re ceived with much interest by the school patrons. The paper will be se^-supporting by tho use of adver tisements. Each patron will receive a copy monthly free of charge. Mrs. L. C. Still, Mrs. E. H. WeU- singer and Mrs. H. L. Buist were hi Barnwell Tuesday morning in confer ence with Mrs. Edgar A. Brown and Mrs. S. B. Moseley regarding the dis trict confentice to be entertained by the Barnwell Music Study Club No- 1 vember 7th. It is W matter of regret to her many friends that because of trouble with her eyes, Mrs. Still will be obliged to give up her work as di rector of this distret n the Federa tion of Women’s Clubs. A merry-go-round under the aus pices of the local Boy Scout organi- zatioa, is affording much enjoyment to the young folks of Blackville, as “Ramona,” Dolores Del Rio’s first United Artists starring production, has been booked for the Vamp Thea tre, Barnwell, for showing Friday and Saturday nights, with matinee Satur day afternoon. Night performances will begin at eight o'clock and matinee 4:00 o’clock. This daring, unusual story is laid in the early days of California under the colorful regime of the Spanish Dons, when the Missions were in flower, and before tho pioneer red- men and Spaniards were driven from their landed kingdom by invading whites. Ramona was the adopted daughter of the Senora Moreno, proud and haughty widow—a religious fanatic who rukd her vast rancho in feudal grandeur. Tho story begins at sheep shearing time on the Moreno rancho. A band of Tndians, headed by the youthful and handsome AUessandro, are engaged for the shearing, and during this annual harvest of wool, the young chkrftain and Ramona fall in love. From girlhood, Ramona loved the Senora’s son, Felipe, and he in turn loved Ramona. But Ales sandro it was who carried her off to the land of his fathers. There, life was Paradise. She lowd with all the fervid emotion which had been her inheritance from an Indian mother and a Spanish tire. As for Alessandro, the white blossom was the hub round which his universe re- valvsd. i Then came disaster, swooping down on thftti, a bolt from the blue. Sud denly, the world had become a thing of chaos, ruin. Laughter froze into tears. In two mighty, cruel gestures Alessandro and the child were gone. Days passed in which Ramona’s mind wandered, and with it her frail little body. Hours of torment. What would come now? See adorable Dolores Del Rio in “Ramona” at the Vamp Theatre next Friday and Saturday nights and Sat urday matinee. Edward Carc/we, the man who /directed Dolores in “Resur rection,” has never made a finer film than hig version of Helen Hunt Jack son’s famous novel! American Liter ature has never given a fiber story thd screen. 3,000,000 members of the National Federated Women’s Clubs of America have endorsed “Ramona.” The above picture is given for the benefit of the Organ Fund of the Barnwell Baptist Church. Prices: Adults 50c, children 25c. Remember the place: Vamp Theatre; Timd: Friday and Saturday nights, Saturday afternoon matinee, 8:00 and 4:00 o’clock respectively; Prices: 50c an/d 25c. well as to some few of the older ones. The Scouts report a nice income from same. The football boys were not at all dis couraged by losing the game with Denmark Friday last. Those from Blackville who witnessed this game in Denmark report a fine spirit on the part of all the players and a thorough ly clean, square game. The score was 12 to 0 in favor of Denmark. The Home Economic Class of the Blackville school had a wiener roast at Holman’s Bridge Wednesday even ing. Each member had the privllei of inviting one guest. Mrs. G. F. Posey, Mrs. H. L. Buist and Mims Helen Weissinger motored to Augusta Tuesday, shopping. Misses Emily Ingram, Era Clark At total of 2,723 voters in Barn- wdl County have qualified to vote in the general election November 6th, according to figures secured from Capt. G. M. Main, of the Board of Registration, by a representative of The People-Sentinel. This number compares favorably with the enroll ment for the primary election, for which about 3,100 men and women qualified. Certificates were issued to only about a dosen negroes, Capt. Main stated, and these are naturally expected to vote for the Republican nominees for President and Vice President. Whether or not this “nor mal Republican strength” will be sugmenteei by the votes of so-called “Hoovercrats” remains to be seen* but it is not believed that any considera ble number of white voters will de sert the party of their fathers and cast their ballots for the nominees of a party that is traditionally unfriend ly toward the South. The registration in BarnweU County by precincts is as follows: Barnwell 742 • Dunbarton * 117 Robbins 41 Meyer’s Mill 109 Williston 398 Hercules 320 Snelling ^ 108 Elko 182 Pleasant HU1 184 Kline 109 Blackville 463 Total 2,723 ■ — ♦ ♦ ♦ BarnweU Takes Game. In a game featured by the fumbling of both teams, BarnweU defeated Lexington hens Friday afternoon, 20 to 0. The locals began a drive down the field at the beginning of the first quarter, but leet tbe bail on a fumble near the goal lino. At the beginning of the second quarter, Bern well had the baU on Lexington’s 10-yard lino and on • beautiful end run Halford carried it over for a touchdown. It failed to count, however, for the reason that the referee was not on the ftekt Lex ington recovered a fumble in the first half and the runner had an open field ahead with a ten yard lead but was unable to outrun an opposing player. Thei locals scored a safety in the second quarter. Early in the third quarter Barn well pushed over a touchdown, but failed to make the extra point. Two more touchdowns followed in close succession in the final period. The outstanding stars for the locals were Towles, Halford, Moore, Holland and the Birt twins. The visitors showed a lack of coaching. Roof, tho Lexington quarterback, and Grubbs, the local center, were injured when they ran together on a line play. Massachusetts for Smith. 'A large passenger bus, en rout# from Masachusettg to Florida, stopped CVerW BanHPGlt for dinner hour Tuesday and while here a member of ^ the party told a representative of - The People-Sentinel that the Bay State will give its electoral vote to Governor Smith this year and that the general opinion in that section Is that the New Yorker will be elected if the South remains solidly Dcno- ~ cratic. ami Elizabeth Shillito spent the week end with Miss Eleanor Dunbar in El- lenton. Melbourne Creech and Stanley Brown were in Columbia Wednesday afternoon. S. B. Rush motored to Aiken Sun day afternoon. Doctor Earley, of Darlington, was a Blackvilkf visitor Wednesday. Mrs. W. C. Buist and Mrs. S. G. Lowe motored to Barnwell Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Smart, of Nashville, arrived here Sunday morning, called to tbe bedside of her mother, Mix. Alice _iL |C . mBPwfcyVwgjj*-'- » ■ -*■ j