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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY ■Mated Jane 1, 1925. Barnwell People-Sentinel “Ju»t Like a Member of the Family” ————————————— » — -- — ■— BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MARCH 7th. 1929. v -* Bond Measure Passed iV 1 ' Lower House Friday Proponents Win After Long and Bitter Fight.—Status of Barnwell Roads) Undecided. After a long and bitter fight, the House of Representatives passed the $75,000,000 road bond bill Friday and sent the measure back to the Senate with one amendment by W. H. Keith, of Greenville, who led the tight on the bill. This amendment provides that all surety bonds for persons doing highway construction work be writ ten by the South Carolina Sinking Fund Commission. Mr. Keith con tends that this amendment will save the State $280,000. * v H°wever, it will probably be several months before the actual construction program for hard-surfacing South Carolina’s main highways gets under way, as the Courts have yet to pass upon the, constitutionality of the measure before bonds can be issued and contracts let. Senator Edgar A. Brown and Rep resentative J. E. Harley, who spent the week-end at their homes in Barn- yell, were asked by a representative The People-Sentinel concerning the atus of the Barnwell County high ways which are now being construct ed for surface-treatment. Neither is able to state at this time whether the present program will be carried New Gas Announced. by Standard Oil Co. Claims That “Champion” Gasoline Gives Quicker Starting and Smoother Running. Just as changes in traffic condi tions bring changes in motor and auto motive engine design, so do trends in automotive engines create new motor fuels. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, according to company of ficials, through the development of its research depaitment of more than 300 trained men, and the cooperation of various manufacturers of motor cars has anticipated 1929 motor needs. The result is a new <ind improved “Standard’^ Gasoline that not only works better in the most modern motors, but starts rapidly and gives lightning-fast acceleration to older models as well. Experimentation has been carried on with this improved “Standard” Gaso line for some time. Tests were made by various local distributors of auto mobiles in their newest models. With out divulging the fact that a new gasoline was being sold motorists inf" different States were given the op portunity of powering their cars with it and asked if they noted any differ ence in the results. “I’ve never seen my car start so fast”, was the general conclusion. “On cold mornings,” said one, “I Boys Discharge Gun Into Barnwell Home Bullet from 22-Calibre Rifle Crashes Through Window ci N. G. W. Walker's Home. through or the work halted before the used to grow irritable because I wasted final surfacing is made. 'Hiey stated j ttn minutes' time in the garage. But that all work done so far would be there’s something about ‘Standard’ jpialimrinary *to the construction of hard-surfaced roads and they are un willing that Barnwell County should b^ left in the mud pending the com-J licher. It’s really the pletion of the State program. • All of gasoline.” Gasoline now that fc 6 * 3 out and to work in a jiffy. I like it because it’s zippy gas, timber, smoother and Champion ,the roads* for which surflace-treat- ment contracts, were let are to be hard-surfaced within four years, they said, regardless of whether or not the present contracts are carried to com pletion. Both representatives hope to be in a position to make a more defi nite statement concerning the county highways at an early date. Attempted Robbery in Barnwell Failed Thief Breaks Window But Becomes ' Frightened and Leaves Before Job Is Completed. An attempted robbery of Creigh ton’s Five and Ten-Cent Store in Barn well failed Wednesday night of last 1 week when the thief or thieves got j cold feet and took French leave before I finishing the job. A window' in the fear of the store was smashed and j the noise of breaking glass aroused u,,r NaN Thus the new slogan “It’s the Champion” was evolved from the en thusiastic praises welcoming the new clear, sparkling, white gasoline*. “The 'Standard' staff of research men,” continued the company offic ials, “are already studying trends for 1930 and though the constant improve ments many not be advertised to the public, it ig safe to say that 'Standard' Gasoline will be still faster on pick up, cause less crank case dilution than other gasoline and have more than enough added power to master any traffic situation. Where to Buy “Champion” Gas. The new' “Champion” gasoline can be bough* in Barnwell County at the following filling stations: Dicks Auto Go., Main and Reynolds Street Service Station, C. F. Molair, P. H. Ovens, H. W. Sanders and Northside Service Station in Barn well. r i m T .D. Creighton, Sr., father of the Five-and-Ten” proprietor, who has ing quarters in the rear of his re adjoining that of his son. Find ing that their noisy efforts had at tracted attention, the guilty parties left hurriedly without having effected an entrance. ~ ^ T. D. Creighton, Jr., who operates the store, stated that he has not miss ed any articles of merchandise. The attempted robbery occurred in the early houra of the night and Mr. Creighton is of the opinion that the would-be thieves picked that time, thinking that nearly everybody would be listening-in on the broadcast of the Stribling-Sharkey prize fight. , . -— ~ -i— ■ - ■, Jack Reynolds Again Manatges Local Hotel After Absence of Several Years, Mr. %. i ard Mrs. Reynolds Returned “Home” This Week. Mrs. Moye Baxley, Barnwell-Olar H. Dyches, The oldest and youngest aviators met at Miam FlT at tu* .i, when Charles Dickinson, or Chicago ’world",' oldest licensed pilot, and Donald Macintosh 4 of CaUfornia Jho L. flown more than 30,000 miles, m« and “talkW things ov«.» h Thinks Barnwell County Should Be Divided Into High School Districts D. L. Lewis Says Elementary Schools Should Be Affiliated With High Schools.—Thinks Daily Sessions in Barnwell County’s Rural Schools Too Short. Col and Mrs. jjj; G. W. Walker, of thjs city, were badly frightened Tues day afternoon when a bullet from a 22-calibre rifle, fired by one of a through the upper part of the window in their dining room and lodged in the wall above Mrs. Walker’s head. Col. and Mrs. Walker had just re turned from a trip to Augusta and had gore into the room to start a fire. The former was kneeling down before the grate* while his wife was a short distance behind him. Fortun ately the bullet entered the upper and not the lower part of the sash, as otherwise *jt would probably have hit Mrs. Walker. According to Col. Walter, the boys denied firing to wards the house but he says the damage done by the bullet is there to show for itself. This incident shows. Very forcibly the danger of allowing boys to shoot rifles within the town limits. C. O. Jones and W. Hilda. B. F. Anderson, Dicks Bros., and P. J. Hiers, Dunbarton. B. M. Jenkins and M. C. Lee, Kline. M. N. Morris, Barnwell-Olar high way. 1 Main and Clark Street Service Station, Epps Pharmacy, Simon Brown’s Sons and Mutual Trading Co. in Blackville. Henry Johnson, H. Jeff Hair and D. W. Jackson, Blackville R. F. D. Healing Springs Service Station, at Healing Springs. Anderson Service Station, Q. B. Johnson and Enterprise Hardware Co. in Williston. H. H. Williams, Williston R. F. D. W. T. Riley, White Pond. Anderson Service Station. Elko. Arthur Still, Elko R. F. D. ARE LURED BY WITCHERY ' County Superintendent of Educa tion Horace J. Crouch is in receipt of a report made to the State Superin tendent of Educatipn, James H. Hope, by D. L. Lewis, Rural School Super visor, who recently visited the rural schools in Barnwell County in com pany with Mr. Crouch. Among other things, Mr. Lewis recommends that the county be divided into high school districts and that the elementary schools be affiliated with one or the other of these high schools. The full text of his report is as follows: I am giving below a report on rural school conditions in Barnwell County as observed by me during the past week. In company with the County Super intendent of Education, I visited the following schools: Healing Springs, a four-teacher school; Double Ponds, two teachers; Reedy Branch, two teachers; Galilee, one teacher; Hilda, five teachers; Oak Grove, two teachers; Hercules, three teachers; Elko, four teachers; Willis-” ton Elementary, seven teachers; Lorg Branch, three teachers. The schools visited were observed fiom the standpoint of grounds, buildings, equipment, and te&thing procedure. The grounds were in very good condition. Some of the build ings observed were excellent for the purpose while some of the others were out of date. Genet ally speaking, the teaching equipment in the better class of buildings was good while the poorer buildings had little or not equipment. Generally speaking, the better class room procedure was observed in the larger and better buildings. The con ditions surrounding the larger schools are more conductive to securing bet ter teachers and better teaching, and better school spirit on the part of teachers and pupils, therefore, more regular attendance and better school work. The work observed in the lar ger schools was of such character that ~** § * - the pupils will be generally well pre pared to enter high school from the elementary grades* That observed i the smaller schools will not prepa/e them for high school. The great need in practically all of the rural schools is for mq^e and better reading for the chMdrejn. Each of the first three grades fhould read at least four, better six books during tion which must precede paragraph appreciation and composition appre ciation. Furthermore, technical Eng lish grammar furnishes a measurmg rod whereby English can be measured as to its correctness or incorrectness. Teachers in the rural schools should take time to teach penmanship.' As it now is, penmanship j s hardly taught at all in the rural schools. In teach ing arithmetic, the pupils should be required to write the analysis of their problems so that the teachers may know that the pupils understand the problems. The daily sessions In the rural schools of Barnwell County are too short for the teachers to do justice by the pupils. Schools with seven months terms and two or more grades to teach should run from nine to at least Jhifee-tthirty. The siiort daily ses sions cause neglect of practically all subjects, particularly reading and pen manship. . • » . After all, the great defect in the rural rchools, not only of Barnwell County but of practically every county in the State, is the faulty organisa tion. Barnwell County should be divided by Legislative enactment into high school districts and every ele- Barnwell Boy Accidentally Shot. Michael Ussery, son of Mr. apd Mrs. S. H. Ussery, of Barnwell, was painfully though not seriously shot Monday afternoon when a blank cart ridge* pistol in the hands ci a boy com panion was accidentally discharged. It seems that the young son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Woodward, who is known by his friends as “Rabbit,” had cut part of the bullet from a 22-cali bre cartridge wilh which he loaded the weapon. In some manner it was discharged, the leaden pellet lodging in Michael’s knee. The friends of both families rejoice that the accident was not of a serious nature. NUMBER 27. Allendale Man Meets Tragic End in Flood Ben F .Foreman One of Six Drowned in Washout Near Lincolnton, Ga^ Wednesday Night Master dnd Sheriff Sell Real Property Five Master’s Sales and One Sheriff’s Sale Made Monday.—Small Crowd in Attendance. / A very small crowd of visitors was here Monday for February sale«day, the attendance being restricted by the inclement weather, which, as usual, played havoc with the roads. Six legal sales were made, five by the Master and one by the Sheriff, as fol lows: Master’s Sales. George W. Bush vs. S. J. Halford, mentary school in the county should j ^en acres of land in the town'of Barn- be affiliated with one or the other of well, bought by Brown and Bush for “After all, there is no place like Barnwell,” said Jack Reynolds, who, with Mrs. Reynolds, returned to this city Monday to resume the manage ment of the Diamond Hotel after an absence of several years, which were spent in Georgia, Florida and this State. Mr. Reynolds is the most popular manager who has ever been in charge ,of the local hotel and he arts to give the traveling public the e high class service and excellent sine that wen him such a large patronage during his previous resi dence here. The people of Barnwell are glad to ■welcome Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds back ij» ComeR. to this city and hope that they will make this their home "from now «n.” OF WHITE OAK SPRINGS th e school term if the niechanics of reading Shall be acquired by the end of the third grade. TVs is impossible in the one and two/teacher schools with seven grades or in the three and four teacher schools carrying nine or Unable to withstand the witchery of White Oak Spring water, Mrs. George Batten and daughter, Miss Emeline Batten, of Montclair, N. J., who have been spending six weeks at Ormond Beach, Fla., arrived in Barn well Thursday mornirg and will make »n i their home in this city for ^e next °f reading. ten grades. Schools with three or move teachers carrying inly seven grades can giye the pupils a mastery few months. They spent the winter here last year and have many friends Who are glad to welcome them back again. They find the climate in Barn well much more to their liking than that of the Land of Flowers and regret that they did not spend the winter in this city. The visitors are again oc- supying the residence of Mrs. Marie \ Technical English, that is analysis of sentences and parsing of words, should be mastered by the sixth and seventh grades. To* this, end, pupils should be made to analyze every sen tence in every exercise into its simple subject, simple predicate, simple com plement, if any, and modifiers and should be able to parse the words. An appreciation of analysis and pars ing is absolutely necessary if pupils ADVERTISE in The People-SentinaL are to acquire a sentence apprecia these high schools. Nu 7 elementary school should be allowed to retain more grades per teacher than can be thoroughly taught, and no* elemen tary school should be allowed to try to teach more than seven grades, all other grades being sent to the asso ciated high school. The affiliated ele mentary schools should be closely sup ervised from the associated high schools so that their work may be related to the work of the high school. The teachers of the elemen tary schools should be elected by the trustees in cooperation with the sup erintendent of the associated high ools. If this organization can be carried out in Barnwell County, there is no reason why the rural schools should not be made as efficient as the giammar grade schools or the high schools. Should such a reorganization be carried out, the following • districts should be affiliated with Barnwell High School: 4, 34, 7, 50, 2, 15, 23, 39, 42, 38, 33. District number 24 should be divided between Barnwell and Blackville. The following districts should be affiliated with Blackville High School: 20, 9, part of 24, 10. With Williston High School: 40, 13, 16. With Dunbarton High School: 43, 54, 26, 52. It js possible that one or two dis tricts close to the line or joint with other counties could be better served in a high school way by sending their high school pupils to these counties. For the support of these district high) schools, a district wide high school tax should be levied, i. e.: Barn well with its thirteen elementary dis tricts should have a uniform high school tax to take care of all high school pupils, likewise with the other $500.p0. Bank of Western Carolina vs .T. G. Cobb, et al., 205% acres of land in the Western part of the county, known as the Griffin land, bought by Brown and Bush for $1,000.00. Ramsom Snellirg vs. McDuffie Handkerspn, et al., 58% aers of land in Red Oak township, bought by Brown and Bush for $300.00. • George E. Crouch vs. Maude Boland, ct al., 11 acres of land in Williston township, bought by Harley and Blatt for $327.00. H. L. O’Bannon vs. Lloyd Plexico, Executor of the Will of M. M. Holley, deceased, et al., one-half acre of land, with the improvements thereon, in the town of Kline* bought by Mrs. M. M. Holley and Mrs. Mae Perdue* for $1,- 537.00. Sheriff’s Sale. In the ab-enee of the Sheriff B. H. Dyches, who was confined to his home with an attack of appendicitis, G. M. Greene, Esq., conducted the Sheriff’s sale in the case of The State vs. Sam Young, two lots in the town of Black ville, which were bought by C. J. Tick ling for $48.67. Chur c h Services Announced. Allendale.—The body of Ben F. Foreman, who was one of six to meet tragic death in the early morning hours when the cars in which they iding plunged through a washed out bridge into Cherokee creek, 11 miles from Lincolnton, Ga., was brought to Allendale Thursday after noon. Funeral services were held at the house Friday afternoon at 4 o' clock and interment followed in Swal low Savannah cemetery. The Rev./ A. C. McGee, pastor of the Baptii Church, of which Mr. Foreman was a member, officiated. The first intirfcation that Fore man had met a tragic end was tele phoned to W. I. Johns, father of Mrs. Foreman, shortly after 7 o'clock Thursday morning by S/P. Hewlett, of Lincolnton, when the tire cover to. the new Pontiac sedan which Mr. Fore man had just purchased, was found floating on the swollen waters by rescue parties. Shortly after, Wilsop and Jasper Johns, brothers of Mrs. Foreman, started for the scene and they arrived back in Allendale about 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon bringing the bodjK Mr. Foreman left for Lincolntqn Wednesday morning and that night talked with Mrs. Foreman over long distance telephone, telling her of the condition of the roads snd that he waa uncertain whether to attempt the trip. With him in the car waa a Mr. Barrett, of Grovetown, Ga., who was also drowned. After Mr. Foreman's car had gone into the creek, another car driven by Fred A. McWhorter, of Lincolnton, coming from the opposite direction, in which were riding hit three children, also plunged into the waters and all were drowned. Mr. McWhorter and his children were retuning to Lincoln ton over the Augusta-Lincolnton high way from the annual basketball tour nament being played at ^arrenton. Mr. Foreman was 36 years of age. He waa born at Ellenton, the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Foreman, who died when he was a child and he waa brought up by Mrs. P .T. Wilson, of near Beech Island. Eight years ago he married Mias Eunice Johns and they have two little daughters, Dim- ny, 7, and Mary, 5. He is also sur- vive4 by one sister, Miss Mary Fore man, of Allendale, an uncle, R. E. L. Butler, of Chattanooga, Term., and several nieces and nephews. He attended business college in Augusta and later worked in Detroit. He waa overseas during the World War. He was a member of the Masons and was at one time postmaster at Allendale. Ben Foreman had many friends and was prominently connected in this section. His death was a great shock to Allendale. ■■ ■ ♦♦♦ G. M. Hogg Ship* Firrt Asparagus Archdeacon Joseph Burton an nounces services at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Barnwell for Sun day, March 10th, as follows: ^Celebration of the Holy Commun ion and sermon at 11:30 a. m. There will be a meeting of the vestry im mediately after the service. » ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel affiliated high schools. If this organization can be perfect ed, Barnwell County will at onc4 business visitor here move to the forefront in educational progress in the State. Crate and a Half of Asparagus Ex- Pressed to New Ycrk Saturday IZ* by Local Farmer. The first shipment etf asparagus from this immediate section was made from Barnwell Saturday, when G. M. Hogg, of this city, shipped • crate and a half by express . to New York City. The “grass,'' which graded choice and fancy, »was con signed to S. H. and E. H. Frost, edm- mi&sion merchants. This shipment brought smiles to the faces of local merchants, who know that *it won't be long now” before a considerable amount of ready cash will be put into circulation by the asparagus fanners. It is understood that shipments were also made from Elko and Wil- liston last week. Horace J. Crouch, county superintendent of education, who also grows asparagus for market, stated Monday that several years ago he made his first shipment on Janu ary 28th. It is understood that Mr. Hogg got a net return of $15.00 for one crate of the “graas.” C. J. Fickling, of BlackvUk, wa« a called at The to renew hia