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' m OFFICIAL NHWAFSK OP BAftNWVLL COUNTY i Coaaolidated Jon* 1, 1»2S. Barnwell People-Sentinel </ Mu At Like a Member of the Famll v M VOLUME LII. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. APRIL 18th, 1929. NUMBER S3. T3C Primary Is Ordered to Nominate Mayor Succesitor to Late Mayor V. Seymour Owens to Be Chosen in Election ' a on June 4th. # Acting in accordance with a request from the Barnwell City Council, the Barrwe’l Municipal Democratic Exe cutive Committee has called a primary election, which will be held Tuesday, June 4th, for the purpose of nominat ing a candidate for Mayor to suc ceed the late V. Seymour Owens, who died a short time ago. Preparatory to the election, the enrollment book was opened Monday at the store of Lemon Bros. Attention is called to the fact that it will not be necessary for those who enrolled for the town primary'-test: summer to enroll again at this time, the book having been opened only for the purpose of en rolling those who did not qualify at that time or who have become eligi ble sin.’e that enrollment. The book will be closed May 18th and the list purged by the executive committee. The qualifications for enrollment and other information will be found in a notice published elsewhere in this i*sue of The People-Sentinel, and the for mal notice of election will appear at a later date. Several possible candidates have been mentioned in connection with the comirg race, but no definite announce ments have been made at this time. During the last illness of Mayor Owens end following nis aeath. Aider- man B. W. Sexton has acted as Mayor Pio Tern. Local High School Faculty Reelected All Members Have Accepted for Next Sessko.—School Makes Splen-' did Progress. ' Stephen Wiszuk, 24, a printer and former pugilist,^ dressed as a girl “right in style'* is said to have at tacked and beat an unnamed woman with a revolver on a New York ele vated station. Robt. A. Easterling Buys Local Property Purchases Corner Lot from Jas. Til- linghast Moore.—Will Build Modern Structure. Vitaphone Installed in the Lyric Theatre Blackville Is the Smallest Town in the W f orld to Provide This New Entertainment. LOCAL MAN IS CHAIRMAN IN LEPROSY FUND DRIVE C«. W. Many ill* Seeks CoatributiowR to Complete Memorial. A transfer of real estate of inter est to the people of Barnwell is that of the comer property next to P. H. Owen’s garage by Jas. . Tillinghast Moore to Robert A. Easterling, of Denmatk. According to Mr Easterling, who is vice-president of the South Carolina Power Company, he will have the pres ent wooden buddings removed and in the near future they will be replaced by modern brick structures. What the nature of the buildings will be, how ever. if not known at this time. W'hen construction is begun, Mr. Easterling expects to give a strip of land to the town wdh a view to widening the For the first time in the experience of Supt. W. W. Carter, and probably for the first time in the history of the Barnwell High School, all of the mem bers of the local faculty have been re elected for next session and all have accepted. This is indeed a very high compliment to the faculty and the town alike—to the faculty because of the unanimous reelechYn of the mem bers and to the town because of their acceptance for another year. The Total school hae made marked progress urdtr the capable supervis ion of Mr. Carter and w ; th the helpful co-operation of his. cflfteient corps of teachers, and even better results are being anticipated for the next session. The personnel of ‘bo faculty is as follows: Miss Hazel Coleman, first grade. Mbs Blanche Filh. yecond grade. * Miss Virginia Hutto, third grade. Miss Annie Mabry, fourth grade. Mis s Dorothy Wragg, fifth grade. Miss Sue (’atter, sixth grade. Miss Mamie Me Meek in, seventh grade. High Sthool. Miss Rosalie Spann, mathematias. Miss Margaret Free, history. Miss Pauline Boozer, English. Miss Annie Mood. Latin and French. Mrs. ira Pales, music. W\ R. Price, principal, science. W. W\ Carter, superintendent. Announcement Extraordinary. The amusement going public is con- G. W. Manvillc, manager of the local branch of the Bank of Western Caro* lira. Has been appointed county chair man in the campaign to complete the 92,000,000 fund asked for by the late Governor-General Leonard Wood, with which tc carry on scientific research work among the lepers in the Philip pines. May 1st has been designated a- “Philippine Day,** on which date it is hoped to complete the furd. It was the belief of General Wood that »t would be possible to eiadicate leprosy in the Philippine Islands, and would have a very great effect towards that end throughout the entire world, if adequate furd* were available for aeientific study of the disease. Over $1,000,000 has been secured since Governor Wood made his appeal. There are about 6,000 lepers in the colony at Culion, which has facilities to care for oi ly a small part of the lepers in the world. That progress is being mode in arresting the scourge is shown by tha fact that nearly 1,700 ca.-es have been discharged as cured. Mr. Mnrville will greatly appreciate contributions to this woithy cause and expects to appoint a committee to solicit subscriptions. street, provided property owners on | *unied with interest over the much dis- the opposite side of the present street! ctt ***d Sound Picture, or “Talking will do likewise. If this it done the * Production, and already in the finest value of all property adjacent there- theatres in the larger cities the Sound to will be enhanced and the appesr- Pictures with their synchronised ance of that part of Barnwell great- ^orea are the sensation of the ly improved. , <*•>' vw ..... w # .w . “The Port of Missing Girls** will be The purchase of this property is , * , . , . , evidence of Mr EMterlin,’. f.Uh in P rM,ntH . ^ Bnrnwrli nnd in the earl, "con,*. > ,fromp * r " Mnt Voi " ° n back'* of this section of South Caro lina. He believes that the develop ment program of the South Carolina Power Ccmpary will provide the nece«»ary stimulus and that with i the celebrated “Picturetore.* Complete Picture equipment will be installed for these performances, thus i bringing to you the same music and ! effects presented with this extraordi- 14 . , . • , * . A . nary picture in the finest theatres agriculture balanced by industry the. . 1 T ^ # 7V -■-n— ; .u._ -1 tllTBIgfcPPt the wofld. The Por t of ; Missing Girls'* as a picture alone would be a sensation. With Picture- lower «vction of this State face* a new era of prosperity. He is too good a business mar to invest his money ip a “dead” town. Plav to Be Presented Soon. tone Sound and Musical Score it be i<imc- tiv ovUtaedtas Umtit event of the year ming to \ amp Theatre, Barn well, Matinee and Night perfoimances On Friday night, April 26th, the April 23rd. Eight reels am Double Ponds Doings. The birth- Double Pords, April 16. day given air his h6me“ Saiuraay, was greatly enjoyed by all ,who attended. M isses Mildred and Myrtle Delk were week-end guests of Miss Vic- torine Delk. Mrs. Archie Still is spending some time with her mother, Mrs. Henry Dyches. Miss Ethel Hightower spent Satur day night with Miss Frances Delk. Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Dyches, of Bamberg, spent the week-erd with the former’s parents, Mr., and Mrs. Henry Dyches. Miss Bertha Collins spent Saturday night with Miss Sadie Delk. Archie Hudson left Friday for At- lar.ta, Ga., w’here he will take a bar ber course. The birthday party of little Alice Senior Class of the Barnwell High School will present the comedy suc cess, “In Cherry Time.** “In Cherry time” i<* a three-act laugh-comedy that will entertain any audience that is fortunate enough to see it. Chaim, sunshine and laughs, laughs and more laughs feature this all sound. Prices, 20c and 40c. Advertise S. C. Vegetables. Already South Carolina vegetables are finding “a place in the sun.” visitor fiom North Carolina told , t _ ... w . ! representative of Th*} People-Senti- play by Eugene Hafer. It >. a play ^ ^ week that „„ A , hevUle that none can afford to miss. Attractive chorus girls in attractive costumes will add greatly to (he charm .".nd sunshire of the play. These young amateur actors need encouragement. So, TFrtd the play, JJ ln Cher- ry Tim?,” on Friday night, April 26, at eight-thirty o’clock in the Vamp Theatre. The admission prices will be twenty-five and fifty cents. ♦ • » — Box Party Thursday Evening. in an store she saw vegetables from this State prominently d splayed with a targe placard labeled ‘ South Carolina Vegetables” calling attention thereto From wnich it would seem that the re rent discovery of indine.in this State.’. farm products fruiti is already bearing Stores to Clowe Early. Those who want to have an even ing of real fun and frolic should at tend the box party at the home of Mrs. J,.B. Morris, Thursday evening, beginning at 8:30 o’clock, under the auspices of Organ Group No. 5 of the Barnwe’l Baptist Church. All ladies are requested to bring boxes of lunch and the gentlemen are invited to come preparql to buy. A prise will be awarded for the prettiest box. Don’t forget the cake-walk. A real Myrtle and Mildred Hartzog given at pound cake will be given to the the home of Mrs. Annie Woodward, . lucky , couple. Ice cream, cake, sand- • The undersigned merchants of Barn well have agreed to close their stores at 6:30 p. m., during the summer months, beginning* Monday, April 22 Weiner Bros. H. Antopolsky, Creighton’s Dept. Store. Miss Carrie A. Cave. Farmers Union Mercantile Co. Lemon Bros., Inc. C. F. Mol&ir. Mazursky’s Dept. Store. L. Cohen. Of interest to theatre goers through out Barnwell ahd adjacent counties is the, 1 announcement that a Vitaphone istallation has been made in the Lyric Theatre at Blackville, thus placing that progressive little city in the forefront of the theatre-world. That the people of this section may enjoy this new form of entertainment is due to the progressive spirt shown by Stanley Brown, manager of The yric, who believes in giving his pat rons thi very best. Mr. Greenleaf, of the Vitaphone Company, was in Black ville Monday and said that Blackville s the smallest town in the United States have a Vitaphone and that means the entire world, as all of the Vitaphones are in American theatres. 3e also said that the installation is perfect in every detail and a* good as ie ever heard. “That is what I term great,” said Mr. Brown, who wa* a visitor here Tuesday morning. Mr. Brown wants the people of Barnwell County to have a “possessive interest” in the Vitaphone at his theatre. He says: “We have a Vita phone. Notice the ‘we,’ folks. I say we,* for we should feel like we have an interest in it; it i* for us and we ought to be mighty proud. OUR Vita phone is rotor completely installed, working perfectly and we esn go there and SEE and HEAR all the great talking and si-ring pictures. Think of it, folks! *S wonderful, isn’t it? The Vitaphone, the marvel of the age, is :n Blackville to stay. There will be shows every night in the week, with a charge of program every Mon day, Wednesday and Saturday, ard the programs w'H be the best that are produced. All performances will start at eight p. m. and there will be only one show unless the late attend ance wai rants a second performance. The People-Sentirel bespeaks for Mr. Brown the cordial support and patronage of the people of Barnwell County. Jane Knight got this bib from the health commissioner of Newark, N. J., which asks that nobody kiss the bearer. This method has been adopted to help keep babies well Barnwell Girl Wins Honors at Winthrop -« M iss Julia Lemon Elected PreHident of the Student Government Association April 8th. Negro Killed in Gun Fight Tuesday A. M. Felled in Exchange of Shots With Posse Seeking Man Who Robbed Store at Dunbarton. Hercules News, Mine* Ophelia Huggins and Mary Delle Hearn and Walker Beasley and Olive "Murry. harleston, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mr£ J. J. Hug- gir.a. Mr. ard Mr». J. F, Creech aie re ceiving congratulations upon the ar- rivel of r fine baby girl. They have named her Deioniu*. Mr. ard Mr*. M. Z. Hutto and Mi*a Dovie Gunnels spent Sunday after noon with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Huggins. Mjss >Ophelia Hugyrr s, of Barn well, ha* accepted a position in Mont gomery Ward and Co., at Charleston. Miss Corene Hiers, of Olar, spent the week-end with her aur.t, Mrs. J. J. Huggins.. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Creech were the Saturday night guests oif-the latter’s father, H. L. Hair. Misses Kathryn Hutto and Dorothy Gunnel* spent the week-end with Mrs. C. A. Still, in Blackville. Miss Dovie Gunnels is spending ti'^ with sktiu: Mm C. A*. Still in Blackville. Miss Mildred Black sper.t the week end with Misses Corrie and Evelyn Creech. j* Bernice Still spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Still. Mrs. W. H. Hutto and family were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Sanders. > Shows Asparagus Pictures. ' Of cordial interest to a wide circle of friend* is the announcement that Miss Julia Lemon, daughter of Mr and Mrs. W. J. Lemon, of Barnwell has been elected president of the Stu dent Goverrment Association of Win throp College. The conferring of this signal honor is told as follows in Sat urday’s issue of “The Johnaonian,” the college |ublicatkm: As a tesult of the election Monday April 8th, Miss Julia Lemon, of Barn well, S. C„ was elected as the netf: president of the Student Government Association of Winthrop College. This is the highest honor bestowed upon a member of the rising Senior Class; it is evidence of the complete trust that the student body places in the ability and the character of Mist Lemon. Miss lamon comes to her new office with a record of successful executive experience. As president of the class of ’30 during its Junior year, the hat displayed marked qualities of diplo macy. of wise judgment, and of firm decision, all of which characteristics indicate that she is well-fitted to be a leader. Miss Lemon possesses not only those attributes that qualify her for leader ship, but also a well-roufded ‘person ality t^at comet from vecMtility of activity. Her scholastic ability is in dicated by the facts that she was valedictorian of her high school clast, that mho represented the Barnwell schools in the State English contest in 1926 .that in college she has held the offico of recording secretary of the Winthrop Literary Society, and that her name appears on Winthrop’s diz- tinguished list. Miss Lemon, ha* taken an active part in various extra-curricular ac tivities at Winthrop. She is much in terested in dramatics, being well- known on the campus in the role of “Abie.” She has taken part in num erous student plays and skits, and she was in charge of the production of the Junior Follies this year. Miss Lemon is interested like-wise in ath letics; she took part in the swimming meet during her Sophomore year. Her musical ability is revealed by the fact that She 18 di tne voice students in the music«department and that She is a Glee Club member. She is a member, also, of Pi Lambda Kappa, social club. She is acquainted with Aiken, April 15.—“Parties unknown to the jury” killed an unidentified ne gro eanv this morning near Sflverton, according to the verdict rendered at a coroner’? inquest this afternoon. The r «Rro, presumably from New York, was killed as he emerged from a small clump of woods whence he had fled after insulting two white men who of fered him help, a stolen car which he was driving having gone into a ditch. A posse gathered early thia morning to search for the man and he was killed after he fired several shots on emerging from the woods. The negro stole a car in Augusta Sunday night. After buying some gasoline and oil from a filling station in Beecn Island operated by J. N. Car den, the negro abandored the car and fled in Ellenton when approach ed by officer W, A. Hayes, who was watching for him on notification of Garden. He stole another car from a Mr. Thompaon at Ellenton, went to Dunbartcn, robbed the Dicks Brothers store, and started back toward Au gusta. The car ran into a ditch and the driver secured the aid of a negro with a mule team to frill him out. E. N. Tail and Thomas Heath, of Jackson, it was said at the inquest to day, were driving toward Augusta when they saw the car and stopped^ The neg^o they said, cursed them and told then to move on. They saw tha large store of stolen goods in the au tomobile however, and later returned with other men to arrest the regro. , He fled into the woods, but was killed when he later emerged after the woods was surrounded. From addresses and a ticket in the dead man’s clothes, it is thought that he had cnly recently come to this lion from New York. Ellenton, April II.—An unidentified negro, who ia said to have stolen two automobiles and robbed a store at Dunbarton, near here, on Sunday was shot to death this morning in a gun battle with n party of citiaee in a swamp about ten miles from Augusta. Marshal Hayes located one of the stolen errs last night but the negro got away.' Later in the night the negro stole another machine and filled it with goods taken from a store at Dunbarton. Early thi s morning, Joe Foreman and hia son, of Ellenton, traveling along the highway to Augusta, came upon the negro who had run the stolen car into a ditch. When asked by Mr. Foreman if he could be of any assistance in getting the car back into the road, the negro is said to have drawn a pistol and cursed him. Mr. Foreman got some help and returned to the scene, whereupon the negro shot at them. Other citizens., then gathered and a gun battle resulted, the negro being killed. DEATH OF MRS. M. C. HARRIS Mother of Mrs. A. A. Lemon Died in Cdumbus, Ga., Friday. w|s greatly guests. enjoyed by the little wiches, candy and drinks will be sold throughout the evening. Plenty of music. • Box Party at Hilda. Dr. Bradham Legates Here. Dr.^Pc. Bradham, of Manning, has located in Barnwell for the practice of ( Thera will be a box party*'? this hi* profession and has offices at the (Thursday) evening, ibdginning at Be-t Pharmacy. He ia a graduate of eight o’clock, at the Hilda • .school the Charleaton Medical College. Mrs. houfe, the proceeds being for the Bradham and baby are expected to ar-, benefit of the school. The public ia Little Boy Injured. rive in the near future. ! invited to attend. The little son of Mr. and Mrs'. J. S. Still wa* painfully injured here yes- terc^iy Wednesday) morning -while riding on the city’s road machine. In stepping from the machine his leg was caught in some manner and the left knee joint dislocated. The little fellow was earned to an Augusta hospital for medical attention and it ia hoped that his ir.juriea will not prove serious. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel. The Dulamae Theatre in Denmark ard the Lyric Theatre in Blackville showed a Pathc news reel Monday and Tuesday, respectively, depicting as paragus scenes near Blackville in which young ladies from Blackville, Williston and Denmark took the lead ing roles. These theatres are under the management of Stanly Brown, a progressive young business man. of Blackville, who is having “talking movies” installed in his Blackville theatre. the various phases of Winthrop’s life, ard comes to her position with a broad viewpoint of campus problems and of campus spirit. Miss Lemon comes to her office, too, .with a deep sense of responsibility. She says: “I am going to be Martha’s shadow during the rest of the year, fo? I am studying all the phases of student government.” With such a capable and such a responsible leader, the Student Government. Association anticipates a most satisfactory year during 1929-30. ■■ Miss Banks Wins in Contest. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank the people of Barnwell for the kindness shown us during the illness ard death of our Miss Betty Banks, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Banks and a pupil of Mrs. Ira Fales. was a winner in the piano contest at the meeting of the State Federation of Music Clubs held in Greenville recently. .She goes as South Carolina’s representative in Clast D in piano to play in the Dis trict Contest which will be held at Decatur, Ga., April 20th. This Dis trict is composed of North Carolina, husband and father. Mrs. Carrie Hutto and Children. South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The friends of Mrs. A. A^TaFlhofU of Barnwell, will sympathize with her in the lo?s of her mother, Mrs. M. C. Harris," who dieiUTriday morning at her home in Columbus, Ga., aged 68 years.. Her body was laid to rest the following day. Besides Mrs. Lemon, Mrs. Harris is survived by four children, Mrs, W. W. Williams, of Hamilton, Ga., Miss Mary Harris, of Columbus, Ga., Mrs. A. C. Hol land and Eugdne Harris, of Jack sonville, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, of Appleton, and two brothers, Albert Calhoun, of Norfolk, Va., and Walter T. Calhoun, of Jack sonville, Fla. Mrs. Lemon returned home Sunday after spending several days in Col umbus. * School Trustees Elected. Solomon Blatt, Esq., was reelected without opposition as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Barn well school district, at an election held here last week, and J. S. Collins waa elected aa a trustee of the Hilda dis trict on tha name day. Aa election was held at Dunbarton for tha pur pose of electing five tmateea hut the result had not been reported te H. J.