The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 01, 1929, Image 1
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OP BARNWELL COCNTT
The Barnwell
Consolidated June 1, 1925.
VOLUME LIL
'Jumt Llk« a Majmbar of tha Family”
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1929.
NUMBER 49.
Shot hy Policeman,
Negro Dies in Jail
.'
Charlie Taylor Succumb# to Wounds
Inflicted While Resisting Arrest
Sunday Afternoon.
Charlie Taylor, a negro, died in the
Barrwell County jail Sunday ^ight
from a bullet wound inflicted by Chief
of Police George Peeples, of this city,
Sunday afternoon. The police officer
shot thfe negro after-Taylor had been
placed ur.der arrest for beating, his
wife. \ Taylor was given medical at
tention by a local physician and then
lodged in jail. Evidently .- it was not
known that he had been fatally in
jured. Jailer G. M. Maih says that
Taylor was alive at ten o’clock Sun
day right and died some time between
that hour and daylight Monday morn
ing.
At the coroner’s inquest Monday
morr ing, it was found that the bullet
entered Taylor’s left shoulder, passed
partly through the body and imbedded
itself just under the skin of his right
SUMMER GRID COACH
Prominent Barnwell
Citizen Passes Away
Robert Stanley Dicks Died Tuesday
Night After Long Illness.—
Funeral Thursday.
Bob Zuppke, for sixteen years a
coach at the University Of Itltndts, ts
shown teaching Barkham Gamer, ft
San Diego (Calif.) state college student
how to “hit ’em low.” Football is sira- '
pie, Zuppke says. If players will only
use their head, keeping It down,
tackling low and turning their face In
toward the knee. Zuppke gave s sum
mer course on the sand of the Pacific
breast, where it was cut out by Coun-1 at Coronado, Calif., wl»ere eighty Call-
ty Physician A. B. Patterson at the! fomia college boys learned something
. * of the Illinois “system.”
inquest. s. — —■■■ ■ ■, —
Mr. Peeples, who v/as the only wit-' _ __
nes s examined, testified that he wert Eye Badly Sc&lded
to arrest Taylor when complaint was . ^ ~ •*, .«*«.. .
made to him that the negro had at-1 Dy KaGiatOr Oteam dealers, and was actively identified
After several months illness from an
incurable malady, Robert Stanley
Dicks, aged 49 years, died M at his
home here Tuesday night at 10:25 o’
clock. For some time it had been
known that there was little chance of
his recovery, but his family and
frier.ds hoped against hope that the
summons of the Grim Reaper might
be stayed and that he would be spared
for many years of usefulness. But
the skill of physicians and the terder
nursing of loving hards were of no
avail and, “Hke one who draws the
drapery of his couch about him and
lies down to pleasant dreams,” he
passed to his eternal reward.
The funeral services will be con
ducted this (Thursday) morning at
eleven o’clock at his late residence by
Archdeacon Joseph Burton, rector of
the Church of the Holy Apostles, and
hia body will be-laid to rest in the
Episcopal Churchyard.
Mr. Dicks was a prominent business
man of Barnwell, being owner of the
Dicks Auto Company, lo^al Ford
Contracts Are Let
For Street Paving
Very Low Bids Received for Work to
Be Done in Barnwell.—Will Be
Started Soon.
tacked hia (Taylor’s) wife. While on
the way to the local jail, the negro j B. S. Moore, Jr., Painfully Hurt Friday
showed fight and it was necessary for
the officer to knock him down with
hia club. After proceeding a short |
distance, the negro again resisted the
officer and was subdued a second
Afternoon While Returning
From Columbia.
with the religious, social and civic
life of the city. He was a member of
the Boaid of Trustees of the local
schools and was a Masor and a
Shriner. A number of year ago he
joined the Episcopal Church and serv
Mayor B. W. Sexton, Col. Edgar A.
Brown and Alderman W. J. Lemon
went up to Columbia Tuesday to at
tend a meeting of the State Highway
Department, when bids were submit
ted for street and sidewalk paving in
Barrwell. Upon their return, all of
these gentlemen expressed themsetvs
as being very much gratified over
the fact that the bids j were so much
ower than was expected, thereby
saving the town several thousand dol-
ars or. the estimated cost of the
work.
The contracts were awarded to two
different construction companies—that
for the* street paving going to the
Thomasson Construction Company
and the sidewalk paving to the
Kennedy Construction Company—but
it is very pv .bable that one concern
will do both jobs.
It is understood that there if
possibility that Main Street will be
surface-treated from the Marlboro
Street crossing to the Southern Rail
way.
While no definite date has been set,
it U believed that the construction
work will be started here in the very
near future.
S* Moore. Jr., son of Mr. and e( | M Vestryman and Junior Warder,
time. On his third attempt he sue-j B. S. Moore, of this city, was An obediert son, a faithful husband, a
ceded in jerking Mr. Peeples’ club | paiafuily hart in an unusual automo- <fe V oted father, a loyal friend, a good
from Ha hard and at the same time Wa accident Friday afternoon while «.*!*** mnd a Christian gentleman has
tried to draw a knife which he had returning from Columbia, where he pmailed
open in his pdtket, whereupon the ha ‘* to meet hi * »»ater, Miss Sixteen years ago, Mr. Dicks mar-
officer shot him. The verdict of the Nary Ftaaces Moore, who was ar r ied Miss Wilhelmina Artley, of Cor-
rorot er’a jury of inquest was that rout ^ home from inthrop College. dova, Orangeburg County, and this
Taylor came to his death as the re- ( ^her near Swansea, Mr.. Moore un jon was blessed with two childrer,
suit of a gunshot wound inflicted by «**‘c«d that the motor of his car was Miss Patricia Dicks and Robert Stan-
Mr Peeples in the dtseharge of Ha oiwhf^ng and stopped at a service , #y Dicks, Jr., who, with kb wife, sar
daty _ j station to ^replenish Om supply of h j mt togathcr with his parents,
Taylor was released from the chair
gang some time ago under a parole,
having served part of a sentence for
murder. It b said that he bore* a
very ui savory reputation.
Bottling Company Is
Sustained by Judge
Retraining Order Against South
( artdiaa Highway Department
Upheld By Rice.
water Ir. the radiator. When he mn 4 Mrs. R. W Dicks; two sb-
mover the radiator cap. a cloud of U r», Mrs. A. J. Bennett, of Ban well,
steam shot upward and struck him f f< | Mrs. W, E. Bennett, of Spring
in the left eye. which was painfully and four brothers. J. N. and
burred. He was given immediate Sidney Dicks, of Barrwell. C. Fuller
medical attention by a Swansea phy Dicka, of Columbia, and James E.
aictan and the car was driver, on to Dicks, of Hones Path, to whom the
Barnwell by kis sister. An examina- sympathy of the entire community b
tion here disclosed the fact that the extended in their bereavement,
optic was not seriously injured. Mr. w♦w
Moore wore colored glasses for a few SOLICITOR CARTER
days to protect the injured eye from' DINES THE OFFICERS
the strong sur light, but he has now
discarded these and kis friends are
Thursday Solicitor Bert D- Carter
( ^ to know thAt hii in j uri ** werf 10 tendered a fish fry to all of the law
Aiken. July 25.-4udge Hayne F. I • ,l K hl * t t t | enforcement officers of his judicia
Rue today handed dowr his decision' . ■ I L circuit, which ir eludes the counties of
in the highway license case which has Judge J. H. JohnSOM Bamberg, Barnwell and Aiken. About
been per ding here since last Wednes
day, sustaining the ^junction proceed
ings brokght by the Orange Crush
Bottling Company, of Augusta,
against the South Carolina State high
way department, together with cer
tain State cor stables, the sheriff and
all peace officers of Aiken, Barnwell,
Edgefield and Saluda Counties, were
named defendarts and were restrained
from collecttrg license fees for tags
from the bottling company trucks
other than the ones they have been
issued by the State of Georgia.
The Orange Crush corcern, acting
in the matter, “ir behalf of itself and
all other non-resident owners of
trucks similarly situated/* was test
ing out the law requiring out-of-state
trucks to carry South Carolina licens#
tags in addition to those from their
home States. Judge Ricte
ion stated that such a law was in
force, but there were no enforcement
Ijfws to authorize the highway depart
ment ard State ard county officer? to
collect these license fees.
The Orange Crush Bottling ccm-
pany, and other out-of-State operators
of trucks, therefore, have won a legal
victory,* but it is understood that the
State highway department plans to
continue the fight to collect these
licer ses by carrying the matter to the
supreme court.
» • »
An Amendment.
U/*ll C L. # CIL. ^ guest* were present to erjoy the
Wr ill opcak at xLlkO festivities of the day, the occasion of
■ | which was a get-together meeting in
Elko, July 30.—Judge J. Henry the interest of better enforcement of
Johnsor, of Allendale, Judge of the the laws.
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of this In a grove on the solicitor’s farm
State, will address the Elko Baptist a short distance from Bambeig, lorg
Sunday School next Sunday momirg, tables with a delightful and bountifu
August 4th, at 10:00 o'clock. His supply of fresh water fisb, with the
subject will be “Citizenship.”
usual accessories to match. The din
Judge Johnson is regarded as being ner was greatly enjoyed, es-
a rative son, being the son- of Mr. and pecially by those who have not here-
Mrs. J. W. Johnson, of Williston, and
spent his boyhood days in Willistor.-.
He is an able lawyer, an out-starding
Judge, and a consecrated Christian.
His lecture or.* “Citizenship” is real
and practical and is a masterpiece.
The public fs cordially irvited to
bear Judge Johnson, and this an-
we from tneir | "ouneemer-t guarantees a large con-
ice, in his. opin- gregation next Sunday morning.
T
rain Kills Negro.
One Foot Missing
RULER OF ELKS
Homes at B
Robbed
Week
Buddy Price and Jam## Hagood, Ne
groes, Arrested.—Two Comi
tan# Are A. W. O. L.
Col. Walter Pemberton Andrews
past exalted ruler of Lodge No. 78,
Atlanta, Ga., who was unanimously
elected grand exalted ruler of the
Benevolent and Prolectlve Order of
Elks ai the sixty-fifth convention lb
Los Angeles.
Breaks Arm and Leg
in Fall From Truck
Will Manufacture
Door Stop Device
Allendale Citizens Taking Stock in
Industrial Enterprise to Market*
* Local Invention.
Bill Mims, Local Blacksmith, Suffered
Serious A c cidetK in Barnwell
Last Week.
Allendale. July 25.—H. H. BeU ard
M. O. O’Cornor, of Augusta, promoters
of the Door Stop corporation of Amer
ica. to manufacture a device recently
patented by W 11 Harden and L. C
Cole, of Allendale, have been in Allen
dale all tbia week, talkirg with busi
ness men and perfecting organisation
plans to include issuirg 50,000 shares
of stock at no-par value.
This compsry has already been or
ganized and a considerable portion of
stock disposed of among the bust ress
men throughout this section.
The officials connected with this
compary are some of the most promi
nent men in this sectior. W. H. Har
den, president, it one of the leading
merchants of Alter dale, W. B. Wsrrer,
vice-president, is head of a large
local wholesale grocery concern, and
Pnul J. Fulmer is a well-known local
banker and irsurarce man.
The directors are: J. M. Thomas,
head of the Coca-Cola Bottling com
pany here and member of the house
of repiesentatives from Allendale
County; Randolph Murdaugh, tolici-
torfor the Fourteerth Judicial circuit;
L. C. Cole, ir.ventor of the door stop
device and local merchant, and R. A.
Easterling, vice-president of the South
Carolina Power company.
Bill Mims, s local blacksmith, was
seriously injured Thursday when he
fell from n truck while returning to
his home in the Western part of Barn
well. his left aim and right leg being
broken. The broken bones were im
mediately re*set by a local physician
and Mr. Mima 4a getting along as well
as could be expected.
The injured man has been la ill
health for several morths and has
been greatly weaket ed by his sickness,
w w ^
SACRED CONCERT WAS
ENJOYED BY LARGE CROWD
As a result of a series of robl
in Blackville Thursday and Saturday
nights of last week, Buddy Price and
James Hagood, both negroes, were
arrested by Sheriff B. H. Dyches and
lodged in the Barnwell County jail,
while two of their oompaniors in crime
escaped and are still A. W. O. L. Thr
fcegroes claim to be from Florida.
Monday morning they were tried be
fore Magistrate W. P. Sanders, of
Barnwell, on a charge of larceny from
the field and sentenced to 60 days
each on the county chaingang. At the
expiration of their sentences they will
be arraigned before the Court of Gen
eral passions on charges of houae-
breaking and larceny.
Thursday night the negroes robbed
s box car on the Southern Railway
tracks at Blackville and also the
store of Henry Bodiford. Amorg
other things they stole a quantity of
canned goods, which they used to vary
the monotony of their usual diet of
thicker and “roasen-ear” corn, which
they stole as reeded, and cookad at
their camp on Windy Hill Creek.
Saturday night visita were paid te
the residences of W. 8. Grubbs, Linnit
Johnson (colored), Montague Mc
Clendon, and Mrs. T. R. Chisolm and
also the room occupied by W. M. Mor
rison at the Rush Hotal. Quantities
of wearing apparel and other articles
were stolen. Every room but one of
Mr. Grubbs' residence was ransacked
by the thieves and in the room that
they failed to visit was an unlocked
trank containing |40 kc. money.
The negroes corf eased to tho rob
beries and told the Sheriff that the
stolen goods would bo found undtr
the freight depot at Blackville. Every
thing was recovered, except the ow
ned goods, and returned to the right
ful
Quite a large crowd attended the
sacred concert at the Baptist Church
Sunday evening. Messrs. Riley, Neely.
Shillito end Goolsby, Mrs. McCain
ard Misses Riley, of Denmark, Mr. ard
Mrs. L. H. Bolen. Miss Purvis and Mrs.
Emmett Still, of Williston. A lion Dees,
of Augusta, and Mrs. J. M. Hrodie, of
Barnwell, furnished the music on this
occasion, which was thoroughly en
joyed by all presert. A reading by
Mrs. Boland ws s much enjoyed. Quite
a neat sum was realized which was
sufficient to carry the organ group
sponsoring the concert “over the top.
At the close of the corcert, the
visitors were served supper in the
diring room of the church by mem
bers of Organ Group No. S.
WWW
s
Presbyterian Chnrch Servicea.
VAMP THEATRE PROGRAM
In writing a short account of the
fish stew ard fry given by the Mary
G. Harley Sunday School, class at
Healing Springs several weeks ago,
the name of Mrs. Thelma Furtick Car
ter was ommitted from the committee
in charge of the supper. This omis-
sk>r was by to means intentional on
the part of the writer who contributed krow that hia train had ran over a
tofore known what a real Edisto river
fish dinrer meant.
Solicitor Carter was master of cere
monies, and in a talk to his corps o '
erforcement officers, including magis
trates, sheriffs, constables, deputies
rural police, and a few other ir.vitec
guests, explained that in order to have
a (bettervunderstanding and a fuller
co-operation he had asked them to
come to Bamberg as his guests for a
day. The solicitor believes that r.e-
forcement will be promoted by the of
ficers havirg a clear understanding of
their duties. Special attention was
given in his talk to the matter of is-
KennedyNJohnsor, a negro, was kill-1 suing warrar.ts. He impressed upon
ed at Elko Sunday night by r. South-j jug guests the importance of issuing
ern Railway passenger train er. route or iy bona fide warrants, with evidence
from BrancbviW to Augusta. The to back them, feeling that the courts
body was horribly margled and parts, relieved of much unnecessary
were strewn along the right-of-way work if t hi 8 policy i s closely adhered
for a distance of ipore than half a to. \
mile, it is said. Oi.e foot was missing, j^jge Hayre F. Rice, of Aiken;
entirely and it was reported here Senator W. L. Riley, ^ of Denmark,
Monday mornirg that Nit had been Clerk 0 f Codrt Thomas T. Cushman,
found at Williston, severaKmiles away,| of Aiken , ar d ot hers made brief talks,
where i t had evidently been carried by Seveial magistrates were also called
the trair. that killed the negro. I upon for remarks. It is felt that the
It will probably - never be known meeting was quite worthwhile and
whether the negro was asleep on the that jt will result in better co-opera-
truck at the time of the accident or tion throughout the circuit.—Bamberg
whether he wa t killed and his body Herald,
placed there to cover pp the crime. It; * ♦
ia understood that the engineer did rot j Hot A oh os on Hubby.
Week of July 31st Through Monday,
August 5th.
the article to this paper, aa Mrs. Carter
waaNone of the buflWst
Belfast.—Mrs. Mary Lexer admitted
until after the body was found she had thrown hot ashes on her bus
by a party of
Wednesday, July 31st.—“The Case
of Lera Smith,” with James Hall and
Esther Ralstor..
Thursday, August 1st.—“Our Dane-
irg Daughters,” with Joan Crawford
ar d Johnny Mack Brown, the Alabama
All-American fullback, and “they say”
that he is as good in the movies as he
was on the gridiron. Don’s miss this
ore.
Friday, August 2nd.—“The Winning
of Barbara Worth,” with Ronald Cole
man anrf Vilma Banky. This picture is
ibeing shown ufder the auspices of
Organ Group No. 1, of the local Bap
tist Church, of which Mrs. Lessie
Easterling and Mrs. Marie B. Mace
are the leaders, for the benefit of the
organ fund.
Saturday, August 3rd.—A good
Western picture.
Morday, August 5th. — “Family
Night.” A splendid picture will be
shown.
The B. and C. Cleaners.
Elsewhere in this issue will be fourd
the ar nouncement of the opening of
the B. and C. Geaners plant Barn
well on Monday, August 5th. This
dry cleaning establishment is located
ir the Porter Building on Main St.
and will ba ia charge of o
"Exclusive Right” to
Handle S. C. Goods
Fruklia. P., Urw, Write* te Or.
Wm. West on About Thlo Stale's
Anrouncement is made that there
will be services at the Barnwell Pres
byterian Shurch Sunday morr4ng at
11:30 o’clock. The subject for the
sermon will be “The Believer’s Rela
tion to the Non-Believer.”
Sunday ever ing at 8:30 o’clock, ser
vices will be conducted by the pastor
at the Blackville Presbyterian Church.
The Sur day school meets every Sun
day morning at 10:15 o'clock. The
school is making fine progress and all
are takirg quite an interest it! it.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend any and all of
these services.
Hearse Catches Fire
En Route to Funeral
Here’s something new urder the
sur. A motor hearse belonging to a
local negro undertaker caught Are
Sunday while transporting the body
of a negro woman from Barnwell to
the place of interment in the Western,
part of the county.
It seems that the hearse became dis
abled when the funeral procession was
several miles from the cemetery and
a gaily-pairted touring car was towiig
it along the highway. While goigg
down a steep hill, the driver of the
hearse set the brakes, which became
over-heated and threatened to ignite
the body of the machine. Considerable
excitement ensued ard some oi the
women mourners became hysterical
when they thought that the
would be consumed hy the
the Maas
. How are the table# turning!
Not lorg ago, grocers in
States had to be “asked” to
food products grown and
South Carolina. ,
Now how changed!
Yesterday Dr. William
the Natural Resources
ceived e letter from P. E.
of Franklin, Pa., asking, bow I
being given “the exclusive right” te
handle in his particular territory the
iodine laden food products of South
Carolina. Mr. Roserberg said ha had
heard of these products, knew
thing of what was claimed for
and wants to handle them “exclusive
ly” in his territory.
And so now it begins tQ appear that
irstead of having to “sslr' grocers la
other States to stock up or. Sooth
Carolina products, the Natural Re
sources commission will have to use
its discretion in designating store#
that is if this phase of the matter
falls under the supervision of the re
sources commission—to handle these
goods. Hie commission' intends te
use its efforts to make these goods
available to as many people as pos
sible and to stimulate the demand for
them in every way*—The State.
HALT BUILDING OF ROAD.
Injunction Against State Highway;
Department at Elko. —L'-
Charleston, My 29.—Cordemna-
tion of rights of way of the Southern
Railway at Elko by the State Highwayl
Department has been stopped until
final determination, of a case
against the railroad or urtO
order of Judge Ernest F. Cochran,
lowing a hearing today In the coast
room of the United States Court for
the Eastern District of South Caroli
na.
Judge Cochran granted a
ary injunction at tho