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. WILL ORGANIZE / COUNTY TUESDAY NATURAL RESOURCES TO BE CONSERVED AND DEVELOPED. Meeting to Be Held in Barnwell Sep tember 17th Heartily Endorsed by .LefisVtors. % Tuesday, September 17th, should be a red letter day in the history of Barn well County, voi- the reason tlii.t, or. that date, a meeting *vill be held in Barnwell for th? pun c«e of organize ing the Bamweil County Natuial Re sources Commission. This ; s * ; milar to oxganizationi heiujg perfected in every county in South Carolina in an effort to conserve and develop the State’s natural resources and exploit fhe recent discovery of iodine in the food products grown here. Too much cannot be said in fur therance of this movement, which promises so much for the agricultural rehabilitation of South Carolina. Al- raedy great progress has been made in creating a demand for South Caro lina vegetables and other food pro ducts and it is safe to say that there s not a State in the Union that does not know in a greater or a lesser de gree of the discovery of iodine there in. In fact, the knowledge has spread beyond the borders of the United States and into foreign lands and only a few days ago the operator of a cannery inCalhoun County received an order from far-away India for canned tomato juice bearing the “iodine label.” This movement is being backed by high officials of the State and coun ties, from the governor down, and it is hoped that every interested man and woman who can possibly do so will be present next Tuesday, the 17th inst., at the meeting to be held in Barnwell at the Court House, be ginning At H -Q’flP5k-_„^- Smoak, chairman of the county organisation committee, and perhaps other mem bers of the South Carolina Natural Resources Commission will be here and the matter will be thoroughly dis cussed in detail. It is heped that suf ficient interest will be taken by the New York Is full of baseball ru mors, the wildest of which Is that John McGraw Is to be the next man ager of the Chicago White Sos. Berley Walkup Has Very Narrow Escape Nearly Loses Life by Electrocution When 2,300 Volta of Electrdty Pass Through Body. “I Am Forced to Unload/’ Harley Writes The News and A Courier, “the Burden of Carrying it Is So Great” —“I Want to Pay Up ” Berley Walkup, a young man em ployed by the Fuller Construction Company in building Barnwell Coun ty’s system of roads, narrowly escap ed death by electrocution in Black- viHe Monday when 2,300 volts of electricity from the South Carolina Power Company's line passed through his body. Walkup drives the truck on which is installed a crane used for moving gravel, etc. The engine of the truck stalled on Railroad Avenue in Black- ville Monday morning while passing uTluPr 8 pOw^i i ITW 8Tra vfW Ci 8n^ v 8HM in contact with a live wire carrying 2,300 volta. Not realizing his danger, Walkup got out to crank the engine and when he picked up the crank he completed the circuit to the ground and was knocked unconscious by the ciViien,' of' the count^ to'7n.bU im” he.vy ch.r», of current. For- mediate o.gnniution and the perfec- ‘“"•“T ^ ^ not * r "P* d th * cnnk tion of plan, whereby the farmer. »» otherwise he would proba- the county may reap the benefits of t ; the iodine discovery. Cel. Edgar A. Brown, State Sena tor from Bamweil County, and Col. J. E. Harley, member of the House of Representatives, have endorsed the movement in heaity terms. Colonel Brown says: “The salvation of agriculture in Bamweil County depends upon our getting together and joining hands with the South Carolina Natural Re- >urces Commission in creating a de land for and promoting the sale of larnwcll County fruits ami vegeta- >les. I am deeply interested in the bly have been killed instantly. He was given immediate medical atten tion by a Blackville physician and then brought to Bamweil, where employes of the power company and a local phy sician administered relief treatment throughout the day and night. It was not until 12 o'clock Monday night that j the young man was considered out of | danger and Tuesday he continued to show marked improvement. This is said to have been the second time that Walkup has escaped being electrocuted, the first having occurred |vhen he was working in a coal mine and his head) came in contact with a live wire. J. B. Harley, of Bamweil, who was implicated in a $1,950 forgery case whien Louis B. Gantt, of Wagener, was arrested at Holly Hill in June and confessed that a bill of lading for thirty-nine bales of cotton attached to a draft he had cashed was forged, writes The News and Courier that 'T am guilty of all charges pending against me, and for which I am to answer at Aiken, S. C., September 23, 1929.” ‘T am forced to unload,” Mr. Harley says. “I want to pay up.” The confession mailed from Burling ton, N. C .,where he now is employed, is as follows: “Uncovering.” “Burlington, N. C., Sept. 4, 1929. \*I, Jno. B. Harley, of Bamweil, S. C., of my own free will and accord, do hereby certify and confess, that I am guilty of all charges pending against me, and for which I am to answer at Aiken, S. C. f Sept. 23rd, 1929. , “As stated in above confession, I am doing this of my own free will and accord. I have not consulted or sought the advice of anyone: Neither my at torneys nor my family know my de cision, and will not know until they see it in the papers. It will not be necessary for the government to summon any witnesses, or go U> any expense whatever. And to those who want to know my reason for so doing, and those who might say 1 am crazy, 1 want to say: “I have given this matter several weeks of seriou sthought. I have prayed over it without ceasing. I am now convinced that there's no hap piness for a man, and never could be, who, though he be cleared by a jury; that it as guilty as I am, and whose burden of carrying the load is so great. “I am forced to unload. I have not only robbed my fellowmen of material things, but I have robbed my Creator of the best and most useful part of my life. I am sure of this; and I am also as sure, that He gave me five talents, all of which were buried. No one knows the awful feeling of *the awakening’ of a man to his true duty and responsibility. The realization of his obligation to God and the world in which he lives. It’s awful, and es pecially so to one who has spent his time and earnings in drunkenness and riotous living. “I have sinned; have always been a sinner, and though I shruld be clear^dj in our courts, there's no way of cscap ing Gcd. or the final judgment. I have decided, that as for me, I am going to spend the remainder of my life, as expected by man and required oy the Almighty, and want co say to?, and sincerely, that it is through no fear that I have confessed my guilt; for every sugject must obey the govern ment authorities, for no authority ex ists apart fro God. The existing au thorities have been constituted by Gtyl. Hence anyone who resists authority is opposing the divine order, and the opposition wil| bring judgment on them&levee. “Magistrates are no terror to an honest man, though they are to a bad man. If you want to avoid being alarmed at government authorities lead an honest life and you will be commended for it; the magistrate is God’s servant for our benefit. “The magistrate is God’s servant for influence of divine vengeance upon evil doers. We must be obedient therefore, not °nly to avoid the divine vengeance, but a sa matter of con science. “As I stated, I am not doing this from a standpoint of fear for I am not afraid of them that destroy the body, but of Him that is able to de- >M*h - II Hn.i U..iv n h.-M “I want to add, too, and I think it nothing but fair; that I am solely responsible for my trouble and this awful burden. I do not blame anyone for it. I do think, however, if I had left liquor alone L'd be free now. I say this because, while sober, I have never had a desire to do any man a wrong, on the contrary, I have always wanted to help others. In fairness to boot leggers, I’ll say, truthfully, that I An especially posed portrait study of W. L. Edison of Wilmington, DeL, son of the great Inventor, Thomas Edison. Mr. Edison has recently per* fected a new and radical Improve ment In radio receiving seta, employ ing a liquid In certain parts of the apparatus. This is the first portrait of Mr. Edison to be made during the past fifteen years. Cotton Goes Up and Then Loses Advance Government Forecasts Crop Nearly Three-quarters of a Million Bales Leas in Past Month. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.) Hilda News. Hilda, Sept. 10.—Rev. N. Hoyt Adams, of Ridgeland, conducted the annual revival services here, result ing in six additions to the Baptist Church. Mr. Adams delivered a deeply in teresting series of sermons, indeed, some of his discourses being of the organization of a Barnwell County who win ^ Klad to know he waa not He has many friends here very ablest type. He is conservative, Natural Resources Commission. The county that organizes the closest and works in harmony, farmer to farmer, is going to be the county that will move forward. We have all learned that we must get away fiom cotton. If we can organize a strong Natural Resources Commission for the county, promote our fruits and vegetables, try to get a cannery or two in the county, old Barnwell County will come into her own. If we don’t do Tt ahd stick together, we will bog deeper and deeper in the mud of agricultural and financial distress. “Let us urge every interested citi zen and farmer in the county to at tend the meeting to- be held at the Court House in Barnwell, South Caro lina, on September 17th.” “The meeting of the South Carolina Natural Resources Commission to be held at Barnwell on September 17th for the purpose of organizing a Barp^ well County Natural Resources mission will, in my opinion,/be one of the most important meetings ever held in Barnwell County,^ says Colo nel Harley. “Every farmer and business man in the county should at tend this meeting. On account of the vast amount cf tru:k grown in this >unty, including asparagus, cucum- irs, watermelons, canteloupes, and 7>ther truck that can easily be raised, Barnwell County should be more in terested than any other County in promoting what this mere seriously injured. Native of Barnwell Dies in Augusta scholarly and uplifting in his preach ing. Mr. Adams is a graduate of Mer cer University and the Southern Bap tist Seminary. He is a devoted, suc- ■ j cessful pastor and greatly loved by his The funeral services of Henry An- members and all who know him. The derson Walker, who died Saturday congregation here received a great im- night at an Augusta infirmary, were pulse toward* rebuilding their new conducted Monday afternoon at three church to replace the old one destroy- o’clock, the Rev. Thomas Walker of-! ed by a storm some months ago. ficiating. Interment followed in West Vi|w Cemetery. Pastor Davis administered baptism to the new members last Sunday af College Roys and Girls. Mr. Walker was born in Barnwell - ternoon at Hightower's pond. County, October 22, 1875, being the I Both ginneries are running full time son of John and Elizabeth Walker. this place. His earlier life was spent with his parents at the place of his birth, where he was known and regarded as lately attended a capable horticulturist. He moved to Church. Prof. Perr^, of Jacksonville, Fla., is conducting a music class which is at Double Ponds Barnwell will be well represented at the various colleges in the State this year, as will be seen from the follow ing liet: Winthrop—Misses Mary Frances and Nell Moore, Julia Lemon, Sarah Patterson, Louise Banks, Dorothy Miller and Mildred Moore. Coker—Misses Margaret Lemon and Betty Banks. Lander—Mies Jewel Woodward. Columbia—Misses Blanche Bennett and Derry Patterson. Clemson College—Calhoun Lemon, Lewis Black, Brown Towles and Steph en Deason. The Citadel—Ben Davies, Jr., and Stcney Hartin. . Furman—Marvin Holland. Wofford—Sidney Carroll. Charleston Medical Cblege—Palmer Hartin and Miles Hagood. In response to the government’s forecast of 14,826.000 bales of cotton, issued Monday, the market advanced 63 points from the low and immediate ly began to lose the gain, closing only about 25 points higher than Saturday Tuesday the price declined nearly half a cent a pound, which was lower than before the report was publiihod, al though the forecast was shout 700,001 * bales less than the estimate a month previous. Yesterday (Wednesday) the price rallied somewhat end buyers were paying 18 cents on the loca msrket. Local cotton men ere very much dls- sppointed at the manner in which th# msrket has acted since the report, as it was thought that such a reduction would warrant 20 cents or better. New York gamblers now profess to believe that the crop prospects have been materially helped by rains in the West, where there has been prolonged drouth. The government raised the estimet ed production in South Carolina 150, 000 to a total crop of 1,014,000, the largest in several years. Cotton continues to come in very slowly. # Barnwell Senator Will Fight Proponed Increase for “Short Haul” Tele phone Calls. VAMP THEATRE PROGRAM. “Esso” Demonstration. Augusta years ago where he special- Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Branyon were ized in landscape gardening and was to the bedside of Mrs. Brough, recognized as a leader in this profes- mother of Mrs. Branyon, at Mt. by his originality and artistic de- Carmel last Saturday. ;igns, say s The Augusta Chronicle. Although his disposition was of a reclining nature he was prominent in the affairs of his community. He was The Rev. B. H. Duncan, pastor of the Blackville Baptist Church’was a welcome visitor here last week. Prof. Crawley conducted services at a consistent member of the Baptist the Church Sunda y ni « ht - Church and was charitable, kind, con-i Thesc 8re interesting meetings to siderate and thoughtful. Besides his widow, Mrs. Elvira Mc- the many who attend. Our people have great hopes under rv ,, tit ii . , ... the leadership of Prof. Branyon to Donald Walker, he is survived by one . .... ,. . , . . , , ’ * i have an accredited high school here uncle and two aunts. 1 * a»- u * a 0 , I for this section by next term. Surely Representatives of the Standard Oil Company held a very interesting demonstration at the Barnwell Fill ing Station Tuesday afternoon, during which they tested the relative merits of “Esso” and ordinary gasolines. The fuel was fed to a “Delco” gasoline engine and instruments registered' the power and also the number of revolutions per minute. Thes tests were very favorable to “Esso,” with which fuel the engine ran smoothly and without a knock, while with crdL The following is the program at the Vamp Theatre in Barnwell for the ensuing week: Friday, Sept. 13.—“The Sin Sister,” with Nancy Carroll, Lawrence Gray and Josephine Bunn. Saturday, Sept 14.—A Western picture. Monday, Sept. 16.—Billie Dove in “The Night Watch.” Thi* will be “family night” and the whole family will be admitted for 60 cents as here tofore. !.V-' —'JT ■ \ ‘ Tuesday, S^pt. 17.—Milton Sill* in “Love and the Devil.” \ Wednesday. Sept. 18.—A Ken May nard Western. Friday, Sept. 20.—Ramon Navarro Col. Edgar A. Brown, State Sena tor from Barnwell County, has gone on record &g being strongly opposed to the proposed increase v for “short haul” telephone calls and has sent an invitation to scores of /influential men throughout South Carolina to at- ttnd a h—ring in Cftwafii if |p o’clock a. m., October 2nd. In his let ter of invitation, Colonel Brown calls attention to what he considers dis crimination against certain customers of the telephone company—that *•» those who use the long distance phone service for calls of less than 100 miles, whkh class, he believes, em braces about 90 per cent, of those who use the telephone. Hig letter is as follows: “The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company has filed Petition with the Railroad Commission of South Carolina asking to be allowed to ‘revise, readjust end equalise* cer tain parts of their schedule now in force for toll or long distance tele phone service within the Stats. “The hearing is to be held at Col umbia at ten o’clock a. m., Oc tober 2, 1929. , “I take it to be the duty of the Representatives of the people to take cognisance of these sort of matters, and express what they believe is the sentiment of their people. I have, therefore, notified the commission that I purpose to ^>pear and oppose the rate increase suggested by the Telephone Company. I invRs you to join in the hearing and if you cannot be present in person, please direct a communication to tbs Railroad Com mission recording year opposition to the increased rates, if, in fact, yes are opposed to the increase. “Succinctly stated, the Telephone Company proposes to inersses the toll on all short calls, that is, from ten to one hundred miles, from five to fifteen cents per can. This par ticularly applies to person-to-psresn calls. To off-set these increases they propose to slightly decrees* what it known as ’long haul’ calls, that is calls over a distance of from one hundred to two hundred and fifty miles end so on, the only appreciable de crease being on cells in the neighbor hood of two hundred miles and over. “There are, of coarse, other minor re-adjustments that the Company pro poses to make in their schedule, but the above two Kerns represent the ‘milk in the coconut’ of the situation. “Now, when you stop to consider that ninety per cent of the calls that the ordinary citizen will make, will be >under the one hundred miles, on which the rate will be increased from five to fifteen cents on each call, pnd that by q nominal decrease on long hauls nobody will really be benefitted except perhaps a few big business men who talk on very'Tong ‘hauls,* you can see where the people come in. It means thousands of dollars an nually to the people of South Carolina. In other words, for the average Sooth Carolina citizen, who talks in South Carolina, there would be nor relief. If you. happen to live in one corner ml M \ n \ * -a n * jg •mb' in “The Flying Fleet.” Hilda School Opens. Hilda, Sept. 10.—The 1929-1930 sep^ sion of the Hilda school opened Sep tember 2nd. Prof. L. C. Branyon, of I McCormick, was elected pEincipal of the schooL Prof. Branyon is a gradu ate of Erskine College and the Uni versity of South Carolina. He has successfully taught in Junior Colleges and served as superintendent of High schools for several years. the State and talk one time across the State to another corner of the State, you might save a dime, but if you talk a hundred times within a radius of one hundred miles, you pay from five to fifteen cents additional on eaclr call. “You wjU remember that just after the wet the Government allowed the RMPIBIflP | pr The othef .members of the faculty other public servi:<e which we are the same as last year, and pros- nary gasoline it pounded and lost , . . power very appreciably. The demon-1 P** 1 * >>"*>* » T * ry Pwmiain* stration attracted considerable at- school year. Telephone Company to materially in crease all of their rates and to put on all sorts of unwarranted report charg es, etc., which are still in effect In my opinion, next to the Pullman sur charge, we pay a greater toll for tele phone service, in proportion, than any we receive. “My notion is, that the Genml As^ sembly of South CSarolina ought t* ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel | everybody will help us. tention. Services at Mt Olivet Announcement is made that the HJ1. Stembridge will conduct Presbyterian Service Sunday Night Advertise in The People-Sentinel. order a sweeping investigation of ell iph, frei i your shoidder to the wheel in an ef- Commlesion fort to get away from the old one- stands for. I know that this meeting crop falacy.v Don’t forget the time services at Mt. Olivet Church next jri'd be well attended.” ! end place: Tuesday, September 17J V Sunday afternoon, the 15th inst., at 7 Make your plans now to attend this at U o’clock, at Court House, Bhrn- ‘ 3-30 Vdock. The public is cordially jpeeting and come prepared to pot well invited to attend. The regular night service will be conducted at the Barnwell Presbyter ian church Sunday night at 8:00 o’ clock. A vfry interesting subject will be disruaned. The public is cordially i to mt BARNWELL COTTON MAREKT Middling 18 telephone, telegraph, freight, power and other mines, as they affect the people of Sooth Carolina. The Rail road Commission 1 of the State many by reducing the sand for road an effort to dripped into invited to gttend this service.