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ConsolidateO June 1, 1925.
VOLUME LIIL
Barnwell People-Sentinel
'Ju«t Like a Member of the Family'*
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1929
NUMBER M.
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New Gas Announced
by Standard Oil Co.
People’s State Bank
Is Robbed of $7,000
All “Standard” Dealers in Barnwell i Blow Torch Used to Enter Vault at
Have Been Supplied With New-
Processed Gasoline.
Some of the most carefully guarded
areas throughout the past year have
been the 2950 acres comprising the
great refineries of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey. ^
Guards patrolled the gates between
high barbed wire fences. Every visitor
to the plants was carefulfy question
ed. Photographers and newspaper re
porters could get no further than the
main office. But just before the
Standard Oil officials were ready to
divulge their plans, one reporter did
Varnville.—Some Cash Over
looked by Robbers.
RED
ACTIVITIES
The annual Red Cross Membership
campaign begins on Nov. 11th, which
is Armistice Day, and closes on
Thanksgiving Day. In Barnwell
Ccunty, Mrs. Herman Brown, of Black-
Varnville, Nov. 2.—The Varnville! ville * who & the chairman of the
branch of the People’s State Bank of Nursing Committee, has also been
South Carolina wag entered and rob
bed sometime last-night or early this
morning of approximately $7,000 in
cash. The robber or robbers over
looked about $1,800, of which a pack
age containing $500 was found loose
in the safe.
The entry wag made through a
back window and a large hole burned
in the vault with a blow torch. About
50 or 75 feet of hose was found in the
manage to elude the guards at the. banjt.
Bayway, N. J., plant. ' ? The discovery was not made until
He found that three giant-sixed the janitor came to open up the bank
double units of cracking coils had this morning. B. C. Pendarvis, dis-1 names of the chairmen in each locality
been erected there and that already 1 trict cashier, says the work is very!has been published in a previous issue
a new-processed “Standard” Gasoline 1 similar to that of'the robbery of the of this paper.
made Roll Call chairman for the
county. The chairman of the nursing
committee in each locality has been
put in charge of securing Red Cross
members in their resp#!tive localities.
They aie expected to assume full
charge and responsibility in their rer
children. In 4 of the schools where
the drinking 7 water was suspected,
samples were sent to the State Board
of Health for examination. One of
these schools found it was drinking
contaminated water. The trustees
promised to remedy this, and use of
that well is discontinued. Miss An
derson has also filled out and mailed
to parents of. children with defects, a
card calling their attention to it,
and suggesting that the family physi
cian be consulted.* During the month
she made visits to other than schools
spective communities. Suggested 155, including 12 tuberculosis oases,
amounts to be raised in each sub-group! and 68 homes. Five children have
have been made by the general com- |been carried to Columbia for a free
mittee, and will be published later in
the campaign, but may be obtained
now by writing to Mrs. Herman Brown
at Blackville. Announcement of the
was being refined and released to Loan and Exchange Bank of Hamp-
selected localities for practical expert- t on some months ago.
mental purposes. R. H. Anderson, assistant district
This gasoline is manufactured by cashier, is in charge of the Varnville
forcing heavy oil through a fire box branch.
with high pressure pumps. The oil, 1 # • • •
heated to a volcanic temperature, Social and Personal
passes from the coils to a “soaking
drum,” in which the “cracking” reac
tion takes place,Tmd then into other
flmms where the heavier oils, kero
senes, and tars are entirely separated
from the gasoline.
News from Willis ton
Report of County Health Nurse.
At a meeting of the general nursing
committee which was held in Barnwell
on Monday afternoon and which was
attended by representativeg from Dun
barton, Kline, Williston, Blackville
and Barnwell, as well as by the Presi
dent of the County Medical Associa
tion, Miss Virginia Anderson, made
an interesting report of her activi
ties as nurse during the month of Oc
tober. It will be remembered that
her services are secured by the joint
support of the Barnwell County Chap
ter of the Red Cross and the County
>Villistcn, Nov. 2.—Miss Grace Giv-
sns of Coker College, spent Friday at
her home with her patents, Mr. and
The result ig an entirely pure, higher ^ rs - Givens. - „ *
test gasoline, which may be sold at MiA8 0Iive and Mr*. J.
no advance in price because this new Woodward, of Augusta, were week-1 Unit of the Anti-Tuberculosis society,
process extracts a greater amount of guests r»f Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hair. The continuation of her work depends
gasoline from the crude oil. The new ^ r * Mrs. Byron Wham, of Pam- on the financial response given to the
coils give a higher yield of gasoline •P ent th « week-end with the Red Cross Roll Call and the Christ-
stocks than the old, have a much letter's parents, Capt. and Mrs. W. D. mas Seal Sale later on.
greater capacity, and make possible B ^ c k. 1 Mi#f Anderson is using the schools
the manufacture of many intermedi- k H. Boland, of Columbia, spent | ^ t |j e un j t 0 f a pp ro *ch to the health
•te by-products. week-end at home with his family, condition in each locality. During the
From a laboratory standpoint it had Mr .and Mrs. Lee Garvin, of Mont- month ghe has* inspected the health
already been proved that this new- morenci, visited in Williston and »*-j c<mdition# in th€ schools at Healing
processed gasoline gave sut distinct t«nded services at the Baptist church. Springs, Williston, Ashleigh, Hilda,
advantages to motor cars. The prov- here Sunday evening. j gi^gville, Hercules. Kline and Oak
inf cars at the “Standard” Testing J Mrs. Belle Sprawls left Tuesday i | n a< Wition to these schools
Grounds had been running on this n Vg ht for extended visit to her i ntp#c t*d she ha 8 made twenty-three
gigoline for months. But it was de- brother. S. H. Matthews, of Birming* | visit* to schools during the month.
examination by specialists there.
Three orthopedic oases have been car
ried to Dr. Boyd, two of which are
under tieatment now. One cretin (10
years old) is under treatment by Dr.
Weston.
This does not by any means cover
all the work during the month as
done by Miss Anderson, but enough is
given here to show fiiSt the necessity
for a public health nurse in this
county, and to let the contributors to
the Red Cross Membership Roll Call
next week, and the Christmas Seal
Sale later on, know where their money
goes. We are depending on the income
from these sources to carry the work
through January and February. So
give freely.
It should be added that later on
chest clinics will be held for school
children by a specialist supplied by
the Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
Announcement will be made later as
to da4es and locations of this service.
W. M. JONES,
Publicity Cherman.
Master Made Five
Sales Here Monday
Comparatively Small Crowd in Atten
dance, Visitors Being Kept Away
by Bad Weather.
Farm Women Invited
to Attend Institute
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Garden Institute to Be Held at tk#
Charleston Museum November
25th, 26th and 27th.
A comparatively small crowd was
in Barnwell Monday, the occasion be
ing November salesday, which is usu
ally largely attended. Many visitors,
however, were kept at home on ac
count of the inclement weather.
Five sales of real estate/Wcre mad**
by the Master, G. M. Greene, Esq., as
follows:
Leila L. Lancaster vs. J. B. Morris,
et al., 11% acres of land in the town
of Bain well, known as the “White Oak
Springs property,” bought by Harley
and Blatt, attorneys, for $1,300.
Augustus Salley vs. Berkley Salley,
et al., 65 acres near Blackville, bought
by B. F. Sterne for $725.
P. F. Henderson vs. Sherman Dicks,
e^ al., 88 acres of land in Rosemary
township, bought by Brown and Bush,
attorneys, for $700.
George E. Crouch vs. Maud Bolen,
et al., 11 acres of land near Elko,
bcught by Herman I. Mazursky, at
torney, for $283.59.
First Carolina.* Joint Stock Land
Bank vs. Henry W. Still, et al., two
tracts of land, one containing 228
acres and the other 54 acres, bought
by Brown and Bush, attorneys, for
$3,500.
cided not to sell this new-processed bam, Ala.
ga«oline to the public until perform-1 Miss Thelma Givens, of Columbia,
mnee reports came in from actual *P* nt *be week-end with her parents
users.* here.
Thv first letters were so encourag- Mrs. Martin and daughter. Miss
She has inspected 663 pupil* in these
Furniture Store*, to
Continue Operation
Same Policy of Courtesy sad Pair
Destine to Featare Dealiags
* With the Buying Pobtic.
Good new* to the people of Barn-
schools and found 594 pupils with well and Varnville i* the anouneement
one or more physical defects. There that the operation of R. D. Reid's Fur-
are in these schools 214 pupils who' niture Stores in these two towns will
eve more than ten per cent under- be continued, ss will be seen from sn
trg. however, that distribution plans Blanche, of Chersw, are visiting the wc ight. This is no trifling matter, 1 announcement by Mrs. R. D. Reid,
were quickly carried through. former’s daughter, Mrs. W. B. Powell. ^ ,h cu |d ^ taken up at once with Executrix of the Estate, which will
“The best gasoline I ever tried, H *| Mr. and Mrs. William Hair and thf f am ji y physician in each case, if be found on page seven of this issue,
came the quick teply from a truck *«ns, Quinby and W. D„ and daughter, ^ parents wish to avoid future physi- In making this anouneement, Mrs.
fleet owner in Huntington, West Vir- Mis* Ruby, and Mrs. Hair’s mother. ca | trouble for the underweight child. Reid state* that the same courteous
ginia. . [Mrs. Cox, and Mr. and Mrs. William j t may am0 ng other things mean a treatment will be extended to the pub-
“I couldn't hear my irotcr run- * ox aIM * children, of Augusta, spent t^ m j ent .y to tuberculosis in the child, lie as formerly and she solicits the
ning,” wrote a North Carolina motor- Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Pen- g children were found to be continued patronage of their custo-
ist, “But it carried me up the hills
without a shift of gears.
der.
Mrs. W. C. Cook and daughter. Miss
John EL Sander* Passes.
The many friends of John .Ellis
Sanders, 71, will learn with regret
of his death, which occurred Tuesday,
October 30th, at nine o'clock, it his
home in the Green Savmnnah section.
Although he had been in ill health for
about a year, he was able to be up the
morning of hi* death, and his passing
was a great shock to his family. His
body wee laid to rest the following day
in the Mt. Olivet Churchyard, the Rev.
H. H. Stembridge, of Ellenton, assist
ed by the Rev. Mr. Johnson, of Ap
pleton, conducting the funeral
vices.
Mr. Sanders is survived by hia wife;
one daughter, Mias Kathleen Sanders;
four sons, Russell Sanders, of Ellen
ton, E. J. Sanders, of Barnwell, Max
and George Sanders, of Kline; and
one sister, Mrs. Susie Davis, of Allen
dale, who have the sincere sympathy of
many friends in their bereavement.
The members of the County Coun
cil of Farm Women are invited to at*
tend a Garden Institute in Charleston,
November 25th, 26th and 27th. This
institute will be held at the Charles
ton Museum and will be in charge of
Dr. F. L. Mulford, Horticulturist bf
the United States Department of Agri
culture, and Mrs. Dora Dee Walker
of Winthrop College. Instruction will
be limited to floral culture anjd land
scape design. v
Various groups wishing to study a
particular subject as roses, sssleas,
camellias, bulbs, lawns, etc., will be
in charge' of a specialist for that sub
ject.
On the second afternoon of the in>
stitute those in attendance are invit
ed to be the guests of Mr. and Mis.
I. J. Pringle Smith, of Middletett
Place, whose gardens are among the
most famous in the world. The de
sign of these gardens will be stodied
under the direction of specialists.
The lawn of the Charleston Museum
grounds are planted with a lawn mix
ture .especially suitable for Sooth
Carolina. On these grounds will be
miniature gardens si ranged by the
various florist* of Charleston.
Garden lovers are being given
through the institute an unusual op
portunity to learn through study and
observation many things of interest
pertaining to the plan of their
dens and the culture of varione
For information c once ring board
during the days of (he institute com
municate with Mis* Caroline Alleten,
care Chambfr of Commerce,
ton, 8. C. v
Local and Personal
News of BladmOo
To Meet Here Nov. 16th.
overwe'ght. Children with defective hi* 1 ***
D D , WPP „ n .ye. were 65. In these case* only! Very few of the smnller towns have
According to Dr. R. T. Haslam. P * 8P " B#rnWe those children with marked defect of *«ch up-to-date fumiture stores and
Manager of the Development Depart- Wl ,eat,V€ ‘ s - vision were noted. It takes a longer t ^ ie propte of Barnwell an! \;irmilU*
ment cf the Standard Development ^ r * arK * ^ rB * P* H ew i tt visited ^ fne f or a com pi e t e test of vision than *bould show their appreciation by
Company, a subsidiary of the Stand- ^ r * en< i s * n Aiken Sunday afternoon. 1 could now be g'.ven, although 112 chil-j m *k' n 8 every possible purchase from
ard Oil Company of New Jersey, this Mrs. Josephine S. Hickson, Miss dren showed up defective vision. Eight t ^ em - Complete, stocks of high and
new-processed gasoline gives quicker Josie Hickson and Miss Mattie Lee children showed defects of hearing., me ^* um ^ ra( ^ e furniture and stoves
starting, faster pickup, smoother Bennett spent the week-end in Col-, There were 284 diseased throats. With are ctI 7* e< * aB times, a* well as a
power, all the advantages of high test umbia, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. 120 children, a general diseased con-|^ u ^ ^ nc a lios, etc., rivaling
gasoline, with its attendant less shift- Frank Barnett. 1 dition of the nose and throat wax those to be found in stores in the
irg of gears and less knocking on hills. Mrs. J. V. Porter is spending this feund to exist. Defective and decay-j lar S er c» t,e8 -
All in all it is a modern power fuel, week in Norway, visiting her mother, ed teeth were found in 336 ehildren,| Mr *- Wl11 conUmie to keep the
made by the most up to date methods Mrs. Boyce Salley, and her brother, while diseased gums were found in, public informed of the wonderful
yet possible. • | Qlin Salley, who is an officer in the 8 children. Need for oral hygeine | va,ues t0 ^ {ourA here through the
Now all “Standard” dealers in town navy and whose duties have kept him showed up in 147 children. Two chil- cJumns of The ^People- entine .
have been supplied with this new-pro- in China and other distant lands for dren showed enlarged thyroid dis-
cessed “Standard” Gasoline. “And, the past four years. • turbance. Skin diseases were found
though all refineries,” say officials of j The Junior Music club Was enter-' P™ 861 * in 15 chWdr^n. In addition to . ^
the Standard OiT Company of New t.ined by Misses P.t Baxley end Jul» th « three ca,CT * lr * ady ** nt to nrp ^ ntia i
Jersey, “are running capacity day Kennedy at the home of Mrs. W. C. pedic s P eclal ' sts in Columbia, 3 a idi-,™* . y , ‘ .
and night, they arc taxed to their | Cook last Tuesday night, October 22. tional ta3 ^ wer « found durin * the TnesH^hen John
limits in turning out enough ‘Stand-! The following program was enjoyed* m<>nth in schools. For the average Democratic fold Tuesday when ohn
ar d' Gasoline to supply the hug* de-' pL ^ Anitl^tlTto ^to ^ * may b. said that an ortho- Garlap* PoUard, Dmpocr.t.c jmml^
The health of the community will
be the theme around which is center
ed the program for the meeting of the
Barnwell Farm Womep’* Council, Sat
urday, November 16th, at 11 o'clock
a. m., at the high school building in M „ Amy> RiWyi rf
Mrs. Rita Speais and Mrs. G. P. Hair
Bhuflrvi)!*, Nov. Mrs. W. W.
Molotiy entertained with a
loween party 'Wednesday
8 o'clock. Several contest#
joyed in which Mrs. 8. G. Lows cab
the high score prise end Mrs. L. G,
Still cut consolation. Favors
manifesting the spirit of the
About 20 guests enjoyed the
Dainty refreshments were served sad
each guest was remembered with a
favor.
Mrs. H. D. Still, Sr., was hostess to
about 75 friends who called at bar
home Saturday afternoon to nwil
Mrs. H. D. Still, Jr. 'A delightful pro
gram of music wa§ furnished during
the hours by Mrs. Herman McCain
Virginia Back in the Fold.
Barnwell.
There will be talks by Dr. Jas. A.
Hayne, of the State Board of Health,
and Mr. Hasell, Asst. State Sanitary
Engineer. Mis* Virginia Anderson,
County Health Nurse, will tell some
thing of the work now being done in
the county for the health of the indi
vidual and community.
Vocal selections and a folk dance
in costume by 4-H girls will be given.
The public i* cordially invited to
attend the meeting.
After lunch a business meeting of
the Council of Farm Women will be
held; Officers wilt be elected and
committees appointed.
Vamp Theatre Program.
mand ” !St ° ry ° f ^ Pian0 ’” Marleen HeWitt; hands oTfeeT ^urgeTworks 0 wl^ dMate^o^th^ AnriTmit^IW^U
H. J. PhiHips, local distributor, ex- violin solo, Raul Stansell Green; “The lunds or feet- Surgery o ^ f(>r ^ gover[u)rahip
of the Old Dominion. His majority is
pects this new-processed gasoline to Story of the Keyboard,” Beth Man- ^ e1 ’ 8 * n most t ^ ese caser *
boost his sales till further. During ring; a ghost story, Frances Manning.] There were found 52 children who estimate<i afbetween 30000 and 50,000
the time that he ha been in charge of After a short business sesion, delight- gaye every indication of -being suffer-
the plant at Barnwell, his sales have ful refreshments were served by Mrs. era from malaria and who will surely ^j ayor “jj mm j e ” Walker Democrat
tripled and the company has just Cook and Mrs. W. R. Kennedy. Dur- have a return of jt later on unless reelected in New York City over
finished the installation of a modern ing the social hour a parade was en- a course cf preventive treatment is three OI > DOnent a safe plurality
1 costume. followed. There were seven cases of pp 8 * > a P
storage plant here % Three tanks of joyed in Halloween
25,000-gallon capacity each have been
erected on the property near the
A Russian engineer claims to have
pediculosis foujid which were follow-J
ed up by the nurse. One mute wasj
Main StrecA Paving Finished.
Atlantic Coast Line depot and every developed a method cf obtaining air- ^ found for which application Was WO r] ( 0 f paving the sidewalks
convenience has been provided to en- plar.e fuel directly from the air. ; made for admission to Cedar Springs, I &n s y es 0 f M a i n Street, . was
able Mr. Phillips to make prompt de-; " 1 -T-i- 1 '--'—.the State school for deaf, dumb and fi n j s hed last week. The street has ^
livery of supplies to big customers. ■ a l ar Ke percentage cj th^ citizenry of blind. One case of suspected heart ^ )egn to traffic for several day*- attending the ahow.—There Tf arry Haigler Eart *l>ell:.
Catch Myraids of Fish.
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Grariteville went fishing with nets trouble wa* found, and one tongue tie. j A force of hards has beggn work on
and other paraphernalia and the catch In short, among the 663 pupils in- the j^Iarlbcro Street sidewalks, which
for one day has been conservatively ( spected during the month 1383 de- win ^ paved from ^ Main gtreet
Aiken, Nov. 2.—When the Granite- estimated at 1,500 pounds. ; fects were found. As long as we ap- crcsginf? ^ t he street on which the
ville mill pond dam was repaired this ' A few bass, some weighing between j propriate public money to educate the gc h co i building is located. This work
week after having been damaged dur-1 eight and ten pounds, were among the | children of school age, we ought to ^ be to comp i e ti C n.
mg the recent floods, the water was catch, which was mostly composed of face the fact that children with physi-| The A. S. Thomason Company, which
Cut off to allow the ponds to refill. As redhorse, which averaged between a cal defects cannot get full advantage hag the ccntrac . t f or ^ has
the water in the creek below the dam half-pound and a pound and a half, j from it now or in after life. Thi* is do ne g gpiendid job cf paving on Main
drained off, large holes below the Some perch and bream wer includel in the work now being done by the public
surface were left with some water the lot. ihealth nurse.. ,* ( ♦
standing in them. In these holes. Every day this week In Graniteville | Miss Anderson dees not finish her Rayon is now used in the manufac-
myraids of fish had congregated and must have been Friday. 4work with an inspection of the school tore of wigs.
were present from Bamberg. Ufa.
Boh Easterling, Mrs. Shillito, Mn.
Jennie Hooten and Mrs. Annie Brook-
er, mother of Mrs. H. D. Still, Jfc* |
were out-of-town guests from Den
mark; Miss Martha Still, of Chketm
college was also present. A delighttat
salad course was served.
Cadets A. V. Collum, Sam Malhlg
and James Buist were Blckville visi
tors for a few hours following the
Citadel-Carolina game in Orangebuig
Thursday.
H. D. Still and family, L. C. Still
and family, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Foaey,
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Buist, Mr. and
Mrs. T. L. Wragg, Mrs. C. Risher and
daughter .Harriet, Misses Mildred
HH Marian Kuril. Leah Wengrow,
Wednesday, Nov. (>•—“The GUI on . Baughman, Emma Boyiston,
the Barge.” | Gray, E. H. Weissirtger and I
Thursday, Nov. 7.-Sue Carroll m Catherine, Mr. and Mrs.
“Girls Gone Wild. gle and little *on Somers, ^fr.
Friday. Nov. 8.-Vilma Banky and MrA> La^nce Groves, Mrs. J. W.
Ronald Coleman in “Two Lovers.” Browning, Mrs. S. G. Lowe and son.
Also another chapter of “The Tiger’s eam Jr Misa Ella Hin> j j Cordell.
Shadow ” Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Matthews, Mrs.
Saturday, Nov. 9.-Greta Garbo in Herman Brown and children, Jeoiee
“The Single Standard” and second ^ Herm an, Jr., Miss Catherine Met.
chapter, of “Tarzan the Mighty.” * thewg aml mothei% Mni £ c MjlW
There will be a children’s matinee thewSt Jack Matthews ar . d
Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, w R and fami , y Mr . ,
and a bag of candy will be given to Georg<f Magnider( vrime* ,Gr.
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will also be a two-reel comedy. Same Fickling and Ca ri Matthew*
show will be repeated Saturday night. among the . voters to
Friday of next week.-ClaVa Bow in 0ran g eb u r g f kir Thursday.
“The Wild Party.” ^ Mrf ^ G P p<>sey 8Dent Fr:dmy
. St. Matthews with her parents,
Ord of Th*»k». and Un Brace
The BlackvilW s.h.o! enjoyed
I take thi* mcens of expres.in* my ho , iday ThurvUv tiul On el
siik ere thank* to the many frienda migu atUl|d th( QiWnrtf fait,
of the family for their kindnesses , w
during the illness and death of my A former bishop's
husband, John E. Sanders. sene, France, has 1
Mrs. Jchn E. Sanders... into a modem hoteL