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r • r OmCUL ... ^ . ..-^0 BatmweB OnsoHdated Jum 1* Ittt. "Jurnt Ltk« a Mam bar of fha Family" - VOLUME liIIL BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER », 1*» “ NUM1 GOODFELLOWS’ CLUB IS ACTIVE IN BARNWELL AGAIN THIS .YEAR V As stated in laa^ week’s issue of The Dew£y, William Harris, Thomas Cren- People-Sentinel, the Goodfellows’ Club shaw, Ephriam Cooper, Tommie Ha- - will function again, this year, and on' good, Paul Bolen, Tom Boulware, Gil- Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. ( more Simms, Bobbie Dicks, Dan B. L. Easterling the following officers Brown, Jack Morris Harley, C. F. were elected and all arrangements made for caching on the work: Pres ident, Mrs. Charlie Brown, Sr.; vice president, Mrs. Pearl H. Harvard; secretary, Miss Margaret McAHister; treasurer, Mrs. G. M. Greene, who was also made general chairman of all committees, which are as follows: Subscription Committee—Mrs. El mer Gyles, Miss Margaret McAllister, Mrs. Hayne Hogg, Mrs. B. H. Dychee. Distribution Committee—Mrs. W. W. Carter, Mrs. B. L. Easterling, Mr*. E. D .Peacock, Mrs. Lloyd) Plexico, Mrs. J .B. Armstrong, Mrs. T. K. Bo len, Mrs. John Hogg, Mrs. H. L. Q’- Bannon, Miss Frankie Harley, Mrs. R. L. Bronson, Mrs. W. M. Jones, Mrs. Sallie McNab, Miss Anna Peacock, Miss Mamie McNab, Mrs. 0. D. Moore, Mrs. Thelma Carter, Mrs. M. C. Dia mond, Mrs. A. J. Bennett, Mrs. Bun- jan Black, Mrs. Franklin Black. Application Committee—Mrs. R. R. Mocre, Mrs. Terie Richardson, Mrs. M. C. Best, Mrs. G. M. Greene, Mrs. A. A. McAllister, Mrs. Thos. M.Boul ware. —Assembly Committee—Mrs. G. M. Hogg, Mrs. C. F. Molair, Mrs. H. P. Compton, Mrs. Charlie Brown, Sr., Mrs. W. J. Lemon, Mrs. W. A. Fuller, Mrs. F. S. Brown, Mrs (hires Call, Mrs. Pearl H. Harvard, Mrs. George Peeples, Mem. Buist Grubbs, Mrs. T. D. Creighton, Mra. Herbert Black, Mrs. Whitworth, Miss Kate Sanders, Mrs. 8. H. Utsery, Mrs. Harold Reed, Mrs. Paul Owens, Mrs. Malloy Brodie, Mrs. E. J. Sanders, Mrs. J. B. Har ley, Mrs. Dubose Robinson, Mrs. Lay- ton Lard, Mrs. Jeff Black. Transportation Committee — Mrs. J. J. Bush, Mrs. Edgar A. Brown, Mrs. LonMe Porter Rimer, Mvm. 9. F. Mar tin, Mrs. Rimer Gyles, Mias Margaret McAllister, F. 8. Brown, W. W. Gar ter, Emmett Goodson,' Mrs. P .W. Stevens, H. W. Senders, G. M. Hogg, Hayne Hogg, B. H .Dychei, G. M. Greene, A K. 9oelhng. Purchasing Committee—Mrs. G. M. Gieene, Mrs. J. E. Mahaffey, Mrs. J. N. Anderson. With sech a splendid personnel there is no reason why the GodfeUows Club this year should not be a com plete success and, as heretofore, will bo the moans of carrying Christmas cheer to many homes that might oth erwise bo overlooked by old Santa in his huriied trip around the world. Information has just reached the organisation that the Board of Direc tors will again this year make s dona tion to this worthy cause. Miss Car rie Cave, who had for the past two years furnished hats and coats to so many of these needy ones, hag just sent a message that she can be count ed on again this year, Mrs. Julia B. Easterling is Blackwood, Wingaid Carter, Frank Peeples, George Edward Peeples, Bil ly Bronson, Snooks Bronson, Billy Bennett, John Brabham, Martin Best, Jr., Dubose Robinson. Yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon the little girls met and carried their dolls and books to the home of Mns. Greene and a committee will assist the girls in making new dresses and otherwise making over the dolls. In as much as this-meeting was not sche duled to be held until Wednesday the names of the girls will not appear un til next week’s issue. Every dollar put into this work will be well spent Let everyone remember to send the fclothing to the Court House this week not later than thig (Thursday) morn ing, leaving same at Mr. Armstrong’s office. Work will begin in earnest at ten o’clock Thursday morning, when the various committees named herein will work in shifts of two hours each until all work is completed. The management of the Vamp Theatre had a picture last evening (Wednesday) for this cause, and on Christmas Night all of those receiving baskets will be given tickets to at tend a splendid picture at that popular theatre. The inmates of the County Home will be included also. ®f}e dUfriatmaa (ftanblf Dr. and Mrs. Briggs Eqjoy Trip to Cuba Black ville Physician Pleased With Island RepablK.—Shewn Mack AUanUan. - Dr. D. 1L Briggs was a vbiter in Barnwell Saturday and was /very much enthueed over the recent trip that he and Mra. Briggs enjoyed to Florida and Osba. The BlackviUc physician and hit wife left their home in their aatomobile (pr Miami, where 1 „ . n M _ _ th. mrmber, of •» luthern MM 1 *"**■**" * , *“«* f * 0 Association held their annual session. At the conclusion of that meeting, the doctors and their wivea embarked at Key West for Havana. Theft were several hundred in the party and they were shown marked attention by the Cuban officials and physicians. Among other things they were re ceived by President Machado and viaited the new capHol building, which is a replica of the national capitol in Washington, though somewhat small er. The members of the party were wined and dined in the style that pre vailed in these United States ii> the year B. V. D. (Before Volstead Did). Dr. and Mrs. Briggs also enjoyed a motor trip of about 100 miles into the interior of Culm, over the splendid road built by the late Gen. Leonard AVENUES OF PROSPERITY |_ OPEN IN PALMETTO STATE Tourists Want S. C. Products. tip QUpla! (Sl/iUk on Rio mg. j Ilf nnitMhtn tSf il mu mtHftittft Am art Mg nmMr tipn; B 3’li light it ahro th* tmiltnht nnstffl And sag s littlr jnragm . irsr OUpUt dfUft. mg «g nn&lr'a Itgfct Srtfc foa tats «g brsrt tmtakl • HMHfcdhMMMNMMMMMNi Local Banker Says Collections Better Buk, Think. That CmMUm Have Impreved. “Our collections in Barnwell are considerably ahead of thoee last year,” aatd Perry A. Price, local Tourists passing through Barnwell call for South Caro- 1 Una iodized canned. goods, ac- ] cording to the manager of a local grocery store. They are < gradually being educated to the value of such products and \ there should be a steady in- | crease in their aalei. *’*'■ f ' ' ■' ^ 'T' "•<*. : ; •' Grand Jury Praises Officials of County Finds Affaira ia Good Shape, But Score Law Officers for Failure to Catch Bootleggers* BROWN OF BARNWELL DRAWS PICTURE OF PROSPERITY '* *'■ ■>’ New Highway Program Products Aru Big * pr trial South Carolina’s highway program sad the epccess that is attending the movement to capital ise the iodine content of the State’s vegetables are combining with larger crops and expanded hydro-electric power resources to open new of prosperity m the Palmetto State, where the whole situation ia than it has been in a decade, accord ing to the Hon. Edgar^A. Brown, of Barnwell, in an interview in The Asheville Citizens, which is as foHuwst ; Col. Edgar A. Brown, former er of the House of Rsp: end chairman of the State Executive Pomiiltlss iw / npyhlg of these ] being the youngest maa to either—came; to Asharine for the Thanksgiving holidays and ie spend ing a few days at the Manor with Mrs. Brown, their small daughter, Emily, and their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Jehu T. Stevens, of Kerahsw. One of tho most acthro mu ia the public life of South Carolina ever the past 10 years. Cot Brown was e eun- didats for the United four yean ago and his that in due course he ia a of election to that office oUns will elect a United a liberal contributor. Mrs. Leaaie B. Easterling, Mr. and Wood - T*** * ] *° ▼ieited famous old Mrs. R. R. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Morro CasUe. They returned by G. M. Hogg have contributed splendid ^ Tsmpa, up the Weit const of shoats and Rivers Duncan, as hereto-' Florida, completing a trip of 2,000 fore, will render>«ervice in the cutting m ^cs their car without a puncture or experiencing any had weather. While in Miami, they saw Mr. and Mrs. Randall Kelley, who made their home in Barnwell a number of years of all meat!.' One of the most encouraging fea tures of the work is the splendid coop- cration of the children. Monday af- ternoon "Mrs. Greene organized the ^Junior Goodfellows Club at the office of The People-Sentinel and about 25 boys were present. Notice had been given in school Monday asking that all toys be taken to Mr. Davies’ office and before the time arrived the room was overflowing with toys. After the organization was completed the work of mending, painting, etc., of the toys began in earnest. Mrs. B. P. Davies will have entire charge of this part of the work and the workshop hat proven to be a very interesting place. Charles Burckhalter has been made director and doea not seem to have much titou- ago. They found the Kelleys pros* peeing and enjoying good health. Post-season Football Game. A post-season football game be tween picked teams from Barnwell and Ridgeland will be played on the local gridiron this (Thursday) after noon, beginning at 3:30 o’clock. The line-up of both teams ^rill contain high sc hoi and college stars and an inter esting contest is being anticipated. AUDITOR’S NOTICE. . ; I will be at the following places for the purpose of taking returns for 1029. hie in getting the boys started, hia! Both real and personal property will Cotton Production in County Increases Nearly Prior U DKembsr 1st Than Was Produced Last Year. In spits of tbs wmd storm of last May and unfavorable weather dur ing a part of ths growing season, manager of the Bank of Western 1 Barnwell County will produce sheet Carolina, in talking with a represen- Praising the work of certain offi cials of Barnwell County for the manner in which they keep their books and offices and also expressing gratification over the manner \ in which the chain gang, jail and poor house are managed, the Grand Jury expressed dissatisfaction over M an apparent wilful negligence on the part of the officers of the county charged with the enforcement of the prohibition law," charging that “they bring before us only small trivial casern and fail absolutely in appre hending tho well known and notoriooe violators of this law." ■~The Presentment as made to Judge Wm. H. Grim ball last week ie as fol lows: L We have examined the witaeesee ia all hi lit of indictment that have been submitted to us by our Solicitor, have paseed upon them and have re turned them to tho t>oovt. 2S». Sovaral months age the Jafe* of this Circuit request ed us to have aa audit of all of the books of tho county made. We secured the services of a competent auditor and he hue made a complete audit of the hooka of the different offices of the oouaty.| He has also cerefolly inveotigatod the. ^ affaire of each office. We find from I® 1 * Btala, had hU report th* tho book. Md 1 H 1 *** hord U»o of R> MS of *1 of tho offKOO in BoniiMlI.*^ >r ** r * **•* *' County mo in acoliont eondition. fw »*“ *»« Tho Auditor report, that tho book. ^ are properly kept and that all moi ia properly accounted for. We eub- hrightor than A tative of The People-Sentinel Tues day morning, “and I take this as an indication that eemfilions as a whole have improved to that extent, at least” The reduction in loans may not be shown in the next bank statement. 3,000 bales of cotton more this year herewith a copy of his report than in 1928. According to a report' “8. A Committee of our body has made public by the Department of visited the chain gang. Wa find the Agriculture last week, there had • asms well managed and both the coo- been 16,438 bales ginned prior to victs and property of the county well December 1st, aa compared with IS,- cared for. The chain gang la being 563 bales to the same date a year economically managed and lw doing ago and a totpl production of less good work. The roads of the county said Mr. Price, due to the fact thaq than 1,1 1W8 * H to be-, are in food shape, especially in view Heved that the final ginning report of the fact that the unprecedented will show a total yield of around 17,- rains of the Fall washed away many 000 bales, which would be an increase bridges and for a time rendered many the local bank has aproved a loan to Barnwell County to care for current According to Mr. Pries, many farmers have paid their 1929 loans and have also paid off or made payments on old debts. This ie indeed gratifying news and it is believed that further progress will be shown under the program adopted at the bankers’ meeting in Batesburg last week, whereby every effort will be made to get away from the old one-crop system of farming. " ' WWW- Fanners of Barnwell Pay Seed Fund Debts $51,851 Loaned to Farmers of This County.—$41,149.43 Haa Al- ready Been Paid. of nearly 25 per cent in this county. Most of the increase has been made in the upper part of the county, while J vUited the poor house and jail. We many farmers in other sections made find both of thorn institutions well miles of rood almost impassable. M 4. A Committee of our body very poor crops. Ginnings by counties in this sec tion are as' follows: 1929: 1928: Aiken 18541 17,170 A 11 1 1 itMitlxt 1*»«•«* 6532 6,734 Bamberg 12534 8511 Barnwell ...... 16,438 Id,663 Hampton 5,486 8,730 Orangeburg - 62,272 37,932 The State ... 702,668 681,852 Advertising Needed. > / ■• y ■C^JhL - ^ managed and properly kept “5. We have examined the books of the different magistrates of the county. Insofar a* the entries made, however, having a committee further investigate the magistrate’s books in the national boot a drastic decline hi «k» pries cotton after the crop had I and before It could ho i Prices had bosa high md j. The people were in worst •hock, has taken time for them .to But they have recovered to a ‘ tout. They hove just made fl they art' iodine movement ia creating broader markets for their and the big highway definitely launched hag boon sible for a spirit of optimism erally fills the air. “Take my own county, for example. For generations was practically the only crop Barnwell had. This yam though Barnwell haa made a cotton crop than it hag made in al yean, with a larger money for the cotton, it is an interesting order to ucertom whether or not all th* th* Mtnrn to the Ummt necessary and proper entries are be ing made.* “6. Wo have checked over the tax executions in the hands of our Sheriff. While there are many exe cutions unpaid in his hands, wo find that he is doing all that can be reas onably expected of him in the way of only trouble having been in stopping them when night comes on. The fol lowing officers and committees wore elected: President, Billie Davies; vice presi dent. Wilbur Mahaffey; secretary, Rodman £*emoa; treasurer, Tommie Hagood.' . ’ Committee to Solicit Toys—A. E. Hartin, L. M. Mace, Hoary Milhous, Billy Boko, Sol Blatt, Jr., Edwapd William turned this year. JTen per cent.' ty will be added for not making be re penalty returns before March 1st, 1930: Bleekville, January 2nd. Dunbarton, January 7th. Elko .January 9th. Hilda, January 18th. Ldjfh, January 16th. Mtytr’a Mill, January 17th. Rfijbbias, January 20th. SnaUmg, January 22nd. ■» Jutuary 34th. RsspactfnBy yours, H. MANNING, Seventy-six per cent, of the amount borrowed by South Carolina farmers from the special federal head loan fund has been repaid, it is announced. The amount borrowed was $1,822,794.- 60 and $1,003,353.24 haa boon repaid. Of this amount Barnwell County fanners borrowed $51,851 and have repaid $41,1499.43. The report on other counties in this section it as fol lows: s Loan. CoHsctsd. Allendale $62,245.00 $36,458.02 Aiken 41,142.00 30,196.79 Bamberg 50,70650 4350654 2451440 2051649 ..16657140 127579.74 1 Only one paid buck in full the If thu As a factor in maintaining pros perity, “advertising should go ahead with all of its characteristic force,” wKH u* u v declared Dr. Julio. Klein, aasktant Te * an * the executl0, “ whlch he secretary of commerce, in a radio ad- **• dress recently. He abo'said: | <4 7* most seriously to call “Advertising ia one of the most po- to the Court’s attention the fact that, tent of business accelerators. It <mr opinion, there is an apparent keeps goods moving. And it inspires wilful negligence on the part of the confidence. At this time any appre- officers of the county charged with ciable let-up in edvertieing programs the enforcement of the prohibition would be unquestionably injurious.” l*w- Ttiey bring before us only small Dr. wag spiking with rptfie* trivial esses and fall absoiutriy in ap- reference to the program for buihtem prehsodhig the well known and notor- expansion to which Industrial leaders. ions violators of this law. recently pledged themselves in confer- “8. We desire to thank the Fresid- eoeaa with Preside* Hoover. But ing Judge, the apply with equal force to Court Officials far hia that of with they to us vegetables haa amounted to moral ey than the return from cotton# one county, comparatively aasil, gotten in more than a from fta vegetables alone ia the farmers and buzineea m county are compluting plans I present time for the a quarter-million dollar tory. The Highway Program. “First, however, something the highway program, lina, contrary to tho seems to prevail la, already made very great in the huBdiag of roads. Thera art a ties which are equipped be fe The; v i