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: ; Comolidated Jana 1, 1925. THB OFFICIAL NSW SPA Barnwell T w Ju»t Like a IVI«mb«r of th« Family” ' 11 ■" 1 ■ 1 " ■" ■ I. .. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1«, 1930. Snyder to Address Teachers of County January Meeting of Association to Be Held in Williston-Elko School Auditorium. Elko, Jan. 14.—The next teachers* meeting of Barnwell County will be held in Williston Saturday, January 18th. The department meetings start at 10:30 and the big or general meeting will begin promptly at 11:30. All the meetings are to be held in the new high school building. After the meetings are finished, dinner will be served by the School Improvement Association of Williston-Elko . Supt. Posey will preside over the high school group, Miss Virginia Hut to from Barnwell will have charge of the primary group of teachers, and Miss Julia Ray of Williston will preside over the intermediate gfrade teachers, they being the heads of these respective departments. The general meeting will be ad dressed by President H. N. Snyder of Wofford College at 11:30. Dr. Sny der is well known in South Carolina as a great educator and thinker, and is a splendid speaker. Also, it is said that President Snyder will preach to the Williston-Elko people Sunday morning in the Baptist church, con ducting union services. At this teachers’ meeting the coun ty will get properly organized for its great drive to abolish illiteracy by April 1st. Williston-Elko will rejoice to have present every teacher of the county at this meeting. Supt. Horace J. Crouch with his helpers are planning for this teachers’ meeting in a big way. Interesting Program. The following interesting program has been arranged for Saturday’s meeting: Department Meetings, 10:30 a. m.— Primary: Demonstration Oral Read ing, Miss Kent; Demonstration Spell- GETS EDGE’S SEAT David Baird, Jr., of Camden, N. J., who was appointed by Governor Lar son of New Jersey to be United States senator to succeed Walter E. Edge, who resigned to be ambassador to France. Mr. Baird is a wealthy lum ber dealer and the son of a former senator. He will hold the office until the general election which is to be held in November, 1930. Poor Soil* Mean Poor Yields and Less Money Barnwell County’s Banks Urge Farm ers to Decrease Acreage and In crease Production. “Poor soils mean low yields. Low yields mean less money for farmers, merchants and banks.” These statements are taken from an advertisement appearing in this issue of The People-Sentinel and pub lished in the interest of Barnwell County farmers by the Bank of West ern Carolina (Barnwell and Black- ville branches), the Bank of Willis ton and the Bank of Kline. The ob ject, of course, is to create sentiment for decreased acreage and increased Homicide, Wreck and Liquor Raid Give Ellenton Hectic Sunday Night NOTRE DAME BEST Ellenton, Jan. 13.—Homicide, a train wreck and capture of a heavily laden liquor car made Sunday night and early Monday morning hectic for Ellenton district of Aiken County, ef forts by bootleggers to recapture lost trains constitute the aftermath of the rather turbulent beginning. Gary Dickson, 26, was killed about 11 o’clock Sunday night by Mrs. Dolly Chavous while he was alleged to be scuffling with her husband and slash ing him with a knife. The killing oc curred at the latter’s filling station which is located at the intersection of the Augusta-Savannah and Ellenton- Aiken highway about three miles from Ellenton. Dickson was shot in the abdomen by a 38 caliber revolver, Spanish type. The bullet passed through the body and came out near the center of the back. Death was almost instan taneous. It was brought out at the inquest that Guy Bush endeavored to part Jjie men and later to prevent the shoot ing. He was holding Mrs. Chavous’ gun arm when the fatal shot was fired. The coroner’s inquest was held at 11:30 Monday. The sheriff spent a busy night rounding up the negro witnesses who had scattered to the four winds, and with no little speed, at the beginning of the shooting. A bullock was the beginning of the ^rouble for bootleggers (driving a heavy laden 1930 model Hudson coach. The bullock was struck near Ellenton on the Augusta-Savannah highway abo the automobile, which was running at a high rate of speed, the car turned over twice completely, tearing the top off and was totally wrecked. When Chief Hayes, of Ellenton police, ar rived he found two other cars attempt ing to salvage the liquor. After an exchange of shots, the bootleggers were driven off. Ten minutes later another high powered car loaded with liquor ran the gauntlet, and escaped after an exchange of gunfire. Once more before daylight the officers were forced to use their guns in de fense of their capture. A half hour after the liquor inci dent and a little over two hours after the homicide, the fast freight No. 94, Augusta to Yemassee of the C. and W. C., was wrecked at Steel Creek, a short distance from Ellenton. Four teen cars were turned over, 200 cross ties tom up and several rails ripped away. The road was open by noon today after several trains had been detoured. The cause of the wreck is unknown. 30 Persons Killed in Auto Accidenls State Highway Department Reports 174 Wrecks During the Last Month of 1929. ing, Mrs. Manning; Demonstration Si lent Reading, Miss Sellers. Element- 1 production. ary: Arithmetic Demonstration, Miss «-Tha average yield of cotton for Ray; Demonstration Silent R**a<lintf, |j arTVWe |i County it about 140 pounds Mrs. Mi ley. High Scool: Address by j int co ^ on p er acpe . The average Dr. H. N. Snyder, of Spartanburg- At 10:30 a. m., Miss Will Lou Gray, yield of com is about 14 bushels per the advertisement, acre,” states secretary of the South ( arolina Dht- w hi c h points out that “farmers in eracy Commission, will meet with Bain well Cbunty who are building up Mrs. J. S, M. Finch, county organizer, ^eir soils with legume crops, such as peas and beans as summer crops, and vetch and Austrian peas as winter crops, and are using plenty of the right kind of fertilizer, are making nearly a bale of cotton per acre and above 30 bushels of com per acre.” Farmers are urged to consult their county agent about recommendations relative to soil building crops and fertilizer. and the teachers of adult scholg for a conference. General Session, 11:30 a. m.—High School Auditorium. Song. Devotional—Rev. W. R. Davis. Music. Address—Dr. H. N. Snyder, presi- dent^ of Wofford College. Music. Business. Lunch. According to reports received by the state highway department, 174 ac cidents occurred on the state highway system during December. Thirty persons war# killed, 65 were aerie* ly injured and 97 were slightly injur ed. There were 66 collisions between motor vehicles, 15 with other vehicles, 18 with fixed objects and 14 pedes trians were struck by motor vehicles. There were 62 nqn-collision accidents, 29 vehicles overturned, 28 driven off roads and two driven off bridges. Seven motor vehicles were destroyed. l >ua * nM8 Ik* community.” Make Service Charge for Returned Checks Banks of Barnwell County Cooperate in Effort to Curb Giving of Worthless Cheeks. “Notre Dame la the best football team I’ve ever seen and I've seen some good ones,” said Coach Dick Han- jley of Northwestern university in com menting on the defeat of his Wild- cats hy the Irish team. However, he had much praise for his playgra. M. L. Smith Enter* Race for Governor Camden Attorney Announces That He Will Seek Office of Chief Execu. tive of State. In an effort to curb the practice of giving worthless checks, who four bunks in Baynwell County have de cided to make a service charge of 25 cento to the account of the depositor on each check deposited and returned for lack of funds. “It is contemplat ed,” according to the officials of the banks, “that the depositors will col lect this charge from the maker of each letumed check. This plan is being adopted in the hope that it will discourage the increasing circulation of ’bad checks' so detrimental to the 4. Campaign Against Illiteracy. Death of J. Loyal Snolling. A great drive is being launched in every county of this State and in all the Southern States to abolish illiter acy by the first of April, at which , , _ ,, time the Federal Census is to be which occurred earl y F'-'day morrnng taken. South Carolina has been lead-! at th ? home of his mother-m-law, Mrs The many Barnwell friends of Jas. Loyal Snelling, of Orangeburg, were shocked last week to learn of his death, •'i ing greatly in this work and hopes to continue leading many of the States. Barnwell County is said to have over 300 whites and over 3,400 color ed people^ who are unable to read and i 1 i write. This county i s being mighty well organized by Supt. Crouch, his Board of Education and by his Illit eracy Committees, so as to succeed greatly in this all important work. Mrs. J. S. M.“Finch, of Elko, has. been appointed the county organizer or head and supervisor. She is al ready hard at work planning her cru sade against illiteracy. She will be assisted by Supt. Crouch, various local committees, by the central com mittees, and by the four school super intendents of the county, by many teachers and officials and citizens. She will appreciate general coopera tion and advice. Mrs. Finch will have schools in operation all over the county, white and colored. This work proper will start about the 20th of January and N. B. Hill, of Columbia. The funeral services were held from the residence Saturday afternoon at four o’clock, with the Rev. J. H. Webb, pastor of the First Baptist Church, of Columbia, in charge. Interment was ih Elmwood cemetery. Mr. Snelling is survived by his wid ow, Mrs. Ethel Hill Snelling; one daughter. Miss Helen Frances Snell ing; his father and mother, Judge and Mrs. John K. Snelling, of Barnwell; and three brothers. Dr. G. Norman Snelling and J. Albert Snelling, both of Atlanta, Ga., and Thomas E. Snell ing, of Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Snelling wag a man who was greatly liked by all who knew him. He was a member of the Barnwell Baptist Church and leaves many friends throughout the State. After leaving Barnwell, he made his heme in Columbia for several years, but later moved to Charlotte, N. C. t and still later to Orangeburg, whe^e he had lived for the past ten years. He wag the. second son of Judge and by fire, 85 were severely damaged and 138 were reported slightly dam aged. One mule and one horse were killed. Four acidents occurred at or near bridges and seven at public road crossings. Eighty-eight of the accidents oc curred in the daytime, 85 at night, and one at undertermined time. One hundred and 28 of the accidents oc curred on straight roads and 46 on curves, 89 on paved roads, 74 on un paved roads an,d 11 on surface treat ed roads. Thirty accidents were reported as caused by careless driving, 16 by reck less driving, 26 by speeding, 33 by recklessness due to liquor, 10 by daz zling headlights, 12 by one or both headlights being out, 14 by defects cf motor vehicles, nine by skidding, two by. puncture- or blowout^ one by driver falling asleep, five by carelessness of pedestrians and six by causes which were-not reported. __ Nine pedestrians were killed, three being run over by motor vehicles, the drivers of which were under the in fluence of liquor. Four persons were killed in col lisions of motor vehicles, eight were killed when motor vehicles turned over. ♦ ♦ ■ ■ ■ * Play at Long Branch. will run about six or seven weeks. Mrs. Finch hopes to do this work Mrs, Snelling, who have the sincere largely through the schools of the j sympathy cf the entire community in various communities, assisted by an their bereavement, hie staff of teachers. j Pallbearers were Ralph Mayfield, Let’s help Mrs. Finch and he^p^d MayfWd, C. M. Jones, L. P. teacherg reach and help every one in Jones, A. B. Langley and J. B. Kirk- our county who can not read and land, write. With splendid cooperation this work can be ably and easily done.’ The friends of Supt. W. W. Garter Let's do our bit. Remember, the glory' will learn with regret that he has been of any State is aa educated citizen- confined to his bed this attack of flu. The banks claim that it is much more expensive and takes more time to return an unpaid item than to pay a check which is good, and they have found that it i* inconvenient and sometimes embarrassing to the de positor to have a deposited item re turned unpaid. For these reasons they believe that it will greatly bene fit the public generally to eliminate, as far as possible, such worthless items. Elsewhere in this issue of The Peo ple-Sentinel will be found a formal notice, signed jointly by the Bank of Western Carolina (Barnwell and Blackville branches), the Bank of Williston and the Bank of Kline. Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, for mer circuit judge and for many years a member of the South Carolina bar association, one of South Carolina’s foremost lawyers, will offer for the Democratic nomination for governor of South Carolina, he told The News and Courier by telephone from hit Camden home Saturday night. In the field of law, particualriy criminal law, Judge Smith established himself many yean ago. He was ad mitted to the practice in 1896 and has participated aa counsel in some of the State's most famous criminal cases since he began his criminal cases since since he began hia career. Virtually his entire life hat been spent in Ker- ■haw County where hewas bora. Waa Circuit Judge. In 1915 he became judge of* the fifth judicial circuit to succeed the late Judge Ernest Gary. He held this office until January, 1918, resigning at that time to enter the United States Army as a major In the judge advo cate general’s department. Judge Smith served with distinction with American expeditionary forces in France. He spent six months at Chaumont ard a month at Paris. He resigned from the service in August, 1919, with the rank of lieutenant-col onel, resuming the practice of his pro fession {n Camden. Organize Coop. Body to Market “Cukes’* Farmers Hi Barnwell Section Mat Hera Saturday in Court House and Elected Otters. A meeting of representative farm-* era of the Barnwell section was held in the Cpurt House here Saturday af ternoon for the purpose of organizing the Barnwell- Cucumber Association, the organization being perfected by the election of the fol lowing officers and directors: • L. A*. Cave,' president; E. D. Pea cock, vice-president; Perry B. Bush, secretary and treasurer; B. W. Sex ton, E. D. Peacock, A. J. Owens, A. M. Sanders and B. L. Easterling, dir ectors. The production from about 160 acres of cucumbers was pledged to the association, to be marketed under ap proved methods, an4 membership cards are being mailed out this weak by the secretary, with the request that they be returned promptly, to gether with the membership fta of $1.00. . Seed and hampers will be furnished to the members at cost aud expert graders will handle the “cukes’* thi g spring. It is understood that this plan was followed by growers at Elko last year and uniformly good prices were received for all cucumbers loaded at that point. Any farmers who did net attend the meeting Saturday and who desire to join the association are urged to communicate with Perry B. Bush im mediately. No new members will be received into the association after March 1st and only the cucumbers oi members will be handled during the marketing season. The association offers a prise of $5 in gold to the person suggesting the beet name to be used a« a brand far the cakes packed by the Send your suggestions to Mr. m THB ILLITERACY CAMPAIGN. B very body Urged to Teach Out set to Writs Hio Ni Elko, Jan. XL—The this article i a to impi body his or her psiuonal responsibili ty to help eliminate illiteracy before the 1980 census. Teach your neighbor, your woman, your gook, your hired anyone who can’t write. negroes are citizens of our State aad our rating in literacy is judged by total, not by white illiteracy. Missionary Society Met Tuesday. “Miss Toipsy Turvy,” a comedy in three acts, will be presented again at Long Branch school house, Friday night, January 17th, at 7:30 o’clock. Admission: Adults, 15 cents; children, 10 cents. S. I. A. to Meet. A meeting of the local school im provement association will be held next Tuesday at four o’clock at the school building. An attractive pro gram has been arranged and * cor dial invitation ie extended to the patrons of the school to attend. Miss Lizzie Black spent Tuesday ia Columbia visiting at the bedside of tittle Betty Black, who has bm quite 01 at the Baptist Hospital The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Barnwell Methodist Church met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. M. B. Hagood, at which time of ficers for the ensuing year were in stalled by the pastor, the Rev. B. G. Murphey, as follows: President, Mrs. W. E. McNab. Vice-President, Mrs. J. E. Harley. Supt. of Young People, Mrs. J. E. Harley. Supt. of Juniors, Mrs. John Hogg. Supt. of Cradle Roll, Mrs. Clyde Vickery. Treasurer, Mrs. W. J. Lemon. Recording and Corresponding Sec- rtary, Mrs. B. G. Murphey. Superintendent of Study and Pub licity, Mrs. M. B. Hagood and Mrs. Terry Richardson. Superintendent of Social Service, Mrs. J. N. Dicks. Superintendent of Supplies, Mrs. J. 0. Patterson. Agent for Voice, Mrs. W. M. Har ris. At the business session the treasur er reported that $344.45 had been paid by the society for missionary pur poses the past year. Bible study has been conducted by the four Circles every month with an average attendance of 25 members. Just now a new study Is being started by tbs Circles—“Studies in the Book of Luis,” by Grace A certificate of appreciation Judge Smith wm born in Kermhnw j ^ givm eMh who County.Njuly 6, 1870. Completing hi, | 4nother to write hi, or her elementary education in the school, of j x m « m<>ry took will be given by aa that county he entered The Citadel and I ingur , nc< company to the pupiks wto was graduated from that college in 1889. He studied law at the Univer sity of Virginia where he won fame for his athletic prowess, particularly in baseball. A short professional baseball career followed and he has the distinction of being one of the very few professional baseball play ers who successfully negotiated a triple play unassisted. Speaker of House. In the field of legislation in South Carolina Judge Smith for many years has played a leading role. He was elected a member of the bouse of rep resentatives from Kershaw - County in 1901 and served until 1906, serving as speaker of the house from 1903 to 1906. Again in 1909 he was elected to the house and served until 1914. He was again elected speaker and served in that .office from 1911 to 1914. He was again a member of the house in 1925-26. Widely known for his oratorical powers Judge Smith twice delivered the keynote address at State Demo cratic conventions, speaking in that capacity at the convention of 1928. Twice he also served aa permanent president of the Democratic conven tion. He, almost continuously since he began his career, has been a delegate from Kershaw County to the State convention, and has long been the Democratic leader in that county. Judge Smith has been an outspoken champion of the $65,000,000 road bond issue for South Carolina and U now engaged as counsel in pending litiga tion in this caae. He waa chairman of the State highway investigation com mission two years ago and prior to that time he was chairman of the State education file their signatures, certified hy tkakr teachers, with the State Supervisor of Adult Schools, Miss Wil Lou Gray, of Columbia. Your organiser will be glad to send in all names property certified and given to her. I would like ako to imprftas upon everybody their personal responsibili ty to aid in every way possible in the organization of Adult classes to be taught in the country. What better work for club women member* of Mis sionary Societies, and other tions, than visiting homes there are prospective adult pupils and in a friendly tactful way get their names and invite them to come to night school. “A good thing to remember, A better thing to do, Is to work with a constructs ff»ng, And not with a wrecking crew.**« County Organizer. Location of Adult Schools. Adult schools will be taught at the following places in Barnwell County: Wiliston, Hilda, Dunbarton, Long Branch, Mt. Calvary, Reedy Branch, Kline, Oak Grove, Tinker’s Creek, Pleasant Hill, Morris, Seven PIm, and at Barnwell or Hercules. To Incorporate Local Compaay. Application for a charter will bo made to the Secretary of State within the next few days by the Barnwell Motor and Manufacturing Company, of this city, vrhoea capital stock la 9a be $25,000, divided into 260 $100 each. The tameiporatore are JL B. Hagood, M.£,Dimnond aad G. * * it