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*sf. er THE OFPICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BAUNWBLL COUNTT WB Barnwell t Consolidated Jane 1, 1925. 'Juflkt Like a Member of the Family” VOLUME LI1L BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH, 1930., United States Court Upholds Bond Issue Master Mad6 Three New Treasurer to Be *■ * % Sales Here Monday Named in Few Days Cannery Conducts Truck Crop School Legislature Faces Considerable Work Formally Hands Down Order Dismis- Only a Small Crowd in Attendance on Reports State That Several Applicants Proves to Be Great Help to Farmers sing Appeal.—Opponents to Fight Bond Issue. Account of the Unseasonably Cold Weather. Would Su^eed Capt, J. B. Armstrong. in Fairfax Section of State. Appropriations, Motor and Compensa tion Measures Are Still on the Schedule. Washington^ March 3.—The United A comparative small crowd was in States supreme court today took less 1 Barnwell Monday for March salesday, than a dozen words to formally dis- d ue to the unseasonably cold weather, miss, eradicate and erase the case of Three sales of real estate were made Clarence L. Johnson et al., against the Master, G. M. Greene, Esq., as the State highway commission ' of | follows: South Carolina whereby it was sought Edgar A. Brown vs.'S. P. Croft, et to prevent the issuance of £65,000,000 in highway bonds. The formal order was as follows: ‘‘The appeal is dis missed for want of a substantial fed eral question. Treating the papers where the appeal Was allowed as a petition for certiorari, as required by the judicial code, such application for certiorari is dismissed.” That was •all there was to it. The Johnson case is now out of the hands of highest court of the land. Today’s decision followed last Mon day’s knock out blow when Johnson’s case was sent hurling over the ropes to itg death. That story has already been told and there is little reason to repeat it here now except to write the Inal chapter, at the present time in al., 114 acres of land in George’s Creek township, sold to M. B. Hagood for $1,600. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. vs. W. S. Creech and Harold Creech, 100 acres of land in Great Cypress town ship, sold to H. L. O’Bannon, attor ney, for $550. • ' . r v Georgia-Chemical Works vs. W. J. W. Glover and Stella Glover, 150 acres in Barnwell County, sold to H. L. O’Banncn, attorney, for $100. This Farmer Made Money. Johnston.—While many farmers complain that they lost money on their farming operations last year there is one near Johnston who admits is litigation, this coming today with that he made mqney and can prove it. few persons in the court, the practical L. F. Holmes, winner of second prize decision having been made Monday. j in the State-wide five-acre corn con- The supreme court of the United test, came out ahead financially last States, giving the case all the care year as he does nearly every year be- which it might merit in the ^effort to 1 cause he doesn’t farm on a hit-and- find whether or not there was any miss system but uses, scientific meth- reason to believe that a federal ques- [ ods. tion was in any way involved found Jn winning iecond prize in the corn non * - contest, Mr. Holmes not only got the cash prize of $200 offered through the Columbia, March 3.—D. W. Robin- extension service of Clemson College son, Columbia attorney, has been en- but he made a total profit of $537.06 gaged and paid for any legal services j on the five acres of com. His cost on which may be necessary to postpone | the five acres was $124.69 or $24.94 sale of a $10,000,000 block of State per acie and he made 525.43 bushels highway bonds March 21, according! on the five acres or 105.08 bushels to announcement tonight by Olin D. per acre. The total value of the corn Johnston, candidate for governor on was $656.75, leaving him a total pro- an anti-bond platform. j fit of $537.06 on the five acres or Mr. Robinson will also perfect an $1^40 per acre, appeal during the week in the matter Mr. Holmes said that the five acres of the award of printing of bonds, an °f l am l which he used for hi 8 contest injunction having been denied Febru- Pl°t was brown pebble ami deep san- ary 24th by Circuit Judge C. J. Ram- dy loam. He planted a cover crop of age. The plaintiff in the case was velvet beans followed by a winter Augustus Hall, of Anderson County. 1 cro P vetch. The vetch was turned Impairment of contracts stipulated under on May 14th. He planted his in the pay-as-you-go and various com on May 17th and put no fertilizer county measures by which the ten- under the crop. About tw'o weeks af- cent gasoline tax was pledged to pay- t er planting he applied 50 pounds of ment of the bonds will be claimed by manure salts and 50 pounds of Chilean Mr. Robinson in a petition to a State Nitrate of Soda. A week later $ie supreme court justice or a federal made another application of the same court judge, Mr. Johnston stated, amounts of nitrate of soda and man- There is a po-sibility that the case ure salts. A week later he applied will be brought in the original juris- 100 pounds of Chilean nitrate of soda diction of the federal courts according as a side-dresser and a week later an te Mr. Johnston. j other 200 pounds of soda. It is the plan of opponents to serve Mr. Holmes planted Douthit’s pro papers in the injunction proceedings lific corn. The land had been planted <>n Governor Richards, State Treas- in cotton the previous year. He said ^ r<?r Scarborough and highway of- he had very fair seasons. rials March 20th, the day prior to ^ The soil on surrounding farms of the light sandy loam type will not make over the State average of 14.5 bushels of coin per acre. Not only did Mr. Holmes grow some j mighty fine com but he also produced 134 bales of 500 pounds each of cot- Williston, March 1.—Friends of ton on 130 acres - ^ or hi s cotton he Mrs. W. T. Willis, Sr., will regret to us * d 300 Pounds of 16 per cent acid know that she is in an Augusta hospi- l ; * me planting. He dropped The death of Capt. J. B. Armstrong. County Treasurer, has naturally caused considerable conjecture as to his probable successor and while several names have been mentioned in this connection, no definite statement was forthcoming from Senator Edgar A. Brown and Representative J. E. Harley prior to their departure for Columbia Tuesday morning. The appointment for the unexpired term will be made by the Governor on the recommendation of the County Dele gation and it is safe to say that Messrs. Brown, Harley and Heckle will give the matter careful considera tion before making their final decis ion. As the office of County Treas urer comes up in the primary elec tions this summer, the appointment will be for only a few months. It is understood that the decision of the delegation will not be made public until the latter part of this week or possibly the first of next week, but it cannot be deferred longer than a few days in order that the county government may function properly. The office must be kept open for the payment of taxes and be cause of Capt. Armstrong’s death, the Board of County Director* decided not to mail out any checks in payment for county claims, approved Tuesday until Monday of next week. The incoming treasurer will be faced w’ith a vast amount of work, as unpaid taxes on property go into exe cution March 15th. The decision of the County Delega tion will be awaited with considera ble interest. LOCAL AND PERSONAL , NEWS FROM ELLENTON Receipt of bids on the issue. ■ ■■■ ' Social and Personal News from Williston ’tal for treatment. on the bed at planting 50 pounds of manure salts and 50 pounds of Chil- Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy, Jr* i „ attended the Wilson-Player wedding ; e J n n,trate of soda *** acre and after chopping he applied 50 pounds of at Rembert, last Saturday. Mrs. E. M. Ussery is spending this manure salts and 50 pounds of soda per acre as a side-dressing. ^Later he week in ColumMa where she and her | made two additiona , appl 'i c8tiong of fcrother L. R Pender of Sprmgfield, chiIean nitrate of S0(Ja of 100 ds are visiting Mrs. Pender, who under-: per acre eath went an operation at the Baptist hos pital Monday. ■> Friends of Mrs. E. M. Boylston will be glad to know that she is very much improved, after an illness of several days, and hopes to be able to get out again soon. Mrs. L. E, Hair, after being ctirn- fined to her bed for the past two On Friday evening, March 7th, be weeks, is able to be up again. Her j^ginning at six o’clock and continuing many frienda will be delighted to' through nine o’clock, Building Fund Other lands of this type in this section where no cover crop is used and under * ordinary conditions will not produce more than State average of 154 pounds of lint cotton per acre. ■ *4 «■-.» Box Party Friday Evening. legm of her improvement. Group No. 4, Mrs. J. Buist Grubbs, Friends of'R. L. Peacock and Mrs. leader, will put on an entertainment _ . ... V. ' 1 . i . • VI . vw a • J. W. Parker, will segret to learn of the death of their grandmother, Mrs. Peacock, which occurred Monday, the ftwieral being , held at Long Branch ^Bbtist church, and interment made ^P T the adjoining cemetery, Tuesday afternoon. The Turkish government plans to spend about 10 million dollars a year for 12 years in the construction of railroads, ports and irrigation pro- jecU. at Compton’s Coca-Cola plant, same being in the nature of a Box Party. Refreshments consisting of ice cream, home-made cakes,chicken salad sand wiches, hot chocolate, etc., will be sold to those who do not buy boxes. The proceeds will be used for the Building Fund of the Baptist Church. +++ , , All women and even female animals are excluded from Mount Athos in Greece, inhibited by 7,000 monks and lay brothers. Ellenton, March 1.—Miss Elizabeth Brinkley had as her attractive house guest for the week-end, Mis* Elizabeth Murray, of Beech Island. Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Wi Mayes, of Marietta, have been here several days visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Mayes. Mr. and Mr?. Moise Carroll and children, of North Augusta, spent Sun day here the guests of Mrs. C. J. Ashley. - ^ Mr. and Mis. W. M. Walton had as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Milton Guest and Miss Luna Guest, of Augusta. R. H. Youngblood, of Wilmington, ."pent tht* week-end here with his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Ellet Walker, of Au gusta, visited Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Buckingham Sunday. M iss Myrtle Mayes has returned to Silverstreet after visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Mayes. Furman M. Bush, of Statesboro, spent the week-end here with rela tives. ^ Mis. John Bohler, of Beech Island, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Z. D. Miller for the week-end. O. B. Long, of Silverstreet, was a visitor here Sunday. Friends of Mr. George W. Guest will be ^ interested to know that he celebrated his 80th biithday Saturday at the home of his daughter,. Mrs. W. M. Walton. - ’ * Murray “Dude” Brown, of Sumter, visited friends and relatives here Several days recently. ’ '•Mifej Miriam Odell, of Liberty, was the week-end guest of her sister, Mrs. Mike Cassels. Miss Ann Glymph has returned af- » ter spending several day* at her home in Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Coward, of Aiken, visited Dr. and Mrs. Fred CT, Brinkley Sunday. Miss Grace Walton has returned from Fort Valley, Ga., whepe she was the guest of her friend, Miss Cather ine Steed, for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Julia B. Smith spent the week-end in Greenwood with rela tives. , A. P. Russell, Leon Russell and Miss Evelyn Russell, of Stephens, visited the former’s daughter*, Mrs. B. T. Brinkley, here this. week. Mrs. F. M. Youngblood, Miss Mary Foreman, Mrs. N. S. Brinkley and Mrs. C. G. Youngblood motored to Avgusta Tuesday. The latter remain ed at Margaret Wright hopital several days for treatment. ADVERTISE in The People-SentineL Fairfax, March 1.—The truck-crop school being conducted each Wednes day night by the Fairfax cannery is proving a success and a great help to the farmers of this section. The third school wa s held this week* to matoes being discussed. Speakers were G. C. McDermid truck specialist with the N. V. Potash Export company, on “Fertilizing the Tomato Crop,” and J. L. Butler and William Keyserling, of Beaufort, who discussed fertilizer practices on the tomato crop. The next meeting, which will be held at seven o'clock next Wednesday night, will deal with Lima beans. Walter F. Graefe, of the Pomona Products corporation,' of Griffin, Ga., will talk on “Experiences with Lima Bean Crops.” W. H. Ramsey, agricul tural agent of the Seaboard Air Line railroad, will talk on “The Commer cial production of Greens.” There will also be a third speaker, whose name ha« not yet been announced on the subject, “Lima Bean Production.” The canning factory is offering an increase in price for lima beans over that paid last year and the program for next Wednesday night is designed to show how the mo?t can be made out of the Lima bean crop when planted for the cannery. Ashleigh News. Ashleigh, March 3.—Due to the Spring-like weather the last two weeks in Feruary, farmers of this section made much progress in pre paring land for planting, although the cold wave that reached Here Sun day stopped the plows from turning and put the home fires buring. The Dunbarton grammar school basketball team played the Ashleigh team Friday at Ashleign, the score be ing 12 to 10 in favor of Dunbarton. The friends of J. L. Owens will be ?crry to learn of his illness the past few days. • Mrs. D. I. Ross has returned from Ocala, Fla., where she has been visit ing her mother during the past few weeks. Misses Lucille Tant and Kathryn Miles visited with Mr. and Mrs. Blease Rosier Thursday afternoon. The friend? of Mrs. C- H. Moiris, who has been living in Graniteville, w’ill be glad to know she has returned to this section to live. Misses Ida, Kathryn and Azilee Miles, Lucille Fant and Kathleen Morris spent the afternoon with Mrs. D; I. Ross Wednesday. Sunday school at Ashleigh church every Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’ clock. Mr. Hoffman, of Blackville, is superintendent. LeRoy Halford, of Barnwell, is working with hfs brother, J. M. Hal ford, section foremen, here. Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Morris, of Blackville, were visiting in this sec tion Wednesday. The friends of Mrs. J. M. Halford will be glad to know that she is out again after being confined for a few days with throat trouble. Q. A. Diamond, of the Long Branch section, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Halford Sunday. W. A. Ross spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Mile«. Senator Edgar Brown and Rep resentative J. E. Harley returned to Columbia Tuesday to be present at the opening of the eighth week of the present legislative session, which has the appropriations bill, several revenue measures, a motor vehicle bill and workman’s compensation yet to be considered. The appropriations bill is now in the hands of the senate finance com mittee, where it has been for the last week. The committee has made no announcment as to when its work will be completed but a report on the bill is expected before many more legislative days. A bill by Senators West, of Abbe ville, and Hamrick, of*Cherokee, to require a driver’s license and estab lish a highway patrol has been passed by the senate and sent to the house. In addition to this bill many other matters of State-wide interest are before the house, including measures designed to bring an additional reve nue. • > / The workman’s compensation bill sponsored by Senator Jefferies, of Colleton, in the senate and by Repres entative Nunn, of York, in the house, is still Th the hands of a committee, but Senator Jefferies is hopeful of getting a report on the bill before the session grows much older. Public hearings on two senate bills, one to control building along State highways and another one to fix the distance at which signs or advertis ing devices may be placed from State highways, will be held by the com mittee on roads, bridges and ferries Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. Numerous local measures are’ on the calendars of both houses, includ ing the supply bills of a majority of the counties. South Carolina Feeds People. Entertain With Beautiful Party. Ellenton, March 2.—Fifty guests aa- sembled Tuesday afternoon at the lovely home of Mrs. Emmie Bush, the occasion being a reception tendered by Mrs. Bush and her daughter, Misii Mary Phoebe Bush, in honor of a recent bride, Mrs. J. T. Hicks, who, before her marriage, was Mrs. Hattie Olive Miller. -v ’$*'4 ~ The rooms were beautiful in their adornments of colorful flowers of the season, and the afternoon paased most happily in games, contests and music. The bride, seated on a “throne," was most pleasantly surprised when the lovely little Ashley twins drew into the room a wagon piled high with beautiful gifts and which were deposited at hdr feet. A bride's book' was among the treasures, and each guest inscribed her name before de parting. Fruit punch and cake were served. Tto prises won in the con test by Jim. J. H. Kent and Miss Without vegetales for food the big population centers of the country could not exist. The proximity of the Southeast to the big cities of the United States places the territory in excellent position to serve millions of people daily. South Carolina, through its enterprise in exploiting the iodine content of its vegetables and the progressiveness of its growers, is now reaching out to reap a harvest of gold fr^m the hungry populace, will ing and anxious to pay for good food. A few days age The Chronicle com mented upon the fact that Barnwell County alone produced 500 carloads of cucumbefs last year. Now comes the report that South Carolina will increase its Irish potato acreage by 3,500 acres this year, the figures show ing 15,500 against 12,000 acres last season. Plants for distribution have been worked out in detail and it is believed that grower* will reap splen did returns. Some years ago Maine was* the igreat potato State of the country and when Iowa and other central Western States went into the business of grow ing potatoes it was argued that the production would soon be overdone. Now Iowa grows more potatoes than the whole country did some 25 or 30 years ago and the clamor i 8 for yet more potatoes. To thiilk of South Carolina planting 15,000 acrets was beyond the scope of dreams a quarter of a century ago. The trend of population to the c ties <iemartds that the producers grow food to supply their ufants. Po tatoes constitute a great volume of food and the people are continually demanding more and more of them. It means that a stream of gold will pour into South Carolina—and to the Southeast—-for potatoes, cabbage, cu cumbers, cantaloupes, watermelons and other crops. Our change into a new regime of farming is gradual, but at the same time large^proportions are being as sumed. a few years there will be notable changes recorded in advanced agriculture in this section.—Augusta Chronicle. y NUMBER i Capt. J. B. Armstrong Passed Away Tuesday Popular and Efficient Count, Trcaa. urer Succumbs to PneumonSav— Funeral Today. ' All offices in the Court House will be closed today (Thursday) in respect to the memory of Capt. J. B. Armstrong, County Treas- v urer. After just one week’s illness with pneumonia, Capt. John B. Armstrong; Barnwell County’s popular and effi cient treasurer for the past 28 yean, died at his home here Tuesday morn ing at four o'clock. While not un expected, the news of his death was a distinct shock and carried sorrow is hundreds of friends throughout this section. He was 72 years of age. Few men in Barnwell County have enjoyed in larger measure the re spect and esteem of their fellow citi zens. A devout member of the Barn well Baptist Church, of which body ho was a deacon for many years, bo was a true Christian gentleman and prac ticed in his daily life the teachings of the Lowly Nazarene. Ho was gener ous and charitable in his dealings with his fellow man, loyal to his church, sincere with his friends and devoted to his family. An index to hig character and ths confidence that was reposed In him is seen in the fact that he held only two positions in 53 yeirs. After 25 years’ faithful service ag bookkeeper for the lato R. H. Walker, of Apple- ton, he was appointed county treas urer about March 1st, 1902, and was successively elected to that office dur ing the past 26 years, having opposi tion only one time. His books wort models of efficiency and alwnys checked to the penny. He was a mem ber of the local Knights of Pythias lodge. Capt. Armstrong wa g thrice mar ried t his first wife being Miss Bessie Miller, of what is now Allendale County. Following her death, he married Miss Leila Turpin, of Green ville, in 1910, end his third wife was Mrs. James B. Moore, of Barnwell, who eurvives him, together with th# following children: Mrs. M. J. Pats, of Wilson, N. C., Mrs. Thoe. H. Phs- ples, of Springfield, Mrs. J. M. Dabbs, of Hartsville, Mrs. R. L. Jones, of Detroit, Mich., Dr. Geo. M. Armstrong* of Clemson College, J. B. Armstrong, Jr., of Joliet, 111., end Ben N. Ann- strong, of Bloomington, I1L He abs leaves one brother, Fred L. Ann- strong, of Bath, and one sister, Mn. R. 1. Anderson, of Newberry, aU of whom have the sincere sympathy of a host of friends in their bereavement. The funeral services will be held this (Thursday) morning at 11:00 o' clock in the Barnwell Baptist Church and the body will be laid to rest In Mt. Arnon Churchyard near Allen dale. The following will act as pall* bearers: Active: ; 1 W. H. Manning, John K. SneDiag, B. H. Dyches, R. L. Bronson, H. Crouch and G. M. Greene. Honorary: J. U. Jones, P. W. Price, W. C. Mil hous, B. W. Sexton, H. P. Compton* C. C. Simms, Edgar A. Brown, H. L O’Bannon, Wm. McNab, Jaa. J. T. M. Boulware, L. Cohen, Charlie Brown, A. B. Patterson, W. J. Leme% A. A. Lemon, J. E. Harley, C. F. Molair, J. W. Patterson, Idis Brab ham, G. Walter Greene, R. R. Moore, Perry 3. Bush, Levy S. Still and W. W. Carter. About two-thirdi of the world's suuply of coffee is produced in Brasil. Gladys Owens were presented to the bride. Mrs. Elmore Ashley assisted the hetaieas in receiving and entertainii^ the guests. Anti-Boll Weevil Bag Discovered. Athens, Ga., Mpr. L—Announce ment was made today at the Universi ty of Georgia that Dr. J. H. Hiller, professor of., botany, and Crisfield, a collaborator, have ered an insect that may prove an an tidote to the boH'weevil. It is called the Barcon Mellitor. . The insect itself previously has been known, but Dr. Miller has foul that it is a parasite on the boOLwee- vil eggs without injuring the cotton. The larvae of the Bracon Mellitor de vours the weevil larvae in the cottaa boll. Investigation, however, has not pat indicated the - extent to migh be poasibte te empbp in fighting the boH 1 .. Miss Elisabeth J has beta the K** **>■