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Consolidated June 1, 1925.
'Jumt Like a Member of (he Family”
VOLUME LHL
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930.
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Find Piggly Wiggly
Manager Not Guilty
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Carl Rosebrock Acquitted of Short-
weight Charge in Magistrate's
Court Here Tuesday.
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“Not guilty” was the verdict re-
Unknown Thieves Rob
Grubbs Chevrolet Co.
Building Entered Tuesday Night of
Last Week and $200 Worth of
Auto Tires Stoled.
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For the second time in the past
turned here Tuesday afternoon in few months, the Grubbs Chevrolet
Magistrate G. L. Hill’s court in the
caseiof the State vs. Carl Rosebrock,
manager of the local Piggly-Wiggly
store, on a charge of alleged short- part of Barnwell having been entered
weights in packages of groceries.
Only one witness was put on the stand
by the State, a Mr. Moorer, inspec
tor for the Department of Agricul
ture. He testified that he found 54
packages of various groceries, out of
a total of about 350, that were un
der-weight from one-half to an ounce,
or a total of less than 2% pounds.
A number of witnesses were examined
for the defendant, including Billie
Davies and Ben T. Sexton, aged 12
and 14 years , respencively, who
testified that they had weighed all of
the packages, that that there was no
intention on their part to short-
weight the public and that they had
not been instructed by any one to
give short weights. Several Orange-
Company, of this city, has been the
victim of unknown thieves, their
garage and sales rooms in the western
Tuesday night of last week and about
$200 worth of automobife tires stolen.
Entrance was effected by breaking a
window in the building, the tires be
ing removed through the back door
! and loaded into a waiting automobile.
The thieves left no clue to their iden
tity, according to J. B. Grubbs, pro
prietor of the company..
Several months ago, unknown par
ties entered the garage and stole
about $150 worth of tires, Mr. Grubbs
said. They have never been appre
hended. It is probable that the same
gang engineered last week’s robbery.
In addition to the above, chicken
thieves seem to have been quite ac
tive of late, several Barnwell people
reporting the theft of fowls during
Increase in Rates
Threat of Railroads Fought by Con
gressman Hare Before Inter
state Commerce Body.
against chain stores.
Will Open Business
burg gentlemen testified as to the the past week, while a pistol and a
honesty and integrity of the owners | flashlight were stolen from J. W.
of the local Piggly Wiggly, which Patterson’s automobile when the
they said ig 100 per cent., and W. F. 1 owner left it parked on the street one
Fairy, Jr., one of the owners, testified night about a week ago.
that the total shortage of less than ; * • •
2h pounds had a value of about Watermelons Face
eight cents, and that had his store
been given credit for . overweight
packages the difference would have
been six to eight pounds in favor of
the buying public.
Arguments were made by , B. S.
Moore, Esq., for the State and Solo
mon Blatt. Esq., for the defendant.
The jury was composed of I. Weiner,' Washington, D. C., March 14.—It
T. D. Creighton, Jr., G. P. Hogg^l wa s learned here today that Railroads
W. D. Harley and Frank Kirkland. | operating in the watermelon-produc-
The trial attracted considerable in- * n ST sections of the South were soon to
terest and there wag a large crowd as k the interstate commission for au-
present Tuesday afternoon. The news thorixation to require higher freight
of Mr. Rosebrock’s arrest March 6th 0 n this product. Various members of
was broadcast that night over Station congress, upon learning of this situa-
KW’KH, whose owner, W. K. Hen- tion, took the matter up with the com-
derson, is waging a bitter fight mission and protested the ii^eased
rates. ^
Representative Hare of South Caro
lina took the matter up personally
with Secretary McGinty of the com-
College in Barnwell l,,ission -, He wag told that no peti-
° tion to date had been filed by the
^ r rT u c* ii t carriers for increase in rates from his
Manager of Orangeburg College of .... . .... . ..
district or adjoining territory. Mr.
Commerce Investigates Possibili- j McGinty said, however, that there was
a rumor to the effect that the car-
rierg were planning to hold hearings
Leroy K. BroWn, president, and E. determine whether they would be-
W. King, manager of the Orange- justified in a king for an increase. He
burg College of Commerce, have made ass ured Mr. Hare that if such a pro-.
an investigation of this city with the P osa l was submitted to the commis-
view of establishing a branch of their s ^ on * he and others who desired to
college in Barnwell. They have con- ^ heard wou,d be K iven ample op-
ferred with the secretary of the P or tunity to show'why such increases
Chamber of Commerce and with the sb °uld not be granted.
Suprintendent of schools and find that ^ r * ^ art> ' a 'd that the only com-
Barnwell is a good location for a mt ‘ n t be ba d to make atpresent was
school and really needs an institu- t ba t the rates were prafoieailV pro-
tion of this kind. They are now hibitive now and that some melon
operating a permanent school in & rower s bad been unable on the
Orangeburg, and branch schools at avera K e to make actual expenses for
Conway and Summerton. | 8 ® vara ^ years on account of such pro-
The school, it is understood, will hibitive rates. He .says further that
teach standard commeicial courses in one ot the objectionable features of
preparation for stenographic, book- j * be m °to r hug bill, which is under
keeping and secretarial positions. cons ideration today, is that it will
Mr. King is now in the city for the g * ve ra fl roa ds the opportunity to op-
purpose of explaining the different interstate passenger buses. He
courses and enrolling those 'who wish, P re dicts that the next step will be
to take them. He is also investigat- J to g ‘ ve them the right to operate
ing office rooms in which classes will. buses f° r carrying freight, which
be conducted. The school will be would ’. in effect > destroy competition
centrally located and announcement and eliminate the possibility of a re-
will be made later of the day it is to duction in freight rates. He said that
open | he was in hopes that if the interstate
Provision will be made for students tlans P° rt ation of freight byjms lines
to attend either day or night classes, sbou ^d develop, it would be a means
as three sessions are to be held, re ducing transportation costs par-
morning, afternoon, and evening. ticularly to melon-growers and those
ties of Bran c h School.
• Patterson—Pagett.
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Dr. A. Bethune Patterson announces
the marriage of his daughter, Miss
engaged in growing other perishable
farm crops.
To Hold Re-hearing.
The South Carolina Railroad Com-
Mary Patterson, to Robert Walton! mission gives notice of the re-open-
Pagett, March 14th, at the manse of ing of the matter of the application of
the First Presbyteriap church in White Stage Line for Class A Certi-
Winnsboro, the Rev. George G. ficate of Public Convenience and
Mayes officiating.
Miss Patterson, a very lovq)y and
charming girl, went to school^ in Col-
ubbia and has been making her home
tere with her sister, Miss BeBee Pat
terson. Mrs. E. J. DeCosta is also
her sister.
Mr. Pagett, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Pagett of 1226 Elmwood avenue,
was educated in Columbia and * is
with the Marshall-Tatum company.
Mr. and Mrs. Pagett are at home jrt
€19 Henderson street.—The State.
Necessity to render motor bus service
between the S. C.-6a. State Line (Au
gusta, Ga.) and Charleston, S. C., via.
Aiken, Williston, Blackville, Denmark,
Bamberg, Branchville, St. George and
Summerville, original hearing held on
February 26,1930, further hearing or
dered to be held at 11 a. m., Thurs
day, March 27, 1930.
This re-hearing is for the purpose
of further investigating the require
ments of public convenience and
| necessity in the premises.
Belles of Two States Will Be
Guests of Herald and Imperial
7-7- at Premiere of ^Vagabond King’
Young Women to Bo Selected From Each of Twenty Counties in Augusta
Territory to Represent Their Counties in Colorful Event on March
28th.—Mayors and Edit ors to Make Selections.
Miss Holman Selected.
Miss Pauline Holman has been
selcted to represent thig city as
“Miss Barnwell” in Augusta on
Friday, March 28th. .-l,*
Belles of Georgia and South Caro
lina will be invited to Augusta on
Friday, March 28th, to be guests of
the impedfal Theater and The
Herald, mingle in a round of social
activities to be provided, and attend
the Augusta premiere of “The Vaga
bond King,” outstanding talking pic
ture, which will be shown there that
night at the Imperial Theatre.
^From each of the 20 counties in the
Augusta section, a young woman will
be selected by the mayor of the coun
ty seat and the editor of the county
paper to represent that county as
sponsor in the colorful event, which is
planned as a unique social meeting
and a get-acquainted program.
The young women will be chosen
from Harlem, Lincolnton, Waynes
boro, Millen, Louisville, Sylvania,
Gibson, Warrenton and Thomson in
Georgia, and from McCormick, Edge-
fied, Aiken, Barnwell, Allendale,
Hampton, Bamberg, Orangeburg,
Beaufort and Batesburg-Leesville in
South Carolina. Editors of the news
papers and mayors will use their own
methods of selecting the sponsors,
who will be entertained and feted by
Augusta as a token of appreciation
for the womanhood of this section of
the South.
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H or a Id and Imperial to Bear All
Expenses.
Expenses of the young woman and
their chaperons or escorts will be
borne to Auguria by The Herald and
the Imperial Theater, while the edi
tors and their wives will also be
guests at the social activities, other
entertainment features and the show
ing of the picture.
Arriving in Augusta, the party will
be met and officially welcomed by
a prominent Augustan, who will be
selected at an early date. It i 8 the
aim of the theater and The Herald
to get one of Augusta’s outstanding
citizens to bid the young folks and
their editors welcome to the big
event.
Following the program of welcome
and initial celebration, there will be
a ride around the city, in which prin
cipal points of interest will be shown
and explained. This feature will de
cidedly be interesting^ as many of the
principal historical and scenic points
in Augusta are not so well known to
the casual visitor and frequent shopper
since they are in sections of the city
not reached in getting to and from
the counties in this section:
The sponsors will have an oppor
tunity to see how they register on
the silver screen, and how their voices
sound when reproduced in the newest
marvel of the age, the talking picture.
These will be made either on the
lawn of the Bon Air Vanderbilt Hotel
or the Country Club. The young
women will be invited to speak into
the microphone, and the films Svill be
rushed to Atlanta immediately, de
veloped, and shown at the t Imperial
the next week during the regular run
of the picture.
Sumptuous Banquet Will Be Staged
Following the round of picture
taking and scenic journeys, there will
be another nigh point to the program
of the evening. Beginning at 6:30
o’clock, the paper and the theater
will stage a sumptuous banquet in
honor of the sponsors, their escorts
and the editoik- at the Hotel Rich-
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mond. A number of prominent Au-
gustans will also be at the meeting.
Following this, the meeting will ad
journ to the picture show, beginning
at 8:30 o’cock, when “The Vagabond
King” will be officially introduced to
an Augusta audience.
At this performance, which will fol
low the closing of the Imperial at 7:00
o’clock to prepare for the event, all
seats will be reserved. The sponsors,
editors and other guests will be seat
ed in special boxes. For the general
public, all seats will be reserved, and
an admiasion price of 75 cents, the
same a a that to be charg'd during the
regular run of the picture the follow
ing week, will be charged.
The talking picture cameras will
get into action again at this perform
ance opens. At the Imperial entrance
prominent Augustans, along with
the sponsors and their guests, will be
filmed and the accompanying words
and sounds recorded by the micro
phone. The sponsors will also be
photographed again. Manager Frank
Miller ha s secured a regular night
studio outfit and expert operator to
make the films.
As for the picture itself, it is hail
ed as one of the outstanding produc
tions of all time, and probably the
greatest since the advent of the
new era in talking productions. Mr.
Miller, who is an unusual judge of
quality in motion pictures, had heard
so much about it that he undertook a
first hand investigation.
Manager Miller Greatly Impressed.
So impressed was he with it that
he immediately sought a lengthy
booking for the spectacle here. It
is produced with all the. sound ef
fects known to the studios; in gor
geous, full colors which give it a
unique entertainment value; and the
two principal characters, Dennis
King, the hero, and Jeanette Mc
Donald, the heroine, are the leaders
in the new group of actors and ac
tresses whose golden voices and all-
around ability have revolutioned the
technique of the motion picture world.
The coming of the picture will also
be featured by the opening day of
the Augusta Horse Show, which is
attracting considerable notice, while
during its regular run, the South
eastern Open Golf Tournament will be
in progress.
The outstanding figures of golf-
dom, including the peerless Bobby
Jones, will be invited to the premiere
and other * performances, and they
will also come under the scrutiny of
the camera and the keen ear of the
microphone as they enter.
TIME FOR PAYMENT OF
TAXES EXTENDED AGAIN
Property Owners Now Have* Until
May 1, Treasurer Is Advised.
James J. Bell, County Treasurer
has been informed by A. J. Beattie,
comptroller general of South Carolina,
that an extension of time, without ad
ditional penalty, has been allowed in
the payment of all taxes for the year
1929. The one per cent penalty at
tached January 1, will remain in
force, under the provisions specified
by Mr. Beattie, until May 1. After
that date all unpaid taxes will go in
to execution with all penalties pro
vided by law.
The letter of Mr. Beattie to Mr.
Bell follows:
“Whereas, the general assembly, at
its present session, has expressed the
desire for,- and authorized the exten
sion of the time for the payment of
all State, epunty and school taxes *s-
sessed and uncollected for the year
1929;
“Therefore, under authority of Sec
tion 851, Code of Laws, 1922, Vol. 3,
and with the approval of the governor,
the time is hereby extended up to and
including May 1, 1930, without in
crease in penalty for the payment of
all taxfes assessed for the year 1929;
“The penalty of 1 per cent here
tofore assessed shall be collected up to
May 1st, and after that date all un
paid taxes shall go into execution
with all penalties as provided by law.”
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Presbyterian Church Services.
Announcement is made that there
will be services at the Blackville
Presbyterian Church at 11:30 o’clock
Sunday morning, March 23rd, and at
the Barnwell Presbyterian Church at
4:00 o’clock that afternoon. Dr. Wil
liam Barron, Col. Barnett and Nir.
Smith, religious workers, of Colom
bia, will make talks at these meet
ings. The public is cordially invited
and urged to attend one or both meet
ings.
Advertise la The People-Sentinel
Barnwell Asparagus
Brings Fancy Prices
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Crate Shipped to Baltimore Sells for
$11.—Cold, Wet Weather Delays
Growth of Grass.
While the asparagus season in this
section has not yet started in earnest,
due to the cold, wet weather, which
has 'delayed the growth of the
“grass,” express shipments have been
going forward to Northern markets
during the past several days. Satis
factory prices are being received by
the growers, ranging Saturday from
$6 to $11 per crate on the Baltimore
markets The latter price was paid J.
Julien Bush for a crate of green as
paragus, grading fancy.
It will probably be several days yet
before carload shipments are made
from this point.
The rules of the marketing asso
ciation this year are more rigid than
ever before, the result of a deter
mined effort to compete with Califor
nia on a quality basis. As usual, there
are three grades, colossal, fancy and
choice, but in packing the last named
grade no asparagus smaller than one-
quarter inch will be acceptable. At
tractive labels have been purchased
by the association and the iodine con
tent of South Carolina asparagus is
being stressed.
Alleged Disturbance
Results in Arrests
Sheriff B. H. Dy c hes Makes Scrioas
Charge Against Brooks Bennett
of Barnwell.
As the result of an alleged dis
turbance at the Ashleigh school house,
while an entertainment wag in pro
gress Thursday nightj Archie and
Garland Ross, of the Ashleigh sec
tion, and Brooks Bennett, of Barn
well, were arrested by Sheriff B. H.
Dyches, the first two on charges of
creating a disturbance and the last
named for ^interfering with an officer
in the discharge, of his duty, carry
ing concealed ^weapons and assault
and battery with intent to kill.”
Sheriff Dyches was called to the
scene on account of the alleged dis
turbance by the two Ross men and
says thati they submitted peacefully
to arrest, but that for some reason
Bennett resented their being taken
into custody. After some words be
tween the officer and Bennett, Sheriff
Dyches got into his car with the two
men to bring them to Barnwell. A«
he did so, the Sheriff says, Bennett
cursed him. Telling Bennett that
he had said enough to go to jail also,
Sheriff Dyches stepped out of his car
and as he did so< the Barnwell man
drew his pistol. The officer quickly
seized the barrel of the weapon and
the two men fell to the ground in a
struggle for its possession. Sheriff
Dyches says that the pistol was
cocked and he could feel Bennett
trying to pull the trigger. Fortun
ately, the weapon wa s not discharged
and with the assistance of three by
standers, Bennett was finally sub
dued and disarmed.
Bond in each * case was fixed at
$300 and the men were released from
custody Friday morning.
SOUTH CAROLINAHVILL
FORGIVE HOOVERCRATS
Further Possible
Candidates N<
W. W. tain, of Bladnrilk, to Rn
House.—Two New PaoriWHtios
for Saporintendfent.
Indications of a heated political
campaign in Barnwell County
summer continue to multiply,
week The People-Sentinel published a
review of possible candidates
various offices, the most sought
apparently being that of representa
tive in the legislature. Since then
Dame Rumor has whispered the
names of several additional political
possibilities, while oae has
defintely stated that he will throw his
hat in the ring.
W. W. Cain, of Blackville, was a
visitor here Monday afternoon and
stated positively to a representative
of The People-Sentinel that he ^ aa
aspirant for a place on the County
Delegation to the House of
tives. While new to county politics,
Mr. Cain is not without^xperieace
the school of politics, having sewed a
couple of terms as a member of the
Blackville city council, declining to
offer as a candidate to succeed him
self at the recent election. He feela
that he i4 * native of Barnwell Coun
ty, having been born in 1895 in Den
mark before the formation of Baa-
berg County. For the past nhw
years he has been the popular agent
for the express company at Black
ville. Mr. Cain says that in due time
he will make his formal announce
ment in this newspaper.
There is also a report that Dr. A.
B. Patterson, of Barnwell, may again
seek legislative honors. He has bad
long experience in the halls of tha
General Assembly, having served
Barnwell County both as Representa
tive and State Senator. He has t wide
acquaintance throughout the county.
Dr. Patterson is responsible in large
measure for the discovery of iodine
in South Carolina vegetables and took
an active part in establishing the
research commission during his term
sg Senator, for which office he did
not seek re-election two years ago.
He is at present county physician.
Two new names have been men
tioned in connection with the race
for County Superintendent of Educa
tion, though no formal statements
have been made by either gentleman.
They are Prof. H. H. King, of Dun
barton, and T. Lan Quattlebaum, fofe
merly of Williston, but for tho past
few months manager of the Ford
sales agency in Blackville.
These two men are well known to
a wide circle of friends throughout
the county. Prof. King has
superintendent of the Dunbarton
schools for several years and waa
actively identified with tho formation
of a consolidated school there. Mr.
Quattlebaum has been connected with
various business enterprises in Wil
liston and some time ago
charge of the Ford Agency in Black
ville. Including the incumbent,
Horace J. Crouch, this brings tha
total number of possible candidates
for this office to four.
With rumors flying so thick and
fast, the “deer peepul” will now await
with keen interest the first formal an
nouncement in the newspapers. Who
wil be the first to break the political
ice in this manner?
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Democrats who forsook the party
ranks in 1928 to vote for Hoover will
be welcomed back to the party in
1930 and their sins will be forgiven,
State Senator Edgar A. Brown, for
mer chairman, now a member of the.
State Democratic executive commit
tee, has announced.
Several weekg ago, rumors were
current that Mr. Brown would move to
expel the Hoovercrats from the party
primary. “After talking the matter
over with older heads in the commit
tee, I have come to the conclusion
that it will be better to show the
Christ-like spirit and forgive rather
than bar the bolters,” the Barnwell
senator said.
The State Democratio (Convention
wil] be held the third Tuesday in May.
Card of Thanks.
The family of the late Mrs. Link v.
Still hold in grateful remem
tha sympathy and many kind
shown them during ha
Home Mixing FertiHser. i
It is estimated by Harry Boylston,
County Agent, that more than two
thousand five hundred tons (2£00)
of fertilizers are being home mixed.
A great many farmers are thereby
saving several dollars per ton.
Two important things to remem
ber are, first, to have the right for
mula, and second, thoroughly mix foe
different materials together.
In many cases fanners have soma
cotton seed meal on hand which they
are using in mixtures, others are
using mineral materials entirely.
Almost every day a * number of
formers come in to have the county
agent assist them in working out a
formula. Where strictly mineral fer
tilizers are used it i s especially Im
portant to use liberal ride applica
tions of nitrates; however, we fold
is very important in either cate.
Two farmers in the county
made exceedingly good crops