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Consolidated June 1, 192S. Barnwell People-Sentinel VOLUME LIU. “Ju»t Like a Member of the Family’’ BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MAY 22ND, 1930. NUMBER ST. TWO NEGROES ELECTROCUTED MEN PIE SILENTLY, EXCEPT FOR MUMBLED PRAYERS, Death Chamber in Columbia Crowded i , for Each of Two Executions Friday Morning. South Carolina’s legal instrument of death Friday morning claimed its sec ond and third victims within 18 days when the lives of Aussie Moore and {Jeorge Washington, Allendale County negroes, were snuffed out at the State penitentiary between the hours of 6 and 7 o’clock. Silently, save for mum bled prayers and an admonition to “Meet me in Heaven,” the negroes paid the death penalty for the mur ders of Frank Harley, white farmer, and Shan Bates, negro, of Kline, this county, last February near Allendale. Long before the appointed time more than 100 curious spectators had gathered in front of the penitentiary, awaitinfc admittance. A large delega tion from Allendale, headed by Sher iff Hugh McMillan, and including a brother and several other relatives of Frank Harley, came to witness the ex ecutions. Admission cards were pass ed out and Col. James N. Pearman, superintendent of the penitentiary, an nounced that only half of the crowd ctgild witness each execution. At six o'clock, about 50 people, in cluding one woman, had crowded into the small death chamber. The con demned men could be heard singing In theirTells not far away, as they count ed the minutes that they had to live. The guards were arranging the straps and Sam Cannon, State electrician, was making the la«t teats on the switchboard while Superintendent J. N. Pearman ami two negro ministers were talking to the negroes in their cells. Then the death march began. Aus sie Moore entered the death chamber at 6:13 o'clock, preceded by the min isters and a guard. Moore paused at the entrance of 4he little room where he was soon to breathe his last and where the light of day would MK-n leave him forever. He made a slight bow to the spectators as if to welcome them as spectator* of a tragic drama in which he was to be the leading ac- ter. He calmly proceeded to the chair and seated himself. He made not a sound and showed no sign of nervous ness. After the negro was securely strap ped in the big oaken chair, Gol. Pear- man’s usual question was asked: “Do you have anything else you wish to say before you die. Moore?" Last Statement. “I hope God will meet me in glory,” he calmly said. “I am going to my death for telling the truth. Col. Pear man reminded him that he was not dy ing for telling the truth, but for what he had done. “Yes, sir,” the negro replied, “I told everything I know about it and 1 hope* you all will meet me in Heaven.” Those were his last words and not another sound did he utter while the cap was being placed upon his shaven head. Captain J. 0. Sanders was standing a few feet from the chair with a small bell at his back and Sergeant Wallace, executioner, advanced toward the switch. A slight tinkle of the little bell, and at 6:16 o’clock 1,350 volts of electrici ty shot through the body of Moore. The burning of the flesh where con tact was made with the electrodes on wristp and ankles created a sickening odor. A young man, standing almost in front of the chair, staggered and fell into a faint upon the shoulder of a friend whom he had jokingly re quested, as he entered the room a few minutes before, to “hold me up if I happen to fall.” He was carried from the room as Dr. P. E. Hayne and Dr. M. W. Cheatham were examining the body of Moore. The spectators could see the negro’s hand clinch and the thumb of the right hand moving and the doctors did not have to inform them that life was not entirely extinct. A second charge sent 2,300 more volts into Moore’s limp body and at 6:25 o’clock he wag pro nounced dead. Sings Spiritual. While the doctors were examining Moore after the second charge, the deathly silence in the chamber was broken by the strains of s negro spir itual. It was the voice of George Remains of Missing Man Found Saturday Raiding Officers Discover Body of Bonie Baughman in Thicket Near Liquor Still. Bonie Baughman, who has been missing from his home at White Pond, Aiken County, since May 1st, was found dead in the woods about five miles from his home Saturday after noon by Federal Officers Nollie Robin son and B L. Bolen, who were hunt ing a liquor still. The dead man is a son and B. L. Bolen, who were hunt- ville. Robinson’s attention was attracted to a dense thicket by buzzards, and upon investigation saw the skeleton of a, man. He hastened to White Pond and notified officers there. Sheriff Howard, with Magistrate G. W. Byars, went to the scene with Dr. W. A. Whitlock and started an investigation. Baughman was last seen alive more than two weeks ago. Dr. Whitlock made an examination of the remains but found no signs of foul play, though there is said to be some suspi cion that Baughman might have met his death at the hands of dis tillers, according to a dispatch from Aiken. Several fruit jars, most of them empty, were found near his body. Near the place where Baughman’s body was found, the officers discover ed a 500-gallon still and 2,000 gallons of mash, which were dastroyed. The coroner’s jury adjourned to meet again yesterday (Wednesday) to continue the investigation. S. E. Summer School Begins on June 10th Prof. W. W. Carter, of Barnwell. 1m Member of Faculty.—Three Coon- tie* Participate. ASSESSMENTS FIXED BY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Annual Graduating Exercises at Vamp Class Play, - “Ghosts of Tomorrow, to Feature Enjoyable Program Friday Evening. With ^he annual graduating exer cises at the Vamp Theatre tomorrow (Friday) evening, another successful session of the Barnwell schools under the direction of Supt. W. W. Carter will come to a close. The exercises are scheduled to begin at 8:30 o’clock and the followng program has been arranged for the occasion: Invocation—Rev. B. G. Murphy. Part One. Class Play, “Ghosts of Tomorrow,” with the following ' cast: Louise Reese, Fannie Cooper; Jack Eldridge, Elmer Grubbs; Mandy, Maude Vining; Neb, Remer Black; Jerry, class proph et, James Rley McNab; Sue, class his torian, Kathryn Holland; Will, class poet, Billy Bradley; Rebecca, class jester, Elizabeth Hagood; Bob, testa tor, George Sanders. Characters: Ambition, Purpose, Concentration, Op timism, Courage, Perseverance, Work, Courtesy, Truth, Honesty, played by members of the Eleventh Grade. Part Tw’o. Fealty Song (Hewitt)—High School, Mildred Lewis at the piano. Salutatory—Claire Dicks. Good-bye, Sweet Day (Grainger)— Elizabeth Black. Valedictory—Mildred Lewis. Presentation of Diplomas—Jas. Jul- ien Bush, Esq. Denediction—Dr. W. M. Jones. This (Thursday) evening, Mrs. Ira Fales will present the Beethoven Club in a recital at the high school audi torium. and a rare treat is in store for music lovers. IMPORTANT MEETING IS HELD HERE SATURDAY. Entries Close Thursday, June 26, With First Campaign Meeting at Hilda Next Day. The Southeaotem Summer School for Teachers will open at Carlisle school in Bamberg on June 10th at 9 a. m.. and will continue through July 18th. The dining hall will open on June 9th and close on July 19th. The school is being participated in this year by the counties of Bamberg, Barnwell and Beaufort, each of which is helping to hear the expenne. . The school is entering upon its 4th year, and it ha* grown into one of the important summer schools of the State. The Bamberg school is unique in that it is the only summer school in the State, aside from those of • the larger colleges, which affords board ing facilities for its students. The following is the faculty of the school: E. P. Allen. Bamberg, geo metry and school records; M. B. Self, Westminster, arithmetic and educa tion; W. W. Carter, Barnwell, educa tion and algebra; E. H. Gregg, Car lisle schcol, English; Mrs. G. C. High, Denmark, primary methods; Miss Mary Eva Hite, grammar grade meth ods; Miss Ethel Black, Asheville schools, history and geography; writ ing and arithmetic teacher to be se lected. The boarding fee of the school has been i educed to $30 for this season. Tuition is free to all teachers in the three cooperating counties, while the tuition for all others is $2.00 per course. Meals are served in the din ing rooms to those not staying over night for $1.25 per day, or 50c for single meals. New Management for Local Piggly Wiggly Harry HfuMingcr Succeed* Carl Roae- broek.—S. B. Moaeley Accepts Position Also. Meeting for the purpose of naming enrollment committees and places of enrollment, fixing cadidates’ assess ments and arranging .a schedule of campaign meetings, one of the most important sessions of the year of the Barnwell County Democratic Execu tive Committee was held here Satur day afternoon in the law offices of Brown and Bush. The meeting was well attended, the following members of the committee being present: L. P. Boylston, Healing Springs; H. D. Still, Blackville; Frank Sanders, Friendship; J. W. Bates, Siloam; N. A. Hiers, Hercules; R. E. Woodward, Rosemary; C. M. Turner, Four Mile; Edgar A. Brown, Barnwell; J. C. R. Grubbs, Reedy Branch, and J. P. Chitty, Double Ponds. Bennett Springs and Hilda Clubs were rep resented by proxies. On motion of C. M. Turner, the poll ing place for Four Mile township was ordered changed from Ashley’s Mill to Munn’s Filling Station, this being done in order to allow the voters at the Leigh Crate Company’s mill to participate in the primaries. After some discussion, H. D. Still, of Blackville, moved that the follow ing schedule of candidates’ assess ments be adopted, which was duly seconded and carried: Judge of Probate, $100; Treasurer, $100; County Superintendent of Edu cation, $100; Auditor, $100; House of Representatives, $50; Magistrates at Barnwell, Bennett Springs, Black ville and Williston, $15 each; Magis trates at Hilda, Great Cypyess, Dun barton and Red Oak, $10 each, with the proviso that refunds be made to candidate* for Judge of Probate. Treasurer, Superintendent of Educa tion, Auditor and House of Represen tatives on the basis of the number of candidates in each race. For instance, should there be two candidates for the office of Treasurer, the cost will be automatically cut to $50 for that par ticular race; three candidates (would cut it to $33.33, and so on. Should there be 3 candidates for the House. First Crate of Cukes Sold on Local Market G. C. Sanders, Former Railroad and Sawmill Man, Points the Way to Farmers. The first crate of cucumbers of the 1930 ecrop was sold on the local market Tuesday by G. C. Sanders and were grown on his farm near Ha- good’s Mill, a few miles from Barn well. The early cukes were bought by B. S. Moore, who is in partnership this season with R. A. Deason. The price paid was $2 and half of the net proceeds received by the purchaser above that figure. Although Mr. Sanders has worked for railroads and sawmills all of his life until this year, when he decided to try farming, he ha s outdistanced veteran farmers in the early market ing of this crop, and this in spite of the fact that his farm work was somewhat delayed early in the spring by the loss of a mule. He says that he will pick several hampers of cukes Thursday. Other growers are also expected to begin harvesting their crop this week, although it will be several days before carload ship ments will be made. Some farmers are apprehensive over the crop at this time, due to the appearance of blight in a number of fields, and the vines are being sprayed in an effort to control the disease. Harry Bcssinger. of Orangeburg, has succeeded Carl Rosebrock as manager of the local Piggly Wiggly store, the latter having resigned last week to accept a position in Charles-1 c0 *t would be cut to $^13.33, four ton. Mr. Bessinger is a young man of j wou l < l reduce it to $25 and so on. considerable experience in the gro- There will be no refund to candidates eery business and the patrons of the store are assured of the same cour teous service as heretofore. S. B. Moseley, of Barnwell, will be associated with Mr. Bessinger at the Piggly Wiggly and will be glad to welcome his friends at all times. Mr. Moseley, who was in business for Magistrate and if an office-seeker in the major races i s without opposi tion he will pay the full assessment. The refunds will be made immediately after the entries close. H. D. Still moved that the time for qualifying close at 12:00 o’clock M., Thursday, June 26, and that the first here f^tnany years, is recognized as campaign meeting be held the follow- one oM:he best retail merchants in 1 ing day at Hilda. Other campaign this JBtion and says that he is glad meetings will be held on the following “to get back in harness again.” Both | schedule: . Messrs. Bessinger and Moseley extend a cordial invitation to the buying public to visit the Piggly Wiggly when in need of staple or fancy gro ceries at money-saving prices. A list of the special prices being offered this week will be found else where in this issue of The People-Sen tinel. MORE 6-0-1 MONEY BEING DISTRIBUTED BEFS QUIT MAKING HONEY AND NOW MAKE WHOOPEE State Supt. of Education J. H. Hope has apportioned the last install ment of the 6-0-1 school money, ap proximately $1,800,000, to the schools of the State. These funds are now being mailed out. Checks coming to counties in this section of the State are: Greenville.—Liquor making in Sa luda township, Greenville County, has put the honey business on the bum, census taker James Bramlett has been told. Dunbarton, Friday, July 11. Williston, Friday, July 25. Blackville, Friday, August 8. Barnwell, Friday, August 22. Additional campaign meetings will be arranged should they be desired. On motion of Mr. Still, H. J. Crouch was appointed to write to the mem bers of the several enrollment com mittees to exert their efforts to have every voter possible sign his or her name on the enrollment books in an effort to wipe out the stigma of illiter acy. In this way it will also be pos sible to check up on the results of the recent campaign against illiteracy. There being no further business be fore the committee, the meeting ad- Honey business wa 3 thought to be ^ 8ubject to the c . n of the thriving m this section until Bramlett (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.) Aiken $46,299 Allendale 7,092 Bamberg 18,551 Barnwell 18,493 Calhoun 9,830 Colleton 38,437 Dorchester 16,653 Hampton ; 12,486 Jasper 8,025 Orangeburg 57,139 The friends of James McBride Dabbs, of Hartsville, will be inter ested to know that he passed success fully his oral examination for his on May 15th. filed his report of the section last week. There are many bee hives but the column on the report for amount of honey manufactured was vacant in every instance. “How’s this? Isn’t it a mistake?” Mr. Bramlett was asked. “Yes,” was the answer. “Farmers say it’^ a big mistake. It's all the fault of the moonshiners. Bee men say their bees quit making honey sev eral years ago when people started using sugar in making liquor. The sugar-mash doesn’t hurt the bees bnt they eat it, get drunk and just fly around. The beef have quit making honey and now are making whoopee." Investigation showed this explana tion to be correct, but the farmers esa't find anything to do about it. county chairman. Dunbarton Commencement Exercises. The commencement exercises of the Dunbarton High School will be held next Wednesday evening, May 28th. The following program has been an nounced : Invocation—Rev. H. H. Stembridge. Salutatory—Lessie Dicks. History—Charlie Ellis. Will—Sarah Baxley. - Prophecy—Mildred Eaves Whitson. Valedictory—France* Towne. Delivery of Prizes, Medals and Di plomas. Benediction—Rev. H. H. Stembridge. Music during the evening will be furnished by the Dunbartcn High School orchestra. Cucumber Crop Threatened. On Monday and Tuesday of this week maay reports were made of the appearance of disease in some cu cumber fields. County Agent Harry G. Boylston saw many of these and re ports that there is already present in most of the fields visited what is called “downy mildew.” This is one of the seversi diseases which affect cucumbers, cantaloupes and water melon* and for some years we have had damage done by this disease; also leaf blight and anthracnose. The spraying or dust mg is recommended largely as s preventive, although in most cases the results show that the disease has been arrested after its appearance. If the spray is u?ed it should be done with an outfit that develops good pressure. The mixture used is as follows: four pounds of bluestone in 25 gallons of water, 5 pounds of hydrated lime in 25 gallons of water and these two solutions are poured together. This is what is call ed Bordeaux mixture and must be used fresh, as it does not stand with out making material changes. Dust ing with Copper-Lime dust may be used instead of the spray. If this method is used it should be applied with a good hand-gun or horse-drawn dusting machine and when it is quiet and still with dew on the plants. In many cases the dust has not been giving as good results as liquid but it i 8 much more easily applied. It is hoped that the disease will not damage the crop to a severe extent, but without any control measures be ing followed much damage will likely result.—By H. G. Boylston, County Agent. ♦ »— ■ - - Blease-Hare Bill Is Passed by Congress Makes $805,560 Available for Federal Aid to State’s Roads Damaged by Floods. Washington, May 9.—The State of South Carolina is soon to receive the sum of $805,560 by action of the house today in passing the Blease-Hare bill providing for an appropriation to be used in the reconstruction of federal- aid highways and bridges damaged dr destroyed in South Carolina by the floods of last year. It passed the house today without further amend ment. The original bill was intro duced and passed in the senate and subsequently in the bouse by Rep resentative Hare. After passing the senate sometime ago; it was referred to the committee on roads of the house, where, upon the request of Mr. Hare, the senate bill was submit ted for the house bill and favorably reported. The bill will now become a • law as soon as signed by the presi- ' dent. Mr. and Mrs. W. Jasper Johns, of Allendale, announce the birth of a son Thursday of last week. Mrs. Johns is romambersd in Barnwell as Mias Joan Riley. JIM BYRNES TO ; OPPOSE BLEASE . TO ENTER RACE FOR SENATE THIS SUMNER. Former Congressman from Second Congressional District Is Out- i standing Candidate. Of interest to his many friends of Barnwell and the other counties com prising the Second Congressional Dis trict is the announcement from (Spar tanburg that the Hon. James F. Byrnes, formerly of Aiken, will op pose Senator Cole L. Blease in the primaries this summer. Mr. Byrnes made the race against Senator Blease six years ago and wa s defeated by a margin of 2,200 votes out of a total of 200,000, after he, Dial and Mc Mahon had waged a v bitter fight In the campaign preceding the electUH). Mr. Byrnes represented this dis trict in the national House of Rep resentatives for 14 years, during which time he was a member of several important committees, among them being the appropriations com mittee. For two years previous to his election to Congress, he was solicitor of the Second Judicial Circuit, and prior to that he was court stenofru- pher for this circuit. He is generally regarded as * formidable candidate and a lively contest is being antici pated this summer. Mr. Byrnes’ announcement makes a three-cornered race for the senate seat, Solicitor Leon W. Harris, of Anderson, also being a candidate. Solicitor Harris wa ( a visitor in Barn well Saturday afternoon and mot a number of people during his brief viait. Barnwell Pupil Wins Brenau Scholarship Miss Mildred Lewb Competcu faly Against Pupils from Eigh teen States. k \ Miss Mildred Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lewis, of Elina, and a pupil of the Barnwell High School, has won a scholarship to Brenau College in competition with students from 18 States. This is not only a high honor to Mias Lewis per sonally but reflects great credit on the local school. Each year Brenau College at Gainesville, Ga., awards twelve scholarships, valued at $14)00 each, to girls from accredited high schools. These scholarships art awarded upon the basis of competitiva examinations held at the local schools, the ques tions being furnished by the college. The examination was held in the Barnwell High School on April 28th, Miss Lewis being the only pupil hero to take it. The local school authori ties Are in receipt of the following letter from H. J. Pearce, preesideut of Brenau College, which is self-explana tory: “I take pleasure in enclosing here with a list of the winning contestants in the recent scholarship examina tions. You will be pleased to note that one of your students is among the number and I wish to congratulate both you and Miss Lewis ,as we had a great many to take part in the con test, representing 18 States. “Entrance certificate is enclosed for her high school credits to be filled out by you and forwarded to Brenau at the end of the term.' Miss Lewis has already registered and we are glad to know that she will be with us. “With best wishes and thanking you for your hearty and splendid coopera tion,” etc. The list of winning pupils is as follows: Claire Pearce, Tallapoosa, Ga.; Maxine Garrison, Fairview, W. Va.; Virginia Shadwick, Rockport, Mo.; Vivian Cutler, Washington, N. C.; Mary Bailey, Toceoa, Ga.; Mildred Lewis, Barnwell, 8. C.; Pauline De- Witt, Crane, Mo.; Edna Sfllence, Bamardville, N. J.; Beatrice Oakes, Medina, Ohio: Emily Wilson, Le- Grange, Ga.; Htjea Winfield, Union City, N. J.; MharfjgNae Fisher, Southern Mrs. Austin ter left Monday in California al neks with the Mark T.