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*•* .1 Barnwell People-Sentinel Cotttolidaterf int 1. 1*21. VOLUME LIIL 'Jumt Llk« a M«mb«r of tha Famlly M BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JUNE 12TH. f9J0. — e NUMBER 4#l m Negro Boy Is KiUed When Autos Collide \ ' - ■ i Floyd McCullcr. Aged 15. Fatally in jured in Accident cn Barnwell- Elko Highway. In a collision Sunday night between a light car driven by Eugene Zissett, of Columbia, and a truck loaded with negroes, Floyd McCuller, a 15-year old negro boy, received injuries from which he died within a short time af ter the accident, which occurred near Long Branch Church, on the Barnwell- Elko highway. Several other negroes were more cr less seriously injured, hut* Zisseft escaped unhurt, although his car turned over twice after collid ing with the truck. A younger broth er who was riding with him was slightly injured. Sheriff B. H. Dyches was called tv the scene of the accident Sunday night and arranged to hold the inquest Mon day morning, but due to the fact that several of the occupants of the truck were unable to attend on account of their injuries, the inquest was post poned until Saturday. According to the Sheriff, the truck, loaded with 15 or 20 negroes, # was going toward Elko, ^hile the Zissett car was coming to- tard s Barnwell. He says that the river of the truck stated that he realized that a collision was imminent and drove partly off the surface- treated highway on the right-hand side of the road. The McCuller boy w'as riding on the runningboaid of the truck, which,' it is said, was aide- swiped by the passing car, the latter turning over twice and heading back towards Elko. Both machines were practically demolished. Zissett is well known in Barnwell, where he worked for several years in a local barber shop. For some time he hat been making his home in Col umbia. The dead negro lived on the farm of R. R. Johnston st Elko. Common Pleas Court to Convene Monday Petit Jurors for Second Week of Ap proaching Term Drawn Monday. —Judge Rice Presiding. Local Man Speedy Racing Boat Lloyd A. Plexico Dewig an and Builds Craft With Which He Expects # to Win Prises. Among other things. Barnwell can now boast of s designer and builder of speed bests in the person of Lloyd A. Plexico, proprietor of the Barnwell Filling Station, who has found time between his fishing trips and waiting on hi s many customers to construct the frame work of a trim little craft. His “shipyard” is just behind his fil ling station. Mr. Plexico became interested in outboard motor boat racing a couple l of years ago and his first venture was an aluminum shell dubbed ‘‘The Silver Slipper.” For some reason the craft • s not speedy enough and the Barn- 11 man then invested in a wooden boat called “The Shootin’ Star.” This, too, failed to develop the neces sary speed to satisfy Mr. Plexico, al though he won several events with it. Not wishing to put several hundred dollars in one of the newer boats, he decided to build his own, and with the aid of a hacksaw, a screw driver, a pair of pliers and a pocket knife he has put together the frame of a boat that he hopes will be a winner op the lakes and rivers of this section during the coming summer. Petit jurors fer the second week of the Court of Common Pleas for Barn well Cpunty, which convenes here next Monday, with Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, presiding, were drawn Monday, as follows: J. H. Swett, Meyer’g Mill. L. B. Morris, Oak Grove. B. F. Gardner, Healing Springs. J. G. Grubbs, Double Ponds. L. S. Still, Hercules. Carroll Davis, Barnwell. Fred Powell, Cedar Grove. M. C. Kitchings, Williston. B. F. Anderson, Dunbarton. Brooks Bennett, Barnwell. W. C. Cook, Williston. Harold Beasley, Long Branch. W. M. Birt, Seven Pines. Edward Sease, Long Branch. W. F. Weeks, Double Ponds. A. F. Weimorts, Mt. Calvary. John TTGorman, Blackville. A. D. Connor^ Jr. f Barnwell. J. S. Creech, Blackville. Aaron Black, Reedy Branch. C. H. Delk, Double Ponds. Cecil Bodiford, Blackville. N. B. Youngblood, Elko. D. P. Walsh, Blackville. R. E. Woodward, Pleasant Hill. R. R. Cheek, Barnwell. O. M. Haskell, Upper Richland. E. T. Bates, New Forest. Hennis Creech, Barnwell. B. L. Bolen, Williston. D. T. Black, Reedy Branch. H. L. Givens, New Forest. J. C. R. Grubbs, Reedy Branch. M. W. Wise, Mt. Calvary. Furman Davit, Barnwell. R. M. Burckhalter, Dunbarton. Death of L. P. Blume. W. L. Harley Enters Race. W. L .Harley, a young farmer liv ing several miles East of Barnwell, is a candidate for the office of Magis trate at Hilda, his formal announce ment appearing in this issue of The People-Sentinel. He was a visitor here Tuesday and qualified for the race by paying his assessment fee and filing the necessary pledges. Mr. Har ley served in this capacity several years ago. His entry brings the total number of candidates in this race to date to three, Paul H. Sanders, incumbent, and Lauris Black, having already formally announced. It is not known at this time whether or not there will be any frther candidates. Two yearg ago there were five entries. Paul H. Sanders, the present Magis- at Hilda, and Mr. Harley are the MMy two candidates who have paid tneir assessment fees and filed their pledges at thig time. Mrs. Pratt, cf Due West, was the guest of her daughter. Mis. M. C. Best, las* week. Blackville, June 5.—Funeial ser vices fer the late L. P. Blume. who died suddenly Tuesday morning at about 12:30 were held at the Black ville cemetery on Wednesday at 11 a. m. Mr. Blume although he had not been well for some time pa*t due to leakage of the heart, wag appanently feeling as well as usual on Tuesday morning when his daughter, Miss Eva Blume, went to his farm tc bring in some cucumbers for him. He had however made a statement pievionsly that he did not think he would live the day through. Death came to him soon after entering the house of a neigh bor, Will Dyches. Funeral services were in cherge of the Masons with Dr. O. D. Hammond officiating. Pallbearers were Harry Buist, Eugene Fickling, J. J. Cordell, Ernest Holnagel, W. R. Carroll. J.'W. O. Brcdie. Accepts Position With Efird’s. Blackville, Route 2.—Miss Ophelia Huggins, who has been spending several weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Huggins, has returned to ChaHeston, wherj she his aceepced a position with Efird’s Department Store. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Hiars and family of the Hercules section, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. an 1 Mrs. J. J. Hug gins. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Gunnels and family, of near Barnwell, spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Huggins. Marvin Dyches spent Saturday night with Byrnes Huggins. Mrs. Hayne Dyches an! children, Marvin and Hazel, attended the clos ing exercises at Lee’s on Thursday night of last week. Mitchell—Toole. Miss Mamie Laverna Mitchell, of Williston, and Giles Toole, of Aiken, were married in the Judge of Pro bate’s office in Barnwell on Monday afternoon at 6:00 o'clock, the ceie- mony being performed by Judge John K. Snell ing in the presence of a few friends and relatives of the contract ing parties. Miss Mitchell is the attractive daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Ely R. Mitchell, of Williston, while Mr. Toole is a member of a very Urge and prominent family of Aiken County, and their marriage will be of inter est to their many friends throughout Barnwell and Aiken Counties. This young couple have the best wishes of all for a long, happy and prosperous union. Unprecedented Yield Smashes Cuke Market Many Farmers in This Section Unable tb Sell Cucumbers at All Monday and Tuesday. Sr** Help in Spreading the Iodine Gospel Dr. William Weston Asks Help of The People-Semttnerb Hmink in ‘Telling the World.- ETERNAL VIGILANCE THE PRICE OF SAFETY In 1929 there were 5,975 accidents at grade crossings in which 2,485 per sons were killed and 6,804 were injured. In 24 percent of the accidents the automobiles actually ran into the sides of the trains. Rather striking evidence of the failure of the motoriats to realize that at grade crossings ‘‘Eternal Vigilance is the price of Safety.” Power Company Will Seek New Industries Efforts Will Be Made to Locate Indus trial Plants in Towns Served by S. C. P. Co. A strenucus effort is going to be made by the South Carolina Power Company to locate industrial plants in the various towns in its territory- This heartening news wag told to a representative of The People-Sentinel Monday by J. W. Blease, a representa tive of the power company. Several likely prospects have already been lined up, Mr. Blease aaid, but it will require the coopeiation of the towns to induce them to locate in this sec tion. He was assured that Barnwell will be glad to cooperate in every way possible and promised to return to this city within a ghort time for a stay of several days, at which time he will outline his company's plans to the local business men. Mr. Blease, whose headquarters are in Fairfax, was formerly district manager for the power company, be ing promoted several months ago to the sales and extension department. Last week he was transfened to the industrial department for the express purpose of inducing new industrial en terprises to locate in this section of South Carolina. The company, he said, will first seek the smaller indus tries, such Hg knitting mills, pants fac tories, etc., which are already includ ed in the list of prospers. The PeMple-Sentinel urges the business men of Barnwell to cooper ate in every way with the power company, to th*-. end that one or more of these concerns may be induced to locate in this city. Announcements of First Cotton Bloom Was Picked Monday Honor (iocs to J. Black. Jr., of the Galifoe Section.—First Last Year Was June 4th. The first cotton blossom of the 1930 cotton crop wss brought to The Peo ple-Sentinel office Monday afternoon, having been picked that day by J. Black, Jr., from a six-acre field of very fine cotton. It wan a red biossom in dicating that it had bloomed Sunday, June 8th. Mr. Black is endeavoring to perfect an early fruiting cotton. The first bloom brought to this of-' fice last year wss picked June 4th by B. L. Easterling, of this city, who had a 20-acre field of cotton that escaped the disastrous sand storm of May 2nd. He was closely followed by A. J. Owens, alsoi of this city, who displayed two blooms. Two years ago Mr. Owens took first bloom honors on June 14th, while in 1927 the first bloom was picked June 3rd. Half a centuiy ago Barnwell County’s first bloom was picked June 8th. There are numbers of fields of cot ton in this section in which the plants are knee high and better and they should be blooming freely during the next few days. Some fanners report signs of boll weevil activity, but so far little or no poisoning has been done. The “cuke” market has “busted.” For the past several days the pre vailing price in Barnwell has been 30 to 40 cents per .bushel hamper, and 40 cents was paid in Blackville, it is said, until Monday, when the price slumped to 25 cent® and finally, the buyers refused to buy at any price. Visitors from here estimated that there were enough cucumbers on trucks, wagons, etc., on the streets of Blackville Monday afternoon to load several cars, but the growers were unable to dispose of their produce. It is believed that about 60 cars were shipped from this county alone that day. Buyers were in the market here until Monday night, paying 30 cents per hamper. Tuesday, however, farmers were unable to sell their cukes here and local buyers were helping them load on consignment. The trouble in this instance, as has beep .the case with so many crops, is over-production, coupled with unem ployment in the North. A few years ago, the bulk of the South Carolina cuke crop was grown in Banwell Coun ty. Now there i a a large acreage in Bamberg, Orangeburg, Allendale Dorchester and other counties. Com bined with the Urge acreage in Barn well County this year, the production was too large f° r market to ab sorb. The only redeeming feature o the debacle is the fact that a good crop of com can alao be raised on the same land planted in cucumbars. Very little hope it held out by the buyeis for any recovery this year, as several other States are alao shipping cukes to the Northern and Weatern markets. Announce Birth of a Son. Mr. and Mrs. Dubcse Ribinson, an nounce the bibrth of a son, Saturday, June 7th. Mr. Blease’s return visit will be made soon. Some .Population Figures. 1930 1920 Increase Decrease Barnwell ■ 1 1,834 1,903 J* ^ Barnwell township, including Barn well town _* _ 3,591 3,642 51 Blackville __ 1,284 1,421 127 Dunbarton 275 187 88 Richland township, including part cf Dunbarton town 1,289 • ‘ 1,527 238 Bennett Springs township, including part of Dunbarton town 1,266 1,429 163 Williston 1,023 854 169 George's Creek township, including Hilda village 1,441 1,462 21 Red Oak township, including Snell- ing town * Mil 1,987 % 676 Elko J_ r . 210 188 22 Rosemary township .. 1,043 1,200 157 Allendale _ _ 2,066 M93 173 mm mm m Allendale township, including Allen dale town, Fairfax town and part . of Seiglingville town ^ 1 5,967 6,754 w 787 Allendale County, including all towns. 13^86 164)98 MMMD 2809 Ellen ton . . .... 620 386 235 mmmm Silverton township, including Ellen- ton town MM M86 549 Calhoun and Staff to Attend Reunion Commander of Palmetto Camp Loft Wednesday Afternoon for Gathor- o ing at Newberry. Columbia, June 10.—Harry D. Cal houn, commander of Palmetto Camp, Columbia, S. C., will leave Wedneoday afternoon with his staff and “official ladies” to attend the reunion of Con federate Veterans in Newberry. The Sons of Veterans are meeting at the same time and the opening ceremonies will begin at 8:30 p. m., in the high school auditorium. J ^ Claude Starr Wright, whom Com mander Calhoun has appointed junior commander of the camp, will lead a song of invitation to the veterans ask ing them to be Columbia’s guests in 1931. Claude will appear on the rost rum in full Confederate uniform, and six little girls representing the vari ous chapters of the Confederacy will sing the chorus. The words have been written by Mrs. Janie Marshall Ham mond (Mrs. James Hammond) and put to music of Bonnie Blue Flag. The little girls will be dressed in white and red, the Confederate colors. Those who will sing wkh Claude Starr Wright are: Nellie Cooper, Marjorie Moorehead, Martha Ann Kirklan<f, Cornelia Suydam, Mary Rose Pay- singer and Janie Heriot Kelly. Those who will attend the reunion as “official ladies” are: Mrs. Harry D. Calhoun, chaperon; Mrs. W. L. Morris, dame; Mrs. J. D. LaRoche, sponsor; Mrs. Calhoun Boinemu, ma tron of honor; Mrs. M. D. Boineau, dame of honor; Miss Lois Reynolds, sponsor. The maids are: Miss Anne Roof, Miss Lucy Coleman, Miss Helen Weis- singer, Miss Mary Staubes, Miss Martha Parham, Mias Ellen Russel, Miss Sara Magalis, Miss Ellen Iredell Butler, Miss Nellie Cooper, Miss Helen Medberry, Miss Bessie Free man, Miss Louise Jordan and. M Evelyn Sheppard., The chief of staff is Calhoun Boin eau, lieutenant Kn the U. S. army; and also on the staff are the following: First Lieutenant Commander, J. C. B. Smith, second lieutenant comman der, Fitzhugh McMaster, H. R. E. Hampton is judge advocate; J. C Coulter, quuitermaster; James L win, color bearer; O. D. Seay tor; J. C. “ Dr. William Weston, managing director of the South Carolina Natural Resources Commission wants the help of The People-Sentinel's readers in spreading the news of this State's dis covery of the iodine content of fruits and vegetables. The following letter is self-explanatory and it ig hoped that Dr. Weston will get a generous response to his appeal: “My dear Mr. Davies: “As you are aware, there are hun dreds of thousands of South Carolian- ians living outside the State, and we are most anxious in order to carry out our plans that we obtain the names and addresses of a 8 many of these as possible. “It has occurred tg me that a great many of these names can be procured if the press of the State will cooperate with u 8 by asking their readers to for ward to our office in Columbia the name and address of any South Caro linian living outside the State wltom the reader may chance to know. Of course, it will be necessary to call at tention to the fact that this is a patriotic service to the State. “I am plad to inform you that our plans are rapidly maturing for put ting the State on a substantially pros perous basis. “If you approve of inserting the notice in your paper for at least a few days, I shall appreciate it if you will do this. The purpose that w« have hi view is tc fully inform each non-resi dent South Carolinian of the iodine discovery in our fruits and vegetable*, and seek their co-operation in spread ing the news. W# must seek of this kind in order to get a publicity because, as you are aware, the legislature provided practically no means for necessary publicity." MULLINS BOY WEAVES PICTURE OF SIC HA EDS The People-Sentinel ia in receipt of a picture of Governor John G. Rich ards that wa« daaignad and woven in the Textile School of North Carotin* State Collage by J. M. Caughman, of Mullins, S. a member of thii year's graduating claaa, aa a part of the work in the designing course. In pre paring intricate designg of this type a photograph is pieced in the flaentis enlarging camera which picture to the aise desired and it upon design paper. The then develops the design by adding the outline and shading desired. One of these woven pictures will be mailed to any reader of this paper who sends s stamped addressed en velope to the Textile School, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, N. C. ■o ♦ Death of T. L. Harley. AuglUsta, June 10.—Funeral ser vices for Terrance Langley Harley, husband of Mrs. Fannie Shaw Hsrley, who died at his residence in Belvedere,^ S. C. f yesterday, will be conducted at the Sweetwater Baptist Church, Aiken County this afternoon at four o'clock. Rev. P. Sheffield, pastor of the North Augusta Baptist church, offi ciating, and interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Harley was born in Barnwell County, S. C., on March 1, 1869, a son of James P. Harley and Mrs. Julia Wise Harleg. He wa s a great grand son of Colonel Tarlton of Revolution ary War fame. He leaves to survive him besides his wife, two sons, Shaw Harley, of Augusta, and Terrance B. Harley, of Atlaata, Ga.; one sister, Mrs. W. A. Willis, of Willston, S. C.; and five grandchildren and several nephews and nieces. He was a farmer and was welFImown throughout this section. He was a member of the Hardy Baptist church, of Hardy, S. C- pallbearers will be: Honorary, Barker, T. J. Briggs, A. E. Cato, John Mundy, W. O. Whatley, Al vin Stephens, Walter Stephens, PWree Walker, Dr. W. H. Mathis and Robert McKie. Active, Louis M. Cater, W. T. Martin, Julian Willie, Shaw Cater, John McKie and Lloyd Wescott. a » Mrs. J. O. Wiimsmaker, Sr. of la the guest e# Mrs. 1. C tiamy ee- The ***^ Evans irr