Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mmL HP '•P Ml D 11 Barnwell ti* * mm #v Jo* l im. 'Just Ltk« m M«mb*r of lft« Fomllv** VOLUMB UU. BARNWELL. SOOTH CAROLINA. THURSOAT. JULY 1#TH, 1»M. NUMBBR MANY MAY LOSE RIGHT TO VOTE FAILURE TO REGISTER IS BAR RIER TO VOTING. Unexplained Apathy on Part of Citi- f zens Means Hundreds Will Not ! Be Allowed to Vote. Former Barnwell Man Kills Boy at Swansea George H .Priester Fires When Wash ington Youth Tampers With Oil i lock at Filling Station. Registration for voting in the Dem ocratic primaries is pioceeding in such * desultory fashion that unless the members of the party in this county wake up and get their names on the club books, Barnwell County will cast a relatively small vote in the election of State and county offices this sumn mer. This unexplained apathy on the part of eligible voters is also shown in the small number of names on the municipal club book, which is now open at Lemon Bros, store. Tuesday gnorning exactly 20 persons had quali fied for the town primary, which will be held early in August, at which time a Mayor, six Aldermen and a Commissioner of Public Works will be selected. The mqnicipal club book kloses Thursday, July 31. Up to Monday of this week, only a little over 100 voters bad placed their names oa the Barnwell Club en rollment book, which is open at Des- soa*s Drug Store, and H will be neces sary for all voters who desire to par ticipate in the eieetioa of State aad county offlcete. United States Sena tor end Congressman la get t>j«y be fore Tuesday, July Sad, sr they will not have the r urbt to vote tide eom- mer It is s simple metier to regie ter. AO that the preeportive Peter has la do is to recotd hie of hoc name on the dub booh, without regard to tax receipt SC regiatreth a certificate, neither of which la noroosory to coot a veto hi the primary which w»H ha hetd August ffith. or the town pctmeey which wiO he held about August 12th. The rutea of the Democrat* patty re* quire aa entirely now euroSmsat every two yeore and this year every rotor moat ogaia place hia or her name an the deb boohs or they auto- msticolly disqualify themeetvee and will have no voice la the ootestlau of govevuof. senator, cougreeomeu, etc-, or the effichde who are to meoage Be rowel e affair* for the nest two years. Doel put thm matter off another rr. n'j’r a> to Loomo Brea, tiers NOW and qualify for the towa elec tion aad thru go to Dooooo'e Drug Store end also qua.tfy for the State aad county primaries. Be member, the bonk § fee tbe State and county elections dose July Stud and the muncipel club booh closes July Slot. DO IT NOW! A 16-year old boy, later identified as Joseph Hammond Jerman, of Washington, D. C., was shot and fatal ly wounded early Sunday morning at a Swansea filling station by George H. Priester, the proprietor, formerly of Barnwell. The youth was touring the South in an automobile given to him recently by his father, a real estate man of the capitol city. Ycvng Jerman was evidently at tempting to secure oil for his leaking automobile engine from the tanks at Priester's filling station in the quiet of early Sunday morning. Piiester, who lives above tbe station, located one mile south of Sawnsea, hearing the noise, he said, of Jennas'* tam pering with the oil lock, stuck his head from his window and fired hi* .38 caliber pistol once “to scare him." Tbe bullet entered the top of the boy's bead and be died at tbe Baptist hospi tal in Columbia shortly after three o'clock Sunday morning. Priester arse carried to the Lexiag- toa County jail from hie Swansea home Suadey sight by a deputy rep- rev renting Sheriff Oswald. It was re ported that Priester would make •trewaeue effect* Monday to secure hie reieaoe under bond ee hie wife and •mall child ware left at boms skua. Effort* to notify Jensen's family were uaevm-ltag Sunday Members of the family wove assay aad wore not scheduled to return until Immedmte ly % eftev the Priest sr called the home la the city of ENROLL TODAY The Time Is Short.—Books Close July 22. TO THE VOTERS OF BARNWELL COUNTY: It has come to my attention that the enrollment in Barn well County for the Democratic piimary election, which will be held August 26th, is very light. It is hard to understand this apathy on the part of the voters, both men and women, in view of the fact that this year it is necessary to elect a governor, United States senator, congressman and various other State and county officials of importance. The books of enrollment will dose Tuesday, July 22nd, and those who fall to place their names on the club books on or be fore that date will automatically disqualify themselves for register ing their choice in the primaries. I cannot too strongly urge each and every voter to immed iately go to the place where his or her club book is kept and qualify by recording his or her name thereon, together with age, occupa tion and place of residence. No tax receipt or registration certifi cate it necessary. Don’t put off this important matter a day longer —DO IT NOW! For the information of the voters, the places where the va rious dob books are kept are listed below. EDGAR A. BROWN, County Chairman. Where YOUR Club Book May Be Fauad: BARNWELL—At Dea*on‘s Drug Store. BENNETT SPRINGS—At J. F. Swell's Store. BLACKVILLE—At Rush's Drug Store. , k DOUBLE PONDS—At reetdence of Jacob Detk. DUNBARTON—At B. F. Anderson's Store. ELKO—At Green and Company's Store. FRIENDSHIP—At reeideore of James Ray. FOUR MILE—At residence of C. M. Turner. GREAT CYPRESS—At store of Lewie and Beet In Kline. HEALING SPRINGS—At reetdeare of Jan. J. Ray. HERCULES—At reetdoare of J. A. Horn* Wind, Rain and Hail Wreak Damage Here SmaD •Twister” LifU Tin Roof, from Hotel Diamond and Cirdo Inn. Torrential Downpour. HILDA—At *» Hartaog's af a Bobbie Dick* Hurt In North Carolina Car Blew Out. of Mra. R aad hhi M Vt Fake Alarm of Fire Create* Excitement Short Circuit of .Electric Light Wires Led t oBelief that the Circle Inn Was Afire. A short circuit of electric light wires, which threw a part of Barn well into darkness, was the cause of a false fire alarm shortly before ten o'clock Monday night. The burning wires created considerable smoke and the odor of burning rubber led occu pants of the Circle Inn to believe that the building was on fire. The volun teer fire fighters responded quickly to the alarm, prepared & battle a costly fire. After searching vainly for the blaze, it was finally concluded that the short circuit was he cause of the alarm. A short time after, a second short circuit occurred in the wires on Wall Street and spaGiatfUR^wtaeseed quite & display of pyrotechn It is believed that the trouble was the aftermath of the wind and electric storm that visited Barnwell Saturday afternoon. Babble IHcka, ea Dirk*, of tide rtty. lured km aa Fayetteville. N. C uaele. wbm hart wbeu tbe cur iu which they ware riding wee struck by am*her machine arro^Cng to letters receive^ from Mrs Dirks Bobbie a offered cewcuesion of tbe hrmla and vavieue ruts end bruises about tbe bead ead body, noceeeitat- iag hospital attention for several days. Tbe Barnwell boy and hie un cle were riding on a highway near Fayetteville when they eaw a Hudson cur approaching. Just before the two can met, a tire on the Hudaon, which was bound from Florida to New York with eight paasengera, blew put, causing it to swerve and strike the machine in which Bobbie was tiding. Fortunately, however, yorfng Dicks’ uncle realized that the driver had lost control of the Hudson and he drove as far to the right as possible and had almost stopped his machine when the collision occurred. Mrs. Dicks writes that Bobbie will be able to leave the hospital this week but it will be necessary to keep him in bed for aome time. —^— BRANCH—At i RED OAE—At Moore's ROSEMARY— BILOAM—At reeldenre of J W WILUSTOM—At R L. Hair's O. Creech. A torrential downpour of rain, ac companied by some hail and a small “twister,” caused quite a bit of dam age in Barnwell late Saturday after noon. Sweeping out of the north and west shortly before six o’clock, a threatening black cloud brought the heaviest rainfall of the year and one of the heaviest that has visited this immediate section in a long time. There was also some hail which did more or less damage to cotton and corn in the immediate vicinity of Barnwell, though fortunately the path of the hailstorm was not very wide. The wind first started blowing out of the north, but in a few minutes shifted to the southwest, and a small “twister” tore a part of the roof from the front porch at the Circle Im, op erated by Mrs. Ella Morris, and also a large part of the roof from the Hotel Diamond, which is operated by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reynolds. The Inter ior of the hotel wss also damaged by the heavy rain. A dwelling house owned by Mrs. Marie T. Cornell was damaged when a true wee blown scrota It and chimneys on the residences of Mrs. R 8. Dicks and J. N. Dicks, ia I widely separated sections of town, i were blown down. I Limbs were twisted from trees in ! several parts of Barnwell, but the ! main damage was ss outlined dhove. Draiamou Main Street wort clogged and for a time the water on that thor oughfare In front of the residents of M. B. Hagood wss several tnchaa of R. 8. Woathenhoe. Fairfax Packing Corporation * Doubles Capacity for Year wiiir* o«t Two MiWoo Com at Barnwell Folk Hurt In Automobile Wreck Mrs. C. L. ZAaoett, of BorwweH Suffers In At Mrs. C L painfully cut Celebrates Fourth Birthday. Master Herndon Holman, little son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Herndon, cele brated his fourth birthday Tuesday af ternoon by entertaining about fifty of his little friends. Broken Aim -Fair and Literal.- “Please allow me to thank yon for the fair and liberal write-up yqu gave the eaadi- datoa.” writes i. E candidate for enc of rfiRsfiml Hmi By JOHN R. AULL. (Esecwtiv# Secretary, Bool Natural Rsoourcvs Cemmkolou.) The South Carolina Packing Cor poration co operative st Fairfax, can- aers of South Carolina iodine pro ducts, has this year doubled its plant sad its total output will be over 100,-' 000 cases. If all those were No. t* cons, this would mean 2,400.000 cans.' No. 2*s run 24 to the case. The larger sixes of course run less cans per case. This increase in sis# of the plant dur ing the second year of its existence is not only a remarkable development, but it makes this one of the best equipped plants in the Southern States. tem During the past several days a new cannery has begun operations at Ruby, in Chesterfield County. The cannery at Or^geburg this year is under new management, with greatly enlarged capacity. The cannery at Timmonsville, for merly a subsidiary of the Sumter Packing Company, is now running in dependently. It is an immense plant, with a capi tal of $100,000, that has been develop ed at Fairfax. During the rush sea son last week it kept busy more than 800 employees. Fourteen hundred acres of produce were contracted for this year. Runs to November, Operations this season was begun May 22, and the plant will ran until November 1st. Snap beans and beets have been the principal pack up to this time. Prow now on the pack will include nap beans, beets, baby lima byans, okta, okra and taaa and turnip salad. Tl af the plant is Mjiiff cane pm day ea the baaia af Ha. 2 mm Tbe paedart Is said la a mafrruy af tka Mates af Iks UaHad >f as. The wqet aeast Is The entire output found s ready sals, sad it was determined to enlarge. Both the Boer apace sad the machin ery wore increased 100 per cent. Fif ty per cent of this year's total out put has si reedy been sold. Tbe con tract* for the raw vegetables ere made direct with the growers, there being no middlemen ss between farm and factory, and practically all tbe stockholders are producers, Mr. O' Neal said. There are 300 growers on the 1,400 acres the products of which have been contracted for this year. The $100,000 capital ia locally sub scribed. Workers Live in Vicinity. When the plant was seen by the sec retary of the South Carolina natural resources commission, the automobiles parked in front of it gave very much the appearance of the State campaign party which was even then in that section of the county. The crowd of workers inside the building numbered many more than have been attending most of the campaign meetings, how ever, according to the newspaper re ports. Tlie employes are people of the surrounding country, and one au tomobile gets a good many of them to the plant. * The corporation owns the building which is especially designed for the purpose it serves. In one wing is the large warehouse. The remainder of the space ia given over to the actual canning operation!. The quality of the pack is high, and the entire khiiki- mg inside ia kept scrupulously clean. The company was organised March 2, 1929, and began operations May 23 of that gear. Dr. T. H. Tutrn, of VsrmriUe ic president and treasurer. The vice presidents art Dr. John L. Fo*. af Falffhx and W. Prad Light- SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIOI TWO YOUNG LADIES STOOD THROP EXAMINATION. .CVtS Examinations Friday far demtan, College af Charleston, University , and The dMaL f Barnwell, wa body and ham af the ear In ears slightly h Although there was no vacant scholarship for Barnwell County, two young ladies stood the Winthrop Col lege scholarship examination for va cancies at large held by Sopt Horace J. Crouch last Friday at the Court House. This was July 4th, but the law fixes the time for this examina tion for the first Friday in July. N Supt. Crouch next Friday, July II, will hold the examination for vacant scholarship for this county to Clemson College, a* has been tised. At the same time, a to the University of South for Barnwell County will be filled aa a result of a competitive I held at the Court House. Thera also a scholarship to the College of Charleston, and this be held next Friday also, there may be no vacancy for Citadal for this county this year, this examination will be bald alee at this time. Only twenty- vacant Citadel achoJarehti .pa this year. at large. $300.00 a i Local Melon Mark* M« to m Par Car With tag. when a negro, driving a Urge at a high rata of speed the Zlaaett car, tanking It completely aver, according to information re ceived ia Barnwell. Mrs. ZiseeU. together with her grandson. Blease ZiseeU, ead two young giria, one being the daughter af J. Freak Fields aad the other of “Babe Ziaaett, had spent the Fourth in Savannah with the fonaer's son and were returning to Barnwell when the collision occurred. They were turning into,a filling station about seven miles out of Savannah when the negro dashed by, the running board of hia machine striking the Barnwell car and turning k over. The negro was unhurt and hie car was not damaged. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel. B. J. Eldridge who has had experi ence throughout the country in the operation of large canneries. Mr, Eldridge recently suffered an accident in which his leg was injured, and Mr. O'Neal, the secretary, was acting superintendent during his absence. Mr. Eldridge came to Fairfax frci Tennessee. Modern Canning Plant. Asked how his cannery compared with others in the Southern States as to size and equipment, Mr. O'Neal said: “Here it is; it shows for itself; it is one of the most complete, up-to- date canning plants in the South.” The acreage for which the cannery contracts is all now located in Hamp ton and Allendale Counties. “A can nery e/tahsshed on 8 business baaia aad ran on a strictly business basi which of cogfas Inrlndea hath eoi tract* for adequate acreage and also of a market for the am ty are faced i prices. The crej to tea days sari the result that a aa la I price* local melon* in t keep them they decided fairly good prices a* high aa $173 ty-odd can Feeling faimerm result that more than 49 loaded Tuesday. Immediately prices broke from $60 to $75 a and several farmers were ua •ell their melons at all One loaded six care and la said to disposed of only two at disappoi prices. Another sold one out of And so it goes. | Heavy loadings continued day (Wednesday), although were several unsold cars on the tracks from the day before. The melons this year are said to be very large and of exceptionally fine quality aad on the same baaia as last year would bring $800 a ear or Over-production and conditions in the North and Ehst given as the reasons for the prices. All of which doesn't go i long wag towards strengthening the farmers’ belief in Hoover prosperity* Will On account of the death last i of Magistrats B. W. Peeples, Meyer's Mill, it will be aecasaary the county exocutlvv committee to open the race for Magistrate for nett Springs and Four Mile ships. The raise ef the that “la sara where thrae he net la Hm Of L R af mm l * - •