The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, July 31, 1930, Image 1
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.TOLDHI Ult
BLEASE HECKLED
IN HORSE CH
AND CHEERS GIVEN TO LEON
/ W. HARRIS.
THUmDAV. JCLT lUTT.
Chib Rolls Purged
at Meeting Monday
MoK1b« of the Coanty ExecuUre Com-
aiittee Made Very Few
Chaftfee.
County Candidates
Speak at Williston
Crowd Betimated at Nearly 300 Htm
%
and Women Hear Office-Seekers
Make Appeals.
Questions Are Asked.—Junior Sena*
tor Often Interrupted During
Speech at Langley.
Aiken, July 26—Speaking last night
in the Horse Creek Valley to voters
that heretofore had given him hand
some support, Senator C. L. Blease
found plenty of opposition among his
hearers and one of his opponents,
Leon W. Harris, of Anderson, drew
hearty applause for attacks on the
senator's record.
It was something that had never
happened in the Horse Creek Valley
before—heckling of Blease with cheers
going to the other fellow.
Both Harris and Blease had been
asked by friends to speak, but they
themselves, it is understood, did not
know that both would be in the same
territory. Harris arrived at Granite-
ville just about the time Blease finish*
ed his speech and Blease left for
Langley. By the time Harris had
tabbed at GraniteviU# and driven to
t^angley, Blease had finished speak
ing there, and had gone, but the crowd
had been held intact for Harris.
Therefore Harris did not hear Bless*
either time, and Blease did not hoar
Harris.
James F. Byrnes, former resident of
this county and the third ceodidnte
for senator. wa« not present.
Bienne's speech wns often inter
rupted by questions from the crowd.
They wanted to kaww shoot the ~ye4-
t«w dog contract." the "Whealsr rsos
lott'o" and "Biease's Weohly,** which
d to ho printed In Anderson. It
u
A meeting of the Barnwell County
Democratic Executive Committee wag
held here Monday morning for the
purpose of purging the club rolls and
appointing managers of election for
the coming primaries.' The following
clubs were represented: Barnwell,
Bennett Springs, Double^ Ponds, Dun
barton, Elko, Four Mile, Great Cy
press, Red Oak, Reedy Branch, Rose
mary, Siloam and Williston.
W. P. Sanders, candidate for re-elec
tion as Magistrate at Barnwell, ap
peared before the committee and
made complaint of some alleged ir
regularities in the enrollment, and
after hearing statements from Mr.
Sinders and various members of the
committee five voters were ordered
dropped from the Barnwell chib roll,
three were ordered transferred from
Barnwell to Siloam, and several
voters, who had enrolled at both
Barnwell and Siloam, were stricken
from the Barnwell roll at their owfi
request.
The five voters ordered dropped
from the Barnwell club roil ere J. P.
Conley, Mrs May Conley, Henry Con
ley. Margaret Conley aad W. P. Con
ley, It having been shown \hnt they
have not established the required two I vionaly. Mr
years residence la South Carolina, j dience later.
Emmett Sense. Baarom Morris and | County
Eknee Moms were ordered transfer
red from Barnwell le S4 a
name of Nat Zom »bo w
at both Barnwell aad Siloam. wet
•f do rod t inrhea from the
In spite of the extremely hot
weather, a crowd of 300 men and
women gathered in the auditorium of
the Williston-Elko high school build
ing Friday morning to hear the can
didates for county offices make
claims and appeals for support in the
primary elections, this being the
second meeting of the campaign. All
of the aspirants for suffrage were
well received and generously applaud
ed. In the absence of the president of
the Williston Democratic Clulf, the
meeting was presided over by M. C.
Kitchings, who had a kindly word of
introduction for every speaker.
J. J. Bell, candidate for county
treasurer, was not present when the
meeting was called to order, and the
first speaker introduced was W. H.
Manning, unopposed for reelection for
the office of county auditor, who was
followed by John K. Snelling, also un
opposed for reelection to the office of
Judge of Probate. Theese gentle*ren
made short fhlka,. expressing their
pleasure ia appearing before a Willis-
ton audience, eepectially without op
position, their remarks being practi
cally the same as reported at the
Dunbarton meeting two week* pre-
Bell addressed the au-
e# Rdacetiea
C mpisinl wee alee made ef the ea-
Dm eat ef N*ek Creach aad his wife.
was a aew tape no act fee Bleaee la
have hostile quaatmus fired at him I K Dtaseeud,
by a Mseue Creak Valley ctuwd aad I Bsutsu aad Ardell
N aerie (
>r ItarriH ar m
_ d with mark
launched tale a vigor*
B ee** • record re*t<
meets that he had made aa venous
•tumps He rom aded h«e hearers.that j
he wa« keen sad reared ta a textile
reuaty aad said that 71 per coat, of
the textile workers ta his circuit hud I he adaphad aa the efftctal club roll, the
beet voting for him for tea years ss 1 amt ion being adopted,
sehcthsr. He mid he felt honored | Msaegers ef elect Ian, clerks aad
hy their vU, and "they see gong |e pell mg places were then named by the
eeetiaue to vote fee me," he shouted, committee, after which the
He scored the teas tor fee bring tag. wa« adjourned,
hatred aa this country hy let
B 8. Moore. Jr., of Bsrnweli, wm* the
sad the | first candidate for the office of Coua-
11*11 ty Sapenateadeat of Edarstfcn, and
m the meia his talk wes along the
same lines as at the opening meeting.
He did charge, however, that Mr
ly one aft
• uses is h>s oir*w and St hi.
of 91 AM a year this amosata to
9M far a few hear* work. He
that the
ef the
visited the
euce last
said that hoys U years of
have told him that they have
Mr Cvu«t Mi
sway at Mr
South Americans as 'half-breeds aad
Niggers'"; he criticised Blease for
havtag members sf his family on the Building Fuad Group No. 4 will
government payroll when, he claiamd, ha vs a cat-fish sad frisd chicken sup-
they had not done the wsrk mad per at the Barnwell Coca-Cola plant on
ped oa the senator for casting the | Friday evening, beginning at 7 o'clock,
big vote in a contested election The public is cordially invited. Price
to send a Negro to congress instead 50 cents. Mrs. Buist Grubbs, teadar.
^ump
of General Moist. He also said it was
Blease who voted to tablf the resolu
tion which would have segregated the
races on street cars in Washington.
Blease, speaking cn the Wheeler
rssoAttioix, providing for investiga
tion of labor conditions in the two
Carolines, said he did not vote against
Mrs. Hayne Hogg, sub-leader.
Blease declared that money was be
ing used against him and that it was
being handled “by a certain store
right down the road to circulate lies
on me."
Asked about the so-called yellow
it; that it had never been put to a dog contract, Blease said he knew
vote. “And the man who tells you that [ nothing about a yellow dog, and “if
I was ever against it is a common I had one I would poison him”—and
every day liar,” he said. | added. “How much money are you
Harris, unaware of Blease’s state- getting for asking me that?”
ment, pulled a page of The Congres-1 With that, there were cheers for
sional Record which, he said, proved Harris and Byrnes, and one called
“that Cole Blease’s motion to carry out, “Harris will tell you about the
the bill over to the next Session of yellow dog contract.”
congress is $he reason that it was . Blease urged the organization of
not voted upon.” He also read a labor under South Carolina heads,
newspaper clipping in which Blease “Link up with the American Federa-
was quoted as saying in the senate: tion of Labor or some other good or^
“I have never been for the Wheeler ganizations, but let the Communists
resolution, am not for it now, and atone,” he said,
never will be for it.” The audience 1 The senator said he had been friend-
gave Harris applause. | ly to labor. He said that during
As to Blease's Weekly, the senator strikes while he was governor k*
said that it was printed at Anderson has refused to send out troops, “be-
by Wilton*E. Hall, but that it “merely cause I knew you boys would destroy
he
kind ef J
hy hie opponent, but would be
fomsd ia hie effkv wbea am visiting
the erkoolt He devoted e part of hie
time le a brief review ef hie life.
Horace J. Crouch agmia devoted hie
tiam to e partial review of hie slew
the S years of his
yiag that he woatd die-
ports of his record that ho did
each upon at Dunbarton. He
declared that he cam* prepared to do
the work of the office when he was
first elected, having been a pupil, a
teacher, aad that he is a graduate of
Furman University. He produced his
record book to prove that he has visa
ed schools in and out of season, and
cited instances cf such visits He called
attention to a new* dispatch from
Rock Hill announcing his election as
vice president of the organization of
county superintendents and also read
an editorial from a recent issue of
The Williston Way anent candidates.
He told of various instances in which
his work has been commended by the
editors of periodipals and officials of
the State, and reviewed the “products”
of the Williston-Elko schools, many
graduates of which are now making
their marks in ^he outside world. One
reason for higher taxes, he said, are
the improved school buildings, which
were voted by the patrons themselves.
The State, Mr. Crouch said, fixes the
salaries of teachers, but that the
trustees may pay higheer salaries if
they desire to do so. He also cited
the amount of State aid that Barnwell
County gets under the 6-0-1 school
law. l
House of Representative*.
All of the candidates for the House
of Representatives were present ex
cept the Rev. D. W. Heckle, who was
Issue Statement
About Chain Gang
J. W. Patterson Says Only Two Gnaris
Employed.—Two Men Operate
Tractors.—Other Data.
The erroneous impression was cre
ated by the remarks of one of the
candidates for the House of Represen
tatives at the Williston meeting that
the Board of County Directors main
tains five guards for 10 convicts*. The
truth of the matter is that Mr. Joe
Baxley and Mr. Ansel Anderson are
the only two guards. It is true that*
five men are employed in connection
with the chain gang, but Messrs. Nat
F. Sanders and Bernice Still operate
the tractors, while Mr. Henry Hartsog
is employed to build and repair
bridges and also repair the tractors.
The Board has found it impracticable
to use inexperienced negro convicts
to operate high-priced tractor* and
considers it economy to employ train
ed white men to do this work.
•
There has been a substantial re
duction in the. expense of operating
the chain gang during the incumbency
of the present Board of Directors and
the taxpayers are invited at any aad
all times to inspect the records and
see for themselves what has been and
is being done to safeguard their inter-
est in the matter of expenditures.
J. W. Patterson. Churn..
Board of County Directors.
AKPARAGl'8 FIELD
Cham Negro Through
Streets of Barnwell
Strmnf. Mu AttoapU* to Safer
Horn of Saa J. Halford ta
Search of Suitcase.
Considerable excitement was caus
ed here Friday when several white
men chased a strange negro through
the streets of Barnwell after he had
attempted to enter the home of Sam
J. Halford, on the Elko road, in search
of a suitcase that he claimed to have
lost. Mrs. Halford and one of her
daughters were alone at home when
the negro went to the house, claiming
that he had left his snitesse by the
side of the road and that he taw a
white man enter the house with the
“grip” in his hand. Mrs. Halford told
the negro that the suitcase had not
been carried into her home and £ho
negro, it is said, threatened to force
entrance and search the house. He
went away and later returned a
second time, but left again when he
saw a man on the buck porch. In a
short while, Mr. Halford returned and
was told of the occurrence. He got hi*
gun and searched a nearby field but
found no trice of the negro. He
started towards town and met Chief
of Police Peeples, whs said that the
negro had asked him to got a suitcase
that ws a hidden in s house
creak. When Mr. Halford
the a it satiety the officer get oa the
side of his ear and the two
towards the Halford heme.
ENROLLMENT * mm
I TOTALS
INCREASE OP ABOUT FITS
CENT SHOWN.
Hum Practacta Show Gataa, ]
Recife* Losses sod One Hu
Not Yet Reported.
The enrollment in Bern well County
for the Democratic primaries ia ma
of Hie heaviest on record, according
to figures compiled this week by the
secretary of the county executive com
mittee. With enrollment figures from
every precinct except Hilda, it is es
timated that the total will reach SAM.
Eleven precinct g show gains as com
pared with four years ago aal five
clubs register loeeee. Two letters
have been written by the ssrrotwy to
the executive committeeman ef the
Hilda Club, requesting that the en
rollment book be sent in, but at he
time this was written yesterday
(Wednesday) morning, the bosh had
for dobs, with
is as fellowt:
the cxrpption of
Mile
DAT AUGUST SIXTH g*
Aiken Agrkrullural Ouh
ef Fertiliser
ran
taf
C L Gewaa. County Agent far
Couaty and from C
Donald. Field
N V Potash Export My that
firm
by Mr. Halford
rbe wore jstaod In
hfc
ta have hailed
ed in this paper will ha
A Ikes Agrirnhura] dab
August sixth,
will start promptly at 9.1ft
at whirh t>me I
growers will give a
of aaparegus # *rt i.taii n A
Bov. B B
the choir; Mas Obvu
a reading. If.* by Badyard
visits gala, "Malady ef L
Jams* Burnt; mmm. “Mi
_ N. V
My. will offer a prise of
sire, who raa ehew that ho has seed
more actual potash par acta thaa nay-
etae at the meeting.
FoBowiag the dlsmoaiea. a short
will bo made to several fortili-
domonatration* soar Aikea. and
then the masiiag mil adjourn to a
hark'ewe luncheon served through the Blame. Mrs.
courtesy of the A ikon Cl eh sad the n evils, and Quads
Agriculture! and Scientific Burean of FWhUag presented a gift from
the N. V. Potash Export My. congregation of the church ta
County Agents in the asparagus
section, bankers, farmers, fertiliser
dealers and manufacturers are co
operating to make this the biggest
meeting of asparagus men ever held
ia the United States. Every grower
of asparagus is cordially invited to
attend.
Duncsq; Miss OH*# Baxley
a gift from the Missionary society to
Mrs. Duncan; Mr. Duncan i
after which the choir sang “Blast Bo
the Tie That Binda” and G. C. Brad
ford pronounced the benediction.
carried my name” and said be had no no property.” He said he refused to
financial interest in it He said he protect strikebreakers; that he would conducting a meeting at one of his
told Hall to take his name off when meet them at the station with ■ churches. The first speaker to be
Hsll btcaa -soafe kind of cobUoI” atilHarr company. Inks thorn to the introduced wns Winchester C. Smith.
wanted penitentiary and back
nual nrVice, from which he said it
will be seen that oply ten mills are
levied for the support of the county
government, including the 'thain
gang, salaries of officers, the county
home; etc., the remaining mills being
for schools apd roads.
W. W. Cam, of Blockvilie, said that
the only way to jiduce taxes is to re
duce expenditures and favors a re
duction in salaries and the combining
of some offices. He alstJ"declared his
opposition to the voting of extra ex
pense money to themselves by the
members of the general assembly.
Jas. Arthur Kennedy, of Williston,
was the last speaker and, in the main,
covered the same ground as at Dun
barton. He said, that, in traveling
over the county, he had found that the
citizens had lost interest in the gov
ernment, because the promised reduc
tion in taxes, etc, has not been forth
coming. He again charged the lost of
time by the courts as being partly re
sponsible far high taxes, and briefiy
Urn chain
AUTOMOBILE ADJUNCT
TO CRIME DETECTION
Oneida, N. Y, July 29.—The auto
mobile, as a necessary adjunct to
crime detection and prevention, plays
an integral part in activities at the
New York State Police barrack s here.
The State Troopers, under Major
Warner, now operate 180 cars, of
which 82 are Chevrolet*, and many of
the duties the cars are called on to
perform rival the tests on an automo
bile manufacturer’s proving ground.
Yearly mileage - up to 40.000 or
50,000 miles, much of it at high speeds
are common, and the sudden starting
and stopping to which the Troopers'
cars are constantly subjected, put the
mechanical festures of the cars to un
usual strain, it was pointed out
An unusually spectacular feat in
which the cars recently participated
was in getting the local unit to Ai£
burn in quick time during the Auburn
prim riot. The distance between the
two towns, 58 ariles, was covered by
ia 56
ia the audience
*Why did they
ry Boy." have
accompanied by her
Hay.
Henry Hay, of Parrie Island,
Thursday here.
Mrs. J. M. Gaunt has returned from
Ccltmtbia, where she has
her a cn, Fred Gaunt, and family.
Sam Hay and son, flam. Jr, of
Birmingham, Ala, are visiting the
former's brother, Harold Hay.
Ted Tharin has returned from Col
umbia, where he spent several dags.
Mis a Laurie Ella Gaunt entertained
a few small friends at a party Satur
day night.
W. D. Gaunt and family and Mia.
Maude Woodruff are occupying
A. P. Hay's residence for a week.
Drayton Gaunt spent Sunday here.
Carroll Fowke is here for the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Gaunt, of Al
lendale, spent Sunday with Miss E.
M. Gaunt
Mr. 3. H. Hay and son, of Birm
ingham, Ala, are the guests
H. H. Hay. ,
Mrs. R. E. Riggs, of Beaufort,
several days here last week, the
of Mrs. A. P. Hay.
Mrs. M. W. Tharin and son,
who have been making their
Al
in their
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