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VOLUME LIV.
The Barnwell People-Sentinel
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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, ItM
NUM1
BYRNES DEFEATS BLEASE;
BLACKWOOD ALSO LEADS
FORMER CONGRESSMAN IN
LEAD IN SENATE CONTEST
HAS SAFE MARGIN OVER COLEI
L. BLEASE.
Junior Senator Trailing by Five Thous
and Votca.—Race Very Close in
\
^ Many Counties. \
Janu'g F. Byrnes, of Spartanburg,
former member of the national con
gress, had a lead of 4,974 votes over
Senator Coleman L. Blease, of Colum
bia, in the race for nomination to the
v United States senate at an early hour
Wednesday morning, with 43 boxes
still to be heard from. The vote was:
Byrnes, 119,310; Blease, 114,340.
Reports on the tabulation came in
rapidly during the early part of the
night but glowed up later, the keenest
interest being manifested in the out-
vcome.
The first few boxes reporting show
ed Blease ahead, but in a little while
Byrnes forged to the lead and grad
ually drew away from his opponent
until at one time the tabulation
showed he had a margin of about
6,000 votes. This was somewhat over
come later in the night, the latest
tabulation giving Byrnes a lead of
about 5,000 votes. The 43 boxes still
out probably contained not more than
3,000 votes.
Six years Byrnes and Blease
were in a run-off for the nomination.
Blease winning by a majority of about
2,300 votes. From returns tabulated
last night, it seems that Byrnes has a
greater lead this year than Blease did
some six years ago.
Sketch of Life.
Mr. Bynies was graduated from the
public schpols of Charleston when
about 14 pars of age and, having
some knowledge of stenography, en-
teied a Ifcw office to support his
mother and sister. After working in
Charleston for a few years, he stood
a competitive examination for ap
pointment as official stenographer of
the second judicial circuit.
He won the appointment and enter
ed upon the discharge of his duties
and, after serving a few years, study
ing law at the same time and being
admitted to the bar of 1903, he offered
as solicitor of the second judicial cir
cuit in 190$ and was elected.
to Congress.
Two years later he was elected to
congress from the Second District
which district he served for 14 years.
In 1924, Mr. Byrnes was a candidate
fQr the United States senate and out
of a total of a little over 200,000 votes
cast, wag defeated by 2,260 votes.
On the expiration of his term in
congress, Mtrch 4, 1925, he formed a
partnership with Sam J. Nicholg and
C. C. Wyche, of Spartanburg, under
the firm name of Nichols, Wyche and
Byrnes. Since removing to Spartan
burg he hag enjoyed a wide law prac
tice.
Mr. Byrnes married Miss Maud
Busch, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Busch. Sr., of Aiken. They
have no childmn.
Mr. Byrnes is a member and officer
of the Epigcopil church; a 32nd degree
Mason, a menber of the Knights of
Pythias and of the Junior Order, Unit
ed American Mechanics.
Death of O. H. Owens.
Dunbarton, Sept. 9. — Owen H.
Owens, 82, well known farmer of
this coanty, died at his residence near
here Sunday after a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted at
four o'clock Monday afternoon at the
Mideaca, the Rev. W. R. Davis, as-
ttotad hy the lev. H. H. Sumbrtdgs.
Elected Tuesday
The Unofficial Vote
in Barnwell County
U. S. Senate
Governor
House of Rep.
• ; . v
C. L. Blease
J. F. Byrnes
I. C. Blackwood
O. D. Johnson
R. C. Holman
Jas. A. Kennedy
Barnwell __
216
438|| 444
210
447
205
Bennett Springs
21
38
41
20
48
13
Blackville
125
244
284
85
207
164;
Double Ponds
1
32
27
6!
16
17
Dunbarton
63
110
89
83 j
68
106
Elko
34
115
117
32 i
30
118
Four Mile
27
36
55
7 i
50
13
Friendship _
32
45
47
30!
59
18
Great Cypress _ __
51
59
66
44; J
66
i 1
44
Healing Springs
21
36
53
4 1 38
19
Hercules
60
62
49
73j
57 64
Hilda S.
66
59
38
87;
24
101
Red Oak _ _
59
26
61
261
67
21
Reedy Branch
29
24
36
17 l
23
301
Rosemary
18
52
57
131
9
60
Siloam __
29
* 47
59
16*
52
24
Williston
143| 292
320| 117|
103
339
| |
TOTALS
i
995
1715
1843
870
1 i
1364
1356
JAME^ F. BYRNES
Have Until October
1st to Get Licenses
New State Law Requires Drivers’ Per
mits to Operate Cars in South
Carolina.
BLACKWOOD’S ELECTION IS
LIKELY BY SMALL MARGIN
In Close Race
SPARTANBURGERS SEE-SAW IN
SECOND RACE.
Johnston Will Probably Be Defeated
by About 1,000 Votes.—Heavy
Vote Polled.
IBRA C. BLACKWOOD
HOLMAN IS APPARENTLY
ELECTED OVER KENNEDY
South Carolina automobile drivers
have until October 1st to obtain their
driver’s licenses, demanded by the
State under an act passed at the las?
general assembly, and the motor ve
hicle license office in Columbia is re
ceiving applications daily for the'
licenses, W. V. Sutherland, director of
the division, announced recently.
The act says that “any person drivi
ing a motor vehicle along or oil any
public highway, road or street, in this
State shall secure from the highway
department a license . . . and it
shall be unlawful to operate a motor
vehicle without said license.”
Application for the license must
be made before it is issued and a
50 cents fee will be charged. Licenses
obtained now will last through the
fiscal year.
A non-resident or non-resident
minor will be allowed to operate a
car in the State for a period of 90
days providing he has a certificate
showing that he has permission to
drive in his own State, the law points
out. Minors in South Carolina, 12
years of age or above, will not be
granted certificates unless the parents
of the minor shall consent, the law
specifies further.
The law also provides that drivers
already having licenses to operate
cars in other States shall not be re
quired to buy licenses in South Caro
lina until after January 1, 1931.
Among~the Causes for which the
highway department can revoke a
driver's license, according to the
law, are manslaughter or three con
victions upon charges of reckless driv
ing in a year’s time.
Road Patrol.
The driver’s license law will be
enforced by the highway patrol which
was created by the legislature in con
nection with the license law. Several
of the patrolmen have recently been
employed, but by October 1. the
motor vehicle division of the highway
department will complete the appoint
ments snd there will be more then 75
patrolmen to enforce the State's high
way laws.
An agent of tae motor vehicle divis-
ioa of the highway department vtU
he ia this sertjoa at the
Local Ice Plant is
Deestroyed by Blaze
Barnwell Plant of Coastal Public Ser
vice Co. Burned to Ground by
Fire of Unknown Origin.
The Barnwell plant of the Coastal
Public Service Co. was completely de
stroyed by fire of unknown origin be
tween one and two o’clock Thursday
morning of last twe^k. When the
blaze was first discovered and the
alarm given, it had made such pro
gress that the volunteer fire-fighters
were unable to do anything except to
prevent the spread of the flames to
nearby buildings.
The plant wag located in the east
ern part of the city on the Southern
Railway, adjacent to tHe old power
plant. It was constructed about ten
years ago and since that time it had
been under the management of several
different parties. Several years ago
it was purchased by the Coastal Pub
lic Service Co., of Denmark, and was
under the management of H. J. Phil
lips. It had not been operated for
about three months, ice for Inral cus
tomers being trucked here from the
plant at Denmark. According to Mr.
Phillips, the company had the plant
insured for $4,000. He also stated
that the plant would be re-bulit at an
early date and the new building will
be constructed of brick.
BARNW ELL AND WILLISTON MEN
IN CLOSE RACE.
Byrnes and Blackwood Carry Barnwell
County by Overwhelming Major
ities Tuesday.
Second Week Jurors
Common Pleas Court
Judge T. S. Sease, of Spartanburg, to
Preside at Term of Civil Court
Which Begins Sept. 22.
School Bells at Healing Springs.
Blackville, Sept 9.—The Healing
Springs Public School opened Wednes
day morning, September 3, at nine o’
clock, for the 1930-31 session with a
splendid attendance. A large number
of patrons and friends of the school
turned out for the opening exercises.
The new year begins with bright pros
pects and has commenced under favor
able circumstances.
The exercises were presided over by
Supt. L. E. Whittle and after scrip
ture reading by H. Jeff Hair, a mem
ber of the boai*d of trustees, short and
encouraging talks were made by I. F.
Keeler, secretary of the board, and
Mr. Hair. Announcements were made
by Mr. Whittle, after which the pu
pils retired to their respective dais
rooms for classification, enrollment
and assignment*. The school grounds
and buildings have been put in good
shape and everything 4 moving on in
a suiaudid way far a
In a neck and neck race that rivaled
the contest for governor in the matter
of the closeness of the vote, R. C.
Holman, of Barnwell, has apparently
defeated Jas. Arthur Kennedy, of
^Filliston, for the House of Represen
tatives by a majority of eight votes,
the unofficial tabulation giving Hol
man 1364 and Kennedy 1356.
W. P. Sanders was reelected Magis
trate at Barnwbll, defeating J. M.l
Diamond by a majority of 51 votes,
Sanders receiving 352 and Diamond
301.
C. S. Anderson defeated R. M.
Burckhalter for Magistrate at Dun
barton, the vote being Anderson 98
and Burckhalter 74.
W. K. Black defeated Paul H. San
ders, incumbent, for Magistrate at
Hilda by a majority of 12 votes, the
unofficial tabulation being 193 for
Black and 181 for Sanders.
Jas. F. Byrnes and Ibra C. Black
wood received handsome majorities in
Barnwell County over their oppon
ents, Senator Cole L. Blease and Olin
D. Johnston. .In the Senatorial con
test, the vote was: Byrnes, 1715;
Blease, 995. In the gubernatorial
race, the unofficial tabulation shows:
Blackwood, 1843; Johnston, 870.
The complete unofficial tabulation
by precincts appears in this issue of
The People-Sentinel. The returns
were reived here with unusual rap
idity Tuesday afternoon, and by 5:30
o’clock oompletpe returns had been
tabulated. The editor of The People-
Sentinel wishes to thanl^ the county
executive committeemen for their
splendid cooperation in sending in the
vote from the various precincts.
Mr. Holman Thanks Voters.
To the Voters of Barnwell County
It is with grateful appreciation
that I extend my thanks to the voters
of Barnwell County for the handsome
vote given me in Tuesday’s primary
election, which resulted ia my nomi
nation a s a member of the House of
Uvea I am d**»ty in
to my maay friends for their
Petit jurors for the second week of
the September term of the Court of
Common Pleas, which convenes here
September 22, with Judge T. S. Sesse,
of Spartanburg, presiding, were drawn
Monday, as follows:
G. C. Eidson, Williston.
Freddie C. Birt, Long Branch.
M. P. Fanning, Blackville.
A. E. Corley, Joyce Branch.
L. A. Plexico, Barnwell.
L. Givens, Williston.
G. N. Odom, Healing Springs.
H. A. Green, Elko.
E. C. Matthews, Blackville.
W. J. Lemon, Barnwell.
Angug Ross, Ashleigh.
Geo. W. Delk, Hilda.
J. V. Porter, Williston
E. John Sanders, Barnwell.
T. A. Holland, Jr., Barnwell.
Dixson Green, Pleasant Hill.
W. R. Hubbard, Barnwell.
Wm. H. Hutto, Hilda.
Willie Hair, Cedar Grove.
Russell Boylston, Blackville.
B. L. Peeples, Ellenton.
R. L. Zissett, Oak Grove.
L. M. Boyles, Old Columbia.
G. S. Boynton, Kline.
Reid Nevils, Blackville.
G. C. Fowke, Dunbarton.
J. S. Plexico, Kline.
C. H. Hutto, Blackville.
Zarey Bolen, Elko. .
Martin Keeler, Healing Springs. '
Chas. Brown, Sr., Barnwell.
Joe L. Weathersbee, Williston.
Sam I. Buist, Blackville.
W. C Mitchell, Williston.
G. M. Rosier, Old Columbia.
C. D. Dyches, Blackville.
While it cannot be aaid with cer
tainty which of two Spartan burgers,
Blackwood or Johnston, will be gov
ernor of South Carolina during the
next four yean, the indications are
that the former was elected in Tues
day’s second primary election. They
seesawed Tuesday night for hours,
Johnston taking the lead in early re
turns, only to lose it to his opponent
later in the night. At 12:30 o’clock
Wednesday morning, with all pre
cincts but 43, the vote stood:
Blackwood, 116,966.
Johnston, 116,273.
Blackwood, therefore, had at that
time a lead of 693 vote|.
Only small and scattered country*
boxes remained to be heard from,
the only concentntions in one county
being ten in Berkeley and seven in
Lexington. The missing Lexington
boxes were described as containing
not more than 200 ballots, likely to
be rather evenly divided. A canvass
of the missing boxes, which probably
contained not more than 8,000 ballots,
show that 32 of the 43 are in counties
that Blackwood carried*
Ibra C. Blackwood, solicitor of the
Seventh circuit, and Olin D. Johnston,
former member of the House from
Anderson and later from Spartanburg,
were the survivors from a field of
eight in the first primary, held on
August 26th. Johnston’s campaign
hag been largely an attack upon the
$65,000,000 State highway bond issue.
Blackville School Open*.
The Allendale Election.
In the Allendale County second pri
mary, R. P. Searson defeated Geo. D.
Kirkland, incumbent, for the State
Senate; J. Perry Moody defeated J.
M. Riley, incumbent, for Clerk of
Court by a margin of ten votes, and
C. R. Wilson defeated Mrs. Bryan, In
cumbent, for County Superintendent
of Education.
5.it2 Bales G tamed.
There were 6,692 bales of cottoa
ginned ia Barnwell Comity prior U
Sept 1st, as compared with 1.166 bales
Blackville, Sept. 9.—By order of
Supt. G. F. Posey, the teschers who
are enrolled for the term of 1930-31
in the school here met in the school
auditorium on Tuesday afternoon for
the first business session of the year.
School was opened on Wednesday,
Sept. 3rd, with a splendid attendance
Rev. S. T. Harvin, of the Presbyter
ian church offered prayer and gave a
brief talk to the children. The teach
ers are as follows: Misg Adele Gun
ter, of Wagoner, first grade; Miss
Ruth Barton, of Orangeburg, second
grade; Misg Thelma Stack, of Elloree
has the third grade; Miss Elizabeth
Boland, of Springfield, the fourth
grade; the fifth, sixth and seventh
grades are in charge of Miss Kather
ine Legare, of Charleston, Miss Doro
thy Moorer, of Harleyville and Miss
Tommie Amaker, respectively. Mist
Amaker, of St. Matthews, is a grad
uate of Columbia college. Miss Helen
Holstein, of Monetta, returns as home
economics teacher; Mias Eleanor
Smith, of Hodges will again have
charge of the music department. In
the high school Miss Clara Downing,
of Fayetteville, N. C., will teach Eng
lish and history; D. K. Brasington, a
graduate of last year’s class at TTie
Citadel, Charleston, will tesch sci
ence and methematics. He will be the
school coach. R. G. Garrison will con
duct classes in Latin and French.
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Williston, Sept. 6.—Tom J. Folk
snd Miss Celeste Kent were
at the home of the bride’s
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Keat, at Oka-
wood. Ga^ Thursday, August ML t
o'clock a. m.
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