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# 0 \ u tm. Bamweil People-Sentinel “JuaI Ltk* m M«mt>«r of th« Famll v" VOLUME LIV. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER It. I«M Nl'MBRB X, Johnston’s Protest Is Duncan Calhoun Dies HOLMAN, OF BARNWELL, Common Pleas Court Barnwell Is Scene of Denied by Conunittee After a Brief Illness O— ^ j n ~ . DECLARED THE NOMINEE Term Is Postponed Series of Robberies a* 4 Nominee for Governor.—Byrnes for the Senate. Ibra C. Blackwood, Spartanburg solicitor of the Seventh Judicial Cir cuit, was declared the Democratic nominee for governor of South Caro lina and the protest of Olin D. John ston, defeated candidate, was dismiss ed by the State executive committee when the members of that body met in Columbia Tuesday to declare the results of the second primary elec tion. At the same meeting, James F. Byrnes, former Congressman from houn, of Denmark, Victim of . - -, T ,: . i Acute Indigestion. The. many Barnwell friends of Dun can Calhoun, the 29-year old son of Col. tmd Mrs. Harry D. Calhoun, for merly of this city but for the past several months residents of Denmark, were shocked Monday morning to learn cf his sudden death at 11:45 Sunday night, following an attack of acute indigestion. The young man had returned home only a few hours before, after a visit to friends in Augusta, Ellenton and Barnwell. He Larger Cotton Crop k Predicted in State Barnwell Is Among the Counties Where a Substantial Increase Is Expected. this district, was declared the nominee complained of feeling unwell and a cf the party for the United States Senate and A. Russell McGowan the nominee for solicitor in the Charles ton circuit. Although the decision on John ston’s protest was unanimous, the Spartanburg man intimated that he may take the matter into the courts. Several men from Barnwell ^attended the meeting and their unanimous opinion seems to be that Johnston failed to make out a case that would warrant a re-count of the ballots in the governor’s race. The official tabulation of the votes as presented to the committee showed the following results: For United States Senate, Blease 116,264, Byrnes 120,755. For Governor, Blackwood 118,721, Johnston 117,752. SCHEDULE IS ANNOUNCED FOR RENEWAL OF PROGRAM Clinton, Sept. 15.—The Rev. John M.Sween, president of Presbyterian College, has just announced the schedule for renewal of the Program of Deliverance of the College this fall. So far as is possible, says Mr. Mc- Sween, the same organization through out the State which worked so ^dili gently last fall has been requested to physician was summoned, but in spite cf all that could be done to stay the final summons, he soon lapsed into unconsciousness and quietly passed away, surrounded by hi s loved ones. After completing hi s education, Mr. Calhoun qualified as a mortician and for some time was associated with the undertaking establishment of his uncle, M. B. Calhoun, of Allendale. Upon the removal of his parents to Denmark from Barnwell several years ago^ he assisted them in the manage ment of the Denmark Hotel and took an active interest in the affairs of that town. He easily made and kept friends and his untimely death is sincerely deplored by scores of peo ple. young and old, throughout this section. His body was laid to rest at five o’clock Monday afternoon in the Bafhwell Episcopal Churchyard, the Revs. A. E. Evison and A. Rufus Morgan, of Columbia, conducting the funeral services in the Church of the Holy Apostles in the presence of many sorrowing relatives and sympa thetic friends, and his last resting place w’as covered under a mound of beautiful flowers. The sympathy of the entire com munity is extended to the grief- continue. The objective of the cam- s,rick * n father ’ mother and , brcth " paign last year was 1350,000.00, the thelr bereavement and that He amount estimated necessary to retire I Who tempers the wind to the shorn the debt of the College. Of the ' lamb w,n comfort them ,n the,r dark amount approximately $175,000.00 was 'raised, and the renewed campaign this fall, authorized b^y the Presby teries, is for the purpose of retiring the balance. hour of sorrow is the prayer of their 1 friends. Besides his parents and one brother, James Calhoun, the deceased is survived by an aunt, Mrs. Bioneau, of Columbia ,and three uncles, M. B. Columbia.—Frank O. Black, statis tician for the United States depart ment of agriculture here, has announc ed his forecast of the prospective 1930 cotton crop by counties. He predicts a total crop of 997,000 bales, 164,000 more than in 1929. The report, which follows, gives Sept. 1st county estimates of produc tion which are based on records from correspondents as to probable county ginnings from the crop of 1930: Estimated KENNEDY ASKED FOR RECOUNT OF BALLOTS. Jurors Not to Report for Duty Monday, Executive Committee Met in Barnwell Thursday to Declare Results of Second Primary. i Calhoun, of Allendale, L. M. Calhoun In an effort to economize, the cost ’ ^ , . u i ~ and J. B. Calhoun, of Barnwell, of directing the campaign has been ! _ greatly reduced and the details are ♦ being handled by the regular college KENNEDY EXPRESSES HIS force with the gratuituous aid of a [ « THANKS TO SUPPORTERS few friends and with four field men who have^ already completed the set- The People-Sentinel is in receipt of ting up of the organization in each the following communication from church in.the State. A chairman has j as> Arthur Kennedy, Esq., of Willis- been selected for each church and in t on; many cases a committee has been W ant to thank the people of selected to work with the chairman. Barnwell County for the splendid vote In the continuation of the Program given me in the second primary and of Deliverance there will not be an to especially express my appreciation every member canvass in each church, anc j admiration for the loyalty and only those members will be approach-1 devotion to duty exhibited by those ed who are capable of contributing w j 10 g tuck to the cause regardless of larger amounts. j personal consequences. And though Dr. McSween stated he was much j am ^ the representative, I earn- encouraged by the deep interest in es tly hope that my campaign will *e the college manifested throughout su it i n re al benefit to Barnwell Coun- the State and confidently expects the ty, which, after all, was my only ob- program to reach its goal. j j ec t i n offering for the office.—Jas. The organization is as follow's:— Arthur Kennedy.”—(Political Adver- Wm. P. Jacobs, of Clinton, General tisement.) Chairman; Rev. John McSween, asso ciate chairman; W. J. Bailey, Clin-, “THE POLITICAL EDITION ton, treasurer, and a church chairman in each local church. A. Haf-. our county paper WAS FINE,” WRITES READER 1930 crop: 1929 crop: Abbeville 18,000 17,965 Aiken 26,000 19,634 Allendale 7,500 6,381 Anderson 65,000 65,113 Bamberg 15,000 12,451 Barnwell 19,000 16,868 Berkeley 2,500 1,607 Calhoun 11,000 14,816 Charleston 2,500 1,850 Cherokee __ __ 23,000 21,865 Chester 21,000 18,139 Chesterfield 34,000 22,097 Clarendon 18,000 13,668 Colleton 10,000 8,773 Darlington _ T __ 25,000 13,500 Dillon 30,000 21,351 Dorchester 9,000 4,953 Edgefield ______ 16,000 15,153 Fairfield 10,000 7,457 Florence 16,000 13,519 Greenville 52,000 52,395 Greenwood 18,000 16,308 Hampton &,000 5,533 Horry 2,500 2,156 Jasper 2,000 1,340 Kershaw _ . 25,000 14,155 Lancaster 17,000 11,655 Laurens 30,000 80,125 Lee VL. 30,000 16,041 Lexington 17,000 14,784 McCormick 9,000 7,652 Marion 13,000 9,198 Marlboro 45,000 33,266 Newberry 25,000 19,353 Orangeburg 66,000 55,122 Pickens 22,000 23,749 Richland 11,000 8,042 Saluda 12,000 10,315 Spartanburg 90,000 84,289 Sumter 35,000 19,662 Union _ 17,000 16,725 Williamsburg __ 14,000 11,975 York 34,000 29,906 All other counties 2,000 1,522 State Totals 997,000 833,054 FIRES POSTMASTER WHO SERVED SINGLE PATRON The two weeks term of the Court of Common Pleas, which was schedul ed to convene here next Monday morn ing, with Judge T. S. Sease presiding. Very few changes in the tabulation b,a h**" c f ned 0,r i , ,, ; d . BOnCU of votes were made by the county ex . | H. Dyches has nobfled all petit jurors. ecutive committee from the unofficial, who had been dra " n ,or b,oth w< * ks ' figures appearing in last week's issue | not f "P 0 * f0r , duty ' U ,a u ” der ' of The People-Sentinel, when the :stood that * he . deCm0n 10 bold "<> t _ » . • . u j a. • ., * court here this time wag reached when members of that body met in the . , , , a “ . u u rrv j .it wa s found that the term conflicted Court House here Thursday morning 3 to canvass the returns and declare the results of the second primary election held Sept. 9. Olin D. Johnston gained one vote in the race for governor and James Arthur Kennedy, of Williston, lost two in the race for the House of Representatives, giving R. C. Holman, of Barnwell, an apparent majority of ten votes instead of eight, as pre viously reported. After the votes had been tabulated b|r the committee and the results an nounced, S. E. Moore moved that the election be declared in accordance with the report of the committee. At this juncture, Mr. Kennedy told the committee that, because of the slight majority held by his opponent, he had been urged by his friends to request a recount of the ballots in that par ticular race. R. E. Woodward moved that committees be appointed to re count the boxes in the legislative race, which motion was duly seconded and carried. H. D. Still moved that the results in the other race s be declared Vartan* Article*, Ranging fi Groceries to Jewelry. with the session of the United States Court in Aiken and also because of the fact that the farmers are now busily engaged in harvesting their crops of cotton and corn. A member of the local bar told v a representative of The People-Sentinel on Monday that a special term will probably be called later in the fall. HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. Austrian Winter Field Pea 8 make O splendid winter cover crop. Sow them with your rye in the cotton middles as soon as you can get to it. They will stand a lot of pastur ing too. The seed are just about as cheap as vetch, and the crop is grow ing in populartity by leaps and bounds. Many of the Georgia 4>ecan grow ers are using this field pea as a win ter cover, in preference to all other in accordance with the report of the; crops. i committee, u;hich motion was ’also By t^ie way, how are your pecans? adopted. Edgar A. Brown, County Chairman, then appointed three committees of three men each to recount the votes, the work being finished within an hour’s time. The new count added one vote to Mr. Holman’s total at Hercu- I notice in the paper that the crop in the U. S. A. was 25 per cent short this year. That ought to make things look better to our growers. That part of the crop which has come under my observation in South Carolina, Georgia and Eastern North leg and one at Red Oak. Mr. Kennedy Carolina is rather a “spotted” one. gained one vote at Barnwell but lost That is, there are good crops in one two at Red Oak and two at Williston, locality and only poor to fair crops giving Mr. Holman a net gain of five in another. The majority of the S. votes in the lecount and increasing his C. crops, however, are good. We are having some trouble with that Mr. the big nuts falling off before they majority to 15. S. E. Moore then moved Holman be declared the nominee, j mature. This is due to one of four which was duly seconded and carried, j reasons—disease, lack of proper plant W. P. Sanders was declared the food elements, excessive soil mois- nominee for Magistrate at Barn- ture, or an injury to the tree. During the past week, Barnwell has been the scene of a series of robber ies, the gtolen articles including gold, groceries, garments and jewelry. Three of the robberies occurred Sat- * urday night and the fourth probably Monday morning. A negro family in the Southern part of the city reported the theft of the week’s purchase of groceries* the loss amounting to several dollars. An unidentified negro stole a suit of boy's clothes from the store of Weiner Bros., on Main Street, while Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Creighton, Jr., suffered the loss of about sixty dollars in money and jewelry valued at about $100, when their residence was entered Sat urday night while they were at Mr. Creighton’s store. Monday morning, J. W. Patterson, chairman of the Board of County Directors, missed several valuable rings from his home near the city. A search of his room failed to reveal the rings, but later a servant suggest ed that he look in the pockets of some clothing hanging in a closet. This he did and found the missing articles in the pocket of a pair of trousers. Local police officers are working on the other cases and it is hoped that the guilty parties will be brought to speedy justice. Senate Gets Expert On Fiscal Affairs James F. Byrnes Made Fine Reputa tion as Congressman During and After the War. W'ell; C. S. Anderson at Dun barton and W. K. Black at Hilda. The Probably the most important of these is the lack of proper plant food Filed Representatives:— ner, A. O’Daniel, J. M. Moore and D. ! McL. McDonald. j USE SALT FOR DISEASED “We welcome every week. The political edition was fine—so different fronv the nasty things in the Denver papers about candidates. How we long to be back TREES, ADVISES NORRIS home.” | So writes J. A. Still, a native of W. B. Norris, a well known farmer this county ,in requesting The People- of the Big Fork section, says that Sentinel to change his street address, common salt will prevent or cure Mr. Still and his family have been many diseases common to fruit trees making their home rn Denver, Colora- and cause them to bear again. A few do, for a number of years and during days ago he told a representative of that time thig paper ha 8 kept them The People-Sentinel that he ha s an informed of home happenings. His old pear tree on his farm. It was so Barnwell County friend* hope that badly diseased that many of the some day his longing to be “back limbs were dead and it had not borne home’ , will be gratified. any fruit for several year*. He was • * * ,o tr, th. tall HORTEE 18 SPONSOR Mr Norm ujr* that W 44 art kar* AT REfNKJN IN VIRGINIA aiach faith ia th. umUmbI. hat ha 4ac arvaad th* raot* aa4 arafhad tv, Mia. Riaart, Port»f th* att/actm aaaru W -mi aak* iala Uw avL «aa«hiv «f Mia. J. A. Pwv*. at dm th* a*4 u*. tm Htr. ia Washington, Sept. 13.—Postmaster Lynch had the postoffice at Bridge- ville, Warren County, N. J., pretty much to himself for the past five years. m But today Uncle Sam’s economy program reached him, and it was de cided that Bridgeville’s one patron and the postmaster himself must join their neighbors on a rural free de livery route. Despite Lynch’s protests, the de department prepared to do away with the office which Lynch said had served one patron for five year s and never more than five during the past forty. The postmaster’s salary is $607 yearly. MOTHER OF BARNWELL WOMAN DIED MONDAY official tabulation appears elsewhere elements. in this issue cf The People-Sentinel. | A tree standing in the same «|tot After Mr. Kennedy had thanked the year after year and using the same members of the committee for their plant foods in approximately the same courtesy in granting him a recount; amounts each year, will ultimately and the county chairman had also ex-! exhaust these elements from the soil, pressed his thanks to them for their and they must be supplied in the cooperation during the campaign and two elections, the meeting was ad journed sine die. The following members were in at tendance: Edgar A. Brown, Barnwell; G. R. Peeples, Bennett Springs; H. D. Still, Blackville; J. M .Killingswerth, Dunbarton; C. G. Youngblood, proxy or form of commercial fertilizer through soil building The proper time to fertilize pecan trees is from February 1st to July 1st. Some growers are using as much as 50 pounds of fertilzer annually, per tree,—and are making it pay. California walnut growers are for C. M. Turner, Four Mile; Frank making their product pay. Are the Sanders, Friendship; G. C. Best, Great | South Carolina pecan growers satis- Cypress; L. P. Boylston, Healing fied with .their returns per tree or per Springs; N. A. Hiers, Hercules; S. E. More, Red Oak; J. C. R. Grubbs, acre? The only difference between the Reedy Branch; R. E. Woodward, Rose-; Californians and ourselves is that mary; J. W. Bates, Siloam; R. L. Hair, they do not depend on nature alone to make them a crop. But what a difference that is. They prune, they fertilize, they The People-Sentinel is indebted to Perry B. Simms, of Washington, D. C., for the following complimentary reference to Senator-elect James F. Byrnes from the pen of Marshall Mc Neil in the Washington Daily News: Another man who is an expert in fiscal legislation will come to the Senate when James F. Byrnes, of South Carolina, takes hig seat next March succeeding Blease. During the war and shortly after it, Byrnes was a representative in the House and a member of the Ap propriations Committee. Legislating on government money became one of his hobbies. It was Byrnes who in his last term handled the largest appropriation bill of that year and in so doing won compliments of both Democratic and Republican colleagues. A good debater, quick at repartee, with a knowledge of how to get things done in Congress is the way Byrnes is described in Washington. The other expert in fiscal and tax affairs who has just been elevated to the Senate is Rep. Cordell Hull, of Tennessee. The Senate lose 8 one of its most colorful figures in the defeat of •Coley” Blease. One of his bills that claimed na tional attention during the last ses sion was to force the registration of aliens. proxy for W. D. Black, Williston. ' ^ — The many friends of Mrs. Eugene Easterling, of this city, will learn 1 with regret of the death of her mother, MrsiAldeftntan, which occurred in Greensboro, N. C., Monday night 1 after- an illness of several weeks Some time ago Mrs. Alderman suffered a stroke of paralysis and during the past week she developed pneumonia. Mrs. Easterling had been at her mother’s bedside for the past several weeks. Mr. Easterling left early morning fee Caai of Thanhs O H Owens acftanwfc egpeemftina the a ed has BARNWELL GIRLS AND BOYS BACK AT COLLEGE push, they shove, they pamper, they * 1 pet, and I’ve no doubt that some of Among the Barnwell girls and boys them pray a little for a good walnut who have returned to college are: crop. Misses Mildred Moore and Claire | And they are selling their nuts L. Dicks to Winthrop College; Miss cheap. Pecans will eventually have Margaret Lemon to Coker; Miss to compete with walnuts. Why not Nell Moore to Georgia-Carolina Bus!-! learn how to produce them at a lower ness College, Augusta; Elmer Grubbs cost? to The Citadel; Ben Davies, Jr., and “ * * • Calhoun Lemon to the University of Many Attend humral. South Carolina; Lewis Blaric, Stephen D*«5cn and Jam., Riley McNab to A,non V th * out-of-town attendant. Clemson. at funeral of Duncan Calhoun ■■ »here Monday afternoon were the fol kwing: Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bomeau. of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. R A Easterling. Mrs. MrCem. Mrs. Cea. Of interest to the bwytag public in Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jams*, Ralph this aecttaa is the aaaonarement that Goelabp. Herbert ChctoUa. Mr aadjasrvtoes u A he Ghmgold. formerly ef Augusta. Mrs. Mm Chnsftm. «# Don mart. A ! evening at hoe opoaod a gneral ■irrhamitii am W. MroMtag. J M. FamML Mr. ami lot • “ AUGU.STA MERCHANT OPENS BUSINESS IN BARNWELL CECIL BODIFORD DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS The many Barnwell friends of Mias Lennie Drew Bodiford, who hag hold a position with Mazursky’s Depart ment Store for the past several months, will sympathize with her ia the dpath of her brother, Cecil Bodi ford, who passed away at hig home in Blackville Saturday, after a two weeks illness of typhoid fever. Urn young man, who was only 25 years of age, was a son of Clint Bodiford. His body was laid to rest Sunday after- neon in the Blackville cemetery ia the presence of a large number of rela tives and friends. and vatemAs H/g Q L » peeata to m he m a » M If mmrnmi to MM sd e