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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
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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.
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