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The BamweU People-Sentinel It. # in* h im. VOLUME LIV. 'Juml Llk« a Mambar of lha Famlly w BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1C. 1930. NUM1 7. SENATOR-ELECT BYRNES PROMISES RATE INQUIRY 1 BARNWELL HOST TO ASPARAGUS ASSOCIATION. Co-operation and Lhre*at-Hoine Pro* gram Stressed.—Freight Rate* to Be Investigated. Barnwell was host, Thursday to several hundred guests—membeTs of the South Carolina Asparagus Grow ers Association and their wive s from Aiken, Edgefield, Barnwell, Bamberg, Allendale, Calhoun and Orangeburg Counties—and judging from the cor dial expressions heard from the visi tors the people of this city lived up to their past reputation for hospitality. The occasion was the 15th annual meeting of the association, which is a co-operative marketing orfcaniza- tion that is attracting widespread at tention to this section. In addition to the members and their wives, several distinguished citizens of South Carolina, including the United States Senator-elect and the Governor-elect, were in attend- dance at the meeting, together with representatives of the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railway Compa nds and various commission houses in the North and East. LATIMER IS SELECTED AS BYRNES SECRETARY? While no official announcement has been made, it is understood on good authority that Senator-elect James F. Byrnes has selected J. Austin Latimer as hi s private secretary. Mr. Lati mer, formerly editor of The Williston Way, has been acting a s secretary to Governor John G. Richards for nearly two years. Cjijef Justice Watts Dead. Chief Justice R. C. Watts, of South Carolina Supreme Court, died early Monday morning at his home in Laurens. He was 78 years'llUd. His body was laid to rest Tuesday after noon. He was elected to the Supreme Court bench in 1912 and later succed- ed Eugene B. Gary as Chief Justice. - ♦ ♦♦ Advertise in The People-Sentinel geographically and climatically, must progress. Pedges Rail Rate Inquiry. Senator-elect Byrnes expressed his genuine pleasure at being once more with “home folks” and prefaced his remarks with several humorous anec- The morning session was held in! dotes - Members of the Congress can the Vamp Theatre, the meeting being called to order by the president of the association, M. C. Kitchings, of Williston. Prayer was offered by Dr. W. M. Jones, of Barnwell, and the. visitors were cordially welcomed by Solomon Blatt, Esq., in behalf of the citizens of the town. His brief • address wa s graciously responded to by J. H. Courtney, of Trenton, in the absence of F. M. Wannamaker, of St. Matthews. a Speakers Introduced. Mr. Blatt then introduced the vari ous speakers on the program in the following order: C. A. Cardwell, ag- 1 ricultural a^ent of the A. C. L. Rail road; Roland Turner, agricultural agent of the Southern Railway; O. H. Page, general superintendent of the A. C. L. Railroad; Judge C. T. Gray- don, of Columbia; the Hon. Ibra C. Blackwood, of Spartanburg, and the Hon. Jame s F. Byrnes, also of Spar tanburg, but one whom Barnwell looks upon as a native son by reason of his long year s of service in this judicial circuit and congressional district. The keynote of the various speeches was co-operation, interwoven with the live-at-home theme. Mr. Cardwell discussed in a general way agricul tural conditions in the Southeast, many of which are incident to this particular section. Mr. Turner made a strong plea for diversified farming as a mean s of improving cpnditions, with the farmer growing all necessary food and feedstuffs at home and sell ing his surplus crops. Mr. Page in jected a note of cheer and encourage ment into his remarks, declaring that South Carolinians will not tamely give up a good figfyt. Judge Graydon kefrt his audience in a receptive mood with a thread of delightful humor throughout his talk. He displayed a keen and philosophic insight of agricultural conditions and predicted the passing of the cotton in-> dustry in South Carolina as was the president, Williston; J. H. Courtney, case with the production of indigo 150 vkg.pregident, Trenton; L. C. Eidson, year s ago and the rice industry a se c.-treas. and manager, Williston. half-century later. Hard work and close application to farming will bring a measure of prosperity, he said, and advised his hearers to aban don any idea of a “Santa Claus” scheme of government. Blackwood Speaks. Governor-elect Blackwood declared that while it was a pleasure for him to be with his friends in Barnwell, who had always been very kind to him in helping to further his political aspirations, there was very little he could do beyond showing hit interest in the work of the association by hie at the awetiag. He hie hearers that, with the •»o3 of the mmmhmwm a# the The following board of directors was also elected: J. H. Bouknight and F. W. Miller, of Trenton;.Geo. W. Croft and J. D. Prothro, of Aiken; F. M. Wannamaker,.of St. Matthews; W. I. Johns and J. H. Warren, of Allen dale; N. B. Loadholt, of Fairfax; R. J. Rountree and Q. A. Kennedy, of Williston; E. D. Peacock and B. W. Sexton, of BamweU; L. P. Williams and P. S. Green of Elko; Idis Brab ham, of Hattieville, and Jas. Moat, Jr., of Cameron. A committee was appointed to draft reeoietiooi on the denth „ of W. H. WeeWy, of WiJtioteo, a direct or «# the C Barnwell County Has Ginned 14,862 Bales Production This Year Is Running Well Ahead of 1929, According to the v Government Report. Prior to October 1st," the'farmers of Barnwell County had ginned well over 6,000 bales of cotton more than had been ginned to the &ame date a year ago, according to a report made pub lic by the Department of Commerce a few day s ago, the figures being 14,- 862 bales this year as compared with 8,534 bales in 1929. This is within about 2,000 bales of the total amount ginned last year. Increased produc tion is noted in every county in this section, though it is greater in some than in others. r- Ginning figures for counties in this section are as follows: 1930: 1929: Aiken 15,829 6,524 Allendale 5,773 1 4,145 Bamberg 11,946 7,081 Barnwell 14,862 8,534 Calhoun 9,872 4,872 Edgefield 8,297 3,715 Hampton 5,493 3,798 Orangeburg __ 39,963 23,158 The State 377,427 162,599 HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. lend some help to the farmer, he said, with remedial legislation and declared that he will investigate the charge that produce can be shipped from California to Eastern markets as cheaply as from {fri s section, although the haul i s several times as great. The results of his investigation will be placed before the Interstate Com merce Commission with a view to ad justing the freight rates in order t\iat South Carolina farmers may benefit by their proximity to the Northern and Eastern markets. He declared that, due to the co-operative buying of the large chain stores, the cotton mills of North and South Carolina are in the same boat with the farmers and predicted either a merger of the cotton mill interests of the South or a co-operative selling organization of cotton goods to combat the co-opera tive buying of the chain stores. He counseled his hearers not to lose hope, reminding ^lem that the Confederate veterans from whom they are descend ed faced -a more hopeless condition following the War Between the States; that in spite of the fact that they were handicapped by a devas tated country and a hostile govern ment, they again won prosperity and preserved their civilization pure and undefiled. . The meeting was adjourned at one o’clock and the visitors enjoyed a sumptuous barbecue dinner at the Atlantic Coast Line cotton platform, the success of which was due to the untiring efforts of a committee of local women who co-operated whole heartedly in making this part of the program an unqualified success. Officers Elected. In the afternoon a business session wa s held in the theatre, at which time "■tjf the officers made their annual reports, following which all of the present of ficers were reelected for the ensuing year. They are: M. C. Kitchings, The annual meeting of the South Carolina Asparagus Growers Asso ciation at Barnwell was one of the best attended agricultural meetings we ever attended. Very few mefnbers of that powerful organization failed to be present at their conference. More power to you Asparagus Asso ciation^ If the Cotton Growers and the Tobacco Growers of this grand old State were as well organized as you are tlTere wouldn’t be so much talk about hard times. u The vegetable growers of Charles ton County are exceedingly well or ganized in their South Carolina Pro duce Association at Meggett, but some of the other vegetable counties are lacking the real punch. The only way the Pacific Coast fruit and vegetable shippers reached market supremacy, was through co operative efforts; and this coopera tive effort is telling the world all about the advantages of West Coast products. Are we in the Southeast willing to sit by and let California, Washington and Oregon take away a market that is rightly ours? It looks so. Every speaker at the asparagus meeting was a highly trained special- isit in his line. Their contracts with the business world h^ve proven to them the tremendous advantage of cooperative effort. Each one of them stressed the fact that South Carolina should put over some form cf “ORDERLY MARKETING.” With our “Iodine Idea’*a s a start ing point, with a State-wide organi zation backing up the idea, with the cooperative marketing organizations of the State already operating and waiting to help you; and with “old man pessimism” riding us hatd—now is the time. We have good marketing organiza tions* in the State—join ’em, old timer, and let’s help put the old Palmetto State back to the fbrefront, where she belongs. Let’s give old man “gloom” a rough and rocky ride for hig money. Roland Turner, agricultural agent for the Southern Railway said that our farmers need to do more hard thinking.—We add that more planning and less habitual influence would help, too. The South Carolina farmer is NOT Isay. He just lacks the incentive to go ahead and produce good stuff, with the proapoct of playing n losing gnaw at marketing Organised iff set will tan defeat Inin nrtery sad far*~ uhn fcnmwti *e fftAA fli an hndkr IhMeh ml ffn ‘ It ME W f nai • * idMd Mh BARNWELL IS NOT TYPICAL OF TOWNS IN THIS SECTION Visitors Impressed With Air of Refinement.—Declare That Lovely Homes and Well Kept Lawn s Are in Marked Contrast With So Many Southern Towns. That Barnwell is not typical of so many of the towns found in this sec tion of the South was the view ex pressed' last week by a representa tive of a nationally known advertis ing concern to a representative of The People-Sentinel. “As soon as we drove into Barn- weH,” the visitor said, “my wife, who is traveling with me on this trip, re marked that there are wealth and refinement here, she being immediate ly impressed by the many lovely homes and well kept lawns. You# town is not typical of the other towns in this section. Take i_- f for instance. There, the people show little or no pride in their homes and yards, and one v gets a very unfavora ble impression in passing through. “My parents were born just outside of London and I was particularly im pressed with some English * type houses here. They are beautiful—but so are many of your homes. How do you account for it?” He was assured that there was wealth of a sort here years ago and that the people at least like to be lieve that the refinement remains, as evidenced by their taste and pride in their homes and home-life; that, in fact, Barnwell aiyoys the enviable reputation of having more lovely homes than any other town its sixe in the State. *T can well believe that,” the visi tor said. “It certainly must be a delightful .place in which to live.” DUTCH WEATHER PROPHET SEES VERY COLD WINTER Verification of the forecast of the Dutch Weather Prophet, as published in The State of September 2, that low temperatures October 1-3 would bring “frost cf decisive character,” as indi cated by meterological conditions of June 1-4, and further corroborated 60 days thereafter, August 1-4, enables him to proceed still further in these sequences <Jf events as to what may be expected in temperatures and precipi tation during the coming fall and win ter. “Forecasts for these periods of the year—fall and winter—in temperature and precipitation are indicated by con ditions which prevail annually be tween the date of September 22-29,” he said, “and are governed by wind di rection and cloud phenomena—-of course, from the latter precipitation is governed in quantity and duration. “Precipitation for the year, begin ning at this period, will be more abun dant than for the year that closed Oc tober. Crops of all kind s in the South Atlantic States will not lack for suf ficient moisture to produce in abund ance next season. Readers of the forecast olW year ago will recall that similar predictions were made for abundant crops now being harvested in South Carolina. Agricultural in terests may confidently look for equal ly as good conditions for 1931. “The winter of 1930-31 will behold —in the strongest emphasis that can be placed reasonably upon the word. Indications of an early winter have been apparent sooner than usual this season by the southward flight of wild fowl, especially wild geese which were seen in Richland County about the middle of September and as many as 200 wild duck, on Lake Murray about the same time.'’ Purple martins had left Chicago on their southward jour ney also as early as the wild geese. “These indications of an early win ter are corroborative of the forecast of the Dutch Weather Prophet, based on wind direction, that the winter will be unusually cold, no doubt the cold est within 20 years. “In this connection it is a peculiar coincidence that O. O. McIntyre, who writes so interestingly his ‘New York Day by Day’ in The State, said in one of his series a week or so ago that one of his lady friends, who has been making weatKer forecasts for him during 17 years—and missed only j once—says that the coming winter ’ will be the coldest for 20 years, which will hark back around 1917-18, when i the temperature stood 30 days (De- , cember-January) below normal, hot not aa cold a s when the temperature dropped to two degreed below aero ( < February 4. Ifififi) here hi Colombia and eight below \m Newberry ~—The l On. it. CAROLINA STATE FAIR OPENS OCTOBER 20TH “There is one thing I wish to stress particularly about the State Fair,” said D. D. Witcover, president: “That is, that the Fair runs six full days and six full nights. As much attention ha s been paid to the evening pro grams as to the day events, and those who remain over night will be well repaid for their trouble.” The State Fair authorities also want to stress the fact that Oolumbia is in easy riding distance after night fall from many surrounding places and that many who cannot come in day time would fin<^ a night trip en joyable and profitable. - All exhibits are open at night, and special pro grams are given in front of the grand stand. If School Day at the State Fair, which is Friday of State Fair Week, October 20-25, grows this year, a s it has for the last few years, then it will attract a crowd only second to Big Thursday. “Many teachers,” Secretary Moore said, “have found a trip to Columbia educational and entertaining for their pupils and last fair week there were many busses on the grounds, which had brought pupils here for the day. We wish to encourage this and to say that the State Fair will do everything in itsr power to make these visits pleasant and profitable. The program for Friday, October 24th, is arranged with full knowl edge that it is School Day and all event are put on the program with this fact as a background. Revival Services in Barnwell. The people of Barnwell who so pleasantly remember Rev. Dr. Furman H. Martin in the the meeting that he held in Barnwell several years ago will be glad to know that he will on next Sunday morning begin a meeting in the BamweL Baptist Church that will continue through the following Sunday. # The day services will be held at 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon, while the night services will begin at 7:45 o’clock. Dr. Martin is a man of ripe scholar ship, deep piety, and high spiritual attainments. He is regarded as. one of the best pastor evangelists in the State. A cordial invitation to at tend is extended to everybody. Many Attend Football Games. BamweU was weU represented at the football games in Charleston and Columbia Saturday. Those from ibis city who attended The Citadel-V. M. L clash were Perry A. Price, L. A. Cave, T. J LandWy. Jefcmmie flaavflla and Prof J. T B Hoover Brothers Are Caught by Officers Last of Trio Arrested by Sherif B. H. Dyches im Hampton County Swamp Friday. Duffy, Broadus and Henry Hoovct^ three brothers whoso escapades make “Slim Jim” of the funny papers look like a piker, have been rounded once more by officeH of the law after a chase that led through three coun ties and were lodged in the Hamp ton County jail, pending their removal to the State penitentiary to serve a two years sentence for housebreaking and larceny. • o Several months ago, Broadus Hoov er was arrested by Sheriff B. H. Dyches and lodged in the BamweU County jail. A short time thereaf ter he effected his escape and joined his two brothers in Hampton County, where the trio is alleged to have Stolen a quantity of goods preparatory; to going to Florida. They were ar retted, tried and convicted on a charge of housebreaking and larceny and sen tenced to serve two years. They were returned to the Hampton jail and in some manner secured a hacksaw and escaped after sawing the bars of the jail. About ten days affo, Henry Hoover was arrested at the home of his father * in this county by Sheriff Dyches and his deptties, the other two brothers escaping. Thursday mght Broadus wag apprehended in Hampton and Duffy escaped, only to be captured the following morninig by Sheriff Dyches when the hunted man came out of m swamp to get his breakfast in an swer to a signal. When Broadus Hoover wag arrested Thursday night the officerg found a leather coat and a shotgun in the car he was using. These articles have since been identified, Sheriff Dyches states, as the property of John Dycheg of Hilda, and were missed from his home at the time an iron safe was re moved from the dwelling during the absence of Mr. Dyches and his family. The sheriff sayg that he afterwards found the safe buried in a road near the Hoover home. It is understood that the Hoovers deny any connec tion with the jobbery. The above named, together with two other brothers, were all in the peni tentiary alt one time, according to Sheriff Dyches. One is still serving time there. Sheriff Dyches states that one of the brotherg wag released from the penitentiary on a parole. While on his way home he was picked up by a passing motorist and when the latter stopped at a filling station to put some water in his car, Hoover drove off in the machine. Officers were notified of the theft and he wag goon apprehend ed. Ira El lit. Burkett. Ira Ellis Burkett died at Manning early Friday morning,* October 10tk, , 5 of heart failure, while visiting his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Gilmore Simm>, Jr. Mr. Burkett wag born in Haw- kinsville, Ga., March 24, 1853, being the only child of Andrew Jackson Burkett and Susan $ljxabeth Eason Burkett. In 1883 he married Miss Nan- ' nie Patterson, of Barnwell, who, to gether with the following children and grandchildren, survives him: Mrs. W. Gilmore Simms, Jr., Mrs. C. A. Chap in, Miss Louise Burkett, Wm. Gilmore Simms, V, Elizabeth Ann and Louise Patterson Burkett. v Mr. Burkett #as a prominent ac countant in Atlanta, Ga., until his health failed a few years ago. He was a Christian gentleman of high character and was of an amiable and affectionate disposition, being liked and respected by all who knew him. The funeral by the Rev. J. Bl of Meaning, enabled by De. B a