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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER SO, 1930.
NUMBER 9_
Pay Debts and Buy
Now, Says Governor
Richards Supports Campaign to Place
Money fat Circulation as Start
Toward Prosperity.
“Pay your debts with cash and then
use your surplus cash for sane, con
structive works,” Governor Richards
said yesterday in advising people of
South Carolina to turn their eyes to
ward business prosperity and to lend
their efforts to bring about that
prosperity in the near future.
“Debts already incurred,” he said,
4 *should be paid immediately. Doing
this is more important than addi
tional buying. If everybody in South
Carolina would settle their open
accounts with the grocer, the baker,
the stores, the salesmen and the
banks, a decided upturn in business
would result.
“I am very much interested and
proud of the efforts of Phillip H.
Cadsden, a former. South Carolina
man, to stir up up cash and put it into
circulation. I am in' favor of the
movement and I am glad to add my
voice to it, emphasizing the point to
settle present obligations and then
go ahead with liberating surplus cash
in conservative spending and buying.”
The governor was referring to the
“buy now for cash” campaign in
stituted in Philadelphia by the cham
ber of commerce of which Mr. Gads
den is president. As Mr. Gadsden
and the other men who have com
mented on the campaign, the governor
feels that unemployment and financial
depression will be dissipated by a
successful culmination of the move
ment. V.
“The ideas advanced by Mr. Gads
den for Pennsylvania are commenda
ble and with modifications to suit
local conditions, would be applicable
to South Carolina^
“I want to warn, however, against
extravagant and unwise spending.
Just because you have money^4n the
bank is no reason for you spending it
freely and without thought for to
morrow. Judiciously expended funds
are essential but wasted money does
no good.”
The “buy now for cash” movement
is in line with several others support
ed by the governor recently. A
short time ago he issued a proclama
tion for the Lions club on better busi
ness.
Early in the fall he urged imme
‘diate highway construction work as a
part of a plan to relieve unemploy
ment and to place in circulation ready
money. Later President Hoover and
other governors made similar state
ments.
“This new movement is slightly
different but it ha s the same princi
ple,” the governor said.—The State.
Local and Personal /
News of Blackville
Blackville, Oct. 25.—Last Thursday
Mrs. Lawrence Groves was hostess to
the Thursday Bridge club. Mrs. Joe
Golding, of New York, was an out-of-
town guest.
Monday afternoon Mrs.G. P. Posey
entertained four tables of bridge.
Mis s Dorothy Wragg, bride-elect, was
I an hohor guest. 4
I Tuesday afternoons ,Mrs. Harold
Crum was hostess to the Joseph Ro
ger chapter, D. A. R. Mrs. T. 0. Bo
land, as entertainer, had charge of a
contest in which Mrs. S. H. Still and
Mrs. R. B. Pickling won prizes.
A bridge tournament was conduct
ed by the Blackville chapter of Win-
throp Daughters on Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. A. B. Hair.
Thirteen tables were in progress with
members of the chapter as hostesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Boylston had as
their guests thi 8 week their sons,
Bridges and Demont Boylston, of
Greenville, and their daughter, Mrs.
Byron Kluttz, of Greer. Mrs. Demont
Boylston and Mr. Kluttz were also
guests.
Miss Dolly Holstein, of Batesburg,
wa s the guest last week of her bister,
Miss Helen Holstein. During the
week Misses Kathryn Matthews and
Jenice Brown were guests of Miss
Holstein in Batesburg.
Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Epp s and Miss
Blanche Matthews attended the “Pas
sion Play” in Columbia this week.
Mrs. Bon Boylston and Misg Marie
Boylston attended the same play in
"Augusta last week.
Mrs. Nellie Cave, of Barnwell, spent
last week-end with her sister, Mrs. J.
L. Buist.
Friday afternoon of last week Mrs.
Henry Still and Miss Eugenia Still
were hostesses to forty guests. Four
rooms were thrown en suite and
were decorated in red, lavender and
pink dahlias.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Posey and Mrs.
S. B. Rush spent last week-end in
St. Matthews a s guests of their par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Bruce.
School Improvement Association.
AUDITOR W. H. MANNING
BUYS W. H. DUNCAN PLACE
W. H. r ‘Manning, county auditor, ha s
purchased the W. H. Duncan property,
just outside of the incorporate limits
of Barnwell on the Ellenton highway,
from Mrs. Ida B. Duncan and will
probably move into his new home with
in the^next three or four weeks. This
is an ideal country place. Since mov
ing to this city from Williston a few
weeks ago, Mr. Manning and his fam
ily have been occupying the Episcopal
rectory.
Great Suffering Reported.
President Hoover wag told Mondag
lat human suffering was appearing
n the large industrial centers where
le hands of willing workmen were
le in the unemployment crisis. Af-
r a country-wide study of the situa-
on, Allen Burns, executive director
the National Association of Corn-
unity Chest 8 and Councils, reported
i the chief executive that steps were
‘ing taken to prevent anyone freez-
g or starving during the rigorous
inter months.
On Tuesday afternoon the School
Improvement association held a meet-
j ing at the school building, at which
time officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President,
Miss Virginia Hutto; 1st vice-presi
dent, Mrs. H. L. O’Bannon; 2nd vice-
president, Miss Frances Lemon;
treasurer, Mrs. W. W. Carter; secre
tary, Mrs. R. S. Dicks; publicity chair
man, Mrs.. Terry Richardson.
A program committee was appoint
ed for the year composed of six mem
bers: Mrs. Ira Fales, Mrs. Louise
Bauer, Miss Blanche Ellis, Mrs. J. M.
Brodie, Mrs. Martin C. Best and Mrs.
Solomon Blatt.
A suggestion was made that the
town be divided into four divisions
with a captain for each, whose
duty will be to increase the attendance
and inspire interest in the associa
tion by getting her particular sec
tion to attend the meetings. A friend
ly rivalry will thus be established in
the different sections of the town, by
which it i s hoped interest in the as
sociation will be inspired whereby this
organization will be a live one and
its meetings will be attended with
pleasure instead of only from a sense
of duty.
Motion was made and carried that
the School Improvement Association
serve the lunch for the teachers’ meet
ing which will be held here on No
vember 22nd. Mrs. O’Bannon was
appointed chairman of this com
mittee.
The next meeting of the association
will be at the school building on Tues
day following the thira Sunday in
November.
Bara well ▼». Ehrhardt.
The strong Ehrhardt high football
team will furnish tha opposition for
thp bora Friday afternoon and
Gaarh W, R. Pnca % working hi*
hays hard in aaliripaUoo of this roa-
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To Rebuild Ice Plant
Here in Near Future
Brick Building Will Replace Frame
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Structure Destroyed by Fire
Several Weeks Ago.
Local Bar Endorses
Judge J. H. Johnson
A brick biulding, equipped with the
’ most modeiti machinery for the
faianufacture of ice will replace the
old plant of the Mutual Ice and Fuel
Company in Barnwell, according to
an announcement by H. -J. Phillips,
local manager. The company’s old
plant, which was housed in a frame
structure, wa 8 destroyed by fire of
unknown origin several weeks ago.
The new plant will be built on the
site of the old one, according to Mr.
Phillips.
Since the destruction of the plant,
local ice consumers have been supplied
with ice trucked here from the com
pany’s plant in Denmark and an ice
house was maintained on the lot op-
!>osite The People-Sentinel office.
A shipment of brick for the new
buldfng has already been received
here, Mr. Phillips says, and actual
work of construction will start at an
early date.
Allendale Jurist, Native of Barnwell
County, ^Receives Backing of
Lawyers.
’Damn The Newspapers.’
Ginnings Ahead of 1929.
More cotton has already been gin
ned in Barnwell County tpian was
produced last year. According to a
report made public this week by P. A.!
Baxley, of Blackville, special agent,
there were 17,928 bales ginned in
this sort ion prior to October 19th as
compared with 13,829 hales to the ‘
seme date a year ago, aa increase of
sheet ftO per cent.
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“Damn the Newspapers,” accord
ing to Robert Quillen of the Fountain
Inn Tribune invariably means “They
told on me.” Mr. Quillen despite his
threat last week to print a “Taffy
Edition” of his unique newspaper,
proceeds to tell something more about
newspapers and newspaper folks in
general, and his own paper in particu
lar. i
“So long as a newspaper confines
itself to printing news and offers no
editorial opinion” he says, “nobody
has a right to kick. It is merely doing
its duty—doing the job for which it is
paid—as a dentist does, or a doctor
or a lawyer, or blacksmith. If it
didn’t print the news, it would be ob
taining money under false pretense.
When it ventures to express opin
ions, however, it lay s itself open to
attack and must be prepared to take
the consequences. If for example, a
newspaper confines itself to the
words, “Cole Blease was defeated,”
if merely prints a fact to which its
readers are entitled, and Mr. Blease
has no cause for complaint. But if it
says,«“Cole Blease was defeated, as
he should have been and we’re darned
glad of it,” then it ventures beyond
the realm of new s and Mr. Blease is
privileged to lick the editor if he
feels that way about it and is capable
of doing it. In printing local news of
any importance, I am careful to avoid
any bias. When I wish to express an
opinion, I do it in a paragraph that i s
frankly and obviously editorial. I
never twist the facts because of pre
judice, and I’ll bet that an outsider,
reading a Tribune report of a fight,
couldn’t tell which side I sympathized
with—if either. As a matter of fact,
I usually am like the old man whose
wife wa s fighting a bear. I don’t care
a darn which one licks so I^ret to see
the fight. The fact that I report an
event doesn’t mean that I have any
personal interest in it. I am not
‘agin’ a man ju§t because I report his
theft of a ham. I am a newspaper
publisher. And I do not print items
that are not legitimate news. If you
give your wife a mild beating and
nothing further happens, I feel con
strained to tell the Tribune readers
what happened. I don’t tell because
I dislike you. I may have thought
your wife needed 'beating. I report
the incident solely because it is news,
and I am not a partisan. Please get
that straight. I’m tired of having
people think I am an enemy merely
because I report incidents not to
their credit. It isn’t my fault if you
shoot your neighbor’s dog or burn
his barn. If you get licked in a
fight and I print the fact, it isn’t be
cause I favor the other fellow. I
may wish you had licked him. Of
course none of us like to have our
faults and weaknesses exposed, and
that’ 8 the reaaon any printed report
of miideedi seems a criticism even
when it is wholy free of opinion.
But * newspaper simply must tell
about things that happen and the
only way I can sogest to keep from
having unpleasant things said about
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At a special meeting of the Barn
well Bar Association here Saturday,
Judge J. Henry Johnson, of Allendale,
was unanimously endorsed for a place
on the Supreme Court bench made
vacant by the death of Chief Justice
R. C. Watts. Judge Johnson is a
native of Barnwell County, having
been bom at Williston. He was grad
uated from The Citadel at an early
age and received his law degree at
the University df South Carolina.
After practicing hi 8 profession for
several years, he was elected State
Senator from Barnwell County and
later from Allendale County follow
ing its formation. He was elected to
the Circuit Coqrt hence several years
ago and has made a most enviable
reputation in that capacity, being
generally recognized as a most able
and learned jurist.
Hi s many Barnwell friends will;
watch the outcome of the election
with much interest.
THREE REINDICTED
FOR WILLIS MURDER
Greenville, Oct. 27.—For the second
time three men today were indicted
for the murder of Sheriff Sam IJ).
Willis, of Greenville Couhty, who
was ehot down at his garage here the
ntght of June 11, 1927.
The bills of indictment returned by
by a grand jury charged Carlos
Rector, former sheriff; Harmon
Moore, a former deputy sheriff, and
Blair Rook, negro, with the murder.
At a previous trial the case against
the three men on the same charges
was halted on the grounds of a false
indictment.
Arrest of the former officers fol
lowed a written confession by Rook
that he killed Sheriff Willis and was
paid to do it by Rector and Moore.
He made the statement in August,
1929, and has been held in the county
jail since.
After Willis’ death his widow and
a deputy sheriff, Henry Townsend,
were charged with Miis murder but
were acquitted. ^
The three men under indictment are
expected to be arraigned for trial
here tomorrow ' in general sessions
court, now under way.
The “Willis case,” as it has come
to be known, ha 8 attracted wide
spread attention, partly because
other officers were charged with the
slaying. .
Ashleigh News.
Ashleigh, Oct. 27.—A dinner was
given Sunday at the home of Mrs.
H. Morris by her children in celebra
tion of her 54th birthday. Among
those present* were Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Hair and son, of Olar; Mr. and
Mrs. Virgil Dyches and children, of
Olar; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dyches and
children, of Springfiel i; Mr and
Mrs. Henry Main and children, of
Olar. The occasion wa s greatly en
joyed.
The many friends of Mrs. M. A.
Owens will be glad to know that she
has returned from the Columbia hos
pital and is convalescing at her
home.
The friends of little Helen Wilson
will learn with pleasure that she re
turned from the Columbia hospital
Wednesday and is now steadily recov
ering from an attack of diphtheria.
Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Ross and little
son, D. I., Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Dyches and baby, Ruth, motored to
Columbia Thursday to attend the
State fair.
A number of young people from
this section attended the circus in
Barnwell last night.
Angus Ross spent a few days last
week in Columbia with his daughter,
Mrs. A. E. Hartin, and while there
attended the State fair.
and Personal
News from Williston
Williston, Oct. 26.—Hon. and Mrs.
Butler B. Hare and little son, of
Saluda, attended services at the Bap
tist church here^ Sunday and were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Q. A.
Kennedy, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Hair spent Sun
day in Columbia, the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Grubbs.
Miss Julia'Lott, of the Wilhenford
Training. School, of Augusta, spent
Sunday afternoon with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Lott.
Mrs. R. A. Gyles and Mrs. Risher
were visitors in Williston Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. Phil Harris and children, of
Spartanburg, are visiting her parents,
Dr.* and Mrs. W. C. Smith.
Mrs. Estelle Patterson spent the.
past week-end with her daughter,
Mrs. James A. Kennedy.
Rev. and Mrs. S. T. Harvin spent
Tuesday in Walterboro, the guest of
Mrs. Harvin’s mother.
Misses Edith and Mildred Bell, Wil
liam McKerley and Mrs. E. F. Birt
and Mrs. W. C. Birt, were among
those who visited the State Fair in
Columbia Thursday.
Misses Sibyl Smith and Marian
Busbee, of Springfield, were visitors
in Williston Tuesday.
Rev. Mr. Huggins, pastor of the
Williston Methodist Church was a
visitor here Wednesday.
Mesdames G. R. Hudson, E. G.
Fletcher and J. W. Cook, were visi
tors in Augusta Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Shealey are
recent visitors to Mr. Shealey’s par
ents in Ninety Six.
Misses Catherine and Elise Birt, of
Augusta, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Birt Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Still, of Char
leston, were recent visitors of Mr.
W. H. Baxley and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Loy Bolick and chil
dren, of Hickory, N. C., spent the
week-end with their parents, Dr. and
Mrs. R. A. Weathers bee.
Mrs. J. C. Hair has returned home
after a week’s visit with Mr. and
Mrs. J. V. Bracey in Augusta.
Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Wise spent Sat
urday afternoon ,with the latter’s
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Eu
banks, near Aiken.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. B. McKenzie,
of Charleston, announce the birth of
a daughter, Sheirley Jean, born Oct.
12th. Mrs. McKenzie is pleasantly
remembered in Williston as Mis 8 El-
ma Hair, formerly of Augusta, but
who has many relatives here' where
she often visited^ She is the niece of
Mrs. Dosia Hair and J. J. and W. C.
Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Merchant, of
Columbia, were guests of relatives in
this community last Sunday.
Revival Services Close.
The revival services which have
been held in the Barnwell Baptist
church closed on Sunday night. Dr.
Furman H. Martin preached with
great spiritual power, and every ser
vice was well attended. He brings
just that conception of personal re
ligion which the present day condi
tions cf life demand. While there
were conversions, yet the marked
results of the service was the large
number of church members who re
dedicated themselves to God. The
members and pastors of other churches
gave their hearty cooperation. Dr.
Martin returned to his home in West
minster on Monday.
R. C. Carroll Dead.
Antoaiobik Horn Stolen.
I
| The Rev. B. G. Morphy of the Barn
well Methodist Church, reports that
I the horn was stolen from his Essex
sodas some time Sunday night. Mr.
[ Morphy does not know whether the
| horn won re mooed while hm car woe
parhad in front ef the Bo pi let Chorrh
lor aflor ha droop ■ in hia parage fi
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R. C; (“Bob”) Carroll, for many
years a resident of Barnwell, died on
Monday night at the State hospital
in Columbia, his body being laid
rest in that city. Mr. Carroll come
to Barnwell as operator for the
Western Union Telegraph Company
and later held positions with the
Home Bank and the Home Furniture
Company of thi 8 city. Although he
was of a retiring disposition, he won
many friends who will learn with
regret of his passing. It is under
stood that he it survived by one
brother.
Barnwell Man Found
Dead in Bed Saturday
Max Bronson, Popular Local Drug- ,
gat. Succumbed to Heart At
tack at Home Here.
The many Barnwell friends of Ed
ward A. (Max) Bronson, popular
local druggist, were shocked and
grieved Saturday morning when It
was learned that he had succumbed to
a heart attack, his death being dis
covered when his wife called him for
breakfast. Mr. Bronson had been in
his apparent good health the day be
fore, except that he complained of a
slight attack of indigestion Friday
night and took a dose of soda before
retiring. The family physician fixes
the hour of hi 8 death at about six
o’clock Saturday morning.
“Max” Bronson, as he was 1 familiar
ly known, was 40 years of age and
was a veteran of the World War,
having seen active service in France
during that bloody conflict. Some
time after the armistice was signed,
he returned to Barnwell and operated
a drug store. About five gears ago
lie married Mis 8 Jessie Joiner, who
survives him, together with his
mother, Mrs. John I. Bronson; one
sister, Mrs. A. R. Wallack, of Clinton,
and two brothers, Robert L. Bronson,
clerk of court, and Johnnie Bronson,
both of this city. Mr. Bronson was of
a genial and obliging disposition, and
had hundreds of friends who are sad
dened by his untimely death.
His body was laid to rest Sunday
afternoon at four o’clock in the Barn
well Episcopal Churchyard, the funer
al services being conducted at the
church by Bishop Albert S. Thomas,
of Charleston, in the presence of a
large concourse of sorrowing rela
tives and* sympathetic frends. Pall
bearers were Judge John K. SneUing,
James J. Bell, G. M. Greene, B. H.
Dyches, W. H. Manning and Horace
J. Crouch. The many beautiful flop-
erg that covered hlg last resting place
attested in some measure the esteem
in which Mr. Bronson was held. .
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Local Ford Agency
Has Changed Hands
Reported That A. B. Wise, Ford Dealer
at Ellenton, Will Auume
Msnagement.
A. B. Wise, of Elknton, has secured
the Ford agency in Barnwell and will
assume active management in tha
next week or two, according to relia
ble information received by the Poopla
Sentinel this week. Mr. Wise has
the Ford dealer at Ellenton for
time and with the experience thus
gained should be very successful in
this field. It is hoped that be will
move his family to Barnwell, when
they will receive a cordial welcome.
Ford cars and trucks have been sold
here since the death of R. S. Dicks
more than a year pgo by the Barnwell
Motor and Turpentine Co., which was
organized by M. B. Hagood and M. C.
Diamond, with the former’s son, G. B.
Hagcod, a 8 manager. The Utter told
a representative of The People-Senti
nel Monday that his company would
continue to operate their repair de
partment for the present and that they
also have a few car 8 yet to dispose of.
The company is contempUting, he said,
taking the agency for another auto
mobile, announcement of which will be
made in due time.
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BISHOP THOMAS AT tbCAL
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SUNDAY
Bishop Albert S. Thomas, of
Charleston, conducted services at the
Church of the Holy Apostles Sunday
evening and preached a splendid ser
mon to quite a Urge congregation.
At the conclusion yof^he service, tha
Bishop met with members of the Vea*
try and completed arrangement* for
supplying a rector for this parish. He
will not be avaiUMe, however, until
June and in the meantime it is hoped
to have one service each month con
ducted by a rector who will spend the
winter, in CharietUm.
AdvowOee Dry Bsfmi
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Many Attend the State Pah.
A large number ef
pie went up do the Stale