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fegr THE < FF1C1AI. NEWS?/PER OF BARNWELL COUNTY Consolidaled June L 1925. VOLUME LIV. Mufti Like a Member of the Family" BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1931. NUMBER It. Verdict for Kennedy in Suit for Slander Was Sued by W. D. Black for $25,000 Damages for Alleged Slander* ous Statements. Musical Programs Will Be Presented Barnwell High School Cordially Invites the public to Attend Three Presentations. A trial that has attracted more than usual attention was brought to a close late Wednesday night of last week when the jury in the case of W. D. Black vs. Q. A. Kennedy brought in a verdict for the defendant. This was a suit for $25,000 damages for ■aUeged slanderous statements that Captain Black claimed were made by Mr. Kennedy as the result of a money transaction between 'the two princi pals several years ago. The case was hard fought by a strong r array of counsel on each Side. Captain Black was a visitor here Thursday morning and told a repres entative of The People-Sentinel that he has no hard, feelings towards any- one as a result of the trial. Similar sentiments were expressed by Mr. Kennedy in a telephone conversation Friday morning. It is hoped, there fore, that these gentlemen, who have long been social and business leaders in Willi-iton, will “let the dead past buiy its dead’' and work shoulder to shoulder for the continued advance ment of their town and county. The Barnwell High School cordially invites the public to attend the follow ing musical programs: Friday morning, April 3rd, at 8:45 o’clock, Misses Blanche Ellis and Vir ginia Hutto will present the second and third giades in “A Mother Goose Operetta.” Friday evening, April 3rd, at eight o’clock, Mrs. Ira, Fales will present “The High School Ensemble” in vocal and piano numbers. The program will be published fri Tiext week’s issue of The People-Sentinel. Results of His Farm Loan Policy ^ 1 Is Gratifying to Saluda Banker B. W-Uroujch Finds Condition of Farmers of His County Much Improved ! Through “No Corn—No Credit” Plan. Saluda, March 21.-^Asked what ef fect the “No Corn—No Credit ” policy adopted by the banks of Saluda Coun ty a yitjgr ago ha? had on the general conditions in Saluda County, Col. B. W. Crouch, who fathered that policy, today issued the following statement: “Just one year ago the banks in Saluda County announced through th e county paper to the farmers of Saluda County, that it would be their firm policy to extend credit to those fanners who. first made a ‘living at Wednesday morning, April 1st, at heme,’ under the caption ‘No Corn— His Land Burdensome Farmer Kills Himself Ridgeland County Man Commits Sui cide ’Yhon He Was Unable to Make a Living. Ridgeland, March 18.—He could not make a living on his Jasper County farfn and he could not rent it, not even to the northerners who have made hunting prserves of most ■ of this county—so Ashburn Malphru?, 52,. killed himself at his hom e five miles from here loday. Investigation shows that he placed the stock of big shot gun against the side of an unused horse stable', the barrel to his chest and sent a load of number two shot into his heart and lungs. Hi s wife was working in the gar den, ghe. says, when she saw: Mr. Malphrus go* into the/nouse, come out again^and enter the gtahle. A few minutes later she heart! the gun file and rushed to the building.in time to see tier husband gasp a few times befort? dcatX She saw no gun in her husband’s hand when he came from the house, Mrs. Malphrus declares, but she 11:45 o’clock, - Mrs. Fales will present the grammar school boys in “Musical Hits” the program being as follows: “Bry s of the Nation” (Kern)—Solo mon Blatt, Jr., and Billy Manning. “A Call to Arms” Keats)—Solo mon Blatt, Jr. Harmonica Favorites—Laurie Still. “Cuban Dance” , (Giebel) Billy —^ *1 ». Manning. « “I Miss a Little Miss Who Misses M e from Tennessee”—Boys Chorus. “The Little Miss from Tennessee”— Virginia Shuman. “Go Home and Tell Your Mother”-?- Boys Chorus. 7 “Go Home ami/Tell Your Mother”— Sara Emily'flan i son. [arris and Norma Ander- no credit.” . y.. “This conclusion was reached after thorough study and consideration, and only after this study revealed the fact that practically two-thirds of the money that the banks had been lend ing to the farmers was being spent for flour, yieat, corn, hay, vegetables and -uch food and feed stuffs as could, Without any doubt, be produc ed on the farms. A check up with merchants of thig town showed this, coupled with the admissions of the farmers themselves. “A check up recently shows that the great bulk of the farjpers in this county aie in far better position than they were a year ago for th e reason “You Were Just a Gay Little tlu “ they T' rolJuct ' d mor ? '»"> an ' 1 Spanish Dancer“-Boy s Chorus. ] other m ' ressa,y f™ 1 * and fee<i stulTs "The Cay Little Spanish Dancer"- during ,he P ast >' car than ever bcf ° re - Paula Mazursky. / | and the,r real mone y requirements “I Love You So Much”-Boys for the present year ^ farming pu- / J I po?es will be lesg than since 1920. Chorus. “I Love -You So Much”—Betty Lee Phillips, yl “Truly I Love You”—Roys Chorus. “Truly l Love You”—Martha Plexi- co. y - “My Ideal”—Boys Chorus. “The Ideal”—Sara English Patter son. • Miss piano. “It follows that the famers thei^- selves are now convinced thaiTit is a waste of their time to undertake to grow cotton with which to buy what they can easily grow on their "own farms. They ar e convinced that the policy laid down by the bankg is the only safe one for themsleves and for at the ^ the banks. - “As the result of the program out lined by the banks of this county and WAGON LOAD OF SODA the ‘Five County Policy,’ there has BURNS'NEAR FAIRFAX come a revival.'all over the State, of _____ . , • i what is .commonly known ag the ‘live AV. C. Bryan, of Fairfax, had the ' at hoW an d ^ is receiving misfortune of losing a wagon and its an ' m P e ^ u ' an d emphasis heretofore load of nitrate of soda by fire early } unknown. Elizabeth Hagood think' he had it pressed close to the side away fiom her. i Tuesday evening. The wagon, with its load, was in charge cf two- negroes, ami when al most in fiort of the Fairfax high school building, one .of them struck a “The hankers of the State are not attempting to dictate to any one, but they ceitainly. have the right to ex tend credit to those whose loans are sure to be repaid. No bank has the Calls for Proposals to Lease Post Office Shipments of “Grass” from Barnwell m^bch to light a cigarette. In so do- Tight to lend money of its depositors Mr. Malphrug had been despondent ^he soda The soda, for sometime his acquaintances say. He had even offered -to work “day labor” for anyone who would rent his land. He told his wife yesterday that he intended to kill hirrwlf, she a dmitted, ^ ru j ne( j^ ^ ne g roes , presence hut declare? that she had no idea that;. of min(| enm ^ to , akc th( , mu|es he wa, serious. He went so far as to w ttw burininK wagon . If tW Aad say that he had picked out the place ^ t>«„ Jen,, the aPHnals would like- ing, he'dropped the match and ignited to that rhnrr-nf-farmers who persist . i in plavitinf only one crop, that of being very inflamable, i cotton, when such fanning is purely immediately blazed, and all but a few speculative—a gamble if you please of the 39 bags on the wagon were de- ! —with the cards stacked against stroyed. The wagon was also practically them. The only certainty about it is that they will certainly lose. “The banker knows that it is not a good risk to lend money to those farmers 'Who buy what they can raise at home. They have learned from bitter experience that ‘no farmer is entitled to credit who has his corn- crib and smokehouse in the West, and to lend money to such farmers is hot a favor to the farmers, and it is jeopardizing business. “At the very beginning of the pres ent year let no man cailling himself a farmer be misled or deceived. f'With a cairy-over'cf something like 8,500,- 000 bales of cotton, and with less and less of American cotton being taken by the spinner s of the world let ttr say in all seriousness that the farmer,, whether large or small, who pins his faith to cotton, to the neglect of all other crops, is taking a risk that the boldest gambler would turn down. “‘Bread from his own fields, meat from his own pastures,’ the slogan of the ~brilliant Grady over 40 years ago, when writing of the safe and sane faim program, was true then and it is true today. “Shall the farmer cut out cotton altogether? By no means. When he has made ■sure -‘d# sufficient grain, meat, vegetables, plenty of food for himself and feed for all his stock, then let him make all the cotton that he can, resting assured that what cotton he does make will be practical ly clear_ “We rejoice that Saluda County farmers are coming hack. They have already started back. The outlook for them brightens. Their courage is rising. It* can be seen in their faces. Their faith in themsel\^ s is being re kindled. They se e a better day. They are convinced that they are now on the right road. They mean to follow, from now on, the ‘live at home’ pro gram. They have tasted it and find it'good. 1 - - “Their next step is to grow soil- building legume-. They are finding that Saluda County lands ar e admir ably adapted to just this. They know that when they build up their lands in this way that the fertilizer bill— always a heavy tax on them—will be greatly reduced, while their produc tion will, at the same time, be in creased. “Saluda County is coming hack, be cause Saluda County farmers are more and more coming to realize that the ‘live at home’ policy, which they have adopted points the way to a better day.” Only a F«w Crate* Hare Been Cat So Far, But Warmer Weather Will Bring Increase. Asparagus season is here again. True, the shipments an far have been few and far between, but with the coming of warmer weather they should increase each day until the peak of the movement i« reached a month or six weeks hence. Early last week, L. A. Cave cut 4 bunches, which he sold in Aiken fbr 65 cents each. Friday he-disposed of Six more at 75 cents each. On the same day LeRoy Molair cut and ship ped the first full crate of the season, the 12 bunches being'consigned to a commission house in Richmond. Mon day, small shipments were made by II .W. Sanders and Mordecai Mazurs- ky, and the following day other grow ers fell in line with a crate or two. Quotations received Monday from one of the markets ranged from $3 to $7 per crate of 12 bunches, which is somewhat lower than for the same date a year ago. It is believed that, with warm weather during this week, fairly largo express shipments will he made the latter part of-this week and the first part of next, with carload shipment* in the near future. It i s stated that only 6V4 cents an hour will be paid for cutting aspara- Inepector Will Be in Barnwell About ~ ■ ■'."■'l ■ ■' * . * ' ' ' April 14 for Purpose of Inter viewing Proponents. The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Washington, D. C., will re ceive sealed proposals up to and in cluding 4:00 p. m., April 28, 1931, for furnishing suitable quarters for post office purpose? at. Barnwell, at a stated price per annum, including water, heating, lighting and toilet fixtures, and with or without fuel, light and all necessary equipment and furniture, under leaSe for five or ten year s from September 1, 1931, or date thereafter of occupancyr*-*?;^- If Ibuilding is to be erected exclus ively for post office purposes pro posal should contain * option to pur chase at a stated price at end of 3, 5 and 10 years. ~ * Floor space of about 1,400 square ffeet 1 9 required. Good daylight and a reasonably central location are im|>ortant con siderations. , Specifications and blank proposals may be obtained from the postmaster and a sample, form of lease may be examined in his office. Diagrams of the rooms offered should be submitted showing inside dimensions, offsets, doors, windows, etc. . ' ' The undersigned will visit Barnwell on or abou$ April 14, 1931, to inter- STU*’' this season ,as compared with 10 for his death. % - The couple had no children. Mr. Malphrus is survived by seven biothers ond tme lister. ly have met a horrible death.—Allen dale County Citizen. Barnwell B. Y. P. iU. Meeting. Thq, meetings of the Barnwell B. Y. P. U. are held regularly eaclrBUnday <• Mrs. W. A. Wills. After long ill health Mrs. Anna Harley Willis died early Sunday morn- ing at her home in Williston. She was bom and reared in Aiken County evening at six-thirty oVlock in the „ n)| had resided at wimston J| nc , Baptist Church. " .1 I her marri age to W. A Echoes of ‘‘Bravest Deed” - , ■ of Civil War Are Heard -r-f General Johnson- Hagood's Feat Is Brought Out in Discussion.—Barnwell Soldier Shot Colonel Dailey,— Uncle of Present Hag ood. Johnson By Gerard Griswold in The Omaha World Herald.' What has been termed “the bravest debd of the civil wax”, is credited to W illis many i a ^ e Colonel D. B. Dailey, of Coun- I Were. Leader." Mta, IWe,. |^ ^ ^ «**"**«•" The subject for next Sunday is: “If group captain in charge. Introduc tion by Robert Sanders. “On time at the meeting,” Beth Manning. “Take work seriously,” Buddy Harley. “Pre pare the parts on program,” Mr. W. W r . Carter. “Co-operation,” Sarah Drew. “Reverence,” Billy Manning. “If I were leader, I would expect,” June Milhous. . , This is the last meeting in ‘this quarter and every one i? looking for ward to art interesting program.. All are asked to be on time so that a full pro^lam can be enjoyed. . _ , E. Dodson Still. j the heme Monday afternoon, the body ; being laid to rest in the Williston : cemetery. • . * Mrs. Willis rs survived by her htjs- 'band; three sons, Major James A. Willis, of Fort Sam Houston, Texas; C. J. Willis, of Williston, and W. G. Willis, of Savannah; one ^daughter, Miss Daisy A. 'Willis, of Williston, and 12 grandchildren. confederate brigade in the heat of act! 19,641 Bales Ginned. L> Easter Egg Hunt at Allen’s Chapel. i—. ^ Announcement is made that there Will Tie'an Easter egg hunt at the church on Friday afternoon at four o’clock. All members and friends of the church aner asked id come and bring eggs for the hunt. Ice cream will be offered for sale. Th e money thus raised will be used for church expenses. The public is cordially in vited to attend. Ther e were 19,641 bales of cotton ginned in., Barnwell County from .the crop-of 1930 as “Tompared with 16,- did not v “ fact thin toV^yiSmt non,' .* *» 868 bales from the crop of 1929, ac- cording to a report made public this week by P. A. Baxley, special agent, wha performed “the bravest deed.” than Major G*: ^^onnson Hagood, commanding otlfter of the Seventh army corps area with headquarters in Omaha, and Ada M. Dailey, principal of Benjamin Fianklin school, Ce^uncil Bluffs. General Hagood of Omaha, is the nephew and namesake of the General Hagood of’civil war fame. Ada M. Dailey is the daughter of the man of Blackville. 1 W. Another One for Ripley. An automobile seen on the streets i here Monday displayed the following sign in the rear window: “From Chicago and Proud of It.” Boy, that's j a good one for Ripley.. scribed as follows by Captain T. J. Mackey, Coips of engineers, C. S. A.: “The lines of th e union army were closing around Petersburg fike a shroud of iron, when General Lee re solved to break and drive them back, if possible. To that end he ordered an attack in force to be made op General Grant’s ttne-^f eircUmvallatiojt on August 21,'i864. “The point selected for assault was in the vicinity of an -old country inn called th e Yellow Tavern. that the attack fore dawn, the r a surprise, however, of officers charged attacking in. the gray of morning that it was difficult to bring their troop into line at that ‘early hour. , “General Johnson Hagood whose Dailey, of Chicago, and General Hagood have been friends for years. An Attack on Grant’s Line; many with the General Hagood of Offraha and Miss Dailey have yet to meet, although thip meeting is soon to be brought about. us u u ,, Her bro-tHef, Major GoorgrT. .1?: , * > *'* i ha “>“ ld *bf« brigade was assigned- td the right 6f the attacking force, found that day his command. General Hagood was as true a soldier as ever drew sword in battle; to him the path of duty was the path df honor; and although j “The bravest deed” ha 8 been de-jhe saw that his-brigade was ip. plain view- prospect proponents. Proposals are to be mailed direct to Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen eral,, (Division of Po4t Office Quar ters) Washington, D. C., in, envelope endorsed, “Proposals to lease post of fice quarters, Barnwell, South Caro lina.” F. H. SHUMATE, Post Office Inspector, - Atlanta, Georgia. cents an hour last year. The Playground. Announcement is made that a com mittee of ladies i s working to put the playground at the corner Main and Marlboro Streets in shape for the little folks of the town, this, it will be necessary to raise a small amount of money and •contribu tions will b e received by Mrs. R. W. Sexton, Mis. Eugene Easterling, Mrs. H. J. Phillips, Mrs- B. H. Dyches and Mrs.' Hayne Hogg. The town au thorities .have agreed to keen the grounds clean and warning signs will Bill Tightens Work in Hampton Schools Provide* for Six Teaching Hours Per o. Day, Six Daya a Week, Seven Montha in the Year. Senator Lightsey, of Hampton County, ha s introduced a bill in tho legislature providing that all public schools in that county shall run six days a week for approximately aevon month* a year. And they shall oper ate the bill says, “Six hour s of actual To do j teaching per day, exclusive of recess periods. Provided, That four and one- half hours^cf teaching per day shall bq a minimum requiied of the first and second grades.” “All accredited high schools in Hampton County shall open the first Monday of October and remain open for 176 actual teaching days, six days placed highway for the, per week,” th e bill continues, piotection of^^e children. Dr. D. B.j u Eaeh hij high school in Hampton Lancaster, of Baltimore, Md.. has County shall be in charge of a prin- kindly consented to allow hi* property eipal who*o *alary *RaIT~nbt exceed to be u?ed as a playground without the amount paid by the State for charge. ; high school principals under the 6-0-1 i school law.” The bill further pro vides, “That in addition to the regu- view’ of the union troops, who had al ready manned their intrenchments, he. l ar monthly salary paid to the prin- ordered it to advance to the assault. Without Faltering. “It had to cross a space of about 250 yards in width which had an un- diifaCing surface, and the broken na ture of the ground afforded some shelter until it debounched upon a level highway, within 70 yards of the works. . * “It then met with a terrific fire of artillery and rifles, but*At was com posed of seasoned veterans, and it never faltered. Where the dead fell, the living stepped; and their leveled bayonets soon sparkled within 20 feet of the line of intrenchments. There the brigade came to an invol untary halt, for before it lay a wide, deep ditch, half full of water, wtych It had no means of crossing. Una to advance, and yet unable to retreat without orders, every soldier delivered hi s hopeless fire with the energy of despair. cipal of a high school there shall be paid $2 per month for each teacher receiving State aid employed in Us school; and no teacher in elementary or high school, whether accredited or non-accredited, shall receive a salary in exces? of that allowed by State ah! under th e 6-0-1 law.” _ Any funds left at the end of the school year will be used to pay off past indebtedness. : s 1 SUSPEND MELON RULING. Special Packing Will Not Be Requi^d 1 This Year. "* the •* Columbia, March 18.—South Caro lina watermelon growers are saved additional expense of $12 to $15 car on their 1931 shipments through (he efforts of the members of the ite railroad commission. It was announced today by the ‘As a merciful suggestion, no doubt commission that the interstate corn- prompted by admiration for a body of brave men; doomed otherwise to certain slau^bj^r, the union soldiers called the call 1 mere* commission had at its requeet suspended a rule of the railroads that special packing be placed in each m to surrender; but car of watermelons. The suspension [ceded. At that dead- holds until October 16, 1931, after ly, jdnc^ggpr mounted officer was the 1931 crop has been shipped, seen to emerge from the sally-port of Present rules as promulgated in an earth-work at a re-eptering angle 1930 will govern shipments of water- cf the line intrenchments nearly op- melons, from South Carolina's prin- posite to the center of the brigade. | cipal melon regions, which lie ih Al- “He galloped up to the colorbearer lendale, Bamberg, Hampton, Colle- of the Twenty-seventh South Caro- ton. Barnwell and Aiken Counties, lina regiment and, bolding 7 his right The commission began to^mbat hand, demanded the surrender of the the proposed change in packing rules color*. Although mounted, the uub.la# December, when Sam C. Blqase foim and shoulder straps of the dar- and Z. F. Sloan, rate expert, attended ing union officer indicated that he a confemece in Atlanta upon tfca was.pf the infantry. He was appar- question. - - ■■ ■ * | v ' ♦ ♦ — (CONTINUED OhLFOURTH PAGE) Advertise In The Paople-Sentinel.