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’ * — ^ ' • ‘ ' N — ■» 7 ‘ * * '' . '. ';• ■ 7. : ^ :'• - ! r Vi... GT TUB fFFIClAI. NBW8PAPBR OP BAUM WELL COUMTT Conaolidated Jon* L lt2S. Juftb Like a Member of the Family” VOLUME LIV. I . * BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH, 1931. NUMBER 32. Bill to Repeal State's Dry Law R. C. Holman, of Barnwell, Proposes ■ : . . - ' ’ v" Letting the United States “Pay„ the Bill” Di*. L. A. Hartzog, of Olar, presi- r^*5 • Columbia, Apri 1 2. South Caroli-* ‘dfent <©f the Rivers' Bridge Memorial -> —«>' na’s “prohibition” laws would be re pealed outright by a bill introduced last night by Representative R. C, Holman, of Barnwell. The bill, which was referred to the judiciary committee, provides simply for the repeal of Chapter XX of the State code, relating to the sale, manu facture and transportation of liquor. Its, enactment would leave**thrStarts Tiag y e t been completed, but that of Sc*ith Carolina without any law Scut ugpn fhe question of intoxicating liq uors, city ordinances relating to drunkenness and the State automo bile drivers’ license law in so far as it ielates to prohibiting the driving of -ears by intoxicated persons ex- oepted.\ The Volstead act, of course, would remain in force and such prohibition case s as might be brought in South Carolina would be tiied in the federal court. “Let the United States try all of these ca.«es,” Mr. Holman said, “and thereby we wilf save to the counties and State the expense of these trials. I estimate that the saving would amount to at least $.’100,000, practi cally all of which is now coming from the county treasurers.. Federal couits could try these cases now and wculd were it not for the fact that the State relieves them of this bur- dt n. Defendants charged with viola tion of the prohibition law would, of course, it must be conceded, prefer to be tried in State courts, lealizing that their chances for acquittal in the United" States courts would be much less. * . * # “The house of representatives in failing to make sufficient appropria tion to nvaintain a state liquor con- >tabulary recognizes the fact that this expense should be curtailed. “Let the United States pay the en tire bill.” Senator Byrnes to Speak at Reunion Will Make Address at Rivers’ Bridge Memorial Exercises, Dr. Hartzog Announces. Association, ihas announced that Senator James F. Byrnes, of Spartan burg, has accepted an invitation to deliver the memorial address at the annual exercises to be held at Mizpah Church, Friday, May 1, when tributes will be paid £o the Confederate dead who lie in the adjoining churchyard. Dr. Hartzog stated that the program Senator Byrne* has assured him that he'will be present. Bill Just About 11 Million Now Finance Committee Made Additions Monday Night.—May Pass Before End of Week. The Senate continued work on the appropriations bill Monday night and added—most of it on motion of the * finance committee — $17,677.54 to brjng the total of the bill to approxi mately $10,950,000. After, devoting th e first half hour of the night meet* ing to introduction of bills and com mittee report^, the Senate worked until 11 o’clock, finishing 16 sections j produce of the supply measure. Indications { vegetables Progressive Farming in Barnwell Includes Half Dozen Truck Crops Cucumbers, Cantaloupes, Watermelons and Asparagus Leading Items After Cotton and Corn.—Profits. From Pigs and Turkeys. Written for The People-Sentinel by A. B. Bryan, Clemson College. Agricultural . / . " T_ Editor, Old Barnwell County, noted as his toric mother of Aiken, Allendale and Bamberg Counties; noted also as mother of distinguished soldiers like Gen. Johnson Hagood and honored divine* like Bishop McTyeire, is noted still as being the home and heart of a commercial truck-growing area that produces abundant quantities of cu cumbers, cantaloupes, watermelons, and asparagus besides various other vegetable crop.- 4 though of course cot; ton still holds rank as the county’s leading crop. That too large a per centage of Barnwell County .farmers depend exclusively on cotton for money to buy everything else and have not come to a better balanced system of farming in which livestock takes important place may Is? put down as the principal faqlt to be found with the faiming of county. In its one-third of a million acres the county has . some of the finest farming land* in the State (though some so poor as never to have de- sei-ved being put under plow); and with its fine climate giving 240 days of growing season, the county can all manner of field crops, and fruits and i s well $200 per acre for every chargeable expense. L. A. Cave at Barnwell ha s ten Two Sales Made by Master Here Monday ^ ' 'f' ■ /, • < .'.. V- * ' ;*• . Simhts Office Building' in Barnwell Bought by H. L. O’Bannon for $2J>00. Two Residences Burn This Week are that the bill will h^pas^.^, bt*- fore The" week-end recess. Q. A. Kennedy 9 Jr., in Dealer’s Contest I* Working fqr Trip to South America Offered by Nhrate of Soda • . - 1 Bureau. Free Fertilizer to 4 Melon Growers Four Bags Will Be Given to the First Four Growers Coming to This Office. Q. A. Kennedy, Jr., of the Williston FettUizer Works, has entered the Chilean Nitrate of Soda dealer’s-con test, the twelve winners of which will * l>e given a trip to South America by the Chilean''Nitrate of Soda Educa tional Bureau. Twelve dealers, ttlo each f*»>m Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi will be selected in the contest which will be decided on the basis of the efforts of the dealers to promote the sale of the Chilean pro- adantetHtoo for livestock production. And it i* in an encouraging sign that the same intelligence ami progres siveness that have made successful the asparagus, cucumber trucking Industrie* can now be teen in the advances being made by many farmers in other phases of farming, advances that should put th e county in the forefront as to safe, stabilized faiming. “A for Asparagus.” Asparagus was first grown in real commercial style in this State in Barnwell County and today Williston is the biggest shipping point* of this- delicious succulent and the headquar ters of the South Carolina Asparagus Growers’ association, while Elko is , • _ * i ) another heavy shipping point with two smaller associations of shippers. L. A. Thompson, Elko farmer, seems to have been first to grow the crop 15 years ago, and then followed W. B. and R. R. Jonhston and N. H. Stansel at Elkn, W. L. Cavp-at Barn well, Doctor Smith and others at Wil- li-ton. Now there are between 5,000 ^ _ A . , . and 6,000 acre*‘in Barnwell County izer at The People-Sentinel office for, Chilean Nitrate. The contest is a • , 0 . . , i , . , , out of 8,600 acres in the State, the distribution to h,. first four melon , r,-suit Of the unusual suecess attend- ' ahipments io M ears ST* C n ‘ T A i "” t th 1 t ' ‘T of 15 •‘""“Sf* an ' 1 1 from Williston. *d2 from Elko, 11 from 50-lb. sack will be give'n to the first agricultural experts to Chile last farmer and a 20-lh. sack to each of j summer as part of the celebration of the next three. There are no string.* the 100th anniversarx of the first irh- G^ Chalmers McDermid, represeq tative of the N. V. Pf»ta i -h Export My., duct. Inc., was in Barpwell on business 1 Mr. Kennedy has already begun hi* Tuesday and left four small sacks of a campaign to inteiest growers in this specially prepared watermelon fertil- ! county in proper fertilization with tied to this offer—just call and get the fertilizer, first come, first'Served. See advertisement elsewhere in this issue. portation of Chilean Nitrate to the United States.’ This trip was so bene ficial in explaining the value of Mr. McDermid says that he believes ' proper fertilization that the Educa- raelon growers will get excellent re- j tionaT Bureau decided to offer the .suits from the use of this specially i same opportunity to dealeis, especial- prepared fertilizer and those who re- j ly since they come so frequently and ceive th e samples are asked to test | regularly in contact with farmers, them in comparison with other mix- ’ The two winners in each State will tures. If you want a free sample, be chosen by a State committee • of don’t wait. The four sacks won’t last long. ; iiA three judges who will b e announced later. The contest will close July 1st and the winning dealers w'ill sail Hattieville, and 32 from Barn well through the South Caro lina Asparagus Growers’ association. acres of “grass” and >*’111 put in ibore.' His fertilizing experience is well worth broadcasting to other’growers. He use* compost and cotton seed and 1,800 pound* of 7-5-5 per acre plus 200 pounds of sulphate of ammounia.’ Last year he tested time and amount of fertilizer applications, particularly larger use of potash in a way that proves the value of plenty of fertilizer high in pota?h. On each of two plots in 1929 he applied 1,100 pounds per acre of 5-7-5 February 10 before cut ting, 1,000 pound* of 5-7-5 and 500 pounds of 12 per cent, kainit May 30 after cutting. On one of these plots he used an additional 500 pounds of 20 per cent/kainit July 10. In 1930 the plot that received thi* extra kainit made 75 per cent, more Colossal grade and considerably more Fancy grade and about the same Choice grade. Money returns per acre showed $29-57-1^ more than the other plot "and as the extra kainit cost $4.25 he had a net increase of $25.32 per acre for the ex tra potash. Growers and research workers feel now that asparagus must be on good land, must have plenty of high grade? fertilizer rich in potash and that it pays to fertilize largely during the and other growing season after cutting. The must usual formula including all ap plication* is among Barnwell growers about 7 per cent, phosphoric acid, 6 to 7 pe^ cent, ammonia and 8 to 10 per cent, potash. Needless to say that experienced growers of gratis, «qch as thjr Smiths, T. R. Pender, F. M. Kitch ens Mrs. C. H. Math»,-Bitnon Brown’s Sons, Julien Bush and others, aie wide awake to the newest ideas on every phase of the subject, “B for Blackville Cukea.” Within a ten-mile radius of Black ville some 4000 acres of cucumbers are now grown annually and from th e county 600 to 700 cars of 600 crate* each are shipped each year, Blackville being the shipping center. The Blackville Browns ai e the hig hest growers and shippers, planting 100 acres yearly and controlling 250 acres. With a cuke grading shed and a special grading system they handle 75 per cent, of the crop grown around Blackville, 225 cars last season Cucumbers, they say, are a gamble. Labor and fertilizer costs for the crop are high and the market is fickle Whea_the maiket breaks shipping stop* and sometimes' growers lose Only two sqle* of real estate were made here Monday by G. M. Greene, Esq., Master In Equity, as follow*: In the oase of H. L. O’Bannon vs. Fannie M. Simms, et al., and Bessie * v P. O’Bannon vs. Fannie M. Simms, et al., th e Simms office building in this city was bought by H. L.’ "U’Banhon fqr $2,500. > tJames T. Cannon vs. F. F. Jenkins, et al., two tracts of land containing. 100 acres and 80 acres, respectively, were bought by Brown and Bush, at torneys, for $1,000. ’ . No other legafsales weie advertised. Mrs. Rivera to ^ Speak Tonight W. C. T. U. Organizer Will Make Ad- 'dress in the Barnwell Methodist Church. Announcement is made that Mrs. Edith M. Rivera, of Porto Rico, World’* W. C. T. U. Organizer, will deliver addre?s this (Thursday) evening at eight o’clock in the Barn well Methodist Church. The public is cordially invited to hear this woman of whom it has been said that she “ha* made so great a contribution to the work of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Porto Rico that her name will be forever linked with the progress of temperance senti ment in that land.” Mrs. Rivera was born in New York State but her girlhood days were spent in Oklahoma, where her father for a number of years was engaged in missionary work under the Methodist church, working among the Ponca, Otoe and Osage tribe® of Indians. When,' Mrs. Rivera was , a ydtmg woman of eighteen, the family re moved to Washington, D. C., and from that,time on her energie* were devoted to evangelistic, city mission and charity organization work. She ■specialized in young people’s meetings, gospel singing and all lines of work in which her musical talent could he used to advantage. It was in Wash ington she met and majried Mr. Rivera, where he was IIl student at th e National Law School. After his graduation they established a home in Arecibo, P. R., where her husband was superintendent of the M. E. Sunday School in addition to his woik a* Municipal Judge. Residences Occupied by a Mr. Strick land and J. O. Vining Totally | Destroyed. ' Fire ha* again taken its toll in Barnwell, two dwellings having been totally destroyed here this week from blazes of unknown origin. The first occurred at one o’clock Sunday morning, when the dwelling on Washington Street owned by Ed Sanders and occupied by a Mr. Strick- and familjr was found to be on Are. The volunteer fire department re sponded quickly to the alarm but the flames made such rapid headway that the building was completely consum ed within a short time. It is under stood that Mr. Sander* had about $2,- 000 insurance on the house and fur niture. About 2:30 o’clock yesterday (Wed nesday) morning the alarm was again sounded when the former residence of Col. Solomon Blatt on J*4tson Street was found to be ablaze. This dwelling was occupied by J. O. Vin ing and family, who operate a laundry. Mr. Vining says that the fire evi dently originated near the kitchen flue and had gained such headway when discovered that the family were unable to save anything except a trunk, an electric stove and several bundles of laundry that were on the back porch. It is understood that his loss is partially., covered by insur ance and that Colonel Blatt carried $2,000 on the dwelling. ' The fler fighters are to be congratu lated on the fact that in each instance they were able to prevent the flames from spreading to nearby bouses. Whites Outnumber Negroes in Stute Negroes Decrease While Whites la* - "1 ' 1 ■ ' ' ' J ' crease Duriag Past Tea Years, Census Shows. The number of Negroes living hs South Carolina decreased 71,038 dur ing the decade between 1920 and 1930, and fell below the. number of white# for the firrt time in many years. In 1920 there were 864,719 negroes living in the State. In 1930, figures released by the director of census in Washington show, there, were 793,681. While negro population wa* de creasing 8.2 per cent, the white peo ple population was increasing 15.3 per cent. The white population jumped from 818,538 jn 1920 to 944,040 in 1930. according to L. a Eidron, general heavily; yet there U good money in manager. Thi* organization handles f' ro P over a period of years for 55 per cent of the “grass” produced those who hav e the particular land in SdUth Carolina. ! for cukes and handle the crop wisely. Though asparagus prices for 1930 Typical of the average farmer who were only $2.07 per crate against a know* his cucumbers is Rufe R. $3 average, there was little complaint Mocre at Snelling, a general farmer from the growers, the most progre®- running ten or a dozen plows and sive of whom are making money producing cotton, asparagus and cu- through intelligent fertiliziijg and cumbers as cash crops.^ Mr. Moore in proper grading. On thi* point of s i't s that the first big problem in grading Mr. Eidson cite* that fact cucumber* is the right kind of land— that in 1930 Extra Collossal “grass” » ^ loamy, moist but welt drained YOUNG WHITEMAN SHOT (from New York probably the latter brout;ht J3 31 average as compared soil and he says that even large farms FOLLOWING DANCE HERE p . art of Ju,y ’ ^ trip wl11 lai ^ about with $1.49 for Dixie. As to acreage . ure 001 like, y ^ have more than six ' 1 six weeks and expenses will be paid Toy Samk-fis young white man. wan ' by T T” 1 "" 111 painfully shot Wednesday night ofi Agrfcultur*! Aperts >>»«■ *‘*‘•<1 last week following a dance at the home of Mrs. R. G. Gignilliatt in this city. From what can be learned of, . . ., _ . .. ... „ i costs and it is believed that tnps such the affair, it se^m* that banders and . „ ... ♦. a » the one to South America this two other young men wer e scuffling , pistol, when 1 Fal1 wl *‘ be of tremendious value in that one of the most important f*c- ! drop p in ^ ut> while thon who spec- to P”* nitrogen in the soil, com, tor* in the solution of the farm prob-! j a jj ze j lem i* th e reduction of production for the possession of a the weapon was accidentally discharg spreading the doctrines of lower pro- I.'d, thV'bullet” hitti'ng kandepi’in the j d ’ ,ctio '’ c09ts which h ' ,ve alr «> d 5' ^ thigh. The wound wa s not a serious: d <‘">"nstrated so successfully in manu- Sanders works at B. S. Moore's fac,un '"'' »"<i industrial enterprises. ^^iroductio their jjHings key .to success. O tions must suffice. J. R. Lott, general one. filling station on Marlboro Street. - - * Special Judge Boulware. f v ■ -<;i ,-v J This “Ad.” Got Results. “I could have* sold several ‘plug ! mules as the result of the little adver- Tho«. M. Boulware, Esq., of this tlsement in your paper "this week” city, i s holding Court at Aiken this said S. H. Greene, of the Dunbarton week, having been appointed Special section, who called at The People-Sen- Judge by Governor Blackwood. It is tinel office. Saturday morning to re understood that’ Judge Boulware presiding like a veteran jurist. '•’7” " i , - . ^ » »■ ..i. — ~ creasing Usua Uy following cukes, saps the is . the l ant l rout’h, he says. Formerly he illustra- fertilized with a ton of 7-5-5, but now T j he use® 1,000 pounds and compost illiston I ( ’ v e r y other year and side dresses at has made some asptfragus for 20 falling time with 100 pounds of nitrate year* and now that he finds no sure ^of * 0 *!® and^muriate of potash in the money in Cotton, asparagu* js his proportion 4#** l n Jroqd The negro population was 51.4 per In 1915 they removed to San Juan, | cpnt of ^ toU , in 1920 bat mSttr the capitol city, and it was then (Un ycarg jt WM ^ 6 Mrs. Rivera became interested in the Cengui| ft|fure8 al!K} ^ that thew work of the W. C. T. U. Her ability ^ more female* in the State tha« and her broad vision brought to hcr )mJlle|| ^ ^ not tnJe w|th whiUgf the offer of a position as manager of whenj ^ the Porto Rico Review of Public | to 470f728 female8> Amonft Be _ Health and Tropic Medicine. This ( (froe8 there art 379,681 males mrcom- position Mrs. Rivera still hold* undehj pared with 414> 3 71 fe^es. the Department of Health. She is a g 9Uth Carolina’* total population ia 1930 was 1,738,765. Cave’s Austrian Pea*. frequent contributor to the pre*s along many lines sending occasional articles to some twenty different papers. As president of the W. G. T. U. of Porto Rico from 1921 to 1930, Mrs.j ^ anyone doubts whether a good Rivera has built up the organization ’ crop of au8trijlir peas can ba materially. In the face of the di*as-, Rrown the first year ^ ig urged ^ trous tornado of September, 1929, ^ to the of L< x . when seventy-fiv e per cent of their fie , d iR located on the pje^t ^ W. C. T. U. membership lost every- BarnweI1 road about three miles fr-- changes it seems accepted that i n . 12 acres of land just right for this] thing they possessed, she built u^the g arnwell . are from 6 to 10 in different growers, who formerly made exacting crop. His method i* to fol- some profit on asparagus, are now l l)W the crop with cowpea* to tuin un /hief cash crop. He is cutting ten acre® now and will have Fertilizing, he says, is the big con- ’ 1 sideration, provided on*, has good years he new his subscription, “and when^I have ^ anything else to sell I’ll sure publish it m your paper. These little advertisements are inexpensive. Why not try one the The first car *bf asparagus for the next time you have a mule or cow or 1931 season was loaded here this week, what have y&u to sell? Load First Car of “Grass.” 15 acres.! ln avera « In 1930 h totaled $1, land. He use* a ton per acre of high grade fertilizer (at least 8 to 10 per cent, potash), applying the mixture just before cutting and manure salt after cutting. Proof of his successful yields i* in hi* 1930 cutting—100 With big yields and profit-j>er acre. In H927, his banner year, he sold $4,500 gross from ten acres, giving him say $250 per acre . u—J ^—i—p- !>;»■«'-■ j - ■ *- • - - j profit after a liberal allowance of per acre, ampers. six acres rigidly and discarding everymthg but 1’s and 2’s, he never fails to sell even.when others have to haul them back home. “C for Cantaloupes." A pibneer in cantaloupe production in Barnwell County was the late C. H. Mathj^ of Blackville, who year* a) this deliciou* product. Mrs. Mathis, of whom more later, stittvearries on (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.) membership that year from 1050 to cheg ^ and growinjf very Cave will turn under this crop and This progressive little island or—^lant this field in corn in the 5-aen. ganization has established its own corn contest. paper, E1‘ Lazo Blanco de les Antillas j Mrs. C. H. Mathis turned under a (the White Ribbon of th* Antilles) very fine growth of apstrian peas two which has a circulation of five thous- weeks ago on two five acre fields, and copies. ■ which are being planted to cotton ia One of her achievements is the the contest. • ’ ‘ writing of a scenario called “Los Dos Other fields making s good growth Caminos” (TbfePJJp Roads) made for the first time ar e those of C. H. especially *nd which they Dicks and M. C. Best. J. E. Harley, are display*qP^Browded houses in Jr., has just cut under a good growth all the townWaStte island. rof rye and peas. We are getting a Mrs. Rivera is among the most sue- 6°°^ growth on the rotation demon- cesfeful the World’s W. C. T. U. station with A. E. Corley. Organizers. Recent trips to Cuba, It is hoped that this dgmonstratiea Santa Domingo, Mexico and Venezu- ^ ^ the means of stimuUtmg mow ela, have resulted in the enlistment of fernrtra to grow Icover crop* which a large group of white ribboners in > 11 furnish organic matter to oar sbe lands, which are badly in need of each country, while last year crates per acre. With big yields and I Mathis, of Blackville, who year* ago carried the work of the National W., . careful grading he averages $15t) helped to make the region nottqMftfr^CT.’T:TJITirth'e lTtrgin Tslands and it There >3 etilfllm© for farmers to became th e sixtieth unit in the W. i°l n cotton, com and sweet potato C. T. U. of the U. S. A. contests. Fanner* are urged to Joto now.—Prepared by H. G. Boylston, ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel county agdnt 4 1