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tir THE (TFICIAI. NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY
Consolidated June 1, 1925.
“Ju«t Like a Member of the Family"
LUME LIV.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MAY 21ST. 19H1.
New Hearing
Is Scheduled
Legislators Made Party to Expense
Money Litigation.—Order Bars
*•. Collection.
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Columbia, May 16.—The fight
the constitutionality of issuance of
“expense mone'y” to members of the
1931 general assembly ^ took a new
turn today.
The State Supreme Court, in an or
der, designated members of the gen-
eial assembly and holders of warrants
or checks for the" f260 “expense
money’' as “persofts interested in the
determination of issues involved” and
amended the~“expense money” peti
tion to include them.
• New Hearing Set.
The court also ordered that a new
hearing be held “the first day of the
June session.”- In the meantime, the
temporary order restraining the
State treasurer from honoring war
rants for $260 issued by .the comp
troller 1 general is,to continue, and
members of the general assembly
will be unable to secure this amount
of “extra pay.”
The fight was started when A. W.
Holman, Columbia attorney, secured
W. W. Holland Sues
Newspaper Company
Brother of T. A. Hollani', of This City,
Asks D'images in th; \mount *
of $.>9,205.07.
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An echo of the LaVar re-Hall news-
paper fiasco of a few r -years ago is
heard in the suit of W. W. Holland, a
native of Barnw’el County and a
brother of T. A. Holland, of thu
city, agaimRTTfie Spartanburg Herald-
Journal Company, in which the plain
tiff seek* to recover alleged damages
in the amount of $59,205.07. The fol
lowing account is taken fiom Sun
day’s issue of The Herald-Journal:
W. W. Holland was named plain
tiff and the Spartanburg Herald-
Journal company as defendant in\g
suit for $59,205.07 filed Saturday in
the offices of E. W. Miller, ejerk of
court’.
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The plaintiff, former business man*
ager of the Herald-Journal company,
is seeking $9,205.07. actual damages,
and $50,000 punitive damagw. At
torneys for'the plaintiff are: Perrin
and Tinsley, and Jesse W. Boyd.
In the complaint the plaintiff asks
judgment for $9,205.07 he charges i<
due him as salary as the result of a
certain contract which he cutered in-
Milkman, Housewife, Sportsman,
Winners in $50,000 Contest
the temporary restraining order on -
behalf of James SeTogaie UofMon-tY" 1 "’ William UV * W «“ A " r ’ r W;
1929.
The plaintiff alleges that “with evil
and malicious intent and for purpose
of bringing humiliation to the plain
tiff and of discrediting him as a news
paper man and injuring his mean* of
earning a livelihood, and with w-ilful
arid malicious disregard of plaintiff’s
right under the contract and employ
ment and in wilful and malicious drs-
day. Yesterday, a hearing was held
on the temporary order.
- In broadening the scope of the
he; ring, the supreme court divtd-d
the interested parties into three
classes. . .
1— Mer.iKrs of the general assem
bly who received $260 and are :n
favor of the appropriation.
"Members Opposed to It.”
2- Members of the assembly >^ard of the defendant’s obligations,
posed to it * corporation and has fraudulently
;f—Assignees, mdonKM. or other- 1 broachwi it. contract with this plain-
wise holders of warrants or checks of tiff •» ,h » t » ithout «**. « l»* dil "
the State tre.-urer/ ! char « <Kl th *' P laintiff her ' in from hi,
The court said that “upon the code 1 P 0 * 11 * 0 " a8 business manager of said
of civil procedure U is manditory un- corporation and ha s f.audulently
dor such circumstance, to require fail * <l and P^ P 1 * 1 "'
that they be brought in as parties to ; ,iff ,h ' monthly installments of sal-
the proceedings ' - - 1 ary called f ‘ >r b >' hi « contnut, and
It ordeied that sine, it would be haa »PPCopriated to itself the funds
“impt act [cable" to make all of them due »«* P lainliff b P ******** for
parties, one or more would be allowed
to represent each class.
In arguing hi* case yesterday, Mr.
Holman contended the $260 the gen
eral assembly voted each member is
not “expense money” but is “extra
pay" _
Nfw Cotton Bagging.
its own uses and puiposes; has by
its fraudulent actions deprived this
plaintiff of his source of livelihood
and has maliciously and with intent
Jft) injure and defraud, discharges! the
plaintiff herein from the position to
which hV had been elected with'" the
I defendant in such a manner as to
The Riverside Mill, of Augusta, an-
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j make it almost impossible for him to
l secure a position with anyone else,
and said discharge was made by the
defendant with the intention of dis-
Local High School
to Close Next Week
Graduation Exercise* Will Re Held
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Tuesday Evening.—Bacealau-
reate Sermon Sunday
Henry Coleman
Killed at Elko
Shu to Death Saturday Night by
Lonnie Coleman.—Allegad Slayer
Now in Jail.
Top, James Thomas Sharkey, first prire winner: lower left.
M^s. Walter Sweet, winner of second prize; lower right,
\ Julius M.‘ Nolle, winner of third prize.
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Pictures khow the three major prise winners in the Camel cigarette
contest. J^mes Thomas Sharkey, 32, a milkman in Boston, was awarded
first prize of $23,009^ Mrs. Walter Sweet, mother of three children and
wifo of a Marine Corps captain stationed at the Brooklyn (N. Y.)..Navy
Yard, won second prize oLllO.OOO. and Julius M. .Volte, real estate dealer,
and former secretary of thfe Duluth Commercial Club, received the third
prize of $5,000. In addition, five prizes of $1,000 each, five prizes of $300
each and twenty-live'prizes of $lwo each were awarded.
... The three fortunate prize-winners will go to Winston-Salem. V. C.,
where Camel cigarettes are manufactured, to receive their checks.
Smith Will Refuse
to Accept Extra Pay
Representative Voted Against Such
Resolutions Whenever Opportun
ity M as Presented.
Announce Program of
Brotherhood Meeting
Will Be Held Sunday, May 31. at 3:00
P. M.. in Denmark Baptist
Church.
nounces a new bagging material,
which it predicts will revolutionize, creditin * and in j urin » this plaint.ff
the bagging industry and accomplish
much toward restoring King Cotton
to his throne. It is composed of 60
in the making by him of his . future
livelihood; that the manner and
method of his discharge fca? not only
With a ‘jute binder de P riv «d him of the money due and
per cent, cotton . .
and is Wid to be stionKer than the “ wm ‘ ! to bim h* th< ' dff( '" dunt bul
has tended to discredit him a* a busi-
test jute bagging, with which it is
on a competitive cost basis.
Substitution of the new form of
wrapping for Jute and burlap, in the
packing of cotton bales alone, would
open a new outlet for cbtton which,
with a 14,000,000 bale crop, would method of his Charge 8U <* ««
mean the consumption of approxi-
ness manager of a newspaper and
to create in the minds of other busi
ness men that he was incompetent
and incapable* of performing his
duties as such; that the manner and
mately two - hundred thousand bales.
Barnwell Teachers Meet.
Blackville, May 19.—The final ses
sion of the Barnwell County Teachers’
to have created in the minds of other
business men a prejudice or bias
against this plaintiff to such an ex
tent to make it impossible for him to
to secure another position of like
kind or any kind,, from which he can
derive a livelihood; that said action
. . . . on the part of the defendant has in-
assoeiation foi 1 1930-31 heard address-. — -
, ,,, . , vTT, fjarea nim in Die sum of $50,000.-
es by Supt, W. H. Ward, of Walter-1 J
boro, on the “Platoon School System” j
and Dr. P. C. McGee, of Limestone col- :
lege on “Education.” Officers for the t
coming year were elected. Mrs. Hat
tie, Newsom,' pf Williston, was named
president and Supt. L. E. Whittle, of
Healing Springs, was elected vice-
president.
th e County superintendent, Horace J
RADIO DOG TO BE SHOWN
AT LOCAL SCHOOL HOUSE
Jasper, billed a s “the ..only re^l
radio dog,” will be the attraction at
the Barnwell schpol auditorium next
The association presented j Monday evening, May 25th. Advance
notices state that the dog will be on
Crouch, of Elko, with a u silver pitcher the stage without a master and will
as a token of appreciation of his be directed solely by the electrical
years of service^ in the county. reproduction of his master’s,voice by
remote control. .Both Jasper and his
owner and trainer, Bob Edwards, are
South Carolinians. Mr.“Edwardswas
Without pre-arrangement, three ’ born and raised at Darlington and is
ladies whose combined ages total 257 i a former pupil of Supt. W. W. Car-
years met at the home of Mr. and ter, of this city. He was graduated
Mrs. W. O. Halford, ip {his city, a from Furman University and Jasper
Ages of Three ’total 257 Years.
few days ago. They w'eTe Mrs. Simiftie
received his college education during
Still, 90; Mrs. Jane Barker, 84, and his master’s senior year. The dog is
Mrs. Sarah R. Goodson, 83, their
average age being nearly 86 years.
Their host and hostess are each 69
years of'age,“ : ’makmg the combined" "(Jog
ages of the five people 385 years, or
an avprage of 75 years each. The
People-Sentinel' . extends ' to all of
them its best wishes for many more
years. ' n ■ '
said to be possessed of a remarkable
mentality and has teen valued at
$25,000. He _is an Engiisk. shepherd. decided ijnerease;
A. part ot the door receipts
from Monday night’s performance
will b e for the benefit of the local
school. r* *' • -
ApVERTISE in The People-Sentinel
Representative Winchester C.
Smith, Jr., of Williston, will not ac
cept the “extia pay” vbted by the
recent legislatuie to its members.
This information i s contained in a
letter received by The People-Sentinel
yesterday from Mr. Smith, in which
he says:
“I wish you would state in your
paper that I am not going to accept
for my peisonal use the $260 extra
pay that the legislature voted its
members. 1 stated on the floor ot
the House that 1 would not accept
extra pay, and I voted against every
resolution.. pertaining to extra pay
that I had the opportunity to vote
against. If th e courts say we are en
titled to the money, I will give mine
to the county, as it will do our county
a little good, while if 1 left it in Col
umbia we would not benefit.”
Last week Senator Brown turned
the check issued to him by the State
treasurer into the general county
funds and it was understood then' that
Mr. Smith would adopt a similar
cour-e. His letter confirms thi 8 re
port.
Water Rattler Caught N
With Small Catfish
i-toake Is Impaled on Fish’s Fins and
Landed by Fishermen Near Boil
ing Springs.
Announcement is made that the
Brotherhood Meeting of the Barnwell
Baptist Association will be held Sun
day, May 31, beginning at three p.
m., in the Denmark Baptist Church.
The general theme of the meeting will
be “The Layman’s Responsibility in
His Church,” and the complete pro
gram is as follows:
3:00—Devotional service conducted
by the local church.
3:10—The value of the local church
to the community, by Hon. Robert
Lide, of Orangeburg.
Male Quartette. _
3:35—How can a layman make his
life count in his church, by Prof. W.
W. Carter, of Barnwell.
Male Quartette.
4:00—The necessity for a regen
erated church membership, by Dr. W.
M. Jones, of Barnwell.
4:25—-The need of personal loyalty
to Christ in the worship, work and
support of the church, by Dr. J. El.
wood Welsh, of Orangeburg.
4:50—Open Conference conducted
by Dr. Welsh.
It is hoped that eVeVy pastor in the
Association will attend this important
meeting and that every church will
send a laige delegation of its mem
bers.
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Every pastor is asked to announce
this meeting to his chinches and urge
his people to attend.
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PROMINENT AIKEN PARTY
INJURED IN AUTO WRECK
Another successful session of the
Barnwell High School under the capa
ble direction of Supt. W. W’. Carter,
assisted by -his efficient corps of
teaches, will come to a close next
Tue-day evening,' at which time the
graduation exercises will be held
in the school—auditorium.
The commencement exercises begin
with a recital by members of the
Beethoven Club tomorrow (Friday)
evening at eight o’clock in the school
auditorium. The Commencement ser
mon will be preached in the local
Baptist Church next Sunday morning,
May 24, at 11:30 o’clock, by the Rev.
Wilmcr S. % Poynor, of — Florence.
Special nitisle for This occasion will
he furnished by the school.
As stated above, the graduation
exercises will be held thi s year in the
school auditorium Tuesday evening,
Majr 26, at 8.30 o’clock. These exer
cises will consist, of the class pro
gram, “1931 Enters the Portals of
Time," special music and presentation
of diplomas.
Members of the graduating class
are: Eugene Davis. Marvin Dyches,
Calder Ellis, Robert Gignilliat, Harris
Morris, W. P. Morris, Jennie Black,
Mildred Black, Marian Bolen, Evelyn
Clary, Corrie Crech, Ruth Diamond,
Marie Halford, Scott McNab, Oneda
Moody and Elizabeth Sanders.
Under the superintendency of Prof.
Carter, the school has shown marked
progress each year, until now it has
come to be recognized as one of the
leading high schools in lower South
Carolina. It will be good news to
the pations and pupils to learn that he
will return agairir-next session.
Here’s a fieak fish-snake story that
is vouched for by S. H. Gantt of
Lyndhurst:
A few nights ago several young
men . of the Boiling Springs section,
set out some lines in the Lower Three
Runs. The next morning, when
gathering them in, they felt a vicious
tug on one of the lines and immed
iately hadfe vision* of a monstrous
fish. Imagine their apprise when
they hauled in a *wRW rattlesnake
several feet long.
Th e point of the story, however, is
in the manner in which the snake was
caught. A small catfish had swal
lowed the hook on the set line and
the snake, believe it or not* in at-
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tempting to swallow the fish, impaled
itself on the sharp fins immediately
behind the fish’s head and was held
securely until the arrival of the fish
ermen. , j ’
,The usual crop of.fish stories has
geeh * somewhat retarded by the late
cold spring, but with the coming of
warmer weather there should be a
Mrs. Theo Buckley, Mrs. Mittie
Smith and daughter, Miss Marian
Smith find Edwin Wheeler, of Augus
ta, spent Sunday with Mrs. F. H. An
derson and family.
Judge and Mrs. Hayne F. Rice and
C. B, Woolsey and Convers Woolsey,
Jr., suffered minor cuts and bruises
Sunday afternoon on the Columbia
highway about a mile east of Monetta
when the Rice Chrysler sedan, in
which they weie returning' from Col
umbia, turned over after colliding
with a Ford gar which, had turned in
fron tVf them. The Ford was driven
by a Mr. Derrick, of Springfield, and
he' and his companion were also cut
and bruised.
Mis. Rice suffered the most painful
injuries of all, and has teen confined
to her home thi s week.—Aiken Stand
ard. *
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Meyer’s MrjH^IlAc Enjoyed.
Th^. picnic given for the Veterans
and Girls of the Sjxties on last Fri
day’ at Meyer’s Mill was very much
enjoyed and a splendid program given
by members of Ellenton and Honey
Hill Chapters, U. D.^C. It was a
matter of deep regret that so many
B. Y. P. U. Program.
Henry Coleman, a young negro
man, was . shot to death Saturday
night in Elko by Lonnie Coleman, an
other negro, ^cording to the testi
mony of eye-witnesses of the homi
cide. The alleged slayer was arrested
Sunday morning at the home of An
drew Grayson, a tenant on the plan
tation of Jeff Boyd, near Williston,
and lodged in the Barnwell County
jail.
According to Sheriff B. H. Dyches,
who was called to the scene of the
crime about twelve o’clock Saturday
night, the shooting occurred at the
rear of Pickens Lee’ s store and was
the result of a dispute between Qie
two negroes over a negro woman.
Ixmnie Coleman is said to have fired
four shots, only two of which found
their mark. One bullet hit Henry
Coleman in the left side near his
heart and the other lodged in his left
hipL The wounded man ran from the
rear to the front' of the Lee store,
where he fell and died in about ten
minutes. — y - •
The alleged slayer made good his
escape and sn all-night search by
the officers was fruitless. Sunday
morning Sheriff Dyches received in
formation that the negro was at the
home of Andrew Grayson. The
Grayson home was visited and both
Andrew and his wife denied the pres
ence of the Coleman negro. It was
not until the sheriff threatened to
bum down the house that the hunted
man came down from the loft where
he was concealed and surrendered.
He was brought to Barnwell and
lodged in the county jail to await
trial.
Mrs. R. G. Hler*.
Miss Elizabeth Grubbs, leader in
charge. Subject: Following the New
Testament. 1
Jesus founded the Church, by Eliza
beth Grubbs.
A saved Church membership by
Margaret Moody.
A Baptised Church membership by
Elizabeth Mace.
A' contributing Church membership
by Marian Bolen.
A Democratic Church membership
by Emily Black.
An obedient Cliurch membership by
Jennie Black.
A missionary Church membership
by Charles Burckhalter.
Memory verse: Luke 9:24.
Daily Bible Reading: Matthew
Mark 8, Luke 9 and John 6.
In order to make our B. Y. P
a success all members are urged to be
on time, do your daily Bible readings
and in every way give your leader
your best cooperation.
E. Dodson Still, Pres.
15,
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Miss Mae Willis.
Williston, May 19.—Mrs. R. G.
Hiers, aged 42, a lifelong resident of
Barnwell County, •passed away here
Sunday morning about seven o’clock.
Mrs. Hiers had been in ill health for
many months and after confinement to
bed a month or so ago had been
gradually on the decline until her
death came Sunday. She was a much
loved woman and had many friends
all over the,county who will learn of
her death with regret.
She was a member of the local
Baptist Church, and is survived by
her husband and two sons, Bobbie
and Lucius; one sister, Mrs. Everette
Creech, two brothers, John I. Renew
and Martin Renew, all of Williston,
and her mother, Mrs. Mozelle Renew.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday morning at 11 o’clock by the
Rev. W- R- Davis. Interment wag in
the williston cemetery.
Williston, May 15.—With the death
of Miss Mae Willis this morning this
town and community mourns th® loss
of one of its noblest women. Miss
W’.iis was the'daughter of the late
Elijah R. an! Lucretia Johnson Wil
lis. She was 62 years old and spent
her entire life here where she owned
successful fanning •intcresta.
Surviving her are one brother; T.
M. Willis and one si**or, M»\*. Jesse
Shuler, both of Willi ;ton, also one
fiece, Mrs. W. C. Smith, Jr., and
gv; ndnephew, Norman Smith, of W4^
I if* ton. V i. /
funeral services were te’d r.t *4*mT
h -me of her brother »h;.> morning at
r
II o’clock and interment made in the
Williston cemeteiy, the Rev. W. R.
Davis officiating.
A Fair Saturday, at Last.
to be present on this occasion. Mr*.
Florie D. Buckingham, president of
Ellenton Chapter," worked untiringly
for the success 6T this meeting and
much of the credit for the dav is due
her. *■ * —
No rain—not^fcn a light “sprin
kle”—fell in Enll^ell Saturday, the
first timl that this has occurred in
about three months. For 12 consecu
tive Saturdays—some claim even
more^—it has rained here, and the
sunshine over the past week-end was
very welcome. •
The farmers in thi s section were
in
Defends Beaufort Man.
Col. Edgar A. Brown, of this city,
is attending court in Ridgeland this
week as counsel for Walter E. Rich
ardson and W. P. Jay, of Beaufort,
charged with conspiracy in connec
tion with the failure of the.Beaufort
bank several years ago. Richardson
and Jay were convicted on one charge
in 1928 and sentenced to serve 12
months’ imprisonment or pay fines of
$500 each. They paid the fines.
Richardson was later tried in federal
court for offenses of a similar nature,
convicted and sentenced to serve two
years in federal prison. He complet
ed serving the sentence a few month*
•go.
Cotton Prices Decline.
Last week cotton price 8 declined 64
points or a little more than $3 a bale,
carrying them to the lowest levels of
the season and thl lowest since the
early days of the World War in 1914.
Middling cotton in Augusta Saturday
was quoted at 8.94 cents per pound,
j It was feared that improved weather
' conditions in the South would result
1 in even lower prices.
M. B. Self Returns to Williston.
Prof. M. B. Self h^ been elected
also greatly aided in their fight j “ superintendent of the WiOirtow-
. of the veterans were sieje and unable against General Green by the fair^Eiko school syatera, which position be
weather of last week*—Many acres of
grassy cotton werer Cleaned and al
together the crops show much im
provement.
Advertise
in- The Ifcopie Sentinel
held several years ago. For the pant
few years he has been superintendent
of the Westminster schools. He is
highly regarded in educational cir
cles and wilUbe welcomed back to
Barnwell County. —
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