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MAJORITY OF COUNTIES FAVOR EXTRA SESSION 37 OF 46 COUNTIES IN STATE EN DORSE LONG PLAN. 2,000 Farmers Gather at Spartanburg. —Hall at Greenville Too Small for Crowd. Columbia, Aug. 29.—South Caiolina farmers today expressed themselves overwhelmingly in-favor of Governor Blackwood’s plan - to call -* special .-ession of the legislature to prohibit cotton production in 1932. Meeting in 45 of th£ 40 eountie^ they went on iccord in 37 of the gatherings as fav oring the plan originated by Governor Long, of Louisiana. One county’fail- • to take a vote afte r a three and a half hour session. The only county ir which. there was no response to Governor BJack- w.'.od’s proclamation calling on the farmers to give expression to their /de^ireg was Charleston, wh£re but little cotton is laised. Governor Blackwood tonight refus ed to comment on the results except to say that he was “gratified” at the response. He previously had isaid, however, he would be largely guided in his decision-on calling an extra- oidinary session of the legislature by the attitude of the farmers. Waits on Legislators. He said tonight he awaited replies t* his queries to members of the general assembly, but consensus a round the State capitol i* that leg islators will expiess a willingness to assemble. The meetings ii\ many of the coun ty seats were largely attended. At Spartanburg. ,4he crowd was estimat ed at 2,000, while at Greenville many were upable to gain entrance into the hall which accomodates 1,000. The amallest number .iepcrted was at Georgetown, where only 23 met. • I - ' ’ . Barnwell Approves a Special Session Farmers of Cuinty Vote Overwhelm ingly ir, Endorsement of Long’s No Cotton Plan. Reminiscent of the enthusiasm dis played'during liberty loan diives of 1917-1918, a rousing meeting of farm ers in convention her e Saturday al most unanimously endorsed the Long plan for outlawing cotton in 1932 and petitioned Governor Blackwood to call a special session of the general as sembly to pass the necessary legisla tion. The meeting was called to order by Harry G. Boyhton, county agent, and after Governor Blackwood’s ptoclama- tion had been read, State Senato r Ed gar A. Brown was elected to preside. * He scored in no uncertain terms those who, from selfish reasons or otherwise,. seek to forestall legisla tion prohibiting the planting of cot ton next year. Hal D. Still, of Black- ville, trained hi* gun* on the Mellon inteiests, the high tariff and other ills to which the Republican party is heir and warned his hearers that they need expect no relief from national IVgislation or the farm board. Dr. W\ M. Jones, .pastor of the Barnwell Baptist Church, cheered his audience by reminding them that the same God who brought this coun try safely through the dark peril of the W’orld War still controls the uni verse and advised them to go to Him fo r guidance , in their troubles, just as they did when they were frighten ed by the spectre of German militar ism. His brief remarks made a mark ed impression on those present. After .*ome further discussion by | Repiesentative R. C. Holman and Summer Tournament Is On PLANS ARE COMPLETED FOR ROAD CELEBRATION Cream Station to Be Started in Barnwell M. P. Hazel, Owner of Summerfand Creamery, Met With Local Farmers Wednesday. Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don't Know. Tea roses in bloom and pervading the atmosphere with their fragrance. . . . A little girl saying: 11 “I am all ready for school. I’ve got my book satchel and pencil and I’ve been vaccinated.” . . Gilmore Harley back'- from New York City ami re porting that th e “Bicadway beauties” had inquired about certain local sports. . Lloyd Plexico back from motor boat races at Savannah where he won second place and #60 in the free-for-all. . . Swaim* of Cotton Is Replaced by Turkeys on Farm W. H. Moody, Jr„ of Kline. $aya That Birds Are His Most Profitable Crop. pestiferous gnats. Col/* N. B. Bamble, former resident now living in Columbia. . . Hot arguments on ! the proposed prohibition of cotton - - - - .. planting in 1932. . . The appear- Whit, th, farmer, *.v. ^«ral ap- th, I"" 1 "" »" « h ' ***.„ w , ck .„ uHjad. proval to «h, special ^anon plan. L »'>* P 1 *" Shield, of local au.omobUc, . . . man, m.Uncc, they appealed to ^ ( Ig7 t<( , Th , w „ A few more oeyroe, dri„„a auto- closed with praye, by Dr. Jonee. ! n ’” b ‘ l " th ' ,,t " n ?? h of . . o . , cotton. . . C. G. \oungbood, of The gathering Saturday was a .. v . rour Mile township, telling that his most representative one. there being . . r . » , .. mother, Mrs. r. M. loungbood, learn- farmer 8 from each and eveiy section , , 4 , ’ . | ed her ABC s from the columns of of the county, and it »# believed that i , c. .. .. . .. , the old Barnwell Sentinel, and further the action taken voices the sentiment L. . - . • / o . w n . i Chat The People-Sentinel is the most of a large majority of Barnwell Coun- , r . , . , . welcome newspaper visitor in his ty people. * ■ . , . r - _ - I father s home. legislators to serve without pay or to accept-a minimum salaiy. The con.- stitution provides a $400 salary for each member. Aiken fanners, for instance, sug gested that a salary of $5 per day and that the session continue ten days. Dorche.-ter farmers asked that legislators pay their own expenses. Look to Texas Action. In some counties, the vote for a special session and adoption of the Long plan hinged on similar action by Texas and Oklahoma. Several countie- wer e luke warm. Allendale’s first resolution was in * opposition to the special session but after two amendments the resolution was made to read, that they favored anything that lould be done to bring aid in the present ertsi.-: •Colleton, which last week went on record as favoring the extraordinaiy session, wa* tied up in . three and a half hour debate and finally the meet ing adjourned with no vote. The counties which voted against the proposal were: Abbeville, 76 to 49; Beaufort, Berkley. Horry, 21 to ,4; McCormick, 75 to 13; Richland, 5? to 18, and Union. Abbeville, however, voted for legis lation prohibiting the cotton planting next year*, but voted against the special session of th e general assem bly. Vote by Counties. The vote in some of the counties was: Barnwell, 187 to' 1; Cherokee, 292 to ^0; Chesterfield, unanimous with an estimated attendance of 600; Clar endon, unanimous, with an estimated attendance of 100; Greenwood, 210 to 13; Horry, 21 to 4^ Kershaw, 96 to 14; Marion, 36 to 7; Marlboro, 57 to ^7; Newberry, one yot e against the special session with an estimated at tendance of 500; Oconee, 165 to 57; Orangeburg, 334 to 21; Pickens, 148 to 47; Spartanburg, 152 to 51. The vote.in §alud* wa 8 *jnade con tingent on three-fourths of the cotton growing territory being controlled by similar resolutions and also that no clerks and attaches be employed dur ing the six-day meeting of the general assembly. burg, spent the week-end with Miss Julia Lemon. Make Annual Settlement. E E. Jones, representing the^romp- trolle.* general’s office, wa s in Barn well Tuesday for the purpose of mak ing the annual settlement with Coun- i ^ Barnwell lady buying cotton on the ty Treasurer J. J. Bell and County ! ,<xal marltet - •* • Representative Prof. W. W. Caiter driving a school bus uith anothe r * n tow. . . Prof. H. H. King and P. C. Greene, of Dun barton, getting a supply of writing paper for the new school session. . . Auditor W. H. Manning.- As usual, he did not find it necessary to change a single figure, every item checking to the penny. At the same time, Mr.' Manning turned over his duplicate book to the R. C. Holman all set for the anticijuit- ed special ae-sion 'Of the legislature. Th e Judge strongly favors the Long no-cotton plan. . . Ed Woodward telling his experience with a highway patrolman while enjoying a ride Sun-( Kline, Aug. 26.—Turkeys ease the cotton growing dilemma for W. H. Moody, Jr., owner and operator of a farm 3 miles east of Kline. He nets $400 to $600 a yeap fmm rearing'an nually 100 to 150 head of the bronze variety of the big birds that weight down American dining tables on Thanksgiving and Christmas days. “They constitute my most profita ble crop,” . says Mr. Moody, who, though producing most of his home -‘upplies, grows by way of field pro duces little else than cotton for mar ket. He cut his cotton acreage greatly in recent years, planting this year only\ 20 acres, which coippares with 38 in 1930. He sells somecom and peas, but it is to his 1 turkeys that he looks chiefly for net income from farming. “I went in for turkey* abcut a dozen year s ago,” he states. “Then I made a trial of chickens on com mercial scale and found it lest tto concentiate on turkeys. Raiaes 110 of In 1930 he hatched out 119 young ones and raised 110 of them. The money cost of rearing the new flock was $201.34. which included $45 for home-grown feed. He grossed $631 from sales of turkeys in the fall. He sells hi< best biids for breeding stock, getting $5 to $7 for young hens and $8 to $12 for young gobblers. He finds markets throughout the southeast for these. Other birds are sold for food, shipments being to New York and Philadelphia. In 1930 diessed tur- M. P. Hazel, owne r of the Summer- land . Creamery at Batesburg, met with several local faimers yesterday (Wednesday) morning at County Agept H. G. Boylston’s office for the purpose of discussing the establish' tnent of a cream buying station at Barnwell.' Those present appeared to be very favorably impressed with the idea and it is believed that a sufficient number.of farmers can be interested to make the station a success and prove a source of steady cash income the year round._ Accoiding to Mr. Hazel, a cow giv ing three gallons of milk a day will produce from $7 to $9 worth of cream a month at prevailing prices, allow ing the farmer to raise hogs on the skim milk and eniich his land with the compost, thereby reducing his fertil izer bill. Perry A. Price, manager-of the lo cal branch of the Bank of Western Caiolina, stated that the bank will help farmer s in every possible way in getting started and he will be glad to talk the matter over with those who are interested. It was decided yesterday to start the station on Monday, September 14, and Mr. Boylston will be glad to fur- ni«h full information to all fanner* who are interested in adopting a safe r farming progiam. Cream buying sta tions will alto be opened at Allen^gle and Hampton on the same day. t Th* People-Sentinel hopes to pub lish additional information next week. Cattle Decreases But Autos Increase Some Startling Figures Called from County Auditor’s Books Show Trend c/ Times. During his speech at the meeting of Barnwell County farmers here Sat urday, Col. Edgar A. Brown read jcnu* interesting figures from the censug / reports of 1920 and 1930, showing the decline in the number of mules, hoises, cow 9 and hogs on the farms in this county. A man in the auifeme interrupted him to ask about the number of automobiles in the county and Colonel Brown replied that no doubt there had been an in crease of a hundred per cent, in the treasuier’s office, whieh x i 8 now busy m ' nus his drivei s license making up tax receipts. During' his UeRoy Molair displaying several nine years in office Mr. Manning has never failed to deliver this duplicate bcok to the treasurer on the date le- quired by law—September 1st—while specimens cf early fall cucumberfe. They compare favorably in look* with those grown last spring, but Mr. Molair says the yield i s smaller. . . rriany auditors find it necessary to j Disappointed squirrel hunters who •ask for an extension of 30 to 60 days. Mr. Jones expressed himself as be ing highly pleased with the’efficiency of the local officials and said that it is always a pleasure to come to Barn well for the annual settlement. took advantage of the first day of the open season to unlimber their •guns., keys netted him. above cost of ship- P* 8 * ^ eca< * e * ping and marketing, 32 cents a pound.* County Auditor W. H. Manning Mr. Moody uses simple methods in w * s moved to examine his books and raising turkeys. He lets them range has furnished The People-Sentinel largely as they please, provides shel- with the following startling figures, tered roosts for them when they are which speak for themselves: Negro Dies from Injuries. Opens Office Here. . “Muff" Robinson, colored, of Colum bia, was fatally injured here Tuesday morning when he fell unde,- the wheels TrtW of A ikVn. ~iu.''mZ'iiaZxZ M . 1 . . 1 A ew eJ « MW ^ M ” C. G. Fuller, road cbntractor, ha* ■opened an. office in the old Caldwell building on Main Street. The build ing -was lemodeled 'several months ago by the new owner, Mrs. Laura of a heavily loaded turpentine truck. H P died about an hour later. ler have been making their heme in . Barnwell for the past two years, Robinson, in company ».th whiu his brotheli w A Fuller, and negro, was en route to Savannah and | famj|y have ^ residcnts Barn _ it is understood that they had made {or an ^ , tjm< , arrangement, with Barney Diamond, fami|j( , s hav( , many friends here who Miss Elizabeth Burckhalter is visit ing friends and relatives in Philadel phia and New York City. diiver of a truck for the local turpen tine still, to ride on the truck. They attempted to board the machine at the Southern Railway crossing op the BarnWell-AUendale highway and Rob inson evidently lost hi s hold and fell under the wheels of the trailer, which was loaded with several barrels of turpentine.. His head was crushed and both legs were broken, the negro dying from hi s injuries about an hour later. His body was buried Tuesday It is understood that he had a brother working in a paint shop in Columbia. * ’* Lewis Black left for Cwroson Col- lege or Tuesday where he goes to esutne his studies. hope that they will continue to call Barnwell their home. Bolen—Hallman. Williston, Aug. 2^:^tMias Zilla Bol$n and Lindsay Hallmaii, former ly of Springfield, were married at thte The member? of the Jennie Bates Hagood Bible Class of the Barnwell home of th e bride last Sunday mom* Methodist Church wili aeive a barbe- ing at 9 o’clock, the Rev. Mr. Hunter, pastor of the bride, performing the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Bolen, of the New Forest section, near here/- Mr. and Mrs. Hallman left Sunday for p short trip, after which they will young and open air roosting places • 1930 1920 for them when fairly mature. Pre- Mules 3,343 3,496 pared food is supplied them while Horse* 415 1,003 they are growing up but they range Cows ----- 4.721 3,046 hi* corn and pea fields for gieen- Hog s - 2,551 ’ 7,579 stuffs. For a month o r two before Wagons — 1,780 3 marketing them he give s th e birds a Automobile*’ 1,681 884 feed that i* mixed by himself in ac- t From the above it will be seen that, ccrdance with a formula provided by while there has been a steady de- Clemson College. He has had little crease in the number of cattle, etc.,— trouble with infections. ' amounting to as much as 65 per Hunts Doctor Quick. centrin hogs—the number of automo- ,r When a turkey gets sick I hurry biles has nearly doubled from 1920, ,it to Columbia and have Clemsop Col- when cotton was selling for 42 cents lege, veterinarians diagnose it s trou- a peund, to 1930 when the average ble and tell me what to do,” say 9 he. price was less than 10 cents. Six- flis egg* are hatched in a pubfic ce nt cotton alone is not responslMe hatchery and he uses broodeis in tak- for the condition in which the people jng eare of baby turkeys. 6f Barnwell County find themselves “I have made no money on cotton • • * \ in the last several years,” Mr. Moody! B. Y. P. U. Program, states, “but turkeys have always j - , — yielded a profit. I am going to in-i crease the. flock to the point where raising them will be my leading unitj of farming.” f To Serve Barbecue. cue dinner today (Thursday) in the Brown building next door to the Unity be served to those who do not care for ’cue. ' The public, is invited to attend, enjoy a good dinner and help g good cause. o-at The Barnwell B. Y. P. U. program for thi s week is a 8 follows: Subject: “Christian living and Christian training.” Leader in charge, Dodson Still. Training for B. S. and M. A. de grees, by Edith Mahaffey. Home training, by<Elaine Harley, School training, by Marian''BoklK Church training, ,by Eunice Moody'. The Enrichment, by Elisabeth Grubbs. X | make their home here. TRY A. ESS BtftDEB Still. __ Come, bring, send—be a part pi the B. Y. P. U. E. Dodson Still lDVERTISE In The People-Sentinel LARGE CROWD EXPECTED HEBE NEXT THURSDAY. Irritation* Extended to Senator* SaHk and Byrnes and State High- way Officiala. All roads—including State Highway No. 3—will lead to Barnwell next Thursday, September 10th, at which time there will be a mammoth cele bration of the formal opening of the paved road frofn Columbia to Fairfax, officially designated a* Route 3. Invitations hav* been ia- sued to both United States Senators and. to all State and highway official*, including the members of the geneiml assembly. The tentative program calls for the beginning of the ' festivities promptly at eleven o’clock Thursday morning, at which time Col. Edgar A. Brown, State Senator from Barnwell County, will officially welcome the visitors to Bsmwell The response will be mad* by State Senator James H. Hammond, of Richland County, who is a native of old Barnwell. He will be followed by C. O. Hearon, of Spartanburg, chairman of the high way commission and oldest member in point of service on the commission. Mr. Hearon was one of the first to advocate the building of the typ* of roads constructed in this county— bituminous surfacing—as a result of which it has been possible to greatly extend the State system at greatly reduced coot. Next on the program will bg Gov ernor I. C. Blackwood, who will ho followed by United States Senator* E. D. Smith and James F. Byrno* and Lt. Gov. James O. Shepard. t On the stand along with these dis tinguished speakers will be Boa M. Sawyer, chief highway commisaieaer, State Senator Henry R. Simms, of Orangeburg, State Senator R. P. Searson, of Allendale, and other State, highway and county officials. An old fashioned Barnwell County barbecue dinner, with all the trim-' min's, will be served at 1:30 p. m. The needs of "the inner man” will bo amply provided for, and at 'four o' clock thy crowd will be entertained with a number of boxing bouts, which will probably include a battle royal among aevefal negro fighters. The day’s festivities win be brought to a close Thursday evening with a street dance in the busirvets sectioa of Barnwell. Music will be throughout the day and at the by an orchestra from*Columbia. Arrangements have been made With the highway department for a daaen motorcycle patrolmen to handle the crowds and ample pro via km has. been mode for parking apace. Barnwell, in behalf .of the town? along Route Swaneea, Springfield, Blackville, Al lendale and Fairfax—extends a moat cordial invitation to the people ha th* counties traversed by this route aad also to visitors from other sections of the State to make this city their Mecca on September 10th. No keys to Barnwell’s hospitality are required and no tickets will be necessary to enjoy the good things in store for all who come. To Atterd Road Celebration. Charles M. Lockwood, president of the Lions chib of Columbia, has ap pointed a committee to attend . the celebration of the opening of State highway. No. 3, from Barnwell to Al lendale, which will be held at Barn well September 10th. ./Sol Blatt, of Barnwell, is general chairman of the celebration an# is now at work preparing On the Lions committee F. Going, chairman; Claude James S. Dunbar, Kenneth Kreps, J. A. Cathcart, W. M. Mobley and J. J. Gayden. - Besides these a Urge number o( others from the club and Colombia at are expected to attend.—The ration ana is *p ro «*a|v ittee is waiter aude P. Davis, ' 'Burnett—Mocre. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Moore of m their nie Wiimanma, Fla., to Mr. 8. K. , the marriage having 1 ■performed Wednesday, August hr the Rev. J. H. dene* near