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... - ■ . .. pmw'' -v—v—| <! Consolidmted Jbm 1, IMS. VOLUME LV. M Ju«t Llk« a Member of (he F«mlly M BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 19S1 NUMBER 5^ . Railway Employees Favored in Decree H. D. C. Members Visit Aiken Market “HOME COMING DAY” AT MT. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH iml in The People-Sentinel in His Decision. Judge W. H. Townsend Quotes Editcr- ( Party from Barnwell County Gets New Ideas for Club Market in Thi« City. Twelve membeis cf the Barnwell Home Demonstration Market Club, the home agent and Mrs. A. A. Mc Allister, newly elected secretary, visit ed the club market in Aiken Tuesday morning of last week - to get new ideas for the local club market. The Aiken market i s housed in a neat' 3 wooded building which was donated by the Aiken Chamber of Commerce. Th e building is screened and equipped with tables, covered with white, oil cloth, a screened booth fo r meats, eight set* of scales, an adding ma chine and a secretary’s desk. Two thing s abcut the market that attract ed the attention of the Barnwell visi tors were the paper containers which were used for marketing milk and | cream, and the duplicate order slips I that weie used by those selling pro ducts. The variety and quality of products soW were- very much the : sam e a* these sold at the Barnwell j market, but the supply was much; greater and the number of customers far exceeded tho^e of the local mar ket. The visitors were told that the Aiken market was going through a dull season as the tou^st trade hadn’t yet .started, but wheh some of sales + (From The State, Sept. 26.) In a decree handed down yesterday by W. H. Townsend, judge of the -Fifth circuit, irt a suit brought, by railroad employes aginst the railroad commission and other defendants re garding establishment of a passenger bu g route between Columbia and Savannah, it was adjudged that the certificate of public convenience and necessity granted the Inter-Caro lina Motor Bus company by the rail road commission last July to operate the bus line be vacated and set aside with leave to the plaintiffs to apply ( for such order a n might be necesaary . fo (Carry this crde r into effect. _ The decree, with case references omitted was as follows: “In the jitney case, Huffman vs. City of Columbia, 146 S^ C. 450, our late lamented chief justice announced the doctrine no one has an inherent ight to carry on his private business along the public streets. Upon this foundation the regulation of motor buses seeking to do the business of common carriers on the public high ways ha 9 been committed to the railroad commission. The commis sion’s power to permit a bus line is administrative but to be exercised only after a hearing afforded all af fected parties and wheie public con venience and necessity require it. . “This action has been brought by a group of railway employes represent ed by the Hon. H. E. Thompson and others to review the order of the commission under the act of 1922, page 939, which provides that the de cision of the commission may In* re viewed by this court upon questions of both law and fact after the .denial of a rehearing by the commission. “The order sought to be reviewed granted a certificate of convenience and necessity to Joel W. Wright, a resident and citizen of North Caro lina, doing business under the name of the Inter-Carolina Motor Bus c'om- pany to render motor bus service be tween Columbia and the State line on route to Savannah, Ga., parallel to the route now served by the Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railway—and which bu- service would seriously en danger and perhaps cause the dis^- chaige of plaintiffs from thei r ac customed service on the railroads in question. “In view of the receivership opera tion of the Seaboard ' Ai r Line and the more lecent receivership of the Florida East Coast railroad as a re- ult of the competition created by the instruction of tthe Seaboard’s cross- %tate line to Palm Beach and Miami and the state highway down the East Coast that owed its development to the Flagler interests in 'the East Coast road—a matter of common his- 9 toYy of which the courts may take notice, the apprehension of plaintiffs is well founded and they occupy the statu s of aggrieved parties who may maintain this action. The applicant testified: ‘It will take it all (i. e. the- local passenger business along the route) to make the bus line woith while.’ The applicant in hfs testimony shows little knowledge cf the actual traffic needs of the territory affected or of the service now being rendered, the.t^ being also bus lines in part a of this terriory. Mr. Davies, editor of the Barnwell People-Sentinel, testifies to the truth of the statement in an editorial July 9, 1931: ‘To grant these N | licenses will take additional passen- ger revenue from the railroads, which j are already seriously crippled by the general use of privately owned pas- , senger Tars. We have heard no seri- 1 ous complaint relative to the train service being furnished by% the rail roads in thi s immediate section. All of which being true, we can see no good reason for the establishment of the bus line, the vehicles of which operate over roads constructed and maintained by the automobile owners of the State.’ “The commission acted on no sworn petitions of individuals in the com- , iminitv w»«v>inaL^ dosiiing the addi- tional bus service. Such wishe sires do not * show a public neces sity “Upon a careful review of the transcript of record and evidence be- fote the railroad commission, I find and conclude 'that the showing as to convenience and necessity for the bus Sunday, October 11th, has been selected as “home-coming day” for Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. All of the piesent and former > members, their descendants, and all friends of this aged church, including living former pastors, are cordially invited. All members and friends are re quested to bring baskets with such “eatables” as are suitable for dinner at the church. There will b e services beginning with songs and prayers at 11:00 a. m.; a short history of the church will be given at 11:30 a. m., followed by a sermon in the after noon. The Rev. R. W. Sanders, of Greenville, is expected to speak on the hi-tcry of the church and to preach. Others may also make short addresses during the historical services in the forenoon.' 1 Preaching services will probably be held for several days fol lowing “home-coming day” services. Columbia Dollar Days Friday and Saturday ▼ * * “Hospitality Days” Replaced by Dol- v la r Day 8 by Merchants of Capital City. HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. I* that fall garden ready and work- were added up and one woman sold , $5.00 worth of produce in the two • hours the market^a* open, they con cluded it must be a goud season. Those from the Barnwell* Market I Club who visited the Aiken market were: Mrs. O. B. Staley, Mrs. C. L. Dixon, Mrs. Rivers Carroll, Mrs. Jno. Keel, Mrs. Howell Collins, Mrs. A. J. Bonds, Mrs. J. B. Hartzog, Mrs. Roy Dyches, Mrs. B. O. Baxley, Mrs. Len- nie Birt and Miss Minnie Lee San ders. Joyce Krach W. M. U. Meets. Dunbarton, Sept. 25.— Mr.*. Eva Owens and Mrs. B. F. Baughman were joint hostesses at the regular month ly W. M. U. meeting of the Joyce Branch Baptist Church Friday after noon, Sept. 25, which met at the home cf Mrs. Baughman. A very interest ing program, “The Challenge A»f my j State,” wa s rendered, as follows: Devotional reading—Mrs. G. A. K neece. Ptayer—Mis- Belle Anderson. “The Challenge of My State," ex plained by poster—Mrs. G. A. Neece. “Journeying with a State Mission Dollar”—Mis s Mildred Kneece. **My State and the World”—Miss Bernice Drummond. Poem, “That the World May Know” a — Mrs. G. A. Kneece. Roll Call—Mis. B. A. Rountree. ... Benediction—Miss Docia Greene. . fc Following the program refresh ments, consisting of i£e cream and cake, were served by Misses Berhice Drummond, Maigaret and Mildred Kneece. The fallowing members were pres ent: Mrs. B. F. Baughman, Mrs. C. C. Baughman, Mrs. J. H. Webb' Mns. Ella Moody, Mrs. Cariie Drummond, Mrs. Eva Owens, Mrs. G. A. Kneece, Mrs. H. B. Anderson, Mrs. B. F. An- * derson, Mrs. Ada Cochran, Mrs. J. M. Burckhalter, Mrs. B. A. Rountree and Misses Docia Greene, Belle An derson, Bernice D.iummond, Margaret and Mildred Kneece. * ftj^ton Ginning Report. There were 8,166 bales of cotton ginned in Barnwell County piior t<f September 16 as compared with 10,- 814 bales flo the same date in 1930. Ginnings in other counties in this section were as follows: 1931: 1930: Aiken 7,282 9,625 Allendale 3,505 4,399 Bamberg 6,773 9,282 Hampton 3.141 4,288 . The State 128 ,150 180,766 • * line was insufficient and it is adjudg ed that th e certificate of publjt con : venience and necessity granted to Joel W. WrighF^ doing business as the Inter-Cardfina Motor Bus com- A panjM)^ the railroad commission in ls& between Columbia and the State line en route to Savannah, Ga., be, and is hereby vacated and set aside—with leave to ’plaintiffs to apply at the foot of this decree for such order as may be necessary to carry this \>rder into effect.” closer” than we have ever lived be fore, this winter? We must do the-e things if we expect "to'compete with other Southern States. I have seen a great many farmer families during the past thirty days, who aie making ample sweet potato storage facilities which they never had before. Many thousands more jars of fruits and vegetables have been preserved this fall than eve r be fore, and theie are a great many more “shoatiT’ in the fattening lots than South Carolina has seen in it* his tory. All these signs point to the fact that our farmers are not depending on any kind of “farm relief.” except that which they can furnish themselves. 1 heaid a suggestion the other day which I will pa-* on to you—I feel that it i K too good a suggestion for only those who heard it—Here it is: • Many truck farmers have been planting very intensively, using rows as narrow as 2 feet; why not put all the truck on 5 foot row* and plant the alleys in corn at the proper time, thus insuring a iy>od corn crop, and protecting the truck crop from ex cesses of either moisture or drought? An average yield of corn is approx imately 25 bushels per acre. If we plant truck on 2 V* ^foot rows, we’ll just have 10 acre s of truck and 250 bushels of corn. While if we put the tiuck in five fo; t rows and plant the corn in early May, tthe proper ' time, we would still, have 10 acres of truck on 20 acres of land, and we’d have more than 500 bushels of corn. Because we’d get a better c nserva- tion of the moisthre supply in the wide rows, and excessive rains would be, much easier to handle. In other words,.we’d have letter growing con ditions. The crops would make a larger yield pe r row, which ,mean s a larger yield per acre. Lots of you folks will disagree With me about the subject of <4 wide row” potatoes, for instance, just the same as many disagreed with the man who made the original suggestion. The only answer I can make -t« you is— let your own personal experienc e be your guide. / I do say, however, that you will make a bigger corn crop where you have wide row tiuck crops, and if you Columbia, Sept. 29.—The highways of the State will, In' reality, all lead to Columbia on Friday and Saturday, October 2nd and 3rd, for on those dates the Capital City is hating her annual Dollar Days, days i^ich are locked forward to with great inter est by thousands all over South Caro lina. At one time, it was announced that “Hospitality Days,” held in Colum bia on September 14th and 15th, would take the place of th e custom ary Dollar Days. Such was the inten tion of the merchants throughout the city. However, such a large number of people throughout the State were disappointed in such a decision that the merchants have reconsidered and are to have Dollar Days as usual to -atisfy the numerous demand* of thei r customers. ' Although Dollar Days are being mg . Are you planning to live’ values are greater and the public will Barnwell Boys Win Opening Game Here Defeat Norway 39 t»0.—Annual Game With Blackville Will Be Played Here Friday. Barnwell got off to a flying start Friday afternoon by defeating Nor way, 39 to 0, in a game devoid of thrills. The visitors wer e able to sustain only two drives. The first ended with an intercepted pas^ which was run back for a touchdown by James Hogg and the second closed with a blocked punt which was also run far a goal by Rodman Lemon. Barnwell scored almost at will, the first touchdown being mad e \in the fiyst few minute* of play.. Three more yere added in the 2nd quarter and the other two in the last half. Marion Gay^At end, played best for the visitors, while the locals as a whole played good ball. This week the Bainwel) boys will go over fc> Blackville for the annual game between the two teams. For a number of years this contest ha 8 been played on the day before Thanksgiv- held somewhat later than usual, the mg Day but for .-ome.reason the date wag advanced this year. It is un- ,b? surprised at the buying power of j derstood that Blackville has an even each dollar spent at this time. You have learned to expect splendid bar gain* at this time. You have learned to expect splendid bargain- when you visit Columbia store? during Dollar Days and offering* will be even more spectacular this year. Besides these merchandise events, there will be entei tainment cf vari- ou* kinds in the city for your amuse ment. The merchants and the citizens of Columbia, as a whole, will greet you up n your arrival in the city for thig gala occasion. \ Th«* city is leady; the merchants are ready; the townspeople ar e ready; the value- are ready for your'inspec tion and approval; all that is needed to make Dollar Days in Columbia a huge succe-s is your co-operation. The dates, October 2nd and 3rd, have been set to be of assistance to out of town patrons. better team than last year, when the locals were held scoreless in the first half and had to extend themselves to win in the last two quarters. Many consider that Blackville has better than an even chance to win thi* year and such a result would not be very surprising in view of all th e nice thing- being said about the members of the team. Aq interesting game is promised all who attend. HAVE A GOOD FALL AND WINTER GARDEN Local and Personal News of Blackville Blackville, Sept. 27.—The Regular Biidge club was entertained Thurs day afternoon at the home of Mrs. II. L. Buist. Mrs. C. H. McLaurin, of Sumter, was a guest, also Miss Caroline Richardson, of Orangeburg, and Mi-g Dorothy Neil, of Sumter. Highest score was made by Mrs. Sem Rush. Mr. and Mi's. J. V. Matthews and Dalton Brasington were visitor* at The Citadel Saturday and Sunday. _ Miss Tommi e Amaker spent la-t week-end with her parents in St. Matthews. I Mrs. W. R. Carroll, Mrs. Somers Pringle and Mrs. H. L. Buist were in Augusta Friday. Dr. William Molony, of Aiken, was the guest of hi- parents, Mr. *and Mrs. W. M. Molony, last week. Mrs. Hugh McLaurin and Imby, Hugh, Jr., of Sumter, have returned home after a weeks visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. W ragg. Mrs. Sem Rush, Mrs. J. L. Buist and ‘Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bui-t were in Augpsta Monday. M rs. T. O. Boland was hostess to the metpbers of the Thursday Em- have plenty of cron, you can still ^ broidery club last week. A$ this was of pigs and you can t ^e fir>t meeting for the winter feed a lot starve on hog and hominy. We must cut •ffur acreage of every thing—common sense dictates that— but we mustn’t cut our yields per acre. Theoretically a 50 per cent cut in acieage means a 50 per cent cut in yields, but the avearge farmer will actually # mke 10 per cent morp per acre with smaller acreages, be cause he will gay more attention, to the details in smalle r crops. We can’t make large yields per acre without fertilizers. South Caro- - • . - . .*y ' lina soils need fertilizers,' and we must use them. They will be cheap next season, and we can’t afford to skimp on them. Nitrdgen, Phosphoric acid an Potash are absolutely neces- -Crdpsi Palmetto State—don’t fail to use ’em,' brother, or you will surely rue it. > Breaks Arm Playing Football. months, the group chatted And plan ned their program for the year. The hostess served 1 a salad course with iced tea. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Sam I. Buist. tune to break his left arm in two places Wednesday fternoon of last week while practicing football here. He was erried to a Columbia hospital, wheie the bones were set, and his many friends will be glad to know that he is getting along nicely. Mrs. Duncan Named. Yeiy little has been accomplished with Fall Gardens so far in Barnwell County due to extremely hot, dry weatheT preventing proper -prepara tion of the soil and germination of seed as well as growth of plants. No oubt we are at>out to have cooler weather and some rain. Har ry Boylston has had prepared for him some very timely suggestions for October Gaiden planting. Messrs. Shilletter and Watson of th,. Exten sion Service were in the county re cently in conference with the home and county agent at which time plans were discussed for assisting folk* in the county to have better gardens. The following should be of much value to these desiring to feature home gardens fo r fall and winter: It will be a crime to let fall pass and not try the new Japane-e Foliage turnip, some called the Shogoin. And don’t foiget to try Tendergreen cr Mustard Spinach. Both of these vegetables will gtand lots of hot, dry weather and are very fast, vigorous glowers when the season is at all favorable. They ai’e also very re sistant to plant lice. Turnips can be planted with suc cess as late as the last of October for salad. The Seventop variety is one of the best salads for winter us e ancT Japanese Foliage for late fall. Kale i s one of the hardiest crops we have for greens. Seed sown now will supply th e kitched from November un til well into the spring. • In South Carolina, when we say “greens,” we mean turnip tops. The domestic science folks tell us we should use spinach for gteens be cause they contain more iron than any other vegetable. Spinach is an Teachers to Hold District Meeting H. J. Crouch, Executive Committee man, Announces Excellent Pro gram for October 19. H. J. Crouch, executive committee man, announces the following pro gram for the South Carolina Teach ers Association District / Meeting, which will be held in the Williatou- Elko school building at Williaton on Saturday, October 16: General Meeting. H. J. Crouch, Executive Committee- man, Presiding. General * Theme:—Improving the Elementary School Curriculum. 10:30-10:40—Devotional — Rev. W. R. Davis, Williiton. 10:40-10:55—Address, Supt. J. H. Hope. + 10:55-11:10—Address, Pres. A. C: Flora. 11:10-11:25—District Report, Sec. J. P. Coates. 11:25-12:1^—Addrgss, W. D. Cock ing, Peabody College. LUNCH:—Served ia the school building, 50c per plate. -- Departmental Meetings. General Topic:—What we shall teach, how w e shall teach it, and haw to mea-ure results. Primary Group;—(1st, 2nd, 3rd grades)—Mrs. Fannie D. Doby, of Johnston, Presiding. Health, Miss Nell Whaley, (ftfteru minutes)—1:15-1:30. 1:30-2:00—Reading and language. Miss Julia Gaillard, of Columbia. 2:00-2:30—Numbers and number work, Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum, of Columbia. Grammar Grade <> —(4th, 5th, tth, 7th grades)—Miss Julia Kirkland, of Beaufort, Presiding. '*1:15-1:45—Social studies: — graphy. History, Civics, etCs S. Watkins, of Columbia. 1:45-2:15—Language, Miss Eva Hite, of Rock Hill. 2:1^2:30—Health, Miss Nell ley. Hifh School:—A. B. Hair, Jr^ of Ridgeland, Presiding. 1:15-2:30—The Curriculum Objec tives of S. C. High Schools, J. McT. Daniel, State Supervisor. 1:15-2:30—Home Economics, Mias Lilliam HoffmalC Slate Supervisor. 3:00 p. m.—Gaffney-Carlisle Foot ball game. Social aigt Personal News from WQliston Willislon, Sept. 16.—Cemeroa Me- Lemore, of Charleston, spent the 'week-end here ufth Mr. and Mn. John Weathersbee. Mrs. E. F. Poison and children, Ed ward and Paul Frank, have from Augusta, where they several days last week with Mrs. K. C. Baughman. George Schafer and Hugh zie, of Charleston, visited fri here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Trotti daughter, Dorothy, of Orangeburg^ weie visitors here Wednesday after-' noon. Mrs. Hastings Kitchings and chil dren, of Aiken, are spending a few days here where they are visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Kitchings and Me. and Mrs. Patnelie Kitchings. Miss Margaret Ford, sister of Mr. and Mrs. to. K. Shbaley, wa, called to Aiken a few days ago, where she ia especially good addition to th^ diet | Miss/Timmerman. of children. 'Mrs. Ida Bates, of Dunbarton, The Georgia Collard may be set in spending some^time here, where i g visiting Mrs. G. M. Pender' Mrs. M. N. Ahl. Mrs. Ida Duncan, formerly with the motor vehidle division cf the state highway department, has been Wilbur Mahaffey, son of Mr. and Mr*. J. E. Mahnffey, had the misfor- 1 a? secretary of the commission. JEL Carr, secretary of the state rail road commission. She succeeds Miss Carr who continued her work and took up that of J. P.'Darby whyn he died recently after 18 years service October in rich soil. They should be ready for u-'e in late December, Janu ary and February when there is a scarcity of greens. Sow lettuce seed in the open grorlnd in October, and also in frames. Big Boston, New York and Mignonette are thre e splendid varieties fo r win ter and early spring use.. - Mustard is a valuable salad crop. It-growA mote rapidly than any other salad. It may ~Be planted in Octo ber and with good seasons will pro Seek Blackville Peat. Blackville, Sept. 25.—Two ticketo have been posted thig week sbowiug candidates for the town election which which will be held October 12th. Ouu ticket is headed “Prdgressive” uui has the'following names: For mayor. Dr. J. E. Molony; foe wardens, J. W. Browning, W. A. Car* duce salad in four or five weeks af- j roll, R. B. Fickling and Norman ";5 f'i <« f /? it I A',* ter the seed come up. Giant South-j The other ticket is headed “BuA- em Curled is the most desirabl e varie- itfess” and carries these names: ty for fall and winter use. j For mayor, W. E. Matthews; far Onion sets and seed may be planted wardens, G. G. Bradford, L. B. MUliiiiin liiiWi tober will produce edible onions dur- Weissinger. ing January. Yellow Globe Danvers, In both tickets only three na South.Port Globe, and Silverskin are the present officers are being splendid varieties to grdw from sets, for re-election. They are: J. W« —Prepared by H. G. Boylston, Co. Brownyp;, W. A. Carroll and Nana** Agent _ Bates. L ■* - , •. j/'; ■ ji'Sh vrgfK-