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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.*^! ~v- d CwuuHdatMl Jum T. 1W5. OLUME LV. M Ju«t Like d Meml>«r of (he Family” BARNWELL SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1M1. \ iSfel' \. NUMBERS. Barnwell District Endangered by Fire -r-O WESTERN CAROLINA BANK CLOSED DOORS THURSDAY THIS SECTION SEVERELY AF FECTED BY FAILURE. dosing cf Bank of Williston at Same Time Left Barnwell County Without a Bank. W? * Consternation and dismay reigned in Barnwell and Barnwell County on Thursday morning when th e Bank of Western Carolina with its head office in Aiken and nine branches in Barn well, Blackville, Salley, Ellenton, Wagener, North Augusta, Johnston, Lexington and Batesburg and with total deports of 12,641^11.12, failed to open its door 9 for business. The Bank of Graniteville, the majoiity slock of which is owned by the Bank of Western Carolina, also failed to >pen, as did also the Bank of Willis- n, the directors of the latter insti- tion taking this action as a precau- tionary mesure-against Ti-posmble- run on the bank. Thus, Barnwell County was left without a single bank. Seen and Heard Here- During the Past Week j , * • A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. J. E. Harley Is Endorsed Barr,well Delegation Unanimously Recommends Him for State Highway Commissioner. Col. Solomon Blatt ictrievfng tickets to the Caroliha-Clem- Depositors in defunct banks ex claiming: “?!zzz?xxz! ?xzxxzzzz!!!" ... Col. several tick) son football game from his office safe after the fire Tuesday morning. . . . Nick Coclin removing about a hundred dollars from his safe dur ing the progress of the fire and leav ing behind a couple of t^rousand dol lars in revenue stamps. . . Boncil Dyches figuring that, according to re ports, local depositors lost about ten million dollars in the Bank of Western Carolina. Hagood Bostick, World War avia tor, of Columbia] ! ] Local - law yers Riving away (according to their estimates) several thousand dollars A Col.^J.^E. Harley, former legislator and prominent local attorney, has Been given the unanimous endorse ment tjf^the members of the' Barnwell legislative delegation, composed of Senator Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, and Represntatives R. C. Holman, of Barnwell, and Winchester C. Smith, J*., of Williston, to succeed the late D. W. Gaston, Sr., of Aiken, as a Great American *»«* Goes to World’s Foremost Inventor Died Peacefully Early Sunday Mccrv ing at Hia Home. West Orange, N. J., Oct. 19^- Thomas A. Edison in death today re ceived the homage of the mil lions for whom he had made*life more comfortable. • The body of the 84 yea r old inven tor, who died at $:24 a. m. Sunday lay in state in the library of hi.* plant laboratory. After a private funeral Wednesday member of the State highway com- > a * bis Glenmont estate here, Mr. mission from the Second District. | Edison’s body will be laid to rest in This action was taken at a meeting of Rosedale cemetery. the delegation held here Monday. Colonel Harley is eminently fitted for the position to which he aspires/ having engineered the $65,000,000 highway bond issue through the President Hoover hoped to come PEACOCK AND LANCASTER BUILDINGS ARE GUTTED Barnwell Won From Columbia Bees 20-0 Held Scoreless ir. First Half, Local Lada Come Back Strong WHh Three Touchdowns. Lacking the fighting spirit display ed in the game with Orangeburg the week before, the Barnwell high school football team was held scorelesg in the first half df the contest with the Columbia high B team here Friday hftemoon, but came back strong in •the last two quarters to push over three touchdowns, thereby defeating House while a member of that body. But for his untiring efforts and those* of-Colonel Browiv, wW introduced the TXQjUgjiLJ^tened. from Washington Wednesday to stand' the V’ 8 ' 10 " ** th * 8C(>r « o{ 20 to 0. at Mr. Edison's bier both as a per-: F(>r ,omo the local lads could sonal friend and a 8 head of a sorrow- ' not *** started in the first two ing nation. Meanwhile Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, the inventor’s two “old Th, n,w„ of tho failure ram. Ilk, a. frM >dviM . t0 bank d<pa>i . lit out of a clear sky, as ther e wa* l bolt vaat V /* <a vrcmi svtvjr # art 11if i no intimation here of such a possi bility. Posted on the door of the head office in Aiken and of the branch banks wa< the following statement f»* m W. B. Turner, president: "Due to heavy withdrawals of de posit?, the shrinkage of the value of securities, the impossibility of mak- Jng loans, and for the purpose of con serving our assets and protecting all depositors, I, W. B. Turner, as presi dent of the Bank of Western Carolina, after long consultation with our local finance committee, with the State Banking Deparment, and with our at torneys, have placed this bank in the hands of the State Bank Examiner.’* Accompanying this wa 8 a notice sign ed by Albert S. Fant. State bank ex aminer, in which he stated he had taken over the affair's of the bank for thirty dd$s. tors. . . . The first real cold weather of the fall season. T . De pression, bank failure* and fires tem porarily forgotten during sidewalk dis cussions of today’* Carolina-Clemson football classic. . . All of us gaz ing skyward wheneve r C. G. Fuller’s airplane circles overhead. A fine large buck tied to the run ning board of a car passing through Barnwell. . . . Julien Bush with beads of perspiration on his forehead after a flight in C. G.’s plane. . . . % And Jack Phillips, who accompanied him criaking. like the raven, “Never more.” ... A local “opiimistist” removing his account book from his store during the progress of the fire Tuesday morning and letting every thing else go. Many nice things being said about Dr. R. K. Foster,, athletic> director at the University of S. C.,. by stay-at- measure in the Senate, it is probable that South Caiolina would not now have the magnificent system of paved roads covering the entire State. It i s also eminently fitting that Barnwell County receive some recog nition, inasmuch as Aiken is the home of a Circuit Judge, the court stenog rapher and Bamberg the home of the solicitor. In addition, an Aiken man has been a member of the highway commission ever since the creation of that bedy a number cf years ago. Colonel Harley ha* a host of friends thioughout the Second District who will undoubtedly lend him th^ir sup port and should he be chosen to this important post, they know that -he will vindicate th e confidence placed in him. Easterling and Co. to Move. The news quickly spread about town , home football fans when they * read and large group* of persons directly j announcement that there would and indirectly affected, gathered to ^ n0 broadcast of the Carolina-Clem- discus* the situation. Business, though SRn frame, temporarily stunned, soon began toj. ♦ move as unusual, however, after the Hist shock of surprise had passed. The Bank of We-tern Carolina di- Mrs. J. O. Sanders. -A. rectors, heljJ a ^meetir^, early, Thurs^ via morning. c Tvrt» representatives from the bank examiner’s office were present, and told the director* that a thorough audit would be made at once to determine the exact financial status f the parent bank and the branches, r and that in about two week* a meet ing of the stockholder? would be call ed to be presented the facts. the fi ?usus The general conseukus of opinion is that the Bank cf Western Carolina should be able to liquidate and -that the situation may not be as bad a* it may seem. The entire western section of the State, however, ha s been severely af fected by the bank’s closing, and word from the other towns where the branches were located was anything but optimistic. , The statement of condition of the Bank of Western Carolina as of Sep- . tember 29th appeared in last week’s issue. Death of J. C. Williamson. On October 12th at 5:20 o’clock the “Death Angel visited the nom e Sf Mrs. J. C. Williamson and took their beloved husband and father, Joseph C. WilHamson. He had been in fail ing health for about three years, but for the last six months'his health . seemed very good and oij October 5th he worked all day and seemed to feel good but was taken ill that night. He leaves to mourn his death his widow, Mrs. Annie Delk Williamson, one son, Joe bennie Williamson, of Ellenton; three daughters. Misses Sallie Elizabeth, Jo Anna and Ida Aleen Williamson, of Barnwell; one grandchild, J. L, Williamson, Jr., one brother, J. W. Williamson, of Granite- Norway. Olar, Oct. 20.—Mrs. Sarah Creech Sanders, 63, wife of J. O. Sanders, Sit; died at her home ut Olar this morning. She was a woman of strong Chiistian character and had many friend’s in Bamberg and Barnwell Countie*. The funeral and burial will take place at Friendship church Wednes day afternoon at 3 o’clock. The ser vice will be conducted by the pastor, the Rev. .David W. Heckle, assisted by the Rev. Paul K. Crosby. Mrs. Sanders is survived by her husband and the following children: Mrs. W. L. Harley, Mrs. Sarah Ayer, P. H. Sandeis and S. E. Sanders, of Olar; J. J. Sanders, of Fountain Inn; J.' O. Sanders, Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla.; William Sanders, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs. H. A. Moody, of Dunbar ton; Mrs. F. H. Moody* of Allendale; Mrs. B. S. Moore, Jr., of Barnwell; also by the following brother* and sisters: L. B. Creech and Mrs. J. A. Tucker,..of Barnwell; Mrs.* M. V. B. Sanders, jMrs. Frank Sanders, L S. Creech and S. J. Creech, of Ojar. Former Governor Dead. The "body of former -Governo r John Calhoun Sheppard, who died in his 82nd year at his home in Edgefield Saturday of a cerebral hemorhage, following ten years of poor health, was laid to rest Monday. Hundreds of public officials and prominent men were among the throng that gather ed to pay final♦ tribute to th* dis tinguished South Carolinian. He was the father of James O. Sheppard, the present lieutenant governor? of this State. Easterling and Co. will move No vember 1st from their present loca tion to the store of Col. Edgar A. Brown, formerly occupied by Piggly- Wiggly. Mr. Edison slipped quietly from a 'deep coma into a lasting sleep Sun day morning. Holding his hand was Mrs. Edison, for 45 year* his con stant companion. * At the bedside were his six children. After his death, Dr. Hubei t ''8. Howe disclosed that Mr. Edison, on learning recovery was improbable, did not desire to live. Hi* life’s work done, he did not wish to place an invalid’s burden on hi* family, he said. The body was taken today to the Edison library, scene of many of his triumphs of invention*. It has been many month* since he wa H there, be cause of his illness. There today among the books and test tubes that were so much hi? life, the body lay in state, where friend* and strangera alike might pass by, paying their respects. .Arrangements were made for the library to remain open from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. today and Tuesday, the bier to be surrounded day and night by a guard of honor compo?ed of Mr. Edison’* employes. The building, standing only a few *pei iods, although they were able to Veep their opponents scoreless also. However, Coach “Monkay” Price told 'them a few things between halves Dill put a' Tittle of “Hie old fighting spirit in the players, with the above result. Very little enthusiasm was displayed by the spectators, as Barn well clearly had Columbia outclassed. Both teams displayed clean ?porU- man.-hip and furnished a few thrills for the fans. No game will be played this week, and next Friday the boys journey to Camden to play that town at the Ker shaw County Fair. Mrs. C. F. Hutto Entertains. MURDER OF EMMETT BARNES CLEARED UP BY PINK AIKEN Mrs. C. F. x Hutto, of near Barnwell, entertained a number of friend* on Thursday afternoon with a lovely miscellaneous^ slower in honor of her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Collins, a recent bride. The rooms were artistically decorat ed with ferns and other pot flowers. The colo r scheme of pink and white was carried out in minute detail. The guests were met at the door by Miss** Amanda Robinson and Olive Sanders and conducted to the bride's book which was presided over by Miss Mildred Black. As each guest registered she was asked to give ad vice to the bride. The book was then presented to the bride. Mis* Evelyn Creech caused much merriment by reading the advice to the guests. Barnwell Man Buys 4-Passenger Plane C. G. Fuller, Local Road Contractor, Purchases Cabin Ship fo r Bust- i ' # ness Use... ADMITS CUTTING^NEGRO FOUND DEAD IN BARNWELL. BLAZE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN DOES MUCH DAMAGE. Blackville Fire Department Comes to Barnwell’s AM and Invaluable The tntire business district of Barnwell wa, threatened with a costly conflagration early Tuesday morning when fir e was discovered in the ascend story of the Peacock building on Main Street, boring through the floor into Weiner Brother's store and spreading to the offices in the Lsncas- Wr building before H was Anally brought under control by the heroic effort| of the Barnwell vohanteer fire fighters, with th* able of the Blackville Are department, which responded to a hurried call for help. The alarm was given about three o’clock and judging from the headway -made by th* flaame^ the fire had Raen burning fo r some time. In fact, resi dent* in the southern section of the city detected th^ acrid odor of smoke an hour or more before the blase was discovered. This is probably account ed for by the fact that the fire, which is of unknown origin, evidently start ed in a rear office in the Peacock building end was not visible from Main Street. Shortly after the siren gave the alarm, several lines of hose were stretched to the burning building, but the firemen had difficulty in getting streams of water directly on the blase, which had reached the ceiliag. As soon as they apparently had It under control in one place, the a nnt~ broke out anew in another. When it j was seen that the local fire-fighting apparatu* was not sufficient to con trol the blaze, Mayor B. W. Sextan telephoned Blackville for assist once and in a short time that city's fire department was pumping several hundred gallons of water per minute additional into the two buildings and soon had the fire under complete con trol. While the entire second story of both the Peacock and Lancanster buildings were gutted by the flames, most of the damage to the stores on the first floor was done by smoke and water. Beginning at the corner of. Motor Line Is Refused. Columbia, Oct. 15.—The railroad commission today denied applications villa; one sister, Mrs. J***rCWft,-t>f of -the Georgm-Carolma Motor- Ex press company to operate freight His body was laid to rest the fol-, lines from Chester to Savannah via lowing day in the Double Ponds ceme- Winns boro, Columbia, Swansea, Blaclc- tery, the Rev. Payne, of Blackville, ville, Barnwell, Hampton, Allendale conducting the funeral services. and Ridgeland, and from Aiken to ‘ . —Contributed. Abbevdle. The first airplane to be locally own ed was purchased last week by C. G. Fuller, road contiactur, of thi g city, who bought a 4-pa-senger Stinson cabin ship fo,- use in visiting his vari ous highway projects in widely separated sections of the State. The plane i? one of the nicest ships seen- here and present* a striking appear ance both in the air ~ and on the ground. It is understood that it cost $5,000. The interior is ^handsomely up holstered and has roomy accomoda tions for the pilot and three passen- 'gers. Being entirely enclosed, it per mits of comfortal>I p flying in any sort of weather, while high-powered •lights in the wings permit of landing at night. , Mr. Fuller i s having a landing field prepared on. Mayor B. W. Sex ton’s farm, just off the Barnwell-Wil- liston highway about a mile from the pity. Runways are being built to permit landing from four different directions and a hangar to house the plane will also be erected. The pilot, Mr. Martin, who is giving Mr. Fuller instructions in flying, says that the local landing field i<j vastly superior to tbe Columbia airport and will prob ably be largely used by ships flying over this section. It may also be used as an emergency landing field by commercial planes. Cards wer$ thep passed around bear ing’the inscription ”Wall StreeUu the*, storv^ A contest then began to nee who were occupied by the fonowtug co- Say* He Did Not See Barren Again Until Told of His Death by Frank Johnson. Th e mystery surrounding the death of Emmett Barnes, a negro known locally a? “Time,” was cleared up last week when Pink Aiken, another ne gro, made a written confession to the effect that he cut Bame* several times, but claims that he did not know “Time” was dead until informed by Frank Johnson that his body had been found near the Court House. Aiken, together with his wife and several other negroes, was arrested, shortly after the finding of the bedy. One of the suspects, “Tinner” Brown, was re leased the following day, Ibut the others were held in jail until Aiken A contest then began could make the most words out of the two names. Th e prize was won by Miss Evelyn Creech and Mrs. Paul Sanders, who grscefully presented it to the bride. ' Then a loud knock was heard at the front door. A special delivery letter had just come fpr the bride an nouncing that she was to go on a treasure hunt. At the end of the rain bow she found many lovely and fise- ful gifts. During the afternoon sandwiches, cake and iced tea were served • by Misses Mildred Black, Evelyn Creech, Margaret Hutto and Mrs. C. F. Hutto and Mrs. Willie Still. Mr. and Mrs. John Brabham, Mrs. W. H. Vaughn and Miss Elizabeth Vaughn were visitor* in Orangeburg Monday. Me. and Mrs. Charlie Brown, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hrown spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. V. ’Brown in Batesburg. confessed to Sheriff B. H. Dyches andf b , ocks flt)m< ^ Edi * on Llewellyn Park estate, is a treasure house of the inventor’s most intimste possessions —a duplicate of his first phonograph model, a bronze bust of Hertert Hoover, a picture of Mr. Edison with Mr. Ford, and similar mementoes. A double balcony almost sags with thousands of scientific and philosoph- cal volumes. The funeral’Wednesday will be on the fifty-second anniversary of, Mr. Edison’s perfection of the incandes cent light. Although his famous Menlo Park demonstration did not take place until December 31, 1879, he perfected the on Oct. 21 of that year. His electrical inventions were con- others that he inflicted, the knife wounds that the examining physician s aid were the cause of “Time’s” death. Aiken’s confession, which was sworn to before F. S. Brown, notary public, on October 16th, i s as follows: “On the night of October 10th and 11th, I heard that my wife was at Annie Givens’ house, and T went '"S there at about 4 o'clock Sunday morn- ing. The doer of the house was fast ened by a chain. I unhooked the chain and went in. The man known as ‘.‘^jme” was in the house, and he tried to get away, but I caught him and cut him two or three times; then he broke oitibAhe back door. I did not se e him any more until Sunday morn- wa s looked at him. He was near the Court House, dose to the ok) cotton platform. “This ftatement is made of my free J will, and without fear of anyone.” Joh^n tjld ine that ^ er)!d by ft, Bnowy h««d gemo. “Time” wa s dead. Then I went SUd a - tha me, as the greatest of hi* ents, whose value to mankind ha* been set at $15,000,000,000. " Mr. Edison’s death ended an 11 weeks’ illness, which began with a sudden collapse August 1st. tablishments: The Wall Street Phar macy, owned by John I. Bronaou; Fitzpatrick’* Barber Shop; Mra. Max Bronson’s store; Perry Bush’s pool room; E. D. Peacock's store and Weiner Brother'* store. It i* impoe- sihie at this time to estimate the amount of damage caused by fire, smoke and water to the bufidingv stocks of goods and fixtures, nor 1* the full amount of insurance known. A partial check, however, shows the following amount of insurance: D. B. Lancaster, of Baltimore, Md* on buidding, $8,600. Mis. Mix Bronson, stock and fix tures, $200. Mrs. E. D. Peacock, on building, $7,000. Solomon Blatt, Esq., law library and office fixtures, $750. * E. D. Peacock, stock and fixtures, $700. , Mr. Weiner saved a part of his stock of merchandise, Mr. Bush saved his pool room equipment and Mr. Pita pat rick saved his barber shop fixtures] CoL J. E. Harley, senior partaker of the firm of Harley and Blatt, had aa insurance whatever on his office fix tures and valuable law library. la addition, he lost valuable records that cannot be replaced. J. N, Dicks, who occupied an office over Weiner Bro’a. store, suffered the loss of his office fixtures. None of the other offices la either of the two building* was oc cupied. Death of Gey Brabham. Coy Brabham, oldest soa of JT. M. Brabham, of thi* city, died about tea ■ Ock Monday night at the &Liftr, after as days. His body was laid t* following day in the eeautery at leri’s Chapel. Besides Brabham i* survived a and oae brother. Mi %