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V td^ THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.* - • • - ' ■ < 3 L ita. VOLUME LV. *Ju«l Like a Member of the Family" • BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1931. NUMBER 9. WAGENER MAN, KILLER OF SIX PEOPLE, SURRENDERS GEORGE JACKSON IS RUSHED TO STATE PENITENTTIARY. Tells Officers He Killed Members of Family Because They Kept . * “Dogging” Him. _ AUcen, Oct. 26.—Surrounded in -the woods, pot far from his home, George Jac kson, white /armer of the Bethcar church Abaction of Aiken County, about four miles from Wag- ener, who Sunday shot and killed two uncles, an aunt and three first cous ins, surrendered to authorities about 11 o’clock this morning. f The 46 year old slayer, who spreaa terror throughout Aiken County, gave himself up to Nollie Robinson and R. L. Scott, federal prohibition agents, Johnny Harmon, of Bath, deputized to aid in the search, which had con tinued since immediately after the ahooting. No trace of him was found until thi s morning when the officers, with a large posse, surrounded him in m clump of thick woods. He, with his little eleven year old Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. Will Feature Sale of Canned Products ♦ Tomatoes, String Beans, Okra and Tomatoes Will Be Offered at.Lo cal Club Market. . Barnwell and Camden ! NEGROES ATTACK AND ROB Will Clash Tomorrow AGED MAN NEAR BARNWELL Much Interest Being Displayed in Con test Between Strong Teams at Kershaw County Fair. A special feature of the Barnwell Local interest in football this week Club Market for Wednesday, Novem- is centered in the game tomorrow A brightly lighted picture of Thos. A. Edison in the show window of the South Carolina Power Company^ with ffer 4th, will be a sale of Home Dem omtration canned products—tomatoes, string beans, okra and tomatoes will be offered. . Tomatoe s are one of the best single foods for supplying vitamin A, B, C a card bearing this inscription: “Our an{ * G, .according to the Bureau of Tribute to .the World's Greatest Bene factor.” . . A _ flock of sparrows searching through a pile of old cot ton in fropt of a local warehouse. . . A story about a farmer who was Home Economics of tl^ United States Department of Agriculture. This rich supply of vitamins, says the bureau, makes them almost invaluable to both children and adults, as it helps ma- sacking his crop of sweet potatoes; terially to prevent deficiency diseases when asked why he didn’t “bank”, anc * infections 9f the skin and mucous (Friday) afternoon between Camden Barnwell at the Kershaw County Fair in Camden. The game is schedul ed to begin at 3:30 o’clock, according to dispatches from Camden, and promises to be one of the most inter esting high school games in the State this fall. In addition to the news paper publicity, mention of the forth coming battle has been made by raido and it is expected tln^La large crowd will be irf attendance. Both teams are said to be exceptionally Farmers of County Selling Sour Cream Number of Sellers ard Volume of Cream Shows Steady Increase from Beginning. $320 IN MONEY STOLEN WILEY MCDONALD. FROM Theodore Hicks, Lawton Smalls, J« Tilly and Ioador e Gadsden Lodged in Jail. t daughter, Georgia Lou, who had fol lowed her father on hu trail of death, were rushed immediately to the South Carolina State penitentialy at Col umbia by the arresting officers. As new R of the surrender spread, up wards of 200 citizens of that district, which had been in a turmoil since the killing, rushed to the Jackson home, armed with pistols, shotguns and gticks. Not more than two dozen per sons had reached the home befDr e the officers left. Constable A. B. Beard also participated in the canture of the man. Was Heavily Armed. The officers stated that Jackson was armed with a double barreled shotgun and an automatic pistol, for which he had plenty of ammunition. He had dispatched his young daughter to the officers. She told them that her fathe r bad said to send in an of ficer in order that he might surrender. They accompanied her back to the hiding place in the woods of the killer. The daughter said that the two &pent the night in the woods, near the home, sleeping on quilts. She said that they had spent “a good many nights there lately because Uncle Dari Jackson was after Dad dy.” Sunday, Jackson went to the home of his uncle,' Darting Jackson, and after some conversation with several members of the family, who were out in the yard cutting each other’s hair, it was said, he suddenly opened jire and killed two uncles, Hamp Jack- on, 52, Hayes Jackson, 61, an aunt, Mrs. Dai ling Jackson, 40, and two first cousins, Melvin, 28, and Quincy “Bill” Jackson. 22. Leaving this scene of carnage, George Jackson went to the nearby home of his cousin, Herman Jackson, 30, and shot and killed him. All but strong. Barnwell ha s come through wouldn’t membranes, to maintain normal the season so fa*' undefeated, having won over Norway, Blackvile, Orange burg and the Columbia high B team. Camden has also been going strong and la«t week defeated Hartsville by a veiy large score. Against such opposition, local dopeaters are not pre dicting a victory for Barnwell, but they will t* greatly disappointed if the local lads do not stage a strong ’ by Jniss Tvetcben, Extmrion Market—fighv,— - . them, he replied, “H—1, I put a dam thing in a bank.” . . Un- growth and to stimulate the appetite, printable things being said about ath- ■ Tomatoes are rich also in minral salts, letic directors and. committees when essential for good nutrition. Tven the broadcast of Thursday’s football w hen canned or cooked for longer pe- game between Carolina and Clemson rlods t^eir acid reaction tends to pre wag halted abruptly just after the first, vent ^be destruction of Vitamin C of touchdow’n was scored. . . Local w hich the tomato ig so rich. Nimrodg taking their bird dogs out; A* 10 o’clock, a scoring demonstra- for a little pre-season work. | of canned products will be given A little “cullud” boy, with a splin ter in his foot, alarming the neighbor-1 in * of Winthrap College - hood with his wails of distress. . .! Tf* Market will open promptly at A local man departing for the Au- ^ ° c * oc b. _* gusta market with a small sized calf c _ _ _ _ _< ' in the rear cf his closed car. . . Several Legal Sale* •The town filled with smoke from near by woods fires. . . A Utter from : a negro servant girl, now living in a North Carolina city, to her former J mistress in Barnwell, asking for a let. j ter of reference in thig quaint style:, “Will you please mam be' kind, enough to rite o r print me that part that you found in me us^jrood, pleas/? mam.” «- The Sour Cream Station has been going aince the middle of September. Every week adds new patrons and the volume of cream sold increases. Last week a dozen farmers sold cream amounting to about $40.00.' This rep- tesented more than 105 pounds of butter fat, which made into butter would have represented approximate ly 130 pounds of butter. Every Tues day afternoon at 2 o’clock the Cream Station is open in Barnwell, at which time any amount of sour cream will be weighed, tested and paid for. WeK were offered and are using the rear of the Unity Store. Facilities and apace were generously offered by the owner of this store and the space was accepted. Sour cream may be left at the Williston Servic e Station which is located adjoining the Williston Hotel. The team will leave' BamWeTf early Ht wiU- be pkketf u$ UUrtf alXSUt'T^ffff Will Be Made Monday Four by Master, One by Judge of Probate and Several Under Tax Executions. tomorrow (Friday) morning and many have expressed their intention of going along to lend their moral support. Another game th%t is attracting considerable interest here is th^ an nual* clash between Carolina and The Citadel, which will take place this (Thursday) afternoon at two o’clock at the Orangeburg County Fair. ' “Old Maids' Convention." Quit e a number of legal sales will HOPOCATRUC bw made here next Monday, which will be November salesday. According to advertisements appearing in The People-Sentinel, five sales will be made by G. M. Greene, Esq., Master in Equity, as follows: The Southein Cotton Oil Co. vs. B. M. Jenkins, Jr., et si., five tracts of land in Great Cypres s township, to- I taling 992 acres. First Carolinas Joint Stock Land .Bank vs. Hariy A. Rich and S. C. j Highway Commission, 162 acres in Blackville township. First Carolinas Joint Stock Land By G. Chalmers McDermid. In this day of bank faliures, de pression, .crop failures and rainless days, the one bright spot to look for ward to will be the “Old Maids’ Con vention," which will b e held in the town of Barnwell at the auditorium of the Barnwell High School on next Tuesday evening, the 3rd of Novem ber, 'bepjhn ng at eight o’clock. 1 Here will be assembled twenty or i mor» of Barnwell', mo»t Bank 1|. J. wriker,« ,1. 326 old maids with a program which will delight the heart of man a s well as maidens. The following will give som e idea of the cast and to say that these fait maidens will be dressed in costumes suitable for the occasion, with a program especially arranged to attract the bachelors and widowers of the town, is putting it mildly. The following ladies compose tlje vast: Marihah Lovejoy, president, Mrs. Bunyan Black; Amarilla Heywood, secy., Mrs. Betty Mace; Priscilla Hope, treat*-. Miss Margaret Free; Anxiety Dorrity, Miss Bradham; Au gusta Prim, Mrs. H. J Faithful Blossom, Miss Pearl Pea cock; Fredora Bobkin, Mrs. T. A in Barnwell township. First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank vs. Reka Rich, et al., two tracts of land in Blackville township, con taining 122 acres each. • Judge John K. Snelling, Judge of Probate, will s ell tHiee tracts of land, totaling 161 Vk acres, in the case of Orlando Black and Thurman Black vs. R. C. Black, ,et al. G. M. Neeley, as receiver of the Bank of Olar, will sell 75 acres in Dunbarton school distiict. In addition to the above, Sheriff B. . H. Dyches will sell several tracts of , 1 T ^ )s ’ ; land under tax executions. Much interest is being shown in the Dairy Cow, the Beef Cow and the Pig in coastal and middle South Csrtfftna nowadays, and a little chat on pas tures, right here, may nbt be amiss. Many farmers, when thinking of pastures, figure: “Oh, I’ve got plenty cf pasturage now and can rent more if I need it, for little or nothing; why bother my head about fertilized or planted pastures?” C. A. LeClair, writing in “Better Crops,” says that “the man who thinks like that doesn’t realize that it would require 30 acre g of ordinary pasture to graze a single cow, and that she would have to walk 25 miles a day to Browning was hostess to the members to 8 o’clock on Monday morning and money left for the cream and. the empty containers will be left at that place Tuesday afternoon. The thing is true of the brick filling sta tion on the corner in Elko. A Cream Station was opened in Blackville on October 14th and this station will be open every Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. This provides adequate arrangements tfr all farm ers to be served. urge those living on the farm to feed some good milk cows with good home grown feed, thereby bringing in a steady cash income from week to week. There is no better way for improvement on the farm, building the soil as well as increasing the cash receipts. If assistance and information is needed on any matters pertaining to the development of the dairy cow in terest in,the county, call on the coun ty and home agents at Barnwell. We will help you.—Prepared by H. G. B; ylston, county agent. • ♦ • Local and Personal News of Blackville Blackville, Oct. 24.—Mrs. Kelly Wiley McDonald, a white man about _ 70 years of age, wa 8 attacked and robbed of $320 at his home near the old Whaley Mill site, Saturday night about nine o’clock by several negroes. According to Sheriff B. H. Dyches, Mr. McDonald, whfc. lives alone, was called to his door by the negroes, who said their automobile had broken down and asked that they be given a few matches. When the white man complied with their request, they grabbed and bound him and proceed ed to search the house for money. They had no trouble, it is said, in locating Mr. McDonald’s savings, amounting to $320, in an old home made chest, which gives rise to the theory that the robbers are local characters and evidently knew that he was in the habit of keeping money in his home. A ft j. t\wm imm rm eL a n ss a. Wx^4e4maa w. T r f urtntut* if«»it*y viHifivo in the chest, the negroes are said to have threatened Mg- McDonald’s life if he did not tell them where “the rest” wa a hidden. The old man is said to have told them that they ■- would have to kill him, Sa he didn’t have any more. They then departed. Sheriff Dyches was notified of the robbery and he and his deputies have arrested th^ following suspects, who are being held in the Barnwell County jail: Theodore Hicks, Law- ton Smalls, Jesse Tilly and Isadora Gadsden. It is understood, however, that Mr. McDonald did not r« any of his assailants. 4-H Chib Girls Win . in Cnnnint Coni—* Evelyn Andaman. c€ First.—Maria and Edna Creech ia Second Place. fill her stomach.' Good pastures are good pastures. of the Thursday Bridge Club this week. Mrs. James Nevils, Miss Claia Holland; Rhoda Larkin. Miss Marian STATEMENT REGARDING Bolen; Selina Baxter, Miss Dorothy; BANK EXPECTED SOON Melvin Jackson were killed with one ^Sanders; Martha Cotton, Mrs. B: L .** « I a • f o. « r« : A-i- 1 f ak load from the shotgun. Melvin Jack-• Easterling; Susannah Smith, Mrs. M. son he chased some 600 yards, it was Mazursky; Miranda Price, Mrs. Jim said, and after shooting him down Dicks; Mary Anne Baines, Miss Cars with a load of buckshot in th e back, placed a pistol on the left side of the head above the ear arid- pulled the trigger. Darling Jackson and Mrs. Bill Jackson were the only two to survive, being ble to hide themselves at the first house. Many View Bodies. » ■ Large crowds viewed the bodie s in the undertaking establishemnt of E» S. Redd, at Wagener, where they were placed pending funeral arrange ments. The telephone exchange at Wagener was kept busy until after 1 o’clock by calls to and from officers and newspaper men on the-scene. In 1920, Jackson was hailed into court in Aiken and pleaded guilty to £ charge of assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealfed weapons after he had shot his ujicle, Hamp, Who recovered from his wounds only to be shot down Tues day for the second time by his nephew, Jackson, fo r the attempt on his uncle’s life, - received, a. sentence of 16 months or a fine of $150. He paid the fine. Again in 1926, Jack- son was brought to court on a chalge of murder, having killed a negro, Eugene Emanuel, at Wagener in. an automobile accident, but was found not guilty. Some time a£°» he_sbJt well; Ima Trustful, Mrs. G. M. It was understood this week that it is possible that some statement re garding the exact financial status of the Bank of Western Carolina, which Greene; Sarah Jan e Spiingster, Miss closed its doors last Thursday, would Sue Carter; Eliza Hooker, Mrs. Leigh- 1 be given to the public sometime next ton Laird; E-ther Snyder, Miss Car- week. The State bank examiner’s of- rie Williams; Marian Perkins, Mrs.; fice~Ttf[s'*ihstituted an audit *of the Olaree Cail; Asenath Baker, Miss books of the entire chain, now in Margaret McAllister; Amanda Horne, Miss Ruby Peacock; Amy Little, Mrs. Hayne Hogg; Sophia Potter, Miss Zadie Le e Brabham; Janie Hopeful, Mrs. T. D. Creighton; Eloise Ambi-j Aiken Standard tious, Mrs. L. M. Cave; Sallie Shad, Mrs. W. M. Jones; Professor Pinker ton, “Monkey” Pride Remember the date, November 3rd, auditorium Barnwell high school, 8 o’clock. Prices, 15c and 25c. Benefit Building Fund Baptist Church . and not ju»t “cut-over" pine land < r Downing. Mik* W’ei.vungcr ami native grasg fields which are so poor Mrs. Henry Still 1 that they have been abandoned. Good pastures are planned for, fertilized and cared for, planted and mowed, if they really are good pastures. . Again quoting Mr. LeClair, he states, “It has been proven that whereas a dairy cow can produce as high a 8 30 pounds of milk per day and maintain he r weight at the same time, when given access to a good pasture, it is impossible to maintain that standard of production with the same animal under,.* system of ham feed ing. ’ - “In fact* in the absence of pasture in winter feeding, high producing ani mals are unable to maintain their milk flow, except at the expense of the elements stored in their bodies, matter how well they are fed Mrs. Henry Still were guests for the afternoon. The highest score was made by Mrs. L. J. Connelly. The Joseph Koger Chapter, D. A. R - met at the home of Mrs. T. O. Boland Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Henry Still, Mrs. A. H. Ninestein, Mrs. J. V. Mat thew,, and Mrs. L. C. Still contributed to the program. Mrs. Hugh McLaurin ami son, Hugh, Jr., of Sumter, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Wragg. Harry Haigler, of Clemson, spent th e last week-end at home. LeRoy Wilson, of Columbia, State bank examiner, was the guest of bis lister, Mrs. E. H. Weissinger, this week. Miss Rebecca Neil and her mother, no of Columbia, motored to Blackville * Sunday afternoon wilh Mis g Dorothy Twenty-seven 4-H Chib girls nn- tered a County Canning Content while 100 giil s entered the National Can ning Contest. A canning demonstra tion. with definite canning instruction, was given by the home agent, Mina Elizabeth McNab, to each contestant- As the contestants were member* of a nutrition club, only fruits and Men were scored. The points into consideration in judging progress, and when thi s is completed cal dairy farmer and should be heed a meeting of the depositors will be ^ called to take the necessary steps for ■ g eVeral years a go, when the liquidation of the bank’s assets.— BarkerdinK wa!i j n the dairy business These statements are from a practi-1 Neil, who had spent the week-end at In New Quarters. her home. Mrs. LeRoy Molair and daughter, of Harry * Barnwell, spent several days here this week. . - and wounded hi 8 wife, who left him. Surviving relatives paid 1 Jackson, apparently brooding over his separa tion from his wife, the death of his aged father two years ago and an automobile accident in which his car struck and killed a man a few years ago, had been acting “queer at times.” AtOhe penitentiary, soWfeiogift.that. nt the rriirkrt . A ' tt+sx ofoxr An A fLir she Granted “to stay with daddy, Georgia Lou was separated from her father and s$nt to "her mother at Springfield,'Orangeburg County. Jack- son, estranged from his wife, had lived alone with his daughter, his ’ only child. * Thg Barnwell Club Market opened in new quarters Oct. 17th with thir teen products selling on the market. in Charleston County and I was ebun- ty agent fo r the county, he asked me ; to help him get a permanent pasture started on one of his farms. We sowed this field, formerly a good piece of truck land, down to a mixture of carpet grass and lespedeza about January 15th. The door was opened promptly at 9 o’clock and customers crowded in to there was a good stand of the grasses | awarded second prize Wins First Prize. Billy, the small son of Auditor and Mrs. W. H. Manning, of Barnwell, won first prize for a display of a dozen hen eggs at the State Fair in Columbia last week. A cockerel, en- The next “fall tered by this young poultryman was This was Bil- make their week-end purchases from the assortment of farm- products fpr sale. Besids pork, eggs, milk prod ucts, chickens, pecans, whole wheat flour, corn meal, cake and sugar cane, there were ten different vegetables of fered. All of this produce came from th e farms of the 13 members selling and the following spring there was ex cellent pasturage. ^ Mr. Barkerding told me several years later that this 12-acre pasture was one of the best * investments he ever made for his cdftle. It saved him many dollars Jn feed bills and his cows were “contented.” A duplicate slip system was used in the market for the first time. This slip system is used successfully in all up-to-date chib markets. The sales for the day were $24.26. iigfltoii Tha adififa of - liYi^tock authori- ties i 8 that a farmer, must have plenty of feed and good pasturage before he can make a success of livestock farm ing. One wa/ of getting good pastur age is to pick good lands. Sow these land 8 to the well known ADVERTISE in Th«-People Sentinel pas.ure grassef^, keep th» fields well ly’s first try and he feels justly proud of his initial success. drained, fertilize thero-from time to time, use ground limestone on them and keep the weeds mowed down. Low shade hurt 8 pasturage. Good pastures mean cheaper feed ing Costs. Cfood pastures fed through number of containers, quality of prod uct, type of container, age of dub membe r and whether or not the was done alone or with help, winnerg were a* follows: First—Evelyn Anderson, of Elko, age 11: 39 quarts of vegetable*, 4 varieties; 93 quarts of fruits, 8 varie ties; (individual work). Prize: 1 doz en standard type containers. Second—Marie and Edna Greech, of Galilee, age 8 16 and 14: 79Vfc quarts of vegetables, 4 varieties; 197 quarts of fruits, 2 varieties; (assisted each ether ).*T > rize: ^ standard type con tainers. Third—Willie Evelyn Joyner, cf Oak prove, age 10: 27 quart* of veg etables, 7 varieties; 10 quarts of frtitls, 4 varieties; (individual work). Prize: 4 standard type con^pinera and garden seed. Fourth—Louise Hartzog, of Double Ponds, age 12: 24 quart* of vegeta bles, 2 varieties;_17 quarts of fruits, 3 varieties; (individual work). Prise: 3 standard type containers and garden seed. . -R—T—^ A Shut-in for 19 Years. On October 31st, 19 years ago, Mrs. J. W. C. Reed, of this city, suffered the injurie* that have caused her to 1% shut-in ever since. She has borne all of her sufferings with true Chris tian fortitude and always has a smil* for her fiiends. iper acre than will 5-c*nt cotton on th e average South Carolina farm.; If you are going to be a livestock {farmer—equip you r farm wi)h good permanent’pastures. Give ^em a trial —don’t just take tn^ word for it. Card of Thaeka. We wish to thank all of our friend* who helped in removing * large pert livestccfi writ 'toftig in Tnore money] ef our-stock of merchandise our store during the fire hut thereby saving us from a disastrous loss. Their timely assistance never be forgotten. . V Respectfully WEINER BROS.