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ISnPPPffi9!iMiPPIPRPi|li!KQ9P|H|HPBilPSIiMP^HPI^!|RBpnppilRnipR|Rp^PM^RBR^PI • ('•• ' - ■ -/ 1 i- ? ' •• .,,•<••*• • ■' '. '» r ri i . » i. THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY. Consolidated Job# 1, 192ft. ‘Juab L.lk«- ^ Member of the Famllv’ VOLUME LV. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA 0 — * THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26,1981 NUMBER 12 ■»— Plan Is Devised for Re-opening of Bank Committee Working Toward Reorgan ization of Bank of Western Caro lina Makes Repcet. met steering committee, directors rcom of the bank Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. Aiken, November 20.—An impor tant meeting of the Reorganization Committee of the insolvent Bank of Western Carolina, together with the <iepcsitcrs in the ^ere yesterday morning, to hear T report of Hon. J. B. Salley and T. S. Glover, of Aiken, who have been in New York in conferenc e with finan ciers, among them many Aiken win ter residents, who are interested in the welfare of this section. An encouraging report was made ty Mr. Salley and Mr. Glover con cerning their New York conferences, hading the entire committee to be- 1 e\*e that a reorganization plan that being worked upon is feasible. The plan being worked upon is to charge (ft all possible losses as reported and anticipated, in the bank examiner's report made since the closing of the tank, ascertain the amount necessary t> rebuild the impaired capital, as- tess the stockholders on their stock i.nd ask depositors to charge off their .deposits in necessary proportion to r/.ake the bank sound; whereuporn-it believed that the necessary financial i.s*i.-tJmce to reopen the bank and t * furnish banking facilities can be t stained. The committee headed by Mr. Salley is to continue conferences with the bank examiner and those in- tcre-ted in New York, and report Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ruff, Mr. and County Developing Livestock Program Wonderful Progress Ha^Reer. Made in Short Time in Diversified Farm System. It is interesting to note the im provement being made in developing Mrs. T. L. Wiagg, et aj., enjoying aj. diveraifiotj farm sy^em .in Barnwell “square dance” at a gathering^ - one night last week. . . The “gobble- gobble” of turkeys being kept in back-yard pens fer today’s big feast. . . . Wilmot Riley, .o£ Allendale,-- asking this scribe to tell him where and how he can make “a piece of money.” _j j_ . Three colleg e boys on Marlboro Street waiting for a rid,e and remarking that they had averag ed 15 miles an hour on the trip up from Beaufort. . . Auditor * “Bfa” Manning drinking grape-fruit juice in an effort to ward off the flu. . . . Some other s drigking tomato juice for still another ‘season. . . Har ry Anderson in his postman’s uni form, looking lik e a kay-det. . . . Two young girls narrowly escaping being tun down at the corner of Main and Bur r Streets. by ap automobUe driven by a small boy. A small pig tethered in front of a negro home and “grazing” on a ce ment sidewalk. . . A farmer trying to hire a n^gro World War Veteran who has recently succeeded in »ecur- mg a, pension. Embryo aero nauts telling how miTHt they enjoyed ( ?) their first flight in C. G.’s plane. 'A story about a man who told his wife that she was a perfect little an gel. When she inquired how he had within a fortnight the result of their .'reached that conclusion, the huaband r.getiations. replied: “Yuu are high-stiung; you Considerable enthusiasm is being are fo^ever^Ttarping cn *omething, r/.anifested by people thioughout the and you never ha»- a d—n thing to Bank cf We.-tem Carolina territory wear. Expressions of keendis- »vej- the possibility of reopening the appointment that the shower Satur- rstitution which had served the see-; day evening of last week did not de- ti>n for nearly half a c#htury. S. C. Is Struggling to Store Its Cotton velop* into the long-prdmised rain. MR. FULLER ENTERTAINS FRIENDS WITH FLIGHTS \ acant Churches, Schoolhouses , and Hotels Used to House Bumper Crop This Year. Columbia, Nov. 21.—All kinds of building.-, including, vacant chutches, .-chool houses ami hotels, are being pressed into service fo r storing South Carolina’s bumper IVSl cotton crop J. Clifton Rivers, warehouse com- miaMoner, .-aid three <>r foui huild- The following item is taken -from Sunday’s issue of • ^he Charleston New B and Courier: C. G. Fuller, road contractor now located at Barnwell, has within the last 2 days entertained many friend* in Charleston, with flights about the city and suriounding territory in his new Stinson, Jr., airplane. Mr. Fuller has charge of construc- County. Although this program ha^ not been begun a great length cf time, wonderful progress has already boon made. The middle of September two Cream Stations were opened in the county. The one at Barnwell hag^had the full cooperation of those inter ested. It may be stated* that when the stations opened for buying sour aream, the middle cf September four farmers sold a small amount at that time. The number of farmers sejling and amount of cream brought in has increased from week to week until wo find on the 17th of November ap proximately two months after the beginning 27 farmer s sold sour cremm amounting to more than 50 gallons. If made into butter it would represent more than 200 pounds of butter. - Thre e farmers in Barnwell County bought pure bred Guernsey bolls at the sale in Allendale on Friday of last week, there buying being L. N. Con nor, Lain is Black and Chas. O. Jones. This added number now gives u g in the county 13 pure bred registered Guernsey bulls "of unusually good breed. Plans aie now being arranged to buy some good grade Guernsey heif ers and ccws. Orders for about one- half dozen have already been taken by the county agent and any farmers intere-ted in buying would do well to take the matter up with H. G. Boyls- ton. ; He state H that he has an op portunity to buy eome very good grade Guernsey heifers already bred to pure-bred bull*, at 5c per pound, F O. B. Fairfield County. These, it is believed, are teal bargains. There were a few bargains in heavy spring ers and fresh cows also. Dr. W. W. Long, Director of the Extension Service of the State in discussing the importance nf live stock in a balanced system of farming for South Carolina has the following to say: ' • “Th 0 only system of diversified fanning which in experience else where a- well as in the Southeast Barnwell-Allendale State and Counties _ _ Condemn Lancaster- to Battle Here Today L Must Curtail Costs Peacock Buildings Interesting Contest Between Two Pierre Mazyrk Givps Clear Statement Owners Must Remove Second Stories V . Strong Teams Will Be Played at 11:00 O’clock. i f Farmers’ and Taxpayers’ _ League Prcgram. Because of Alleged Unsafe Condition. What promises to be an interesting The editor of The People-Sentinel Mrs. Beitha Peacock, of this city, and exciting centvst between two requested of Pierre Mazyck, Publicity an d Dr. D; 4 B. Lancaster, of Baltinoore, strong high school football teams will Sccretary of the Farmer's- and Tax- Md '’ wer * nofcift * d b y cit y council last be played on the local field this . . . week to dismantle parts of their (Thursday) momiiu, when Barnwell fi ‘ ue ' a c „ temen o biuldings which were damaged by and Allendale will compete for grid- ^ purpese and program . of the ft re on ^ morning of October 20th. iron honors. The-game will start League so x that those reader s of the This action followed a report by the promptly at eleven o’clock and will be paper who have not kept up with the local fire department and an inspec- finished in time for that turkey din ner. Allendale has made an enviable record this season. Eleven game* have been played, which resulted in operations of the League up to this time may inform themselves readily as to the plan of the Farmers’ and Taxpayers’ League. Mr. Mazyck rearranged several eight victories and three defeats. I statements issued by J. K. Breedin, One of the latter w*as against Savan nah high lai*t Saturday. In several games, the Allendale boy s won from much heavier opposition and in every contest played this season, they have «hown a fighting spirit that has kept their opponents on their mettle at all times. While comparative scores cannot be relied upon in ^doping”, out fOotb.ll ^ abwaL-if oot extravagant scale, games, it is interesting to note that g^crtiy after‘the war came the period :rg* originally constructed for school, cemly ho puichaged an airplane which h uses had been taken into the State he js usin}f in his bu8i n Wj| in vigiting , has stood impregnable, -has been a tion of about 150 miles of highways ,• k i- i , . ... „ i diversrheft livestock system to sup plement The production of cctton and -m-+h*s Soat>- ot 1 b*- present time. Re- i various jobs in thinstate and others. * -torage system and filled with cot ton. . A vacant thuich in v,««.v„uu,. flown about 7 0()( , mile , D c Mar _ uqjy, has been . similarly utilized, ^ ( j ^ (laremlon Within the last six weeks he has t he said but explained the “most un- tinson company, is serv- u.-ual application came from Marl- p u |j ei . i mg as instructor and pilot for Mr. Mr. Fuller has to date about boro County, where a hotel in a rather is . x houl> of ^ in - the air an(J h(? laige town, he said, was. tendered to the State warehouse system.” “It all goes to show,” Mr. Rivers said, “what we can do when the peo ple are determined a s thv>’ an ‘ year not to sacrifice their production They wi j, Ictui71 t o t" th ‘ »^ f MH'culatum^ Barnwell tqd6y. A desire to have cotton graded at ' expect s soon to take full charge of his plane in bis flighty alwu^ th t . Country. Mr. Martin and Mrs. Fuller ac companied Mr. Fuller to Charlt-ton. They are guests of Henry Foster on Hurt in Knife Fight. all costs also is being reflected in odd methods employed to achieve this end, Mr. Rivers said. . * ! Willi8ton , N <! v - 21.—Curtis Young- “A few days ago,” he explained, : W(> od was slasheddn the abdomen and received one shipment for grad- critically injured this afternoon about •\ve ing in which samples bf^hree bales 5:30 oWocV. at Beulah church near were enclosed in a penny match box—i Windsoi, by a man, -aid by witnesses, but to cap it all this morning we re ceiVed a bill of lading for two ‘bar to be Roland Keenan. ajffray took place in the presence of iels’ of cotton.’ HOME TALENT REPEATS iKlarge ciowd of people. Youngblood, who is a well known x young farmer of the section, was OLD MAIDS’ CONVENTION rushed to the Aiken- hospital after * emergency treatment by Williston Heme talent repeated “An Old physicians. Attaches at the hospital Maids’ Convention” to an apprecia- : described his condition^a^ critical. tive audience on Friday evening at It was said, by witnesses>4hat the the high schpol auditorium. The play; knifing wa s the result of Icng-stand- was well acted, and $ach outstanding ( ing ill feeling between the actress deferve s credit, but applause | young pren. gave the hit of the.ptey to Mrs. G. M. Greene and Mrs. B. L. Easterling, who sang “A Sweet Bunch of Dais- tohacev, and not only is such a system capable of univer.-al application among us, but we have indisputable proof that we can compete success fully with other s in the production of livestock products.” Such a system included: 1. Sufficient dairy cattle as war ranted by labor, pasturage and acre ages available for feed crop s to pro duce sufficient milk and butte r - for the family, with some surplus for s*ale either as sour cream for butter manufacture (and the utilization of skim milk for hog and poultry feed ing,) or whole milk for the manufac ture of cheese or condensed milk, and the manure to go back on the land to increase soil fertility. 2. Sufficient hog^ to furnish meat -fo r the family; to consume farm by products w’hich might otherwise be , wasted, to furnisfi a profitable mar- The cutting , ^ f or . j ncrease( j production of corn and other grain and grazing crops, with enough surplus for sale to furnish additional cash income. 3. A farm poultry flock to furnish eggs and poultry meat for the farm family with a surplus for sale week ly throughout the year. 4. A crop rotation system calcu lated to build the fertility of the soil, prevent erosion, and vield sufficient Allendale made three more touch downs against Blackville than did Barnwell and on that basis they would be favored to win. However, the locals are not in the. habit of con ceding game s 1° their opponents be fore they have been played and the Barnwell boys can be depended on to put up a lively scrap. They have had only one defeat marked up against them this season and have been tied once. Earlier in the season they de feated th e strong Orangeburg eleven, which contesti* fer State high school honors tomorrow in Columbia with the Rock Hill aggregation. Aik football enthusiasts in this section are urged to attend the gam’e today. CHRISTMAS DOLLAR DAY SALE AT WHITE’S NOV. 28 The J. B. White and Company store in Augusta, long famous for its big Dollar Day sales, is advertising in this issue of The People-Sentinel, a Christmas Dollar Day Sale fo r Satur day, Nov. 28th, which they believe will eclipse in ^very way any previous sale of the kind at their store. It is interesting to hear that White’s en gages abou 100 extra -alespeople for this great one-day sale. These sale«- people ar e carefully drilled and in structed in -to**.*, methods, so that they will -render expert service on the big day. Extra’ cashiers and wrappers will Ire cn duty to faciliate shopping .service with the huge crowds that will throng the White store in this sale. With Christmas less than a menth off, it will be welcome news that gift items are largely featured in the big Dollar Day nrogiam, and 10,000 Dollar Toys are offere I. Every sale carrie* White’s posi tive guarantee of satisfaction or y<*ur money back. General Director of organ : rat>on uni acting Treasurer of the League and submitted them as a concise state ment of the object? of the League, as folows: “During the war and immediately afterward s prices were high and money was plentiful and both public and private expenditures were bn u Brotherhood Meeting N’Ov. 29. The Biotherhood meeting of the Barnwell Baptist Association will be held in the Barnwell Baptist Church on Sunday, November 29th. The fol- loing program has been aranged for the Occasion: 3:00—Devotional ?eivices by the local Church. 3:15—The Layman’-s Responsibility in his Church, Hon. Robert Lide, of Orangeburg. 3:45—The Layman’s responsibility outside his Church, Hon. E. B. Jack- son, of Wagener. of deflation and from then until now our State has suffered gradually until it not only i« not making any net revenue but has virtually lost the re serves laid up through the thrift of other years. That is why such a year as thi 5 is such a calamity. The peo ple have nothing laW by in store with which to pay debts or to ward off the difficulties which follow their present condition. Men have been compelled to practice various economies. Sin gularly enough the Government agen cies have not been touched, apparent ly, by the deflation, but have continu ed with constantly increasing expen ditures, as though there were no limit to the ability of the people to pay. For example, the salaries and general expenses of the Government are 100 per cent, higher today than they were when cotton was selling at 45 cents a pound. Nothing illustrates the want of haimony between private and public expenditures a s that. With cotton at 6 Vi cents and com at 35 cents and top hogs at 4 3-4 cents the State and County expenditures are twice as much as they were when cotton was selling at 40 cents and corn was selling at 11.00 and hogs were selling at 12 cents a pound. “It is apparent that something mv**t be done. Just as a prudent man has to plan his own uffair s eo as to live within his probable Income, »o should the State and the Counties re-shape their program* and curtail their ex penditures so as to bring the cost of State and County government somewhere near the ability of the people to pay from the profits of their year’s work. It is absurd to say that- when the people have no profits—when they have spent them selves in toil for a whole year winding up in debt, that the mate and County governments may carry out large programs with an utter indifference to the condition of the people. We need to remark that the people themselves are the government and when we»find that all the taxpayers, both corporate and individual, have sufficiently vastly depleted revenues, even losing all net revenues and sometimes spending all the resources of years of saving that the State i s rn such a condition's to make immediate and imperative very sharp cute in all expenditures and for all purposes. Not to do so is to set up the theory that there are privileged clashes in the State and that those who live on the public are superior to the public. Just ag all the taxpaying elements are making common cause to bring the full weight of the sentiment for economy to bear tion by J. M. Hair, contractor, of Williston, which showed that parts of the walls are in “a dangerous eon- % cition.” Acting on Mr. Hair’s report, city council has ordered that the walls of the Peacock building be dismantled to the second floor level, and that the walls on the South end West sides of the I-ancaster building also be dis mantled to the second floor level and to the foundation «t the corner of Main and Wall Streets. The papers of condemnation served November 18th, and the ers have ten days in which to begin the wotk of tearing down tha alleged unsafe parts of the two buildings, the second stories of which wer e com pletely gutted by the fire last month. Airplane of Century Ago Failed in Flight Unsuccessful Attempt Made by Illi nois Inventor 90 Years Ago Is Recalled. How many Barnwell people who watch the sturdy flight of C. G. Ful ler’s plane, rf>r enjoy a flight in it* know that just 90 years ago the first airship constructed in Illinois took off from a hill nea r Danville, in that State, and crashed before its inven tor had « chance to test his theorise 1 of flight? Resembling somewhat the modem monoplane, the craft was a tangible representation of “Crazy” Hugh New ell’s plan* and dreams. Newell, a farmer living six miles west of Dan ville, had studied flying birds, and believed that he could duplicate their I feats. He patterned the wings of his ship after the wings of birds. The opera tor sat between them, and turned a crank which caused the wings to move up and down. The tail of tha craft, copied faithfully the spread- v 4 * Try It Fqr Yourself. Put dowj\ the number of ie.*. ' Mrs. J. Bunyan Black, as presi-; brothers. Vient of the convention, filled her, Multiply it by two. part adequately. Prof. W. R. Price j Add three. seemed to have acquired even more | Multiply the result, by five. Preceding the play, the Barnwell High School orchestra gave its first public performance. Surprise at their ability and appreciation of their dili gent Efforts were heard throughout the house for the members of the orchestra. The numbed that they played was “Teamwork,” a march consisting of three strains. tW \grain, forage and pastur e for abund ant feeding of the livestock on farms. 5. The production of cotton and tobacco by. improved methods and practices, with^ high yields pe,. acre of the character of^product in demand at best prices. 6. Home garden, tnitk and fruit sufficient to furnish the famRy menu with a balanced table and small sur- living 4:15—Music. 4:20—The challenge of the Layman 1 on the Legislature as well a s on their of present day conditions within and county delegations, so must all the without the Church, Hon. John M. people of the State, whether they re- Daniel, Cplumbia. , ceiv e their pay from the State and 4:50—Open conference conducted by Dr. W. M. Jones, of Barnwell. poise and dignity since the last , per-j Add the number of living listers. : |-moitwWmmmmKF* -fgiss’m^ *Hen local, Add th e number of dead brothers and sisters. 1 — „ Subtract one hundred and fifty from the result. I Now thft right hand figure will be the number of deaths, the middle fig ure will be the number of living sis ters, and the left hand figure ^ the number of living brothers —Exchange Friendship School Honor Roll. All pupils of the Friendship school who made an' average of 90 o r more ' organize this general and deep senti County govetmments or whether they receive^their living directly from pri- vatexsources, share alike in the com rpOn condition. “The plan of the League, then is to eagle feathers of a bird in flight. The story of Newril’s first flight was revealed in the current issue ot the Journal of the Illinois State His torical society. “According to some accounts the ship w*as hauled to the top of a hag stack on a hill near the Newell home, where after the wings hed been start ed by Newell in the cockpit, the ma chine or car was pushed off,” the article said. “A great crowd was present. It was the climax of Newell’s life and would show' whether his untiring ef forts and yea is of experimenting study had been in vain. But the chine failed to fly. It was pushed off,” the article said, and fell to the ground, Newell’s arm w’as broken. Two wealthy neighbors, endowed ^— w-ith prophetic vision, or else warn over by Newell’s persuasiveness, join ed with Newell in th e “Million Dollar contract” by which they were to rid the inventor in the construction of a “flying car, pr machine to through the* air propelled upon a principal upon which the fowls of the ai r propel themselves.” The plans for the new ship fell through, and the three “inventors" were laughed at for several yean. Sixty-three years later the Wright brothers proved that man could fly through the sir. Cotton Ginning Report. are listed on the following honor roll: First Grade—Bobby Parker, Clo- kets justify. 7. Small areas of such crops a« sufficient wheat ,to furnish flour for the family, sorghum for molases, etc. 8. * The increasing use of labor- saving devices and farm machinery in the home and on the farm, jo in crease man power production; 1 —Pre pared by H. G. BoyUton, Co. Agent. >nd Grade—Leighton Ray, J. C. Still: Third <Jrade—Junior Croft, Helen Ruth Morm^Ettender Ray. ~~ Fourth Grade-xJIelen Parker. Fifth Grade—Verks^ilae Morris. Sixth Grade—Harold Seventh Grade —r Ma ment throughout the State in invinci ble form in order that the General As- There were 18,114 bales of cottoa ginned in Barnwell County prior t» November 14th, a 8 compared witk 19,144 bales ginned to the same data in 1930, according to a report mad» special agent com pith our purpose through unitafl effort,» bringing together of all thorn — Rhodes. 4 ■ people demand. For tbig reason it is essential that all of those who think taxes are too high should join the League, sign th e • pledge card, and make their influence count for reduc- tion. If a man doe g not join the League he » merely like a stranger' the League expect* to Louise howling In the wilderness and he will the coming have no effect whatever. We shall «- who wish their taxes reduced. Thst is the immediate progrem League and that is the S