The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, April 14, 1932, Image 1
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.
Consolidated Juna 1, 1926.
THE OFFICIAL NEW
Barnwell
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VOLUME LV.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH, 1932.
NUMBER 33.
2 Attempts Made to
Wreck A. C. L.Train
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Keg of Spikes Placed on Track Early- A Liltje Sense and Nonsense About J. W. Browning, of Blackville, Select-
People You Know and Others
You Don’t Know.
Thursday Morring and Switch
Broken Sunday Night.
Two unsuccessful attempts to de
rail and wreck Atlantic Coast Line
trains have been made near Snelling
during the past week, according to
local railroad officials. Th6 first at
tempt was made early Thursday
morning of last week, when a keg of
spikes was placed in the middles of
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
Republicans Hold
County Convention
General Assembly
Finally Adjourns
Octavia, Lizzie’s new sister, mak
ing her debut in the showrooms of
the Barnwell Motor .and Mfg. Co.,
local Ford dealers L. G.
Richardson remarking that he enjoys
ed as County Chairman at Meet- -
irvg Here Tuesday.
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train, from Augusta to Florence,
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struck the obstruction and smashed grounds.
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the keg into splinters, scattering dogwood tree, about knee-high to a Grimes, of Blackville, treasurer
ii—j T*—i. i- duck, in full bloom in front of the A J -'— 1 ** tt - ■ 1
spikes along the roadbed. Fortipnate-
■ly, none of the spike s fell on the
lails.
Sunday night or early Monday
morning a ^second attempt was made
to wreck, a train, when the switch
lock on the pass track east of Snel
ling was broken, evidently with a
hammer, and the switch thrown. It is
understood that this w’as found be
fore any trains pased over that sec
tion.
There are no direct clues as to the
identity of the guilty party or par
ties, it is said, ^but Sheriff B. H.
Dyches says that it is possible that
an attempt is being made to “get
even” with Section Master Gilliam,
who is said to have had considerable
troubl e with negroes in that section
duiing the past several months^ An
attempt was made on his life some
time ago when he was shot at by a
negro.
Railroad detectives are investigat
ing the case and it is hoped that they
will be able to bring the guilty par
ties to speedy justice.
Teacher8 , Meeting
at Dunbarton Today
Hon. Jas. H. Hope, State Superintend
ent of Education, to Discuss
Recent Legislation.
A meeting of the Barnwell County
Teachers’ Association will be held at
four o’clock this (Thursday) after
noon in Dunbarton, at which time the
Hon. Jas. H. Hope, State Superintend
ent of education, will discuss recent
legislation relative to schools and the
outlook for the coming year. Dr.
Grin F. Crow is also on thejorogram
and both addresses will be of unusual
interest to the teachers.
During the assembly program a
two-act play will be presented
The program is as follows:
Demonstration Assembly Program
(30 minutes.)
Address—Dr. Grin F. Crow.
Music—Thomas Hankinson, first
grade.
Addre-s — Hon. Jas. H. Hope,
State superintendent of education.
Business.
First Depository
Goes to EUenton
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Aiken County Town First to Get
Charter Under New Law.—H.
M. Cassels la President.
Just as an Aiken County town,
Wagener, was the first to get a char
ter to operate a “small bank” un^er a
new banking act, so Ellenton, another
Aiken County town, is the first to get
a charter to operate a “cash deposi
tory.”
Both of thes e acts, passed at the
session i of the 1 legislature that ad
journed Saturday, were intended to
enable small communities to be pro
vided with some sort of banking
facilities. In many sections recent
bank failures left considerabl e areas
without any banks at all, and trade
and commerce have been hampered by
lack of banking facilities.
The Ellenton Cash Depository,
chartered to conduct a “limited bank
ing business,” hag a capital yf 32,500
and the officers are H. M. Cassels,
president; A. A. Foreman, vice-presi
dent; W. B. Cassels, secretary and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Holman’s beauti
treasurer., Thqse cash depositories ful home, which they are now occupy-
may receive money on deposit and ing. The interior of the residence
may cash checks, but cannot make has been renovated and it is under-
loan? without the “written consent of stood that Mr. and Mrs. Fuller plan
to improve the grounds, quite exten
sively. Mr. and Mrs. Holman have
The friends of A. A. MvAllister moved into the Episcopal rectory,
wjll regret to learn that he is
the dep9sitor.
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with “flu.”
reading “Barnwell 50 Years Ago” in chairman, according to W. M. Harrid,
The People-Sentinel e^cb week. . . l cca l postmaster. Other' officers
Several adult speotaters watching th e elected at Tuesday’s meeting are E-i-
the track. The eastbound passenger progre^cf a fight between two small win F. Pcleen, of Williston
a . , 1 * a VSl « r-= * - ..
'boys In the
Methodist
A nicely
Church chairman; Mrs. Lestie H. Harrhv-of
shaped
Bank of Barnwell building. . . A lowing delegates were chosen to the
group picture on the front page of district convention: J. W. Browning
Sunday’s^ijssue of .The State, with and G. M. Magruder, of Blackville, W.
and G. R.
Senator Edfkr A. Brown occupying a
prominent place.
Greene getting and “order” for yeast
from a pellagra sufferer in response
to what the writer termed an “ad.”
in the paper. . . All three of Col.
Edgar Brown’s automobile- lined up
in his drive in parde formation. . .
A young lady making a high score
for a charred whiskey bottle on a
coin-in-the-slot game at a local drug
store.
Dr. Martin C. Best all bundled up
in an overcoat a n d “toting” a basket
of fat splinters and a few lumps of
coal.
Mrs. G. M. Hudsdn,' bf Williston.
Thirteen 4-H Clubs
Organized in County
Enrollment Totals 182 Members.—
Foods, Nutrition and Health
Are Major Projects.
Fullers Rent Holman Home.
The Hantbright faction of the Re
publican Party held a county conven
tion in the court house in* Barnwell
Tuesday, at which time J. W. Brown-
ng, of Blackville was elected county
Quit .Saturday Evening After Three
Months Sesfipn.—Substitute
Mortgage Law Passed.
vice-
Barnwell, secretary, and Sigsbee
According to Mr. Harris, the fol-
M. Harris, of Barnwell,
Delegates' to the State convention
ate C. J. Fickling and G. M. Magiu-
der, of Blackville, W. M. Harris, of
Barnwell, E-. F. Polcen, G. R. Hudson
and T. L,. Quattlebaum, all of Willis
ton.
Mr. Harris was asked whether or
not the Republicans expect to place
(^ndid$tes in the race for Barnwell
County offices and he replied that
this matter will he deferred until af
ter the Democratic primaries.
Buy Land Now.
Thirteen 4-H clubs with an enroll
ment of 182 members hav e been or
ganized in Barnwell County for 1931-
32. Twelve clubs are carrying as
their major project Foods, Nutri
tion and Health and one i g taking
Poultry. All clubs are carrying as a
sub-project Gardening and Canning.
The following 50 4-H members, who
met the club requirements will re
ceive certificates for club work dope
in 1930-31: Healing Springs—Mar
garet Whittle, Leila Still, Nina Lee
Collins, Virginia Cain, Theo Lott,
Mildred Grubbs, Evelyn Boylston and
Martha Gardner; Elko—Evelyn An-
dfjt'son; Galilee—Gertrude Creech,
Saleda Hutto, Viola Hutto, Deborah
Black; Oak Grove—Blanche Sanders,
Willie Evelyn Joyner, Ruth Hiers,
Elcise Sanders, Janie Sue Hiers and
Liddie Sanders; Reedy Branch—Ruby
Bonds, Voncile Still a nd Carrie G.
Grubbs; Hilda—Alice Still; Double
Pond—Margaret Creech and Irene
Shipes; Barnwell—Edna Creech,
Amanda Robinson, Valerie Sanders,
Olive Sanders, Mary Ellen Still and
Mdrriel Nortis; Barnwell—Virginia
Hair and Anna Williamson;’ Barnwell
—Helen Creech, Edith Fields, Alice
Hartzog, Zelma Morris, Mayme Sue
Padget and Ruby Lee Sanders; Her
cules—Ernell Sanders, Lowvenia Still
and Ruth Still; Long Branch—Doro
thy Birt; Kathleen Carroll. Poultry
Project:—Mary Riley Whitaker, An
nie Rebecca Shuler, Louise Hartzog
and Billy Manning.
Besides the above the following 12
women received certificates for work
completed: Mrs. O. B. Staley, Mrs.
C. L. Dixson, Long Branch; Mrs. J.
B. Hartzog, Mrs. Janie Lou Dyches,
Mrs. Susan Hutto, Mrs. Maggie Delk,
MVs. Jessie Williams, Mrs. Lucy C.
Hartzog, Hilda; Mrs. C. A. Hartzog,
Mrs. Mamie Warren, Mrs. Mozelle
Fail and Miss Corrie Dyches, Double Fire of undetermined origin com-
Ponds. Th*e project carried by adult pletely destroyed the residence of
club members were Clothing and Food Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Attawey, together
Preservation. In order to meet re- with its contents, early Friday morn
quirements for a certificate, each club ing. The Waze was first discovered
member must attend six meetings an<J about one o’clock and made such rapid
carry out four home practices rela- headway that it was impossible, to
tiv e to demonstrations given at club save any of the furniture. The volun
meetings. t teer fire-fighters, however, succeeded
in preventing the spread of the
flame s to nearby dwellings. Nobody
was at home at the time, Mr. Atta-
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fuller, whose way being in a Columbia hospital,
residence was badly damaged by fire while Mrs. Attaway wa 8 visiting in
a couple of wee kg ago, have leased Elko. The amount of insurance is
Own a home. Be dependent on no
body for a place to stay. Buy land
and have your own job. Why be de
pendent on another for bread and
meat? If you have money, put it in
to a home; if you have none, buy a
home on credit and set out to pay
for it.
Many acres of land are changing
ownership. Some mortgaged to Land
Banks have been turned in; some
have been sold for taxes; and many
pieces' mortgaged to banks that have
failed and that would have been re
deemed in ordinary times, must now
be sold. Now’ is the opportunity of
the landless man to acquire landed
possessions and a permanent home.
Land ownership in all ages has been
a mark of nobility. Home ownership
conduces to permanency, to stability,
t<r uprightness of character, to com
munity interest, to public spirit. The
man who is here to-day and gone to
morrow’ i s self-seeking and undesira
ble as a citizen. It is the man who
stays, who weathers the storms as
well as basks in th e sunshine, that is
worth gomething to the community.
Land ownership causes him to stay—
te^ throw his all in with other land
owners about him.
Land ownership eften represents
sacrifices, often represents depriva
tions, but alway s represents the abili
ty to weather th e storms.
Some one is going to own these
lands. Why let them pass out of the
hands of native Carolinians whose
fathers bled and died that their chil
dren might here be free?
The man who has saved a small
sum can now tak^ over small tracts ©f
Land Bank land with long tim e to
pay; or he can take up some of the
land taken in by banks as advertised
in recent papers, with three years in
which to pay. Many men would be
glad to sell some of their land s on
long time to responsible men who
wish to acquire land. Now is the
time to buy. In ten years it will be
too late.
S. Carolinian.
Columbia, April 9.—The second
session of the seventy-ninth general
assembly cf South Carolina was ad
journed sine die early tonight.
Formal adjournment came at 6:35
w’hen the senate ratified two Lexing
ton County bill.-. It had remained
technically in session for several
hour s to await the belated Lexington
-measure**
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In effect the house adjcurqed at
4:01 o’clock on motion of Representa
tive George Reid, of Anderson, who-
has made the motion for several
years. ,Hardly two score members
wtere present.
When Senator M. G. Anderson, of
Hprry, moved for sine die adjourn
ment, Senator Riley, cf Bamberg, was
in the chair. Taykr, T of Lexington,
wa s the only other senator present.
The final day’s session saw enact
ment of a substitute for the Stukes
deficiency judgment bill which a lk>ws
“30 days of grace” to mortgagors
whose property has been sold. Gov
ernor BlaCkwood’ s veto of the Stukes
measure had resulted in extension of
the session from la?t Tuesday.
Adjournment came three days be-
foie the sqssfcn would have been
three months old. The session lacked
on e month of being as long a s the
protracted 1931 meeting, which was
brought to a close on May 9, but it
extended nearly a month beyond the
constitutional forty legislative days.
Bids for Thirty Days.
Under the substitute Stukes bill,
sent to the governor for his signa
ture, in judicial sales of real estate
“the bidding shall not be closed upon
the dat e of sale but shall remain epen
for a period of thirty days from the
date of such sale, within which period
of time any other persons, besides
the high bidder at the sale, or any
representative thereof, may enter a
higher bid upon complying with the
terms of the sale by making any nec
essary deposit as a guarante e of good
faith.” •
Senate approval was given the
measure today by the overwhelming
Vote of 27to 1. Senatcr Hammond, of
Richland, cast the lone vote.
An amendment by the senat e pro
viding that the deposit of a bidder
shall be returned within two days
after he i s outbid was quickly adopt
ed by the house.
After failing to agree last Satur
day night, when the session was ex
tended into this week only to act on
supply bills, the Lexington County
delegation reached an eleventh hour
agreement on a supply bill. Mem
bers had announced they would have
none. As finally adopted the bill
provides no levy on property, which
had drawn opposition from Senator
Taylor. Lexington County ha s a
surplus which would enable it to
operate two years without a levy,
house members said.
Virtually no other action on meas
ures of State-wide import was taken
by either house dn the final day.
Another Fire Friday Morning.
Local Union Service
to Be Held April 24th
The Rev'. W. E. Wiggins, Pastor
Methodist Church, to Preach on
“Spiritual rrJfyT’
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On Sunday, April 24th, at 11 o’-
clpck a. m., the membership cf all
the churches of Barnwell are to hold
a union service at* the local Methodist
Church in the interest of the general
welfare cf the town and community.
The Rev. W. E. Wiggins, pastor of
the Methodist Church, who will preach
from the subject, “Spiritual Unity,”
has the following to ?ay about the
-service:—
“We- expect to have an unusually
large choir composed of singeis from
all the churches in town. - The muric
promises to be lAiU'Ually fine. We ex
pect to have at that time four dif
ferent musical instruments, pipe or
gan, piano, violin and cornet..
“It i* expected and generally de
sired that all the members of all the
churches be present. Of course, per
sons \Vho have no church affiliations
are expected to attend this srvice, too.
You will be missed if you are not
there.”
Committees have been appointed in
the various churche s of the town to
interest the congregations in the ser
vice.
Red Cross Seeking
Government Flour
Barnwell County Chapter Makes Ap
plication for Distribution to
Needy Familiea.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Barnwell County Chap
ter of the American Red Cross, held
at the Bank of Barnw*ell Building on
Wednesday of last week, the question
of getting government flour for dis
tribution among the needy families
of the county was discussed by rep
resentatives from many branches of
the local organization. The decision
was reached to make application for
an immediate shipment, which will be
distributed to the needy families
through the volunteer service com
mittees of the chapter branches.
These committees have rendered ex
cellent service throughout the winter
and spring in relief work in all parts
of the county by helping with the dis
tribution of second hand clothing,
food, medicine, etc. In the past few
weeks they have also distributed gar
den seed (donated by National Red
Cros s headquarters) to more than 100
families. The gardens will be visit
ed from time to time by the commit
tees and the people will be encourag
ed to raise an abundance of vegeta
bles.
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John B. Towne.
Marvin Holland Painfully Injured.
Marvin Holland, a son of T. Ashton
Holland, of this city, was painfully
injured Saturday night while trying
to operate a recalcitrant automobile
jack of the hydraulic type. Mr. Hol
land had jacked up a truck and the
jack refused to lower the vehicle.
The young man get down “on his all
fours” to adjust the mechanism and
in some manner th e jack released too
suddenly. The frame of the truck
struck Mr. Holland across his back,
knocking him unconscious. At first
it was feared that he was seriously
injured, but hi s friends wUl be glad
to know that he is able to be out
again, although he is having to walk
with the assistance of jl crutch.
Is Taking Special Course.
not known.
Buah-Brown.
June.
Ellenton, April 9.—Mrs. M. E.
Bush, of Ellenton, announces the en
gagement of her daughter, Mary
Phoebe, to Stanley Brown, of Black
ville. The marriage to take place in
Cadet Elmer W. Grubb?, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Buist Grubbs, of this
city, and a member of the sophmore
das? at The Citadel, where he is a ca
det corporal, is taking a special course
in machine gunnery that he may in
struct other men in his section in
this subject. Young Grubbs is also
a member of the band and of the in
fantry unit at The Citadel.
John B. Towne was born August 9,
1860, at the home of his father, E.
W. Towne, near Siloam Methodist
Church in Barnwell County. Hi s par
ents were E. W. and Mrs. Cynthia
Towne. When the subject of this
sketch reached his manhood, he was
happily married to Miss Sarah Wil
liams, with whom the remainder of
his life was spent in delightful com
panionship. His wi/e and one daugh
ter survive him.
Brother Towne’s health having
fai&d him, he was confined to his
bed, virtually all the time, for over
twelve months before his death.
Besides hi g wife and one daughter,
he leaves four brothers: W. T.
Towne, of Springfield; Salem and J.
S. Towne, of Barnwell, and C. F.
Towne, of Columbia. Ther e are three
sister? left to mourn his departure:
Mrs. C. R. Enicks, Miss M. L. Towne,
and Mrs. L.- R. Sease, all of Barn
well.
Brother Towne held his membership
at Siloam Methtodist Church on the
Appleton circuit. Death came to him
Thursday at his own home near Mt.
Pleasant Baptist Church, where he
leaves his faithful wife and daughter
to tarry a little longer amid the
shadows of this earth-life.
Hi s body was committed to mother
earth Friday at the Williams ceme
tery about one-half mile from the
home where he passed to the spirit-
world.
Our brother will be missed, not
only by his immediate family, hot by
all who knew him—and hie friends
and acquaintances were numerous.
When the shadows shall lift and we
shll pas* to the other side, may we
Razing of Lancaster
Building Is Started
Workmen Tuesday Began Tearing
Down Walla of Structure Par-
tially Destroyed by-Eire.^
The work cf tearing down the
walL of the old Lancaster building,
which was partially destroyed by fire
last October, was started Tuesday.
Although the fire insurance claim has
not yet been paid, the owner, Dr. De-
Wit( B. Lancaster, of Baltimore, Md^
is having the building razed as a
protection to the public and also to
protect himself from a .suit for dam
ages should anyone be injured by
falling bricks,' the structure haring
been condemned as unsafe by city
authorities shortly after the fire.
Dr. Lancaster said Tuesday that
he does not know ju-rt yet how long
it will be after the walls are torn
down before he will start construc
tion of a block of new buildings, this
largely depending upon the payment of
the insurance. He is having plans
drawn, however, and the new build
ings will greatly improve the appear*
anc e of the business section.
It is understood that an injunction
granted the insurance company pix>-
hrbits the tearing down of the walla
of the Peacock building, the second
story of which has been condemned
also.
E. F. Woodward, of this city,
through his attorney?, Harley and
Blatt, ha s entered suit for 33,000 dam
ages against the National Surety
Company and the Dixie Fire Insur
ance Company for injuries alleged to
have been received by the plaintiff
while making an inspection of tha
Peacock building a couple of weeks
aj?o.
Attempt Made to Burn
New Filling Station
Blaze Discovered by Hummel Harley
Before Much Damage Was Dor*.
—No Cine to Incendiary.
A bold attempt at incendiarism was
frustrated Saturday night whan
Hummel Harley, youngest son of
Col. J* E. Harley, of this city, dis
covered that W. G. Hill’s new filling
station at the intersection of tha
Barnwell-Allendale and Barnwell-Olar
highways, wa 8 on fire. Young Har
ley quickly secured a backet of
water and extinguished the be
fore any material damage was done*
The incendiary had started tha
fire on the outside of the building and
it had evidently been burning only a
few minutes when young Harley,
who had been riding on the Allendale
road, passed along.
Workmen had just completed con
struction of the building Saturday and
it had not yet been painted.
The identity of the incendiary is
not known, according to local officers.
Patterson-Wat> on.
Allendale, April 9.—Dr. Alfred Al
drich Patterson and Mrs. Pattenum,
of Allendale, a nnounee the marriage
of their daughter, Rom, to Jamas
Babcock Watson, of Columbia, at St.
Michael’g Church, Charleston; by tha
rector, the Rev. C. H. Goodwin, st
6:30 Thursday afternoon.
Chicken Sapper.
The ladies of the Barnwell Baptist
Church will serve a chicken supper
(baked and fried) in the dining room
of the church on Wednesday evening,
April 13th, beginning at six o'clock
for the benefit of the Building fmd.
Price, 36 cents per plate.
Card of Thanks.
The family of G. Malcolm Ander
son wish to express their thanks
appreciation for the sympathy, kind
ness and floral offerings given during
their recent bereavement.
Among those who attended the
nual services at the old
Church ruins in Beaufort
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. W. I
Manning and children, Mr. and Mr
F. S. Brown and children, Mr. ea
Mrs. (garlic Brown, Sr., Mr. and Mr
Ralph Brown, all of BarnwnQ, aa
Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Brown, at Batm
burg.
greet our departed
brothm^gre parting ahnH be ne
more.
W.
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