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ConsolldstH Jane 1, 1925.
VOLUME LV.
Juftt Like a Aiem'ber of the Family”
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, APRIL 21ST, 1932.
NUMBER S4.
Better Homes Week Is
to Be Stressed Here
~Nati<maL£ducational Program in In
terest of Home Improvement Is
Well Under Way.
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Barnwell County campaign for
Better Homes i n America, a National
educational organization established
for public service in the intera^. of
heme improvement, is well underway.
The campaign is designed to stimulate
improvement of housing conditions
and bring about a more wholesome
-‘type of home and familj life. The
program s carried out by local com
mittees are determined by the needs
and conditions in their respective
communities. Some of the features
cf this year’s program include ex
hibits, lectures, discussions and con
tests. Care and repair programs as a
means of relieving unemployment,
better and larger vegetable gardens,
as a means of better nutrition, beau
tifying homd' grounds, elimination of
unsightly places about the community
center s and music and recreation in
the home are being emphasized
throughout the county in this cam
paign. These programs cluminate in
Better Homes Week, which will be
April 24th to May 1st.
Those receiving appointments from
National headquarters in Washington
and serving as Better Homes Chair
men in Barnwell County are: Mrs.
I.ouise P. Bauer, Barnwell; Mrs. H.
L. Buist, Blackville; Mrs. J. E. New
som; Williston; Mrs. Victor Lewis.
Kline, and Mr=. A. P. Collins, Hilda.
Elizabeth McNab, Co. Chmn.
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Clpan-Up Campaign a Feature;
Through the cooperation of the
Mayor and Councilmen of Barnwell,
Better Homes of America committees,
consisting of representatives of each
local organization, will organize a
clean-up campaign as a feature of
Better Homes Week this year.
It is urged that every busines s or
ganization, every home-maker and
every' individual will do everything
passible to ihake their surroundings
attractive thereby making Barnwell
the cleanest and most attractive town
in South Carolina.
Clean streets and alleys, attractive
show windows, well kept parks, fen
ces in repair, front yard s well kept,
back yards and unsightly place?
screened from public view or cultivat
ed in vegetables or flowers, breeding
places for mosquitoes destroyed, trash
pile s and garbage properly disposed
. of, are some of the things to which
your attention is directed. Let
“Clean up,” “Paint up,” “Plant up”
be our slogan for April 24th to May
1st.
Louise P. Bauer,
Community Chmn., Barnwell.
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
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A Little Sense and Nonsense About
Class Play Friday by
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Barnwell and Lexington.
People Ybu Know and Others
You Don’t Know.
Opportunity for Better Environment.
Washington, D. C., April 19.—“The
week of April 24th to May 1st will
this year be observed as National Bet
ter Momes Week in every one of our
48 States and by more than 8,500
communities,” according to Dr. Ray
Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the In
terior, who succeeded President
Hoover as President of Better Homes
in America.
“All persons, whether young or old,
have it within their power to make a
definite and useful contribution to
national welfare by earnest effort to
clean up and improve their own
homes and premises and to help raise
the standards of the communities in
which they are • citizens. National
Better Homes Week offers an oppor-
tunity, by individual and collective
effort, to provide a more healthful and
wholesome environment for the grow
ing child while building a community
of which he may well be proud.
“Over 8,5bo American communities
hav e organized committees of for
wardlooking citizns and of representa
tives of civic, educational and busi
ness groups to stimulate well-consid
ered programs for home improvement
in which the citiaens may participate.
These culminate in National Better
Homes Week which will be observed
not only by lectures and discussions
but by special programs in the
, schools, contests for th e improvement
of homes, kitchens and gardens, and
by demonstrations of new or of recon
ditioned homes within th reach of
families of moderate income. Schools
and colleges often share in the pre
parations made for the furnishing of
such demonstration homes or the
planting of their grounds. Thousands
of persons have been helped to era- 1
An inteiested audience in front of
the S. C. Power Company’s store
watching J. W. Ruff dust off his new
ly painted automobilA . . . Lloyd
Plexico branding a s false a report
that he-will eppose Sheriff B. H.
DycHe s for reelection this year. . .
Representative R. C. Holman sporting
a new straw hat—not the one, how
ever, that he will shy into the politi
cal ring this summer. . . Auditor
“Bill” Manning laughing about the
length cf the cucumber rows in
Sheriff “Bonce” Dyches’ field after
the highway department dug a new
ditch. “Bill” says the rows are so
fhort that “Bonce” has to use a
wheelbarrow to turn his mule around.
. . . A report that efforts are be
ing made to induce State Senator
James H. Hammond, of Columbia to
enter the race for Congress in the
Second District this summer. Sena
tor “Jim” i s a Barnwell County pro
duct and has many friends in this
section who would welcome his entry
into that race. . . Attorneys J. E.
Harley and Thos. M. Boulware having
lot s °f fun out of the settlement of a
damage suit against the railroad. . .
. . A friend remarking that he’ g so
broke he can’t buy o&ts for a night
mare. . . Straw hat s and over
coats.
The Lancaster building at the cor
ner of Main and Wall Streets looking
like “somewhere in France” during
the late unpleasantiwss across the
pond. . . Negro delegates to a
Republican convention held by the
“TMess Joe” Tolbert faction. . . .
Lcnnie Calhoun wishing for cucumber
time so that he can resume his accus
tomed seat on a crate in front of a
local drug store. . . Asparagus
farmer a complaining about the late
and short cutting season, the poor
quality and low yieki of the “grass”
and the disapointingly low prices be
ing received. Verily a disastrous
combination.
Barnwell and Lexington Counties have no property
tax levy for county purposes this year, apd on that ac
count they are entitled to the advertising that they are
High School Seniors
“Much Ado Abcut Betty” to Be Pre
sented in Local School Auditor-
HHW-ai-Pcpiilar Prices.
receiving as districts in which persdhs^aspTring^tO - O^Tl—I. -Hreh-Schocl vvilL-glvaJhe annual play Party, all precinct clubs in Barnwell
Democratic Clubs to
Meet Saturday, 23rd
Delegates Will Be Chosen to County
Convention Which Meets Here
Monday, May 2nd.
The eleventh grade of the Barnwell Under the rules of the Democratic
Georgia Senatcr Died Monday.
U. S. Senator William J. Harris, of
Georgia, died in Wa-hington on Mon
day after an illness of several weeks.
He was fi4 years of age. He began a
long political career as secretary to
the late Senator A.* S. Clay. His
body will be buried in Cedartown,
Ga., his old home.
plcyment through special programs on
home care and repair as a means of
unemplyoment relief. Hundreds of
lours will be conducted of home g that
have made specific improvements in
the course of the past year so that
owners may be informed of the better
ways of making improvements ap
propriate to their needs.
“This universal educational move
ment for Better Home 8 in America
was inspired and developed under the
direct personal leadership of Presi
dent Hoover, who i s serving still as
its Honorary Chairman. Tens of
thousands of persons are unselfishly
serving their own communities by
sharing this year in the direction of
their local observance of Better Homes
Week.
“The means of taking the next
steps in the improvement of one’* own
home and community have been out
lined in great detail by the President’s
Conference on Home Building and
Home ownership held in Washington
test December, in which thirty-one
committees of leading specialists in
the fields of home design, construc
tion, finance, management and related
problems presented the recommen
dations which grew out of their own
studies and experience. These find
ings have been made accessible to Bet
ter Homes committees through Better
Homes in America and many cities
have outlined programs, based in
large part upon the findings of that
Conference, adapted to their own con
ditions and needs.
“Civic service based upon carefully
assembled information and study, and
educational in its nature, inevitably
has a profound and lasting influence.
All citizens are urged to take advan
tage of thig oportunity to cooperate
in these programs which com^ so
close to their own life and interest in
order that progres| may he made
more rapid in getting rid of those
conditions which may limit or injure
in any way the health of the growing
child.”
homes and farms would have good reason to hope for
success; In this period of stress and distress Th& News
and Courier is of opinion that a county able to tell the
world that it is under no compulsion to tax lands, and
houses for county* purposes has an argument more con-
vincing to hardheaded men than any that can be set
forth by the most brilliant and valiant boards of trade,
chambers of commerce and publicity writers of the
other counties. —The News and Courier.
Dr. D. R. Sturkie to
Make Congress Race
Offers for Seat in New Second District
of Which Barnwell County Is
Now - Phrt.
Dr. D. R. Sturkie of near North,
who has twice’ made the race for
congress from the old Seventh Dis
trict, gaining greatly in his second
race over his first, has announced
that he will.be a candidate for the
new Second District this summer. He
is the first man to announce, it is
believed, under the new congressional
arrangements.
Doctor Sturkie believes that return
of good business conditions will have
to come through agriculture and that
the “$7,000,000,000 withheld from the
farmers in the last 18 months due to
the low prices and the $10,000,000,000
witheld from the laboring people on
account of unemployment and half
time jobs were largely responsible for
the economic distress.” He believes
a dole would only prolong the con
dition. He feels that if the leaders
of the Southern States had last Sep
tember outlined some cotton plan that
was uniform, it would have insured a
crop of around 7,000,000 or 8,000,000
bales and that if the farm boaid had
pegged the price at 12 cents while
the cotton was in the hands of the
farmers, the government would not
have lost a cent, and that reasonable
degree? of prosperity wjould now be
the order of the day.
Graphic Description
of Barnwell Is Given
This Ccunty Has Prominent Place in
New Bock, "South Carolina Dur
ing Reconstruction.”
Frank Lever Also?
Washington, April 14. — It was
learned here today, from s°urces be
lieved to be close to former Congress
man A. F. Lever, that he expects to
make the race for congress from the
new Second District in opposition to
the incumbent, H. P. Fulmer.
At th e time of his retirement from
the house in 1918 to make the race
for the United States senate he was
chairman of the committee on agri
culture. Later he became a member
of the federal land bank bureau and
is now attached to th e federal farm
board.
Friendship School Burns.
The Friendship school building, a
few miles east o^ Barnwell, was de
stroyed by fir e of undetermined origin
on the night of Friday, April 8th. It
is not known whether the fire was of
incendiary origin or was started by
lightning during a thunderstorm, ac
cording to B. S. Moore, Jr., county
superintendent of education. The
building was insured for $600.
The Ashleigh school house was
damaged by fire on Wednesday of
last week, the blaze being started on
the roof by sparks from the flue.
The building was saved from destruc
tion by the excellent work of the
pupil 8 and several residents of that
section who were hurredly summoned
to the scene by Mrs. R. A. Patterson,
one of the teachers. This loss is also
covered by insurance.
Cantata Here Sunday.
The members of the Allendale
Presbyterian congregation will pre
sent a ClDitata at the Barnwell Bap-
tist ChoA Sunday night beginning
at eight^re|ock. This cantata has
been given at Allendale and Estill,
and the people of Barnwell are to he
congratulated on being afforded an
oppertunity to attend it here. The
pubM? is cordially invitsd to attend.
Barnwell County’s part in the- re
construction period is graphically de-
setibed in the book, “South ^Carolina
During Reconstruction,”. which has
recently been published by the Univer
sity of North Carolina Press. This
book is by Dr. Francis Butler, of
Edgefield, and Dr. Robert H. Woody,
of North Carolina, and was awarded
>the Dunning prize of $200 for the
best work in American history writ
ten curing the past year.
Of especial interest to the people
of Barnwell County are th e references
to local events and perscnage s closely
identified with the history of this
historic county. The races of 1868
and the dance which followed are
given a glowing description:
“The ladies, we are told, wer e once
famous for equestrian accomplish
ments, but owing to the inferiority
of the horses had largely given up the
habit. An old lady of Barnwell bit
terly lamented that no mere of ‘our
fine girl? and handsome women” could
afford mounts; but she was gratified
that those who appeared at the races,
rede well. One young woman, she
said, ‘rode upon the field well mount
ed, controlled her bourse with the
tasp and grace of a practiced eques
trienne’^* while her escort, ‘a tall
grenadier, rode his horse like an
Arab.’ ....
“Their dances were informal com-<
munity gatherings to which all with
proper aptitude were admitted. The
popularity of the diversion seems to
have been little affected by the op
position of the evangelistical clergy.
The enthusiasm engendered is reveal
ed by the extragance into which the
aforementioned Udy of Barnwell fell
in describing ‘the s oftly tinted picture
of the fun-loving crowd’ at the dance
following th Barnwell races of 1868.
The ‘fair young hostess,’ we are told,
had a ‘matchless wealth of hair which
fell in clusters around her snowy
throat, recalling to every eye the
gorgeous coloring which only portraits
of old masters reveal.’ One of the
guests was ‘the brightest of brunettes
who well understands the effects of
coleur de rose on a lissome figure;’
another ‘cheered the hearts if many
by her reappearance in her moire an
tique of shimmering blue;’ and a
third was like ‘a snow drop as she
glided into the room in a dress of
loveliest green.’ The gentlemen ap
peared ‘handsomely dressed and with
polished manners, convincing me that
war did not do harm either to their
cultivation or their refinement., ”
Judge A. P. Aldrich’s uncompro
mising stand against General Sickles’
arbitrary acts and the Freedmen’s
Bureau is well described. The part
of Johnson Hagood in promoting ag
riculture! progress and in organizing
the Democrats in 1876 i s amply sum
marized. The Ellenton Riot of Sep
tember, 1876, is treated. The writ
ings of William Gilmore Simms, the
great Southern writer who lived in
Barnw’ell, are appraised. These and
other references which might be cited
show the important part which Barn
well pUtyed in a stormy period of the
State’s history. Certainly here is a
book which should attract the atten
tion of all interested in the past of
their county and State.
Mr*. R. S. Dicks and two children
spent Sunday with relatives at Cope.
in the schoAl auditorium Friday even
ing, April 22, beginning at eight o’
clock. The cla?s this year has been
working faithfully to render a de
lightful program. Besides the play
there will be a snappy chorus, a
reading, and music by the orchestra.
Proceeds to go to the library. Ad
mission 15 and 30 cents.
“MUC H A DO ABOUT BETTY.”
Synopsis.
Betty, a movie star, occupie 8 apart
ments, near New York^^Today, her
birthday, she is to receiviPber grand
father’s fortune, provided she is mar
ried by twelve o’clock tonight. Betty
marries Lin Leonard, a handsome
chap of twenty-three. They are on
their honeymoon to Florida when
their train wrecks and Betty loses all
memory of her past life.
Cast of Characters.
Lin Leonard, Betty’s one best bet,
Brcwn Easterling.
Major Jartree, of Wichita, not only
bent but crooked, Michael Ussery.
’ Ned O’Hare, a jolly young honey-
njooner, Dean Fuller.
Mr. E. Z. Ostrich, who ha s written
a wonderful picture play, Hummel
Harley.
Dr. McNut, solid ivory from the
neck up, Clarence Creech.
Jim Wile?, a high school senior,
Lawson Holland.
Archie, a black bell boy of Hotel
Roin«ettia, Wilson Sanders.
Officer Riley, who always does his
duty, Terril Birt.
Officer Dugan, from the Emerald
Isle, Max Cooper.
Mr. Ebenezer O’Hare, a sick man
and a submerged tenth, Woodrow
Sanders.
Mrs. Ebenezer O’Hare; “Birdie”,
the other nin e tenths, Cary Martin.
Aunt Winnie, Betty’s chaperone,
Eunice Moody.
Lizzie Monahan, Betty’s maid with
a vivid imagination, Elizabeth Wil
liamson.
Ethel Kohler, a high-§chool admir
er of Betty, Josephine Putnam.
Violet Ostrich, a film favorite, Ned’s
bride, Elaine Harley.
Mrs. K. M. Diggins, a gue*t of the
Hotel Poinsettia, Dalice Mae Bonds.
Daffodil Diggins, her daughter.
“Yes Mamma,” Patricia Dicks.
Miss Chizzle, one of the north
Georgia Chizzlea, Elizabeth Grubbs.
Pearlie Brown, Violet Ostrich’s
maid, a widow of ebon hue, Bertha
Collins.
Violet, Violet Ostrich’s little girl
aged six, Eleanor Mazursky.
Diamond, iPearlie’s little gir!, aged
six.
Betty, the star of the Monograph
Company, Dorothy Richardson.
Produce Rates Reduced.
Congressan Butler B. Hare ha* re
ceived notice from the Inter-State
Commerce Commission that express
rates on fresh fruits *nd vegetables
in less than car load lots from South
Carolina have been reduced. The re
duction in rates for South Carolina
is to be in the same proportion as
the reduction which was granted
Florida shipping points some few
months ago. The present rates for
South Carolina shipping points have
been in effect since 1925. When the
attention of the Congressman was
called to the apparent discrimination
favoring Florida shipping points, he
immediately took the matter up with
the Commission, urging that the same
reduction b e allowed for South Caro
lina. This reduction should be of
great benefit to small growers and
independent shippers of fresh fruits
and vegetables from South Carolina.
The beneficial results of Congress
man Hare’s efforts should he reflect
ed in the greater promts realized by
the grower for reason that reduction
on rates from Florida was a discrimi
nation gainst similar shipments from
South Carolina.
and the other counties of South Caro
lina are requested to meet Saturday,
April 23rd, for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the ensuing two years
and delegates to the county conven
tions which meet Monday, May 2nd.
The ccunty conventions will in turn
elect delegates to the State conven
tion, which will be held in Columbia
cn Wednesday, May 18th. ..
As stated in these columns a short
time ago, the Barnwell County Con
vention will be composed of 114 dele
gates an d for the convenience of the
various clubs, the apportionment is
republished, as follow-s:
Vote in No. of
Club:
1930:
Delgts:
Barnwell
26
Bennett Springs ..
L 63
3
Blackville
395
16
Double Ponds
29
1
Dunbarton
173
7
Elko
154
6
Four Mile
67
3
Friendship
73
3
Great Cypress
113
5
Healing Springs ..
65
3
Hercules
120
5 '
Hilda
129
5
Red Oak
93
4
Reedy Branch
70
3
Rosemary
70
3
Siloam
83
3
Williston
451
18
TOTALS
—. 2,797
114
' Notices of club
meetings
received
by The People-Sentinel are as follows:
Barnwell.
The Barnwell Democratic Club will
meet in the Court House on Satur
day, April 23rd, 1932, at 11:00 o’clock
a. m., for the purpose of reorganis
ing, electing officers for the ensuing
two years and delegates to the county
convention.
Edgar A. Brown, Pres.
Elko
The Elko Democratic Club will meet
Saturday afternoon, April 23rd, at
five o’clock, for the purpose of re
organizing and electing delegates to
th e County Convention.
Horace J. Crouch, Pres.
TO SELL OR TRANSFER
BUS SERVICE LICEN8B
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The Inter-Carolin a Motor Bus Com
pany has made application to tha S.
C. Railroad Commission to sell or
transfer Class A Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity No. Ill,
(which authorises motor bus service
between Columbia and Savannah, via
(Swansea, Blackville, Barnwell, Allan
dale, Fairfax, Estill and HardeeviBe,
to Columbia-Savannah Coach Lina, of
Columbia. A public hearing in this
matter will be held in the Comasia-
skm’s offices in Columbia
April 26th, at 11:00 a. m.
To Give Silver Tea.
A silver tea wHl, be "given this
(Thursday) evening at eight o'clock
at the home of Mrs. J. B. Morris for
the benefit of the Barnwell Baptist
Church. The public is invited to at
tend.
Mrs. George W. Morris.
On March 20th, 1932, the Death
Angel visited the old homestead and
took away our dearly beloved mother,
Mrs. George Washington Morris, to
the land of peace and rest. She died
at the age of 82 years, just one mouth
after the death of hit sister, Mr*
Eliza Harley.
Mrs. Morris leaves two sisters,
Mrs. Mary Still, of Kline, and Mrs.
Jane Barker, of Barnwell, and nine
children to mourn her departure: Mrs.
Belle Morris and G. R. Morris, Bara-
well; Mrs. Louis Sanders, J. B. Mor
ris, C. P. Morris and W. P. Morris, of
Yenomdi J. H. Morris, of Hagan, Ga.;
T. J. Morris and O. B. Morris, of
Wilmington, N. C. Her body was
committed to mother earth at SUoam
Methodist Churchc beside the remains
of her husband and daughter, who
preceded her to the grave yean age.
I miss you, mother, in our l^ese;
I miss you everywhere.
Although I know that yon are goat
I feel that yon are near.
Daughter.
The Eastern Air Transport,
has discontinued the line
gusts and Charleston, via
The company had hoped to get a a
contract, as passenger traffic a)
proved to he uai