The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, May 19, 1932, Image 1
Cgf 0 THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.^
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Consolidated June 1, 1925.
‘J'U&t Like a Member op the Family
VOLUME LV.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. , THURSDAY, MAY 19TH. 1932.
Clrenlatl—.
NUMBER 38.
Debt Is Cleared on
Blackville Church
Mortgage Burning Program to Be
Held^jn the Near Future.—Also
a Dedication Service.
Blackville, May 17.—The recent «c-
ccmpli.'hment in Blackville of the can
cellation cf the long standing d^bt on
the Blackville BaptiH church has
been a scuste cf joy, not only to the
membership cf the church, ‘but also
to the entiie town a s well. The feel
ing is commonly shared in Blackville
that a new day is here for the town.
In the near future, there will be a
mcrtgage^burniijg ptogram at the
‘Sunday morning service. Also there
will be a dedication service, which
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will be announced later.
In 1921, the Blackville Bapti-t
church went into a building program.
A splendid plant was erected incur
ring a large debt cf $3<;,000 to be
I aid in five years. During the follow-
,ing five fears some of the debt was
paid, '
Until recently only $10,000 was paid
>n the principal sum borrowed. Dur-
hg the long period of indebtedness
tLthe. church more.than $15,000 had
been credited a- interest, but very
Death Takes Oldest
Citizen of Barnwell
Mrs. Julie B. Easterling Died Monday
Afternoon in the Ninety-first
Year cf Her Age.
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little interest had been paid for the | ■K 0 * ~ M>{ were l>< rn to
thU union, the e!'er <>f wh'm. B. B.
Mrs. Julie Brcwn Easterling, widow
cf the late W. H. Easterling, died at
her heme here at 3:20 o’clock Mon
day afteinocn in the 91st year cf her
age. -In -pite cf the.burden pf her
years, which she bore lightly. Mrs.
Easterling had been quite active until
a few weeks age, when’her health be
gan to fail rapidly. .Last week she
suffered a stroke of paralysis and
ttfr three days had been in an
upecnscicus state, unable to take
any nourishment whatever.
Mrs. Ea-terling was horn June 17,'
1841, being the-Vaughter of the late
Colcnel and Mrs. Barney H. Brown,
fler entire life was sptnt within 100
yards of the ■place cf h: r birth—her
early year* in the cld “Brown House”
and later in the house where she
died, both of which front cn “The Cir-1
cle,” a park given to the town of
Barnwell by her distingui-he'd father. |
On September 15th, 1880, she was
married to W. H. Easterling, who
preceded her to the grave many
Tw
Barnwell’s Oldest Resident Dies
Local High School
to Close
Deason Is Appointed
istmaster
Annual Commencement Exercises Will
' k"-' :
Begin Next Sunday Morning,
May 22nd. .
p.ist two years.
During these year* of debt bondage
cn the church there are many sad
facts ab ut the debt*slavery. Am *ng
them the f (lowing are obviou-V out-
standyrg. The numWr-hip fell in
number* from more than 500 to less
than 290 membe rs, the church fell fr m
the former practice cf making large
eonttibutiens to the but side causes of
the «ien< mjnati n such a- missions
and Itenevoienccs to giving almcst
nothing for the missionary enterprise,
heal supp.rt a'so fell very much
short, a large h cal deficit was incur
red an'' the felloW-hip grew cold.
These condition* were* not surprising
during the long struggle un i, r a
heavy mortgage on all the land and
bui’dings. Things have changed now.
The'fellowship if the church is
g cd. The people ate rejoicing that
the blcs-ings of God have been felt
in so many ways recently. The
chur-h is on a. Iil>ernl
missionary program, an
deficit in Itcal expenses.
MRS. 11 LIE BROWN EASTERLING.
Easterling, was killed in an autrmo
bile accident *evtral years ag ».
younger, son. Robert A. Easterling,
a vice-president of the Siuth Carolina
I* wer Company, was at hi.s mother’s
•I'ed'id? when th? final summons
came.
Mrs. Ea-ter’tWg celebrated her 9t*th
birthday a year ago with a reception
at her home here and at that time
few wi»ull guess that she Whs so near ■■ 1 ■ ■
the century mark. She continued Strong Board rf Officers and Directors
“THE BANK OF BLACKVILLE”
NAME OF NEW INSTITUTION
r
AID IN CAPITAL OF $10,900,000. Orangeburg Will Be
si hi'lvs : Sour Cream Market
The annual commencement exer
cises <( the Barnwell High Schoal
will open cn Sunday morning, May
22nd, with the baccalaureate sermon
by the Rev. F. Clyde Helms, pastor
cf Shandon Baptist Church, of Col
umbia.. This.service will be held in
the Methodist Church,
will be as follows:
' Alpine Pastoral (I. V. Flagler)—
Mis.* Virginia Kyztr at .he organ.
Grand March of the Seniors—Fan
fare (Dubois.)
Oh, Conve Let Us Worship (Wilson >
—School Chorus, June Milhcu* at the
piano.
Prayer.
Hymn No. 2: Come Thou Almighty
King (feur v.rses)—Congregation.
Scripture. •
Andante in G: pilgrim* Song of
Hope (Batiste.)
Praise the Lord (Barnes)^—Gay O’-
Bannon at the piano. ’ ,
Baccalaureate Sermon — Rev. F.
Clyde Helms.
Assumed New Duties Saturday After-
norn. Succeeding W. M. Har
ris, Resigr^d^r-*
Dr. R. A. Deasoh, local druggi t and
popular business man, has been ap
pointed postmaster at Barnwell, sue-
peering W. M. Harris, who resigned
thi* position last week. Dr. Deason
assumed his new duties late Saturday
aftemccn. It- is understood that his
The pregram appointment wav made uppn the rec
ommendation of J. Wyatt Browning,
of Blackville, county chairman of the
Republican party in Barnwell County.
Dr. Deason is a former postmaster,
having served in this capacity most
acceptably for nine year*. He re
signed in 1926 to give his entire time
and attention to the management of
hi* drug busine>*. He was succeeded
by Mr. Harfis, who, previous to his
appointment as postmaster, was city
mail carrier here. Mrs. Ham* has
been hi* assistant for the past six
yeais and it is understood that «4ie
will be retained in this capacity by th
n?w appofrltre.
Dr. Deason has many friends here
who a re glad to see him back in gov-
1 **mment harnes* again and fhey feel
Hymn'No. 420: True Hearted, *ure that he will render the same high
While ILsrted (three verses)—Con- type of service as formerly,
gregaticn. | ♦♦♦ .* •
Benediction.
* March Romaine- (Gounod.)
(Graduation Exercise*.
The graduation exercises will be
held in the school auditorium on
Monday evening. May 23rd, at eight-
thirty o’clock. The program will be
in charge of the graduating class.
Mrs. C. W .('album.
Greenwood, May 15.—Mr*. Li.die
Lee Calhoun, 42, wife of C. W. ( sl-
houn, died at her home here last night
after an illnes* of several months.
Funeral services were conducted at
As
on, a*
quite active f t some month* after that I
event and always'took a kten inter-j
e*t in her home and (lower garden.
She wa* also quite modern in many;
respects, enjoying her automobile and
rad io to the fullest.
Funeral services were held Tues-
uy afternu n at four o'clock and were
conducted by the R'V. Mr. 8*vtt, Pres
byterian, minister, of Bamberg, at the
grave in thV eemeteiy a {joining the
and regular I Barnwell Baptist Churih. of which
! there is no I -*hc was a devout and ccn*istent mem-
I her for many years. A *arge can-
the Rev. L. G. Pavne K'Uise of relatives and friends gath-
y Headed by C. G. Fuller.—
Opened Monday,
Plant Mill Handle Cream from Area
Covering F« urteen Counties,
Says II. I*. Hazel.
A cooperative spirit cf mutual help- j ——
fulness, ntver before exhibited to Orangeburg, May 15. This t> wn
such a marked degree in Barnwell wou,d ** mad * lhe ■»»‘ , '"bling Point
Ccunty, in order to hasten the return, ^ or t ^ e Inhering of sour cream cov-
of bu-iness n rmalcy to this section ela terr.tory of 14 counties, the
fvidenced by tht
city c< uncil was-1 Id by H. P. Hazel,
of the county in restor-| rf ,h ** located at Batesburg.
In addition to providing a daily
• mark.t hen for cream, the company
year, when every bunkj* ' 11 a, ° ,H, >’ e***
Cownty closed. The P">ducts, providing
and
a
other farm
year-ar und
t 'ok the w rk with the Blackville
Baptist Church, August 15, 1931, he
began plan.* to wijM* out the $31,000
■’church debt, with the people working
as a unit, in eight months from that
time •the mortgage cn all the land and
the entire buildings was canceled and
in the hands t.f the church. It was
the plan cf the pa-t r and the church
to wipe out the mortgage cn the land
and entire—buil ings the la&t . two
^veek* of the pa-t October, but the
m»anks closed in this section on Octo
ber 15th, which caused delay. Other
wise the ta»k would have been finished
befere the autumn leaves fell. How-
ered to pay their last ‘ribute of re
spect to Barnwell's oldest redder.t. »
The sympathy of the entire com
munity i* extended to the bereaved
son in his hour of grief.
products in
BARWN ELL (GIRL HEADS
DELTA ETA SIGMA GROUP
has and is being
business men
ing hanking faeiiities in the county’
three major_ centers -ince October
15th of last
in Bamw'ell
lrte*t evidence cf this wholesome spirit 1 ma, k e t fer these farm
was seen Monday,’when The Bank of Oiangeburg.
Blackville, with G. G. Fuller a* presi-I In ( rder to encourage this plan of
dent, t pencil its dcor* for business. I Providing a y-avaround market- for
Soon after the closing of the banks
^ last 0< tolH*i F ,
teopt ned CD
continued .to
section in a
{ Bishopville Meth'dist Church this of-
DeUl FuRcr, president of the class, ternoon.by the Rev. W. I. Herbert and
will preside. The program will be as u ev g g yj aaon Interment was
the Rink if Willistm |
it -ouml basis and has
serve the people cf that
most satisfactory wav.
these faim products, the council gave
jMr. Hazel a two-year exemption from
license fer this business.
Mis s Fannie Cocjkt, of Barnwell, a
-tiring junior at the University of
South Carolina, was recently e'ected
Later, Uu Bank of M’illiston, in order
t | it was his intention eventually
to aid Blackville in having at least . *
. , , , ..... . . .j , . move his manufacturing plant
bank clearanee facilities, establi.shea I . '
r Mr. Hazel annotimed he was at this
; time arranging for the organization ot
i the. South Carolinh creamery and that
to
to
to the presidency of Eta Sigma, local an ^change in that progressive town j ^
sorority at that in-titution. She sue- fop the accomodation of the people ftf
of
that section until ful] hanking facili-
ceed's Mis* Rosalyn Keyserling, , ...
Bearfort * ’ t -' rs m '^hr be restored them. . *-’
ever, when the efforts were united in , O.her efficcrs elected were: Vice- Scon The Bank cf Barnwell, going
March, it wag only 27 days until the pnsident, Miss Lillian' Snyder, of back in history nearly fifty years for
mortgage was canceled. Mullin-; secretary, Miss Ethel Gallo- it 4 name and restoring a. name in
The Rev. L. G. Payne came to way, of Lincolnton, N. C., and treas-. banking elides that meant so muc h! re f r g era ^ or>
Rlackvil'e from the First Baptist urer, Miss Dena Citron, of Columbia, to the people of the county in farmer
Church, Wilmar, Texas, where he w&s Delta Eta Sigma won the sholarship days, wa* established and the wisdom
pastor for three years. During this cup, given to the sorority or fraterni- l f its establishment has been fully
time he was also taking the degree ty making the highest . scholarship demonstrated by a comparison of- the
.cf master of theology at.the South average for the last -emester.—The statement of the bank on/its opening
Western seminary, Foit Worth, Tex. State. * ! day two month* ago, showing capital
j Orangebuig.
is at present operating
t hi.s cream truck through thi* section.
follows:
Introduction—Dean Fuller.
Addres- of Welcome 1 Eunice
Mccdy.
Hi-tory of Barnwell High School—
Carey Martin.
Piano—At The- Donny Brook Fair—
(S*rtt)—Patricia Dick*. . •
Transportation from the Pupil View
Point—Terrill Birt.
Benefits I have Received—Woodrtw
Sanders. ,
Improvements I Would Suggest—
Hummel Harley.
Piano — Madrilena (Wachs) —
Elaine Harley.
If There Were No School
R'chardson.
Appnciati n of the Class to
C< mmunity—Elizahith M ill am-
Prrsentati n of Diplomas —
las. lulien Bush.
Class Song—Class.
Thuisday evening. May 26. at eight!
thirty T:’cluck, in th n schrol aU ’tor-
ipm, Mr- Ira Kales presents her piano
pupils in recital.
Formerly Mr. Payne. wa> pastor of
Gar on Dak* Baptist Church, Birm
ingham, Ala., where he had the
members of his congregation build,
without making ifht, a splendid plant.
The truck is so equipped that cieam
celiveries can be made to the truck
anywhere. The truck is a complete
cream-reieiving station within itself,
equipped with te-ting instruments and
It also ha*s ypeeping
Baptist! urer, Miss Dena Citron, of ColUmbia. to the people of the county in former quarters for the operator'.
A representative of the department
of agriculture, visiting this section re
cently, said that this wa- the only
truck of its kind in the United States
and that the quality of cream obtained
, stock and -urplus cf $27,500, with its jn th i^ mmediate 8ect ion was tHe best
1 a-^ %-v*■» ...-1 L 4- »-v‘% s\%** ^ m/■»
he had seen anywhere. Tie had visited
the dairy actions of the Northwest.
FIRE LOSS IS SUFFERED
Mrs. C. R. Baxley. recently published statement showing
Blackville, May 12—Funeral ser- total resources of approximately
vices for the late Mrs. Carrie R. Bax- $130,000.00.
leey, who dided at her home here April But *tiH one important section of
28, were solemnized Friday aftemoon the county was without adequate
at the residence and interment made banking facilitie.-—that is, a
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lemon, Mrs.
Dubose Robin-on and Calhoun Leman
W.
sound, 1 attended the funeral cf Mrs. C.
BY BADHAM LUMBERYARD Lon>!: B,anch churchyard. Mrs. local, indpendent bank—and ^n Men- Ca'houn*in Bishopville Sunday.
^ i Baxley was 72 years cf age' and day of this week, through the efforts
the section which the new institution
-Dorothy
the
n.
Hon.
in Bethlehem cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun had been res
idents of Greenwood for two year*,
following his election •• cashier of the
Rank of Greenwood. They have many
friend* here, whfl are grieved ever her
death.
She wa* the daughter of the late W.
M\ DesChamps and Sue Brown Green
of Bishopville.
Beside* her husband, she is sur
vived by one daughter, Mi«s May
Hayes Calhoun; one son. C. W. Cal
houn, Jr.; two sisters, Mrs. Randolph
McLecd*. of Hartsville. and Mi*e
Blanche DesChamps, of Bishopville;
three brothers, E. G. DesChamps and
M\ G. D‘*sChamps, of Bishopville, and
C. G. Di -Champs, of CamdeTT; and her
step-mother, Mrt. Maricn DuBose
DesChamps, of Bishopville.
Beasley—Ham met.
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
A Little Sense and Nonsense About
People You Know and Others
Y’ou Don’t Know.
' . - c ,, .. rp, memb er cf the Baptist Church, whpse of Mr. Fuller, Col. Edgar A. Biown
paster, the Rev. L. G. Payne, conduct- both of v Barnwell, and a committee cf now seek* to serve. ^
ed the burial service. the leading business men of the | The bank-opened Monday with ap-
Mrs. Baxley leaves seven grand- BlackvrTTe . community, The Bank of parently 100 per cent, cooperation
children; a half -isfef, x Sirs. J. C. Blackville, turning back the page s of and suppcit of the people of Black-
Staley, of Barnwell; one daughter, history 30 years, swung open its • ville and the suriounding community.
were numerous and
sen, Bernie Baxley, of Ridge Spring; formerly occupied by the Bank, of f entirely satisfactory to the manage
ment, while the many expressions of
praise heaid on every hand for
yard of the Badham Lumber Company
in Barnwll Ccunty near here was
burned this morning. Damage was
estimated unofficially at approximate-
Large crowds of men, women and
childien at the local airport Saturday
and Sunday afternoons, seme taking
.flight* at $1 per but most of ’em on
hand to witnes* the parachute jump.
. . . Dodson Still, suda-jerker at
the Best Pharmacy, attempting to
organize the Barnwell baseball club
over long distance phone at a total
cost of $1.85 for one call
A woodpecker beating a tattoo on the
tin roof cf the Molair riouse. . . .
Angus Patterson driving a new
Chevrolet. . . . Mr. and Mis. C.
G. Fuller and their nephew, Dean
Miss Ad a Estell Beasley and Mr. A.
K. Hamrmt, Jr., \ both cf Barnwell,
were married at 7:15 o’clock Sunday,
evening -at the home of the groem’a
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Hammet,
Dr. H. W. Pratt, of Columbia, per
forming the ceremony in the presence
of immediate members of the families
of the young couple and a few
friends. The cnly attendants were
Miss Juanita Hammet and Mr. U. B.
Hammet, Jr., sister and brother of
the greom. The bride is the daugh
ter cf Mr. and Mrs. Ben Nelson Beas
ley, of Barnwell.
Out-of-town guests were Mr. and
Mrs.'Ernest Lybrand, Mr. and Mrs^
Ben Lewis and son, cf Aiken, Mr.
Rc4>ert Bewrioy and family, Mrs. Frank
Duncan and daughter and Mr. Robt.
Mitchell, of Williston; Mr*. Phillip
Lewis and daughter, of White Pond.^
Mr. artd Mrs. Hammet will make
their home with the former's parents.
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_ Magistrates Announce.
Among the political announcements
l v $50,000. Mrs. Clyde Boylston, of Blackville; a doers for business in the building! The deposit
For a time the names threatened „ • n , , d-7' c. • ... , „ , “i ,
. ... ... . . sen, Bernie Baxley, of Ridge Spnng; frrmerly occupied by the Bank, of - 4 -
the saw m .n and the pla^ng m.ll, but ^ # da hte f. in ., Mrs. Li! B«- Western Carolina. The new
the ^Springfield «r> department.judrf ^ #f Columbja . ghe was ^ ;i bea<led by c . c . FuHer as
l,y fire fi K htin g equipment from Black- #f Ande „; n Cave> ¥
ville and Orangeburg, wap , able to.
Barn-
gain control a fter an hourT*
^wel! County, and a woman of splendid ] v . cashier of the Blackville branch of
president, with T. O. Boland, former-j these responsible^for restoring
lv cashier of the Blackville branch of quate banking facilities to a
The CclumbKL.fire department was
^summoned but” the o4ll was cancelled
^befcie' it left Columbia.
character.
the Bank" of .Western Carolina, in
charge as assistant cashier.
Tn taking .the name “The Bank cf
Toc< Good to Be Tnj^ ^
Knoxville, Tenn. — “Wanted: ^20 B’aikville,” Like The Bank of Barn-
1 plasterers at $10 a day.^lOO carpeh-. well did- also, Blackville goes back
Orangeburg, May 12.—The local ters at $7.50 a day, 5 bricklayers at into history about 30 years, when Al-
fire department responded to a call $7.50 a day, 25 steel workers at $7.50 heft' H. Neeson established the old
for help at the Badham Lumber mill a day.” Don’t get Yxeited. ThaC-s Bank of Blackville about 1902,. and
near Springfield thijr morning. ^.Chief just an old employment sign erected ran it very successfully until, the
.. Fisher with a truck and complement by John O’Connor,, who used to be merger With the Bank ef rig^ter-n
cf men left here about 9 o’clock. The an employment agent during the Carolina. Thus it will be seen that
Fuller, landing at the local airport this week win ^ foun( j t h e cards of
after a flight to Aikeh and Augusta | Magistrate W. S. Grubbp, of Black-
Sunday. . . Bainwell becoming v ji]^ t and Magistrate G. R. Peeples,
baseball-conscious after a lapse of of Meyer’s Mill, both of whom are
seeking reelecticn. Mr. Grubbs was
elected two year^ ago and has served
the people of his *ection very accept
ably, qs has also .Mr. Peeples, who
wa* appointed to his present position
after the death of his father, the late
several years. . . Bates Hagcod
dem: nstrating a new Ford V-8—bet
ter known a- Octavia, Lizzie’s new
sister; . . A new awning in front
ade-' of C. F. Molair’s dry goods store. .
com- . . The quietude of somnolent Mam
ago.
The First Depositor.
report here said that a quantity of presKentfal reign of Wccdrow Wil- The Bank rf Blackville has an honor- :
i* lumber had bui ned. • scn._ s * ... . ' , able association with the history of i
munity to which banking means so Street unbroken by the hearty laugh i Magistrate B. W. Peeples, two years
much i* a good augury of the future. I of Sheriff “Bence” Dyches, who is
The Bank cf Williston has with-' still confined to big- heme. - ...
dratrrr its Exchange from Blackville t Perry Bu-h very jubilant over wjn-
rn accordance with an understanding ning a $5.bet j —and who wcuidnt be?
with the jpe: pie of that community | ... A few scattering express
that thi 3 would be done when they shipments of asparagus as the s
were able to .establish an independent
bank for themselves, and, the people
of Blackville are warm in their praise
of the Williston institution for lend-
—* • v ~
ing them sen ice fdf the past feiAi*
months. ' ‘ ]" •
comes to a‘ close. . v Reports that
“cukes” are likely to bring good
prices this season, due to the failure
of the crop in Florida.
To N. Blatt, of B’eckville, goe? the
istinction of being the first depositor
of the Bank cf Blackville, which open
ed for business Monday morning. Mr.
Blatt was at the bank bright and
early in order to headLthe list.
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