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• \ T~ ^^CODS | THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY. olid a ted June 1. 1926. “Just Like a Member of the Family" Urf«at Gouty Clrcolattoe 'm VOLUME LV. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND. 1932. $ NUMBER 40. Dr. Winchester Smith ' Laid to Rost Sunday : Beloved Williston Physician Succumb ed at Augusta Hospital Follow ing Recent Operation. Williston, May 28.—Dr. Winches ter C. Smith, retired physician and farmer of Williiton, died at the Uni versity hospital, Augusta, at 1 o’clock today, following a recent operation. Dr. Smith was in his seventy- eighth year and Until the last tpw years led an active life. He wa s for merly a state senator from Barnwell County, was a member of the constitu tional convention of 1898 and at the time of his death was president of the Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. 'V Martin Barnwell County E^tmers’ and Tax- 4 payers’ League. He i s survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie K. P. Smith, and children as follows: Capt. Norman Smith, of the United States Navy; Lieut. Gregg Smith, of the navy medical corps; Ryerson Smith, of Winchester, Va.; Murray Smith, of Santa Barbara, Calif.; Mrs. Phil Harris, of Knox- ; Ue, Tenn.; Mrs. Chlotild e S. Thomp- bn, and W. C. Smith, Jr., Williston. Funeral Held Sunday. Funeral services for Dr. Smith were held Sunday afternoon at five o’clock at the late residence in Wil liston by Dr. W. M. Jones, of Barn well. Interment followed in the Wil liston cemetery, Dr. Smith’s five sens acting as pall-bearere. The large concourse of relatives and sym pathetic friends who gathered to pay their last tribute of respect £nd the many beautiful flowers that covered his grave attested in some measure the esteem in which Dr Smith was held throughout this section., He will be greatly missed, not only in the Wiliston community but in the county at large. The sympathy of a host of frind? is extended to the bereaved family. Barnwell Won From Saints Here Monday Defeated “Stumpy” Banka’ Fast Ag- gregatior. in Hectic Eleven-Inning Contest, 9-8. m In a hectic 11-inning contest, feat ured by the good, bad and indifferent playing of both teams, Barnwell de feated “Stumpy” Banks’ fast aggre*- gation cf ball players on the local diamond Monday afternoon, 9 to 8. Barnwell took a 2 to 0 lead in the first inning, and added two more in the fourth, but with two out in the fifth, the Saints staged a rally that netted .them five/ reins bef<pe their tvg uns were silenced. The locals, how ever, cam e back strong in their half of the same frame with a couple of scores that again put them out in front. Two more were scored in the seventh inning and the game was ap parently won. However, the visitors tied the s eore a t eight all in their half of the ninth, necessitating extra innings to decide the contest. Barnwell had the winning run on third base in the tenth, but heady work on the part of St. Matthews prevented any scoring. In the 11th however, with rynners on second and third, J. Gross’ line drive • between center and right broke up a more or less exciting ball game. Barnwell again defeated St. Mat thews on the latter’s diamond Tues day afternoon, 14 to 2. A game is scheduled between the locals and the Pacific Mill s team of Columbia in Barnwell this (Thursday) afternoon at four o’clock. Candidates Slow in Paying Assessments Exhibit Extreme Ccyness in Qualifying for Approaching Battle of the Draws Light Fine for Fast Driving Sunday Greene for Master, Black for Coroner BallotsV C. Best in the role of 'beauty doctor painting the eyebrows of one of the local ball players. . . D. C. Martin and Mr. Turner, cf the Asheville (N. C.) airport, landing at the local field in a new plane which they tried-U-sell to C. G.. Fuller. In cidentally, Mr. Martin taught Mr. Fuller how to fly—and made a pretty good jcb of it. . . “Bonce” Dyches with nine erate s of “cukes” which he was unable to sell at any price. . . Bernard Plexico installing a r.ad-io in his chewy. . . Mr. a nd Mrs. C. G. Fuller and Col. Edgar A. Brown re turning from a plane trip to Green- woed. . . A news item in The State which told that Col. Solomon Blatt had been initiated by proxy as an honorary member, of. th e Blue Key fraternity at the University of South Carolina. . . “Jack” Harden, of the Kline section, u r ith a shotgun on the streets cf Barnwell Saturday. Morning baseball games between local boys representing “Bingham” and “Hell’s Half-Acre,” the Bing- hamites being victorious. . . Ed. Woodward, whose silence at a recent ball game was something to write home about, making up for lost time at later contests. . . Billy Laval, head coach at the University of South Carolina, attending a dance When it comes to qualifiying for the aproaching- battle of the ballots, Barnwell County candidates are ex hibiting an extreme ' ccyness that would do credit to the most modest damsel of the good old days. At the time this was written, only two can didates had paid their assessments and filed the necessary pledge and oath, they being Paul H. Sanders, cand^iate for Magistrate at Hilda, and G. M. Greene, E;q., candidate for reelection to the office of Master in Equity. As will be seen from the list of candidates’ card s elsewher^ in this issue of The People-Sentinel, about a dozen aspirants for public office have made their formal announce ments to the “deer peepul,” most cf them being candidates for reelection, but when it comes to “signing on the dotted line,” most of them seem to be afflicted with writer’s cramp. And not all of these whose terms will, in Jim” Bates Pays $15 for Using Barn- Two New Candidates Make Their well Streets in Exhibition of High Speed. the cours e of human events, expire or terminate or what have you, have as yet made their formal announce ments. And as the sand s of time rapid ly slipping through the hour-glass, meaning that, in just a week from to day (Thursday) at 12 o’clock noon, June 9th, it will b e just too bad if Williston U. D. C.’s Meet. Williston, May 30.—Hart’s Battery chapter held it 8 May meeting with Mrs. W. T. Willis, Jr., as hostess. Eighteen membeis answered the roll cail. Thtfee visitlors were present. The pregram was of Mothers’ Day, each member bringing a picture of her mother and reading a Mothers’ Day verse. Mrs. P. N. Wise rendered a vocal solo, “Mother O’ Mine,’' Mrs. W. C. Cunningham read a paper on “Moth- er a of the Sixties.” The hostess was assisted by Mrs. W. R. Kennedy and Miss Mildred Bell. . . . ^ ^ Th e June meeting will be held with Mrs. Ellen Wise, in Aiken. . ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Julien Bush. . . Le- Roy Molair telling how easy it is to learn to dance. . . And Col. N. G. W. Walker remarking that he should be able to qualify as a member of the dancing club after the publication of an item in last week’s “Barnwell 50 Year 9 Ago.” T ‘ . “Bud” Halford, who decided to enter the “cuke deal” last week, losing $3 on his initial pur chase of 10 crates. . Local cotton buyer predicting SH cents a pound for the fleecy staple this fall. . . . Somebody remarking that it was in deed fortuuate for the “cuke” grow ers of thi s section that the Florida crop was a^failure this year, other wise the farmers would not have been paid the munificent sum of 50 cents a hamper for the first cat loaded here. A recipient of a FREE sack of fleur being distributed by the gov ernment through the local Red Cross to the needy of the county complain ing because the flour was not self rising. . . Garland trailers loaded to the gills with hampers of cukes. . . . Hayne Hogg as 'busy a- a bee constructing a “lily pool” in his wife’s flower garden. ... A new tennis court on the lot adjoining B. S. Moore’s residence. George Hill, prospective candidate for magistrate for Red Oak township, practicing “electioneering.” on “Bud” Halford at the ice house. . . The hood on Nick Coclin’s chewy painted a vivid blue. , . A letter from Major James A. Willis, of Fort Sam Houston, Texas, requesting that his address be changed to Washington, D. C., to which city he has 'been trans ferred. . . “Bonce” Dyches trying on one cf the new model bathing caps, which was stretched out of shape dur ing the process. all of the seekers for political pre ferment have failed to line-up at the starting post. HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. To Raise Funds. Mrs. Solomon Blatt, who was re cently appointed local chairman in the “Victory Drive” for Democratic cam paign funds by Mrs. H. L. Buist, county chairman, of Blackville, an nounces. that Saturday, June 11th, has been selected as the date on which fund s will be solicited 4n Barnwell. Mrs. Blatt wdll appoint a committee, the personnel of which will be an nounced next week. Every Demo cratic voter will be given the epper- tunity of contributing, no matter how ^mall the amount may be, and buttons will be given to all contributors. “What makes sw’eet potatoes split?” was a question asked me this week. There are at least three rea sons advanced for this, but only one of these reasons a fact. That one reason is that the cracks are “growth cracks” caused from rapid growth of the root. This rapid growth is caused by too much nitrogen either in the soil or in the fertilizer a nd most often occurs when we have excessive rainfall. Another question asked was — “What fertilizer should I use if I plant sweets cn oat stubble land, where I top dressed the oats with ni trate of soda?” This, I answered by saying that the cat crop used most of the nitrogen from the nitrate cf soda, and some of the phosphorous and potash which had been stored up in the soil. There fore a complete fertilizer analyzing about 8-4-15 should fill the bill. On the other hand, still another question—“I wish to follow part of my Irish potato crop with sweets; the Irish potatoes had a ton of 7-5-5 per acre under them.” In Virginia and New Jersey, where the practice cf following Irish with sweets is done considerably, many farmers are using a 3-3-15 and a 4-4-20 fertilizer. My recommendation to South Carolina growers in the ab sence of data to the contrary, is the use of 1,0000 pounds of 8-3-15 or 8- 4-20 per acre. While the Clemscn Extension Ser vice is only recommending 800 to 1,- 000 pound- 4 of 8—3-8 and 8-3-10 per acre, they have many records in their files of growers who have made tre mendous yields with 8-3-12 and 8-3-15. And it is only a matter of a short while that they will feel that they can unqualifiedly recommend the use cf the higher potash analysis. Their records are pointing, each year to wards that end. Getting bac to “growth cracks” again, many farmers are finding that excessive amounts of stable manure in sweet potato fields are causing these growth cracks, a nd are also causing discolorations and rots. This is a dangerou s subject for me to talk about, because many growers “Jim” Bates, of the Patterson’s old mill section, was fined $30 here Mon day morning by Magistrate W. P. Sander?, following hi s arrest Sunday by State Patrolman J. C. Regers on a charge of “reckless driving, speed ing and driving without brakes.” Fif teen dollars of the fine was suspended by the magistrate. Bates, who was accompanied by Len Williamson; is said to,have given an exhibition cf fast driving seldom seen outside cf the Indianapolis speed way or the beach at Daytona, Fla. With a shriek cf offering tires, he turned th e corner at Plexico’s Filling Statioij, rounded the curve around “The Circle,” safely negotiated the turn into the straight-away at the Bank of Barnwell corner and headed for the tall and uncut. Patrolman Rogers, who was an eye-witness to the hair-raising spectacle, immediate ly gave chase and after an exciting race succeeded in stepping the driver, who was required to post a bond of $50 for his appealance before Magis trate Sanders. Chief of Police George Peeples, who had previously been ignored by Bates in hi & Paul Revere ride through town, again stepped into the picture and required an additional bond of $25 on the part of the town. Fortunately for all concerned, there wer e no cars nor pedestrians in the path of the speeding automobile Sunday morning. In connection wdth fast and reck less driving, it might be well to call attention to the fact that 53,000 per sons were killed and a million and a half were injured in automobile wrecks in the United States in the 18 months ending December 31st, 1931, as compared with 50,000 Americans killed or who died from wound s and 182,000 wounded jn the 18 months that this country was a participant in the World War. LV Formal Announcements to Voters of Barnwell County. For Continuous Gardens. Elsewhere in this* issue of The People-Sentinel will be found the fcimal announcement of G. M. Greene, Esq., eandidat e for reelecticn to the office of Master in Equity. Mr. Greene wa s first elected to his pres ent office in 1924, being reelected at The expiration of his first term with out opposition, which was a distinct tribute to the manner in which he discharged the affairs of his office. So far there have been no rumors.of any opposition to him again this year. Another announcement of interest to th e voters of the county is that of Johnson Black, Sr., as a candidate for the office of Coroner, opposing the present incumbent, D. P. Lancas ter. This is Mr. Black’s first en trance into the arena of politics. He live- 4 a few miles east cf Barnwell and has quite a large family connec tion in the county. Coroner Lancas ter announced for reelection some time ago. It is not known at this time whether or not there will be any other candidates in this race. Health Program Will Include Three Types Classes in Home Care of the Sick, Tuburculin Clinics and Chest Clinics forvNegroes. • U. S. to Tokyo Plane Falls Into Pacific Refuelling Nozzle Ensnarla in Stabil izer, Causing Disastrous Dive. —Flyers Saved. Seattle, May 30.—A spectacular dive into Elliott bay here today end ed the transpacific flight attempt of Nathan C. Browne, New York avia tor, a t starting point. Browne and his volunteer assistant in refueling operations, Frank Brooks, were Ashed out of th e water by a party in a sea sled. Browne had a dislocated shoulder. Brooks was unhurt although he com plained he “hadn’t intended to take a bath until Saturday.” “We both left the plan e at the same time,” Brooks said. “We couldn’t Clemson College, May 28.-Plant- Mp jt when th( , wing ^ o(f we were left siting almosjpin open air ing, transplanting and protection are 1 three essentials for continuous gar dens, with no complete let-up at any time, according to A. E. Schilletter, extension horticulturist, who makes suggestions on the. 4 e three points. Such vegetables as corn, bunch beans, and pole beans should be planted suc cessively as long a s there is time left for maturity, he says, suggesting that we remember the need of 42 to 56 days for snap beans to mature, 56 to 70 day s f°r corn, 110 to 140 days for cabbage, 115 to 140 days for toma toes, 49 to 63 days for beets. Plant ings of tomatoes, cabbage and col- lards made now will serve for late summer, fall and winter crops. The transplanting of • tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and sweet pota toes is suggested for prompt atten tion if this has not already been done. In the matter of protection, Mr. Schilletter warn 4 that gardeners must watch constantly for insects and dis eases. He suggests that the striped cucumber beetle be fought with a spray cf six level teaspoonfulls of lead arsenate in a gallon of water or Bordeaux mixture, cr with dust made of on e pait of calcium arsenate and 20 parts of dusting gypsum or hy drated lime. Against the tomato fruit worm he suggests spraying with the same lead arsenate or arsenate Bordeaux mixture, or dusting with one part of calcium arsenate and six parts of hydrated lime. Tomato leaf spot and potato blight may be fought Announces for Magistrate. H. l! DeWitt, of Blackville, is a candidate for Magistrate "'a^ that place, ,his fermaj announcement ap pearing elsewhere in thi s issue of The People-Sentinel. He will oppose Mag- istrat W. S. Grubbs, ,who is rounding out his first term and who announced ar p well sold on the idea of stable some time ago for reelection. ’ • Mr. DeWitt is a former mayor of Black- ville, but this is his first try at county politics. ' ♦ manure for sweets, but I am convinc r ed that the use of excessive amounts of manure are harmful and all cf us are entitled to our opinions. Stable manure is a good sweet po tato fertilizer, provided it is well rc tied, and is used sparingly, but the average grower will find that he will have more trouble with his “quality” than where he uses a straight mixed fertilizer Sav e ycur stable manure for your truck crops, your cottcn, ycur corn. with a 4-4-50 Bordeaux spray. Mary G. Harley Class to Meet. The members of the Mary G. Har ley Class of the local Baptist Church, will meet at the hom e of Mis. 4 Thelma “It rained plane all around us as we settled iniour parachutes to the water. W e left the plane at an alti tude of about 500 feet and the chutes opened up about 100 feet before we lit.” Brooks said the wing was tom off in a steep dive caused when the weighted nozzl e of the gasoline hose dangling fri>m the feffciedintg plane above caught in the stabilizer of Browne’s plane and lifted the tail and smashed the rudder assembly. Browne was clinging to wreckage when he was picked up some distance from where the fuselage of the plane dropped into tht deep water. A total of 654 gallons of gasoline made Browne’s plane weigh about four tons. He had planned to load 300 mcr e pallons from the refueling plane and then make a dash for Tokyo. It was Browne’s second nar row escape from death in two days Yesterday an oil leak . in his motor developed after he had flown several hundred miles toward his goal. Blinded by hot oil, Browne managed to manei^rer to a higher altitude un til he could recover his vision. When he saw how much oil he was losing he dumped most of his gasoline and returned here. The perilous take-eff yesterday de cided Browne in favor of mid-air re fueling and a cabin plane wa s hurried- x * ly fitted* up with extra tanks for the attempt today. Due to Browne’s failure to com plete the flight, the $30,000 prize fund raised by. Seattle aviation enthus iasts five years ago, will be returned to its donors. One condition of the prize fund stipulated that the flight must be completed by midnight of June 1st. | Biowne had only a few hours to Un- The tuberculosis association health program for Barnwell County will include three distinct types of health work. There will be classes in heme care of the sick as follows: Dunbarton, at the home of Mrs. T. W. Dicks, on Monday, June 6, and Monday, June 13th, from 4 to 5:30 p. m.; Barnwell, at the Court House, on Tuesday, June 7, and Tuesday, June 14, from 4 to 5:30 p. m.; Kl;ne, at the home of Miss Inez Creech, on Wednesday, Jun e 8, and Friday, June 10, from 4 to 5:30 p. m.; and Hilda, at the school house, on Saturday, June 4, and Saturday, June 11, from 4 to 5:30 p. m. Classes will begin promptly at four o’clock, and will include discus sions of kinds of disease, preventive measures against disease, early symp tom of disease, kinds of baths, ene mas and how to give them, trays and special diets, home medicine-cabinets, home remedies. There will also be demonstrations of bathing the patient in bed, changing bed with patient in it, us e of improved equipment, hot find cold applications, and certain first aid measures. All women and grown girls who are interested are invited to attend. Tuberculin Clinics for white chil dren will be held at the grammar schools in Blackville on Monday, June 6, from 9 to 10 a. m., and Williston, on Wednesday, June 8, from 9 to 10 a. m. Local doctors will give the tests. The tubuculin test i s a harm less skin test. This test and the xray are the only two ways of discovering the childhood type of tuberculosis. Children may have this childhood type even though there has never been a case of tuberculosis in the im mediate family. If discovered in this early stage, the child may be* so built up as to prevent him from aver developing an active case of tubercu losis. All white children under sixteen years of age, who live in or near the towns/or school district, of Black ville and Williston are urged to at tend these clinics. The third type of health work will be a Free Chest Clinic for Colored Only. This will be held at the Court House on Thursday, Jun* 9, from 9:80 a. m. to 3 p. m. Dr. J. I. Waring, of Charleston, will be clinician, and all local doctors have been aeked to help. All colored people in the county who have had tuberculosis in their families or who have beep in close contact with this disease are urged to come and have this free examina tion only. Further announcement, and report), will appear in next week’s issue of this paper Spring Follies Is Coming Will Be Staged at Vamp Theatre hi Barnwell for Benefit of Church Building Fund. Furtick on Friday evening at 8:30 o’clock. All members cf the class are invited and urged to attend. This spate in his quest for the goal, is the regular monthly meeting of favorable winds had held him on the the class. ■ ground here for the past week. and put an 8-3-15 or an 8-4-20 on the 1 Negro Home Destroyed, sweets " i The home of Jack and Louise Wade, The average buyer wants a coicred, was totally destroyed by fire “chunky” potato, instead cf a long, shortly before eleven o’clock Monday overgrown root. Experiments and night. The blaze bad made such pro actual practice have proven that the gress before it was discovered that relatively high potash content of the th e family baroly escaped with their above listed analysis will give this live 4 . All j)f their household furni- “chunky” type ture, was destroyed. Members of the Barnwell Baptist Church will stage a benefit perform ance at the Vamp Theatre in Barn well on Tuesday and Wedneadfcy, June 14th and 15th, for the benefit of their building fund. Frank “Cracker” Quinn, formerly of Neil O’Brien’s Minstrel and a partner of the late Sugarfoot Gaffney on the Keith vaudevill e circuit, has been en gaged to direct the “Follies” and has secured the very best local talent ob tainable in Barnwell. Mr. Quinn has been directing shows throughout the South for a number of years and the public of this city, as well as the surrounding territory, will witness a performance that will be surpassed only by professionals in the larger cities. The Vamp Theatre will be thorough-i ly renovated before this performance, with new lighting effects, new scenery and many other improvements and the entire town is~expected to be on hand to witness orig of the best shows that Barnwell has ever had and inci dentally to help a worthy cause. R. L. Bronson announces in this issue of The .jPeopte-Sentinel for re- election to t^t office of Clark, of Court, K W. K. Rack, «f Hilda announces re-electfeb to 4fc» office of trste at Hilda in this -- - - - mi '•LMXl