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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.
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VOLUME LV.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND. 1932.
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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.
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Martin
Barnwell County E^tmers’ and Tax-
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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.
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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
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