The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, June 30, 1932, Image 1
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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.
Consolidate Jons 1. 192S.
VOLUME LV.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JUNE 30TH, 1M2.
‘Juabt Like a Member of the Family”
NUMBER 44.
Two Killed, One Hurt
in Auto-Train Wreck
Nathaniel Barrett and Woodrow But
ler Are Dead and Buddie White
la Seriously Injured.
Nathaniel Barrett and Woodrow
Butler, negroes, ar e dead and Buddie
•White, also colored, lies seriously in
jured as the result of a railroad cross
ing accident about a mile north of
Williston Sunday afternoon, when the
automobile'in which they were riding
was struck by a Southern Railway
passenger train. One of the negroes
was killed instantly and the other
died i nan Augusta hospital.
W. W. Sprawls, of Williston, who
witnessed the accident, testified at
the coroner's inque-t |.hat }he ne
groes attempted to cross the rail
road track ahead , of the'train and
the car was struck by the locomotive.
The death of Barrett and Butler
brings the total number of dutomo-
. bile fatalities in Barnwell County to
- live during the month of June, Grif
fin Bates, Fred Creech and Horace
^^/bok. young white men of Barnwell,
^^Atoving let their lives in a wreck
here a couple of weeks ago.
Lay Groundwork for
Municipal Election
Enrollment Rook Opens July 1st at
Lemon Broa.' Store.—All Voters
Must EnrcJI.
In this issue of The People-Senti
nel will be found the notice of enroll
ment of. the Barnwell municipal
Democratic pai ty. The book will be
opened tomorrow (Friday) at the
store of Lemon Bros, and will remain
open until July 30th. Under the rules
of the local organisation there mu/t
be a complete. new enrollment of
voters this year, the last general en-
roWment having been held in *28. The
enrollment committee is composed of
A. A. Lemon, E. D. Robertson and
N. D. Coclin.
The time for candidates to qualify
for the primary election will expire
at 12 o'clock, Friday, July ISth, and
the ass^sment* will be as follows:
Mayer, $10; alderman. $2.50; com- j
mis«ioner of public works, $2.50: It
wUl be necessary to elect two com
missioners this year to auccee I K. A.
Deason and T. J. Langley, the former
new holding th e position of postma*
ter at Barnwell and the latter having
moved several months ago to Lynch
burg. Va.
Tht nctice of enrollment set- forth
the qualifications for membership in
the local municipal club ami gives
ther necassary information.
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
A Little Sense and Nonsense About
People You Know and Others
You Don’t Know.
HARRIS BEGS FOR RELIEF
FROM HOOVER AND SMITH
Attacks Smith Record
Baseball News.
Wednesday aftemon of last week,
the Barnwell baseball team defeated
the Johnston aggregation on the
latter’s diamond, 17 to 2. The follow
ing day the local-* went down to Yem-
assee and took a 7 to 1 defeat, mostly,
it is said, at the hands of the umpire.
Friday aftemon the home hopes tool;
the big end pf a 24 to 4 score against
Willuton. Saturday Barnwell de
feated Qraniteville, 7 to 2.
Tuesday afternoon, Barnwell had a
7 to 3 lead over the State Hospital
team when rain broke up the game in
the fourth inning. The visitors took
the lead in the second inning,- when
an error by Higbe, local twirler, was
more or less responsible for two
runs. In the third, an eiror by
Kearse at short gave them another
tally. The wnldness of visiting pitch
ers and the heavy hitting of the
locals netted Barnwell seven runs
in the fourth, but Jupiter Pluvius
stepped in before another inning
could be played. •
The Newberry All-Stars play here
this (Thursday) afternoon and Gran-
iteville Friday. The games sttfrt at
four o’clock. ^
Leaves for West Point.
wWed
Elmer W. Grubbs, son of Mr. and
. J. B. Grubbs, of this city, left
ednesday" for West Poiftt Military
Academy, to which institution he was
recently given an appointment by
Congressman Butler B. Hare. Young
GrUbbs was a sophomore at The Cita
del this year and ranked high in his
classes. His appointment to West
Point is a distinct honor and hi*
friends are confident that he will
“make food.”
A crowd of men—and one lady—
with nothing better to do, watching
two negro boys operate home-made
mechanical "dolls. . .A .well-defined
footpath across the grass in “The Cir
cle”, detracting from the appearance
of that park. '. ^ Boys, girls and
adults, in bathing suits, hurrying from
th e ole swimmin’ hole to the scene of
Thursday’s fire. ... A restful
shade of green paint replacing the
priming coat of orange on Main
Stieet’s electric light standards. . .
The next United States Senator from
South Carolina and the next Congress
man from the new* Second District. .
. . Negroes around “Bud” Halford’s
icewater barrel Kke sparrows around
a- bird-bath. . . . Martin Best
complaining about the amount * of
Barnwell's “hair* of the gate re
ceipts at the ball game in Yemassee;
in spite of the fact that a dispatch
to the daily papers estimated the at-
endance at 500, the visitors were given
only $10. . . Which reminds one
of the story of a “share-cropper” Irving
near Barnwell who said he never waa
able to make the landlord’s half of
the crop. . . . And the one about
the little bey who was given two
nickles one Sunday morning; a short
time later he was heard crying and
when hia mother inquired the cause,
the little fellow said that he had “lost
the Lord's nickle.” . . Senator E.
D. Smith telling a few pre-meeting
jokes on the streets. ... A big
crowd of bathers vacating the ole
swimmin' hole when it was discover
ed that a snake Was also enjoying
a swim therein; th«, snake was killed,
and the bathers returned with caution.
. . . A suggestion that Edgar A.
Brown’* title be changed from that
of “The Kingfish” to “The Flying-
Ash” in view of his many airplane
trips. . . Lonnie Calhoun ome
more perched on a cucumber crate in
front of a local drug store, with W.
E. McNab keeping him company. . .
A party of Allendale people en
joying a picnic at the ole swimmin’
hrle one night.
A «treet thermometer, directly ex
posed to the sun’s cays, registering \
118 degrees »t nine o'clock Thursday:
LEON W. HARR1
DOESN’T KNOW “WHICH IS THE
BIGGEST CURSE.”
Senior Seantir Declared He Would
Not Defend His 24-Year Record.
—Klea.se Lacks Fire.
Miss Elaine Harley
in Beauty Contest
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Will Represent Barnwell Post at
American Legion Coraention in
Aiken July 4th.
Sidelights on the Campaign Meeting.
When Senator Smith called for a
hand-primary of those who had re
ceived government loans this year,
the borrowers denied their savior like
Peter denied Christ. k
Judging from the comment heard
here, the speeches of ma«t of the can
didates for. the United States Senate
were disappointmants to their sup-
porters, this being especially true In
the case of Ashton H. Williams, cham
pion of the “wet” cause.
Senator Smift seems to have taken
a leaf out of former Senator Blease's
book—as soon as he finished his
speech Friday he left the court room
and shook the dust of JSarnwell from
hie feet.
That Frank Lever made the best
speech of all the aspirants seems to
be the consensus cf opinion.
Sheriff Boncil H. Dyche* made an
imposing figure seated on the judge's
bench with his feet propped up on the
desk—at least, his feet looked very
imposing and could easily have served
las billboards.
J. Ju'ien Bush, Esq., who presided
morning. . . Cel. J. E. Harley and
•on. Humm.1, l«v,n K for the Dome m * d •• * v,r >' * ood '" ll,ic * 1 in
cr.tir nation,! convention. . And ,h “ OI - n ' d
several pretty K ir|. .t the depot to Hi ' “ntetime. wondered
bid them (?) good-bye. . . C. G. °t there would be any thing
Fuller returning to B.rnw,ll by .uto | 1,,t ,cr ,h '' «"<« d »<es to ulk about,
after his plane was forced d)wn in [
a cotton field near Sw.nac, Se-ause ' F ' orn ' r Sen *" ir Bl,w l * ck ' d ,h '
of motor trouble. . . A few for. ! cld - ,im ' ^ of ?«’'■«>■» «mp.ign
mer ardent Bleaaeites “aeusing d, m " ,, "'<" in Barnwell. M.ny a.id
hall- when their one-time idol beg.n ! hi * >P w:h w ‘» (hl - “ l »» l * nd mild " t
to -peak at the meeting Friday. . had ' ,er h<,ard him m,k '-
Isiah Carter, colored, bringing to The * * *
Pecple-Sentinel cfT.ce a small legjJ Fuller of BaillWell
that tfas laid by a pullet five months'
old. . . Michael Ussery, an em
bryo cartoonist, displaying his talent
with >idewalk drawings advertising
the bal\ garner . . Visitor's to
the coast returning home with a nice
re?T~?Cat cf tan. . . A bargain sale
of ice—iMiime’s worth fot a nickle.
. . . Col. Edgar A. Brown trying
to organize a “Tieless Club.”.
Mrs. Chaa. C. Owens.
Comes Down in Field
Fcr First Time Motor Fails at 2,000
Feet.—Made Succeasful Fccced
Landing Near Swansea.
Columbia, June 25.—C: G. Fuller,
well kno^n road contractor of Barn
well, who make* most of his trips by
his own airplane, had his motor to
go dead cn him Thursday afternoon
but made a successful landing in a
cotton field near Swansea.
Mr. Fuller was at .something more
Mis. Lottie Oweens, 44, wife of Chas.
C. Owens, died at her home in Barn
well Saturday afternoon at 4:20 o’-,
dock. She had been in failing health | th ? n 2 ’ 000 feet hi * h when his en ^ i,ie
fob-N^everal years, but was critically ; an< ^ sorn e difficulty in
ill -only two days px-evious to her ^ n( l' n 8 a good landing place. He
glided fcr about two and one-half
V)
death.
Mrs. Owens, wbese maiden name
The feur candidate* for the Demo
cratic nomination to the United States
Senat e ended here Fridair the second
week of the ten-week campaign tour
of the State.
Leon W. Harris, of Anderson, and
former Senator Cole L. Blease con
tinued their attacks on the record of
Senator E. D. Smith, although Blease
declared in his speech that he did not
intend to “criticis e Smith’s record.”
Ashton H. Williams, Florence attor
ney, and Blease were the only candi
date* who mentioned the liquqr
question.
Hardly more than 100 people were
present when Hairis began th^ first
address but before the speaking was
over the crowd had grown to about
250. The Anderson solicitor attacked
the federal land bank, the federal
farm board and the 1932 farm loan,
declaring that he didn’t know “which
it the biggest cur**. Hoover prosperi
ty or Ed Smith fatm relief, but it’s
time to get rid of both.” He also
chaiged Senator Smith with nepotism,
criticised the new tax bill, scored
crookednea* in the administration of
veterans’ lelief and attacked the re
construction finance corporation.
Senator Smith.
Senator Smith indulged in a bit of
sarcasm in his opening remarks and
declared that he wculd no defend hia
24-year record in the Senate—that if
the people of South Carolina don’t
already know what he ha* done for
them, they never will. The renaon he
voted against woman suffrage, the
Lynchburg man said, waa because It
“enfranchised negro women and made
no distinction, between voters.” He
voted agaist a federal salary reduc
^tion measure because it cut small
salaries more heavily proportionately
than larger one*, he explained. Sena
tor Smith claimed that through a fed
eral loan hill of $200,000,000 to farm
ers he had “financed the farmers of
the Southeast.” He resorted to
hand-primary in an effoit to deter
mine how many in the audience had
received loans fram the fund, but
only four boi rowers held up their
hands. A man in the audiem- e declar
ed that “practically every farmer
present had received help and that 1,-
100 in Barnwell had gotten govern
ment money.” The Sefiator scorecf
the iniquities cf the Republican party.
Ashton H. Williams.
The high tariff, government inter
ference in business and government
expenditures were assailed by A*hton
H. Williams, In a fling at Smith,
Williams said President Hoover and
Senator Smith “are willing to sacri
fice their convictions for political
expediency.” He read a news dispatch
from Chicago describing the “wet”
conditions existing In 'that city duting
the Republican national convention and
referred to his hand-primary at the
Edgefield meeting, when only five out
of 500 persons, 100 of whom' were
women, signified they had not violated
the prohibition law when he called for
a show of hands. “Even Barnwell
County -can better Edegfield’.* record,”
he said.
Former Ser.itor Blease.
The final speaker, former Senator
Cole L. Blease, took issue with Wil
liams’ recent statement that the
Aiken, June 27.—If Miss Elaine
Harley, of Barnwell, American Legion
beauty, is crowned Queen at 'Ihe
State Legion Convention in Aiken,
July 4th, her xeward will be a gift
lovely enough for any queen. This
announcement comes from the ladie*’
committee in charge of the Beaaty
Contest, which was won last year by
Miss Azile Smoak, of Branchville.
No information concerning the
nature of the prize will be available
until it is presented to the winner at
her coronation by Mia« Smoak. Second
and third choices will be appointed
maids of honor to the new queen.
Both thy judging and coronation
Will take plac e amid the regal set
ting of the lawn of the Highland
Park Hotel, Aiken’s largest retort
hotel. Following the coronation, the
new Queen, her court, and members
of the convention will celebrate the
occasion at th^ Queen’.* Ball in the
ballroom of the Highland Park.
Competition for Beauty’s crown
promise* to be more intense than at
any previous Legion Convention, with
SO entries already received.
Each Legion Poet nominating a
young lady for the title, “Miaa Ameri
can Legion,” will furnish a decorated
automobile for her use in the “Big
Parade,” on the afternoon of the
Fourth, and a substantial cash prise
will be given for the beat decorated
car.
Many Poets throughout the State
have written that they are now mak
ing plan* to choose an entry, and
will make application for her before
the lists of entries are definitely
dosed, July 1st.
» Two Small Firm.
Barnwell Woman Is
Killed in Columbia
Two small fires occurre^ here dur
ing the pn«t week, the damage in
each instance being slight. Thura-
day afternoon a blase waa discovered
on the roof of a negro dwelling near
the A. C. L. depot, and early Friday
morning th* burning out of a motor
in an electric refrigerator in the
grocery at ore of Harold Williams on
Wall Street was the occasion for an
alarm to be eent in.
„ miles and saw a large cotton field ^ neve/ return to South
w?i Miss Lottie McBride, was mar-! SU1 ' able for landing, but, as he ex- Q, ro ii na because the State ccnstitu-
ried twice, her firA husband being, P rea ' e ^ be ba( * b ‘ s eye on two
the late Henry Rountree, b y whose other smaller cnes in case he found
grave in the Joyce Branch Church
yard she was laid to rest Sunday af-
he could net make the larger one. He
mad e his landing successfully but was
ternocn. Funeral services were con- unable to continue his journey until
ducted by the Rev. W. R. Davis and ! some w °rk. was d ™e <>" motor.
th e Rev. W. E. Wiggins. Pall bear- The mechanic in Columbia who dots
ers were: Active, J. T. Owens, C. C. ! thh work for him was out of the cit y
Owens, Jr., Bennie Owens John Hogg,! Frida y and Mr * FulIer was waitin *
George Grubbs and Ben Davis, honor ^ is " return -
ary, B. F. Martin, N. G. W. Walker,
J. U. Jones, Forrest S. Brown, Char
lie Brown, Sr., Dr,A. T. Russell, W.J.
Lemon? J. N. Dicks, J. E. Mahaftey,
P. W. Stevens, J.-’K. Snelling and R.
L. Bronston.
Mrs. Owens is survived by her hus
band and qne .daughter by her first
Mr. Fuller has flown about 25,000
miles in his plane and this is the fiist
trouble that he has had. He think.*
that a particle of sand got into the
drainer dr some part Of the machine.
Card of Thanks. • *
I wish to thank my friends for
marriage, Mrs. Ailed Williams, of their kindness- and expressions of
Chattanooga, Tetoni, ;who have the sympathy during the illness and death
sympathy of. many friends in their ( of my wife,
bereavement. ' ' • .* -C C. OWENS.
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tion forbids it- “A new. constitution
is now being advocated,” he said,
“and if prcjiibittcn is repealed, re
turn of the saloon could b e made posi-
ble by the constitutional convention.”
He thinks the people - 5 hculd have a
right to vote on theflkjucr que^t&n,
but declared that he*Jwould not vote
for repeal as long as/jSdlith Carolina
favors pohibiticn. The speaker ex
pressed the hope that the Democratic
national convention will stick to econ-
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omic issues. “America needs more
money,” he said, declaring that the
country is suffering from Bryans der
feat on the 16-tc-l issue. He reviewed
his record as an economist, but madd
no reference to his term -in the sen-,
ate. • In scoring the farm board, he
said, “There’s not a man in the world
worth $75,000 a year.” He declared
that Senator Smith “has qilit talking
cotton—it’s ‘school teachers’ now.**
The Ongresaional Candidates.
Although Friday’s audience was
not very demonstrative and was quite
impartial with applause for the
varioa* senatorial candidates, A. F.
Lever, who is seeking Congressman H.
P. Fulmer’s seat in the House jpf
%
Representatives, wa* accorded an
ovation at the conclusion of his ad
dress, which brought the meeting to
a close.
Dr. D. R. Sturkie was the first can
didate* for congress to speak. Hi*
deveted his alloted time to criticisms
of the federal farm board, Mr. Lever
and Congressman Fulmer, who wa?
absent, twitting Mr. Lever for his
assertion that the former congress
man is “broke,” whereas, he asserfed
the Lexington man has been drawing
big salaries for a long term of years
and resigned a $6,500 job to enter the
congressional race. Millions of |ol-
lars have been lost, he declared, by
the farm board, which was supported
by the present incumbent.
Mr. Lever confined his remarks
mostly to a discussion of economic
questions, declaring in favor of con
trolled inflation. “Debt of the indi
vidual, the towns an<H cities, the
States, the natic’h and the world is
responsible for present depressed con
ditions,” he declared. Trade is bo ng
restricted because of the gold stand
ard a s maintained by the Un'ted
States and France, he declared, which
makes the dollar worth from two to
four times as much as it was a few
years a gV when measuied in terms of
commodities. Government expendi
tures, notably ship subsidies, high
taxes and nepotism came in for their
share of criticism by the wiry former
congressman. Mr. Lever’s remarks
were frequently applauded as he
drove home his points and sit the con*
elusion of his speech many gathered
around him to shake his hand and
pledge their support.
I. Tuhen Bush,'Esq., presHed over
the meeting in the absence of Col.
Edgaf A? Brown, tfSiinty chairir.ari.
who was at th e bedside of Ms sick
wife in a Columbia hospital.
Mrs. Henrietta Carter. Wife of P. P.
Carter, Run Over by Car hi
Capital CUy.
Columbia, June 25.—Mrs. Henriet
ta Carter, 74, wife of Preston P. Car
ter, of near Barnwell, waa run over
and fatally injured about nine o’clock
Friday night at Assembly and Ger-—-
vais Streets by an automobile driven
by J. G. Doyle, 23, of New BrooklandT
Mrs. Carter’s daughter, Mrs^ W. L.
Black, o^ Columbia, waa with her t
mother when the accident occurred and
was also struck by the car; the was
carried to the Baptist hospital where
she was examined and found to ba
suffering only from superficial injur
ies and later went home. Aside from
shock, she ia practically uninjured.
Mrs. Carter had heerv in Colombia
about a month visiting Mrs. Black
and another daughter, Mrs. J. 8.
Briggs. She had not been in the best
of health and waa spending a part of
the summer with her daughters m
hope of regaiaing her strength. Fri
day night she went with her daughter
to the curb market and it la reported
that she and Mrs. Black were cross
ing Gervais at the intersection with
Assembly, when the traffic lights
■witched from red to green, re leas
traffic cn Gervais street, and th«
ear came on them.
Two wheels of the car were said
to have passed over the body of Mrs.
Carter. When she reached the hospi
tal she was still bresthiag, bat expired
almost at the door of the institation.
J. G. Doyle, who was being held
last night at the police station, said
he was driving down Gervais toward-
the river and that the rad lights at
Assembly held him ap. He stopped,
and when the light switched to green,
suited across Assembly, holding oat
his hand to indicate a tarn to the
left, down Assembly. LighU from
cor* coming ap Gervais ^ from the
river blinded him, he said, sod his
car was still moving ia low gear when
he felt it strike an object. He brought
it quickly to a stop and said he want
ed to Uke Mrs. Carter, who was lying
on the street, to the hospiUl, bat an
ambulance was called instead. Offi
cerg conducted him to the police sU-
<K>n He was deeply gtievsd because
of the accident and expressed his
great sorrow a t the death of Mrs.
Carter, whom he did not know. Hi*
mother arrived at the police sUtion
soon after the tragedy and was un
able to control hetsetf when she saw
her son, sobbing with grief as she
talked to him with her arms about
him.
Mrs. Carter is sutvived by her hus
band and two daughters who live tat
Columbia and a third daughter, Mrs.
Edna McDonald, of Barnwell. Three
*onx also survive, E. W. Prieater, of
Fairfax; George Priestef, of Swauasu,
and W. A. Carter of Barnwell
The SUte Theatre Opens.
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The State Theatre, formerly known
as The Vamp, will open tomorrow
(Friday) evening under the manage
ment of J. Pope Gantt, of Wagener.
Mr. Gantt has remodeled the interior
of the thfeatre and installed the latest
We s tem Electric sound equipment and
other new apparatus. The picture
for his opening nights is “The Im
patient Maiden,” starring Lew Ayers.
The night .show starts at 8:30 and
there will also be a matinee Saturday
afternoon at four o’clock
Mr. Gantt has had the theatre in
spected by Lloyd Vickery, chief of
the local fire department, who haa
pronounced it in good shape.
Hit by Pitched Ball.
Billie, son of Mr. and Mr*. R. L.
Bronson, was painfully though not
seriously hurt Tuesday afternoon
when struck by a pitched ball. A
pitcher was “wanning up” and the
boy tan between him and the catcher.
The ball hit him under ^he chin, in
flicting a cut that required ^ couple
cf stitcher.
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Negro Teacher Dead.
. Prof. J. S. M. Carter, 77, for many
years a teacher in the negro schools
of Barnwell County, died at his home
here Thursday. John was a respect
ed negroand had many fiifjg mirmp
the white people. Funeral aervicea
were conducted Friday. t '*
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