The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, July 28, 1932, Image 1
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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.
The Barnwell
Consolidated Jana 1, 1925.
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'Juftt Like a Member of the Family"
VOLUME LV.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 28TH, 1932.
NUMBER 48.
Filling Station and
Stores Being Built
Dr.
DeWitt B. Lancaster, of Balti
more, Md., Purchased Peacock
•* i
Building Last Week.
Quite a large amcuni of building is
being do^ie in Barnwell at this time
by Dr. DeWitt B. Lancaster, formerly
of this city, but for the past several
yeais a resident of Baltimore, Md.,
where heis one of the, leading dentists.
For seme time he has had a force of
workmen engaged in tearing down
the wall? of the old Lancaswr build-
; ng, which was partially destroyed by
fire last last October, preparatory to
the erection of a handsome block of
new stores. Last week Dr. Lancas
ter purcha.-ed the adjoining Pealccck
building, which was also badly dam
aged irt the fire, from E. D. Peacock,
and this property will be improved
along with his original holdings. It
is understood that Dr. Lancaster will
set the fronts of all his buildings
back in line with" the other stores in
that block, which will add greatly to
the appearance of the business sec-
\jon. All of the stores will have
Modern fronts and their depth will
be the same as that of the old Pea
cock building.
Dr. Lancaster is also having a
modern service station erected on his
property at the corner of Main and
Malboro Streets, which will be leased
to the Texaco Company.
Political Interest
Is at Low Ebb
News Notes of Interest Regarding
State Affairs.—State Completes
Financing for Prerent.
AM of which
shows that the Balti-
more man still
has faith in Barnwell
real estate and
is confident that this
r *•
secti n will sta
ge a come-back from
the world-wide
depression.
Treat for Lovers of
Concert-Dance Music
Yacht Races cn River, High Class
Picture Programs Attractions
at Savannah.
E
Lovers of good concert and dance
music will he treated to the oppor
tunity of hearing one of the best stage
and dance aggregations in America
today, when the Ray Teal orchestra
'opens at Savannah Beach on Wednes
day, July 28th.
Teal’s engagement at the beach;
yacht race- on the Wilmington River
on the 29th and 30th; a dance at the
Hotel Savannah on Friday evening,
the 29th, the well known Jimmie
Hodges Company playing at the
Bijou, and guest- at the Hotel Savan
nah; high class programs at the pic
ture theatres, and home games in both
the Oglethorpe and Tri-county base-
ball leagues on Saturday, 30th, make
this week-end one of the ma-t out
standing of the summer- season in
j Savannah Andrew A. Srriith, mana
ger ci„ the Hotel Savannah and lead
ing hotel man of the city, stated that
hotel men. were anticipating a week
end appicaching in popularity the
Fourth of July, just past, when all
Savannah hotel records were .-mashed.
He wishes again to bring the Hotel
Savannah $8.75 week-end rate, in
cluding 54 hours at the city’s best
hotel, seven meals, theatre and Ty-
brisa dance ticket- and free laundry,
to the attention of the people of
Barnwell.
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
A Little Sense and Nonsense About
People Yob Know and Others
You Don’t Know.
Mrs. Alice Z. Weekley.
t-
Olar, July 24.—Mrs. Alice Z. Week-
ley, 80, relict cf the late Dr. J. M.
Weekly, died at. her home near^ Ul
mers at 8 o’clock this morning.
Mr-. Weekley was Miss Alice John
son, cf Charleston. Her husband, Dr.
J. M. Weekley, died last spring at
the age of pinety-four.
Funeral services atid interment wHT
take place Monday afternoon at 4:30 is a ^candidate for reelection from
Columbia.—Political apathy and
lethargy are noted in South Carolina
to an extent net §een during many
years past when there was in progress
a race for the United States Senate.
It may be, as contended by some ob
servers, that the people are thinking
more and saying less. But there is a
display advertisement in the Edge-
field newspaper signed by Senator T.
B. Greneker as counfy chairman, urg
ing the people to enroll and saying
that “slowness cf Democrats in en
rolling is alarming.” In view parti-
ticularly cf several interesting county
contests, the situation to which Chair
man Greneker calls attention and
with regard to which he sounds wam-
is unusual for Edgefield Couny. It
is the same, however, in many other
sections cf the State. There is plen
ty jof discussion of the national plat
forms and the presidential race; but
a seeming lack cf interest in other
matters political in the State which is
marked.
In legislative races in some of the
counties the candidates are being
plied with questions propounded by
the Farmers and Taxpayers League,
and the candidates generally express
themselves as in favor of lower taxes,
economies and cutting appropriations
not only to the bone but taking out a
large part of the bone as a part of
the operation. It is noted that in a
few instances the danger cf cutting
school appropriations in the* wr ng
place is being realized and attention
given to directing the economy pro
gram -o as not in the long run to pile
more taxes back upon the poorer
school districts. But so far in most
sections, in the general confusion,
that ha* received very little attention,
and in the general slashing objectives
the races ate taking the'usual course
and simmering down to contests of
personal popularity and local issues.
The State has successfully complet
ed its financing until next spring, with
the sale of five million dollars of high
way notes and the buying in of a
rimilar amount 'rf similar notes.
News comes from Georgetown of the
publication of the county treasurer’s
report showihg the payment of all
county and school bills in full, collec
tion of 95 per cent, of taxes due, and
a general financial condition of the
county “far better than expected. 1
Representative Jefferson Davis Par
ris, of Cherokee County, is charged
with having become unduly excited in
a political argument in his barber
shop in Gaffney. At lea-t he was con
victed of a charge of assault and bat
tery, the battery being alleged to
have con^it-ted of •‘-hihing -a fellow
over the head with a bottle, and Mr.
Parris was sentenced to pay a fine of
$100 or to serve thirty days, from
which judgment of tne court he has
appealed. Sc far as is known here in
Columbia that i- the first physical
encounter of the various campaigns
in'the State. News comes from one
of the ether counties that the lie was
hurled from a speakers’ platform
without ensuing ca-ualty. Adverting
to Representative Parris, it may be
of interest to note that Gibbes’ Legis-
tive Manual, Mr. Parris’ hobby is
noted to be “talking good govern
ment.”
During the last session of tho house
of representatives it was the daily
custom cf Speaker Hamblin to call on
Representative R. O. Whitaker for a
brief talkl cn the previous day’s pro
ceedings, and Mr. Whitaker enlivened
the ses-ron^with his keen humor. He
D. C. Martin, of the Asheville (N.
C.) airport, landing on the local field
Ydiile en route to Jacksonville, Fla.
He returned by way cf Augusta^ .
A negro woman remarking that the
weather was so hot she had to leave
her windows open at night. . . A
group cf local men discussing the
probable opening of a new drug store
here and one of them remarking that
there is a good opening for a drug
store that sells medicine.- . One
home, in which there are six eases cf
whooping cough. . . Birds taking
baths in” a local lily pool during the
extremely hot weather last week
County Expenses Are Barnwell Wins One
Cut by Legislators and Then Drops Two
Approximately $1,900,000 Sl a sh Made Locals Play Good Baseball, But Old
in South Carolira at La^t
■" Session.
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Legislative delegations reduced ex
penditures of, their counties 14 per
cent, or approximately $1,000,000, at
at the past session of the general as
sembly. Neils Christensen, president
of the Farmer. 1 and Taxpayers Lea # -
gu<e, announced Monday.
Results cf a personal study of
county supply acts by Christensen re
veal appropriations of $6,355,029 for
1932 a-s compared with $7,406,610 for
1931. ^
Only four of the 46 counties in-”
creased their expenses ih supply acts
this year, Christensen declared. They
* were Lexington, Picken. 1 , Richland
Man Jinx Still Haa Them in
i r v
His Clutches.'
J. Julien Bush, Esq., making a relay l and York. Reductior* ranging from
trip to Columbia. His car was under
going repairs and he .set out in a
borrowed machine, which he was
forced to abandon at Blackville for
another auto.
City Election Called.
The Barnwell Municipal Democratic
primary election has been called for
Tuesday, August 9th, and the formal
notice of election will be found else
where in this issue of The People-
sentinel.
paying the $350 entiance fee leaves
as candidates in this race only the en
cumbent, Congressman H. P. Fulmer
and former Congressman A. F. Lever.
Thi- race is hard fought and is at-
ttacting considerable interest beyond
the borders cf the district. There is
also an intensiv^e-nte-t in the Fifth
District, wheie the veteian Congre.-s-
man W. F. Stevenson is being opposed
by J. Prioleau Richards, probate judge
of Lancaster County, and who is a
nephew of former Governor John G.
Rieherds. In fact, in all the districts
except that represented by Congress
man McMillan, cf Chaileston, who has
no opposition, there are strenuous
contests, but like the race for the
United States Senate, the congres
sional races do not appear to arouse
much demonstration among the
voters.
three to 50 per cent, tcok effect in
other counties.
The League president declared Lex-
ingtorf County legislators made the
legest increase by percentage, 35
per cent, or $30,117; York County, 30
per cent or $51,028; Pickens County,
four per cent, or $4,420, and Rich
land County, 1.7 per cent or $6,437.
League headquarter? will issue an
analysis cf county supply act econo
mies later during the summer, Mr.
Christensen .'aid.
“The principal work of the League
last fall and winter was on these
county economies,” he declared. “The
keen inteiest then aroused is making
tluse issues the principal ones in
practicaly all the county campaigns
thi- summer.
“Last fall and winter the coupty
un'ts of the League held meetings at
which they decided upon recommen
dations for economy, which they pre
sented in pers: n and by letter to the
several delegations. . _ - _
“The above total 1 omit Lancaster,
whose county supply act is so diffi
cult to interpret_that it is left for
further study. The figures are not
given as being accurate to the cent, as
it would take detailed research to de
termine the totals for some counties
They are accurate enough to give a
correct idea of the progress of* the
economy movement in the counties,
however.”
With what is generally conceded to
be one of the best clubs in the Geor-
gia-Carolina League, Barnwell seems
to be held tightly in the clutched of
cld man jinx, having lost seven out
of eight starts since taking the berth
formerly held by Louisville, Ga. The
locals are now occupying the cellar
with a percentage of .125.
When Barnwell took an exciting
-11-inning contest from Thomson on
Wedne-day of last week, 4 to 3, it
was thought that the members-'of the.
club had hit their stride. “Country”
Kneece, for the locals, carried.' dff
pitching and batting honors for the
afternoon, getting three safeties.
However, another game went
wrong way Friday afternoon, when
the Blythe aggregation came to Barn
well and took the big end of a 4 to 2
score. Inability to hit fh the pinches,
together with several bad breaks, lost
the game.
Monday afternoon, the Millen club,
leader in the second half, piled up
eight runs in the first five innings, a
.lead that BaVnwell was unable to
overcome, although the home hopes
had two big innings in which they
netted seven tallies. Each team war 1
credited with 15 hits, but six costly
errors proved Barnwell’s undoing.
Kneece, who went in rather late in the
contest,. was ’ the first man up in the
eighth frame and got a three-bagger,
but the next three batters vainly
fanned the ether. In the visitors”
half of the ninth, a walk, followed by
a series of bunts, filled the base 1 ;
I
another walk scored a run and a bad
throw from catcher to first b&'e gave
Millen their tenth and last tally.
Warrenville was scheduled to fur
nish the opposition on the local dia
mond yesterday (Wednesday) after
noon; Thompson will play here this
(Thursday) afternoon, and Barnwell
goes to Bamberg Friday.
The four Georgia club 1 occupied the
four first places and the four South
Carolina teams the lower positions as
a result of Monday’s games.
Barns Destroyed on
Clay Creech’s Place
Tornado Po« Damage Same After
noon That Storm Visited Black
ville.—Mule Killed.
About 4:30 o’clock on the same af
ternoon that a tornado visited Black-
vMfle—Friday, July 15th—a similar
storip struck the farm of H. Clay
Creech in the Big Fork section, blow
ing down two large bam? and a water-
tank, killing one mule and badly in
juring two others, rendeing them un
fit for further sevice. Mr. Creech ^ays
that the wind blew his automobile a /
distance of 200 feet, although the car
was in low-gear.
Several months ago, Mr. Creech had
the misfortune to lose his home and
two barns by fire, since which time
he and his family have been occuply-
ing temporary quarters in the gar
age on the place. Mr. Creech says
that when the storm broke that af
ternoon, he and his family sought
safety in a nearby field, fearing that
all the buildings on the place would
be demolished. Limbs as large as a
man’s body were tom from trees and
.darned a corv-ideraSle distance, he
says.
Coming so close on the heels of hijj
other misfortune, this loss falls douWy
heavy on the Big Fork man.
Tornado Saturday Afatmoon.
Saturday afternoon a small torna
do passed to the east and south of
Barnwell, uprooting a large tree near
the residence of A. D. Connor, on the
Olar road, demolishing a bam on a
farm at the edge <}f town and al?o
destroying the asparagus packing
shed on the J. E. Harley farm three
miles south of the city on the Bam-
well-AUendale highway. Parts of
the building were blown almost to
Saltkehatchie swamp and an iron as
paragus buncher was carried 200
yards by the force of the wind.
The storm wa? accompanied by
hail, which did some damage to crops
in that section.
BEAUFORT FIRMS TAKE
AN ENFORCED HOLIDAY
SEE POSSIBLE SHORTAGE
IN FEED AND FOOD CROPS
Extension and Experiment Station Workers in Conference
at Sandhill Station View With Seriousness the
Situation and Make Definite Recommen
dations to Planters.
o’clock, at Mizpah Church.
Mrs. Weekley is survived by the
. following children: Mrs. J. W. Blount,
of Mullins; Misses Lillian and Carrie
and Johnson Weekley, of Tampa, Fla.;
Greenwood County, telling the voters
he has decided to give them another
opportunity to vote for him, putting
them on -rfetice that they “may not
have another such chance in a life-
Mis. A. A. Duke, of Rome, Ga., and , time” and warning them to “seize it
Dr. A. F. Weekley, of Tampa, Fla.; now.” Representative W. L. Daniel
and by the foollwing step-children: is abo a candidate for reelection to
John F. and N. W. Weekley, of Fair- the house from Gr^nwood. There
fax, and W. T. Weekley, of Birming- are several other candidates for
ham; by one brother, Alfred H. John
son cf Charleston, and the following
sifters: Mrs. Rebecca F. Wright, of I and Sam H. Shepard. Senator Sam C.
the house seats. The two senate
candidates so far are I. C. Harrison
Fairfax; Mrs. Carrie Gruber, of Rich
mond; Mrs. J. F. Council, of Lake
land, Fla., and Mrs. James H. Ashurst,
of Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. Rol&t. A. Patterson
and Mrs. Angus Patterson were vis
itors in Augusta Saturday.
Hedges has stated heretofore that he
will net be a candidate for reelecticn.
Notice issued by State Chairman
Claude N. Sapp to the effect that Dr.
D. R. Sturkie has been disqualified as
a candidate for Congress in the Sec
ond District on aeccunt of failure to
comply with the rule In reference to
Columbia, July 23.—Due *to th?
continued dy weather and excessive
heat in many sections of the State
for the past several weeks the exten
sion and experiment station workers
of Clemscn College assembled at the
Sand Hill station for the last two
days to study the experimental work
in progress pointed out that there
might be a serious shortage of feed
and food crops for fall and winter
needs.
They said further that the normal
need for feed crops had grown mater
ially during recent years with the
development »f live stock industry
as a source of cash income. Should
the feed shortage develop further, it
may greatly curtail incomes from
these live stock enterprises. Every
effort should be made to avoid the
sacrificing of what has already baen
accomplished in making live stock a
source of cash income. It is especial
ly desirable that the best breeding
stock be not sacrificed but kept in
good condition as a basis for further
development of the industry later.
To these ends as well as to provide
necessary feed-tuffs for the ordinary
wcrkstock and cattle, hogs and chick
ens kept for home supply purposes, it
was suggested that farm plans be
made now in the light cf a probable
shortage in corn, hay and other
crops should the drought continue to
an even more serious stage. To save
corn for hogs other grains on hand
such as oats, rye, wheat, barley, soy
beans, cowpeas and velvet beans may
be «ubstituted in the feeding cf work
stock and cattle to a considerable ex
tent. Even with hogs a percentage of
the ration may be mode up of ether
A green grazing crop such
as soybean? in the fall or small grains
^ ' - . ' y • s.
in the spring will save at least one-
third cf the corn required to fatten
hogs. Many succe-sful farmers have
already found that barley and cats
seeded in the early fall bring a grain
and hay crop in the spr ing to supple
ment short corn and hay crops. Plans
should be made to seed an ample acre
age of all grains for green grazing,
hay and grain. Farmers who have
surplus crops of corn, oats or other
grains when possible should ceVelop
a system of marketing their feeds
through live stock channels.
Additional specific recommendation.'
made by the two groups cf workers
mentioned above included: (1) The
planting, where as soon as moisture
conditions permit, cf food and feed
crops that will mature before frost
such as cowpeas, Sudan grass, millet,
soybeans, sorghum, sweet potatoes,
turnips and ether root crops. There
seem to be on hand e-pecially a good
supply of cheap ccwpea seed. In
special cases quick maturing corn may
be planted on good land. Some farm
ers will be able to save-drought strick
en corn and sorghum crops by using
the cheap trench silo now being built
in such large numbers... (2) The
planting cf garden crops including
ccllard plants, ruta bagas, fall Irish
potatoes, snap beans, bunch limas, to
mato plant-:, to - be followed
later by additional plantings of beans,
mustard, turnips, spinach, beets ;
oinens etc. Conserve surplus vegeta-
bales by canning, drying on brining.
Geeral recommendations, can only
indicate the line of procedure, hence
farmers are urged to call on their
CLOSED BANK’S DEBTORS
ARE OFFERED DISCOUNT
Order Secured to* Aid in Liquidation of
Bank of Western Carolina.
Mayor Issues Proclamation in Effect
to Stabilize Business.
Aiken, July 23.—In order to secure
a 1 much cash as possible the receiver
of the Bank of Western Carolina has
secured a court order from Judge J.
Henry Johnson, of Allendale, to per
mit any debtor of the bank who pays
in cash to receive credit on his note
for an amount equal to one-third more
than the ^ash .payment. The_orden
makes acceptable a 25 per cent, re
duction, which is equivalent to 33 1-3
per cent, of what is paid in actual
cash, and, according to T. G. Tarver,
the receiver, is also equivalent to the
purchase of deposits at 37 per cent.
“Despite the fact,” say 1 Mr. Tar
ver, “that the rapidity of liquidation
has been phenomenal, the system of
liquidation has brought little cash in
to the bank,” and because of this
fact the order wa.- secured and will
be suspended as soon.as enough cash
is received to pay approximately $80,-
000 in prefeired accounts to several
counties and approximately $45,000
mqre in accounts recently made pre-
feried by the “Swansea deefeion” of the
State supreme court.
The erder was scured from Judge
Johnson at the instance of J. B. Sal
ley, of Aiken, Thos. M. Boulware, of
Barnwell and J. W. Cox, of Johnston,
attorneys.
Negro Woman Drowns.
Beaufort, July 22.—Practically all
of the business house* of the town are
closed today and will remain closed
until Thursday, July 28, as the result
of a proclamation declared last night
by Mayor W. R. Bristol and the town
council in calling for a business holi
day in an effort to stabilize business
in Beaufort.
The failure of the Macdonald Wil
kins and company, which operated *
number of stores throughout the
county and was one cf the oldest busi
ness concerns in the county, precipitat
ed the acute situation. In order to
avcjd more failures, a meeting of
representative persons was called
last night, at which means were dis
cussed for averting further disaster.
This meeting was followed by a ses
sion of the town concil and resulted
in the proclamation calling for the
ckviing cf all business houses with
the exception of food and drug stores,
transportations and public utility
agencies and other places whose ser
vices are necessary to the welfare of
the town.
Hearty response has been met with
among the business men and citizens
and all hand« are apparently working
together to dig the town out of its
predicament.
Hare to Study in Philippines.
Saiah Darlington, 24-year old ne-
gress, was drowned about five o’clock
Thursday afternoon while bathing in
Saltkehatchie River near the Atlantic
Coarft Line trestle, three mile 1 west
cf Barnwell. The woman, who could
not swim, stepped into deep water.
Several ether negro women were
present, but were powerless tp save
their companion as they likewise were
unable to swim. The body was re
covered by John Hammond, negro,
about seven o’clock the same day. No
inquest was deemed necessary. The
county agents for more specific in- Darlington woman was a tenant, on
formation, aid and suggestions for the farm of Supervisor J. W. Patter
carrying evd these reccmmendatinon$. eon. '
Saluda.—Representative Butler B.
Hare, chairman of the house insular
affair* committee, said he plantied to
sail in September for the Philippine
Islands to conduct a survey of condi
tions there looking to Philippine in
dependence.
Under a bill introduced last Jan
uary by Hare the Philippines would
be granted complete autonomy after a
ccnstituticn is adopted by the island
legislature and the measure ia ratified
by o vote of the people in a referan-
dum. The new governmen weald be
come operative eight years folk
such ratfiication, under terms of
house committee report. .
The island republic, Mr. Hare said,
would be known as the Philippine
commonwealth, and would form its
own laws and elect its officers.
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