The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 25, 1932, Image 2
THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
My entire income being derived from the farm, I
haven’t the money to run expensive advertisements
telling of my public record.
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Nor do I believe it necessary. The people of the
Second District are intelligent and informed. The
voters know what I have done, in Congress and out,
for the fanner and every other class of citizens.
And, experiencing the burdens and hardships of
the farm, I have the viewpoint of the average man
and can make articulate in Congress his hopes and
aspirations, ■ and translate his needs into remedies
therefor. • j
A, F. LEVER
Candidate for Congress
Cotton Rust Playing
Havoc in Many Fields
nousands of Acres of Cotton Denud
ed Foliage Because of Plant
Food Deficiency.
In traveling over* South Carolina
fer the past few weeks ! have become
impressed with the great pi'evalance
of cotton rust which is so apparent
to everyone this season. I have
known for some time that many cot
ton farmers have not been able to
fertilize their crops heavily, as they
have done in the past seasons, on
account of low prices of cotton and
general conditions, and l have won
dered just how well they would “get
away” with it. Many farmers have
used nitrogen in the form of sulphate
of ammonia on their crops, as the
only source of plant Ibod this season,
hoving left out phosphorous and pot
ash entirely from their fertilizing pro
gram. Some growers have “gotten
away” with it so far, but the majority
of them are beginning to notice
signs of cotton rust* magnesia defi
ciency and other troubles.
As a result of this fertilizer econo
my i (forced ih a great many cases,
it i? true, from lack of the necessary
funds) the average stalk of cotton in
ot.r State is shorter than those whr?h
come from normal a pp beat ions of
phosphorous to the cotton plan The
root system not findinfr enough potash
tc- supply the demands of the cotton
plant has been unable tc keep up a
healthy condition in ’he growing
rpiant and cotton rust has developed
very rapidly,
Cotton rust (frenching ar. potash
tiefidency) as most cotton faime'-s
realize, can be controlled by the use
of ample quantities of potash either
in mixed fertilizers or as top firess-
-If is .characterized,” statej^
acre of cotton in fields within a few
miles of the Inabinett farm do show
this deficinency and the addition of
100 pounds of muriate of potsah to
the fertilizer on every acre of cotton
in 1933 will make a big difference in
the appeaance and yield of practical
ly every acre which is affected by cot
ton rust this season.
Cotton rust i s a serious propos ; tion
with farmers of many counti°s of
South Carolina. Yields are being cut
by it. The bolls are smaller, they are
harder to pick We cannot make max
imum yield.' of the fleecy stanlo if
we dpn’t pay strict attention to the
nutritional needs of our biggest erep..
Clemson College is doing a great
work in showing us these plant food
deficiencies, and these deficiencies are
showing up very much this sea
son. A trip to the Sand Hill Station
at Pontiac, about 12 miles from Col
umbia, will convince any skeptic that
unbalanced fertilizers arc not “the
thing” for a cotton crop, cj’)°cir.lly
when in unbalancing them you leave
cut the potash.
G. Chalmers McDermid.
HOPOCATRUC
By G. Chalmers McDermid.
I have had the pleasure and privi
lege of attending several County
Farm tours, conducted by the demon
stration agents of Allendale, Bam
berg, Colleton, Aiken and Orange
burg Counties in the past ten days.
These tours are always interesting
to the man who i' looking for the
“out of the ordinary.” Things which
impressed me are entirely too many
to mention in this short column, but
I mention below, a few of the really
out-standing features of the trips:
In Allendale County, a flock of
neatly 300 turkeys, hatched in incu
bators, brooded in a home-made brick
•brooder, - and ranged on a large
in article in the MoCbfrmck * n ^ nn tha fan* of,|lriP.
1fe~ quoting -Dr. H. P. Cooper, Agro- Zeigler.
nomist of the S. C. Experiment Sta-J In Orangeburg County, a tfird of
tian, “by the lower leaves turning , 20 fine looking brood sows, “ca^tain-
yellow, then brown, finally dropping
off. All leaves of co’tnn shed prema-
tcrtly, the bolls are undersized, and
the cotton is hard to pick.”
^ In a field of appr "cimately h acres
of cotton, on the farm of Harry In
abinett, fertilizer deaUi ^f Woolford,
the use of ample potash is veryl
•dearly indicated. Some lays agr iri'
company with severJl*fertilizer deal
er? and mixers and fanny's, I /isitel
the field. Our party w viced into the
eaij of the field which was fe. r ld e.|
with 900 pounds oZ 12 1 4 fertilizer
»nd side-dressed with ni •• .of soda.
I walked ahead of them into a part
'of ’be field which hal tv -ame fer
tilizer under the cr.m, but v»'uh had
been side-dressed w’th 300 pounds cf
0-8-13 per acre. Wdnvrt ineiit ; ri ng
the fact that there had beep a change
In the fertil : zation, I listened tc the
comments of the par 4 y as they reach ■
«d that part of the fie.d. A‘l of them
noted a tremendous increase in the
n rmber of bol s set, the larger >.xe cf
A».r bolls, and tf»e general th^ftines>
* the plan'— Mr t.a'.ter* then
explained die diflfeience a?d Hey
WMrrt away convinn*'! that even tfco
the field had 900 pounds of 12-4-4 per
sere and a nitrogen aide dresser, that
the additiM of a combination cf nitrr-
and p > c . i had ad le i in the
neighbor n:n-1 of 250 to 300 .pounds of
need cot’r.i per acre at a very little
increase i i ftw«.
I mention Mr. Inabinett’a farm, not
tmeanse cotton rust is prevalent,
there is hardly « stalk in the whole
which ahows evidence of .any-
bat very careful farming, but
Thousands ef
^ . retain
ed” by a jTurebred Berk'hire ^boar
from the Clemson College flfrd.
Equipment wa s all home-made and
inexpensive. About 165 g owing
shoats hogging down a big field of
corn and soy beans-and making cheap
pork for fall markets. All these cn
Thomas Traywick’s farm.
In Aiken County, the finest perma
nent pasture in the South. Seventy-
five or moire Hereford cattle grazing
it and making plenty of high class
beef. Another permanent pasture
where a hundred or fnore good look
ing sheep were making spring lambs
and mutton for the winto- tourist
trade at Aiken. These on the well
run farm of H. C. Hahn.
In Orangeburg County again. Har
ry Inabinett’s 5 acre ccU'M field near
Woodford, fertilized w in plenty of
fertilizer and top dressed with 0-8-18,
standing out ilk* a “iight-house”
omi.i field s for mdes nro n i wh h
literally c.V.en up vrih cotton
rust, many of them through lack of
the proper fertilization had no
leaves on them at all, so badly were
they Tusted.
Henry F. Bamberg’* cotton in
Bamberg County showed this le-son
also, where the cotton was getting
plenty .of potash in the fertilization
cotton rust was well under control.
The forestry demonstration down in
the Holly Hill section where Voca-
tional Agriculture students had taken
over a piece of woods and were really
caring for it.
In Colleton County, the young lady
(and I’ve forgotten her name, but
the County Agent can tell you who I
mean) aim had such a fine flock of
purebred Rhode Island Red fowls.
And the healthiest signs of all—
everywhere I went, folks were work
ing summer gardens, getting ready
for fall vegetables, raising plenty of
chickens and hogs for fall and winter
meat, growing plenty of sweet pota
toes and sugar cane. Just getting
ready to live at home and “sit on top
of the world” while we city folks
look on with envious eyes.
Mrs. W. E. Gor/alvs.
Mrs. William Elliott Gonzales, wife
of the editor of The State, of Colum-
bia, died suddenly Saturday night at
Flat Rock, N. C. Funeral services
were conducted in Columbia Monday
afternoon by the Rev. H’snry D.
Phillip*, D. D., rector of Trinity Epis
copal Church.
CLAIMS FIRST TO
SENDl mail by air
Distincticn Belongs to Lafay
ette, Ind.
Lafayette, Ind.—To Lafayette be
longs the distinction of having dis
patched'the first mall by air, first in
all the world.
^he epochal events occurred 73
years ago—the exact date being Au
gust 17, 1859.
This interesting fact was disclosed
here recently by Erick Hildesheim of
8217 Blackstone avenue, Chicago, who
came to this country from Denmark
recently to write a history of air mail,
and who obtained the story of the first
air mail from the archives In the con
gressional library in Washington.
John Wise, best-known American
balloonist of his day, was the original
air mall carrier. Thomas Wood was
postmaster in Lafayette in 1859 when
Wise came here for a balloon exhibi
tion. ;
Wise conceived the idea of carrying
mail by balloon and endeavored to in
terest capital in an improved mail
service founded on the idea of bal
looning tire mail from the west coast
to the Atlantic seaboard and from
there across the Atlantic ocean by tbe
same means.
The Lafayette air mail plan was de
vised as an experience in connection
with an ascension which Wise had
contracted to make here on August 10,
1859. The ascent was a failure on
that day and was attempted on the
following day with greater success.
An immense crowd gathered as Wise
sailed into tire air with a bag of mail.
Due to la<k of wind he was forced
to descend near Orawfordsville, 30
miles south of here, but first devised
a parachute out of a piece of muslin
nine feet square. To this he attached
the mail hag and dropped it over-
hoard. He landed in his balloon not
far from where tire mail hag landed.
The mail was then placed aboard a
train for tire East.
Tire following dispatch tells the re-
muinder of what is known of tire
event:
“Lancaster, Pa., Friday, Aug. 20.
1859.—The special letter hag expressed
by the postmaster of Lafayette, with
proof of Wise’s dep irture, was dropped
from the clouds over Cruwfordsville,
Ind., and passed through here today
en route to New York in good con
dition.”
said election. \
At the meefing on August 24th,
1982, it jva» ordered that the races
for the offices of Sheriff and Coroner
of Barnwell County be reopened im
mediately because of the vacancies
caused by the death of Sheriff B. H.
Dyches and Coroner 1 D. P. Lancas
ter,- and it was requested that the
county legislative delegation fix the
Coroner’s salary for the ensuing term
at not exceeding Ono Hundred arid
Fifty (8150.00) Dollar's per/year.
It was further ordered that the
time for filing pledges and paying as
sessments for said offices shal> close
at 12:00 o’clock noon, Wednesday,
August 31st, 1932, and that^candidate 8
announce in the two succeeding issues
of one of the county newspapers. The
assessments as fixed by the said Ex
ecutive Committee at a previous meet
ing are as follows: For Sheriff, $200;
for 1 Coroner, $10. •
EDGAR A. BROWN,
County Cha’imaRr—
Barnwell, S. C., August 24, 1932.
NOTICE FOR BIDS FOR
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS
Used Cars
For Sale!
n •• 4 . „ *
We have 25 used Ford Cars,
one Plymouth and four Chevro-
lets, five used Ford Trucks and
two Chevroltes, which we are
offering at very low prices, with
terms to responsible people. Call
and look them over.
Rizer Auto Co.
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OLAR, S. C.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
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Pursuant to a resolution unani
mously adopted at a meeting of the
Barnwell County Democratic Execu
tive Committee on Wednesday, Au
gust 24th, 1932, a primaty election
for the offices of Sheriff and Coroner
of Barnwell County is hereby ordered
to be held at the various precincts
in said county on Tuesday, September
13th,jl932, along with the regular
second 'primary election to be held
on that date, and it is further ordered
that the names of all duly qualified
candidates for the said offices of
Sheriff and Coroner be printed on the
ballots provided for said election.
Also, that a second primary for said
two offices, if one be necessary, will
be held two weeks thereafter.
The same managers of election ap
pointed for the first primary and the
same polling places are named for
In compliance with Section 3 cf Act
No. 806 passed by the 1930 session of
the South Carolina General Assembly,
notice is hereby given that bids will be
received 1?n August 26, 1932, by the
Barnwell County Board of Educa
tion for the transportation of high
school pupils in the following dis
tricts:
Healing Springs School District
No. 10 to Blackville High School.
Double Ponds School District, No.
20, to Blackville High School.
Ashleigh School District, No. 24,
to Blackville High School.
All bids for transportation of pupils
shall be in a sealed, envelope and
addressed to the County Superintend
ent of Education, and marked on the
outside, “Bid for transportation of
pupil* on Route No. ”
(Use district number,—school district
from which pupils are transported.)
These bids will be opened at 3 o’clock
p. rn. on August 26th. “and awards
made by the County Board of Educa
tion, who shall have the right to re
ject any and all bid*, and to readver-
tise for new or additional bids.”
Special attention is called to this
part of the new Act,—“All contracts
for transportation shall be awarded to
the lowest RESPONSIBLE? bidder.”
Bids may be made for all or part of
the pupils in a district and should be
made on a per pupil basis, and also a
bid for the total to be transported.
The number of pupils to be transport
ed can be ascertained by applying to
the school district trustees in the dis
trict whetfe pupils are to be trans
ported live.
Bids for the .transportation of cer
tain pupils in Old Columbia School
District.^ No. 43, to Seven Pines
School Di-trict, No. 2 will be receiv
ed at the same time, and shall com
ply with tha regulations stated above.
B. S. MOORE, JR., Secy.,
County Board of Education.
Barnwell, S. C., Aug. 5, 1932.
.CITATION NOTICE.
The State of South Carolina,
County of Barnwell.
By John K. JSnelling, Esq., Probate
Judge. ——
WHEREAS, Bessie Hayes, hath
made £Uit to me to grant unto
her Letters of Administration of the
Estate cf and effects of M. L. McEl-
haney.
•THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to
cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred and creditors cf the said M. L.
McElhaney, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Barnwell, S.
C., C., on Saturday, Aug. 20, next after
publication thereof, at 11 o’clock in
the forenoon, to show cause, if any
they have, why the said Administra
tion should not be granted.
Given under my hand this 6th day
of July, A. D. 1932.
JOHN K. SNELLING,
Judge of Probate.
Published on the 7th day of July,
1932, in The Barnwell'People-Sentinel.
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION.
Executive CcimmHtee, Deemocratic
Party, Barnwell County.
Barnwell, S. C., Aug. 2, 1932.
NOTICE is hereby given that a
primary election of the Democratic
Party will be held on Tuesday, Aug.
30th, 1932, and a second primaty, if
one be necessary, will be held two
weeks thereafter.
The following managers are here
by appointed and the following polling
places named for both elections:
BARNWELL.—Herman I. Mazurs-
ky, Anus Patterson and G. W. Hal
ford; clerk, Ira Fales; polling place,
Court House.
BENNETT SPRINGS. — W. F.
Bates, W. D. Meyer and D. W. Glover;
clerk, G. R. Peeples; polling place,
San Hill sckol house.
BLACKVILLE —C. R. Boylston, C.
C. Storne and P. E. Allen; clerk, Lon
nie C. CreeVh; polling place, vacant
store.
DOUBLE PONDS.—A. H. Croft,
S. P. Hartzog and J. L. Diamond;
clerk, L. W. Hutto; polling place,
Double Pends school house.
DUNBARTON.—F. L. Eaves, C.
H. Dicks and Bob Owens; clerk, J.
M. Killingsworth; polling place,
vacant store.
ELKO.—C. J. Bates, R. R. John
ston and L. L. Birt; clerk, L. P. Wil
liams; polling place, school hoase.
FOUR MILE.—C. M. Turner, B. L.
Peeples and A. R. Dunbar; clerk,
C. D. Youngblood; polling place,
Muns Filling Station.
FRIENDSHIP.—G. W. Fail, Aaron
Fail and Frank Sanders; clerk, H.
E .Creech; polling place, Friendship
Church.
GREAT CYPRESS.—W. H. Moody,
Jr., J. L. Bradley and B. M. Jenkins,
Jr.; clerk, W. B. Bradley; polling
place, Kline school house.
HEALING SPRINGS.—B. F. Gard
ner, Edward Wade and H. Jeff Hair;
clerk, D. W. Heckle; polling place
Healing Springs school htfse.
HERCULES.—L. S. Still, W. Hayne
Dyches and Farrell A. Creech; clerk,
J. A. Morris; polling place, Demo
cratic drib house. ^
HILDA.—S. F. Hutto, J. M. Rowell
and M. L. Collins; clerk, A. N. Black;
plolPng place, )fV!tlantic Coast Line
depot.
REp OAK.—H. M. Cook, O. D.
Moore amP-W. B. Parker; clerk, S. E.
Moore; polling place, Moore’s store.
REEDY BRANCH. —J. C. R.
Grubbs, John G. Grubbs and Reynold*
Still; clerk, J. B. Still; polling place,
Reedy Branch school house.
ROSEMARY.—M. S. Hair, Hoyt
Rutland and R. S. Weather.-bee; click,
W. R. Bell; polling place, Pleasant
Hill school house.
SILOAM.—W. P. Morris, S. Towne
and Belton Holly; clerk, J. W. Bate.*;
polling place. Siloan Church.'
WILLISTON.—J. W. Johnson, F.
T. Merritt and R. L. Hair; clerk, W.
G. Thompson; polling place, Ford
show room.
Special attention is called to the
following rules:
30. The managers shall open the
polls at eight o’clock a^>m., and close
them at four o’clock p. m.; Provided,
That in the cities of Charleston and
Columbia the polls shall be open at
eight o’clock a. m., and close at six o’
clock p. m. The managers shall then
proceed publicly to count the votes.
After tabulating the result the mana
ger* shall certify same and forward
the ballot box, containing the ballots,
poll list and all other papers, except
the club roll, relating to such election,
bv one cf their number to the chair-
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man of the county committee within
36 hours after the close of the poll-.
35. The county committees shall
assemble at their respective court
houses on the morning cf the second
day after the election on or before 12
o’clock noon to tabulate the returns
and declare the result cf the primary,
so far as the same relates to member*
of the general assembly and county
officers, and shall forward immediate
ly to the chairman cf the State com
mittee at Columbia, S. C., the result
of the^ election in their re-pective
counties for'United States senator,
State officers, congressmen and solic
itors. The State committee shall pro
ceed to canva-s the vote and declare
the result.
36. The protests and contests for
^county officers and members of the
general assembly shall he filed within
two days after the day of the declara
tion by the county committee of the
result of the election with chairman
of the county committee and said
county committee shall hear and de
termine the same at its fir.-t meeting
thereafter.
Rule 45... . . .
Section 1. In every primary elec
tion in this State there shall be pro
vided at each polling precinct one
booth for every 100 enrolled voters,
or majority fraction thereof. The
booth shall be made of wood, cheap
metal, or any other suitable substance,
shall not be less than 32 inches wide
and 32 inches deep, and six feet, six
iches high, shall be provided with a
curtain hanging from the top in
front to within three feet of the floor,
and shall have a suitable shelf on
which the voter can prepare his ticket.
Provided, The providens of this Act
shall not apply to any precinct where
there are less than fifty (50) voters
enrolled on the club roll at such pre
cinct.
Section 2. The polling places shall
be provided with a table for the man
agers. The polk* shall be provided
with a guard rail, so that no one ex
cept as hereinafter provided shall ap
proach nearer than five feet of the
booths in which the voters are prepar
ing their ballots.
Section 3. The tickets shall be
printed cn dear white paper in the
THURSDAY, AtJGUST 25TH, 1932
usual manner, but shall have a cou-
ft
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pon at the top perforated so as to be
easily detached. On the coupon shall
be printed “Official Ballott.” “Club
Ward' No.
The numbers shall run seriatim
each club. ° There shall be 50 per cen
mere ballots than there are voters en
rolled at each voting place.
Section 4. The managers shall be
responsible for. all ballots furnished.
When a voter presents himself he
shall be given a ballot. The manager
in charge of the poll list shall enter
the number of the ballot next the
name of the voter. The voter shall
forthwith retire alone to one of the
booths, and without undue delay pre
pare his ballot by scratching out the
name of the candidate for whom he
doe^ NOT care to vote. No voter
shall remain in the booth longer than
five minutes. After preparing his bal
lot, the voter shall present himself to
the manager. His ballot must be
folded in such a way that the number
can be seen and the coupon can be
readily detached by the maager with
out in any way revealing the printed
portion of the ballot. If jthe voter is
not challenged, and takes the prej
scribed '.bath, the manager shall tear
off the coupon, put it on file, stamp
the ballot, and the voter shal deposit
his ticket in the box, and shall im
mediately leave the polling place. I?
a voter i«hall mar or deface his bal
lot, he may obtain one additional bal
lot upon returning to the manager in
charge of the ballots the ballot so
marred or defaced, with the coupon
attached. The manager in charge of
the poll list shall change the numbeJ|
of the ballot on the poll list, an^l
place the defaced ballot on file. No
voter shall be given a second ballot
until he has returned the first one
with coupon attached, v
Section 5. No per.*on shall be al
lowed within the guard rail except as
hereinafter provided. If a voter can
not read or write, or is physically dis
abled, and by reason, thereof did not
sign the enrolment book, he may ap
peal to the managers for assistant,
and the chairman of the managers
shall appoint one of the managers
and a by-stander to be designated by
the voter, to assist him in preparing
his ballot: Provided, After the voter’s
ballot has been prepared, the by
stander so appointed shall immediate
ly go behind the guard rail. Pro
vided further, That in cities contain
ing 55,000 inhabitants or more, the
chairman of the manager* shall ap
point two of the watchers represent
ing the different factions to assist him
in preparing the ballot; after the vo
ter’s ballot has been prepared, the
watchers so appointed shall immed
iately go behind the guard railing.
Provided further, That if there he no
such watchers available, the chairman
may appoint two bystanders who are
qualified to vote in such primary to
assi.'t the voter in the preparation of
his ballot.
Section 6. From the time of the
opening of the polls until the an
nouncement of the result and the sign
ing of the official returns no person
shall be admitted to the polling place
except the managers, duly authorized
watchers and challengers, the chair
man of the executive committee or,
member of the executive committe
appointed in hi^,stead to supervise the
polling place, persons duly admitted
for ihe purpose of voting, police of
ficers admitted by the managers to
preserve order cr enforce law; Pro--,
vided, however, That candidates for
public office voted for at such polling
place may be present at the canvass
of the votes. Provided, canvass of the
votes shall be open to the public.
Section 7. .If the watchers or of
ficers of the law who are admitted to
the polling place by the managers
shall interfere with the managers or
obstruct the voting, it shall be the
duty of the managers to suspend the
election until order is restored, or as
may bp provided by the rules of the
party. No person shall be allowed to
appr< ach polling places within 25 feet
while polls are open, ether than the
persons herein provided for.
Section 8. Upon the close of the
election, managers shall account to the
executive committee for all ballots de
livered to them, and make the follow
ing return: (a) The number of of
ficial ballots furnished to each polling
precinct. (b) The number of offi
cial ballots spoiled and returned by
voters. (c) The number of official
ballots actually voted.
Copy of rqles will be mailed to man
agers of each club wif^i tickets.
Each executive committeeman is
hereby notified that he wi’.l he re
quired to furnish the managers o
election with two suitable boxes, one
for tickets for candidates for State of
fices and one for candidates for Con
gressional and County offices. (Or?,
dinary cigar boxes will do.)
EDGAR A. BROWN,
i County Chairman.
B. P: DAVIES,
Secretary. J