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Consolidated Jute 1, 192ft. Jutet Like a Member of the Family:'* VOLUME LVI. BARNWELL. SOUTti CAROLINA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1932 NUMBER 2. Results Declared by Executive Committee Official Tabulation Here Thursday Gave Lever Slight Majority Over Fulmer. The only material change made by the County Executive Committee here Thursday in the lesults of the first primary election on Au£t»st 30th was to give A. F. Lever a majority of'ES votes in Barnwell County over his opponent, Congressman H. P. Ful mer-, who was reelected in the Second Diatrict by a majority of about 5,000 votes. The error was in the unofficial tabulation of the Rosemary Vote for Congress, Fulmer having been credit ed with 57 and Lever with 12 votes, whereas the official tabulation sh<m<d Fulmer 12 and Lever ^2* The*Friend- >hip precinct, which was missing from the unofficial tabulation, wa>. Fuimer 35 and Lever 46. Therefore, the final result in this county gave Fulmer 1,228 and Ltver 1.251 votes, j Other results were as follows: U. S. Senate:—Bicase, *772; Harris, 295; Smith. 906; William.*, 442. Solicitor:—B. D. Carter, 2,478. Clerk of Court:—R. L. Bronson, 2,-1 ° S I rTfFn?7 Thousand Gallon a Day Still Seized in Barnwell Much New Building Is Now in Progress Here Lancaster Block of Several Stores om Main Street Will Be Handsomest in the City. During the Past Week Maater m Equity:-—G. M. drei 2,498. j State Senator:—Edgar A. Brown, Seen and Heard Here ’2464. Hcusr of Representatives:—Solo mon Blatt, ‘2,443; Winchester C. ] Smith, Jr., 2.44:1. j A No material changes were made in ‘ the relative standing of any of the candidates for. Magistrate, second iaec» being oidered at Blackviile and in Great Cypress township between Pictured above Is a still believed to b* the largest ever captured In Houth Carolina. The »lse of the holler makes'the raiding agents look almost like pygmies standing beside it. Behind the still are tho fifty HO-gnllon fermenters, la tlte upper right hand corner are pilea of sugar, r’-al and Jura protected by a rough^ shelter. ♦ * „ . . , ' (Courtesy of The News and Courier.) Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Othera .... „ For site, a still raptured in Bant- Yoh Don’t Know. i well County holds the record for ■■ South Carolina. . - The* partial eclipse of the sun,. When federal officets closed in on Magistrate W. S. Grubbs and Dr. 0. which "“"y thought wa* a very dt«. « mocn-hine plant one mil> frjm D. Hammond at Blackviile and be- apptinting show after having been I Snellin* at 3 o’clock in the morning. STILL EMPLOYING EIGHT MEN OR MORE SEIZED IN COUNTY tween W. H. Harden and Mag.strate so highly press-agented. The J. W. Sander* in Great Cypres*. San- end of the baseball season and the •let* lacking only-eight votes of h*v-j local player* departing for their •ng a majority over thier opponent*., home-. . . The Rev. S. W. Henry, The following candidates for Mag-: a former pastor of the* ‘ Barnwell istrate were declared the nominees of the party: * Barnwell:—G. M. Hogg. Bennett Springs snd Four Mile hunters enjoying good, bad and indif- Methodist Church, and Mr*. Henry, who are now making their home in Bmnchvilie. . . Do\> snd squirrel Township*:—G. R. Peeples. Dunbarton:—C. S. Anderson. Hilda:—W. K. Black. Red Oak:—J. M. Hill. ‘ Williaton:—M. C. Kitching*. The official tabulation of the fmt battle of the ballets will be found j ferent luck. . . A young man at- ! tired in a bathing suit In the post of- I lice. 'Buzxard* going to roost down in {Turkey Creak ^wamp during the eclipte and coming out again when it was all over. Patt Morris sub- clsewhere in thi« isu, of The People- j to Th| . p t0 p| e .Sentinel be- Sentinel. _ _ _ | fore leaving for Gallivant’* Ferry, wh<;re he will teach school thi WILL SAIL FOR ORIENT. se- - sion. . . A cat trying to catch a goldfish in a local lily pool. . . . Hare snd to Study 1 hilippine ^ an y farmer* repaying in full loans Conditions. ' made to them by the government last —■ ■ - spring, thank* to the advance in the Hampton, Sept. 1.—W. P. Bowers, I price of cottcn. Lloyd Plexico secretary 'to Congressman Butler B. loading up his boats and other para- the> r temporarily, at least, added 8 or 10 men to the liat of unemployed in the Palmetto State. No fewer number than thia could have operated an outfit of such dimension)*, the raiding officer* declare. One truck closed in on the still. Visibility was established by means of moonlight and flash-lights. The operators and distillers had fled but cooking uten sils, fresh meat, vegetables and other food in laige quantities, .‘howed their recent presence. After destruction of 200 gallons of whiskey and 25,000 gallons of poten tial whiskey, in the form of meal, the still and equipment was completely demolished. Fire was applied to the Fuller Low Bidder on Three Project* Barnwell Contractor Will Be Award rd Three Contracts for Bituadn- . oua Sofaring. and thiee automobiles were necea-ary j P* 1 ^ unyielding to the axe. and only to supply the plant with raw materials partially burned pine-trees snd Hare, of Washington and Saluda, is spending a few days with his patents, Mr. and Mr*. T. A. Bowers, before leaving with Mr. Hare for San Fran cisco, Calif, from which port they will sail September 9th for the Orient. Congresman Hare will study the conditions in the Philippines relative to the matter of their ultimate inde pendence. Mr. Bowers and Mr. Hare will visit Honolulu, Yokahoma, Japan; Kobe, Japan; Hong Kong. China; Shanghai, China, and be in the Philip pines for about two week*. BARNWELL CREAM STATION IS FIFTY-TWO WEEKS OLD phernaluf preparatory to leavin K for the l*oat races fat Lake Murray. . . M. L. Hutto, of Martin, again joining The People-Sentinel’s family cf satis fied readers after an absence from the fold for .-'everal years. . . A “small town” Ford tealer trying to sell mules by assuring prospective purchasers that they were “fully equipped with free wheeling and Boating power.” Capt. J. B. Morris, candidate for Sheriff, driving a new Ford and his opponent, _J. Buist Grubbs, local Chevrolet dealer, making the cam paign in a “Chewy.” The outcome of relative merits of the two cars. —.-'A and take the daily output of cne thousand gallon# of corn liquor away. The still was only 250 yards from a highway and easily visible from passing Atlantic Coa»t Line train* the officers report. The dry agents found it, however, by following the trail of an automobile ami truck they suspected of bootlegging connections. The plant, the officer* believe, was easily worth $5,278, a value that they ccmput.'d after checking over the equipmerit. Material and fixtures seized in cluded : (1) 30 horse power steam boiler, complete. « (1) 240 gallon still. (1) 240 gallon doubler. (1) 400 gallon super heater. (1) 600 gallon flake stand. (1) 600 gallon vat. (2) Copper condensers. (50 ) 600 gallon fermenters. 200 gallons of whiskey. 25,000 gallons of mash. Three a. m. was the “zero hour” ageed upon for the raid, and at that time the officers for different points Home twisted metal remained as evi dence of thia—the largeat and most imdern plant, manufacturing “John Barlej/corn” in South Carolina.—The News and Courier. Barnwell Merchant Reports Heavy Loss * • * 33.0011 Cigarette*. Valued at $225. Stolen Saturday Night from L. Cohen, W holesaler. group of-*.“public servants” somewhat undecided to the existence of a so- called “court house ring” and ex pressing the opinion that more is the race, however, w’ill not decide tbe4 known about it outside rather than in side the town of Barnwell. A rather Jieavy |os* was suffered by L. Cohen, local wholesale dealer in cigars, cigarettes, etc., when an un known thief or thieves entered his store Saturday night and stole 33,- 000 cigarettes, valued at approxi mately $225. Nothing else of value was taken, Mr. Cohen says, but in their haste to get away the robbers spilled a carton of cigarettes on the floor ond didn’t stop to pick them up. Entrance to the building was effect ed through a rear door. An auger was used to bore a series of holes in the door panel, a section of which was removed. Through the aperture thus made, it was an easy matter to remove the iron bar from across the door and gain entrance. Local officers are working on the case, but so far no arrests have been made. C. G. Fuller, local road contractor, was low bidder on three pojects at the highway letting in Columbia last week. The road work for which Mr. Fuller submitted hid# is for bitimin ous surfacing of the type used on Barnwell County’s main highways and the project# are as follows: Ker*haw-Lee Counties, 20.3 miles of route 34 from intersection with United States Highway 1 near Cam den to Bishopville, $152,982.14. Bamberg • Orangeburg Counties 14.539 miles of Route S3 from near Orangeburg to Bamberg, $119,323.19 Jasper County, 11.932 miles o Route 33 from Hampton County line to Tillman. $81,518.22. Before leaving in his plsne last week for a vu-it to Cleveland, Detroit and other cities, Mr. Fuller said that he expected to start work on these roads in a couple of weeks. In addition to his contracting bust nes*, Mr. Fuller is president of The Bank of Barnwell and The Bank o' Blackviile and is Mayor-elect of this city. There is probably more building, remodeling and repair work being done in Barnwell just at thia time than in any other town in lower South Carolina, which is taken to mean that, in spite of the depression and a number of lean years, people still vave faith in this immediate section and are willing to stake their money on a come-back. J. Miller Hair, contractor, has re cently completed the remodeling of the old Caldwell home on Main Street for J. Buiat Grubbs, local Chevrolet dealer and now a candidate lor Sher iff. It is one of the moat attractive homes in the city and is now occupied by Mr. Grubba and his family. Another excellent job of work com pleted by Mr. Hair some tiase ago was the rebuilding of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Beat, on Burr Street, which was partially destroyed by Are last fall. The most ambitious project way just at this time is tho tion of the Lancaster Mock of on Main Street to replace the MW- ing# destroyed by (Ire 1st October. Red,\ytUow and gray rough texture brick are being used very effectively in what promises to be the hand somest Mock of stores in the city. Modern plate glass fronts will be in stalled in ail of the • lores and when completed the new bail ding will he a decided addition to the busineaa sec tion of Barn wall Dr. D. B. Lanes.* ter, of Baltiatere, Md., owner of the above Mock, la aba having a very attructhrs Ailing sta tion constructed on his lot ut the cr- ner of Main andMarlboro Streets, which, it is understood, has been leased to the Texaco people and will be under the management of John B. Harley. Dr. and Mr*. M. C. Best are having material hauled to their Main Street lot preparatory to the erection of a beautiful colonial-type home. It la undestood that the new dwelling will be of brick-veneer const ruction on n concrete foundation ■ and will add greatly to the attractiveness of tho residential section of Main Street. All of which is furnishing employ ment for a number of people here and is also adding materially to the pro perty valuation of the city. Halford Withdraws From Coroner’s Race A Hard Lack Story. Fifty-two weeks have passed sinde farmers began selling cream at / *■ • Barnwell. Every week .sim e Sep tember 14th of* last year farmer's around Barnwell have brought cream where it is sold to Mr. Hazel, manager and owner of the Summerland Creamery. Making Barnwell one of many stops on a toute into several counties each week, the traveling Cream Station comes in to deliver butter and btjy cream and eggi. Eleven hundred and ten dollars have been paid the farmers for five thousand, one hundred and eleven pounds of butter fat. When made in to butter this would represent about six thousand, four hundred pounds of butter. £ ~, , It is hoped that farmers, merchants and consumers of butter will continue One Bamberg County citizen really had hard luck. He was holding 300 bales of cotton, but it was pledged to a broke bank, and a month ago .(he receiver clamped down on him and 200 bales of it was sold. This sale represented * clear loss of $20 a bale, or $4,000, which would have been sufficient to pay all hiy debts. For tunately, he jtill has a hundred bales or so, on which he can profit.—The Bamberg Herald. Mrs. V. P. Bonner, of Barnwell, is visiting Mrs. J. W. Browning and Mrs. Somers Pringle in Blackviile this week. OFFICIAL TABULATION, FIRST PRIMARY PRECINCTS U. S. Senate Congress Solicitor Clerk Court Master State Senate House of Rep. ■u 0> u ft- o e o « r * « c s > c o • £ 3 u. o 1 ” es u * ~ CO u O Says He Coaid Net Serve If Because He Already Beta An other Public Office. . continue Ho develop.—By Harry Boylston, Co." Agent. Mrs. Hodges and children, Mrs. O. L. Turner, Miss Irene Turner and Sam Turner, of Greenwood, wefe the of Mr. and Mr*. W. B. Psrker Bsrtiwell —-- Bennett Springs ._—. - _ _ Blackviile Double Ponds *- Dunbarton Elko —-— FoUr Mile -— Friendship Great Cypress Hercules Hilda - Red Oak — Reedy Branch Rosemary Siloam Williaton 569 t ‘ 43 J- 464 ^ I Joe M. Halford, .who last qualified as a candidate for the office of Coroner of Barnwell County, has formally withdrawn from the race, giving as his reason therefor -the fact that he is at present chairman of the County Board of Registration and, if elected, could not hold both offices. Mr. Halford yesterday (Had his formal notice of withdrawal with Col. Edgar* A. Brown, county chairman, and in a statement to a representative of Tho People-Sentinel requested his friends to vote for one of the other four can didates. Mr. Halford’s letter of withdrawal to Colonel Brown is aa follows: “Since qualifying as a candidate for the office of Coroner, Barnwell County, I have found out that. If elected, I cannot bold same and my present office as chairman of the Board of Registration. Thia being the case, I hereby withdraw from said race for Coroner and respectfully re quest that your committee refund my assessment fee.” • Mr. Halford did not withdraw from the race until after the county ballots had been printed; therefore, his nama appears thereon. Death of Little Child. * Charles Pro thro Duboee, the eight months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Letffct Dubose, of Will is ton, died in an As-