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\ igr THE OFnCIAL NEWSPAPER OP BARNWELL COUNTY. v Jum L 192ft. Barnwell VOLUME LVL BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1932 ■ .V . ' V • ' Smith Defeats Blease by Majority of M Ju«t Like a Member of the Family” MORRIS ELECTED SHERIFF; ^ SECOND RACE FOR CORONER STILL AND USSERY IN RUN-OFF SEPTEMBER 27. O. D. Hammond Elected Magistrate at Blackville and Sanders De feats Harden. Capt. J. B. Morris, who was recent ly appointed to fill out the unexpired term of the late Sheriff B. H. Dyches, was elected for the full term in Tuesday's primary election over J. B. Grubbs, of Barnwell, by a majority of 1,036 votes, the totals being, Grubbs 936 and Morris 1,954. In view of rumors of a close race, the result was surprising to even veteran political observers. In the Coroner’s race there will be a run-off on September 27th between James T. Still, of Hilda, and S. H. Ussery, of Barnwell, the latter lead ing Still in Tuesday’s election by 98 votes. The totals in this race were as follows: A. H. Ninestein, Jr., 380; James T. Still, 877; J. Madison Templeton, 557; S. H. Ussery, 975. Dr. O. D. Hammond defeated Mag- istiate W. S. Grubbs for reelection at Blackville by a majority of 82 votes, while Magistrate J. W. San ders was reelected over W. H. Har den in Great Cypress township by a majority of 13 votes. Although Senator E. D. Smith car ried Barnwell County by a safe ma jority of 500 votes over former Sena tor Cole L. Blease, the latter got a very small maority at the Barnwell precinct for the first time in about Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. Unofficial Returns of Second Primary. U. S. Senate Sheriff 20 years. The Blease supporters ex- Tor “the efficient - manner’-’- 4n which erted strenuous efforts here in Tues day’s election and, it is understood, expected to win this box by better than a two to one majority. How-' 1 ever, when the votes were counted, the former Governor and Senator had a lead of only four votes, the totals being: Blease 303, Smith 299. Com plete returns for the county gave Blease 1,189 and Smith 1,686. Blease got majorities in four precincts (two of them by very small margins) and tied Senator Smith in one. The unofficial tabulation of Tues day’s results appears in this issue. Reedy Branch was the fir.^t pre cinct to report Tuesday and was close ly followed by Friendship and other precincts in rapid succession and by six o’clock complete returns had been received from all boxes. The People- Sentinel wishes to thank the county executive committeemen, managers of electioj^ and others who assisted in giving tKe public complete returns -o soon after the polls were closed and hopes that they will cooperate again on the 27th in the race foi* Coroner. Dr.* L. W. Anderson, formerly of Dunbarton but for the past several years a resident of Wilmington, Del., paying his subscription to The Peo ple-Sentinel five years in advance. . . The second story floor of the old Peacock Building, overloaded with brick and ether debris, crashing with a noise that sounded like an explos ion. . . . Dr. A. B. Patterson wearing an overcoat one cool morning last week. . . Magistrate G. R. Peeples, of Meyer’s Mill, in the city to reclaim the cigar boxes used as ballot boxes in the first primary for service again Tuesday, saying that times are so hard in bis section cigar boxes are scarce articles. (Evidently the candidate^ this year didn’t pass out many free smokes to the “deer peepul.”) . . “Bill” Googe, of Al lendale, calling very pleasantly at The People-Sentinel office. . . . Past cards from Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fuller and Cel. Edgar A. Brown dur ing their stay in the Middle West and Canada. . . The deserted ap pearance of local diug stores since the departure of the baseball players and the college girls and boys. . . A letter from the Charlotte, N. C., bureau of The Associated Press thank ing the editor of The People-Sentinel Coroner V Blease Smith Grubbs Morris Ninestein • Still Templeton Ussery Barnwell 303 299 125 475 32 153 72 336 Bennett Springs. 39 39 20 58 0 10 12 56. Blackville 204 310 251 274 213 93 /165 17 Double Ponds * 11 39 17 34 9 24 14 0 Dunbarton 35 79 53 62 5 42 8 54 Elko ’ 41 74 46 69 9 80 1 24 Four Mile 25 61 15 l 71 0 11- 0 71 Friendship 26 57 7 76 2 17 41 23 Great Cypress __ 41 122 12 151 3 9 122 23 Healing Springs _ 7 65 26 49 26 25 7 16 Hercules 72 60 17 115 1 64 59 3 Hilda 61 67 75 52 0 ‘ 117 9 2 ’ Red Oak _ 80 25 13 92 6 46 7 46 Reedy Branch 39 38 43 1 31 0 58 10 7 Rosemary 17 56 24 48 1 1 14 ' 2 52 Siloam 43 | 49 5 89 0 6 32 53 Wilitston . __ 145 246 187 | 208 73 108 6 ) 192 TOTALS ... | 1189 ! 1686 936 | 1954 j 380 | 877 j 557 | 975 SENIOR SENATOR WINS FIFTH TERM IN SENATE Urges Registration of S. C. Democrats Maine Quits G. O. P. Fold for Democracy State’s Aroused Jeffersonians Smash Republican Machine in Politi cal Upset. Miss Vivia Wiggins Wins Radio Audition Chairman Sapp Says V«4f of Demo crats in General Election Will Be Needed. FORMER SENATOR HANDED HIS WORST DEFEAT. Daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Wiggins Is Successful in Pickens County Contest. Miles Brewton Hagood. Miles Brewton Hagood, the subject cf this sketch, was boin December 7, 1877, being at the time of his death, August 11, 1932, fifty four years of age. He was the son of Thomas Barrett Hagood and his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Annie Eddings Sams, of Beaufort. His mother is still living and makes her home with a daughter, Mrs. J. B. Bostick, who dives at Switzerland, Jasper County. Brother Hagood was well born. In his veins flowed the blood of meh and women whose honored names grace the annals of the social, busi ness, political and Church life of South Carolina. He was married December 20, 1905, to Miss Jennie Louise Bates, daugh ter of Senator George H. Bales, of Barnwed. A special providence seems to have directed in this mar riage, for the name of his good wife is an ointment poured forth in the home, in the Church, and throughout the entire community. In early manhood he united with the Methodist Church and very soon became a trustee of his church and member of the board of Stewards which position he held until his going he handled the returns from Barn well County in the first Democratic primary election and requesting the same good coverage” in the second primary.” Incidentally, it might be said that this county wa.' the first to make a report to Charlotte on the afternoon of the first primary. A story about a Carolina football player who leported late for pre season practice and gave as his ex cuse therefor that the opening game was with “Swansea” and he knew* it was ju-t a practice affair. . . A local farmer saying that he can’t understand how the scientists can predict months in advance a total eclipse cf the sun in New Hampshire and can’t predict rain a week ahead in Bain we 11- County. . . . Many folks wanting to know when “The Kingfish” and Barnwell’s “Flying Mayor” and his wife would return from th?ir airplane trip to the Mid dle "West *and Canada. - If it be true that “as Maine goes, so goes the country,” then Franklin D. Roosevelt is slated to lead the Demo crats to a" smashing victory in the November elections. After 18 years of unbroken power in office-holding the Republican machine was smashed in that State Monday and the Demo crats elected a governor and two out of three congressmen. Practically - complete^ returns, gave Louis J. Brann a lead of 1,378 votes over Burleigh Maitin, his Republican opponent, while his fellow Democrats were winning congressional fights in the Second and Third Districts. President Hoover is so alarmed over the Democratic victory that he has issued a rallying call to Republi- The many friends of the Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Wiggins, of this city, will be interested in the announce ment that their daughter, Mis.s Vivia Wiggins, won the Pickens County radio audition last week and will now compete in the district contest. The following item about the county contest is taken from an up-country newspaper: _ “Mis* Vivia Wiggins, mezzo-so- prano, was declared winner in - the Pickens County radio audition held Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. P. Wilson, in Easley. The contest which preceded the district audition to be held in the very near future was the be^t one that Pickens County had during the six years in cans for “renewed and stronger ef-f which the audition has beeq held, and foils” to win the election in Novem ber. Claude N. Sapp, State chairman of the Democratic Party, has appealed to the Democratic voters of South Carolina to register for the general election. Sapp pointed out that while nomina tion in the Democratic primaries in the past has meant election, the nominees for the senate and congres sional seats this year will face Re publican opposition in November. The Republicans already have nam ed their six congressional candidates and have announced that as soon as the second race between Senator E. D. Smith and former Senator Cole L. Blease for the Democratic senatorial nomination is settled they will name a man to oppose the victor. “Democrats in South Carolina,” Sapp said, “had best get used to vot ing in general elections as the time may come when their votes will mean something. All Democrats should secure their registration certificates, if necessary, and in position to vote in the general election.” HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. Some of my reader’s have been kind enough To tell me that' "they have missed HOPOCATRUC for the past two weeks. A little breathing spell in the form of a vacation was the reason for its absence. I'visited the farm of a very wealthy man the other day, and among other things I noticed was the beginning of an extra fine fall garden. If a From First Returns Veteran Legisla tor Waa Out in Front in Tnee- day’s Seccnd Race. Columbia, Sept. 13.—Elliaon D. Smith, veteran South Carelins Sena tor, won a decisive victory over Cole L. Blease, former Senator, in today’s run-off Democratic primary for the United States Senate nomination on the face of nearly complete unofficial returns tabulated tonight. Reports from 1,395 of the State’s 1,444 precincts gave Smith 146,558 votes against 112,345 for Blease, a majority of 34,213. The unreported preevets were wide ly scattered, many of them were small, rural boxes in more or less isolated regions, which accounted for the failure to hear from them. The unofficial returns showed Blease, twice Governor and for six years a colleague of Smith in the Senate, to be trailing his opponent by the largest margin of his political career. He had never been beaten by more than a few thousand votes in his previous races,, although he has been either an office holder or a candidate for 44 years. Carries 39 Counties. Thirty-nine of the 46 counties were carried by Smith on the available re turns. Blease had a lead in Anderson, Cherokee, Greenwood, Horry, Laurens, Newberry and York. Smith took the lead as the first scattering returns were received and gradually increased it. It approach ed 10,000 when 65,000 ballots had been accounted for, and passed the 20,000 mark as the unofficial count incorporated more than 150,000 votes. * Mrs. E. C. Bessinger To Observe Work Dav. health all through life anti: about fhree weeks prior to his dentb when at became necessary to take him to Johns Hopkins’ Hospital, where, though in the hands of skilled physi cians, he left us for the Father’s House. So, away from his home and the scenes cf his childhood, he came to the crossing and passed to the other side. Beside* his devoted wife, the fol lowing children survive him: George Bates, Miles Brewton, Elizabeth Bates and Thomas Barrett, all of Barnwell, except Miles Brewton, who lives at Beauort. Another member of this hou-'ehold L* Miss Anna Sams Clark, a niece of .Brother Hagood, whose devotion tc the family renders her a daughter in deed. Her tears mingle with those of the other members of the family in the loss of their loved one. Besides his mother and sister men tioned above, he leaves a brother, L. R. Hagood, of Chinquapin, N. C. Brother Hagood was rather retir ing in nature, and therefore, to ap preciate him you had to cultivate his acquaintance. He w*as especially con siderate of the poor people of his community. Many of them say, “What will we do now, Mr. Hagood is gone.” The body of our brother was laid to rest in the Episcopal Cemetery at Barnwell, August 12, at 4:00 p. m. Rev. W. E. Wiggins pastor, and the Rev. M. L. Banks, a former pastor, were in charge of the service. May God comfort the behaved widow and the sorrowing children. away. He had enjoyed robust physicallWhen the shadows lift and the day breaks on that eternal shore, may we greet him “whom we have loved and lost awhile.”—Contributed. For more than a quarter of a cen tury the Methodists of South Carolina have observed Work Day annually for Epworth Orphanage. The object- tive set is for every member to give to the Orphanage the proceeds of one day’s woik. Through the Sunday school the children are encouraged to find work to .do on that day and give their earnings to, the less fortunate children at the Orphanage. Many groups of children go out to pick cotton, others seek work of one kind or another in their communities. The day is pretty generally observ ed throughout the State. La.*t year more than 80 per cent, of the Metho dist churches and Sunday schools in the State paiticipated. One half of great deal of credit is due Mrs. wealthy man finds it necessary to Wilson for the fine way in which it have a garden, surely average South was handled. “There were four entries in the ccnte*t, one of whom was compelled to withdraw at the last minute. “Miss Wiggins is a graduate of the school of music of Columbia Col lege and has a lovely mezzo-soprano voice. She i* teacher of the first grade in the Easley schools. “Miss Wiggins is the daughter of a Methodist minister, the Rev. W. E. Wiggin*, and Mrs. Wiggins, of Barn well:” Mrs. Maurice Manning. Latta, Sept. 12.—Mr*. Nell B. Man ning, wife of Maurice Manning, died at her home at Hendersonville, N. C., this afternoon after a long illness. The funeral party will arrive at Dil lon at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning the total amount contributed to the for the commitment service, which Orphanage by the denomination for the year was contributed on Work Day. If every Methcdist in the State would really give the result of one day’s work to the -Epworth Orphanage the amount received from Work Day would be more than sufficient to run the Orphanage for the entire year, and yet each one would be giving only 1-314th of hi* tifne to the Or phan children of his Church. Thus you can see the possibilities cf Work Day. The other Denominational Orphan ages in South Carolina do not have a Work Day, as such. However, they do make a very definite appeal each year for a Thanksgiving offering. Epworth Orphanage along with the other Orphanages of the State has experienced great difficulties during the past year in continuing to run at full capacity. Contributions throughout the year have been small er. Therefore, we are making a most earnest appeal for a liberal Work Day offering. — * Card of Thanks The family of the late D. P. Lan caster wishes to thank their many friends of Barnwell and vicinity for their kindness to Mr. Lancaster dur ing hi? sickness and death and for the many floral efferings. w’ill be conducted at the family plot in Mount Holly cemetery. Mrs. Manning was a native of this section and a daughter of D. MeL. Bethea and Mrs. Florence Fore Be thea. Surviving, besides her husband are three sons, Jack, Austin and Louis Manning, and one daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Manning w*ere resi dents of Barnwell a number of years ago and have many friends here who will learn with regret cf her death. Myrtle Still. .J Blackville, Sept. 12.—On Septem ber 3rd, 1932, the Death Angel visit ed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Levy Still,, near Blackville, and claimed their eldest daughter, Myrtle, aged nine years. She was ill only a very short time and everything possible was done to stay the summons of the Grim Reaper, but God knew best and took her to a home where there is no more sorrow nor pain. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. D. W. Heckle and the body was laid to real in the Reedy Branch Churchyard. Myrtle it sur vived by bef parents, a little brother and sister, Elbert and Emaruth Still, and many other relatives and friends. Carolina farmers ought to have one There are thousands of farm gar dens in the State this summer, but many of them are growing up to weeds now and there is no prepara tion for winter crops. Are we going into one’ of the tightest winters we have faced in many years without a garden? Plant collards, carrots, beets, let tuce, turnips, cabbage, kohl-rabi, cel ery, strawberries, mustard, kale, rad ish now for fall and winter use. A tip to you in harvesting sweet potatoe*—don’t throw them at each other when you take them from the giound." Don’t throw them in piles. Scatter them along the row so they won’t bruise each other. Each bruise on sweets at harvest time generally results in a rot ^pot during the win ter. You wouldn’t throw eggs together in a pile; they would break. A sweet potato doesn’t have an egg shell, but it will rot almost as fast as an egg will, if you treat it roughly. Tyl6r Bros, at Wagener, have a novel way of curing their sweets. They have a vacant story in one of their store buildings, and have con verted thl? into storage room. They have a fairly large stove in this room and cured their crop in a very satis factory manner last fall. Many sweet potato growers have vacant out houses, old cotton houese, spare bed-rooms and the like which could be very easily turned into sweet potato storage space. Careful handling, storage and good grading will help us to get a much better piece of change from one of the biggest crops of sweets this old State has seen in a good many years. And cured sweets taste and keep « Mrs. Elizabeth Chitty Bessinger died at her home in Olar Tuesday night, September 6th, at eleven o’clock, fol lowing an illness of several weeks. Funeral services were held Wednes day afternoon at five o’clock, conduct ed by her pastor, the Rev. W. P. Way, and interment followed in Star* cemetery. Mrs. Bessinger was 67 years of age and had always lived in Olar, where she was generally beloved for her fine Christian character. She is survived by the following * children: E. D. Bessinger, Mrs. E. A. Thain, Charles and Marion Bessinger, of Olar; Mrs. Forest Brown, of Barnwell; Mrs. William Thomas,' of Fairfax, and Edward Yarboro, of Hartsville. One brother, M. C. Chit ty, and one sister, Mrs. Mary FaQ, both of Olar, and a number of grand children also survive. sweet potato crop, back to tbs ning, I have some fine of a “flue heated” hot bed for whole lot better than banked sweets-L» we€t poUto sprouts in the Ever tried them? Mrs. City Housewife:—You will note the difference between cured sweets and banked sweets. Remem ber to ask for them at the stores. They will begin to come on the mar ket about December 1st, and the difference in cost is almost negligi ble. It’s the fact that they keep better, that allows the farmei’ to sell them almost as cheap as the others. And, going rora the ending of the Unique Politics! Speech. - Bob Connor, who is a brothef of A. Connor, of Barnwell, led the ticket in Orangeburg County for the House of Representatives. In his speech he said something like this: “I don’t want to be elected, but I want to tell you what a fix your State is in. I am a failure in business. I cant make a success of my own affairs. I don’t pay any taxes, haven’t paid any in some years, and don’t expect to pay any until I make them. I have a limited education and a bad dispo sition. If elected, I am going to Columbia and raise hell generally, and you won’t have anybody to blame but yourselves.” I took these pictures on T. L. Gram- ling’s farm in Orangeburg about a month ago. Most of you will ber Mr. Grambling as the m made over 400 bushels of sw an sere in 1980, Champion of Champion swee growers. If you want to set those let me know sad FI] get ’em somehow, eves if it is just a them for *