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VOLUME LVL
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1932
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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 *