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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL boUNTT.
Jon* L 1926.
People-Sentinel
'Ju«( Like a Member of the Family"
VOLUME LVI.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1932
Exposition Will Be
Revelation to State
Articles to Be Displayed in Charles-
, ton Will Be Impressive in Varie-
! ty and Quality.^
The impressive variety and quality
of articles made in the Palmetto State
will be a revelation to those who at
tend the South Carolina Products Ex
position which is to be held in Charles-
the week of October 3-8, at the Fort
Sumter Hotel.
Sponsored by The News and Cour
ier, endorsed by Governor I. C. Black
wood, and receiving the hearty co
operation of civic organizations
throughout the State, the event prom
ises to be one of unusual interest,
coming at a time when South Caro
linians are being urged to lift their
State out of the depression by pat
ronizing home industries and busi
nesses. I'
The Exposition will be enlivened
by various features that will help
make the event a gala one. The
products are to be displayed at the
Fort Sumter Hotel, overlooking the
harbor and Atlantic ocean. Band
music will be rendered on the battery
adjoining the hotel grounds. Motor
boat racing and water sports are
planned. A fashion review each even
ing under the auspices of the Junior
League will display the newest
styles, colors and materials with em
phasis on .such ready-to-w T ear as has
Been produced in part or in whole in
South Carolina. The merchants of
the city will display South Carolina
products throughout the week and
attractive prices on these goods will
be offered.
South Carolinians do not realize
that many articles in every day use
are produced and manufactured in
their own State. This fact will be
brought home convincingly them
as they view an amazing variety of
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
A Litffc Sense and Nonsense About
^ People You Know and Others
You Don’t Know..
The Barnwell “Bums” defeating
Coach “Monkey” Price’s high school
hopes in a practice game Friday af
ternoon, 6 to 0. . . And several
sets of brothers playing opposing
positions on the two elevens. . . .
A “cullud” boy wearing & cadet full-
dress uniform coat. ^^ Worried
looks replacing yester-week’s optimis
tic smiles as the price of cotton con
tinued its toboggan ride. . Lloyd
Plexico repairing a tire on C. G.
Fuller’s airplane and a wag remark
ing that perhaps it was punctured
when C. G. flew over a sharp moun
tain peak while en route to Ohio re
cently. . . A decided increase in
the npmber of “Hoover buggies” on
the streets of Barnwell. (For the
information of the uninitiated, it
might be said that a “Hoover buggy”
is a vehicle manufactured from the
chassis of a worn-out automobile pur
chased about the year 1925 B. C.—
“before the crash.”) . . Some of
these “Hoover buggies’ take the form
of road-carts, while others sport four
wheels.
John B. Harley saying that every
time he dreams about a certain man
by vrtiom he was once employed the
price of cotton advances the next day.
He had such a dream Sunday night
and sure enough the fleecy staple
scored an advance Monday. . . A
local hunter expressing the opinion
that the scarcity of doves this season
is probably due to the Hoover de-
ipressiort. . . Capt. W. D. Black,
of Williston, who recently returned
from the mountains of North Caro
lina where he and his family spent
the summer, saying that they looked
forward to the weekly visits of The
anticipates Sunday. . And a letter
fiom a lady subscriber in Florence
saying that this paper is like a letter
from home.
NAME BARNWELL MAN AS
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR
exhibits such as fine printed cloflis, People-Sentinel like a “Holy Roller”
hosiery, shirts, handkerchiefs, towels,
women’s dresses, wall cleaning ma
terials, antiseptics, statuary, canned
fruits and vegetables, cheese, butter,
toys, window shades, draperies, bed
spreads, mattresses, paints and var
nishes, asbestos products, bagging for
wi'app^ng cotton, novelty and bed
room furniture, chairs, and numerous
other goods.
The City of Charleston, manufac
turers of the State, chambers of com
merce, luncheon clubs, and other
civic agencies are according the Ex
position their enthusiastic support,
appreciating th* fact thaj it will be
of educational value and of econo
mic importance to the public.
The federal government, through
the Charleston district office of the
U. S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, is to participate in the
Exposition. . Hotels of Charleston
have announced special rates to ac
comodate visiters, many of whom are
expected here from all parts of South
Carolina.
Small Reduction in
Number ef Delegates
Failure of Democrats to V^tejin Some
“Precincts in First Primary
Cuts Representation^,
The failure of many Democrats in
Barnwell County to vote in the first
primary election August 30th will in
duce by 11 the number of delegates
to the county Democratic convention
in 1934, it was revealed by an ex
amination of the figures here this
week. There will be 103 delegates
to the county convention in 1934 as
compared with 114 to the convention
this year.
Clubs which show a decrease in
representation are as follows: Barn
well, 3; Bennett Springs, 2; Dunbar
ton, 4; Elko, 3; Four Mile, 2; Red
Oak, 1; Williston, 4; total decrease,
18.
This loss, however, is partially off
set by gains at the following clubs:
Blackville, 3; Double Ponds, 1; Great
Cypress, 2; Siloam, 1; total, 7, leav
ing at net loss throughout the county
of 11. **-
Friendship, Healing Springs, Her
cules, Hilda, Reedy Branch and Rose
mary remain the same.
The following tabulation shows
the number of delegates in 1932, the
first primary vote this year and the
number of delegates that each club
will be entitled to in 1934, each club
in the county being entitled to one
delegate for each 25 voters or majori
ty fraction thereof cart in the first
N. G. Davis of Belton
Seeks Kin in County
An4«E90u County Man Makes Inquiry
About Hia Grandmother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Gardner.
cratic Executive Committee in Col
umbia Tuesday, eight Democratic
presidential electors—two from the
State at large and one each from the
six Congressional Districts — were
elected, as follow,-:
From the State at large—Claude
N. Sapp, of Columbia, and Edgar A.
Brown, of Barnwell.
From the Districts—First District,
Dr. Joseph Maybank, of Charleston;
Second, Wilie Jones, of Columbia;
Third, Dr. G. A. Neuffer, of Abbe
ville; Fourth, J. A. Poag, of Green
ville; Fifth, Paul Hemphill, of Ches
ter; Sixth, J. W. Perrin, of Florence.
Small Vote Forecast
for Third Primary
Total Number in Primary to Nominate
Coroner Will Hardly Exceed
Fifteen Hundred.
A Ray Sanders.
A very light vote is being predicted
in next Tuesday’s primaly—the third
election within a month—-when a suc
cessor will be named teethe late Coro
ner D. P. Lancaster.
In the first primary August 30th,
when the voters had to cast their
ballets for United States Senator,
Congressman and opposed candidates
for Magistrate at practically every
precinct in the county, the total vote
barely passed the 2,500 mark.
Two weeks later—September 13th
—with hotly contested races for the
United States Senate, Sheriff and
Coroner and races for Magistrates at
Blackville and in Great Cypress town
ship, the vote was less than 2,900.
With no other candidates to help
get the voters to the tpolls next Tues
day, together with the fact that the
farmers are still busy, it is hardly
reasonable to suppose that the total
number of ballots cast will be more
than 50 per cent, of the vote polled
in the second primary.
Only two names appear on the bal
lots for next Tuesday—James T.
(“Good Jim”) Still, of Hilda, and S.
H. (“Tank”) Ussery, of Barnwell.'
A Ray Sanders, 42, a native of
Barnwell County bui, fo.: the past
several years a res’.doiu pf Bamberg
County, died *t his home Tuesday
afternoon at four o’clock, following
a stroke of paralysis about Un days
ag.» Mr. Sande s at one time was
a member ' of the board of county
commissioners of Barnwell County
and alway^s took an active interest in
politic-'. For several years he has
held a position as chain gang guard
in Bamberg.
Funeral services \ye’M conducted at
Friendship Church yesterday (Wed
nesday) afternoon and the body was
laid to rest in the adjacent cemetery.
Mr. Sander.? is survived by his wife
and seven children, who have the
sympathy of many friends in their
bereaverrvpnt.
Negro Girl Shoots Sister.
The six-year old daughter of Jin-
ret Williams, a negro farmer who
lives a few miles from Barnwell, was
shot and seriously jnjured by her
small sister Tuesday mortiing. The
calf of the girl’s left leg was blown
entirely off by a load of shot. She
was brought to Barnwell for medical
attention.
The girl’s mother told the attend
ing physician that Jinret was in the
habit of keeping his shotgun, unload
ed, over a door. She was unable to
explain the shooting, but it is be
lieved to have been purely accidental.
primary:
Club
1932
1932
1934
Dlgts.
Vote
Dlgts.
Barnwell
26
575
23
Bennett Springs.
3
43
2
Blackville
16
464
19
Double Ponds
1
49
2
Dunbarton
7
65
3
Elko
6
85
3
Fourt Mile
3
36
1
Friendship
. 3
81
3^
Great Cypress __
5
165
7
Healing Springs
3
76
3
Hercules
5
114
5
Hilda
5
113
5
Red Oak _
4
86
3
Reedy Branch __
3
65
3
Ro s emary
3
69
3
Siloam --
3
90
4
Williston __ _
18
339
14
Totals
114
2515
103
Farm Notes.
Farmers planting an abundance of
grain crops for grazing and feed
crops-for work stock, cattle, hogs and
poultry will find production cost of
live?tock much reduced. Oats and
rye are very good cover crops, too,
of course, legumes are better.
Some farmers are already buying
Austrian peas for "winter cover crop
planting. The per acre cost of seed
and inoculation is about one dollar
and thirty-five cents. Assistance 'in
the purchase of seed and inoculation
needed to begin to plant will be given
by the county agent.
One farmer in the county will
plant more than 100 acres this fall.
Remember the fall and winter gar
dens, continue planting, fertilizing
and cultivating. Don’t forget save
a supply of cotton seed pure, ask your
ginner to help ycu.
Be sure to plan to treat oat and
wheat seed before planting.
H. G. Boylston, Co. Agent.
Nelson G. Davis, a young man of
Belton, Anderson County, is seeking
information about his grandmother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner, e native of
Barnwell County, who, he thinks, left
this county about 1868 and went 4©
*
Charleston. The People-Sentinel is
in receipt of a letter from The Belton
News, requesting that publicity be
given a communication from Mr.
Davis in the hope that some reader
of this newspaper can give him the
desired information. The People-
Sentinel is very glad to do this and
publishes Mr. Davis’ appeal, as fol
lows:
“Whereas, Nel?on G. Davis, of
Belon, S. C„ is seeking information
of the whereabouts of his grand
mother, Elizabeth Gardner, of Barn
well County, S. C., or persons know-
ihg the about named Elizabeth Gard
ner. The last I heard of her she
left Barnwell County in or about
the year 1868 and went to Charles
ton, S. C. She had one child that 1
know of at that time, her name being
Mary Gardner. Elizabeth Gardner
placed this child, Mary, in the Charles
ton Orphanage Home, March 26,
1869. Then Elizabeth Gardner re
turned to Barnwell County about the
year 1869 or 1870. I do not know
the name of Elizabeth Gardner’s hus
band, neither do I know’ whether he
was living or dead at the time Mary
Gardner was placed in the Charles
ton Orphanage Home by her mother,
Elizabeth Gardner. If the above
Elizabeth Gardner is now’ living, she
is a very old lady at this time. Any
one seeing this and knowing whether
she is living or dead will please com
municate with me. The information
will tte greatly appreciated. Please,
address Nelson G. Davis, 125 Church
St., Belton, S. C.”
The People-Sentinel hopes that
some one of its readers can give
Mr. Davi s the desired information.
Wins First Prize.
$1,500,000 Increase
In Deficit It
Big Shortage in Sooth Carolina Reve
nue for This Year Now Looms.
—Cut Called For.
B. B. Kirkland, Jr., of Columbia,
whose father is a native of Barnwell
County, won first prize of $750 in
the 1932 Chilean Nitrate dealer con
test, according to an announcement
received by H. E. Savely, state mana
ger, from H. C. Brewer, of New’
York, director of the Chilean nitrate
educational bureau which sponsored
'the contest. David A. Cohen, of
Darlington, won second prize of
$500, and R. E. Summer, of New
berry, won third prize of $250.
The contest this year was the
second contest conducted on a South-
wi<|e scale, the first prize in each
State lart year having been trip
to Chile. The contest is based on
originality in sales methods and pro
motional work in the way of con
ducting tests to determine best meth
ods of using the product.
Columbia, Sept. 17.—Faced with
the prospect of a $1,500,000 deficit in
addition to the one of $5,000,000 al
ready existing, South Carolina will
be unable to meet more than 85 per
eenL of 1932 general appropriations,
and some State salaries for the last
two months of the year will not be
paid when due.
Announcement to this effect was
made today by Comptroller General
A. J. Beattie, who said “it is simply
a case of not having the money and
having no way to borrow it.”
“The condition of the treasury on
August 31,” Mr. Beattie said “indi
cates that 85 per cent, of the appro
priations for 1932 will be the maxi
mum payable with this year’s reve
nue. In fact, a s will not be
available within the calendar year.”
The statement was in line with 1 a
warning issued several months ago
by the State finance committee that
expenditures probably wpuld have to
be curtailed li percent. Accordingly
only 85 per cent of State school aid
appropriations, for which $3,400,000
was borrowed at the time, were paid.
In his statement today, Mr. Beattie
said revenues already collected from
indirect sources and applicable to
1932 total $5,364,252 with other col
lections from these sources expected
to amount to $2,178,000. This, to
gether with an expected $1,009,000
from the property tax makes a grand
total today of around $8,500,000.
No Funds for Salaries.
“The appropriation bill,” he added,
“carries approximately * $9,440,000
and in addition to this interest pay
ments have already been made a-
mounting to approximately $300,000.”
Mr. Beattie said that of course the
State salaries would have to be paid
eventually but he saw no way at
present to pay all of them from 1932
revenues. Other expenditures author
ized by the legislature also will be
affected sharply, although some, such
as for food, clothing and food for
State institutions must be made.
Some salary and wage payments
also must be met. The State railroad
commission, the highway department,
the sinking fund commission, and the
State game warden’s office may es
cape the drastic reduction. Their
operating expenses are met from
their own resources and the money
raised for payment of salaries and
other appropriations in these depart
ments, already collected, doe* not go
into the general fund.
In addition, a few other depart
ments and institutions such as Clem-
son College with its fertilizer tax,
may not be forced to make the new
retrenchments. ‘
Ship Cloth to Barnwell.
Washington, Sept. 14.—It was an
nounced at Red Cross headquarters
here today that a shipment of cotton
cloth for needy persons in South
Carolina would be sent to Barnwell
immediately. The Barnwell Chapter
made request for this some time ago.
Official Returns of Second Primary.
U. S. Senate Sheriff
Coroner
, Willis Irvin, of Augusta, was a
business visitor in Barnwell Saturday.
-
Blease
Smith
Grubbs
Morris
Ninestein
Still
Templeton
i
Ussery |
Barnwell
303
299
1
125
475
32
153
72
336
Bennett Springs.
39
39
20
58
0
10
12
56
Blackville
204
310
251
274
213*
93
155
36
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
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
116
v* 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
31
0
58
10
7
Rosemary
17
*6
24
48
1
14
2
52
Siloam
43
49
. 5
89
0
6
32
53
Williston
145
247
187
208
+3
107
. 6
192
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Results Declared by
Executive Committee
Smith Gains One Vote and Ueecry 19,
While Still Loses One in Official
Tabulation.
The Barnwell County Democratic
Executive Committee met at the
Court House here Thursday for* the
purpose of canvassing the returns
and declaring the results of the
second primary election held .Sep
tember 13th. Three slight changes
were made in the nnofficlal tabulation
as published in these columns lash
week, but they did not affect material
ly the results of the election. Sena
tor Smith gained one vote at Willis-
ton, James T. Still, candidate .for
Coroner, lost one at the same pre
cinct, while S. H. Ussery gained 19
at Blackville.
The totals for the various candi
dates as declared by the committee
were as follows:
For U. S. Senate:—COle L. Blease,
1,189; Senator E. D. Smith, 1,687.
For SheriffJ. B. Grubbs, 936; J.
B. Morris, 1,954.
For Coroner:—A. H. Ninestein, Jr.,
380; James T. Still, 876; J. M. Tem
pleton, 557; S. H. Ussery, 994.
For Magietrate at Blackville:—W.
S. Grubbs, 280; O. D. Hammond, 362.
For Magistrate Great Cyprsss
Township:—W. H. Harden, 122; J.W.
Sanders, 135.
__ t _ Bennett Call* For Cut.
Columbia, Sept. 17.—A warning
that 1933 State appropriations must
be kept “far below” the 1932 total of
approximately $9,350,000 was issued
today by Neville Bennett, cf Marl
boro, member of the budget commis
sion as work of collecting data on
the needs of departments and institu
tions went forward under his direc
tion.
Mr. Bennett, chairman of the 1932
house ways and means committee,
was designated by the budget com
mission to direct a survey of the
various State agencies by J. M.
Smith. State auditor, in order that
specific data might be available for
making recommendations for the
supply bill.
He announced this work already
has been started by Mr. Smith and
hig staff and the information obtained
will supplement the general report of
the auditor.
Cost of Election Is
More Than Job Pays
Next Tuesday’s Primary Election Will
Cost Over $200.—Coroner’s
Salary Is $150.„
The cost of holding next Tuesday^!-
primary election for the purpose of
nominatifg a Coroner to sucoeed the
late D. P. will tv waff—
than the yearly salary of the new
officer. The pay of managers alone
will be $204, to which must be added
the cost of printing the ballots and
manager’s return blanks. It is un
derstood that the Coroner’s salary
will be cut to $150 per year at the
coming session of the general as
sembly.
It became necessary to order a
primary election for Coroner and
Sheriff along with the regular second
primary following the death of
Sheriff B. H. Dyches and Cortmer
Lancaster within 12 hours. Capt. J.
B. Morris, who was appointed to All
out the unexpired term of the lata
Sheriff Dyches, was nominated last
week for the full term, but none of
the four candidates for Coroner* re
ceived a majority of the votes cast,
necessitating another race between
James T. Still, of Hilda, and S. H.
Ussery, of Barnwell. The former
received 876 votes and the letter 994
on September 13th. v
_ The fact that the cost of the elec*
tion will be more than the yearly
salary of the successful candidate
was considered so unusual that a
story sent to the daily newspapers
from Barnwell last week was sent to
other papers throughout the country
by the Associated Press.
Negro Man Seriously Hurt.
Card of Thanks.
I wish to take this opportunity of
expressing my deep appreciation for
the generous vote accorded me in
the recent election, and will appreciate
your support in the coming election,
oft Tuesday, September* 27th.
JAMES T. STILL,
Candidate for Coroner.
— Tj
Services at Allen’s Chapel.
994
Announcement is made that the
Rev. Tarleton Sanders will conduct
services at Allen's Chapel next Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
A negro man, aged 60 years, whe
lives on the Seiglingville plantation
of Mrs. Lizzie M. Cave, of this city,
was seriously if not fatally injured
early Saturday morning when the
wagon in which he and his son were
riding was .struck by a truck an
route to Florida. One of the negro's
arms was broken in two places and
he received injuries about the head
and body which rendered him uncon
scious. The 4 boy escaped injury, but
one of the mules was killed and the
other badly injured, while the wugun
was wrecked. The truck was also
damaged. t
The negro and his son wins en
their way to a gin with a load eff
seed cotton. The old man was riding
in the rear of the wagon, holding a
lantern, and it is said that the team
was on the right hand aide of tha
road when struck from the rear by
the^truck.
Announce Birth af Daughter.
immmammm
Mr. and Mm. Mpdiaon H.
ward, of Baltimore, j
the birth on
daughter, Marcella
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