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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY. I . Barnwell Consolidated Jobs 1, 1925. M Ju«t Like a Member of th« Famllv" VOLUME LVI. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1932. NUMBER t. Two Amendments Are , - of Statewide Force One Changes Fiscal Year to July Ut and Other Affects Salary of Code Commissioner. At the general election to be held November 8, South Carolina voters, in addition to casting their ballots for State and County Democratic nominees and presidential electors, will pass upon sfeven proposed amend ments. Of these seven, only two are of a Statewide nature, the others affect ing only the affair s of single coun ties. One of the Statewide amendments proposes a change in the fiscal year; the other has to do with the office of code commissioner. From July to June. At the present time, the fiscal year runs from January 1 to December 31. The amendment provides that the year begin July 1 and run to June 30. Numerous arguments have been advanced in favor of the change. At the present time, the general assem bly meets on the second Tuesday of January and adjourns usually along in April. The appropriations bill is usually about the l^st measure ap proved, and so almost a quarter of the year has gone before appropiia- tions are made for that year. There are other arguments too, one^of which is that the federal fiscal year is from July to June. A change in South Carolina’s fiscal year to make it con form to the federal year would have advantages, some argue. The other Statewide amendment has to do with the code commissioner. At the present time, the constitution •provides for the appointment or election by the general assembly of a code commissioner, whose duty it is to collect and revise all the general statute laws of the State and index and arrange these laws. The com pensation of the commissioner shall not exceed $500 per annum. The amendment on which the people will vote provides for the str iking out of this sentence dealing with compen- satio and insert another/eading “pro vision shall be made by law for regu lating theterm of office” of the code commissioner “and the compensation < f such commissioner. In other words, the item of salary would be taken out of the constitution and cared for by a law to be passed. Another para graph of the present law provides for the printing of the report of the code commissioner, the tentative code, at certain intervals. This printing, in 19.'!0, cost approximately $12,000, according to members of the commit tee on statutory laws. The proposed amendment provides for the code commissioner to submit his report to the general assembly in such manner as many be provided by law. The amendment, it is claimed, should it be adopted, would save printing ex pense. The other proposed amendntents will be found in the notice of election publiahed elsewhere in this issue or’ The People-Sentinel. Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About . People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. Social and personal News from Williston Willistcn. Oct. 22.—Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Player and M iss Elizabeth Player were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W, Player in Mayes- ville. Mrs. Player and little son re mained for a week’s visit with her mother, Mrs. Wilson, in Rembert. Mrs. O. Ponder and son, Bobbie, of Pelzer, were guests of Dr. Ponder for a few days. The Rev. and Mrs. Walter Davis spent a few days this week at Bluff- ton. L. H. Boland spent the week-end in Little Mountain on a business trip and while there was the guest of his grandfather, A. N. Boland. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Self, cf West minster, were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Matthews. Mr. and Mrs. Kenlaw Purvis and Mrs. B. E. Folk spent several days thi^ week jn Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hickson, of Washington, J). C., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Parker. Mr. Hickson holds a position at the White House. Among the college set spending this week at their homes here are: Misses Ethelyn Anderson, Elisabeth Kennedy and Grace Givens, of Coker college. Miss Anderson was accom panied by her room mate who will be her guest during the week-end. D. C. Martin in a Byrd airplane landing at the local airport. . . . And Lieut. Francis Zeigler, brother of “Bob” Zeigler of Denmark, doing a few stunts in an army -plane be fore heading for Cleveland, Ohio. . . A local housewife forgetting to add eggs while making a “devil’s food cfcke” and her husband declaring that it was the best cake he had ever eaten. . . . Harry Boylston well pleased with *the showing made by the Clem- son Tigers against the Carolina Gamecocks. . . E. E. Crowson editor of The Williston Way. . . . Dr. D. B. Lancaster, of Baltimore, Md., remarking about the national government’s wasteful extravagance in razing perfectly good public build ings in Washington to make way for new ones. . . Lloyd Plexico, with a corps of willing volunteer helpers, at work on his new motor-boat, re minding one of “Tom Sawyer” white washing the fence. . . Indian sum mer weather Perry Bush praising The Citadel football team and declaring that Captain Jennings is the best quarterback in the State. . . Lccal Nimrods looking forward to the opening of thd hunting season . . . A lady who wasted good time listening to President Hoover’s De troit speech expressing her disgust for the gross misstatements made by the nation’s chief executive. Jchn T. Stevens, of Kershaw, be ccming interested in Barnwell’s in stallment plan of paying taxts as out lined in last week’s issue of The Peo ple-Sentinel and ubscribing to this newspaper to keep informed on its progress. Mr. Stevens wa s a visitor at the home of C. G. Fuller Saturday evening. . . James Moore telling about his experience with a speed-cop while returning from Clemson College Sunday. . . A truck loaded with native shrubs and evergreens from “the low-country.” . . “Hub” San ders planning to attend The Citadel- Furman football game in Orangeburg today and The Citadel-Carolina fresh man tilt in Columbia Saturday. His son, Wilson, is a member of the kay- det scjuud. . . A small boy puffing a man’s size cigar and apparently feeling his importance^ . . The weather man being paid numerous compliments fcr the fine brand of weather he has been serving this section. A truck loaded with mules, another with hcrse s and a third with young calves. . . A letter from Richard Crane, of New York City, inviting Col. and Mrs. J. E. Har ley, of Barnwell to attend the “Roosevelt Testimonial Dinner” at the Hotel Astor this* .(Thursday) evening. ., i CcL Ed gar A. Brown and C. G. Fuller-have also been invited and had planned to make the trip in the latter’s plane, taking Governor Blackwood and Claude N. Sapp along with them. . . Badger Calhoun and Tom Warren, of Allendale, and Keys Sanders, of Blackville visiting a good town. . . . Keys thinks that the weather is mild enough for Lonnie Calhoun to re sume his seat on a cucumber crate in front cf a local drug store. . . Pic tures of Franklin D. Rosevelt promin ently displayed in the windows of) local stores. Columbia B Team to Play Here Tomorrow Strong Opponent to Be Seen in Action y * *' ' on Local Field.—Barnwell Won From Blackville. State Backs Senator Smith for Portfolio Will Work for Hia Appointment a* Secretary of Agriculture if Rooee- , veil I s Elected. Blackville Man in Serious Condition John Hartzog Accidentally Wounds Himself With Pistol While Re moving Cartridges. Columbia, October 25.—John Hart zog, of Blackville, is in a serious con dition at the Baptist hospital as a result of a self-inflicted wound in his abdomen. Hartzog shot himself accidentally Monday morning while attempting to remove some cartridges from his au tomatic pistol. Barnwell Child Is Seriously Scalded Nineteen-month^ Old Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Girardeau Receives Injuries. The Columbia B team will furnish i the opposition for the Barnw’ell high school football eleven on the local field tomorrow (Friday) afternoon. With the possible exception of the Carlisle flitting school aggregation, this will be the strongest team that the local boys have been up against this season. Two years ago, Barn well, which had a more experienced team than this year’s squad, won a surprise vcitoi’y over Columbia, 7 to 6. However, the odds again favor Columbia this year, as they have suf fered only one defeat at the hands of Camden by the score of 20 to 0, while they defeated Newberry high by the same margin. On the other hand, Barnwell lost to the heavy Carlisle outfit, 18 to 6, and played a tie game with Allendale. Be this as it may,, the locals are a scrappy bunch, as shown by their 26 to 0 victory over Blackville Friday afternoon, when their fast charging and hard tackling turned back the visitors, and the splendid battle that they waged against Carlisle. In Friday’s game, Blackville, with the permission of Coach W. R. Price, used several young men who had com pleted high school and it wa 8 feared thct they might give the locals a severe drubbing, but after the game had been put on ice, Coach Price sent i in all the substitutes, who gave a very good account of themselves. Tomorrow’s game will start prompt ly at 3:30 o’clock and the fan s are urged to turn out and give their team their moral support. Mrs. Joe Lambert. Mrs. Joe. Lambert'died at her home here Saturday morning at 3:30 o’clock after several years of ill health. She was Miss Sallie Patter son before her marriage 46 years ago to Mr. Lambert. Although in bad health for a num ber of years, she remained very ac tive and was a lover of beautiful things, and in many homes today in Barnwell art flowers made by her hands, cripp'ed from rheumatism. She was sixty years of age; two children pre-deceased her. She was loyal to her church and .although a great sufferer she never l&st faith’, in God. -• . V *7' She was bur ied on Saturday after- npon at the old Baptist cemetery. The service was conducted by the Rev. W. E. Wiggins at 5 o’clock. She i s sur vived by her husband.—Contributed. Invited guests were Mrs. Pearl Math is, Mis. Sam Buist and Mrs. B. L. Boylston. Mis# Catherine Matthews, of Col umbia College, spent, last % week-end at home. Ted, Jr., the 19-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Girardeau, of this city, wa s seriously scalded about the head and face Tuesday morning when he upset a pan of hot water at the home cf his grandfather, S. B. Mose ley. The little fellow had gone into the kitchen where a pan of water was bciling on an oil stove. He pull ed the pan forward and it s contents poured over his head and face, scald ing him badly. Mr. and Mrs. Girardeau rushed the little suffeier to a local drug store, where a healing salve wag administer ed and while the child’s injuries are very painful it is not believed that there will be any after effects as a result of hi s unfortunate experience. ■ ♦ ♦ Fairfax District Has Finest Watermelons A. T. Allen Claims That Best in U. S. Were Shipped from That Dis trict in 1931. It’s Twin 8 and Twins in Florida Bradenton, Fla., Oct. 24.—This is a “twinplex” stoiy. Mrs. Vernon C. Capo, of Cortez, near here, today became the mother of twin boys. i Mrs. Capo i s a -twin sisfer. • - - Her husband has twin brothers. The nurse who attended her has twdn boys. The doctor in the case has a twin brother. Then on top of that the man who reported the stcry has twin sons. NOTE:—The linotype ope rater who set this for The People-Sentinel is the father of twin daughters. Local and Personal News of Blackville J. V. BAXLEY HIS NINETIETH BIRTHDAY Blackville, *Oct. 22.—Mis. B. F. Storne, Mrs. E. H. Weissinger, Mrs. A. V. Collum, M rs. O, D. Hammond and Mrs. W. W. Moloney called on Mrs. A. H. Ninestein Monday after- nnon to extend birthday greetings to her. Mrs. Lawrence Groves was hostess to the membeis of the Joseph Roger chapter, D. A. R., Tuesday afternoon. The Davi s Lee Chapter, U. D. C.» met at the home of Mrs. Emmett Mat thews Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. B. F. Storne, Mrs. Sigsbie Grimes, Mrs. A. H. Ninestein and Miss Olive Bax ley were elected to retain their of fices for the coming year a s presi dent, secretary, corresponding secre tary and treasurer, respectively. Mrs. Cora Silverstein, of Chicago, is the guest of her brothers, Herman and Isadore Brown. Mrs. M. Nl Somwell entertained the Thursday afternoon Embroidery 1 club ct its regular meeting this week. Blackville, Oct. 22.—Jacob Virgil Baxley, of Blackville, celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday. His father, John Duncan Baxley, wa s one of the early settlers of the Blackville district, and Mr. Baxley has resided near Blackville most of his life. Shortly after he entered the Citadel the Confederate war broke out and he answered the call to arms by joining Copupany F. Sixth Cavalry Sixth South Cajolin’a regiment, serv ing under Wade Hampton. Because cf a wound received at the Battle of Travillion he was granted an indefi nite furlough. Despite the fact that lie was suffering from this wound he rode a horse from Richmond to Black ville. He was at home when Sher man’s army came through. Mr. Baxley experienced all the vicissitudes of the Reconstruction period. He joined the Red Shiiig and helped to overthrow Carpetbag rule. At the age of 40 Mr. Baxley had the tnisfortune to get his right arm crushed in a cotton gin which caused the loss of it, but despite this handi cap he managed to carry on his farm ing operations for many years. . Mi. Baxley has been married twice, hi s first wife being Miss Annie Von Dolen. By this marriage he has one son living. Dr. Virgil Von Dolen Bax ley, cf Chattanooga, Tenn. In 1886, four years after the death of his first wife, he married Miss Caroline Allen, of Hephzibah, Ga., and they have the following children: Mrs. D. E. Eth- eredge, of Batesburg, who before her marriage in 1928, was a prominent member of the Barnwell bar; Mrs. W. W. Benson, cf Greenwood; Mrs. W. A. Cleckley, of North Augusta; Jacob T. Baxley and Adrian L. Baxley, of Columbia; Miss Olive Baxley, P. K. Baxley and Bryan S. Baxley, of Qlack- vjlle. ‘ . “A. T. Allen, who is authority on watermelons, claims that the finest melons ever grown in the United State s were shipped from and near Fairfax in 1931,” said Otis Brabham, cf Allendale, in Columbia recently. “Probably the highest price ever received for melons was paid Marvin O’Neal, of Estiil, a few year s ago— $1,100 for two cars. “Many cars of excellent melons are shipped from Estiil, Luray and Gif ford by the Peeples, Rouses, Bowers es, Hannas, Rhodeses, Harpers, Wy mans, Wertzes, Theuse* and others. “At Furman Jesse Causey is the ‘king btee’ in melons, as in other matters, and a gentleman withal. He Jias bought and shipped as many as 500 cais of melons in a season. ~C. FT RiZer, at Olar, Used to ship as high as 1,000 cars, bought^ from here, there and yonder. “Melon s are a new crop for Ehr- hardt but now growers there are outdistancing other neighbor towns and profit by co-operation, being formed into a melon association. “Allendale is the melon center of South Carolina, a 8 Blackville is the “cuke’ center. Allendale having splendid hotel facilities, many melon buyers have that ccunty.seat as head quarters, a s , many as 20 stopping theie during the season. ( “Audrey Sanders, at Fairfax, prob ably has the record for quality and quantity production, having grown, in 1930, 52 cars of melons on 50 acres. He always gets the top of the mar ket on account of the quality of melons and method of packing. Five hundred dollars was paid him for one car of 40 pounds average a few years ago. He has ill-shaped melons culled from the vines as many as 15 times during the season, never stopping thi s work until the last car is loaded. Mr. Sanders is mayor of his town— that refuses to go into debt; conse- ' i quently this is one municipality where the taxes are pot excessive. He i 8 one of the best farmers in the county and has improved the Weaver Watson melon to such an extent that his seed are in good demand, most of them going to Florida. Last year he saved 3,000 pounds and this year 2,000 and all hav* been contracted for. He has a grading machine that takes out any small or faulty seed. His seed are saved from fields from which no melons are shipped. He uses 7-5-5 and cotton seed meal under Atlanta, Ga., Dct. 24.—&outh Caro lina would back its veteran political eader, Senator E. D. Smith, for the position of secretary of agriculture in the Roosevelt cabinet should the Democrats win in November, David B. Traxler, of Greenville, S. C., a director of the Roosevelt-Gafher or ganization in that State, said here today. Traxler is a member of the South Catolina delegation, which came to Atlanta to greet Governor Roosevelt ond hear the Democratic presidential nominee speak tonight. Other members of the South Caro lina delegation are: Senator Smith, Governor Blackwood, Claude N. Sapp, chairman of the State Democratic ex ecutive committee, and Mayor Burnet R. Maybank, of Charleston. Senator Smith is saving his fourth consecutive term in the senate. He recently won nomination for another term by defeating Cole L. Blease, a former governor and senator. The Democratic nomination in South Carolina is equivalent to election. Sen ator Smith has already served longer in the senate than any other South Carolinian. During his campaign for the nomi nation, Senator Smith was quoted as saying in one addres s that if Roose velt were elected he (Smith) would be “the next secretary of agricuL ture.” fT The statement was given wide pub licity in South Carolina papers. Short ly before the first primary, Senator Smith, in an interview with a news paper man, laughingly referred to the matter as “talk” of his friends but did not deny that he had made the statement. ^ The South Carolinian is the ranking Democrat on the senate agricultural committee and should the Democrats organize the senate, he would be come chairman of this important group. He has long been identified with agricultural legislation and is listed at the “only farmer in the senate.” HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. We will depart from our usual line this week and give you a boy and girl story (Ferdyand Liza) in Rhyme: A Ferdy Liza Story. When the cotton gits to rustin' And the farmer feels like bustin' And he’s lookin’ round for somethin' for hi 8 hash; ^ When thf corn begin s a frenchin' And the farmer starts retrenchin’ And the winders git to rattlin’ in the sash; When asparagus git 8 spindlin' And the Eastern markets dwindlin’ And Collossal grades begin to go to smash; Then the boy who takes a lashin’ Is the guy who’s quit potashin' ’Cause he didn’t think that potash paid him cash. % Extra potash makes plants healthy— Makes tlie farmers plenty wealthy— But they mustn’t fail to use the other s too,— Acid phosphate, meal and soda And the feathers of the Dodo And manure from round the barnyard wet with dew. Now you’ve read this little story, May it be your power and glory. But you mustn’t be interminably rash; Use more potash in yer mixture— If yer don’t your crops’ll fix yer, Just remember extra potash pays more cash. hi s melons and nitrate of soda or nitrate of lime as a side application. In 1931 he gathered 52 cars off of 60 acres and this year, duo to lack of rain, made on yr 46 cars from 66 acres. “Other large growers at Fairfax are Gecrge Sanders, Newton Load- holt and Thomas Brothers. At Brun son Gus Allen anH Manly Jenkins grow Wstson 8 and Dixie Bells. “And the reason why {hey call ’em watermelons is because they art • planted ‘in tk: rpring’!”—TW