The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, October 27, 1932, Image 1
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.
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Barnwell
Consolidated Jobs 1, 1925.
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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.
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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