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VOLUME LVI.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1932
NUMBER II.
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COUNTRY SWEPT BY THE DEMOCRATS
Former Barnwell Man
v Meets Tragic Death
W. H. Jones Killed Saturday When
Car Skidded from Embankment.
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—Body Found Monday.
Columbia, Nov. 8.—William Hatcher
Jones, 58, prominent Columbian, waa
killed in an automobile accident cojut
20:30 Saturday night when his sedan
left highway 215, about six miies this
side of Carlisle, at the north end of
Sandy River bridge, and plunged from
the high embankment to the river
Lank below\
The denseness of tne undergrowth
a the vicinity of the accident prevent
ed earlier dl-covery, though a quiet
search had been in progress for him
> nee early Sunday morning when he
f..iled to return, as expected from
Spartanburg.
Mr. Jones had wired Mrs. Jones
that because of some adjustments
recessary for his car he would be
’ate in returning, artd so uneasiness
as not felt until the night wore on.
When he had not returned by early
Sunday, the family notified Ben M.
Sawyer, chief highway commissioner
"Md i lose personal friend of the fami-
; . who had the highway patrol look
t 1 roughly for him.
A coroner’^ jury from Chester
« unty returned a verdict yesterday
.tternoon that death wa< due to an
Ucident and the body was removed to
t dumbia.
Mr. Cunningham of Leeds, who w’as
assisting Saturday at the Broad River
Filling Station, which is at the junc
tion of the Chester and Columbia
r ads, saw- a car pass Saturday night
ond heard a crash a minute or two
later. This car, he i s sure, now, was
Mr. Jones. He and others at the
station immediately went down the
road, thinking there had been an ac
cent, but tailed to find any evi
dence, although they searched care
fully in the vicinity of the bridge.
Feeling that the noise they heard was
rot that of a wrecked car, they re-
: . . ned to the filling station.
Sunday morning, when the family
veame alarmed over Mr. Jines’ fail-
v e to return, and Mi. Sawyer was
tified, he put the highway patrol at
irk, but made no public announce-
i ent of Mr. Jones* absence, not
wishing to unduly alarm his friends,
esterday two little negro boys ran
the Broad River Filling station and
• Id Mi. Feaster, the proprietor, that
iiile playing on the Sandy River
■; idge they had seen a wrecked car
and a dead man. Mr. Fea-ter went to
the scene at once. He told Maben
T .A
a _nes. a brother, and Christopher At-
Fnson, a friend, that he found Mr.
J nes lying about 20 feet from the
car, Mr. Jones evidently having
en thrown out of the car when it
first hit the ground. The car then
a pparently turned over again and had
nded on the river bank. The car
Feared about GO feet before it struck
iti.e fir-t time, and thiew Mr. Jones
v ut. Mr. Feaster notified the au
thorities, and Lieut. B. F. Wilkes and
’Ftrolnyui. A. J. Jones, cf the State
i. chway 'patrol, were s;:on on the
-cone and Mr. Jones was identified
i v paper- in hi^ pocket.
", The last person to see Mr. Jones
rvho knew him) must have been Su-
•ilntendent Evans of Spaitanburg
- bools. Mr. Jene- called on him
>ut 7 p. m: Saturday and later
November 30 Marks
Zero Hour on Loans
Field Inspector Says Borrowers of
Government Funds Must Pay or
Make Explanation. ^
How Barnwell County Voted
Senate
Congres s
President
Under date of November 4th, Fran
cis P. Mood, field inspector in charge
of the local crop production loan of
fice, addressed the following letter
“to all borrowers’* of funds from the
crop production loan:
“November 30th, 1932, marks the
close of period in which your crop
production loan should be repaid.
“Since the Secretary of Agriculture
has allow'ed that cotton may be stor
ed in Federal Warehouses, or with
the Cotton Growers Co-operative As
sociation, as collateral against your
loan, at 9%c per pound basis middl
ing 7-8 inch, it i s imperative that all
balances due be covered at once. If
you have not repaid your loan, or
stored your cotton against it, do so
at once, or see the undersigned with
explanation why.
“My schedule to be Hilda and
Blackville on Mondays; Elko and
Willistcn on Tuesdays; Dunbarton,
Meyer- Mill and Ellenton on Wednes
days; Kline on Thursdays; Barnwell
on Fridays and Saturdays.
“As has been made clear, the 1 an
office is not buying thl< cotton, but
merely allowing it to be stored a-
collaterel against your loan.
“If you have repaid your loan,
your last payment being made thir-|
ty days previous to this date, and
have not received your cancelled
papers, see me in order that we may
check your account for any possible
err< r.
“Repayments a nd co-operation have
been very favorable, and now is the
time to finish the job right, thus es-
tabljshing a good record for yourself
and Barnwell County.’’
Mrs. Robt. A. Patterson, of this
city, and Mrs. Henry Wingo, of Col
umbia, spent the week-end in Au
gusta a s the guests of the latter’s
grandfather, Mr. Murphy.
-
Smith
Harrigal
Fulm er
o
£ 1
09
—WW
w
R; osevelt
Hoover
Rarnwoll
' 1 j
- .461! ,[ B j
463
• IL -
5 ,| 463
5
Blackville
327
6
1 327
6
327
6 V
Dunbartcn
85
0 1 85
o
j; 85
0
Elko
70
0
1 70
0
70
,0
Hercules
227
0 !
227
0
227
0
Kline
109
o I
109
0
109
0
Meyer’s Mill
69
0
-j 69
0
69
0
Pleasant Hill _
57
0
57
0
57
0
Robbins i__
59
0 1
59
0 '
59
0
. Snelling
70
o
70
0
l 70
0
Willistcn
343
■ 4
1
343
4
•
343
4
Totals
1879
•
15
1
j 1879
i
15
,1
| 1879
! /
15
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Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
A Little Sense and Nonsense About
People You Know and Others
You Don’t Know.
v.'tnt tn see D'Jctor FeTI^OrT^om'crse
< 'lege but missed him. His w-atch
stopped at 10:30 and as this corres-
. ponds with the time the men at the
filling station heard the crash Sat
urday night this is taken as the time
< i the accident. The night was bad
for diiving, being very murky and
: v road undoubtedly slippery.^
.Mr. Jones was one of the most
• i minent and highly respected citi-
z.ns of Columbia. He came here 27
year ago from Barnwell County,
where-he had been superintendent of
the city schools and at one time
c iunty .-upeiintendent cf education,
h was while there that he started
The nucleus of what wa s to be the
Southern Teachers agency which has
become national in its scope. lie
ooved to Columbia in 1905 and for a
time publu-hed The Southern School
* News, the only school publication at
that time in South Carolina. He was
* cne time president of the National
Teachers’ association and also .-ecre-
tary of the State Teachers’ associa
tion. He had friends in teaching cii-
cle- throughout the nation.
Mr. Jones was president and gen
eral manager of the Southern Teach
ers agency, president and treasurer
cf the Jones Printing company and
the Jones School Supply company.
Mi. June-; was born at New Store,
Buckingham County, Virginia, Febru
ary 21, 1874. He was the son of
Louis Dibrell and Louisa Flippen
Jones. He is of Huguenot descent.
He was educated at private schools
and at William and Mary college,
Virginia, ftom which he was graduat
ed in 1894. He taught school for a
time in Virginia and then came to
Barnwell County, where he continu
ed teaching and rose rapidly in his
profession.
July 26, 1900, he married Miss
Laura M. Bellinger, cf Barnwell
County. He is survived by hc>r; two
sons, Martin B. Jones and William D.
Jones; two daughteis, Mis-es Suzan
ne and Laura Jones,Till of Columbia.
He was 6ne of 12 children, cf.wVjom
there survive him, Mrs. C. O. Forbes
of Farmvflle, Va., Mi;-. M. J. Cox of
Sheppard, Va., the Rev. Plummer J.
Jones, Presbyterian minister of A^-
vonia, Va., Maben S. Jones of T'Tl-
umbia and Ernest Jones of Alta Vista,
Va. *
Mr. Jones wa- a consistent and de
voted member of the First Presby
terian church of Columbia, a-member
of the Rotary club, a Mason and
Knight of^Pythias and president of
t£e Secuiity Building and Loan asso
ciation of this city. He was a care
ful business man, bcoad in h>s cul-
ture, with great poise of tempera
ment and of the highest character.
He was a man with whom it wa- al
ways a pleasure ta come in contact
and of mosFpleasing address.
The funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday afternoon by the
Rev. F. Ray Riddle, pastor of Shan-
don Presbyterian church, assisted by
the Rev. J. W. Jackson, D. D., pastor
of the First Pr'esbyterian"churclvwho
wa s unable to officiate because of a
recent throat operation. The inter
ment was in Elmwood cemetery.
Dr. B. W. Sexton qualifying as the
busiest man in Barnwell. . . He
is rushing preparations for the open
ing cf his new drug store in the Lan
caster Building. . . The sun-dial
one of cnly two or three of it< kind
in the United States, being dolled up
with a new coat of paint. . . J. B.
Weeks, of the Double Pcnd s section,
calljing at The People-Sentinel office.
. I . W. I. Johns and Otis All, of
Allendale, who still take an interest
in the affairs of old Barnwell County
in spite of the fact that they were
leaders in the movement to create Al
lendale County a dozen year s ago. .
. A. R. Dunbar, of Four Mile town
ship, remrking that he still has lots
to be thankful for—that while he ha-;
no money he has the love of family,
good health and loyal friends. . .
“Judge” Bellinger Maher and mem
bers of the Simms family from Wash
ington, D. C., greeting old friends in
and aiound the Court House. , . .
Lloyd Plexico putting the finishing
touche- on his new motorboat. . .
A large crowd of interested specta
tors at Monday’s legal sales witness
ing -omething new under the sun (if
the sun had been shining)—the sale
of a church building. . . Harry
Boylsttn enjoying a perfect d::y—
Clemson won and Carolina lost. . .
W. A. Fuller and H. W. Sander s dis
playing their intere-t in the athletic
affairs of Clemson and The Citadel,
Dean Fuller being a cadet at Clem-
sen and Wilson Sfanders a member of
the freshman football squad at The
Citadel.
Ben Ford, colored, one of the very
very few Republican voters at the
Barnwell precinct, getting the prom
ised chicken for- his pot when the
writer’s bird.dog killed one of his
hens a few days ago. . . The col
ored voters cf Barnwell voting al
most unanimously for Franklin D.
Roosevelt for President. . “Judge”
Beliingcr Maher leaving a farewell
note for Ed Woodward before return
ing to Washington. . . Mr. and
Mrs, C. F. Molair “’possum hunting
in their back yard /me night last
week and after “tiVeing” a nice
one having to call Night Policeman J.
C. H gg, to bring him clown.
BARNWELL GIRL HIGHLY
HONORED AT WINTHROP
Miss Kathiyn Holland, who is in
the Junior Cia-s at W’inthrop Col
lege this year, has recently been ap
pointed by the officials of the col
lege a s one of the marshals. This is
quite a complirpent and is next to the
highest honor that can be confeired
upon a student. No students are
eligible to this office except those
who have never been conditioned on
any subject nor restritted at any
time.
MLs Holland’s many Barnwell
friends are quite proud of her record.
Duiing her Freshman and Sophomore
year* she served cn the student gov
ernment board and has otherwise
shown herself to be a model student.
Several Sales Made
by Master in Equity
Receiver for Bank of Western Caro
lina Buys Barnwell Baptist
Church for $7,500.
ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel
A fairly large ‘crowd of Barnwell
citizens attended the* Master’.- and
Sheriff’s sales here Monday and wit
nessed the purchase of the Barnwell
Bapti.-t Church building, erected a
few years ago at a c^st cf approxi
mately $40,000, by T. G. Tarver, ie-
ceiver cf the Bank of Western Caro
lina, for $7,500. Other sales made by
G. M. Greene, Esq., master in equity,
were a s follow*:
T. G. Tarver, as receiver of the
Bank of Westem Carolina,- vs. Mrs.
Georgia D. Dyches, et al., two tracts
of land in Barnwell township, con
taining a total of 56 acre,-, bought by
the receiver for $2,200.
T. G. Tarver, as receiver, vs. A. D.
Connor, et al., 338 acres of land near
the town of Barnwell, bought by the
receiver for* $5,500, Mr. Tarver also
bidding in 18 mules for $700, eight
cow’s for $175 and farming imple
ments for $100.
T. G. Taiver, as receiver, vs. Ar
chie F. Greene, et al., four tiacts of
land totaling 498 acres, bought by
the receiver for $1,500.
T. G. Tarver, as receiver, vs. I.
H. Collins, et al., 68 acres of land,
bought by A. H. Ninestein, attorney,
for $1,0000; 76 acre- of land, bought
by A. H. Ninestein, attorney, for $1,-
200; 70 acres of land, bought by A.
H. Ninestein, attorney, for $500; five
mules, bought by A. H. Ninestein,
attorney, for $175.
First Carolinas Joint Stcck Land
Bank of Columbia vs. Inez Lax a!
Greene, two tracts of land near Wil-
liston, containing 332.4 and 99 acres,
lespectively, bought by the plaintiff’s
attorney for $7,450.
Mrs. Zelma Brown vs. James T.
Singleton, lot in the town cf Black
ville, bought by A. H. Ninestein, at
torney, for $60.
Several -ales were also made by
Sheriff J. B. Morris under tax execu
tions.
EDGEFIELD GATHERING
HEARS DOCTOR KINARD
Edgefield, Nov. 5.—The convention
of the Western Distiict of the Win-
throp Daughters was held here Sat
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
— ELECTED TO PRESIDENCY
Mayor Urges People
to Joiii Red Cross
HOOVER’S DEFEAT COMPARABLE
TO AL SMITH’S.
C. G. Fuller Issues Proclamation
Stressing Importance of Coming
Rrfll Call
C. G. Fuller, mayor of Barnwell,
has issued Xhe following proclama
tion stressing the importance of the
coming Red Cross Roll Call and urg
ing the/citizens to join:
“This year the economic emergency
leqrfs special importance to the an
al Roll Call, or membership cam
paign of the American Red Cros.*.
“The Red Cross is the recognized
relief agency throughout the Nation.
It is chattered, by Congress, headed
by the President of the United State?,
and accorded t^ie cooperation of the
Federal government. In the unem
ployment prisis it has borne a great
relief responsibility. It has been the
authorized medium for distribution of
Faim Board wheat and cotton to
those in need of flour, livestock feed
pnd clothing. Its volunteers have
been unstinting in devotion to the
task of collecting and distributing
supplies, and in production of finished
goods from materials. Hundreds
thousands of gardens have been plant
ed from Red Cross seed. In 2,200
communities Red Cross Chapters have
participated in unemployment relief
work.
“To unemployment have been added
95 disasters calling for Red Cross
assistance in the period of one year.
Drought in the Northwest, tornadees
in the Southeast, floods in the cen
tral South and a variety of other
catastrophes have entailed mighty
burdens on the organization.
“Notwithstanding all the manifold
special calls, such regular Red Cross
s eivices as life saving, first aid, public
health nursing and home hygiene, a s -
sistance to veterans, and Junior Red
Cross have been earned steadily for
ward.
Ever Mounting Majorities Gas
President to Concede His Defeat
by Roosevelt.
urday at the Dixie Highway hotel.
About 30 delegates were in attend
ance, representing the chapters of
Ridge Springs, Johnston, Denmark,
BlackgiMe and Edgefield. The dis
trict president, Mis. Leroy Still, of
Blackville, piesided. The visitors
w'ere welcomed by Mrs. A. R. Nichol
son, president cf the Edgefield chap
ter, the response being made by Mrs.
John E. Maloney.
Dr. James P. Kinard, president of
Winthiop College, and Mrs. Kinard
were present and the chief address of
*
the convention was made by Doctor
Kinard, who spoke of the-many im
provements that have been made at
the college and discussed the financial
situation. He urged the members of
the association to vote for the amend
ment to .the constitution providing
for a change in the focal year for the
State.
Advertise in The People-Sentinel
Borne high upon a towering wave
of Democratic votes, Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s lead assumed such im
pressive proportions in Tuesday's
election that soon after midnight Prea-
ident Hoover conceded the New York
governor’ s election to the Presidency
of the United States. At that time
Governor Roosevelt • had carried or
was leading in 38 States whose elec
toral vote totals 452; President
Hoover had carried or was leading in
only seven States with an electoral
vote of 59, while no reports had been
received from three States.
Early in the night the trend of the
voting strongly indicated the New
Yorker’s overwhelming election and
when, about nine o’clock, the Republi
can.' 1 conceded the loss of New York,
President Hoover’s defeat appeared
inevitable. From then on, the pyram
iding majorities for Roosevelt and
Garner showed that the President
would suffer a defeat comparable
with that of Alfred E. Smith four
years ago, when the Republicana
amassed 444 electoral votes.
Early returns from California, the
President’s adopted State, showed a
two-to-one lead for Ro*evelt, who
apparently had safely carried also
Hoover’s home State of Iowa.
Governor Roosevelt will assume
office at a time of economic atreao,
which furnished the principal talking
points of an unusually intensive and
bitter campaign.
Decisive Democratic advanceg in
the senatorial and house contests
likewise appeared to portend that the
party would control Congress. Demo
crats were picking up house seats
here and there, and Republican Sena
tors Watson, of Indiana, Smoot, of
Utah, Bingham, of Connecticut, and
Glenn of Illinois, were behind, without
“Our debt of gratitude is great.
Our pre?ent and prospective depend- the totals being conclusive,
ence is impressive. Everyone who is Interne interest rivaling that of the
able to take out membership, as a Democratic primaries, wa a shown in
good citizen and a patriot should do Barnwell County. The desire of voters
fo. | at the Barnwell precinct to partici-
“As mayor of Barnwell, I, there- pate in the Democratic victory was so
fore, proclaim the Red Cross Roll great that the supply of ballots wae
Call, November 11 to 24, a matter of exhausted several hours before the
prime civic duty, and urge our citizen- close of the polls and a rush order
ship to lend its heartiest support.”
Buried in Barnwell.
The body cf Franklin D. Christie,
73, who died in Atlanta, Ga., Satur
day night, after a short illness, was^
brought to Barnwell early Monday,
funeral services being conducted • at
3:30 o’clock that afternoon’ in the
Chutch of the Holy Apc-stles by the
Rev. John A. Pinckney, of Allendale.
Interment was in the Episcopal
Churchyard.
Mr. Christie is survived by three j receive upwards of 40,000 votes,
sens and three daughters, a- follows: Nearly 1.900 votes were polled in
wa? given to the local printing office
for an additional supply. Anothei*
featuie of the election here wag the
fact that the negroes voted almost
unanimously fer Roosevelt. Of the
five votes that Hoover received, only
one is .-aid to have been cast by a
negro. The Republican ticket polled
a smaller number of votes in the
county than it did four years ago and
this appear s likewise to be true ef
the State at large. This f too, in the
face of predictions from the Hna-
bright faction that Hoover would
Terris and Drew Christie, of Augus
ta, Willie Christie, of Columbus, Ga.,
MLs i Bert Christie. Mrs. Sophie
Jones and Mrs. H. J. Carswell, all of
Atlanta.
4-H Club Organized.
1
A 4-H Club for girlst'&as organiz
ed at the home of Mis-s Elizabeth
Mc-Nab on Friday afternoon, Nov.
4th, at four o’clock. The officers
elected were: Kitty Plexico, presi
dent; Emi’y Brown, vice-president;
Joe Ann Bauer, secretary. Twelve
members were enrolled. After the
busines.-* meeting, delicious refresh
ments Were served.
The next meeting will be held at
Kitty Plexico’s.
Joe Ann Bauer,Sec.
this county—the largest in many
years—the following results being
« hown: —
Roosevelt, 1,879; Hoover, 15;
Thomas, 0.
U. S. Senate—Smith, 1,879; Har-
Presbyterian Services.
Announcement is made that the
regular services will be held at the
local Presbyterian Church Sunday af
ternoon at four o’clock. Jhe pastor.
Dr. Pratt will conduct the services,
and the public is cordially invited to
attend.
ngal, 15.
Congiess—Fulmer, 1,879; Gardner,
15. j
The Constitutional Amendments
were given majorities in the county
ranging from 27 to 192, though these
return* are not complete.
Tables showing how the voters of
the county cast their ballots and the
trend of the country at large shoifljr
after midnight are published in this
i?sue.
Armistice Day Program.
Willistcn Post No. 75 of the Ameri
can Legion will render a program In
the WiUistqn-Elko high school audi
torium at 11 o’clock tomorrow (Fri
day) morning, which is Armistice
Day. Capt. G. E. Cook, of the United
States Army, who is located at An-
gu?ta, will deliver an address on an
appropriate subject. The public b
cordially invited and the
are urged to attend.