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^•4 i % '7-Fir r v THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.* V V v»onmjiiaitvfl jam i, ivxo. FamHy ,> VOLUME LVL DECK NOW CLEAR „ FOR REAL WORK — 1 — LEGISLATURE through with PRELIMINARIES. i ■. i ■ ■■ ^ Ways and Means Committee Began Hearings on Appropriations Bill Monday Night. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1933 \ NUMBER 21. Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. The general assembly of South Carolina, opening its second week on Tuesday at noon, is now in position to begin its real work of the year. The first week saw the new mem bers getting acclimated to the atmos phere of the State House. There was the excitement always incident to the election of a speaker of the house; over in the senate there was the con test over the seat for the senator from Horry; sergeants-at-arms were to be elected; and chaplains and clerks. The governor delivered his message. All of these preliminaries have been dis posed of, and this week should see the lawmakers hiting their real stride. Monday, the ways and means com mittee of the house held the first of its series of hearings on appropria tions for 1933—and before the minds of that committee will be the resolu tion the house adopted last week—to hold appropriations for the year 1933 to $5,000,000. Speaker J. B. Gibson has had placed in the hall of the ouse a large placard carrying the words “Forty Days,” a constant reminder that the work cf the session is to be completed in 40 days. So the ways and means.committee, under the direc tion of Neville Bennett, chairman, will have to drive hard. In his address,,.JGovernor Black wood recommended that consideration be given to the imposition of a gen eral sales tax; to a poll tax on women; to a tax on intangibles and to a low ering of the income tax brackets. The budget commission, of which the gov ernor is chief officer, recommended that total appropriations of $6,502,000 be made for the operation of the gov ernment. The lifting of the tax on real property for State purposes was also mentioned by the governor in his address The office of the Standard Oil Corn- Liquor came in for its sare of at- P an y 8 local plant, near the A. C. L. tention (idling the opening week of depot, was robbed of seveial dollais the session; in the house there is a j ^th of 3 cent stamp s Monday night, measuie to legalize 3.2 per cent, beer 1 act r ding to H. J. Phillips, manager, and in the senate a measure to re- Entrance to the building was effected T\Vo plane s landing at the local air port one afternoon last week—one piloted by D. C. Martin, who made a forced landing at Allendale a few days before, and the other by C. G. Fuller, who, with his wife as a pas senger, flew from Palm Beach, Fla-,! to Barnwell, a distance cf more thah 500 miles, in a little over four hours. Going down they flew to Miami in five hour s 14 minutes. . . And Mr. Fulled remarking that both he and Mrs. Fuller are delighted to be back in Barnwell again, than which there is no better town in the country. . . A report that a bootlegger has ac cumulated a large stock of Red Cress flour, for which he traded “the O be joyful.” ... A duplicate bridge game in which the decision of the evening’s play depended on the correct discard of one of two remain ing card s on the last board, the win ners nosing cut by a scant 18 points. A young Ifflly requesting the writer to mention in this column that “Dub” Turner, popular assistant cashier of The Bank of Barnwell, was the re cent recipient of an anonymous gift of what would be termed in modern parlance a pair of “step-ins.” Yep, they had frills, ’n’ a draw-string ’n’ everything And “Dub” de claring that he will be glad to pass •'em on to anybody they’ll fit, provided he is allowed t*o do the fitting. . . “Depression plants” and “chemical gardens on display at local drug stores. . . Col. Edgar A. Brown and Col. Solomon Blatt, senator and representative, respectively, at home from the legislature for the week end. Man refering to his wife as “the war department. . . .Dr. C. N. Burckhalter remarking that if he parked a car while out hunting he’d expect it to be robbed. First Bunch of “Grass.’ The first bunch of 1933 aspar- agu s to be cut loca*ly, and what is probably the first in the State. was cn display in the show win' dow of the Barnwell Fruit Co. Thursday. It was g^rown on the farm of Col. J. E. Harley, ’ of this city, and was cut from a field of what i s termed “quick land.” Several days of warm weather had caused the crowns to sprout. Last year Colonel Harley en joyed the distinction of being the first grower to market a full crate of “grass,” which wa s cut February 9th. Asparagus growers are now preparing their field's for the coming crop. BARNWELL SHERIFF HUNTS CAR THIEVES SEEK HOOVER BROTHERS FOR Grubbs Completes First Six Months ALLEGED THEFT. Bird Hunt Turned Into, Man Hunt When Local Sportsmen’s Auto mobile Was Plundered. v 49 of His Classmates Discharged for Failure to Make High Academic Grass Fire Destroys Negro Tenant House C. G. Fuller’s Airplane Hangar Also Threatened by Flames Tuesday -—-— Afternoon:—■— i A negro tenant house on the farm of Dr. B. W. Sexton, adjacent to the local airport, was destroyed by fire early Tuesday afternoon and the airplane hangar of Mayor C. G. Ful ler' and the residence of J. C. Moody were threatened with destruction. The fact that Mr. Fuler’s hangar' is of sheet-iron construction on a brick foundation saved it from the flames, while a large force of men employed on the project at Turkey Creek pre vented the burning of Mr. Moody’s home. The tenant house was ignited by burning grass, the fire having started in an old field a couple of miles away and spread quickly ever that section. Social and Personal News from Williston Office Is Robbed. peal all the State’s prohibition laws. Committees will likely make their re port on these measures this week. through a window. The thieves did not molest a typewriter, check pro tector and other articles, leading to There are, in the legislative hoppers, j belief that they are local ar- resolutions to investigate the highway I* 8 * 8 - department; the department of agri-j Friday night, unknown parties en- culture, commerce and industries and tered the store cf J. E. Hailey, Jr., the University of South Carolina- j on Mar’boro Street, and stole several In the organization of the house. J.; dollars in money. B. Gibson, of Dillon, was elected 1 - — 1 : speaker; in the senate, John F. Wil- were; Mrs. B. P. Davies, Mrs. Edgar liams, of Aiken, was re-elected presi- 1 Brown, Mrs. C. G. Fuller, Mrs. Julien dent pro tempore. Local and Personal News of Blackville Bush and Mrs. Charlie Brown, Jr., of Barnwell. Club prize was given to Mrs. Sem Rush. Visitor’s prize was awarded to Mrs. Davies. v B. B. Kammer, of Sanfordf~iSf. C., was the guest of his father, John Kammer, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Montgomery, of Blackville, Jan. 14.—The Blackville chapter of Winthrop Daughters met Tuesday, Janua.y 10, in observance of | Co ] umbia> ar<L vis i ting the later’s Founder’s day, honoring the birthday i parentSf Mr and Mls w Altman, of Dr. D. B. Johnson. Hostess for Sam I> Buist and j. P . H air, of the occasion was Mis. F. H. Hitt, a Macon, Ga., were guests of their par- member of one of the fiist giaduating en t^ Mrs. C. S. Buist, and Mr. and classes cf Winthrop college, which Mrs. A. B. Hair for a short whije was then located in Columbia. Miss j ag ^ g au t 1( jay Olive Baxley presided over the meet-j Mrs Idalice Grimes Herlong and ing, which was opened with the Win-! children> of Rock Hill) spent last throp Daughters creed and college vveek Vi -jth the former’s parents, Mr. song. The regular annual election of and Mrg H s Grimes> in Lees . Williston, Jan. 14.—Mrs. J. W. Folk has returned from Aiken, where she was called on account of the ill ness °f her daughter, Mrs. Jennings Woodward. Mrs. Klugh Faust and daughter, Mary Nell, retumed Tuesday after a visit with Mrs. Hutto in Bamberg. Mrs. W’alter Hill, of Vidalia, Ga., is spending some time with her aunt, Mrs. J C. Hair. George Dyson, of Augusta, and Miss Peggy Martin, of Atlanta, were guests last w’eek cf the former’s par ents, Mr and Mis. S. M. Dyson. Mrs. Edwards and daughter, Doro thy, of Aiken, are guest s of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. McCarter. Mrs. Mae Creech, of Yemassee, is visiting her sens, J W\ and W. C. Cook. Blackville Firm Chartered. The Edisto Rivef Fertilizer Com pany, Inc., of Blackville, has been in- coiporated with $400 capital. S. G. Lowe is president and treasurer and F. R. Dulaney is vice-president. A bird hunt that turned unexpect edly into a man hunt was the unusual experience Saturday afternoon of Prof. W. W. Carter, superintendent of the local schools, and B. P. Davies, publisher of The Barnwell People^gen- tinel. These two men had parked their car at the edge of a field over which they were hunting in the Big Fork sec tion and about a half mile away saw another car parked in the edge of Saltkehatchie swamp, under a tree. No particular attention was paid to the car or its occupants, , who soon left and drove in the direction of the Davies car. Carter and Davies hunt ed on back to their automobile, only to find that it had been ransacked, the thieves stealing a box of shells, several bottles of coca-cola, cigar ettes and a jack. Curious to know what breed of “sportsmen” would rob the car of other fellow hunters, Car ter and Davies tracked the other ma chine back to the public highway, where it turned in the direction of Ulmer. It was followed a mile or two down the highway, across a field and back to the highway, where it headed in te direction of Barnwell. Deciding that the car had tco much of a start to be overtaken, the chase was abandoned and Carter and Davies resumed their hunt. Upon returning to Barnwell early Saturday night, the matter was reported to local au thorities who said that the descrip tion cf the car tallied with that of one stolen at Johnston the same night that Broadus and .Duffie Hoover, two notorious characters from this county, escaped from the Saluda County jail. Magistrate J. W. Sander s says that residents of that particular section recognized the Hcovers in the car. Sheriff Morris and his deputies are conducting a search for them and it is hoped that they will soon be appre hended. Incidentally, this was the second time within a week that Davies’ car was plundered, some one having stolen a pail* of pliers, drivers’ licenses and other articles from pock ets of the car while it wa s parked in front of a local residence the Sun day night previous. The Hoover brothers have run afoul of the law on several occasions in the past, and at the recent term of the Court of General Sessions 'for Barnwell County they were sentenced to two years at hard labor, the sen- * tence being suspended by Judge P. H. Stoll on condition that they leave the State within 48 hours and not re turn. . It is understood that they were lodged in the Saluda jail on a charge of larceny. Standard Required. West Point, New Y©rk, Jan. Cadet Elmer W. Grubbs, son of J. Buist Grubbs, of Barnwell, has sue- «• cessfully completed the first six months’ work at the U. S. Military Academy here. In the general writ ten reviews and mid-term examina tions just completed 49 of Grubbs’ classmates were discharged for fail ure to maintain the high academic standards inquired. Authorities at West Point consider the first six months’ work to be thg most difficult. Classes at West Point contain from nine to fourteen cadetg which insures that each man wdll recite in every subject daily. Another policy in ef fect here which is widely advocated by educational authorities is the grouping of cadets by sections which is done by placing the best studenfs in the first section and the poorest in the last. This permits brilliant stu dents to progress rapidly and not be held up by the slower cadets. In^ addition to his academic work, Grubbs has received considerable military instruction. His physical development ha s also been provided for by daily classes in the gymnasium where he is being taught to box, wrestle, fen,<;e and swim. TROm CATCHES MAN IN GEORGIA STATE PATROLMAN NABS HIT AND RUN DRIVER. Arrest Marka Concluding Chapter Six Weeks Search Following Death of a Negro. HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel. I had the pleasure on Thursday evening, of listening to young W. B. Searson, Jr., of Meggett, deliver the oratino which won him first place at the National Future Farmers of America meeting in Kansas City. Young Searson was an honored guest at the 148th Annual meeting of the Agricultural Society of South Caro lina, held in Charleston on that date. The speech received one of the big gest ovations probably ever accorded a youngster at any meeting of this revered society, and the members of this organization listened to him with rapt attention. His topic, “Give them a Chance,” was timely. It dealt with the plight 1 of the farmers since 1920, was a plea for a better kind of taxation. It showed deep thought, much research, and exceedingly thorough prepara tion. Congratulations to you, young man! May our legislators and others in authority read your speech, or have the privilege of hearing you deliver it before them at a not too distant date. „ The Future Farmer s of America is an organization of boys of high school age, who are studying voca tional agriculture in their schools. I do not know the qualifications neces sary for entry into this society, but if young Mr. Searson is a representa- tative, then its ideals must be high and its influences exemplary. It is to these'farm boys of today, that agriculture cf tomorrow must JUST KIDS—a Ten Year Old Uncle. By Ad Carter officers was carried out at this time. The chapter elected Mrs. John Mo-, leney, as president; Miss Olive Bax- Mrs. Emma Bush, cf Ellentcri, was the guest last week of her daughter, Mis. D. Stanley Brown, ley, vice-president; Miss Patsey Peay, j ^j rg p Stanley Brown was hostess secretary; Miss Ruth Barton, treas-] tbe T burs day After’noon Bridge urer; Miss Elizabeth Baxley, publicity j Club thig week ^chairman. Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Creech and Mr. and Mrs. James Nevils enter tained at the summer home of the latter on the Edisto river last Friday evening. Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Buist, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Sem Rush, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Posey, Mr. an d Mrs. W. R Carroll, Miss Kathryn Legare, Miss Patsy Peay, Miss Myra Faust, Mis s Dorothy Neil, Mias Caroline Richardson, Miss Elizabeth Boland, Miss Dorothy Mocrer and H. L. Buist. Contract and auction bridge was play- dd. Prizes were won by Mrs. Rush and Miss Faust. ~ The Thursday Bridge club met for the first time in the new year at the home of Mrs. Herman Brown Thurs day aftemecn. Ou\-of-to.vn guests Notice! I will be at the following places for the purpose of taking tax returns for the year 1933, ouly personal property is to be ^returned this year. Ten per cent, penalty will be added for failure to make returns on or before Febru ary 28, 1933. Meyer's Mill, January 18, 1933. Robbins, January 20, 1933. Seven Pines, January 23, 1933. Williston, January 25, 1933. Respectfully yours, i ~ W. H. MANNING, Auditor, Bcinwell County. DOES IT FEEL A REAL UNCLE? rv WHATCHA UNCLE TO TOrUTf - A BOYj OR jes’ a Girl.? IT DOIST FEEL 50 AD - UHCOURSE riTS quite a ‘SPOMSABILITY BEIN' A UNCLE - YOU PONT SEE HA NY FELLERS AS YODMCx AS \ AM BEIN’ UNCLES - DO YUH ? The many BamwelL County friends of State Highway Patrolman C. H. Trotti, formerly of Williston, will be interested in the following news story . from Saturday’s issue of the Orange burg Times and Democrat: The return to Berkeley County of Henry Lee Welsh from Ellabelle, Ga, where he was arrested Tuesday marka the concluding chapter in a six weeks search by Highway Patrolman C. H. Trotti, of this city, assigned to a hit and run case in which a negro was killed. Welsh was brought here late Wed nesday night and lodged in the coun ty jail by Patrolman Trotti, Lieut. Fred Fanning, both of the highway patrol and deputy sheriff St. Clair .Price, who went to the Georgia town for Welsh, Trotti and Lieut. Fanning left here shortly before noon for Moncks Cor ner to turn Welsh over to the sheriff cf Berkeley County. Before leaving here Welsh signed a written statement regarding the fatal accident which occurred about December 1st. Following an investigation by the Berkeley officers the case wa g report ed to the highway department and Patrolman Trotti was assigned to the investigation. The burned remains of an automobile was all that the officer had to work on. Stripped of all maritg of identifi cation, the shapeless mass apparently offered bttle hope to the officer, but the patrolman was determined to ex haust every lead before turning in hi s report. Finally his Labor was rewarded by the finding of one or two parts which carried numbers. Weeks of corres pondence with the makers of tho egr followed and finally the information came that the parts originally went into the manufacture of a car, the numberg of which were furnished, and the name of the dealer to whom the car was shipped furnished. Then Officer Trotti went to Hines- ville, Ga, where the motor dealer was located to whom the car wag sold. That was in 1926, and at the office of thig dealer Officer Trotti wgs able to j trace the sale and resale of the car. | It underwent many changes since its | original sale, but the thread of evi dence was never entirely broken. Welsh, in hi 8 statement, told of having gone to Berkeley from Ellg- beile, Ga. At the point where tho accident occurred he states, the road parallels the railroad, and at the time a train was approaching. He ttys, he saw* two negroe s on the road ahead, but was blinded by the head light of the engine. He struck one of the negroes and at the same time he applied his brakes. The brakes I took held so suddenly that he was look to, for its leadership, and the, . ...... * .. —a, , , . j thrown -into the windshield of his car, nust, be proud of » j *.•*». 1 KIN YUH MAGINE A feller callin' Tonnr UNCLE' 1 I FEEL. SORRY FCRl I the t H o INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CO, whole low country mu this boy who ha 8 brought national recognition to our State. Mr. David R. Cpker’s speech at the | same meeting gave those of us who were present, much foed for thought. His statement that in the past six or seven years, the average length of cotton staple had^Tieen increased so much that the cotton mills of our State had increased their consumption of locally grown cotton from around 15 per cent, to over TO per cent, was a revelation to many of us. He gave credit for this feat to the 5-acre cotton contests staged by the Clemson College Extension, Ihe State newspaper, and the Cotton Manufacturers Association; but very modestly, he did not mention the tremendous part he had played in plant breeding, and making possible the various 8^rain s and varieties of , cotton necessary, before systematic work could be done in increasing : staple length. But, nowadays, the name of David ; R. Coker stands for everything that’s best for agriculture. In this day of buying at home, this increase of staple length has just been ! a case of the farmer supplying a long i felt want, and the cotton mill 8 of the State backing them up, by buying I South Carolina cottcn. he says. He suffered a cut in the face and other injuries, whereupon be did not step but kept on going. Some eight miles further on the road, he says, his car left the road and was wrecked and burned. After that he made his way back to the home where he left his wife, and with her* left for his home in Georgia without delay. Welshe’g statement sets out that he wrote back to ascertain if the man he hit had been seriously hurt, but never had any reply to his letter, and that he was unaware of the negro's death until he was taken into custody by the officers Wednesday. . Patrolman Trotti has been aaaigned to this territory for the past two years, during which time he has made his residence in this city. (° «3S _ The manner in which he conducted thi s investigation and the success With which he met has brought consider able praise from many for this ann ual work. It reads much like the work of the Northwestern Moated Police. 1 Time Ig Extended. Under the terms of a joint tion adopted by the general last week, the time for securing anto- mobile license plates for 1938 was extended to February 16th. Tha measure was sponsored by the Bam- Advertise In The People-Sentinel , well delegation.