The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, February 09, 1933, Image 1
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Barnwell
CooMlIdatoi Jan« 1, 1925.
VOLUME LVI.
"Ju«t Like a Member of the Family"
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BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1933.
NUMBER 2S.
ASSEMBLY NEARS
HALF WAY MARK
LEGISLATORS BEGAN SEVEN
TEENTH DAY TUESDAY.
Money Bill, School Measures, Trans
portation, Fiscal Year and Other
Matters Up.
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
A Little Sense and Nonsense Abont
People You Know and Others
You Don’t Know.
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Beginning its 17th legislative day
of this scheduled 40-day session at
noon Tuesday, the general assembly
of South Carolina found itself in the
midst of important legislation, chief
among the bills being the general ap
propriation measure now before the
house of representatives.
The ways and mean s committee re
port, carrying a total of $5,000,000 for
the operation of the State government,
has been under consideration of the
lower house since Wednesday night
and $10,000 has been added by amend
ments. Less than half of the sections
have been acted upon. It is expected
that the house win Complete the bill
this week, after which it will be sent
to the senate, where the finance com
mittee will first make' recommenda
tions before the debate in the cham
ber.
As it is almost certain that a bill
to change the fiscal year from January
1 to July 1 will be adopted this ses
sion, there is a growing sentiment in
the two houses that two appropriation
bills, one for January 1 to July 1 and
the other from July 1 to July 1, 1934,
should be writen during the present
session. Heretofore the general assem
bly hag made appropriations after the
fiscal year had already started, fre
quently after a quarter of it had pass
ed. Thus the bills have been retro
active, causing uncertainty in all de
partments.
As to Fiscal Year.
Under a changed fiscal year, appro
priations would have been approved
several months before the new year
begins. If the bill to change the fiscal
year is passed and it has already been
approved by the house and > 8 on
third reading in the senate it should
not require much time to provide for
an additional six months’ appropria
tions as the tendency would undoubt
edly be lo maintain the same ratio.
While the appropriation bill has
been the chief subject under debate in
the house, other important measures
have been pushed temporarily into"
the background.
A house cemmittpe is still studying
the terms of the Crum bill to repeal
the fi-0-1 school law and at the same
time impose a general sales tax mod
eled after Mississippi’s measure. The
house committee on education is like
wise making an intensive study of the
reduction in fi-0-1 school funds as
recommended by the ways and means
committee in the general appropria
tion bill. It is likely for that reason
that- the section in the apropriation
bill dealing with the department of
e<kica! ion will he the last one to’be
considered before the bill is sent to
the senate.
School Bills.
Important education bills, worked
A bevy of pretty young high school
girls, members of. the local basket
ball team, flushed with their 48 to 19
victory over Hilda high and express
ing their jubilation in no uncertain
terms. . . Owners of lily pools in-*
terested in watching the hatching of
goldfish egg s deposited on the roots
of water hyacinths. The newly
hatched fish are not as large as “wig-
gletails.” . . Numbers of Barn
well people rushing over to Hilda
during the progress of the fire in that
town Sunday aftertioon. . . Mon
day qualifying as one of the coldest
mornings this winter, the ground hav
ing been frozen Sunday night, follow
ing a day of very windy weather. .
. . A horse saddle on the radiator
of a “Tin Lizzie.” “Bob”
Bronson remarking that some of the
most interesting items must (of neces
sity) be left out of this column. . .
Everybody discussing the local post of
fice situation and conjecturing on who
wttt “get The Job.” :—:—A’ ftrrce of
workmen busily engaged in building
forms for the sidewalls of the Turkey
Creek swimming pool and another
crew excavating f®r an additional 25
feet, which will make the pool 175
feet in length. Mayor C. G. Fuller is
determined that every white person
in the county who so desires can en
joy the pleasure of a swim this sum
mer—have “a place in the sun,” as
it were.
The price of eggs declining to 10
cents a dozen and cigarettes to 15
cents a package of twenty. . . .
Very changeable weather, from
freezing temperatures to springlike
mildness The Board of
County Directors in session.
Fire Destroys Three
Buildings at Hilda
Blaze Early Sunday Afternoon Burns
Dwelling, Store and Warehouse.
—High Wind.
out by the subcommittees, were expect
ed to be entered Tuesday. Sponsors
claim they will provide longer terms
and more economical operation, in
cluding an income in the “teacher
load.”
Hearings are likely this week on
bill s designed to relieve textile opera
tives, including one intended to elimi
nate the "stretch-out” system. This
measure, on the house calendar with
a favorable report, may be recommit
ted Tuesday in order that both textile
employers and employees may be
heard.
House and senate committees are
considering bills introduced in each
house to further regulate motor trans
portation in the State. Representa
tives of the motor lines protest that
the bills are fostered by the rail
roads to drive them out of business
and the tailroads say that the motor
lines are tearing up State highways,
for which they pay little to do busi
ness on. The argument is expected to
continue long and loud.
Spectacular in the senate la&t-week
was debate on Sloan’ s resolution call
ing for an investigation of the Farm-
Fanned by a high wind, fire which
started early Sunday afternoon in a
building occupied as a dwelling by
Eddie Collins and his family quckly
spread to the store building of Willie
Dyches and the warehouse of D. A.
Dyches, destroying all three before the
flame s were finally brought under con
trol by the Blackville fire department,
assisted by a hastily organized bucket
brigade. The origin of the firie has not
been determined, as Mr. Collins and
his family were not at home when
the blaze started. They lost all of
their household funiture. Willie
Dyches’ stock of goods is a total loss,
a s is also a quantity of cottonseed
and other things stored in D. A.
Dyches’ warehouse. It is understood
that there was no insurance on any
of the biuldings nor their contents.
Appeals for assistance were made
to nearby towns, Blackville respond
ed with its fire truck and member s of
its fire department, while a number of
Barnwell fire fighters were quickly 6n
the scene to assist in bringing the
blaze under control. They were
handicapped by a lack of water, but
succeeded in confining the damage to
the three buildings.
Boylston Tells of
— Work Accomplished
County Farm Agent Cites Facts and
Figures to Show How Farmers
Have Benefitted.
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The Barnwell Theatre
Opened Monday Night
Quite a Large Audience Greets First
Showing of Sound Pictures.—
Good Programs.
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Sees Vegetable Gardens As
1 a Part of Relief Work
The Barnwell Theatre opened Mon
day night with sound pictures under
the direction of L. P. Hanson, for
merly of New York City. The initial
offering wa s “Wild Girl,” featuring
Charles Farrell, Joan Bennett and
Ralph Bellamy, and quite a large au
dience was in atendance.
The entire interior of the theatre,
formerly known as “The Vamp,” has
been renovated. A partition has been
built to form a lobby and “sound felt”
has been installed to keep down
echoes, while the backs of the seats
have been covered in white, which
adds very much to the attractiveness
of the theatre.
The. pi'ogram for this (Thursday)
night is “Blessed Event,” starring
Lee Tracy, together with short sub
jects. This picture wa s also shown
last night (Wednesday). Friday and
Saturday nights Tom Mix in “Texas
Badman,” short subjects and a news
reel will be the attractions. *
Two shows are given each night, at
seven and nine o’clock. The prices of
admission are very reasonable, being
only 10 and 20 cents, plus tax. This
compares with a top price of 40 cents
in the theatres in neighboring towns.
It is to be hoped that the theatre
going public will show their appre
ciation by giving Mr. Hanson their
liberal patronage. Watch the columns
of The People-Sentinel for the weekly
programs, the first cf which appears
in this issue.
Local Garage Robbed
by Unknown Parties
About Twenty Dollars Stolen from
Vickery Brc«. Saturady Night.—
Two Negroes Arrested.
DOCTORS SCORE
RELIEF SYSTEM
State Director J< hnstone Calls on Counties fc,r Estimates of Needs for
Destitute Families to Raise Foodstuffs.
Alan Johnstone, State director of
the South Carolina relief council, has
announced that plan s have been com
pleted for' destitute families to es
tablish vegetable gardens with seed
bought by federal funds.
Johnstone made public arrange
ments to supplement direct relief by
encouraging poverty-stricken South
Carolinians to turn to the soil for sub
sistence.
The r'elief director said the Clemson
College extension service through its
gardening specialists will recommend
the variety and amount of seed to be
allotted each family.
Farm and home demonstration
agents of the extension service are
to' confer with county relief councils
-over the selection and preparation of
land, cultivation, pest control and
canning or drying of
raised!*
crops when
Johnstone asked immediate informa-
iion from each county as to the num-
Small Crowd Here Monday.
A comparative small crowd of peo
ple was in town Monday, which was
“Febiuary salesday.” Only two
sales cf real estate were made by the
Master in Equity, G. M. Greene, as
follows: '
Etiwan Fertilizer Co. vs. R. B.
Fickling, et al., 42 acres of land near
the town of Lees, bought by Harley
and Blatt, attorneys, for $1,200.
Atlantic Life Insurance Co., vs.
Nataline A. Fowke, et al., two tracts
cf land containing 228 and 162 acres,
respectively, bought by T. M. Boul-
were, attorney, for $9,890.
Several sales under tax executions
were also made by Sheriff J. B. Mor
ris. <*-
ber of families and amount of seed
which probably would be involved in
the plan. ^T -
He suggested co-operative farming
of such crops as sweet potatoe s with
labor paid by relief funds and super
vised by farm agents.
The South Carolina relief council
was informed by the reconstruction
finance corporation he said, that
“some of the federal funds made avail
able by the corporation for relief pur
poses may be used to provide seed for
subsistence gardens.”
Whether the American Red Cross,
congressmen, or the United States de
partment of agriculture have free
seed available for distribution at this
time, the South Carolina council was
not informed, although they once sup
plied seed.
Johnstone therefore informed coun
ty councils that “the money used for
seed will be a part of the allotment Mr. Still will also be at Allendale
made to your county and will not be on February 21st and at Bamberg on
To Assist Taxpayers.
R. B. Still, an agent of the South
Carolina Tax Commission, will be at
the Court House in Barnw’ell on Mon
day,'February 20th, for the purpose
of assisting taxpayers in preparing
their income tax returns or furnish
ing any information desired. This
service*, of course, is without charge.
About eighteen years ago the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture
began breeding a wilt-resistant cotton
which would be more suitable under
boll weevil conditions. Plant bleed
ers crossed cld Dixie with Melbourne
Triumph, and from this cross was
developed Dixie Triumph. In South
Carolina this breeding work was done
with Bronson and Sons near Florence
and George D. Sanders, of Fairfax.
L. O. Watson, a plant breeder of the
United States Department, of Agri
culture, did the work in cooperation
with these two farmers. These seed
were offered f° r s a le in the winter of
1919.
After several trips made to the
farms of these men arrangements
were made for purchase of 1,000
bushel s these seed and the w;riter
was able to secure a reduction in
price of fifty cents per bushel or a
saving of $500.
Forty-two farmers were induced to
buy some of these seed, find practical
ly every community in Barnwell
County had one or more men starting
w-ith fields of this variety. Up to this
time much damage had been done each
year to cotton by wilt, amounting to
ten to fifteen thousand dcllars.
From the source 8 of supply of seed
furnished for the above start, Dixie
Triumph spread rapidly over the en
tire county with a few new farmers
getting some new pure seed from the
breeder s each year.
Now how much has this saved in
less each year? Several thousand
dollars. How much in total? More
than fifty thousand is a conservative
estimate. Did this just happen?
How much improvement has been
made in the quality of cotton grown
in this county in the last six or eight
years? In 1925-26 there wag quite a
good d ea l cotton of shorter length
than 7-8 inch pioduced in the county.
There was a reduction made in the
price on account cf poor staple. The
five-acre cotton contest conducted in
Barnwell County and the State in
general has no doubt made the major
contribution to the enormous improve
ment in the quality of cotton. The
buyers of cotton in the county will
tell anybody of how- much improve
ment there ha s been in quality. We
have’had as many as twenty-two con
testants in a year planting five acres
each in pure pedigreed cotton seed
producing cotton of 1 inch or better
staple.
Some remember the handsome prizes
which were won by Barnwell County
farmers. Mrs. Mathis, Paul Baxley,
C. J. and Nick Martin are some who
won signal recognition by producing
unusually large yields of high quality
cotton. From these many supplies cf
seed, hundreds of farmeis have got
ten a supply to stait with.
Twenty-five to thirty-five thousand
pounds of poultry are sold each year
for 300 to 500 farmers, getting in
some cases as much as four cent s per
pound moie than local prices. Last
year county and home agent s sold
25,870 pounds to cars and trucks,
bringing $3,666.00. 359 farmers made
sales. ' ,
Pure brej hogs have been placed in
almost every community and now- one
or more farmers have purebred boars
in their sections. How much im
provement is there in the quality of
hogs produced now compared with
five years ago? ' ^
More than 1,000 farmer s in the
county w-ere assisted in borrowing
$112,000.00 for financing their farm
ing last year. Were they benefitted?
Have [they paid it back? Ask Mr.
Mood, seed loan inspector.
Some figure s from last year’s re
port:
Four 4-H Club s membership __ 55
Farm visits made by County Agent
during 1932 A 519
Calls on agent at office 670
Days spent in office 81
Days spent in office 212
Telephone calls 360
Number letters written 755
This is only a part of the results of
Extension Work in Barnwell County.
There is much mere that might be
given-^By H. G. Boylston, C. Agent.
The office of Vickery Bros, garage
and Ailing station was entered and
robbed Saturday night by an un^
known thief or thieves. Entrance
was effected through g window on the
north side of the building and the
“job” wa 3 evidently done by some
one thoroughly familiar with the
premises.
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The day lock had been left on the
office safe, which was opened by the
thief and $20, part cf which was in
old coins, stolen therefrom, together
with a fiat tin box containing papers
of no value to anyone but the owners.
Some pistol cartridges were also
taken, but a box containing about $5
in pennies was overlooked. The
thief used a flashlight, which was
left on the office floor, to assist In
bis search for valuables.
Two negroes, Pete Bateman and
Joe Brown, have been arrested by
Sheriff. J. B. Morris as suspects and
lodged i n the/county jail. The for
mer, it is said, had been noticed hang
ing around the office during the
day and wag the first to be placed
under arrest. Later, Brown was ar
rested and $4 in bills, a number of
old coin s and some pistol cartridges,
all of which were identified by Clyde
Vickery and Frank Kirkland as
among the articles stolen, were found
in his pockets. Brown denies any
PICTURE MANY DYING AS RED
TAPE TIES FUNDS.
State Council Answers Charges
Which “Deplorable Condition”
of Needy Made.
Allendale, Feb. 4.—Allendale Coun
ty resident s were pictured today aa
dying of influenza, pneumonia, star
vation and pellagra by two local phy
sicians and an attorney who said the
“deplorable condition” has resulted
from unsatisfactory disbursement of
relief funds.
The charges were made in a petition
presented the local relief committee
and said the situation was due to “red
tape” connected with distribution of
fund a borrowed from the Reconstruc
tion Finance corporation.
In signing the statement, Dr. W. A.
Breeland, Dr. F. H. Boyd *ukI J. M.
Patterson, attorney, made dear their
denunciation was leveled at the sys
tem Of portioning out fund g and not
at the workers theidselves.
The three said they presented the
statement privately more than ten
days ago to J. S. Spigener, chairman
of the Allendale County relief com
mittee, that the committee had ap
proved suggestions contained in the
paper and forwarded them to the
State relief council in Columbia.
In the *State capital, however, relief
officials said the petition received
there was “much milder” than the
knowledge of the robbery, claiming lone made public here. The petition,
that he won the money in a card I they said, was received there January
game from Bateman. This i s denied 21, signed by Breeland and 11 others.
by Bateman. However, the two ne
groes are being held pending further
developments.
Both men are old offenders, Brown
having been pardoned recently by
Governor Blackwood after serving ten
year* of a 16-year sentence for house-
breaking and larceny, while Bateman
has served time on the chain gang.
Plans New Repeal Bill.
a new cr separate fund.”
Fcbrutry 28th.
Representative R. S. Connor, of
Orangeburg, who is a brother of A.
D. Connor, of Barnwell, told a Farm
ers’ and Taxpayers’ League iheeting
at Orangeburg Monday that He in
tended to introduce a bill in the South
Carolina house to repeal all liquor
laws now on the statute books. A
similar bill introduced in the senate
some time ago by Cooke, of Hcr*ry
County, was withdrawn after the
judiciary committee had given it an
unfavorable report. Connor declared
that prohibitiona, as is exists, is a
farce.
and requested funds for purchaase of
medicine and pay of physicians.
Doctor Breeland and Doctor Boyd
suggested in the paper today that
treatment of the sick be left to local
physicians and that medical supplies
be piythased in quantities from the
State board of health. They said they
had pledged their personal credit at
local drug storeg for medicine which
was needed immediately and could
“not be delayed until all the red tape
had been unraveled.” They said no
action had been taken on the petition
as yet to remedy the “deplorable situ
ation.”
A reply by Alan Johnstone, State
dir'ectcr of the council, to the petition
reived in Columbia was made public
at hi g office today after the three
Jiad publicized their statements but
the answer referred only to routine
instruction regarding various cases
tha\might come up.
ials at the council office said
Johnstbne wrote Spigener January 81
that reriff fundg could be used f° r
Mr. and Mis. B. Wilson Walker and
little daughter viited relatives in
Charleston last week.
medical a!
said the
in “unusual cases.” They
petition they received con-
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Have New Plan to Keep
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Board Cotton Off the Market
ise C
Southern Senators Will Push Amendment to Smith’s “Warehoui
Bill Designed to Meet Emergency.
Crop"
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Croft and fami
ly wish to thank their friends for
the kindnesses shown them during
the illness and death of their son,
Broadus.
Washington, February 6.—Senator s
Geoige and Russel of Georgia and
Smith of South Carolina, with Bank-
head cf Alabama and other Southern
senators, will urge the approximately
3,500,000 bales of government cotton
be removed from the market.
The senate committee on agricul
ture, Wednesday in executive session,
will hear Senator Geoige on his plan
which will be embodied in an amend
ment by Senator Smith to the “ware
house” crop bill which he has pre-
viusly introduced and which he is
now sponsoring.
Thi s plan, it is said, is not an
tagonistic to the farm relief plan, on
which the committee concluded hear
ings today. It is designed as an emer
gency measure to have life for one
year and contemplates organization
of a non-profit organization with a
nominal capital, the directo^g to be
approved by the Reconstruction Fi
nance corporation board. It would be
financed through commitments from
the Reconstruction Finance corpora
tion, operated through the regional
agricultural credit corporations, and
thus would involve no new appropria
tion by congress. The government al
ready has money invested in the cotton
involved in the plan.
It is proposed to organize a p:ol
and purchase approximately 2,600,000
bales of cotton held by the State cot
ton corporatives and carried on R-\F.
C. loans, about 800,000 bales control
ed in part by the department cf ai
culture because of seed loans and ertp
production loans,* and something less
than 600,000 bales controlled by the
Red Cross a s cotton donated for re
lief purposes to be exchanged for
cloth and garments.
Producers of icotton would be asked
to sign agreements presented them by
agricultural extension agents to re
duce their acreage this season at least
30 per cent, below the acreagt they
planted in cotton in 1932. The pro
posed corporation would direct the
sales policy of the approximately S,-
400,000 bales in the pool but would
be directed by the bill to dispose of
this cotton in the fiscal year begia*
ning next July 1st and ending
June 30th, 1934. The profits of the
pool, consisting of the difference in the
purchase price plus carrying - and
operating price, as compared with the
sales price, would be distributed to
the produces participating in the
movement Producer, would be given
an interest in the approximate extent
of the estimated production of
eliminated by operation of the
The State.
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