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< A VOLUME LVL General Sessions Court Convenes Here Feb. 27 Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week Grand and Petit Jurors Drawn Here Monday.—One Week Term With Judge Mann Presiding. \A one-week term of the Court of General Sessions will convene here on Monday, February 27th, with Judge M. M. Mann presiding. Grand Jurors for 1933 and petit juorors for the ap proaching term were drawn here on Monday a s follows: . Grand Jurors. I H. A. Greene, Elko. J. M. Rowell, Hilda. F. H. Dicks, Jr., Upper Richland. S. G. Lowe, Blackville. J. J. Anderson, Dunbarton. W. H. Hutto, Jr., Blackville. Wm. H. Hutto, Reedy Branch. W. L. Baxley, Barnwell. J. F. Swett, Meyer’s Mill. J. H. Lancaster, Ashleigh. - ,A, F. Weimortz, Mt. Calvary. Freddie Jones, Hilda. Hold Over. L. Cohen, Barnwell.. G. B. McClendon, Blackville. F. C. Birt, Long Branch. J. Black, Jr., Reedy Branch. W. M. Meyer, Meyer’ s Mill. C. D. Owens, Kline. Petit Jurors. R. A. Patterson, Barnwell. C. E. Hall, Wiiliston. G. W. Black, Reedy Branch. W. E. Matthews, Blackville. P. W. Price, Barnwell. Eugene Brown, Barnwell. C. B. Ellis, Jr., Meyer’s Mill. John C. Grubbs, Double Pends. F. L. Eaves, Dunbarton. J. L. Porter, Edisto. Frank Sanders, Oak Grove. L. M. Boyles, Diamond. P. S. Morris, Oak Grove. C. H. Greene, Dunbarton. F. M. Thomas, Meyer’s Mill. C. Black, Jr., Reedy Branch. E. L. Martin, Blackville. Jacob Shipes, Double Ponds. J. S. Grubbs, Diamond. L. M. Harley, Wiiliston. Silas Rountree, Dunbaiton. G. S. Black, Reedy Branch. John Hartzog, Blackville. C. L. Hiers, Four Mile. J. R. Keel, Long Branch.. J. Frank Fields, Barnwell. Ira E. Black, Barnwell. C. S. Youngblood, Elko. V. L. Nevils, Blackville. L. P. Williamas, Elko. W. C. Birt, Wiiliston. W. R. Moore, Seven Pines. Lennie Jowers, Blackville. Marvin Holland, Barnwell. W. C. Boyd, Elko. J. W. Justus, Ellenton. Carlot Poultry Sale In County This Week Little Sense and Nonsense About. Car Was at Dunbarton Tuesday and People You Know And Others You Don’t Ik nW. l The following item in “Seen Here at Barnwell and Hilda Wednes day.—Fair Prices. A carlot sale of poultry was held in tion of Miss Elizabeth McNab, home demonstration agent, and H. G. Boylston, farm agent. The car was at Dunbarton Tuesday and at Barn well and Hilda yesterday (Wednes day). While the prices paid were not as high as formerly, due to the drastic decline in the prices for all commodi ties, they are said to have been about two cents a pound more than has been paid locally. The scale was as fcl- ows: Colored hens, 10 cents; leghorn hens, 7 cents; cocks, stags, ducks, geese and tom turkeys, five cents; chickens, capons (under 7 pounds and slips), 7 cents; hen turkeys and ca pons (over 7 pounds), 10 cents; guineas, each, 20 cents. Legislature Plans to Rewrite Measure Bill and There” in The State: “Solomon the county this week under the difec- Blatt, member of the .house from Barnwell, holding a little girl about six in his arms and addressing the membership saying, ‘Here’s a little girl 'placed in a home by the children’s bureau. I am glad the house made provision for the continuance of that bureau.’ ” . . A street thermome ter registering 85 degrees above zero during the recent sub-freezing weather. •. : And local filling sta tions doing a land-office business in anti-freeze solutions. . . An ar gument as to whether it is better to have a high property assessment and a low tax levy or a low property as sessment and a high tax levy, which is the difference between tweedledum and tweedledee. . . . Cold, wet, dreary weather—the kind that’s fit mostly for card playing or sleeping. . . . A copy of a letter written by Congressman H. P. Fulmer to the editor of the Colubbia Record, call ing attention to the fact that he (Mr. Fulmer) was one of the 32 congress men who voted for a 25 per cent, re duction in the salaries of congress men. The Columbia scribe had said editorially that “they were all opposed to it.” . . . The editor of The People-Sentinel leaving to attend the U. S. District Court at Aiken as a juror and expressing the hope that, in the future, those charged with the preparation of jury lists in Barnwell will delete the name of anyone connect ed with this newspaper. Senator Edgar A. Brown, who flew to Washington recently to attend a legislators’ conference, describing how beautiful a snow-covered world ap pears from an altitude of 3,000 or 4,000 feet. . . . And it is also interesting and amusing to hear him and Claude Sapp, his companion on the trip, each tell how scared the other was during the few minutes preceding their forced landing at Richmond, Va. . . . Icicle s hanging from automo biles and the eaves cf buildings. Announcement on the window of the local Ford dealer’s place of busi ness that two new Fcrds have already been sold, even.though the new mode has nrtf been displayed locally. . prominent man holding up traffic by stopping his car in the middle of the street to inspect a load of wood. Heavy Toll Is Taken In Motor Accidents John Willis Harlpy. South Carolina Appropriation Will Be Drafted to Cover Eighteen Months. Young White Man Cut Here Saturday Night Hallie Hutto Seriously Wounded Dur ing Fight in Local Barbershop. —Two Arrested. Many Autos in State Escape Property Tax More Than 43,000 in South Carolina Are Not Returned for Taxation, Figures Show. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Still Lose Homo and Most of Their Furniture Friday Morning. Hallie Hutto lies seriously wounded in an Augusta hospital and E. D. (“Babe”) Zissett and his son, Leon, were lodged in the Barnwell County jail as the result of a cutting affray in a local barbershop early Saturday night. Hutto has a knife wound * n hi 8 left breast, above the heart, said to have been inflicted by the younger Zissett. It is alleged that Hutto and the elder Zissett got into a fight when the former refused to take a drink of whiskey with the latter, Zissett, it is said, throwing some of the liquor in Hutto’s face. Hutto, it is reported, knocked Zissett down, whereupon Leon Zissett is alleged to have stabbed Hutto with a pocket knife, inflicting a dangerous wound. Hutto was given first aid by a local physician and rushed to an Au gusta hospital. Reports received here are to the effect that hi s condition is improved and that he will recover un less complications set in. Mr*. Hutto is a native of Bamberg and has been employed by the Fuller Construction company heie for the past several months. Twenty-one Persons Killed on South Carolina Highways During -— Month cf January. Twenty-one persons died as a re sult of automobile accidents on South Carolina highways during January as compared with 12 in the same month cf last yeav a report issued from the State highway department shows’ There was a total of 99 accidents, The body of a young man discover ed in a hotel room in Beaumont, Texas was identified by police as that of John Willis Hatley, of Savannah, Ga. Mr. Harley wa s reported missing from h: s home since January 16th. He was a native of Barnwell Coun- .ty, but bad lived in-Savannah for the past twenty years, ah ( i was assistant manager of the Atlantic Refining Co., of the Georgia city. Funeral service,, were held Friday afternoon of last week at four o’clock at Epworth Methodist Church, Savan nah, interment followed in-the City cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Esther Harley, his mother, Mrs. C. G. Harley, and four brothers, Ed, o, j Herbert and Joe Harley, all cf Savan- a s compared with 82 m the 31-day! nahi 6nd char|ey Har . < , yt of Grecns . , boro, N. C. Quits School Posti period last year. Nine of these were reported to have resulted from “reck lessness due to liquor”; 20 to careless driving; 23 to reckless driving; 14 to speeding. Nine cf the vehicles were wmi , tGn> Feb , lU ._ M i Ss Peurifoy driven otf the road and 12 overturned. St( . vens0nj o( Columbia> has resiKnej Defects of motor veh.cles caused Stic her ^ as a raember c( the wiiliston- of the wrecks. -- In addition to the/fatalities, 86 per sons were injured, seven seriously and 79 slightly: In January, 1932, 75 were hurt. Of these killed last month seven Culumbia, Feb. 10.—Ending a ten- day attempt to pass an “economy” ap propriation bill and provide for public schools, the house today re turned the supply measure to the ways and means committee with instruc tions to write a bill covering 18 months instead of 12. Five members, constituting a sub committee of the ways and means group, began on the new appiapria- ticn bill this afternoon. With most of their work merely a question of arithmetic, the completed bill is slat ed to be placed before the house when it reconvenes Tuesday. In recommitting the bill, the house followed a suggestion by Neville Ben nett, chaiiman of the ways and means committee, who told the tired, perplexed members that by appro priating for 18 months they could maintain a balanced budget, keep public schools open and would not be forced to inciease present taxes or seek new suorces of revenue. The house ha s already passed a bill, ratifying an amendment to the constitution, changing the date of the State’s fiscal year from January 1-December 31 to July 1-June 30. Ben nett said he had received “every as surance” the senate would pass it. Details of Bennett’s plan, he admit- mitted, have not been worked out, but it is in brief this: Estimated revenue for this year is $6,500,000 and for the first half of 1934, available for State purposes, three million more, making a total of $9,500,000. ' He proposed a supply bill cf $6,000,- 000 for the current 12 months, with $2,000,^00 going to public schools. He also would appropriate now for next year’s schools, giving $2,000,000 more, leaving a total of $1,500,000 for sup port of other State departments and institutions from February 1, to July 1, 1934. The total revenue available for the 18 months’ period, he explained, would be $11,500,000. One million is pledged to notes for teachers’ salaries and another million would be devoted to a deficit for 1932 ^operations. Before taking up the appropriation bill, the house heard Gunter, ol Ghero- kee,. demand an invegflugation of tax refund s and assessftpejjte^feffiSftons made by the State* t&r^Tbmmission. Ground Hog Proves to Be Good Prophet More than 43,000 automobiles in j Fire of undetermined origin de- South Carolina weren ot returned for stroyed the residence of Mr. and Mrs. taxation last year, according to fig- J. S. Still here early Friday morning, pres contained in the official records together with most of the household of the compti oiler general and the furnishings. The blaze, which started Estate highway department. I in the, kitchen, was first discovered Attention directed to the descrepan- j a lx?ut two o’clock and gained rapid cy in the number of motor vehicles J he®dway. Fortunately, very little to which licenses ha<j been issued and j w ' n d was blowing at the time and the those returned for taxation has volunteer firefighters prevented the aroused much interest, and those pay- sp^d of the flame 8 to nearby baild- ing property taxes on their cars are I i n S> 8 * ^ is understood that Mr. Still beginning to inquire why they should j $2,100 insurance on the dweHing pay and other 8 escape. but non « on hi » furniture. The reports of the comptroller gen- Ab °ut two o’clock Sunday morning, eral and of the highway department J * be policeman, John Hogg, dis- were issued a few days ago and the I covered a small blaze in the grocery tables dealing with automobile regis-1 store of R. C. Gignilliat on Main ti atibn have been closely studied this I Street. The officer smashed the' year when every cent of available I glass in one of the show windows and revenue is being eagerly sought. I quickly extinguished the fire, thus Placing a taxation of $7 cn the Preventing what may have been a 43,000 cars which are not returned costly conflagation. The fire original- for taxation gives a total of $301,000 jed in a case of matches, in revenue that ha s been lost to the Barnwell Toun.y ,he reconi, I Jame » M ; Patterion show that for 1932 there were 1,6481 Is Victim of Stroke licenses issued for automobiles, trucks and motorcycles, with 1,319 being re-1 Pr0iniMnt Attorney Is Serionaly HI turned for taxation. | at His Home in Allendale.— Persons who operate automobiles are required to get license 8 to run I them from the highway department. They are also supposed to return these Stricken Last Week. James M. Patterson, well known ai- Some of the Worst Weather of the automobiles as personal property for I torney, of Aiendale, i s confined to his Winter Experienced Here During the Past Week. The ground hog has again proved himself to be a good weather prophet, as witness the cold, disagreeable weather during the past week, The little animal came out of winter quar ters February 2nd for a “look-see” and as the sun shone briefly during the day he is supposed to have been frightened by his shadow and return ed underground for another nap of six weeks. Borne on the wings cf a bitter, biting wind Wednesday afternoon and night of Last week, King Winter re newed his assault on this section, with the result that the mercury retreated ' taxes taxation. All pay the license tax— home in a serious condition, following else they run the risk constantly of a stroke of paralysis about noon Mon arrest. But over 43,000, the figures day. show, have not paid the property tax Mr. Patterson’s left sid« i 8 affected, on their cars. People who own prop- He has lost the use of his laft arm erty other than automobiles must re- an d leg. The attorney has also kwt turn their automobiles along with his speech, the attending physician their other property and so carry I stated. more than their share of the tax The attorney was in his offica burden. I usual Monday morning, but complain- Some of the cars shown among j ed of feeling ill and went home aarliar those registered are probably new ond than usual. It was reported Wadnaa- so were not returned for taxation in day afternoon that there was a slight 1932. Then there may be certain of-1 improvement in the patient’s condi- ficial cars not returned. And so some | tion.—Allendale County Citixan. of the discrepancy in the figures may be explained. But the fact remains | Mr. Patterson has many friend, in that there are many automobiles and Barnwell who will read the above item trucks in the State escaping property with sincere regret. Before the for- rapidly, local thermometers register ing temperature s of 18 to 20 degrees Thursday morning, with ice and hoar frost in abundance. The weather was made more disa greeable Friday and Saturday by a steady downpour of rain, which form ed a coating of ice on housetops and trees. The ice began to thaw 'with Saturday’s slowly rising temperature. Considerab.e damage was done to waterpipes here and automobile own ers who neglected to drain their radia tors found their cars frozen up Fri day morning. The following table, made up from figures taken from the reports of the comptroller general and of the State highway department, show 9 how the matter stands in the several counties: Social and Personal — * News from Wiiliston Beaufort Wiiliston, Feb. 11.—Mrs. S. A. Wise left Sunday afternoon for a week’s visit with her sister, Miss Marie Harley, in Allendale. her. Mrs. J. B. Woodward, Mrs. Je! Kennedy and daughter, Olive, are visiting Mrs. H. L. Hair. I corps. With this announcement, Supt. G’. K. Ackerman announced the elec- , . . ... tion of Miss Milwee Gantt, a Win- were pedestrians, his compares wi j throp college graduate, as successor six for the same period of hurt year. to ^ Stevcnson The report reveals that 82 accidents Elko High school faculty, and has left for her home to accept a place with the Citizens’ Military Training Action cn the resolution was deferred. The senate in a brisk session voted to postpone the final date for buying 1933 motor vehicle licenses from Feb- week~WiIK her Dukes. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith in North Augusta last week. Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Wise and sen spent last week-end in Batesburg. J.sper occurred on straight roads, 17 oi)4* curves, 19 at public road crossings, six at or' near bridges and none at railroad grade crossings. Fifty hap pened in the daytime and 49 after dark; 83 on paved roads; four on unpaved reads and 12 on bituminous surfaced roads. CARD OF THANKS. i The people of Hilda take this method' of thanking the Denmark and Black ville fire departments ,also the Barn well friends, and all who rendered such heroic work in an effort to stop the fire that threatened to wipe Hilda visited the former’s sister, Mrs. W. 43. Hall, Monday and Tuesday. Miss Grace Givens, of Coker col- Lee Forty-four of the wrecks were due * be ma P 0,1 Sunday afternoon, ruary 15 to February 25, and deferred action cn a license tag reduction bill until next Wednesday. It sent the house a bill to relieve overcrowding at the State penitentiary by turning back to counties about 500 w hile she is recovering from an at-! Marlboro 2,308 prisoners serving less than two-year tack of influenza, terms, although seven senators pro tested it would involve establishment of chaingangs in their counties. f to collisions between motor vehicles an<i seven to collisions between mo tor vehicles and other vehicles. February 5th. The loss sustained was a wooden store and contents, one brick store, owned by W. H. Dyches and two Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Gerardeau at-J warehouses, one of cotton seed and tended the funeral of the former’s one containing 119 bales of cotton aunt in Chariest cn on Thursday. owned by D. A. Dyches. Mr. and Mrs; Fred Youngblood, of Charlotte, N. C. spent Tuesday night here with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown, Jr. They were accompanied by Mrs. Brown on the continuation of their trip to Lady’s Lake, Fla., for a week’s visit. To Assist Taxpapers A field deputy collector of the In ternal Revenue Service will be at the following towns in th^ section on dates named for the purpose of as sisting in (preparing their income tax returns for the year 1932: Aik,en, March 1 and 2; Bamberg, March 1; Hampton, March 3; Orange burg, March 2 and 3. York •k ¥3 c ^rr. 3 — 1? -o.2 3 i £ o 2 -2 s £ « r“ X H « t! . * p" O fc. i; t; c «£ 3 — < .. 1,778 * It 1,388 .. 5,281 2,704 ... 824 559 .. 9,163 6,275 1,299 * 1,035 ... 1,648 1,319 .. 1,775 1,187 .. 1,234 937 ... 1,047 970 _ 12,987 10,095 ... 2,612 2,511 .. 2,836 2,002 ...'2,405 2,033 ... 1,350 689 .. 2,004 1,649 .. 3,639 2,807 ... 1,850 1,499 ... 1,661 1,281 ... 1,629 1,426 ... 1,615 758 .. 6,166 4,422 .. 1,477 1,146 .. 16,946 TTJJSr ... 4,294 .3,076 ... 1,554 1,377 .. 2,694 2,410 ... 690 535 ... 2,595 1,671 ... 2,479 732 .. 3,905 3,442 ... 1,296 1,345 ... 4,695 4,624 ... 682 597 ... 2,090 1,478 -. 2,308 1,500 ...‘3,873 3,216 „ 2,930 1,803 ... 5,435 4,134 ... 3,631 3,101 14,593 11,626 ... 1,482 1,552 .. 13,159 9,799 ... 3,814 3,112 ... 2,408 1,521 1,689 1,668 ... 5,586 3,990 . 171,126 128,052 mation of Allendale County, he a member of the Barnwell Bar elation and was a familiar flgnra around the Court House here, always taking an active interest in public af fairs. It is sincerely hoped that ha will soon he restored to health. Hair—Eargle. Wiiliston, Feb. 13.—Cordial intonat will be aroused by the announcement of the marriage of Miaa Lucille Hair, of Wiiliston, and Mr. Heyward L. Eargle, which took place Friday, Feb. 10th, in Graniteville. The ceremony which waa a quiet one was performed by Rev. O. K. Tebcw,‘ Of the Graniteville Baptiat church in the presence of a few eloee friends and relatives. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hair, of Wiiliston. Charming and attractive in etery way she is admired by a wide circle of friends in South Carolim and Geor gia. Mr. Eargle is a young man who is liked and esteemed by all who know him. He makes his home in Granite- viile, where he is connected with the Graniteville Manufacturing Co. Ashleigh News. AshleTgh.'Ft weather of the past two weeks haa almost stopped farm work in thi s sec tion. The farmers though very mack disheartened at price prospects are rushing things during the good weather and looking forward to the seed loan nponey to help them make more six cent cotton. Charlie Jowers, of Blackville apsad the past week-end with Percy Beae- ley. Miss Catherine Owens spent Saa- day at the home of Mr. and Mifc. X L. Owens. - „ - „ Little Louise Owens spent night with her cousin, Vera Percey Beasley and Charlie Jowasa attended the picture show in Saturday night. J. Julien Bush, Esq., Thomas Boulware, Esq. and B. P. Da visa attending Federal Court in week. .Jr.j. inSiALAfw. AL 1..,^ y- :w.