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- urtTiiiiilitha f f ■' ’iiti rf iiti <\ THE OVTIOAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNT!. 4 Jum L IMS. *Ju«t Like a Member of the Family" VOLUME LVI. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1933. NUMBER 28. Governor Extends Holiday for Banks a Acts After Board Finds Time Needed to Work Out Details.—Saturday Is New Limit. Columbia, March 13.—Governor I. C. Blackwood late last night extend ed the South Carolina banking holiday through Friday, March 17th, to allow time for checking statements of banks in the State and applications for re opening. The governor ordered the extension r— • at a meeting with his advisory board of bank control to formulate plans for the reopening of the banks. Treasury department regulations for restricted banking operations will ap ply during the extension. • A memorandum to the press signed by the governor follows: “The boarj of bank control finds that it will require several days to complete its investigation of the state ments submitted by the vtrious banks, and that it will be advisable to extend the bank holiday through Friday March 17h. In pursuance to thi s sug gestion by the board of banks control, the governor extends the bank holi day through that date, under the modified restrictions as provided by order of the president, dated March 10, 1933.” Without the extension, the holiday, proclaimed by Governor Blackwood Match 5, would have ended Tuesday. Chatles H. Gerald, secretary to the governor said the brief statement con tained all the inforjnation available at the hour, but that it probably would be amplified, a.* the beard an d the governor continued their work. He explained that care would be taken to avoid any conflict between State and federal regulations and said he felt sure any differences that might arise could be speedily adjusted. Fqr State Banka. Shortly before extending the holi day, the governor telegraphed Presi dent Roosevelt suggesting restrictions be placed around the opening of Southern State banks and asking they be put on the same basis a s national banks. The telegram follows: “If Southern State banka are -to open it mu*l be with restrictions. Think it gravely imortant that they be placed on a uniform basis with national banks. * South Carolina banking commission in session await- in your broadcast.” T , The governor and the board, ap pointed by him under a legislative act of last week conferring extraordinary powers of bank control upon him, met at noon, the initial meeting, with two brief recesses, extended until near midnight, in the governor’s office. The session will be continued today and as long thereafter as necessary to work out plan,, for the reopening cf the banks in the State, spokesmen said. Arrangements were made to set up headquarters in convenient State office?. - ^ , . Scarborough Heads. Julian H. Scarborough, State treas- uier, was elected chairman. Other member 8 are B. M. Edwards, Colum bia, banker; L. A. Wittkowsky, of Camden, building and loan; John T. Stevens, of Kershaw, manufacturer and banker; R. E. Henry, of Green ville, textile manufacturer; W. J. Bailey, of Clinton, manufacturer and Maybank. of Charleston. ~zAltrftttended the meeting. Statements front'd large number cf banks, many of them asking permis sion to reopen for unrestricted busi ness, were placed before Governor Blackwood and the board and will be carefully checked. .,. The governor announced through his secretary, Charles H. Gerald, that plans for the reopening of the banks under State supervision were being worked out as speedily as possible. The governor and his advisors were in almost .constant communication with the treasury department. The meeting, after oening at noon, re cessed for an hour at 2 p. m.; recessed again at 7 p. m. and late last night was still sitting. The group was appointed by the governor under authority of a legisla tive act last week giving him full power to deal with the banking situa tion. Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. The Rev. Mr. Bussy, of Florence, Will fill the pulpit of the local Baptist Church on next Sunday, the 19th inst. A cordial invitation is extended the people of the town and community to atend this service. The mornig ser vice will begin at 11:30 o’clock. Venturesome small boys jumping from the Court House portico to a pile of .sand on the ground below. . . . A lady who wanted some whiskey for her sick cook driving up in front of a bootlegger’s place of business and being handed a neatly wrapped package of the “0 be joyful” without even having to say that she desired to make a purchase. . . A visitor telling the .story about the man who found a $10 bill, marked with ink, on the street; he paid it on an account that he owed and after it had passed through three other hands it was paid back to te finder on a debt. The man then took it to the bank to deposit and was told taht the bill was a coun terfeit, and would have to be destroy ed. Nobody was the loser and yet that counterfeit bill had settled $50 worth of debts. Anj still the country is worrying about a “sound” currency! . . . Many people listening to the radio broadcast of President Roose velt’s first message to the special ses- •sion of the new Congress. . . A profile picture of the new President that bear s a strong resemblance to Woodrow Wilson. . . An interest ed crowd watching Carl Hair repair the revolving barber-sign in front of Pat’s Barber Shop. . . . “Bully” Hariey displaying a check for seventy- odd dollars that he received for 11 crates of “gra^s.” . . Lloyd Plexi- co returning from a three-day trip on the “Cumbee” and reporting very poor luck. William E. McNab recalling the time ill his barefoot days when some older boys nailed his “sham,” -pants and straw hat high up in a tree at “the ol’ swimmin’ hole" one morning and he was forced to wait until the shades of night had fallen, when he made is way home in a garment im- provided by cutting arm-holes in an old crocus sack. . . M. O. Dunning, cf Savannah, telling of the impression made on him Monday morning when he saw an old darkey turn in over one hundred dollars in gold certifi cates and coin at The Bank of Barn well, the old nian remarking that he understood the “guv’ment” was in trouble and needed the gold. . . . Invitation s to the “Spring Holiday Dance” to be held in-Moseley’s Hall, this city, Friday night, March 17th, music to be furnished by The Citadel Bull Dog Orchestra. . . A visitor from Allendale remarking that he understood Barnwell is negotiating with Babe Ruth to join the local base ball club this spring. No Gold Hoarding in Evidence in Barnwell Work on Local Golf Course Commenced Gonatruction tn Be Under the Direc- ♦ ~ - V' 1 I * 1 ' i.i . , a, tion of Mr. Kimpe, a Man of Wide Experience. Announcement was made here Monday that work on the construction of a golf course near Barnwell would be started yesterday (Wednesday), under the direction of Mr. Kimpe, a man who has had considerable exper- ience along this line, having to his the construction of courses at Sumjnerville, Walterhoro and else where. -—— The course will be located on the Sweetwater tract of land, some three miles west of Barnwell, adjacent to the Barnwell-Augusta highway, and easily accessible over a hard-surfaced road. The terrain of thi 8 particular section is said to be admirably adapted to the construction of an ideal course and when completed it will undoubted ly be the mecca of scores of golf en thusiasts from over the county. Plans for the course were prepared several years ago for Col. Edgar A. Brown by an expert but construction at that time was postponed. During the past week or two a surveyor has been engaged in marking off the course according to the plans and the actual work of construction was start ed this week. It is understood that the present plans call for a nine-hole course, which can easily be increased to 18 holes if and when it is deemed necessary. No Withdrawals of Yellow Metal from Local Bank Since the Christmas Holidays. That there is no hoarding of gold mcney in and around Barnwell is the opinion of Perry A. Price, cashier of The Bank of Barnwell, who calls at tention to the fact that the national government is concentrating gold in the treasury department and that all gold has been called in by President Roosevelt. All persons hoarding gold are subject to fine and imprisonment, and they are required to turn their gold into the nearest bank at once in exchange for silver or bank notes. Under recent regulations governing the banking situation in the United States, banks were required to furnish the Federal Reserve Bank with lists of the names of persons who have made withdrawals of gold money within the past several months. Mr. Price says that, aside from a few person s who secure gold coins at Christmas time for use as presents, there have been no withdrawals of the precious metal from The Bank ' of Barnwell and that since December the amount of such money on hand has remained practically unchanged. About $200 in gold coin and certi- cates have been turned in at the local bank in exchange for silver or bank notes, $120 of this amount having been brought in by a negro man. It is probable that numbers of people have a few gold coins that they have received in the past in the form of remembrances and that they cherish from a sentimental standpoint, and the holders of such coins could hardly be termed “Hoarders.” However, The People-Sentinel is venturing no inter pretation of President Roosevelt’s proclamation. Beer Legalization Is Promised by Week-end Rcosevelt Calls Upon Congress to Modify Volstead Act.—Message Is Very Short. Washington, Match 13.— President Roosevelt suddenly called for beer to day and congress prepared to supply it by the end of the week. In one cf those surprises that has gripped the public interest since his inauguration, the President sent a seventy-two word special message t6 Capitol Hill recommending prompt passage of legislation to modify the Volstead Act. A few hours later, Majority Leader Robinson of the senate informed Mr. Roosevelt that “we have enough votes to pass the economy and beer bills.” The house received what i s perhaps the shortest presidential message on recoi^ with a wild whoop and cheers. Majority Laader Joseph W. Byrna announced the bill would be passed there tomorrow’. A select subcommit tee of the ways and means committee w’ent to w’ork at once on the draft of the measure which will be submitted to the full committee tomorrow. The special diafting committee agreed that the alcoholic content would be 3.2 per cent, the same as 4he-G»lHeF-biU--pas*ed-by the house last session. The senate bill, which "failed cf action last session, authoriz ed an alcoholic content of 3.05 per cent and included both beer and wine. The house bill included only beer. Sale Assured by Spring. Majority Leader Robinson of the senate promised to bring the bill Up on the other side cf the capitol as soon as the pending economy dictator ship measure was enacted, which may be possible by Wednesday, There was every indication the beer bill would be passed and signed before the end of the week. The rich smoke should be bellowing from the breweries by late April or early May and legal beer available by spring as it is understood the law would become effective thirty days af ter the bill is signed. Many States already have passed laws to permit manufacture and sale within their borders. Senator Edgar A. Brown and Rep resentative Solomon Blatt returned to Columbia Tuesday morning after spending the week-end at home. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Turner, of El- ienton, were visitors here Saturday, having been called to the bedside of their son, W. B. Turner, II, who was confined to his room for several days. The latter’s many friends are glad to see'him out again. Ready to Aid Farmers Apply for Crop Loans A Borrower Required to Reduce His Acreage of Cash Crops Thirty Per Cent. Regulations for 1933 governing crop production loans have been issued by the Secretary of Agriculture and are now available to farmers in this county upon request to Francis P. Mood, field inspector of the Crop Production Loan office. Mr. Mood’s office is in Bamw’ell. Instead °f writing to Washington or to one of the regional loan offices, Mr. Mood announced, farmers can ob tain the necessary application blanks for loans, and detailed information about the requirements, direct from him. Applications will then be re viewed by the county, advisory com mittee, then certified an d forwarded to the regional office at Washington for final approval and action. Loans will be made, the regula tions further declare, "to farmers who are unable to obtain loans for crop production during the year 1933 from other sources. These loans may be made to such individuals as are found by the Secretary of Agriculture to have acreage fit for seeding and who are without means to purchase'^.the supplies necessary for crop produc tion during the year 1933. No loans will be made to any applicant who has a means of livelihood other than farming. Loans will not be made for the purchase of machinery or livestock, or for the payment of taxes, debts, or interest on debts. Loans will not be made ^>r the feeding of livestock other than workstock used in crop production.” - i' Loans can only be used for crop production, and require the borrower to reduce his acreage of cash crops 30 per cent under last year, unless he does not intend to plant mere than 8 acres of cotton, 2V% acres of tobacco, 8 acres of peanuts, 20 acres of corn, 12 acres cf sugar beets, 24 acres of truck crops, 8 acres of potatoes, 30 acres, of rice, or 40 acres of wheat. The maximum peimitted to any one borrower this year is $300; or, in the case of tenants, the total of all loans to tenants of any one landlord within a single county cannot exceed $1,200. The actual amount advanced by the authorities will depend upon the bor rower’s requirements. A first lien or mortgage on the crop will be requir ed. The regulations require that loans be repaid on or before October 31, 1933. Interest at 54 pe» cent, deducted in advance, will be charged. Since the leans call for a first lien on the crop as security, the borrower frequently has to procure waivers from prior mortgages or rights. If the applicant is a tenant, or is farm ing land under contract for deed or so-called crop contract, or has given a prior mortgage on his 1933 ^jrops, the regulations state he must secure ,the waivers of the actual ownets of the land, and of all prior mortgage holders. If the applicant is the owner cf the land and farms it with tenants or share croppers, waiters of such tenants or share croppers must be secured. The regulations. further specify that the person waiving his prior' rights must agree not to dis pose of his rent ncte, mortgage, or other security without first having obtained the written ct nsent of a duly authorized agent of the Secretary of ‘Agriculture. —— The regulations make it unlawful for any person to dispose of or assist in disposing of any crops given as security for any crop loan, except for the account of the Secretary of Agri culture and provide for fine and im prisonment for violation of such regu lation. The regulations also require that each borrower agree to plant a garden for hi& home use and sufficient acreage to furnish feed for his live stock. ■ m t~ ' 1- Local Court House Is Being Renovated HaH to Be Replastered, the Offices Repainted and the Exterior ■ . Stuccoed. Bribery Charged Greenville, March 13.—Cliff R. Bramlet; former Greenville County sheriff, was charged with official mis conduct and with embezzlement and Joseph R. Bryson, former State sena tor from Greenville County, was charged with accepting a bribe in true bills of indictment returned to day by the Greenville County grand jury. Trial of the cases i 8 scheduled to begin a week from i tomorrow by agreement of counsel. For the past week, workmen have been busily engaged on the job of renovating the Barnwell Court House and when completed it will be one of the handsomest temples of justice in this section of South Carolina. Acting under a recommendation of the Grand Jury in its recent Presentment, the Board of County Directors i g purchas ing the necessary material, while the work is being paid for out of R. F. C. funds. All of the plastering has been re moved from the walls and ceiling of the hall on the first floor of the build ing. A new coat of plaster will cover the walls, while metal ceiling will be used overhead. Previous coats of paint and calcimine are being scraped from the walls of the offices, which will be freshly painted. All electric light wiring i s being concealed, which will add greatly to the sightliness of the interior. The exterior walls will be stuccoed, and for several day s workmen have been engaged in scarifying the brick in order to present the proper surface for the stucco. The exterior wood work will be repainted. One of the first projects undertaken by the Barnwell County Relief Coun cil was filling in the grounds around the Court House. This i s now cover ed with a fresh green coat of grass and the grounds are being further beautified with shrubbery of various kinds. Chevrolet Announces “Standard Six” Auto Companion Car to “Master Six.”-— Is Priced Considerably Below Present Range. McAdoo’s Plane Lands at Barnwell A M. O. Dunning, Collector of Port of Savannah, Pay* Flying VWit to Senator Brown. Directly on the heels of the most successful new .car program since 1929, the Chevrolet Motor Company announced today that a companion car to the present series, to be called the “Standard Six” ..Chevrolet and priced consideraably below the present range, is now being shown throughout the nation. About 15,000 of the new models have been built and dispatched to Chevrolet dealers for a simultaneous national showing, W. S. Knudsen, president and general manager stated. The new “Standard Six” is built for business use and for that group of private owners who want a car with out the deluxe features and extra long wheelbase of the present Chevrolet Master Six, he stated. He emphasized that the new line would offer lowest- priced, full-size, six-cylinder enclosed models the industry has yet seen— and would be ideal for severe utility use. A new and .‘lightly smaller Chevro let has been rumored in trade circles periodically since April of 1932, a circumstance which Mr. Knudsen at tributed to the fact that the new line of cars has been under development for two years. It will be a quality line thioughout, machined to the same close limits a« the present Chevrolet and built of the same raw materials, although it will have a slightly shor- M. O. Dunning, collector of the port of Savannah, Ga., landed at the Barn well airport Mpnday'morning in tha airplane of Senator William Gibbet McAdoo, of California, ostensibly /on a social visit to State Senator Edgar A. Brown. The significance of the visit, however, probably lies in the fact that Senator Brown and Mr. Dunning were ardent supporter's of Senator McAdoo for the Democratic Presidential nomination at the New York Convention in 1924, when the Barnwell Senator was a member of the important platform committee. They, together with Mayor C. G. Ful ler, were closeted together for several hours, at the end of which time they appeared to be well satisfied with the result of their conference but said that they-had no statement to mako for publication at this time. Mr. Dun ning, Mayor and Mrs. Fuller and Harry Ashe, Senator McAdoo's pilot, were Senator Brown’g guests at lunch eon. The distinguished visitor flgw to Barnwell from Augusta and was met at the airport by Senator Brown, Mayor Fuller and others. He and his pilot were shown over the recreation project at Turkey Creek and were loud in their praise of the work betaf done there. Mr. Dunning said that the swimming pool and ball park are outstanding when viewed from the air. The McAdoo plane is a Lockheed- Vega high-wing monoplane. It is powered with a 720 h. p. Wasp motor and has a cruising speed of 165 to 100 miles an hour and a top speed of lil miles *n hour. I was purchased four years ago by the distinguished CaH- fomian, who is the son-in-law of the late President Woodrow Wilson, and has made some 50 flights across the continent. Mr. Dunning and Pilot Ashe left Barnwell Monday afternoon for Savannah, quite a large crowd being at the airport to see them off. Advertise to The tteopie Sentinel thJ features and improvements o present Ma«ter Six line. In bringing out the new car, Mr. Knudsen said the company is simply producing a supplementary line which will open up new markets and further entrench the company in it s position of leadership. He added that he ex pects the new Standard Six to account about one-fourth of thr^ company’s total production and sales' in 1933. Addition to the “Standard Six” places Chevrolet in a unique position in the industry, it is pointed out. The company is already off to a fly ing start to its thir^ consecutive year of leadership in the industry, and the new car wlil further solidify its rela tive position. The company now manufacturers commercial caars cov ering 90 per cent, of all trucking needs. The “Standard Six” will be adaptable to practically all fleet markets, and the Master passenger car line has a potential of more than 60 per cent, of tfi? entire passenger car business done by the industry. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fuller visitor a in Columbia Sunday. ~ were Barnwell Minister “Pounded." On Wednesday afternoon of last week quite a number of the women of the Blackville Methodist Church, ac companied by T. O. Boland, superin tended of the Sunday School, and two members of the Baptist congregatimt arm on e Episcopalian, came to tke parsonage at Bamwel and “pounded" the pastor and Mrs. Wiggins until they cried “enough.” Besides their pleasing smiles and cheerful word 8 of greeting, they brought quantities of good things to eat which filled the parsonage pantry to overflowing. After some social fellowship, some singing and an appropriate prayer ky Mr. Wiggins, with hearty good-byee, the party returned to their homes with happy hearts, leaving behind tfceaa the pastor and his wife with a deep .«ense of appreciation for their vhH. Latimer Appointed Secretary. Washington, March 10.—Postmaster General Farley announced today the selection of J. A. Latimer, of Willis- ton a s his private secretary to succeed Kenneth MacPherson, who served ia this capacity throughout the adminis- will lack som» 0 f (tradition of Postmaster General Walter fET TV Btown, and has been acting ae Mr- Farley’s secretary pending a perman ent appointment. Mr. Latimer served a 8 sec retry to former Governor John G,. Richards of South Carolina, as well as secretary to Senator James F. Byrnes, of the same State. During the last campaign Mr. Lati mer served at the Democratic head quarters in New York. A _ _ L. P. Du Bose Dies. Williston, March 8.—L. P. DuBoea, 46, cf Williston, died at his homo horn this afternoon after several weeks of illness. He was a Woodman and a member of the Williston^Baptist Church . Survivors are his Widow and son, Lewis, of Williston; daughter and son, Mrs. Bill Jenings and Thomas Dn- Bose, of Bath; son, Clarence Pnlttoa. of North Carolina; father, Mack Dn- Bose, of Windsor; sisters. Mis. Maggie Redd and Mrs. Leila Hughes, at Windsor., Funeral and interment will ha aft Windsor Baptist Church at : Thursday afternoon.