Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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raE-* y / 1 r | j - | ..M,. . 5. ^ . __ __ THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY7WEI h CoBsoHdate4 Jwm 1, IMS. VOLUME LVL *Ju«( Like a Member oR Hie Family*' BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1933. NUMBER 2f, Banks in the County Reopened Saturday Bauking Holiday Lasting Two Weeks Bcc,ught to an End Over the State. All three of Barnwell County’s banking inst/utions' were reopeped for business Saturday morning, fol lowing a “banking holiday” that last ed* about two weeks. The Bank of Barnwell and The Bank of Blackville were authorized by Gov. Blackwood Friday afternon to reopen unrestrict edly Saturday morning, while the Bank of Williston was authorized to operate under a depositors agree ment. No excitement whatever attended the reopening of the banks in the county, and it i s understood that de posits and withdrawals were on a normal basis. The following banks were authoriz ed by the State Banking Board to reopen unrestrictedly Saturday: Bank of Abbeville, Abbeville. Allendale Cash Depository, Allen dale. Farmers and Merchants bank, Aiken. South Carolina State bank, Ander son. ! South Carolina State bank, Bam berg. The Bank of Barnwell, Barnwell. Batesburg Cash Depository, Bates- burg. South Carolina State bank, Belton. Farmers bank, Belton. Marlboro Trust company, Bennetts- ville. Bank of Marlboro, Bennettsville. Merchants and Farmers bank, Be- thune. Peoples bank, Bishopville. Bank T>f BlackvHte; Blackville. Citizens anj Southern bank, Char leston. Miners and Merchants bank, Char leston. Carolina Savings bank, Charleston. Mutual Savings bank. Charleston. South Carolina State bank, Chefaw. White bank, Chester. Commercial Bank of Chester, Ches ter. Chesnee Cash Depository, Chesnee. M. S. Bailey and Son, bankers, Clin ton. u_ Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense Aboat People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. Many expressions of regret and horror over the terrible-Air tragedy ne*ar Petersburg, Va., Sunday that caused the untimely deaths of Major James A. Wilis and his son, Lieuten ant James Arthur Willis, Jr. . . . Fingerling trout around the walls of the new swimming pool and two boys trying to catch them with a dip- net. . . . Interested spectators watching the attempts of jack fish to get over the dam across Turkey Creek. . . A thunderstorm with vivid flashes of lightning Sunday night. . . . J. Buist Grubbs, of the Grubbs Chevrolet Co., reporting the sale of more new “Chewies.” . . Numbers of people enjoying the new swimming pool during the summer- like w’eather of the past week. . . Angus Patterson describing the sign that he wants placed in the section of the baseball grandstand that he and his cronie s expect to occupy at the games this summer and telling Police man George Peeples that he want s it obeyed to the letter. The initial batch of checks for boriower s from the seed loan fund. . . . And Clerk of Court “Bob” Bron son “Faring” to start the work of recording the lien papers. . . W. A. Fickling, of Blackville, J. B. Har ley, of Barnwell, and W. T. Hankin- son, of Meyer’s Mill, renewing their subscriptions to The "People-Sentinel. . . . Asparagus growers compar ing note s on returns received from commission houses, with most of them well pleased with the prices paid so far Uua season. . Another cold spell of weather checking the growth of the “grass.” .... Two State highway patrolmen taking down 1932 license numbers on automobiles, the supposition being that the highway department is preparing to check up on car owner® who have been driving their machines since January 1st and who may attempt to “get by” without paying for the first quarter of the year. . . A car of asparagus being loaded here. 2 FORMER BARNWJELL MEN KILLED IN PLANE CRASH Postal Examination for Barnwell Office Economy Measure Is Passed by Congress Veterans’ Expenditures and Federal Employes’ Salaries- Principal Items Involved. MAJOR JAS. A. WILLIS AND SON PERISHED SUNDAY. Majop John A. Parker, of North Caro lina, Was Third Victim of Tragedy in Virginia. V Rea! wintry weather greeting the Clio Cash Depository, Clio. ^ first day of spring. . . Hummel Fort Mill Depository, Clemson Col- Harley r lege. Bank of Clover, Clover. The Homestead bank, Columbia. Port City Bank of North Charles ton, North Chariest' n. Lower Main Street bank, Columbia. Conway Saving® bank, Conway. Bank of Cope, Cope. Citizens Bank of Darlington, Dar lington. South Carolina State bank, Dill ion. Peoples Bank, of Donalds, Donalds. Peoples Bank of Duncan, Duncan. Ellenton Cash Depository, Ellenton. South Carolina State bank, Elloree. • Caroljna Cash Depository, Ebyhardt. Estill Exchange Depository, Estill. Savings ^Bank i f Fort Mill, Fort Mill, i South Carolina State bank, Florence. Guaranty Bank and Trust company, Florence. Carolina Cash Depository, Florence. South Carolina State bdnk, Foun tain Inn. Piedmont Savings 'and Trust com pany, Greenville. Georgetown ' Cash Depositor y Georgetown. Bank of Great Falls, Great Falls. Bank of Hartsville, Hartsville. Peoples bank, Hartsville. Loan and Exchange bank, Hamptoii. Bank of Heath Springs, Hedth Springs. Bank of Hodges, Hodges.* Johnston Cash Depository, JohAston. Bank of Jonesville, Jonesvill Bank of Kershaw, Kershaw Exchange Bank of Kingstree, Kings- tree. Lake City Depository, Ldke City. Bank of Lancaster, Lancaster. Latta Depository, Lat Palmetto bank, Laure/rs. Depository of Lake View, Lake View. South Carolina St^te bank, Lees ville. Clarendon Cash Depository, Man ning. The Exchange bimk, Marion. People g Bank, of McCormick, Mc Cormick. / ’ Exchange bank, Meggett. I Anderson Brothers Depository, Mul lins. remarking that the improve ments in and around Barnwell are most apparent to those who Tiave been away for the past several weeks . . . The college gills dltfl boy. turning to their schools after brief vacations. . . P. W. Price narrow ly escaping being struck by aA auto mobile on the Main Drag Mo/day af ternoon. Washington, March 16.—The econo my bill is designed to: Reduce federal salary and veterans’ cost $500,000,000 a year. Permit federal and military pay cut s U P to 15 P er cent. Give members of house and senate $8,500 instead of $10,000 a year. Pay the vice president and speaker $12,750 instead of $15,000. Let President Roosevelt, if he de sires, reduce hi s pay from $75,000 to $64,750. Restrict veterans’ disability bene fits largely to those whose ailments are attributed to service. Remove the provision that certain constitutional ill B may be presumed to have been caused by service. Authorize a new survey of benefits to veterans, including and since the Spanish-American war. Cut Confedeiate war pensions 10< per cent, for one year. Let the president decide whether veterans wdth non-service connected disabilities shall be allowed hospitali zation. , Authorize the executive to rule that no person with an income above amount he fixes shall receive a p< siop. Make final all decisions by thy vet erans’ administration under presiden tial regulations, and bar pourt ap peals. Prevent emergency officers from obtaining retirement i^y unless the disabilities causing rytirement began between April 6, 19J7, and November 11, 1918. Official Arrival of Spring in Name Only Bvth of New Season Heralded With Chilly Winds, Snow, Rain and Floods. am Petersburg, Va., March 19.—Three armyVff> cers were killed today when their transport plane crashed < into a roadside field near Petersburg and burst into flames. The victims were identified as Lieut. James A. Willis, of Bolling, Field, Washington; his father, Major James A. Willis, and Major Jno. A. Parker. Major-WjHis and Major Parker were^ connected with the-jUdge—ad: general’s department. Lieutenant Willis, who was dragged from the wreckage by a negro/iarmer, was identified immediately Ay letters on his person, but his passengers were chared bycnd recognition. Their identity was disclose by Bolling Field officials, who/were notified of the crash. Officiaals said/Che ship was reported flying in a fdg toward Washington fiom Pope yield, Fayetteville, N. C. Coroner/ Pretloi^, of Chesterfield County, After viewing the bodies or dered tnem turned over to a Peters- burjr/undertaker pending instructions from the government. Person s w ^ 0 saw P^ane as it passed over Petersbrg several min utes before the crash, said apparently Congressman Fulmer Announces That Tests Will Be Held , at Once in Several Cities. Congressman H. P. Fulmer an nounced Tursday that he had ar ranged to hold postmastership ex aminations .immediately at a number of cities and towjts in the Second Congressional District, where vacan cies exist, in oraer that there may be no delay in securing suitable officials. These inetude: Barnwell, where R. A. Deasofi has been acting postmaster for sey/ral months, and at Columbia, Ehrljardt, Batesburg, Olar, Branch- vilje, Williston, Aiken, Denmark, Sal- iy, Wagener, Eastover and others /hrooughout the district. Mr. Deason was appointed acting postmaster at Barnwell several Intimate Facts, Cabinet/Members. Washington.—Here Are some quick facts on the cabinet y hich will serve under Piesident Roosevelt: *> / State:—Cordell /Hull, 61. From Tennessee, lawyer, representative and' senator. Episcc/palian. * Treasurer :-/William H. Woodin, 64. New Vcrk City. Industrialist, musician and writer, collector. Pres byterian. /Hitherto a Republican. War:—/-George H. Dern, 60. Utah. Mining executive, former governor. Congregationalist. Justice:—Thomas J. Walsh, 73. Montana. Lawyer and senator. CathtL- ~lku (Senator Walsh died March 2. Senator Homer Cummings/ - of—€rm irecticut, succeeds him.) Spring** official arrival Monday was heralded with chilly winds, snow, rain and floods. Citizens brushed snow from door steps; they skidded over sleet; they donned overcoats and slickers to brave biting winds and rain; they fough storms on the waves and floods that sent rivers from their banks. In short, about the only place spring was manifest was on the calendar. Sunday night’s new s showed: The worst flood in the Ohio valley since 1913. At least four dead. Storm s lashing portions of the Pacific, Atlantic and Coast Lakes ,*_with ships in difficulties. The steel freighter Canadian Seigneur called desperately for aid off the Aleutian Islands. Six members of the crew of the motor trawler Voyager were re moved to safety when the craft went aground in fog and heavy seas off Noith Carolina. A derelict was re ported endangering fog shrouded shipping off George Banks in the At lantic. Post Office:—James A. Farley, 44. New York. Building supply execu tive, political leader. Catholic. Navy:—Claude A. Swanson, 70. Virginia. U. S. Senator. Methodist. Interiors—Harold L. Ickes, 58. Chicago. Lawyer and social reform | leader. Presbyterian. Republican Independent. Agriculture:—Henry A. Walace, 44. Farm editor and organization leader. Presbyterian. Independent of Repub lican background. Commerce:—Daniel C. Roper, 65. South Carolina. Lawyer, former gov ernment executive. Methodist. Labor:—Frances Perkins, 49, New York. Sociologist and lawyer. Epis copalian. C>rd of Tanks. The children of Mrs. Henrietta ■ which the craft w r as not in distress. Farmer’s Account. ' A negro farmer said he had seen the ship spiral and then crash into the clearing near the Petersburg turn pike. He ran'immediately to the spot and pulled Lieutenant Willis from the wreckage. Captain Bahr, assistant director of airports in New York City, who chanced to pass, stopped to investi gate. He notified army officers of the accident. Because of the conditions of the plane and the loss of all records ex cept those of Lieutenant Willis, offi cers were unable to identify either of the occupants of the front cockpit at first, only the numbers cn one of their parachutes remained as a clue. Thi s was turned over to army officers for checking. A second plane was seen flying clo.*e to the ship that fell, but it, could not he identified. It was said to have turned back toward PeteFs- burg. Among the several theories of the cause/of the accident was tl>e belief of Captain Bahr that the pilot was seeking a place to land, hut finding the clearing too small had attempted to rise again, but failed. State and county officers remained on guaid at the wreckage. month s ago, following the resignation of W. M. Harris. An examination was ordered a short time later, as a result of which Eugene M. Easterling, of Barnwell, was nominated by Presi dent Hoover. Howe%pr, the nomina tion was not confirmed by the Senate, the Democrats in caucus having agreed that no such vacancies would be filled until after the Roosevelt ad ministration had assumed control of the government. A similar situation existed at Wil liston, where G. R. Hudson, who had served as postmaster for several years, was again nominated by Mr. Hoover. A short time ago Mr. Hud son resigned to accept a position as mail carrier at ‘ Honea Path, being succeeded by E. R. Polcen, who was named acting postmaster. Palmetto Crop Off. / Columbia, March 20.—Cotton pro duction in South Carolina last year was nearly 300,000 bales below 1931, and approximately 100,000 bales un der the 1921-30, ten-year average, a comparison of final ginning reports showed. . / The census bureau at Washington today announced the final ginning in Coroner’! Jury Holds legroes for Mi illie Shuler and James Parker Charged With Death of Mack Stevens, Also Colored. A coroner’s ^ury of inquest Monday night charged Willie Shuler and Jas. Parker, both negroes, with the mur der of Mack Stevens, also colored. The alleged crime was committed at the plant of the Badham Lumber Company, in the northern part of the county, about three~week g ago and 11 negroes were taken into custody by Sheriff J. B. Morris and lodged in the Barnwell County jail for questioning. The Sheriff says that Shuler finally admitted firing the fatal shot. Parker was held as an accessory before'and after the fact, he having been present at the time. The weapon used was a shotgun. The-negroes told conflict ing stories about the alleged.ajuuddr but some clever detective work on part of Sheriff Mbtfis and a State pf- 1 fleer resulted In a confession by the guilty men 4 the sheriff states. An inquest was held FridnY In the death of James Thompson, negro, who i 8 alleged to have been struck with a piece of iron a week previous by Martin C. Rei£w, of Williston. The verdict of the jury was to the effect that Thompson came to his death from injurie s inflicted by Renew in self-defense. / Antney Dicks, who escaped from Sheriff Morris last December, was ap prehended in Augusta Thursday and returned to the Barnwell County jail. Dicks wa s tried and convicted in his absent at the recent term of ths 1 Court of General Sessions on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill, a sealed sentence being imposed by the presiding judge. Upon his return to thip county, the sentence was read and found to he for five years at hard laber. / | CROP LOAN APPLICATION FORMS STILL AVAILABLE Francis P. Mood, of the Crop Pro- ■■ auction Loan Office, emphasises that the Statejor 1932 at 721,646 running farmers wbo , till wjgh to apply for bales, or 715,678 equivalent 500- pound bales. Produciion in 1931 was .1,010,000 running bales or 1,005,000 equivalent 500-peund bales. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Greene, little Dorothy and Mrs. J. E. Mahaffey were visitors in Augusta last Friday^. Harley wish to express their sincere thanks and appreciation for the many expressions of sympathy extended them in their sad bereavement. transport airplane crashed in a fcj near Petersburg, Va, Snow swirled in the Mid-WVst. Sleet and rain made other portions of that section uncomfortable. /There were sleet and a temperature pf 35 in New York. An earthquake of minor/intensity shivered the California region. Arkasas saw tornado w’inds die out. Illinois awoke to a fo/ecast for its first official day of /pring: “Four inches of snow by nightfall.” A sandstorm whizzftd through Okla homa and the Texap Panhandle. A few Kansas hij?hway 8 were snow blocked. Aviation companies said snow had fallen in Arizona and New Mexico. Kansas City had a temperature reading of 28 Near Hot Springs, Ark., two women were wrowned when the automobile in were passengers was a bridge over which flood swept trot waters (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Advertue in Stonie Hartin, of Columbia, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Moore, The Heopie Sentinel Jr., Tuesday. Cause Unassigned. Washingt n, March 19.—Lieut. Ja*. A. Willis and his two passengers, Major Jame* A. Willis, his father, and Major Jolm A. Parker, were killed late toda^ when the army transport plane, /in which they were flying crasheyd near Petersburg, Va. The report was received here from Bolling Feld and the three men identt- fiod, after army officers at air- tiort had been notified by Virginia mg puUi’b. ■ — Bolling Field officeis said Willis was flying in a fog toward Washing ton from Pope Field, Fayetteville, N. C. Both Major Willis and Major Par ker were connected with the judge advocate general’s department. Officers here were uninformed of the cause of the crash. The plane was a C-19, single-engine five-passenger transport. Lieutenant Willis had bpen flying in the army service here about four years, airfield officers said. * The party had flown to the North Carolina field last Friday. Careers in Brief. Lieutenant Willis was not married. The widow of the elder Willis and their daughter, Margaret, reside in Washington, as does the widow of Major Parker. Army officers said they were notify ing the families, but it was not known if the families planned to go to Petersburg. The bodies will be brought to Washington, it is under stood here, probably tomorrow. Major Parker, 55, was a native of was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1906. During the war he was connected with the judge advocate generals office oversea 9 and had since been stationed in Washing ton and for a while in Panama. Major Willis was a native of Barn well, S. C. He also was 55. Lieutenant Willis was 30. He was a native cf South Carolina. He was a graduate of primary and advanced flying schcols and was rated as air pilot. ^ / Sketch of Officers. Major Willis was born at Williston in 1877. In civil life he wa s a lawyer and practiced his profession at Barn well for many years, “during which time he served as an alderman and later-a.s mayor cf this city. He had served as a line officer in both the Spanish-American war and the World Wan In the former he wag a second lieutenant in the First South Carolina ^ulunteer infantry. He was graduat ed captain of infantry (National army) from the First Officers’ Train ing camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 15, 1917, assigned to the Eighty-first division and successively promoted major and lieutenant-col onel. ' He was commissioned in the Regular Army in 1920 as a major in he judge advocate general’s depart ment. When the first reunion of the Eighty-first division was held in Col umbia, he came down from Washing ton to meet his comrades. His son, James A. Wilis, Jr./ born in 1902, was graduated from West Point in 1926 and commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry, but in 1928 was detailed in the Air Corps and in 1929 was transferred to that corps. He wag • graduate of the primary and advanced flying courses and the bombardment course and was itated an air pilot} Major ' Parker, a native of North Carolina, wa s a graduate of the Uni versity of North Carolina, and, like his friend, Major Willis, had served a 8 a line officer' in both the Spanish loans may get application blanks from him, as well as help in making the application. The law forbids any charge being made for help in tha preparation of the loan applications, but such fees a g that of a notary, for recording, etc., are allowed. A loan may not be approved for the amount applied I° r » and if it is reduced, the proper reduction will be made on the form filled out at tha time the application is made. In the event that the loan i 8 not approved, the note and mortgage will be return ed to the applicant, the application and voucher being retained by the C. P. L. office. The loans this year are not only limited to $300.00, but the regulations require that borrowers reduce the acreage of their cash crops 80 per cent, under that grown in 1932, ex cept growers who farm very limited acreages^ The regulations provide a fine of up to $1,000.00 and imprison ment up to six month 8 I or false representations made to get a loan. | As in the past, the borrower must give a first lien on his crop. Loans v bear interest at 5% per cent, and are due on or before October 31, 1933. No loan s in excess of $100.00 will be made to any applicant *ho ie in 4U^ rears on as many as two previous loans made by the Secretary of Agri culture. if " 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 the regu lation. Each borrower must agree to plant a garden for hi 8 home use and to plant sufficient acreage to furnish feed for hi 8 livestock. Harnett County, North Carolina, and ^ American and Wolrd Wars. BYRNES CALLED TO SIT ON BANKING COMMITTEE Washington, March 20.—Senator Fletcher of Florida, chairman of > the s enate banking and currency commit tee, today named Senator James F. Byrnes of Spartanburg; as a member of a special committee. This commit tee will study without delay what legislation is necessary relative to farm mortgage s and their financing. Senator Wagner of New York wffl be chairman of thi t special which begins work tomorrow.