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THE OFJltfAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.* The Barnwell CMsal««U4 JOM L 1*26. V **Ju»t L-Ike a tVlfemb*r of th* Famllv 11 VOLUME UYL T BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH 30. 1933. NUMBER Local Court House Is Being Stuccoed First Coat Applied This Week.— Various Other Projects Here Making Good Progress. • Workmen this week began applying the first coat of stucco to the exterior of the Court House and ar e making very good progress on the job. For' seme time a force ha a been busily at work renovating the interior of the building, which is presenting a greatly improved appearance, with its new plastering and ceiling. Present plans also call for a new reinforced concrete floor for the portico, replacing the present one of wood. Satisfactory, progress is also being made on the various other projects in and around Barnvvell. The concrete swimming pool has been finished with the exception of the concrete walks around the pool, and workmen are now engaged in filling in and grading the grounds and also in the construc tion of the log bath house and pavil ion. The large grandstand at the ball park is repidly nearing completion and “it won’t be long now” until the voice of the umpire will be heard in the old familiar “Play ball!” The ball ground is not quite completed as yet, some additional topsoil being needed in the outfield. A passageway .tender the grandstand will connect the dressing rooms with the field. Woik or the Sweet Water golf course is also under way and will be pushed to completion as .rapidly as possible. It is said that this Course will be cne of the prettiest in the State and doubtless will prove quite an attraction to the golfers of this entire section. HOPOCA By G. Chalmers McDermki. There’s a lot of satisfaction on the part of the farmer? who put wind breaks throughout their fields last fall to protect their tender crops from the wild March winds. What kind of windbreaks? Rows of rye planted every 75 to 100 feet, the length of the fields. Is this really practical? Mr. Alfred Jouannet, of Mount Pleasant, is the first farmer I ever n ticed doing it here. George Nungczer, of James Island, Q. A. Kennedy and others are following suit in the last few years. In Holland, and in Denmark this practice has been handed down from generation to generation. The Hol landers, planting as they do, in the bleak sands of the northern Nether lands, protect their tender flower plants with rows of iye planted as close as 30 feet apart. The tall growing rye seems to /Oe the best kind to use, and the woruler- ful growth that is made by planting it in the early fall, makes it/a fi^e source of seed rye for the n«ct crop. Some*'times it is cut with reap "hocks, and sodnetitnes^tvitly scythes,-or when the farmer doesiyt want the grain, he puts disc harrows over the rew, and plows it un At any rate, a xvindbreak of this kind affords che/p crop insurance, and is well worth remembering. Sep tember is the/time to plant it and March is the tie to collect the in- Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know *nd Others You Don’t Know. Father and Son Killed in Plane Crash. A story about the man in the upper part of the county who was un able to understand why the relief council couldn’t furnish paint for his church when what he was pleased to term “A Gateway to Hell” is being built at Barnwell. ... A north bound Southern Railway passenger train with several refrigerator cars attached. . . These items in The Williston Way’s “Passing Our Win dow,” which have a rather sarcastic tinge, though they may have been meant as cempliments:. “An airplane flying over—must be Barnwell’s Santa Claus catching a little fresh air, and he probably has his side kick, Barn well’s Czar, with him. . . . keep your eyes on the road, fellows. . . Pinckney Lee, who will go to Barn well, it j s rumored, to have a try-out on their ball team. . . . Barn well will be in the league this year, and if we don’t miss our guess they will win the pennant—for could you imagine Barnwell letting some others put it over on them—baseball or any thing else.” . . Well, thanks for the buggy lide. ... A beautiful young matren greeting an elderly man with a "kiss and a by-stander remark ing, “Thai’s the hell of it—they kiss you either when you’re very young or very old?’ A game of duplicate bridge in which the margin of victory was only three points. . . Col. and Mrs. J. E. Harley with a truck load of pretty little girls. . . . Representative Solomon Blatt remarking that the bill to legalize the sale of beer in, this State may pass the House by/a very small margin. ... A l/ne woman bather in the new swin>ming pool Sunday afternoon. . . Angus Patterson expressing his opinion of the anti-beer legislators in courteous and gentle (?) terms. ./. Crowds of visiters from other V>wns looking over the recreation project at Turkey Creek. . . . “The/Circle,” Calhoun Park and the park /around the Court House looking ve/y much improved . as the result of/some effective land- * scape-gardening'. . . . Reports of light frost M/nday morning. The recent cold snaps checking the growth of asparagus. A m\xf/d car of asparagus and rad ishes le/ving fcr.the Noithern market. Several interested local peo ple ^oing up to Columbia Tuesday to he^r the debate in the House of Rep resentatives on the “beer bill.” . A large audience thoroughly enjoying the senior play, “Kicked Out of Col lege," and saying many nice things about the young actors and actresses therein. . . Local Beau Brummels appearing in new spring suits. . . Dr. and Mrs. Martin C. Best enhanc ing the beauty of their new home with attractively placed shrubbery. durance. "MarcT His mm r gag■ ; . mr . (Courtesy of The State.) The above picture shows Major James A. Willis and his son, Lieut. Jas. Arthur Willis, Jt., who were killed Sunday, March 19th, when their airplane crashed near Petersburg, Va., while en route from Spartanburg to Washington, D. C. Major John A. Parker, of Charlotte, N. C., also lost his life in the accident. Wi)uston Is Proud of New Development Lake Fairmont Nears Completion.— New Road Being Built.— Sand Beach for Bathers. V Schedule of Trains Changed by Southern Three Passenger Trains Running Through Barnwell Affected by New Time Table. Recruiting Station Opens. Acting on orders issued by Lt. Jno. L. Reynolds, U. .S. Navy, officer in charge of .Navy Recruiting for the district of North and South Carolina, headquarters at Raleigh, N. C., Free- wan Hill. Chief Electrician Mate. U. mda and li.nse unnd hMve^S.-N^ haa_cbeh£d__a Nfavy R^ifuitmg —^ station in the Charleston Post Office building” — — The followrng oounttes wtl] const!- caused ^ many a farmej’ to lose his ^raligir^ oarly in life. Beans, cukes, tomatoes, asparagus, cotton and flow er crops and other? have, more than once, been scorched and cut by just ordinary March “howlers.” Have you ever stood on a beach tute this station’s terriory: Ca'houn, Orangeburg, Barnwell, Allendale Hampton, Jasper, Beaufort, Colleton, Bamberg, Dorchester, Berkeley and and watched the sand fly in just an ; Charleston. ordinary summer breeze? Try it cnce, after you come out of the ocean and your feet are still wet, and then think about the tender plants in a dry field on an average March day. Want a nice ride some day? You people jvho are near enough, jump in to the old bus and see Walterboro and Summerville and Orangeburg, and Beaufort, and Georgetown and Mag- Mr. Hill makes his home at 42 So- Thiee Southern Railway passenger trains running though Barnwell, be tween Columbia and f Savannah, will be affected by change* in schedule ef fective next Sunday, April 2nd. Train No. 23, which starts at Char lotte at G:30 p. m. daily, will arrive at Columbia at 9:40 n. m., instead of 9:45 p. m., and will leave at 10:00 p. m. instead of 10:30 p. m., arriving in Barnwell at 11:45 p. mr It is due in Savannah at 2.25 a. m. and Jacksonville at 6:35 a. m., more than an hour earlier than at present. The northbound train No. 24 passes Barnwell at 3:07 a. m. T ~~— " - ** The • mommg doeal train s betvfa^n Columbia and Savannah will undergo oonskisrable alteration. Train No, 19, which now leaves Columbia at 9:30 a. m., arriving at Barnwell at 11:30 a. m., and at Savannah at 2:20 p. m., will leave the capital city at 9:10 a. m., aniving here at 11:05 and at Savannah at 1:40 p. m. The north- bmin<L train Ni:. 20 will leave Savan- at-.-Ik:lU p. m. and will at rive Barnwell at 2:32.. p. m., some Williston is justly proud of the development at “Lake Fairmont,” which is being made into a recreation resort by it s owner, Q. A. Kennedy, a leading citizen of that progressive town, and the following description is taken from last week’s issue of The Williston Way: t Have yau seen the latest addition to Williston’s recreation and resort developments. The new lake, cover ing about 250 acres of land is nearing completion, and many citizens from Williston and other places nearby are motoring out to view the great arti ficial body of water that is only sur passed by the great Lake Murray, in this section. And even Lake Murray cannot boast of more beautiful banks and suirounding scenery. Even Lake Murray will not afford better fishing, boating and other water sports. The giant earthen dam was completed last fall after almost a year’s work. Work has gone on incessantly in clearing out grov/th of all descrip tions in the lake and surroundings. Fish, a plentiful supply, coming in from the four feeding streams, will be plentiful—STready one may stand on the banks and see nice trout and perch making their beds. In addition to the natural fish supply, others have been carried to the lake in thous ands. The new creation promises to be a distinct asset to Williston and vicinity in the way of rest, menta and physical recreation and sports and who knows but what it may some day be of great commercial value to the section. The site of the dam is that of the cld Fairmont cotton mill dam, and later the Maverick cotton mill. Only our oldest citizens remember the daya cf the old Fairmont cotton mill. They, hoWever, can recall many pleasant and romantic tales connected with the in ception and operation of the mills, and of the big dam that held the water in check for the propelling of the old mill wheels. The new project was begun by Mr. Q. A. Kennedy last year, and work has progressed nicely, and now one sees °ne of the most beautiful arti ficial lakes in this entire section. With high hills running along one side of the hank, and beautiful pine , . . . . thicket? along the ether one just nat- ^ . urally, and immediately wishes for a cottage, or a hut built alongside. In fact Dr. J. L. Smith and Mr. Q. A. Kennedy have already planned the location of cottages, to be built on the hillside, and extending out over the water. Others have spoken for lots and it is estimated that before the summer is spent there will have been built dozen? of such place 8 of /est and recreation. Not only will e neces. ai j. tkiachliuiy Wiir^never- 'tjjefeTie'a plentiful water supply from Work Resumed on 10- Ton Ice Plant Here Will be Ready for Ope’ation in About Three Weeks.—Meat Curing in Connection. Beer Measure Gets v Approval of House Bill Legalizing Sale Goes to TMr* Reading, 63 to 39.—Some Counties to Vote. H. J. Phillips stated Tuesday that woik has bten resumed on the Barn well ice plant, which will be of ten tons daily capacity, end that it will be ready for operation’ in abdut three weeks. A meat-curing plant will also be ice plant, which should be of material benefit to the farmer? of this section ;n saving their supplies of meat, large quantities cf which have been lest in the past because of inadequate curing facilities in this immediate section. The local ice plant was destroyed by file several year s ago and while the old wooden building was replaced with a more modern brick structure, installed. at 4 hours later than at present. This wilt give tKe” Savantiah ipawnngers direct connection with the Augusta Special, both north and southbound. Mrs. Inez S. Ussery. Williston, March 24.—Mrs. Inez S. ciety Street, Charleston, and was for- Ussery, wife of C. L. Ussery, of the merly attached to the U. S. S. Whit- rrey in charge of the electrical repair shop. He comes well equipped for* his new duties, having served over twelve years in the service aboard various types of fighting craft. He can spin many interesting yarns about the Navy, and about strange nolia and Middleton and Belle Isle, places he ha s visited during his Naval and Cypress this week-end or just service. take time on any country road to see Mr. Hill is receiving applications nature at its best. j f° r first enlistment at his office, and And then go home resolved to make , will be glad to interview young men your own grounds as attractive as! who are interested in a Naval career, you can. Wild flowers, tame flowers, trees from the woods, trees from the nursery all fit in the planting scheme at home. To me, the wilder it is the more Williston Firm Chartered. * • A charter wa? issued last week by the secretary of state to the Rey nolds Farming Corporation, of Wil- beautiful it is. Why not make the liston, capitalized at $5,000. Q. A. home grounds more attractive? Of Kennedy is president of the new con course I mean wild, not “WILD.” cern. Mount Calvary community, near Wil liston, died at her home Thursday morning at 2 o’clock very suddenly. She wa s a daughter of the late E. L. Sandeis and Mrs. Ida Sanders, of Ulmers. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Ussery was a teacher in the schools of Barnwell County. Funeral services were conducted at Mount Calvary Baptist Church this morning at 10 o’clock by the Rev. L. G. Payne. Surviving Mrs. Ussery besides her husband and mother are one daughter, Jeanette Ussery, who ig a senior at, Winthrop college; five brothers, Gro ver, Otis and Allison Sanders, of Ulmers; Horace K. Sanders, of Myrtle Beach, and Lcnnie Sanders, of Fair fax; two sisters, Mrs. Jake Deer, of Denmaik, and Miss Ida Sanders, of , Ulmers. f William Hair. W’i!liston, March 24.—William Hair, who was reared in this community, a brother of Heyward Hair, of the Rosemary section, died Thursday. Mr. Hair hat} iur- many years made his heme' in Augusta, however. He was first marrie^ to Miss Alice Beli, of thi? communlty/a 'sister of J. a deep well pump but there will be free electric lights furnished by the plants generators—it will be possible to enjoy the outing and at the same time enjoy the convenience of town living. A big addition to the project i 8 the sanding of a portion of the south hahk by The rettgf workerg, whtch wHl make one of the finest bathing beach- es, varying in depth from a few inches J. and W. C.' Beil Ucsta to 20 to 30 feet, and mile? of swim- Columbia, March 29.—With packed galleries applauding vigorously, the house of representatives of South Carolina last night advanced to third reading the bill legalizing the sale within the State of beer of 3.2 pe^ cent alcoholic content. Fermented liquors, or wine, and ale, are also provided for in the measure. The vote on the final passage of the bill was 63 in favor to 39 against—the strength of the so-called “wets” sur prising even the supporters of the bill. Passage of the bill today if practically aasured, and in the senate, it is generally predicted that it will be approved by a considerable ma jority* The bill, a? passed, bristlea with “local option” features, and it carriea . an amendment, similar somewhat to the old dispensary law, forbidding the sale of beer between sunset and sun rise. Nor is it to be gold in quanti ties les s than one-half pint. Efforts to have the entire beer ques tion submitted to a vote of the peo ple of the State, they to decide whether or not they wanted beer, failed. Such an amendment—two or three of them, in fact, couched in different language, was voted down by 67 to 46. Local Option Feature. One amendment which proved ex tremely popular was offered by J. A. Spreull, Chesterfield, and J. J. Evans, Marlboro. It provide^ that in thosa counties, licenses for the sale of beer in incorporated towns should not bo issued until a vote of the people had been had on the question, and that licenses for sale of beer in unincor porated sections should not be grant ed until a vote on the queation by tho people of the county. Among the counties including them selves under this amendment arei Clarendon, Oconee, Marion, Dillon* Newberry, Lexington, Jasper, York, Anderson, Saluda, Chester, Williams burg, Edgefield and Lancaster. In Laureng and Orangeburg Counties tho measure is not to be applicablo until the people have voted upon it. J. R. Coggeshall and other s sub mitted an amendment to the effect that the bill should not become law un til 15 days after the people voted up on it, but thi s amendment wa? tabled in. quick order. Money to Schools. One amendment offered by R. !(• Newton, Anderson, that all revemao from the proceeds of the sale of beef should go to the public school fond, was adopted, a? was another by Hager Sinkler, Charleston, to the effect that licenses should be issued only to nat uralized citizens and only to not convicted of violation of the hibition law of the State. The ment further provided that convicted of violating the teftaa of the measure should have Ihfcr licen ses to do business cancelled. The bill, as passed, makes legal the sale of beer of 3.2 per cent, alcohol content by persons or firms which havn been licensed by the State tax com mission, the license costing $50. None of the beer sold may be consumed on the premises, and In municipalities, city councils may prohibit its sakk Lancaster County'was exempted frosg the last provision. A- tax of ,$2.25 on each barrel of 31 gallons is to be paid ming in the distance, if one chooses. and a rex of~CWO ceuls uu Hair. Surviving this union are four children. Mrs. Hugh McKenzie, of There are a number of the younger Chailcston; Mrs. Charles Widener, of! g^erttion who are planning all kinds Augusta, and two sons, W. D. and Quincy Hair, who made their home with him. About five years ago, Mr. Hair wa s married to Mis? Eldine, cf Augusta, who also survives him. Funeral service? were held in Au gusta this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Ford Coupe Stolen Here. Dr. B. W. Sexton’s 1929 model Ford coupe, with rumble seat, was stolen of boats and water sport contraptions for the new lake. The most interest ing of these being boats that will be propelled b y airplans propellers, and riding on pontoons. And ethers are building smaller boats and canoes, with equipment that is nearer standard. Many innovations will be seen before long, and much amusement will be afforded at the launchings of the untried vessels. cf 12 ounces. There wag practically no debate on the bill last night, the house con tenting itself witjj heating tho amendments read and voting on them with little explanation. The doors of the house were thrown open while the bill was under dis cussion and a crowd filed into tto aisles of the house. In the galleries, all available space was occupied. GhingahTs Dollars Daya. Of interest to prudent shoppers in A new road bed* cutting out several about 10:30 e^clock Saturday night | mile8 t* 16 distance is being worked ; (jjjjugQjd'g Dollar Daya from in front of'Sexton’* Drug Store on now » y workers, and when on ,p a g e three cf this issue. Thin, In on Main Street and so far efforts to completed wi 1 be of the best sand-clay | the 8CCOn d 0 f a series of such bargain locate and recover the car have been *YP*» * u “ y cl ear ed on the sides, and ^ conducted by this progressive very few curves of any importance. ^ the fir8t proven no suc cessful that Mr. Ghtngold decided tn make them a regular monthly evngb Be sure to visit his store on Friday and Saturday of this week and profit accordingly. unsuccessful. The coupe has a light blue body and a browji top, patched in several places. It is equipped for a trailer. The initials, “W. J. S.,” are cut on the steering wheel with a knife. Anyone seeing a car answer ing this description is requested to communicate "with Dr. Sexton or Sheriff J. B. Morris at Barnwell. There i 8 already a good road bed leading to the construction and if you haven’t been out, it is time you were making a visit—just to see what we are going to have “around Williston.” Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fuller visitors in Columbia th: 8 week. i Perry B. Bush wag n visitor in Gal* umbia Tuesday.