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CauelMated Jum 1, I*». V VOLUME LVL THE OV71C1AL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL OUUNTT. Barnwell People-Sentinel V Llk^ a Member of thm Family** BARNWELL. SOUTH CAJLOLINA. THURSDAY. JUNE 29TH, 1933. NUMBER 41 Barnwell and Rocks Tie for First Place Fans Are Witnessing a Breath-Taking Finish of Georgia-Carolina 1 Pennant Race. Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week Standing of the Clubs. ub Won Lost Pet. Miilen 8 3 .727 Graniteville _ . ... 18 7 .720 Barnwell .... 18 7 .720 Augusta 12 14 .462 Thomson — 11'- 14 .440 Sylvania ... 10 14 .417 Bamberg ... 8 18 .308 St. Matthews 2 9 .182 A Little Sense and Nonsense About COTTON PLAN WILL WORK TO ADVANTAGE OF THE FARMER People You Know and Others Government Will Pay Rent to John Farmer on Such Acres of His Growing You Don't Know. Crop as He Abandons, and Give Him Option on Government Cot- Remaining First Half Games. at at Thursday, June 29.—Sylvania Barnwell (double-header.) Saturday, July 1.—Barnwell Warrenville. Monday, July 3.—Thomson at Barn well. The first half pennant race of the Georgia-Carolina League enters the last lap in what promises to be a breath-taking finish. Ten days ago Graniteville had what appeared to be a safe lead of 2% games, but disaster overtook the Rocks and they followed their less to Bamberg on Tuesday of last week by defeats at the hands of Augusta on Wednesday and Millen on 'Saturday, while Barnwell lost to Mil len Thursday and won from St. Mat thews on Friday and Thomson on Mcnday to go into a tie for first place with Graniteville, each team being credited with 17 victories and 7 de feats. The Barnwell boys journeyed to Millen Thursday afternoon with high hopes of taking the Babies into camp, but costly errors behind Tucker and the inability of the Carpenters to hit in the pinches lout the game. 6 to 4. However, on the home lot the follow ing afternoon, St. Matthews was hand ed a 12 to 8 defeat at th« hands of. the locals, and on Monday Barnwell won a thrilling game from Thomson, 6 to 4. In that contest, the Carpenters get off to a two-run lead in the second inning, with the McDuffs scoring once in the same frame with a home run and narrowly missing another tally when the runner wa« thrown out at the plate from deep left field. The 1 game rocked along on even terms un til the seventh, when the Carpenters added two more, only to have the score evened in the same inning when Thomson hit Wolfe hard ferv three runs. He waa then relieved by J. Gross, who did some more of his ex cellent pitching. In the ninth. Fitch walked, was sacrificed to second by Stuart and scored the decking run when Yeargin got his third hit of the day by parking one over the right ftfold fence for two-baaes. That end?d Uih^scoiing for the day, but it was enough to put the Carpenters in a first place tie with the Rocks. With Barnwell defeating Bamberg, 4 to 1, Tuesday afternoon while Graniteville was swamping St. Mat thews, 12 to 2, the Cartpenters and the Rocks remained m 4 tie for first place in the Georgia-Carolina League and entered the last lap of the first haJf pennant race neck and neck. Each team has iourf more gamee to GranitevLll^>«neeting Thomson twiceT^Bainwetl and Sylvania once. Barnwell plays Sylvania a double- header here this (Thursday) after noon, meets Graniteville at Warren- viilo. Ratnrday afternoon and closes the season at home Monday; afternoon against Thomson. Both teams are fighting desperately to hold their present positions in the league standing. Each has woit\18 and lost 7 games, with a peroen of 720. MUlen is on top with a per centage of .727 but does not count in the first half r*ce by virtue of her late entry. It is entirely possible that an extra series of games may be required to decide the winner. In Tuesday’s tilt with Bamberg, Tucker turned in a fine game for Barnwell, allowing only four hits, while his team mates accorded him splendid g&p'port and collected a total of eight safeties. The Carpenters played errorless baseball fog the second day in succession, while the Wolves made four bungles. It is expected that a large crowd will be st Fuller Field this afternoon at three o’clock to witness the twin Ml with Sylvania, which will have a decided bearing on the outcome of A picture of a fat fella labeled “A Wclf” on the show window of a local drug store, this inscription on an other, “Wolf hounds wanted—stop that hungry pack,’’ and “The wolf pack is loose again—hounds and shotguns WANTED” on a large mirror inside, probably the result of criticism by local fans of the errors that cost Barnwell the game to Millen Thurs day. For the information of the novice it might be said that “The Wolves” are an aggregation of fans that meet between ball games to “cuss” and discuss the various parti cipants therein Lewis (“Chap”) Christie, of Montgomery, Ala, on a visit to the old home town and recalling boyhood experiences at the “ole swimmin’ hole,” new replaced py a modem, concrete swimming pool. . . Martin Still, of Barn well route 1, joining The Pecple-Sen- tinel's family of satisfied readers and saying that he has good prospects for a crop. And a picture of a monument on the aforesaid mirror, together with this inscription: '“In honor of the dear boy* who donated $5 to a worthy cause,” all of which was in reference to a fine imposed by the local base ball management cn several players who stayed at a dance beyond the rero hour. . . . Harry Boy 1st on explaining to a group of interested baseball fans the workings of the eot- ten acreage reduction plan. . . A report that Millen wanted Barnwell to win Thursday’s game, which was clearly shown by the fact that the Georgians used one of the best pitchers in the league against the Carolinians. . . . An automobile pulling a passenger trailer, which was made by removing the front wheels and hood of a closed car. B. S. Moore, Jr., county superin tendent of educa*ion remarking that a he, Mrs. Moore and several relatives are planning to leave for the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago about the middle of August. . . . Members of the Barnwell baseball club adopt mg an Augusta child prodi gy as a mascot. The little fellow is said to be quite a preacher. . . A telegram from Bamberg announcing that the fans in that town were offer ing to bet even money on Tuesday’s game between the Wolves and the Carpenters. . . An airplane flying high over Barnwell, headed in an easterly d.reotion, Saturday afternoon and another plane from Asheville, N. C., landing at the local airport Mon day. Its pilot carried Col. Edgar A. Brown and C. G. Fuller to the game at Thomsen the same afternoon. . . A refreshing shewer Sunday after noon. *. . . Harry Boylston, coun ty agent, very much elated over the encouragement being given by Barn well County farmers to the acreage reduction movement. . . A num ber of loyal fans following the Barn well baseball club to Millen, Thomson and Bamberg. A leport that “Rei” Barron. Zinn Beck and other big league scouts will be present at this afternoon’s Sylvan- La-Bamwell baahall games at Fuller Field to give the various players the once over. . . The Barnwell air port designated by the pictuie of an airplane cn the new Standard Oil Company’s road maps. Methodist Church Services. At the Methodist Church next Sun day morning, the pastor will preach from the subject, “The Missing Man.” Sunday school at 10:30 and preach ing at 11:30 a. m. • \ “I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord.” “The Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain, His blood-reti banner streams afar; Who follows in his train?” W^ E. Wiggins, Pastor. ton at Six Cents Per Pound. Aim Is to Reduce Produc tion and Increase the Price This Fall. Washington.—Here is how the Wallace cotton plan would work out in the case of John Doe who has a 10- acre patch over the hill. John has been getting an average of 200 pounds of lint cotton to the acre for some years, and his crop loc.ks good for that amount again this year. To Be Explained. This week when the campaign for reducing acreage gets underway, John will attend a meeting called by his county agricultural agent or some other representative of the depart ment of agriculture. At the meeting he will find that he may get cash for plowing up part of his crop if enough other farmers do the same thing to justify going ahead with the plan. He may offer to plow up cne acre, three acres or the whole patch. Be cause John has been getting more than an average crop out of his field he will be entitled to more rent. Three acres would be about the amount that Secretary Wallace would like him tb take out of production for that sized farm. Upcn acceptance of hit offer, by Wallace, a contract would be present ed to him and he would find that since hit production was between 175 and 224 lbs. to the acre, he would e be en titled to $14 cash rent for each of the acres plowed under or a total of $42. Another Plan Open. Or, he might choose instead to take $10 an'acre, a total cf $30 for the three-acres, and an ontion on 600 pounds of lint cotton to which his acreage and reduction would entitle him. This 600 pounds would be equal to the amount of cotton which his three acres would be expected to pro duce. He would get the option with out paying out any money. He would simply be credited with 600 pounds of cotton at six centj a pound. He would be entitled to any sum over six cents a pound that cotton was sold for at any time he decided it ought to be sold. There will be some regulations later telling him just how to go about that, i To Be Had at Six Cents. Anyway, he would receive the cot ton at six cents and it is selling in the markets today for from eight to nine cents.. The cotton may be 1,200 miles away, but it in John’s for the time he holds the option. In either case, before John gets the money, a representative of the county committee will be around to see that he has plowed up the three acres. He may plant something else on that part of his patch so long as it is eaten on the farm—or he may let it lie idle. He will not be permitted to spend the money he took in to put a lot of extra fertilizer on the rest of his patch, but must go right on with his ordinary plan* for the other seven acres, picking it and selling it as he desires. Oldest Mason Passed v Away at Aiken Sunday Capt. Thomas Washington Coward, Native of Barnwell County, Diet " • - r>— _ , at Aye nf ifll Encampment Began at Bamberg Monday Firat Barnwell Baptist Association Encampment in Session nt Car lisle School. “Kitchen on Wheel.” Will VUit Barnwell Every Conceivable Task of American Housewife Performed by the Genie, Electricity. Aiken, June 27.—Capt. Thomas Washington Coward, who reached his 101st birthday February 13th, the oldest living Mason in South Carolina, perhaps in the entire country, died at 5:45 Sunday morning at his heme in the Millbrook section, near Aiken. He was a native of Dunbarton, Barnwell County. With his death there ended a long and colorful career. His mother was Andrew Jackson’s first cousin and he was horn when Jackson was at his heighth. He was a charter member of the Aiken Masonic lodge and he was buried with Masonic honors. He was a conductor on the old South Carolina railroad and ran on this train during the Confederate war, being called back to this work after serving else where for the Confederacy for short time. When the Southern rail way reproduced the. first train and took it on exhibition a few years ago, Captain Coward was called on to meet it and ride it into Aiken. He quit railroading after the war and farmed An incident in his service with the old South Carolina road between Charleston and Hamburg wa« that when Kilpatrick and Wheeler staged their fight at Aiken he hacked his train out of the way, thus saving it for further use of the Confederacy. He was widely known and widely liked and with his passing Aiken’s venerable link with the past has gone. Surviving are four daughters, four sons, 46 grandchildren, 35 great grand children and two great, great grand children. The sons and daughters are: G. G. Coward, of Orlando, Fla.; T. F. Coward, L. M. Coward and Ira Coward of Aiken; Mrs. J. B. George of Aiken. Mrs. Fanny DeMedicis of Augusta, Mrs. E. L. Shealey of Aiken and Mrs. M. H. George of Columbia. Funeral services were held at Millbrook Church at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon with interment in the churchyard, with the Rev. E. L. Knight and the Rev. J. W. Hammond officiating. Advertise in The Peofie-SentinaL Bamberg, June 27.—The fir*: Barn well Baptist Association encampment in session at the Carlisle school in Bamberg opened at 9:30 on Monday morning. By noon 190 delegates from 22 churches had registered. The en campment will continue through the week. A program of religious train ing in all department) of oiganized Baptist work is being taught by a select faculty cf outstanding Baptist leaders. Through the courtesy of Col. Jas. F. Rlsher, headmaster of Carlisle school, the encampment is beinp held in the Carlisle school building. Ade quate accommodations for the dele gates are available. The churches of the association have been grouped into six district*. Each district furnishes food for the encampment one day, making it possible for all delegates to receive room and board free^of charge. The Baptists of Bamberg have given the use of their church in which all classes are^ held. Many have opened their homes to members of the faculty and delegates. Classes begin each day at 8:15 and last continuously until 1:30. Four teen courses are offered in the various departments of Baptist organized work. In addition to these courses, a program of recreation under the supervision of Miss Florrie Lee Law- ton and Miss Elizabeth Nuckols, both of Columbia, is being offered. Dr. Walt N. Johnson, of Mars Hill, N. C., an outs’.landing leader among Southern Baipbists is the noon encamp ment speaker. Dr. A. Scott Patterson, of Madison, Ga., a returned mission ary to Africa, is, the speaker of the evening service. Large delegations from Bamberg and adjoining towns are attending these services. , Vesper services in the morning and evening are in charge of pastors m the ciution. • A complete modern kitchen on wheels, in which the genie, electricity, performs every’ conceivable task of the American housewife and which.is ar ranged scientifically to eliminate all ordinary drudgery, will visit Barn well today (Thursday) and will he parked in front of the South Carolina •Power Company’s local office from 10:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. The coach is cne cf a fleet of 100 which will be in use by General Electric distributors in all parts of the nation. The public is cordiafly invited to visit and in spect this coach without obligation ta buy anything. A drawing for an at tendance prize will be held at 5:00 p. m. at the coach at which partici pants must be present. In this “magic” all-electric kitchen, dishes are washed and dried by sim ply pushing a button. A similar oper ation refrigerates food, manufactures ice, cooks food, ttimj a range on or off, mixes beverages and foods, pro vides music, prepares toast, waffles, or coffee, gives shadowless illumina tion and ventilates the kitchen. The coach also has space for the exhibition of other hfone work-savers, such as Mrs. J. B. Harley and daughter, Mias Elaine Harley and Mrs. J. B. Morris visited Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Jacluon, in Wagerver, Thursday after noon after learning of the tragic death of their son, Lybrand Jackson, in an arp'jne a cident at Langley Field, Virginia. Barnwell Farmers Express^ Approval Vote Practically 100 Per Cent, fat Favor of Cotton Redaction at — Meeting Here: Edisto Home Copied After Mount Vernon ipo) laundry equipment, sun lamps, vacuum cleaners, radios, electric clocks, heat ers, and kindred products. More than 30 of these rolling “magic kitchens’” already are in use in different parts of the country and the demand! for additional coaches has become so great that the company manufacturing them has been forced to go on a 24-hour»acday schedule, six days a week. Thekr. typify a new idea in merchandisingf-that of taking the dealer display room direct to the prospect’s dor. A half million dollars is being expended on the coaches. Leaves for Hospital. N. Blatt, of Blackville, left Monday afternoon for Johns Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore, Md., where he goes for an operation. He was accompanied by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Solomon Blatt, of this city. Mr. Blatt’s many friends throughout the county hope for his complete restoration to health. “Beech Knoll.** Summer Home of R. A. Easterling, Native of Barn well. Is Beauty Spot. Denmark, June 24.—“Beech Knoll,” the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Easterling, of Denmark, is con- siderd one of the most beautiful in this section of the State, located on a high bluff on the river, five miles north of here, is ideally situated in a grove of pine and many small red bud and dog wood trees, ihaking it shady and cool. The house overlooks the swift, cool waters of the Edisto river at a dis tance of about 20 feet. The building is a two-story struc ture, built after the style of Mount Vernon. There are two porches with one of them facing the river. In the center of the building and on the lower floor is a large dance hall, with the remainder of the house devoted to a kitchen, dining room and large and airy bed rooms. —The house is va1aect~al $20,000: house Since the completion of the house several years ago, Mr. Easterling has spent much time and money on beauti fying the grounds. He has put $2,- 000 worth of flowers and shrubbery on the grounds, and the bed of Amar- ylis bulbs is valued at $1,000. The estate includes fifty acres of property, a part of which is ideal for a golf course. The woods and fields furnish good hunting grounds and the river abounds in fish. Mr. Easterling Recently purchased «, pair of pea fowls and a deer and placed them on the estate. He does not allow any one to shoot the squirrels and these little animals seem to realize that they are being protected and may be seen scampering among the trees. “Beech Knoll” has become popular as a gathering place for the young people of the community. Dancing, fishing, swimming and boating are among the pleasure of thoae who visit the Eaatarlirgs during .he sum mer months. If the approval expressed at a meeting held here yesterday (Wedaqa- day) is any indication of the senti ment throughout the cotton belt, the government’s cotton acreage reduc tion plan is assured of complete suc cess. A large number of representa tive farmers from various sections of Barnwell County gathered at tho Court House and after the plan had been thoroughly explained to them by A. H. Ward, district agent, of Aiken, a vote waa taken and practical ly every fanner present expressed his willingness to plow up from 25 to 50 per cent, of his growing crop. Tho only exceptions were a few negroes who did not vote either for or against the proposition and it is thought that this waa due to the fact that they did not understand the question. As soon as the, meeting adjourned, many of those present hastened to sign the re quest that a representative of the government visit their farms to per fect the contract. The meeting waa called to order by Harry G. Boylston, county agent, who introduced Mr. Ward. The latter ex plained both the cash and the combin ed cash and cotton option plans that are being offered, and answered a number of queitions from the floor. Mr. Boylston also announced the personnel of the county committee and the names of the representatives who will visit the farmers in various sec tions of the county, as follows: County Committee:—L, N. Connor, Barnwell; P.- A. Baxley, Blackville; W. B. Powell, Williston. Government representatives:—B. M. Hair. Barnwell; E. C. Matthews. Blackville; B. E. Folk, Williston; M. W. Wise, Healing Springs; J. Monroe Rowell, Hilda; N< Hilda; J. M. Hill; R. F. Rountree, Dunbarton; Olka Meyer, Meyer's Mill; W. H. Black, Reedy Branch; W. Hayne Dyrhee, Hercules; Frank Sanders, Oak Grove; W. H. Moody, Jr., KMne; R. R. Moore. Snelling. A schedule of meetings has been arrang v for ether sc^iotr* of he county, as follows: Healing Springs, Thursday, 8:00 p. m. Blackville. Thursday, 7:00 p. m. Elko, Thursday, 8:00 jx m. Barbery Branca, Friday, 4:00 p. m. Hercules, Friday, 6:00 p. m. Hilda, Friday, 8:00 p. m. Williston, Friday, i.i00 p. m. Snelling, Saturday, 2:00 p. m. Meyer’s MiD, Saturday, 4:00 pi m. Dunbarton, Saturday, 6:00 p. m. NEW STAMP RATE WILL BE EFFECTIVE JULY L Official government confirmation w postage rates will go tote effect J^^st reached R. A. Denson, Barnwell postmaster, Last week. The new rates ere a part of new regulations passed by Postmaster General James A. Farley as amend ment* to the postage act of 1932 when three cents stamps were required on “first class mail of one ounce or any fraction thereof.” On July 1st, first class mail of this classification mailed in the city of Barnwell addressed to a point in the . city limita cr rural routes will reqnim- only two cents, while the same three cents rate will remain on mail going outside the city postal area. Miss Ruth Craig Injured. TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER ADVERTISE in The PeopU •jrW The first serious accident at the new swimming pool occurred Sunday afternoon, when Miss Ruth Craig, the popular operator at the Barnwell Beauty Shop, fell on a slippery diving board and sustained 'severe injuries. It is understood that her right elbow was fractured and that her right hip was also badly hurt. She was carried to 'htr home in Cayce Tuesday after noon and it is said that her iajurl— may necessitate hospital treatment. Her many friends hepe for her early recovery and during her enforced ab sence her place at the beauty shop is brin filled by another efficient apem- tor. About two weeks ago a tan year aid boy from Columbia waa asvad from drowning by an older local hoy after the visitor had goat under one time. I The Utile fellow, who could net swfca, " J JB4e dkap water.