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fc^v> Iflt BARNWELL PEOPLE THURSDAT. JUNE »TH. Barnwell 50 and 25 Years Ago. Interesting Items Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People. > Bk/ ■H JUNE 28. 1883. Miss Georgia Harbig, a charming Augwta bdy, is visiting: the Misses Pechmann. Mail servicb to Oolston P. 0., in this county, will 'be discontinued after this week. The increase m tfae number of at- torneys suggests the advisability of the enlargement of the Court House. Mr. E. J. Peacock brought us on Saturday a ripe watermelon weighing ten and a half pounds. He U knock ing alf such melons off hU vibes so that the twenty and thirty pounders may spread themselves. He expe to have three carloads at the depo on the 12th cf July. Mrs. J. D. Erwin died at the resi dence of her husband at Enrinbon, on the 23rd inst., Chaney Dorch, Jeff Dench, Sr., and Peter Dorch were tried in the Court of General Sesions for riot, and ac quitted. Melons.—Last week 85 car loads of ^week’s happi melons were ship-ped westward from Atlanta. The daily shipmewts this week are expected to range from 30 to 50 cars. The lowest quotations, wholesale, for melons beyond At-* hmta is 30 cents apiece. In St. Louis melons bring 40 omts; Cincinnati, 20 pounds average, 30 cents; Louisville, 15 pound melons, 22 cents; New York, 35 cents. A. B. Connor, Esq., reports a new tenant in his carp pond. He does not know whether it is an alligator or a Hampton attorney, but he proposes to do the country a service by killing it speedily. / A match game of baseball will be played at Willisbon on Saturday be tween the Aiken a*l Willmton nines. Major J. J. Brabham has been quite feeble for the paat w>e«k. JUNE 25, 1908. BlackviUe’s first car of cantaloupes went North cn Tuesday. Mr. R. C. Roberts has improved famously through sanitarium treat ment at Turnersville, Ga. Dr. Edward Patterson, recently meeting held qn the association’s Chicago trip taken last week. graduated and licensed has decided to ^ ... „ , T ™m 7r~rT-'-n---t' . tr - Other electrons were: -Gapt William locate at Ellenton arid wflTenter upon the practice of medicine and surgery this week. *. Crop* are generally reported in good condition and looking well though small in size for the date. The criti cal period is ahead and good seasons will be needed to make good yields. Marled on June 14th, 1908, Rev. J. 'T. Peeler officiating, at the residence of Mr. E. B. Ussery, the bride’s fat)rqr, Martin, S. C., Mr. M. B. Furse and Miss Lottie M. Ussery. The fharriage on the 18th inst. (of Mr. W. M. Dunbar, Jr., of Augustm and Mis* Clara Eugenia Johnson, y6f Gainesville, Ga., was one of last and prettiest events as pictured in the Herald. Mr. Dun bar i« a son of the late Mr. George R. Dunbar. Miss 9uaie Dunbar was one of the attendants. Rats to the number of 393 were killed recently on Mr. R. R. John ston’s farm when about 200 bushels of corn were moved from a bam to a rat-proof crib. Besides a number were eaten by a pomter dog that as sisted in the rat hunt. The dead ro dents almo-t filled a buehel basket. Much damage had been done to the com, enough cobs to fill a two-horse wagon body being left in the old crib. Mra. Sallie Baxiey, widow of the late Mr. Henry Baxley, died suddenly Fri day morning, aged about 73 years. She had been on a visit to her daughter Mrs. W. R. Owens, of Dunbarton, and wa* starting homeward when stricken. GOVERNOR SETS ASIDE V „ COTTON REDUCTION WEEK Chief Executive Calls on People to Co-operate in Acreage Cutting Program and Designates Week for Specisd Effort < • V Governor Blackwood Saturday issued earnest co-operation to the end that a proclamation designating the week of June 26 to July 1 «* “Cotton Acre age Reduct.on Waek,” and calling up on the people of South Carolina U> the reduction campaign be success fully directed, ami “Whereaa. It i* a matter of such grave significance to the people of contribute "their efforta to the pro- the South that cotton acreage be re motion of this prognam.’' which is be-1 duced, it appearing that this is the ing conducted under the direction of only reasonable meam of maintaining the extension d vision of South Caro-j fair price* for cotton, now, )i M . “Therefore, In order to promote and The full text of the proclamation protect the best interests of the peo- follows: |pie of the State of South Carolina, I, ‘•Whereas, Acting under the m- I. C Blackwood, a* govcTnor of such State, do hereby proclaim that tho week beginning June 26th to July 1st, inclusive, be and the same is hereby Wimuboro Editor v Elected President nes» district of Chicago. The spediil train left Chicago Friday evening at 3:45 o’clock.—The State. P. M. Dees Heads State Pres. Asao- Melon SeaSOD Open* riation.—Members Report Fine Trip to Exposition. - P. M. Dees, owner and editor of the Herald and New r s, Winnsboro, was elected president of the South Caro lina Press association at a business First Carloads Bring from $125 tq $250.—Cucumber Deal Hae Been Very Satisfactory. Bamberg, June 28.-r-Tdday marked the end of the cucumber business and the beginning of Jhe watermelon, in- •truction* of the president, the secre tary of agruuiture has drafted the extension division oif South Carolina to handle the Cotton Acreage Reduction 1 declared to be Cotton Acreage Reduc campaign during the week beginning June 26, 1933, and “Whereas, It fs necessary that the lion week, ami in the interest of the people of the State*, I call upon the patirotic citixens and farmers to con- citizens of the State geneially, and ( tribute their efforts to the promotion cotton planters partundarly, lend their of this campaign.” VERY FEW NEW JOBS IN COTTON CAMPAIGN Clemscn College, June 24.—“The false impression has circulated that there is to be employed a large num ber of new government workers in connection with the administration of the faim act. Up to thi* time we have received just the opposite impression in instructions coming to this office from Washington,” says Dr. W. W r . Long, Director of Extension Service, Clemson College. “The Administration has drafted the different extension organizations, which are a branch of the Department of Agriculture, to carry on this w r ork and we are advised that very few new workers will (be employed and these only on the basis of elegibility under examinations now being held the United States Civil Service Com mission, Washington, P. C.,” Director Long explains. A “The administration is counting on the voluntary aid of farmers and all other agencies interested in better prices for cotton for getting the work done. Local committeemen will do much of the work o na basis of re ceiving expense* while visiting farms where the acreage m cotton is to be seduced, checking the acreage ^amd making other necessary records. “Unless, therefore, we get instruc tions that are entirely different from those already received as to the policy for employing workers it is a waste of anyone’s time to make application to this office for positions that do not exist,” Dr. Long concludes. OTHER CROPS PLANNED FOR RETIRED COTTON Clemson G-Dege, June 24.—South Carolina cotton farmers who cooper ate in governmental plans to retire a part of the acreage this season in the effcit to increase the price of the staple, still may utilize the land so released with good effect, thinks R. W\ Hamilton, extension agronomist, who suggests that they may use the land to grow the feedstuffs lacking and needed on many farms, such as Sudan grass, soybeans, cowpeas, mil let, and sorghum. Even though it may be late„to plant these crops with best results, the land may be kept in con dition and ready to plant this fall with small grain and clover* or other legumes. Planting the acreage retired from cotton to small grain this fall has the double virtue of keeping such acreage from being put to cotton in 1934. This is considered important by ad- ministratois of the Agricultural Ad justment Act since the operations of the act call for a continuous and long time effort to keep the cotton acreage within reasonable bounds. Growers who plan to cooperate with •the government in an effort to restore prosperity to Southern farmers will give careful consideration to the use of all land retired from cotton culti vation, believe officials of the United States Department of Agriculture. To do so is to further balance production on a sane beai* for the ultimate bene fit of the grower. ADVERTISE in Th. People-Sentinel E. Gonzales, cf Columbia, first vice- president; B. P. Davies, of Barnwell, second vice-president; Harold C. Booker, of Columbia, secretary, end F. C. Withers, of Columbia, treasurer. Members of the executive committee are: B. H. Peace, Greenville; Judson W. Chapman, Greenville; W. G. Hazel, Bennettsville; Ed H. DeCamp, Gaff ney; A. W. Huckle, Rock Hill; A. B. Jordan, Dillon; E. B. McSweeney, Al lendale; F. D. West, Abbeville, and the officers. A vote of thanks was tendered A. W. Huckle, the retiring president, for the most efficient manner in which he ha* handled the duties of his office and he was named as chairman of the committee< to arrange for the mid* winter press institute to be held in connection with the business meeting next January and he was also added to the libel law committee. Proclaiming the Century of Prog ress exposition at Chicago a wonder ful spectacle, members of the South Carolina Press association, their families and friends returned Satur day night from a trip which took them through Cincinnati and Indianapolis en route to the exposition city. All were lound in their praise net only cf the exposition but of the hospitality showm them in each of the three cities visited. Combine at Asheville. Leaving Spartanburg last Monday afternoon the South Carolina party was joined at Asheville by a group from the North Carolina Pres* asso ciation large enough to warrant a special train from that point. The special train arrived in Cincinnati at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning and a breakfast was tendered the party at the Hotel Gibson, followed by a ride of two bouts around the city. Harley L. Swift, assistant general manager of the Cincinnati Street Railway com pany, acted as chief host to the party in the Ohio cily. The special train left Cincinnati at 12:15 o’clock and arrived in Indian- spoils at 2:25, where a dejg^ful luncheon was awaiting the party at the home offices of Kinghan and com pany. packers. W. R. Sinkler, presi dent of the company, and R. R. Kmg- han, chairman of the board, both ad dressed the party, assuring them cf the pleasure it gave the Kinghan and company to act as hosts to the news paper party and telling of their in terne interest in the welfare of the South. Following the luncheon the party was tendered a ride ovef the city of Indianapolis, Col. Gorge H. Healey, director of public relations for the Indianapolis Street Railway com pany, acting as host. Colonel Healey commanded a regiment, which included many South Carolinians during the World War. Stay in Chicago. ing the party was met in the railroad a *• * yards,- hrhere their train was parked, by Victor Rubin of the department of publicity of the Century of Progress exposition, who welcomed the news paper people to Chicago and the ex position. Mr. Rubin, Mr. Barclay and others of the exposition management showered the party wdth courtesies during their stay, and tendered a luncheon Wednesday. Special guides were furnished and the party was taken on an intensive sightseeing tour of the exposition on that day. Wed nesday night the members of the party were turned loose to visit the hundreds of wrcnderful attractions in the grounds as they desired. Thursday morning the exposition was again visited by the party. At noon cars w’ere sent by Swift and company for the crowd and they were taken to the plant cf this large pack ing company for a dinner which proved to be one of the high spots of the entijre trip^ An address by Charles H. Swift, chairman of the board of Swift and company, in which he hailed the return of better times, brought additional cheer to members of the< party. The party was taken on a tour of inspection of the Swift plant and lovely souvenirs were given each member. Many high officials of the Swift organization attended the luncheon and mingled with .pie South Carolinians. Thursday evening and night the ex position grounds were visited again and many went beck for a final look Friday morning, trhile others of the party snant the morning in the bust- duatry in Bamberg- County. For the first time since Bamberg County be came a trucking center, the two crops overlapped, due to the fact that the cucumbers were late and melons are early. Today the cuke buyers gather-' ed up their odds, and ends and wound up the shipping season, while from the same platform three cars were loaded with melons. The melons were sold at prices from $125 for small melons to $250 for a car of big ones. The opening prices were very satis factory. The first carload in the county was shipped Friday from Denmark. It sold for $150. While thi* was not the county’s best cucumber season, it was nevertheless a very good one, and satisfactory prices were received right up to the last shipment today. Practically no cukes were sold for less than 50 cts., and the average .probably went to around 80 cents to $1 a crate. 54 State Prisoners Freed Since May 17 Governor Parolls Convicts at Rate of Three Every Two Days. Ten from Spartanburg. Columbia, June 24.—The Columbia Record say* that Governor Blackwood has liberated fifty-four prisoners since the legislature adjourned May 17, or an average of three every two days for the period. Convicts serving sentences for man slaughter. the newspaper says, com prise the largest element in the grpup released through executive clemency. Twenty persons imprisoned for manslaughter were freed, along with thirteen convicted of larceny and four serving life terms for murder. The Record says that Spartaburg County, where the governor lived un- til his election as chief magistrate in 1930, ha^Ngmre clemencies granted its inhabitants during the period than any other count^ Ten Spartanburg convicts had sen- tjences suspended, and six Greenville prisoners secured clemencies Abbe ville and Pickens Counties each had three offenders released, and Oconeer Bamberg, Lancaster and York Coun ties two each.' Four Rifchland, four Anderson and four Horry County prisoners won freedom through the executive, the newspaper says, and Charleston, Lex ington, Edgefield, Marlboro, Marion, Cherokee, Sumter, berry, GreeiF wood/ Saluda, Co-llefon, jFairfield, Orangeburg and Jasper Counties had ope each released The upper State, The Record says, had more clemencies' granted its in habitants generally that the coastal section. THE TELEPHONE IN GOOD AND BAD TIMES J&y J. R. Thomas manager Southern Bell Telephone enj Telegr.ph Co. : • v Some of our customers have ex- "■pfess'ed surprise that their, tfilec. phone service has continued to im prove. despite the depression and that their tete- ( An Inspiring Meeting. 1 - (Written for last week.) Not iv^ the history of the Barnwell Baptist Cfmrch has a more inspiring meeting been held than on the night of the 18th inst, when all of the churches of the town as well a* the Blackville Baptist, the Dunbarton and Long Branch Churches, as well as members from the Elko, Kline, Friend ship and Reedy Branch Churches gathened in the local Baptist Church to welcome the Rev. H. H. Stembridge, j^r., who has taken over the pastorate of the local Baptist Church. The large auditorium as well as the gal lery were filled to Overflowing and chairs placed in every available space. The Rev. L. G. Payne, pastor of the Blackville Baptist Church wa* in charge and an excellent program was given. Members of the various choirs of the town as well as a group of Y. W. A. girls from Blackville rendered an excellent musical pro gram. Special number* were given by the Blackville Y. W. A.’s, Miss Vivia Wiggins, of the local Methodist Churrh and the regular church choir. The Rev. W. "E. Wiggins, pastor of the local Methodist Church, Mr. H. H. King, representing the Dunbarton Church, and the Rer. L. G. Payne, of the Blackville Church, each in hi* own delightful manner, welcomed the new pastor, who responded in a few well choaen word*, after which he gave an inspirational message. The entire of fering for the evening was given the new pastor as token of love and es teem from the large congreagtion. p h 0 n friends seem as anxious as ever to satisfy every individual’s needs. This favorable comment is appreciated, but this condition is quite natural when one considers th£t-ae*vlce comes first with telppfione people, and it is their serious obligation to serve the need/ of the public Just as effici- entlylin bad times as in good times.. Although the service has become more\xtensive and complex, there has been a constant improvement, due to scientific inventions, new methods and more skilled workers. The value of the service has in creased constantly and many users tell us tfi4y regard it as the cheap est form of service they can buy. Nothing provides so much in added comfort, convenience and protec tion for so small a cost, they say. That the quantity and improved quality of the service has not re sulted in increased cost is dbe to new Inventions and practices which have been passed on to the user in the forpartof belter service. Your telephone friends have faced these trying times cheerfully. They have accepted shorter hours and reduced income Just as others have done to spread the work among as man? people as possible. Telephone work ers ar» friendly folks. They have your interests at heart and are al- ways glad for you to ask questions about any of the company's pol icies or practices which yon may not understand. Everywhere they are doing their beet to fulfill their obligation to render the beet possi ble service at the lowest possible cost eoneistent with financial safety. 1 i PRICES— m ' * ► . ^ 0 e « On All Grades of Paper Are ADVANCING! Place Your Orders for OB PRINTWG With Us Now and VE MONE Phone No. 89 Barnwell, S. C. , a! w'