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The Barnwell People-Sentinel
'JuaI Like a Member of the Family"
VOLUME LVII.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1933
Common Pleas Court
to Convene Sept. 25
Judge J. Heivry Johnson, of Allenadle,
Will Preside.—One Week
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‘'Called Off. /
Because of the small amount of
business to be transacted, -a scheduled
two weeks term of the Court of Com
mon Plea s for Barnwell County has
been reduced to one fteek. The term,
which was scheduled to begin Sep
tember 18th, with Judge J. Henry
Johnson, of Allendale, presiding, will
not convene until the following week
—Monday, September 25th—and tyie
following i s a list of the petit jurors
who have been summoned to appear
on that date:
John P. Chitty, Double Ponds.
F. C. Birt, Long Branch.
S. H. Greene, Four Mile.
C. W. Wall, Dunbarton.
Hennis Creech, Reedy Branch.
Matthew Bolen, Mt. Calvary.
G. S. Boynton, Ktine.
Uley Bolen, Williston.
E. H. Weissinger, Blackville.
Charlie Brown, Sr., Barnwell.
J. E. Hair, Green's Academy.
J. A. Myrick, Jr., Big Fork.
J. M. Walker, Healing Springs.
D. J. Hair, Long Branch.
L. A. Hair, Williston.
L. A. Plexico, Barnwell.
B. C. Norris, Seven Pines.
Jennings A. Owens, Barnwell.
M. W. Hartzcg, Hilda.
C. L. Greene, Williston.
C. E. Fcwke, Red Oak.
B. M. Jenkins, III, Kline.
J. S. Towne. Jr., Barmrell.
W. S. Browning, Barnwell.
J. W. Plexico, Barnwell.
Hoyt Rutland, Pleasant Hill.
P. O. Beasley, Long Branch.
G. M. Hogg. Big Fork.
N. Bolen. Elko.
!terman Brown, Blackville.
B. 8. Baxley, Blackville.
A. I* Thompson. Williston.
J. R. Moody. Four Mile.
C. C. Cheek. Barnwell.
Merman E. Birt, Long Branch.
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
A Little Sense and Nonsense About
People You Know and Others
You Don’t Know.
An echo reproducing the voice cf an
itinerant street preacher, the one
South Carolina Crop
Declines Many Bales
rafaterakle Weather and Weevil
Damage Caaae* Lam of (•(.••d
During \eguat.
clashing with the other
Bright-faced girls and boys hurrying
to school on the opening day of the
new session, eager( ? )to welcome their
teacher s an dresume their studies. .
. . Dove hunters complaining that
the heat, gnats and mosquitoes make
an afternoon's outing anything but
an enjoyable occasion. . (Several
counties have had the chief game war
den to proclaim a closed season on
doves). . . Employing printers
from several counties in the 4th zone
meeting in Barnwell Saturday after
noon for the purpose of formulating
a standard price list. . . A boy
with a new, brightly painted bicycle,
the center of an admiring group of
young friends. . . A lady passing
The People-Sentinel office and asking
if the writer were “seeing and hear
ing.” . . Cotton farmers and
others greatly disappointed over the
continued decline in the market last
week. . . A young lady addressing
W. E. McNab as “Mister Buckshot.”
. . . C. G. Fuller leaving for Col
umbia in hi 8 plane to attend the let
ting of road contracts by the State
highway department. . . And R.
R. Moore with a party of friends also
leaving for the capital city to attend
the cotton conference.
FASCIST DICTATORSHIP FOR
UNITED STATES IS FORECAST
Roger W. Babion, Statistician, Predicts Result of Wrath of
Middle Class, Aroused by Current Conflict Over
Redistribution of Wealth.—Blue Eagle
Unfavorable weather and weevil
damage played havoc with the South
Carolina cotton crop laat month, gov-
•:nment figure* announced Friday In-
d cated.
Frank O. Black, atatiatcian for the
Stated *am the indicated yield in the
State dropped 101.000 boles during
the month, more than in any other
cotton State.
Thi s was in face of an increase in
S'ates west of the Mississippi river,
which resulted in a government pre
diction of a total ctop of 12,414,000
bales, or 100,000 more than estimated
^ month ago.
\The indicated yield in South Caro
lina as of August 1st was given at
791,V<K) bales compared with 690,000
in Friday’s repcrt as of Septem
ber 1st, and estimated rendition of
the cron dropped off 14 points—from
77 to 6J
Black ifcUributed the decrease in the
calculated \out-turn in the State to
unfavorable w’eather in some sections
and weevil damage in others. "Some
thing just happened,” he said, “and
the crop went'to pieces.” /
The expected Vield of 690,000 bajbs
this year comparVd*with a final imt-
turn last year ofVl6,000. The/indi
cated yield per acrbi as cf September
1st was 245 pound s \>f lint, compared
with 285 as of August, 1st and a final
yield of 206 pounds last, year
Acreage remaining fo\ harvest was
put at 1,346,000, as against 1,779,000
planted. Removal cf /426.000 acres
from cultivation through the national
acreage reduction campaign accounted
almost wholly forAhe decrease.
Martin Newa.
Martin. Sept. 5.—Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Hardin and little ton. W. F., Jr.,
of Florence, spent Inst week-end with
friends and relatives at Martin and
Barnwell.
Miss Essie Towne, of Martin,
spent laat week-end with Miss Mil
dred Harden.
Mra. Jim Bates, of Barnwell, la
the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. N. Harden, of Martin.
Harold Duncan, of the C. C. Camp,
spent laat week-end with his parents,
Mr. and Mia. J. T. Duncan, of Mar-
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Mr. and Mra. A. N. Harden had as
| their gue«ta Sunday. Mr. and Mra.
Dannie Jones and little daughter,
I Irene, of Martin. Mr. and Mra. W. F.
Harden, of Florence, Mrs. Jim Bate*
' and little niece, Eloise Cook, of Barn
well.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Yenre. of
' Aiken, were the week-end guests «>f
Mrs. Sadie Towne.
Mrs. Susie Cook and Miss I«ot"le
Bates, of Augusta, spent Sunday with
! their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Bates.
Mrs. Sadie Towne is visiting Mrs.
I Lloyd Ycnce, of Aiken.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Harley and
| family, of Charleston, spent this
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. B. M.
j Wall. /
W. F. Wilder and A. N. Harden
* motored to Barnwell Saturday after-
; no n on business.
Mr. and Rra. W. F. Samuel, of
! Edgefield, ?pen^ the week-end with
j their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Bates.
Wellesley Hills, Mass., Sept. 8.—
A fascist dictatorship for the United
States was forecast today by Roger
W. Babson, statistican, who predicted
the stock market collapse in 1929.
The dictatorship, hf said, with blue
eagle of the NRA as its symbol, would
result from the wrath of the middle
classes, aroused by the current con
flict ever redistribution of wealth.
“It is being crystalized,” he said,
by the immediate conflict between
cfepital and labor, between unionism
and the open shop.-, Neither group
will be victorious. The mildle classes
will stand this conflict only for a
limited period. Then, due to depre
ciated currency and high prices, they
will themselve s take charge of the
situation with a temporary dictator
ship. This dictatorship will take the
form of Fascism.”
Babson, making his preliction at
the conclusion of the 20th annual
business conference here, pointed sig
nificantly to the disbelief that had
met his forecast of the 1929 panic.
“In 1928 and 1929,” he declared,
“when my Wall Street friends were
hailing a ‘new era of prosperity,' you
know that this Wellesley conference
was then looked upon as a hotbed of
Jeremiahs. We did not believe in that
‘new eta’ and constatly asserted that
it was false and would fail.
History Cited.
“We feel entirely differently, how
ever, regarding the present new era,
which is act upon redistributing
wealth This is now just beginning.
We believe this new goal will deter
mine the program for the next 150
year a although it wili soon be found
necessary also to redistribute judge
ment, initiative, industry, courage and
those other rugged traits which made
Aaaerira.”
In a broad summation of the foun
dation for h is belief, the statistic:an
said:
“Study of history shows the follow
ing four facta:
w (l) Every nation passes through
ifi<* same stages. The histories of
individual nations differ a* to details,
but not a* to their basic struggles, (2)
the world, however, cannot b e
judged an an entirety, although each
nation develops from primitive tribal
conditions to complex civilization,
yet all nations are at different stages
a-t one time. (3) The great progress
in nations is brought about, neither
by the conservatives nor by the radi
cals, but rather by the great middle
class. This middle class puts up with
the conflict between the other two
classes a certain length of time, and
then loses its patience and takes con
trol in the form of dictatorship. In
the case of the Anglo-Saxon race/
these changes have occurred about
every 150 years. For instance, the re
ligious conflict was supreme until
1492, when we entered the era of
reform and discovery, lasting 156
years; in 1648 we enterej the period
of stiuggle for political freedom
which continued 190 years; and in
1787 we entered the democratic period
New Session Opens
at Healing Springs
School Is Again in Charge of Prof L.
E. Whittle.—Fine Program
Enjoyed.
Fanners Ask Price
of 15 Cents Pound
Healing Springs, Sept. 11.—The
Healing Springs puhlie school began
the 1933-1934 session Monday morn
ing, September 4th, at 9 o’clock, with
Prof. L. E. Whittle again at the
helm. A fine program wa 3 presented,
Svith B. F. Gardner in charge of the
devotionals. “America” was sung by
the audience, following which the
Rev. B. H. Duncan, of Williston, of
fered a prayer. He also delivered a
splendid address, placing special em
phasis on the moral side of education.
Miss Eva Blume, teacher of the 4th
and 5th grades, was at the piano dur-
jng the general singing.
Mr. Gardner made a fine talk, as
did also H. Jeff Hair, who outlined
the policies of the school and pledged
the support and full cooperation of
the board of trustee 8 for the coming
•session. In addition to Mr. Haiti
the other members of the boatd are
E. A. Wade and I. F. Keeler, both of
whom were present. Prof Whittle
made a short talk and Mrs. B. F.
Gardner and Mrs. Give Kemp spoke
The
j largest attendance in the history of
Cotton Growers, in Maog Meeting,
Call on Federal Authorities
for Action. ’
Amid resounding cheers and with
out a single
of rugged individualism, w’hich con
tinued up to the present, namely, 146 J a few words of encouragement,
years.
Another Era Due. »ohool was present on the opening
“Another great era ia now due.” A1 j
Ih.urt h., prediction of d,ct.tor»hip j Th ' f * cult)r i * ,h ' “ , * ,t
was unqualified, Babson made no at-,^ e *’ r ‘ ____
tempt to name tha dictator.
**Who the dictator will be no one
farmers of South Carolina, with rep
resentatives from North Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama present, at "a
mass meeting iq Columbia Tuesday
adopted a program, hoping to raise
immediately the price of cotton to
15 cents «iid that of cotton seed to
$25 a ton.
The program also calls for the im
mediate expansion ^of the currency;
the suspension of the cotton process
ing tax; limiting the cotton crop for
1934 to 9,000,000 bales; payment to
farmers immediately the amount
promised for destroying a part of thi»*
year’s crop; cessation of sales of'cot
ton pledged against production loans
prior to 1933 and variou 8 other steps
for the relief of cotton farmers “faced
with utter ruin because of a worse
price tondition today that has existed
during the entire depression.”
Claud N. Sapp, chairman of the
State Democratic executive commit
tee, went ao far as to declare that “if
conditions don’t improve in the next
120 days, I firmly believe we will
have a new form of government in
the United States.”
Growing in Grace.
All-Star Team Will
Play Here on Friday
Selected Aggregation* from Piedmont
and Georgia-Carojina Leagues
Clash.
What will probably be the last
game of the 1933 base ball season
knows, h, ,.,d Dictators .r, „lf-, ^ . in rr ,„, ^
msdr .nd u.uslty .re men who h.vr , h> „ y. P. U. net Sund.y
suffered persecution ether than men I „ „„„ oVlock
who are elected by popular vet. The. jf ^ „„ *
.mporUnt thin, fo, .11 u rh.t the dtc-K [ , rorr . m h., beep
t.to r ,h.ll be spintu.lly-minded andl p|in|if<1 ^ ^ „ yM ,
come you will flrul your time there
well spent. Come and brbing your
friends with you. The following pro
gram has been arranged for this or
r os ion:
Discussion 1.—“Are We Growing?"
by Mias Marian Bolen.
Discussion 2. — “The Christian
Ideal," by Mis* Florence Sanders.
Discussion 3—What Price Growth?
by Mias Edith Mahaffey.
Discussion 4. — "The Means of
Growth.” by Mia* Hilda Martin.
Discussion ft.—“The Tragic Alter
native,” by Dodson Still.
Groce
Reaches
All
Classes
Everywhere.
“Not enjoyment arfS not sorrow
la our destined end or way,
But to act that each tomorrow
Finds us further than today.”
—Longfellow.
Marian Bolen, Reporter,
Carey Martin. Captain.
May Hold Seed Loan
Cotton From Market
Staple Pledged oa Collateral for Farm
Loo** May Be Held for Higher
PricW.
absolutely unselfish, with good judg
ment, and indomitable courage. In
short, 1 do not worry about Commu
nism, Socialish, capitalism or labor-
unionism. The American people will j
stand these selfish doss conflicts forj
only • short time longer. Then they
will rise in their wrath, clean out all j
selfish groups and substitute on im-;
partial diotator, who will give each,
group its proper place in the develop
ment of the nation.
“This dictator will continue in pow
er until the people come to their senses i
an/ catch up spiritually and intellee-!
tually with the progress which they i
had heretofore made along other,
lines. Yes. statistic* clearly indicate I
that we now are in an economic revo-1
lution of which the blue eagle will
become the symbol of the new era 1
under Fascism.”
Lives Threatened by
Carbide Tank Blast
Several Allendale Men Narrowly Es
caped Severe Injury La*t Fri
day Morning.
To Register Williston Voters.
In view of the fact that WUlistcn ia
the only place where the registration
Allendale, Stpt. 9.—Several men are «>>*»>"«. the Board of Reg-
, narrowly escaped severe injury Fri- i * tr * tion ha * decided to spend two
will be played at Fuller Field, this'day morning when a carbide tank ex- day* in that town in order that voters
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Millen and Rocks Tie.
Storm “Douses the Glim.”
The wind rain storm ol^ last
week, which was a backwash or, the
tropical hurricane, damaged rh e
power lines of the South Carolina
Power Co^pany in the lower part 6f
the State to such |an extent tha
Brunson, Hampton and Varnville were
in darkness Tuesday night and the
current was still off Wednesday morn
ing. A force of linemen was put to
work immediately to repair the dam
age. Service in Barnwell wa* not in
terrupted at all
lien came from behind to tie the
in the sixth and seventh innings
jieie Tuesday afternoon in a desperate
‘ effort to make that game the final of
j the Georgia-Carolina league cham
pionship play-off, but daikness halted
the game with the Graniteville Racks
at 2-all in the ninth inning and cost
the Carolinians one of the best center
' fielders in the semi-pro circuit.
O’Bannion, fighting a tie and ap
preaching darkness, singled in the
ninth inning and stole second, but his
tight leg snapped half-way up the
shin-bene as he slid into the bag,
breaking both bones and probably
banning him from baseball for the
remainded of his life.
The plucky Graniteville center
gardener reached back with his hand
to make sure he had not overslid the
bag before he called for help after
the slide had snapped his leg.
Millen 000 001 100—2 9 1
Graniteville. 000 020 000—2 6 0
Batteries: Gillespie, Davi s and Don
ahue; Corley, Timmerman and Mc
Carter.
city, tomorrow (Friday) afternoon
when Blackie Carter’s All-Star team
of the Piedmont League will oppose
an all-star aggregation fiom the
Georgia-Carolina League. This con
test will give the fan s of this section
the opportunuity of seeing the best
playets of these two circuits in ac
tion '
C. C. Farr, president of the Geor
gia-Carolina League, arranged a
three-game serie s between the two
all-star teams, the first having been
Cotton Ginning Report.
There were 5,626 bales of cotton
ginned in Barnwell County prior to
Sept. 1 a s ro.Tjsyred with 2,367 bales
day), while the second is scheduled
for this afternoon at Millen. He has
selected the following player s from
the various clubs of the Georgia-Caro
lina circuit to oppose the team from
the Piedmont League:
Mitchell (c), Augusta; Bailey (lb),
Bamberg; Whitley (2b), Millen; Mar
ion (s.s), Sylvan ia; .Whitlock (3rd),
Graniteville; Daniel (1. f.), Millen;
Baker (o. f.), Millen; Baird (o. f.),
Augusta; Hayes (o. f.) Graniteville;
Gross (u., captain), Barnwell; Outz
(p), Graniteville; .Dixon (p), Millen;
Gray (p), Barnwell; Campbell (u.,l.f.),
Thomson.
The game will be called promptly
at four o’clock and the admission will
be 35 and 15 cents, plus tax.
ploded in a garage, located on Main! who are unab,e 10 come 10 Barnwe11
street, back of and adjonining the ma y have an opportunity of securing
postoffice building. It was said by' re &i 8 t ra tion Certificates for the ap-
occupants of the building that the preaching repeal election. J. M.
negro helper in the garage had crank-' chairman of the board, has
ed up a truck, which was in gear, and announced, therefore, that he and the
it had run into and overturned the'^ther member,, will be in Williston
tank. Being aware of the imminent next Monday and Tuesday, September
18th a«Kl 19th, for this purpose,
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danger of an explosion, the men iff
the garage, B. L. Moore, J. L. Moody
and Henry Barker, immediately ran
from the building. Mr. Moore called
a warning of fire. Being the last in
• q Carter—Dyches.
Mis s Adelia Carter and Claude
played in Augusta last night (Wednes^- line he ivas knocked down by the Dyches were married at Allendale on
Sunday afternoon, September 3rd, on-
ginned to the same date in 1932, ac
cording to a report made public this
week by P. A. Baxley, special agent,
cf 2'ackviile.
force of the explosion, but was unin
jured. The noise of the explosion was
heaid nine miles from town.
The garage was almost completely
demolished, and the rear window of
the postoffice were blown cut, as was' the Coastal Ice Plant at Fairfax. They
a window’ in a barber shop across the j have the best wishes of many friends
street. About half an hour after the f° r a an< * happy married life
disaster the plaster fell from the ceil-
ly a few friends witnessing the cere
mony. The bride has been employed
in North Augusta for a number of
years, while the groom is manager of
ing of the barber shop, narrowly miss
ing W. T. Riley, Sr., who had just
left the chair.
The volunteer fire department was
on the scene immediately and per-
vented a spread of the fire, which
followed the explosion.
J. C. Spann, postmaster, gave as
hi g belief that the brick conatruction
of the postoffice had prevented dam
age to that building, although he and
others in the office were deafened and
stunned by the explosion.
Gasoline Prices Advance Again.
ADVERTISE in Tile People-Sentinai
For the third time in about as
many weeks, the price of gasoline wag
given another boost Friday, one cent
a gallon being added to the cost of
motoring. The retail price in Barn
well, including State and Federal^
taxes of 7% cents, is now 22M cents.
This represents a 20 per cent in
crease on motor fuel in the^past
month, based on the price of gasoline
without taxes.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of the Blackville Federal Ware
house, which appears elsewhere ia
this issue of The
whereby fanners who
money from the Crop Production 1
Office may store their cotton
their loans and hold the staple off oi
the market for higher prices.
The Blackville Federal Warehouse,
of which D. Staaiey Brown is mana
ger, ia the only federal warehouse ia
Barnwell Connty and i* prepared tn
handle cotton in accordance with the
government’s plan at a low rato and
in addition ran advancu hoi
$2.50 a bale thereon. Mr. Brown
offers to truck eight hales or i
without charge.
Not only are tho facilities at
warehouse open to those
ed money from the govern meat but is
also available to other farmers who
desire to hold their cotton for higher
prices. Read the advertisement and
g«t in touch with Mr. Brown for nay
further information.
Another new advertisement in this
issue is that of J. S. Bogen, of Barn
well, who is offering to pay highest
cash prices for furs of all kinds.
Paso* Half-Millionth Mark.
a
With an increase in production of
cars and trucks in August of this
year, which more than trebled Aagust
1932, W. S. Knudsen, president and
general manager of the Chevrolet
Motor Company, announced that it
had passed the half-millionth car in
the year 1 * output. —
August production of 73,433 unita
wa<, 404 per cent over the some
month a year ago. It brought pro
duction for eight months to 511,48ft
units, as compared with 394,000 for
the full twelve months of 1932.
When compared with 1930 and 1031,
August, 1933, shows large increases,
approximately 22,000 over the former
and nearly 20,000 over" the latter. The
sizeable increases over those two
years and the exceptionally large
margin over August of last year show
clearly and emphatically bow business
has turned for the better, Mr. Knud-
sen said.
The month just passed ranks fifth
in point of production in August his*
tory. It was exceeded only by Au
gust of 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929.
V/1N
Shuman With Furniture Co.
F. L. Shuman, a former salesman
for the Reid Furniture Stoma of
Barnwell and Allendale, hat
a similar position with tha
Furniture Go. aa salesman tor tho
territory between Allendale ondl
well. A new truck ha* pee
Advertise in The People-Sentinel for de ivery err vice in thi*
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