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THE OFFICIAL NBWSPAPBB OF BARNWELL COUNTY The Barnwell People-Sentinel C«KMlidvl«d J MM L 1*2&. 'Ju«t Like a Member of the Family” VOLUME LVII. - BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1933. NUMBER 4, 4 Highway Patrolman Found by Roattade Wallace Co.urtney in Serious Condi tion Following Motorcycle Wreck i Near WHliston. Seen and Heard Here During' the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. Williston, Sept. 25.—Considerable mystery surrounded the finding near he(re, about 9 o’clock tonight, of State Highway Patrolman Wallace Courtney unconscious under the wreckage of his motorcycle. Discovered by Sam Greene, a truck driver, about 11 miles from Williston, 1 * . Courtney was brought here and given first aid. He was found to have a broken arm, severe lacerations, and possible undetermined injuries. As soon as possible he was rushed to a Columbia hospital in a local ambu lance. 1 Patrolman Courtney, who is a na tive of the Wagener section of Aiken County, was apparently on his way borne to spend hi s day off duty. The “accident occurred on the highway be tween Windsor and Montmorenci. Courtney is stationed at present at Anderson. It was impossible to determine from the wreck what might have caused it, and the patrolman had not regained consciousness when he was taken to Columbia. An investigation will be started at once. The following letter from Dr. L. W. ,Anderson, cf Wilmington, Delaware, to the editor of The People-Sentinel: “Am in full accord with editorial in last issue of your paper concerning the Pie sent financial plight of farm ers, etc. Enclosing several clippings taken from The Delmarva Sunday Star of Wilmington, which indicates that others are thinking and talking along the same lines.’ . . Capt. J. W. Bates, of Yenome, remarking that he wa s a member of “The Hender sons,” the Barnwell base ball team of 50 year s af?o, and that he played third base for the organization for three years. He also recalled the game at Orangeburg mentioned a short time ago in “Barnwell 50 and 25 Ago.”~~ ! [ Warmftm.lf^r Thinks arnwell’s Part in the N. R. A. Program Columbia, Sept. 26.—Wallact Court ney, injured in a motorcycle wreck near Williston, was admitted to the Columbia hospital at 10:30 o’clock last night. He was reported by hospi tal authorities as being in a serious condition and was still unconscious. Courtney Succumbs. « Columbia, Sept. 26.—W. L. Court ney, 27, a State highway patrolman, died here tc<lay of injuries which of ficials said apparently occurred when a passing motorist forced his motor cycle from the road. A. R. Ward, assistant chief of highway law enforcement, said a Years Ago.” . . . Martin Best, Jr., coming home early from school one day, suffering from what his dad dy termed “an interrogative earache." The little fellow’s teacher had- told him to memorize “interrogative” and “declarative,” with the aboVe result. . . . W. H. Manning, county audi tor, and H. Antopolsky, local mer chant, driving new Chevvies. . . . A report that a solid carload of wagons—the first to be shipped into Springfield since 1918—has been bought by a dealer in that town to replace “Hoover carts.” ... A local wag congratulating a Clemson supporter on the Tiger’s “morsl vic tory" in tieing P. C., 6 to 6. The following Item from The Bam berg Herald: “Judge Henry Johnson said in court last week experience had taught him that if the lawyers did not want a case to come to trial, it could not be forced. And again: ’I never did see any reason why a lawyer should have to question his witnesses in private. Why not let them go on the stand and tell the truth?' And Lawyer Edgar Brown came right thorough investigation at the scene cf th, accident in Aiken County, ,. f , | bnck-/ W H„„ M , when yoo the conclusion that Courtney’s ma chine was pushed from the road. practiced, were mighty well prepared, if you will recall."* .... And another item from the Conneaut (Ohio) News-Herald telling about Tommy Johnscn, of that city, catching a prize two and a quarter-pound small mouth blatk bass^ Tommy, win ia only nine yearfold, is a nephew of Work of the Department of A grim I- I c> G> , n{1 w _ Ful>rf of BaniWt .„. Will Have Exhibit at State Fair This Year lure Will Hr Displajed I’romm- rntly. Says Jone*. . . . Several suggested items for this column which were declined with thanks. . . A certain Vlerk (sin gle, cf course) in a local store suffer- Tfig Tnlensr" embarrassment when he was kissed unexpectedly by a visiting j younV lady. ... A Urge crowd of local football fan., going up to Col umbia to attend the Woff ird-Carolina game. 7~. . And a few stay-at- home 8 listening in on the broadcast of said contest. A Delightful Surprise. The w rk of the Department of AgrriU'.ture, Commerce and Indus tries of South Carolina will be piommently displayed at the State Fair this year,.according to J. Roy Jones, head of the department. Material to Ire used m the exhibit to bo arranged by the department is being gathered from the farms, gar dens and manufacturing plants of the State. A large quantity of goods ar.J products have been assembled j A deIi|fhtfuI 8Uipri9e awaited the and are being put in shape for the di<- | Rev< ?nd Mvs H H Stembridge, Jr.. * >a ^’ uptn fheir return to Barnwell last The building in which the depart- Friday evening from their wedding ment will make its exhibit this year' trip which was 8pent in NeU * Y ork will be attractively painted and decorat and other pointg T he women of ed and will afford the ^ousands of the j ocal Baptist Chimh gathered at fair visitors an opportunity to learn the hcm e of M rs. Sallie A. McNab more about the wide variety of work on Thursday afternoon, and from being carried on under the direction there ^nt to the ht.me of Mrs. W. F. of Commissioner Jones [Holmes, where the Rev. and Mrs.] wm the greatly enlarged work of Stembridge have an apartmentt and 1 the department over former years, tilled the pantry to overflowing with Mr. Jofies feels that the display this a ful] Une of groceries> home made j fail will be more educational and in- j jams> jellieg> preserves, pickles, can- teresting than e\er bef-re. i ned peac h e3 and pears, filling also the Information regarding the services , refrijferator with eggs, butter, meat* rendered farmers and manufacturers : e i c , and tlabor will be, available to visi- j , , , f tor s during the fair. Included in this ' \y. Angus Ross, will be the work of the state w-are- j —— house system which was placed in the j W. Angu s Ross, Barnwell County Department of Agriculture during the | fanner, died suddenly Saturday last session of the legislature. I morning at his home in the Ashleigh One of, the interesting features of section, about five miles from Barn- the display this year will be that cf well. He is survived by two daugh- the Natural Resources Division of the ! ters and four sons, as follows: Mrs. department. Commissioner Jones a. E. Hartin, of Columbia; Miss Pret- | recently announced a Statewide cam-! to Ross, of Augusta; Seymour Ross, paign to bring before the people of ] d. I. Ross, Garland Ross and Archie the State and other State s the advan- Ross; also three grandsons, Stonie tages cf using South Carolina food a. Hartin, Paimer R. Hartin end Al- products with their high iodine con- bert E. Hartin, and a granddaughter, tent. The N. R. A. plan is designed to put five million men back on payrolls in a short time. , When this is done, 20,000,000 people, (assuming four to each wage earner’s family) will suddenly be placed in position to buy the normal necessities of life. That means that the total trade volume of the nation will, upon the complete acceptance of this plan, be lifted by fro.m 10 to 20 per cent. Barnwell will have a definite share in thi s increased prosperi ty to the extent that it participates in the plan, so there i s a responsibility on every citizen here to cooperate to the utmost to make this gigantic national plan a complete success. Every EMPLOYER and every CONSUMER ha s a definite responsibility to assume. The Employer’s Responsibility. " v N. R. A. calls upon every employer to shorten hours of labor, so a s to make room for more employees. Each industry will before long adopt its own code which will fix the increased labor obligations to be assumed by all firms as sociated with the particular industry. Until tnat time all em ployers are asked to sign the President’s Agreement and to meet the hours and wages established in that Agreement.. Thi s Agree ment i s sometimes referred to as the Blanket Code. The succes s of N. R. A., therefore, calls for the cooperation of EVERY EMPLOYER. It is to the Employer’s self-interest to do this. Why? Be cause more people working, with bigger payrolls, will increase the market for hi R goods. Every dollar spent by an Employer now for increased payroll will return many fold as business flows from a consuming public, once more able to buy to supply its un filled needs. So EVERY EMPLOYER SHOULD SIGN THE PRESIDENT S AGREEMENT AT ONCE. The Conaumer'a Responsibility. Evety individual, man and woman, who buys anything, owes it to himself and his community and to the nation, to buy only from the Employers who have taken the increased burden of in creasing payrolls to bring back prosperity. This i s to the self- interest of the consumer because no citiun can fail to share in this added prosperity. It will reflect itself in increased v *lue» for everything he owns. It will make his present position more secure by reversing the process of deflation. So EVERY CONSUMER SHOULD SIGN THE CONSUMER'S PLEDGE, which commitg him to do his part in this great national economic experiment. The duty of every citisen of Barnwell is, therefore, plain. The President has said: “On the basis of this simple principle of everybody doing things together, we are starting out on this Nation-wide attack on unemployment. It will succeed if our people understand it—in the big industries, in the little shops, in the gieat cities and in the small villages. There i s nothing complicated about it and there ia nothing particularly new in the principle. It goes hack to the basic idea of society and of the Nation itself that people acting in a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could even hope to bring about.” Barnwell must do its P ar t in this great plan. It ha» never faileH when the ■"'4 ^ fail now, J. E. HARLEY, Chairman, N. R. A. Committee. Prices Will Advance 10 Cents Loan Means Minimum of 15 Cents for Cotton, Says Presi dent of Association. Football Season to Open Here Friday Columbia High B Team to Furnish Opposition for Barnwell High hi •S' * o Opening Tilt. V \ The football season will be ushered in here tomorrow (Friday) afternoon when the fast Columbia high school “B” team will furnish the opposition ’or the local boy 8 in the initial game of the year. Coach W. R. ^Price and Assistant Coach Harry Freeman have >een hard at work during the past ;wo or three weeks getting their charges into shape. More than 30 >oys are on the squad and prospects for a good teim are said v to be the best in several years. There is plenty of material for both the line and the backfield, but many of the >oys are green and inexperienced. It is believed, however, that they will be developed into first : rate players before the season is *much older. The coache 8 and players have been working early and l*te four after noons a week. They engaged in a scrimmage Thursday aftemon and agan Tuesday, with the coaches trying out various combinations of players. T - The starting line-up for Friday’s game with Columbia high will proba bly be as follows: D. Baxley, left end; J. B. Ross, left tackle; Jim Bush, left guard; Bil lie Davies, center; Maxwell Owens, right guard; Laurie Still, right tackle; Wilbur Mahaffey, right end; Edward Richardson, quarterback; W. Carroll or S. E. Moore, left halfback; E. G. Cope or Jack Harley, right halfback; B. Baxley or R. Woodward, fullback. The game, which will be played oa Fuller Field, will start promptly at 3:30 o’clock. St. Matthews, Sept. 24.—J. S Wannamager said today the govern ment proposal to advance ten cents a pound on cotton of farmery agreeing to reduce future production “assures a minimum price of fifteen cents.” Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton association, was a delegate to the Washington cotton conference which followed a cotton mass meeting in Columbia. In reply to a question, “what has or will the national administration do as a re sult of the conference and what will be the result upon prices?” he said: “The farmer will be loaned ten cents a pound for cotton without liability for losses if the market de clines. Ten cents a pound is 66 per cent of fifteen cents recognized as the loaning value of cotton. This as sures a minimum price of fifteen cents a pound basi 8 middling for short staple cotton to the farmer, the mini mum price recognized by the recent Columbia meeting. “This price is a certainty, if the farmer will not sell his cotton until it reaches the minimum price.” The Columbia meeting and number of delegate, to the Washing ton conference urged currency infla tion to help raise prices. Wanna maker said ’this is a certainty” am it will be “termed commodity infla tion, or the same inflation or currency expansion that ia now in use with the most bebneficial raeult, in Sweeden and certain European countries.” “The currency," he continued, expanded based upon commodities stored and contracted as they are soU or consumed.” As for cotton acreage reduction to insure the fanner “cost plus a reason able profit in 1934 and 1935,” Wan namaker said thi 8 “it's assured. Cot ton acreage for 1934 will he reduce* to 25,000.000 seres."* “Our people,” he said, “will fight to the last ditch and win the battle for an American standard of living which can only be enjoyed with decent price for cotton. The cotton farmers realize that their ideals, and today to demand a cheaper dollar to Western Farm Group Now Seeks Inflation Galls at White Hawse to Cheaper Dollar.—Gives of Unroot. Washington, Sept. 26.— Another 'arm group marched to the White House and the farm credit their commercial live, are at stake. “They will not commit commercial suicide by telling cotton for les, than the cost of production. They will bor row ten cents and regain their free dom, save their homes and farms and reatoie Laid valuea and prosperity. “Every loyal cotton farmer and 1 friendly allied line, are being urged j to take an oath not to sell or permit , , the tale of a bale of cotton for less i lhf m i ninmm prict Thousands are complying and this binding oath will sweep the cotton belt.” Common Pleas Court Convened on Monday Judge J. Henry Johiw n, of Allendale. Is Presiding.—Little Progress Being Made. “The State Fair offers our citizens an opportunity to learn more about South Carolina than they can get in almost any ether way, certainly in such a short time,” declare, Mr. Jones and adds that “thi, department i» cooperating in every way possible to make the fair of greater value to our State.” The September teim of the Court of Common Plea, for Barnwell Coun ty convened here Monday morning with Judge J. Henry Johnson, of Al lendale, presiding. The term .was sthedu 1 ed to begin on Monday of last week, but on account cf the small number of cases on the roster, the fiist week wa, called off and it was expected that sine die adjournment would be reached yesterday (Wednes day) afternoon. Only one case was disposed of Mon day, Judge Johnson .directing a verdict for the defendant in the case of Naomj Greene, administratrix of the estate of Dixon Greene, deceased, vs. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. This was a suit on an insurance policy. Tuesday the Court entered upon the trial of a suit brought by Lennie Jowers against the Planters Fertilizer and Phosphate Co. for damage to crops and land by alleged inferior fer- tiizer manufactured by the defendant. A similar suit w’as also brought by tenants on the farm of the plaintiff and the cases were tried jointly. Barnwell Solon and ' Federal Agent Clash Blows Between Senator Edgar A. Brown and Nollie Robinson Avert ed at Aiken Trial. Aiken. Sept. 26.—A personal en counter between State Senator Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, and Nollie Robinson, federal prohibition agent, in United States district court here today apparent!^ was narrowly awrt- ed. ——J— The 8cen*_^whuh threw the court into excitement until marshals re stored order within a few minutes, occurred while Browm was defending a man in a prohibition case. Another prohibition agent, Ramie Yonce, was testifying when Robinson took exception to a remark made by Brown. The agent later charged that Brown had made disparaging, remarks concerning agents during the trial. Robinson advanced toward Brown, witnesses said, calling out to the State official to remain where- he was. Brown seized a chair and raised it over his head, court attaches said, but persons within the bar held both men and order was soon restored. Allcndale-Hampton C. C. C. Camp Washington, Sept. 25.—Three addi tional C. C. C. camp* will be establish ed in South Carolina, the forest ser vice today informed Repiesentotive Thomas S. McMillan. Two cf the new camps will be in federal forest unit, which are now being acquired—one in the Wambaw area in Charleston County, near Awendaw, and the other in the Black river arep in Williamsburg County. These ^wo units are under direct supervision of H. M. Sears, who is located at Charleston. The thir d additional camp is to be thte Allendale-Hampton camp near Estill, and will he situated partly in each of the two counties from which it takes its name. It is. not in a tederal reservation. To Entertain S. S. Class. aid the fanner, voicing at. the aama time a determination to ’stick right here and hammer for it,” The delegation, including among its membership representatives of the American Farm Bureau federation and several allied associationa, was fcaadr . ed by Edward A. O’Neal, president of the bureau. It called on President Roosevelt, Secretary Wallace and Henry Morgenthau, Jr., governor of the farm credit administration. Members of the delegation said “n failure to help agriculture promptly « may easily culminate soon in the dan gerous social unrest with consequent disaster to all our institutions." Meantime, the administration sought to put millions in money back to work through railroad repairs and purchase of steel financed by federal funds, as well as by stepping up pub lic works activities in the general re- ‘ covery program. As another stimulus to buying, the administration went quietly ahead with plans fer releasing deposits in dosed banks. A specific example of this was the reopening in Washington of a new bank formed from several closed ones, freeing 38,000,000. Meanwhile, Senator King, (Demo crat) of Utah, an advocate of ro- monetization of silver, said he waa planning to get together in Washing* ton soon “all the real friends of silver to see what they could do.” King said the currency should be stabilized on a gold and silver basis, with free coinage of the latter in fix ed ratio* to gold. The farm delegation brought in ad dition to O’Neal, E. A. Eckert, of the National Grange Patrons of Husban- > dry, C. E. Huff, the Farmers’ National Grain corporation; Charles A. Ewings National Livestock Marketing asso ciation; D. A. Geyeg, National Co-op* Negro Dwelling Burns. Mrs. L. C. Eidson will entertain the members of the Mary G. Harley Sun day School class Friday evening, be ginning at eight oclock. Every mem ber of the class is invited to be pres ent. Officers will be elected and committees formed for the coming year’s work. The committee in charge . . of the entertainment feature ia busy < “ rat, '' e Mlllt Pr ? duC "'„ > Mis, Ann Ross, all of Columbia. Preaching Services at Ashleigh. Many Die in Hurricane. The regular monthly preaching ser vice will be held at the Ashleigh Bap*- tist Church Sunday afternoon at four o’clock, with the Rev, B. J. Mclver, pastor, in charge. A cordial welcome i, extended ‘.he public to attend. First unofficial estimates from * Tampico, Mexico, reported 5,000 per sons killed in the hurricane which struck there Sunday night and de vastated three-fourth, of the city. It was described as “the worst disaster in the city’, .history.” A small dwelling on the Blackville road, near the Northside Filling sta tion, was totally destroyed by fire shortly after neon Tuesday. The house, which w*as owned by Willie Robinson, was occupiled making plans for a delightful evening and all are urged to be present. Injured in Cotton Gin. Joseph Price, 26-year old negro, b y : suffered a badly lacerated right arm Johnnie Walker, who lost practically all of his furniture and clothes. The origin of the blaze is net known, a* • nobody wzs at home at the time. a, a result of having it caught in a cotton gin at Fairfax on Monday. Surgeons at the Orangeburg hospital are trying to save the injured limb. Dan Wallace, uncle to Secretary Wal lace, and Charence Poe, editor of riculture publication*. Members of the delegation sought “honest mcney, so that who have borrowed will, on the i age, be able to repay that the same hind of money they ed.” They asked restoratiea price level, and a dollar valne at year’s buying power.