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/ h 1 * 4 fir THE OmaAL NEWSPAPER of barnwei.l OUUNTT.' Barnwell \ V V. CmuaMthoi Jam l, 'Ju»t a Member of the Family" v Ur«—l VOLUME LVII. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1»33* NUMBER II. COUNTRY CLUB AND GOLF COURSE WILL OPEN SOON RECREATION PROJECT IS ABOUT COMPLETED. One of the Best in the Country.—Offi cers and Directors Elected. Last Week. Barnwell County’s magnificent country club has bpen practically completed and is to be officially open ed at an early date, it was announced here Tuesday This club, golf course and fish pond, known as “The Sweet water Country Club and Golf Course,” is one of the best in the country, com paring favorably with such institu tions in Columbia, Charleston, Au gusta and larger cities/ A meeting was held here Thursday of last week, at which time officers were elected and a board of governors appointed under the provisions of the law authorizing the establishment of the club. Belongs to People of County. The club belongs to the people cf Barnwell County, who will contribute to its maintenance and upkeep. The land on which the club and golf course are located was purchased by Mayor C, G. Fuller some time ago 'and do nated to the county.^Jhe funds for the building, purchase of all equip ment, grass seed, fertilizer, water pipes, etc., were largely advanced per- sonnally by Mayor Fuller and Sena tor Edgar A. Biown, the entire cost being approximately $5,000, which is to be financed by stock in the country club. Formal organization ups perfected at Thursday’s meeting, which was at tended by Q. A. Kennedy, Sr., W. C. . Smith, Jr., and Dr. A. S. Blanchard, of Williston; Herman IVown, John O’ Gorman, Harry Groves, J. Wyatt Browning and W. R. Carroll, of Black- ville; B. F. Owens and Hamilton Dicks, of Dunbarton; P. S. Greene, of Elko; C. G. Fuller, Edgar A. Brown, W. J. Lemon, J. E. Harley, Solomon Blatt, J. Julien Bush and others, of Barnwell. These present were very enthusiastic over the project. Officers elected for the ensuing year are: J. W. Ruff, of Barnwell, president; Herman Brown, of Black- viile, vice-president; W. B. Turner, of Barnwell, secretary and treasurer, together with the following directors, who are to constitute the board of governors; Herman Brown, Wv R. .Carroll, John O’Gorman and J. W. Browning, of Blackville; P. S. Green, of Elko; Q. A. Kennedy, Sr., Dr. A. S. Blanchard, Dr. Wallis Cone and W. CX. Smith, Jr., of Williston; Solomon Blatt, C. G. Fuller, Edgar A. Brown and G. Bates Hagood, of Barnwell; B. F. Owens and Hamilton Dicks, of Dunbarton; G. S. Boynton, of Kline. Stock Is Subscribed. Jt is stated that stock in the follow ing amounts has been subscribed: Twenty shares each: C. G. Fuller and Edgar A. Brown. Two shares each: W. C. Smith, Jr., J. Julien Bush and G. Bates Hagood. One share each: J. E. Harley, Solo mon Blatt, P. S. Green, Q. A. Ken nedy, Sr., Stanley Brown, Herman Brown, Q. A. Kennedy, Jr., John 0’- Gorrnan, J. W. Ruff, Hamilton Dicks, 3- F. Owens, A. S. Blanchard, Wallis Cone, W. R. Carroll, W. J. Lemon, J. W. Browning, W. E. Anderson, J. L. Smith, L. C. Price, B. P. Davies, Per- ry A7 prtce, H. J. PhilUps and C. F^ Molair. Stock subscriptions,arc payable im mediately and the officers and direc tors arje to proceed with their canvass to sell the small remaining amount of stock: It was estimated that it will cost approximately $2,500 a year to main tain the club. This means a member ship cf about 100 at $25 each per year. Every resident and citizen of Barnwell County is eligible for mem bership in the club upon payment in advance of yearly dues of .$25. Out cf county memberships are also to be sold and it is expencted that many gblfers from Columbia, Augusta, Aiken and other communities who en joy a fine course will avail themselves of the opportunity to play at Sweet water.' A This club, with the facilities to serve meals and banquets, if neces sary, gives Barnwell County an oppor tunity that it has never had before to invite conventions *, and Statewide gatherings to come to Barnwell. It ia also an added attraction for win ter visiters who come to this section Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. A letter from Congressman H. P. Fulmer requesting that his copy of The Pe:ple-Sefitinel' be mailed to him at the House Office Building in Washington, D. C. Mr. Fulmer left for the national capital last week. . . . Two negro women engaged in a fight on Burr Street in front of Molair’s store Sunday afternoon and being escorted to the lock-up by Chief George W. Peeples. ... A local man remarking, one chilly morn ing last week, that his idea of a fool is the fellow who tries to drink all the “likker” in August when cold days are just ahead. ... A heavy frost Thursday morning and thin ice Thursday and Saturday mornings. . W. A. Fuller riding a bicycle. . . Thunder and lightning, accompanied by a downpour of rain, reminiscent of the good old summer tjmg, . . An invitation from the Mayor of Savan nah to the editor of The People-Senti nel to hear President Roosevelt speak in the Georgia city Saturday. Latta—Baxley. Miss Evelyn A. Latta, of German town, Pa., and Benjamin O. Baxley, of Trenton, N. J., were married Octo ber 31st at Media, Pa. The bride is the attractive daughter of Mrs. E. M. Asay, of Germantown, and the groom, who has held a responsible position with the Standard Oil Co. at Trenton for the past six years, is the son of Mrs. Walter L. Baxley, of this city, whom they have been visiting for the past several days. ADVERTISE in ihe People-Sentinel. on account of the * fine weather and the opportunity to hunt and play golf. Air Meet in January. Already the State Aeronautical As sociation, of which May:r Fuller is piesident, has accepted an invitation to hold its next meeting in Barnwell. This will be some time in Januaiy and the occasion will bring more airships to Barnwell on one day than have pr bably ever visited any small town in the country. Eastern *Air Trans portation has promised to send a number of their biggest planes to bring people from various sections of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. In addition, all private plane owners will come in their ships. No body i$ invited to this meeting who does not fly and it will be a great ex hibition of flying machines. Several hundred people interested in aero nautics are expected to attend. ■s Proud of Recreation Centers. Barnwell County feels justly proud of its recreational 'centers, largely built by unemployment relief labor. Much work has bden done in each community in the way of drainage, improving streets, school houses and public buildings, _ but the lasting monuments that the people will be able to appreciate and enjoy through out the yeqr are the baseball and ath letic fields at Blackville, Barnwell and ^Williston, as well as the swimming pools that have been built at Barnwell Man Named on Cotton Committee VISITS OLD HOME AFTER ABSENCE OF SIXTY YEARS Perry A. Price Is One of Twenty-four to Work for Cotton Parity Price Plan. The friends of Perry A. Price, cashier of The Bank of Barnwell, will be interested to know that he has been selected as one of a committee of twenty-four South Carolinians to work in cooperation with the national cotton parity price committee for the immediate restoration o*f pre-war exchange value for cotton. The per sonnel of this committee was announc ed Sunday night by R. C. Hamer, of Eastover, chairman, who said that he believed that the cotton co-operative parity plan which the committee will advocate will meet with hearty sup port of the farmers and business peo ple of the State. Mr. Price is chair man of the agricultural committee of the South Carolina Bankers’ Associa tion. r “It is the purpose of the commit tee,” said Mr, Hamer, “to co-operate with the government in every possi ble way and we believe the program which we are advocating is sound. It is our belief that it is within power of the agricultural adjustment administration to establisly the pre war price for cotton without delay,” The co-eperative cotton 'parity price plan calls for loans of 10.60 cents per pound on all cotton grown by and in the hands of actual pro ducer* basis of 7-8 low middling or better at port of group “A” mill points; an advance of four cents per pound on all “plow-up-options”; agree ment by the government to increase the loan to 15.60 cents per yound as of July 1, 1934, and to permit bona fide cotton farmers who have sold a por tion or all of their this year’s produc tion to buy in the open market an equal number of bales to that which they have produced and sold this sea son. Only farmers who agree to co operate in the government’s acreage control plan for next season would he eligible to any of the benefits of the plan. Members of the South Carolina delegation in congress have promised their assistance to the committee. Miaa Eva C. Owens, Daughter of Late Col. William Aiken Owens, Pays First Visit to Barnwell in More Than Half a Century. The editor cf The People-Sentinel is in leceipt of the following interesting letter, under date of November 13th, from the Hon. MHwee Owens, editor df The Augusta Herald: “Mr. B. P. Davies, Editcr, People- Sentinel, Barnwell, S. C.—My dear Mr. Davies: Nearly sixty years ago a young woman and her mother left Barnwell for Pelzer, S. C., which was to be their new home. Yesterday that young woman, still unmarried, but now 84 years of age, returned to Barn- , returnt dsit she well for the first visit Ahe had made there since leaving. And thereby hangs a tale that I thought might in- r test you and the readers of your paper. / i “The ycung vtyoman was Miss Eva C. Owens and her mother, the late Mrs. Fiances Corliy Owens, widow of William Aiken Owens, lawyer and statesman, to whose memory there stands a" granite shaft in the grave yard of^he Barnwell Baptist Church. “The wiiter, with his wife, and sis ter, Miss Marjorie Owens, motored down to Barnwell yesterday with Miss Eva Owens so that she might, in her declining years, revitalize the memo- County Leads State in Grass and Cukes Barnwell Is Among 50 Leading Conn- ties in the United States, Baned on Acreage. ries of her childhood home and com munity. ^ M It was a different Barnwell that Aunt Eva saw. When she went away there were no railroads there, no modern business houses, no paved streets, or public park, and no shiny and noisless motor cars whisking about the town square, pleasure or business bent. The writer himself, though living in Augusta for twenty years, had somehow missed the oppor tunity to visit Barnwell, having only, motored through the town a few times. “We found the Hagood family occu pying the old Owens heme on Main Street. It is today well kept, commo dious and attractive, but # is not quite the “fine place” as it was referred to in anti-bellum days. “When we told the young Messrs. Hagood the purpose of our visit they, with true southern hospitality and gentlemanly gracioussess invited us in to rest and then permitted Aunt Eva to inspect the place at will. “Aunt Eva found many changes had Young Soldiers Too Strong for Barnwell Bailey Military Academy Turns Back Local Lads by 21 to 0 Score at Greenwood. Washington to Make Option Cotton Loans Farmers Will Be Able to Borrow Four Cents a Pound on Over, 2.200.000 Bales. each of i these centers, to say nothing of the unemployed relief assistance in build ing the Sweetwater County Club and the Williston golf course. Few coun ties have used their unemployment re lief funds to get as much permanent work dene as has Barnwell—all looking j c f Washington, Nov. 12.—Farm offi cials have decided to make loan* on cotton on- which options were given farmers as part of their benefit pay ments for plowing up more than 10,- 000,000 acres of their growing crop last summer. It wa* disclosed tonight that a tentative commitment of $37,000,000 from the Reconstruction corporation had been arranged. The loans will be made through the Commodity Credit corporation. De tails of the plan ate expecteu to be completed within ten days, but it is intended to make possible loans of four cents a pound on ,more than 2,- 200,000 bales. This is the third of the major farm loan programs being arranged through the Commodity corporation, the new est of the government’s financial agencies. It Is now making, loans end, blocked a Barnw, 10 cents a pound on actual cotton held by farmers and will soon begin mak ing loans of 45 cents a bushel on corn. Cotton ami Corn Loans. The cotton loan program now un der way involves a potential volume $300,000,000, while the corn pro to the health and happiness of the : gram involves about $200,000,000. people. “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy,” and recreation in the life of a child as well a? grown- The youthful soldiers of the Bailey Military Academy were too strong for the Barnwell high school football team and the cadets won a 21 to 0 victory over the local lads at Green wood Friday afternoon. Returning the opening kick-off to their 40-yard line, the cadets started a drive down the field that Barnwell was unable to halt and before ' the first quarter was half over the score wa* 7 to 0 in favor of Bailey. Barn well put Bailey in’the hole on an ex change of punts. Starting on Bailey’s 40-yard line early in the second period, Barnwell made two first downs in quick succession but the drive was stopped on the 20-yard stripe and the ball went over. Bailey punted out of danger and the two teams played on even terms during the remainder of the fust half. i +. m Barnwell outplayed Bailey in the third quarter, throwing their star back, Santo, for losses on two succes sive plays, and forcing the cadets to Court Approves Plan For New Aiken Bank Would Accept Receiver’s Program for Liquidation of Bank of West ern Carolina. Aiken, Nov. 10.—A new bank would be established in Aiken under a plan proposed by T. G. Tarver, receiver of the Bank of Western Carolina, who has obtained a court order to allow him to proceed with his plan of a quick liquidation and the opening of the new institution. Mr. Tarver has stated that the new bank is. practically assured throught the promise of sufficient capital with which to open it. The plan calls for the remaining assets of the Bank of Western Caro lina, now mostly “frozen,” to be sold at public sale at a sufficient price to pay the depositors who have not al ready traded or sold their accounts a final 40 per cent, dividend, 10 per cent, already having been paid them. The new bank, the organization be hind which < would be the purchaser of the assets, under the plan, would then begin operation and wind up the final liquidation of the Bank of West ern Carolina. This liquidation is esti- Barnwell County v is high among the fifty leading counties in the United States, based on acreage, in the pro duction of asparagus and cucumbers and is the leading county in South Carolina in the productiop of both crops, as shown by a recent report of the Department of Commerce. This county ia seventh in acreage in the United States in the production of asparagus and twelfth in frank in the value of the crop, one New Jersey and five California counties topping Barnwell in acreage, while aix Cali fornia counties, three in New Jersey, one in Pennsylvania and one in Massa chusetts ranked higher than Barnwell in the value of the crop. The acreage in this county was placed at 2,219 and the value of the crop at $198,567. Aiken County ranks 12th in acreage and 10tb in value; Edgefield 14th and 22nd; Saluda 20th and 19th; Calhoun 37th and 106th; Allendale 41at and 76th; Bamberg 43rd and 85th; Orange burg 45th and 42nd. In the production of cucumbers, Barnwell ranks highest in the State in both acreage and value, and i s 4th in the nation in acreage and tenth in value. The total acreage is given at 1,449 and the value of the crop at $146,567. Bamberg, second in the State, ranks 13th in acreage and 18th in value in the nation; Charleston 17th and 15th. One Maryland and two Florida counties outrank Barnwell in both acreage and value. From the above figures it will be seen that the combined value of the asparagus and cucumber crops is nearly half as much as the total value of this year’s cotton crop based on an average price of 10 cents • pound, and shows to what extent the county has gotten away from the one crop system. Barnwell is the only South Carolina county listed among the 50 leading counties in the United States in the production of cantaloupes ind mask- melons and ranks 37th in acreage and 61st in the value of the crop. Ac-/ cording to the department’! Barnwell County harvested 377 and the value of the crop was at $23,899. Figures on the amount j6l money received from the watermolon crop are not available at this Mine, but they will swell the total received from crops other than cotton by many thousands of dollars. / * i’Q ~ *1 punt. On the exchange of punts, San- ma t e d to take between three and four to fumbled and Barnwell recovered on Bailey’s 18-yard line. A first down put the ball on the eight-yard stripe and Barnwell diove to the half-yard line only to be called back and penalized five-yards for off-side. A pass was tiled on the fourth down, but wa* in complete. Seme of the spectators thought there was interference of the Receiver on the play, but the officials evidently thought ptherwise. That ended Barnwell’s scoring thieat, and the ball see-sawed in the middle of the field until early in the fourth quarter, when B»rr, Bailey /^jjJ^unt on the 50-yard line and raced for the second touchdown. A short time later, Byiley intercepted a pass in Barnwell territory and diove foiMhe third and last scoie. Santo kicked perfectly for the ‘tjiree extra points after the touchdowns. v ' With Mooie and Cope of the back- fieid unable to play and several of the other boys more or less weakened by In the case of both cotton and corn loans, the borrowers aie required to ! recent colds, Barnwell’s offense failed join the government’s production con-1 to function and the defense wa 3 not ups is a necessity second only to f od t rol campaign. Government officials U p to par at all times, although tlv and clothing. In there are tennis grounds, football Barnwell County courts, baseball fields, swimming higher prices in the future are "cer tain” and that the loans are secur^. pools, golf courses and other recrea-J, They regard this , oan pr0ffram as tional facilities. bebing in a different category from assert that, with production control, j local boys made a goal line stand /n the fourth quarter when Bailey /ad vanced the ball from the five-yard/line to one foot of the gopl in three/plays years, and the plan is designed to ap peal to the remaining depositors, who would otherwise have to wait fo that length cf time before receiviiig their final dividends, if ever. The new bank would be knovfrn as the Bank of Aiken, with Mr./Tarver as its manager Court sanction has beery^given the plan by an order issued/ by Circuit Judge J. Hemy Johnson/cf Allendale, who has directed Edward S. Croft, master in equity for Aiken County, to hold a reference \xy the matter, the depositors to be /ailed to choose an appraiser to set/a fair and sufficient price upon th«/ remaining assets of the Bank of /Western Carolina that would enabl/ the receiver to pay a 40 pet cent, dividend at cnee. Judge John son’s ord/r is for what ia termed a supplementary plan of liquidation. Dep/sitors of the Bank of Western Teacher^ of County : November 23 V First/ Meeting of the School Year to Be HeM at Barnwell Next Week. The teachers of Barnwell County will hold their first meeting of tho school year Thursday, November 2S, at the high school building in Bara- well, according to an announcement made public thig week. The meeting will begin at 3:30 p. m. and every teacher in the county is expected to attend. The public is also cordially invited to be present. The speakeis for the occasion wUl be the Hen. Olin D. Johnson, of Spartanburg, and J. P. Coates, of Columbia. Mr. Johnston needs no in troduction to a Barnwell! audience, having been the runner-up in the last gubernatorial election and if is ex pected that he will be a strong con tender in the race next year. He is a friend of education and his message Carolina would be given the choice of [ to the teachers at this time will be receiving cash for their accounts, or | awaited with much interest. Mr. usjng their deposits with which to buy Coates is secretary cf the South Caro- There is not a place in South Caro lina which is as well known as old the farm board’s stabilization efforts, and the touchdown was scored a matter of inches on the only fourth j in which the board acquired a large down. Barnwell County. This is due largely j am0 unt of cotton and wheat in its to the fact that the people work to- price-pegging efforts. The board had gether, Barnwell being’one of the few places in the entire country where there are no feuds nor cliques, either personal or political. no means of limiting production. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Mitchum, who Indeed, it is ■ have been living near Dunbarton for The Denmark high school team will furnish the opposition at/Fuller Field tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, and it is hoped that a large /crowd of local fans will be in attendance. if — i — very much like one big family, and | the past two years, moved to Greeley-j -J. B. Hartzog, of Hilda, called at when anybody is in need or trouble, ville last week, where Mr. Mitchum The People-Sentinfe! office Saturday to everybody else seems to Want to help, will engage in farming. renew hi? rubscHption. S/tock in the new bank, so it^ is stated y Mr. Tarver. Stock in the projjosed institution is to be priced at $10 per share. Following the reference held by the master, the evidence relating to the reactions of the depositors and credi tors in the matter, will be transmitted teresting. to the court, which will then take the final action. The Bank of Western Carolina, of which there were nine branches be sides the head office in Aiken, lina Education Association and is alsa an interesting speaker. The presence of these two gentlemen will make the meeting one long to be, remembered. The program has not been com pleted, but the committee in charge expects to make it short and very ia- The Episcopal Mission. The mission thst is being conducted has at the Church of the Holy Apostles by been liquidated to such an extent that the Rev. W. S. Poyner, of Florene^ the business of several of the branches j being enjoyed by large congregn- has been completely wound up and tions. Two services are conducted terminated. The proposed new bank!daily—at 11:00 a. ra. asd 8:00 p. m. vrruld not eperate as a chain, on'y to The missicn will come to a close to- have one cffice in Aiken. jmo.:cw (Fr day) evening.