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| fa myi Jim L tf». Ju»N-.tke a Member of the Family” — VOLUME LVIL BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1933 V NUMBER 15. v Albany, N. Y., Baseball Club to Train Here Criminal Court Ends After Short Session Sine Die Adjournment Came Friday Aftemocn—Many Cases Were Disposed of. Th Court of Qeneral Sessions, which convened here Monday, Decem ber 4th, with Judge J. Henry Johnson, of Allendale, presiding, was adjourn ed sine die Friday afternoon. Many ,cases were disposed of during the brief five-day session, most of them by pleas of guilty. The following is a list of the True Bills found by the Grand Jury and the cases disfwsed of after The People-Sentinel went to press last week. — • True Bills. and Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. Daniel Pope, murder. Louis Rosenborough, assault battery with intent to kill. Addle Youngblood and Heyward Young, assault and battery with in tent to kill. Cases Disposed of. Henry Brown, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons (upon person'of J. W. Beiry), pleaded guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated mature and carrying con-‘ cealed weapons and was sentenced to serve one year at such labor as he is ab’e to perform. Isaac Thompson pleaded guilty to The charge of housebreaking and lar ceny (house of"!A E. Corley) and was sentenced to serve nine months at hatxi labor. Grant Bush * pleaded guilty to the charge of bleach of trust with fraud ulent intent and grand larceny and was sentenced to serve one year at hard labor. Horris Davis and TVillie Gay plead ed guilty to the charge of larceny (automobile of Dr. B. W. Sexton) and each was sentenced to serve 18 months at hard labor. James Parker and Richard Dix pleaded guilty to the charge of housebreaking and laiceny (store, of M. Mazursky) and each wa- sentenc- e<l to serve 18 months at bard labor Clifford Williams was convicted of the charge of housebreaking with in tent to enter and commit a felony and was sentenced to serve .-even months at hard labor ^ Fred Ship mo re, charged with as sault and battery with intent to kill, pleaded guilty to the charge of as sault and battery of a high and ag gravated nature and was sentenced to (pay a fine of $15 or serve thiee .months at hard labor Wes Baxley was convicted on a charge of cbtaining goods under false pretense (money from Mrs. R. G. Starvell) and was sentenced to serve 12 months at hard labor. Daniel Pope was acquitted of the murder of Coleman McDuffie. J. G. Kitchings as acquitted of the murder of C. L. Rogers. The Rev. Woodrow Ward, new pas tier of the local Methodist Church, re marking that “Barnwell is a beauti ful old tiew’n and its people are most charming.” . _ A party of Au gusta golfers praising the new Sweetwater Country ClqJ) and golf course. . . Everybody expressing delight over the announcement that ■* 4 K the Albany, N. Y., baseball club will * • * train at Barnwell next Spring, thus affording the fans of this section an opportunity of seeing professionals in action once more. . . . Herman Drown/' of Blackville, telling how much he enjoyed the birthday dinner of his brothei, Charlie Brown, Sr. . The popping of firecrackers and “torpedoes,” blasting the faint hope that this form of Christmas celebra tion would not be indulged in this year. . . Bob Bronson and “Pat” Fitzpatrick returning from a, bird hunt Monday without having found a single covey. . . Chmtmasi deco rations in the lobby of the Barnwell Theatre and some local stores. Property Sale Will . < v Be Held in January Price of Remaining Property of Bank of Western Carolina Fixed at $148,680. ROUND AND ABOUT HILDA. Great Sunday School Campaign Is Success W'as Held Under Direction of J. v Corzine, With Twenty-five Churches Cooperating. L. New Furniture Store - Opens Here Tomorrow Barnwell Furniture Co. Name of New est Local Concern.—Occupies * Porter Building. (Editorial Note.—The People-Sen tinel is in receipt of the items, pub lished below, together with the fol lowing from one cf the Hilda high school teachers: “My pupil* have been doing a little work in composi tion. One of the boys wrote the en- closed article, modeling his work (as you see) on your ‘Seen and Heard.’ ”) The Sunday school field worker at Hilda “making eyes” at the best look ing teacher in the Hilda faculty—and vice versa. . . Construction of the highway from HiUia to the county seat going on in full swing. . . . One of the teachers flying high with a “gent” from one of the close cities. . . . One of the R. F. C. workers lemarking that since Howell .fie'k had a foreman’.* jcb on the R. F. C. none of thr stores can furnish htnr -vcith enough oranges. . . “Pop” Col lins still as big as ever. . . A new set of rule* fer H. H. S. . . Several school boys trying to induce this scribe to play hookey and go to Barn well today. . . . Tom Dyches try ing to teach “Hoover” some tricks with dice. . The organization of a Civic Club. . . The county relief w’orkers_i.coming in from work. . . Sarah Delk *o busy watching the coat Mrs. Lonzie Hair was wearing that she forget her conversation entirely. . . . Mrs. Frank Hartzog taking a fall from the running board cf a car and spraining her ankle. ... A good attendance at night school with “Pop” Collins holding the lamp and arguing. . . . The absence of the u-ual Monday morning visitor who brings all the teachers to school and ardently converses with one of them. . . . Everyone trying to get up in time for schccl so he won’t have to bring in an excuse. - ~ ^ Counsel for T. G. Tarver, receiver of the Bank of Western Carolina, ap peared before Judge J*. Hemw John son, of Allendale, Saturday arwk.pTe- sented for confirmation of the court the report cf Edward S. Croft, master I of Aiken County, on the sale of all re maining asset' of the bank and fixing of attorneys’ fees for counsel for the receiver. After hearing the report Judge Johnson signed an order in structing the master to advertise the remaining property of the closed bank for sale cn the first Monday in Janu ary, the up-set price to be $148,680.47, plus the cogts of the action and the re maining costs of the receivership, which costs, it is estimated, will not be very heavy. Under the terms of the order the purchaser at the sale will be required to deposit with the master .-ufficient collateral to cover $12,000 of preferred claims, some of which are contested by the receiver. The attempts’ fees recommended by the master weie also allowed to coun sel under the terms of the order. At the same time Judge Johnson passed a second order instructing the receiver to begin to advertise for the filing of all .proofs of claims against the receiver, the order, however,, not including depositor.* who have already received dividends from the bank, as the depositors’ claims have heretofore been approved and recognized by the receiver. The order providing for the filing of all claims, other than such claims of, depositors, is to comply with the law of the State in reference to notice to all outstanding claimants. Bank of Aiken. • The plan of the receiver is to or- ; ganize a new bank to be kqown as the Bank of Aiken, and Mr; Tarver hopes to become the purchaser at the Under the direction of J. L. Corzine, Sunday Schpol secretary cf the South Carolina Baptist Convention, the greatest program of religious train ing in the histor y of the Barnwell as sociation closed Sunday morning, De cember 10, with 25 churches cooperat ing. The campaign w’as launched Sat- BARNWELL SIGNS WITH - INTERNATIONAL TEAM Augusta Party Plays u on New Golf Course Visitors Are Loud in Their Praise cf “Sweetwater" and Hospitality of People. A party cf Augustaps were guests on BarnwellV new golf course Sun- urday afternoon, December 3, with a ^ a y* an( i enjoyed the play over the special meeting at Denmark, attended by the pastors, superintendents and representatives of all the churches. During the following week an inten sive program was carried out under the direction cf a special Sunday school worker. The program consist ed of a religious census of every com munity, the resu'ts of which, were tabulated and used as* the basis- of building a larger and more efficient Sunday schccl organization. ^las*es were hehd each night during the week, new officers and teachers were enlist ed and a program of visitation in nearly ever^t church was put on Fri day and Saturday. All the churches reporting thus far fine, new layout, as well as the fine entertainent provided by the citizens of that hospitable South Carolina city. The Augusta representatives were J- C. Harrison, pubTishef of the Her ald; Milwee Owens,, its editor; Dewey H. Johnson, cashier of the Citizens and Southern National Bank, and Frank J. Miller, theatre man. They played golf with Mayor C. G. Fuller, cf ftarnwell, and Edgar A. Brown,. State senator from Barnwell County. They were entertained by Mayor and Mrs. Fuller and Senator and Mrs.. Brown at luncheon and .«upper. The citizens of Barnwell are delighted with their new course, which has M’CORRY AND SMALLWOOD VISIT THIS CITY. 1 reported an increase in the second Sunday of the campaign of 20 to 50 per cent, over that of the preceding Sunday. According to the religious census, there were over 2,- 500 pupils enrolled in the 25 churches partici^pating, with 1,600 in attendance on the first Sunday. More than 700 attended the classes each night dur ing the week. It was estimated by the workers that more than 1,200 peo ple were reached dur ing the week. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, special cUhferences were held in Den mark, at which time report* were made by the workers concerning the progress cf the work in their churches. Nearly every church reported an en- Lty ged organization and grefejt en thusiasm for the work. attendance - ^ Iass greens, kept perfect by a pri- sale of the remaining assets. If, however, a new bank is not organized, churches and workers partici- depositers will be given the same op- P a ^' n g * n campaign were as fol- poitunity to take*stock jn an invest- l QWj: m or holding company as provided. Bambeig, Gainer E. Bryan, San- for in the event the organization of the new bank is perfected. The receiver i.* also instructed un der the order of Judge Johnson not to accept future assignments of deposits, so that the liabilities will not be fui- ther increased. In other word.*, pend ing the sale and its confirmation by the court, the affairs of the bank will remain as at present, with the excep tion that the receive! will continue to push collections of indebtedness due to the closed institution. Organize Production Credit Association An Important Meeting. On the last page of this is-uc of The People-Sentinel will be found a quarter-page, advertisement announc ing the ’opening of the Barnwell Fur niture Cc. at nine o’clock tomorrow (Friday) morning in the Porter build ing on Main Street. This new estab lishment is a branch of the Allendale Furniture Cc., which began busine-s February 4th of this year and has met with marked success in that and ad joining sections. A considerable’ amount of hou*ehold furniture has also been sold in and around Barn well, leading to a decision to establish an up-to-date store here. The Porter building has been lemod- eled to suit the ^requirements of the new concern and a complete line of furniture, stoves, ranges, etc., will be carried in stock at all times. .The Barnwell and Allendale stores are owned by Morris Stein, formerly of IndianapoHs, Ind., and Josef Young, formerly of Beaufort. Th6 local store will be under the management cf Mr. Stein and Mr. Yeung will divide his A meeting of all the taxpayers and patrons of the Barnwell high school district U-called for Friday afternoon, December 15th, at four o’clock, in the Court House for the purpose of c; n- sidering the advisabi'ity of building a high school building in Barnweil. This is a matter of great importance to ev ery citizen of the district, and^ every taxpayers and citizen* is urged to be present prepared to enter into the dis cussion. — Solomon Blatt, Secty., of Trust e ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel are young men of agieea tjir personal ity and told a representative of The People-Sentinel Tuesday that they “are here to stay.” “We like Barnwell and want to make friends with all of the people here and throughout this section,” said Mr. Young. “We shall strive at all times to merit their patronage by giving entire satisfaction and be 1 ieve toe can please the public with our ex- Rcpresentative Farmers From Allen dale, Bamberg and Barnwell Met Last Week. time between the two stores. They re’lent stroke- and price: \ r ' A meeting of representative farm ers of Allendale, Barnwell and Bam- kerg Countie* wax held at the Barn well Theatre on Wedhesday of last week for the purpose of organizing a Production Credit Association to serve these three countes. About 150 pet.-ons were present and manifested much interest in the organization of this associaton. The meeting was called to order by H. G. Baylston, county agent, who in troduced Frank J. Towles, represent- ing/the Crop Production Corporation of Columbia. Winchester C. Smith, Jr, of Williston, was elected tem porary chairman and H. G. Boylston secretary. After some discussion, a temporary organization wa.« set up and an (application was made for a charter with an initial capital stock of $50,000. . Nine directors were elected, as fol lows: W. T. Riley, cf Allendale; G. A. Sanders, of Fairfax; W. H* Hazel, of Allendale; G. T. Bamberg, of Bam berg; St. C. P. Guess, of Denmark; C. F. Rizer, of Olar; P. S. Green, of Elko; W. E. Matthew.*, of Blackville, and E. D. Peaccck, of Barnwell. Barnwell will be the headquarters pf the association and it is expected that the organization will be ready for Ja. inesa in a fev? weeks. vate water system installed by dam ming up a creek which runs through the course. The course has nine holes, is at tractively laid out, well trapped and anyone who breaks iper on it ha* done a good morning’s work. “It is as fine a course as I have ever played,” said Mr. Harrison. “And the people of Barnwell cer tainly know how to make people feel at home,” added Mr. Johnson. ' Mr. Owens and Mr.'Miller were also high in their praise of the citi zens of Barnwell, not only for their enterprise but also for the genuine Southern hospitality.—Augusta Her ald. Dental Society Met at Blackville Dec. 7 dersville, Ga., State Sunday School worker; Barnwell, J. P. Coats, Colum bia;. Blackville, the Rev. Oswell Smith, Fort Mill; Denmark, the Rev. Geo. E. Smith, Cheraw, Mrs. A. J. Foster, Columbia, and Mrs. Ethel Davis, Atlanta, Ga^; Diouble Pond, the Rev. B. H. Duncan, Williston; Dunbarton, the Rev. Fred Poplin, Chester; Ehrhardt, the Rev. C. M. Griffin, Walterboro; George’-s Creek, the Rev. John Bobo, Furman; Elko, M rs. J. F. Knowlen, Atlanta, Ga.; Ghent’s Branch, the Rev. Otis Mc Kinnon, Ridgeland; Govan, the,,Rev W\ P. Hall, Chessnee; Healing Springs, the Rev. L. G. Payne, Black ville; Hunter’s Chapel, the Rev. O. S. Ulmer, Varnvil'e; Mt. Calvary, the l£ev. H. H- Stembridge, Barnwell; Olar, the llev. G. C. Sidenspinner, Innman; Pleasant Hill, Mr.*. C. L. Biaydcn, Atlanta, Ga.; Rosemary the Rev. B. B. Jernigen, Wagener; Spring Branch,-G. E. Bryan, Sanders- ^Ulc^ Ga.; Springtown, the Rev Hamby, Pelzer; Williston, J. L. Czr zine, Cclumbia, Miss Elizabeth -Nuck- els, Columbia, and Mrs. J. F. Vaigts, Gainesville, Fla.; Colston Branch, the Rev. T. P. Christmas, Lodge'; ’ Great Saltkehatchie, the Rev. L/P. Glass, Sylvania, Ga.; Ili'da, th/ Rev. J. C. Hughes, Neeces; Kline, local workers; Edisto, the.. Rev. W. J. Sprinkle, Chesnee. Was Largest and Most Enthusiastic -Meeting Eyer HeH by the Organization. To Honor Church Builders. Ellentcn, Dec. 11.—Members of the local Baptist Church in conference Sunday decided to erect a memorial tablet in the vestibule of the church in memory of those who were most iprominent in erecting the building in 1923,'“ - •/ a The tablet will contain the names of the Rev. R. H. McKinnon, of. Allen dale, who was pastor of the church at the time it was built; the deacoa*, W. B. Cassels, C. M. Turner. J. B. Bagnal, M. L. McElhenney and F. M. Young blood; the building committee, com posed of. the deacons and the follow ing ladies: Mrs. W. H. Jones, Mr*. C. J. Ashley. Mrs. H. M. Cassels and Mrs. F. 51. Yourgbl.od. Blackville, Dec. 12.—The semi-an nual meeting cf the Coastal Dental Society, of Which Dr. John E. Molony, of Blackville, is president and Dr. W. W. Molony, of Aiken, is secretary^ was held at the Shamrock Hotel in Black ville Thursday, December 7th. ^The invocation was offered by the Rev. L. G. Payne, pastor of the Black ville Baptist Church. Dr. Ryan A. Gyles, mayor of Blackville, delivered the address of welcome and Dr^JI. J. Ray, of Aiken, responded. Dr. T. C. Spark*, of Columbia, made a fine talk pn “Orthcdortra” and Dr. N. W. Ma- cauley, also of Columbia, read a most worthwhile paper on “What the den tist should know about medicine.” Dr./J. W. Douglass, of Greenville, deliyerrgd a very instructive address oi/“Pycrrhcea.” Dr. Morris Rich, of ngeburg, an old^ Blackville boy gave a most interesting talk, his sub- ect being “What Blackville ha.^ done for dentistry,” fifteen men from this city having graduated in the profes sion. All are .still living and practic ing their profession except Dr. J. H. E. Milhous, who had offices in Black ville and Barnwell. He was the father of Dr. W. C. Milhous, of Barnwell. Eulogies on Dr. Milhous were delivered by Dr. C. Bunting Col son ,of Charleston, Dr. H. J. Ray, of Aiken, and Dr. John E. Molony, of Blackville. Dr. W. L. Coggins, of Charleston, was elected president of the next meeting which will be held in Charle*- ton in the spring. A splendid turkey ^ _i _ * dinner was .served by the Shamrock Hotel. ThL* 1 was the largest and most en thusiastic meeting ever held by the Coastal Society, many dentists from Charleston, Greenville, Spartanburg, Cclumbia, Orangeburg, Aiken, Au gusta and other cities being in at tendance. Both Are Enthusiastic Over New Training Home for Senators.— Come in March. Bill McCcrry, manager, and Walter Smallwood, bu*inesg manager of the Albany, N. Y., baseball club of the international league, completed ar rangements here Monday for their club to train at Barnwell next spring. Both were very enthusiastic over the plant here, tiescribing Fuller Park as “the finest baseball park in the entire South.”/ The Albany club will bring a mini mum of 30 player* fer spring train ing, together with the manager and two sports writers. They will arrive here about the middle of March for a stay of a month. - ( The Toronto club of the same league trains at Augusta and six games be tween the*e two clubs are scheduled to be played here. In addition, it ia hoped to arrange games ith the Red Sox and the Giants. The remainder of the schedule will be filled with games with other league clubs and college organizations. ' While here McOorry and Smallwood were the guests of Senator Edgar A. Brown, Mayor C. G. Fuller and CoL Solomon Blatt, member of the hoofe of representatives. They arrived Sunday night and left Tuesday morn ing. Monday morning they were shown Fuller Park and immediately closed the deal to bring their dob to Barnwell They were greatly lea* pressed with the location of the park and the excellence of the playing ftekL That afternoon they enjoyed a round of golf on the Sweetwater coarse end at night were gueste at a catfish stew —the first time they had ever tasted that delectable dish. Other o«t-of- town guests on that occasion were Billy Laval, head coach at the Univer sity of South Carolina, who played professional baseball with Smallwood in Richmond, Va., 20 years ago; “Whitey” Rawl, assistant coach at the University, and S. C. Rhame, Co lumbia banker. Smallwood ie also a former team mate of “Tiny” and "Luke” Stuart, brothers of Mrs. B. P. Davies, of this city. “Ycu can say for both cf us,” said McCorry before leaving Tuesday, "that we like your town, your base ball park and, most especially, your people, and if your climate is ia keep ing with everything else that we have seen, Albany has a permanent/train ing home.” To Present Christmas Pageant. S. A. Regers, of Chester, Ga., was a business visitor here Thursday and Friday cf last week. Practice began Monday night on a pageant to be given Christmas Eve at the Baptist Church. The reader calls the story of the birth of Chriat^^ and we see presented the various events connected with HU birth. Many beautiful. Christmas songs and carols create an atmosphere of and wor-'hip. This little pageant will remind us again of the true Christmas spirit and will bless each one who at tends. Everyone is cordially invited to come and be with us as we com memorate this glorious and aaered event in the history of man. The pa geant will begin promptly at 7:30 P. M. Sunday School—10:30 A. M. Morning worship service—11:30 A.' M. — B. Y. P. U.—Sunday Wening, 6:30i Evening worship service—7:30. Prayer Meeting—Wednesday, 7:00 P. M. We bring to a close tonight a very, successful study course in tho Junior and Intermediate? Unions. The' is happy over the good work done in these Unions and urge^ church member to take an intei this splendid training work, teachers and officers had a most ful and inspiring week under Profes sor J. P. Coates, secretary-treasurer of the South Carolina teachers organi zation and also superintendent of tha Bible school cf the First Baptist Church of Columbia. H. H % Stembridge, Pastor. , ' »