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If* ' rr-\~ Asparagus Growers Move Headquarters 4* Offices of Scuth Carolina Asparagus Growers Association Located Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week in BarnweU. The offices of the South Carolina Asparagus Growers Association were moved from WiTlistonj to Barnwell on Monday and the new headquarter^ of this organization will be found on the second floor of The Bank of BarnweU building. This move was made to serve the best interests of the mem bers ofthe association, according to L. C. Eidson, secretary, as most of its members are now located in the Barn well area. Following the annual meeting and election cf officer^ lierfe last fall, a new association was organized to serve a majority of the growers of Williston, Elko and Blackville, and moving the headquarters of the South Carolina Asparagus Growers Associa tion to thi s eity logically foUbwecl7~ Thus organization will handle the “grass” grown in the Barnwell, Dun- A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. 5,000 Birthday Balls to Honor President J And to Help Finance Fight on Infan til Terie Richardson telling the follow ing incindent that occurred many -lions, and it is’ also expected that a considerable amount will be ‘ trucked to this pctrirfroTH—Btackvftte;—Elko and Williston. Judge M. C. Kitchings, n former president of the organiza tion, will represent the association at years <ago when hisT father, the late E. H. Richardson, was postmaster at the cotfnty: A letter was mailed’Tb the count: A letter was mailed to which the sender had found some dif ficulty in affixing the stamp; it had been rubbed until both the stamp and the envelope were badly soiled, and finally, in disgust, the sender had written below the stamp, “Postage paid if the damn thing siticks.” . . A large window card advertising a popular brand of smoking tobacco on which appears the picture of a young lady that closely resembles Miss Elizabeth Hagocd, daughter cf Mrs. M. B. Hagood, of thi$ city. . . A‘ 1?roUp of young ladie s -discussing the advance in the price of cigarettes and one of them declarisg that she will certain ibrand of cheap “fags.” Senator Edgar A. Brown being con- gratulated on • his ■election by the general assembly as a member of the board of trustees of Clemsbn College. 1 And Herman Brown, of Black- vilte, also being congratulated The locak association is probably the oldest organization of frg' kind in "the State and has a most Enviable reputa^ tion for the quality df its product. Mr. Eidson says that/nigh quality^ will -..eantitttte- to be stressed and, due to the fact that practically alt of the aspara gus in this section is young “grass!’ uniformly excellent grades are ex pected, which should command top market prices. / Wounds Proves Fatal to Springfield Man Ralph L. Gleaton, Accidentally Shot Sunday Afternoon, Succumbs in Columbia. Everything is Ready for President’s Ball Large Ntnnber of Barnwett County - '. m, / t v People Expected to HodovlRoom* ▼eh Tuesday -Night. Everything is In readiness for H President’* Birthday Party which wM be held at the FuTleji — pavilion in Barnwell next evening, January 30th. Indications * are that there will be A large at tendance here a« well at the balls to be held at the same time in 5,000 other pities and tovyns throughout the United States. Four hundr'ed^ invitations were mailed this weA by the committee in charge of arrangements, but a formal invitation the affair is not needed. This point was stressed Monday Senator/Edgar A. Brown, -get chairnian, who says that he he every citizen of the county will con fute to this worthy cause. He be- fves that many who canned attend the ball will welcome the of honoring President Roosevelt on ■/ 7! by/ hi* 52nd birthday by pacing the ad vertised fee of $1.50. As previously stated, $1 of this amount will be given to President TTboseveJt for the Warm Springs Pcundation—a project that is very dear to hi« heart. The balance will be used to defray the expenses of /. /' Ralph L. Gleaton, 41, of Springfield, who was accidentally wounded near Tillman Sunday- afternoon,- died at 3:20 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Columbia hospital. Mr. Gleaton was shot *in the left abdomen when an au tomatic shotgun in the hand s of H. T (“Kitty”) Boland fired accidentally as Mr. Boland was' attempting to eject a shell from the chamber. The wounded man was rushed to the hospital in Columbia in an auto mobile by Mr. Boland and Henry Jumper. AT brief stop was made at Barnwell, where an opiate waa/admin having attained the high and honor able rank of “grandpa,” a fine daugh ter having been bom to Mr. and Mrs. D. Stanley Brown last week. Herman says he’s doing about a s wdll as'can be expected. . . Perry A. Price, cashier of the Bank of Barnwell, say ing that quite a bit of gold money had been turned in locally as a result of President Roosevelt’q recent execu- tive order calling in all coins made ~fr6Yn the yellow thetaT. . T~ Tce aftd heavy frosts several mornings last week. • —— _ _ / A plane, whose pilot had evidently lost his way in Saturday mco-ning’s murky weather, flying/over Barnwell and, after noting the name of' the town painted in large letters on the Court House roof, heading South. . . .Capt. J. ly. Bates, of Yenome, presenting the editor with some nice country sausage. . . . This item in The State’s ,‘.‘Seen.Here and there”-l-r» —i y v - column: “Ben P. Davies, editor of The^ Ul,ner Make8 ^ 1Ck Barnwell People-Sentinel, bragging about* the Christmas edition of his paper,” and Horace Crouch, of Elko, after reading" it telling the editor thab he “had a right to brag.” . . A post card showing the picture of a. beautiful hotel-with the following no tation thereon: “Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fuller, Barnwell, S. C., are at the ColumbusrMtgmPs exclusive bay front Bernard D. Plexico, chairman of the committee on arrangements, has se cured Walter Speight’s “Troubadours,” a ten-piece Charleston orchestra, to furnish music for the occasion and all who attend are assured of enjoying a mostr delightful evening. W. Bu (“Dub”) Turner is' chairman of the and those who desire to " OlTfTlNG READY FOR THE BIGGEST BIRTHDAY PARTY ■ f " * . j - % . / - / Every 09 mm onity in the nation will honor President Roosevelt,when he becomse 52 yearjl Old on Tues day. Jan. 30. by giving a local ball to help endow an extension of the nation-wide work of the Warm Springs Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in which the President t* so deeply interested. Upper left, the President and hia mother. Mrs. James A. Roosevelt, who bought the first, box ao(d for the New York ball In the Wal dorf-Astoria. upper center.* Colonel Henry L. Doherty, chairman of t^e committee of leaders arranging the observance of the President's anniversary; upper right, the ofReia/poster contributed to the movement by the famous artist. Howard Chandler Christy; lower picture, child/patients at Warm Springs sharpening up knives and appetites for the largest observance of the Presidents birthday ever held at that health center. The cake, weighing 344 pounds and said to be the largest birthday cs^e ever mad*, was presented to the ©hildrtn for their party by Chairman Doherty. / ' / • . . i T ' on CWA Wage Scale Sayg Negroes Are * Getting Better Wages in State Than White People. istered by Dr. L. T. Claytb the sufferer’s pain. Mr. Gleaton is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Ruth Corbett, of Springfield; one son, Ralph Fulton Gleaton, and one daughter, Miss Ra mona Gleaton, both of Springfield^ his mother, Mrs. Arthur Gleaton, also of Springfield; three brothers, John A. Gleaton and Julian Gleaton, both of North, and Bud Gleaton, of Charlotte, N. C., and two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Fo gle, of Aurora, Mo., and Mrs. Julia Smoak, cf Denmark. BARNWELL BAPTIST CHURCH. — This—is—a Christian—eeBummityr hotel” . , And a postal card, from to ease Mrs. Caroline B. Reynolds, of Colum bia, who wrote as fallows: “The State mentioned your Christmas ntfmber, and that made me think of dear days long gene, so 1 thought I would write and ask for a copy and what price is the paper for 1934.” (Hope the State doesn’t send us a bill for advertising.) Idi s Brabham,,-cf Hattieville, telling about the days when boats ran regular schedules up and down the Savannah River and remarking that he came very near buying a steamboat on one occasion—land wishing that he had, a s the boat in question “cleared” $60,- Q00 for' its owner in the next five years. , . , L. C. Eidson and-JL. Washington, D. C., Jan. 21.—Declar- ing that from complaints received it is evident that “policies and discrimi nation in federal relief work has run rampant in South Carolina, and that negr oes are getting better wages than White people,” Congressman Fulmer, dean of the delegation, said tonight he would call a delegation conference tomorrow for the purpose of having •ator of CWA, make a thorough investigation of the situation. ■ / * “I am virtually flooded,” he .aid, ‘with complaints from my district, and Homicides Doubled in State Last Year from Automobile Accidenta Decrease While Railroad Fatali- ties Ripe. — Killings in South Carolina almost doubled during the last year. ^ A Comparative report of the health department has placed the number of hpmicides for the year ending last eptember 30th at 461 against only 251 for the preceding 12 months. Despite the sharp increase in kill ings, total deaths decreased 1,500 or from 16,932 to 18,425. > v Sucides dropped ffem 129 to 101, and deaths from alcoholism from 46 to 36. There were no fatalities last year from wood alcohol poisoning, which exacted a tell of six lives in I find this to be true with other meni- • 1932. bers. It is very apparent to me that,| Ur. James A. Hayne, State health Congressman Thanks Says Cotton Would Have Sold for or Five Cents a Pound But For -—/- — Reduction. What are you doing to keep it so? Sunday is a most important day in bur church. The pastor is anxious that every member who is not provi dentially hindered be present. Two deacons are to be elected, giving us a ■* . * total of ten. May we be much in prayer and follow the leadership of the Spirit in electing these two men to this responsible position. Sunday afternoon we are to take a community census. We are anxieds to know the religious status of our community and to enlist non-active church members in the various churches. We are going to visit each home as early as possible Sunday af ternoon and should like for you to be there to give us this needed informa tion. Sunday School—10:30 a. m. A class for everyone. Morning Worship^!!;!}© a. m. B. Y. P. U.—A place for all.—6:30. Evening Worship—7:30. Choir practice^-Tuesday, -7:30 p. in.; idweek Prayer service, Wednes- y at 7:30 p. m. * The service Sunday morning will consist of election, of deacons, the reading of the Covenant and the ob- T servance of the Lord’s Supper.^ H. Girardeau “stepping high, wide and handsome”—they are proud fath ers cf a girl and a boy, respectively. 7 . . Bob Bronson remarking that Tom Bold ware owns a^ fine a pair of pointer puppies as can be found in this section. ^ • Senator Edgar A. Brown saying that he does not contemplate running for Congress this year. t » t > Mrs. Mary S. StHl. X*- 1 - Kline, Jan. 22.—Mrs. Mary S. Still, aged 92 year s and 6 months, died on January 3rd at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. J. Baxley, in Barn weU, after an illness of 18 days. She Uved' all of her life near Mt. .Olivet Church, of which she was a lifelong member. Funeral services were held at the church by the Rev. H. H. Stem bridge, Jr., of Barnwell, and inter ment was in the adjoining churchyard. Mrs. Still is survived by four sons, J. W. Bates, of.Kline, W. £ Still, of Snelling, J. S. Still, of Barnwell, and A B. Still, of Dunbarton; two daugh ters, Mrs/Carrie Hutto and Mrs. Sal- lie Baxley, both of Barnwell; one sit ter, Jdi*. Jane Barker, of Olar; 32 kiren, 53 great- grandchildren three great-greatrgmndchildren. forer these complaints, policies and discrimination (Tie running rampant in South Carolina. A am told in practi cally every complaint that negroes are getting considerable more work than whites, all of which is playing l ha statements as follows ‘I am in a des titute condition but can’t get work. Howeyer, a merchant is bonding the an’s position .yid four of his have work. ‘Farmers with cotton r shed that have a pull are get- ing work. A man with a store, filling station and farm gets foreman’s job, while 25 poor white ,men signing this statement can’t get work. /It is use less to send in our complaints. They are pigeon-holed.’ “I realize,” Fulmer further said, “that passing legislation and* adminis tering legislation are two separate and distrinct functions. In other words, as a congressman, I haven’t anything whatever to do with admin istering legislation. However, if the complaints that are coming to me, many of them heart-rending, are true, and I have every reason to be lieve them true, the real purpose and ifntent of thi 8 splendid piece of legis lation is Rot being administered in line with the purpose and intent of the act.”' officer, pointed out the State’s death rate was lower now than at any time since 1915 when the department began keeping vital statistics. “There> are no epidemics of com- In a letter thanking the Barnwell* County committeemen for their part in the 1933 cotton acreage'reduction program, Congressman H. P. Fulmer says that cotton would have sold for * ! four or five cents a pound last fall but for the'previsions of this legisla tion, in* the passage of which he took an important part. Hi a Jetter is as follows: - “I want to thank you and other committeemen in my district for your splendid cooperation in putting over the cotton program last spring. “I amr sure that there is not a per son in South Carolina who doe g not realize that the carrying out of the provisions of. the Agricultural Adjust ment Act, as introduced by me and passed during the last session of Congress, has accomplished mere for the farmers of the South than any may get them from him at The Bank . ^ *x —... - —... fc...... —— ~tof Barnwell. Report* from cities and towns throughout the United States are to the eff ect that the plan is “going over in a big way.” In fact, it m stated that the number of municijfclitfcs participating may e ceed 6,000. The idea has gripped popular imagination and the people am anxious to show their appreciation of a noble gentle man who has won hia way into their rearts as perhaps no other President rag done. " The purpose of this party for the ’resident ia a very simple and humane one, and is set forth on the thhd page of the invitation in the following .words: “It is to establish through the direct of the citizens of the country an endowment fund for the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, created in 1926 by President Roosevelt, so that this Foundation may carry on Ha national crusade against Infantile Paralysis, and devpte unselfishly its full energy and thought to the coordi nation of the fight against a scourge which physikally handicaps, every year, thousands of Araericart childreu. Furthermore, the sucoes g of this count: ywide party, sponsored by, the citizens of the United States, will a growing testimonial to a man ha* waged and won a hard personal fight against what might have been accepted, as e lasting handicap.” munic&ble diseases now,” he said, thing that has ever been done by the are e few scattered Government for the agricultural in- cases at various places in the State.” Decreases in deaths from common causes last year ' compared to the preceded year included: Pulmonary tuberculosis, from 1,104 to 992; pel lagra, from 413 to 324, and typhoid fever, from 291 to 185. The pellagra death rate was brought to the lowest level in many years. Deaths in automobile accidents fell off from 343 to 331, while fatalities in railroad accidents jumped from 41 to 64. Fifteen persons were killed by cy clones and tornadoes in the last year, and none in 1932. Drownings claimed 91 lives last year compared to 94 the year before. Smith Pleads for Reduction. . • • ’ \ i ■ / » • V Washington, Jan. 23.—Senator E. D. Smith, of South Carolina, appealed to the nation’s cotton farmers tonight to participate in the farm a tkm’s acreage reduction plan by sign ing reduction contracts in exchange fog benefit payments. ADVERTISE ia Th« People-Sentinel | Senator Smith saSf the success of terests of the South. We all realize that, if the provisions of thig legisla ticn had not been put into operation, cotton -would have sold Hast fall for about four to five cents per pound. “This i 8 the first time in the his- tory of cur country that farmers have been given protection by legislation to line with the protection given to various other groups of the country, for instance, tariff- .protection. 1 fee confident that, if the farmers of the South will cooperate 100 per oent., or as nearly go as possible, in the 1934- 35 program, not only will cotton ad vance to a fair price but that the South will enjoy a prosperity that it ha 8 never before known. “Farmers are to be congratulated on the fine spirit of cooperation die played during the past year. “If I can be of assistance to you, please do not hesitate to call on me.” Big Conflagatioii / Narrowly Averted Fire Discovered at Midnight Monday in Barnwell Theatre Was Soon Extinguished. the plan wa* ^absolutely essential” in order to reduce the huge cotton sur plus. He spoke over the Columbia Broadcasting; System. What would probably have been a very costly conflagration was narrow ly averted here Monday night when a fire wag discovered shortly after 12:00. o’clock on the stage of the BarnweU Theatre, located on the first floor of the Diamond Hotel building. The alarm was quickly given and the (blaze was extinguished before any materiail damage had resulted. Occupants of the hotel were aroused by the strong odor* of smoke which fiUed the second floor bf the building and an investigation disclosed the fad that the floor of the stage was on finf. The blaze was evidently staffed by sparks from the stove flue and was quickly extinguished by members Of the volunteer Are department before it had made much headway. The building ia located near the center of thejmstoess district, at of which had tin Art gotten beyond • ♦ ♦ 'in .7 TRY A FOR SATISFACTORY v