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.V Cotton Campaign Is Near Successful kAIieatlr/ns Are That 80 to Cent of Barnweli County ers Will Participate, Seen and Heard Here 1 ^~>***>******** Dfiring the Past Week 0 Per arm- Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Othern _ You Don’t v Know. Due to an unfortunat^accident which delayed the arrival of the orchestra from Charleston, the Ball in hon or of President Roosevelt’s Birthday for fhe benefit of the • Warm Springs Foundation and cure of infantile paral The success of the /Cotton acreage reduction campaign jy Barnwell Coun ty is assured, according to "Hariy XJT Boylston, opunty agent, who' said yes terday that approximately 80 to 90 pei- cent, cf thi^coumy’s farmers will u r l-<rtioLr,ate in fhe reduction. Mr. Boylston expressed himscif as being very much/gratified ever the manner in which tne farmer's have cooperated and believes "that the movement will be successful if other sections of the cottcrl belt cooperate as fully. Ccn- r tracts will be written ddiing the re minder of this week, he ,s*yd. Compulsory control of cotton pro- /ducticn might be necsssary in a 1 ng- time program, farm administration officials said a few . da^s ago, but the 1934 voluntary program is not en dangered by the talk of government supervision. ( , Cuily A. Cobb, chief of the cotton section, said the present skii-UD.cam: paign for voluntary acreage reduction was a s good as completed and that within a week most of the' 16,575,000 acres of cotton land called for by the p M'fiticrro j r^pfo^farfr would he under contract to the gov- "ernmentl : 7- ' ' ~ ,■ // — Little difficulty had he^h exper ienced in obtaining signatures to con tracts,. he said, and reirorts^-frUJn. field wcrker s indicate^ practical com pletion of wrork by January 31. . . Texas has been the only State where some resistanr^ has been made -paitrcu.'ariy in conncctron with the Perry A. Price, cashier c'f ’J’he Bank of Barnw’ell, purchasing the first tick et ter “The Presidents Bit thday Party Ball,” which wa* staged in about 6,000 cities and towns TuEsday night in honor of the 52nd birthday of President Roosevelt . . A local mer chant saying that he sold ten fountain pens during the past month, nine of them to CWA workers, which shqjvs how the relief payrolls stimulate busi ness.. . . And Postmaster R. A. Dea- son remarking that business at the lo cal po-t office in January showed an increase of 85 per cent, cvef the same month a year ago. . .. An invitation from Master Sheldon Moseley Girar- dea.u to Miss Barbara Ann Eidson to accompany him to “the President’s Bir:hday Party this charm ing little miss be^rf^orced to decli for obyrous reasons and countering with a bid “come up to see me some time.” Barbara and "Sheldon made their advent into this busy world dur ing the past month, the former being the daughter of Mr. and M/s. L. C. Eidsrn and the latter' the ^on of Mr. and'Mrs; E. II. G!Vatd£hU.' 7 erybedy shivering in the sudden wave that descended upbn the Sunny South Sunday night. /. . And the waterpipes in many-/Ba'rnwell homes being ir^en. luescUy — wreen-mg—end their owners wisTjfhg they’d drained ’em the night before. . . And local filling stations (ping a lively business in anti-freeze ^lutions for automobile radlyluis J , '. Mrs. Jack Phillips tenant problem, bulTthe difficultieTp«^ly elated over “getting a birdie” while playing hol^ No. 5 on the Sweet water golf course Saturday morning. . Representative Winchester C. Smith, Jr., of Williston, in town for a ew minutes Tuesday before returning to thfe legislafure. “Win,” as he is familiarly known, is one of the mos, jocular' members of that body. The ‘ Grubbs Chevrolet Company hading a carload cf the new rpbdel “Chevvies,” which are attracting much interest and receiving many compli ments. o_ / are being adjusted. Cobb predicted Lone Star State cotton producers would net be far behind in lining up. Only Few Reluctants. The cotton chief said the. talk, of compulsory plans for controlling cot ton production was’aimed chiefly at a few farmers , in each county who had refused to cooperate in the program and had indicated their intentions of increasing production. - “My personal attitude is that for thaJing-time program we will have to have seme measure of control,” he said. “I think, the voluntary method is sufficient to take care of the pres ent i eduction.” He added that be tween ' licensing cotton gins with quotas estahlished^for each farmer and a prohibitive tax on cotton over a fixed amount, he favored the latter plan. Cobb challenged statements that the 1933 cctton-p!ow-up campaign had failed with the declaration that cetton pikes had been increased from between 6 and 6 cents to about 9.4 cents, farm basis, and that business was good throughout the South. Almost a normal crop of around 12,000,000 bale s was produced last year, de&pi&£ the fact that 10,000,000 acres of growing cotton was plowed up, he said, hut this was due to un usually favorable weather conditions which resulted in- the highest per acre yield since 1898. ’ Parity Approached. Had it net been for the destruction campaign, he added> and 17,000,000 bales had been pro duced, cotton would Ellenton Man Aids in Typhus Control Fight A. A. Weathersbee Spent Seme Time in Africa cn Yellow Fever Re- search Workl sis was called off Tuesday night, although many pedple came to the pavilion desirous of making a contribution to this great parity. — Barnwell County, therefore, is aboutfthe only,county in the United States that did not have some sort of fund> tion to raise money for this cause. We must make a substantial showing. I expected the dance to net probably JTwo Hundred Dollars as our contribution to this charity. f4hink we should raise at least One Hundred Dollars, or ' more. The report with remittance has to be. sent in on Saturday, February 3rd, ,1934/ I am starting the contri bution with $10.00 and earnestly request everyone who intended to attend the dan^ce or contribute by buying a ticket to remit immediate^’ $1.00, $2.00, $5.00, or what ever you care to contribirte, tq l Mr. B. P. Davies, Editor of The People-Sentinel^/so that we can remit it not later than Saturday or Sunday. The name of every contribu tor and the amount/given will be reported direct to President Franklin/D. Roosevelt. ^belowor hand in your contribution ur send a check. 7 ' EDGAR A. BROWN, General Chairman. : W* ; ^ PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT President Roosevelt Honored by Nation Winston-Salem, Jan. 25 —With the solemn and pktweeque rites dating hack to the early days of the Chriitiait- church, thfe Rev. Rcbeit Emmett Grib- ben today *gs consecrated bishop *of the Western North Carolina diocese cf the Protestant Episcopal church. the Most Rev. James DeWolf Per ry, D. D., presiding bishop of the church in the United States, officiated as chief conzecrator at the service which elevated the forty-six-year-old ratter of St. Paul'g church here to the scopate, succeeding the late Rt. Rev. Junius Mcore Horner-as bishop of the diocese. Church officials from half a dozen States took part in the consecration. Among the prominent laymen present for the ceremony was Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus. Also attending was Mrs. Rebecca M. Gribben, of Black- ville, S. C., Mr Gribben’a aged mother But No Birthday Party Ball Wa 8 Held Here Because Orchestra Failed •Lherepy~cohtribute the sum of $ —_—, en closed he/ewith, to President Roosevelt’s Warm Springs Foundation--fo^ infantile paralysis. 7 ~ (Signed) While millions of Americans in 6,- 000 cities and towns were honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt Tues- day night" with' ^’BTcthday Party Balls,” several score Barnwell County people waited several hours in vain for the arrival of Walter Bpeight and his Thouhadours, the Charleston cf- ohestra that had been engaged—to Voters Favor Bonds for School Building Vote Overwhelmingly in Favor of I^ond Issue for New High School Building. 7 0 ] Barnwell Invaded by Old King Cold Wintry Weather Descended Upon This Section Sunday Night.—Very Low Temperatures. "’"By a majority of more than five toy The fifst real wintry weather of the one, the voters of the^Barnwell high winter, bringing the lowest tempera- schcpl district declared themselvek /in favor of a bond issue of $38,0i in yesterday’s special election. L-me meters registering ar'ound the A. A. Weathcrsbee,/of Ellenton, is new located in Chaiiestcn as laboia- tcry assistant to Dr/ C. M. Faunleroy, who is in charge oj^ typhus fever con- .trcl work in that city. "Mr. 'Weathers- bee is the son of Mr. and Mis. frank Weathersbee, of Ellenton, and is a graduate cf the Academy of Rich mond County, in Augusta. After four years of service wit the Rockefeller Foundation, Mr Weathersbee went to Africa on lew fever research work being d try the foundation in Nigeria. It /Was while in Africa that he shipped/nome “Albert,” the lien that was b' rme ^y kept at Jackson by Robert Meyer. In 1932, Mr. Weathersfiee, who is | being 179 for and 34 against the bonds. This amount will be supple mented.by a giant of $15,000 from the federal government and will he used for the erection of a modertTRigh school building in BarrjWelL’ * Practically no opposition developed against the bond j^srue and it was generaliy conceded that a favorable vote would be polled. A comparative ly small nunibef of the qualified voters participated yi the election. It is not, 7 known at this time just when woxdr on the_juiW building will begin, a4 it is understood that the application for the loan has not yet been/passed upon by the government. WJren this rather important matter s been* attended tOj however, con struction will be started without de lay. The following f fi the vote by prte- cincts: For: Against: have sold at around’5 cents per pound and- American markets would have heen completely demoralized. The natural increase in prices to - -gether -With—the rental and benefit payments had brought the return to' gr'cwer s ut> to about 13 cents per pound, or near the “parity level” stipulated by the farm . adjustment act. -V In addition, Cobb said, if the United States exported the normal portion of the crop, about 60 per cent, foreign buyers Would pay about $174,000,000 more than they would have if the^ price had been around five cents per pound, or more than the total cost of the entire 1933 campaign, which was about $110,000,000. ' m -4 College Students at Home. "also a* graduate' 0en Ison College returned to the United States and lintrT December 15, 1»33/ worked in * - / Flcrida on mesquitfr control efforts. Then -he “was aippj/rnted to work with the United States Public Health Ser- iw working under this irernment activity. Bpinwell 126 20 Hercules 14 12 ; , — >in — o—- Snclling 9.. 0 Totals 179 ; * 34 tures in several years, descended upon this secticn Sunday night, local tber> furnish music for the local ball. The orchestra left Charleston about six o’ clock by automobile, but two unfor tunate accidents along the way de layed their arrival until after mid night, by which time the would-be dancer g had departed for their homes: The failure of the orchestra to rive on time is very much regretted, not only because these who attended were greatly disappointed but also because of the fact that Barnwell was probably the only county in the United States in which * function of some description was net held. Sena- man, is very anxious for Barnwell County to participate in honoring President Rcoseveit by a substantial eentribbtion to the Wkrm Springs Foundation and a call to all patriotic citizens to contribute to this worthy cause will be found on this page in large type. The People-Sentinel joins with him in urging everyone who can possibly do so to contribute $1.00 rr more at once. The time is The Rt, Rev. Edwin Anderson Pen- ick, D. D„ biahep of North Carolina, and the Rt. Rev. Thomas Campbell IVarstf D, Dm bishop cf East Carcltm/ acied na rn-rnnsecratortr. The new bishop’s see city is Ashe ville, and he will take up his residence there in a few days v * x The Rt: Rev. kirkman G. Finley, D. D., bishop of Upper South Carolina, who preached the sermon when Mr. Gribben was advanced to the ■priest hood in 1913, preached the consecra- tion aermotr.—An old friend, BlshofT freezing point Monday, in chilly con trast to the balmy days of the past few weeks. A biting northwest wind Monday brought even colder weather and Tuesday morning a tempei'aturr only 13 agrees above zeic was report ed-—19 degrees below the . freezing point. Householders who had neglected to diain their water' pipes Monday night found them frozen tight Tuesday morning and local fllling, stations did ^ fcl sending thj8 .good business in ant.-freese solo- Ka£=Suat0I Brown* * S's Vk n ♦ rv •» rt « 1 si 1-k i I A ’ — — * tiops foi automobile radiators Even the fays of Old Sol could not do much towards checking the icy in vader and the highest* reading of-* thermometer directly exposed to thfl| sun Tuesday shewed a maximum of 26 degrees—six below freezing. How ever, warmer weather is promised and everybody hopes that the weather man is correct in his prognostication. Resolution of Respect. Whereas, God in His infinite wia- vice, and rs branch of gc y Mr. Weathersbee is well known in Augusta/find throughout the Augusta secticn/of South Carolina. He\often visitzf/nis home in Ellenton andj last ig married an Ellenton £irl, the er Miss Gladys Bush.—Augusta erald. Post Office Posts to Be Filled Soon BJackville and Ellenton AmCrtgTowns for Which Examinations Will Be Held. The following college students spent the week-end with relatives and friends in Barnwell: Misses Patricia Dicks and Elizabeth Grubbs from Coker. Csdets Brown Easterlisg, Robert and Steven Deason, Rodman Lemon and McTyre Calhoun from Clemson. s Cadets Wilson Sanders and Gene t Parler from The Citadel s I - , ' ■ • | ^.ADVERTISE iu The People-SentinaL Mrs. E. J. Hair. Blackville, Jan. 29.—Mis. E. J. Hair died in the Baptist hospital in Columbia on January 19th after an illness of only two weeks. She was 55 years of age and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Pressey. Her body was laid to rest the following Satur day morning at .11:00. o’clock m the Double Ponds Churchyard, the funer al services being conducted by the Rev. L. G. Payne, of Blackville. Mrs. Hair i 3 survived by her hus band, E. J. Hair; one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Cox, of Lees; one pister, Miss Blla Pressey, of Blackville; .‘three grandchildren, a n:e£e and two neph ews. . Washington, Jan. 31.—Nine South Carolina postoffices, ranging in salary from $1,300 to $2,900, are to be filled by civil service examination. • Receipt of applications to take the examination will close February 13th for persons, seeking ^he Orangeburg, office, which pays $2,900, and those seeking the We Iter hero office, whicKTbearer; pays $2,400., ^ Receipt of appliestion g to take the examination for the qthef seven of fices vacant will colse February 16. These offices and their salaries are: Bethune, $1,300; Blackville, $1,900; Calhoun Falls, $1,400; Ellenton, $1,300; Landrum, $1,900; New Brookland, $1,- 700, and Simpscnville, $1,500. •Date of the examinations will be Announced later. dom has removed from u s our beloved sister, Atossa Hair NValters, a co- woiker aqd member cf the Joseph Roger Chapter, Daughters—cf the American Revolution, and Wheres, He has removed her ferm suffering to eternal peace and rest after a useful life, therefore be it Resolved by the Joseph Roger Chap ter, Daughters of-the American Reyc hit ion, First. That we bow in bumble sub mission to the will of our Heavenly Father, knowing that He doeth all things wcH; Second. That we deeply deplore the loss of our beloved friend, we shall miss her pleasant smile and cheerful gveetingsr Third. That we sympathize with the • gridf-stricken family, and corn- statement and then send in your-re mittance immediately. Blackville Makes Contribution!*. Blackville,^ Jan. 31.—Haskell D. Davis, of Blackville, today tent a money order for $18.60 to national headquaiter s for the Warm Springs Foundation, representing the amount, contributed at a ball given by Davis in honor cf President Roosevelt's birthday. Those making contribu tions were a s follows: * ran ib>. nibmJBXMSSSt Finlay will be closely associated with the new bishop. He is in charge of the Episcopal conference and camp grounds at Kanugai lake .in Western North Car'oima which is within the jurisdiction of the Western North Carolina diocese. A. native of South Carolina^ the newly consecrated bishop. has been rector of St. Paul’s he re since Octo ber 1, 1921. — During the Wolrd War he saw ser vice overseas as a chaplain of a North Carolina regiment and since coming to Winston-Salem hag been chaplain of the American Legion. He was educated at the Citadel, South Carolina military college, the College of Charleston and the General Theo logical seminary, New York. Later* he took special courses: at Harvard and Columbia in psychology and philoso phy. Good Housekeeping Contest for ’33 Ends Barnwell Captures by Small Margin . Trophy Offered by South Carolina V "■•T vV ".' ' {, ..... / /■ i Power Cu December brought to a close the third annual Good Housekeeping Con test. It was marked by a spirit of lively competition in the districts, which was evidenced by the fact that not until the last month’s rating was known was it possible to pick the win ner, Barnwell v succeeded in keeping the lead from February on, but it was Renney Davis, Blackville, 50 cents; Vetnon D. Garrick, Norway, $1.00; Fletcher Davis, Norway, 50 certts; Riser Brown., Springfield, $1.00; J; A. Regers, St. George, $7.00; Carlisle Davis, Blackville, 50 cents; Cecil El« : kids, Blackville,. 10 cents; Haskell Davis, Blackville, $7.00. Blackivlle Man Loses Sister. Lees, Jan. 27.—Mrs. Levi Church- well, 57 years of 'age, of Lees, died suddenly at her home Saturday morn ing. She had been apparently in good health, so her death was * great shock to her family and friends. Funeral services were held at Double Ponds Chufch' Saturday afternoon at three o’clock, the Rev. L. G. Payne officiat ing. The late . Mrs. , Churchwell lived mend them to Gcd, our great burden ’ nearly all of her life neaj here. She I leaves a large family connection and Fourth. That a copy of these resoi j a wi d e circle of friends. Surviving lutions be placed in our minptes, •a— w - e her husband, Levi Churchwell; copy published in The Barnwell Peo- three niece 8 and one nephew, who ple-Sentinel and % copy sent to the made their home with her, Viola, Ma- family. / ' rie and* Leon Churchwell and Ruby • Mrs. T. O. B;Und, Cbm. Driggers; three sisters, Mrs. H/ J. Mrs. E. H. Weissinger, Mr s A. H. Ninestein. TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS. Hair, of Blackville, Mrs. J. K. Meyers, of Cepe, and! Mrs. John Etheridge, of Cordova; and two brothers, E. G. Gray, cf Blackville, and W. F. Gray, of Coper - by too smafl a margin fur any degree of comfort. We extend a big han^ to Johnnie Ruff and Miss Hogg, to whom be gives the credit, and at the same time we offer congratulations to A. S, Davis and J. D. Doscher for their* excellent record.^ We congratulate J. R. McTeer, R. R. Hall and Paul Lucas, also for their splendid shewing. Another annual contest begins tUi month. Denmark, Summerville and Walterboro threaten to reverse the order of things this year, so watch your step Barnwell, Allendale and Aiken! The following gives the year’s aver- * age for each district: Barnwell 98.1$ Allendale 97.97 Aikeh ..... 97.96 Denmark 96J1 Summerville 96.74 Walterboro ..... 94J7 ’ ^ - —The Palmetto Powering. Readers of The (People-Sentinel are reminded of _ “the War of the Romu,** which will be held tomorrow (Friday) evening in the dining room of Mm Barnwell Baptist Churjehr A delidoae turkey supper will be served for vtHf 36 cents, the proceeds to he the church building find.