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V / tgr thb ornciAL newspaper op baknwbx ouumnr.* / 1. IMft. •Jumk Ltk« a IVI«mk>«r of lh« Family" VOLUME LVIL BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1954 NUMBER f Criminal Court Will Convene February 26 * Judge G. Dewey Oxner Will .Preside. —Grand and Petit jurors Were Drawn Monday. A one week term of |he Court of General Sessions fof BariiwelT County t will convene here Monday, February 26th, with Judge G. Dewey Oxner presiding. Grand jurors l»r the en suing year and petit jurors for the approaching term were drawn Mon day, as follows: Grand Jury for 1954. J. Norman Dicks, Barnwell. G. W^ Black, Reedy Branch. J. E. Hair, Cedar Grove. Jim H. Still, Friendstiip. W. A. Fickling, Blackville. A. Belton Holly, Diamond. • ’ Clyde Vickery, Barnwell. W. H. Moody, Jr., Big Fork. Isadore Hartaog, Hilda Marion W. Wise, Mt. Calvary. W- H. Bcyles, Sr., Diamond J. A. Creech, Blackville. •• r' Freddie Jones, Hilda. A. F. Weimottz, Mt. Calvary. H. A. Greeiie, Elko, t F. H. Dicks, Jr., Upper Richland. W. H. Hut to,"Jr” BiacfeviTle V Seen and Heard Here BODIES OF BARN WELL COUNTY Durmg the Past ^yeek Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Other* 'Yon Don't Know. The following card from Harriette MEN FOUND IN EDISTO RIVER WiHiston, Feb. 12.—The bodies of able to swim to shore, and that Boyls- Claud Boylston and Owen Smith, of the Davis Bridge sect^on^ of Barnwell County, both missing since Friday : Kershaw Deeding, P. O. Box 777, j were found let® Ibis afternoon at Charleston, S. C.: “Hive you heard of, Gunter's landing, near Davis Bridge, a family of Corbetts who lived in by a party. W. Henry Hutto, Reedy Branch. Petit Jury. G. M. Pender, Williston. L. Fi Sanders, —-—-- Barnwell? I am seeking information of thigTamily^ I think they married into the Cater’ family. The Corbett family have interesting traditions as to the horsemanship, of one of their members and his varicu g and sundry adventures. Please put this in your paper and ask any one who knows to write, to me.” . . . “Tank Ussery trying to promote a boxing bouf be tween Perry Bush and some other light featherweight. . . . Harry, Boylston, copnty agent, up - town bright and early Sunday mroning in his„new “Chewy” in spite of the very inclement weather. (Wish we had one just like it.) . •. . Mrs. Jean Johns saying that she only slipped and fell on the ite one time Sunday be- cause she only went out of the house one tifne . . . And Martin Best getting so tickled ^ver the feffofts oT 'a group of negroes to Tnaintain their equilibrium that he slipped and skidded from his front porch all the way to the streat- , RftcallingUa.mind the. H. Jeff Hair, Healing Springs. J. T. Staley, Elko. C. D. Owens, Kline. A. R. Dunb&r, Four Mile. Sheppard Lott, Williston J. B. Robinson, Tinker’s Creek. W. A. Owens, Sr.,< Barnwell L. Wengrow. Blackville. S. J. Halford, Barnwell. - J. C. R. Grubbs, Reedy Branch.- Leon W. Lott, Healing Springs. Edward Baxley, Reedy Branch. < J. V. Porter, Williston. E. G. Gray, Leea.^A J. S. Nevils, Blackville. H. G. Molony, Blackville. A. D. Connor, Jr., Barnwell. Jr F. Boyles, Diamond Monnie Black, Reedy Branch Joe H. Zorn, Friendship. W. C. Buist, Blackville. Joe Ashley,-Four Mile. ror only ^partly dressed; beat a hasty exit, tore down the stairs and skidded all the way out* to the park on the sleet that had fallen during the night. . « . And one man go ing to work Saturday morning attired as follows: Tw# suits of underwear, two pairs of .Kocks, shoes and rubber over-shoes,/wo pairs of pants, a pa jama coaX a shirt, a sweater, a coat and anAverecat. A /ocal housewife telling how she —buckets "and ‘other receptacles R. E. Woodward, Pleasant Hill. S. Towne, Morris. J. M. Creech, Blackville. A. B. Patterson, Jr., Barnwell S. J. Keel, Blackville. Howell Defk, Hilda. Moses Lott, New Forest. R. L. Zissett, Oak Grove/ Walter Givens, New pdresL Willie L. Baxley, Repay Branch. Luther Black, Louf? Branch. Is Held at Bamberg in Poker Homicide Basil H. Rutland Charged With Killing Harry Braxton With an Ice Pick. Bamberg, Feb. 10.—Basil H. Rut land, young white man, was held by a coroner’s jury this afternoon for the killing at 3 o’clock this moining of Harry Braxton, thirty, in an alleg ed poker game in a building on Main street.Six nr seven said to have participated. Braxton was stabbed in the heart with"* an ice pick. He fell, but got up and was assisted down stairs to a store operated by his brother, Toy Bfaxtcn, where he died shortly after wards. * It was found after his death that the ice pick wa s still stuck through his. heart and it was pulled but by his brother. . Evidence at the inquest indicated the two men quarreled.over a twenty- ceht pot during the game and had fight. Braxton, it is said, then but came back to get his hat. /rne fight was 'renewed. Rutland was cut on the head in the first fight. Braxton is survived by/his widow and one son, four years Rutland is married bdt has no chil dren. He is in the dounty jail. Oyster Supper Postponed. a. A A The People/Sentinel has been re quested to announce that the oyster supper scheduled to be held at the Barnwell/Baptist. Church tomorrow (Friday) night has been postponed un til seine time next week. ITI^E io Hie People-Sentinel time the late Sheriff Boncil H. Dychcg went to call a. felloe boarder at the Circle Inn, not knowjng that he had been changed to another room during the night to give his room to two fe male members of a lyceum troup^ opening the door and slamming it. be hind hipi, “Bonce” shouted, “Get opt of the women standing in front Tha bcdy' of Smith was discovered in the Edisto river not far from the landing, while /he body of Boylston was on the bank. It is believed that a boat in which they were crossing the river overturned, that Smith was un ton died of exhaustion and exposure after reaching the bank. The two ihen left Friday morning to inspect traps that they had set, and had to cross the jiver in the course they took. They were well known here. r—- Funeral arrangements for neither of the men have been’ announced. The body of Boylston was brought here, and that of Smith taken to Salley, it waa atatam ' '— Wintry Weather Is Routed by Sunshine r] TWs Section Hit by Coldest Tempera- tures in Several Years.—Many Accidents. Liquidation q( Bank Is Brought to Close Depositors to Be Paid Fifty Per —Plans for New Bank Defer —New Concern Formed. With the signing Monday of an or der by Circuit Judge G. Dewey Oxner, of .Greenville, officially authorizing the acceptance of thb bid of $148,680.- 47 - made~By T. G, ’Tarve r“fdr TficTris maining assets of the Bank of West ern Carolina, which closed its doors October 15,1931, has been terminated. The asset/ had-beew place^ upon pub lie auction January 1 by a court or der, i*ftd~ Mr. Tarver, the receiver of the/bank, had been the one and only bidder. / .7 / A final dividend of forty per cent, will be made to the remaining deposi tors of the bank commencing Febru ary 16 n stated Mr. Tarver Tuesday, -ed-.- -Dividends amounting to ten per cent, have already been paid to those depositors who did not sell their de- posits or tiade them fpr assets under the original plan of liquidation au thorized by the court, which, set up d basic value of fifty per cent, for all deposits. In granting Mr. Tarver the right to bid for the assets, the court ordered that a price sufficient to pay the remaining depositors a total of fifty per cent, be set. The bii^of Mr. Tarver for the assets Murder Trial to Be Held February 18th Who EMed Earl Wright?" I 8 Case \ , . , to Be Decided at Barnwell Bap tist Church. Barnwell residents won’t have fa* leave their own streets to see and hear a murfier trial, for* one is to take place at the Barnwell Baptist Church next ^Sun3ayTmgHt7 February 18th at 7:30 p. m., V A young man, the Rev. H. H. Stem- bridge, Jr., will be “Iried” fa* murder whclc'-oetting will deal-witlr the “killing” of a manMby* h»s friend, whom, it ia shown; igas under thq in- fluence of liquor at the time he struck the blow which snuffed out a life, left a widpw and family of fatherless children. v\ V ■ The.‘trial” is being put pn in co operation of the churches and is a means of pointing out a lesson on ^ u - r ^ Twe-nty=flVe' prominent aT“beeh - transfei'red by Tifm and his water preparatory^16 cuftlngVff t associates to the Aiken Mortgage and he\ supply as a safeguard against Realty Company, which is to be char local leaders ’’bf this city w iH ta^ 0 part in this trial. '/— ~ - The cast follows: • „ Judge—George W. Manville. Sheriff—(P. W. Price. *» Jack Stiles (bootlegger)—Marvin Holland. f Deputy Sheriff—E. Dodson StijL Court Reporter—j. Norman Dicks. Frank Lloyd (defendant)—Rev. H. H. Sbembridge, Jr. Mrs. French (star witness)—Mrs. the cold weather—and then forgot to ■ drain the pipes, with the usUal result in sub-freezing temperatures. . . .- A plane flying ever Barnwell, headed east, being one oL several that have been sighted here recently. Last week one of two planes flying toward Au gusta swooped low over town in an an effort to lead the name on the Seuthem Railway depot and skimmed the housetops before regaining alti tude. - . . Discussions of Lind bergh’s criticism of President Roose velt and practically everyone “taking sides” with the chief executive. . . Lloyd Tlexico saying that he Is think ing of buying one of the- neg/ $700 “flivver” planes to be put on the market shortly-'c . . . Perry Bush advising Angus Patterson to' plant his cotton in ene-sfort rows if he wants it to “lap in de middle.” A “Believe It or'Not 1 ’ cartoon show ing Robert Crosland, of Charlotte, N. C., who is the son-in-law of Mrs. P. cntly Mr. Crosland, who is an expert golfer a Charlotte golf r cunrsa ““parTed” a single hole. . . . A local lawyer showing a postal card sent out by a film of El Paso, Texas, lawyers soliciting busi ness for the Mexican divorce courts and advertising the fact that no actual residence in Mexico is necessary to sever the marital ties* . . A swarm of robins enjoying the hackberries on trees near The People-Sentinel of- and dislodging many that shower ed on the office roof. . 7* • Fear being expressed that the oat crop has been badly damaged by the recent cold spells. . . A substantial drop in the cotton market after a week’s steady- xjse bringing disappointment to holders of spots and contracts who had hoped' that the advance would continue without interruption utffil the 15-eent level had been reached. G. Pricf, of the Price Trans portation Line, saying that fifty auto mobiles were in the ditch Saturday on the road between Walterboro and St. George, a distance^ of forty-odd miles. . . . Charlie Coclin routing Angus Patterson from his seat on a box of cigarettes that were to be stamped and'-Angus remarking that ff he were sitting on e hot brick Char lie would want to put'a stamp on it. tered under the. laws of the State to do a general real estate and insurance business and all other business of an ordinary corporation. The concern, to !be capitas!izej at $100,000, will en deavor to convert the assets of the old bank into cash, ‘and Mr. Tarver has stated that \aR collections will be pressed as a preliminary to the •establishment-of-a new hank, for which a charter, he says, to be Vipplied for at a later date. Officers- of the Aiken Mortgage and Realty Company are to be Mr. Tar ver, president, J. B. Salley, vice-presi dent^ and ‘attorney, and W. O. Jones, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Tarvdr announced several weeks ago that he would, upon acquiring the assets of the Bank of Western Caro lina, open a new banking institution to be known as the Bank of Aiken, but the State board of banking control, set up in the bank crisis of last March by the legislature, has reftfsed , to giant a charter until a large* amount Lila Brown. Mr. Cook-(Coroner')—Prof. W. W. Carter. Mrs. Lloyd (defendant's mother)— Mrs. P. W. Pricey* Mrs. Wright (wife of deceased)—. Miss Mami^ McNab. Counsellor Defense—H. H. Johnson Prosecuting Attorney;—The Rev. Woqdrow Wardv — V \ ■ ' •~~~ .'..Summoned for the jury: 1. Dr. A. T. Russell. The coldest weather in a number of years visited this section during the past week, causing a number of minor accidents and taking its toll m bursted waterpipes and automobile radiators, to say nothing of cutting off Barn well’s water* supply for a short while Saturday night. The unwelcome visitor arrived Fri day on the wings of a bitter north wind, which continued throughout the day and night, sending the tempera ture down to readings reported to be as low as 10 to 14 degrees above zero AM CWA Projects in County Shut Received'from State AdmhUs- Tueadmjr. whether or not the orders also applied Saturday morning. The waterpipes in °^ ce farce but said that it many homes throughout the city, as well a s seme automobile radiators, were frozen, causing more or less damage. Saturday a combination, of snow hail and sleet added to the inclemency of the weather and the sheet of ice that covered the streets, sidewalks and highways rpdde traveling very diffi- pfedCstftans' after motor ists. Practically everybody who ven tured out for a walk. Sunday had one or nfare falls and S. J. Halford, local -Lack oTTaSis ^ Is Cgpsc. 7.A, ' .. Because of\a lack of funds, due to Congressional delay in making a new appropriation, the office of the Bara- well County Fedefal Emergency Be lief Administration received orders Tuesday from J. Malcolm Miller, State administrator, to close down all CWA projects in this county, and as a result workers on thb several project* were stated, to be discharged fast night (Wednesday), according to W. E. McNab, assistant disbursing of ficer. Mr. McNab was uncertain a« to dairyman, suffered broken, wrist Mrs. Mack v in a simi- LA. when he fell on the ice. Barnes also broke her arm far accident. L. C. Vickeiy’s gasoline /ruck was badly damaged when it skidded 00 the ice-coated highway and went down an •embankment near the Sweetwater country club. The driver escaped un to a -telephone post and several other minor accidents were reported. — Barnwell’s water-supply was cut off when cars skidded into two fire- hydrants^ one in front of the Episco pal Church and the other near the Barnwell County jail. The damage wa 8 repaired in short order by P. W Price, superintendent of the water plant, and a creW of workmen. The weather moderated somewjiat Sunday ‘ would be necessary to* retain the ser vices of these employes throughout the\remainder of this week at least in the preparation of .payrolls, etc. B. F. Owens, county administrator, went up to Columbia yesterday (Wed nesday) morning to confer with Mr. Miller and ascertain if possible when work will be resumed on the various projects. . Closing down the CWA projects in Barnwell County will throw hundreds of people out of job* but of course many of them will be . absorbed in TarhTwork’i ' A bill calling for an appropriation of $950,000,000 was introduced in Congress several days ago but its pas sage has been delayed because some members wanted the amount increas ed to two billion dollars. / ... lost three Prize Money Again Offered to Farmers Cotton Staple Contest to Be Renewed in South Carolina.—52,000 in 7v.. ■ Premiums. * heavy downpour of rain during the night. On Monday the fo^s of win ter were put to complete rout by the warm sunshine that broke through the murky clouds, with the result that the mercury climbed to the 60-degree mark by mid-afternoon. V Outlook for Acreage 2. J. M. Brodie. —— 3. Lkyd A. Flexico. 4. A. D. Connor. 5. J. U Jones. • 6. N. G. W. Walker.' 7. Frank Creech. _ ,* 8. r B. W- Sexton. 9. Harold Williams.- 10. H. R. Christie. _ ■ 11 Terrell Wooley. 1 12. Robert Gignilliat. 13. C. J. H. Still. ' Admission free. A volunteer offer ing will be taken. i' of the assets of the corporation is in ca^_TherefiLre,_theAikenu Mortgage and RiealtyCompany has been organiz- ed to handle the assets and to convert and Hquidatee as much of them as soon ‘as possible toward the end of the original plan of a new bank for Aiken. * 'i The enforced readjustment of his plans, Mr. Tarver said, will probably tend towards better results in the end because the success of the Aiken Mortgage and Realty Company, of which he seems assured, will allow him to secure a charter for a national bank instead of a State bank he said.— Aiken Standard. •"* * Grocer Body Formed For Sixth District It Code Authority Set Up for Aiken, Al lendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Hampton, Orangeburg. CARDS OF THANKS. The People-Sentinel wishes once more to call the attention of the pub^c to the fact that cards of thanks and notices of a like nature are classed as adver tising and are charged for at the rate of one cent a word, payable in advance unless the author baa a charge account Vith this newspaper. Obituaries, tributes of respect, etc., are charged f° r at the same rate. Reduction It Bright Administration Plans to Bring AH Growers in Line on Cotton Pro duction Cut. Washington, Feb. 10.—-The farm ad ministration announced today success is assured its cotton acreage reduc tion campaign At tire same time a congressional committee took another step calculat ed'to bring into-line that small body of producers who have refused to co operate in the plan. Cully A. Cobb, chief of the farm administration’s cotton section, said he would be prepared February 16th o recommend to Secretary W Clemson College, Feb. 12.—The association having offered to donate $2,000 for premiums to farmfers, the State-wide cotton conteat will be.con- ducted ugain thfa year of two years, announces Dr. W. W. Long, director of tKe extension ser vice. . / The cotton contest, begun in 1926 by the extension seiviee for better staple and more economic yields, was con tinued annually through 1981. There was no contest in 1982 or 1983, hut demonstrations to the same end were conducted by county farm AH. great) Improvement in cotton resulted from the contest*. Orangebuig, Feb. 11.—Grocery and food dealer a of the sixth district, com prising the counties of Aiken, Allen dale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Hampton and Orangeburg, set up their code authority here Thursday night. Whole sale and retail dealers were represent ed at the meeting, which wa s held at the chamber of commerce. • Four members were selected to compose the board as follows: Her man H. Hahn, of Aikeq, representing the independent retailers; W. A. Liv ingston, of Orangeburg, representing the independent wholesalers; W. F. Cato, of Aiken, the local chain retail- — ers, and B. C. Chapman, of Orange burg, the sectional and national re tailers. Headquarters were establish ed here and a permanent secretary-will be named in a few days. Complaints ofa employes in refer ence to wage a nod other matters wiH not be handled by the authority board. These complaints will go to the com pliance office in Charleston, and then to Washington, if necessary. that the Acreage i eduction program be declared effective but that “reason able time” be allowed producers who are unable to complete their con tracts by that date. . Senate and house o'enferees, in agreeing on a $40,000,000 crop pro duction loan appropriation, specified that farmer^ w b° refuse to "'cooperate in reduction program are net eligi ble for loans. The bill is a compro mise of the measures passed by each legislative body. This, coupled with the pending Bankhead bill to pface a tax of twelve cents a pound .on ..all cotton ginned over 9,000,000 bales in '34, is calculat- ed to bring many farmers not at first inclined to cooperate into line with the reduction plan. Barnwell Baptist Church* Sunday School—10:30 a. m. Morning Worship—11:30 a. m. ■ 'll. Y. P. U.—A place for all:—6:30 Evening Worship—7:30. Choir practice—Tuesday, 7:30 p. Midweek Prayer service, day at 7:30 p. m. H. H. Stembridge, Jr say* K. W. Hamilton, extenshra agromonist in charge of the work, who says in this connection: “In 1926, less than 20 per cent, of the South Carolina cotton'crop warn 16-16 inch in length or longer. Dur ing the next five years, when, contest* were held, the length increased over the State until 76 per cent, of the 1932 crop was 16-16 inch or longer. In 1938, the second yey after the last contest, the average for a crop decreased so that only 66 per cent, of it was 16-16 inch or longer." Mr. Hamilton points but that a good staple is more important now than ever before because of the reduction government program. Rules for the contest this year will be announced soon by Dr. Long. All the $2,000 donated by the association will go for premiums. Barnwell M. E. Church, South. ADVERTISE in Tha Sunday School, 10:30 a. m. Preaching,'11:30 a. m.* Subject: The Complete Avowal There will be no evening worship on account pf a union service at tha Baptist Church. / BLACKVILLE: — Preaching, 10:00 a. m., and Sunday School at 11:00 a. m. ■. / j — FULMER TO CONTINUE * -FIGHT AGAINST JUTE Washington, Feb. 12.—Declaring at the house agriculture committee meet ing today on the Bankhead cotton bin that he was opposed to farmers plow ing up cotton and faring taxed far overproduction and letting jute and products into the United Statsa free of tax, Congressman Fulmer said that sales on from two to three mil lion bales of cotton are being kat every year this way. He wtitTl he said, that legislation to tax be pushed with all possible / • . v ! *'• . .L-wi jI-VP.AJL 1 ■■