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far tHB OFFICIAL NEWBL^APEB OF BAKNWKIX OUUMTY. CoaMlMf^l Jbm U 1921. M Ju*t Like a Member of (he Family" VOLUME LVII. V-X BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MARCH 1ST, 19S4. NUMBER aRu'Lr Common Pleas Court to Convene March 12 Petit Jurors for First Week Were Drawn Monday.—Judge Oxner to Preside. A scheduled two weeks term of the Court of Common Plea s wilj convene at Barnwell on Monday, March 12th, with Judge G. Dewey Oxner, of Greenville, presiding. Only civil cases will be tried. Petit juror s for the first week were drawn Monday, a s k follows: Henry M. Bodiforjl, Blackville. Geo. K. Pickling, Blackville. J. A. Collins, Mt. Calvary. A. 0. Sanders, Big Fork. Matthew Lott, New Forest. D. Stanley Brown, Blackville. Lennie W. Hutto, Hilda. F. T. Merritt, WTlliston. James O. Long, Hilda. C. Stafford Creech, Barnwell. • Furman Givens, New Forest. J. Mim& Walker, Healing Springs. * B. F. Anderson, Dunbarton. J,, M. Brodie, Barnwell. * J. Farrell O’Gotman, Blackville. J. S. Plexico, Kline.. Wm. E. McNab, Barnwell. M. A. Owens, Ashleigh. L. E. Hair, Williston. W. B. Parker, Seven Pines. ' Geo. W. Delk, Hilda. S. B. Moseley, Barnwell. . ..W.-Ar^Storne, BlackvilW- B. M. Jenkins, Jr., Kline. Ben L. Peeples, Ellenton. L. A. Cave, Barnwell. J. L. Owens, Ashleigh. W. H.^Gilliam, Elko. Terrell Birt, Long Branch. C. F. Carter, Barnwell. ' Wmr H: Branch. Jack Waltz, Barnwell, Rr R. Check, Barnwell.-^ Walton Sprawls, Edisto. Manor W. Morris, Friendship. Claus Still, Ashleigh. Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Senae and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don't Know.' Highway Patrolman Rogers leaving his motorcycle, with the motor run ning, parked front of the post of fice; the speed of the motor was so accelerated by its own vibration that the machine toppled 6ver and scooted into an automobile narked *nparhy; fortunately no damage resulted. . . Cigarette s 11 inche s long and packed 5 to the box to evade the usual tax; they are designed to be cut into fcur regulation size “fags” and retail at ten cents. A youngster i s said to have originated the idea. . . Peo ple complaining about the weather, which, has been just one cold spell af ter another for the past several weeks. . . . Hunters oiling , up their shotguns and storing them away until the dove season opens next fall. . . . A thundershower, accom panied by high winds Sunday night followed by freezing temperature on Tuesday morning. . . And a farm er remarking that a thunderstorm in February means frost in April. . . Discussions of the acreage reduction campaign and several men expressing the opinion that the publication of the contracts submitted by many farmers e interesting reading"matter. - . . . The business section present ing a less busy appearance since the curtailment of CWA activities. . . Asparagus.-farmer s predicting' that the cutting season will be a short ono tips year. . . A couple of hunters braving Tusday’s bitter cold weather to take dhe mbreTrack at the birds. '$CH( OF STEWARDSHIP AND MISSIONS NEXT WEEK * Barnwell People Pay 89 Cents Per This County Sent $ 18,031.9Q^Last Year to Comptroller General’s Office./ ‘ y" The people of Barnwell County, through County Treasurer J. J. Bell, paid $18,031.90 into the State treas ury during the fiscal year -ending June 30, 1933, according to the annual report of A. J. Beattie, comptroller -a*. \ general. Per capita/THIs am/unt s toT 89 cents for' every man, woman and child in the county, which has a popu lation Cf 21,221, according to the last census.- Thi s does not include taxes paid into the treasury through the agencie^ other than the county treas- prer, such a s soft drink s taxes, auto mobile license fees and other similar 1 taxes. Allendale County, with a popula tion of 13,294, paid $9,926.12, or 74 cents per capita, while Bamberg County, with a population of 19,410, paid $12,768.92, or 66 cent s per capita. Charleston County paid the largest amount in the State, $194,093.56, or $1.92 per capita, and Clarendon Coun ty the smallest per capita with less than 47 cent s per person. The People-Sentinel’B Friends. Renewal subseiiption? to The Peo ple-Sentinel have been received dur ing the past week from the following good friends: • - ^ A. H. Croft, Blackville. J. L. Owens, Blackville, route 3. Mrs. W. F., Holmes, Columbia. Mrs. J. M. Grubbs, Barnwell, route 1 Miss Bert Christie,,Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. L. X. Owens, Dunbarton. B. F. Owens, Dunbarton. ” Luther Black, Elko. W. P. Sanders, Barnwell. ' B. M. Jenlyns, Sr., Kline. The following new subscribers have be£n added to the mailing list: GVy Paschal, Esq., Columbia. MrV B. B. Langley, Aiken. ’ J* Ls^ Johnston, Walterboro. W. Weeks, Blackville, route 2. The publisher hopes that other good friends whose subscriptions have expired, or are about to expire, will follow the example set by the above id send in their remit- ay. Every effort is publish a readable, complete family newspaper, but in order to do this it i^necessary to hate the cooperation of all subscribers. Please do not delay this rather impor tant matter any longer—let u g have <;heck or money order for the amount due NOW. Thanks. subscribers tances right being made Beginning Monday night, March 5, and running through Friday night, March 9, there ViU be held in the Barnwell Baptist \Church a Church School of Stewardship and Missions. The school will be divided into two general periods. L—A class- period of 45 minutes During this period the people will be divided into, three groups, as follows: one group for the men, another for AZALEA FESTIVAL CONTEST TO CLOSE SATURDAY NIGHT The Azalea Festival contest being sponsored by a number of Barnwell merchants and The People-Sentinel will close at nine o'clock Saturday night, March 3rd. The contest i s to select some lucky young woman in Barnwell County who will spend the week of March 16th to 23rd in Char leston a s guest of the festival to be known* as “Miss Barnwell” and will be eligible to compete in the selection of a “Queen of the Festival.” A s announced last week, all ex penses of the lucky winner, including room and meals at the Fort Sumter or Francis Marion hotel, will be paid for seven days. The girl winning second place in the contest will also be given a trip to Charleston as a companion to “Mis s _ Bdrnwell.” Young ladies whose name s have already been entered are as follows: Miss’ Florence Sanders, Barnwell. Miss Hilda Martin, BarnwelUv Miss Pauline Holman, Barnwel Miss Dorothy Sanders, Barnwel' Miss Elizabeth Mace, Barnwell Miss Marian Bolen, Barnwell.,' Miss Mildred Storne, Blackville. h^ach of these young ladies has been credited with 10,000 yotes and others interested in entering will find all necessary information in the lad- issue. The Azalea Festival will last for seven full days. Round s of entertain ment and all other necessary things Owens Urges Workers to Secure Other Jobs Drastic Cut in CWA Payrolls to Be FcJIowed by Gradual {tafaction Each Week. show at the Johnson Hagood sta March 14 and 15. And on the the second annual Charleston golf tournament -hr which more than* 100 playfers will compete, will open. The player s will include most of the country’s greatest professionals, such stars as Gene §aVazen, WalteP*Hagen, Johnny Farrell, Joe Kirkwood, Craig Wqodx -Ed Dudley. -Horton. Sm 11h, Moi / » "pFdximatety T 700 To 479 Barr tie Dutra, F. Owens, administrator of the mwell County Federal Emergency Relief Administration, told a repre sentative of The People-Sentinel Mon day morning that the CWA payrolls in this county have been cut ffom ap- TTr _ „ . prextmatety i;70O To 479T'Thi's hum- 1 y ox ; DeMmpre be gradually reduced by 10 The tournament to make the festival a success have been arranged by the Festival Com** mittee and the county contest winner* will be played on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 15th, 16th and Iftn. On the 16th, the azalea festival, that part of the celebration apart from the sports phases, will open with a grand parade that will rival the famous parade of the New Orleans Mardi Gras. That night there will be a grand ball at the commodiou s Isle of Palms pavilion with a nationally known orchestra playing. The 17th will be known a s golf day, with the grand wind-up of the big open tournament at the Charleston’ Country Club. That night, there will be another big ball. ' \ Sunday, the 18th. will bring a pik gnpiage to beautiful Summerville where a big program has been arrang ed. \ ' Mondhy, the 19th, will be known, as “State Port Day.^ Tbis wTll be fea tured by a spectacular water pageant off the Battery, at which beauty queens from South Carolina town s and cities will be introduced*— :are“assured erf-ff "WonddrfurTrTpi lree of expense^ to them. -A-coupon good for 10,000 *Votes'~as~ Marion Talley, noted colortura so prano, whose debut in opera at thfc Metropolitan several years ago wa 3 a , . “ ; night, the 20th. an entrance gift will be found in this musical sensation, will give a concert at the academy of . music Tuesday: This will be “Navy paper, and girls who have not enter ed yet are asked to clip thi s coupon and send it to tly s paper immediately so their names can be entered. Tickets can be secured only from merchants who are sponsoring this contest and whose advertisements are found elsewhere in Tha People-Sen tinel. . . CHARLESTON WILL HAVE HUGE SPRING FESTIVAL the ladies, and a third for the 'y° un K people. The leaders for these groups aje Rev. W. S. Brooke, field man for the Baptist Geneial Board, who will teach the men; Mrs. J. B. Boatwright, lavy yard Day”, and the Charleston will be thfown open to visit On Wednesday, the 24th, six ^blocks of King street will be the scen^g of President cf the South Carolina W. M. U., will teach the ladies, and MiS^ Mary Lawton, W. M. U. State worker for the young people, wiil teach the ycqng people’s group. 2. The second period of 30 minute s will be given to hearing reports frem the classes, a brief devotional period, and closing with a 20 minute inspira tional message, either by some mem ber of the faculty cr a visiting speaker. From the above it will be seen that the entire evening service will last only about one hour and a quarter. Thet public is invited to this school, and it is earnestly hoped that each member of the church will make a special effort to afttend each setvice. These workers are well acquainted with what they are trying to do, and their services are constantly in de mand all over the State. A The 'ladies will use books in their classes.- For the men, Mr. Brooke will make little use of the book, but will talk to them each night. Come the first night, and we feel sure you will come each night after that. Ser vices begin each nig*nt at 8:00 o’clock. The woiker s are also anxious to hold as many day meetings as possi ble in the rural churches. On Tues day a meetipg will be held at Mount Calvary, Wednesday at Rosemary and Friday at Long Branch. These meet ings will begin at 3:00 o’clock,. H. H. Stembridge, Jr., Pastor. Hog Reduction Pregram. All farmers who might be interest ed in the Jiog reduction program are asked to meet at the Court House in Barnwell on Saturday morning March 3rd, at 11 o’clock. J. R. Hawking will be here to ex plain thi g reduction program and the contracts. H. G. BOYLSTON, • County Agent. Charleston, Feb. 27.—Charleston next month is going to surround its famou s flower—the azalea—with such a festival as South Carolina has not known in years. A really stupendu- ous prograth for a period starting bn MHrch 14 and extending through the 24tK will make this city the Mecca of thousands of visitors. The festival, coming at a time when the woild-renowried azalea gardens are usually at the height of their bloom ing will be the first of what the city is to make annual even?s. For de cades the Charleston gardens have at tracted visitors from all over the world, hjow Charleston will add each spring a gala celebration. .For the first of these, there will be a program meeting the taste s of all. Backed by the entire city the festival committee ha» spared nothing in 'arranging the festival attractions. First there will be a big-time horse a monster cafhival. And on this N daY will come the selection of the que of the festival, a ceremony over whic Governor Ibra C. Blackwood will preside. The next day will bb “Army Day”, and a beautiful pageant, "The "Four Seasons,” will be given in the Johnson Hagood stadium. The queen of the festival wilP have the place of honor in this. In the evening, two nationally- known boxers will head a big fight rd. Friday will bring what will perhaps be the most talked of event of the fes tival—the Grand Colonial ball. It will be known as “Colonial Day,” and the program for the day will include one of the striking dies s parades of the corp s of cadets at The Citadel, a contest in the street among Charles ton’s famous negro hucksters, a pro gram of negro spirituals at the Acade my of Music, and a fashion show. The festival will elope on Saturday, “Gardens Day.” In addition to the attraction listed here, there -will be events such as night-clubs, club luncheons, fashion shows, sight-seeing tours of the city and environs, boat trips band con certs, art exhibits^ oyster roast s at the beaches. :—, to 25 per cent, each week and by the latter part of April the entire force will, have been demobilized. “No new workers are being added to the relief work payrolls,” Mr. Owens said, “and I am urging every body who can possibly do so to. secure a job elsewhere—either on the farm or in some other line of endeavor. The quota of jobs allotted to this county ha s already been cut to the bohe and there is absolutely rib likelihood that it will be increased. On the b<m- trary, our orders are to decrease the number now employed from 10 to 25 per cent, each week, and it is expect ed that the force s will be entirely demobilized in about six weelcsr “Those released from the payrolls should i* looking elsewhere for em ployment if they have not already done go, w]iile Jthcse^lill employed are urged and advised to secure jobs as fast as possible in anticipation their release from the CWA zaticn. ' .. “There tg still tlHreTor er s to secure employrpCrit on the farms in the county, either as share /yagoJbimK” The local National Reemployment Office request s that all farmers report the names of their employees on the farms for this year, so that their name s can be taken out of the active files. N. G. W. WALKER, Mgr. Feb. 26, 1934. Cotton Checks to Aid in Crop Production Hope Expressed That First $50,000,- 000.00 Will Be Distributed at Early Date. Criminal Court Ends After 1-Day Session Ten Cases Disposed of at Abbreviated Term Preaided Over by Judge G. Dewey Oner. It may be true that "the mill, of the gods grind alowly/’ but Judge G. Dewey Oxner, of Greenville, threw the machinery of the Court of Gen eral Sessions into high gear here Monday and disposed of ten criminal cas>e$, “C<5Urt betrig adjourned sine die late that afternoon. Four of the tew were for violitlona of the prohibition taw, two of the defendant^ pleading guilty and light sentences being im posed. The list of the cases disposed of is a s follows: Herman Cook pleaded guilty to violating the prohibition law and waa sentenced to four months at hard labor; upon payment of $50, balance of sentence to be suspended durir good behavior. - ,—-- ■ Frank Owens, charged with/tfola- tion of the (prohibition law, was tried in his absence and found guilty, a sealed sentence being imposed. Jim Oliver was ated tried in his ab sence for the same crijpe and was likewise convicted. He was sentenced to forir months at hard labor, balance of sentence to be suspended during good behavior upon payment of $15. rge of house-breaking and larceny (dwelling of Cliff Green) and was sentenced to two years at hard labor. Ben Green, Charged with house breaking and larc ny (store of the Barnwell Fruit CoX," pleaded guilty and was sentenced to\three years at hard-labor.- Otis Cook pleaded charge of violating the A warning is hereby issued to the traveling public that the bridges on the -county roads in Barnwell County are im- |lj safe for loads in excess of 2,000 pounds. Those hauling loads in excess of 2,000 pounds over said bridges will do so A THEIR OWN RISK. By order of: Board of County Directors, by Perry B. Bush, 'Clerk Clem son College, Feb. 24.—“It is our hope that the distribution of the first 50 million dqllarg of the 1934 cot ton program will Viable a large num ber of prpducer s to utilize these funds in making their crop,” says C. A. Cobb, chief of the cotton production section of the Agricultural Adjust ment. Administration, in a message to the Extension Service. ‘The advan tage, of departing from the ordinary, credit system i s obvious to every cot ton producer. But I would emphasize that the distribution of the check s is dependent to a large degree upon the prompt completion of the outstanding contracts.” Mr. Cobb expresses the belief tha approximately 15 million acres has been offered for rental in the 1934 program and that when complete re turns are tabulated it will bo shown that the goal of the adjustment cam paign has been reached. On the basis of contracts tabulated up to Feburary 17, it wa 8 shown that 789,000 pro ducers had offered approximately 13,- 000,000 acres. It was emphasized, however,, that this was by nd means ty to tha prohibition law and was sentenced to four monthg at hard labor; upon payment of $25, balance of sentence to be suspended during good behavior James Greatheart, charged with sault and battery upon the person Ben Gantt, pleaded guilty to the'' charge cf assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced to-48--months at hard-labor." —Frank Little, Frank Joneg and An nie Jone B were charged with house breaking and larceny and receiving stolen goods (store of W. H. Ken nedy and Son, of Williston). Little pleaded guilty to the 1st and 2nd counts of the indictment and wa g sen tenced to three years at hard labor. the final return, and it was believed tfiat the contracts .still in. the hands of county committee s and field workers, together with the untabulated con tracts, would bring the total to. around 15 million acres. The total cost of the 1934. cotton program /l g estimated at 130 million doljars. The first rental payment of 50 million dollars will be distributed as soon a s contract s are received in Washington and given administrative review and .approval. The second in stallment of the rental payment will be distributed in July of the present year, and fina l payment of at least one cent per po^nd on .40 per cent, of the producer’s base production is in tended for distribution in December of 1934. / —%—T — Services at Allen’s ChapeL—" There will, be services at Allen’s Chapel Church next Sunday morning, March 3rd, at 11:00 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. S. W. Danner, of Orange burg, who will deliver the sermon. AD members are urged to be present. Frank Jones and Annie Jones were tried, the former being acquitted and the latter convicted of receiving and storing stolen goods, s sentence of 18 months being imposed. Will Cox, charged with the larceny of an overcoat and a pair of gloves from Herman I. Mazursky, Esq., pleaded giulty and was sentenced to six months at hard labor. Sam Jacobs and Bourey Ford were charged w ith larceny and receiving stolen goodg ($810 belonging to John Eve); Jacobs pleaded guilty to the first count of the indictment and was sentenced to five years at hard labor; the esse against Ford was nol pressed. In the Presentment of the Grand -Jury it wag stated that committees had been appoint©(^from that body to investigate the different departments of the county government and^thstw full report would be made at a future term of Court. 1934 Political Ice Broken by Crouch Former County Superintendent ef Education to $eek Old Job in Coming primaries. The political ice in\Barnwell County was broken this week by Horace J. Crouch, of Elko, who makes bis: formal announcement in this issue of The People-Sentinel as a candidate for the office bf county superintendent of education in the/Democratic primary election. He needs no introouction to, the voters of »the county, ed for 22 years in the positionX which he is seeking again prior to hi g defeat in the 1930 /election. Since from office, he has been actively^ gaged in educational work—as intendent of the Hilda schools more recently, as a member of Williston faculty. Mr. Crouch said Tuesday that ho will make an active campaign this 1