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BP THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.^a Barnwell CotmIUIIsS Jim L 1«SA VOLUME LVIL 'JuaI Llkwi a Mambmr of thm Family 9 ' 1 1 I ■■■■■*■ I ■' ■ ■ II ■ ■■■ ■ ■ ■ -I—■■ mu ■ ■ ■!» II !■ BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JULY 5TH, 1934. ASSOCIATION URGES SUBSTITUTING BLUE EAGLE ADOPTS RESOLUTION AFTER HEATED DEBATE Dekgrates at Annual Meeting Charged That PoliticUna AKe Forced to Use Union Label. The South Carolina Press Associa tion. at the opening meeting Thurs day night of its two-day convention at the Fort Sumter Hotel in Charles ton, passed a resolution favoring the prohibition of the use of the union label as an imprint on all iob print- Ing, especially political or campaign literature. The newspaper publishers and edi tors suggested substituting the blue eagle for the union label, and depre cated the practice of labor union mem bers in attempting to intimidate pur chasers of printing, especially politi cal candidates, into using the union label. The resolution wa 8 passed by a vote of more than two to one, eleven persona eligible to vote refusing to dp so. The resolution was voted on Thursday night over strenuous efforts to have it referred to the resolutions corpmittee and voted on Friday morn- Seen and Heard Here ^During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. C. E. (“Mountain Lion”) Sloan mak ing rem^ D. Johnson’s political affiliations in Charleston that resulted in a fist fight Monday after noon in the City by the Sea between Sloan and State Senator J. C. Long, County.—r- Blease and Manning Tragedy Averted in in Lead, Stone Says Train Wreck at Yale Pearce and Johnaton Are Strong Fac tors Yet, Greenville Prognosti- -T - - - 1 - ^ cator Asserts. of Charleston And Ing. A section that the national code authority declared the use of the union label and the methods outlined in the remainder of the resolution unfair competition, and_that it issue an order making it manditory to use, the code insignia as a part of the imprint of all ts, t!i union and non-union, was (filled by a margin of one vote. The resolution was voted on section by section, and then as a whole. Coe'rion is Charged. The resolution was introduced by B. P. Davies, of The Barnwell People- Sentinel, who said that he knew per sonally of instances in South Carolini where candidates were being coerced by unicn members into having their printing done in plants where the union label can be used. He said he alw«y 8 had been- in sympathy with trade unions in efforts to remedy cer tain conditions in industry, but that he considered it a man’s constitutional right to buy frcm whom he pleased. He pointed out that a’l printing plants in South Carolina, both union and non-union, are operating now un- —tfgr thr graphic—arts cede—with a S“ political observer remarking that Johnston lost votes to Sloan at the Barnwell meeting and that Tom Pearce strengthened his political fences in this county. . . And others pre* dieting that former Senator Cole L. Blease will lead at the Banwell box for the first time in quite a number of years. . . Several greatly needed showes the first part of the week. . . . An auto turning the corner at The-Pcoplc-Scntinel office so fast that gasoline poured from the top of the Jtank for nearly half a block. . Ratfier discouraging repots as to the progress of the crops. '. , Idis Brabham, of Hattieville, a member of the county board of directors, renew ing his subscription to The People- Sentinel. . . And likewise W. H. Nix, of the Hilda section. . Paul E. Allen, who is again a candidate for cotton weigher at BlackviHe. Mr. Al len and the editor’s good friend, Eu gene Boylston, have established some sort of a record for length of service on this job. . . A chocolate brown negress trying to acquire “a coat of tan” by wearing a sun-back dress. minimum scale of wages and a sched ule of price s affecting all alike. Opposition to the resolution was led by Allison Lee, of the Laurens Advertiser, and W. W. Ball, editor of The News and Courier, who contended that the matter was a legitimate topic for discussion in editorial columns, but was not one to be handled in this way. Mr. Ball said there was a need in South Carolina for outspoken views on just such subjects as this in the columns of the • newspapers of the State. Ed DeCamp, editor of the Gaffney Ledger, advocated an attitude of moderation, saying the he doubted the constitutionality of the resolution. 0. K. WilMams, of the Williams Printing company, of Spartanburg, said’' that his company does not operate a union shop, that his competitor has a union composing "room and a non-union press The papers P. M. Dees, o/ the Winnsboro News and Herald, president of the associa tion. opened the meeting and introduc ed Mr. Ball, who welcomed the dele gates and told some reminiscences of former meetings, being the oldest member present. Mr. Dees said that it was time for South Carolinians to lose their infeiiority complex and to stop advocating the modeling of new laws, institutions and taxes after Vir ginia, North Carolina, Georgia or any other State. Cites Code’s Ideals. Mk. Dees saiAalso that everything else has paled a/id faded in the print ing industry before the code. He urg ed the members to get a vision of the ideals behind the cede and to see the spirit behind it,N that of getting men back to work at honest wages. Mr. Ball said there was more op portunity today than ever for a man to make good with a country news paper. He warned against N failing to produce first clas^ papers, saying that if their present owners do not tpake them the organs of local opinkn, someone else will come and take thenk The daily newspapers are becoming more and more news purveyors and en tertainers, he added, leaving the field of editorial opinion to local Weklies. Bill Arp Lowrance, of the Mecklen burg Times, of Charlotte, and code administrator for section A-2 and A-5 for North Carolina, was introduced. Roy Storne, of Greenville, “political prognosticator,” who has gained con siderable fame by his biennial predic- tion 8 on the results of South Carolina gubernatorial contests, was in Char leston yesterday, and expressed the belief that Cole L. Blease, former gov ernor, and Wyndham M. Manning, of Sumter, legislator, are the leading candidates for governor at the present time. “I would not at all be surprised to None Seriously HBft Whew Paaaewger 1 Trans Crashed Near Barnwell Early Satarday. v see a repetition of the 1916 race be tween Blease and the late Richard I. Manning, father of the Sumter rep resentative,” he said. “Pearce and Johnston still are factors to be reckon ed with,” he added, “but the sentiment now is running toward Blease and Manning.” f ^ Successful Forecaster. Mr. Stone’s political prognostica tions, issued in advance of the primar- Eighty boys and girls enroute from Miami, Fla., to a camp in the North Carolina mountains miraculously es caped injury and death early Saturday morning when the pullman cars in which they were traveling were side- swiped by a southbound passenger tran and derailed three miles north of Barnwell. Eleven other passengers, together with the engineer, “Smoke” Thompson and Fireman Watts, were injured, nnnp aprininly-—The engine HARLEY HONORED BY HOME FOLKS AT MEETING FRIDAY ies, have been an interesting feature of the South Carolina elections for years. With remarkable success, he has predicted the results of many races. Mr. Storne predicts not 'ontyf~of the winner, but the exact number of votes each candidate will obtain in each county of the State. ' His predictions are widely read, and excite much comment during the cam paign JHe has added a_ new feature by which each person to whom his predictions are sent will attempt to outguess him oh the results. Between campaigns, Mr. Stone is an insurance broker, selling insurance companies. He was a resident of Charleston from 1912 to 1915. Recently Mr. Stone has visited several secticn 8 of the State, and Tuesday wa s present at the opening of the State campaign tour in Lexing ton. He also* attended the State Democratic convention. In Charles ton yesterday, he was endeavoring to sound cut this city’s political senti ments. Lexiagion Meeting and three cars of train No. 23, and three pullmans of train No. 24 were derafledj, three on one side of the track and three on the other. The track was torn^up and the scene lit tered with wreckage, but the main line wag opened again by three o’ clock Saturday afternoon and train service resumed. The collision occurred at Yale, where there is a passing track. Train No. 23, from Columbia to Savannah, piloted by Thompson, was running about three hours late. No. 24 had orders to take the siding at Yale. Thompson says that he saw the light (T nurthbound train wtrHe his train was some distance away. He noted that No. 24 was pulling on to the siding. A box car on the side track obscured the headlight of the Columbia bound train and Thompson Bankhead Cotton Act ^pUi^dby Coop„ Handle Tagging for All of New Crop. y Columbia, June 30.—Salient features of the Bankhead cotton control act were pointed out today by Robert M. Cooper, collector of internal revenue, whose office will have a prominent part in the enforcement of the act. —Under the act the Internal revenue collector’s office will handle the tag ging of cotton harvested and ginned after June 1, 1934, while county agents will be in charge of the tag ging of cotton harvested and ginned before that time. “Every ginner” said Cooper, “must keep an accurate daily record of all ginning done after June 1. When one or more gin plants are operated, a separate record must be kept for esc| plant, the record showing the name concluded that it h»d cl»r«i the_«Ma| each jniiw dUB«m Hi UlWl ut line and extinguished its lights, as customary. He did not discover and address of the owner of the cot ton ginned, the date ginned and the net weight of each bale." The time for making applications for exemption tags under the Bank- head measure ha g been extended from July 1 to August 1, Cooper wa s noti fied. As of the last day of each calendar month, a return must be prepared by At the campaign opening at Lex ington, Mr. Stone noted, besides the ^ain was^also dispatthd from Colam la that several coaches were still on the main line until it was too late to avoid the crash. The news of the accident wa s re potted to J. N.. Andersen, agent at Barnwell, by a member of one of the train crews, and from the description given, Mr. Anderson concluded that many passengers had either been killed or seriously injured and he im mediately summoned several ambu lances and doctor 8 from Columbia and one from Allendale. In a short time they arrived at the scene, which was one of utter confusion but fortunately their services were not needed except to treat minor cuts and bruises. A “professional cheering sections, con siderable interest in Blease’s remarks. In Blease’s speech he saw definite'in- dications jhat the_ foimer governor will have a fight tolhe finish with Olin D. Josnston, who was practical ly his running mate in 1930, when Blease was seeking re-election to the senate. He cited several instances where he discovered that mill vote sen timent, about which there has been considerable debate, was in favor of Blease and not Johnston. He consid ers Manning the candidate who has most improved hi s chances in recent weeks. “All in all,” he said, “we are going to have the most interesting and one the most heated campaigns in the history of the State.”—The News and Courier. Cotton Lost to Fungi. room but does not U8e~the union > # label and that he knew or instances ® f .. " 0 . r of coercion as outlined.by Mr. Davies. Text of Resolution. Following is the resolution: “Whereas all printing plants in South Carolina, both union and non union, are now operating under the graphic arts code of NRA, with a maximum scale of hours, a minimum scale of vvfcges and a schedule of prices affecting all alike. i “Therefore, be it resolved by the South' Carolina Press* association in meeting assembled at Charleston, S. C., thig 28th day of June, 1934: “That he deprecate the practice of labor union members in attempting to intimidate purchasers' of printing, es pecially candidates for a political of- fice. ■ “That we favor prohibiting the use of the union label as an imprint on all job printing {and most especially on ^political or campaign literatara and advertising matter) and advocate sub stituting therefor the tBlue Eagle of the graphic arts code under which all the printing plantg are now operating. “That the daily and weekly news papers of the State be requested tb publish these resolutions in a promi nent place in an early edition of their N. C.f on Inc.”; C. A. Baumgart, of Chicago, national cede administrator cf Sec tions A-2 and A-5, and Lawrence M. Pinckney, State NRA compliance di rector, were heard during the closing sessions Friday. All officers were reelected, os fol lows: P. M. Dees, of Winnsboro, president; William E. Gonzales, editor of The State, Columbia, first vice- president; B. P. Davies, of Barnwell, second vice-president; H. C. Booker, of Columbia, secretary, and F. C. Withers, business manager of The State, treasurer. Members of thfe executive commit tee are Ed H. DeCamp, of Gaffney; A. B. Jordan, of Dillon; J. W. Chap man, of Greenville; W. G. Hazel, of Bennettsville. and E. Br McSweeneyr of Allendale, with the addition of 0. K. Williams, of the Williams Printing Co., of Spartanburg, and C. C. Berry, of the Berry Printing Co.» of Orange burg, because of the affiliation of job printer* with the organisation. Invitations were received from Clemson College, July 2.—Wide- spread reduction of cotton stands have been caused largely by damping-off Supt. W. D. Roberts, of the Ep- Aliy tovited to -tgm sion entomologist, who thinks, how ever, that damping-off will probably not reduce the cotton stand further this season because the plants are rapidly passing the stage where they are susceptible and because dry weather is not conducive to damping off damage. “It is important that farmers be advised regarding the true nature of the disease since there is a ten dency to attribute the loss of stand to wilt,” Mr. Nettles says. “To discredit the value of wilt-resistant vari|ties of cotton would be most unfortunate. Letters and specimens have been re ceived during the past month stating that cotton is dying where farmers planted wilt-resistant varieties. In tme instance twelve acre 8 of a thirty- bia to the scene of the wreck and the passengers were transferred and car ried on to the capital city. bales and pounds of cotton ginned by him and the amount of cotton which waa returned to the producers- to be stored as well a 8 the cotton ginned for a crop harvested before thig year and which is exempt from the tax—a com plete report account for bale tags'is sued as well as an account of all cer tificates of tagging issued by the gin ner covered in the return. “The tax,” Cooper eaid, “shall he due and payable -to the collector at the time fixed for the return.” If the producer, he said, does not want to payTTiiTtax, he has the alter native of taking the ginnod cotton home to be stored there or in a ware house and to each such bale must bo be attached a lien card, showing the weight, time of ginning and the amount of tax due. The lien card will carry a statement that the cotton is subject to a lien in favor of the Two wrecking,crew, .rriv,d l»ter | „ n . |ari f „ r t|> , , m „ unt tht in the morning and succeeded in get ting the main line open by mid after noon. However the derailed engine tax payable. Any person who transportg except to the place of storage, sells, pur- and can wen not. gotten back on the cha „ s or open , luch , ul , of rott0B track until Monday night. Thompson, Watts and the 11 injur ed passengers were carried to a Col umbia hospital and information re ceived here ig to the effect that none is badly hurt. Thompson, with three broken ribs, is said to be more seri ously injured than any of the others. It is a conicidence that 30 years ago Thompson was engineer on one of two freight trans that collided at the identical scene of Saturday morning’s wreck. before a bale tag is issued under the act and is attached 1$ liable to fc fine not exceeding $1,000 or six months imprisonment or both. EPWORTH ORPHANS TO GIVE PROGRAM SUNDAY Services at Friendship. Sunday school will be held at the Friendship Baptist Church next Sun day afternoon, July 8th, at three o’ clock. Preaching services will be con ducted at four p. m. by the Rev. Tarle- ton Sanders. The annual protracted meeting will start Sunday, July 22nd, with services at four p. m., conducted by the Rev. Mr. Sanders, who will preach twice daily thereafter. The public is cor- Wednesday, July 11th, has been set BARNWELL CANDIDATE GIYBf —: SUITCASE V :: “Mcuntain Lion” Sloan Charges That Johnston la Snpported by Char leston Bootleggers. 1 . Col. J. E. Harley, of this city, candi date for lieutenant-governor, wa* pre sented with a handsome suitcase by his friends and several lovely bou quets of flowers by a bevy of attrac tive young ladies at the campaign meeting hare Friday, which was fee- turned by a promise of hotter times ahead, a thunderclap of personal ex changes intensifying the governor's race at the close of the second cam-; paign week. The meeting was held in the Barn well court house, which was filled to capacity by an attentive audience. A large banner waa stretched in front of the building welcoming the visitors a 8 follows: “Welcome to Barnwell, the home of J. E. Harley, candidate for Lieutenant-Goveriior. We aW for him J00 Per Cent” Mrs. H. L. Buist, of Blackville, was presiding when the candidates for lieutenant-governor were presented. After introducing Colonel Harley, the presiding officer recognised Senator Edgar A. Brown, who presented the Barnwell candidate with the memento from his support ers. Colonel Harley expressed hia appreciation, but did not make a “poli tical spee^,” giving fils allotted time to.his throe opponents, J. E Bryson, of Greenville, J. H. Cooper, of Colum bia, snd Fred D. West, of Abbeville. The Greenville man paid a high com pliment to Colonel Harley when be said that if he were not himself u candidate he would support the Barn well candidate. The Associated Press account of the meeting was aa follows: Olin D. Johnaton, of Spartanburg, anti-highway candidate, was accuaed by Senator C. E. Sloan, of Greenville, of being “the biggest friend of the highway department here” in a cli matic attack following jabs At John ston by two other candidates. Sloan also asserted Johnston, only avowsd “personal and political dry” in the race, was running as a prohibi tionist in the predominantly dry up state, but was supported by “boot leggers” at Charleston. The- Spartanburg .naan, took a 15 bill offered by Sloan to “any candidate who can aay I made a misstatement.’* He later offered to return it but Sloan waved it aside and planked down an other. Lieutenant-Governor James 0. Shep pard, whom Sloan asserted had taken extra legislative pay with Representa tive W. M. Manning, of Sumter, and Johnaton, declared “I never promised not to take such compensation, and I ought to take your second $5 but 111 let you keep it.” Candidates in the race for commis sioner of agriculture erupted another volcanic discharge of criticism at each other which J. Roy Jones, the incum bent, said would be hia last “from the stump.” Approximately 350 voters filled the Barnwell court house to its doors as the twenty-three candidates wets in- troduced by Senator Edgar A.Browiy : dUt CTiurch next Sund.yjnornin* ^ ., work ^ , nd , he menlber , 11:30 o clock. They give a 0 f congregation are urged to come varied program of songs and talks The evening worship will be at 8:30 o’clock. - The pastor will teach the men’s class at 10:30 a. m. C. H. Smith Dies. prepared to clean up grounds and cemetery. the church MEEKS—LAZAR. Aiken, June 30.—Miss Willie Ines . Tt - Meeks and Arthur Lazar were married WHiistcn, July 1.—C. H. Smith, a FridJy moning >t u o'clock in St. lifelong, reaident of thu plaee. died Tht|dde)1|[ Ep!t< . op(t Rey . wa . liam Johnson, the rector, performing suddenly here Thursday afternoon. At the time of bis death he resided with his sister, Mrs. Susie Drummond. He was 60 years old and the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wi'liam Smith. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Drum- the ceremony. The bride wore *n attractive dress of navy blue flat crepe with white accessories and carried prayerbook i * \ n with a shower cf valley lilies, and mond, of WiH.Bton; two brother.. Dr- ^ u het only .ttendant Mia. Viola W. W. Smith, of Baltimore, M. Smith, of Augusta, also a ef nephews and nieces. , ’ 1 Harvel, of Augusta, who wore a light num r | brown suit with a shoulder corsage of ‘ pink rosebuds.-— ZL20. %L . W 1 U * *”• After a toChari^ Mr. a* county Democratic chairman, and Mrs. H. L. Buist, vice-chairman. Leppard Asks Enrolment Ben T. Leppard, of Greenville, State Democratic chairman, made an air plane trip to attend his first current campaign meeting. He was applauded when he urged: “Let’s all enroll and be interested in politics as never be fore for a bigger, better and! greater Democratic party and to support our president’s policies.” The State liquor issue, to be voted upon with the candidates in the first primary, August 28th, elicited discus sion by Cole L. Blease, former gov ernor and United * States senator; Sheppard, Manning, Cooke and Sean. Blease announced, as Sheppard haft earlier, ”1 taka a drink whan I want tt” and in reiterating his support ef ton and ending at Asheville, Orangeburg end Bennettsville for thelO. O. McIntyre, who/has ex] next convention. Ed DeCamp, of the' Gaffney Ledger, proposed that next year’s session be a five-day tour of the CaroAias, beginning at Charies- Damping-off fungi have been respon sible in every instance for the reduc ed stand and not cotton wilt as the farthers suspected.” for the past few months his death came as a shock to the munity. ^ —. and that expressed s wish to see Charleston, and Arthur Brisbane be invited. Announce ment of a decision on thig will be made later. Funeral services were held at the residence Friday afternoon and inter ment followed in the local cemetery. • The ladies of the local iMrs. Laser-will make their home in Com ‘I Aiken, , where Mr. Lazar is employed by The Aiken Standard. S. S. The Barnwell and Bamberg Baptist Baptist' Sunday School Convention will be held Church served a delicious chicken din-1 at St. John's Baptist ner Friday, Campaign Day, and net- Ehrhardt, on W< | ted a neat sum for the Building Fund, day, August 1st and 2nd. ■Mii local option said: “If a majority of the people vote what they oR wot, kelp to frame some law will express their wish, that wft net violate the State constitatiea, and wffl be a sane, sensible law.” Sheppard and Stoaa urged of the liquor largest in the (CONTINUED ON FACE