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OFFICUL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.\ ■rt- -j •>- a-.-; 1 JF9M k-^ "m CmmMtfi Jim L 191L VOLUME LVIL —'V ■ » Worst Dry Spell on Record Affects West Mu»t Llkea Mai of lha Family” BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JULY 26TH, 1984. NUMBER 47. f Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week Staggering Blow Dealt as Crop Loeees A ■ / —— A * Are Counted in Hundreds of Millicci Dollars. Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. *' Kansas City, Mo., July —Suffer* ing acutely from the worst drought in, its history, the Mid-West and South- ( Another of the large pine trees in the Episcopal Churchyard being struck by lightning. . . .W. E. McNab Local Golf Course * ’ • Now Bejng Repaired Force oil Workmen Started Cleaning Fairways Monday.—Lake Dam ^ to Be Replaced. Golf enthusiasts of Barnwell County will be interested in the announce ment that a force of laborers Monday / west tonight counted their crop loss Porting out a typographical error in morning started the work of repair- Bankhead Cotton Control Act, was be- in the hundreds of millions of dollars. 1J ,1 "'' Official fand semi-official sources. reporting the widespread damiege, said each additional day of the with ering heat would add thousands of dollars to the tremendous toll already exacted, and the weather forecast said the blazing, rainless spell would continue indefinitely. A shortage of water in some sec tions addend to the suffering. Springs and wells dried up. Rivers and streams were low. The situation in Western irrigation district 8 was acute. Barren pasture land and lack of water caused distress among * live stock. Thousands of head were aold to the government for processing. Forced selling because of the water shortage and burned meadows, brought a heavy influx of livestock that threatened demoralization of the City livestock market. Nearly 60,000 head were received this week, and * larger number was expected imirt week. A five-State drought conference was called by the federal department of agriculture, to meet in Kansa? City Monday, to discuss the increasingly serious situation. Representatives from Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Arkansas will attend. In Nebraska alone, the crop dam age was estimated officially at $160,- 000,000. Corn Outlook Bad. In Missouri, the corn crop lost some 100,000,000 bushels in July and con tinued io drop with each additional day of drought. The oat yield was estimated at only 10 per cent of the normal crop, the lowest yield in the State’s history. Pastures were only 15 to 20 per cent, of normal, an^ de basing rapidly. Corn rapidly ap- roached the condition of no yield at all, and even a bumper corn crop would leave the State short of feed to carry cattle through the winter be- cause of~ losg ef hay and forage crops. Thirty per cent, of the farmers over the State were hauling water. Fif teen per cent, had trouble getting any water at all. In some places, live stock had to be driven 10 miles to water. In Minnesota, Ralph Crim, assist ant State agronomist, said losses had run into the millions, with each addi tional day of the heat’s further' dam aging the com crop. The loss to small grain, he said, had run from -four fifths to one-half of the crop. Southern Iowa expected only half its usual crop. A government official said many farmers in the triangular area between DesMoines, Shenandoah and Centervillehad harvested no oats, no wheat, very little hay, and their com was worth no more than fodder. Tank cars are hauling drinking water to Creston, Iowa, and many farmers over the State were hauling water! In contrast to the serious situation in Southern Iowa, crops in the northwest section were in good condition. Oklahoma Victim. Federal investigators in Oklahoma were making a survey of the drought needs in various area* of the State. Previously, federal statisticians had reported thp com crop was a failure in nine counties, and was not more than 10 per cent, normal in 21 other counties. The entire State was listed in the emergency drought area by the government. In Arkansas, the extension service reported severe crop damage in counties. Use of water was restricted in some areas. North Dakota’s prospective yield of wheat, oats, barley, rye and flax was the smallest in years. Office of the federal statistician for North Dakota reported farmers had estimated the heat wave had damage^ their crops 10 to 25 per cent. /Pastures and ; meadows also suffered. Wells and other sources of prater supply dried UP — Texas’ wheat Harvest wag placed by the United States department of agri culture at niAe bushels an acre, com pared with/the normal yield of 12 bushels. Most of the yield was har vested before the worst drought dam age. /Cantaloupes and watermelons suffered a 50 per cent. loss because of edition of The People-Sen tinel and another good friend in a neighboring town writing the editor as follows: “You are certainly doing yourselves and Barnwell County due credit in these tight times to be able to get out such a SPLENDID PAPER WEEKLY as The People-Sentinel. Am proud cf all of you.” Both the criticism and the compliment are ap preciated. . . Everybody complain ing about the terrific heat, but thankful that it hasn’t been quite as hot as in some less favored sections, t , A drastic) slump in the price of watermelons. . . A pros pective automobile purchaser remark ing that he is going to wait until the new modelg are put on the market next year before buying a car and be ing reminded of the fact that if he waits another 12 months he can get an even later model. . . A young smart Alec at the wheel of an auto disregarding all the rules of safety and—enmmanaents—sad turning—fche- corner at The People-Sentinel office •t a rapid rate of speed. Hold-Over Cotton . Now Being Tagged Owneife Urged to Have Bales in Eaay Reach When Official Cells to Affix Tags. / The task of affixing bale tag 8 to 1923 cotton and that grown prior to that time, under the recently enacted ing the damage done to the Sweet water golf course by the heavy rains of several weeks ago, which washed away the dam across the' lovely lit tle lake below the club house and cut gullies in the fairways. The first work to be done wa 8 clearing * the fairways of the heavy growth of weeds that had sprung up since the wet weather and after the course has been put back in shape, the dam will be repaired, it is said. The greens were with new grass some time ago and are rapidly coming back into their former ex cellent conditions The sprinkling system is being used very effectively at this time to kep the ground moist) enough to promote a healthy growth of grass and it is believed that in a comparatively short time the whole course will be in splendid playing con dition again. As a result cf the damage caused by the heavy r*ifi 8 earlier in the sum- of the County Agent that no tags will gun several days ago in Barnwell County by S. B. Moseley, official cot ton tagger. No time was lost in starting the work after receipt of the first supply of^the bale tags, each of which has a value of $30. It was announced at the office of the County Agent that the official tagger haa entire charge of this work, and it will be necessary for all per sons owning old cotton, and who have made application for these tax ex emption tags, to have their cotton conveniently placed and easily acces- John Dillinger Shot . to Death in Chicago aible when the tagger arrives. The official is not required to handle or oversee that handling of any of this cotton, and as the work ha 8 to be done trithout delay, and the same territory cannot be covered more than once, it is prged an the owners to have their cotton ready for tag- ging when the official arrives. It is also made clear at the office mer and the extreme heat of the past be delivered to individuals through few weeks, interest in golf haa lagged. that office. No time will be saved in somewhat locally, but enthusiasm for Copie* <f Cyclone Mack’s "Recu* the apdft will douotlesi be revived all In charge of the tagger. aw! each sant,” a periodical that has been mak ing its appearance in these part s dur ing the years that a certain politician is a candidate for office. Some of the language used is so vile and filthy as to be positively nauseating. . . . Quite a number of locally owned dogs being inoculated against rabies in ac cordance with an ordinance of the city fathers. (A drive should now be made against owners who have failed to comply with the law.) . . Lloyd Plexico returning from the motor boat races at Lake Murray on Sun day, where he ran second in both the Claaa C and free-»for-aH evenly:—.—7 Gene Parler and Bobbie Christie making arrangements for another dance at the pavilion at Fuller Park. Bobby Taylor’ 8 orchestra will furnish the music. A farmeL^giuplaipiitg that under the “plow-up” campaign the govern ment representatives calculated 4,900 square yards to the acre, whereas un der the pioduction control progam this year they use the measurements for a statute acre, which are 4,840 square yards. . . Two parties of fishermen leaving here Tuesday, one bound for Kennedy’s pond near Wil- liston and the other for Hart’s Bluff on the Edisto near Walterboro. . . The editor of The People-Sentinel saying that he had a railing built around the porch to his office to keep the loafing negroes who used it as a sleeping porch from falling off dur ing one of their daily siestas and suing him for damages for personal injuries. Jaw 8 industriously working follow ing a visit from “the Beech Nut girl,” who distributed samples of that brand cf chicle. with the coming of cooler weather, when the swimming pool will lose some of its charm and furnish less strenuous competition. The swimming pool, however, has been closed several days this week while a crew of workmen has been clearing out the logs in the water above the bridge. It is understood that the pool will be reopened to the public today or tomorrow. Lyadhurst Itema. Lyndhurst, July 23.—Miss Marie Strtmneyirrof Beaufort, T 9 spending some time here, the guest of her brother, W. M. Steinmeyer. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hay and little son, Preston, of Beaufort, have been here for the past week, the guests of fUthr— -v - Snarer of Is rth [er — Carolinian Melvin ing to Games. Mis s Dorothy Harper, of Williston, spent several days here during the past week as the guest of Miss Laurie Ella Gantt. The family of A. P. Hay, of Parris Island, have been spending the past week in their home here. Andy King, of Parria Island, has been here for .the past week visiting friends. Mrs. G. R. Gillespie, of Gastonia, N. C., is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. L. C. Fowke. The crops, especially the corn, have been very much revived by the show ers which have visited this section during the past several weeks. catting there for tags, as they are applicant will be visited. Under the Bankhead Act all old cotton not tagged will be subject to a tax, and all new cotton in excess of the quota permitted under the bill will also be subject to a tax of fifty per cent. The tas are dated and numbered serially. In placthg the tags on the bales, a receipt will be taken from the owner, and it is wise for the owner to see to it that the tags are not misplaced or lost from the bale to which they are attached. To secure e duplicate would proba bly require e considerable amount of trouble, and would hold up the sale of the bale, in the event the tag ia lost. Iq the meantime, measurements of the cotton acreage in the county goes on space, the field men cf the acreage reduction campaign checking the acre age in each field for which a. contract Charlee Levinson Injured. Charles Levinson, proprietor of “The Leader,” was painfully injured several days ago. He had stopped his car on the side of the highway to make a minor repair and wa 8 sitting on the front seat with his foot on the running board. A passing car struck the open door and drove it against Mr. Levinson’s ankle with I to a prominent place in the or- tvis Hails from Tim- considerable force. While the injury *—Always Preferred bar been quite painful, Mr. Levinson Melvin H. Purvis, whose strategy snared John Dillinger, notorious out law/ is a South Carolinian, hailing frpm Timmonsville, where his par ts now reside. The elder Purvis, a little dazed at his son’s sudden promi nence, described him as “a kind of quiet boy,” who preferred books to “cop-and-rc bber” games. Young Purvif attended the Univer sity of South Carolina and was gradu ated with the law degree in 1925. He has been able to give partial atten tion to his business. wa 8 signed with the federal govern ment. Accurate measurements of all these fields must be had before the contracts can be certified and before the farmers can receive their final payments for the rental of their land to the Secretary of Agriculture SERIES OF DANCES TO BE GIVEN HERE THIS SUMMER Thursday night, July 26th marks the beginning of a series of dances to be given in Barnwell at the Fuller Park paivilion, according to Gene Par ler, who, with Bobbie Christie, is promoting the entertainment. The music for this first dance will be presented by Bobby Taylor and his sensational orchestra, featuring Elean or Bell, vocalist. Mis 8 Bell is famous for her radio work over WBT at Charlotte, and is noted for her exceptional rendition of modern songs. Bobby Taylor has chestra field in the last five years and is well known throughout the South. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel. Congressional Candidates to Speak at Barnwell Atigust 8 Candidates for Congress from the Second District will speak at Barn well Wednesday evening, August 8th, at 8:30 o’clock, according to a cam- began work with the department of | paign itinerary made public this justice seven years ago. “He just week hy Senator Edgar A. Brown, went up to, Washington,” his father county chairman. The three candi- is quoted as »aying, “and ffot * small dates for the seat now held by Con- job at it and climbed himself up to, gressman H. P. Fulmer, of where he is.” He expressed some t burg, have agreed upon the dates for doubt that his son fired the bullet a series of meetings over the Dis- which actually killed Dillinger, but trict, which will begin at* Columbia said “he could have done ik” . /.. | Thursday, July 26th and close at St. The youthful hero plans to visit Matthews Wednesday, August ,22nd. his old home in the very near future. | Congressman ^ Fulmer i 8 being op- , — - ■ posed this year ty Gary Paschal, Esq., the drought Pastures were only 30 a member of Columbia’s city council, per cent of normal. Much hauling of | and Dr. D. R. Sturkie, of North, water wag necessary because of a low ( Due to the press of official business »unnlv in rnunv an.-tionR 4n Washington during the closing days &t. Matthews, of the last Congress and also after final adjournment Congressman Ful mer did not have an opportunity of attending the regular meetings of the State campaign party. So much time is consumed by the State office seek ers that Congressional aspirants had very little time in which to present views. For this reason it was deemed advisable to arrange a separ ate series of meetings. The complete itinerary ps arranged by the three candidates is as follows: Columbia, July 26th at 8:30 p. m. Sumter, August 2nd at 8:30 p. m. Lexington, August 7th at 8:30 p. m. Barnwell, August 8th at 8:30 p. m. Aiken, August 10th at 8:30 p. m. Orangeburg, Aug. 21st at 8:30 p.m. Agents in Front of Theatre “TT Sunday Night. Chicago, July 22.—The government got John Dillinger tonight, just M it had promised to do lt had him shot dead by 15 crack marksmen among its department of justice agents as he stepped jauntily out of the tiny Biograph theatre on the North side of the city, ending the greatest man-hunt of many years. Crimes almost without number— robberies and murders—imputed to the Indiana firm boy, who had gone wrong, were avenged aa the hunted man crashed to the sidewalk before a large audience of expectant neigh borhood folk. There was only a trace of uncer tainty about the' way the government “rubbed out” the man for whose cap ture it had offered |10,000 a few weeks ago. , He had been watching a picture entitled “Manhattan Melodrama,” not knowing that his pursuers were await ing his exit with dra) out he came. Probably he never knew what had struck him down^lS shot- guns hel^ in expert hands. Half a hundred feet away thronged breathless residents of the scene— Fullerton street and Lincoln avenue oh the cosmopolitan Northwest Side enacted. They had become suspicious when the non-uniformed federal men witii their gun 8 crowded the entrance of the theatre. They had turned in an alarm to police who came on the rush, prepared to halt a robbery but stayed to watch the government end ita chase of so many months. Dillinger strode out with two women, furtively aa he neared the street, then straightened jauntily. Then he wa 8 slain without pause. A woman was slightly wounded—it could not be learned who. It was said his companions had _ Government men surrounded his body and would let no one near They placed it in an ambulance, and word went to Washington that Dillinger had been shot and would be dead in four or five minutes. Then the am bulance .went to a hospital, but it was not taken inside. The ambulance stood in a driveway without lights. closely guarded apparently awaiting word from Washington authorities. He was shot at 10:40 p. m. Central Daylight time. BARNWELL COUNTY WOMEN ENCAMP AT CAMP LONG Twenty-six home demonstration members of Barnwell County encamp ed last week with members from Bamberg, Aiken and Edgefield Coun ties at Camp Long, near Aiken. Music, folk dancing, swimming and a aeries of talks on “How to Think,” “How to Act,” and “How to Feel" by Mrs. Harrietts Johnson, constituted the daily program. The last evengig’s entertainfrnent was held in the Council Ring around the camp fire where was given a short inspirational program followed by a series of songs, playlets, stunts and readings given by each of the four groups of women in attendance. Those in attendance from Barnwell County were: Mesdames LeRoy Wil- Executive Committee to Purse Rolls Soon Notorious Outlaw Slain by 15 Federal Candidates Having Com plaints cf Ir regularities Invited to Appear August 3rd. Elsewhere in this issue of Tim People-Sentinel appears n notice of n meeting of the Barnwell County Democratic Executive Committee at the law offices of Brown and Bush on Friday, August 3rd, at too o'clock. At that time the dub rolls will bo purged and managers of the primary elections will be named. Candidates having complaints of irregularities are invited to appear before the com mittee at said pLue and time. / The books of enrollment dosed on Tuesday and a copy of the dub rolls is now being prepared for fifing with the Clerk of Court as required by the rules of the party. The first primary election will bn held Tuesday, August 28th, and the second primary two week 8 later. Heavy Eurollnieat at BarawelL Spurred on by appeals of State and county Democratic party officials, e cm oilmen! at the Barnwell prs- dnet reached an all-time high when the book closed Tuesday, 967 voters having qualified for the coming ori- enrollment of 171 aa compared 888 two years ago, an increase of 89 or nesriy 8 per cent Two other dubs had reported yes terday morning—Herculea haaing an enrolment of 171 as compared with 157 in 1982, while G. R. Peeples, ef Meyer’s Mill, reported a slight de crease in Bennett Springs township. However, it is believed that the coun ty a a whole exceeded the enriUment of two years ago, when there were 4,- 006 names on the dub books. Interest Manifested in Ball Game Friday arg aad Omagebarg Teases Play Off Tie At Fatler Field Tower raw Afteraeea. . Considerable interest ia being mani fested locally in the bail game sched uled to be played tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at Fuller Field in Barnwell between the Martoll Mill of Batoeburg and the Santee Mitt of Oranffeborg. These two teams are in a four-game tie and the contest on the local field will be the deciding one of the series. When casting about for neutral grounds on which to stage the play off, Barnwell wa 8 selected bseanee of the fact that it has the beet ball park in this section of the State aad also because of the large attendance at games playsd here in the past. With the teams so evenly matched aad only a nominal admission fee being charg ed, it i 8 expected that a large crowd of fans from Batosburg, Orangeburg and other towns in this section will peck the commodious grandstand. The line-ups, the same as those used in previous games between the two teams, is given as follows: Middleburg: Rankin, catcher; Mad dox, second base; Shealy, shortstop; Cockrell, first base; Lybrand, left field; Kirklond, third base; Neel, cen ter field; Levris,' Hgbt field; Ward, pitcher. Santee Mill: Logan, shortstop; son, D. I. Ross, Charlie Hutto, W. C. Bell, Theo Baxley, Hamp Baxley, Monroe Ross, L. L. Birt, Clause Still, |W. C. Zorn, Milledge Black, W. J. Lemon, T. A. Holland, C. L. Dixon, Dave Black, Misses Evelyn Black, Gene Swett, Dorothy Toole, Ehriast Still, Cecile Hair, Gloria Livingston, Margaret Anderson, Maude Rountree, Edefie Hkmntree, Helen Schumpert, Lahl Givens and Elizabeth McNab, home agent, and Tommie Kennedy, driver of the bus. Storm Saturday Night. A sudden rain and windstorm early Saturday night caused minor damage in and around Barnwell. Observers state that two clouds—one,from the nortfopet and the other from the southeast—met directly over the city, en^ quite a heavy downpour of rain field; Bonnett, catcher; Thomas, sec ond base; Colclough, first base; Kline, center field; Langston, right field; Smith nitcher. . A. P. Wodey. After an illness of two months, the last four weeks of which he wes con fined to bed, A. P. Wooley, 70, died et his home here Friday morning at 4:30 o’clock of heart trouble. The body was interred Saturday morning in the Joyce Bmndt Churchyard, the funeral services being conducted at ten o'clock by the Rev. Mr. Smith, of Williston. Mr. Wooley wes a farmer aad g>ent his entire life in Barnwell Coun ty, having moved to Barnwell from Elko a few year 8 ago. He had auas- erous friends who wi|l lean with re- followed for a short while. Small gret of his passing. branches were twisted from trees and two large signboards at each en trance to town on highway No. 3 were demolished. The wind waa quite high for a few minutes and waa in the nature of a “twister.” A small amount of hail accompanied the rain damage wsa reported." He la aurvived by his widow, was Miss Lula Burckhalter be their marriage; two sons, ;T. P. C. A. Wooley, both of BarWatt; sisters, Mrs. Lilia We Williston, and Mrs. Lou Columbia, and one Wopfryy of Elko.—