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% emS. ^ ■ ‘ } ■> ■ THE BARNWBLL PEOPLE43KNT1N EL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA p' r Barnwell 50 and 25 Years Ago. Interestinf Items Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People. NOVEMBER 27. 1884. In spite of the hard times there are lots of weddings on hand through out the county. A few nights ago the ‘mill of I>r. R. L. Purse in Bennett Springs town ship was destroped <>y fire. Supposed incendiarism. v \ • x As the Barnwell train was leaving Blackvillc on Saturday night at the curve near C. E. Gyle’s house it ran over Jerry Lomax, colored, who was on horseback. The horse was killed instantly and Lomax died on. Monday. The Coroner’s jury exonerated En gineer Keene of all blame. A Anna Butler, coloredl, dropped dead on last Friday morning while carry ing a bucket of water into her house. An inquest was held by Trial Justice Patterson, acting Coroner, the verdict of the jury being that heart disease was the cause of death. (Editor’s Note—Believe it or not, the above items were the only local news appearing in that issue, which fact might <be borne in mind when tempted to criticise present-day issues.) NOVEMBER 25, 1908. The "first real killing frost of the Fall came Friday morning. Ice thick aa dinner plates was (plentiful. No top crop of cotton this year. Mr. B.. F. Gardner, of Healing Springs, who is making a fine success and setting a good example as a truck grower and canning expert, was our first Monday caller. At a meeting of the County Bar Association on Thursday, Charles Car- roll Simms, Esq^ was elected Presi dent, succeeding Judge Robert Aldrich. R. C. Holman, Esq., was elected Sec retary. Last Summer Mr. J. E. Owens, of Ashleigh, sold to a Kentucky dealer 12 mule footed pigs. A recent is sue of the Interior Journal of Stan ford, Ky., states that these pigs had been carried into Indiana and sold for MOO. They brough that high price be cause they are cholera proof. Mr. Owens procure^ his stock from Waco, Texas. » The Barnwell Baptist congregation worshiped in their church on Sunday for the first time since the renovation of its interior. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1M4 & v vv Are Your Present • v V - J- - V • / V V Adequate? “Y v- REHABILITATION WORK IN BEAUFORT COUNTY Among the numerous rehabilitation clients of the South Carolina ERA are those of the negroes on St. Helena Island in Beaufort County. At the present time, ten families are being independent, and the scientific manner in which these island negroes are re habilitating themselves, is a challenge to others in South Carolina who have been and are now on | relief rolls. These negroes are entnusiast their work and above all, they are appreciative of what the government is doing for them. They are not ig- S previously stated we are not a 'competitor of your local bank, but if your business requires ad ditional credit you need not suffer because of inade quate financing, no matter what your needs may be so long as the loan application meets the requiiements of good banking. *■ ■ . m *i * • We have ready cash for Agricultural and Commodity Loans, Acceptances, Collateral, Commercial and Per sonal Loans; Loans under the Government Cotton plan, and the National Housing plan for remodeling and any other type of loan that can be handled by a Commer cial Bank. Our bank is always r£ady to consider applications for sound loans. 7" rehabilitated by the Beaufort County ERA on tli.t .trip of ].nj which »hut» | ! wr ‘"l n , l! ^' 1 . V the town of Beaufort from the sea. St. Helena is historic, and since 1862 has been used as a laboratory for an experiment in community education. Boon after the capture of the sea is lands off the coast of South Carolina by Northern forces, Laura M. Towne and Ellen Murray came to St. Helena, and there established Penn School now known as Penn Normal, Industrial an^ Agricultural School. They were followed some 30 years ago by Rosa B. Cooley and Grace Biglow House who since that time have given their entire lives in educating the negroes on the islandt and in merging school and community into a common adven ture by bringing the farms to the school. j Miss Cooley and Miss House have done a remarkable work, and their been Trained at Penn School. Their farms hfive been brought to their school. •They have community pride, and have been trained not only in farming but in other vocational prin- cipless. St. Helena negroes cannot be classed as “biggity” negroes who want to claim the world for their own, but for the most part, they have the simplici ty and dignity of negroes eager to learn and at the same time perfectly contented to remain on the island. The children take great pride in their .Schools; the farmers great pride in their farms—in fact they are taught to take a pride in everything they do. The education at Penn is not mere ly one of theory but as has been siid, the terchers bring the farms t< The National Exchange Bank OF AUGUSTA AUGUSTA, GEORGIA r A GOOD BANK I N C E 18 7 1 to. the. ~ wrvfces are reflected in the education-'schocl. Industrial and 1 vocational al and agricultural background that 1 work is taught just as farm-home has been instilled in the negroes who management, gardening, sewing, li once were considered as farm hands nht hardly capable of being educated. Requirements of rural rehabiltation clients are that they must be thrifty, crnscientious, honest, loyal, and above all, have an agiicutural background. It was because needy negroes on St. Helena’s Island had these prerequis ites that ten of them were chosen by the ERA to be rehabilitated. The eagerness and willingness to become brary, end practice teaching, while the practical work for boys is divided under eleven headings: farm fields and orchaid, forestry and wood* supply, dairy, live stock, garden, road and grounds, native island basketry, black- smithing and wheelwrighting, carpen try, cobbling, harness making and up holstery and machine ropairs. “All work and! no play,’’ as the say ing goes, “makes Jack a dull boy,” but community life on St. Helena’s Is land mixes play with its work. They have their plays, their music, their clubs, community sings, contests and the like, and then they have their spirituals which they sing while at work, worship and at play. As a whole, they are satisfied with the life on the island plantation, and since a iural rehabilitation stresses content ment in being on a farm, these people, from this standpoint, are ideal clients.- Services at Reedy Branch. The Rev. B. B. Jernigan, of Wag oner, will preach at Reedy Branch next Sunday afternoon at four o’ clock. The public is invited to at tend. ROOFING Gotten Ginning Report. There were 11,329 bales of cotton ginned in Barnwell County from the crop of 1934 prior to November 14th, as compared with 14,233 bales ginned to the same date a year ago, accord ing to a report roacte public Tuesday by Special Agent F. W. Delk, of Biack- ville. 666 LIQUID TABLETS checks COLDS and FEVER first day HEADACHES in 30 minutes. SALVE - NOSE DROPS NOTICE!: Around the Clock with Reddy Kilowatt 2 P.M. 7/ 0 -Oj -V J hi L- u \ 1 LET US APPLY YOUR ROOF and COVER SAME WITH ^UR IRON-CLAD GUARANTEE. \ JOHNS-MANVILLE AND GOOD COPPER BOUND SHINGLES. Quality and Workmanship the highest — and Prices Reasonable.' Southern Roofing and Insulation Co. AUGUSTA, GA. PHONE 2881. CALL US FOR ESTIMATES. -A We are now prepared to build your window and door frames jn our factory. 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