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•V The THB OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.^a L lt». LUME LVIII. BARNWEi^ // Ex-Senator Kennedy ; Passed Away Monday Prominent Wilhston Man Dies After Long Illness.—Funeral Services Held Tuesday. Williston^Jan. 15.—Arthur Merritt Kennedy, aged 66, one of the most prominent,/busjness men in this sec tion of the county, died at the Aiken hospital Monday morning after a lengthy illness. Mr. Kennedy had been president of the Bank of - Williston ever since its organization and was part owner of the mercantile firm of W. H. Kennedy and Son. He was also chairman of the board of deacons of the Williston Baptist Church; clerk and treasurer of the church, and a former Senator from Barnwell County. He was very active in business, social and church work throughout this section, and hadi hundreds of friends in this and other sections of the State who will learn with sincere regret of his passing. Besides his widow, he is survived by one daughter and two sons, Mrs. J. Austin Latimer, James Arthur Ken nedy and Roberts Kennedy, ajl of Washington, C.; a stepdaughter, Mis. E. P. Riley, of Greenville; a stepson r Billy Patterson, of Furman University; one sister, Mrs. C. J. Owens, of Washington, D. C., and two brothers, Q. A. Kennedy and J. E. Kennedy, of Williston. Funeral services were held at the Williston Baptist Church this morning at 11 o’clock, with the pastor, the Rev. W. Arnold Smith, the Rev. W. R. Davis, of Blowing Rock, N. C., and Dr. W\ M. Jones, of Barnwell, officiat ing. Interment followed in the Willis ton Temetery. Active pallbearers were C. C. Whit- Seen And Heard Here During the Past Week i •*- A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. The father of a Citadel cadet re marking that, during Governor Black- 'wdod’s administration, ,it was ap parently easier for a convic^to secure his release fro the State penitentiary, via pardon, parole dr furlough, than to get a leave of absence for his son from the State»s military college. . * . Dr. C. N. Burckhalter being supplied by readers . of The People- Sentinel with, the information that Christmas Day came on Saturday in 1869, and saying that this newspaper is a first class advertising medium. . . . Col. -Solomon Blatt, member of the House, discussing the terms of the liquor bill that he introduced in the legislature last week and saying that it is as near “graft-proof’ as is human ly possible. . . And a by-stander remarking that, such being the. case, he will not be an applicant for one of the three positions of county commis sioners to be created under the Act. . . . Lt.-Governor-elect J. E. Har ley leaving Monday for Columbia, where he expected to be svfrorn in Tuesday at a hospital in the capital city. Acting under his physician’s ad vice, Lt.-Gov. Harley re-entered the hospitalfor further medical treatment. His friends will be glad t° know that his condition has improved considera bly in the past month. . . .- Local sportsmen complaining of the growing scarcity of birds, depleted coveys be ing located only after .intensive hunt ing. . . . Representative and Mrs. Winchester SmitlTT of W’illiston, call ing on friends Sunday afternoon. . . Dr. D. B. Lancaster, of Baltimore, Gov. Blackwood Frees Barnwell County Men Ju«t L.fk« a of th* Family 4 * SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17. 1935. ^non Sept, James Greatheart and Oliver Dyches A*e Given Ex- ecutye Clemency. .Ju Among the 35 executive clemencies issued Friday by Governor Black wood,- which brought his total nearly to the 1,000 mark for his entire admin istration, were included paroles \ for three Barnwell County men, as fol lows: \ Simon Sept and James Greatheart, convicted of assault and battery. They were, serving sentences, of 18 months. Oliven Dyches, convicted of burg ary and larceny in 1931 and sen- teheed to serve five years. The chief executive again added to lis gian^ total Saturday, when an other large batch of convicts received pardons, paroles or commutations. Governor Blackwood has been se verely criticised and condemned for ris fnee u^e of executive clemency and defended his record before the general assembly last week on the grouncl that inhumane conditions ex ist at the State penitentiary. It is pointed out, however, that many of lis pardons and paroles were issued to convicts serving sentences on the county chaingangs. In the total num- )er of executive clemencies issued during his term, Governor Blackwood is a close second to Governor Blease. tie, G. W. Whitakei, J. E. Newsom,who has been here on business M. M. Player, T. L. Benson and Wil- f or p ast COU pi e 0 f weeks, joining liam McKerley., Honorary pallbearers The People-Sentinel’s family of satis- weie the deacons of the Baptist fled readers. . . And W. L. Creech, Passes 1,000 Mark. Governor Blackwood isspe d execu tive clemency to 78 .persons Mondhy as he rounded fcut his last full da^ in office, bringing his totlfl over the 1 - • i 7 000 mark. Among the list was a commutation of the sentence of Otis Jrabham, of Barnwell County, from three years to one year. Brabham was convicted of manslaughtei 1 here ast year. Church, the directors of the local bank, and James A. MerrltFahJ "E: L7 ritt, of St. Matthews. of the Olar section, and J. W. Bates, Bishop Thomas Paid r ^Aa««l VUit Sunday. ’ . V Preached Splendid Sermon on “Sac/i- fife.”—Class of Four Young/ Girls Confirmed. The Rt. Rev. Albert £. /Thomas, bishop of the_ Diocese of South Caro- lina, paid' his annual visfit to the Church of the Holy Apostles Sunday morning and delighted a/large congre gation with a splendid sermon on “Sacrifice.” He was Assisted in con- ducting the service by the rector, the Rev. John A. Pinckney, of Allendale. A class of foiR young girls was confirmed, as fallows: Miss Joe Ann Bauer, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. S. V. Brown; Misses Avalon and Virginia Donald, chughters of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Dohald, all of Barnwell. JOHNSTON ATTENDS MANNING BARBECUE Governor-elect is Guest of Breediir at Gathering.-^—100 Others Prwent. Manning, Jan. 9.—Governor-elect Oltii Dr Jehfism was the iftrest of honor at a barbecue on the country place of J. K. Breedin, managing di rector of the Farmers and Taxpayers genome, renewing their subscriptions for another year. A guest at the barbecue given for cvernor-eleet Olin D. Johnston, ewspaper men and others at Man ning last week saying that Governor Blackwood’s successor referred to his forthcoming “annual ,.inaugural ad dress” and wondei if Governor Johnston expects to be inaugurated each year. . . . Holders of spot cotton disappointed over the decline in the market price as a result of thesp- xalled “gold clause” cases before the U. S. Supreme Court, and the writer of a cotton market letter speculating on the. price at which cotton being held with the “encouragement” of the government can be “dislodged.” . Basil Jenkins, of B. and B. Motors, local Ford dealers, trying to get the wiiter«of “Seen and' Heard” to put a certain item in this column. . . Discussions of the football outlook in South Carolina next fall, with Martin Best trying to get a bet with “Hub Sanders on the outcome of the Cita- del-Carolina game at Orangeburg. . . Several men going out to investi- * gate the source of a big smoke on the western horizon ppd reiporting that after traveling a couple of miles it seemed, to be farther away than when they started.- Col. N. J. Smith League of~South Carolina, near here* ^nited _ Confedgrgte Veterans today. More than 100 guests attended, many of them coming from distant parts of the State. The governor- elect addressed the gathering briefly and chatted informally with nearly everyone ipresent. “Purse strings of the State should __ not be loosened as prosperity has not yet arrived,” Mr. Johntson said. Among the guests were Dr. Carl B. Epps, of Sumter, president of the State Farmers and Taxpayers League; Pierre Mazyck, of Columbia, secretary of the league; Ben T. Leppard, of Greenville, chairman of the State Democratic executive committee; the Rev. Dr. C. E.'Burts, of St. Matthews; P. M. Dees, of Winnsboro, president of the South Carolina Press associa tion; B. P. Davies, of Barnwell, vice- president of the association; C. B. V^illiams, news editor of the News and GohrieT; Edward Marigault, of the Charleston Evening Post, an<) George Andrew Buchanan, Jr., editor of the Columbia Record. ' - ♦ w TRY A BUSINESS BUILDE* FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS '•‘••vl-.’ * —-*a 'Vng Augusta, Ga., Jan. 15.—Col Na thaniel J. Smith, 93, a native of Charleston, and commander of Camp died in his sleep at his home January 5th. Funeral services were held Sunday in Charleston, and full military honors •were accorded. He served tthroughout the War Between the States in the •Washington Light Artillery, Charleston military outfit, an d was present when the first shot was fire< on Fort Sumter After the war he was in the dry gpods business at Charleston, ^heing a partner in the Arm of Mulle'v ami Smith. Thirty years ago he moved to Augusta and went into business. He retired about 15 years ago. Besides j>eing commandant of the United Confederate-Veterans camp in Augusta, Colonel Smith was on the staff of the Georgia division of the United Confederate veterans. No memorial day passed without his turning out to parade in the gray uni form of a Confederate soldier. ww PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Cannery at Fairfax to Open Again Soon Boned Frozen Beef Being Sent South Carolina to Be Canned According to Repcrt. to Birthday Ball to Be Held Here This Year af' Senator Edgar A. Brown Is Again Appointed General Chairman for Barnwell County. Senator Edgar A. Brown announc ed a few days ago that a “President’s Birthday Ball,” honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the occa sion of his 53rd .birthday January 30, will be held in Barnwell thia year, the proceecfe again going into a fund to combat infantile paralysis. Last year elaborate plans were made for this function here, but the orchestra engaged to play for the occasion failed to arrive on account of automo bile trouble. In spite of that fact, however, quite a substantial suip was raised by public subscription and turned over to the national commit tee. Senator Brown was not in Barn- Bamwell Man Offers ' New Liquor Measure jDrunken Olivers Would Be Sent to Jail fee 30 Days or More Un der Blau Bill. Columbia, Jen. ik—A second liquor bill, exempting no counties from its jrovisions, made its appearance today n the House. Introduced by Speaker hro Tem Blatt, of Barnwell,-the meas- ure would authorize the manufacture andl sale of liquor under a county con trol system resembling that proposed in the Thomas-Blatt-Brown bill intro duced yesterday. It differs from the first measure, which would exempt twelve counties rom the outset, principally by includ ing every county in the State, but con tained a provision that any county del egation may legislate to provide a county referendum on voting out the system next November 19 upon peti tion of one-third of the county elec tors. County commissions would super vise the sale and manufacture of li quor in each county, as in the earlier bill, but these commissions may be appointed by the governor, under the Blatt bill, if a majority of a county delegation requests. J The Blatt bill provides a jail sen tence of not less than 30 days for driv ing a car while intoxicated upon any public roads. . It also prohibits the dispensing of alcoholic beverages by dubs or any such organizotion and provides that any member who knowingly belongs to “a club, company .association or corporation” which dispenses liquor shall be liable to a fine or imprison ment of not more that thirty days. Commenting on the measure Which he helped sponsor yesterday, Repre sentative Calhoun Thomas, of Beau fort, said, “We put it in as bill num ber one of the session to serve notice on the drys that the wets are eager to Every FERA cannery in South Caroyina will reopen some time with in the next two weeks according to a report received from the South Caro- in:i FERA headquarters recently. This will induce the Fairfax cannery .Where mahy pfople Tn'this county have“ been employed. Information was received at the - * - - relief headquarters ■Tuesday-that their request to the Federal Surplus Relief corporation for meat to be canned in the State had been granted and that 1,980,000 pounds of boned frozen beef would soon be en route to South Caro lina from Ohio. The shipment wiil come packed in 66 refrigerator cars carrying 30,000 pounds each aiid should arrive within “the next ten days£ said an FERA official yester day. Immecfiately upon arrival, the meat will be distributed to canneries throughout the State. The allotment for. the Fairfax plant will be 180,000 pounds. The exact date fqr the arrival of the shipment for distribution was not known by the FERA offivials Twt ' They^ were' infm-mecT that the ship ment would start “as soon as possi ble.” ,'The request for the meat was made by the .South Carolina FERA im mediately following the closing of„ the canneries in the State some time ago —Allendale County Citizen. ^andifer-Grubbs. well over the week-end and could not be reached for a general outline of his plans, so it is not known at this time whether the bail will be staged in the Fuller Park pavilion or at the Sweet water country club. Full details, however, will be announced next week. In the meantime, the devotees of Teilpsichore aie requested to make their plans to attend the function, which promises, to be an outstanding social event of the year. It is hopec to raise an eveli larger sum of money this year than was contributed locally in 1934, and d- ubtlSgfYaany A¥.ho cah- no4 'atttend the ball will be glad to make a substantial donation to this worthy cause and thereby do honor to the great leader who is bringing the country safely out of the depression ■ ■■■ ii MMMMr > Fuller Is Appointed on State Bank Board Mayor of Barnwell Succeeds John T, Stevens, of Kerahaw, to ImpdH- - ant Post. Announcement was made last week that C. G. Fuller, of Barnwell, had been appointed as a member of the State board efhank control to suc ceed' John T. SteVeps, of Kershaw, whp resigned. Mr. Sthveps is a member of the Strte highway; com mission. N. Mr. Fuller is mayor of BarnweHy president of The Bank of Barnwell and is also engaged in the road con tracting business with headquarters in this city. Because of his wide busi ness experience, he should be quite an addition to the' persopnel of the board. I ,i - » o » ■ ■ 1 pass a liquor bill and do not intndl to have it left until the end of the ses sion to block adjournment. “There may be,’V he added, Veonsid- erabie change in it yet, especially <-in the revenue features.” He said that r ~ /*• it would not be pushed while the legis lature takes up financial affairs, indi cating that liquor taxes and general financial legislation may be -correla ted 1 . The revenue features of the Blatt bill provide that a quarterly distribu tion of the profits from the sale of the liquor be made as follows: 25 per cent, to the State’s general fund; 25 per -cent, to municipalities and 50 per Cent to counties tp be used as may be provided in the county supply bill, ex cept in the case of Charleston County, where 26 per cent would be applied to schools and 25 per cent to central county purposes. Ex-Convict Arrested on Robbery Charges Joe Brown, Paroled by Blaekwocd, Charged With Williston-Meyer’s Mill Thefts. Joe Brown, an ex-convict, was ar rested last week by Sheriff J. B. Mor ris and Deputy Sheriff Gilmore S. Harley- -ami lodged in the Barnwell Sworn eel Chan Barnwell Man Becqmds Lieutenant Governor.—Takes Oath of Of fice at Hospital. f A >- '''v Columbia, Jan. 16.—J. E. Harley, ol Barnwell, became lieutenant-governoi of South Carolina at 1:30 yesterday afternoon when the oath of office wai administered to him by Acting Chiel Justice John G. Stabler in the eas' portico of the Columbia hospital. The inaugural committee, friends relatives and nurses were waiting oi the portico when Mr. Harley wai wheeled from his sick room, soon b become the lieutenant-governor of hi native State. Cheerful, despite his illn^ait, am realizing the honor that was to b bestowed upon him’, the man in th wheel chair smiled at those who hai gathered for the ceremony. Mrs. Hat ley, who has been a constant attend ant at his bedside since his sicknea some time ago, walked beside he husband as he was being wheeled t the portico. Reaching tthe portico, two whit* clad nurses and an orderly helped Mi Harley . dort the purple robe of th president of the senate. Lieutenanl Governor JamesNO. Sheppard, wh was to relinquish his office in a fe< moments, also wore £he robe of th senate president, his to keep to pei petuate the memory of the four yeai he served South Carolina as its highest official. Governor Olrn D. Johnston, noon had been inaugurated as goi ernor, came to the hospital immediah ly after his own ceremopy in con pany with tthe inauguration commi fee. -- A police escort accompanied t! cars bearing the official party fro: the State House to the hospital. “I congratulate you and 1 "hope thi you will soon be performing yoi duties as president of—tho sonata its secon i, who i ICORN-HOG The many friends of Miss Arline Sandifer, of Bamberg, and Algie M. Grubbs, of Barnwell, Were surprised to learn of their recent marriage which occurred December 23rd at the home of the bride’s pastor, the Rev , Jamea^ Westberry, of Bamberg. Only a few close friends and! relatives were present. Mrs. Grubbs is the charming daugh ter of Mrs. Stella Sandifer and the late Quillie H. Sandifer, of Bamberg. She was a popular member of the senior class of the Bamberg high school, and her pleasing personality has won for her a host of friends who join in wishing the young couple ' % MEETING HERE THIS WEEK long and happy life< Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.1 Mr. Grubbs is the youngest son of Mabel Peeples of Charleston, am Mrs. Bertha S. Bryson, of Augusta. Claud R. Peeples, of Barnwell is one of several grandsons. Mrs. Julia. B. Grubbs and the late J. M. Grubbs. He* is engaged in farm ing in the Reedy Branch section, where he and his bride are now residing. On Friday, Japijary 18th, at 10:30 a. m., at the Court House in Barnwell, a meeting will be held for corn-hog growers who wish to offer a contract for 1935. All who are planning to of fer a contract should attend this im portant meeting, where an explana tion will be given on the 1935 require ments. , Applications will be taken for a limited time only aud 1934 signers, as well as new applicants, should be present. There will be much valuable infor mation given at the meeting and ap plicants may then begin to file their papers. You are asked to invite any other farmer to attend the meeting who may be interested in offering a 1935 contract.—By H. G. Boylston, Co. Agt County jjail, charged with robberies at Williston* and Meyer’s Mill in the st two weeks, according to Deputy Hhrley. A pistol and $15 in money stoIeiKat Meyer’s Mitt'were recovered^ as were also several articles taken from Will niton residences. Brown was i^erving an eleven-year sentence for robbery when he was par doned or paroled about three years ago by Governor Blqckwood after having served seven years, according to Deputy Harley. A few months later he was convicted of robbing Vickery Bros, garage in Barnwell and a two-year sentence was imposed. He had been released only a few days, it is said, when the robberies at Willis ton and Meyer’s Mill were committed Alleged Ante Thief Arrested. Deputy Harley also reports that on Saturday he arrested Willie Coleman, who was wanted in Darlington Coun ty for the alleged theft of an automo bile. The stolen car was recovered and Coleman was given into the custo dy-of Sheriff Coker, of Darlington. % Gordon Pate. The many Barnwell friends of Gor don. Pate were shocked yesterday (Wednesday) morning to learn of his Justice Stabler declared after the i: auguration oath had been administe ed, and shook hands with the ne lieutenant-governor of South Carolin Governor Johnston and form Lieutenant-Governor Sheppard al grasped Mr.'HarHy’s hand, congrat lating him. Pictures were taken, after whi Mr. Harley was wheeled back to 1 hospital room, where he will rest f two weeks, according to plans befo assuming his new duties in the sens chamber. Lieutenant-Governor Harley mediately announced the following a pointments: Secretary to the pre dent of the senate, Miss Pauline H man, of Barnwell; postmistress, M B. V. Singleton, of ^iken; sent pages, John G. Hughes, of Abbevi; and George Gerald, of Columb telephone page, Ray Humphrey, Timmonsville; senate doorkeepers, W. Eargle, of Gaffney, E. C. Allen, Anderson, and J. C. Johnson, of Gre laborer, John* Carter, negro, Orangeburg. The following relatives of Mr. H ley were present: Mrs. Harley i three children, W. Hummel Harl Wofford college student; J. E. H ley, Jr., and Miss Jaudon Harley, b of Barnwell; Mr. and Mrs. 0. iLlfc of Barnwell; Mrs. S. A. Wise, Aiken; Leo H. Wise, of Aiken; L. Hartey. of ColumhiaT Louis G. Hurl Miss Marie Harley. and Miss Be Harley, all of Allendale. Miss Paul Holman, of Barnwell, ^Jfr. HarU secretary, was also present. Advertise in The Itoopio-Sentl death, which occurred at 8:15 Tue* night at Burlington, N. C., after a 1 weeks illness of influenza and pz monia. “Toots” Pate, as he was familii known to his friends, was a yoi man of pleasing personality who e ly won and held friends. He was youngest child of the late Mr. i Mrs. M. J. Pate, of this city, and the past several years had held * P tion with the A. D. Pate Printing 1 of Burlington, of which his brot is president. He was 34 years of 4 Mr. Pate is survived by ttasa ten/and three brothers, Mrs. G. Greene, of Barnwell; Mrs. C. A. B of Fall River, Mass.; Mrs. Georg* Glaspy amf A. D. Pate, of Burling N. C.; Claude Pate* of Wi C., and M. J. ("Jude*) Pate, «f son, N. CL, who have the aym|Ml scores of friends in their hud doted its forma, . \ . t