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CaaMlttftttf JlM 1. MM. VOLUME LVIIL ‘Just Like a of th« Family 1 BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY SI, 1»85. NUMBER SS. » Barnwell Man’s Bill / Goes to the Senate Plmn Intreduced by Representative - Plan Introduced by Representative % Solomon Blatt. ' ' ' -A t The Blatt-Brown liquor bill, provid ing for the sale of liquor in South i Carolina" und'er a county control sys- „ tem, now rests with the Senate. The measure, occasion of considerable de- hate in the House, was given its last reading Friday morning and sent on its way. It will likely be^mended in some (particulars, hut members are of the opinion that it is this bill, allow- ing each county to control the sale of liquor in its borders, that will be the vehicle for the liquor measure finally v approved. «<. An unsuccessful attempt waa / made Friday to send the bill to the v ways and means committee, but this motion was diefeated by a vote of 82 to 19.. The vote in favor of passage of the bill on second reading was 61 to 42, with several members not voting. The authors of the bill are Representatives Solomon Blatt, of Barnwell, and Mar vin Brown, of Spartanburg. The bill ‘provides for the legal sale of liquor in South Carolina—yet every member of the Charleston delegation voted against it. And the Charleston “ delegation is generally regarded as wet. Both members of the Colleton delegation—and Colleton is politically dry—voted) also against it—and Rufus Newton, of Anderson, interested in liquor legislation, merely announced. “Present” when his name was called. “I, who have been a wet, have be- comfi a dry,” declared Huger Sinkler, of Charleston, as he spoke vigorously against “South Carolina setting up an other dispensary system with its attendant graft,” adding th^t he be lieved “a State dSspensary will bring bajk prohibition.^ — But the bill was passed, despite dis satisfaction of some wets and by the time it is finally whipped into form to go before Governor Johnston, it may he fairly satisfactory to all want- —- mg some sort of -legal sale rtf liquorr Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Senae and Nonsense About People You Knpw and Others You Don’t Know. A mad dog that is reported to have bitten a nufn&er ijf other canines and also a calf owned by S. J. Halford be fore it was finally put to death. . . A Big Fork farmer buying a fine head of- “collard greens” at 5^local store and another farmer motoring into town to get some kindling. . . Representative Solomon Blatt with a very hoarse, husky voice as a result of his two-day fight in the House for the passage of his liquor bill, in which, incidentally, he was quite successful. . . . Three young ladies, Misses Helena Brown, Daisy Anderson and Ida Carter, hiking to Snelling and part the way back to Barnwell before accepting a ride from a passing motor ist. . . . Everybody shivering dur ing the extremely cold weather of the past week; with coal and wood piles dwindling rapidly. . . Dis cussions of the probable outcome of the Hauptmann trial, some expressing the opinion-that it ’will result in a mistrial. . . . And Ed Woodward, local lumberman, declaring that it is a well-nigh impossibility to identify lumber from any certain mill, and a by-stancler remarkng that he could identify the lumber from Ed’s mill by the knot holes. Willie W. Harley. W. W. Harley, aged 75 years, died at his home in the Hercules section at two* o’clock Saturday afternoon, after long ill health, and his body was laid to rest the following afternoon at three o’clock in the Friendship Church yard, the funeral services bejng con ducted by the Rev. Mr. Inabinet, pas ter of the Barnwell Methodist Church, in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and sympathetic friends. While his death wajs not un expected, if was a great shock to his friends throughout the county. Ford’s 1935 Trucks Reflect New Trend Sweeping Changes to Cab and Ch«sis. Many New Mechanical Features Introduced. South His Message Mr. Harley, is survive-c! by his wife, Mrs. Susan Crpech Harley; and the following children by his first wife, the'former Miss Mamie Nunn;. John B. Harley, of Barnwell; Mps. Elisha Still, of Savannah; Mrs. Philip S. Min- ges and Robert Harley, of Charleston; W. L. Harley, of near Barpwell, and two 4 ' soi.s by hts second marriage Blease and Clyde Harley, of the Her cules section; two step-children, Mrs. Dorris Still, of the Hercules section, and J. Browning Creech, of Hepderr sonville, N. C., and two sisters and one brother, Mrs. J. D. Garrison, of near Barnwell, MrS’. Eulalie Blume, of Col umbia, and F. M. Harley, of Kline. * Hilda 4-H Club Meets. The Hercules 4-H Club held its regu lar monthly meeting recently at the school building. The demonstration was conducted by Miss Elizabeth Mc- Nab, assisted by Miss Rena Creech, the local leader. Several members had completed their aprons. The pat terns for these were cut at the pre vious meeting and werp judged at this meeting. Materials, design and standards of underwear were discuss- Several counties had themselves ex empted from the provisions of the bill until the people had had opportu nity to vote on. the question of estab lishing county commissions which would open up liquor stores. Among those counties ara>\ Abbe ville, Saluda, Edgefield* Colleton, Lancaster,, York, Union, Oconee, Pickens, Chesterfield, Marlboro and Charleston. * r “ From Newberry County came an amendment to the effect that no place “of sale be established in that county . jexceptt at the county jseat, until the people had voted on establishing stores in towns other than the county seat. Georgetown, Dillon, Chesterfield, Hor ry, Laurens, Greenwood, McCormick, Sumter, Kershaw and Marlboro added their names to Newberry and the amendment was adopted. The origi nal bill provided for the establishment of as many as ten liquor stores in a county, though this was changed so as to leave the number to the county chmmission. A futile effort was made by N. A. Cowarclf of Anderson, to have the bill amended ao as to prohibit th£ sale of more than two gallons of ITquor- and ,ed and patterns cut. Two new mem- twb gallons of'wine to any one person bers were enrolled, in one month. The House killed the amendment quickly, holding that such restrictions would redound- to the benefit of the bootlegger. Another amendment by Mr. Coward making it illegal for a person to carry in his au tomobile an unsealed dF'broken pack age of liquor, went into the discard. The bill provides for the, establish ment of county commissioners of three persons each, who Would buy the liquor, fix the prices at which liquors were to be sold; and generally supervise the business. Various re strictions such as sales after nightfall and on holidays, and within proximity to church or school, were provided. An amendment had been offered, providing for a license system of Mies. Under it, any person of “good * moral reputation” could jjet a license to sell liquor, the license fee to be J250 for wholesalers and $100 for retailers. Excise taxes would also have been levied under this system.* - C. Letter Thomas, of Hampton, said he wanted no county edmmiaaion in Hampton, but perferred a licensed ; dealer. Other House members, particularly tiie Charleston delegation, favored a license system instead of a county set- . tip; and there was considerable dis- Anothetf Cold Spell. Following close on the cokll weather that wps ushered in here on Wednes day of last week with ^ light fall of sirow, a second and more severe cold wave swept over.this section Sunday night and Monday, with thermometers registering as low as 18 degress above zero. A biting north wind made the cold more penetrating. The tempera ture modterated somewhat Monday af- teenoon, with warmer weather follow ing on Tuesday. 20, the license system plan was re jjectfed. Revenue Distribution. , Sharp objection was voiced against the plan provided in the bill for dis tributing the profits from the sale of liquor. Under the bill, 25 per cent of the profits would go to the State treasury; 25 per cent, to the munici pality in which the liquor stores were operated and 50 per cent to the coun ty treasury, to be expended as direct ed in the county supply bill. After long debate the House ap proved the distribution of revenue on a basis of 25 per cent, to the State, 50 per cent to thp county and .25 per cussion, but Anally by a vqte of 76 to ' cent to the municipality. v. • v 'V Representative body types in the new line of Ford V-8 trucks for 1038 on display at the B. and B. Motors in Barnwell reveal sweeping changes to cab and chassis, reflect a new trend in appearance and introduce many new mechanical features. In the new trucks, the engine Jias been moved forward more than eight inches giving more room in the cab and improved distribution of weight. Other important chonges include: re designed brakes and clutch, new springs and extended springbase, new cooling system, greater capacity gas tank, heavier front axle, larger and longer drive shaft and longer torque tube and new emergency brake lever with dual ratchets. The heavier front end that gives increased security and greater stabili ty on slippery roads; better braking qualities because of the newly design ed bakes, and new cabs trimmed in the manner, of the business coupe are out standing features of the 1935 lines.. * The cab is distinguished in appear ance and roomier. It has adjustable windshield, cowl ventilator and clear vision ventilation, the latter hereto fore found only in the passenger car. Undfer severe and continuous opera tion with a full load, the effectiveness of the brakes is nearly double that in former trucks. The brakes are con siderably more powerful. Changes in construction have provided a more uniform bearing surface on the drums and at the same time “fading away” of the brakes on long, continuous ap plication has been eliminated. ^he driver has been provided with a much quicker stop and with it less pedal pressure is required. Better control of the truck with adcied safety, under all driving-conditions, has been assur ed by the many changes in construc- tiofl. The brakes are simpler, too. Partial Eclipse of v Sun Visible Sunday Phenomenon b Scheduled to Begin at 10:10 and Last Two Hours and Fear Minutes, v ______ BarnweH people should get ready to” observe the partial ecRps of the sun that is scheduled to Vegin next Sunday morning at 10:10 o’clock and last two hours and four minutes, end ing shortly after noon at 12:14. About three-eighths of the sun will behhktden by the moon at ll:l\; that is, at the middle of the eclipse, though obser vers will probably be somewhat skep tical' about this since so much light will still shine down on u,s from the remaining fiye-eighths of the dazzling solar disk, says E. C. Coker* of the University of South Carolina, writing during the week, with the pastors ACMK NEWS SERVICE DR. CHARLES H. HERTY Although his topic win not be an nounced in advance. It is said that when Dr. Charles H. Herty addresses the meeting of Southern Agricultural Workers In Atlanta on January 31 he will have a message of utmost importance to the entire South. Many notables plan to attend the banquel at which Dr. Herty will speak. In addition, several “radio din ners” have been arranged through out the .South for the purpose of hearing Dr. Herty’s message. Big Still Destroyed in Barnwell County Federal Agents Destroy Plant Valued at About $2,000 in Raid Near .Dunbarton. - - A liquor still that was estimated to have cost its owner $2,000 or.more was destroyed! near Dunbarton several days ago in a raid by federal agents operating out of Columbia. Three negroes who were surprised on the Executive Committee H Meets in BlackviDe Plans for 1935 Adopted by Repraoan t*thres of the Barnwell Baptist Assoeistion. 9 omamnmanMB Blackville, Jan. 29.—The Executive committee of the Barnwell Baptist sociation met in Blackville on Friday, January 25, for the purpose of making plans for 1935. . Twenty-six of the 38 churches In the association were represented) and a tentative program of activities for the association adopt ed. . ■ ’ X simultaneous jlunday school training school was planned for the week of February 11-16. An effort will be made to have a training school in every church in the - association more than 20 parts having been elim inated in the new design.- The clutch has been greatly simpli fied and increased in size for more ef ficient operation. The new clutch pro vides a smoother start for the driver and easier, more positive disengage ment for rapid and silent gearshifting. Pedal pressure has been materially de creased. In addition, the engagement of the clutch at highway speed has been made so positive, slipping and consequent clutch wear have been vir tually liminated. A longer front spring has been pro vided and the. front spring assembly moved further forward, improving load distribution to a great extent. To assure ideal cooling of the en gine under all operating conditions, the cooling system has been vastly im proved. The capacity of the-radia tor has been enlarged and larger pump impellers provided. Cooling has been increased materially by these changes. k The new 20-gallon gas tank under the driver’s seat now has the filler opening much more x £onvenientfy plac ed inside the door. . .. Th$ new, axle, designed to carry a much heavier load with heavier radius rods. - .With full-floating rear axle, dual down-draft carburetor and! perfected torque tube drive, the powerful 80- hOrse-powe/engine of the 1934 models, with several important changes, is re tained in the 1936 line. In Auto Wreck. While returning from Augusta Sun day night, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Christie arid children, of this city, had a narrow escape Jrm serious injury "when the car in which they wfere riding was hit by another machine said to have been occupied by negroes. The Christie car was overturned and Mr. and Mrs. Mr. * lutsNai ' .4 ' Chistie suffered painful cutsNand bruis es, but none of the children was in jured. The occupants of the other machine are reported to have left the scene of the accident without stopping to offer assistance. 1 Mr. Christie was the most seriously hurt, having suffered a bad cut under his left eye, and has been «onf}ned to his faed this week. The ear in which they were riding is the property of B. and B. Motors and was badly dam aged in the collision. One of Mr. Christie’s sons was driving at the time of the accident. * Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Eidson were visitors in Augusta Monday. A- ■ . V.•3BL, ■ J seone'aT tKe'tlme were also taken in to custody and carried to Columbia, whefe they were placed in the Rich land County jail. The distillery consisted of a 16- JiorsepJawer boiler, a • 1,000-gallon metal still and 500-gallon vats, all full of mash readiy to be distilled. There was also a long shed under which the whiskey was to be filtered and bottled. Ail of these were de stroyed, sticks of dynamite being us ed in the work of destruction. Cans and jars which were to be used as containers - were destroyed by hand, axes were used on the copper coils and the dynamite was used on the rest of the outfit. The road to the distillery had been camouflaged with pine straw, but this did not fool the officers. . They left their cars parked some distance away and! approached the plant on foot. Three negroes at work were surprised and two of them were cap tured on the spot, but the third made his escape temporarily. He was later apprehended. It was estimated that sufficient mash was destroyed to have made nearly 9,000 gallons of whiskey with out the addition of any more raw materials. C“ » for The State. Better than the usual smoked ^l* 88 for looking at the eclipse are old posed photographic negatives ^ pieces of exposed camera films. The: should be rather black and two or three thicknesses may be used if films are rather transparent. Observers might practice with these by looking at the clear sun a day or so ahead of Sunday. • - J - The new moon comes across the sun from the right hand side or west side ^s she swings in her monthly orbit around the earth. By Tuesday or Wednesday she will be well in view as the familiar crescent new moon in the western sky after sunset when she will be some 30 degrees east of the sun. The moon passes the sun every month but usually north Or south be cause her orbit is inclined five degrees to the plane of the earth’s orbit. Xhe apparent size of the moon’s disk is al most the same as that of the 'round sun, slightly smaller on the average, 31 minutes for the moon and 32 min utes of angle for the sun, but on ac count of the changing distances from the earth of both these bodies the moon’s disk is sometimes apparently larger than the sun’s disk and so on rare occasions, when the-moon is new. that is passing the sun, and at the same instant is passing through the plane of the earth’s orbit we have a total eclipse of the sun. The little moon, only 230,000 miles away, comes in between us and the giant sun 400 times as large but 400 times as far away. The year 1935 is favorable for eclipses. There will be seven in all, five of the sun and two of the moon. The- dates are listed below. Get your dark glasses or Mack films ready for next Sunday from 10 to 12 o’clock. - Another interesting view that none should miss is the rather rare appear ance of the three planets, Saturn, Venus and! Mercury, in the low south western sky after sunset this; week. The ringed planet Saturn will go out of view this month. Mercury may be seen only for a few days and then only by observant lookers who catch him as early as possible after sunset. Venus, twin sister of, the Earth, will become more and more dazzlingly bright as the winter wanes and the spring advances. Eclipses for 1935. January 5, partial of sun, not visible in Barnwell. Gotten Ginning Report. There were 12082 bales of cotton ginned in Barnwell .County prior to January 16th, as compared with 14,- 572 bales ginned to the same date a year ago, according to figures made laymen of the association teaching. The association has been divided into districts and a resident pastor ap pointed to enlist and direct the work of each district. The Rev. Waymon C. Reese, pastor of the Denmark Bap- ist Church, was chosen as general director of the campaign 1 . Eaxly re ports from the different churches and district directors are most encouraging. An Entirely new program of activi ty for Barnwell Association is a series of evangelistic conferences to be held in several central churches the week of March 18-23. The purpose of these conferences is to create a greater interest in evangelism. A program with evangel isnl emphasized will be planned by the ReV. W. A. Smith, pas tor of the Willistdp Baptist church, and will be presented at the several churches where meetings will be held. Special emphasis will be placed upon the rural churches of the association during the campaign. All, the meet ings will be held in rural chtifches and it is the hope of the coraeuttee that every church in the association will cooperate. On April 16 a spring meeting \etf the association will be held at central church in the association -special emphasis upon all phases ef denominational work. Dr. Beagle, field secretary of the Home Miseiew Board, and Dr. A. Scott Patterson, for 17 years a missionary is Africa, will be the special speakers at tide meeting. Dr. W. 8. Brook, field secre tary for South Carolina, end other leading denominational leaders will have part on the program. A The associations! encampment arms discussed at length by the committee but definite action was postponed wn- til a later date. The clerk of the association was asked to write te the members of the executive committee and ask for the opinidn of their re spective churches. If the churches In the association wish td continue the annual encampment, the pastors of' the association were authorised te proceed with plans for the meeting la 1935. The program committee of the association waa asked to meet in the late summer and plan a definite pre- gram for the churches of the assode- tkm in-1966 and build the program of - the general meeting of the tion around those plans. As a whole the work of the in the association is making ■ progress than at any time in ra years. Practically every church „ January^ 19, total of moon, not visj- * Sunday school and such other aetir*~ public this week by the department of commerce. Ginnings for other' counties in this aectioa were as fed- lows: » 1934: • \ 1933: Aiken' __ 18,60a 21,927 Allendale — ... 6,669 7,443 Bamberg — ... 9,313 11,638 ' Hampton 5,240 6,960 - Orangeburg _ „ 46,894 48,371— The State — r . . 678,615 723,229 Orangeburg led the other counties pi the State, with Spartanburg a close second with 44,813 baljes this year as compared with 59,472 last year. Thomas Furse. Thorolas Furse, ji farmer of the Lyndhurst section, died ot his home there Thursday. He *was about 60 .years of age. Funeral services were held Friday at the Lower Three Runs Baptist Church, with the Rev. R. H. McKinnon, Allendale, officiating. Interment 'followed in Ike Furse cemetery. ble in Barnwell February 3, partial of sun. 1 June 30, partial of sun, not visible in Barnwell. " * July 16, total of moon. — July 30, partial of sun, not visible in Barnwell. „ December 25, annular of sun, not visible in Barnwe^. (Front Nautical Almanac, United States Naval Observatory.) organizations necessary to carry the work of the Kingdom. ‘ , The officers of the ss sociation am The Rev. L. G. Payne, of Blackville, moderator; the Rev. W. S. Smith, of Wiliiston, vice-moderator; the Ror. Waymon C. Reese, of Denmark, desk, and W. R. Bell, of Pleasant Hill, treas urer. -r ' . m n To Serve Bird Supper. * *. Church Officers Elected. A congregational meeting was held by the members of the Church of the Holy Apostles here Sunday after the regular evening services, at which tim^ Barnwell on Tuesday night, Febu the treasurer’s report was read and Announcement is madte that a bird supper will be served to all members rn good standing of the Richardsow- Walsh Post of the American Lagiaa at the regular monthly meeting In adopted and officers for the ensuing yetr re-elected, as follows: ion Warden—C. F. Molair. Warden—J. W. Ruff. Vestrymen—-9. ’ P. Davies, W. L. Molair, Dr. A. B. Patterson and Char lie Brown, Jr. Delegates to the Diocesan Conven tion, which meets at Florence Maty 7th and 8th, were elected, as flolows: C. F. Molair, J. W. Ruff, Dr. A. B. Pat terson and Ralph Brown. Alternates, Charlie. Brown, Jr., B. P. Davies, W. L. Molair and Eugene Brown. 1 Ex-service men who desire to join th* Post should communicate st once wWi Post Commander Harry G. BojMml Only Legipnajres who have Raid .their dues will be eligible to nltiai the suppigr. » VtH Friendship Church C—Jerencn. % ''*•***■•-•* • ; > All members of tk» Friendship ENh tist Church an requested to atii^i a called conference at the draiefc Sunday afternoon, February ftrd, 3:00 o’clock, for the important .