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• * i THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTYJ^a r-r- iam L im. *Ju.«LMke a Member of the Family' 1 ,.v VOLUME LVIIL Common Pleas Court to Convene March 11 Judge C. J. Kara age to Preside.—Petit Jurors for First Week Were Drawn Monday. A scheduled two weeks term cf the Court of Common Pleas will -convene at Barnwell.on Monday, March 11th, with Judge C. Jr Ramage, of Saluda, presiding'. Petit furors for the first week were drawn cn Monday, as fol lows: l Edward E. Delk, Barbary Branch. Eugene M. Easterling, Barnwell. Harry Blume, Healing Springs.- ' George Hartzog, Blackville. R. L. Moody, Four Mile. W. H. Harden, Kline. W. D. Norris, Morris. . " — J. S. Bogen, Barnwell. R. S. Weathersbee, Pleasant Hill. E. H. Girardeau, Barnwell. James B. Moore, Barnwell. B. F. Gibson, Big Fork. — W. R. Rutland, Pleasant Hill. Daniel I. Ross, Ashleigh. Edward Sease, Diamond. G. M. Pender, Willistom • C. B. Lazar, Barnwell. W. M. Howard, Blackville. J. Mims Walker, Healing, Springs. Charlie P. Morris, Morris. * L. F. Miles, Ashleigh. K. Diamond, Morris. < Harold Williams, Barnwell. J. Norman Dicks, Barnwell, Boyce Creech, Barnwell. V. L. Nevils, Blackville. H. H. Ellis, Red Oak. G. C. Kennedy, Blackv'ille. Kit McDonald, Blackville. T. B. Creech, Kline. John Neil Weimorts, Mt. Calvary. Chas. 0. Jones, Barnwell. W. H. Vaughn, Barnwell. G. Walter Moody, Dunbarton. John S. Keel, Long Branch. Terie Richardson, Barnwell. Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Senae and Nonsense About People You Know and Others V ^ You Don’t Know. —- tickets. Several Nominated in Festival Contest Sorie Fortunate Young Woman Will - /' '■ Win Enjoyable Trip to Charles ton for Little Effect. — A'' Who is going to represent Barnwell County at the second annual Azalea Festival ire Charleston? , The People-Sentinel is offering a most enjoyable five-day visit to tHe City by tfre Sea to some fertunade. youpg woman for just a very little ef fort on her part. All that is neces sary to win is a little extra work dur ing the next two weeks in securing subscriptions to The People-Sentinel. Votes can be seemed in no other way and they will be given with either new or renewal subscriptions to this news paper. Full details of the contest are an nounced in a page advertisement on the eighth page of this issue. Those interested! are*urged to read every word and then get busy. There is fto way to lose. The young lady receiv ing the highest number of votes will be awarded the frde trip, with a chance of wjnning ah additional trip to Washington, while the other candi dates will b? paid a commission of ten per cent, on iill money- actually collected on subscriptions. Could anything be fairer? >• A nomination blank is published again this week. Clip out, nomi nate thQ young lady of your choice and mail or bring it to the “Contest Editor..” So^rltr, the following young Ladies have been nomireahed: Miss Helen Weissinger, Blackville. Miss Mildred Storne, Barnwell. Mifes Ptaulirie Holman, Barnwell. . Miss Marian Bolen, Barnwell. Miss Elizabeth Mace, Barnwell. Miss Hilda Martin, Barnwell. Miss Jo Black, Barnwell. Miss Dorothy Sanders, Barnwell. ELLENTON AGRICULTURAL • i 1 CLUB HAS CORN CONTEST Ellenton, Feb. 24.—JP. H. Bucking ham, has been named by the Ellenton Agricultural club to direct a coni con test sponsored by the club, frrat add Second prizes will be awarded to con- .testaht? producing the graategt yield „ Gladfrf IW1 of com on any one acre. AccurateK^ m ™ erson .. Hawle y. ^ Englishman records must be kept by' contestants according to the rules. ' William E. Dicks has been elected a member of the club. ’ ' / Following the last meeting, D. GY Bash was hostess at a barbecue dinner to the large number of members and visfeon. PerryBush laying a small bet with Ncrman Andlerscn, Southern Railway agent, on the amo'un^ cf the fare from Barnwell to Washington, D. C., and Angus Pattrrsorr making sorrte smart remains about the wisdom of betting about rates with a man who sells . Peach trees in bloom. A delegation .of citizens going up to Columbia to vfsit Gov ernor Johnston, in an effort, it is. said, to bring about a change in the Barn well County Emergency Relief Admin istration. . . . Betting is reported to be about even on the outcome. . '. Local man saying that he expects much colder, weather, as the heating stove in his home had been taken down and stowed away till next fall. . . . k A page -in Monday’s issue of The State printed upside down. . . Senator Edgar A, Brown and Representative Solomon Blatt return ing to Columbia after spending the week-end at home. " The former’s friends will be glad to know that he has recovered from a severe attack of lumbago, "which prevented him from attending several sessions of the senate last week. . *. Dr. J. F. Kneece, of BlackVille, and Jennings McNab, of Barnwell, joining The Pep- ple-Sentinel’s family of satisfied readers., - And,' the Rev D. W. Heckle, cf Healing Springs, and Mayor P. S. Green, of Elko, renewing their subscriptions. , . Man re marking that Mr. and Mrs. Angus Patterson’s baby boy looks more like bis mother than she does herself. .* . . A large crowd in the city for the opening day of court. . . Folks discussing a story about Senator James F. Byrnes. It seems that “Jimmie” was scheduled to make a radio address about the New Deal. He was prevented from filling his en gagement ancl a New England Re publican was substituted, the radio announcer failing to call attention to the change. The substitute speaker lambasted the New Deal and Senator Byrnes has been deluged with pro tests from all part of the country. . . . “Audy” Furtick going cut for a bird hunt one day last week and not remembering that he failed to take his gun along until the dogs po-inted a fine covey of brids and he was in the act of shooting into them. . . And Robert Bronson and Hennis Creech on a bird hunt and forgetting to let their dogs out «f the car until they had walked some distance from the ma chine. Hennis admitted that they were “talking about the gals.” Dramatic League to Present 3-Act Play “Fickle Fortune,” Sponsored by Ladies of Barnwell Baptist Church, to, Be Staged. The Barnwell County Dramatic League will 1 present “Fickle Fortune,” a 3-act play, in the Barnwell high school aucltorium tomorrow (Friday) evening. This play is being sponsored by thfe ladies of the Barnwell Baptist Church and the proceeds will be for the building fund. The play will also be staged -fft Eflentcn 6n the’ evening of March 5th; at Dunbarton March 7th and at Wil- liston March 8th. Reheai teals have been under way for some time ; by the following cast of characters: . Mrs. Samuel Warren, mother—iMiss Carrie WSHiajnrs. Miss Gloria Warren, daughter—Miss Thelma Furtick. Miss Antoinette (Tony) Warren—» Miss Grace League. Roxanna Blosom, an old family servant—Miss Elizabeth McNab. Bdmt Allen, young lawyer—Gene Parier. Cupper's, a butler—D. P. Patterson, Jr. Maggie, a maid—Miss . Dorothy Sanders. —G. Bates Hagood. Sadie Tweed—Miss Florence San ders. Mrs. Merry—Mrs. Lila' Brown.’ Stevens, a butler—W. R. Moore. TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS ■/. '■ \ V . BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1935 MANY COMMUNITIES WILL BE REPRESENTED AT FESTIVAL Officials Predict That Total Will Exceed Forty in Competi- —fion to Choose the Queen of Charleston's Seeond Annual AzaTea Festival. -r School Conditions in County Reviewed D. L. Lewis, siate Supervisor of Rural Schorls, Makes Report to State Superintendent. NUMBER 26. Charleston, Feb. 26. — Thirty-five South Carolina cities _ already have filed their entries in the competition to choose the Queen cf Charleston’s Second Annual Azalea Festival and with additional entries expected momentarily, the total of communities represented will exceed f-erty, offi cials predict. Communities which already have agreed to send a queen to Charleston for the Festival are: Columbia, Spar tanburg, Orangeburg, Walterboro, Kingstiee, Summerville, Bamberg, Cheraw, Johnston, Mullins, Conway, Newberry, Chester, Manning, Sumter, Bishopville, Georgetown, Bennetts- ville, Dillon, Saluda, Ridgeland, Allen dale, Hampton, Batesburg, Easley, Lake City, Barnwell', Summertcn, Wil- liston, Greenwood, Darlington, Beau fort, Hemmingway, Greer and Pickens. Committees in Charleston are rapid ly shaping plans for the entertainment of the queens of the respenctive com munities, who will be guests cf the city of Charleston from Monday, Mar, 25th, through Friday, March 29th. .During the'ir visit to Charleston the queens will live and dine ot the Fort Sumter and Francis Marion hotels < and will be*guests cf the ctiy. Among the events at which they will be guests of honor will be several balls; a floats parade, in which each queen will ride in a gaily decorated, new sports-model antomobile; a street carnival, with feur orchestras furnish ing muaic for the dancing thousands, and a beautiful water carnival, con cluding with a parade of yachts to Charleston’s new yacht basin. The young lady who is chosen queen of the Festival will be awarded a trip to WashingtciTTor herself and a chaperon or companion of her own chocsing, with all hotel and railroad expenses paid. In Washington she and her companion will-spend severe fllays at the Willard Hotel, one of America’s finest hotels, through an invitation extended by H. P. Somer ville, managing director. Representa tive Thomas S. McMillan, of the First Congressional district, will meet her oh* arrival, and personally will take her on a tour of Washington’s points of interest, including the White Housa. The trip" to Washington win"beIhaideTJamesT H. Hope, "Btate^superThtenJent when~the capital’s famous cherry trees are in bloom. Monday, March 25, the day when the queens arrive in Charleston, has been designated as “State Port Day.” For the occasion, the Charleston Nav^ Yard, where the gunboat, “Charleston,” now is under construction, will be open to the public and naval vessels in port will welcome visiters. Later in the week, the British warship, Danae, will call at Charleston and will receive visitors. ' During the queens’ visit to Charles ton, there also Will be a street crier's contest, in which the city’s hucksters will compete; a pet’s parade; an avia tion program at the municipal air port; swimming events; a dress par ade by the cadets of The Citadel*, South Carolina’s military college; concerts and other entertaining fea tures. Krause’s Greater Shows, with twelve sideshows and nine rides, will exhibit in Charleston dqring the week. W. L. Stribling, father of the late Young Stribling, cf Macon, Ga., light- heavyweight, will return to the boxing game as the boxing show on Wednesday, March 27. Within the next few dkys, Mr. StribUng will announce a card which will include nationally-known fighters. The Tournament of the Gardens will bring the nation’s leading golf professicnals end amateurs to Char leston from March 20 through March 23. The two-day Charleston Horse Show will also begin March 20. The South Carolina General Assem bly will adjourn its sessions Friday, March 22, to come to Charleston for a luncheon to be given by Mayor B. R. Maybank. Governor Olin D. Johnston is scheduled to speak at the'luncheon, and other State officials also have been invited. Entertainment features arranged for the lawmakers include a dress parade and- buffet supper at The Citadel, and a harbor trip to points of interest near Charleston. Experts say that Charleston’s famous gardens will be at the height of their bloom during the Festival. GOOD FOR 1,000 VOTES I HEREBY NOMINATE: MISS L Address candidate in the contest for the selection of “MISS^BARNWELL.’ D. L. Lewis, State supervisor of rural schools, visited Barnwell County last week and made the following re port of his observations to the Hon. Criminal Court Was in Session Two Days Adourned Sine Die Tuesday Afternoon After Disposing of a Number of Hats Off to Barnwell County! Soutjh Carolinians are preud of Barnwell County. Not only because it is the home of the first steam rail road in the world. Built in 1832 and reached from Charleston to-Branch- ville, thence on through Barnwell County to Hamburg. Not only be cause of its rich historical inherit ances, originally “Winton” district, stretching from the Savannah river oh the west almost to the Atlantic, its fine climiaite,^productive soil, and sturdy citizenry. One historian tells us that “of Barn well’s generous contributions to the Confederate, cause, the most distin guished was General Johnson Hagood, who later as governor gave to the State one of the outstanding* economic and, business-tike administrations in its history. Soon after his election, one of Hagood’s constituents asked him if he wished to be called ‘General’ or ‘Governor.* ‘Call me General/ he said with a twinkle in his eye. T fought for that and begged for the other.’” This same historian also reminds us thaS the -Soutir Carolfha pcet novelist, William Gilmore Simms, Kved most of his life in the county and his descendants are today among the leading citizens. “The county stands particularly high ^religiously and educationally. Bishop McTyere of the Methodist church. Dr. B.’ M. Palmer, one of the leaders of the Southern Presbyterians;. J>r. ^C. T. Willingham, called the greatest of all the foreign mission secretaries of the Southern Baptists, and Louis Shook, first Baptist missionary ever sent to China, were born in Barnwell County.” Maijy others whom space prevents cur mentionfing. One might cite Its growing season of*240 days. Its fruits and vegetables. Asparagus first grown there in’a com mercial way. Headquarters of the South Carolina Asparagus Growers’ association. . Its truck basket and crate factories. Its leading crop, of cotton, with corn next. Its shipments of cu cumbers, asparagus, watermelcns and other garden products. But what we wanted to call partic ular attention to is the favorable re port coming from this famous county, as mentioned by The State’s corre spondent in Barnwell. The county’s finances from 1929 to 1934, says the correspondent, reveal a tax reduction of $108,511.48„an average of over $20,- 000.00 a year. Also $51,000.00 paid on bonds and $50,000.00 on county notes* School indebtedness decreased from $172,000.00 to $99,000.00. A striking been a reduction for ordinary county purposes and bonds from 23 mills in 1929 to 10 mills in 1934. Altogether the report shows a. sav ing to taxpayers of over a quarter n}U- 1km dollars, or exactly $282,511.48. Can any county of 12,000 whites- and 16,000 negroes beat it? Deservedly: Hats Off to Barnwell.—The State. of education: “I respectfully submit below review cf elementary school conditions in Barnwell County, as observed by me during the week ending Feb. 23. “I visited every elementary school in the county with the exception of the Bamw’ell Elementary school, which I hope to visit as soon as the new educational plant is completed, thus giving the room needed! The number of teachers, enrollment and average attendance in eacH school are given on attached sheet. “Barnwell County is to be con gratulated on its high school district system. This system relates every elementary school in the county with one. or the other of the high schools, which take care cf the grades above the seventh. This organization gives every white child in the: county the opportunity to attend high’ school. There is still one imperative need in this organization—the need for super vision of the related elementary schools from the high schools. Each high school in the county should have 4 supervisory principal of elemeiftary schools, whose duty it should be to supervise the elementary grade of the high school, and also the elementary schools related to such high school. Only in this way can these children be preperhy prepared to enter the eighth grade of the high school, for the principal of the high school should see to it that the work done in each grade of the elementary school is kept on a par with the work of the same elementary grade in the high school. Uniform high-school-district wide examinations should •also be ad ministered to all seventh grade pupils in a high school district as prerequis ite to promotion to high school. Such examinations will prevent promotion without preparation to the eighth grade, and will prevent to a large de gree retardation and elimination of thse unprepared pupils. It will also stop the lowering of eighth grade standards in the high schools. “Barnwell County rural schools are in dire need of more supplementary reading for the pupils ot their seats. This seatwork reading should be at least a grade easier than that being done in recitation, and should be adapted to the needs,* interests, ex periences and abilities of the- chil- drep of the different grades. Only in this way can these children be taught to love reading, and to form the habit of reading. Children do not acquire the love for and the habit of reading from their reading recitations. Barn well County should have either % county-wide circulating library, or high-school-distrjct-wide circulating libraries, so that the children may be given an abundance of reading. “It is hoped that, as soon aa finan cial conditions permit, further changes in consolidations and organization may be made in the pi^lic school sys tem, making it more easily possible for pupils to complete tttisfactorily the elementary grades, and the high school course. Barnwell County has made a fine beginning, and as soon as conditions permit, it is believed that her progressive and forw£ rd-locking people will further improve her school system.” News From Lyndhurst. I Lyndhurst, Feb. 23.—S. H. Hay, of Birmingham, Ala., has returned home after spending several days with his brother, Harold) Hay. Misa Eleanor Gillespie, of Gastonia, N. C., spent several days here during the past week, the guest of her sis ter, Mrs. Laurie C. Fowke. Marion, Hay, of Mt. Pleasant, paid a flying visit to relatives here on Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Gantt, of Columbia, have returned home after short visit to Mrs. John M. Gantt. A. P. Hay, of Pirri* Island, is spending several days here. Longstree Gantt, Esq., of Winns- boro, (recently paid a short visit to re latives here. Mrs. Laurie C. Fowke left on Sat urday for Gastonia, N. C., where she will spend several weeks with her parents. Although the Court of General Ses sions, which convened here Monday morning with Judge C. J. Ramage, of Saluda, presiding, was adjourned sine die Tuesday afternoon, 15 cases were disposed of in the two-day session, they being as follows: _ ^ Joe Brown, charged with burglary and larceny, was found guilty with recommendation to mercy end sen tenced to 10 years at hard labor. In addition, Brown pleaded guilty to three indictments charging house breaking and larceny and was sen tenced to one year at hard labor in each case, giving him a total of 1$ years in the four cases. Silas Ryan and John H. Jacobs pleaded guilty to the charge of house breaking and larceny and were sen tenced to one year each at hard labor. Roosevelt Harrison, Hozell Fuller, Robert Fuller, John Henry Isaac and Cartee Harrison pleaded guilty to the charge of housebreaking and larceny. Roosevelt Harrison was sentenced to serve 18 lonths at hard labor and the other four drew sentences of five years each. James Sanders pleaded guilty to the charge of housebreaking and lar ceny and was sentenced to one year at hard labor. George Bryatit pleaded guilty to a like charge and was given a one-year sentence at hard labor. -»« ■- , ' . "■ John J. Salley wa« convicted in his absence on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses and a sealed 'sentence imposed. Viola McMillan, charged with as sault and battery with intent to kHl, pleaded guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or serve three months at hard labor. Joseph Maneco, charged with as sault and battery with intent to HH, was convicted of assault and battery with recommendation to mercy, being sentenced to pay a fine of $5 or serve ten days at hard labor. He paid the fine. Corbett Hartzog, charged with as sault and battery ’with’ intent to kill, was convicted of-assault and battery and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or serve 30 days at hard labor. Eugene Swett, charged with as sault and battery with intent to kill, was found guilty of simple assault and sentence^ to pay * fine of $50 or serve 30 days at hard labor. James Price, alias Im Sinclair, and James Brown, alias Claude E. Moore, were convicted of auto theft and sen tenced to five yean at hard labor. Hattie Proctor pleaded guilty to a charge of violating the prohifctUoa law and was sentenced to 30 days at bard labor. True Bills. The grand jury returned the follow ing True Bills: Joe Brown, burglary and larceny (two indictments); housebreaking and larceny (three indictments). Silas Ryan and John H. Jacobs, housebreaking and larceny, i. . George Bryant, heusebreaking sod larceny. John Bowers, violation of the prohi bition law. ' Elmore Gloster, murder. ' yf Junius Hayward, murder. John J. Salley, obtaining gcods un der false pretenses. / / . Roosevelt Herrisorv, Hozell Fuller, - Robert Fuller, John Henry Isaac and Cartee Harrison, housebreaking and and larceny. . , . James Sinders, housebreaking and larceny. Corbftt Hartzcg, assault and bat tery with intent to kill. Ulysees ^ Coleman, housebreaking with intent to steal. James Price and James Brown, lar ceny. • ■ \ Joseph Manaco, askault and battery ' with intent to kill. • , 1/ W. L. Harley, eiias Mutt Harley, and Tuck Baxley, aiding prisoners to escape from jail. ' Te Assist Taxpayers. — S. W. Taylor, be in Barnwell on for the purpoee of with the preparation ef income tax Mr. Taylor {Court House available 1, aac "“•“T “Y \