University of South Carolina Libraries
r- '■WZ&: THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTTJ Barnwell CMMHdci* * Ju« L IMA *Mu»t Like a Member^of the Famllv" VOLUME LVIIL BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. APRIL 4TH. 1935. ^NUMBER K. Relief Changes Are Disclosed by Fulp State Administrator Announces Per- sonnel UnAer New District ERA Setup. vv. Columbia. April 2. — Sweeping changes in the organization of relief distribution in South Carolina involv ing the creation of 11 disbursment dis tricts and abolishing of all county dis bursing officers, purchasing agents and paymasters were announced here yes terday by Col. J. D. -Fulp, State relief administrator. The new set-up is ef fective immediately. Colonel Fulp said. The reorganisation will not affect county administrations “except in the department of finance,” according to Colonel Ftdp. The 11 districts, he said, would have headquarters at Greenville, Spartan burg, Cheraw, Greenwood, Sumter, Florence, Orangeburg, Walterboro, Charleston, Columbia and Anderson. “All relief money,” Colonel Fulp said, “will be paid by district disburs ing officers. The selection of these officers was made by the account de partment of the State ERA with the approval of the State administrator.” He said that thfe plan hadi already re ceived approval from Washington. Simultaneously Colonel Fulp an nounced the appointment of district disbursing officers and district audi tors and the location of the districts as follows: District One: Alva Bell, auditor, and O. D. Tatum, disbursing officer; coun ties, Pickens, Greenville, Laurens, New berry; number on "relief, 5,774; head quarters, Greenville. District Two: J. M. Milan, auditor, and V. V. Richardson, disbursing of- .N^icer; counties, Spartanburg, Chero kee, York, Union and Chester; num ber on relief, 6,580; headquarters, Spartanburg. District Three: J. L, Welling, audi- tor, and George C. Hodges, disbursing officer;, counties. Greenwood, Saluda, Edgefield, Aiken; number on relief, 4,505; headquarters, Greenwood. District Four: C. C. Hood, auditor, W .L. Lowery, disbursing officer; .counties, Lancaster, Chesterfield Marl boro, Dillon; number on relief, 5,088; headquarters, Cheraw. District Five: J. H. Beaman, auditor, J. B. Moffett, disbursing officer; counties, Lee, Sumter, Clarendon; number mr relief, 4,031; headquarters, Sumter. - ^ District Six: H. H. Hyman, auditor, J. A. Doyle, disbursing officer; coun ties, Darlington, Florence, Marion, Horry, Williamsburg, Georgetown; number on relief, 6,766; headquarters, Florence. District Seven: B. B. Mitchell, audi tor; E. L. Clerc, disbursing officer; counties, Lexington, Calhoun, Orange- ‘burg, Bamberg; number on relief, 5,- 265; headquarters, Orangeburg. District Eight: Lee Gill, auditor; W. J. Anderson, disbursing officer; counties, Dorchester, Colleton, Beau fort, Jasper, Hampton, Allendale, Barnwell; number on relief, 5,906; headquarters, - Walterboro. Seen and Heard Here During the Pa*t Week A Little Senae and Nonsense About People You Know and Others * You Don’t Know. A post card from C. G. Fuller, who is touring Europe, addressed to “The Kingfish of BarnWell, S. C.,” being .delivered to Senator Edgar A, Brown . . Two crates of asparagus packed upside down. . . Telegrams from Northern commission merchants Mon day morning quoting colossal aspara gus all the way from $2 to $4.75 per crate. . . A truck load of “grass” leaving here Saturday afternoon for New York City. It arrived about 10 o’clock Sunday night, in ample time for the early Monday morning sales. . . Local golfers suffering from sunlgirn as a result of over-indulgence in the sport at the local golf course Sunday. . . The female of the species holding forth on the beauties of the various gardens in and around Charleston and a mere male wonder ing if the season would end before he is forced to make the trip. . . . Present world problems being satis factorily settled by habitues of the bench in front of the Best Pharmacy. . . The local high school team de feating the “town” team hr a base ball game. . . v . Some asparagus growers complaining ,that they were unable to finish cutting on Monday. . . And one remarking the “choice” grass has been non-existent in his fields this season. . . Martin Best getting excited over a proposed con solidation of The Citadel and the Col lege of Charleston, qs announced irt “The Bulldog,” cadet publication, thereby making the military school co-educational. The announcement appeared in the April Fool’s Day edi tion. Rural Carrier Examination. Boy Scout Meeting to Be HelcPat Williston J. M. Hull, Jr., ofAngusta, Will Out line Work.—Barnwell Invited V Attend. ' The United States Civil Service! Commission has announced an exam ination to fill the position of rural carrier at Barnwell. The examination will be held at Orangeburg, and re ceipt of applications will close on April 19th. The date of the examination will be stated on admission cards mailed to applicants after the close of receipt of applications, and will be about 15 days after that date. The examination will be open only to citizens who are T. R. Pender, cf Williston, was a visitor here a few days ago and tolci a representative of The People-Senti nel that he, together with L. S. Flen- niken, G. W. Whitaker, A. C. Acker man, M. M. Player and H. M. Thomp son, attended a very interesting Boy Scout meeting at Aiken on the night of March 26th, at which time J. H. Hull, Jr., was the main speaker. Mr. Hull, who is an influential citizen and prominent lawyer of Augusta, is chairman of the executive committee of the Augusta area of “The Boy Scouts of America,” as well as a mem ber of the sixth executive committee, which comprises six Southern States. Although a very busy man, Mr.' Hull devotes much of his time to this worthy cause without remuneration. Mr. Pender said that the object of the meeting was to get Barnwell County transferred from the Savannah area to the Augusta area because of the proximity of Aiken and Augusta to this section. The transfer presents a difficult problem because of the great amount of work that will be en tailed on the national organization and con only be accomplished if the towns If Williston, Barnwell, Black- ville and Dunbarton have a live scout organization. The prerequisite to this accomplishment is a live Scout Master who will be given the cooperation of the community. The Williston men were so impress ed with Mr. Hull’s talk that they in vited him to visit Williston. He has consented and a meeting has been ar ranged at the Williston-Elko high school building at 8:00 p. m., April 16th, at which time Mr. Hull will out line Boy Scout work, what it stands for and what it will mean to the com Former Major League Stars Will Play Here Old Timers Will Share Training Ac tivities Between Barnwell and Augusta. V munity and future generations^ All interested! in the movement are invit ed to attend the meeting: Ellenton Players Coming. District Nine: F. L. Boughton, audi tor; W. ,T. Lafar, disbursing officer; counties, Berkeley, Charleston; num ber on relief, 7,562; headquarters, Charleston. ■ ' District Ten: G. F. Cooper, auditor; Miss Annie Henagan, disbursing of ficer; counties, Fairfield, Kershaw, Richland; number on__.relief, 5,278; headquarters, Columbia. District Eleven: J. H. Wiley, audi tor; Otto Bristow, disbursing officer; counties, Cfconee, Anderson, Abbeville, McCormick; number on relief, 5,0(J6; headquarters, Anderson. Meyer’s Mill 4-H Club. / ■!■■■ ■ / Meyer’s Mill, April 2.—The regular monthly meeting of the Meyer’s Mill 4-H Club was held Friday afternoon at the home of Miss Gene Sweet. Miss Elizabeth McNab, the - home agent, ’gave^ a very interesting discussion, “What the Slim and • Stout Girl Should Wear,” and models of each were shown'. A lesson was given in the judging 1 contest and gar ments were judged. Hints were giv en for planning the school dress and Ians were made for Achievement Day, which will be in May. Those present were Misses Rebecca Ander- **son, Marian Ellis, Cecil Harriett * Myer, Mae Swett, Talula and Gladys Wilson, Elisabeth McNab and Gene Swett \ pi. ADVERTISE in actually domiciled, in the territory of the Barnwell post office, who have been actually domiciled here for six months next preceding the closing date for'receipt of applications, and who meet the other requirements set forth in Form 1877. Both men and women, if qualified, may enter this examination, but ap pointing officers have the legal right to specify the sex desired in request 1 ing certification of eligibles. Form 1977 and application blanks can be ob tained from the Barnwell post office or from the United States Civil Ser vice Commission at Washington, D. C. Applications must be on file with * the Commission at Washington prior W’tKe close of business on the date specified above. At the examination, • applicants must furnish unmounted photographs of themselves taken within two years. ac- The spring training activities of the Framingham, Mass., club, composed of former stars of the major leagues, will be divided between Barnwell and Augusta. This announcement was made a few days ago following a con ference between C. C. Farr, of Au gusta, and Dr. Martin C. Best, of Barnwell. The division was decided upon in ordter to give the right-of- way to the Augusta bi-centennial celebration scheduled to be held early this month. . As explained by Mr. Farr, officials of the bi-centennial celebration will utilize the Augusta park from April 29th to May 17th, and the Old Timers will train at Barnwell between those - * % • dates, after which they will resume their training activities in Augusta. The former big league belters will arrive in Augusta about April 20th, remaining there for several gamerfp the first of which will feature them in two exhibition tilts with the Bona Al len team of Buford, Ga. Dr. Best, in welcoming the oppor tunity to have the stars spend a few weeks in Barnwell, said an attempt will be made to induce outstanding college and semi-pro teams of Geor gia and South Carolina to furnish the opposition for the veterans. These teams will probably include the Uni versity of South Carolina and Jay Gross’s Greenville aggregation. Baltimore Concern Institutes Action Seeks Recovery of Liquor Seized by Governor’s Constables in Columbia Raid. First Solid Car of Asparagus Shipped Allendale Enjoys Distinction of Initial Loading Two Weeks Ahead of Last Year. While express shipments of aspara- gus from Barnwell were running about 250 crates a day last week, the first solid car for the 1935 season, which was loaded at Allendale, moved out Monday, March 25th, and brought very satisfactory prices. This car was sold F. O. B. and netted the growers the following prices: Colos sal, $4.25; fancy, $3.75, and choice, $2.40. The first car from this State in 1934 moved out April 6th and only netted the growers $2.10 for colossal, $1.85 for fancy and $1.35 for choice. Prices received by local growers have ranged from $2 net for choice to $6.50 gross and $5.35 net for colossal, the average price being about $3 to $3.50. The movement from California is late this year and only 150 cars have >een moved from that State through Wednesday, March 27, as compared to 1,800 cars the same date last year. Therefore, South Carolina asparagus is reaching the Eastern market be fore prices have been lowered by heavy supplies from California. . The total acreage in South Carolina to be harvested this year is 9,500, which is the same for the past two years. With the movement getting un der way earlier and the shipping sea son continuing during the usual peri od, the State should total some 550 cars or more as compared wit\) ap proximateiy 500 cars moved during 1934. ' The asparagus crop in South Carolina should be worth to the grow ers something like three quarters of a million dollars this year. Another factor which should help in securing better prices this year for asparagus is the fact that cabbage prices are relatively high, with very little cabbage expected from Alabama, Zone Manager Visits Barnwell. . ■ mmu ' | • ' % C. C. Carr, zone manager of the Chevrolet Motor Comnay, was in town last week and talked with J. B. Grubbs, of the Grubbs Chevrolet Co., with reference to the General Motors Exhibit, to be held in Atlanta during the week of April 6th to 13th. This is an institution with General Motors Corporation, and plans are being made on more extensive founda tions this year -than ever before. This is the occasion when General Motors assembles all of its products for dis play to the public, enabling them to view the latest in mechanical design, construction-and color,— Exhibits of this kind have a stimu lating effect upon business, andl in view of the fact that the automobile business, itself, uses more raw mater ial than any other industry, naturally a large volume of business in that line increases the demand for raw mater ial and other products, thus aiding employment in all fields. Mr., dan* stated the demand for the producta of Chevrolet Motor Com pany has exceeded many times the de mand experienced in the past, which he feel^is attributed entirely to quali ty, durability and service boilt into the car. “Sfnall Town Romeo,” a comedy in three acts, will be presented Fri day evening r April 5th, at 8:00 o’ clock, in the Barnwell high school au ditorium by Ellenton talent under the auspices of the ladies of the oarnweii Evaptist vnuren. i nc pro- duction, which is being directed by Prof. J. B. White, is one of a series of plays given by the Barnwell County Dramatic League. The action of the play takes place in the lobby of a small town hotel, and the cast of characters includes some of Ellen- ton’s most talented actors and tresses, as follows: Joe Stanford, a breezy young play wright—Jake God bold. Sly Perkins, the village constable— Stanley Eubanks. Bud Williams, the village mechanice —Thomas Dunbar. Morton Kendall, the village miser— C. L. Knight. —Lr B. Lloyd, the mysterious guest— T. F. Livingston. Betty Braxton, the young owner of the hotel—Rose Carroll. Sarah Higgins, the spinster maid-of- .allrwork—Claire Jenness. - -— - L Miss Gates, another mysterious guest—Laura Connor. • Jane Hastings, the village banker’s daughter—Howard Ellis. Anna Aldrich, thes village school teacher—Polly Blackwell. Admission will be ten and 25 cents. Section D, 4-H Club Meets. On Wednesday, March 27th the girls of section D of the 4-H club met at the home of Miss Elizabeth Mc Nab. Miss Fay Birch* was charge of the meeting in the absence of Miss McNab who was in attendance at a meeting in another section of the county. Hints on making the school dress were discussed at length. Note books were checked. Marjorie Goodson, Local Leader. New Store Opens Soon. A. A. McAllister, manager of the new hardware store to be opened here by H. Antopolsky, Inc., said Monday that the formal opening of the new establishment will be held in about 10 days. The stock will include a large and complete line of hardware, paint and lumber. Watch this paper for opening announcement. Columbia, April 2.—Suit by a Balti more liquor house to recover from the governor and his State constables 172 cases of liquor valued at $1,500* seized about two weeks ago in a raid in Co lumbia will have no effect on the governor’s determination to stop the liquor traffic so far as he can with two men, the chief executive said yes terday. • I want them to get it at any time and anywhere they see it,” the gov ernor said, not long after the papers had) been served on him and his con stables by Sheriff • Alex Heise, of Richland County. The action jn claim and -delivery was instituted by the National Whole sale Liquor Company, Inc., of Balti more. It set forth in the complaint that the shipment of liquor left Balti more on a truck March 16 and was bound for Jacksonville and “was not to be sold or used in South Carolina.” The shipment, it was claimed, was interstate in character and authorized unoler acts of congress. was alleged that when the truck laden with whiskey reached Columbia the motor of the truck needed atten tion and that while it waa being repair ed at a garage the whiskey was seiz ed. The action is against D. K. Stur kie, J. P. Hardin, Olin Sanders and Olin D. Johnston. Mr. Sturkie and Mr. Hardin are regularly employed constables and Mr. Sanders is subject to call. The affidavit in the action js signed by W. D. Vau Derbufgh as represen tative of the Baltimore company. Governor Johnston said the case would be turned over to the office of the attoreny general for handling. The . liquor was stored in the base mqnt of the State House along with seizures made in other raids. Some of the liquor was dumped out into .a drain on the State House grounds but whether much oLjhe Baltimore liquor was in the lot was not definitely learn ed yesterday. . ' \ The goveronr said he would not sur render the Uquqr and that he was tempted to call, upon the contingent- fund and close every “liquor joint in the State.” The governor’s force is confined to two men regularly em ployed and a third subject to call but there is a fund which could be used in case of an emergency for employ ment of additional constables. He said he would let the courts de cide the issue. ^ The constables say that the liquor was not taken from a truck but was seized ip a residence on Elmwood atfenoe. Louisiana and Mississippi Until after May 1st. The South Carolina cab bage crop is moving at present and will be practically cleaned tip by May 10th. The Monetta Asparagus associa tion and the South Carolina associa tion are as usual having all asparagus shipped by them certified by inspec tors under the division of markets of the extension service. This gives the growers the advantage of the highest prices for their product. m Representative Selected. A very''interesting meeting was held Saturday morning at the Court House, the object of which wak to select a representative from Barnwell County to take part in the pageant to be given by the Adult Schools of South Caroli na, the pageant being “South Caroli na on Parade.” Barnwell County is boosting one of-her own sons, the late William Gilmore Simms, the author. Quite a number were present and good showing was made by the schools Mrs. Carrie A. Ussery, of Williston, was selected by the judges to repre sent Barnwell County. The pageant will* be held in Columbia on the 7th inst. in the Township Auditorium and promises to be both interesting am instructive.*— ’ Stunt Blackville, April 2.—As a forma close to the baby contest, which is b£ing sponsored by the tenth grade of the Blackville High School, there will be an entertainment in the form qf a “Stunt Night” at the school au ditorium Friday night, April 5th. The winner of the contest will be present ed with an appropriate gift, after which a varied program will be given A skit called “Two Lazy Coons,” an Old Maids’ Convention, songs and dances are some of the attractions of fered. The public is cordially invited to attend. Young Man Commits Suicide Near Home Ivey*'Stanley Shot Himself Tkrengk the Heart Late Tuesday.—Body Found Wednesday. # % smaasaansiA Ivey Stanley, 26, committed suicide Tuesday afternoon whew Iks ihot himself through the heart with a sin gle barrel shotgun and his body was found the following morning in a swamp about a half-mile from his home by - members of his family. Sheriff J. B. Morris and Deputy Gil more S. Harley were called to inves tigate the tragedy and decided that it was a clear case of suicide* No in quest was deemed necessary. The shotgun and forked stick that Stanley used to pull the trigger of the weapon were found by his body. Hip had opened his shirt and bared his chest for the fatal shot. He left no note to explain his rash act, nor could the family suggest a motive. Ho left homo Tuesday afternoon, saying that he was going to the Swamp to ^til a squirrel. Some time later a single shot was heard. When Stanley failed to 1 return home, no search was made for him Tuesday night because of the fear of rattlesnakes in the swamp, members of the family told the sher iff. Deputy Harley stated that Stanley had been an inmate of the State Hos pital for the Insane at Columbia and was released about six weeks ago. Stanley’s father, B. B. Stanley, committed suicide in the same man ner about six months ago. Stanley is survived by his mother and several sisters and brothers. ■ M ♦ w w TIME CLOSES SATURDAY FOR NEW CONTRACTS The latest date at which applications for new coton contracts can bo made is Saurday, April 6th. This week the County Committee and the County Agent’s office are making every ef fort to get completed all neceaaary papers for old contracts as well aa get the new application forms com pleted to send to the Board of Re view. Anyone who has been prevent ed from making an application will find it necessary to do this before the end of the week.—By H. G. Boylston, County Agent. Presides at Conventkn. Dr. P, W. Stevens, optometrist of Barnwell and secretary of the South Carolina Optometric Association, is presiding at the annual convention and educational congress of the associa tion which is being held at the Hotel Franklin in Spartanburg this week. The first meeting was held yesterday (Wednesday) and the sessions will continue through tomorrow. Important business sessions, lec tures and clinics are being held.' Dr. A. M. Skeffington, director of the Graduate Clinic Foundation for Re search in Optometry, nationally known authority on optometry and noted re search worker in the correction of ob scure eye troubles, win lecture and conduct the clinics. ^ -Called to Florida. v<' 35th Anniversary. The 35th anniversary of Merritt’s Bridge Christian Church in Aiken County wiil be held at 11:80 a. m., Sunday, April 28th,junder the direc tion of the pastor, the Rev. Preston P. Jowers. The sermon will be deliver ed by Albert Border, “the boy preach er,” of Augusta. There will be a choir of 50 young people led by W. A. Turner, of Augusta. ■ Dinner will be served on the grounds at 1:00 p. m. and the anniversary ser mon will be delivered at 3:00 p. m. R. R. Moore returned Wednesday of last week from Plant City, Fla., where he and his wife, toegther with Mr. and Mrs.’ O’Neil Moore and Mrs. SeiveVniHoore and little son had been called the previous Sunday on account of the serious illness of Mr. Sauls, the aged father of Mrs. R. R. Moore. Mr. Sauls was struck by a truck "earlier in the week and was thought not to have been seriously injured, but blood poison set in and Mr. Moore said up on his return that the stricken man’s chances of recovery were very poor. Mr. Sauls has been spending part of the time with his daughter at her home in Sneliing and has many friends in tiiis section who regret to know of his serious illness. ’ New Easter Merchandise. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel Attention is called to the advertise ment of Efird’s, of Columbia, which : appeals elsewhere in this issue of The People-Sentinel. This progrss- sive department store extends a cor dial invitation to the people of Barn well County to visit their where a large stock of Easter chandise will be found on display < prices that will plea as the buyer. This edvsrtissmant is of a series that Eftrd’s lish in thin