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. .. ' A . Consolidated June 1, 1925. VOLUME LVII^ ‘Juflfct Like a Member of the Family" BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 4TH, 1935. 67 Unemployables iri Barnwell County Governor Johnston Says Relief Situa tion “Will Be Vital Question in Every County.” “cases,” A total of 8,523 relief ^mounting to approximlately 30,000 people, became the charge of the counties and municipalities of the State when direct relief by the federal government came to an end July 1st, according to a statment by Col. J. D. Fulp, State ERA administrator. There are 67 such “cases” in Barnwell County, it is reported. Of this num ber, there are 20 white and 47 negro families, embracing a total of 220 in dividuals. In other words, according to the sur vey of “unemployables” c mpleted by the State relief administration a few days ago, there are 8,523 “unemploy able” single persons and families in which there are no people capable of working in South Carolina. Undler the blanket order of the national re lief administration, no further relief will be furnished these people. The survey was made to determine the number of people which the counties and municipalities of the State will be responsible for. Figures . received from eight coun- Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Senae and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. Oldest'Sunday School Convention in the World Holds 68th Session “Wes” Raymond, of Lakeland, Fla., demonstrating a Fairchild cabin plane to Mayor C. G. Fuller Monday morning. . And “Bud” Halford, reclining in his easy chair at the local ice house, displaying little in terest in the plane’s maneuvers as it circled over Barnwell. . . A dog fight on Bun: Street early Sunday morning and Creech Sanders getting nipped ^on the hand as he tried! to in tervene. V . An l unusual and un precedented calm in the section of the grandstand occupied by “the Wojves” at the opening ball game Thursday Denmark, July 2.—More than 200 delegates from 23 churches in the Barnwell and Bamberg Baptist Sun day School Convention were present when the vice-presiden$ Dr. J. R. McCormack, called the convention to order for its 68th annual session Wed nesday morning, June 26th, at the Ghent’s Branch Baptist Church, three miles from Denmark. The Rev. J. A. Estes, pastor cf the Barnwell Baptist Church, led the opening song service and Archie Ellis, ministerial student from Dunbarton, conducted the devo tional services. The two day session was one of the best in the history of the convention. -Every department of Sunday School work wa s included on the program. afternoon, and Ed Woodward wonder ing if the handSes of the “sledgeham- Departmental conferences, open dis- mers” were broken 01- cussions and inspirational addresses lerich, local pitcher, who ran his string of scoreless innings to 18 Saturday af ternoon by stopping Bath, 1 to 0. . . . Dodson Still matriculating in the were led by outstanding Sunday School workers of the association and State. According to the reports there were 4,458 members enroked in the 34 produce business by sending several! Sunday Schools in the convention. Of carloads up-State, and making a small clean-up. . . Anj Martin Best, Jr., selling watermelons. . . Threaten ing clouds Saturday and Sunday, but no rain. . . W. A. Owens, Jr., ex-( ties were not “broken down” hibiting a fine string of trout that he as to whites and negroes, but in the ot.her 38 counties, ther e are 1,- 877 “white” cases and 4,631 negro cases which will no longer receive federal relief. The number of “unemployable cases’’ by counties ranges from 847 in Char- iesren County, the highest, to 43 in Chester County. There are but two “white” case s in the latter county. Colonel Fulp said that w’idowed women with young "children whom they cannot leave long enough to make a living are considered among the “une mpl oyebl ee.” The average number of peopje in each family on relief in the State is 4.3, Colonel Fulp said. Many of the “cases,” however, are single people. The nearest estimate that can be ar rive at to the total number of indi viduals i s 30,000, he said. In addressing the Federated Asso ciation of County Officers at Myrtle Beach last Wednesday, Governor John- ston predicted that the relief situation “will be a vital question in every county," while up in Greenville Coun- »** 4 V r ty a resolution requesting the Governor to call a special session of the general assembly to consider the problem of relief to “UNEMPLOYABLES” was adopted at a- meeting of that county's legislative deJegation. Administrator CaUg for Aid. —^ caught in Turkey Creek, just above the bridge. . . . Miss Jo Black, Senator Edgar Brown’s stenograph er, making a picture of the sun dial and Court House, which, it is hoped, will appear on the pictorial s ide of the highway department’s new map. . . Nick Coclin remarking that the Barn well baseball club is composed of Georgia boys wearing Allendale uni forms. An automobile, with red an d green lights placed hither, thither and yon about the body, having the appear ance of a brightly lighted Christmas tree-. . , . Local bashall fans ex pressing disapproval of some oF*the umpire’s decisions in Monday’s game with Graniteville, the manager of the “Rocks” having officiated. . . Dr. P. W. Stevens, local optometrist, mov ing into hs new quarters nevt door to ing into his new quarters next door to. Antopolsky’s hardware store on Main cusing “Rufe” Moore of trying to take Martin Best’s place in the local base- this number 495 are officers and teach ers. Three schools in the convention have qualified for the Standard of Excellence set up by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist jConvenltion, and thilee oiher s have reached nine of the ten points requir 1 - ed. Th e Standard schools are: Bam berg, Geo. Inabinet, Superintendent; Double Ponds, J. P. Chitty, Superin tendent, and Ghent’s Branch, W. E. Gibson, Superintendent. During the session 27 of the 34 schools in the convention were represented. A resolution calling for certain changes in the program and! work of the convention in the future was pre sented by the Barnwell Minister's’ Conference, an organization of the pas- tbrg of the Barrtwell association, and adopted. The resolution is a s fol- Tb part of the Barnwell associational pro gram. That its officers shall coperate with the plan s of the executive com mittee of the B aim well association. That the officers shall be as follows, andl elected annually: 1. Asscci&tional j Sunday School superintendent. 2. Associate Sunday School superintend ent. ,3. Secretary. 4. Treasurer, and such other officers as the Conven tion may se e fit to elect from time to time. That the Sunday School min utes be included as a part of the as sociational minutes just as the W. M. U. and B. T. U. minute s are. . 1 “3. That the convention hold the following sessions during the year: One annual session one day in length, « and three quarterly sessions two or three hours in length. “4. That if necessary, the constitu tion be changed to make the above reccmmenaations possible. After some discussion on a motion to maintain the original name of the convention the motion carried and the name of th e convention, which is the oldest Sunday School convention in the world, will continue to be the Barnwell and Bamberg Sunday School Convention. Officers elected to- serve in 1935-36 are George B. Inabinet, Bamberg, superintendent; T. A.. Hightower, Ghent’s Branch, associate superin tendent; Waymon C. Reese, Denmark, secretary, and B. B. Cave, Olar, treas urer. Officers Have Busy Week Raiding Stills Federal, County and Town Officers Make War on Bootleggers in This Section. In an effort to^enforc^ the new liquet law and give protection to those who have bought licenses and are en gaged in the sale of legalized liquor, federal, county and town of Barnwell officers have been busy the past week raiding stills and place s suspected of selling unstamped liquor. Federal agents of the alcohol tax unit, United! States treasury depart^ ment, under the direcion of S. S. Sligh, wrecked two large steam out fits, one in Aiken County on Sunday, June 23rd, and the other in Barnwell County last Fifiday, destroying 11,500 gallons 1 of mash, 275 gallon s of liquor, arresting eight men and seizing one 1934 Chevrolet truck. Sheriff J. B. Morris has been busy raiding places suspected of selling bootleg liquor in the upper part of the county, while in Barnwell Chief J C. Hogg has also been busily engaged in an effort to stamp out bootlegging South Atlantic Regatta. Largest County Circulation. NUMER 44. Delegates Attended ^ State Short Course ' mmmmmmmmrn —t 15 Representatives of Home Demon stration and 4-H Clubs of This County Visit Winthrop. ball club’s dug-out. ... A report that, while farmers are receiving only 20 to 30 cents a crate for cantaloupes in this section, consumers in Wash ington are paying 25 cents for a sin gle ’lope. .* . . Buist Grubbs, of the Grubbs Chevrolet Co., arranging for a demonstration of Chevrolet’s durability. . . . . Lloyd B. F. Owens, county administrator, in a statement to a representative of The People-Sentinel on Monday, said that the local ERA has a limited*quan tity ot' commodities which will be <JTs- tributed among the Barnwell County j 0 j n t Committee on Printing Tuesday unemployables as long as the sup- , an d incidentally boosting the South ^.t- piy lasts. In this connection, he asks 1 lantic Regatta to be held in Beaufort hurrying out to the landing field to greet .a visiting flier} *: . . 'The Hon. Calhoun Tomas, of Beaufort, member of the House of Representa tives from that county, en route to Columbia to attend a meeting of the July 16, 17 and 18. . . .A local merchant admitting that his delivery boy is better dressed than himself. Denmark Man Lci>es. that the legislative delegation, file county board of directors, the churches and charitable organizations cooper ate in helping to care for these “cases” as scon as possible. Mr. Owens also said that he will be glad to cooperate in any way possible, but that Wash- Columbia, June 28.—The State su ington s action in withholding direct preme court has ruled R. D. Kennedy relief from South ^ Carolina throws j must serve the ten-year sentence im- the-car© of “ujtemployables” on local- posed cfrhtTTrtrr Bamberg Cotmty for organizations. manslaughter in coimection with the The number of “cases” which will killing of John H. Clark in July, 1933 be turned over to the counties and The court, in an opinion yesterday, municipalities, listed by counties, fol- affirmed the verdiqt of the lower * ows: court. A new trial was asked' on the iew of the plans and program of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and ^ several State conventions, we, the members of the Bamweil Ministers’ Conference, wish to make the follow ing resolution to the Barnwell-Bam- berg Sunday School Convention. “In making thi s resolution we are Dog Days Began July 3—Continue 40 Days Tradition Say s That R&in on July 2, Virgin Mary’s Day, Means 40 Days cf Wet Weather. “Dog Days” begin when The m of July is only two days old—that is, July 3rd—and continue until August 11th, a period of 40 days. The time is coincident wdth the heliacal rising (with the sun) of Sirius, the Dog star, which is so called because it is located at the mouth of Canis Major, the Greater Dog. The ancients be- mindfnl nf thg fart that rmr Sunday | li evp d that the rising of the Dog star School convention has served a worthy had definite connection with this purpose and has made a worthy con- period at the hottest part of he’ year tribution to the life of our Sunday and named it the dog days. They set School work in the past. However, w e July 1st as the first dog day, but ow The City of Beaufort extends an in vitation to the people of Barnwell County to attend the South Atlantic Regatta, which will be held in that city July 16th, 17th and 18th. The three-day program includes yacht racing, dancing, golf, tennis, etc., and is as follows: Tuesday, July 16th. 9:00 a. m.—Qualifying round for Handicap Golf Tournament at Colony Gardens. (No entrance fee). Also swimming, tennis and other sports. il^OO a. m.—Toy Sail Boat Races on Lake in Beaufort. 3:00 p. m.—Sail Boat Races. 10:00 p. m.—Dance at Community Club. feel that the time has come when we ing to the procession of the equinoxes, need' to marshal and mobilize our! different from what it was to the I •- fores to meet certain needs, which are: ancients, the beginning of dog days “1-. To accomplish the central pur- been* extended two days Ptexico ... ■— pose of brmgrng to our Abbeville Aiken Allendale A nHprsnn White Negro ... 94 . 58 ... 71 166 ... 20 123 1A3 990 Total 152 237 ~'US * 372 grounds that the trial judge refused a continuance jvhich was asked be cause of the illness of a member of defense counsel. Bamberg a. ^ • 127 Jasper - 21 ?8 119 Barnwell 20 47 67 Kershaw .v. - 43 . 88 J31 Beaufort .. 5 127 132 Lancabter . 21 30 51 Berkeley — — 111 Laurens - 55 36 . 91 Calhoun — _ 50 165 215 Lee .. . 25 65 90 Charleston __ .. 106 741 847 Lexington — _ 140 Cherokee 76 87 163 Marion _ 47 203 250 Chester 2 41 43 Marlboro .. 42 94 136 Chesterfield _ — » 195 McCormick . 15 77 113 Clarendon 12 63 . 75 Newberry _ ... 99 Colleton 31 8L 112 Oconee ._ _ 88 37 125 Darlington 44 84 128 -Orangeburg _ 432 Dillon 55 70 125 Pickens „ J 00 35 92 Dorchester 31 150 181 Richland . 72 178 2^1 Edgefield ___ 21 76 97 Saluda . 72 a-O J. 251 Fairfield ---- — 11 75 86 Spartanburg ... _ _ 631 Florence ‘ — 205 Sumter . 23 164 187 Georgetown _ 65 414 469 Union .. 23 164 187 Greenville - 173 113 283 Williamsburg __ . 18 114 132 Greenwood __ 44 -117 161 York ..... „ 52 26 78 Hampton — 12 78 90 Horry 192 75 177 - Total 1877 46^1 8451 nday schoo workers s ome needed training for the' work they are trying to do. “2. To make our association a great unifying agency to cause our workers to become acquainted with one an other. This will help them to have a more sympathetic understanding of each others’ work, and will create a feeling of fellowship and interest in a common task. “3. To lead the people to an en larged vision. Our workers r^ed to see the magnitude of their mighty work. They also need' to see their work as a glorious commission, divine ly given and divinely blessed. “4. Our workers need to be en- cxroraged.and made to have more con fidence in their ability to do things. ^ therefore, be it resolved: “1. That we create a new organiza tion to take over and supplement the work of the present organization and that the name shall be the Barnwell Sunday School Convention. “2. That its functions shall be a irius i s the brighrest star in*the heavens; It is estimated to have more than 13 times the magnitude of the sun. Connected with dog days is a sign for abundance of rain which ha g long been held valid by ceitain groups of weather prophets like that of ground hog day. Thus July 2 is known as Virgin Mary’s dby, and if it rains that day, during the next 40 days precipi tation might be expected every day at some point ^vithin the radius of the horizon—that is, a distance of 15 miles each way. The legend about the Virgin Mary is in effect that she planned to go on a journey beyond the mountains from her home in the Holy-Land. Her visit occupied 40 days and it began raining when she started on her journey and it rained until she returned home. The supply of rain to date is about half the usual quantity. 9:00'a. m.—Qualifying round for Handicaps Golf Tournament. Other sports available. 10:00 a. m.—Exhibition Tennis Match—Colony Gardens. 10:00 a. m.—Toy Sail Boat Races on Lake in Beaufort. 3:00 p. m.—Sail Boat Races. 10:00 p. m.-ciDance at Community Club: Thursday, July 18th. 9:00 p. m.—18-hole Handicap Gol:' Tournament at Colony Gardens. Other sports available. 10:00 a. m.—Swimming Race.—Pool at Colony Gardens. 10:00 a. m.—Toy Sail Boat Races on Lake in Beaufort. fifteen representatives of home demonstration and 4-H cluba attended with the home agent the State Short course held recently at Winthrop College where delegates from all coun ties were present. The first day of the program was given over to the State meeting of the Farm Women’s Council. Those in attendance were fired with en thusiasm and came away resolved to organize clubs in communities where none existed heretofore. Each club besides carrying* out the prescribed project work will promote community activities recommended by the various State Chairmen. The Short course program was filled with stimulating and interesting features. Dr. Keith of the college history department gave in his lectures dn “The World To-day” a clear and concise summary of inter national affairs. This period was voted as one of the most helpful on the program. Another feature of great interest was the art lectures by Miss Elizabeth White, a South Caro lina artist of prominence. In connec tion with the lecture there were on dis play a number of her etchings depict ing Southern rural life. A trip to Charlotte and tours to the college farm and the soil conservation service on Fishing creek were arrangd for and participated in by delegates. The program for girls wag equally as interesting. With tire district dress revue, and other contests, music, ^hopping tours, a movie, swimming, hiking and the impressive Camp Fire ceremonial, the time was well em ployed. Those enjoying the week at Win throp were: Mrs. Manly Barker, Kline; Mrs. Wm. E. McNab, Barnwell, Chair- nura of Citizenship'list Rettfffoii aBd Welfare Committees, respectively; 11:00 a. m.—Tub Boat Race on Lake in Beaufort. 3:00 p. m.—Final Safi Boat Race. 7:00 p. m.—Presenting of Cups to Winners of Events. 8:00 to 10:00 p.. m.—Free Street Dance (opposite Court House.) Mrs. Charlie Anderson, Garden Dem onstrator, Elko; Mrs. Paul Allen, Lyndhurst; Mrs. H. L. O’Bannon, Barnwell; Mrs. Lawton Creech, Market Club representative, Hercules; Gene Swett, Local Leader, and Cecil Har- riette Meyer, County Dress revue Repnasentatitvev Mayer’s Mill; Mar guerite Beatty, Joyce Branch; Leira and Omega Grubbs, Reedy Branch; Marjorie Goodson and Martha Ayer Harley, Barnwell; Inez Creech, Ash- leigh; and Mary Gardner, Healing Springs. COUNTY TO HAVE FOUR SUPERVISED PLAYGROUNDS Mrs. R. E. Lee, of Williston, spent Sunday afternoon here visiting friends. Baseball During the Past Week. Standing of Hubs. Bath Won: Lost: * 3 1 Pet. .750 Graniteville 2 1 .667 Barnwell _ 2 2 .500 Clearwater 1 2 .333 Bamberg .. * 0 2 .000 Barnwell got off to a good start in the second half of the Industrial League Thursday afternoon of last week by defeating Clearwater, 2 to 0, in an interesting game of baseball at Fullr Park. Saturday, the locals split a^louble- header with Bath on the letter’s dia mond, winning the first game, 1 to 0, and losing the second, 4 to 2/ Monday afternoon, the Graniteville “Rocks,” who have long been a thorn in the flesh of local aggregatiohs, came from behind in the sixth inning to tie the score when they pushed over a couple of runs on two hits and an error and put the game on ice in the eighth when they netted another’run on one hit and an error. The final score was 4 to 2 in favor of the visi tors. Timmerman, former Granite ville twirler, pitched no-hit ball for Barnwell for five innings. The Bemberg olub, which stands at the bottom of the league, was sched uled to play a twin-bill at Fuller Park yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon at 3:30 in another double-header on the local diamond/ The, school grounds and parks in Barnwell| Blackvfile, Wil*||ston and Barnwell, Blackville, Williston and Dunbarton are to be turned into super vised playgrounds rfor the boys and girl s of the county. A supervisor will be in charge of the playgroundeat least three-e»ya a week for two hours a day. The pro gram will consist of organized team games and mass games. Handicraft, suchf as soap sculpture, wood carving and needlework, will be offered to the boys and girls. Definite date for opening has not yet been announced, but by the 15th it is hoped that four playgrounds will b e in operation. All boys and girls are urged to be on the playgrounds on the opening date, which will be an nounced later. Opens folr Business Barnwell's Second Whiskey Store Be gan Operation Saturday.—Own ed by Louis Cohen. “Lou’s Liquor Shop,” Barnwell’s second legalized liquor' store, opened for business Saturday, following the issuance of e license the previous day to Louis Cohen, the proprietor. The new establishment is located! in the building formerly occupied by the l»te Dr. A. T. Russell and more recently by Dr. H. P. Hanna, just across Burr Street from the Barnwell Filling‘Sta tion, and ig under the management of J: M: (“Jim”) Diamond. —-— Keeps in Speaking Trim. ' Columbia, June 29.—Governor John ston made something of a record for himself in speech-making this week. Monday before the State federation of labor in Greenville, Tuesday before the Ebenezer Men’s Bible clas s here, Wednesday at the beach, Thursday at a school in Calhoun County, Thursday night before the Orangeburg chamber of commerce, Friday at the Textile institute in Spartanburg, Saturday back in Columbia to dedicate a new athletic field* But, as someone point ed out, the governor as a candidate last summer made thirteen speeches in one day. According to figures obtained from Postmaster R. A. Deason, the postal receipts for the first six months of 1935 show an increase of approxi mate! -$70 as compared with the same period in 1934. Last year the total for the first half was $3,064.76, while through June 30th this year the re ceipts totaled $3,735.18. This is the third consecutive year that the local post office has shown an increase in revenue and 4s taken aa an indication that business conditions are registered a steady improvement.* Miss Bessie Gilchrist jot Moll ins, ia the guest of Mrs. G. F. Molair. In an advertisement elsewhere in this issue of The People-Sentinel, Mr. Cohen announces that he has a full line of nationally advertised wines and liquors, from the cheapest to the high- . est grades, and Mr. Diamond will be gla<i to serve old and new friends. Mr. Cohen says that his liquor shop was well patronized on the opening day. LOCAL POSTAL RECEIPTS . UP FOR FIRST 6 MONTHS