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V • * '* • .1 *?' ■ .j! '. ,!* -4- THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.' Consoliiated June 1, 1925. ¥ "Just Like a Member of the Family 1 Largest County Circulation. VOLUME LVIIL BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY UTH, 1935. ■.y-x NUMBER 45. Barnwell Wins and * Loses in Past Week Lccals Defeat Bamberg, Tie Clear water and Drop One to Bath in the Industrial League. The Barnwell baseball team split even in the Industrial League during the past week, winning one, tieing one and losing one, ip addition to tak ing both ends of a twin exhibition bill with Clearwater at Fuller Park July 4th, which games, however, d° not count in the standing of the clubs. Wednesday afternoon of last week, the locals defeated Bamberg, 7 to 6, in a game featured by all sorts of base ball, demonstrating conclusively that they are not “afraid of the big bad wolf.” Two exhibition gamea were played here the afternoon of the Fourth, with Clearwater furnished the opposition. The first contest wa s an interesting pitchers’ duel and resulted in a 1 to 0 victory for Barnwell. The night-cap started off as a slugfest, the visitors making a couple of runs in the first inning, but the home boys came right back and scored three runs to take the lead. The final scope wa s 10 to 3 in favor of Barnwell. Over at Clearwater Saturday after noon, J. Pluvius interrupted a close game in tht 7th inning when rain end ed the contest with the score tied at 3-all. • Another close game was played here Monday afternoon, when Bath, the first-half champions, took the big'end of a 5 to 4 score. The visitors scored four runs in the second inning, and the locals scored one run in each of the first four frames to tie it up, but Bath pushed over what proved to^be the deciding tally in the fifth. Barn well threatened to score on several occasions, but lacked the necessary punch in the pinches. The closeness of the scores is an indication of how evenly matched the teams are, and the locals are playing a brand of baseball that merits con siderably stronger financial support than they are being given in the way of gate receipts. Quite a large Ordwd Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week Little Senae and Nonsense A boot People You Know and Othera You Don’t Know. Subscriber L. T. Still, of t|ie Olar section, renewing his subscription to The People-Sentinel'cn the Glorious Fourth, which incidentally is the birthdJay of this writer as well as of Uncle Sam. . . Local baseball fan saying that the renewal of hostili ties with Bamberg on Wednesday of last week after a truce of two years reminded him of old times, with the visiting umpire making a questionable decision, a fuss and a near-fight. . Chief John Hogg overseeing a force of workmen trimming tree s over side walks and otherwise improving the appearance of the streets Lloyd Plexico leaving to attend the Faculty Announced . at Williiton-Elko Prominent Citizen ^ Passed Away Sunday Two New Teachers Are Among Those Furman H. Dicks Died at His Home % Near Dunbarton After IHness Listed for 1935-36 Session of Public Schools. Williston, July 8.—^The complete list of teacher s in the Williston-Elko Dunbarton, July 8.—Furman H Dicks, 76, prominent Barnwell County school system has been anrjpunced for farmer and esteemed citizen, died at the next term. Two new members are his home near here Sunday afternoon, Miss Dorothy Hightower, of Denmark, 1 after an illness of several months, who was elected teacher of English in Funeral servifes were held Monday the high^chool, and Miss Julia Knox afternoon at 5:30 o’clock at the grave- Pehnell, first grade teacher in the side in the Joyce Branch Churchyard, Williston grammar school. . | with the Rev. B. M. Foreman officiat- Leon Stansell will be principal of ing. Active pallbearers were Jj. E. the Elko grammar school succeeding Drummond, W. H. Dicks, C H. Dicks, P. N. Wise, who was elected principal T. E. Killingsworth and E. F. Parker; of the Williston grammar school. honorary, B. F. Anderson, Dr. Wallis The list of teachers and their sub- Cone, J; M. Killingsworth, T. Jeff jects are: -—- ^— Grubbs* J. M.-.Burckhalter T John K. Williston-Elko Junior-Senior High Snelling, G. M. Greene, W. H. Man- school—C. K. Ackerman, Supt., and . ning and B. F. Ow’ens. - motor boat races at Greenville m con-! head of history department; M. M. | Mr. D^cks was a native of Barnwell Lunar Parties Will Be Eclipsed July IS Total Eclipse of the. Moon, Lasting for More Than an Hour, Scheduled Monday Night. Hallie R. Long Dies From Gasoline Burns Barnwell Man'-Fatally Injured Last Week When J*r of Gasoline Spilled in Fire. neotion with the convention American Legion Player, principal, science and head of County and had lived here all of his the othletic department, coaching all life. He died in the same house Perry Bush asking “Rufe” Moore' sports; Miss Hattie Newsom, mathe- in which he was born and had, through- if he isn’t a “drug’store farmer,” and > ma lics and dean of girls; Miss Annie out his maturq IHe, occupied a posi- a mutual friend saying that Perry j Steedly, Latin and French; Miss Sarah j tion of respect ag a cftizen of the wouldn’t have dared ask such a ques- Dunlap, home economics; Miss Eliza- county and a place of high regard in tion a few month s ago when he was beth McNair, commercial department; ! the estimation of his fellow citizens’, clerk to the county board of directors, John Miley, head of agriculture course; j He was a devout member of the Joyce of which Mr. Moore is a member, .a. Miss^Dorothy Hightower, English and Branch Church, and was active in re- The following nice compliment to | girls’ director of physical education. ligious and civic affairs of the county. Judge G. Duncan Bellinger in a news dispatch from Camden: “Judge Bpl- He also occupied the position of school trustees for a number of years Grammar Schools. Williston Grammar schools—P. N. linger made a profound impression on j Wise, principal, mathematics, practi- j and devoted himself untiringly to ev his first appearance in the Kersnaw. ca l ari s &nd physical education a- ery effort for better education for the County court. The bar and citizens ^ roong the boys; Intermediate depart-, children of the State, generally feel that the circuit is for- ment, 4th, 5th and 6th grades—Miss ' Mr. Dicks is survivd by his wife, tunate in securing his services.”. ^loise Quattlebaum, English and Mrs. Theo Green Dicks; two sons, F. bition games. hut„for the most part the attendance has been disappoint ingly small. The fans of this section are urged to ‘attend the game s in in creasing numbers, as all of the con- Judge Bellinger is a native of Barn well. . . . And another news dis- reading; Miss Gene Way^ hygierte, Hamilton Dicks and W. F. Dicks, and geogrlphy, civics, history and physical patch from Williston refening to j education activities for girls. Primary Magistrate G. M. Hogg, of Barnwell, teac her s are, Miss Julia Know Pennell, as “J. M. Bogg.” . . . The drought lst grade; Miss Dorothy Miller, 2nd in Barnwell County being broken by copious rains the latter , part of last week ... A little negro boy ad vertising Monday’s baseball game with banner and bell. . . Heyward Bates, of the Dunbarton section, say ing that he has 90 acres of corn, five of which promise to produce enough three daughters, Miss Gora Dicks, Miss Lucile Dicks and Miss Ruth Dicks, all of near Dunbarton, who have the sympathy^, of many friendb in their bereavement. Blease May Run fcr Senate. to supply his needs for a year. was in attendlance at Thursday’s exhirl complaining of Die ^ot • . .. weather on the Fourth and the absence of the'usual rain. . T~ Deason complaining of having eaten too much barbecue on the\Glorious Fourth. . . . Report thaNone of, W L Se 6 . y . earS grade, and Miss Cora Dicks, 3rd grade. The board of education has not yet cared for the needs of public school music, piano, the library and study- hall. The trustees will look into these ' 4 Columbia, July 4.—Cole L. Blease, matters soon. former governor and United States C. K. Ackerman has been here six senator and veteran of many a poli years; M. M. Player 11 years; John | tical campaign', ^announced yesterday Miley 11 years; Miss Dunlap, Miss j that he would run against Senator McNair and Miss Way each two years; ( James F. Byrnes, of Spartanburg, nexf iss Newsom 12 years'; Miss Steadily, year “if necessary to defend State Dr R A Dicks, Miss Miller each one year; j rights.” s Quattlebaum 14 years; Miss “I don’t want to do it,” he said. Barnwell nighthaw’ks, astronomers, late revelers and romantic couples will be given a special treat on the night of July 15-16 (next Monday night), when a full eclipse of the moon is due. The sky show, one of the outstanding astronomical events of 1935, will be visible in the western hemisphere, ex cept in the extreme northern part of North America, apd will be seen wholly or partly, in most of Africa, southwestern Europe, the Atlantic ocean and the eastern part of the Pa cific ocean. Lasts Five Hours. —— During the period of five hours, be ginning at 9:15 p. m. eastern standard time on July 15, the shadow of the the earth will cross the face of the moon from east to west, the earth at that time being in direct line between the sun and moon to intercept the sun’s rays. The earth’s shadow will cover the moon completely for one hour and 40 minutes, the time required for the lunar body to traverse the 5,850 mile wide breadth of the shadow at its point in the heavens. • For much of the United States this will be the first total eclipse of the moon since 1927. « V Hallie R. Long, 31, died at three o' clock Thursday morning, July 4, from burns received the previous Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Long was fatally burned when he upset a jar of gaso line on the mantel in a room where his mother had been ironing clothes. The liquid spilled on the upper part of hi g body and into the fireplace. Al most instantly his clothing was ablaze and, panic-stricken, Mr. Long ran out of the house. He was overtaken by Willie Carter, whose hands were bad ly burned in his efforts to extinguish the blazing clothing, but the unfor tunate man had inhaled the flames and wa s so badly burned about the body that death resulted. Mr..Long is survived by his wife, Mrs. Augustus J. Long; his parents, Mr. and. Mrs. B. R. Long, of Barnfeell, and one brother, W. M Long, of Jack- son, Tenn.' Funeral services were conducted Friday morning at eleven o’clock at Siloam Church, a few miles south of this city, with interment in the ad joining cemetery. Mis« Mattie Bennett 6 years; Principal fought. Barnwell plays in Bamberg Friday, afterxjpon. * * , . . i . . . the local tennis courts may be suiface- tests so far have been close and hard , . . Y treated to make it an all-weather Court. . Very small crowd at tending the* ball game here Monday in Barnwell Girl on 'TVesteri^rur. Abilene, Texas, July 3.—Tfie Eugene H. Poole Tour, traveling West, were special guests «today at.the Texas County Reunion, or Rodeo, at Stam ford, Texas. The members of the par- The following teachers are attend- all-wefcther i or w ‘^ att end summer school: C. K. Ackerman, Peabody college; M. M. Player, University of South Carolinaf contrast to the large crow^ in the Mi8s Ste edly, Mi\s McNair and Miss stands on Thursday. ... A vTvtj Dunlap, Wihthrop college; Miss High- flash of lighting, accompanied by. a i tower ’ Duke Uni . v ersity; Miss Miller “I’m out of politics and I want to stay out, but if it is necessary to defend State rights, I’ll be in the campaign next summer to teach thq younger gen eration what their fathers fought for and their mothers suffered for.” Mr. Blease referred to a recent Speech in which Senator Byrne s out lined a constiutional amendment for teirific peal of thunder, during the and Prlnc, P al Wise, Newberry col- reviving the NRA by broadening con- _ Ipcra o a q o i 4-^v * 1 Trr a. _ i ^ _ • » storm Sunday afternoon, causing several people . at “The Greeks jump as though they had been shot. . . . A farmer’s wife remarking that she dicki’t hardly notice the wind that lege. More teachers are expect<e4. to . work latter part of the summer. Mrs. Sarah A. Owens. gressional powers' toJegislate on inter state commerce and sharply criticized the State’s junior senator. . “Jim Byrnes ought to be read! out of the Democratic party for attemping The funeral services for the late ' to destry State rights. He should not Mrs. Sarah A. Owens, whose sudden even be pejcmitttd to take part in a ty were welcomed in a broadcast by accompanicd the rain SatuK j ay after . Governor Allred and W.ll Ro(tera. ^ ^ sh( , ^ ^ ^ to ^ thc They were also honor guests at a rain ^ny Bush looking! i,ass,njr ,n iam P a » * l *‘> was recently Democratic primary,” he said, supper served from a chock wagon, {or ^ hat mprning afu , r hav f announced! in these columns, were I The statement followed report? that their hosts being the leadSng ranch- ing spent very quiet (?) Fourth I held on Friday following her death former Chief Justice Eugene S. Blease, men of Texas. The whole experience / “R u f e ^ Moore driving ‘ a new from ‘ the residence of Dr - w - M.fof Newberry, a brother of the one- was entirely new to the members of Chevrolet sedan and boasting of the |Jones ’ with whom she had made her time senator, had declared definitely high gasoline mileage that he is gef^ the party, who can fully attest to the hospitality of West TAas. The party was chaperoned by Dr. Jefferson Davis, of Hardin-Simmons University, a relative of one of the members. The .tour will last six weeks and ting. T. B. Quattlebanm. home for many years. They were that he would not run for the national conducted by the Rev. B. H. Duncan, senate. of Ashburn, Ga., assisted by the local I Here on a visit, he reiterated that pastor, the Rev. J. A. Estes, after he was interested only in “practicing which interment was made in the Wil- law and fishing at present.” listen cemetery. In addition to three ! “I’ve caught some big ones, too,” a smile. Williston, July 9.—Thomas B. Quat-' w r c -bk t t -u j •, — .— — iii i daughters,, Mrs. W. R. Smith? Jr., of he acJded with -wnrincl^e Visits to CaliforniarOTe-T^^ ^^^y’^ 1 ^ cltlgen ^*rWttmin^^ gon, Washington, Yellowstone Park J'. ,s wd at the home of j ow> 0 f T am p aj pi a ^ an< jj ^i r8 yj and other places. Members of me 18 S ^’ ‘ * Q u *»Dlebaum, in Willis-j j onegt B arnW ell, she leaves among party are: Eugene H. Poole, Misses a y morning, following ;an g^j. c j ose re i a tj ves a sister, Mrs. Make Holiday Haul. Williston, July 4.—The biggest holi- Elizabeth Livingston and Lois Bow-' d ) neSs tl ' at kept hlm confined dunn K J. ML-Johnston, of Hendersonville, S. dhy haul in a liquor raid wa s made man, James Shecut, Bill Livingston, th ® last four y^ rs - ~ Mrs. Sara Jackson and William Mood, Mr. Quattlebaum was born in Lex- of * Orangeburg; Miss Gwendolyn 1 lngton County ’ near Bat «sburg, Feb- Smith, of Barnwell; Miss Rebecca Ed- ruary ^ 1855 ‘ He ™ ar Ded Miss wards, of Dillon; Miss Edith Parker, Satah Kneece ’ dau * hte r <>* the Tatt of McColl; Miss Kathryn Ward, of Bennettsville; Miss Amanda Tillman, of Carey, N. C.; Miss Eunice Wood ward, of Washington, D V C.; Miss Mar garet Hoffman, of Selma, Ala.; Miss Josephine Banks, of Montgomery, Ala.; Miss Blondell Cockfield, of Dal- J cemetery near Batesburg, where las, Texas^Mr.^ai\d Mrs. A. J^Lamb, funeral services were conducted by the of Enore^ Mrs. .W. Hartley and Mrs. i ^ ev * A. Smith, of Williston. Sons Dr. J. K. Kneece, of Batesburg, in 1875. The couple moved to Williston in 1907, and Mrs. Qhattlebaum died in 1916. A funeral cortege left Williston this afternoon at three o’clock for Kneece C., and fwo brothers, J. A. Cave, of near Elko this afternoon, when Mag- Mt. Pleasant, and Dorrington Cave, istrate G. M. Hogg and his constable, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Barnwell Man’s Brother Killed. W. B. Neeley, of Columbia, and War ren Dillard, of Cross Anchor. of Mr. Quattlebaum acted as pall bearers. Mr. Quttlebaum is survived by the following children: J. C. Quattlebaum, of McIntosh, Fla.; F. D. Quattlebaum, The Barnwell People-Sentinel gives! °f High Point, N. C.; J. W. Quattle- He Deserved It. a subscriber a front page box honor in recognition of the fact that he paid all arrears and for two years in ad vance. And a box is promised any other subscriber who does likewise.— The Bamberg Herald. ADVERTISE In The People-SentineL baum, of Asheboro, N. C.; E. R. Quat tlebaum, of Chester; Mrs. J. T. Rob inson, of Spartanburg; Mrs. J. B. Nixon, 5 of Asheville, N. C.; T. L. Quattlebaum, Ed, Quattlebaum and Misg Eloise Quatlehaum, of WiiliSton. Twenty-nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive. Jeff Black, of Barnwell, with Magis trate J. W. Cook, and Constable W. F. Johnson, of Williston, confiscated one ’ case of bonded whiskey and gin and Lawrence G. Baxter, 24, of Concord, five kegs of moonshine liquor. N. C., died Monday in the Florence In- j Alonzo Johnson, negro, was the al- firmary from injuries received in an leged' owner of the liquor, which was automobile accident near Hartsville found in a barn on his place. He fur- July 4th. His body was laid to rest nished bond for his apperance at tHe at Denmark Tuesday afternoon. Mr. next term of the Court of General Baxter was a brother of Arthur L. Sessions,' scheduled at Barnwell in Baxter of Barnwell, and he is also September.* survived by two other brothers and j three sisters. Ope other member of ! Thanks, the party, who were en route to Myrtle Moon Gradually Darkened. At the beginning of the eclipse the bright surface of the ’ moon at its eastern edge will begin to darken as it enters what is known as the penumbra, or outer area , of the shadow. At 10:12 p. m.,' eastern standard time, the umbra, or darkest portion of the shadow of the earth, will touch the moon’s surface and from then until 11:09 p. m. the shadow progressively will darke.n it until it disappears from view. From 11:09 p. m. until 12:50 a. m. on July 16 the 'mbdh will be passing through the earth’s shadow, with the leading edge of its surface coming in to view again at the latter time. It will pass through the umbra at 1:47 a. m. and be entirely out of the shad ow at 2:43 a. m. At the time of the eclipse the sun will be about 94,419,000 miles away from the earth and the tndon will be 226,740 mle g away on exactly the op posite side. The shadow cast by the earth will be cone-shaped, its base be ing a cross-section of the earth through its 8,000-mile- diameter. It will extend into space about 639,100 miles beyond the moon. - The width of the earth ? s shadow at the point where the moon’s orbit pass es through it in this eclipse is nearly its maximum possible width, says the American nature association, making the approaching eclipse almcst the maximum possible in time duration. The Fourth in Barnwell. The Fourth of July passed off quiet ly in Barnwell without any untoward incident to mar the day. Most place g of business were closed in commemera- tion of the nation’s birthday and the proprietors and employes took advan tage of the holiday for various forms of recreation. Some went Ash ing, others hied themselve 8 away to the beaches, while the stay-at-hotnes attended the Chevrolet demonstration ®nd the ball games in the afternoon, and the picture show hat night Very little drinking was in evidence. At Greenwood the following day, the Chevrolet demonstration car, driven by Col. Roy Hensel, of Los Angeles, Calif., struck a 68-year old man in Greenwood during a demon stration similar to the one held at Barnwell, breaking his leg and frac- turnig his skull, from which injuries he died. * Playgrounds Open in BarnwelL Fuller Park i s a supervised play ground* three mornings a week, Mon., Wed. and Fri., from nine to eleven o’clock. Miss Grace Tisdale, who is a graduate cf. Coker College and has special training in playground work, is to be the supervisor. Handicraft and swimming'are to be emphasized during^ the- hot day s for boys and girls of the community. Soft ball game? will be organized for boys and girls of Junior High school age. Special instruction will be given in swimming by an American Red Cross life saver. Every boy and girl i s urg ed to learn to swim. Have handicraft as your hobby this summer—learn to make some thing useful from almfoet nothing. Soap sculpture is lots of fun. Come to the playground and play with us! Kline Social Items. Beach, was killed almost instantly and two others were injured! Congratulations to Editor B. P. Davies, of The Barnwell People-Sen tinel, who has just been elected 1 secre tary of the State committee on printing. Enlargement Campaign. An enlargement campaign will be- He is a good printer, a good business gin at Friendship Baptist Church next man, and should be of much service to Sunday afternoon, July 14th, at four, his State in his new position.—The o’clock, and will continue throughout the following week at hours to be am nounced later. The members are ur]g- edi to attend. Bajnberg Herald. ij . ■ ♦ Miss .Florence Sanders spent Sun day in Bambeffe with friends. Kline, July 9.—Mrs. J. F. Garter, of Bamberg, spent the past week with *ier parents, Mr. and.MrsV B. M. Jen kins, Sr. Mrs. Jenkins ha s been quite sick for the past^five months, but ie convalescing now., Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sanders spent last week-end at the Isle -of Palms. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Greene, of Kingstree, visited the former’s sister, Mrs. B. M. Jenkins, Jr., last Sunday. The people of Kline are glad to wel come Mrs. E. G. R. Reid, of Birming ham, Ala. She joined her husband here this week and they will make this -their home. * Williston Scout* Promoted. Williston, July 7.—A group of Boy Scouts of the Williston troop accom panied by G. W. Whitaker attended a court of honor meeting held at Camp Uenwood Hayne which-is owned and’ operated by the Augusta Area council. Four local Boy §couts -took their second-class test? in the presence of the court |f honor and passed them satisfactorily. Those who were ma3e Second-Class Scouts are: Lewig and Lovick Fleniken. Durward Givens and Harry Quattlebaum. The Williston troop is making rapid progress since it was transferred to the Augusta Area Council N New Williston Residence. Williston, July 7. — J. Malcolm Sprawls is contemplating erecting a new house on his lot adjacent to the itesidtnce of Mrs. A, M. Kennedy. The lot ha 8 alreasy been cleared of grass and trees and) improved in readi ness for building. Mr. Sprawls already has plans drawn for a five-room brick veneer bungalow. Harold Woodward is the local architect. An estimate is being made now by Mr. Sprawls prepara tory to making formal application for financing of his new home with funds borrowed under the terms of the Fed eral Housing act. r * ^ George Weathersbee. ■ 11 * George Weathersbee, 21, son of Mrs. Bessie Weathersbee tmd the late J. Moore Weathersbee, died at the home of his mother bn Saturday, June 29th of typhoid fever an<j was laid to rest in the Weathersbee* family burying ground near Dunbarton on the follow ing Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Arnold Smith, of Williston, assisted by Mr. Archie Ellis, of Dunbarton, con ducted the service* at the graveside. The family has. the sympathy of the community in their loss. Julian Ellis was a busines* visitor in Columbia on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Plexico and Gene Parler attended the races in Greenville on the Fourth.