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THE OFTICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTT.*^
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Consolidated June 1, 1925.
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VOLUME LVIIL
Emory Ussery Killed ,
Near Edisto Trestle
la Believed to Have Fallen Asleep on
Track After Fishing Expedition
in River.
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
Williston, July 30.—Emory Ussery,
80, the Mt. Calvary section of this
county, was instantly killed by a Co
lumbia-bound passenger train at 3:30
o’clock this mornihg near a trestle on
the South Edisto river between Spring-
field and Blackville. Ussery, accord
ing to his uncle, W. P. Ussery, and two
negro men, had been fishing in the
river. It is believed he fell asleep
along the tracks with his head in such
a position as to cause instant death
•when the first wheelg of the train had
crushed his skull. There were no in
juries to the body.
, He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Ussery, of the Mt. Calvary
section. They si^rvive, together with
one sister, Christine, at home; four
brothers, Eugene Ussery, 4 of Eastman,
Ga.; Wyman Ussery, of Athens, Ga.;
James Ussery, of Pontiac , and Willie
Ussery, ministerial student at Fur
man university. Besides has parents
and brothers and sister, he is surviv
ed by hi s widow, the former Miss
Pura Still, and three small children,
Sylvia, 5; Leon, 3; Denton, 2.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at Mt. Calvary church,
near Elko, with interment in the ceme
tery there. The Rev. W. A. Smith,
pastor of the Willison Baptist church,
officiated.
A Little Senae and Nonsense A boat
People Ton Know and Others
Ton Don't Know.
Ed Woodward telling abouf a deep
sea fishing excursion on the Mead*At
lantic Ocean out of Charleston harbor,
in which he and several other Barnwell
men participated Sunday, and saying
that very few fish were caught cn ac
count of the heavy rains and “high
water.” . . . Nick Coclin saying
that Sol Blatt ‘made a Carolina “al-
umini” and Gamecock football sup
porter oqt of Angus Patterson at a
fish supper one night last week. . .
A boy bicycling down the Main Drag
Siftiday night and singing “The Isle of
Capri” at the top of his voice. . . .
Reports that the bell weevils are at
tacking “speckled" bolls i» many cot
ton fields. . . Very good' progress
being made on the residence that Dr.
BARNWELL, SOUTH, CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST, 1935.
Relief Office v
To Be Discontinued
State Administrator J. D. Fulp Says
County Administrations tp Be
Condensed.
According to an announcement made
public Monday by State Relief Admin
istrator J. D. Fulp, the Barnwell Coun
ty Emergency Relief Administration
will be* discontinued today (August
1st), along with other county relief
office s throughout the State, and the
local administrations will be supplant
State Press Meeting
Held at Myrtle Beach
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BQylston Addresses
EUenton Farm Club
Largest County Circulatiou.
NUMBER 48.
Barnwell Seeks Loan
for Community House
W. E. Gonzales, Editor of The State, Barnwell County , Farm Agent Dia
ls Named President.—Other
Officers Elected.
Myrtle Beach, July 26.—The an
nual meeting of the South Carolina*
Pres s Association came to a close
here teday with a final business meet
ing at the Oecan Forest Hotel at ten
o’clock. A joint meeting of the mem
bers was held at noon with the Coast
al States Coordinated, a “booster” or-
The People-Sentinel
Continues to Serve
Helps Find Something the Owners Did
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Not Known They Had Lost.
Says Vickery.
It has been a regular service of
The People-Sentinel to restore lost
dogs, watches, wallets and whatnots
to anxious owners. But today our at
tention is called to the fact that we
have helped find something which the
owners did not know they had lost.
“Thanks' to The Pecple-Sentinel,'”
says Lloyd C. Vickery, local repre
sentative of the Gulf Refining Com
pany, ‘‘a multitude of motorists have
found that they have been losing gal
lons of good-gasoline without ..realiz
ing it—just as surely as if there were
a leak in the*gasoline tank!”
Mr. Vickery refers to the result of
a series of advertisements recently
placed * n The People-Sentinel by his
company, offering ^11 motorists the
new free booklet, “15 Ways to Save
Gasoline Money.”
‘Soon after the offer appeared in
H. A. Gross i s having constructed on
his Marlboro Street lot.
Perry Bush performing the mar
riage ceremony for a negro couple at
“the Greeks.” After buying their
license, the negroes did not have
money enough to “pay the preacher,”
so Perry volunteered his services. . .
GNATS. . . . Lloyd Plexico re
turning from the motor boat races at
Charleston and Lake Murray, where
he won first and second places in
several events. Lloyd is fast gaining
the reputation of being one of the
best motor boat racers in the South
east. . . Martin Best,bewailing the
lack of local interest in various sports,
including baseball, and saying that
folks do not use the Fuller Park
swimming pool as much as they did a
year or two ago. . . . Local Chev
rolet and Ford dealers delivering new*
cars to a number of recent purchas
ers. . . . Harry Boylston local
farm agent, confirming reports that
the boll weevil is playing havoc in the
cotton fields of Barnwell County, but
also saying that a\pretty fair crop of
the fleecy staple is safe from the rav
ages of the pest. . . Reports that
the corn crop i s much better than last
year. . . . Nat Zorne, farmer,
of thfSleightown section, saying that
he has the finest field of corn “in the
world,” and can prove it by Perry
Bush.
ed by ten district offices stragetically | ganization of the Southeast,
located. The condensed organization The editors, publishers and master
is to reduce administrative expenses, printers of the State convened Wed-
it being estima,ted that approximately nesday evening; with W. E. Gonzales,
$75,000 monthly will be saved by the editor of The State, presiding in the
change. __ absence cf Percy M. Dees, of Winns-
Under the new set-up,i Barnwell boro, who was detained at home on
County will be in a district composed account of illness in his family. Only
of Colleton, Allendale, Hampton, Jas- a brief session was held, committees
per, Beaufort and Dorchester Coun-jon nomination and resolutions being
ties, with D. M. John, of Lancaster, as j appointed by the chair,
administrator and with headquarters | Yh e aaS ociation met again at ten
in Walterboro.
Just what effect the change will
have on the personnel of the local ERA
office is not kjiovfa at this time, other I
o’clock Thursday morning, at which
time the nominating committee made
its report, cfficers elected for the en
suing year being as follows: W. E.
than that Colonel Fulp explained that Gonzales> president; B. P. Davies, edi-
thenew set-up would abolish the posi- tor of The Barnwell People-Sentinel,
tions of 36 county administrators and first vice-president; Roger C. Peace,
their staffs, but added that some of pf Greenville, second vice-president;
them probably would be placed in the H , arold c Booker> of Columbia, secre-
district organizations. Whether
cusses AAA. Program.—Large
Attendance at Meeting.
Ellenton, July 29.—The regular
monthly meeting of the Ellenton Ag
ricultural club was held' Saturday at
the club house with a Urge attendance
of members and visitors.
The president, A. A. Foreman, pre
sided, and L. E. Bond served aa secre
tary in the absence of ^he Rev. Oectt
F. Outlaw.
Harry G. Bcylston, Barnwell County
farm demonstration agent, discussed
the AAA and its amendments in an
instructive way. He advised the
planters that cotton ginning certifi
cates provided under the Bankhead act
will be received in ample time for gin
ning of current cotton crop.
D. B. Anderson, of Moore, State
master of the South Carolina State
Grange, a farmer organization, was
present and addressed the group in
the interest of his society. He urged
|he organization of a local Grange to
cooperate with the State Grange. He
distributed literature telling of the
advantages of such an organization.
Following the club meeting S. S.
Harley was host at a barbecue dinner
for the members and visitors.
or
not any members of the local staff
would be placed elsewhere was not
stated in the announcement of the pro
posed change.
AUendale-Sylvania
Bridge is Promised
Triple “C” News Notes
4468th Co. S. C. P-70.
Civilian Conservation Corps, Barnwell
tary, and F. C. Withers, of Columbia,
trefsuner. Mr. Pritchard, of W e st
Virginia, addressed the members of
the association on the problems con
fronting the pres g fh® country.
Thursday afternoon a motor trip
was made to Huntington Gardens, a
lovely estate between Myrtle Beach
and Georgetown, and many members cam p kere Barnwell has been
T -i i . n ... 0 „ |°f * he Party also tcok advantage of‘i n op era tioh for nearly a month, and
» Like y to Build Span Over the opportunity to see the new bridge ^ while not completely organized aa yet,
Savannah River, Opening Up Jat Georgetown. j all .of the boys out here will agree
Fine Sections. 1 That evening the editors and their that most of the rules and regulations
friends enjoyed a banquet in the spaci- iiave been put in effect, and we are
Washington, July 27. Thomas H. | ous dioioj? room cf the Ocean Forest settling down to a regular smooth
MacDonald, federal roads bureau chief, Hotel > at which time J* Austin Lati- schedule. Barring a few who “went over
let it be known today prospects were mer * formerly of Williston, but now ; the hill," they are enjoying the or-
bright for construction of a bridge s P ec i a l assistant to Postmaster Gen- ganiation, and we are hoping that the
across the Savannah river at Burton’s eral Farl ®y> made a ver y enjoyable 16 new local experienced men from
ferry, half way between Savannah and address. Other speakers on the pro-' Barnwell County that are to come into
Augusta. gram were Ed) H. DeCamp, of Gaffney, | camp within the next few days wijl
“We probably will build that bridge,” | and Harold C. Booker, of Columbia, i get as- much pleasure from the camp
At the final business session Fri- as we do. Being from Barnwell, the
day morning, the editors, publishers new men will be very much in demand
and printers adopted a resolution com-’ on leave nights as a means of getting
said MacDonald.
This was his answer to an inquiry
after Representative Peterson, Demo
crat, Georgia,, called upon him to ask raiding the legislative committee on acquainted with the people in town
FOURTH DIVISION, W. M. U.
MET AT MOUNT OLIVET
Improvements are constantly beinft
made in the camp grounds and build-
Sixteen women of the local Baptist
Church attended a meeting of the 4th
Division, W. M, U., held at Mt. Olivet
Church last Wednesday. Mrs. T. A.
Holland, vice-president of the division,
that this project be included in the I printing for its selection of B. P.
federal read programs in Georgia and I Davies, of Barnwell, as secretary.
South’Carolina. I Resolutions of regret for the deaths j n g, g ^ and on jy j ag ^ Saturday a rustic
MacDonald said he already has taken I °f Thomas R. Waring, of Charleston,; f ence was built'around the driveway
the matter up* with South Carolina. an d *J° e l S. Bailey, .of Greenwood, were | ea( jj n g The fountain
had charge of the exercises and a very
your paper, motorists "began'to'flock ! ’n'erestiig program wa s carried.out.
to our Ailing stations to claim their I The purpose of ‘he, meeting was to
and he indicated money can be made | a ^ so adopted,
available for the work. Peterson.
stated “I understand Georgia is ready |J uror | Mue j n
to cooperate. I think this is the most
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copies of the booklet, and the original
supply had to be renewed). An en
thusiastic demand for them continues,”
Mr. Vickery states.
Among the 15 simple money-sav
ing hints illustrated in the attractive
little Gulf booklet is a pertinent point
er on parking of cars. It ex
plains, to the surprise of most motor
ists, that a car figuratively “burns
up gas” eeven when it is parked, de
pending upon where and how you park
it. Other hints in the booklet that
materially increase mileage-per gal
lon deal with proper use of the self
starter, accelerator; gear shifting and
other ordinary operations in driving,
any one of which wastes quantities of
gasoline, if carelessly done.
Titled “15 Way s to Save Gasoline
Monty,” the booklet is free for the
asking at all Gulf service stations an^
dealers.
stimulate interest in mission work and
to re-organize the Woman’s Mission
ary Society which had carried on so
splendidly for a number of year s but
had not been functioning for some
time, past. Devotional was led by
the Rev. J. A. Estes. The Rev. Geo.
Hopkins, pastor of the church, wel
comed the visitors, response wa s by
.a Y. W. A. member from Bethel
Church. Mrs. Holland stated the pur
pose of the meeting and made a
splendid talk along the line of service.
Mrs. A. V. Collum, president Of W. M.
C. work for the entire division made a
most excellent talk using a chart with
the following subject: Wanted. This
word was used as an acrostic as fol
lows: Workers, Ability (consecrated,
needed bridge in Georgia and deserves
first consideration.” ’
Grossing Near Allendale.
The Georigian said improved high
ways flank the Savannah river on
both sides between Augusta and
Savannah, and that there was no
bridge crossing over the river over the
hundred miles or more.
“The bridge would open up one of
the very finest sections of South
directly behind the recreation building
is a work of art in rustic construction
Arbors have been built beside the
recreation and educational buildings
Bamberg County Case and on Saturday and Sunday nights
| they will probably be the most useful
Mayor C. G. Fuller Makes Formal Ape
plication for $66,M0 In Public
Works Funds.
An application for a loan and grant
of $66,000 in public work s funds for
a community house has been field by
Mayor C. G. Fuller in behalf of the
city of Barnwell, at the offices of J.
L.M. Irby, State PWA director, of Co
lumbia, it was learned here this week
In speaking of the proposed pro
ject Monday morning, Senator Edgar
A. Brown, one of the promoters, was
very enthusiastic over its possibilities.
Plans for the building have already
been drawn and include two stores, a
telegraph office, a barber shop, city
offices, hotel lobby, dining room and
kitchen on the first floor, with a city
library, community auditorium and 30
hotel bedrooms on the aecpnd floor.
On the ‘
will be a concrete terrace where guests
may lounge in the afternoons and even
ings.
The original plan, Senator Brown
said, was to erect the building on the
site now occupied by the residence of
J. Buist Grubbs, on Main Street, but
it was later decided to use the Diamond
hotel site and the adjoining lot now oc
cupied by Plexico’s dry cleaning >es-
tablishment instead. If the plana
materialize, as is confidently expected,
the present hotel building and the ad
joining store room wijl be raxed to
the ground and an entirely new struc
ture erected in their place. Most of
the brick and some other material in
the hotel building will be salvaged, it
is understood. Other lota were
considered, but as the price that may
be paid is limited to $5,000, the choice
was narrowed down to the two men
tioned above.
A modern and up-to-date hotel has
long' been one of the crying needs of
Barnwell, which has rapidly developed
iitto a .trucking center during the
past few years. During the trucking
seasons, beginning with asparagus in
the early spring and closing with
watermelons in the late summer, out-
of-town buyers and government in
spectors have* experienced difficulty
in securing adequate accomodations,
many finding lodging in private homes,
while others took advantage of hotel
facilities in neighboring towns. ^
The proposed project will be self- •
liquidating and it will not be neces
sary to pledge the city’s credit for
any part of the money, Senator Brown
said Monday. ’
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$332,275 m Liquor
Taxes Paid to State
Supreme Court Is Asked to Upset ornaments in camp
Verdict of Manslaughter Against
Robert Kennedy.
Sick bay is well patronized oi\ week
days, but to the-casual observer, it is
remarkable the way that everybody
gets well about the time that passes
E. E. Brooker.
Denmark, July 29.—E. E. Brooker,
56, died at his home here at 10:40 o’
clock this morning after a brief {n -
ness. He wa s a son of the later Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Brooker and was
bom and reared ^iear Blackville. Thir-
ty years ago he c&me to Denmark and
Aince iheiL_haa .been employecLhy the
Columbia, July 25.—Arguments upon are issued to the boys that are going
a motion for a new trial for Robert home for the week-end. It is suspect-
Kennedy, sentenced to eleven years ^ that most of the cases are what the
imprisonment for manslaughter at army calls “Gold Bricks.” Castor -oil,
Carolina and Georgia, said Petetson, I Bamberg revolved about the attitude jp generous quantities has been found
“it would be the remaking of both sec- 0 f a j ur0 r today at a special term of t 0 be a great help in combatting this
tions. Why people have lived across ^e State supreme court. I situation. The boys think that the
the river from one another for years | court met gp ec i a ily to consider | work in the woods bothers them, but
thr case and took it under-advisement ;i:hose attempting to “gold brick’ 1 find
after the presentation of conflicting that castor oil bothers them a great
affidavits as to the position taken by deal more.
nd still are perfect strangers.”
The crossing is on the road between ]
Sylvania, Ga., and Allendale, S. C.
Other Bridge Still Argued.
This project came forward (During |
a lull of the battle of words over an
other bridge to replace a ferry
Edgar Drawdy, one of the jurors.
This is the first cf what will be a
Not easily discouraged, Thorough Qedrgia. Thi^was the proposed Ball
The defense, represented by Edgar series of articles dealing with t|ie
A. Brown, of Barnwell, and Faber CCC Camp and its activities. As the
Kearse and S. G. Mayfield, of Bam- camp becomes more settled, dances an^
Enthusiastic, Do your best. The fol- rer^ whichrwith aiieg^d^Inadequacy I ber «> read six a ff idavSts “y in K Draw-' entertainments of different types will
lowing committee on resolutions was of the Georgia read building organic- ^ b * fcre the tri * 1 thl ' ** * iven - W * ^ th “
tion, precipitated a dispute between he would “see Kennedy electrocuted’ means we .h. l become
the federal roads bureau and the « he got on the jury. . . qua.nted with the people of
State highway board) resulting in the Mayfield contended, “we have made
goverr/ment withholding Georgia’s a^prima facie case that the man -did
$19,000,000 of allotted road money. not have ah impartial trial and on
ent enjoyer to the fullest the hospital!-j Observers here saw no end to this the facts we ask your honor to give
ty of thi s splendid community. Five controversy, although some ligRttus a new-trial.”
ministers have gope out from this p ro bably will be thrown on the situa-| Solicitor B. D. Carter,
appointed: Mrs. R. M. McKinnon, Mrs.
B. L. Easterling, Mrs. G. M Greene.
After the benediction a delectable
lunch was spread under (he oaks near
the church and the large number pres-
Announcement was made here this
appearing week.that Mr. and Mrs. Shellie Black
J. Z. Brooker Hardware Commnany.
Mr. Brooker is survived by his widow,
who wa 8 Miss Lizzie Hutto; one
daughter, Mrs. Harry Williiams; one
son, Walter Brooker; two brothers, L.
L. Brooker, of Blackville, and John
Brooker, of Texas, and one 'sister,
Mrs. E. E. Carroll, of Blackville.
Funeral services were held at his
j. home this afternoon at four o’clock
and interment followed immediately
afterwards in the Denmark cemetery.
ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel
little church, the last one being the tion next in the reply 0 f p res i. f or the State, quoted Drawdbr as have purchased the Main Street reel
Rev. Tarleton Sanders, son of Mr. dent Roosevelt to eight members of swearing that he was a “good friend", dence of Mr. and Mrs. J. Julien Bus^ preaching servicea at Friendship
arid Mrs. A. M. Sanders, of that com- the Georgia house delegation who ask- of the defendant, had never expressed and will occupy their new home iaa
munity
Returns from Nfcw York.
Jed him to eliminate Balls ferry which a wish to see him electrocuted,
had stood for acquit^l on the jury.
Carter presented Affidavits of six
and mediately. Mrs. Bush and two chil-
dren7 Jim and Mary, wflf join Mr,
Receipts for Two Months Period An
nounced Saturday by Chainaan
W. G. Query.
During the first 60 days of legalis
ed liquor in South Carolina, the hue
commission collectejd $332,275.10 ia
revenue, W. G. Query, chairman, de
clared Saturday at the close of the
two-month period. The sale of legal
liquor in the State started May 27th.
Of the total collected, $214,786 was
in stamp of “meter" tax, $76,750 in re
tailers’ license fees, $38,000. in whole-
in stamp or “meter" tax, $76,750 in re
ceipts from inspection stamps, and
$218.85 from the sale of confiscated
goods.
The collection of $2,521.25 in inspec
tion stamp receipts shows that ap
proximately 10,084 cases of liqnor have
been stored in the State for shipdteat
elsewhere, Mr. Query explained. The
law requires that a 25-cent inspection
stamp be placed on each separate
package of liquor, case, barrel, etc,
stored in the State for shipment else
where.
Friendship Church Serices.
The regular Sunday School
list Church are as follows:
School at ten o’clock every
they consider the core of the trouble.
MacDonald wants Georgia to in
■■■-■ 11 " j elude this $280,000 bridge in its pro-1 other jurors maintaining that Draw-1 in the near future, the latter having
Louis Cohen returned) Sunday after gram to be financed with federal dy had held out either for acquittal or secured a position with the HOLC a
" w 1 A OT> A ft All* f m AVl/la will
morning and preaching services at
Bush in Washington, D. C, some time eleven o’clock every second and fourth
spending ten days with Relatives in money, but Governor Talmadge, often
New York City. His sisters, Mrs.
Isadore Brown, of Blackville, and
Misses Carrie and Mamie Cohen, of
Barnwell, remained for a more extend
ed visit. Friends H?f the family will
learn with regret that Miss Carrie
at odds with Washington, refuse s to*
build it.
Presbyterian Church Services.
The Rev. C. L. Letson, of Allendale,
will conduct services in the Barnwell
Cohen had the misfortune to break an Presbyterian Church next Sunday af-
arm when a.’ie sUpped and fell on a ternoon at five o’clock. The public is
sidewalk.; invited to attend.
for a manslaughter verdict rather short time ago. Their friends will
than a murder decision. He added give them up with sincere regret and
that Drawdy was “regularly impanell
ed" as a juror and contended the de
fense motion today “came boo late."
Evidence was presented to the ef
fect that Kennedy fired eleven slugs
into John Clark on the streets of
Denmark July 4, 1933, killing him al
most instantly.
hope that in the not too distant future
they will .again mate Barnwell their
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Black have sold their
home on Academy Street to H. Jqdson
Black, ngsnager of the Texaco service
station at the corner of Main and
Marlboro Streets.
Sunday morning. The members af
the church are urged to attend and
the public is cordially invited.
$ Finds Large Alligator.
Ashleigh, July 29.—Earl (“rink*)
Hair found a large alligator under a
haystack on hit farm here test weak.
It is said that Mr. Hair served alliga
tor steak to visitors for several days
thereafter.
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