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ICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY. 4
Barnwell
Consolidated" }une 1, 1923.
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Largest County Circulation.
VOLUBLE LVIH.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSPAY, AUGUST 8TH, 1935.
NUMBER 49.
Drastic Cuts Made in
- Lbcal Relief Forces
Social Workers ajid Clerical Help Re*
• K leased.—Other Workerg Are
. Given Transfers,
o ,
Drastic cuts* Were made last week
by D. M. John, district administrator,
in the personnel cf the Barnwell Coun
ty Emergency Relief Administration,
while some workers were transferred
to other departments of the relief or
ganization, according to information
given The People-Sentinel.
It is understood that those who have
been released include B. F. Owens,
county administrator, of Dunbartcjh;
five social workers, Mrs, Mable 6antt,
of Lyndhursf, Mrs. Nell Nevils, of
Blackville, Mrs; Guy Lybrand, of
Barnwell; ' Mrs. Kathrine Drum
mond and
Dunbarton;
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
A Little Senae and Nonsense About
People You £now and Othera
You Don’t Know.
Gin Certificates Will ,
Be Issued Ne*£ Week
A Pontiac sedan that its owner—a
traveling man—had left parked in
front of Ghingold’s store without setr
ting the brakes rolling backwards into
W. J. Lemon’s Ford coach that was
parked in fiont of Lemon Bros, store
and damaging the door on the Ford.
. . . . A trio of negro women, one
conventionally clad, one wearing trous
ers and the third sporting black shorty
that exposed most of her nether ex
tremities, calmly walking through
town. There oughter be a law. . .
“Bud” Halford with hi^ socks pulled
up over the bottom s of- his trouser
Miss May Owens, of legs as a protection against the pesky
Miss Mildred Sterne, I gnats. ... John B. Harley ^alk-
Will Be Ready for Delivery to Barn
well County Farmers Beginning
Monday.
stenographer, of B!ackville; Miss ing about some extremely large coveys
The tax exemption certificates for
ginning cotton will be ready for de
livery to the farmers .of Barnwell
County during the week of August
12th to 17th, according to an an
nouncement made 'public Tuesday by
Harry G. Boylston, county agent, aiyl
an -itinerary has been arranged tb
2 Members of Family
Honored by Governor
Cannot Shoot Doves
Until October First
J. E. Harley, Jr!, of This City, and September Shooting Is Banned.—
His Uncle, Louis Harley, Are
Made Colonels.
It is now Colonel J. E. Harley, Jr.,
the son of Lt.-Gov. J. E. Harley, of
Barnwell, having been V appointed a
lieutenant colonel on Governor Olin
D. Johnston’s military staff last week.
Nor is that all. In turning out a
new crop of colonels, Governor John
ston also named Louis Harley, Esq.,
Three-Shell Limit Set for Duck
Guns During Season.
Mamie McNab, typist, of 'Barnwell;
C. H. Beatty, time-keeper, of Dun
barton; and Otis Bonds, truck driver,
of Barnwell,
Mrs. A. A. L^mon, county director,
has been transferred to a similar posi
tion in Calhoun County, with head
quarters at St. Matthews; W. J. Sex
ton, of Barnwell, has been transferred
to the position of bookkeeper of the
commodity store, and Miss Marian
Bolen and F. W. Bates have also been
tiansferred to positions in the com
modity store.
It is understood that a further re
organization in the relief set-up in
South Carolina will be made 'Within
the next few weeks, when most of the
Present activities will be taken over
by the newly created WPA. **
First Cotton of 1935
Reaches the Market
Two Bales from Allendale County and
One from Orangeburg County
Reported Monday.
Allendale and Orangeburg Counties
are claiming first bale honors this
year, but the former has a little the
better of the argumentby reasoh'OT the
fact that two bales were ginned there
Mcnday, while Orangeburg can boast
of only one.
W. R. Johns, of Allendale, claims
the distinction of ginning the first
bale in the Scale. It weighed 525
•pounds, and Allendale’s second bale,
weghing 500 pounds, s owned by 'W.
T. Riley. ’ . ' ' .
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'Over in Oiangeburg, a bal-> weigh
ing 668 peunds wa s ginned ti jm the
farm of A. T. Whetselj in the Bow
man section. It graded strict middling
and had & staple of fifteen-sixteenths
of an inch.
Open bolls are being reported from
all sections of the State, including the
Piedmont ,and it is believed that the
present spell of excessively hot
weather is inducing premature open
ing cf the fleecy staple. A visitor to
Columbia Monday afternoon reports
that many fields of cotton along the
of partridges that he has seen re
cently, in one of which, John says,
there were about 50 grown bird s and
30 or more fledglings. . . . Peo
ple complaining of the hottest weather
of the summer. . . . Capt. J. W.
Bates, of Yenome, presenting the edi
tor of The People-Sentinel with a fine
watermelon. . . A report that Dod-
soh Sjill has bought a dwelling in
Barnwell and people wondering
whether or not he is“"p1anning to en
gage in the real estate business—or
what ? . . . Open cotton bolls,
presaging the sound of the gin whistle
at an early date. . . . Baynard
Ellis joining The People-Sentinel’s
family cf satisfied readers. Other re-
cent new subscribers are S- V-
Barnwell; E. ,G. Hay, Lyndhursf; J. P.
Scoville, Barnwell; J. Julien Bush,
Esq., Washington, D. C.; Davis Bar
ker, Jr., Dunbarton; Miss Sallie Lott,
Blackville, R. F. D. . . .Dr. D. B,
Lancaster, of Baltimore, Md., who was
a visitor here last week, saying that
he gets more “kick” out of reading
“Seen and Heard,” quoting what An
gus Patterson or Martin. Bqst or Per
ry Bush or some other local celebrity
has to I say than he dees reading the
Baltimore Sun, and that he enjoys
Mike ('lark’s effusions in “Nobody's
Businens” .more -than- he- does Wi 14
Roger’? daily comments, . . Capt.
“Jack” Harden presenting Emmett
.Goodson with a peck of fine peaches
that Mr. Harden says were picked
from a tree over one hundred years
old—the tree being 'planted by the
late Whitfield Cave.
' - Mrs. Charlie Bro'wn, Jr.,-who re
turned a few days ago from a visit to
the Land of Flowers^ saying that, her
make the distribution as convenient a s Allendale, as a member of hi s staff,
possible for the cotton growers. The latter is a brother of the lieuten-
“It is very important for every ant-governor and, of course, is like-
farmer to realize that he .must sign wise the uncle of the lieutenant-gov-
in person for the certificates which ernor’s son. :.A
are to-be issued to him, or have a Furthermore, Lt.-Gov. Harley wa s a
power of attorney, properly signed by member of the late Governor McLeod’s
the owner,” Mr. Boylston said, “as no staff and also has the honorary title
certificates may be delivered to anyone of “colonel.” •
except the person to whom they are Thus, this family enjoys the unique
issued.”
The itinerary is as follows:
Monday, 9:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m
Williston Motor Co., Willston.
Monday, 2:00 to 5:00 p. m.
House, Barnwell.
distinction cf having three of its
members who are colonels—father, son
and brother.
All of which recalls to mind a story
Court | that Col. Harry D. Calhoun delights in!
telling. An old negro was wont to ad
Tuesday, 9:00 a. m. to 12 M.—At-1 dress his white friends as “kunnel..”
terbury’s Filling Station, (near Ellen- A stranger visiting in the community
t^n.) was impressed by the number of mili-
Tuesday, 2:00 to 5:00 p. m.—Dun- tary title s and asked an acquaintance
barton depot, Dunbarton. if all the gentlemen so addressed had
Wednesday, 9:00 a. m. to 12 M.— served in the army.
Jenkin’ s store,-Kline. “By no means,” was the reply.
Wednesday, 2:00 to 5:00 p. m.— “You see, down here in the South,
Hilda depot, Hilda. some men are born colonels; seme are
Thursday, 9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m.— made colonels, wdiile others are kind
Williston Motor Co., Blackville. | to niggers.”
Friday, 9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p..m.—
All certificates will be available for
distribution next week with the pos
sible exception of a few needing cor
rection or where the applications were
received late, Mr. Boylston said.
Deposit Insurance
Safeguards Banks
Virtual Stoppage of Bank Failures and
Reduced Operating Expenses
Are Shown.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 5.—Cost-
free insurance of $18,000,000,000 of
deposits in 18 months; virtual stop
page of bank failures; reduced operat-
Barnwell sportsmen will be inter
ested in the announcement through the
office of A. A. Richardson,-chief game
warden, that September dove shooting
in the South has been eliminated, with
other federal regulations on 1935
hunting.
Fixing of the dove season in South
Carolina at October 1 to January 15,
State game officials quoted the biologi
cal survey as saying, “eliminates Sep
tember shooting in South and thus
prevents the killing of many imma
ture birds.”
The regulations fixed the woodcock
season for the Carolinas, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana at
December 1 to December 31, with the
season on rail September 1 to No
vember 30 as formerly.
Mccith for Ducks.
Sweeping restrictions for duck
hunting, it was explained, followed a
period of approximately 35 years dur
ing which the kill each year exceedec
the annual increase from breeding.
The adoption of a short hunting
season was viewed as the only alter
native to a complete suspension of
duck shooting ro the first time.
The season in the Southern States
will be from November 20 to Decern
ber 19 on ducks, geese, brant, jack-
snipe and coot
Restrictions included: The elimina
tion of sink-boxes, sneak-boats, am
open water—shooting; shooting—over
baited'•water or land, or over live de
coys.’
A three-shell limit on automatic
shotguns, effective for the first time
with a prohibition against firearms
other than 10-guage or smaller cali
ber,
Fixing of a new bag limit of ten
ducks, with \the possession of more
than one day^s bag illegal. Bag and
possession limits on geese and brant
|ixed at four.
Improvement Plan Is
Qpposedat
But Barnwell County School Trustees
Perfect Organization Headed by
Col. Sokoion Blatt.
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A plan advanced
by E. G. Hay,
squad chief, for Barnwell County to
borrow $30,000 to $40,000 with which
to supplement a federal government
grant for repairs and improvemerts
to school buildings in the county met
with opposition at a representative
meeting of school trustees held in the
Court House here Monday morning,
but a concrete result of the gathering
was the organization of a countywide
trustees association, headed by Col.
Solomon Blatt, member of the House
of Representatives, as president, with
Horace J. Crouch, of Elko, county
superintendent of education, as secre
tary.
The meeting was called by Mr. Hay,
who has recently completed a survey
of school buildings in the county. He
explained the proposition, which was
also discussed by Superintendent
Crouch, Colonel Blatt and R. R.
Moore, of Snelling.
Mr. Crouch said that he favors any
plan that would improve school condi
tions in the county, but that needed
repairs or improvements should be
made by the individual school dis
tricts, several of which are now facing
deficits, while others have surpluses.
He stressed the importance of ade
quate transportation facilities and
pointed out that buses can now be pur
chased at a saving of about 50 per
cent, under a plan fostered by PWA.
—Coloiiel Blatt did not favor the
daughter, Miss Helena Brown, caught
an eight-pound black bass early one
morning in-a small lake in front of
the home of Mrs. Brown’s brother,
Chrletoji Huey. . . . And a local
fisherman displaying a fine five-and-
a-quarter-pound trout (bass) that he
caught while fishing under the bridge
over Turkey Creek, just abova the
swimming pool in West Barnw^T He
also landed a smaller fish that weighed
about a pound and a half. He was
Triple “C” News Notes
Illuminating situations arise every
so often while the boys are in the
woods, and “Sloppy Williams, leader i f aKe 01 DanK iaiiUI | es ; reau c ea °perai- ; The three-shell provision bans shoot-
on one of the details, know s something | ^ ^ n ^ ,ne _ j Ing with a gun \“the magazine of
about at least one of them. He says
that it is interesting to note that
while a large thing like a tree that
has to be dug up will create but a
small showing of activity, the cry of
“yellow jackets” will cause even the
“gold bricks” to exercise themselves—
getting away frem there. The confus
ion usually lasts until someone comes
with kerosene and burns out the pests.
Jl few of-the' boy* have been atung,
and they have learned by experience
not to wait and trj) to dodge the in
sects, but to take themselves some
where else when they hear the warn
ing. ,
Theie are more and yet more
are nfectad in the report of the wWtK ^ not or plugged
with a one-piece metkj or wooden filler
incapable of removal through the
loading end thereof, so as to reduce
the capacity of said gun to not more
than three shells at one loading.
Use of blinds or floating craft of
any kind has been prohibied beyond
100 feet from the high water shore
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora
tion to its insured banks, made public
this week.
The 14,279 banks insured on June
30, 1935, are to be credited with $41,-
461,326, the amount they paid in in
surance assessments, the report re- i
veals.
Chairman Leo T. Crowley of the |ine or neares , pro t ru di n g growth, ex-
FDIC bohrp pointed out that this is ^ in shooti „ K sea coot8 or scw) ters.
in striking contrast to the cost of six
cent s per thousand insured deposit dol-1
lars for those banks which withdrew'
from the insurance on June 30, 1934.
using live bait. Othe^ local fishermen
highway have deteriorated rapidly in hav e succeeded in landing trout and
the past few days and that present
prospects are for a much smaller.crop
in that section. J
Many open balls are noted in Barn
well County fields and the first bale
is expected daily. In spite of the fact
that considerable damage has been
done by the boll weevil following the
wet weather in July, many predict
that the county will produce as much,
%r more, cotton than it did in 1934.
The writer visited several sections
in the upper part of the State tast
week, including Fairfield, Chester,
York, Cherokee, Union and Newberry
Counties, and the Barnwell County
cotton crop compares favorably with
the crops in those sections, while the
com crop in this part of South Caro
lina is considerably better.
jackfish from the lake above the pool
with artificial lures. . . . Showers
Sunday and Monday afternocrv bring-
Savannah River Creasing Improved.
Those who contemplate crossing the
Savannah river at Stoney Bluff—near
“The Corporation’s sound business Milletteville _ will be glad to know
, ecord establishes a practical basis that much work haa ^antly been
benches being put up about camp. It ^ cr > t ^ e . a ^ rnost universal afipiTQYll il§- to the road leading to the river
is believed that the ones ordering I pos ‘ t * nsuranC€ . aa8 received, Mr. i f rom ^ highway and that the ferry
these benches, to be built have an eye
Crowley said.
boat has recently been repaired and is
mg temporary relief from the excessive ... . . , , . . ,
heat of the past few days. . . . . | P^mg to bring guitars back with |
Local street thermometers registering i e ™’ an ore ave pa ® s *
to the future, when dance s will be nineteen insured banks have n()W j n exce n en t condition for taking
given at the camp. Dancing is a lot to liquidated, tbe report imply- j au tomobiles and passengers across the
of fun, but sometimes a bench offers, l ea ®^ P art i a Hy ac * river into Georgia. Mr. Mobley, who is
even greater atractions. counted for by the rigid FDIC ex-, j n 0 f the ferry says that Al-
This last week-end beftig the first aminatlon program coupled with sue- j ig n( j a i e authorities have promised to
after pay day, most of the boys have| cess * ul e ^ orts t0 rehabilitate ca P* ta lj Sen d the chain gang there to do addi-
structures. ^ . | tj ona j work in the near future. '
Over 26,000 depositors in the closed.. ■■■ .- i- j
'banks were 99 per cent fully protect-'
plan of pledging the credit of the en
tire county for' the borowed money,
pointing out that Ashleigh school dis
trict should not be taxed to furnish
money for Pleasant Hill, or vice versa.
He urged strict economy in govern
mental affairs and caution in incur
ring new obligations. He also advised
the trustees to investigate the plan .
for buying new buse 8 at this time and ’
thereby effect a substantial saving.
He referred to the fact that the coun
ty is operating on a cash basis.
Mr. Moore, who is a member of the
board of county directors, which has
been largely instrumental in getting
the county’ 8 finances f< out of the hole”
jn the past few years, .also spoke in
opposition to the proposed plan.
However, the trustees of the vari
ous school districts accepted the re
sults of Mr. Hay’s survey for further
consideration and it will be left to
the individual school districts ^as to
whether or not his recommendations
will be carried out.
Before the meeting was adjourned,
a county-wide trustees’ organisation
was formed, as stated above, and
officers were elected. It is planned to
hold meetings fiom time to time for
the purpose of discussing school prob
lems as they may arise throughout the
county.
had the means to go home, and conse
quently the campM s but a shadow of
its former self. Many of the boys are
temperaturd^ranging from 102 to 110
Sunday, which was the hottest day of
the year. . . . Martin Best saying
that he recently went into an Au-
ed Barnwell will be overrun with
ed and the FDIC estimates that its
payments will be conducted with a net
loss of only $1,500,000. Total de-
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hopeful young men serenading the P osils in banks amounted t0 i4 '-
young ladies of the town. It has al
ready been ,discovered by a few of the
Master’s Sales.
Two sales were made here Monday
by G. M. Greene, Esq., master in
equity, ar-follows: — —-
gust, air-cond,Honed resfau^nt to boys ,h8t a * uilar wiU iccom P U ' h
drink a quantity of iced tea in an I W0 T n . ers * 0 ^ ,
effort to cool off, but that it wa s sol L.eut Sanders, Project Supt. Cuth-
ccld he ordered hot coffee instead; also ' be ;. t ', and F » raa >'™ P f ra »n and Padg-
that he asked the waiter to bring him ■ '‘ talso s P ent the «aak-end away from
a steak on a hot plate, and that both' F
steak and plate were stone-cold in less .
than 6 minutes; the interior of the bttle Gar<iner "' M - D " Jt " Ja ™ !
restaurant, Martin said, was decorated ? oth . B » rbar » '’
with icicles. ——— *—
088,000.
Estimated operating expenditures
for the current year will require $2,-
500,000, 14-1,000 cf one per cenf. of in
sured deposits, compared with ex
penses of $2,832,000 in tfie year just
closed and with $2,845,000 for the
Wannie Patterson explaining to is stationed at Camp P-70
Frank Sanders, cf the Friendship sec
tion, the latest approved qiethod of
boll weevil control. According to
Wannie, all that is necessary to rid this city, who ha s been connected with
infested fields of the cotttu pesf is for' t h e Richland County ERA for the
Matar Mosalay, plaintiff, vs. Mary th. f.rm.r's wif. to throw wasta ^ thrct raonlhgj ^ ^
first ten months of deposit insurance. !
Mrs. Man D. Gardner, and the four | Dri>atic r « lucti “ ns j" P'?™ nel ' rom
2,622 on December 31, 1933, to 955 on
une 30, 1934,.and to 742 this year are
, Barnwell Friday night. They willm.ke 1 fart ra ™ thc ^ceaaive
I their home here while Lieut. Gardner '"l!. m operatmr axf ’ ensea ' I
Mrs. Bauer Promoted.
Friends of Mrs. Louise Bauer, of
FDICs total income for the year
[ending June 30, 1935, was $9,057,19!».
It had cn deposit with the U. S.
| Treasury amounting to $17,407,381 and
a net of $316,080,009 invested in Gov
ernment securities on the same date.
Scott, defendant, two lots in Black- from
ville township, bought by the plain- 1
tiff for $200.
Mrs. Zelma Brown, plaintiff, vs-.
Return from Canadian Tour.
the kitchen through the right j n the announcement that she was
hand window. ... Billie Davies pronibted last week to the position of I Dr. Ryan A. Gyles, of Blackville,
and Jim Bush receiving invitations county director and transferred from who, with Mrs. Gyles, recently return-
fiom Coach Tatum Gressett, of The Columbia to Hampton County, where |ed from a motor trip through Canada
FannyM. Simms, et al„ defendants, Citadel, to report for football practice she i 8 now engagedinhernew duties.! andthe New EngUnd States, stated
lot and buildings in the town of September 1st. About 45 candidates Mrs. Bauer has taken several special here Tuesday while in attendance at
Barnwell,. bought by A. H. Ninestein, for the varsity^ team were invited to courses in social welfare work and is the regular monthly meeting of the
Esq., plaintiffs attorney, for $500. report. . . And Bob Dipks Bennett regarded as one of the most efficient county board of directors that he will
This property was the former home of planning to enter The Citadel next 'workers in the relief organisation. be in his office at Blackville next
the late Gov. Johnson Hagood end, for month and play on the frosh team. . ====z====s Monday—a week earlier than he had
several years, of the late Col. Mike . Martin Best saying that the local to be used for grazing purposes and expected, due to the fact that he did
| baseball park is fer sale, the outfield the infield for miniature golf, [not visit California while away,
Death Stalks
SX. Highways
Friday.
William B. Lawrence, 47, "was
killed early Friday night* near
Kingstree, when his car plunged
through the railing on a bridge
and into a water-hole in Black
River swamp. His body was re
covered the followng morning.
Saturday.
Eight persons were killed and
a ninth was fatally injured dying
Sunday night, when' the truck
they occupied collided with a
Seaboard Air Line passenger
train at a grade crossng in
Camden Saturday afternoon.
Seven members of one family
were buried in a Stfigle grave:"
Fourteen CCC boy g from a
camp ft Mountain Rest, near
Walhalla, were injured, one
seriously, when their truck
overturned near York Saturday
night.
Sunday.
. Charlie Smith,' 16, was almost
instantly killed Sunday night
and a companion,- the driver of
the car, was • severely bruised
near Sumter.
Investfgaticai Starts Friday.
Col. Solomon Blatt, member of a
legislative committee appointed at the
last session of the general assembly
to investigate the escape of “Do” Mil
ler, negro convict, while on a visit to
hi^ wife in Barnwell County, said
Tuesday that the first meeting of the
committee will be held at Barnwell
Friday and that it may be necessary
to go to the" prison farm at Camden
to complete the investigation.
Miller, who was serving a man
slaughter sentence on the State farm,
was in charge of two guards when he
effected his escape while visiting his
wife near Blackville. He also led a
jail break from the Barnwell County
jail on a previous occasion, causing
the county considerable expense in re
nting him for trial on a murder
charge.
Mrs. H a nnah F. P. Buice.
Allendale, Aug. 5.—Mrs. Hannah
Frizelle Patterson Buice, widow of the
late Fred T. Buice, died today et the
Brown.
home of her daughter, Mrs. W. T.
Riley, with whom she made her home.
She was seventy years old and had
been in declining health for several
months.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Riley and Mrs. Audlsy HQ1, of
Columbia; three sisters, Mrs. S. K.
Tillinghast, of Orlando, Fla.; Mrs. L
E. Burkett, of Atlanta; Mrs. James
M. Patterson, of Allendale, and
brothers, N. A. Patterson, of
Dr. A. B. Patterson, of Baffag|||
A. A. Patterson, of