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■ D 8 V THB OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BAftNI?ILL COCNTT. 4 The Barnwell U- V \ Consolidated Jane 1, 1925. "Ju*t Llk« a M«rhb«r of th« F«mlly M Largest County Circulation. VOLUME LVIIL BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST! 15, 1985. NUMBER 59. Uniform Time Fixed for School Openings Nine Months Schools Will Resume Work September 5th.—County to Purchase Buses. At the meeting of Barnwell County school trustees at. the Court H<aise here last week, a uniform time for the opening of the schools was fixed by those present. The trustees agreed that circumstances in one sec tion do not differ radically from those in another section and they believed that all of the schools could open at the same time, provided the terms are of the same length. Insamuch as Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Senas and Nonsense About People You Know and XHhera You Dpnt Know. Mrs. M. B. Hagocd complimenting Blackville Farmers ^ Want 12c Cotton Wire Members of Congress That a Government Loan This Yesr Is ~ . “Absolutely Imperative.” Blackville, Aug. 10.—The govern* The Peopie-SentineTfor publishing ment is morally obligated »to lend 12 State auf for schools is now dlsbursed -addressing Dodson ss “Doddy.” is:, • monthly, it was agreed that it does not seem equitable to force one school to wait upon the reports from a delin quent school. The following schedule of openihg dates was agreed upon: The nine months schools will all open on Thursday, September 5th; the schools with eight months terms will all open on the second Monday in September (Sept. 9th); and the seven months term schools will open on the first Monday in October (Oct. 7th.) It was also agreed that the four months negro school terms will open on the first Monday in November (Nov. 4th.) The plan whereby the State Depart ment of Education will purchase stand* arrf school buses. through PWA aid was discussed. Although there may be considerable^ delay in delivery and weekly brief accounts of automobile accidents throughout the State in an effort to improve driving conditions on the highways, and saying that other newspapers shoull adopt the aamte policy. . . . Perry Bush asking Dodson Still numerous questions about his 'recent purchase of a Barnwell dwelling. . . . And a young lady Cotton Traders See No Loan to Farmers Car-WagonCollision ^ Near CityLast Week Only in Case of Price Collapse Is Several Persons Escape Serious In Government Likely to Step in, TheyThink. New Orleans, La., Aug. 11.—Cotton traders believed tonight the govern- . . New State highway department road maps, with about 30 South Caro lina scenes on the reverse side, it hav ing a picture of Barnwell’s Court House and) 107-year old sun dial, which w^s placed thereon through the efforts of Senator Edgar A. Brown and B. P. Davies, member and secretary, respectively, of the Joint Committee on Printing. ... Col. J. E. Harley, Jr., and Herman I. Ma- tursky, 1 Esq., home after a visit to New York City and Washington, D. C*. . . . And Colonel Harley say ing that he has about recovered from the effects of his appointment. . . Letter to the editor of the State, in Sunday’s issue of that newspaper, kign^d by Ex-Senator Cole L. Blease and. J. W. Richardson, branding a statement in Saturday’s issue of Thtf cents a pound on 1935 cotton, Black- yille farmers telegraphed Representa live H. P. Fulmer and Senator James F. Byrnes today. A call for the 12 cents loan was signed by every farmer approached here today, sponsors of the telegram said. The message to the members of congress is as fol lows: “Movement of new cotton crop un- der way without government loan, which means considerably less income. Absolutely imperative government an nounce loan of at least 12 cents per pound, otherwise we cannot pay our obligations to the government. We have cooperated with government one hundlred per cent, all crop costs and plans based on 12 cent^ now feel it only fair government live up to their moral obligation. We must dispose of our crop as ginned to meet cur rent obligations if loan announcement delayed will be of no benefit to us urgent government act n^w.’ there will be no trade-in allowance Btate relative to Governor Talmadge for old buses under this plan, a consid erable saving to the districts will be made. It was stated that these standard buses can probably be pur chased at about 50 per cent, of- the present retail selling price. The m&nuacturrs of both chasses and speaking at Jolly Sreet, S. C M as plain, common, every day lie. G. W. (“Bud”) Halfcrd saying that he saw a large snake, apparently a moccasin, crawling across the street Monday night from the yard of Dr. H. A. Gross and hiding in the dense bodies promise that the assembly shrubbery in “The Circle.” As “Bud” will be done under strict factory ex-1 is very temperate in his habits, it can pert inspection. Barnwell County will j hardly be said that he wass' “seeing purchase about a dozen of these snakes.” . . . Local football fans buses, according to rforace J. Crouch, jubilating over the fact that the grid- county superintendent of education, j iron season opens next month. . . . It is planned to have annual, or possi- Conflicting reports about the county’s bly semi-annual, meetings of the | cotton crop, many claiming that it will Barnwell County School Trustees j be larger than last yeaiv while others Association,* which organization was think it will be smaller. Harvesting perfected at la^st week’s meeting with of the crop is expected to become the election of Col. Solomon Blatt as president and Mr. Crouch as secretary. School problems will be discussed at the meetings of the association. First Bale Honors Go to Williston Fanner Inman Scott Gins Bale Tuesday of Last Week.—A. R. Still, of Elko, Is Second. . The first bale of cotton in Barnwell County from the ^935 "crop was ginned at Smith’s ginnery in Williston Tues day afternoon of last week, having been picked on the farm of Inman Scott the previous day. First bale honors for the State are claimed joint ly by Allendale and Orangebui g Coun ties, where the first picking of the fleecy staple were ginned August 5th. A.. R. Still, wjip manages the Pro- ‘thro farm near Elko, took second place when he ginned his first bale^at the Elko ginnery Wednesday morning. rather general this week. . . Col. Solomon Blatt saying that he dbesn’t expect much from the Carolina foot ball team this fall, but that in a cou ple of years 'the Unversity should have a team that will “go places.” . . . . A threatening thunder cloud passing to the north of Barnwell late S,unday afternoon. ’ . . . . Local stieet thermometers again registering high temperatures., . . Senator W. R. Hubbard telling how he enjoyed ( ?) the “Fiddler’s convention” in Willis ton. Iqst week. Triple “C” News Notes Of all the camp duties, one probably is the most thankless—“bugling.” One of the enrollees has been appointed as bugler, and as he caals for the boys to “rise and shine” each morning; he be comes an object of the most profound distaste to almost all the members? He does his best to make up for it, however, when the time comes to give the mess and pay calls. Everybody is in -a forgiving mood at these times. Varnadore, a former Marine, was given the job of bugling, and if some of the calls are unpopular, we must at least admit that he plays them very well. rf A popular pastime here at camp is “dusting” sheets—with sawdust. Of ten late at night, there can be heard deep, blood-curdling growls when some member arrives in camp after lights are out only to find that some playful fellow has generously aprinkl- ment may forego its crop loan to farm ers this season and let cotton return to its normal trade channels. They interpreted the department of agriculture’s attitude, after forecast ing last week & crop of 11,798,000 bales, to mean that the government would step in with a loan only in case the price collapsed. This, experts safdl, would put the government in a middle course, with farmers on one side demanding con tinuance of the 12-cent-a-pound loan, and merchants, traders and shippers on the other side protesting that the government’s price-pegging was cost ing America its export business. Threat Sufficient. The mere threat of another 12-cent loan would be expected to hold the price up to where the farmer could net a fair return for his crop. And by withholding the loan, the New Deal would avoid having to add to its heavy cotton holdings. The government has a virtual cor ner on cotton. It holds nearly 6,- 000,000 hales, which farmers turned over to the various AAA cotton pools to - get~their 12-ceiit loans.—The pres ent supply, outside of government holdings, is only 2,740,465 bales. This Includes all that remains of last sea son’s crop and new cotton that has moved “into sight” since August 1st, the start of the new season. A year ago the supply was 4,023,991 bales. Traders feared an acute shortage of marketable cotton in event cf another loan. The government plans to keep its cotton off the market until the price exceeds 13 cents a pound. The present price is 11:60 for middling spot cotton on the New Orleans ex change. ' New cotton is moving 'to market at a normal rate, 103,938 bales since Au gust 1, compared with 103,948 toi the same period last ytar. Most of it is piling up at inland gins, compresses and warehouses, however, instead of moving to ports for export. Nearly every concern dealing in cotton ex cept the farmer, blames the decline in jury When Auto Turns Over on Augusta Highway. Several persons miraculously es caped injury Wednesdhy evening of last week, when an automobile and wagon collided on the Barnwell-Au- gusta highway, just west of the resi dence of J. W. Patterson, county supervisor. Both vehicles were badly damaged, the automobile turning over several times after the collision. The car was occupied by Harold Sease, Mack Creech and Willard Moore, all Lawmakers Hear of Bo Miller’s Escape Cd. Solomon Blatt, of Barnwell, HeaSn Investigating Committee Named by House. ~ At a meeting held here Friday of the investigating committee appointed 'by the house of representatives at its last session to inquire into the escape of Bo Miller from two penitentiary guards while on a visit to his wife neer Blackville, Col. Solomon Blatt, of Barnwell, was appointed chairman and J. D. Poag, of Greenville, secre tary, and Mrs. G. M. Greene, of Barn well, stenographer. A full Inveatiga- of whom escaped with minor cute and tion into the esespe of thil notorious bruises. The driver “of the wagon team, which is owned by W. H. Man ning, county auditor, was unhurt. According to Mr. Manning, the ac cident occurred at dusk. His wagon was hauling a load °f fodder from his field to his barn, about a half-mile distant. Mr. Manning was in his car a few yards in advance of the team, on the curve in the highway near Mr. Patterson’s heme. The car, he said, was traveling at a rapid rate of speed and he had hi ought his own machine to a stop when the crash oc purred. The escape from serious or fatal injuries of the parties involve< in the accident was little short o: miraculous. Young Man’s Body Mutilated by Train . Foul Play Is Suspected in Death o Noel Hart, 19-Year Old CCC Boy, at Allendale. ed his sheets with some saw dust that is to be found in the company street, exports to the 12-cent loan that held Mr. and Mrs. L. P.' Wilson and son, Walker, of Ocala, Fla., are guests of Mrs. Wilson’s parents, Col. and Mrs. N. G. W. Walker! * August 7th. Last year Mr. Still won first bale honors in Barnwell County and produced the State’s first bale in 1933. His cotton pickers started har vesting his crop early Monday morn ing of last week, but were forced to quit when a shower of rain fell at’ noon. Pickifrg was resumed the fol lowing day. Mr. Still’s hale weighed 620 pounds. Orangeburg Coupty’s first bale was sold at auction and brought 14.10 cent s per pound. DUNBARTON SCHOOL TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 5TH The 1935-’36 session of the Dunbar ton Public School will begin at 9:00 o’clock Thursday morning, September 5th, according to an announcement this week by the newly elected super- ^JntendentT Prof. W. T. Bennett. All parents of the pupils and' other friends of the school are urged to be present if possible. The complete list of the new faculty taembers of the school is as follows: Harlan F. Shuler, of Holly Hill; Miss Mary Bonds Workman, of Clin ton; Mias Myra Bishop, of Ehrhardt; Miss Emmie Lee Hair, of Blackville; Miss Marks Mathews, of Denmark, and Miss Oda Baker, of Ehrhardt. The ad ministration of the school will be un der Supt W. T. Bennett, of Olar. Death Stalks S. C. Highways Two persons were fatally in-' jured and five others weft In a serious condition at an Ander son hospital Sunday as a result of two automoble accidents in Anderson and Abbeville Coun ties Saturday night. Eleven others injured in the accidents have either been dismissed or are recovering at the hospital. The four-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Antley, of Hol ly Hill, was fatally injured Sat urday morning when he was run ever by a truck in that place. Jack Greer, four, was struck down by an automobile Sunday while walking on the highway with his parents near his home at Piedmont and was carried to a Greenville hospital in a criti cal condition froip a fractured skull. Miss Grace Lance, of Charlotte,—driver of the ear, Even leaders have been known to have had this trick played on them, and they growl as only a -lea<jer can grrrr. Some of fhe boys had their firth meal in the woods last Friday. One of them was heard to remark that— “This is sure the life! .While I was at ? - home, I only ate in epen once oj twice a year, but here I get a picnic five days a week.” Overnight visitors in camp last week were Major Wells, sub-district in spector, Major Winchester, from the suartermaster’s' office and Chaplain Gregory. The Chaplain addressed the boys and his talk was right to the point. G. R. and H. G. I. H. Cooper left Sunday for Wash ington, D. C., for a visit to his daugh- ter. Miss Fannie Coper. He will go I to New York City for Fall buying. was held under technical arrest pending the outcome of the child’s injuries. Three, persons were injured, none’ seriously, in an Automobile accident near Edmund Sunday night. Two of those injured were CCC campers returnig to the camp at Aiken. One suffer ed a broken arm and lacerations. American cotton far above the world market. • 4 Saturday only 100 bales were ship ped out of the country,' in contrast with 2,378 bales a year ago: The drop was more than usual, but indicated the trend. Since August 1, exports have been 45,830 bales, against 59,- 104 bales ,for the same period last year. Such authorities as Walter Parker, economic counsel for the Cotton Ship pers’ association, and Henry Plauche, secretary of the New Orleans ex change, warned that this country faced permanent loss of its foreign cotton business unless the government ceas ed its interference. Tl\ey reported a widespread migration of cotton eg perts, investors and cotton njachinery to Brazil, where cotton production had jumped from I3th to second on the list of exports in one year’s time*. Allendale ,Aug. 11.—^An Allendale County coroners jury tomorrow after noon will attempt to strip mystery from the death of Noel Hart, 19-year- old Allendale CCC camper, whose body was cut to pieces at 1:30 o’clock thia fnorning by a Charleston and Western Carolina freight train. When his headlight first picked up the object on the track, the engineer said, he thought it a piece of paper. He realized too late that it was the body of a hoy anl the engine and eight cars had passed over it before he could stop the train. This was within the Alllehdale town limits. It was understood here tonight that authorities were working on the theory that Hart met foul play, hut they say they had no announcement to make pending the inquest which will begin at noon tomorrow. The hoy was here from the Mont- morenci, Aiken Copnty, CCC camp for a week-end visit to his sister r Mrs. Rolie Wilson, and his movements dur ing the evening are being checked. « Besides Mrs. Wilson, he is surviv ed by another sister, Mrs. Oscar Carl ton, of Savannah; three brothers, T. J. Hart, cf Lake City; Wiliam Hart, of Savannah, and Virgil Hart, of Al lendale, and by his step-mother, Mrs. J. L. Carlton, of Allendale. criminal was immediately entered up on and the testimony of several wit nesses and persons who joined in the search was taken. Miller was arrested for the killing of a negro in Blackvlle, and while be ing held in the Barnwell jail for trial he effected an escape. He was finally tracked down by officers in Cambridge, Mass., and returned to Barnwell, where he was tried, con victed of manslaughter and sentenced to serve 15 years in the State peniten tiary. He was serving this sentence when he made his last escape. Miller obtained permission from the prison farm authoriids to visit his wife, who was ill at her home near Blackville. He came down in custody of two guards, E, L. Jolly and J. O. Johnson, and went inside the house upon arrival there. The guards stay ed outside, one remaining in the car and the other sitting on the front porch. In about 30 minutes Miller's wife came out and asked the guard if he knew where Bo was, saying that he wasn’t in the house. , A search was started immediately by Johnson, While oily came to Barnwell to notify Sheriff J. B. Morris of the escape. Officers in Blackville were also noti fied and several people joined In the search, an attempt being made ,to procure bloodhounds. Chief of Police ]reo. Gray, of Blackville, and Depu ty Sheriff Gilmore S. Hariey were 7 close enough to him at one time dur ing the search to recognize him and fired several shots, none of which are believed to have hit the convict He stumbled three times during«the chase, but it is believed the cause was the heavy underbrush. Those present besides the members of the committee were A. M. Scar borough, superintendent of the State penitentiary, represented by J. B. Murphy; John M. Glenn, manager of the State farm, represented by W. L. DePass, Jr., E. L. Jolly and J. O. Johnson, guards.* The committee adjourned sine die after the taking of the testimony and will make its report at the next ses sion of the legislature. BEAUFORT HAS OWN PLAN — FOR FARM REHABILITATION Beaufort, Aug. 11.—Beaufort Coun ty is to do its own particular bit of rehabilitating—copying after the fed eral gvemment in the use of its term but varying somewhat in its methods, j During the last five or six strenu ous years it is estimated that approxi mately 15,000 to 20,000 acres of land at the very lowest calculation have, perforce, become the unwanted prop- i erty of the forfeit land commission. E*ch year this land has increased, be coming a liability rather than an as- set to Beaufort County, while the for- i^mer owners—for the most part ne groes and the smaller white farmers— have become proportionately poorer and more helpless to cope with the problems offered by the loss of their chief means of livelihood, coupled wr.h the lack of jobs. I Leaders of' thought in the county have long pondered upon the matter and at last a solution was hit upon. The Beaufort County Relegation at the last session of the general assem DRIVE CAREFULLY! - bly passed a bill which its sponsors volve about 1,200 farmers of this Mias Jahi Ckssels, considered mere or less adequate to meet the distressing existing condi tion. The bill became a law, applying to this particular county and it is be lieved to be unique in this State. Through this special enactment for mer owners of these small tracts of land which have reverted to the for feit land commission through the in ability of the owners to pay taxes wilt shortly he offered an opportunity of redeeming their lands and of again become land owners. These tracts of land, ranging in size from 5 to 30 or 40 *pnp«, pro ho offprori for aale to their former owners at ridiculously low pricees for a reasonable length of time. Not only, will these fonper Unable to Place Blame. Allendale, Aug. 12.—At an inques; held here today in the death of Noe Hart, the coroner’s jury returned verdict that the hoy came to his death cn the tiacks of the C. and W. C. rail road at the hands of parties unknown to the jury. It was brought out at the inquest that the lad had been dringing during the evening and had been last seen about 2 hours prior to the ac cident. Post mortem examination was made by Doctor Miller of the Mont morenci CCC camp and Dr. F. H. Boyd, of Allendale, who P stated that although the body was badly mangled no marks of violence were evident on the body other than could have been inflictec when the engine and ten cars of the freight train passed over it. How ever, it was-aaid that, only a very small amount of blood was found at Gie scene of the tragedy. Engagement Announced, v Mr, and Mrs. Harry Johnson, of SPRINGFIELD PEOPLE - SERIOUSLY INJURED Four persons, including Mr. aai! Mrs. M. E Black and their daughter, Miss* Muriel, > of Springfield, were seriously injured in an automobile col lision at McKenny, Va., Monday. The Other maa Capt. Edgar M. Kitchen, of Washington, D. C. All were given first aid at the scene of the accident and carried in an ambulance to a hospital at Petersburg. According to information received in Barnwell Tuesday, Mr. Jflack’s jawbone was broken in three places, his collarbone was broken and he suf fered bad cuts and bruises on both legs; Mrs. Black’s nose and both sinus bones were broken, and their daugh ter’s left leg was broken, in addition to numerous cuts and bruises. Cap tain Kitchen was said to be in a semi conscious condticn. Henry Cooper Black, son of Mr. mm Mrs. Black, and Dibble Cooper, Mrs. Black’s brother, left Springfield Tues day for Petersburg.' Mr. Blade is a brother of Wi If. Black, 6f the Galilee section of this county and is a for mer resident of Barnwell. Martin, announce the engagement o:' their daughter, Emily Augusta., to Lionel C. Harvin, of Columbia. The land owners be slowed the privlege ( marriage will take place in the early of buying hack their properties at low filL. prices but they will be given long Miss Johnson is pleasantly remem- term periods of payment of their de- bered in Barnwell, where she made, her linquent taxes without interest and borne for several weeks a few years also concessions in the county taxes ggo, having held a position here with for any improvements which may the Diamond Hotel, have been put upon the lanRa. j ■ • * Thia law, it is estimated, wUl in-1 Mrs. Mike Cassds and daughter, Fine Cora. Williston rAnf. 11.—A stalk of am that measured 13 feet, 8 inches from base to tip,-grown on his farm near Williston, was brought to town and Exhibited by F. T. Merritt This is believed to he the tallest corn over grown in this section, with • yield which is estimated from 400 to 899 bushels for the eight ecres this stalk'fes takoiL county. visitors here on Monday. vP ADVERTISE ta Tbf