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-4- ■ , IK taqe mom. \ •r. -V- THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 19S5. XSlieDt’s BrancK Has Great Development Hal Ohnrch in Barnwell Asaociation Goes Modern.—“God’s Acre Plan** Pays Expenses. €Res. W. C. Reese ineaptist Courier), , Tsro and a half years ago the ■Qaant’s Branch Baptist church in the rell association.was just about as d ms « church could possibly be I continue to exist. Three years of »n had just about closed the a eanrs of one of the oldest Baptist -ofcorcheg in that section of South Ouolina. In spite of discouraging conditions a „ .‘ffew faithful members caried on. In Bin fall of 1932 the deacons were hjb tredneed to the ‘'God's Acre” nfove- ^ancnt for the first time. Nine men a- Cmed to plant an acre of land for the anpport of the church. A pastor was called for full time (every Sunday af- %noon), at a salary of $480 per year. Vfce first ingathering netted $250.00, ^aasd mt the end of the first year under Ifce “God's Acre” plan all expenses mere .paid with a small balance left in the treasury. At the time of the first ingathering all of those who had planted an acre idedged to plant another in 1934, and -eight more men joined them, making a total of 17 acres pledged. This year the women wanted to have a part in the financial support of the church, -mud fifteen dedicated a hen and a brood of chickens to the Lord. At the time of the ingathering between $350 wniJ$400 was received from the “God’s Acre” anrf h e n clubs. All ex penses were again paid and $130 left i» the treasury. The results of these two years was -ms follows: New interest was mani fested in every department of the or- YBnrzed church life. The Sunday school attendance was increased from -mboat 25 to between 150 and 175 every jfamday with an average atendance lost year of 150. The school is grad 1 - and well organized and has recently cpailified fbr the standard of excel lent*. Two school buses are operated wwery Sunday at a cost of $125.00 per The church ha s been painted amide, new hymnbooks and a stove lav* been bought, and other improve- ments made. This year 34 acres of ftand and 30 hens have been pledged *md plans are being m>ade to build ade quate Sunday school rooms. The church will be painted on the outside aod covered, this fall. In November 1934, a modern financial system was adopted. Since that time 101 have •attributed to the expenses of the cfcarch each month, thu s enabling the dmrch to pay all expenses and have a balance in the treasury at the end of of each month. More money has been given to missions during the first quarter in 1935 than in any entire year bi the-history of the church. Thi s spring some of the members ol Hie Denmark church became inter- in the r ‘God’s Acre” movement organized a “God’s Acre” club, tically every farmer in the church piedged at least one acre making a -tmtul of 31 acres pledge-d The pro- from these acres vflHl be used the nucleus for a building fund which to build a nhw church. At time of the ingathering this fall <hos* -who are not farmers will match amount contributed by the farm- lt is estimated that at least be- $600.00 and $1,000.00 will be raised the first year. One of the most interesting and bdpfu} meetings ever held in either aaf the two churches was a “hayseed ^mwfnct” given by the ladie s of the fcwm vhurches for the men who had! ph*i^ge ( j an acre. In spite of the busy ffgrnaiag season more than forty mem/ bars of the two chuiches met at Dtn- rk for the meeting. A real ban- supper was seized. Mr. Brooke, «be evangelist^ secretary, wa s the primdfpal speaker of the evening. Steveral members of. Ghent’s Branch cbojth spoke on the value of the plan ' 'tm their church after two years of ex- l^eriunce. Representative members of tt* -Denmark church spoke concerning Ow potential possibilities of the plan Cmr their church. '‘AX. the close of the service Mr. li&romke donducted a special dedication at which time all the acres were dedicated to the Lord. • ft was really a great meeting of con- -dOt-evuisuSmen who are seeking to serve and are interested in the upbuild- of Hi* kingdom in the world. \1 1 --•V SAT-IS-FY. Something that pleases, gives satisfaction; something that just suits.- For example, you are pleased with a dress. As applied to cigarettes, it means one that is MILD—that is not harsh or bitter; one that TASTES just right. WM m e.'.V.v ; -v>. m mm 'SM \ © 1935, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. I ^ 7 Chesterfield ...the cigarette that’s MILDER ' Chesterfield ...the cigarette that TASTES BETTER Barnwell -50 and 25 Year Interesting Items Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People. AUGUST 20, 1885. Three new storehouses and one dwel ling are being built at Ashleigh. C’apt. J. W. Woecjward, contractor, has commenced to frame the new de pot. With the platform it w’ill be 100 Barnwell in quite a long time, feet long by 26 broad. AUGUST t8, 1910. A new bale of Red Oak cotton is expected the last of this week . Friday afternoon’s wind and ra * n storm was the hardest that has visited tiueks, hauling the freight from Sum ter. Nothing could be more extrava gant than operating a train—two trains—for that little tenitcry, es pecially in competition with trucks. One thing that should' not be over looked is that this Corporation paid $27,000.00 a year in taxes. Of course, some one will probably pay something on whatever property yet remains to the company. The value of a road bed and right-of-way (s negligible, however. Several school districts had j The Home Bank, is moving into its received a considerable part of their The ladies of Barnwell will give a beautiful new home cn East Main j "Tu* ^ !. hiS cor P oraticn ' What Broom Drill in the Court House this Street ’ and ex ^ ects to business will be cone about it. evening for the benefit of the Baptist. t ^ ei ' 2 on Saturday. 'em •Gedehr^tes 65th Birthday. HbriiviDe,, Aug. 20.—The children M We^da of Mrs. X. A. Tucker hon- wifh a surprise dinner on Dth in celebration of her 65th About 100 guests enjoyed occasion. Mrs. Tucker received aaefpl and beautiful gifts, sad Mrs. Franklin Grubbs and _mv of Biackville, spent Sunday kheir son, Oran, at Chester, where J» a sergeant at the CCC camp. Church. W. A. and C. E. Gyles harpconed and captured in the Edisto last week a sturgeon weighing 45 pounds. That’s glory enough for one-.summer and they w r ill fish-no more jMs season. Midway.—Cotton receipts last week were four bales. Four., marriages have been consummated within a month’s time.: Thos. Folk and Miss Emma Smoke, Ben Kearsd and Miss Bessin- ger, Henry Hill and Miss Genie’Bishop. Bamberg.—Four bales of cotton re ceived last week. . . Henry Sum- mei-s, who wias shot on the 9th inst. by Jasper Anderson; is in a critical con dition with recovery. Base BalL—We witnessed our first game of this American enterprise on Thursday. Orangeburg in white vest ments and red hose versus Biackville, checkered rine, . . Tha score wed! until the game ended and handsome Orangeburgers the- winners by 39 against 29 runs, 2 Deaths.—Mr. J. A. AH, of Great Cypress township, w 7 as accidentally killed on Friday night one mile from Blackvlle when one wheel of his wagon ran into a washout in the road 18 in ches deep. Mr. AH was thrown out and a gin that he was hauling on the wagon fell upon hm, crushing his forehead and chest. In Baldoc township, on the 11th inst., after a, short illness, Major J. A. Mims, an old ana! estimable citizen. ' Hail and wind! did considerable dam age last week to cott:n and ungather ed fodder crop of Mr. S. F. Sease, south of the Saltkehatchie. Mr. Ben Hill Cave lefLon_MQnday- on the happiest jcurney of his life^ the winning of the gpntle hand and golden heart of Miss Annie Booth. They were mairied in Baltimore on Tuesday.^Their many Barnwell friends will give them a glad welcome on their return. G. -Mi 'Greene, Esq., has been ap pointed Referee in Bankiuptcy for this county to fill the. vacancy daused by the icsignaton of R. A. Ellis, Esq. All who know his thoroughness are the chances against hisi assured that his discharge of the duties of the office will be able and 4 r conscientious. Appomattox Apples.—In 1865r Mr I do not hesi tate to say that it is entiiely wrong to charge farm lands, town homes, railroads, etc., with the operation of schools. Land should be charged with a tax for police protection and some- thing fur tha geyral eost^of the g(rv- ernment. That is all. know exactly what they want and ex actly how to get it. If the W. P. A. absorbs the E. R. A. and if the E R. A. absorbs the P. W. A. what gcod aie all these multifarious organizations? John Birt, of Long Branch, biought Natural i y amb itious home a handful of twigs fiom the ap ple tree under which Gen. R. E., Lee had surrendlered to Gen. U. S. Grant were at Appomattox, Va. These twigs were planted, carefully cared for and num bers of trees from that source now grow’ and thrive in this county. On Tuesday we received from Mr. A. O. Hair, of Biackville, a box of 13 of these apples, one for each of the Con federate States. First Bales.—One of the first two bales of this year’s'cotton crop reach ed Charleston on the night of the 10th. It was shipped by Alfred Richardson of Allendale, weighed 450 pounds and Was sold for 16 cents a pound. . COMMENTS ON MEN AND NEWS By SINECTATOR. . Down in Pee Dee and Santee Caro lina the tpl)acco markets are flourish ing. Lake City—Florence County,— Kingstree, Darlington and Mullins— these are the greatest markets. Af ter long months of arduous work; af ter the toil and sw^eat and! strain the farmers carry their tobacco to market for the first real money since last fall when they sold cotton. » Tobacco has its romance. Day af ter day, night after night the farmer (including his sons, and sometimes his wife and daughters) has “set up” with the tobacco, curing it. Many a watermelon, and not a few chickens, have come his way in the long vigils of the -night. Some of the tobacco planters are specialty experts in cultivating tobac co; and some are genuises at curing it. The land itself plays a big part, for not all land 1 will produce good to bacco. Tobacco is the only crop that is not only harvested but cured by special processes requiring long hours of watchful caie. The man “sitting up” is like a nurse watching her pa tient, every now and then he must go in and lock at the thermometer so as to be sure of an even temperature. Of course he may read the thermome ter through the glass, but often he must look at the tobacco itself. The farmer earns a good price. He works hard for it. His work is not mere labor, but special skill based on long Our Governor is a growing man. He meets the issues of the day frank ly and does the best he can. In put ting the Pelzer zone under military control he confounds his critics. When Mr. Johnston was a candidate it was freely said that he was a “Red” and a “Communist” and a “Wild Man.” Thousands of people‘said that he was “unsafe,” yet he holds the sceles at an even balance, trying to do what is right and big enough man to act cn the facts as they are instead ol a slave to any campaign indiscretions. I do not know cf these indiscretions; it may be that all the reports are fa«?e; >ut it is gratifying to record that life, -liberty and property are safe while Olin Johnston is Governor. The Northern Railroad of South Carolina no longer operates trains from Wilson, Clarendon County, to Camden, by way of Sumter. The At lantic Coast Line Railroad! should be that territory by Geddings H. Craw’ford, of Columbia, * well known business man and fine citizen, seeks to have tfrt Act of 1934 declared' unconstitutional. The Legis lature of 1934—really an accnomy group of excellent men—passed an Act permitting vaiious State institu tions to borrow nearly a million dol lars from the Government and the Legislature pledged the receipts from the power tax as a guarantee of pay ments. I hope Mr. Crawford will win his suit. In the first place the State is not suffering for new buildings. managers want to expand therr plants. Poor little State that we are, we are as ambi tious and pretentious as Massachu setts, or some other State that could buy US 5yith their vest pocket money. What fhe clepression has taught many a person is to look at himself as he is, not so with the State. Members of' and costly experience. He deserves our Legislature — themselves poor* to be paid for both hard work and ex- honest and good fellows—will pinch pert knowledge, and*skimp in their own poverty, but - ♦ , <- f> spend the money of the State like a Biackville Social Items, sailor in port. • - The Legislature is making a de- Biackville, Aug. 16.—Samuel H. parture that violates all the canons of Stilt, Jr., has returned! to Washing- sound business and is unconstitutional ton, D. C., after a ten days’ visit to as well. It would pledge certain his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Still, revenues of the State for the pay- He was accompanied hbme by his ment of certain bonds, all this to sister, Mrs. Frank Carter, of Gaines- cover a period of years. If the bonds ville, Fla. They will visit new York of an institution become an obliga- and ether points East, tion of the State then that violates Mr. and IVIrs. Capers Asbill, of the Constitution, which prohibits the Ridge Spring, after a, visit tfe Way- issuance of bonds without a vote cf nesville and other mountain resorts of the people. If a revenue of the State interest, have also been visiting Mrs. is pledged then the Legislature is Asbill’s parentsysMr. and Mrs. S. H moitgaging the future end crippling Still, fu.ure Legislatures. The Legislature After an extended trip to Canada cannot do that. Nj^cnly does the andl the New England States, Dr. and Corsti1$ition inquire annual appro- fMrs. Ryan A. Gyles .have returned priations, but Hie Supreme Court has home. declared an appropriation for years to ] Mrs. David Briggs is on a sightsee- be unconstitutional, as I recall. But whether constitutional or unconstitu- AIR CONDITIONED Equipment Something Hat Been Don* About tha Weather by Southern Bail way System * Air-conditioned Pullman Cart and Southern Pi’vrg Cars ar« now in service Traval in Cool, Quiet, Delightful Comfort, free from Dust, Smoke and Cinders ... A miracle de velopment of temperature con trol for tlje convenience of the "traveling pvbVc RouhdTrif, Tickets OnSaleDaily 2 Cents per Mile—15 Day Limit 2»/2 Cents per Mile—6 Months Limit Tickets honored In steeping and parlor cars on payment oi proper charset let space occupied . . . no sureharqo Osir Way Coach Faro* IVrc Per Mile yFast and Convenrent Schedules tional this is very, pgcr business. I think most of our Legislators don’t know what is being clone, or are too astty' duped by sagacious men wh ng trp West She will visit the ex position in California.’ Hetman Brown has returned after a visit to relatives in Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Brown remained for a more extended visit, ‘ AIKEN-AUGUST A SPECIAL Lv. Augusta 2:15 P. M. Lv. Colur^bia „ 5:00 P. M. Ar. Washington 6:50 A. M. At. Baltimore rzrrZTS: 12 A. M. Ar. Philadelphia ___ 10:07 A. M. Ar. New York 12.01 P. M. CAROLINA SPECIAL Lv. Columbia 12:45 P. M. Ar. Cincinnati 8:10 A. M. Ar. Chicago (CT) 2:15 P. M. For fares, sleeping car reservations and other travel information, call or write; W. E. MCGEE, A. G. P. A„ COLUMBIA, S. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Send. Us Your Orders For