The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, September 12, 1935, Image 1
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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.*'59
Barnwell
CoASoliiated June 1, 1925.
"Jumt LH<« a MeYnBWr of th« Famllv M
Largest County CirenlaUaa.
VOLUME LIX.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1935
Says Highway Board
Can Build Roads Now
But Chairman Hearon Says ^ That
Governor Is Wrong "Aliout
Available koad Funds.
I}6lding that the State highway de-
, pSttment has more than $2,000;000 in
cash and that it i s not necessary to
sell any bonds to match federal funds,
Goverhor Olin D. Johnston, in a radio
speech broadcast Wednesday night
by Station WBT (Charlotte), at
tempted to place the responsibility of
holding up highway work on the
shoulders of the highway commission.
The Governor also launched a sur
prise attack cn the' commission by
appointing three new members to
take the places of three commission
ers whose terms the attorney general
j" held had expired) last April. They are:
Ex-S:ate Senator J. C. Long, of'Char
leston, to succeed E. T. Heyward, al
so of Charleston, who represents the
Ninth judicial circuit; Capt. Louis C.
Richardson, of Anderson, to succeed
R. J. Ramer, of Andersen, from the
Tenth circuit, and: W. L. Rhodes, of
Estill, to succeed W. Fred Lightsey,
of Hampton, from the Fourteenth cir
cuit. %he three new members have
qualified, according to advices from
Columbia.
But Governor Johnston was in er
ror when he declared in his radio ad-
cess that the South Carolina^ high-
; w^y commission could expend $2,-
250,154 ■•when and where it pleased,
according to a statement issued on
Monday by Charles O.'He’aron, chair
man of the highway commission. This
balance is “correct as a book balance,”
Chairman Hearon declared, but the
governcr’s proposal that this money
be used to match federal funds and
finance the road construction pro
gram is “impossible if the department
is to maintain the- financial credit of
the State and the counties.” Mr.
Hearcn further declared that a part
of this boolf balance is represented
by deposits in closed banks, a part
was* set asidb for administrative pur
poses and a part was the depart
ment’s working capital.
Mr. Hearon said that the suggested
use of $1,700,00 of the fund to match
federal funds would result in a series
of deficits which the commission was
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
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A Little Sense and Nonsense About
People Yon Know and Others
Yon Don't Know.
Q.- A. Kennedy, of Williston, pre
senting the editor of-The People-Sen
tinel with a gift from Bermuda, where
Mr. Kenney spent his* vacation. “Yo-
ho-ho and a bottle of rum!” . . .
A group of men at The Best Phar
macy watching the weathervane on
the Court House at it shifted from
first one direction to another during
the wind and rain Thursday and! re
calling the severe storm that visited
this sectibn just seven years ago,
causing heavy loss to the cotton farm
ers. . . Z. Col. J. E. Harley, Jr„
local cotton buyer, saying that bales
of the fleecy staple were hauled to
the Barnwell market last week from
Blackville, Williston, Dunbarton, Hil
da, Allendale, Fairfax and* other
towns in this section, being attracted
by the high prices paid here . . .
Discussions of Sir Malcolm Campbell’s
extraordinary feat in driving his
racing car at the remarkable speed
of more than 300 miles an hour on the
Utah salt flats last week, and a wag
remarking that some dirivers on the
highways of this section are appar
ently hell-bent to beat the English
man’s repord. /
T. J. Grubbs, of the kdsemary sec
tion, remarking that long leaf pines
on his farm did not bloom last year,
although the short leaf varieties did.
. . . Buist Grubbs, of the
Grubbs Chevrolet Co., clriving a Ford
V-8, and “Nardy” Plexico, of B. and
B. Motors, local Ford dealers, driving
a “Chewy,” which show s that eac^ of
these dealers thinks well of his com
petitor’s car. . . . Mrs. R, S,
Dicks, of Chapel Hill, N* C., telling
about the narrow escape she and her
chiUlcfn had! while en route to Barn
well one day last week, when their
car skidded cn wet pavement .up in
the Old North State. Fortunately,
her son, Bobbie, who was driving at
the time, regained control of the
car and averted a serious accident.
. . . Two airplanes at the local
airport Sunday doing a fairly good
business in the matter of instructing
embryo piolts and taking up passen-
Sells 53 Fords.
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One of the largest single
sales of automobiles made in
SCuth Carolina recently was
announced this week by G. E.
Crouch, of the Crouih Motor
Co., Ford dealer at Williston,
who tcld a representative of The
Pecple-Sentinel that he hadl se
cured an order from the State
highway department for 53
V-8 Fords.' The terms of the
sale were not disclosed.
Mr. Crouch is to be congratu
lated for his success in bringing
such a large ord^n to Barnwell
County.
^Blackville Schools ;■
^ Begin New Session
Horace J. Crouch, County Superin-
I tendent of Education, Makes
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Address at Opening.
New Auto Tags Will
Be Heavier This Fall
Blackville, Sept. 10.—The opening
( exercises of the 1935-36 session of
! the Blackvilfe public school was held
Thursday. The assembly period was
well attended, despite a continuation
cf heavy rain that had fallen without
ceasing for hours. The program of
the opening texereises was begun with
the singing of “America” in unison.
The devotional was conducted by the
Rev. L. G. Payne, who chose the
Parable of the Talents from which to
bring to mind the advantage of real
effort and the disadvantage of failing
to use the opportunities that come to
every one. He stressed the import
ance of health, bringing to the pat
rons present the necessity of check
ing on the child’s physical condition.
He also urged the need fer honesty
in schopl work and in play.
Prof. Byron Wham then introduced
Horace J. Crouch, superintendent of
cording to the, decree of the motor ve-1 education of Barnwell County, who
hide division of the State highway, was the guest speaker, in spi^e of the
department. Materials will be heavier, fact that almost every school in the
but otherwise the styles will remain county was opening on the same day.
virtually unchanged, according to an He urged *the co-operation needed be-
announcement of what the well dressed tween teacher and parent/and the vital
automobile will wear on andl after necessity of a working organization
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NUMBER 2.
Black and Yellow Colors to Be Fash
ionable for South Carolina Cars
After Oct. 31.
Fail fashions in South Carolina au
tomobile tags demand black and a
shade konwn os federal yellow, ac-
Cotton Crop Suffers
From Heavy Rainfall
This Section Was Spared Brunt of
Hurricane That Took Heavy Toll
in Florida.
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Circulate Petitions
for County Hospital
County to Be Asked for $30,000 to
Supplement Federal Government
Grant of $25,000.
October 31, 1935.
The new license
plates will be
to that end. He gave interesting facts
as to the relation of the Blackvill©
made of heavier'materiah this year schocl and other schools in the coun-
because last year’s did not wear well. I ty, stating that the lowest school
The full year plates will have black j leyv in the county is claimed by Black-
letters and numbers on a federal yel- ville.
gers for hire until stopped by the
avoiding while ad^ncing the program heavy shcwer8 in the afternoon. . .
. Discussions of the shooting ot
available
as much as possible with
federal aid.
The goveronr said in his Charlotte
radio address, speaking of the high-
way commission: “Their great hue and
cry is, “Let’s build roads!’ All right,
why don’t they build them? They
have the' money and nobody in the
governor’s office is holding them up.”'
From which contradictory state
ments it would seem that somebody
is wrong about the highway commis
sion’s finances. ] % 4
The People-Sentinel’s Friends.
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ceived recently by The People-Senti
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D. O. Fanning, Blackville.
Mrs. E. G. Bolen. Barnwell.
G. S. Boynton, Kline.
P. E. Allen, Blackville.
A. D. Connor, Barnwell.
Mrs. S. E. Creech, Kline.
J. L. Johnston, Walter boro.
J. L. Owens, Blackville, rfd.
J. C. Hogg, Barnwell.
W. F. Duncan, Pinewood.
Mrs. Lula F. Creech, Columbia.
P. V. Morris, Conway.
T. O. Boland, Blackville!
Mi s. W. T. Aycock, Wash. Col., Tenn.
G. R. Peeples, Meyer’s Mill.
Mrs. J. A. Willis, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. J. A. Templeton, Blackville.
W. H. Dicks, Dunbarton.
Mrs. D. K. Briggs, Blackville.
Mrs. C. R. Kelly, Blackville.
J. D. Davis, iBarnvrell rfd.
W. H. Boyles,, Barnwell rfdl
John G. Grubbs, Blackville rfd.
W. H. Manning, Barnwell.
Ben N. Armstrong, Dillon.
Johnson Hagood, Bartow, Fla.
Mrs. J. G. Wooley, Livingston.
T. J. Grubbs, Williston.
M. L. Hutto, Martin.
C. S. Creech, Barnwell rfd
B. L. Easterling, Barnwell.
Harper Ellis, Lyndhurst.
B. M. Jenkins, Jr., Kline.
T. E. Snelling, Charlotte, N. C.
Dr. Ryan A. Gyles, Blackville.
Clarence Rountree, Bagwell.
D. J. Dixson, Barnwell.
Ransom Snelling, Barnwell, rfd.
J. L. Anderson, New York City.
Ahra Darnold, of Greewood, spent
the week-end here with hia family.
Senator Huey P. Long at Baton
Rouge, La., Sunday.) night and ex
pressions of regret conspicuous by
their absence.
An appreciated letter from “Tom”
Snelling, of Charlotte, N. C., who
writes in pait as follows: “I enjoy
your paper very much and will take
this opportunity to state that it is
now one of the best weeklies that I
have come in contact with.” Tom is
a son cf Judge John K. Snelling, of
this city. . . . Cooks deserting
the kitAens for the cotton fields. .
. . The price of cotton advanc
ing about five points on a decrease of
more than a quarter of a million bales
in the prospective 1935 crop, whereas
an increase of only a few thousand
bales would probably have been fol
lowed by a drastic decline in prices.
. . . Discussions of the prospects
cf the 1935 edition of the Barnwell
high school football team, which are
said to be very poor, most of the can
didates being very young and light
in weight.
Mrs. Edgar A. Brown and daughter,
Miss Emily Brown, Miss Mary China
Stephenson and! Miss Margaret Ellis,
member s of the local school faculty,
were shoppers in Augusta Saturday.
Pastor to Tame Outlaw.
An outlaw horse will be handl
ed; tamed and driven on the
Kalmia Pclo Field in Aiken
next Tuesday, Sept. 17th, by the
Rev. L. G. Payne, pastor* of the
Blackville Baptist Churcl^Jit 1
was announced here Tuesday.
The program will begin at 11:00
a. m., and the exhibition is being
financed and the dangerous
horse furnished by T. G. Tarver,
of Aiken.
While not generally known in
this g ecticn, the Rev. Mr. Payne
is said’ to be one of the master
horsemen of the world, and the
outlaw horse will be conquered,
ridden and driven by him in full
horsemanship attire and equip
ment. The ‘performance is open
to the public.
low background, and the half-year
plates# will have federal yellow let
ters and numbers on a black back
ground 1 . The plates will be twelve
three-eighths inches long.
The contract under which the
plates will be manufactured provides
that the plates shall be guaranteed
not to peel off, rust through or de
teriorate prior to October 31, 1936.
Saved $4,000 in Stamps.
No. 26 guage steel was used in the
old license plates as an experiment,
the lighter weight saving ab ut two
cents on each set of plates in post
age, or about $4,000 for the whole
State. Since .the plates were not
satisfactory, the specifications were
changed to call fer No. 24 standard'
guage steel.
Just as the “Iodine State’ slogan
fcrmetly used on South Carolina
license plates, when this State was
“iodine conscious” about the anti-
geiter properties of its vegetables,
Speaking for the trustees, he urg
ed 1 the support of the plan now being
worked out for the construction of a
new school building, with a grant from
the government that covers alriiost
half the cost. Mr. Wham, superin
tendent, then welcomed the interested
patrons present.
Four new courses: have been added
to the curriculum, Modern History,
American History, Shorthand and
Business Science.
The faculty i s composed of Miss
Lurline Herndon, of Bamberg, first
grade; Miss Katherine Wylie, of : d a y night and the downpour increased
Although this section escaped! th<j
brunt of the hurricane that swept
over the Florida keys last week and
took at toll of several* hundred lives,
in addition to great property damage,
the heavy rains Thursday, accom
panied by shiftier winds, followed by
other downpours Sunday afternoon,
have greatly damaged the cotton crop
in Barnwell County. As a result the
anticipated yield of a few weeks ago
will probably be considerably curtail
ed. The net return to the farmers
will also be redtuced because cf poorer
grades of the fleecy staple, known as
“storm cotton.”
The passage of the tropical hurri
cane om^to sea was accompanied by
gales and heavy downpour s on the
South Carolina coast, but fortunately
no loss cf life nor serious property
damage was reported. Communica
tion and power service were,.disrupted
for a time in some cities and! towns
and tree s were blown down, but th*
force of the storm did not attain any
thing like that of the September hur
ricane in 1928.
Rain began falling here Wednes-
York, second grade; Miss Beatrice
Rivers, of Mount Crogan, third grade;
Miss Lorie Seay, of Spartanburg,
fourth grade; Miss Charlotte Oswald,
of Allendale, fifth gwde; Miss Mil
dred Ford, of North, gbeth grade, and
Miss Virginia Ligcn, of Iva, seventh
grade. In the high school, the faculty
will consist of Supt. Wham, Principal
E. W. Carson, of Saluda; Miss Myra
used to excite curious comment when) ^ aust * Denmark, Miss Mary L.
Schiffley, of Orangeburg, and Miss
Katie C. C. Edmunds, of York.
Thursday morning. The shifting
winds caused fears that the devasta
tion caused seven years ago was to
be repeated, but by mid-aftemocn all
danger had passed and 1 Friday dawn
ed clear. However, a considerable
amount of coton—had been beaten or
blown from the stalks to the ground
and this was damaged further by the
rains Sunday afternoon and Monday.
South Carolinians motored to other
States, so the “October 31” date cn
the current plates causes questions
to be asked. A Charlestonian who
motored thiough New England re
cently reported more . than one re
quest for an explanation, and one
New Hampshire wayside inquirer
said that the first time he saw one,
he thought ‘‘October” must be the
name of a town in the Palmetto
State.
Clayton S. Trotti, State highway
inspector for this district, said yes-
Senator Huey P. Long
Succumbs to Wounds
“Kingfieh o f Louisiana” Fatally
Wounded by Young Physician
Sunday Night.
Senator Huey F. Long, self-styled
Kingfish of Lousiana,” who was
terday that so far as he has been in- fatally wounded Sunday night at the
formed, the department will follow State capitol in Baton Rouge, La., by
its usual procedure of mailing out C. A. Weiss, Jr., a young specialist,
application forms to license holders died at 4:06 a. m. (C.T.S.), after a
to be filled out for new plates.
Few Flung Examination.
valiant battle for life. Senator Long-
was shot in the abdbmen, and his as-
Mr. Trotti sad that the new ques- sassin was quickly riddled with bul-
tionnaire for applicants for State lets by hi s bodyguard of gunmen,
drivers’ licenses, containing twenty*! Senator Long had been virtually the
fieve questions, had been in use since dictator of Louisiana since his elec-
August 1, and that 90 per cent of the tion as governor a number cf years
applicants who appear before him a g 0 and he continued to strengthen
each month arerequired to pass the an( j extend his powers after his elec-
examination. Few flunk examina- tion to the United States Senate. He
tion, he said. Persons who have a wa8 a brilliant man and enjoyed a
Icenses from another State which re- place unique in American politics, but
quires an examination like South hi s methods made implacable enemies
Carolina’s may be exempted froih an as well as staunch friends,
examination here. Few Southern Although he supported the nomi-
EX TEN SION FARM AGENTS
IN MEETING AT CLEMSON
States have such requirements.
nation of Franklin D. Roosevelt in
Clemson, Sept. 7.—Closing a three-
day conference here Friday, Sept. 6,
the county agents and) specialists of
the Extension Service of South Caro
lina adopted revised programs of
work for future guidance in agrono
my, horticulture, animal husbandry,
dairying, poultry, agricultural engin
eering, entomology and plant pathol
ogy, 4-H club work, marketing, and
information service. Director D. W.
Watkins conducted! the conference
with the aid of his assistants and the
district agents.
The discussions of the conference
centered cn correlation of general
extension activities with Agricultural
Adjustment activities, keeping abreast
of what’ s new in agricultural science
and practices, the need and value of
records in demonstrations, etc.
Members of the research staff of
the South Carolina Experiment Sta
tion here presented to the extension
workers the new information develop
ed by experimentation, particularly in
animal husbandry and dairying and
in cotton improvement.
Petitions are being circulated, un
der the direction of Dr. Ryan A.
Gyled, of BkckviHe, among the
voters and freeholders of Barnwell
County requesting the legislative dele
gation to issue bondfe in the amount
of $30,000 to supplement a federal
government grant of approximately
$25,000 for the erectlop, and equip
ment of a county hospital, it became;
known Tuesday. It is understood that
the delegation will have the necessary
bonds issued if « majority of the
voters and the freeholders approve pf
the project. ^
The petition sets forth that the
bonds will bear interest at a rate not
to exceed four per cent., and a levy of
about two mills will be required to
retire the bends in 20 years and pro
vide for the maintenance of the hospi
tal.
When asked why the bond! issue is
not being submitted to a vote of the
people, Doctor Gyles stated that time
dees not permit of such a procedure
and that the petitions bearing the
names of voters and freeholders will
register the sentiment of the people
of Barnwell County on * the preposi
tion, and that the delegation will not
authorize the issuance of the bonds
unless the approval of a majority of
the people is secured.
Under the terms of a bill passed at
the last session of the legislature,
provision was made for the appoint
ment of a board of regents for a
county hospital, and the original plan
was to secure s grant of $15,000 from
the federal* government, a gift of
$25,000 from the Duke Foundation
and $10,000 to be donated by tfco
county. The county would also ap
propriate 1 an amount each year to
wards maintenance of the hospital,
to care for “free cases” that are now
being sent to hospitals in Columbia
and elsewhere. The change in ths
plan of financing waa due, Doctor
Gyles said, to the delay in securing
the gift from the Duke Foundation.
Petitions are being circulated in
the various precincts in the county and
those who favor the project are asked
to sign one.
In addition to passing the written 1932, he later became one of the
examination, applicants must demon- President’s most bitter critics and
strate their driving ability.
District Meeting in Columbia.
was regarded as a potential candidate
for the Presidency in 1936. His pass
ing is believed to have removed all
possibility of a third party next year.
Toe Senator’s body will be buried
on the capitol grounds this (Thurs
day) aftemoon, following funeral
Annual Settlement.
The meeting of the District Council
cf Farm Women will be held at the
Columbia Township Auditorium Sat
urday, September 14th, from 10:30 to services in the capitol building.
1:30. The visitors will be given a re
ception at the Governor’s Mansion by
the Richland Council cf Farm Women
from 3:30 to 4:30. E. C. Rhodes, chief clerk of the (
It is expected that a large reprer comptroller general’s effee, made the ,
sentation from the Barnwell Farm annual settlement last week with
Women’s Council will attend the Dis- County Treasurer J. J. Bell and Audi-
trict meeting. tor W. H. Manning, aiuH as usual,
■ ♦ found everything in connection with
ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel, these two cffices n first class shape.
Money in Turkeys.
That farmers can make ex
tra dollars by raising turkeys
a s a side line to crop cultiva
tion is the experience of W. H.
Moody, Jr., who oeprates a far^n
of 118 acres near Kline. This
progressive farmer has been
raising turkeys for 15 years as
a side line to his crop cultiva-
tiqn.) Last year he raised to
maturity and sold 409 turkeys
for $1,023. This year he has
more than 9(Jb birds on his farm,
for which he hopes to receive
more than $2,000. And that
certainly beats raising cotton—
with or without the Bankhead
law!
C. C. C. Camp to Be Named.
The name of C. C. C. camp P-7®
has been chosen by s committee of
leading Barnwell citixena and will be
announced with a brief ceremony ot
the camp at 5:30 p. m., Friday, Sep
tember 13th. The county delegation,
the Mayor and Council of Barnwell
have been put in charge of the core-
monies.
The ceremony will begin with Re
treat, the lowering of the flag, and
this will be followed with the *■-
nouncement of the name chosen.
The people of Barnwell and Ban-
well County are invited to be pres
ent at the ceremony and inspect the
camp on Friday afternoon. Guidos
will be fuhrished to those desiring
them, and they may go through *aU
the buildings between 5:30 and 7:00
p. m.
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To Speak at Columbia.
Prbf. C. K. Ackerman, superintend
ent of the Williston-Elko high school,
will deliver a two-minute talk om the
subject, “One Change I Would Like
to See in South Carolina Education.”
at a teachers’ meeting to be held in
Columbia Saturday.
The members of the local D.
Chapter will meet tomorrow (1
afternoon at the home of lira. R.
Easterling.