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VOLUME LIX.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1935
NUMBER 3.
Many Cases Disposed
of in Criminal Court
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One WeektTerm Convened Here Mon
day Morning With Judge G. B.
Greene Presiding.
A one week term - 'of the Court of
General Sessions convened here Mon
day morning, with Judge G. B.
Greene presiding, and very good pro
gress has been made in the trial of
cases.
True Bills.
The following True Bills were re
turned by the grand jury:
Hamp Chitty, hoiy-.obreaking and (
larceny (2 indictments); Aaron Mose
ley, involuntary manslaughter; John
Jordan, assault and battery with in
tent to kill; John Miller, murder; Joe
Hoover, laieeny; Willie Grant and
Coot Polley, housebreaking and lar
ceny; Leon Wiliams, burglary; Vir
gil, Johnson, burglary; Alonzo John
son, violation of the prohibition law;
Mypr Knopf, violation of the prohibi
tion law; Hattie Proctor, violation cf
the prohibition law; Earl Owens, vio
lation cf the prohibition law; Taft i
Jenkins,, violation of the prohibition
law; Joe Striker, violation of the pro
hibition law; Claud Owens, violation
of the prohibition law; David Evans,
violation of the prohibition law; Lu
ther McMillan, housebreaking and
larceny; Otis Cook and Herbert Cook,
larceny; Ed^rad Daniels, breach of
trust witly fraudulent intent.
A list of the cases disposed of up to
the time The People-Sentinel closed
its forms is follows:
Leon W'illiams, charged with bur
glary (home of Jennie Lee,) was found
guilty with recommendation to mercy i
and' sentenced to five years at hard
labor.
Virgil Johnson, also charged with
burglary (home of Cecil Dyches), was
convicted with recommendation to
mercy and sentenced to five years at
hard labor. ,
Willie Grant and Coot Polley, house- j
bi caking' and larceny (storehouse of
Mrs. Rosa G. Stansell); Grant plead 1 -]
ed guilty and was sentenced to serve
three years at hard labor; while Pol- j
ley was acquitted by a jury.
Jame4 Smalls, charged with the
murder of Willie Williams, was ac- j
quitted by direction of the C:urt.
John Jordan, charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill (upon
person of Frankie Jordan), pleaded!
guilty to assaulty and bat^tgry^ of a
high and aggravated nature and sen
tenced to pay a fine of $50 or serve ]
three month s at hard labor.
John Miller, charged 'W^ith the mur
der of Martin McCaslin, pleaded
guilty to manslaughter and was sen
tenced to serve three years at hard
laber.
Hamp Chitty, charged with house
breaking and larceny (storehouse of
W T illie Wiliams), pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to serve 13 months at
hard labor. Chitty also pleaded guilty
to ancther charge of housebreaking
and larceny (dwelling house of Lu
ther Walker), and was sentenced to
serve an additional 13 months at hard
labor at the expiration of the sen
tence imposed in the first case.
Leroy Pressy, charged with the
murder of Lover Braxter, was con
victed of carrying a concealed weapon
and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or
serve 30 dlays.
Joe Hoover was convicted of the
charge of larceny and sentenced to
serve three years. •< —
Aaron Moseley was on trial for
involuntary manslaughter when The
People-Sentinel closed its forms.
Big Increase in Ginnings.
A large increase in the -a-
mount *of cotton ginned in Barn
well County prior to Sept. 1st is
shown by the census report of
F- W. Delk, Sr., special agent,
of Blackville. According to
this report there were 3,858
[.tales ginned* in this county from
the crop cf 1935 prior to Sept.
1st as compared with 470 bales
ginned to the same date last
year. This is an increase of
v,38S’ bales _ and is due, of
tourse, to the fact that the crop
is much earlier and does not in
dicate such a large increase in
production.
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Adjustment payment ■
Plan Given in Brief
Objective Is to Assure Producers, In
sofar as Possible, a Return of
12 Cents.
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
A Little Sense and Nonsense About
People You Know and Others
You Don’t Know.
Grand Jury Presentment.
m Presentment of the Grand Jury
is as lolloys:
“The\ Grand Jury for Barnwell
County) mAkes the following Present
ment to thex Presiding Judge of the
Court of General Sessions for Barn
Veil County:
“(1) We havk passed upon all
bills of indictmentXhanded us by
the Solicitor and have\etumed them
to the Court with pur recommenda
tions.
“(2) We have inspected the courv-
ty chain gang and find the sarpe in
good condition. The convicts are Veil
supplied with clothing, bedding
other necessities.
"(3) We have inspected the coun
ty poor house. We find that thb rec
ommendations o^ the last Grand Jury
have been carried ont and the build
ings are in a good state of repair,
and the poor house is being properly
operated. • *
“(4) We have inspected the jtil
«and find the same in good condition
A bale of cotton in a trailer at
tached to a shiny new automobile in
which a colored family was reclining
at ease, and a local man remarking
that somehow the tales of farm woes
that one hears do not seem to coincide
with the sight cf a $50 hale of cotton
riding luxuriously to market behind
a $750 car! . . . And another man
complaining about the large amount
of red tape surfeunoing the payment
of a small bill by the federal emer
gency relief administration, there be
ing no less than about a dozen separ
ate pieces of paper in a file covering
a 75 cents transaction. . . Local
hunters oiling their guns in anticipa
tion of the opening.of the dove sea^
son Saturday, the 21st inst. . . .
Quite a large crowd in town Monday
for the opening day of the Court of
General Sessions Bright
sunshiny days replacing the rainy
weather that damaged the cotton crop
and delayed picking last week. . .
The song of a mockingbird. . . .
Martin Best having his prescription
cabinet remodeled. . . . Mayor C.
G. Fuller suffering from a cold. . .
A report that Albert Griffin, member
of the...COC camp and a local flying
student, made a perfect landing at
the air p, rt Sunday afternoon.
Mis. Terie Richarts<m telling about
a letter she had just received from
her daughter, -Miss Dorothy Richard
son, of Washington, D. ,C., in which
the latter said that Miss Doris Cross,
26-year old bride of Senator William
G. McAdoo, 71, i s a former room
mate. Miss Richardson met Senator
McAdoo when he called on his fiancee
last week and described him as being
a most attractive gentleman and very
much younger looking than his age
would indicate. . . . The sports
writer cf The News and Courier re
ferring to Cadet Billy Davies, of
Blarnwell, as “the Allendale center
prospect” at The Citadiel. He said:
“Billy Davies, the Allendale center
prospect, was quite effective at cen
ter. His team’s work in the scrim
mage was largely defensive and the
hefty Davies was meeting—from his
bac|t-ofi-the-line position—'.he plays
with pewer and heads-up play. The
other dreadnaughts who were on trial
and who showed improvement were:
Ed Horton, Ed Croft and Frank Mat
thews.” . . . Several young men
of Barnwell saying that they are
planning to go to Africa and fight
on the side of the Ethiopians as soon
as the war starts, etc. . . . W. H.
(“Lindburgh”) Boyles, a young farm-
mer of the Siloam section, exhibiting
a 15-lcck boll of cotton here this
week, saying that he has an acre of
this variety of cotton, and it will
prodpee a bale of the fleecy staple.
The objective of the- Cotton Price
Adjustment Payment Plan of the
Agricultural Adjustment Administra
tion is to assure producers, insofar as
possible, a return t>f 12- cents per
pound, basis 7-8 inch middling, for
their 1935 Cotton, crop sold prior to
August 1, 1936, says H. G. Boylston,
county agent. ^ ; >
The adjusement payment per pound
to each producer will be the amount
per pound by which the official aver
age base price on the ten designated
spot cotton markets (Norfolk, Au
gusta, Savannah, Montgomery, Mem
phis, New'" Oi leans, Little Rock, Hous
ton, Dallas and Galveston) is below
12 cents per pound on the date of sale
of the cotton, but in no case shall the
payment per pound' exceed 2 cents.
In case the cotton is not sold by July
31, 1936, but is on that date under the
10-cent loan, a similar adjustment
payment will be made in the amount
per pound by which the official aver
age base price on the ten designated
spot cotton markets is below 12 cents
per pound on July 31, 1936, but in no
case s hall the payment per pound ex
ceed 2 cents.
Payments will be made throughout
the cotton year based on the amount
of cotton sold up to and including
July 31, 1936, which is not in excess
of the producer’s 1935 Bankhead al
lotment, to each producer who is par
ticipating in 1935 in the Cotton
Ban\well Folk Enjoy
Visit to CCC Camp
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Impressive Ceremony Held Fri<ray
Evening Following Retreat.— |
Other News Items.
Friday, Sept. 13, was the day chosen
for the naming of Camp P-70 here at
Barnwell. Visitors from Barnwell and
vicinity were present at an impressive
ceremony that followed retreat. Re
treat was held at 6:15 p. m.', after
which a few word s were spoken by cur
Commanding Officer, Lieut. Sanders,
who welcomed the visitors to camp,
and introduced one cf the leading citi
zens _of Barnwell, Col. Solomon Blatt.
Colonel Blatt in turn introduced to the
boys several of the prominent citizens
of Barnwell, who were present at the
ceremony. Short, addresses were made
by W. H. Manning, County Auditor,
Judge John K. Snelling, Judge of
Probate, G. M. Greene, Esq., Master
in Equity, Herman I. Mazursky, may
or pro-tem of Barnwell, and the Hon.
Winchester C. Smith, member of the
House cf Representatives. A com
mittee of several Barnwell ladies wis
chosen to decide on a suitable name
to be submitted to the authorities.
From 5:00 p. m. open house was
held, and guides were , furnished to
those visitors who wished to make a
tour of the camp. Many took advan
tage of this privilege.
Thirty-two visitors were guests for
supper, preceding retreat.
Many comments were made con
cerning the different buildings on the
grounds, but special metion must be
made of the infirmary, under the able
charge of Clifton “Doc” Hammond'.
A Just Complaint.
Many of our subscribers who
pay their dues regularly com
plain about the annoying prac
tice of some of their neighbors
who tegularly "borrow” their
copies of The People-Sentinel
pach week. With the subscrip
tion price only $1.50 a year,
there is no reason why practical
ly every family in Barnwell
County should not be a regular
subscriber. If you, dear reader,
are in this class, why net send
us $1.50 NOW for a year’s sub
scription?
County Represented
at District Meeting
Sixty-Six Firm Women from Thirteen
Communities Visited Columbia
Last Saturday.
Sixty-six farm women, from 13
communities of Barnwell County at
tended the district meeting of the
Farm Women’s Council in the Colum
bia Township auditorium Saturday,
Sept. 14th, where they heard reports
of the various ^cunties, discussions of
the women's work and addresses by
prominent speakers of the State.' The
>rincipal speaker was Gov. Olin D.
Johnston. »
Gavels were awarded to-Edgefield
County for the best work of the year
and to Dorchester County for the most
miles traveled. They were presented
jy Miss Bessie Harper, district agent.
An invitation extended by the Col
leton County representative to meet
with them next year wa s accepted.
A reception at the Governor’s Man
sion given by the Richland council
was attended by all.
Those from Barnwell County enjoy
ing the day were: Mrs. Thelma Ellis,
Mrs. H. H. Meyer, Mrs. Frank Thomp
son, Miss Mae Swett, Miss Gene Swett,
Miss Jane Eliza Meyer, Mrs. J. F.
Swett, Mrs. E. H. Main, Mrs. Charlie
Anderson, Miss Lunette Bates, Miss
Cecil Harriette Meyer, Miss Marian
Ellis, Miss Rebecca Anderson.
Mrs. Howell Still, Mrs. Odell Still,
Mrs. John G. Grubbs, Mrs. Ruben Hut
to, Mrs. Harry Still, Mrs. Madeline
Collins, Mrs. C. C. Black, Mrs. Eloise
Dyches, Mrs. Fannie Delk, Mrs. Lutie
Still, Mrs. J. C. R. Grubbs, Mrs. Rey
nolds Still, Mrs. W. H. Hutto, Mrs.
Ina Gunter, Mrs. Milledge Black,
Mrs. “Bud” Black, Miss Ida Black,
Mrs. Nolton Black, Mrs. Eva Gunnels,
Mrs. Mozelle Black, Mrs. Allen My-
rick, Mrs. Howell Cbllins, Mrs. Levy
Still, Mrs. Bernice Baxley, Mrs. Car-
lena Hartzog, Mrs. Koger Hartzog,
Mrs. Ruby Hiers, Mrs. Starrie Collins,
Mrs. W. H. Sandters, Mrs. Paul San
ders, Mrs. Aiken Owens, Mrs. Azilee
Ross, Mrs. Berry Still, Mrs. Jack
Dyches, Mrs. G. W. Delk, Mrs. Willie
Sanders, Mrs. Amanda Barefoot.
Mrs. John B. Harley, Mrs. W. P.
Morris, Mrs Clyde Barker, Miss Oneda
Moody, Miss Birts Harden, Mrs. G.
W. Whitaker, Mrs. W. H. Manning,
Mrs. L. A. Cave, Mrs. Charlie Brown,
Jr., Mrs. B. C. Mathews, Miss Thelma
Lott, Mrs. James E. Bates, Miss Elisa
beth McNab and Mrs. L. N. Connor.
Two CCC Camp Boys
Hurt in Auto Wreck
Members of Local Camp Seriously In
jured While
Trip to Columbia.
Returning from
Acreage Adjustment program and who One young lady was heard to remark:
agrees to participate in the 1936 Cot-|“i WO uld just love to have a husband
ton Adjustment program. Producers! ijk e Doc, as he would certainly be a
good housekeeper.”
». Glee Club.
A glee club has been organized un
der the able leadership of Miss
League, a member of the public school
faculty of Barnwell. The boys have
turned out in goodly numbers for the
meetings held s« far.
Camp Paper.
C. Hulcn Graves has been elected
Editor-in-Chief of the camp paper of
this company, and L. B. McCarter,
Supply Sergeant, has been elected
business manager. We hope to put
out our first issue this week.
Trip to Columbia.
Thirty-five men, accompanied by
Mr. Bryan, went on a sight-seeing
trip to Columbia Sunday, Sept. 15th.
The men went up on one of Colum
bia’s tallest buildings and got a bird’s
eye view of the city. They also visit
ed the State house grounds, peniten
tiary, Hampton's tomb, and the Salu
da Dam. This trip was the second
of it s kind to be made from this'camp,
the other being made about a month
ago.
Playing at Church.
A string band composed of Colie
Atkins, Jesse Martin, “Big Mac” Mc-
Elveen, “Peavine” Teal, and your
humble r^jorter, “Minus” Rawlinson,
has Ven organized by Lieut. Gardner.
Our accompanist is Miss Rachel Car
ter. We made our first public ap-
appearance at Hilda Baptist Church
Sunday, Sept. 15th, and you may ex
pest to hear us again shortly. We
hope to get on at some nearby broad
casting station.
George Rawlinson.
who before August 1, 1936, sell cot
ton from their 1935 crop but who do
not have a Cotton Acreage Adjustment
! contract for 1935 or who have not com-
! plied with such a contract in 1935
1 may make application for Cotton Price
1 Adjustment payments based on the
amount of their cotton so sold which
I is not in exces s of their 1935 Bank-
I head allotments, but such payments
] carrot be-madle to such a producer un
til he has enteted into and complied
1 in 1936 with a Cotton Adjustment Con
tract. Applications based on cotton
sold prior to August 1, 1936, must be
made not later than August 15, 1936.
Where the cotton is net sold by July
31, 1936, but is on that date under
the 10-cent loan, payments will be
made after July 31, 1936, to pro-
ducets on the amount of cotton which
is, on July 31, 1936, under such loan.
Next week The People-Sentinel will
publish answers to some questions
which may arise in connection with
the plan.
Tax Payers’ Honor Roll.
The County Treasurer’s bocks for
the collection of 1935 taxes opened
Monday, Sept. 16th, and the following
citizens qualified for the honor roll
by paying on the opening day:
Dr. C. N. Burckhalter, Barnwell.
Mrs. Gladys B. Bush, Barnwell.
M. E. Whittle, Healing Springs.
I. H. Delk, Hilda.
C. D. Rountree, Meyer’s Mill.
Mrs. I. C. Patterson, Seven Pines.
Miss Louise McCullough spent the
week-end at her home in Greenville.
Carl Bradley and Watkins,
both of Camden, were seriously injur
ed Sunday night while returning from
Columbia when the truck in which
they were riding with other members
of the local CCC camp was in a col
lision whh a Buick sedan said to have
been occupied by several negroes. The
accident occurred about five miles
south of Swansea and it is said that
the driver cf the truck, realizing that
a collision was imminent, had pulled
off of the pavement on the right side
of the road. The northbound car
struck the truck on the left-hand side,
turned it almost completely around
and badly damaged the machine.
' Bradley suffered a head injury,
while Watkins’ hip was badly injured.
The two young men were Carried to
a Columbia hospital, where they are
being given every attention.
The truck was frem Camden and
had carried a party of CCC camp boys
to Richland County for a week-end
visit to relatives and friends.
New Session Begins
at Healing Springs
Large Crowd Attends Opening Exer
cises September 5th in Spite of
Bad Weather.
MORE ABOUT THAT BLUE RING.
Miss Mildred Hayes, formerly of
the State Training School, but now
of Roper Hospital, Charleston, en
joyed a two weeks vacation at home
and returned to her duties last week.
Miss Haye s has made an enviable
record in her work at the State Hospi
tal and will complete her course with
in the next few Jnonths.
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and well kept.
“(5) We also find that the court
shouse is well kept, and our only rec-
ommendgtiin with regard thereto is
that, sanitary drinking fountains be
installed upstairs and downstairs.
“Wewish to thank the Presiding
Judge and the other officials for their
assistaitfce during our deliberations,
all of which is respectfully submit
ted.
W. M\ Wise, Foreman.”
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LAST WEEK we again put a blue ring around the address
labels of all subscribers to THE PEOPLE-SENTINEL who are
in arrears with their dues, and this week we are once more asking
them to send | us the amounts due. The blue ring is being left ofT
today to give our friends a little additional time to settle their
accounts, but it will apjfear again next week if they have not
heeded our request,
. FRANKLY, FRIENDS, we just cannot afford to continue
sending the paper to those who apparently are making no effort
to settle an honest debt. The paper has been mailed regularly
each week in good faith and with the firm expectation that the
small subscription price would be paid when due. We’are now
appealing to your sense of honesty and fairness, and we sincerely
hope that it will not be necessary to drop the name of a single
subscriber from our mailing list.
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portant matter, look at the ddte on your address lebel NOW. If
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has expired, and your check, money order or cash will be greatly
appreciated.
THANKS IN ADVANCE. THE PUBLISHER.
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Healing Springs, Sept. 16.—The
opening exercises cf the Healing
Springs public school were held in
the school auditorium^ Thursday morn
ing, Sept. 5th, at 9:00 o’clock, with
large attendance of patrens and
friends in spite of the inclement
weather.
Principal Lawrence E. Whittle pre
sided. The exercises were opened with
a song, “My Country Tis of Thee,'
followed by Scripture reading and the
Lord’s Prayer. Mr. Whittle expresset
the hope that the new school year
would be the most successful in the
school’s history. The new session
begins, he said, with the same corps
of teachers but with a new board o !
trustees. He made a strong plea for
cooperation and help from every one
Mr. Whittle said that his faith in
the future always revives when he
sees girls and boys starting out to
school and young men and young
women leaving for the colleges anc
universities. Each new generation
represents God’s undiscouraged .effort
for the redemption of the world, he
said, and that if there ever was a gen
eration of young people that needec
all the help it is possible for schools
and churches and parents and teacher g
to give, it is the present one, due to
the fact that the whole world is chang
ing so fast and furiously and presents
so many problems to be solved.
The speaker quoted some interest
ing facts and figures from a report
by Mr. Fulmer, of the State depart
ment of education, concerning the
regularity of school attendance. In
teresting talks were also made by
Marion B. Odom and Troy Nobles,
members pf the board of trustees, as
well as by Leon Lott and a number
of ladies.
Optitnetrics Meet.
Theatre Closed Temporarily.
Frank Lundy, of Denmark, owner
of the Dultmae Theatre in that town
and the Carolina at Allendale, was in
Barnwell Tuesday afternoon and said
that he had just returned from Char
lotte, N. C., where he" had purchased
the latest type De Forrest
equipment and new projecting
chines to be installed in the local
theatre, which he recently purchased
from J. H. Ross. Mr. Lundy also
closed a contract for several of the
latest pictures.
He said that the installation of the
new equipment Will require two or
three weeks and he hopes to hare the
theatre in operation again between
October 1st and 10th. In the mean
time, he invites local movie fans to
attend his theatres in Denmark and
Allendale.
The People-Sentinel’s Friend.
The Central Study Group of the
South Carolina Optometric Associa
tion met in Orangeburg Mondby night
at 8?p0 o’clock. Dr. P. W. Stevens,
local optometrist, attended the meet
ing and took part on the program.
Others appearing on the program
were Dr. G. E. Cromer and Dr. C. H.
Wiese pa pe, of Columbia, and Dr. Geo.
C. Wise, of Orangeburg. JL very in-
New and renewal subscriptions re
ceived during the past week by Tho
People-Sentinel are as follows:
E. J. Sanders, Barnwell
Miss Polly Pales, Columbia College.
Miss Eliabeth Mace, Winthrop CoL
J. J. Bell, Barnwell.
Rodman Lemon, Clemson College.
Miss M. A. Lemon, Indiana, Penn.
J. E. Mahaffey, Barnwell
Mrs. W. T. Aycock, BennettsviUe.
T .M. Willis, WiWston.
Mrs. C. G. Fuller, Barnwell.
Marvin Holland, Barnwell.
Mrs. M. C. Thomas, Ulmer.
W. H. Grimes, Elko, rfd.
C. R. Sanders, Kline.
W. B. Cassels, Ellenton.
Dr. C. N. Burckhalter, Barnwell.
W. B. Norris, Kline, rfd.
Mace Jeffcoat, Barnwell.
teresting and instinctive study group
meeting was bed. After the
meeting « special busineay
was held. Matters of vital
were discussed and passed i
of the largest attendances
at these meetings was
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