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GF THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OP BARNWELL COUNTT.-^BI .., The Barnwell People-Sentinel “ 111 & F I 1#■ IV/I & m a Tar* • V Consolidated June 1, 192S. '7*t •P "Jumt Like a Member of the f^amllv VOLUME LIX. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1935 Largest County Circulation. NUMBER 11. "V Common Pleas Court to Convene Dec. 2nd Barnwell to Figure v in New Digest Poll Barnwell Rises and Falls Twice a Day Judge G. B. Greene to Preside at Ap- Nationally Kncsrn Magazine Is Con- Dry Land Tide Corresponds With the a ^ i proaching Term.—First Week Jurors Drawn. ducting Balloting on Popularity of the New Deal. Surge the Sea, GulP Oil Scientists State. Like a lofty ship riding the tide, the Diamond Hotel in Barnwell rises and Judge G. B. Greene 1 will preside at Individual ballots have been mailed tht December tertn of the Court cf to voters of Barnwell and nearby com- 1 Common Pleas, which will convene at munities in a new Literary Digest fall s twice every day on a dry land Barnwell Monday, December 2nd. Petit ] poll^f 10,000,000 persons to ascertain tide that corresponds with the surge jurors for the first-week were drawn the present popularity of the New °f the sea.V Ford Production Has Passed 800,000 Mark Expected That Million Prophesied by Henry Feed Will Be Reached Next Month. Monday, as follows: Hoyt Atterberry, Ellenton. T. O. Woodward, Pleasant Hill. Geo. W. Delk, Hilda. W. J. Lemon, Barnwell. J. C. Bradley, Kline. G. M. Rosier, Dunbarton. J. M. Killingsworth, Jr., Dunbarton. Willie G. Croft, Hilda. E. Coy Still, Barnwell. John Lard, Blackville. I. E. Black, Morris. F. J. Greene, Elko. ,R. R. McElhenny, Ellenton. C. M. Turner, Ellenton. J. M. Hair, Green’s Acadmy. T. Calder Ellis, Red Oak. Alton Bedenbaugh, Williston. S. W. Trotti, Tinker’s Creek. R. L. Zissett, Oak Grove. Jim H. Still, Friendship. A. D. Connor, Jr., Barnwell. C. S. Youngblood, Elko. J. Floyd Creech, Hercules. W. M. Birt, Seven Pines. E. D. Robertson, Barnwell. W. H. Moody, Jr., Big Fork. Dave Black, Reedy Branch. W. E. Kitchings, Elko. T. D. Creighton, Jr., Seven Pines. J. W. Parker, Williston. Robert GigniUiat. BarnweH. J. E. Hair, Oak Grove. Leon Beasley, Barnwell. J. Lee All, Dunbarton. E. G. Hay, Red Oak. F. W. Tocle, Williston. Celebrate Silver Wedding. Deal and have been distributed by the Post Office locally, according to advice Columbus claimed the world was round. “King” Wilbur Glenn Voliva, received fromvthe magazine’s publish- °f religiously zealousi^ion, City;- 111., ers. . ‘ A (tells the world that it is flat and four- S'fath Carol ina’s Returns in th )L cornered. new referendum will be tallied as a Geophysical scientists at the Gulf unit so they -may be compared 1 with Refining Company’s new research and the voting in ether States, it is an nounced. The voting of the post-card ballots is secret as no signature or other identification is required and the re turn postage is paid by the magazine. Tq guard against tampering and counterfeiting a specally manufactur ed! cardboard is used for printing the development laboratories, Harmar- ville, Pa., painstakingly measuring and graphically recording the undula ting ebb and flow of dh-y land tides 24 hours each day, know the world is not flat; never will be round, even if it stops, revolving and 1 loses its centrifu gal force which flattens the earth at the pclles and bellies it out at the equa- ballot, according to the sponsors of | tor. They have definitely established the poll, and all spurious votes can that combined land and marine tides be detected immediately and destroy ed. distort the earth’s shape like a ball of putty—elliptical at times,'egg-shaped The bal.ot asks a yes or no an- others, dtpending upon the gravity Blackville, Nov. 14.—Dr. and Mrs. O. D. Hammond were at home Friday evening to a large number of friends and relatives invited to celebrate with them their 25th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Posey, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Buist met the guests at^the door. IVJr. and Mrs. W. R. Carroll pre sented them to the honor guests and other members of the receiving line. Others who assisted in entertaining vwefe Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ninestein, Mrs. L. J. Connelly, Mrs. Harry Groves, Miss Katherine Legare, of Charleston; Mis. W. C. Buist, Mrs. Sigsbie Grimes, Mrs. .Clyde Boylston, Miss Ifmma Boylston, Mrs. Ida Stu- .ber, Mr. and Mrs. Farrell O’Gorman, Dr. and Mrs« Sem B. Rush, Mrs. Lee Rhame, of Florence, Mrs. M. E. Tom linson, of Sumter, Mrs. Nicholas Mar tin and„Mrs. Marie Groves Lewis. Honor guests were Mrs. Hammond’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. West; two sisters, Misses Ruby and Leila West, of Darlington; a brother, Mr. Frank West, of Indianapolis, Ind.; James H. Hammond’, Mrs. Hammond and chil dren, Quitman and Miss Laura Ham mond, of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Holman, Mrs. Lee Rhame and Billy Early, of Florence; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ouzts, of Greenwood; Miss Katherine Legare, of Charlestolr, Captain and Mss. W. D. Black, of Williston; Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Dorr, of Augusta,-and Mrs. Cleveland 1 Rishef, of Anderson. swer to the question: “Do You NOW Approve the Acts and Policies of the Roosevelt ‘New Deal’ to d/ate?” A similar poll to the same 10,000,- 000 persons was conducted in the spring of 1934, folowing the first year cf the Roosevelt administration. Final returns then showed a vote of 61.15 iper, cent., for the New Deal to 38.85 per cent, against it. Another question on the ballot in the coming referendum asks each voter how- he voted in 1932 to ascer tain if there ha s been any shift in political sentment since the last Presi dential election. Ballots are reported being mailed from the magazine’s headquarters in New York at the rate of over 500,000 per day and will continue until every section cf the country has be’fen sent its proportionate share of the total being mailed. ** Governor Olin D. Johnston indicated Publication of the ftrst tabulated Monday night he has no intention of returns is anticipated sometime in! relaxing his military dictatorship in November. | the State highway department until The’ forthcoming balloting will be April 15th. pull of the moon and sun. Concerned with dry land tides only insofar as they affect extremely deli cate gravity instruments used in lo cating oil beneath the earth’s surface, Gulfmen leave it to laymen to ponder: Do earth tides cause earthquakes? When is it high tidte at Kansas City? In Death Valley’s desert wastes? One thing laymen may readily de duce! the earth is not solid, but vis- cous. Itg thin crust is a poor indica tion of its interior, which is, beyond a :dought, a molten mass. Barnwell is rising and falling from 13 to 23 inches twice each d'ay, Gulf Oil scientists state. HAS NO INTENTION OF RELAXING HIGHWAY HOLD the eleventh national multi-millon vote poll conducted by The Literary Digest besides several localized refer- Additional terms of his militia- made board of highway executives ex pire on that date. Johnston, who endums which included the 1933, seized control of the department by Mayoralty contest in New York City! National Guard troops, indicated he and the 1934 Gubernatorial ^election in I would maintain domination of the de- California. Seven of the eleven polls were held in advance of elections and each of partment with militia until that time. The governor pointed out that the question of suspension of his martial Williston-Eiko Blanks Invaders. Williston, Nov. 15.—Williston-Elko the seven forecast the official outcome law is a matter of speculation for with a small margin ’ of error, the newspapers and other observers, but magazine reports. J a t this time he has no intention im- The Literary Digest states that just: m edjately of relaxing his grip oi^the prior to the 1932 election it predicted Roosevelt would get 59.86 per cent, of the popular vote in his campaign against Hoover. The official returns department. Johnston claimed Monday night all department obligations can be met through the first of the year. He made Fcrd dealers here and in all parts of the United State 5 , riding the crest of one of the most successful years in their history in 1935, are confident of even greater public acceptance cf the Company’s 1936 Ford V-8, W. C. Pat terson, manager of the Charlotte Branch of the Ford Motor Company, said Tuesday. ,, “Already over 800,000 cars of the 'Smf'^tnillon Ford V-8 cars which Mr. Henry Ford prophesied would be pro duced and sold in 1935, have been made—and by next month the entire million will be completed, marking one of the most impressive accomplish ments in the history cf the automotive industry,” said Mr. Patterson. “To achieve this unprecedented pro duction.” Mr. Patterson stated, “Ford Motor Company was required to launch earlier thi s year a plant moderniza tion and construction program which affected every department of the in dustry.. The program, first estimated at a cost of $20,000,000, will cost more (than $304)00,000 bdfore it is com pleted near the turn of the year to ac commodate the swing to peak pro duction schedules on the new 1936 Ford. “Economic .conditions have grpatly improved throughout the nation. Sta- tistieg show greater farm income in suring better business in the vast agricultural areas where thousands of Authorities Search For Missing Youth No Tr*ce Found of Griffin McLean, Who . Disappeared frc*n Ellenton Last Friday. Ellenton, Nov. 18.—Search continu ed here today for some trace of Grif fin McLean, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.AL. McLean, cf this section, who disappeared here Friday night and who has hot been heard of since. Tlie search has been conducted by a party of local citizens while the sheriff’s of fice of Aiken County gave assistance. Young McLean, an employe cf the Leigh Banana Crate company, was not in the habit of staying away from home, and according to his father had spent only one night away from home during his life. ‘ Friday night he visit ed at the company hotel with friends and left about 10:30 o’clock, saying that he was going home and go to bed. That is the last word that has been heard of him here. • • ■ - .... Spread the Alarm. At first his failure to return home caused his parents no anxiety, but when he failed to make his appearance Sunday morning his father gave a general alarm and a large number of men organized into parties to search the woods between the crate plant, where the youth was last seen and his farm home about four miles distance. In going from the crate factory to the McLean home it is necessary to cross the railroad track, a small stream and traverse several miles of swamp land. The searching parties were or- ganized in the hope of finding some showed that the President received t h e c i a i m basis of supreme court 59.14 per cent, of the Rcosevelt^Hpover vote, revealing an error of 0.72 per cent, in the magazine’s forecast. *ln the spring of 1932 a. poll of the national sentiment on Prohibition fore cast a popular vote of 75.05 per cent. modification of the impounding order, permitting State Treasurer E. P. Miller to meet interest payments on highway bonds maturing November 15. Other bond g of the department will mature prior to the supreme court for repeal. Returns frdm the States’ ruling on the dictatorship. Johnst;n elections which brought about the de- a pp a rently believes the modification mise of the Eighteenth Amendment in impounding order for the first 1933 showed a combined percentage g r oup of- securities sets a precedent of 73.41 for repeal, evidencing^ de- enabling him t o meet interest pay- ments^for any other issues maturing. viation of 1.64 per cent, error in the magazine’s balloting on the Prohibi tion question. _ - - - . - A staff of more than 3,000 additional wmision, inov. io.— w miston-nuKo i em Pl°y ees ' s re P or ted to have been Barnwell clicked perfectly in every gridders repulsed Langley-Bath eleven j ^ Literary ^Digest department here Ftiday afternoon to ' here this afternoon, 26 to 0, to chalk the mailing ofjthe ballots and the tal-^ a lighter Bamberg high school Barnwell Routs Bamberg. persons are interested in the purchase of all sorts of useful commodities. Factoity activity ha.* increased and wa'ge disbursements have doubled. “With industrial workers and farm ers entering a period of greater pros perity, the favorable reaction in cities and towns is a matter of course. “The Ford Motor Company is con vinced that these conditions will con tinue to grow better all through 1936, and is backing up its confidence with vast expenditure s for plant improve ments. New steel mills will turn out greater quantities of steel for welded steel bodies; safety glass will be pro duced in the company’s own glass plant; an expanded power house—now the largest high prtesSure private power house in the world—will supply ample power fcd run the hundred 5 of giant new machines; and in an en larged - foundry* special, precision- machined metals used in the Ford 1 V-8 engine will be produced. “Mechanicel refinements in the new 1936 Ford V-8 car embrace the ease of operation, increasing driving safety; longer body lines and* new front end treatment make the 1936 Ford V-8 even more attractive than its immedi ate predecessor.” Annual Convention. up their sixth victory o£ the season. The visitors although they failed to make a serious threat during the game gave the locals stiff opposition in first half and Williston-Elko only pushed over one touchdown. * The locals started a drive • in the third quarter that netted a^ touchdown after Scott had intercepted a Langley- Bath pass cn his 28-yard line, and the backfield quartet with their line chaining marched up the field and over the goal line. In the fourth quar- the Williston-Elko took advantage qf a penalty and! exchange cf punts that placed the ball on the visiters’ 20- yard line, to score when Tarrance heaved a pass t6 Smith who stepped' acros the goal line for 1 a touchdown. The visitors tried forward passing their way out of danger on the next kick-off but Parker intercepted a pass on the 22-yard line and in two plays Williston-Elko scored again. Smith kicked extra point just as the whistle blew endfing the game.' Calhoun Lemon spent the week-end in Bennettsville with friends. w N, W. Weekley. lying of the returns in the forthcom- team> 39 to 0 At all times Barnwell ing New Deal poll. Bamberg’s offense completely bot tled up while the locals were able to score at will. . Carroll, of the locals, was the lead- Fairfax, Nov. 16. Nathaniel W. j j ng sCOrer 0 f the day with four touch- Weekley, 67 years of age, died at h* s ( downs to his credit, while Moore and heme here Friday afternoon after a Sanders> left end> scored one each. short illness. Funeral services were j a ^ er » s S core was tallied cn a conducted this afternoon at Fairfax, 1 beautifully executed spinner pass from the Rev. James Neal, Baptist P as tor, j j oca } g > blocking was good officiating. Formerly of Allendale, a ^. a jj yj meg ^ and especially on several Mr. Weekley had resided here for many years. Smvivorg are his brothers, W. T. Weekley, of Birmingham, Ala.; T. J. Weokley, of Ulmer; sisters, Mrs. J. W. Blount, of Mullins, Misses Lillie and Carrie Weekley, of Ulmer, Mrs. A, A. Dukes, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Otis Deer, of Fairfax. Blackville Defates IfnK*. Blackville, Nov. 15.—Blackville de feated Irmo by a score of 6 to 0 to day. The feature play was made by Gray, Blackville quarterback, who ran 89 yards for a touchdown. plays which resulted in long gains, Moorg, local quartei back, had two runs of 50 yards for touchdowns called back because of penalties against Barnwell. The first downs were 15 to 2 for Barnwell. Oyster Supper at Kline. The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Kline Baptist Church will' serve an oyster supper at the home of Ed ReicLin Kline on Friday evening, Nov. 22nd, beginning at 6:00 o’clock. Pro- ceed%for repair of the church. » , _ _ ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel The annual convention of South Carolina Society for Crippled Chil dren will be held in Columbia on Sat urday, the 23rd inst. at the Hotel Co lumbia beginning at 10:30 o’clock. Ad dress of welcome will be extended by Olin D. Johnston, governor, Mayoy L B. Owens, and W. M. Perry, pres/aent of the Crippled Children Society; re sponded to by Dr. R. M. Fuller, of Greenjvood. .. Among the noted speak ers on this occasion will be: J. H. Hope, State Supt. of Education; H. B Cummings, U. S. Bureau of Educa tion; Dr. R. C. Hood, Director of Crip ^>led Children Division, Washington; E. Jay Howensine, Ex-Secretary of International Society; Burgess Bult man, State Highway Dept.; Dr. Julian P. PricdJ 1 vice-chairman of Sbciety; Dr. James A. Hayne, State Health Officer; Dean Kintner, Publicity Director, In ternational Society. At the afternoon session Dr. War ren White, Orthopedic Surgeon, Shrin- ers hospital, Greenville, will speak on “What Surgery Has Done for the Crippled Child,” after which report of the president, W. M. Perry; financial report of Mrs. Paul H. Leonard, ex ecutive secretary, and! election of of ficers for coming year. A dutch luncheon will be served at the Hotel Columbltfcy Mrs. G. M. Greene, Barnwell County Chairman, has been appointed chair man of the Resolutions Committee for the convention, together with Mrs. J. M. Patterson, of Allendale; v and Mrs. J. A. Shannon, of York. Several cars from Barnwell, Bl^skyille, Williston and Dunbarton will attend the conven- eion. Sheriff and Deputy \ Raid Several Stills Three Outfits in Widely Separated Parts cf the County Destroyed by Officers. In a series of raids in widely separ« ated parts of the county during the week-end, Sheriff J. B. Morris and his assistants destroyed three liquor stills. The first raid was made Friday af ternoon by'.Sheriff Mqtris, Peputy Gil more S. Harley and Policeman Jut S. Still, and a 75-gallon copper outfit, together with 300 gallons of mash, was destroyed about five miles West of Corley’s Mill. Sunday morning, Sheriff Morris, Deputy Harley and two State consta bles located and destroyed a small still in the Big Fork section, and the following day the same officers de stroyed a large outfit and 1,200 gal lons of mash near Robbins. Sheriff Morris said Tuesday that he and his fellow officers conducted sev eral other raids in the past several days, but without results. trace of young McLean, in the event some misfortune had befallen him or he had been the victim of foul play. Some are of the opinion, however, that the youth might have gone away in the hope of finding better work, in tending to notify his parents when he has’ located. County Agent’s Notes. Farmers of this county have been busy through Saturday of the past week filing their sales certificates at the county agent’s office. It appears that practically all sales made by farmers from August 1st to Novem ber 9th, inclusive?, have been filed. A very few which were not filed have been prepared and turned into the county agent’s office and in such cases it is necessary for the farmers to make a statement 6n this form as to why it was not filed on time. It is expected that the other forms neces sary for securing the adjusted pay ment on cotton sold will be received within the near future. As soon as possible farmers will be informed how to make application for their pay- mentg and the county agent hopes to have this work completed as quickly as possible so that checks may be received by Christmas if forms are received in sufficient time for ap proval and issuance of checks. National Education Week. I ~ National Education Week, Nov. 11- N 15, was celebrated by the Barnwell city schools with a series of assembly programs in the auditorium of the Barnwell High School. Horace J. Crouch, county superin tendent of education', introduced the -?f*SK’4l Program with a discussion of “The County School System.” Mr. Crouch, explained the 6-0-1 and 7-0-l school laws, the support of the schools of Barnwell County, the working of the school system, and the per capita cost of pupils in the schools. Miss Anna Walker, the oldest teach er in Barnwell and co-founder of the city schools, was honored on Wed nesday's program. W. W. Car ter, superintendent of schools, intro duced Miss Walker and along with Her Betty Wooley, the youngest child in the city schools. Miss Grace League directed the primary grades in singing several songs. Bobbie Lee Richardson sang a solo; and Charles and Cullum Dyches gave recitations. Miss Elizabeth McNab concluded the pregram, with a talk on the general topic, “Education and Country Life.” Miss McNab emphasized especially the value of extension work to scien- A tific agriculture and home economics. National Education Week is set aside annually by the National Education Association to be celebrated in all schools throughout the United States. Barnwell County’s cotton crop of 1935 was very good. A report from the State statistician, Mr. Black, shows that up to November 1st there had! been ginned within Barnwell County more than 16,000 bales of cot ton. With the large amount that is ginned in other counties especially Aiken' and Bamberg, no doubt, from dhis year’s crop there has been more therf 17,000 bales ginned. A compari son with other counties of the State up td November 1st shows tha t the production of this county is greater in proportion to last year than any other county in the State. Of course, counties in the Northern paYt have pot advanced as far with their gin- nings as the lower section. In 1934 a medium crop was made which was above the allotment basis for this county. Mr. Hanna’s Address. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS. The county agent’s office has re ceived 1 approval for second rental pay ments on cotton acreage reduc tion contracts. These are -now ready for parity payment Which should come early’ in December. There are only a very few which are to be approved for second rental and most of these are expected within the near future. The Hon.> Hugh O. Hanna, of Hamp ton, was guest-speaker at the Barn well High School assembly program, commemorating Armistice Day Mon day, November 11th. Mr. Hanna, aa a member of the Amercian Legion and a World War Veteran, discussed the enormous cost of war, its toll on the nation’s manhood, resources and mor ale, and the tragedy which war brings in its wake. He made a tremendooa appeal for peace, but asserted at the same time that the United States, ef necessity, had to be prepared agafnst another possible world conflict. Harry G. Boylston, past commander of the BarnweU Post of the American Legion, presided and introduced the speaker. Mrs. Solomon Blatt played a piano selection, an Etude, and Mrs. Ira Fales led the singing of “Ameri ca.” The Rev. J. C. Inabinet, pastor of the Barnwell Methodist Church, led the devotional, which preceded Mr. Hanna’s address, and the Rev. J. Au brey Estes, of the locaLBaptist Church, pronounced the benediction. The Barnwell Post of the American Legion sponsored! the program. Four Convicts Escape. Card of Thanks. We take this means of extending to 'our friends our thunks and sincere ap preciation for the many kindnesses and expressions of sympathy during the recent illness and death of our hus band and father, LeRoy Wilson, and also for the mpny floral offerings. — Mrs. Wilson and Children. Four negro convicts escaped from the Barnwell County chain gang about 12 o’clock Monday night by cutting their way out of the cage in which they were confined. Their names are Henry Myers, alias William Kimbro, Cartee Harrison, Robert Fuller and James Sanders. They had, been convicted on charges of housebreaking and larceny. Sheriff J.. B. Morris and several deputies conducted a search for several hours after the escape was dUcoveiedt but no trace of the negroes was found. • • • ■%. Birth of Daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Creech, of Barnwell route 1, announce the birth of an eight pound daughter on Mon*' day, November 18th.