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fST THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.*^3 Ooftsofidated June 1, 1925. Barnwell People-Sentinel **Ju«t Like a Member of the Family M Largest County Circulatioa. VOLUME LIX. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1935. NUMBER IS. Forest Protection^ Set-up Completed v~ . Towers to Be Constructed and Tower* men Appointed.—Purpose, la to Stop Needless Waste. .The Barnwell County Forest Pro tective Association . announces the completion of its set-up, with the ex ception of construction of towers and the appointment of men to fill the positions cf towermen. "The purpose of this organization is to prevent the needless waste to the promiscuous woods burning and to extinguish such fires as may burn beyond! control throughout the county. The county has been divided into two districts, each of which will be under the supervision of a county warden; these wardens in turn will follow in structions Eivep them by the county ranger. It will also be the duty of the wardens to familiarize ^hem- selve g with the desires of the land- owners and to supervise the work of the crew leaders and volunteer fire fighters. A^l fires should be reported to the warden or to the nearest crew leader, unless it is more convenient to notify the county ranger. In cases where landowenrs intend to bum brush, it will be greatly appreciated if that fact is reported to one of the above name before hand. In each of the two county districts, ten strategic points have been desig nated for the location of ia-' fire crew, consisting of three men, who will re spond to all fire calls. District No. 1. District No. 1„ under the supervis ion of - County Warder Reeves Grubbs, of Barnwell, consists of the following crews: Kline and Morris School Districts- M. C. Lee, leader; B. 0. Norris and W. B. Harley. ‘ Big Fork School District—R. M. Barker, leader; Grover Sanders and W. H. Thomas. Hercules and Friendbhip School Dis tricts—Floyd Creech, leader; Ernest Ray and J. E. Lain, Jr. Hilda and Reedy Branch School Dis tricts—Monroe Rowell, leader; A. N, Black and Curtis Still. . ' Denmark Depository Was Robbed Monday Three Employes cf Institution Were Locked in Vault by Two Unmasked White Bandits. Denftiark, Dec. 2.—Two unmasked robbers thrust three employes of the Edisto Cash depository into itA vault early today *and escaped with ap- proxipaately $7,200. B. M. Steadman and Miss Sue Allen, clerks in the depository, said they and the negro janitor were confronted by two white men with pistols immediate ly upon opening the institution at 9:15 a. m. Steadman said the shorter cf the pair jabbed him with a gun and Re manded cash, saying he understood the depository usually had $10,000 on hand. He at first argued and then under threats gave directions for finding $7,000 in bonds. The robbers locked the three in the vault and slipped away in a 1934 black (Ford) s edan toward Columbia with $4,000 in bonds of a Denmark municipal water works issue, $3,000 in negotiable government bonds and approximately $200 in silver. W. L. Brannon, cashier of the de pository, released the trio from the vault when he came in approximately ten minutes after tjhe- robbery and heard them beating on the door. Thomas H. Daniel, State bank ex aminer, said at Coumbia that deposi tors were fully protected from loss by the federal Deposit Insurance corpora tion and that officials of the depos itory said it had ‘‘ample burglary in surance.’' State constables and highway patrol men were on the lookout for the rob bers. Ashleigh and 1 Double Pond School Districts—J. H. Lancaster, leader; F. W. Delk and Jasper Owens. Blackvillc School District—Jerome Martin, Sr., leader; L. E. McCormick and L. M. Eubanks. Healing Springs School District— Leon Lott, leader; Murray Odom and*I. F. Keeler.' Oak Grove and Barbary Branch School Districts—O. H. Morris,leader; Henry Fails and Charlie Morris.. New Forest and Mt. Calvary School Distritt^-^a ( tthew Lott,, leader; J. N. Weimortz and Christopher Porter* ter. . - Barnwell School *District—L. Connor, leader; Lawson Holland and Harold Peacock. District No. 2. District No. 2, under the supervision of County Warden Albert Weathers- bee, of Ellenton, consists of the fol lowing crews: Williston ^School District—Robert Hiers, leader; Denzel Bolen and Drew Givens. Long Branch School District—E. G. Birt, leader; J. S. Keel and J. B. Ross, Jr. Elko School District—Cleveland Youngblood, leader; J. T. Staley and Maurice Hair. Tinker’s Creek, Green’s and Cedar WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CONTRACT CLUB. Mrs. B. Wilson Walker entertained the members of the Wednesday Af ternoon Contract Club and a number of guest players Saturday afternon at one o’clock at one of the oveliest social affairs of the early winter season. A hint of the approaching Christmas sea- -son ^was seen in -the decorations “of Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Senee and Nonsense About ^ People You Know and Others Yon Don’t Know. A large crowd in town Monday, the occasion being “December salesday” and the opening of the Court’of Com mon Pleas. . . A report’ that a photograph of .Miss Elizabeth Mace, of Barnwell, has been selected for the beauty section of the Clemson College annual. . . . Hunter g complaining of poor luck Thanksgiving Day—the opening day of the bob-white season. Rain, that began falling about one o’ clock, drove the hunters to cover. . . . Several local football fans back from their trek to Philadelphia to wit ness the Army-Navy game Cold, sunshiny weather. . . . Jim Bush, of Clarendon, Va, who is visit ing Barnwell relatives, saying that he killed five partridges “on the rise’’ a few days ago—and a local hunter wondering whether or not Jim gave them .a chance to “rise.”. . . Heavy white frost Tuesday morning covering housetops and lawns, having the ap pearance of “a little snow.” . . . Lt.-Gov. J. E. Harley, looking very much improved in health, greeting old friends at the Court House Tuesday. . . . Martin Best telling about be ing thrown from and kicked by a mule \frhile hunting Monday. BUNCH-HARTLEY WEDDING, j Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 2.—The wed ding of Miss Norma Bunch, of At lanta, youngest daughter of Mrs.. John David Bunclj, of Danb&rg, Ga., and Mr. .Dan Manville Hartley, of Barnwell and Abbeville, S. C., son of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Hartley, of Char leston, S.C., w’as solemnized on Mon day, the 25th ult., at 4 p. m. in the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Thos. Vincent Heard, Jacksonville, Fla. Dr. Malcolm Lockhart, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, per formed the ceremony in the presence of relatives and intimate friends. An improvised altar of greenery and baskets- of yellow Common Pleas Court Opened Here Monday Judge G. B. Green, of Anderson, Pre- X siding.—About 45 Civil Cases Are on Roster. A scheduled two weeks term of the Court of Common Pleas' for Barn well County convened here Monday morning, with Judge G. B. Green, of Andterson, presiding. Due-to the ab sence cf local attbrneys, the actual trial of jury cases did not begin until Tuesday morning, and the first day was spent in the argument of equity cases before the presiding judge. Claims This County : Owes Aiken Money ■ \ Treasurer Williamson Says Barnwell’s t Debt is $4,200 Plus Interest for • 14 Years. Youth Killed While Hunting on Saturday David Hair, of Rosemary Section, Ac cidentally Shot by Own Gtut on' Squirrel Hunt. Williston, Dec. 2.—David Hair, 16- year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hair, of the. Rosemary section, near here, was instantly killed Saturday af ternoon while squirrel hunting. ; Ac- Grove School Districts — Clarence .Boyd, leader;. Tollie Jowers . and . 4-H Local Leaders Meeting. Jerome Mitchell. Pleasgnt Hill School District—Ray mond Owens, leader; R. Rutland and Q. A. Tarrance. Dunbarton, Old Columbia and Joyce Branch School Districts—R. F. Roun tree, leadfer; Walter Burckhalter and W. F. Bates. Four Mile and Richland School Dis tricts—Lenwood Bush, leader; A. O. Dunbar and William Dicks. holly with its large cluster of bright red berries. Mrs. J. W. Ruff, Mrs. Thos. M. Boulware and Mrs. S V. Brown as sisted 1 the hostess in serving a two- course luncheon from a beautifully appointed table in the dining room. Six tables were arranged for bridge in the living roam and den, and after the luncheon several rounds of contract were enjoyed. The high score prize for club’members, double decks of cards, was whn by Mrs. W. L. Molair; the consolation, a set of four mirrored ^ ^ coasters, was cut by Mrs. B. P. Davies; the high score guest prize, double decks of cards, was won by Mrs. Joe Nettles, of Columbia, and Mrs. J. Julien Bush, of Clarendon, Va., as honor guest, was presented with a suede card table cover. Those other than club members who enjoyed the occasion were: Mrs. Joe Nettles, of Columbia; Mrs. Theodore Vogdl, of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. J. Julien Bush, of Clarendon, Va.; Misses Rosalie Spann and Mary Clowney, of Sumter; Miss Julia Lemon, of Colum bia; Mrs. Winchester C. Smith, Jr., of Wiltiston; Mrs. ’ Herman Brown and Mrs. D. Stanley Brown, of Blackville; Mrs. Estelle Patterson, Mrs. W. W. Carter, Mrs. W. J. Lemon, Mrs. Mar tin C. Best and Mrs Angus Patterson. Aiken, 1 Nov. 30.—An apparently forgotten financial agreement has placed 1 Barnwell County in the debt of Aiken County to the extent of more than $4,200, plus accumulated interest over a period of 14 years. If allowed cording to J. J. Boyd, Jr., who ac- to stand, the debt will eventually total companied him, young Hair had $7,500 more in principal.’’ climbed a tree to rout a squirrel from In 1919, the federal government, a hollow and as he came down he Aiken County and Richmond County, knocked' over the shotgun which he Some 45 cases are on the roster for I Ga., undertook to build the Sand Bar had left leaning against the tree. The trial at the present term and the opin- Ferry bridge over the Savannah River, gun discharged, the youth taking the ion was expressed this week that the Aiken’s share of the cost cf the pro- entire load beneath his chin. Court will be in session the entire ject was $52,100 and several schodl Funeral services were held Sunday period. districts located in the section to be afternoon from the Rosemary Church, Only one case was disposed of benefitted by the span voted bonds in the Rev. J. 1 E. Raney officiating. In- Tuesday, a verdict for the plaintiff amount. One of the districts was El- terment was in the Old Field ceme- for $550 actual damages being found lenton, which lies partly in Barnwell tery. in the case cf W. Angus Morris vs. County. By a legislative act, a The youn man was a senior in the A. C. L.. Railroad Co. This was special tax was imposed to retire the the Williston High School and had al- a suit for $2,900 damages as the re- bonds and the treasurer of Barnwell ways been an honor pupil. Besides suit of the Morris automobile being was empowered to pay each year to his parents, he leaves three sisters, struck by a train at Denmark. ^ the Aiken County treasurer the pro- Mrs. Manley Baxley, of the Long The Court was engaged in the trial ceeds of the tax levied and collected Branch section; Miss Ida, Hair, of of the case of H. P. Morris vs. the in* that portion of Barnwell County Laurinburg, N. C.; Miss Margaret Southern Railway Co. and Rizer Auto whose citizehS^vQted for the bond is- Hair, of the Rosemary section, and Co. when The People-Sentinel closed sue. * two brothers, J. Ernest Hair, Jr., and its ^orms. Barnwell’s Share About $300 a Year, an infant brother. The bonds were issued July 1, 1920, | Jc<hft I. Hutto. | ajjj w }n mature in 1960. They are j COTTON SEED MAY BE BAD , callable, however, in 1945. The a- FOR > PLANTING PURPOSES. Blackville, Nov. 29.—John I. Hutto, mo unt apportioned to be paid by 69-year old former of near Blackville Barnwell County ia approximately According to the ce , ulu of genni „,. died at ms home this afternoon “‘ 2 *300 per year. One payment was ti(m te8t> for , le ,, t , h>1 , dcI(!n ochmk after a weeks illness. Mr. raade t0 the Aiken treasurer in 1921, fanI)era in Barn „ e|I County , the cot . Hutto paid his debts and was known but n0IK has been made in the 14 ton seed whi< , h ia aaved by our as a succesful farmer. years since. Aiken County, in the tarm ^ practically worthless Funeral services will be held tomor- mean ti m e, has assumed payment of fo ' r n „ t , a Som(! o{ , he row afternoon at Double Pond Bap- thc bo,,*, tbe school districta having , iea of a eed are testing as low a. list Church. Mr. Hutto was a mem- been relieved by legislative act of the 10 ce „ t but mwt of then , her of this church and of the Wood- i nde btedness, s o the debt of the Barn-1 fron] 50 t0 60 per cent. In order to men of the World well County Ellenton school district know whath , r OTed are ^ „ t0 Survivors. are Mr. Huttos widow, | is due directly to the county, who was Miss Elizabeth Hartzog, and five children: J. H. Hutto, of Denmark; ii amson has all the records in the was the setting for the wedding party. Ivory tapers burned in ivor^ candela bra and arrangements of yellow blos soms were placed to advantage about the rooms of the home. Thomas Heard, Jr., sang “I Love You Truly” and “Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms.” The bride was attended by Mrs Jclin Key Griffin, of Dublin, Ga., as matron of honor. Mr. Hartley had as his best man, Perry Buckingham Simms, of Washington, D. C Mrs. Griffin wa s gowned in an af ternoon model of velvet in an autumn shade. The sleeves were long anc full, and the neckline was draped in a graceful cowl. Her turban was in matching velvet, and she carried a bouquet of Gerbera daisies./ 'The bride, who was given in mar riage by Mr. Thomas Vincent Heard, was charming in her wedding gown of Normandie blue velvet, fashioned with a yo^e of cream Battenberg lace and long puffed sleeves finished with cuffs of velvet. She wore a small hat made with a tulle crown and a tucked 1 blue velvet brim. Her flowers were an arm bouquet of Talisman roses. Mrs. D. P. Hartley chose a wine crepe model, her corsage was of gardenias. Mrs. Heard was lovely in a black vel vet model,, her flowers were white carnations. ruination, it i g necessary to have them County Treasurer Thomas H. Wil- teste(L Take abont one pint tample , *mson has all the records in the 0 f eack j ot 0 f see d, put in separate Mrs. B. T. Darnell, of Denmark; Mrs. transaction and has not allowed the L g ^ numb€red> then ^ by par _ J. W. Boggs, of Charleston; Mrs. L. E. matter t o be dropped, although a 11 C el post to the Commissioner of Agri- McCormick, of Blackville, and Mrs. J. efforts to collect from Bamwel Coun- , t St t Office Bnildme Colum- R. Rogers, of Denmark. | ty have been fruitless. The present bu aear^rw th! W^’s name grand jury, at the last term of court, 0n tbe sent in so that returns Dr. Morse to Speak.- | recommended that “proper steps he j ma y ^ m ade to the proper person. No taken to collect the debt. No further C08 j. j g gttached to these tests and Dr. Josiah Morse, of the University I action has since been taken, however, w jjl be found to be very accurate. All of South Carolina, will be the guest Mr. Williamson attributed the com- f armer ^ are urged to have their plant- ‘ speaker at the meeting of the Barn- plication to a possible confusion of the j ng tested now fe order to deter- well County Teachers’ Association, accounts in a change' in the Barnwell m j ne w h e ther it is necessary to dispose which will be held at Williston next treasurer’s office shortly after the 0 f tbeir gl>p piy and purchase good seed Tuesday afternoon, December 10th, at bonds had been issued. f rom ot her sections where favorable 3:30'o’clock. “He’ s just about the A somewhat similar situation ex-J seasons p reV ailed for saving good most interesting speaker in South ists in a bond issue for the Monetta planting seed. Carolina, and those who have heard school building, Mr. Williamson says. Corn Weevil him will surely be there,” says" Horace The Monetta school district lies both ^ J. Crouch, county superitnedent of in Aiken and Saluda Counties, and the It was very interesting to a fanner education, “and those who stay away residents of the district voted $10,000 recently^to observe that in shucking will miss a great treat.’ in bonds for the erection of the pres- old corn late in the season for feed- Doctor Morse will address the gen- en t building which is on the Aiken inST that those ears that had good eral session first so that he may get s ide of the county line. Soon after- close shuck extending well over the back to Columbia before nightfall, wards, however, the Saluda County tip of the ear were not badly damaged The department meetings will be held residents of the district withdrew by the corn weevil. In selecting seed after the general session. | their children from the school and sent corn for planting this is a very im- them to the Ridge Spring school. This portant point to remember. Selection ; December Salesday. I practice was continued, and Saluda should rally be done in the field, get- V County, he says, will pay only the in- ting those ears which are of the proper There was quite »a large attendance terest on the bonds, having refused size and development and the proper at the legal sales in front of the Court a ]j responsibility fer the principal, number per stalk and! which are well House here Monday, at which time The d ebt burden thus rests practically covered with good shuck extending G. M. Greene, Esq., completed a cou- en ti re ly on the residents of the d5s-1 ov e r the tip. A generous supply of pie of Master’s sales, seven tracts of | trict who live in Ajfcen County, land were sold by Sheriff J. B. Mor- ■*- The local leaders meeting of the 4-H Club wdrk was held Saturday, November 23rd 1 , in the Home Econom ics room at the Barnwell high s chool building. A very inspirational (alk was made by Miss .Mary Shaw Gil liam, her subject being “Accessories.” After the meeting a song service was held at the .home of Miss Elizabeth McNab, hpmeN^tempratration agent, Meyer’s Mill and Ellenton School | under • the direction of Miss Grace League. Districts—C. G. Youngblood, ’ leader; Gary Cobb and Robert Peeples. Seven Pine g Schoo District—Rufus Moore, Jr., leader; Jim Still and Geo. Cook. — Red Oak and Diamond School Dis tricts—E. G. Hay, leader; Josey Boyles and Harper Ellis. The . cooperation of landowners, / hunters and travelers in the preven tion and extinction of fires is request ed and will be greatly appreciated by this organization. Misses Rosalie Spann and Mary Clowney, of Sunfter, spent the Thanks giving holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Perry A. Price. ^ Mrs. R. Wade Finklea, of Dillon, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. B. C. Norris, of Snelling. Mrs. Finklea is a musician of note. Lewis Connelly, Jr., and a party of friends/"of Atlanta, landed at the Barnwell airport Sunday morning and motored to Blackville for a visit to C&pt. ,L. J. Connelly. ris under v tax executions, and 61 lots and tracts of land) were disposed of by the Forfeited Land Commission. Prices for the lattes ranging from $1 to $115 per ot or tract, and at times the bidding was rather spirited. The Hair-Baxley. these ears snould be selected and wel kept unti Ithe early spring and then' individual ear selections are made as to the other important points neces sary for a good seed corn supply. Those farmers who are interested in controlling corn weevil with the use of fcarbon Disulpiide will find t;at tin nesses at Court. usual salesday crowd was augmented! •Mite,-James Arthur Wat8on, of [ by the attend«i^ of jur©m-^»d-wit-- Batesburg, S. C., was charming in a green crepe with a corsage of gar denias. - ^ A reception was held following the ceremony. The bride’s table was laid with a lace cloth and centered with . a low silver bowl of pink carnations sided over the meeting, which opened and candytuft. A wedding cake stood with a song, followed by the ritual at one end of the table. Mrs. Harry .Douglas and Mrs. Lucy Tucker served, and Mrs. Owen W. Daniel presidled at the bride’s book. Mr. and Mrs. Hartley left for a wedding trip to south Florida and will be at home after December 1st in Ab- X ' beville, S. C. Mrs. Hartley traveled in a rust wool dress with rust hat andl brown accessories. j Mrs Hartley attended Anderson .Col lege and South Western University of Memphis. She h&s made her home in Atlanta for the past five years. Mr.. Hartley is a graduate of Fur- mn University and the University of Virginia and has numerous friendh throughout toe State who will* be in terested in his good fortune in wln- Williston, Dec. 2.—Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hair, of Williston, announce the marriage of their daughter, Eva to Mr. Manley Baxley, of Barnwell. . , la The ceremony was performed by the | ver y *«** ™ sult » ^ 0 ^ ta ™^ £ ;x:GrPayneror*Blackviire.-'The bride was gowned in dark blue crepe, , j ... • . . . , ig used properly. Directions and prices „ ... « . . „ . | with accessories to match, her flowers . a ., , v Boiling Springs 4-H Club. . u a At* of material may be secured through were cream rose buds. After the cere- ^ * , /»• The Boiling Springs 4-H Club neld a m0 ny, the couple left for Charleston, I t “ e> Count y A & ent 8 0 ice * meeting November 8th at the school and other points of interest. After house. Miss Elizabeth McNab pre- their return, they will make their home with the bride-groom’s parents. The bridle is a charming brunette end has a host of friends in Augusta, where she held a position several years. Mr. Baxley is a prosperous farmer of Barnwell. H. G. Boylston, Co. Agt The secretary’s Report was read and the roll called. The lesson- was the oat in relation to the costume. Eleven members were present. Red Cross Roll Call. - The Red Cross Roll Call Drive in •f" e, Blackville ended with ah enrollment of 40 members. Small donations were also secured. J. E. Williams was chairman of the Blackville committee, and he was assisted in securing mem bers by Misses Pearle and Ruth Hoff- jnan. - Mrs. Pat Jones and Christie Jones, bf Atlanta, Mrs. Teris Christie and Mrs. Drew Christie, of Augusta, were' l ning the heart and hand of so charm- the guests of Mrs. P. J. Drew and Mrs. ing a help mate. ) Charlie. Brown, Sr., (in Friday. 1^ Out-of-town guests at the wedding ton. n •. included Mrs. John Key Griffin, of Douglas, Ga.; Mrs. James Arthur Wat son, of Batesburg, S. C.,; Perry B. Simms, of Washington, D. C.; George W. Manville of Barnwell, and Mr. and Mrs..D. Peyton Hartley, of Charles- Joyce Branch 4-H Club. The members of the Joyce Branch 4-H Club held their monthly meeting Friday, November 22nd. The presi- dtent. of the club, Maggie Lou Ander son, presided. Songs were sung, led by the song leader, Bertha Kneece. ■’Hie meeting was then turned over to' Miss Elizabeth McNab. Information was given on the care of hats. Mem bers present were: Maggie Lou An derson, Margaret Kneece, Marguerite Beatty, Louise Bates, Mildred Kneece, Betty Beatty, Bertha Kneece, Marie Burckhalter and Vivian Burckhalter. Mildred Kneece, Reporter. Wilson-Myrick. A marriage of fiuch interest to a wide circle of friends and relatives was that pf Miss Laura Gracie Wilson, daughter of Mrs. LeRoy Wilson, of the Big Fork section, and Mr. John Simeon Myrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Myrick, of Ulmers, which was solemnized at Allen’s Chapel Church Sunday afternoon at one o’clock, the Rev. Sam Danner performing the im pressive ceremony in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. Mrs. Myrick attended the Barnwell High School, ^nd is a young woman of rare bfeaqfy and personality, and has a host of friends in this and AUemfie Counties. i Mr. Myrick i s a young hnrness man who holds a resonsible position with an insurance company in Aiken where the young couple will makfc their hone for the present. .. B a