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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY. Consolidated June 1, 1925. “Juat Like a Member of the Family Largest County Circulation. VOLUME LIX. . > BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DBCEMBER 12, 1935 Legislature Called in Highway Dispute Governor Johnston Makes Another Surprise Move in His Fight on „ Highway Commission. Another “surprise, move” in finvpr. nor Olin D. Johnston’s relentless fight on the State, highway commission came' Saturday night, w"hen the chief execu tive announced that he was calling the South Carolina legislature into extra ordinary session at noon Tuesday of this week “to consider the necessary temporary legislation to allow the highway department to continue to operate!” * , . The governor said his action was taken so that highway affairs might be administered “until such time as legislation is passed that will allow the people of South Carolina to select at the baUot box who is to serve as highway commissioners.” • His announcement followed' within less than 24 hours his removal of three commissioners pending hearings of Chief Commissioner Ben M. Saw yer and 10 others, constituting the eji- tire eexecutive administration of the road bureau except for a single John ston appointee to the commission. Another move Saturday was Gov ernor Johnston’s seizure of a disputed license office at Charleston with a de tachment of troops. The State executive, reiterating his intention cf retainffig control of the rord bureau despite a Supreme Court ruling that -hig action was unconstitu tional, spared only W. A. Stilley, Jr., of Conway, the sole Johnston appoin tee to the commission. Alleged Misconduct. „ The governor first ousted the com mission with troops in a coup'Octo ber 28th and then removed or suspend- rjd the members for alleged misconduct after the court reaffirmed their legal right to authority Thursday. ^ His right to order the removal was challenged by Chairman C. O. Hearon, of Spartanburg, and Commissioners John C. Bethea, of Dillon, and E. L. Culler, of Orangeburg, the three mem- l>ers he removed, in a notice of ap peal giving as its first ground that Johnston was disqualified from judg ing them because he was “clearly . , . partisan and biased in the matter and was acting both as prosecutor and judge.” ' Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week Little Senae and Nonsenae A boat People You Know and Others You Don’t Know.' Everybody discussing Governor Johnson’s “surprise move” in calling an extraordinary session of the legis lature in the highway muddle. A rumor that wedding bells will chime in Barnwell in the near future. . . Martin Best declaring that he will not Vote for any candidate who states as a qualification for office that he is “a cotton mill boy 1 ” df ~a dirt farmer.” . ’. . And several listeners endors- ing his sentiments. . . Springlike weather Monday following several days of cold, climaxed 1 by Sunday’s disagreeable rain. . . . Passers- by admiring the Christmas window at Sexton’s Drug Store, depicting in miniature the btrth of the Christ : child in the manger, the wise men, flock of sheep, etc. . . Other local stores takintf nn jt-fe^ive appearance with their Christmas decorations and dis play of holiday merchandise. . . . An airplane flying low and landing at the Barnwell airport in Sunday af- teroon’s murky weather. . . . An informative directory issued by. the Barnwell County Education Associa tion and printed in The PeoplerSenti- nel’ s job department Local hunters complaining about the scarcity of partridges, and a gentleman from a neighboring town lemarking that if there are as many birds killed ill the next two weeks as have been slaughtered in the past fortnight, there won*!"" be a bob-white left for Christmas. CLARENCE CHAMBERLAIN ~ TO MAKE NIGHT FLIGHTS Trans-Atlantic Filer to, Be at Barnwell Airport’Next Tuesday and Wednes- day.—Parachute Jump Will Provide Thrilling Exhibiticp. AAA Pays $19,461 to Barnwell Farmers Cottcmtots Get 115,584.76 and Corn- * Hog Producers Receive an Addi tional $3,876.96. 0 The 39-year old executive declined counsel for the commission said, to reTinquish his hold on the department when presented with a formal demand end a copy of the Supreme Court or der unanimously restraining the com mission he had ejected. Sawyer Barred. Major Frank H. Barnwell, National Guard commander over the highway department refused to permit Sawyer to take charge and Adjutant General James-X. Dozier, explaining that he had merely transmitted the Govern r’s * orders, asked for legal advice^ when confronted by a similar demand. Members of the commission explain ed that the triple move was made to | put on record a clear-cut icfusal to obey the Supreme Court order, but indicated that no immediate steps would be taken toward further litiga tion. The governor thrust the commis- ’sion on the legal defensive again by removing three members and suspend ing 10 others pending a formal hear- i-ng December 13 on charges of mis conduct against them similar to those in the three cases heard last October. When Colonel Clarence Chamberlain comes to Barnwell next Tuesday and Wednesday to pilot passengers over Barnwell in one of the world’s large- est planes, he will bring with him one of the nation’s most daring para chute jumpers to perform illuminated night leaps from dizzy heights. The" internationally famous pilot dule calls for him to fly at night as well as during the day. The parachute jumper coining with him will have his parachute and suit equipped with lights. Like a rocket, he will fall " from the d’ark sky in special i»imps both Tuesday and Wednesday nights. In addition, he will make jumps during the afternoons will fly a 27-passenger Curtis Cbq- of both days. The name of the para- dor plane weighing nine and (me quaMschufe jumper has not been given out, ter tons. ! bht he has never appeared before in For two days, the trans-oceanic flier will give passengers an oppor tunity to view their city from aiiove, and it is expected that hundreds o{ people in this section will make the trips. Colonel Chamberlain’s sche- Barnwell, and his illuminated jump will be the first eveif made at the local airport. ^ . ® Colonel Chamberlain is making his present tour in the interest of the American Oil company. December Calendar for County Farmers County Agent Harry Boylston Stresses Important Activities for 1936 Farming Program. NUMBER 14. Desser Johnson Held in .Accidental Death Blackville Constable Blames Jammed — Accelerator for Fatal Accident at Bamberg. ,Bamberg, Dec. 8.—Desser Johnson State Ranks High as Aspargus Producer South Carolina Is Third Largest Pro ducer of “Grass” in the United States. Barnwell County farmers cooperat ing in government crop control pro grams were reported' this week by the farm administratio’n to have received $19,461.72 in rental and benefit pay ments in the July to-September quar ter. Of this total, cotton growers were paid $15,584.76, while farmers cooper- ating in"the corn-hog program receive -ed Yn additional $3,876.96. The total, market s, the total Production this sea- aniiunt haid throughout the onti™ «on is estimated to be 4,841,000 crates Slate was $1,142,696.16, distributed as | com P are ^ w’ th 5,388,000 crates har- follows: Cotton, $805,652.55; tobacco,! vested in 1934 and a 5-yea^( 1929-33; $217,502.75; corn-hog, $11$,540.86. j average production of 4,603,000. Payments"to farmers in other counties in this sectirn were as folows: Williston, Dec. 8.—In the 14 States producing asparagus principally for c; mmercial distribution to fresh Cotton Aiken $66,766.17 Allendale 4,788.57 Bamberg 9,662.70 Hampton 2,025.39 The indicated average yield^ per acre for these 14 S ates is 81 crates Corn-Hog 1 this season compared with 79 crates Nurn rous Changes to Be Made. — 1 ■ ■ Quite a number of changes of resi- Dcodloek Threatened. $1,487.40 in 1934 and 77 ciates, the 5-year (1929- 5,407.55 33) average. Harvested acres is es- 5,610.36 timated 1 to be 59,960 acres this ye&r 11,804.97 j compared with 67,960 acres in 1934 and .the 5-year average of 59,920 acres. For South Carolina, in which Willis ton and surrounding territory produc ed the greater amount of asparagus, dence will be nyjde by Barnwell fami- the following figures are worth noting: lies within the next few weeks. | Acieage for So.uth Carolina in 1935 The handsome new homes of Dr. H. was 9,500 compared to 9,500 in 1934, A. Gross and J. W. Ruff on Marlboro and 8,720 for the 5-year (1929-33) av- Strcct are rapidly nearing completion erage, and these two families expect to*occu-1 py the new residences at an earjy date. ^ Yield per ecre m creat<;s approxi- Mrs. Estelle Patterson has rented , ma t e iy 24 pounds each preliminary es- her lovely.home on* Marlboro Street! tiniate for 1935 ig 38 corjvpared to 38 to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fuller for oc * | i n 1934, and 40 during the 5-year av- cumpancy early in the new year. At j era ^ e present the families of Solomon V.: Average price per crate received by Brown and Baynard Ellis occupy g rowers f or crop marketing season for apartments there and it is understood 1935^ ^eliminary estimate $1.58 com- that Mr. Brown and his famUx will | $1 sn far 1931 and $1.93 fer Yield Per Acree. Columbia, Dec. 10.—A deadlock be tween Governor Olin D. Johnston and the South Carolina legislature he summoned into an emergency session at noon appeared imminent today un less the governor suspends military control of the State highway depart ment. Four of the eight measures intro duced during the opening session call ed upon the governor to demobilize ! national guard forces which have held the highway offices since his coup Oc tober 28 and several added provisions urging him tq recognize the twice- ousted highway commission and order ing an audit of the period of military occupation. The other four were bills for the reorganization of the road bureau Ad ministration, the purpose of which the governor convened the legislature. One by Representative J. P. Mozingo had the public approval of the execu tive, expressed in hi s address to the assembly. The Mozingo bill would authorize the State sinking fund commission, of move into the Easterling home now the 5_ year average. } occupied by Dr. Gross and that Mr. j Growers’ reports indicate that the and Mrs. Ellis have rented the Ed acreage all’ States of aspar- Sanders dwelling on Washington agUs ‘ vilble for cut ting in 1936 will Street. j be approximately 109,710 acres and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Eidson purchased for 1937 about ng.OOO acres. Of this the F. W. Falkenstein residence on total South Carolina is estimated to East Main Street last week and will cut 9j500 acreg in 1936> Georgia 3,100 move into their new home soon | acrea a nd California 69,510 acres. It is not known at this time who According to the reports California will move into the residences to be is by far the largest producer of as- vacated by the Ruffs andfthe FuHcr-s and New j e r sey second 7 ri ■*r Tt tScuth Carolina ranks third. The membais of the Junior B. Y. P. 1 m ^ • U. enjoyed a weinie roast^t the home of Mrs. J. E. Maliaffey Friday night. After the weinie roast gardes were j be membership of the Bethlehem played and to complete ther evening s g a p^j s ^ Chtfrglr~will 4stage a musical fun a hike was taken up Main Street. and iit erar y concert at their church on “ ! Monday night, December 16th. A cor- which the governor is ex-officio chair-1 d i a i, jfivitation is extended to the white mart, to direct the highway affairs p e0 pi e 0 f t be town. and it is expected 1 •fKn TYEkArtl A a /■» r\ w» i o . t . .« «»• . •«. , -. that the enetrtainment will be well Common Pleas Court ' Closes for Assembly 4? Extra Session of Legislature Causes Sine Die Adjournment of Recent- her Term Tuesday. Due to the convening of the extra session of the general assembly in Co ns tumbia Tuesday at noon, Judge G. B. Greene announced Monday morning, after ccgisulting with mefcibers cf the local Bar, that no cases would be tried in the Court of Common Pleas this week that could not be finished in time Tuesday td permit Lieut.-G6v. J. E.. Harley, Senator Edgar A. Brown and Representative Solomon Blatt to attend the night session of the legis lature, and that Court would be ad journed sine die Tuesday afternoon. Only a very few cases •were trieec/ at the December term of Court, sever al days being spent in the trial of the cese of Jimthie W. Robinson, adminis tratrix of the estate of Johnnie W. Robinson, vs. the Southern Railway Co. This was a suit for $50,000 dam ages for the death of Johnnie W. Rob inson when the automobile in which he was riding was struck by a train near Lee’s several months ago. A verdict for $3,750 actual damages was found for th«? plaintiff. Other cases disposed of since the last issue of The People-Sentinel are as follows: H. P. Morris vs. Southern Railway Co. and Rizer Auto Co.i,"hiistrial. Haskell D. Davis vs. Southern Rail- way Co., suit- for. JLL7QQ, .v.eriiut .ior. In December farmers should keep busy with important activities looking toward 8 the future, especially next year’s farming progrom, as is indicated in suggestions by County Agent Harry Boylston: 1. Use stalk cutter and disc harrow in asparagus, cutting asparagus tops, peas and gras s into the soil, to start decay. 2. Begin plowing and discing fields which have a heavy growth of peas, velvet beans, etdTT so that the organic matter will decay in time for prepar ing the land for planting. No cultivat ed land s should be burned over at any time if it is possible to turn under the vegetation. 3. Stalls for h^tses and mules and cattle and the lots should be kept fill ed with pine -straw and other litter; the more compost available for the crops will make smaller the bill for commercial fertilizers. 4. For orchard and gardening.— Prune fruit trees and 1 grape vines. Clean up the garden spot, destroy the grass and weeds to keep down the insects. When fruit trees are pruned, burn.the limbs and dead trees; spray the orchard with lime sulphur or oil emulsion." Failure to spray will cause practically all peach trees to die quick ly from scale. 5. Cut cotton stalks and disc har row litter fields whenever there is an opportunity to work. 6. Plan for terracing where neces sary during'December and January. 7. Plan a meat-curing ice box and save next year’s meat supply. . Asparagus. Few farmers realize that asparagus is a v'eryMjnportant cash crop for this -State. The acreage reported- in 1935 is approximately the same as New Jersey and there is only ene -other State which has a larger acreage and’ this is California. In thi 3 State much of the crop produced is for canning purposes entirely. The five year aver age yield of asparagus in crates per acre shows that California produced an average yield which ig twice as large as South Carolina and four times as large a 8 that of the State cf Georgia. It is an accepted fact that the large sized asparagus always brings greater prices. Farmers should strive to pro duce better quality by proper care and attention and larger applications of compest and other Organic matter as well as commercial fertilizers. Re- cent testa- indicate-that-acid soils do of Blackville, magistrate’s constable, was declared by a coroner’s jury this afternoon to have caused the death of Richard Parker, young negro, while driving an automobile at an unlawful speed 1 , and while under the influence of whiskey. Parker was struck last mid night in t)ie western edge of Bamberg by a car driven by Johnson. - D. E. Parrish, until recently a police men in Bamberg, who was a passenger in the car, sustained a fractured neck, and several broken ribs. He is in the Orangeburg hispital, where it was said today he would probably recover. Hoyt Smoak, another passengeEV bob* tained cuts and btuises, as did John son. Johnson made a statement to the jury in which he said the accelerator of the car. got stuck, caused it to speed up to between fifty and sixty miles an hour, and that a tire blew out which caused the machine to swerve out-of the read. Parker was standing some twelve feet from the pavement on the left when he was struck. His body was carried three hundred feet by the car, which crossed the pavement and turn ed over four times on the right side of the road. Sheriff Hadwin said after the in-: quest that the tires were intact when he saw them after the wreck. .Smoak and Parrish- had asked John son for a ride to Denmark. Concert at Bethlehem Church. until the people elect a new commis sion of six next fall. Others pro vided for a temporary board of three to be chosen by the legislature and for popuar election of a commission of seven to fourteen—the "present number. worth the small admission charged. The proceeds for the benefit of the church. Mrs. J. A. Porter gpent Wednesday of last week in Columbia on business. the plaintiff for $150. Mrs. Pura Ussery, as administratrix cf the estate of Emory Ussery, de-i ceased, vs. Southern Railway Co., suit! for $25,000 damages for death of Em ory HJ^sery, verdict for the plaintiff for $1,450. Ida Huttc, as administratrix of the estate of-'Browning Hutto, deceased, \vs. So. Ry. Co."and A. C. L. R. R. Co, suit for .£3,000 damages for death ofi Browning Hutto, vei*lict for the plain-[ tiff for $250. M. E. Davis, as administrator of the estate of Morgan Davis, vs. Southern Railway Co., suit for $10,000 damages for death of Morgan Davis, verdict for plaintiff for $409. S. G. Lowe, as administrator of He estate of Isaac Bush, deceased, vs. Southern Railway Co., suit for 110,- 000 damages for death of Isaac Bush, verdict for the defendant. S. G. Lowe, as administrator of the estate of Isaac Bush, deceased, vs. Southern Railway Co., suit for $25,- 000 damages for death of Isaac Bush, verdict for the plaintiff for $1,125. not give tjie best production of quali ty asparagus. During the month of December is a good time for farmers to use their stalk cutters to cut the asparagus tops into the ground as well as the legumes growing in the middle of the rows. If there is a heavy growth it |s weJL to disc the middles so that the organic matter can begin to rot. In order to determine whether the soil is badly in mted of lime or not it is necessary to make a very simple test. Tests for any of Ihe farmers as, to acidity may be done by, the county agent if called upon. A. A. A. ^Cotton farmers are interested to know when they will receive blanks for offering new cotton contracts. These are expected in the near future and 1 at the same time farmers are m* k * ing adjusted applications on their cot ton sold, they will be making cotton contracts. It is hoped that the parity checks for the cotton contracts in thig county will be received by the 15 th of December. There are about ,1,800 con- Relief Purchases Cut Farm Surplus Expenditures by Federal Government Remove Price-Depressing Sur plus, Boylston Says. Expenditures by the Federal Gov ernment for removing price-depress ing surplus agricultural commodities from normal channels of trade and dis tributing them to the needy and un employed played an important part in conserving agricultural resources, and in improving marketing condi tions and prices for a number of farm products, according to County Agent Harry Boylston. “The program for removing and conserving surplus agricultural pro ducts under the provisions of the Agricultural -Adjustment Act was first inaugurated during the latter hall cf21933,” Mr. Boylston said. 4 Dur ing the drought of 1934, this program was coordinated with certain drought relief activities. Surplus farm pro ducts were turned over to the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation for distri bution to persons on relief.” Programs for removing and conserv ing surplus agricultural commodities involved an expenditure of $204,156,- 727.00 up to Nov. 1, 1936. Of the total amount expended, approximately $187,540,089 has been or will be re covered either in cash or in the value of commodities used by the govern ment for relief distribution. These programs have reacted not only in the acquisition of the supplies enumerated, but in conserving foun dation livestock herdfe, and seed, feed and forage supplies during the 1084 drought, and in improving marketing conditions, ami prices for a. nmnlwr qL agricultural commodities. The surplus removal activities in cluded purchases, for relief distribu tion, of hogs and pork products, dhiry products and sugar. Drought relief activities included buying and salvag ing for relief use, of surplus cattle, sheep and goats which otherwise would have died of thirst or starvation. Also feed, forage and stocks of adapted varieties were conserved for sale and distribution to farmers in drought- hit areas for planting in 1935. Miss Margaret Lemon, of McCor mick, spent the week-enc\ at home „with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Lemon. « tracts in the county which have been, complied with and the checks amount to more than $60,000.00. If the C. A. P. payments are also received during the month of December farmers should' find this supply of funds to be jqf much value to them in many ways and, no doubt, business and professions should feel the benefits. 4 Yifrei /JT 41 1 - s®*? ■ Tir • -r*. •&H 77r r’ /