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BT THB OFFICIAL NEW The Barnwell THB OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY. 1 CoAsoliiated June 1, 1925. 'Jufet Like, a Member of the Family' VOLUME LIX. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH, 1956. NUMBER 2f. '■■Ml ll I ■ State Bankers Hold | Barnwell County’s Joint Meeting Here Health Department The Bank of Barnwell Is Host to Groups 1 and 2.—Officers Elected for Year. A joint meeting of Groups 1 and 2 of the South Carolina Bankers Asso ciation was held Tuesday afternoon and evening at the, Sweetwater Coun try Club, with The Bank of Barnwell as host. Approximately 35 bankers, including six from North Carolina and Georgia, were in attenclance. The meeting was opened by James Carter, vice-president of the Citizens and Southern Bank, of Charleston, the retiring president of Group 1. W. E. Martin, secretary, introduced the fol lowing visiting bankers; Dewey John son and A. J. Beale, of the Citizens and Southern Bank, of Augusta; Hal Beman and Sherman Draughty, of the Georgia Railroad) Bank, of Augusta; Emmett Kerr and J. E. Hendley, of the American Trust Co., of Char lotte, N. C. Perry A. Price, of Barnwell, retir ing chairman of Group 2, opened the discussion of the subject, “Measured Service Chargies^’tmtf emphasized the need of a uniform scale. Bankers from other cities joined in the round table discussion and outlined condi tions in their sections, following which Mr. Price suggested that the incom ing chairman of the two groups be authorized to work out an equitable schedule of charges. Ralph O. Bowden, of H^miptfihr re calling the fact that only a few years ago the ‘people of thig section were afraid to bank their potatoes,” com- plimented The Bank of Barnwell on the large number of acounts it is handling. Senator Edgar A. Brown, of Barn well, was introduced to and welcomed by the bankers and, in a short add dress, emphasized the necessity of banks making a large number of small loans in preference to a small num ber of large loans. C. G. Fuller, president of The Bank of Barnwell and also mayor of this city, was presented to the visiting bankers. The following officers were elected f-r the ensuing year: Group 1.-^—James Carter, of Char leston, group representative; A. P. Lyones, of Charleston, chairman; I. M. Fishburne, of Walterb:ro, vice-chair man. Group 2.—Perry A. Price, of Barn well, group representative; Burnell Sloan, of Columbia, chairman; M. H. Whetsell, of Orangeburg, vice-chair man. Following the election of officers a barbecue dinner was served in the club house. Golf matches preceding the business meeting had been ar ranged but were called off on account of the inclement weather, which also kept many members of the two groups from attending the meeting. SPRING MEETING OF THE BARNWELL ASSOCIATION The Spring meeting of the Barnwell Baptist Association will be held with the Healing Springs Baptist Church on March 17. All members cf the asso ciation are urged to attend. Each one in attendance will carry his own lunch. The program for the day is as fellows: 10:30 a. m.—Devotional by Mrs. A. V. Collum. . . 10:40—Report on order of business. 10:4b—Roll call of churches. * 11:00—Address on Associational Encampment by Rev. W. C. Reese. 11:30—Baptist One Hundred Thous and Club by Rev. J. A. Estes. 11:50—Song and season, of prayer. 12:00—Sermon by Rev. B. B. Jer- nigan. 12:30—Adjuorn. 2:00 p. m.—Devotional by Mrs. T. R. Pender. 2:10—Address by Dr. W. S. Brooke. 2:45—Round table discussion with Dr. Brooke in charge. 3:30—Sermon by Dr. Sam Danner. 4:00—Adjourn. Has Carried on a Well Rounded Pro gram for the Past Three Weeks, Report Shows. Seal Sale Set-Up. April 3rd and 24th Are Important Days Johnston Ordered to Show Cause by Court Contests in Spelling, Declamation and Commissioners Want Governor’s Ous- % Expressions Will Be Held in ter Orders to Be Declared Null Barnwell. and Void. Barnwell County’s Health Depart ment has carried on a well rounded program for the past three weeks. For the week ending February 1st, pre-natal and post-natal visits were made; schools visited ajuTpupils given inspection; home visits to positive Tuberculins and preparations for X- Ray clinics at State Park were made. The week ending Feb. 8th, T. B. home visits were made and prepara tions completed for a second X-Ray clinic at State Park. Pre-natal cases visited and advised. School inspec tions by nurse and physicial examina tions and vaccinations for smallpox by local physician in one school. Twenty-two childiren were carried to State Park for X-Ray during the first week of February. Mileage was do nated by several interested persons in the county. - v The week ending February 15th, the Schick test for diphtheria was made on 671 children by Dr. G. E. McDaniel, Epidemiologist, State Borad of Health, of Columbia, assisted! by Mrs. Frank George, State supervisor of county health nurse, of Columbia. One Toxiod clinic was held. The week ending Feb. 22nd— Schick tests which were given on the 15th of Feb were read and notices sent to parents of the positive reactors. Mrs. Engene M. Easterling, clerk, has charge of the office at Barnwell. One burned case being treated by Dr. F. A. Hoshall in the Roper hospit al at Charleston through the Crippled Childrens’ association and was given transfusions. The blood was donated by Barnwell County citizens whose expenses were paid by money raised in the county. Miss Luura Blackburn, State mid-wife supervisor, visited the county for two days during which time Miss Blackburn andi Miss Eliza beth Patat, county public health purse, held three midwife classes. The attendance was splendid and much interest was manifested in this phase cf the work. The sanitary program under W. R. Carroll is well under way. The towns of Barnwell andl Williston are in line for complete re-sanitation. Plans are being made for Biackville in the near future. % Republicans Hold Meeting. a. The Barnwell County Republican convention was held in Barnwell Tues day with about twenty-ftve in attend ance. W. M. Harris, of Barnwell, was elected county chairman, and J. W. Browning, of Biackville. as secretary, and Mr.* Harris “ and Mr. Browning were elected ag de.egates to the State convention, which meets in Columbia at a later date. The Barnwell County set-up for the work cf the South Carolina Society for Crippled Chilcren for the Seal sale which began on March 1st is a s fol lows: Mrs. G. M. Greene, chairman; Mrs. G. W. Whitaker, Williston, vice-chair man; Mrs. Shellie Black Barnwell, secretary; Mrs. H. L. Buist, Biack ville, treasurer; Miss Olive Baxley, district chairman for Biackville; Mrs. G. W. Whitaker, Williston; Miss May Owens, Dunbarton; Mrs. Bratton Par ker, Snelling; Mrs. N. C. Croft, Hilda, a.-id Miss Inez Creech, Kline. The following lacleis. will serve on committees in the sale of seals and scrolls: Mrs. Thos. M. Boulware, Mrs. L. C. Eidscn, Mrs. B. L. Easterling, Mrs. J. E. Mahaffey, Mrs. Forrest S. Brown. Miss Margaret Black, Miss Jo Black, Miss Eiizabeth McNab, repre senting the home demonstrations clubs throughout the county, Sirs. Margaret Hogg, supervisor cf adult school, Mrs. B. W. Sexton, supervisor of NYA work, Mrs. L. A. Cave, Mrs. L. C. Vickery, Mrs. J. B. Harley, supervis or sewing rooms, Mrs Angus Patter son, Mrs. H. J. Phillips, Mrs. T. D. Creighton. Mrs. Jim Dicks, Mrs. W. E. McNab f Mrs. A. A. McAllister, Mrs. Charlie Brown, Jr., all of Barn well; Miss Mamie Still, Mrs. Jeff Black, Mrs. Willie Baxley, Mrs. Stephen Hiers, Reecly Branch; Miss Louise Williams, Dunbarton; Mrs. A. H. Ninestcin, Mrs. Herman Brown, Biackville; Mrs. Ruth Coggin, Heal ing Springs; Mrs. R. R. Moore, Snel- lingi'Mrs. Tate Willis. Williston; Mrs. H. H. King, supervisor play grounds, Dunbarton; Mrs. John Williams, Dun barton, and Mrs. John Keel, of Long Branch. | The Barnwell Post, American Leg ion, through Perry A. Price, command er, purchasecT the first scroll for $5.00. All school children in the county will be asked to observe March 2th as the “Birthday of the Crippled Children,” giving on that day through their re- I spective schools one penny for each year he or she is old Birthday cakes will be given in the schools for the April 3rd and April 24th are im portant days in the calendar for Barn well County’s white schools. The first date is the time for the mental contest fer schools throughout the county and will be held at Barnwell on Friday af ternoon, beginning at four o’clock, with the primary contest first followed by the contest by the intermediate graces and concluding with the high school contest beginning at 8:00 o’ clock p. ni. of the same day. On ac count of the number of contests to be held on this date, it will be necessary to use both the grammar school audi torium and the high school auditor ium. Contests in spelling, declama tion and expression will be held for the primary, intermediate and hjgh school grades, and contestants will compete with pupil s in same grades, and in a good many of the contests girls will compete against girls, while boys will contest against boys. The committees are working out a scheme where fair and impartial judges will grade the contestants. At present rules and regulations are being pre pared and distributed to all the schools. • f Tha following compose the person nel of the committees: DECLAMATION:—W. W. Carter, Barnwell, (high school); P. N. Wise, Williston (grammar school); L. E. Whittle, Biackville, (primary). SPELLING:—Mrs. R. A. Gyles, Biackville, chairman; Mis s Margaret Ellis, Barnwell, (high school); Miss Eloise Quattlebaum, Williston, (gram mar school.) EXPRESSION:—Miss Kate C. Ed munds, Biackville. (high school); Miss Virginia Ligon, Biackville, (gram mar school); Mrs. W. C. Buist, Biack ville, (primary.) The last Friday in April is the date scheduled for the athletic events, and is Barnwell County’s Field Day. This will begin at 9:30 a. m., and will prob ably last the entire day. These events will he held by grades also, s> that no grammar school boy will compete in a track event against a high school boy. Contests for girls will be ar ranged. Since there will be so many contests, it will necessary to have two or three of these contests going on at the same time. Ail cf these conteests will be held at Fuller Park. The com mittee in charge is planning to have some University of South Carolina track men to serve a s judges. The regulations about the various events will be sent to the schools next week. The committee in charge of the Field Day events consists of W. R. Price, of Barnwell, chairman; E. W. Carson, of Biackville, and M. M. Player, of Wil liston, and they plan to call upon ether teachers to help with the various con tests. Adult Schools Offer ' Opportunity to Many Those Who Were Hindered in Early Life May Still Acquire Seme Education. WORK ON WASHINGTON ST. PROGRESSING RAPIDLY The work on Washington Street by the State Highway Department is pro gressing rapidly. In the two weeks that the street has been under con struction. the workers have completed 1 the grading and the work cf laying the cement curbing is under way. For the next several months the maintenance squad will haVe control and it is hoped that the asphalt will be laid some time in the early summer. The emb and gutters are now being laid cut and! graded and this work is going forward rapidly. E. G. Shuler is in charge, with J. P. Scoyille as resident engineer. They are ably assisted by a corps of high way department engineers, with the common labor being ftlrnished locally by the re-employment office. Ace High at Local School. The play, Ace High, presented by the Barnwell High School cn Monday evening at the high school auditorium was well attended and a neat sum was realized. The following studentg who mde up the cast acquitted! themselves with credit to themselves as well as their directors: Misses Martha Frances Grubbs, Margie Brown, Jean Smith, Heflena Brown, Maria Coclin. Billy Manning, S. E. Moore, Arden Lemon, Sol Blatt, Jr., and U. B. Hammet. ADVERTISE in' Th* People-SentineL room which is 100 per cent, per capita on that day. • - */. Columbia, March 10—Governor 01i» D. Johnston was ordered! today to show cause before the South Carolina supreme court why his suspension of ten State highway commissioners should not be declared “a nullity and of no force and effect.” The order, issued upon petition of the ten road commissioners who were suspended by the governor last De cember 6th was signed by Chief Jus tice John G. Stabler and was made re turnable Saturday at 9:30 a. m., “or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard.” The commissioners alleged they had been given no hearing nor opportunity to be heard before their suspensions and that the action was in violation of the statutes and the State and federal constitutions and did not come within the law the governor acted upon. Johnston, seven times a loser in highway litigation, said he had “no comment,” but it was indicated that the executive office probaMy would file a reply answering the rule to show cause. The action, coming as a surprise in official circles, was the latest move in a dramatic sequence of events in the road controversy dlating from Johnston’s inauguration on January 15, 1935, when he demanded that the highway commissioners resign. 1 Ruled With Militia They refused, and the governor ap pointed successors for four cf them under a legal opinion, but could not gain them recognition by the com mission. National guard 1 machine gunners then seize<£the highway of fices at his orders October 28th, oust ed the commission and ran the read bureau for fifty-six days. When the supreme court rendered two opinions December 5th holding the military regime unconstitutional and the Johnston appointees ineligi ble to take office until confirmed by the senate, the governor next day suspended Chief Commissioner Ben M. Sawyer and ten /colleagues in a move which gave rise to the action today. % Sawyer was r^jji^tated by a circuit court orcbr and recognized in a su preme court ruling after he resumed office February 20th upon the ex piration of terms of a temporary road board created last December. Three ether commissioners, already remov ed, were reinstated under other circuit court orders. Johnston served notice cf appeal in all four cases. The governor held hearings for the ten remaining commissioners early in January upon rules for them to show cause why they should not be remov ed for alleged misconduct, but has not rendered his decisions. He inti mated recently he might withhold them until the senate acted upon his commission appointments. Vitiations Denied. The commisscnerg set forth in ten petitions, practically identical except for names and minor details, that the governor’s suspension of them was on the day after the court held they were commissioners and entitled to per form the duties thereof without moles tation” and was “in violation of the provisions of the constitution of this State xxx and • of the four teenth amendment of the constitution of the United States.” The commessioners ailso claimed they were not charged with the dis bursement of fund s appropriated by the legislature and were not subject to suspension by the governor “within the meaning” of the statutes under which he took the action. Citing charges made against them by the" governor that they had voted payment of Sawyer’s salary and had entered reimbursement agreements with counties, the petitioners alleged th actions “did not constitute a viola- 1 tion of law” nor “ground's for suspen- 1 sion within the meaning of sections 11592 and 3071 of the code and of the I W ! State constitution.” ' Each petition, pointing out that similar suspension orders had been filed against the other commissioners, asserted that as a result “the legality of the acts of ycur petitioners and the ! South Carolina highway commission have been brought into issue, and! un less this_ erder of suspension and similar orders against the other com missioners are declared of no force and effect by this court, irreparable damage will result to the State of The introduction of adult schools throughout Barnwell County has meant much to those who were hin dered in early life, but are stiM anxious to acquire gome education, and, accord ing to Mrs. Margaret Hogg, county or ganizer of the Emergency Education program, there are a goodly number of people in the co$fcty who are taking advantage of the opportunity offered them. Efforts are being made to stress the value of an education, break down the timidity found in the illiterates, encourage free expression and estab lish self confidence. Concrete prob- lem s relative to the actual problems met in life are being used as illustra tions, thus preparing the people ‘to meet these problems as they may arise. Listed on the Emergency Education program are the following white teach ers: Mrs. Estelle Chisolm, Biackville; Mrs. S. J. Still, Meyer’s Mill; Charlie Carter, Barnwell, and Elwood) Morris, Barhary Brancr. • The colored adult teachers for the county are as follows: Lettie Britt, Barnwell; Evelyn LeCote, Healing Springs; Katie Allen, Biackville. and Rebecca Cave, Kline. For the agricultural program car ried on under this work the organiza tion has Walton Sanders, Barnwell; Robert Ray, Barnwell; J. B. Dyches, Elko, and Edward Carter, Lyndhurst. The eight adu.t teachers have, an enrollment of 304 pupils. This practi cally covers everyone in the entire county, however, there aie a few dis tricts still untouched in this work. The public is cordially invited to visit these schools and see the enthusiasm of the pupils and the accomplishments made by them. The colored classes are working cn a project “Know Your County.” Dur ing the commencement there will be a county-wide spelling match, the win ner to enter the State spelling match. The winner of the State match will re ceive a free scholarship to the Oppor tunity School, which will be held at Clemson College during the summer. 9-Year Old Boy Killed in Auto-Truck Wreck • *> Charles B: Pemrell Loses Life Near Barnwell When “Cat-Down” la Stnsck. In a wreck five miles west of Barn well Friday aftemocn one child was killed and several people were cut and bruises. The child, Charles E. Pep well, aged 9. was riding in a 1929 Chevrolet “cut down” which was struck from behind by a Ford truck, the property of C. H. Beattie, of Dun barton, and driven by L. M. Eubanks, and thrown from the road* across a ditch. Chas. Penwell. his wife and several - children were driving west on.the Barnwell-Augusta righway when the truck, also traveling west, started to go around them. Just as the truck started to pass, Powell held out his hand 1 to. make a left turn from the highway, hut according to Bdfward Dicks, who was riding in the truck, it wag too late to stop. The truck hit the oar from the rear huprtling it across a ditch on the right hand side of the highway. Young Penwell was thrown from the car into the highway and the wheels of the truck passed completely over his body, mangling it terribly and causing Ipstast death. The other occupants of the car were thrown out but rolled down the em bankment on the right hand side of the road and di<£ not suffer any injur ies other than slight cuts and bruises. Marie Penwell struck the edge of the highway and was cut to some extent about the face, but her injuries were not considered serious. Woman’s Missionary Society Meets. (Contributed) The Woman’s Missionary Society of the local Baptist Church held an all day session at the churc. on Tuesday, of last week, in observance cf the week of prayer for home missions About 35 women attended and an ex cellent program was rendered by the various circles cf the church, each cir cle having an hour’s program. The subject for the week was “Christ’ Up lifted on Home Fie ds.” Mrs. H. L. CPBannon opened the day’ g program, using fer her subject: “Lift Up Your Eyes and Look.” Mrs. E. B. Sanders and Mrs. Josh Baxley sang a beauti ful duet. Mrs. T. A. Holland had charge of the second period and gave a most inspirational talk on cur work in the homeland. Rev. Owens, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, gave a talk on the “Needs of the Negro Race and What They Are Striving For. Mrs. J. A. Estes led the'* business women’g circle and) pave a splendid talk on some of our needs today in our homeland. Mrs. J. J. Bell gave some splendid excerpts from our home mis sion work. • At the close of the various pro grams the regular monthly business meeting was held at which time com mittees were appointed and other mat ters pertaining to the work were ^Qken up and (Disposed of. At the noon hour the members re paired to the church dining room where a delicious lunch was served. AGRICULTURAL BUILDING NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION Ground was broken last week for the new Barnwell Agricultural Build ing which is being built on the Court House Square in Barnwell. This build ing will be a one-story brick structure, costing approximately $8,000.00, and is sponsored by Barnwell County in conjunction with the WPA. When it js completed, which is es timated as being within the next three months, it will be used to house the County and Home Demonstration agents of the county, along with other officeg affiliated with that line of werk. It is conceded by the people of the county to be a very worthy pro ject and* should prove to be of great help to the farmers of this section. The work has progressed Sg far as the laying of the forms for the con crete foundsticn. The majority of the materials needed in the construction of the building are already on the site with more being delivered daily. At the present time there are about 10 men employed! cn the project with prospects of about 10 more being needed before the building is com pleted. These men were secured through the local t e-employment of fice and are recruited from the unem ployment rolls of the county. This building will not only fl.l a long needed) want in the county, that of having adequate quarters for the operation of the farm and home agents, but will add) to the beauty of the business district. It is also hoped that in the near future there will be a market put up somewhere on the square for the farmers to use for the sale of their produce. Little Martha Gillsrif Improving. Miss Willie Bush Deason, of Moul- trieville spent the week-end in Barn well with her father, Dr. R. A. Deason. South Carolina and aaid-orders will result in an unwarranted reflection on the character of your petitioner, by reason of which your petitioners have no adequate remedy at law.” The petitions were filed by attor neys for Commissioners C F. Rizer of Olar; E. S. Booth, of Sumter; W. P. Hamrick, of Columbia; John T. Stevens, of Kershaw; Z. F. Wright, of Newberry; E. T. Heyward, of Charles ton; R. J. Ramer, of Anderson; Geo. Bell Timmerman, of Lexington; R. M. Dacus, of Greenville, and W. Fred Lightsey, of Miley. Little Martha Gil.am, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Gillam, of the Galilee section, who was so severely burned in December and who was car ried to Charleston some weeks ago by Miss Elizabeth Patat, county health nurse, and placed in Roper Hospital undier the care of Dr. F. A. Hoshali, surgeorf for the Charleston district for crippled children, is steadily im proving. Several weeks, ago her con dition became critical and blood trans fusions were required, several cars of people from Barnwell and surrounding county going to Charleston and offer* ing blood. Several other crippled children from this county are receiving treatment at Roper Hospital by Dr. Hoshall, aod good results are being obtained. Mr. Blatt Taken^to Johns Hspkins Friends of N. Blatt, of Biackville, win learn with regret that he was car ried to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment Tuesday af ternoon. He was accompanied by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Solomon Blatt, of BarawcU, ^ I T ——