THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTT.-^a
Consolidated June 1, 1925.
The Barnwell People-Sentinel
VOLUME LIX.
“Juwt Like a Member of the Family"
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, 1936.
Largest County Circulation.
NUMBER 27.
Number of Delegates
Shows Big Increase
Twelve PrecincfclTShow Gains Because
of Heavy Vote in First Primary
' in 1934,
Because of the heavy vote cast in
the first primary election in 1934 the
number of delegates to the Barnwell
Co. Democratic convention which meets
in Barnwell on Monday, May 4th, will
show an increase of 21, it was re
vealed by an examniation of figures
compiled here this week by B. P.
Davies, secretary. The total number
of delegates to the county convention
this year will, be 124 as compared with
103 in 1934.
Club s which show an increase in
representation are as follows: Barn
well, 8; Double Ponds, 2; Elko, 1;
Four Mile, 3; Friendship, 1; Great
Cypress, 1; Healing Springs 2; Her
cules, 1; Hilda, 1; Rosemary, 1; Wil-
liston, 1; Yenome, 3.
Only three clubs show a slight loss,
they being: Blackville, 2; Reedy
Branch, 1, and Siloam 1.
Bennett Springs, Dunbarton and
Red Oak remain the same.
The increase of three delegates at
Yenome and the loss of one at Siloam
is accounted for by the fact that a new
club was formed) at Yenome in 1934
and many Democrats who formerly
voted at Siloam now cast their ballots
at Yenome precinct.
The following tabulation shows the
number of delegates in 1934, the first
primary vote that year and the num
ber of delegates that each club will be
entitled to in 1936, each club in the
county being entitled to one delegate
for each 25 votes or majority fraction
thereof cast in the first primary of the
previous election year:
1934
1934
1936
Dlgts.
vote
Dlgts.
Barnwell
. 23
765
31
Bennett Springs
9
m *0
46
2
Blackville
. 19
417
17
Double Ponds --
2
89
4
Dunbarton - —
.. 3
87
3
rJko
.. 3
108
4,
Four Mile -- --
.. 1
99
4
Friendship
3
- 93
4
Great Cypres* .
— 7
193
8
Healing Springs
3
137
5
Hercules
5
140
6
Hilda -
5
141
6
Red Oak
__ 3
76
3
Reedy Branch
... 3
59
2
Rosemary ..
.. 3
111
4
Siloam
4
64
3
Williston
. 14
386
15
Yenome
.. 0
73
3
Totals
103
3084
124
Seen and Heard Here
During the Past Week
A Little Sense and Nonsense About
People You Know and Others
You Don’t Know.
Legislators Take
Steps Toward End
More Cotton is Made
by Plenty of Potash
The rules of the party also require
that the various clubs shall meet th-
fourth Saturday in April of each elec
tion year f>-r reorganization. The
fourth Saturday this year will be April
25th. Delegates to the county conven
tion will be elected on the basis cf the
above tabulation.
' The State convention will meet in
Columbia on Wednesday, May 20th, at
10:00 a. m. Barnwell County is en
titled to six delegates to the State
convention and will be limited to that
number, the rules of the party forbid
ding a delegation to vote in fractions.
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN IN
WORK FOR CRIPPLED TOTS
Just to show how vitally interested
little children are in the crippled chil
dren’s work, the little Seven Pines
school, taught by Mrs. W. Bratton
Parker, came in Monday with the
mcney to purchase a scroll—$5.00—to
help with the work. So eager were
these little childlren to do their bit—
only 25 in number—that they could
not wait for the birthdlay cf the crip
pled children, which falls on Friday
of this week^ but came in Monday.
This is the first school thus far in
the county to buy a scroll. Mrs. Par
ker is chairman for that district and
i s a wonderful "worker. Mrs. R. R.
Moore is assisting Mrs. Parker in the
work in the Snelling community.
The Reedy Branch Baptist Church
purchased a scroll Sunday afternoon.
The pastor of that progressive little
church, the Rev. Mr. Jemigan, made*
How to Count a Billion.
End of Session Is Nearer as Evidence 5-10-10 Fertilizer Leads Other Mix-
~ Is Given of No Intent to
Change Wet Law.
L. C. Eidson walking high, wide and
handsome after landing an 18-pound
rockfish while fishing in the Edisto
River Friday. . . . March, which
came in more or less like a lamb, roar
ing like lion Thursday. . . . And
last week’s coldl snap delaying the
opening of the asiparagus season. .
. . But fruit trees in full bloom. .
. . A lady expressing surpise that
a certain “dignified locking gentle
man” had visited the French Casino
while on a visit tp New York City, and
the said ji. 1. g. replying that he “cast
aside his dSgnity like the female per
formers did their clothes.” . . The
singing of the mpcking birds. ...
The name of Albert Rufus Morgan,
Jr., in the list of 37 sophomores at the
University of South Carolina who
were on the honor roll' for the first
semester by virtue of attaining an av
erage of 87% or oyer. He is the son
of^ the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, a for
mer rector of the Church of the Holy
Apostles. . . Many Barnwell peo
ple motoring over to Augusta to at
tend Sally Rand’s fan dance—and most
of them admitting that they were
disappointed in the performance. . .
This headline in Saturday’s issue of
The State: “BYRNES PREDICTS
ROOSEVEL TWINS.” (Since when
has our Jimmie turned Walter Win-
chell in the matter of forecasting
“blessed events”?)
Drs. H. A. Gross and L. T. Claytor
driving new automobiles. ... A
negro fisherman wearing a pair of rub
ber boots through which his toes were
protruding. . . . Supervsor J. W.
Patterson remarking that over-loaded
fertilizer and lumber trucks are de
stroying bridges in the county, and;
others commenting on the fact that
heavily loaded trucks from Florida
and elsewhere are ruining the surface-
treated highways. . . Several new
subscribers to The People-Sentinel.’ .
. . . Real spring weather—balmy
sunshine and showers, followed by
a thunderstorm Monday night and
wintry weather Tuesday, snow flurries
being reported a few miles north of
Barnwell.
BAPTISTS HOLD MEETING
IN INCLEMENT WEATHER
The Spring meeting of the Barnwell
Baptist Association was held Tues
day in the Healing Springs Baptist
Church. In spite of the very inclem
ent weather, about 75 persons, repre-
sentng 15 of the 38 churches in the as
sociation, met and carried out the pro
posed program for the day. The pro
gram was centered around Dr. W. S.
Brooke, of Columbia, the enlistment
and promotion secretary for the South
Carolina Baptists.
Mrs. A. V. Collum of Blackville,
conducted the opening devotional on
the subject, “I am the Vine, ye are the
branches.” The Rev. J. Aubrey Estes,
pastor of the Barnwell Baptist Church,
spoke on “The Baptist Hundred Thous
and Club,” and the Rev. B. B. Jerni-
gan delivered the morning sermon cn
‘Service.”
Dr. Brooke was in charge of the pro
gram in the afterno'on, leading in a
discussion of the importance of the
Lord’s Acre movement. Many gave
testimony of the fact that they had
planted! acres for the Lord and were
so pleased with the movement that
they are continuing. The Reedy
Branch Church reported about 60
members of this movement. The
njeeting wa s closed with a message by
Mrs. T. R. Pender, of Williston, on
the importance of the Bible.
The Healing Springs members serv
ed a delicious barbecue dinner.
With the highway reorganization
question whipped into shape for early
enactment and the liquor control is
sue pratically s ettled, the South Caro
lina legislature has taken a long stride
toward sine die adjournment before
expiration of the constitutional “40
days.”
Two c!ry-spon sored proposals to
modify the present liquor legalization
law met defeat by s enate votes so con
clusive as to be regarded as settling
the issue for the current session, and
both branches approved in principle a
drastic reorganization of the present
State highway commission setup.
A bill for local option cn liquor was
killed by a 21 to 14 vote by the senate
some time ago, and Tuesday of last
week the body in a surprise move took
up a measure to ban liquor advertising
and rejected it, 18 to 10.
tures in Clemson’s 4-Ye*r Tests
„ Over the State.
Large Crowd Attends
“Mortgage Burning”
Blackville Baptist Church Debt of
$30,000 Has Been Paid in Full
in Four Years.
If you were to count silver dollars
at the rate of 90 a miunte, working 10
hours a day and 300 days year, it
would take ycu nearly 62 years to
count $1,000,000,000.00.
In other words, if you were to be
an appeal to the members and the gj n counting at this rate on your 21st
amount was raised in a few minutes.
Mrs. N. C. Croft is chairman for that
district, her helpers being Mrs. Jeff
Black, Mrs. Willie Baxley, Miss Mamie
Still, Mrs. Stephen Hiers and Mrs.
Charlie Brown, Jr., the last two nam
ed being teacher s in the Reedy Branch
school. This school will observe the
Birthday of the Crippled! Children bn
Friday also.
birthday, you would be almost 83
years old by the time you finished
your first billion. —
Work it out for yourself. Sixty
times. $90 would give you $5,400 an
hour. Ten times that would give you
$54,000 a day and 30 times that would 1
give you $16,200,000 counted in a
year’s time. Dividing 16.200,000 into
1,000,000,000 would give you 61.72 or
the number of years required to count
No Radical Changes.
The votes, together with similar ac
tion in elimnatng from another bll
a provision to limit private possession
of liquor to one gallon, and house ac
tion in killing a bill to declare the
latest hours of sunrise and sunset as
the times for opening and closing
liquor stores, were taken as indicating
the present liquor law would not be
radically changed at the present ses
sion.
Meanwhile, the senate amended a
house highway reorganization bill for
legislative election of highway com
missioners to retain present commis
sioners in office until the expiration of
their terms.
Other lesser amendments were made
in the bill before it was returned* to
the house Friday for concurrence.
Although the measure admittedly
was headed for a free conference, ap
proval of the basic reorganization plan
by both branche s was considered an
indication of speedy enactment.
Whether Governor 01 in Johnston
would approve it was problematical,
but he has advocated popular election
of road commissioners.
Action upon the two major issues
left appropriations and social security
among the principal questions yet to
be considered.
On Appropriations.
Senate finance committee spokes
men said it had practically completed
hearings upon the annual appropria
tion measure and was ready to begin
intensive work upon revision of the
$8,000,000 bill sent over by the house
in an effert to bring it out as soon as
possible.
Senator Henry Sims, of Orange
burg chairman of the senate social
security committee, said he would
press for action next week'upon a
joint resolution for a referendum upon
a proposed constitutional amendment
to enable the State to participate in
federal pension program.
He also indicated he would intro
duce measures, for unemployment
compensation and to create an agency
to administer a State social security
program if the electorate favors amend
ing the constitution.
Although few legislatures in recent
years have completed their work in
the 40-day period for which the con
stitution authorizes pay, the current
one expected to round out its 40th
legislate day this week with prog
ress to its credit. «
Fertilizer containing 10 per cent
potash produced 686 poundb more seed
cotton per acre than the same ferti
lizer containing no potash, and 228
pounds more seed cotton per acre than
the same fertilizer containing 5 per
cent, potash in a comprehensive series
of field tests conducted over a period
of four years by the Clemson Agricul
tural College of South Carolina and
described in its 48th annual report.
In these tests an invesment in pot
ash from 60c to $3 per^ acre returned
extra lint cotton worth from $10.60 tfr
$24.10. Each pound of muriate of pot
ash in the fertilizer produced from
5.7 to 10.6 pounds of seed cotton, rile-
pending upon the rate of application.
The table following gives the aver
age yield s obtained in the tests. All
plots were top-dressed with 15 pounds
of nitrogen and the equivalent of 600
pounds of 5-10-0 (N-P-K) fertilizer
was used at planting with the extra
potash added.
Analysis of Muriate of
fertilizer Potash in
N-P-K fertilizer
None
30 lbs.
60 lbs.
90 lbs.
120 lbs.
The tests were conducted by Dr. H.
P. Cooper, W. B. Regers, and R. W.
Wallace on 68 separate plots at the
Sandhill Station and in cooperation
with farmer son important soil series
in the Piedmont and Coastal Plains
sections of South Carolina. Some of
these soils were known to be deficient
in available potash. The report states:
“Since there has been an unusual
amount of cotton rust due to a defi
ciency of available potash in recent
years, there has been a marked in
crease in the amount of potash in
cluded in the average cotton fertilizer
sold in the State. Where there is a
! marked deficiency of available potash
in the soil the cotton plants shed their
leaves early in the season, which re
sults in a large proportion of the cot
ton bolls not developing properly.
These undeveloped bolls do not open
normally and the cotton is often of
poor quality and very difficult to
pick.”
The 5-10-10 fertilizer used on the
plot which produced 1,243 pounds cf
seed cotton per acre contained potash
equal to 120 pound s of muriate of pot
ash per acre, or 300 pounds of high
grade kainit per acre.
Sheriff Recaptures
Noted Jail Breaker
5-10-0
5-10-2%
5-10-5
5-10-7%
5-10-10
Yield of
seed cotton
per acre
557 lbs.
874 lbs.
1,015 lbs.
1,137. lbs.
1,243 lbs.
On Sunday, March 8th, a large andi
enthusiastic congregation gathered in
front of the Baptist Church at Black
ville and witnessed the burning of a
paper which represented the last in
debtedness existing against the church.
This event was the culmination of an
intensive two weeks’ campaign, during
which time the sum of $4,000.00 in
cash wa s raised. The members and
friendis of the church are rejoicing
over this wonderful achievement and
they are profoundly grateful to the
Rev. L. G. Payne, the pastor of the
church, who led them in this under
taking. When Mr. Payne came to
Blackville, in Augrust, 1931, the in
debtedness of the church amounted to
approximately $30,000.00. He im
mediately began the difficult task of
getting this debt out of the way and
was successful in reducing it consid
erably by April, 1932. Since then he
has been faithfully ministering to the
people and preparing them for the
completion of this task, and) it is al
most unbelievable that in the short
space of four and a half years the
church has settled all its indebtedness.
It has taken real leadership to ac
complish such a task during these
years of depression, bank closings and
crop failures in a purely agricultural
section. But for the great spirituali
ty, the deep devotion, the brilliant
leadership, the indomitable spirit, the
undying faith, and the untiring efforts
of the Rev. L. G. Payne, the Black-
vjlle Baptist Church would still be in
debt. He has veritably led the church
through the Red Sea.
The congregation is now looking
forward to the dedicatory services
which will take place in the near fu
ture, and to the continued ministry of
one who has been a blessing not only
to thi 8 church and community, but to
the entire State of South Carolina.
A Member.
Triple “C” News Notes
BARNWELL RALLIES
AROUND ROOSEVELT
S. C. Road Fight.
Columbia, March 14.—Attorneys in
timated in the State Supreme Court
today that Governor Olin D. Johnston’s
administration-long fight against a VT . A A ... , .
, . , . . . . , Ninestein; secretary, Mrs. Nicholas
highway commission might t> a u i
Martin; treasurer, Mrs. P. A. Baxley,
Blackville, March 17.— Barnwell
County went on record 1 here Monday
strongly in favor of the re-election of
President Roosevelt at a meeting call
ed by Mrs. H. L. Buist, Democratic
county vice-chairman.
Mrs. Buist introduced Sol Blatt, of
Barnwell, who commended the women
for their undertaking and pledged hi s
support and co-operation.
Ex-Senator James H. Hammond,
president of the Richland Coftnty
Roosevelt club, spoke of the need cf
such an organization in each county
cf thiTState.
Mrs. L. H. Jennings, Democratic na-
tipnal committee woman urged that
the women not only organize ‘accord
ing to the Reporter plan, “which is a
study in citizenship,” she said, but
that the club subscribe to the “donkey
banks.”
The following officers of the Wom
en’s Rocsevelt-for-Re-electin club
were elected: President,-Mrs. A. H.
all of Blackville. Two vice-presidents,
one from Barnwell and another from
Wiliston, are to be elected at *a later
ADVERTISE iii Th® People-Sentinel one billion.
BIG STILL DESTROYED
NEAR RAY’S CROSSING
be taken to the United States Supreme
Court.
The question of validity of John
ston’s suspension of ten State high
way commissioners was taken under mee ^ in ^*
advisement by the State court after a
hearing marked by sharp exchanges
between counsel.*"
Attorneys for the commission asked
the court to declare the payment of Sheriff J. B.'Morris and his deputy,
Chief Commissioner Ben Sawyer’s sal- Gilmore S. Harley, captured a big 120-
ary and the signing of county road gallon copper still, together with 500
reimbursement bond! agreements legal.' gallons of mash and two gallons of
while lawyers for the governor demur-! liquor, near Ray’s Crossing over the
Little Saltkehatchie River Wednesday
of last week. The plant was in operar
tion at the time of the raid, but the
Pperatcrs fled) through the swamp at
the approach of the officers. The still
wa^ destroyed. . .
red to the entire action on grounds
that the court had “no jurisdiction.”
Thos. E. Snelling, of Charlotte, N.
C., was the guest of his father, Judge
John K. Snelling, one <fay last week
while on a business trip through this
section of South Carolina.
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Tree Planting.
The boys are still planting trees,
and are very much interested in their
work. Many of them are teamed up
to see how many they can plant in a
clay. So far the unofficial record is
held by Jesse Martin and Hulon
Graves, who are alleged to have plant
ed 2 500 in one working day.
Basketball.
On Friday ten boys from this camp
went to Monck’s Comer to play a game
of basketball with the Monck’s Cor
ner camp. We were scheduled to play
a game Friday night andi one Satur
day morning, and we regret to con
fess that the heme camp boys won
neither. Probably it was lack of prac
tice.
However, we did . have a goed
time Saturday. We returned by
way of Charleston and 1 did a little
sight seeing. We stopped) at The Cita
del cn the way in and then went to the
museum. Some of the boys scoffed
at the idea of the museum, but we
had. trouble rounding up the crowd to
get away from it. We then went down
to the battery and! saw Fort Sumter
ini the distance, after which we took
some time off and some went to the
picture show and others just roamed
about. It was the first trip to Charles
ton for several of the boys, and was
much enjoyed.
Baseball. ,, .
Now that basketball is over, we are
all agog over baseball, in which our
prospects are considerably better.
Probably the first game will be be
tween the Barnwell camp and the
Walterboro s ide-camp. The boys down
there think they can beat the ones up
here, and have sent numerous chal
lenges.
Religious Services.
We had two services, last week. On
Monday night Rev. Mr. Estes was
out and gave his usual very enjoyable
sermon, and. on Thursday Chaplain
Phillips was here. Both services were
well atended.
Major Wells was here diiring th£
middle part of the week for his month
ly inspection.
A large majority of the members of
the local grammer and high school
faculties attended the annual meeting
of the South Carolina Education Asso
ciation in Columbia last week. Most
of the teachers went on to their re
spective .homes fer the week-end.
Broadus Hoover Arrested at Dance at
Home of Mrs. Viola Sanders
Saturday Night.
Broadus Hoover, who has engineer
ed two breaks from the Bamberg
County jail, was recaptured Saturday
nigbt by Sheriff J. B. Morris at the
home of Mrs. Viola Sanders, near
Kline, during the progress of ^ dance.
The Barnwell County sheriff walked
in unannounced and had Hoover un
der arrest ad on his way to jail be
fore he “knew what it was all about.”
Hoover's last jail break was effected
February 16th, only a few hours af
ter he had been returned! to the Bam
berg County jail following his appre
hension in Floridla. Four fellow pris
oners followed him to freedom. On
that occasion he used a window weight
and a milk bottle to keep quiet one
prisoner who refused to join him as he
and his 4 confederates burned a hole
in the top of a cage and let them
selves down a blanket rope from the
roof. Six months previously, he and
eight other prisoners effected their
escape from the Bamberg jail.
Acting upon the request of Sheriff
T. J. Hadwin, of Bamberg, Hoover
was lodged in the Barnwell County
jail by Sheriff Morrig until such time
as he is brought to trial. , Bamberg
County is erecting a new jail with
the aid of a $25,000 WPA grant. He
is charged in Bamberg County with
housebreaking and larceny.
Broadus is one of the Hoovef
brother® who have been in the toils of
the law on several previous occasions.
BLACKVILLE WOMAN WINS
COTTON CONTEST PRIZE
In the cotton contest for 1935, Mrs.
C. H. Mathis, of Blackville, won 2nd
prize in the Lower District. She had
taken first State prize in the con
test in 1930. Already 15 farmers are
entering this contest for 1936, says
H. G. Boylston, county farm agent,
who states that practically all of these
are buying purebred seed direct from
the breeder for planting on their
fields. Other farmers are expecting
to join and the county’s membership
will, no doubt, be as large as in any
other year.
Threaten* Sheriff’s Life.
J. G. Kitchings, of the Western part
of the county, was arrested in Barn
well Sunday on a charge of being
drunk and disorderly after he had
threatened to kill Sheriff J. B. Morris.
He was convicted in Magistrate G. M.
Hogg’s court Monday morning and
sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or
serve 30 day* on the chain gang. The
sentence was suspended on condition
that he leave Barwell County and
never return.
Kitchings was acquitted several
years ago of the murder of C. M.
Rogers, Jr., according to Sheriff J. B.
Morris. Rogers’ throat was cut and
the defense contended that the injury
was sustained in an automobile acci
dent.
Colored Boy Badly Burned.
Edward Peeples, colored, 8-year
old sen of Ben Peeples of this place
wa s terribly burned on Monday af
ternoon about the face and hands.
From information obtained it seems
that Edward went to the home of a
nearby neighbor and upon finding a
quart jar of gasoline he struck a
match and threw it into the jar to
“see what it would do.” The jar ex
ploded and the contents went into the
face of the boy, taking every vestige
of skin from his face and neck, and
also burning all of the hair from his
head- Medical aid was 'secured at
once and the little fellow is doing as
well as could be expected*
Meyer
’s Mill 4-H
Club.
The Meyer’s Mill 4-H Club met on
Tuesday at the. Dunbarton school
house with seven members and two
visitors present.
Miss Gene Swett, local leader, had
charge of the meeting. The lesson
was on “Laundering Hints.” After a
discussion of proper laundering prac
tices a demonstration on the proper
way to launder silk and synthetic gar
ments wa s given.
Those present were: Misses Marian
Ellis, Cecil H. Meyer, Talula and
Glady s Wilson, Nell Owens, Gene and
Mae Swett. The visitor* were Misses
Sallie Williams and Margaret