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.V' X % r- S7* THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.-^a Barnwell Consolilated June 1, 1925. VOLUME LIX. “Ju&t Like a Member of the Family BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH, 1936. Seal Sale Campaign Is Progressing Well Hilda District, Which Includes Reedy Branch and Galile, Has Gone Over the Top. Mrs..N. C. Croft, chairman for Hilda district, which includes Reedy Branch aod Galilee, has gone over the top— having sold) her full quota to date of seals for Crippled Children, as well as two scrolls of $5.00 each. One scroll was sold to Reedy Branch Church sind one scroll to the Hilda Baptist Church on Sunday. ' The Hilda school went ever the top on Friday when the birthday of the crippled child was celebrated. This school bought 510 seals and was pre~ sented with a lovely birthday cake by the chairman. Pivf. Earl Herndon, superintendent of the Hilcia school, stated that he had never seen such co-operation before as was shown in this werk for the crippled child. He also presented the matter to the church on Sunday and met with a ready response., The Reei y Branch school celebrat ed the occasion with a real birthday party. Miss Mamie Still, recreational leader, presented the school with a lovely birthday cake and ice cream at which time all of the children enjoyed this treat. The women at the sewing room in Hilda b .ught more than their quota.. The little .school at Galilee is co-operating and 1 will complete-its qu ta this week. Mrs. Doris Grubbs is teacher and is being assisted in the work by Mrs. Willie Baxley and Mrs. Jilf Black. In the sale of seals at the Barnwell High ami Grammar schools- the little 3rd grade, through Miss Elcase Ray, tercher, won the lovely cake pre sented by Mrs. Greene. The grammar school bought 768 seals. Report from the high school has not been received to date. Encouraging reports from all sec- tii ns of the county are coming in andi before the seal sale ends every man, woman and child in the county will have an opportunity to do his.-.or her bit in this humantarian WoftCbl In a proclamation issued last week, G vernor Olin D. Johnston called upon the people of South Carolina.to lend their financial support to the sale of seals anj “to ebserve sympathetically Crippled Children’s Week, Afiril 6-12. Cucumber Acreage Reduced. BUckville, March 24.—The cucum ber acreage in this vicinity’ will be re duced abut 25 j>er cent, as compared with that of last year, according to re cent estimates as to the size of the 1936 crop. Fifteen per cent, cf this reduction is due to the excessive rains and 10 per cent, to the fact that growers have become disgusted with the prices received for their cucumbers and have decided ta plant less. The movement to market is expected to start between May 18th andi 25th. Asparagus is expected to move dur ing April, but as the shipment of this crop depends entirely tn the amount of warm weather the crop receives, a close approximate date for its move ment is difficult to predict. The acre age of asparagus in South Carolina is said to be about 9,500 acres. ^The cantaloupe acreage is expected tc be abcut the same as last year, with the movement getting under way in June. Cantaloupes ' rolling from this section will be pfe-cooled for the first time. Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Senee and Nonsense Aboat i People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. Judge Thos. M. Boulware saying that a traveling man, who comes through Barnwell often, called on him and, in the course of a conversation, remarked: “You know, this is the best town in this section of the State.” To draw him out, Judge Boulware asked him in what respect and the salesman replied! that all of the ether towns seem to be dead but that Barnwell is not. Judge Boulware think s that this should be encouraging to local citi zens. . . . Mrs. ‘.-Sallie McNab— good Baptist that she is—denying the scandalous report that she recently went over to Augusta to witness Sally Rand’s fan dance. . v More idisji- greeable March weather. ... A 140-page edition of The State in com-, memoration of the sesquicentennial celebration held in Columbia this week The first two crates of asparagus,' shipped from Barnwell on Monday of last week by J. E. Harley Jr., netting a little over $2 per crate. Several years ag , first shipments from this section sold for as high as $48 a crate in New York City. . . . A .picture in Sunday’s issue of The State showing Senator Edgar Brown playing the part of Senator Vander- horst, of Charleston, in the passage of legislate n moving, the State capital HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK , BENEFITS 36 COMMUNITIES Miss Elizabeth McNab, Home Demonstration Agent, Makes Interesting Report of Work Accompished During the Past Year. from Charleston to Columbia 150 years ago, the Barnwell solon being dressed in the dlonial costum of those days. The f Rowing card from Charles Burckhalter. who is. visiting in Co lumbia, to his parents, Dr. and 1 Mrs. C. N. Burckhalter: “I got here about 5 o’clock this evening. The engine to the trainfl st a piece of the air-brakes and, believe it or not, Jim Dicks, fixed it and we came merrily on our way. It broke down between Blackville and Walker Strtion.” . . . Basil Jen kins reporting that B and B. Motors sold nine new Ford V-8’s in 14 days, which is a record 1 to be prould of. . . J. B. Mixson, c mmission merchant of Wauchula, Fla., sporting the first straw hat of the season. Baptist Church ^Services. Evening services at the Barnwell Baptist Church begin as follows start ing March 29th: B. T. U., 7:30 ami Evening Worship from 8:00 to 8:45. The public will be interested to know that we stay within the forty-five minute period at the evening worship service. An added feature of the evening church service will be an swers to questions which have been placed in the question box. The ques tion box is placed on the table in the vestibule. Bring your question Sun More Money Received for Improved Staple Barnwell County Farmers Are Receiv ing $50,000 More for Their Crop, Sa\s Bovlston. Heme demonstration work in Barn well County for the year 1935, was or ganizedt, through 16 4-H clubs, nine adult clubs,* cne marketing organiza tion, and 184 individual memberships. Seme phase of extension work was introduced! into 36 communities. The major project for 4-H clubs was cloth ing. Adult clubs chose a “Live at Home” plan which stressed the four major phases of living: Feeding, clothing, housing the family, and in creasing the cash income. There were enrolled in the various Heme Demon stration organizations 473 person ac cording to Miss Elizabeth McNab, home demonstration agent. Home Gardens, Regular club members repafted more year-round gardens thamnereto- fore. It was found fr.nxrecords of club women that 43 pep bent, had gar dens the year rounjk A garden contest was held with five adult and’ three 4-H members partici pating. /Records from the c: ntest contained the following averages: size of garden plot Va acre; cost of seed per garden $3.28; cost of fertili zer $5.33; labor $4.92. Figures show ed that gardens on the average sup plied the family with leafy vegetables f r 322 diays; potatoes for 296 days; at least one vegetable for 349 days. Merket gardeners had fresh vegeta bles from the gardens every market day during the year. Improvement of home,grounds was repirted by 83 per cent, of the club members. Planting trees, shrubbery and annuals, improvements in walks, driveways, mail boxes and fences were some of the phases of the beautifica tion program participated in by club women. As a manifestation of inter est in flowers, an attractive flower ex hibit was staged by the members of the Farm Women’s, Council. There were 28 entries in the flower show. Poultry. There were enrolled in the 4-H poul try project two members who have kept recerds on their flecks for five years. One member has been able to “With 84 per cent, of Barnwell County’s cctton one inch or more in staple length, the farmers of this county are receiving at dtast $50,000 more for their crop than they would receive if staple lengths were 15-16 inch or less,” says Harry G. Boylston, county farm agent, pointing out that the cotton improvement c: ntests of the last ten years are largely responsible for the better lengths of staple grown at present. “Gotten contests generally have brought cotton seed direct from the breeders and farmers save a large sup ply of good seed for their own general use and for sale to ether farmers. Still other farmers, seeing what good! seed mean, secure them from other sources.” Regarding the 1935 contest, the county agent’s final reports shew that Mrs. C. H. Mathis, of Blackville won second prize in the lower district with 3,850 pounds of Coker’s Cleveland 5-2 lint of one inch staple length; that contestants averaged 495 pound s cf lint per acre on their 35 contest acres; that the lint produced! by these was one inch or more in length; that the profit on the 35 acres averaged $42.91 per acre. He recalls also that Mrs. Mathis, who won second district prize in 1935, wen the first State prize in victim of malaria fever. While trying to f regain my strength, I tried to earn enough to pay my drug bill. I sold 4 dozen eggs each week at 25c per doz en. Many peunds of butter and fresh vtetahlfs were popular sellers also At the end of the month I almost ished paying the bill and wa^very happy tc think I could do something. New life and energy smared* me on ward. I planted ganjens, both flower and vegetable. I Prepared home s for baby chicks ami made improvements in my hefneyfr. m the money I received from marketing surplus products from the f>fm. T find this a very interest ing field of work aud enjoy this S3 much in connection wrth home demon stration club work.” Foods. The phase of food s stressed during the year was the canning of meats, fruits and vegetables. Demonstrations in canning were given in all sections of the county. Canning work report ed by 4-H members was 2,952 pints; by home dem nstration members 15,- 965 pints. Two emergency assistants working under the supervision of the home agent reached 307 families with the canning program. They also re ported 1,163 pints of meat canned. Five women canned the complete budget, which requires 54 quarts per person for the year. Demonstrations of cheese making were given in eight communities, and 90 women reported' making cheese for their families. Clothing. * Instructions in clothing problems were given to 283 4-H members en rolled in 14 clubs. The year’s work ended on “Achievement Day” at which time 93 girls participated. All clubs were represented. There were 74 clothing exhibits, and 63 entries in the county dress revue. Sixty 4-H mem bers received certificates for the year’s work. Community Activities. A 4-H camp 3for girls and one for wemen for this county was held at enter CClleg< on the pr ceods derivedi Cam P Lon » durin K the ^mmer when from her flock. The other member did | 75 members participated. Fifteen so well that her parents took over the dele & ate8 ’ six women and nine K irls « flock as a cash crop. I attend ® d the State Short Course at Brick bro ders, home grown ami Winthrop College. home mixed feed and sanitation were Barnwell County to Get Health Officer County Will Share Dr. Thomas Phene- zy With Allendale and Bamberg^ Counties. Largest County Circulation. NUMBER 28. Scout Honor Court Held Tuesday Night J>rt>Iic Recognition of Work Being Done by Local Scout Troop.—16 Candidates Inducted. the contributing factors toward suc cessful poultry pr duction in the coun ty the yost year. Marketing. Car lot ami truck shipments of poultry, general sales, and a club market are the forms of marketing participated in by farm families. One car lot shipment cf 16,693 pounds a- mounting to $2,400.61 wa s ma^te from six points in the county. At the time 436 families were benefited. Five truck shipments, amounting to $498.45 were also made. The club market has an enrollment of 47 members. The average number selling each day is 14. Although the market operates only twice a week the yearly proceeds amounted to $1,- 494.49 which represents an increase of $528.27 over the sales of the previous year. The largest amount sold by one producer was $414.49. Garden pro duce, poultry and) dairy products and pork are the chief products sold. Pro ducts are graded before placing on the market. The following exerpts from club women’s reports show what the mar ket means to them: “I have been a member of the club pnarket almost ever since it first be gan and I find it has been a big help t ;&y ami haye a part in this "service. The public is cordially invited to the Sunday school at 10:30 each Sun day morning and Morning Worship at 11:30. The Pastor. 1930, that P. A. Baxley, another 1935 , me ant j m y husband 1 . We both are contestant, won contest prizes in 1928^ old an( i are no t a bl e to do hard work and in 1929; that other Barnwell farm-1 an y njpre. I am a regular member ers who have won contest prizes are an( i the cash from the sale of my pro- C. J Martin in 1929 and Nick Martin ducts supports me and my -husband in 1930. land help s us in running.cur farm.” “Experience has shown the contest-1 “The market means a lot to our ants and others that four or five vari eties cf cotton are most suitable for family. I don’t see how we did be fore I began going to it. I sell some- planting in this section,” Mr. Boyls- j thing all along during the year and I ton concludes. “For land not infestedl know lf» we tried harder to prepare Cotton Ginning Report. There were 16,433 bales of cotton gnned and to be ginned in Barnwell County from the 1935 crop, as com-j pared with 12,223 bailes from the crop of 1934, according to a report made public this week by F. W. Del,k, Sr., special agent, of Blackville. with wilt, the better strains of Cleve land and Farm Relief; for wilt-infest ed land Clevewilt and Dixie Triumph have proved^most satisfactory.” The many friends of Miss Margaret Black will be glad to learn that she is resting well after an operation at the Columbia Hospital last Friday. something tach market day it would mean a great dleal more. I raised a few trrkeys last year. I have planned to raise more chickens and turkeys this year to sell on the market. I buy lots of our groceries, and some cf, shoes and colthes fr all the family from market sales.” “October, 1934, found be a weak Music and other recreational fea tures entered! into the extension pro gram for the county. Byrd Is Receiving Loan Applications Emergency Crip Loans May Not Ex ceed $200 to One Farmer, Says Field Supervisor. Applications for emergency crop loans for 1936 are now being received at the Seeld Loan office in Barnwell, by J. A. Byrd, field supervisor of the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan sec tion of the Farm Credit Administra tion. The J emergency crop loan s will be made only to farmers who cannot ob tain credit from any other source, as provided by regulations issued by the Governor of the Farm Credit Associa tion. The money, loaned will be limit ed to the farmer’s immediate and ac tual cash needs for growing his 1936 crops and! in no instance may exceed $200 to one farmer. Farmers are not eligible for emer gency crop loans if they can borrow from an individual, production credit association, hank, or other concern. Farmers fill also be considered ineli gible if they have an applicatio^pend- ing with -the Resettlement Adminisr tration, have received assistance from that organization this year or are in debted to the Resettlement Admin istration for an unpaid loan. As in the past, the security for an emergency crop loan will consist of a first lien on the crop financed^ Land lord or others having an interest m the crop to be financed will be required to waive their claims in favor of a lien to the governor of the Farm Credit Administration until the emergency crop loan is repaid. . Checks in payment of approved loans will be issued by the Regional Emergency Crop and Feed Loan office at Columbia. Columbia, March 21.—r0r. James A. Hayne. State healt officer, announced today several additions to the person nel cf the county health division of the department. Dr. Hturady Callison, former coun ty heialth officer of Richmond County, ergia, will head a demonstration unit. Miss Bruce Hellams and Miss Gladys Swygert will assist him. Dr. Robert Williams, as physician, and Robert Brown, as chemical en gineer, will conduct a study of indus trial hygiene in manufacturing plants of the State. New county health officers appoint ed are: Dr. J. Y. O’Danville, formerly of Tennessee, for Marlboro; Dr. Thos. Phenezy, formerly of Georgia, for a district composed of Allendale, Bam- well and Bamberg; Dr. S. O. Pruitt, of Pennsylvania, for Abbeville-Laurens district; Dr. W. Burns Jones, of York County, for Ch^der-Union district; Dr. A. D. Gregg, formerly of North Carolina, for Dillon-Marion district. Dr. Hayne' said the new program was being financed largely by funds allocated the State recently by the federal government. The combination in some cases of two or more counties in districts makes possible supervised health work in all counties, whether or net the counties contribute toward the work. Annual Meeting of Missionary Union Mrs. St. Clair Guess, cf Denmark, to Head Barnwell Baptist Asso- ciational Group. Ehrhardt, March 21.—The annual meeting of the Women’s Missionary Union of the Barnwell Baptist Asso ciation was held 1 at the Ehrhardt Bap tist Church Wednesday with a large attend* nee. Mrs. A. V. Ccllum, of Blackville, superintendent of the union, presided over the meeting. The scripture lesson was read by Mrs. H. M. Brabham, and prayer was offered by the Rev. R. N. Hollis, paster of the local church. Words of welcome were given by Mrs. Leroy Peters president of the Ehrhardt society, sjid the response was made by Mrs. J. P. Wesberry, of Bamberg. Many splendid reports were given by the ladies in the work. Mrs. W. A. Borkbank, of Charleston, vice- president of the southern division, discussed the main objectives for the year. Beautiful solos were sung by Mrs. B. D. Carter, of Bamberg, and Mrs. H. I. Loadhcldt, of Ehrhardt. An inspiring message by Mrs. Ruth Provence, of Greenville, state secretary for the young peoples’ work closed the morning session. Lunch, with hot coffee was served at the noon hour. During the business session in- the afternoon the following officers were elected to serve one year: Superintendent, Mrs. St. Clair Gdts^of 1 Denmark; vice-presidents No. one, Mrs. M. O. Riley, Wilistcn; No. two, Mrs. J. W. Hutto, Denmark; No. three, Mrs. E. M. Robinson, Olar; No. four, Mrs. T. A. Holland', Barn well; secy.-treas., Mrs. Frank Stur geon, Denmark; Y. W. A. and G. A. leader, Miss Ruth Hoffman, Blackville; R. A. Leader, Miss Pearle Hoffman, Blackville; sunbeam leader Mrs. Ron ald Peacock, Williston; personal ser vice chairman, Miss May Owens, Dun barton; mission study chairman, Mrs. H. W. Johnson, Bamberg; chairman of nominating committee, Mrs. Leroy Peters, cf Ehrhardt. The meeting was dismissed with prayer by the Rev. L. G. Payne, pas tor of the Blackville Church. Barnwell's first Scout Court of Honor was held in the auditorium of the Barnwell High School Tuesday night at 8 o’clock for the (purpose of giving public recognition to the work being done by the local scout trocp and of inducting 16 candidates into the Tenderfoot Class cf Scouting. J. J. Willingham, of Augusta, chairman of the Court of Honor, wag present to preside and) to welcome Barnwell to membership in the Augusta area. Chief T. Rucker Newberry, cf Au gusta, jScout Executive, had the ap plicants present themselves, light candles representing the twelve scout laws, repeat the laws, and take the Scout Oath. He then presented certi ficates of membership to each of the following: Billytylanning, L. M. Mace, S. E. Moore. Roscoe Still, Blanton Black, Arden Lemon, Cicero Vaughn, Warren .Calhoun, Billy Bennett, Henry Milhous, Tom Boulware, Sol Blatt, Jr., Lawrence Stevens, Norman Dicks, Wingard ^Carter and Harry Lee O’- Banncn . . ^ r~-4 J Richard Reid; vice-president of the Augusta Area Council, gave the Barn well troop membership charter to'J. J. Bell, chairman of the local scout com mittee. Mr. Bell accepted the char ter on behalf of the school and of the other members of the committee, W. H. Manning and F. S. Brown. Scoutmaster W. W. Carter then in troduced W. E. Czamitzki, Scout Exe cutive, of Columbia, who, in a very brief talk, urged the co-operation of every Barnwell citizen in furthering scout work and commended the prog ress made since the organization of the local troop. The Court was adjurned with t^e Scout Benediction, led by Chief New berry. Immediately preceding the conven ing of the Court, Jhe Barnwell High Home Economic Department, under the direction of Miss Anne Gorman, served dinner to the out-of-town guests, including Chief Newberry, Mr. Reid, Mr. Willingham, Mr. Czar- nitzi, A. D. Hemstreet, president of the Augusta Area Council, and R. T. Maxwell, member of the Court of Honor, to the local scout committee and scoutmtster, and to several other Barnwell men who have shown a de finite interest in the progress of scout ing. The local trocp was organized in Oc tober and under Scoutmaster Carter’s supervision, ha s since completed all requirements of Tenderfoot Scout rating. Officers Make Raids. Revenue for Liquor Sales. Revenue from liquor sales iu Barn well County for the months of Janu ary and Feburary is rather small, as will be seen from the following figures prepared by the State tax commission: Barnwell, city, $115; county, $262; Blackville, $58; Williston $23. Collections from the tax on alcoholic liquors sold in the State during the two months period, together with the sales of licenses, totaled $191,112.50. This represents a decrease of about $20,000 as compared with receipts for November and December. Deputy Sheriff Gilmore S. Harley, accompanied by three State consta bles. conducted raids in several sec tions of the county Sunday and as a result mde three arrests on charges of violating the prohibition law. Harold Sease and Willie Braxton were arrested at “Shake-Rag,” a small store on the Barnwell-Allendale high way, after, it is alleged, they had sold a half-pint of unstamped corn liquor to one of the constbles. An addi tional quart was found hidden in the adjacent swamp. Eston Kinard was arrested in the Big Fork section after a half-gallon of unstamped liquor was found in his possession, according to Sheriff J. B. Morris. All three of the men have bten re lease^ under bond^ cf $200 each pend ing their trial at the next tehn of the Court of General Sessions. Educational Picture Show. The Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau, Inc., in cooperation with all the fertilizer distributors of Barnwell, presented a sound motion picture at the Ritz Theatre in Barnwell yester day (Wednesday) afternoon. This showing is composed cf two reels, the first of which deals with the mining, refining and transportation of Chilean natural nitrate cf soda. The second part was taken at the New Jer sey agricultural experiment station and through the medium of an automatic camera, it shows tobacco, tomato and cotton pints developing; twenty-four hours of growth is shown in three and a half seconds on the -screen. This talking picture is very inter esting and is of vital importance to all fanners.