Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PArcp. winirr THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA Barnwell 50 and 25 Years Ago. Interesting Items Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People. APRIL 8. 188fi. Judge B. T. Rice will not b: v a candi date for re-election. The Savannah River was higher last week than it has been since 1865. A. Howard Patterson, Esq., an rounces himself a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Probate Judge. We learn from Mr. W. R. Walker that citizens of Aiken and Orangeburg * r Counties, in the neighborhood of John- town, have subscribed enough to as sure the building of the proposed nar row guage railroad from Blackville to Jobntown. Mr, J. Ritter, one of the solid men of Three Mile Creek, killed 1 recently a beef raised by himself, of Brahma stock six years old, that weighed a thousand pounds gross, seven hundred net. Midway fishermen are'catching mqre shad this spring than they have done nny so^on within the last ten years. Mr. nil. B. Hammet, R. R. Agent, kit Saturday for Baltimore to visit Mr. D. E. Myers, who is under treatment for a serious affection of his eyes. Cotton receipts at Blackville from September 1st, 1885, to March 31st, 1886, foot up 9,103 hales. Ths does not include shipments from Barnwell. Up to Saturday night 2,086 tons cf commercial fertilizers had been re ceived at Blackville. Mr. Byron Manuel died of pneu monia the^31st ult. in George’s Creek township. Capt. W. B. Peeple fl carried Barn- wtdl’s spring contribution to the peni tentiary Friday evening. Richard Frazier, colored, was f und dead in his chair Thursday. He was the body servant of the late Capt. J. D. Allen in the Florida and^ Mexican Wars. In the latter he cteserted his master, married a well-to-do Mexican woman and was, until apprehended, a prosperous ranchera. APRIL 6, 1911.* Congressman J. F. Byrnes is a member of the House committee- cp Banking and Currency and War Claims, gcod assignments for a new member. , Commissicner E. J. Watson ha s sip- pointed Supervisor J. B. Morris one of the 25 delegates to represent this State at the Good Reads Congress to assemble in Birmingham, AJa., on May 23. ( Capt. Harold A. Simms left on Sun day for. Fort Sam Houston, San An- The Lottye Moon Circle of the Bap tist Missionary Society entertained the members of the Young Woman’s Aux iliary at a theatre party at the Dula- mae Theatre in Denmark on Tuesday afternoon, March 31st. After the pic ture, “Rose Marie,” the party was car- rtedl to Gillam’s drug store, where re freshments were served. The hostesses representing the circle were: Mrs. C. R. Boylston, chairman, Mrs. D. R. * Cain and' Miss Ruth Hoffman. Y; W. A. members who enjoyed the afternoon were: Mrs. P. A. Baxley, counselor, Misses Marian Buist,, Mil dred Buist, Arlene Cromer, Runell Gray, Alice Hightower, Gladys Has kell, Lurline Still and, Mrs. Dorothy Ow'ens. tonio, Texas, where for a couple of weeks he will show the regulars how a Citadel graduate can out-maneuver them. There was a fine attendance at the reunion of Camp George W. Morrall, U. C. V., at Meyer’s Mill on Friday. An oyster shell eight inches long, has been added 1 to our curiosity collec tion by the kindness cf C. J. Hay, Esq. It wa s taken from Shell Bluff on the c!d Cater plantation, now owned, by* Mr. Wyatt Ussery, on the Lower Three Runs. The bluff rises 20 feet above the stream and has an as yet unimasured quantity of such fossils. . . ~r—r—Capt. R. P. Gantt, of Boil ing Springs, ha s a shell which report says is as large as a small bread tray. Messis. W. D. Black and G. M. Main, the new members cf the County Board of Commissioners, entered! upon their dutie s on Tuesday. Dr. R. C. Kirk land was elected county physician; J. Emile Harley, attorney, and W. V. Richardson, clerk. We are honored by Mr. and Mrs. William Howard Stewart, of Rock Hill, with an invitation to be present at the weddfing reception on April Uth of their daughter Miss Edith, and Mr. Thomas Ewart Cunamings, of Barnwell. $50,000 for the plaintiff was the ver dict cf the petit jury after a trial lasting two days and a half in the case of A. G. Menefee against the Southern Rilway. The plaintiff in hi s complaint asked for $75,00 damages for personal injuries received while in the service of the Southern Railway. For Storm Relief. KING of Them All -T The Johnson Hagood Chapter, U. D. C., is contributing $5.00 toward storm relief. Anyone wishing to add to this fund may send or bring the am’ unt to Mrs. W. H. Manning, U. D. C. treasurer, -at the Court "House. An itemized statement of contributions will be published 1 in The People-Sen tinel each week. Mill Dam Washed Away. J. 'Norman Dicks, of Barnwell, sus tained a loss estimated between $1,000 and $1,500 when his mill dam in the southwestern part of the county was washed away by high water Sunday. Mr. Dicks had completed the construc tion of his dam and grist mill only a few month s ago and had the p-nd well stocked with fish. Baseball This Afternoon. The C lumbia “Senators” and the Savannah club of the Sally league will play a game of baseball this (Thursday) aftrn on at Fuller Park in Barnwell. The game is being play ed under the auspiee s of the local American Legion Post. ALL READY for the Easter Parade! And Gulf is ready, to r o—with a new spring , gasoline especially refined for April’s warmer weather. Yes, gasoline must be changed with the season—or it doesn't give you top mileage. Switch to That Good Gulf—it’s “Kept in Step with the Calendar.” Which means that all of it goes to work—none of it goes to waste. For better April mileage try a ta nk- fiil—at the Sign, of the Orange Disc. Notice c-f Application for Charter. Wm Foremost Highflyer, 1915 Grand Champion Jersey Bull. Ouned by A. H. Goss. The Oahlands, Ann Arbor, Mich. T HKRE ARE PLENTY of Jersey hulls in America, but only one among all the thousands, stands out as National Champion. Foremost Highflyer won 1935 honors at the National Dairy Show, St. Louis, Mo.—a magnificent creature to whi^h Nature gave the vital spark, the perfect natural balance of all the elements that go to make a champion. Wonderful top line, great body, fine neck, shoulders, big barreled, good on his legs—Foremost Highflyer had everything! Most hulls are just bulls, average strong, average good, hut just plain ordinary hulls. There is only one Foremost Highflyer. He stands out the King of them all—the champion. The champion hull is Nature at her best—one of Nature’s wonder creations. Favored by Nature, with her priceless gift of perfect natural balance, the champion is almost beyond price, w hile another hull that may hx>k a little like him—well, He’s just hull, that’s all. And here is another wonder-creation of Nature—Natural Chilean Nitrate. Like the champion hull, Natural Chilean is favored bv Nature w ith that priceless giff of natural balance— natural blend of many elements such a4 boron, calcium, manganese, etc., over and above its nitrogen. Nature gave the vital, spark to this nitrogen fertilizer bv blending into it these vital impurities. Nature herself aged it, cared it . . . that’s why Natural Chilean is the natural food for your crops. Natural Chilean contains almost two score of major ' and minor elements such as boron, magnesium, manga nese, iodine, calcium, (rotassium, etc,—each a vital ele ment in growth and healthy development .of plants. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undrrsigned intend to file with the .Secretary f State of the State of South Carolina on or af or Tuesday, April 14th r936, Declaration for Char ter tor Kline Gin C rrpan> r co.pcra- tion, to have its principal place of business in Kline, South Carolina. The general nature of the busines- which it purp ses to do being to buy and sell cotton, cotton seed and it s derivities, operate a ginnery f ^otton, buy, sell and deal ir real estate and m rtgages of ;:11 kinds, to mortgage real and per- -onl prukejAvidn its possess'd! and ownership a* it 1 may elect, and to have power to do all things rebtive-to such ’• usincs-. The captal stock to be one th usard 'dollars ($1,000.00), divided into twenty (20) shares* of fifty dol lar < ($50.00) each. A meeting of the .subscribers to the capital stock of said c rporation will be held at 10 o’clock a. m. cr. Monday, April 13, 19^6, at the office of Farmers Union Mercantile C mpany, Barnwell, South Carolina, for the purpose of organiz ing said c rporation, electing directors and transacting any and all other busi ness that may properly-come before said meeting. HENRY WINGO, G. B. HAGOOD, Convention may be prepared. EDGAR A. BROWN, - County Chairman. Barnwell, S. C., April 6, 1936. NOTICE OK ELECTION. By authority contained in section 2, of Act 295, passed by the 1927 Qeiv eral Assembly, notice is hereby given that an election will be held in Barn well, S. C., cm Tuesday, April 14, 1936 for the purpose cf electing one trus tee for Barnwell School District No. 45. Said trustee will be elected to fill the position cf trustee left vacant by the expiration of J. J. Bu-h’s term and the trustee elected shall serve until the second Tuesday in April, 1941. 1 Said elect! n shall be held as is-pro vided by law for the holding of Gen eral Elections. The polls will be open ed at the Ccurt House, and the follow ing will serve as managers: Angus -Eatterson^G. W. Halford and G. W. Manville. HORACE J. CROUCH, Cpunty Supt. of Education. Barnwell, S. C., March 7, 1936. 2t • NOTICE OF ELECTION. NOTICE TO DEMOCRATS! EAN NXTR&TS OF SODA WITH VITAL IMPUF.ITIES IN NATURET OWN BALAKCZ AND DLEND ADVERTISE IN THE PEOPLE-SENTINEL. * • - ^— Pursuant to the .rules of the Demo cratic party in S uth Carolina, the president of each Democratic club in Barnwell County is requested to call a meeting of his club, designating the h ur thereof, to be holden on Satur day, Apr! 25th, 1936, for the purpse of reorganizing and electing officers for the ensuing term; als , to elect a coun ty executive committeeman and dele gates to the Cdunty Convention, which is hereby called to meet in the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., on Monday, May 4th, 1936, at ten o’clock a. m. “The conventi n shall be composed of delegates elected from the clubs in j the county, one delegate for every 25 members and one delegate f r a ma jority fraction thereof, based 1 upon the number cf votes p lied iii'tfie first primary of the’ preceding election year.” Under the above rule, the clubs in The cdunty are ertitled to the follow ing number of delegates; -Barnwell, 31; Bennett Springs, 2; Blackville, 17; Double Ponds, 4; Dunbarton, 3; Elko, 4; Four Mile, 4; Friendship, 4; Great Cypress, 8; Healing Springs, 5; Her cules, 6; Hilda, 6; Red Oak, 3; Reedy Branch, 2; Rosemary, 4; Siloam, 3; Williston 15, anti Yen me, 3. Each club is earnestly requested to send the names of the delegates and executive committeemen elected on April 25th to the secretary, B. P. Davies, at Barnwell, as scon after the club meetings a s possible, in order that a temporary roll of the County By auth rity contained in an Act passed by the South Carolina General Assemhl', 1935 session, notice is here by given that an election will be held in Blackville School District, N;. 19, Healing Springs School District, No. 10, Ashleigh School District No. 24 and Double Pond School District. No. 20, on Tuesday, April 14th, 1936, f r the purpose of electing school trustees in said districts, as follows:- One (1) to succeed G. F. Posey for Blackville School District, and to serve until the 2nd Tuesday in April, 1939; One (1) trustee for Healing Springs School District to serve until the 2nd Tuesday in April, 1938, and one (1) trustee to succeed Marion B. Odom, and to serve until the 2nd Tuesday in April, 1939; One trustee for Ashleigh School Dis trict to succeed J. C. Staley and to sei*ve until the 2nd Tuesday in April, 1939; and One (1) trustee for Double Pond School District to succeed Leon Hutto and! to serve until the 2nd Tues day in April, 1939. The Democratic Club Roll shall be used for determining the right to vote in said election. The following managers are hereby appointed and the following polling places named for the said election: Blackville School District No. 19.-=— Furman Black, Lawson Fickling and 1 J hn Creech, Sr.. Polling place: Wil liams’ store. Healing Springs School District No. 10.—I). W. Heckle, Dan Whetstone and Doc Ray. Polling Place: School audi torium at Healing Springs. J Ashleigh School District No. 24.— I D. I. Ro.-s, jasper Owens and Aiken ‘ Still. Polling place: Southern Rail way depot at Ashleigh. Double Pond School District No. 20. | —Harry Still, F. W. Delk and George McCormick* Polling place: Double 1 Pond Baptist Church. HORACE J. CROUCH, Co. Supt. of Education, j Barnwell, S. 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