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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTT.^a
Consolidated June 1, 1925.
The Barnwell People-Sentinel
VOLUME LIX.
“Ju&t Like a Member of the Family’'
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 14TH, 1936.
Largest County Circulation.
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NUMBER 35.
Officers Elected at
Meeting Here Friday
General Sessions Court
, Convenes Here May 25
Byron Wham, of Blackville, Heads One Week Term cf Criminal Court
Barnwell County Education As.
sociation.
Byron Wham, superintendent of the
Blackville schools, was elected presi-
dlent of the Barnwell County Edtuoa-
tion Association at a meeting of the
association Friday, May 8th. Supt.
W. T. Bennett, of Dunbarton, was
elected vice-president; and Co. Supt.
of Eduoation Horace J. Crouch, was
rfe-eledted secretary-treasurer; Supt..
J. E. Herndon, of Hilda, was chosen
county membership chairman for the
South Carolina Education Association.
During the business session the
following resolution was introduced!
by Mrs. C. L. J. Hitt and passed by
the entire association:
“God in His mercy has prolonged
our unprofitable lives, but since our
last meeting on April 24, 1936, He
has taken to Himself the husband of
our honored president. Mr. W. B.
Parker was a friend to public educa
tion. At the time of his death and for
many year s before that time, he was
a trustee for the school at Snelling.
He was so much in favor of a. school
at home that he aided and abetted
Mrs. Parker in maintaining the school
at Snelling when the sentiment of
Barnwell County was in favor of
breaking up the small schools in order
to add prestige to the larger one?.
How much Mrs. Parker will miss his
aid and companionship only she can
know.
“Barnwell County Division of the
South Carolina Education Association
wishes to go on record by adopting
the following resolutions:
“Resolved, first, that we lament the
passing of Mr. W. B. Parker, a worthy
friend of public education.
“Second, that we extend to Mrs.
Parker our sympathy in her personal
sorrow and enduring losa, praying the
Heavenly Father to make her, be
cause of this bereavement, more fit
for the work He has in mind for heb
before she, too, shall join the innum
erable caravan that ha s gone on be
fore.
“Third, that these resolutions be
spread upon the minute book, publish
ed in our county papers, and present
ed to Mrs. Parker.
“Respectfully submtted,
“Mrs. C. L. J. Hitt,
for committee.”
After the business wa s over, Mr.
Wham, who, as vice-president, was
presiding in the absence of the presi
dent. Mrs. W. B. Parker, introduced
the State Superintendent of Educa
tion, J. II. Hope, and the secretary of
the South Carolina Education Asso
ciation, Mr. J. P. Coates. Mr. Hope
and Mr. Coates in turn introduced their
co-workers from the State Depart
ment and the Education Association.
The meeting was then adjourned to
the grounds of Fuller Park where a
fish supper was served. Supt. W. W.
Carter, of the Barnwell schools, was
in charge of the preparation of the
supper.
Guests for the meeting included
State Supt. Hope, Mr. Coates, H. B.
Dominick, Mrs. M. 0. Birt, Miss Mat-
tie Thomas, Miss Agnes Tennant,
Miss Frances Carroll, Roy Garrett,
Geo D. Brown, S. P. Clemons, J. B.
Felton, J. T. Turner, W. H. Garrison,
H. L. Fulmer, Miss Sadie Rice, Miss
Sara Hook, Miss Julia Rosa, W. A.
Schiffley, Miss Helen. Sandifer, Miss
Claudia Kennemur and Mrs. E.* C.
Shull, of Columbia; and all members
of the Barnwell County Education
Association.
Court With Judge Rice Presiding .
Jurors Drawn Monday.
A one week term of the Court of
General Sessions will convene here
Monday, May 25th, with Judge Hayne
F. Rice, of Aiken, presiding. The list
of jurors is as follows:
H. D. Still, Blackville.
Bascom Morris, Diamond.
H. L. DeWitt, Blackville.
W. B. Fowke, Red Oak.
J. B. Morris, Jr., Kline.
J. Buist Grubbs, Barnwell.
H. R. Christie, Barnwell.
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C. A. Hartzog, Double Pond.s.
C. O. Richardson, Tinker’s Creek.
Harry Blume, Healing Springs.
T. L. Quattlebaum, Williston.
L. F. Sanders, Morris.
R. F. Lott, New Forest.
A. R. Wilson, Ashleigh.
J. W. Bates, Morris.
F. B. Davis, Barnwell.
.Edward D. Dicks, Dunbarton.
C. H. Dicks, Dunbarton.
Aaron Black, Reedy Branch.
J. G. Burckhalter, Dunbarton.
L. A. Harley, Joyce Branch.
T. G. Cobb, Four Mile.
N. S. Black, Double Ponds.
R. C. Black, Reedy Bran%^.
W. R. Moore, Seven Pines.
Lee Lancaster, Ashleigh.
B. L. Peeples, Ellenton.
R. L. Riley, Barnwell.
A. M. Ussery, New Forest.
Eddie Sease, Diamond.
R. L. McClain, Ellenton.
Chester Zorn, Friendship.
L. W. Lott, Healing Springs.
W. H. Bodiford, Double Ponds.
W. H. Black, Reedy Branch.
Makes Memorial Address.
Col. Solomon Blatt made a memorial
Day address before the Barnwell High
School student body Monday, May 11.
Col. Blatt reviewed briefly the his-
| tory of South Carolina from the years
1 iriimediately preceding the War Be-
; tween the States. He stressed the
; fact that slavery wa s not, as is usual
ly believed, the cause of the war, but
j that South Carolina went to conflict
because her rights as a sovereign state
were denied.
Col. Blatt emphasized the fact that
South Carolina was heroic in her
1 struggle for recovery during recon-
' gtruction. He cited 1 the re-welding of
| the nation when the South entered
the Spanish-American war and fought
side by side with the North and again
when the United State s as a whole
entered the World War.
In conclusion, Col. Blatt stressed
; the glorious heritage of Southem men
and women and urged the Barnwell
students to hold high the torch that
has been handed to them.
The Barnwell Chapter, U. D. C.,
sponsored the memorial program.
Mrs. F. S. Brown presided, and on be
half of the chapter presented a map
of the Jefferson Davs Highway con
taining interesting facts about the
“States through which the highway
runs. Superintendient W. W. Carter
accepted the map on behalf of the
school.
Perceding Col. Blatt’s address, Mrs.
Ira Fales led the student body in sing
ing “Dixie.”
Committee Headquarters Close Sat.
Through Saturday of this week the
committeemen will be at their head
quarters bo- help farmers prepare their
work sh0et s in the new farm program.
More than 800 farmers had prepared
their sheets through Friday of last
week. It is expected that practically
all will get these sheets completed by
the end of the week.
Anyone making up sheets will have
to go to the home of his committee
man or to the county agent’s office
if not done this week After the 23rd
final closing date, no work sheets will
be accepted.
Applications for grants cannot be
made unless work sheets have been
prepared on time. * ••
About 1,500 applications of farmer s
have been sent for subsidy payment
on cotton. It is hoped that check$ will
begin to come in for these at an earlj
date. Only 150 have been received
so far.
Dr. Claytor Public Health Officer
Dr. L. T. Claytor, who has been a
practicing physician in Barnwell for
the past ten years, has given up his
active practice to accept the position
of Public Health Officer for Barnwell,
Bamberg and Allendale Counties. He
will have his headquarters in Barn
well, but will have office s in Bamberg
and Allendale.
Dr. J. T. Marshall, of Ninety-Six,
will come here this week to take over 11
Dr. Claytor’s practice. Dr. Marshall
comes here with an excellent record
of service behind him. He will have
his offices in Deason’ s Drug Store.
An Enjoyable Occasion.
Blackville , May 12. — Observing
National Music Week and approaching
Mother’s Day, the Lottye - Moone Cir
cle of the Baptist Missionary Society
met at the home of Misses Pearle and
Ruth Hoffman and! presented an en
joyable program. Miss Ruth Hoff
man, program leader, talked on the
“Origin and Value of Music,” and un
der her direction the members sang
several hymns. Refreshments were
served by the hostess.
Alvertine in The People-Sentinel
Achievement Day
First Announcement
Largely Attended in Barnwell County
More Than 80 Club Members and Corctier J. T. Still Breaks Political
Ice by Announcing for Re-
election M*>nday.
Visitors Enjoyed Activities at
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Local School Building.
Achievement Day for Barnwell
County 4-H Club girls was observtedi
Saturday, May 9th, at the high school
building in Barnwell. More than 80
club members and visitors enjoyed the
activities of the day.
An outstanding feature of the pro
gram was the Dres s Revue, partici
pated in by 33 members, each model
ing a cotton dress made by herself.
The blue ribbon group was: Gene
Swett, Nell Owens, Cecil Harriette
Meyer, Meyer’s Mill club; Louise
Bates, Joyce Branch club; Laura El
la Gantt, Boiling Spring club. The
red ribbon group was: Eloise Sanders,
Hilda club; Margaret Kneece, Vivian
Burckhalter, Joyce Branch club; Mar
jorie Dyches, Hercules club; Deborah
Black, Janie Elizabeth Grubbs, Reedy
Branch club; Irma Mae Allen, Boiling
Springs club.
First place in the health contest
goes to Eloise Sand(?rs; second place
to Louise Bates; third place to Mary
Black.
Laura Ella Gantt, scoring the great
est number of points on her year’s
work, will represent the county in the
Dress Revue at the State Short Course
at *Winthrop College, in June. Eloise
Sand'ers will enter the State Health
contest at the same time.
The local leader scoring the great
est number of points during the year
was Gene Swett. Six other delegates
to the State Short Course will be se
lected from the blue and red ribbon
groups.
During the judging of exhibits Mrs.
H. II. King and her helpers entertain
ed the clubsters and! visitor s with
games, stunts and music.
The assembly period following lunch
was in charge of club girls. A re
port on the local leader training in
stitute by Margaret Kneece, a talk
by Marie Burckhalter on “How the
Local Leader Help? the Club Mem
ber,” and “Fun at. Camp Long” by
Lunette Bate s presented a good pic
ture of 4-H club work in the county.
Entertaining features of the program
were “Grandmother's Diancle” by a
group of Lrng Branch girls, directed
by Mrs. Keel, and a selection by ihe
Meyer’s Mill-Joyce Branch 4-H chorus.
Committees serving for the day
were: Health contest.—Dr. Claytor,
Mis? Patat and Mrs. Mabel Easter
ling; Registration — Mrs. Loretta
Sanders, Mrs. Audrey Myrick, Mrs.
Lucille Croft and Reba Grubbs; Dress
contest—Louise Bates, Mrs. Johnson
and Miss Birta Harden; Judging prac
tice—Gene Swett, Lunnette Bates and
Janie E. Grubbs; Note Books and Rec
ord Cards—Mrs. Lang Cave; Recrea
tion—Mrs. King, Miss Marian Bolen,
Mis s Mamie Still and Miss Marguer
ite Kneece; Lunch—Laura Ella Gantt,
Jennie Eubanks, Dulice Harley and
Irma Mae Allen.
Dress Revue contestants were: Gene
Swett, Rebecca Anderson, Lunnette
Bates, Mae Swett, Nell Owens, Cecil
H. Meyer, Meyer’ s Mill club; Harriett
Breeden, Mary Gardner, Julia Whet
stone, Myrtle Stil, Estelle Still, Heal
ing Springs club; Dulice Harley,
Laura Ella Gantt, Irma Mae Allen,
Boiling Springs club; Miriam Breeden,
Blackville club; Marjorie Dyches, Ruth
Croft, Hercules club; Deborah Black,
Reba Grubbs, Janie E. Grubbs, Leira
Grubbs, Mary Black, Carrie G. Grubs,
Marguerite Croft, Leila Mae Croft,
Reedy Branch club; Eloise Sanders,
Helen Williams, Hilda club, Margaret
Kneece, Marie Burckhalter, Thelma
Harley, Margaret . Beatty, Louike
Bates, Vivian Burckhalter, Joyce
Branch club; Juanita Creech, Kline
club.
All 4-H clubs were represented as
follows: Healing Springs—Audrey
Lott, Mae Still, Lucille Brown, Har
riette Breeden, Beulah Whetstone, Lois
Lott, Helen Odom, Mary Gardner,
Julia Whetstone, Myrtle Still, Estelle
Still, Christilee Davis, Mary Odom,
Mozelle Williams, Marjorie Lott: Boil
ing Springs—Dulice Harley, Laura
Ella Gantt, Irma Mae Allen; Black
ville—Miriam Breeden, Virginia Cain,
Theo Lott, Miriam Odom; Hercules—
Marjorie Dyches, Ruth Croft; Meyer’s
Mill—Gene Swett, Cecil H. Meyer,
Rebecca Anderson, Lunnette Bates,
Mae Swett, Nell Owens, Talula Wil
son, Marian Ellis, Gladys Wilson;
Reedy Branch—Deborah Black, Reba
Grubbs, Janie E. Grubbs, Leira Grubbs,
Mary Black, Carrie G. Grubbs, Mar
guerite Croft, Leila Mae Croft; Hilda
—Eloise Sanders, Helen Williams;
McKissick Praises
Confederate Valor
Only Four Representatives of Lee’s
Army Attended Rivers Bridge
Celebration.
The poljtical ice was broken in
Barnwell County Morndlay morning
when Coroner James T. Still of this
city, threw his hat,into the ring as a
candidate for re-election, and his
formal card will be foun delspwhere
in thi s issue of The v People-^e^tinel.
He was. first elected four years ago in
a hotly congested election, being
nominated in the second primary af
ter several other candidates had been
eliminated in the first. During his
incumbency he has performed the
duties of his office quite acceptably
and so far there have been no rumors
of opposition. Coroner Still succeed
ed N. A. Hiers, who had been appoint
ed to fill out the unexpired term of the
late D. P. Lancaster.
Usually at this time of a political
year; several candidates have made
their formal announcements through
these columns, but the political crop
this year i s apparently as late a s the
cotton crop. Perhaps „both crops are
in need of refreshing showers.
Green Manure Crops
Are Soil-Building
County Agent Boylston Lists Approv
ed Practices W’hich Will
Qualify Producers.
The list of approved practices which
will qualify producers in the South
ern Region for soil-building pay
ments under the agricultural conserva
tion program includles turning under
or leaving on the land a number of
legumes and other crops, according to
County Agent Boylston.
The total for soil-building payments
for a farm may NOT exceed the soil
building allowance. This allowance
may be calculated by multiplying the
number of acres used exclusively for
soil-conservation crops in 1936, plus
acres planted in legumes following
truck crops by $1.00.
The list of practices under which
crops are left on the land or turned
I under and the conditions of payment
include the following practices with
specified rates of payments and con
ditions required:
Group 1.—Soybeans, velvetbeans,
cewpeas, crotalaria, beggar weed and
other locally adapted summer le
gumes; $1.50 per acre, if grown on
cropland in 1936 and vines or stalks
left on land and seed not harvested
for oilmill crushing, or $2.00 per acre
if plowed under green.
Group 2.—Crimson clover, bur clo
ver, Austrian winter peas, vetch and
other locally adapted winter legumes;
$1.50 per acre when turned undenbe-
tween January 1, 1936, and October
31, 1936.
Group 3.—Rye, cats, barley, Italian
rye grass, wheat or mixtures of these;
$1.00 per acre when turned under as
green manure after making reason
able growth (not less than two
months growth) in the spring of 1936,
provided that such crop s have not
gone through the dough stage.
Group 4.—Any sorghum, Sudan or
millet, seedtd solid or broadcast; $1
per acre when seeded between Janu
ary 1, 1936, and July 31, 1936, and all
the crop is left on the land or plowed
under.
Ehrhardt, May 8.—Four lone repre
sentatives of Lee’s powerful hosts and
a crowd of 2,000 others heard praise
for the courage andl valor of the Con
federate men and women at the six
tieth annual Rivers Bridge Memorial
celebration today.
The commemoration marked the
battle of Saltkehatchie river where
1,200 Confederate soldiers battled more
than 20,000 Federals and held! them
temporarily on their march through
South Carolina,
J. Rion McKissick, president-elect
of the University of South Carolina,
was the principal speaker of the day.
“Never in the world’s history,” he
said, “have the fortitude, endurance
and valor of the Confederate soldiers
against overwhelming numbers and
resources been equaled.
“For four years they hurled back in
defeat again and again the armies of
a nation that con tained three million
more men capable of bearing arms.
“In practically every battle of con
sequence they were outnumbered, yet
how often and how gloriously they
triumphed 1 . Ha s any other army in
history contained so large a propor
tion of leaders and soldiers of a
Christian faith and conduct?”
In paying tribute to the women of
the Confederacy he said “No other
nation that has ever lived has had as
it? secondl line of defense and its un
failing source of inspiration a host of
more patriotic and heroic women than
those of the Confederacy.”
The Veterans present were: Henry
F. Pearson, of Bamberg County; T.
J. Ready, of Barnwell County; Geo.
W. Way, of Colleton County, and J.
R. ChaldVess, of Greenville. The lat
ter participated in the battle at
Rivers Bridge. They were introduced
to the audience by I>r. L. A. Hartzog,
the Parris Island Marine band and its
trio. Flowers were placed on the
grave where 16 Confederate soldiers
are buried. Two buglers sounded
“Taps” after the sacred mound had
been decorated, one at the grave and
another some distance away, sounding
an echo.
Highway Measure Is
Explained by Brown
Declares Bill Meets All Gorernor’s
Objections But Withholds
“Dictatorial Power.”
Declaring that the new highway bill,
carrying the combined features of tag
price reductions, reorganisation and
an $8,000,000 road construction pro
gram, which Governor Olin D. John-
jston vetoed late Friday almost before
the ink. on it was dr?, wa g “not a
bobtailed” masure in that ail amend
ments were “germane to the subject,”
Senator Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell,
told the senate Friday in a prepared
statement that the “puMic ought to.
know that this bill i 8 now presented to
the governor for hig signature meets
every demand which the governor of
South Carolina, either as Legislator or
as governor, has ever made with refer
ence to highway matters, except that
it does not give him dictatorial power
to name and control the personnel of
the highway commission.”
The senator’s statement came to
ward the clcse of a busy session during
which the senate considered and adopt
ed two major amendments to the bill
a s made in the house, one taking the
form of a new concession to the gov
ernor. It would prevent “de facto”
commissionerg from holding office be
yond their terms. Eight of the pres
ent commissioners are in this class.
The other would require the governor
to commission board members elected
by the legislative delegations and
would make their certificates of elec
tion authority for them to act until he
did so. The amendments were adopted
without a record vote.
The~senator explained that the sen
ate did not change the provisions of
the original bill relating to license
tags, which he said was introduced in
the house in February, 1935, but added
provision s carried in the original road
construction bill and also certain pro
visions of the highway reorganization
bill, both of which had! passed through
who presiAd Music was furnished by thr Lr..di„ g , in ho^nTin
trip Parris Is anH Marine kansl o**sJ ....
Watermelon Growers’ Meeting.
The marketing agreement on water
melons will be in effect again in 1936.
It may control the size and condition
of the watermelons that are shipped,
require inspection and the control
committee may declare a holiday, 48
hours, in which no melons may be
shipped, if they deem it advisable.
A meeting to be held 1 in the Court
House Friday morning at 10 o’clock
is for the purpose of electing a dele
gate to the State meeting where the
control committee will be elected. The
county delegate will have as many
’ votes at the State meeting as mem
bers attending the county meeting;
therefore, all watermelon grower s who
| expect to ship this year are urged to
! attend the meeting at the Court
House on Friday morning at 10 o’
clock.—H. G. Boylston, Co. Agt.
Joyce Branch —Margaret Kneece,
Marie Burckhalter, Thelma Harley,
Margaret Beatty, Louise Bates and
Vivian Burckhalter.
INCLUDE ORCHARD LANDS
IN CONSERVATION PROGRAM
Fruit growers will be able to earn
payments under the agricultural con
servation program, according to Boyls
ton, County Agent. Land devoted to
orchards, vineyards, small fruits and
nut trees is included as cropland un
der the provisions of the program.
If such land is clean cultivated, it
is classified as neutral. If it was
used in 1935 to produce as interplant-
ed soil-depleting crop, the actual
acreage so used is classified as soil-
depleting. If it is interplanted with
a soil-covering crop, the actual acre
age so used is classified as soil-con
serving.
The provisions governing rates of
payment and' requirements for qualifi
cation for payment are the same on
the interplanted part of all land de
voted to orchards, vineyards, small
fruits and nut tree s as on other crop
land.
Barnwell Red Cress Re-organized.
A special meeting of the Barnwell
County Chapter, American Red Cross,
was held at the Court House on Mon
day morning, the 11th inst., at ten
o’clock. The purpose of the meeting
was for the election of officers for
the ensuing year and a general re-or-
ganization of the Barnwell County South Carolina.
Chapter.
Solomon Blatt, Esq., presided over
the meeting. Miss McNiel, field rep
resentative from Washington, now
stationed at Columbia, was present and
gave some very helpful suggestions a s
to the work outlined by the National
Red Cross for the coming year.
The following officers were unani
mously elected for the ensuing year:
Solomon Blatt, chairman; Mrs. G. M.
Greene, vice-chairman; Miss Nell Dun
each had been considered for months.
He added that the amendment pro
posed by the senate wa s adopted by
the senate after a subcommittee on
highways had been working on it for
weeks.
.“The governor now seems to have
only one objection to proceeding with
the highway program and that is that
the general assembly refuses him per
mission to name the highway commis
sioners and control the program. This
seems to be an arbitrary rule of “rule
or ruin’ and i s contrary to the provis-
iens of the bill which the governor
himself introduced when a member of
the house of representatives in 1929
and 1930, being house bill No. 1069,
in the first paragraph of which he
would reorganize the highway depart
ment by appointing the highway com
missioners ‘upon the recommendation
of a majority of the members of the
legislative delegations to the general
assembly from the counties composing
the judicial circuits from which the
member is appointed.’ This i g exact
ly what the present bill proposes- to
do.”
“The tag reduction feature of the
bill is completely in line with what
the governor has been advocating for
years. The reduction in tags of one to
seven dollars gives an average tag re
duction over the State of less than the
governor’g famed $3 tag demand,” he
added.
“The road program probably does
not meet with the approval of the
governor's view on building roads be
cause he has never advocated the
building of any road or roads in South
Carolina, notwithstanding his recent
declaration in a radio speech that he
would sign bond& to build roads in
bar, secretary and P. A. Price, treas
urer. Members of the executive com
mittee are tol* be selected at a later
date by the above named officers.
Representatives from all sections of
the county wUl compose the commit
tee.
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“So fa s a 8 I am concerned, and I
believe I speak the sentiment of a
majority of the general assembly, if
we are to have roacis built in South
Carolina, if we are to have reorganiza
tion of the highway department, if we
are to have tags reduced, this hill is
the only means to gain that end. If
the governor is determined not th have
the tag reduction, not to build any
more roads, not to have a reorganiza
tion of v the highway department and
to allow the old highway commission-
erg to remain in office, I suggest that
he veto this bill,” the Barnwell senator
said.
A. H. Nelson, of Laurinburg, N. C., _ . _ w
was the guest of friends here Sunday. ( Mrs. H. H. Brown in Charleston.
Visitors ir Charleston.
Blackville, May 12.—The Rev. J. B.
Hoffman aid family spent Sunday with
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