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-thMT l i T ttViMli ' "IiiiiHII in n i V . . ^ » ~ M Z‘| HT TUB OFTICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY.*^3 Barnwell -Sentinel Consolidated June 1, 1925. VOLUME LIX. New License Stamps Make Barnwell Debut State Tax Commission Experimenting * With Sticker Designed to Pre vent Reuse. The new 3-cent cigarette tax stamps, with which the South Carolina Tax commission is experimenting, have made their appearance in Barnwell and have met with the wholehearted endorsement of N. D. Coclin, local jobber, who expressed the hope a few dlays ago that the Tax Commission will soon make othef" denominations avail able to the trade. The new stamp is designed to prevent re-vse and is known as the “decalcomania’ or “de cal” stamp. It i s nothing more than several layers of ink on adhesive paper end is transferred to the cellopharie wrapper of moistenedl a few secondg in water. Any attempt to remove the stamp for re-use results in its disappearance end the experiment is being conducted with the expectation that there will be a substantial increase in revenue fjao, this source, as it is claimed that old style paper stamp was used more than once. The experiment was made possible through the cooperation of the Joint Committee on Printing with the Tax Commission. Similar stamps are in use in Arizona, Arkansas, Pennsylvania and! several other . States for the collection of the tobac co and liquor taxes. For many years the federal gov ernment seemed greatly worried about the possibility of re-use of its post age stomps and prior to about 1880, a number of experimental papers, all designed to prevent removal of the cancellation were tried. The most commonly used device was the grill, rough impression made in the fact of the stamp similar to that used in some check protection devices to prevent alteration. This-device was used also by Peru. It continued in use for a number of years, but was aban doned. Later, what is known as the wheel punch” was used. Thi s was a cut in the center of, the stamp in the shape of a cog wheel, which would tear out of the st:<mp if an attempt was mrd? to remove the cancellation. Multiple Ply Paper Tried. \nother experiment wa> the use of double or. triple paper, which would come apart and dissolve if the stamp were immersed in water or any other chemical for’ removal of the. cancellation. But the pendulum, so far as the federal government is concerned has swung in the other direction. Nowa days, pre-canceled stamps may be bought by users of large quantities of stamps. These stamps have the name of the city printed across the face and are affixed to mail, no further can cellation being required. Through there is nothing but the fear of the law to prevent their being sent back to the city of origin for re-use, the saving in the labor of canceling each indi vidual piece of mail is believed to more than offset the small proportion of loss sustained in this manner. In foreign countries, another de vice to protect the government from fraud was the use of a silk thread, one of which passed through the paper at about the center of each stamp. An attempt to rub out the cancellation would result in the’ tearing out of this threod and the breaking of the paper. Letters Used on Stamps. In England, the early stamps bore letters in the lower comers, each of the 240 stamps in a sheet having a different combination of letters, so thet a complete plate can be recon structed from them.' Later, the let ters were placed in all corners, the combination in the upper corner being the reverse of the one in the lower corners. The idea of the letter s originally was to prevent forgery, it being thought that forger hardly would make an entire plate, and if too many stamps bearing the same letters came into use, it would) arouse suspicion. The additional tetter^ at the top were put in as a protection against the cutting off of the uncanceled parts of two stamps and ipaipting them to gether to form an apparently unusedv samp. The letter combination would stand but one chance in 240 of matching. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Myers and Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Lyons, of Miami, Fla.,, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Phillips. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel «# Ju«t Like a Member of the Family M Largest County Circulation. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 21ST, 1936. NUMBER 36. Seen and Heafd Here During the Past Week A Little Senae and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don't Know. Senate Joins House j Blackville School in Overriding Veto Finals Announced Highway Measure Becomes Law in Successful Year to Close With Exer cises for Grammar and High School Graduates. J. Buist Grubbs making plan s to take his family to West Point next month to attend the graduation of his son, Elmer, from the United States Military Academy. They wilL~make the trip by automobile. . . Farmers complaining about the lengthy drought and everybody hoping for rain. It is estimated that hordly more than 50 per cent, of the county’s cotton crop is up and much of it to “bad stands,” while present prospects are fo ra sharply curtailed cucumber crop. . . . . S. E. Moore, of Snelling, recall ing a similar condition several years that when the rains' finally came he never saw “such a roll of cotton” in hi s fields Quite a number of golfers on the Sweetwater country club course Sun- Kfety. v . . Coroner J. T. Still thonking the editor for “the nice write up” of hi s candidacy for re- election in last week’s issue of The ;People-|SentinJel. . . . Local man remarking that there are no indica tions of “race suicide” in and around Barnwell. . . . Local automobile owner dickering for a new car and finally deciding to retire the old bus. . . . In other words, to retire or re-tire—that is the question. . . . But the siren song of the salesman is hard to resist. . . Barnwell homes • looking very lovely in their settings of early summer green. . . Par ents counting the days before the return of their young hopefuls from college for their s u m- m e r veation. .... Announcer advertising beer over a local amplify ing system and inadvertently naming a dry goods s tore . as the dealer, there by mixing the wet and the dry. . . Local folks starting their annual pil grimages to the beaches. “Rowdy” Gleaton with a fishin’ pole long enough to reach across any ordi- ru»ry stream. . . . The' Bamberg Herald referring to Bob Gettys’ “ped estal extrimity coverings,” whatever they are. . . And that same news paper recording the fact that women of the Sixties from Barnwell County attending the Rivers’ Bridge memorial celebration were Mrs. Emma Dyches, of Hilda, and Mrs. Alice Still, of Blackville. T. J. Ready, of this county, w< s on of the four Confed erate Veterans in attendance. . . And a local man declaring that the War Between the States was the most “unnecessary” of all conflicts, having been fought, he contend?, to keep the rich men in possession of their slaves and, for the most part, hymen who never owned a slave—that many of the rich land' and slave owners hired the poorer classes to do their fighting. ... A welcome absence of dogs and stray curs roaming the streets since the city fathers order ed that all canines be confined for a period of severcl weeks. INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS FROM ASHLE1GH SECTION The Blackville schools will close an other successful year Tuesday, May Spite of Governcr’s Opposition. Bitter Fight Ends. pmmmmmrnmmmmm The long bitter controversy over the reorganization of the South Carolina highway department apparently came | 26th, with appropriate exercise s for to an end Thursday when the house both grammar and high school graoVi- of representatives, by a margin of ates. The Rev. James P. Wesherry, three votes, and the senate, by an of Bamberg, will deliver the corn- overwhelming majority, passed over mencement sermon in the schol audi- the veto of Governor Johnston the torium Sunday evening ,Ma y 24th, at combination highway act—the act 8:15 o’clock, for which occasion a which the governor had termed 1 a special program of music has been New Road Measure Brings Quick Action Legislative Delegations Prepare to Elect an Entirely New Road Commissicct. Farm Women’s Council Is Largely Attended prf. Solomon Blatt Speaks on “Citizen ship”-to Gathering of About * ' .. Fifty People. “legislative omelet,” a “three-headed monster.” The house vote was 82 to 39, that of the senate 32 to 5, and the rhem- bers of the Barnwp.ll Cmint.y dalagra- Tuesday arranged by Mrs. C. A. Buist. and the high school glee club under the direc tion of Mrs. Byron Wham. Graduation exercise g yvill be held Ashleigh, May 18.—Mrs. Q. A. Diamond and granddaughters, Doris and Frances Lazar, of the Long Branch section, were visitor s at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Owens Sunday. 1 ■f Mrs. L. R. Osborne and children,-iof Rock Hill are spending a few weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hair. Mrs. A. E. Hartin and son, Palmer, of Columbia, spent a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Ross the past week, taking little Sallie Ross back with them for a few days visit. The Rev. Raemy, pastor of the Ashleigh Baptist Church, preached a fine sermon here Sunday in honor of “Mothers’ Day.” He and Mrs. Raemy and little daughter, Patricia Ann, left for Maryland on a three weck s visit Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Creech and son, Billy, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Stafford Creech and son, Bobby, of Barnwell, were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Owens Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hair and lit tle daughter, June, of Denmark, spent the past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hair. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hair, Mrs. L. R. Osiborne and children were visitors in Denmark Sunday. Horace Wilson returned to his home at Fort Moultrie Sunday night after spending a few day s at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Wilson. tion played leading roles in the final passage of the measure. Wednesday, the house had sustain ed the veto by a narrow margin, then ft moved to reconsider its action, and Thursday, amid scenes tense with in terest, it gave the measure the neces sary two-third s majority. There was applause and cheering when Speaker Claude A. Taylor an nounced that the bill had been passed. Out in the lobby there was further demonstration, as supporters of the bil] cheered and sang and congratu lated one another. The»veto message w'ds read in the senate after it convened at 8 p. m. There was no debate. Several sen ators, wearied' by the session-long is sue, cried: “Put the question. Let’s vote.” And they did, making law of the highway act. Ben M. Sawyer, cheif highway com missioner, object of the governor’s at tack on a hundred stumps, made no statement. Governor Johnston, who at first did not comment, said) later that “it seems that the wishes of the people will have to be again spoken at the polls this summer.” In a brief statement, he expressed his “sincere thanks to those members of the house and senate who have worked so earnestly and honorably to help me carry out my pledges to the people of South Carolina. “I commend each of them to the people of our great State,” h? said, “and know that their effoits will not be unappreciated.” The passage of the bill over the veto was the major defeat the gov ernor had suffered since he was in augurated January 15, 1935, when, from the State House steps, before a cheeri throng, he delivered his in augural address, calling on members of the highway commission to hand in their resignations. Since that day, much water has gone over the dam; the governor has met with passive reverses and with passive triumphs. But interest in the last few days, at any rate, had been centered in the combination highway bill, and its pas sage Thursday was naturally a blow’ to the chief executive and his sup porters. Calling of Roll. The contesting sides, so evenly bal anced that a shift of one or two votes meant a shifting of the result, with nerves taut and 1 interest at highest pitch, followed the reading clerk as the roll was called and the result was known even before the speaker had announced it. Not in years had a fight in the leg islative halls been so intense and bit ter. The fight for the passage of the liquor law, in comparison, was a s a game of duckpins. Governor Johnston was not in the hall when the final vote was taken, nor was his secretary’, Roy Powell, who left soon after F. M. Roddy, of Fairfield, called for the enforcement of a house rule relative to persons who may be in the hall while the house is in session. school auditorium. Speakers for the occasion, all of whom are members- of the senior class, are Caroline Kemp, Alluwee Ross, Emma Boylston, Mil dred Buist and Manuel Kaplan. A musical program will be presented by Mrs. G. F. Posey and members of the glee club. At thi s time, also, pupils competing the course of study prescribed for grammar schools will receive recogni tion in the presentation of diplomas and certificates. The following award's, to be an nounced Tuesday night, May 26, are of special interest: To the pupil having the highest average in each grade; to student attaining The yearly honor roll; roll perfect attendance records; the American Legion award to the boy who most successfully meets the requirements and standards ofeitizen- ship, andl a similar one to a girl, presented by the American Legion Auxiliary. The Joseph Koger chap ter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will present an award to the student having the highest aver age in American history. Members of the senior class who are candidates for State High School diplomas are: David Baughman, Myr tle Bessinger, Emma Boylston, Mar ion Buist, Mildred Buist, D. J. Cain, Ruth Croft, Arleen Cromer, Wilford Epps, Runelle Gray, Martha Guess, Manuel Kaplan, Caroline Kemp, Allu wee Ross, Louise Sandifer and Lur- line Still. Re-elect WUliston Teachers. At a recent meeting of the local boards of education the following regular teachers were re-elected for next session, 1936-’37, of the VVillis- ton-Elko school system; Junior-senior high school: Principal, M. M. Player, John Miley, Misses Newsom, Sarah Dunlap, Doro thy Hightower, Annie Steedly ami Elizabeth McNair. Williston Grammar .school: Principal, P. N. Wise, Misses Eloise Quattlebaum, Gene Way, Geraldine George, Dorothy Miller and Julia K. Pennel. Elko Grammar School: Principal, L. E. Stansell, and Miss Mattie Lee Bennett. The schools will he again headed by C. K. Ackerman, as superintend ent, hi< 8th year here.—Williston Way. Under terms of the reorganization highw’ay bill passed over the gover nor’s veto Thursday, legislative dele gations began preparations immediate ly to elect an entirely new State high way commission. The new act cut short the terms of five commissioners who were appoint ed to serve until April, 1938. It provided! that delegations of the .14 judicial circuits should meet and elect within 15 days, a commission of 14 with the same powers as the pres ent hoard. There” was no” provision precluding the election of member s of the pres ent board, or changing a statute under which iChief Commissioner Ben M Sawyer was chosen to serve until May, 1937. The new commission would possess all power s the old' one, would re ceive $100 a year each, and would' serve for four-year terms after the first elections. Commissioners from the Second, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth and Fourteenth highway districts would be elected for initial terms expiring April 15, 1938. Those from the Third, Eighth, Elev enth and Thirteenth districts would serve until April 15, 1939, and com missioners of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh districts until April 15, 1940. Terms thereafter would be four years. The delegations by circuits and' present commissioners representing the counties follow: First—Calhoun, Dorchester, Orange burg; E. L. Culler, of Orangeburg. Second—Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell; C. F. Rizer, of Olar. Third— Clarendon, Lee, Sumter, Williamsburg; E. S. Booth, of Sum ter. Fourth — Chesterfield, Darlington, Marlboro, Dillon; -John C. Bethea, of "Dillon. Fifth—Kershaw and) Richland; W. P. Hamrick,, of Columbia. Sixth—York, Chester, Lancaster, Fairfield; John T. Stevens, of Ker shaw. Seventh—Spartanburg, Union and Cherokee; C. O. Hearon, gf Spartan- j burg. Eighth—'Greenwood, Abbeville, Lau- l rens, Newberry; Z. F. Wright, of New- berry. Ninth—Charleston, Berkeley; E. T. Heyward, of Charleston. Tenth—Anderson, Oconee; Ralph R. Ramer, of Anderson. Eleventh—Lexington, Saluda, Edge- field, McCormick; George Bell Tim- merman, of Lexington. Twelfth—Florence, Horry, Marion, Georgetown; W. A. Stilley, Jr., of Conway, Johnston appointee, uncon firmed by senate. Thirteenth—Greenville,- Pickens; R. M. Dacus, of Greenville. Fourteenth — Allendale, Hampton, Colleton, Jasper Beaufort; W. Fred Lightsey, of Siiley. Negrr.es Engage in Fight. Blatt Amends Bill. When the unemployed compensa tion measure came up in the house Friday, an amencJment by Representa tive Solomon Blatt, of Barnwell, to care for ‘unemployed' farmers and merchants” was adopted. “I ask for these no higher right than you ask for the poor mill boy,” Mr. Blatt said. It was pointed out that funds to finance the system would come from industrial pay rolls and that the amendment might make the bill unconstitutional. The measure car ried an appropriation of $40,000, to be matched by federal funds, for opera tion of employment agencies. In an altercation on Sunday night near Snelling, Leroy Pressey shot Joree McCreary in the head. Pressey then turned the gun on Alex Owens and) wounded him in the hand. AH three participants in the fight are ne groes. McCreary was carried to the Uni versity Hospital in Augusta on Mon day morning in a serious condition, with a bullet lodged in his head. The shots were fired from a .32 pistol. Sheriff J. B. Morris and his deputy, Gilmore S. Harley, arrested Pressey and) lodged him in the Barnwell Coun ty jail to await the outcome of Mc Creary’s injuries before placing for mal charges against him, it was learned from the sheriff’s office Tues day. - _ Short Cucumber Crop. More than 50 people attended the meeting of the Farm Women’s Coun cil at the high school building in Barnwell Saturday, May 16th. After the call to order by the president, Mrs. Manning, & short de votional was led by Mrs. Wm. Mc- Nab, chairman of Religion and Wel fare. The principal addres s of the day was given by Col. Solomon Blatt, who spoke on citizenship. Mrs. J. A. Riley, district director of the council, wjp^s present and used a s the theme of her talk the Creed of the South Carolina Council of Farm Women. Readings were &iven by Clifford Jones, Jennie Diamond and Sophia Coclin, winners in the primary and! elementary grade oratorical contest. Music was furnished by Mrs. J. M. Brodie. An instructive period was that in which representatives of the various county educational and welfare agen cies at work in the county were pre sented. A brief outline was given by the following representatives: Miss Courson, director, DPW; Dr. Claytor, county health unit; Mrs. O. H. Best, director Women’s Work, WPA; Mrs. W. J. Lemon, T. B. As sociation; Mrs. B. W. Sextorr, NYA; Mr. Evans, vocational agriculture; Mrs. G. M. Greene, Crippled Chil dren’s committee and Red Cross; Mr. Boylston, extension service (farm agent) and American Legion; Mrs. Easterling, United Daughters of the Confederacy; Mrs. Cave; Daughters of the American Revolution; Mr. In- abinet, the Churches; Miss McNab, extension service (home agent); Mrs. Willis, Resettlement Administration; Mr. Carter, the schools; Mrs. Man ning, Farm Women’s Council. Picnic lunch was served in the Home Ec. room. Following the lunch hour a cake walk was enjoyed by the group. Mcrion Creech was the winner of the cake. Committees serving were: Flower Show—Mrs. O’Bannon, Mrs. W. J. Lemon; Transportation—Miss Birta Harden, Mrs. H. H. King; Judges (scrap book and flowers)—Mrs.Dlaree Cail, Mrs. J. M. Brodie, Mrs. Furman Davis; Lunch—Mrs. Lang Cave, Mrs. G. M. Greene, Mrs. Lloyd Vickery; Music—Mrs. Mazursky, Mrs. Brodie; Registration—Mrs. R. E. Sanders and Mrs. Allen Myrick. Ten communities were represented'. The flower show was opened to members and visitors at 2:00 o’ clock. Twenty-five exhibits consist ing of three classes were made: Rib bon winners were: Vase: Blue Ribbon, Mrs. Clarence Collins; Red Ribbon, Mrs. Milledge Black; White Ribbon, Mrs. R. T. Wiliams. Bowl: Blue Rib bon, Mrs. Lucille Croft; Red Ribbon, Mrs. W. H. Manning. Basket: Blue Ribbon, Mrs. Wm. McNab; Red 1 Rib bon, Miss Birta Harden; White Rib bon, Mrs. Alma Collins: Honorable mention, Mrs. Mozelle Fail. P. Hawkins Baxley. Blackville, May 19.—P. Hawkins Baxley died at his home in Blackville Saturday evening, May 16. He had been in declining health for several years. In the absence of his pastor, the funiral services were in charge of the Rev. J. C. Inabinet and 1 the Masons and were held Sunday after noon at 5:30 at the Blackville ceme tery. Mr. Baxley is survived by his widow and one child, Mrs. Hammond Brad shaw, of Denmark; two sisters, Mrs. Warren Anderson, of Greenville, and Mrs.' William Stallings, of Trenton, New Jersey, and one brother, Percy Baxley, of Barnwell. He had been a resident of Blackville for about 30 years, and was a member of the Blackville Baptist Church. Mrs. Camilla M. Long. Top-Spinning Cctitest. A short cucumber crop is indicated thi s season, owing to the prolonged drought, and Geo. E. Price, of Co lumbia, Clemson College marketing specialist; "predicts that South Caro ling will do well to ship 900 cars of “cukes,” 500 less than last year, but that there will be an increase of about 25 ‘ per cent, in watermelon produc tion. ADVERTISE ir The People-Sentinel V T. D. Creighton, recreational leader for Barnwell, will hold a top-spinning contest at the Fuller Park pavilion on Friday, May 22, at five o’clock. Ribbons will ‘be awarded to the prettiest top; the one that spins the longest; spinning for distance; four stunts for top-spinning; HML foot dash; accuracy spinning, and several other interesting contests. The following will be judges: J. H. Oswald, Jack Harley and Thomas Crenshaw. Mrs. Camilla M. Long, of the Siloam section of the county, passe daway at her home at 3:30 o’clock Friday af ternoon, May 15th. Mrs. Long had been in ill health for some time when pneumonia set in on Friday morning and she lived for only a few hours. She was'iard to rest the following afternoon in the Siloam Churchyard following services at the Siloam Methodist Church with the Rev. J. C. Inabinet, of" Barnwell, officiating, in the absence of her pastor. Mrs. Long i 8 survived by one daughter, Miss Marie Morris, and one son, S. E. Morris, both of the Siloam section; one sister, Mrs. Annie McCurkle, of Fort Gaines, Ga; one uncle, H. D. Williams, of Andalusia, Ala., and 1 one aunt, Mrs. W. R. Morris, of Spring- field. Christmas Seal Sale. A report from headquarter 3 in Co lumbia states that the total Christ mas seal sale in Barnwell County amounted to $278.34; Bamberg Coun ty, $291.78; Allendale County, $247.51; Hcmpton County, $205.36; Orange burg County, $1,353.12. MoriDthan $43,000 worth of seals was sold in South f Carolina. 3 'M Advertise In The People-Sentinel