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-Sentinel Consolidated June 1, 1925. *Ju«t Like a Member of the Family' 1 VOLUME LIX. BARNWELL, “SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH, 1936. Larcest County Circnlatkm. NUMBER 39. Deason’s Drug Store Suffers $100 Loss BarnweH’g First Robbery in Several Years Occurred «t Early Hour Wednesday Morning. Common Pleas Court Second Week Jurors Barnwell's first robbery in several months was committed here Wednes- day night when an unknown prowler Scheduled Two Weeks Term of Civil Court Convenes Here Next OPENING GUN OF CAMPAIGN FIRED TUESDAY AT HILDA Mcciday Momng. Candidate* for State Senate, House of Representatives and Other Aspirants Made Their Initial Appeals for the Suf frage of the ‘gDeer Peepul.” Those who went to Hilda Tuesday Petit jurors for the second week of the Court of Common Pleas, which entered Deason’g Drug Store by way | convenes here next Monclay with Judge morn j ng t o attend the opening meet- of the skylight and escaped’ with Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, presiding, 1 in? of the Barnwell County campaign, a small amount of cash, watches and were drawn Monday, as follows: jewelry valued at about $100. So M. S. Hair, Green’s Academy far nothing has been missed except W. B. Harley, Kline. the cash, and the jewelry which was in a showcase near the rear of the store and right below the point of en trance. About 2:30 that morning, Monroe Morris, manger of the, store and Wil son Walker entered the front door and heard a disturbance near the rear. They stepped out and Mr. Walker sum moned the night watchman while Mr. Morris watched from the front of the store. Mr. Morris states that he thought possibly it wa s a cat until he noticed the outline of a man in the dim light near the prescription coun ter. J. S. Still, the night watchman, and Mr. Walker returned and the three of them entered the store, and, noting that the door leading to Dr. Marshall’s office in the rear was Open, dashed on through. After a thorough search which proved fruit less, they returned to the prescrip tion counter and noticed the broken skylight. A search wa s then started behind 1 the store and a ladder lead ing to the roof was found. The searchers acquired the county bloodhounds and they trailed the cul prit through alleys and back streets until the trail was lost at the Barn- well-Blackville highway. The prowler left score s of plainly marked fingerprints on the lattice work which he used to climb down from the roof, and a fingerprint expert from Columbia was enlised to take these. Sheriff J. B. Morris and his deputy, Gilmore S. Harley, have some clues on which they are working and it is expected that the guilty party •will be apprehended shortly. mg expecting to witness a display of poli tical fireworks and hbping that fac tional feeling would be stirred up, must have been greatly disappointed. Instead of the political bitterness which apparently some had hoped to wit ness, the meeting wa s as calm as a May morn and harmony and the best interests of the county were appar ently the watchwords. Instead 1 of the anticipated political explosion, the au- R. L. Hair, Williston. Jos. Ashley, Four Mile. W. P. Walsh, Williston. M. M. Mazursky, Barnwell. B. Wilson Walker, Barnwell. J. M. Diamond, Barnwell. P. A. Baxley, Blackville. C. * D. Owens, Kline. Toby Sanders, Reedy Branch. dience heard the opponents of the J.^ M. Anderson.^Greene s Academy. |p resen t delegation praise its mem bers and their management of county W. F. Shuler, Williston. C. G. Youngblood 1 , Ellenton. A. G. Hay, Friendship. T. D. Creighton, Jr., Seven Pines. Harry Birt, Long Branch. W. Hayne Dyches, Hilda. W. W. Mai tin, Blackville. B. F. Gibson, Kline. Walter Givens, New Forest. W. L. Gleaton, Barnwell. Wm. R. Carroll, Blackville. J. M. Rowell, Hilda. J. B. Robinson, Green’s Academy. Jennings A. Owens, Barnwell. J. T. Staley, Elko.- - J. F. Swett, Meyer’s Mill. W. L. Molair, Barnwell. H. W. Still, Blackville. Glenn Browning, Barnwell. A. D. Connor, Jr., Barnwell. P. E. Allen, Blackville. Joe Croft, Double Ponds. Pete Johnson, Ellenton. Victor Lewis, Kline. Boxing Match to Be Staged Here Friday American Legion Post U Barnwell Is Sponsoring Several Bouts at Vamp Theatre. Triple “C” News Notes (By Arthur Riddock, Reporter.) There were two high lights in the news of Co. 4468 during the past week, the dance and the ball game. W’e will talk about the dance first. It was given at*the recreation hall Fri day night, with George Hall and his orchestra, from Batesburg and Black ville supplying the music. It was a cknce that the people who attended will talk about for a long time. Everybody was in high spit its, and Candidates for Magistrate. Elsewhere in this issue of The Peo ple-Sentinel will be found several new announcements for magistrate. Down in Great Cypres^ township, Magistrate J. W. Sanders is seeking reelection after having served very acceptably in this capacity for several terms. Prior to that time he was a fedeial prohibition law enforce ment officer and’ participated in nu merous raids throughout the State Over at Hilda, W. K. Black is seek affairs in the highest terms but sought, the support of those who are not satisfied with the present county administration. The meeting was presided’ over by N. A. Hiers, of the Hercules club, who introduced the first speaker, J. M. Sprawls, of Williston, candidate for the State senate. Declaring that he has no criticism to make of the mem bers of the present delegation and the manner in which they have handled the affairs of the county in the past, he said 1 that if the voters are satisfied with the present management of the county he advises them to vote for Senator Brown and the other two members of the delegation, but that if they are not so satisfied he will appreciate their support. Mr. Sprawls was followed by Sena tor Edgar A. Brown, who, in a well balanced speech of some length, re viewed what the delegation has ac complished*, including the building of one of the finest road systems to be found in any county in the State; the reduction in auto tags to an average of $2.52 each, the lowest in the Unit ed States; the establishment of a health unit for the benefit of the poor people of Barnwell County, paid for by the State; the establishment of a the people, Colonel Blatt produced the records to show that Mr. Folk, in 1932 a s a member of the house of repre sentatives from this county, was in strumental in passing the law which took the election of the supervisor and county commissioners out of the pri mary and placed their selection in the hands of the county delegation. Colonel Blatt reviewed fully the rec ord of the delegation and his fight in the house for the mortgage morator ium act, which prevents the foreclos ure of mortgages on farms and homes during the depression; the reduction of penalites on delinquent taxes; the reduction of the State debt; the reduc- ion of the county debt and operating expenses; the fair and square manage ment of the affairs of the county for the benefit of all the people; the delegation’s cooperation in securing federal fund s for various projects in the county; the passage of the rental text book system, lowering their cost by two-thirds, beginning this year; the passage of the bill providing for free text books for all first grade school children of the county; provis ion for a county health unit, financed by the State. He refeired* to the fact that he is the author of the first bill providing for the reduction in auto license tags. ’In discussing the county’s finances, Colonel Blatt praised in the highest terms the cooperation that he has ic- ceived from his colleagues and the county officials, citing figure s from The American Legion Post of Barn well is sponsoring a boxing match, which will be staged in the old Vamp Theatre here tomorrow (Friday) night, June 12th, at 8 o’clock. The main event will be between “Red* 1 Watts, now of Barnwell, 130 pounds, and Jack Monroe, of Char lotte, N. C., 130 pounds. This will be a six-round bout. Watts was former ly Southern intercollegiate ‘light weight champion, having fought at the University of South Carolina for four years and later turned profes sional, losing only one professional fight out of 13, seven of which were wop by knockouts. Jack Monroe has a record of 47 fights, with 43 vic tories. He is'a hard hitter and one of the best new-comers in the fight ing game. The semi-final will be between Wes ton Carroll, of Barnwell, 143 pound’s, and Bennie Harley, of Orangeburg, 145 pounds, four rounds. S. E. Moore of Snelling, will fight McTyre Cal houn, of Barnwell, four rounds. Car- roll and Moore will be remembered for their success in both boxing and foot ball on the Barnwell high school team. Calhoun has had several successful seasons on the Clemson College box ing team. Bennie Harley is one of the best men that Orangeburg has turned out in several years. Another fight that has not been previously ac?vertised but has been ar ranged at the last minute will be be tween Mike Arant, 150 pounds, of Orangeburg, and "Skeet” Hilton, of Jamison. This fight is scheduled for three rounds. Willie Sanders, 80 the treasurer’s and auditor’s offices that show the splendid!’condition of the financial affairs of the county and pounds, of Kline, and Hookie Car- the economical manner in which the j ^ er » ^0 pounds, of Barnwell, are also county government i s being operateril I on card. Local fans will lemem- The records s how that the county debt ^ >er pleasure the action they saw has been reduced $20,000 annually for ( * n these two boys when they fought the past several years and that some time, ago and an even better bonds, notes and! school debts in the b oirt ma y b® expected tomorrow night, amount of appvoximately $180,000 Due to the fact that an exceptional- u mr umte ,, I1C tTBLauiiaiiuicin. vi a have been paid in the past few years ly large crowd is expected, the scene rental text book system, which will whil ® reducing the tax levy and put- of the fight may be^ shifted to Fuller reduce the cost of text books to the tin S the count y on a cash basis * . J! 81 * lf airan S ements ^an b® mad ® ™ children, beginning August 1st of All unopposed candidates were in- ^ eserve sea s ay in ’ 1 thi, to one third of the nresent troduced to the audience and express- order to insure getting a clear view . House of Representatives—Solomon ek ' cost of buying such books and also ed their grateful appreciation for being of the bouts. Blatt (incumbent), of Barnwell; Win ing Election over the incumbent, Mag-!. provision to furnish free ’ text allowed to continue in office without opposition: 24 Candidates Enter Democratic Primary State Senator, Representatives and Five Magistrates Are Opposed This Year. When the time for filing pledges and paying assessments in county races closed here at 12 o’clock noon Monday, 24 candidates were lined up at the tape/for the races this sum mer and for the first time since his election without opposition eigth years ago, Senator Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, is being opposed for re- election. Three candidates entered the lists against Representatives Solomon Blatt, of Barnwll, and Winchester C. Smith, of Williston, five of the eight magistrates face opposition for re- election, while the other four county officer a seeking re-election this year have clear fields. Most of the new candidates ar ® en tering the political arena for the first time, only one aspirant for legisla tive preferment—J. W. Folk, of Wil liston—having stood for election. In several instances, candidates for mag istrate opposing the present incum bents have made campaigns in pre vious elections. W. W. Cain, of Blackville, who filed against* Dr. O. D. Hammond, was a candidate for the house of representatives several year s ago; W. K. Black, who is oppos ing Paul H. Sanders for magistrate at Hilda, served in this capacity several years ago, and W. H. Harden, who is opposing J. W. Sanders for magis trate in Great Cypress township, was a candidate for the place two years ago. Although there had been rumors that J. Buist Grubbs, of Barnwell, would enter the race against Sheriff J. B. Morris, he announced last week before leaving for West Point, N. Y., to attend the graduation of his son, Lieut. Elmer W. Grubbs, that he would not be a candidate this sum mer. There had been no reported op position to R. .L. Bronson, G. M. Greene and J. T. Still. The complete list of entries as filed with the county chairman is as follows: Sate Senate—Edgar A. Brown, (in cumbent), of Barnwell, and J. M. Sprawls, of Williston. istrate Paul H. Sanders. Mr. Black was elected to the effice four years ago and served one term. Both he and the present incumbent have nu merous friend s w ^° are confident that the office will be in good hands, re gardless of the outcome of the pri- to all first grade pupils in the county. This, the Senator said, will lead in three year s to free text books for all grades for all school children in the county. The House Candidates. J. W. Folk, of Williston, a former mary election. W. T. Still, of Snelling, is making member of the house of lepresenta- hi s fiist entrance into the arena of fives, like Mr. Sprawls, declared that everybody was having a big time, but p 0 ]i tics an( : ( q Ua lifi e d Monday to make he has no criticism to make of the there wa s no disorder of any kind dur- the race 8g . ainst Magistrate J. M. ! Present delegation or it s management ing the evening. The girls ® a me from Hilli who was e i ecte d four years ago.' of county affairs, but that “things are Blackville, Barnwell, Williston, Aiken, Mr g till is a high i y respectable citi-j always cut and' dried in Barnwell zen and has been a farmer all of his County,” and that he favors the elec- life. He has many friends who are fl° n “ a ll officers by the people, confident that he would fill the office very creditably. Mrs. S. R. Goodson. Brown-Taylor. Walterboro, end various other points. There were plenty of visitors, some of whom came a distance of 75 miles. This was by far the best dance we have pulled so far, and on the strength of it we hope to f have an other in «■ couple of weeks. Chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Plexico, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Phil lips, Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Brown, A Wonderful Dog. . Lieut, and Mrs. Charles A. Ritchie, interest here. Thi s species of dog is Lieut, and Mrs. Wm. T. Dodd and Mr. especially noted for their fighting and Mrs. Jame g Nevils. During the q Ua iiti e3t an( i a i so as watchdogs. Mr. intermission the chaperones and a few Calhoun’s dog has been in a number s . peech ver y much alon * the same friends enjayed a buffet lunch at the nn H oil nf I rme s as the other tw0 hcus ® candl - Flowers Calhoun was in town Tues day with his famous “Dobermann Pincher” dog, which attracted much C. H. Beatty. C.' H. Beatty, of Dunbarton, said that he is a newcomer in politics, has no criticism of the present delegation but would like to represent the people in the legislature if they desiie to make a change. H. Cecil Youngblood. H. Cecil Youngblood, of Elko, also a new comer in politics, made a Sweetwater Country Club. Baseball Game. On Saturday, June of fights and has won all of them. Mis§ Julia Taylor, of the National 6th, the ball Producing Co., is in Barnwell for the team finally clicked together and' won ' purpose of staging the musical come. cates. Winchester C. Smith. The many friends of Mrs. S. R. Gocdscn, 88, Barnwell's oldest resi dent, were grieved to learn of her death which occurred at two o’clock yester day (Wednesday) morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. O. Ciout, in Columbia, after an illness of several weeks. Her body was brought back to her old home and will be laid to rest thi 8 (Thursday) morning at ten o’clock in the Mt. Arnon Church yard, the funeral services being con ducted by her ptstor, the Rev. J. A. Estes. Mrs. Goodson, who wa s the widow of the late John M. Goodson, had made her home in this city for many years and had a host of friendg throughout the county. She was a member of the Barnwell Baptist Church. She is survived by the f©lowing chil dren; Mrs. C. E. McGregor, of Girard, Ga., Mrs. C. P. Freeman and Mrs. J. J. O. Crout, of Columbia; L. J. Goodi- 8 on, of Boston, Ga.; J, B. Goodson, of Gainesville, Fla.; J. F. Goodson, of a. game. Now we are on our way. ! dy drama, “Sky High,” under the fourth term, thanked the people for It was an exciting game that took suspices of the Barnwell D. A. R. tb ®‘ r support in his previous canj- Co. 4468 ten innings to beat the sup- Chapter. Fifty local people will be paigns and reminded them of the ply'Co. from Fort Moultrie, 7 to 6. in the cast. , fact that aix y e8r s a S° b ® made them The Supply Co., got the lead in the ' == two Promises-biennial session* of first inning, but Co. 4468 kept draw- becue the foresters are having that tb ® legislature, which he has support ing up with them and tied the score day. If Georgetown does not come, ® d whole-heartedly, and the reduction in the ninth. In the tenth the Sup- another game will be arranged, prob- °f stat ® an d! county taxes, which has ply Co. did not score. Then came ably with Dunbarton. b ®®n accomplished largely through Barnwell’s turn. Cook, first man up, 1 On Wednesday after Mr. Bryen had tb ® efforts of the present delegation, diew a peas and went to second' when his class in Current Events and 1 Citi- He further stated that he is a farmer Ricker was hit by the pitcher. Lord zenship, we had several interesting and business man and that naturally hit a grounder that the first baseman boxing bouts, with Ellison, Gray, La- h ® bas the best interests of the prop- handled well and threw Cook out go- vender, Chavis, Giles, Creech, Shuler ® rt y owners at heart. He stressed the ing to third. Hook then singled, fill-1 and Davis supplying the fun. The fact tbat b ® was largely instrumental ing the bases. With the bases full, grand climax was the knockout of * n the passage of the law requiring Vincent cSd the famous Casey act and Gray by Guerry. After that nobody, °P en formula g on fertilizer, which is struck out. Then Ellison hit the ball wanted to box any more. Gray came for the benefit of the farmers. » * w u * n a -4V Wadley, Ga., and E. E. Goodson of ^.’.Barnwell; one sister, Mrs. Martha M. Owens, of Kline; two brothers, L. P. of Williston, seeking reelection to his Of interest to ^uite a number of friends in Georgia and South Carolina wa s the marriage of Mis g Irma Lu cille Brown to Mr. J. Murray Taylor, which took place in Aiken Monday night, June 1st. The ceremony was performed by R. W Taylor, Judge of Probate of Aiken County. The bride was lovely in a pink lace blouse and pink accessories. There were no attendants. The bride is the only daughter of Mrs. T. W. Vignati, who, before her marriage to Mr.Vignati will be remem bered as Mrs. Lucille C. Brown, of Barnwell, S. C. and Augusta, Ga. Mr. Taylor is the youngest son of the late H. M. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor, of Sparta, Ga., and is employed by the Wolfe Printing Co., of Augusta. Those attending the marriage were Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Vignati, mother and, stepfather of the bride, Mrs. T. D. Creighton, the bride’s grand mother, Dan Brown, brother of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sturgis, Miss Rose Vignati, Joe Vignati, friends of the contracting parties. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor will be at home after the 15th at 939 Telfair Street, Augusta, Ga. WUliamson-Kemp. Chester C. Smith (incumbent), of Wil liston; J. W. Folk, of Williston; H. Cecil Youngblood, of Elko, and C. H. Beattie, of Dunbarton. Sheriff—J. B. Morris (incumbent). Clerk of Court—R. L. Bronson (in cumbent). Master in Equity—G. M. Greene (incumbent). Coroner—J. T. Still (incumbent). Magistrates. At Barnwell, G. M. Hogg (incum bent); Bennett Springs and Four Mile township, G. R. Peepleg (incum bent); at Blackville, O. D. Hammond (incumbent) and W. W. Cain; at Great Cypress, J 1 . W. Sanders (incumbent) and W. H. Harden; at Hilda, Paul H. Sanders (incumbent) and W. K. Black; at Dunbarton, C. S. Anderson (incum bent); at Red Oak, J. M. Hill (incum bent) and W. T. Still; at Williston, J. W. Cook (incumbent) and T. P. Mitchell. The opening meeting of the cam paign was held Tuesday at Hilda and an itinery to cover the county will be announced later. Knepton, of Blackshare, Ga., and J. F. Knepton, of Brookland, N. Y. She is also seruvived by 13 granddaughters and 13 grandsons, and also a large Coming as a complete surprise to number of nieces and nephew, .11 of their friends w , 5 the raarri .ge, whom have the sincere sympathy of o( MjRfl Eij za b<,th Williamson, dangh- sician for the coontia, of Allendale, ter of Mrs. J. B. Ross, of Barnwell, | Bamberg $nd Barnwell. Classes will and James R. Kemp, formerly of, be held at the colored school buikfaig Washington, D. C., but now of Ellen ton, on Saturday afternoon at the Service Training School A service Training School, under the supervision of Mrs. John C. Hogg, of Barnwell, was organized here oh Monday when 19 colored women rang ing in ages from 16 to 45 were given a physical examination at the County Health office in the Court House by Dr. L. T. Claytor, public health phy- the entire reavement community in their be- Typhoid Clinic. Solomon Blatt. Col. Solomon Blatt expressed his deep in center field, and the game end- to in the first aid room 15 minutes ed when Ricker came home with the later and was on the job the next deciding run. • j morning. Somebody seemed to think heartfelt appreciation to the people of Good work, fellows! Keep it up! ' it was a fake knockout, but that is not Barnwell County for the privilege of The next scheduled game is with what Gray said. ^ having served them in the house of Georgetown at Gedrfcetown on Sat- Captain Hindman was at camp on representatives , for the past two urday, June 13tb, but we are trying Friday for an inspection, and Chap- terms without opposition. Referring to get them to come on Friday, June lain Phillips held regular services on to Mr. Folk’s statement that he favors 12th, so sa to be here for the big bar- Sunday. the election of all county officials by The following notice is issued by the Mayor of Williston and should be of interest to the public: “There will be a Typhoid Clinic held in Williston at the grammar school building by Dr. L. T. Claytor, public health doctor, on Monday, June 15th, beginning at 2:30 o’clock p. m. All who are financially able should see their family physician at once; those unable to do so, are specially urged to attend the clinic on the date named.” Field Day and Barbecue. in Barnwell in the home economtea rooms. These women will be trained office of the Probate Judge in Barn- for better service in the home. This well. The bride ? is an honor guest of is a PWA project, the Barnwell High School of the class of 1932 and at the time of her mar riage was employed 1 on the re-index ing project at the Barnwell County' The Barnwell County Forestry Pro- Court House. The groom holds a re- tective Association will hold its *n- sponsible position with the Leigh nua i field day and barbecue Friday, Banana Crate Company, at Ellenton, June*12, at Fuller Park in Barnwull where the young couple will make f or the crewmen and! their familks. their home. } a program, consisting of forestry -■ ♦ i talks, games and contests, has been Mrs. Martin C. Best and son, Mar- arranged for their entertainment. Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Coclin attended tin, Jr., returned home last Thursday ) the wedding of a relative in Savan-' after spending several days in Union nah, Ga., on Sunday. with relatives. Don’t forget to see the WPA ex hibits at Fuller Park this week. t ,Aa