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«k * THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BA Kg WELL COUNTY.* Barnwell CoasoliJated Jane 1, 1925. • • Jua»t Like- a Member of the Family" VOLUME LIX. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 23RD, 1936. Largest County Cirealatiom. NUMBER 45. GOVERNOR WOULD CALL NATIONAL GUARD AGAIN JOHNSTON AND TIMMERMAN CROSS SWORDS AT RUFFIN Governor Pins Hopes on 1937 Legis lature.— Timmerman Reviews Johnston House Record. Ruffin, July 16.—Governor Olin D. Johnston said today he would call out the militia against the State highway commission “again, if I had the same thing to do over.” The governor assailed highway spending policies as against public in terest and 1 in turn heard Chairman George Bell Timmerman of the com mission charge he saddled $1,860,000 Brown Appointed by Governor Johnston Barnwell Senator Named Director to Raise County’s Quota to Roose velt Campaign Fund. in bonds on Spartanburg County with^ out the popular vote he now advocates. Timmerman asserted that Johnston, while a legislator, put through bond issue s amounting to the equivalent of $75,560,000 on a Statewide basis; vot ed against popular referendums on road bonds, fought to enlarge the road board he now criticizes as “too big”; and proposed the legislative election of commissioners he now opposes. The governor reminded the voters Governor Olin D. Johnston has ap pointed Senator Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, as director to raise Barn well County’s quota of $800 as part of this State’s $50,000 assessment for President Roosevelt’s campaign fund, it was announced here this week. Senator Brown has accepted the ap pointment and will name in the near future a committee in eack-rommunU A CORRECTION. Due to a typographical error, the Notice of Enrollment in last week’s issue of The People-Sen tinel stated that the books of enrollment would close Tuesday, July 23rd. The correct date of closing, as appearing in a front page news story in the s ame is- issue, i s Tuesday, July 28th— next Tuesday. Voters, there fore, have several days more to qualify for the Democratic pri mal y election next month if they have not already done so. Barnwell Democrats Asked to Contribute County’s Quota Is, Fixed at $800.— Fund to Be Used for Re-election • . , * of Roosevelt. WILL LOCATE EXPERIMENT STATION IN THIS COUNTY Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week ty to assist in raising the amount ask ed. Contributions of $1 and up will be solicited and inasmuch a s the Roosevelt administration has given the agricul tural South more consideration than . any other national administration, hav- \ ing provided for the poor, saved homes and farms and given work to needy people—it i s believed that South Caro lina, and particularly Barnwell Coun ty, will do its full share' in raising People You Know and Othera You Don’t Know. that the 1937 legislature “can repeal”' funds to insure the re-election of a 1936 act for legislative choice of' Roosevelt. commissioners, a $15,000,000 road pro gram and cheaper tags. He charged that highway audits “don’t go behind the figure s on the books that the highway put there,” with the comment, “They say they’ll welcome an investigation. All right, let’s have one next year, a real audit.” The central figures in the State highway feud clashed before approxi mately a thousand persons under the moss-draped oaks of an old political rallying place here in Colleton County. The highway chairman spoke first, by invitation, followed by the gov ernor. When Timmerman claimed the pre- Govemor Johnston is to be com mended for h*is selection of Senator Biown as director of this work in Barnwell County and the people are asked to give him their whole-hearted support in raising the county’s quota. Arrested for Bicycle Stealing. Two negrees were arrested near Blackville Friday by Deputy Sheriff Gilmore S. Harley, charged with the thefts of bicycles. Clifford Mincea was lodged in the Barnwell County jail charged with stealing a bicycle from Lee Bradley in Williston. and Simon Clifford, who is alleged to have rob bed a filling station and also to have y •rranM privilw of . roply, .hoot. . bk . yc| . „ A|k „ w „ over to Aiken County authoritie B by Mr. Harley. Thirty-two cities in the world have a population of a million and over. of “Run him out” arose above clamor of hoots and hurrahs. The governor and M. P. Howell, county Democratic chairman, called on the crowd to t‘let him speak.” but a small group of heckler a kept up a continual interruption to the end. I ~ Timmerman confined his opening Johnston supporters in the Piedmont speech to a recital of the construction textile area, scored power firms for of the $100,000,000 State highway sys-, , ‘‘nt*‘rf«‘»*ncc" with public rural elec- tem without evidence of “defalcation trification. and termed the State un ci r culpable neglect” by the comm is- employment commission unnecessary sion despite repeated audits and in- ** present. vestigations. j Timmerman charged the governor Johnston then asserted the high-! with repudiating as State executive way commission had usurped the r ght things he championed during six ' of the people to pass on bond issues; )’**rs as a legislator, and with re- 1 that it lacked funds to match federal j versing his position on highway ef- aid and meet existing re mbuise- fair* since he became governor, ment agreements without issuing | "The governor has said that he ] more State highway bonds; and that.f avors the people electing a highway Barnwell County Democrats have been asked 1 to conti ibutfe $800 to be used this year in re-electing President Roosevelt, and South Carolina, fre quently referred to as the “most Democratic" State in the union by reason of her overwhelming vote in 1932 for the New Deal leader is being called upon to contribute $50,000. The quota for the State was fixed by the central campaign committee, composed of Governor Olin D. John ston, national executive committee man; Ben T. Leppard, State chairman A Little Senwe and Nonsense About of the party, and Mrs. L. H. Jen nings, national executive committee- woman. Announcement of the quota was made by Governor Johnston, fi nance chairman. The largest quota, $3,000, has been placed on Richland County and the next largest, $2,500, has been assess ed against three counties, Charleston, Greenville, and Spartanburg. * The smallest amount asked of any one county i s $500. The total of the quotas for the counties will not equal $50,000, but with pioceeds from the “nomination” dinners, held on the night Mr. Roose velt accepted the nomination, and with individual contributions, it is hoped to exceed the $50,000. The drive for contribution, will ac- Wk m lively get under way August 17th, it was said at headquarters, and in the meantime machinery will be set up for giving all the opportunity of con tributing. Suggestions for raising fund f in the counties have been pre pared in the way of a bulletin at State headquaiters and from time to time additional suggestions will be sent out, it was said. Quotas for the count e B in this sec tion of the State, as announced by State heauquarters, are as follows: Aiken, $900; Allendale. $500; Bam berg, $600; Barnwell, $800; Beaufort, $000; Calhoun, $500; Hampton, $500; Orangeburg, $1,200. To Erect Market Shed for Club Women Here Committee Awards Printing Contract Columbia Concerns Make Reduction of Approximately Ten Per Cent, on Legislative Printing. CLEMSON COLLEGE OFFICIALS INSPECT SITES. $20,000 Appropriation for Erection of Station and Dwellings and In stalling Equipment. it manipulated the legislature. He scored the past legislature sharp ly for “creating more jobs for mem- lier* than any other,” for voting “mil lions for roads” but refusing $50,000 for a temporary State relief setup to match $300,000 in federal aid, and for “trying to float highway reimburse ment bonds without any limitation, over my veto and without a vote of the peojle.” The governor asserted that the high way department had built a 12-mile road to the hunting preserve of Col. R. G. Elbert, of New’ York, whose at torney wa s Senator R. M. Jefferies, of Colleton County, and that Elbert had deeded a $77,000 boat to Ben M. Sawyer, head of the highway depart ment. “I’m going to stand by my pledge and platform as long a s I am gov ernor,” he declared. “I intend to be the supreme executive, as the State constitution says, as long as I am governor. “I was criticized for calling out the National Guard against the highway deprtment last fall. If I had the same thing to do over I would call them out again. “There’s one thing I regret, I prob ably made a mistake by calling them out too soon. I have no apologies to make; I did it tiying to protect the interests of the people of South Caro lina.” _ The governor denied that he was “trying to dictate” in the summer elections, but assailed Senator Jeffer ies and Representative W. W. Smoak, of Colleton, and Speaker Claude A. Taylor, of Spartanburg, by name, charging Taylor “changed his posi tion” to permit passage of the final highway act of the session. He criticized senate passage of a department of labor act as a sop to commission," he said. “I don’t know that I object to that, but the governor w as the first man I ever heard of who introduced a bill to take away the appointment of highway commission ers from the governor and give it to the legislature. That wa s when he was a legislator, of course. “But the first administration bill introduced after he became governor proveded that the governor be chair man of the highway commission and that he appoint the six other mem bers—without any election on the part of the people. “When in the house, I voted to sub mit highway, bond issues to the peo ple in 1923 and Olin Johnston voted against it. “A similar bill came up in 1924 for a $40,000,000 highway bond issue and the governor voted against submitting it to the people again.” (Here the governor said in a loud aside, “I voted against the whole bill,”) ■ Timmerman then said the governor opposed letting the people of Spartan burg County vote on a bond issue when others of the Spartanburg dele gation favored a referendum. Lieut.-Gov. J. E. Harley jocularly remarking that he has been “reliably informed” that there wdil no boll weevils after August 1st to destroy the young cotton. . . . Chief of Police Ross cruising about in a coupe. , v . . . A farmer remarking that there will probably be a gin for every bale of cotton this fall. ... A rather suspicious looking stray dog in “The Circle,” an observer being undecided whether the dog wa s mad or suffering from black tongue. . . . . A father-in-law remarking that he thinks his son-in-law wa 8 cut out for an executive for the reason that he seems to have developed to a high degree the faculty of getting other people to do his work about the place. . . . . And a woman saying that what the country need 9 more than a good five-cent cigar is a husband who can remember to mail his wife’s let ters and forget to open and read her incoming mail. . . . Everybody enjoying the cooler weather that ac companied the showers the first part of the week. . . . “Bud” Ha ford improving his marksmanship by prac ticing with an air rifle between sales at the ice house. Hbd’s getting so good that he can hit the ice house at a distsnee of ten paces. ... A re port that MiRly Jenkins, of Kline, is “mopping up” on watermelons this year. Mr. Jenkin* planted between 200 and 300 acres and up to Saturday night is said to have sold 180 car loads at attractive prices. . . . And a report that another grower had 800 melons rejected here Monday be cause they “cut white at the heart.” . . . The local relief office being crowded by drought-stricken farmers in search of federal aid. . . . And a certain voter attempting to “work” two opposing candidates for the same office, agreeing to deliver to each a certain number of votes for a stipu lated stipend. Negro Commits Suicide. Contract for public or legislative printing, including calendars and jour nals of house and senate, reports of various departments and commissions and like matter wa s awarded jointly to the R. L. Biyan company and The State company, both of Columbia, by the joint legislative committee on printing, according to an announce ment yesterday I>y^.-P^Daviea, secre tary. The contract was at a reduction of approximately 10 per cent, as copi- paied with the contract for the 1935- ’36 sessions and was about on the same basis a 8 the contract of 1933-’34, when printing costs were lower than at present, according to Secretary Davies. Based on the past tw’o ses sions, the new contract means a sav ing of $12,000 or $13,000, the secre tary said. The Observer Printing company, of Greenville, was low bidder at $6.25 per page for 15,000 copies of the “General School I-aw of South Caro lina” for the department of education. The high bid on this job was $17.50 per page. The Williams Printing company, of Spartanburg, was low bidder for print ing 10,000 government one cent postal cards, at $112.50, including coat of cards. The high bid was $127. Present at the committee meeting were: Senator J. D. Parler, of Dor chester, chairman; Senator Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell; Representatives Calhoun Thomas, of Beaufort; Rufus M. Newton, of Anderson, and the sec retary, Mr. Davies.—The State, July 19. PROJECTS OF NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION City Officials, Senator Brown and Representative Blatt Agree on PWA Project. Lexie Raysor, colored, of Williston, committed suicide early Saturday night by placing a 38-calibre revolver in his mouth and sending a bullet through his head, according to Deputy Sheriff Gilmore S. Harley, who was called to investigate the tragedy. Raysor i s said to have had a quarrel with Nellie Friday, a negress, with whom he ig alleged to have been liv ing, Saturday afternoon, and it is re ported that he fired at her twice, both shots going wild. Some time later he placed the barrel of the weapon in his mouth and pulled the trigger, dy ing instantly, according to Mr. Har- The 4-H club women of Barnwell County will soon have the convenience and comfort of a modem market shed in Barnwell, according to an official announcement Monday. Several cays ago, city officials. Senator Edgar A. Brown and Representative Solomon Blatt agreed upon a PW’A project which will provide an excellent market shed in the very near future, a rep resentative of The People-Sentinel was told. The proposed new building will be erected on Court House Square, in the rear of the Court House and ad jacent to the handsome new agricul tural building now under construction. Plans for the club market are being prepared and it i s hoped that con struction of the shed will be underway in the very near future. ADVERTISE in The People-SentineL ley. His body wa s found about a hun dred yards from his dwelling. Only Farmers on WPA Those Suffering Total Loss Says Governor Made “Grave Mistake.” Senator Jefferies, of Colleton Coun ty, issued a statement Friday in which he said that Governor Johnston had made “a grave mistake” in charging that the State highway department had built a 12-mile road into Colonel El- j bert’s estate near the coast.. Accord- 1 ing to Senator Jefferies, this particu lar piece of road w’a s a federal relief project, with which the highway de partment had nothing to do, and !hat Colleton County paid the highway de partment" “the full rental contract pr'ce” for road machinery leased for the construction. Officials announced Monday that only farmeig whose crops became a total loss due to drought would be put on WPA projects under a special re lief program. J. D. Fulp, commissioner of the temporary State department of public welfare which i s certifying drought sufferers for aid, said, “We do not in tend to place on WPA projects a far mer whose crop wa s not totally dam aged. “The resettlement administration will give him some relief in grants and he will be required to complete the harvesting of his crop.” The resettlement administration ha s been alloted $90,000 in an initial ap propriation for making grant s in the State. Fulp predicted action to extend the drought aid area in South Carolina af ter department of agriculture execu tives at Washington received new es timates of the number of sufferers. The latest of these, by the Clemson extension service, placed the total at 42,000. One announced Saturday at Washington gave a total of 18,000, but relief officials here stood by an original estimate of 9,900 to 10,000 for the present. Certification of drought sufferers began yesterday morning’ in the 28 counties to which the present pro gram was restricted, and department of public welfare officials reported they were “swamped” by applicants. The National Youth Adminiatration in Barnwell County got under way the last part of January this year and ' aince that time a nuraery project un- I <Jer the auperviaion of John MUey, ag ricultural teacher at Williaton-Elko ! High achool, haa given employment to | some eligible young people. Four youtha are aerving a a assist- ant f to the home demonstration agent. Under the supervision of the home economics teacher, a negro servants’ Itiaining school ha s been carried on at the colored achool in Barnwell. Recreation and library projects , have been stressed and eligible youths have been given employment under these projects. One of the most worthwhile projects to be in the county is a playground for pre-school age children. Seventeen girls are employed in the sewing room, where they are being taught to cut, sew, crochet, quilt and make shirts. Also to make rugs. Five youths are at work on the malaria project under the county ma laria project supervisor. Two girls are doing clerical work in the resettlement office and one in the office of the superintendent of edu cation. Recreation in Barnwell is under the supervision of an NYA youth. Seventy-eight youths altogether have been assigned to work, and dur ing the year 66 other young people received school aid. Mrs. Floride C. Sexton is NYA County Supervisor. The NYA county committee is com posed of the following: W. W. Carter, Miss Elizabeth McNab, the Rev. J. C. Inabinet, Miss Ruby Berry, Mr. Shuler, John Miley and S. A. Guin- yard.—Contributed. Card of Thanks. Barnwell County is assured of the new Clemson College experiment sta tion, it was announced Monday by Senator Edgar A. Brown, who was highly elated over the outcome of the Barnwell delegation’s efforts to locate the proposed new station in this county. Thursday Dr. R. A. McGinty, vice director of Clemson College experi- ment statior^ Dr^ F. H. H. Calhoun and Agronomist Rogers, in company with Senator Brown and Representa tives Solomon Blatt, of Barnwell, and Winchester C. Smith, of Williston, vis ited several proposed sites and made a careful survey of the advantages of fered by each possible location and, while it is not known at this time which site will be finally selected, it was definitely stated that the station will be located in Barnwell County. The choice was made in favor of this county over other countiea in thia sec tion because of the wider variety of truck crops in this county. The sta tion must be located adjacent to a railroad and accessible to a power line, it was said. An appropriation of $20,000 was made by the last legislature for the construction of the station dwellings for the employes and the installation of the necessary equipment. It will be operated with funds provided by the federal government and will give employment to quite a large force of workmen. The station will prove of inestimable benefit to the farmers of (his section by conducting soil and fertiliser testa and helping la the eolation of various other agricaharal problems. Federal Merhedfeg Service. The local delegation also haa a pre gram whereby it ia expected that a federal marketing service will be es tablished in Bern well Cbentyi ia cea- nertton with the experiment atatiea, thereby assuring truck growers that they will receire a fair price for their produce and not be forced to aeU their truck crops at prices solely by ■peculators. Senator Brown end Represents tires Blatt and Smhh are to be lated upon the successful of their efforts ia behalf of the truck farmers of this section. It ia just another service in behalf of their constituents that has caused them to be recognised as one of the outstand ing delegations of the State. We wish to expres s our sincere thanks and appreciation for the many kindnesses extended us during the re cent illness and death of our husband and father, T. J. Ready, and also for the many beautiful floral offerings. Mrs. Ready and Children. In the good old days you could tell that a young couple was engaged to be married by the ring on her finger. Nowadays you can tell by the fact that he stops getting out of the car to ring the doorbell—and sits there blowing the horn instead. COMMUNITY COMMITTEEMEN WERE ELECTED LAST WE Community meetings were held lest week in the county at which time com mitteemen were elected who will work on the farm program. These meetings were well attended, from 50 to more than 100 at each meeting, which were held at Williston, Black ville, Hilda, Dunbarton, Kline and Barnwell. Fifteen community com mitteemen were elected and were prac tically the same that had been serv ing in the past. On Saturday the community committeemen met for the purpose of electing a county com mittee, and the county committee was elected again. The appreciation of the fine ser vice rendered by these men in the past wa s evidenced by their re-elec tion. The committeemen elected are • • as follows: M. W. Wise, Elko, Victor Lewis, Kline, and R. R. Moore, Barnwell. The community committeemen are: N. B. Youngblood, Elko; Perry Sprawls, Williston; A. M. Ussery, Williston; J. H. Lancaster, Blackville; S. E. Sanders, Olar; W. H. Hutto, Jr., Blackville; C. G. Youngblood, Ellen- ton; C. M. Turner, Ellenton; H. R. Williams, Dunbarton; H. H. Ellis, Lyndhurst; F. L. Eaves, Dunbarton; J. W. Bates, Kline; W. L. Baxley, Barnwell; Frank Sanders, CHar, and M. F. Black, Blackville. H. G. Boylston, Co. Agt. Arrested for Gambling. Deputy Sheriff Gilmore S. Harley reports that he anested several meri on charges of gambling in a raid at Elko early Sunday morning.