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THE OFFICIAL NBWBPAFK1I OF BARNWELL COUNTY.
Barnwell People-Sentinel
‘Ju«t Ltk« a Mambar of lha Family"
Largctt County Orcalattoa
VOLUME LX.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1936
NUMBER 1.
Col. Solomon Bl&tt
Seeks Speakership
Speaker Pro Tempore Announces Can
didacy for Assembly Position.—
Others in Race.
Col. Solomon Blatt, of Barnwell, 40-
year old speaker pro tempore of the
1935-36 house of representatives, has
announced his candidacy for the
speakership to succeed Claude A Tay
lor, of Spartanburg, who was a candi
date for congress this summer. Colo
nel Blatt announced his candidacy
when it appeared that he was the only
experienced' presiding officer who
would return to the house. Represen
tative Faber Kearse, of Bamberg,
speaker protem in 1931-32, did not
seek re-election, and Representative
T. Y. Williams, of Lancaster, a for
mer speaker, met defeat.
Col. Blatt served two terms in the
house without opposition and led his
county ticket for re-election on Au
gust 25th. He is a leading attorney
of this city, a native of Blackville, a
W T orl<f War veteran and a graduate of
the University of South Carolina.
John A. May, of Aiken, announced
last week that he would “in all proba
bility” seek the place, and others who
appear to be in a Barkis state of
mind are Representatives Ben E.
Adams, of Richland County; Rufus
M. Newton, of Anderson County; Wil-
bur Cl Grant, of Chester County;
Wanna maker and Leppard, of Ches
ter Aekf County, all classed as pro*
Johnston, and Dr. Olin Sawyer, of
Georgetown. All of the probable can
didates for the speakership ware elect*
Second Primary to
Tell Tale Tuesday
Partial Success of Governor’s Personal
Campaign Hinges on Outcome of
House Races.
PROGRESSIVE ACTIVITY
APPARENT IN BARNWELL
settlement Division Now in
Agricultural Building.
ed in the first p
week.
ry â– 
las
THE NEW SCHOOL YEAH
BEGIN* HEBE FRIDAY
qi *ir i • wen oil r f
ftcttetn! pel
will he a
p,
The change la the ay steal of pee*
tiding hooka make* it necessary to
call all pupil* la arhoai an Friday
mom tag. September 4t b. at aiaa a* •
clock for enru Imewt Parent* are re-
quested to eee that all pupils report
at that time to order that a auFwerot
number of hooka may he aecured with*
ojt delay Elementary pop*!* will be
iy *t 10 M; h>gh
s at II ttO oVork. There
opening eserrtees *«n Fri
my. Friends aal patrons are invit
ed to bo present on Monday for the
fo*auit opening at nine oVIorfc
I nder the new rental system hooks
will he provided through the school
by the State Book CaUMBlnatou it Bp-
pmnamtely ne-third the ' pBPCWPPP
prve The reuting of hooka l* op*iortai
with parents, se who prefer to I
owa the book* run secure them from I
Mrs Jr**;# l*r**r*- n. a* u* -i*i! Th **e |
who wish to ren* them wil. he requir
ed under the law to atgn an agree
ment to reimburse the t ommissi >n foi
any lost, damage;
District Office Is
Moved to Barnwell
(The State, August 27.)
The partial success of Governor' Btiral Rehabilitation Division of Re-
Olin Johnston’s personal campaign
for legislative support hinge<J today on
the outcome of house races in the
second primary.
Election of approximately 11 anti
administration senators Tuesday ar
rayed a majority of 29, including 18
holdover members, as a bloc, poten
tially nble to defeat Johnston’s high-#
way reorganization program.
The governor’s adherents won
slightly more than half of the 49
house seats filled in the first primary,
but failed to amass a heavy represen
tation in the chamber immediately.
Johnston termed the outlook “very
encouraging,” however, and persons
close to him explained that most of
the house posts to be filled in the
lunoff September 8th were those of
counties in the pro—Johnston Pied
mont.
Results in the first primary drew
the highway issue lines sharper in
Cherokee, Lexington, Laurens, Or
angeburg, Richland and a number of
other counties where Johnston and
anti-Johnston candidates were pitted
almost man-against-man for house
posts.
Seventy-live representatives sre to |
be elected m the secnod primary, in
cluding the entire Spartanburg dele
gation of eight, seven of Greenville's
delegation of eight. Jive in Richland
and five la Orangeburg.
(harleston voters elected a city ad*
miai»tr»t»on ticket of seven adherent*
of Mayo* Burnet Mayhank, three of
them old members Anderson County
filled four of Its five house posts with
fshustcnttes It ballots on the Aflh
B. F. Owens, of Dunbarton, director
of District No.. 4, stated here Mon
day that one of the five district of
fices of the Rural Re-habil'i^ation Di
vision of the Resettlement Division
Has been located in Barnwell, offices
having been leased from the county
in the new agricultural building on
Court House Square. The change is
being made this week, bringing to
Barnwell, in addition to Mr. Owens,
six employees and their families.
Barnwell is glad to welcome these
new residents, who will be a great ad
dition to the business and social life
of the city.
WIDENING OF MAIN STREET IS
FORWARD STEP.
Barnwell Negro Is
Killed by Lighting
“Doc” Bradley Meets Instant Death
and Smair White Boy Has Very
Narrow Escape.
Several Store Buildings to Be Re
modeled and New City Hall Is
in Prospect.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE
HELD HERE OCTOBER 6TH
A meeting of the Barnwell munici
pal Democratic club was held here
Monday afternoon at five o'clock, at
which time reorganisation was per
fected by the election of the follow
ers: P. W. Price, president;
•V
Manville, secretary and treat-
Barnwell is showing more progres
sive activity at the present time than
at any period in its history and bids
fair to outstrip other towns in this
section, according to announcements
made public this week
The greatest single stride is the
proposed widening of Main Street in
the business district-r-from the corner
of Wall Street to the corner of the
Harrison block of buildings—which
will add about ten feet to the roadbed 1
and still give ample sidewalk space
for pedestrians. This unrivalled for
ward step is the result of the action
on the part of the itate highway de
partment in condemning the north
side of Lemon Bros.’ store building
and the south side of the old Walker
block, now owned by Judge Thos.. M.
Boulware. Six feet will be taken
from the Lemon property and four
feet from that of Judge Boulware, all
of which will be uaed in broadening
Bamwell’a main buaineaa thorough
fare, it waa stated here Monday. Thia
work ia scheduled to atari this week.
In addition, the power and tele-
No Second Primary
in Barnwell County
Democratic Executive Committee Met
Here Thursday and Declared Re
sults of First Election.
next primary.
Grroaviile C«
runty
elevated
Ben T.
Leppard, of Gl
rv«ti% t
He. State
Demo
era Ur rhairmaa
I and
•etf *oty!a
j “per-
sooai friend” o
f tto
governor.
i In the
State senate el
B the
first hoi
at over
tno opponents.
11 e
ronaiderod “pro'*
•nd tto other “
antiT
Among leode
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tto If35-
34 leg*
mg oi
G. W
urer. The executive committee ls|l > ^ on * companies will be required to
composed of P. W. Price. G. W. Man P° ,M •*** wir ** fr °m
villa. N. D. Codia. A. A. Lemon. M S'*â„¢ 1 n which
C, Beat and Thoa. M. Boulware. I •i 11 ** flatly to the appearance of
This committee met Tuesday and 1 > buaineaa district.
Used Tueeday. October 6th, aa thrj ^ ,l ’’ only »ill Mam Strrr* be wi len-
date for holding the irat prunary.'* mn * lh * mhor * **<**»•*
election. The hook of enrollment waa I mu de.r«i. but it «•» alvo stated here
opened yesterday t Wednesday I and j concrete aalewalka
will cioae September 23rd. The notice I *‘ U * r °* st,urt * d • ,vd roodbed
appear* aiaewhere in this I sane of
The People-Sentinel.
•alatnre. Chairman * M Ward, of the
•estate 6nance committee, t heirman
Neville Beane'I, of the wsjro and
means committee, and Speaker Pro
Tern. Sol Blot . of Barnwell, nil went
in on the drat ballot
IN IP caSH-taJ -- tea elected laat Tues
day, an isntdltrial poll listed 24 aa pre-
Johnston, and 20 as anti, and live a*
undeclared or doubtful.
Hals O# to Barooell ( oooty X •term.
I By D I. Raaa. I
Three thousand B (Iff* well Co. voters.
Took their pencil or their pen.
And endorsed the delegation,—
C alone! Edgar, Sol and W in.
So, when the legislature opens.
And the Chaptntn aaya hi# prayer.
And the mil-call ia sounded.
Brown. Smith, Blatt will all be there
| will be re-serfared from the corner
â–  of Wall Street to the Harrison block
I with two inches of aaphnlt paving. A
I poor engineering job waa done when
I the present concrete eas poured in
I that section n number of yeura ago
* as a reaul: of which there are de
press tons which collect rad be|<
water during heavy ratne, and this
will be entirely lemedied when the
“Doc” Bradley, 25-year old negro,
was struck and instantly killed by a
bolt of lightning at the home of his
father on Eugene M. Easterling’s
faim, about four miles west of Barn
well, Friday afternoon, and Mr.
Easterling’s young son, Eugene, Jr.,
narrowly esceped a like fate.
According to accounts of the trage
dy, Bradley had just arrived at his
father’s home and told his mother that
she had “better quit washing” be
cause of the thunderstorm which was
breaking. Then he went on to the
back porch and sat down on the rail
ing. The bolt which snuffed out his
life apparently struck a brick pillar,
glanced through an open window,
passed through Bradley’s body and
was grounded through a nearby tree.
Eye-witnesses state that little Eu
gene Easterling had come up to the
house with Bradley and was standing
less than an arm’s length from the
unfortunate negro when he was struck.
BEAUTY PAGEANT. AMATEUR
CONTEST WELL ATTENDED
There will be no second primary in
Barnwell County this year, candidates
for all offices having been nominated
in the election of August 25th. The
only possibility of a second primary
was in the race for magistrate at
Hilda, where only five votes separated
the contestants on the face of unof
ficial returns, but the tabulation of
the vote here Thursday by the execu
tive committee faile dto change tho
result, W. K. Black winning out over
Paul H. Sanders (incumbent) by 239
to 234.
Senator Edgar A. Brown was re
nominated over J. M. Sprawls, of Wil-
liston, by a margin of more than two
and a half to one, their totals being
2,734 and 1,066, respectively.
The only change in the totals given
last week in the race for house candi
dates was the loss of four votes by
C. H. Beatty, of Dunbarton, the of
ficial totals being as follows: Beatty,
700; Blatt, 2,759; Folk, 748; Smith.
2,636; Youngblood, 603. From this it
will be seen that Colonel Blatt led the
entire legislative ticket by a margin
of 25 votes.
Senator James F. Byrnes carried
Barnwell County by a vote of nearly
7V4 to one, while Congressman H. P.
Fulmer, Orangeburg, received bettor
than a two to one majority over his
opponent. Gary Paschal, of Columbia.
The official tabulation by preriurta
will bo found elaewbero ia thto iaoae
of The People-Sentinel. ,
HIGH PRICKS ARE BRING
PAID HERE FOR COTTON
High prices are being paid fee eei-
j ton on the Barnwell market ngam this
y*ar—higher. In feet, than the peicoe
I asphalt la Imd.
So, good folks of Barnwell County,
You have done a noble thing
To encotse the dele gat ion.
Although a few did “holler," “ring
or
Pupils will hr supplied
J hooks.
Friday
morning with the list of hooks needed
and a list of those that may he rented.
Along with these will go a request
form on which parents will indicate
their desire to rent books. This re
quest should he returned on Monday
when the rental agreement will be
prepared and sent to parents. When
the agreement is received with the
funds to cover the rental, books will
be supplied to the children. Parents
who wish to secure the books in per
son may do so on Saturday morning
from nine to 11:00 o’clock.
Lyndhurat News Items.
Lyndhurst, Aug/IJIL^^r. and Mrs.
Fred H. Gantt and children, of Colum
bia, spent last week-end here, the
guests of Mrs. John M. Gantt.
Thomas Gantt, of the CCC camp
near Barnwell, spent the week-end
with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Fowke and
little son, and Carroll Fowke, of At
lanta, are spending some time here,
the guests of Capt. J. C. Fowke.
Mrs. F. L. Fowke and children, of
Stuart, Fla., are here for a visit of
some time, the guests of relatives.
Edward Fowke is making an ex
tended visit to relatives in Spartan
burg.
Mrs. Hugh Morgan and children
and Mrs. Albert Corley and little son,
all of Beaufort, were here for several
days during the past week.
Frampton Harper, of Blue Ridge,
G&., is spending some time here as
the guest of his father, W. H. Harper.
Master William Frampton Harper,
of Rock Hill, Is spending some time
here with relatives.
ADVERTISE ia Thu People-Sentinel
Among the 43 represeutotivea on
1101)1 asking if-alert ion, 23 git in on
the first billot. 24 entered the second
rare, and 16 met defeat.
Thirteen anti-administration repre
sentatives uon election, 14 made their
way into the second taces, and 11
lost •
Ten of the house minority of John-
stonites were returned by the first pri
mary, ten entered the second race and
five weie defeated.
In the 24 senate races, 11 candidates
considered antagonists of Johnston’s
highway policies won election along |
with five Johnston supporters and a
non-committal member.
Seven senate races remained to be
settled in the second primary, with
the highway issue figuring in at least
four of them.
House members who \cere re-elected
in the first primary:
Representatives Blatt and Smith, of
Wi«rk began Monday morning on the
remodeling of tho quarters now occu-
pied by the Grubbs Chevrolet Co., on
East Main Street, where an entirely
new front ia being installed. When
! completed, this concern will have
modern show rooms and private offices.
J W. J. Lemon, of the firm of Lemon
! Bro»., wss not prepared Monday to
^ state the full extent of the plans for
And when that man ia in the chair | the remodeling of that store, hut it
He makes the legislators hustle— I '• understood that practically an en-
ausr I've heenjtirely new building, with mouern show
One of the most enjoyable entertain
ments given in Barnwell in some
time was the Beauty Pageant, Ama
teur Contest and Shirley Temple Pa
rade given on last Friday evening at
the High School auditorium here by
Mrs. Mary King, supervisor of play
ground activities for Barowrll Coun
ty. Mrs. King was assisted by super
visors from the various centers of the
county. Mias Marian Bolen, supervisor
for Ba fit well, assisted Mrs King with
the work here. Geo. R. Evans, agri
cultural teacher at Barnwell, acted as
master of reremoniaa.
First c a me the little Shirley Tem
ple parade when 23 little girts dressed , quoted on the Augusta rettaa ea-
bountifully in the various styles worn . change. As high ns 14 t*4 routs pee
by this popular little movie star came * P°und was paid here Tueeday fur long
upon the stage as their names were ‘ staple cot too, whit# ahoetoe length
culled and the name of the merchant * staple brought from 13 3-4 to 14 1-4
sponsoring the child given. Each * vot*. according to information
child received much applause and the ^ from a local rot too buyer
judge* found groat difficulty in deetd needay morning the first boles
Mg the winner. Utile Jo O’ Gorman, f° r sale .brought 12*0
I of BtackviKe, won first prtae; Patricia ! pound, while the Augusta
.* nn Black, second, and Shirley Ann {’BMted at 11.73.
Giles third, the last two named being â–  And speaking of rotten,
Barnwell children. 1 Horns, who has charge of
The following little girls parttripat Edgar A. Brown’s farm a few
ed in the Shirley Temple parade:] from Barnwell, brought la a stalk of
cotton Tueeday eu wnich
92 bolls, a few of which had
there.
Anyone who doubts these verses
About my friends. Smith, Blatt and
Brown.
When the legislature opens.
Go up there and look around.
You will find these men have buddies
From the mountains to the sea—
Friends who are going to make Blatt
Speaker,
Put Brown where he ought to be.
That is in the U. S. Senate,
Yes, that’s where Brown ought to
be—
Working for his State and country,
Right along with Franklin D.
So I say, three thousand voters,
I take my hat right off to you
Barnwell; Thomas and Elliott, of For endorsing this delegation
Which has served us so true.
Beaufort; Stevens and Winter, of
Berkeley; Zerbst, Senseney and Lof
ton, of Charleston; Sawyer and Porter, Miss Peggy Martin has returned to
of Georgetown; Bennett, of Marlboro, her Jiome in Texas after spending
and Britton of Sumter, “antis.” | some time in Barnwell with relatives.
Representatives May, of Aiken;
Newton and Harris, of Anderson; Burnett, of Spartanburg; Harry R.
Grant, of Chester; Mozingo, of Dar-! Hughes, of Oconee; H. K. Purdy, of
lington; Mims, of Edgefield; McCas-I j as p er> an d Henry Sims, of Orange-
lan, of Greenwood; Player, of Lancas- burg.
ter; Adams, of Richland, and H. K. ah the re-elected senators except
Davis, of *ork, and Prince, of Green- Nicholson, pro-Johnstonite, and Quat-
ville, “pros.” tlebaum, uncommitted, opposed John-
Re-elected State senators follow on ston’s highway policies. Burnett was
a basis of complete returns from the the only senator in the secondI'^oec
24 races: , who supported Johnston on them.
Senators John F. Williams, of Aik- , New senators included E. H. Hen-
en; Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell; W. derson, of Bamberg; L. M. Gressette,
B. Harvey, of Beaufort; J. D. Parler, of Calhoun; Dr. C. A, Cromer, of
of Dorchester; J. S. Thurmond, oL'Laurens; 0. P. Lightsey, of Hampton;
Edgefield; J. ^1. Lyles, of Fairfield; S. and M. E.. Abrams, of Newberry.
M. Ward, of Georgetown; W. H. Nich- Lightsey, Cromer and Abrams are
olscn, of Greenwood; Paul Quattle- avowed administration supporters,
baum, of Horry; L. .D. Lide, of Mar- 1 Ben T. Leppard, of Greenville, State
ion, M. G. Dorn, of McCormick. Democratic chaiiman, and a friend of
Others who entered a second race the governor, apparently waa elected
in their re-election campaigns were: to the State senate over two oppon-
L. E. Dreher, of Lexington; W. D. ents with 81 of 89 boxes reported.
window*, etc., will replace the present
structure, and it is authoritatively
stated that Judge Boulware will have
handsome new fronts installed in his
block of buildings.
There is a current report that Robt.
A. Easterling, of Denmark, is plan-
niqg the construction of an up-to-date
moving picture theatre on his proper
ty fronting on “The Circle” for the
occupancy of the Ritz theatre, but
this could not he confirmed Monday.
Another proposed building is a new-
city hall to be built on the old Pat-
teison property at the corner of Burr
and Washington Streets. Mayor C.
G. Fuller announced this week that
an application for a loan has been
made to PWA for funds for this pur
pose.
The local post office is being given
a freshening coat of paint, but it is
still hoped that new and modern quor-
ters will be provided for Uncle Sam’s
employes and patrons in the not too
distant future. That and an up-to-
date hotel will remain Barnwell’s No.
1 needs.
It has been suggested that pictures
Dorothy Grrono, Ann* Glaspy, Pa
tricia Ann Black, ShirWy Ana Gilou,
Otesn Jones, of Barnwell; Patty
Owens, Shir lay Dicks, of Dunbarton; I
Joyce Hair, Bonnie Jean Givens, Joyce I
Folk, Billie Dukes, of Willtston; Ann!
Jones, of Elko; Patsy Pickling. Shirley
Grimes, Mary Morris, Mazy Ftcklmg,
Ann Dowdy, Joan Brown. Carolyn Bell,
Jo O'Gonnan, of Blackville.
In the Beauty Pageant which follow
ed ten lovely young girls were intro
duced by number, each one being
loudly applauded. It was not possi
ble at this time to get names of the
participants but the names of those
winning the three highest places were
Misses Woodward, Purvis and Scott,
all of Williston, highest honor going
to Miss Woodward, Miss Purvis second
and Miss Scott third.
The Amateur Contest was one of
the best had in years and each
child is to be congratlated on the
splendid acts given. In this contest
first place went to Madge Williams,
of Blackville, second place to four
young girls from Williston, who, dress
ed in lovely costumes, gave several
numbers; third place went to Frances
Dukes, of Williston. Others in this
contest giving splendid numbers were:
Zelda King and the Owens sisters, of
Dunbarton; Dot Jones, of Barnwell;
Ann Lucius and Baby Blanch Spann,
of Barnwell; Gene Dowdy, of
•BMtod
AabWtgb N*wa NoUa.
be made of Main Street as it is now Blackville ; Virginia Hair, of Willis-
so that a comparison can be made
when the proposed work is completed.
— Road Work Also.
__In addition to all of the above city
ton; S. H. Gantt, of Lyndhurst, and
others whose names could not be
learned at this time.
Quite a neat sum was realized from
Aahlrigh. Aug, 31—Th«
friends of Mrs. Willio Hair will to
glad to know that she lx doing niroly
after an operation for appendicitis at
the Baptist hospital last Sunday moim-
ing.
Percy Beasley, a Junior at Funaaa
University in Greenville, left Mon
day to report for football practieo.
Private GorAon Hair, of Fort
Moultrie, ia visiting at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hair.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hair motored to
Columbia Saturday to visit Mrs.. Wil
lie Hair at the Baptist hospital, tak
ing her baby, June, with them.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Osborne and
children and Oscar Collins, of Rock
Hill, were visitors Sunday at tto
home of Mr. and 1 Mrs. Earl Hair. Mm.
Osborne and children are remaining
for an extended visit. Mr. Osborne
and Mr. Collins returned Sunday to
Rock 'Hill.
J. P. Uasery.
Williston, August 29.—Funeral ser
vices for J. P. Ussery, 45, who died
Thursday evening at his home near
White Pond, were held at the resi-
dfence Saturday morning at 10 o'
clock, the Rev. G. M. Rogers, pastor
of the Williston Baptist Church offi
ciating. Interment was in the Wil
liston cemetery.
recently to the R. B.. Tyler Construc-
excellent work with the children of
improvements, construction work on this entertainment to be used for play
the Barnwell-Hilda highway began ground work throughout the county. Mr. Ussery was born in Barnwell
this week. This contract was awarded T - D -. Creighton, who has been doing County and followed the occupation of
farming. He was a member of the
Williston Baptist Church and was
widely known in this section. Surviv
ing besides his widow are two sons,
Theron and James Ira; his mother,
Mrs. J. P. Ussery, Sr.; one brother.
Dr. T. S. Ussery, of Norton, Va^
tion Co., which concern moved road t * le town * was unable to take part in
machinery and workmen to Barnwell entertainment, he having recently re-
Sunday. A- new sand-clay road will turned from the hospital where he was
be built at the present time, but high- confined for a week with an attack of
way plans call for surface-treatment ma * ar '*l ^ ever *
at a later date, it is said.
Buster” Rountree, Vincent Harley two sistera. Mm J. S. Hinson, of
Miss Margaret Lemon returned and John Franklin Wall have return-
home last week from New York City ed to their homes at Dunbarton after
after spending several weeks with a month’s military training in the C~
friends. M. T. C. at Fort Moultrte.
Kershaw, and Mrs. W. C. Boyd, of