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f l r~ or THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY/ C«M8lliatcd lane 1, IMS. Barnwell People-Sentinel “Ju«t Llk« a Mam bar of tha Family" VOLUME LX. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1»3€.- B&mwell County Has Received $ 111,800 Schools of County Share in Three- v Year Public Works Program, \JL Says Captain Irby. When South Carolina’s 490,000 school children returned to the dass- rooms this month, many of them will fifind newly constructed and modemly repaired buildings awaiting them. Sixty-six new school buildings have been erected 1 and 39 repaired, costing $4,705,145, under South Carolina’s 3- year public works program, Capt. J. L. M. Iiby, State PWA director, has announced. Of the total cost of these buildings, $2032,164 was fur nished by the government in direct grants and $1,474,150 was loaned the district by the Public Works AAninis- tration. Barnwell County received $111,800 for the construction of a new high school and additions to other existing buildings. Sixteen class rooms were added to the system, affording facili ties to 665 pupils. This school building program, which was inaugurated three years ago, in cluded the construction of elementary and high school buildings, additions of gymnasiums and auditoriums, and needed repairs. Better facilities for rural communi ties in the State have resulted from this program. In many cases rural school districts have been combined and thus made possible construction of secondary schools which would not have been possible for any one of the districts. Under the PWA program 439 class rooms have been added, affording fa cilities for 17,196 pupils. Spartanburg County lad the Bute ia the number of individual buildings. S, and Charleston County received the largeet amount of funds. $974,481, la a school bafldUig program la addition to tha construction of elementary sad high school buildings, three of the Btete’a colleges, Clsmsan. University of South Carolina and The Citadel, received •ljM7 a 9?t for the erection of new structures on the esua- fNlwr* At Cleaaaoo cel lege the new dormi tory and agricultural buildings, cost ing M08jM§ each, are neorutg com pletion and officials of the school ex pect te occupy the buildings at the opening of the session. The $226,464 dormitory at the Bute university is expected U be ready for occupancy be fore the Bret of the year, as will The Citadel's 8 new buildings, coating $641,81$. Other school building* will be con structed in the various school district* throughout the Bute as soon as the PWA program gets underway. WILL HOLD YOUNG PEOPLE’S - RALLY IN DENMARK CHURCH The Young People’s Rally of the Barnwell Association will be held in the Denmark Baptist Church Satur day morning, September 19th, at 10 o’clock. Lunch will be served to the visitors by the Denmark auxiliaries, and the following progrsm has been arranged: Morning Session. Hymn. Devotional—Blackville G. A. Prayer. Welcome—Denmark Y. W. A. Response—'Double Ponds Y. W. A. Recogniton of Visitors. Business. Special Music—Williston Y. W. A. Message—Miss Ruth Provence, State Young People’s Secretary. Hymn. Afternoon Session. Prelude. Prayer. Special Music—Denmark Sunbeams. Message—Mis. St. Clair Guess, as sociations! superintendent. Hymn. Paper, "Luther Rice”—Bamberg R. A. Report of Committees. Closing Prayer. It is hoped that all auxiliaries will be represented. I ~—~«!!Sear* Force. Ready Boy, Page Ripley! No need* to take a lantern in < the daytime to hunt for an 11 honest man. He walked into the office of iDr. W. C. Milhous ;; Saturday and made a payment • > on a two-score-year old debt. Twenty yers ago Dr. Milhous pulled a tooth for A. P. Wil- for Mightest Event BARNWELL CO. 4-H CLUB TO BROADCAST OVER WIS The Barnwell County 4-H Clubs Buying Opportunity Unequalled in 50 will have charge of the home demon- Years of the Company's Business Starts Sept. 17. Beginning September 17, Sears, Roebuck and Co. will offer to the Hams. Time passed, and- the ac- .. . pubUc a buying O p po| . tunity not equal count remained unpaid. Satur day he handed the local dentist a dollar on account. Blatt Pleased With Promise of Support Barnwell Candidate for Speaker of House of Representatives En couraged by Response. Healing Spring School Opens. The Healing Springs Public School was formally opened for the 1936-*87 session on Fiiday, Sept. 11, at 9:90 a. m.. with quite n large number of parents and friends of the school in attendance. The principal, L. E. Whittle, pre sided at the opening exercises and af ter n song the scripture rending and a prayer were given by H. Jeff Hair. Inspiring talks by Ben Tillman Lott, L. B. Gtbeon, trustees of the school. Bob Hutson and H. Jeff Hair followed. Only one change in the personnel of the school was made this year. Miss Elies Sturkey. of Cope, taking the piece of Mias Williams, who resigned to oeeopt a pesitien eleewhers. Mr. Lott offered a prise of ive dol lars to the student in the Brat, second or third grade who had the highest average ia scholarship and also n corresponding prise te the student ia the fourth, Bflh or sixth grade for the seme feature. Principal Whittle states that he Is expecting an excellent school year and cordially Invitee any interested out sider to come ia at eay tiase aad pay the school a visit. Columbia, Sept. 11.—With promise of support from various sections of the State in his race for speaker of the house of representatives, Solomon Blatt, of Barnwell, said yesterday he was gre *tly encouraged with the out look . Representative Blatt, speaker pro tem., was re-elected to the house for another two years, and ia in the race for speaker. He said the messages he had received, promising him support, were moat encouraging and that pros pects were bright. "I promise a fair deal to all,” he said as he talked of his race at the State House. Dr. John H. Porter, re-elected in Georgetown County, was also at the State House yesterday and said that his col league. Dr. Olin Sawyer, who had been “mentioned” as s candidate for speaker, was “deffinited not ia the race.** Both Representatives Blatt and Sewyer were grouped as anti-Johnston members. This speakership rsce promises to be cloee and already the contending groups are lining op their forces for the roll call, which will likely con on the Brst day of the next legisla tive session. Mm. Robert W. Dicks. Mrs. Robert W. Dicks, 77, died at her home in Barnwell at 6:16 o'clock ed in the fifty years of the company’s business. From Thursday until Sat urday, October 3, the Golden Jubilee Anniversary will be in progress. Hundred^ of acres of newspaper space, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, yill blazon the news of nineteen-thirty-six’s super carnival of merchandising. The air itself will ring with Anni versary as 95 stations of the Colum bia network launch a series of nation wide broadcasts. The Anniversary banner will ripple above 439 retail stores, flashing in new Anniversary dress, presenting on, the Goldlen Jubilee platter 1,200 special offerings that represent the quintes- cence of a half century of buying ex perience and a half century’s studious investigation of mass psychology. Thirty million dollars has been pour ed into American industry for the production of the Anniversary mer chandise. And bacW of that unprecedented epic of buying is the story of a plan. The plan involved such factors as the type of merchandise which would be used in the big celebration, the price lines, the advertising themes and took into minute consideration mass buying tremfe that statistics, carefully compiled, showed would pre vail at the time. It was not the product of one meet ing, but n hundred—it derived its thesis, not from one ANNIVERSARY campaign but a half doxen. It brought into play the aggregate skill and intelligence of literally thousands of manufacturers. When the plan finally reached its tentative form, word was Bashed to the field. K*y retail men of the Sears or genixation from every section of the country Socked into Chicago for con ferences with merchandising, promo tional snd advertising executives who had worked on the vast progrsm. Other meeting* were held in various I stration radio program over ytation WIS, Columbia, on Monday, Septem ber 21st, from 11:15 to 11:30 a. m. Those listening in will hear a skit given by the members of Joyce Branch and Hilda Clubs; a musical selection by the Barnwell County 4-H Chorus, and several numbers by Mrs. Josh Baxley, Mrs. P. A. Price and little Shirley Ann Giles. Triple “C” New. Note. (By Arthur Riddock, Reporter.) Barnwell Loses Another. In the second half of the baseball season Barnwell continued its string of non-victories in a trip to George town Saturday. The scoie this time was 6-2, and reports say that the game wag very interesting throughout. Barnwell made only one error. In the first two innings the Barn well boys got their two runs and held the lead 2-0, through the third. The fourth was Georgetown’s big inning. They got three men on, and then two men were thrown out per fectly at home. The next man hit a three bagger, and started off what looked like it might be a merry-go- ■ ound.but the side was retired after one more run was made, leaving it 4-2. Georgetown scored twice later, and Barnwell didn't score sgain. Ia the Woods. Work continues as usual with 20 boys under Mr. Murray aad Mr Edgerton engaged on the Barnwell tower site, on the residence snd the outbuildings. The largest work crew, that under E. M. Padgett, ia busy on track trail 92, between Basiling snd Mr. Gamble with a crew of eight or ten ia busy on hie type sarvey of the roaaty, but he tarn feat it ia hard to leeate Shifting Largest County Cirenlatiam. NUMBER S. Nine Are Hurt, One Fatally, in Crash Barnwell and Blackville People la Boa- Auto Wreck Between Swansea and Springfield. Columbia, Sept. 11.—Nine persons were injured about 9 o’clock last night, one fatally, when an automo bile and a bus collided on U. S. route approximately midway between Swansea and Springfield. The car, a coupe driven by Thomas Phillips, of Springfield, wax turning out of a skleroad on the main high way, it was reported when the crash occurred. Phillips received a broken arm, snd was cut and bruised. Ola Belle Wicker, 10-year-old negro girl, of 913 Washington Street, Colum bia, received a severe head wound and died at the Columbia hospital at 1 o’clock this morning after an opera tion. Others injured werei Mrs. Bobbie Oglesby of 1216 Pen dleton street, Columbia. Treated at the Baptist hospital for hip injuries, cuts and bruises. Mrs. B. F. Stome, of Blackville. Treated at the Columbia hospital for compound fracture of the right arm and cut tendons on the right wrist. Carl Weeks, of the CCC camp at Barnwell, and C. I. Hughes, of dar, treated for cuts snd bruises at a doctor’s office in Springfield. Maggie Welker, negro, the giri’x mother, treated for ruts and bruises at the Columbia hospital. Thaddeus Glover, of near Bteck- ville, treated at doctor's office hi Springfield for cuts end Other persons were Springfield for minor | to Columbia. Mrs. Oglesby, by Rays end Aabry Argo, of Storm by a| in crash lest night. The Phillipe nod Mrs. •f the CHEVROLET PRODUCES HEAVY IN AUGUST sadness te a large circle of friends. Mrs. Dicks hod lived in Barnwell for a great msny years, having come her* Isaac W. Reoatrev. Isaac W. Rountree, 81, died at his home in Dunbarton Wednesday of last week and bis body was laid to rest the following afternoon, the funeral ser vices being conducted at the Dunbar ton Baptist Church by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Flowers, and the Rev. Barney Foreman, of Ellenton. The latter apoke in high terms of Mr. Rountree’s 40-odd years of service to the church. Mr. Rountree was s leading mer chant and farmer of Dunbarton, and will be greatly missed in the com munity life of that section. He was a member of the county board of equalization for 38 years, during whiclj time no complaints were received from his township. ^ Besides his widow, Mr. Rountree is survived by three sons and three daughters, J. F. Rountree, Ben A. Rountree and R. F. Rountree, all of Dunbarton; Mrs. A. T. Beard, of Au gusta; Mrs. Bennett, of North Au gusta, and Mrs. Heyward Bates, of Meyer’s Mill, and a number of grand-' children. Chevrolet for the month of Av gust in the United States alone to talled 87,879 units, the third-big best August figure since the nil-time rec ord for the month, established in 1928, it was announced today at the com pany offices. This does not in clude passenger cars and trucks built for export and in Canada. The month saw the completion of Cheviolet’s 12,000,000th car, which came off the assembly line at Flint on August 5th, eight months and one day after procXiction of the 11,000,- 000th, and which, with Harry Hartz, well known racing driver at the wheel, is now en route to the Texas Centennial Exposition at Dallas. Saturday morning, after an illness of districts the fie.d wheie parent t>f- three months, snd while not unexpect Ae * *«*«itives brought an outline of ed, the news of her passing brought | thoir strategy to the front line of the theatre of nation-wide buying. No personality—no ides eras spared. No detail was too insignificant to eo- with her husband, the late, R. W c*reful. painstaking analysis. Dicks, who died throe years ago. She! “Almost eight months ago scores was a native of Barnwell County and <**' bdVers went scurrying to every a member of the Barnwell Methodist ••ctkm of the land umfcr orders to Church. She is survived by two • f °« r th * market in search of a wide daughters snd four sons, as follosrs:, diversity of goods especially for the Mrs. A. J. Bennett. J. Norman Dicks. »hich brings • f 1 *"*** W. S. Dicks and J. E. Dkka, of Bam- ^ Golden Jubilee year," Mr. Manly well; Mrs. W. E. Bennett, of Spring- ****■ The Maine Election. Charles M. Croft. A Charles Miley Croft, 68, died Thurs day night, September 10th, at ten o’ clock, at the home of his son, Willie G. Croft, after several months of ill i health. He was a son of the late Wil liam and Martha Croft and is sur vived by one daughter, Mrs. N. C. Croft; one son, Willie Grady Croft; three brothers, Sam Croft, Wasfy Croft and Jonas * Croft, and four grandchildren. His wife preceded him to the grave in 190L Funeral services were conducted on Satordhy afternoon at four o’clock at Reedy Branch Church by the Rev. C. E. Smith, of Langley, and the Rev. Mr. Smith, of Ofcr. Interment fol lowed m th* adjoiateg Portland, Me., Sept. 15.— Maine stood strongly enlisted in the Republi can column tonight but interpretation of its vote, ranging from a 40,000 majority for gubernatorial candidate Lewis C. Barrows, down to a 5,000- vote lead for Senator Wallace H. White, varied in the nation’s political camps. '“'-The tabulation of the vote (virtual ly complete) showed: For U. S. Senator: Gov. Louis J. Brann (D), 152,902; Senator Wallace H. White (R), 157,FV7. For Governor: F. Harold Dubord (D), 129,084; Secretary of State Lewis O. Barrows (R), 172,170. Three Republican congressmen were elected by approximate majorities ranging from Hj^XX) to 20,000, two Democrats being defeated for re-elec tion. field, and C. F. Dicks, of Columbia; 19 grandchildren and two great-grand children; four sisters, Mrs. J. C. Wooley ,of Livingston; Mrs. R. M. Harley, of Orangeburg; Mrs. George Riley, of Sylvxnia, Ga. t and Mrs. Julia Woodward, of Williston. Funeral services were held at the residence on Railroad Avenue Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, the Rev. J. C. Inabinet, pastor of the Barnwell Methodist Church, and the Rev. J. A. Estes, pastor of the Barnwell Baptist Church, conducting the rites. Inter ment followed in the Barnwell ceme tery. Back to College. "Under instructions from General R. E. Wood, president of the com pany, and D. M. Nelao^, vice-president in charge of merchandiae, these buyers were told to spare no effort or ex pense in their Anniversary mission. I am confident that vsitors to our store during this event will agree that these men and women carried out their instructions admirably. "After pre-viewing several weeks ago some of the 1,200 special items purchased especially for this event I could not help but feel that Au gusta is fortunate to be one of the 394 cities to participate in this 50th Anniversary celebration.”- To assure customers the utmost con venience in shopping, additional peo- The following college students left pie have been added to the store’s Barnwell in the past few days for staff and the special sales displayed their respective colleges: Tommy Ha-J have been set-up at advantageous and 1 good, Hummel Harley and David easily-accessible points arond the Cooper to the University of Sputh store, Mr. Manly announced*. I Carolina; Rodman Lemon, Brown Easterling, McTyre Calhoun, Edward Richardbon and Billy Manning to Clemson College; Misses Catherine] The County Treasurers’ books for Black, Christine Smith, Daisy Ander- collection of 1936 taxes opened Tues- son, Polly Fales and Maria Coclin to day, Sept. 15th, and the following Columbia College; Miss Martha Fran-[ property owners qualified for the ces Grubbs to Limestone College; Miss honor roll by being the first to pay Tax Payers’ Honor Roll A check on th* company rooter of metidtmt bad not Febtuary 1st reveals that 128 of tke The bos was brought to Celmabfe men who were in the company at that for repairs. Phillips' car was badly time are still ia it. A chock oa th* deamged. presnt roll by an “old boy" reveals , r , that 86 men wha were in th* Com pany last August 1st ere still ia R. W* do not know ho# this compares I with other CCC companies, but w* d< Fidelia Claes Meets. Oa Thareday evening sf last week . .. , . . . I, -!***• members of th* Fidelia dam of kno. th.t th* popuUtlo* of *U of| lw M M M tU them ia very changeable. Koma of Mrs. J. A- Rates, Jut S.turd*, It ter. ..r. tr.«- . ^ Ur hrmi fro- th.. ro-f—ir to tte tmmn nrl ‘TT n " ! *»*«•' tte .te sired at headquaiter* that all com- . _ . / _ . _ . service committees were also pames have the ssme strength. This , leaves us with about 194 men. Of these between 40 and SO are stationed at the side camp at Stokes, near Walterboro. Killed on Highway. The dead body of a negro man was found on the highway near Dunbarton early Monday morning, evidently the victim of a hit-and-run driver. A naan was arrested ia Augusta Tues day aad lodged ia the Bam well jail charged with th* | Mary Gay O’Bannon to Coker College, and Miss Vera T. Boulware to Queens- ' Chicora College. Card of Thanks. i We wish to take this means of ex- I pressing our sincere thanks and ap preciation to our many friends for kindnesses during the recent ill nets and death of our father, G M. Croft, and also for th* aaany beautiful floral offerings. W. G. Craft aad FaMily. taxes on opening day: E. T. Bates, Williston. Baldwin Black, Meyer’s Mill. Matthew Bolen, Mt. Calvary. C. N. Burckhalter, Barnwell. Harry B. Harley, Seven Pines. W. G. Hill, Barnwell. Mrs. Clara J. Hitt, Elko. J. Willie Kennedy, Cedar Grove. L. S. Still, Hercules. Mrs. Lea tha U. Still, Hercules. The treasurer says this ia a good start aad he expects eel lections to he good this fan. Missionary Society Meets. The Missionary Society of the local Methodist Church, which ia a combined meeting of all the circles of the church, met at the church on Monday afternoon for their regular monthly meeting. After a business session in which all business for the month was dis posed of, the following program was enjoyed by quite a large attendance: Piano selection—Miss Louise Cope. Silent directed prayer, directed by Mrs. W. E. McNab. Vocal selection—Miss Grace League. Four inspirational talk* on God’s and Christ’s place in our lives, as fol lows: In our hearts—Mrs. F. B. Davis. In our homes—Mrs. B. P. Davies, Jr. In our business life—Miss Louise McCullough. In our church—Mrs. J. E. Harley, Jr. At the conclusion of this program the meeting was adjourned* W. W. Molony. Blackville, Sept. 15.—W. W. Mo lony, 61-year old relief work super visor, died at his home here early Sun day morning after an illness of several months. A number of years ago he had been employed as a travel ing salesman. Funeral services were held at 10 o’clock Monday morning at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mr. Molony ia survived by his widow, who was Miss Edna Strobel; a daughter, Mrs. Lucille M. Cornwall, of Washington, D. C.; a ton, Dr. Wil liam Molony, of Aiken; and two brothers. Dr. J. E. Molony and Harry Molony, of Blackville. • Mr. Melony was a native of Black- ville aad waa ana of eigh ad at tkis time. W* hop* that thaao | committees will prove te mean much 1 to the claas end to all the shut-ins and leas fortunate* who are in th* com munity. Each member of the claas is asked to cooperate with these com mittees snd support them in every thing that they shall attempt to ac complish. Mrs. Estes presented a pledge which the members were asked to take voluntarily if they felt that they could say—"I pledge allegiance to the Fidelia Class of the Barnwell Baptist Sunday school. As a Christ ian woman I pledge my loyalty and support to keep it a standard class, not only in name, but in true Spirit of Jesus Christ. So that its influence might prove 'A lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.’ and make me 'a workman that needeth not to be ashamed.’” Officers for the new quarter are: Miss Marian Bolen, president; Mrs. Blease Harley, ;lst vice-president; Mrs. Frank Kirkland, 2nd vice-presi dent; Miss Margaret Black, secy.- treas. Members of the social com mittee are: Miss Margaret McAllister, chairman; Miss June Milhous and Miss Dorothy Furtick. Members of the personal service committee an: Miss Edith Mahaffey, chairman; Mias Carey Martin and Miss Nellie Furtick. It is the aim of the Fidelis Class to do something each week to brighten the life of - someone and make their cross lighter to beer because we, like gems of old, have gone about doing good. After the business session we were invited into the dining room where we enjoyed punch and crackers. Ten members were present at this meeting and it is hoped at the next meeting there shal not bo on* missing among us. We shall do well to ra- —“United we stead, divided, faU.” ADVERTUS te Tim