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\J 4 * ■ vjfit) I The Barnwell People-Sentinel VOLUME LX. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1936 NUMBER 17. Barnwell County Acts to Save Its Timber rnrnmmm Legislators and Citizens Have Roles in Leading Counties of State.— Fire Guard Complete. Aiken, Nov. 29.—Through the ef forts of State Senator Edgar A. Brown, Representatives Solomon Blatt and Winchester C. Smith, and other interested citizens, Barnwell County is rapidly forging to the front of South Carolina counties in worthwhile protection of its timber lands and wooded areas from the fire menace. Barnwell County is one of the few counties in South Carolina whose wooded areas are afforded county-wide protection. The county has 334,080 acres of land with 166,026 acres being heavily wooded, these lands are be ing protected by one of the most com plete setups for the protection from fires, afforded by any county. Conservation Camps Aid. With the aid of the members of the civilian conservation corps camp lo cated in the Sweetwater section, more than forty miles of truck trails have been built, these trails are constructed where ever there are more than eight square miles of wooded lands without accessible roads to enable the fire fighters to reach the scene of a fire. On many of these trails, bridges had to be constructed across the many streams traversing Barnwell County. Near Snelling, a bridge 63 feet long was built across Three Runs Creek. This bridge has been declared by of ficials to be the largest and best con structed fridge that has yet been built by CGC workers in this State. Three fire towers have been built and connected by more than forty-five miles of telephone lines, these tow ers are manned by a ranger who is on the lookout daily during the dan ger season. These men are paid a small salary by the forest commission and given a house in which to live as well as ten acres of land to cultivate. This system of paying the workers i£ known as the South Carolina plan, and is being adopted by various States. Location of Towers. These observation towers are lo cated at Reynolds station, on United States highway 78; at Barnwell, near the Charleston highway, and near Dunbarton. The latter site is one of the best tower sites in the State; the Barnwell towers are also connect ed by telephone lines with the Oak- wood tower in Aiken County, thus af fording an extra opportunity to aid a neighboring county in fighting a fire near the county limits. On a clear day an observer is enabled to see for more than ten miles in all directions. M. F. Ussery, of Barnwell, is the county ranger and is assisted by R. Grubbs and Roy McElheney. Frank Cuthbert is superintendent of the CCC camp. The citizens of Barnwell are striv ing to secure enough acreage to be donated to the State forestry com mission and used as a State forest or park. This fall more than nine hun dred acres will be replanted in young pines. This is only the beginning’ of a system being adopted throughout the State that will enable the land- owner to be assured of an ever abun- dnt supply of cord wood and timber. Mrs. O. N. Courtney. Handiwork of CCC Campers in Barnwell County. Avocates Holding J Cotton for Advance The above ia a picture of the bridge constructed by CCC workersacroaa Three Runs Creek near Snel ling in Barnwell County.—Courtesy of The News and Courier. LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS Blackville Pupils Present Opperetta Football Hoya Also Receive Block Let ters for Work During the I'ant Season. Williston, Dec. 1?.— Mrs. O. N. Courtney, 69, died at her home here Thursday morning. She was strick en with a heart attack Tuesday night and her life was despaired of when she failed to rally. She was a mem ber of the Williston Baptist Church and was held in high esteem by a host of friends in the community. ' Funeral services were conducted Blackville, Dec. 21.—The Blackville Grammar grades presented an oper etta, “Cross Patch Fairies" in the High school auditorium on Thursday evening. The attendance was splen did. About 50 children were in the cast. Miss Ton^linson and Mias Katie C. Edmunds directed the sing ing and lines. Costumes were in charge of the several grade teachers. The Parent-Teacher association spon sored the entertainment, the proceeds to go for campus beautification. Stu dents were admitted free and adults charged a small fee of 10 cents. At the conclusion of the Grammar grade entertainment presented in the high school auditorium on Thursday evening, the Blackville football boys were presented block letters for theii* work during the past season. Th following boys received recog- tion: Captain Elmer Cooper; backs, Harold Delk, Martin Still, Francis Nevils, Harry Quattlebaum; ends, Clement Baxley, J. R. Sandifer; tackles, Pat Coggin, 1 Aiken Still; guards, Harold Bodiford, J. T. Tripp, Harvey Jones, Buster Morris, Her man Brown; centers, James Jowers and Ethridge Grubbs; manager, James Still. n A gift was presented to their coach, Gibbes DeHinnes, by Francis Nevils from the team. In accepting the pen and pencil set, Coach DeHin nes thanked the boys and wished for thehi a life played as squarely as they had played football during the past season. Blackville only lost two games for the year. Barnwell, S. C., Dec. 14, 1936. Dear Santa:—As Christmas will soon be here I would like for you to bring me a little hammer and tacks, a little truck, a ball, a tricickle and a little rocking chair. I want you to bring me some fruit, candies and fire wo:ks. Don’t forget all the other lit tle boys and girls. Bring mother and Dad and also grandmother something. Willie W\ Harley. Friday morning at 11 o’clock at the home by the Rev. G. M. Rogers, her pastor, and the Rev. W. R. Davis, a former pastor, of Williston. Besides her husband, Mrs. Court ney is survived by two daughters, Miss Marguerite Courtney, of Willis ton, and Miss Ruby Courtney,, a teacher et Johns Island school, near Charleston. Blackville, S. C., Dec. 9, 1936. Dear Santa:—I am a little girl just 4 years old. I have been good so you would come to see me. So I am ask ing you to bring me a trycycle and a Sherly Temple doll and some fruit* of all kind. Mother is going to put me up a Xmas tree so you can put my things under it. Hope you a mer ry Xmas. Betty Lee Collins. Barnwell, S. C. f Dec. 14, 1936. Dear Santa Cluas:—Please bring me a green rocking chair and a toy stove and toy dishes. Please bring me white and yellow gloves. I am in the third grade. I am seven years old. I have tried to be a good girl. Don’t forget my little brother and sister. with love, Martha Harley. Barnwell, S. C., Dec. 14, 1936. Dear Santa Gaus.—Please bring me a green truck and some fruit and a wagon for Christmas. I ara six years old. 1 would like to have a knife too. With love, Rufus Croft. Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Senae and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Know. Monday the shortest day of the year, railed by scientists the “winter solstice,” and being known officially as the first day of winter. Incidental ly, it lived up to its name, bringing one of the heaviest frosts of the sea son. . . . Miss Louise McCul- Barnwell, S. C., Dec. 14, 1936. Dear Santa Claus.—Please bring me a little knife with a ch^in... d whistle, a green truck and some fruit too. I am six years old. W’ith love, Bobby Creech. Barnwell, S. C. Dear Santa Claus, I am a little boy four years old. So please bring me a trycle and lots of fruit and candy. Don’t forget my little brother. , Your little man, Gene Dyches Continued on l*age Nine lough, « member of the Barnwell school faculty, receiving a Boston ter rier as a Christmas present and promptly naming the little animal “Wally Simpson.” . . A husky young man ringing the doorbell of a local residence before the family breakfast had been prepared, asking for something to eat and leaving in a huff when courteously invited to re turn a little later. . . . College girls and boys at home for the Yule- tide holidays. . . Christmas ( shop pers being annoyed by exploding fire crackers on the sidewalks and under automobiles, and wondering just why the poweis that be allbw sudh prac tices to continue, when other towns oWr the State have taken drastic measures to restrict the use of fire works. . . . Several friends a- mused at the sight of this scribe re plenishing his family larder at the curb market Saturday morning, he being forced to “pinch-hit” for friend wife, who was confined to her room with a (cold. .. . Seed co.tton. en route to the gin, a rather unusual sight at this time of the year. . . . A local merchant complaining that His sales Saturday were $100 less than for the corresponding day in 1935, due to the very inclement weather, and being reminded of the Dec 4 1936 ^ as tw0 more shopping days in this week before Christmas than was the case a year ago. . . Two loquacious sons of Ham discuss ing world affairs in general while standing on a Barnwell street comer Saturday and giving expression to the following sidewalk philosophy: Son of Ham No. 1: “Jim done gone Nawth to visit he boy-child.’ S. of H. Congressman Fulmer Would Have Government Withhold Loan Cot ton from Market. Expressing the belief that cot ton will advance to 15 cents a pound should the government withhold from the market three million bales of cot ton on which it has made 12 cents loans, Congressman H. P. Fulmer has addressed the following letter to the Hon. Lynn P. Talley, president of the Commodity Credit Corporation in Washington, D. C.: “My dear Mr. Talley :- “I understand that your Corporation has in its possession some three mil lion bales of farmers’ cotton, on which you have made a loan of 12c per pound. “I suppose the carrying charges on this cotton at this time would a- mount to about IVhc per pound, mak ing a total of 13 He. ‘In that there ia quite a demand for cotton at thia time both in the U. S. and several foreign countries, I want to urge that you do not dispose of any of this cotton at any time in the* near future for a price less than 13c per pound basis middling 7-8 inch cotton. “There is quite a little cotton in the country in the hands of farmers yet to be sold. If, therefore, you will properly manage the selling of the cotton that you are now holding it is my firm boliof that you will be able to secure between now and the time of the selling of the next year’s crop around 16c per pound. “This will not only be helpful to the farmers who have an interest in the cotton that you have on hand, but will be helpful to thousands of farm ers, who, as stated, have in their possession cotton to be sold between now and the next cotton harvesting season. “This is a very important matter, and, as stated, I am urging your favorable consideration along the line suggested.” Will Hold to Cotton. Washington, Dec. 11.—Representa tive Fulmer, vice-chairman of the house committee on agriculture, was today advised by G. E. Rathell, treas urer of the farm credit administration, that in response to lus request no government cotton on which there ia now a loan will be sold until after the expiration of this year. If and whyn it may be deemed necessary to dispose of any of the 3,000,000 bales on which there are now loans up to 12 cents a pound such cotton will only be disposed of at the loan figures plus interest and carrying charges. Mrs. George K# Ryan. No. 2: “Dat’s awright to visit yer boy-child and he wife,‘cause dey will put up wid yuh, but oon’t yuh never go to see yer gal-child and her hus- ban’, ’cause sure as shootin’, dat gal’s husban’ gwine put yuh to wuk.” A £ A w & News was received in Barnwell Fri day of the death of Mrs. Gertrude Holmes Ryan, 71, at her home in Asheville, N. C. She had been ill several months. Mrs. Ryan, who had lived in Ashe ville for about 20 years, was former ly of Barnwell, the widow of George K. Ryan. She is survived by three sisters-in-law, Mrs. J. M. Caldwell, of Columbia; Mrs. M. M. Ryan, of Wedgfield, and Mrs. W. F. Holmes, of Greenville, and several nephews and nieces. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon from the graveside in the Catholic churchyard in Barnwell.