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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 19S7
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Common Pleas Court
Convenes March 8th
Judge T. S. Sease to Preside at Two
Weeks Term.—First Week Jurors
Drawn Monday.
A two weeks term of the Court of
Common Pleas will convene here
March 8th, with Judge T. S. Sease, of
Spartanburg, presiding. Petit jurors
for the first week of the approachi:
term were drawn Monday, as folio
H. W. Collins, Hilda.
Isaac F. Gardner, Blackville.
C. A. Wooley, Barnwell.
George Hartzog, Double Ponds.
Clinton E. Heath, Pleasant Hill.
C. C. Mitchell, Tinkers Creek.
U H. L. Wilson, Ashleigh.
W. B. Powell, Williston.
G. S. Boynton, Kline.
J. S. Town®, Jr., Barnwell.
Anderson Black, Hilda.
Willis A. Morris, Jr., Oak Grove.
Albert C. Odom, Mt. Calvary.
Nolton Black, Hilda.
D. C. Weeks, Pleasant Hill.
B. S. Moore, Jr., Barnwell.
W. E. Jowers, Pleasant Hill.
A. B. Still, Joyce Branch.
W. Carl Buist, Blackville.
L. K. Purvis, Williston.
W. B. Fowke, Red Oak.
J. B. Hartzog, Hilda.
C. £. Storne, Blackville.
Luther Birt, Elko.
David McCormick, Blackville.
F. H. Dicks, Jr., Dunbarton.
Max Cooper, Barnwell.
T. A. Greene, Jr., Dunbarton.
P. A. Baxley, Blackville.
W. A. Owens, Jr., Barnwell.
Hayne Grubbs, Reedy Branch.
Tommie Waltz, Long Branch.
H. C. Wingo, Kline.
S. G. Lowe, BlackvHe7~
Norman Black, Hilda.
P. J. Greene, Elko.
Criminal Court Adjourns.
The Court of General Sessions,
which convened here Monday with
Judge T. S. Sease presiding, adjourn
ed Tuesday after disposing of the fol
lowing cases:
Arthur Jenkins pleaded guilty to
Baptist Association
To Hold Conferences
Series on Evangelism to Begin Tues
day, March 2, and Continue
Brown Calls Judges
“Those Old Birds”
Through Friday.
A series of conferences on evangel
ism has been planned for the Bam^
well Association beginning next Tues
day and continuing through Friday.
At these conferences methods of evan
gelism for the various organizations
within the churches will be discussed
by laymen and pastors of the associa
tion.
The association,, composed of 38
churches in Bamberg, Barnwell and
Allendale Counties, has beed divided
into four groups, as follows:
Group 1.—Mt. Calvary, Rosemary,
Joyce Branch, Dunbarton, jPleasant
Hill, Williston, Elko and Long Branch.
Group 2.—Hilda,’Friendship, Ash
leigh, Barnwell, Blackville, Healing
Springs, Double Pond and Reedy
Branch.
Group 3.—Springtown, Denmark,
Ghent’s Branch, Gpvan, George’s
Creek, Olar, Bamberg, Mt. Olivet and
Kline.
Group 4.—Ehrhardt, Allen’s Chapel,
Mt. Arnon, Great Saltkehatchie, Seig-
ling, Sycamore, St. John’s, Bethel,
Bethany, Edisto, Colston Branch,
Spring Branch and Hunter’s Chapel.
Group 1 will meet with Mt. Calvary
on Tuesday, March 2; Group 2 with
Hilda Wectiesday, March 3; Group 3
with Springtown March 4, and Group
4 with Ehrhardt March 5. The same
program will be given each day, but
with different persons speaking each
day. Each conference will begin at
10:50 a. m. and continue to 3 p. m.
All those who attend will take their
own lunch and the ChtJYch entertain- afflehded and was not as strong
Boldness of Barnwell County Senator’s
Attack on Court Feature of
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Debate.
Columbia, Feb. 20.—The most-talk-
ed-of thing of the week, outside of the
workman’s compensation matter, was
the debate in the senate over a joint
resolution which would mpmorialize
the congress to enact President Roose
velt’s fed'eral judicial legislation.
The feature of that debate was the
astonishing boldness of Senator Edgar
Brown’s attack upon the supreme
court as it now stands, and on some
of its members. Deploring\heir con
servatism, Senator Brown, in his most
dynamic style, spoke of the older, and
conservative members as “those old
birds,” and declared, “we are going to
unpack that court. We have the
opener for that sardine can.”
A packed gallery, including many
of the key men of the house, who
are going to have the resolution
brought before them next week were
spellbound. Brown spoke for more
than an hour, and laughed at the idea
that the supreme court justices are
men apart. “They are just like us,”
he declared.
“There’s old McReynolds,” he said,
“a traitor to his party, and old Van-
deventer.” And about Justice Vande-
venter, he wound a story of the jus
tice’s days as a lawyer for corpora
tions.
Brown had introduced the resolution
in the senate. After his speech, the
“hottest” thing of the session in
either house, the .senate voted and
the resolution won, although it had
ing will serve it.
Dr. A. Scott Patterson, of Madison,
Ga., a returned missionary from Afri
ca, will be a special speaker at each
conference, using for his subject,
“Evangelism, the Hope of the World.
He is recognized by leaden of the
Southern Baptist Convention as one
of the most outstanding misaionaries
ever sent out by the Foreign Mission
the charge of housebreaking He has spoken in many of
Barnwell Boys Lose
Bout to St. Matthews
Visiting Mittmen Overwhelm Local
jLads Wednesday .Night by Seoqe
— of 6Vt to 2i/,.
Boys of Blackville
Take Class B Tide
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Defeated St. Matthews Saturday
Night for-District Chiinpibh-
ship, 32 to 11.
Largwt Gouty OrcalttloB.
NUMBER 2t.
Negro Burns to Death.
Here Sunday Morning
Cleveland Nelson Meets Death in
Blaze That Destroyed Barnwell
City Jail
sh
eeny and was sentenced to serve nine
montHs.
Israel Kirkland pleaded guilty to
the charge of housebreaking and lar
ceny and was sentenced to serve nine
months.
W’yman Mills and Luther Hogg en
tered pleas of guilty to charges of
housebreaking and larceny, Mills be
ing sentenced to serve 13 months and
Hogg 10 months.
Charlie Johnson pleaded guilty to
the charge of larceny and was sen
tenced to serve 20 months.
George Coates was convicted of the
charge of forgery and sentenced to
serve three months.
John Muns was convicted in his ab
sence on a charge of violating the
prohibition law’, a sealed sentence be
ing imposed.
Norman Jones, charged with mur
der, pleaded guilty of manslaughter,
and was sentenced to serve 2Vi years.
Norman Jones, $t al., charged with
housebreaking and larceny, pleaded
guilty to the second count in the in
dictment and was sentenced to serve
one year.
Henry Howard was convicted of
larceny and sentenced to serve six
months.
Carrie Hankerson was acquitted of
a charge of murder.
H. W. Workman was convicted on . School
a charge of breach of trust with fraud- Springs,
ulent intent and sentenced to serve
eight months.
Fifteen true bill* were found
the grand jury.
the churches in the Barnwell Associa-
lidn before and KTs manY friends will
welcome this opportunity of hearing
him again.
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The following program has been
arranged by the program committee:
Tuesday, March 2 at Mt. Calvary.
10:30—Devotional—Dr. Robt. Black,
Bamberg.
10:45—Evangelism in the Sunday
School—Mrs. G. M. Rodgers, Willis
ton.
10:55—Open Discussion—Rev. Jas.
P. W’esberry, Bamberg.
11:15—E van ttolism in the W. M. U.
—Mrs. St. C. P. Guess, Denmark.
11:30—Evangelism, The Hope of
the World—Dr. A- Scott Patterson,
Madison, Georgia.
12:30—Adjourn—Lunch.
1:30—The Spiritual Value of the
God’s Acre Club—Rev. B. B. Jernigen,
Wagener.
1:50—Open Discussion—Rev. W. C.
Reese, Denmark.
2:10—The Annual Revival Meeting
—Rev. R. W. Middleton, Sycamore.
2:30—Sermon, “Our Association for
Christ in 1937”—Dr. Sam Danner, of
Orangeburg. ,
Wednesday, March 3, at Hilda.
10:30—Devotional—R. R. Moore,
Barnwell.
10:45—Evangelism in the Sunday
B. F. Gardner, Healing
as was the original document.
Among those who heard Brown
were Representatives Bennett, Saw
yer, Ouzts, Britton, Derrick, Osborne
and Clyde Graham, all serious legisla
tors, who undoubtedly listened in be-
oauae the thing is going to be in the
house next week. Also present was
Ben M. Sawyer, chief highway com
missioner.
Absent was Representative Calhoun
Thomas, who has ajready gone .on.
record as imposing the president’s
plan.
Re-Employmrnt Office
We wish to informe the general
public that on account of the re
cent fire that destroyed the Town Hall,
the offices of the Naticna! Re-Employ
ment Sen'ice are quartered in the old
Caldwell Building, next to Hill’s Ser
vice Station on Main Street.
We wish to take this opportunity
to thank the public for their co-opera
tion and we stand ready to serve you
in our capacity at anytime.
N. G. W. Walker,
Local Representative.
The Johnson Hagood Chapter, U.
D. C., will not hold its regular meet
ing this week on account of illness in
the family of the president. Notice
of the next meeting will be announc
ed later.
by
HumphHes-Johns.
10:55—Open Discussion—Rev. R.
W. Hollis, Ehrhardt.
11:15—Evangelism in the W. M. U.
Mrs. E. M. Roberson, Ola*.
11:30—Evangelism, The Hope of
the World—Dr. A. Scott Patterson,
Madison, Georgia.
12:30—Adjourn—Lunch.
1:30—The Spiritual Value of the
God’s Acre Club—Rev. W. C. Reese,
Allendhle, Feb. 18.—Mrs. R. W.
Humphries, of Allendale, announces the
marriage of her daugter, Elizabeth,
to Mr. Jasper P. Johns, Monday, Feb- Denmark
ruary 15th. The marriage was quiet-1 1:50—Open Discussion—Dr. Sam
ly solemnized in Walterboro. The Danner, Orangeburg,
couple left immediately after the! 2:10—The Annual Revival Meeting
ceremony for a brief wedding trip,'—Rev. J. M. Flowers, Ellenton
and will return next week to Allen-j 2:30—Sermon, “Our Association for
dale, where they will make their , Christ in 1937”—Rev. J. C. Hughes,
home. ! Orangeburg.
Mrs. Johns, a popular member of i Thuraday, March 4, Springtown.
10:30—Devotion—C. J. Fickling, of
Blackville.
10:45—Evangelism in the Sunday
School—Geo. B. Inabinet, Bamberg.
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the faculty
of the Allendale
gram-
mar school.
was educated at
Colum-
bis College.
She has taught
in Al-
lendale for several years.
Mr. Johns received his education
at Wake Forest college in North
Carolina and at the University of
South Carolina. He is a prominent
farmer of this section and a son of
W. L Johns, of Allendale.
10:55—Open Discussion—Rev. R.
H. McKinnon, Allendale.
11:15—Evangelism in the W. M. U.
—Miss Ruth Hoffman, Blackville.
11:30—Evangelism. The Hope of
Madison, Georgia.
12:30—Adjourn—Lunch. _
1:30—The Spiritual Value of the
God’s Acre Club—Rev. R. W. Hollis,
Ehrhardt.
1:50—Open Discussion—Rev. G. M.
Rodgers, Williston.
2:10—The Annual Revival Meeting
—Dr. W. M. Jones, Barnwell.
2:30—Sermon, “Our Association for
Christ in 1937”—Rev. P. D. Walker,
Blackville.
Friday, March 5, at Ehrhardt.
10:50—Devotion—Mrs. F. H. Hitt,
Elko.
10:45—Evangelism in the Sunday
School—B. W. Bishop, St. Johns.
10:55—Open Discussion—Rev. J. A.
Estes, Barnwell.
11:15—Evangelism in the W. M. U.
11;30—Evangelism, The Hope of
the World—Dr. A. Scott Patterson,
Madison, Georgia.
12:30—Adjourn—Lunch. ,
1:30—The Spiritual Value of the
God’s Acre Clpb—Dr. Sam Danner. __
1:50—Open Discussion—Rev. W. C.
Reese, Denmark.
2:10—The Annual Revival Meeting
—Rev. J. P. Wesberry, Bamberg.
2:30—Sermon, “Our Association for
Christ in 1937”— Rev. G. M. Rodgers.
Leaders and officers in mil the
churches in the association are urged
to cooperate with the program com
mittee to enlist the largest possible
number from their churches to at-
The St. Matthews high school box
ing team got a six and a half to a
two and a half win in the opening box
ing match of the season here Wed
nesday night of last week.
The opening fight between Carter,
of Barnwell and Axson, of St. Mat
thews, resulted in a draw. The
crowd appeared dissatisfied with the
decision and quite a few of the fans
voiced their disapprove! with boos.
The second fight w’as won by San
ders, of Barnwell, when he outponted
Fairey, of the visitors. The two
fighters were pretty evenly matched
and the difference slight.
The third fight was a technical
knockout for Dent, of the visitors, in
the third round. He had clearly the
upper hand all the way through and
punched out a clean victory. Gantt
was the loser.
The fourth fight of the evening was
a T. K. O. for Vaughn, of Barnwell,
over J. Fairey, of St. Matthews, in
the first round. Vaughn swarmed all
over his opponent from the opening
gong. He had Fairey staggering
within 30 seconds of the first round,
but the visitor rallied to stick out the
round. The loser failed to come out
for the second.
The fifth fight wound up n a de
cision for B. Dent., of the visitors,
over Boulware, of Barnwell. The
fighters were pretty evenly matched,
The fifth fight wound up in a de-
fighting.^
TRe next fight, between Carlton, of
Barnwell, and Arant, of St. Matthews,
was awarded to Arant on a decsion.
This verdict, however, brought forth
long and lusty jeers which lasted for
several minutes.
The decision went to the visitor, to
the accompaniment of many boos.
Fsirey, of the visitors, won a TKO
over Blatt, of the locals, when the
local boy did not return at the end of
the first round.
Senn, of St. Matthews, was award
ed a TKO over Hill, of Barnwell, in
the second round, when it appeared
that he had the better of the fight.
Wannamaker, of St. Matthews, won
a decision over Moody, of Barnwell,
in the windup event of the night.
These two boys poured leather into
each other during the entire fight,
but the visitor’s longer reach and
height gave him an advantage which
the local boy couldn’t overcome.
An exhibition fight between Wilaon
and Allen, both Barnwell boys, opened
the evening’s matches. This was a
no-decision affair, and seemed to be
about even.
The St. Matthews boys seemed to
be better on the in-fighting with the
Barnwell boys throwing leather at
all times. However, the visitors were
able to block a large number of these
punches so that they did little dam
age.
H. I. Mazursky, of Barnwell, re
fereed and George R. Evans and Cal
houn Lemon, of Barnwell, were the
judges.
The Barnwell team is under the tu
telage of J. U. (“Red”) Watts, for
mer Southern conference champion
while a student at the University of
South Carolina.
Blackville, Feb. 20.—Blackville won
the Class B championship for boys in
District 9 tonight, 32 to 11. The
Blackville boys rose to their greatest
heights this season and elearl^ out
played the smaller but game St. Mat
thews boys. C'oopepr and Delk led the
scoring but to name a star for Black
ville it would be the whole team.
Every boy that saw service did noble
work. For St. Matthews Savitz was
outstanding with Zimmerman helping
out.
Elloree defeated Blackville to win
the Class B championship for girls of
District 9 tonight in a game that was
coke until the last quarter. Elloree
led at the half, 9 to 8. The final score
was 34 to 19. For Blackville, Croft,
Gray and Still played best. The work
close until the last quarter. Elloree
but she had able assistance from Fel-
dter, the guard of Livingston and
Arant was the best seen in Blackville
this season.
Williston-Elko Wins Also.
Williston, Feb. 20.—The Providence
girls won the Class C championship of
District 9 here tonight, defeating
Neeses, 39 to 21. The Williston-Elko
team nosed out Holly Hill in the boys
finals, 16 to 14. Holly Hill led at the
half, 12 to 4, but the visitors were
unable to withstand the Williston ral
ly in the latter half. There was not
a foul called on Holly Hill during the
entire game and Williston - made all
field goals.
In the semi-finals boys teams Holly
Hill beat Neeses, 15 to 5. Williston
Elko downed Dunbarton, 24 to 14.
In the girls games Neeses nosed out
Williston-Elko, 34 to 33. Providence
beat Hilda, 30 to 13.
The high scorer of the tournament
was J. Smoak, of Neeses, who scored
57 points, and Varner, of Holly Hill,
with 28 points, led the boys of tho
tournament.
The first fire of 1937 in Barnwell
resulted in the burining to death of
Cleveland Nelson, 42-year old negro,
when the city jail was destroyed by
fire here at 5:00 o’clock Sunday morn
ing. The negro, who was lodged in
the local jail at about 2:00 a. m. by
Chief of Police F. M. Ross and Night
Policeman Ansel Anderson on a charge
of drunkeness, was burned to death
before he could be released from the
blazing structure.
According to local authorities, the
origin of the blaze has not been de
termined but it appears to have start
ed in the cell next to Nelson. It is
surmised that Nelson, in a drunken
condition, tried to light a cigarette or
threw away a cigarette stub and set
fire to some blankets in the center cell,
next to him. The blaze was beyond
control when help arrived and it waa
impossible for them to reach * the
doomed man.
An inquest was held Sunday even
ing, the verdict being that Nelson
came to his death from burns by fire
of unknown origin.
Besides the jail, the wopden struc
ture also housed the National Re-Em
ployment office and the offices of the
city hall.
Crop and Feed Loans
Handled Here
Farmers Are Eligible to Borrow Only
in C«#e They Cannot Secure
Loans Eleswhere.
the World—Dr. A. Scott Patterson. I tend these conferences.
Mrs. Thelma Goodson Harter.
Allendale, Feb. 19.—Coming as a
distinct shock to her relatives and
friends in Allendale and Barnwell
Counties was the death Tuesday af
ternoon of Mrs.T helma Goodson Har
ter, 38 years of age, wife of Deputy
Sheriff Norman E. Harter, of Allen
dale. Mrs. Harter died in the Baptist
hospital in Columbia after a major
operation more than a week ago. She
had been thought to be doing nicely
until a few minutes before her death.
Mrs. Harter was a daughter of J.
A. Goodson, o{ Ulmers, and the late
Mrs. Susie Jenkins Goodson. She is
survived by her father, her husband,
a sister, Miss Louise Goodson, of Al
lendale; a brother, J. J. Goodson, of
Miami, Fla., two half brothers, LeRoy
and John W. Goodson, of Ulmers, and
a step-mother, Mrs. Emma Lewis
Goodson, of Ulmers.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon, Feb. 18, at 4:00 o’clock
at the Harter residence in Allendale.
Interment followed at the Saltke
hatchie cemetery, near Ulmers. Offi
ciating at the final rites was the Rev.
R. H. McKinnon, her pastor, of the
Allendale Baptist Church. Many and
beautiful were the floral offerings. .
Applications for emergency crop
and feed loans for 1937 are now being
received at Barnwell by J. A. Byrd,
field supervisor of the Emergency Crop
and Feed Loan Section of the Farm
Credit Administration.
These loans will be made only to
farmers who cannot obtain credit from
any other source, as provided by regu
lations issued by the Governor of the
Farm Credit Administration. The
money loaned will be limited to the
fanner’s immediate and actual needs
for growing his 1937 crops or for the
purchase of feed for livestock and in
no instance may exceed $400.
Farmers are not eligible for these
loans if they can borrow from an in
dividual, production credit associa
tion, bank, or other concern. Emer
gency crop and feed loans will not
be made by the Farm Credit Adminis
tration to standard rehabilitation cli
ents of the Resettlement Administra
tion whose current needs are provided
for by resettlement.
As in the past, the security for
these loans will consist of a first lien
on the crop financed if the loan is for
the production of crops, and if for the
purchase of feed for livestock, then a
first lien on the livestock to be fed.
Landlords, or others having an inter
est in the crops or the livestock to be
fed, will be required to waive their
claims in favor of the lien to the gov
ernor of the Farm Credit Administra
tion until the loan is repaid.
Checks in payment of the approved
loans will be issued by the Regional
Emergency Crop and Feed Office at
Columbia. All persons eligible and
desiring to make application for a
l loan will call al Emergency Credit
Loan office at Barnwell and register
their name and address, or write a
card or letter giving same, addressed
to J. A. Byrd, Feld Supervisor, Barn
well, S. C.
Church Srvices at Allea’a Chapel.
The Rev. Sam Danner wll conduct
services at Allen’s Chapel Church
next Sunday night, February 28th. at Herman Brown,
7:10 o’clock. The
invited to attend.
CLUB MEMBERS LEARN
GARDENING THIS MONTH
Home Demonstration Club mem
bers are turning their attention thia
month to gardening.
First consideration is given the
vegetable garden which will supply a .
good spring tonic for the whole fami
ly. The wise homemaker knowing
that green vegetables are valuable in
the diet becaUee they supply mineral
■uketaaee and vitamins, dees not wait
until Spring has already arrived be
fore she starts her garden work. By
the middle of Febnmry she has pro-
pared window boxes or hotbeds and
planted tomato seed so that she can
have sn early crop. The varieties
recommended are Penn. State, Ear-
liania, Bonney Best, Greater Balti
more; wilt resistant—Pritchard and
Marglobe. The canning budget re
quires that each person be provided
with at least 22 quarts of tomatoes—
excellent source of vitamin C, and, as
the Marglobe is highly recommended
for • canning thmato, because of its
good, red color and firm texture the
homemaker will include a generous
quantity of the wilt-resistant Mar-
globe in her hotbed.
This is the month to plant aspara
gus crowns, also, and just as soon as
the ground can be worked plantings
should be made of the following vege
tables: Spinach, mustard, kale, let
tuce, carrots, beets, turnips, onions,
cabbage, cauliflower, English peas,
Irish potatoes. Transplant to open
field—cabbage, cauliflower, letuce and
onion seedlings.
Plant lice may be controlled by
spraying with nicotine sulphate solu
tion, using two teaspoonfuls of the
sulphate (Black Leaf 40) and an inch
cube of soap in one gallon of water.
Club members serving as home gar
den demonstrators in the county jare:
Mrs. C. P. Morris, Mrs. Belton Holly,
Morris Club; Mrs. Howell Collins,
Mrs. John G. Grnbbs, Hilda Club;
Mrs. D. I. Ross, Ashleigh Club; Mrs.
Charlie Anderson, Meyer’s Mill Club.
P.-T. A. to Have Contests.
' Blackville, Feb. 23.—The Blackville
Parent-Teacher Association will spon
sor an entertainment Friday, 26, at
! 8:00 p. m. The program will consist
of three contests, as follows: Shirley
Temple contest, a beauty contest, and
an amateur contest. Children under
eight years of age are eligible to ea
ter the Shirley Temple contest, tho
prize for which will be s beautiful
Shirley Temple doll. Equally attrac
tive prizes will be awarded the win
ners of the other contests.
* Those wishing to participate may
give their names to any of the fol
lowing committees: Shirley Temple
contest—Mrs. H. L. Buist, chairman;
Virginia Buist Beauty contest—Mrs.
Stanley Brown, Mrs. Sem Rush,
teur contest—Mrs. J\ R
chairman, Mrs. Sigsbte Grimes, Mrs.
A. V. Collura, Sr., Mrs. Eugene Pick
ling, Mrs. Jasaes Nevils, or to Mrs.
P.-T. A.
is cordially
P^T.
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