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1 * far THS OmClAL KSW8PAPBK OF BASNWBLL CX>UMTT.^B| The Bsumwell People-Sentinel Consolidated J«m« 1, lt25. “Jumk Llk* a M«mb*r of lh« Family" Lnrcost County Circulation. VOLUME LX. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1937. NtiTftBER 30. Barnwell WPA Work . i . 1 Has Been Beneficial Various Projects in County and Re sults Attained Are Reviewed in Brief. A Interesting Social V News of Blackville Public Health Unit Does Splendid Work Bridge Party Enjoyed.—Senior Class Functions of Set-Up in Barnwell Presents Play.—D. A. R. Chapter Meets. County Outlined.—Four Coun ties Are Served. The WPA work in Barnwell has proven of great benefit to the needy as well as the citizens of Barnwell County. During the past year that it has been functioning, many steps forward have been made in various fields. A list of the projects and the head of each organization are given below. Tl^e WPA sewing rooms were es tablished in November, 1935, for the purpose of giving employment to un employed women who are heads of families. The sewing rooms are un der the supervision of Mrs. J. B. Har ley, who has proven very efficient in her work. . During the recent flood disaster 50 comforts were made and sent to the flood area and this organ ization also furnished garments and other articles for the victims. Sine* its organization to date the employees have turned out approximatly 20,000 garments. These garments are turned over to the Department of Public Welfare and from that point they are distrib uted! to the needy families. As many as 83 women have been employed on this project at one time; ‘at present there are 70. Under Miss Alice Hightower, the re-cataloguing project workers have put the records of vital statistics in excellent condition. When this work was first started the records were in a chaotic condtion and to find any thing one had to look for hours and trust mostly to luck. The records now are catalouged, from 1914 to the present time, alphabetically with the deaths in one place and the births in another. These were made up in books of 1,000 each and there are 19 of these books. One of the most humane projects under the set-up is the hot lunch pro ject under the direction of Mrs. Car rie Lee. Because of this project, hun dreds of under-nourished children are now supplied with hot, nourishing lunches each day during the school y»ar. As a result of this work, many of the schools have determined to car ry it on after the WPA withdraws its support. Mrs. Jean Williams has made great progress with the library project. At the beginning of this project in De cember, 1935, it was found that much of the reading material of the schools of the county was in a very dilapi dated condition, some of the books not even being usuable. At present, how ever, approximately 1,500 books have been restored to use by the hands of the WPA workers and circulation has increased considerably. Over 300 books have been collected by workers for the benefit of school libraries and about 900 magazines have been donated for distribution in rural communities. Recently Mrs. St. Pierre Hoge, of Summerville, district supervisor of WPA library project, met with a nominating committee composed of Mrs. H. L. O’Bannon, Miss Elizabeth McNab, home demonstration agent, and Horace J. Crouch, county super intendent of education, for the pur pose of appointing community com mittees for the furthering of library service in this county. Mrs. Annie Black is in charge of the re-indexing project being carried on at the Court House. Since the be ginning of this project the direct and cross index to mortgages dating from 1787 to 1936 and a plat index have been completed. In the direct index there are about 42,000 entries, approximately 700 pages, all of them being neatly typed, with mortgagor, mortgagee, book and page, dates, amount, location, descrip tion and satisfaction. The direct index to deeds has just been completed, with about 65,500 en tries, approximately 1,200 pages. The workers are now busy compiling the indexing cards for cross index. When this is completed it will be possible for a layman to gain any information desired for himself without having to employ a lawyer. Much time will be saved, as well as cutting down on the unnecessary handling of record books to find the proper recording. This work has given employment to 20 women, of relief status. Other projects of interest in Barn well 'County are two State projects that are being carried on in the Court House. The first of these is the copy ing of old wills and records and the Blackville, March 30.—Mrs. G. F. Posey, Mrs. Lonnie Creech, Mrs. Kelly Browning, Mrs. W. R. Carroll, Mrs. J. W. Browning, Mrs. L. J. Connell^ and Mrs. Sem Rush were entertained Thursday afternoo'n at the Kome if Mrs. D. Stanley Brown. Bridge^fas played. Highest score was made by Mrs. Sem Rush. A sweet course was served when cards were laid aside. A lovely St. Patrick’s day party was given at the -home o Mrs.. James Nevils Tuesday afternoon. Bridge was enjoyed. Twenty guests were present. When scores were finally added, Mrs. A. V. Collum, Sr., was an nounced winner of high score prize. Her hostess presented her with a love ly China salad bowl with fork and spool}, Mrs. Sem Rush cut highest card and received a serving tray. Table decorations and refreshments were in keepng with the St. Patrick’s motif. Favors were small cups con taining mints. The senior class of the Blackville high school gave the final presenta tion of their play, “The Red-Headed Step Child,” in the gymnasium audi torium Wednesday evening. In co operation with the Barnwell County Dramatic League, the play was given in Dunbarton, Williston and Barnwell on recent dates. Plays from those schools are given once in each school. Entire proceeds from each school play goes to the hostess school. Miss Eve lyn Tomlinson directed the perform ance. r The Joseph Koger Chapter, D. A. R. , were entertained Tuesday after noon at the home of Mrs. L. C. Still. The business hour under the regent, Mrs. T. 0. Boland, included the buy ing of seals for the crippled children’s fund. Mrs. Byron Wham who atted- id the State D. A. R. conference in Aiken on March 8th as a delegate from the Blackville chapter gave an interesting report. She also read the president general’s message. The theme of the afternoon was “Tam- assee." Mrs. Hal Still reported as chairman foi^^the shower given for the school by tna chapter. The host ess served her gueMs a salad course. AUXILIARY CELEBk.Vf4W ITS 18TH ANNIVERSARY Williston, March 20.—In celebra tion of the 18th anniversary of tho American Legion organization, the Auxiliary, Williston Post No. 75 en tertained the local post at a birthday party at the “Hut” Tuesday evening, March 16h. The entertainment program, under the direction of Mrs. I. Simon and Mrs. A. S. Blanchard, consisted of unique games and vocal music by Miss Ruth Hoffman, of Blackville, ac companied by Mrs. J. T. Kneece, also of Blackville. Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Bates were the winners of the “grand prize” for their skill in games. Throughout the evening, punch, cof fee and cakes were served by a com mittee composed of Mrs. L. S. Fleni- ken, Mrs. G. W. Whitaker and Mrs. C. R. Ackerman. The climax of the evening was the presentation of the birthday gift by the auxiliary president, Miss Ruth Hoffman, to the post commander, L. S. Fleniken. This was a beautiful plaque, a gift from the forestry ser vice to the auxiliary In recognition- oft the latter’s cooperation. On this plaque is inscribed the resolution passed by the American Legion Aux iliary at its Cleveland convention, giv ing its pledge to the cause of conser vation. It has now become a part of the property of the Williston post as a record of the contribution of the auxiliary to the Legion’s program to preserve America. At the close of the evening, mem bers of the Legion and Auxiliary joined in singing “war time songs,” concluding with “Home, Sweet Home.” J. U. Watts, Jr., Esq., was a profes sional business visitor in Aiken on Saturday. other is making a survey of all his torical records as found in the various county offices. All of the above WPA projects are under the general supervision of Mrs. Pauling R. Best, of Barnwell, but are individually supervised by the pro ject supervisors. , On November 11, 1935, ,the Barn well County Health Department was ^organized. At that time there was only a public healh nurse and a clerk. On May 1st,, 1936 a part time health officer was appointed. On Jan uary 4, 1937, a part time public health nurse under the Maternity Child Health program was added. Under the WPA set-up, a malarial control and community sanitation program was also added. The unit is directly under the Division of Rural Sanita tion of &e State Board of Health. Barnwell is headquarters for four counties—Barnwell, Bamberg, Allen dale and Hampton, with Dr. L. T. Claytor as health officer. The head quarters are located in the Court House in Barnwell. As related to Barnwell County, the general objectives are: 1. To educate individuals and fami lies to protect their own health. 2. To assist in the adjustment of family and social conditions that af fect health. 3. To correlate all health and so cial programs for the welfare of the family and community. 4. To educate the community to develop adequate health facilities. The functions of the local health department: 1. It investigates communicable diseases, including tuberculosis and venereal diseases and institutes pre cautions to prevent spread of these diseases. 2. It investigates and supervises general sanitatary conditions, es pecially as they relate to the safety of water and the disposal of human excreat. 3. It inspects and supervices the production and distribution of milk. 4. It supervises the quality and safety of food and meat for public consumption, and the health of work ers in food establishments. 5. It examines schools for the efis- covery of communicable diseases or physical defects, notifying parties and school authorities of findings, and urging that the family physician or a clinic be consulted for treatment. 6. It maintains health conferences for infants and young children not otherwise under medical or nursing supervision. 7. It conducts free clinces for the early diagnosis of tuberculosis. 8. It conducts free clinics for the diagnosis and treatment of venereal diseases in those not able to pay for this care. 9. It conducts clinics for the ad ministration of preventive agents against diphtheria, small pox and ty phoid fever. 10. It maintains a public health nursing service which participates in many services: In clinics, in the schools, in health education and makes instructive visits in certain cases, thus assisting the family in carrying out the physician’s orders or the regulations of the health depart ment. 11. It provides a laboratory ser vice for assistance to any physician in the diagnosis of communicable dis eases, including tuberculosis and syphilis. 12. It acts as one part in the vital statistics system and keeps an order ly record. Tax Collections Good. County Treasurer J. J. Bell, advises that about 75 per cent, of 1936 taxes have been paid, this is the best col lections sincq he has been in office, and he expects a large amount of the other 25 per cent, will be paid before the books close on April 16th. Elsewhere in this issue you will find the Trasurer’s Tax Notice calling attention to the penalties that can be saved by paying your taxes in March. The tax books opened September 15, 1936, and will close April 16th, 1937, threby remaining open for seven months out of twelve. Easter Egg Hunt. There will be an egg hunt at Al len’s Chapel church Friday, March, 26, at 3:30 p. m. Everybody is in vited to come. % _ _ _ L. O. Drew, of White Hall, is spend ing several days here with friends and relatives. Albany Club Starts Training April 4th Manager W. C. McCrory Spends the _ Weed-end Here as Guest of Mayor *” ’*' * ' A V- and Mrs. Fuller. Mayor and Mrs. C. G. Fuller were hosts to Manager W. C. McCrory, of the Albany, N. Y., base ball team, over the week-end. Manager Mc Crory stopped in Barnwell while en route to Mobile, Ala., and a trip through Florida in search of ball players for his club. McCrory made an inspecton of the local ball park and pronounced it ready for the arrival of his team on April 4th. A few minor repairs are to be made, starting on Monday of next week, to the dressing rooms and the playing field 1 . However, as a whole, the park was considered in excellent shape and ready for the members of his squad to start work on. A squad of about 25 men is ex pected to report for the early season training. The Albany manager an nounced he had 23 men already and hoped to pick up one or two more on his present trip. Don Hutson, of Rose Bowl and the University of Ala bama football fame, is 'among those already signed to come here next month. McCrory asked if anyone knew of Hutson’s ability and, when reminded that Hutson was a star foot bailer, replied! that “I’m paying him to play outfield on a base ball team, not snag passes on a football squad.” Two exhibition games have already been arranged. The first will be with the House of David Bearded Beauties on April 14th while the second will bring the Columbia Senators of the Sally League here to match the Al bany nine. Other games will likely be scheduled later but at present no announcement could be made as to who, when or where. EASTER SERVICES AT LOCAL BAPTIST CHURCH The public is cordially invited to the Easter services at the Barnwell Baptist Church on Sunday. There will be special music both in the morning and evening. An Easter sermon will be preached Sunday morning, and at the evening worship hour . we will have a baptismal service. We also invite the public to Sunday School, where there are classes for everyone beginning with the cradle-roll and going through the adult classes. Our hours of service are: Sunday School, 10:30; Morning Worship, 11:30; B. T. U., 7:30; Evening Worship, 8:00. J. AUBREY ESTES, Pastor. Miss Cora E. Dicks. Funeral services for Miss Cora El eanor Dicks, who died at her home Saturday after a long illness, were held at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon, at the graveside in Joyce Branch Baptist Church cemetery, with the Rev. F. C. Davis and the Rev. B. M. Foreman officiating. Active pallbearers were Frank Par ker, Horace Dicks, Cecil Green, Ken ny Anderson, Arthur Green, Tom Dicks, Eugene Parker apd ^ Hugh G#teen. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. F. C. Brinkley, Dr. Wallis Cone, H. J. Crouch, G. E. Crouch, G. M. Greene, John K. Snelling, Dr. G. J. Trotti, C. K. Ackerman, B. F. Owens and H. H. King. Miss Dicks, who was 40 years of age was a devout member of Joyce Branch Baptist Church. She lived all her life in the ^community where she passed away. Her sweet disposi tion and noble character won a large circle of friends who, with her family, mourn her passing. Miss Dicks is survived by her mother, Mrs. Theo G. Dicks, two sis ters, Miss Ruth Dicks and Miss Lu cille Dicks, two brothers, William Dicks and Hamilton Dicks; three nephews and two nieces. Her father, Furman H. Dicks, pre ceded hereto the grave a few years ago. - ♦ ^ ■■ Amateur Boxer Injured. Bob Sanders, a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sanders, of the Big Fork sec tion, was injured in the boxing bout here Tuesday night with the Hardee- ville high school. He was 'knocked out in the second round. The extent of his injuries had not been determin ed when The People-Sentinel went to press. The locals won, 6 to 1. ADVERTISE tu Th* People-Sentia^. Complete 4 Projects in Barnwell County Golf Course, Road Repairs and School Ground Beautification Are Listed. Columbia, March 22.—A total of four projects has been completed to date in Barnwell County by the Works Progress Administration, in coopera-^ tion with the sponsors, while 14 ad ditional projects are at present un der way or have been authorized, ac cording to information released by State Administrator Lawrence M. Pinckney. Those which have been completed are as follows: The construction of a nine-hole golf course at Barnwell; repairs to the Barnwell-Govan Road; a county wide program of school ground beauti fication, and repairs to the road from Elko to Rosemary Church. Works Progress Administration pro jects now under way or which have been approved follow: Countywide programs of communi ty sanitation and malaria control; countywide programs of recreational work, home demonstration service and home service workers; the im proving of farm to market roads throughout the county; a countywide program of library extension work; the construction of a county agricul ture building at Barnwell; the con struction of a brick field house at the Williston High School; the recatalogu ing of government records and the in dexing of public records at Barnwell; the building of a four-room colored school at Kline; countywide programs of sewing rooms and serving of hot lunches to school children. ALL ARE URGED TO HELP CRIPPLED CHILDREN FUND All over the county and State today the hearts of the people are turned toward the work being carried on for crippled children. When one stops to think of it, the crippled chHd can’t help it A ladTs hip joint is diseased; one leg is shorter than the other; he needs an emergency operation. What can be done about it? Shall the door of opportunity to health and happi ness be forever closed to him? When msucles and bones become useless through birth, accident or disease we have a crippled child. Of these we have 6,000 in this State and about 75 in this county. Last year 17 crippled children were taken to Orthopedic clinics. Of this number some received treatment and returned home the same day, while a number were hospitalized. We also had treated three hair lipped children. We have one little child who has been re ceiving treatment for the past year and a half and is wonderfully im proved Our society is composed of all citi zens of the community who contribute one dollar or more in the Easter cam paign. Of course all donations are received, whether great or smalL We are not associated with any govern mental agency. Our funds for help ing poor, indigent crippled children come from the proceeds of this an nual Easter Crippled Children Seal and Scroll sale, whicn opened on the 18th. The seals are only 1c each, scrolls $5.00 or more. May we count on you to help carry on this great humantarian work? — Contributed. Attend Teachers’ Meeting. The members of the Barnwell High School faculty attended the meeting of^the South Carolina Educational As sociation last week and proceeded to their homes for the week-end, as fol lows: Supt. W. W. Carter; W. R. Price, Columbia; S. B. Marks, Colum bia; George R. Evans; Miss Louise Cope, Cope; Miss Grace League, Clin ton; Miss Elease Ray, Denmark; Miss Louise McCullough, Greenville; Miss Rhoda Wade, Lowrys; Miss Margaret Ellis; Miss Hazel Smith, York; Miss Delma Burgess, Kingstree; Miss Mar garet Free, Bamberg, and Miss Lillie Mae Jones, Ridgeland. Allen’s Chapel Services. There will be no services at Allen’s Chapel Church Sunday night, March 28th, but instead there will be preach- on the first Sunday night in April at 7:30 o’clock. Pastor. Mr. and Mrm. R. L. Bronson spent Sunday afternoon in Colombia with relatives. Thinks No Cut to Be Made in This State Congressman Fulmer Writes of 1927 * Farm Program and 12-Cent Loan Cotton. In a letter addressed to R. R. Moore, of Snelling, Congressmdn H. P. Fulmer writes that he has been given “practically definite assurance” that no further cut in cotton acreage will be made ip South Carolina under the 1937 farm program and also dis cusses briefly the two plans under which farmers may dispose of their 12-cent loan cotton. His letter is as follows: “Replying to your letter just re ceived, I will state that I was told by Cully Cobb, of the cotton division, A. A. 4 A., this mordlng that they would be ready to make a report on the 1937 program within about five or six days. You remember, I went after them good and strong some days ago when you called this to my attention, and I gathered from the remarks of the Administration then that perhape nothing would be done along the line indicated in your letter. “This morning I was given practi cally definite assurance that no cut would be made in South Carolina and that you and others interested could go right ahead under the 1937 pro gram as usual. However, he stated to me that definite statement would be made within the next five or six dhys. “It may, also, be of interest to you to now that I called on the Commodity Credit Corporation in the interest of being helpful to farmers who have cotton pledged with this Corpora tion under the 12c Loan program with the hope of having this Corporation per mit them to pay off their obligations and sell their cotton when and where, at their pleasure. “I was told by Mr. G. E. Rathell who is connected wth the Conunodity Credit Corporation that farmers would be permitted to utilise either of the two following plans: “In the first place, they can sell their cotton under the Release pro gram, using Form P wherein the fanner would get about 25 points, or $1.25 per bale out of such sale. “Farmers are, also, permitted to pay off their notes, including interest and warehouse charges and dispose of their cotton when and where at their own pleasure. “Where a farmer has good grades, especially one inch or better in staple lengths, the paying off of his oblige tions and selling his cotton outright would bring to him much better re sults. “I am mailing copy of this letter te our good friend t Mr. B. P. Davies, Barnwell, S. C., editor of The People Sentinel, and to the editors of other papers in my District, with the hope that they may give some publicity te same in their papers; knowing that the farmers m the various counties would like to have this information.” BURNING OFF GRASS DOES NOT HASTEN THE GROWTH Annual woods burning is advocated by some people and tolerated by others because of the claim that burn ing improves pasture lands, but in vestigation has shown that fire actual ly destroys the better species of grass. , It is NOT a fact that burning past ure lands increases forage. On un burned areas new grass shoots are intermingled with the old and! there fore pass unnoticed. Fire merely de stroys the old shoots of grass and the new ones can be more readily seen. Stock, however, will de better if their early spring food consists both of new and old growths because the contents of the new grass is mostly water and lacks fattening qualities. Ac cordingly cattle weaken and a higher death rate results. The short stubble left in the old grass after a fire causes cattle to have sore mouths. As a result of fire some of the best forage plants, such as pea vine, wild oats, beggar lice and leguminous plants are killed and an increased growth of , briars in any pasture re sults. MosToT these results occur in the open field, while burning in the woods always results in decreased growth of valuable timber and an in creased growth and wider distribn- tion of inferior and worthless timber. • one '‘ ■ Miss Anna GoolsSy spent the week- ead in Columbia with her sister, MMa Doris Goolshv.