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t THB omClAL NEWSPAPER OP BARNWELL CXJUNTT." OosoKdatcd lane 1, 1125. The Barnwell People-Sentinel •• Ju»t Llk« a Member of the Family* M Larfest Comity ClrcnUftoe. VOLUME LX. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 6TH, 1937. NUMBER 36., Barnwell County Is Confident of Future la Moving From Black Era of De pression and Entering Bright Period of History. v Barnwell County has been greatly improved since the dark days of the depression in 1932. Through the aid of governmental grants and the co operation of the members of the county delegation, the county officials and members of the county board of, directors, every community in the county has benefitted to some ex tent. Williston-Elko high school received a new field house, a baseball diamond and a grandstand, a swimming pool and numerous other improvements such as ditching, grading of roads and-other projects of this nature in and around Williston and Elko. The field house and the ball park have added materially to the betterment of sports in that community. Proper drainage of roads and preventing of stagnant waters has also helped the community. 1 Blackville received a new gym nasium, a swimming pool and other improvements. Blackville’s gymna sium is regarded as one of the best equipped and 1 most handsome struc tures in this section of the State. The mosquito control unit .and the county sanitation project also have been of great help to the citizens of that town . Barnwell has an excellent baseball field, a swimming pool and recreation hall, two fine tennis courts, a coun try club and a nine-hole golf course. The local airport also has been work ed over and the court house has been refinished from the outside. A new agricultural building has been erected in Barnwell with offices for the home demonstration agent, the county ag ricultural agent and the rural rehabili tation workers. The county records have been placed alphabetically and rebound so as to lend to easy access anyone desiring to check for a deed or other paper. In addition to this, Barnwell also has benefitted by the malarial con trol project, the grading and drainage of roads and other projects for the betterment of the town. The Barnwell high school also has added a new building which is being used by the high school students. They have added a commercial depart ment, agricultural department and wood shop to the curriculum, thus offering one of the best all-round courses that it is possible to get in a high school. The last general assembly appro priated several thousands of dollars for the establishment of a Clemson college experiment station in Barn well County and this is now being erected at Reynolds, between Black ville and Williston. When finished, this project will be of inestimable value to the farmers in this section of the State as it will be po^ible to determine the proper fertilizer to use in the raising of truck on any particu lar soil. A CCC camp has been located a- bout two miles west of Barnwell on the Augusta highway and about 200 boys have been stationed there since its completion in 1934. This camp has been developed into a place of beauty, with tennis courts, volley ball courts, basketball court and other athletic fields on the grounds for the use of the enrolless. The edge of the camp, bordering on the highway, has been beautified and offers a pleasing ap pearance to the passerby. As a result of these benefits and improved business conditions general ly, Barnwell County faces the future with confidence. Not only are there many signs of recovery from the de pression, but the improvement of living conditions and the betterment of the educational and agricultural sides of life are definitely above the level of the depression years. First Service to Be Held in New Building . I Ghents Branch Congregation Com- 1 pletes Structure With Seating Capacity of 450. -1 Ten young Ladies to Civilized Society. The Ghents Branch Baptist Church, ' located three miles from Denmark, will hold the first service in a new church building which has just been completed on next Sunday, May 9th. The new building is a modem brick structure with a seating capacity of 450 and Sunday School facilities, ade quate to take care of 300. An elabor ate program has been planned for this service, to which the public is cordially invited . In the morning several visitors and local members will make short talks concerning the progress of the work of the ehijrch. The pastor, the Rev. Waymon C. Reese, will preach the first sermon to be preached in the new building at 12:30. Lunch will served at noon by the church and in the afternoon J. L. Corzinp,^Sunday School and B. T. U. secretary of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, will bring the main address of the day. The Rev. James P. Wesberry, pas tor of the 6amberg Baptist Church, will preach the consecration sermon. Special music and other numbers have been arranged by the program com mittee. Ghents Branch is one of the oldest In Barnwell how to have a good time is fully understood. “A crowd estimated at more than 400 attended the square dance at Fuller Park Tuesday ! ► night of last week,” The Peo ple-Sentinel informs. “These dances are attended by young and old and are enjoyed by all,” T Go to Training Camp Local Leaders Will Gather at Camp Long, Aiken County, May 14- 16 for Outing. Divorce Law Feeling Growing in Strength Sentiment in Favor of Reasonable Divorce Law.—Session May End This Weel*. Camp Long, near Aiken, will be the site of the annual Local Leaders’ Training Camp on Mdy 14, 15 and 16. and “good order is observed at This camp is held each year for those all times.” That is “society” at *t* young ladies who, during the year, its best. Only a civilized peo- •]>! have met the requirements and are pie can enjoy themselves in that & ! eligpbfe to appointment as qualified Local Solon May Be in Senatorial Race But State Senator Edgar A. Brown Says He Has No Definite State ment to Make. way, and Barnwell is to be con gratulated.—News and, Courier. Annual Achievement Day Observed May 1 Seventy-four Members khd Visitors Enjoy Exercises in Local High School Auditorium. The members of the 4-H Clubs held their annual Achievement Day pro gram at the Barnwell High School auditorium on Saturday, May 1st, with 74 members and visitors present. Miss Laurie Ella Gantt, of the Boil ing Springs Club, presided over the meeting, and' Miss Margaret Kneece, of the Joyce Branch Club, opened the meeting with the devotional. Follow- churches in this section of the State, ing this, the program, which consist having been organized in 1834 by 7 members of the Healing Springs Baptist Church, located about three ed of a brief review of the year’s work, was carried out by the club groups and their leaders. A song miles from Blackville. All former contest, in which six of the clubs en- members and friends are most cor dially invited to attend the services on next Sunday. Farm Record Keeping Not New, Say» Agent New S. C. Record Book Provides Plan for Home Account as Well as Farm Business. tered, a picture show and a picnic lunch rounded out the day’s festi vities. A roll call was held to determine the winner of the attendance award, the Big Fork Club having the largest number of members present, with the Boiling Springs Club second. The other awards were won as fol lows: Individual exhibit—Miss Annie Sue Fowke, 1st; Miss Mary Ellen Barker, 2nd, and Miss Margaret Kneece, third. Picture judging contest—Miss Mary - “A few minutes a day to make the farm pay.” This is the slogan adopt- 1 Ellen Barker, 1st; Miss Jaudon Har ed by the Clemson College Extension ley, second, and Miss Helen Keel, 3rd. Service fqr farm families of South I May Basket—Miss Zelda King, 1st; Carolina to use in keeping a farm and Miss Lona Catherine Shumpert, 2nd, home account book, which summarizes and Miss Mae Swett and Miss Marie \ the morning of May 14th, and will cal leaders. The requirements for the appoint ment include the attendance of at least three county local leader train ing meetings and the holding of at least one meeting, without the aid of the home demonstration agent or someone else in authority, in their club. Ten young ladies in Barnwell County have qualified during the past year and it will be their good fortune to attend this year’s camp. The camp is beneficial as well as enjoyable for those attending. There will be 'instruction periods and re creational period, properly spaced so that the work will not seem irksome. Not only will many points of instruc tion be brought out during the classes which will be of use to the leaders when they return home, but there will also be a number of novel entertain ments staged which can be used later in the county clubs. Athletics will offer one phase of the recreational side and competitions will *oe entered into by all those who attend. There^will be delegates at Camp Long from all over the State and this should go a long ways towards the promotion of good fellowship among the 4-H club members of the State. Those from this county who are qualified are as follows: Miss Irma Mae Allen and Miss Laurie Ella Gantt, of the Boiling Springs club; Miss Margaret Kneece, of the Joyce Branch club; Miss Lunette Bates and Miss Mae Swett, of the Meyer’s Mill club; Miss Reba Grubbs and Miss Jennie Gignilliatt, of the Galilee club; Miss Carrie Grace Grubbs, of the Reedy Branch club; Mrs. Nick Croft and Miss Eloise Sanders, of the Hilda club. These young ladies, accompani ed by Miss Elizabeth McNab, county home agent, will leave Barnwell on the farm records of the entire farm Burckhalter, 3rd. family, says H. G. Boylston, county 1 Scrapbooks—Miss Margaret Kneece, farm agent. 11st; Miss Irma Mae Allen, 2nd, and Keeping ^rm records is by no Miss Joe Ann Bauer and Miss Laurie means a new thing. However, the! Ella Gantt, 3rd. Honorable mention new South Carolina record book pro- also went to Miss Mae Swett and Miss vides a plan for the home account as Louise Gantt in this group. I well as the farm business, the county ^ Song contest—The Long Branch agent states. , Club, 1st; the Big Fork Club, 2nd, and The entire farm business record the Boiling Springs Club, 3rd. consists of four general parts: First,' Record Cards—Miss Virginia Hair, an inventory of what the farm has at 1st; Miss Grace Barker, 2nd, and Miss the beginning of the year; second, a Bertha Kneece, third, record of what was received from the Health contest—Miss Laurie Ella sale or equivalent of a sale of farm Gantt, 1st; Others in the blue ribbon products during the year; third, a group included Miss Margie Summers, record of what was spent injhe opera-] Miss Norma Anderson, Miss Bertha tioi^ and maintenance of the farm Kheece, Miss Virginia Hair and Miss during the year; and, fourth, an in ventory of what the farm has at the end of the year. Helen Fowke. The ^delegates to the State Short Course to be held at. Winthrop Col- Lyndhurst Items. Lyndhurst, May 3.—Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Hay and little son, Preston, of Beaufort, were here for the week end, the guests of relatives. Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Steinmeyer, of Beaufort, who have been spending some time here with relatives, have returned home. A. P. Hay, of Parris Island, spent the week-end here. Miss Marie Steinmeyer, of Beaufort, was here for the week-end, the guest of relatives. F. H. Gantt, of Allendale, was here for a few hours on Sunday. According to M. C. Rochester, farm j lege in June will be announced at a management specialist, farm families later date. in the State are manifesting a great | Miss Elizabeth McNab, home dem- deal of interest in keeping the records | onstration agent, was in charge of the of their operations and, as a result, a day’s activities. She was very ably number have started keeping farm assisted by the following: Miss Portia accounts. . i Seabrook, of Winthrop College; Miss “It is important to know which Hazel Smith, Mrs. John Keel, Mrs. combination of farm enterprises is Clay Creech, Miss Adelle Hair, Mrs. paying,” Mr. Rochester says. “A Charlie Brown, Jr., Mrs. Manley Bar- farm without records Is like a ship ker, Mrs. Nick Croft, Mrs. DuBose without a rudder. Record-keeping is Roberson, and the club leaders, Miss paramount in busines-like farming, Margaret Kennece, Miss Iriaa. .Mae for it enables members of the farm Allen, Miss Laurie Ella Gantt and family not only to know which enter- Miss Mae Swett. prise is paying, but also to stop t)ie have three most enjoyable days ahead of them. ALLENDALE CROPS ARE DAMAGED BY HAILSTORM Large Hailstones Wreak Havoc With Plants, Automobile Tops and Window Lights. leaks. TRUCK GROWERS’ MEETING ‘Cuke” Growers Study Fertilizers. As a result of a campaign put on FRIDAY NIGHT, 8 O’CLOCK with the cucumber growers of Barn- jwell County, many fanners are pay- Allendale, May 1.—One of the heaviest hail storms to strike Allen dale and wicinity in several years wreaked havoc with crops, auto tops and skylights Tuesday about noon, and freak storms throughout that section followed during the afternoon: Hailstones the size of hen eggs and larger, reported by some witness es, beat holes in the tops of autos, end beat the leaves from hundreds of acres of crops which had a good stand. The roofs of several homes in Allen dale were badly damaged and a num ber of the panes were broken from the windows of the Allendale high school. The hail stones remained on the ground for about an hour after the storm. Along the river several miles from Allendale, hail fell again in the af- tenoon, with the ice accompanied by wind 1 . Several trees were taken down by the force of the wind and more crops were destroyed. The hail storms turned after tear ing through Allendale and stones fell in Fairfax and in the Sycamore and Ulmers section bf the county. One man in Allendale stated that after the noon storm, the hail which had 1 fallen from the eaves of his house measured fourteen inches in depth. This was not the mean depth Columbia, May 4.—While the first step has been taken looking toward modification of South Carolina’s con stitutional inhibition against divorce, there is a long, hard trail ahead of the proposal. The house bill, which has received a favorable judiciary committee report,, would submit to the people in the next general elec tion the question of constitutional amendment so as to permit the general assembly to enact a law defining the grounds upon which divorces would be granted. There is no question that sentiment in favor of a reasonable divorce law has been growing, the result princi pally of easy divorces secured by South Carolinians in other States, some four-fifths or nine-tenths of which, according to legal opinion in this State, are illegal under South Carolina laws. The reason for the illegality primarily is that divorce- seekers no not acquire in other States that bona fide residence which is necessary for the legality of the di vorce to be recognized in South Caro lina^ May Adjourn Thia Week. The session has a bare chance of ending this w’eek, although May 15th is now the date generally named by long-time observers as the earliest upon which final adjournment may be reached. Organized prohibitionists are mak ing a strong drive to get the house to act upon the county local option bill, passed by the senate and now on the house calendar with a majority unfavorable and minority favorable judiciary committee report. Some of the women’s organizations are particularly active in several of the counties, but activity of the women of the State generally has been negligible as compared with former years when prohibition o rthe legal sale of liquor was an issue. How much of a fight will be made on the free conference report on the general appropriation bill, which has been agreed upon by the committee, and upon the free conference report on social security measures, will in all likelihood determine the length of the session. “Extra Pay” Issue. A proposed referendum, submitting to the people a constitutional amend ment to limit the session to 60 days and to make the pay of members |600, is looked upon with considersble favor. The present pay is $400 per session.. As the sessions have lengthened, “ex tra pay” has become a burning issue. There is now no constitutional limit upon length of sessions nor any con stitutional provisions as to amount of pay. The constitution simply says that pay shall not be given for more than 40 days and that it shall not be increased by members during the terms for which they were elected. When the constitution was adopted it had in mind per diem pay, which pre vailed for many years. Then the status was changed to make it a lump sum of $400. “Extra pay” has for years been voted in the guise of “expense money.” A storm of protest has come from college students and others against the section of the highway law re cently enacted against “hitch-hiking.” But it is now on the statute books. To soothe the ruffled feelings of those who are aggrieved, it has been point ed out that it doesn’t prohibit free rides but simply is directed against seeking free rides by standing or walking on the highways. The law has been hailed with gratification by thousands of motorists. Under the caption, “Telepathic Knowledge.” the NeWs and Courier published the following editorial com ment Sunday: “State Senator Brown, of Barnwell, ‘has announced his candidacy for the United States senate.’ The Calhoun Times says that. The national Demo cratic administration will not an nounce its candidate, but he will be in the field, and 10,000 ladies and gentlement on the government’s pay rolls will have knowledge, telephatic it may be, but knowledge, of his name.” For some time, rumors have been going the rounds that Senator Brown would be a candidate in next year’s primary election for “Cotton Eld’s” seat in the United States Senate, but the Barnwell solon has been “sawing wood and saying nothing.” When asked Monday concerning the state ments of his candidacy in the Cal houn Times and the News and Courier, Senator Brown denied that he has en tered the lists, saying that it is much too early to make a definite state ment regarding his candidacy. He did not deny, however, that he has the matter under serious consideration, saying that he is watching the politi cal situation closely and would an nounce his decision at the proper time. Senator Brown is generally recog nized as one of the outstanding lead ers of the State senate and is close to the Roosevelt administration. He led the fight some time ago for the adoption of a resolution endorsing the President’s plan for court reform and has attended party councils in Wash ington on numerous occasions. It is generally conceded that Got. Olin D. Johnston will oppose Senator Smith in the 1938 campaign. He is also a strong advocate of the New Desk On the other hand. Senator Smith has opposed President Roose velt’s policies for the most part, and at times his opposition has been quite bitter. Events affecting the approaching senatorial campaign will be watched keenly during the coming months and Senator Brown’s decision will be awaited with interest ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCTSES BEGIN HERB Pupils of the Grammar Grades Pre sent Three-Act Operetta, “Haat- sel and GreteL” County Agent H. G. Boylston has more attention this year to the called a meeting of Barnwell County P r °P er us e and kind of fertilizer, truck growers, to be held in the Court C ucun U )er8 from this section arrive House here tomorrow (Friday) night |°n the terminal markets in a rubbery, ‘ ^ e ^ 8e ' e u ra at eight o’clock. All growers of cu- 1 flabby and shriveled condition, and cumbers, cantaloupes and other truck show lack of green color. This is crops are urged to attend and discuss due to too much soda in proportion to the proposed establishment of an potash, and also the lack of some of Mrs. Harrison Honored. The Barnwell Public Schools begai the annual commencement exercise; here at the high school auditorium « Friday evening, with the presentatioi of the three-act operetta, “Hansel am Gretel,” by the pupils of the gram mar grades. The way in which th play went off showed that the mem bers of the cast had been ably coach ed and won for themselves *ml thei directors the plaudits of the audienet Eleanor Mazursky, as Gretel, an Alfred Crouch, as Hansel, gave ex cellent preformances, as did th other members of the supportin casts, which induced Harold Res as Peter, a broom-maker; Doroth Jones as Gertrude, his wife, th Witch, played by Sara Frances Grubbi the Sandman, by Gene Sanders, an Dorothy Goodson as the Dawn Fair] There were also a number of choruse with a large number of gramma grade students included in them, an these also showed that they had bee well trained and were not lost on th stage. Quite a bit of credit is due th members of the grammar grades fac ulty, who were in charge of the pro duction. sections it did' in depth. attain several inches Seay-Grimes. auction market at Barnwell. the minor plant food elements, says Hugh A. Bowers, assistant county * ** - . m ... tanburg, announce the engagement of * To remedy this condition the th Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Seay, of Spar- j, announce the e daughter, Loire, and Harold Hunter Kennedy, of Binghampton, a £ent, N. Y., arrived in Barnwell last week|growers are increasing the amount Grimes,"o7BTaAviUe." TheVedding where he joined Mrs. Kennedy and of potash m the fertd.zer and are also wil , take place in the carly summer their little son, who have spent the inning the sou, to counteract the acid- past several w’eeks here with her par- ity an d add magnesium to the soil, ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lemon They left Saturday for Columbia J. Arthur Kennedy, Esq., of Wash ington, D. C., who is spending several Miss Miriam Earnest spent the days with relatives in Williston, was where they will spend several days, week-end in Beaufort with relatives a business visitor in Barnwell on before returning to Binghampton. and friends. Tuesday. Mrs. J. R. Harrison, who has been an invalid for the past several years, was agreeably surprised on Thursday afternoon of last week when the members of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the local Baptist Church, showered her with numerous, beauti ful and useful gifts. The members met at the home of Mrs. J. B. Grubbs, J after all the circle meetings for the afternoon were over, and went to the home of Mfs. Harrison and presented her with the gifts. Mrs. Harrison was a faithful member of the society as long as she was able to attend and although too feeble to enter into the work now, she holds a warm place in the hearts of the members. Dance at Fulller Park Well Attended. The square dance at Fuller Park on Tuesday evening was attended by a large crowd of people, young and old, ! who seemed to enjoy the occasion to a marked degree. Another of these dances is scheduled for Tuesday evok ing, May 18th. Long Branch School Closes. The Long Branch school will doss its present session on Friday with a basket picnic on the school grounds. This is an annual affair and it is ex pected that a large number of people will attend. The school has enjoyed a most successful school year. .