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VOLUME LX
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 1JTH, 1M7.
NUMBER ST.
Barnwell Senator
Attacks Governor
Senate Unanimously Overrides John*
ston’s Action on Anti-Gam
bling Measure.
Columbia, May 5.—Governor Olin
D. Johnston’s veto of an anti-ganj-
bling bill was overridden by the senate
today without a dissenting voice af
ter Senator Edgar A. Brown, of Barn
well, scathingly attacked the chief
executive for refusing to sign the
measure.
Thirty-three senators voted to
override and later two veteran mem
bers, Stukes, of Clarendon, and Mars,
of Abbeville, told newspapermen they
believed it the first time in history a
governor’s veto had been overridden by
unanimous vote.
The measure, which would make
possession of papers and writings
used in the numbers game a felony
punishable with imprisonment from
three months to three years, went to
the house. ,
If the veto is overridden there, the
bill would become law without John
ston’s signature.
Brown, author of the bill, charged
the governor with “gross stupidity,”
saying that was “the most charitable
view I can take of it (the veto.)”
He said “I would not raise my voice”
had not the governor “seen fit to in
dict the author of the bill, the solici
tors in the engrossing department,
the judiciary committee of the senate
and the entire membership of the
senate, besides the legal brains of
^the general assembly.”
k. Cites Racket.
Governor Johnston, in his veto mes
sage, said “the ambiguity" of the bHI
“is so great as to make it ridiculous,”
adding it would be'interpreted to ap
ply “to almost every business or in
dustry.*’
Brown answered this argument with
the statement the measure was “a
simple ten line bill,” denying it was
ambiguous and difficult to understand
as the governor also charged.
“If the governor with all his educa
tion . . . can’t understand the
eighth commandment which says
4 thou shall not steal?’” he asked.
The senator termed the numbers
game “the damnedst racket in the
State” and asserted it flourished “un
der the governor’s nose.”
“The man” who operated “the
racket” in South Carolina “boasted”
it returned $4,000 a week in Colum
bia alone, Brown said.
“The veto was an affront” to the
“moral element,” Brown charged as
he said the bill was one to eliminate
“a racket” that “preys on little boys
and girls” and poor people.
“The numbers racket is a new
racket that has sprung up in the last
two or three years,” he said, but “has
grown into a million dollar corrup
tion racket . . . that is about'to
control the State.”
Brown tolA the senate the bill was
drawn after consultation with a legis
lative investigating committee, church
leaders and a Greenville citizens com
mittee.
A crowd of spectators that taxed
the senate chamber to capacity heard
Brown’s speech.
The vetoed bill would make it un
lawful to “set up, carry on, maintain,
promote or assist therein in a gam
bling scheme whereby through the use
of numbers or names gambling is car
ried on . . . .”
Possession of “punch boards, books,
writings, papers, apparatus or other
paraphernalia used for and in such
gambling” also was outlawed.
Gambling was defined as' including
or embracing “any plan or enterprise
which includes the'element of chance.
* BLATT SITS DCfWN
IN ORDER DEMAND
Columbia, May 6.—Speaker
Sol Blatt, of the house of rep
resentatives, went on a sit-down
strike for thirteen minutes to
day when members refused to
heed his plea for order.
Warning that he was “sick
and tired” of trying to carry on
with disorder prevailing, Blatt
twice refused to recognize any
one or allow proceedings con
tinued until all noise in the
house chamber ceased.
“It’s been getting worse here
lately,” he said, “and I’m begin
ning to think that the sit-down
method is one of the best ways
of bringing order.”
Barnwell Man Loses
v Ear in Auto Accident
Court WiU
Convene Here May 24
V.
Committee Works for
Local Auction Market
Barnwell Truck Growers Would De
part from Usual Methods of
Selling Produce.
A committee to draw up a petition to
be presented to the local town coun
cil, was appointed at a meeting of
local farmers, merchants, produce buy
ers and others interested in the pro
duction and marketing of cucumbers
and cantaloupes at the Court House
in Barnwell on Friday night. About
75 local people met and discussed the
possibility of using the auction mar
keting system in Barnwell this sum
mer for the handling of produce.
The meeting was called to order by
County Agent H. G. Bolyston, who
called on A. H. Ward, district agent,
of Aiken, to outline the trend in truck
raising in this section for the past
several years. Geo. E. Prince, chief,
division of markets, of Columbia, was
the next speaker and he discussed the
auction marketing system and also
the psrt government inspection plays.
W. L. Brannon, of Denmark, was the
Anal speaker of the evening. Mr
Brannon explained the marketing sys-
i tern which is to be inaugurated in
Bamberg County for the coming truck
season.
After discussions by various per
sons present, it was decided to ap
point the committee to draw up, se
cure signatures and present the peti
tion to the city fathers in an effort to
get them to sponsor the market.
The committee, which met Saturday
morning, is composed of the following
business men: J. B. Grubbs, L. C.
Eidson, Martin C. Best, M. F. Black,
Dewis Grubbs Painfuly Injured When Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, Will
Car Turns Over in Avohlng
Collision.
Dewis Grubbs, of Barnwell, had the
misfortune to lose his right ear when
his car turned over on Highway No.
3 about 10:30 o’clock Saturday night
while he was en route from Black-
ville to his home here. The accident
occurred when Mr. Grubbs deliberate
ly ditched his car in order to avoid a
head-on collision with another ma
chine, the Barnwell man saying that
he realized that his automobile would
probably turn over. The car that
caused the accident did not stop, it is
said, and it was not until some time
later that a Columbia man and his
wife, attracted by Mr. Grubbs’ calls
for help, stopped and pulled him from
the wreck after breaking one of the
windows in the automobile. They
brought him on to Barnwell, where
a local physician administered surgical
treatment.
Mr. Grubbs’ right ear was cut or
torn entirely off, but otherwise he
was uninjured except for shock and
bruises. He is a brother of J. Buist
Grubbs and holds a position with the
Grubbs Chevrolet Co., of this city.
Annual Spring Rally
Attracts Club Women
Fifty-eight Members and Friends of
Farm Women's Council Gather
in Hilda.
A group of 58 club women and
friends attended the spring rally of
the Farm Woman’s Council in Hilda
Saturday, May 8th. Speakers for the
day were Miss Ida Belle Enterkin and
Mrs. St. Pierre Hoge, State and Dis
trict supervisors of the State Library
Project, W. P. A., and Mrs. Harriette
Johnson, State Girls’ Club leader of
Winthrop College. Miss Entrekin in
her talk, M A Day with the Librarian,
gave a vivid picture of the service be
ing rendered by county circulating 11
braries. Mrs. Hogp spoke of the
work being done by the Farm Women’s
Council for libraries in the various
counties and answered helpful
Preside at One Week Term in.
Barnwell.
The following is a list of the petit
jurors drawn Monday for the ap
proaching term of court:
C. P. Morris, Diamond.
J. M. Rowell, Hilda.
J. S. Creech, Blackville.
J. R. Carroll, Long Branch.
James B. Still, Barnwell.
E. E. Delk, Barbary Branch.
J. M. Sprawls, Williston.
S. J. Keel, Blackville.
F. K. Howard, Blackville.
J. S. Mcllwaine, Barnwell.
Alton Bedenbaugh, Williston.
C. B. Lazaar, Barnwell.
Abe Ghingold, Barnwell.
Thurman Black, Barnwell.
Johnnie Birt, Long Branch.
A. O. Sanders, Big Fork.
R. M. Barker, Big Fork.
Edward Baxley, Reedy Branch.
W. E. Giles, Barnwell.
W. H. Johnston, Kline.
W. E. McNab, Barnwell.
D. L. Bolen, Williston.
R. L. Gantt, Red Oak.
C. M. Tuner, Ellenton.
Boyce Creech, Ashleigh.
Edward Jowers, Ashleigh.
L. S. Duboise, Barnwell.
E. O. Glover, Meyer’s Mill.
B. D. Plexico, Barnwell.
Blease Harley, Barnwell.
T. O. Woodward, Pleasant Hill.
T. C. Ellis, Red Oak.
W. H. Gilliam. Elko.
Joe Gunnels, Sr., Oak Grove.
R. F. Lott, New Forest.
,A
Funeral Service to
Be Established Here
Hampton Firm Buys Browning Proper,
ty and Will Reasodd Residence
for Funeral Home.
stimulating questions from the audi
ence pertaining to the traveling libra
ry. Mrs. Johnson spoke of the oppor
tunities for training the future home
makers through the 4-H clubs and
the service the efficient homemaker
can render her home community. -
* _ _ . In the.absence of the president, the
of Barnwell, and O. W. Harley. ST „„ b Mr ,
Dunbarton. Assistant County Agent
Hugh A. {lowers is an ex-officio mem
ber.
Challenges Senator,
Columbia, May 6.—Governor Olin
fohnston late Wednesday night chal-
enged Senator Edgar Brown, who
nade a scathing attack on him in the
enate for vetoing an anti-gambling
nil, “to prove that I have ever been
cuilty of corruption in office.”
Johnston said, “I am not surprised
o find that the elastic telephonic Sena-
or Brown from Barnwell County does
lotOkpprove of my veto of the bill
vhich he intrduced, which if it be-
omes law will literally render im-
wssible the conviction of those en
raged in the enterprise of gambling.”
He asserted that Brown, whom he
called “the mighty Edgar,” usually
liffered “with me on all matters,” and
[escribed Brown's stand as laughable.”
“I was not in the senate when he
>roceeded to unwind himself with
vhat was evidently a riproaring tirade
Mrs. Nellie E. Grimes.
Mrs. NelKe E. Grimes, age 65, died
at her home near Elko early Saturday
night. Funeral services were held at
the Johnston , family burial grounds
on Sunday afternoon at five o’clock
with the Rev. J. Aubrey Estes, pastor
of the Barnwell Baptist Church, con
ducting the last rites.
Mrs. Grimes was predeceased by
several years by her husband, the
late William H. Grimes. She is sur
vived by two sons, W. H. and Robert
Grimes; one daughter, Mrs. Willie C.
Zorn; two sisters, Mrs. C. L. J. Hitt,
of Elko, and Mrs. Henry Lybrand, and
one brother, R. R. Johnston, pf Elko.
The passing of Mrs. Grimes was a
sudden shock to her wide circle of
friends and relatives of this communi
ty, and she will be sorely missed by
all those who knew and loved her.
G. W. Whitaker, of Williston, the
vice-president. The devotional was
led by Mrs. R. T. Williams, of Hilda.
Mrs. Howell Collins, also of the Hilda
club, welcomed the guests and Mrs.
Charlie Brown, Jr., of Barnwell, gave
the response. Miss Patat, county
health nurse, told of the origin and
significance of May Day and Child
Health Day, and spoke of the func
tion of the county health unit.
. Musical numbers on the program
wore “Mother Macree,” by Miss Mary
Lou White, of Hilda, and a duet,
“Sweet Bunch of Daisies,” by Mrs.
B. L. Easterling and M'rs. Jennie P.
Greene, of Barnwell.
Recitations by Mary Still and Duma
Jones, and several contests, added in
terest to the day’s activities.
An appetizing picnic lunch was serv
ed by the members of the Hilda club,
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assisted by Berna Bonds, Elizabeth
Weeks, May Bonds, Mary Still, Caro
lyn Still and Evelyn Bonds.
The roll call by communities showed
that the attendance was won by the
against me but I have read in the Morris club. Other awards were won
paper where he is quoted as saying by the following:
that his dignity as a senator would | Picture Memory Contest: 1st, Mrs.
keep him from making charges against Belton Holly, Morris; 2nd, Mrs. Robt.
me because I am governor of the Harden, Mrs. C. P. Morris, Mrs. W. P.
j Morris and Miss Birta Harden, all of
In this connection I want to say Morris club; 3rd, Mrs. Nick Croft, of
to him, forget this dignity that you Hilda club.
claim for yourself and I challenge you; M usic Scrapbook: 1st, Mrs.C. P.
or any one else to prove that I have Morris; 2nd, Mrs. Robt. Harden; 3rd,
ever been guilty of corruption in of- M rs. Howell Collins, Hilda.
Project Scrapbook: 1st, Mrs. Howell
The Peeples Funeral Service, of
Hampton, has decided to locate an
undertaking establishment in Barn
well, sceording to a statement msde
here Saturday by E. M. Peeples and
his son, Earl F. Peeples. Efforts have
and been made for some time to induce
these gentlemen to extend their ser
vice to include this section and as a
result of recent negotiations a favor
able decision was reached.
The Willis Browning property, ad
joining the local Episcopal Church
has been purchased. Mr. Peeples said
Saturday that the present -residence
will be remodeled for a funera
home and (hat a new six-room dwel
ling will also be erected on the proper
ty for the occupancy of Henry D.
Moore, who will be in charge of the
local establishment The contract for
Che work has already been let an<
calls for completion within 50 days
The Peeples Funeral Service iswel
and favorably known throughout this
section, and the Messrs. Peeples nee<
no introduction to readers of The
People-Sentinel. Announcement o
the formal opening of the new estab
lishment will be made in these col
umns at a later date.
fice.
LOCAL FILLING STATION
IS NOW BEING REMODELED
Workmen started razing the Barn
well Filling Station opposite “The
Circle,” Monday morning, prepara
tory to the erection of a more modern
plant, according to L. A. Plexico, who
has operated the station continuously
since it was built about 20 years ago
The property is owned by R. A,
Easterling, of Denmark. The new
station will be complete in every de
tail and . more in keeping with the
needs of the present-day motorist, Mr.
Plexico said. It will practically dupli
cate a new station on Gervais Street
in Columbia, near the Columbia
hotel.
A 7-Inch Hen Egg.
H. Judson Black, of this city,
reports a hen egg of unusual
length — approximately swven
inches long. In reality, the
freak was really three eggs in
one, joined together Siamese-
twin fashion.
Mr., Black says that several
days ago he killed a hen and
when it was being dressed the
unusually large egg was found.
However, the shell was still soft
and was broken during the pro
cess of dressing. The egg was
so long that the hen had ex
perienced considerable difficulty
in walking, Mr. Black said,
leading him to believe that the
fowl had been injured by a hog.
Officer Kills Negro
Who Resisted Arrest
A
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Members Gather for
Semi-Annual Meeting
Fifty Representatives of Beaufort Dis
trict Auxiliaries Met Here
Tuesday.
About fifty ladies, members of the
Auxiliaries of the Episcopal churches
in the Beaufort District, gathered
here on Tuesday for the semi-annual
meeting of the Woman’s Auxiliary
for this district. The local Women’s
Auxiliary members acted as hostesses
on the occasion, the meeting being held
in the Church of the Holy Apostles,
with lunch being served at the home
of Mrs. Charlie Brown, Sr., on Main
Street.
The following program was most
thoroughly enjoyed by those who
attended:
10:80 a. m.—Celebration of the
Holy Communion—Bishop Albert 9L
Thomas, of Charleston, officiating, a
slited by the Rev. Mr. Miller of Beau
fort.
11:15—Hymn by the congregation.
Greetings from the hostess branch
—Mrs. Solomon V. Brown.
Response from the District—Mrs.
James Tison.
Roll call and minutes—Mrs. Alfred
Fripp.
Report of United Thank offering—
Mrs. Hope Hull.
Thought on meditation—Mrs. Olaf
Otta, of Savannah, Ga. Mrs. Otta
made a most interesting address and
brought before the members many
thoughts which help to make the work
of a true Christian a wonderful thing.
Noon Meditation—The Rev. J. Bur
ton, rector, St. Michael and All An
gels Church, Savannah, Ga. Mr. Bur
ton is a former pastor of the loca
church, and he too brought forth many
interesting and enlightening points.
Our obligation to Sewanee—The
Rev. Mr. Miller, of Beaufort. Mr
Miller dkcussed the needs of the
Episcopal school, Sewanee, the Uni
versity of the South, and pointed out
that the school needs the moral and
financial support of the Episcopalians.
Address—The Rt. Rev. A. S.
Thomas, D. D., of Charleston. The
Bishop spoke on Lake Kanuga, the
Episcopal conference center near
Hendersonville, N. C., and on church
finances ond missions.
Conference—Led by Mrs. William
Grimball, Diocesan president.
Invitation for Fall meeting.
Courtesy report—Mrs. Thos. Rhodes.
Benediction and adjournment.
Coroner’s Jury Finds That
Sheriff G. a Harley Fired in
Line of Duty.
The verdict of the coroner’s jury
empaneled Friday morning at nine
o’clock to hear testimony on the kill
ing Thursday night of Pink McCreary,
negro, by Deputy Sheriff Gilmore S.
Harley, was that McCreary came to
‘is death from gunshot wounds fired
>y the officer in line of duty. Harley
has arranged bail for his release and
will be tried at the next term of the
Court of General Sessions for this
county.
According to reports, the local offi
cer was called to arrest McCreary,
who, in an altercation with WiU
Daniels, another negro, is alleged to
have hit Daniels over the head and
seriously injured him. Daniels was
struck after words had been passed
between the two, allegedly over a
dog.
McCreary had left the scene of the
assault when Harley arrived and the
officer started a search for him. He
was located in his truck in front of
the negro Baptist Church, where he
was accosted by the officer, who told
him that he would have to arrest him
pending the outcome of Daniel’s in
juries. McCreary got out of his
truck, picking up something from the
foot of the vehicle as he did so. He
raised his arm with what proved to be
an automobile crank and made a mo
tion to strike the officer, whereupon
the deputy pulled his gun and fired
flve bullets into McCreary's body,
three of which lodged in the ngro’s
heart and caused instant death.
McCreary had served time for the
killing, a number of years sgo, of
Lige Hayes, another negro, at the
old Barnwell oil mill, Hayes beta*
shot in the back as ho was at work
under a cotton press. McCreary ee-
csped, but was later apprehended and
tried.
Audience Enjoys “The Patsy.”
CLEAN-UP WEEK.
Notice is hereby given that the
. , _ , , , week commencing with flay 17th is
It is said,in the Scripture, And Collins; 2nd, Mrs. Nick Croft; 3rd, hereby declared and assigned as
ye shall know the truth and the truth Mrs. Achille ColUns, Hilda. CLEAN-UP WEEK for the Town of
shall make you free.’ I am not afraid j Flower Arrangement Contest: (1) Barnwell. ' The citizens of the town
of the truth. The people . . know Vase: 1st, Mrs. Roy Dyches, Hilda;! are hereby requested tb cooperate
.2nd, Mrs. R. T. Williams; 3rd, Mrs. with the town authorities and with
” : O. B. Staley, Elko; (2) Bowl: 1st, Mrs.
House Sustains Veto. • Charlie Brown, Jr., Barnwell; 2nd,
Olin D. Johnston
By a vote of 62 to 41, the house Mrs. Nick Croft; 3rd, Miss Mamie
Tuescay night voted to sustain Gov. Sti n f Hilda; (3) Basket: 1st, Mrs. B.
Johnston’s veto of Senator Brown’s S . Moore, Morris; 2nd, Mrs. Howell
; anti-gambling bill, supporters of the Collins; 3rd, Mrs. C. C. Black, Hilda,
measure failing to muster even a ma- j - ■ ^
* jority in the lower branch.
the County Health Department.
C. G. FULLER, Mayor.
Blackville Girl Installed.
Miss Bertha Hightower, of Blaek-
ville, a student at Anaerson College,
was recently installed as B. Y. P. U.
ADVERTISE ir The People-SantineL president at the institution.
The second part of the closing ex
ercises of the Barnwell High School
for the current school year was held
at the high school auditorium on Fri
day night when the members of the
senior class presented a three-act
comedy, “The Patsy.” Quite a large
and appreciative audience was pres- vanety
ent and the members of the cast ac
quitted themselves with distinction.
The play, which was put on under
the direction of Miss Margaret Ellis
and Miss Mary China Stevenson,
moved swiftly and kept the audience
interested throughout. There was
quite a bit of comedy and wit in the
plot and the local youngsters put it
over excellently.
The following members of the class
took part in the production: Miss
Marjorie Brown as Mrs. Harrington;
Solomon Blatt, Jr., as Mr. Harring
ton; Miss Sibyl Carroll as Grace Har
rington; Miss Elizabeth Fletcher as
Patricia Harrington; Jack Sanders as
Billy Caldwell; Arden Lemon as Tony
Anderson; Miss Ida Carter as Sadie
Buchanan; Bob Sanders as Francis
O’Flaherty, and Tom Boulware as
“Trip” Busty.
Health Department
Lends Cooperation
May 17tli te 22ad Has Bsm
as Clsaa-Up Week la
The week of May 17th te 22nd has
been designated as “Clean-Up Week”
in Barnwell County and the county
health department is cooperating with
each and every town council in the
county in a clean-up campaign, ac
cording to W. R. Carroll, county sani
tary officer.
“We are endeavoring te improve
the living conditions throughout our
county,” Mr. Carroll said Monday.
“Therefore, we sincerely ask the co
operation of every family in the coun
ty. With your support we can paint
up, clean up, sweep up, rake up and
burn up all trash, weeds and combus
tible debris on your premises. Non-
combustible debris, such as tin cans,
bottles, bones end garbage should be
collected end placed In containers ac
cessible to city carte in order that P
may be disposed of rapidly. We ask
that you burn ell combustible debris
possible on your premises so as to
lighten the) burden of the city certs.
Tin cans and other materials to be
carted sway should be accessible to
city carte.
^ “There is no better time than now
to destroy mosquito breeding places.
Drain your lily pools, fish pools and
swimming pools. Be sure and destroy
all cans, bottles, jars, etc., which
when allowed to stand with water,
make excellent breeding places for
the anopheles mosquito, which is the
that harbors the malarial
parasites.
“See that your sanitary pit privies
are fly-proof and that no filth prevails
about them. All those who do not
have this type privy are earnestly
asked to construct them as soon as
possible. All labor in the construction
of these units is supplied by the fed
eral government. Flies are one of
our greatest enemies in the control of
typhoid fever. Secure a fly-type gar
bage can and dispose of garbage regu
larly. Exposed garbage creates fileh
and breeding places for flies.”
* To Give Exhibition.
Miss Marjorie Brown will give an
exhibition of her paintings at the
local high school library on Thursday,
May 20th, from 4:30 to 6:30. Tha
public is cordially invited to attend