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m OfTIClAL NKWBPAPKV OF EARNWBLL COUNTY. The Barnwell People-Sentinel Onmliiated lone 1, 19SS. L.lk« a M«mk>«r of F«mlly M Largwt Outjr Ornilatt—. VOLUME LX. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MAY 20TH, 1937. • ** .. : NUMBER » Barney F. Owens Died in Columbia Sunday 4 Prominent Barnwell County Man Was Laid to Rest Monday Afternoon in Dunbarton. Barney Foreman Owens, 46, promin ent farmer of Dunbarton, died at 9:45 Sunday night at the Columbia hospital after an illness of six weeks. While not unexpected, the news of his death brought sadness to scores of friends in Barnwell and adjoining counties. Mr. Owens was district supervisor of the rural rehabilitation program, with headquarters in Barnwell. Born near Dunbarton, he spent most of his life there and was outstanding in af fairs of his community, taking an ac tive interest in religious, civic and political matters. He was graduated from Clemson College in 1912. Surviving are his widow, who was formerly Miss Sarah Bolt, of Laurens; one son, William Bolt Owens; three daughters, Nell, Patricia and Helen Owens, all of Dunbarton; his mother, Mrs. L. X. Owens, of Dunbarton; six sisters, Miss May Owens and Miss Nancy Owens,of Dunbarton; Mrs. F. C. Brinkley, of Ellenton; Mrs. T. E. Killingsworth, of Aiken; Mrs. Walter Moody, of Denmark, and Mrs. Harry G. Boylston, of Barnwell; two broth ers, W. R. Owens, of Augusta, Ga., and H. H. Owens, of Dunbarton. Funeral services were conducted at five o’clock Monday afternoon from his late residence in Dunbarton by the Rev. L. G. Payne of Columbia. In terment was in the Dunbarton ceme tery. Active nail bearers were Senator Edgar A. Brown, Winchester C. Smith, Jr., R. F. Kolb, R. F. Rountree, P. A. Price and F. H. Dicks, Jr. Honorary pallbearers: Solomon Blatt, T. W. Dicks, T. M. Verdery, F. P. Caughman, Arthur Marsher, L. S. Wolfe, Tom Williams, Dr. H. A. Gross, M. C. Best, B. P. Davies, Sr. Perry B. Bush, J. J. Bell, W. H. Man ning, J. B. Morris, John K. Snelling, H. J. Crouch, R. L. Bronson, G. M. Greene, J. W\ Patterson, Dr. R. A. Gyles, Idis Brabham, R R. Moore, T. P. Mitchell, L. S. Still. Q. A. Kennedy, Sr., P. J. Hiers, Jr., George Clark and L. C. Eidson. Local High School to Graduate Large Class Banquet Enjoyed by Final Date to Sign Juniors and Seniors Work Sheets Is'Set I Closing Exercises to Begin Tomorrow Blackville Gymnasium Is Setting for Farmers Have Until Monday, May 31, (Frid*y) Night.—Commence ment Sermon Sunday. One of Prettiest Affairs in School’s History. to Join in Program for Soil Conservation. Three Are Imperiled When Boat Overturns Three Men in Ediato River Five Hours Before Rencuera Pull Them to Safety. Bamberg May 15.—A woman’s in- uition that some one was in distress s probably responsible for saving the ives of three Bamberg fishermen. After Mr. and Mrs. Warren Smoak lad retired, a faint cry of distress Arhich she thought she heard earlier n the night persisted with her so that the was unable to sleep. She finally prevailed upon her \uband to get up and investigate. ■!moak called Harold Cooner, who ives nearby, and together they went ;o the Edisto river near where they lad been fishing earlier in the night, md where Mrs. Smoak though she leard some one shouting for help. Cooner secured a rowboat and vent up the river, and there Yound ;he thee men, R. W. Kemp, chain- itore manager, J. E. Spann,' mer- hant, and J. W. Hightower, barber, vho had been spilled out of their mat at a dangerous place in the •iver, and for five hours had clung to he branches of a tree that had fallen icross the river. The three men went to the Edisto n the afternoon and after putting in tome good fishing were returning mme, using an outboard motor boat o bring them up the river. At a point a few’ miles from Mid- vay, where the river makes a sharp urve and where the current is swift he boat capsized. Spann could not wim and the swift current prevented the others rom getting out of the eddy. They iucceeded in making their way to the ree, and there spent what seemed the ongest vigil of their lives. Motor trouble had delayed the re urn trip and it was dark when they lad the turn-over. The night was •old, and the men were well-nigh rozen when they were rescued. Their catch of fish, together with ill of the fishing tackle, was lost, fhe motor sank, but was the next day aken from the river. One of the largest classes in the Special to The Barnwell People-Sen- Farmers of Barnwell County de history of the Barnwell High School ( tinel. Blackville, May 17.—The Black- sirous of participating in the 1937 will be graduated here next Tuesday ville gymnasim auditorium afforded agricultural conservation program, an excellent setting for one of the are notified that May 31st has been prettiest Junior-Senior banquets in set as the final date for acceptance of day night, May 21st, at 8 o’clock at the history of the school. The affair work sheets under this program, the auditorium with a music recital was given on Friday evening. ’ The Farmers wishing to participate are night at the high school auditorium. The closing exercises will begin Fri- by the students of Mrs local music teacher. Ira Fales, theme was “An Old-Fashioned Garden urged to file work sheets in the office Party.” Invitations were in minis- of H. G. Boylston, county agent, on On Sunday night, May 23rd, at 8 ture scrolls. The auditorium was or before that date. No obligation is o’clock, the Rev. 0. L. Ulmer, pastor, hung with woeds-moss forming a placed on anyone signing work sheets Local School Closet Four-Sport Program Football, Basketball, Boxing Baseball Give Full Year of Interscholastic Sports. Lt-Governor Harley Draws Senate Praise and. Senator Ward Says Barnwell Man Is “Beat Presiding Officer in 18 Yeara. H of the Vamville Baptist Church, will festooned roof. A white picket fence preach the commencement sermon. •Class night will be held at the school auditorium on Monday night, May 24th, at 8 o’clock. A most un covered with vines and roses concealed as the program is not compulsory. In addition to payment for divert- he garden frem the guests as they ( ing acreage from soil conserving entered. Stepping through an arch of j crops, producers may receive pay- pink climbing roses, one entered the ments up to farm building allowance usual and interesting program has garden proper. At the front, on either! for the farm for any ohe of 14 ap- been arranged for the exercises. Ex hibits by the home economics depart- side, latticed 1 trellices bore a profu- proved soil building practices. sion of colorful ros’ebuds. Between ment and the manual arts department, these was a miniature garden pool, will be shown before and after the | surrounded by a tiny rock garden. On class night program. Much interest the stage, amid graceful palms, the has been shown by the students this ‘ orchestra, VictorJackson’s Edisto Ser- year in these two departments and this exhibition will be well worth see ing. Graduating exercises will be held on Tuesday evening, May 25th, at enaders was seated, delighting the guests with tid-bits of music through out the evening’s program. A long banquet table and many smaller ones were arranged for the dinner 8:30 o’clock at the high school audi-1 guests, which numbered over a hun- torium. The principal address of the dred. The school trustees, Dr. 0. D. evening will be made by Dr. Josiah Hammond, chairman, and Mrs. Ham- Morse, of the University of South mond. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Posey, Mr. Carolina. The delivery of diplomas and Mrs. Farrell O’Gorman, Mr. and will follow Dr. Morse’s address. Mrs. George Fickling and Mr. and Mrs. Crum Boylston, and the mem bers of the faculty were guests, also H. J. Crouch, county superintendent Signed by Governor °* * n d Mrs, Crouch. Favors _____ for the evening were printed pro- CM* PUcm Siffiuturr on * r *"" b '* rin * ^ V* cover a ship in full sail and the in- Attendance Act It Bill Designed to Aid Educa tion. South Carolina today has a com- The most common building practice for which payment will be made is plowing under vines, stalks and leaves of cowpeas, velvet beans, soybeans, (etc.; either planted along or inter- planted with corn. For this a pay ment of $2 per acre will be paid for each acre classed as soil conserving. Other common practices and payments are as follows: (1) For turning under rye* or other small grains in spring of 1937 as green manure after at least two months growth, a payment of $1 per acre will be made; (2) For establish ing permanent pasture of perennial grasses or grass and legume mixtures on cropland in 1937, a payment of 83 per acre will be made; (3) If carried out under prescribed rules, payment will be made for adding ground lime stone, superphosphate, basic slag or manganese sulphate on soil conserv ing crops according to applicable rate. Class two payments will be made for carrying out approved soil-huild- ing practices. Such payments are limited on any farm to the soil-build ing allowance for that farm. The soil-building allowance means the largest amount of money that will be paid at a Class 2 payment for carry ing out approved soil-building allow ances on the farm. Two methods of computing a soil-building allowance will be used, the most common method signia, “Memories, B. H. S. N Within, was the program for the evening, the junior and senior class rolls, the facutly members, the menu, and pulsory school attendance law, with ** ver *l P*f*» f° r autographs. The more than 81400 in each county pro- P 1 *** c * rd ‘ wer * old-fashioned noee- vided for the employment of attend- *»*». of • we * t P** 4 for ante teachers, whose duty it will be ,nd boutonnieries of daises for the to see that all children between 7, men Thurmond Still, president of and 18 attend school. | th * J*"‘o r c ‘*“ w “ toastmaster. The act reached the desk of Gov-l 1 ^* program included. “Welcome to ernor Johnston Saturday morning ^ G*rden by Jacqueline (ooper. and. already familiar with its con- R**Ponse. “A Garden of Roses” was tents, he lost no time .in affixing to ,m * d * ** Marie A *M»ior^cnp being for farms whirti may earn a ’ class payment. On any farm for which a cotton, to bacco, peanut or sugar cane base is or can be established or on which the acreage in the general base exceeds the acreage of food and feed crops required to meet home consumption needs for the farm, the soil-building allowance will be determined by add ing the following items: (a) $1 for each acre of the soil- conserving base plus |1 for each acre diverted for payment in 1937; (b) 81 for each sere in commercial orchards on the farm on January 1, 1937; (c) $1 for each acre of cropland on which only one crop of commercial vegeta bles was grown in 1936; (d) $2 for each acre of cropland on which two or more crops of commercial vegetables were grown in 1936; (e) 25 cents for each acre of fenced non-crop open pasture land which is in excess of one- half of the cropland and which has a carrying capacity during the nor mal pasture season of at least one animal unit for each five acres. The soil-building allowance will be at least 810 for such farms. It his signature, making it the Isw of WM th * n * iven •* ch » u « It ** Thur ' the State. mond Still. Mrs. F. P. Schiffly, of “I sm glad to aign this measure.” | 0r4n ** bur *- •ccompanied by Mra. the governor said as he sat at hit Jerora * M,ch « l *•'« two vio, * B *° lo€ ' desk. “It will have a very definite, ^ 1* Hamilton, and ( aro.yn Player, tendency to aid school sttendance and talented members of Orangeburg s to eliminate illiteracy in our State, younger set gave an exhibition of Provision is made in it for the elec-1 * crob * tu dancing and tapping. Vir- tion of attendance officers, who are Tripp, of the Junior class, made to see that children are in school.” | * *hort talk on Toads, Snakes and The governor then spoke briefly of Butterflies. Miss Katie C. Ed- progress made along educational lines rounds, of the ^ Enlish department, in South Carolina during his adminis- 8 P°^ e on “Roses. Dorcas C romer, of tration. | the juniors toasted the faculty, “Our “Two months have been added to Favorite Flowers.” Supt. Byron Wham the State-supervised school term and "•ponded with “Flowers from an 0:d the salaries of teachers have been in- Boquet.’ Dr. 0. D. Hammond, then creased,” he said. presented each of the basketball boys “This increase in the length tl the a silver basketball watch charm, school term will be of particular bene- A three-course dinner was served, fit to the schools in the country and Fruit cocktails, chicken salad, pimento in small towns. The child in the coun- cheese sandwiches, saltines and iced try will be given educational oppor- t 68 an< i i 0 * cream, molded in the form tunity on a parity with that of the roses. Twelve girls from the 8th child in the city. an d 9th grades served as waitresses. 4 T am proud of the progress we have They were dressed in old fashioned made along educational lines.’ costumes of green and white and “At the same time that we have i wore caps and aprons. After the made these advances we have accu- banquet, the guests, with others com mutated this year a surplus of about * n g i n » ® n joyed dancing. Miss Mary $3,000,000,” he said. Get Recognition. Barnwell County 4-H Club girls are proud of the recognition given them, Schiffley, faculty member of the Junior Class had charge of all ar rangements for the evening. Ashleigh School Closes. BARNWELL TRIPLE C NINE TRIPS EDISTO SQUAD, 5-3 The Barnwell CCC defeated the Edisto Island CCC camp baseball team here Saturday by a five to three count. The game was fast, and a pitchers’ duel between Jones, of the visitors, and Martin, of the locals. ( Barnwell scored first with a single during the term. Mrs.: run j n gecon( j inning, following succeeded Mrs. Ryan A. t j iat up tw0 more j n the fourth. All of these runs were scored on clean base hits and good baserunning. Edis- The Barnweir High School athletic teams this week bring to a close a full year of interscholastic sports. While the success of the various teams has not been outstanding, the program has been well rounded and a majority of the students in the school have been able to participate in one or more sports. Much credit is due Head Cach W. R. “Monkey” Price and Assistant Coach Roy E. ifewey, who have worked tirelessly throughout the entire school year to give the locals this complete sports calendar and to give local fans some form of sports at all times. The footmall team last fall was light and green, but made a most commendable showing, especially dur ing the latter part of the season. It is believed that next year’s club will be much stronger and should give a good account of itself. Basketball was introduced here as boys’ sport for the first time, and, while the youngsters did well, they were handicapped by lack of heigh^. The girls, however, fared much bet" ter and had a team which was one of the strongest in this section. For the second year, Barnwell had a boxing team. This sport is proving to be one of Barnwell’s most popular sports and the local lads, after drop ping the first two matches to St. Mathews, came through with flying colors to capture all save one of the remaining matches, that one ending as a draw. Next year, Barnwell should have the strongest high school team in this section and have men who could give good accounts of themselves in most any high school ring. J. U. “Red** Watts, Jr., formes University of South Carolina boxer, helped the local coaches with this sport. The baseball team, was weak, win ning only one game. Errors and not being able to hit in the pinches cost Barnwell more than one game. In the County Field Day events, the Barnwell school took the day’s honors by rolling up the largest total of points. The object of high school athletics is to develop team work as well as to give high school students an oppor tunity for good, clean sport and cer tainly every student at Barnwell has had an opportunity to participate in one or more sports during the past term. A full four sport program was carried out, with the Field Day events extra. Declaring that Lieut.-Gov. JV E. Harley is the best presiding officer that the State senate hss had in the 18 years that he has served as a member of that body, Senator S. M. Ward, of Georgetown, paid the Barn well man some very high compliments during the course of a speech a few days ago. Among other things, Senator Ward declared that Lieut.-Gov. Harley, who is president of the senate, has been impartial and non-partisan in all of his appointments, representing no particular group in the upper branch of the general assembly; that he has expedited business as no other presi dent has ever done and, as a result, the calendar has been cleared each day. In commenting on the incident in its column, “Around the State House,” The State had the following to say Monday morning: ’‘Senator S. M. Ward, of George town, paid the senate president a .worthy and outstanding compliment ivhen he told the senate, of which ha has been a member for about 18 years, that during his long term of service in the legislature the acnato had never had a presiding officer who had filled the position as well as had Lieutenant-Governor Harley.** Senators Epps, of Sumter, and Lide, of Marion, also made a few remarks incident to the presentation by the clerks and attaches of the senate of a fine leather suit case to Lieut.-Gov. Harley. Senator Searson, of Allen dale, made the formal presentation for Che donors. At a banquet given in his honor Thursday night by members of the house. Speaker Solomon Blatt, also of Barnwell, was presented with a beautiful silver tray and hie ability ea a presiding officer was praised by hie colleagues. GALILEE SCHOOL CLOSES A MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR their clubs and local leaders attending j The Ashleigh school closed for the the Leaders’ Training Course at present term on Friday of last week. Camp Long recently. Club charters Mrs. Robert A. Patterson and Mrs. M. were awarded by the U. S. Department A. Eubanks, of Barnwell, were the of Agriculture to Hercules, Hilda, teachers Boiling Springs, Meyer’s Mill and Eubanks Joyce Branch Clubs as Standard 4-H Gyles, of Blackville, who died shortly Clubs. Requirements for a Standard after the opening of school last fall. 4-H Club are: A club must be organiz- 1 There were no formal school clos- 1 ' to j s j an( j came back with a three run ed with officers serving in the local ing exercises this year, but the teach- j S pi uree j n the 7th inning to tie up clubs; hold eight project meetings, ers carried the students on a picnic the count. Two hits, two errors were and have an active local leader. jand to a picture show. The interest ^he main factors in the visitors’ scor- Leadership Recognition Certificates in the school work was great this j njf j n t h e home half of the 8lh the were awarded Margaret Kneece, Mrs. year and even more interest is ax- i ot . a ) s a g a j n went to work with their Eloise Dyches, Mrs. Nick Croft, Mae pected for the next term. ^ ^ig berthas and scored the last two Swett, Laurie Ella Gantt and Eloise j "* * * | runs of the game with clean, hard Sanders. To receive a recognition Conference Meeting at Reedy Branch. b as e hits. certificate a leader must attend train- One of the highlights, defensively, ing meetings, attend local club meet- The membership of the Reedy came j n the 5th inning, when Potter, ings, hold at least one club meeting Branch Baptist Church are especially local*’ 3rd baseman, made a beauti- without the presence of the agent, urged to attend a called conference g^op of what looked to be a sure and assist club members with record meeting at the church Sunday after-, hasehit and turned it into a double cards and home practices. noon at 4:80, May 23rd. Important pi ay . - ^ ♦ business matters will tame before ♦ - ADVERTISE la Tb* People-SenUnei the church at this meeting. ADVERTISE it Ita People SeaUnel The Galilee school closed the pres ent term on Friday with a most suc cessful school year having been had. Due to the fact that a number of the students were forced to leave school and help with the work on their par ents’ farms, no formal closing exer cises were held, but the students en joyed a picnic at Fuller Park and a picture show afterward. Mrs. Charlie Brown, Jr., prinicpal of the school, stated that much help had been received by the pupils from the 4-H Club work and from a library which was donated by the adults in the school district. This library con sisted of books, magazines and news papers, and the students spent much of their afternoon time during the session reading. It is hoped that next year the size of the library will be increased. The honor roll for the last month of the term was as follws: O’Neal Croft and Imogens Hartzog, 1st grade; Clayton Baxley, 2nd grade; David Black, 4th grade, and Elma Sanders, 5th grade. Awards for the entire term were made to the following students:— David Black for the highest scholas tic average, entire school; Alvin Hart zog and Laura Mae Baxley for per fect attendance record; O’Neal Croft for highest average in 1st grade; Elma Sanders for highest average in 5th grade; Bo Peep Baxley for the most improved student, and Clayton Baxley and Imogene Hartzog for most perfect lessons. The friend* of H. Jeff Black will be glad to know that he is convalescing at the Colombia hospital, following an operaticn for appendicitis last Thursday. He is employed by the Grubbs Chevrolet Co, of Barnwell. Commencement Plans for Blackville High Dr. Hagh R. to Deliver Evening. I —• Special to The Barnwell People-Sen tinel—Blackville, May 17. —Com mencement exrcisee of the Blackville High School have been announced by Supt. Byron Wham, the plans having been completed. Dr. Hugh R. Murchi son, of the University of South Caro lina, will deliver the commencement sermon, Sunday evening. May 28, at 8:80, in the gymnasium auditorium. On Tuesday evening, May 2S, at 8:80, in the auditorium, the gradbating ex ercises will be held. Members of the senior class will present the program. Mia* Marie Still will deliver the vale dictory. The Sal uta to rial message will be given by Miss Davene Gray. Class gifts will be presented by Miss Helen Cain, as a bit of merriment. Miss Eleanor Quattlebaum will read the class prophecy. Herman Brown will deliver an address on Horace Mann, whose life forms the commencement themd of the National Educational Association. The Class Poem will be given by Mia* Orie Smith. Concluding the program, awards will be made: Mrs. Byron Wham, chairman of .the Citizenship Committee of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution will present an award for citizenship; the American Legion award will go to the most outstanding boy and girt of the senior class. Certificates of Award for scholarship and attendance will be pre sented to both high school and gram mar grade pupils. The Senior Class Roll* included Stokes Boland, Herman Brown, Helen Cain, Virginia Cain, PattCoggin, El mer Cooper, Davene Gray, Theo Lott, Helen Odom, Eleanor Quattlebaum, Price Smith, Aiken Still, Jr., Marie Still, Mildred Still, Isola Walker and Beulah Whetstone. A part of the evening’s program will be the presentation of certifi cates of promotion to high school to 18 pupils from the 7th grade. Gruber-Bradky. G. C. Best, of Klint, engagement of his niece. Best Gruber, to Joe C. ' of Kline. The marriage place in June. the