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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JULY 1ST. 1tS7.
BARNWELL GIVEN
FIRE PROTECTION
TRUCK ROADS, WATCH TOWERS,
WIRE LINES BUILT.
Timber Surrey Also Is Being M*de
of Large Ares.—CCC Side-
camps Help.
During the first two years of the
operation of the forestry department
of the local CCC camp, under the
supervision of F. P. Cuthbert, project
supervisor, and his staff, there has
been marked improvement in the pro
tection of Barnwell County timber
from fire hazards.
Truck trails through - the woods
have been built in excess of 60 miles.
This will prove of inestimable value
to the fire fighters in reaching firees
which have inadvertently been started
in • thickly wooded and spesely
populated section of the county. It
also has sdded to the accessibility of
the various sections of the county
which heretofore have been more or
less isolated from other specific
points in the county doe to no roads
which could be traveled.
These trails, or roads, have been
leid out. graded and otherwise made
according to correct engineering pro-
rednrec so that they would stand up
i oder heavy trucks and without the
<tureas of rain and other devastating
elements. They will play big parts
la the fighting of woods fires.
Forty miles of telephone lines, ran-1
rertmg the three fire towers, the CCC ■
comp and the iaral county ranger's j
e#tau. have bees strung hy the work
er*. When n fir* to sighted hy esse
of the re age re from his lowst ho to ;
oblo to commons old ertiheut loos sf ,
Ground Broken for
New P. O. Building
Uncle Sam's New Quarters to
Located on Main Street Next
Door to Hotel.
Be
T* Insta'I Truffle Light.
BROTHERS REST
IN TWIN GRAVE
Announcement has been made that
the State highway department will in
stall a stop-and-go traffic light at THOUSANDS PAY FINAL TRIBUTE
the corner of Main and Marlboro
The old frame building adjoining
the Hotel Barnwell, formerly occupied
by Plexico's dry cleaning establish
ment, has been raxed, preparatory to
the erection of a handsome new post
office, announcement of which appear
ed in these columns a short ago.
Work on the building will be started
immediately, according to G. Bates
Hagood, owner of the property, who
recently was awarded the contract for
furnishing new quarters for the local
post office. The structure will be a
handsome new brick building, with a
front in harmony with that of the ad
joining hotel. Under his contract,
Mr. Hagood is also to furnish new
modem fixtures and it is understood
that he plans to steam-heat the build
ing from his hotel heating plant.
After it was announcel that the-con-
tract for. new quarters had been a-
warded to Mr. Hagood aa lowest bid
der, it is
Streets in the near future. The n-
stallation will cost $4,500 and will
displace the present warning signal
that has been in operation for several
months.
TO CRASH VICTIMS.
WPA Labor Available
Nearest Re-Employment Office Should
Be Contacted, Says State
Administrator.
High Officials of State, Army and
Air Service Join Sorrowing
Friends.
Timmonsville, June 28.—Taps was
sounded at Byrd cemetery at 6:15 o’
clock this afternoon over the newly
to Farmers if Needed made double ^ rave of Ca P t Marion
| Huggins, army flier, and his brother,
Thad, at the hour that Captain Hug
gins’ watch stopped on their tragic
crash in Timmonsville Saturday af
ternoon. During the funeral a squad
ron of planes circled overhead.
The brothers, Captain Huggins, a
graduate of splendid
Columbia, June 29.—In order to
avoid confusion and likewise to per- West Point
mit farmers in South Carolina to ob- 1 physique, and air cadet, Sgt. Thad-
tain whatever labor is necessary for deus Huggins, former Citadel cadet,
operating their farms, Lawrence M. 1 and law student of the University of
Pinckney, State Administrator for Georgia, s cheerful lad of substantial
the Works Progress Administration, build and not yet 20 years of age,
today requested fanners desiring la- were buried together as they had met
understood that an effort h 01 * employed on Works Progress Ad- death together in the plane crash Sat-
made by several local busiaesi ministration projects to contact the urday when flying borne to the bed-
to have the poet office depart-! neorest National Re-employment of-1 side of their critically ill mother.
Residence at Elko
Destroyed by Fire
Flames Believed to Have Boon Caused
by Lightning Daring Storm
Sunday Night.
Elko, June 28.—Fire, believed to
have been caused by a bolt of light
ning, completely destroyed the home
of Allen E. Hair, of Elko, last night
The blaze was discovered by Mr. and
Mrs. Hair when they returned from
church services and had gained such
headway that it could not be extin
guished by available facilities.
The fire followed a thunderstorm
that was accompanied by a vivid
electrical display, and there seems to
be little doubt that a bolt of light
ning struck the residence. The house
was valued at $3,500 and the loss is
partially covered by insurance.
Lightning is also reported to have
struck snd destroyed s ha y stack on
the farm of Q. A. Kennedy, Jr., near
Williston, at about the same timo
that Mr. Hair’s residence was burned.
State Melon Office
Opens in Allendale
ment in Washington reconsider the
bids and perhaps locate the site on
property facing The Circle, because of
the fort that Main Sstreet is a rather; Cooperating with the Nation*: Re-
narrow thoroughfare. It was report- employ ms nt office, Mr. Pinckney
ed here this week, however, that thr •»»«*«* *ba» l b» Work* Progress Ad-
department took the position that the «m*etmtion in South Carolina will
contract had * treed v keen let and de release labor that la assigned by the
flee, who will be glad to assign them > Captain Huggins had spent a night
the necessary labor needed, if avail- at borne shortly before the tragedy
I Saturday end Thad was looking for-
ADJOURNS AFTER
FOUR-DAY SESSION
COMMON PLEAS COURT CLOSED
THURSDAY NIGHT.
Several Caaea Disposed of at Short
Term Presided Over by Jndgo
Hayao F. Rica.
After being in session only four
days, the Juno term of the Court of
Common Pleas for Barnwoll County
adjourned sine die Thursday night.
This was a scheloled two weeks term
with Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken,
presiding.
The following is a Hat of the cases
disposed of:
The esses of Ben Lott, as adminis
trator of the estate of Myron Lott, va
the State Highway Department of
South Carolina, suit for $4,000 dam
ages for the death of Myron Lott;
and H. G. Molony va. the State High
way Department of South Chrotiaa
and the General Exchange
Corporation, a suit for $4JMM
sges for
age to
verdicts of $<000 for the plaintiff la
the Lott case aad SfljUO ks the Me-
leay case, hi the latter $3 000 h*«a*
aay further act!
in
Soil Contervation
Hearing
project* tern-
pee v Ids such
Nat leas I
If rr win deal
pormrtly la order to
labor for egrtrofttate
It was pslated oat that oil employ
for sarh temporary em
nU
ore n
Ovua
it
■Ip artt
Week*
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ward to a flight home with hie
brother for the weok-ead. "Dear
mother aad daddy,** wrote Thad in a
letter to his poreata recently from
company B. R O T C. ramp. Port Mr.
Clellaa. Ala- "With the hoUared
ramp raotiao as to lotoresttag esper-
learoo still la all wo rouat the day*
| until wo are ahlo tn g* ham* It Is
wha haee hosa # wo y ft
I Mmp yaam, hot a low
eweet hems Maybe I wtB get
the wooh end after this eao I
Allendale. June K—1
wil!
la Al
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hem* foe dMtb oad
la o far
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w* Maadap that a petcuoa ha* teoa
mb foramen Ip A foe*. B*rw
inhaeg. Bamberg oad Alan
dale fematm* foe forumtiaa of the
Mlufe Bad ComaoMatma Dmtrwf.
oad that a haartag wdi he hetd at
Romeaa Memday, JuC? fth* at
1 JP p m
The foromua* of Bktp dmartet
weald m»*e tamh la a large peeweaS
l.
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c* WPA
mm fa
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ley
*a Joam M oad BR
of the
ih* «ome *** t*"**
Putwwedl t
wer
week. Fedor* to de m oW mnoa hts
dmmmaal team Me WPA pagnaB
A twgg of that eetm** tsM ho oma
la e*o*g peegort to ta rued Oy the
foreman ta the n*eWe%
ftp af
art
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Fhs tmsetma Boa
fop
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F reentry degaetmsat. Oow *f li
e*tts is teasPsd ohsoi p aMs oa
tag temlhnasi af BarwaeB. ama
'• Imntad a few sett
(often and the the**
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wont of Dam
i lomtod ami
waeiod aad fwi
d greatly IP
of the* ttsSrtrt
amtei
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hg
Tae*o omao mrtam o tea Meenoe
i - nee for the wartta ho harp pa oyo
eg the rorrwaaAmg torvaia; a ram-
riot* madrea hoagaWw for the warden
ta llv* la; Ctehtm sad ool hotldfogn:
tm arvm of load for htts to lead,
with the eatirv place fenced ml Each
of throe tone
t«* ephoar so that at any I
camp, the rsagnr's office or
tower* can be contacted- It Is the
«utjr of the warden to keep a watch
ful eye at all tunes for possible fires,
and especolly during the season when
the burning of fields is so prevalent.
Through the use of these towers, the
local fire crews snd the CCC enrollee*
forest fires in Barnwell County have
been appreciably decreased.
Approximately a half million pine
seedlings have been planted under
the supervision of the forestry divi
sion. These seedlings were planted
Ly land) owners on land for which
they had no other use; on land which
had been forested before but through
the destruction by fire or human hand
had become practically barren, and
on other lands which the owners were
farsighted enough to see that they
would some day be worth money as
timber. Any landowner can have
this service during the proper plant-
feomosr*
I wOeeal Buff OttpswetN* Aa
emohftmg Art rueoaOy pu***d
Amth Cuewima wgwhoeor*
AB farmer* laPevuoOed la mevartag
•ad othoe form* of eowoma ooatfui
•hooM pioa la aciead thss Impwrtaai
pgBttgff foal.
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pad ao %m rDnllMI»G Ih
Pas The
TW eeiioa reeg eaetkeedl
woA tmmly a •*« • geud f
•f the pear, the «**g pew
the mart af«aamg that ho
ta the* sortam ms the
|a*r* However, the hell
thee*!. Am So
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aa herag rnevad fmm hoe ha| foe a
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CBHAT1Y BMJOYBD TV
a Aet off
by U
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rt I p m. (la
rt «l aad
hg the focal |
mrtor* of the foastfo
oaf o pern* of
a o
foot
fee
■mrtaag at the Coart House a Bor*
wed arit Moadsy, Mr. Bey'eteo *art
Aoomta hi BovHaL
Ml County friend* of erttea poet.
I the part oeveval day*.
Harry G. Boyfotoa. reuaty agent,
| ha* urged the fsromrs to potooa then
' cottoa in oa effort to otiostaoto the
loam of the farmer*
The
the Bov. B. Archie EUta, p aoa of the J knee been rewarded with escelleat re-
lot* Dr E. W. Ellis, of Duaborton. ^lu from this method of warfare oa
will be interested to learn that he i» ' the ereovil, and others ore fighting it
conducting a revivsl meeting in the 1 j n 9Vvr y possible wsy. Hugh A.
Riverside Baptist Church at Green- Bowers, assistant county agent, said
ville, of which he is pastor. Mr. Ellis i Mt week that one fsrmer, whose
is doing his own preaching and has fieij had shown an infesUtion of sp-1 Singleton
the assistance of the Rev. J. Aubrey proximately 18 per cent, had applied der command of Msj. F
fuaarnl car* •••
f —artery. whets 1
fOaeenl wao hetd la which the
Ucmal Guard tompnmm of
• MW a*rt FUesmre aad effkwc* from
Maxwell aad Fepe fieldi took part.
The pollhearer* for Captain Hog
gins, selected from the Notional Guard
company member* under Lieut. John
G. Rose, of Timmonsville, and the
pallbearers for Cadet Sgt. Thsdeous
Huggins from the Nations) Guards of
Florence, commanded by Copt. Burt
The honor escort was un-
H. Barnwell
Estes, pastor of the Barnwell Baptist | poison and the following week the
Church, in directing the music. The infestation had been reduced to only
revival began Wednesday, June 23rd, a bout five per cent,
and will close Sunday, July 4th.
until a short time ago there were two
side-camps connected with the local
unit, the other being at Luray.
of the Second batallion of 263rd Coast
Artillery. The firing squad and bugler
were selected from the Florence bat
tery under Captain Singleton. Hun-
Besides the war on the boll weevil,
which is being waged in an effort to dreds of persons from all over the
produce a good cotton crop, the other State were here for the funeral,
crops are pretty well advanced. The \ M. B. Huggins, heartbroken father
cantaJoupe crop has begun to move and of the young men, a member of the
The side-camp is under the super-1 0 ne farmer has already sold several Florence delegation in the general as-
vision of C. P. Padgett and W. B. hundred dollars worth from 10 acres.' sembly, said today:
Trantham, junior foreman. They are Scattered shipments in crate lots have “I can’t see how the accident hap-
carrying on the same operations. | been made from this section in the pened. To me Marion was king of the
The local forestry department is pas t several days, with carlot ship- air.” Mrs. Huggins, when told of the
made up of the following workers:, mcn t s expected to start rolling by death of her sons, exclaimed, ”0, God,
F. P. Cuthbert, project supervisor; the middle of this week. The acre- if this had to happen, I am thankful
inf time by paying the amall coat of : E. W. Edgerton, engineer foreman; ajfe i, a bout the aame as last year, the boys got home.” The death of the
the needling*. The work will be done Jimmie Nevila, junior foreman; J. G. but the atanda are generally better two young men ia the firat that haa
free ot charge under expert wiper- 1 Murray, junior foreman, and C. A. tM | ( with a fair price, should net the come to the immediate family of Mr.
xtoiea. Application* should he mode Gamble, ia charge of the timber ear- grower* a reasonable profit (and Mr*. Huggins, of wKkh until the
to foe MPOBtf ranger j**7- j loeeral field* of meierttealae ar* tragedy there were eight •••■ and
Fat the pert otgfic mattha a tam mfo* aooMfi rt foprfirtfo^ ta he teewad ( r* ofogvod irwcLMod* la ifie ogge* M*€k
ta* womwy rt feeamefi CooaOy ha* see* i» ttp fls*wrt*j dkgaeimaat fins ^ (gp Dmio Imp AartL ofofle J pert
tw ■•••< mo**««»>■ ••• • Dtew m><* i Mtatftf •**•* pm“% fofioM
by Mr* Yirgmio
af the WTA feeeea-
Tfifo woo Pdfomod hg
, Charts* Vittfo.
Myrwk aad Joe
the morning aad a pkaic
served at IJfi ia the
scheduled baseball game between the
“Fata and the Loans” waa rained oat.
Tuesday night more than 7Q0 persons
attended the square dance in the Ful
ler Park pavilion, the dancers includ
ing visitors from all sections of
Barnwell and adjoining counties.
Music was furnished by a string band
from Aiken, and iced lemonade was
served throughout the evening.
The success of the occasion is large
ly due to the untiring efforts of T.
D. Creighton, Sr., and' his corps of
willing workers, and also the mer
chants and business men of Barnwell,
who sponsored the program.
Interesting Program Planned.
The Ypung People’s Rally of the
Barnwell Association will meet in
the Double Pond Baptist Church on
Thursday, July 8th, at 10:30 a. m. An
interesting program has been planned
for the occasion aad the tioubte Pood
Uatt will furnish loach. It is hoped ' of
repre- 1 the I
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the lessons taught, including
of ciesnlinoos, sanitation and
tion of special diets, stressing simple
foods that will prevent pellagra,
rickets, etc.
Those working on this project are
called “housekeepers’ aides’* aad
will render varions types of service
in homes that are having to struggle
with the handicaps of illness and
poverty, Mrs. Best said.
When a little time has elapsed, it
will be very interesting to visit the
cottage and see the work being done,
which will demonstrate the results
that can be obtained in making the
homem clean and attractive with little
cost.
Temperature Takes TnmlMe.
Welcome relief from the excessive
heat of several days was experienced
here Monday afternoon when a aortas
will
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