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VOLUME LX.
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BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 8TH. 1937.
NUMBER O.
BARNWELL PROUD
v OF US STANDING
FINANCIAL STATUS PLEASES
TAX PAYERS.
r7rrTTTT^ 4 l 1 governor likes
X A Subscriber for 48 Years.
* . « campaign tour
route 2, was a caller at The ,! .
People-Sentinel office on last OPPOSES HARLEY’S 'PLAN TO
CURB MEETINGS.
Cooperation Is Secret of Success of
County Administration Over
Lengthy Period.
(Wrintten for The People-Sentinel.)
A great majority of the Barnwell
County citizens are well pleased—in
fact, proud of—the record made by
the county officials in the past 12 or
14 years, as evidenced by the fact that
they are returned to office regularly.
Since 1924 there has been very lit
tle opposition to the present office
holders and, when there was opposi
tion, the officers were swept in by a
large majority.
In 1925 the Barnwell County board
of commissioners was composed of R.
R. Moore, of Red Oak; G. W. Greene,
of Williston; L. S. Still, of George’s
Creek, and Idts Brabham, of Ben
nett Springs. J. W. Patterson was,
and is, county supervisor. This board,
with the changes necessitated by
death and the election to the board a
few years ago, of Dr. R. A. Gylees, of
Blackville, has accompfished an al
most amazing task since that time,
notwithstanding the fact that the
country has been through one of the
worst depression in its history.
Captain W. D. Black succeeded G.
W. Greene when the latter died sev
eral years ago; Captain Black being
succeeded by T. P. Mitchell this year
upon his death. C. G. Youngblood, of
Four Mile, was recently appointed to
Ail the vacancy created on the board
by the death of Idts Brabham a short
time ago.
When the present hoard, of county
managers as they are now termed un
der a recent art of the legislature,
took charge of the county affairs the
levy fee ordinary county lasso
14 mills; UMtejr, that levy le
mille. The outstanding county debt
at the beginning of their service was
83IS.000. while today It stands at
840.049, despite the fart n lose of
over ft&O.OOO was suffered through a
hank failure. The total county school
iadrbtodneos was ftlTTjOOO and today
stands at 114&.000 This last total
Mwtudee a recent boiM iseoe fee new
boildtage at Barnwell and Black
elite totaling a little mare than 999.*
990
( aopeveltaa Is
week’s “busy day” and told the ; ’
editor that he subscribed to The •
Barnwell People 48 years ago !
and has been a subscriber ever
since. Mr. Hartzog always tries
to keep his subscription paid
in advance, but has given im
plicit instructions not to stop
sending the paper if he should
get a few weeks in arrears.
The editor would like to
know if there is a subscriber
who can equal or exceed Mr.
Hartzog’s record.
Lieutenant-Governor Favor Limiting
Meetings to Fourteen Instead of
Forty-Six.
MANY LIVES LOST
DURING WEEK-END
County’s Cotton Crop
Is in Critical Stage
Heavy and Excessive Rainfall of Past
Ten Days Increases Boll
Weevil Menace.
Barnwell County’s cotton crop is
passing through a very critical stage
just at this time, due primarily to the
heavy and excessive rainfall of the
past ten days that has not only leach
ed fertilisers from light lands, but
has increased the boll weevil menace
to an alarming extent. During the
dry weather of the first part of June,
a number of farmers used sweetened
poison on their cotton plants and
Lieut-Gov. J. E. Harley, of Barn
well, in an interview Wednesday of
last week, told a representative of a
Columbia newspaper that he thinks
discontinuance of what he described
as “a killing thing” in the long grind
of touring the State might serve to
encourage “good and able men” to
run more often for public office. He
suggested that one joint meeting of
all candidates inleach judicial circuit
of the State would serve the purpose
just as well. He cited the easier and
quicker modes of transportation in
support of his opposition to the coun-
ty-to-county campaign tour.
Lieut-Gov. Harley said the rigors
of the long tour “make many a man
shy away from seeking public office.
And many of these men would make
us good public servants,” he declared
A day or two later. Governor Olin
D. Johnston voiced his opposition to
the lieutenant-governor’s suggestion,
calling attention to the fact that he
led a successful fight in the State
Democratic Convention four years
ago against discontinuance of county-
to-county compaigns. The governor
doesn't think it fair for voters to have
greatly reduced the infestation of to travel long distances to hear the
weevils, but the cool, showery weather , office-seeker* present their appeals
that has prevailed lately is almost for suffrage, saying that “it is so
sure to increase the damage from this; much simpler for the candidates to
take theamelves to the people.”
The governor, under State law, can
not be a rand idle to succeed himself,
but the general belief is that he will
be ia the thick of the couaty to-couaty
campaign next summer as a
far the U. 8. senate seat
by Senator E. D. Smith.
Harley’s
unless a period of hot,
shiay weather prevails very shortly.
Not only has the wet weather dam
aged the cottoa crap, but the canta
loupe aad wstemeloa crops have suf
fered also.
Farmers Dteaatlsied?
Aad
•peaktag of truck crape, it
that the farmers of this St- . . ... . ,
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rat:
t.
These area have boss sb
remplieh this ealy through
epevstMU of the legislative detegatroa
aad the ruaaty affinals. Sot ealy
have the. pat Bara well Coawty ea a
sound 4asocial heete, hat they did It
during the depress tea Far a period
of 19 mouths there eras as levy for or
dinary county purposes such as the
chain gang, officers’ salaries, court
ex peases, the jail aad the poor yard.
The total collected in 192& sms
8823A39.13 ns compered with $146.-
999 54 in 1934. The total assessed
value of taxable property ia this
county in 1925 was $4,574340, while
today it is on the county auditor’s
hooks st $3,448,120. Not only has
the assessed valuation of property in
this county been considersbly cut, but
the levy also has been cut in half.
Sheriff J. B. Morris has collected
during the fiscal year closed June
30, 1937, a total of $57,487.65 in back
taxes. The present sheriff, since tak
ing office in 1932, has made consider
able progress toward the cleaning up
of the back taxes on the books.
The men who have served Barnwell
county in the past 12 years include
W. H. Manning, county auditor; J. B.
Armstrong, county treasurer, until
his death in 1930, when he was suc
ceeded by J. J. Bell, the present treas
urer; John K. Snelling, judge of pro
bate; R. L. Bronson, clerk of court;
Horace J. Crouch, county superintend
ent of education, except for a four-
year term from 1930 to 1934, when B.
S. Moore, Jr., was in that office; G.
M. Greene, master in equity; Boncil
H. Dyches, sheriff until his death in
1932, and J. B. Morris, who succeeded
and still holds thut position.
i the auction makot conducted hurt this
spring and summer m an effort to on-
, shlo grewoco in obtain hotter price*
for their prodoce la spite of a very I
short crop of encumber*, many form-!
t er* rlnim that, with the otnrt meth
od of graiding, price* were lower than
I ia past season*, except to o few in-!
I stances On the other hand, they
point out, H>lda. which did net adopt
the anrtioo plan, has enjoyed one of j
| the big go st end mast profitable sea-
sane in its history.
According la information reretvod
by The Foopio-Sentinel, an effort wtU
be mode to have the Bamwe l town
council repeal the ordinance creating
the a act lea market and return next
year In the old method of marketing
On* skjsctioa to the naction block. It
to cloiosod. ia the requirement that dates for ronaty offices to join u pa-
buyers poet a bond of 885 before bo- redo through the county, often mak-
1 mg allowed to bid on produce, which iag speeches twice a day and many of
prevents truck operators who may not them to mere handfuls of voter*.
; visit this section agota this season In this county, because of the num-
i from bidding on produce. : bar of candidates, speeches often ore
The People-Sentinel knows nothing limited to a few minutes. The speaker
of the merits or demerits of the auc- has little time to discuss public mat-
tion marketing plan, but it does seem ten and the meetings often resolve
that some method could be worked themselves into mere exhibits of
out whereby the farmers would he as- 1 candidates. A change of campaign
sured of a larger share of the con- methods might be beneficial to the
Our Campaign
Lisnt.-Gnvomnr Harley makes u
only erMictam of political campaigns
so they ore coo hided in South Caro
line when ho says they tend to pro-
sent many good man from offering
foe public office. Ho does not believe
In the political ceravaao that travel
the highway* every year when a State
election to hold. He Migfit* a change
of campaign methods by which the
candid sir* would appear in joint
meotmg* in each judicial district in
stead of ouch county. That would re
duce the number of political meetings
from 44 to 1A
Something also aught be said a-
bout the system which requires coadi-
CELEBRATION O F AMERICA’S
BIRTHDAY IS COSTLY.
At Least 314 Persons Were Killed,
But No Deaths Attributed to
Fireworks.
America’s celebration Sunday of its
161st birthday cost the lives of at
least 314 persons—but not one death
was attributed to the use of fire
works.
The figure was the third largest
since 1930, and only slightly smaller
than the total of 346 posted last
year.
City and State officials ponted to
their crusades for a safer and saner
Fourth as the cause for the preven
tion of fireworks deaths. Also they
said, a fireworks accident which had
claimed six lives in Idaho last Friday,
although tragic, had served as a
warning to others throughout the na
tion.
Automobile accidents accounted for
the greatest number of deathf—194 in
26 States. Seventy-two were (frown
ed and 48 others killed in sundry acci
dents. New York led with eight traf
fic deaths, three drowning*, three
killed in an airplane crash, one shot
to death and one fatally injured in a
fall.
Three were killed in a grade cross
ing accident in Rhode Island. An
explosion of a gasoline stove in Wis
consin took two lives. Two diod of
mine acc^frtit injuries in Indiana.
One person in Kansas and another in
Nebraska were burned to death.
Before a dot id* y crowd of 1,000 par
sons, Arch R. Nutter, 88, an airplane
pilot, spun to hie doe Lb at a Clarks
burg (W. Va.) airport. At
N. H, a mother aaw her son crash
to hia death la a five-mile automobile
rues.
A Georgian, C. A. Brickenstaff.
killed by lightning while ho played
golf ia a foursome. Other
of the party were stunned.
Motor clubs thro ago ut the nation
reported citiee virtually moved to the
country and the country to the citiee
for the holiday* Travel over the
week-end was reported record-break
lag at maay place*.
Quiet to Boroweil.
Oho*rrone* of the Glorious Fourth
•a* very quiet la Beruwell. Nome
om parties mokorod bo benches noi
Charleston and Savannah to spend
the holiday, hut for the moot part
local poopl* remained at bo*
wore cloood Monday In observance of
tb* nation’s b irthday. Ram Into
dng afternoon and intermittent i
era throughout Monday put a
on the holiday spirit.
70 Barnwell 4-H Club
Boys Will Go to Camp
All Members Having Records Up to
Data Entitled to Attend An-
nual Encampment.
Camp Long will be open to 4-H club
members of Barnwell County July
26-30 when 70 Cl abaters and cabin
leaders will v be in attendance. All
members having their records up to
date are entitled to attend the an
nual encampment.
An added feature of the camp this
season is a class in Arts and Crafts.
Classes in good manners, nature study
and music appreciation, swimming
and other outdoor sports will fill the
morning hours. Daily assembly pro
grams w^l be conducted by club-
sters, with the assistance of home
agents. The midday program will be
one of the high-lights of each day.
Evening programs will represent
the creative ability of clnbstert who
will present dramatic skits, one act
plays, vocal duets, chourses, instru
mental numbers, or folk dances as
costume.
Members of 4-H Clubs of Williams
burg and Abbeville Counties with
their respective agents will join the
clubs ten of Barnwell County on July
26 to 30 at Camp Long.
Health Department
Holds Two Clink
Many Per**** Attend Flint X-Ray
Clink Ever Held ia Barnwell
GIRL BADLY HURT
IN AUTO SMASHUP
MISS MARTHA ATKINSON AL
MOST SCALPED.
Three Others Injured Saturday Morn
ing When Two Cars Collided la
We*t Barnwell.
Miss Martha Atkinson, 18, wss
critically injured; her father, John
Atkinson, 40, suffered a broken arm
and a broken leg; Horace Randall, 88,
suffered head and knee injuries, and a
Mr. Daniels, a tire salesman, of
Orangeburg, escaped with cuts and
bruises in a head-on automobile col
lision in West Barnwell, on the Barn-
well-Augusta highway, shortly before
eight o’clock Saturday morning. The
collision occurred when Randall at
tempted to pass several other can
and crashed head-on into Daniels’
machine as the latter is said to have
attempted to avoid an accident by
swerving his car onto the shoulder of
the paved road.
Mias Atkinson was almost com
pletely scalped, presumably when her
»ad came in contact with the wind
shield, end was the moot seriously in
jured of the quartet After being
given first aid by a local physician,
the young woman, her father aad
Randall were rushed to a Colombia
hospital ia the local OCC camp aeihu-
mce. Reports received here (turn
the hospital late Saturday night were
to the effect that Miss Atkiaeoa had
Her father aad
The Barnwell County Health De
portment with the aeeistanee of Mies
Eloiae Miller, tuberculosis field
peneored an X-rey clinic
aad Flldi| of laaft week. For the
clinic. Dr. John M. Preetea, But* X-
r*y chairman, was here aad dooeeu-
•t rated the aoo of the “Mehio X-ray."
This ta a trailer complete!
with Flufuecept X-rey aad
equipment The see of ouch Is for
the purpose of diereverlag early
•lege* of tnborrulaoio.
This was the Am X-ray cliuic
held la Berawell County aad a large
the opportaall| ta have the
over. N ember* of c
ia by the Bar*well County Heath
Depart an at. whoa*
poet •e**r*i Burnth*.
eaaeo ehewiag symptoms of the
la a
burg |e Auguoto la a aaw ear
the Fourth. whA
ley's Mill
Club* Plan for
A pic tare
day at the
charge, e
alee well
Bits
sumer’s dollar.
Garber-Turtletaub.
A. N. Garber, of Williston, has an
nounced the engagement of his daugh-
State and the counties.—Spartanburg
Herald.
Should Be Abolished.
Lieutenant Governor J. E. Harley,
w t-v ^ , of Barnwell, may be a little over opti-
ter, Miss Dorothy Thelma Garber, to . .. . ... . . *u v i-^-
L. mistic in thinking that the abolition
Max Turteltaub, of Charleston. The
wedding will take place in the early
fall.
of the qousity^to-county campaign
tour would bring more “good and able
men” into State politics in South
Carolina, but there is no denying his
declaration that the county-to-county
campaign is outmoded.
. , ,. . , . ... The county-to-county campaign,
delegation has long been considered .. , . . j # ^
j i *• • it* 16 simple truth is, now defeats its
Barnwell County’s status today as
against that of 1925.
The Barnwell County legislative
hi
These men. due largely ta the
fart that they have worked together
fmu m aad year out without e chauge
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wutb Aw *um uf ewmgltae vwagwowessu
w<4k dka eewaey •ummmeaauee* ahd
mmrn hgeakww** twmpm-^ Thou
Mug utHuadMg • BMP
tM9 1$ g»«g •* meuwffr m •*
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one of the leading delegations in the
State legislature. The present dele
gation, composed of Senator Edgar
A. Brown, of Barnwell; Winchester C.
Smith, of Williston, and Solomon
Blstt, speaker of the house, has
worked diligently to scrv* the peo
ple of the county and the State. They
have given their time and money to-
: ward the betterment of Barnwell
Ceuaty, and the Slate, sad were re
warded whoa, hi the pnmanse loot
year, they were retaruad la affWa fry
ea eeerwhehaing majority aguiuet
the 9m appaadjaa dhry had wnrewn-
taeod m eweaenl yuasu
^ff9M9l aAmweea* sow* Aw 9heSe
fru*u imsmo* r
mqpo V A As Art
am* SoUP WBo*S *
own purpose. It discourages, some-
FOI R NEGROES LYNCHED IN
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1987
According to rocords compiled at
Tuskegee Institute, there were four
lynching* in the first six months of
1987. This is the same number as for
the first aix months of 1936 and 1934,
and two less than for the first six
months of 1934. All of the persons
lynched were negroes, the offenses
charged being: Murder, 3; rape 1.
The States in which lynchings oc
curred and the number in each State
are as follows: Alabama, 1; Georgia,
1; Mississippi, 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob’t. Keel and Mrs.
M. A. Keel spent Sunday, in Wagner
with Mr. and Mrs. Leon Rosier.
times prevents, the discussion of the
real campaign issues, confuses rather
than aids the voters in making a
choice.
The Democratic party should abol
ish it.—Columbia Record.
ARREST THREE NEGROES
ON BURGLARY CHARGE
Me a the UaL
There must he anmethiug trmgw
ttuler group. Those of ea wfr*
even e amell circle of frtewda
appalled at Usees by the thought that
we are feet becoming the I
her of the gang that frolkkad to
gether in our youth end struggled
*houl<frr to shoulder in the
world in later year*.
We wonder what are the tough ta
of Captain Basil M. Jenkins, Sr., who
at the age of 91 is the Ust survivor
of the War Between the States in
Barnwell Oouijly. Perhaps one of
the remaining five in our county, who
may soon be the last himself, could
answer the question.
We dare say that Captan Jenkins,
along with the five in this county,
others in the small band in the South,
are all thinking they fought a good
fight, that they would not act different
ly if the same circumstances arose
again, and that these thoughts are
much consolation as the end nears. It
is a privilege to think and to write
of these grand old men, whose call to
final duty will come so soon now.—The
Augusta Herald.
Dr. Stevens la Host.
Charlie Jones, Ben Brant and Wil
lie Wade have been lodged ia the
Baruwe l Ceuaty jail ea p charge of
burglary> the trA hsetag heea ar
rested kg Sheriff J. S Marne pad
S HorWy of
Brant, it is charged, entered the
home through e window aad, going
late a be frnam. grabbed a daughter
1$ your* oML by the arm. The young
a saaupmad
The semi-monthly meeting of the
central zome of the South Carolina
Opto metric Association wmt held ia
Barnwell Thursday night. Dr. P. W,
Steveua, of this dtp, saaa chairman,
entertained the group with *a eld
j f* ahtaaed (frAthea •upper, wfrfcfr ou*
**e**d ef Aw MaAl Rarwoed pad
, heartily ea^ryod by Aw gnouPn
Alter eogpur Aa gauow •egw-eol A
{uh* dAeo m ShwAa 9Aroowa hw Aa
I AsaBBA e9flB9B pass s ’
evil
The high light of
A e day spout A A
iag. Tours seer the
the dairy, poaltr, ph
talks of ii
program*,
also add interest to the
Barnwell County chib
will attend camp ere: Mrs. W. C. Ball,
Mrs. Albert Ellis, Mrs. Leona Still,
Mias Ehrlist Still, Mrs. D. L Hart.
tog, Mrs. C. P. Morris, Mrs. Belton
Holly, Mrs. Belle Morris, Mrs. H. L.
O’Bannon, Mrs. W. J 1 . Lemon, Mrs. J.
B. Kirkland,- Mrs. Zelma H. Stewart,
Mrs. L. L. Birt, Mrs. W. M. Moore.
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PRESIDENT PAYS VISIT
TO CONGRESSMAN FULMER
Washington, June 29.—Entirely on-
announced, a White House automo
bile rolled up to the Naval Hospital
this afternoon, and President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt called upon Congress*
man H. P. Fulmer, where the latter
has been a patient for several weeks.
He spent ten minutes in a happy con
versation with the Congressman and
Mrs. Fulmar.
Mr. Fulmer, who is now able to
walk shout tb* Hospital, for s abort
time each day, was happy to sat tha
0* a.
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