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w OwoHJat* |«m I. 1911. Barnwell People-Sentinel Muat L.lk« a Mambar of lha Family M VOLUME LX. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JNLY 15TH. 19S7. NUMBER 4S. PLANNING SURVEY COMPLETED HERE SPECIAL PARTY GOES OVER PRIMARY ROADS. Many Automobile Accidents Due to Road Conditions and Inadequate Sight Distance. Special to The People-Sentinel. Columbia, July 12.—Because a great many automobile accidents are due to road conditions, the Statewide High way Planning Survey recently placed a special party in Barnwell County to go over all primary roads and locate every situation where inadequate sight distance might cause accidents. In this county, the party has com pleted its work and has recorded every location where the motorist is unable to see at least 1,000 feet a head of him. The Bureau of Public Roads has set this as a minimum at which driving at 60 miles an hour is safe. When engineers first began build ing highways for our “horseless car riages,” they little realised that the day would come when a minimum of 1,000 feet of unrestricted sight dis tance would be absolutely necessary for modem high-powered cars. Con sequently, there are many situations on our highways where a driver may see as little as 150 feet ahead of him. The officials of the Highway Plan ning Survey want to find these situa tions so that recommendations can be made for improving them to fit the needs of the 1937 motorist. The sight distance party has entirely covered 24 counties and almost completely 4 others. The party uses two cars. The first travels along with a vertical black- and-white ten-foot pole (stadia rod) on the sidte. The second, with a hori zontal bar (stadia interceptor) on its hood, follows. At a 1,000 foot unob structed sight distance, the tip of the pole on the first car appears to touch the horizontal bar on the second one. When the pole cannot be seen from the second car, the recorders know that the sight distance is less than !,- 000 feet. When the driver of the first car loses sight of the second one, he stops just beyond the obstruction. The driv er of the second car comes up and takes the measurement of the actual distance from where the first car comes back into view to the point on which it has stopped. This records the minimum sight distance from the back car to the front one. The recorders write down the exact location of the obstruction. They dc describe the general nature of whether it is temporary or perman ent, whether it is a sharp curve, hill. Home Improvement Stressed by Project I Mrs. Albert Ellis of Meyer’s Mill, Is Developing Beauty Spot Near Home. Mr*. Parker Chosen $ Senator Robinson Dead. To make the farm house a comfort able, convenient and attractive home for the happy family was the ultimate aim of the House Furnishing project selected by home demonstration clubs of Barnwell County. The four objec tives outlined were: To improve the general appearance of the farm home; to obtain improved lighting and more adequate storage spaces; to encourage wise selection of furniture and house furnishings; to help develope a greater appreciation for simple beauty in home furnishings. A special demonstrator in the project during the year, according to Miss Elizabeth McNab, home agent, was Mrs. Albert Ellis, of Meyer’s Mill, who, since her course through the home demonstration club, reports im provements as follows: Walls of kitchen re-decorated; floor covering In bed room and kitched improved; cur tains in living room and bed room im proved; re-arrangement of furniture in living and bed rooms; five pieces of furniture renovated 1 , one new piece purchased; slip covers made; five pic tures properly framed and hung. The above improvements were made at a cost of $28.00. Besides carrying out in her home the lessons learned in club meetings, Mrs. Ellis, by passing on in formation, has assisted four other per sons in her community with home im provements. The lesson most helpful, the demonstrator reports, was the one on “Color in the Home.” Not only is Mrs. Ellis interested in the interior of her home but she is interested also in improving the home grounds. She converted a field, adjoining the front yard, into a gar den and outdoor living room in which she has featured native shrubs, and old fashioned plants. With gardening as a hobby the demonstrator with a little more time will possess one of the beauty spots of the county. Senator Joe D. Robinson, of Arkansas., died suddenly in Washington at 8:15 o’clock yes terday (Wednesday) morning, following a heart attack, accord ing to a radio bulletin received in Barnwell. Senator Robinson, who was one of the Roosevelt administration leaders, was a candidate for vice-president on the Democratic ticket in 1928. Attendance Officer Teacher at Seven Pines School for Number of Years Wins Over Large Field. \ Cotton Acreage Is Largest Since ’33 10.4 Per Cent Increase Over 1936, But Figures Sightly Under Expectations. Pattenon DiscuMes “Security Program” Chairman of Barnwell County Welfare Department Says There Is Much Misunderstanding. Washington, July 8.—The federal crop reporting board estimated today Chat cotton acreage this year was the largest since 1933, when the federal government staged a “plow-up” cam paign. It estimated cotton in cultivation July 1 aggregated 34,192,000 acres, or 10.4 more than the 30,960,000 acres last year. The acreage this year was 17.5 per cent, less than the acreage of 41,- 424,000 acres for the five-year period of 1928 to 1932. The crop board reported increases of 3 and 7 per cent, respectively. The board said 20,000 acres of sea island cotton had been planted in Florida and Georgia, compared with less than 6,000 acres last year. This type of cotton is more suscepti ble to boll weevil damage than varie ties with short staple, the board said, and its cultivation had been practically abandoned since 1922, except for last year. Relatively light weevil dam age last year encouraged the expan sion this year, it said. The board said a new extension of the cotton area this season was 1,000 acres reported officially in Nevada for the first time. • The average abandonment of acre age between July 1 and picking of the crop in the ten years, 1927 to 1936, was 2.3 per cent. *Last year ginnings totaled 12^98,- 882 equivalent 500-pound bales, while the average ginnings for the 10 years, 1927-1936 were 13.200,857. Hie Acreage by States. The acreage in cultivation July 1 Peiping, China, July 12. Japanese ; aiM j percentage of the 1936 acre- China and Japan Come to Grips in Far East Combat Follows Indication Crisi* Is Out of Hands of Military of Traditioaal Foes. and Chinese troops resumed their war age in cultivation on that date, by fare west of Peiping tonight as strong States, follow: reinforcements were hurried by both Virginia 66.000 acres, or 120 per the north China lone of ^ ni compared with 1936; North Caro- con ^ ,ct ' lina, 1,080,000 or 111 per cent; South Thr chatter of machine guns, punc- Carolina, 1,643.000 or 116; Georgia. right angle, or any other Vaturo that | ^ of * rt ‘ 11 * ry ’ 2,644000 or 116; Florida 115,000 or might be remedied. \c\mrij audible in Peiping from about l2 8; Missouri. 497,000 or 1*0; Ten- THe Survey expects to finish the! n L’^l 0 . ** | nessee 946,00 or 113; Alabama, 2,- work in all countiaa by September laL WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION a. m.. EST.) Chinese and Japanese 568000 or 110; Mississippi, 3,371,000 alike expressed deep anxiety over the or 112 ; Louigian* 1,600,000 or 110; Texas, 12.926,000 or 107; Olahoma, renewal of hostilities, which come after a day of truce. The fighting was nearer Peiping 2^26,0000 or 103; Arkansas, 3,096,000 or 112; New Mexico, 138,000 or 117; Horace J. Crouch, county superin tendent of education, stated here ting river, ten miles west of the city. than previous clashes, which had be-j Arixonaf 2 70,000 or 130; California, gun Wednesday night along the Young Monday that a public hearing on the proposed consolidation of the Mt. Calvary and Williston school dis tricts will be held at the Court House in Barnwell on Friday afternoon, July 23rd, at four o’clock. At this time those favoring the consolidation, as well as those opposed thereto, will be heard. This meeting was called as a re sult of two petitions presented to the county board of education Thursday of last week by C. K. Ackerman, superintendent, and M. M. Player, principal, of the Williston school sys tem. The petitions were signed by the qualified electors of the two dis tricts in accordance with Section 6360 of the 1936 General School Law, Mr. Crouch said. The, matter was pre sented to the members of the county board of education at a regular meet ing scheduled for that day, at which time the public hearing was ordered for July 29rd. Mr. Creuril requests a full attend ed latorwMod part tee at tbs when Japanese infantrymen on night maneuvers had collided with troops of the Chinese 29th army. Chinese reports said tonight’s fight ing had started when Japanese infan trymen stationed at Tachingtsum, a village on theh Peiping-Wanpingh- sien highway four miles east of the river, had advanced to within firing range of Chinese troops holding 618,000 or 167; all other States, 30,- 000, or 122. Lower California, old Mexico (not included in United States total, 140,- 000 or 100. Community Night at Lyndhurst Mrs. Mabel Gantt, of Lyndhurst, was hostess to 27 adults Thursday night, July 8th. at the Lyndhurst school building, where a community Tsaishemniao (temple of the god of,night was observed. Games and folk wealth), only two miles from Peiping’s dances were the features of the even- walls. Chinese said the Japanese had tired after an hour’s fighting. Chinese declared the Japanese had broken the truce which had been in effect since Sunday night, although j and the trustees have granted their permission for any recreational activi ties to be given in the building. ing. Mrs. Gantt, WPA recreational upervisor, plans a series of such nights for adults only. The desks have been moved from the school building for the summer, fically forbade the union strike or Chosen from a field of some 20 ap plicants, Mrs. W. Bratton Parker, of Snelling, was elected 1 school attend ance officer for Barnwell County at a meeting of the county board of educa tion Friday night. It is understood that several ballots were taken to de cide the election, the members of the board having been dead-locked in their choice of aspirants for the new posi tion. Mrs. Parker brings to her new position long experience in the field of education. For a number of years she has been the very efficient teacher of the Seven Pines school at Snelling, where her work is very highly regard ed. In addition, she has taken an ac tive interest in the educational affairs of Barnwell County. She is a gradu ate of Lander College with a Bachel or’s degree; holds a first grade aca demic life certificate, and was presi dent of the Barnwell County Educa tion Association during the 1935-’36 session. She is one of the favorites among the Barnwell County teachers and enjoys the confidence and respect of those with whom she is to labor. Her friends believe she possesses the personality so necessary for the suc cessful administration of a truancy officer. At present she is in attend ance upon a course at the University of South Carolina to provide special training for her new work. Mrs. Parker is the widow of the late W. Bratton Parker, of Snelling, who died a little over a year ago. The position to which Mrs. Parker was elected Friday night was created during the recent session of the gen eral assembly, when a compulsory school attendance law was passed, providing for an attendance officer in each of the 46 counties. Such a* law was in effect a number of years ago, but was later repealed. John Lewis Ignores Roosevelt’s Warning C. I. O. Chieftaia Announces Forma tion of Union to Embrace Gov ernmeat Employe*. Washington, July 12.—Formation of a union to embrace 2,000,000 Stato, county and municipal workers was announced tonight by John L. Lewis, chairman for the Committee for In dustrial Organisation, in the face of a warning from President Roosevelt that collective bargaining privileges of the Wagener labor act could not be extended to federal employes. The chief executive issued his warn ing after Lewis had announced an in tensive drive to bring federal em ployes into the C. I. O. and away fron the C. I. O.’a rival labor organisation, the Amerian Federation of Lmbor. The new union will be known as the State, County and Municipal Workers, of America. It was formed by a nucleus of the American Federation of State, County and Muniipal Workers an A. F. of L. affiliate. C. I. O. officials said that 15,000 members of the A. F. of L. union had broken away to become members and that they had been granted a charter. The union’s jurisdiction covers throughout the country and completes the first phase of Lewis’ drive to unionize the governmental machinery except for those federal employes who come under the “biilitary” classifies tion Lewis, in a formal statement, speci- ■til both sides were vague as to its terms. Origins Obacure. They asserted that, an official at tached to Mayor Chin Teh-chum. of Peiping, sent to the Yungting area to see that the Japanese had carried out aa agreement th«y withdrew their fercee, had returned to repost that Jeponeee co^ommnders near BTenptn* ghassm had laid Mia they had aa ha> toattaa el wvfcdrnwtag CArqpuie •* Ufc* ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel me smeea Vm ■ m lammed 9 Mma 9 «* * i EHNfc* «oaa ama tm A Freak Tnmata. or J. T* Bull sihibstad tmmale aa the etraeta asday aeqaead tl wm picketing privileges. He said: “The general methods to be employ ed by this union in achieving its aim shall be that of legislation and educa tion. The use of strikes or picketing by the union shall be deemed a viola tion of the policy of this organization. ReaecxeH Warning. President Roosevelt at his bat press aa fadiMrat Ml Inquiries received daily at the of fice of the State Department of Public Welfare indicate widespread misun derstanding as to the type of assist ance provided for in the so-called “so cial security program” authorized by the recent act of the General Assem bly, according to J. W. Patterson, chairman of the Barnwell County Department of Public Welfare. The law does not provide for old- age pensions. It provides for “as sistance to aged persons in need,” and very definitely sets out just who is eligible to receive assistance. Broadly speaking, only those over 65 who are without income, or who have incomes so small that, when added to contributions from relatives or from any other source, the total is inade quate to provide a reasonable aubais tence, may receive assistance. Aid to dependent children who are without parental support or care, and who are living with certain specified near relatives in their own homes, is available where such children are likely to become public charges or to be otherwise deprived of proper sup port, care or training. Assistance for the needy blind is provided, where such persons hate insuficient means of support and have no relatives or other person able to provide and legally responsible for their support and willing to provide therefor. Applications for aid under the law must be filed with the county welfare department of the county in which the applicant resides. The applies tion must be in writing, on forms which will be supplied to county wel fare offices. The applicant must sign a statement of any property, real and personal, in which he has an interest Any falsa statement knowingly msds to secure benefits under the act Is punishable by a $500.00 ffne or a year in prison, or both. Any person who, directly or indirectly, disposes of any property for the purpose of qualify ing for benefits is not eligible. Upon the death of any person receiving aid under the law, the total amount re ceived becomes a debt due the State against the estate of such person. There seems to be considerable con fusion in the public mind ae between the functions of the State Depart ment of Public Welfare and those of the Bureau of Federal Old Age Bene fits of the Federal Security Board, which has offices In Columbia, Green ville, Spartanburg, Rock Hill and Charleston. That agency provides old age benefits for persons new working in certain specified Aetda of employ ment. the benefits to become avail able upon the employee's retirement at 66. Deductions are made the smgea of such employees, through the inter nal revenue office of the United States government. The **1010 department of Public Welfare has no connection with the administration of old age benefits under this Federal agency. It is necessary for the State De partment of Public Welfajy to have its plan of operation approved by the Social Security Board in Washington before the government’s contribution to the State department’s fund can be secured. It is probable that this can be accomplished without serious delay, but it is estimated that it will be at least two weeks before it can be completed. Application forms will be furnished county departments of public welfare as soon as possible. All applications must be thoroughly investigated, which will require considerable time, before any payments can be made. WINDS UP YEAR WITH SURPLUS COUNTY TREASURER J. J. BELL RELEASES REPORT. Receipts for Year Ending June 1937, Were $452,619.81.— Dia- bursementa $386,134.78. Lyndhurst News Items. af Bill Bason, of Raleigh, N. C. is spending some time here with friends. Mrs. O. P. Hay and daughter, Mary Oliva, of Raleigh, N. C n are here for a visit of about two weeks. Johnny Wilkins, of Inman, la spend ing some tune with W. B. Fowke and famdy Jehn Gnntt. af CahamhAa. Is have foe Barnwell County started off the new fiscal year July 1st with *a cash balance for the operation of the coun ty and schools of $66,484.03, County Treasurer J. J. Bell told a representa tive of The People-Sentinel Monday morning. Capt. Bell’s statement for the fiscal year ending June 80th t 1937, shows total collections for the year of $452,618.81, with disbursements of $386,134.78. Last year the cash bal ance was 341.278.6& Of this amount, a total of $126,- 531.65 was collected from taxes fbr the year 1936, and back taxes from the sheriff amounted to $57,475.86. Fines and licenses netted $2,319.66. The gasoline tax from the State a- mounted to $17,090.11, while the road aid from the State was $62,307.79, to ■pply on reimbursement agreements. The liquor tax amounted to $2,- 917.62 and the beer and wins tax was $925.25. Insurance license fees amounted to $1,161.93. Borrowed money, ordinary county, due to purchase of road machinery, was $8,000.00, and for schools $70,- 000.00. ( State aid rsetived for schools a- mounted to $59,800. Disbursements show $20,312.82 paid to the State treasurer; county war rants, $66,248.53; school warrants, $168,860.60; tax abatements, $633.64. BARBECUE DINNER ENJOYED AT MEYER'S MILL FRIDAY Dunbarton, July IS.—Charlie Him and Frampton Eaves furaished din ner at the Meyer’s Mill dub Friday. Those attending bssidas club mem ham included Mrs. E R Bettoa sad Mbe Carrie Mae Hartsog, of G»pe; Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Pearre, Mrs. J. J. Bryaa<. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kooa. Mrs. E. L. Hatcher and son. Jack, Mrs. Baraaa, Mrs. Bob Escue and children, ef Aa- guoste; Mrs. M. R. Rountree, of Mar tinet, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Hiara aad children, Mias Ida Whaley, Mr. sad Mrs. F. H. Dicks, Mrs. Rita. Mrs. Dicks, Mrs. IHrry Baxley aad Mrs, H. B. Botes aad childrea. af Dsabar- toa; Mr. aad Mrs. Roy McAikoney aad family ef Pleatea; Mioaee Birhle Mae aad Elsaaer Still, af Meyer’s Mill. Edward Dicks is ■ pending the earn* amr months with hit slater, Mrs. R. C Tidal#, at Edbto Bench. Miss Jacqueline Green has to her home la lag some time at Misses Margaret aad Evelyn i are visiting their sister, Mrs. Dicks. Mr. and Mrs. Silas Rountree, “Ban ter” Rountree and Mias Maria Roon- tree motored to Auguste Tuesday. W. T. Bennett aad Frank Tbdalt spent some time at Bluff ton on a fish ing trip recently. Ben Wall, of Meyer’s Mill, visited relatives and friends in Charleston last week. Ben Rountree motored to Augusta Friday. Mrs. C. L. Hiers and children. Gene and “Ruddy,” ore spending the week with Mrs. E. R. Bolton at Cope. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Harley and daughters, Misses Mildred and Helen Harley, of Charleston, were the re cent guests of Mr. Harley’s sister, Mrs. Ben Wall, at Meyer’s Mill. Peter Curry, of Orangeburg, was a business visitor here Thursday. Mrs. J. J. Bryant, of Augusta, spent some time recently with relatives in Dunbarton. Mrs. T. J. Bennett, of Beech Island, and Mrs. H. B. Bates, of Dunbarton, were recent guests of the latter’s daughter, Mrs. E. R- Bolton, at Cope. nmhy “Rhesaeeo •■mg 9mm mmmmmrn goomang oam wad MMaM amkm oam«iq mm fomnia mtmtmtm* tmmmm $®st om** — a am ShaM ma mmmmm tw% wms «■» earn* * Aa • 4MM mam mans aARcmn ho dartoeod that the goeorw ] a fam days MShoe. Mr* Prod R C I e< Lro * j am am am a I E tvm*a*a» Om* gwroi hfc gvual m M Gown. , ad ( w «mh «ff *mga tm i ; ipm • had tho «#uo m m mm mm m a j