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\ OmMlUatcd 1. IMS. TVl OmCLAL fTBWBPAPBB OF BAKNWBLL OOUTfTT, Barnwell People-Sentinel Llk« a Mam bar of tha Famllv" VOLUME LX. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 29TH. 1937. 4S. 4 MANY MAY ENTER GOVERNOR’S RACE BIG FIELD LOOMS TO OPPOSE BLEASE AND MANNING. v Entries in Lieutenant-Governor's Con test Hinges on Decision of V Colonel Harley. Sfnator Brown Invited. Senator Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, has been invited to speak todlay (Thursday) at the annual Mullins tobacco" festival, along with Cole L. Blease, of Columbia; Burnet Maybank, of Charleston; Wyndham M. Man ning, of Sumter; Ben E. Adams, of Columbia; Neville Bennett, of Bennettsville, and Ben T. Lep pard, of Greenville, all mention ed or announced candidates in the gubernatorial race. Columbia, July 24.—There seems to be no end to South Carolina’s gub ernatorial possibilities for next sum mer. Despite indications of increas ing sentiment for men like Mayor Burnet R. Maybank, of Charleston; Rep. Ben E. Adams, of Richland, and Wyndham M. Manning, of Sumter, there are a number of others who might come in for serious considera- tiin. These include Rep. Neville Bennett, Marlboro, former Gov. Cole L. Blease, of Columbia; State Senator Ben T. Leppard, of Greenville, and Tom B. Pearce, of Columbia. So far only Manning and Blease are avowed candidates, but hardly any question remains about the intentions of Maybank and Adams. They have been especially active in recent weeks and are regarded as sure bets. A- mong the others, the strongest possi bility appears to be Rep. Bennett, who is chairman of the house ways and means com mi tee. Bennett has been prominently mentioned in the guberna torial and U. S. senatorial races, but has maintained a strict silence and has stayed away from the gathering places of the politicians aince the legislature adjourned in May. Leppard, chairman of the State Democratic executive committee and a friend of Gov. Olin D. Johnston, has been mentioned often, but not aa seri ously as Bennett. Pearce was a can didate three years ago, and may come out again. He has been quiet too. Little has developed as yet in the lieutenant-goveemor’s race. The in cumbent, J. E. Harley, of Barnwell, has declined to commit himself. He pointed out that a long and strenuous county-to-county campaign, customar ily carried on in this State, might dis suade him. Three years ago Harley's health broke under the strain of the campaign. Meanwhile, there has been talk of State Senator J. Strom Thurmond, of Edgefield, entering the race, but Thurmond himself has said nothing. Youthful and vigorous, he is believed certaiiT to be projected into State politics in a big way sooner or later, but he m'ght hold back because of Harley, who is popular and would be hard to beat. Thurmond is only 35 years old, but has already become one of the most powerful members of the senate. He has been a member of the senate since 1933 and has been specially prominent in educational af fairs. Observers generally agree that too many things can happen between now and next summer which might upset predictions on the basis of present ratings. Senate Race. The greatest speculation so far has been over what attitude Governor Johnston might take In 1938. He is believed certain to be a candidate for the U. S. Senate seat held by Ellison Smith. Under the law he could )t run to succeed himself as gover nor. Johnston has been close to both Adams and Leppard 1 . Adams has been his floor leader In the house for the last three years. Leppard has been active for the governor in the senate, but has been able to do little because of the overwhelming anti- Johnston sentiment in upper house; Adams has been much more success ful in helping the governor in the house, where the governor’s forces •re just four or five votes short of • ■mjerity. There are eome u < CO STINTED ON PAGE EIGHT > PUBLIC WELFARE OFFICE RECEIVES APPLICATIONS The Barnwell County Department of Public Welfare office, set-up under the recent Social Security Act, re ceived the first applications filed in the county this w^ek. Mrs. Elmina C. Black and Mrs. Margaret Cunning ham, county suprvisors of the work, received the apphtm^/ons' and filed them for investigation. There was quite a large crowd of elderly people at the office when the workers started taking applications and it is understood that a large number have already been filed. After this phase of the work is completed, investigating the applicant’s eligi- biity will be done by Mrs. Black and Mrs. Cunningham. After the final decision has been made as to the ap plicant's eligibility the local office will begin its regular functions of providing supplies for those who have been accepted. J. W. Patterson, of Barnwell, F. H. Dicks, qf Dunbarton, and Miss Mabel Mims, of Healing Springs, comprise the Barnwell County Board. Mrs. C. Weeks Heads Home Service Project Williston. Woman. Succeeds. Mrs. Nancy Boylston, Who Resigned Because of III Health. Negro Man Painfully Injured by Young Bull Barnwell District Acclaimed Winner Mrs. Cora Weeks, of Williston, has replaced Mrs. Nancy Boylston, of Blackville, as head of the Home Ser vice Project sponsored by the WPA in Barnwell County. Mrs. Boylston was forced to resign because of ill health and it was reported in Barn well this week that she had been car ried to a hospital for treatment. Mrs. Boylston had been engaged in the work of training helpers to go into homes in Barnwell County where there was sickness and take over the work of the mother of the house in caring for the sick and keeping the house. Workers are being trained at a series of institutes held over the county and after their training period has been completed they are placed in the county wherever needed. One of the features of this project is the work which they are doing on the Davies’ cottage on Washington Street, which the authorities have se cured for their use. The best and most economical ways of making fur niture, repairing the house, keeping up the yard, etc., are discussed and put into use by the workers. Furni ture is made from boxes, barrels and old pieces of lumber; walls are paper ed with the heavy paper which is used for box cars, etc., and which will cost a minimum and the yard is fixed up by transplanting a few of the local shrubs and pla nting a few flowers. It is hoped that other such places may be secured over the county and the same project held there so that people from every section will have such an institute near them. Pictures have been taken of the house before the repair work was started and other pictures will be taken after it is com pleted. JOE BROWN MAKES SECOND ESCAPE FROM CHAIN GANG John Robinson Haik Narraw lR«es.pe Palmetto State Life Insurance Co. Here Sunday Afternoon When Attacked by Animal. John Robinson, negro, was painful ly injured Sunday afternoon in a field adjacent to his home in the Bingham section of Barnwell, when a young bull, which he had used to pull his plow and other farm implements, be came enraged and attacked him. The local physician who treated the in jured man stated that it required about 25 stitches to close the wounds. Robinson, who had been warned by his neighbors that the bull had a mean disposition and was probably a dan gerous animal, had a pistol with him when he entered the lot where the bull was. The animal charged him and bowled him over, Robinson firing one shot from his pistol as he went down. The bullet inflicted a minor wound on the beast and enraged the animal even more. Robinson’s cries for help brought neighbors to his rescue and they were finally able to. kill the bull after hav ing beat it with heavy sticks and slashed its throat with a knife. Had Robinson not had presence of mind enough to grab the bull’s horns and protected himself to some extent, it is believed that the bull would have gored him to death. He escaped, however, with lacerations about the head and body and his legs were bruised considerably where the bull trampled him. 4-H Club Members on Annual Encampment Thirty-two Young Women from Barn well County Are Spending Week at Camp Long. Joe Brown, negro, serving a 14- year sentence on the Barnwell County chain gang for burglary, escaped from the gang Monday afternoon a mile and a half from Healing Springs where the gang was at work. Brown got permission to step into the woods and slipped away when he was momentarily out of sight of the crew. Sheriff J. B. Morris was notified im mediately and he and his deputy, Gil more S. Harley, started a search with bloodhounds. The dogs were able to track the escaped man as long as he stayed in the woods, but when he reached the highway the dogs lost the trail. It is believed tljat -he boarded either a car or wagon on the highway and was thus able to cover his tracks. The officers searched un til late Monday night and started an other search shortly after daybreak Tuesday morning. Sheriff Morris stated Tuesday that he had a couple of clues and believed that the convict would be captured within a short time. This is the sec ond time that Brown has escaped dur ing the three years that he has served on the gang. Thirty-two 4-H Club members, ac companied by Miss Elizabeth McNab, home demonstration agent, are spend ing this week at Camp Long, near Aiken, on the annual encampment held here for the Barnwell County clubsters. The club members motored to the camp on Monday in the Healing Springs school bus. During the week there will be well- rounded programs arranged by those in charge. The schedule will include classes in nature study, athletics, re ligious work and other phases of the 4-H work which have been studied during the year's meetings. Each year the members who are eligible to to attend this camp find that they have acquired several worthwhile practices and much knowledge which will be useful in their future club work. Those who are attending the camp include Juanite Creech, Brownie Creech, Mary Ellen Barker, Grace Barker, Donnie Lee Norris, Lila Mae Hogg and Etherline Hogg, of the Kline Club; Thelma Harley and Marie Burckhalter, of the Dunbarton Club; Carrie Grace Grubbs, local leader, Leira Grubbs and Deborah Black, of the Reedy Branch Club; Elma Croft, Frances Creech, Emily Creech, Lilia Mae Croft and Joe Winnie Morris, of the Hercules Club; Mildred Mahaffey, Jaudon Harley, Margie Summer, Martha Ayer Harley, Mary Dicks, Alva Stevens and Joe Ann Bauer of the Barnwell Club; Laurie Ella Gantt, local leader, Caroline Fowke, Helen Fowke, of the Lyndhurst Club; Mae Swett, local leader, Lona K. Schum- pert, Alice Wall, Nellie Owens, Zelda King of the Meyer’s Mill Club.'* Sponsors Production Contest.— v Barbecue Enjoyed. The Barnwell District of the Pal metto State Life Insurance company was acclaimed winner of the produc tion contest v sponsored by the com pany for the districts of the State and as a result the agents, their assist ants and their wives were entertain- en on Friday night by the company wit^i a three-course barbecue dinner at the Sweetwater Country Club. There were about 14 agents and as sistants present in addition to other officials of the company. The Barnwell District, which was formerly the Orangeburg District un n til J. Norman Dicks, of Barnwell, was made district manager a few months ago and offices moved here, has been one of the leading poducton dstrets of the State since its organization. The fact that the production contest was won by this district over such districts as Spartanburg and Colum bia and other large districts in the State speaks highly for the personnel of, the local office. An address of welcome was made by Lieut.-Gov. J. E. Harley, of Barn well, and a short after dinner talk was made by Senator Edgar A. Brown, also of Barnwell. There were other short talks made by the various agents and officers of the company also. Those who attended the dinner in cluded Mrs. William O. Wallace, of Columbia, wife of the president of the company; J. M. Marvin, of Columbia, secretary of the company; Miss Sue Aaron, of Columbia, treasurer of the company, a former Barnwell County resident and one of the few women treasurers of an insurance company in the United States; Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Williams, of Orangeburg; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dickey, of Orangeburg; Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Kirkland, of Orangeburg; Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Slice, of Orangeburg; Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Ellis, of Bamberg; Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Boyd, of Allendale; Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Priester, Jr., of Hampton; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Turner, of Aiken; Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Fur man, of Allenadle; Mias Miriam Earnest, of the Columbia office, a fomer cashier in the Barnwell office; Miss EUse Wooten, present cashier of the local office; Eugene Easterling, Barnwell agent; the Rev. J. A. Estes, and Dr. R. E. Brown, of Barnwell, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Norman Dicks, of Barnwell. After dinner had been served the guests enjoyed dancing during the re mainder of the evening. TRUCK GROWERS MEETING NEAR MEGGETTS THURSDAY Mrs. J. A. Porter after is wink Hr. md M m labmLe. N C A vegetable or truck growers meet-! ing has been called for today (Thurs day), July 29th, at 3:00 p. m., at the St. Paul’s high school, located about five miles west of Meggetts, on the Charleston-Savannah highway, for the purpose of organizing an associa tion or society to represent the vege table or trucking industry in South Carolina. This association or society, if formed, can help the farmers in l getting truck crops placed in the soil conservation program and be given an equal rating with other farm crops. “We believe this meeting is a very important one for the trucking in dustry in Barnwell County and urge truck grower* aa poaaihl# to H. G. Boylston, county assay true! lend " said It Lodged in Jail on Serious Charge Bruce Lambert Charged With Attempt on Life of Brother-in-law, Norman Still. Bruce Lambert was lodged in the Barnwell County jail late Thursday night booked on charges of trying to kill his brother-in-law, Norman Still, of near Hilda, and shooting at offi cers in the discharge of their duty, according to a statement made here by Sheriff J. B. Morris, who, with Deputy Sheriffs Gilmore S. Harley and Clint Youngblood and State High way Patrolman Ralph H. Carter, ap prehended Lambert Thursday night. According to a statement made by Deputy Sheriff Harley, he and Young blood were called to the home of Still, who lives several miles east of Barnwell, Thursday afternoon. Still claimed that Lambert, a brother-in- law, had made an attempt to kill him. The officers started a search in the nearby woods where the man had fled and were fired on by Lambert, it is alleged. The officers were unable to capture their man and returned to Barnwell after making an extensive search for him. Thursday night, about 9:30, the sheriff was again called to the scene, and, accompanied by the other offi cers, located Lambert and effected his arrest about three miles from Hilda. There was no further firing by either Lambert or the officers, the man being arrested without any undue troube. ALLIGATOR IS KILLED IN SWEETWATER CLUB LAKE J. E. Stillwagon, manager of the Sweetwater Country Club and golf course, killed a four and a half foot alligator in the lake on the local course last week. The 'gator had been seen on number seven fairway a few days before and last week Stillwagon sighted him lying on a small islet in the lake. A 22-calibre rifle was used in kill ing the reptile, one bullet being fired, striking the ’gator in a vital spot in its head. It threshed the water for a few minutes and then sank. Efforts to pull the reptile out of the lake werb unsuccessful. Several alligators were killed on the course during its construction, but this is the first one that has been seen since its completion. It is believed by local people that the ’gators come up from the Saltkehatchie swamp, which is a short distance from the course. The stream from the lake empties into Saltkehatchie River. F reight-Carrying Vehicles Studied Highway Planning Survey Party Will Be Located Today at Elko from 2 to 10 P. M. To gain information which will en able engineers to plan and build bet ter and more substantial roads in the future, the Highway Planning Sur vey, in conjunction with the State Highway Department and the Fed eral Bureau of Public Roads, is con ducting an extensive study of all vehicles carrying freight over the highways. South Carolina ia one of 44 States which are making such studies. The study is made by one night party and three day parties, one of which is to be located at the intersection of U. S. Route 78 and State highway No. 37, in the town of Elko, Thursday, July 29, from 2 p. m. to 10 p. m. The party, under the direction of R G. Brewer, party chief, stops all freight-carrying vehicles, whether they are light delivery trucks or large transport trucks and buses. The party recorders And out from each driver the origin and destination of the truck, the manufacturer’s rated capacity, the general nature of the load, and whether the vehicle is owned by an individual or company. The trucks are weighed by means of a portable “Load© me ter” scale, which weighs one wheel of the truck at the time. For example, if a front wheel weighs 1,760 pounds, the weight wheel weighs 1,76$ pounds, the weight of the two wheels would be added to gether and multiplied by two, to get the total weight of the truck, or 6,- 600 pounds. This is the seventeenth time trucks and other freight carriers have been weighed at this station since the study began last February. They will be weighed here every 26 days from now until next February, either from 6 a. m. to 2 p. m., or 2 p. m. to 10 a. m. The night party works here from 10 p. m. to 6 a. m., seven times during the year. With the results from these studies, the Highway Planning Survey can make recommendations for roach that will be adaptable to the freight traf fic that goes over them. Fox Bites Snelling Lady. Mr. sad Mrs. K. K •I Foil by Miss Fauline Norris, who lives near Snelling, was bitten on the ankle on Tuesday afternoon of last week by what is beileved to have been a mad fox. Miss Norris has been taking the Pasteur treatment from a local physi cian and is reported to be doing nice ly- Reports are to the effect that the fox allowed Miss Norris to approach quite close to it without any effort to run or make an attack, but suddenly, as the lady was in striking distance, the fox lashed out and caught her on the ankle. It is not known as yet whether there are any foxes in the neighborhood of the Norris home but several persons of that section have stated that the foxes will allow a per son to come right up to them without running, which is something very un usual for these animals. No owners of fox dogs have allow ed their dogs to run ia the Snelling of the mad fox report of having their dogs REHABUTATION PROVES SUCCESS BEGAN WORK IN THIS COUNTY IN APRIL* 193$. Scores of Mea sad. Their Families Hove Been Rescued from Federal Relief Bella. The succesful rehabilitation of human beings—men, women and chil dren, who through the depression or other causes, have been reduced to relief or worse—is the aim and, in a large number of cases, the result of the work done by the Barnwell Coun ty Resettlement Administration since its opening in 193. Scores of men and their families have been rescued from the relief rolls and made into farmers who are a credit to their communities and who will be a fur ther credit aa the years go by. In April, 1936, the South Carolina. Rehabilitation Corporation was open ed for the first time in Barnwell Coun ty. Paul.Baxley, of Blackville, was at the head of the project and the first year results were probably a lit tle better than expected, but still not up to what the present day results have reacheed. The object of this corporation was to get men from the relief rolla and back to the land srhera they could work out an honest living if they were that ambitious. G. Frank Posey, of Black^Ue, suc ceeded Mr. Baxley in the fall of 1986, and has headed the local organisation ever since. At the beginning of the 1936 year the name of the organisa tion waa changed to tht of the Re settlement Administration of Ban- well County. Better ideas had been worked out by that time and a little better class of workers ware taken on. While the object of the work is not to make money for the government— in fact, a year in which the govern ment collected in full all that it had loaned out would be considered a banner yeer—it ia naturally desired by those in authority to givs the chance of getting back on their fWet to the moot desirable families. The Resettlement Administration is not a dole, but merely a chance for the poo- pie who have been turned down by private and other government loaning agencies. ~ Of the 160 borrowers in the year 1936, about 60 per cenL\^$he total money loaned waa collected. This, however, does not mean that 40 per rent of the money sms a dead loss. When a man makes application for a loan through this agency it !e deter mined by the director the smooat that shall be loaned him for feed, fertiliser, seed, living expenses, etc^ while an other amount ia loaned him for capi tal goods, that ia, mules, farm implements end other objects to successfully carry on hia farm program which he may not have. The loan for food, etc., is doe at the end of the year and while the loan for capital goods ia also due, and at least part payment expected, K ia permissible for a part of that amount to be carried to the next year. In this method of handling, it is evident that the chance for 100 per cent, col lections in any given year is practi cally nill. In 1937, 103 families • borrowed money from the Administration. Some of these families were borrowers for the past two years; others started last year and, the remainder are bor rowers this year for the first time. Mr. Posey estimated that the county unit has helped approximately 200 different families during theh three years of its service. A man wanting to get a loan through this agency goes to the county office in Barnwell and files his application. Mrs. Lucille Willis, home supervisor, ang Mr. Posey, whose title of county supervisor, go together for an inspection of the ap plicant’s farm and home. Mrs. Willis inspects the house and furnishings to see the condition of the place ia 1 which the applicants live and if they seem ambitious enough to keep their home neat even during financial ad- j versity. Mr. Posey makes an iaapae- I tion of the land and tries to deter mine the possible return, if the turn ia properly worked, to as to the risk which the in making the Isaa. A li for H m i