Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ I TO OFFICIAL fflWBPAFtt OF BAKNWBLL CJODNTT. CMMlhteUd I«m U IMS. Barnwell People-Sentinel •« Ju»t Llk« a M«mb«r of Family” UrfMt VOLUME LX. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. AUGUST STH. 1937. NUMBER a. EXPERTS FIGHT ARGENTINE PEST SOUTH PREPARES TO CLAMP DOWN ON WEEVIL. Latest Threat to Oops More Dreaded Than Mexican Boll Weevil.— Menace Is Great. Clubsters Back From Annual Encampment Thirty-two 4-H Club Members Spent Last Week at Camp Long, in Aiken County. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 1.—Agri culture experts of the South moved rapidly tonight to clamp quarantines on products of three counties in Flori da and Alabama to check spread of the Argentine weevil. The weevil—said to carry a greater potential threat to Southern agricul ture than the boll weevil—has infest ed between 25 and 30 square miles in Alabama and Florida. R. J. Goode, Alabama agriculture commissioner, ^announced that effec tive tomorriw a quarantine would be placed on products of Okaloosa and Walton Counties, Florida, and Coving ton County, Alabama. In Three Counties. The three counties are the only sec tions of the South where entomolo gists have found the new white-fring ed beetle, which feeds on virtually every staple with the exception of tobacco. Meanwhile, Manning S. Yoemans, Georgia State entomologist in At lanta. was completing plans for * i n j ^ similar ban on shipments into Geor-1 * ' The annual encampment for 32 Barnwell County 4-H Club members at Camp Long, near Aiken, was brought to a close on Friday, the members returning to their homes that afternoon by bus. Miss Eliza beth McNab, county home agent for this county, was in charge of the young ladies who attended the camp and reported that the local clubsters had an excellent time. The camp is in the nature of a re ward for the club girls who, during the year, correctly carry out various programs which the club sponsors and pass satisfactorily the requirements which are made of them. All of the members in Barnwell County strive thoru^hout the year to make the grade so that they may be among the group who enjoy the camp., A wellrounded program was carried out with classes in nature study, woodcraft and other subjects being taken up; with religous meetings be ing held; with a full and varied sports program w’hich included swimming and other sports, and with folk dances. First Open Bolls. The first open boll of cotton from the 1937 crop was brought to The People-Sentinel office Friday morning by Mrs. Mil- ledge Morris, whose .husband operates a farm a few miles East of Barnwell. Last year the first bale was marketed here by Dave Black on August 15th. , On Satuday morning Capt. J[ W. Bates, of Yenome, brought two open bolls to , The People- Sentinel office. One, he said, opened Thursday, July 29th. Capt. Bates expressed graye fears for the safety of the cot ton crop, due to the ravages of the boll weevil. The first open boll in the State was reported Thursday * by R. G. Herndon, of Furman. Barnwell Schools to I Escaped Convict Is Reopen in September I Causing Some Alarm Local School Authorities Putting I Joe Brown Is Believed |o Bo Man Who Buildings in Shape for Return of Pupils. Terrified Barnwell! Mother and Children. Local school authorities are wind- Joe Brown, negro convict serving a ing up their plans for the approaching 14-year sentence for burglary on the school term. Cleaning up of the in- Barnwell County chain gang, who es- side of the school buildings and the caped last week near Healing Springs, small repair work which is always is allegedly causing the authorities necessary before the fall term begins some minor trouble. Brown is re will soon be underway so that the ported to have entered two or three teachers and their pupils will be able homes in and around Barnwell and SOME SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENTS SOL BLATT AND EDGAR BROWN MAY RUN FOR GOVORNOR. State Business Men Rap Wage-Hour Bill Hon. Winchester C. Smith and Other Representative Citizens Visit Washington. The Hon. Winchester C. Smith, of Williston, was among the delegation ... . . of representative citizens of this imitations, stunts and other forms of - 4 , __, . ... .. State who went to Washington last entertainment being on the program | A A „ week to enter their protest to the , k _ , k . “•"""I, Carolina <*Ie*.tion .S.inat Kia from th, infested counti... Yoe- th *' th 'i r *?° d »" r0 “^ tile Bl.ck-Connery watre-hour bill. man, ara, fearful the crop paraaite 1 c u y no * y ta In * B k 8 which was finally passed by the sen- mi«ht gain a tooting in Georgia and "> >he class wor but also y ta mg ate s, tur j, y j n the f ace 0 f determin- menace that State's rich cotton snd * leading part in sports and night. opposition on the part of Southern truck crop#. i P r °K r * ms I senators and congressmen, headed by In announcing the quarantine, Goode I Ten Barnwell ( ounty girls were Senator E. D. Smith. The Barnwell sa d all produce sent into or out of swarded their emblems for passing c ounty solon went as the representa- the infested counties would be inspect- tbe beginners test in swimming snd t j ve ^ f armer8> ed and movements of products, which three other local girls won their spurs ( ^ delegation Btrtase<J the effect could not be examined would be ban-, ns junior life fivers. Classes sre . .... ... . no* or wouiu ur j that passage of the bill will have upon I ,n ! wor * very *! run Southern industries, one member “Af..c <*aco..mg th, infcUtioo of.ttl th, cUw* of camp. -h,n Wat. •n < . UMa( th „ ... ch , Ubor th. whtt«-fring«d bMtl. with f^,ral, gl.«t .» th. ..rtou. d.p.rtm,nt. of lditionj „ ^ ^ would mMn (ht Barnwell Men Give Hint ef PoUtical Intentions at Mnllins Tobacco Festival. That they may be gubernatorial candidates in 1988 was the inference drawn from speeches by Speaker Solo- . . .. . . . . - i*i , ... mon Blatt and Senator Edgar A. to return to their work early in Sep- stolen various articles, among which J jj rown both of Barnwell at the to- tember. is a shotgun. bacco festival in Mullins Thursdayp The school grounds have been well 0ne won* 8 **, who was returning a political “big guns” cared for during the summer months f y om the local picture show about 11 ^ opening shots of next sum- and as a result the flowers which were o’clock Wednesday night of last week, x news dispatch put out during the past couple of is said to have been terrified by a f rom Mu ii ina t o the Columbia Record years under the supervision of Supt. man with a shotgun. Brown is be- Thursday afternoon contained the W. W. Carter and Geo. R. Evans, agri- lieved to have been responsible for foUowing intere8ting information: culture instructor, are in full bloom I this occurence also. One of the chil- “What was generally taken to be a and make Barnwell’s school grounds J dren, it is said, saw a man standing but w hi c h might be interpreted one of the prettiest in this section. It I behind a tree with a shotgun and, M t he entrance of another candidate is understood that even more flowers along with the other children, ran f or governor came when Speaker and shrubs will be placed on the toward their home screaming. The Solomon Blatt, of Barnwell; addressed grounds during the approaching term, children tripped their mother and she ^ crow ^ Blatt, speaking very Several of the members of the ^ old offic * rs that the man was stand- 5,^^ concluded with a statement local faculty have attended summer over er ® 8 she 8y on t e that there are a number of candidates school during the summer, among them e a Cr * aTn er crl *® f° r governor present here today, but being W. R. Price, principal and coach her husband and Deputy Sheriff Gil- if you Iook them over ^ 4^ fiDd of athletics at the institution for the T " ore ~. ey ’ W °. *7^ j’.v on * 10 >u * t y° u * call on me.’ past several years; Roy E. Hewey, tl " e 8cene - The man had fled and the M ^ e afternoon prognm op,^ who is in charge of the manual arts 0 '^ er wa8 una e t0 ** * ven * * l ® f 1 with Senator Edgar A. Brown, power- department, and Miss Louise McCul- 0 . in ?" urt er •••re or _ e C1 f * fW Barnwell County politician, and lough, teacher of the 4th grade. Mr. P r,t d * d ^t reveal any clues and the WyiMjhatn M ^ •othoritiee.** he said, “it has been de- the work studied and awards are eided that, effective August 2, Ala-1 made to those who have successfully bsma will issue s quarantine on all passed their tests, local infested areas in Alabama sad The following were successful in Florida. passing their beginners work: Lona Spread Fought. Schumpert, Deborah Black, Lein “The exact nature of the quarantine Grubbs. Lila Mae Hogg. Marie Burck- ruination of the South and the possi ble loss of its textile mills.” This delegate stated that even now it is irapossiblt for Southern mills to com pete with China and Japan. i A. L. M. Wiggins, of Hartaville, Price attended the University of South search was kiven up for the night. _ « . . . . talks. Brown’s speech contained Carolina summer school, Mr. Hewey I oun y ° ,cer8 are ar a wor on statement that caused some went to Clemson College and Miss * e ca9 ** * n * Ve tion among his listeners', mentioned McCullough was in summer school in Tennessee. Brown back on the gang soon. LARGE CONGREGATION GREETS FORMER RECTOR in nrau vill b» ostliiwd in Knl»»r, N.li< Ow.iu, Cnrri. Cmc. 'h' s °' 1 < h Cnrolinn M.r- Grubb., Junn.u Cr^rb. Browni, Ch *" U ' Cr^cb nnd Frnn«. O^h. - ’ h ‘ t ^ .Cni _ ... . » .. more men to work, would actually In the junior life savers work the .. , , . - / gerous than the boll weevil ..nee the | fo| , owin|r Barnwell County girls were throw now 004 of work - latter fed only on cotton. The new a detailed quarantine order, which has not yet been completed.” The Argentine weevil is more dan- successful : Mildred Mahaffey, parasite destroy, cotton, corn, sugar, 8vvit and Uuri# EIla GwtU cane, Irish and sweet potatoes and vir- | w a m tually all garden vegetables, Goode said. F fty federal and ten State entomo logists have been sent into the zone of infestation to enforce the quaran tine and fight spread of the weevil. The A'hams Slats highway patrol pram, left Tuesday morning for Fur will enforce the quarantine according to the agriculture commissioner. Wiggins explained that South Caro- ar , Una is made up mostly of small in- . dustries and businesses with limited | capital and that they would not be able to buy labor saving machinery SHERIFF AND DEPIT1F8 BUSY DURING WEEK-END Barnwell County law enforcement offkeis had a busy time over the week-end, according to Sheriff J. B. Morris. He and his (fcputies, Harley and Youngblood, answered several minor calls in addition to capturing a still and arresting three negroes on a charge of possession of illegal liquor. Saturday night one or two minor calls were answered ond Sunday morn ing the officers raided a still in the Big Fork section. The still, which was a rather small affair, along with a few gallons of mash were taken by the officers and destroyed. As yet no arrests have been made in connec tion with the operation of the still, as there was no one nearby at the time of the raid and no definite clues have been established. Upon their return to Barnwell the officers received a tip that Joe Brown, escaped convict from the Barnwell County gang, had been seen in the Hilda section. A checkup on the clue, however, revealed no further informa tion of Brown and it is believed that some one was mistaken for Brown. Later in the day Sunday a raid was South Carolina would not be able to compete with factories located near the larger centers. ADULT SUPERVISOR AND TEACHERS AT FURMAN Northern competitors naturally would buy. Mrs. Margaret S. Hogg. County 1 J ' B Britton. <>* Sumter, represent- Supervisor of the Adult School pro- ,n * th « lumb#r >nd“*try. said passage of the bill would increase the coat of man University in Greenville, where * um * >er $11-20 per thousand feet, she will attend a month’s counm on T* 0 ™” H. Brice, of Sumter, rep- adult work. She was accompanied by "*_!?"***”,. her six workers in this department from Barnwell County, who will also take the course. The work of the Adult School de- 1 patment in this county has resulted in some fine results as was shown by the recent exhibition which the workers held in the Boulware building on Main Street. It was probably surpris-, ing to the citizens of the county the number of illiterate people in Barnwell County. However, « Urf. number of J When you married “th. (inert girl th... people have, in the part year or] jn , he cou „ tywh „ e did look »o, learned to wnte the.r name, read ^ notice that mMn( much to .om. extent and do a rea.onable lo , 0 , ittle t0 amount of figuring. As a whole the a. 1 * r v .a a j a . . ,, body else “ In your home-town paper, adult students have shown a marked, interest in their programs and have 1 When your home was invaded by a put forth a great deal of effort to b, »e-eyed girl, or a bouncing boy, to make th? work a success. ! wbom you immediately give de- Mrs. Hogg stated before she left about the time of arrival, sex that she hoped to bring back some an d weight? The editor of the home new ideas from her course at Furman Paper. so that she could introduce them into: In after years, when some young the work here during the next year. | fellow took the blue-eyed girl to a home of his own, or the boy, now a A celebration of the Holy Com munion was observed st the Church of the Holy Apostles on Sunday morning with the Rev. John A. Pinckney, of Tryon, N. C., former rector of the local church, officiating. The Rev. Harvest Legume Seed Mr. Boylston Advises County Agent Emphasise* Value of | Cow peas Be<aaae of Ea*« of HarvcoUng. as a possible candidate for the U. 8. fenate, Brown nssde no definite an nouncement of his plans for next summer, but said in closing: T hope soon to return ai*) ask you good poo- ple to help me in my plan to reorgan ise the internal affairs of Sooth Caro lina.’ ” Senator Udb, who presided at the speakfest, introduced Senator Bream as “the most distinguished enter In the senate.” County Agent Boylston, in ing the 19S7 Agricultural Conaerva- Mr. Pinckney held the services in the| t k>n Prognm, points out the value of I INTERESTING PWONAL place of Homer Starr, of Charleston, ), anreat j nff the largest amount of I viytra rwtse nrvnsirmM a rising senior student at the Episco- L uminer l9gume ^ p^ible Uii. 1 DUNBARTON pal Seminary in Alexandria, Va., who yemr t he advantage of planting ai r> un b*rtnn Au* has been giving s series of sermons at | lib#rtl crop next year. p L E.^nTand Now is the time te make plan, for ^ ftI>d Mrr c u 2.—Mr. and the church for the past several weeks. Mr. Pinckney, who served in Bara-1 harvesting a liberal supply of this returned home after well for the five years previous to his | year’s cowpea crop for consumption as I ft 1 hing on the resignation last Novemtwr when he accepted the call to Tryon, had the Barnwell congregation as his first charge after having been ordained in to the ministry. His return here Sunday was greeted by the local con gregation with a large turnout and was a mutual pleasure for him and the local Episcopalians who enjoyed his five-year charge of the church. Mr. and Mrs. Howard, of Black- ville, had their infant daughter bap tized immediately following the morn ing services, with the Rev. Mr. Pinck ney officiating. The little lady was chirtened Jo Ann Howard. YOUR HOME TOWN PAPER By W. EARLE DYE Candlelight Paranie* man, was given a partnership in your business to whom did you tell the Marlboro Street was the scene one 1 new s—which once more meant much night last week of a .candlelight pa- to V 00 and so little to everybody else? rade, the members of the kindergarten To this same editor of that same class conducted by Miss Rosalie Spann home-town paper, staged on a group of negroes at the having made little trains from shoe And when trouble invades yoqr Jordan Baptist Church and resulted boxes and placed candles inside. The home, and you add to your earthly in the arrest of three negroes on a candles were lighted and the young- possessions that desolate bit of real charge of possessing moonshine liquor. 9 ters thoroughly enjoyed being in the estate in the cemetery, and somehow The negroes were brought to Barnwell parade which marched up and down the sun doesn’t seem to shine as snd posted bond for a hearing in the j the street for a few minutes magistrate’s court. Dr. Stevens te brightly as it did, and there’s a flut- Mias Spann stated that her pupils ter of crepe oa the front door, and have shown quite a hit of interest in the chair that has been beside you . their work during the peel several for years ie vacant—when this, kap- Dr. P. V. Stevens, local spteaie weeks sad were progreeeing rapidly petw, who te it it htt hum- inet, who le chairmee ef the central 1 As this is the iret kindergarten that mm te “write ap“ the •ewe ef the Bench Cere!me Opteamcrv Barnwell has had fite several yaere « Agate—M’s the edMee ef Staying at home, you may not appre ciate your home-town paper; but just take a trip, and be away from your intimate friends for several months, and then pick up a copy. You will welcome it as you would your closest friend. I have always disliked publishing information about misdeeds or mis fortunes of others. When I could db so, I have left such mtter out, or have given the main facts, without going into details. To my way of thinking, there is something wrong with a journalis that brings tears to the eyes of an old man, or causes a mother to feel stabbed to the heart by publi city given to an erring son or a way ward daughter. I do not, however, mean that a newspaper should entirely suppress crime news. A hard and fast line be tween what news to print and what to omit cannot be drawn. The miti- food this winter and fer planting next I gj ver year’s crop,” he says. “It is wise te -Bill" Ray, of Bavaash, to plan for a surplus supply of seed, as I h. H. King one may sell it to thoee who do not QeHe a large number of I have a supply. Usually there has fang at tended the Donbarton-Btowtea been a ready market at planting time Here Wednesday The score wm for any surplus soil-conserving crop is to 7 ia favor of FI lenten ***1. Mias Louise Bates to spending • “The saving of com pea seed should couple of weeks with her sister, Mr*, be stressed became cowpeas (1) im-1 Harold Snyder, at Fairfax, prove the soil snd protect the land Mr. and Mr. B. K. Anderson are from soil erosion, thus sssisting in a I st home agsin after u vacation tear more economical production of crops; I through Georgia, Tenneaaee nnd (2) furnish n supply of food for the I North Carolina, farm; (8) make a good hay crop; and Hamilton Dicks, H. H. (4) may provide an additional income I Ray, Aubrey Rountree, Perry through the sale of surplus seed.” Claud Beatty and H. H. King enjoyed Mr. Boylston especially emphasises I "an all-day fishing party” at Steals the value of cawpeas because cr.w- Creek Thursday, peas can be harvested readily and be- John Webb spent several days with cause of their special value as food. P. C Greene last week. He points out, however, that there are Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Hiers and turn other summer legume crops equally attractive children left Sunday for a as valuable in most ways, and pro- visit to Mrs. Hiers’ parents, Mr. nnd ducers should also be careful to har- Mrs. J. S. Strom, at Ward, vest and preserve the seed of these Miss Elizabeth Dicks has crops, since demand for legume seed home after spending a week has generally exceeded the supply. | Miss Sarah Dobey in Johnston. Among those attending the ial picnic at Buford’s Bridge day were Mr. and Mrs. J. L. All, Mtos Bertha Kneece and Miss Betty Beatty, of Dunbarton. Mrs. Eulallie T. Parker, recently I Mr. and Mrs. Gordbn Harley and elected school attendance officer for Miss Dulice Harley, of Martin, were Barnwell County, has just returned visitors here Wednesday. with ATTENDANCE OFFICER HAS RETURNED FROM COLUMBIA from Columbia where she has been in attendance upon a four weeks’ course at the University of South Carolina to provide special training for her work. Mrs. Parker is quite enthusias tic about the efforts that are being made through this office, established under the new compulsory education children, of Allendale, were dinner law, to abolish illiteracy from South Carolina. Mrs. Parker brings to her new posi tion a wealth of experience in the field of education, having taught for a number of years very successfully tnunt ctmimstxncM, .nd th, Ur- iB th , kIi00 i m ttertlm,. rrachin, rtTrtt mart b. rtudied Md „„ ^ tht rot,.,,- decided upon. j ^ ^ teachers, trustees In the mats, it the providence J ^atj ef the venous schools a as er spa per to print the s»-raUad 1 ^ the reant y, as well as all ether romo news as it gMBML lu se de-1 a^fhing fer the nphteldtaff P«* Mr. and Mrs. Horace Dicks motored to Augusta Thursday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Drummond and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Whaley, of Aiken, spent Sunday here with relatives and friends. Mr. and! Mrs. Fletcher Moody and guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Moody Sunday. 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