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WT to omciAL NiwiPAm OP tAiirirtoi. Barnwell People-Sentinel *'Ju»( Llk« a Mambar of I ha Family VOLUME LX. CROP PRODUCTION PLAN IS ENDORSED MANY PEOPLE CONGRATULATE BARNWELL EDITOR. BARNW^L, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 19. 19S7. NUMBER IL “Buddy” Sexton Hurt When Boat Capsizes Barnwell Lad Has Narrow Escape .11. front Drowning at Bluffton Last Week. VOTED A T RIVERSIDE' Congressman H. P. Fulmer Describes Plan as “Simple, Fair and Clearly Justifiable.” Congressman H. P. Fulmer, of the Second Congressional District, de scribes the farm control plan recently submitted by the editor of The People- Sentinel to President Franklin D. Roosevelt as “simple, fair and clearly justifiable,” while dozens of farmers and business men have congratulated the editor upon his plan and have ex pressed the hope that some such legis lation will be enacted at an early date. Congressman Fulmer has writ ten Mr. Davies that “I am submitting your plan to Mr. Jones, Chairman of the Agricultural Committee, urging him ^o have the legislative drafting service of the House prepare forth with a Bill in line with your plan with the hope that those in Congress who are nterested in the great wealth producing class of this country will see to it that the Bill is passed before this session of Congress adjourns.” In a letter to President Roosevelt, Congressman Fulmer said: “I have given quite a lot of thought to this plan, and it is my firm belief that it is the fairest and most workable plan yet submitted to you or the Congress.” The. full text of Congressman Ful mer's letter, together with a copy ot his communication to the President and a letter from Senator James F. Byrnes are printed below: CongrewMBan Fulmer's Letter. “My dear Mr. Davies: “I appreciate your sending me your farm plan, which I have read with a great deal of mterest. Your plan is simple, fair, and clearly justiftsble m that it is in line with the tariff policy that has been given to industry at the expense of farmer*, wage earn er* and tax payer* for orer year*. “I believe K was Hamilton who “Buddy” Sexton, son of Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Sexton, of Barnwell, had ^ narrow escape from drowning at Bluffton last week when he had the misfortune to fall out of a speed boat driven by an outboard motor. The boat was traveling at a rapid rate of speed and the young boy was ex tremely lucky that the propeller blade did not cut him to pieces. According to reports reaching Barn well, young Sexton slipped and fell from the boat, receiving a nasty cut across the knee-cap of his left leg and a slight cut on the right leg. The accident happened in 60 feet of water and the injured lad was forced to keep himself afloat for several min utes while his companion could turn the boat and come back to pJck him up. Swimming was impossible for the boy and only his presence of mind saved his life. It is believed that the guard on the propeller shaft inflicted the wound and had it not been that the boat was turned sharply even more serious in jury would probably have been done by the propellor blade. , Young Sexton was rushed to the Ridgeland Hospital where it was found necessary to cut the boy’s leg so a* to tie the ligaments and big leader together. It necessitated some 16 stitches to close the wound. ARCHIE ELLIS Estimates of Cotton Crop Differ Widely But All Agree That Boll Weevil Has Takes Heavy Tall During Past Few Weeks. Estimate* of the probable *ise of the cotton crop in Barnwell County v*ry widely nH the wny from a crop the *iae of Inst yenr's, when about said at the time of establishing the 20,000 bale* were produced, to n r Tariff Policy that it would mean everything to industry, but if farm er* were not given the tariff policy that the t‘me would come when farm er* would be bled to death and mdin try and busiM Id suffer accord* heavy ' rams. luff iy- Some farmers s ttim It is a km ron tme t. also. that in-1 weev i 1 has damage* I the du* try i and al l orgafl tied gre up« are as 25 1 to 40 per ct at.. ' abl< t te contra 4 thru r prod or tton in ably lower damage in |||M t nit h *jpp ly and demand. as well, and a lightly higher in 0 as fix p trees and mai intain pi r err rr» ! other hand, there was gar i of demand. inrrm tae te cotton acre That was rlrarljr proven in 1932 as co mpared with 193d duction of 25 per cent from that fig ure—but all of the prognosticator* agree that the boll weevil ha* taken a heavy toll during the past several weeks, which have been marked ate that the 1 crop a* much with consider- some sections them. On the a substantial Barnwell County Man Is Chosen as Pastor The Rev. R. Archie Ellis Succeeds the Rev. J. Leroy Steele at Greenville. Greenville, Aug. 16.—Members of the Riverside Baptist church recently elected the Rev. R. Archie Ellis pas tor, W. P. Castelberry, chairman of the pulpit committee. Mr. Ellis has been supply pastor since April 1, when he succeeded the Rev. J. Leroy Steele who answered s call to Knoxville, Tenn. The new pastor is a native of Dun barton and a graduate of Furman Univemity, having received his de gree there May SI. Mr. Ellis was prominent in student affairs while an undergraduate. He maa a member of Delta Sigma Phi aocial fraternity, and of Pi Gamma Mu Delta Chi Alpha honor fraterni- tiea. Last yaar he was State presi dent of the Social Service Federation for South Carolina Colege students. The Rivemide church is the second oldest Baptist church in Greenville, having been established in 1889, and has 558 active members. W. H. Mc Cauley is chairman of the board of deacons. Countyt First Bales Were Ginned Friday Melodies of Hammer, Saw and Paint Brush One at Barnwell and Two at Black- M*ny Signs of Progress Still in Evi- ville Ginned Two Days Earlier Than Last Year. Three bales of cotton gnned in Barn well County on Friday, the 13th, bet tered last year’s record by two days, the first bale of the 1936 crop having been ginned here on August 16th. One of the bales was ginned at Barn well and the other two at Blackville. W. J. Croft, of the Reedy Branch section, won jrst bale honors on the local market when he had a bale of cotton ginned at the Farmers Gin nery, which only recently installed the latest model of cleaning machin ery. The early staple was purchased by John B. Harley for the “co-ops,” the price being 11 cents per pound. The bale wieghed 507 pounds. , Two at Blackville. Blackville, Augu«t 13.—(Special.)- R. B. Fickling, of Blackville, ginned two bales of cotton here this morning that were the third and fourth bales ginned in the State and the first in this section. One bale weighed 608 pounds and the other 647. They graded strict middling, with 1 1-16 inch staple. The cotton was ginned at Simon Brown’s Sons ginnery, which recently installed a drier system that does wonderful work. The cotton, whether green or wet, is dried perfectly by fhis system before it enter* the gins and comes out as dry and fluffy as any dry or old cotton. The boll weevil ii pretty bad in this section on account of too much rain, but Mr: Fickling plafited an early strain of cotton the latter part of March and has been fortunate enough to produce a pretty fair crop. One From Elko. Aiken, August IS.—Arthur Still, superintendent of the farms of J. D Frothro, of this city, which are locatoc near Elko, in Barnwell County, today ginned what is believed to be the first bale from Barnwell County of the 19S7 cotton crop. The bale was ginned at the Prothro gins here in Aiken, and was sold on the Aiken cotton market, bringing 11 1-4 cents per pound. The bale weighed 572 pounds, and was of ex cellent grade. dence v in Barnwell.—Improve ments Noted. ESCAPED NEGRO AGAIN ESCAPES CONVICT JOE BROWN PROVES HARD TO HOLD. when industry and group* began to ever other organised ilow down and rloae down so as to coatrol their production, but in the meantime they maintained fixed price* far above farm price* and wage*. Th a natural ly destroyed the purrhasing power of J day. However, fair weather and hot the people, and. therefore, brought sunshine returned Sunday and may about a serious depression which wo save many bolls that otherwise would will continue to have every few year* have been damaged. in a measure offset weevil damage. Ex cessive rainfall increased weevil in festation. and only last week a farm er in the Red Oak section said that two of the hardest rains of the year fell on his farm Tuesday and Satur- unless farmers are placed on an equal basis with these well organised groups. “From the beginning of this ses sion until the l»th of April, when I was placed in the hospital, the records of the Agricultural Committee of the House, of which I am vice-chairman, will show that I continued almost daily to fight for constructive farm legislation that we hear so much a- bout now in the closing days of the Congress. “I am submitting your plan to Mr. Jones, chairman of the Agricultural Evidence of the havoc wrought by the weevil has been displayed here. A six-foot cotton stalk, with only a few bolls and squares on it, was brought in Saturday by one farmer, who said that he has quite a bit of such cotton on his place and that his prospects for making a crop this year are rather slim. On Monday, E. F. Woodward brought in two stalks from his nine-acre “patch.” One was a small stalk with about 15 grown bolls, while the other was almost as tall as a man’s head and had only one boll. Elhs Also Heads Club. Archie Ellis, graduate of Furman lUniveraity, was recently elected preai- of which he was a member while a student at the local Baptist school. Mr. Ellis, at whose offices the meeting was called, presided over the organiza tion as more than a dozen memberes indicated their desire to form an alumni chapter here. Those present at the meeting last night were all members of the Fur man chapter, but letters from alumni of chapters in other institutions re ceived by Mr. Ellis indicate that many other names will soon be added to the alumni roll. As outlined at the recent meeting the purpose of the local organization is three-fold: to assist in every way possible the local active chapter, to further the spirit and ideals of the fraternity and to keep the fraternity spirit aroused in alumni of Delta Sig ma Phi.—Greenville Piedmont. College Students to Resume Studies Soon Committee, urging him to have the They were pulled from different parts legislative drafting service of the House prepare forthwith a Bill in line with your plan with the hope that those in Congress who are interested in the great wealth producing class of the field. There is some well-fruited cotton over the county, especially in fields where farmers used poison early in the season, and, despite a rainy spell of this country will see to it that the , a t that time, it would seem that their Bill is passed before this session of efforts have been rewarded Congress adjourns. “P. S. I have talked your plan considerably, and have found some people objecting on the ground that under the plan where farmers could produce all the cotton that they want ed to with a bounty on the portion con sumed in the U. S. that there would be such a large amount of cotton for Barnwell Family in Maryland Accident Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cociln and Chil dren Escape Injury in Automo bile Collision. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Coclin and fwo children had a narrow escape Cotton is beginning to open rapidly and it won’t be long now tntil more accurate estimates of the crop may ^ rom a to relatives and friend's ' from injury last week while returning be had. Accepts Positicn in Columbia. in Poughkeepsie, N. Y* when their car collided with another machine in Maryland^ about six miles north of Washington, D. C. None of the oc cupants of either car was hurt, but W. E. McNab, of this city, has ac cepted a position with the South both machines were damaged, export that it would force the world’s Carolina Department of Public Wei- j The accident occurred during basis price so low that it would be fare in Columbia and entered upon rainstorm, Mr. Coclin said,, the wet too expensive to pay the difference his new duties Monday morning. Mr. pavement causing his car to skid. The between this price and the parity McNab was assistant postmaster at front end of the Barnwell automobile price, which b supposed to be in line (he State House during the past ses-j^ss so badly damaged that Mr. Coclin with prices paid by farmers for menu- aioa of tha general assembly. He is traded for a new car rather than wait factsrad gomb. This, however,' well qualified for his new position. | for his old one to be repaired. He Wrid eat hs true for the rsaeoa that; The public welfare department was and his family arrived home Sunday. pnrua should fu up crawled el tha last session of the* This is the second locally owned jjggg wusld rnrtr " sad ip hi charge of social automobile to be traded this summer (14. Mom.-—Tha phes sbtatfaud waMbau piMMm ■ thio State. , on a trip north, Col. J. E. Harley, Jr., - aettp fmm to «■ fwld uMy — — — {having also effected a trade a short gjgBHHMMRHHMBBMHBHHRBB I & Rgbe IhffHii speui laMrdaj in time ago while he and Mrs. Harley fhGZ it a**A bh, aa hp —a were en route to New York City Nine Members of 1937 Graduating Class Will Coatiaue Pursuit of Knowledge. With college opening days only a few short weeks off, Barnwell boys and girla are preparing to leave for their studies at their various alma maters. This year there will be 25 students from Barnwell attending colleges in thb State, North Carolina and Georgia, which is probably the largest college enrollment the town of Barnwell ever attained. From last year’s graduating class the following students have picked the following collegs to continue their pursuit of knowledge: Norman Dicks, Jr., and Bob Sanders, Gemson Col lege; Misses Ida Carter, Marjorie Brown, Alice Fletcher and Dulice Har ley, Winthrop College; Tom Boulware, Jr., The Citadel; Solomon Blatt and Arden Lemon, the University of South Carolina. Students who will be continuing fheir college days include Edward Richardson, rising senior, and Billy Manning, rising sophomore, at Clem son College; Miss Polly Fales, rising senior, Miss Maria Coclin and Miss Misses Beth and Frances Manning, Daisy Anderson, rising sophomorts, at Columbia College; Miss Vera T. Boul- ware ? rising sophomore at Queens Chicora College, in Charlotte, N. C. rising seniors at Georgia State Col lege for Women, at Milledgeville, Ga.; Mbs Mary Gay O’Bannon, rising sen ior at Coker College, Hartsville; Den ton Rountree and Billy Davies, rising seniors at The Citadel; Hummel Har ley, rising senior of the law school, Tommy Hagood, rising senior, David Cooper and S. E. Moore, rising sopho mores, at the University of South Carolina; Miss Martha Frances Grubbs, rising sophomore at Lime stone College. The music made by tHe hammer and saw and the slap of theh paint brush is still a most popular tune in the town of Barnwell, as it has been for the past 12 mohthsh or longer. Work on the new post office building on Main Street being erected by G. Bates Ha good, local business man, is progres sing rapidly and the building should be ready for occupancy by the early part of September. Mr. Hagood stated this week that the building it self should be ready within ten days or two weeks, but that there may be some delay in the arrival of the new fixtures. The laying of the concrete drive ways around the Barnwell Filling Station is just about complete, giving Barnwell one of the prettiest and most up-to-date filling stations in this section. The property is owned by R. A. Easterling, of Denmark, and the station is operated by Lloyd A. Plexico, of Barnwell. The old station was torn down and a complete new building was erected. The wooden building on the corner of Jefferson and Main Streets, op posite Calhoun Park, which was re cently purchased by R. L. Bronson from Mrs. C. C. Simms, of Washing ton, D. C., has been torn down and will be replaced in the near future by a modem brick building. This will be quite an addition to the business district of Barnwell. Judge Tho*. M. Boulware has had his double store building on Main Street made into two stores by erect ing a partition down the middle of the building. He b reportedly about to close a deal with two out-of-town concerns who plan to move to Barn well within a short time. The filling station owned by H. J. Phillip*, located in the fork of the AUeadale and OUr highenj*.. ah« a half mile from town, has bee* roiled beck some hundred f**t or so and it is reported that cabins will be built in addition to the remodeling of the station. This business is operated by Edwin S. Carter. Judge John K. Snelling is having his home on Washington Street re painted and the Davies’ cottage, also on Washington Street, is being re worked by the Home Service project of the WPA. This work is being done in an effort to show the people of this community how cheaply a home can be made into a most livable place. Other painting and remodeling work is being carried on by various home- owners in Barnwell, while several other persons are reportedly serious ly contemplating building new houses. There are several additional trans fers of real estate in town being ne gotiated according to dame rumor. Was Captured at Girard, Ga^ Last Week But Gut Away Befere Ar rival of Sheriff. Sheriff J. B. Morris spent two days in Burke County, Georgia, last week in an effort to catch Joe Brown, es caped negro convict from the Barn well County chaingang. When Brown escaped, about three weeks ago, it was the second time within three years that he had escaped from the local gang. Brown is serving a 14- year sentence for housebreaking and larceny. The Barnwell County sheriff was celled to Girard, Ga., when officers of that county apprehended Brown and lodged him in the jail at Girard. How ever, before Sheriff Morris reached Girard, the Georgia officers called back and said that Brown had effected his escape and they wanted the blood hounds to try and catch him again. Deputy Sheriff Clint Youngblood and State Highway Patrolman Ralph H. Carter left immedUtely with the bloodhounds and a search waa started for the escape artist. After searching all afternoon and until eight o’clock that night, during which time the officers were pretty hot on the trail and on one occasion got in front of the negro, the mem bers of the searching party were forced to give up for the night as the swamps in that section were so thick as to make progress during the night impossible. The Barnwell County men returned to Barnwell for the night but went back to Girard early the next morning and reenmsd the chase shortly after sunrise. A thorough search of the during the day revealed ae any trace of tha Action Deferred on Fixing Work Hours City Council Met Thursday to Pass on Petition Signed by Number ci Merchants. A meeting of the Barnwell city council was held Thursdhy to pass upon a recent petition signed by a number of local merchants requesting the* council to pass an ordinance fix ing the closing hours of stores in Barnwell at six p. m., except Satur days when they would be allowed to remain open until ten p. m. After some discussion, it was decided to re fer the matter to the city atorney, Senator Edgar A. Brown, for a decis ion as to whether or not such an ordi nance would be legal. Several of the merchants in attendance spoke for the measure and quite a number spoke against it.. Another meeting will probably be held as soon as the ques tion of legality is decided. One decision of the council at the meeting, was that the old “Sun day Blue Law” ordinance, passed a number of years ago, be put in force. The ordinance prohibits the opening of grocery stores and mercantile es tablishments from 12:01 a. m. Sun day until 12.01 a. m. Monday, and provides that drug stores and fiNing stations must close during ehorch hours. Final action of council on the mat ter will be watched with la the lit Bight, that he and the id hopes of neighborhood of hi* arrest im Girard and that thoy have by no moons give® op tho hunt despite the fact that rown has apparently given them the slip again. Brown has allegedly boon terrifying the negroes in sad aroaad Barnwell ■inee his break from tho ga^. hat for tho teat week or so before ha cap ture in Georgia there had beau no rumors of his being soon. Sheriff Morris has offorod a 925 reward for his Miss Jeanette Hair has returned to her home in Barnwell, after spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. Theo dore Hair, in the Long Branch sec tion. Square Dances Draw Hundreds of People Approximately Fifteen Handred Peo ple Attended Affairs la Tho new gymnasium was open wide to Blackville citixons end visitors at tending a square dance there Tues day night, August 3rd. Approximate ly 800 dancers end onlookers Ailed the specious hell. Inspirational music for the occsuion was furnished by Dr. Storne, Kenny Davis, Russell Boylston, James Darnell and Elmer Cooper. Young people wanting to (fence the “Big Apple” brought a piccolo down and dsneed between the square dance sets. Another dance was held in the gymnasium Tuesday night of this week. Barnwell Square Donees. Approximately 1,164 people have attended the last two dances given at Fuller Park in Barnwell. Grice’s string band, of Aiken, furnished mar velous music for the dancers. Robert Grimes still holds as the favorite call er. Numbers of people have remark ed that these dances are doing more good than anything else to bring back old community life, that has lapsed greatly in the last 12 years. Young Folks’ Square Dance. The last square dance for the young folks was given Tuesday night, Au gust 3rd. Eighty-eight persons at tended. These dances are being held off until cooler weather. Mr. Hub- hard and Mrs. Olive Robersou furnish ed the music. Other varied activities thsh county in ths rscroa