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VOLUME LXi.
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BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. SEPT. 23. . 1#37.
Farmers to Gather
in Columbia Oct. I
J. Roy Jones, Commissioner ct Ag
riculture, Issues Call for
Statewide Meeting.
Commissioner of Agriculture J.
Roy Jones, has issued a call for a
Statewide gathering of all farmers
to meet in Columbia, 11 a. m., Fri
day, Octobr 1st, at the Columbia
Hotel. This is a preliminary meet-
present the U. S. Senate Agricul
ture Committee hearing, scheduled
for October 19th, also to be held in
Columbia. Senator E. D. Smith
will preside at the Senate Commit
tee hearing.
Commiaaioner Jones in calling
hia meeting advised that it was in
accord with the views of the U. S
Senate hearing and also that the
recfrnt conference of Southern
Ceesmioeicnen of Agriculture, held
at Memphis, passed a resolution re
questing the commieeieuere Ml the
vtrises State* la held a msetiag af
farmer* to form same deBaite ideas
la peueeut the U. S Agriculture
BARNWELL CLUB MARKET
MAKES GREAT PROGRESS
ORGANIZATION STARTED IN
BOOM DAYS.
Ganed Most of Its Strength Durng
the Dark Depresson Days cl
Early 1930’s.
The Barnwell Club Market,—an
organization started in the boom
d^ys of the middle 1920’s gain**!
ing to discuss farm legislation to '*hiost of its strength during the
depression days of the early 1930’s,
and is now continuing its mailced
progress—may soon be one of the
outstanding markets of its tyjte in
this section of the State.
There are no available record*
to show the number of members;
the average attendance of both
members and customers; the a-
mount of produce sold, or sny
other definite facts about the work
until the 1931-32 report. Follow-
teg these reports from then up un
til the present market year will
dearly show the pmgreee that has
been made sad wtO give
grounds aa whkh In hese the as-
Tax Payers' Honor Roll.
Aaccording to a statsment
made by Capt. J. J. Bel!, county
treasurer, the following tax
payers deserve to be placed on
the honor roll for being the first
to pay 1937 taxes, when the
books opened Sept. 15th:
B. P. Davies, Jr., Barnwell.
C. N. Burckhalter, Barnwell.
Mrs. L. H. Christie, Barnwell.
Tom C. Clemmons, Barnwell.
F. J. and Lucy Hartzog, Hilda.
Frank Hartzog, Hilida.
Thos. Barnes, Meyer’s Mill.
Mrs. Mildred McCurry, Wil-
liston.
Miss Leonard Kelly, Black-
ville.
J. G. Matthews, Blackvillc.
Hugh Sanders, Oak Grove.
Home | Owners Loan Corp-
Barnwell.
C. D. Hays, Barnwell.
Fhiry Belle Willis as*, Barn-
Blackville School
Adds New Courses
Agriculture, Physical Education
and Music Are Included in
Curriculum.
government to adopt I Very Short Session
DAVIES’ CONTROL PLAN? 1
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The Blackville high school launch
ed its 1937-38 school year with
three new courses added to the cur-
circulum thereby giving it one
of the best rounded programs in
the school's history. The three
courses added include agriculture,
physical education and public
school music.
At the opening exercises on
Thursday morning, W. D. Nixon,
of Columbia, State high school
supervisor, gave a most interest
ing talk to the assembled students,
teachers and patrons and friends
of the school in the auditorium-
gymnasium of the school. Mr. Nix
on brought out some very valuable
points to the crowd present and
discussed several phases of the
school work.
The high school fsai ty this
year to made up bf the following
members; Robert H. Her (eng, of
Job net cm. agrtruttvre; Mim La-
nib Brown, of Bern bo it. French
sod bwtory; Mia* Mary SoffWy, of
Orongetmvg. romasocrtol octonco;
* * ■**8 00< 3 Engtasfc oad Itbemry; Mtos Dorothy
_ Cromley. of Bahteto. homo orenom
Fncme* -IbeW- Is P*«nd af Mw aod Mm* 1 run GoCtevoy, of
Apg»onmeoah*p an The Ram . Cohntobas. WR gtnde ond yhymnl
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o*n Poona*
Time Limit Set
H. G. Bcylston, county agent,
has just received the follow
ing telegram from I. W. Dug
gan, acting director:
“Buyer’s receipts for cotton
from 1937 crop sold prior to
September 15th must be mailed
or delivered in person to the
county office not later than
September 30th. Buyer’s re
ceipts for cotton sold after Sep
tember 15th must be so filed not
later than 15 days after date of
sale. Pending receipt of gov
ernment forms producers should
secure original sales receipts
from buyer < showing date of
sale, name and address of pro
ducer, number and gross weight
of bales snd signature of ad
dress of buyer.”
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SECRETARY WALLACE TO AN
NOUNCE POLICY.
Up-Off to New Policy Is His In
sistence That Cotton Loans
Be Held Down.
Recalled
Farm Women Meet
in Akin Saturday
Mma l~.it aa bath toe Nab to Carry
Large Detegntwa fens Reva-
That the goernment has adopted
—or is about to adopt—the cotton
control plan recently submitted to
President Roosevelt by the pub-
Kaher of Theh People-Sentinel is
forecast in the “Washington Mer
ry-Go-Round,” a syndicated fea
ture that appears daily in many
newspapers throughout the coun
try. While no reference is made
to “the Davies plan,” the salient
features hava been embodied in
the new farm program, if the au
thors of the “Merry-Go-Round”
are correct in their forecast.
The following comment
te the “Merry-Go-Round” Sunday,
dr a Washington date ftee of
the nevtoos day:
Ctofc.
Henry Waiter* hns a
of AAA
llollalL
of Criminal Court
Quite a Number of Casos Dtot—WI
of te First Two Days. Judf
Gaston Presidtef. I*
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The September term of thto
Court of General’Sessions, which,
convened here Monday mornteff
with Judge Arthur L. Gaston, of
Chester, presiding, was expectetf
to adjourn sine die yesterday (Wed*-
nesday.) A list of the eases dhte»
posed of in the first two daya to a#
follows:
Willie Coleman was acquitted of
i charge of assault and battery
with intent to kill.
Bennie Sanders, charged with am
attempt to burn a dwelling hoaae,
entered a plea of guilty and wan
sentenced to serve If months at
herd labor.
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dnvtag no Austin, signalled for Thi*. however, he only cenaidered
n (aft turn. A touring car accu* mm membership so there ore si-
pied by severs! negroes was im- *ay* wore people working on the
mediately behind the Austin, while, market than the actual market
n new Buick sedan, occupied by
Lloyd C. Casteel and family, of
Orangeburg, was hesded East.
Either the csr occupied by the
negroes had faulty brakes or the
driver took a chance and tried to
drive between the other two ma
chines, with the result that he hit
both of them. The tail light on the
Austin was broken and the left
rear feeder of the Buick was
smashed in, but as all three cars
were running at a slow rate of
speed, no material damage was
done and nobody was injured
Diamond School Opens.
membership shows.
The patronage of the Barnwell
people has run unusually high, as
local housewives are well aware of
the fact that they will get fresh
vegetables, eggs, butter, etc., of
high grade quality and with a
guarantee.
The membership of the club is
not limited to those of this im
mediate vicinity, but includes the
entire county and in many instances
some people come from as far a-
way as 18 miles to bring poultry
(Continued on Page Eight.)
The opening of the Diamond
school has been set for nine o’clock
on Thursday morning, Sept. 23rd.
The Ute opening of the school is
due to the fact that the term will
ba far a period of oaly eight
Mrs. T. A. Heflaaf. Jr, af Rar*
mto, ami Mam Mart** Xerrm. ef
Grows Old Gracefully.
Congratulations to The Barn
well People-Sentinel, which re
cently celebrated its sixtieth
birthday. Coder the editorial
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‘ . COUNTY AGENT COMPILES
INTERESTING FIGURES
Arrested far
ibiag
Johnnie Bradley, a one-armed
negro, was arrested Tuesday by
Magistrate G. R. Peeples, of Mey
er’s Mill, and Deputy Sheriff Gil
more S. Harley, of Barnwell, snd
lodged in the county jail on a
charge of housebreaking and larce
ny. It is alleged that Bradley,
who hails from Alexandria, Va,
entered the home of Major Ingram,
near Robbins, Monday and stole a
number of articles, including a
watch, three suits of clothes, a
pistol, 32 pounds of meat, bed
spreads and a pair of women’s
shoes, all of which were recovered
and returned to Ingram. Bradley
was apprehended by the officers at
the plant of the Leigh Banana
Crate Co.
N. R. A. Office Moves.
The office of the Natiotel Re-
Amocmtite kaa been
Total VaIur of Barnwell County Farm Crops U Listed
at $1,755,000.-Cotton Top# Ail Other Crops
With $1,400,000.
That the total value of Barnwell
County’s five important cash crops
jn 1936 was $1,755,000, with the
cotton crop topping the list at $1,-
400,000, is shown by figures com
piled by H. G. Boylston, county
agent, at the request of Judge
Thos. M. Boulw’are. These figures,
however, do not include the pro-
Crop: Poduction:
Cotton 20,000 bales .
Asparagus 93,000 crates
Cucumbers 240,000 bushels
Cantaloups 85,000 crates
Watermelons ... 1,000 cars ..
duction of about 400,000 bushels of
com, a large part of which is used
for feeding domestic livestock and
in the production of hogs. The
information furnished by Mr.
Boylston is based on accurate fig
ures or very good information.
The production and Value of the
five main cash crops are as fol
lows:
Value:
$1,400,000.00
90,000.00
135,000.00
60,000.00
70,000.00
Total value of above crops ... .......... $1,755,000.00
employment
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fete* C
“la addition to these important
cash crops," says Mr. Boy (sum.
im -Ibe
the shove ma n crops, there is a
lahetentlal •mounl of
tele nod other seed
j ted from tom eotety, iter*
j ye* tete i go mmey aa MR
l.ogte
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tom mate flbe toe
to epeatog toe way fee a
to toe UaMod State* (■•• world
market* oa a largo teals.
“Another significant strew latte
wiad was the reeigaatioa to Cally
Cobh as Southern regioaal AAA
director sad the retarn to Oscar
Johnston to the sgricnltarnl de
partment ss assistant to Wallace.
“Cobb is a die-hard believer in
drastic crop control and high gov
ernment loans. Johnston, manager
of one of the largest cotton planta
tions in the South and head of the
government cotton pool, once held
similar view's, but last year decid
ed this was a mistaken policy and
began urging a return to export
production.
“Johnston Policy.
“Able and persuasive, the Miss-
issippian is highly regarded by
Wallace and has been his chief cot-
*
ton adviser.
“When Johnston began advocat-
‘in^ his revised export theo
ry, it was not long before Wal
lace began to agree with him. The
decapitation of the AAA by the
supreme court last year, capped by
the who)
tote year, H meted M.
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district
Ute •laUng thst COC
whs have hate tm the ser*
period to over li months,
heve not passed their 34th
are eligible tor re-enlletmo
set passed st the last si
Congress called for the
in September of all men
served for a period to 18
longer and all men who had paaasd
their 24th birthday. The first past
of the act was rescinded recently^
Captain Schuh stated that as a.
result of the last order the number
of men who trill be relieved of
duty on the 30th has been reduced
to about 26 or 28 of the 80 that
would have been let oat if the order
had not been changed. There are a
number of experienced men in tha
list that will be discharged, how
ever, and J. P. King, Jr., educa
tional SKhrisor for the local outfit^
requests thst any employer in need
of workers contact him here and
he will send one of the men for AH
interview.
Quite a few to the heps have at*
. . te,
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