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OtmiTAi V im. Barnwell People-Sentinel Llk« a M«mk>«r of fha Famllv" VOLUME LXI. •'tr BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1»37. — ' Crouch It Serving Twenty-fifth Year Is Oldest County Superintendent of Education in State in Point of Service. Horace J. Crouch, County Super intendent of Education for Barn- wefll County, who is now serving his twenty-fifth year in office, holds the distinction of being the oldest county superintendent of education in point of service in the State of South Carolina. Mr. Crouch rivals Judge of Probate John K. Snelling, who is now ser ving his fortieth year in office in this County. In 1909 Superintendent * Crouch first took office and he served con tinuously until 1931. He was de feated for re-election in the sum mer of 1930 by B. S. Moore, Jr., of Barnwell, but ran again, without opposition in the summer of 1934, and has one more year to serve on his present term of office, giv ing him a grand total of 2< years service, a record which is not equal ed by sny other county tuperintm- dent ia the State. Mr. Crouch was bora la Trenton, received big ■ducatioa la the pah- lie echaals of thin eertiea and was graduated from Furman Univer sity. He married Mum lass Brea oaale. ef Anderson They have four children. Horace Crouch. Jr. who Is now n ted sat at Oomaoa College, Frances aad Bob (Vouch, who are students at Wd’wtan-CJha high school, aad Joan (roach, a student at the Dhe grnmsaar school Beoidee hto yours sd sucotee bo the eouuty. Mr Creach emu a farm near Fhe. uhere ren*4e aad car PERMANENT PROGRAM IS PRESENTED BY WALLACE COTTON PLAN IS OUTLINED AT MEMPHIS. Steers Middle Course Between Rigid Curtailment and Un limited Production. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 1.—Secre tary Wallace placed before 3,000 Southern farmers and agricultural leaders today a six-point perman ent cotton program steering a course midway between rigid cur tailment and unlimited production. He challenged his audience to array its forces in its defense to enable the cotton belt “to earn a bigger income.” “The lines are already being drawn for and against the new farm legislation which will be needed to carry out" the program, he said. Warid Market Stressed. The secretory advised the agri cultural Seuth to unite with farm ers olaosrheit la aookiag a now farm hill “that will serve the long Urns welfare of agriculture sod the aetiea.” The ultimate selutleu Co the com plea rottoa pruhiom. he said, lay hi a reuUuuaare of a ~moder ns adjust mssl of pradurtieo.” such oo would preserve the fertility of the sod pad "sUU show predur- tteo ef at least as mash aettoa as the mark ate «f this oad other cwsa. emd a** it I 4' ► IMM *• • te wtth pay farmers an •o the d #i * • peosal goademaa from t-he I u dm wtdih aad beuaddi of | B Coualp Bar Bis qutrb e t df burner aad li hsgh y re Bp both wham aad Mash I ebdMf oad etaseniy Mu I ■hhp U boopmg so eaAtghSed I etwooa Ms tooth ea week | w tie me* that he hghle H I msdot a'tee dMume sad am- I la be * "The UaUad Btotao »•-, '» t-o- • - tie i morhot.* Bo aasdL Bp tag dko marhet pebeo moahs bo ewupoeatmg aa oBattad aaiboa pe | pr-bo* f l -o -.«d bp a I peeeeuaaag baa la uootd I rwty of gaCBaag "bargee I from Me goaeeul tseaoury year of tee year * Ms Fwmi Peugvam The peoeaaosag Bbd ea eeCOaa m ed aet am'aO the AAA. ha sued -made Me eadbeu progress oourty m f AeMasiag Cer two ead o Bait fWBM* Inar IJbb r«art aolAMed (Be tot aad headed Fight Weevil Now! All of us now realize how much damage the weevil did to our cotton crop this year. Farm ers by concerted action can do tremendous good for next year’s crop by cutting cotton stalks NOW. Practically all cotton is gath ered and we have an opportuni ty to destroy the weevils’ food pupply. Most of the weevils will starve before time to go into winter quarters and those which live will go into winter quarters very weak, many of them dying during the winter. Stalk cuttem, disc harrows and plows may be used to kill these sulks. Now U the time for all farmers to act Every farmer should cut his ^alks NOW—wa there are several weeks before frost and the weevils’ sole food supply will bo destroyed Let’s sUrt NOW aud get your neighbors busy, too.—Prepared by H. G. Boyls- WiUuton Store Was Robbed Friday Night m it * With LAeSe S« (hash*—Soieesl • * * BMSlSi | Kammregettstt ef Set e tend twmrnwm Hretesy tboi tmm of fb«4 ifmrBs By U 1 Ct«#». ••aborts y foe Uress Iteeee that re cwtlepoee. owe tBrvv errsfw 0 1Bi 11. tty fee assrBotmg sq iimse te WiGlaCam, October B—fSpostal) . -A Mwf. or Ihmvun. ewteeed the gsee»r| eSafe sf M M Pleyvv of WBhsAuu, surtf flusurdny maeuMg aud ■msyd wtgb yuumf BOB m «uaB aud uhuui lion m «barbs from Ms sofb M Mo sSore li in bm hoeud Mol Mo enOOuey areureod aBoon 4 Si orbaoB So*ordoy Moru- Rutsauso uuo moU* By BmvMg •moped through Mo ssds dour Shoedl J. a Moeem aud BfU deputy* OMmmrv a Murtop- owe out Mad aud armed au Ma umue sBurtlp oflw |o m» ret gam The Bmodhauuds owoud Bp tfew rwunCy waea BrwupBl to W ttt mtuo bp Mo BharM But uvro uuoBle be SBo*M Murws stotod Ml IsHR fMM CM tibr NftStcMMI' j H# M All Im t it# | 1 BooB CouamSmmu. I MUpsood of Mree f ouuty I its of F dare tun. uho| mtoudouts of the entire State He is Mao president of the Barnwell Coautp Education Aagociatmu for the prevent school your. During his many years of ser vice Mr. Crouch has witnessed some wondeiful steps of advance ment in the educational field in Barnwell County. Many buildings have been put up by the various school districu over the entire county and many of the schools have grown so much that two or more buildings were necessary to house the large number of stu dents. The faculties at the various schools have been enlarged and a great many of the country schools have been done away with by con solidation so that it is now possi ble for every boy or girl in the il aHmt# t< *;br<tlbg n c* ,f from IT 000.000 to At a meeting of approximately one hundred farmers held ia the Barnwell County Court House on Thursday evening, a committee wag se'ected to meet with Com missioner J. Roy Jones at his call ed meeting in Columbia on Friday. The fai men also discussed the coming year’s farm plans and the control plans which have been sug gested by various agricultural leaders. Other than the election of the committee, however, there was no definite decision made. The committee, who went to Co lumbia on Friday, included P. A. Baxley, I. Keeler and W. R. Carroll, of Blackville; W. B. Powell, of Williston; Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hitt „ . . . u- u u i and W. H. Grimes, of Elko; L. A. County to get a high school educa- ’ . , .. ... ^ _ >/ _*. Cave, W. G. Hill C. C. Black and tion with no more effort required * to get an accredited high school diploma than the walking of a few steps to the bus stop, if they do not live inside the town limits of one of Barnwell County’s fiive ac credited high schools. When Mr. Crouch first took of fice, the school buildings were poorly heated; faculty members were not sufficient to give Fan H<4d Mootmg. Solomon Blatt, Esq., of Barnwell. Miss Sue Speights spent the weekend at her home in Green Pond. colleges and universities. The local County Superintendent has been an educational leader for each Barnwell County, at all times anx- and every student the proper atten- j ious for the betterment of the tion and many other situations educational field in this county were prevalent that made educa-J and has been highly successful in tion somewhat of a burd«i to even his work. thoee who were anxious to acquire . He has already stated that he knowledge. Today, the buildings { will be a candidate for reelection are stemmheated; the faculties are in the primaries of next summer. largo to accomodate the at Um the schools for en- , which term, if be be reelected, will aad give bias a total of thirty fears af of at- ’ ssioks to Mo the Comity as Cm The lasgi MPlrec* • to tod Mot Mm Bod arroMSd fear aograoe oad wove BeiMag iBom to (Be Herawe I (Maty Jail atttl farther io«eotigat«oo coaid be mode- Flo- gerpt tats were token from Me safe sad eerk of Mo asgraoo was Anger- pnatod. Until the officers are tbte to check oo thee#, however, they will not be able te clear or convict any of the ■ us poets bold. Barnwell Family Escape Injury Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Price end Several Friends Narrowly Es cape Serious Injury. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Price and several friends nairowly escaped serious injury on Sunday night when Mr. Price was forced to the edge of the highway near Fairfax, his car turning over into a ditch. The party was returning from a trip to the lower part of the State when the accident occurred. Mr. Price, who was on the streets Monday stated that he met an automobile with bright lights, the driver failing to dim them, and when he passed the car he saw a pickup truck parked on the high way directly in front of him with out lights. In pulling over on the shoulder to avoid hitting the truck his car went a little too far and turned over iti the ditch. The occupants of the Barnwell car escaiped with minor bruises and injuries. The accident, how ever, could easily have proven seri ous and 1 even fatal to one or more of the occupants. The damage to the car has not been ascertained. Mrs. A. A. McAllister, who has ten a resident of Barawoil for a rg» Bomber af years, moved loot •ok to Davidson. N C, wkor* Judge Bellinger Was Once Printer’s Devil Judge of the Fifth Circuit Got Early Training on The Barn well Sentinel. Judge G. Duncan Bellinger, an other “Barnwell boy” who has made good elsewhere, was once a “printer’s devil” on the old Barn well Sentinel. He now resides in Columbia and is judge of the Fifth Circuit, having succeedeff his uncle, the late Judge W. H. Town send. Previous to his elevation to the bench, he was for a number of years judge of probate in Rich land County. Last week the editor of The Pecple-Sentinel received the fol lowing letter from Judge Bellinger and thanks him for the sentiment exptessed therein: “My dear Ben: I have for some time been wanting to write you and congratulate you for the splendid anniversary edition of your paper. 1 feel that the edition was a groat credit, not only to your paper, but to Me teem of Barnwell. And It eras even greater interest to mo. knowing Mat a boyhood friend of mine showed such great rape bill ties ia bis chooen pro fern isa Haring os a boy ia Me summer time set type oa the old Barnwell Sentinel. Mia aloe gave aa added Bits rest. I wteh for yon cotttaaed soccers ~WiM kindest personal regards to yon, I am." Me. ChAmpionthip Team Plays Here Friday elko com BADL* CROP IS BY WEEVIL Fanners Cry, “Woe Is Me!”—Elko Now Has 4-Teacher School and New School Bus.—Lady Threatens to Adopt Pipe-Smoking Because of Gnats* Elko, October 5.—“Woe is me!” That’s the cry of local farmers. Conservative estimates are that the cotton yield in this section will average a bale for three acres. The low price has stamped the melancholy blues on the faces of nearly all the farmers. One was heard to say, “I think the farmers ought to meet and ’resolute’ some.’ A few progressive formers from here—including F. H. Hitt, Geo. E. Crouch and L. E. Stanesll, visited the Pee Dee section of the State late in the summer, and their neighbors are expecting some wise advice from them. It may be they’ll suggest tobecco growing as a relief. The cotton crop is about gather ed. An amusing remark was made by farmer A to his neighbor farm er B, the latter having hauled the cotton pickers from Me former’s fat as. when Mr. A said, “When you get thru with your cotton picking. I’d like to get my hands to pick my cotton. But,” he added, “don’t stop them until you have picked all your cotton; there might be bad weather and your cotton would be damaged if left in the field.” Wasn’t that neighborly? The bw pices for cantaloupes and wateiknelons is remembered too well. One truck grower here lays the low market to the fact that we forgot this season to ad vertise the fact that our melons were high in IODINE content. What’s become of that slogan? Mr. and Mrs. Allen E. Hair’s new bungabw ia nearing com pie tion. It’s a very attractive addi tion to the north aide of town. Mr. Hair had the misfortune to loee his two-story residence dur ing the summer by fire caused by lightning. Whoopee! Another boy at the (Continued on page eight) >• • la IStt el I aJ Ah The Barowo» btgk aHhsM foot ball loom aid aotartom Me Rl. MetiBve bjgk grMttve at FUMev Fact ea Frtdap ehevaaea at S AB o'ltask. The ft MotMewe teem ••• owner ml Me NwM Die- (MM »Boasp»om«Bip leal year ead have a vetevno loom hark far thla •eaoea They have arorod dr- rterve owe wet Deawark aad Be*k«rle olreodp thte eeaMO ead •M krwg a pawerfei oggtegauoa to aaioo* I Krwag* The loral loow reatd manage Be Better (boo to tw with Me Dm - awrk dab Met Friday Bight, aad. acrai dWg to re parts af Me gawe. were ootpioyvd by Metr opaoaeats Goal law staads aad the recover- Wg of severe I fwablee at oppor- 'oaa meaamtt sta*od otf defeat far the krais. Coach Price M working hie boys Uue week wiM aa eye toward atop- ping the poererfal St Matthews chib. A victory over Me visitors weald indeed be a feather ia the locals’ cap and would give them confidence ia their ability. Two scrimmages were held during the week witk the latter part being set aside for a signal drill and punt practice. With such a powerful team com ing to town for the game Friday a large crowd is expected. To date Barnwell has lost a 14 to 0 decision to Lexington and played a scoreless deadlock with Den mark. Advertise in The People-Sentinel Young Minuter Wat Ordained Saturday OvdmetMa Services Held at Joyce Brna«e Baptist Orarch fee Odyaa W. Kaeece. Odyea W. Kaeece. sophomore at Puiawa Una varsity, was ordained n minister Saturday night. Sept, tt, at Joyce Breach Baptist Church. The ardtaetiea aervicee were in charge of the pastor, the Rev. George Hopkins. TV questioning p'-*b)rtery con - meted ef the Rev. George Hopbine •ad Me Rev. Mr. Wolfe, of Orangeburg. Me Rov. J. M. Flow, ere, of El Ion too, aad Me Rov. J. A. Estoe of Barnwell. The foil swing eserrieee were cm tried out very effectively: Song By congregation—“How Ftiw • Foundation." Prayer - Rov. George Hopkins. Sprats, music—Duet. “Satiaflod” —Mrs. F. H. Dicks and Mrs. W. T. Bennett, accompanied at the piano By Mrs. Paul Corley. Ordination prayer—Rev. Mr. Floorers. i Ordiaiatioa prayer—Rev, Mr. Presentation of the Bible—Rev, J. A. list PS. “What the Church Owes the Pastor”—Rev. Mr. Wolfe. Hopkins. Ordination of Mr. Kneece—Revs. Flowers, Estes, Wolfe and Hop kins Benediction— Rev. Ody^ W. Kneece The Rev. Mr. Kneece ia a young Christian of superior ability, and during the summer he conducted several revival meetings at various churches in this locality. He is the youngest Furman student to hold a pastorate. A few weeks ago he accepted a call to preach at the Snelling Baptist Church. Mrs. Margaret Hogg spent Sat urday in Columbia. POST OFFICE RECEIPTS AGAIN SHOW INCREASE Month-to-Month Increase Is Noted, With Quarter Ending September 30th. Showing Larger Receipts Than for the Same Three Months in 1936. The receipts at the Barnwell post office for the month of Sept ember showed an increase over the receipts for same month last year, according to a statement by Dr. R. A. Deason, local postmaster. So far this year the receipts have shown an increase each month. The quarter was also closed on September 30th and an increase for the three months over the same three last year was also recorded. The gains during Mo first nine have been steady rtsea, gtv- keea to be lie v s that It b Me •# improved Mat wii a and not just a .flurry that won’t last. The moving of the quartem from the present location on Burr Street to the new location on Main Street has been held up due to a delay in the arrival of the fixtures for the new building. The building itself is complete, however, and only a day or two will be necessary for the setting up of the fixtures af* ter their arrival. G. Bates Ha- good, local businoss man who was awarded the contract for the of Mo local office, stated to the vary near Boy Scout Troop in Barnwell Discussed WiUUtoa. Says Temporary The possibility of a Boy Troop for Borwwell ia being die- rueaed by T. K. Pbnder, of Willie- ton. with several Barnwell signify their wflthq and support such as aad if Me business man ef Me town are interested ia beckb* the movement, the troop will be formod shortly, according to Mr. Pender, This is a moot worthy organisation nad the formation of a troop srould bo of groat value to the boys and to Me town of Barnwell. A temporary scoutmaster will bo appointed shortly and with the help of aeveral other interested cittaena, the foundations for Mo formation of the troop will b« laid. All boys who are eligible for membership are asked to dis cuss the founding of the troop a- mong themselves and with their parents ia the hope that a decision may be reached ia Me near future. What Scouting la. Scouting has been defined as a process of making real men out of real boys through a real program that works—an interest gripping, growth producing, character build ing program of activity. Through this program scouting has a twofold purpose, to build character through habit and to train for citizenship through ser vice. \ To the boy, scouting is all a game, a recreative program of fun, games, thrill*, adventure, craft work, camp craft, etc. Leadership of scouting always seeks to keep scouting fun to the boy. The leaders of scouting and the parents of America are particular ly interested in the byproducts of this fun of scouting to the boys, namely, character building and citizenship training. Scouting is an answer to Jane Adams’ wonderful statement when she said, “Our youth will never be safe until its pleasures are made more attractive than its vices.” The program for wholesome fun is placed upon * character making a character constructing basis. Scouting needs the moral and financial support of the parents. We also need scout masters; we have the boys. Our boys of today will be our leaders of tomorrow. Giving them the proper training is our responsibility. If herein we fail, then what? Scouting does not take the place of the home and church, but it gets the boy in scouting that you cannot get to church and heads him in that dtree- Scouting knows no race, creed or color, religious or politi cal optaioaa. So they what they aO are welcome. If you are tf yea am are femJZT «Hk dto EUenton Girl Died in Accident Mire Myrtia Maas Killed aad Others lajured Who* Aa mobile Turned Oral EUenton, Oct. 5.—Misa Muns, 17-year-old Elleatou gfeW was killed end 8 Augustan* Wta slightly injured whan the bile in which they ware overturned on an unpaved road near here Sunday about 5 o’clock. Misa Muns, daughter of Mr. Mrs. R. C. Muns, died la an lance en route to an AHcaa 1 tal about an hour after the dent. The Augustans, who only slight injuriae, ware Charles Davenaon, Mitt Aaronaon and J. H. Owm According to offleova vestigated the accidret, who they said ores driving the eaa^ loot control of it hi the aaad aa Mar unpaved road aad it tamed wear: They quoted the driver as he eras thrown deer of S chine, which eras a sport end the others ware pinna neoth it. They said Mlaa eras riding in Mo front anal the driver aad Miaa Owens were ia the RneBed la The entire party EUenton by Jins m CM near whom boats the aealdaat e ^ at: | '-m •- curred- Mire Mum was gfeuB* aid at the office of a local fip IB** dan. who edvtood rmhtog Iter'' the hospital, bat she dUd to S Mias Mam was owe of the M of the were held at heme Taooday •'dock with the •re, her pastor, meat was to the la addition to her Mans is survived by Mr Mias Elisabeth Mum, M Muns aad Mias Dowts Ellen tea; one aaat, M Folds, of Elloatoa; Mr. aad Mrs. J. N. Fokto ef ton; her paternal Mrs. E. T. Muns. of of other '7 Cotton i.inmreyn JKT& Ahead of Last Te rm Balm Gtoaed Prior to fl MM. P. W. Delk, special this weak that the re hi Barnwell County tember 16th were 7 l tt4 comparison with 6,693 balsa to the same data last year The favonable wsi of the past few weeks gave farmers an opportunity to a large part of the erq. was still in the fields and a* suit of this the cotton rapidly drawing to a does, pickers have been rather a throughout the season bat farmers have managed to their crop harvested and to gins. The Barnwell cotton tinues to hold up in com with that of the largo cotton ten and due to this fact thq market ia one of the moat ones in this section. Quite a of cotton has been haulad I from 25 or more miles out of Bi well to be sold on the local proper procedure to get lined Sto with your nearst organization, teh vise me and I will see that rangement is made. If you a scoutmaster, you would plenty of thrills, hard work, times discourage menu breaks, and sometiims Jays You will find plenty ef plenty of thorn*. “But are •• sweet aad d t-1. V’j