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VOLUME LXL
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1»S7
NUMI
Negro Man Is Killed
in Robbery Attempt
Vagrant, Known Only as Willis,
Fatally Shot by J. D. East
Thursday Night.
A negro man, known only by au
thorities as Willis, was shot and
near Robbins on Wednesday
night by J. D. East. At the time
of the shooting Mr. East did not
know that he had killed the man,
the investigating officers not be
ing able to find the body until the
next day.
The negro was picked up at Hilda
the latter part of last month by
Deputy Sheriff Gilmore S. Harley
on a charge of vagrancy after a
HOda citizen had put in a com
plaint He was brought to Barn
well and sentenced to twenty days
on the County gang, his sentence
having been completed last week.
He was released from the gang
near Meyer’s Mill and evidently
went on to Robbins where he broke
into the stcre of Mr. East The
store and the East sleeping quar
ters are in the same building and
the breaking of window glass for
entrance s roused the proprietor
who secured his pistol and invest i-
gster. The negro was seen in the
window a few feet away from the
store owner, who ft red point blank
at Mm.
Sheriff J. B. Morris was notified
and a aearrh was msde that night
for the man but the hotly was not
located. Next morning, however,
the body was found in a Hump of
weeds about thirty feet from the
store, the smg'e bullet having
pie reed bis heart.
Local County authorities were
notified and a coroner’s jury em
paneled. but as yet the date for
the inquest has not been set.
Mr*. Dors D. Walker
Will Viat Barnwell
Wiathrop College Beautification
Expert to I aspect Barnwell
County Gardens.
Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, of Apple-
ton. who works out from the Ex
tension Service of Winthrop Col
lege, will spend Thursday, October
21st, in Barnwell with Miss Elisa
beth McNab, Barnwell County
Home Demonstration Agent, for
the purpose of inspecting the gar
dens listed on the beautification
project sponsored by Miss McNab’s
department.
Miss Walker, who la a beautifi
cation expert, will visit the gar
dens of the individuals who are in
the beautification project work
and make suggestions and offer
advice. There are a number of wo
men over the County who are co
operating with Miss McNab in her
plan to use individual gard.-n de
monstrations and quite a~bit of in
terest has been manifested by the
workers.
Besides the inspection of the
gardens and the advice given, Miss
Walker will be asked to help in the
planning of the beautification of
the grounds of the Barnwell Coun
ty Agricultural building, which is
located next to the Barnwell Coun
ty Court House. Plans are being
made by Miss McNab and other
interested citizens and organiza
tions to turn the grounds of the
local agricultural building into a
spot of beauty. Several civic or
ganizations of the city have al
ready signified their intentions of
lending a helping hand in any man
ner that they may and with Miss
Walker’s expert aid it is believed
that the grounds will be properly
planned.
The work of the individual de
monstrators is progressing nicely
apd Miss McNab states that she
believes the visit by Miss Walker
will greatly improve this work
also.
Bible Class Reorganized.
At a recent meeting of the young
ladies and men of the Barnwell
Methodist Church, steps were
taken to reorganize the two for
mer classes into one class. The
following officers were elected:
J. E. Harley, president, and Miss
fouise McCullough, secretary. T.
M. Woods was selected ' to teach
the class during the coming year.
A sincere invitation is extended to
all to become, members of this
COMPULSORY CONTROL
FAVORED BY FARMERS
Barnwell County farmers, in a
meeting held in the Court House
at Barnwell Monday night, went
on record ad favoring compulsory
crop control and also formed an
agricultural society, the purpose of
which organization is to discuss
and take appropriate action on
matters affecting the interest of
agriculture in the county as oc
casion arises.
The motion favoring control was
made by H. T. Youmans, of
Meyers Mill, whereupon B. F. An
derson, of Dunbarton, moved that
this motion be tabled, offering as
a substitute a resolution recently
passed at a meeting in Columbia
favoring a subsidy on cotton con
sumed in the United States but
with no restrictions whatever on
production. Mr. Youmans’ mo
tion was adopted by a vote of 20
to 18, with several present not
voting. Mr. Yourmans and Mr.
Anderson were elected to attend
the Senate committee hearing in
Columbia Tuesday.
Officers of the newly formed
agricultural society are ss fol
lows: C. G. Youngblood', of Ellen-
ton, president; F. W. Delk, of
Blackville, vice-president; H. G.
Boylston, of Barnwell, secretary;
F. H. Dicks, of Dunbarton, State
council. The executive commit
tee is composed of the following
C. M. Turner, of Ellenton; P. A.
Baxley, of Blackville; R. R. John
ston, of Elko; H. T. Youmans, of
Meyer’s Mill, and S. M. Dyson, of
Williston.
40 Barnwell County .
Boys Are Enrolled
SS Whites and Five Negroes Car
ried to Oraageborg fee Enroll-
■eat in CCC ServKe.
Thirty-five white boys and five
negro boys were earned to Orange
burg on Wednesday for m roll roe nt
in the CCC service, according to
an announcement by Mrs. Elmina
C. B'ock, who is in rbarge of the
pi*ring of these boys from Barn
well County.
Thre were abou: ?& appli
cation* for the forty places al
lowed Barr or 1 County. The I is'
of young men f rum the County
included: Henry Fail, Olar; Pic
kens Rutland, Williston; Letehos
ier Manuel, Williston; Wildon
Martin, Blackville; Hubert H.
Sanorrs, Olar; T. J. Baxley. Barn
well; Charles H. Baker, Elko; Leon
Hutto, Blackville; Harold Ray,
Barnwell; J. J. Boyd, Willtoton;
Thomas Givens, Williston; Louis
Campbell, Hilda; James Whittle,
Blackville; Aiken Owens, Elko;
Pearson Cook, Williston; Ronald
Owens. Blackville; Kitt McDonald,
/.i.da; David O'Neal Elkins, Black*
villa; Louie Rutland, Williston;
Grover Padgett, Kline; Jacob
Shipes, Blackville; Albert Fergu
son, Barnwell; Murray Birt, Elko;
Cecil Keel, Elko; Govan Williams,
Blackville; Willis Still, Olar;
Nicholas Collins, Barnwell; Ronald
E. Bolen, Elko; Willard Givens,
Williston; Marion Weathersbee,
Dunbsrton; Joe Mooney, Dunbar
ton; Elbridge Ray, Williston;
Carl Bolen, Elko; Paul McCollum,
Williston, and Elsie Kinard,
Ulmers.
The five colored enrollees in
clude the following: Eddie Jones,
Elko; Wallace Trowel), Williston;
Ovra Snellings, Barnwell; Louis
Williams, Barnwell and Williems
Odom, Barnwell.
These men wil be enrolled in
Orangeburg and will then be sent
to their respective training com
panies.
Barnwell Senator
It Contest Judge
Farm Beys and Girts Evtace Keen
Interest in tSM Uve*te*k Es
say ( oate*t.
O’Gorman Named
Blackville Mayor
Defeats Two Opponents by Large
Majority—Four Aldermen Also
Named in Election.
FUTURE FARMERS HOLD
MEETING IN BLACKVILLE
The Blackville chapter of the
Future Farmers of America was
recently organized and at their
first meeting held Monday, elected
the following officers: president,
John H. Hair; vice president,
Francis Fickling; secretary, Wes
ley Delk; treasurer, El heredge
Grubbs; reporter, Barnard Cain;
watch-dog," Harold Delk; advisor*
Cecil Creech and R. H. Herlong,
teacher of agriculture.
They have a total enrollment of
34. Every member of the chapter
has a project and many of the
members are planning to buy brood
mares to tend their projects. All
the members of the chapter are
planning to go to the State Fair
on F. F. A. day, October 19. The
agriculture course has been added
to the Blackville high school, this
term.
Oyster Supper Enjoyed.
The ladies of the Barnwell Meth
odist Church sponsored an oyster
supper in the church dining room
on Friday evening. Quite a large
crowd of local citizens took a<f-
vantage of this opportunity to get
a delicious meal at small cost and
with no trouble to themselves.
Quite a neat sum was realized by
the ladies, the proceeds to be used
for some worthy church cause.
Augusta. Ga.. Oct. 1ft.—Farm
bey* and girls are evincing keen
interest in the S&ftO. Livestock E»-
>ay Contea, according to report*
reaching D. H Johnson, president
the Twin States Livestock As-
social ion. The rrntest, which of*
fictftUy c it | And
'’•©•w 'on NovnnWr 90, hi coodvc•
tby iImp AMoctAtton adI gpon*
sored by three Augusta hanks and
the two daly newspapers.
There will be a first prse ef
flO, and a second prise ef S&,
• warded in each of the 24 coun
ties of the aaoociation. while a
grand prise of 1100 is to be award
ed for the owe best eoaay from all
the counties.
Entries may be made wvk the
county agent* of the respective
counties, who are chairmen of the
judging committee*. Information
about the contest snd data for the
essays may be secured from the
county agent*, dob lenders, snd vo*
rational agriculture teachers
Judges for the grand prise for
the whole association have been
announced as follows:Stsrte Sena
tor Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell,
S. C., Judge C. J. Perryman, of
Thomson, Ga., and S. D. Copeland,
of Augusta.
Blackville, S. C. Oct. 16.—In an
election held Monday, John 0‘Gor-
man, prominent business man and
farmer, was elected mayor by an
overwhelming majority over two
opponents, Dr. J. E. Molony and
Dr. Charles A. Buist.
From a group of eleven candi
dates for alderman the following
were elected to serve for two
years: J. S. Creech, W. A. Fick
ling, Walter Boylston and V. L.
Nevils.
At council’s first meeting Mon
day evening, the following appoint
ments were made: H. L. Buist,
clerk and treasurer; George A.
Gray, chief of police; E. R. Fick
ling, policeman. They were sworn
in by Dr. R. A. Gyles, who had
served as mayor for the past four
years. W. A. Fickling was elected
mayor pro tern; V. L. Nevils and
W. P. Boylston were appointed
remmiasioners, and J. 8. Creech,
police commissioner. The fire
part men t will be reorganized at
a special meeting to be held Mon
day of next week.
%duh Scho 4 Week.
MANY DINNERS WANDERING
OVER ACRES NEAR KUNE
W. H. Moody Farm Becomes Busy Place as Thanks
giving and Christmas Draw Near and 1,060
Birds Prepare to Travel “LaifMile.”
Seven Piaea Ubarch.
After being dorm»nt for 15
years, the members of the Seven
Pinea Baptist Church, near Snell*
ing, announce that the church has
been reorganized, with the Rev.
Odyss Kneece, of Greenville, as
pastor. Preaching services are
held every fourth Sunday morning
at 11:30 o’clock in the school build
ing at Snelling. The public is
cordially invited to attend these
services.
Advertise in The People-Sentinel
The Adult School work, spon
sored in this County by the WPA,
fa progressing nicely during the
early stages of the fall term, nr-
cerding <a Mrs Margaret & Hogg,
saprrviaor of this county Mrs.
Hogg and hrr asautanta attended
a four weak* •ummer arhoal
stan at Funaaa University daring
the month of Aagost and broogts.
hack some worthwhile farts and
interesting new routines that they
have introduced urp.h marked ear*
The internet ehuwa by the ndak
illiterates and seas*-UI it erst aa in
the county has been moot plena mg
to lha local authorities and they
have every reason to believe that
many strides ha** already been
taken toward •temping oat Illiter
acy in Barnwell Conaty. The ata-
dente. some of them grayhaired,
seem to be moat enthusiastic and
work aa hard, if not herder, than
the majority of the schoel children.
Some rather unusual talents have
been discovered among these peo
ple. Many of them do excellent
handicraft work and some go in for
drawings and other small works
of art. To improve this ability
and bring these people to a point
where they can fully realise and
appreciate these abilities, is
ana her aim of the school workers.
They teach them to read and write,
work simple arithmetic problems
and take up their artistic talents,
if they have any, in the hope that
they may better their mode of liv
ing.
Another exhibit will be put on
some time in the near future. The
one that <the Adult students held
last year was most successful snd
merited much praise from the peo
ple who viewed it.
BY B. P. DAVIES, JR.
One thousand and sixty Thanks-
giving and Christmas turkey din
ners are wandering about on the
farm of W. H. Moody, three miles
east of Kline. Mr. Moody, who has
been a successful turkey-raiser for
the last 15 years, annually sends
about 1,000 choice turkeys to the
market so that they will finally
grace the Thanksgiving and Christ
mas dinners of many homes
throughout the land.
On his 100-acre fsrm he raises
practically enough foodstuff to be
used in the raising of these tur
keys. He devotes the major part
of his time to this occupation and
aa a result of this he is now one
of the largest turkey-raisers in the
state. To see his large flocks
roaming over his farm la a sight
worthwhile and scores of psopla
throughout this section of the state
visit his farm dunag the year.
When asked a* to his procedure
for the raial ag and mark wing of
the turkey crap. Mr Moody stated
that the breeding bird* were very
ra ref ally •elected ta the early fall
and that during January and Feb
uary they were penned off. TVs
nrkeya begin laying the latter
part ef Fihmaiy ami begin setting
the latter part of March
About March Ik the turkeys he*
■ gin to come off the neet and the
I first of the let are hatched out
Thia cunt lanes until the first ad
June, after which (Mae the owner
ae«la the remainder ed hte setting
eggs. During the mmhnttnn pur
led. euase ad the asset careful and
painstaking work ta dans. The
caring fur the poults takes awe who
la well trained In turkey rain
TOUCH-DOWN TACTICS
FORDHAM . * *
by
Jamea H. Crowley
Head Football Coach
and turkey habits as this is one
of the most dangerous times of the
entire year for the loss of young
turkeys.
The brooder houses are moved
each year as one of the prime re
quisites of protection. To keep the
brooder houses in the same spot
each year would probably mean
that the grpater part of the brood
would be lost.
Mr. Moody stated that the most
important thing about the whole
process of raising these delicacies
is the proper feeding of the tur
kys after the incubation period b
safely pa seed. Getting the prapei
mixture of feed has a direct bear
tag on the bird which is finally
marketed and too much or too little
of any of the important
which go ta make ap the feed
may mean the dtffei
a prefit er a disastrous laas in the
final accounting far the year's
The turkey rekser
that he had need an
brande snd mixtures ed feud
his Ik yesrs ad ratamg the*
time hs tie slag that he had t
per mixture. only (O dteraaee that
with the next rhni
prove his crop an*
mi the cub New
thuronghlp eanutarod that he b
usmg the peeper mixture
ed ralb
ad IL
ad the
Williston Officer
Shoots Tom Poston
Fanner Killed by Policeman Jehm
Williams Friday Afternoon fat
Self Defense.
This b the second In a series of nine outstanding diagram plays by
nine leading college coaches from GrantJand Rice's Cltlea Service
Football Guide.
R. EL—Puts tackle out — hitting
tackle on inside.
R. T.—Takes guard, hitting him
high.
R. G.—Hits guard low and bead on.
C.—Charge center.
L.-G.—Get secondary fullback.
L. T.—Check guard.
L. E.—Get secondary fullback.
R. H.—Help R. E. on
him on outside.
L. H.—Fakes
gone to right.
F. B.—Runs with ball Inside of
tackle after getting ball from
quarter.
Q. B.—Jumps to right—landing on
both feet — extends left foot
back toward center—gets ball
—then pivots on right foot-
swings Into line facing fullback
—to whom be bands ball #
editor's Nate: Thb b aa exact copy
of a play which Crowley gives to
each man. Each b assigned a cue-
1938 Farm Program
Ducutacd Thursday
Baruuell (aunty AgrtrwhureJ
Ptoamac (am mitt** Aba
Hear* ( maty Raagvr.
A meeting of the Barnwell Coun
ty Agricultural P’-aamng Commit
tee was held in the office of Harry
G. Boylston. Comity Agent, oa
Iftfti farm program were ubcueaad
with terracing and forest Are pro
tection also being taken up.
A discussion of the needs of the
fannerv and the best manner in
Thursday morning. Plans for the
which the needa can be Ailed was
taken up at thb time. Terracing,
which b regarded by many as an
insurance against the erosion of
fields and the conservation of soil
is urged by the local authorities.
County Ranger R. R. Moor* also
wants to stress the forests fire sit
uation which he is in hopes of
greatly reducing during the com
ing year. Many acres of timbebr
land are burned annually and is no
more than a waste of money by
those who practice or allow these
conflagrations to continue. Barn
well County has an excellent setup
to fight these fires and Mr. Moore
urges that the land owners take
advantage of it and save themselves
and their neighbors this unneces
sary waste.
A joint meeting was held with
F. W. Corley, of the District
Agent’s office Hn Aiken; Miss Bes
sie Harper, District Agent of Aik
en, present in addition to H. G.
Boylston, Barnwell County Agent,
Hugh A. Bowers, assistant to Mr.
Boylston, and Miss Elizabebth Mc
Nab, Barnwell County Home Dem
onstration Agent. All of these of
ficers met with the county plan
ning committee and offered sug
gestions and advice to the mem
bers in planning their 1938 pro
gram.
The Barnwell County Planning
Committee includes R. R . Moore,
of Barnwell; M. W. Wise, of Elko;
F. W. Delk, of Blackville; C. G.
Youngblood of Ellenton; Willis L.
Baxley, of Barnwell; Mias Mabel
Mims, of Healing Springs; Mrs.
Paul K. Corley, of Dunbarton, and
Frank Saucers, of Otar.
4-H Leaders Meet
Saturday Morning
Ad c
to Be
Col
lage.
•peat the
A coroner’s jury returned a ver
dict of justifiable homicide at Wil
liston Saturday morning in the
shooting of Tom iPeaton, farmer
of near Williston, by Policeman
John WHHams Friday afternoon at
5:30 o’clock. The homicide oeewr-
e<t behind the store occupied by
the Mitchell Grocery.
According to testimony given by
Everett Givens, Irene WilUama.
Louise Baxley, Buck Manuel and
C. 8. Martin, the local officer wme
attempting to arrest Poston on an
ellegfed charge of dnmkanmmn
when Poston drew a knife and in
flicted a wound of about four er
five inches in the neck of the ar
resting officer. Williams drew
hb gun and fired three times,
death following immediately.
Sheriff J. B. Morris who wm
called to the
ter the
ea hb ewa
The
All (seal
County 4-H Ouhe will sneet m
Barnwell at the Home Service Cst-
Uge on Washington Street, at
10:9ft o'clock Saturday morning,
October 22rd. Thb will be the
second ef thb particular series of
meetings and a fall a'.tendaace ef
lenders b anticipated.
The meeting will be under the
supervision of Miss Elizabeth Me-
Nsb, Barnwell County Home
Demonstration Agent, who wi!l
outline the regular dob routine
for the following month. These
meetings are for the purpose of
instructing the local leaders in the
program planned for the next
month so that they will be able to
.ake charge of their meetings and
carry out the work without outside
assistance.
Miss Elizabeth Patat, Barnwell
County Health Nurse, will also be
present and will give a discussion
on the fundamental principles of
“Home Care of the Sick.” The co
operation of Miss Patat and the
Barnwell County Health Depart
ment with the 4-H Club members
has meant considerable improve
ment in health preservation snd
with these monthly discussions it
should mean even more improve
ment.
The use of the Home Service
Cottage, which is a project spon
sored by the Home Service Depart
ment of the WPA, is used for such
wor.hwhile meetings as the one
to be held on Saturday and this
too should be a help. The discus
sion Miss Patat will give is along
the line of the training given by
this project.
Local leaders from the various
Cubs over the County who are
expected on Saturday include Miss
Elise Stuckey, of Healing Springs,
Miss Dorothy Rogers and Miaa
Mary Lou White, of Hilda; Miss
Laura Ella Gantt and Miaa Helen
Fowke, of Boiling Springs; Mias
Mae Swett, of Meyer's MiU; Mrs.
Manky Barker, of Big Fork; Miaa
PWtrber and Mro H. J
ef Bare well; Mbs Mildred
i «f
Liberal Donations
Aid Many Childraa
to ibe
the test
The
the WPA. bee
[ with Mrs.
her by awpplyiag garments to t
who are absolutely unable to
Uiu them la
However, the largest part of
must come through charity
setions er through the
of individuab.
The aha of Mr*. Parker hi her
first year b to get every child of
school age in Barnwell Coonfiy
placed In some one of the schools
over the County for the present
term. With the continued coopera
tion of the local organization it
is believed that she will be •uccero
ful.
MEETING OF FARMERS IS
CALLED FOR OCTOBER 18
County Agent Harry G. Boylston
has called a meeting of BanrweQ
County farmers to be held in the
Court House in Barnwell at two
o’clock on Tuesday afternoon, Oct
ober 26th.
Mr. Boylston stated that he Is
expecting a large attendance as
the purpose of the meeting will be
to discuss the 1938 Federal farm
program. He said further that
the meeting would be of much in
terest to the fanners as
would be considerable information
available in regard to the plana
for 1938.
R. W. Hamilton, 0. M. Clark and
A. H. Ward, of the Extension Ser
vice, will be present to addrana
the gathering. All of the gentle
men are well known by the farm
ers of this County and it b believed
that they will bring some very
interesting data to their
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