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ffiwtrira or Mnnrax uwwti i. mt. Barnwell People-Sentinel *Ju»l Llk« a M«mb«r of th« Fomllv • » VOLUME LXI. Year , « Fourth Fire Occurred Thursday Bathroom inBc«rding House An* nez Damaged by Flames Start ing from Oil Heater. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. . THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1M7. Barnwell’s fourth fire of the year occurred about 4:45 o’clock on Thursday afternoon in the annex adjoining the home of Mrs. Lessie B. Easterling on Marlboro Street The blase was confined to one room, the bath room on the lower floor, however, and, due to the quick work of the local fire department, did only a small amount of damage. Col. N. G. W. Walker, who lives next door to Mrs. Easterling, dis covered the blaze when he went out on the porch of his home and immediately put in a call for the fire department. When the fire fighters reached the house the blaze was leaping up almost as high as the celling but by use of chemicals it was quickly extingui shed. It is reported to have had its origin from an oil heater. Mrs. Arthur Lazar, who was the only occupant of the nnex or the ad joining house, did not know of the blaze until Col. Walker had called her. The loss was considered only a small one as the fire was confined to the bathroom. However, the walls and fixtures of the bathroom were considerably damaged. INTERESTING PERSONAL NOTES FROM DUNBARTON Dunbarton, Oct. 25.—Mrs. Ben F. Anderson was hostess to the mem bers of the Sewing Club and sev eral visitors Thursday afternoon at her home. Delicious refreshments were served during the social hour. Mr. and Mrs. Denson Dicks and Mrs. S. D. Rountree were shoppers in Augusta Thursday. Miss Sallie Williams, of Ellen- ton. visited her parents and friends here Sunday. Mrs. Claude Beattie had as her guest Sunday her sister, Mrs. Pinckney Lee,, of Williston. Miss Grace Tisdale, of Ellenton, spent the weekend here with her family. Mrs. F. L. Eaves, Miss Maxine Eaves, Mrs. Arlington, Mrs. Betty Greene and Buist Eaves were visi tors in Augusta Saturday. Miss May Swett, Miss Adelaide Beattie, Miss Belle Anderson, Mrs. Perry Greene and Mrs. Claude Beattie enjoyed the showing of “The Good Earth” at the Ritz Theatre in Barnwell Tuesday af ternoon. Mrs. J. E. Owens, Miss Ethel Owens and Miss Pearl Owens, of near Blackville, were dinner guests of Mrs. P. C. Greene Sunday. E. D. Dicks and Guy Dicks at tended the State Fair Wednesday. Friends of Reuben Rountree are glad to see him out again after a recent illness. Miss Marie Rountree and Miss Trmette Bates, of Augusta, spent nuudiiy oere with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Dicks and “Sambo” Tisdale attended the Carolina-Clemson football game in Columbia Thursday. L. S. Lee, of the C. C. C. Camp at Barnwell, spent the weekend here with P. J. Hiers. FUNERAL EXPENSES FOR VETERANS AND WIDOWS Judge John K. Snelling, Judge of Probate, has received the follow ing letter from the comptroller general: “Herewith I enclose a warrant to be used in the payment of funeral expenses for veterans and widows who died during the year of 1936. You are requested to use so much of this fund in each case as will be necessary to pay the undertaker’s 1, and in case any balance is left sthe same should be refunded to the fState." Judge Snelling requests that all for funeral expenses for and widows be presented him on Thursday, November 4th. ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ GiBarings Still Ahead. [There were 17,051 bales of cot- ginned in Barnwell County to October 18th, as compared 14J>45 bales ginned to the date in 1936, according to a made public this week by . Delk, special agent, of Black- WILL RESUME WORK SOON ON COUNTY’S STATE PARK Work will begin within the next week or ten days on the Barn well County State Park, which is to be located a few miles north of Barnwell on Whaley’s branch, af ter a layoff of several weeks due to the recent changes made in the personnel of the local CCC camp. F. P. Cuthbert, head of the forestry division at the camp, stated that he had been forced to abandon the project for a few weeks during the time that the camp was cut to a small squad of men. The old „boys had been checked out and the new boys were being checked in and quarantined for two weeks. The men in camp who were not relieved were kept busy picking up pine burrs ^or use next spring. The work on this project has been rather rapidily advanced V V and with the company back to full strength of workable men it should go forward even more rapidly. This will be one of the beauty and pleasure spots of Barnwell County when completed and will offer those who like to spend their lei sure moments out-of-doors an op portunity that they will be unable to better anywhere in this section. The lake, which will be stocked with fish as well as having a swim ming beach, the walks, drives and bridal paths, the picnic tables, the barbecue pits and the numerous other improvements planned for the park will materially add to the pleasures which may be derivied by the visitors to the propeny. These State Parks have proved popular in every County in the State in which they are located and it is not believed that Barnwell will be an exception. Health Inspection Progresses Nicely Barnwell County Health Nurse Gives Each Student a Thcrough Examination. The health inspection of the Barnwell County school children is progressing nicely under Miss Elizabeth Patat, Barnwell County Health Nurse. She makes inspec tions at two schools esch week giving each student a thorough ex amination. Last week inspections were held at the Elko public school, the Long Branch and the Barnwell colored school. This week an inspection was held on Monday at the Galilee school and one will be held on Thur sday at the Pleasant Hill school. Mins Patat stated that she is giving thorough examinations to all the students over the County who are getting WPA lunches and is weighing and measuring each one so that an accurate chart may be kept on their improvements or loss during the year. This will give the Health Department an op portunity to study the reactions to the lunches prepared and ser ved at the schools. On Miss Patat’s program for Tuesday and Friday of this week are visits to Williston and Black ville where she will hold the regu lar monthly mid-wife classes. On Tuesday she will be in Williston and on Friday she will be in Black- vill. These c’asses are for the purpose of discussing questions that may arise and giving the mid wives the latest information which may have been received since the last meeting. Agricultural Club Can Be Beneficial County Agent H. G. Boylnton Dis cusses Feasibilities of New Or ganization. Attended Football Game. Among those from Barnwell who attended the Clemson-Carolina foot ball game in Columbia on Thursday were: Miss Betty Brown, Col. Edgar A. Brown and daughter, Miss Emily Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun Lemon, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lemon, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Davies, Sr., Mrs. B. P. Davies, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Perry B. Bush and daughter, Ellen, Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Boylston and children, E. F. Woodward, J. W. Patterson, Mrs. Henry Wingo, Mrs. Louise Bauer and daughter, Miss Joe Ann Bauer, Mr. and Mrs. Basil M. Jen kins, Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Gross, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Grubbs and children, Ira Fales, N. D. coclin, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Dicks, Miss Sara Frances Brodie, R. S. Fitz patrick, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hol land, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Phillips and daughters, Col. . and Mrs. Solomon Blatt and Miss Rosalie Spann. Market Helds Up Well. The Barnwell cotton market con tinues to hold up in comparison with prices paid on the large cot ton marts of the nation. This year has seen the farmers receiving a better price on the local market, comparatively speaking, than in many previous years. Quite a large number of bales have been trucked in here from the surrounding territory, some from as much as 35 miles distant. The Barnwell market has become one of the most popular in this section during the past few weeks of the selling season. In discussing the newly formed agricultural club in Barnwell Coun ty, Harry G. Boylston, County Agent, saidit that he hoped it would be popular with the farmers and that he believed that they would get considerable benefits from it if they make it a part of their in terests. The Ellenton Agricultural Club, which was formed nearly 50 years ago, has proven of much benefit to its members and they are most enthused over the work. They meet once a month and hold round table discussions of subjects which have come up or are now being intro duced. The purpose of the County club will be similar to that of thg Ellen- ten club in that matters pertain ing to the farmers will be taken up and discussed in round table meetings. By bringing in men who have had an opportunity to study various farm problems to speak they will also have an op portunity to get views from other sections. The complete setup and functions of the organization have not been mapped out as yet, but this will be done in the near future. In the meantime, Mr. Boylston is trying to arouse the enthusiasm of new members for the club to supplement the ones who joined on the organi zation night. FOOT BALL Allendale Trims Barnwell. Allendale, Oct. 22.—The power ful Allendale high eleven defeated Barnwell, 19 to 0, Wednesday af ternoon in Allendale. The Allen dale team scored almost at will, piling up 13 points in the first half and 6 in the second. The game featured Mclver Ri ley, Charles Farmer and Jules Ri ley. The entire line played good football. Williston-Elko Defeated. The Williston-Elko eleven suf fered the worst defeat of the season when they met the St. Matthews Yellow Jackets on the St. Matthews field Wednesday afternoon of last week. Immediately after the game be gan, St. Matthews scored a touch down. Although the Yellow Jack ets received several penalties, they passed marvelously and made three touchdowns. Their pass- work was the outstanding feature of the afternoon. Williston-Elko fought hard but failed to gain much yardage. On« of the star players, Charley Dy son, received a broken leg in the first quarter of the game. Rogers, D. Ponder, and Fleni- ken were outstanding for the Wil- l^ston-Elko team. Hay and Pea Crops Will Help Farmers Major Crops in Barnwell County Prove Quite Disappointing to for Moat Part A majority of the farmers and merchants of Barnwell County are in none too cheerful a mood as the crop-gathering season nears an end. With cotton bringing only slightly more than nine cents a pound and the truck seasons con sidered more or a less a failure, times will probably be tighter this year than usual. Starting back in the spring when the asparagus failed to pan out to any great advantage and following steadily through with losses by the bulk of the farmers in cucumbers, watermelons and cantaloupes and on into a rather disastrous cotton crop, the fanners of Barnwell County have taken it on the chin. There have been, of course, excep tions to the rule, some of the farm ers getting good crops and receiv ing a reasonable return from their harvest, but the majority of the tillers of the soil have been left holding the proverbisl sack. The cotton ginnings to date have run considerably ahead of last year, but, on a basis of acres planted the cotton crop in this County will probably run under that of last year. The price, of course, is considerably under that paid for the fleecy staple last year, so that the return in money from the crop will be under that of last year. Many fanners state that they are making no more than a bale to every three or four acres, in some cases even less, and at the same time a few are making excellent crops. During trucking season there wgre one or two farmers who re ported large yields from a few acres of truck, but again the bulk of the planters took a l^a. The ;ruck planted in Barnwell County is generally enough to pay off the major indebtedness of the farmer leaving the greater part of the cotton crop as clear profit, but this year, according to local government lending agencies, the farmers were unable to pay off a very large portion of their loans. ine hay and pea crop, however, has been good here this fall and the fanners should have enough feed- stuffs to run them through the winter for their stock. This will be a big help in most cases, as win ter feeding of stock some times runs into considerable money if the farmer has to buy any large amount. The fanners, however, are not crying as there»were few complete failures, but they are preparing for the next year’s crop with the con fidence that next year will be a banner one and they will be able to “make a million.” TWO-DAY OUTING MARKS FOURTH ANNUAL EVENT Willulon-Elko Community Fair Began in 1930 and Hat Been a One-Day Affair Until Tbit Year.—Growth Retarded by Deprettion and Lack of Space. Williston, October 27.—(Special.) —iWth the opening exercises of the 1937 Williston-Elko Communi ty Fair at the community field house on the local high school grounds on Thursday morning, No vember 4th, the fourth annual com munity fair will be underway. This year will find a two-day outing in stead of the one used in previous years and, according to the fair committee, the biggest and best ever held in this section. The first Williston-Elko Com munity Fair was held in the fall of 1930. The show ran for one day only and wes held in the high school building. The following year the same procedure was fol lowed, except that the fair opened the day after the bank crashes in this section and money was scarce. After the first two years, the idea was abandoned until November of last year when a group of interest ed citizens revived the plan and held the third fair in the local field houee. During the first two years, the committee made an effort to have a livestock show but due to the lack of proper space for the animals, this has been abandoned. It ia hoped, however, that in the near (Continued on Page Eight) Laundry Equipment it New Installation Still's Dry Cleaning Cc», of Barn well, Branches Out into New. Field. Collections are Lean. J. A. Byrd, superivisor for seven counties in this section of the Emergency Crop Loan, stated that the collections to date for 1937 were slightly under those to the same date in 1936. He said that Ralph Still, manager of Still’s Dry Cleaning Company, has pur chased laundry equipment suffi cient to do whzt is known as a “bachelor’s bundle.” This will in clude shirts, underwear and socks. The plant was opened for busi ness on Monday of this week and will be run in connection with the dry cleaning establishment. He has a machine for pressing sleeves, one for pressing collars and a washer which will take care of the business he expects to get. How ever, Mr. Still stated, he will be able to enlarge his plant on abort notice should the volume of bosi ness require more machinery to handle. At the present time he is not planning to put in full laundry equipment, that it equipment to take care of bedclothing, trousers, etc., but this will probably be add ed within the next few months. Should the work meet with the ap proval of the patrons of his estab lishment he plans to put in full equipment and bring it up to a position that will enable him to handle any and all kinds of laundry work. he believed that this was due par tially to the failure of the truck crop and partially to the lew price of cottoa. In the seven counties, which in clude Barnwell, Bamberg, Hamp ton, Allendale, Colleton, Jasper and Beaufort, approximately 65 per cent of the current loans have been collected. There was a toal of $61,600 loaned to farmers in the seven counties this year. Mr. Byrd said that he believed, however, that the collections would run again this year about as well as they were last year when he collected all but a minor percent age of the total loaned. TOUCH-DOWN TACTICS GEORGIA TECH . . fcy * W. A. Alexander Head Football Coach f *KV * Julian Harrison, of Charleston, a former Barnwell resident, spent several days last week in Barn well on basinets. This Is the third In a aeries ef nine outstanding diagram plays by nlno laadlng college coochoo from Grant!and Rios’s Cities Service Football Guido. ‘ I abort diagram Is a modified * tandem formation with an un balanced Una. No. 1 back rocolvea the ball and stops back as If to throw a pass. No. 4 back comes around and makes a fake attempt to exacata the aid Stataa of Liberty play and oanttmaa on around to the ML 9K poll the defensive right tackle screes the lino of scrimmage whore ho la Mocked out by the No. I back. If bo charges seroos tbs lias, which Is Ms usual aarigumeut, this play wm result la a suhotauMal gala. The blurting aaMgamauU are shunt tbs same an la any “slant ofl Backers of Library Still Hard at Work Problem of Storing Books Proves Stumbling Block in Organizing the Project. The backers of the proposed cir culating library for Barnwell Coun ty are still hard at work on the problem of storing books. This has offered quite a stumbling block to the organizers and until the ques tion has been settled there will no further progress in this direction. Miss Elizabeth McNab, Barnwell County Home Demonstration Agent, who has been hard si work on the proposed plan, is still confi dent that she will be able to work out some plan of housing. This will give the rural citizens of Barnwell County an opportunity to enjoy the books and magazines which here tofore have been denied the ma jority of them. The few maga zines and books which have been placed in their hapds to date have been avidly read arid the people are clamoring for more. A number of donations have been made already by interested citi zens over the County and others have promised their support as soon as suitable quarters are found for the project. The rural resi dents have stated that they are willing and eager to do all in their power to make the work a success and that they will be ready for the books as soon as delinery can be made. The present plans cal) for the lo cation of a central office in Barn well with a truck which will run on a regular schedule throughout the County delivering and collect ing books and magazines distribu ted at an earlier date. Several places are under con sideration but at present nothing has been definitely worked out. Celebrates Slat. Birthday. MUM Local Leaders Mel Saturday Monung Miaa Patat Discussed Home Service N erring Project cable wu set and Comment- Diseases. Mrs. M. H. Morris celebrated her 61st birthday on Sunday at her home in Barnwell. A large num ber of her relatives were present for the day’s festivities and a most enjoyable time was had. Mrs. Morris was the recipient of many lovely gifts from her relatives and friends. Among those present for the celebration were: Mr. and Mrs. Brown Dyches, Mr. and Mrs. Lu cius Beaseley and family, Mrs. Ira Hair and children, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Dyches and family, Mrs. Furman Morris and children, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maine and family, Mr. and Mrs. Buist Morris and sons, Mrs. Angus Hutto, Mrs. Eu gene Creech and daughter, and Mrs. Myrtis Robertson, of Olar; Charles Dyches, of Springfield; Red Morrison, of Allendale; Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Morris and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Owens, of Blackville; Jessie Halford, of Hardeeville; Leroy Halford, of Sa vannah, Ga; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Blease Rosier and son, of Blackville. Installation Service. The Bethany Baptist Church at Aahleigh held installation services for the pastor, the Rev. C. D. Dow ling. October I7tk The Rev. E. Lms, ef Bemberg, Aaheerad the ia- At a meeting of local leaden of the 4-H Clubs of Barnwell County held in the Home Service Project cottage on Washington Street on Saturday morning, the leaden were addressed by Miss Elisabeth Patat, Barnwell County Health None, and Miss Elizabeth McFab, Barn well County Home Demonstntkm Agent. Miss Patat discussed the hone service nursing project and com municable diseases. She gave an illustrated lecture on how to none the sick in the home and make as comfortable as possible. Many de tails, such as the proper bed mah* ing, the proper room temperature, ventilation and other important, item, were discussed and advice offered on each. Illustrated leaf lets were given the members so that they could keep these on file for future use. Miss McNab took up the pro gram subject matter for the next regular monthly meeting so that the club leaders could hold this meeting without outside aid. Other parts of the future program were also taken up. The following officers were elec ted to serve during the coming year: Miss Virginia Hair, of Elko^ president; Miss Mary Lou White, of Hilda, vice-president, and Miss Elisabeth Fletcher, of Barnwell, secretary. • Those present for the meeting included the following: Miss Elisa beth Fletcher, of Barnwell; Miss Virginia Hair, of Elko; Mias Mary Lou White, of Hilda; Mrs. Keel, of Elko; Mrs. Odom, who assists Miss McNab in 4-H work; Miss Laura Ella Gannt and Miss Annie Sue Fowke, of the Boilings Springs Club. TYPEWRITER STOLEN FROM LOCAL OFFICE H. J. Philips notified local police authorities Thursday that his of fice, which is located at the Stan dard Oil Company’s distributing plant near the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, had been broken in on Wednesday night and a typewriter removed. y * Mr. Phillips stated that aa yet he had not missed any other arti cles and did not believe that the thief had taken anything else. He stated that he believed it to be a one-man job as there was an adding machine and several other larger article of value in the build ing which were not molested, thus leaving the impression that the thief was alone and could not manege any of the other equip ment There were no clues left and aa yet the authorities have nothing to work on. However, they are makfe; every possible effodt to contact all points that the thief might have used for getting rid of the stolen article. • ♦ RE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY SHOWS SMALL DECREASE Col. N. G. W. Walker, manager of the Barnwell National Re-Em ployment agency, statedthis week that he has at present f&0 men en rolled on his placement files for jobs. This is a slight decrease over figures of the same time last year. Mr. Walker stated that he is placing approximately 125 men s month despite the fact that the road between Williston and Spring- field has been closed down.' This job alone used around 200 men from the rolls each month and in that way the men interested in do ing road work kept pretty well busy. At present, the only employers are private enterprises such as farms and stores, etc., and natural ly the large numbers used ta the road work are not needed in work of thi%* kind. At a rate ef 126 men pe^ month, however, the rolls are kept down within reason. Col. Walker and his Mrs. R. CL Holman, urge and persons without work to ter with the local office iM i