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TO OFFICIAL 111 »Am OF OAEXWBLL CJOUIfTT, I. Barnwell People-Sentinel Llk« a (VI•mbar of tha Famllv M VOLUME LXI. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA* THURSDAY, NOV. 18, 1887. NUMBER IS. Health Department Continues Fine Work CmbCj Health Nurses Check Up BARNWELL CLUB MARKET BOASTS NEW QUARTERS on Conation of Every Student in Public Schools. The Barnwell County Health Do- partment is continuing its fine work of checking on the condition of every student in Barnwell County schools. Due to the large number of schools in operation in the coun ty and the fact that every day can not be devoted to the work, it is taking Miss Elizabeth Patat and Miss Evelyn Proctor, Barnwell County health nurses, some time to get around to all of the schools. This work is done under the gen eral supervision of Dr. L. T. Clay- tor, health physician for Barnwell, Allendale and Bamberg Counties. When Dr. Claytor is able to be present for examinations at a school he-is, but when duty calls l him to another sector of his terri tory a local physican cooperates in the work of checking up on the physicial condition of the students. This service is given absolutely free and whenever any physicial defects are found the organization offers the correct treatment and helps the student to get that treat ment. The formal opening of the Barn well Club Market, in its new quar ters in the recently remodeled town hall, was held oti Saturday, November 13th. This market, In addition to the physicial checkups the County Health Nur ses are also busily engaged going to the various grammar schools to administer antitoxin shots as a preventive against diphtheria. These shots are not compulsory and the student is required to bring a written permission from his or her parents to obtain these shots. A small charge of 25c per shot is made to defray expense of the antitoxin. The work done by the Barnwell County Health Department since its organization a few years back is most outstanding. They have greatly improved the health stand ard of Barnwell County and Dr. L. T. Claytor, Miss Elizabeth Pa tat, Miss Evelyn Procter and the other members of the staff are to be congratulated on their fine work. County Ranger Talks on Value of Timber R. R. Moore Stresses Proper Way to Avoid Ravages of De structive Forest Fires. R. R. Moore, County Ranger for Barnwell County Forest Protec tive Association, is making a series of talks at every school in Barn well County, both for white and colored children, on the value of timber and the proper way to avoid the ravages of fire. Ranger Moore, believing in the fire prevention work as the best means of protecting many millions of dollars worth of present and future timber in Barnwell County, is making every effort to impress upon every man, woman and child in the County the necessity of pro tecting our woods from the ravages of fire. The amount of money received in this County from tim ber, by products and the labor needed to carry on the business, runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, and to keep this income for Barnwell County it is believed that the proper steps must be taken to protect the forests. Through the youth of the Coun ty, the local ranger believes there is one fine way to impress the facts. A child, brought up to pro tect and care for the woods, will continue this to his or her dying day and for that reason Mr. Moore is carrying his plea to the students. The addresses were started on Monday with talks at the Williston and Dunbarton schools. Within the the next two weeks, County Rang er Moore or one of his wardens, J. Reeves Grubbs and Roy Mc- Elhaney, will visit every school in the County and give a talk on this great natural resource of the coun ty and the best way to protect it. W. F. SCOTT. The many Barnwell friends of William Fletcher Scott, a former superintendent of the Barnwell schools, will learn with regret of his death, which occurred last week at his home in Columbia. Mr. Scott was an educator of note and made many friends during his resi dence in BannreU. which has operated for the past 15 years, is under the supervision of Miss Elizabeth McNab, Barnwell County Home Demonstration Agent, and is open every Wednes day and Saturday morning. The new quarters, which were used once before several years ago, were burned last winter and local authorities have just completed the remodeling worl^ The building has been put back into first class shape and will afford the market women as well as the housewives who patronize them, protection from the inclement weather which will come for the next few months. Counters, and other necessary equipment has been installed and each market woman has her place to display her goods and work dur ing the market day period. The old arrangement, which meant working exposed to a cer tain extent to the elements, was the use of counters placed under the steps of the Barnwell County Court House. This had always caused considerable criticism due to the fact that there was no pro tection, the market women being forced to stand there during the entire sales time and the buyers being forced to expose themselves for the period 'necessary to make their purchases. Much progress has been made by the Barnwell market during the past few years. Miss Elizabeth McNab, since taking over the work in the late 1920s has made many improvements which have added to both the quality and quantity of merchandise on sale. Standards have been set which must be lived up to if a woman wants to con tinue her sales while other re quirements, such as planning a garden which will bring in produce throughout the year; arranging for chickens and eggs by one of the market women for each sales day, and the sales book system which she introduced for the protection and benefit of all concerned. The club market is mutually beneficial, as it offers the house wife an opportunity to get fresh vegetables and other farm produce at a price set by local store prices and at the same time it offers the farm women an excellent oppor tunity to receive much needed cash returns twice a week. Concrete Walks for Washington Street Clearing of Right-of-Way Began Friday, Preparatory to Final Work on Tthorouffhfare. INCOME FROM FORESTS SURPRISINGLY LARGE Miss Eugenia Still Dies in Auto Crash Attention Turns to Basketball, Boxing Girls Expect to Have Better Team Than Last Year.—Boxing •# Proves Popular. With the closing of the 1937 foot ball season here on Friday after noon the athletic directors at the lo cal school will turn their attention to basketball and boxing. The girls have already reported to Miss Margaret Ellis and begun practice for their 1937-’38 team. They expect to have a much better team this year than the one last year as many of last year’s regu lars will be back again. The record that the girls made last year was most creditable despite the fact that they were eliminated from the dis trict tournament in the first round. This was due, in large part, how ever, to the absence of one or two regular players. It is not known as yet who will direct the boys’ basket ball team this year. Last year, the first year of the cage sport for local boys, the coaching duties were taken over by Roy E. Hew'ey, former Newberry athlete and now teaching at Greenville high school. Whether Coach Price will take on this work or not is not known, but it is be lieved that the boys will have an op portunity to play basket ball again this year as the sport proved most popular last year. In addition to basket ball, the boys will soon be turning out for boxing. Boxing has grown more in popularity with local sports fans than any other sport of the present well rounded athletic pro gram. It is second only to foot ball in popularity locally and it is believed that it will soon outrank that sport. The boys have turned out two good teams and last year had one of the best teams in this section, losing only to the strong $t. Matthews squad. The coach ing of the boxing team is done by J. U. (“Red”) Watts, local attor ney and former star fighter at the University of South Carolina, as sisted by Coach Price. With the interest shown in the sport by both fan» and students the fight game is sure to continue its rapid growth this year. The local squad will be minus the services of Sol Blatt, Jr., who was one of the smartest fighters on last year’s team, Warren Calhoun, who made quite an impression on the fans in the few fights in which he could be matched with an opponent, and one or two others. “Windmill” Vaughn,"Roscoe Still, “Hooky” Car ter and a number of the other mem bers of last year’s team will be back on hand, however. The local authorities have ar ranged a well rounded sports pro gram for the student body this year, with foot ball being followed by basket ball and boxing, which are in turn followed by base ball and the County Field Day meet. Every student who is athletically CCC Camp Buildings to Be Painted Soon All Houses in Camp Area to Be Freshened Up with White Paint. Captain Leon B. Schuh, com manding officer of the local CCC Camp, stated here this week that the necessary amount of paint re quired to paint all the buildings on the camp area has been secured and that work will be begun by the boys within a short time. The buildings, which heretofore have been painted a dull tone, will be freshened up with white paint and green trimmings. This will add considerably to the looks of the camp as the setting in the pine trees and the recently planted grass of the company area will blend perfectly with the white buildings. The work will be done by the enrollees who will use the project as an educational one, giving them an opportunity to learn something of the painter’s trade. It will be supervised by a competent fore man who will at the same time give the workers instructions in the proper way to apply paint so that the coat will be neither too thick nor too thin. Local camp authorities believe that when the painting is complet ed and the recently planted grass covers the front of the company area, the Barnwell camp will be one of the prettiest in this section. It already holds an enviable record among the camps of the State in efficiency and other lines and the beautification work will give it still another honor. Work was begun on Friday on the clearing of the right-of-way on the sidewalks on Washington Street, preparatory to the laying of concrete walks by the State highway department. The clear ing work is being done by the town of Barnwell and the concrete work will be done by the highway. It is understood that the high way will begin the construction work as soon as the fences and shrubbery which are in the way, are removed by the town workers. It is not thought that this will take any great length of time, so local people expect the concrete work to begin within the next couple of weeks. Since Washington Street was surface-treated a year or so ago, it has become one of the most popular streets for auto traffic in Barnwell. By using Washington instead of Main Street the motor ist can cut off considerable traffic and avoid going through the main part of town. Because of this added traffic and the fact that the sidewalks on the street were in bad shape already, it has really be come dangerous for pedestrians, es pecially at night. Children return ing home from school use the street quite frequently and this too adds to the accident possibilities as so many of the children cross the streets or run out into them without taking the precaution of looking for cars. The paving, when completed, will be one of the most welcome addi tions to the street and sidewalk conditions of Barnwell in many years. It is hoped that the work will not take too long in comple tion. Figures Cited by R. R. Moore, County Ranger, Show That Returns from Timber, Turpentine, Etc, Total Over One Million Dollars. Daughter ef Late Hal D. Still, af Blackvllle, Killed hi Wreck Near Ridfelaud. 5 HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUBS FINISH PROJECT R. R. Moore, county ranger for the Barnwell County Protective Association, stated that a thorough investigation into the woods pro ducing lands in Barnwell County and the return that these woods give their owners, shows that the wooded areas are really of more value than the average person would think, reaching the surpris ingly large figure of approximately ly $1,250,000 a year. Mr. Moore says there are at present 18 sawmills in operation; two crate factories and five other mills which operate only in the fall of the year. Basing his figures on a 28-day month, Mr. Moore finds that the average return for cash of these work days is $4,000. That does not include, however, a tur pentine business in the county which returns some $100,000 every year in business. Daily, there is an average of four carloads of logs going out of the county by rail and approximately eighty truckloads moving at the same time. These logs are being shipped to Denmark, Allendale, Springfield, Augusta and other points. Besides this amount of timber moving daily, there are also shipments of pulp wood which will average around five cars. Mr. Moore predicts that in the future it will be possible for a man to cut his own pulpwood, haul it to town and sell it as he would a bushel of peas or a bale of cot ton. For that reason he urges Barnwell County farmers to learn what they can about timber so that they may be able to grade their own product and protect it from the ravages of fire and other destructive causes. The timber business is one that pays dividends in the long run, but one which ,does not pay off in a short length of time. The burning off of property oftens means the load of many thousands of dollars to landowners. Because of this fact the Barnwell County Protective Association was organi zed and in the past few years since its organization many steps forward have been taken toward the saving of a small fortune from fire. The county ranger offers all the resources of his department as well as the State department, to the land owners in an effort to pro tect them from losses by fire to one of the most valuable assets they possess. The annual returns from timber in this county will run into many thousands of dol lars and will take the place of many thousands bales of cotton which were not made during the year. Supply Room Office Is in New Quarters Blackville Revival Starts Sunday Night Wooden Building Formerly Occu pied on Main Street to Be Torn Down Soon. Pridgen Brothers, of North Charl eston, to Conduct Meeting in Baptist Church. THE REV. J. C. INABINET RETURNS TO BARNWELL The Rev. J. C. Inabinet, minister of the Barnwell Methodist Church for the past three years, will re turn to his charge for his fourth year, according to the appoint ments made at Marion during the meeting of the Methodist Church Conference. The Rev. Inabinet has become most popular with his congregation and his fellow citizens and they welcome him and his family to Barnwell for the coming twelve months. Rev. Inabinet has been tireless in his work among his charges and especially in his aid to those who were in financial straits. The Rev. Woodrow Ward, who was in Barnwell the year preceding the coming of Rev. Inabinet has been appointed presiding elder of the Charleston District. His many local friends rejoice in the fact that he has continued the good werk which he did in Barnwell and is being recognized for it by his co-workers. Five home demonstration clubs of Barnwell County have completed a year’s work in a house furnish ing project and have received club certificates for carrying out the requirements set by the home de monstration department of Win- throp College, according to Miss Elizabeth McNab, Barnwell Coun ty Home Demonstration Agent. The particular phase of the work studied during the year was the “House in Good Taste.” Lectures and demonstrations were given on the following phases: 1—color and its use in the home; 2—furniture arrangements ; 3—renovation of furniture; 4—Pleasing window ar rangement; 5—decorative arts, and 6—pictures in the home. Accom panying the project was a study of six pictures and six songs. Twelve club members completing the year’s requirements received individual certificates issued by the home demonstration depart ment of Winthrop College. Requirements set for members receiving certificates were: 1— membership in a project club; 2— attending at least five meetings; 3—carrying out four practices monthly for five months and re peating on same; 4—taking active part in club program on work of the Farm Women’s Council, and 5—making a report on standard form at the end of the project year. The following members received certificates for the work completed Mrs. Achilles Collins, Mrs. Howell Collins, Mrs. N. C. Croft, all of the Hilda Club; Mrs. A. W. Ellis, Mrs. E. T. Hankinson and Miss Jane Meyer, of the . Meyer’s Mill Club; Mrs. O. B. Staley, Mrs. Quincy Hair, Mrs. W. H. Hair, and Miss Evelyn Anderson, of the Elko Club; Mrs. Clarence Collins, of the Ashleigh Club. Mrs. Staley, of the Elko Club, has received, to date, four one- year certificates, while Miss Evelyn Anderson, also of the Elko Club, has received three 4-H Club certificates and one home demon stration club certificate. The supply room office of the local WPA, which is in charge of W. J. Sexton, has been moved from the old wooden building adjoining the post office on Main Street, to the store building next to Lou Cohen’s store. The new location, which was formerly owned by the late J. R. Harrison, has recently been purchased by W. R. Hubbard, of Barnwell. The move was made because of the fact that the building on Main Street is to be torn down within the next week or ten days, accord- to G. Bates Hagood, local business man and owner of the building. Mr. Hagood stated that the build ing will not be replaced in the near future. Whether another buniding will be put up at a later date is not known either. Considerable work was done on the inside of the new location so that it could hold the stores and equipment which Mr. Sexton had to move. Another change in the business district cf Barnwell was the roll ing back some several feet of the old wooden building on Burr Street, next to the Barnwell Filling Sta tion. This property is owned by R. A. Easterling, of Denmark, and has recently been greatly improved by the completion of one of the most up-to-date filling stations in this section. The moving back of the wooden building enlarged the working area of Mr. Plexico’s sta' tion and also improved the looks of the street considerably. Blackville, Nov. 18.—Miss Eo- genia Still, daughter of the late Hal D. Still and Mrs. Maggie HUH, was killed instantly in a wreck early Thursday morning near Ridgetand while returning from a theatre in Savannah. The ear struck the abutment of a bridge and overturned into a swamp, land ing right side up with all the oc cupants in their seats, according to reports received here. Others in the car were Harry Yarn, of Varnville, who suffered severe head injuries and was taken to a hospital in Ridgeland. Burnard Wood, who the State Highway Patrolman “Bub” Broom said was driving the car, and a Miss Williamson, also a teacher here, received minor injuries. An inquest was held immediately and a coroner’s jury declared the accident unavoidable. Miss Still was a graduate of the Blackville high school and Green ville Woman’s College and had taught school in St. George, Inao, Blythewood and Manning. This was her first year at Ridgeland. She was a member of Joseph Ro ger Chapter, D. A. R., and the Blackville Baptist Church. Besides her mother, she leaves four bro thers* Henry D., James H. and J. Pinckney Still, of Blackville, and Joseph Roger Still, a freshman at The Citadel; tyro sisters. Miss Marie Still, a freshman at Colum bia College, and Mrs. Rudolph Ballentine, of Ballentine. She was a cousin of Supt. A. B. Hair, of the Blackville schools. Funeral services were held at the residence in Blackville Friday morning at 11 o’clock, with inter ment in the Blackville cemetery. The schools here were closed for the day out of respect to lOaa Still. Blackville, Nov. 16.—The Pridgen brothers, widely known as “Bro Paul and Bro. Lee,” of North Char leston, will begin a series of evangelistic meetings in the Black ville Baptist Church November 21st, continuing through Decem ber 5th. The brothers, who are pastors in North Charieston, have heavy work upon their shoulders in the direction of the work of their churches, in addition to which, for the past two years, they have broadcast over Station WCSC in Charleston every Sunday night from 10 to 10:30 o’clock. “Bro. Paul and Bro. Lee” often tell of their grandfather riding a horse all over the eastern section of North Carolina preaching her and there. They speak of him as “one of the old-timers.” Their grandfather preached for 40 years. He had one child, a son, who, when his father laid down his sword, took it up and preached for 30 years. This son had seven boys. Bro. Paul and Bro. Lee are his preacher boys. One of them has been preaching for 16 years, hav ing started as a boy. The other has been preaching for 12 years. To use their phraseology, “Grand father 40 years; father 30 years and still going; you 12 years and still going; me 16 years and still going; a total of 98 years of preaching for Christ.” Brother Paul said, “When we round out the hundred mark, we are going to celebrate in the name of Christ.” Latimer Will Take New Petition Soon Postmaster General’s Special As sistant to Become Aide to Housing Administrator. Washington, D. C., Nov. 11.—To take the position of special assist ant to the director of the federal housing administrator, which was offered him a day or two ago, J. Austin Latimer, of Williston, ex pects to be sworn into office with out delay, he said today. First as secretary to former Gov ernor Richards, of Sout!\ Carolina, later in a similar positon with Senator Byrnes, and for three oi four yearfc serving as special as sistaat to the postmaster general Mr. Latimer goes to his new wort well qualified to fill the duties oi the office. These will require him h give much time to personnel, to tin general administrative features oi the work and to look after bousing conditions generally throughout the country, along the same general lines he has been following at the post office department. It is understood that the new position carries a salary consider ably better than the one Mr. Lati mer had been receiving and that the duties of the office and the re sponsibilities will be largely in creased. To Present Play. inclined is provided with a sport which he or she can pursue and en joy in the present setup. The many friends of Mrs. Geo. C. Glaspy, of Palmetto, Fla., will be sorry to learn that she is I ill at her home in the Florida City. I Latest reports, however, state that {she is somewhat improved. Mrs. Glaspy will be pleasantly remcm- . bered here as Miss Sallie Pate. Advertise in The People-Sentinel. The members of the primary de- ' partments of the Barnwell Baptist Sunday School are giving a play at the Baptist Church in Barnwell at 7:30 o’clock on Monday evening. t The play, which is under the di rection of Miss Grace League, will be, “The Story of Thanksgiving.”* 1 The members of the department have been hard at work for some time in getting up the play and it is believed that it will be most in teresting and entertaining. The youngsters have put their hearts in the play and the practices to date have given evidence that it will be most successful. There will be no admission charge but a free will offering will be taken after the play, the proceeds of which are to be used for the primary departments. The public is most cordially invited to attend. Bro. Paul and Bro. Lee take turns about in preaching. One never knows which one will preach till time to preach. If Bro. Paul feels so led, he steps forward; if Bro. Lee feels led, he steps for ward; and sometimes they both feel led at the same time, so both preach the same night. “Nothing formal about the ser vices—just plain gospel preaching and worshipping,” says the Rev. P. D. Walker, pastor of the Black ville Baptist Church. “We want the people in the towns and com munities around Blackville to hear these men.” Latimer Aide to Straus. Services at Ashleigh. Announcement is made that preaching services will be conduct ed at the Ashleigh Baptist Church Sunday afternoon, November 21st, at 3:30 o’clock, by the Rev. Clark Benton, of New Brookland. AU members are urged to attend and the public is cordially invited. South Carolinians note with gratification the promotion of their fellow citizen Austin Latimer from special assistant to postmaster general to a somewhat similar but larger and better compensated pout with the federal housing admini strator. Mr. Latimer is well equip ped by character, ability and ex perience for a distinguished career in public service. He has demon strated special facility and judg ment in the delicate woric of hand ling Internal personnel problems and the relations between the agency he serves and the public. Administrator Straus has the re sponsibility of directing a vast program. He will find Austin Latimer a loyal and efficient aide. —The State. Jim Bush, of St. Matthews, spent the weekend in Barnwell with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown, Sr, i , J fig ■A i .m