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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
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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,
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