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f VOL. L&VII. ESTABLISHED 1852 s .. \ _ * % .-if. u • "^7 /. •- '3 •A, , .,/ /. ‘ a - ■, -rjB BARNWELL,'8. C., THURSDAY, MARCH t 20, 1DL9 NO. 23. fARMERS SJGN PLEDGES FOR COTTON REDUCTION Tabulation of Acreage Reduc tion Pledges Received for the Week Ending March IS, 1919. Continued from last week. * Barnwell.— \ 1918 1919 WORLD WAR VETERANS . FORM ASSOCIATION. 42 • -a.--.jL *■» « 5» Oil 12 4^ Joe Barnwell J Ju Brown _G. C. Bepk Dick Brown . J. C. Black 7' FI. G. Coleman \V. Duncan Maney Dunbar- 25 K. G. Dunbar. -_J>0 Ben Dorch .!.... Zeke Dunbar .... G. M. Hogg A. Harley ....... 15. H. Handerson Wash Handerson Richmond Harley Amelia TTaTtey 50 49 a 05 35 .122 . • -o .. 24 .. 90 . . 11 . . II .. 6 .. 18 ox A. U. Handerson .. Aaron Handerson ; 45 . 1 v. KicaTnona iton> % • Ossie Handerson .. ......... 34 J. P. Harley 160 Ixtnny Jenkins •.... 70 <ius Johnsofl ... .T. . 1«m* 4’harlie Lambert .. 20 H. R Morris 90 WiUte Mixson - . . . m 1 Sira Miner 16 1-iah Xminion* ... 45 Man Odom ........ 34 Janies Odom ] 16 Howard Odom 16 * W ilis. UUum 4**. TTnjruS IMjion rrr. F a M < o' 3T»n 12 28- r* n 4 4 18 40 16 ir> 6o 6 35 44 12 10 30 W 14 40 40 50 12 250 40 30 10 25 24 10 12 20 -2* W. I* Sanders Ju! y Sanders • • ‘S** A 9* L- »» £ tmt*r« .. * * • G. M Shfphard \ 0 0 ** All ford Sanders ........... .. 1* R 1. l'ssery • • Mji mnte Williams Jal nUoa Williams ’’ 15 JtT R Williams • • 3a Ai W tlliafn* •••••••*»* 15 Dunbarton. J Allen Patterson : 1 .: io Five Hundred officers and men Take Action in Taris—Caucus Here Soon. ,r Paris, March, 15, (By the Associated Press). —Five hun dred officers and enlisted men 9 . - of the American expeditionary forces have taken_the first tion here toward the forma tion of an association of veterans of the world war. _— A caucus was called to de sign the. machinery for a na tional convention iir America next year and the election Of delegates to the convention from the forces now in France. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt is arranging for a caucus in the United States on April 12. The proceedings at the meeting here were opened by Maj. Eric Wood, who said the organiza tion would eventually include all men who served either at home or abroad. Lieut. Col. Beu- uett Clark, son of Champ Clark, was elected temporary chair man. It is understood that the American oiganizatiou will be affiliated with similar British and French todies. MERE SCRAPS SCRAPED UP AND SERVED (ByDuBois). . “The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart,*— Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, A humble and a contrite heart.” *- —Kipling. 7- 7 : / r - - Is it true that the world goes round faster 17 times than a train going a mile a minute? BARNWELL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Union Meetings for March 29th. and 30th, lW9v — The executive committee au thorizes the division of the as sociation into three, groups of churches instead of four groups as heretofore. The new division is as follows,: No'. 1—Bamberg, Bethany, 7* TREASURER MAKES ESTIMATE Ans.—Near the eepator any I Bethesda, -Colston, Denmark point on the earth’smirfiacere-1 Ldi^to, Ehrhardt, Georges volves around the earth's axis at I Creek, Clients Branch,-Hunter s t440--me--of^ittieTruJn^^ Spring Branch, Spring thousand miles an hour or * Tow ~ 8t . Jo]ln# 1 aboait 1< miles a minute- In o—Ashleigh, Blackville, our latitude the speed, is only half as great, we being about half wav between the equator and the north pole. £At the pole the speed is theoret ically nothing. _ The motion around the axis is only one of many motions that the earth lias. Our globe travels on its orbit, or path around the sun, Double Pond, Elko, Healing Springs, Hilda, Joyce Branch. Long Branch,Mt.Cavalry,Pleas ant Hill, Rosemary, Williston. No. 5—Allen’s Chapel, Barn well, .Bethel, Cypress Chapel, Friendship, Great Salkehatchie Kline, Mt. Arnon, Mt. Olivet, Olar, Reedy Branch, Sycamore. This new division goes into Treasurer Armstrong Estimates The Indebtedness of County. Barnwell county’s indebted ness is hot near so-large as has beenstated by some people of this countyj-asfwill be, seen by the following statements submitted by Treasurer J. B. Armstrong, The following'is an estimated statcfuoiiL prepared bv 'iWusurcr J. B. Armstrong, upon short no tice, from the* recordtyf tha county sripeiTtsoi;s otlice and the treasurer Vofliffe. - • EXPKNPiTDKES. Total expenditures as shown ,by tlie record in 'supervisor’s office $74,609 .S5 lo 22 -Elko. >: w. He Rob* C K W l Nj V J flirt M Bea»ley tuan Govan Haiti »on Heath .. l> Martin* •ileon .. — M Walker V E 17 G< S lb V IHiaim. A I. Brown. Ji untiy Hush >or*e Bug* T. Hu.-h .. n . Cower* h Briefer Ellenton. hley ... • • • • • 76 28 45 25 70 *0 30 11 «*e Mannle Bu.-h Xl.t! -bail liUK) Uiatn Bush 9 15 35 21 Iiaac lliuh ■ 12 W (\ Bailey ... 68 Ed. Brown. Sr... 6«* W A Bailey 48 L A Bush 140 CJewjce'Bing ••• 16 or. \\ mis 1 junior!n 13 IT 16 it; 20 25 32 60 35 45 *S. M. Eubanks Isaac Eubank • Jonas Eubanks .. •, Sink Freeman .......... Handy Floyd ■>.. Hosejr Floyd ' Henry Ftbyd,..• • * • Jonas Floyd .! Paul Givens Pat Gam ± N Oscar Griffin Jeff Griffin Solomon Green Calvin Handerson 21 Dave Hickson 20 William Johnson 40 Robert Johnson Charlie Dew is • ~ • 3f> Joe Lewis .... 1& W. A. M tics on :. .77 M. L. McF.lhenny 22 J. R. Moody 17 W. E. Moody— 25 ■ J. W. Mooney 26 W Y, Miller John Moody John Newman Luther Owens William Phinizy ........ Anna Preston .. H. P. Pernell -» H Milon Patterson 18 J. R. Riley Monroe Riley , 20 • M. S. Scott .....; Lv , Furman Scott .....18 Henry S<k>tt - ..... . 20 Virsie Stallings * r 20 Johnnie Scott ***> ■Robert Turner ..• r». 1 & Allen Turner .. 19*4 WHliam Turner 13 C. M. Turner *• George Williamson ......... 20 Johnnie Williamson .’ Wilson Mutts Jiobt. WUHams A. W. Watts Lee Williams.......... • Samuel Watts . 1 Solomon WjUiams • Hattieville. AdisMt Barnes • • • 1 • Esmond In*.'ram (jn\e J ark son II. W. Pee|4e* 56 20 30 65 it H 25 14 10 24 It 12 20 40 35 105 12 2«» 23 20 20 py 5 16 11 ~Ttl 16 18 30 40 more than .53,000 miles an hour; l e fl- ecl " ttt 0 nce and each church about. 55o miles a minute, or about nine miles a second. ' UK SO I RCKS. Valuftti in of all tatable jirop- —<»ft y in—Barn wt-U—enmity. 172 Ule» TO at 8 ! 4 m 30 16 14 28 PRESIDENT SAILS ACAIN.— Expressing his full confidence that the (people of the l uited States were behind lum in hi« endeavor to bring back from Europe the Constitution of . a jKTmam-nt League of Nations, President Wilson sailed again for France on boaid the naval transport George Washington on the morning of March 5th. The ceremony and enthusiasm that marked his first departure were mainly absent. There was no military guard, though the Geoige Washington was escorted to sea by four destroyers. Accompanying the President were Mrs. Wilson, her secretary, Miss, Henhara, ami Cleveland H. |)odge. In all the President ha been here les4 than ten days daring which time he wa9 able to sign only a few important measures, including the Victory Loan Bill, owing to the fil ibustering Senators. He made two speeches, one at Mechanics Hall Boston, on the day lie landed, and ene at the Metrop olitan Opera House, New York, on the eve of his departure. Other important features of his brief stay were his dinner to the Foreign A flairs Committees of the* 'House and Senate and his conference with the governors and* mayors from all over the country. As MF7*“Wilson him self.expressed it, he tried during this short interval to accomplish a mouth r s work iu a week. FKHII Al*> MR. r AFT FOR I’KKUI* Pent . If the League of Nations plan is successful it may tuuke Mr. Taft the*“logtml randidatc for President in 19*20. lie has been one of tiic foremost cliam pions of the league idea. ONK AS «.COD One learus Truth tluit when IIK OTHER i9 asked to send representatives to the meeting place of that division and assist in the forma tion of the new divisions, and help in carrying out the follow ing program : Division No. 1 will meet at Spring;own ; No. 2 will meet at Joyce Branch; No. 3 will meet at Friendship. t^ueries—l. Theimperativede*. * l**»y. *60,2*21 4-» Bale f old • 1'iiiinty —. truck L'25 00 Additional inMiirjnce Lc«n#e ?er« from 8t»t# ..... . 1,315 IS State hialijf -ty fund. 7.137 48 Fines and mmcellan- tnofs iteinii 2 326 44 Intere-t on i«aviliK« deporit . r M0.02 Estimated deflvit.I I 1 We find from the aln*\ * mciU that when all th*e taxes have lieeu collectetl. the indebt edness wiU Ik* while there will be some slight dif* | feFence by reason of e\4M*utious was in mand for an enlarged program to meet the present world needs. I unt j r , i, ;i t. lowed l>\ tin Speakers— Division TT fE J.(county auditor which will lum England Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Fickling. J politely bnt firmly refused to I v * s * on : J* 4 •'curtsey” t^ueen Mary, and that L L. she is the only woman not of royal descent who has ever been hold enough to withhold this homage from a British queen. Possibly Queen Mary and the Ixmdon Truth have never heard that Mrs. Wilson claims descent from the Princess Pocahontas, have as- Division 2 : W. H. Jlutto. turned that this will be partly, Jeff Hair. Di- jf no t wholly, "iippl.-im tiled Wf n*om the IiOndon I Herndon, J. B Black, S. S. W il-1 to be deducted, but if 30 15 14 75 15 24 14 * 15 10 27 18 *20 25 10 50 10 10 1‘8 27 15 18 19 20 14 12 46 14 IT 30 £A 20 15 50 16 28 10 12 H 14 20 H. T. Youmans. 55 Kline. 40 Harry Jenluns 20 G. W. Wilkinson 16 Lyndhurst. Davis Hay ., Jde O’Striker 27 ,70 Meyer’s Mill. G. W. Ashley r . 10, Jim Allen 16 William Clark 13 Charlie Coliins ...7 15 Bob Clark .7 15 T. G. Cobb 65 Josh Chisolm ;. 28 Ren Davis :...... 15 B. R. Dixon. SVt>. 7..., Jack Jackson r 20 20 -77777::..mrr Andrew Hav r tr-R. Rtrtjm? 12 12 Tom Robison y 24 Fred Shipman ... . .\ 18 Barney Stuart 10 Ruff Williamson ....... 18 Sjiencer Williamson ...... Snelling. > L: W. Tilly | Grant Anderson ......... j N. S. Hair .............. T. J. Jowers J. W Kennedy ; j A I. Jrbnort* ......... ■Eliu Sapp .............. U«Ua ued 10 o*» !2i !*.!!!!!**!!! is 15 ♦*» aett tcel’t mot. ( ontinued on page five. BUBBLES FROM BOILING SPRINCS. Mrs. F. H. (lantt and Miss Lizzie Gantt have returned from Beaufort, wliert*-they went to at tend thj* marriage of Miss Edith Hay, of this place, and Lieut, (ieo. Flanders, of Dubuque, la. It waa*a military-church affair and was pulled off iu the old his toric ^Bt. Helemi church. They report a fine time and sav every thing is lovely and the birds fly high down that way. Mr. and Mrs. Flanders are spending their honeymoon in Florida. After July, when Lieut. Flanders ex'-* pects to get his discharge from the marines, they will make their home in Dubuque, Iowa. Miss Minnie Hay, who has been spending some time in Charleston with relatives, has returned. r . -V Mrs. Walter Fowke has re turned after a visit to, relatives in Spartanburg county. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Hay and little daughter, Betty, of Charles ton, are here for a short stay Avith the family of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. JIftjr. , 1 . Dr. Lawton Kirkland, - who has recently returned from France, made a short visit here last week. Mr. Fred H. Gantt has re turned to Wilson, N. C., after spending several weeks here with his parents. t Mr. and Mrs, J. M. Gantt. There have been more robins about of late than in a number of years. For several winters they have been rather scarce. Probably the law protecting Tni- gratory birds has something to do with it.. It is pleasant to see them in such crowds again, as it | looks like old times and a return to normal. .- — Whistling Rufus. Armstrong, J. Proveaux. Query 2. The relation of the home life to our social and re ligious activities. Speakers—Dtv. 1 : J. II. A. Carter, C. J. Creech, C. W. Jones. 2. W. L. Bennett, R. E. Woodward, G. W. Hutson. 3. G. W. Manville, J. O. Grif fin, W. A. Dicks. Query 3. The Bible teaching on giving. Speakers — Div. 1. C. W. Rentz, Jr., D. H. Owings, II. W..Carter. 2. W. A; Giles, E. C. Watson, R. K. John^m. L. S. SheaJey, J. O. Sanders, B. B. Baxley. ‘ Query 4. One lost because of what lie does, or what lie does not do. Speakers — Div. 1. Geo. P. White. *2. M. W. Rankin. 3. D. W. Heckle. additional taxes and {tcnahic* that have accrued since Janu ary 1st. It is well to say just here that iu the items of the ex penditures is included corruga ted piping which has been used in various places in Barnwell county, aud the old-time wooden bridges, which heretofore have been such a heavy tax upon the county, have be^u done away with, which will mean a saving of thousands of dollars to the county every year. There is now’ pending a suit against the Southern Railway Co. for damages to the county truck in the sum of about eigh teen hundred dollars, together with cost, etc., which, if collec ted, w ill more than liquidate the indebtedness. We* fail to see the cause of complaint or criticisms of the county officials for the increased discussion : 1. Shall we go over the top in our education cam paign/ 2. How shall the short age in the ministry be supplied? Preachers—Diy. 1. O. J. Frier, or D. H. Owings. 2. M. W. Rankin, or E. C. Watson. 3. L. S. Shealey, or D. W. Heckle. Two queries for round table, expenses which hare been in HONORED BY BRITISH. The News and Courier of last Friday mentions that among sixty-six American medical of ficers and men w’ho have been decorated by the BritishPgov^ ernment for bravery and dis tinguished service in the war w r as Lieut. Edward L. Patter son, of Barnwell, S. C. MR. kENNEOY FOR STATE SENATOR The many Blackville friends of Mr. A. M. Kennedy, of Wil liston, are pleased to learn that he has decided to stand for elec tion a9 State sen a to r. We are fully confident that if elected he will give our coun ty the full benefit of his good business judgment, and.he may be assured of the full support of his Blackville frieuds. The many friends of Dr. W. M. Jone« and family trill be pleased to learn that they have moved, and are uow real citizens of BarnweU. curred for the past few years. If these critics will only stop to think what the increased cost of their business has been for the past three or four years,* they can readily see why it is that the county expenses have increased. While the farmer has had to pay the high prices for every plow*, hoe, rake, etc., that has been used on his farm, he has also realized a greater increase in prices for his cotton, corn, potatoes, etc., and the county has been forced, by rea son of these high prices, to pay more than twice the price for corn, hay, oats, etc., and three times as much for bacon, con victs clothes and shoes, and the same advance in prices for all machinery that ha9 had to be used by the chaingang. The question now is, how can the county meet these increased expenpitures without a higher tax levy upon its property, as it has njo coru J .cptton^ nor any thing else to sell, and every= thing to buy? ' . __ OPINION OF TAXPAYER ON RECENT LESISLATION Oppose to Bonding State for Road Improvoment.—High Levy. Editor of The Sentinel: There was a bill, in the leg islature recently adjourned, to bond the State for $25,000,000 or the alleged purpose of estab lishing “good roads.” The, writer has not been able to keep * up with the exart status of thn — proposed legislation, but lie is under the impression that the bill was killed, and another sub stituted, assessing a tax of one • mill on the dollar for roads, (or was it two mills) ? i he last bill it seems was postponed until the next ses sion of the legislature. Of late years the material sent to the legislature seems to be utterly careless of the Heavy load of tax ation constantly increasing from year to year with which the tax payers are being burdened. No bill for the increase of salaries of officeholders; .ho provision for the extravagant expenditure of the tax)>ayers' money in rae- 173 o«6 47 raor ‘ a l s *» Q o bill for the increase of salaried offices or any other 4" I bill calling for the spending of money, is deemed to be too ridiculous for serious considera tion. The legislature referred tor (Hissed* appropriations ex- teediug four million and two hundred thousand dollars,’ including t two huodr^d thou sand dollar* previously ap propriated, if the public prees re ports correctly. The history of South C arolina records an account of the extrav agance of the eight years of rad ical, csrjietbaggers and scala wags’ misrule; and yet in 1871, at the high tide of that carnival, the appropriations did not much, if at all, exceed the sum of two million dollars. It is true that duriug that period wildcat bonds were issued until the State debt, actual and contingent, had reached the sura of twenty- nine millions of dollars. 8uch was the taxation under which the taxpayers groaned, that some time about the early part of 1876 the good people of the State called aud organized a “Tax payers’ Convention”; and that convention led to the move ment for the redemptioh of the Scate. The State debt wa9 can vassed and all of it over and above. five or six million was repudiated. It 19 true that the advocates of all of these schemes calling 'or increased appropriations say ' TO MOVE CLOCKS UP. ' To make the daylight saving law effective Director General Hines l>as instructed alh.rail roads to turn theii clocks ahead one hour at 2 a. m. Sunday. March 3ist, and thereafter all trains will run on the new schedule. Continued on page eight. . ____________ # THE 1919 BOLL WEEVILL BATTLE BECINS. Clem9on College, March 7^.— The first gun in the boll weevil battle for 1919 will be fired dur ing the coming week. The line of attack will extend thru Lexington, Edgefield, Aiken, Barnwell, and Allen Counties. * The gunners will include Geoge M. Anderson, of the Division of Entonology at Clemson College, and Luthor D. Fuller, Agricul tural Agent of the Southern i Railroad. A schedule lias has been ar ranged to include meetings at Batesburg and Ride Springs ou Tuesday, March 11*, Johnston and Trenton on March 12, Edge- field and Aiken on March 13, Blackville and Williston hnl March* 14, Allendale and Barn- wdll on March 15, the meet ings .to be held in the morning at the first named place and in the afternoon at the second place on each date. Mr. Anderson is preparing charts, illustratings. dates, etc., to be used in his part iu the campaign, and will have for distribution literature ou the- boll weevil and how to fight the pest.