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. C • ^ » < “Juftt Like a Member of khe Fajmlly" -4 BARNWELL, S. C. NOVEMBER 27. 1913 LIES CONYCTS Record in Granting Cletn- *“ from Barnwell. November 23.—Previous were broken when xed his signature freedom to one hun- in the Penitentiary and on chain gangs throughout this being the Governor’s list ksghtfng clemency. With the her the total number and paroled by since he first assumed 4Mb£iife||pi&^|ri nil, jumped to 882. Tbe Murdon and parole papers for have been signed by wifi be sent to the of State R. M. Me- y morning in order for his Signature. The papers to the Penitentiary, the ind the county chain gangs ' tfc* prisoners are confined in for them to be liberated on ,y and let them eat Thanks- dinner at their homes on Thurs- » Crimea Committed, compilation of the crimes for Igiven clemency for Tbanks- convicted show the follow- ; life-terms for murder, manslaughter, seven larceny, ten for as- with intent to kill, and battery of a high PRIZE WINNERS AT THE BARNWELL COUNTY FAIR nature, five for hou breakingaad larceny, one for highway ; Mrs I. (’ I >b.n. lijrnw.-ll. robbery aad larceny, one for larceny years old, blue nt>U> i List of Prizes and Awards Made by Judges at County Fair Last Week. The Fair Association announces the following official list of prize winners at the county fair last week: Mrs W M Andrews, Barnwell, Drawn work handkerchief, blue ribbon; real lace handkerchief, blue ribbon; Irish lace Bertha, blue ribbon; wooden salad fork, blue ribbon; wooden salad spoon, blue ribbon; merschaum pipe, blue ribbon; antique leather pocket book, blue ribbon; antique trunk, blue ribbon. Lennie Birt, Rosemary, one gallon of cane syrup, blue ribbon. Mrs Annie Baxley, Barnwell, one jar peach preserves, red ribbon; one jar fig preserves, red ribbon. T J Ready, Red Oak, water melon, blue ribbon. Miss Edna Cave, oil painting, red rib bon; crayon picture, red ribbon; oil painting, blue nbbon. W H Wooley, Elko, six stalks of sugar cane, blue ribbon. J L Boyd, Barnwell, Singer seu.ng machine, blue ribbon. Jennings Woodward, Rosemary, ten ears of corn, red ribbon, hatL-h^t handle, blue ribbon. K E Woodward, Rosemary, bushel Geona Buck potatoes, red ribbon Charley Grubbs, Blackville, largest potato, red ribbon ! Miss Ida Kearse, Barnwell, jar of I peaches, red ribbon Mrs Eva A Hedge, Barnwell, one pair j of antique %lip(x-rs, blue nldxin horn 1J4 of live stock, two for obtaining goods under faiae pretences, one for gam Wing, ^Rerderiy coeduct and larceny, three tor rope, two for breach of trust, •nr for larceny of bicycle, one for giand tarreay, one for safe cracking, one for larceny and forgery, one for bigamy, three for violation of the dit penaary law, aaakiag a total of 10L) Blah had Hand. Lite. Kichlaad County heads the list with tan lathe aamber, Spartanburg and Oreinvilla be for aeoond place with V<ght apiece, and the others are appor tioned te the following countiea Green wood three, Lae one, Nawberr) five, Darlington four, Charleston three. Ma fion three. Dorr beater two. In ion one, Bamberg o** Oconee one, l^ancaater tw* Abbeville three, Pickrni one .A»4veee three, Barnwell two, Wil- oae, Orangeburg four, ('ties fter four, Marlboro one. Kdgeficld two. I aureus six, York one. Georgetown ..ne, Cherokee five, Lexington four. Aikaa fear, Kershaw one, Dorchester one, Colleton one. Clarendon one, eld one. Calhoun one This thirty-five counties, and tb* aunties not figuring in the list Dillon, Jasper, Horry, Beaufort e, Barkley and Fairfield The convlets from Barnwell Count) are as follows Roberts, Paul, Jr, rColored —Con- tha December, 1‘ill, term of Co^Bsr Barnwell County of mati- tiaU^Kierhad sentenced to seven >ears Imprisonment in the Penitentiary, or upon the public works of Barnwell County. Upon the showing made the defendant has been granted a parole, during good behavior, November 2f), 1913. t Gillls, D. A., (Colored!—Convicted at the June, 1906, term of Court for Barn- vell County, of manslaughter, and sen tenced P rice ( rx\ >•] •tore t>.u«- ribbon one bushrl red ribbon blue nbtion em Mis* Minnie red ribbon Mrs L C Totxn on*- hx* H A Baxlev, Harnwi-W. of Florida ^ am potatiwa, five stalks of Toole cotton, Miss Kina Kirkland. Barnwell. bn>idere<l sofa ;*4ll»jw red nt»b >n J C Stair). Barnwell, one bushel Florida Yam (*otali»es, red ribbon Mrs S R Cole, Harnwrli <-•-*> hetrd baby aar que. cash prixe fane) quilt, cash pnre CBSwan, Barnwell. sh«sk of oats, ! blue rtbb*jn I J Gilliam llarnweil, rmtiro*derrd centerjoece, red ribbon, green tomato pickle red nbtion ;»eas, red nbtMjn Newman Connor, Barnwell. Kershaw squash, blue r.btion, egg pant, blue nbtx>n Mr's J \ Tobin Barnw«-i! i.dbe in years old. nftlxrn rrorhet*-d tid) 4h vears oiu 111 u•• nbbon ^ ^Irs R \S D>ung^>.o->d. Mlendale >tar fist: b!u<- r: !>.io WILL DEMONSTRATE NEW COHON SCHEME Haifa Cotton Reclaiming Proceaa to be Tried Near Cohimbia. Commissioner E. J. Watson, while en route from New York to Charleston, stopped in Washington last week for a brief conference with John B. Hall, of Philadelphia, president of Hall’s Cotton Reclaiming Company, which holds the patent right of Hall’s inven tion for the artificial opening of imma ture and frost bitten cotton bolls. An account of this wonderful process ap peared in these colums some weeks ago, following a visit by Mr. Hall to Barnwell for the purpose of buying a quantity of bolls for his exeriments. Mr, T. S. Cave, of Barnwell, went up to Philadelpha last week, carrying with him, two boxes of frost bitten bolls from his plantation. One of these boxes of bolls, which he had opened himself, was exhibited in Washington. Mr. Cave, returned to Barnwell Thursday morning and states that everything is now practically in readiness. Mr. Hall is now ready to offer hia process upon the market to cotton grow ers, but before doing so, wished to give a demonstration at the farm to leading cotton growers and others. He haa re quested Mr Watson as president of the Southern Cotton Congress to invite leading men from all over the South to some well located point in the next two weeks for this purpose Mr Watson savv he will arrange for the demonxtra turn on some cotton farm near Colum bia immediately upon tm return and will sjiei ia!l) invite such men as Harvie Jordan 'e-v l olquit. <*ov () Neal, the commissioners of sgrirulture of tbe cotton >tat*-s tnd ever) boil) else who woui 1 llae to see the results HI AH MAI ATTI.ND5 TMt F AIR THE COUNTT FAIR WAS UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS OF THE COURT ’OF GENERAL SESSIONS Meeting thet Cloaed Saturday Mote Sue- Many True BUk Found, Among Which Are Six for Murder. The Court of General Sessions con- cessful in its History. The Barnwell County Fair closed the most successful meeting In its history veiled here Monday with Judge George Saturday at midnight. For five days , w. Gage, of Chester, presiding. A Barnwell was the mecca for visitors on ! number of true bills have been found tk« | i I. T. M m .1 h turned goblet Mrv Mo...e ! pri.e Misv Carrie w Hxrnw. hand m r. bevt butt* r t a\b VS *■ visited the Couoty Fair one day and wax not at ail displeased with any thing we saw or heard but my when he Hour arrived for the karee nearly evervthmg that travel turnwe their faces Eastward tnd out west them Some on foot tome piled up In Buggies and autoa at • break neck speed the occasion seemed to outstrip the tnum phant entry into Jerusalem though we did not see an* one pull off their clothes or put hushes in the mnd the crowd was made up of saints and stn tiers their wives ami children church memfwr* g'-xl iveople as far as money for church pur;»>aes is concerned The woods around the trafk was full of (wi.ii emen armed with sticks and guns ready for b taae any one who stopped m sight vet we wen danv with them ,n the Low n and thev business and pleasure bent. The at tendance on Friday and Saturday, Educational and Negro Days, respec tively, was record-breaking and only praise was heard for the event and the men behind the movement. The exhibits at the Court House, while not large, were comprehensive and proved very entertaining and en lightening to all who attended. The races at the Sherwood track were good and drew large crowds each day. The carnival shows were all clean and seemed to enjoy a flourish ing business throughout the entire week. All in all, the meeting was great and it is to be regretted that lack of space prevents a detailed report. However, the publication of the prize winner* ex cludes a lot of other interesting matter this week. A HEAD ON COLLISION ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY Two Fate Train* Cami Togathar at Bar ton. 22 Milo* Now Ik of BorawolL Southern fast trains Nos. 23 sod 24 roMtdrd head on at Barto*. 22 milea South of Barnwell at 330 o’clock Thursday morning One pasaengrr wai jirobsbly fatally injured and five other ahghtly bruised, according to sutrmenta of division official* The srnoualy injured paaaonger » T A FYoyd. said to tie a tramp steeling hi* passage who ia not ex peeled to live Hi* borne address la not known. The others injured are L C ('an SC Mrs M F Mayor Sandy Dev* Stmmoed. address arm broken and two trampa. The engines and express car* of both naiaa were derailed BAMBCJIC COURT by the Grand Jury, six of which are for murder. Only two cases have been disposed of as The People goes to press. The True Bills are as follows: Frank Dukes, murder. Henry Prie*ter, murder. Grover Harter, murder. Wess Williams and Henry Corley, dlling fish with dynamite. Clifford Robinson and James Alonzo, murder. Daniel Jefferson, assault and battery with intent to kill. Hamp Jennings, assault and battery with intent to kilt. J. W. Hogg and W. A. Williams,mur der. Willie Mew and Thos. Mew, murder. Evans Patterson, assault and battery NO. 13 ' EDGAR PHIUR SLAIN BY GROVER HARTER THURSDAY Two Homiddoa Occurred fas BorwwoB County in Past Week. Two homicides occurrred in Barnwell County last week, the principals in one being white men and in the other ne groes. On Thursday night, at Ulmer, Edgar F. Philips, a rural mail carrier, was shot to death by Grover Harter, a *on of Dr. A. J. Harter, the weapon used being an automatic pistol. Only two shots were fired, it is said, one of which went wild, the other entering Phillipe' body in the region of the heart, causing almost instant death. Harter was ar rested by Sheriff J. B. Morris sad lodged in jail. From what can be learned here, Phillips and Harter had had some pre vious difficulty, ts s result of which it is alleged, the letter made threats against the life of Phillips. There was a clash between the two men several days ago and a warrant was sworn out by Phillips charging Harter withaaaault and battery. The case was to have been tried before Magistrate Williams with intent to kill. Thomas Robinson,Alex Lawton, per- tt Ulmer Friday morning jury. King Hopkins, burglary and larceny. Valmon Norris, forgery William McDonald, housebreaking and larceny. Tracy Brooks, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying con cealed weapons. The following cases have been tried Phillips was in the store of Willie Brant Thursday night between 7 and f o’clock, making some purchases. As he turned to leave, his arms full of bundlfs, according to eye witnesses, two shots were fired from the doorway. Phillips cried, "Boys, he’s got me/* and staggering a few feet, fell behind the counter where he died ia a few John Care, assault and bsttrry with . . , . minutes, intent to kill and carrying concealed pons, guilty on second count. sen-1 Th * Sh « nfT WM aottfied and hurryt^ fenced to serve H) day. in the pen.ten- to ^ ^ th \ bomiods, tisry or on the county chain gang not J P Lewis, breach of trust, guilty. Perry Sanders, murder, on tnal At a meeting of the members of the Barnwell bar on Monday it wa. de cided that oaly three weeks of court would be held at thia term, so no fourth week petit jurors were drawn PRIZE WDmEtS IN FIELD HEFT EVEXTS Der tii-v *-r < av.-, Barn * *• I. drawn »rk handkrn hi*-f. r*-d nblnjn Mrs R 1 \ VaucH k. lu rnw«- !, one quart blackberry wine, cash pn/e and blue nblton. one quart tomato catsup, blue ribbon, one quart chow chow, red ribbon. Miss Marion Patterson, Barnwell, fruit cake, cash prize, water color painting, blue ribbon Mrs B A Delk, Barnwell, can of beans, red ribbon Mrs Ella Diamond, Barnwell, cucum ber pickle, red ribbon, best pickle, red nbbon. Mrs R C Holman, Barnwell, hand embroidered center piece, blue ribbon. Mrs A E Evison, Barnwell, silk quilt, to serve thirty years in the , . .,, . ... j blue ribbon; Battenburg center piece ,,State Penitentiary, or upon the public , t _. UI ’ ., u works m Barnwell County. The de fendant having served more than eight years' imprisonment in view of the above quoted petition and statements, a parole has been granted to him, dur ing good behavior, November 25, 1913. A Sstflingrille New*- Seigiingyille, November 24.—Cotton y picking is nearly over, but the farmers still find plenty to do, gathering corn ,<%nd hay Md grinding cane. Some are plowingnitheir second crop of grain. Among the visitors from Seiglingville k-, to the county fair were Mrs. H. J. I Jfgody and children, Mr. and Mrs. R W. Youngblood and daughter,. Miss Maude, Messrs. Norman Williams, Al- Myrick, Archie Barker, Jamie Misses Annie Laurie Moody, Myrick, Eunice Matthews, Mr. J. ‘ collar, red ribbon and sister. Mrs. George Anderson, of are spending some time ughter, Mrs. H. J. Moody. Paul Fulmer were visi- sterday, accompanied by cousin, Miss Reese, of Ai red ribbon; oil paintings, cash prize and blue ribbon. Mrs. W J Lemon, Barnwell, initial napkins, blue ribbon; colored embroid ered center piece, blue ribbon; em broidered sofa pillow, red ribbon. Mrs J R Harrison, Barnwell, Lemon plant, cash prize and blue ribbon, fern, cash prize. H C Easterling, Barnwell, ten ears of corn, red ribbon; six stalks of corn, red ribbon. Mrs G W Hutto, Great Cypress, hand crocheted baby dress 22 years old, blue ribbon. Miss Leila Cook, Red Oak, preserved peaches, red ribbon; peach pickles, red ribbon. MissMollie Holland, Barnwell, tat ting collar,blue ribbon. Mrs G H Bates, Barnwell, hand made !ilK*- U1 but anything that dont look at it ihould muit br imoothed o\rr by the Nrw^paperv for the reason that an editor is suppo«.ed to tell all aorta of tales even though he has to prevaricate and join the Animas Club to please his readers although they be delinquents that he is glad to get rid of on any terms or is so mean and low that the Neighbors turn out in full fohee and shovel him in as quick as possible yet the editor must say they mourned hia loss, but we got off the day at the fair, we stepped about with store clothes and watch chain on expecting an invitation to dinner with some Banker big store keeper or Law yer but as the shadows began to length en and they all hurried back with tight waistband and a first hand bought tooth pick in operation our feathers went down, and we walked away to the lunch Box tied up at Home that morn ing by Mrs Mas. but in conclusion let us say that we hit the supper with an ex-countryman. Ri&h Mas. G«ts 500 Kmm, Hambertf November 19 r*.(nm<>a pleas adjourned here this trrnuon and Judge *iage left tar hie h<xne u. Cheater, where he will spend a few day* before opening the regular fail term at Barnwell Three weeks of court have been held here this au tumn Juat preceding the regular term a special term of one week was ordered and wa* presided over by Cur- aought to roil Simma of Barnwell [hiring the three week* many raaea have been dl*- I>oaed of, leaving the docket tn very good shape It waa thought that the case of Coney against the SaJtkehatchie Lumber company would at least take two day* for trial, but after the case waa called the attorneys agreed to set tle it, and a consent verdict for 93,500 waa found by the jury. The most important criminal case tried was that against Victor Kearse, in which the jury found the defendant guilty of manslaughter. He was sen tenced by Judge Gage to three years in the penitentiary. r- - . 1 , ui. l..i . g Mrs Charlie Brown, Barnwell, ferns, red ribbon" Messrs Bradshaw & Creighton, Barn well, Cuban yam potatoes, cash and blue ribbon. A M Sanders, Red Oak, oats & vetch hay, blue ribbon. Miss Leonard Kelly, Blackville, pho tograph exhibit, blue ribbon. Mrs W B Johnson, Blackville, har- dange lunch cloth, cash prize and blue ribbon; colored embroidered center piece, blue ribbon fc Misses Baisden, Blackville, em- pair embroidered pillow cases, cash prize. Mrs H F Randall, Blackville, embroid ered sofa pillow top, blue ribbon; em broidered pin cushion, blue ribbon. Mrs Annie B Hair, Blackville, em broidered gown, red ribbon. Miss Leonard Kelley, Blackville, em broidered sofa pillow top, cash and blue ribbon. Mrs C R Kelley, Blackville, crocheted bed slippers, red ribbon; embroidered baby bootees, blue ribbon. Mrs H W Briggs, Blackville, embroid ered sofa pillow, blue ribbon. Mrs R A Deason, Barnwell, best dis play of ferns, cash prize and blue rib bon. Mrs M J Pate, Barnwell, knit shawl, cash prize and blue ribbon. Mrs G M Greene, Barnwell, Batten- broidered center piece, blue ribbon Mrs J H E Milhous,Blackville, tatting burg baby cap, blue ribbon; hand em- collar and cuffs, red ribbon. ) broidered gown, blue ribbon; lunch set, Mrs I F Still, Blackville, embroidered blue ribbon, towel, blue ribbon >* Crwvrg* W«B Tbs followiag art the winners la the coatseti held at the Field Meet on Fri day. Educations] Day, at the Barnwell County Fair Spelling Bee First pnie, 2 lb box of Kern • candy, value II 50, Katie Sheave. Barnwell, lahjtae Wilson, Allen dale. second, paund cake, value II 50, Virginia Warren. Allendale Three I .egged Race First prize, peart handle pocket knife, value |1 OU, Edwin l^e and Biunt Keel, Elko, »ec- ond. cash .'kX-, Eugene Easterling and Ted Riley, Barnwell Hop, Step and Jump First #rize, fountain pen, value 92, Claude Vernon, Sycamor*. second, cash 50c, Billie Holmes, Barnwell, third, ribbon. Dal its Creighton, Barnwell. Sack Race F irst prize, Silk Necktie, value 75c, Eugene Brown, Barnwell, second, cash 50c, Herman Mazursky, Barnwell. High Jump First prize, cash II, W. H. Fowke, Lyndhurst; second, 50c, Billie Holmes, Barnwell. Running Jump: First prize, II, Claude Vernon, Sycamore, 15 feet; second, 50c, Dallis Creighton, third, j ribbon, Billie Holmes, Barnwell. Standing Broad Jump: First prize, 91, Hayne Kemp, Healing Springs, 8 feet, 1 inch; second, 50c, Billie Holmes, Barnwell; third, ribbon, Claude Ver non, Sycamore. 50-yd. Dash: First prize, 91, Claude Vernon, Sycamore; 'second, muffler, value 75c, Dallis Creighton, Barnwell. 100-yd. Dash: First prize, 91, Claude Vernon, Sycamor8; second, 50c, Dallis Creighton, Barnwell. 220-yd. Dash: First prize, 92, Mon roe Boyles, Sand Hill School; second, 9L Walker, Blackville; third, ribbon, Dallis Creighton, Barnwell. The contests were all very interest ing and kept a large crowd well enter tained for a couple of hours. The in terest shown by the boys in the athletic events is commendable. . young Harter. Coroner Woodward held the in quote and the jury brought in the usual verdlet, that Phillips eomo to hia death from gunshot wounds, tbs gun being in the hands of Harter. There wars several eye-witnesses Is the tragedy, among them being Messrs. Frank and William Myrick. Herbert L. Dickinson.Hugh MeMillaa,Perry Harter and Henry Brant. Mr. Phillips was the amll carrier that had the emctUag experience with a wild eat whiie delivering twe babies sad a wooden leg by parcel | ■too tha ago He leaves a little children. Harter is On Saturday night Jesse Corley, col ored. shot and kiUed Lather Green, also colored, the weapon used being a shotgun, the entire load from which took effect in Green’■ back from dose range. The wounded man lived abont an hour. This homicide occurred abont four miles from Barnwell, near tba plantation of Mr. Maurice Sheriff Moms was notified and lod Corley in jail. The verdict of coroner • jury was that the came to In* death from gunshot wounds i at the hands of Corley. It is said that some previous difficulty lead up to the killing the S MILITIA COMPANIES WILL LOSE FEDERAL AID Buaw.11 I. Amon, ih. Nnlnr tWt Wa* Found Dsfident. Columbia, November 22.—All Federal aid haa been withdrawn from the mili tary companies at Chesterfield, Bcn- nettsville, Barnwell, Conway and Baas- berg, and the war department recoa^ mends that they be mustered out of the National Guard of South Caroiiaa and disbanded, according to a letter ra- ceived by Governor Blease from Secre tary of War Lindley M. Garrison. This recommendation and withdrawal of aM Federal aid follows the reinspection of the thirteen companies found deficient at the spring examinations. Governor Blease will not muster oat the companies, but will put the whole matter up to the coming session of Hie General Assembly, so he stated this this morning. The Governor will call a conference of the ranking officers of the National Guard to lay the matter before them, and this conference sriU be participated in by Brig. Gen. Wflie Jones, Col. W. W. Lewis, of the 1st regiment; Col. C. T. Lipscomb, of the 2nd regiment; Col. Lewis E. Cogswell, of the 3d regiment; Assistant Adjt 0. W. Babb and the captains or officers ia charge of the five companies recom- Mrs A P Cornell, Barnwell, fern, essrs. Paul Harley and H. H. blue ribbon; old stick made from Meri- ood, of Thomas, were visitors mack, blue ribbon, yesterday. ! Mrs Nellie Grimes, Elko, home made I. T. Harden and two children basket, blue ribbon. m visitors here yesterday, the guests : W B Johnson, Blackville, hand made broidered baby dress, blue lipi Jeanle Barker, picture frames, blue ribbon. i broidered baby underskirt, rs4 Mr. R. C. Creech. “f- f- C ' Cre «h. *Ked 76 died ; 'be"« j i',mmed'.' Mrs A,P Manville, Barnwell, baby’s ; at his home ne&r Kline Saturday night, Mrs D K Briggs, Blackville, embroid- lace cap, 76 years old, blue ribbon, after an illness of only one week. His 1 •■**» ered center piece, blue ribbon. 'baby’s long}> dress, blue ribbon; oil body was laid to rest the following: Two R. R. Presidents Dead. Mrs E Reed, Blackville, tatting collar paintings,red ribbon. ' | afternoon in Mt. Olivet Churchyard Presidents W. W. Finley, of the blue ribbon; child’s tatting dress, blue ■ H J Crouch, peck of sweet potatoes, with Masonic honors. He is survived Southern Railway, and T. M. ir >bbon. blue ribbon. i by his wife, who was Miss Lucretia of A. C. L. Railroad, died very Mrs Belle Anderson, Blackville, tat- Mrs Bona Black. Barnwell, -jar of Sanders before her marriage, two sons ly Tuesday at their homes ia ting collar and cuffs, red ribbon. , beets^ red ribbon; peach preserves, red three daughters. ton, D. C., and Wikningtoa, N. (X, re- Mrs TLWrag, Blackville, embroid- ribbon; huckleberries, red ribbon. | Mr. Creech w*s one of nine brothers spectively, the former as e re—H uf a* ered pillow case, red ribbon; embroid-! Mrs Mary Creech, Barnwell, pear, who entered the service of the Coo- stroke df apoplexy tnd thelattgr of ered hand bag, blue ribbon; embroid- preserves, red ribbon. *, j federacy at the beginning of the war acute indigestion. The death of ered towel, red ribbon. * Mrs J <4 Tobin, Banprell, totfted tnd served valiantly throughout the two men, both railroad Mrs H M Mathis, Blackrtflat qa£ red ribbon. four years of bloody strife. j the nom day tad within a ^ .i. The sympathy of many friends is of each other, inti ** »-» V- . ' - i - A-'Ote' 1 |MK the