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rr-m ottkial ittw^Arni or AAtjnrmj. coanr. THW ftTACI ro« 8 A LB. Apply «t THK PEOPLE OFFICE. The Barnwell People Ratablinhed in 1877. M Ju»l Llk« a M«mb«r of lh* F«mlly M LarfMt C*««ty Cirralatte* *44444 ! W. pay | «}• te ; BOMB BANE OF BARNWELL. ; >Lt’MK XLVI. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST STTH. 182S. V ■■■■■, . ■ Nl'MftKR ITOR SMITH MAKES TALK ON COOPERATION WOMAN SHOWS FIGHT IN RAID ON WHISKEY STILL Gives Running Review of Farming Conditions in Past 25 Years. LARGE TANK FALLS TO —GROUND IN BLACKVILLE Quite,, a large and representative audience from every section of BarnwelT county heard Senator E. ‘D. Smith deliver one of the . finest; and most eloquent addresses heard in many years at the court house Fri day afternoon, his subject being “Co operative Marketing of Cotton.” Be fore launching into his subject, how ever, the senator paid a high tribute to his friend, former colleague and for the past two and a half years, his chief executive. President Warren G. Harding, whose sudden death Thursday has been the cause of na tion-wide sorrow. A message of sympathy was sent by the farmers present to Mrs. Harding. Senator Smith was presented to the nudience by Col. Harry D. Calhoun, shine Plant Near Dunbarton. Aiken; Aug. 3.—A raid attended FLEECY STAPLE OPEN IN BARNWELL . COUNTY Aiken Officers Capture Big Moon- Sabbath Stillness Rudely Disturbed by Terrible Crash. Blackville, August 7.—A terrible with -*''**“* difficulty was made date crash broke the usual Sabbath stilf- this evening by Sheriff Howard and ( ness when a large water tank in the his two deputies, Shepherd and Robin- yard of Mr. Void Ayer fell to the son in the Mossy School district. A ground Sunday morning, due to the moonshine plant with about twenty foundation giving way. It was the gallons of liquor was found on the property of Mr. J. M. Farrell and place of John Owens near Dunbar- had furnished water for many homes ton. In the raid the officers said here. Mr. Ayer’s little sons were they were hindered in their search playing near the tank shortly be- of the premises by Mrs. Owens, who fore it fell, but fortunately had gone, roundly abused the sheriff with her down town few minutes before the tongue and even pulled a shot gun crash. The People Gets First Open Cotton Boll From Col. Walker. on the officers. Sheriff Howard was | Lightning set fire to the home of struck at several times by the irate Mrs. Hattie Buist, of this city, re woman but he did not molest her be- cently. The bolt ran down the chim- yond seizing the shot gun and un- ney, igniting the mantel and several loading it and then warning her of chairs with wire springs. The j Cotton^ is beginning , to open on— smalt scale in this section. The first open boll of the fleecy staple brought to the office of the Barnwell People was grown on the plantation of Col. N. G. W. Walker, near Cor ley’s mill, this county, and was pick ed by his little grandson, little Wal ker Wilson of Florida. Colonel Wal ker, who is vice president of the First National bank of this city, has an exceptionally fine crop of cotton this year, much of which is out of danger of boll weevil ravages. He plants an improved King big boll that is coming to be known in this section ns "Walker's Improved King Cotton.” The cool wet weather of the past SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS FROM WiLLfSTON, > » Many Visitors to and from Lively Little Town. MAYOR. ALBERT, BENNETT ISSUES PROCLAMATION ‘ Will is ton. Aug. 6.—Miaa Edna Lott is visiting in Johnston. Mr. John Weathcrsbee is visiting Mr. and Mrs. O. N. Courtney. Mrs. Jennings Woodward is vis iting Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Folk. Mrs. A .A. Myers visited rela tives in Branchville last week. Lonnie Williams, of Charleston, visited relatives here recently. Miss Martha Dixon left Tuesday for Greystone Camp, Tuxedo, N. C. ‘Mrs. J. C. Thomas and children of Aiken,* are visiting relatives here. Miss Florrie Lee Scott has re turned from Winthrop summer •school. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Smith. Jr.. Hours of Mourning Proclaimed to Honor Memory of Prcniden|v the futile attack on an officer doing flames were extinguished before any several days has caused increased are spending some time in Waynes- his sworn duty. A warrant was material damage was done, who stated that he needed no intro- sworn out for John Owens, alleged Messrs. B. E. Cooper and W H duction to a gathering of Barnwell i owner of the still, who was absent at DeWitt, Sr. are rn}oying the posses county people. The senator’s address , a saw mill when the raid was made, tion of new Bmck cars, was forceful throughout and he held The whiskey was found in the Owens hit audience spellbound for nearly an ho nc and a thirty gallon steel drum VmV. Senator Smith began hts speech 1 still was found covered up in the weevil activity, but the farmers dre j ville, N. C putting up a stiff fight to save their] Mr. and Mrs crops •operative marketing with a sur- >f the financial rend It ions of the rtraa farm > from the passage r the hanking net te IMS dawn * ^ passage of the federal reserve art 190. which wee the first tune, he hare. Mr. and Mrs. David A. Hutto, of Hickory, N. C.. announce the berth of a son. bom July 0. nrhe will he raft' ed Elbert Steadman, in honor ef the late Mr. J Fiber! Steadawe. of Dee- A Remarkable Male ELKO \BW& 7 —It has been definite! that the pewtrertnf awe , mark, father *f Mrs Hutto Mr* , Hntto w0 ho rsmoaaho rod as ( Mr» El9orto Stoadama Rwo. , of Da fttoftf k Mrs. Hornro 1 m*rw mad 1 •R W g • % . Wr C F a mule tbs neoa here nsedal. yeaag calf fresa days age It seem Molair. of tbia city, baa can qualify far a Car- N having saved a drewaag a few i that Mr Pew- •tod. (hot tho Amor wan farmor had , teg at tJ hooa gtsoa nay raamdomtoa 1 ft ktoftft Mg»* hi teg 1 ■■ gsstoifeowo Ho ate* * EllllMW t Third R 1ft* f haago hnosgto atone by 1 (ftp MF%f ' RF Ial ftil 9 « * A ■* too rarputatsou and mn*v toffttol ■ ftirMftrft he hsdeeai ineormnRteAe Gftiftp 0dM EMPfty - [ftto% ft« io**r MiO'-k •*wA* osono* Aftf •• 4 ftrftftftprft *4 h rw the rotoOM hatwoen toftft’ 1 ftftftftft 9+m 1 m* iomo and ansdboa egek . tsftto i M* ft irosead Rte tore the* enahs Eft ftftpft’ ptoto m * * awe * a* r oogeamndl ftiftftRHB Mb € m Iftsi ftMftrr ftMrihrftft 4ftfto' tPftto to *» the m a pttol C^toi fth toi 1 fv tends, fmm f Ht muta*wd te Btorft m *+ ' c Hft tofttoit ftf Vfta •dts Saiarday After # om ameutttR •re vtott to rotaii toft ft to ftoto w PNftft* Atlaato. tf tee Mary Martin ha ft to toto4 to C rt ITrftto tow to* 1 Gttteftg # , I turned homo ftR aRB ftl 4 J R Myvwh am 4 (toft battaa Harley bad pestered esw hts cams and bev yeuag raff an Meiair's place wfcarb Is farmed Mill Teytee. r shared There mats a deep bale 19 the pert a re | was theerti fgled a MS ester 9s Walter Cunning ham and children have returned from a visit to Liberty Hill. Mr. and Mr*. L. E Green and daughter, of Houston. Tanas, art vis it lag Mias Besate Green. M eases W E. Prethre. M A Smith and Rev M B Berkley spec.I Wednesday te Orangeburg Mtse Lary Phillips, ef Senders- etile. Ga, hi vtatting Mias Bettte Me* I te thews ami Mrs B M Basitb i Oh Mr sad Mrs W W, Arsastraag I Mayor. Albert J. Bennett has is sued the following Proclamation: “Whereas, the Divine Creator, in His infinite wisdom, has removed Warren G. Harding, twenty-ninth President of the United States, from his service here and called him to his reward; and “Whereas, the President of the United States and the Governor of South Carolina have proclaimed Friday, August 10, as a day of mourning, calling upon the Nation and the State to pay homage and respect to the memory of our be loved and lamented Chief Execu tive; “Now, therefore, I, Albert J. Ben nett, Mayor of Barnwell, in accord with the proclamations of the Presi dent .of the United States and the Governor of South Carolina, aad be lieving that the people of Barnwell are anxious to give expression of their esteem for the late President by a concerted trbuto to bio mem ory, do hereby prqrtetoi boors of nomratag from three to five o' clock Friday afternoon. Aognoi 10. the day ea which hit body will go ■stiog pW« Hi Marv«m ts lost > the peoaidooc e t **l reeperttolly tall i are vtettlag reiafteeo te Savannah I of al p*oco» of bgaaom aad Effingham county, fjoargto. of Bnrowog la cteao II Mm C A t’osoey ami Mm* Ehua mg theao houm t mocy ore etoWteg hi Rfcteahueg. 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Mm Ldgwo 1 ft ftftM h-OSOWMS t| A Roouwdy Jr. I ftftft tod Mr and Mm, ftftft Kftto ood guo*** saua 1 Modnuadno th Aw 1 ftftftftt 1 fmto gwe**. oedegtng tteoo s Emdge hows i 1 ftft ft tow I d ft l ftftft tft tod Mr omi Mm V F. Ehute* aad 1 r «n> I t Aewgaaor Anooe irOoia* hare m 1 so* tea her* ter sod Rrsu* 0 tN k*tt la Mr ftee Rem* I ehoui 4 ward 1 at Laooodte HtR R I tte Mr E G Vooha tRooe loot Ron 1 » 0*4 wwo 1 ftftft ftft fttoMton Rte o«*h hm ooodww I By hurt la aa aonw-1 *. » The • r 0 i 1 ( "1 T • J iW < msiete oaradm*. Mr and Mrs R If GrwdteSk of 1 • •>4 M k ami how * -moeo to Mo w* gf God 19 ra ng the not 11 lender teogi w te • sgesne them lec tme end mogmrt Mr ‘l* * 4 a* nm* • *W fin Thaao r •• Am l««K at • • ! • • IM* m ftftftflMTEfttfcNft ENHMm ft* ftft B pM*it odMh |* *#0Ar flf EiEfftw* J «ng oaf to movshaaMm ^r fotton 9*' o pr • » that will Cm roe the eeot ef pm- ^ dart mo and give o fair profit to the mAh*. The senater war at tee heat as he 1 ted the old and new positions of Sorthem cotton farmer. Hr de clared that the Southern cotton grow- m eognged la mdoag outee- Mr the poet month Me bod a Chortostao frsemd 00 has gueoi for the meek ood TVs hsgw msgvotseo asms* now he otmoi to cmmeMe a •wp Aoul Juito Tyter, aa oM negveos of the otNe 1 »Fp» » w ImJMBPI ft— *■ Flartoa aom for mare thee a year baa reCorned She says. '"Baaliaa* ta good enough for her A slight cbangs was mads the first of August on mail route of earner No. I. This route is In charge ef G. E. Crouch. The change was made from the old Woodward place near 9* Rowan mrg ft r* god ef Itehoda wees 1 if Mr amt Mrs fl, r * TVs n m *g ** * «r- Plr ftMflftf to tptoft lifts ftrfttftl C tiAMBf ftft ft* HElftthi |* | ftps Pwten eshoote of BttrwwgfT- GBBMf. Os areowat of several other vary tel- pertaat soctel ortivlUoa te tears ami 00 many residoato being osray fee the smalaer. he had a eery small, but appreciative audieact. mgh I «M Mrs. Jamme Cadden. hi Augwotn. Mrs. A. E Harley. Mme Mary Nm tey. of Cshmttn. Mrs H. H ** ’ ruR ‘ | R Horsey T M ware and Ratetaaw Rtett The eol program w* hi nrywagod and prudhoMoqpl mow of rog*eted to ctum theta *offhrao and etoeae from these to fhso ohtaeh Fit- day oftomnsok la eoaMeattlp wthh Mw peoetoaMAiaa of Go* McLeod. The paaglr ef BhrpwoR aad efstotty one orgsd to otlowd thts memorial srvie*. f ts ed to !se afvvc. the f armers Gtemery ap- Attow tmemewl poartog te this teawe. Thm plant. | mmek u*, .^9 which was deatruysd by fir* last rr must decide for himself as to his Rosemary Church to the Bpmwell- Williston old road near Mr. L. M. Sprawls residence. Mr. A. E. Hair if the carrier on route No. 2. Mr. Hair promised to tell your correspon- eoB aad Mme Mary •vrv visitors in W1 Ilia toe wewueaooy Mosers W. D , E W aad H. M. for a flab mg trip near Cottogavllte. making the _ _ . .F—t *** eatiroly rebuilt from | trip ^ Mr E w g^-, rovvrvd The Busy Bee Sewing Club was the ground up and Is now equipped truck entertained by Mr*. Tho*. L. Wragg with four of the latest improved jgr J. W Kennedy Mr and Mrs last week. Kxna aiu j one double press. Mr. B 1 w R Bell and their guest Mis. After a visit to her liotr. Mr*. C. L. S. Moore, the manager, states that E | k j n , f of Egypt, Ga.. visited Toney, in Columbia. Miaa Myrtle Alt- he it in a better position than ever to ; former’s sister. Mrs. J W. Blan ton, of Orangeburg, man has returned home. handle the ntw crop in an efficient The Rev. J. W. H. Dyches and his ****'*"*■ The capacity of the plant dent just where he eiyiects to spend ‘ nt * rest ' n 8 family, of Fort Mill, are '* ^ k*l es a da>. See ad\ertise his vacation and insisted that his v **iGng relatives in Barnwell County. men or P rices - I They were guests of Mr. and name be put in the paper. No body was lonesome Mrs. in Elj. 0 D. P. Martin, last Wednesday. Mr. cottage in Saluda, N. C„ and left last week,*it was the annual protract- Dyches >s the popular Baptist preach-'several days age, by automobile to ed meeting week at St. Peter’s er at Fort Mil1 - He was born and s P end a month in that delightful cli- Church, the local Negro church. | raised in Barnwell County and is mate. Friends of Mrs. C. L. Wooley are on e °f the many “Barnwell County Mr. I. R. Johnson and his aunt, Miss glad that she is rapidly improving. ^ boys who have made good ’, and Addie Altman have gone in their Mr. E. L. Lee of F. P. Lee and Co., ^ as man y relatives «nd friends who automobile to visit-relatives in Ala- Charleston, was a visitor to the home are £ ivin S him >n d his family a very , bama. folks this last week-end * cordial welcome. j Mr. h rank Lunday, of Springfield, Some, time ago, Miss Vivian Free, ^ Mrs. A. H. Ninestein and little' £ visiting friends here. Tht Rev. Luke Glennan has accept ed a vacation offered him by his of Bamberg, was the guest of her daughter, Eleanor, went to town Winthrop College class mate, Miss Wednesday, for Eleanor to get treat- Elizabeth Johnston. Mr.'W, H. Hair drove into town! Mrs. Cleckly and little daughter, morning for the upper part of tho one day last week in a rfew Coupe °f North Augusta, are visiting het|*^ a ^ e ’ s P end his vacation v/ith ^his automobile. It was the popular parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Baxlev.! mother. variety. Recently Mr. and Mrs. C. ^ rs - Cleckly wiTl be remembered as ^ Charlie Stringfellow M. Hair, of Augusta motored down Miss* Bertha Baxley. I what might be termed a ment in a hospital, for tonsil trouble, churches and will leave Wednesday has k Rev. and Mrs. M. A. Kitchings and Mr. and Mr*. R. B. Boylston, of Metier, Ga., are visiting in this sec tion. Mr. Kitchings is assisting in a revival at Calvary Baptist church. Misses Eloise Anderson, of Tiin- monsville, Sarah Carroll, of York, Margafpt Rainey, of Beaufort, and Bessie Boylston and Walton Richard son, of Allendale, are attending a house party given by Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy, Jr. Stoney Defeats Gracfe. future. The opportunity of economic freedom is hts for tti.‘ mere accept ance. He drew a parallel between the fight of the American colonies for in dependence in 1776 and the struggle being waged by the cooperative mar- (eting associations today for .free dom from the domination of prices by the gamblers of New York and Liverpool. Problem Can^Be Solved. t »•—— He ridiculed-the idea that the prob lem can not be solved, calling atten tion to the great strides that have been made in perfecting the mastery of electricity from the time Benja min Franklin flew his kite into a thunderstorm down to the present day, when it is possible to carry the sound of the human voice hundreds of miles through space by utilizing this mysterious force. He urged the farmers to pool their cotton as the men of the Revolutionary war'pooled from Ausrusta and 8pent the (Jay wjt ^ . ’ Miss Olive Baxley, who'holds a r * nch- He has so,m: P* 1 possums, | ^^ation of a lively campaign, their resources .n an effort tq their home fo i k Mr and Mrg >w „ Government po.ition in a distant city, ttmon * th< m * * 1S f*'*' establieh a price, for the fleecy Mr c M Hair ha , rec#ntly opene<1 hef u wims in her pouch. is an in-, staple that would insure something , n , w h s ntw a re store on Broad nill _ . „■ ‘ . . testing sight, and one a c**M many * mor* than a bare living to the men. nn6fr <he nrnj narae Qf ^ 1 * " r of the older prof ie * round here had women and children who toil day in ^ ro|kf an<J has ^ * ttr ^ti ve ^ hmUr *- sod dor oat from one year to another.. |,m ^ ^ Wortm* U Ha,ford w% * u The Udie* Aid Society of the u. nnsclda, W aqd cigVhiMt Maadey4w4ho .s»s*dry t »% -fp- r»aS« ■ Wtoo S94 4mm P ” ' uwm nt erf If Mn Tftfhrt ■ Mm. “Rotter" he said, “to tea* eeoeo _ . jlGteuto. who 4wd late Thasday «#d ^ a/tegpsoa **• craps aa th# Ra»*tolLmae7, -^^ ^*** * r * *** teu»«l W«4e«o4ay •vnacng a: V• Hscenaq eesetoag aa ■e Aa** iur yawn if kg | , _ M o *4 tho HalhaB haeptog ^mr8 aaae gmmmf lec Rte v« o t Aoa-* 'rntmmmm*- ■** Coriimb has hMdhal 049 * . 9a*s Tnomas^SR v Stoney has apparently defeated John F:--Grace for the office of Mayor of Charleston^ the former leading the present incumbent by 1,070 votes in Tusday’s primary election, with only ^ne box to be possum j counted> election was the cul- which was featured hy Grace’s st- tocka on the Ku Kru* Klan and hie charpes that MaMwtry^hal been m* mol 1 sod la Chartostoa. the epforently b—f la make H 1* at Aa ialoesatlag aorvtro wR) ho he-4 at th Barnwell Baptist char eh ea next Ban day morning. Aag 12th. when Roe. George •RT. Sadler, a mis sionary of th* Southern Baptist Con vention to Nigeria. Africa, will give an account of hi* experience in that field. Mr. Sadler ha* just returned home after an absence of several yean and srill give an interesting ac count of his stewardship there. Hts service a« a missionary was in tern pled by the World War, and re turning home he enlisted as a private, but for distinguished service in act ion he was decorated by Gen. Penh- ing with a medal for distinguished strvice and was promoted to th^ chaplaincy of his regiment. He fought with the Third Division. He is a most interesting speaker and the people of Barnwell are most cordial- ly-jmvited to “Ufear him. Mr. Sadler was sP fortunate as to find his wife ^ —~ZZI 1 irt a BanrWell county girl. Mrs. Sadler, before her marriage was Mis. Annie Laurie Maynard,' ef Williston. Tht pastor of the Barnwell Baptist church will preach on Sunday night, which will be his last service before going on his vacation. The Barnwell Oil Mill Mr. W. E'MfcNab, who has been connected with the Barnwell Oil Mill and the Southern Cotton, Oil Co. at Barnwell for th* post 0 years, ha* atd tho gtaaiRg plant of thte row. Daring the poet few :orqns*a of th* K-w*h am o Ute peeea *8 thaao onoo- aaonMnaw aa enqians to ■aw *