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BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER I. 1921.
NUMBER 1.
Byrnes Manager Much
Encouraged by Reports
from Throughout State
‘It is interesting to note that Mr.
BleaM* is farther from a majority of
the votes in the first primary in this,
the senatorial race, than lie has ever
been in the innumerable contests he
has made in the past, except for the
two terms when he was elected gov
ernor." says A. F. Lever, who is
campaign manager for James F.
Byrnes, in a statement issued from
Columbia.
It is Mr. Lever’s opinion that vic
tory for Mr. Byrnes depends only up
on the people turning out to vote in
the second primary next Tuesday.
"To my mind," he saV'. “it rs only
a question of the voters coming out
and voting. It is a fight easily won if
our people fight.”
E. A. Brown, State
Chairman, Certain
State Will Do Part
William E. Gonzales, director of
finance in South Carolina for the
Democratic national committee, has
announced the personnel of the State
committee, which will encourage and
press the work of raising a Davis and
Bryan campaign fund in South Caro
lina. Barnwell County is represent
ed by Col. Edgar A. Brown, of this
city: Mrs. J. Emile Harley and Col.
Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell have
been appointed as chairmen for this
county.
Col. Brown, who is Democratic
State chairman, said: a few days ago
in reference to the appeal of the
national Democracy for money from
the South and of the efforts
Executive Committee
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Mr. Lever has- found developmenLsJ to support "our great party’s” candi-
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since the first primary very encourag
ing. The Byrnes headquarters have
lx*en in dose touch with every section
of the state.
“The |>eople throughout the state
vire Ivecoming thoroughly aroused to
|%.fheir duty amF responsibility,” Mr.
^J[,ever continues. “It is my belief that
date: "I have written to every Demo-
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cratic county chairman in the state
requesting his earnest co-operation Li
this patriotic work.
“The announcement already made
by the Greenville executive commit
tee that boxes would he placed for
collections at all precincts at the sec-
ilarge ma jority of the votefs of the j end primary indTcaTes-'tbefr spirit and
other candidates jn the first primary I hope a similar plan will be adopted
will be in the Byrnes column. It is ex
tremely gratifying to find th^t the
people of the state are generally
thoroughly alert and alive to the situ
ation. and are lining up for the second
niimary as they have done many time?
in the past,”
Corn Will Be Hii?h This
Fall Says County Agent
Recently during a conversation
which I had with a leading farmer and
business man of this county, along
with other matters the corn crop was
discussed, and prices that corn wouM
bring during the next year. This
gentleman mentioned to me an inf-
l>oitant fact that probably a great
many folks have not thought of: that
is. Western corn delivered in Barnwell
County at th : s time would cost abou f
$1.60 per bushel. The chances are
that corn will probably be still higher.
The crop in this county is geasonablv
snurt and we should begiti bow to
conserve the supply rnat we have.
Thof-c farmers who hTHe a surplus
supply should be as economical in
fee.! in;
as possibh
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will likely pay $2.00 per iuishcl for it
next Siding, especially if bought on
tipie prices. Tho-e that expect to buy
s ( ,m" (io-n hould make arrangemmits
to, ({.. ^n during' the early fall when
corn ,vi! : be. l ;! its b west price.
Tilt abt ve ('■ -ts are '»>•, nut U
thi- time Itecausc they v 1 11 im iion' t
b.‘ found to be ver\ true next Spring,
iml b\ talong adcantagc oY them
nou we can m> tioitbt benefit our-
-eives. II. G. I’ttylston,
Cnuntv \gent:
m every county. , ,
"It dot's not need my urging to as
sure the activity of the women of
South Carolina in sucdi a cause. "‘I
am informed the national committee
is appealing to South Carolinians for
$100,000. The manager, of the cam
paign for tiie election of .toha
VY. Davis can be assured that South
Carolina will not sl*irk her- 'part.
What i- needed and all that is needed
to such end is that all the people wil
ling to help nur cause be given an op
portunity to do so.” 1 - __
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can be had sometime in the month *f
May, which'wiU take care of the short
age which will be present with a num
ber of farmers at that time. In th ; s
•section -of the country a- a rule oats
should be sown during the month of
October. Special care should be made
to select >uliable land which should
THE VICTORY IS OURS
We will Win on September 9, But We Will Win Through
Cooperation, Organization and Work
THE VICTORY is in our grasp,
the only danger lies irf the possibility
that the people of the State may fail
to turn out and vote in the Second
Primary for
United States Senator
NEXT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH
Boylston Urge* Large
Oat Acreage This Fall
, The farmers of this county should
now be planning, says County Agent
Boylston, to sow a< large an acreage
of oat- this fall as they can, or at
least sufficient amount to supplant
the corn crop. Reports are that the
corn crop in this State will. he com
paratively short; especially so in this
section, and the price- now being
quoted on the markets indicate that
the price will he high. By planting
I ask the privilege of expressing
m> gratitude for (he splendid vote
gi\en me in the first primary. 'Hie
confidence shown in me by the
people of the State is very grati
fying. I cannot but feel that they
ha\e joined with the people of the
nine counties comprising the Second
Congressional District, which I
have represented in Congress for
the past If years, and who gave
evidence last Tuesday of their re
newed confidence in me. giving me
a majority of approximately l. r *00
votes over my three opponents.
THE OPPOSITION
is organized and active. We must win
by similar tactics.
Let me urge upon the people or South
Carolina who wish to he represented in
the Senate of the United States by one
who has a background of l 4 years’ ex-
perience in Congress, the men and
women of the State who are alert to
their own interests, to co-operate with
me. 1 ask that you organize your com
munities to assure a vote which will ex
press the choice of the majority of our
people. We need then have no fear of
the outcome. u
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BYRNES
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look i. that good -eeii is somewhat
scarce and farmers should now make
arrangement s to secure <their suppi; .
Yefch planted with oats make* a
very valuable feed, and the >eed arc
not exceedmgFy high thi-oyeatv The
ttoH* eroj) in this seetinn is j h«y made by the combinatioir of oat.-
\ .o'v ^hoi't aecordu’.g to report.-- fr »m ; *t'<i \eteli i- \ei_\ palatable and is \ei\ .
• my -fafn*' • 'I'lle lap!- is not "aidi'.v eaten by s.oek. ^ _\ etidv w.il ,
‘•turning, out" as many thought a i also improve the land wonderfully.!
-hort time ago. the b'.11 being very j ' Vith th, ‘ destruction of sta'k- '
much smaller that last year The ! ,h '' -hould be. one of the most im-
yi.dd wa- aC • cut by. tFie/wet weather 1 l“*rtanf matters to concern the fa -
dui in;" - r i fie fruiting season and the In, ‘ t *1 ti’.is time.. Sm h ihtoi mption
bo!! weevi later on. - Despite of the | :ls is needed in reference to sccurin
fac that the acreage is larger -this ' -
COMPLETE RETURNS FOR
CONGRESS 2ND DISTRICT
The following is the result of the balloting in the Second District for
Congress, all counties being complete
complete, but unotfieial:
and otficial except Saluda, which
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A iken
Allendale
Bamiici'g
Barnwell
Beaufort
Kdgetieid
Hampton
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Saluda
Diamond Asks Friends
to Vote for Lancaster
in Tuesday’s Election
Mr .J .M. Diamond, who ran sc-
*>nd in the race for < oroner in tile
first primary: elect ioji and who-e
name appears' on the ballot- for the
2X2 -econd primary along with that
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»d seed, pro,per planting of the ahoy.
•fibe production will be small. !''j r,l> l'
year,
than in Bb&jT-Mi T.iinYweL Uounty. ac
cording to.; experienced observers.
The price, ti|". 'is a great disappoint-
inelit to tlie farmers and business
msn, who had hoped that a goo.I
price would compensate in part for
Ttie -nurti crop: The People believes
that the'end of the -ea-on will sho’,v
that the government guessers
bv tin
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C i:;tv Agent. 1
Card From Dr. ( hester Smith.
1 wish to thank the voters of Barn
well County for the very liberal sup
port given' me-in the recent primary
myself, if elecTed to the
mv undevided oner-
The Knepton Reunion
Attracts Large Crowd
to Meeting August 22
and pledge
ar'e , Senate, to give
Al|e.ndale, Sept. J. Four yeans ago,
on August 1 Sth, wa: held the first
gathering known as "the Knepton Re-
union." This reunion wp- planned
ami tjarried through by Mr. Lawrence
wrong again and that another crop ! gies to the promotion of the best in-‘ ^ Knepton, of Florida, i The next
terests of the whole people. | meeting was arranged for
has been stolen from the farmers of
the South.
Card of Thanks.
To My Fellow Citizens of Barnwell
C ounty:-
I thank you for the vote I received
in the first primary, and I shall be
grateful for your support in th<-
• second race, assuring you that if I
am elected I shall do my best for you,
as I have in the past, to reduce ta.xa-
i turn, safeguard rtie county affairs, up
hold the l^ws of the land, and contri
bute all in my power to their strict
enforcement.
A. B. Patterson.
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The days lose 12 minutes in sun-
ahige this week.
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As staled during the campaign, I
consider the following as Ling the
most important matters to i\tim the
attention of the legislature:
-First—Reduction of taxes
Second—A just distribution of the
tax burden.
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Third—Economical administration
of all state and county business.
Fourth—As liberal support to edu
cational and all other institutions of
the State as the financial condition of
the people will permit.
Fifth—The rigid enforcement of all
laws is the crying need of the times
and for this I Jiav^ always stood un
flinchingly
W, C. Smith.
Send your Job Work to The People
which time we all gathered again at
the Knepton place to enjoy the re
union of relatives and friends, but *■>
the disappointment of all, Mr. J.. P.
Knepton failed to come.
This year, on August 22nd. a larged'
crowd than ever assembled for the
occasion, again to Ik* disappointedr-as
Mr. Knepton did not come. However,
the sumptuous picnic-and barbecue
dinner was greatly enjoyed by all
present, as was also the mingling of
relatives and friends. At the request
of Mr. H. B. Cave, many old Veterans
were present, among them being
Capt; Ben S. Williams, Brun.Wtr; the
Veteran, writer and ^speaker. Capu
Williams, who is 81 years of age,
made quite a memorable address on
the War Between the States, with the
Eighty-Three Year
Old Woman Climbs
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Up Chimney Rock
Mnt D. P. Larira-lci. hoe
tatemerrt in which he declare- h^s
>tc f.»r hi- opponent and
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hi> friciid- d<. likewise,
is as follows:
of Barnwell County:
hat Mi. Lancaster and
m.yself are in the second race for the
office o
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oner,
I Hendersonville Daily Times)
On Monday, August-iMh Mrs. Julia
B. Easterling, of Barnwell, S. < ., who.
.is )v» years of age climbed Chimney
Rock to the height of 2.80T) fe.et.
V\ bile sitting on the ledge ot a
rock resting -where the Stars and
Stripes waved above hm in th'*
breeze and? (a stranger) came to
her and said: "Madame—excuse me,
but did you climb up here? Can I
feed your pulse?” She replied, “Cer
tainly.” “Your pulse and your heart'
aix* all right” he* said. “ “You have
accomplished a wonderful feat—many
have turned hack afraid to make the
effort.”
On her return to the city, and her
lx>arding house she received many
congratulations—and tfiby called her
“the plucky little South Carolinian.”
Stars and Bar s waving before him.
The speaker of the day recalled in
cident after incident, and pictured bat-‘homes, hoping to meet agaiffi
tie after battle, especially mentioning
the Battle of Chicamauga as the
desire to say to
th< pe.qde of the County that I have
J." <ii-poyiti..i; to defeat Mr. J.anca-
ter, an old Veteran. He bad not an
nounced when I announced to suc
ceed my-elf and now that we are in
a second race, 1 say to the voters of
the < ‘ouiet-y^Yhat he'is entitled to the
place. I am going, to vote for him and
ask the people of the County to vore
for him and elect him.
1 would withdraw my nairfe from the
lifft, but the County Executive Cbm*
mittee would have to put the next
highest man in the race with him.
Hence, I leave my name on the ballot,
but ask the people to vote for and
elect Mr. LawasterT-*pZ>-'d.
Respect tully
1st Primary Election
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The Barnwell County Democratic
Executive Committee met at th*
Court House at 12 o’clock noon Thur^-
day for the purpose of canvassing the
returns and decaring the results of
the first primary election. In the ab
sence of Col. Edgar A. Brown, who
was called to Savannah on profes
sional business, J. Julien Bush, Esq.,
presided. *—
When the committee had been ca
ed to order, the Secretary announced
that two protests had been filed wdh
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him—qne for the \V11!iston i>ox and
the other for Dunbarton. Mr. J. L.
All, candidate for Mag.-irate at Dun-
barton, who was defeated by ' the
small margin of two votes on th»
face of unofficial returns, charged that
three voters .had cast their ballots il
legally and that they had voted for
his opponent. After hearing the evi
dence, the committee decided that G.
Rosier, whose name hail been ordered
erased from the Dunbarton club roll,
he having also enrolled at Bennett
Springs, had voted irregularly. Af
ter carefully considering the cast* of
t.he other two voters, the committee
decided that inasmuch a* Mr. All ha I
not challenged their right to vote at
the polls, under rule 34, the commit
tee was po\verless to act.
Col. R. M. Mixson ttien announced
mr'HrW' (ie,ci(led.-t(e,wi'tbflra^t,.hii'
protest as to the VVilliston box and
the committee un>ceeded to .tabulate
the returns from the election.
official tabulation was announced a<
follows:
U. S. Senator: Blea.se 831; Byrn *i
1562; Dial 364; McMahan 4.
Governor: Duncan 51*4; McLeod
1853.
Lt. Governor: Jackson 2787.
Secretary of State: Blackwell 1119;
Brown 884; Cansler 760.
Attorney General: Daniel 1173;
Spears 1207; Winter 411.
State Treasurer: Carter 2228;
Scruggs, 529.
Comptroller General: Beattie 1451;
Sutherland 1339.
Supt. of Education: Hope 2795.
Adjtant General: Craig 189J;
Frost 907.
Commissioner of Agriculture:,
Dabbs 825; Harris 1123; Shealey 838.
Congress: Black 1166; Gunter 683;
Hare 402; Tillman 351; Toole 195.
Solicitor:'Carter 2193: Stansfieid.
510. ' ,
Sheriff: Dyches 1527; Morris 1271.
Clerk of Court: Bronson 1781;
Sander- 1012.
Master: Greene 1468; Owens 1321.
Statt Senator: Mixson 351; Patte r -
son 865; Smith 1040; Weissinger 549.
House of Representatives: Brown
1827; Heckle 1923; Ix*wu 1540.
Coroner: Diamond 471; Hair 44’);
Lancaster 771; Moody 429; Morris
117; Ross 241
Magistrate at- Barnwell: Sanders
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Bennett Springs: Duncan .27; IVe-
ples 104.
Blackville: Still 515.
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Dunbarton: All 78'; Anderson 80.
Cieorge’.- Creek: Collin- 122; Morris
260. •
Great Cypie-sHlarden 140; Sai-
ders 7i>.
Willi-ton: Kitchings 331; VVooley
•L M. Diamond,
foroner.
severest engagement of the war. He
could have ^poken on and on, but the
odor of the barbecue announced that
dinner was near.
The old soldiers, and indeed all
present, felt proud when Capt. Wil
liams said that ‘'all w'as not lost
’save honor.” 1 Jir 1
After enjoying the dinner and chat
ting awhile, we all departedj for our
next
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One Who Was Present
tion unanlmoil?rr’
Candidates for county offices re
ceiving a majority of the votes cast
were declared the nominees of the
party'-and a second primary was or
dered for the following:
State Senator: A. B. Patterson and
W. C. Smith.
Coroner: J. M. Diamond_and D. P.
Lancaster.
The names of It. L. Gunter and
Butler B. Hare, vs ho will run over for
Congress, will also appear on the
county ballot.
Mr. Diamond states trat he will
vote for Mr. Lancaster, and while hia
Uamv appear- on the. ballot, he re
quests that his friends vote for Mr.
I-ahcaster. and thuV make his elec-
Barnwell friends of Mrs. G. Dun
can Bellinger, of Columbia, will read
with interest the following item from
The State: “Mrs, G. Duncan Bellinger,
who has been ill at the Baptist hos
pital aince July 28, left yesterday for
Asheville. Mrs. BeUiUfer seemed
much better when she left for tha
mountains. She was accompanied on
the* trip., by her «oo. G. Duncan Bel
linger, judge of probata of Richland
County.”
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