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E^TUE. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY. Yes, if you want money we hare it. •|* If you have money we want it. !•! 5 o o Paid in Savings Department. 2 HOME BANK OF BARNWELL, y A * *A Established in 1877. Barnwell People. “Just Like & Member oF the Family 1 " Largest County Circulation*. Septen/k>er ’24 Subscriptions Have \ \ Expired ^ PLEASE RENEW PROMPTLY! VOLUME XLVIIL / BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2ND, 1921 NUMBER 5. Associated Charities -- Doing Splendid Work. ifi Barnwell County The People takes pleasure in pub- lishingrlishing* the following report of the Recording and Executive Secre taries of the Associated Charities of Untold Damage Done to Crops and Roads by Heavy Downpours “DOLLAR DEMOCRACY” “I HAVE GIVEN MY DOLLAR—HAVE YOU? The incessant heavy rains of the past two weeks have done unto' 1 damage to ilie. r rops ail highways in this St at'. . r t is impossible to e«- Barnwell. which shows in part thejtimate the damage in this county,it it will amov.nt to ninvy thousands of dollars. The greatest crop damage has been suffered 1>\® the cotton crop. Already admittedly short in thb section, the production has been fur ther curtailed by the heavy rains. Hundreds of bales, it is said, have been beaten from the plants a"d seed began sprouting in the bolls several days ago. - , Many farmers have lost large quan tities of peavine hay, and the pea crop has also been damaged. The loss in the cotton crop has been partly offset by the recent al- vance in prices, provided, of course, that the price do^s not slump again before the remainder of the crop can be harvested and put on the market. It will take a high price for middling cotton, however, “to offset the los s in grades. ’ — splendid work being done by this organization: Early in the month of May, 192.°, an organization known as the Asso ciated Charities of Barnwell was formed, the objects of this society be-, ing to look after the poor of this community, to administer aid and re lief in cases which were deserving of charity and benevolence, and to bet ter the general social and living con ditions of the community. “It will possibly be interesting to our folks to know just what good has “been accomplished since that time. For a number of years our people have been called upon throughout the entire year for help in all manner. of cases, some worthy and some un- * 1 warthy, and it was at times hard to determine who deserved help. Our or ganization has stepped in and taken over this work to a great extent and today we feel that our people have an organization of which they should be proud. We were instrumental in having an ordinance passed by the Town Council requiring a permit to solicit alms or other assistance, there by avoiding so much promiscuous beg ging on the streets. When a case i* reported a personal investigation is made and, if worthy, relief is fur nished at once. We frequently have calls from people living in and arouni other towns, not only in this but ad joining counties, and. of course, are unable to render aid in a. mu.-h as our work must of -necessity he con fined to those living in ami adjacent to our own town an<i community. But in. case.- of this kind we always ’nk< thr 'matter up with some one living in the communitv from which the re-. vs ■lief is asked and in this way help i given. We are hoping in the .non’- future to have a county wide or tarb- * ration which will not only care f< i toe unfortunates around us but will reach cut and help the helpless all ovr the c iUr.ty. It the other towns in our ■ countv will organize such ; To the Democrats of Barnell County: From State and National Headquarters we get the most encouraging news for Democratic success this year. However, it is taking lotis cf money to keep the great issues before the people in the East and West, and each of us—MEN AND WOMEN—is called on to give a DOLLAR and to give it quick. So your county committee begs that you come forward with your dollar, as it is impassible for the committee to see each of you. The money may be left with the local committee in your town or polling precinct, or brought or sent to the Home Bank of Barnwell, and each subscriber’s name will be published. Mrs. J. E. Harley, . Harry D. Calhoun, • County Committee. 30 Miles of Barnwell County Highways to j Be Surfaced in Year Appeals to Farmers for Heavier Bales; Exports Affected Contracts for the surfacing of two Columbia, Sept. 29.—An appeal to road.- in Barnwell County have been the members of the South Carolina let. One contract provides for the Cotton Growers’ Co-operative Asso- surfacing of the mad from Barnwell ^ viation to gin heavier bales of cotton to El lento n, a NjLDtance of about 29 and a warning to all growers of the miles, and the other of the Augusta- 1 State that unless this is done that it Allendale road from a point near El- will be almost impossible to sell South lenton to the Aliendale-Barnwell Carolina cotton to export was issued County line, a distance of almost 11 last night by B. F- McLeod, general miles. j manager of the. Co-operative associa- Approximately $215,OdO.W is to be ^ion. Lightning Might Not Strike Twice in Same .Place, But Officers Do So c*re ty we can then re; .u h out and mi • them on thi' half- way irrour.d an j much ( goo(i 1 can be accompii-hc 1 w, i have big hearted m; n and v.o- an I'll all over ( >ur count y who wouM W: Hi : gly give time and effort to ac- io rr j dish such an end. If you could i \\ ith nu>' sm all handfi all of workers ti. >me of the dostuuU ■ cases which Wt ire called upon to' administer to V< iu would not doubt f nr a moment that such work was an absolute nec essity. .In rendering aid we not on ly furnish the needed assistance, but i; likewise teaches u- the value of the per-oral touch in lives made dreary by poverty and degredation, one of the objects of our organiza tion being to better the general soc’al and living conditons of our communi ty. There are no paid workers in our organization, all work being done gratis and in this way every cent that is paid into the treasury is ex pended for the relief of the helpless and needy. There are people who live such narrow, self centered lives that it is hard for them to believe that a person would give time and attention to thi^nne of work unless he or she were well paid for it. It is frequently brought to our atten tion that, in as much as we are paul for this work, we should do ju-t a little bit more. We feel that we a™ amply paid, not in money hut >n where qufte a number of children were successfully operated on, said operations being done tor the '“mall fee of $25.00. < During the past year we have ban- died quite a number of cases and not only helped to put them on their feet again but have endeavored to teaih them the need of sanitation, etc , in the home. Last Christmas we put ihe mcttei before the* Sunday School classes of the various churches of the town and asked that each class adopt a family for Christmas in order that' no lutle child might go lacking at that glad season. Not only classes were eager to adopt a family, but we found num erous individuals anxious to do work of this kind and it goes without say ing that the folk who took part in tin- work had the happiest Chris 1 ria- they had spent in many a year. The following families have receiv ed assistance from’ our A.-'oeia*ion during the past year: 1. Family con-i ting of eight mem bers. all of whom were ill at on ■ time, except the aged grandmother. Clothing, bed linen, nourishment and washing for several Weeks. 2. Husband ill in hospital, wife and three children.destitute; part of time wife was ill. Medical attention, medi cine and nourishment furnished for several weeks; In (this case physic ians giving their work gratis. ' 3. Aged father and mother andtwo invalid daughters; Nourishment as well as nurse for several weeks. 4. Mother and four children: Mo ther ill; nourishment furnished for week. 5. Family consisting of nine mem bers: mother in desperate condition; nurse furnished for mother and infant for one week; bed linen, clothing for entire family and nourishment for some time. In this case extraction of mother’s teeth found necessary, dent ist doing work free. f>. Aged mother died in hospital, family unable to furnish burial ex penses; portion of this expense borne. 7. Family of nine: In this home everything was needed; mother in poor he-alth, nurse furnished for sick baby for one weeK; nourishment, clothing, etc. 8. Three in family: father para- lized; groceries and clothing furnish ed. 9. Wife ill with typhoid fever: Clothing, nourishment, ice. , 10. Bulgarian milk furnished for sick baby for week or more. 11. Family of six: Three children sick in family; everything ^ceded. Clothing, nourishment, etc., furnished. 12. In this home man paralized. Groceries furnished. The following colored families have It may be true that lightning does not strike twice in the same place— probably because there’s nothing left to strike the second time—but boot leggers who thought that the old ad age applied to prohibition enforce ment officers had a rude awakening Friday. It has been whispered around that quite frequently, after a raid has been made and a still destroyed, the moonshiners would erect a new still on the site of the old one. With this in mind, local officers who de stroyed the ‘’twin still” near Barnwell on.Monday of last week decided to visit the spot again Friday and sure neough they found about 1,500 gallons of mash and material for repairing the stills that had been destroyed in the previous raid. Moonshiners will probably have to select new -ites for their operations after their stills have been raided and destroyed. MUs Lula Chriesman Has Been Appointed Demonstration Agent Select Sweet Potato Seed at Digging Time Not enough attention is paid to the .-electionof sweet potato seed. Most farmers take the very small potatoes ‘from the entire field, r Uank these up to save for spring bedding. This plan is a very bad one. because there are sevorafiKid disca-es that will continue from year to year to be present on account of di-ease being transferred from year to year. Wilt and black rot are the two prin cipal diseases that we have to con tend with. They are fungus diseases and carried from one field to another on seed potatoes young, plants. W ilt can be easily detected by the vinets'-'losing their leaves and wilting down. This will !>c more evident in dry seasons. The inside stem has dark streak? where‘‘the fungus has grown into the water channel. The fungus grows down in the potato from the vine and is thus transferred the following spring to the new crop. This disease can In-st be controlled by selecting seed from vine cuttings and examining closely in order to detect any wilt that might l>e present as is shown by the dark streaks in the vine and stem end of the potato. Black rot B also a serious di-ease; it causes smooth dark brown spots on the potatoes at digging time. The stem- of the young plants appear yel low, and the main stems turn black and decay. Seed .selection at digging time and treatment of the seed are the best methods for. the control of this disease.’ Treatment of seed will be necessary in the spring, at which time detailed methods will In- given. —H. G.' Boylston, County Agent. Aiken, Sept. 30.—-Mis, Lula Chries man, of Allisona, Tenn., has been se cured by Miss Bessie Harper, District Agent, as Home Demonstratibn Agent for Barnwell County to succeed Miss Elma Cave, who resigned to take charge of the Home Economics Work of the Barnwell Schools. Miss Chriesmen will begin work ’October 1st. Miss Chriesman comes to South Carolina with splendid recommendations. She has had six years experience as a Demonstration Agent. She was also in charge of the Home Economics department at Burritt College, Spencer, Tenn. Speaking of her work there Pres. Scott said: “I have never ob-erwd a teacher who had greater influence over students for good that she. and I have never seen a more diligent and conscientious worker.” Miss Chriesman was reared in one of the progre-sive communities of Tennessee and is thoroughly in sym pathy with rural people and their problems. She 'will eminence re-organizing clubs immediately after her arrival. Anyone desiring any information or help along her line should communi cate with her at Barnwell. expended on the two projects, accord ing to C. H. Morefield. State High way engineer. Of this amount, $95,- 000 is to l>e paid out on the Augusta- AUendale road project (state high way No. 28) and $120,000 on the El- lonton-Barnwell road, bridge work in cluded in both cases, Mr. Morefield said. Contract for the state highway No. 28 project was awarded to W. R. (’ar son of York and for the Barbwell-El- lenton road to the Newell Construc tion company. Contracts for the bridge work in each case was award ed to the Funderburk Construction company. The greater part of both roads will >e graveled, according to Mr. More field, with small portions of each to lave sand-clay surfaces. The smaller project will be completed in about ten months, while the longer stretch of road will be completed in about a year. Broncho Billy Verrfe Gets Stiff Sentence Broncho Billy Verne, a Cherokee Indian, who gave a performance at Dyches’ Swimming Pool during the past summer, has been convicted cf bigamy in Georgia and sentenced t > serve a sentence of from three to siv years at the State Farm jut Milledgo ville. The presiding judge first fixe 1 his sentence at eight, years, Jmt man\ complaints were registered that the sentence was too severe. The judge then allowed four women and on< man to express their persona! opin ion. under a secret balloting system as to how many years imprisonment the prisoner should serve. The ligh ter sentence was in accord with tie result of the ballotting. It is sai< that this unique method of meeting out justice has never been employe 1 before in the courts of Georgia, and it further marked the first instance .wherein a woman was called on for jury service in that State. gratitude from those whom we as sist in their hour of need. Now that school has. begun we are having numerous calls for second hand cloth ing and school books and would he glad to receive such donations. At an early date we hope to have a public meeting in the Vamp Thea tre with a splendid program of music received assistance: and an interesting speaker and give a brief outline^ of the work being done, which will prove both instruc tive and interesting. When the Dental Clinic was put on last September our Board guaran teed payment of $150.00, the pro rata Moonershiner Plants Prohi Enforcement Officers on Island Mr. McLeod seated that on cotton weighing between 400 and 500 pounds there is quite a loss to European im- I orters in tare. Their calculatio'mi are always based on 500 pound balsa and when cotton turns out light they naturally lose the bagging and ties. Mr. McLeod stated yesterday that a well known cotton exporter had declared that.if South Carolina con tinues its present practice of putting up lightweight l>ales that it was very probable that within a short time there will he no exporters bidding on South Carolina cotton except at very low prices. Thi> exporter state<l.that one of his connections had already advised him that they would not buy any cotton which originated in cer tain sections of South Carolina be cause most of the cotton coming from those particular sections were light weight bales. “This matter in our opinion is a Very serious one,” said Mr. McLeod, “and we think that the farmers pf the State should heed the warning that has’been given them. They are losing money by packing these lightweight bales and they are fixing to ruin Ihe export trade pf the States We wi-h to particularly appeal to the members of our association to gin hales a- near the 500-pound' weight as possible and w<> beg to as- The Lombard Entertainers. 1. Colored man with pleurisy need ing hospital treatment to save life: money furnished to amount of $21.00. Man w'ell and,‘able to return to work. 2. Colored woman with typhoid fe ver: Nourishment, ice, etc. In many of these eases both doctors and drug- It is a true saying that the success ful man is he who laughs often, lives well and leaves the world better than he found it. Harry Lombard, Organ izer and Manager, of the Lombard En tertainers can qualify under this digest as a most successful man. He goes a step farther, however, and^ makes others laug'h arid sheds bright ness and beauty thoughout the pro gramme which is presented by his remarkable company. For eight years he was bar tone with the English Opera Company and is known not only 1 as a singer but al-o for his ability as a comedian of high rank. Two artists, feminine and gracious, assist Mr. Lombard in the presenta tion of a program that is entertain ing and delightful and as clean and wholesome as mountain air. This excellent company will appear as one of the numbers on the Lyceum course at the Vamp Theatre on IrTri day Oct. 3rd. “—^ T E igefield. Sept.*23,—Prohibition Of ficer J. P. Hart, who makes Edgefield his headquarters, has had many thrii!- irig experiences during his several 1 sure them that they are saving money years of faithful service, but last by doing so. For the sake of the rhursnav a keen witted bootlegger State as a whole we trust that non- y * . I • ^ and distiller 'put one over” on him members will do likewise * because that will not soon be forgotten. j if they do not they are going to Having received information that ,u * n the sa|e of cotton for export.” distillers were operating on Bo.-iticVs | Mr. McLeod also urged the farmers Island in the Savannah river, off to allow their cotton to dry out for ! f - \ Hampton County, this State, Mr. | at Ibast four days following the Hart, J. W. Sanders and two rural present rains before picking, policemen from Georgia prepared to 1 “I understand,” says the statement make a raid Thursday. A young man issed by the co-operative’s general who owned a boat offered to take the > manager, “that there has been some men over to the island from the cotton sold by the growers during Georgia bank and point out where a the past few days for 12 cents a large still could he located. The of- ' pound-—it was cotton that had beep ficers accepted the offer. On reaching ' picked Wj*t. It seems to me that thia the i-dand, they left the boat and went warning would he sufficient.” to locate their “game,” following th^ instructions given by their informant. The river was high and water cover ed much of the island, making a thor ough search impossible. But 'thi ir suspicion was aroused when po still was found at the spot to which the boatman had directed them. U’»on returning to where thF landing had been made they found that their sup posed loyal coworker had returned to the Georgia hank with the boat and left it there within their full vi< w t was then that it 'dawned upon the ifficers that, they had been tricked and were now marooned upon an is- and surrounded by a swollen stream. The men spent 28 hours on Bostick’s island without food and with nothing to quench their thirst except, the muddy liver water. Their discomfi ture \va- accentuated by mosquitoes that attacked them day and nigh*. Mr. Hart’s hands and wrists sho ved numberless punctures by these peaky little creatures. Driven to desperation, Mr. Hart stripped off his clothes and swam across the river, partly against the current, so as to he driven down Graded School Opens at Healing Springs; Expect Good Session DON’T GIN COTTON WET! share of Barnwell; Williston and I gists furnished assistance free. j Blaekville putting dh a like amount and Dunbarton, Elko and Kline $50.0 • each, thereby giving the children, of the county an opportunity to have their dental work done for the small charge of 50c per tooth. In the. case of children unable to pay, the work was done free. In January we njut on the Adenoid and Tonsil Clihic 1 3. Portion of burial expenses paid for wife of blind man.-, 4. Groceries furnished to faithful old man who has a sick son; Bethle hem Baptist Church putting, up a like amount to be expended for them. Respectfuly submitted, Jennie P. Greene, Rec. Sec. Mrs. A. A. Lemonj Exec. Sec. — ■ yt [ j i I ■ •. . "Former Governor Richard I Manning has issued the following warn jng to fanners throughout the State: “Reports are received from reliable sources that cotton is being gin ned wet. This causes gin cut. All cotton ginned wet is rotting in the hale and such cotton is bringing only 10c to 12c, which is a needless sacri fice. “I, therefore, advise our farmers not to pick cotton until they have three or four days of sunshine, which will bleich it and give it better color and, after it is picked, to stir it every day until it is dry, and no; to gin cotton wet. ^ . “The crop is already cut off badly and further sacrifice by bad Hand ling should be avoided.” JO Healing Springs, Sept. 25.—Tho Healing Spring’s Graded School open ed Sept, 1st. Talks were made by the Rev. D. W. Heckle, the Rev. 1). K. Garrison, Mr. W. W Barr, Jr., Mr. H. J. Hair, Mr. B. F. Gardner and T. J, Grubb-, all of whom predicted a successful year for the school. The teachers for this session are as fol lows: Mr. W. W. Barr, Jr., Spring- field; Mi-s Azilee Mills , Prosperity; M iss Ruth Mims Coggins. Healing Springs. The school literary, society hai been reorganized with, the following officers: Henry Lott, president; Fan nie Lou Gardner, secretary; Ruby Cain, corresponding secretary; Inez Stansell and Lucile Proctor, censors. The annual revival services of tho Healing Springs Baptist Church wero conducted by the Rev. N. Neingazer, and the pastor, the Rev. A. J. Fostor. The services w’ene largely attended and it is expected that much good will result. The people of this section are glad to welcome the family of Mr. Clif? Kemp back to Healing Springs. . Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Vickery, of Barnwell, spent Sunday in the homo of Mrs. Mims. Miss Pearl Bodiford is at home fop a ?hort while before reopening her school this fall. Olar, Sept. 28.—Miss Gladys Car-' Miss Ruby Mae Jowers leaves Fri- men Brabham, daughter of Mr; ani day to take charge of her school in Mrs. Jl Gordon Brabham, of Olar, was Orangeburg County. . * married to Earle H. Kipley Septum-j Mr. and Mrs. B.*F. Gardner and her 25th at the home of Mr. and Mm. j daughters motored to Columbia Sun- J. H. Nbrthey, Dilw'orth, Charlotte, day and spent the day with the for^ North Carolina. I mer’s mother. Mr. Kipley holds a responsible po-j Everybody is delighted to see Mr, sition with the Ford Motor Company. Forest Bodiford at home after an The bride and bridegroom are now, absence of several months, visiting ^he parents of the.fomier in > -Mr. S. J. Gardner left Sept. 8th fo^ Olar. They will make Charlotte their Furman University. “Friends nfcrll h ome , _ him a sucessful year. -tream, to the Georgia bank, took ‘ posses siom-qif j^the-boat and rowed back for his companions. Mr. Hart says that hereafter when he is trans ported by boat to a lone island son e dependable person will lx* left in charge of the craft so as to insure a return to the mainland. Brahham-Kipley. \