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--V * r ‘ERSONAL NEWS OF BLACKVILLE LADLES' AID KIHIETV MEETS WITH MRS IIOI.AM). Barnuoll Folks Attond District Con ference.-—Several Families Re turned from Florida. BRAVE BOBBY BRANER B ackville, June 9.—Miss Vera Lowe is at hohie from college for the sum mer holidays. The Ladies*A id Soc iety ' of the Methodist Church was delightfully en- :* rtained by Mrs. T. 0. Boland last Monday afternoon. It will he a source of joy to hosts of friends to learn that the Misses Isa- txlla Murphy,' Catherine Weissinger •a’vl Eleanor Ninestein united with the thodist Church here hCt Sunday af- v rnoon. Three other meml>ers came 'in by letter—Mesdames M. P. Fan- iiinjr; Belle Huggins and Dvches. f " ■ Mesdames Victor, Horry, Jerome and Leon Martin were visitors in Wil- U.-ton Tuesday afternoon. ' Mr. C. E. Miller.'Tif Cidupihia. who is employed by the Southern Bell Tel ephone (’(>., is .-topping in Blackville r awhile. Mr. Ralph \V. Long, who lives in ifar-vlan'd Imt who has been in .Flori- a having truck and fruit for some time, is in Blackville now. buying truck. _ . Col. ami Mrs. X. C,. W. Walker. Col. F lgar A. Brown, Messrs. C. C. Owens ami A. A. Lemon were among those fr m Barnwell who attended the Quarterly Conference at the Method ist Church here Sunday afternoon. Miss 'Alary Elizabeth Kearse, who lives near here, ik visiting her-atmt, j M s. Sara’ Cooper, in Jacks'onville. Fla. - , Miss Hattie Hutto has been called • • 'DcnniaiK 'on account of the illness of her sister.. Mrs. Eugene Brooker.. Mrs. Frank Walker and daughter. Mi’ss Id^. Blanche, -of Tampa, Fla., have been recent visitors at the home of -M-rs. Walkers'sister. Mrs. David K. Briggs. hosts of Walker, i will he of interest to s to learn that Miss rec|- C. liege, in Bristol After R beeca delight < friend -a reci-nt graduate of Sullin Vy. teaching in tBainwell. Miss matt is at home again, to the f her friends. Much sympathy is felt foi Mrs. CmC Buist.’ who was called to her par- et' - .' homO< in Chester* recently on ac- <■ at «>f the « ritical illness of her 12 ye .r old si>'ter. who has since <lied. Mi.ss Helen Wragg is at home fr. m c •g. f'.r tl;o summer .Services at the hv the Rev. R. \V i anu 1 ‘ a a i\ |)a .;u: wh 'or. W' 1 :it I iss greatly enjoyeii ended tfary Matheny, of l!aml>e!g. Methodist Church Humphries, the close l;is* I‘ riday hv .those w.i a visitor hert’ Wedm'Krtavr S'. ■ AIi-s Fhne'l* ■ Xrnestein tU 'exl fiom* C.iitimhia < ’olle summer: •Friends of Mr gated to 1<-’1 g wonderfuliv op. vat-ion .in a C \v i for i e- t he s, .Ben : ^ t hat' she fast, afte nlumbia h spi'a son- a* home agai'n. ne will be ; ivnnrov- a st'fious SENATOR J. THOS. HEFLIN TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT MISS LOWDEN ENGAGED EDGAR A. BROWN MAKES ADDRESS j COMES INDEK 'CHAMBER OF AUSPICES OF COMMERCE. J BARNW ELL MAX T A L K S' TO CLASS IX CHARLESTON. Is Barnwell and Barnwell Courtly Well Represented at Medical College ■ Commencement Exercises. - 1 the Author of Resolution in Con gress Making Second Sunday in May Mother's Day. Barnwell and— Barnwell ^County were well represented at * the com mencement exercises of the Charles ton Medical College Thursday , night of hist week, at which time Col. Edgar A. Brown, of this city, was one.of the chief sneakers and in 'his address he stressed the importance of prepara tion for life and the benefits of living the proper ilfe. Am >ng the graduates in pharmacy were Julian R. Harrison, Jr., of Barnwell, and Sem Buist Rush, Chamber of (' mimerce. ct of ids lecture will be “The Senator J. Thos. Heflin, of Alabama’, will speak at the Vamp Theatre here this (Thursday) evening at 8:J0 o’clock, under the auspices of the Barnwell The subje Story of the South." This announcement is of great •in terest to the people of Barnwell coun ty. as the Senator’s vi<it to Barnwell will give them the .opportunity of see ing and hearing one of the most dis tinguished men in public life lodav. He is said to he one of the finest orators ** ip the country and is Southern to! the core. This characteristic is desari- C. H. FOWLER IS SUPT. SCHOOLS TRUSTEES HAVE ANNOUNCED " SELECTION. Has, 1 aught at ( iintrm. Fountain Inn., and Pampbco.—(Graduate of The Citadel in 1911. Bobby Bruner, eleven year old son of City Fireman Homer Braner of Washington, Pa., is a candidate for a Carnegie medal for an act of heroism. .His tive-year-oid sister, Helen Louise, here seen with him. crawled bftnflath a freight train, and us the lad saw her, the train started to move. He w, „ rushed to his slstcrM aid and pulled he had sheeted'as**his topic -Where Riny-s,cal!y. H“ n th v mo>t g.m.al v.f of Blackville. The following is taken | bed by “Savoyard” in the Xa-hville from Friday’s i: sue of The News and J Banner as follows: “Some men are de- Cpurier: j stined for public life from the.:- cradles Mr. Brown began at once to develop I This boy is one of them. Helfin* is a his .theme with the announcement that! strong man. mentally, morally and Miss Harriet Lmvrlen, the beautiful aughter of evt»o v - and Mrs. I ranlv o. Low den of Illinois, who is hetrotlied to Alliert F. M Madlener. Jr, <»t' < ; hi cago. They are to he maiTled in Uctoher at tlie Luwden Iiome, near Oregon, 111. ti her to safety, but himself suffered the loss of a toe. —' y — 44 >> Pick, Poison, Plow Advice of Home Bank do*we go from her**, or what does the men ami future hold?" The power of his ad- " dress was forcibly made* clear-by-his frequent use of the question. “WhaPexperience and training have •** fib. yourself ': acquired The Home Bank i farmer customer' •IsMlaiin n ?rs “arid frit ulvisihg its tarmer customers 'aftd tnends to “Pick. P isoii and Plow’-* their cotton *in an effort to combat the ball weevil this season. This advice is contained could swap anecdotes with Pr >ctor Knott himself. There is r. deal of the poet in the man, .and this apos- strophe to the cotton plant is classic. HovLSouthern Torn .Heflin] is? An Have I ’plant can’t, beat him. 1 He.i- as natjve to th» Manv vears The Life of Christ * To Be Presented Here soil a ago. attention by shoot- •n a .c i rcu 1 air' that distribution. lie It bank i- reads giving | as f-ol you ' ■ you cleared the rubbishy of the build ing.nlaterial and laid the foundation of vour life on the rock, the mudsill oD/raeted natioy-uid | characti;r ? iTiTw have you builde.l • nn imotnlenf peg^, on a -.-•reet car I your characte 1 ? Do you believe in | service?” were some of. the pt intedly I directed remarlis of the-speaker. . According to an-a+vnouncement just received frhm Mrs.'TarletonHR Cave, of the Building (h>mmlHee.of the now Barnwell Baptist Church, there is to - the fig.” exhibited -at thi' Vamp Theati'e on Seitatd) Heflin at- 'Tuesday. June Kith, at RMO p. m., a The Trustees of the Barnwell High School announce the selection of Mr. Cv H. Fowler a- superintendent, to. succeed Sunt. J. Ik Robinson, who re signed to acceot a sVnilam position a‘ Abbeville. This s'-lcctabn wis made from a large number of applicants, all of whom are very fine gentlemen. Many of them visited Barnwell .in per son to look ov >r the field. Mr. hnwlei comes very highly reccommended. having had 14 years experience ~ in teaching at Clinton, Fountain Inn and' Pamplico. He is a graduate of The Citadel, having worked his way through that insti tution and finishing high in the Class of 1911. Mr. Fowler, who a a mar about fib years of age. has a wife and two children,'all of whom "will meet s> with a warm welcome from the citi- ' -A • ' zens of Barnwell. He hs a Presby terian. The trustees now have under con sideration an assistant to the super intendent, who will have a class hut will also do.vnte much of his time ir coaching the boys. Miss Elizabeth Burckhalter has been elected princi pal'of the school and will hav.- 1 charge of the basket hall team and other for the. girls. The trustees l>e- 1 friends of attac up’ all vv int lows: "To our. customers am Barnwell County: The fight . i on. early in June will your cotton. You must pic the squares or forms that fall off the plant ami continue to plow the cotton twice a week until late in August.- If you can get poison, put this on, but the person who. trusts in “lyick doesn’t “Pick, Poisml and Plow not make, any cottony in our opinion and will be classed as a lazy and in different farmer.” I ‘Who are your associates and what are your habits? Are you willing to 9 black- a nces. be judged by youg intimate he asked the "young ladies and gentle men" < f what oteijt was their vision; , ^ , f I Mather’s 4 Dori-- Elizabeth, the little, 1S- months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oolaml Lazar, had the misfortune to fall from a porch Monday afternoon, knocking out three lower tee tin The ho|l weevil i begin to attack i if had the narrow view, of sc aid what was the extent of their con-1 so : ' shH-s as ti? the duties of the good Citizen. “WhatNvili be your influence for good?" he continued. “What will be and i the extent of your influence ' over will those with whom you come into con tact?" ' A nation mu-t essentially fie a law- abidin'g or a law-breaking nation, said Mr. Brown, and no nation that is.char acteristically !aw-hieaking can endure, for the day vvill so >n comi when, if laws are broken or unbroken at will, nojavv mill exist. The average boy and girl, properly trained and educated at home, have ip Washington, where whites and ride tlnrothcr in public convey,- — His -career .in-the United -Statek poitrays in. a rery beautiful and {senate has been a rhi st distinguished graphic manner the';' life of Christ one but one of the thing-s of v.hich he Horn the annunciatio^t through the as- Th.*n^' ver y P n,lu ^ '* s the fact that he is the '(‘nsion, takitig in the birth of Christ, author of the resolution in Congress H* s boyhood days., works and miracles making the second Sunday in. May 0,1 vaith, last supper, crucifixion, res- (jav. [uri'ection and ascension. Nothing' 1 nio-t excellent screen pra^luctionIs-fi- Meve that everything points to one of titled "The Life of Christ."^ .. j the I liis motion -.picture is corrsidered one of the finest, ever produced and The People-Sentinel woi would like to that in any way .might be a denomma- nublish the many press notices about nr sectarian point in Hv life of the Alabama Senator, but they would 4 ( ' hrist shown and the endorsements pace. The following s how that the picture ha< been given rn'isf succiis -Mil years in the his- • toiy of the scnodT, Other member:: of the faculty will be hnnounced later. occupy too much comment fioni the Newark. X. J., Sunday Call, however, is.typical of the impression that he has created throu ghout the North and South: “Tin -of ha various ilenominjji- for churches » tions. . . "The Life of Christ,” as it will be presented here* has been very highly gift of oratory is peculiar to tivSouth. ‘‘ndorsed and recommended by pastors There is something in the climate, mayhap in the soil, which tends to in spire the imagination"'and give felici- '° n 8' ty. to speech. Senator Heflin’s ad<]|ess was alternately grave and humorous. His anecdotes were new and replete with the choicest elements of humor * find when he turned to the serious aspects,of his subject he was eloquent md Mr>. John Turner for awhile l:vt Su'i'lov. From here they meat to Ul- > visit Mr.** My rick’s parents; Mrs. W: ilia mi Myrick. • Margu6r : te Brooker. i f Rundav •'aaciiig ‘a'pd f'! - i ■ » ftor and Kli-abcih Baxb'v is .visiting pr <i r, a > ainrs, Mcsdami Augusta. .. [•’rienii - oof id -..‘lea at for a v o piayt'rs . a -1 Mi'S Capni n that she is in a hos- \ ■: dangerous (>poratbm, f her pastor'.ahd friends • • 1 for. < Her re -avery i - .ious’y hojvi-d for by many friends. Mr. and Mrs. ^Milliard <>. Btodi“ i. family visit«>d -relatives lure la-t Sunday. • The .M.i; v >c Vvoiy and'Sax- J ret urn Hutto .will' 1 i ous.ins. M X.- .Viathi-. 1’re-iiHng mers . * Mr. an. Mi.s Marguei to Brooker. if Den mark, was a visitor hen .Mr. and Mrs. Leroy family are at tdeir heme h“rv sner lit-.g the .viatcr'in Florida. Mir A. B. Hair and son. Cc'ojge -N - Hamel. Mrs. Sam Buist and.S.im. Jr.. Mrs. J. W. H.ur.el and Mrs. Saflie Vil- o'cvivc vi> : tod Dr. Tom (ireetie at Kl- oree las; week-end. Mrs- Sa'.i B'-owno. of August;), has 'home after. a.‘vjsit to her formed their character by theVihave reached-the age id twenty- < ne.c lio-* saiij.* Thin e arc out Hie ienor; 1 rule remains, and most to a degree that enraptured Iks audi tive time '. .. * , once. exceptions, j The Chambe'- of Commerce invites '♦he people of Barnwell County to hear oi all Christian denominations, edu-. eators and well known civic leaders. Some critics go^-egfar as to say that this picture will teach and impress people, especially children, more graphically and indelibly with the life of Christ than a number of Sunday school lessons. Besides, it is give it. in an intensely interesting manner and holds the attention of the spectator from beginning to end. Southern Cotton Oil Co. Now Independent The Southern Cotton Oil Company^ which has* been in bankruptcy pro ceedings for nearly a year, is again turned i^ver to the owners of the com pany by the receivers, Arthur T. Van derbilt and Charles 0. Wilson. This was done by virtue of an order signed a few days ago in Savannah by Judge W. H. Barrett, vacating the receiver ship, to take effect on May 29. This order was asked for by the recovers themselves. The local representative of this ! company is J. R. Boylstoh, who is in i charge of the company’s mill in Allen dale. The company new has headquarters in New Orleans, instead of in New York, as formerly, and has been re- org'nized with an entirely new per- ♦ he : ur molded :ter a 'relents now -e-'o already , t." ' “Life i< a series of infinite chances.” and.it may lea I owy way or another, but it is the si song.'dean characte) s in a communitv that exert the most Hsd'vyV . The professional man is the node t" di-kiny of the country', and he not only < es the danger.- ahead, | : ,;v * he leaving the instt-! this distingurshi d - ui el the South L,i, p,. vi-i's this city. An admission f $1 will beChai'ged to lurp defray xpenses imd, it is. hoped, add some- lung to the treasury of that organi- atron. Come .out; hear a -plendid or- In 1 a‘or am <i U’Mxi <:au> V luvt has tilt* powpr to avert thosr < gers, and !‘a )iart depends on you.] (V..|y D. Win k.tta and Hettfe explained. 1. .L 1’ llde,) - (Itavos. of Orange- I'Urg. ' ' eiti hed a splendid Tu»d very timely sehmon at the Methodist Chui-eh la-t Sunday afternoon. .Mr. and Jdrs. 'Newton HeckL 1 , of Duiibait m. visited Mrs. HeckU , 's- )> arlor anil Annlcbv, St, (b'orge. ha'e rr-tufiied hone afty a visifito Mrs. T, O..Boland. -» M>. and Mrs. David A, Hutto and chi Iren, Henrv Rii-e.-Ar., and Elbert. j parents’ Mr. and Mrs. John ( . Ma,t,- of thews. Sunday, Mr. M 'Ivin Creech has returned from a visit to Charleston. While there he took in the graduating exer cises at -the Medical College and vis- To oe able In woiKin unison, to co operate with others around. '■ live a useQi . a-ctive life, is more to be d<v sired than the acquirement of. great >lfi-h power or riches; the one i< the swamp of selfishness, the .other the hiUtop of ‘human Ivrotherho id, said * -C*’ Mr. Blown in conclusion. i Dcaith of Mrs. S. (1. Matthew of Hildgbran. N. C„ .were guests of [ jtijd many places of interest Mr. for* While in this section thev .visited k - . _ ' * Mry - Hutto's sister. Mrs Sigmund Hutto's sisters. Mrs. J.M. Elnl- ard Mrs. C. .T. uStill, Monday. Mrs. CI..L. Weissinger and daughter, Miss Helen, were among those-from bere who went to-Charleston to be present at the graduation of Mr. Sem Walker, at Denmark.’andi her krother, j Buist Rush in pharmacy—at tk.c Med- Mr. Alfred Steadman, at. Waynesboro. ! ical College. '• # (la. Wlvile motoring to Wayne-KTiro they were greatly impressed with the beautiful farming lands between here and there along the -highway. Mr. Sidney Shelton and children, ftf W.iul'hubiT Fla., are here for awhile i buying truck and also visiting rela- ’tives He is a “Blackville boy” and is receiving cordial greetings from hosts of friends. ' ’ C Mrs. S. H. Rush has returned from To the delignf-of hosts of friends, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Still have re turned to their home here for the summery after spending f$e winter in hi: ida. where Mr. Still was engaged Wdliston, June S. -Mrs. Sam (1. Matthews died here this afternoon in her 70th year, following an illness of j several Weeks. While her health was k ^ ^ not of’the best for smeral years, her 1 ^ fnon(ls |)V tft<> . friends and relatives will he Hhocked , s a , vefV^ttractiyejV.dy, to'hear of her deUth. Her husband, a wealthy retired farmer of Willi, ton. has beeman invalid for several years . '*.» . o and the fender care with which Mrs. MatthcwX miised L 11 ' was severe tax upon her strength. Her death is peculiarly -ad in that M r.. Matthews was so dependent upon her Mrs. B’ackviik ; . 1 tie’ .V- . T i , ‘‘i ; iuj_s of ill W., 11. DeWift, S ., and Mr.-. Wilheiflin:r.< aok, of lU.K'kvill . ! vv-o-e gneatly sui isi/d to' learn of their merriage which ocPurTed at the ! Baptist Church .at Aiket.a* 10 o'eltH-k .Saturday mornng. The marriage was a very quiet affai' pratieally.none of their friends having any knowledge that it was to take place. After the mony'Mr. <<rd Mrs. DeWitt board' t, tra-in for a trip to Atlanta and r places and upon their feturn will make theii home ;tt Blackville. Mr. DeWitt is. oh* of the hugest land holders in t'h-is part of'the State pos- sessing real estate in’botjlr J - * ir-nwe! 1 Bamberg Counties and numbers his friends by the_sr(oe. Mrs. DeWitt iVuitt ractjveffady. universally liked and has held a position with the Southern, BelV Telephone , < ompajiy here for a ’number of year". ■ Appropriate music, both instrumen-] tal and .vocal, lias been arranged to accompany the; entire picture and this will no doubt add considerably to the impreS'iveness. The program will only be. exhibited one night and in order that everyime may avail, themsilves of this oppor- 1 tunity. ponular pLegs will he charged. Incidentally, the amount realized by thy Building Committee 'will i" applied ^ . j toward tlie erection of the new church and the support and cooperation of everyone k re guested. sonnek Only the incorporate na l me has been retained to link up the pres,- ent .company with the old organiza tion. Entirely Southern capital is now invested, it i-, stated.—The Allendale County Citizen. \ T Snelling News. Si.el ling. June 9.—Mr. and-Mrs*. Calhoun Turner, of Orangeburg, ' v nt„ Synda'. v- ith Mr. and Mrs. W. Fk ParkeVy- Lunchstand at Pool. Mr. H. J. I’hiliips. propietor of the J. and J. Sanitary Market, atmouiices that he has opened an uo-ti’-iffTte lunch stand at Dvqhes’ Swimming dre.rl w if h on. Mr Meb in Lane spent the week- V • ' •• • enrPat Ms heme at Cartersgillo. M;s J -J Hill and daughters; Miss .’r uesina Hili and Mrs. T. D. Creigh ton. Jr., spent Saturday afternoon at edla. ot mu 5ft the real estate business. - ’ '*'"* Matthewsywas • loyal memher 0 -Misses Mary and Imogetie-Still a^'e «*f the E7ko Bapti Church a.',.\ a fine, at nome for the summer after being Christian! lady. - Sh ■ will b<- greatly in college. » . missed by- her many friends Before Henry Still and Sol Brbwn are at her marriage 1 he was ?*1 i>s Pawnee, Poland patrons of thii^tleasure m- 'Peirnwyll' with Mrs. T. D. > Creighton, sortj can now get fresh sandwiches of Sr. “ , • all -kinds, milk, cold drinks, etc. Me-dames O. D. Moore, W.<Ik Park- ••J. 1 ■ ; ' - * Everything” Will he kept -frictly sani- ei -and S. E. Moore were visitors .in tai-y aid sdpplie* will be furnished WillisJqn Friday afternoon. frexh daily by hfs mqrket. ' . p- j Miss Lucy Cook spent .Saturday with Mrs. W. B. Parker. , Mr. L. E. Hair. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Dr. Mace Returns Home. Fredorickyand e'aughter, Mia r s Nina , . : Frederick, ‘of Wiliiston, were visitors Dr. L. M. AlAif returned home Fri-ihere Sunday afternoon. *■ Denmark New day* night from Columbia, where he. has been in a hospital ^ for several weeks, following two verj.* serious op,- • ration' . Hi- ffrwvy friends will be glad to knf'W-tlmt he has so' far recqv- ered as to be able to sit.up for a short Mr. and Mi s. H. M. Cook and child ren spent Sunday with relatives at Williston. Love: . %r “tlie Did Paper.’ home visit to Charleston. She was ac companied by heiwson. MrH5. B. Rush, TT-'MIt) !'Oi :k ,1 sect loti of from the Citadel for the holi- Burkhalter, days. .... -TCi'ken County and is sum '.-ed by; her The Quarter!y Conference convened hu'kiabd xjnd one sister, Mrs. M. T. who graduated at the Medical College j at ; the Method: t Church here Sunday Holley., o? Aiken, and] two brothers, last week. ^ ^ i affernodp. ' t ! Messrs. L.-,J. and J. H.’Burkhalter, of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Myrick and fam- ? Master Joe Stafford Halford is vis- Aiken. • ily. of Newbenyq hut former Black-mting kis ,sister. Mrs. \V. O.^Brodie. in' Furiera 1 services-will he he'1 at the ville residents, were guests of Mr. Orangeburg for two reeks. 1 Williston Cemetery at 4 o’clock. June 9.—Mr. and Jake Baxlev. Mm- Aha Baxley 1 )enma: vh Mrs and were •I ‘■Send me Th« Barnwell People] as lust- love the eld paper and some of while each day.‘and ip-L hoped that he Wf+Msoon he on the Afreets again. Mr. Paul Baxley, of Blackville. were. • • our family, have always tal^en it. recent Visitors here. Woman Lawyer Speaks 1 Please send paper this week, writes Miss-Virginia .Hutto is now i.u home — M Coy Thomas, of Fairfax route for the summer. She taught last year Denmark. June 4. Miss Alva'Baxley, j 1. in sending in her subscription. The iTi* Augusta. She ha- rcctMitly been of the law firm of Nitjfestein and Bax- People-Sentipel is. very glad indeed eb'ctec#,to a positionjin the Barnwell ley. .of schools and year. Mr. VV. H. Wnnley. of Elko,yi\yue recent visitor here. I Advertise in'The People-Sentine 4" union meeting of . the Bamberg-Barn- -ociaffon at Old Sp’ingtown I well A> I Church. y; way ^ j 1 I L Barnwell. 4 *■ I i ■ •TH -V: Ik M. Cook and chi!-, t ent T H\r-dav at • Dunbarton Mr.-and. Ms;s. Heyward Ander- • f Blayk-ville, delivered an address to add her name to the mailing list, will teach therty . next at the Baptist Chun^h Sunday bi the already severaLtimek a» large as that absence of t!u* pastor. Dr. .Frank O’ of ^ny other newspaper published in Kellv. who was iti attendant"' at the Barmyell County Another new sub scriber is Mr>J. N. Anderson, j the popular agent for the Southern Rail- • ■ gae ■hmh ssMBfea ’♦WP