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SIXTY PIFTH YEHR BSTABLISHBD 1859 SIXTY FIFTH. YEAR' BARNWELL. S. C.. THURSDAY FEBRL’A . " ** ' 1 '. t ' ' 1 - -ARY s, 1917 i NO. 43. . .4- -’ ; U*r' v , "v % y YOK K^fsl* - -— -.— - —» - — - — - — ^ . s. / c % ' pj » < 1 ; . . • — / i \ 2 < - .* - ti Avv . • ^ « v 4/ v c . '. v • * * " L-i CHESTER.; ’ AfrtjC R S» N ^ CpV ‘ r A ; *■“ 0 : /; COLUMBIA i ... ... -/ vtllE / GR * E *V -- , ci*S°! - ;S . ALUDA ' / \ t Qh COLUI EO^ % .eH ,4©* i ^ 05 1 Ji£ B AmV-,>* ^Jbero < /v % ^\*°u.eroN I'' INSURANCE BILL; SBttBUSI TUESDAY. Measures ed to Brin* C^i Favorable pod ire Expect- /sales. Back. Prohl- Situatioo. C<n! uuvii muddle appear ty. a, favorabb* introduced- it and. x report* the Cr*U*1 insurance be well uivthe road through frills Assembly favorably to ~>ht’ two tranches i>y iha committee* on bk ing and in/uraiice. The House will take up the 1 bills under a special order on Tuesday at 12:15 and it appears that they will go through-'.substantially 'as tlu y*t!ainc- frojji the eojnmiUee, The are on third'reading iri-th’e Vitale with every -prospect. of favorable itctiuu. BARNWELL FARMERS Will PUNT PEANUTSAnDBEANS. ' Jv ' .. V /.'.'■ PrfpiratioaBelnt Made . for ibe Advent of fte Cotton BoiTWeevit. Oiher Motey Crops Being Pi anted, ‘ - ; K. B, Gunter i)j the Farincrs w Storage house record VOTE PROHIBITION. Enactment of these hills into layi, it is. uniWratood,-will mean a return of the- fire insuran.ee companies to business iiy South Cn/jJina.' The Senate eoupnittee: reported a bill fixing 2 t>er Centum maxi mum .Which. municl Company of Aiken addressed a rffeeti: g of farmers anU‘merohants iiere Moil'd av With a view to interesting the farthers in the.growing of the White Spanish IVanut. H* beliefeiTthat thfe' peanut provide the farmer with.a“vahiHlUe substitute ftjr cotton as a money crop, ftp oflfe/a toi^supply the seed ud to a Certain amouiil>tP give prJTper instruc tion if as, to' the Culture. to send his picking maehine to gather jtiie crop Tn. Jn.ne, and—to pay the farlncrs 11:» Map Showing Boll Weevil Advance in 1916. and the Safety and Quarantine Zones UNITED STATES BREAKS WITH GERMANY COUNTS CERMAN GOVERNMENT . ON OLD TREATIES. A ./ / y/ •-• •••’ • ’ ’ • : ' \ - ^— — Diplomatic Relations Severed and German Htlp for Citizens Agreements of 1799 and 1828 Ambassador Berosiroll handed Hts Pass- : Mould Prevent Hardships on Nationals War Cloud# Ha«f Heavy, ^ ' Abroad I8,0P0;000 MEN CAN BE PUT IN THE FIELD porta, y zxz . __ /yl Waaliingtoii. Keh. 3.—^President Wil- - Berfm, Teb. iltYig r>ohdon,. p'eb. 5). Th»* Associated PresB ICarfti ;aUflforl- Estimate bih&tmraltiee Namtd bv New York Mavor on NatloitalDefense. Mr. Taft on ^ Conscription. place ou insurauce companies. • A The House has one more reading to give the ‘’air tight, bone dry” KiPhey pr-uliibiliou bill and it will then be^^wit. , ,wwWWW** •» . ■ • over to. the So.ate. Just^whafUlat b(-dy wili do i? hot certain, but fndica- tiona are tluit the bill mill pass there ,v., t jilso.^The iyterest 'of the pubire is f r -i.t'-re-i in what (iovertn.r Manning |.wiif do witmeiifh^h+ti and there were i intimathins o-rv, the fl mr ofjthe House t.yeoterdttv thlring the dabate that the •f 4-VjttYFTtHJT"migtTt-YWHHlyc tm! - -- •• ; ' J • , | The Berry highway eominisrsion. bill ecial order In the bouseforTues is also un der co form of highway legislation isapparant- r ly certain of pas^ge, for the impetua to lift the i?tate out-of the mud is grow- Tiig in Columpia. > : ^-s Under the forty days custom the Legislature should adjoprn in two more weeks* bV the 17th of February, but some tof the leaders think the ges- uiarket price for. their crop. - Thrs^is an exceedfngly fair proposition and tw doubt it will be accepted by niany of our farmers. The Banks of Barnwell will give their cooperation,#nd there is little doubt i*A of the county will do likewise. He will make the same offer at 4 Blackville,''AliYnrdalc, Williston and Fairfax, aiid he expects, (o^have a tlnm-and acres of. Harnwell ..Lpwer Branch by Large Majority Refusca tn Kill “Bone Dry” BIH. Storage Sfctlon i* - Matfe Tighter. >T<uHr C5f«*• i11a\ house of repreaeri ta• tivea.-went on record Friday fts-favorjng strict prohibit) tn.. with tip compro- . mise.amendment, when i’i passed the Hichey ni l to’ a third reading. The hrll. aa^off-red.by its, author, allowed, intoxicating lopmrs ur beverages.to be stored ’in the hom* nr private room of the person or pernios «n storing same ” 1 he house adopted an. amend rut nt in- trodtiCeff by 'llepresentative Dauitd.of Saluila, which eliminat«-d this.one cop- tfvird . -'•3 county in pe#nu1.Thfe peanut^ be.iug a leguminous plant, is rich in protein. The vines tuake excellent hay for horses a7H c:ttt,le, the cake is ,exten sively us*<d for cow feed, and the^olt^is (jujte as valuab'e HS cotton seed oil.. - The farm-rs of Barnwell county are cession. The act as it went to a read in g profiihits the transport ition, very, receiving, storing or keeping of any^^lcoholic. liquors or heveragei within this^itate, excepting for medici nal, sacramentaBand scieiitltic purpoa- e s, and thenundef strict regljlarionir The test vote chme oh dlepresenta- tive 8ear<on’s motion lostrik^svitt the enacting Words, the housed refusiu^to do so by the emphatic, majority of 73 to 2H. - - ' - .... . planted quite extensively, and ths Farmors’jpiun i ng_Cotn pany expects - in the near future to vrect a plant^-for’ crushing the beans. ' V The farmer^ of the county are wak ing up, aud Barnwell expects to be ready far the' boll weevil when lie mafces hu ajrpearatrce. ferr-rt'. ". e-rrv— _il —;— so:; has broken off diplomatic relations with Germany and warned the Kaiaisr tively tl\at Germany will N >n>pos'e to *. jtLat authless sacrifice, of American AmbasEadur Gerard a special reratifl- l*Ws And rights means war. v $atitfft of the IVussiaii- Americau treaty Similar action is wafting for A istHa ie s *>f l»^aiid i?v28, allompg natiunais ■ w:;ei: she notifies this government that • * n l?a: " e war niite tni>n'th> ni whicp t% ' ehe joins iii the campaign or rrstriked settle tL-ir affairs a.^eave hostile §ub»nar1i|WWAtrf*re. . •V'lnitr «•>.-lhis st ,‘infure Americans German* .in Atnerica._against. iiriern- jtt ^ , —.... . . . . Ujeut if ho-tilitics.break uCit and wotd to the world today at a joint fessum of i . . ... ’ - . . * j | prevent a sudden exodu*_from either , ongre#». - • . j . r X : . country- {•ufh as was general iu Kurope have I*.» BaMjii^ag^gaaBfegBgg SR ™ S ‘ , “ lk, f! AmbM.a^.r.^f.rd. . ^ „f tt,e fereien offlee with all his staff and all American con- . . , '■ . __ . . , .. - T iTrnted (Hit to a correspondent of the Associated Press that the ancient treat ies betw.een the United, States and Prussia were still in effect and con- Kew - York, K«A>. - 5,—TX emergency nearly JS.OJO.OtX (available foft-military gerv The presiaent mad .«• 4HAlJ® merit of hisacifon to-tue country i ounce and s«rfbu% mem are mr m United States, according to an esrimate by the executive oommilt^e of ^layor 'Muciiel’s committee on Rational de fense, There are now physically fit for service in the held, it is said,. 10 535,940 —This step woutH, positively^ ftten between the ages of-is and.45 in (iermSny and years. „——r Upon the basis of actual experience * |SKih- will'ruyi over at least' one week. "^Thegeneral appropriation bill will prob- ably appear in the, House the first of at least, .Chairman There were Various amendments .in volving a quart a month; an election on . the subj-ct next year; requiring permits from the judg<f*of probate ; and others. The house agreed to Mr Dan iel’s, which ehmrhatcd the privilege of- /becoming intere*ted iii the Mammotb ^t^vtfjrsUbome or iuzWic’s private room Yellow Soy Bean, They are beiug alao * Wowed the insertion of word • * - '“wine rr 8o as t >.Have no mistake kbaul_i the intention to allow “wine” for sacra mental. and medicinal purpose*. The bill originally said “alcohol” in refers ringjio thene-fiTOYtittma. ' The Hichey bill, aV anrended. went to a third reading in this shape. -- “Be it enacted by the general aaaem- bly of the State of South Carolina: “Section 1. ' That it shall be unlaw ful f^r any person, firm, corporation or; Company to ship, transport'or convey any intoxicating.liquors, from a point =^3 ABOUT ROAD BUILDING IN STATE "SE, GEORGIA. ^account of the severe’cold wether, meeting na of.the Tax-payers associttion was held Monday as scheduled.. The following Aftijicd » (iTiuotc-^cuui-uir.y^ tQ the uenab sals have been, tmlered out o| many. All American consuls^hfi the United States are expected ti withdraw ag±.Ziiat the geveranee ^f reiaUunsjoiay becornplettU American diplomatic in terests—in Berlin have been.turned over to Spain ; Germart diplomatic.ih- tests in the United Stares nlfvti been taken by Switzerland. Foreign-diplo- i matic interests, whioli the UnitM-: ■ . u , . -v e -t ""' v- -■ * r would be no qitt > ijftr of— interning -of P vgfetateB had «B. charge-hi Germany nave-r , ~ ---w .—»--=, r ••' ■" Xr-5:.-' ■■ Ainerfcr.iis oH Germany m case of >v^ar. b»en tuifegdfr'bver to vanousjiputrals. \ . ; - of diplomatic neg itiatitui, 1 (uher eouhtri-s where-uni,v^ r*aliervice evail.s tile-committee baa calculated that our of 90tl;0U0 meujannual|ly reBeh- ing military age in the United States ii9b-000 are nr for mjl.liary"service, ac- Tftirdiiigto the French standard of 1910 and „4o9 OCU' -according, to the German standard of that year; Tue cnnpmitreedu estimating the na- rote, that they simuld •not. be invalidat ed by This t •nformeiL Gcrmnjiv certainly wobld hold t<> fhefe-lreatiea^fti.d' that there the - outbreak of .hnftitithies.\ said that So^ar as he tyas the coming J. T Liles^ of the wavs and means committee, ^figuring on that time* It will pr.ibab^v be the latter part of jthe ..—_ lefore the House finishes .with tne tmKgnd «ends it over to the Senate and it dep^nils on how rapidly oU how slowly the elder biidy .works with the general money to when the session will Vnd. The gerreniU’-COunly supply bkll will come iii afo>g. behind the appropriatioo iiill. " \Should the Legislature be held to g^1 through a series of bills to reform the tsxing eysteni resutsftl }he St£ta and s i mi I iaj measures the sessioin-will run over two week?. Tine or two of these -may _jjet through but that is doubtful. N The first administration bill to fall by eomhm.;ication from the Board of com* mnnioiiers of Roads «n<\ Revenues of Richmond county to Ca.pt.A. Aleyer was to have been I'ead fo the Committee, ., • t _ K withmitAhe State into this state, or from one point to another within this f y State, for the purpose of delivery, or to deliver the san^e to any personal!rm, corporation or company within this State, or Tot any person, firm, corpora- marked’with freqiient Crises and at tended with the r^cf%ure than .^0 American livetwplhe-*hlgh seas nave ^culminated with an act which in ajl the “ histojry of the world always have’led to war. ^ §very agency of the American gov- ’ ernment has beeiLset in niotion to pro- ijfcect the,country against acts of Ger- manraympathizers. These moves are of necessity beiifg; In official quarfftr^ there seVifteo- to be anxiety, to reassure the few Ameri cans still here on the question of'..in- teriinient. Several of tliese Americans arepin a'highly difficult' position with To prospective means of return to the United 'States..except, by the trans-Si- bemtn railway or possibly by a round about route through Switzefland to 45 yCafsAvailable for mil*tary servije after—deductions for !‘in(>rbidifv,” physical defects. itiilustfTal ne.c^ssittei uud..dependency of families places the number at 4\778.050. that the war is on. us.” JormciL In reply to your inquiry of even date' ns to the public road system of Rich mond County. I beg to advise as fol*. lows: ■ T ■ • . . • The duty of building and maiiitain- ing the public roads an i bridges of Richmond Couritv devolves upon a Bvaed, of Geinm-ijjampiu^ .c^nn^tit^g- p{ e melnbeTi: U While tliis Board ha9 mahy^uties. its main duty is the build- lining of the ' public inj highway's! Farthat purpose they are allotted their prorata part’of the felony convicts of the Stalfe^by the Prison C- >m m i 88 i on . an d all of theMniad emea n - sAnC • thR was that givi ng the Gov- '^¥fn9T'"fhe ^wer ^ rmmiiVt shakiffs. pr coTiviets of this county •gncttre -Tumvict mjtughr4t»iwvf The judiciary committee brought in an on fa vo r a bl« -report on the hi [1 w h i c h the"House:adopted and killed the bill. The bill'to put the Australian secret ballot systPBi iu use for, all the State -PresidentTfrft told an audience at the J is befoFc the Hou«-» tii l it in betieved Bk-oofclynInstitute of Arts and Sciences has a good chance at passage. TRepre- last night, he be ieved the pCojple , gt?nta ^. e j p Cothran, of Greenville, c u’scriptiipn law making provision not 18 championing this bill, which ha* the only for the present, hut for the fiitGre | support of Govern ir Manning and has notice of severance of rela tions thelLiiied States sentto Berlin a 4<fmand for the immediate release of Silty-four Americans taken from sh'ps captured by German raiders i+i the Houth Atlantic. ' At the request of the president, con gress immediately after hearing his address began work o:i new laws-fram- ed tiv’-the dcpsrtnent nf jmrtiew to check conspiracies and plots against the Unitfc4l»J5tiUe3 which cannot now fee reachfed under existing statutes. The q nestion -of-eonToyi^g- AHnveriea n Spain and liy Spanish steamer to tluba. be ;res oi Americans have applied j since Wednesday for the- necessary, military permission to leave the coun- tryI)uj6tliTsrtrybfve.9adelayofatlea8t J a fortnight: "^Others, ‘including h lSg tHiyelreiidents, whose entire interest* art; in Germany, plan to remain no uiatttir what happena 1 — 1 ■ ' r — IHemliauritfllW llnuuiph'Btre jubniariue blookade ha* been taken up and is be ing considered as one of the next moves. BARNWELL HIGH SCHOOL INSTALLS MILITARY FEATURE Soiu * time ago Supt. li S Bailey of the B irlivvel I PiifitTF Syhod's decide d to make, military, iffstructiiin a part of the regular Curnculuni, oii-d-Barnwell |ligh school now ha* a corps of eadets /ri+rmn iiuiiihep- i hey a after the war sljall end ” • “Conscription was needed.” Mr Taft said, to “teach native'American young men respect for authority and our millions, of newly created* catr/eiis’ loyalty. . : ~... i GENERAL PERSHING’S MEN HAVE CROSSED FRONTIER. Looklni to Tutnrs Mack hitfresteir In De- velopincnts In Connection With Sub- maHne^Tfiils. ~ 'Oolumbus, N M., Feb. 5.—The- in- terTiai-uiiaT. fiitUMlon war ifte-; c lef topic of iuteresf tb‘, i*rhf to the lQ.OOO soldiers of th*? American punitive ex-| publisher', •pedi'ttnn who returned tn the Uiiitel S'ate after t n- month* in Mexrpo.' Kvcn tl:e pleasure of fheir first leave American town t-ocDndary been demanded by the State Democrat ic executive committee. 1 The bill es tablishing a homo for the -feeblemind ed as a special order on the House side n^xt week. Nignt sebsions. are now the role and the two branches will work every I available minute for the remainder of the session. _ . • - ~^r ■ - ■ ^ . * The statement that $00 country—town newspaper' have susptMided. q)ublica.tio:i > oh acchunt 'oL the high price of print pape r, shod 1 d eating good people eve r y - wjujj-r*' to rally tie* support of deserving says “The into several camp*. One camp work from the Stbckade, just ou'tside \the City, limits, ^he- year round. v There are three oilier eaipp 8 that move from point to fioint tlrroughoirt the county, working : aji tne. roads fu the county. The 'present waadem- has coverted a Ford car~into a truck, and when he hears of any place iu the road that needs immediate attention, he sends , this “Fly Gang” as he terms it. to ’make the repairs The “Fly Gang” being six' or seven men who take this truck ami whatever material needed and go anywhere in the.county for im mediate repairs. The county is doing away wjtli a large number ntules, gnd 'replacing them with macliinery, which saves good deal of laba.r/and in the long-run very economical.’ . ■ ’ ' ’5V tion or company to receive, or be in >o*ession of, any spicituou*, vioouf, fermented or,malt liquors or beverag es. containing uiore than 1 per cent of alcohol fox.hU, !wr, if or their, own use or for the use of any other person, irm, corporation or cmmmny, except as 'liereinaftFr provided. * 'Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any ravU-oad' company, express company, corporation, or other common cirriar to deliver any package containing in- ^tpxicatmg liquors or beverages coo* taining more than one per cent, of al cohol to. any person, firm or corpora- tion, an(Tin no case shall any railroad. is a •H" ■ -T exp-esa-eompany, corporation.or^other- common-oarriex.W tiers ? ; fl or . g< 4ntixf_ Of. ab.^'lice m at) nearly n year were. ryw inrf forty U* TrCr IV1 Neutral governments have been noti Had of the action .of the United States arid have openly b 'en invited to follow action if the new sulnnarine tram- paign violates their rights 'Tc^uTar military instruction from the principal oMhe’lligh School. ■Wof. I>. ,E. Barnett wfhfT fs a grwdtrnte of Ulemsun and held tli<? rank ofcap'ain at that ie's tit ip ini, Prot. Bauiett i* training the cadets take place latter part of March. fur an exhibition drill to on O'only* FielLDty, the difCiissioris of recent developments in the the- Lowell (\Iich.) .Ledger. No institution has been more loyal to local interest* through thick and thiii tliau the country newspaper ; tresn’-t stand by best friends. Probably ihe submarine warfare and wlmt w.e , of the newspapers alluded to did -future might bring for them. ' Among tli- officers of Gen. Pershing* I not deserve to live, but many of them The county uses a good.deal of gravel in surfacing the roads, which makes a eplendid road and gives it permati"/ic p 7 Under the present .administration several concrete bridges have b*eh tJTilTr. Ht a minimum cost, * which add* very much to the beauty of the road. as; well a* being’a permanent improve mxuijt. News has been receiv person, express company, Corpor ation, or^ther.commoncar/ierbe liable for-datmiges for nondelivery of gay luch liqufrixor package. 4 See’ 3. Aii^werson obtaining any package not in accordance with the terms of this act tinder. anjL false and. fridutent,pretext of any kit agciit of any common carrier) aLpackage-contrary to "the 'provisions' thiej^ct, shall, upon conviction thereof belmprisoned upon the public work! of the county for not less thin 30 day I- " nor more than iix months, or pay a fine of not lees than *400 nnr mnr« rF^ftn ‘ $500, or both in the »Ul^retion of the .court. ■... • "IT •’'• - ■■ /!' r4 “ * . 4 i- ; 4 . ^ *‘Sec. 4. 11 j ahiiu:be unlawful for any intoxicatiiiif liquors or beveragea to- be stored or kept in anv placeof- bos"frress or club room or house’in ' thil State, whether- for person.il use or otherwise. '‘Sec. 6. Any person violating any -i of the provisions of thiT act shall be subj-et to a fine of t ot lets than $100 orlTnprispnment for hot less than thr«>e month3 or both in the discretion of the court-. - » —' . - • “‘Sec, h.x Nothing herein contained delphia to the effect that • Ronald C. Gyles has been appointed house physi cian to the Methodist Hospital of that aafc. Wil-theit JlnaiM. w due iu an- The men showed kuphjipparent physi- f ac t that 'thev were published in dead ' n m —- (jal fitness in the spectacular parade whicb.marked the exit of the colutns from the IToiithern T- public to stations y have bcfii ftp signed .*J* ^ Refugees'Trom Mexico, numbering inure tffan 3,000 -proceeded the punitivr~eisf>*dit on erre nnpd her.’-, The American Red Cross has been asked <o assist in feeding them. In ,tb® orison camp are held 22 ^1* li gvd Villa bandits. Charges of mur- der’tn coiicect on with the Columbus raid will be filed against a liutn »a»n .»uh i IUHF-, i.^vnu.' W&s • viiitar here-T^eiday. ? - .■* r- L P 4 , f. . T~ : <■ i —— jfc: W;y * * '—— K • Ir ' litter part of Iasi week.., ‘ t fact'that "'they were published communities. A live newspaper make* a live town and vice versa. 7 A ' few of our subscribers’ 1*1 l|d f7 wind Tiie Sentinel cluck before the 1st of February and Consequently their intrlicular clocks have.rua down. VWe r -. ■ V - tv* ^ regret very much that they.dialled to t.O this important matter, uind uinuus | wt . gujr^eut they send $1.50;at—cwice so her of I 1 * ii’ j tr^g*p&*!*&** HjHj again preveut ttre“ sale or Trans porta tion of a cohoi and wine under and fn ao* cordance with the HatutVs of this Stkteu as contained in the criminal code. 1912, Sections .799 KOO, HQ2, 8l2 inelusive. ' oiiument over thirty competitors aftetsa rigid-,«xatnination. He received very .flattening recomnfendations from Jt-ffer-iin Medical College. Blackvitf?. his native C’ty.'amU Barnsyell County at large are justly pmud «*f the succes* of this brilliant young mail, and .Dr Gybs ,'mariv friend* .prtfdlct a dut»ngmiheillrwreeVj.tor 4h^—y. ti" 1 Atr WIWTTIVTIWH consibtent with this act are hereby pealed The Fu reelt^Cjmf pah j, one of Aug usta’s leading ladies’ re.idy-to - wear stores,*endorses the .use of The Senti* uel's adYertts'iig-coluiniis in the follow* iug language. “KnclOled please find ; j mir cheeH fur We are well physic au. Dr GyUs i- a son of qtiv.of|v>i :as«‘d with tiie reswiis obt ui.eil front JTarmvcl^OuiMlU^most^d^sMnguu^etiHouV^ftilt^Hbln^^nn^^ "^geTuTn^^^rljyles or lilacsvTITc^TmHjfflerB^^ UUuOlV*»4MMJ*»«*- , rgs.1*V’ "■ I ^ - f- •- ' “--Xr