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SIXTY FIFTH YEHH SIXTY FIFTH 1 BARNWELL, 8;<te TilLStSDAY FtMVItUAUY z VOL. LXV HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK 7- IN BARNWELL COUNTY DEATH COMES SUDDENLY TO GENERAL FUNSTON WHAT LEGISLATURE ■ HAS DO FOR MEDICINAL USE INTERESTING BUDCET, . . ' OF FAIRFAX NEWS ALONE IS FAVORED Elaborate Plans Bi inj{ Made For Annual .Field — Day: .^Schools-From'All OverCounty • - Acute Indigestion Officer Fajla Tnconsclots While Seated In Lobby Tslklnx With a - Groupe of Friends After Dinner. Sin Ant >nio, Feb. 19.—Major Gen.- Mlsp Clifford Barra!!, County Drihonstrallon Agent IsMeetlngwIth Milffa * Encourage* ment in Her Work. To show the people the. spirit with which our children-are- going into the canning club work Jot rm* qxiqic' a Jew .words f nrh) a letterT received from one. Bar? Liquor ss-Beverage. Probate Judge is Made Goat In Measure lo Be fir com- —- so . v ‘•••v'-t *.!•**.' «.• . •>„ • mended by Committee. Colombia, Feb. 19.—The f/ee eon- ferepce cotnhiitnifi_oii the ,prohibitiph' issue , w ill—rep ( frTMins morning a bill proYnlmg for a r-jnrt‘ of'whiskey or one g.illon of wine vach niHjith to be ob- tjiiHe<Frii rough The'office of the probate Will Parlicipate, ^"Tlie largest .and most' interested. crowd assembled Iti Barnwell for ten years was on Friday, Maxell 3lstv 1016. The occasoin was-Hie first annual Field ^•ederiek Foiiston, commander of the thorn Department' of the baited States army since February, J915' died suddenly at a I) iy of the white schools of Barn ■■ ell of the little girls from Dunbarton school minutes;, after he had finished dinner, lie collapTed and fed u icof.sious while seated in thtHohhy of the hotel talking with friends and pkvTiig witti .little ihez’.'p*lyerhurg. of lb s Moines,. Jowa. argues* wit h In-.r parents'at the hotel. Death was alinoG in-lau r dneoTTS. _ this in atibatynce, is w,hat she said. “.I am writing yon <!one?rni’g the canning c’nb work. I told yrfti that I wuit.ed to be a. member of the canning club if mamma were willing. I went home- and asked her if. I might joinc , She said that if I would rldi’ly work.at it T * •* ’ * ■ v might j >in F agr ed f.> w >rk. 'Please comity., hoi ail of the snl nhVOwrdipai From start t jtoinuVe bemg a featur.; ot he angimil-D sUam hi l to' - wti.-ch ob;v <ti<m wa e~«tade thunmon .carriers and express com pan iis Alberta TfT’TTtbW^-ftlTrh. plage11 hTTrunmaml of all bnit. d State* 1 1 :id worked at^in-iihHsual p^e. All criti cal limes hi border deyehi frequently remained on d hoim of t’ie.twenty-fonr. nog <»f regulars disnose^d dl stations bn the border, tl nthery itn undue ■T-MIu: brought them together in-tin contest. Tlie.comi'muee in \ ranged H.program th-.t htul.a for your' i pi acre; i stelt m and do sb'aLStrautnstao.ees hacked up by a delinite_purpoBe, will allow. We never know what we can do until we t ry.. I hcious>wer t Cotrrsehctjff.-a! and crack ers were served. . n, _ The ivglibir monthly meotjng’ of the I . 1 was■ held* M inlay, afternoon of-ijt't week..with Mesdunies (’leo H. HP'd Li* urge Sanders at the home of the ; s fJ f- The- meeting wase.udnoted by i- y t wenty The hand- vanoutt ike for evt^ry canning club gin woul r- m ianerneirt own : V i ne secret ot snee uyou emisianev^of plitpy>se. A ..other iillie girl wh-i li moils amount ufx. delat! N\w Laws Bringing Rr« Insurance ,, -Back Most Important.Hitbway - .• T Commission Act. Columbia, Feb .k.—The General As sembly may adjourn, tomorrow night, or it-may continue in session several days. The liquor questimr has not yet been .settled. The Senate DuUant ‘ i;nart-a-nionth-o:vrpn" : scripti;mlL bill ' and the House ’‘hone-dry” lull l ave been sent W free conference - and w hat the.result-of the e mferenee - will he, n. h idy cari foretell: The liquor 'iHjW- —ter is probably the onby.thing that will •prolong the session,-so iTtbe conferees hr on a satisfactory compromise there 1 71? no reason Wltf final adj >ufmnent sjvould not 6omg at lea-it l»y. teuiqrrow night. >7- _ ' . 't lie apprlrmtion hill i- also . iit free c‘ nf« r^irce. but it was announced’ in the House last night by Mr Cutliran, 0|ie of : the conferees, that work on the brf i’ompll ie^ vyill be required to keep the alU- >Iavits.^ W iie permit-’ must 1 be for saemmontad or religious purposes. A fee of 1h cent • t^>lb be chargyd. for .is- ■ \.I):g.,i;«-• c rtiiiVatc. ” ? --ayipruTvrb'.ttTr, i—-jdi rr4t-V Civic Lea(ur *od. .Uolied Daujhier* of tiio ConfedefMty fipkf Important Mfeetloxo. Other Items. 1 special to.The Sentinel: . ' Fairfax. Feb. 1H),—The Civic League. bejd i|xmonthly meeting on last Tues day afternoon wit}^ Mrs F. G. Crad dock and Mis-i Virginia Du Rant at the home of Mrs? buRant. Mrs. J. E. Johnson the fte.idpnt .presided over the mei.-ijug. A i interestitig program w.is presented, a paper on ‘•helpfuf- ne>is ii\ community life” < tyf was Mrs Marti.; Lightsey gavq-a piano pe'ee'-’ipuj and Mrs JC A. McDow ell read ar^mqpirqus seleufiim; 1 *Ibans pfTtze and crack- ; i -t v'.i'v cpntmatuiing-ffii n'feral of- the • e.u States army, siner f !,.• r.. i 7wn-. ■ “ruWr-FiTT^t u.^-.'-n,h-:id l..-t. :t llfTT.-f IlecrpTs^ .rrue nrvu'i! of which- Imh*«—Fall H to -.itn. Vie it. ihii: >i;h onlv r-. -*r at-ion^oan laxatidi f.'r nlttriy & yi ar Ipis li. iutuw oceHsit-m the pais Taf’t'm’ v.'.o tnei with tluory and the Generil Assembly with foe fuli endorsement of Govern »r Man- li)ng d d absolutely everything that was thought necessary to-i niMrtr t1|e ret ur«- dollars "has already Been expend - __ ___ _ bh ir-f-rTrr^Trrr-p-iTTy. ,,'iftr .. f-lUjifo'd ’ of the withdrawing companies. .Seven bills were presented and suggested by the commission ar.d'of this number all of them were enacted into law with the exception of the one thalfrelated:to the valued policy clause, which, it was thought would onlyvcompBcate- the \eituation and was not A direct repeal of *l ie ** v alued pulicT” law which was dp- aired by the tire insurance interests. There was no evidence of opposition in Either tlfe House or Senate to the clesire to haVe the withdrawing companies re turn to do business in this State aud “ the General Assembly, figuratively speaking, could not loive done more , than to have passed a resolution of an pologv.If mischief was done by the passage of the Lanev-Odom Act it has been completely undo ie by the enaqt- —manta at. this sessiun ,of the General 7Assemblv. l’erhapa the next moat im portant matter was the universal ex pression of aprovaf of the permanent highway development in South Caro lina. Spartanburg County alone voted million dollars worth I'je.bL Day. A ' eplenj.' J pv >gram has^ as far Ip Nogales, Arizona. The asylum policy of developments waacoutiuued ,three hundred thou- ed in the matter of permanent devel opments and repairs and the assembly t" ,'f-v i y i vc \' year. / -| o.iji recently (ien. Film-ton rejNirnpd t-.h 1.’ 17 Wili he the rr^rt| from IHi inspection.trip whicji^took him _ , He* « so inspeited the American vxpeditionary forees'm Mexico, just before they came out. These 1 tripe with ouetoBrows- ,mati«n upon request. Tictj is short, jvHkqtexae, ai»d a brief visit to AustinT been arranged- under the leadership of Chairman Z. b. Madden, RlackviUc, S •C,. who will gladly furnish all in for- we!! tlm’ ,vou could searc"'!^ drag me OWt‘oi 11;?’“": ' • - *- r . Tue 'ITFh<r~Sf-'rnfnor AVork ii it'.q! : j; ( iyjdr.tie girl?. J 'rid’-V- '.nf» trr-n-TT't dopcitus .H’fd G‘. < • laTf-r.' in* tii ■ I’rc bFrof 1 !io work nf, 1- -i'.i“i;!j Mi-? Unibhr*, A nirm- i» isiri inattfr?' wr*re disposed 'itun -- 'fjln- program trow a by- Mi s >M-tiide^Harhev and a rc Avi, .. ; by Mrs Horace.Young, Coffee and crackers i • v il.y m rot -pnrj-o-e ut. thener-fe-lMW,Hi at this session made ample gmivision for the continuation of .this humane work. Ae-a side issue, so to speak, of the liquor legislation was'the passage .of a bill which prohibits absolutely all liquor advertisements in South Card* lina,. The bill- also prevents the“ sal but every school in the county should make its best showing'on that date, Tins means teafthers, trustees and patrons will work together to put aud keep their individual school on the map. Half of the white people apd ninety per cent of the best people Will; he in Barnwell on March 30th.. You Texas^last year were virtually the only occasions when he hasbF?itabsent from his~d?6k since the border trouble developed. Two weeks ago Gen. Funston suffered Sn attack of indigestion. To use his 1>wn expression. “I fought it out of periodicals or magazines containing liqucr advertisements and some of the outside magazines^'that are now on the pewq stands will probably have to clip these advertisements or the ^magtfzines themselves apl.l have to get out editions t have this law; The warehouse situation seems to be quHiwcent An appropriation of $J0,T5b0 was ma^ for thr continued support of the systemv but there seems to be, no enthusiasm about it and there were frequent remarks that if the admjnis-> tration and members were not commit ted to the continuation of the system cannot afford tb be absent. \ * alone.” Later be placedliimseR under club will be experted la Jiold regular this care of Lieut. Col, M. W. Ireland of the medical co/ps, Southern depart ment.-and regained normal health and of road work in permanent A that„co inty alone, dozen other cotmties followed. thik ex ample aud during the year of 1917 there iw.ilF be_ millions and not a few dollars expended on the permanent road work of South Carolina. ./. ■ To insure the permanency and the cooperation of both t^ie federal and State authories A highway commission bill wae'enacted. There were a series of proposions along this line. In the Senate the principal sufcgenDoiHI "CffMF from Senators Sinkler, Brice and John- ... . . . -. # son, and over dn the House side the rum-Carter Berry .luggestiotii were that a compro mise was effected in Tree conference. The crux of the highway commission situation is that the board will comsjft of five members, three being the heads of the departments of thle engineering .department at the University of .South efforts of the Statt'itr g<r into Bustitess that would have gotih on the j_onk heap. - . . iSpe,akiiig.o( the matter of the conge ■ti hi of U j gislrtt.ioh, t hern i»stressed tfiis yearns nioch as ever theutter hop/fess- ness of the General AsseiqbiyCaeting upon important matters epFly in the sescinn or at least a few (fays beforeThe' spirits. ‘For/three dayv.” Col, Bre land said tonight, ‘‘Geo. Funston had been entirely wellT-* i Nevertheless at dinner tonight Gen. Funstoti was particularly absteipious and ate only sparingly of the simplest dishes. C6l. Malvin-Hill Barnum.Gen. Fun fied the War Department_of Gen. Fun- stQn’sdSath. News also was dispatched to Mrs'Funston, who is vjsjting her father in California. No arrangements for Gen. Funston’a fuuefal ha^ve been . ..Jiri-' • --T- Col. Ireland, Who has been Gen.Fun- adjournment rush. Tjris is the fortieth day of the seSBiop^ar.d yet all oFthe measures of 0ate-wide importance, or. at least thoke that ara ;8t .ill ;enera most general attention^are ktill in free conference or unfinished. This in cludes the highway commission bill, liquor legislation, the general appro th°j. mo.t generally co.D.idered. The prlsli0D bm . wl , ich i„ C0rp0rtttw ^ fit'islitili. Ilittitii, lljllni iloall iuli ■pn?y" r <jr IIIB .Till! WIHI MUff&R&TT •Uch a wide differences that a compro- ilia 1 A n» r% *> *•/» n rv> ant . it _■ Carolina. Clemson and the .CjtadaL prac j rca ,j y a jj 0 p_MieseTrr?rfiow Tn The and two to be appointed bv the Govern- M The support-af-this Board is "trr emm? bylvAy oTalieiene taxon all.automo biles operating in* the State. This tax is to range tyrom five to ten dollars per egL and is to be in lieu of city and countviieense fees. The major portion of the fundi ia-to be expended in the eouhty where the licence is collected. The proportion is 80. per cent to the county and 20 to the State The disposition of the General As LantoUeriiig ik.Ug muiMrt, mon schools. A of the oornmon schools. A direc\ in crease of $50,000 was grapted as * sub- fttdy for the weaker sohools -throughojj^r the State making the fund ^disiributed •long this line for the various grades f schools aggregate aboi^t $400,WO. the .bill looking toward tn^ effab- lent of an insti the law enforcement fund ; the supply bill* canal resolution, the general game law.'**the act relative to the present chief,game warden, and the general county officer’s salaries. All of these measures are being jammed through in the last few hours of the session and hands of six men-, members orthe ebm- such affairb “uruTsr legisIatTve regula tions. and have the right to make or uumake all tfiat has been undertaken on the particular measures. If South Carolina holds another constitutional ciuiventioc among the inhibitions of legislation; ought to be a provision that no measure effecting more, than oqe coTTntry should be enacted into luw five days before the adjournment of the assembly and that the'date of tbe tmfrm Igudlti >«fti Mllfurn 11 ‘{fliyufll US’ as to avo d,unanimous qonsem possibili *7- V Messers M«0. Best, E,C. Bricft.. M Mazurs.y. Albert Snelling, Dallas Cre^htofn, Allen BroVn and Harold ugham attended a dance in $um- HON. R. P. SEARSOH. v-Xamlidate for lAttorney ^General Educated at Glemsbn and University of South Carolina, and Law-Maker. Succesfful Attorney Hon Sam-J. Njcholls, the good con- gressmaiffrom the Fourth CongreisTon- al District, receive the following self- letter ATTHACTfNC ATTENTH1N- attention, * It was first prinied in one. of The State’s daily neaspapers,It had been reprinted .in the-Caniden Chronicle, and we .clipped from that paper. Barnwell, S. C. Feb. 2.--On account I oLthe-muddy,a 1 mnst impassible condi tion of a large portion of Main street^ the rapidlr growing -busineis -of the city?- tonight: _ •‘Gen. Funston’s death .was caused by angina schlerosis qf the' arteries of the.heart. Death was almost immedi- 7 ate andjwithout pain.’ ; 1. To give knowledge that will ma'k the hurden of home making lighter and that will produce ; stronger ''and h'ealthful people, - To furnish &n opportunity, for the exchatigeil^oFldeas^ ecd the discussion of hoitie problems. . A of’the ‘ftaptist* church y :l>le valentine i arty at ,e lu-t Fri 1 tv eveni. g. A eon that an archery* contest first . contest .Mis< Z >e Thomas and •' ^Tlhatn llyter and Miss Virginia Har- t r and Lelahd Barber tied for tlie prize, the latter couple winning in the draw, lit the archery eontest kaymond Ham- mbnd was declared threbestifaaflt+mam 3, To furnish an opportunity tor the social getting together of the neighbor- hood. ————— 4 To develop leadership among onr women. f- '/'■ F A regular course has been planed .for the Home Demonstration clubs. Each The public will be pleated to know l hat Mm BeuIar.McNemar, a disting uished reader and ontertalner will giya one of her delightful entertainments in monthly meetings. At these meetings one of ttie following subjects- will be discussed t—Soup, care of fi munity^ sanitation, care and feeding of the children eggs. Invalid “diet and Invalid cookery, pickles and relishes, jellies and preserves, beverages, quick breads, leftovers, diet for diffetent'ages and occupations. the school auditorium on Monday eve ning. the 26th. Miss McNcmar hasen- tertaiued in almost every state in tha u/ioft and always chirms her hearers. She will give* varied progrAm embrac ing new and popular- selections. r-and popular- selections. The Aid society^of > the Baptist church counts itself fortunate in having ae- I hope that many of our womeji- will, join in these clubs and and help to* cured Miss McNemar for this evening’s entertainment. • e . • • , The many friends of Mrs J, F. Light sey hope for her a speedy recovery at Columbia Hospital where she has. been for some time under treatment. Mr Cheater Lancaster has recently ..." -undergone a serious operation at Aha ston’s chief^Fvtaff .;immediately jlpil^ otake Barnwsll ewwAy^*, leader tit n . ntUt hnanHftl n A , nmhia 4 vian<1 . Home Demonstration work. “ Clifford Barratt. Home Dem. Agt. Barnwell. FOR MISS SIMMS^ Never has a bride-^lect received more dilightfuf attentions than. Mi«s Baptist hospital, Columbia. His +riends will be glad to know that he is expect- HomC this week. ’ Rev. "A. J Foster of the Baptist Courier was a visitor in town this week preaching two" good sermons in the Baptist church on Monday. =--7- ■■■--== Jtron’s physician for soine time^ eanT Mhv Simms, Njhosp.marriage to Mr A. TOO EXPENSIVE. explaining letter from one Spartanburg Constituents: Hon Sam bicholls.^ ; of. Ills I). Qliphant takes place on March 1st. Jifrs James M. Patterson, of Allendale 'entertained at bridge on the 14th. The decorations were carried out in. red roses, hearttf and-’candle s4iad;*8, and also that color used' in a delightful salad course served af^er the game. Miss Simms was presented.with a beau tifully embroidered guest towel. Mrs Wjlirot T. Riley gave rcharm- Itig^iridge party on the 15th 1 lu honor our congressmun <h,ve §u , r,4 have recdr|he seeds ju sent TnwnmtiffjyfrthywY YmeThef’Ctt’fflTtt' basket. * cupid on one determining the winner of the consolation. Cream and cake were served after the. games. The cream was ‘moulded in pink hearts with cupids on; them* of Miss Simms, Fink rosea" were used throughout the drawing room and dainty refreshments were served dur- ing the afternoon.—Miss Bimms vr*t 1 Those _playing were. -■> • ■.■A- Mesdames J. A. Porter,TE. A, Brown, C. F. Molair. J. N. Anderson, G. A. Cole, W. M; Andreyvs, R. W. Riley, W. G. Simms. Jr.. J. A. Willis, R, Boyd M. Calhoun, J, Raodill Kelley, R, ^S. ( Dicks, C. b. 8immS| given*s ■, ** it says $300 for privat use. i cgnt^TToTf bngeriiir, afford tn.plgnt seeds for publick so i am sendin them seeds bak tu yn with instruk9huns to pleas sendin me sum seeds that i can plant fur my own pri vate use without paine the $300 dollars i votid fur yu and rede the sptbg jurnel i am a pore quest hard wtirkin man with (4 > chUluo,&nd never luk' * dost nv Mrs W. Gilmore Srmms. Jr., give another party in honor of Mi!ss Simms nnttees ot tree conference, who handle H ^ ail) } tlrwiivuv v traffic near the business rr«ri» **;rnwoWeiin area, it has been definitely decided to pave this street with concrete" or fed ment. . • ■ •*• ' \ v V o 5 ' Now Jbhe point is, things like this at- tracFth^ attention of people far re moved from the town where such im provement* are proposed. Camden is a go >d long way from BarntfeTl y^y4t the fact_that Barnwell is"* to ' pave its main thoroughfare was considered a ter last week. wwwrtwwuf"H!HWTTB l IH!p™7lff? ■nrTnff?ir Another thing It Barnwelf can pave its Main steet. what is the matter with Bamberg getting busy? »\Ve notice the Chamber'of Commerce is already think ing of this,-*ud if it never accomplishes anything but the paving of Mafn iiree.t its organiiatio -V'tjTPYriiafe been in faio ,—Bamb”rg He»tld, Bin t thesaim IPiMiMi vary respekfuly. ACED NEGRESS DIES. Eliza Harley, prfbab'y the oldest .person inr this sectTon of the stitttrTttbed here last weelr,—Maum Eliza was bar* in I1S13 and before the war belonged to Sheriff W. J. Harley. She was the fr.nthj.r r>Kil^-o» IIur nlikiitL child is still abyet-her-youngegt-t?mld g inifnl / is now an old woman.- She was practi cally helpless for some time befbrje her i^eath The day of tile year will be Field Monday aftemooh. Pink flowers adorn:---® ew ed theirsubscription since our last ed the room where the three tables were set fpr^ bridge. Thdse playing were Mesdames S. B. Moseley, w. M. An drews. R. Boyd Cole, G. A. Cold, H. D. Calhoun. L„ M. Calhoun, W. G. Sfflvmt. MiaaesTAay 8tmms, -Annie Lee Simms and Be Bee Patterson. Miss Simms was presented with two piedes ot linen. The first prize was a dainty handkerchief and won bv Mrs R. Boyd Cole. Mrs G. A. Cole cut the consola tion, also a handkerchief. Mesdames J. Q-. Patterson; JV.^GteA. Cole and R. Boyd Cole Will gMfp&nies during the week for Miss Simms. Mrs. H. D. Cftjboun’s card party for Miss May Simms on Tuesday afternoon CTTWmi Day—March 30th. Every progressive eitizjeh ofjBarnweH county is .expected te be itThe'county seat tb it day. iv . - 1 e ;gnair. was pregeuted with a bride’s book, and the first prize, a piece «»f lingerie, waa won by 'Mrg.ty. Gtf? • .ore Simms, Jr. Mrs J. Norman An t':son cutthe consolation. 1 y ^ The score cards were hand painted wtth lovejy littte brrder. v Hand painted Misses Gill. Railey, Currell, Annie Lee Simms, Be Bee Patterson, Georgia Antley, May Simms, Carapn apd M«mia_ Nell Bronson. mmmmmam HONOR ROLL The following subafetiberi having re* issue, are eHtitled to a-filace on the, Sentinel’s honor roll. 1 ~ R. Lv Ussery B. E. Peeples Jas.Rav—— ^b-OrTfipard Lee Powell Rev; A. Hair’ R. H. Gray - -7 Sam Bes^ Z. G. Odom Statemebta have been mailed to all subscribers whose subset iption will ex- pire on tha first of the tcomming month. We sincerely trust that eaeh ami every one will give the matter im- mediate consideration. We have adopted the cash in advance policy and intend stickingjo"lt~weTari~furced to ,lft i f yrits »f everything going to make up the pa per. W,e regret exceedingly to cut off miiy - :b-cr.l» *r. but unless the remit tance is sent ip before, the time ex- Ipires we will'‘be forced do so. A« w* 4isve stated before—it is NOT A MAT- TERO^CRROIT. It is singly a n?ss policy we must bdlow if we ^ddtegbt^gere drawn frdm a pink continue (OTpoblidli tbafapfr. : • v - *, * ■■ . ,.7T r *7l .V •