V .x' Y. M. C. A. WORK AT CAMPS. . . I * - ,-V • > ' " , . Binpern lows as havediboTldTe -war preparation* of tfaxg United States, arid rapidly its fkjey have been brought about in recruiting Im army of "millions arid a navy many timy's its former-size in a < few-months, they have riot been able to exceed the ability of the War WorlvN^tho Y. Ai.O. A, to keep up with Than. Every place tlutKa new canip lias been constnictecE fyr the troops the “ Y’’ buildings have been the first, or amoung tim first to be completed, equipped and in .use. Wherever volunteers or selective service men have been mobilised they have found the Association waiting toreceive them arid serve their needs. When it is considered that this ha3 been done by a ^private institution, operating without profit, dependent upon volun tary workers to maintain it and. paying no ltfrgeg salires, the record has been one-of ahe most remarkable of the entire war. - Xllere are today in the United StajtPs dearly (>0U buildings and tents iiiwhieh Y. M. C. A. work is being done. These are located 1 in 224 centers and require the i service of oyer 2,000 men. Each; | of the national guard and nat- .)ional ariny camps dins a great building, lor every brigade^ pf (Roimi iLien. Each of these is presided over by a staff -of six •secretaries, so organized that tlier< A a man for each of the various activities in which t^he ' Association specializes, lie ad dition v there are numerous sta tion'' manned and equipped among our ex pelhl it ionary for ces n* France; and among the arnii'.'- oi our allies in \1* ranee, hu".a T McsopitTaniin and Egypt, . Each -.of- these buildings is • pivvided with an outfit that jcomprtSes ninety different art icles, varying from pianos and moving picture machine to pens, ink and later paper. At the present time the Association buildings are. consuming l,000,OU0 sheets of stationary tWerv day to enable the sohFiers to white letters home. And 'this costs tunyuen not a single rent. Hut \vh:it Las been and is be ing clone' is only' a forecast erf what i- vet to-be done. When tlie Am ri-eftn troops begin,to go .over--as in large; nun.ibOrAV ith in t : ‘c ne,\ t t'c-w- piopUiAalH* A>s*'ciati*»n“ must beGpnpaidx! to do for theiit there what i> be-, in g done tor tine n In're, and yet cannot move i4 ; s- -present bqild- in.g> *>r tittiii 'fr<»|n Anioripji* td Frame . because 14 they will- ^>e needy'd As lie re they are to >et|vc .jiieii *>! the >eci-nul and thrnjl dra t*-\yho will till ther^rtining vacated by the murimal- a-nd first draft of tlie nat ional army-. t hen-, too, thero'tx^Rvast work t eg be d<.*iie mil•.*ng the 1 i ght i n g; our allies* FpRice, borne the brimt of the w axC/agj-atg is. injdirc need of ‘ this yaw ice ami has not the men or the money.to provide i flier- HAS NARROW ESCAPE Explosion Creates element. > ■ i The Vickery Bros and Book keeper id tlio Vickery Bros gar age in Barnwell had a narrow escape Sa turday morning when the air. tank which was in tly rear jpf the building exploded. The plate glass in. tlie front of the building.'was shattered and a tool box which wgvj-sitting near was torn into hundreds of piri- ces How the Vickery Bros and Book keeper who wernAtanding in the building escaped all in- lries is a‘ mirade. MRS. ASHTON* HOLLAND ; - ENTERTAINS. UP COTTON FIELDS. Items Picked from Town and County* '\ ’ JJJ —Dr.^O. H. Best of this city spent Sunday-in Columbia. , Miss Lillie Mae Aldrich "of -Blackville speilfc the week end- in town. . & i b. lf& TdAL Boulware -Esq. was in McCormick last week on Pro fessional husness; Miss Flossie Patterson went up to Augusta last week to see BenHur.- Bugler Johnson Ilagocfd of the M. GGU£rjlFSth Inf. 56th Brigade Moth Division, Camp Sevier is at*home on a Furlough o- for several days. - Mr* A. J. Oweiis-went up to Columbia Sunday to. see Mr. Terry KichardsOn who is in a Hospital in that city.. , i * ‘ / | Miss Lena Cave of Denmark and Mis;* alive Calhoun of this city spent Saturday and Sunday In Augusta. . On the eve of Hallowel n Mrs. Ashton ilolland entertained a few.of her .friends in celebration of hor 1 ri/tl/-day. Tlie gnest wen 1 received in the parlor which was decorated with vtCses of lovi> l)-chrysan.theLlnums. A Hereon- joying an interesting coldest in which Mrs.' Woolewx"won the Consolation -amFMrs. Grubbs tin* Booby tlnygtiest were invited into the -Mmitig room where refreshments were consisting of ices and cake fol- wed by a variety of fruits. Mrs. Holland’s gifts .were iium* erous and beautiful. Washington, 1>. C. Next year's boll weevilscim he fought Very— effectively tatjay. The Bureau of/Entomology of the l'uitedyStates. DepaHtment of iture.ni’gesMrati a 1 twoeils ru^)hMr lx* cleaned oilt of "cbttan j fields throughout" the Sottfli at'this time. All stalks stilly standing in the tiidd should be destroycil by the time of Miss Georgia Antley of Allendale, spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs.' K- , S. Dicks. / S^Mr. Rufqs Griffin of Lynch- hufg, :visited friends in town last week. - Mr. L.'T'y Benitett of Appleton was in the city Monday. . Mr. F. F. DunlKir of Meyers Mill was a visitor here sales day, Mr. W. I. Johns a Pro gressive farmer from.the Baldoc section spent Monday in town. ..Regimental SergeantoMajor GewhrLangley d2itrd inf. Camp •Jackson spent yhe week-end With his-mother./ 7 Messrs W.^I>. (Jantt and William Fowke' motored to Augusta .last week to attend Ben Hu iv , iiamp- guard : elf. ’ The Italian armies extriided aiTTnvitlitio at ion t<> earrV; its a’ct- ivitiei to thoir ranks and Jilre another J jG()0 np n are needejd. I Assoep iVitiei t * jnsk * Ru’-sia's necessity is greatest ....of alf and-tlierc 11 fe HeliV is pll- ' ready white-with the harvestdf j the *‘V'’ caii liml any money. - It is to meet 'these figcils that tlie Y. M. C. A. isphuinin£p£be great campaign for $115.00(1,00(1 to be waged from November 10; v • n . ' t tq 19, of which the spates of the.' south eastern* military .. sts i Iluhert Blame Wijltery Richard-on ~ nmt over to Springfield'Sunday. Miss Amelia .Mc.Nab. spent, the week-end with her paiehls McNnt soveraUdavs in BarnwelD - with fliers and relatives lastywtgdc. /( ujiid*s daH bus been thick and fast and si hit the mark ' r who were married here Sunday by Jgidge John K. Snelling were Miss Carrie Belle Still and Mr. Joe. Pink ling Morris, Miss Susan Elizabeth^ Odom and Mr. Tliuram Louis Creech and Mrs. Ella Josephine 'Brickwell and George Henry Kinard. A long and happy life is ex tended t< r 1 hese r voting couples along life,s journey. V 4 Mgssrs. Isadore and Herman Brown, of Blaekville. were in tiiis City Monday, with a nice lookin'"' h*T of'■’nude’s, and, judge- ing from the nlimber tlu;y."dis posed of, wevwould -;r\' they are tboRTUgldy good bii-ine - men. atiableund plea-aiui'in manner. Mr. W. 1. Johns,, of BaLKa - . one of therhirgtAt farmery in the State, was lun*m\Iondayloeni)ctt. of* Ajqdcton way among tlie many visitors hcrw&des (liiyr> t Mr \Y. r rS(aHyoiin, of Aniericus Ga. was b.fci*oxMoiHlay / complete ing a business mmsuctiou with DivT F Hogg dalnotiiiting in tlu'.' a^ryato Ml ajloucMt'oi ty or Fiftv thonsdnd ilbil frost or as soon thereafter as ])bssii>le. This cleaning up will decrease the-po&sible deslrucrfion of weevils next year, but al though tlie .boll weevil’s strength is weakened at present hi' wdL^try to regain soriie ground next year. To destroy weeds, rubbish, and stalks now* is to destroy to a large extent his prospective army for that drive next season. *■ A concerted campaign through out the South, if taken upim- ■medihtelv and pressed vigor- ously, will save a considerable amount of cotton next suiuHter.-’ Quick,action is- the watchword for this work. Reports to tlie Bun^tii of Ento mology fr^m allllfeld men in the cotton belt aiuFfrom State ento mologists rodeents that this has been one of the liglitest boll weevilwi'ar since the pest enter- edo^'e country. Tlie only sect ions m. which the damage has been cofH|m.ratively heavy are the Sea I-lghd sections of Flor ida and sputhefH Georgia, and AN OPEN LETTER TO 1 CONGRESSMAN JAMES F. BYRNES 'A*-.- -,: i Sir TlieLihertjv^bfidcUam-' 1 a I gu h 1UJAV .over. Un readiii" the many newspaper n ports, tl b y and Aiairy others shrprise, your seeches were largely, do. Voted to an effort to bolster- up your report} and posiliefil in Congress. But since you have seen fit to do so, I now feel fully at lib-* ■i rty to write you this public let ter in justice to the people and enter into j the discussion of a few ihaters of general interest. In the many places I visited and made speeches in the inter est ot Liberty Bonds, I confined mv remarks solely to the cause ef our country’s peril. • You are serving your fourth term in Congress, and have not volunteered. I conclude that --you will ask for a fith. 1. Are you willing to staud for re-election on your Whole/record in Congress. ’ • LI. Why did you vote the least* (which is practicall;ay sale) cer- tain coal lairds in Montana to the Chicago, Milwaukee u t; inVvery \>a r,tic u 1 a r. Most especdtUiy in eyi«lence werh the silent and\reepy ghost figures, stroll ing annind in the rnoon- .light and intemniiglihg with the blackcuts and nu*k 'o lanterns : 'x A RAY-TRULUGK. >and Mi*<. J. .J Mr Charles II Smith of Wil ■«» •- » ton. whs among the visitors who were iu attendance ofthe saI Monday. ; . f Air'll lb(iilimes jof L^s. and oni 1 of the nioSt prqgl*es?ivc Ear- 1 nVers of that section was*in tow m Ajondav, ‘v 7 Ap ” t Air, QG\ Kennedy, of Willi — ton Aand one of the largest livA *t<5ek dealers of the County/was bmrAvjth a fine dnimdtydf rnules nionday and le qj tbe cltimdi lo the acprunpaTuineiit of a beau tiful wending march piayell by 'Miyjw Anna Morgan Davis. W hen they reached the waiter 011 he niter, which \yasijh>tefull v decorated with ivy, plWflower^ and (lelicate shatlcs .of .cosmo they were :ilet by Dr! WaAon. ot Blackyi|le w1k> perfumed tile .ceremony, the bride wooxAIoyely travel^ nfy broad cloth \vith 1 iir/rtlul silver tr'iminings andlyaYriod an e\otnjuet ink cdrnpdiims, maiden hail* andxisparagus ’To rns.j^A A nn^l>er of friends .aiVd rela tives- w itite^ArT”tbe c(M - cj.nony and sbo\ye-red . tlie bride ] ajid grooinj\VltIi >4*.(aighctutitfioi^ as they iqot(>redlaway toNDeumark to -catclran evening trajn. and other spooks so prevalent on Halloween’. The guests came maVked ^ml were admitted at the. gate .by a couple opghests, standing sent-— iuel in the moon light, and turn- • ed them over to' other* ghosts who led them up the path to the door |b be met l>y ghostr reciv- ing them rather cordially with icy hands, and then passed them on it no the house and. to* the witch’s bObthr--wlu?re-the old w itch was stirring and boiling their fortunes in a caldron es pecially prepaired in one earner of the hall beneath a bower of bomboo/through which peeked the tiny Faces.of black cats and jack’o lanterns; screeching and howling at thcwjteh, who foFled out the fortunes of each, of tlio gUAL- I . After ( liayinAtheir fortunes told, t hey \yere t4nn invited in to tlie parlor, where different games anh amusements wer^ 7 o tie red ami enjoyed the. reM/of the evening. Miss 'Gaufuate, having-won* the first prize in the contest war awardGi a Black *** Fat. to kyop hejAcompany the re-tGff die- lprU'lv days, and licit lyLatjien w inning the^ b<*)l>V, wds presentetH also with *' a HaUmveen f^vor, w*hile Aliss WlRianison was handed, tire— ( ainson was manipulation of Food-stidfs by >^ l ‘St’s prize.-Itt ice course with the speculators wTien" tin* beef G* 1 ^es and mints were served. -■ trust and the Milling InterF^tB in the Country placed an exor bitant price on the necessaries of lifeW by did you/Cote against this iiivestigatfo \ . Did you lAjuest Congress man Clark^M/disfribute his anti- draft speeches in tills District; also why is *H<,nV Sam- Nichols di-irihutiiig his speeches liere nefw ? * - • ‘, \ I., W hy did you noF ask the peojilc for a ri- itig vote if you dk right iu tnakiiig ,-t viaous spgeeli agaiqst the Aai4 a.few of the (|ties- tiojKlvhich I desire for- you Y(V lswer in .public to the people.* I-hereby vote you to, meet me’ ini open, triendly ami-Jiigli-toiudi (legate, H' twcen now jmd tlio' eissenrbl.ing. of ('oiigrcssl in Dec- embgr, a- ahter that time you may TJc'cneagcdliful not-he aide to conie before tiieriv. You call na me (laltj- mjd ldaces. . • ‘ • ■, Respectfully, : • .. V ^ -tr./L/ '] ’ o 010. & —T- I, , Air C .J Alartain, jrif piackyille >vas among tlie visitors here Snips di\y. •; Mr Frank F. Dunbar, of ■ Meyers] Mill, ealjed at the sank*, turn plea-antly Monday. 1- Tlmse enjoying Mrs, (ir.een’s hospitality were : Misses : Gam- hate, Lath an, Ball, -Curqerlf, Mears, Porter, Hulf, and Ed Still, 8allie MeNah, Kate ward, Nonie Best, Eloijje^Cave Leila Williamson, \ Lake, Mrs. TTmyjtfas, tuid Mrs B*est. ^ Messrs. -Van DiVere, Best, AlherJ/^iielling. Carter 'Price, \V>lher. Dvche-,- Trowbridge, nipes, Botilware/Manville. Dr. Miller. Brunson’.- Pate ami Brodie. •• XMAS GIFTS TO TROOPS IN FRANCE f Capt. RYBoyd Cole ot' Camp r Jadksqh,. Coin ml via,* w l as. ihjbtuxos. making many trades town oil Sunday. • .(sales. -* f m til ml v" baptist church. (REV. W/tk II-VVKS I’ASroR ) PreacbfTy^Pverr Sunday ir.urninjr at 11:30 S ight 8 ;40. _ ^ ' Sunday School. 10:30 a m. B. Y*. P 0- Mondayat 8:30 p. m. Prayer Mrening Welneidiiy’a , at 8:30 p. m. ^ The Superintenitent of tli© Foiji th division of the Rail way Mail Service requests the widest publicity through the medium bboilr papers to the necessity of tlie early .mailing of package 5 ? iu’tended to reach otu trd«»ps in France by ('h-ri-Hya-s, and to the fact that such packaged must not e.Vceed $even poTOids in t * f ' d r> ■ X wei- Piyston Pressie yille and Ja iii in* a c ii -negro "of CD sstep Son Unless packages intended As dmsjtnias pre-ehtsTor tin*'troops! in France ai‘bdep^ited mt Post’ ():ffiction .y>r before November 15th it wiil..bg/impossible, for 11 i4i ur to re ac ii t i i i ! er ^thest i nation befdlre - Chpistnum day, and oil of Abe /Postal Regulati on^ in F-raiicl* mack ages wei gh ingqnore thTiil..-seven pounds; can not he forW'TtTd.edT by maU; ■ x. / Air and Mrs A M |\eunedy,' of Willistpn were" tivAhis City Mobdav afternoon. * ,i A dijes^rs (H D Warren, Monroe IIarlev,G/S. Furgeison. arid | h'felr to Tail. - ! Novi Is,, lyecame involved F ^r er ^ u l ,assed thr ultyori Sunday mom- -i-digR- this CUy Monday enroute i^ii(ledln^io kLtliivg.>r^ ron ^^ ll W w %re they had Prcssjie. by Nevils, the .Sheriff 6,1 biminess. botd'Gl and Deputy. Sheriff, - Afr Ib-nolds Mar tain', Cashier ' J t rank (iruhh-. brought Nevils,: of The.Farmers and* Merchants to Barnwell arid -Committed him [.Hank Willisfon, was in Town Monday. ;• > ^ x • ' J 4 . • l' I