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- t 'A. k »-i> ■» . t A * j * l I £ + irtul » ‘ Erl&nit- ?ra/. . - > ■ t >. i'f A ••••» l - *1 ? 7TT- - ’ •€* » ■fz v ...'■// ;’/.'"-‘~.-/t V J SIXTY SIXTH YEHR ESTABLISH BD 1852 SIXTY SIXTH VEHR VOL. LXVI. T-t: “tBarnwell, s. cl, tiiumday, .janu^ry.^ ms/ sr > < / Hx . X / NO. 11, ■ *< Miss katf'S^alicr, For Manv Years Member j of ihe Sfai<House Family, Died Fri-. ’ .'dayNljpiV Interment Here Miss Ivato MaheKdied in Co lumbia last Friday bight, the 28th inst., at 8.30 o’clock. Wlicit the pews of the death of Miss Kata_ reached here it sad dened the hearts of all A* Barnwell aiRT In the words C-oL the ^tate, “This announce ment will startle and sadden thousands of South Carolinians who for twenty years, or less, I niont ] vs DEATH OF LITTLE JULIAN SPANN. - Allendale, -S. C., Dec. 25.— Julian Spann,.,the eldest son of Mr-. J. 0. IJpanii of this place, died’1'rid ay afternoon December the 26th, after a short illness; in the seventeenth year.of his age, and, was buried at Swallow Sa vannah ce.mfi.tary Saturday. The passing 'away of this bright young life is. especially sail, following hs it does the death of his mother by a few have known and learned'to love and respect this splendid woman Julian was a very popular boy amoncr his-conirades. and by his cr- • • ' • ' “ / , Sixteen While Men L<fc/Barnwell Last Thurs* day for Camp Jackson to En ter Training / f ?Sv . ami joy around her splendid seif. interest, ip his Sunday Mi-" Mahay was taken 9iCkon riuI religion, and became ^jwt Tuesday. Christmas day. ., , lielu | )er () f the Methodist w %i|h diphtheria,, but was notl chureh At school he* showed thought to lie'dangerously ill-: i ll}t . ivst \ u all his studies and ,A slight operation oivhm- throat g. lve pivimise of becoming a siic- became ueces-ary and was per-■* cess f u i and useful man. r ,,. r ; formed Friday at two o'clock, j ( ;, V at sympathy is expressed Thereafter she rested easily and a ip sich-s for his bereaved fa- .X fcfer death,-vvhich occurred )ast| : (lu ^./brothor and sister, fgjfe^ght at s -.45 o'clock, was uncx- * f * rfpected. tw ■ 1, Miss Kate Maher was the ^ . daifghter-of Judge John J. and Eleanor Bellingei*. Maher of Sixteen white men of Barn- WelLcounty, who had been sum moned hy the local board t o i‘(>. licit at Barmvelf; left last Thurs day morning for Camp Jackson to enter upon their training in Uncle Sam’s'Vu-vice. They have the ’support and best wishes of theivfyiends while in the service. TliXfollowing are the mimes of those wlyo left : Rebt. B. Harley, Allendale Farrell A..Creech, Barnwell Monroe Beasley; Barnwell • J. 8. Keel. Elko <Jas. M. Buckner-, Fairfax C. L. lliei-s, Dunbarton .Curtis Hartzog, BJackville/L CL. W. —Wallf DUnbarion^ C. F. Hammond, Fairfax' L. B. McEendonr/Bhickvillif' Julius M. Sfrobel, Blackvilh J. T. Wilson, JivpFairfax M. CL. Fender, Willis ton A. M. Load holt,’Jenny J. Herbert Black, Barnwell. 1>. M. Kearse, Barnwell DISASTROUS FIRE AT SNELLINGS rl >——— Two Stores Are Consumed .by Flames, Lois ' Estimated at $6,000 , 1 • "T T.lm^ stores of Messrs, Leon Moore and WrD. Lee at Snell- . . - * ing, weredestroyed by tiro last Monday night. The whole stuck of goods in both stores' was to tally consumed by the llanjes. Neither Mix Moore nor Mr! Lee carried any insurance. The loss Ls'estimated at $JF,()00, At the present the origin of ■ , the fiiVTs unknown'. FOR MRS. EDWARD WALLACE BLACK / Barnwell county. Judge Maker X X r 7*. * ; DECREASED COTTON PRODUCTION. ; Wr . FORCED TO SEEK REFUCE IN THE PARKS. Mpre because of the failure of j the rail roads'to .speed .the move-. n,mut of coal than for any other’ reason, the 'President, by proe-! Lunation, took oveis on I burs- -The earthquake, which was day, their operation and control. f 0 p , lt , -Guatemala city- at It has been time and again shown u .VcloA on Christmas night. was equal in Ats destruction of property4-if not greater—than J-A and again shown from all authoritative sources that the shortage of coal iii the \aiTous markets was due nlnio.>t t | Klt jj ( *}i orcurred in Charles- \ was an able and learned lawyer,!.-‘ l0nu, ‘- . , ' aud as Judge John S: Reynolds jeept-ion •"Jiidi.AA'li Fv> ftpidrOf him in his “Recoilstrue- lhinhar BJat-k tein tion’ f : f'Uo lett upon the* bar 1 liursday. afternoon ii 4 I % upon aijRlpeople of lps circuit an im- ''-pjon than which none better > 1917,'* la-ting was made by who -;it upon the • bench in South Carolina/’ • Miss Maher became private secretary to (’oipptroller. Geii- eral Norton about twenty years —r-ago. She hail servi-d succi'ss- fullv undef Uonqitrollers Gener-. -^ al'-Derhani, Jones and Sawyer, -'and ha- been for unpiv years - Clerk to the State Pension Board. She i- survived by one sister, v Mrs.^ Uhas. Car-roll Simms'/of Barnwell, .and ..two brothers, .Bellinger Maher of Barnwell, and Y\ illiam M a her ^id-'A-he- vllle:" ' - The funeral took $dace in the Catjiolic church at 1:30 O’clock Saturday evening, conducted by Father tjuinn. N<Hwkhstaii(l- ing the extreme, cold and stk- agreeahh; weather the church was filled with sorrowing rela tives and 'friends. Her remains Were htkLto rest in the Catholic t*e in e t e r y. T1 le pa 11 be a rers-w e re Messrs.' P. M. Buckingham, Jas. M. Caldwell, Jas. M. ifvah TttrC A most interest jug event of the holiday season was the re- dVilliam lered on in honor of )ier daiiglfter-in-law, Mrs. Ed ward' Wallace Black, formerly Miss * Flmiiia Carpenter, of Springfield, whose wedding took place on Dec. 22d. ‘ . The lowin' floor of this spa cious home- was thrown en s u ite a n< l w as attractive!y decor- ated rn smilax. hotly and mrstle- « toe. The guests were met at the door by Mrs..I. K. Newsom anti uslfei'ed into the parlors where the/Avere introduced to the re ceiving line, in vvhich stood Mrs. Wm. D, Black, Mrs. Ed ward Wallace.Black .(the bride). M-rV Lawrence Minis,the bride’s aunt, ami Miss Lollie Mims, Frmn here lliey were shown into the library by Mrs. James E.’ Kennedy and .Miss Bettie Mat thew wIu iLu block ice cream rmdeake wei‘e served by a bevy of yoting gijJL The* bride was r .jtJiar.mingly.af- .tired in a-wJikte evening; gown of pils-y, willoWTatfdm—aiid -d- ver lace. A Targe K -number of. friends called duriini' the hours lioni CUT SERIOUSLY BY FLYING C^ASS Mr. S. E. Moore of Snelling,. S. C., happened to a very jieCu- liar aecid.ent.at Smiling on Mon day morning. In attempting to warm a bottle of lro/en coca cola, the bottle bursted and a piece of the living glass struck him on the under lip, splitting it open so t^at a number of stitches were noeesfUry. Mr. Moore’s many triends are delighted that th^’accident was no worse. entirely to inability of (lie rail- i in-ISSG. road authorities to move tfie pro duct.. Time and opportunity were given the railroad authori : ties to improve.a condition from which the country lias sullered. .. In Die jFFefne© of his procla;^ matron the President gives credit to tjio railway executives for having done-their utmost', in patriotic fashion, to improve transportation conditions. But “there were difficulties that they could neither escape nor neu- Report OnXotton ginned up to December 13, x 4Plo, 11)10, and PJ17..,ky. the t T nh«l Suites, asftralizo-.” -The President, fhere! sliuwn l\V tlie ginnerVreport: . r ioid \ iai7 10.306 309 ’ 10 SIS.799 1 A>,4 42,Kr,H The report very plainly, shows that ttie cotton crop Cor y> 17 will, not reach the production of 1915 or 1910. fore, deemed it '‘imperatively necessary'' thaCth(-Government should take over and exercise control over all the railroads and organize them, umlX “ a sin Everv house in the cits* was «• . . n J rendered uniuhnbitahle and all citizens were forced to seek safe ty in the parks/Or other open pljiees. The damage to all the buildings w T as*so severe that the city was forced to pass an ordi nance.to prohibit any one from remaining in any building. The government is relieving the sit uation by distributing provis ions., . • While the deaths were not nu merous more than one hundred thousand are homeless and hun dreds art* suffering. SHARFSIN- -FELDMAN HALFDRD-DIAMOND - MDs Belle Halford, daughter ohMr. and Mrs. Willie W. Hal ford; ipd Mr* Jas. Leon Dia mond, son of Mi*, and -Mrs. Quincy Diamond, were happily united in the holy bonds-‘of matrimony on Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mr*. \V r . D. Delk, in the presence of a few relatives and friends, Judge John TC. Snelling officiating/ gte authority and a simplified . A surprise marriage of gi*i 4 at method pf. coordination \Vhich bit«*re-t to their mail} trie .ds hiiye not jiroved-possible under NV!IS Miss Alleene Sharf- privato management and coiKf^ n aiT< ^ Siwiiuel Feldman, Esq.* troE” ’ X ” / at the home of Mr. Harvey Rich LOCAL ITEMS. William (L. McAdoo, -Becre-; ^ Blackville, on Monday eve- tary of the Treasury, was named n ^ ni v Dec. 31st, at 7:30 o clock, by the President ^s Director Tlie "edding being unexpect- General of Railrbads, and there V‘1 was :l very quiet hut lovely is-granted tp. him all of the an- affair. Tlie ceremony was per- thority heretofore vested in the bu ined by Judge John K. Snel- IVesidem and the*: Interstate ri »K of Barnwell, in the pres. Commerce Commission, so far rb lie may wish to exercise it. His orders will also have prece-. donee ovim* the statutes reg ulating commissions of tin* vari ous States.', • 1 QUESTIONNAIRES BE MAlLEDiSQQN n Jno. F. Snelling, W. IT. Dun can and Butler Hngood. Tin*, floral tributes}* were beautiful and numerous. i _ : • ■ ..- ■ •—j . .. DEATH OF DAVE RICE. Allendale', S.C., Dec. 25.-1 News..of the death of. Dave Rice at SilveLC'ity, X^vlda, on Die 23d itdt., reaelped AUendalt* yes- trrday. For some time ft i& bealtli lias Been failing. ;i>id a few months ago ho w ent West-think ing tlie climate would benefit, him. *"4Iis sister was wyith .him at the time of his death. Tie was a young mail of high character and deservedly popu lar; and will, be greatly missed. Hi* leaves a .motheig tAvq sis- ters and two brothers to mourn his loss. His remains .are- ex pected tomorrow and will be in terred iii the family burying ground. ’ /" A- , a ‘ Many A c hanges „ are being made in this city. Mrs. S. N. Woodwaid has niovad and will cojitinuato keep boarders in the Brown* building at .Die corner of the Western Carolina Bank building. 1 AUDITOR'S APPOINTMENTS Snelling, Wed. —-Jan. 2nd. Dunbavtoh, Thurs, “ 3rd. Rdhhins, T’r'ahiy “ 4th; Mil|etto, Tiles. ‘* 8th. Martins, Wed. Baldoc, Thurs. , Ajipleton.,-'Fri. Allendale. Tue-s. llarton, Wed.i Fairfax, Thurs. Kline,' Friday. Black Vi lie, T’ucs. Elko, Wed. Wiilliston Tlvurs. Meivfatus, Friday Xcamore, Tues. JenhyAs, Wed, Flmer, TkurA. ■.Hilda, Frida}/ 1 P^sonaF and .'real-s^irojierty must be refairned this yeljs The time for. making lelurtis' will emi^ Feb. 20th. 50-ffi : |>enalty will be added on oil returns not made. No returns received af ter Feb; 20th.—R. Wr RILEY, County Auditor. Solomon Blqtt, Esq.,- spent Sunday in'Sumter c *' • » * * Miss Flossie Patter-soil is“ vis iting. friends in Greenville this week. Mis.s Lila Huey of Charlotte. N. C\, is here on a vi-ii to Mrs. McAllister., .Mr. A. J, < hvens visited friend- and relatives in Concord, N.( ., la-t week. Miss*Thelma Maz.ur-sky is at home fro'in Winthrop college b>r the holiday*.A ’ r Miss Helen Calhoun is yi.-i- tin.g relatives and friends in thg ciFy Of A llendale. — \ . Nr*-;. -./•* * Dr. and Mrs. R. 18.-Bail'Ov UiilL da ugh t erg Claudia, are visiting friends'. i.n the city. M iss-^Iae Brown of Mont gom ery,.Ala., is visiting fmendsaiid rqlrttive? in this city. > • . • ** ’ . c - Start your New Year resolu tions by renewing your-sub- scriptuiii to Tlie Sentinel. - >■ , J. Emile Harley. Ks<j., aipl family motored totWilliston and spent the holidays with relatives last'week. 7 Jyvery registrant will have ,re ceived his questionnaire by Jan uary loth. Quite a nnmbei* of mice of a few relatives and close friends of tlie bride Bbarfsin is the attractive daughter of Mr. Sharfsin, who is a prominent merchant of Al lendale, and a sister-in-law of Mr. Harvey Ricli of Blackville. - Mr. Feldman is a prominent attorney at law; and is a popu lar member of the Philadelphia bar where Die has a • lucrative practice. * --- \ Mrs. L: s. j;, Dr. SfiVrkev L wus h’ere vKiting 11 air of this city is visiting* her daughters, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Googe of Al lendale, 8. G. Mr. \\A I. Johns of Baldock was in town Tuesday in atten dance upon a meeting Tvf the ex emption hoard. ^rs, J. F. Billings of Abbe ville, S. C., was a pleasant -visi tor at The Sentinel .oiliee last % Friday morningA • o , 'i /, ' Mr; and Mrs. E. A. Brown have returned from Laurens wfiere rhey spent Christmas •with the latter's parents. Mr. Bennie Bradley of Camp Sevier, Gr.ty nville, has feturned 'to the camp*after a very ideusaut visit to parents at Martin; \ The many friends of Miss t Rqse Gaffney will learn- with regret that/she has been quite sick for the past'few davs/ 1 ./■ > j Mr. and Mrs. Feldman have registrants have sent their ques- the.best new year wishes of a tionaires in from Barnwellyoun-j host of friends for a long, hap- \ ty, while a great many jtave not py life. received theirs. They will* make their future »' The Legal Adviso’ry Board t home in Philadelphia. and tlicit quite a busy time. assistants are having WELCOME TO BARNWELL Ethel 11 air lias just re- l )r * 8n ^ Mr». Ren Sexton win Make Their Future Home Here Dr. Biqi Sexton .of Mullins, SAG., ha-, closed out his stock of drugs and will -ma'ke this city hts future home. He will enter the agricultural industry here. The numerous friends; of Mr. and Jlrs. Sexton are glad to know that they are tp rjeside here in tire future. ’ * turned fiom a visit to relatives in Allendale. x . Miss Flori.de Johnson of Al lendale has accepted ar position with Mr. J; P>. Arnystrong, ’oiintv/r.reasu-fer. A J t ( Miss Gertrude Gnmbate, 7th grade, teacher, spent the Ghrist- ma’s holidays with relatives and friends in Charleston, 8. Gi* Dig and .Mrs. G. pNormap' Stirling of Greenvilje ar<* vis- 1 iting tip* former'sitarehts. Judge TO RENT—Six* room house with all ^modern conveniences. Apply to' v W; S. Browning, Barnwell, S. C. of Orangeburg s daughter,. Mrs. J.G.AVoolev, last week, ' r'-* r ’ l - ' * x ^ Mrs. George Melton and baby left for a,visit to Mrs. Meltop's parent's at F.uquay 8[>rings, N.C. , Mr AH. P. Anderson of Do- nora was in the City Friday on an important ’bu-ilie-s mission. I arid Mrs/ John K. 8tiellin<t - \ J A 4 X ' r Mr. Thompson Diek.s and Mr. Leroy Baughman of Duiibartpn. wereTisitors here on New Year’s. Private Jplm O. Brabham of Camp Jackson . spent a few of the holidays; with his parents here. N.i 4 X Cadets Charming Hayes and Owen Riley spent the holidays at Rome, with relatives - and friends. 1 .. Mr. Clias,ACai'i’oH Anilersoir of Florence was ip town Friday an’d called at the sahytum. Come again, Carroll, Th^ Sentinel crew are always glad ft^eejou. Miss Josie Davis aud her Vis iting friend, Miss Mildrei Glover, Attended the opening hall at tlie Highland Park ho tel, Aikeii, S. C., on 'Tbesday night.. Mr. Herbert Black ha.£T)een called t-o- Die colors, and l«*ft "Tuesday liiprning for Camp Jackson, His many friends wish him much success while in the service. ■ • ; .... Mr. and Mrs. C. IF Bruce of j Macon,'Ga.^ Mrs.Jolm O.Perkins and Mi;js Mamie Youngblood of, Augusta; (hr., were tire holiday guests of Mr.' and/Mrs. B. L. Easterlitrg. Mr. GA IA Falkenstcin is ftov ihg into tlie building loitirgrly occupied MLtm* .Mace, Drug Go,, and the Mnee Drug-Go, i- jnov- ing into the building wliiclr Mr_ l^alkenstei.11 is vacating. Mis*Mai'a Morgan of Okolpna, Miss., and' Miss Naomi Sherarar of Columbia, 8. G M clas-mates of Mis* Elizabeth, who is atterrd- itrg (Dricora.college, are here for the holidays, guests of the Burck- lralter honn;. • - t.' THREE SNOWS IN BARNWELL. l A boat 5 o’clock Saturday af ternoon a stiff, cold, nor,thwest wind brought in a hiantle of s n o w lacco m pa t ii eff by extreme cold, which lasted*all day Sun- day. * ■ '/ , Monday, morning it began to .snow again, and Tuesday morn ing the ground was whiter with snow that had fallen Tuesday Tiight than it had been at all. • Verv little snowballing was indulged in. - r V. Seymouh' Owens, : . Esq., s'pent. the ChrfstnTas holidays at Williston witb his mother, Mrs. - 8. A. <hvens", and stster, Mrs.W. M. Jones, His ’sisters, Miss Nannie-Owetis of Rock Hill, S> jCXvod Mrs. Walter R. Smith of Wilmington. X C., completed lougl I the famiK yeimien. . 1 ville. BAPTIST / . (KKV. W. h. HAYES I'ASTOR ) . • ^ • • • • . ' . , ■ ; f ■ r'-vV • Preaching every Sunday moaning at 11:30 Night 8:40. Sunday School. 10:30 a. m. B. Y. P U. Monday’s a» 8:30 p. m.' Prayer Meeting Wednesday’# at 8:30p. m. -1 l Cave is Private I-Angdon A! at home for a few-days on a fur lough from Gamp Sevier, Green- 'I X -j, **h