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SIXTY SIXTH YEHR
ESTABLISH BD 1852
SIXTY SIXTH VEHR
VOL. LXVI.
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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
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. 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
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Two Stores Are Consumed .by Flames, Lois
' Estimated at $6,000 ,
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T.lm^ stores of Messrs, Leon
Moore and WrD. Lee at Snell-
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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
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DECREASED COTTON PRODUCTION.
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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-
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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
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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-
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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.
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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- ,
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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.
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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
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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
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Miss Helen Calhoun is yi.-i-
tin.g relatives and friends in thg
ciFy Of A llendale. —
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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. > • .
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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.
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Mrs. L: s.
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Dr. SfiVrkev
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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
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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/
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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
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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, '
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^ 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
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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;. • -
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THREE SNOWS IN BARNWELL.
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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.
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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 )
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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.
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l Cave is
Private I-Angdon A!
at home for a few-days on a fur
lough from Gamp Sevier, Green-
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