Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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:t ^ ' > ■ f\/. / A T - J '. f • r r i -i. I t -Z, ' t -H -» -l ;r -■X:‘ —-i y- Vf V-, ' > ,*» ‘ SIXTY SIXTH YEAR .-’X BSTHBLISHB1) 1852 SIXTY SIXTH YEAB 'V.irwef* VOL. JjXVI. BARNWELL, S.O.’, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, ms ——■———— . -■■■■♦— ■■■—- ■ ■■ ——= -— i-,-- : K -/- NO. f.’,7 J The stQjrm of last Frichpywa^ peculiar'in its tempera tun*, anil destructive in its severity.;. ■*- Deputy Sheri if (*rujbbs came in about six o'clock <ind said, "TtTis has been an awful .after- hooii, and while J ..-have;/'made several trips, all of which have, been concluded, 1 don't think that I could have stood it half it not been that I was driving, id q closed car.” y/ z Abeiit 9:30 o'clock Friday night the wind lifetime mone ter rific while the, temperature- was like that of a sumitier’night. The only damage of any conse- <j ue lice was that ay the postofliee and barber shop, both of which had the entire front tom off Before |dawn Sunday morning the temperature''had fallen so rapidly that every thing on the outside was frozep. and re-= raained *o duriiigtfieentiredav. In fact Sunday was one qt.the coldest days we have had this winter, tendering our little city’s streets desolate. v Hit BY STORM AND FIRE 'T he storm of last Friday night seciiixto have ■"’been very des- j tructivK in various sections.. Mr. Augi(st Sanders*and family . LAURA STOHEY DARLINGTON. Laura Stdiiey Darlington, daughter of Col*. W..U. Darling ton of A-l lend ale, S.C., passed froiii this; mortal life in Rich mond , Yu., r po,'Aatu relay, 1 >e- ceinber loth, surrounded by loved ' biles , from home. r She was laid to restJ..in,Swallow Sa ; vanwab cemetery, oh/ Monday, fhe ; 17th* beneath a wivatli of flor-aT beauties that -spoke with eloquence^fore riel i than words of t lie jure ;md estefem of many friends. ~- y A splendid life has ended ! Or, materiallyysp(‘a.king, it has ended for those bereft of a pres ence beloved—of a companion ship that waj beyopd compare— of a daily round of living that glowed with.deeds of kindness and lofty thoughts that ripened into rich fruition. When one attempts \/> record the virti'ie of a character that one has known and trusted and admired, it is diflicu 11>“to know Just where to end; yet such tributes are dlie:to the departed and a re \a solace to crushed and bleeding hearts. From her childhood Miss.Dar lington revealed a noble nature. As a friend she.was true,'staunch • * and loving—in a (pilot, unas suming wav—and faithful. “Hand grasps hand, ey*e lights eye in good friendship;— A hand like this shall throw open the gates of life to thee.'’ It j,s a privilege to have such a.iris nil. .. , , „■ : T ; Farmers* — Column ■~trr S-fe who 1 ivsit^e only—a few- miles from Barnwell> left home to j 'As a daughter and .a sister, spend the night with his moth-J enough* could scarce lie said er, and upon liis re thru on the 1 of. her affectionate care and constant devotion and ' only those deprived of one such from the home circle can realize, the shed, under which tliK, depth-of sorrow and loss o f-her was sheltered, AmLhU-gqing.away. _ ♦ till his furniture, | Tiers was a gracious nature, were destroyed by cme that knew how to give ami passing traveler, whether in au next morning, lie foiKnl that his buggy-had been' torn-in to pieces I >v the falling timbeKod •>r u ' home ritnd clothes, el fire. We. uiuh^staml t hat there, was no insurance: The Sage of “hill top," a gen- t h •'fmvn-o f 1 i tefa fvd a-s t c, a n d i no i e or ley of phTtosn-jTliicat TreTut ot mimh, was heard to remark iii 'Barnwell recent lv, what iiis detB hit ton of. un / auto Wast. “a device invented Hv the Devil for the thinning. out of “d—n fools." Without hornnwltiiig • ourselves to an /indorsement of this epi- grainlnatic pronounc(*ment; ye^ it is welhvorth while considering by the [nddic.yvlip are suHirers front tTTe recklessness of auto drivers upon bur streets and thoroughfares, endangering the lives of not only the drivers and occupants of the machines, but also other drivers, and eiiiperd-. ing the safety of our women and children: It appears that as soon a,s one becomes an automobilist, a virus —a microbe enters the blood, iu- toxicates and exhilarates the “man at the wheel,” so that lie finds it impossible to control his actions, and speed follows speed, uiitiT the limit is reached and exceeded, with' its accompany ing dangers and accidents. Iteis not guilty of intentional wrong, but is to be condemneil for the recklessness, which of itself is criminal. Judge Sease, in- hisr recent charge to one of the juries, al luded to a'nother elciiient*of dan ger—the reckless disregard and unwillingness to accord to others an equal division of the road, wliic.li the Iearued jih 1 ge termed as' 4 ‘road thieving," and which he said permitted them spin along unmindful of approaching vehicles, and barely miss the CONGRESSES ALL. how to receive of the best things qf life. 'She Thought large thoughts and sct..Qiit witl^ quiet courage to materialize them. *Shc wasjwi accomplisheJ uiu- >d artist, itiiong tlieHa'st of inirreuts was tliaK of ing "Well, ('ongres^ is at it again As from time i.i memorial legis- am lators are pulling out their chests her a and talking of their constituents ministerin' ^ bach, home as if. they were, there-j in hercltosvn > prpfession by* conferring some favor upon 1 pable.aml jiroficientiiur fliesC'“const ituents." But th(‘' Darlington graduatei folks home, don't need it. They j or from her trainings course in fordi” the real congresses. .Such [the- ^Memorial Hospital, |Thdi are sprinkled all acjuxsSTl?e iaiuL The group of farmers perched among cracker boxes in tb>>i countrv store is the conclavi most often described, in fiction. Yet it is not fiction itself, but a very - real and vital assemblage in which-hns of future laws ate tiV* • tii'-O- framed. Then" 1 there's the xi very <U^simi1a'FliuLe'(].iially Wide 'awaky congress which assembles . 'every week-day, moaning at a ~t no lisa ml a.mf one snluirban ra.il- * way stations to wait for the 7-.o‘2 or the s. 14 into town. Despite ' , the jokers, those femTnine.gath- , , .(‘rings called sewing circles are often more than mere gossip ' mills. To get dowu-to smaller , groups, there is The fatiieriatid '**7' mother and seven children, from the siMiior libine from college to the toddhT. all seated round the ^ - supper tiihie -discussing the war and wondering how thev can best.Jielp. They \Vbuld be s.ur- Jprised u you called them a con gress, butThut s wliat thev are. And h> are 11 ieTiefvlywe< 1 sAieam- ing at each other inthyiF^ install - Tiieiit-plan flat. Thus it goes. In congressional halls at Wasly •. ringfon aTe ninny titles aqd much lipbbnb .find -n ttixmUoioofy Meanwhile the folks in the little ,, congresses bad; Jiomy are saw : " ing'Wbod.—Colliers. tos .or other vehicles, We do not advocate (Tie pas*- of aiiy more laws.on this, subject* trrr tlu*re.fs obviously sutlicient h'gishtt ion nlreadv ; nor anT'we incliTfed— hi accumulate laws merely for their breach, by people uninfluenced by laws fre quently passed for the sake of ^pediemy and designed to con- every human action, yitli lion- RatliN^ would we endeavor to deter parties from a continua tion of thiX practice bv a sug gestion of the ^ohhii rule, 44 tb (bNmto others as*yve would have ,, n.-y .j. 1 wi-7i 'to ■ arinpuime the ffact that l IrMVe -t e-Un ; d m colifTlumif "pac e in hot! i V.. f TI i“ e< .tin tv pa * A'er.s. -to .be u.o d n - a mean^ of +11so■ mi i 11;111n g / 111f«»i i.iiiit ion' of value to thr*farMHn>g interest- in Barn Well yoif .i t y an-TT he ■ fur : . tinuanof the (leiinui-trtitiori, work. Thb-colunin V\ iji fiuuii-h a lA-e.aiiy ;f(M* the jjeople .wf. the ro+wtv ye'ge.t' tli(‘ most value, in a general w; v. of ( the-■ ('xp-n^iou wo.rk in tlii/(giunty. v . . '■ Any ‘pfCstioii tha_t you w.i-h to u-*k- (4f an agi'icultun'O'nal ure, all you have Irn+u iyto write'to the countv agent’at Blackville, S. 0,,-and that question and the answer will be puhlisbed in tlu* following issue of *th.e county papers. .The managers. <>f the t wo patters have very ungrudg- iiiglvrdonatial that space to the farmiirg interest of the .cou.ijty and I sincerely hope that the jn'opfe will make the most of Tt possible. In addition to, the . questions and answers referred to above T will also have an article-in each ‘ week's‘ v issue wliich will be of timely importance to the Far mers. Be sure to/See what is in each week's i-spe. *■ Yours for service, II. d. ihrvlstoii, County Agent. May I suggest the following; Watch for cholera among your hogs. As’sooTl As The disease gets in your community notify your county agent to come and help you to save you«s from the diseasem\ Now is llieTinie to prune your orchard ami spricy tor the scale which kills the majority of the trees. Your county agent will gladly show you how to prune your trees ,and recommend to 7 yon as to how to care for them. Begin now. to plant youTmar- den and-have a good-oiieyhe en tire year. „ . DYCHES-SANFORD. iVI^iss Latrur Dyches of Metter, . Ca., and ..M'lvKlnibre : Sanford of 81) rin g I i eld, w e iy, q ui'e t ly in a r- riedat Baihiwell 8tpiday evening at 7 o’clock, in tlip presence.of a few fi’K'ifijs 7 mud relatives, Jndge John K, Snelling oftiei- .A. ating. /- v BRANT-BRANT. - . ' ' .X , Miss Hattie Brant of ITintTs^ and Mr. Earl S. Brant, also of l liners ;iud wlm' is .-now iii ?mr^ vice, at Camp Jackson, Wei;e quietly married last Friday af ternoon in Barnwell by Judge John K. Snelling. Mr. Brant was at hoiM on a furlough. They left inimedKiately after the nirnioiiy -for their lionpfy moon. AN AHEMPT TO BREAK JAIt Our. efficient jailor, Mr. >Ianie. Main,, became suspicious of some of the inmates, and came to the olliee of the Judge ofBro- bate for Mr. E. E. Morris, who with him made an investigation and found twoTiack saws, and discovered where an attempt had been made to cut some of the bars. It was also learned that* “Charliy Williams”, the negro charged with burglary at Allendale, and committed to jail sometime ago, was the,leader in tliis attempt;' Nand - Re sure to plant a.gi-eat deal of sweet potatoes, corn, velvet. beaifs, and in f;mt all kinds of food stull's foi/Tnan and Tieast that can lie grown successfully^ here, for it. is very-likely that you will he-unable to buy them. Tanners be soldiers on the farm. SWEARINGEN. ASKS FOR HALF MILLION. and by the ’mend. \'«l., enjoying the es twin and eonfiihutce of the iikhI- ieal slaU'aaul others wlvo recog- tather^J* ut| b> us, libtud lu-r ability ; and 'vising to j exercise CHsmoral sTiaxion to-an greateripeights .of success, ,l>e- endeavor torideiiige their eon eamesupeFmfeinh'nt of tlveTolm- stoii (Willis ^auUariuhrV,. ati <»llie„e sjj£ tilled wiljriHfarked ex- NOTICE OF OPENIN^BOOKS Notiyd is hereby /given that the hooks (4 sutiscrj^ition to the Capital StoOk; of. the Snelling Me rcantile Computiy, of Snell-, ing, South Carolina, are now open in the laytf officesof-Harley A Blatt, in t/ie town of Barn well, S. C. ^Said Capital Stock to lie Eight Thousand -($8,000) Dollars^ divided x into Eiglity Shares, tif the par value of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars the >hare/ \ / ._ li. R7 M^jibfe . O.T). Moqje F. W. Patterson- . Board of Incorporators Jan. loth, 1018 r: y" the Nation Wide Campaign for an additional ten million ■new Red Cross membera and a renew,til of the five mil- Ywn nfeutfieis who had joined the Red ..Cross Army in the ' .spring, the United State* far -.exceeded her" quota of ten million during the Christmas Campaign.- In less than a year we have grown in membership from something like fwo hundrid and seventy tlniusand to nearly twenty mil lion. Before entering the world war we ranked about fifth, in mem bership with Japan, Germany, Era nee and England, Japan having something over one mil- county has done even better than some other counties in the State, but we must do more, ^r‘ — more while great NOTICE/ meeting-of the R. W. DioksTl will be Stockholder Son,'Tne*,/on January 31, lb 18. i 11. WrDicks <fc Son, (aciri- (lnet in the well fd? our ecutivo skirl lor seven yvai>- r The i in mor tal words of WTwcfs- , worth apply fittingly .to thi? ad- mirable woman ' / ■. - “Not too hrightlind good For human nature s daily good. A'per feet woman, nobly planned To warm, to comfort and com mand,’ V- ... ' • ;/• •> Rut truly dogs . -*- v ■ ' - “Death love a shining mark,” and her light has gone out from earth while at its zenith. — Yet' W(T hav(‘ hssur.anee 111at this 44 is I>lit triwiskijcvn-,'’ know ing that, in her - devotion to earthly duties she had not failed to *eenre that* * good p art' XV1 i id i cannot betaken away; but sus tained "by unfaltering faith, has only ascended to greater heights, into the breadtlr~antF* brighness of a higher life where “some g]ad day/’ through Him who loved .-us, 4 ‘-we -wi11 meet again in a blessed reunion that shall know no ending/'’ Rest then, lieloVeiiE- “ We bear tJU" memory. <>f a pleasant life, whose small events we treasure. God who created all tilings can renew.” ' yThe dawgf is Jtot Jisfaut; - Nor is the night starless, T For Love is eternal . . , ' ~~ V7 An Old Friend. ministers to lir^ke this It might lie men and matter of special interest and by woids and inHuence te brill: nblic a realization of the dutyT/oL-oach Traveh*r on the highwayspin tlie hoptythat soine good may resiriT mid fewer acei- dents occur. ' _ '' x '. -TWO FIRES IN TOWN x-i ■ . • . x The alarm of fire was given Sunday morning about.S o’clock causing quite a sensation. The local tire department was soon ilium the premises • ;md saved the. residence of Mr. Taatik 1 ssery, which had 'caught . ■ ■ ■ . from sparks. The damage Estimate of School Needs With Comptroller t ) the top wus . sli-dlt ;$nd -?*»■«toy S.IW*. the’Jin: ilouartnwnt is - Trtle. of Aoiodp.,Ur School S>,un.. ft., AUDITOR’S APPOINTMENTS Snelling, \Yed. Dunbarton, Timurs. Robbins, Friday Miliette. T'uesr^ Martins, Wed. BjildoCj Tliurs. A ppletoi i,, Ki'-L-— —^ Allendale. Tiles. Barton, Wed. ‘ Fairfax) Thiirs. - Kline" Friday* Blackville, Tues. FTko/\V.ed. . Willistoiq Tliurs, MercatuSf Frtday—" Sycamore^ Tues. Jenny’s, Wed..- Ulmer, Tliurs. ' Hilda, Friday, ., Personal and real must be returnedThpCyear. The time^ fqf- making returns will end Feb. 20tk" ^5tl^7perealty will be added on all returns pot made. " Np returns^ received aT. ter Febz^Oth.—R. Wl El LEY, County Audi j. E. Swetiringeii,• State su- ])(‘riuteiulent ot : -education, lias submitted- to the comptroller nil his estimate of public srtToHapjiNjpViatioii.s from the legislatthkri11TQ1S. Since Soutli Carolina liW no State tax Tor schools, the legisliiture has to make up the deiicitney by an nual appropriatioiis. The amounts requested by 1 the State correspond Closely with similar appropriations in preceding years with two exceptions. To take the place of the State con tingent iiind^ Heretofore -r dis- buiVed bv the State superin tendent, according .to -his d.is- cression. -the legrdarprnr pas- the equalizing law to each district/a in m inium term of sevefrimonths ; if the district ^shqdld levy an eight mill tax -Tor cufTent. expenses and, slipuld pay the-salary fixed in UTe act. The response in tiptriy districts in raising tlie tax to eight mills has made a necessiry. increase of $50,000 in this fund'. ■ . A n entirely new appj5<>pria- rioii is the item of $10,000 for vocational education Tlii»t is required if ' South Carolina is to match the appropriation^"of congress under .thp rj _Smith- ; Hughes act. Tlie federal law requires a dollar to cover every ’dollar of federal money. The gratulated for excellent work. Some few days previousdo the above, Mr. E. M. Cave’s resi dence was found to be on fire inside. The tin/ was extiTi- gutshed however before much damage was sustained, only some furniture and bedding having been burned, 7 Elsewhere in our. .columns will be found an advertisement of a Special Teacheis Examina tion ordered to be held next Sat- 01 rday./J-an. 1 fith, 1918, at'bverv court liou^e in the state': This notice'wilPhe of interest to the teachers without license as they will • b0~ -uilalmi to their salary fop htvices as teach* rsTliis will giVF them an b])[»pi'tunity .to meet the re- quire incuts for a license.- this conflict continues. We often hear it said that there is not one 1 untrained man or wo man in Germany today, for every one ha9 been put to work, to do that which each individual cart do to help win ' the war. Millions too, of captive Belgians, French and many civilians have been carried a9 slaves into Germany to work. Tlie time Inis come in thistbroad land, all over this country when every one of us, whether man or woman, must bring ourselves tb a ‘'war basis-^minds and acts.” Every town in Barnwell coun ty should have an Auxiliary, or Branch Chapter to work togeth er as never before. Every man ' woman and child can do some thing to aid the Red Cross. U- n!ty is the one thing most need ed in Barnwell, and until we liave fhat we need not ex[ e:t very great results. If every one would do just a little, it would lie very encouraging to those who have worked untiringly for the past few months. Remem ber friends, you are doing your “bit”, amDareriftclping to take cure of our hoys, who have given up their all; that we ungrateful few may live at home in peace and comfort. Again X repeat that it is timev.for us to settle down and work, Wprk, work. . ' r ., There is a report curbed that the Red Cross Chapter equipped two oT our Barnwell bo s, wlto are to leave soon to enter' the service. While it would' have been a pleasure to us to -have done this, we could not show any favoritism. As it would be impossible for us to equip every boy in the County this way, our sweaters, helmets, sox and oth er articles are turned over to the proper Red Cross authorities in Atlanta, which is at the head of the Southern Division, and are distributed bv them. - ¥*’- V recommendations follow : Rurfl( gTJiloA BBhnnls . lOqun ix in? fund for Break t-choolei levying an *-ight ' mill tax ■ x. . " . fligh « *hool8 x- Term ex! cation N -, / Pub ic pehonhhui-dingei \ eationul cduoali* n i , Night ichools* • Xenctiing agfieulture uoder th^ .Snmak'-R*-ct*ir act PubHc ocho 1 libraries Bureau for empjoyFg anduy Miration oif U*ai*herH School improvement associa tion V 7.7.; State boerd of edneat-on’ ' TotaK : " - TO TEACHERS AND TRUSTEES A joint meeting of the Barn-7 well County School Trustees and Teachers is scheduled to be held, draw next Saturda'y,_JUin. 19, 1918,_ at the Barnwell IHglu School building, commencing^at'X^SO o’clock A. M. "lleturn vposf cards making this anTtrounce- ment have lieen mailed from tire office of County Superin-. rendent of Education Crouch to: Tru*te« and Teacher in- the County.* The Barnwell High School girls will serve tlie lunch for this occasion, and it is urged that all.who expert to attend the . Saturday meeting, sign the return postal card and y mail to Supt.Lake immediately. State Superintendent of Edu- * cafion, IIou. J. £ Swearingen, Columbia, S. C., is to make the principal address an(lAhi8 alone ' guaranu*e8 those, who attend au Idol,1(0 iuterestinj 100.000 . 75 m -60 000 50 000 •to,nop 12;000 10 000 5 too ■i y 7 V