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y- ;• ><• - i / ~ i ■ . L~,. 77 -A : , '♦ ' 'f-4 ■'; . / JlA/ & / _■ ■ / r \ f \ SIXTY SIXTH YEAR ESTABLISHED 1852 ./ - .;• / / .- SIXTY SIXTH YEAR ,_VOL. LXVI. . BARN WELL, "ST Tm T R8l)A Y, FEBRUARY 7, ms NO. 16. . PESOLUTiONS OF RE SPECT AND ESTEEM 1 FIVE PLEDGES THAT - COUNT FOR SOMERHING Whereas, on Wednesday, Jati- -,. ua r y 2 3 d, 1918, Xt (' o pge H. 1 ’> a t e S, Superintendent of the Barnwell .Methodist Sunday School, was ^called* to liis heavenly home ; and Whereas, at the -time of km death and long prior thereto he was superintendent o,f said Sun day school and labored and work- >ed as a loyal and devout'Chris tian to the~grd.it interest and support of our Sunday scliooFiyi every .possible way; therefore iTe it j . (1) Resolved, That we the teachers and pupils of tire Barn well Methodist ^Sunday School deplore his loss to our Sunday —school and v;e wish to irear this . humble testimony to the high esteem and love in which we held him and his great Christian iidiuenee and noble and pure life for g<X)d, and his memory wilhevyr be cherished by us. (2) And in reverence to our 4iigh esteem, the Sunday scluiol mis unanimously set aside this Sunday morning "for memorial services at the Methodist church to he held in memory of our de parted brother, and will have his friend, Dr. W. W. Daniel and other distinguished friends to make memorial addresses, i, j 3) That a copy of these res olutions be sent to his bereaved familv... _ • * _(.4> That copies, of the same Be sent to the two local-papers for-publications. — •; \ L. Jv. Beeler. \ R. G-. Holman, \Wm. McNab,- ► Com. for Bkrnwell Methodist Sunday School. A ,i - BE YOUR OWN COMMISSARIAT. \ ' For the seedtime ami , harvest of this year there will he less farm labor available than ever before, and more need Of> it. Everyone that can possibly do *o mst get himself and family but of .the food market. If this is not done otrpsoldiers and the cause will sull’er. ^ Plan -out now ex actly what you are going to plant, what seed iivust he bought, and what other item*, such as tools, fertilizers, bark liniment, pest killers, and the like. There otic given James II. Foil, of North Caro- S’ v *" • ' ;tj liiia, has written a set of patri- resolutins which are being wide circulation in the press, hut not any wider than they deserve. They_ are short, simple, dlree-t. They -(‘arch the heart and .test the soul. Read them : . J A We pledge purseIves not to say or do anything -during- this, war which will weaken the hands of the government, or which, could give aid,^om'foii_or- enenurage- meiit to the enemy. , “ We pledge ourselves during tins war to do ..promptly and cheerfully all which our govern ment shall ask us to do, the same being.in otir power. “We pledge ourselves not to support any candidate for office who does nai whok-lieactedly support our country’s cause in this war. “We pledge ourselves not. to let the family of a soldier suffer for want of .anything we can supply, - : “We pledge ourselves to give preference in all tilings, where practicable, to the soldier who wept and did his duty over tho- mail of military :jge and litness who did not go.’’ _ . -.There are many besides- The Atlanta Journal who will find in these pledge's “a warmly hu man tone.” .The Journal well savs of them that “they trails- */, , ■ ' late patriotism into "term's of everyday life and thought, which are the only terms in which its real meaning and power are felt.” J _ No nation or's/ate can go far wrong whose people-feelxas^lr. Fou does. No man can justify his claim to loyalty who is not ready to make the sentiments of Mr. Foil’s pledges his own. Cut these pledges out, Keep them handy; They ' may well prove their usefulness before tho year is out.—News A Courier. \ .. ■. : i-' INSURANCE FOR EVERY FIGHTER. every Department is effort to -have of America’s take advantage lllc i, Ml , Jlolu . of the \ Government-insurance is going to he an awful lasi-tiourjdfr^ wiii^li Secretary »fttfeA’doo crowding for thosb things, so get your orders in before March 1 •at latest, and give the dealers time to stock up. War is won on foresight, and even if this gardening is pleasant, it counts > Nm our country’s battle. Every Jiour that, you can squeeze out for tnKtruck patch is time spent p '‘the men iii the trenches. An r d you do ndtdiaye to go it alone any more thanHhe soldiers do. Last summer tweh-tv men in Utica* N. V., rented eight abfes of ATT)hawk Valley Ian and put in $260 and. their spare .time* with these results ; pota toes, 900 bushels; beans, 40 bushels tomatoes, 20 bushels'; cabbage, 1,000 heads; edrn, beets, squash, etc., ad lib. Any doubters can write to J. Rich- ardson or A-; F. Bender, Utica, N. Y., care of the Telephone Company, and find out. Vari ous sraalF towns in New Jersey and Pennsylvania had< amateur crop-hustling' profits which did , about as well. It- takes pains ^ and close thinking to organize' x -^rnfh,enterprises, but, they cer tainly can he made to bring v home the provender. Also, there is no better way of get ting acquainted with your asso ciates and your neighbors, since it was for just such purposes as these 'that communities were founded among men. Help yourself this spring and there will be more to help_your ‘fam ily to next fall.—Collier’s. --A fighting - o Treasury every member forces asserts “to he “the most jusra'ml humane provision ever made by any nation for its’ soldiers and sailors.” ' “Tht* purpose iX rapidly being achieved, the insurance having passed the third billion mark in theiJotal’of policies written, and there are hi any ^military units in which every member lias taken insurance. The automatic insurance pro vided by the law is only par tial and limited ^protection pay able Offly to wife, child, or widowed mother and ceases ^er.February 12, J918. It is important, therefore, not only to tlie Asiddiers and sailors of the country^luit to tlieir fami lies and dependents, that be fore that date the)Nayail tliom- selyg'$ of the full Ghvgrnment protection, which can ga N * as high as $10,000 and is pay* to a wife, husband, chikLgfand- cliild, parent, brother, or sister. The law also provides for the reeducation -and rehabilitation of the totally disabled * and . monthly compensation to those disabled. . NOTICE TO VOTERS. - , Notice is hereby given that the registration office will not be open until July 1st, as a revision o4 the.books is required. G. M. Shepherd, J. J. Ray, ^ G. M. Main, Board of Registration. the FACTS ■m ■- ' ' ... • . : w ... -• •. L ET us face the facts. The war situation is critical. Unless the Allies fight as they never yet have fought, defeat threatens. Hungry men cannot fight at'their best; nor hungry nations. France, England, and Italy are going-hungry unless we feed them. • r.; 7. ' Wheat,Savings—They must have wheat. It is the "best food to fight on. It is the easiest to ship. We alone can spare-it to them. By saving just a little— less than a quarter of what we ate last year—we can support those who are-fighting our- battles. And we can do it without stinting ourselves.' We have only to substitute another food just as good. The Corn of Plenty—Corn is that food. There’s a surplus.of it. Providence has been generous in the • hour of our need. It has given us corn in such bounty as was never known before. Tons of corn. Train- loads of corn. Five hundred million bushels over and above our regular needs. All we have to do is to learn to appreciate it. Was ever patriotic duty made so easy? And so^le&r? America’s Own Food-‘-Com! It is the true American food. The Indians, hardiest of races, lived , on Ht. Our forefathers adopted the diet and conquered a continent. For a great section of our country it has blong een the staff of life. How well the South fought on it, history tells. Now’it can help America win a world war. . \ Learn Something—Corn! It isn’t one food. It’s a dozen. It’s a cereal. It’s a vegetable. It’s a bread. It's a dessert. It’s nutritious; more food value in it, dollar for~dollaiy4han meat or eggs oi>most other vegetables. It’s good to eat;, how good you don’t know until you’ve had corn-bread properly cooked. Best of all, it’s plentiful and it’s patriotic. . Corn’s Infinite Variety—How much do you know about corn? About how good-itris? x About the many delicious ways of cooking it? And what you miss by not knowing more ahout it? Here are a few of its uses: ■ -1 • V - \ • There are at least fifty ways to use corn .meal to make good dishes for dinner, supper, lunch or break fast. Here are some suggestions: HOT BREADS * Boston brown bread. Hoecake. Muffins. Biscuitji. _ . Griddle cakes. WaffleSx- HEARTY 6orn-meal croquettes. DESSERTS Corn-meal molasses cake. Apple corn bread. Dumplings. Gingerbread. Fruit gems. DISHES • «* .V*’ Corn-meal fish balls. . Meat and corn-meal dumplings. Italian polenta. - Tamalefc. Th*e recipes are in Farmers’ Bulletin 565^ “Corn Meal as a Food and Ways of Using. It,” free from the x* Department of Agriculture. THE BICCEST “LITTLE TOWN’’ IN THE STATE. Barnwell, S. G,, county seat of Barnwell • county, contains water woiik.s,Xe lee trie lights, a paved main street, a number of garages* a covey or llocltJoWrug stores, several other stores to ea ter to the wants of the people, a goodly -population;*a sun dial, Turkey Creek hill, churches, graveyards, bone yards, other yards, front and back, also side; dogs of.jdie pet, hound-, bird and other cdinmon or mongrel vari ety, etc.. In fact Barnwell fQii- taina pi any things one wish, for.- r f • /./ might Having set forth in the above ^preamble the sins and virtues of ahr town I will^.continue as to the “bigness” of the ‘ Tittle- n«ss.\^ - f . r A community Spirit for com mercial uplift exists tOxSucli an extent that we are, blessed with a prosperity that is no doulrMlie envy of. many other towns-who than two thousand we are so-big that we do not know our neigh bors even by name nor who his wife was before slie married ; no ! and we did not know either that hi* baby was dead until we saw Abe hearse going by and asked, “Who-is- dead now.” In this swall town (in population) , we s'eem to be so taken up with our selves, our business and our small circles, that we.forget our little town / lias in it folks who like to be liked, folks who won der when someone will come to call. . •. Bailies are born in our town to foiul parents, and when the fat her goes up town after the little one’s arriv^L there’s, not a man to shake his hand-, per haps, until a week afterward. Outside of one or two who Jive next door there’s not a woman who’drops in to*make the little mother happy with the words of praise for the “fine baby.” Nobody knows about it,—that’s it, no one knows. v Are some of ns too-rich and send delegates here, to get on i . . ^ . . , - ' t .vv W- i some of us too poor? Are some to our way of. plowing- through . , e Waves of adversity into the poFcKpf success. I inieed we are up anthat h; from dawn into tbe 1 - J : ' " J .v.****o hours of tnKjiight. • \- — HOME DEMONSTATION ’ WORK IN BARNWELL The Sycamore Home Dcinou- stravioiiclub will meet at school hou-e Thursday, Fch'.’Mtii at o’clock. All arc invited to he^ present. T he demonstration will he the uke of wheat substitutes. The'* Double- Bonds Home Demonstration club will meet Friday, Feb. 15th. Afl areas-k-- cd to he present. DenrOiistra- tion, home gardening. The two Home Demonstra tion Agents have returned to Barnwell after a furlouglt- dur ing the month of January. A prrt of this time was spent, at Win thro p College where all the Home Demonstration agents of the State were gathered for gen eral conference and for making plans for 1918. The supervising force of the department in the State con sists of Miss Edith L. Farrott, Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, M iss Christine South, Miss Gladys Smith, Miss Abria Simpson, Miss Jennie Hand and Mr. -C.. C. Cleveland. At our meeting instructions in the best and latest methods of canning, drying, preserving and pickling were given by spe cialists from the Department of Agriculture, Washington, I). C. While we were at the college quite a number of courtesies were extended to us. Our din ners and suppers were furnish ed free to us by the college. We were provided with a laboratory and class room in which to work Besides other courtesies Dr. JoTiiison presented us with com plimentary tickets to two ly- ceum numbers. Winthrop is planning a-treat for some of the girls and women of our State in Home Demon stration clubs. An eight day epurse is to be provided^ foT them some time during Clio sum mer. Five girls and five wo men from the clubs in-Barnwell county are to .be permitted to go and we expect Barnwell to have her full quota present nt that meeting. We are hack now ready for work in our own county—Barn well. % - Clifford Barrktt, Eloisk Cavk, __ Home Demonstration Agents TT SILVER TEA GIVEN ON Washingtons birthday The D. A. R. of Barnwell met with Mrs. A. F. Cornel)Am Fri day lnxt, being a regular month- ly meeting of the chapter, and aft^r disposing of all routine inatun^the request oil the part of the liaHqnal chapter that each member - pledge herself to give - 50-cents towardvrestoring the, destroyed French tmvmTillaloy, and also'to give'$l eacJKfo tlW war Liberty Loan fuiuRN^as placed before the chapter and parried unanimously. The chapter, likewise voted unanimously to adopt one French orphan girl niidihereby to con- tribute not onjy to tl.e relief of the ^French , with whom we are allied in this n ighty struggle, hut plso as caring for the home- . less and the fatherless, and’also as putting the chapter on record as standing for democracy as op- - posed to autocracy, ak caring for the daughters of France whose fathers have given "thehiselves as willing sacrifices oil the alter of tlieir country, as standing-fe^ new to the town and some of us too old “to tliedtown ? Maybe’ the way things are is the way thing's should be, I don't know, hut it doejt look like that when so little can mean so much 1 that we should keep our ears, eyes and hearts open and at all times be about this business of The clatter^Nwhirr and pop, poj) of the busy lmKnr truck on our streets from weekxto week i is sweet music in the ear goddess of commercialism, cordiality and. “neighboring.’’ soft purr of the six cylinder andN^is cold aloofness is tl.ediig the clarion note of its warning , cit ^y. let u9 not be li’big- signal is but eyidence_of the m that way.for ours isstili j ust a sweet prosperity of the populace.; dear little Barnwell. The heavy loaded drays .show quite plainly that the wheels of progress in our town are run ning oh ball and roller bearings C i DuBois.” With our population of less J with Ijeak your Cold Jseiof 666. ippe DANCE AT BUMPKIN CLUB. - - - St y r- One of the "most enjoyable dances of the season was given at 61 Burr street, Avest, in the club rooms at the Mosdys. by the Bumpkin Association last Friday night. . From among numerous palms and roses came the beautiful and entrancing strains of the soft Hawaiian music by Bearden’s orchestra of Augusta. The grand march was lead' by Miss Flossie Fattersoln and Mr. Bobbie Griffit of Charlotte, v The out of town guests were : Misses Nell and Jean Griffin, of Williamston, and Misses C&l* breath Ramsey, Mrs. Fheby Pat- tereon, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly; Messrs. James D. Bethea, Thos. 1). Creighton, Harry Fhilips, Leroy Moliar, Ralph Brcwn, Bolihie Griffit, am} .Firg Allen. All of the Bumpkins :Cliib, consisting of the-following,were present:. Mr. and-Mrs. S. B. Mose’ey, Misses Flossie Patter son, Virginia Moseley, Messrs. Martin Cornelius Best, Clifford Harrison. E. Carter Price,James A. Snelling, Attorney Sol omon Blatt and Mord^cai Ma^ zursky. • At 12 o’clock a delightful buf- fett luncheon was served. Mr. L. W. Hill of Greenland was here last Saturday, and in discussing the farm condition lie said that the labor question was a serious one. a peace universal and everlast ing among all the nations of this earth.. To the end that this orphan so adopted may receive immediate, funds‘for her maintenance arml- support, the chapter has decided to give a silver tea on Washing-, ton's birthday, February 22nd, when a musical program, vocal and instrumental, will be ren dered, abounding in patriotic numbers. f . Refreshments will be served and a cordial welcome will be ex tended to all. Come. The offering will be a silver one and in such sum as donor might be able to give or believes the case justifies. Daughters American Revolution Barnwell Chapter. •- 1 Notwithstanding the fact that Monday was salesday every busi- ihess house in the city was closed and the rules as -to the sales of medicine only in drug stores were strictly observed. One vis itor was heard to remark that it was the first time ip his life that be was in a town and couldn’t buy a cigarette; while another, who had friends to come unex pectedly to go hunting, asked one of the merchantslet him, get some shells out of his store, hut was refused. The educa tional institutions were busy, blit their efforts were directed entirely to educational work. The stock dealers throughout the county agreed not to' take their stock to the county seat, and all land sales .were called off. Salesday was not what it has ^een heretofore in February. Those who were here came on some specific business, some of which was with the exemption officers, county treasurer, coun ty auditor, judge of probate, sh’eriff, supervisor, clerk of court or superintendent of education. INCOME TAX p The U S. Deputy Tax collec tor advises the people that he will be at the following places at the time ^ated : Blackville, February 11 and-12 ; Barnwell, 13 and 14 ; Allendale. 15and 16. - CORLEY—HANKINSOH.. Lieutenant Milledge Hankin- soji/of the,87th Division, Camp Pike, Little Bock, Ark., was married to Miss Louise S. Cor ley of Greenwood, S.C., on Mon day afternoon, January 21. Lieutenant Hankinson is a sou of Mr. E. J. Hankinson of Black.- ville, S. C,, and has the best wishes of a host of friend? for a happy and prosperous future.' Mr. Q. A. Kennedy of “Willis- tou was in the-city on ^Vednes- day on important business. - - ■» r . V r: « ti: V (* T •D