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-.-A- r J u- '■ / 4 I / •■/‘r "T 7 / /I v- v* SIXTY SIXTH YEAR V. ESTABLISHED 1852 SIXTY SIXTH YEAR ' ' r ~" 1 . 0* VOL. LXVI. BARN WELL;#? Ci, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1918 NO. 27. The War Situation. STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CON VENTION. -Ta shion s may change quickly, but wav ne-ws has -every adv'an- t:igc over fashions. The stirring li.'W^ t .lay‘becomes the essence of st.! less tomorrow. Tlie news ■lit the time of writing may he o/.Orely wrong when it is read. Tlie fourth week.of the present -campaign opened last Thurs day without any great profit for either side---The Germans have gained territory, but at the’ cost of huge casualty lists. The Allies have for t\ie time checked their advances, but nobody knows -just how many troops have bsen required to do this. - If this war lasts much longer «lf of us will become proficient in Jome of the principles of miUitary strategy. War is no longer a stand up, knockdown, and drag out affair. I*t has be come* «T matter of the destruc tion of armies. Stonewall Jack- son adopted the policy in his Valley Campaign of striking in rapid succession, and defeating enemy forces which in the wholt* were larger than; his own, but were smaller in detail. Grant's policy in the.Wilderness was to oive man for man untiMie had worn awayjJLlie enemy. The German- have adopted ajcom- hiiiatron. of these. In the Arras battle the plan was first to overwhelm the allied line by great numerical superiority then separate the French from the British armies and to defeat each at its own pleasure. In the Armentiefes battle the* Ger man aim was to crush by su- „perior f orces the ' Portuguese troops, and. to separate the Belgian froip the British armies. They have nearly succeded in both efforts, and have {furnished t|ie Allies most grave crises. But at present they have gained territory, but failed in their purposes. Allied line holds, though badly dented. Railroads rather than armies . win or lo-e Battles. If Germany can reach ""forward and cut the arteries that supply the battle Jinc>, thn-e armies so supplied must rmrlTu another railroad of -apply or blwl to death. Aniu-ns-and lla/.ebrouk are the railroad junctions aimed .at with murderous thrust. If K ' # V • eit her of. these, falls into.,/Ger man Hands rfm , Abies must surrender far fnore territory ... - • than ‘ tlie” A1 ermaii 1 u'we- now gained. The Allied forces have '.been used to' protect these rail road centres rather than to defend territory except as this was necessary to protect the railroads^. Tlie ' Allies have brought up inflicTcm reserves to see that Germany never gets them. Germany has revealed .•'her plans*-for tlie spring offen sive in striking where she has. Germany does not yet know what are the Allied plans. Germany has sutHcient reserves 'for one more* similar offensive. Tlie Allies have a reserve army which has not yet been brought into action. Germany has gained a thousand square mi Ids, of worthless v territory at the- cost _ ill perhaps • 500.000 casualties. The Allies have lost territory but have preserved a larger number of effective divisions. In gaining tiiese' vfredgeshaped* areas there are certain military principles of success that must be observed. To be safe the - old battle line last must be at least twice as long as either of " the sides of the wedge driven in. Otherwise the invaders are sub jected to an uncomfortable cross fire which prohibits fur ther advance. This lias already happened in the territory of the last German battle. Tlie whole area cau be reached by Allied artillery. The present German necessity is to widen the width of their wedges. This is a hard ‘task in both a*ea§. The sides Spartanburg, S. Cl, April 22, —-Reports fronY every section of the State indicate that there will ho an runiisqally large at tendance at the State Sunday School Convention in Green wood,, May 1,-2, 5, according to a statement made at the State Sunday' School headquarters here today', Word Inis come from*several countv associations that efforts are being, made to have- every one of their schools represented by three or more delegates, and'.it is expected that a large delegation will come from every county. Last year the large t delegations came fromVGreenville, York, Lancaster and Orangeburg, and these counties are endeavoring to beat tluvt record this year. Calhoun county, the first ‘‘front line”,* county in the State, is also planning to have a large delegation. As.no special rail road .rates have brien granted, many people rkroughoul qb.e State are pi aiming ,to go - to Greenwood in automobiles.\ . The three-day program, that has been prepand contains the names of fifty or more of the leading Sunday School work ers of all denominations. Ma rion Lawrance, Chicago, Gen eral Secretary, Intel national •Sunday . School Association ; Dr. W. E. Chalmers Philadel phia, Educational Secretary, American Baptist Publication Society ; I)r. Geo. Iv. Stuart, pas tor of First Methodist chinch, Birmingham ; Leon C. Palmer, Montgomery,General Secretary, ■Alabama Sunday School Asso ciation ;■ Miss Susie M. Jtfden, New Orleans, ’ Elementary 'Su perintendent, lA>uisiana Sunday I School Association, and Mrs. E r ANOTHER CONFEDERATE VETEf^N PASSES AWAY , ^ - ■* Capt. W. M Patker, Prominent Furmfr and Pu»lnfss Man, Dies After Short Illness. Tlie,.death of Capt'. W.'M. Parker Tuesday morning of last week cast a gloom over the whole of western .Barnwell county. " He was confined to his* room only about one week and was not thought, g< n rally v to he seriously ill. Dr. J. G. W o o 1 ey T , h i s a 11 e n d i n g p 1 i y s i 0. i a n, was sitting by- his bedside talk ing when he very suddenly took a »turn for the worse, and in a few minutes after the final struggle began he quietly and gently passed to the great be- you'd.. • , K Capt. Parker enlisted in tlie service of the Confederate gov ernment in the war between the states in J863 when quite a youth and fought gallantly through' the remainder of that bloody struggle. After the sur render at Appomattox he * re- returned to his home and'made hi« ’life work that ^f tilling the soil, in which work he 'acquired much success. He was a menu her of Camj) Morrall knd attend ed the reunion at Meyers Mill on the titlrTiist. and seemed in the best of spirits and health. He was cheerful and jolly, join ing in the holiday spirit of tho occasion m a vigorous manner.' Ho tirst married MBs Mary Harley, the daughter of a well to do farmer. They were a hap- jry and devoted couple, having their lives blessed with two sons. When the good Lord in t " « * 1 . his wisdom saw tit 'he. called the mother to her heavenly home, leaving the husband filled with grief and gloom to fight the battle of life with the.care qf the two little-tots; and for COUNTY TEACHER’S MEETING- The teachers of the county met oil Saiurdav in the School building for the last meeting of the present Session. In many respects it was the most enjoy able of all the meetings of this year. Dr. H, M. 1 ’ole i1 westhe speaker of the occasion, ~ He has by reason of liis splendid talents as an educator and pub lic speaker become well known throughout the State in the last ten years He spoke on ‘the reactions of educational aims. His address was highly enjoyed. Major Muldrow, of the U. S. Army, who is in charge of the work being done here d>y the Engineer corps, s-poke onj:the yt.fil responsibilities of'School teachers in developing the pa triotism of the next generation. He commended very highly the loyalty and patriotism of teachers “in the past. . Tlie meeting was made all tho shore .enjoyable by the mu sieal offerings of Misses Hoff, MuldroW; Snd the'Misses Grif- tin. Supt. II. J. Couch called the attention of the teachers to the iirereaGng shortage oT\ teachers and the necessity of inducing more * prospective teachers; to qualify for , certificates by v at tending the < )rangeburg summer school. Special inducements w-ere offered to prospective stu dents. ^Tho 'retiring ‘president, 'Mr. M. B. Self,*expressed his grate ful appreciation for. the many courtesies extended him by the association during this session GOOD 6R0W0 HEARS DR. POTENT MERELY Whistling Bombs Lots of “ginger'H-in a horse makes him a fast stepper, but ots of ‘‘ginger” (jti-whackp in a man makes him a wobbly stepper. ‘ * Turkey Creek hat's highy Your Ilill is a take itun ‘‘high.” ■s all right if it'll fe . n C. Cfonk, Itichmoiul, Klemen- *‘ r ugglo alone, yftcr the lapse The announcement last Sat urday that Dr. Poteat would j deliver an address in the Bap* many years he continued this (t ist church on Sunday proved tary and Missionary specialist, Evangelical Lutheran Church, will be" the out-of-state s])eak- ers at the cbnveiition. i’rof. B. 0. Excell, of Chicago, and Prof. A. W. Roper, of Wi nona Lake, lnd., , will have charge of the convention mii- of years he sought and won the hand in marriage of Mrs. Mary Jane Killingswortli, with whom he lived a life of happiness and contentment until death claimed hin\ at the ripe old age of 72. The high esteem in -which j Tie was held by the‘ people si.-.- I!i-v. Ditnivl lT.TS0iM.fS(.' ll,r ’ , "« l, ; , ' r " eoui.ty Mstlli.'ws, will lead tl.l-music at "'fvidem-e, l.y the lmi.dreds one of the two^imultnueous ses. the tuneial -sei- sions held each evening. 0'ce>, \%htrh h.tok jd.u-f* .it The first session begins Wed nesday afternoon- May 1st, at o.00 o clock. T'his uill he an “Association Session” and ad dresses will lie heard that will ho of particular, interest to the Slit) State, County and Di-trict •Association otli'Cers. Tlie State Executive Committee, (one member from each county rep resenting all denominations in the St at e) will hold the annual business meeting at 11.00.o’elock Wednesday mo-ning and will lunch together ajt the Oregon* liotel as .the guests of the State Association.- All Sunday School workers arerrTiVited to attend tlvis convention., Greenwood has provided lioin.es for all delegates at very reasonable rajes. The headquarters of the convention will be the Tirst Baptist church, .and all delegates will go the.ro immediately upon arrival for registration, and assignment of homes. ■ — '■ ■ • v • 8 " ’ ’ ———- eachxwedge are high ground or ridges which were gained in earlier battles. The Ger mans have nleady flowed in as water^ but thev^re held by these * ridges as a dam holds back water. They are. now try ing to pierce the restraining embankment at somow'eak point. We may reasonably expect a third German thrust in the immediate fifture. They have enough fresh troops for this. They must then wait until they have recuperated from their losses. S<f far the Allies may say‘that it is good. T- - — . ■' Joyce Brandi church on \Wnl- nthday of la>t w^ok at 5 o’clock ]>. m. The service.,iVa-s r conduc- tod by Rev. Barney II, Fore man. Floral. offerings ppured 'in from every section and in great profusions yet' the’ beauty and fragrance of the flowers could not' supj^essj.tlre sorrow nor dry Ceavrdimmcd eyes.of -the origregation. that gatli- ered to do tile last honor and reverence to the goocj ,.inaii who wid dead. * 'l'he {pallbearers were : J. Staff Halford, Dr. A. B. Patterson, John F’. Halford, Tlufus Moore, 0. C. Baxley and John K. Snel- ling. j thc- large Break your.Cold or La-Grippe with a few doses of (16b. . PYTHIAN MEMORIAL SERVICE- The Barnwell Lodge, Knights qj* Pythias, / N‘o. \fi, Will"* hold their annual Memorial service in the Barnwell-Baptist church, •Sunday morn mg at 11 o’clock, he w timer Dr. L. J. Bristow, Superin tendent of the BaptistJTospital at Columbia, wil'Lpreach the ser mon. All other churches will suspend servicelTaud join in the exercises. Every member is.earnestly re-' quested to lneet at the lodge hall at 10 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to be present. . Through a typographical error, ( Cpl; Butler Hagood was credited in our last issue with a contribution* of only $2 toward the expense of erecting otir na tional flag on May 1st, tyhereas, he should hove been > crej.lited with |2.50. We are pleased to > mftke..the correction. to be a drawing card. When the bell began to ring the peo ple began pouring in the church and continued until every seat, including the chairs, had beetl taken up. After announcing his subject Dr. Potent begun in his usual satirical manner, gain- ing at once the undivided'attew- tion of the entire audience, and for forty miuutesr he held them spellbound. His address was a masterpiece, thrilling every one through and through. MEMORIAL EXERCISES. ‘ On Friday afternoon, April. 2<>th, the memorial exercises, will he he’d i-n the auditorium at the Scnoolhouse in Barnwell at B;15. (juite an--ftttr;ictivc musical program has been ar ranged, together with.several short .addresses, front men of the town, and also an address by Rev. Mr. Lightfoot, of Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. The public is cordially invited and urged to attend these services. Do you remember when the witty ones said, ‘‘.0 slush?'’ * * That conductor, Meyer, can run a train, but he’s fotind out that it is not well to “run his lip” so much. (He’s under bond for pro- German talk/. * * Well known creams: Perox ide—Cold—De Mciithe—Whip- ped; -- f * Famous backs: Full—There and half wny—Pinch—Fat. Was it yesterday or in '7fi that we heard so imich talk about the boll weevil? * —t '1'his war is taking tlie “mail’ out of Germany. * * That German T-boat prisoner who a-keif for chicken “South ern style” will get enough “Southern style” for his stom ach before lit* again -treads foot on his dear Fatherland. * * . Do not cast a way a castor bean (under cover men !) plant it„ • ■• * * * W. S. S.—War Saving Stamps. W. S. S.—Will Secure Securi- DEMOCRATIC CLUBS MEET SATURDAY The Barnwell Democatic.Club will meet in the Court House Saturday, April 27, at 4 o’clock for the purpose of reorganizing and electing dolagates to the County Democratic Conven tion. which will meet at Barn well on May Gth> and to elect a member of the Executive com mittee, and such other business as may come before the said Club. T Clifts. Carroll Sim ms, Pres. Ed. Patterson, Secty. The Bennett Spring, Dem ocratic TRub will meet at the Pleasant Mountain school house Saturday,April*27th, at 4 o’clock to reorganize, elect delegates to County Convention, and Ex ecutive* Committeeman. A full attendance is. urged. J. A#Meyer r Pre9. J. J. (’ochrau, Secty. And again the talk of “flat fish stew" is abroad in tW land; Who'll dig the bait: And don’t. up the eels The- Red Oak Democratic C’.ub will meet at Snelling, in the Barker hall, on Saturday, ' the 271h inst., at 4 o’clock, for the purpose of organizing and electing delegates t<> the ..County Democratic Convention, which iWets at Barnwell May Gth; and^to elect a member of. the’ Executive Committet, and any other biisniess that may de mand attention. O. C, Bfixley, Prest. W. B. Parker, Sec’y. DUNBARTON DOTS- Dunbarton, S.C., April 22.— Through the effbrts of Miss Barratt, County Chairman of the Woman’s Committee, a Lib- erly Loan rally was lield at the school auditorium Wednesday evening. The speakers were A. G. Boyleston. and A. H. Ninestein, of Blackwille. Both j * made very interesting and help ful talks. Special music was furnished by Misses Jean and Nell Griffn, of BlackvilleT" Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Crouch and Miss Kathleen Griffin, of for bait; save some for the pot—( Elko, and Misses Nell and Jean the cats may not bite. ^ * 1: Loaning is .Liberty Liberty Loving, . _* * > . Buy a bond or .tote .a,gun, We’ll whip tin* dastard Hun. We'll drive him-Hack across the Rhine And once more freedom’s light v*: Will shine. * # Affectionately and fondly, ' - Dtt ReG-.~"~ NOTICE, DEMOCRATS. Turstvant To the rides-of the l)emdcratic Party of Sq.ul1l Car- olj.na, the preswhmt of eacji dern- cra^ic club in Barnwell covin tv is Requested tO/_ca.ll a meet'nvg of his club,designating the hour thereof, to be liolden on Satur- tlay, ApriF 27th, 1918, for the purpose of .reorganizing and MEETINC AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH Far Reaching in tLlpfiioess and Upllf.. Friday night saw the close of a series of meetings that were held at the Baptist" church. Since Monday evening, the 8th of this month, Rev. ^Geo. P. White,of Bamberg. S.C., jjreach- ed morning land oveiling- of each day. Rev. White is a master theo logian, a pulpit orator of note, a strong evangelist and possesses a charming personality. Tlie people of” Barnwell received from him new strength' into ; an itlV( electing officers for the ensuing their Christian lives and agretM term ; and also to elect a county impetus toward work forxfhe Master. The ringing admonitions that felHrom Mr. White’s lips were like clanqui-notes -from a sweet toned bell ever calling those who heard him to more and better work. Hearts were touched with the tenderness of the messages and today there are many in our midst- who feel that the meeting did untold good ^ The,pastor, Rev. W.L. Hayes ■is to be commended for pro curing the services of Mg White and <^we all trust that we will again be able to fill the •pews in the hearing . of this good and great man. . executive 'cointnjtteunan and delegates to the county con- ventioifpwhitfh is. hereby cel led to meet in the courthouse at Barnwell, S. C;, on Monday, May 6th, 1918, at-noon. “Tlie convention shall l>e composed of delegates elected from the clubs in the county, one delegate for every 25 mem bers and ohe delegate for a ma jority fraction thereof, based upon the number of votes polled in the first primary of the pre ceding election year.” * _■ W. A. All, County-Chairman. Allendale, SftC., Apr. 15,1918. Griffin, of Blackville,.\vere visi tors in town Wednesday. Miss Bates, o' Blackville, was lie guest of -Mrs. Monroe >urckhalter last week. Misses Cole, Goolsby and jungford, of the.p tin barton fac- llty, and Misses -Maude, May md Monroe OweiiV attended he 1 teachers’ meeting nn^Barn- weir Hat urday. Mrs. B. F. Tisdale and chi dren are visiting in Sumter. Sergt, Maj. Wilhelm, pf Head quarters* 112th Infantry, Camp Hancock, spent" Suitday with fiends. Mrs. J. M. Youngblood, of Augusta, was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. -M. Killings- worth, lastweeic. The many friends of Mrs.*., Clare..ce Dicks are glad to r ' . I — knowthtlt' there Is a slight im provement in her condition Little Miss Lessie Dicks cel- bvated her sixth* birthday on Wednesday afternoon. Quite a number oilier little friends were \ present arid had a merry time. Citation Notice State of South Carolma, ) Ooimty of Uaruweil. f By John K. Enquire. Pro- <4i bate Ju »;•—^ - -j- Whereas O. J. Meyer and lfarr'* Meyer; rCtitiunera, ItaUj made suit to me to Kraut unto them Letters if Ad ministration on ths Estate and tffeeta of Henrietta Meyer, deceased ; These are, therefore, to cite and *d- monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Heariet a Meysr, deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, in the ci art of probate, to be held at Barnweg, 8 C., on Tuesday. t 7th May 1918, after publication he real, *a» 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to.ahoer cauee. if any they here, why the j«h| Administration shou d m t be freaked. r G|?en un er my band this 2A1 day of Apri , A. D19i8 1 *"r, ^ ; * John K.'HJeTlrng. , Judge of Probata.— Published on 25 h da? of Ap.ll*, IMS. in the Barnwell.a uwnel. M -H ■A’ •V' — . i -