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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
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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
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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-
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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;
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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