Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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• 1'^. ’* "A Great Net of Mercy drawn through HI an Ocean of liiupoaiiablei 3 ftin " The American Red Cros \\ e only wish that every man. wom;m and child, in Barnwell: count. could have been here Wednesday afternoon,' May Jar, ty-witness the raising of a United States Hag, The occasion was seemed that^every voice joined ill enthusiastic cheers for little Miss .Lulie. After Miss Lillie s recitation, the Mayor turned to Miss Mul- LISHEO 1852 SIXTY SIXTH YEAR pAENWKLL, S C., THURSDAY, MAY ttO. 29. “Old Glory” Flung to the = • • ■: - - . . " . ? •, , ■ . •_ . . ■ Immense Crowd Witnesses Flag Raising— SouLStirring Ad —-dresses and Excellent Music. We only wish that every ,woman and child in count. c \\ edn TTiTilling ami inspiring from be- Well ■S ginning to end might it drow and asked that tha Hag ne raised. She in all her beauty t be said, that if the..kaiser could uu\d innocence began with per- ^ haviTwitnested it, with it’s out- fect ease to raise the flag while hurst of patriotic thrills there would be qo doubt in his mind that the peopleof Barnwell coun ty are solidly hacking the presi dent in the war against Prussian autocracy. ' - The people came in large num bers from every section of the county, the number being es timated by some at about4,000. With * Mr. S. B. Moseley as master of ceremonies, assisted by Maj. Muldrow. the exercises began at '1 1" and were carried out with perfect accuracy and precision. ., Led by a military baud from -Gamp Jackson, the. -Boy -Scopts bore the..large Hag through Main street followed by Miss Elila- beth Muldrow, sponsor, and her maids.of honor in an automo bile. On arrival at the circle the flag was presented to the town by Col*. Harry D. Calhoun in a brief but patriotic and in- toro^irig speech. aml~-was for- inaliy accepted by Ma^or J. E. -Harley, whose remarks were ap- prop date, interesting and full of enthusiasm, after which little. Miss Lulie Moore was lifted to the platform and recited in her sweet childish voice, 4 4 V(ITR FLAG..,.AXD MY FLAG. Yoyr Hag and my Hag And how it Hies today In your land aud my land And half a world away! Rose-red and blood-red The stripes forever gleam; Snow-white and soul-white— '’The^good forefather’s dream ; Sty-blue and true-blue, with stars to gleam aright-r- The gloried guidon of the: day, a shelter through the night. -—+SS- ■ - Your Hag and mv Hag! And, oh, how much it holds— Your land and my land— Secure within its folds! Your, heart and myiheart > Beat quicker at thought; Sun-kissed and wind-tossed , Red and b 1 ue alid w h i te.*.. The one Hag—the great flag— the Hag fur me and you— Gloried all else beside—the red and white and blue ! SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON CONFERENCE. the hand played the “Marsel-' liase”; when about one-third raised the French national hymn was followed by that of Eng land, “God Save the King,” and when “Old Glory” readied the top. “The Star Spangled Ban ner” brought a thunder of cheers fnm the vast audience, most in spiring to hear. It was, indeed a grand and glorious sight, one that'will live in the .memory of ywery one who had the good for tune to be present on that au spicious occasion. Following the exercises Mr. Edgar A. Brown did credit to hiipself and honor to the city in a .brief introductory speech of Hon. E. Marion Rucker, of Co lumbia, who spoke for fifty min utes in-the most stirring, patri otic and enlightening manner bringing forth cheer after cheer,, and when he had finished you -could hear ail through the crowd, “That was tire best speech I ever heard.” ? * Mr. Brown then introduced Dr. C. E. Burts, of Columbia, who is ope of the flew that could iollow the Son. Rucker. Dr, Burts also spoke for fifty min utes holding the entire audience spellbound and receiving much applause. At the conclusion of his speech the crowd was thor oughly, convinced that he was truly an orator that cov^ld inspire the-soul. Dr. Burts at one time served the Blackvilie Baptist church, of this county, during which time he made many friends. The splendid music rendered by the band added to the pleas ures and enjoyment o; the day, aud the “hoys” won the friend ship and admiration of the peo ple by their willingness to please. During the n orning and at night open air- concerts wen- given which were attended large and enthusiastic" crow which were loathe to turn awa when all was'over and the end ettmt\- _" - • .• -t - It may irell be said, this oc- ONE DOLLAR TO SAVE THIS LIFE •. ■ % y , . \ . -• * • / • ..* Perhaps It Was Your Red Cross Dollar That Gave This Broken Flier His Chance to Live. From the ground they conld see that there was something the matter with his machine, and even while they watched through their glasses he be- gao to fall. ’ A minute later the little Ford ambu lance was puffing Its way across the five miles ot shell-stricken road that lay between them and- him. They found him beside the machine. He was unconscious, but a tree had broken his fall. "Just In the nick of time." sold the doctor crlspl£. w He T ll be a pretty sick boy for a few weeks, but we'll have him all right again and back with his French comrades." £© they-put him Into the little Ford jL By BRUCE BARTON • Of the Vigilantes. . ambulance, and—less than an hour after they saw him fall he was safe In a clean white bed “That's what It means to have plen ty of equipment, plenty of ambulances and doctors and bandages and every thing." said the Ited Cross man who told me. “‘It means the difrenmcc In getting there on time or getting there just a minute too late." “Wonderful 1" 1 answered. "And how much did It cost you to make that trip—to save that one French boy’s lifer —^—— He flushed a yttle. “We don’t meas ure It In terms of money." “I know It. Rut what do you think st," I persisted—for gasoline and * / f alir But the trip and‘the bandages and “Perhaps a dollar, maybe two. why do you ask?” * "A dollar 1” I answered “A dollar to save a boy’s life I To send him home again from the war to the moth er and father who have scanned every headline and waited breathlpssly for every visit of the letter carrier I Can a dollar do a miracle like that?" “It can," said the Red Cross man. And then the thought occurred to me that perhaps It might have been one of my dollars.—i—^—-— — It was somebody’s dollar that did 1L It might have been mine—or one of yours. Who knows? THE NEW JOAN OF ARC To the Cotton Farmers of South ^ Carol ina r I hereby invite to aconferertce to he held inX/O'lumbia on Tues day, May 14,1918, at 3.00 o’clock p. m., all the cotton producers South Carolina and all others interested', in the ginning and tbe warehousing, in the tin an- cing and the distribution, in the transportation, -and the marketing of cotton. These are someof the pur poses of the proposed confer ence : 1. To formula^ workable plans for the state-wide organiz ation of the cotton farmers of South Carolina; for their own’ protection and benefit. 2. To proyide for the formation of community marketing clubs in eAcli county of the State— these community clubs to effect a county association, and then all the count}' associations to combine in the formation ot je South Carolina ' Cotton ;eting Organization. |T3TT o establish in the office of State Warehouse Commis sioner a Bureau of Information on Cotton—this state bureau he in constant touch with a Ma elision is one of the greatest in the'pis Cory of Barnwell countv. ", N %> similar bureau at the county seat, of each (County and each county bureau in daily com munication with the several community centers of the county. A complete drain of information is to he formed so that every fanner will he kept fully advised what is lieing proposed and done hy 11 ie fafm ers in all tlie counties of South Carolina. • . { " • • r ■■■>**’ 4. To arrange for tliO grading and the stapling of all cotton on storage, by government experts connected With the office of State Warehouse Coin mission er, and without cost to the owners and holders of the cotton. This'will enable farmers to sell their cotton on certi fied grades and direct to con suming plants, -and always at highest v market prices. 5. To promote the develop ment by the farmers themselves of the South Carolina System of Cotton Marketing. - This will not be a meeting for speech-making, but a busi ness sonference of farmers for farmers, and by farmers, and of all others who are interested in the 1918 cotton crop. Let every one who can attend, notify me .at opce. BARNWELL COUNTY DEM0( CONVENTION. The Barnwell County Dem ocratic Convention was-held in the court house here Monday. Every club ip the c-outitv ,wasr represented except Great Cy press. The 'meeting was en tirely devoid of factionalism. Fi ght Slfflbn pure ”Wih<»n dem ocrats, were elected to the State convention, and resolutions en dorsing the Wilson administra tion, commending the members of Congress who have stood by the president in ther vigorous prosecution of the war, and most vigorously condemning those of our public servants and private citizens who by word or deed are lacking in interest, or apy way discourage or hinder the vigorous prose cution of the war, offered by James E. Davis, Esq.,was unan imously adopted a rising vote, • * . ’ The following gentlemen were elected delegates to the SUute convention : Edgar A. Brown, Jas. E. Davis, W. R. Darling ton, <!, IE Matthis. W. L Johns, A. M. Kennedy, W. T. Googe, and N. W. Weeklev. A PUBLIC BENEFACTOR. Mr. B. B. Easterling, one of our largest and most successful planters, planted about seven acres to strawberries last year, and while the liar vest has been a large and fine one and the prices excellent, yielding something like $400 to $500 ]*>r acre, he experienced some trouble in having his berries picked, and as theyi required such close attention, to -the neglect of his large farming inrerest, he very- generously and magnanimously turned over his p&tch to the public and there has been no dearth of pickers since—from 25 to 50 young men and old men, young ladies and elder ladies, with baskets, buck ets and sacks, going early and staying late, picked to their heart’s content. OFF FOR CAMP SEVIER. ^ Four white registrants kave been called for service bv the local , board and left Tuesday morning for Gamp Sevier,Green ville, 8, C. They are: George Weatherbee and Moses Jeffcoat, Barnwell; Charles Striugfellow, Blackville ; B. W. Hartley, Wil- liston. STATE’S QUOTA $550,000. . 1 \ Columbia, May 5. [Special,] —South Carolina’s quota of the coming nationwide Red Cross drive for" one hundred million dollars ia $550,000, according to official announcement made here tonight. Tha canvass begins May 20 and wi[Fconclude seven days later. j_The quota for Charleston is $7fa,000,for Colum bia $40,000 and for GreenvBle $40,900. R. Goodwyn Rhett is Cuitributed by W. L. St&rrea. committee to direct the drive here.—News and Courier. You are especially invited to attend.- ■ W. G. Smit’’, ^ ^ ^ State Warehouse Commissioner., the chairman of the Charleston preacher. CRUMB NOTICE. The Rev. William Dunbar vyill fill the pulpit at Speedwell Methodist church at Milleltville, S. C., on Sunday hioruing, Ma 12, at 11.30 a. ra. government time. He will addresa the San- day “school at 10.80. The public ; a cordially iayited. Rev. Dunbar is a native of this community and is a very fine Birthday celebration County Supervisor B. H. Dy- ches celebrated bis 30th birthday anniversary on Monda.G the 6th instant, with a good, old fash ioned barbecue dinner at the Woodward Hotel, in Barnwell," ...i.„_ e he resides. ' The only in guests were his father and er, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Dy- cliee, and Iris brother, Mr. W. C. Dyches. He was presented with a handsome watch chain by some of his young men friends at the hotel.. HEALING SPRINGS- r Mrs. Willian Eaton and daughter, Jane, of Raleigh, N. C., visited Mrs. P. B. Coggin. Mr .and. Mrs. Claude Truluck, of Lynchburg S. C., are visiting tire latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rav. j ' Several folks from Healing Springs attended the flag raising at Barnwell 1 and reported a ve.ry pleasant occasion. Mr. S. P. Hair and daughter, Etliel, of Fountain Inn, spent days with Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hair. Miss Gertude Stevenson, one of Healing ^Springs popular teachers, was married Sunday afternoon to Mr Solorfion Brown ofBarnwelL Mr.andMrs. Brown have the best wishes of their friends at Healing Springs. Mrs. Leila Odom and Mr.l*. F. Gardner were quitly married T^nHday evening after pcayer- ieeting. 1 The Red, Croes auxiliary will nave a public meeting at the school house next Friday night. Several speakers will be present and refreshmants will be sold for the benefit of the Croif ? to