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L 5 '• ■ > ■~i -I t‘ r r > i v SIXTY SIXTH YEAR lxvi. ^ -l ESTABLISHED 1852 BARNWR1.1., S C„ Tnt'IiSRAY; MAY ?:S, 191s ■?/ ■; 1 L SIXTY SIXTH YEAR Whistling Bombs Bv DuBois. . -v i * . ' • ’YJ » It > somewhat of a consola tion :'■* know that we will never iiav • to favor the month of May .■bv■ spelling it M-a-y-e. , •; * -4 Speaking "Of spelling—An or der to ;i certain -drug store read, ‘Mouse Boracketacet.’' IIow i* i ’ * would you have filled theordor? T!u* State campaign ouytrs in Barnw-eH some 'tttffp* next month. Cpme on folkvbut don't forget votir ua- man BUSINESS CONCERNS TO CIVE NAMES OF OWNERS The Bed Gross drive was au encouraging success. The lady driverXvnow how to handle the ret .. . \ , X^Yotj can prove to your own satisfaction that “all/is not gold that glumes'' by fooling yourself’ with a haKnli'rt-covered tobacco tag. \ Some old-fashioired bees; Homy- ■ Spelling Sewing Also bumble- “MERCHANT” COMPLAINS UN LETT£R J. TO “THE STATE’’ > rfcili — \\ e read with interest an article ip*Sunday's issueri)f the State, 1 signecT—^Merchantf', complaining of -an act passed, by the recent session of the Legis 1 atu.rjyrequirtng merchants and otlre¥ business concerns to register tin* names' of owners, thFcost of which is one dollar.* We are not prepared to- say whether or not this is a good law, but "tve Are preparecl.tovsay that the merchant is- mistaken when • lie says.' that the nier- | chant has no protection. We are sure that, if lie will inform him self,in the law his ideas' will change: We are sure that there is no law, which .compells a TtTCTchant to sell his goods on “Unconquered and unconquerable- certain of victory, wy are determined through the American Red ( toss to lessen the* price every fighter and It he people of the Allies have to pay for those of us as yet safe on this side of the Atlantic.” It's all. right for the automo-. biiist to toot hi- own hoin/hut jthis shooting his back-fire D sumpen tierce. "‘ black-! PETIT JURORS FOR Is' it a fact that the be.rrie- on Sweet Water branch ! ar«' >w t eetef than those; ejse-' W1 leief • i time.' - - The merchant also coin- plained of the cost he had to pay the Lawyer and Sheriff in the..collection of one hill,rand says that the Sheriff issupossed to be. paid out,of the taxe^ we pay. We wish., to say for his information that, the Sheriffs' are paid out of the taxes collect ed for .all criminal business; muHie. fees for civil business an- paid by either the plaintiff ou defendant. If the .defendant he, fees should bo taxed againrtUim. >R0ACHINC •i- Names i- names, and what's in a name? But why “Pud Bottom ? X 4 Here's to our boys, over here, leaving here and over thereof" _ -God Bless ’Em All! ANNOUNCEMENT. TERM OF COUFT —The court of gCnTnt 1 sessiv and com,moil pleas will convene'! at Bam Well on 'l'uesday Hie2Stli instant, with Judge pre siding i The following petit ju- rbrs liave been drawn for‘the first and second weeks f KIKST WKKK. Allendale—H. W. All, W. A HliiiViius, This victory message 4 * voiced bV lUOffe thdFF 20.000,000 loyal Americans marked the opening today of the Second War Fund Drive foi $100,000,000 to he used ifi neighborly and humani- jtariaim;nensures fo* winning the warv * . ‘‘I hope that every. Bed Cross Membe r will repeat this confid ent message, ‘ said Ex-President Taft today. Pit is designed to show everyone that this fund for humanitarian relief is really a bil^ine.^s-like method of helping to win the war. The words themselves may not reach the troops in the line or the war harrassed civilians, but tne tangible results of this appeal must convince them that Amer ica backs her own men and is a real ally. This, will help to maintain their winning spirit. . “American Bed Cros? activi ties itrclnde a Wide— range of Ju-nnan salvage efforts. ''First— for tiie relief of our boys and the fighters of tin- Allies - the maiuteifhnce of great: hospitals and unfailing stmes of~ surgica 1 ^ujjpliesy' skilled nurses, p*o- vfshm of ambulances, establish ment of rest .and convalescent .homes and furnishings of Xwvaters and comforts. They include the operation of canteens for supplying food, bathing and sleepin g‘^facilities to troops in transit - way stations; as it As I am going jb jLLl.e army, I wish to say that Thy partner, John* I. Bronson, who is a li censed pharmacist, will conduct 11 it* -W a 11 Serve t Plia r in a cy. Hailso wi>h to tnank my.cus tomer^ for the handsome I nisi- ness given us m the past two years. * Yours truly, Adv. , Max BrunrohT~~ I L. LONG BRANCH PHILOSOPHY ITS Ts the prbclimation made by soiheoL- the voters for - the benefit oTtlie HHS (kamfidhti s. Resolved L«t that we* will gulp down atll (Xtlie Soft, drinks <*ucs and otlfer (Hmiers and k. tlie Habannas fujaiished by,the -rlainugits order that their expense act may lie up to tin*, limit. , ■ ' ‘Jd that we one gall us. fellows who dont wear Starched shirts apd culls will do all the Soft Soaping.that is usually done , v ~- ylurmg'the entire Camphign by . telling evcTy fellow that he is our choice for this; week but 11« x.l week As <; wjlj iwliuop np- liis opponaut. , Md we know- the gography of (lie countryTind Vill inform the Candidates who. to see and where they live in order to nnt’ke their callingpind election sure. 4 tli we w j H iilsure e very one to be in the 2d race “with some body and tiron laugh at Ins downfall. / ' ! ath an&if there is anything thati tlie. Lord dont know i« who are going to vote for. Riah Mas. ANNOUNCEMENT. tv for the past two years as a member of the lower house of theGeneral Assembly (and 1 think faithfully), f! hereby an nounce my candidacy for re-election in the coming primary, and pledge myself to staad by the nomimtion of the Demo cratic party, and to do all la my power to promote its succeft*— James E. Dirts. „ ’ V A./' - * Shaluja, I. T. Ilardiii, Moody, B. W. Dowling. Barnwell — Heyward Black, W. II. Manning, G. Y. Carroll, Judson Still, J. B. Boss. Blackville —^ William Cullen Dvches, I). B. Martin, L. C. Still. J. M. Farrell, W. C. Still, I)' t 1*. Johnson, Jacob Hiatt; B;dduek—JuliairT’, 44itess,-.E II. La/.ar, Titos'. H. Ashe. Bennett Springs—C. C. An derson.. .. 1 GreatA'ypress—C. R. Jacobs. Georges .-.Cjoek — Franklin Black. Red Oak—R. M. I lav, T. B. Ellis. Jr., GarWf^hk. Richland—C. M. Rountree, C. H. Dicks; Sycamore—^W. Webb Brown, v Williston — M. T. Quattle- btttri, W. Ar. Writer, W. F. An r clerson* L-. F. Givens,A\'. W. nderson, t x SKI'ONI) WKKK. Allend^le-^-H. W. Laz;jr. - B am we IT—C h a r I ie B r<»w n, S r.., S. W, Blanton G. W. Black, W. F. Holmes: ; • , K Blackvilh*—J .t—L. LahAtster, J entmo Ma-t t i i>-I. \V . C11 i t (v, TT 'J.' Hfruo',-J. yTTllay, -W.' W. Martin. Clinton Lancaster.. G. At, Odom. . B,a!dock_-'-d T i . CalWtn. Bennett Springs—- C. A. Walker. Dunbarton*---B, F. Anderson. Great Cv]htss—J . W. Bates. H. H.• Youngblood, B. F. Rro- yeaux, Jesse \V. Davis. Georges Creek—F. F. Delk, Howell J. Delk. , Red Oak—U. r.. Gantt. Ed Rowles. i ; Rosemary—E. J. Folk, H. T. Murphy. Sycamore—JvF. Brabham, J. M. Brant, W. G. Braait. - Williston—B!, A./Kennedy, A B. MeKerley, Vf/H. McKerley, A. E. Quattlebaiim, F. R. I^ee, Jeff Usdery; F, W. Toole. *«■ Break your Cold c* L* Gcijip# [with a few done# ol €63. -M*+mi 11\ wetr-uf Aht? Red ~i'ro^s miortver- mg influence whtHt Surround every American boy front the time he leaves home until lie returns, or soothe his pain a record his last ^ravcf message. To the wounded, it endeavors to supply die closest substitute for the ministrations of real mothers, wives and sisters. “Wars may ■ be-lost behind the front ns well as in the trenches; The American Red Cross therefore regarils it as an essential victory activity that no American soldier shall have need to worry about the* con dition of his family. Worried about those left behind, his morale is sure to suffer; assured through Red Cross -channels that his depents will be safe guarded, that'll is children will have every chance, the Amer ican‘soldier will he irresistible in battle. The American Red Cross also i- can ving on a vast work hack of the lines in France and Italy* and other sections designed V> maintain the health and spirit of the.civilian workers and re-, storeithe stricken to civic use-, fulness. It is caring for thou sands of refugees, helping in a "great fight against tuber miosis, aiding to save the new bom babies of our heroic allies, find ing homos and work for those made homeless, and, in parti- Icular, seeing that no child of a,brave father lacks food, cloth ing, playthings. ' comfort, or education. No armed man fighting for a world fit to live in can be allowed to weaken ih Perhaps before tlii* reache o-ur readers tlie GermansX' 1 ^ have''commenced their third and greatest offensive. Xotnihe of outstanding inteX-t has trans pired during tdu‘ last week. Each day that biassed offered the op- ( the burden portumtf for . the atTaok, l»ut’ Russia .until channel ports. Her plan is apparently to.strike the British again. British ‘ losses are al ready' over 300,000 from this taltTtepftici bids fair to be a mil lion before tlie year is out. When the war began in 1914 France and England could fell <m duels or. train lie'r -armie§ and-get thenr passed iq, artillery trench raids. It is 'known'into the field. After Verdun that- the Germans have con- ‘ the .brunt of Mosses were borne t,inued to mass nieff and guns by-»the British. Our debt to. behind the-Somme front. When 1 France was great, (hir debt lie chooses t<i. open the dance , to England will be equally as, of death' many will heed its j great. But the day eternal summons. American 3 troops are being rapidly rushed abroad, and . brigaded with Frenqji and British troops for the double purpose of givitjg them battle training under ac tual conditions, and also of strengthening the . allied line wi$h fresh troops. This makes it very probable that the next big battle will result in larger American casualties than we' have yet had. • The manufac turing interests of the country are getting into a war stride..The shipbuilding ly* s really begun to deliver the goods. Last week a wooden,.ship was launched for each day. . The- weok was also marked by^ the destruction of twelve submarines by tlie allied fleet.\ We are not oiifof the woods, although Germany's man power is declining. She has already-called up the boys who wor ld not ordinarily have •been called* until 1920. By a sufficiently large concentration of men and artillery Germany can still nibble her way to the body or-pluck for lyck of aught that American money can buy or American service or . in telligence can provide.’! CUR RESPONSE. SECRETARY M'AOOOS STATEMENT At this writing it is yet too parly to give. the exact figures of tlie response of this country to the Red Cross. But the'indi cations from* various sections serve to show that we will 1 go over the Top. This is as it •should -be. For we have been abundantly blessed with in creased wealth. No other ob ject coubt so justly claim cur generosity a§" the service of tho Red Cross. We are not only money getters, hut money givers. We Wou’d indeed write ourselves very small on the pages of patriotisnHf we jnf “otlr abundance withheld ' our means from the necessitiesi of our allies who are standing be tween us ami Hun ferocity, and fnun the jjeaceful inhabitants who have been driven their homes by battle. 1 . We are glnrito >ay• to' the French and Italian, soldiers m tlio trenches ’wp wilLstand V> v !. h rb-tITnT of . M \ \ ^ /n « ... - I is coming when.our millions of men rnus; fill the places made empty by tlie thinned ranks of Franco and England. Then their debt to u- will be equally a*fj|reat. Gtr- manv cannot go on forever. The military party now in the saddle bids fair to r;de the na tion to its complete exhaustion. As long however as the German people are willing to be led as sheep to the slaughter against the resources of the whole world it is notour business to > give them too much sympathy. The coming German offensive may, fall either in France or Italy, and may by an unfavora ble combination of events re sult in allied defeat. But a long view of the situation was given by President Wilson last week when lie said that we are in the war to oiir last dollar and hist man to win it. One tiling is certain, and that is tlie allied armies will exact a terrible price in German lives for every foot of ground that our armies yield. DR. CECIL RAY WRITES IN* __ TERtSTINC LETTER. Dr. Cecil Ray, of. Olar, who is now on tlie American sector ‘somewhere in France” Treasure Dejmrtment, May 15.—Secretary McAdoo to-day authorized the following state- .»,e,nt: It is essential.that the Ameri can people economize and save in ordoT to intake avrrrhiMe. to their Government the "money Tfttli&pensably. needed for tin* war lahdj release suppjt&T" and labor reqiHred for the produc tion' of things necssary fot 1 our own mintary forces’and for the military * forces of the nations associated with us. One of the best methods of bringing about ibis result is for everyone to pledge himself to economize, and save and to purchase^ at definite periods, a specific iinibunt of war Savings Stamps^ tlhis giving concrete' evidence'! writes the following letter to his uncle, Mr. John R. Ray, of Barnwell; ‘‘American Front, “Some- where in France”, April 22nd, 1918,-Dear uncle John : Your letter was "received some time ago. Was indeed glad to hear from ..you. Would have an- swered before this but we have s m been on the move and since my arrival at this place, I have been busy. • , “I’am still on duty with the 101st Ammunition train. \ We are located i(i a small town, very near the front of the Amer ican sector. Things are pretty lively at times. One is fre quently disturbed from a sound and peaceful sleep by the loud, and constant roar of cannon. This afternoon there has been fiirly heavy gunfire. A9 the big guns bang away, one is re minded that there Is a fight go ing on somewhere near. . A few nights ago, I was on • r I save and economize in order that our soldiers and sailors- may have th^ food and clothing »_i * *' * your family, fight on v W<> arc ghid fo say-to our own soldier we will stand by your needs in tin* day of bat-tie. About the proudest badge-a frrait caifwpar these days is tlitNiapel fmtton which shows that, lien^s sha iH?d the privilege of making possible this gteat work of luunauityv; • *. • '• ; ■ ■ 7 V pARD OF OF THANKS. unveil from j of bis support of t'jhe practice of the tide of t War Savings. / To achieve thi* object, there will lie ‘conducted, uiTdeT the 'tlie Treasure for A ing We take this mean^. pf extend- our sincere* thanks and gratitude to those who have! be till ..ia-kmii ami »ew» to' us during the recent illness ana death of our litjle spn. J; Norman Dicks Jr. ‘' ^ *' Mr. and Mrs. J. Norman Dicks. ^ RDR-yY-TIdlf-Keltav^ KkMaaatisfli.dfniiM, Neurtlgit, t; 1/epartment,* 4 a canqiargn pledges, culminating .on June |2Hth, When loyal Americans tlirougliout the country will be asked to commit ihemselves to this program. The progress of the war demands constantand increasing sacrifices. We are setiding onr ug manhood to represent us ou foreign battlefields, where they called upon to sacri fice not their personal comfort anuxmaterial interests and*.the. arms and aiintnition Without which they dnnnot fight. f 'i To this end that, the intensive campaign may be most effect; l '*ive, J- errnestly bespeak the co-operation of all the Organiz ations ami institutions of the nation which', through .their lYifiuence and active support, can further this work. It is desirable that the attention of j the entire people be centered on ; their obligation to pledge the gov- 1 eniitvgnt this kind of support* 1 pining of the war, and duty out in the open and quite often the Projectile would whistle by my ears, and one or" two exploded, too pear me for comfort. However, Ml came back to my place of liviug tm- scratched: > “The weather is very dis agreeable. It is cloudy, rainy, and of course, the aerofdfyies are not very active. Have seen several, and it certainly is a wonderful 9ight to see these monstrous machines as they fly through (lie air like great birds. “I am enjoying ..good health. Am feeling fine and getting some real good experience. I “Jpst when the~war will enA no bne knows. Personally I can’t se6 the finish yet awhile. Germany is* still strong, and will have to be beaten decisive ly beforejjie thing is over. The allies have brought the offensive to a halt; have gained back- some of tli6 ground they lost and at present every thing look9 favorable from that standpoint. “Remember me to everyone who b» interested enough'to ask about" my welfare. Love to aunt Agnes ;i nd tTie rest of- youri family. Write when v<fu have J -w L time. “Your devoted nephew. »» w -7- arm1; ZftiD— At Olr mem a W..I i>< I ft Otcc , for the | with this Object in view; that June- 4 28th, 1918, be' observed aV national War pavings Day. With adequate prepe ration for National War - Savings J)ay ou Juue 28th, I ara sure hat the American v ,-TS .d thta bou- Jota! ar« fighting. They need the wheat— Sign rp—No red 8in*t»ty I eat do wheat— Mb tor me aad my bona# ho hi, I aat ne whet—No roll*. • Ne Hwl1%. No white bread. Don toead. A-. Ym wil U ■i appropriate, tkorefo*e, for the American people Who are privileged to temain in safety and comfort at home to rider their sacred obligation UF support our gallant men and to | pledge themselves earnestly to lei pate and to j | T pledge themselves to Wcome war savers, thereby giving concrete evidence of their devo tion to their countrys’ welfare and of their inflexible purpose to fight until a triumphant victory for liberty is secured. CMbL