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VOL. LXVI.
BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNK tv. 191
NO. 33.
FARMERS TAKE NOTICE.
flu 1 T/Cottoil €cmf e rencc
at Columbia on M<iy 14th,
At
hehl
,a «qieml committee was ap-
ppitv4-;4b, pterfeHt' plans for the
formal! -n of Community Mark-
'lubs and County Mark-
«rii; j;' Associations *> throughout
tiborth Carolina. The members
of that committee met in the
office of, State' 'Warehouse Com
missioner on Monday afternoon
and arranged tor meetings .at
several county seats.
Below are the nam'es of the
places at which and the dates on
wliich these meetings will be
held.
Sumter, June 10Darling
ton. 11; Manning; June 12;
Chesterfield, June 13; Barn
well, June: 17 ; Bamberg, June
IS : Hampton, June 19 ; Ander
son, June 27 ; Greenwood, June
j28 ; Newberry, June 29.
These meetings will be held
in the county courthouse at 11
o’clockn.m, on the dates namocTT
Other dates and other meet
ings will be provided later.
Cotton farmers and all otli-
ers wJjo are interested in the es
tablishment of a state-wide sys-
fern for marketing cotton and
cotton seed, are urged to attend
these,' meetings. The- purpose*
■of• the South Ctrplina Cotton
Marketing organization) will be
fnilv discussed and every farmer
will be given an opportunity to
enroll his,name as a member of
this -tate organization,.'Certain
interests inimical to those of pro
ducers are exerting every possi
ble influence to -induce thd Gov
ernment to fixtlie price of the
1918 crop, tii^at is, to fix the price
before the crop has been pro
duced and before the cost of pro
duction has been ascertained
Mirnce-t.he-f'aymor.s of i the- State
.should associate themselves to
gether, and should there be any
price-fixing their voice anil their
influence should bb felt in fixing
a reasonable and just price for
ti crop p: oduced by their own
hands.
T! B. Thackston,
Secretary South G’arolina Cotton
Marketing Organization.
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WOMAN’S COMMITTEE
To be invested in War Savings Stamps this year. So far we have purch-
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ased only about $1,500,000—The worst showing in the whole United States!
To make up for this poor showing the state must buy $6,000,000 worth of
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stamps during June and-must pledge to save and invest in $33,000,000 alto
gether during the year. — : • p
SIGN THE PLEDGE and buy all the War Savings Stamps you can. Let’s
swing South Carolina into line. It can and must be done.
HBWMDHI
A War Savings Stamp
costs $4.17 irnjmre.
Redeemable Jan. 1,1923 For...
WITED STATES
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The Week’s War Activities.
not willing to jeopardize this fu-
turtTs access by the prize of a few
square miles of ground. It is
known fact that
always lose
more men, than those attacked,
'i’he Allies are surrendering
grohnd for dead Germans. An-
theYttaCking forces
LAUDS AMERICAN VICTORY.
London, May 30.—Comment
ing on the capture of Cantiguv
by the Americans, the Evening
New .says j
• l Bravo !'The Young Amer
ican ! Nothing in today's battle
narrative from tile front is more
exhilarating than the account
of their fight at Cantiguv. It
^ was clean cut from the begining
Nto end, like one of their coun
trymen's short stories, and the
short story of Cantiguv is going
to expand into-a full length
novel, which \vijl write' the
doom of the‘Kaiser and Kaiser-
The su'pense. of both sides/
was ended a week ago by the
long promised battle by the Ger
mans. The scope of operations another well
was on the southern side of the
Amiens salient which had'be
come too narrow fpr safety. The
A Pies had been guessing where
this blow would fall.' It was other fact in tliisT*ecent battle is
supposed that it would eitlnH- Ix^that the Allies were*~unwi]
toward the channel ports and
thus seriously cripple the Allied
transport service, or a blow at
Paris. But the Allies were part
ly outguessed*. In the week’s
battle just past the Germans to
date have made a gain of twenty-
six miles. In one day they re-
ling
to run the risk of withdrawing
their reserves from the defense
of the channel ports through
which come all the inen and sup
plies for their armies to save a
few square miles of land in the
south. As the matter’ stands,
the Allies have lost some tetri-
Reports on Red Cross Work.
Tft M^ef With ibe Cscncil cf Defense Fri* _
- day. Jooe 7ih. ' - i
I, as county cliairman of the
woman's division of the coun
cil of defense do . here-
by < ppoint, the -following*
‘ holies as township chairmen of
their respective townships.
-They are 'to appoint 1 their-
; helpers by school districts. Each
of these is urged to accept This.
; responsibility and in behalf
of the. council of defense tU.
l-pusii___ the War Savings
Stamp campaign. The War
rSaving- Stamp campaigfT'Ts" a
part of tlie'work of the council
,o’ defence,, and as a inenber tf
.that committee these same
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individuals are urged to
attend the Council of Defense
meeting to be held in Barnwell
on Friday, June.7th, at eleven
o’clock at' tile court house.
Mrs.E. II. Oswald,Allendale ;
Mrs. II. L. A), Ban non, Barn
well'; Mrs. 1 W. Z. Bryan,
Allendale; Mrs. C. B. Ellis, Jr..
Martin, S. C.; Mra. Matilda
Grooms, Barnwell; Mrs. T. F.
Hogg, Kline; Mrs. J.C. Fowke
Lyndhurst; Mrs. J. W.-Folk,
Williston; Mrs. Lizzie Dicks,
Dunbarton; Mrs. L. A. Bush,
Ellen toilMrs. John Jenny,
Fairfax; Mrs. Win. Jones,
Williston ; Mrs. Hermon Brown,
Blackville;- Mrs, E. D. Blount.
Appleton.
Eloise Cavfe,
Countv Chairman of Woman’s
Division ofCouncil of Defense,
I had hoped to give a full
account of all Branches ami
Auxiliaries of our chapter in
(his issue but owing to the fact
that some have failed to tend
in a report cf tlveir work it
will be impossible to render a
complete report. t
Li our last issue Fairfax
a. membership of about one
hundred white people and
twenty five or.more colored
people, with Mrs. C. C. Meyers
as chairman, Mrs. Idis Brabham
vice-chairman; Mrs. IL. S.
McLean, treasurer; Mrs. J. S.
Mcllwaine, secietary, and Mrs.
C. B. EJlis, Jr., chairman of
lsjn.
‘‘We expected it. We have
seen those -yming Americans in
London and merely to glance
at them was. to know that they
are comjuerers and brothers in
that great Anglo-Saxon Latin
compact wliich will bring down
the diabolical Prussian idol;
wirli its poisons anVL calculated
- infamies, to enthrone chivalrous
humanity -again. "*
-‘"They do not swagger and
icy have no war illusions.
They Have^Jone their first job
with swift precision characteris
tic, of the United States and Can-
tigny will one day l>e repeated
a thousand fold. On that day
the Kaiser’s crown will go to the
Allied museum”
took all iho ground and strategic tory, guns, and men,' but the
Germans have gained nothing
that will materially contribute
toward their final victory.
The progress of this battle is
as was to be expected. Tt is pos
sible to make an advance into
the enemy’s lines by either side.
The Germans by the large use of
points tluit Frame had won in
1917. They have made their us
ual claims of large captures of
both men ami material. The,de
tails of tnis new offensive are
not of as great interest to us as
certain,other questions.
We are coi.timlallv asking our-
r V O
Ives : Why are the Germans sue-
^iv
cesi-
m
these three
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great bag
ful
ties of this year? W hy have
the Allies with their backs so
c 1 ose ta the cl tan n el ports yield ed
ground in e
case
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
The second quarterly confer-
will be held at Siloam Sunday,
June 9th. On this day the
new church will be dedicated.
The meinbers of the ohprch are
asked to bring dinner as there
will be two services.
Why do
the Allies wait until the Ger
mans strike, instead of striking
themselves?. It dots no good to
deny to the Germans the fact of
having a highly disciplined army,
led by oflicer* of a very high
grade* Neither is it true to deny
to tlit in the-fact that they have
won practically three victories
this year, 'rile South won some
brilliant victories, but these vic
tories didn’t win the war. Nei
ther will German successes do.
more far them than,to win a
temporal*) success,.
Tiie policies of the opposing
armies differ. Germany is fight
ing against time. There are no
where- any soldiers coming .to
take the places of those lost from
her armies. --She has no Amer-
cans to fill her .armies. , All the
increase she can expect must
come from tne troops withdrawn
from tl^e-Rus&ian front. If with
these reinforcements she cannot
gas shells made a larger advance -
than was expected. There seems
to be no obstacle offered to a
straight advance, because there is
increasing, danger when the.
depth of a salient increases more
than its width. The Allies have
.held eacn side firm, and the next
few days indicate a complete halt
of the movement. " _.. .
work done by her Branch and
we are justly proud of theshow-
ing made by this noble little
band of workers. They came
into our chapter on March 12th
last and lutve a membership
of about one hundred and sixty ;
have also a Junior Auxiliary
and have turned insixty finished
garments. And that means that
when they brought in sixty
garments they also carried out
a goodly supply.
And what about Williston!
Here comes this splendid report j
from our sister town, which
-peaks for itself : “The Willis-
-ton Branch of the Barnwell
county Red Gross began work
i.i November last. During these
seven months 3-19 bedshirts, 07
pairs pajamas, .34 sweaters, 3t>
pairs socks, 2 prs. wristlets, 11
prs* bed socks And 17 iracture
pillows have been sent in-520
articles. * . r
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rge Win, then neither esmlrsnvtff
when the Allied armies are in
creased "by American armies.
Th$ Allies are looking not so
much at the winning of any par
ticular battle at present as tiie
winning of the war. They are
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BALDOG*
Mr. J. Albert Bennett, of
tliis city, was notified yesterday
morning (Wednesday) that his
barney stables, three head of
fine mules, fine horse, all liis
corn, fodder, hay, etc., on his
farm situated near the Savan
na'll river, about six miles
southwest of Baldoc, was
destroyed by fire about five
o'clock a. m. Mr. Bennett, with
■Sheri tf Morris and Mr. Stanl.ey
Dicks, left immediately for the
scene and have been making
every effort possible to ferrit out
the guilty party. Up to this
time nothing more than tracks
have been discovered. Loss
estimated at about thirty-five
hundred or four , -tliauMud.
dollars, no insurance.
gave us a sp]ended report of the}finance committee, we feel safe
in saying that we have a band
of hustlers who will make some.,
of us wake up and take notice.
It is remarkable the splendid
showing the colored people in
that community have made in
this work. This branch takes
in Meyers Mill, Hattieville and
Robbins, who formerly worked
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under the branch at Martins
with Mrs. C. B. Ellis as chair
man, and we all know of the
vast amount of work done by
Mrs. Filial, not only for the Red
Cross but Liberty Loan, sale of
Red Cross seals, for which she
was awarded a certificate by
the Anti-Tuberculosis associ
ation, collection of clothing for
Belgian 'relief and other'good
works too numerous to mention.
The branch at Martins is still
in a prosperous condition.
Blackville is another branch
of which we are justly fnoud,
'being the only branch in our
$274.-13 has been raised by chapter to take up a class ‘ in
this branch: $100.09 of this surgical .dressing. They, are
was giverr ter the Teceii t county ’always ready and "wiTl uig to do
Red Cross* drive. There are 221 their part and their work is ex-
members in this branch and i cellent. I have not a fuH report of
new members coming in every | the work turned in by this branch
week. What about this report,; but it is above the averagP and
folks? Could anyone wish for) with such .earnest workers,
better? From the amount of under'the leadership pf Mrs,
Herman Brown as chairman,
we feel assured that our boys
Mr. Maloy Brodie left this
morning (Thursday) for Camp
Sevier, Greenville, S. C., after
spending several days with
faiadi lure.. —_
From the amount of-under
work done, I feel sure that with
the 221 members that 221 must
be active workers'.
We have a splendid little
band at Lynluirst and they
have doubled their membership
in the past few weeks. And
membership is not all, for they
are not only mefnbers but
workers. Mrs. J. C. Fowke
makes a weekly trip to our
work room and either brings
in finished "garments or carries
out work. They also gave a
Red CrOSB 1 Hariyana sold re- Healing Springs has
freshraents and donated the
proceeds to the*work.
One of the most earnest and
enthusiastic branches which we
have is the recently organized
branch at Meyers Mill, with
at tire front will’ never suffer.
We do nonhear much from
Dunbarton, Kline, and Healing
Springs these days because they
are so busy* working for the
cause, but they assure, us that
they are comTng in on time with
their allotment of garments,
which are always so perfectly
made, every garment pressed
and folded just right, all of
which is very
too. It was with genuiue regret
that we gave up this splendid
branch. They were akfa^ys so
enthusiastic as well as earnest
in the work, and while we re
alized that it was best for them
to unite with, the nearest chapter
still we hated to give them' up.
And what about the work of
the chapter? We are just a little
bit modest when it comes to
blowing our own horn, but will
say this much : We have a band
of forty noble women on the
cutting committee, ten each
day, and up to a few week ago •
they cut every garment that has
been made by every branch
except several dozen suits of
pajamas which were bought
already cut. We cut these gar
ments and carry them to the
homes of the ladies (who do not
call for them) ; and likewise the
wool for socks and sweaters is
taken out by the ladies and a
number of Junior members
and we are doing a splendid
work. 1 .
In last week’s issue there
was an error of 100 hospital
bed shirts. /—The report stated
that 280 were % shipped last
week when there were 380 shirts.
The seventeen boxes sent by
this chapter and its branches
and auxiliaries since November
Oth last contained 1,862 gar
ments. Our chairman on sup
plies, Mrs. L. H. Christie; i9
a IfusTTer and while she works
hard she sees to it that every
one else does his “bit” and a
bit more.
r The regular meeting of • the
Executive committee will meet
at live Bank of Western
Ularolina on Thursday afternoon,
June 0th, and every member
i* requested to he present.
^ Jennie R. Greene* Sec’y.
-gr-jt.liiigg.-.
is recently
raised about $30.00 for the cause
which they will use* toward
purchasing supplies.
The kind expressions from
Baldoc in last issue made us
feel mighty good and puffed up returning.
Miv and Mrs. James Dun-*
bar. of .Milieu, were visitors ^
here this morning. .
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Capt H. A. Siipms, Mr. N.
Gilmore Simms and Hon. V.
Owens’left Barnwell this morn
ing for Embrec, where they will
spend a few days fishing.
Mrs. F. S. Brown and little
daughter, Mary Catherine, of -
this efty, left this afternoon for
Spartanburg Where they will -
visit friends aud relatives. They
will stop over in Coiu&tbia ox*»
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