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.- V- *\ » , 1 ' * » J ! .. ■ I -~~r. c !j 7. 'U tL V ll / L / ill -. X. 77 7 SIXTY SIXTH YEAR ESTABLISHED 1852 SIXTY SIXTH YEAR vol. Lxvr; BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER IT, 1918 NO. 52; WAR SUMMARY FOR WEEK. Peace Proposals to President Wilson ' th* BGucr.j Evert of the Week. Outcome Hard to Predict. .- 13 1 "• • - - ’ / - ■ ; • \..i ■ The campaign of the present year has advanced far enough for a.,. > see it as' a whole. As the winter passed we were continual- lv wanted, that 1918 would be the THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN '.'S' darkest year for the allies. The Germans began their March offensive with troops made pos sible because,of the fact that Russia was prostrate, Rumania was betrayed, and Italy had susr taineil a crushing defeat on the Isonzo river; By an over whelming concentration of troops on thinly held lines the Germans, not only retook all 'the territory \yon by the allies at such tre mendous cost during four years of warfare, but seemed to threat en the world with German dome nation. There was something fn Carman success that made the world fear that Germans were su perhuman. But even at that time were those who saw through the German plan which was to crush enemies in detail, if possible, nany knew that America coekmT get well into the gamo|pos;il of tie before th(7autumn of 191S -r Pro*rrs« of Campaign «■ “Librriy Da>” 'fta*. Fnlr'y* SatiHaclorv—ko»ul s Pr^nn»ed For i he Last of the Week. , Colurnbiw, >SV C. October 12- Tlie oiosc of. ,, Liberty day found South Oarol.fua stilt'fa rhe um d her schedule lit the Fourth i Liberty Loan 'Campaign, but t rIe re|til 15 repcrte< 1 ii 0 ri qg The last part'of tne,'week were ^tiu* most incouragingyot to cojne in. and from every section of -the state telegrams and letters have been assuring the state head quarters that, despite Spanish influenza and the. inevitable FROM HARRY M. WARD. WOOD- Old Barnwell County Boy Writes Interesting Letter. t 7. 7 • ./ . ; . •' 7' < \ _ 7k 7' The following is a clipping taken from ,the Southern Tele phone News, a magazine pub lished by t he. Southern Bell .Tel ephone Company-in Atlanta,- Ga., from! one of our Barnwell J j K ft V. I I I I 4*4 i • • . ’ » 11 • v I i ’ boys, Harry M. Woodward, dlitrilyutfid by the A nnv .authori ties to the nfeu. overseas to he THREE DAY FEVER, "FLU” OR WHAT?' , ... - 1 RED CROSS DEPARTMENT. / By l hi Bo is. ‘ -P,.: ‘ • 7 ' V .Y." * /.. , -* •// The, Ked CrO'S chapter has re- INKI.IK-NZA of ANERICAN RED CROSS FURNISHES LABELS FOR XMAS PACKAGES: SENT OVERSEAS. • y - - • • ‘ i.. 1*1:1 ns art* being perfected by tlir War Department, the pos- tal authorities, and tin; A meri- i Ptugh lit can Red Cross ''where by tke .Urn men in the Ameri-an lycpedi-ifar tionarv Horn s wilLlro provided T) withriipsfinaTpsHdcagt s f though calls jt SpaiTTMY TniTuenza, r.rj -Vfte *; reived one hundred an< 1 fifty paiii^h variety H one-thing doTgarments nudy. cdt. to bo though nniiiv have mad** for rbe over seas '<1 sneezing fit it and vvith.it ^ t-ute children. l ire gartnent.H- *r 'Otift* days past.^ ] .arc oblige*! tp he ^returned to I 15 i t ed H e a 11 ll I urn ai 1. j Hea*kju a rte i« atf th i rty d avs r we received tlrein.--*^Wo bee a notified that five lie effect qt Germany's skillfully timed peace opiate, the various counties were determined to do at least the ir allotted duty. Owing to the sicicness preva il* nt, in maiiy portions erf tire state, it lias been rer quested by state 7 head- quarters that: other organiza tions lemd aid to the-• cripjded canvassing forcesgd-n Columbia the United War Work Campaign personnel was placed at the dis*. , j. duties ! ? formerly with the Division En gineer’s office, * Nashville, Terin.. now lieutenant in the lloth F. A. in France The let ter was written to T. H. Land- graf of Nashville, Tenn., and is quoted from this magazine for the pleasure of- his own home people of Barnwell, S. C. JJ 1 believe that T wrote you last from the port of debarka 1 tion. Well, we ain’t there any tlu* ljmil will lTi‘ out* parcel to-.i!‘iu or Three Days Fever. Rut f have each mair. C’oui eio are betiig: a fp> r ;i |j “WUti''";.. ' in- we do kwnv’Hiat thi grouchy., choky thing, ot' a f < rr wn rvl c cbto t itr i r ret at i yes a i vd friends, and no; parcel will be received hvthe |f<»-1 office"vVitli- out this label which authorizes its shipments The contents of the package ■ • !i;11 s in a name r ‘f hundi-cd pairs of gloves wilLta sent, to us, to repair and retpra within t\w-v same- period of time. jA i ; , Li>y- -t clisease grabs mortal man and 1 'To—accoinplisU this work it will turows him . Hat upon hi*-haok.|-bt» tn i cesarv to have % at leasl hiiii s ii tiering. *,• .six or eiglit vVernen at t amf brings to 'There is. much dispute as to where this InHuehza originated. Some say Spain, some say the will be supplied by the families, (j-erm'an trenches, some— say but tne Led ( fo>s will furnish Russia *and soiiie do_ sav that it standard eartoiis^gs all Rack--' >uwrt*td -iit-Armenia. WelR maw ages musf be the same size and lH . W e don’t know where it WCl^jlHt Al.vl >yU L.lhr.pv.c.h .^yra.p. i te*l nor wlitiit 1 ii’a—■going ^tmd deliver inspected parcels to more. The next, day, after I ftbe'postal authorities.. . W.rote you we hopped aboard j The order tor these cartons one of these ,toy„ trains (you has already been placed/ and >w what they look like) and | th< '. v '^11 l.e <leliv<yod th« damr 1 1 r ,av i Know wnat tnev iook nwe; anu - , . . / . ' the Jamn authorities , tu „ 0 aVl( , nit?hts part of October m time to . be ■kand the War earn,, fo ‘.lisirilmte,! to; Ch^«-rs. No nrtv Si nice has been an ‘ffT, 01 , the 7* ^^ku* !'•'"■ t o |l * " ill he given nut until* tne iRed Cross room every day, sewing on the four machines we arc going to have in there ; -some hasting and others sewing. We are-.asking'the women of 4 bled”, along through this coun try, all the time listening to the individual in the‘.Boise and adjusting ourselves -fate rutT-T become^ not tmtv a to the jar of a flat wheel. You the lal>els arrives and eomplete from abroad detail- will he sent to all Red Cross Chap ters a> soon as tTie.lina! artairge- 11 * this we* also knew thakds only chance of t \,nihum winning lh^ wftrvs as to strike active agent m helping sihvi at the hearts td jThiiKe, ^ n k.rproblems such as cirenlarUUl' England and Italy thafthey would l , . lie- willing to make ^veactTocavoid ' 4 ' ' being crushed. The canqltugn' . . , x . T ■. # ■ . i , : i of iheearlier part of the year vvffs/‘ ,: . l 7 r 7 bonds, but a talker 'ot can t imagine how much I miss- j m> nt^ are completed i»\ largely a German triumph, (jen-rbiunG ;uul,;i.>u'!h*.^f bnmb, i ed that wheel when we finally era! Loch retreated skillfully,anil Ci/Tjiive is to be p it 1 acre", arrived at our destination, yielded territory an hen necessary, , said shne Chairman W. l>. M *.*!♦ "but nil the v\ hile he was giving mu. t> ;‘ ilk United AWli-_ Work i the (iermans “rope enough to Cainj aign. uNctb ring t'.iat or- hang themseixC*s with. ganizfttwm s sei'VhTs. “‘■1 his i-. 1 ,l 1 „ If the Germans couldn't win j not tin* job of a tmKjnen ;uuL. a11 through ltf ^ the war lielore American je- \ W omi‘n : it is il»«- inb (X twonaerful sights, though, and hut R is iivkk ou “betclier” I, In Philadelphia and Boston nearly every r tizen on the street L wearing a little mask like you.see 1)1. Bethuiie wear ing as, be goes about in his car and on the street, ami just Imre let Barnwell to come: and do this Work am4 we InlTve they ATtll, ■ 'Opr JJLiretLOi* of- womena work wi 1 appoint chairman for every day and it will be up to her to notify the women she will si * lec t t(> woifk with her, or u* der Yior direction. Before any woman refuses to go, please remember wlmt it is site'is re- > me say tint Dr. A. B. has fusing to do. If any little child been one busy man beie lately, night—and—dav 1 that in rags on a would vo» was at your door, tbeilanTl cold winb'Gs da>\ -lip" up and down du >e. countv -turn vour back im * that child streets i and go to warm by vour own war Jietpre American -r-c -^uuVics...bnciuiiL: availaldc—they surely couldn’t a'iterward. Amer- ca's tiFSt step was to relieve the food situation among its alliesliy . a rigid fo<xi allow ance in Amer- 1 h t i*lav ica. Germans counted on Amur >»HI1 h Carolinian!' “I won’t try to describe the country \ve ' passed through, for l believe that you have been 1 saw some could'- hardlv ivnTkxTnvsolf bc- Heve that I was in a country I is torn by strife and hard- hipx Here, almost within The plan of iiuvernor--en (’ooj>er, adopted at a meeting of- the state executive conimitte, to publish m the can ships to remove our troops county papers the names of jo France, knowing that our ship- ’ those who refuse to subscribe as ping was a negligible factor. Our | wcli as those who purchase, will , '\ answer to that was to combine |, e iht » effdt in many i home “ ,0 ** ed ^ tood deal the shipping ot the allied world unties, :n*coi'iling to word re- ceived here. It is felt that, with War Department and post oflice. IMP01TANT RED CROSS MEETING The Annual Meeting for the election of ofiici rs wijlfbe held fit, the Bank of W.estern-CiU'olina, Oct. - 1th. at 1 o'clock Lb M. Each Auxiliary and Branch-iLf the Gounty is"urg»mtl\ rcs|uestcd to have a representative in at tendance upoiTthis meeting. 1 f the law now placed upon Why, xhack—there at given. n and now, we have practically 2,000,000 men in Europe or em- . _ . . , , ,, . harked. The most impartantstep, M1 ‘, v . s 11 Tean zpec . y of all was to combim-the allied '";*d«l to make the l.ermans- nations and their resources into » wi* 1 !* 1 ' thoroughly puse-alile,. one single factor tor the winning :n 'd with the boys over of the war. All ot our soldiers there making the stipieine sac- make one aratv, and allied ships; lijice in g.u:iL make one na\y tobeused every-Totic citizens have tin* tight to where. The same is true with whatever is needed to win the sound oLthe guns, everything all pubi c meetings.is not lifted is as peaceful as’you could im- I bv that time, furtlier notice as to date of meeting will he (Signedt •Mrs. W. E. Me Naff; Secretary. ,300 feet, and the view sur- p7s§ed anything I have ever seen Tyfore. The whole coun try looked, like a well laid out more warlike with sbidiers ift uniform on every hand. “T am having some amusi experiences over here, most of them due to the fact that I am not quite an authority on French. You see, there are roads and about our carrying the - Doctor to ><*<• a multitihte of irnfient-;. ()T c«*ursc 1 reckon — the other Doc.ors are bu^y too but Dr. I’atuTsbn TiVe** down in my part of town and his hu-int comes to jiiy attention every dav and night too for that tire? t’ertainlv not! But that is what you will practically be doing, if you let vour own allairs cause you to refuse te help make the«e little garments. The ■furglcal dres'-ing class of this towt\ finis \M the course on Friday—T+thr and we arc at inatter.^UigUr in tlnomidr-t—ot | anv parly-dTttr-tTr receive—OUT frightfullness ELLENTON NEWS ITEMS \ - Unow th*)se m* eacn com unity . who are such airaiit slackers ysar, each naPon futnishcsiwhat 1 ,p 0 present situation doe-; it can to svippis that need, it has! , , , 4l • i 7 „ ,* ^ .ii i ,ii nut open their hearts and tlo-ir rtow become one tor all-anu.all , 1 . . ioront*. . ■ | |..„*k* t-i>, ihe German offensive of Mardi \\<is a powerful blow that tell short. Be tope tlie> 4.ould recover themselves General l och struck ; in an undek r.dcd spot. As weak places in.-the Tlcrniaiit lines have -been uncovered heavy blp\v»i haveTeen struck until the Ger man arnffes have been forded hack bevond the- lines on which they expected to spend the w in ter.'The German mol lowered. The conviction they are he in g * nit general ed a nd ^ dri\en back added to their wear iness of tlie w ar is bringing them nearer to peace/ • language that Ifflcntpir. S.'G. Mr. a no M is- G. Airs Arilmr—4-W»G- Pato and Will Best motored up from BaniNMcll Fridav aft**r- no( n. I have no t I w ays winding Trye very direc- learned vet. A few da vs ago I !^ on< ^ " as surprfsjng to see weut out for a little jaunt ’ hovv clearl * v >' ou couffkdistin- through the country and finally jthings on the ground. 'came to a village vvhene,.'as ^ man L°°ked no larger tha usual, there were a number ofi an insect moving along, but Lplaces called ‘‘Commerce de s hould he walk through the Ivins.” *It was pretty warm and |f? rass the trail he left, would 1 i,i. I tried to make a girl behind the *^ e as a , 9 a( ^. I can advancing t j readily see how hard it is to \ GnVno; counter understand that ibis Inilueiota comes the dread disease dtph- ilu ria and lavs its terrible fangs into the vitals of little Willy- Bush Reason. The. Lord onTv knows where it caqp» from! Thef-e things happen and we do nt know why or where.'^' Mr. Deasoas other children were immediately given the. Diphtheria aniitoxinjand at this writing all of them an- doing 'much better though for the four past days the,, little baby has been very, very low. There have been no other cas«-s of Diphtheria reported and we can thank those concerned for checking it. Dr. Batter-on syasihat there* are very few tiiiMs of the real Spanish Influenza in our town. e SUJS that ;i g:* at manv who areXjck aresufb l ing from attacks iKpipjte only and not fixmi the FTllA^Ydu Will • hear .jiianv opinion that the dust has cau-eHv mauv of the ceriiti'aites from Ibad<|iiaiters that will allow us to nuke the dressiTTg*. ' - 7^ .x hiul Mtk £TLn...$9sitiQBs,.,.etc J T Trbna ^ vW( , H nfH \ learned some time before this the, view ot obseivers. Even how. to ask for wine, but had ^ the positions weie Well con- never had occasion to use the there would be tiacks-ffthe individual Ail t he- R < x’TTiTs «i fAtn-Gion t v and the health botiTs jn-Tu. that Blackville, with her class of. twenty-one, ; made in June an allotment , of One hundred, niuty six pieces ; doing it all ia : about two weeks time, a most creditable record. Headquarters soon after his Bent this chapter a large allotment to be divided among all the surgical dress-/ ing. classes in this chapter; supposing we had several, as this is a large one. The super visor ttot-rfird- ifeadqxra’rtofs that we oidy had one class in the chapter, and asked fer a"" special nPntmeut for Blackville. Some tine- is always need to arrange these matters as Atlanta Headquarters has two thousand chapters and branches to attend to. Blackvdie i« deep in ..ear- ne-t about this spUndid work, and so anxious to accomplish , things. Sjje is,'Aviv hear very much disappointed about, not, 1 having tliis-Jargc "allotment , sent to her. That is just the ml the win- , vnrr i vv . ltpr u p f nrp There^'leading to it that you could not spread off the Tm by « ale Inis hetTrr” Mr. an.l Mr., Kli,A-|.W^ •• ( , /f ! h i«U* -and if there v.en* man v*icert:un rut, ., iclion lln\t:li:iye ntnrmd fr ..in ( hat im* "'"VP it was only alter several h ' l « * ‘ Ul1 1 U ’ u 1 .] wh( ; n ti ,,„ wni .,| ( . J ■ -■ ' that ^.he—understood ( d tite^e leadintr tn ..in phu .^ Mis/^Maiid Owens. <» : barton, i- vi-iting- AL7 Last spring fTrev -Wt. 1 re arrogant Brink ley f" their peiu v conditions vvliil'h expected to win by their ai> ^'’•' l^°!i'a;r m;cs.Tkpw \vitlr Bulgaria out of the vvar,and Tuikey ntiist quit bet* r e < I'pdmos; UnA can read You could be sure that the eh- Tspint we need in Red Cross can prevent Hie , ,»• - , , ,, ... ,7, . \ work. We will have to work the Till bv observUlgNs^ , . . . < ^ T/rv trard and keep it up a long, time to equal Blackville; Sht* Ims tqnde n splendid re- hloW- at. niiio qjilock t'onTgiit-and * vnai I the lOr.l / MW, .(.i i family \vi 1.1 iih)vV*u7 Gn-mnv.iod iii t !'(*' l.e*:ir I'uHtre. mi; t *i in til,. me, and. with a look of won- ,- vvu " 77 "““77 v " ! breathe up a praver for "oru derment on her face, she disap- ( ‘ m - v u nl |} ( not mind v\ a> mg a . 1;( ,y * p. t - not fait to, sav jnared, .to Ft* turn pn-ser.tlv* with ^^bIIs in tha! dii cctioff, j take away tin-piTi i.\/.v". a basin futl Then it was sev- ^ im a ^ance of hitting erai minutes before l - 1 have always had make her understand that L o leer ma my ! ru-nd* tlu ii (*vv /. .iel-Tk v ery .clcarlv. they are ;e if the 1 luvniCi failed in in now trv mg to make pc -r allies will lei lliein kei pHv h.it they have stolen-and go unjnm- ishgil lor their crimes. In this] siwrildK-y have made peace pro- j /,- x pctsals. to President W ilson. This fk', ^ has been the biggest event of the k " week. At present the outcome is impossible to predict. Germany has been such a slippery eel in Mr. Mini Mia. Walt O.n M ; - - Grace. \\ a I foil a re .on motor trip to Th'oni»on fihdvill** .Titff Hprirm Ga. /'anted to drink and Iwj't Vrash. • t was beyond her to ander- *in< 1 /ami that 1 wanted to drink a find not wash. It was beyond * i VvV ' her Id under./aiid why anyone should want to. use. water for anv other reason than to bathe visions, since getting into the : army.' ( >f getrrrqr shot in the; hdej or same place, and of being nursed bac-k to health by ^•rtne de ar liHh*- white-capped angel with big brown eyes and . wonderful’hair, who 'would fall for the hero, and in the future TO THE MERCHANTS OF BARNWELL COUNTY • yTlif following p-jegram w.;i- r!*reivcd from ' IIpmjrrfh’fw Wj 1 ham Ldiiuif.Uninil S>7i»-- Ad -j •min.istratej-4.q—Hif (’ irulina . . Browning, Tood V<lmrn- v I'.ra/a—!* *r l>ai n\\‘tn. t **. Blackv ille, S. ( 7 * E f feet i ve i i; 11 iH*< 1 i a r r -1 v re- aiier-j .may self Wheat Flour cord in K(m.1 (Jross work and LiG rty Loan bonds. She has set the pace, lKjy lip to us to keep it -tip. tmi'd ou r ■supprVv the submarine by l>e saecd lie w as driven off with to go back to a was tied to the istoLand told| view * al 'fer seeing some of the 'The linTTT allotmeld chapter to..- help ho/pitals.' over-ehs, was inb^t g**neroU'lv liljrd. I)y our citi7 zen- in . fact Barnwell has air ay- n'ponded' faithfuilv to everv call iirthi' war,’ except rh*at it i- dittietiir to get the Red Gins' work done by uur women. I fii' we ft***! sure is 1 >ecause they dohnpl fullyTealjze the great need ot their service*. ever be- the past until it is feared that she A" lu / UL Mn /.nnnnt Ka h^trl hv anv nrnmis*>*i bl fOfC it submerged saved them from drowning was cannot be held by any promises made, unless steps are taken to render her harmless while she performs her promises. It is un fortunate for her peaceful prom ises that while she extends the offer of-peace with one hand, she has WithThe other been- guilty of unspeakably submarine murders of soldiers, women and children during the week. Submarines shelled the boats of the Ticon iftenheirship Had ta*on in f a^; vtou kliiwflam about" everythiw.afluiai^ .syn^jne •,.*» :n*. l s;.rfn« S -anvtotli« . flow . ov ^ ,= W point llf * and happing. V w 7,7 V■’ '«!'wL&T?- ' ' ' ‘‘Well,'I am in the hospital, \ ^ - ' 1 - enn- tor ouy women have d. many 1 substitutes for water that | a lh*ight, but Lam not shot.or: , \VTlTi am Elliott they have over here. ^anything, but just at present a , r s: Food AdminiHratbr ’ “We are located now within ?° 0( ^ healthy mump geim has , One lb of the following Sub sight of Mont Blanc, and of taken quarters.ii) my right; s titute ,must be subit T his boat rine just that that die rope broke. It should not Tk:* forgotten that we are dealing with Germans when they offer peace. , rOTTON. Why uke-- F ot luck" with yours when you can cr mm tod the 1 ong*' ■experience ervices of PEARCK <fe BAT- ;,n 1 TRY, Savannah, Ga.^v ' fore in -the history of ourcountv failed their men. They will not now. course the altitude is v high. It does not seem like the midd]£ of June, for it is very cool and some days a fire does not feel at all bad. The scenery-around^ here is beautiful. * A few days ago I went up in an obser vation 'balloon to a height of [uariers ii) m\ rigni, stitute roust b** bought with j d*vs supply of -Wheat Flour nearest thing to an,,,very fimrIb7rff\VhF*ar'Flour. ; No Merchant is allowed- I have been able to Corn/Meal. Corn Flour, or Bar, > e )\ Wheat Flour m jaw. The angel that discover is a big black “nigger” fey Flour. 7 (from AVashington, N. C.) who , NqAIerchan't or (’onsinner is cleans.up the ward and brings* t& bave on hand more k|' l ^ - i.1^, i til *1 tv *4111 /I O i*i txixlir r\( \l* 1% * my raeaLs. x ou know that that is not even close. I have tried to Continued on Four h Page. 1. *e)l \\ heat Flour to Consumer, unless the buyer purchases one lb , of Corn Aleal, Corn Flour or Barley Flour, for every four lbs (ban tW daysusupply of Wheat of. Wheat Flour oT"delivers to v , t7 \ Merchant Corn Millers CertiH- No Merchant ifl allwer to sell J cates. - J. \V7 Brownin*. jo the ConsmiKynoie. Ilian .60 U. S. Food Adrar. Barnwell Co^. 6* f Am ^ ... _z, “t ---