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t ■f. Sixty seventh yehr T-t ESTABLISH BO 1852 ! ' * y / / f y 1 , D LL-. i 1 ' ■■■! SIXTJT SEVENTH YEAR ./ / VOL. LiYIl. •+ : BARNWELL/S. C., THURSDAY," J ANT ARY 2, 1919 u NO. 11. BARNWELL MAN DECOR ATED FOR BRAVERY PY KING QF ENGLAND €apt. E. L. Patterson, S&a of Late Congressman Patter son, of South Carolina, Re ceives Victprih Cross—Also Military Medal and Croix de Guerre. . - a Military Cross, the de Guerre and the Vic- v Cross are among the del ations that Capt. E. L. Pat terson, son of the late Con gressman J. O. Patterson, of Barnwell, will bring bjaek to his South Carolina home, ac cording to statements made last night by his wife, who is now in North Augusta. 45,000,000 MARKS PAID , TO AMERICANS BY HUNS FOR EXPENSES OF ARMY Cob'eni, Friday, Dec. 27.— (By the A. P.)—Nine million' marks arrived here today from Berlin to be turned over to the American army authorities as o, "-w oart of Germany’s payment to ward the expenses of the army of occupation. The Germans now have given the Americans in accordance with the terms of ■he armistice 45,000,000 marks • The money has been trans ported by American motor truck and by ‘train. In several instances some of the millions Three helmets blown from were shipped from Berlin by _ hi§_head, his horse., wounded ^ a j n und3r guard of German seven times and then shot from so ] d j er ^ and transported to the under him, the rescue of a neu ^ ra i zone where it was wounded officer under fire, are £ urned over to the Americans, a feW^ef the adventures which wbo carr i ed t be money- to Cob- he will bring back with him )enz The ^ 0 ney has been f|'om the battlefront when he p] aced vaults near American returns. headquarters where American In reality Captain Patterson so i diers guard j t night and day .^ has had a greater adventure • ' than any other man of the.med- 1 ical corps. His experiences ^ LITTLE CHILD SHALL nave bvvn varffie<f,Haritf trte4 in LEAD THEM— the crucible he has not been 1 This touching story’ahout”a found wanting, but courageous bab7 ^ to j d in Trench and at all times, as evidenced by Camp (Camp Gordon. Ga.): his decorations. j The troop-train was standing Captain Patterson is an of- j n a cer tain station awaiting ficer of the American army, but orders< The'boys, as they al- is assigned to the British tight- wa y S do at such times, were ing forces, and saw service j ean .j n g ou t of the dar-window* v u with the 15th W elsh regiment. cb cering. singing, chatting He has, been in France IS w ft b little groups of by-stand- in onths and got in at the first erg wbo have stopped in at the «■(! hat i which mark- station to bid the Sammies downfall of the Hon. . “God-speed,” and having a The first decoration given bb the and happ v time general- Captain Patterson was by the jy British—the Military Cross. The ..y.. man was walking This decoration was bestowed up and down the platform, upon him for rescuing a broth- ke ^pj n g eyes and ears open to er officer who was wounded a |y ^ b at was going on, alert To and waa lying in territory swept r g nder an y man anv service by the enemy gune. At the that might be within his power, nek of his life Captain Patter- Suddenly he noticed a great, son carried him to safety. tall, Lincoln-like fellow en- ThJgFreneh government next deaV oring to attract the aitten- decormted Captain Patterson, tlon a y 0un g mother* who bestowing upon him the Croix standing, babe in arms, 4e Guerre, for -relief work c i ose to the wall of the station among the civilian population. gom e hundred feet away. The ot Prance. J secretary sauntered up to the On December 15th Captain so i d i er and as ked him what he Patterson was given the Vic-j wanted< -j want to talk to that toria Cross, the honor b e mf' woman over there with * il VC THE EARTH IN A BUNDLE; TAKE IT HOME. By Dtj Bose. •Writer in McClure's graphic drescrilies' tjie difference be tweCn ?» locality out of hearing of ilit* great war-guns and a lo cality in or near the zone of bat tle activity a> lie writes of his visit to the tomb of Oliver Gold smith in London some time,ago,- when the great war was tearing at the vitals of heroic France. ‘‘ ill: UK I.IKS OLIVER UOKDKM LTH !” “Nothing else is on that tomb. ‘‘What an epitaph ! “The rain descend<d ; but we stood there Unmindful of it, with our liats oft. “And tlie organ there in -the chapel pealed out,—ahd the high pure voices of the choir boys at practice came to us through the stormy twilight, ‘Glory to God In The Highest;’ .they sang. “Was it possible that only a few hundred miles away guns were clamoring and men were killing one another? • “Here were friendship and peace ; a little way ofT were ha tred and discord and alarm. What did life mean, anyway?” Outlook Ql The Southern Farmer COMMUNITY SADDENED. V v . , V -• • '. ■» Death ol Mrs. Annie May Vogel 1 (trievous Shock to All W ho T Knew Her. f ... '• " * ■ . * . A Before she was married to flohi John Waite of Dallas Texas, Miss 'Annie May Vogel used to visit Barnwell as a gue>t of her relatives and a large host of friends. Just a [year ago the eighteenth of this month, she was > mnited . ia happy marriage to Hod. John Waite Joiijlrs of DallasTexas. Those who knew Mrs. Jones were nuide sorrowful when they first heard of her severe illness * / L a few weeks ago and when the death message flashed from tbs far Wesf that her white soul had taken its flight back to the great home of the redeemed our hearts were indeed, and irv truth bowed low with a burden of. grief. . - Mrs.. J ones was a woman of most lovable disposition, her quiet demeanor, charming eon versai ion and wonderful’ personality made her loved on«u to worship her and her friends to lavish admiration. Mrs. Jones bade farewell to Eartli and its cares on the first anniversary of he! 1 marriage. This writer has (perhaps un- What peculiar sadness to us? e-mrscioirsiy) rronifd^r a pfffTion yti; the glory 6f her te- ; T i J CHARLES A. WHITTLE. Soil Improvement Committee, Atlanta, Ga. Prosperity glows on the horlaon ot the Southern farmers future—4f he will raise big crops. • And the cry of a needy world rises, urging the Southern farmer to grow big crops of cotton and food His obligation is to respond. He mait tight on, for peace brings no armistice for the farm. Cotton is the hope of the ragged world. War-torn countries are look ing to the fields of the South for-help. It wiU not be In Tain. The 'Southern farmer will meet his responsibility. ' . Prices at which cotton crop will be sold will be such as will pay the farmer well, for’the fact” will remain that the world must hare the cotton. The M BMtt »ee**4 i» f»L- Cotton seed, peanuts and soy bean* of the South will find ready market for the oil or fats that they contain. Cattle, hogs and dairy products will continue to bring good prieea because of the heavy live stock losses of Burope. The Southern farmer should plan with an expectation of improving his' labor condition, with the return of troops and the shutting down of ammunition factories. Immediate Preps ratio®. Preparation for spring planting should go rapidly ahead. Seed, fertil isers and other farm supplies should be bought witbott^ delay. Materials on which the government has fixed prices will continue to bg atabellaed until they are consumed, so that there are no prospects of lower prieea before spring planting.^- Delay means to face shipping difficulties. The railroads are going to be overburdened with traffic for some time to come. They should be gtvoh abundant time. _ _ .... ‘ . - conferred by Ki-ng George* The Sourth Carolinian was call- i V 6 ed from Paris to London for bhe purpose of receiving the decoration and the personal congratulations of the king. _ Mrs.| Patterson says her the baby,” came the reply. The ”Y” man glanced hastily at the Soldier’s face» was satisfied by the expression, and went to the young mother to ask her if she would grant the lad's re quest. She gladly did so, and WILLISTOM NEW ITEMS. Mr. Willis Tliotnps ion . of m v. -pent tin* iiotidav" Wit i his mot ’ or, M r- Su-an 1 uomp prson. "7("" M iss Sarah* Merritt^ of Aii - glTStil 1> i-c sj>oiuiing some time. with tl ie family of her uncle, husband expects Do be relieved ’ this is what the solditr bov sai(1 shortly from duty’ with to her* —- British and is then Jp be sent .., adv , have . a Httle bal)v home.—Augusta Chronicle. about the aje ot .’.vour.s; I wanted so much to get home and see him once more, but 1 couldn’t; would you mind my taking yours and kissing it? Life over there I imagine may be pretty tempting, arid, as a father, I want to go acrossiwith a baby’s kiss on my lips.” The mother lifted v up her child to the spklier, who plac ed its wee arms about his neck, folded it in his great, muscular arms, and, amid the din and gaiety of the soldiers on the train and the citizens on -^the platform, he kissed it with the tenderness of a strong, tru man. After’ he had given the baby back to its mother she then tqolc the soldier’s -face be tween her hands', kissed him on the forehead^aijd said: “God bless yqu, my baby’s father, is over there.*'—Augusta Chron- Mr. Frank Merritt. * . v '.~ **■-v. ^ . V ■ - .. > .* v ■ Messes Ruth arid Grace Whitlock of Kitchens Mill, and with Mrs. J. M. Hair for a few ■days. * Mr. Clayton Trotti is at home with hfs father, _ Mr Sam Trotti, on a short furlough, after four years on the Mexi can hortier. Mevgfig. RetoMi Hutson and Kendrick Herne, beth of the - varine corpa, are re’» ( at ires. Dr: Gregg SmRV Yur- geou in the navy, sp»nt lhe TO THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN - BARNWELL CRADED SCHOOL \\ r ^ ar« very, glad to inform tlie parents and children, that we will open tlie graded school Monday, January Gth, at nine o’clock, and we hope every child in tin* district will * bri pre-eifts^ and we ask especial'v that those that have-very bail (olds, or where there is any infiueri/.a at their homes, that the parents do not send them until they have fully recovered, as we are anxious that none of the children contract tlie influ enza or any other disease. We also specially ask tire patents to help their children with their lessons during the session, that tuev ufav make good marks hud make their grades bv tlie time * the school closes next summer, as you know they have all lost lots of time, and with the coopera tion of the paVojrts, the chil dren ami- tie.' friends of ' the community wo hop£ to make great headway. We tire, erecting nil Jrin campus many things’ that -will interest tka small lurif large children to play/with during ihu recess hmlrs and after school, i\yT we hope this will add tortile liea 1th and pleasure children. Respect ful ly^ Thomas M Boulware, Harry D Calhoun, D. Conner, Truste.es GONE BACK TO COLLEGE. The town of Barnwell has been made dreary by the return of many of the young lmli«s and young , men to .their respective colleges. The dreariness in the several homes can only bt reg- bnciled and brightened by the vivid imagination of their re turn for tlie summer vacation. Those wbo have gone are Misses Harriet Patlerson, Ashley Hall, Helen Calhoun, Emily Porter and Virginia Mosoley, Con verge college; Misses Jennie a Mil Emily Kirkland, to Bre- neau ; Miss Elizabeth Burclc hauer, t<> Chicora; Misses Eliz-^ abeth Moore'ui.d Ivlma Cave, to Winthrop. Mf»-i'A. Fecal -Lemon and J. B ArmstrOrig, Jr., tQ Ciemson r coJ- lege Mews. John Simms, Tlios. E. Snelling, Ilapdil Ueed a arid I’liiHp Shay, rfo^T'nrver-ity of South (’arqfffra :-Mr.’Owen Biley to thejFItiidel: Mr. Ralph •Bvow'u^Y W ashington and Lee (Va^X and Mr. Duncan Cal- lailv-Militarv Institute'. 1 * - note of warning and admonition to many oPus who dig aijd delve all oblivious of the other parts of the woi Id that are right at hand. It is but human to go the dadly round and lie down at night to rest without a thought of the millions of events that are al ways transpiring, which no doubt will have wonderful ef fect on either us or our progeny. A mutter of thunder thatcomes to.our eaL_ou- a summer after noon passes unheeded ; and yet that thunder growl may be but thejorward rumble of a mighty storm that wilHa^ low what w# have build up. It, is exaspera ting to think of the teaming mul titudes whose curiosity and inter est goey no further than to envy the nighbor’s gardeii, or glory in the tact that, his own rooster Ijf - r can whip that ’shanghai across the street. This earth is a little morib thaa twenty four thousand mile* in circumferenca and something aver eight thousand miles in di ameter. What will we do about it? Gee, that’s too big! No, it is net too big, either ; it is just the right siae (perfect thirty six) and trie . ofteuer we allow our minds to dwell intelligently upon 4he greatness of our world the better it is for us all. —----- very unique and eut of the •rdinary. Mivs Louise ^Cunningbaiw, of Beaufort, and Sergt. Howard Watson, of Paris Island, spent tlie- holidays here, guests of Miss Edith Ha„ Miss Olive Parker returned ir-orn her hone at • Williston ^fatid commenced school again.' Mr. 0. VV Ray, son of Mr. Johu Ray, left Uer;« Sunday for Rockton, S: C., where he is en gaged in business. BUBBLES FROM BOILING SPRINGS. ■1 Chirstmts passed offT very quietly here, most of trie folks had family d inn ef' par ties, and managed to get on the ontsida of lots of good’things to eat. Little Miss Elizabeth Ellis bad quite a novel Xmas tree, She had the tree wiih its pres ents au it put in a big ; two horse wagon, which was,gailv decorated with holly, etc., and drove round to the different houses and delivered the pres ents.; so instead of going to tha Xuias tree, it came to you Mr. Fred. H, Gantt, of Greens boro, N C., spept' a few rlays, here with his- parents. Mr. amb Mrs. J. M. Gaiitt, la-t week. Mr. \V. I). Gantt, of Barn? wijl,. spent Xmas :day, here with the family of Capt.-wK. V. Gantt. t. v - * Cadet Stephen EIJis, of Richmond Ar-ndenR, Augusta, Ga., spent the holidays here with his parents. Mrs. L. C. Fouke is spending the holidays in Kings Moun tain, N. .C,, with her folks. „ Miss Minnie Hay is spending Xmas ’in Charleston with re latives. The absence of fire" 'erakers and other explosives was very noticable. They go a long way ception amidst the heavenly throng mutt have been ample compensation for the saddnesa of her departure. Loving friends, husband, and loved ones,, accompanied her beautiful form on the long journey to Barnwell and on tho twenty-fourth, Christmas Eve this sweet and dear woman waa laid to rest in the Episcopal cemetery, of tlu* dear, friend and^Toved one lias loft many spirits bowed down, hut- tha knowledge is ever exiatMt (hat there will be a gathering and a meeting bye and bye. in. BKHVSOM ztssen WOVRKI November 29, 1918. Base Hospital No. 94, A. P. 713, A.—On active service with the American Expedi tionary Force. Dear Father and Mother: I will let you all hear me. I am getting along and hope and trust that I wilt be home before very long. I get woqnded on October 11, just ten minutes before the bat tle was over, but my God wae with me. I got shot through the # left fore arm, I guess, with a machine gun. It broke nay arm, but it is almost well, and T am getting along fine aid trust that I will be home sooa. I hope all are well.. Tell all of my friends that I am skill alive, though it looks liflfe luck that I am; but i stood at My post until the last. Good-bye for t^iis time. Your-loving son, 'Bi’onson Zissett. - AUCTION SALE OF OOVffRNMENT HORSES AHD MULI Tho N following inforni'mqn \vn> received from Major Albert Kalb, >M. ,C.- Coiniriancliug Officer, North CharlcsTon, b. C. and will no doubt - lie of iriterot to parties who wi<h to purchase horses quid mules of any kind. _ . - ; 1. OnJJanuarv 14, 1919, there will be placed on auction at this Depot, some 500 head of horsas and mules, surplus animals which the Government has. pur chased for use in the War Zone. It should betlearly understood that these are thoroughly good, serviceable animals and aro being sold Hmply because 01 It* certainly something towards making things lively J surplus of stock on hand—ihok 'and Xmae does not seen# the are not conde^u#d by dm same without them <?^fkUtling Rufus. V ' C- * Ceutisued '*. "- %r.