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1 r—-> • r A \ SIXTY SEVENTH YEHB BSTABLISHBD 1852 SIXTY SEVENTH VERB jr BARNWEl■ L, S *0THURSDAY, /DECEMBER 1V>, 191» NO. ,D. E EDUCATIONAL BILL, S. 4987 Now Btoro Congress . Fejei^i Assistance to Educa tion in the Sever*! States. I - Introduction. (V. October 10, 1918, Sena tor Hoke Smith of Georgia in troduced into the United States SenateThe most comprehensive and important educational measure that has ever been put before Congress. The bill pro vides for an annual appropria tion of $100,000,000, provided that sums in equal amount be appropriated by the several " states, for the purpose of aid ing the states to carry-on more successfully certain types of ed ucation which most vitally con cern our national welfare. 1 he main provisions of the bill (S 4987) are as follows: 1,-For the removal of illit- v -eracy, $7,500,000 annually. ■__ r 2. For the Americanization of foreigners? $7,500,000 an nually? :>. For the equalization of educational, opportunities with in the several states, particu larly in rural' *arid village schools, $50,000,000 annually. t.— i-,*—cooperate —with th-e PVT. BOB CREECH Santa Claus Letters. T- Staiej that he w«s in t> *rtle-uotil two hours before (be wir c f <*d Mss. 1 sum Creech, of Kline . recently received a left* fief soil. Private "Bob ( ■j wbi*4i—was the Hrst letter that tiffs been receiv'd from him in over two immtii'. Mr.* Creech for nearlv k le, S. C., December 17, 19.18 RED GROSS DEPARTMENT. On account of the illne Kline- Dear Sailer—I want you to please bring me an airritle, a d-M/.iri, ; Mrs. <}. M. Given*, Chairman 'becentlv ' Dr I a- from , a t-M.l box, some Dubs and . fireworks - .if it is not asking t«.o = p» r B„rnwo!D County ofA mi- j u *• iT beech, in '.eh vmi can bring .fim a new tire.for my bwv.T* a- one,of them ^tbemtjtosfe A-ofialion. • shv';,' i-r that ' 1 ill ;.i„u'fnr ti.L rh.vl,.,.- * , ... rr ' pntHti png are j>uHenna'd 1 “will clo'seTorjhi' ChrUtmus. - J Votrrs as before; r * . Jack Ilarrison. has Iw-en 1 in service two vears ami his maiiV- friends v ■ »- • *' . , are glad to -know that lie. i-; still among the living. The letter is as follows : ‘ “Fj’iuvce, Nov. 17th, 19IS. 1 - Alter tin* War. ••Dearest Mother— “Just got your .sweet defter of (October 18th and was cer tainly glad to hear from you -and ..to know that you and all tin; folks -were getting along tine. \ ‘1 have'ut much to say onlv that I am v glad the war is over, so far as we - all know, over here, and Miope to tell you that 1 saw a little action before it was over. 4 was in tour battles. a Was ill my lusUoiu; gbout two hohr* before all guns on both siil&ai, stoppethfiriu-g. We took a, town ueur the Meuse river and - ;''‘yHYiliistoii, S. (’., December 18, 1918. . Dear Old Santa clause-M want Veil to bring me Xmas a bvcv- , • - • ~-r~ ~ j- j r y , _ o’ , * ,ele for a nine yr, old hoy; and some fruit and candies' and fire .works, and l have a little brother five yrs; old and I want \otf to bring him a-trycvcle and some fruit and candies and tire works too. And I have two sisters one is 12 yrs. old and the other is 17> yrs. oh] and I want you to-bring them a nice ring a nit co or a \'ictn»!a lor both. • * . Your.best friend, •. — '* • . Benson Bovlstoti but we got orders to stop tiling and von can imagine that we Kfitie, S. C7, December 15, 1918.. Dear Santa .Claus—,1 am’a little girl eiglq years old, and want you to bring mo a doll and doll carriage, so me fruit and caud*, niy little si-ter, Emily, wants a doll with a paciffcr, a little pi'ano, some nuts and candy. 1 also have a little b rot Iter named Dick, ami I want you to Please bring him a rubber doll, a little wagon, a .toy puppy t and some candy. - 1 7*” Your little girt, Durothv Pate. states in the promotion of phy sical and health education and recreation, $20.>)00,000 annual ly- ' ' - 5LT'q extend and improve the facilities Lur.Jthe prepara tion of teachers for public schools, an<l particularly the rural schools; $15,OOtr.OOO'atu nually. ti. The creation of an Exec utive Department known as the Department of Education, with a secretary in the President's Cabinet. This Department is to administer the A educational work of the government which is assigned to it. The reasons, supporting the bill, the facts which lie back of it. aud the beneficial results that would follow its adoption are not written into the bill it ; * Kline, S. C. December 17 1919 Dear. Santa Claus— I am a little boy seven years old, as were expecting to go enrtber -Christmas D only one week off, (thought 1 would write aud tell you what I want you to bring me— I want, a rifle,-a drum, a toy automobile, a 'Tricycle-, some lire works'and fruit, v I will were sonic happy biiiicix, so I ; have a lunch on tile table for so be good to mu this vtar-. ran say—frhat 1 wits in tire war j . Your Little Bov. to llu; hiigi i|>n<ut<?.. \V tqilil. haVe..| ———"»■ •» —-—};I]c;k 1 v. wriften vou helon; but have been in tin* front lines light ing uiidfi* sjieii lire for 27 long (ierinanv -igntd the aeinstiye. Did vou get liiv fetter with tin- Klitle, C. December 17, 1918 Dear Old Santa :-•! am a writing to let vou know what 1 days-.and 1 was jSomo glad that** want you to bring me Christinas- 1 want a Drum, a Violin, a horn.- a wagon some lire* wiirfcs- and t basket of all {kinds of fivuiu l ain very -mal t at school, I am nme-years old ami am in the -dtp t>rr rnr Xmas ItoxYT 1 want 1 filth grade so be good to ineAbis year ami bring what l ask you you -to -♦•ml it for 1 don’t know how lohg I will be over here Tet;~T 'hard a hritcr front -fulian some time ago. Don’t giie.-s he will get to come over now as i tjm w ur is over. Am goiug to look for a long letter from vou real sot)n ““Lovingly, “Bob * CiVP-eb. “Co.. F. bth Inf. A. E.* K. thus laying the foundation for independent thinking. The Bill now before Con- gres provides for $7,500,000 annually, to be “apportioned . 11 V r ** V ' to the States in the proportion •sell. This series .of explana- . . .... « w hich their respective illiterate torv articles is written tor those . . .. ' 1 , , ... fa . a populations ot ten years oi age tor those wn-> want the tacts i . , -- , . ... j- _ and.over (not including foreign that support 'he. bill, and tor to bring, and 1 x\ ili Jiave-voti some cako and pie on the dining' Table *yo 1 am - : . - ... Your Little Boy— \ ’ Harold Headv„’ - j r \ •* ' Barnwell S. 0. December 10. 1918 My Dear Santa Claus, l am a little boy five year's old. 1 help Maiumu and sister about the house while the others are gone to school. I would like for you to bring rue a lantern with ted shimuey, you wiil lind ita* Mr. Bamberg's. Abo a cart, some raisins, oranges bananas aud tire works. Give my love to Mrs. Santa but * ktep wo»t of it for yourself. Your little friend, Walton Sanders. T-_ thu.se who are so keenly inter ested in education as related to social welfare as to desire the born illiterates) bear to the'to- tal illiterate population of the United States, not including ~ : Barnwell S.\ C. December 18th, 1948. Dear Snnta Claus, l am a little gitl seven years old. I go to school and am in the second grade. 1 would like for you to bring me some oranges, bauunas, raisins nuts and —^reworks. 'Tell Mrs. Sant* “Hello !” for mu. 1 a in your little girl —- J -* J ~ ' *. .Minnie Lee Sanders. appointed a* dior Town Cbair- man 'Mis? FnU|v 1’ort'or. \\ e ail know what, this ;ncTu—o*nc of the best workers iliat flu* Bed Cross can bdust of enlisting in tins splendid work. Tire coming of peace ^merely shifts the Red Cross problems anci _doiibles limited Cross bunions ; Bed Cross workers in" e^ery line of endeavor are needed today even more thail at any time durin-gMthe months of offensive warfare. 'The* battle is-now defensive and it means protection from want, from suffering, froth disease ^ nnd even deatli itself. Not -only among our troops overseas and their families on this side, but among the nations devastated by.tJqj awful ravages of war, whose midumace in the emir days of the con diet ^insured victory for us today. - The Bed Cross goal is a universal membership of every adult person in the county by the coming Christmas, ami wheir this is accomplished*there will indeed be a reign of “4V»' • on Earth”, Good Will.to Men. 'Tin* sale of Bed t ’r.i'S (,'hris-' TTimY jv»iiTs, wliieli hast always been a source of revenue with which the war against Tuber- culo'is has been waged, will not* be conducted this vgar. Instead, every person who ehTists witli the BediCroas m tin* t'hristnia Boll Call 'Will receive ten j Cliristmas seals and the Bed jCro'S will iinanco the work of the National Tuberculosis* Association the coming year. Tibs plan has been formulated to protect the public from over- 1 ' soliciatioii at this tima. Wont you help us to. make the.war against disease a moral eqiiivalenf for the World War in sustaining the generous in terest of the American peopl® in the protection of life and suffering?. Let us know that ywu are with qs by joining the Red Crpss at this time and have your name placed high up on that Christmas Roll Call. WILLISTON NEWS ITEMS* Williston.. Dec. lffth—^ j Bt'operty lias been, eliangiug ° ! liarub in and iTrounj/ Willi-ion I Louis Smith d t!u: brick build* mg. tontarning ' two stores,* from .John. Ihm .Mr. H. K. Aiiders'oii Tins, sold his ; -brick building-store and dwelling, to Mr^ David Rogol. Mr. Ander son will c<mtirme to make bis homo in Wiiliston. however. Mr. Lan Quatth baum sold tne old -Jackson Miil site to^dh C. W hit tie. Mr. M ilyon , (> n ua^ilc*^ bauiii sold his (arm near town ro Messrs. <}. B. .John's'on and Lawton Richardson Mrs. J. W. Johnson sold, her farm about one mile from town to Charlie Richardson, * A good. healthy develejie- inent has been going on in tliis territory, and the people realize thftt tli# lands around Wiiliston are the.equal if not th® super ior to those in other parts of tlie* OouHtrr Cottdii t>rodnction shows an increase . for 1918 a* compared with last year. Th® diversification idea has taken a strong hold on molt- of the faniiem and they are making good food and feed crops ]>osirlts raising fine hogs and cattl®. Our farii4M*H are fuU handed, an<l ar® able to hold their cotton until the bear raid ia over. GOVERNMENT SALE OF MARRIAGES. 'The. soldier boys are coming in, and they are being given an pnthu«irtstie welcome. A - grand ball will 'be giyei. in their honor Dee 2Hth in Ken nedy’s Jnill. Sturgis’ band of Augusta, will furnish 4 the music. Mr. B. F. Du Bose a former t resident of Wiiliston, now of Sumter, was in town last week. Mr. L. A. (Treeiih. has re turned from a two weeks trip^ to Florida. Mrs, S. A. Wise, of Aiken, paid :i short visit t# relatives here last week. fact* up to the prepa-1 outlylri*. possessions, accorUing Columbja , Dec . - u . ration and introduction of tips' to the last t< ‘ nsus ol ’ HORSES AND MULES The ! Miss bill. 11 Th<» Retnovad of Illiteracy. \The lirsf ''.selective -draft showed tha' ‘here were 700.- • t u er .»f 0 re amount to $1 994*for!.? ”, V V ” 7", , i MMaudt «U0 ilkerate* between 21 and jjl f Uealers in horses ami mules iWell T w « s '} i a r e i n this country. 4 _ 1 .. . * ■ ’ . ‘ *; I throughout thesState will be abi imil m s the. United States.” There were 3,782,005 illiterates in the government has a large num-! ted in Crim--Black. Mamie Crim was uni- lmuriageto Mr. Earlell her of horses and mutes on \ Black at the Baptist I’arsenage hand at Animal Plmbarkation in BlackviHe. by Rev. ’ll. 0. V’Dited State.s, in 1910, that are ; |H .p, (t> jfa.. •s'ortti Charles- : Wntwn, tm Nov. within the terms of the b.ll. The. (on - s c which wjll be 90 i (1 . - — aJlotmenr by. Congress would gt alK . tion jn the 4ear future. 1 sun-Hill. The Red Cross Christmas Roll Call is launched for “Universal Membership” and every person is earnestly requested to support ’and coopt-rate with tlie Field Captains which have been ap pointed. in each school district, wHhi.r .tin- juri*dirtion of the j #fter ears he moved m , Barnwell Chapter Red Gross. ~. The captains fur the.-e school districts aie : •• K«nrk Prc*. IN MEMORIAM. — The many friends and rela tives of Capt. T. J. M®rris were pained to learn the news of hia --* death which occurred at his. home at Surrepcy Applinf County, Georgia, on the 23rdl instant in the 78th year of his age. Capt. Morris was a Barn-—, well Counly man, was married / and Taised his family here, and and settled in‘-the town and county above stated and there Misses. Aiitye L mdhol,It, Ilnr-j ^ptrmp his life-long vocation mony; Jnez Creech, Big Fork(X)f farming at which pursuit he Thelma ('hiidress,Long Branch : i made a decided success.’ 31 vears was nothing m*w in it. Julia■ Delk, Hilda : Mary Bay, Healing Spiingd ; Monroe Ow- and (mo-half r.illion iHiterates and this ymintry. *,ushoweff ms thot. Diic . *Tt t . * ■ >. tTl+i - !•.*>• u* pet’^ sons oi 1 u: ' mvd of ago and over \cas a 1 .Tfit.'i’.ite., Every {osemary ; Irene Keel, Mt. Cal vary ; Louix* Blount, Be-nlicl ; Marie Grubbs, Edi-to: Ellen; Carter, Hcrcuie' ; iicttic J1«»11 - Mi^s Maude Still, of ..aimed to Mr x throughout thedState will be * That fact st>HiUf J us, but there !I!1 mT f or rtL Wmov,| a ! tractetl to < ’ h “ riest ‘ ,n for thls i iiomeoTtlie groom'V sister. Mrs. t"*> 1‘uubartoii; # K?r«u l"lk. The 1 , ' h i sale, which will be one ot the 1 1.onnie Baughman, in lilack- t-enaus of lrtlO-Ninfomed' w " u ' ni;v '‘ ln : ,e I largest of its kind ever held in >-«lle, S 0. uuj^iiud'ayv -Nov. lhai .here wer- nbk than five i l ■ * ' .Sonth- Carolina. The end of 2 1. fTie I\ev. B. (",siVa.r»imj>fii' tdb> tin Stau. •» .ftlu* way4eTF4he government in ciating. -( voir - .“.^va-k*ml .Aho- in ' '(X this: stock, and ! Mis " - S,il ’ ! the daughter of 270,487 such illiterates.'. 1 hf since the govenBnent must dis- * an(l i N ul,;t ht: li and ( ; rr0n i^TLp ; Bc<sic Willis. \Vd-' W. Morr:dl,U. C. V. (Meyers (’d-igi’essional allotment would pose of it, iFxvill bxto the ad-- 011 ,l l,l< (l ‘ 11 l / llM r ]j slo n ~ l’>; autbiv Lrlc' Ulnier : Mill) arid although a citizen of .5 >ol, > 1 ).(/8 anmutiix. 1 nis vantage of live stock oQalers to qGpo-ition \Tr "llbi 1 v '\ v D-elk,- Barb»il*y. Branch : ! another state, at every annual ,f 1 ivate AM ffigo, K pa*; Marion jneeting of the Camp Tom was He"was an honored veteran of the War Between the States and was a member of Colcock's Cavalry Command in which he served till the end of Jhe war. He was a consistent member of the Methodist church arid was man, Ne\v 1*5>rey~~Fh T rnde~f[ , link* Beeves (’reek : I tm-v ! al?o a .member of Gamp George -hwa native ot We have i’aurtlr ill-ite'ra white parens come to appt •ciato that illiter ates do not.make good soldiers^ rev are not good citizens un- lessMt is the* plan to have some woirld have to be equaled by attend the sale.and makKtheir the FrAfe, and there would then purchases. The camp i^ lob lie available—$l,lt}2,u30,18 ed at North Charleston, abdu) ' each year. Bp almost $4.00* tor ; J2 miles north of the city, and each illilgrate.N Sv , ! can be reached either by auto- I f t he State shoiHid start a ten mobile or railroad. The trol- year program for thc\ removal 'Tex' TUmxyns in twp miles of the is J a progressive larnier o Sin lliHg aud has inaiiy-friends 5vho wi.'li for liiih e and Mrs. 1 a long and lluppv union . . (<nines, Jefikiuss ,S citizens that can be imposedJ of illiteracy, anti it' it should camp. Government truck trans- . \ V ■'* 1 _ . ’■ .... a. L 4 4 U /-v 4* 1 %*» i\ 4- i r\ vi m 4 V> a iindl 'at f h a up0n aniVexnloited bv others. *It- is evident thal an illiterate may earn a living -nit earning a'liv ing is/-after all, only a meajis to an end. That emEqs the liv ing of. a worth v life in our day and generation. This can be done only by those who can lrv- -depf ndently • Jet into contact with the facts, ideas, and ideals that *he printed page conveys, —v i "t • • j , ' - ed/ir Grove: Maud ♦ hive-; -XL'llie .Kate-, Morri> : Lvia’u Hai h y, < loluin- bia ; Xirginia Durant, Fairfax: 1’aulihc Bt(vhar<l'on, Barnwell each year teach one-tenth of iportation from the end of t^e Tts~ illiterates, there would be trolley line will be furnished tu a y a itabde"?40' fe Tea ch“each TT-’f pa Kies notifying the Quarfer- 1 Iterate to read and write. This; master, Anirriar Embarkation plan would eliminate illiteracy j Depot, No, 302. The date of from the Stafetjvithin ten years, the sale has not yet been an- The education of foreign nounced, but \yill be made pub- born illiterates is provided Tor fe in the near future, in another section of the bill. iuued Next Week'. always there. g He leaves his wife and one son in Georgia and one brother and a number of nephews and Odom-Hutto * — i i amine HKHiariCoir, narnwen :. . u . uu " f t, • neices m this'^tate to mourn his was- married to Mr. llarrv SlH ‘ De^j , Owens.Crom,|os., but they mourn not ms Roads; Lillie May Aldrich, th-.se who have no hope, for Bloonuiiglale'; Marie Week lew; they feel assured that their loss I? his ^eternal gain. Sleep Ami A True Friend. Walter JTutto, of Hilda, bv Rev. E C. Watson at. the BijptWt lhlLiuLi.flgEltUL. ..JiIiU[lk.V.Li±E No'vT /JTt’n _ They lmv,- lim bot | Moore. Seven Buies; (i. B. j wi'hc' of i heir--jn an v fie inU 1 Ellis, Sr.., Leu nett Springs, J. — .~_ i f *x I* o\vkc, Red Oak ; L. A'.; j Sand ! Sand Hill; Samb llutto, Oak 'Ibisbj^ Four Mile; ^NickCarl (irove ; f’. IL Barker. Tinker’s If in a drug store, we Ik- v^C... Owens Drug Co., Fairfax, tx. C, !*-• d Watson ofiiciatihg. Johnson-'-Bell. Miss Evelyn O’. Johnson, of j Croft, Reedv Brancl.14—Herman C reek ; II. E. (’r. ecJu Friend 1 J > 1 a c k. v i i 1 ♦ •, was 'united in {Brown/ Rhickyilte*-; Vernon *lup; Id is Brabham. Meyer’s (ivy* liartzog, Double Bond; Eiixabetli -Brace OUom, Ash- ltigb ; Hil//.ie Dicks - Upper iUohlalid ; .Mr#rC. D. Elite, Jr.-,- Marriage u> Mr.'Jaines B». Bell/ at- the Bapti't Parsonage -in' Blackville. on Dec. 8th/ Rev MiH ; M r. \V. C. K er. nedy Mrs. R. C. Holman, Chr. Red-Cross Chri*nna? Roll Call x *’ §1 Barnwell Cbaptcr,, . ~3 - r.