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« ’..4* I ***** ' t 23 \vn»vd! Sentinel, _ SIX Hi d Publndmd IC»hj Tliurnd*! •V THti NfiW HRNTTNEM'UHMSII- ING COMPaKT l j ■ —AT— ^ -* . • ) ., |BARNWJEIX v S. d Oh ah. Carkcu. Kimmh. - Pre«i4ent Hm. K. Bnxu.ino, See.-Tret**. hi (1 Gen eral .VIhi*. W. M. JONES. Kr.ir.ih . *- rY - - — Sntereri hh w»(*iind-p'iish rnuil matter Pel>- ftmry 14,1901), at till* PcwhrfiKV at burn- well, S. 0. , mi.ter the Act.-of Cotiurcns Of March 3, 1879. lj«>ai art v. rurii n at > If * rut< ol $1 (Hi per is ch firat.iiif>«rii<UK ai d fifty m-i t* ••Ohnib'' qnml iiiK'-rtiitii,. • / Obituaries Trihnt u * of Respect llcso- lations of Rrtpeet. l^arda of Trank* •is<\ Hii «>t.h. r c n ii> g r i nt re<•«.o* tv will lie chrrgul for nl. ihe rule of fifty Cents |>« r nvh. or one cm t f> r v’.md, eae*> b rtion with a muiimoni cha’<{ • eents. All chamt"* of advt rribifip end al 1 •Ottmu’iicaiioM^ * r* n<Mre->H*d to The Bn rn ae11 5to I ne l.aittl m i^t he in this office lid lt*!» i r *4an 1(1 ►day m«m>t « t ‘ iimi r>- pohlicaiioo iii the flrrent ietuie. All eommunicaf ion-i mu t he •Mailed by the writ*-r. i (>t (or tiohltfmt'on. omi M »n evidence of g ■<»<! faith. a 4 < pro* the new-paper. »IBRCRrfTP>K BATE* year |1.60; S<x nmatti* Three month* Ms. IV A • T A NOf m «* la rtnitime sheets *r aM.f •r*ers waKe p-.yabl*- »• ’ Tvrm Wiw Peai.iaaall* (V i RADIO MESSAGES. It is wonderful to eontern jslatn tile infinite control of «l "htioiHii agencies in the dercl •irniept ol life and its economic relations^ to the necessities of -Mankind. No gift, hr way of iayeuted discovery, it eypj* en joyed until its ntceasiiy arises, and each succeeding period of time brings with it develuo- ■ent.s to meet conditions, and apparently opposed to lava of Mathematics,physical aim other *Zn»e. When it was announced that succersful navigation <>f the »e;t* could not be estaliiished except by Vessels heavier than the water displaced, the theory was'so jih- surd in public estimation that it was with gieiit posiniisni that successful demonstration was had, the. previous theories lieiim that if the vessel w»* heavier titan the water, it would inline- dtaie y sink, whereas it was demonstrate d that the molt water displaced by tile Teasel tiiu more liunly it could rids ihe waves, the displacement farcing the contact of the water is support of the vessel. The asms. idea prevailed as to air ships." The balloon .* a* iiiide lighter than the air, upon the theory that only by this method -could the bouanc'.of the nit- true motifs power or agencies Imd" "befn eaiabTi-hed as being in (lie oaflt itself, and where he contended that suhmariacs could not receive message* by the radio system, that such mes sages could, be and had been Received by submarines at any depth they might be. W uhys one of the* unrevealed secrets of the war, Paielully pr* S'Tv* * by the <!(• part meiit at W a sTF ingtoii. It, was ,discovered l>.r Mi") Janies IT.-lb go s, ,a, scion- list <»f ( 1 lyabtvillo, Md , wTio tiftor many,yoars of .^cieuiilic A-m arch' in his laborat<\rio*,* had louiol that the inotivo j;owor* or .rat iior the prime conductor for radio messages was the ^hosom of tiie earth itself, . : n . wlinre Mr. Marconi elevated hi-* system by shafts and lovers far above tiro earth at a gnat o\j»oiiso, nlid su!)ject/ tpTstritic cojiditic.ns, hc_. estabjistn d hi- system beneath the earth, with out the necessity of tiie O'.vpT’iT s;ve machihery of Mr. Ma/eo^- s system and the difiiculiv o storms, etc., and for two. years during the war. at stations built all over the world, mbs-ages wns received under.. th» wai* t* and through I lie earth by Mi Ungers, ills a-*oyiates' aim tha war department, without the loa» of a w«rd, notwithstand ing static conditions, which kept the Government advised thoroughly of evary Movement in Berlin and -_ev«ry enemy coantry, aa well as iu the coun- triea of the Allies, where fre- ^uentlv Mr. MarcoaTs system had failad, due to storms, ate. Mr. Rogers practically gave tha invention to the Govern ment aud was reluctantly made to accept, bj the Government, a small araoant to coverdalmr, etc. The Government, however protected him in his patents and procuring immediate in suranoe thereof to him, so it cornea to pass that an evolution in telegraphy or message's hv radio is m»w ia progress which, whether the Government Gi*- wumes aontrol and ownership or not. will practically displace tho o’d system subject to static cmr- ditiona and influences,'hv .this new discovery whi:h uses Moth er Earth and out of her bosom receives this new gift of service to mankind. Too much honor can not |)e given to thi> humble and rctirerl s/*ieiitiVt, who ninny yearsdias been used as God’s in- itrijneni. in tfciUpij|lv, labori ously and patiently, wording out this modern miracle in the interestof scientific development and human enjoyment. It i> to he hoped tha) lie will not fare hiiANoiallv as-othr-r great in- venter* hut will he rewarded in prosperity a. well as in th»- honors that he mav receive. This will- ha assured to him hv the fact that Col. Clarence COL. CURENOE l OVENS. were glad to ve leone' Col. Claianee J,-Owenf, of waiKuigtonp D. C.,in aur midst on Monday. CoK Oweas, who 1 is the Mat)aging Director of the of the Southern Commercial Congress, on his way from i paries ton, wlierp he addressed ihe Agricultural Society of (’harlestoii, lo Savannah, stopped oror im Barnwell on peisonal Inisincss MAJ. JAMES A. WILLIS, Caatiaued troay.Firtl Fa*e> .jrMachine Gun ^ Co.—Capt Ernest H. Cappelmann (S. C.), (in hospital}, 1st LieuL* Robert H. Jennings (S. C.), (command ing company); 1st Lieut. Thos. H. Edwards (S. C.), 1st Lieut. ol mefctm purpose friend^'. Barnwell County W the front line and dressed the wounded with shellsfbursting all over and around them, through gas and wdth machine guh bul-'P^ n Dantzler (S. C.) lets flying just over their h^ads/ And. two second lieutenants I Our machine gun company re- ^° no ^ ilo y tr : V ported- to me soon after dark ' You know several of these of- es», and fur flu ar J^ ^ wo mi e-pounders had been t fi« e rs, Back Browning of Black- yp ur fo-mil.y' ‘feting 1 iiis old W,L ^ me all the time and jvei vtHe-pFrank Barnwell and David ! c ^ e $ hi were preparing for a hot time! E Barnett, formerly of Barn- strongest* safdst, and* cheapest next morning when I was direct- * weU . Edwin Brucc 0 f Bamberg; life ^?uranpe ever written. pern- gratified at the emitibnr surce-s atrhhncd bv Col. 'Owelife. 4/ one -of her bo\ in the grVdf Wishington, Dec, 4, 191*. To the Soldiers *nd Sailers #f America: Approximately fbu* million ' officers and ra^en of the srmv and navy are now insured with the United States government for. a grajid/total of almost thirty-seveti billion dollars. You owe it to yourself and to to hold on to L T a* insurance; Jk is the For your protection Undo/ great ed to niove my command to an- • Jennings of Orangeburg, other position on the* enemy’s arid Tin^Edwards, son' of a for’d Sam has established the w ,, r u s „„r . . W |.i,.|, hThe firing kept up until ; mer p^tor of ihe Wimstoii Bap-^ est vinauifanco MTfrpany jn iiMriu., ^>n., .tp_whicii lie }'■» ji o’cieck that rtigEt whett we 1 t 1 were been cnlieu , ('oL JJ.-wmjs ha-, I)con >i11 (’»rid, and-aB- the Ca|)itols of ihurnp(uarid Iras been the recipient, of ’inanv dhkiuguislnd h«»no.s ;it the liaii(L ol the Kings,-find ruler- of Eu'rbpe It pecuiiarl gr.iuiying bis,.homo l.n Biirn we ft (' » Votv,. to . iii> Mi.-ce-- nmd we ail ideas ire in basidprflji tittCcmirch. Barnwell, Br-uce! * Uii - wor hl—a company as - and as ready : to mo\e—out, ; a71( ] Barnett were in the most ad-! * r ;-2'hty, aw generous, *. ifcn the firing stopped and. not; v a need lines and did goed ser- ! ^omocratic as thep- -Uiritod a shell 1 fell near'us during the j v j c ^ They did not know what - States government itself. Just whole ti.rpe wfw.ere moving out, fear was ; Browning, who is an Uncle Sam protected you but the machine guns.kept up a acknowledged to<Joe' the best’I your loved-onos.during thy cease at eleven. I immediately Carter Price was and is now went dbwn the line and’told the (member of my signal that did such fine work. section He was flection h.f his gre.-i^nes* Dweiul jiinhifidii in 1 if*-* ha-«j & .'f 1% m pyet d° w n in the trench ione of the le! ^ hone men . . Ho »gricuUi!r»l »g-n,i r ..ar.^uy.hereuntMlUtha tte |Wasnotafmid H is action wa, firing would cease at 11 oelqck:.| at thp heu<J of the cojumn com . and the war would be over. II. . ., , ,, ... , . , * . uig dowm the road that got so will never forget the expression i , „ _ . . ■ many shells. Carter is stronger on the faces of those men. I can , . ... .... ® I and in better condition ( than co-oidimite them ful system out of which pie Jiofii s to more sfiCcas'fui v establish perpetual peace Ilian through any other agency. , P1 . . • .T- not describe it. Just a far away, . , . . , r 7 . Ihe Agrieultura Institution I, , , XT , , ; when he joined at Camp Jaek- i.i ” , ... . . look and a smile. Not a cheer or' VT * L- in Italy, to winch delegate* ,, .(son. Nothing* stops him or dejega from all over tha world'rVgularJv meet, and among which there is existing a most perfect treaty and union, unatfected by the war, haa done and is doing more ftlian aiiy oilier institu tion for tha deveiopemfeni of agricultural interest all over me world and the reciprocal m u'k'etliig "of the worlds crop>. A> an example oi.tUe bene fit of tlii^ orguniaation, when, the wheat sound from them. Promptly at . , . TT . , , . .. , .. |seems to worry him. He takes 11 complete silence reigned. It i . u . ... . . , ....... everything srmlmg, come -what was so still and quiet that it was uncanny ar.d depressing, still there was no cheering,. may Angus Patterson is a member of the supply detachment with this battalion and is doing fine work.. He did not go “over the pea*:e. . The privilege o* -cqniitfui? - your government insurance i - a valuable light given to as part of the corapensati ‘ i for your heroic and triumph#, u, services. If you permit Hie in surance to Iapse r yog lose that right, and you will never be able to regain it. But if yo* keep up your present lasur- aace—by the regular pjkywiem of premiums—you will be abi^* to change it into a standard government policy without «- : medical examination. Mean time you can keep up yein* present'insurance at; subsfan- That night the skies were lighted up. with rockets and flares. There were more of them from the German line thaif Oursr place, but h^f brought supplies up government will write ordinal Just as far as you could see up and down the line-for miles these crops w,-i> reported rockets were going up. Twenty- tu bo sln,rt many millions ofl bUsilCls in A merica out oTwoii h the the spevnlatora hoped t<> raise piice of wheat eiiormouslv, four hours earlieF these same rockets would have meant that in about two minutes you would the institution at Koine, H i a barrage dropped on you. once telegraphed to America ill The fight was over and the top” with us, as fh$H was not his same low rate. Th under heavy fire and worked for Hfe insurance, twenty-payment days and nights passing over ii^ e » endowment maturing at roads that were heavily shelled. Angus has -always been accus- age 62, and other usual fonr- of insurance. This will he gov- niatLets, tli.it white tiie «• i*» ,- nnuni beMioit ri America in l-ui oj.O it w<i" corr* ipomlin 1* larger than before, whinf ’ wrt calculated -to inamlam price at projier bit'i-*. Gol. Ov.eiit looka~bat*k~\\ uh pr ide anil reverence * |J~ hi- most of us were alive. We had four rifle companies ber 16th and left there on the and a one-pourder section in the 1 morning of the 18th and made a early part of the fi^ht and was hike of about loO miles to this ’ Ltef joined by the machine gun • place and reached here on the tomed to having a big time, and'e rnment insurance—at govern- you would be surprised to j see meR t rates, how he has taken to this work. We marched back from the j j front to Sommedicu on Novem th The United States govern ment—through tut* Bureau of a>-ueiation witlr tin gn-utf of lilts keep the vessel in iu..tioii. j ’ (j wenSt o’f WashVngtori, ’ih company. Companies L and ; K were on the front line with Com- ! panies M and I supporting them Duval Lubiii, head of ~ the a short distance in the rear. We Italian ln.*«ti»iitian, • who a ! had A the following oliicers: 1 xtte r ycMis were - diluted ibj’ Major^ James A. Willi* (S. dr ve opainrut and from I C.), battalion corpmander. 1st Lieut. Geo. D. Levy (S. C.), adjutant. CLASSIFIED t ca nvs. Jules Verne, however, an nounced that there could he no imcce-sful liavigaiion of the airj except by a ve-sel heavier than ihe air displaced, ihi* was regarded as ruiiculou-, hut aub- ■equent'events have prove d the Correctness of the theory, and thousands aiid thousands of pounds are now safely trans ported in the air,'making the vessel very much heavier than the air displaced,, and receiving K its buoyant by the returning . 4Bipact of the arr to the machine. Wh 111 Mr. M arconrs great systein of wireless tel graphy was discovered, messages could be transmitted without the use «f wires upon air waves, it wu-. assumed to make the *vstem successful ip it* ‘ ope ration by .using high elevations and ga ting as much away from the. earth and sea as possible, in the belief that the earth miga- tijed, the use of tlu* .current*.; and recently at -a gatliering in the North, wh-m-e' Mr. Marconi •"~was eutertaim d/he. gave a very elaborate qxjdairation of how the system dejiended for i^s success by its re.]m»val from the s earth as far a* possible to avoid its conflicting influences. Lit tle did he think that in tlm au dience listening' to his explana tions and Jus scientific deduce tions were, parties who had de veloped the system of transmi- tion upon exactly the opposite basis, and tliat uliere lie an nounced that the success of his system depended upon its re moteness from the earth <h, Managing Direeuuv-of the Southern Commence! Congroa- l»a* •"giimfd ihe financing of the enterprise. which is a guarantee to Mr. Regers that hi* invention wull beasuhstantial be nefiV To him. LOCAL FARMERS TO CET NITRATE. Government To Sell N trate j legation is to For Fertiliser Th rough f a otrn Agent Wa»liingtoi, ]). C., Notiee das, been giveu to H. G Boy U to a Agricultural Ageiitj for Barnwell County, that the U. S. Department of Agrluil- ture will .sail at cost a' supply of nitrate of soda To farmers in Barnwell County, ;. • The nitrate will be sold under the authority of the Food con trol Act and w hose hdviee and n>*istance< Col Owens has been enabled t.» nap g vat (Yerietit and to ‘.■stabli'.li his sy.'tem throughout the .world. We hope 'grcif 1 •uccig's to him, and take gre#t pride, in the work of the South ern Commercial Congress which a> a national institution, lias done, not only everything for tbe South, hyt-for everv other secti n of the nation. Co . Owens i,s to head a de legation, nt the instance of the Goverment of yhe Panama .Republic to establish ' the American Regional Banking 'system fn that Republic. The personnel of his - de- be ^dieted hr 'bun*el'f and at expense of the Panama, Govennenp where lie expects to go vet 1 ? shortly'. • * r First National Bank. Allendale Bank Western Carolina, OommereTal Bank of Blackville. i No mdney will he rrq ired witli the' application out' upon notice froni the authorized rep resentative ovf the Depart met: 1 of Agriculture farmers jyho ■ I- , . , * >r , . have signed appheafjon iritis legislatio.u relating there hi. The i , • ' 1 , . . ■ , deposit with a local hank a-*- price will be$.SJ.0()a ton free / • . .• : 1 . i , soctat ion, or lndivitm , : des . out boiVd cars a, po.nl lts( , |>v t)| „. S( .,,, f or port, Farmers a r, to p.y ,,! A “ riC | l|tilr( . flrt J , o hen-S up- j fanners’-agent for thaPpurpose, money to cover thecostof the fer tilizer except the freight charge ; In practically every case the money will he paid to a Countv Nitrate Distributor designated l^-v tlie Department of A grind audition fright ping point. 1 *. HOWTO OBTAIN NITRATE. Applications for u part of the ii i to to bought by the govern ment will fle. received only from Mutual farniers or owners cr hold- lst Lifiu|. Jame3 W. brown ing (S. C.), intelligence and scout officer (in hospital). Capt. Alex M. C. Jobson (Fla.), battalion surgeon. 1st Lieut. J. W. Crum (Fla.), assistant surgeon. 1st Lieut. Jesse. M. Tyler (P’la.); dental surgeon. 1st Lieut. Clifford Schccke ♦ (Ky.), chaplain. 1 2nd Lieut. McCormick (D. C.), supply officer. ^ Company L—Capt. Geo. A. Lyon (Mass.), 1st Lieut. Gordon Williams. 1st Lieut. David E. Barnett (3. C.), 1st Lreut. Ed win Bruce (S. C.), 2ndsLieut. Edward T. Myers (PhilaJ^d^nd Lieut. Geo. G. Herrick (Phila. Company K—Capt. William J- Hunter (S.’ C.), Ikt Lieut. Wil liam II. Jackson (Fla.), (in hos pital) ; Istrr Lieut. Robert W. Strauss (Tenn.-J, 1st' Lieut; Frank H. Barnwell (S. C.), 2ncl Lieut. Cecil B. Barksdale !* (S. j C.), 2nd Lieut. Peytbn R. An-| ness (N. A r .) , Company M—- Capt. Albert C. 1 Glasgow (Tenn.), (in hospital),,' 1st Lieut. Charles p. Rickert j (commanding company), v 1st Lieut. William C. Lee (S. C.),' 1st Lieut. Albert J. Caskey (S. C.), 2nd Lieut. Harold C. Curtis (Sc C.), 2nd Lieut. John H. Bol- 3rd inst. ; I have had very few lettrrs from Barnwell. I received a r.ice long letter from Ed Holman a short time ugo and will write to him in a £e;w days. Show iiim this letter, will you? When I started this letter I did not intend to write you a book, but.just got started.and could not find a stopping place. Give my very kindest regards to Deasoiv and remember me to any other friends. Now that the war is over I am anxious to get back home again and make an other start. Yours very truly, James A. Wjllio. Major 323rd Infantry, Ameri can Exp. Forces, A. P. 0. 79.1. NOTK’K. 1 do heiet* |>vr>ons fiom rui..,; *.;i uii\ kin*I to m\ s< i, (H lc 11 home wilbotii ia'K u'l 1 ' Jo >e‘uso( aye. 16 2\ v>rlid and ail n(Co\ mcnl of lir ok, *r h»* ud who it k).-C'o<>k, .>nvl “Stf, V ( Opportunity. For headache, neuralgia, colds and grippe pnjdent phy sicians now advise 35 CEKTS FOR (OUR iCiTCN. buy an Autoinolpiivjv, hci the ti.wr t‘i i.ivs that ngu can pet 33 c.R. for jroui cciti n then the linn li. ^ arrived. 1 Fn one week we a ill »eil von a S.ion Six Automobile, brand ne.v 1VIS rr »nrl tnd accept your ccin-t} u> payment, «•! lowing; >ou basis* aS icni.t isidcliiei; Kverything: about liu Saxtmfiv firrlVfavv S.nnuard material; i i-. >e< ond lo a«»-.e for anything: like tke pik e, a kick iv Sl,< 19.liiaht I;: , s r l rtU'illfr.j: w ill gr i > ou a R tX/l I.AK Al lOMOBH.k delivered to sou. IfcTi’t write an un less you mean Bl.’ShNXsS. U. S. Motor Co., Ct.U.i. b : a, \ C. Found On l)<»c.*mber JSth, list, 1 tiok up horses,a dark bay rtflic a da yellow bhr/e fare p(mv, ai nry henu: “ire Hilly Wl-^i Ihew’T plaice near Tv'u . ard hoW Aem suiiject to c;tjl by o\\ ■(■:. Pay f«r lV-ir keep and for this a» \c» . eim-ntivatl i ask for. J H. Dvnriiga, 2:pd F.lko. F. p. 1. For •u * .v; FOR SA!,F ('no two >.«■. house « n lain., y eight roon v, I; modern uii.- veii'eoees including ; on pron.i rent sti eel, town o( . s \.eil, largelot. Teirbs !:ait cash, ted" rVt tosuit aur* clis -A. Apply to C F C<.ueut, Bn; it WeitrS;.( k- tm-r. Nitrate-vFill he sliipped^o • Un. - - Company I—Capt. Thomas A. j Hollingsworth (S. C.)., 1st Lieut. The improveal tablet iii which th* hoai t-depiessiri^' —tendency is counteracted by heart-toritny elements. To avoid ccnTncjon. Ar-pitc:”*^ v. * i,* g <IB-: - tnil.jy at. v/vy not : c ur lired-uf* paper .vhel! peein g.. ... Tveiw Kn\e Geared. «>voi ear !• ii -.ee.,:. Veiy fine bid!-up bud died >i i grafied tree*, from ibme v Jfrf4y. prU io-fi n>aa»ikrrtb- •e v for yule. WrlR v.‘ i’e ti.-ii*y. n I uifo'n, — ... ■—i—— ‘■'VS. We c ; i edingfr low ti ed by tie ' it cjljiles tkap ,l gdt &t a bar- - ■' . AF«> ' ■ or > tobfl siaeprtper shell pecnit^ for catalog and. pric e.' Ilas»Pecan Co., : r| 7^ mi - APTOMOBihE BAIv on l.^nd for ^ele pric e-, cijrht. auton Government; also - . bnv* never ireen ir g.i'n. Prices |85 . want Knouts in eacT 1 :.e of cars. GoJirmbi; H- U < Phone 378A. ,4-ikr — i . , wi „» . r*' -.f ft- (■ r (< ? j t (t :» b (M * ol farm for use ou their litndJ distributor* on si^ht draft with and may be metric through Crntn-Kfll of. lading nttachfd. Distrib- tv Agent II. G. Boyi*ton or utors will par drafts, take up Rollo A Lawton 1st Lieut, Jas tlin,ugh auy metnbfr of a »;**»,!,# bill, of lading. «.Hwmo„JjpTS^CLirat'Ew-^’ «oin iniitee,con.,ntmg of: Iron, the farmer, and dirtrlbute v. ,3 7c rT r InVl^ I’ai mers A Merchauts Bank, * hitrate to farmer* Arrunno G. Acker (S. C.), 2nd Lieut. JaS. Dank of Willi,,on ' • ,rdl be nTadc ,0 -ecuTa F f Brink1 ^ (N -. C >- 2nd Utut Willjston. large quantify nof nitrate and it Stephen Kent (^N. Y.) is believed that all reasonable 1-Pounder Guns—1st , Lieut. I Barnwell, requirement* can be met. ^.Thomas F. Cartwright (S. C.),! ia sold' on.'y in i<-?! xfr packages.. Pric^ 35 c. At C. N Riifdh»’-tEf,-il ocgisf (1 v Of (U BsrnweJl Banking Co., Monev on Long Tern)* BROWN 4& BUSH - Lawyers MILNVVELL*-^ u A WORLD p HIST( ' Complete PicUufal, .. an »c« <.,«ni of every pt fWAK for hiherly/A? I this ontkrfu) IJi^ 1 for free outfit,.or if y. join fit which will -he! , double the suhacribent , fit R. T.. Phillips Polihi* JAd:nti,€ir > | Aitwk Offi. enev. -ia, h C. AT' bt <-* 10 r» r S.C. WAR IY <• X C. C: v ins P u* WORUy tnted to M il ,l yi:e <i»iitk fer tile br-t to secure ,4c j-osUyr. gCo.. ^co.Teaas. t Lvv«. Om*.