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BARNWELL, 8. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21', 1919
. NO. 19.
DEATH CLAIMS A
BELOVED MOTHER
LIEUT. DAVID E. BARNETT '
COMMENDED FOR BRAVERY.
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Mrs. Percy H. All Died AtHer-Home
In Allendale.
Thd countless friends of
Mrs.Porcy H. AILkUJ be griev-
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ed and shocked to learn that
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death has claimed this dearly
beloved Christian woman. She
was stricken with the influenza
epidemic on January 12th, and
Former Principal of Barnwell School
Makes Good In France.
The friends of Lieut. David
E. Barnett, a former, principal
of the Barnwell Graded School
will be interested in the
following clipping which was
taken from an issue of “The
State” and contains an extract
rapidly declined until the end I of a letter from him dated
came on the following Tues- January 15th, to his wife, who
day. The crisis in her illness was formerely Miss Rae Gill,
seemed to have passed on Mon-| Mrs. Barnett also taught in.the
day and hope was expressed
for her recovery, but the fol-i
lowing day toward evening,
the light went out of her mor-
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS
graded
school here before here
marriage and made many
friends during her stay here:
“Just hack from my leave to
tal frame, and the spirit pass^ Paris, 'Nice, Monte Carlo and
ed on from whence it cometh.
Words fall short of their
meaning in expressing the sad
ness occasioned by Mrs. All’s
death.’ Our hearts* Till with
tender sympathy for her bereft
husband and her four little
and the Italian border. Crossed
some of the Alps. It is a
wonderful sight, the snow cov-
eied mountains, on one side,
and. the big sea,’with all the
[beautiful vegetation on the
other. Went iu the famous
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gambling joint at Monte Carlo,
boys. She was a devoted moth-1 ft is simply beautiful and is
er and wife. -jThe interests of ojien to soldiers to see from 8
her own family circle her first to #every morning. lias a sight
and ever present thought, watch the .old men andjCET A BAC TO HOLD THE GEMS.
which broadened with the p*°hien floek Co the place every .
morning to turn-the* wheels.q ByiJUBOis.
“I was very much surprised
when I got back to And that 11 “Acres of Diamonds ’ is the
had been recommeuded for title that a certain great speaker
, Some time dgo we sent out circulars stating that those \
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MEETINQ OF FARMERS
HELD IH BARNWELL
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putting years, made her belov
ed for her faithful and unsel
fish devotion and her sterling
qualities.
As a
dist church she was zealous,
pious and faithful. Reared in
a minister’s home, she
bravery by our division during gave to one of nis great lectures,
member of the Metho-| 0lIr little scrap. I was taken off The sense of which was that
my feel! Didn’t know a thing thare are figurative diamonds
about it. I didn’t do anything I all about us waiting to be picked
early I much, just tried to do my duty, I up. Golden opportunities, un
caught the beauty of purity which every man should do. developed resources, etc.
and righteousness, which grew That', what we were sent over There are also acres of liter.-
. i _ . - . here for. I in sending you one ry diamonds right at hand. Just
to be . part of her character. | f ^ , r £ e >^.. vou are tendered two Urge
and her views on religious | 'pj l0 or( j er referred to is | diamonds, each precious stone
truths WOTS always clear, cut general order No. 50, Head-1 all set about with a cluster of
and inspiring. In all matters, I quarters Eighty-first Division, beautiful rubies and pearls. Gem
be £hey secular or religious, she American Expeditionary Forces, Assortment No. 1:
was a beautiful efcatfiple of wil- December 25, 1018, and reads : Thanks.
ingneae and leadership. 1 First Lieut David R. Bar-1—-'■'-—'January 1, 1919.
Mrs. All before her mar- «««: For conspicuous • service i am thankful that I waa
riage was Mias Josephine Key! in action near Manheulles on born p00 r—that I did Hot come
Anthony, daughter of Rev. and , em . l0 * Lieutenant L nto this world burdened by
Mn. Baecom Anthony. She BarneU in command of the lhe w hims of wealthy parents,
waa married by her father in ' with * hs * of g oldaround
Savannah, Ga., January 1st, without cover.
of the
led his
terrain i nec k
When exposed | j am
thankful for the ad-
1907. while stationed at Trim-1 for a long period to severe | versUies whic h have croaaed
ty Methodist church. A grad- machine gun and artillery fire, m y pathway, for they have
uate of Wesleyan College, Ma-1 he inspired and directed his taught me self-control, persever
con, Ga., in both , pipe organ nicu through a very critical ance, tolerance and forgiveness.
and violin. I time by his own coolness and j am thankful lor the mis-
Those of her immediate fam-|^ raw : r ^ a11 ^. although gassed, takes I have made, for through
ily bereft by her death are her re, ^*‘ Bed * uh *** m « n * 1 '» u K h ; them I have learned, the Wis
hosband Percy Hamilton All ?•* the after " ocul and . n, ? bt Idom of caution. ™
husband, rercy namuton a* 1 , I Lieutenant Barnett is from
her four sons, Perry H. All., Jr., Laurens.
Raymond Anthony All, James
$aac°m Ail. and Frank Ew-j MRS. RACHEL SANDERS.
Jjank All Her parents, Rev.
and Mrs. Bascom Anthony, I Died at her home in Black- [learned that I may enjoy real
now stationed at Vineville, Ma- ville, S. C., Feb. 5th, 1919, happiness in ejcact proportion
i, Ga., and three brothers, Mrs. Rachcel Sanders, relict of to the extent that l help others
Barnwell County Represented
Meeting In New Orleans.
A meeting of the farmers,
merchants and business men of
Barnwell was held rii the court
house on Wednesday afternoon
of last vyt-ek and elected tke
following named gentlemen to
represent Barnwell county in
tire cotton convention which
was held in the Craven hall on
Washington street, Columbia,
S. C.. on Thursday of last week :
Messrs. T. S. Cave, Terry Rich
ardson, R. M. Mixson, .W. T.
Walker and John K. Snelling
all of • whom attended this
great gathering of business men
from every section of South
Carolina.
Governor Robt. A. Cooper de
livered a very strong speech in
which he stressed the absolute
necessity of bringing the price
of cotton to a point at least
equal to tke cost of production,
and said that a bill would in all
probability be introduced in the
legislature placing a heavy tax
on every acre above ten acres
to the plow; that a reduction
in acreage was absolutely
essary
GOVERNMENT SALE OF
HORSES AND MULES
made strong speeches in favor
of reduction in acreage and fer
tilizers and the holding of cot
ton for 35 cents.
A committee was appointed to
draft resolutions for the signa
ture of the eotton producers
pledging themselves* to plant
one third less of what they have
previously planted.
I am thankful for having
discovered that only that which
T do for myself will be of
permanent benefit to "me.
I am thankful for having
SUOCES OF BARNWELL BOV.
—The friends of Mr .trttffi TT
Simms will be gratified to know
that he was one of the attorneys
for the defendant in a case
brought to trial at a recent ses
sion of thfe moot court of the
University of—South Carolina
Law School, which resulted in a
verdict for the defendant. The
meeting wa° held in the law de
partment and the case on docket
was an action for damages
brought by the plaintiff agninst
a railroad and proved to be very
interesting.
Mr. Simms is the eldest son
of Judge and Mrs. Chas. Carroll
Simms, of Barnwell, and has
many friends who are pleaaed to
know that he is making good in
hia profession. He is treasurer
of the Law Association of the
University, where he will grad
uate next Juie.
Mr. John I. Rice, son of th
late Judge Ben T. Rice, also of
Barnwell, ia a student at I nearly every county
l niversity and is secretary of u n the State being represented by
the moot court. Although Mr. from one to ten representatives.
Rice has spent very little or his The meeting was full of enthu-
time here for the past two or si&sm, and a determination to
three years he is pleasantly re- do someting; the plan is being
membered by his many friends outlined and the State will, be
^ eri * ‘organized in lees than two t^eeks.
South Carolina will take the
brave boys in France with I lead and lay before the whole
congratulations and thanking South the plan for the cotton
them for what they have done export corporation as proposed
for us, we must not forget that by W. G. E. Harding, governor
Other great army, the women, of the federal reserve board, who
who are the mothers, wives | delivered an address before the
To Be Held In North Charleston on
February Twenty-fourth.
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Headquarters Animal Embarka
tion Depot 302, North Char
leston, S. C.
1. ; In order to reduce the
stock to that actually needed for
government work, this depot has
been authorized to sell the fol
lowing:
36 cavalry horses.
918 draft mules.
2. The auction will be held
on February 24th, beginning at
9 o’clock in the morning, and
will continue until all animals
authorized are sold. Animals
will be sold singly, in pairs, and
in carload lots, and may be in
spected at any time before the
sale.
3. These animals are a part
of those intended for war pur
poses and for which the govern
ment now has no need. They
are among the best that can be
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purchased, sound and in excel
lent condition: none will be sold
that cannot be certified free of
'Contagious disease: there are
Ex-Got. Manning and others I 1 "*"* excellent "cotton" mule.
among them, and it will be to the
advantage of every one who is
interested, to attend.
4. If possible animals will be
shipped out the day of purchase,
but if not. they will be held on
government feed for one day,
free of charge. Improved facili
ties for numbering and desig-
Gov. Cooper asked that every animals have been ar-
present at this meeting who
could and would go to the New
Orleans meeting on the 17th
and 18th to indicate the same
under their signature and he
would appoint them aa dele*
gates.' Among the many who
signified that they would go and
were appointed delegates were
Col. R. M. Mixson, of Williston,
and Mr. W. T.Wulker. of Black-
ville. •.
This convention was largely
ranged, so that the danger of
Cootlooed on pace Ihre.
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eon,
Jim Anthony, of Chicago, 111; the late J. Henry Sanders, after
Bascom Anthony, of New York an illness of more than two
^^jfcy, and Mack Anthony, now weeks following a stroke of
attending Emory College, Ox- paralysis. She was born De
ford, Ga. I center 6th, 1855, and was
Funeral was held in the married in May, 1872.
Methodist church, Allendale, In the death of Mrs. San-
S. C., Rev. Wm. V. Dibble, pas- ders the community has lost
tor, officiating. Interment in I one of its most noble Christian
her family lot in Boneventure women. She was "Mother” to I practicing the Golden Rule
eemetery, Savannah, Ga., Rev. the entire neighborhood as philosophy.
Peacock of Asbury Memorial I well as her children. L " *9- * or having
church officiating at the grave. The following children, Mrs. . the ,
c. R Tun»r. M«... G..; *“ b ’““
to be happy.
:: I am thankful for having
learned that before 1 can gbt
I must give, and, that I will
get exactly that which I give.
”1 am thankful for having
learned that the best way to
punUh those who are unjust
toward me is not to punish
them at all, except by
general assembly yesterday,
which plan will be presented at
the great Southern cotton con
venlion in New Orleans, and
which many leading men of tne
-R. H. Bond,,Columbia C.;. ag ^ Mt , bst (orc * of
C.-. 8. < .Jii*.vthi*-#pplie8
Miss.'; J. G. Sanders, Columbia,
might cannot win
Mrs. Quitman Rountree died ICJ n „ n a * . T „
at her home near Dunbarton
last Friday and is survived by Sanders, Blackville, S. C., and
her husband, Mr. Quitman Lieut. C. K. Sanders, now in
Rountree ; her - mother, Mrs. France, survive her, the young-
Maggie Anderson, a sister, Miss est son, Fatrell B. Sanders,
Hanson Anderdon, and a broth- having died October 15th,
♦r. Ray Anderson. 1918, from influenza at Camp
The funeral services were con-
the Joyc. Branch Bap- The funera| MTOce , were
tist church and her remains were . . ^ -
l»d u. in (be Joyce Branch conduct ^ ^ u 1 " d »5 r afterno ? n
I at the^ Blackville cemetery by
The bereaved family has the Rev. L. E. Peeler, pastor of M.
fineere sympathy of the eqtire E. church, of which she was a
079manitr I devoted member.
and sisters of the fighters.
For every one of those 2,000,
000 boys in Frauce, some brave
woman walked through the
Valley of the Shadow of death
when she brought him into the j State have said was one of the
world. most practicable suggestions
Some of those boys will come made for the solution of the
back with empty coat-sjeeres; financial problems of the South,
others will come back with I — . _
wooden legs; still others .will fhifabihii bill.
come back without eves; and I* I® understood that the ft
thousands will never' return! nance committee of the senate
Their sacrifice, great as it will will introduce a bill at the pres-
be, must he borne, not alone sessioft of the genera! assern-
by themselves, but by the ^V. the: purpose of #hich will be
mothers, wives and sweethearts to provide a cotton export eor-
who will be waiting for them, poration of this State, so that
' Then let os not forget these steps along this line of
“soldiers” who are waiting, P r °g r f 88 will be taken by South
expectantly, with anxious I Carolina. ..w
hearts, for the,return of their | sopth pacing a caisis.
“Yanks” 1 Thousands of these I B
loyal womeu h.T. act oxlj Hatd.og . pUo lor
•Mt a soldier to fight on tto V°"‘
battlefield, of France, but they. * ,r ‘ he Webb act, *».Ja.d be
have gone into the munition. ‘''* **»•»> a ***® b ^“ •
...... .plant.? the factorie. and
like 1 that •• Whatsoever a man!„ hopa aad haTe g llad up th(| 8ou*h not only faced a ornie btrt
rank. mad. empty by the. “ WM al “ pr-«nt«l with
to au individual the eivme as
to nations.
I am thankful for having
learned the folly of engagiug
in any transaction which does
not benefit-all who participate.
I am thankful for having
learned that “like attracts _ ^ ^
t i , ,» i a m “l 8 hops and have filled up
sowetb, that shall he also reap’ r
Napoleon Hill.
No. 2. One Lakok Bolitaimk.
The Other Soldierv W’hom We
Must Not Forget.
While we art showsrlug our
who fought for us.
The world will not soon
forget the pert which our I
women have piayed in this
world crisis.-
Anonymous.
a great opportunity, an opportu
nity that would, if grasped, re
sult, not only in rebabiltation
of the cotton market, but also
in stability end progress for tbs
MMtlhA
W1LLIIT0B B0Tlt.
Wiihston, Feb. 12:—Thie
town felt that it was greatly
blessed • when other ploess
felt the full force of the
influeose end we were free, '
but * at one time lest month we
had .e serious situation to eee-
tend with* 8o*fer»tfco most of .*
the victims ere doing nicely.
The mild weather has been
marked by advanced farm
work by the farmers. If it were
not for the almanacs we might .
think it was middle spring.
Miss Bcttie Matthews, the
buyer for W, H. Kennedy 4
Son, left last week for New
York, to select the new spring
lines)
While in Aiken last week,
Mr. Wm. Roberts Kennedy
had the misfortune of having
his automobile stolen from
him. It ww. a Rohmer.
Mr. L. A. (ireene who is
widely known over the county
has been confined to his bed
for some weeks with neuritis.
_ I)r. J. P. Lee who has for
some ~eeks been in Augusta,
came home this week. We are
glad to see him on the streets
again. ■ JJ—————
Mr, A. M. Kennedy who
has been confined to the house
for ,a few days is out again.
Mrs. * Eva Cave of Sumter is
spending a few days with her
father, Mr. B. P. Drummond,
Dr. Wallace Cone was re
cently called to Brunson by
the announcement of the
death of his mother. - C.
Mrs. Emilie Fletcher of
Mouroe; -N. C.. is at present ou
a visit to ber parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Kitcbings.
Mr*. J.'E.-Kennedy has re
turned home after a visit ta
her mother in Laurens.
.Either H. M. Thompson, R.
9. Mania. Dr. W. M. Jones,
can give expert testimony
the “Re”, er they think
| can.