J
BARNWELL BOY RECEIVES
AND ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT
ESTABLISHED HOME FOR
THE MOTHERLESS INFANTS
REDUCE COTTON ACREAGE
Farmers Meet, Organize and Pledge
Themselves to Reduce Cotton
Acreage and Fertilizer.
Ill spite of the unsettled
ather and the short time that
meeting: had been adver-
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list'd, aTayge and enthusiastic
crowd o f Burn well emi nty’s
farmers, including a large num
ber of colored farfner^, .assem
bled in Barnwell on last Friday
to take part‘in the carhpaigii
to reduce the cotton acreage
‘and‘the amount of fertilizer for
the.eusning year.
meeting was called
yilg Iliccvrug, . , UCUVW‘J — ~
rtp* tn 4 * The C irchPHrrHttgnr mcnt ^f the Interior. says :
L Civ t a - I - A ^ 11 »
to
Will Be Attached To The American
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Embassy At London, j
It was with great pleasure
that we read in Saturday’s,
[State that’ Mr. John Duncan
Holmes, eldest son of Mr. and
adjustment is the critical time.. , Mrs ' w - L Holmes, of this city,
J , lias received and accepted an
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'A PREDICTION AND AN ANSWER
■Secretary Wilson, of the De-
part meat of Labor, says :
“The present. method of re-
First One in t.he Carolinas With Skilled
Nurses—Prepaired forjQollege.
We have just- received a folder
from the "Economy Kornev for
the motherless child, Kings
('redrrSD.;• setting for t h the
purpose of enlarging the homer
This institution takes infants
BONUS IN PAY FOR OFFICERS
AND MEN AND ARMY NURSES
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■ LEE ALLEN EASTERLINC.
God in, tliy infinite mercy,
God in thy wise goodness, God
m-tby- omnipotent ruling. . . 0
Tf \v-p v.n* through it safelv " tt> -. ttllu r“-| mid small children who "are left
It we can passtiuougii ii saitiy, nrmnintiiuuit m—-the— eons-nlftr-—*—•—f™-,—, , 1 » r™ j "
. _—* apiiuuumeu* -w. uiu - ^ m ‘ . motherless to care for and. pre-
™* ft Iibto lipfore us from eight service of. the L nited States.
Mr. idolmes received this a p-
we have before us from
to ten years of industrial ao
tivity equal to any wave of | pointinent through the effort
prosperity we have ever
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had.
But ify there is'any serious un
employment. there will be a pe
riod of industrial unrest..which
may lead us to a repetition of
the French or Russian revolu
tion."
Secretary La»e. of the
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pare them.for college.
'file home was* chartered last
fall by the state of South Caro
lina as an eleemosynary institu
tion. the trustees having pur
chased the Piedmont Springs
**tT* “ v . ,7”7 \ property, not far southwest of
studious from ns boyhood and ] fln ‘ ^ Ioulltain battle grouud ,
has grown to he a very bright N £, two miles o.Tst of Kings
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of Congressman James F.Byrnes
and will be attached to the
American Embassy at London.
Mr. Holmes has been very
laud intelligent young man, He
OI’ucx .»•
A. Brown, Esq., who made a
short talk explaining the object
of the meeting aud introduced
the speakers
* A hand from Columbin fur-
ljDhed music ’ for the occasion
and it had been advertised that
au aeroplane would make an ex
hibition flight provided a suita
ble landing place could be found.
The confmittceou arrangements
were very much disappointed
-mhi-'i by the officer in
« --- -T.
“If Congress will appropri
ate the relatively small sum
graduated from the" Barnwell gj, *”•
fngl. school several years ago'and J ' 11 • Opauijlmgaa gtnml mam
10 -• . b asrer. Mr. Spaulding has been
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has finished college with honors.
His many friends in this city
w'hicli I have-named for the predict for him a very successful
construction of sTfidier-settle- career in his new field of
ments in every State in the endeavor.
Union,- 1 can offer jobs almost
immediately to 100,000 of bur epoch instead of an incident.
returned fighting men, tiro- But Suppose for a week/ home is greatly needed just now’.
helping to stem the tnle of in- a trip has been planned. The He says .that he has applications
dustrial unrest predirtcc n • cc- t ra j n j s t j ue somewhere around from West Virginia to Georgia,
mu.\ ion, prov ( lomes and in order not to and that his greatest need is more
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conducting a private' home of
this kind at Patterson Springs,
N C. He claims the distinction
of being the first man in the Car-
lolinas to start a home for the
motherless child. We all agree
with him in saying that such a
Jod, dear, dear God of us all,
| why. J di4---ymr-taiar'" Leo ^ JuLea
away? Is it strange that we ask
our stives this question as scald
ing tears course our cheeks and as
grievous sobs send us wavering
to*our, knees asking for peace
from the storm of sorrow?
As we grope—blindly in this
vale of tears the truth, the great
truth of Heaven, seems a blurred
and blohed vision. The heavy
Order Received by Camp Headquar
ters Allow* $60 Bonus—for ©is-
jKrrr—r '- .■ ' * . .. - —V *’ “ r *"‘
== charged Mentratf^Nurses
•An 'order for $60 additional
pay to be given alL.oflkors-r-^**'''
listed men of both army and
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navy, and nurses to be. given
under certain conditions has
been received-and is as follows:
“Iu order that section 1406
of the revenue act of 1918, ap
proved-February 24, 1919, may
be placed into immediate elfect
you are informed as follows :
“1. That all persons serving
in the military or ^avaf forcea
our reasoning
is choked. The
racking winds out of the vally
of the shadow swirl about us
until our minds reel with an
awful dizziness. ' The terrible
[storm is so awful that perhaps
we for a moment forget to call
for help. The waters of this
sea of sorrow* are so dark and
turbulent that we look about us
in agonizing helplessness. The
mist of death settles down and j of the l nited States during the
M. -i - - ,
charge of the aero squadron in
Columbia that it would be im
practicable . to furnish the flyer
for the day. Prominent speak-"
ers from various points in the
Suite were invited and urged to
attend and address th^ meeting,
lull none could he had on ac
count of other engagements.
Mr. A. J. Salimas,of Augusta,
Ga., a prominent cotton factor,
made a splendid business ad-,
• dress in which he outlined the
attitude of the* cotton factors
towards the movement and as-
—awed the audieuct .that, the cot
ton factors would not advance
any money to farmers who
would not sign the pledge to re
duce the cotton acreage as well
as fertilizer.
J. Julien Bush, Esq., was
next introduced and in a spicy
and pithy address urged the far
mers to stand together ami de
feat the cotton bears of Wall
street.
Judge (’has..Carroll Simms
urged the people to guard against
a bumper cotton crop this year.
Mr. Simms brought to!he atten
tion of the audience the fact that
it would be useless to reduce the
cotton aeTeage and then use the
same or a greater amount of fer
tilizer this year in comparison
with last year,As this would de
feat the olyect of-the movement,
namely, to produce less cotton
ICllU > »» II3«M» , Mft v » ^
, . aa r .1 „ eigni a. m., anu m uiuci uui iv , - 0
inltiratinr n. v *uf 'uniut^ lfl1 ^ * ,1#> "" ,g ™ni. They have.tliftTrnirtiplofa
trv ; sail brings into cultivation rowed from a neighbor. Great tne Ugh‘I'lailt, but only sixcot-
1,500,Otto acres of at proseu. caution ami care la used in get- g— w , , skea M# , 0
tmproducuya laud thus help- tm* that clock lix*d jxact £ w ou ' r read ^ thst alrcadv
mg to make up the deficiency right so it will be absolutely elevcn bauks , oget)ler with a
iu cultivated land as compared sure to go off./ . i number of good .Isusines- men
with the rate of growth of our to bed; to toss for two are cooperating ij this cam-
population. There can ** no so ]j ( j hours, wondering - just paign. It will he appreciated
surer insurance for t ie nation how things will be on that trip, by the trustees and friends of
than , to put its men upon t ie After a w hile though sleep the home if some of our readers
84,1 * comes, a sort of light, fitful wil1 ftsslst in H‘ i8 R rea t work.
imiiTnii ucTfu.ya slumber chug full of dreams ^ e . to commend this
ATTENTION VETERANS. ✓ about trains coming ahead of and all similar institutions to
The annual reunion of (’amjV time, being on the street bare- ° Ur I >eo I* e * ,
Ge<». W. Morrall. will be held f 00 ted, etc.
While'it is yet dark, very WlUM**€AYS^||[|
dark, wakefulness Comes with Miss Daisy Wilson and Mr.
present war who have since
April *», 1917, resigned or been
discharged under honorable con
ditions (or, in the case of re
servists been placed on inactive
duty) or who at any time here
after (but not later than the
termination of the curreut en
listment or term of service) in
the case of the enlisted per
sonnel and female nurses or
••• ^ wvftftftft^ft * v I 11 (ft IV 11U1 VA
storm, 0_thc storm, #rash- within one year after the termi-
in|> |,ITpP rtpr f pB a our earv|^at4mi-rrf the present war in
ut Meyers Mill on Friday the
4th day of April at 11 o’clock.
The Hon. Edgar A. Brown
will be with us and deliver the
oration for the occasion. At
the same time and place the
united sons of veterans of Camp
B. B. Kirkland will meet with
us.
The public is cordially in
vited to supplement the attend
ance with their presence ac
companied by the usual number
of baskets filled with good things
to eat. ^ • •
All veterans of the county are
earnestly urged to be with us as
the camp is getting old and will
uai l\, n (inv AU mvuw v ....... „
a jerk and there is a wonder-1 H- Favc, l>oth of Allendale,
1 were married in Barnwell
ing then if it is not cloudy, or
else the shade 8 must be drawn ; rue9da '\ Jud f J ° ha K - Snel -
. -. . . o.a a hng performed the ceremony.
mighty close. Surely it must T ,* ip * m , nv friclldl wish f „
be Seven o’clock at least.
You ease out of bed, turn on
the light easy and find that it is
just ten minutes to three. Then
lie to yourself and say, “Gee;
I’m glad, I’ve got several more
Their many friends wish for
them many years of-happiness
ip this union.
The
TENNANT—RAY.
friends of Mr. Otto
soon l»e a thing of the past, so [good
a full attendance will be appre
ciated.
The musical features will be
as meritorious as heretofore.
J. A. Meyei, Adjutant
iMMMnr" 1 1 * « s-yt 1 9
1 rn £1UU, l vtf gut scvrnai muic
hours of good sleep coming to <»>y.. formerely of Barnwell
t m bow of Rockton, S. C., will be
* ’ , • ., surprised to learn of his mar-
Yes. dearie. those other ri t0 Miss Carrje T ,,,n.„,.,
hour- Mi sleep would stand in uf Wi„ ns i, 0 ro, W. Wedncs-
stead but sleep comes day evening Feb. 26tli.
from then till daylight in mere Mr. Ray is a son of Mr. and
cat naps and five-thirty finds a Mrs. John R. Ray and lias
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and w*e are deaf to everything.
Our feeble hearts perhaps lipve
weakened, perchance it is that
the soul of us has gone wander
ing into the caves of bleakness
and despair on the rocky shores
of chaos! Lost! lo9t! all seems
lost.
A long long time ago the
humble Nazarcne came to hi9
disciples who were ’awearied
with battling agaiust the waves
of the storming sea and He,
yes, He, the good Christ of us
all, stretched out his beautiful
hands and said “Peace be still.”
Ah, behold. Christ is not
dead ! Did he not arise on the
third day? We cannot doubt
that he still lives and knows our
sorrow.
Jesup is surely in Heaven and
he told u& that He had gone to
prepare a place for U9. Ah,
what a wonderful place He has
prepared. He ha9 fixed up
those mansions in the sky for
His children and there our dear
^ • I friend and loved I^ee Allen is to
day and lie can touch the pierced
hands of his good Masterwhile
he looks straight into the face of'
our Great Father and smiles a
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the cases of oHicers, may resign
or be discharged under hon
orable conditions (or if tjie case
reservists, be placed on inactive
duty) shall be paid in addition
to all other amounts due them
in pursuance of law*, >60 each.
This amount shall not be paid
(1) to any person who though
appointed or inducted into the
military or naval forces on or
prior Vo November 11, 1918,
had not reported for duty at bis
station or prior to such date or
(2) to any person who has al
ready received one month’s
pay under m the provisions of
section 9 of the act eutitled
4 An act to authorize the presi
dent to increase temporally the
military establishment of the
United States* approved May
■ Continued on ptf e five.
WARNING TO FARMERS.
My fellow* farmers, I have been
making a study of the future
year and its conditions. The first
aud most important question is
tvhat are the farmers far and
near going to do with (lie great
er portion of their cotton crop
that they now hive on hand, and
produce less cotton. J. A. Mover, a.iintent. .
At this- point the midienco- JTStalf Halford, Coiitina ider "getting up so eafly hy gTy
- ; ..—i hm.se "Well, dog-gone it, 1 reck.
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was driven to the court house
on account of the rain, and a ter
reassembling was addressed by
J. 0. I’atterson, Jr., Esq., Dr.
A. B. Rattersoiu Col. Harry D.
Calhoun, and Mayor J. A. For-
ter, of Barnwell; Dr. W. C.
Smith, of Williston, and Mr. D.
W. Brown, of Meyers Mill.
These gentlemen made excellent
addresses urging the fanners to
stand together, pull together
and to sign and stand by their
pledges—“die by them.” as Mr.
Porter saiiL'i- - ‘
A complete organization was
perfected and committees ap
pointed to canvass the county
for signatures' to the pledges.
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THE NEGLECTED ALARM CLOCK.
By DuBois.
The regular time for getting
up of mornings is, say half
past seven. That is the time .to
get up but it happens, nearly
every morning that the day is
fifteen miruites older than that
before the cold, cold' floor
smacks the bottom of the feet
aggravating whang.
with an
Then the hurrying begins; with
everything out of place. It will
always be a mystery how one’s
wearing* apparel will w ander
xor sigimuuca iw ^ about the room during sleeping
The determination stampec on boU rs and hide behind doors
the countenance °‘ e \ ei J and get hqng up on the wrong
mer^preseut as well as Hie sin- *
cerity of those who spoke 111 be- . - , .
halfjof the movement gives evi-"" After making a desperate
dence that the farmers are de- search, enough clothes are
1-lDllVt/ v< ■ m «>
term in ed as never before to as
sert their rights and maintain
them, and by so doing^take into
their own hands and out of the
bands of Wall street gnfnblers
the fixing of the prfrt of cotton;
smile of ease and jov. • .
I.ee Allen smiling! tyhuknew are tllt ' v « 0 "'8. to s "l J Pl«“t a big
nnI hut to know aud love'that ? r °f bay ''aoou,
■ - - lard, Hour and syrup, jurat to
Bovish l “ ru » ,,UU1 uim S .>* ,U P. jusi
!!! Pb*ase t|*e Wall street band
in
mg,
reckon a
fellow’ Wants plenty of time so
he won’t have to rush so ”
al lutjin ami htv-uuivj “ j SWCCt Slttile of llis. — .v..
fellow rumbling about making many friends who wish for him f ru ukties* and; honesty were Th^rWneenlation and m V p
a fire and excusing himself foxamf-prosiierons-Tvedded those dear eyes of his amT with dculer hfa w «
touIuo iffl-gn—PSfTv~hv' savineTI *' genuine - Christian goodness lie a|ld Uj[kc wbat he ^ t forbis
hound , friends to him witll. cottoll? October cotton is quo-
hoops of s ee . . ted below its price of production,
As we contemplate the truth and if t)le f armors don’t come
of l eaven, and God, and Jesus togetller aud 9tick toge ther, the
surely fi.e gentle zephyrs from cottQn belt ^ in
the Golden-Throne of the A - ban truptCy aud the farmers and
mighty will drift across our fe- iabori , e wi „ be on 8tar ..
vered brows aud cool the hot vatio „ all over the belt. It is a
pain of gne . question for the farmers to de-
Even as we have need of a nnA tha ftn i tT ^ for them
. . . fp . * | iu nv/viuv iv io tv orc&uize and
need of a comforter. The >ook ma t e the order strong enough to
is full of promises of comfor to carry out all the p f edgea the y
sftrxeken a.pd T»e 18 -sign and annoint committees to
Ex-Supervisor, Eoncile H. God s book given to us. * K
[ Dyclies, now *of somewhere in ^ e think of precious,
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
There will be serviced in the
While all this dressing and Barnwell\ Baptist Cliuich Sun-
shaving and shoe-shining and day morning at eleven-thirty,
grip-packing-is going on the by Dr. \V*. M. Jones who will
poor, neglected little alarm begin his work here as pastor,
clock sits there patiently tick- Jones has expressed his
locking toward the hour when a^^h^communHy^m’ * K ^“ 48 we . ,,4V0 , ,leea “ 4 cide, and the only way
it is to wake the hero. . ‘ e ba ”‘r"seM this ^77° eVe " f ? "* “ i w d <=cide it is lo org
Breakfast on the “trip-morn- " , l ’ ,0 0e P rescnt « tlus "eed of a comforter. The hook .... s
is just a fake, that’s
kservice.
ftftftftV* X * * V vV/ftUftUMTIVVW V
look after the cotton belt and re-
vuvw, » -• ww...v•••"•' — i r . . 5 1 port ftiij farmer that doesn t
Bamberg County, spent- Tues- g° 0( l little Lee Allen as one tak-1—
—.— j , - . . . , i • one tak- com piy with what is requested
d&y of last week in the city ing part in the glorious celebra- hirn. There are lots of far-
much to the delight of his many Hon at the feet of God in com-
friends.
_ his many tiou at the feet of tlod m com- , ners that , istened „ , fc
Of course, no rellection pany with countless millions of made iu Barnwell last Friday
that are laughing at what was
though it is
found to hide the skin In s)f>ots
and, when, a head-long dive is
made to ttnrwash btfsrn it Oc
curs that six mornings out of
the week the towel is not in
the proper pfac? or the soap
( has gone visiting. Many other
Mr. Uadore Brown, of Black-!happenings and mis-happen-
m _ • • “ * •’
▼ille, was a business visitor
the County seat sale?day
ings of major and minor im
portance make the arising an'atteud..’
ipg” is just a taxe, tnau s all.
Hot coffee seems cold and taste
less, the perfectly cooked eggs
are hardly tasted, the toast is
just barely nibbled. Just as
well not eat anything at all.
The train will be on after a f
little while, so one had just as was intended on the hospitality I other redeemed souls,
w'ell be walking along, so kiss of the town but he ^brought bis UV "’ H
’em all good-bye and start am- rations in the form, of a barbe-
bling out the door to be startled cue ^ P^g*
by the forgotten dingle, dangle, Mr. A. B. Hair, one of Black-
dell of the little alarn\ clock ville’s most progressive citizen,
beip had the - misfortune to lose his
These trips are funny things, residence
morning of
9:30 a. m. The origin of the
fire i9 unknown but i9 supi>osed
to have been caused from a
defective flue, Mr. Hlir’s loss
was about twelve thousand
dollars with only about two
thousand dollars insurance*
Peace, peace, wouderful peace ait , J ^ U S ,11U K ai wuat
is our dear one’s poHioUj and sai( ^’ ? 1K , lt on .^ wa ^
—1, ii ic hn-mAi.lv °6t^vho they are is to ofGanize
o . impossi-1 an( j ^ke the necessary steps to
ble to dry all op tears we^ will | ttnd out w ho they are. Everv
1 .i-- - :1 1 * f ariner should cut his cotton crop
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You bet!
There- will be a Box Party
at the Friendship school Thurs
day night, Mart’ll 6tb» 71 The
public i? co.Jially invited to
through the silvery haze of our
tears see Lee Allen loosed from
Tlmr^/y ' -•'' -niel fetters aud behold
if last wert shout l, ' m * n l' 'V* l,eckol “", i: han ; !,i
‘beyond * the river where the
surges cease $0 roll.”
One Who Knew Him. _
to lwlf and plant more corn,
j»eas, potatoes and peanuts and
raise more -hogs aud help to
starve out Wall street and tiie
packing houses. When the far
mer 9 get that crowd of “bullie®’*
where they can handle them
Mr. W- Y. Miller, of Ellen- they can. hoist a big farmer's
ton, was a visitor at the county Hag. .
seat Tuesday. ‘ JfAim Oversow.