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GEORGE ARMSTRONG .HAS NALROW ESCAPE. BARNWELL COUNTY FARMERS SIGN REDUCTION PLEDCES / ; t 7 . 7 r Barnwell Boy Experiences Terror of Cvclone in Eufaula. Alabama. Mr. J. B. Armstro/ig, County Treasurer, is just in receipt of a letter from his som-George Arm strong, in wlikdl^ lie tells about the very /destructive c}’clone which^plissed through Eufaula, A ia*fon W ednes d a y o f 1 a -1' w eek, ne property loss wa< estimated at $"'>00,000.60, four bodies were dug out from the ruins, George assisting in the work, and others were reported killed and many were injured. • ' George’s many friends in this county congratulate him oh his escape. In his letter to his fa ther, he says: “I had one of the narrowest escapes ancr one of the most harrowing experiences day before yesterday when a tor- nada hit the town where .1 hap pened to be and took away a part of one wall to the hotel where from forty to fifty of us were quartered. The falling wall ai\d portico came down within ten feet of where 1 was standing ; in fact it was the upper portion of the the same wall by. which I was standing, but it fell away from u> rather than toward his. I was K-iiL. the., lobby of the Uiutf < Tty Inn mentioned in the clipping. There were many amusing and curious'things that happened, of course -*ome terrible things where tin people were crushed by the falling walls. We helped dig out four people before our tram left. Four bodies were taken from one building and others reported dead. The property loss was estimated at $300,000.00 and many persons re; i injured/] TABULATION OF REDUCTION PLEDGES RECEIVED UP TO SATURDAY, MARCH 8. 1919. 45 ....... Oil 50 . .r:..200 ..;...4ou Barnwell. - 1918 Dick Brown 42 Mv/.E, Baxley 24? A- J. Bennett., . t r .. .310- Charlie Brown, Jr.. W. R. Brabham.-7^- J. Black, Jr Martin C.-Best.... J. B. CalUoun MV. L. Cave Cave Sc Easterling.-. . ..29o T. S. Cave ;..7..... 1,00~ Sylvester Ctiarlton 6o B. H. Cave . 7.7... 80 .it; A. Deason 50 J. M. Easterling.7 70 Joe Gilliam 25 D. A. Oillis .34 Wiilie Holley $0 L. A. Harley 20 Jim Holman 15 It. <\ Holman and tenants.. .275 S. J. Halford 14 Butler Hagood . . .' 22 •jK. ,/^7. 18 ; 80 48 • .*■ *07 ’!!’!!! 35 190 H. Manning...... 50 A. Owens 13o Owens..7 *.2o3 Owens H. B. Harley A. ~tt. -InsTam J. R. Kelly .. W. J. Lemon T. J. Langley G. MV. Long . B. M azur.sk v W MV J. <r J. A. Robt. J. MM' E. D. Porter F’atterson Patterson. I’eaeock.. RMBPNoTi Jam*** Rltey V . . It. L. Riley J. S. Still J 8. Sintons Melvin Scott ... MM'.G. Simms J. C. Staley ... V. L. Still .... Hv MM’. Handecs. E. r. S**ase ... U IV Tobin ... S. H l’ssery ... 21 8ilo 2Q0 !tt 35o rrr 14 42 2«MI 73 35 15 38 365 145 125 45 4m ATTENTION VETERANS. The annual reunion of Camp Cieo. W. Morrall. will be held at M eyers Mill on .Friday the 1th day of April at 11 o’clock. The Hon. Edgar A. Brown will he with us and deliver the Oration for the occasion. At the same time and place the unitiHl sons of veterans of Camp B. B. KiG;laml will meet with us. The ladies and the public is cordially invited to supple ment the attendance with their ■ presence accompanied by the usual number of bask et" Mvell filled with good things to cat. “ Aft veterans of the countyuro earnestly urged to be with us as the c a m p i sgetting old' and \vi IE soon be a tiring of the past, so a full attendance will be appre ciated. / The musical features will be as meritorious as heretofore. A. Meyer, Adjutant. J. Staff Halford, Commander. Bennie MM'illiam-. Jr., 11. J. MViUiains. Sr .-... 28 L**« White | 5w Allen MVallace 6o Gary MM’illiaius *. 15 J. & William* 42 Lank William* - v : 4tt Blackville. S. H AlUbrook 26 W. O. Birt t. 6 <)*car Bradley .... 8ft Ransom Peeples ......... B**n Piphney Dunbarton. Willie Brown 30 20 15 John Cat* J«h* Dunbar 25 iiH 4 i MifiiMi rrrr.. rr. Dan Golphin 40 T. A. Gn-env ^ 6i» Abram Harris ..... O •» C. F. Langley \ . 3u C. R. M ixson 3o Nelson Mixson 14 I Dave O’Neil 4o I Henry Sapp 22 i.J. O. Waller 2M adore Williams 10’ Elko. H. MV Beasley . i’aul Bright 7. 3o MM’. P. illume [ Qi._Cari;pJJLi j. it. rarrt»ll.. S..'.L_raiTnU.~: AMERICAN TROOPS IN BERLIN. A dispatch from.Copenhagen, Denmark, reports that Ameri can troops have arrived in Ber lin and are being quartered in different hotels. These troops belong to the 113th New Jersey Regiment and their duty is the protection of expected food trans ports, a new agreement having been reached under which Ger many is to get 235,000 tons of food at a cost of approximately $12,000,000. This regiment sailed from \NeMVPdrt News, Va., for France; on June 15; 1018. On August N r it took over a sector ; of the battlefront ^opposite Mulhausen in Alsace, where it remained for nearly six MM’eeks, and about the middle of September it took an active paft in the Americai\oH’en- *>ive in the Aigonne. 4M O ~ aU- 6i( 20 Elite Hair ..... J. L. Lowe .. . T-otte Sitm+ls- ■,.; .ztTTrrr. (Roe ..tv, .. v,... J. \V. MV’iTliams.... ri.. Geo. W. Ready 7 T. E. Turner ....... Ellenton. J. C. Bush .141 H. J. Bush. . 7 50 Isaac Boyles < 12 Lewis Brown 35 A. R. Dunbar...t..l.........190 A. H. Dunbar. 10 Luther Golphin 15 MM’illie Moody .V ... - 12 Milledge Moody 30 J. V. Muns 7 22 Winchester Scott -. 4ft James MVillis 13 Hattieville. Daniel Alle® 18 tlranvil Bailey • 45 Brabham & Co...... 258 Daniel Coster 7 William Fennan ........... 37 Clinton Gifford ., 33 Jesse Garvin 7- 15 Henry' Garvin Arthur Ingram Ed. Johnson M’almore Joiiason Adline Odom 38 WiH-iam Odom .. Henry Odom 15 Reuben Sloan 27 John Thompson Kline. J. MV. Bales- ....... 30 Ail habits are not bad. There if one vou aliQuhi cultivate sav ing. Thrift Stamp* and War Saving Stamp* point. the'way V 1 'Uccetf. G. jT \l A. t., I vv I Hr j Ik io fJ i j ff Bryant f. .*... 37 J. Black/ .. ... 26 iLf niwo 30 .-ton o. Cave... 4o ilaclii Ovleman ..’... ...... 20 G,. Coleman ..., 36 R. Coleman 18 '(\ Creecb.M........ 15 16 *9 • ' V, A * * % it • • * . • * • * oadu* C rese ll ...... 40 M. Diamond/.-. 42 I * aoi ’ond .7.. S4 & FjiVyn .j.... ..... 15 C KirllU . 77 . 2** K Fir4<l« ........... ...». 11 Lt «. * Jv # 0 m 19t 1919 30 24 205 30 —55. ~40 46 50 200 195 50 56 3 V lrf 7 18 2o 20 20 n 188 14 6J 18' 42 15 45 135 50. 96 120 6 4*Mm 100 loo 25o TAX RETURN FORMS NOWAVILABLE Tax-return forms for fhcomqs of less tlian $5,000 will be mailed by revenue collectors to all per sons Mflio tiled returns Mvithin this amount last year, the Rev enue Bureau has announced. This plan Mvas adopted a9 a convenience to taxpayers, who will he relieved of the neccessity of applying to the district collec tor or a bruit: for a copy of 1 fie return form. Failure to receive a blank does not relieve a per- -son of liability tbHiake a return or pay the tax, however, %nd eollectors are instructed to fur nish blanks on application, re gardless of the fact that they will be mailed. L'ersons mvIio this year-will file a return for the first time must apply ’to 12 o*> TTT 17 40 50 35 o r *SH 14M) 125 2k 30 3o 3« 38 12 3M 8 5 11 13 2ft 2ft 12 15 3t» 15 3ft 3ft 1ft 2m 25 20 10 14 11 3(1 __2ii 40 —2rr ' 30 15 ‘ 30 -44 no 19 6 100 •32 10 30 135 10 10 12 20 15 28 10 12 30 170 10 25 22 20 20 10 10 10 25 10 10 18 10 18 13 20 12J 16 12 24 12 12 12 10 2ft 32 • 20 10 1" IS It* Thrift helped win the war It will enable us to enjby to the fullest the advantages ^!’ victory and .peace. Take care of vour dollars V iiomv and thev will take care of you later. l'ut<theni into War Saving arid watch them groiv. It. TT» I!nrd»»n . MM’. I*. Morriii.. M M. Mack... Herman Morris MV II . 4 40 3ft --U 24 L JJL 150 4 12 12 KOI io . 40 ,.30 . 31 . 12 150 ! 3*1 . 3*» . 13 8 . 15 ■ 20 3o 9 A O. MandH < ... r.".TT. C B Still j\... A. II. Still MM’ H. rimer to redue** 33 1-3 per cent. Martin. Millie Campbell J. J. Cothran J. H. IHinhaV....... ; A. N. Harden W. H. Haci'er..* A. M. Hill Jack Mitchell I. II. Roberts.....'. C. C. Rosier J. R Rosier John William* Horace MVilltam* 7 Heyward MVtlliami ' \ Balker............ Meyer’s Mill. MV, I». Bailey 65 I’aul Manley 14 John Mlake 30 Tom Marne* 32 Clifford Bartley 14 C N H. Brown 14 1). MM’. Brown 94 I). Bradley 25 Rosa Barker 28 Joe Boyd .7 *-*15 SatlD* c&rtw .. Wade Collin* * 12 S. B. Coker . .-... , 7 .. , ^12 MM’illlanrT’lark .............. 18 <*> Paris rr 24 Cash Dunbar *m> 20 Jim Daniel* 15 Eugene Davis .* 20 Sam Davt* 15 John I hi vis ^ 30 Tom Estee 14 Jesse Furman 22 Sam Fickling 3o MM’ilson Flint 14 John Frank - .T. 22 W. E. Eickliun., Ja 40 . 3U Bossy Foreman 13 9 A PITIFUL SONG-AND ITS LESSON By Dubois. J ^ Six, *eveti, eight,’nine, ten, Obey • Ohev - six - seven - eight 1 ' nine-^ten. Tins refrain droned tHrouglt the senger coach, part a sob raihvay pas- part a and part sigh, a song. An old, old crazy Mvoipan sat in t'i seat aw a* up at the fmnt- and - ?twayod’flbFl)■ )brlild wasted frame to the -swing and weir'd rhythm of her mania pRigr <hi and on she droned; six - Seven - eight - nine - teu - O Lordy Ohev, Obey, Obey L » Abie of Gods creatures had wandered into the drear marsh of lost minds. I11 the body of this poor crea ture there Mvas life. Perhaps she ditl not Mvant to die.- Maybe her mania was to live and sing forever, mvIio knows? and vet the chances are that in tljat same car there sat some one mvIio had at some time said ‘*0 I wish I were dead”. If'a fellow is dead broke, if there are no money prospects left, if health is gone, if friends have forsaken and deafness, dumbness and blimless haM’e come perhaps, Aye perhaps, u’iainng. for .death — would partially reasonable, - *■« Telling of sorroiv a writer in tick amkkIcax Former Pastor Of VVilliston Accepts Call From Barnwell Church. The Barnwell Baptist Church Mvas filled on Sunday morning by people from every church in thexeity, to hear Dr. \\7 M. Jones on this his first -appear- aUce-4»s pastor of this church. The choir singing Mvas splendid, and the violin music rendered by Airs. .1. Norman Anderson arid Mi. Eugene Easterling, ac companied l»y Miss Kate )Yood- ward, the ehurenorganist, could not be surpassed. Dr'. Jones took his text from Mark 14 ; -1 ancf^G verses; “And there Mvere some that had in- dignation within themselves and said, ’why Mvas'this waste of ointment made? And Jesus said : Let ' her alone; Mvhy trouble ye her? She hath wrought a good Mvork on me.” His subject was the priceless tilings of life, thiugs nbov’e and beyond a money value. His illustrations and applications were couched iu simple and comprehensiM'e language and many complimentary express ions were lieard from the con ^ • „ »... . ^ . ■ • ■ e rvgnxinTl; *- 30 12 20 lft 100 12 24 20 8 6 14 24 18 5 12 36 24 10 14 70 20 20 10 2o 10 8 15 2o. 25 10 25 2m 2m 10 32 2o 10 2(i tifford Doctor McKenzie^^T- AluJi—Hetmes" Butler Holly ........ .Mla-jor, Ingram. . .via-jor MirtOr 40 rr 23 13 ' 9 ijor Digram. Jr 9 24 "srr 18 10 9 12 10 good n MAG AZINE says, “So he huddled down on the end of the near est bench and prayed to God keep WOMEN MAKE READY FOR VICTORY LOAN Organization In South Carolina to b« of the invisible dead to keep j Perfected by March Fifteeth. him as lie was, a mere human following announcement husk,for Ins sorrow mvhs to** great j respect to the approaching Victory Loan has been issued to bear again consciously”. Mr. Woodrow Wilson speaks of certain scheming politicians as being “carefully selfish”. There is ofteu a reveling iu sorrowing even as there is a revelling in happiness. for the State Womau’s Liberty Loan committee: “Just as we helped put the “Fighting Fourth Loan** over the top we are now going to make the next loatt- known as stingy and really mean though unintentional. Holy writ speak- eth aud saith, “No man liveth to himself and no mau dieth to himself” That is a great- big sermon in itself. Don’t die if you can help it. It surely Mvont rain all the time, the rainboMv says not. The sun may go in eclipse but that’s just a shadow*. The tire of ambition may burely to pray to remain a t j ie “Victorious Fifth”, said mere human husk would be ^j r8 Frederick 8. Munsell, the capable State chairman of the woman's Liberty Loan commi ttee, yesterday. “Better than the best’ is the motto we are going to adopt. “At the moment the armistice was signal America was np- proaniing the peak of her eff orts in men and materials. American industry Mvas approaching the perfk of production. It is safe Desirous of Annexation to Bamberg County.—Acreage Reduction. A large and enthusiasti3 gath ering was held at Black— ville on Tuesday night of last Mveek. 1 lie school building audito rium was packed with citizens of th^t vcity and surrounding comniunity, with a large num ber of the citizens of W’illiston, LIko, Denmark and BarnMvell. A. If. Ninestein, Esq., chair- n man of .the meeting, presided Mvith diguity and precision, in troducing the fplloMving named gentlemen : ,Col. R. M. Mixson, G ft pC W. D. Black and Mr. A. M. Kennedy, of Williston, all of whom made \*ery strong and im pressive speeches a9 to why B-lackville should not dismem ber herself from Barnwell arid ' go into Bamberg. Mr. Wiggins, of Denmark, in his remarks said that Barnwell county was a good couuty but Bamberg was Letter, and they would extend a welcome hand to t Black ville should they decide to come. Mr. Wiggins then took m> th*» reduction ql cotton acuage uini - the holding of cotton for 35 cents and delivered one of the strong est and most convincing argu ments that the writer has ever had the privilege of heaiing. Mr. Hal Still, of Bluckville, spoke aC length advocating Blackville cutting loose from Barnwell and going into Bam- !>erg. He presented tigures.which he claimed warranted the tax payer in making the change. Dr. D. K. Briggs, of Black ville, made a very strong speech against this move as being against the interest of Black ville and for a great many rea sons urged the people against the change. Mr. J.B. Armstrong was call ed upon to explain certain con ditions’ which it w’aa said existed in Barnwell county. He was asked to prepare a statement at a future day, which he agreed to do, aud have published. The meeting Mvas one of groat interest and filled with entnusi- asm. All mvIio were there left flicker i>ut-tlie torch of intelli-1 w '** ,out .‘I 1 ® unstinted | feeling that the evening wm ’O' , effort the war could gence still burns and ever waits hvon b r0U vTht to. feed the llaiue afresh. -Kvei v “ mvcII has a-bottom and so every tub. n , ' “Never sav nas as— Anderson Jackson 15 Frank Johnson 1*4 Spencer Johns 15 7 Eddie Johns 15 8 -Lester Kirkland 32 2.4 Alex Lishe * 18 12 Peter Lonp .....: 43-- - 10 C. O. Meyer ..’. .V,...... 18 20 MM T . A. Meyer 80 65 Henry Neal ...". 25 20 Sam Odom 10 25\ Albert Odom 14 14 Willie Pernell ’ 30 20 Spencer Price ... 38 30 Brooks Robinson 12 . 20 Walton Robison . 4 4 Frasier Reynolds 15 15 Edward Roney. 50 25 J. H. Swett 80 70 Hampton Sapp 12 10 Boston Tyler 13 10 Ossie Washington 30 20 Hamp Williams .• 30 *.30 P^ul Williams 22 ~ 20 Bob MM’illiams 15 10 John MM’itliams 24 20 Lonny MM’alker .. 20, Patsy Walker 25 11 Olar. - Nat Ray 40 -25 - Snelling. W. C. Birt .WT. 75 5ft J. MM T . Newton 2S 25 Williston. E. R. Beasley -. 35 36 Note: In the above tabulatioh would appear front the figure* ihat a few farmers have increased instead of- reduced their acreage. This is ac-’ count editor by the fact that -parts of some farms were forced to lie idle during 1918 because their labor had been drafted. ’This’year, while the nui!)t»er of acre* ha* been increased !»er farm. _ihe number per plow ha* been reduced. In thi* connection It U r*l«) «ell to call attention to the far’ th-L,a number of fanner* had already treduced their cotton acreage to wirh Ian extent fhat a farther rr wa* i» pt 1 c«*4e.—-J is with usage but truth still lingers in it. “Keep iTp the tight” is a saying not so young yet jt shimmers and shines with truthful beauty. “Dont give up the ship” an epigram, not born yesterday but the admonition will lives. Jorever and ^eternally retain its youth. .THusks are fed to the hogs and ev*en then husk9 Mvont do for hog-fattening. The -“Human husk” then is more Mvorthless than the husk of the vegatable kingdom. AMvav with the husk doctrine and desire. Better far to pray to the living god of the living And the dead for faith and energy to pull on up the hill. — - - elusion. /‘The hills incurred ^ A ,tliis period of zitnihtary- fravcit rand "industrial effort must he COLUMBIA LOSES FLIERS. Columbia, March 7.—It Mvas announced at Camp Jackson tyday that order have been re ceived at Emerson field- to ahaudon the flying field iri the immediate future and transfer the 27t>th # aero squarxlron- to Camp Bragg, Fayetteville, N. cT T he transfer will lie* made as soon as the hangars - can lie taken down and material shipped lor *f|uipriient. The s.j'utrdroii I\us_ 131 men and seventeen planes. Major Norman W. Peek is commander <*f the field and Lieut. Edward M. Horton command« tlie squadron. not have j well spent and that a better un to so early a con- derstamling and feeling had been created. , It is to be hoped that the con- r tempfatrrf disruption of the coun ty will be abandoned and more' cordial relations. established in all sections. during paid. It takes MM’eeks—some times months—for the bills s<Y incurred to reach the treasury in the form of actual demands for payments. A large part of tlie expenditures made by the gOM’ernment. during the period since the a’rmistice was signed have been in paying, bills in curred prior to that day”. It is estimated that the gov ernment’s expenses during 1918 amounted to $2,000,000,000 a month and the bills novnnit- standing cannot be repudiated. The call Mvas never more urgent than it is today. The credit of the government must be upheld. The price must be paid iu full. .Thus- alone will victorious peace be assured.- J. A. F. The following letter has been received by Mrs. W. H. Dun can, Mvho is the publicity chair man of the Woman’s Division of the National Council of de fense. M rs; W. II. Duncan, Publicity Chairman, Woman’s division National Council, of Defense, Barnwell, 8. C. Dear Mrs*. Duncan : * / There are still in camp about 11.'<»<»" enlisted men mvIh* an finding the monotony Of camp life very tedious. The oversea- men and the couv'alesceuU are «o very popular javt now-that the§$ men are in danger o(.heiiig forgotten. We are auxiou^jv work up more out - of - town hospitality for them and are turning to you as Publicity Chairman for your County as the one most able to help us. So many people are glad to have the soldiers over bu^ do not knoMM* the right channels through which their invitations can he given. Will you give this matter some publicity? At any time I may be reached at the War Camp Community Service, ^n the Arcade Building, Columbia, and will be glad to send men OM’er. The men can get week-end passes very easily and they are all desirous of seeing somethin# of the South before leaving for their homes, as well as having the pleasure of a few days ab- *ence from ramp. We find these invitations serve a double purpose a help^o the men and a help to the State. A hoy who has seen nothing of South Carolina hut camp life, certainly does not carry home as glowing a picture of it as the me who has seen something of its home Hfe; ~ ^ We will appreciate any help yuu niav ghe. With all good withes 1 am . * \ Very sincerely, Mtiine Cuira.