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BARNWELL,'8. C., THURSDAY, MARCH t 20, 1DL9
NO. 23.
fARMERS SJGN PLEDGES
FOR COTTON REDUCTION
Tabulation of Acreage Reduc
tion Pledges Received for the
Week Ending March IS,
1919.
Continued from last week.
* Barnwell.—
\ 1918 1919
WORLD WAR VETERANS .
FORM ASSOCIATION.
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Ben Dorch .!....
Zeke Dunbar ....
G. M. Hogg
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Wash Handerson
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Five Hundred officers and men Take
Action in Taris—Caucus Here
Soon.
,r Paris, March, 15, (By the
Associated Press). —Five hun
dred officers and enlisted men
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of the American expeditionary
forces have taken_the first
tion here toward the forma
tion of an association of veterans
of the world war. _—
A caucus was called to de
sign the. machinery for a na
tional convention iir America
next year and the election Of
delegates to the convention from
the forces now in France.
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt
is arranging for a caucus in the
United States on April 12.
The proceedings at the meeting
here were opened by Maj. Eric
Wood, who said the organiza
tion would eventually include
all men who served either at
home or abroad. Lieut. Col. Beu-
uett Clark, son of Champ Clark,
was elected temporary chair
man. It is understood that the
American oiganizatiou will be
affiliated with similar British
and French todies.
MERE SCRAPS SCRAPED UP
AND SERVED
(ByDuBois). .
“The tumult and the shouting dies,
The captains and the kings depart,*—
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
A humble and a contrite heart.”
*- —Kipling.
7- 7 : / r - -
Is it true that the world goes
round faster 17 times than a
train going a mile a minute?
BARNWELL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Union Meetings for March 29th. and
30th, lW9v —
The executive committee au
thorizes the division of the as
sociation into three, groups of
churches instead of four groups
as heretofore.
The new division is as follows,:
No'. 1—Bamberg, Bethany,
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TREASURER MAKES ESTIMATE
Ans.—Near the eepator any I Bethesda, -Colston, Denmark
point on the earth’smirfiacere-1 Ldi^to, Ehrhardt, Georges
volves around the earth's axis at I Creek, Clients Branch,-Hunter s
t440--me--of^ittieTruJn^^ Spring Branch, Spring
thousand miles an hour or * Tow ~ 8t . Jo]ln# 1
aboait 1< miles a minute- In o—Ashleigh, Blackville,
our latitude the speed, is only
half as great, we being about
half wav between the equator
and the north pole.
£At the pole the speed is theoret
ically nothing. _ The motion
around the axis is only one
of many motions that the earth
lias. Our globe travels on its
orbit, or path around the sun,
Double Pond, Elko, Healing
Springs, Hilda, Joyce Branch.
Long Branch,Mt.Cavalry,Pleas
ant Hill, Rosemary, Williston.
No. 5—Allen’s Chapel, Barn
well, .Bethel, Cypress Chapel,
Friendship, Great Salkehatchie
Kline, Mt. Arnon, Mt. Olivet,
Olar, Reedy Branch, Sycamore.
This new division goes into
Treasurer Armstrong Estimates The
Indebtedness of County.
Barnwell county’s indebted
ness is hot near so-large as has
beenstated by some people of this
countyj-asfwill be, seen by the
following statements submitted
by Treasurer J. B. Armstrong,
The following'is an estimated
statcfuoiiL prepared bv 'iWusurcr
J. B. Armstrong, upon short no
tice, from the* recordtyf tha
county sripeiTtsoi;s otlice and
the treasurer Vofliffe. -
• EXPKNPiTDKES.
Total expenditures as shown
,by tlie record in 'supervisor’s
office
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Isaac Eubank •
Jonas Eubanks .. •,
Sink Freeman ..........
Handy Floyd ■>..
Hosejr Floyd
' Henry Ftbyd,..• • *
• Jonas Floyd .!
Paul Givens
Pat Gam ±
N Oscar Griffin
Jeff Griffin
Solomon Green
Calvin Handerson 21
Dave Hickson 20
William Johnson 40
Robert Johnson
Charlie Dew is • ~ • 3f>
Joe Lewis .... 1&
W. A. M tics on :. .77
M. L. McF.lhenny 22
J. R. Moody 17
W. E. Moody— 25
■ J. W. Mooney 26
W Y, Miller
John Moody
John Newman
Luther Owens
William Phinizy ........
Anna Preston ..
H. P. Pernell -» H
Milon Patterson 18
J. R. Riley
Monroe Riley , 20
• M. S. Scott .....; Lv ,
Furman Scott .....18
Henry S<k>tt - ..... . 20
Virsie Stallings * r 20
Johnnie Scott ***>
■Robert Turner ..• r». 1 &
Allen Turner .. 19*4
WHliam Turner 13
C. M. Turner *•
George Williamson ......... 20
Johnnie Williamson .’
Wilson Mutts
Jiobt. WUHams
A. W. Watts
Lee Williams..........
• Samuel Watts
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• Hattieville.
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more than .53,000 miles an hour; l e fl- ecl " ttt 0 nce and each church
about. 55o miles a minute, or
about nine miles a second.
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PRESIDENT SAILS ACAIN.—
Expressing his full confidence
that the (people of the l uited
States were behind lum in hi«
endeavor to bring back from
Europe the Constitution of . a
jKTmam-nt League of Nations,
President Wilson sailed again
for France on boaid the naval
transport George Washington on
the morning of March 5th. The
ceremony and enthusiasm that
marked his first departure were
mainly absent. There was no
military guard, though the
Geoige Washington was escorted
to sea by four destroyers.
Accompanying the President
were Mrs. Wilson, her secretary,
Miss, Henhara, ami Cleveland H.
|)odge. In all the President ha
been here les4 than ten days
daring which time he wa9 able
to sign only a few important
measures, including the Victory
Loan Bill, owing to the fil
ibustering Senators. He made
two speeches, one at Mechanics
Hall Boston, on the day lie
landed, and ene at the Metrop
olitan Opera House, New York,
on the eve of his departure.
Other important features of his
brief stay were his dinner to the
Foreign A flairs Committees of
the* 'House and Senate and his
conference with the governors
and* mayors from all over the
country. As MF7*“Wilson him
self.expressed it, he tried during
this short interval to accomplish
a mouth r s work iu a week.
FKHII Al*> MR. r AFT FOR I’KKUI*
Pent .
If the League of Nations plan
is successful it may tuuke Mr.
Taft the*“logtml randidatc
for President in 19*20. lie has
been one of tiic foremost cliam
pions of the league idea.
ONK AS «.COD
One learus
Truth tluit when
IIK OTHER
i9 asked to send representatives
to the meeting place of that
division and assist in the forma
tion of the new divisions, and
help in carrying out the follow
ing program :
Division No. 1 will meet at
Spring;own ; No. 2 will meet at
Joyce Branch; No. 3 will meet
at Friendship.
t^ueries—l. Theimperativede*.
* l**»y.
*60,2*21 4-»
Bale f old • 1'iiiinty —.
truck L'25 00
Additional inMiirjnce
Lc«n#e ?er« from
8t»t# ..... . 1,315 IS
State hialijf -ty fund. 7.137 48
Fines and mmcellan-
tnofs iteinii 2 326 44
Intere-t on i«aviliK«
deporit . r M0.02
Estimated deflvit.I I 1
We find from the aln*\ *
mciU that when all th*e taxes
have lieeu collectetl. the indebt
edness wiU Ik* while
there will be some slight dif*
| feFence by reason of e\4M*utious
was in
mand for an enlarged program
to meet the present world needs. I unt j r , i, ;i t. lowed l>\ tin
Speakers— Division TT fE J.(county auditor which will
lum
England Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Fickling. J
politely bnt firmly refused to I v * s * on : J* 4
•'curtsey” t^ueen Mary, and that L L.
she is the only woman not of
royal descent who has ever been
hold enough to withhold this
homage from a British queen.
Possibly Queen Mary and the
Ixmdon Truth have never heard
that Mrs. Wilson claims descent
from the Princess Pocahontas,
have
as-
Division 2 : W. H. Jlutto. turned that this will be partly,
Jeff Hair. Di- jf no t wholly, "iippl.-im tiled Wf
n*om the IiOndon I Herndon, J. B Black, S. S. W il-1 to be deducted, but if
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T. Youmans. 55
Kline.
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Harry Jenluns 20
G. W. Wilkinson 16
Lyndhurst.
Davis Hay .,
Jde O’Striker
27
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Meyer’s Mill.
G. W. Ashley r . 10,
Jim Allen 16
William Clark 13
Charlie Coliins ...7 15
Bob Clark .7 15
T. G. Cobb 65
Josh Chisolm ;. 28
Ren Davis :...... 15
B. R. Dixon. SVt>. 7...,
Jack Jackson r 20
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Fred Shipman ... . .\ 18
Barney Stuart 10
Ruff Williamson ....... 18
Sjiencer Williamson ......
Snelling.
> L: W. Tilly
| Grant Anderson .........
j N. S. Hair ..............
T. J. Jowers
J. W Kennedy ;
j A I. Jrbnort* .........
■Eliu Sapp ..............
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( ontinued on page five.
BUBBLES FROM BOILING SPRINCS.
Mrs. F. H. (lantt and Miss
Lizzie Gantt have returned from
Beaufort, wliert*-they went to at
tend thj* marriage of Miss Edith
Hay, of this place, and Lieut,
(ieo. Flanders, of Dubuque, la.
It waa*a military-church affair
and was pulled off iu the old his
toric ^Bt. Helemi church. They
report a fine time and sav every
thing is lovely and the birds fly
high down that way. Mr. and
Mrs. Flanders are spending their
honeymoon in Florida. After
July, when Lieut. Flanders ex'-*
pects to get his discharge from
the marines, they will make
their home in Dubuque, Iowa.
Miss Minnie Hay, who has
been spending some time in
Charleston with relatives, has
returned.
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Mrs. Walter Fowke has re
turned after a visit to, relatives
in Spartanburg county.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Hay and
little daughter, Betty, of Charles
ton, are here for a short stay
Avith the family of Mr. and Mrs.
R. M. JIftjr. , 1 .
Dr. Lawton Kirkland, - who
has recently returned from
France, made a short visit here
last week.
Mr. Fred H. Gantt has re
turned to Wilson, N. C., after
spending several weeks here
with his parents. t Mr. and Mrs,
J. M. Gantt.
There have been more robins
about of late than in a number
of years. For several winters
they have been rather scarce.
Probably the law protecting Tni-
gratory birds has something to
do with it.. It is pleasant to see
them in such crowds again, as it
| looks like old times and a return
to normal. .- —
Whistling Rufus.
Armstrong, J.
Proveaux.
Query 2. The relation of the
home life to our social and re
ligious activities.
Speakers—Dtv. 1 : J. II. A.
Carter, C. J. Creech, C. W.
Jones. 2. W. L. Bennett, R.
E. Woodward, G. W. Hutson.
3. G. W. Manville, J. O. Grif
fin, W. A. Dicks.
Query 3. The Bible teaching
on giving.
Speakers — Div. 1. C. W.
Rentz, Jr., D. H. Owings, II.
W..Carter. 2. W. A; Giles, E.
C. Watson, R. K. John^m.
L. S. SheaJey, J. O. Sanders, B.
B. Baxley.
‘ Query 4. One lost because of
what lie does, or what lie does
not do.
Speakers — Div. 1. Geo. P.
White. *2. M. W. Rankin. 3.
D. W. Heckle.
additional taxes and {tcnahic*
that have accrued since Janu
ary 1st. It is well to say just
here that iu the items of the ex
penditures is included corruga
ted piping which has been used
in various places in Barnwell
county, aud the old-time wooden
bridges, which heretofore have
been such a heavy tax upon
the county, have be^u done
away with, which will mean
a saving of thousands of dollars
to the county every year.
There is now’ pending a suit
against the Southern Railway
Co. for damages to the county
truck in the sum of about eigh
teen hundred dollars, together
with cost, etc., which, if collec
ted, w ill more than liquidate the
indebtedness.
We* fail to see the cause of
complaint or criticisms of the
county officials for the increased
discussion : 1. Shall we go over
the top in our education cam
paign/ 2. How shall the short
age in the ministry be supplied?
Preachers—Diy. 1. O. J.
Frier, or D. H. Owings. 2. M.
W. Rankin, or E. C. Watson.
3. L. S. Shealey, or D. W.
Heckle.
Two queries for round table, expenses which hare been in
HONORED BY BRITISH.
The News and Courier of last
Friday mentions that among
sixty-six American medical of
ficers and men w’ho have been
decorated by the BritishPgov^
ernment for bravery and dis
tinguished service in the war
w r as Lieut. Edward L. Patter
son, of Barnwell, S. C.
MR. kENNEOY FOR STATE SENATOR
The many Blackville friends
of Mr. A. M. Kennedy, of Wil
liston, are pleased to learn that
he has decided to stand for elec
tion a9 State sen a to r.
We are fully confident that
if elected he will give our coun
ty the full benefit of his good
business judgment, and.he may
be assured of the full support of
his Blackville frieuds.
The many friends of Dr. W.
M. Jone« and family trill be
pleased to learn that they have
moved, and are uow real
citizens of BarnweU.
curred for the past few years.
If these critics will only stop
to think what the increased
cost of their business has been
for the past three or four years,*
they can readily see why it is
that the county expenses have
increased. While the farmer
has had to pay the high prices
for every plow*, hoe, rake, etc.,
that has been used on his farm,
he has also realized a greater
increase in prices for his cotton,
corn, potatoes, etc., and the
county has been forced, by rea
son of these high prices, to pay
more than twice the price for
corn, hay, oats, etc., and three
times as much for bacon, con
victs clothes and shoes, and the
same advance in prices for all
machinery that ha9 had to be
used by the chaingang. The
question now is, how can the
county meet these increased
expenpitures without a higher
tax levy upon its property, as
it has njo coru J .cptton^ nor any
thing else to sell, and every=
thing to buy? ' . __
OPINION OF TAXPAYER ON
RECENT LESISLATION
Oppose to Bonding State for Road
Improvoment.—High Levy.
Editor of The Sentinel:
There was a bill, in the leg
islature recently adjourned, to
bond the State for $25,000,000
or the alleged purpose of estab
lishing “good roads.” The,
writer has not been able to keep *
up with the exart status of thn —
proposed legislation, but lie is
under the impression that the
bill was killed, and another sub
stituted, assessing a tax of one •
mill on the dollar for roads, (or
was it two mills) ?
i he last bill it seems was
postponed until the next ses
sion of the legislature. Of late
years the material sent to the
legislature seems to be utterly
careless of the Heavy load of tax
ation constantly increasing from
year to year with which the tax
payers are being burdened. No
bill for the increase of salaries
of officeholders; .ho provision
for the extravagant expenditure
of the tax)>ayers' money in rae-
173 o«6 47 raor ‘ a l s *» Q o bill for the increase
of salaried offices or any other
4" I bill calling for the spending of
money, is deemed to be too
ridiculous for serious considera
tion. The legislature referred
tor (Hissed* appropriations ex-
teediug four million and two
hundred thousand dollars,’
including t two huodr^d thou
sand dollar* previously ap
propriated, if the public prees re
ports correctly.
The history of South C arolina
records an account of the extrav
agance of the eight years of rad
ical, csrjietbaggers and scala
wags’ misrule; and yet in 1871,
at the high tide of that carnival,
the appropriations did not much,
if at all, exceed the sum of two
million dollars. It is true that
duriug that period wildcat bonds
were issued until the State debt,
actual and contingent, had
reached the sura of twenty-
nine millions of dollars. 8uch
was the taxation under which
the taxpayers groaned, that some
time about the early part of 1876
the good people of the State
called aud organized a “Tax
payers’ Convention”; and that
convention led to the move
ment for the redemptioh of the
Scate. The State debt wa9 can
vassed and all of it over and
above. five or six million was
repudiated.
It 19 true that the advocates
of all of these schemes calling
'or increased appropriations say
' TO MOVE CLOCKS UP.
' To make the daylight saving
law effective Director General
Hines l>as instructed alh.rail
roads to turn theii clocks ahead
one hour at 2 a. m. Sunday.
March 3ist, and thereafter all
trains will run on the new
schedule.
Continued on page eight. .
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THE 1919 BOLL WEEVILL BATTLE
BECINS.
Clem9on College, March 7^.—
The first gun in the boll weevil
battle for 1919 will be fired dur
ing the coming week. The line
of attack will extend thru
Lexington, Edgefield, Aiken,
Barnwell, and Allen Counties. *
The gunners will include Geoge
M. Anderson, of the Division of
Entonology at Clemson College,
and Luthor D. Fuller, Agricul
tural Agent of the Southern i
Railroad.
A schedule lias has been ar
ranged to include meetings at
Batesburg and Ride Springs ou
Tuesday, March 11*, Johnston
and Trenton on March 12, Edge-
field and Aiken on March 13,
Blackville and Williston hnl
March* 14, Allendale and Barn-
wdll on March 15, the meet
ings .to be held in the morning
at the first named place and in
the afternoon at the second
place on each date.
Mr. Anderson is preparing
charts, illustratings. dates, etc.,
to be used in his part iu the
campaign, and will have for
distribution literature ou the-
boll weevil and how to fight
the pest.