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BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1910
MEYERS MILL
1 This place enjoys the happy
distinction of being the Head
Quarters of the Dr. Morrall
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Camp, No. 896, Confederate
Veterans of Barnwell County.
Named for one of our most
holered citizens, the nobi'ty of
its people have shown their
patriotism, public spirit and
generous hospitality iti the
sriper-abundant dinners 1 that
they annually prepare to feed
tho old i)oy> of the Go’s, their
families and friends.
The splendid entertainment
that was given tlrem on the
4th inst. is worthy of more
than a parsing notice. The f
11 -itorical .-s»v was acclaimed | NIr ." ,K * Hprman
by Miss Susie Dunbar, daugh
ter nf the late Mr. Geore 11. Dun
bar. Mi&S Dunbai is principal of
toe Myers Mill schoyh • Him
tleliueatiou of the Confederate
1 'ause, its great leader’s, *tid tin*
nnown of the noble sddiery of
5,ee aiulWaekson, were timely
: tr.iyed, carrying u* back to
the dark, day? when cruel war,
like a mighty roller swept our
beautiful South-land. That her
effort was fully appreciated,
flACKVILLE NEWS ITEMS.
Blackyjlle, S, C., April 7th.—
The Davis Lee Chapter met wjth
Mrs. J. H. E> Milhous Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. S. G. Lowe and. little
son have returned home after
a very pleasant Visit,to relatives
in Aiken and Augusta.
Messrs, Adrian Baxley, Cas
sius Hoffman and GlcifBjyles-
ton have returned home? from
“Over-seas”.
Mre. T. R. Chisolm spent
Wednesday in Aiken with Mrs.
H. E. Gyles.
Lieut. Wyatt Browning is on
the way home from “Over-seas."
and daughter, mattered to Au
gusta and AikW Wednesday.
exciting
a
gU*it
-•There was a - very
game of base-bull in Blackville
Friday, between Allendale and
Blackville. The score was 7 to
3 in favor of AHerfdafe.
The protracted meeting, at
the Baptist cliurch cloned Sun-
day evening oh account of tin-
illness of evangelist Crane.
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t» - e vittrtd
ause and <
•Bowed.
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propriateand met I he
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(he UeaFT? I|P [for Haiti more Sunday* where he
ougratulation that! | las ,r 0fU . t
treatment. "
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Missl The Weis-iuger Drug Co.
s*s of I *old out Battiiday evening, to
Epps, who will take charge
Mo
HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK.
The following Women’s
HonrVe Demonstration elubs will
meet during this week and next
week:—-Elko, Monday, April 7 :
Fairfax, Tuesday, ApriL 8th:
Mt. Calvary, Wednesday, April
9th : Sycamore, Thursday, April
10 : Big Fork, Friday, April 11:
Yenorno, Wednesday, April 16:
Long Bratyclr,-' Wednesday,
April 1G : Martin, Thursday,
April 17: and Double Ponds,
Friday, April 18.
The subject for discussion is
Home Nursing. This—will be
taken up . undcr'the following
heads The Home Nurse ; The
-Patient’s Hoorn; The care of the
Patient; The care of tlie Bed;
The Patient’s Food t Sanitation
will be stressed and a special
appeal will be made for the
screening of houses- Demonstra-- an, l for efficient services.
Mr. Johnny Matthew* left
s
John Hopkins for
rsou
rt:
was lu
jud to
fepierulul addri
ililw'lllr Ci
T
nmeni 1 Hr.
I on
tion to be given - The making
of a* bed for a ai k person - Tlie
preparation of an 1 invalid’s
tray and the makingof a sani
tary drinking cup.
During the mouth of April
elttb meetings for the girls of
canning and pqultrv clubs will
be held. At these meetings the
sewing work to ha done by club
meio’oers will lie brgun. Ail
club members ate oxjHTted to
attend Iheir respective meetings
LIEUT. WOODWARD CITED.
The many friends of Lieut.
Ilarry M. Woodward will be
pleased to know that heffias been
cited for conspicuous devotion
to duty and efficient service in
France during the last weeks of
the „war. We desire to. quote
the following from the Nash
ville Tennesseean o.‘ April 2nd :
“Cainp Jackson, S. O., April
1.—-Two of the eleven Nashville
heroes of the 115th F. A., whose
acts of bravery and devotion
helped shatter the German lines
in the Argonne and St. Miliiel
Sectors that have been cited for
distinguished service today in
;•* gimentnl orders by Col. Harry
S. BerryV ai;e First Lieutenant
diaries T. MeMurray, and First
Lieutenant Ilarry M. Wood
ward.
First Lieutenant Harry M.
Woodward : For devotion to
During the operations in the
Argonne forest, from September
26th, Y^> October 6, |!il8, this
officer was on liaaion duty‘for
the second h.ittuiiou of hi* regi
ment. This officer worked faith
fully to maintain communication
la-tween the forward observation
po-t and the command posts.
These lines were- constantly be-
GOVERNMENT INSURANCE.
1, /You wUl, no doubt, be in
terested to leuow at an Insur
ance Conference held in Wash
ington, February 14th.,. and
loth., ,Uncle Sam has - decided
to stay in the Insurance Buis-
ness permanently.
2, The Government will be in
a ..position within a few weeks,
to convert the present renew
able term insurance into
Ordinary Life . and various
other policies similar to the
policies written by the present
Life Insurance Companies.
3, To successfully carry on
this work and to prevent the
soldi'ers from letting their in
surance lapse, the families and
wives- ivill have to be educated
to the. advantage of Insurance,
or else the men after they are
discharged will let their insur
ance lapse, not realizing that
it is the best thing they can hold
on to; unless the people ure
reached through the City and
Country newspapers and the
Home Service SeKioti of the
American Red Cross, the ad
vantage* of Government Insur
ance will not be b»ought to their
attentif'ii.
4, You cftn obtain any in
form alio a relative to Compensa
tion aud continuance of War
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COUNTY ACENT ASSIST HOC
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Risk Insurance by writling tins
lire and the work. (y ffice, itnd von will be *dadv
w:*s exceedingly hazardous. By j furnished nil the literature anil
hi* devotion to duty and untiring! rMe * on conversion n<*d«l to
eff.irts under the most trying con-|| le jp you answer intelligently
ditinus, thU officei lias earned 1 ^ qhwtioua n*ked by dis-
NO. 26.
SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED.
The entire lower floor of the
home of T. S. Cave was thrown
open for the i entertainment of
the soldier boys who have seen
service both abroadandathome.
The decorations were. very at
tractive and showed great taste
and lots of work. There were
ganands of southern smilax
mingling with the national
colors and many small stars
hanging fr<5m the walls and
electric fixtures. *
‘The dining room was decor
ated most elaborately in smilax
and cut flowers. The tables be
ing arranged in the shape of the
letter llsymbolyzing Old Hick
ory. There were many very at
tractive arrangements of the let
ters () 11 and XXX meaning Old
Hickory and Thirtieth Division.
The front piazza -was also
decorated with banners and one
large one with the words WKL-
t COME HOME stretched across
the front of the house.
Attractive music was furnished
by the Misses Deatheridge of
Allendale and the soldier boy*
all joined in chorus singing.
Dancing was enjoyed on the
front wajk until a late hour.
An elegant course dinner was
served to the boys bv several at
tractive young ladies of Bern-
well, some of them being dressed
as trench maids. The entire town
was invited to call and ace the
soldiers at about nine o’clock.
The town fuvepted the invita
tion for really almost th«^ whole
town turned out.
tlu* liiglieKi rouitmmdaiion
Mr. Kiit'Ht’ Br**wu, -grandson *>f ; -
of Mr. Angn* t*. Bmtrn wa*
Doxt introihiced by the Com-
niaudaut u* our annual or«t<»f.
He aequittid himself nicely aud
b.-juj^ri do are tlu* lnmse with
na encore of hearty congratula- |lia ,|e nt Dunbarton
# ... half ‘.lozeu fanners
1 lie school 111u*io and -inging {11 ie hog*, n day was
ua<> appropriate and renderc 1
in a spirit and interest,
r
>f>Uie weeks ago,
:i-M't;i! tv «.i the county agent I
and th**>xtK|*ion division Ot the
state there a coopeartive J
i sliipine’it of a cur load of hog:
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K false - 4’ATfr;*
’ Deinoustrniion Agents,
a
\Ye regret to learn-that just j
Lieut. NYoinlward’s regiment!
cltiirginl soldiers.
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5. We respectfully ask that
.you give the enclostd article
Ifi. —home, w .ikw your ne xt Umio a rut'
tacked from ,hi** j*o*t with thcjupQu r«*|tie*t vre will furnish
I -»Otli di\ isioii and w ill be kept ; V q 1( Insurance Data from time
| in France fur duty an iiidelinUS-J to timc a* it i* furnisheil to us
length of ttuic.
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-bow
ing the care of their instructor,
Miss Dunbar,
was excellent,
si-ted of M'iss
Mrs. T. <i
IF’.is, Mr*. I
The school drill
Tlie choir eon-
Su*ic Dunbar,
Cobb, Mis. Dr.
M. Turner. Mr.
Wiil A. Myer aud M:. Auael
A .derson.
We- will not name the menu,
but suffice it to say, it was one
< f the~ finest dinners we re-
ifuraber ever having enjoyed.
Three Counties were repre
sented Aiken, Barnwell and
Allendale. Roughly estimated
some tSOll per sous crowded the
large auditorium of tin* Academy
to attend our exercise while
several hundred 'were’unable to
gaiu admittance.
Mr. Stall Halford, Command*
ant,was chairman,with Mr. An
sel Meyer as secretary. Rev, E.
II.Clark pronounced tlieb predic
tion in approprurtc words. Rev.
E. II. Clark, of Cypress Chapel
Baptist church, announced that
a small necessary account of the
Camp was unpaid and gave
only five minutes to raise $17.50.
In less time, tlie audience paid
in if27.85, leaving a balance in
our tiv^ury of $10.35, attest
ing the love and esteem they
hold tlie dear old soldier b)y of
the 60’s. Ten new members were
enrolled. The Commandant
announced Greenwood for the
Estate and Savannah for the
National Reunion C. S. V’s.
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Near the dining hall stands
atr elegant monument erected
ly our people, upon it is written,
4 This shaft was erected
to commemorate tho death of
Robert W. Williams, aged 28,
who. lost his life Sept- 18th,
1876, having been shot from
ambush dhriug tlie Ellenton
riot, uear Robbins'
. The dav "being passed wc
departed, t . gratified _ that a
gracious providenoe hath per-
Emitted u« to again meet with
these goid people.
In our next we wit! relate
boss to Ik* brought in.
MONEY FOR C000 ROADS.
Columbia, April 3.—The State .
At U it'a 1 Highwayi oiunussionisfreqeiitly CERMAN HELMET PRIZE OFFERED
finaiHhiiiK b >- cuui.iyom.-mN n...1 VICTORY LOAN SLOCAN COMTEST j
set for the| ■“icre-te.l citi/.«» «l.»* s.eps A German helmet will Ik- ‘ ‘
are-ncee-sary in order to sc lire
There they
_ i - fpi _ '
were graded and shipped.'The 1,1 v" 1
sales were verv salisfaelory, the are “ ow available fur
111
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injorily of the hogs selling for * 1,1 u
om 15 to 18 ct* per pound.
the large sums of Federal money
now* available for
rna Is in South
given in each .county
in
building
ina.
It is necessary lir*t of all for
During the earning week titer* .
will -he two more-ear loads <l,u county rood ort.cmN to pa
shipped in the same manner, j
and we expect to get even better
returns for tuese as the market
lias advanced a cent or more in
the mean time. By this plan
each and every farmer gets the
full price of his hogs.
In the near future, there is to
he stationed a man at Camp
Jackson to assist tlie discharged
soldiers in getting located on
the. farm.-So if any farmers
have openings, either for
managers, overseers, tractor
operators and farm mechanics,
dairy workers or any kind of
skilled or unskilled help please
furnish II. G. Bovlston, county
agent, Blackville, S. C., with
employers name address, kind
of work, rate of pay and other
details, so Hint the information
may he furnished to the repre
sentative at Camp Jackson.
Now is the time to spray
your peach trees td keep tlie
As
the 1
state as a prize for the best Vic
tory Ixiau slogan, and every
-chool child is invited tj enter
.
the contest and compete for the
valuable trophies;
by the Bureau of War Risk
Insurance.
6. We would appreciate a
of your paper in, which
urticle ap|**nr*.
Your truly.
Millton R. Little,.
Capt. A. G. I).
VICTORY LOAN
('oltnnhia. Anril 5Word from
worms out of the peaches^
soon as tlie patals fall use' 1
pound arsenate, 4 lbs freah
lump lime to 50 gals, of water
speay thoroughly and repeat in
two weeks, and- then in two
week add to this solution 1 gal.
of commercial lime sulphur
solution and spray again. For
further information get in touch
with the county Agent.
Messrs. Gordon Boynton and
B. M. Jenkins, of Kline, were
among the visitors to the County
seat Monday.
‘The heroes wvrested from u*
Highway System in their coun
ties. These .resolutions must
provide for tlm money to de
fray half of the cost. This money
to cover the Federal funds can
conic from the County Trea
sury or ’ from municipalities,
or from private individuals.
There is one instance on record
in which a private, corporation
in South Carolina agreed to pro
vide part of tlie funds necessary
to build an important bridge.
After the county road author
ities notify the State Highway
Commission by resolution that
they want to build apart or
parts of the State Highway
System in their county and that
half , the money necessary is
available, the State Highway
Commission sends an engineer
ing party to survey the roacl to
be built. After these ‘surveys
are made the State Highway
Commission’s engineers prepare
a careful estimate of the cost of
the work to be done, together
with a complete description of
tlie work, including blue prints
and plans. All of this data is
forwarded to the Secretary of
the U.S. Department of Agricul
ture, Mr. I). F, Houston, who
is a South Carotineim. The
Secretary of Agriculture ap
proves the project, and the
State Highway Commission,in
co-operation with the county
authorities proceeds to ask fo«
bids from contractor*.
After securing a satisfactory
bid tlie contract is let and the
pu
included,
grades in a
ideas as a more advanced pupil
and stands an equal chance of
winning the prize.
The chairman of the Woman’s
Liberty Ia>uu committee will ap
point judges in each school, or if
the'scliool is large, in each room,
to select the three best slogans.
A central committee in each
school will submit the three
slogans chosen to the county
chairman or a co x :nmittee ap
pointed by her to choose the best
slogan which will be awarded
the German helmet adopted as
the county slogan, aud sent to
headquarters in Coin Hilda.
The State committee in
Columbia will select tlie best
slogan submitted and adopt
this as the State slogan. —
The contest chores April 12
aud all prize slogans must be
sent to Columbia not later than
April 16 so that the slogans
adopted may be used before the
beginning) of the drive, April
21.
Mr. J. E. Swearingen, State
superihtendent of education,
heartily endorses • tlie slogan
contest as a valuable feature
. . , .Hoatedovertliedomeoftliecap-
A pupil in the lower itol duriu^g tlie inaugural cere-
\ hat e just as original moh j es nnrt 0 t| ier historical oc
casions -would be awarded the
state which attains the largest
percentage of over-suInscriptions
of its quota in tlie Victory Loan
campaign.
At the recent conference ol the
Fifth Federal ReFerve district
held in Richmond this State was
congratulated on having the
most -coitiplete organization to
date and the Liberty Loan com
mittees predict that South Caro
lina will keep in tlie lead in the
.coming drive which opens April
21st,
of the Victorv Ixian educational
campaign; and all superintend
ents and teachers are urged to
coo|>erate to assure its sucres.
J. A. F.
Federal Government par* half
Have not lived nor died in vain, of the cost of the toad building.
For our memory’* brow of protu-1 The »ame procet* i* follow>d
• ’ L*e w I in aecuring Federal eioney for
_ 0 § ™ 0
tome ihtertr.iug e vents of the Spain oar year* of pain.” building bridges. -
Messrs. Sam Woodwaid,
Browning Creech Langdon A.
Cave. K-ergt. and*l*erry Price
and Emmett Good son returned
home from last week
Their‘many friend* extend them
a beam welcome. ~
This Hag of honor was pre
sented to the United States
Treasury department by Elliott
Woods, superintendent of the.
capital. It was first floated over
the capitol dome on March 5,
1917, ‘when President Wilson
was inaugurated and again when
the President delivered his war
address to Congress April 4 and
5, 1917. This Hag was also flown
on the occasions of tlie visits of
the various foreign missions to
tlie capitol and raised proudly
the day the armistice was signed.
The bureau of publicity of the
Treastirv announces that this
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priceless Hag will be presented
ns h permanent souvenir to the
state making the highest record
in the Victory Loan drive, Tho
attention of tlie chairmen of the
various counties in South.Caro
lina will be. cafyed to this offer
aud every t Ifortl made for this
w
Slate lo v\iu tlieicontot.
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THE LONC WATCH.
America was at war exactly
1 1,1 16 hours, which time
Tedtice<+ to rnimitee rtftnl*-
960. Wliat tines it menu to liav**
been at war G4O.950 minute*?
Well, for one thing it means that
foi every one of these minutes a
watch was kept by men ou the
*ea. »
When United Htates
declared war tlie *trefigth of
the navy was 87,000 in men and
officers. At the signing of the
armistice it was 500,000.
Tlie navy did not have many
spectacular 'engagement*, the
slinking German war ships
kept too well under cover for
that, hut tlie kaiser’s mysterious,
gray weasels of theses were at
their deadly work night and
day—every one of those 840 T
960 mmutN, Our men. thous
ands and hundreds of thousands,
of them, had to be taken across
the ocran, through,.mine field*
and deadlier submarines.
Well, we know that the navy
“put *etn across”—without the
loss of a single transport. More
than two million men landed
safelv in Europe; it "was a
stupendous success.
On bitter winter nights—and
that season of 1917—19l8-was
one of the coldest in our history
those faithful guardians of the
sea kept their vigils. Standing
watch through the black hours,
eyes strained to catch sight of
hostile periscopes, eaclrsecoud
was measured by a heart beat
50,457,600 of them in all.
It was a long watch, but it
was faithfully kept to the end.
Will you, 4oo, keep* the faith?
The navy’s work is not finished
though the long vigil is over.
Transports are still busy bring
ing the men home, but trans
ports cost money to run. Help,
furnish, that tnouey so that
those faithful boys may finish
their job. Subscribe to the Vic
tory Liberty Loan,
Sergt. I-adore E. Owens and
Mr. Zack Creighton returned
to Barnwell last week after
nearly two years service the last
ten months of which was spent,
in France and Belgium. They
have received ilierr honorable
• l.scharges. - -
Me*sr*. Barney F. Owen*,
T. J. Hiers and McLeurtn
Greet*, of Dunbarum,
Yuor garden are in ihii among ike lua.r.m iW
office. Call tad get them. 1 Monday. t