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— VOL. LXVIL COL. ALFRED ALDRICH - . DIES IN ANDERSON «« ESTABLISHED 1852 largest County Circulation : / l - BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, ■ ■■)■> 22, 1919 NUMB Confederate Sdldifer and Patriot... of State Passes Away in, ; Seventy- '' SeventH'-Veae*-- _ A n derson x May - death of Col. Alfred Aldrich at ft' 1 * y - , . , , . (. 'lias just returned fxora trance a hospital here this afternoon r. - ‘^r- at “ o'clock marked the passing of a beloved citizen of South; Carolina, a patriot of tire State arid a true gentleman of the oljuL South. Colonel Aldrieli had been a patient at the hospital for the last month and his death is the end’of a general break down, following a period of ill health, lasting several months. Colonel Aldrich passed his Tilth birthday yesterday. He was known over the State as an important but not as a conspi cuous figure in the history of South Carolina; especially in the upbuilding of the State since the close of tire War Between the Stares*. He was horn at Barnwell.' the son of Judge A. Aldrich and had lived the greater portion of his Life Qil his plantation in Barnwell Cauutv. He was educated at the •Titidcl and left college to enter the K’onf* derate army, in which lie fought a* a member £tf . Butler * < ilia rids of Hampton's! 1.4 gum until he was severely Wounded at* the battle of I Trevilian Station. Ib w;i» married to Mi>s 7,txy, Martin of Aughsta, G a., ami to tlii- union was born one son,] Ko’ rt -M. .\lilrich. now of Sa- , vanitah, who was at his father’s | bedside at the time of his death. I A tier the war, t ’olonel Aldrich 1 of the famous rts and did WILLISTOH NEWS ITEMS Election to Bond Town For]Water Works -Five Brick Stores To be Erected. ^Wfftrston. S. C. Mayjjjffth— r. Ashley Weathersbee. who is at home with hi- Mr. and Mrs. M. E. bee. parents, Weathers- Or. .John Black; who lias also just returned" from over- seas, is with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Black. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kennedy, Jr., of Washington, D. C^left for .their home this a. in. alter a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Austin Lattimer. They cante down to be present at the Riley-Kennedy wedding, which occurred at Allendale on the 1-4tli. Mr. Kennedy is in Wash ington finishing his law course, which was cut short bv the war. FORMER SENTINEL EDITOR A, WRITES FROM FRANCE I Cript. R. Boyd Cole Writes Interesting Letter to Dr. W. - M/ Jones.—Tells of Joys and Sorrows of Trance. : * . Hopes to Return By Middle of June. The following letter from Capt, R. Boyd Cole to Dr. W. M. Jones is published in the belief that it will be of interest to the wide circle of Capt. Cole’s friends :■[ Verpellieres, France. May 2, 1919. * wa * a 'men llke-r i..* i> f Hi Ob • IV d Sh - VJL. iia-dt* work iu - < .1 r >!ina to redt ina •iv o’ the r- ‘triH’ti- m da ti. f 1. , J\ , 11 I'.V Ti t . Dr , * ,| * L 0 I * or iv herself of Mirrors of A fter condT- lmd become " more settled State Coionel Aldrich i In- attention more com- • to.farming and is well i as a. -mvt ssful plftntcr. originated alternating row-' "ti mim! cotton, which Wits Very popular in the South 1* yet-used in many -ectiou*. funeral will lie held at home'of his brother-in-law, M. L> Bonham, at f :30 Sunday afternoon, the service’s being conducted by Dr. John La u dt Dr. Willson was a classmate.of Col. Aldrich at the Citadel. Dr. Willson will be assisted by the Rev. D. W. Dodge, pastor ol-the Congregational church here. The burial will be in Silver Brook cemetery. Besides his son. Col.* Aldrich Ls survived by two sisters, Mrs. M. L. Bonham of Anderson and Mr. H. W. Richardson of Co lumbia, and one nephew, Alfred Aldrieli ofGreenwood.—The State. „ Col. Aldrich also left three other sisters surviving him,-Mrs.. Mary A. Allen, of Montana-; Mrs. Nell A. Duncan, and Miss Rebecca Aldrich',* of Barnwell, S. C.— Mr. F.dwin Willis, who ha? been in the service of ' Circle Sam for several years is ad home on . a furlough. I , A contract will be let within j the next few davs for the erec tion of a block of five brick • stores on Main Street by. the Mayor, of Williston, Mr. A Keuuedv, These stores are al ready rented. One wilt lie used j for a drug store ami another for a hardware business, which will be financed by a joint stock com- panv. Mr. Kennedy realizing the need of Homes in Williston as well as stores will give out at the‘same time a contract for four or live commodity Bunga lows on Graham Avenue. Mr. R. S. Martin and Dr. Wallace work in helping South t 0?lp w ,u t ;l .build an elegant home on the Avenue.. An tdeetinrr wilt be held on iluue Ard to vote on bonding the towiU-to put in waterworks. T’he waterworks tin* praeticaliy an asspred fart, and will ^11 an urgent need for fire'protection and Mr - a kuuuiry,. WiiliiLtm. Was never as .prespvroti* hi'ft* history-diversified fnrnmrg is- doiiig tin- work. We have a large and flourish Dairy bu-ine-- hero owned bv Dr. W. (’. Smith. Mr. Edward Apple, an experienced Dairy man, of McKinney, Texas, has A. Willson;* president of Dr. Smith’s herd of one hun- College, Greenwood. deed fine Jerseys in-charge, and ships tipi milk to Charleston. Dr. Smith also has a bunch of fine brood mares, and at present has fourteen mule colts on his stock farm People are realizing more fully each day that there is a “pay streak” in Williston soil. idea of what I sa>v. I a nr at a loss to find words to describe it all. I think the mo*t delightful day I have spent siwce'Meaving home was the Sunday Willis and I chartered a limousine amtsped* our wav along the-cosst for more My Dear Doctor; r . .. 1 have been wanting to write ' tha, \ ilft - v the re- for several days, but have been pretty busy. Your newsy letter written on Nov. oth only reach ed me about ten days ago. It had traveled pretty extensively in France but linally*caught up with me. Although long delayed iu reaching me I enjoyed it very much. • We are working like*beavers iiww getting- ready to go back home. We are scheduled to l«*ave this aiea for Le Mans on May 12 and to sail from Brest on June 1. If wc can live up to our sched ule we should reach the States about the middle of June. We do not know; where wc wili land or where we will go to be dt- inobolized, but all are hoping that we will be sent back to Jackson. 1 liave had a wonderful expe rience oyer here and would not take worlds Tor it. 1 look for ward to a 'long evening's chat with you in the near future to tell you about it. I had a wonderful trip in Feb ruary. For three weeksd im WrK li> ami l saiiutered along the Re- viera enj lying flu*' beauty of the Mediterranean a mfl tasking in the balm'v *im*dtino of southern France. Jsfuler any conditions R the trip<would have been won- dcpftff?hirt Ip u*4t xvaC^particu* -limy marwllou*. We had been sin»\v-bound for two month*, not t'u-rn trip over the mountain tops. We left Nice at 8-o’clock in the morning—dt was an ideal day, bright sunshiUe;, no mists or clouds to martheview. We trav elled along the coa^t, winding our way thronglr groves of or- Hnges.'biive*. and almonds : every few litinutes passing the most artistic villas imaginable. On our right was the sea; and to our left the*snow-capped moun tain peaks. In numerous places die mountains jutted right down into the sea, the highway hav ing‘been tunneled through ua- j tlire's obstructions. We took lunch at Monaco that iduv and paid our respect* to Monte Carlo. After lunch we DR. J. C. WANNAMAKER. SR.. GIVE HIGH HOI IR OWANNAMAKEI Orangeburg Luses an Old and V alued ^ C^itlzen. - The many Barnwell county friends of Dr. J.G. Wamiarnaker, ,Sr., will he grieved* to learn of his death, which took place at .Orangeburg on Friday of last week. .The- sympathy of all Barnwell is extended to Judge -and Mrs. R. C. Holman. We clip the fo 11 owing from.tlie News and Courier: Dr. J. (j. Wanna maker, Sr., one of Orangeburg s oldest and most beloved Gitizens,- passed it way early this morning after an illness of about tuo weeks. Dr, Wannamaker was’ in his sixty-seventh year,,and 6uly a few weeks ago, was attending his regular duties and seemed in good health ? Dr. Wannamaker was born within a few miles of Orange burg and ha* lived hi the city practically all his - lffel lie was educated at the Soutli Carolina. LYiivcrsitv and latep graduated at tlie Boutli Carolina Medical College, at Charleston, S. .. C. after which he was a practicing physician for several year*. Dr. Wannamaker then ppfmed a drug store auiL^becanie one. of the leadiiig druggists of the , State. He Conducted this drug j South store Vfftn ‘'rout success.. (Cotton Association, motored ou o the Italian hoi der. and ou the return trip cniitp<kiiowi) for his kindness and on back over the most wotulerfKfof j occasions, gave medicine free, mountain roads ! Leaving Men- j when iv w^s needed by the poor, tone we began to cLml) and be-j lie took a deep;interest in city Df. Wannamaker was always! namaker has giving a very great portion of his time to the organization and he has made fore we cann Monaco nut of^rue wi sight of on the -uin- The French and county affairs, and was years chairman of tlie city water and light plant. 4>r. Wanilft- hay*r a wonderful road >vst^m 'maker was'also president of the wrough' liere. t j Bank of Orangeburg, the oldest AsweTookid out to the right,' and large*t bank in the county. ljie passing of thi* (listin' gui-lied citizen i* a great loss a? far as tfie eye could reach, t-no * « snow-capped mountain peaks it ea«ilv one of the livest of all of the cotton associations ill the cotton belt. He ha* written a number of articles that have been very wi«lelv copied. Recently Mr. Wannamaker issued to the press an article relating to the cost of production. It was printed in very many of the newspupers of the court- ANNOUNCEMENT. •coming . ■ - S' lines and regulations oi the Democratic. {arty^ pledging myself to abide by tlte rosult of the Democratic I’rimarK Edgar A. Brown;. Tlie closing exercises' of the Ulmer Graded School Will be f|eId in t’m > hcoj auditoriuip Fridav evening. May 211 rd, at The public is cordially invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. John Belcher, of -hum well lust Thursday on ~a visit to relatives uad fr.en is turning Ivonn.* Send. FOR MISS PAnERSON. Columbia S. C. May 16—A charming affair of yesterday was the luncheon which Mrs. Arthur S. Tompkins, Jr,, gave at the Jefferson Hotel in compliment of Miss Margueite Patterson as a popular bride-elect. The guests included Miss Pattson’swedding eover B from the gaze of the cu- i « . • • ^ A»ic t\QQCAtu nd nnnoAtinn attendants—her sister, Mrs Louis Murray, Mi9s- Louisfe Bruton and* - Miss Jaquelin Cooper and Mrs. Tompkins’ sister-in-law, Mrs. William J. Murray, Jr., and Mrs. John .K.“ Aull. _ - . _• I hereby announce myself a candidate for Sta^e Senator 'from Barnwell County in the . r Primary, Mibje’ctHo -Luncheon was served in one of the private dining moms, the table being decorated in pink sweet peas which fi'led a silver basket in tlie center and formed little corsage bmiqnets tied with tulle, ax the places. The cover cards were adorned with, sprays of orange bloasoins.—The State. Mr. and Mrs. II. R. C’remer spent Friday^with Mr..and Mrs. K. \V\ Tlolman. Mr. Cremer is mauager of 4he Atlantic Ii a sign >*t and .to g* vc r"L letaDon anywhere, ick to civilization, setr-tho—bcaiitiftii alive, almond and orange grove> in bloom and bearing- fruit was like living transported bodily to some won drous fairy land. The flowers •k i were gorgeous—they reminded o o v me very much of those seen in England last summer. We stopped at Dijon, Lyon, Marseilles, Nice, Monaco and Mentone. All along tlie route we feasted on the beauties of na ture and the finishing touches made by man. Just in the right place in every instanceT'lT clus ter of villas had been dropped liere~aii<i there, hugging close the seacoast; and nearby on some predominating cliff would frown the walls of an ancient castle. Around the villas the flowers flourished in a very riot of color and profusion. On the walls of the castles the ivy ten drils clung, apparently trying to In tiro valleys between we looked down upon* the cloun* a* they ue-tied close to yht mountain * J friend* locally !»nt by The entire county. " l>r. Wannamaker i- survived Association received a request from the University of Wisconsin for three copies of it, stating sides. Hundred* of feet below to our iimiiLtlhUtuhgLi raiucs.il- by his wife, Mr*.CarTie Wanna- nkiker, and the fyllavviiig chiC- that it desired the same for its library. verv thread winding through a T ir( .i: Mrs. Goldie Holman, of Mr. Wannamaker is one of rious passerby and preserve within the traditions and mem ories of days long past. Nature certainly designed this section a9 the playground for the rich of the world. None but the wealthy could afford to> own a place here, but those Jess gener ously endowed with worldly goods can see it all and have; the privilege of enjoying its marvel lous beauty fob the time being. I spent o’ue weekjn Nice,-*" It is, I am sure, the most beautiful resort in the’ world, To sit and watclrthe._proves?ion tiiaTmoves along the Promgnftdedes A Oglu i- on a sunny morning-or atter- uoon is a revelation. I have never i mtc sH-ng tn seen such handsome!v women or di-pbu carpet of the de pt-si green. 1V> ou? 1> ft w. s a still more beauti ful view. 1 nuiK diai< Iy benealli u>. hugging the broken slioiv- tinc were the green fruit grove* and vineyards of* a semi-tropical clime,dotted here and therewith the red tile foofs. of the villa? and the l’miltifarious coibi's of the wonderful flower gardens, Beyond, the opalescent sea readied out and blended With the heavens so perfectly that hu man eye could not tell where one stopped and the other began. It was one of the most impress ive sights I ever saw. I was Re minded that- “the heavens de clare "the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handD work.” I cotdd not but think and feel that this was a realiza tion and combination of both. In numerous places along the drive there were grottos where the mountains had hurled them selves down intCTThe let.' It seemed that father Neptune re sented the intrusion and by re lentless effort and a continual lashiugmf the .waves was surely hut slowly gaining his own. We stopped our car many times just to- drink in tliebeau- tv, the splendor, the grandeur. Barnwtli, S. C., ;ui<i Mrs.! Currie \\*._ Dew*, ol* tlii* city, and j Messrs. J. (•. Jr., ijcwis (’., and yill J. Waiyrjomaker, all of I thi* city. Fwo hrotjiftN also -urvive, Messrs Kobt, E. Wannamaker. of this city,.and Henry S. WannanTakmr—©I-- Vancouver, B. C. Dr, Wannamaker was a mem ber of the Mi sons and thb Knights of Bythias. The following men have been named as honorary pallbearers: J. M. Seiguious, of Charleston, S. C., T. M. Raysor, F. C. Bry ant, U. G. Brvaqt, E. N. Sco- ville, Adam H. Moss, R. F. Bryant, W. B? Thompson, A. M. Salley, J. M. Green, B.^H. Moss< and M. O'. Dantzler. The following are active pall- bearers: D. D. Salley, Fred Wannamaker, W._ L. Moseley, W. L. .Glover. W. W. Wanua- maker and T. M. Richards. The funeral services will be conducted at St Pauls’ Methodist Church, by Rev. W. A. Mass- beau, the pastor, assisted by Rev. McLees and Dantzler, tlie deceased being a member of the Methodist Church. The svm- * ■ •/ patliy of the entire city goe9 out to the bereated ones^ I know I caift describe it,'yet I try. The only way I know, to express it i^ that it wns «uni iSik ! To appreciate it, it mus.t be seen. I would like to write you something about the* life , and habit* of the middle and work dug classes. Vi’e have been bil let ted in their midst for several months arid it has l>een most tudy them and elsewhere, i have a wonderful line., . W„ D. Gantt, — r Jeweler. (K)U. Perfects Plan Organization of Hundred Million Dollar Cotton i ■ fill Corporation. J. Skottowe Wannamaker of St. Matthews, chairman of the South Carolina Cotton Assoeia- tioTTT* ’was unanimously elected permanent chairman of the* American Cotton Association, an organization formed at New Orleans. The headquarters of the association will be located in .Columbia with Hie offices of tlie South Carolina Cotton As- &ocia|ion,*iT is presumed. ” Announcement of Mr. Wan- «araaker's selection for the-position was received with great interest, tit bad been generally understood that Gov ernor Pleasant of Louisiana, who has held the position of temporary chairman of thejmk"' sooiation, would not accept the permanent chairmanship, and South Carol in generally had liojied tlutt'Mr. WannajpakejA woutd be-tuimcd for the position. They Had felt that he was the man fpr the place since he had lieen one of the leaders in the fight for the formation of 9uch an organization. * Since his election as chair- of the South Carolina Mr. Wan tin' J8tate’s mo*t successful citizensA lie is JiVesideut of the St. Matthews National Bank, is one of the largest farmers in Calhoun County and is a suc cessful merchant. He is also president of the South Caro lina Bankers’ Association. ’ The Soutli Carolina delega tion to the New Orleans conven tion is expected back Sunday. The State was represented by 110 or more weil known farmers and business men. Besides Chairman Wannamaker, the members, of the central com mittee of the South Carolina association, B. F. McLeod of Charleston, T. G. McLeod of Bishripviile, J. H. daffy of Orangeburg, R. M. Mixson of Williston, D. W. Watkins of Clerason College, J. T. Mackey of Camden and T. J. Britt of McCormick, attended. Mrs. H. R. Clinkscales, the efficient, assistant secretary of the "".as sociation, also attended the convention. There were a large number of other well knows South Carolinians at the conven tion, including United States Senator E. D. Smith and .Com missioner of Agriculture B. Harris. The convention perfected plans for . the formation of ** ^11 in need of a graduation ^. u » e co y° 11 marketing, ffnan- present',' s-ee my .line of suitable , C |! 1 ? an d exporting^corporation gifts before ordering orTuying " u ^ 1 a capital StuokOf $100,000 Miss Maggie Coleman has re- Mr. anil Mrs. John Belcher,ol "Tr' 1 "?7- 1" e ,c ‘'| 1 * ar *'L ‘;r a '‘V'vl« i» t.sqwv Gliuihotn. C«. - 'ri i -i I f , L «».. of Au.Mi.ta <■ ■ Jjyf ‘’ 1 ^UMj-.lo. gowned compare their ways and i u\toms turned from 1 Statesboro, Ga.. .f wealth* in! with pvqde -ituat^l similarly at where she has been visiting Miss servic** on . CALL MEETING. -A called meeting of the Wom ans. Missionary Society of tho Methodist church Mill lie held i imped in lety after the prayer I have written'enough tune, however*, ami will sst-s Ethel and Edna Aader-| ! xr ^ '»***«? 1 1 have VU-Jtafe that u:.til hfter son are at home spending their i ho|*e they retell you, fort L. jV t jo you and all rnyfrienda* jtion. Ithey *i!l give ichTwtterj Cole. Essie Boyd. * May 22»df A full «uendence is Misses A-nes ami EIowe ear:1 ^ 1 Bmunoaa oi .Moms weS-*^trio^“fVom •importance to be discussed. Barnwell who attended the; By order of president. rfrs N picnic at Hilda last Saturday, I HtJ. Lemon, See* 4Mm M