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VOL. LXVIl.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY'29, 1919
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NUMBER 33.
ARMED MEN PATROL •
—-TOWN OF ALLENDALE
Authorities Act on Report of Negroes
intention to Release Prisoners. t
Allendale, May*26.—Fully 57
heavily armed * white men
patrolled the, streets and wit-
skirts of .Allendale all last night
as* a result of a well fouuded
report that a posse of negroes .. .. . . „—~ ,,
nad formed near the town for „
the purpose of releasing certain
negro prisoners held — by the
authorities* in the town jail.
Whether the negroes were in
formed of the preparedness on
4he part of the authorities and
were frightened or whether the
report was based on theory is
not known. - U
Sunday afternooir a posse of
citizens sworn in as deputies
was led by Sheriff L. C. Bennett
against a negro house alleged
to have been the base of opera
tions for a. ga«g_ of negro
moonshiners and were forced to
shoot one negro. Five others
were arrested and these are
said to be v the prisoners the
negro posse intended releasing.
—The State.
* LOOK OUT, YOU’LL PAY ’EM
TOO MUCH!
(By DuBois) .
“He's gittin’ two , hundred
dollars a year. That’s a dog
gone sight too much, mister!
Now you just figger a minit.
He just preaches onct a month,
and don't never talk inoreV haf
a hour at that. Wliut does that
come to? I done calclated'it all
out to a copper cent and it comes
to sixteeu dollars and. sixty-six
ami two-third cents a Sunday—
not all dav Sundav neither—just
a haf hour's work. Aint that
too much for'any preacher to
git.? Well I sav it tis, and I
dont aim to pay nairycent uy it. _’
Which goes to prove that one's
education should begin with one's
great grji mi parents r
It often occurs that argument
is useless. Reason often can
find no place to steadjTitself af
ter dizzying whirlwind of black
ignorance has swirled across the
path.
^ Ignorance must be pit tied
rather ^han censored. Put p nver
behind pity and drive ignorance
into the swamps of the yester
days.
The preacher in his pulpit
strikes, strikes, strikes, whether
the iron be hot or cold.
He rivets N as well as welds the
bands that bind us to humani
ty’s heart until we feel the throb
of the heart tKaVfteeds the light.
The teachers are doing their
part. *
Yet the smoke of blighted
ignorance evef and again blows
across the vision^of our strained
eyes and the surt is shut out.
There will be ignorance'with
us always, but lets strive that it
be hark rather than regular.
DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH BATES.
„ Mrs. Elizabeth Bates,-daugh.
ter of Charles Mv ancTA.deline
Burckhalter, wa9.born in Aiken
county, S. (b, July 7,T854, and
departed this life May 8, 1919,
Leing sixty-four years, ten
months and one day old.
On ‘ February 28, ls78, she
married George H. Bates. Two
children were born of this union,
the other.child died in infancy.
The husband'died about sixteen
months ago.
Mrs. Bates was converted in
early childhood and joined the
Baptist church,plater united with
the Methodist Episcopal'Church,
South) ; and no one who knew’
her cheerful, consistent/conse
crated Christian life ever doubt
ed the genuineness of her con
version. Her life w as hidden in
Christ and sjie seemed to wear
his radiant smile <j>n her face.
Like her risen Lord wdiom she
loved so well, a good portion of
her time was spent in doing good.
She was a true mother, and in
her conscious weakness, to meet
the responsibilities of her home
life, she cried often to Heaven for
help, and like Hagar, there came
the answer of help and guid
ance.
Her death w as sudden but she
was pVep i/ed for the great tran
sition. Like the faithful soldier
boy standing on Flanders bloody
battlefield, who never knew at
w’hat moment the fatal bullet
might pierce his heart, she held
herself in readiness for the Mas
ters call. A common .sorrow
has filled the hearts of all in our
coiffMHibity and caused them to
flpw in one swelling wave of kin
dred grief—all hf&rt.s are wed
ded in unity of tears. Her eyes
could see no wrongs ; her tongue
could speak no words hut love ;
her hands were.alwavs open to
HAWKER AND GRIEVE RESCUED
1 - FROM SEA.
London, May 25.—A week ago
after waiting some weeks in New
foundland for suitable weather to
make a transatlantic trip in an
airplane Harry Hawker and his
navigator. Lieut. Com. Grieve
started without any protection
<»f safeguard other than the abil
ity of their machine to take them
across. Success w’ould have
placed them in Ireland in a few
hours. When sufficient time
ha<l passed and no word from
them, they were giveifup as lost.
Their ^fate was_ a secret which
the sea seemed to hold safely.
Some 1,100 miles from New
foundland and 800 miles from
Ireland they were forced by en
gine trouble to descend to the
surface of thd sea. The water
feed pipe had become clogged
from particles of solder that had
beeu shaken loose by the vibra
tion of the engine.
..The little ’Danish steamer
Mary, bound from Norfolk to
Denmark, picked them up, but
’ having no wireless, could not
communicate the news until she
came dose to the English coast
to signal it by dags. At once
the British admiralty sent out a
warship to confirm the news and
to bring them ashore. •
Mr. Hawker was tlVjng to win
tlje prize of- $59,000 offered by
the Daily Mail of London for the
first successful airplane crossing,
has received from them a con
solation prize of $25,000.
Dove Hunters Pay Light Fines.
Charleston, May 20.—The lirst
case of its kind in this State . it
is believed, was handled today
by Judge H. A. M. Smith in the
federal court when he imposed
tines of $5 dollars each, plus
costs, ujwu toil defendants from
the net dy and the sutlering ; her . Clarendon county, who pleaded [ then the journey will seem teu
lite knew uo rnouds except as die , guilty -of shooting mourning 1
bore the sorrows of others. j doves, in violation of the migru-
Wherever affliction and dekne-s tory bird treaty act. "They sta-
catne there wasTior.tentler touch, .j ted that they" were* uot aware
It was the great joy of her lite j they were violating^ a “‘federal
MEDITATION.
: By? K,”
Meditation Is an undisputed
pleasure to, and right of, lliose
who practice it daily*; and yet,
at times it, as all other things
belonging to the thoughts of hu
man 'beings, has its sad and
gloomy hours. There are mo-
nietits when the human mind is
plunged deeper and' yet deeper
down—in thought—in the medi
tative influences' of oui 'visible
sins and temptations.
One -day as I lay on mv lied
feeling badly, I saw a littld hug
attempting to crawl the full-
length of the window pane. At
ffr9t 1 paid hut small attention
to it, but upon looking more
closeiy. I observed a singular
aspect of that climb, I saw it
crawling up a few inches, then
turn back down : crawl up again
only to meet the inevitable fate
of the downward fall. “Sudden
ly it almost reached the top, only
to be dashed to the bottom by
the stiperior'force of the window
pane which, being perfectly
smooth, p¥evented the Wig from
gaining a firm foothold. I drew
this parallel:
Interesting to me is it to note
that my life and your life and
the lives of so many are like
unto the feeble attempts of that
bug on my window pane. 'We
begin life with bright and glori
ous hopes : up, up the ladder we
move; at first rather slowly,
slip back a little, but as our
streugth increases, so does our
rate of speed. Nearly to the
top of knowledge and wisdom
we climb, only to be hurled cruel
ly back by the antagonistic force
of temptation. We have had too
much confidence in our might
and strength, and forgotten that
man's strength is, oh, *o small
and insignificant,—but add to it
the faith and trusT in our Maker,
CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS-
ie hour of going 'to
TWO MEN WOUNDED
IN EXCHANGE OF SHOTS.
AVIATION STUNTS.
Atlantic City, May 24.—At an
aerial field day staged here today
by the second Pan-American
Aeronautic t Congress, Lieut.
Ormer Locklear did the almost
impossible. Lieut. Locklear first
rose 3,000 feet and wa9 followed
by Lieut. Elliott who rose aboVe
him?- |4eut. Locklear climbed
out of the cockpit of his*machine
and up a strut to the. top ’of" his
plane where he rode standing
until his machine had passed
over the grandstand. Lieut.
Elliott 1 had lowered a rope lad
der from his plaue, yvhicli by
clever jockeying be had kept just
over the plane of Locklear. The
latter was seen to stretch to his-
full hej^ht'irnd-wr-Ju^second ef-
The Sentinel is in receipt of fort to catcTTit, and was a
, OUR MEDAL
Sentinel is in receipt of
. ft Service Medal from the govern-1 transformed to a human pendu-
v 7 ment. This j>aper but did itstTuin in midair. The machines
humble part in the wprUl’s'were making eighty miles an
effort for tTie~>8tablisfrment. of^lmur at the lime. Aftercliinbing
peace and -happitie*** on—the into the mactrme Ti^proceffteit to
face of tilt earth and gratefully drrotheUstuiftS^uelTasvErajKng
receive this medalrin acScnow- on the wing*, hanging neau
lodgement that such sen ices down from the~ landing gear and
.were faithfully performed. - * crawling out to perch ou the tail.
** To Help Apportion Debt.
Columbia, May 22.—Governor
Cooper today appointed J. B.
Armstrong, of Barnwell, as the
Barnwell county representative
of the* commission to divide and
apportion between Barnwell,
Hampton and Allendale counties
the indebtedness of Barnwell and
Hampton counties, incident to
the formation of Allendale coun
ty from parts of the other two
political subdivisions. — News
and-Courier.
to relieve the sufferer and
fort the mourner.
Her home was a beautiful a'fid
glorious sphere where the thou
sand silken cords of affection
were woven stronger than bands
of steel. She rightly tilled that
hallowed sphere appointed her
by her God, and was a true wom
an and wife to her husband,—r
“ Wreathing him flowers to make
his Joys more blight;
Or when the storm has spreaTT its
darkest shroud
To yield with hope the rainbow
on the cloud.J’
The funeral services were held
at the home of her son-in-law,
Mr. M. B. Hagood, and her body
was laid away beside that of her
husband in the Episcopal ceme
tery.
law, and the circumstances were
extenuating enough to warrant
light hue. Following are the
names of the defendants : E. B.
Brown, S. W. Barron H. H.
Bradham, Charles Thames, Jr.,
G. L. Dickson, J. I. Dickson, E.
P. Burgess, J. E. Davis, S. J.
Smith and J. E. Wells. The
charges were brought ou in for-,
mation furnished by the district
attorney .. - The birds shot were
attacking a crop on a farm of
one of the defendants, who invi
ted his neighbors to help in get
ting rid of the marauders; In
iguorance of the federal protec
tion law, they killed a number
of the doves, and later found
charges lpdged against them.
MISS FLOSSIE PATTERSON TO WED.
Mrs. J. O. Patterson of Barn
well announces the engagement
of her daughter, Flossie, to Mr.
Ralph Smith. The wedding to
take place bn the 18th of June
at her home in Barnwell.
Miss Patterson ha-s been a
popular visitor in Columbia
many times attending regularly
the Carolina dances.
Her numerous friends will be
delighted to know that she and
Mr. Smith are to live .in this
city. •• ,
Mr. Smith was formerly from
Andersou -but 9ince his return
from overseas with the Thirtieth
division, be has been living in
Columbia.—The Record.
r PROTRACTED SERVICES.
Dr. W. H. MileyU Superin
tendent of Evangelism Sor the
General Assembly, will begin a
.jneeting, at the Presbyterian
Church in Barnwell on Sunday
JbTTF 4^t. ~ There yrrfl b*- twrr
lervLee* each day beginning at
H a. ra. and .v:45 j>. in.
A cordial, invitation is ex-
tended-to jdj.
fold shorter, the path all strewui
with the flowers' of joy incon
ceivable; peace infinitely great,
and eternal strength.-^—
But the moment Satan ar
rives in full array,—disguised in
the smiling, hypocritical robe of
the world,—then all is lost, and
the blighiud^-hopes of the past
are naught to us now that the
hitler memory of “what might
have been,” and we cannot
stand. *
Oh that I could blot out the
past and go forward in the sub
lime path of duty ! Patience is
requisite for all noble success in
life; + and so few of us possess
patience, j That little bug even
is superior to some of us in that
respect, for although his fall was
great—from the top to the bot
tom—-did he not relihguish his
desire for climbing to the top,
higher, still higher, and stop
there. No, but with patience
inexhanstable, he climbed up
agaiu and agaao; and* though
many were the climbs made and
many the falls received before
the top was reached, still perse-
•verence won at last,—and that
little bug attained what so few
of us ev£i* do—lie reached the^
top triumphantly.
The bug was patienti I am
not. You are not. Therefore
we gain naught. Temptatious
beset us while we are travelling
upward on the ladder of useful
ness and service, and what is the
result? Our strength is so 9mal!
and ’our hearts so impure that
we easily fall heir to failure as
ignominious as it is bitter. But
when we fall, oh, do not allow
ourselves to.reraaiq, passive and
immovable, j but with a- right
st.rqng determination, go on,
higher, higher up the ladder of
charity, service and righteous
ness un-til we, too, shall like that
little bug—reach success and win
the reward of our patieuce.
press the following true bills
were returned by the grand .jury
And verdicts rendered :
TRUE BILLS.
Neil Harmon, murder.
Andrew Brunson, breach of
tru-t.
Jno. Hart and Leslie Kirk
land, larceny from field.
Daniel Meyers, assault and
battery with intent to kill.
Jno. Butler, kidnapping.
8belly Bes|iixgor and James
Brabham, murder.
Saxon Scott, using his stock
without owners cousent.
' Allen Jone9, murder.
’ ,Stanley Addison, pointing
firearms.
Jas. Brown, kidnapping.
Ely Myrick and Eugene
Creech, larceny live stock.
Odfe Duncan, assault and bat
ten' intent to kill. -y-
Julia Mitchell, murder.
Robin Jacobs, murder.
Eugene Walker and Leon
Browm, housebreaking and lar
ceny.
Geo. Williams, rape.
Jess Bunyan, assault aud bat-
te^v intent to killX
Furman Cave, violation pro
hibition law.
Will Johnson ^violation pro
hibition 1 law.
Olin Duncan, violation prohi
bition law.
Robert Carter and Quincv
Hammond,violation prohibition
law.
. Sam Mack, violation prohibi
tion law.
Eli Braxton, violation prohi
bition law.
York Stansell and Bui“t Mei
kel, violation prohibition law.
Frank Frazier and Angus My
rick',violation prohibition law.
Mack Bryant, seduction.
Geo. McCarr, larceny.
TRIALS.
Neil Harmon plead guilty to
manslaughter ; seutence, 19 years
Leslie Kirkland, tried for lar
ceny. Not guilty.
Will Johnson, plead guilty to
violation prohibition law; paid
fine $50; sentence being $1.79,
$199 of which was suspender
during good behavior.
Case of Btyite vs.
Matheney et al:, disturbing re
ligious worship. ^Now on trial
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J. C. Harley and Creen Williams, Al
lendale Citizens, Become In-
~~ * volved in Difficulty.
Allendale, May 2*57—Tiflt duel
in a grocery store in this city
Saturday night, J. C. Harley .
was severely wounded, being
shot four times, and Green Wil
liams was shot twice. The two
men are said to have had trou
ble some time ago and when
they met ill the store the quar
rel was renewed and the shooting"
occurred. Harley was shot twice
in the head and twice in the
body. He is a well known far
mer. Both the men are of Al
lendale.
Will Lauris, a negro, was
severely wounded near Allen
dale Saturday night when a
sheriff’s posse was attempting to
arrest him in order to seize
whiskey which lie wa9 believed
to have in his keeping. Hay
Williams and Warren Miller,
deputy sheriffs, had attempted
to capture the whiskey, but had
met with resistance, A posse
was formed with Sheriff L. C.
Bennet at its head and in the
pitched battle which followed.
Lauris was shot. The whiskey
was seized and six negroes
arrested.—The State. • •
Blackville. S. C.
Blackville, S. C., May 24,—
Mr. and Mrs. Faust. DeWitt of
Washington, D. C.; are spend
ing a while with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Brown motored over to Orange**
burg Sunday.
Mr. Heyward Williamson, of
Pensacola, Florida, is visiting
his grandmother, Mrs. Ham
mond. ' .
Mrs. Robert Ayer and little
^sou, Robert, Jr., spent last
week-end iu Bamberg with Mrs.
Mrs, E. C.
MR. TOM BLACK.
According to reports received
here on Tuesday Mr. Tom Black,
who lives in the Galilee section,
came to his death early that
morning. A shotgun was found
nearby, by which he came to his
death. The coroner’9 jury whidh
sat on the case gkve the verdict
that he came to his death acci
dentally. .
Mr. Black had been in bad
health for some time. He be
longs to a large and widely
known family. He leaves a wife
and four sons to mourn their
untimely loss.
ED vii JOHNSON.
The coroner’s jury in this case
rendered ® verdict that the negro
above named came to his death
from a gunshot wound at thp^
hands of Juliu9 Johnson. jThe
difficulty arose over the fact that
Ed Lee Johnson was not satisfied
with the way that Juliu9 John
son was plowing his cotton.
dyer’s mother,
Simmons.
• Mr. Charles Duncan of Bath^
S. C., is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
M. Duncan.
• Dr. Morris Rich, of Orange
burg, S. C., spent ‘Sunday with
Dolphus'jhis mother, Mrs. Rika Ricn.
- Miss Nanaline DeWitt, of
.Jacksoh, S^jG*. 9pent la9t week
end with her mother, Mrs.
Yayline DeWitt. J
Mr. and Mr9.Wyatt Browning
spent several days in Columbia
S. C.,
The Wednesday afternoon
Book Club met at the residence
of Mrs, Sam Lowe.
Mr, Claries Lyons who has i
been spending several months
at the Shamrock Hotel, . re
turned to hi9 home in New
York.
Mrs. Charlie Kearse, o?
Allendale,, S. C. t is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs,
"Halford. -«— -—*—
Mrs. J. M. Farrell has re-
after turned a very pleasant
vi9jt to Mt. Clemons, Mich.
Lieut9. Grones and Lewis,
who have beeu stationed- at
Pensacola, Fla., for the past
nine months, have received
their discharge and are How
yrith Dr. Groues’ parents. Mr,
and Mrs. C. F. Grones at the
Shamrock Hotel.
BARNWELL SCHOOL CLOSES.
The commencement exercises
of the B.Yrftvvell Gruded School
will be held in the sehool audi
torium on Friday evening. June
20tli, from 9 to 12 o’clock. The
JAMES HANLEY SUCCUMBS
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Green. Williams and James,
Harley, two white men, last
Saturday afternoon, engaged in
a pistol'duel & Allendale, and
Harley wasi shot through the
abdomen and above the left
eye. He was brought here for.
for treatment Sunday morning
faculty is prepariug for ' the and yesterday morning died at
patron* ano friends of the «ch6ol Uhe BakerTvinitorium from the
a delightfulentertainment Hun.,wouttds inflicted by Williams. ^
-T- - - ‘ - tWrfliAf D HrMarL e< Gsorge 1 Hie rep*** 1 **
•- town, w:.o 1* an attorney at law, Afieiidair yi
Mr. M. C. Lee, qf -k.u*, **•«ha* beeu invited to make an i Williams is in the >
a vdomi visitor in the city [addreee on the occasion. There; jail where he ie H
1 last Friday. I wtii be several to