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u ■ T*'-* fm s ' <i * ^ . - -4jr d "t /V." / I’' / ESTABLISHED 1852 “Largest County Circulation »» : 1. ■INF- u Xf e-P T7T* VOL. LXVII. -iX. 4- BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA; THURSDAY, JUNK 5,319 - - 7 ■' - -j- r- NUMBER 34. £ * ’ A r HON. JAMES—E.—DAVIS ADDRESSES COUNTY VOTERS "W* f Candidate For State Senate Writes . Brief History of Court House. To the People of Barnwell Odunty: * It i is .doe to myself and ray . candidacy for the Seuate to in form the public of the true facts underlying the opposition to me by certain people residing in the towns of Black?ilie and Willis- ton. It is known to all men who read the papers that at the last session .of the legislature I thwarted the efforts of cer* tain people' • ■ in BlackviHe to procure', an election -to have the court house removed from Barnvyll j<Q the last uajqed town by introducing and procur ing fbe passage of a bill prohib iting" the location of any court house within eight miles of a county line. Now what are the facts? In the year 1S7Q, just after the Civil War, a few raerchants.of foreign birth, aided and abutted by oth ers, procured the passage of & bill through the black republican legislature, who at t?>ai time had control of our State, of a bill en titled “an act to yro.vide lor the location of the* court house in Blackville and for the removal of the records thereto,” . Tins bill provided that it the people of BlackviHe would de posit with the Secretary of State a certificate to the effect that they would build & court bouse and jail in said town and pay for the same, then automatical ly the records of the county should be removed to BlackviHe, and henceforward and forever BlackviHe was to be the couuty seat. This Was done, and Barn well for a time lost the court house. lu the course of time the law yers of Barnwell couuty aided by the best people and taxpayers procured from the legislatuVe an ^act referring to the people' the question of where the court house of said county should be located, and at that electiou the town of Continu-d on p»g<* five. “T" BARNWELL CAP WINS. The auto races held - in Orangeburg on last Friday were witnessed by an enthusi astic Crowd of 1,000 persons. The one mile raCe was won by E. L. Merino in a Packard in 1 minutei, 20 and 2*5 seconds. The 5 - mile race was also- won by E. L. Merino Tin 6 minutes and 55 seconds. Rey nolds in an Oakland was second. Bethea iu a Chalmers won the ten mile race in 14 minutes," 2 and 1-5 seconds. E. L. Merino being- second. The 20 mile race was also won by Bethea in the same car. His time was 20 min utes 1L and 1-5 seconds. The car driven by Mr. Bethea was owned by Vickery Brothers o| Barn well.'-^ . The driving of Bethea in this car was the big feature of the afternoon. He had the misfor tune to run a wheel off in* the 1 mile race. The same trouble happened to Reynolds in the 20 mile race. J SIX STILLS CAPTURED NEAR WILLISTON. Williston, May 30.-rSpecial: State Constable W. F. Ussery and Deputy Collector JV, G. Fanning captured a whiskey still and a quantity.^? beer pe#r Ashley Station Tuesday\ and jail two white mee-- plared~ I C. S. Sfclebee and E^lcKjupev. Wednesday , .*ame officer-* captured iu AlleudaW bounty. A11-‘of the etiJU Avene in a radio* of -throe 4“ 1 X... rWill Represent Whole People.—Is Not Backed by any Cli que, Clan or Fac- ■* v‘ i tion.-Saya Methods of -His Opponents * 4 J> • v # tween the Sections of the County.-Pertinent Questions Be- KZJIW.iLa*! .e Asked. U«ijH TO THE VOTERS OF BARNWELL COUNTY: ** Read this letter and think; then vote for the best interest of Barnwell County. I believe that all public offices belong to the people, and that any worthy citizen has a right to offer to serve the people, and that it is the province of the whole people to select their representa tives. I don’t believe that any man has a right to try to monopolize all the offices in any County or State, or that any clique or jcrowd of people have a right to dictate to the whole people whom they should vote for. In my announcement for the Senate I stated that if elected I r would represent the whole people, and that I was not backed by any clique, clan or faction. I reiterate this now-, and state that any report to the contrary, circulated by any candidate or his supporters, is untrue. I am run ning because I can render, l believe better service to the County, than either of the gentlemen who are opposing me. I am running because it is my ambition to serve the people as their representa tive in the Senate of South Carolina. __ * f ** ’ I believe tHat no people can be a great people, no County a great and prosperous County, no country a great country, that is not united in its efforts for the common good. What is the situation in Barnwell County? Mr. Kennedy is trying to ride into office as the candidate of one side of the County, and Mr. Davis is trying to quit one job and ask the people for another, because he happened tb oppose in the Legislature, something that one side of the County wanted. HoWCan we hope to get together aiid build good roads, the cfyiag need for which we see around us every day; how can . we build bigger schools and better schools, as long as the County is divided? I appeal to the com mon sense of the people of the County to get together and elect as their Senator a man who will do something for the County as a whole; one who will know no section or faction when it comes to * working for the common good of the people. Some of Mr. Kennedy’s supporters seem to think that if elected Mr. Kennedy can take the Court House in a weel barrow and move it wherever he pleases. .Others seem to think, or Mr. Davis would have them believe, that it is necessary to elect Mr. Davis to the Senate to keep this from be ing done. God save the mark! Can the people be fooled, all of them, all the-time? Mr. Kennedy can no more go to4he Senate and move the Court House than he cap make the waters of Turkey Creek run up stream. On the other hand, Mr. Davis has lived in Barnwell, for nigh unto forty years, and the people have never elected him Senator, and the Court House is still in Barnwell, on the »im6 spot where it was built. What is all this talk for? ISBUEBr-something for each of them to get behind and ride into office, without giving'the people • chance to^gjye them the “once over” to size their general qualifications for the office tiTwhich they seek election. Do you believe that the best interest of the people of the County will be best served by elect ing eitheyMr. Kennedy or Mr. Davis? V . , ^ v ^ Do^ou believe that if elected, Mr. Kennedy, being a banker and rich man, would give suffi cient of his time to the duties that would devolve upon him as Senator? Do you believe that Mr. Kennedy would sacrifice hjs business interests to serve the people? Do you believe that Mr. Davis could serve the people better in the Senate than in the House of Representatives? He is in the House n6w, and if elected to the Senate BarnwelLwill lose one Representative in the Legislature for the balance of this term? Do you believe that the election of Mr. Davis, or Mr. Kennedy, would bring the people of the County any closer together, or would it widen the breach? If elected, will Mr‘-Davis or Mr. Kennedy represent all the people in the County? Would the election of Mr. Kennedy or Mr. Davis aid the movement for good roads and better schools throughout the entire county, or would th6 election of either mean the neglect of one side or the' other of the County? U , Do you think Mr. pavis should ask you to elect him to the Senate when he has just been elect ed to the House, and one place is just as important as the other? Does Mr. Davis really represent the people? Did Mr. Davis represent the people during the last Legislature, when, after the people had voted down the County Court bill, he went back to the Legislature and tried to pass the same law, without submittHuHtto-the people? . ^ “By their fruits ye shall know them.” X , " Answer these questions for yourself and vote for the best interest of Barnwell County, and if you elect me Senator I shall at all times endeavor to represent the County in such manner as to bring credit to myself and honor to the County. t Pol. adv. lit.* Kd md Mi issued ftN rfto .*hdn l a J A. X-X-X* X i - t •> i < > I TROUBLE OVER DOG COSTS TWO LIVES • V Allendale Citizens Shoot Each Other to Death. . * : 1 r K Allendale, May '29.—J. W. Hogg, one of Allendale county’s largest^ and most prominent farmers, residing near Allen dale j and S. M. Marley . of Cohen’s Bluff, AllendaleUounty, shot each other to death at Marley’s home this afternoon about 4 o’clock, both dyings almost immediately. 'Only meager details are obtain* able tonight, but report says that, Hogg accompanied oy a man named Lewis, jjkat to tbs t • ■ 4 Marley then qnej Hogg'With a £ automatic shot-" S in loaded with buckshot. ogg .fall mortally wounded but drew his pistol and shot Marley death a? tbs latter was running away. The buck shot inflicted a horrible wound in Hogg’s chest. Marley was shot four times. ' Hogg, who is survived by a wife- and three children, ' it from'one of the most promi nent families of this section. Marley is unmarried. The in quests. it it understood, will be held tom morrow morning.- The State. June 2. According to testi mony givsn at the inquest held before Solicitor R. L. Gunter at Aiken the reports i sent out do not tally with as above do not tally later reports which are to the effect that after the killing of Hogg by Marley the latter was induced to come out of his house on the ground that ha would be protected in giving himself up to the sheriff Carrie Stanley who was separ ated from her husband, but waa at this time housekeeper for Mar ley is being held in jail aa a material witnest; Her testi mony implicates a number of well known mao. A fuller ac count of the testimony will ap pear later. BLACKYILLE, LG. s .. BlackviHe, 8. (!., May 31- Miss Kitty Browning has re turned jljome after a very plea sant visit in Charleston. Miss Florrie May Smith spent the week-end in Orangeburg. Lieut J. Stender who was the guest of Mr. Wyatt Brown ing has returned to his home in Charleston. Mrs. W. W. Maloney has re turned from a very pleasant visit in Savannah. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Graves and children, and Mr. Law rence Grover of Savannah spent the week-end with their parents Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Groves.—The Chronicle. ■rhiti A t * I 1 ‘1 I t f f | f | ||| M | t | f t | t| | g| , , ; COURT PROCEEDINGS. The following oasea have been disposed of this wssk : Jefferson Smalls pledded guilty to violating prohibition law, was sentenced 1300.00 or serve six months, upon pay ment of $125.00; balance of sentence was suspended during good behavior. w Stanley Anderson was found not guilty of pointing fifearms. John Butler was found guilty r of kidnapping. JjUli* Mitchell was. acquitted Tor murder of her husband. Eugene Walker was convicted of housebreaking, and has not yet been-sentenced. : _____ Leon Brown pleaded guilty to housebreaking and larceny and , was-sentenced to six months in j the reformatory at Lexington, j£?C. This defendant was only i ll years old. . ' 1 George Williams was acquit- I f**<j juf rape • ft As we go to prem Julius Jaha* mi j- king tried for the murder