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CARSWELL, SOUTH CAROLES'A, THURSDAY, JUNE Jti, 1919
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UNION MEETING TO BE
HELD ON JUNE 28 AND 29
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Program For Union Meeting of The'
Barnwell Association Which
Starts June 28th, 1919.
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TIME : LOY'Jb Government time.
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No. 1. Bethany.
No. 2. Great Salkehatchie,
No d. Healing Springs.
HUERIKS--
J. What is a New Testament
Church, and What Should
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dividual Member Toward
It?
. 1 N. H. Fender. Robert
_ Black. Til09. Clayton.
■J. K IL Fickling, A. M.
Kennedy. F. P. I
I). S. Deer, J. O. Sand
ers, J. L. Proveaux.
11. Preparation for and Value
of Personal Work in a
K-vivair——
I. D. <>. Ilunb r, G. P».
Ktward. < ►. J. Frier.
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SHIPS AT SCAPA FLOW
SENT TO THE BOTTOM
Nine Battleships, Eleven Cruisers and
- 28 I>estroyers Sunk by Mem-?
bers of Crew.
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Barnwell, J uiie 21.—The wed
ding of Miss Flossie Patterson,
youngest daughter of M rs James
O’Hannon Patterson, to Ralph
Smith was solemnized Wednes-
London,June 21.-(By Asso
eiated Press).--The German of- ‘
ficers and sailors forming the
complement of the German ships
interned at Scapa Flow sank
most of the fleet today. All the
big ships, the battleships and
battle Cruisers except the Baden,
and numerous smaller crafts
were sunk, while others went
ashore in half-sunkexfr Con
dition. “
—Fight de>4Kiyers were beached
bv tugs, four are still afloat,
while tiro remnfnder \renf un
der.
Hie wholesale sinking of th.e
German.ships .which were sur
rendered under the terms of the
arniwti.e, was carefully a-
• mrged by the officers and crews.
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had been removed
the only means
da^vetiing at 8 :f>0 - o’clock at
the lovely old PattersoirTiome , _ ......
in flarnweU. Only relatives Baptist Churtrh morning and Friday night in the school audi-
WILL1ST0N NEWS NOTED.
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Rev. D. L. Hilia well known
young Baptist minister of Con
way, S. yv, will' speak to thr
Williston Baraca Clcs.s Sunday
morning, June 29th at regular
class sessisn at 10 a. in. He
will also preach in the Williston
and close friends of the family
witnessed the ceremony, but the
large reception that followed
immediately afterwards was at
tended by friends from far and
near, for the wedding was one
of the most brilliant and inter
esting that has been lreld in the
State for some time.
The spacious old colonial home
lent itself charmingly to the de-.
■u.irations of waving green ferns
a lid Shasta dairies. -The/ watft er College, have rrtuHied from
evening of same 1 day, the 3th.
Sunday at* the usual tijrne. A
cordiad invitation is extended to
all to hear Mr. Hill.
The many friends of Mr. W.
C. Smith, Jr. are glad to know
that he is rapidly improving and
will soon be abhr to leave hos
pital in Augusta for his home in
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Mrs. \V. C. Smith and daugh
BARNWELL GRADED SCHOOL
ENDS SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Closing Exercises Held In School
Auditorium Friday Night.—Three
In Graduating Class.
The event which was
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of the drawingroom where the.
ceremony was performed was a
mass of asparagus fern. A large
arch-in the far corner of the
room was attractive in white and
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of.the two j-tej
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friend- '
Annopplis where they went to
attend the graduation of Knsign
Murray Smith, who is al-o visit
ing his parentsJiefoiv taking U]
l»i> regular work «f safeguard-
l niied State- as an
New Assignment Means Promotion
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for Columbian in Diplomatic
Service of United States. - "
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Carolina will.soon Rave a fnll
fledged ambassador, the presi
dent* today having nominated
Capt. Witliam K. "Gonzales of
Columbia, now minister to Cuba,
to be ambassador extraordinary
for a rjgid'.eeonomy to .redu‘e and plenipotentiary to Peru,
some pf the Claims made neces-. This change is a promotion for
sary by their nedr building pro- Captain -Gonzales, He was
made minister to Cuba at the
beginning of the-Wilson admin
istration and has performed the -
toriurn marked—tlie close of a
su-sion notable for usual diffi
culties which hud been.splendid
ly met. The school was first
confronted with a stern demand
gram. On its opening day its
principal resigned. This was
met by the fortunate circum-
ter+ Miss Hattie Qinltlr, of L&frfT- "' [tiVAU ' having' u trained t dii- tluties of tliat jmsition with
cation in the Rev. A~. Rufus ; honor to the United-States.
Morgan, the rector.*-ut *' '' J
F.piscopal church. Too mucu 711 m*ciutai tu )
praise cjui not be given, to Mr. j the npibassadcr cla < -s and to-
I Hei-t ikIv by an ac t of C“ n g r ets
1 h *it .wa- decided to place Peru in
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Morgan for the public -j irited jdav’s nomination is aucther step
’-t-rr in -that he gave to the Barn- in the mailer.
well schools during last se-sion
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The bride entered with her
hbHt—seas brother, J. O. Patterson, of
When the German
fleet surrendered last Novo.r - Barnwell. Her tulle veil was j board, and is now the president!
lit was imi-ii r of Bam- ,
nty until tin olliue was
with that of proliate \
judge. Later he was made j
chairman of the local exemption
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ber and was taken to Scapa Flow caught with orange blossoms in
it comprised nitre battle ships,; fan fashion aboQt her face. Her
five battle cruisers,^seven light
ciuisefs and 50 destroyers. As
far a9 is kuown all the ships are
still in Scapa Flow.
HEWS FDR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
All persons dischaigeiLirowi^-Thnpsn, Scotland, June 21.—
e military or naval forces The hoisting of a red flag at
the
residing in and about this vicin
ity can now receive medical at
tention, and medical examina
tion for the filing of applica
tion for compensation. TItb rowed toward the shore. The
United States Public health
ihfl mftdiml ndvi ifirn tTV
tliq Bureau of War Risk In
surance, have established offices
in Blackville, and Dr. D. K.
Briggs, whose address is Black
ville, S. C., has been appointed
as local Government examiner.
All persons desiring to obtain
insurance or filing applications
for compensation , under
guard _ghips. iired at the Ger
mans who jumped overboad and
swam ashore, where thy were
rounded up.
hoisting of a red flag
noon was the signal for the
crews to scuttl^ the German
warships in Scapa Flow.; The
crews took to the boats and
_ . MAYNARD-SADLER
Willistoni June 21.—Mr. and
Mrs.G.C. ^Matthews.announce
the engagement oT their neice,
Miss Annie LauTa Maynard, to
George Wi Sadler of Lane,View,
Va.the wedding^to take place
sonae^time during tli^ summer.
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Blackville, June 21.—Mr. an.d
Mrs. J. M. Halford announce
the marriage of their daughter;
Zelle, to James J. Ray on June
18, the Rev. W./M. Jones of
Barnwell officiating.
Bureau of War Risk Act, must
furnish a medical certificate of
their present physical condition.
These persons, by appligation to
Dr. D. K. Briggs, at Blackville,
S. C., may 4 be examined and alf
.^tecessarY papers filled out free
of charge. Such persons will
also receive, at the expense of
the Government, medical relief,
or be sent to a Government hos
pital or institution, should this
be necessary.
The headquarters for the 5th
District, which comprises the Mr. M. K. Kearse, of Black-
states of North and South Caro- 1 ville, R. F. D., was rf*ballef at
lma, Georgia, Florida and Ten- the Septinel ofhee last Saturday.
iie<j*ee, have been established in ,, ... — . , •
Atiauta. Person*drsinng furth-L. Nfw
tr information should write to Vork and Misses Rota and Pena
t 1 in Brown, of Blai kvlife, were lue
l>r. J. A. SatkiiM, Uoor.i !(#r|ul# „ of Ar
.Aihber ornnsrs Building,TCoheo for v cral * dnjs
Atianu, Gn. - jweek.
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gown, at\ exquisite creation* of
duchess satin and Greeciatl cut
lace, tfas modishly draped to
form a long court train. She
carried a shower bouquet of
brides roses and lilies of the
valley with one lovely Sweet
heart Rose nestling in the
center.
The tiny ring bearer was
Phoebe English Patterson and
little Walker Wilson carried the
prayer book. The bridegroom
was attended by French Young
oj Knoxville and the grooms
men were Larnar Smith of
Anderson, brother of the bride
groom, Walter——of Anderson,
the Methodist 'church of Barm
well, performed the ceremony.
During^the reception, an Au
gusta orchestra played and a
salad 'course and- fruit punch
were served, and later there was
o supper for .the bridal > party.
In the dining room the bride’s
table was _elaborately spread.
Asparagus fern and tulle decked
the chairs, tlie table was spread
with a handsome cluny cover
and in the center wa9 the wed
ding cake, delicately iced in
roses and lilies of tlie valley
with a miniature bride to top it
and a salad course was served
and the wadding cake was cut.
After the retention the scene
of eaiiv wa» trau-fered to the
lovely home of Mrv 8. B. M«»*-
|f$V»i*te^ of the bride, wherr
the young people danewf for into
the night.
Mr. aud Mre- >tnUL left for
of the IL C. Folk Company, one
of the large mercantile establ
ishments of the city. Many
years ago he" was a newspaper
man, and he served as local
newspaper correspondent until a
few years ago. -
, Mr9. Gulielma Fau9t DeWitt,
wife of Mr. W. DeWitt, died
at her home at^Blackville, a few
days ^go. Mrs. DeWitt was
the daughter of Dr. H. M. and
Mrs. Nanni? Faust, and was
born on June 24, 1804, near
Denmark, this County. She is
survived by her husband, and
the following children; H. F.
-EeWitfc, of Washington, P* C.,
W. H. DeWitt. Jr., of Black
ville. One sijgter, Mrs. Pauline
Martin Best of Barnwell, and
Torn Arnold of Spartanburg.
The^Rey v L^ E. Peelej*, pasmr of H e Witt, of Blackville, also sur
vives- her. - The remains were
interred >at the Blackville Ceme
tery the.JLev. E, C. Watson,
Baptist pastor at Blackville con
ducting the funeral services.
BARNWELL COLORID SCHOOL
The annual commencement
this year consisted of two fea
tures. The first was held on
Tuesday afternoon, svlien Prof.
It. Shaw Wilkerson of the Col
ored State College in Orange
burg made tlie principal address.
It is uot generally known tliat
the national government is try
ing to raise the level and stan
dard of farmers. To Help to
ward this end small amounts
are given each year to teach
agriculture. Barnwell has been
fortunate in having Geo. G.
Butler 'the principal of the
Barnwell colored scTTool as its
colored teacher for agriculture.
Principal Butler had prepared
program that could not fail to
interest and encourage all of the
more progressive members of
his race w*ho desire to own th$ir
homes and furm.:.
The exercises at night were
ihose of the Barnwg 11 .school.
h*rm<
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ment and
Salvador.
f GppoMtiftn in -the U. S.
Seunte to the, confirmation .of
Mr. Gonzales has far arisen from
the Liberal Cuban party which
feels tliat he. has been too parti
san. ki all probability the no
mination will be shortly con
firmed.
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a wedding trip to the mourn
tains. Jhey will spend some
time at the Battery Park Hotel,
Asheville, and upon their return
will make their home in Colum
bia. Mrs. Smith spent two
winters there at the College for
Women and has hosts of friends
in that city.
Mr. Smith is a native of
Andersou, but was stationed
for* some time ic Columbia
before-the Thirtieth - Division
went u Francr*- Sine* his dis
charge he has become associated
with the Palmetto Cotton Con-
THE ATTENDANCE OFFICER
M iss Bertie Lucile Wells of
the high school department of
the Williston school of last year
who w*as recently elected as at
tendance officer and supervising
teacher for Barnwell county has
entered^uppn the discharge of
her duties. Miss Wells is high
ly qualified for her duties, being
a graduate of Winthrop college,
and having had practical exper-
ieuce-A? a teacher.
The duties of this officer are
largely defined by"the terms of
the act which created the office.
The office i9 a part of the move
ment to wipe out illiteracy by
compulsory educations Her
first duty will be a census of all
children within the compulsory
ages. A hearty—cooperation
from trustees, and patrons will
be given the county department
of education; and Miss Wells.
The principal address here was
also made by Prof. R. Shaw
Wilkinson. . The graduating
class was composed of Annie
Mae Cave, Sarah Edyth Ryan,
and Margaret Irene Ryan, each
of whpm had a place on the pro- Mr. W. B. Rook, who bos
grang ‘ The colored people* of been connected with the* mt-
Barn well have been very fortu-; chanickl end of the Sentinel for
nate in having had for so nanny uhe pa*t twp years left \est week
years such a mart as Geo, G. ^for Dillon.'S. CLT^hrre bo has
Butler as the head of . their accepted a similar position with
school.. , > the Dillon Herald. His family
• . - - will move later.
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|. Mr. LouL Cohen will leave! Mr^J. B. Armstrong, Jr. loft
Sunday for Near York where he Tuesday morning for
will spend *onse time iu the ♦Ohio, where
northero markou purchasing hi*
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