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V y. BSTHBLISH BD 1852 Jour $> r- / a- yl V ‘‘LargeiF Co u nty Clrcu I a t i 6 n” VOL. Lxyn. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2 1919] jssssr r. .NUMBER m KING AND QUEEN VISIT PRESIDENT Saturday, Sunday jaad MoiUlay to Be Spent With’ Woodrow Wilson. Washington, Sept/ 27.—King Al bert and Queen Elizabeth_o£3elgium will be guests of the president land Mrs. Wilson at the White House next Saturday, Sunday and Monday, "it was announced today at the state de partment. On Saturday the king will be received by the senate, which to day agreed to recess at 2 : p. m. that \ day to receive him. Assitant Secretary Breckinridge -f " ^ , Long, of the state department, will go to New York to extend formal welcome to the king and his party when they arrive Wednesday on the transport George Washington. The president will not be present in per- ■A son to greet the Belgian ruler be cause- of an attack of nervous ex haustion which forged him to cut short his speaking ttjurj . Final plans “for thd entertainment of the Belgian party during the stav in the United States will not be announced before ‘Mondavi- it—was. FARMERS TO VISIT r ALABAMA ANP. GEORGIA Party of Barnwell .County Farmers To Leave on October 6th. said today at the state department. The program caljes for a trip of the party across -the continent to San Francisco.—The State. 7' Bubbles From Boiling Springs. We are dry some, and them some more, down this wav.—A little of the rain we had In August would be" more than appreciated. ’ The cotton-crop 'is short and is bCing rapidlyi gathered, money will not be as plentiful here this fall as it was last year and the automobile people will ITot do near the business. L)r. Alexander Sprunt, pastor of the first Presbyterian church of Charleston, left on Friday "after /holding a meeting oT several days “here. The Dr.^ gave us some fine sermons which arc calculated to do a v It'V-qf Rood. - • s -Mr. arid Mrs. J. C. Fowke have re turned from an outing at Blufton, and report a very pleasant time Mr. .Sam H. Hayy-pf. Washington, I). C., has returned after a pleasant Stay of about ten daya.witb relatives here. ' Mr/ Stephen Ellis has gone back to sc hool at Spartanburg after spend ing the holidays ,with his parents near here Miss Ellen Fowke is attending the ^eveftd. of the folkS~bere attended the weddin^in Charleston of Miss "CTfira Hay to Lieut. Carton Steele. The bride was a former .resident of- this place. •-..Messrs Hugh Fowke and Edwin Ellis made a flying trip to Blufton recently. The school here is scheduled to start before long. Th^same teach er v.e had last term will be back with ai s. '• . Definite plans have been made by Mr. Fuller, Southern Railway Agri cultural Agent and H. G. Boylest^h, County Agent of Barnwell County, to go on an automobile trip through Georgia and Alabama with a party of farmers and.^msiness men from this section. The purpose of this trip is for us to acquaint ourselves from personal observation with what has been and what is being done to. suc cessfully farm under boll weevil con-, ditions. There is nothing that will so forcibly impress the farmer with what he new has to do under the boll weevil conditions as seeing with his own eyes what the pther farmers are doing who have learned to succesfully cope with this pest. In view of- this fact this trip has been planned? . Every body is welcome to go on this trip. All you. have to do is to up a party and join us." The party will start from the Plaza Hotpl. Augqsta, next Monday a. m.. October 6th, at 11 o’clock. — Every body be there on time as the trip will begin on time. The trip will likely take-about. a week to make it. Let us all ^et together and have a larg'e number of., automobile^. The following men say they Are going from Blackviile: Messrs, E. C. Matthews, J." G. Mathews,--/J. V. Mathews,- Herman Brown, J. M. Farrell E. IT. and GTE. Weissinger, C. J. Fickling, R. B. Fielding, L. O. Still and.-many others. Come go with. us. We will be glad to hi^ve you. -\» , . BUMP! BAM! AND SLAM. (By Duboise.) Bump! Bump!! Bam, Slam, Whang. Dtbbdle and Wampus Cat! ! !' Tbew the same thing over and over again all along, our^ public roads as-'the patient and impatient, Christian and unchristian auto driver wepds his gassing way from pillar to post or from Donoua to Barnwell. What’s a poor automobile going to do? Tell me that and tell it quickly or I faint ’ere the information reaches me? The automobile, the motor car, the gas wagon, the buzz buggy, the Tin Lizzie, the John-Henry, the Hudson „ , « . Superstitious, the Liberty Bell, the Turman School m Augusta. - Dodge> the Puiek, the Chal- WIRE FENCE CAMPAIGN. i County Agent Boyieston, has the following siSy In reference to the Wire Fence Campaign. , We now have our prices on wire fencing. WeTwill buy Pittsburg and Ameriqaji^ fencing, as. I have ar ranged to get wire in car load ship ment through .dealers j^u Barnwell couqty at a very close price/the deal ers are only charging a small amount for ordering the wire for us and J will personally make up thfe orders and supervise the delivery. Come _.ir» to my office in Barnwell on Satur- flays and place your orders now. I J ^ will try and have aemfe meetings in the different communities and make _ up. these-ea^Tbt shiptiwnts. I would like to jitate that I 'can help^you to get good wire at the cheapest pos sible price. We are also making up shipment of red cedar and black tent c locust post .jghich cost us from 33 to -42 1-2 cents a piece. Two cars of wire and "two cars of red cedar posts were Ordered last week and I have listed 4,000 mord red cedar pasts to be bought- right away. . ~r~ZTT"~ ^rt t Mr. Albert Snelling, of this city, •and Miss Griffin, one of the teachers-UfiOyiction Of being members of the at WiUistnn, spent last week-end with relatives of Miss -Griffin, at Greenwood, S. C. ' N j meritess or the what-ever-not that ■wiggles its tortuous way over Barn well JCounty roads is a -recognized and licensed mode of transport and it seems to “weuns” that the roads MIGHT, mind y,ou, I sa‘y MIGHT be improved. • ^ By Golly, it is a dog-gone shame the condition our roads are in. I say it’s plumb, disgusting. “Why -if a fellow, tries to/speed along at a reasonable rate his liver will be jolted until there !will be flutes and frills enough around the edges to give him billious colic and we do believe that over the HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK. I have been verty fortunate to be able, to secure the assistance of Miss Marie White, Assistant State Home Demonstration Agent, of Winthrop College, for the week October 6-10. The following Women’s w Home Demonstration Clubs .will meet. All club members please take notice and make plans to attend the meeting'of your club. Miss White will demon strate the making of pastry, pies and the basting of meats. Anyone who is not a club member and is interested in this line of work is invited to at tend these meetings. Monday, October 6th—Pleasant Hill, at School House, 4 P. M. Tuesday, October 7—Double Ponds School House, 10 A. M. — : “——^ Tuesday, October 7—Kline School House, 4 P. M. -i • Wednesday,// October 8—Long Branch, School House, 1-0 A. M. Wednesday,.-October 8—San Hill School House, 4. P. M. Thursday, October 9—Yenome, Mrs. W. P. Morris, 10 A. M. Thursday, October 9—Sycamore, School House, 4 P. M. J^riday, October 10—-Hercules,, School House, TO A. M. OH, WHAT IS SO RARE? We just counldn’t help it. We did not mean to listen, but the girl using the telephone was standing very close. -•« A young man had called her .up y and she was saying: “I’m aw^ul sorry, but Mother doesn’t want me to go to the dance tonight. I hope you will not be inconvenienced. I am awful sorry.” *>• And ;she did it so gracefully and so sweetly—just . to- please her BARNWELL HIGH SCHOOL DOTS/ v fS * *- * * * *® * * * * * School days are*here. School opened oh Friday, Sept. 26, with an enrollment of one hundred and seventy-two pupils. We Were glad to see so many of *>e patronS*of he school out for the occasion. The program consisted of several speed)- mother The girl is popular and she loves to daiy:e. She is not a girl who has all the pleasures of the rich, either. She really wanted- to go to that dance. You ’could tell it by her voiee. She wasr/t turning the young man down because she didn’t care to ge. She was denying herself; she was making an act, as the Catholics say, just to please Mother. How we woufd like to print her name. Such girls are so rare to day—this day of the one-step and the fox-trot, etc. We have felt better and stronger ever since we overheard the girl talking over the phone; tion. We also had several selections of music that would do credit to any city. We hope the interest will not die out, for we want this year to be the best year in the history of the school. We hope the patrons will Friday, October 10—Big Fork School House, 4 P. M. I hope we will have a good attend ance at all of these meetings. No club member should miss hearing Miss White. — 1 Eloise Cave, Home Demonstration Agent. DR. GEORGE HAIR ELECTED. Orangeburg, Sept. 26—The Edisto Dental.Society, consisting of Orange burg, Calhoun, Dorchester, Bamberg, Barnwell and surrounding Counties, held its regular tnondhly meeting yesterday at North. The meeting was opened with prayer by Dr. Hair, of BambeVg, after which the presi dent vyelcqmed a number of doctors &ho had seen service in the great war and who are . members of this society. Dr. Cannon, of St. Matth ews, eX-Cfcptain, in the dental corps of the Eighty-first division, spoke**of his experience and practice in the army-.- J)r. George Hair, of Bam berg, gave a descriptive -lecture on the making of swedged open faced crowns. Several 6ther subjects were discussed prttaming to dentistry, after which the annual election of of ficers took place. Dr. George Hair, of Bamberg, succeeded Dr. W. K. Walker, of Orangeburg as president. Dr v Hooks, of^ Ehrhardt, succeeded Dr. Morris Rich, of Orangeburg, as secretary and treasurer. The society was served with a delightful banquet by Dr. Legare Davis, of North. The next monthly meeting will be held at Denmark. * ' Dr. Hair is' a member of a well known Barnwell county family and wasJuraseif born and reared near Blacjcville, where his mother, Mrs. J. E. Hair and many other relatives now reside. •• * _THE MALE OF THE SPECIES. Frequently we have re^d and heard of the nagging woman;, but what have. we to say of the pag- ging man? You are astonished, are you not? You always suppose that exasper ating art" was the privilege sblely of the gentle sex;- Well it isn’t by a long shot-. Of course when a he-man nags, he goes about it in a different sort of manner as a rule. He just points around the house for days and re fuses to speak to the little wife. He will come in after the day’s work.’ and the few hoiirs that should be the best of the twenty-four, he““de votes to smoking, hi^ rotten old pipe and reading t^ie paper.’ ' Gets itp and .walks out of the room—to bed. Tf she speaks, he growls like an ill- humored dog. If she gets angry at him and lets out I on him as he de serves^ he accuses her of nagging. Poor woman! She ought to get ujj and leave!. But of .corrrKe shd thinks of all the gossijh-r-and stays Then there is another-fellow— the all-wise /guy who really thinks 'his wifg_a very stupid creature and disputes any assertion she may venture to niake. If she pins him down and proves, the truth of what she says tn he grunts—or cusses, mayba. \ Listen, little woman L if jyour hus- atoresaid road witl lead to jthe devel opment of a blue ribbon ‘fever-cake.’ • Rise" brother rise! go on a strike. Ah, that’s ^lt, go on a strike ’cause every bodys doing it, why not you? Strike for better roads, strike while the holes are deepest,.. strike while the sand is meanest at th^ bottom of .hilla. You know what I maun. Those old deep rutty sand-washes right plump at the bottom o^ a dern mean hill.' Then too,, I guess you are acquainted with those"well knqwn and far famed holes that lie in wait at each side of all bridges. What’s you gwineter do and how’re you gwineter do it? .' P. S. They even tell us that there are bumps in the air and the aviator has to ware of air pockets. Do ware help us! 1 Member* of Allan Gang May Go Fro* JO" Richmond, Ya. l)r Sept.26-—Indica tions are that the pleas of ah aged and greyhaired man will soon result i^ Wesley and Sidna Edwards being released from the 'Virginia peniten tiary. * Both are serving time on Allen clfn that shot up the court? house in Hillsville in 1912. ' - i Capt. i, A. Meyer, of Meyers MiH, was in Barnwell on Monday. t ' ' Miss Emma Kirkland spent last week-end ih Blackviile.. PENSION BOARD MEETS •V., l^and is one of these men, just treat him as though you didn’t know he was around, except to look after him as you would an unaccountable, sulky infant. Have his meals ready the_house spick-and-span, then he will have nothing to kick about. When he comes home and buries himself, slip out and go see Marguerite Clark or Charlie Chaplin. Let bim sulk 4-along. Don’t you let it make you miserable. In the end the big b^by The Barnwell County . Pension Board met in the Judge of Probate’s office Monday Tor the purpose of en rolling all pensioners who have here tofore been on the roll and receiving pensions* howerer, very few ap peared. Mr. R. M. Munns, from Four Mile Township, was the only confederate veteran that appeared. We^otrldZsuggest that-all pensioners that is to say, all confederate veter ans and.widows who have been re ceiving pensions prior to this year, ge^at once to the office of the Judge of Probate „ and re-register, and if possibfrriake two witnesses that were in the same company to sign the ap plication with you, and the widows of Confederate veterans who have been receiving pensions, must also go and taka two witnesses- with ihemy-who' were in^the service svith their hus- banefs.. ^This is important as the re cent act of the legislature bars all who do not re-register. Mr. Harry G. Boyieston, the farm demonstration agent, was in Barn well Monday advocating the fencing but of the Boll Weevil, and advising the farmers 1iow to treat post* • and what kind of wire fencing to purch ase. .Mr. Boyieston ieenjs to be thoroughly enthused in his work and the advocacy of fencing the farm*. Miss HattiejJ.ee Sanders spent la^t week-end with her sister, at^Cave^ will come to his senses. It is our unofficial opinion that the -female naggers outnumber the male Of- the species. But you know one or two, don’t you, ladies? Sheriff C. Keys Sanders captured two liquor distilleries and arrestee three parties connected - therewith, near Blackviile last week. Sheriff Sanders is determined to stop the illicit distilling of .liquor.^ , k ’ — m Dr. D. 1C Briggs„„ of^ felackviHe was in BarnwgfT Monday attending to legal business in the Probate of fice., ' • * r. « ’ v ’ Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Manning pm daughters,Misses Elizabeth and Fran cis, of EUcu, were visitors *in this Luiie Moore, Editress. SLEEP BY WAYSIDE RUDELY DISTURBED Barnwell Men Lore 5-Gallon Kag of fi Whiskey—Now Out On Bond. Two white men 'from Barnwell county, one of them from "the county seat, were found 'peacefully sleeping by.the wayside in Alk*idale county, near the river, one day early this week, by Magistrate I. L. .Eubanks and hi* constable, Gordon W. Owens. es a on the different phases of educa^ ^Naturally, Mr. Eubanks would not come to see us and give us a word jSV encouragement. - ' ‘ Miss Emily Porter left for Con verse last week. We hope she will have a very successful year. We are all glad to know that Miss- Kate Simms, who has been sick for some time-, is improving. - - The many friends of Herman Mazursky will be glad to know that he has entered the Senior class and %*nueh pleased'with his work. A letter from Frank Kirkland has been received.* He-is -now a member of "the Sew an&e""Military Academy, having made the Sophomore and Junior Classes. bother a man who' was doing nothing more drastic than sleeifing, but near the improvised bed of ttie two Banr- well men the magistrate saw a 5- galloh keg of com whiskey. The men, upon being awakened were astonished to think that the magistrate would entertain an idea LIQUOR FLOWS IN STREETS And Some Thirsty Ones Drink Freely From Flowing Gutterr. I -y . York, Sept. of their having..anything to do with whiskey, alid they fully explained to the officer that the whiskey was not theirs. They said that is belonged to some negroes, who, upon their /ap pearance, ran and left the keg, and that they were going to take it to the sheriff, as would befit a law-abid ing citizen. ! However, Magistrate Eubanks told them that he would take the whiskey j to thb sheriff, and asked them to train along, so that the two men »* were brought to Allendale and placed under bond for appearance at a later date. The whiskey, which has a smell indicating that it was “mode in Georgia,” is being held Sheriff lennett.—Allendale Citizen. 26—Elevew gallons and a half of newly-made corn liqupj fell into the h^nds of officers yester day morning following a raid in King’s Mountain near King’s Moun tain battleground. A brand-new clipper still of about thirty-five gal lons capacity was also captured by the officers. The liquor was brought to York and poured into' the gutter on the courthouse square yesterday after noon, the action of the authorities being witnessed large number of local people including"a-npmber>f “liqdor heads’ who breathed sighs of regret as the fiery fluid^TdunTF its way down the gutter toward the di rection of Broad River. ' Several negjoes who were present got down on their stomachs and drank all they Could of the.'liquor as it swiftly flowed - ." None of them got enough however to cause any outward indi cations or unconfined joy. 0 Blockade liffuor in York County is said to sell foT $12 a gallon at the distillers the purchaser taking all the risk of transporting. THE TOWN JOURNAL. The weekly newspaper promotes the interests of .the town in which it is published to such an extent that it becomes impossible to place an estimate upon its worth. -There is no enterprise that does so much for the corporation or the individual, citizen as' the local paper. TFstandsT opposed to the town knockZ er, the town kicker, the town'fanatic, and the town drones. 5 It stands for action as against dry rot. It stands fwf progress as against stagnation. It is ever ready ,to combat the schemes of visionaries an<l as ready to aid the level-headed citizens. It is for the upbuilding of the commu nity. The paper has not come into its own, however, because it is never appreciated to the extent of its worth by the people at large. ' Yet when battles are to be fought for tqwn or country a rush is made to the newspaper office always to find the loyal editor ready, frequently ; ^without hope of reward. Many other enterprises are eir- city Monday. Dr. L. C. Mace has purchased the residence of W. H. Manning .on Washington^ Street and is now re- sidioff ther& Messrs. L. A. Searson and W. T. Googe, of! Allendale, began the checking on Monday of the endebted- ness of^ Barnwell and Allendale Cooties with a viesr of effecting a settlement between'the two counties. •Hr. W. B. Rook, a"memb«r af. the force of the “Dillon Herald/’ was in this city a few days this week. for Gantt's special offers inAnaxt weeks issue. „ ■< couraged by a bonus, but rarely is thevnewspaper offered any such help and still more often not giving the support it is entitled to. . Communities frequently lose sight of their real benefactor when they fail to recognize the weekly journal as such. The editor and his* paper Stand, at the bulwark of defense —C.—^—-'w-ri ~ //**—~ against the attacks of evil or design ing schemes affecting the good of the individual of the town. ?For these and various other rea sons, the newspapers of the Town and county should receive the support of the public at large in a liberal de gree, for it is really the most import ant business enterprise of the com munity. . ' ; k-- T SNELLING DOTS. Rey._ Edwards from Lesville deli vered a fine sermon at Seven Pines Church Sunday, as our regular Pas tor Rev. J. M. Kneece was sick. - Many hearts were made glad at the return of Mr. Allen Hill, Satur day, who has been in France for a Ion while, r-'- - , Mr. W B. Parker is remodling"’ lis home here and will move in soon 0 Mr. P. W. Patterson is traveling for the Continental Gin Company. Mr. S. E. More was in Augusta several days last week on business. 'Mr.and Mrs. A. M. Sanders and litle daughters spent Thursday with their sister Mr*. W. L. Baxley. r 'V Some of the farmers seemrfo be very prosperous as the gins day and night. run SHOT BUT DID NOT KNOW IT. Wilmington, N. C., Sept 26—Quo Vadis Wooten, a girl fourteen yearn of age.jiwoke yesterday from a nap at her Home" in Jones County and found that she was unable to move her body. , After home remedies h*d failed a physician was summoned, and he found that the girl had been shot in the back by a younger sister, the 22-caliber bullet, penetrating the spinal ~ column. The girl was not awakened by the shot and knew^pet^- ing of the occurence. She is in a, hospital and it is said that her con dition „ is . precarious.—News and Courier. r Mr.^ Alphonse Kennedy was moned to ^illiston on Sunday to bed side ofnis mother who to hre reward. The funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at her late residence by her present and former pastors, / Rev. Mr. Carnett and -Dr. W. M. 7 Jones. Interment was made in the Williston cemetery. Mrs. J. J. Vjckery, Mrs. D.. C. Vickery, Mrs. Davjson and Miss Jack Saunders, spent Wednesday in Au gusta. / Miss Olive Rook, one of the teach^ era of the VarnVille High School/ spent last week-end at her horn# itf this city. , All Hebrew stores will be dosed from Friday afternoon sundown until Satur day afternoon su down it celebration of the Day of Alhnement. v Mr. L, F. Hair/ of Blackviile, waa one of the veterans in Barn wen on Monday. Mrs. Wesley Black, who haa ill for some months, died on Her remains were laid to rest in the Reedy Branch church yard. The funeral exercises were conducted A? Dr. W. M. Jones, the postal^ of Barn weir Baptist Church. i Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ellis, Jr.* < Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Meyere Mill, wan well Tuesday.