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w VOL. L£mr \ .X:,f BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA; THURSDAY, • OCTOBER iG 19191 -*s=u. .NUMBER 5L CRIMINAL COURT HELD jfc. AT ALLENDALE Dunbar, Kirkland and Lewi« Acquited of Murdled of H., D. Marley.. '•Before Judge Wilson and various juries :he October term of court last •ed through all of the precedink week end until Tuesday, when it rose after having tried a number of minor cases and four murder cases. . State vs. John Dunbar, Geo. K.trk-' lkitfifand E. C. Lewis. Charge, mur- <Ier;of H. D. Marley on May 29th last, at hi* place.on the Savannah river The casTetOok four days and resulted in an acquital. Gordon, Harley f murder? - ~ -• State vs. Green Williams,'charged -of murdering J. C. Harley in lendafe grocery store: Resulted in an acqliital. " \ State vs, ' '^Acquital. State vs. Eddie Rush. - Charge of ' tnurijej^ wa< found guilty of man- ' - slaughter and sentenced to four year:; at hatd labor. • J. E.-Owens Jr., appeal from the magistrate’iicourt. Appeal reversed. J. R illie Bowers, assault and bat- teiy of a high and aggravated, na- —umv -fooiwl*guHty : and fyrreff^fTJO.' Scott Dr?’bar, murder, fbur.'d guiT ty am! -ente/.ced to serve three years. Ellie Turman,. assault afljd battery yjira high, a - 1 aggravated nature. Guilty and iL’.dd $d*2f>. Mamie Doe, violation of the prohi bition law. Three months Allison Owens, violation phohibi- ——— tft.ii law. hot guilty. J a hies Bryant, violation prohibition law. - Fined $125, suspended during good behavior. • Dave Jeffcnkt. violation prohibi ts, n law. Fried $125. J. R. Blount, violation prohibition la^, fined $100. . . ’ • y Washington Owens, violation pro hibition law. Sentenced to serve six . months or.,pay $150. . , Henry Coleman, obtaining goods _ . • under false juetense. Not guilty. • Practically all of the Barnwell and local bars’Were on some or other of the eases. — .. r COURT CONVENED — HERE QN MONDAY Number of. Caces Disposed of, Many Plead Guilty on .Minor ■ Charges. RED CROSS RENDERED FAITHFUL SERVICES Red , Cross fhird Roll Call Drive MAKE LOW RATES 1 FOR STATE FAIR 1 WEEK From -November 3rd to 11th. ' "Court convened here Monday with Judge Wilson presiding, his charge to the grand jury was precise and clear cut, charging them the law and their duties, and the grand-jury be gan their work earnestly and pushgd •tlie .same with great vigor, complet ing - ail their duties and .were dis^ charged qn Tuesday evening. They found the following true bills: Moss Reaseley, assault and bat- » ' _ f- tery with" intent to kill. Mark O’Neal, assault and battery with intent to kill, j. Peter JamisonTusraaffrand battery with intent to kill. ‘ — ... 3jaV|i O'Neal, carrying: concealer^ weapofTr*. Bob^ Hogg, murder. JfSjrisy ‘ Cauley<—larceny. J. C. B liny on. rape. Cary Ashley,. violation of prohi bition 'lpw. • - 'Tandy Lawton, violation of pfo- hibilion law. . One and One-half Fares on All Rail roads— Through November 3. *£ Perhaps soVne of our people are not familiar with what the Red Cross did during our great war. If you are not, here are just a few things which this splendid organization did for suffering humanity. - Watched over 125,000 sick and f 1 • , . woqnded soldiers -in 57 hospitals in thi$ country, maintained active re lief commissions abroad, from thev English-, channel to the far eastern "coast ofi Siberia, spreading knowl edge. of pubic health with the determ- ;j,'irration>-to put in every home in America one person-capable:, of car ing* for the sick, extendjhg instrus- tiofi in first aid to reach all the schools and factories in the land, ' Reduced rates on all railroads-have been made - for the State fair, which will be held October 27-31, inclusive, The schedule Of rates calls for ap- proximatelyjme and one-half fare-for the ‘rouridUtrip- Much extra equip ment wiR be brought in by the rail roads for the! great, crowd which is •(expected. Tickets will go on'sale October 26, the day prior to the opening of the annqaT event, with a time limit to midnight of November 3. Children between the ages of 5 and 12 years will be charged -one- half fare. A modification of previ ous scheduled this year is.that places i ijj- r- " _ '■ , ■ '« ii ' ■ ■' ' '■ "If ' 1 '■—i 1 V ,n near Columbia will-get the benefit * »x4i A" BARNWELL HIGH SCHOOL DOTS. *„ * Lulie Moore, £ditress. organizing and conducting volunteer.,.is as much as 25 cents. Cliff Greene, (.violation of prohi bition !au v . Paid Wrirrer, - viblqtion of~ prohi bition law. * . Guy Sjjumons, violation of prohi bition law/ ~ life saving corps to combat an •■an-, nual loss of 7,000 Uves by-drowning, holding itself prepared at a moment notice to give surtror to any com munity oc people stricken by sudder) disaster, protecting the interests of tire, discharged sokliers. in trouble or discouraged by lack of* a lob or by illness or-want itr. their families, ad justing their insurance-, allotments arul-ffther business with the govern ment, helping the families of Walter Singleton, violation of pro- American soldiers: who must be .away 35 of the rates where the straight fare The limit heretofore _ has been $1. Fares not mentioned,iiythe schedule may be de termined by adding one-half the amount of the "single fare to the amount charged' one*way. The following'rates wjll apply to poin-ls in this county ■ and nearby: points. * •— • •' — "Rates. Aiken, $2.33 ;• Allendale, $3.47; Bamberg, $2.64; Barnwell, $2.- Kl; Batesburg, $1.46; Blackville, $2.- 2S; Denmark, $2.2S4 v Durbarton,$3.- Fairfax, $3.47. *-* >* 4= * _* * .* - * * t * Our .enrollment; -:has reached ‘ “"so nearly the two hundred mark that we would like to add «rfe more to, make up the difference. New boys ar6 coming to the School every day^and if this week brings as many as last, we will have the.mater ial for a good foot 'ball team. We hope they will come atid help us out. We have th$j best school in the coun ty notv and why should our boys, not conve out and make for us^the best foot ball team? Miss' Virginia M<tseley; our effici- ent basket-boll coach, is whipping the girls'Basket ball team into shape and from all appearance,we will traVF JU91 cause to be proud of our girls. We hppo to be able to plqy some game in the near future. teh- KING COTTON CAN NOT ~~~ ' HEM THE BOLL WEEVIL Farmers Have Wrong Idea Abo«t^ King Cottoiv and Boll Weevil. - L -02T' - Work has been begun on tl nis court. We are going t*r mt this hibition nL»w. j from hor Wesley Joffersoh, violation of pro- ! service or they aTe in 80,000 CENSUS ENUMERATORS ’ * _ The Director of the Census, Hon. 4n Rogers: announcj • that so,i)pu enumerator' will bc^"needed -to^take the next census. The work begins bn January 2nd' and will last about twa.weeks in cities, and a month or more in uiral districts^ Rates of pay \9ill very, depending upon the local ity and . character of the district to • \ r‘ — • be canvassed. The average pay per hibition law. —Leroy Me I.cm ore, grand laMenyT Earnest Davis, assault and bat tery with intent to lull. Jas. -Odom, burglary and '•lurqaqy. Heusey Eubanks, using auto with- 4 • prohi' 1 out owners cOnjspnt. > Henry Sewell, violation of bition law. Alfred Sanders, grtfmf - larceny, r. D. & D. C. Birt, highway. home because hospitals; Here are a few things which the Red Cross expects to do if we stand bv it and enroll as members when allied upon in the Third Roll Call November 3-11: * ~ r “ Build up im* organization’ of traineil nurses and capable volun teers that win*' make epidemics al most impossible; provide care for; mother and babies and thus save for obstructing 1 usefulness thousands of little lives | now sacrificed because of ignorance. THE COUNTRY WEEKLY BEST. The country the home C, M. Pender, breach with fraudulent intent/ Hannah Wroten and Hankinson, arson. Monroe«'Gray, larceny. Dan’l Tilly and Lindsey Lee,/lar ceny. • “Jot? -Goodwin and C. T. Mixson, Violation of prohibition law-. The following pleaded guilty. of trust Arouse every County, in the State to the necessity of securing a public Isabelle | health nurse, whose ser\fices„will be available, to the entire community, rich and poor alike.' 1 Extend relief to communities overwhelmed by fire, pestilence, 'foods and othef “catas trophes. Cooperate with all exist ing welfare agencies with no attempt j to supplant any, but to prevent over- ^fark O'Neal, carrying concealed lapping t ami focus the—works—liitle Moubt- that,~i« somer?w»ys, the- weapoit, $50 or thirty 4ikty s - aim.' of all to the accomplishment of c °ui?try i weekly is the best paper Mark (rN^al, assault and battery greater results, of higl^and aggravated natUrt. $125 Your membership in the Red Cross or 4 montbsi Newell, wiil pnly cost one dollar, can you Jlersrv • “A i - V (■stock, two years.'. Lrcdny, of live think of ary/liiug better that you I 1 could do with tins one dollar \Yhich enumerator at thb * census r .of 4510 -alnott-$-70.^— At-the coming cen- ■ + sus' it_\vill probably be not less than flOO.** * - “Active, intelligent and reliable men and women, not less than 18 years of age. are needed, for .this, task,” said Director Rogers, ‘‘and, in aw • sense, this is a call for volunteers." The importance of a complete and re liable census, espectally in these crit ical times when more than ever, per haps we need complete data regard- ing population, . conditions, tenden cies ami resources, can hardly be over-emphasized. > The reorganrza- - tion of the ^ social and economic sti*ucture and-the readjustment of international relations”necessitateed , by the war must be based on accurate ; -knowledge if-we are to act wisely and deal justly with all classes and ail interests. It is hoped, therefore, * t)iat public-spirited energetic people throughout the country will volunteer to act as census enumerators even though they do not care for the po sition so fa£ as pay is concerned. I should be sorry to think, and I do not believe,-That all out patriotism was Gary Ashley, violation of prohi- , you are called on to £rve? If you bition law, $150 or 4 months. Lpmi want to build a stronger, safer, nap- pier America then be ope of payment of $100 balance of sentence to be suspended. ‘ . U 4 "' •n, WSTfer Singleton, VfotafTon of pro paper fit c(T go'into the home and to be road J6y all members of the family"when they gather around the hickoi^vvood mosquito smudge oh ront veranda of the small towi f ome on summer evenings, or as they ,sitT around the base burner-of the lktle farm home sitting room of cold winter-nights. There are othei*-newspapers with larger circulations, but it is doubt ful if any other has so much influ ence with its subscribers. The fam ily in the small town and on the farm is fn acc-uriLwith the aims and service orf-the good country paper. m "De*pite the .tendency of city pa pers and city folks in general -to ridicule the country paper, there is printed. It comes nearer to ful ; filling the purpose for which it waff established court in the very best condition-. Mr. Still was very kind/m giving us a load of clay and premised us another l»*ad in the near future. W-e hope our friends, rtot in school will take an* interest ill this as it is to he forTne- public as well as the school. -/* Work will-begin tomorrow on the roof of’the school buildlrig. Several leaks have made it ^ery disagreeable for, us. HoweverU after all of the joints have beeh soldtered and a good q'oat of prtMercto paint put on we hope this discomfort will be removed: r- Owifig to the increase in the en rollment this year, it has been neees* sary to put on another,.teacher. We feel that fortune has _lMTmefarmers have gotten the idea that.King Cotton is better to plant in order to grow e mOre cotton ander the Boll Weevil conditions. Some men have gone so far as to buy or contract for car loads of King Cqtton seed this earjy in the Fall. The best authority states that King Cotton is one of the poorest varieties for weevil conditions..*. .Why*? Be cause the weevil will hot puncture bolls sbTong as hekmas a plenty of supply of fresh squares or forms, con- lu it UAU /tun tr^x t u uuriatu of ‘i trV t ii V ' i U ' an K “ A « V ct I t “ Vjf VJL cotton tlmUwill sef a average crop< ,,Z of bolbUand still continue*-to’groa?T~ and/hut On- •new" forms then these much in -directing Miss Amelia Mc- Nab to oufQ|nidst as teacher of the lourtli grade*. Miss Nellie Ray will have ch^ge of the fifth grade. Miss Maroney, tether of Latin and Science,. in the High School and M iss Martmvteacher of the 7th grade, spent the week-end with friends in Charleston. NEW CHURCH AT AlKEN. ms will furnish food for the weevil while those fir^t-boHs are going on to maturity. You will find that King Cotton will TYot/do this. It stops a crop of bolls/stops growing and dis continues yfhaking squares and when the weevil gets numerous in the field, , • ' - v * - w 9 no joeing able tg "puncture the bolla that there,.ar^'in the field, causing you, to mafe practical^ no ^cottan at all, -. In addition to that fact King Cot ton is one of the lowest producing cottons there is. Therefore,- Mr. Farmer, do not be deceived and think that you can, beat the weevil out with King Cottpn-. • - You will hav£ to cut your acreage down to five or six acres, use such varieties as Cleveland Big Boll and Dixie -Triumph, diversify your crop, and last but not least.fence up your land, grow more 'and better hogs, peanuts, etc. See County Agent, H. G. Boyles- ton k if you are interested- in buying wire fencing and post. - -< What’s Mina’s Mina and 1 Waat itl By DuBois. The new Baptist Church at Aiken, which Cost over' $30,000, was dedi cated last Sunday morning. In spite -of adverse conditions causer! by the that of telling the news about Its own. and neighboring com munities—than any other paper has ever cc'jpe. v " \ -Thu successful country weekly war which delayed them a long time . ■*' »* ■ ^ their efforts were at last crowned nvTtK success. • '—, rni r i'he iiandsome sum of $1-3,000 was raised on this occasion thereby en abling them to dedicate the building Tree *of debt. ,Mr. C. K. Henderson very, generously agreed, -in addition the weniy million. .Americans*, and-joln-f^ ves ^b'$crib- hibition law. $150 or 4 months. Up on payment of $100 balance o'f sen tence suspended. - " Sandy Lawton, violation of pro hibition law, $50 or 3 months. Earnest Mavis'assault and battery with intent to kill, not yet sen tenced. Lgroy McLemore, grand larceny, one yefir. - A / Moss Beasely, assault and battery with intent to kill, $100 of four months. Heusey Eubanks, using auto with out owners consent, $40 or two months. _ Tansey Cauley, larceny of live, stock, convicted and sentenced for 18 months. the Red Cross during the TlVird Roll CaR Drive, November 3-11..*-- Jennie P. Greene, Sec. A. R. C. Barnwell County Chapter. RECORD BREAKING HEAT. „ The following is a list of jurors drawn to serve „the second week: Barnwell—D. C. Birt,"" J.~ LoyaL Snelling, B._H. J3ave, A. P. Carter, J. N. Dicks. i Blackville—--IT* A. Ayer, A. H. Groft, J. T. S,tili, W. P. Blume, W. used up by the war - and none left Dyehe»,^.L. G. ".over for public*^ervice in times of peace.. r Mr. B. P. Davies, Supervisor.of the Census, foT~ttie Second District of South Carolina, wh/ch includes the counties" of-Aiken, Allendale, Bam berg, Barnwell, 6«aufoTt, Edgefield, Jasper,. Hampton and Saluda, states he will need a l|irge number of - enumerators, for this district. Ap- ‘ “plications or. requests for application fbrms should be sent to him, on or before October 25th. His address is iUoT" their % Barrrwett, S. C" AT a fitness for this work apqRcations will be required to fill ouGa sample seed- uie and will be <lu)y notified of the time and plac^^fp/this test- /So far ms practible the place selected will bw one which irwaaily accessible. Leonard, Lee Croft. According to the daily weather re ports ’from government stations the weather during the past week was the hottest October weather Tor 33 years. While we have had no. ex cessively hot spells, yet with the eiase of September we had' a heat excess above normal of 206 degrees. To better understand the usual weather experienced it must be recalled that severe, killing frosts have been seen in Barnwell county as early as OC' tober 15th. - People are buying early this year for Christmas. Tam putting i aside for my customers many of my choic est gifts daily. I am introducing a new system. You select the article, confines itself very largely to the. el's that which the dailv cannot fur nish. It is close to the liv^s, the ambitions, the triumphs and the disappointments of the people of its"* cam un i ty.—M i ss our i a n. AUTO DEALERS. So far as local dealers are con- -** cerned the -business is up in the air. Purchasers would be numerous if the car3 were only on the local market. We can get any number of excuses and promises but merely a sprinkling of cars. Just what the trouble is nobody seems to know, although every possible factor from shortage of labor to shortage, of material is as signed. Our local agencies will do a whirlwind business when cars begin to come. ’ - A little ragged negro boy doubled himself into a whizzing ball and cat apulted himself into the middle ‘of the road right in front of a speeding automobile, at a great risk of hia life, to grab up a tiny yellow and black spotted cur that gamboled on the dusty highway. ■"One man was killed and another .-|.<iaii&erpusly cut by a crazed gambler* over a bet of. a few pennies. The Hsilk-hatted, correctly tailored orofessor of higher economics missed hi.- train while he poked about in 3.0 former liberal gifts to subscribe that he had dfo country de^ot looking fof a" penny ten per cent on every dollar pledged that day.. His contribution that day- . MAKING GOOD IN FLORIDA, Another Barnwell county boy who is miking good is Maj. Isadore Us- sery who, is acting commandanL_an<L professor of mathematics in the K ume W ,,c>v 1UU bllC cu title, 1 * m •«. ■ ■ -X * Stivender ~ make a small payment on same, and j-^^ Qn ^ a Military and Naval Acadamy^ rrtTY n. U. ' **tU*~U la 1 noafa/I Cnrimec a receipt will be given for the amount George’s Creek—H. D. Hutto, J. S.‘Harleyv I. H. Colling, C. F. Carter, I A. J. Sanders, t\f. E. Baxley. Red Oak—H. M. Cook, M. P. Harley, G/ M. Panthall, B. Z. D»vis. GrfiAt Sypress—K- Diamond, M. Ad Harden, Greene Haimison, W. L. Creech. - rv- // Rosemary—A. P. Mitchel, J. N. Folk, H._d/ Hair. - “~ ' Willistoii—J. H. Still, N. *H.‘- Bloome, V. C. Mathews, W. L- Batesj .0* B. Stanley, - Clarence Bates. ‘ - paid and the article laid aside with which is located at Magnolia Springs in that state. Maj. Ussery is a Cit- , , , adel graduate and a son of Mr. and your name and the amount pa.d on | Mrs Press Uss<!ry of the Mt c>l . it. You can make weekly or monthly j vary section of this county. He was payments^CalTand make your »e-| for some tihie Assistant Adjutant lectiom ^ My stock is wonderful this ! and inapeetdr General under Gen. W, W. Moore in Columbia. • Capt. W, T Walker, of Walkers Station, was iiU the, city “Monday./ Dr. T.~ F. Hogg, oU Cave, was a most welcome yisitor in our office" this week. year. W. D. GANTT, Jeweler. Barnwell and Allendale. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the Messrs. A. B. Hair, T. L. ragg, stockholders of the Farmers Ginning i»r~* 'Mf '■ b"'-”" ■ -j'T| r"' ** » f —■—■ — *"-*"" * i/T:-stinina*w.A. Blackville, were here this week in Company will meet at the office, of attendance on court. a G. M. Greene, on Saturday, October ^ I ^Jc _—^ 25th at 12 o’clock for tfiej^rpose of Among the Williston visitors who Liquidation. - were on our streets this week, were BuMer Hagood, amounted to $1,350. The dedica tion sermon was preached by Dr. B. Di Gray, D. D., L. L. D., the secre tary of the Home Mission Board of Atlanta, Ga. i .... The new auditorium is one of the most handsome in the state as well as adequate to the needs of the con gregation. The color scheme is most harmonious. The memorial Windows at^e of the best material and workmanship, and add greatly to its beauty. .The church has installed a beautiful pipe organ at a cost of $3,- ooo. y , Much credit belongs to the pastor and his wife for their untiring ef forts in its erection. Dr. and M t rs. P. J. McLean well deserve the tablet that has been erected to them on its walls. A clerk let uiree perfectly” good c usto me rs~ t~ *-^f the shop while he searched diligently for . an old gapped up pocket knife he had misplaced. ^ The would' bed thrifty house-wife .spent thirty-nine cents *6n postage writing back and forth about two spools of crochet cotton which cro* * chet cotton she finally returned to - the mail order house saying, “(want what I want” and what’s mine’a ICE PLANT AT ALLENDALE. Arrangements have been completed by the Peoples Ice and Fuel Company mine” and I mean to have it of Beaufort Tor the installation of a thirty- ton ice plant at Allendale. ’" J Work on the new plant will, begin at once, according to announcement made this week by Hugh Wall of the Ice and Fuel Oompapy. ._Th® con tract has been let h>r the machineTyL'Weaken. A' It is expected that the plant will be completed and inspiration By next March. ’ _ COTTON REPORT. A carpenter fell from a scaffold and broke his neck because he- leaned too far over trying to locate the spot where his chew of tobacco struck when it fell from his mouth. “ : 4 A fht man whose eyes were bigger * than his stomach had a hard fit of t rasa^ colic when he tried to eat alt the apples he coutif reach while stand ing .on the ground and they say'he walked away looking back saying F ’jes wish I had me a good ladderL /Mrs. E. Eve no doubt told Mr. A.~U/*j Adam that those apples in the garden were his and I guess old man Adam finally said ‘‘Well what’s mine’s so here gods.” And he went. Therefore, heretofore and qnenae- contly speaking from a high cent of living view point, it would seem that the “what’s mine’s mine” theory i» practically aR right just so yon don’t iV* NEGRO KILLED. Messrs, jf. J. BeU and T. M. W niMflHim / •*# IH . . m TV . - . ggmf Bamberg, Oct 11.—H. W: Moody, } chief of police of Bomber*, thin evening at 7:3f> o’clock, shot id Kirk Antley, a former •er ori one-of the princi 1919 prior tQ September 25, 1919, as J of the town. It compared with 2C,365 bales ginned | police shot after the There were 1-5,124 bales of cotton, counting, round as halt bales, ginned killed in Barnwell County from the crop of j soldier to September 25, 1918.