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- " '• - “Largest County Circulation’ n» VOL. LXVLII. - i BARNAVELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER (> 1919 NUMBER % Jff! THANKSGIVING REUNION^ Of the brown family l — Mr. and Mr».D..W. Brown of Meyers Mill Hold Family Reunion. KILLED PUTTING HIS FORD TRUCK AWAY The morning of October 16, 1919, % opened auspiciously for the splendid day that awaited us. It was the thanksgiving reunion of the family of our honored citizen, Mr. D-W. Brown of Meyers Mill. The immediate oc casion was the return of his four stali wart, manly sons from Overseas, with - whom we met to pay homage, and extend a cordial welcome. It was a grea-fc th|y aqd every guest present left saying, “I am glad- that l was per mitted to be here.” About fifty- guests were present to share with Mr. and Mrs. Brown in their great joy atid to partake of the bountiful Southern barbecue-dinner which was '*v>ervetl out on the, spacious lgwn un der majestic oaks and elms." After the assembling of the-guests at the table we feasted first on the writteh words of ‘TVelcome,” read by Mrs. W. B. Turner. , Mr. D. W. Brown, the host, spoke as . fojjows: ~ " -«~i_ This is an occasion for rejoicing and it is not my intention or desire to mar the pleasure of the day with -any reminder of the gone dark days, but I wish with these few wo_rd? to si:j2) up the-reasons for our joy and rnr ksgPving. Knowing that my feelings on this occasion would be too*de4p to permit •of n1j making any effort at a Speech and wishing to express jp some way those feelings, I have jotted down tnese few words to be read to vou. Samuel Baker of Greenwood In. Seat of “Tin Lizzie. fctMed / 1 wish first «f all to .extend ffie v most hearty welcome a 'father and j mother could extend to our sons and <kt«ghters and their wives' and hus- bunds, to our grandchildren and to you, some of our dearest friends who were able to join us he^e today in this reunion. The prayers of all of usjwere an- sv.ered on November the eleventh of McCormick, Nov.'2.—Mr. Samuel Bakei^ 'of Greenwood, 46 years of age and engaged as a contractor in the construction of the McCormick Memorial Church, was found dead here early Saturday morning, sitting on the seat of a Ford Truck with the eaves.of a shelter he had constructed to keep the Ford out of the weather undar his chin, his head, thrown back- and his neck broken. * *It is stated that Mr. Baker left Mc Cormick in the early evening to go a short distance from town tQ go pos sum hunting and that the parties with whom he was to hunt were unable to go and -that Mr. Baker returned to McCormick about 9:30. All indica tions are that he undertook to put the engine of the Ford Truck, under a shed which he had built for the pur pose, but which was not high enough for a man to ride under on a Ford and in doing so the breaks would not work and the machine caught him with his neck resting against the eves of the shed. He appeared to haye died instantly and without a struggle.^ * s Mr. Baker's home was in Green wood but fie has been here for the .past two months stperintondin^: The” construction . of * a hrick Baptist Church. Since coming here he has made numerous friends. He was married in 1910 to Miss Mattie Lou. Foashe, of Greenwoddv-who..,survives him. He also has a sister in New , Jersey. The body was taken to his homcPat Greenwood this morning and will be interred in thd'Greenwood cemetery Sunday Chronicle. -*■ Locomotives—Chickens • ■“ • Stations. and Way •-a By DuBois. -• j- OCTOBER WEATHER : BREAKS ALL RECORDS 1 last year when death and destruction . - on the battlefields of France ceased. ~ Tnat was a -day of great rejoicing in the whole world but to this family today is a day of much greater joy for in answer to our .prayers and the prayers of our friends my four sons who were then in Franee havp retqrn- ed and are here together with my other two sons,- three .daughters, two sons-in-law and three daughters-in- law, and our eleven grandchildren. Every single onp of all these are here, four having, been spared from the horrors and seeming Certain death on the battlefields and the others spared with its here where we were doing our necessary part toward war and winning war and where there was equal e-hanee of death from influenza and other causes. None missing—rind from this summing up you can see- that we have tyeen remarkably ble3 r^Oit. a rail road siding at a small station “somewhere” between Rob ins and Barnwell a work train con sisting of six dirt loaded flats and an engine was stopped waiting for a through freight to pass. At first glance there was nothing noticeable about this train save the unusualness of the dirt loaded cars and the work men idling about killing time on the “wait order” but presently, onMook- ing Ynore carefully at the engine the observer noticed that Jthe lines of this locomotive seemed a little too fine for an “old work train” engine. The driving wheels were above the aver age height, the boiler was lifted a little higher than ordinary above the driving mechanism, the stack had a rakish'look, the climbing rods were symmetrically curved and with it all the .sound she made was like the purr of a big cat. I mean the sound the engine made standing still, you’ve heard it; chug-chug-ker-choo-choo Qyer and over again. While this observating was going on Mr. Cannon, locomotive engineer «r ’ . . . for a largje Lumber concern walked up and said,-“See old sixty-six there? well the used to be the Coast .Lia-e-V-’-iweer / u ^ i hTili'i' , rtlKtg‘The ' con- versation Mr. Cannon said that a few years back that same engine out there on that dinky siding hitched to that low down dirt train pulled fHve passenger cars from Ashley Junc tion to Florence a distance of ninety eight miles in ninety-six minutes making two stops. I guess that’s “running some.” , But the day has come' when beau tiful, graceful No. sixty-six is haul- BARNWELL HIGH SCHOOL DOTS. Lulie Moore, Editress. ' * ing a dirt train! Wonder who talks about her now? And is,she missed along that road through Lanes, Kings- tree and Lake - City? Month Just Gone War-One of The ZX. Hottest in History. The month just gone - was by "far the warmest October on record, ac cording to, statistics of the weather bureau. The mean temporature be- iqg 5.6 above the highest average of the warm October in 1900 and 578 abo.ve the highest averagebf the same month in 1915. The average for la&t month also exceeded the mean temperature- for the hot October of 191.8 by 6.T. , 'Previous maximum high records were smashed by the weather of the past month. The high record of 92 on October 8, 1915, was broken , on October 4 and 5 with an absolute reading .of 94.4! This record now Stands as the highest ipAhe annals of the weather bureauzl The daily absolute maximum read ings overtopped previous records for corresponding days in the past Oc tobers for 15 days during the month. The daily means averaged 11 de grees above normal from October 1 to 12 and 12 degrees above normal on October 15, 16 and 17. From October 21 to 31 the average was 13 above normal. r i In. adiiJUun to- theaJworwmLre-rd* THE DUTCH WEATHER PROPHET TALKS AGAIN No Killing Frost Expected Before December Twentieth. ings on so many days the. mean tem perature for the month was only 0.7 beloy the average flur September, 1919. THE MEMORIAL SERVICE. Digression No. 1. Alpheous Conner, who f is attend ing school at Carlyle Fitting School spent Sunday with his parents here. Frank Kirkland arrived at Barn well Friday night from Sewanee, where he has been in school. We arp sorry to say the Dormitory burned making it impossible to operate un til the first of January. Frank will attend school hereAintil that time,. Eugene Brown spent the week-end with his parents and friends of Barn well. He returned, to Porters where he is in school. — - The Halloween partj^ given by the WT.cfr next you make the trip from Barnwell to Donora see if you can locate these way points: Wanr.ies, SalkehatcKie, Sweet Water, Snelling Ttirn Out, Prize Patch, Davis’ -Cor ner, Speed Hill, Kendall Beach. These are interesting points for the tourisls and if you cannot procure a road guide at Gantt’s with these places marked you might write Dana D: Dutton. Digression No. 2. Who^wants to start a chicken farm? Baptist^Choir, at the home Mrs. T. S.. J It seems to the casual looker-on that L-^-rtr 0:1 Monday -night was highly j a chicken farm right along side of a enjoyed b\ all who were present, railroad would be the right idea. The teachers, see more and more "FoUyu rfdlng by would see-the chick- e\ ei\ day that Barnwell is the best ens and the chicklets and the nests and hear Mr. Rooster crow and be Mrs. On Sunday the people of Barn well met in the Baptist church in furtherance of the county’s cooper- atiop in raising its quota cf the $400,000 for a memorial building in ’■or.or of the part taken by our men n the world war. Miss Kate Wood ward had prepared an attractive mus- :al program which was greatly en- Statewide interest in the forecast of the Dutch" Weather Prophet as published September 30 has been manifested to such an extent that a supplemental statement is necessery to show why the cold wave which started from the Northwest October 25, with zero temperature in the Dakotas and snow several daya-Tater in Chicago, did not materialize to the extent that temperatures reached the frost period in the South Atlantic states. ; . Readers who followed the govern ment forecast kno>v that conditions practically were'’outlined on October 27 as the Dutch Weather~F*rophet pre dicted in his forecast on September 30. WtTat happened to prevent fulfill ment of the ccjld weather forecast? Tfie wave from ?he Northwest was split in twain when it reached the foothills of the Alleghenies, one por tion being diyorted northwest to the St. Laurence valley, the second di verted to -the Gulf of Mexico and the main body weakened severely by dis integration of its propulsive strength BARNWELL BAPTIST --qt- ASSOCIATION MOVED Epidemic Causes Removal Colston to Bamberg. From ioyed by the audience. Hon J, E • Harley, who.was chairman, made an announcement as to the scope and aim of the movement. The speech of the evening that was keenly en joyed by thoze present was..made by Mr. Solomon Blatt, who spoke from the personal standpoint of ffie soldier In being broken into military disci pline from civil life. The other speech was delivered by Dr. W. M. Jones. The work ofj securing subscrip tions was turned over by Mr.!Harley to a committee of ladies which was announced at the close, of the meet ing. . . place in the world to* live. --ed-ftixf have just-reason for-great iftv 1 - u-i^ -x- 3™*™*-**™ ™ m d evori'istincr thnniffninnl i -ifi ^ UIte a nu, ^> er of children from pleased with the singing of the «P »» ««• for Htns. A great big siglfsettine great big the go.pd qualities setting forth would be,a help and this free adver tising would go aMong^way toward getting distribution and volume. If you are interested in such a venture get in touch with John K. f _ Snelling, Probate Judge, Insurance ; only to the Lord and Newspaper Magnate and he will •to thank oar fiends, for their .^ray. | „ ne or two (loys , We ^ , ad it was kl " dn ' ss «»«r thoughtfulness j p „ ssible for them t0 g0> a5 the to us • u.uig. lose tijing days and j nihits were very interesting and ben- to invite their thankfulness" with us 1 eficial.^ ] T • Miss Wicker,_ fYom _ the United ° U 11 anil > I sa .v. remember j ^ate Treasury, was a visitor at the what God has done for.m <Juring sch „ol Friday. She is travelling in these days of d.stresr,and: let nune of the interest! of the Thrift Campaign, us fad to give thanMM^m the rest Af iel . hearing the, talks of Miss Wick- of our days.- I am growing old now er and and during my life have felt the sor? rows of two war? and although I did io buy thfift 'stamps."'" '“‘ I «,»t wear, te uniform of either I was The school is taking a greaTln-, |h v better but this cannot be vouched during bpth ,n a position to know* of , trcst in the Re , t Cross C a ,npalgn: ! Z ' the horror? and hardships which war lt is a)raost dangerous to start out , - always brings and from thie-tao«k-«aXSt the little badge,r'ofTonor. | “ ~ .The girls .of the school are ‘among 1 che leaders of the campaigning party. The first day “Of the drive netted two ( hundred and twenty-eight members. ' , ., - , T n , ‘ , . . , , been the gue^t of Mfs. P. D- Black, v\ e are proud to sav that many badg- , . . J , ~ . , • . , returned home, es ^ifr-feo be seen in school.- — KurscII Hair. On the evening of October 1919, tlie death Angel visited the home of our near relatives, Fred Hair and wife, of Barn\vell, twd <;arrie*rto the Heavenly laMJhfiyjoad skies, their only boy, HursSM, a.id though he had only recently passed bis. fourth of the poultry birthday, was noted by ail who knew him for his brightness, good mannei** and obedience. Oh how hard to give him up, but we feel that he was only loaned to us for so short a time for perhaps a good purpose known i tell you who to come to for infoj-ma- ei and Mr. Calhoun on, the subject, ^ on a? to,the “chicken-garden-spot.” •>ve Aelt t’would be great to save our P> s . It is - said by some tha t the Grandma. - GIN REPORT. There were 24,374 bales' of cot- smell ,of engine smoke makes hens 1 ton, counting round as half bales, edge I urge that we all ?xert our in fluence and pray that the world may henceforth be rid of this great curse through wise leadership and trust in God. I saw and worked under conditions which prevailed during the recon struction days ^fitter “the Civil War Hird now 1 TO^-iht* groat work which is to be done after this w/ar. mtLletteville news.- 1 _ ginned in Barnwell County from the crop of 1919 prior to ^ietober 18th, 1919, as compared with 44,107 bales ginned to October 18th, 1918. 7 'A , ^ Mr.!. Dates,- of August^, whtr-haTf An I.ce_ Plant For Barnwell. legheny and Blue Ridge mountains. There is a reason back of -all. this seelming peculiar artion of the north western low pressure area. It did not have the strength to cross either the Alleghenies or the Blue Ridge mountains. Similar conditions have prevailed on two other separate oc casions, and the third attempt failed to nullify the exceedingly tremendous amount of high pressure which has prevailed over the South Atlantic area during the past two months. A fjank movement of the gulf por tion of the cool wave came in as the lower current'Wednesday, October 29 in the effort and failed a Ian. This body met" on 5cto^er""29th, and 30th.,- at Bamberg, to which place it was removed on account of an epidemic of Malaria fever In and around Colston church where it. was to have met. The Bamberg church rose to meet the situation and met it in an admirable manner. ■ J. i The body organized by the election of Rev. O. J. Frier, of Denmark, as Moderator in the place" of Hon. R. B. Fickling who declined reelection, The other officers were, Vice Moder ator, Dr. Robt. Black, of Bamberg, Secretary, Rev. Geo. P. White, -of Bamberg, and Treasurer J. B. Gillam, of Denmark. The introductory ser mon was preached by Rev. Geo. P. White, on Wednesday morning. In thrr absence of the Rev. E. C. Watson, formerly pastor in Blackville, the mis sionary sermon was preached on Wed nesday evening by his successor, Rev. L. H. Miller. In view.pt ffce fact that the 75 mil- lion campaign is the center o;f inter est for the Baptist this year and for some time to- come, the committee on order of business provided for all <]ue.M-ions of home interest tu cume~~ The high pressure* still persists in this section, and well it does. If any of the efforts oL the southeastern winds had succeeded in displacing it, the disastrous storm of July, 1916, would have been repeated with more orfless severity. before the body on Wednesday, leav ing the issues, covered by the cam paign to be discussed on Thursday. - • The various reports were handed in without reading on Thursday morn ing after which the body was. ad dressed by Dr. J. S. Dill, the citcuk lation manager of the Baptist Cour ier. In the opinion of many who heard- him Dr. Dill gave one of the ablest addresses to which the associ ation has listened in many years. The association was honored to have with it in the interest of the 75 million campaign, Mr. C. B. Bobo who is the president of the Baptist State Covention.—His 0!\ tfi? *¥!*-> 7 ♦ ^ It was interesting Wednesday t6 "Body asked and Mr. Bobo answered watch the battle in the sky between the two opposing currents—one, the higher, from the northwest; the other the lower, from the southeast. It waged from morm-uptil noon. Then the cool wave clou<L appeared- with diminished energy, but it was the vic tor in the contest, having been rein forced by a portion of Tlyj upper wave which had deserted the main body in its ChUrSe over ihe mountains to the South Atlantic coast. Thus the high pressure area in the southeast' still prevails giving us this continued series of summer-tempera- ture. li-mtrst CohHnu^to]prevail, if W£ are to be safe from a tornado, until it gets the knockout blow from th£ northwest. } ■ The Dutch Weather Prophet re ceived a personal commendation on the street during fair week from a friend who lives in a Pee Dee town, he holds high rank in the intelligent citizenry of the state, on the correct, principal^, of meteorology which the forecast oUSeptember 29 was based.' He observed the weather con ditions herein dutliped i as tKe ^cold wave started on its way from, The northwest. . - —1 The weather has compensations. If we were given the choice under the circumstances above indicated the vote would have been unanimous for -C- the warm and dry weather as against . threatened South Atlantic storm r !'v-^ - | which jKould hgve surely invaded this Larnwell is to have an ice plant, territory. I Tfib high pressure has a tendency WHITE HOUSE BULLETIN. Washington, Oct’. 28.—The Colton Weeks, of 'Aiken, a young Miss Estelle Jones‘ of^Sumter, has man of initiative and enterprise, has to preva fj for some' time to come, opened school near Martins^-tmd is succeeded in organizing a 3t0ck.com- ; HqwpvpK T o»Ivp wheaL_xold | boarding with Mrs. C. B. jgHfe.- ^ j panv in Barnwell to build a plant nresi-L-, are hfice-and ..to, {fondue? an-iee manufac*- ; killing frost m»y d not occur! uhtil the TrSheffing Some again after a Very turing business. The capital stock winter so i s ti^. December io. I We will I help as long as we are able to but j dert c ontrhues to sSiow progress, says 1 ^ J— Ane ca P ,ta « Rl0CK winter solstice, this is work wjhich belongs to you j today * s bulletku .-The attending phy- ser,ous at the.hospi.tal in.Au- ( .M $7,000 -has been subscribed, and j The central dates for cold leather ^ who are young amh-^ong.. Our task j sicijins ailpwedAfieir patient to^^ take u . j Week3 w,n be secretary and are. NovemberJ^illxJIocember Xvus iii the sixties^seventies andJ luncheon an<5 f fewter in a semi-sitting ’ Dr ’. and Mrs ’ E ‘ W * ETlls have »s-. treasurer and manager of _thejom-Ldr^^cT^^fhe State, eighties. This is your job *nd I po3if:on, Tvhich adtis to enjoyment The 20th annivar-» par.y. » They will aiso dgaTThTToal. sai^Lof their marriage. We wish for them many more years of wedded bli^s. 1 j- > wan1 and am^pioud of The part yoir)r D *iy G CLERKS GO Of I Several-from here expect to at- hope that if I live lomr enough to see ; of thc fooI and - eaused no fatigue, jt’tliat I shall be aa proad-of the part i you p*a^ UlU thi< reconstruction as I i - piayi« wars. To •• today l, ’Ariiig thL the grea.e t r of all ^ New Ydrk, Oct." 28t—Forty-five - * • ' *r t-lHurriTod drug clerks, ninety per cea<f. v,ct k -- veryone pfeT?ent I agh’n ex- c m.yioy&<i in thc filv, accdrd^rg to un- Lr. E ,.-5 ai:J i> you / mostHMjbrty welcome and for an.” time you mzy be ion voted early today I tVnd the circus ar.d fair in Augusta who - have re- i It is planned to put in a plant of from 6 to 12 tons capacity a day at the be ginning. • Mr. Week’s many Aiken friends* will wish 'him ^ well in this new enterprise. SAVE tfUUR QUILT SCRAPS: paign and ita method# proprlan and helpful. He 1» a type, and a very fine One at that* of a «on?T secrated Christian layman. He is a business man of Laurens, but is tok!e» ly known throughout the state. Af ter his address the members of the many practical questions in regard to the working of the campaign in the churches. The association was largely atten ded on both days. The Bamberg church is to be congratulated..on the splendid hospitality shown the dele gates. As a Bamberg member- ex presses it “they had just time enough given them to get reach* for it. hut not enough time-tq wc/rry over it.’* The spirit shown "by the delegates was that of hearty cooperation with the denomination., ia the campaign . There was a genuine regreL-over an evident disposition t<^ shorten the time for the association a3 much as possible so as to get back home to business again. Many felt that the body would lose-materially if it al lowed thej devotional element to be crowded out. tv THE STATE FAIR. r - * Y ■.f This annual event 4n the life of the state fills a widespread need for the varied social, educational, agricul tural and financial needs of our people. The fair of this year evi denced the financial prosperity of the people. The exhibits were of high order, and the attendance reach ed the high wat^r mark. Barnwell was well represented. In fact‘it was reported by some of our people who went that at least half of the people of the county were in Co lumbia during* last week. It is reported that Harry Boyleston had unintentionally furnished a motor car I-- ■ to some unknown person in Colum- 1 hia. ' ■ : S The ‘ trains were crowded with dusty but . happy returning vbitors forbad seen tK^-hestvexhibits of many years, and had renewed their acquaintance with • friends from all parts-of the rftate/^-' ' - ’ ir J1« Prayer Ts ito- sided at Mcj'ers MilUfor pie past few week, “the. date to be de-! ^ iM move‘Back tu-Thpir homer fCONTi.NTED^ON EIGHTH PAGE: « if ^ i>r rrrrnm nuind t.igtgr de-** at M rlletteville, on—November ■ I Al! erter.d t IsL tlTc summbg up of the life in a definite het, which is at jo nee inward ar.d outuard.jtne PfiWpr uo the characWr, ltk» - that of ary other adL prcpui-uunaT — — -The Associated Char:l«jrT>f» Colum bia are usking for.,quilt, scr.insj. if the wo-nen of the county ar. 1 town will—save all useful woolen, c «tcon j scraps, and *kend them to me by Jan. 1st* I v*ill pack and send Change In Chronicle. them a glad welcome. its intensity.—Benjamin JowetL. | Mrs. W.. II. Duncan, Augusta, Nov. L—^Thopas J. Ham ilton today bought the controlling stock oi >Taomas W. Loyless in the them UiL Augqsta Chronicle and ^ has takes charge as editor amcf Lm 5a row ell, S. C. %> N .>•! mi