The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 15, 1913, Image 1
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Barnwell People!
)L XXXVI
rOR HARLEY’S LIFE
THREATENED LAST WEEK
Ju*f Like a Member of fh« Family”
BARNWELL, S. C. MAY 15, 1913
FACTS AND FANCIES
FROM FAIR FAIRFAX
>winf « Raid an a Blind Tiger, S. E.
Moore Made Threat*.
Pollowing a raid on the place of 0.
loore last Friday night, in which
ut 25 bottles of beer were seized,
ar J. Emile Harley was threat-
with instant death, it is said,
S. E. Moore, a brother of the
tiger, if he ever put his foot
i the store again. The .threat was
ade o* Main Street and Mayor Har-
ty realizing the possible consequences
'such an encounter, refused to en-
je in a fisticuff with Moore.
The raid which resulted in the threat
[was made by Policemen F. M. Cave
[and W. A Hayes, on a warrant sworn
jut by Mayor Harley, who accompanied
'them to Moore’s store in person. No
wet goods except 25 bottles of beer
were found, but Mayor Harley deemed
this sufficient to place Moore under a
$50 bond. When Moore indulged in
unseemly language, Mayor Harley put
the amount of bail at $100 and instruct
ed Chief Cave to “get the cash or a
_certified check.’’ The latter was fur-
shed,
r When S. E. Moore arrived in town
Saturday morning and found out what
had taken place, he met Mayor Marley
on Main Street and among other things
it is said, threatened him with instant
death if he “ever put his foot
in his store again.’’ Mayor Harley
as stated above, realizing the pos
sible consequences of such an en
counter, replied that he was meretv do
ing his duty and that he intended to
continue doing it He immediately
swore out a warrant for Moore, charg
ing him with using vulgar language
on the street and fixed the amount of
his bond at lltji), which was furnished
I he action ot the Mayor is to be com
mended b> ai! right thinking, law-abid
ing people and he will be backed up
in all that lie does for law and order
He stated Saturday that he intends to
put a stop to the illegal sale of whiskey
in Itarnwell if his life is the forfeit
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
Sowtfcarn Sut** Cotton Corporation Will
Offor Fiftoon Coat* for Cotton.
Col Alfred Aldnch, the well known
planter of Barnwell county, waa here
this week with his nephew, Mr A P
Aldnch. on hia return home from a trip
to Dallas. Texas, attending a meeting of !
the Southern States Cotton Corporation I
Col Aldnch says the Corporation will
certainly accept contracts to buy cotton
this fall at fifteen cents the pound and
it will soon offer farmers the opportun
ity to sell at this price. The corpora
tion will pay three-fourths of the price
in cash and give scrip for the balance
payable in ninety days at six per cent
interest Col. Aldnch says that IkS
) hanks in Texas and Oklahoma will state
that every dollar of its scnp was paid
in these States last fall. He is a direc
tor in the company, a director for South
Carolina. He expects to visit Green
wood again soon to offer to accept cot
ton this fall at fifteen cents, payable
as above stated and will fully outline
the plan to all farmers interested at
that time.—Greenwood Index
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S. C. EFISCOPAUANS
CONDEMNED STYLES
Swastika Embroidery Club Meet*.—In-
tere*tin( Meeting of U. D. C.
Fairfax, May 10.—Dr. and Mrs.
Moorer from St. George have been
spending some time here with their
son.
Mrs. Boatwright of Johnston visited
Miss Harrison recently.
Herman Lightsey of Brunson was
here this week.*
Tuesday afternoon the Swastika Em
broidery club had a porch party at the
home of Mrs. F. M. Young. While the
younger set was busy with intricate
fancy work, Mrs. L. L. Sanders read
selections from good writers. Mrs.
Coker gave some sweet music. The > long letter short, I will say that the
next meeting will be at the home
Mrs. G. W. Barber.
Dr. J. Peeples of Estill and Miss/^fa-
haly Folk of Luray visited friends here
recently.
C. D. Yarboro of Wilmington, N. C.,
was here this week.
J. J. Johnson and J. Morrison of Sa
vannah were recent visitors.
There was a large and interesting
meeting of the Fairfax chapter, U. D.
C., at the home of Mrs. Lily Preacher
Wednesday afternoon After trans
acting much business delicious refresh
ments were served Fourteen new
members have been added to this chap
ter recently, making it one of the most
flourishing in any tow n near the size
of this one.
L. Weeks of Atlanta was here this
week.
G D Sanders visited Columbia this
week
Some of the young folks attended
Memorial day exercise at Fivers'
Bridge Thursday
IS ASKED TO MUSTER
OUT TEN COMPANIES
Ar« Tending to “Break Down Ch&ctity
and Purity,” it i* Charged.
Charleston May 10.—That the styles
in women’s dress are tending to “break
down chastity and purity” and that the
general convention of the church to be
held at New York should take action
were features of a resolution passed
during the recent session of the Episco
pal diocesan council of South Carolina.
The resolution through an oversight
was not given to the press until tonight.
Operation Entirely Successful.
Dunbarton, May 1L—Lucile.the little
Adjutant Caneral Make* tha Recommen
dation but BUo*« Decline*.
The Governor and the adjutant gen
eral clashed last week over the ques
tion of mustering out ten companies of
the National Guard of South Carolina
Adjutant General Moore in a letter sev
eral days ago to the chief executive re
commended that the companies be mus
tered out because they had failed to
comply with the military law of the state
On Tuesday the Governor sent the
adjutant general a copy of a letter he
had addressed to the company com
manders in question, in w hich he re
fused to comply with the request to dis
band the companies fhe governor said
in his letter that, while he knew he was
not complying strictly with the law that
the “boys" ought to get together and
bring about order. The goxernor sta
ted that he had fought the hick law aa
a member of the senate He said that
the requirements of the Dick law were
too stringent
“There are many sides to this ques
tion," said Adjutant General Moore.
“Why burden 24 companies that are
keeping within the law with ten compan
ies who are not complying with the
law?" The adjutant general said* that
he had taken the step after three years
of careful investigation and that the
companies in question had failed to
comply with the absolute requirements
of the military code.
The following letter was addressed
to the governor by Adjutant General
Moore: “Having completed the an
nual inspection of the several organiza
tions of the National Guard of this
State and the military property in their
possession, as required by the provision
of section 16, military code, I have
the honor to report that the following
companies had less than the 75 per cent
of their officers and enlisted men at
such inspection and that said companies 1
are not in good condition for service:
Company B, second infantry, Columbia;
Company G, second infantry, Hartsville;
Company D, second infantry, Bennetts-
ville; Company C, third infantry, Char-
MADE FOUR AND ONE-
HALF TONS PER ACRE
Mr. A. M. Sanders Make* an Excellent
Crop of Hay on His Farm.
Barnwell, S. C., May 12,1913.
Editor The Barnwell Peopl^,
Barnwell, S. C.
Dear Sir:— /
Seeing so many farmers buying hay,
I have decided to ask you to publish the
results of an experiment conducted by
me with Hairy/Vetch and Oats.
Before going into details, I will say
that I had/fried to grow Vetch twice be
fore, buy failed for the reason that I
never 1iad been able to get hold of a
goocT culture to inoculate the seed with
unril 1 tried “Farmogerm.” To make
Vetch and Oats were cut Monday, May
5th, raked in windrows Tuesday after
noon and hauled to the barn Wednesdy
afternoon. The yield was at the rate of
twelve two-horse loads, which I am
satisfied would have weighed 750 pounds
per load, making a Total of9,000 pounds,
or four and one-half tons per acre.
Now, I know this is an extra large
yield and, as we have a lot of doubting
Thomases, I give them a cordial invita
tion to my home and it will be a delight
to show them the hay and let them
measure the plot of ground.
The character of land is sandy, being
two feet to clay, and would produce
about eighteen bushels of corh per acre
without fertilizer or compost This
AT RIVERS’ BRIDGE
HISTORY IS RECALLED
Spot Wb«r« WhooUr Met Sherman 1*
Scene of qy Greet Celebration.
Ehrhardt, May 11.—The greatest
socifcl event of the season in this section
occurred Friday at Rivers’ Bridge. On
Sherman’s march from the sea, the
Confederates under Gen. Wheeler op
posed him at thia point. Memorial
exercises held yesterday were in honor
of the Confederate soldiers, who lost
their lives in this engagement. It is
not unusual for 1,500 or 2,000 people to
gather here each year to take part in
these exercises, coming from a wide
area,including sections of several coun
ties. The day is spent mostly in quiet
social intercourse of friend with friend,
Including a characteristic low country
dinner, in all of which the greatest hos
pitality and good will abound.
The memorial exercises were in
charge of Dr. N. F. Kirkland, an hon
ored veteran of the war, who called
upon the Rev. E. A. McDowell to open
the exercises with prayer After a
brief address in which Dr. Kirkland
reviewed the history of the annual event
Dr. Kirkland introduced the speaker of
the day, Richard 1. Manning of Sumter,
wfio was received with applause.
The subject matter of Mr. Manning’s
address dealt with the real causes of
the War Between the Sections For
about an hour he held his audience id
, rapt attention He was clear, forceful
particular plot has been growing peas and eloquent, and the hearty applause
and rye for the past three years The that he received at the close indicated
peas were fertilized with an acid and . in some degree the pleasure with which
[Kitash mixture, but no fertilizer or ma he had been heard
nure of any kind was put under the After the conclusion of Mr Manning's
ry e With the exception of a strip address a number of Confederate vet-
arross one end al>out JK) feet by 20 feet erans present, under command of I’apt
there has never l>een any compost on .1 W Jenny, formed a column and
this land and there hasn't been a jniund marched to the grave yard, where they
of nitrogen except that gathered by th»
peas during the past three >ears, as I
just stated above
Now, aside from the preparation of
the land and the gathering of th* Vetch
and Oat hay, twelve dollars j>er acre
will cover expense* for acid, Wamit, j
seed Vetch or Oats , and Farmogerm,
the inoculation u»ed Thi* plot will i j ry
now be planted to peas, will be grazed
off with hogs and planted to Crimson
Clover about October 1.5th I consider 1
that the pea crop will more than pay
land rent and all other expenses in
curred in growing thi* crop of Oat and
Vetch hay
In conclusion I will say that 1 am
highly pleased with my testa with Bur
and Crimson Clover on aandy soils and
expect to continue with them another
season, as well aa the Vetch I cannot
understand why farmers had rather
grow cotton to buy hay with, when they
can make more money per acre grow
ing hay So why not grow your own
hay? For the land's sake, anyway.
A. M Sanders,
Local Agent
solemnly stood around w hile the women
decorated the graves of their comrades
with flowers
OBSERVE MEMORIAL
DAY AT ALLENDALE
AAtr*.
THE BUSY BEE CLUB
WAS ENTERTAINED
Charming Affairs War* given by Hospi
table Host***** in Blackvill*.
Blackville, May 10.—Mrs. R. B. Still
entertained the Priscilla club last Wed
nesday afternoon. A salad course was
served.
Mrs. H. h . Buist tendered her dancing
class a closing dance on last Friday
evening. Quite a number of out-of-
town guests attended.
The Busy Bee Club was entertained
by Mrs. Herman Brown on Tuesday
afternoon. A contest of sewing ani
mals on a piece of cloth was the fea
ture of the afternoon. Miss Dora Har-
of
W*4«
Allendale, May 11 —Confederate vet
erans' Memoral day was appropriately
j observed yesterday by the Wade Hamp
ton chapter. U D C., aaaiated by the
Allendale graded and high school and
their friends. The programme was as
follows
At 3 30 p m the ceremonies over
which Col. W. R Darlington, Sr, pre
sided was opened by prayer in the town
hall by the Rev J R Cullom. followed
j by music and a very able addreaa by
the orator of the occasion, Bryan Lump
kin of Columbia. A gold medal having
, been offered to the high school pupils
for the best essay on a subject pertain
ing to the Confederacy, Miss Vivia
Owens was voted the successful con
testant. J. H Johnson in a short and
graceful speech presented the medal
Her subject was "The Hampton Le
gion.” The esaay was read to the audi
ence by Dr J. W. Wolling.
After music (“Maryland, My Mary
land") the crosses of honor were pre
sented in a graceful and interesting
manner by Mrs. C R. Wilson to Con
federate veteran* and their descend
ants.
After the conclusion of the exercises
at the town hall the assemblage repaired
to cemetery where the graves of
Conf«4ftrate veterans were decorated.
Danmark Items.
Denmark, May 10,—On Thursday
evening last, Mrs Ollie Hoyt entertained
a number qf young folks. During the
ris won an appropriate prize. Salted 1 evening mfusic was rendered by MisS
almonds and ice cream and cake were Edna Stpkdman, which all enjoyed, af-
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fleming 1 leston; Company E, third infantry,
Dicks, is back home after an operation Barnwell; Company G, third infantry!
by Dr. Asbury Hull in Augusta for an
exaggeretad attack of appendictis.
Elloree; Company H, third infantry,
Conway; Company I, third infantry,
When taken to Augusta the friends of Bamberg; Company K, third infantry,
the family were quite apprehensive Walterboro.
over her condition and, at the time of j “Since the language of the sections
the operation, the information received , 0 f the military code quoted above
here was that her condition was quite
served
Misses Rosa and Eva Rich attend
ed the house party given by Misses
Fannie and Rena Wald of Orange
burg.
The Priscilla club was hostess to the
Busy Bee club at the Shamrock hot
on Wednesday afternoon. The gue/ts
ter whjch a delicious salad course was
serv
. R. A. Goolsby entertained the
B^6k club on Friday afternoon. After
scussing and exchanging books
:hey were served wtth tasty refresh
ments.
Miss Alma Folk gave a fish fry on
Saturday in
were received by Mesdames* Paul/ng, i Saturday in honor of her charming
Fishburne, Mellichamp and /Still, i kuest.
Misses Clara Mack and Berth* Rich
presided at the punch bowl duping the
afternoon. An embroidery contest was
the main feature of the afternoon. Mrs.
H. L. Buist won a pretty ey&chet jabot
and Mr*. H. F. Buist a papicage of em-
,s , broidery needles as thq/booby. Mrs.
I 7 - — 7 • ' —’
entirely successful and she is now rapid
ly regaining her strength.
serious. The operation, however, was failing to complyXuhlhe reourremenU 1 PaUlln8 and MiSSeS R /^ * nd Milhous
entirely successful and she is now ranid. ^Zent re,,dered ' nUS ‘ C ‘ l 5e "*“ 0nS ' ThCUbl '
I have the honor to recommend that
you exercise the authority given you
by section 18, military code, and dis-
band w and muster out of service the
companies that I have named.”
“Esmaralda,” a four-act play, will be
presented in the Barnwell Opera House
tomorrow (Friday) night for the bene
fit of the BarnweU Methodist Parsonage
Building fund. Popular prices. Setts
on sale st Deaton’s Drug Store. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
was set for 36.
Mack coffee and
were served.
A salad course and
ice cream and cake
The editor acknowledges with thanks
an mvitatien from Pres. David Bancroft
Johnson to attend the commencement
Anyway, no other coumty has yet exercises of Wrathrop Normal and In-
reported having grown that new variety 1 duotrial College, June 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
of anpangua thnt -lies flat on toast like A very interesting program has been
a ribbon J prepare* f#r the
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Guess entertained
a number of friends at their suburban
home on Friday last.
Mrs. W. L. Califf entertained the Cro
chet club on Tuesday afternoon. Dur
ing the afternoon an ice course was
served.
Miss Ruth Guess attended the music
festival in-Spartanburg last week.
Mrs. G. W. Hightower, Mrs. S. G.
Mayfield and Miss Lillie Cooper attend
ed a U. D. C. meeting last week in
Fairfax.
Governor Blease attributes the in
crease of lawlessness in the state to
the delays in the courts. Who is re
sponsible for the doUfHA the courts?
Let’s get to the bottom of the trouble
I whfle we are st it.—NewberryOUerver
HOW DOES A WATERMELON
SEED POINT, IN OR OUT?
That Question Caused ConsuUrabl* Dis
cussion H*r* Last Week.
How many people know whether
the point, or sharp end of a watermelon
seed is, towards the heart or the rind
of a melon? Although folks in this
neck of the woods have eaten melons
all of their lives that question per
plexed many here last week and there
was a great diversity of opinion. The
discussion came up when a gentleman,
went into a local drug store to buy
some seed. Picking up one, he turned
to a friend and asked, “Which way
does the point lie in a melon—towards
the heart or the rind?” And from that
simple question was started a problem
that rivalled the famous “How old is
Anne?” quarry. For a time the tariff
was forgotten and no one thought to
ask whether or not it was going to rain.,
The advocates of one direction were
as numerous as the advocates of the
other, and one man went so far as to
say that the rows of seed alternate, one
pointing to the heart, the next to the
nnd. Cucumbers were cut up and it
was found that the sharp end waa to
wards the rind. Pictures of cut melons
were referred to and they showed the
sharp end towards the heart, while one
even went so far as to picture them
with the seeds pointing in all sorts of
directions. Those with very decided
opinionf on the subject were willing to
back their judgment with the “coin of
the realm " One gentleman, who was
especially interested in the discusaton.
telegraphed to a friend in Honda to
“cut the largest melon he could find
and wire him, at hi* expense, which
way the sharp end of the seed pointed,
to the heart or the nnd ”
Now, how many who read this item
can tell, off-hand, just how thr\ do
point
JURORS FOR SECOND
WEEK OF MAY COURT
C**r1 W C******* FU*a ll*gi*a N*mt
M**a*y mjU Comtimm— Tar* W**k*.
Petit jurors for the second we*k of
the May term of the Court of Common
Pleaa were drawn on Monday, and are
as follows
R R Speak*
Allendale
J C Keel
••
Julius Ski an
• *
B F Allen
• •
H B Bennett
t«
V M Maner
<4
S H Harvey
• t
P D Witaon
« 4
J H Hewlett
* *
W A Meyer
Bennett Springs
Wm Thomson
«• •«
J M Halford
Blackville
E K Martin
••
J E Hair
• •
C R Boylston
i«
H D Leonard
11
H C Still
«*
T L Wragg
* i
L B Creech
George’s Creek
N E Still
Great Cypress
E L Sanders
44 tl
W H Hazel
*4 44
J C Fields
44 |«
H C Flowers
Bull Pond
J D Box
14 44
T 0 Davis
Red Oak
R M Hay
44 l«
G M Holly
ll' 4 4
C C Baughman
Rich Land
G A Best
Sycamore
J P Roberts
t 4
W H Mixson
4 4
J W Goodson
44
C W Hair
Williston
T D Quattlebaum
44
H C Mitchell
44
Eilenton News.
Ellenton, May 11.—Misses May
Owens of Dunbarton and Goolsby of
Denmark, spent Saturday and Sunday
ith MnC C. M. Turner.
Mr: and Mrs. H. C. Cassels, of Au
gusta and Mrs. J. C. Bell and daughter,
of Mt. Holly, attended the funeral of
little Wallace Cassels Monday.
Miss Nell Dunbar, who has been vis
iting her sister, Mrs. W. P. Etcheson,
in Columbia, is expected home Satur
day.
Mrs. E. R. Buckingham spent Sun
day and Monday in Allendale.
Miss Methilda Youngblood, who has
been visiting in Aiken, for several
weeks, returned home Tuesday.
Miss Edith Pierce, pf Greenwood, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Ralph Dun
bar. \
Haul Kills Pigs.
Moultrie, Ga., May 19.-Hailstones,
some of which were as large as hens’
eggs, fell in the Buckhead district, in
this (Colquitt) County, destroying cot
ton and corn over hundreds of acres
this afternoon.
Pigs and chickens were killed by
the falling ice. One man is reported
injured.
NO. 38
RICHARD HENRY AUSTIN
CAUGHT M TOLEDO, OHIO?
A Man Giving His Nam* as “Dick” AbsHm
ia that City, Says Latter.
W. C. Cathcart, Chief of Police, of
Columbia, received s letter last week
from W. Jackson, of Toledo, Ohio, to
the effect that s man who says his nama
is “Dick” Austin is in that city and that
the . writer believes it is the negro
wanted for the attempted criminal as
sault on a white woman at Luray and
the resultant murder of three, white
men and the wounding of two others
week before last. The letter waa re
ferred to Sheriff J. B. Morris, and ia as
follows:
Toledo, 6., 5-9-1913.
To the Sheriff of Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: The man Richard Austin
that Governor Blease offers $600 for I
believe is here in Toledo. He told me
his name was Dick Austin. Our identi
fication dept, has no record of him.
Would you send picture of him or some
thing to identify him by? Please advise
me what to do in regard to case.
P. S. If you are not the proper per
son to handle this kindly turn it over
to the proper person, as it should be
acted on at once. Yours Reap.,
W. Jackson,
321 Cincinnati St.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sheriff Morris wired the writer of the
above letter to hold the suspect and
that a description would follow by mail
It is hardly probable, however, that he
is the man wanted.
MAN HUNTERS BACK
MUCH DISAPPOINTED
Pom* R*«urms t* AlWwdal* After Fx-
h*us*»wg Parwut of Aastua.
Allendale. May 10-The members of
the man hunting poaao who left Alien-
dale Wednesday morning in reopowe
to a call from Screven county, Ga., re
turned yesterday more or leaa —hsaet
•d. after two days of fruit less effort le
capture the negro desperado, Henry
Austin The trail
the want of a freeh pack of
of the Barnwell county dogs havti^
been disabled from an attack by the
fleeing negro; the other fro
The greeter portion of
was spent ia aa exciting and
race on a trail thought to ho Austin’a
but found, after a 12-mile rare, ta he
that of another negro.
A few minutes after the eanture W
the negro a meauge came that Arete
had been aeen in a swamp near New
ington. a few miles distant Hasten
ing to this point the dogs took the tr^
about 4 p m and kept it till shout mte-
night, when the negro set upon the
dogs, disabling one of them. The htow
from the stick and the cries of the deg
were distinctly heard by the posse ea
the edge of the swamp.
The posse the greater portion of the
chase was apparently on the heels of
the fugitive, who several times ap
peared to come to a halt indicated hy
the dogs baying, but on account ef
darkness and denseness of tbeswaa^ ft
was impossible to come upon him.
THOUGHT THEY HAD AUSIti
Th* M Su*p*ct” How«v*r, Prorod Net fl»
be Hampton Desperado.
Considerable excitement was cauedl
here Friday morning by a telegram
from Dunbarton to the effect ttel
Henry Austin the negro desperado, hai
been seen at that place. The lirat
message was quickly followed by a
second, stating that Austin had bare
surrounded in a swamp. A posse wre
quickly formed and left '.here in auto
mobiles to assist in the capture of the
alleged would-bejrapist and slayer of
three white men. When the party,
headed by Sheriff J. B. Morris, reached
Dunbarton they found that the suspect
had already given himself up and ted
he was not the man wanted, being
merely a negro who was on his way
home.
The negro was suspected because of
the fact that he came out of a bay aad
followed a path which led around the
edge of a swamp. The further fact ttel
he carried a gun and in some respects
tallied with |the description of Austin
led many to believe that he was flm
hunted negro. The posse returned to
Barnwell very much disgusted over the
fruitless trip.
Although Austin has apparently mate
good his escape, no efforts aril bo
spared to apprehend him, and II fa
thought that even if he is far a tern
sheltered by friends the large _
offered for him, dead or aMvo, toll
work on the cupidity of the maatem
of his race that they wiH be lad la dfai
close hia