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The Barnwell People. VOL. XXXVI 'Ju»t Like a Member of the Family'’ BARNWELL. S. C. JUNE 19. 1913 A BUDGET of uve news from HUSTUNG HILDA Cropa ft?* Backward.—Entertainment at School Houm—A Lecture. Hild», June 17.—The outlook for crops in this section is not so good as usual for this time of year, and for the past week Gen. Green has given the farmers some work to do. On Friday evening the pupils of the Hilda school, led by Misses Sallie Hair, Mamie Hutto, Jessie and Edna Dyches, rgjviered to an appreciative audience the following interesting program: Song, Come, Thou Almighty King. Uncle Remus’ Welcome Address, Hayne Dyches. Chain of Happy Thoughts, by eight little boys and girls. A Misunderstanding, Miss Sallie Hair and Irvin Hair. The Art Critic, Misses Mamie and Rosa Hutto. Miss Jones’ Lecture, Miss Sallie Hair. A Colored Minister’s Sermon, Mr. H. Winton Jones. The Blind Boy, Miss Jessie Dyches. Song, Jesus Loves Me, Little Miss Rachel Collins. Appropraite recitations were deliv ered by the following: Misses Ivy Hair, Mozelle Black, Pearl Collins, Emma Lou Dyches, Lula Hair and Edna Dyches, and Messrs. Monroe Rowell, Jeff Hair, and Fred Jones. Following this a play, “The Knot of White Ribbon,” was presented by Misses Jessie, Edna and Eva Dyches Quite a large crowd attended and every one enjoyed the occasion Prof W K Tate lectured here Satur day evening His subject was ‘Tm provernrnt of Rural Schools ” Hr showed many pictures of schools and their recent improvements It is to be regretted that he d;d not ha\e a larger audience, as his talk was vrrv inter- eating He wsn accompanied b> County Sujxrrintcndrnt of Education Horace J Crouch Mrs Margaret Delk is <|uite sick at present Mr Clarence El!r>. of Denmark. \isi ted relatives here recent!) Mr and Mrs Angus Carter and littla son. of the E nendahip section, were in town Friday Misa Jessie Dyches sj>ent several days in Bamberg recently REV-GUY DISCUSSED SOCIAL AND PERSONAL PROPIBITION HERE )P$RSO 'SOF F/ Delivered Two Ant-Saloon Addresses in Barnwell on Sunday. The Rev. J. W. Guy, of Spartanburg, delivered two addresses here Sunday in the interests of the Anti-Saloon League. At 4:30 in the afternoon he spoke to an audience of men in the Court House and discussed at length the political aspects of the whiskey question. He was given a most re* spectful and attentive hearing and im pressed his audience with his earnest ness in the cause of prohibition. Du ring the course of his remarks he complimented Mayor Harley for his stand against the blind tigers and ex pressed himself as being very much gratified over the results of the cam paign for law and order. Sunday night he preached in the Barnwell Baptist Church, devoting him self to the moral and religious side of the question. A collection was taken up at each meeting for the furtherance of the cause of prohibition in this State. DR. J. W. WOLUNG ENDORSED HAMPTON COUNTY DRAINAGE Agrtcukurwl D«p*rtR*p«r1 lo Byrw*«. Washin ^lon. Junr 11 \ rr|K>rt hn brrn rrcc vrd at th<- d<-,»artm*-n* uf ag nruiturc here and ImriMiutb d to Rcprc moaUvc Ja*. F Byrnra. reporting fa vorably on the feasibility and wisdom of drainage work to reclaim land in the drainage district which has been estab lished in Hampton County The ream (nation and rej*ort were made by E‘ li F-ason, the drainage expert at Charles ton The coat of drainage is declared to lx* low Mr Byrnes has forwarded the rejkjrt for local consideration ElUnton News. KUenton, June 14 —Miss Nell Dun bar has returned from a protracted visit to Columbia and other points Mrs W. P. Etcheson and two child ren, of Columbia, are visiting friends and relatives here W. D. Bush, of McBean, spend a few days here last week visiting his mother Mrs. Ida E. Bush. Mrs. L. B. Asbell and little daughter, of Winston-Salem, are visiting relatives here Dr. F. C. Brinkley, W. E. Ashley and W. B. Cassels attended the Masonic lodge at Barnwell Thursday night. J. C. Bush was in Charleston last week attending United States court. He served on the jury. AllandaU Pastor Recommended for Di- * plomatic Position. Senator E. D. Smittr and Representa tive James E\ Byrnes have endorsed Dr J W Welling, pastor of the Meth odist church at Allendale, for a diplo matic position in one of the I^tin- Amer- ican republics Dr Wollmg was for years a missionary in South America, and it isl>elie\cd that he will tie made minister to one of the countries of that continent DEATH OF EVELYN HAFERS Charming LittU Girl of Thirtaan Yaars Goat to aa f-arly G/avs. l.ittlr Evelyn Haters the thirteen- year old daught«-r of Mr and Mrs E R Hafrra. died here Thursday morn mg at 4 40 o'clock, after an illness of three weeks Evehn. bright and sweet, was ijuite a little favorite and very fondly loved by ail who knew her. and her death gneves many She tl survived hy her parents and •everal brothers and sisters The funeral services were he4d from the house Thursday afternoon, at sis o clock, interment in the St Thaddeus Episcopal churchyard Her pastor, the Rev Jeter officiated Kiken Journal and kev iew The many Barnwell friends of Mr and Mrs Haters sympathize very deejv- ly with them in their great loss The bereav ed parents hav e the insolation of knowing however, that thrtr httie (laughter is safe in Paradise, forever free from the cares and temptations of a wicked world, and that she will be waiting to welcome them with otx-s arms when (iod, in his own good time, sees fit to call them from their earthly labors w • w. Died in Georgia. A letter received from a tieorgia sub scriber Saturday morning contained the news of the death on the nth mst of Mrs. Columbia (irubbs, a former re sident of this county, who moved to Georgia last September. Mrs (irubbs had been in ill health for a long time, and while her death was not unexpect ed, it was a shock to her friends. She died as she had lived, a true Christian woman, patient, uncomplaining. She was 74 years and 5 months of age at the time of her death. NEW SCHOOL BUILpiNG. NEWrOF FAIR FAIRFAX Maaona Gat* Anauai Supper Last Week Hogg-Keane Wedding. Fairfax, June 14.—John Knight of Savannah is visiting relatives here. Mrs. Wallace Connor of Brunson vis ited Mrs W.Anderson recently. Mrs. Wm. Simpson gone to Swansea to spend some time with rela tives. Mr. and Mrs Jack. Brooks of Savan nah were recent guests of Mrs. W. L. Brooks. Mrs. S. J. Dean and daughters of Ridgeland were recent guests of Mrs. Lily Myrick. On Tuesday evening the Masons gave their annuall supper, inviting their lady friends to participate. The menu was all that could be desired, and a pleas ant social time was spent after the Masons had their business meeting. Misses Sadie Harter and Ruth Wilson are visiting friends at Lowndesville, and from there they will visit McCor mick. Prof Robt. Merriwether, lately of Bamberg, and his sister, Miss Sadie, were guests of Mrs. M. Moye this week. Mr. Corrin and Hamilton Youmans are here at Mrs Mary Youmans’. Russell Loadholt of Furman Univer sity is spending vacation here. Crordon Kearse returned from a trip to the country, near Clmer, bringing with him his bride, who was Miss Esth- er Hogg, married on the 12th They will live here and have gone to house keeping in a beautiful new cottage Mr Kearse was born and reared very- near Fairfax, has been in the large store of E M Young Company for many years and is very [>opular Miss Hogg has visited he r e and is a social fav onte Roy ^ oung and Wade Milev the lat ter from M lev, graduates from New tx-rry college sever*! years igo re turned from attending commencement at that place recently Little Helen l.ightsev and Hale! Youmans have returned from a pleas ant visit to their teachers at Johnston Mrs Kicklighter of Claxton Ga . haa Been on a visit to her daughter, Mrs P Loadholt NO. 43 1 "4 OVER 2,000 GIRLS IN TOMATO CLUBS Work in Soatk Carolina is Dataloping in Grntifyin« Doyroo. More than 2,000 girls in 16 counties of South Carolina are enlisted in the tomato club work under the direction of the United States farm demonstra tion work. Miss Edith Parrott, of Win- throp College, is the agent in charge of the work in this state. Many of the members of the clubs will enter the state contest to be conducted under the auspices of the state department of agriculture. The manuals, giving all information as to the contest, have been issued. The pamphlets are illus trated and printed in two clors. Inaugurated in accordance with the rules of the girls’, demonatcation work of the United States bureau of plant in dustry the objects of the contest are: To encourage rural families to pro vide purer and better food at a lower cost and utilize the surplus and other wise waste products of the garden and orchard To stimulate interest and wholesome co-operation among members of the family in the home. To provide some means by which girls may ear™ money at home and, at the same time, get the education and viewpoint necessary for the ideal farm life. To open the way for practical demon strations in home economics. I To furnish earnest teachers a plan for aiding their pupilsand helping their communities Participation in the contest will be confined to girl* who have joined the tomato club* All entries for the prize offered in this contest must be made through Miss Parrott, who will forward the name and addresses to the state department of agriculture to be record ed. whereupon a manual will tie sent to the contestant for keeping the re cord When the crop has been made snd the result* obtained the manual is to tx- sent to Misa Parrott to be certified to the department Ejitrie* will be confined to girls be tween the ages of ten snd eighteen >eara, and the age for any entry will be fixed by the age of the contestant SAVE3 BABIEA SAYS UNCLE SAM on January 1st of that year No girt ) * , >ll be eiigbie until she haa become kj ii i. e . r- member of a tomato club and haa plant- Nabww Wdl kw Tsufht H»w (• Geww r ed a garden containing at least one Ywwaa Aaswcicwwa tenth of an acre Each girl must plant June BUSY BEES ENTERTAINED PRISCILLAS THURSDAY Washington, every community in the nation that the great death rate of babies it due to dr* esses which to a large estent sre pre ventahie the children * bureau of the department of iab>r ha* prepared a compiiatH'ii «»f the steps wh.«.h various •* tenth of aa acre Kj IS — Warning ( her own crop and do her oi AN ALFALFA CAMPAIGN Work Begins on Dormitory for Carlisle Fitting School Work has begun on the new dormi tory of the Carlisle fitting school at Bamberg. The funds for this building, in large part, were subscribed by the people of the town. It will be a hand- Canvass May be Made by Agricultural some brick structure and will be placed Implement Company. on the campus fronting Carlisle street. E. J, JVatson, commisioner ofagricul- An additional dormitory has become a ture, said Monday that a concern manu* necessity on account of the greatly in- facturing farming implements contem- 1 creasing attendance. J. Caldwell Guilds plates conducting a State-wide alfalfa has been reelected headmaster of the campaign in South Carolina at an early school, date. The commissioner has assured commissioner the concern of the department’s coope ration and is furnishing considerable information as to the conditions obtain ing in various parts of the state. •-»« FIRST WATER LET IN WARM DAYS WITH CLEAR SKIES It Will b* prrmiaaabk to birr heavy wurk but thr time must be charged In estimating profits the following un ifi»rm prices must t>e used II (JU for rent of land. 10 rents for each hour worked, t ill a ton for stable and up to date citizens are taking To protect • artual coat for commercial fertiliser and child life and wi.l cir> ulate it in a na other things purchased or fumtahed tionai campaign of diffuaing | The garden and products must be core \ baby nur»«d by its mother, the fully measured and two disinterested children s bureau declares, has approx witnesses must attest the reports sub- imately ten times the chsnces to live mittrd at the close of the season that a bottle fed baby has 1 Kward of prizes and honors shall be The bulletin descnlx*x various muni based on the fresh and canned pro- npal and philanthropic arm ites in the ^ ducts of the garden according to the direction of child welfare, such as in follow mg scale of points spec thin of milk supply, municipal milk Qualitv Ju per cent, dispensing stations, baby clinics, visit Quantitv - Rounds vege- ing nurses, instruction of mothers, and tables harvested and the destruction of the death distnbut- ing fly. •-»« ——— NO JURY TRIALS. used 20 per cent Variety of canned products JO per cent Rrofits 20 per cent Written history as kept in manual explaining each step as the crop waa made 20 per cent. Admitted to Gatun Locks of Panama Carnal Saturday. Water was admitted Saturday for the first time to the Gatun locks. This was for the purpose of testing the valves, and the test was considered completely successful. Cadet Ben Calhoun returned last week from The Citadel at Charles too. National Waathar Bureau Make* Fair Forecast for Week. Warm weather with clears skies over the greater part of the country is pre dicted for this week by the weather bureau. By the middle of the week showers will set in along the East Gulf and South Atlantic coast. No important atorm is charted to crosa the country during the ensuing week. The People acknowledges with thanks a remittance from Subscriber F. S Owens, of Baldoc. July Term of Court for Bemberg i* for One Week. Bamberg, June 16.—It is understood that there will be no jury cases tried at the July term of court for Bamberg county. The law provides that the term shall last only one week, and that no civil jury cases shall be tried, unless by consent of both counsel. The result is that for the past few years the jury has not been drawn for the July court, unless there were a number of prison ers in jail. At present there are only two men in prison, and one of these will plead guilty, while the other con sents to wait for his trial until Novem ber. Judge Ernest Gary will hear equity matters and appeals when the court opens on July 7. Mr. and Mrs. G. Norman Snelling spent Sunday at Tybee, “where ocean breezes blow.” Miss Kate Calhoun, of Appleton, ia. the charming guest of Miss Olive Cal houn this week. While out riding Tuesday afternoon the horse of Mrs. Gladys Brown Towles became frightened at a passing auto mobile and threw her off. Fortunately, however, she was uninjured with the exception of a bruise on her arm. Following a night of drinking and ment of agriculture for payment of fighting, three negro women, Mary prizes. The judging of the contest will Gardner, Susie Bell Jones and Rosa be conducted under the management Braxton, were arrested Tuesday morn- of Mias Parrott, with the assistance of ing and lodged in the guardhouse! Commissioner Watson. The prizes will charged with disorderly conduct snd be swarded at the state fair. All con- selling whiskey. j testants will be require to speci- Total 100 per cent Prizes will be as follows: 1. For best score on scale of piointa handsome trophy cup 2. Next best score on scale of pbints, 120 in gold. 3. Next best score on sctle of points, 915 in gold. 4. Next best score on scale of points, $10 in gold. 5. Next best score on scale of points, $8 in gold. 6. Highest score on quality, $5 in gold. 7. Highest score on points of quan- ity, 95 in gold. 8. Highest score on points in prof it, 94 in gold. 9. Highest score on points of va riety of canned products, 93 in gold. 10. Highest score on written his tory, 94 in gold. 11. In order of general excellence, 8 prizes of 92 each. 12. In order of excellence, 10 prizes of 91 each. All prizes offered have been contri buted by a fire insurance company of Columbia, and the money has been placed in the hands of the state depart- ^ A Soma of a Moat En- Tko Shamrock ia jojrabla Fanct&a.—Pari Blackvilie, June 14.—Mrs. Heffernon Buist entertained the Buay Bee Club on Tuesday afternoon. Refreshments were served. Mrs. P. C. Mellichamp and Miss An nie Laurie Graves were hostesses to the Priscilla club on Wednesday after noon. Refreshments were served in two courses. The Busy Bee club entertained the Priscillas at a reception fct the Sham rock on Thursday afternoon. The guests were received at the head of the stairway by Mesdames Bonner, Wragg, Browning and Neinstein. When all the guests had assembled each person was provided with a piece of cloth and a needle and thread. Mrs. P. C. Mellichamp was awarded a handsome crochet work box for making the best animal and Miss Eva Rich cut the consolation, a hand-embroided cen terpiece. Mrs. Heffernon Buist gave a reading. Punch was served during the afternoon by Mesdames Molony and Bolend. Yellow and white was the color scheme, the table being decorated in yellow ond white daisies. At each plate was an appropriate place card At 6 o’clock a delicious four-course din ner was served Mesdames Rowe of Charleston, Stack of St. Matthews and Funderburk of Mississippi were the out-of-town guests Misses Valent Still, Connne Mixson, of Wmthrop college, Rosamond and Sy bil Buist of lander college are at homt for the summer Miss Gig* Richardson of Greenville has returned home after visiting her sister, Mrs R B Kicklmg Mrs R C Mellichamp leaves Satur day for Greenville, where she will attend the grand chapter meeting of O K S Mr* Herman Brown spent several days in (Jrangeburg lost week as the guest of Mrs H Kohn Miss Hass Rich returned from Char leston after a visit to Mix. Arthur Furchgott NEW POSTOFTKIPOftIAMBE1G A. W Kmohl WIM P*« Up Through the efforts of Bve Byrnes, of the 2d district, the office department recently dactdsd ta male better proviatoa for the pas toffies at Bamberg The proposal of A W Knight to rent new ijuarters to the post- office • ( Bamberg at 9MQ a year, which ia sear I y twice the present amount, haa been accepted Mr Knight will put up • new building CONFERRED THE THIRD DEGREE ON THREE F. CS Harmony Lodge Me. 17, A. F. H, DM b- ssif Proud at Imtiatfcm. One of the largest affair* in the Ma lory of Harmony Lodge No. 17. A. P. M., occured here Thursday night when Grand Sscretary O. Frank Hart and Past Master Hoefer, of Richland Lodge, Columbia, conferred the third degree on three F. C.’o, namely; Jake Levy, J. J. and D. C. Vickery.. Among these present were brother Maaona from the States of Alabama, Ueorgia, Michigan and North Carolina, besides a number of visitors from lodge* in this county. During the course of the evening a sumptuous barbecue supper was served to about one hundred people. Barnwell stai retains her title os a hospitable town, everyone present ex pressing himself aa being very much pleased with the reception him. Denmark, June 14 - Mias Klotse Con ner of Holly Hill spent several days this week with Mrs J A Wiggins Mrs Ryerson Guess of North Augus ta is spending some time with Mrs. E. B. Guess Misses Josephine and Effie Free of Bamberg were guests of Mias Chnato- bell Msyfield last week Mrs Hubert Matthews of Binning- ham. Ala , is spending several weeks with her father, J B. Gueaa. Mrs. Dendie Miller of Abbeville and Mrs. Blout of Augusta, are guests of Mrs. Lewis Blount. Mrs. James Wroton and little daugh ter and Miss Genevieve Wroton of Hamlet, N. C., are visiting Mrs. M. R. Willis. Miss Belle Ross of Macon, Ga., is the guest of Miss Josephine Faust. Miss Lula Stokei and little niece, Ruth, and William Stokes of Orange burg are visiting Mrs. P. A. Goolsby. Miss Martha Ray of Bamberg spent a short while with Mrs. Shillito lost week. Campbell Tyler of Hamlet, is spend ing a few days here. Miss Isabelle Strait of Rock Hill is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. P. Guess. Barnwall va. Orangeburg. According to information given out Tuesday afternoon three games of base ball are scheduled between the locals and an aggregation from Orangeburg on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The visitors are said to have a splendid amateur team and as the Barnwell bunch will be strengthened by the ad dition of some good players, exciting contests are promised the fans, who are urged to turn out and “root” for the locals. As trade is dull at this sea son of the year, the merchant* are urged to let as many of their clerks a* possible attend the series. Married on Tuesday morning, at the residence of the bride’s mother, Rev A. E. Eviaon, rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles, officiating, Mia* Cleora Tillinghast Bronson and Mr. Raphael Wallack. The marriage very private, none being present but the immediate family. ImmediaMy after the ceremony the happy couple left over the Southern Railway for a wedding trip to the mountains of North Carolina and other points of interoet The bride, who cornea of a long Use of honored ancestors, needs no intro duction to Barnwell people. She is the charming daughter of Mrs. John L Bronson snd has endeared haraolf by her many womanly graces and traits of character to the people whom she has lived all of her Ufa. She has been very mrreeefel os a teacher in the Barnwell Graded and was loved by her pupils tn a tiful traveling suit of Woe and very the twain The gra—. who is of la Broofetyo. N. Y la a gradual* of Idotpht CoAogo of the Wm M Chaoo SeM ef Art, ef the Art Student Leegue. and ef fee year* he was eartoouiet of fee New York Proas. The Journal and The World During ku luaideneo tn Now York he eseeeled a ooriee ef mural decanitions far fee Insurance Co., of that dt) He rote red the fWM ef Jeeup . aa editor and of the Wayno County News, poomoe he held for five years and i Jorgely metro mental la altctlig It. Whaley as Senator from fee 111 tnct. He has also an editorsi capacity with Advertiser, Forsyth, Go., Daily New*. Opelika, Beaufort Cowaty Democrat At | seat he bolds a half interoet te Otar Drug Company. He is a of two press aaeociations and of a ber of art chibs. To Mr. Wallack, who already num ber* his friends in this section hy fee score. The People tXteed* congratulations on having won the hand and golden benrt of *o a companion. That their future may be aa unclouded as their June wedding dny is the with of host of friends. mens oT their work for exhibit at ihe fair. According to the manual, all reports must be in Mia* Parrott’s hands on or before October 20th of this year. BARNWELL LOST TWO. in The Barnwell down in before the < et al. 15 to 4. Barnwell having wferthe g with Springfield on the 4th IneL, defeated players were determined the performance should not be i on their home diamond and scoured the entire Edisto country for players. In they also had an umpire ions in a number of instances costly to the Barnwell team. Thoscore was as follows: Barnwell 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 fe-4 Springfield 02420214 x-tk Pate, Best and Creighton; Fallow and Able. ■■ '■■■■■ w j On Monday afternoon, the, Wflttrtom team, assisted by a pitcher from ] University, again put it over the! by defeating them to the tune of lg In 12. The game was on old-fashioned hit sod run affair and was thoroughly en joyed by the fans on both ridou. In early return game is expected. Mr. TQlinghnst Moera, son ef 1 is