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Demonstration* and Ucturo* to Giron in Barnwoll County. August 11th and 12th should be red letter dates for the progressive fanners of Barnwell County, for on those days Farmers’ Institutes will be held at 0. C. Baxley’s, SneUing, and Healing Springs, respectively. Mr. A. M. San ders, local farm demonstration agent, is making preparations for big meet ings and it is hoped that the farmers will turn out en masse. W. N. Long, State Agent, and Superintendent of Extension, hns sent The People the following letter: Dear Mr. Editor: There will be held in your county farmers’ institutes on the following dates and at the following places: August 11th at 0. C. Baxley’s, Snelling; August 12th at Healing Springs. There will be present practi cal farmers in the demonstration work, and experts from Clemson College to address the farmers on subjects relat ing to their every day work on the farm. These institutes are held in the interest of the farmers. The salaries and expenses of these men are paid by ^tbe tax payers of the State, and the ^ Iteers owe it to themselves to attend ^maae meetings and derive all the bene fit possible from hearing the lecturers. These men are public servants, anxious to serve the farmers It is no easy task to travel from county to county, day after day. and deliver addresses and to meet hundreds of people Therefore, these mm are entitled to be encouraged when they are endeatur mg to (lerfartn s public service that is filled with ao much promise, provided that the farmer* »til timpiv cooperate by attending the meeting* and teeking infiemati <jri by avking jur*t*>n* that will be cheerfully and gtsdiv answered by all I be lecturer* It is gratifying to knoe that the prejudice that wst one* held by the farmer* against the scientific tt passing away Ail of the great d*s roverse* that have bee a made is the i*terest of agwrultvsre we owe to anew tifW me a It • a* the sc lew (ifm evaa wha discovered that le^wmiain are able to take attreygea trxm sad deposit it ta the soti sad aa«e farmer this moat ruatiy of ail fertittier tayedieats it was the scveatffw wsaa who made rt (umaibse foe us to over to • large degree the ra Vokera by the ase of hug c i it wsi the seventifir maa who eaahied us to secure seed corw that wowid give * greater vteid per acre by rea*>n of careful se Wctiun and breed tag it i« to the entomologist and plant palhotogtst that we go whea insect* and plant d.sew.se* are destroying our i 'vpa it w a. scientific men who in seated and manufactured ail of the liaprov ed inpiemrnts for the prrpara twm and cultivation of the au«) and the harvesting of the crop Surely when w« realise these facts we mast re ifiect snd be willing to heed the in •truitiona of these student* of plants and bsm. So I plead with the farmers of South Carolina to attend these meet tng* Respectfully, W VV Lost) «. C. EASTERUNC PICKS 1ST BOLL OF NEW COTTON What the People Are Doing in Hustling South side Town. Fairfax, July 26.—Miss Olive Cal houn, the guest recently of Miss Zelle Loatholt, has returned to her home in i Barnwell, having been the recipient of much social attention here. Miss Edith Brooker of Swansea, a senior of Greenville Female college, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm. Simpson. The Rev. William Simpson was assist ed in the protracted meeting at Har mony by the Rev. L. K. Simpson. C. M. Wates of Augusta visited N. B. Loadholt recently. Misses Dorothy DuRant and Marion Clayton of Thomasville, Ga., are guests of Miss Jennie DuRant. Miss Lottie Singletary is spending sometime with friends in Hampton. Mrs. D. D. Cone is visiting friends in Hampton County. Miss Pearl Kearse of Olar is the guest of Mrs. Julia Harter. Mrs. Clem Grey of Brunson is the guest of Mrs. W. White Anderson. Miss Geneva Grey of Brunson has been on a visit to Mrs. Gordon Kearse Miss Fygie of Orangeburg is visiting her sister, Mrs W Tuten. Mrs Annye O'neal and little son are viaitmg Mrs Carrie Rutland and Mr* Chine Jamison in Orangeburg Geo Brunson of Lodge, Colleton county, visited Mr* Julia Harter this week 0 I. Gooch of I.odge vtitled Mr Moorrr rtcently Misae* Genie and Kathleen Fugle of Denmark. Nettie Kugte of Cbpe, tnertr Tutrn of t imer were recent guests of Mr* W Tutrn Miaar* i'rartr krarse and Sadie Mar ter hair gv»nr on a »i*;t to rr^tivrs a! Hickory t«rv*« NEW NEWS Of SEKUNGVILLE Spec ml Is The PwofMe 'W'gtmgvUte. Jniy skippers row Hnwe The warnsy fr>.«wda of M wa Jennie Hn/ker will tears witk regret that her health imprwes no s*ow!y Man Ada Clulty. of Black* din. ape a I a few days witk bee a.slnr Mr* Netta Minna, mat week The Tocnato Owb gvt* that vailed the rink in Hnmweii mat week came back very muck encouraged Hur-nh fur Ike t*rviktb«ltow Fraywr t'lrvle in harnwed' The ind.r* of tht* place are doing ali they ran to he.p them to aucceej Matter Ldwanj Martin aprnt the nrek with Matter Norman Muud« M.wv Annie Imune Moody ha* ju»t re turned borne after a pleasant wait to Miaa Louise Porter in Barnwr. The People wishes to print the news of every section of Barnwell County, but to do this we must have the co-operation of our friends. We are, therefore, going to ask that if there are any persons who have the advancement of their towns and communities at heart they tend ua the news each week. There is no better way to bring your section to the favorable notice of the reading public than through the columns of the newspapers. By writing the news each week in an interesting man ner you help to advertise your particular section and whatever helps a community as a whole must necessarily help the individual. If you who read this notice desire to send us news letters each week, please communicate with this office and writing paper and stamped envelopes will be forwarded immediately, together with a copy of the paper each week. Address THE BARNWELL PEOPLE, Barnwell, S. C. ~»nt —tr-- ii— - tr SOC 31 TV* m*l<m th* prv** ITEMS OF STATE NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM South Gar oil mi Happening* Briefly Told for Quick Reading. Typhoid fever is raging in portions of Lexington county. The Farmers I'nion will hold their next annual meeting in Anderson. A negro was struck by a trolley car at the Charleston na\y yard Friday night and killed Thursday was big tobacco day in Kmgstrre, Wi.OOO pound* wa* »old at an average of 14 cents a pound The police of Greenwood have order* from the mavor to kill every dog found in that citt without a mj.w.e on , did the fiah act for the am ua* meat of Florence county it going to vote on a th* crowd proposition to taaue •!'■» <ii> in bond* Mia* Annie Gante. of WiBwaboru, it every year for five year* foe g iod rumla viaitmg her aunt. Miaa S KGaat* John J Mrhinne car m*|>*<-tor of the Southern railroad, w a* jvhed to death between two cars at bpa/tanburg jutw tio« on Saturd* < RAIN NEEDED VERY MUCH AT LYNDHURST A Poor Seaton Hat Kept Crop* Below Average.—Social Nawa. Lyndhurst, July 26.—We are needing rain very much around here, and the crops are not up to the average. Old corn is laved by but most of the cotton ought to get one more plowing. Thia has been a very poor season and ferti- luers don t seem to do much good. Quite a pleasant little ptente was pulled off at Robert landing, a wild and romantic »pot near here on the Runs one evening this week The chief amusement was swimming ind fishing Some of the boys rigged • up sowm impromptu bathing suits and who hat for b*«a v tail week* (’Hester I Ns* i* sgwd JX « a* a ..led b» • Seaboard train near !►»» ana k*hla»d county baturda* afternoon Hr w at m the trark I Nr K f RaJfcdotpk ;eof« ►'reach st FrsAiwe college ha* m to are*p< (be chair of modem ta F}oa codegw k3o* N c ('apt Jacob H He'Aoag ot i o<wmb>a has been appointed to a puaitma with th* sergeant at arsaa of the laded States senate through th* afT\»«ace of Smith L M Hammond s farmer ehoi I several milea north of Fa*-*’ evet staat death la laaaey Moada* sfYet was stnark by a *> uthbovnd train Mr ► red Itantr mg in Raleigh S ( returned on the Jl'-vd Mr* R M Hay aapeadiag in MrPbemoa* ill* Mr* \A M Stein me i *r sad t of Heawfurt. are now her* the her father ('apt R P (mate Mm* Kddh (mate gave s tartbday party for he* little aterw Rartel St eve mover aa the g the Shd Tw nasglm te my the af fair was mwrb *ajoyed Tbe last few c*am days we have ha*tag has beoa s mast - ‘nmi from the laiewae hem of the pas week* sad makes ever*body feel bet tsr *«*a if they doa t Wmk so • 4BB a tTEIB Of UtTEREST FROM HBY ELUNTOM Boll of Flaaay 5tapU DtapUyod Hers Last Wsek.—Opened sn 21 at. The hoary locks of old King Cotton were displayed on the streets here last week. Two bolls of the fleecy staple that were grown on the farm of Mr. H. C. Easterling, a few miles from Barnwell, opened on the 21st inst. and were brought to town a day or two later. Barnwell, which has led the State in the past few years in the matter of the first bale of new cotton also carried off honors this year with the first bloom. The chances for again marketing the first bale are very good at this time, as there are several progressive farmers who will vie with one another in win ning this distinction. Mr. Easterling, on whose farm the open bolls were picked, is a Marlboro man, who moved here a few years ago. He is a progressive planter and one who is making good- Broke Chains and Escaped. Special to The People. Hilda, July 29.—A negro was caught here last week on passenger train No. 36 while beating his way. He was un der the box on the truck when seen by the conductor, who ran him off and re quested the policeman here to arrest him. This was done and the negro was sentenced to serve 15 days working the streets of Hilda. On Friday he broke lb* chains front his feet and made good his escape. Nothing more has been .•net of him. AMERICAN OFFICER WAS SHOT IN JUAREZ, MEX. Waakiagtoa Gevarameat Make* Poutivs Damaad fa* Paaiahm—L Charles B Dixson, sn Amencsn immigration inspector, was shot in the back, the ball going completely , through his body, by a body of federal i soldiers in Jutrei, Mexico, Saturday. Dixon was in the Mexican city on of- j ficial business, investigating “white slave" cases, when he was arrested by the soldiers, who started marching him away from the city in the direction of : the foothills, where many executions have occurred. Dixson started to run and after getting a block away was fired on and hit in the back. Dixon says the Mexican soldiers were drunk and be believes that a negro whom he went to Mexico City to see in connec tion with a “white slave’’ case bought drinks for the soldiers and induced them to arrest him. Upon the demand of T. D. Edwards, the American consul, Dixon was re leased from the Juarez, hospital and moved to El Paso, Texas. Edwards also demanded the arrest of the sol diers who made the arrest and did the shooting. The release of Charles Bis- sell and Bernard McDonald, mining ''““T managers, who were imprisoned by ‘ federal soldiers at Chihuahua City and said to be threatened with execution, was also demanded. (Tars Mr< »** a •Ft* • -mar ■ a* A ruoiMitted to ;aii in >pe/taaburg on Thurada* j* the charge ' u-g-ng the name of J A l>oa* to th* enddraemeat of a r he. a fur A verdict of rvk guilty a* («i two and a nuatriai aa to the other three negrue* ti ta Beaufort for the murder of (’onatabie J R Cooler Mar .h J4lh, re aulted on .Saturday The K'tn year-old eon of Mr and Mr* Bub Hite near Lexington, aaa kicked on the head Saturday by a horse The akuli was crushed The child was aent to a Columbia hoapital. and may live etf r FJ^atoa July JA - l>r Waltoa ead • if*, of Augusta, dieed witk W B Turner Friday of last weak Mr and Mrs W B Camels wawt to Beau fori Sunday Mr L assets returned few days and return with Mr H M Cassets and family Miaa Kathleen Minima of Heidur ta visiting relatives here Evan E Settle left Thursday for a two weeks visit in Kentucky, where he expects to spend hts vacation with relatives and fnenda Warren Calhoun, of Barnwell, is here Mayor Marshall will pay for the new | *° relieve^Mr Settle while away KId bible to be purchased for the ne Lutheran church in Greenville It waa the agreement between him and hts op ponent, Capt. Webb, that the winner should buy the bible. Two freight trains collided at Chester Monday morning, demolishing the two big engines, smashing one car box into kindling wood and breaking open six others. When the crew saw that a head-on collision was inevitable they jumped and all escaped injury. The situation is regarded by the of ficials in Washington as being extreme ly grave and developments are being anxiously watched. Lynching in Georgia. After searching all day Sunday for a negro who had shot down J. F. Ham mock, a merchant of Dunbar, Ga., Saturday night, the black was captured in a swamp Sunday night by a posse of 100 men. He was carried back to Dun bar and into the very heart of the negro settlement, strung to a pole and his body riddled with bullets. The negro’s name is John Shake and he is said fb have caused considerable trouble in the in which he lived. Mr. Hammock, who waa seriously if not fatally wounded, found the negro at tempting to rob his Itore when he was shot. W B. Turner left Thursday morning for Hendersonville, where he expects to be until September 1st. The Misses Laura and Carrie Lee Erwin, of Hartsville, are the guests of Miss Ethel Dunbar this week. Messrs. J. Herman Lightsey snd R. G. Addison from Brunson, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Bucking ham. A party of young people attended the Baldoc picnic Thursday. All report a jolly time. Prof. M. F. Bush, of Birmingham, Ala., and sister, Miss Pauline, are here visiting their parents. Miss Anna Tutt Youngblood is visit ing relatives in Aiken. Weather to be Generally Fair. Except for local thunderstorms,gener ally fair weather is predicted for the coming week by the weather bureau and no unusually high temperatures are I expected. Missionary Rally at Fairmennt. The Woman’s Missionary Society of Fairmount Baptist church will have a Missionary Rally at the church, August 9th for the benefit of missions. The pastor will be there* and other good speakers are expected. Dinner will be served on the grounds. All are cordi ally invited to be present. Mrs A. L McLensore, Sec. YOUNG MEN OF JENNY GAVE M00NUGHT PICNIC Visiting Yot with Enjoyable Affair. Jenny, July 26.—On Monday even ing the young men of Jenny gave a moonlight picnic on the lawn of W J. Jenny’s home, complimentary to Mias Cressida Breland of Olar and Miaa Annie Halford of Blackville, the guests of Mrs. Willie Jenny. The Uwn was lighted with Japanese lanterns hanging from the trees. Punch was served during the entire evening. W. J. Lightsey presided st the punch bowl. Later in the evening ices were served by a committee of young men. Features of the evening wer Ua and guitar solos by Albert sad Him G SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS OF ALLENDALE ■lag.—Maay Visitors. Allendale, July 26.—An informal dance was given Wednesday evening by Miss Shannie Googe, at her home on Hampton Terrace. The annual Baldoc picnic was held Thursday., James Heriot Patterson entertained Thursday afternoon at a lawn party in celebration of his ninth birthday. Miss Annie May Ransey of North Augusta, Miss Frizelle Allen of Co lumbia and Misses Catherine and Mar- guerite Patterson of Barnwell are the guest of Miss Isabelle C. Patterson. Mr. and Mrs Leroy Wilson will leave shortly for Waynesville. Mrs. Leroy Stoney and children left Saturday for their summer home in Hendersonville. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Farmer snd fami ly left Sunday for Sullivan’s Island where they will be for several weeks. Mrs. Tessier snd children are spend ing the summer at Sullivan’s Island. Mias Florrie Barnwell of Adams Run is the guest of Mrs. I T. Tobin. Mrs Alfred A. Patterson snd chil dren snd Mrs. C. DeSaussure Clarkson leave Tuesday for Sullivan’s where they will spend the sn The Rev and Mrs. J. R laave next week for Wake where they will spend the August Fred All and Allendale that week for Philadelphia. J Henry Johnson and Leroy All are sith Kmeet L All of th* Harmi Mr* (Hu Brabham spendiag sum* tin** with fnenhs la ATTINTKWOP President Harry D. Cefcams President Harry D. Calhoun, of the Home Bank, has written t»theCS«mee« authorities hi regard to the wflt that has appeared in the eotfcm Helds rf * number of planters fas sad around] well. In his letter Got ^ that he would send affected plants, or if the Clemson thought best, 'thijf W«rs vited to send s man here to personally inspect the fields. This condition has been prevalent far the past ten years in this wttMm, but heretofore has been confined te places where “washing" feme was excessive/ This y*L F p the affected cotton ieeff 1101 Ind, ft*# from sand. The affected plants are net confined to any one pert of the flfM^ but are widely distributed. A PICNIC AND DINNER ARE ENJOYED AT OLAR •fa at V of the cWy The eopy Us of Jem*. E Davie. from s "form" left in the The Yeakewe poet artpt. la which to the rstioue of the during the swige of the etty A ad now after fifty years the Federal soldier who did the come* forward with the the issue be reproduced sad that the money derived from its sale be equally distributed between the needy veterans of the war, one-half to be turned over to U. S Grant Post, No. 327, of New York, to be spent by it in its charitable work, and the other half to go to some Confederate association, to be spent in s like manner. The Yankee soldier-printer, who was a member of Company 0, 97th Illinois infantry volunteers, gives the follow ing account of the printing of the paper: In our rambles through the city of Vicksburg we found a little printing office, equipped with a Franklin hand- power printing press, snd on it was s four colum form dated July 2, 1883. One other and myself in our little party had had some experience in printing offices, before we entered the army, and as there was a little pile of wall paper in the corner of the room that had been “wet down" (dampened so that it would take the ink,) we decided that we would make a few pennies and at the same time supply those who wanted it with s souvenir in the shape of a newspaper published on wall pa per. Some one wrote a short paragraph, dating it July 4, and while it waa being set up the others got things in readiness so as to insert the new paragraph. The ink was not of the best, but we succeed ed in distributing it on s stone, with s I hand roller, from which it waa trana- * ferred to the face of the type. I did the | press work, and while the result j not such as would be entitled to first prizefin t contest, yet we succeeded in using up the wall | ready sale for the edition of 200 or 300 copies. I ssat sns sspgr Is my BMthsr, which is now In my pi to aa old get. but It warns tfa jectsd to the county started to work in spite of a dfarmt om Spires that ha would ahoat the first man that lifted a shovel of dkt, ho anmenced firing, with the above m- suK. Spiros daimo that hii vtelhtoB hhtf According to a < word has reached that place froari nonie, in the Interior of tho that SagundoSanch«x,aBsfhro«fttlft section, haa prodaimod himself 9m messiah. He hu predicted tht da»- traction of the world by a deluge In s short time and boom eighty of Mi HI* lower* are bufiding aa tfk, #htt* < are busy collecting pain of *B found in their regkm. His jj have also armed themaeivea, and ft* Panama government Is taking steps avert possible trouble. / Miss M. E. Lange luw returned ta Y the Margaret Wright Hoapital la gusts, after spending two masks vacs- v tion with the Misses Keeler. / A delightful picnic waa ghrsu MM Thursday at Nix's Lake, M hear M Alias M. I* Lets, efJUifsfia. - Mr. I. Keeler made a ftyitog M Mrs. T. D. 'M