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PEOPLE OF eLlENTON MARRIED JOHNSTON.- ENJOYED FISH DINNER mu. Delightful Outing* Being HeM on the Sevannah River. Ellenton,'3une 6.—Among those who •went to Tybee Sunday were D. C. Bush and Mrs. C. W. Holly and chil dren.- L. A. Bush and family have been visiting relatives in Ellenton for the past several days. E. R. Buckingham was in Columbia Monday of last week. G. M. Turner and family have moved back tolheir country home, after liv ing in Ellenton during the school months. . ». ■ J. J. Bush, of Columbia, is home for the holidays. Miss Susie Dunbar, of Allendale, visited her sistef, Mrs. C. M. Turner, Sunday. W. D. Bush and wife, of Greens Cut, <Sa., visited friends here several days last week. J. P. Griffin gave a fish dinner last Thursday to a few friends. Those present were F. M. Youngblood, W. B. Cassels and Evan E. Settle. Several gentlemen from Augusta and jw York and this vicinity were the sts of E. R. Buckingham last Friday IRs gentlemen giving a fish dinner on the river in their honor. - Mrs. J. E. Walters and little son, John Ellett, who have been visiting friends here for some ten days, left Thursday for a visit to Rev. Jacob Walters at St. Stephens. Flora Kenney and Mr. Daniel Franc! t Moorer. Johnston, June 6.—Miss Flora Ken ney Was quietly married to Mr. Daniel Francis Moorer at her home Tuesday afternoon by the Rev George Hutchin son. There were no attendants of the bride except ,the flower girl, Miss Stewart Boyd, and the ring-bearer, Master Marion Lott. Mendelssohn’s Wedding March was played by Mrs. James Cullum, with a violin obligato by Mr. F. M. Boyd, while the bride and groom entered the parlor. During the ceremony the soft strains of Shubert’s Serenade were heard. The immediate friends and relatives of the bride and groom were gathered in the parlor. Immediately after the ceremony refreshments were served, after which the bridal couple and a number of friends motored to the sta tion and left for a short bridal trip, after which they will be at their home in Fairfax. The-bride is one of Johnston’s most attractive young women and leaves a number of friends who regret that it will be necessary for her to make her home elsewhere. Mr. Moorer is one of Fairfax’s most promising citizens and is cashier of the bank there. PROPER CULTIVATION AN IMPORTANT FACTOR TROUBLE EXPECTED FROM COHON SPIDER Be Younf Corn and Cotton Should Harrowed, Say* Department. The beneficial effect of a well prepared seed bed and the use of good seed may heaviest season for the cotton red Clemaon Entomologist Predict* a Heavy Season.— How to Contro IMite. “Indications are that this will be the BYRNES GETS EXPERT FOR BARNWELL COUNTY WILL WED SOON. Marry Secure* Promise that Engineer Will Be Sent to Allendale. Washington, June 5.—Congressman Byrnes has secured a promise from the good roars division of the department ot agriculture that Engineer Weir will be sent to Allendale soon to assist the authorities of Barnwell county in the preliminary construction of good roads there, $30,000 of this amount having been appropriated. Mr. Weir will coope rate with the authorities in the con struction of the county roads*and show the best methods for judiciously ex pending the funds which have been set aside for this purpose. Mi** Hammett, of Blackville, to North Carolinian. Blackville, June 6.—An announce ment of widespread interest is that of Mr. and. Mrs. B. J. Hammett telling of the approaching marriage of their i daughter, Miss Sara E. Hammett, to J* C. Johnson of Durham, N. C. The wedding will be solemnized in Black ville on Wednesday, June 24. Miss Hammett is one of Blackville’s most charming and accomplished young women and the announcemeut of her approaching marriage will be of interest in many sections of South Carolina. J. C. Johnson is a successful dentist of Durham, N. C., where the couple will make their home. A LETTER FROM TEXAS. be wholly or partially offset by im proper or insufficient cultivation, is the advice of crop specialists of the Depart ment of Agriculture. Proper cultivation is an important factor in crop production. Cultivation should begin immediately after planting by running once or twice across the rows with a weeder or section harrow. After the plants come up at least two additional cultivations should be given with either the weeder or harrow in the case of either corn or cotton before the regular cultivators are used. Run diagonally across the rows with either of these implements, using the section harrow with the teeth slanted back ward with an angle of 45 degrees and repeat a' week later at right angles with the first cultivation. The use of the weeder or section harrow is strongly advised fpr the early cultivation of corn, cotton and many other crops. It is best’ to use the weeder on very loose or sandy soils while the section harrow is preferable on clay or buckshot soils. This early cultivation with the weeder or harrow destroys all young grass and weeds and leaves the soil in fine condition and the'eotton ready for chopping or thinning. The use of the section har row* for the early cultivation of corn and cotton in the South is compara tively recent but is rapidly becoming- general. One of the great advantages inJts use, in addition to the excellent work done, is the extra amount of land that can be cultivated in a given time. ♦ DEATH CLAIMS] TWO. BARNWELL DROPPED 4 GAMES To Be Married. Invitations have been received here to the marriage of Miss Annie Mae, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan E Boylston, to Dr. George Franklin I Miller on the evening of June 24th at 18:30 o’clock, at the Methodist Church in ' Springfield. i The bride is a charming young lady who has endeared herself to the people of Springfield by her many womanly graces. The groom, who is a popular j young dentist of River Junction, Fla., is pleasantly remembered here, where he made his home fo£.-a number of They have the best wishes of a jt? It has been > -T v Subicriber in the LoneSUr State Write* of Crop Condition*. Karnes City, Texas, May 29, 1914. Editor The People, Barnwell, S. C. Dear Sir:— Will give yow*-valuable paper «rrd vo{irs the people of Barnwell the condit^^ f r i en ds. of our county at present. * " raining off and on in this county for thirty days and the crops are full of j ‘eds and grass. The merchants and n« are assisting the farmers in I ing out and chopping their cotton Und this outside help has been a .big advantage. -Someof them had to work in wet ground.' Still they contend that. “* ~ big crop willbe gathered. The corn a big crop .crop will yieldheavily; some of it has one time. Running streams haye been n been plowed only out of their banks and a great deal of damage has been done. We are now paying 85 cents a bushel for corn, with very little selling. Irish potatoes, which are plentiful, are retailing at 4 cents a pound. I did not attend the_U. C. V. reunion at Jacksonville this year. If I had I would have visited Barnwell and met my old friends. I hope my old com rades, the Boylston boys, Alfred Giles and Bill Woodward, are still telling their big war tales. Bill Woodward had some experience with a big pig during the late unpleasantness. Get him to give you all the particulars. I would not tell this on Bill, but the Mississippi River is between us. Wishing you all a prosperous year and that crops will be bountiful, I am, as ever, . . J Respectfully,' „ L. G. Tobin. Married at Brunson. Brunson, June 6. —On Wednesday evening, at the home of the bride’s parents, in Brunson, Miss Eula Harri son, daughter of Mr.Cameron Harrison, and Mr. Ralph Lightsey” were married in the presence of the members of the a few close friends, the Rev. J. H. Edward, of the Baptist Church, officiating. Advertised Letter*. Letters remaining in the Post Office and advertised June 8th, 1914. M AI.K. J. W. Beriiiett, James Bing, Clark, James Cealman, John A. J F. Fowler, Thos Woodward. Fairfax and Bnmaba Each Took a Couple from Local Team. The Barnwell baseball team left here Tuesday of last week to play two games each with Fairfax and Brunson. Rag ged support of the pitchers the locals all four games. The story is told in the following dispatches: , Fairfax Got Two. * Fairfax, June 3.—The locals took both yesterday’s and to-day’s games from the Barnwell Amateurs, the first game by a score of 9 to 7 and today’s game, 5 to 1. Pate fqr the visitors did good work in the box but his support was weak. Youmans for the locals did good work in the box, also securing two hits out of five times at bat. Brunson Get* Others. Brunson, June Before ^ tjig., larg est' crowd of the Season BrunSon defeated Barnwell, 7 to 2. The feature of the game was the heavy batting and excellent battery work of Brun son. Brunson, June 5.—It was a case of two much Youmans, and Brunson won the second game of the series from Barnwell today by a score of 7 to 0. Brunson has won nine out of the last 11 played. Brunson will be glad to arrange games with any other team in the State. spider since I havfc been in* South Caro lina,” said Prof A. F. Conrmdi, entomo logist of the South Carolina Experiment Station at Clemson College. “It is not doing much damage now because the cotton is not large enough yet. The next rain may check consider ably. But the first dry spell that fol lows it will bring trouble and it is well for farmers to be informed now as to the methods of dealing with this mite.” The cotton red spider, said Prof. Conradi, is often mistaken for cotton rust, since the infested leaves turn a deep red on their upper surface. But many of the cases of supposed rust are due to the ravages of the cotton red spider. This is a tiny mite. Hot, dry conditions greatly favor and hasten its development, while cool, wet weather correspondingly retards it. The innocent little violet is the far mer’s worst enemy in so far as the cotton red spider is concerned. When the cotton dies in the late fall, the red spider seeks better and more tempting feeding places for the win ter. The cultivated violet is its favo rite host plant and it is upon this plant that the vast majority of the mites winter: Other host plants are pokeweed, dahlias, wild geraniums and a number of other weeds and ornamental plants. The cotton red spider infects cot ton leaves, reddens them over the en tire surface, distorts them and causes them to drop. When the patches attacked in cotton fields are still small, said Prof. Conradi, the infested plants should be pulled up taken from the field, and burned, care being taken that every plant that shows signs of hdng attacked be treated in this way. This should be repeated as long as any of the spiders are found. If the spiders have spread until a con siderable patch is infested, it might be well to plow up the affected portion in order to save the rest. Such a measure should be resorted to only in extreme cases and the planter con cerned must judge of its desirability. Probably the safest and most ef fective and cheapest insecticide that j can be used, said Prof. Conradi, is potassium sulphide, recommended by E. A. McGregor, of the United States Bureau of Entomology, and used by the entomological division of Clemson College. Three pounds to a hundred gallons of water is the amount recom mended, this solution sprayed on the under, spray.* Potassium sulphide cost a about 25 cents per pound. Before there is an attack of red spider, the following precautions should be taken: clean culture by burning or grubbing out all weeds or underbrush around and in cotton fields; also practice fall'plowing as far as possible. Violets which seem to be infested should be sprayed or destroyed. Keep a watch for the first infested stalks and pull them up and burn them. . -» » Mis* Mary F. Holland and^Master John son Hagood Daad. Barnwell wag saddened Saturday mornfng to learn of the death of Miss Mary F. Holland, whe died at the home of her nephew, the Hon. George H. Bates, aged 64 years. Although she had been ill for abdut three weeks her death was a distinct shock to her host of friends, to whom she had endeared herself by her many lovable traits of character. The funeral service was conducted Saturday afternoon by the Rev. W. J. Snyder at the Methodist Church, the body being laid to rest the following morning in the old Hoi land cemetery at Pierce’s Chapel On Sunday morning the pure white spirit of little Johnson Hagood, the 18- months old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B Hagood, returned to Him who said, RETORT IS MAUCHNBt . DECLARES lALDOC MM ... Elliot Davis, KKMALB Miss Mary Jane Bing, Sanwie, Carrie Thomas. Miss Hanson FROM DKAD I.KTTKR OFFICK. Persons calling for tnese letters will, please say advertised. S. B. Moseley, P. M. FAIR AND HOT DAYS. ’Weather Bureau Make* Prediction for Present Week. Washington, June 7.—Generally fair Miss Bessie Bronson visited relatives here last week. Mrs. L. M. Calhoun entertained the Matron’s Bridge Club Friday after noon. Attorneys A. H. Ninestein and H. F. Buist, of Blackville, were in town Mon day on business. Mr. I. L. Tobin, clerk of the Barn well County Dispensary Board, "has purchased a Ford touring car. - Thos. M. Boulware, Esq., Went up to The Editor’* Easy Job. The Ulay County Clarion says that to run a newspaper all a fellow has to do is to be able to write poems, discuss the tariff and money questions, umpire a baseball game, report a wedding, saw wood, describe a fire so that the readers will shed their wraps, make $1 do the work of $10, shine at a dance, measure calico, abuse the liquor habit, test whiskey, subscribe to charity, go without meals, attack free silver, wear diamonds, invent advertisements,sneer at snobbery, overlook scandal, appraise babies, delight pumpkin raisers, minis ter to the afflicted, heal the disgrunt led, flirt to a finish, set type, mold opinions, sweep out the office, speak at prayer meetings and stand in with everybody and everything. “Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” For several weeks he lingered in the Valley of the Shadow, and as a last resort he was taken to a hospital in Columbia, where skilled physicians and loving hands did everything possible to stay the sum mons. The little body was brought to Barnwell Sunday afternoon and buried the following day in the Episcopal Churchyard, after touching funeral services had been conducted by the Rev. W. J. Snyder $t the Methodist Church. The bereaved familea have the heart felt sympathy of their hundreds of friends. HAND AT ALLENDALE. at plants, qure^ein^ taken that Uje und side of the le£\tes be’ hit wltlTfhe spra State High School Inspector Speak* Commencement. Allendale, June 6.—The closing ex ercises of the Allendale high school took place last evening at the town hall. W. H. Hand of Columbia ad dressed the school and the patrons in a forceful address on the school. The four young ladies graduating are as follows: Miss Ellen DeLoach, Miss Phoebe Oswald, Miss Ramelle Rice, Miss Edith Keel. Miss Ellen DeLoach was first honor graduate. Miss Ellen DeLoach was historian, Miss Phoebe Oswald prophet: Miss Ramelle Rice handed down the mantle, which was received by Miss Kate Boyleston. The programme was in terspersed with music by the high school. At the conclusion, Mrs. W. R. Darl ington, in behalf of the D. A. R. Wade Hampton chapter, presented to the school a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, and eight copies of the Ten Com mandments, framed for hanging in each room of the schoO W. L Job a* Denies Favored Him Persoaaliy. Baldoc, S. C., Jane 1st, 1914. Dear Mr. Editor:— Some one for malicious purposes hag been circulating a report that Mr. Diamond, the Supervisor of Barnwell County, has been going out of bis way to construct roads in my commu nity, and for me alone. Mr. Editor, if you or any ether truthful man will pass over and look at the work done by the Supervisor from Barnwell Court House to Hampton County line, you will see that he has done a splendid piece of work. At Allendale the Supervisor divided hisichain gang, and put one section in Bull Pond, where it is doing splendid work. She other section was located at Baldoc. From that point the road was built out at Cave’s Church, which accommodates the entire neighborhood and from Baldoc to the river. There are sections of sandy public road that ought to be fixed, and which I take it will be fixed when the proper tune comes, and the Supervisor has covered other sections of the County as he has this. In the meantime, allow me to say that the Supervisor has done no more for this section of the country than was just and fair, and for me personally, nothing at all. I am making this statement in order that justice may be given te a public servant, whom 1 did not support in the last election, but whose work on the public highways has been q( such a nature as to warrant any man who prizes good work to give to him the support and to back him in the efforts to better the condition of the farmers in Barnwell County, especially the farmers who live at a distance from the railroads and who have heavy freight to haul. They need good roads, and as Mr. Diamond is giving them to us, we ought to back him. Thanking you in advance for your courtesy, I am, Very truly, W. I. Johna. DINNER FOR VETERANS. FAIRFAX FACTS AND FANCIES and hot weather is the forecast for the. Montreal, N. C., Friday afternoon to week east of the Rocky moun- spend several days with his mother. here are .no present indications Mrs. C C. Simms entertained a large of precipitation of consequence,” said number of fnends Thursday afternoon the weather bureau’s ■"except that there will be showers and thunderstorrns at the outset from . the lake region eastward and possi bly in the far Northwest. Occasional local tthunder showers are probable in the South, including Texas, but no geneeal rains. bulletin w. Messrs. C. C. Simms, J.' E. Harley and C. A. Best motored down to Ulmer Tuesday afternoon in the latter’s auto mobile. Mr. Simms delivered an ad dress that night at the closing of the gradedschool there. > Mis* Woodward Graduate*. The following item from a Valdosta, Ga., paper will be read with interest by the Barnwell County fjiends of Miss j Woodward, whose parents are natives of Barnwell: | Miss Elizabeth Woodward, one of | the most popufar young ladies in Val- i dosta, has returned from Winston- Salem, N. C., where she was gradu- ated from Salem College Monday. ghe ka, SCTXllB|ttniM~KBSirWlg t parents, Col. and Mrs. A. T. Wood ward, who attended the graduating exercises. V Miss Woodward, who was the chap lain cf her class, has the distinction of having been voted the best girl ia the coUege. “Top*yrTurvy” Presented in Allendale Wednesday Evening. Fairfax, June 6.—Dr. J. B. Stokes of Charleston spent a day with relatives here recently. Miss Bertie Ellis has returned to her home at Tillman, after spending some time with her sister, Mrs. E. M. Davis. , • .. . Miss Alma Knight, just graduated at Winthrop, is at home. The Baptists gave their play “Topsy- Turvey,” in Allendale Wednesday evening. A number from Fairfax attended it. W. T. Brooker of Columbia was a recent visitor here. Mrs. D. O. Browning and daughter Mary of Tillman are spending some time with Mrs. E. M. Davis. Geo. Addison of Brunson was here this week. Mrs. Mark Maxon of Camp Branch visited relatives here last week. J. B. O’Neal is back from Green ville. Mrs. Ethel Moye and children of Bamberg are spending some time here. - Feast Served for Confederates at Fsur- fax Last Week. Fairfax, June 5.—On Wednesday the U. D. C. gave its annual dinmer to the veterans of the Confederate army. The participants were the following veter ans: Miles Loadholt, W x T. Priester, O. P. Griffin, Josiah Loadholt, ll. W. Harter, M. P. Bassett, M. M. Lightsey, G. M. Cope, D. M. Hoover, y. W. Manuel, G. S. O’Neal, M. A. Moye. The dinner was a feast and the oc casion pleasant. Crosses of honor were bestowed upon many widows of veterans. THANKS DR. JONES. SAYS GOVERNOR IS BEATER Well luformud Anderson People Predict Hi* Defeat fa* County. A Greenwood correspondent writes The People as follows: The consensus of opinion in the Piedmont is that he (Gov. Bleese) is beaten. The best informed men in Anderson say he will lose that county.” The People publishes the above opin ion for what it is worth. — • l SE1GLINGVILLE NEWS.., Fisherman Enjoy Trip to Savannah River —Convert Baptized. Seiglingville, June. S.i^frs. T. S. Barnwell, spent a few days tiveiy^ od returned nraHov aftease. Hart’s Battery Chapter, U. D. C., Offer* Resolutin. Williston, June 6.—The members of Hart’s Battery chapter, U. D. ,C., at their last meeting offered the following resolution to Dr. W. M. Jones: “Whereas, Dr. W. M. Jones gave us a most magnificent, eloquent and scholarly^ address on Memorial day, and whereas, we wish in a slight measure to express our appreciation of it and of his kindness; therefore, be “Resolved, That Hart’s Battery chap ter, U. D. C., most heartily thanks Dr. Jones. FIRST COTTON BLOOM. Was Picked on tho 5th Inst, by Fanner Welter Long. Fanner Walter Long, who lives a short distance from towni takes first cotton bloom honors this year. A • blossom, which opened on Friday, was on display Saturday at the store of Mr. J. A. Porter. Last-year Barnwell County won the honor of producing the first bale, in the State, -♦■eL Cave, of Barnwell, spent a few r _ 'here last week visiting at the homes of her father and brother^Messrs. H. J. and P. W. Moody, respective Miss Maude Youngblood home from Barnwell Thursday after noon where she spent a few days after attending the Tomato Club girls’ meet ing. Misses Myrtle and Irene Moody, of Allendale, were visitors here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Harden paid n short visit to relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Morrall Strange and little childi en, Miss Marie and Masters Mit chell and Henry,of Allendale,were visi tors at the home of Mrs. 0. W. Barker Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lee All, of Kline, visit ed the latter’s sister, Mrs. H. J. Moody, Sunday. Farmers here ore shipping cucum bers, but prices are poor and'the crops are cut short by the dry spell. Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Googe and tittle Alma were visitors at the home of Mr. L. R. Mims Sunday. * Mrs. ll. J. Moody returned Saturday from Dunbarton, where' she attended the school commencement. She wae accompanied home by Masters Waller and Henry, Jr. Messrs* R. W. Youngblood, P. W. Moody and H. H. Youngblood went to the Savannah River on a fishing trip last week, returning with an K-lb. carp. and plenty of catfish. Baptist w*s administrate convert^ere Sunday by the 1 Bass, who preached an ab^ : a large congregation. Mr. Oliver Andrews ittended a very enjoyable dance at Williston Friday eVeBin e CoL Mtx*o*> Mrs. B. D. Cain returned Saturday Cdl. R. M. Mixson, who is opposing afternoon from Savannah, where she Congressman James F. Byrnes in his spent a couple of weeks visiting rein- campaign for reflection, his filed his tiv« pledffe and paid Me «****! »_*■ Mwiusscon Williston, June 4.—For Ike time this season, Williston and I field crossed bats Monday Though Williston showed better and woti by the tone of 13 to 1% teams shewed their art thestick. Thisin&ei listen has played