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dr ■' » i .< )L XXXVII M Ju»t Like a Member of the Family” BARNWELL, S. C. JUNE 23, 1914 SUMMER tERM OF COURT CONVENES ON JULY 13TH ’ \ Jmif HayM P, Rice, of Aiko% Will Pr^aido.—Pint Wook Jury. The summer term of the -Court of Common Pieas and Oeners^ Sessions for Barnwell County will convene here on July 18th with Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, presiding. Both criminal and civil cases will be tried. The petit jnrors for the first week were drawn on Monday as follows: Allendale: J R Boylston, H. H. Ben nett, B. F. Thomas, F. G. Craddock. Baldoc: Wickliff Ashe. Barnwell: J. D. Davis, R. C. Carroll, A. J. Owens. Bennett Springs: J. W. Rosier, Drummond. Blackville: Isadore Brown, Chisolm, E. H. McDonald, W. 0 ling. „ Four Mile: A. R. Dunbar. Georges Creek: H. C. Hutto. Great Cypress: E. H. Jenkins, C. S. Furman, E. B. Sanders, Jr., N. E. Still. Red Oak: J. Wilkinson, W. L. Bax ley. ®Rteh Land: B. F. Baughman, J. G. Burckhalter. Rosemay: S. J. Powell, J. N. Folk. tjSjtamore: F. P. Cone, J. P. Wilkin- J. S. Furgerson, J. F. Loadholt, PC. Loadholt. Williston: B. C. Matthews, W. A. Porter, H. B. Kitchings, Jno. Bolen, J. J, Bel). J. J. T. R. Fick- “PROOF OF THE PUDDIN’ IS CHAWING THE BAG” SENATORIAL CANDIDATES SPEAK HERE FRIDAY, 26TH DEATHS. MELONS AT SEIGUNGVILLE Cucumber Season Over but Water melon* Are Ripeninf. Seiglingville, June 22.—Croos ire Jooking fine in this section. The nicumber season is over but water melons will soon be ready for ship ment, Mr. 0. W. Barker having pulled several ripe melons a week ago. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bates, and three children, of Allendale visited relatives here yesterday. Mrs. J. P. Moody and daughter, Miss Annie Laura, visited friends at Thomas Frida/. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Barker and three children, of Allendale, spent Sunday ■with the former’s father, Mr. 0. W. Barker. Messrs. J. W. Boyles and H. H. Youngblood motored up to Kline in the former’s car Saturday. Miss Ruby Myrick has just returned home after a pleasant visit to her sister, Mrs. W. F. Goodson, of Georgia Mrs. R. W. Youngblood visited her sister, Mrs. J. S. Stephenson, of Apple- ton, Saturday. Miss Alma Furman, of Ehrhardt, visi ted at the home of Mrs. J. P. Boyles last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Moody and three children visited Relatives in Kline last - week;— —-- — Mrs. T. S. Cave, of Barnwell, was here on a business trip Thursday. Among the out-of-town visitors here Sunday were Messrs. Malcolm Moody, ' Allendale, and Baker Gill, of Apple- &n. Mrs. Morrall Strange and children, of Allendale, visited relatives here yester day. ELLENTON NEWS. Mr*. Bu»h and Mi** Bailey Improving ' After Recent Illnetse*. Ellenton, June 20.—Little Mildred Bailey was quite sick several days last week, but is now able to be out again. Miss GusSie Miller is visiting relatives at Rocky Ford, Ga. Miss Mamie Bush has gone to Greens-' boro, N. C., to enter a normal school. I Mrs. Hahn and children, of Aiken, are visiting the family of F. M. Young- blood. Mrs. 1). C. Bush was on the sick list several days this week. Miss Flossie Miller has been sick for several days. * Miss Florence Bush attended the wedding of Mias Annie Mae Ransey in North Augusta Thursday evening. t E. R. Buckingham was in Columbia a few days flits week. Mrs. Ida E. Buah was confined to. her bed several d^ys this week on account of illness. — —^ » Scholarship Winners Announced. Misses Daisy Mnns, of Meyer’s Mill, mod Blanche Deer, of Ulmer, have been selected as the winners of the short jurse scholarship to Winthrop College i summer, with Misses Eula Lee on and Thelma Goodson, of Ulmer, as alternates. The winners made an average ol lOO ^et.eenL flie. ^, More About Bull Pond Township and tho Public Uoad*.| (Political Advertisement) Where is Bull Pond Township? Well, I really don’t know, but if the chain gang will work the road through Bryan brothers’ plantation on that little piece of new road from J. L. Oswald’s Wood Place on the Augusta and Charleston road to the old Allendale and Erwinton road, on towards Mr. Speigener’s on the Erwinton and old Allendale road, and then on the Anioch Church road as far as Mr. H. C. Flow ers’, the “boss man” may be reason ably certain that he has worked ALL the public highways in Bull Pond town ship, running clear through to the Hampton County line. At any rate that seems to be the impression that some of his supporters have endeavored to create, and they laud him. to the skies for his very excellent workmanship and set up a claim for his re-election because of the royal highways that he has built through Bull Pond and other townships, declaring them equal to the royal highways of King Solomon’s day. Either History or Dr. Hoover is grossly incorrect. For such excellent services they claim that he should be re-elected, even though they and I doubt if he has ever seen the fifteen-mile stretch of road on the Barnwell and McCoy’s ' bluff road from Briar cneek to Lafay ette’s Cross Roads, nor the 15 miles of road on the river road from Briar Creek to Pender’s store, nor that stretch from P. J. Zeigler’s ,to Cohen’s bluff, on the Orangeburg road, on whicn is the bad and even dangerous bridge . that Mr. Box mentions having reported to the grand jury. All of these roads are very important highways and run | clear through Bull Pond township the Hampton County line. | I wish to call attention to at least two I other very important and much-usec. public roads, running from Erwinton to Fennel Hill and King Creek landings ! on the river. 1 The first of these, leading from 01< 1 Allendale by Mr. Flowers’ and Antioch Church to Fennel Hill, in some places ! is impassable and the road grown up 1 (very near to the church, too,) to such ' an extent that the public is forced to ' use a private plantation road through P. A. Erwin’s place; the writer has the control, and permits the public to , use his private road. The same is also true as regards the road intersetting the Barnwell road at j Mr. W. H. Williams’ and running through the writer’s plantation to the river. j Every one of the bridges, without single exception, on this road is in bad condition and some of them entirely gone. Here again the pdblic is forced toluse two public roads through my fields simply because the regular public road and bridges are impas sable. “But Tom Erwin won’t kick; you can go through his fields most anywhere you please.” But if he should (and which he is going to do) put up# trespass notice j»nd stop those roads, what then? “Oh, well, he’ll just bathe meanest man in the world. Mr. Diamond will fix them if you only give him time enough.” WelA, we’ll see about that; there is such a thing as pa tience ceasing to be a virtue. As above stated, these are both very important public highways leading di rectly from Allendale to the river, and if they were put in good condition, at least that part of them that does not touch the swamp, the immense amount of saving in distance to the farmers of this section and the advantage of the river water rates to Allendale would more than compensate putting these roads in good condition. Don’t lose sight of the fact that they are in Bull Pond township, where it has been reported that the supervisor has put them in excellent condition, but it is a fact, nevertheless, that he hasn’t touched them. But he ought to be re-elected because he will do (if you just give him time enough) that which he is credited with already having done, and the impresaion goes out that he has done it, hut he hasn’t. I note from Mr. Box’s letter that there are at least two of us of the same opinion when it comes to voting for a man seeking re-election based upon misstatements and false impressions (though they may be unintended on the part of those who did it) as regards his road record. As Mr. Box very pointedly states, my vote counts only ONE; that’s true, but when that one is doubled, then it makes two, and when Senator Smith, Governor Blease, Mayor Jennings, ami Mr. Pollock Will Address Voters of Barnwell County.—Con gressional Candidates Will Also Speak. " ^ A Henry Lard i Satur- The Senatorial and Congressional candidates will make their appeals for the suffrage of Barnwell County voters here tomorrow, Friday, June 26th, in the “Circle.” There are four aspirants for the Senatorial toga: Senator Smith, Governor Blease, Mayor L. D. Jennings and Mr. W. P. Pollock. Congressman Byrnes, of Aiken, and his opponent, Col. R. M. Mixson, will also lay their claims before the people. ' / According to an agreement made by the candidates at Waiter- boro, the speaking will begin promptly at 10:30 o’clock A. M. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS FROM WILLISTON FACTS AND FANCIES FROM FAIR FAIRFAX A Number of Visitor* in Town.—Col lege Boy* Return Home. Willistoi/ June 23.—M*. an<i Mrs. Austin Latimer, of New York, are visit ing Mrs. Latlimer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kennedy. Mrs. Sallie Hair, pf Blackville, spait several days last week with relatives and friends in Williston. Mr. and Mrs. Laura Dicks, of Chatta nooga, Tenn., spent Friday and Satur day here with friends. Messrs. Winchester Smith, Eugene and Cecil Greene are at home from College. *- Dr. and Mrs. J. Lewis Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy and son are in the North on a pleasure trip. They will be away several weeks and will visit many points of interest. Capt. W. H. Kennedy is in Washing ton visiting his daughter, Mrs. C. J. Owens. Mrs. Ista L. Wallace has just re turned from Columbus, Ga., where she delivered an address on personal loyal ty to Christ, before the State Philathea Convention. The friends of Mrs. Fannie Hair will be pained to learn that she is seriously sick at her home here. w itwuilM titter two alternates being doce seconds with ; up by a little Influence coupled to the 99 per cent. The course at Winthrop unvarnished facti, the results may as- begins July 2nd and closes July 14th. tonish you. „■ . „ \ • • •—"—7”- I would like to know what has be- Cd. Harry D. Calheun went overate eome of the Bull Pood road tax money. Thursday- " ’ . j-1 venture to say that, outside of the towns, the road tax population ia equal to any other township in Barnwell County. Why, then, are we given the go-by every time? Will somebody ex plain? DISCRIMINATION is the word; pass it on. Friend Box, can't we poor little fel lows down here "bunch up” and get us a traction engine or an automobile? May be if we could .do that we could create a sort o’ fellow-feeling andNgain recognition so that our roads wouldn’t be outlawed and we wouldn't be entire ly counted out. ■ ' 1 am indeed glad to note, the deliber ate stand for right and justice that Mr. Box takes, and I heartily concur with him in all that he says, except when he says, “His work is good if com pleted.” 1 am sorry to say it, but in justice to Bull Pond I feel justified in saying that frottrmy viewpoint I have never seen a single piece of his road work that I consider good—not even good ordinary, much less excellent. I haven’t trav eled perhaps quite as much as Dr. Hoover has over his roads. What a pity the Doctor didn’t come down this way through Lover’s Lane. If he had no doubt but that his song and dance would have been pitched on a differ ent note. If there is a single stretch of road that has been built or worked up by the chain gang, wide enough for a bicycle, much less a wagon or a buggy, to go pass Bryan brothers’ traction engine (and I think it has the right to travel the public roads) I have not seen it. All of the road beds that I have seen are entirely too. narrow and too hiked up—like a “cooler’s” back —for anything that is loaded and rolls on wheels to pass each other, the one keeping to the center of the road and the other driving around, except a bi cycle, a baby carriage or a wheel bar- row. There isn’t a single stretch of road that ! have seen that is uniform in any particular. There is not s ditch with a straight clearance and proper grading; some of them are cut wide, some nar row, some dodge around stumps, roots and trees, and still some stop short off, both ends approaching streams. In some places only a few briarr and brushes are brushed aside. None of the abutments will stand the test or heavy pressure of loaded wagons, oftbent are supported at an im. angle with only a small slender pine or gum pole, not larger than man’s arto; and yet this work is pro nounced excellent and tha man who supenrisod it held up to the public f * (Coetinued on fourth page.) A Number of Item* of Interest from Hu*tbnf Little City. Fairfax, June 20.—Mr. and Mrs. Marion Jennings are now living here and are at home at the Commercial hotel. Mrs. Jennie Barker of Allendale has been here visiting her mother, Mrs. Till. Miss Lily Weekley of Ulmer is visit ing her sister, Mrs. Otis Deer. Mr. and Mrs. Moorer have returned from their bridal trip and are at home with Mrs. Martin Lightsey. Miss Maude Barber has returned from a pleasant trip to Columbia. Mrs. Anna Padget and son, Sydney, of Florida, are spending some time with Mrs. Jones Lane. t Mr. and Mrs. Ellis of Tillman visited their daughter here recently. Mrs. L. O. Browning and daughter are visiting Mrs. C. M. Davis. Dr. J. B. Stokes of Charleston was a recent visitor here. L. 0. Watson is the guest of G. D. Sanders. Mrs. G. L. O’Neal has returned from A visit to Delray, Fla., where several of her sons are living. Miss Iris Kearse is spending sdfllg time with her sister, Mrs. Dan Hart* man, at Waycross, Ga. Miss Eloise Garrick has returned to Norway, after visiting relatives here. Mrs. Purdie Ayer of Olar and Mrs. L. W. Clayton of Bamberg were recent visitors here. A miscellaneous shower was giv;n to Miss Mell Kearse, who is to wed George DuPre Sanders on June 30,by Mrs. John Jones Friday. Robbie Johnson of Augusta visited Mrs. C. F. Hiers this week. Meva Hiers is spending some in Augusta with relatives. James Connelly of Waycross, visited'C. F. Hiers this - week. Sam Jenkins of Birmingham, is here for a while. Robert Padgett of Florida is here qn a visit, as is P. Padgett of Ehrhardt. HmwyLut Williston, 9un^23.—Mr died at his home in Williston on day, the 14th inat, after a short illness. Mr. Lard was an upright citizen and left a boet of friends who extdnd to his wife deep And earnest sympathy. Williston, June 23»—On the 10th of June, Mr. William Hair passed peace fully away at his home here after an illness of many months. He was a consistent member of the Baptist Church. He leaves a wife and a large family of children and many friends to mourn for him. W. C. Leu. 1 After an illness of only a few days, Mr. W. C. Lee, aged 62 years, a native of Barnwell County, died in a Columbia hospital Thursday morning about 5 o’clock, from the effects of a, stroke of paralysis followed by pneumonia. He was buried that afternoon in Elmwood cemetery, Columbia. Mr. Lee is sur vived by one brother, Mr. U. D. Lee, of Snelling, who has the sincere sym pathy of his community in his sad bereavement. Mr*. CKiralette Simms Row*. Mrs. Chivelette Simms Rowe, relict of the late Mr. Donald J. Rowe, of Bam berg county, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. F. Buist, in Black ville, Wednesday night at the ripe age of 65 years, after a long ittness follow ing a stroke of paralysis. Her body was taken to Charleston and buried in Magnolia cemetery, Friday the Rev. S. C. Beckwith conducting the services. Mrs. Rowe was a sister of C. C. Simms, Esq., of Barnwell, and ia sur vived by three daughters, Miss Mamie Rowe of Charleston, Mrs. H. F. Buist, of Blackville, and Mra. W. T. Weekley, of Birmingham, Ala., and one son, Mr. W. Q. S. Rowe, of Louisville, Ga., who haye the sincere symfmthy of many friends in the sad in bereavement. 1 —♦ o ■ PRODUCTION ON COTTON IN THE UNITED STATES U* Veto. Washington, D. C., June 24, 1914.— The quantity of cotton ginned from the crop of 1913, counting round as half bales and excluding linters, was 11,- 982,811 running balds. With toe ex ception of that of 1911, this ia the hnf-, est cotton crop the United States has ever produced. Expressed in gross 500-pound bales, toe crop amounted to 14,156,486 bales, being 1,536,215 belea, or 9.8 per cent, less than tost of 1911, but exceeding that of 1912 by 463,085 or 3.3 per cent; that of 1900, the small est in recent years, by 4,161,537 bales, or 41.5 per cent; and that of 1904, the fourth largest crop, by 718,474 bales, or 5.3 per cent. These figures are given in a bulletin on Cotton Production for 1913, which has been issued by Director William J. Harris, of the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. It was prepared under the supervision of William M. Stuart, chief statistician for manufactures. The amount of cotton seed produced, in tons in 1913, was 6,306,000, with nn estimated value of 1156,0000,00a Of this quantity, 4,787,902 tons were crushed. The corresponding amounts for 1912 were 6,104,000 tons produced and 4,579‘508 tons crushed; and tor 1911, 6,997,000 tons produced and 4,- 921,073 tons crushed. RsMcr-LawMa. Augusta, Os., June 19.—At the home of the bride in North Augusta this morning took place the marriage of Miss Annie May Ransey and Malcolm Stoney Lawson. Owing to a recent be reavement in the family, no cards were issued and only a few friends were present in addition to the family. The bride wore a coat suit of one of the new shades of green with blouse of flesh- colored chiffon, black straw hat and black pumps and gloves. She canied bride roses and ferns. After the Ceremony by the Rev. W. A. Waugh of North Augiula and an in formal breakfast, Mr. and Mrs. Lawson left for Palm Beach, Fla. On their re- J&me* B. Cav*. Mr. Jimjfc B. Cave, formerly of Barn- fro ® wedfflng trip they Wfli time Ga., Ala., MORE ABOUT MR. DIAMOND. E. G. Connelly, of Fairfax, Praiae* Work of Supervisor. (Political Advertisement.) Fairfax, S. C., June 18, 1914. Mr. Editor:— Dear Sir: I wish to ask for space in your columns to compliment our pre sent supervisor for his past good work n our surrounding community. Our public highways are in first class condition for the first time in past years, and Mr. G. J. Diamond certainly has the praise for them. Our surrounding community, one and all, certainly have to give him the praise for our good roads, and we feel like Mr. Diamond has done his utter most best for the benefit of Barnwell County. We feel like he has put forth every effort and every move that was in his power to the welfare and benefit of our county, but we must say that it is impossible for him to work Barnwell county in two years, especially like he has worked the territory he has cov ered. He has not left anything undone whpre he has been and two more years Weil Gotirify, died at his home at Lyons, Toombs Ooknty, Ga., on the 5th inat., after an ilineSS Of three months, in the 73rd year of his age. Mr. Cave served through ih« Wlf Between the States and when peace was restored, returned to his native county, where he married and en gaged in farming. Seven children blessed the union. About twenty years ago he left his old home on his Green Savannah plantation and moved to Georgia. During the last four years of his life he served the yeople of his adopted county as tax receiver and at the time of his death was a candidate for the office of county treasurer. The bereaved family have many friends in this county who deeply sympathize with them in their loss. Mr*. A. M. Sander*. Mrs. Nettie Sanders, wife of Mr. A. M. Sanders, died at her home near Barnwell Tuesday night about 11 o’clock after an illness oT three days, from the effects of blood poisoning. Mrs. San ders, who was only 36 years of age, was a daughter of the late Mt\ L. T. Williams, of Elko. She was a consis tent member of the Rosemary Baptist Church, with which she affiliated at an early age. On Wednesday her body laid to rest in the Hair cemetery, near Elko, the Rev. W. L. Hayes, of Barn well, conducting the funeral services in the presence of a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends. Besides her husband, Mra. Sanders is survived by two daughters and four sons, the eldest being twelve years of age and the youngest eleven months; two brothers, Messrs. L. P. Williams, of Elko, and Sam Williams, of Olar; and thr^e sisters, Mesdames Staley and T. E. Turner, of Elko, and Huttof pf Olar, who have the heartfelt sympathy of a host of friends. put Barnwell county roads' in first class condition, and I hope that when the last ballot box will ring Out in Barnwell county court house this coming August, 1914, that we can all say, “Well done, our good and faithful supervisor, you have been very faithful for the past two years—now you are re-elected for two more.*' E. G. Connelly. The subject 'of this sketch, little with success from G. J. Diamond wtU Saleta Creech, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry. E. Creech, was born in the Friendship section of Barnwell county, JJov. 30th, 1907. On Saturday, May 16th, 1914, while in the field where her father was cutting oats with, a mowing machine, “the mules became unmana geable and dashed off. The sharp blade of the machine completely sev ered obe of her feet and cut the other almost off, A physician was hastily summoned and the little sufferer rushed to a Columbia hospital, where ad operation was performed. Her in make their hpme in Forsyth, Ga. Mra. Lawson is the second daughter of Mr. and Mra. John Ransey and has made her home in North Augusta since childhood. She has always been eopapM- out for her beauty and charm, being pop ular in South Carolina and Georgia alike. Mr. LaWSotl ig a member of a prominent South Carolina family and has lived in Allendale until recently. They re ceived many handsome wedding pres ents. (Political Advertisement.) ArticW Endorsed. We, the voters of Bull Pond Demo cratic Club, take this method of en dorsing the letter written by Mr. J. Lawton Box, published in the Barn well People under date of June Ul 1914, entitled, "No Chain Gang in Bull Pond.” (Signed) W. Z. Bryan, J. O. Brun son, Jno. G. Jones, H. G. Bryan, W. L. Best, E. W. Gray, M. L. Middleton, JL D. Box, W. H. Harley, H. E. Box. Mr. I. E. Black has purchased a lot near the site of the new graded school building trom Mrs. C. T. Bamberg and will build thereon in the near future. The Barnwell baseball team went over to Orangeburg Thursday to eroes bats with the Holly Hill aggregates but the game could not be played m account of rain. Mr. John Duncan Holme*, of Ban- well, who will enter the senior chwa at the College of Charleston this tel, was one of three students at that ex cellent school to receive high honan on his excellent scholarship. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Huggins, Messrs. W. L. Cave, S. & Moseley, V. 8. Owens, J. G. Wooley, Wfli Greene sad B. P. Davies were among those frees Barnwell who attended the meeting at Orangeburg Thursday. Col. R. M. Mixson, candidate for Orngresir passed torou^i hercCMeatoqr morning on his way to Beaufort, where the Senatorial and Congressional as pirants spoke Tuesday. They wfli make theta’ bow to the voters of this county Friday. Elloree, June 23.—Barnwell was t delayed in reaching Elloree today and juries proved tetaU however, and the the scheduled game between these ' little pure white spirit returned to dti is was therefore not played. At 51 Maker esriy Sunday morning." All o'clock tomorrow afferhooa the 4wo, that loving hands could do eras done teams will asset oa the diamond. • lor her, but He who toyed tittle chil dren while here in this world, called her unto Himself. Little Saleta to WS more, hut only gone oa before. Etor place is vacantia toe home, tort tore for her still remains; her parents to com?* ia but her gain. For she'Id pet but aleepeth.” She was a Iigent,sweet tittle girt,and all who knew her. Shewi five months, and seventeen days