The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 13, 1914, Image 1
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"Just Like a Member of the Family”
VOL XXXVII
BARNWELL S. C. AUGUST 13. 1914
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HO. 50
WEB OF CAMPAIGN
HARD TO UNRAVEL
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Campaign in the Pee Dee Shows
Working of “the Machine.”
DENIALS BY SENATOR SMITH
W.P. Pollock Added Two High Light*
to the Week’* Husting*.
The most glaring feature of the
first week’s campaigning in the Pee
Dee was the concerted effort on the
part of the Administration forces ‘ to
present a united front. This was
said to be the outward manifestation
of a well oiled machine with adept
managers sitting behind the screen
deftly pulling the strings.
One of the points on which interest
was focused during the week was the
demoralized condition of the cotton
.-markets, incident to the European
wars. To counteract this, a cotton
congress has been called and many
plans suggested as to effective resist
ance.
The Banking Problem.
Senator Smith went to Washington
yesterday, and the plan he will sub-
today to the assistant secretary
^fi^kthe treasury i& that the machin-
for the full operation of the bank
ing and currency law be completed,
that farmers may demand money on
cotton, which must be accepted as
collateral by the markets until a more
definite policy may be stipulated.
W. P. Pollock at the Camdem meet
ing urged that it was the duty of the
government to buy up the surplus
cotton as the Brazilian government did
the coffe, when prices for this copimod-
ity were so low.
Another angle was put on the cot
ton situation Saturday when a peti
tion was sent to the governor asking
that a special session of the legislature
be called to perfect some plan of con
certed effort in holding the cotton of
the markets in South Carolina. In
answer to this, the chief executive
laid down the condidtion that before
an extra session shall be called, the
assemblymen must agree in advance
to pass a law precluding the foreclosure
of chattel mortgages.
It was at Chesterfield that the gov
ernor pledged his two weeks’ time
between the first and second primaries
working to advanc®, the interest of the
Blease candidate for governor, if one
gets in the second race. If there are
two Blease candidates in this final con
test, the governor explained, he will
remain hands off during the interipi as
he says he is doing now.
Hi* Work for Farmer*.
Senator Smith’ has, varied his pro
gramme somewhat since striking the
RESIDENT OF WIU1STON
PASSED AWAT IN AUGUSTA
[FIVE DOLLARS IN GOLD
TO BE GIVEN AWAY FREE
cmr GRADED SCHOOLS
OPEN SEPTEMBER 21ST
Mr. Thomas Matthew* Succumb* after
Long 111 Haalth. \
Williston, August 9.—After an illness
of many months, Mr. Thomas Matthews
passed away last Thursday at the Au
gusta Hospital, where he was carried a
few days before his death in the hope
that an operation might restore him to
health. He'was 42 years of age and a
native of Williston. The body was
brought here and the funeral services
held Friday afternoon at the home of
his mother, Mrs. Ann Matthews. After
the services at the house, the large
concourse of friends gathered at the
cemetery and witnessed that sacred
rite of consigning to its last resting
place the body of a beloved and loyal
friend. - - ■
The floral offerings—the last loving
gifts from many devoted hearts—were
numerous and beautiful. Mr. Mat
thews will be sorely missed by many
friends who have known and loved
him from his boyhood, for his was a
kindly, lovable character. The deep
est sympathy of the whole community
goes out to that aged mother, whose
-heart is bowed with sorrow over the
loss of her boy. Besides his mother,
he leaves three brothers and three sis
ters. . ‘
Capt Kennedy 111.
Capt. W. H. Kennedy, one of Willis-
ton’s oldest and most prominent citi
zens, is desperately ill at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. C. J. Owens, in
Washington, D. C, Mrs. Q. A. Kenne
dy, who has been at the Battle Creek
<Mich.) Sanitarium for treatment, is in
Washington with the other members
of the family, who have gone there to
be at the bedside of their father. It is
sincerely hoped by many friends that
Capt. Kennedy may even yet recover.
Rev. W. M. Jones is on Daniels Is
land, near Charleston, taking a much
needed rest.
The friends of Mr. Q. A. Kennedy
will be pleased to learn that the report
that he is in France is a mistake. *
The elegant new home of Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Rountree is nearing com
pletion.
Excessive rains have greatly injured
the crops in this section.
Contestant Who Collects First $100 Will Receive That
Amount—Boys and Girls Should Get Busy Today. /
Attention, boys and girls! The People is going to give away
ABSOLUTELY FREE to the contestant who collects the first $100 in
the Idlewild Pony Contest a bright, new shiny FIVE DOLLAR GOLD
PIECE!
There are no strings tied to this offer. It means just what we
isay: $5 in gold to the boy or girl who first succeeds in collecting
$100 for either old or new subscriptions.
Think of the many things you could buy with that five dollar
gold piece! You boys may have been wanting a bicycle—well, this
would be a start towards getting one. Or it may be a baseball outfit,
or any of the thousand and one things the boyish heart desires. Be
ing a man, we haven’t a very clear idea of what would delight the
hearts of the little girls, but we feel sure they will know how to use
the money. . ' *
So get busy today! Maybe you have been waiting until next
week to get started on your collecting tour, but if you put it off you
may let the other fellow get ahead of you just a,day, or may be
less. And think what a start you would have towards winning the
BIG PRIZE—THE PONY OUTFIT! Some live boy or girl who
starts now and works to the finish is going to be driving that pony
around before Christmas. If you haven’t already entered the con
test, DO IT NOW.
Who’s going to win the five dollars?
RECEPTION GIVEN FOR
DEPARTING VISITORS
Mr. and Mr*. Augu*t Baker Entertain
Number of Friend*.
Ellenton, August 8.—Mr. and Mrs.
August Baker gave a lovely farewell
reception in honor of their charming
visitors, Misses Addie and Bessie Glov
er, of Aiken, S. C., on Tuesday even-
i ing, the occasion being one of the most
Pee Dee. He is now emphasizing the enjoyable of th^'Season. “Woodlawn”
work he has done to get the cotton tie never looked more picturesque
and bagging trust investigated and that with its softly lighted verandas
of having a committee appointed to and beautifully decorated draw-
ferret out the situation relative to am-j jngroom, dining-room and halls. The
moniates and nitrates. In consequence color scheme of green and white was
ojMfe, Senator Smith says, the prices carried out in all decorations. Those
ging and ties have been cut ap- 1
proximajtely in two, and the cost of
nitrate of soda reduced $13 a ton in six
months.
It was also within the last week that
Senator Smith came out with positive
denial that he voted for Judge Haskell
ih 1890. Two of his uncles, the sena-
receiving were Mrs. August Baker
and the Misses Glover. Punch was
served during the evening and light
refreshments at a late hour. Those
present were Misses Mary Foreman,
Ethel Dunbar, the Misses Williams of
Rocky Ford, Ga., Mesdajn^s E. R.
Buckingham, Frank Dunbar and Frank
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
The People has several hundred dollars due on subscription
accounts. We have tried the plan of mailing statements to the de
linquents, but with the exception of a few instances they were ig
nored, It is manifestly impossible for us to make the rounds of the
county on a collection tour, as our business would suffer by reason
of our absence. So, in order to collect these old accounts and to
increase our circulation, we have inaugurated a Pony Contest in
which a number of bright boys and girls are now working. These
contestants will call on you some time during the contest and we
respectfully suggest that you give them the same courteous treat
ment that you would a grown person. They are not asking for
something for nothing.
Many of you have been reading The People for some time and
we hope that you have enjoyed its weekly visits. We believe that i
has been worth the small subscrition price charged, so we ask that
when you are approached by one of the boys or girls to have the
money ready to pay them. A receipt will be given for each dollar
paid and in addition to paying a just debt, you will have helped one o
the children to Win a prize well worth trying for.
We cannot promise to continue sending the paner each’ week to
subscribers who refuse to pay for same, although we are ready at all
times to extend credit to responsible parties. It is strictly a business
proposition and is one end of the publishing business from which we
derive a considerable amount of our revenue, statements to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Below is a list of our contestants. Don’t wait for them to call
on you. Look them up, or mail us your check or money order, stat
ing to which one you want the votes issued, and we will see that they
are given proper>credit, i t~ 7 .
We hope that every subscriber on our list will respond to
this notice and that we shall continue to send them The People for
many years to come.
Respectfully,
B. P. DAVIES,
N«« But Mine Will Not B* tUmdj hr
Occupancy Before January let
The Barnwell Graded Schools will be
gin their fall session on September
21st, according fo Col. Harry D. Cal
houn, of the Board of Trustees. The
school will open in the old building, as
it is not possible to have the new I2&,-
000 structure ready beforh January 1st,
1915. The faculty for the approaching
session is as follows:
Superintendent: Dr. Robery S. Bai
ley, Union, S. C.; Principal: Miss Nan
nie F. Timberlake, Staunton, Va.; As
sistants: Mrs. Robert S. Bailey, Union,
Misses Evelyn A. Morris, Staunton, V^,
Sara Gary, Kinards, Evelyn Cr Turner,
Ninety Six, Georgia Antley, Cordoa,
Sallie McCown, Darlington. These
ladies are all graduates of leading fe
male college of this and other States
and have been selected solely from the
standpoint of efficiency. It is predict
ed that the session of 1914-1915 will be
the most successful of the many years
of this school’s existence. It goes
without saying that the hospitable peo
ple of Barnwell will do all in their
power to make it extremely pleasant
for Dr. Bailey, his family and his corps
of teachers.
rbiima of
POTASH
BOLL
tarpntof.-B
Fairy Ttle*.
Read like
WOULD MAKE THE SOUTH RICH
COHON OPENING FAST
AROUND SE1GUNGY1LLE £ now lnvoIved i n .
Rainy Weather Delay* Fodder-Pulling.—
Revival Meeting Cloaea.
Seiglingville, August 10.—Fodder
pulling time is at hand, but the rainy
weather is keeping the farmers back.
Cotton is opening fast and will soon be
ready to pick. I
The revival meeting of last week
came to a close here yesterday with
four additions, two by baptism and two
by letter.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee All, of Kline, visited
the latter’s sister, Mrs. H. J. Moody,
last weex.
Misses Flossie Knight and Demarest
Folk of Fairfax, were visitors here Sun
day.
Messrs. J. W. Boyles and H. H.
Youngblood motored up to Kline in the
former’s car Saturday.
Miss Lillie Carlton, of Allendale,
spent a few days here last week, the
guest of Miss Annie Laurie Moody.
Misses Priester and Perry, of Fair
fax, are spending some time with Miss
Ruby Myrick.
Mrs. J. A. Myrick is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. F. W. Goodson, in
Georgia,
Miss Kittie Augley, of Ulmer, is visit
ing Miss Jefinie Barker.
Mrs. W. A. Hayes, of Barnwell, visit
ed her mother, Mrs. Boyles this week.
Misses Myrtle and Irene Moody were
the guests of Mrs. H. J. Moody last
week.
- Mrs. I. T. Harden and two little chil
dren, of Ulmer, visited relatives here
last week.
tor claims, persistently urged that he D. Bush, and Messrs. B. T. Brinkley,
vote against the reform movement. B. F. Foreman, P. H. Buckingham, P.
He did not do so, he says, and in con- B. Bush, J. J. Bush, W. E. Ashley, C.
sequence grievously offended his rela- A, Smith, H. M. Cassels, Jr., Jule
tives. I Smith, J. B. and William Harley, F. C.
Other answers from Senator Smith Brinkley and C. G. \ oungblood.
to certain allegations have been made j - Blakley spent several days this
in a circular issued by thfe senator, wee k * n Greenville,
which is entitled, “For the Purpose Miss Florence Bush is one of a party
of Keeping the Record • Straight and now on a trip to New ^ ork.
to (porrect Certain Misstatements.” ] ^‘ ss '^ ar Bu Arrington is visiting
In this the record is given the denial ^ r * en( I s an d relatives in Thomson, Ga.
the * .Richards Miller was in Sumter one
week. TX-i.
i E. M! Bailey was called to Rocky
given
as to the charges preferred by
governor that Senator Smith was a
member of the Haskell convention,
that he voted to pay $2,000 to the fami
ly of a negro who had been lynched,
and that he had voted against the sepa
rate coach bill back ih 1898.
Change in Detail*.
Twice during the week the governor
departed from the customary flood
of wholesale ridicule and abuse, and
Ford, Ga., this week to see his mother,
who is seriously ill.
Mrs. C. J. Ashley and Miss Annie
Foreman are at Glenn Springs for a
two weeks’ stay.
J. J. Bush is in Barnwelf on business.
Mr. and Mrs. E. ft. Bucltirighaa’ ge^
lightfully entertained a crowd of young
folks Monday evening. All present
read a detailed statement as to the had a most enjpy^ble time, and towards
increase in taxable priperty during the close of the evening watermelon
his administration, atfd a smilar report wag served, being highly relished by
ah to the decline in the number ' of young ladies and gentlemen,
^criminals tried and convicted since! ___________
*h« has been governor as compared oned forth on election day to dp his
with j^evious vadministrations. This bidding. Despite this-claim, Senator
he ^Ahe said, to conteract the Smith Saturday, for the first time thn
ehaiUPbat Bsre been m*dr “that' tummor, m»ri» an
Barnwell. •
F. W. Bates
Helen Calhoun
James Overstreet Calhoun
Birdie Diamond 4
J. Emile Harley, Jr. ■" ,
James Riley McNab
C. L. Bryant, Jr.
Meyer’* Mill.
Emma Muns
Age.
7
14
6
11
6
1
6
14
Pretto Ross
E. B. Ussery
Albert Hair
Leroy Hair
Pub. The People.
BUckville.
Elko.
Elko, R. No. 1
14
13
11
14
Hilda.
Eulalee Hiers
A Prise Chicken Raiser.
£ > .
Mtss Agatha Faust, who lives a few
miles from Barnwell, is a prize chicken
raiser. Our readers will remember
that several months ago we offered to
give a year’s subscription to The Peo
ple for a dozen eggs, provided a hen
was loaned to hatch the eggs and that
the chickens be kept until they were
frying-size. On Saturday Miss Faust
sent us seven fine, fat, frying-size
bipeds that make our mouth water
every time we think about ’em. Nine
of the eggs hatched, only two biddies
-being lost. --We congratulate-her ~on
her success and hope that we have
proved that chickens can he raised at a
profit ; ‘~ . • • -
Miss Edna Collins, of Blackville,
writes us that she has five chichens
from her setting of eggs and we ven
ture to say that no other country editer
in the State is going to live any better
than we are .while they last. _ - . ,
TICKETS FOR THE PRIMARY
Secretary
McGowan Ship* Out About
550,000.
Columbia, Augusts.—Secretary W. S.
McGowan, of the State Democratic
executive committee, to-night shipped
ballot tickets for the Democratic pri
mary to be held August 25th to every
county Democratic chairman in the
State. In round numbers, the secre
tary of the Styte committee sent out
550,000 tickets.
World’* Supply of Potash May Bu Cat
Off by Furop—n War.
As additional proof, if such be neces
sary, of the success of the Hall Cotton
Maturing Machine, more than one
thousand pounds of green cotton bolls
were opened to snowy whiteness last
week after they had ‘been allowed to
remain on*the ground for several days,
absolutely unprotected from the heavy
rains. They were thoroughly water-
soaked and some were beginning to
rot, but in spite of these disadvantages
the machine turned out a perfect
staple, doing in two hours time what
even Nature herself could hardly hav^
accomplished with the material used.
If there had been any lingering doubt
in the minds of the people at to what
the machine could do, last week’s per
formance should have effectually dis
pelled them. Mr. Hall has now dem
onstrated that he can open green bolls
as well as those that have been frost
bitten, hut what will be perhaps of hr
more advantage to the South is the
greet valqe of the by-products.
great
war with the powers of Europe. With
in her borders are vast potash mines
from which the world gets practically
its entire supply of this very necessary
ingredient for commercial fertilizers.
With this source shut off the farmers
are facing a shortage in fertilizers for
their next crop. Mr. Hall says (sod be
has the analyses of a government
chemist and of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture to back him up) that tha
cotton hulls contain 36.22 per cent of
potassium oxide (potash). With his
system of gathering the bolls along
with the cotton itself, a vast field Is
being opened up for the South—the
manufacture of potash. A limited
amount of potash is now being gotten
from the kelp seaweed on the Pacific
coast and also from mines discovered
in Arizona, but so far the amount pro
duced has been of little value commer
cially.
With the cotton hull it is different
Hundreds of thousands of pounds of
these burs are allowed to remain in
the cotton fields to be “plowed under”
in the Spring. Through its exposure
to the water, much of the potash is lost
but the general adoption of Mr. Hall’s
invention would pla^e the South in the
forefront as a producer of this commod-
| ity. The frost-bitten bolls that are
now considered a waste could be gath
ered, opened by his machine, the cotton
and the seed sold at a profit and the
hulls used for the manufacture of pot
ash. It sounds like a fairy tale, but
Mr. Hall says there is no doubt about
the truth of his statements, and a cir
cular letter has been issued to the del
egates of the Southern Cotton Cong
ress to send a committee to Barnwell to
investigate his claims. He opens up a
viste of wealth and power that makes
the' South supreme.
CHARUE DUNBAR KILLED
BY JOE ADAMS SATURDAY
ASAD DEjATH.
:e would go to the dogs if Blease A small group of milloperatives were
was elected."
The boast has often been made in
South Carolina, that the cotton mill
vote is hidden away in the
vest pocket,
beck in the corner, to be beck
attempting to confuse him, when he
told them he would work for them as
faithfully and as honestly as be had for
>n Away in the governor’s ' the farmers, if these -would hut take
oKi* Ubeied and stand- him into their confidence —the State,
— Vacation* for Fans
Few people work any harder than
the average farm wife. There is no
good reason why she should not have a
vacatipn and many good reasons why
she should. Persuade her to go a away
to some place where she will have
change,if It be fot* only a few days.
Pierce Patteraon Died Monday Afternoon
✓After Inhaling Ga*.
Pierce Patterson, the 14-year old son
of Dr. Allen Patterson, was found dead
Monday afternoon at the Allem
plant. The little fellow had been sent
down to the plant to turn on the gas
and for some reason knelt down to
smell the fumes. He was overcome
and when found was lying face down
ward across the tank. Life had been
•xtinct for two hours.
His parents have the sincere Sympa
thy of many friends throughout the
county.
Resolution* of Respect.
Whereas, God in infinite wisdom has
taken from among us, on July 9, 1914,
Mrs. M. F. Hair, a member of the
Woman’s Missionary Society of Willis
ton Baptist Chui-ch,
Be it resolved; —
1st. That in the death of our sister,
Mrs. Hair, we have lost a member and
a friend who will be greatly missed.
Her sweet, gentle presence was always
a helpful influence in our meetings.
2nd. That we extend our sympathy
to her loved ones, and bow submisyjs^.
Ty To" oil rniKeFs~wiU7 *
3rd. That a page in our minute book
be dedicated to her memory and a copy
of these resolutions be sent to the Thfove* ©n The Fi
family and to The Barnwell. People and j n addition to planting only crops
Baptist Courier for publication. w hich rob their soil of its fertility some
Mrs. G. C. Matthews, _ j farmers . keep on their places large
Rec. Secretary. numbers of thieves of the worst sort.
' # • \ Boarder cows, idle hens, poor mules
Why Fli«* ar© Dungerour. and other unprofitable animals belong
It is easy for flies to carry disease to this plass. They consume more than
perptrn to IholherTTrom a they produce. Then there are the
person to an animid, from an animal weeds which spring up behind-the
to a person or from an animal to farmer’s bock and will steal the plant
another animal. In this way flies are food out of the soil if he "does not cuIti-
practically universal transmitters of, vote constantly. ^
disesse. Circular 23 of Clemson Col- *
lege deacribers fully hew to fight Mr. J. B. Calhoun, of Augusta, was in
flie*. • . . town this week.
Quarrel Among. Negro©* at Martin Had
Fatal Reault*.
In a shooting affair at Martin late
Saturday afternoon that, it is said, re
sulted from a quarrel over a game of
cards, Charlie Dunbar, a negro, was
shot and killed by Joe Adams, also
colored, the latter being wounded in
the foot by Wesley Smalls. According
to the facts, as learned here, after
Adama had killed Dunbar, by shooting
him in the head, he ran off and Smalls
fired both barrels of a shotgun at the
fleeing negro, wounding him in both
feet. Robert Frasier, another partici
pant in the game, then picked up the
pistol of the dead man, it is alleged,
and fired five shots at Adams, but
without any of the bullets taking ef
fect. ’ The; inquest wss held by Magis
trate C. W. Dunbar and a verdict found
in accordance with the above facts.
-Sheriff Morris, who went to the
scene of the homicide Sunday morning
arrested Adams, Smalls and Frasier.
The former was brought to Barn well
and lodged in jail and the two last
named were released on bond.
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Mr. R. E. Woodward, of WOUston,
ann Capt J. A, Jenkins, of Kline, have
been appointed by President B. W.
Dabbs, of the Farmers Union, to
-present Barnwell County* st
extraordinary semion of the I
Cotton Congress m
sad