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t .,v •• *Ju»l Like a Member of thre Family” VOL XXXVIII ~rr^ BARNWELL. S. C.. NOVEMBER 26. : 1914 A r NO. 13 MARIRAGE OF MISS CECIL GYLES AND SAMUEL G. LOWE i-aC Contest Closes Next Tuesday J. W. HOGG FACES MURDER CHARGE FOR THIRD TIME November Term of General Session* Court Convened Monday. The Court of General Sessions for Barnwell County convened here Mon day morning with Judge I. W. Bowman presiding. The Court at once entered upon the work of clearing the docket, disposing of three cases the first day. Daniel Jefferson, charged with as sault and battery with intent to kill, pleaded guilty to the charge of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced to pay a fine of 1150 or serve one year at hard labor on the chain gang or in the penitenti- «ry. Herbert Cave pleaded guilty to»the charge of violation of the dispensary law and was sentenced to six months at hard labor on the chain g?t»g or in the penitentiary or to pay a fine Of $100, 125 of which is to be suspended during good behavior. Fred Brown was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill and sen tenced to thirteen months at hard labor on the chaingang or in the penitentiary, the last month to be suspended on the payment of a fine of $30. For the third time J. W. Hogg faced the Court on the charge of murdering Velpo and Henry Hogg at Kline in September. 1913. The jury failed to agree on a verdict in the two previous trials. At the first trial Aiken Williams was a co-defendant, but he was killed before.the succeeding term of Court. Very little difficulty was experienced in selecting a jury and the examination of witnesses began Tuesday morning. The testimony is practically the same as was introduced heretofore. All first week jurors not engaged in the above trial were excused Tuesday 1 afternoon from further attendance upon this term of court. True Bills. The following true bills have been found by the Grand Jury. i William Miller, carbreaking and lar ceny. Ed Beck, carbreaking and larceny. Jim McMjilan, assault and battery with intent to kill. Jack Barnes, murder. Eddie W'eaver, Laurie Scott, Riarson Scott, riot. Eddie Weaver, assault with intent to Jiill and carrying concealed weapons. Nathaniel Felder, James Washington, Quincey Washingion, Eddie Washing ton, Herman Washington, Cornelius Saxon, Bastine Odom, assault with intentto kill and carrying concealed weapons. Arthur Chapman, burglary and lar ceny. ' , Cape Jones, arson. Dan Evans, grand larceny. Will Doby, murder. Joe Adams, murder. Leonard Miles, Chpence Still, mur der. Herbert Kennedy, murder. Henry Robinson, violation of the dispensary law. Monroe Beasley, Edmond Charlton, assault and battery with intent to kill. Seigler Hay, murder. Henry Ritter, disposing of property under lien. If A negro tenant house on tion of Mr. Jarnwell, was destroyed Pretty Home Wedding Solemnised in Aiken Last Week. On Wednesday evening a pretty home wedding was solemnized at the home of Hon. and Mrs,, Herbert E. Gyles, when his sister, Miss Cecil, a charming and accomplished young lady, became the wife of Mr. Samuel G. Lowe, of Blackville. At the wedding ceremony only the immediate relatives of the bride and groom were present. The lower floor of the residence on Collenton avenue was brilliantly lighted and decorated for the occasion. The color scheme was yellow and white, and quantities of yellow chrysanthemums were used most effectively, and the idea of a "Chrysanthemum wedding” was carried out in many pretty and ar tistic ways. Candles with yellow shades were used throughout the dec orations. ^ 7—” — - At 7:30 o’clock, Dr. McLean, pastor of the First Baptist Church, took bis place before the improvised altar in the front parlor, and to the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march, rend ered most beautifully by Miss Hattie Rena Milhous, of Blackville, the wed ding party entered. The dame of honor, Mrs. Rutledge Chisolm, of Blackville, came first, fol lowed by the ring bearer, Master Her bert Gyles, then the flower girl, little Beryl Chisolm, niece of the bride, fol lowed by the bride on the arm of her brother. They we-e met at the altar by the groom and his best man, Mr. Thomas O. Boland, of Blackyille. The ceremony was perforraed^in a most im pressive manner by DrT McLean. Just before the. entrance of the bridal party, Miss Hattie Rena Milhous sang “Constancy” very sweetly, accom- panied on the piano by Miss Emma Lowe, of Cross Hill. The bride was most beautifully gowned in a white satin duchess dress with a court train, trimmed in Chantilly lace and pearls. She carried a shower bouquet of bride’s roses and lilies of the valley. The dame of honor was charming in a gown of jellow charmeuse, draped in accordian pleated chiffon. She carried ' an immense bouquet of yellow chry santhemums. A wedding reception was held after the ceremony and mere than two hun dred guests called to wish the happy couple a long and happy life. Delightful punch was served to the guests from a oower of ferns and trail ing vines in the end of the hall by Misses Reba Sanders and Bertha Hahn. _ . 4 During the evening the guests were in vited into the dining room and were served to delicious ice cream, cake and min(s. The young couole were the recipients of a number of beautiful and useful wedding presents. They left on the 9:40 train for Augus ta and will spend some time on a wed ding trip through the North, after which they wilLxeturn to Blackville, where they will make their home. Among the out-of-town guests were: Mrs. C. L. Macmurphy, Miss Ruth Clark, Miss Marie Oetjen, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Osborne, of Augusta; Mr. and Mrs. G. J. C. Brooker, and Miss Nevils, of Bamberg; Miss Helen Vaugn, of Co lumbia; Misses Emma and Pearl Lowe, of Cross Hill; Mr. and Mrs. T. Rutledge 'Chisolm, Mr. and Mrs. Thps. O. Boland, Mrs. W. A. Gyles, Mrs. Joe. Risher, Miss Rena Milhous, Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Gyles, Messrs Jno. Halliburton, Harry Rich and Keys Sanders, of Blackville.— Aikep Journal and Review. An Open Letter to Subscribers. For the past few months there have been numbers of plans evolved to help the farmer out of his financial distress ' brought about by the European war. Fii*st, the holding movement, then the “Buy-a-Bale” plan, meetings have been called to discuss ways and means to better conditions, etc., ete. In all of these, the newspapers, daily and weekly, have been prime factors, giving liberally of their space, oftehT to the exclusion of live news items, .printing column after column and page after page of articles all bearing on the same subject. Space means money to the publisher—it is part of his stock in trade—and if all the space lhat has been cheerfully given were measured and charged for at regular rates, it, would be seen that the newspapers of the country have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars in the effort to bring about better times. Under normal conditions it is usually the preacher, the doctor and the newspaper—in the order named—that are the last to be paid. What, then, may they expect when “times are hard?” In its small way, The Barnwell People bas tried to do its part in the present crisis. We have given liberally of our stock in trade to the farmer’Sorganization in this county, yet, as a general rule, we are the last of a long list of credi tors to receive their pay, Do you, Mr. Reader, thihk this is just? Surely “the laborer is worthy of his hiie.” Week aftef week, the paper makes its visit to the homes of subscribers. They read it and, we hope, get value re ceived" for the small amount charged for a year’s subscrip tion—a trifle over two cents a week. «Think of it! Yet when a newspaper attempts to collect this small amount; it is sometimes paid grudgingly, often not at all, while there are sdme who consider that they have wiped out an indebt edness of from one to five years dues by curtly ordering the paper “stopped.” Next Tuesday, December 1st, The People is going to give away prizes valued at several hundred dollars. For a num ber of weeks several bright, energetic little boys and girls have been working hard for those prizes. They have done good work, but there are scores of subscribers who have promised them their renewals who have not yet "come across.” Now, we ask in all fairness, won’t you pay the small amount due to one of the contestants, helping them to win one of the prizes and, at the same time, helping us to give you a better paper each week? Remember, there are only a few days before the con test closes. At the same time, it will be well to remember that everything that goes into the making of a newspaper costs money and the price of ink, paper, etc., has advanced considerably since war was declared. Pay yuur subscrip- - tion TODAY. We will guarantee to keep the money in cir culation by passing it on to the people that we owe. Start the ball rolling—DO IT NOW! R0BT.S. HARRISON LOSES LIFE IN AUTO ACCIDENT Former Barnwell Mon Meets Death near Florence Saturday. As a result of a joy ride in an auto mobile Saturday night, Robert £>. Harrison, iformerly of Barnwell, A-. D. Taylor and John E. Ritcher, Jr., of Florence, are dead and J. W. Wilson, also of that city, is seriously injured. The automobile in which the four men were riding swerved into the guard rail of a high bridge bver Black Creek, about four miles out from Florence, turned completely over and plunged into several feet of water. Wilson, the only one of the party that escaped alive, managed to free himself from the car and swam to the bank. His calls for help were apswer- ed and having been revived from his half-frozen conditions, told of the acci dent. A serch was promptly made for his three companion. The car, which had plunged headforemost into the stream, could not be seen, but upon dragging, was- found about ten feet from the bridge, lying right side up in about 15 feet of water. Three hundred yards lower down the stream the searching party found the body of Mr. Harrison standing straight up against fe cypress tree with a part of the head out of 4he water, his back directly against the tree, where it is thought, he tried to save himself but was finally drowned. The bodies of the other two men were found near by. There were no scars of any importance on the three men and the attending physician stated that their death was due to drowning. Mr. Harrison, was the eldest son of the late Mr. John Harrison, of Barn well, and has many boyhood friends here who learned with deep sorrow of his untimely end. Several years ago Contest Closes Next Tuesday PONY CONTEST CLOSES NEXT TUESDAY, DEC I Whatever, You Do, Yoa’vaGot to De it ^ Now-With All Year Might. Today inaugurates the final week of The People’s Pony Contest—December 1st will see the windup. Only a few days remain for candidates to do their final work and, remember, it is the work of the final days that counts. -The candidates realize that and are doing their utmost to get subscriptions, which mean votes. If you have not vet subscribed for The People, do so at once and order the votes allowed on your subscription placed to the ceedit of your favorite candidate. You surely have one. It is now time for the candidates to spur up for the final dash. The last chances for success are at hand. Every dao counts and the candidates who are not on the lookout will find things counting against them. Wire-pulling is done, but it is with charming good Aature that the ietenae rivalry prevails. Every one has the he moved tc Florence, where he con- 1 unqualified assurance of fairness and clucted a mercantile business very sue-: knows that all that is necessary to have BARNWELL’S GALA-TRADE WEEK CLOSED SATURDAY from •rsacg cessfully. He is survived by his wife, who was a Miss Whitton, several sisters and brothers and an aged mother. He was 35 years old. a candidate a winner is to have the largest number of votes. Do not underestimate the strength of art opponent—it might mean the loan of victory. # Contest closes December 1st Rem ember the date. Oer Cantestets. The following young men and ladies have been nominated by their friends as candidates in The People contest: Bessie Boylston. COL. CALHOUN APPOINTS RELIEF WORK COMMITTEE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION TO ORGANIZE DEC. 5TH Attend A Prize-Winning Baby. In a baby contest, held under the auspices of a Florida tri-county fair, Master Nat Walker Wilson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Wilson, of Ocala, walked away with the first prize,* a twenty-dollar gold piece, in competition wit|j eighty-two competitors. Master Wilson made a score of 98 out of a pos sible KX), two points being counted against him for his height and size. His pictures show that he is a ’handsome, manly little chap and The People hopes to show him to the readers of this paper next week.- He is the grandson of Col. jd Mrs. N. G. W. Walker, of Barn- fU. ‘ „ :4. Public Generally Invited to Meeting at Barnwell. The Hon. Horace J. Crouch, Super intendent of Education for Barnwell County, announces that the first meet ing qj the Barnwell County Teachers’ >4ociation will be held at the Barnwell High School auditorium at 11 o’clock a. m. on Saturday, Dec. 5th, at which time the association Will be reorganized. Some State school officer or expert school or college man will be invited to be present and discuss educational problems. Local speakers will be added ^to the program and an interest ing meeting is being . arranged for. While this is a teachers’ meeting, the public generally is given a cordial invi tation to attend. It is hoped that every teacher in the county will be present forifthis organization and will help per fect the plans for this year's work. . Cold Weather Prevented Many Attending the Event. Barnwell’s Gala-Trade Week, held under the auspices of the Barnwell County Fair Association, came to. a close Saturday night. On account of ! the extremely cold weather Thursday and Friday the crowds were small,many people being deprived of the pleasure of seeing the splendid exhibits in the Court House and hearing the excellent addresses of the invited speakers. However, those who braved the weath er were well paid for their trip/ On Wednesday the Hon. John L. Me- Laurin explained in detail the State warehouse system, which went into operation a short time ago. The Hon. W. W. Long was also present on that day and delivered an excellent talk to the farmers. Congressman A. F. Lever, who was scheduled to speak Thursday, was un able to attend. Prof. W. H. Hand, in- spectorof rural schools, and Mr. A. B. Langley, of Columbia, were the speak ers for Friday and were given the un divided attention of their audiences. Mr. Langley made a personal contribu tion of $25 to the tomato club work. It was planned to have a Field Meet Friday, but the cold weather made it necessary to call off the events. Black ville and Denmark played a spirited game of football, however, which re sulted in a victory for the Danes, the score bping 26 to 6. A large number of dancers and on lookers attended the cotton masquerade ball in the Masonic Hall Friday evening. The costumes were good and showed that quite a lot of thought had been given them by the wearers. Music was furnished by the carnival band. Saturday was negro day and, in point of attendance, was perhaps the biggest of the week. An address was delivered by Cyrus Campfield, of Aiken planta- Remember' ,k i ftMteter ’ friends of contestants, lull BIjmUl'UlllH 1UW* Barnwell County Is .Expected to Do Her Port Nobly The central Belgian relief committee of Columbia, has appointed Col. Harry D. Calhoun, of Barnwell, as chair man of the Barnwell county Bel gian relief committee and he in turn has named one man in each town ship to cooperate with him as fol lows: Barnwell, W. H. Duncan; Al lendale, J. H. Hewlette; Ualdoc, W. I. Johns; Blackville, J. J. Ray; Bennett Springs, J. A. ^eyer; Bull Pond, H. C. Flowers; Four Mtlej A. R. Dunbar Georges Creek, J. O. Sanders; Great Cypress, J. A. Jenkins, Sr.; Richland, F. M. Youngblood; Rosemary, J. W. Folk; Sycamore, J. A. Jenny; Willis- ton, Q. A. Kennedy; Red 0ak, O. C. Baxley. . • » There are several million Belgians who have been driven from home and thrown out of employment on account of the war and are without means of securing the bare necessities of life. An appeal has been made to the peo ple of the United States to help these unfortunates from starvation. Al ready sWip loads of food and clothing have been sent over, but more is needed at once to feed and clothe these destitute people. South Caro lina has beeu called on to contribute her.quota, and BarnwelL county in, turn has been called on. -The contributions may consist of corn, oats, potatoes, meat, syrup, etc., and cash. Make your contributions to the nearest township committeeman and he will rec^fve instructions in a few days for shipping same. The cause is a most worthy one; the de mand is urgent, and it is confidently expected that Barnwell county will do her part nobly. ' • • Funeral Monday. Florence, November 23.—At 11 o’ clock today, at the First Baptist Church of which he was a member, the funeral services of Mr. Robert S. Harrison were held, being conducted by hts pastor, the Rev. Dr. John S. Sowers. The church was filled with relatives and friends of the deceased young man and there were many eyes filled with tears BnrnwolL j as the prayers were offered, the Scrip- 1 ^ tures read and the choir sang goftly i ^ e ^ en ^*^ oun “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” and a solo James Overstreet Calhoun iby Mrs. Sowers. The interment was ^* r d* e Diamond made at Mount Hope Cemetery and ^ Emile Harley, Jr. was attended by a vast concourse of J ame * Riley McNab friends. The grave was covered with ^ ^ Bryant, Jr. flowers and emblems, tokens of the Bailey love and esteem in which Mr. Harrison 1 > Blackvilla. and his family are held by the people of S*die DeWitt Age- Florence. MASONS TO LAY CORNER STONE Dorothy Wragg Farell O’Gorman Samuel Buist, Jr. Pretto Ross Elko. E. B. Ussery Albert Hair Leroy Hair Impressive Ceremonies to Be Conducted Here Tomorrow. At the request of the Board of Trus tees of the Barnwell Graded School, the corner stone of the new school building will be laid by the Masojis tomorrow, Friday. The Most Worshipful Grand j BWp.t Harrtsnn Master, George T. Bryan, of Green- Katherine Jenkins ville, and other officers of the Grand Elko, R. No. 1 14 14 Eulalee Hiers Hilda. Kline. Lodge will be present to take part in the impressive ceremonies. At a special meeting of Harmony Lodge No. 17, A. F. M., Tuesday even ing the following gentlemen were ap pointed on the Committee of Arrange ments: Robt. S. Bailey,j Harry D. Calhoun, Geo. H. Bates, A; E. Evison and B. P. Davies-. Inasmuch as the time tor preparation is very short it will be impossible to have an elaborate pro gramme, and the following is the tenta tive programme suggested.by the chair man: 1. r The Masonic Lodge march in body, followed by the children of the graded school, from the Masonic Tem ple to the site pf the new buildinfe, 2. Song by the school, “America.” 3. Prayer by the Rev. W. L. Hayes. 4. Address by Senator G. H. Bates. 5. Laying the corner stone by Gi?md Lodge of Masons. ’ The ceremonies will begin at 11 o’ clock Friday morning and a full attend ance is requested at the regular meet- Evelyn Bradley Earle Jenkins Norman Gibaon Mayor’s Mill. Emma Muns Snellin*. Ardes Woodward Uhnor, R. No. 2. Allie W. Cone Williston. Alma Kitchings Helen Willis Alberta Owens Hattie Smith John Marshall Lee WilUston R. No 2. Harold Woodward , 14 14 14 FAIRFAX NEWS. Civic League Contemplates Park for Children. j Fairfax, Nov. 21.—Mr*. Benj. Buck ner ha$ accepted a position to teach at Osceola, N. C., not far from where iqg ol Harmony Lodge tMteh. <TW. ^ !• .tiding fl n tj i sarl*A»% 4 h* a «d a4 a s I a. aF 4'l% A' wMAwaOM bm ^ The Civic League has had several ' pretty spots given to them to beau tify and not even the extreme cold dayi, when the detailspfthe programme will be announced The editor .has been promised a twenty-pound turkey for the Christmas Quite a number of young people en joyed a dance in the Masonic Hall Satur day night. Music was furnished by the carnival band. ■dfajrr-H ' has abated their energy. They have in view beautifying a park for chil- dren. ding hy fire day, December 1st. if yoti have prom- urday afiernoon, together with its ised some Jittle boy or girl your sub contents. There was no insurance, scription give it to them now. It may Ihe origin of the fire is unknown. be just enough to win. bia, is in town this week. Mr. Oscar.Birt has accepted a position with The Estill Herald, in Hampton County. _/ of Ulmer, who was in Barnwell Thurai stein, of Blackville, J. Henry Johnson day. This is the best news that we 1 and R. P. Searson, Jr., of Allendale, have heard in several moons and we and S. G. Mayfield,- of DenraaVfc, 1 are are already having visions of that large, among the visiting attorneys in attend- Fairfax chapter, U. fat gobbler. . knee upon Court t^is week- ’ vention. as ret Mrs. Julia Harter and Miss Jennie Du Rant have returned from a visit In Savannah, where they represented the D. C., st the co»- ? t:-- ■ , _ - ■