Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r* • • . • 1 • > • . . • ;.*. .V ' •'• ■ ■ : .r:’ v ■ .- -• * ■ % - ;<■ \ r n*i ■ j 4 Ju«! Llk« a Member of the Family” .Vn.i. "m-; -f- YOL. XXXYUl BARNVELL, S. C., DECEMBER 40. 1914 HO. 19 COURT BEGAN TRIAL OF CIVIL CASES MONDAT COTTON AND BUSINESS | REV. SNTDER PREACHED AS SEEN IN ALABAMA | HIS FAREWELL SERMON Court of Gonorol SomIom Adjourned Sine Die Ust Week. The November term of the Court of General Sessions for Barnwell County adjourned sine die Saturday. ;Very good progress was made but, as usual, it was necessary to continue‘a large number of cases until the next term, which convenes in March/- The follow ing is a list of the cases disposed of since the last issue of The People: Arthur Chapman, charged with burg lary and larceny, was found guilty of gi^and larceny and sentenced to twelve months at hard labor in the t>enitentiary or on the chain gang. Charlie McDuffie, charged with mur Birmingham Firm Advises South to Talk Citizens of Barnwell Present Him With a Carmans Have Captured Lodz, the Sec- Dr. W.M. Jones, ef WilBston, Presided Leas and Work More. S ’ ■ •; ' .1 At the request of a Barnwell business man, The People takes pleasure in re producing below a letter from the pres ident of a Birmingham, Ala., hardware supply house. It contains some good, hard, common sense and if universally adopted would no doubt be of great benefit to the entire South. The letter follows: *■- “Cotton is needed for clothing and other purposes as much as ever, and yet the price is only about half what it was a few months ago. No one knows today what is a legitimate price for cotton, but we do know that all der, was found guilty of manslaughter ' efforts to create an artificial price have "Bird Setiteneed to seven years at hard failed. labor in the penitentiary or on the "We must not let our present distress chain gang. tempt us to depart from the rules of Will Doby, charged with murder, was safe finance; and we must quit looking convicted of manslaughter and. carry-! to the Federal Government for aid. ing concealed weapons and sentenced , While appreciating what our represen- to fourteen years and six months in the ! tatives at Washington have tried to do penitentiary or on the chain gang. G. W. Croft, charged with asault and battery, was found guilty of that charge and of carrying concealed weapons, |rith recommendation to mercy; he was ?nlenced to pay a fine of 170 or serve lirty days in the penitentiary on the first count, and a fine of $20 or ten days r in the penitentiary or on the chain gang on the second count. Charlie Hammond pleaded guilty to the charge of violating the dispensary law and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or serve six months at hard labor in the penitentiary or on the chain gang. Herbert Kennedy, charged with murder, was found guilty of manslaugh ter and sentenced to four years at hard labor in the penitentiary oron the chain gang. Eddie Weaver, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, was found guilty of. assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and car rying concealed weapon*; he was sentenced to pay a fine of $200 or serve one year and 30 days at hard labor in the penitentiary or on the chain gang. This completed the work of the Gen-' eral Sessions. The Court of Common Pleas con vened Monday morning. The following cases have been dis posed of: A. B. Burgess vs. Home Bank of Barnwell and F. M. Cave, verdict for the defendant. for us, we should wake up and realize that the problem of the price of cotton and the relief of growers cannot be worked out by special laws, as these | would violate the principles of sound legislation and create a precedent which would give us great trouble in the fu ture. “Our difficulties will continue until the law of supply and demand estab lishes a fair price for cotton. In the meantime, what can be done? The answer is MUCH—but we must do it ourselves. How? “First, by using every effort to pre vent the fatal mistake of planting a large crop of cotton next year. We have cotton enough to last two years, under present adverse conditions, and a crop of even normal size in 1915 would not only depreciate the price of the cotton we now have in hand, but pre vent the new crop from selling for any thing like the cost of production. “Indisputable evidence of greatly re duced acreage in cotton is the only thing which will stiffen the price of the present crop. The farmers should sow all the land they can in oats, wheat and similar crops THIS FALL and not wait until next Spring to to do so. The gov ernment crop reports will be watched closely by cotton buyers and every acre PLANTED NOW will have a telling effect on the price. “Now, as to business: There will al ways be a demand for goods. People will go on living, working and consum- Haadaome Gold Watch. - The Rev. W. J. Snyder preached hia farewell sermon at the Methodist Church Sunday night to a large con gregation, the several churches here uniting in the service. The music for the occ&sidn was furnished by the Choral Club under the leadership of the Rev. A. E. Evison,rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles, and was very beautiful. After the opening exercises, jMr. Snyder preached an eloquent sermon, using the Lord’s Prayer as comprehend ing the whole gospel of Christ. Re marks were then made by the Revs. W. L. Hayes and A. E. Eyison, after which Mayor J. Emile Harley, in his usual happy manner, presented Mr. Snyder with a handsome gold watch and fob from the citizens of Barnwell, irrespective of denomination. The gift bore the following inscription: “Presented to Rev. W. J. Snyder by the citizens of Barnwell in token of appreciation of his four years’ service; December, 1914.” Mr. Snyder was deeply touched and in reply expressed his appreciation of the kindness and affection shown him and his family during their residence in Barnwell. The benediction was then invoked, bringing the service to a close. Mr. Snyder will leave for his new home in Greer this (Thursday) morn ing, followed by the love and esteem of all the people of Barnwell. At Blackvill*. Blackville, December *7.—All congre gations here joined in the farewell cer- vice at the Methodist church yesterday by the Rev. W. J. Snyder. He preach ed a very forcible and eloquent ser mon. Mr Snyder has been here for four years and was very popular with all denominations. He will move this week to his new field at Greer. ELECTION AT BLACKVILLE. THE NEWS OF THE VAR OF NATIONS BRIEFLY TOLD TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION HELD MEETING SATURDAY WILL TOINT OUT WAT TO REAL trnznzns ■•WWW* wnpFOTPIPNpipP \l win Far- Bank of Western Carolina, Ellenton >, .. . . , , . o , " ing, no matter what happens; but now Branch, vs. Alex Thomas, verdict for . “ u L . the plaintiff. Savannah Chemical Company vs. D. P. Johnson and J. A. Willis, non-suit. Several cases have been discontinued by the Court. •< . Or. motion of the attorneys fpr the defendant, the cause of J.W.Shchau ys. C. & W.'C. Ry. Co., was ordered trans ferred to Spartanburg County, in which county the case of action arose. As The People closes its forms the Court is engaged in the trial of the case of J. B. and Mrs. S. E. Chisolm vs. the /^jzkboard Air Line Ry. Co. JHrtie following extra venire of petit jurors was drawn on Monday. G. L. Hill, J. R. Lancaster, T. L. Sheppard, C. L. Bryant, H. F. Odom, C. F. Molair, R. S. Dicks and J. H. Lancas ter. MR. WALKER IMPROVING MAIN STREET PROPERTY Another Story Being Added to Building Occupied by T. J. Attawey. There is at least one man in Barn well whose progressiveness has not been checked by the cry of “hard Times.” He is Col. N. G. W. Walker, cashier of the Home Bank, who is hav ing his store building on Main Street remodeled. Another story is Being added, which will be fitted up as offices. Some of the older residents will re call that this building was originally of two stories but several years ago the second story was torn down. is the time to watch your business closely and to practice economy in con ducting it. "Your credit is your best asset—keep it up. Collect from those who owe you and pay those whom you owe. You may hot be able to do all this at once, but COLLECT as fast as you can and PAY as fast as you can. This will keep money circulating. When you are out of debt you will scarcely know that the European War is going on, and it will be thus with your customers when they discharge their obligations. All of us must make some sacrifice at this time, but credit is the one thing which can not be sacrificed. No greater oppor- tunitywill you ever t.ave to BUILD UP YOUR CREDIT. Doit! “The cotton situation is improved by the announcement that the Federal Re serve Board has approved a plan for the banks of this country to subscribe $135,000,000 to be loaned on cotton at 5 per cent, and that the administration ! of the fund, when raised, will be under the direction of a cotton loan committee, I of which Mr. W. P. G. Harding is Chair man. The announcement that the banks in the Federal Reserve System will be ready for business November 16th also strengthens the situation, nad exports of cotton have increased already as the results of the declaration by England that cotton will not be consid ered contraband of war. “Talk about the South being bank rupt is bosh! Conditions we are meetr ing today are temporary. With our I land, our climate^and our MEN, nothing Masonic Lodge Chooses lu Officer* for Blackville, Dec. 7.—Blackville lodge A. F. M., No. 63, at its regular meeting last Wednesday night elected and installed the following officers for the ensuing year: R. B. Fickling, W. M., H: M. Mathis, S. W.; Dr. O. D. Ham mond, J.W.;P. C. Mellichamp, treas urer; Jacob Blatt, secretary; D. Winc- ker, S. D.; Willard Brodie, J. D.; V. L. Nevils, tiler; R. L. Dewitt and J. Z. Matthews, stewards. Denmark Lodge Officers. Denmark, Dec. 4.—Denmark lodge, A. F. M., No. 246, at its regular meet ing Tuesday night elected and in stalled the following officers for the ensuing year: C. M. Cox, W. M.; J. Wesley Crum, Jr., S. W.; W. R. Wil liams, J. W.; S. S. Ray, treasurer; A. J. Baxter, secretary; F. E. Holman, S. D.; L. T. Shanklin, J. D.; Jas. Tant, tiler, and H. C. Crum and W. R. Gil liam, stewards. Miss Beam of Statesville, N. C., spent a few days this week with her brother, Lewis Beam. - * Misses Annie Rutland and Miriam Hartley of Batesburg are the guests of Miss Katherine Wilkinson for the coming week. H. W. Goolsby of Hartsville was here for a short while last week. Mrs. J. R. Martin spent last week with relatives in Savannah, Ga. Miss Minnie Blount of Johnston is visiting Miss Julia Goolsby. •ad City of Poland. Monday.—Lodz, the tecond city of Poland, and lying 75 mile* to the west —southwest of Warsaw, has fallen to the German arms. Jt was occupied Sunday, according to an official an- niouncement from Berlin. Around this important town a des perate battle has raged for days. Countless thousands have fallen in des perate hand to hand conflicts and from the shells of Hundreds of guns. It was evident from the occupation of Lodz by the Germans that the heaviest kind -of fighting has been going on, for late advices told of a vicious attack and bombardment of Lodz and fighting on the outskirts of the city, and previous to that of operations 20 miles west of Piotrkow, which lies considerably south of Lodz, to the Vistula River. Lodz long has been an objective point of the German army. It has grown in recent years from an insignifi cant place to one of the most populous cities in the Russian Empire. In 1910 its population numbered 415,604, and with this important place as a base the Germans are expected to make a strong effort to reach Warsaw. Regarding other operations in the East, the Servian war office reports Servian success on the whole front, with the capture of 2,500 men and four complete batteries. On the other hand Vienna reports that Austrian troops a;-e fining ground south of Belgrade. In Flanders and the north of France Sunday was comparatively (fuiet. The French war office had nothing to report and no marked success on either side was recorded in the territory for the previous day. While the attitude of Rumania is not known officially, a Swiss newspaper asserts that Rumania has decided to en ter the war on the side yith the allies. The time for doing so has not been de termined on. Forty British and French warships have assembled at some place, the name of which is not given in the dispatch making this announcement, “to force their way through.” It is probable the correspondent intended to foreshadow an effort by the allied ships to break through the Dardanelles, but the name evidently came under the eye of the censor. “The German field marshal, Baron Von Der Goltz, who spent many years in reorganizing the Turkish army, is reported on his way to Constantinople to attach himself to the entourage of the Sultan. Petrograd says the Turkish cruiser Hamidieh has been damaged by a mine and has returned to Constantinople. King Nicholas, of Montenegro, admits that a third of his arpiy has fallen on the battlefield, but declares the Monte negrins will continue to defend their country. That French aviators have succeeded ; in dropping bombs on the German aviation hangars in Freiburg Im Bresi- 1 gau, Baden, is acknowledged in an of ficial .report received in Washington from the German foreign offee. Tuesday.—Oost Dunkerke, a village in West Flanders, a little more than two miles west of Nieuport, has been bombarded by the Germans, which i announcement in the latest French of ficial communication may indicate a re- | newal of German efforts to reach the ! channel ports. at Initial MMtiaf • The first meeting of the Barnwell Teachers’ Association was held in the auditorium of the Barnwell Graded School building Saturday morning. Dr. W. M. Jones, of Williston, a mem ber of the County Board of Education presided at this, the initial meeting. A committee on nomination, consisting of Mess rs. Crouch and Crane and Misses Rich, Simmons and Miley, was appointed and will report at the next meeting. It was decided that, for the present, the meetings will be held in Barnwell. --- The meeting Saturday was a Plans have been made by the exten sion division of Clenuon College for holding Economy Day in alltfae coun ties of the State the latter part of this month. The name of the speaker for Barnwell County will be announced soon and some of the outline on which the address will be based win be pub lished. The ides of holding Economy Day in South Carolina thia winter has been favorably commented upon by many men of prominence and especially ! are a large number of bankers evldenc- very ing interest and a desire to cooperate. informal one. No regular program had 1 The general plan mapped out by been arranged, but several teachers W. W. Long, state agent of demon present discussed school problems. discussed school Supt. Crouch outlined a plan under an Act passed in 1912 whereby the teachers might secure supplementary stration and director of extenkm at Clemson, is to have forty-four meet ings held simultaneously, one In each county seat, at which there will be readers for their schools, the money to 1 but one address, to be delivered by a come from the local school district, the 1 County Board of Education and the State Board of Education. Supt. R. S. Bailey, of the Barnwell school, was unavoidably absent on | account of the illness of his little daug- 1 hter. SOME ODD BITS OF NEWS * . FROM OYER THE COUNTRY Short I Hoodie** Porofroph* for Quick Reodiwf. Gardner, Mass.—The State colony here has a modern Rip Van Winkle who has been asleep for ten months. He knows ncthing of the present war and physicians claim he may sleep for years. Afton, Okla.—An officer saw a man with a heavy grip. Thinking the man a bottlegger, the officer forced him to open the case. As he did so about a hundred snakes wriggled out. The officer is, according to reports, still shaky. Ballaire, 0 —Belmont county has 1600 applications for the 30 addtional saloon licenses to be granted. The great rush for licenses it due to the fact that West Virginia, "right across the wsy,” is dry. Belmont couaty was formerly dry but voted wet st the last election in order to take care of the West Virginis trade. Riverhead, Idaho.—The only Demo crat elected here at the recent election was Andrew Prudent who won over Charles H. Meller by two votes. After the election it wts found thst the office' to which he had been elected, that of Town Game Constable, had been abol ished more than two years. Jamestown, N. Y.—The authorities here have decided to install and oper- ate a municipal milk plant. They figure on buying milk for 4 cents a quart and selling it for 6 cents. This will mean an annual profit of more than $60,- 000. Chillicothe, O.—A young girl here has signed a pledge not to speak to any man excepting her fiance. The pledge was sworn to before a notary. man of eloquence and of influence in.. his county. An interesting feature of these ad dresses is that though they will be delivered by forty-four men in as many different points in the state and will be original in form, they will yet be made of the same sub stance in that material for all the addresses will be procured from an outline carefully prepared at Clem son College for this purpose. The addresses, It is planned, will not be mere pieces of oratory, but will set forth in intelligible language some practical ways in which peo ple in rural districts can effect large economies in their living expenses. Economies for the farm and the farm home, for the farm folks and the farm animals, and for every part of rural life have been worked into the out line and there are concrete illnstrs- tions and examples for everything. It is believed that those who attend the meetings st the county seats and pay close attention to the speakers will learn many things to their advant age. NEW METHODIST EDITOR IS REV. W. C KIRKLAND Williston Honor RolL Williston, Dec. 7.—The following is the honor roll of the Williston Graded School for the month closing Deceinbef 4th: 10th Grade; lima Quattlebaum, Alma Kitchings, Mattie Lou Hair, Roland Hudson. In Honor of Mi*a Shorard On Saturday evening Misses Ruby Armstrong and Edna Still entertained very delightfully at the home of the former in honor of Miss Still’s guest, Miss Mary Sherard, of Ninety-Six. A feature of - the evening was a “Shirt- ! fraist Romance,” in which much mental activity was shown by the large number of correct answers. Miss Sherard and Mr. Gordon Pate being the fortunate « ers of the first prize, they were ^nted with a box of Nunnaliy’s y. Miss Nonie Best and Mr. W. H. Manning won the booby prize. De lightful refreshments were served dur- can check the growth and prosperity of | the South. “The need is for close, hearty co-1 operation ’by banks, manufacturers, jobbers, retail merchants and farmers. With each doing his part courageously | and faithfully, all will be well. A “Honest industry and cheerfulness j n^ver fall to make things better. Let us call off all conventions and any further meetings for bewailing our I woes. Let us quit talking and go to | work!” Buford Lodge Officer*. At a communication of Buford Lodge No. 27, A. F. M., held last.Saturday, the following officers were elected and installed for the ensuing year: " Joe L. Folk, W. M. J. C. Mayers, S. W. . • / • - J. C. Loadholt, J. W. J. W. Jenny. Treat: - J. D. Jenny, Secty. G. W. Jenny, S. D. • J. D. Williams, J. b. G. W, I. Loadholt, S. S. W. L. Priester, J. S. C. D. Loadholt, Tiler. Delegate to meeting 8th. Grade: Jackie Scott, Gertrude Simultaneously there has been heavy ! Mellichamp, Bessie Thompson, Louise firing along the Belgian coast from the Pro thro. warships of the allies, which again are bombarding the German positions and possibly may be attempting to check the supposed advance in the neighbor hood of Nieuport. The French also re port advances by the allies in the department of Somme and the capture of the village of Vermolles between Bethune and Leps. Unofficial dispatch es say the Germans have utilized their light guns in place of the heavy artillery of the Grand Lodge: N. W. Weekley. Quite a number of the out-of-town folks enjoyed seeing “Peg o’ my Heart’ at the BsrnweU Opera House eveninf ■mm very pretty love story ‘'between times, excel 1 'ft Friday with Any farmer who fears to plant a large acreage in wheat may find reas surance in the statement that it would require between four and five hundred thousand acres of land to produce enough wheat for South Carolina’s own bread consumption, at the present aver age yield of the state. If the wheat is H Will HUTFETW bought: because of the Condition of the inunda tions. In the eastern arena the occupation of Lodz by the Germans^ i$' Considered a remarkable achievement, in view of the manner in which the German lines only a short time ago were threatened by the Russians and an important step in their proposed movement against Warsaw, the Polish capital. The Austrian war office describes fighting in Poland as not yet decisive, although the Russians have been forced to retreat. Likewise, in west Galicia and the Carpathians, the engagements continued without result. T’th Grade:' Julia Lott, Hattie Smith, Walwin Hiers, Bryan Powell 6th Grade: J. C. Sprawls, Inez Ussery, Marion Willis, Gladys Sprawls. 5th Grade: Louis Black, Ruth Weeks Kittle Parker. 3rd Grade: Nadine Hair, Lina Lee Bell, Johnnie Ussery. 2nd Grade: Lou Belle Scott, Addie Bunch, Ruth Mims, Maud Sharpe, Imoe Ussery. 1st Grade: Margarette Ussery, Edith Bell, Robert Lee. One solid week of bad weather. A mighty good time now to use the split- log drag, J. E. Cothran, Esq., of Florence, was in town this week on professional business. Notivoof BorzwoU Coaty WH UH South am Ckriatioa Advocate. The new editor of the Southera Christian Advocate is Rev. W. C. Kirk-'' and, t native of Barnwell county ai graduate of Wofford college in MM. He is about forty years old. If re lated at all to W. Davies Kirkland, D. D., who edited the paper so ably sob* years ago, it is distantly. He en tered the conference in 1866. Hia wife is Miss Lalla Capers Stokes, daughter of the late A. J. Stokes, D. D. He has never had any experience in run ning a paper; but his friends think he can do it all right Seif kacviUe Now*. Seiglingville, December 7.—Mr. and Mrs. Lee All, of Kline, visited the tat ter’s sister, Mrs. H. J. Moody, yester day. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Augley and their four little daughters visited the latter's father, Mr. O. W. Barker, Sunday. Mr. Gary Anderson and his sister. Miss Georgia, of Dunbarton, are visi tors st the home of their sister, Mrs. H. J. Moody. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Alien, of Allen dale, visited relatives here yesterday. • Among the out-of-town visitors here yesterday were Mr. O. A. Rhodes, Miss Thomas and Mrs. Rice, of Appleton. Mrs. Rice addressed the Ladies’Mis sionary Society, her talk being greatly enjoyed by a large number. Oyster Supper at Williston. WilUston, Dec. 1 7—The Willistoo Bantes Class is to have an oyster sup per Friday night, Decembnr 11th, in Rountree Hall. An admission fee ef 35 cents will be charged, the proceeds to go to the Belgian suffers. The Rev. N. Ashby Jones, D. D., of Augusta, who conducted a very successful series of meetings in Williston last Summer, is to be the principal speaker. The affair is not restricted to any one, both ladies and gentlemen of Williston and the surrounding community being cor dially invitten to attend. Vhsdsy. Monday was one of the dullest Dec ember salesdays in recent years, the attendance being comparatively small knd there being very little trading in Only one legal sale was r-v I ..... . .recast was excellent and the pky. Cheer up! Ty Cobb still leads the j, by far the best that has visited this prospects are that the prices paid will away from home as heretofore, with the difference that this time the American League. city in several yean. than to many years. men during the past month around Lodz. That an effort is being made to bring about normal conditions in Paris i4 in dicated by the fact that President Poin- ’ livestock. The Italian government maintains its care will return to the capital from made, the Master selling a tract of h*dL iaafe-AS n »■ ■■>—*< ; 'L ■" * "i'' : panned eight battSnon* to reinforce day and that the Paris bourse has re- tog 22 acres. The visitors bap* isav- ing for their homes at an early hour to the afternoon and by sundew a 100,000 troops in Libya ahd any aggression/’ “to be ready for opened. Pope Benedict is endeavoring to ef-