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■-.i r ; •- • . -» V. ■ v*-. - • . ■„ .41 1 HRVTV r . •iTfey X- s , jgpR 4 - •- M Ju»t Like a M«mb«r of th« Family" - VOL XXXVIII BARNWELL S. C. JANUARY 14. 1915 HO. 20 i 6 YOUNG PEOPLE INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK GOV. BLEA$£ HAS ISSUED > BLANKET PARDON T0999 Ct Tnnud TurtU Wkao Front Axlo VrokoNoor Dnnborton. News reached here Monday of an automobile accident that occured near Dunbarton the previous day, which resulted in the occupants of the car, Misses Lillie Owens and Goolsby and the owner, Mr. Barney Owens, bein? more or less seriously injured. Al though the details are lacking, from what can be learned here the young peo ple were enjoying a spin when the front axle of the machine broke, causing the car to turn over, pinning the riders to the ground. They were unable to extricate themselves and were forced to wait until a passer-by helped them out. Miss Goolsby had an arm broken and it is feared that Mr. Owens suffered internal injuries. The extent of Miss Owens injuries are not known here. Mr. Owens and his sister reside near Dunbarton and Miss Goolsby is a teacher in the school at that place. Her home is in Denmark. It is hoped that their injuries are not as serious as was re- ported here. \ * .. ♦♦♦■ ►THE BARNWELL COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Program of Mooting to Bo Hold at Bara- woll Saturday Next. The following is the program of the Barnwell County Teachers’ Association which will meet in regular session in the Barnwell graded school auditorium Saturday, the 16th inst., at 11 JO A. M.: Hymn. Prayer, Rev. L. J. Henry. • Welcome address, Mayor J. E. Har ley. Supervising the play of pupils, Supt. E. M. McCown. Address, Assistant State Superinten dent of Education A. J. Stoddard. L-U-N-C-H, 2 P. M. Music. Mothers and Fathers Club, Mrs. W. D. Rice The use of the school building by the public, J. B. Norman. How to bring the country schools in closer touch, Supt. R. S. Bailey. Queer and amusing things from the school room. All. The teachers are urged to attend and rub elbows with their fellow workers, to the end that the meetings may be beneficial not only to themselves but to their schools. NEGRO ATTEMPTS “GET- RICH-QUICK” SCHEME WILLISTON LADY MAKfcS PROHIBITION APPEAL Says Ha U Seriously Considering Open- - inf Penitentiary Doors. In spite of the fact that Governor Blease stated several days ago that he would not pardon any more convicts, he issued a proclamation Saturday afternoon giving a blanket pardon to nine hundred and ninety-nine convicts of this State that had been paroled during his administration. This num ber does not include pardons and com mutations of sentences. He is quoted as saying that he seriously contemp lates opening the doors of the peniten tiary before his term of office expires next Tuesday. Later in the afternoon of Saturday the governor sent over to the Secre tary of State another list of % paroles and commutations, bringing the total number of cases in which he has exer cised executive clemency to 1,662. Of the number granted full pardons by Saturday’s proclamation 459 were convicted / of taking human life. A compilation of the paroles granted by Goy. Blease during his entire adminis tration showed that he had freed from custody of State, county and municipal officers of the law convicts found guilty of committing the following crimes: Murder 197 Manslaughter .'....262 Assault and battery with intent to kill 80 Violating dispensary law 65 Larceny 60 Burglary and larceny 48 Housebreaking and larceny 47 Aggravated assault and battery 35 Grand larceny 31 Rape *...22 Arson 21 Forgery 19 Breach of trust. 15 Highway robbery 14 Attempted rape 12 False pretense 11 Disorderly conduct 9 Assault ami battery Dwpoawg of property under lien... 6 IfigeaBy........................ ....... 5 Resisting arrest 5 Seduction .. 4 Recefcrtnc stolen goeds 4 Safecracking 3 Stealing from person 3 Conspiracy 3 Non-support of family 2 Violating banking laws — 2 Trespass 1 Shooting into train {. 1 Drunkenness....' 1 Carrying weapons 1 Practicing medicine without li cense 1 Embezzlement 1 Attempting to poison... 1 FARMERS CAN MAKE MORE MONEY RAISING CEREALS DUNKIRK IS BOMBARDED BY GERMAN AERONAUTS As a Result He Will Work for the Coun ty for Sixty Days. Just as “there are more ways than one to kill a cat,” so there are more ways than one to make a living, honest or otherwise, when “the war’s on.”Tbe pinch of hard times makes a chance to cut Aown the high coat of living a very attractive lure, so iarhen a well-dressed negro man blew into Blackville last wpek and offered the members of his rate Some very attrac tive bargains in groceries, he was re ceived with open arms. He quoted sugar at three cents a pound, meat at the same figure and flour at four dol lars a barrel. He would take the order 'rom a customer and then ask for a small cash deposit os an evidence of good faith, giving a receipt therefor and advising his willing victim that the balance was to be paid “when the goods were delivered.” Everything went well until some of the white people got on to the swindle and they promptly notified Mayor Ninestein, who had the “drummer” arrested. A telegram to the Chicago house, which the negro claimed to be representing, elicited the information that it did not deal in the commodities being offered for sale. The “get-rich- quick” schemer was tried and convicted on two charges and given a sentence of 30 days each on the county chain gang. All of the money that he had collected, with the qjtception of one dollar, was found on him and returned to the bargain-hunters. The amount in each case was small. It is understood that a white man has been attempting the tame game in the lower part of the county. Q. E. D. Says There is 100 Psr Cent Profit in Growing Cora. Editor of The People:— It must be conceded that land can be improved and steadily built up with the cultivation of corn, peas, oats, wheat, etc. with comparatively little aid from commercial fertilizers, and if, along with the planting and production of the cereals, cattle, hogs and poultry are raised the improvement of the land will be moi;e rapid and stable. What has been our (•port MRS SALUE LELAND SANDERS PASSES AWAY Mrs. F. W. J. Ask* Voters to Rally in Appro*chinf Battle. Williston, Jan. 11.—“The war is on” is a common expression, but it is only used for an expression about the hard times that we have alresdy realized in one sense but in another sense we have not realized our condition. What is the condition of South Carolina?—not fi- incially. Oh! why are we so blind? ^Her condition is rotten, deed it is. The battle now stands for ! Mill, for the past several day#. While good or for evil. Our enemies have * n l° wn Saturday in company with advanced so rapidly that our country is Major Meyer, Mr. MarschaH paid the ruined. O dear comrades, can’t you do e ^* tor °f The People an appreciated something to help us? Or, in other ca '* - * s a f° rmer resident of this words, will you help us? Will you throw off thought of self and friends VISITS FORMER HOME AFTER SIXTY YEARS Mr. O. R. M*rtch*H, of Kentucky Guest of Relatives. Mr. O. R. MarschaH. of Lexington, Ky., has been the guest of his cousin, Yes rotten in- Major J. Anselm Meyer, at Meyer’s ’ . . I u;n f— —,I and last but not least, money? Will you go to the all wise ruler of the di vine universe and ask him for guidance ip making and passing of new laws? ! Men and brothers, men and voters, where are we standing today? Are we bound down with the shackles of vice and sin? Indeed we are and the battle will be a long and continued one unless our officers join hearts and hands and do something. God, speed the day when they will do that! Will you think seriously about the condition of our country—not financially. Away with the money that destroys lives, wrecks homes and brings disgrace and shame to so many people! Sometimes I think that our men have become hardhearted, careless and in different about the condition of so many of our women hnd children. Just think of the numbef Of homes in which there is no peace and happiness—just think ' hoW many women toil ten, twelve' or even fourteen hours each day! Day after day their drudgery is done and what is their pay, or reward? Husbands who take their social drinks, come home and speak crabid and ill to their • ves, often cursing them—and they ji’t help themselves. *4n, are you social with your friends or your wife? Does H please her for you to taka that social drink?' No, a thousand time* NO! The war ia o^—how long will it last? Until onr meflSguit their social drinks. How many menrin South Carolina t*k* their •social ■drinks? Oh, sad, sad place, being a son of the late Dr. M. W. MarschaH, who died in 1854 and was buried in the old Baptist cemetery. After bis father’s death, Mr. MarschaH, then a boy only six years of age, moved to Kentucky with the other members of the family and this is his first visit to his native county in sixty years. He recalled a number of the older citizens, all of whom are now dead, but remembered little of the town it self. Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in the Post Office and advertised Jan. 11th, 1915. malk. R. E. George, R. J. Morris. rKMALB. Mrs. Eva Brown, Miss Lila Earton, Miss Willie Carroll, Mrs Clara Crawford, Eater Ferman, Fairy Bellfe Green. Eva Lee Grant, Mrs Hattie Odom, Mary Staley, Mrs. Jennie Wise, Mjs. Laura Wilkinson, Mrs Eugenia Williams. raoM dead littkk prncx. Horace Williams. Persons calling for these letters will please say advertised. - Chas. E. Falkenstein, P. M. Woraa of FoMox Dio latforio* Boootvod hr Foil. Fairfax. Jan. 11.—QaDwaaaahi Mrs. Sol lit Leland Sanders, a Christian woman, affoctioaate mother, devoted stater and enthaataatte worker, called to her eternal home ia heav en. On Sunday morning, the 27th ult., Mrs Sanders slipped on a piece of ice on her front porch and fall heavily to the floor, sustaining serioua injuries. She was taken to tlfe Baptist Hoapitsl and an X-ray picture made of the wound, when it was found that she was fatally injured. Pneumonia developed and the patient sufferer died on Wednesday, surrounded by loved ones. The body was brought to Fairfax the following day and laid to rest on Friday in the Fairfax cemetery, the funeral services being conducted in the Baptist Church by her pastor, assisted by the Baptist and Lutheran pastors. Mrs. Sanders was born at Mt. Pleas ant, near Charleston, about 60 years ago. She lived there until her mar riage to Mr. William Sanders in 1880, when she came to live in what was then known as Campbellton, later named Fairfax at her suggestion. She was a consistent and devoted member of the Allendale Presbyterian Church, but gave much of her time and interest to the other denominations. She will be -sadly missed, not only for her Christian work, but for her enthusiastic endeavor to help all of the organizations and in stitutions of the Town. Needless to say, Mrs. Sanders was loved by dll who knew her. Each heart feels an expty place since she has each church has an empty pew and each meeting, "business or social, a stilled voice. She is survived by one son, Mr. George D. Sanders, one brother, Mr. Ollie Leland, other relatives and a host of friends. experience with cotton? As I said in Article 1 last week, cotton has been selling, since 1911, around 12 cents. For two years the average price of middling cotton has bfeen better than 13 cents, yet when the terrible slump in price from around 12 cents to less than seven came what a panic seized all cotton growers. Even those farmers who made their crops without having to hire labof, having sufficient for all purposes in their own families, were in the depths, for they were in debt to the banks or merchants and their cotton had cost them more than <^y could sell it for. If there were any who had planted no cotton but had confined their efforts and en ergies to the cereals, they were in far better shape because it costs so much lest to make corn and peaa than it does to make cotton. We will suppese a case: A one-horse fanner or tenant with two or three children haying made a fairly good crop of oats, corn and peas, with but s small outlay of commercial fertilizers and perhaps owing not a great deal to some merchant, could take his children and some times his wife and go into the neighboring fields and pick cotton enough from the first of September to the middle of December tc pay what he owed and have enough at home to live on through the winter and until he could plant and make another crop, need not carry this illustration further, even to say that if ha was a farmer worthy of the name he had made twice aa much com and peaa as ha coaid con- some and, therefore, hnd same In i Just here some one will any: “But you can’t sail corn in the Fall for goad price.” ! have heard them aay it and it may be true, but it ia only be cause they did not know bow and where to sell. Take up the newspapers any Fall and Winter month and scan the quotations for corn, oats, peat, etc. In a small country town one may not be be able to tell a few bushels of corn at a good price, but when one raises corn as a crop he can sell it by the car load in the cities, at over one hundred per cent, of the cost of production, any month of the year. There is no gain saying that. At 12 to 13 cents a pound you can’t realize one hundred per cent, profit on cotton. At 10 cents you about get your money back without interest and below 10 cents per pound you are a loser. Is it good business or insensate follow to spend time, energy and money in plant ing and cultivating a crop by which you make little or no profit, when you make a profit at all, depreciating your land in value all the while instead of devoting yourself to a crop whereby you earn a certain profit yearly and build up your land all the while? The late late Sheriff Creech, for many years in office, said a number of times that he had never sold out a corn planter. To the question, “How many all-cotton planters have you closed out?” he sadly shook his head and walked away. ^ter there will be something said aboutTrow and where to sell corn— when you haVe4Uo sell by the carload. Q. E. D. M V? A Cl? IMfYM BLEASE ISSUES ORDER TO MUSTER OUT GUARDS British Are Virtually of Lille. Monday.—Neither hi the eaat nor the west do the operations of the opposing 1 brees show material change so far aa the official statements of the French, pennans and Russians disclose. A late dispatch ^rom Boulogne, however, de- j dares-- the Germans have evacuated Jlle, that that city virtually ia in pos session of the British. Dunkirk has been Iximbarded again by German aero planes. Thirty bombs were thrown,but the Havas Agency says the victims were few and the material damage unimportant. It also is reported that a Zeppelin and three German aeroplanes passed over Furnes, Dunkirk and Cali* Sat urday night, apparently headed for Dover. But late advices aay no hos tile air craft have been sighted along the English coast. In Poland and Galicia the struggle seems to be one which embodies very small gains for a vast amount of ef fort. Nothing has come out of that territory to indicate a decisive result at any point The British reply to the American note regarding treatment of American commerce by the British fleet has been published at Washington. The reply which is merely preliminary, concedes the principles of the American Gov ernment's contentiona, dwells upon the difficulties confronting the British Gov ernment and declares that Great Britain desire* to restrict its action solely to interfere with contraband destined for the enemy. The London paper* express approval of the handling of the subject by Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign sec retary. They declare that while all possible concession* should be made where only questions of procedure are concerned, England’s position pre cludes any real change in her policy. There is no confinaalina to the re port that there has been a battle off the Brazilian coast haters aa the British crutaar loviacible sad the Oman miser von Der Thaw. Petrograd reports that the Turkish cruisers Breslau aM considerably damaged ia tie in the Black Sea with shipa. The Russiaiufheve sunk a num ber of Turkish merchant craft. | Complaining that the German* are holding captive French surgeons and nurses, France declares that hereafter she will repatriate German surgeons and nurses held by the French only in proportion to the French surgeons and nurses returned to France. Gevereof'* Order Columbia, January 11.—The entire National Guard of South Carolina was disbanded this afternoon through a proclamation issued bv Governor Cole L. Blease, the Commander-in-chief. The reasons assigned by him are differences with Secretary of War L. M. Garrison, Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Adjt. Gen. W. W. Moore and bis opposition to the Dick law, whereby the militia were bought under con trol of the United States Govern meal. The three regiments of infantry, coast artillery, naval militia and every sin gle member and unit of the militia is mustered out of service by this order. The order is made effective iaune- diatelv. Adjt Gen Moore knew nothing of the order until The Newt and Courier’s representative told him cf it over the telephone at his home, where he had gone for lunch. *T wo not surprised st his action in this matter,” said the Adjutant General. "It ia only in keep ing with his sttttade towards my ad ministration of the past two yean. If he got any aatisfactioo oat of the act I am satisfied it would meet with the approval of the majority of the officers of the organized militia. It ia perfect- ly satisfactory to me. I have no dealt but that a thorough reorganbattoa ef the National Guard would be 1 to It.” Me C —map to Maha Governor-elect Richard L was informed of the action of Governor Bleaae over the long distance telephone at hta home in Sumter, but, ef emna, bad no comment to make seder the circumstances and in the aheenee ef any copy of the order. The matter will com actios wbenLei That there ie no need for i ria action of O ed out hern in for he hoo only one i 4 Owe •ire, roughs | Is evident tt out military but, as was ■ afternoon, this is no for not a militia co called out for a long t SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY »y has been LEGISLATORS INC0LUMBU TUESDAY Chib Meeting*. how many? Oh! ye men, are you he roes or cowards? If you are heroes, mobolize your troops and march to the The Negro and the Farm. V I once lived in a county in Texas where conditions were just as they are | here. The merchants and farmers finally got to where they couldn't ad vance the Negroes any further. Some of them went to the sugar plantations in Louisiana;. some went to the towns. White people came in from Georgia and Alabama and bought small tracts of land, from 40 to 60- acres. The Negroes, who stayed, worked by the diy or for part of the crops. The white people are not dependent on' them, so they are forced to work and the same aa the h||(Iaw-abidiog citizens white-folk* are. That section ia now one of the “gar den spota”—The small farms are “up- to-date” as tq buildings, equipment, stock, and tillage. There era good j churches, good schools, few debts good J ——„,(] good fellowship between front! God be your helper, ta my prayer and may it be the prayer of each J morels, and every one in old South Carolina, the meet. Each knows his place, that we am^drive back the enemy and f does not infringe on the rights of the have a new South Carolina. j other.—“One Amdog Them,” in The ' Y Mrs. P. W, J. Progressive Farmer. Miss Veryl Holmes entertained the Aghi and Filo Club last Wednesday afternobn. After an hour’s work with needles, a sweet course was served. The Friday Afternoon Bridge Chib was entertained last week by Mrs. Harry D. Calhoun. After a number of games were played, a delightful salad course arid hot chocolate were served. Mra-Pr J. Drew, having made the high est score, was awarded firat prize, a beauwvH-'fiahdmade work bag. The consolation prize, a bottle of toilet water, waa cut by Mrs. B. P! Davies. The afternoon was greatly enjoyed by aHi the membera. Mrs. Harry D. Calhoun charmingly entertained the Young Matrons’ Bridge Club Tuesday afternoon. After a num ber of games had been played, it was found that Mrs. R. A. Deaaon had nude the highest score' and waa awarded the firat prize, a beautiful hand made work bag. 'Mrs. R. B. Cole cut the cosaola- tkm prize, sad the guest prize, a dainty Mexican laec handkerchief waa awarded to Mus Georgia Antley. After the gaaiea, a delightful sweet count and Southern Cotton Mill* Preparing t Capture Coaerou* Share. Chattanooga, Tenn., January 8<- Great opportunities for expansion of the cotton goods trade with the South American countries are open now that European mills have been curtailed and a number of Southern cotton mills are taking active steps to capture a gener ous share of this trade,declares Charles Lyon Chandler, South American Agent of Southern Railway, who calls atten tion to the following interesting fig ures: Of the 814,000,000 of cotton goods emported by Chile in 1912, only 8770,- 000 tame from this country. Germany, whose trade is now cut off, supplied 83,400,000, and Great Britian the rest. In the same year, Argentina Itought 835,700,000 of which 85,527,000 came from Germany, over 817,000,006 from England and only 8445,300 from this untry. Of the 818,000.000 of cotton goods imported by Brazil, 83,800,000 came from ^Germany, 811,000,000 from England, and only 8329,000 from this country. Eigures in regard to woolen goods and cutlery intoTh^South Ame rican countries show similkr oppor- tunity. tog Dey of 1*18 Seeriew. The general assembly of South Caro lina organized Tuesday for ita Tlat session in a decidedly butai manner. A significant incident ia 1 House of Representatives was the applauding of a reference in the speak er’s address to the necessity for passing a compulsory school attendance law. LeQrand Walker, of Georgetown, and M. M. Mann, of St Matthews, were elected president pro tempore and clerk, respectively, ofthe Senate. J. Wilson Gibbea, of Columbia, was elected clerk of the House on the ninth ballot James A. Hoyt, of Columbia, was made speaker without opposition. The House passed unanimously a reso lution felicitating President Wilson on his administration. INSTALLS ELECTRIC SIGN. Merchant That J. A. Porter Bshere* Advertising Pays. Merchant J. A. Porter, in keeping with his progressive policy, last week installed a neat electric sign in frpnt of his handsome store on Main Street. The mechanism is arranged so that the lights are flashed on and off and attracts the eye for a considerable distance up and down the street. Mr* Porter has of being the first Barnwell it to use the “juice” in this manner. He bei and as a result th< Two Bills Freined. ’ Two prohibition bills, one to provide for an election next September on a Statewide law and the other to taka advantage of the provisions of the Webb law, will be introduced in the general assembly before the end of the week. This decision was reached at a conference of the leaders of the movement, held Tuesday night in Co lumbia. v V * EDUCATIONAL RALLY. Tritstess qC Harcnlot School Ernst I An educationaTrajly was held at cules school houseou Thursday, the 7th.insL Mr. J. E. Lain, chairman of the Beard of Trustees, ih trod need Ike , speakers in the following order; Hon. George H. Bates, of Barnwell, the Rav. . W. M. Jones, of Willtatoo, and Hon. EL J. Crouch, of Elko. Each addi— wan very interesting and was thoroughly anjoyn^by < and patron | After the i • in adveritainff the present school ia oo hard times qaate aa to size and