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_ H ' i ' "A ' t mSI * w; voi. xxxym ABLE ARGUMENTS MADE~ | IN DISPENSARf HEARING Go or Moaning It Still Roviowaig tho Cooo.—‘No DeciMon Yet. The Barnwell County Dispensary Board hearing was resumed Thursday morning at 11 o’clock before Goy. Manning in the Supreme Court room in the State Capitol. In accord ance with the governor’s decision at the previous meeting no new oral testi- SWEEPING CONDEMNATION MADE BY COL INGERSOLL Effectively Described Arch Enemy 4 the Human Race. The following address to a jury by Col. Ingersoll is published at the request of readers of The People: “I am aware that there is prejudice against any man engaged in the man ufacture of alcohol. 1 believe that, from the time it issues from the coiled "Juat Lika a Mambar of tha F-amlly" BflBHWElL, S. C. MARCH H, 1915 SOMEBODY IS MISSING A GRAND OPPORTUNITY I SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IS MARRED IN THIS COUNTY NO. 28 FARMERS TO MEET AND REORGANIZE SATURDAY Contest is Three Weeks Old and Very Few Trying for the 1 Valuable Prize. mony was introduced. An affidavit-and poisonous worm in the distillery .1 I • .L- ' t:i I. r v.ll In View of These Facts Why Not Start to Work Today and There Are Only Five More Weeks to work and the Prize Will Surely Be Given. Win? 1 presented by the members of the board in refutation of the three new charges brought out during the exam- ination of witnesses on February 25th; that is that “short measure’’ (less than half-pint) whiskey has not been sold by until it empties into the hell of death, dishonor and crime, it demoralizes everything that {ouches it from its source to its end. I do not believe that anyone can contemplate the object without prejudice against the liquor the dispensaries; that the whiskey has crime. All we have to do, gentlemen, not been properly analyzed by a chem ist; that dispensers have allowed drinking upon the premises of at least one dispensary. Much evidence of a documentary nature was also intro duced by the attorneys for the board. The original bid from a Louisville, Ky., distillery, which the board put ia evidence, was used by Mr. Mayfield, men struggling with imaginary attogiey for the petitioners, to show P* D ts. that the board made its purchases of certain brands of liquors on a short measure bid. No further affidavits .were introduced against the board. ) The first argument was made by Attorney C. A. Best, of Barnwell, for is to think of the wrecks on their bank of the stream of death, of the suicides, of the insanity, of the poverty, of the ignorance, of the destitution, of the little children tugging at the faded and withered breasts of weeping and des pairing mothers, of wives asking for bread, of genius it has wrecked,, the with imaginary ser- EXTRA VOTE OFFER. For each club of Ten Yearly Subscriptions, old or new, we • will give 10,000 extra votes. This offer holds good only until Wednesday, March 17, at 6 p. m. Your letter containing the money collected and the names most be addressed to Panama-Pacific Contest Co., Box 21S, Orange burg, S. C., and must be in your nearest post office by the hour and date named above. * ' * • * * » |lhe board. Mr. Best ./charge and discussed testimony introduced to disprove it. 1 He was followed by Thos. M. Boulware ' of Barnwell, who made a very able argu ment in behalf of the petitioners. J Claude A. Sawyer, of Aiken, stated, at the conclusion of Mr. Boulware's argument, that bethought Mr. Best had ; fully covered the board's case and that anything he might add would be super fluous. S. G. Mayfield, of Denmark, in a forceful argument covered practically every material point in the testimony, laying special stress on the fact that the county dispensaries had been allowed to sell short measure and impure liquors. At the outset of his remarks he denied that factionalism had any thing to do with the investigation, stat- . *fng to Governor Manning that he (May- voted against the governor in the primary last summer. Mr. C. C. Simms, of Barnwell, made the closing Rrgument for the board and 1 discussed the case in a general way. When, toward the conclusion of his remarks, he endeaevord to ahow that perhaps the petitioners were not actu ated by patriotic motives and zeal for the county’s welfare in bringing about the investigation, he was interrupted by Gov. Manning, who said that he regretted very much that Mr. Simms I had attempted to inject factionalism into the proceedings, as he had tried to make it clear at the outset that his sole . desire was to get at the truth of the whole matter. At the conclusion of Mr. Simms’ argu ment the governor stated that he wish ed to review the entire case and that he would -ender his decision at as early a date as possible. According to an item in The State of Monday he still has ^Bne matter under consideration and ^HB>at “it may be several weeks ' the decision is reached.” “I believe every thoughtful man is prejudiced against this infernal stuff that is called alcohol. “Intemperance cuts down youth in its vigor, manhood in its strength and age in its weakness. It breaks the took up each ^father’s heart, bereaves the doting at. length the j mother, extinguishes,natural effection, erases conjugal love, blots out filial attachments, blights parental hope, brings down mourning age in sorrow to the grave. It produces weakness, not strength; sickness, not health; death, not life. It makes wives widows, children orphans, fath ers fiends and all of them paupers and beggars. “It feeds rheumatism, nurses gout, invites cholera, imports pestilence and embraces Idleness, misery and crime. It fills our jails, alms-houses and asy lums. “It engenders controversy, fosters quarrels and cherishes riots. It crowds our penitentiaries and furnishes* vic tims for the scaffold. It is the life blood of the gambler, the element of the burglar, the prop of the highway man, and the support of the midnight incendiary. ', “It countenances the liar, respects the thief, esteems the blasphemer. It violates obligations, reverences fraud and honors infamy. It defames benev olence, hates love, scorns virtue and slanders innocence. “It^jurns up men, consumes women, detests life, curses God and despises heaven. “It suborns witnesses, nurses per jury, defiles the jury box and stains the judicial ermine. “It degrades the citizen, debases the legislator, dishonors the statesman and disarms the patriot. * “It brings shame, not honor; terror, not safety; despair, not.hope; misery, not happiness; and with the malevo lence of a fiend it calmly surveys its frightful desolation and, unsatiated with havoc, it poisons felicity, kills peace, ruins morals, blights confidence, before ~ slays reputation and wipes out national 1 honor—then curses the world and In all Barnwell county there arc only a few interested in the Panama- Pacific contest. This fact should make it all the more interesting; to you to go to work and win. You will evi- “THEOLD MAIDS' CLUB” TO BE PRESENTED SOON Other Interesting Social and Persona! News of Pleasant Hill. Williston, March 6.—Misses Higgins and Shuler entertained a few of their friends very pleasantly on Saturday afternoon of last week. Interesting games were played. Those who en joyed the occasion were: Misses Kate Kennedy, Geroline Greene, Bertha Beck, Minnie Beck, Thelma Creech, Eva, Annette 4 and Corinne Davis; Messrs. Ben, Norman and Jeff Folk, Grover Kennedy and Ashley Greene. Messrs. C. B. Parker and G. M. Folk visited Barnwell Monday. Mr. J. W. Cooke was the guest of relatives in Augusta and Green’s Cut, Ga., last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Edenfield, of North Augusta, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Weathers bee. Mrs. Nora Lard, of Williston, spent several days of last week with her brother, Mr. E. Birt. Mr. C. B. Paricer went up to Colum bia Thursday. The young folks of this community are rehearsing for a play entitled, "The Old Maids' Club,” which will be pre sented in the near future. dently have very little competition and it might be possible for you to win with just a few votes. The trip will certainly be given and this la the last call for entries. What do you think about it? MARCH TERM OF COURT CONVENES NEXT MONDAY CRAZED REAL ESTATE DEALER KILLS FIVE The hearing Thursday was attended laughs at its ruin, by about thirty gentlemen from this j “It does all that and more—it mur- county. ders the soul. It is the sum of all vil- ♦ | lainies, the father of all crimes, the mother of abominations, the devil’s best friend and God’s worst enemy.” CARRANZA INFORMED THINGS MUST CHANGE Tension Between United States and i Southern Republic Is Great. Washington, MarchS.—Gen Carranza has been informed in a note from the Unites States Government that unless there is ab improvement in conditions with respect to foreigners and their in terests in Mexican territory under his control such steps as may be neces sary will be taken by the American Government to obtain the desired pro tection. . The note is the strongest and most emphatic document that has been sent by the Washington •Government to Mexico since the correspondence with Huerta H year ago. Carranza is warned that the United- States has viewed with deep concern the growing com plaints made by foreigners generally against hts^dministratiob, and now in> , effect,.demands an early change. The contents oNtbe communication were revealed to several ambassadors and ministers here, who expressed sat isfaction at its urgent language. Some regarded it as an entire change of pol- "Jkoi toward Mexico on the part of the ^Hited States. ' . . ^ Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Harley announce the engagement of their daughter, Olivia Belle, to George W. Peeples, ' of Estill, the wedding to take place in mid-summer. COUNTY MEDICOS MEET. Reorganization Effected Here Monday.— Attendance Small. The medical association of Barnwell and Hampton Counties was reorgan ized at a meeting held here Monday. Dr. A. B. Patterson, of Barnwell, was elected president; Dr. H. G. Goode, of Fairfax, vice-president; Dr. J. G. Wooley, of Barnwell, secretary and treasurer. Dr. Patterson was elected as a delegate to the State Medical Asso ciation, which meets in Greenwood next month. The attendance at Mon day’s meeting was very small, only four out-of-town physicians being present. They Wiere: H. G. Googe and J. F. Coleman, of Fairfax, G. W. I. Loadholt, of Jenny, and J. K. Briggs, of Black- ville. The next meeting will be held at Fairfax. ^ Thirty-Two Other* Aro “Wounded. — Finally Shot to Death, Brunswick, Ga., March 6.—Armed with an automatic shotgun, Monroe Phillips, a real estate and timber deal er, ran amuck in the business district here today, killed five citizens, wound ed 32 and was himself shot dead. Of ! the wounded Gunner Tolnas, a bank I collector, and Ernest McDonald probab ly will die. The dead are: H. F. Dun woody, a prominent attorney; W. M. Hackett, an undertaker; Rex Beavers, a policeman, and W. P. Padgett, a former police man. Several of the wounded are prominent citizens of Brunswick. The police believe that Phillips be came suddenly insane because of fi nancial troubles. It was at the busiest hour of the day that Phillips, carrying a shotgun, entered the office of Harry F. Dun- woody, a lawyer, against whom he is said to have cherished ill feeling, and killed him. Phillips then shot Albert i M. Way, who was in Dun woody’s office ; Although badly wounded, Way probab- -ly will recover. Walking calmly from the office, Phillips faced a crowd which had been attracted" by the firing. Without word Phillips began shooting into the throng and a wild stampede for shelter followed. R. M. Beavers, a policeman, was killed when he attempted to arrest the crazed man. Phillips continued to fire on everybody in sight until he was shot down by E. C. Butts, an attorney, more than half an hour after Dunwoody had been killed. , Criminal Cam* to Ba Di*po*ed of During FirriWook ofTorm. The March term of the Court of General Session and Common Pleas will convene here Monday with Judge Maulding presiding.* Cnminal cases will be tried first. Jurors for the third week were drawn on Monday, aa fol lows: Allendale: Geo. D. Sanders, J. T. Wilson, 0. B. Lynes. Barnwell: S. T. Owens, L. G. Rich ardson. Bennett Springs: B. F. Davis, W. S. Snelling, Judson J. Rountree. Blackville: S. M. Hankinson, J. L. Buist. Four Mile: A. R. Dunbar, W. T. Han kinson, Jr., R. A. Griffin. George’s Creek: F. D. Rowell, H. E. Creech, J. E. Lane. Great Cypress: G. M. Hardin, W Sheppard, Wade H. Sanders, M. Diamond. Red Oak: H. W. Sanders, H. Cook. Rich Land: D. Daton Greene, J. Cochran, S. H. Greene. Roaemary: W. T. Baxley. M. T. Murphy, J. W. Kennedy, C. C. Mitch ell, F. J. Powell. Sycamore: Jno. R. Loadholt, Loadholt. Williston: M. F. Weathenbee, H. B. Kitchens, J. W. Wachter, G. C. Mat thews. J. C. CIVIC LEAGUE’S PLANS PROGRESSING NICELY Temporary Fane* Erected in Front of Court House Monday. A temporary fence was erected Mon day morning in front of the Court House, closing up the street separating Calhoun Park from Court House Square in accordance with the permission granted by the town council and County Board of Commissioners to the Civic League some weeks ago. A contractor met with the League last week and made an estimate of the probable cost of enclosing the Square, using granite posts. The impression seems to have gone out that it was the intention of the League to close the Turkey Creek road, thus shutting out traffic in that direction. This is an error, the plan merely being to make a park out of the unsightly grounds around the Court House. MR. T. JOHN CATER DIED • EARLY SUNDAY MORNING To Lay Corner-Stona. The corner-stone of Pleasant Moun tain Church, in Bennett Springs town ship, will pe laid today ^Thursday,) Ihe exercises beginning at 11 o’cloek. Grand Master G. T. Bryan, of Green ville, will lay the corner-stone, the Masonic lodges of Dunbarton and Barnweil participating fn the cere monies. A'picnic dinner will b<e served and.everybody invited tjo bring baaketa. _ " "Court Special.” Bamberg, March 4.—The new railroad to Ehrhardt, which has just comihenced operations,is running a“court special,” leaving Ehrhardt in time to transport witnesses and jurors to the court now being held here and returning'in the afternoon, - A passenger service has not yet been instituted, so instead of day coaches and Pullmans, the passen gers are glad to ride oncrossties placed on several flat cars. The trip is made in 30 minutes and ia much more con venient to those attending court than the drive through the country. * End Came in Augusta.—Body Was Shipped to Baldoc for BuriaL Mr. T. John Cater, aged 60 years, died at the residence of his sister, Mrs. J. C. Fowkes, at Fowkes Cut, North Augusta, yesterday morning at 6 o’ clock. The body will be shipped this‘kind State Supervisor el Rural School* Giree Wall-Deserved Praia*. The following letter from Prof. Lueco Gunter, State Superviaor of Rural Schools, who recently made a tour of inspection of tho schools of Barnwell County in oompany with County Sup erintendent of Education Horace J. Crouch, will be read with much interest by the patrons of the public schools: Columbia, S. C., March 3, 1915. Supt. H. J. Crouch, Barnwell, S. C. 1 Dear Sir:— It was the genuine pleasure of the State Superviaor of Rural Schools and to visit some of the schools in Barnwell County In your company February 16- 20th. Barnwell County has achieved some distinction In educational matters and I had been looking forward for a long time to seeipg the several points of interest. It is a notable distinction to be the county in the State with the highest per capita expenditure per white pupil.The expenditures of funds are rightly ex pected to make large opportunities for school children. The school progress of any county is nearly alwaya reflected in the size of the public contributions to school purposes. This large per capita expenditure, therefore, ia under stood to mean, great interest on the part of the people of Barnwell County in the education of the youth of the county. Of course, It is always a regret to the State Supervisor that he cannot visit all the schools of a bounty. But while this ia impossible, it was a genuine plea*' ure to visit nearly every section of the county and see the schools typical of every section. Barnwell County ia one of the first counties of the State to take steps to ward school consolidation. You have, therefore, in your county schools that are known generally over the State qs typical consolidated rural schools, waa a pleasure to find many of your two- and three-teacher rural schools doing an excellent type of work. In the main, the teachers of these schools impressed me not only as being inter ested in the actual schoolroom instruc tion, but ai being solictioua also of the community welfare and the leadership of the school in community life. It is a great pity that the patrons of so many of the one-teacher schools do not observe the better conditions and bet ter instruction afforded to the two -and three-teacher graded schools. Every one cannot but realize the handicap that the short recitation period and lack of individual attention afforded in the one-teacher school place upon the pupils of such school. The people, therefore, of communities such as Healing Springs, Pleasant Hill, and others that might be mentioned, are to be congratulated upon taking the step that gave the children of these country communities the best of school advant ages. I trust that the time may soon come wheu, in response to the wishes of the people, you will have opportunity to consolidate some of the one-teacher schools to the north of Barnweil visited by us, and those in the section of the county north of Fairfax. The Supervisor was impressed with the splendid schoal possibilities in the vicinity of Appleton, Baldoc, Seiglihg- ville and Thomas. There are now some excellent schools taught by some excel lent teachers in this vicinity. But the teachers themselves must realize the handicap that the small school places upon the pupils and the little interest andenthusiasm that thesmall school can arouse in a community. The people of this section ought, it seems to me, even to begin to think of the develop ment ofa large school enterprise combi ning the interest and activity of the sev eral communities. In recent years Barnwell County has done some sp lendid improvement in the rural districts. The splendid buildings, in the town schools have been a matter of comment on the part of school people for some time. But it is a genuine pleasure to a student of school condi tions to find several buildings of' the best and most modern type in the rural districts. There js no doubt that this of improvement will continue The attention of tha fanners and all others interested in the agricultural development and advancement of Ban- well County is called to the meeting which will be held in the Court House at Barnwell on Saturday, the 13th last, for the purpose of re-organizing the srmers’ Union. Mr. Jno. C. Barksdale, county de monstration agent, has arranged a splendid program to take the place of Fertilizer and Economy Day,” which waa advertised to be held on February 13th and which, for unavoidable rea sons, was postponed. An address on the agricultural outlook will be deliv ered hy W. W. Long, of Cletnaon Col lege. heed of- the farm demonstration work in this State. He will be followed by Col. Harry D. Calhoun, of Barnwell, who will speak on the subject of beaks and their relation io commercial busi ness tnd agricultre. In addition it is expected that able talks will be made on the subject* of “Intelligent Uee of Fertilizers Under Present Conditions” and “Lire Stock.” At s meeting last month, Capt W. T. Walker, of Walker’s Station, was elecf- ed temporary chairman and Mr. J. B. Kirkland, of Meyer’s Mill, secretary. They urge every fanner in the county who can conveniently do so to be pre sent when the meeting is opened at 11 o’clock a. m. COLT. J. COUNTS PASSES AWAY the Expires at! ia Flaraa Bamberg, March 3.—News of death of Col. T. J. Counts, at the of his daughter, Mrs. S. H. Standees, of Florence, where be had gone to spend some time, was received hem shortly after noon today. CoL Counts, who had reached the ripe oid age of 87 years, was a man of vitality, and sms perhaps tha man in Bamberg County. He was n man of prominaaca, and wielded a mighty iaflaeoee ia the county during the long period of hk active business and political life. Be fore Bamberg County was fonaod ha served old Barnweil County acceptably in the House of Represtatives and Inter in the State Senate. He served the jtown of Bamberg at various as alderman and as mayor, and always be depended upon to faithfully for every movement measure that looked to the upbuilding of Bamberg town and the betterment of her people. He waa for many years s faithful member and an invetarata worker for and supporter of the Bam berg Baptist Church. His friends are numerous and his death will cause sad ness throughout the county. One son, D. H. Counts, of Laurens; one daughter, Mrs. S. H. Saunders, of Rorence, and several grandchildren survive him. The body will be brought here to morrow morning, and at 11 o’clock will be buried in Restland Cemetery, beside the grave of his wife, who died several year* ago. The Commissioners of Public Works have received an analysis of the city water, which shows that it is free from contamination. afternoon at 2' o’clock to Baldoc, S. C., [until the children of %arnwell County and the funeral services will be held at! are all proyided with adequate physical Boiling Springs, near Baldoc. The services will be conducted by Rev. Samuel Hayes. The interment will follow in the family burying grounds. 'Mr. Cater is survived by three sis- te<v Mrs. J. C. Fowkes, of North Augusta, Mrs. J. W. Ussery, of MartfU, S. C., and Mrs. N. M. Walker, of Appleton, S. C.—Augusta Chronicle, Mr. R. R. Creech, of Kline, was in Barnwell Tuesday and called very cleverly at The People office. accommodations It ia pleasing to note that the teach- ers of your county are fairly well paid when the monthly salary is considered. Good salaries usually insure a better kind of teaching talent. But along with the good salaries, the longer school term should prevail in order to secure and keep the best type of teacher. It seems to mrttiir®ie “of the great- over the county sad 1 est needs of your county at present ia the lengsr school term. No school in the county ought to be satisfied with less than a 7-month season. Where a session for a shorter term than that prevails the people are failing to pro vide for their children’s future as pres ent day conditions demand that they should provide. All of us realize the increasing de mands that are being placed upon the office ofcountysuperintendent of educa tion. Attention to the mere office routine in a large county like Barnwell demands more than half of the time of the county superintendent. It is im possible, therefore, for any one official to attend to these office details and study the needs of the individual schools of the county and organize the teaching corps as these professional details require. It seems to me, there fore, that Barnwell County could make no better investment than the employ ment of a superviaor of rural schools to give entire time to the actual school- room work. With such an officer working in the county the progress that Barnwell County has made in recent years would be greatly accelerated. In addition the classroom instruction of the individual teacher would be greatly improved and " the present teaching corps organized into a most effective educational force in the county. I wish to acknowledge the many Idpdnesaes extended to see in our visit look" for- sfialT ward to another opportunity of visitation with you. Respectfully,