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GUN CLUB ORGANIZED HERE LAST WEDNESDAY TrapdMotiaff Jump* into Immediate Favor with Local Sportsmen. The gunners of Barnwell are indebt ed to Col. Harry D. Calhoun for or ganizing the Barnwell Gun Club last week and introducing trapshooting here—a sport that jumped into immed iate popularity and one that will re lieve the monotony of the long summer months—and incidentally improve the marksmanship of those who enjoy tak ing a crack at their feathered friend^ during the open season. The first event was “pulled off” last Wedndsday afternoon, when fifteen sportsmen demonstrated to themselves and their friends that it “isn’t as easy as it looks.” The percentage of “hits” varied from .000 to .700, Mr. J. W. Pat terson making the highest score with seven hits out of ten shots. So popular did the first shoot prove that quite a number of other gentleman signified their intention of joining the club and they were given an opportunity to dis play their marksmanship Friday after noon. The highest score made by this quad was six out of ten shots by Mr. son Hagood. e club has been divided into two ids of about fifteen members each. Blues will shoot every Wednes day afternoon and the Reds on Friday it is expected that a great deal of friendly rivalry will develop between the opposing teams, and later on in the summer the best shots in each squad will be selected to compete for a silver trophy cup, which will be presented to the club by the Dupont Powder (Com pany. At present the range is located below the old Baptist cemetery. , • The scores made last week are as follows: Name R. S Bailey H. D. Calhoun R. C. Kirkland W. L. Cave P. M. Buckingham E. A. Brown T. E. Cummings F. H. Huggins J. J. Bush N. L. Kirkland W. M. Andrews W. A. Hayes L. A. Cave J. W. Patterson B. P. Davies W. C. Jennings V. S. Owens P. J. Drew Johnson Hagood Q. W. Manville H. A. Simms J. K. Spelling J. C. Patterson Butler H.'igood No. Hits. 10 Shots. 4* 3 3 2 & 1 0 2 .2 3 0 5 4 7 6 3 2 4 6 0 b 1 4 .2 FAIRFAX BUSINESS MAN PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK W. E. Harter, Prominent Citizen, Suc cumbs After Long Illness, Fairfax, June 1.—W. E. Harter, a prominent citizen and business man of this place, died at hia home yester day, after an illness of several month’s duration. Mr. Harter was 48 years old and untik a few months" ago had enjoyed good health. Mr. Harter’s success as a business man has been remarkable. Starting as a clerk when he had reached his ma jority without any means he soon embarked in the mercantile business on his own account and at the time of his death he was doing a large busi ness here in his own brick store of four floors and also had a branch busi ness at Ulmer. In addition he owned farm lands of considerable value. He was a director in both of the banks here and served on the town council as Intendant. He was at one time one of the trustees of the Fairfax school district. Mr. Harter was a member of the Methodist Church and also of the Knights of Pythias. He was buried with Pythian honors Tuesday afternoon at the old Swallow Savannah Church, near Allendale, in the presence of a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends. The floral tributes were exceedingly beautiful and in great pro fusion. He is survived by his wife and ope daughter, Miss Sadie Harter, who is ope of the'191.*) graduates of the Fair fax high school, and two sons, Wil liam and Carlisle Harter, aged about 10 and 8, respectively. He is also sur vived by three brothers, J. J. Harter, G. F. Harter and E. A. Harter, all of whom live at Fairfax, and three sis ters, Mesd^mes J. O, Griffin and Ray mond Tuten of Ulmer and Mrs. Minnie Lott of Columbia. SPECTACULAR AIR FEAT OUTSTANDING FEATURE Achiovi ALLENDALE BEAUTIFIED BY CIVIC LEAGUE’S WORK' A Number of Small Parks Adds to Ap- f poaranco of tho Streets. Allendale, June 2.—At a recent meet- g of the Civic League, of Allendale, the following officers were elected to serve the ensuing year: Mrs. W. T. Riley, president; Mrs. E. H. Oswald; first vice president; Mrs. Mary Viser, second vice president; Mrs. C. D. Clarkson, third vice presi dent: Mrs. Warren Chavous, recording secretary; Mrs. T. L. Pearlstine, corre sponding secretary; Mrs. Arnold Sear- son, treasurer. Directors: Mrs. Tessier, Mrs. W, R. Darlington, Sr., Mrs. J. L. Oswald. Auditor, Miss Lucy Darling ton. Mrs. C. L. Jordon, chairman of ways and meams committee; press cor respondent, Mrs. Alfred A. Patter son. Mrs. E. H. Oswald, the retiring presi- dent, who has filled that office contin uously since the League was formed several years ago, has been a zealous officer. As a result of the League’s efforts the school grounds havebaen adorned with hedges and shade trees, and the streets beautified by « number of small parks kndtrees. -i— Rural Carrier Examination. The United States Civil Service Com mission has announced an examination for Barnwell County to be held hereon July ykh to fill the position of rural carrier at Dunbarton and vacancies that may occur later on rural routes from other poat offices in this county. » examination wfl be open only to i: of Yeung Aviator It Moat lateretting Event. A Zeppelin dirigible, manned by a crew of 28 and thought to be return ing from a raid on the east coast of England, has been blown up in Bel gian territory. The feat was accom plished with a monoplane driven by a youthful Canadian aviator, R. A. J. Warneford, on the phobationary list as a sub-lieutenant in the royal navy. Sighting the Zeppelin, he took to the air, and climbing 6,000 feet, drop ped six explosive bombs with such pre cision that the dirigible was soon aflame. It fell crashing into an orphan age near Ghent, its entire crew perish ing as well as several of the orphanage inmates. This is the incident which stands out in the world war. Violent engagements are in prog ress in the West around Arras, Neu- ville-St. Vaast, north of the Aisue, and on several other sectors, with gains of positions and trenches for the allies, according to the French, while in the East the Teutons are still driving the-Russians before them. Unofficial advices from Berlin say that in northwestern Russia the Rus sian offensive has shifted to a weak defensive and that the Germans'are making headway. North of the Aisne 2,000 Germans have been killed in an endeavor to retake from the French two lines of trenches captured Sunday. Heavy casualties were suffered by the Germans, according to Paris, south of Hebuterne. Progress also is re ported for the allie&Jtftween Soissons and Rheims and in Champagne. The French report mentions the use by their troops of a flaming liquid, which was sprayed on the German trenches, ‘.‘by way of reprisal.” Since June 1, in the vicinity of Przemysl, the Austrians claim that in their advances they have captured more than 30,000 Russian prisoners. The Italians, accqrding to Vienna, seem to be pushing forward strong forces against the Isonzo river front. In this southern theatre, the Aus trians declare, their troops have been successful in several minor engage ments. The British in Africa have driver out with heavy casualties the Ger mans from Sphinxhave'&T—pn Lake Fyassa, and sunk in the lake the Standard of School Raized to Eleven Grades for Next Session. The Barnwell Graded School closed for the summer vacation Friday morn ing. As it kas beer the standard of the high school by re quiring eleven grades for graduation, nojliplomas were given to the tenth grade. Hereafter the grades of the high school will be known as Fresh man Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes. The closing exercises were an en larged edition of the ordinary Friday morning exercises and consisted of drills, songs and recitations by the pri mary and grammar school grades. The Hon. George H. Bates delivered the certificates of promotion to the pupils of the seventh grade and in the course of his remarks expressed great gratifi cation at the marked improvement in discipline and general management. Well deserved praise was given the pupils for their loyalty and tractabi- lity. Col. Harry D. Calhoun, in his inimi table way, paid a glowing tribute to the superintendent, teachers and pupils. Col. Calhoun's witticisms elicited great merriment from the audience. C. C. Simms, Esq., although not on the program, kindly consented to make a few remarks. He told the children the story of Narcissus and drew a moral lesson therefrom. The dosing remarks were made by Dr. R. S. Bailey, tne superintendent. He spoke of the good feeling and har mony among the pupils and faculty, the great improvement in the deportment of the pupils and the gratifying success j of the year. He closed his remarks by thanking the children, parents, faculty and trustees for their splendid support and predicted great things in the future for the Barnwell Graded School. All of the teachers have departed for their homes with the exception of Dr. Bailey and his family. His plans fer the vacation period are rather inde finite. A number of parents have re quested him to conduct a summer school and a representative of The Heople was told Monday that if a suffi cient number was enrolled the work would be undertaken gladly. Those who would like to have their children coached this summer should communi cate with Dr. Bailey at once. Dr. Snyder, of Wofford Collogo, Deli vered Address at Fairfax. ' Fairfax, Junc'3.—The Fairfax graded and high school closed Monday evening The Rev. H. A. McCullough, pastor of St. Paul’s church, Columbia, preached the commencement sermon last Sunday to a very large audience. This was a very able sermon which was appropri ate to the occasion. The exercises were opened with prayer by the Rev. B. D. Groseclose. The address of welcome was, delivered ^the president, by Ji E. Johnston. The graduates took proved the rei part in the closing exercises follows: Salutatory, Aim* Googe; valedic tory, Hattie Dowling, class history, Sadie Harter; class prophecy; Martha Bassett; class poem, Demaris Folk; essay, Virginia Bessinger; essay, Hkn- sie Thomas; will, Wilbur Wilson. The address to the graduating class was delivered by Dr. Henry N; Snyder, president of Wofford college. Dr. R. S. Bailey, principal of the Barnwell nigh school, delivered the medals with appropriate remarks. The high school medal for scholar ship was won by Malcolm Oneal. This medal was offered by the Bank of Fairfax. Miss Hattie Dowling was a very close second for this honor. The grammar school medal offered by the Fairfax Drug company was won by little Miss Hazel Youmsns. Billy Anderson won second place in this contest. The Sanders Literary society (organized several years fgo by the late Mrs. S. L. Sanders! medal offered by George D. Sanders to the one making the greatest progress was won by Wiffiam Brant. The music medal offered by . Miss Alma Knight was won by little Robbie Wilson. Cer tificates of honor to all students mak ing above 96 were awarded to 18 pupils. There were six certificates awarded for the best attendance. Excellent music was rendered by Bearden’s or chestra of Augusta. The closing address was made by F. C. Chitty, principal of the school. Mr. Chitty and his assistants, Misses Susie Albergotti, Zelle Loadholt, Rebecca Walker, Elberta Riser and Alma Knight, have brought thq school up to a high standard. Finds that Principles Do Not Allow Han to Sign Now Washington, June 8.—William Jen nings Bryan , three times Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States, and author of nearly 30 peace treaties with the principle nations of the world, resigned today as secretary of state, as a dramatic sequel to his disagreement with Presi dent Wilson over the government’s policy towards Germany. The resignation was accepted by The cabinet then ap proved the response which had been prepared to the German reply to the Lusitania note. Acting Secretary Robert Lansing will sign the docu ment and tomorrow it will be cabled to Berlin. . Secretary Bryan will return to pri vate life tomorrow, when his resig nation takes effect.- It w^s learned that he intends to continue his political support of the president. Rather than sign the document which he believed might possibly drakr the United States into war, Mr. Bryan submitted his resignation in a letter declaring that “the issue involved is of such moment that to remain a mem ber of the cabinet would be as unfair to you as it would be to the cause which is nearest my heart, namely, the pre vention of war.”. The president accepted thq resig nation in a letter of regret tinged, with a deep personal teeling of affection The.letters constituting the the official announcement of Mr. Bryan’s depar ture from the cabinet to private life were made public at the White House at 6 o'clock tonight. FARMERS SHOULD NOT NEGLECT YOUNG PIGS Good In Msmoriam. In sacred memory of Brother C. Miles Edenfield, of Allendale, S. C. This dear brother passed away to eternal rest March 17, 1915, just as the new day was dawning and after only a few days of confinement to his bed. “In the midst of life is death.” Our dear brother was bom May 23, 1849, on the same plantation and near the same spot where he died, having lived there pH his life as a successful farmer. He had been a consistent member of Mount Arnon Baptist Church since 1864 and was ordained Deacon in 1861, and was Church Clerk since 1897 until last year, when he resigned. He was married to Miss Joe Ann Kennedy, who, with one daughter, the wife of Rev. J. R. Cullum, and one brother, Mr. C. E. Edenfield, of North Augusta, survive him. In the death of this dear brother, our church has lost a faithful and consis tent member, our neighborhood a valuable neighbor, our county a good and highly honored citizen and the bereaved family a devoted husband and father. We miss our brother from home, church, county and state. May we realize that we too must go and may we remember that the mile-posts of life are passing by us more rapidly. The last sad rites were participated.in by the following brethefn: Revs. E. A. Reamer and yi. G. Britton. The large gathering of relatives and friends bore evidence of the great esteem and popularity of the deceased brother. “Husband is gone father, .too, I wonder what we mukt do, Trust in God all along the way,' Thy loved ones thou shall see some day.” .— Rellium. Mrs. G*ugk's Itinarxry. Mrs. Gough, the field worker of the Baptist State W. M. U., is now working in the Barnwell Association. The fol lowing is her itinerary beginning June 13th. June 13, 10:30 a. m., Joyce Branch. “ 13, 4:00 p. m., Cypress Chapel. “ 16, 8:30 p. m., Kline. “ f7, 11:00 a. m., Mt. Olivet. “ 18, 4.-00 p. m., Mt. Arnon. “ 20, 11.-00 a. m., Springtown. “ 21, 8:30 p. m., Olar. “ 23, 11.-00 a. m., Georges Creek. “ 24, 11:00 a. m., Colston. “ 25, 11:00 a. m., Bethel, members of these churches and Closfaf Class Day 1 Allendale, June 5.—The m«nt of the Allendale High,S«iMol be- gan yesterday, with every aaeaober W the graduating class taking part in the class day exercises held at file High School building. The building All all others interested tend these meetings. are urged to at- citizens who reside in the county-1 German armed merchantman Hermann tt information may be had from von Wissman. v Postmaster C. E. Falkenstein, of Barn- I r Riotous demonstrations by Buddhists — against the Moslems in Ceylon have ■ ♦ ♦♦ j taken place. The governor of Ceylon Miss Sue DesChampt, of Wyaacky, > declares that the disturbances were who graduated at Columbia College, last week, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. C. V. Calhoun. due to radical and commercial animo sity mid directed against the European population or the colonial government One value of only shallow cultivation after itie crop is planted is often over looked. When deep cultivation is practiced weed seeds are constantly being turned up to, sprout snd increase the need for constant cultivation. But when only shallow cultivation is prac. tieed the weed seeds near enough the Surface to germinate, sprout and are killed and later cultivation ia reduced to only such aa is necessary to conserve or save moisture.—The Progressive Firmer. Former Attorney General J. Fraser Lyon was in town on profession, busi ness Friday. Savs the Manure Crop The secret of profits in all great manufacturing concerns is to utilize fully all the by-products—see that noth ing goes to waste. This is good sense and good business. Farmers should do likewise and suffer nothing to waste. One of the most important of farm by-products is manure. Let us re member that the refuse from cows, horses and hogs is worth often $1 per month. • My plan is to use ample litter to catch liquids and to apply it to the soil each week, spreading it thin. The use of cottonseed meal as feed adds much to the value of the manure. Manure is ideal plant food, and supplies what all soils need—nitrogen and humus. It is a shameful exhibition to see manure exposed to the weather or al lowed to leaefror fire. In applying manure it is belter to spread it on top rather than to plow it under. * : Even hen manure is worth much at tention, as each hen should contribute 25 cents per year.—Ira M. Hawkins, in The Progressive Farmer. Has* CUan Food t* At this time of the ystr when the farmer has his crops to attend to. it is easy to fall into the mistake of letting the young pigs on the farm go without proper attention. Pigs that are not cared for will not produce profits. The farmer should therefore allow nothing to make him neglect his young swins if he hopes to make anything out of them. The pig should be provided for be fore its mother farrows even, by giving the How clean quarters, which will re duce the likelihood of vermin and dis ease attacking the pigs. If this pre caution was not taken, it is quite likely, according to the extension animal hus bandmen of Clemson College, that the pigs will become infested with lice, w hich will handicap the pigs and re duce their vitality to such a point that they are likely to become easy victims to diseases. To control lice, use crude petroleum, either as a dip or applied to the animal by hand. It is good both as a preventive and a remedy. A good home-made remedy is an emulsion of kerosene. Use about one quart of kerosene to two gallons of “soapy” water. By aft means, try to rid the pigs of the lice as soon as they appear. Pigs should have the range of forage crops and plenty of clean water at all times to keep'them in thrifty growing condition. Patches of peanuts, peas, soy beans, rapo^nd other grazing crons can be used at a large profit by letting the pig harvest them and with a proper rotation of these crops very little grain will be needed until the pigs are ready for the finishing pen. The greatest profits in hog raising cannot be realized unless care is taken at all times to keep the herd'in a heal thy and thrifty condition. packed with visitors snd school children snd the prophecies, songs, history, will, suggestions snd banding down of the mantle were very much enjoyed by all. Tomorrow morning Dr. R. S. Trnee- dale, of Charleston, will preach the commencement sermon. On Monday night four representatives of file class will take pari in the concluding pro gramme at the Pastime Theatrs. Miss Margaret Warren will read-the valedic tory; Miss Kate Boyleston will rend an essay, ‘The Relation of Our Oovani- menttothat of Other Nations;” Min Maud Williams will read the clem poem, and Mr. Rudolph Farmer will rend an essay, “Is This a Dream?” Dr. Pendle ton Jones will deliver a literary ad dress, after which the announcements of year will be made, thereby ending n successful year in the school The teachers elected for another year are: Prof. T. E. Crane, superintendent; Miss Marie Keel, principal; Min Gouldman, seventh grade; Min Dunbar, sixth grade; Min Eunice Wil liams, fourth grade; Miss Catherina McNab, third grade; Miss Edna Harris, first and second gnfie. Following is the roll of the gradnat- ing class, which -4a the largest in the history of the school: Mias Maude Wil liams, Miss Margaret Warren, Mabel Walters, Angus Riley, Herman Oswald, Laurie Myrick, Florida Johnson, Ru dolph Fanner, Ludle Creech, Carlisle Brabham, Kata Boylston, Ognta! Coi. W. R. Darlington ia the Confederate reunion in He was accompanied by Me i Darlington, Jr. Min Lucy Darlington member of the party In where aba visited i Darlington. W.R. NATIONAL GUAM GETS UNITED STATES GarrieM Heustoss—McNab. The following invitation has been re ceived by many Barnwell friends of Mr. Robert McNab: “Mrs. Margaret Heustess to be present at the marriage of her daughter, Margaret Viola, to Mr. Rob- * ert Francis McNab, on Wednesday' evening, the sixteenth of June, nine teen hundred and fifteen, at seven o’ clock, At Home, Bennettsville, South Carolina.” , Card of Tbaaka. Editor Barnwell People:— Will you kindly allow space in your that j paper to express to the good citizens The Waxhaw Enterprise after inves tigating the > subject bar decided that farmer* haVe about the same attitude toward reducing cotton agreage the man in the story had toward reduc- j of Williatoo, and especially to the Town ing the size of hia meals. His doctor | Council of Wllliaton, our sincere appre- had advised him to eat lest, so he went j dation of the kindness and. sympathy to his wife and said; “The doctor says extended to us and our family in the that 1 mustn’t eat so much. So instead; recent kma of our child? '-It Washington, June 4.—Nearly $40,000 ia made available for the rihabits tion of the National Guard of Sooth Carolina aa the result of the confer ence held here today between Govern or Manning and Adjl Gen. Moore and Secretary of War Garrison. In addition to this amount the regular annual appropriation of 832,000 will bn ready for July 1. The state officials came here to ask that the money charged to South Caro lina aa the result of the loss snd destruc tion of the army equipment during previous administrations bn remitted. At first the officials declared that R could be dope. Later, however. Secre tary Garrison ruled that approximately 840,000 charged against the State Guard for the lost of property could be used until July 1,1916. In making this ruling the Secretary placed South Carolina on a par with other states that have failed to live up to the standard required hy the depart- men;. , Senator Tillman accompanied the Governor and General Moore to the de partment. He asked Gen. Mills, bend of the militia affairs department to for get what former governors had done in South Carolina snd to give the State’s National Guard a chance to make itself efficient Both Governor Manning and General Moore were immensely pleased with the result of the visit They accom- plished everything they desired, flier invites you declared. of cooking me twenty biscuits in the morning don’t make sse but nineteen; but make them just a little bit bigger.” —The Progressive Farmer.’* ' Advertise in The People. Respectfully, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Birt. Williston, S. C., June 7, 1915. The days gain four i shins this wotk. Pleasant Hill Items. Pleasant Hill, JuneS.—Mrs. Elizabeth Woodward and Miss Ernie Woodward have returned home after a pleasant stay in Aiken. Miss Mattie Mitchell is visiting Mr. snd Mrs. Edgar Mitchell, of Augusta. Miss Msyns Weathers bee is at hoaaa agajn after attending school for the past year in North Augusta. Mrs. N. A- Cook, of Snelling, is the guest of Mrs. Mae Creech. Quite a number from here attended the union meeting at Mt Calvary Sat urday and Sunday. Mr. Dayin Toole; of Tatefiia, spent last week-end with Mr. Wyatt Wood ward Mrs. L. B. Grubbs and Utfie aon, Howard, have returned home sftar a inutes in sun- delightful visit to