The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 19, 1915, Image 1
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ELL COUNTY ON CASH
BASIS; $7,530.74 ON HAND
Statwn*"* by Treasurer J. B. Armstrong Shows that the County
)s in a Sound Financial Condition Once More.
"—Gratifying News.
. By request Treasurer Armstrong has prepared a condensed statement
< shoiring the financial condition of the county. It should be gratifying to the
taxpayers of the county to know that the county is once more out of debt. This
does not mean that no money has been borrowed this year, but that thfe taxes
for the year are equal to the expenditures. On account of the slowness wjth
which taxes were paid money was borrowed to pay the claims for current ex
penses. The statement of the treasurer shows that nearly $5,000.00 was
brought tsrward this year as unexpended balances from various accounts. The
’statement of the treasurer is as follows: • —*
Surplus from 1914 and back taxes after providing for
all claiips against the county prior to Jan. 1st. 1915
Loan from Bank of Western Carolina
Frdm County Dispensary first quarter
From Insurance License fees (State)
From Magistrates, Clerk of Court and Supervisor
Less amt paid for county com. warrants to July 1, ’15 •
^-Balance on hand for 1915 ac.
In addition to the above we have unexpended balances
brought over from 1914 account available only for
the same account in 1915 as follows:
' County Treasurer
County Board of Education
“ Equalization
risoners
$ 604 79
20 000 00
2 800^7
502 59
583’07
ALUES TO DECLARE
COTTON CONTRABAND
and inquest
'and conveying lunatics
Expenses
intei est on borrowed money
•County commissioners
Physician and attorney
Public buildings
Insurance
Water, lights, fuel, tc( *
Magistrates and constables
Jail
Public offices
Military company
Employment of an expert
Total cash on hand
$24
490
82
21
870
91
-4 -
$2
619
91
07
19
71
60
44
174
50
16
.85
50
75
95
538
75
•
214
74
07
50
01
338
31
122
25
161
68
132
92
15
41
32
01
88
35
800
00
4
910
S3
BARNWELL COUim MAN.
NEAR MEXICAN WAR ZONE
THE SACRIFICE OF LIFE IN
Unofficial but Authoritative Announce
ment Made to Washington.
Washington, Aug. 16.—The allies’
intention to declare cotton contraband
has been communicated unofficially
but authoritatively to the state de
partment. The department’s advices
are that the decision had been reach
ed and the delay in making an an
nouncement is due to the necessity of
arranging uniform treatment by all of
the allies. —
* ^ «ss
The step has been agreed upon by
Great Britian, France, Russia, Italy
and Belgium, but Japan^s attitude has
not been defined and she may decide
that no action is called for from her at
this time, because of the elimination
of the only German colony in the Far
East from the military problem and
the absence of any reason for a block
ade.
Ever since the application of the
British orders in council to cotton,
among other American products, the
entente allies have felt that some
more effective and less burdensome
method must be found for dealing
with cotton and preventing its entry
into Germany and Austria. The allies
contend that American shippers, in
many cases, alleged to be backed by
German capital, have been shipping
cotton to Germany through neutral
ports.
Orders Not Effective.
Under the orders in council such a
cargo, if captured, merely was taken
into a British port and paid for by the
British government. The allies con
tend that under these conditions a great
deal of the cotton got through Sweden,
Denmark and Holland into Germany.
From the allies’ point of view the orders
In council were ineffective because
Pr. J. P. Leo, Jr., Writs* Interestingly of
Life in Arison*.
The following letter from Dr. J. P.
Lee, Jr. of Williston, who is spending
some time in Arizona, will be read with
much intet-est by his friends thro ughou
the county:
‘Tucson, Ariz., August 11,1915.-Mr.
B. P. Davies, Barnwell, S. C.—Dear
Ben: 1 have just finished reading last
(5th inst.) issue of your excellent paper
and am delighted to know that every
thing and everybody in old Barnwell
County are in such good condition.
“This town is about 70 miles West of
the New Mexico border and about the
same distance North of Mexico. I was
invited to take a trip to Nogales, a bor
der town, about three weeks ago to see
the battle between Villa (pronounced
“Vee-ah) ” and Carranza armies, but as
l had failed to have 4ny armour plate
packed up in my traps when I left home
I thought it best not to go, as I am very
anxious to see the .wife and boys and
old Barnwell County again.
“Tucson was and is yet a mining
town, but there are thousands of health
seekers here the year round, but most
of them come for the winter. It gets
a little warm here almut two to four in
the afternoon during the months of
July and August. The highest on yes
terday was 108, but it has been to 110
since I came here a month ago. The
nights are plenty cool enough to sleep
out on the lawn, the parks and open
porches. Very few people sleep inside
during the summer. About 75 per
cent of the 20,000 inhabitants are col
ored, consisting mostly of Mexicans,
with some Chinese, Indians and a very
! few negroes. I like the negroes better
I than the low-class Mexicans.
“There are spmething like a hundred
mines within a radius of 75 miles of
Official Statistics and Red Cross Estimates. Place Loss m
Wounded and Missing at the Appalling Total
of 9,365,000 Men i
The sacrifice of life entailed by the year of slaughter, says The
evening Post, is something that the world contemplates “with a sense
of aghast helplessness.” From the many lists appearing in news
papers and magazines, we take the following 4able, which has been
compiled by the New York Independent from official statistics and
the estimates of Red Cross and other relief-organizations.
Prisoners
they obliged the British government to Tucsou. The greater number sre cop
$7 530 74
FRANK DIES VICTIM
OF MURDEROUS MOB
Prisoner Carriod to Spot Near Marietta
and Hanged to Troo.
Marietta, Ge. t Aug. 17.—I^o M. Frank
is dead, s victim of mob law. Shortly
before 7 o'clock this morning he was
banged to an oak tree in a woods two
miles east of here, after having been
removed from Ihe Georgia prison farm
100 miles away late laat night by a
band of about 25 men. Thus ended the
earner of the man who for two years
had mamtaiued his innocence of the
muMer of Mary Phagan.
Frank, on his nde to death, was
clothed in a silk nightshirt, with the
letters, "L. M. F.,” embroidered over
his hear t. When found today a white
handkerchief had been placed over h;s
face and a piece of brown cloth bound
a^pund his limbs. His hands were
manacled before him and his feet
were bound with a piece of rope. The
* hangman’s knot lay agsmst his right
jsw. _
Discovery of the body was made at
8:iA(clock this moruiug bv search-
itlfPIfties which had been organized
aftert’rank’s removal from the prison
farm became known. The news spread
with lightning-like rapidity and with
in a half hour hundreds of people, in-
cluaing scores of women and children
from Marietta and the surrounding
countryside began to arrive to view
it. This continued until Coroner Booth
arrived three hours later.
SALES IN 15 COUNTIES
AMOUNT TO $245,516.99
Charleston Lad the Slat# in July, Show*
ing Incraas* over June.
Dispensane in 15 counties of the State
sold $24'>,516 99 worth of whiskey dur
ing July, Recording to a report issued
by L. L. Bultman, State «dispensary
auditor. The operating expenses
amounted to $16,133.17. The sales for
Charleston showed s material increase
over the previous month.
The following are the sales by
counties:
HOUSEWIVES AND CLUB
MEMBERS, ATTENTION!
Helpful Demonstrations to Be Given at
Healing Springs and Barnwell.
Of interest -to 4he housewives and
club members of Barnwell County is
the announcement that Mrs. Dora Dee
Walker and Miss Grace M. Huffington
rill be in the county and give lectures
and demonstrations at Healing Springs
irnwell on August 25th and 26th,
respectively. At this time Miss Huff
ington will give a very helpful demon
stration in Home Nursing.
- Come and bring your neighbors.
Remember the time and place:
ing Springs, August 25th, at IT o’clock.
Bring lunch and spend the day.
Counties
Sales
Expenses
Aiken ... t
10,117.37
S 1,064 59
Bamberg ...
6,302 37 f
432.24
Barnwell. ..
13,001.25
867 97
Beaufort . ...
6,598.30
955 41
Calhoun .....
3,139.70
230.94
Charleston.. .
65,199.61
3,127.39
Dorchester.. .
4,520.05
599.87
Florence ^...
29,037.46
1,546.03
Georgetown .
10,029.43
1,398.41
Jasper
1,252.40
137.54
Lexington .
9,061.61
1,032.11
Orangeburg ..
15,816.46
1,338.59
Richland .. ...
52,444.61
2,655.97
Union ...:
15,021.32
440 84
Williamsburg.
3,984.96
265.87
Total
$245,516.99
$16,133.17
The following are the total sales and
expenses of the dispensaries of Barn
well County for July:
Sales Eopenses
Barnwell
$ 2,624.45
$144.65
Allendale
.. 2,471.45
145.50
Blackville
. 1,638.60
123.50
Fairfax
. 2,252.60
116.16
Williston
. 1,334.85
99.57
Ulmers
75.01
Kline ....v
914.95
75.23
Dunbarton
. 934.80
88.35
, Total
. $13,001.25
$867.97.
Et
Death of a Child
It, the four-year old son of
Mr. And Mrs. Willie Dycbes died a few
days ago after a short illness. The
tenderness of loving bands and the
1 physicians were unavailing in
ag the little life, and the grief
fen parents have ihe sympathy of
IQS In TtlCIJ sBTu LICICSTK- ST
•meat. Mr. and Mrs. Dycbes wish (o
thank those who were so land to them
daring the Bnsei and death of their
' tittle soc
buy cotton and at the iame time of
fered an incentive to blockade run
ners.
According to the advices reaching
Washington, the pressure in England
and France has compelled a change.
The British 1 government^ orginslly re
garded cotton as non-contraband and
expressed a desire to avoid inflicting
hardship upon Southern planters and
to avoid development of anti-British
feeling in this country.
The change to contraband wilt be
per, while there are any number of
gold, silver and zinc mines being
worked on a small scale. All the farm
ing lands are irrigated and can be
bought for from $3U0 to $400 per acre,
according to location. There are some-
j thing like 15.0U0 head of beef cattle,
neariy all Ht-refords, shipoed from here
annually. There is no stock law and
I you just simply buy your feeders, mark
, them and turn them loose in the Val
| leys, but you hsve to have a waterhole
and about one man to keep them round
THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR
Killed
Wounded
and Missing
Total
Russia
2,000,000
800,000
3,000,000
France
450,000
- 800,000
310,000
1.560,000
Great Britain
. ...125,000
250,000
90,000
466,000
Belgium
50,000
165,000
^ 45,000
280,000
Servia
-65,000 .
„ 113,000
50,000
228,000
Montenegro. .T
15,000
5,000
28,000
Italy
5,000
12,000
2,000 v
w 10,000
Totals
1,503,000
3,355,000
1,302,000
6,160,00
Germany
900,000
250,000
1,060,000
Austria-Hungary
£65,000
800,000
200,000
1,355,060
Turkey
50,000
100,000
50,000
200,000
Totals
1.800,000
500,000
3,206,0(0
Grand totals
....2,408,000
5,155,000
1,802,000
9,366,000
The cost of the war in money runs to a similarly huge total
We read in the New York Tribune;
“Great Britain is now spending about $15,000,000 a day on the
war, according to Premier Asquith. Albert Metin, general budget
reporter of the French chamber of deputies, calculates the War ta
costing France $10,000 a minute, or $14,400,000 a day. William
Michaelis recently estimated the daily cost to Germany at $8,250,000^
saying forty days of this war cost as much as the whole Franco-Prus-
sian war of 1870-71. Mr. Michaelis puts the total cost of the first
year of the war at $15,000,000,000, not including Italy’s expenditures
—a sum more than 50 per cent greater than the gold production of
the world during the last 500 years. Other estimates run still higher,
to $‘20,000,000,000.”—Literary Digest.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
NEWS FROM WHITE POND
at
defended a.s authorized by internation-1 e< * U P occasionally,
al law. Great Britian protested against! * am con, > n K back home in
the American blockade of outgoing cot-1
ton from the South during the War of j
Secession and had refused to recog-1
nize it as contraband during Russo-
Japanese war, but will now contend
that radical changes in the conditions
of warfare since that time justify
change in attitude. »-
’ I will meet them for a good old
and hand-shake.
“With best wishes for your success
| and wishing that all the farmers will
make a good cotton crop and get high
Luray Beats Fairfax - —
Fairfax, Aug. 16.—The locals lost to
LCiray this afternoon by the score of 7
to 3. Ragged fielding cost the locals
the game,four errors being made in the
first inning. The features of the game
were the pitching of Parnell for the
visitors, who struck out 16, and a beau
tiful catch by Hammond, starting a
Heal-j double play for the locals. Smith t^countriesin quantities in propor-
pitched a good game, yielding but two * *-._ r
hits and but for errors would have won
his game.
Fairfax - 000 200 001—3 4 6
Luray 500 020 000—7 2 4
Smith and RivecK-Parnell and John
ston. Umpires, Webb and Bowers.
Confederate
Notic*
soldiers and sailors of
Expect Resistance.
The eqjente powers, according to
advices here, expect that the state |
department will resist making cotton
contraband and are preparing to base
their action on American precedents.
The advices reaching here indicate
they intend to argue that both Pres
idents Lincoln and Johnson, in formal
proclamations issued in April, May
and June 1865, went on record as
maintaining as contraband of war
"materials for the fabrication of am-
•munition.”
That cotton has taken the place of;
saltpetre, always recognized as abao-
lute contraband, in the manufacture
of gunpowder, will be held to be an
established fact. By way of convinc
ing the state department to that ef
fect, attention probably will be di
rected to a letter by Secretary Hay to
W. W. Rockhill, American minister to
China, during* the Russo-Japanese
war, stating that the American ord
nance officers, whom he had called
into consultation regarding the Jap
anese blackade orders, had advised
him that cotton was used in the man
ufacture of smokeless powder and so
must properly be regarded as contra
band of war.
To Let Some Pass.
It is expected that some sort of an
arrangement will be proposed by
which the allies will engage to allow
cotton to travel unmolested to neu-
about a
month, and if I stay there I want to get
some office which pays a handsome
salary and I guess I will have’to run
for theTiouse and draw my $200 per.
“If you or any of the uood people of
our county are coming to the Exposi-
a j tion, route them via New Orleans and
[let me know when they will come and
howdy
prices, I am,
“Your-old friend,
“J. P. Lee, Jr.”
MAD DOG SCARE
REDS HAD A CLOSE CALL
IN LAST WEEK’S EVENTS
tion to their normal consumption.
What the effect will be on the Amer
ican cotton growers is the subject of
contention: The allied powers are
prepared to argue that it will not be
f%r-reaching. -
Several Canine* Killed Here Last Week
—Smeo Were Poisoned
The dogs of Barnwell have been
faring very badly during the past week.
A strange dog, which from his actions
was thought to be mad, passed through
town Wednesday morning snapping
and biting at a number of other canines
on the streets. He was finally killed
by the chief of police and his head sent
to Columbia for examination. A tele
gram was received thefollowingday,
stating that the dog was suffering from
rabies. The town authorities immedi-
Succassful Revival Maating Closad
Baptist Church Friday.
White Pond, August 14.—Mrs. Jeff
Hair and little daughter have returned
to their home in Blackville after a short
visit to relatives here.
Mrs. Arthur Eubanks returned to her
home in Augusta a few days ago after a
very pleasant viait to her mother, Mrs.
j H. W. Scott.
Miss Minnie Lee Williams is visiting
her relatives her*^
Miss Lula Scott, of Augusta, is the
charming guest of Mr. and Mra. T. W.
Scott.
Mr W. L. Harley, who holds a prom
inent position in Charleston, returned
to his work a tew days ago after spend
ing several days with his sister, Mrs.
Matt Clark.
Miss Emmie Harley has returned to
her home in Plum Branch, accompanied
by Miss Theo Clark, after quite an ex
tended and pleasant visit with rela
tives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge Woodward, of
Montmorenci, are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Scott.
Miss Eva Quattlebaum has returned
home from a pleasant visit to relatives
at Johnston.
Mr. E. W. Smith has returned to his
home in North Augusta after spend
ing several weeks with friends here.
Miss Sarah Clark is visiting relatives
at Springfield. 1
Mrs. Alice Webb, from Healing
Springs, has returned home after a
pleasant visit to relatives here.
Mashes Owen and Frank Faust, of
Springfield, spent a few days with
relatives here the past week.
Miss Josie Davis, of Barnwell, are
ately got "busy and had all the dogs spending several weeks at the home
of her aunt, Mrs. J. N. Hankinson. -
Ratainad Laad by Martin of Only Omm
Bird.—Watch Fob Tmphiaa.
The Reds retained pounsaion of tha
trophy spoon last week by the mitow
margin of one bird, breaking 34 2-27
per cent of the tartfets while the Bluet
broke 33 1-3 per cent. This it the
closest call the Reds have had and the
members are determined not to let It
happen again. The individual high
score honors for the week were woo by
W C. Milhous, of the Blues, who
broke 10 out a possible 15 birds. B. P.
Davies and J. C. Patterson, of the Reds,
tied for second place with nine bird*,
etch. Commencing this week a trophy
watch fob will be awarded to the mem
ber on each team who makes the high
est score, but only one fob will awarded
to any one member. This has ghrea
the weekly events an-added interest.
The score last week was as follows:
Tb* Blues
P. M. Buckingham • 1
H. D. Calhoun 3
W. A. Hayes §
A. A. Lemon 2
W. C. Milhous !•
J. G. Wooley g
Percentage, 33 1-3.
The Rads.
R. S. Bailey' . 5
C. A. Best. . i g
J. J. Bush 3
B. P. Davies ...'3
P. J. Drew 2
W. J. Lemon 5
W. C. Jennings r. . .. 5
J. C. Patterson 3
J A. Willis 4
Percentage, 34 2-27.
that were bitten, some four or five in
number, killed. At a called meeting
of the city fathers Thursday night it
was decided to pass an ordinance re
quiring owners to muzzle their dogs or
keep them off the streets.
Seven or eight dogs dird Friday
night from the effects of poison which,
it is thought, was put on meat and
thrown into the street. As a result of
the above there is now a most welcome
lack of dogs op, UtfijstKelAotJanurell
WAREHOUSE AT BARNWELL
NOW UNDER STATE SYSTEM
One of the most glorious revivals
ever held in the Baptist Church here
dosed Friday night, under the faith
ful direction of Rev. Mr McMillan,
from Branchyrtle. There were eleven
additions, eight for baptism and three
by letter.—-—
Enables Farmers to Borrow
Low Rato of Interest.
J. L. G. White, assistant State
houseman, came to Barnwell last week
by invitation of the Fanners' Uniow
Warehouse Company, and after a 1
ing of the board of directors of
warehouse it was decided by reaoluBoe
that they would allow the State sys
tem to take over the
Tb* Mysterious Clock.
A curiosity that has been attracting
wwis«w«i|5*nB'■=»
by , mad 4. u ,i e,. i, should ,, tho ^y.tenou, clock"
, . i j j . Huggins Drug Store. It consists of
be by an unmuzzled dog from the .7
countrv nothing but a dial of transparent glass
and two hands, and for that reason
The Common Pleas.
The special term of the Court of
Common Pleas for Barnwell County
X : w. ^/vasaeaewas *■%.**« aws a^miiivw^ii V/UUMIJ BLSUUl Ul» WIWU
Barnwell County are requested to meet I convened hCre^ Monday morning w^h hurst erf
at Barn weft on the firs! Tlon<Iay in' Judge Shipp, of. Florence, presiding, several of Mr Bn
pres id in j.
September lor the purpose of electing The first esse called for (rial was that
a pension board for the ensuing year, of Henrietta Cave, et al. vs. Eran Cave,
G. E. Birt, et al. This case hal not been finished
Pension Coamiasionar. when The People closed it fates.
A Painful Accsdaut
Word was received here Monday
from Philadelpia that Herman Brown,
of Blackville, sustained painful injuries
about his face when an automobile tire
■taltel that $h
teeth were making the clock keep
Brown's
knocked out and his face cut so severe
ly that it was necessary to take a num
ber of stitches to ek*e the wounds No
details of the acodant' were available.
, should be qualified to enter the most
, fashionable society. The peculiar part
about the clock is that the manufactur
ers claim that it has no clock work nor
is it controlled by electricity, magnets
or air. A compass attached to one pf
hands is said ta 1 ,
correct time.
In spite of all this, however, visit&rs
will have no trouble in seeing through
it Drop i» and see if you can explain
the
of the State,
hereafter the receipts for cotton stored
will be issued and guaranteed by the
State of South Carolina.
The BarnweH folks are very much
impressed with the State warehouse
system. The Farmers' Union warm-
house was among the First to buM
some years ago, and while H has not
been very profitsble to the stockholders
the holders of cotton have profited by
object It' is said that with Ha-
warehouse receipts that momy a
borrowed at the rate ef 6 par
and that tha rate of