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“Just Like a Member of Ihe Family" [XXVIII BARNWELL. S. C. AUGUST 26 1913 HO.-51 PLEAS COURT progressing slovlt Vary F«w Case* Mare Been Tried el U»e Present Term of Court. The special term of the Court of Com mon Pleas for Barnwell County is “making .haste slowly.” Very few cases have been disposed of at the pre- ‘ sent term, oqe reason being that the Court took a recess from Thu rsday afternoon until Monday morning, in ofder that Judge Shipp could attend the I DEMONSTRATION AGENT MISS DUNCAN SELECTED GIVES TIMELT ADVICE TO REPRESENT COUNTY } Talk How to Combat Cotton Wilt Root Knot—Livestock. (J, jC. Barksdale, County Demonstration Agent.) Cotton wilt and root knot are usually two diseases that are closely associated and allied, causing a large annual loss to the farmers of the State, especially those of the coastal plain. So far as , we know there is a not a case of root en banc session of the Supreme Court ; j n coun ty affecting cotton; I the disease has been found on beans | and tomatoes, but the wilt infested fields seem to be free of root knot From reports and our own obser vation, fully ten per cent, of the farm- i ing land in the county is affected by in Columbia Friday and Saturday. The following cases had been disposed of up to the time The People closed its forms: In the case of Henrietta Cave, et al., vs. Evan Cave, et al., the jury found that “the plaintiffs and the defendants, | w j|^ blight or black* root, as it is called Popular Young Lady Named as Candi date for Harvest Jubilee Queen. Miss Martha Ayer Duncan, of Barn well, has been selected to represent Barnwell County in the State-wide beauty contest to select a queen for the Harvest Jubilee, which will be held in Columbia in October. This announce ment was made Tuesday by the com mittee of ladies appointed to select a representative. Eight young ladies were nominated, but two withdrew from the race before the selection was made. Miss Duitepn's photograph will ap pear in the special beauty supplement, which will be issued early next month, and it is hoped that her many friends will exert themselves to elect her as RUSSIANS VICTORIOUS IN RIGA NAVAL BATTLE German* Lose Crtusar of Dreadnought Type Before Retiring. The naval battle between German and Russian warships in the Gulf of Riga has ended in the German fleet withdrawing, after having lost the battle cruiser Moltke, of the dread nought type, three other cruisers and seven torpedo boats, according to a statement accredited to the president of the Russian duma. This is the latest information concern ing the German naval attack, under taken in cooperation with land opera tions in Courland and especially against Riga. The significance of the German withdrawal is not brought out in the Petrograd dispatch and no mention is ..C.T.U. CONVENTION TO MEET IN ALLENDALE WILUSTON TALKS OF ANNEXATION TO AIKEN •The Woman’ in different sections. Mary Johnson, Sallie Creech and Rebecca Bellinger are entitled to o ar 'j di e from ear |y spring until frost as ticipate in the partition of the lands The cotton- plants! a! described in the complaint.” The jury failed to agree on a verdict in the case of W. J. Walker vs. E. J. Hankinson, et al., and a mistrial was ordered. * The case of Ragan, Malone Co. vs. J. N. Hutto was thrown out on account of irregularity of depositions. In the case of Davison Sc Fargo vs. Jenkins it was ordered that the have judgment against ifendant for 11,311.01 and the the action. Hood vs. D. W. Brown, verdict for fhe defendant. C. Bliak vs. W. H. Dyches, verdict of S5 for thevplaiutiff. The following extra venire of jurors was drawn Monday: C. D. Birt, A. R. Moore. G. M. Buist,W. B. Norris, W. L. Baxley and L. Coh<*n. . . , . . , young woman, a trousseau valued at result of the water channels becoming , eVePa | hundred dollars will be'prt- clogged, the disease being more not.ee- , sented to the fortunafe young lady . SIX FAIRFAX MEN TRIED FOR SEINING FOR FISH Proaacution Droppad When AvailabU Evidence We* Submitted. Brunson, August 22.—The town of Brunson was somewhat more than usually enlivened yesterday by the presence of attorneys, witnesses and parties, plaintiffs and defendants, to a suit in the court of the local magis trate. The suit was brought by County Game Warden A. A. Rivers, against six reputable citizens of Fairfax, Barn well County, for illegally seining for • fish in the waters of tha Cooeahatchie River in Hampton County. AfUr a hearing of statements by witnesses, who /rere negroes, council for the prosecution agree tonolprosse the case and it was dismissed. Mr. James Herriot, a peaceful end -honest citizen of Brunson, died at his residence here this week, aged B8 years. He is survived by quite a large number of relatives. Farmers have had a hard time saving fodder. Rains for the past ten days h ive damaged the cotton crop quite seriously. NEW NEWS FROM LYNDHURST Very Cool Woather of the Past Week Acceptable.—Personals VR ndhurst, August 20.—The weather has b«en very fall-like in its coolness for the past few days, reminding one of the early days of November. J. C. Barksdale, county demonstra tion agent, of Barnwell, paid a visit to the dairy and cannery of L. C. Fowke on Friday. Miss Reba Ussery, of Estill, spent a few days here during the past week, «the guest of her cousin, Miss Alleen jbwke. * WiWiam Bessar, of Augusta, is visiting at the home of his uncle, J. C Fowke. Rev. P, D. Hay, of Summerville, is spending Home weeks here, the guest of his son, ^G. Hay. Miss Jessie Fowke returned Thurs day from an emended trip to relatives and friends in Washi Clarks HU1. W. H. Fowke made a flying trip to Augnsta few days ago. Miss Margaret Harper spent several , able during moist seasons. If the loss from wilt were tabulated and present ed to our farmers the amount would startle. Farmers having wilt-infested fields should use wilt resistant seed only. The lands should be planted to small grain, corn and wilt resistant varieties of cotton, of which the Dixie is the better variety; use the iron or Brabham cowpea exclusively. Following these methods, wilt will not cause serious losses. We call your attention to this now because you can see the loss wilt is causing you. We do not want you to pass over the subject lightly because it is serious disease and its economic status totals a goodly sum in dollars and cents. We will be glad to place you in touch with growers of reliable wilt resistant strains of cotton and would suggest that you visit the breeding farm, for seeing is nine-tenths of believing. « Pvt More Livestock on lb« Form. As MTesultof the livestock campaign inaugurated by Clemson College more than 30 head of pure bred beef cattle are to be brought into the county this fall. This is gratifying, but we need other forms of livestock than cattle. You may satisfied with that scrub boar pig that is heading your herd,'but you are really doing yourself an injustice to permit him to remain. Kill the grade sire! It pays to use the best; pGre bred sires transmit their qualities and after the sixth generation the offspring is 98 per cent. pure. Jiow about the scrub type? They are still scrubs and of a degenerate character. We urge you to dispose of the scrub sire snd use the pure bred. Pure bred sires can be purchased quite reasonably when young. Which type are you using? Boil Burr Clover Seed, j Quite a few farmers of the county are seeding burr cioveP this fall. The germination of the burrs can be in creased very materially by boiling. Dip the sacks into a tub of cold water and ‘ allow the sack to remain until every burr is thoroughly wet, then dip into s pot ot boiling water, allowing .the sack or container to remain for one minute and then dip again into the cold water. I Re-dipping in the cold water serves to re-inoculate the burrs. If these instr uctions are followed better results will be obtained in ihe germination of the burri. In planting the clover remem ber that it likes a well prepared seed bed as well as other plants. While it will grow if sowed on top of the soil, yet if the lower soil is firm, with an inch or two of loose dirt on top and a block or weighted brush is drawn over the land after seeding better results will be obtained. Watch for the beauty supplement. queen. Aside from the honor of being made in it of Rlmtao losses. A Ger- chosen as the State’s most beautiful 1 man report Saturday announced that the Russians had lost three small war ships. The Moltke was one of the larger German war vessels, carrying 1,107 men in times of peace. The types of the other cruisers said to have been ! sent to the bottom were not mentioned. Emperor William with several of his generals has entered the captured for tress of Novogeorgievsk, the last Rus sian stronghold in Poland to stand out against the German advance. The TROPHY FOBS AWARDED TO MILHOUS AND DAVIES The Red* Again Put it Over Their Oppo nent*.—Lett Week’* Score. It was the same old story again in last week’s gun club events—the Reds emperor reviewed the troops and ex- led the Blues, their percentage being pressed his thanks for their accomplish- their 37 1-7 as compared with 31 1-9. Individ- j ual high-score honors for the week were won by B. P. Davies, of the Reds, who broke 11 out of a dossihie 15 tar gets. W. C. Milhous, of the Blues, was a close second, with 10 targets. Each of these gentlemen was presented with a trophy watch fob, in accordance with the announcement in last week's issue of The People. The score was as fol lows: The Bluet H. D. Calhoun 3 ,L. A. Cave * 5 W. A. Hayes 1 N. L. Kirkland . 8 A. A. Lemon 1 W. C. Milhous 10 Percentage, 31 1-9. The Red*. R. S. Bailey ....’.. » J. J. Bush .7 5 W. L. Cave 4 B. P. Davies 11 tW. J. Lemon 8 J. C. Patterson 2 J A. Willis ...4 PeicMitase. 37 1-7. ment. No vital change is recorded in the fighting in Poland and the Baltic provinces. A desperate battle is being fought along the Kovno-Vilna rai way and tne Niemen river. Berlin reports that the army of Gen. von Eichborn has made further progress east and south of Kovno, while the force of Gen. \an Gail wit/, has crossed the Bialystock- Brest-Litovsk railway. An official dis- pacth from Petrograd, however, says that the whole line of this railway re mains in the hands of the Russians, although Brest-Litovsk is almost within the zone of gunlire. ProminMt Speaker* to —Excellent Special to The People: Allendale, Augustus, Christian Temperance Onion of South Carolina will hold its thirty-second annual convention in Allendale, be ginning Thursday night, September 5th. The programme is intensely in^ teresting, the business sessions being held in the day and splendid entertain ment being provided for the public at night. Mrs. Amy C. Welch, of Vir ginia, who comes to Riis section fresh from .the victorious campaign that State has just finished, is a splendid speaker and will address the conven tion Friday night. Another speaker for the convention will be the Hon. Joseph G. Camp, legislator, educator and orator. He comes highly recom mended. ”1 regard Joseph G. Camp the most finished orator in Georgia today,” says the Hon. Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution. These speakers, special music and extra interesting features combine to make Qiis the best and greatest conven tion held in the history of the State. A Good Citizens Mass Meeting will be held Sunday afternoon at 4:3t) o’ clock and a special feature will be pro vided every night. Be sure to come "Welcome Night,” September 2nd. ODD BITS OF NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY •a change, people of s confront- Pan-American Medico* Hava Adoptad tha "Hand-Slap tCiM." * Bangor, Me.—Hal Lissenbinn, a resi dent of this city, who had been missing i for several days, was found mired to < the waist in mud near Stillwater and ! unable to move. He was neariy ex- : hausted from lack of food and sleep. Winder, Ga.—The McKleduff sisters ' hold the record of this state for stay-at- Overland Agency. On another page of this week’s issue of The People is the announcement of Merchant J. A. Porter, who has accept ed the agency for the Overland auto mobile in Barnwell County. Mr. Por- ington, Augusta and ter has also secured the services of his nephew, Wilber Porter, to manage this department of his alreadyxjarge busi ness and he will be glad to give demon- straRoos to interested parties. The days at Martin, during the past week,. Overland is proving to be a very poou- the guest of her brother, W. H. Harper, lar car this season by reason of its low A very popular resort these days is price, handsome appearance and sturdy the swimming hole at Robert’s Land- performance. The price for the tour ing. Both boys and girls indulge in the ing car is 8600 and for the roadster 8775, sport and sometimes they pull the old delivered 'folks afbng to watch the fun. The days lose 6 minutes in sunshine this week. In the West fighting has consisted 1 With their father they settled mainly of artillery duels. j 00 the , * nd which U now P** of Wi °- On "the Italo-Austrian frontier th e ^ » nd h > ve never ***“ ten Italians claim advances at several j m ^ e ‘ ^ rom **** place nor have either of . * * • I them ever been inside a railroad coach. Petrograd records for the Russians | Muskogee, Okla.—Frankie Lily, 2n sn advance on the river Arkvave, 0,d - “ m * kin K * fortune Asiatic Turkey, and the repulse of . teaasiot to the oil fields. The heavy Turkish attack near Olti. The Russmn ,m,n « l » done b y cranes, but the girl sunk ! dr ‘ ve * l >er team and is said to be one of the best “horsemen” iu this section of the country. San Francisco, Cal.—The Pan-Ameri can Medical Congress is made up of j phyricians who are brave men. They E. ef e DeAeito Netere Has feeaa M mWOWW(WWm» Williaton, August 23 —A sentiment fayoring annexation of several square miles of Barnwell, is which WilHston is located, to Aiken county, is rapidly crystalizing among the people not only of the town but of the surrounding country as well. During the past few weeks the matter has been pretty generally discussed here. Sentiment avoringjannexation to Aiken county in spreading, and there are at tbe present time several outspoken advocates of the ides. There are a number of underlying reasons, probably foremost among which is the isolation of the county seat, explsiningthe desire fora The difficulty with which the Williston and this section are coofron ed in reaching Barnwell is, of course, no new difficulty; but the improvement in the public highways between WQ- iiston and Aiken, and the het that there are convenient railroad schedules between Aiken and Williston, has serv ed to emphasize this inconvenence. Since the new post road has been constructed between Aiken snd the Barnwell county line, the people of Williston have, at their own expeme, improved the road leading from Wil liston to the Aiken county line, thus affording a direct automobile highway to Aiken. On the railroad, there are much better railroad schedules between Williston and Aiken than between Wil- liston and Barnwell, and the line is di rect, whereas, going by rail from Williston to Barnwell one must elbow to Blackville, making the distance about 22 miles. The distance between Williston and Barnwell by the public highway is about 12 miles, but the roads are bed, a condition which generally exists. a Wil listen is only about two snd oae half miles from tha Aiken line, and is perched off in one corner of Barnwell county. The county tine runs through the plantations of several of the leading citizens of this section, moot of whom reside in or very near to Willie- ton. ymong these are Dr, Cheater Smith, the Weathers bees sod the Ken- neqys. The advantage of the proponed annexation to these, and others placed like them, is apparent. Attorney General Thos. H. Peeples was in town Tuesday. > Miss Amelia McNah has been quite sick with fever for several weeks. D. A. Brown has been appointed game warden for Barnwell County. C. J. Fickling, of Blackvillle, was in town Monday, all smiles. It’s a girl. A recent analysis of the city water shows that it is free from contamination. j Black Sea fleet destroyers have more than 100 Turkish boats, probably all of them cargo vessels. - M. Venizelos has accepted the post of prime minister of Greece and also will hold the portfolio of minister of foreign affairs. It is expected in THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY £ u ” J are trying to stop kissing. Dr. E. F. rope that w,th the resumption of poweJ 0t,s ’° rSunU ‘ h « ‘ ub « r 'U- ! of Venizelos the uncertain Balkan situ ation will begin to clarify itself. M. : Venizelos and King Constantine are I declared to have reached a perfect un derstanding. Mrs. J. B. Easterling has returned home after a pleasant visit to her son, R. A. Easterling, at Union. George Armstrong, of Clemson Col lege', has been the guest of his father, Treasurer J. B. Armstrong, for several days. Messrs. C. H. Mathis, W. J. Sexton, Green Mathis and B. P. Davies motored down to Allendale and Fairfax Tuesday on business. Quite a number of fans from here went down to Allendale Tuesday after noon to witness the game Allendale and Walterboro. between In Honor of Mis* Zoic lor. On last Friday evening Miss Jessie Armstrong entertained a number of her friends in honor of her charming visitor, Miss Louise Zeigler, of Denmark. The guests were received in the parlor, which was beautifully decorated in palms and ferns, and given cards for progressive conversation. They were then invited out on the lawn, where punch was served by Misses Helen Calhoun and Jennie Kirkland. At 9:30 progressive conversation began and lasted throughout the evening. A de licious sweet course was served. The out-of-town guests were: Misses Ransey, of North Augusta, Sallie Owens of Dunbarton, Simmons, of Rowesville, Connor; of Orangeburg, and Miss Mc- | Tieyre; Messrs. Bill McSweeney and lost* expert, says it would be far better for sweethearts to greet each other with a gentle slap on the ^heek instead of an embrace snd a kiss. The doctors accepted the hand-slap kiss as their future rule and it is believed they will be alone in their misery. Towanda, Pa.—Mrs. Luella J. Pack ard, 74-years-oid, swallowed a stick nearly 10-inches long and is dead. She had no recollection of swallowing the wood, but it was found when doctors operated for appendicitis. Milwaukee, Wis.—Joseph Gillett is the “oldest schoolboy.” He has just turned seventy-two and is one of the best scholars in the engineering course of the continuation school. Bessemer, Mich.—When Andrew Lappi and his family ^returned home from a call at one of their neighbors, they found a huge hole in th| ground where their home ought to have been The ground had given way and the house had dropped into an old shaft 200 feet deepi Brief News liens* of Various Places. The total viaitors to the Pacific Exposition has reached 11,000,- 000, it was announced Monday. Secretary Daniels, after inspecting the New London naval station, Tuesday announced that the yard would soon be opened as headquarters for subma rines. The new coast guard cutter Talla poosa, built for service at Mobile, baa completed its outfitting at Battimora and is on its wav to Mobile. She will stop at Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. J. Randall Kelly stopped Zack Creighton, of Hampton, E. W. Qualifies as Marksman. W. W. Moore, adjutant general, has returned .to Columbia after spending era! days at the State rifle range in ^xington county. “I qualified as a in,” said the adjutant general, i from the various companies of Ptwo regiments have been compet- : at Uie range during the past several ' jweeks and a South Carolina rifle team will be picked about September 1. The national rifle shoot will be held Qus yetr near Jacksonville.—The State. Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in the Post Office and advertised August 23, 1915. mai.x Charlie Cook, Grother Davis, Ben Emberiing, Henry Gatson, Bill Holman. Welton Sanders. PRMALa _ Mrs. Olhe Dortch, Miss Kella Hutto, Mrs. W. H. Hi^te, Mrs. Cora Rountree, Miss Louisa Simmons. ~ over in Barnwell for a short visit to relatives Saturday while en route from Charleston to Johnston. They were accompanied home by Mrs Lena Davies, an aunt of Mrs. Kelly. Judge Shipp, snd Attorneys C. A. Best, E. A. Brown, L. W. McLemore and J. E. Harley motored up to Colum bia Thursday afternoon in Mr. Harley’s car to he present at the en banc ses sion of the Supreme Court the follow ing day. The housewives of Healing Springs and Barnwell are reminded of the lec tures and demonstrations to* be given at the above places on the 25th aud 26th inst, respectively. Mrs. Dora Dee Walker and Miss Grace M. Huf- fington will be in charge and helpful instruction is promised. The United Fruit Company’s stc Bluefields, which it was feared had been lost in the recent Gulf storm reached New Orleans Monday slightly damaged. Edward Soradis, aged 4, was killed Monday at Pittsburg while watching a baseball game, when struck over the heart by a bat, said to have been iu the hands of Charles Kleber, aged 25. Weather Forecast V-L' Black, of Williston, Robert and Theo dore Harley, of Cave, Leonard Keel, of Allendale, and George Armstrong, of Clemson College. Patrick Henry Starr. Olar, Aug. 18.—Patrick Henry Starr died here at noon today after an illness of several months. He was 47 years of age, and has always been a native of this locality. * Mr. Starr’s strong moral character commanded the confidence and re spect of all who knew him. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Carrie Ray, and six ebIMnenp H* Frank Starr, Miss Inez Starr, Wilbur Starr and three smaller ones. He also leaves a mother, who is -89 years of age, and one half-brother, W. B. Chitty. The funeral services were held at the Baptist church here this morning at 10:30 o’clock, with interment immedia- Issued by the U. S. Weather Bureau, tely after at the Starr cemetery. Washington, D. C., for the week be- . — * ' ginning Wednesday, August 25: • | F. W. Falkenstein left Sunday after- Fairfax Fancia*. . . Fairfax, Aug. 21.—Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Moorer, accompanied by Miss Sue Best, have returned from a trip to Washington and other places of inter est. • ' Miss Demaris Folk of Allendale is the guest of Misses Sadie and Virginia Harter. Miss Dorthy DuRantand Miss Marion Clayton are the guests of Miss Jennie Durant. The Misses Googe entertained in honor of their guests, Miss Eva Wil liams and Elizabeth Mock at the home of their auhl, Mrs. Q. B. Lynes, Tues day evening. The chief amusement of the evening was a flower contest in which Miss Eva Williams, one of the. guests of honor, won, a boy of candy being presented to her. Musie was rendered throughout the evening by I Cross on first aid treatment. Messrs. Knight, Haider, Folk and Wil son. A sweet course was served. The punch bowl was presided over by Mrs. Lynes and Miss Zoe Thonqu while Dr. Deborah Smith Drury, one of tha first women in the United States ad mitted to the practice of medicine and an associate of Lucy Stone Blackwell in the equal suffrage movement, died Monday at Haverhill, Mam., age 92. The American barkentine, Daisy Read, which sailed from Mobile oa March 16, has reached Paloma, Argen tina, in distress, it was reported at Mobile Monday. The vessel was leak ing and all stores were exausted. Three masked bandits entered tha First State. Bank of Bernice, a small Oklahoma town, Monday and, after covering the cashier with revolvers, took 81,500 in currency and made their escape. Chief surgeon of a number of the large railroads began a two days’ con ference at Washington Monday with medical representatives of the army, navy, public health service and Rad cake and cream were served by Misses j Oeneraily fair > weather, with seasoc- noon fof^{lilsdelphia-^pd- ^R^oriL j Hattie, Lucy and AlmaGooge^ able temperatures, is indicated for the where he goes to purcnaseTE faD and J • • Persons calling for tnese letters will week, although occasional thunder- winter stocks of goods. Mrs. Faiken- Mqnrs. C. H and Green Mathis, of] please say advertised. showers may occur over the southern stem, who has b^en in the North for Blackville, were ia town on'* Chas. E. Falkenstein, P. M. portion of the district. „ the past ten days, will return with him. Tuesday About 1,000 delegates, representing most of the 208 organizations affiliated with the National,. Fraternal of America, were present at appolis Monday, when tha and medical sections war Kfit Kohn, of Columbia, week-eod with Barawell