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w pin. Jo*«pk Sprott Again Haadi W. C. T. U.—Medal ContnaU. [ Allendale, Sept 5.—The Saturday sessioDt of the State Woman’s Chris- tiaa Temperance union convention were of great interest, the election of State officer's and superintendents b^ing held in the afternoon with the following result: President Mrs. Joseph Sprott of Manning; vice pres ident* Mrs. J. L. Mims, Edgefield cor responding secretary. Miss Clio Atta- way, Saluda; recording secretary, T. R. Denny, Johnston; treasurer, Mrs. urer.Mrs. Charles P. R. Robinson, Cha pin; superintendent of medal contests, Mrs. Lena A. Smith, Leesville; scienti fic instructor of temperance, Mrs W. S. Middleton of Clarks Hill; Mrs. W. B Cogburn of Edgefield, literature; Mrs. P. Watson Manning, unfermente4 wine; Dr. Mary Peery, Sumter, medical tem perance; Mrs. L. C. Rice, Denmark, social meetings and red letter days; Mrs v Z. T Cody, Greenville, rescue work; Miss Jessie Curtiss, flower mis sion; Mrs. EX E. Williamson, New berry, mothers’ meeting and white ribbon recruits; Mrs. A. E. Wait, Con way, parliamentary usage, legislation ■ •and petition; Miss Mae Langston, Tim- nsville, mercy; Mrs. S. C Morris, in&sburg Christian citizenship; Mfs. B. Cannon, Scranton, temperance and missions; Miss Clio Attawgy, circu lation of official organs; Mrs. J. L. Wysong, Florence, musical director. The delegates to the national cor- vention were elected as follows: Mrs. Mamie Tillman and Mrs. Fannie Tomp kins, Edgefield, and Mrs H. J. Thicker Georgetown. The convention is to be held at Seatt)e, Wash., October 9-16 next. The Rev. Paul H. Brown of the Pres byterian church was in charge of*the devotionsSaturday evening which were attended by a very representative audi ence. A unique demonstration was given by Mrs. W. B. Cogburn, State super intendent of literature, showing how the department has put on the dry line 18 white States. This was clearly and vividly expressed by little Eliza beth Lott of Edgefield in a recitation called “Hang’Em on tha Dry Lina." This tableau has been given in a num ber of places in South Carolina, the climax being an appeal to the voters to hang the Palmetto State on the dry line in September. A resolution was adopted by the con vention urging the newspapers of tha State to give to the cause of pro hibition space for the publication of news referring to the temperance cause. A handsome hand-painted picture was presented by Miss Jessie Curtiss of Paxville, superintendent of the flower mission department, for the greatest amount of work done during the* conventional year. This picture went to Miss Helen Bush of Sumter, whose work was most heartily com mended. A medal contest in song and story a feature of the meeting. The lowing girls entered the oratorical bntest: Misses Bernice DeLoach, Kate Hiers, Nannie Young, LeClare Saunders, Gladys Lazare, Tudor Far mer. Mias I^CIare Saunders won the medal. In the contest in song the fol lowing entered; Misses Bascom Palmer, Flora May Googe, Nannie Young, Eliza beth Farmer, Leclare Saunders, Chris tian Reid Warner. Miss Warner re ceived the medal. A demonstration of the work of the flower mission department was given by a number of Allendale girls and boys, under the direction of Miss Sarah Gray, on the moving spirits of the convention, who is president of the Allendale union. Joseph G. Camp was introduced and Official Veto by Precinct* on tbs 'Dispensary Question. Fo^the benefit of those readers who are interested in figures, The People reproduces below the official vot$ in the election on the dispensary question held in Barnwell County in August, 1913: ' » ' ' . . ' For Against Allendale 54 Kline 14 Dunbarton 43 13 Sycamore 19 Barnwell 188 40 Elko 35. 12 WiUiston t)7 27 Ulmer 22 25 Hercules 63 16 Blackville 158 42 Baldoc .. !. 25 1 Bull Pond 3 9 Millrit 26 18 Snelling 34 0 Tinkers Creek .. 47 2 Fairfax . 63 16 Robbins .. 17 ; 10 Total 991 319 Opinion is divided as to how the vote will stand in the county on the 14th inst., some claiming a majority for pro hibition, while others predict a 3 to 2 victory for the dispensary. THE BOLL WEEVIL IN GEORGIA First Cotton Boll Post Makos His Ap- poaranco.—To Bo Quo ran ti nod. Thomasville, Ga. Sept. 4.—The first cotton boll weeyil has entered Georgia, State Entomologist E.Lee Worsham an nounced here late to-day, alter a con ference with George H. Smith, of the Federal board of entomology. The weevils catpe from Alabama, Mr. Wor sham said. Very few traces of the pest have yet been reported. Athens, Ga. September 4.—State Com missioner of Agriculture J. D. Price has received a telegram from State Entomologist E. Lee Worsham ask ing that he re-establish quarantine. against the boll weevil in the extreme southwestern counties, of the State. The message stated (hat the weevil had been found as far as Boston, in Thomas County. The quarantine was raised only a few weeks ago. Commissioner Price said that fresh precautions will immediately be taken. ^ Cont< ^.sei / convention, giving the credit of his strong convictions on the prohibition question to his attendance on a na tional convention of the W. C. T. U. The Sunday meetings of the W. C. T. U. gather great inspiration and force when the churches all united in sympathy with the cause represented. The morning meeting took place at the convention church, the devotions being in charge of the pastor, the Rev. B. G. Murphy, who has shown gheat interes since the opening. The pro gramme for Sunday afternoon and night: Good citizens meeting, 4:30 p. m., Rrof. T. E. Crane, presiding; chorus by the convention choir; devotional service; hymn, “Onward Christian tdiers;’ 1 two minute talks—“Respon- bility of a Citizen to His Country,’’ (apt. George H. Bates of Barnwell; “A Citizen’s Duty to His State,” W. F. Googe;-‘Training for Citizenship,” J. H. Johnston; solo, the.Rev. A E. Evi- soa; address, Joeeph Q. Camp, Atlanta, (la.; male quartette; coilectioo; bene diction. ■d CriaM. •‘ v Editor of The People >- -A few days ago a loyal and worthy ettizeq of our county, seeking for infor mation to enable him to vote intelligent ly and fontbe good of his country at the ensuing election on the question of prohibition, asked me if there was any difference in the number of criminal cases, and particularly murder cases, in dispensary counties and counties where there are no dispensaries and what the difference was, if any. I could not answer him then, but since have obtained the desired information and beg that you publish it for the benefit of those who wish to know. The Attorney General’s report for 1914 shows the number of murder cases posed of as follows: 1st Circuit, 24 cases; 2nd Circuit, 56 cases; 3rd Circuit, 2T cases; 4th Circuit, 23 cases; 5th Circuit, 16 cases; 6th Cir cuit, 24 cases; 7th Circuit, 33 cases; 8th Circuit, 33 cases; 9th Circuit, 26 cases, 10th Circuit, 30 cases; 11th Circuit, 17 cases; 12th Circuit, 23 cases; 13th Cir cuit, 22 cases; total 348 cases. Now, we are in the 2nd Circuit, con sisting of the counties of Aiken, Barn well, Bamberg and Hampton, and the three first named are dispensary coun ties. So we lead all the other circuits in the State with 56 cases. From this A Heart to Heart Talk With Our Subscribers., ' With its issue of Aug 26th, The People completed thirty-eight years, of service. It pleases us to think that they have been years of useful and.honorable service, not only in the interest of the people of Barnwell' County, but of the State at large. Certainly that has been our one aim, as well as that of our predecessor. We feel that in a measure our efforts- to produce a readable newspaper have been appreciated, for while we have dropped the names of some subscribers from our list we have - added many times the number in new subscriptions, so that we now have a larger subscription list than we did upon assuming management of the paper. I ' There is ond matter, however, which we wish to call to the atten tion of our friends, and that is their carelessness in settling their sub- scripfion dues. We now have owing to us, in amounts ringing from $1.25 to 15, several hundred dollars in past due subscription accounts. We realize that times have been “hard”, that money was scarce and that it is very easy to put off paying fpr the paper until next week, or next month, or next year. But the people of the county and of the State are in much better shape this year than last, and we are going to ask each and every one of our friends to make a little special effort to reach us this Fall. We would like to get our subscription list on a paid in advance basis, which would enable us to buy some much needed equipment for the office and incidentally publish a much better paper than we now do. In order to accomplish this end we have decided to offer our delinquent subscribers a special discount of 20 per cent, on their accounts if they will settle before the first of October. That means that you will have to pay us only $1 a year instead of $1.25, our regular subscription price. Heretofore, we have offered premiums in the way of farm journals, but this year it occurred to us that our friends would rather have the cash discount than the farm paper. On the label of your paper is printed the date to which your sub scription is paid. If it reads thus: “Jan. 13,” it means that your sub scription expired January 1, 1913, and that you are in arrears from that date. Commencing with this issue we will make a blue ring around the label of all those who are twelve months or more in arrears as a gentle reminder of the fact that their scuhacription has expired and that in order to take advantage of our special dollar a year offer they must re mit for al! back indebtedness by October 1st. Below you will find an order blank. Look at your label. If you are in arrears, fill out the blank for the number of years for which you wish to pay and send it, together with a check or money order, to us at your earliest convenience. We expect to pubflkh air**Hooor Roll" each week, giving the names of our friends who have put themselves in good standing. Who will be the first? ^ _ .........,.. 191. . . . The Barnwell People, Barnwell. S. C. Gentlemen:— Please find enclosed $ which pays my subscription to The People from 191.... ARPEAL TO S. C VOTERS to . 191. ... at your special rate of $1 a year. (Signed! This offer expires Oct. I, 1915. DOC Approaching Eloctioa a Quarter of a Coatary. We are engaged in a supreme effort to rid the State once and for all of the evil effects of the sale of liquor. The approaching election is the most impor tant which this State has held in a quarter of a century. It is of-the ut most importance that every citizep should go to the polls prepared to cast his own ballot, and also prepared to give time and his energies and his best judgment to obtaining a full attendance of his neighbors at the polls on election day. In behalf of moral welfare, in behalf of the physical welfare of the present and of the future generations of the State, and in behalf of the financial prosperity of our State, we appeal to every citizen to register his owb con viction and to make the majority against liquor so great that there may be no doubt as to the real sentiment of this State, and as to the power and influence back of the eniorcement of the law after it is voted Prof A Mason DuPre, Dr C E Burts, D W Robinson, J F Lyon, Robert Mc- Dougall, Rev K G Finlay, C F Rizer, Rev J L Harlev, Supr Anti Saloon League, D R Coker, Mrs R L Howell, Prest Women's Prohibition League, Guv A Gullick, V-Prest S C Inter-Col- egiate Prohibition League, J K Breedin, Sec Business Men's Prohibition League, Mrs Joseph Sprott, Prest W C T U, J L Quimby, J L Sherrard, George H Bates, Chas E Danner, George Waterhouse, Nehs Christensen, Samuel Summers, Ed DeChamp, L G Potter, A 0 Brice, R T Gaston, Chariton Durant, W W Smoak, bright Williamson, W J Carter, J L Mims, C P Wray, S C Cathcart, J P McNeil, W H Keith, Allen Graham, L P Hollis, C C Featherstone, G W Gardner, George Warren, E M Peeples, W B DeLoach, J T Green, Chas Bobo, L S Trottl, G A Guignard, Rev P D Risinger, E C Ridgell, D M Crosson, Alan Johosto e. Dr Geo B Cromer, M R McDonald, J T Taylor, N F Parish, Wm L Daniel, Judge R 0 Purdy, Dr C D Epps, Robt S Owens, Walter I Her bert, Jesse W Boyd, Howard H Carlile, J S Moffatt, W P Harmick, F H Hyatt, E O Watson, E E Bowman, J H Bold- ridge, Steering Committee State-wide Prohibit ion. CYCLONIC WINDSTORM DAMAGES PROPERTY William Green, of Rosemary town ship, was seriously injured during the tornado-like windstorm passed over that section Saturday night according to reports reaching Barnwell on Monday. Mr. Green wm aroused by the roar of the approaching wind and got u|) to lower the window i in his bedroom. As he wss standing by the window, the house was bit by the full force of the storm, which lifted the building from its foundations and carri ed it a distance of about nina fact The chimneys were shattered and Mr. Green wm buried beneath an aval anche of bricks, The other members of his household were ilnihjured. A commissary and seed houswoa the premises were also blown from their foumflKions, but the other outbuildings escaped unscathed. Tryes two and three feet in diameter were twisted off at the ground and hurled several feat. The path of the tornado wm about 109 yards wide. Dunbarton wm also visited by i cyclone the same night, the Hall at that place being unroofed. Na other damage wm reported. S. S. CONVENTION. EicelUot Msabsw HsM at Calstoa Branch Church Last Weak. The 48th session of the Barnwell and Bamberg Baptist Sunday School Con vention wss - held at Colston Branch Church on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of Ust week. It is thought that this wss the most successful session in the history of the convention. The attendance throughout was large, the program good and the hospitality un bounded and whole-souled. Thirty- three schools were represented and the contributions were nearly double the i amount of last year. All the old offi , cers were re-elected. It would bave done anybody good to hear the exercises, in which the pupils and teachers of the various schools par ticipated. It was certainly an eye- opener and made one think of the gp*eat possibilities should these various talents be cultivated. The only thing that could be regretted was the scarcity of preachers. * The Bamberg school won both ban ners. The next convention will meet at Barnwell on Wednesday before the fourth Sunday in September, 1916. . PENSION BOARD ELECTED. (Advertiaomont) Lot The Whiskey Go. Cowfodsrala VaSsraws of Barnwell Cowa- ty HaM Maatiag Mendajr. Pursuant to t special call, the Con- B,rnW u l | ^ men'wbT«n ‘ th*i^vM~^ met at the Court House on Mondav for ■ . •.• ... , . * ’ ... mr i aw . a 5 l( i in g citizens and members of the purpose of electing a pension board j • I-...; TTf | good societies and churches to do or say something that may influence at Editor Barn a ell People:- Please allow me space in your col umn* to say a few words concerning the approaching election. Though the writer’s strength may be feeble In a political way, we feel that it ia the duty r —. record it appears that something should spoke a few works of greeting to~!ne be done. Geo. H. Bjptes. V, AlUndale Tanas Defeated. Allendale, September 1.—The Au gusta Wolves defeated Allendale here this afternoon, 4 to 2, in an exciting game. The features for Allendale were Lyndhurst News. Lyndhurst, Sept. 4—Miss Julia E. Gantt, of Winnsboro, who hM been spending several weeks here with her aunt, Mrs. S. E. Gantt, returned home Thursday, much to the regret of her many friends. Miss Gantt is a very popular young laay and her presence is much missed in the social life of this community. Mrs. R. L. Gaunt, and little daughter, for the ensuing year. After the meet ing was sailed to order, Capt. M. O. Wall, of Dunbarton, was elected presi dent, pro tern, and ( apt. J. Staff Hal ford, of Barnwell, was elected secre tary. After the object of the meeting was explained, it was moved that the old board, composed of J. A. Meyer, G. E. Birt, L. F. Hair, and G. W. Morris, be unanimously elected to serve another year. On motion of Capt. Halford a vote of thanks was extended to the board for the untiring, courteous and pains taking manner in which they managed the affairs of the old soldiers in the past and confidence was expressed that the same loyal management would mark their future incumbency in office ' The newly elected board will meet again on salesday in October to elect a chairman and pension commissioner. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. the fielding and hitting of Moore and Mulligan and the fielding of Clarke; for Francea, returned home Wednesday Augusta the work of Johnson and Bell fr0iu King’s Mountain, N. C., where and the fielding of Parker. Weeks pitched well after the first inning. Bad base running wm mainly respon sible for the locals, defeat. The same team play here Thursday. Score: Augusta Allendale Batteries: Miller and they had been on a visit of several weeks to relatives. C. Drayton Gaunt returned Wednes day from Brunswick, Ga , where he has been on a visit to his sister, Mrs. A. P. 300010 0 00-4 7 1 jfcy 1 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0—2 9 01 n U gh an( j Walter Fowke and Misses Wolff; Weeks' and (Rivers. Umpire, Allen. Mrs. Ed Vogel and children, of Col umbia, are the guests of relatives here. The friends of Mesdames M. B. Hagood and R. W. Dicks will regret to 1 learn of their serious illness. i Jessie Fowke and Julia Gantt attended the protracted meeting at Antioch on Sunday. , Cotton is opening up some in this vicinity and gives promise of s good yield It is hoped that this will mei full pockets for the farmers in the near future. AUmdala Licks Augusta. Allendale, Sept. 2.—Allendale defeat ed Augusta here to-day, 2 to 1, in a pitchers’ battle between the southpaws Anderson and Philpot. The visitors scored in the first, when Parker knocked the ball over the centre field fence. John McMillan drove winning run in the fifth with a to centre. The hitting of Rivers the fielding of Harvey, McMillan Mulligan featured. Score: Augusta ....j 100000000—1 4 2 Allendale ! . 00101600*—1 6 1 Batteries: Philpot and Wolff; Ander son and Rivers. Umpire, Allen. The friends and customers, of the Western -Carolina Department Store will learn with pleMure Uiat this pro gressive concern hM secured the ser vices of Miss Morrow, an experienced milliner of Baltimore, Md. The ladies of the county are given a cordial invita tion to call and iaapect the ^Lore's plete line of nuliiaery. least one, if not more, who may be on the fence and doesn’t know how to vote. And let me say to you, brother, fnend and neighbor, get on the right side and vote to at leMt leave the issue between the blind tiger and the offi cers of the law. Let’s do our duty m good, law-abiding citizens and vote to do away with stuff that brings so much trouble aqd misery, anxiety, poverty and weeping, if not in our own homes, perhaps in the homes of our neighbors, i Can’t we stop and think and see IT we can find any man that can truth fully say that whiskey has been a bleat ing to him? Of course, we can find men who have been in the gutter so long that they have almost lost re spect for themselves who will My it is a good thing, but put your eye on that fellow and follow him home into his family affairs and business dealings and see if you won’t say that he is wrong in Hying that whiskey hgs helped him. Now, Mr. Editor, we don’t mean to say that all men who drink whiskey are failures, for we haye good friends: and know good men who do drink, bui they know when to stop and wgfn to start but some day. we fear, they too in the , will see that they have taken just one double drink too much, probably made some mistake in business affairs that causes them to get worried and, mind you; he doesn’t take just a drink to steady (i they My) their nerves and that one will stimulate the devil that we all have in us—the animal part of us—and he will want another one to make him just a little stronger and just keep on and on, and finally when he does wake up to facts he sees his little mistake or one busineM error; ia worse than it wm at first. No man cu say it it a good thing to drink whiskey, for we all know it is not s good thing We bear 4t argued by a lots of good mew that to do awajf with Urn dispensary will owiy and and Quite a number of local fans i down to Allendale Monday afternoon to witness the deciding game of beO be tween that town and the Augusta Wolves. The contest resulted in a 4 to 2 victory for Allendale. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs A. P. Cornell will learn with regret that they expect to move to Spartanburg In the near future. It ia understood that Mr. L. M. Calhoun and family will < py their handsome cottage berC~ blind tigers and make matte’s but, Mr. Editor) I for one will say truthfully, “Let the dispensary go sad let’s have the blind tiger.’* Tne seam men who preech such staff would not go to a dirty blind tiger for I would rather have a blind I every croes rood then to my law-ebiding and Ood-I and vote for whiskey. Other good mon will soy that wo eaa manage the labor < with the dispensary law with the bhad tiger, bat that argument lame. To start the writer hM fifteea families of not- ored people on bis farm aad wo eaa my we can koep thorn from soUl^ it If they did, it would be moving day any old time in the year, aad if whita man who rents to thorn or. them would go by the law aad do Mb duty we would find our brother la black fcould be just as good, lai iog citizen m we aro, and if we one that is hard to control or put the law to him and see that awr neighbor doean’t go to the nearest istrmte and pay him out so that he eaa get his labor, the magistrate aad eaa- stable get the money and the State gat nothing. Now, Mr. Editor, we don’t think aad would not hava H to appear that we conduct our lives better the other fellow, but we do My that we do all ia our power to go by the law and live a. good, dean life, not only for the good that we hope to get out of ft, bwt ta try to set a good example for the little fellow that is coming on hshiwd us. We can’t see to save us how any who is a member of a church i wants to lead a clean life can vote whiskey. Brother, let’s have our < science clear of this dirty thing. Doat argue that to vote against the sale of whiskey won’t do away with it Let's do our duty and vote to do away with it and then live up to the law and help the officers of the law do their daty. Yes, ray friends, Jet’s do right now and n$xt year elect to office good apd fearless men who will do their daty. We have a, good, brave and fearleaa man as sheriff of our county, who I feel sure will do his part if we put tha issue where he can get it. The writer wm talking to seam gentlemen a few days ago on the streets of one of our towns and a man came up who We used to know m * sot drunkard—m bad m we have ever known—but we heard that he had re formed and quit We happened la have a “vote dry” badge in our and handed it to him and to m 1 prise he said he expected to whiskey. Now, there can be reason why a man who knows has done for him, should still whiskey stuck where he can get ft h| case he should get weak again, aad that ia his brain hM weakened to awdl an extent that he caaaot right from wrong. Thanking you, Mr. lam. Xvl J.