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mgm XXX1£ HIGH SCHOOL BEGAN SESSION MONDAY BARNWELL S. C. SEPTEMBER 23 1915 POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE TO WED OCTOBER 29TH umw*. (Written for The People.) The Barnwell Public School began its 1915-16 session Monday morning under the most encouraging circumstances of its history and with most favorable prospects for a very successful year. Old troubles have been adjusted, vexa tions problems solved, the city now has one of the finest school buildings in * South and the management enjoys the sympathy and confidence of the whole community. Quite a large number of patrons and friends manifested their deep interest in the school by their presence and kindly words of encouragement. The beautiful auditorium of the hew build ing was filled almost to its capacity and the exercises were greatly enjoyed by all present. The exercises were opened with a violin duet by Miss Gladys Bailey, one of the high school teachers, and Eugene Easterling, a pupil of the high school; Miss Olive Calhoun was accompanist. The devotional exercises were con ducted by the Revs. W. L. Hayes and A. E. Evison. Excellent addresses were made by Capt. George H. Bates, f rman of the.board of trustees; Col. ry D. Calhoun, secretary; Mr. J. D. itison, principal of the high k>l. Dr. Robt. S. Bailey, superin- lent of the Barnwell public schools. This was Mr. Robinson’s first appear ance before the Barnwell public, and he made a very favorable impression; The school has a splendid campus of over five ^cres, which will be greatly improved and beautified by the Civic League, assisted by wide-awake friends of the school. Special attention will be paid to the athletics of the school, and every eftort will be made to make the school the social center of the commu nity. The literary societies will be made a regular part of the course of study and will he classed as a part of the English The equipment and good work of the Barnwell High School has aroused con- siderab e interest all over the county and even in distant counties, and there are now in attendance pupils from nei ghboring towns and one from a distant part of the State. The personnel of the teaching force is as follows: Supt. Robt. S. Bailey, com position, Latin and rhetoric; John D. Robson, mathematics and science; Miss Gladys K Bailey, 'Latin and Eng- liah; Miss Allie G. Carson, seventh grade; Mrs. R. S. Bailey, sixth grade; Miss Susan McD. Currell, fourth and fifth grades; MissSallie McCown,second and third grades; Miss Georgia Antley, first grade. Bookkeeping will be taught by Supt. Bailey alter the regular classes. N AMTHRACNOSE APPEARS s IN RARNWEU. COUNTT Eogag—of Mbs Kathsel— Fattsv- •m ud T. L. Mwray AmmwkmL Saturday evening at an announce ment reception, Mrs. Edward Laurence Patterson of Barnwell made known the engagement of her daughter, Katherine Allen, to Thomas Louis Murray of Co lumbia, the wedding to take place on October 20. The betrothal of the popular young couple was announced in an unusual manner. At 9 o’clock, the doors of the music room were thrown open and to the strains of Mendelssohn’s wedding march played by Comstock’s orchestra s Lilliputian wedding party entered, carrying out a simple ceremony which made known to the guests the apprach- ing event. The lower floor of the Pat terson home was thrown en suite and was decorated in pink roses and fern and lighted by pink shaded candles. After the announcement the guests danced and Morris Lumpkin sang, also Mrs. Sheldon Moseley, a cousin of Miss Patterson. Durtng the evening delight ful ices were served. Miss Patterson is a member of one of the prominent families of South Caro lina, the daughter of the late Dr. E. L. Patterson and niece of the late Con gressman J. 0. Patterson. She is one of thn most popular members of the younger set. She studied at Ashley Hall in Charles o i and a the College for Women and she was also at student at Miss Creighton’s school in New York. Mr. Murray is a son of Dr. W J. Murray of Columbia. He holds a re sponsible position in his father's com pany, one of the largest wholesale drug houses in the South, and is well known among the butioess men in Columbia. The announcement reception was a delightful event, not only for Miss Patterson's Barnwell friends and rela tives, but for the host of well wishers who came from Georgia and the Caro lina* to participate in the joyous oc casion. $te,000 WORTH OF COTTON. Barnwell County Farmer Sell* 316 Bale* w .. M 10 Cent* a Pound. What is the largest single sale of cotton on record in Barnwell County was made here last week, when W. L. Cave, a prominent farmer of Barnwell, Disease Boll WooviL—Tko Rosoody. (By J. C. Barksdale, County Demons tration Agent) Receiving notice that the boll weevil had made his appearance in the county, the county agent went to the reported infested district and found the trouble to be anthracnose. The disease has been in progress since the August rains and the heavy dews of the pre sent month, together -with insects, are propitious to the spreading of the spores which are more or less virulent accord ing to seasons. The diseased bolls are splotched by a pink colored, pasty material, which is the spores of the disease, and as this pink mass becomes wet the spores are released and spread to different^parts of the field. The virulence of the spore assests itself aijdthe disease is reproduced. Upon examination the lint on the inside of the boll is found to be black or wholly rotten. . A diseased boll rarely ever opens, or if it does there is rarely ever more than one good lock to the boll. Anthracnose may be present in cot ton for several years without causing any serious loss, but it should be the endeavor of every farmer to keep his seed free from the disease, especially so since we suffer annually a loss of thousands of dollars from anthracnose. Some of the fields visited were damag ed at least 50 per cent., a large per centage of stalks having 15to 20 mature bolls with only one to open. Nothing can be done to control the disease this season. Where the disease is on the inner side of the seed there is no remedy, since a solution that is strong enough to kill the disease spores will kill the seed. However, when the disease is on the outside of the seed, treatment with a solution of commer cial sulphuric acid will kill the spores and not injure the vitality Of the seed. Soak from 5 to 10 minutes in the acid and then wash thoroughly and spread out to dry.The diseased stalks and bolls should be ploughed under as early in the fall as possible. If cotfon is to fol low cotton this is essential. Be sure that your seed is free of anthracnose. Tha Colton CotorpiUnr. This pett, commonly called the army worm, has made hit appearance and wherever he is found should be poisondB. Powdered arsenate of lead SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEVS FROM ELLENT0N Ladles Loovo for CoBogo of Interest. EHenton, Sept. IS.—Mines Mamie and Louise Cassels left this week ter Rome, Ga, to begin theirseeond year’s work at Shorter College. Misses May and Myrtis Brabham, of Hattieville, accompanied them and will also attend this splendid school. Min Ethel Dunber is visiting friends at Beunettsville, in Marlboro County. Dr. Daniel, of Charleston, presiding elder, preached at the Methodist Church last Saturday mornkrg and evening and also the foliowing Sundsy morning. . Mrs. Edna Dunbar spent several days this week in Augusta. J. Crosland Bush was in Aiken last Friday on business. His many friends are glad to hear that W. A. Baxley is reported to be very much improved in health and may be at home at any time. At present he is in the hospital in Augusta. We are sorry to record that Guy Brabham is not in the best of health. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cassels and daugh ter, Miss Mamie, and C. T. Bailey were in Augusta Monday. Mrs. Jane Foreman, we are glad to say, is improving Mr. John Bonner, who has been con fined to his room for several months, is improving slowly. The protracted meeting.closed at the Baptist Church Friday evening. Though there were no confessions much inter est was manifested. Mrs. Moyes Carroll, of Augusta, is visiting here. Mrs. F. M. Youngblood and son, Richard, are visiting in Aiken. Joseph Ashley and mother and Miss Annie Foreman spent several days this week in Waynesboro. sold 316 bales of 1914 cotton to J. A. Porter, the leading cotton buyer of this | i* the best form of poison to use, Paris city. The price paid was ten cents, green is liable to burn the foliage. Use round, the total amount being about $16,000. When cotton went down last fall Mr. Cave built a large warehouse on his plantation, thus saving storage charges. WILUSTON COTTON MARKET. FUcey Staple Brought Neatly Eleven Cents on Thursday. Special to The People. ^.^illiston, September 18—Judging ^ i reports received from other to wps, ston is leading Barnwell County (Fall in the price paid for cotton, 'A. •'’’local market being from one-half to one cent higher than is paid else where. The price . reached nearly 11 cents here Thursday when some of the staple sold for as high as 10 5-8. There are several buyers here and competi tion is keen. Farmers within a radius of ten miles are taking advantage of the high prices. Advertisod Letters. Letters remaining in the Post Office and advertised Sept. 20th, 1915. MALI - Sam Bowman, Elliot Clark, C. L. Del- mar Sc Co., Jim Duncan, William Jones, Gilmore Lancaster, Quince White, Rai- ford Williams. VKMALg Miss Daisy Allen, Miss Laurie Allen, Miss Searge Gantt, Mrs. Mila Jackson, Miss Nanch Martin, Miss Donnie Still, Mrs. Ida Still, Miss Esther Simmons, Miss Queen White. FBOM DEAD LETTKR OPPICK. J. I. Linler, James Thompson, Persons calling for these letters will •please say advertised. ^ Chas. E. Falkenstein, P. M, Cotton Ginning*. According to the preliminary report of the department of commerce, issued ' ^ptember 8th, there were 662 bales of ^Kton ginned in Barnwell County prior VVseptember 1st, as compared with 2^734 bales to the tame date in 1914. In Bamberg County the amount ginned was 148 bales in 1915 and 1,185 in 1914. . -Orangeburg County leads the State, mriih Barnwell second. To Bo Mnrriod. ✓ Olar, Sept. 18.—The announcement of the engagement of Miss Inez Starr to Dr. Wallace Wright of Fairfax was received with sincere interest by a large circle of friends. The wedding will take place at the Baptist church on the evening of the 26th, No cards will he issued on ac count of the death of the father of the bride-elect. Miss Starr has re sided here all her life, and is one of the most cordially admired young wo men in town, and enjoys a wide pop ularity. The groom is a young man of sterl ing qualities. Goci to BUckville. Cheraw, Sept. 21.—Cheraw has lost a friend andHV power in its religious life in the removal of the Rev. J. K. Goode to Blackville, to become pastor of the Baptist church there. He is a good organizer and preacher, sociable with all classes, and a good mixer " Mr and Mrs. Goode are Virginians, but they came here from Barnwell three and a half years ago and soon made many friends who are sorry to lose them, but who heartily wish them well in their new home. •••••••••••••••••••• • HERB AND HEREABOUTS. • # ' • Miss Ethel Greene has returned to her home near Dunbarton after a plea ■snt visit to her uncle, Frank Hazel, at Cave’s station. ‘Miss Eunice Johns, and little Martha Johns, of Baldoc, visited their grand mother, Mrs. M. L. Johns, this week.— Bamberg County Timea. Mr. G. W. Boylston and Mrs. Emma Reed, both of this place, were quietly married Wednesday night by the Rev. G. W. Hopkins —Blackville Herald. By request, the Rev S. W. Henry will preach at the Methodist Church Sundav morning upon the following subject: "Heaven—What is it, where is it and how to get there.” A welcome to all. Mrs J. G. Howell returned to Ben- nettsville Sunday afternoon, after a ! pleasant visit to her parents, Mr. and j Mrs. P. W. Price. She was accom- • panied home by her sister, Miss Minnie Price. Charleston County led the State in whiskey sales for the month of August, the total amount sold by the county dispensaries being $66,026.01. Barn well County was fifth with sales amount ing to $13,379.10 Misses Emily Riley and Flossie Pat terson, ■ T Barnwell, will arrive tomor row to spent several days with Miss Eleanor Maxwell before going to Con verse college in Spartanburg.—Sunday's Columbia Record. mills in the county should enequrage | The friends of C. A, Best, Esq., who the sowing of wheat. Seed grain and | was taken to a hospital in Columbia re seed it early; seed oats before October C ently, will learn with pleasure that he 25th and wheat gfter the first killing j s recovering rapidly, being so much frost. To wait until after Christmas is j improved that he was able to leave the to invite failure. Seed your grain ' hospital and go to Tate Springs, Tenn. early! ^ | Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement, was observed by the Jews of Barnwell, ; beginning Friday evening at 5 o’clock and continuing until sunset Saturday. , The entire day was spent in fasting and 3 pounds of the poison diluted with an equal amount of air slacked lime A man on horsebzqk can easily poison 20 acres of cotton per day. The poison can be evenly distributed by tying bt; s to either end ofa' pole (so as to dust two rows at one time) and judicously jarring the pole. Use the poison early in the morning while the dew is on the plants and when there is no heavy wind. Sow Graia. The State made most of her bread this year and she should make all of it next year. In spite of the rise in the price of cotton, grain should be seeded as last year. We should grow wheat for home consumption and plant enough oats to make food for work stock and to have some for sale. We are glad to hear farmers say that hereafter they will make their own bread. This is indeed one of the steps necessary to make the farm self-sustaining and to fortify us against the bool weevil’s on ward march. The erection of flour London Sept 19.—The Germans have occupied Vilna, and, by a sweeping movement north of that city, have al most if not entirely surrounded a part of tha Russian army fighting in the railway triangle between Vilna, Lida and'Yileiluu The Russians now either most fight their way out eastward or retire in a southeasterly direction, for the only railway left entirely in their hands is that running from Vilna to Lida and thence to Baranovitchi. Von Hindenburg’a army, which took Vilna and has reached Viileika, is work ing in close cooperation with that of Archduke Leopold of Bavaria In an effort to catch a part of the Russian army, an operation often tried without success. The Russians express considhoce in the outcome ef the battle, but with their northern armies closely held along the Dvina, and the German flank welb’pro- tected by their cavalry which recently occupied Widsy, across tbe Vilna-He- trograd railway, it seems impossible that any aid can come to them from mat Direction. The battle seemingly must be fought out between troops uow in the district between Vilna, Lida and Slonim, with tne assistance of any reiufoicements which can be spared to hoid the tier- mai. force that nas reached Vileika. At the southern end of the lute Gen. Ivanotf still is keeping von Msckensen at arm’s length from the fortress of Rovno, the key to the route to Kiev, and in counterattacks has reUken vil lages in Volbyuia and Galicia. it seems apparent Irom the inability of tbe Ausiru-Oermans to hoid their positions in the South that they have sent reinforcements from tbat front to Field Marshal von Hindenburg's north ern army, which, as heretofore, is ex pected to score the big success. Both the Germans and the French claim minor victories on the Westeru front, but neither in the Italian theatre nor the Dardanelles have any event* of importance happened. The situation in The Baltic is stil shrouded _with considerable mystery. The Bulgarians, after getting what they wanted from Turkey in the cesaion ol' a railway tine, appear to be well satis fied for the present. But there is now i talk in Berlin of the Bulgarians taking by force, if they cannot get it other wise, the parts of Macedonia taken from them by the Servians and Greeks in the last Balkan war. It is asserted that the Bulgarians have called to the colors *11 the Macedonian recruits now in Bulgaria and tbat everywhere there is a warlike feeling among the Bul garians. . With Bulgaria surrounded by Servia, Greece and Romania and her coasts open kto attack by Anglo-French, Italian and Russian fleets, however, it is believed that Bulgaria will hesitate before casting in her lot with the cen tral powers and Turkey. Turkey is declared to be having her own troubles over the cession of the Dedeaghatch railway. The Mussulman oopulation in this strip of land is Mid to be in revolt against being placed under the Bulgarian government. hr A number off rahmble prizes been offered to tbe dub girts sad housewives off BSrawsH County,tboagb Miss Nellie Rsy, County Agent, Demonstration Work. In the list pobHahed below, if w« bo notesd ihJ tbs vided into two dhrMtoos—tbs first opes to dub girts and the second to wives. It is important tbat all reports for both let and 2nd divisions bo on file by October 1st The list of prises is as follows: 1st Dtvirten. 1st best all-round record. College abort course. 2nd best all-round record. College abort course, lit best display in glam jars 2nd best display tn glass jars 1st best history of work ... 2nd best history of work .SO 1st best redpe book—tomato and pepper recipes 1.00 2nd best recipe book—tomato and peppdr recipes 75 Best selection of jellies A0 * * pickle A0 ‘ 4 preserves A0 4 canned fruits A0 4 4 canned vegetabiesAO jams AS marmalades AO 4 4 mincemeat A0 4 4 catsup .80 4 4 chili muc* * A0 4 4 tomato preserves A0 4 4 4 pickle .60 4 x 4 beet pickle . A0 4 quart grape juice A0 4 jar canned pimentos A0 4 4 Dixie relish A0 4 4 B. S. chutney AO 4 4 pepper catsup .50 1st best loaf of bread .50 2nd best loaf of bread .60 Best cap and apron, new design .50 1 lad DfeUow. ' 1st best home-madeffirsieM cooker 83.00 2nd 4 4 4 • „ • 1.50 1st best display food cooked in any fireless cooker I 50 2nd best display food cooked in any fireiess cooker 15 1st best report of results obtained from any firelem cooker 1.00 2rfd best report of results obtained from aay fireiess cooker ..... A0 $1S0 PROFIT ON TWO ACRES St Matthews St. Matthews, September 17.—Four thousand, five hundred cans of toma toes is the amount raised on two acres by John McLauchlin, Jr., of this place, this season. The product was canned ^ by Mr. McLauchlin himself sod s ready market was found among tbe local merchants. The net profit on the two i acres will exceed 8150. Numbers of | the tomatoes rotted in the fields, which prevented so even larger yield This record is attracting considerable attention in this section, as it is an illus tration of what can be done along this , line and will no doubt stimulate inter est in farm diversification in this and other sections. THE NEWS OF BRUNSON. School Open*—Town and Liquor lion*—Cotton. EWc- Tho County Exhibit. The People haa been requested to urge tbe farmers of the county to send n 0 ' . w j I th « ir Prtxe hogs, corn, cotton, pees, Bruwn September 16 -Meod.,! ^ „ c to j c jfcrkJEK mornm, the exeret^e merkuw he demoe.tretitH, M eet, to be Jd beginning of lh ' ^olut.c y.er of fb. j c^.^Sbl, at tk. rs 1 Tb , h “ 5. T! sum tolr I. Colombia next month. In held. The feculty it the seme ee but Edition to the exhibit, a numbar at year. Prof. Robbins, of Columbia Card of Thanks. Editor The People:— Please allow me space in your valu able paper to express my sincere thanks live at home and keen the acreage We need grain and livestock to bal ance our farming operations. Grow enough food stuff to supply the needs of your farm, whether you run one or ,100 plows. Do not go back to all-cotton system: it isn’t possible that we shall so soon for jet the evils of the system?. Increase your livestock and your grain acreage, use the leguminous crops to aid you in soil improvement, of places of business were closed during and appreciation to my friends for the many favors they have conferred on me since the loss of thy dwelling house, kitchen and dining room and contents by fire. Again thanking them and cotton where it is today. The produc-W n issue tion on this acreage can be increased by a rational system of rotation and soil building. Then we will have helped ourselves and the cry for some one to worship. Local operated by Jews one-crop th, holiday. The ladies of Barnwell and vicinity will read with pleasurable interest the millinery ad of F. W Falkenstein This progressive estab- principal, assisted by Misses Edna Heard, of Florence; iMbel Free, of Blackville; Annie Radcliffe, of Abbe ville; Bertha Ulmer and Pearl Youmans of Brunson. Monday an election for intendantand wardens of the town was held. The fol lowing were elected without opposition: S. E. Ulmer, intendsnt; J. E. Chisolm, W. J. Holliday, J. C. Rivers and O. P. Dowling; wardens. The election for “whiskey” or “on business and professional men of Barn well and neighboring towns; have aub- subscribed to a fund to defray tha expenses of a float, which will be used id die grand parade. It is hoped tbat Barnwell Connty will have an exhibit second to none, but to accomplish this the farmers will have to give their earnest co-operation. There should be no laggards. t*- trusting that God’s richest blessings help us will have stopped. Learn to may rest upon them, I am, T. J. Deer. Ulmer, S C., Sept. 20, 1915. Mrs. Fullerton Buist, who has been man will dispute it. at the bedside of her husband in Baker’s Sanitarium in Charleston, the latter being operated on for appendicits, has returned home and reports that Mr Buist is recovering and is expected i home soon.—Blackville Herald. I produce the right crops in the rigfat | amounts, to make the farm self-sustain- i ing. Teach this principle to your child ren ; it is economically right and no rane whiskey,” came off yesterday. The votes for the passage of a prohibition lishment will hoid its fall millinery bill for the SUte were 58; that against opening thi* week and a cordial invito- ume 16 . As information as to the tion to extended to the todies to inspect interest shown in the election, the the beautiful line of pattern hats. , vote usually polled here in primary and ' The People takes pleasure in calling otk er i$ 190. . the attention of (he ladies to the hal • The farmers of this vicinity are busy , page advertisement of Sharfsin, of At-1 picking, ginning and aelling some of the lendale, in this issue. This store is ene fleecy staple, it bringing 10c in our local market, fou" buyers making the compe tition brisk. Three Fellowcrafts will be raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason at the regular communication of Har mony Lodge No ’ 17, A. F. M., this (Thursday) evening. " of the most up-to-date of its kind in the county and lovers of stylish, service able garments and beautiful millinery will do well to call before making their final selection. Their buyer recently returned from the Eastern markets and the styles displayed are* authorita tive. ' Mrs. C. deSsussure Clarkson, who has been spending the summer at the North, will visit Esstover and.Sumter before returning to her home at Allen- ~ dale.—Columbia Record. The following subacribera have paid their subscription dues to The People since tost issue, thereby setting an example for others to emulate: H. A. Holmes, Barnwell. Mrs. J. B. Easterling, Barnwell. / W. C. Gray, Allendale. L. S. Mellichamp, Williston. W. M. Cook, Snelling. L. M. Calhoun, Barnwell. S. H. Greene, Dunbarton. Mrs. Angie Burckhalter, Fairfax. D. C. Burckhalter, Barnwell. T. E. Turner, Okd. w W. T. SHU, Olar. A M. Usarty, Williston. James Tucksr, Barnwell, j. M. Ulmer, KUae. — .«•' *• ••-- - ^ * '