The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, September 30, 1915, Image 1
BARNWELL; 1 C. SEPTEMBER 30 1913
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A fire which broke out about 10 o’
Saturday morning destroyed the
mil house of the Barnwell Oil Mill, the
,,acal branch of the Southern Cotton Oil
Company, together with its contents of
hulls, meal and fertilizer. It is thought
that the building, which was of wood,
Caught from a spark' from the smoke
itack. The building was as dry as
tinder and all efforts to subdue the
^ flames were fruitless. Fortunately,
however, the direction of the wind was
Away from the main buildings, which
, were at no time in any immediate dan
ger. It is estimated that the loss will
, amount to about 12,000, covered by in-
P surance. A negro tenant house across
^ the street from the mill caught fire
from the flying sparks, but the blaze
s&A quickly gotten under control.
A. M. BRABHAM SHOOTS
J. V. ROUSE AT BRUNSON
County Suporintandont of Education
Taken to Hoapitnl in Anguatn.
Brunson, September 27.—This morn-
' about 8:30 o’clock Mr. Angus M.
s^>ham and Mr. J. W. Rouse met at
fn council chamber, one of the most
luented localities in town of Brun-
and entered into a discussion of a
business transaction, pending, in which
both were directly interested. Mr.
Rouse is said to have reproached Mr.
Brabham with insincerity and of being
guilty of “a dirty trick.” Brabham re
plied, it is said: “I cannot fight you.
I am a physical wreck, but if you ad
vance on me I will shoot you.” Rouse
ystruck at Brabham,, the blow glancing
on the side of Brabham’s face. Brab
ham staggered backward, reaching for
his pistol. Rouse struck again and
grasped Brabham, as Brabham's pistol
was presented. Brabham fired once
and lost hold of the pistol, which fell to
the ground, two or three paces from
where he stood. Bystanders quickly
Interfered.
A ball from the 32-cslib'e pistol en
tered just above and to the right of the
left hip and did not pass through or out.
The wound bled profusely and the three
local physicians, hastening to the scene
of the difficulty, were for some length
of time engaged in staunching the flow
..of blood. ’ "
Mr. Rouse was hurriedly made ready
and earned to a hospital in Augusta for
treatment. Mr. Brabham was carried
to his home, several blocks distant
where he is in bed, suffering from com
plete nervous prostration and other
Ailments from which he lias been for
some time suffering.
The latest account of Mr. Rouse states
that he is resting easily. Mr. Rouse is
a graduate of the Citadel. He taught i.a
principal in several of the high schools
of Hampton and for the past several
terms he has served as county superin
tendent of education and Mas generally
been regarded as a capable and an ef
ficient official.
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1 Honor Roll.
e foils wing subscribers have paid
their dues since the last issue of The
People:
E. D. Reed, Williston No. 1.
T. M. Willis, Williston.
N. S. Black, Barnwell
P. J. Drew, Barnwell.
Mrs. W. O. Davis, Dunbarton.
A. R. Tuten, Ulmer.
McD Eubanks, Hilda.
Mrs. Alice D. Whittle, Blackyille.
J. C. Hutson, Aiken.
J. W. Birt, Blackyille No. 3.
Mrs. Martha Pender, Blackville.
J. L. Still, Barnwell No. 1.
I Boy Digs; Aliened Slayer Gone.
Allendale, September 24.—Jake Sax-
son, a negro boy about 15 years of age,
; died Wedneskay on the J. J. Walker
a plantation, several miles from this place
E as the result of a pistol shot while on
F his way from church. Elazer Daniels
[ is charged with .the shooting by the
| coroner’s jury, which held an inquest
{ yesterday. It appears that Daniels
I began shooting at another negro, with
whom he had had a fuss the night be
fore, and the boy being near received a
•tray shot, from which he lingered two
days. Daniels made his escape and is
thought|to be in Georgia.
BRITISH AND FRENCH
RECORD GREAT GAINS
Garmant Lom Mora Tkan Twenty Thous
and Unwound ad Man.
Twenty thousand uowouaded Ger
man prisoners and an unestimated
number of dead and wodhded on both
sides is the toll taken in the first days
by the Anglo-French force!, who have
begun s great offensive ’movement
along the Western battle Hue, which
extends from the North sea to the
Swiss frontier.
Two distinctive operations are under
way, one to the north of Arras and the
other in the Champagne region, while
there has been an incessant bomba-d-
ment along almost the entire front.
Both the British and French have
been successful, carrying trenches ex
tending over a distance of 20 miles and
a depth varying up to two and a half
miles. It is officially reported both
from Paris and London that the ad
vance is still being continued and that
the ground gained in a large measure
has been held and consolidated. The
Berlin war office admits the retirement
of the German forces at various points,
but minimizes the result of the engage
ment.
For several weeks British and French
artillery has been pounding fiercely
and continuously at the German lines.
The forwadr movement of the infantry
began Saturday morning, when thous
ands of allied troops threw themselves
against the German trenches, in which
though battered and torn by heavy
, shells, the Germans waited, having long
expected the onslaught. Much of the
fighting was at close range, hand to
hand encounters being carried from
trench to trench. The heavy artillery
continued to pour fourth a rain of
heavy projectiles, while aviators took
the air to direct the firing and them
selves engaged in many combats.
In addition to having cadtured Sou-
chez, a much disputed point of vantage,
the French have succeeded in forcing
a passage of the great series of trenchea
and fortificationa in Champagne be
tween Aubenve and Ville Sur Tourbc,
driving the Germant to the second
line of trenchea, two or three miles to
the rear This offensive is still in
progress.
The British gains have been make to
the north of Arras. They have taken
the town of Loos and the quarries
northwesst of Hulluch, and have com
pelled the Germans to draw on their
reserves to check the advance.
For the time being the dramatic de
velopment of events in the West has
shadowed those in the Eastern theatre,
where the Russians hav&, stayed the
progress of the Austro-Gernians at
many points and have apparently suc
ceeded in getting themselves well in
hand for further offensive and de
fensive operations.
The quick answer of Greece to Bul
garian mobilization probably has been
a factor in clearing the atmosphere
with respect to Bulgaria’s intentions.
The Bulgarian government has notified
the powers that the mobilization of the
Bulgarian army was ordered in the
national inturest and that it was not in
tended as an offensive measure. In
dividual members of the Bulgarian
government also have expressed them
selves to the same effect. Neverthe
less both Greece and Romania continue
to make ready for an eventuality.
NEWS AND NOTES OF THE
BARNYELL HIGH SCHOOL
High School Magazine to Bo Issyod ia
October.—Earoliment 190.
The enrollment of the Barnwell
Public School this year is 190; an in-
crease of 15 over that of last year.
The eleventh grade has been estab
lished for the firirt time in the history of
the school. Eight young ladies snd one
young man will graduate next June.
The Barnwell High School has moved
up from Class C to Class A The school
will this year make a credit of 14.6
standard units.
The Domestic Science Department
will be under the supervision of Miss
Nellie Ray. The Mothers’ Club will
give her valuable assistance.
The name of the Girl’s Literary Society
is the ‘Timrod Society. The officers
are: Miss Ruby Armstrong, president;
Miss Elizabeth Burckhalter, secretary.
The other officers have not yet been
elected.
The boys have named their society
the “Pierian Society.” The officers
are John Henry, president; Owen Riley,
vice-president; Thos. Snelling, secre-
Itsry; Cliff Harrison and Aubrey Price,
literary critics.
The school colors are scarlet and
white. These colors led the basketball
and baseball teams to eight victories
out of eleven games last year.
The football team is now practicing
under efficient coaching of Principal J.
D. Robinson One challenge has
already been receired.
The girls’ basketball team will begin
to practice next week. Ail the players
but one have returned.
The first number of the school maga
zine will be published about the middle
or latter part of October. The name of
the editors and reporters will be an
nounced later.
The Dramatic Club wil give its first
entertainment in November or Decem
ber. .
The race track will be laid off in about
two weeks.
The motto of the Barnwell High
School is: “What’s worth doing ia
worth doing well.”
BLACKVILLE NEWS.
Mr*. J. H. E. Milken* EnUrUined in
Honor of Mr* Boybtoe.
Blackville, Sept. 25.—Mrs J. H. E
Milhous entertained on Monday after- j
noon with with a miscellaneous shower ‘
in honor of Mrs. G. W. Boylston The j
bride received many pretty and use
ful gifts. An ice course was served.
The Rev Mr. Googe, who accepted
the call to the Baptist church of this
city, arrived with his family last Satur-1
day.
Mrs. James Hammond of Columbia
is on a viait to Mrs. E. S. Hammond.
Roland Gyles left for Jefferson col
lege in Philadelphia a few days ago.
Morria Rich who attends the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, left on Thursday
to resume his studies.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Hair and their
daughter, Miss Blanche, spent last Sun
day with relatives.
CANNING CLUB WORK
IN BARNWELL COUNTT
Mrs. Don Doo Walkor Write* Eaterteia-
iagbr of Progro** Modo.
The canning club work in Barnwell
county started with a membership of
eight girls in 1911. These girls were
exceedingly persvering, and made
excellent records, winning prizes at
Uig County Fair in the fall, both for
exhibits of canned products, and for
written histories of the work done.
The next year there were twenty-four
members, and the third year forty-
eight girls reached tde goal, making
^splendid reports, producing excellent
written histories of their work, in edn-
nection with a magnificent exhibit of
one hundred and nine varieties of
canned goods, pickles, catsups, jellies,
preserves, marmalades, etc.
In 1914, sixty girls completed the
work, putting up 9,220 cans and jars of
material. Pimento culture and canning
was solved by the Barnwell County
Clubs, and most of the product has been
placed upon the market. This industry
is becoming popular jn the county/ and
has attracted much interest among out
siders.
The canning club work in the state
has merged into home demonstration
work. The work is graded into courses
of four yesra each. The atudy of the
tomato, its culture, canning, and gen
eral utility, is still the course for pri
mary classes. The second year’s course
adds another crop, prescribed by the
State Agent Third year girla grow
three crops, which afford a fine oppor
tunity to develop special resources in
different localities. Fourth year girls
develop a perennial garden on the
tenth acre, being responsible for the
pruning.spraying, and general care of
the plat.
Every member meeting the require
ments is awarded a certificate each
year for three years, and a diploma ia
is given the fourth year. Prize
winning girla will be entitled to
attend the State Short Course of two
week* given by Winthrop College
during the summer school. Several
counties in the state will establish
short coursea for the leading glria who
do not get the advantage of the Win
throp Course.
Mothers hsve caught the inspiration
from the club girls, and are grasping
the opportunities afforded them as home
demonstrators. Through the knowl
edge imparted by the agents, they will,
adopt inexpensive and improved bread
mixers. When cabinets, diahwaahera,
wheel traya, and every device whkH
will save labor and increase efficiency
in the home. Many homemade fireless
cookers will be used, and a unique
system of inexpensive waterworks,
carrying running water throug the
rural homes, will be made available.
Home demonstration ia of paramount
importance, receiving the heartiest co
operation from county superintendents,
prominent educators, club women, and
the press. Winthrop College not only
helps to support the work, but renders
invaluable service in many waya.—Mrs
Dora Dee Walker in Southern School
News.
FACTS AND FANCIES
FROM FAIR FAIRFAX
Chris I
tws Hold Mssflf-L—nlTnl
. sal Flay to Bs Prsesateri.
Fairfax, Sept 25.—The following
young people have left for the colleges:
Mis» Sadie Harter to Colombia College,
Misses Leylite Wilson, Alma and Lady
Googe to Winthrop College, Misses
Ruth Wilson, Alma Loedholt and Kate
Fennell te the Greenville Woman’s
college; Charley Fennell, Wilbur Wil
son snd Edward McDowell to Furman
university.
The Civic League held a meeting at
the home of Mrs. M. A. Moye Wednes
day afternoon of last week. Owing to
the inclement weather, there was not
a full attendance of members and some
important business matters were left
over for the next meeting in October
which will be held with Mrs. McDowell.
A salad course followed by a. sweet
course was served.
Mrs. J. E. Johnston and children
are at home again after an extended
visit to Greenville, Chester and other
points.
Mrs. Grimer, Mrs. Hogart and Mias
Elise Grimer of Brunson were recent
visitors to Mrs. E. A. Harter.
Mrs. Ross C. Platts of Hickory Grove
is spending some time with her daugh
ter, Mrs William Harter.
Mra. D B. Groacloae has returned
from a viait to Proaperity, Newberry
and Columbia. > _
A play entitled "The Elopement of
Ellen” will be given in the school au
ditorium in the near future for the
benefit of the U. D. C. and the Civic
league
ODD BITS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
Obitaary.
Williston, Sept. 27—On the morning
: of September 25th God sent one of His
engers to the home of Mr. and
Alphonse Kennedy and gently
i away their little infant son, aged
vo weeks. The remains were laid to
; in the Williston cemetery.
The many frienda of the bereaved!
ents extend to them their heartfelt 1
apathy in their sad loss. 1
Cain—Keeler.
Blackyille, Sept. 27.—A quiet but in
teresting marriage was that of Mr.
Thomas M. Keeler and Miss Hettie
Ruth Cain, both of Blackville, on Tues
day morning, September 21st, at the
home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Cain.
The bride looked yery lovely in a
dress of cream serge and silk. The
room was beautifully decorated with
goldenrods and ivy vines. Rev. Father
Daniel O’Brian officiated, assisted by
Rev. Father Tobin. Only the intimate
family were present. After the mar
riage a wedding dinner was served at
tSe home of the groom.
The happy couple will make their
home in Georgia in the near future.
Their friends wish them a long and
successful happy life.
Albargotd—Muldrow.
The many Barnwell friends of Miss
Reba Albergotti will read with in
terest the following * account of her
marriage, which occurred in Orange
burg last week:
Orangeburg, Sept. 25.—The culmina
tion of a happy romance took place on
Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock, when
Miss Reha Albergotti and Henry
Muldrow were married in the presence
of their immediate families at the home
of the bride’s sister, Mrs. C. I. Green.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Watson B. Duncan of the Metodist
church.
Mrs. Muldrow is the daughter of
Mrs. Amelia S. Albergotti and since
her graduation at Winthrop two years
ago has been engaged in the public
school work of this State. ’
Mr. Muldrow, formerly of Bishopville,
is now located at Hurley, N. M., where
he will take his bride after their wed
ding trip of a few weeks.
To Bo Married.
Ellenton, Sept. 25.—Mr. and Mrs.
George Burgoyne Bush, of Ellenton,
announce the approaching marriage of
their daughter, Miss Pauline Bush, to
John Cecil ;Shane, of Paragould, Ark.,
the wedding to take place in Novejn
her. JL
A Toast to South Caroline.
The Civic league of Marion proposes
a toast to S>outh Carolina. Here it is:
"Here’s to the State of the Palmetto
tree
Where nature has lavished from moun
tain to sea,
Her riches so rare,
Her fine, balmy air
And her fruits and her flowers for you
and for me.
“Oh, the rolling sandhills with pros
pects so bright,
The picturesque Piedmont with moun
tains in sight.
And the broad cotton fields
Withjheir marelous yields,
Of the great Pee Dee section we hail
with delight.”
The verses are printed on a colored
picture postcard which shows a glimpse
of sea and of hills with a palmetto tree
in the foreground.
Dwnrf Di«* at Af• of 106 Year*.—A
Dog that Climb* Tran*.
Davenport, Wash —When Co» n y
Prosecutor David McCaJIum passed s
horse hitched to a railing the animal
nipped at him and began to prance
around. Struck by the strange actions
the pr secutor stopped and recognized
a mare which he, as a farm lad, had
raised but had not seen for eight years.
Bystanders declared the hone’s recog
nition of the man was unmistakable.
. St. Albans, VL-W. L. Plumley of
North Clarendon has a pet dog which
he declares climbs trees to the height
of 30 feet. The dogs nails are slightly
more pointed than those of an ordinary
dog, and the padding on hia feet is
brosder. Veterinarians are it a losa
to understaud how he accomplishes his
feat.
Bluefields, Nicarauga.—Jose Aguido
is an example of strange reversal to
the savage. When his sister violated
■n edict regarding marriage to her cou
sin, Aguido cut out her heart, baked it
and ate pert of it He confessed and
will be hanged.
Philadelphia, Pa.—Mrs. R. C. Nuck-
les of Dallas, Tex., has a six-inch pet
Chihaushus with an appetite for dia
monds. A recent meal consisted of s
valuable stone from s handsoms laval-
here. A veterinary performed a deli
cate operation before the gem was
recovered.
New York, N. Y. Mrs. Jeanette
Schwartz, 196-years-old, who weighed
teas than twenty-five pounds, died re
cently. She was two and a half feet tall.
Ata party held just before her death,she
recited and danced. Of late she had
the habit of awakening during thenight
and calling for a glass of beer.
New Bern, N. C.—A 3-gallon carboy
of “monkey rum” in the office of U. S.
Commissioner Chas. B Hill, showed the
color of the liquor to be milky and the
smell like that of molasses. Moonshi
ners in North Carolina are making and
selling it in large quantities. It is made
of water, molasses and certain unknown
chemicals. After workihg, the liquor is
100 proof, and a saucerful will burn for
five minutes when lighted. The "mon
key rum jag” lasts three times as long
as a whiskey drunk, and ends with
frightful delirium tremens.
Advertised Letter*.
Letters remaining in the Post Office
and advertised Sept. 27th, 1915. 1
MALI
Allendale, Sept. 2b.—Mra. Joseph
Medkus Gray announces the engage
ment of her daughter, Sara, to Daniel
Archibald McCormick, of Rowland, N.
C., the marriage to take place late in
November.
Wash Bing, Paul Boilville, W. A.
Dunn, John Fleming, Arthur Miller,
W. H. Middleton, T. W. Ward.
raMALa.
Miss Mamie Hires, Miss Jene Kelly,
Miss Bessie Kee, Miss Annie Kee, Miss
Gathers Waiters.
raon dead Lima ornoa.
S. S. Brown.
Persons calling for these letters wiB
please say advertised.
Chas. E. Falkenstein. P. M.
Gen. Moore a Crack Shot
Columbia, September 23.—Adjt. Gen
W. W. Moore is making a good score in
the target practice now under way. at
the State rifle range near here to select
the team which will represent this State
at the national meet in Jacksonville,
Fla. The Adjutant General oh yester
day stood eighth among'all those par
ticipating and fifth among the officers,
making a score of 210 Out of a possible
250. There are 43 men and officers com-1
peting for places on the team and some j
good scores are reported, although
weather conditions have interfered in
some alight degree.
V Calheun-Pattersea.
Mr. and Mrs. U. A. Calhoun, of Ap
pleton, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Kate Leone, to Mr.
Raymond Patterson, of Walterhoro, the
wedding to take place September 30
No cards. S
Mitt Calhoun and Mr. Patterson are
both members of prominenent South
Caroliaa families and are popular and
prominent young people, both of whom
have countleaa friends.
THE COTTON WAREHOUSE ~
LAW WILL BE FERFECTED
Special to The People.
Columbia, Sept
nlng and Warehouse
McLaurin held n lengthy confereaee In
the Governor's office nfew dnyn ago,
discussing Hie advantage of the Stale
Warehouse system and the legblatiea
necessary to perfect the taw governii*
it No statement was given oat ffter
the conference, but it sms teai
both Governor Manning and
sioner McLaurin are agreed that
tain defects in the laWHhould be ream-
died and that there was a practkaBjr
complete agreement between the Gov
ernor and the Warehouse rnmnilsaiaa
er as to what is best to be done in af
fecting this law that means so i
the cotton producing interests in I
Carolina. It it likely that
Manning and Commiasiooer Mr! aarin
will hold frequent conferences oa
matter before the Legislature
January and the results of
ferences will probably be i
a message from the Governor to the
Legislature during the early part of the
next se salon.
The following editorial from the
Yorkville Enquirer of Sept 21st refers
to this subject:
“As a result of a conference be twins
Governor Manning and Wareheww
Commissioner John L. McLaurin, M
developa that Governor Manning is aat
secretly hostile to the State
system, as was legitimately __
from published remarks recently i
uted to him. It is quite clear that t
there should be a regulation provide
that managers of State ~trshnnera
should be absolutely disinterested par
ties, negber owners of the warehonaea
nor of the cotton stored therein, there
could easily develop a situation very dif
ferent from that under which n0 prionnt
pi ogress has ben made. But framtia
reports of the conference referred te t
appears that the governor la mutt tan
cerely solicitous of develop!^ tha
warehouse system along lines that wM
work to tha interest ef the producer of
the cotton first, nod the public gener
ally, second. The confa
to, we understand,
there wan practically i
ment between Mr. McLaurin and
Manning as to what shall bn <
tha outlook ia that
lions as the governor shall see pi
make to the general ase:
with regard to improving nod
ening the warehouse system, will bn
made only after complete
between the governor and tha
house commissioner."
Many out-of-town ladies attended the
millinery openings here teat week. •
. Olar, Sept. 27.—Mr. and Mrs. Green
Harrison announce the marr%e ef
their daughter, Da Rsth, to Corbett
Hiera. The marriage wiO take place on
November 2*1 at the Otar Methodist
Church.
FARMERS SHOULD TAKE
PRECAUTIONS AT i
Otherwise Seed WIB Bel
Hew This May Be,
Unless he and the ginner take pea-
cautions, a farmer ia liktly to get from
14 to 16 per cent of hia neighbor's
seed at the gin when getting bin send
for planting. Actual investigations bp
specialists of the United States de
partment of agriculture have shown
this. Any one who ia nt nil cnrefnl
about breeding np hia cotton knows
how much damage such a mixture nf
seed can do. In the cases investiga
ted not only was there n large per
centage of seed from the variety gin
ned just previously, but there were
even some seeds from fhe second bain
preceding. It follows that a grower
may very readily mix one or even two
other varieties with his special kind of
seed.
The deoartment of agriculture re
commends the following steps to bn
taken at the gin to avoid this under-
sirable mixing of seed: r>
The patrons should accompany to
the gin the lot of seed cotton from
which he expects to save seed ter
planting, and should help the ginner to
prevent mixing.
The roll should be dropped from the
roll box and the box thoroughly clean.
Prevent the seed of the variety to
be ginned from falling into the con
veyor. The conveyor cannot well bn
cleaned satisfactorily and should not bn
used when planting seed is to bn ob
tained.
The floors about the gin should bn
cleaned to the extent that no seeds are
left lying about to cause mixing. v
Such precautions require tiaee and.
the ginner may raise objeetkaw to sndl
procedure, but it should be
meet such objections by ext
sation for the extra
spent to this way to i
the favorable effect
wiB have oa tb
Mm ^ ca