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i •>"' fe- fr CT VOL XXXIX BARNWELL S. C. OCTOBER 14 1913 BARNWELL COUNTT FAIR 1 TEACHERS OF COUNTY WILL BE THE BEST EVER! MET HERE SATURDAY AuocUtion M*k«« PurtUl Annoanc*- dM FmEutm. Barnwell, October 11.—Special: The officer! and director! of the Barnwell County Fair Association held a very enthusiastic meeting a few days ago and decided that, with the help of the people of the county, they would at tempt for the fifth time to “pull off* the best agricultural fair that has ever been held in this section of the State. The dates are November 16th to 20th inclusive. Senator Robert Lide, of Orangeburg, will be invited to open the fair on Tuesday, and from then until 12 o’clock Saturday night there will be one con tinual round of interest and pleasure. The exhibits will be displayed in the Court House as usual, no admission fee being charged. There will be a num ber of free attractions daily and the concessions with the carnival com pany will be clean in every respect. There will be much to amuse and en tertain old and young, as the attractions secured for this year are the same ones to be seen at the State fair in Columbia. A brass band consisting of fifteen pieces will furnish music throughout the week. The agricultural department of the | .State will send down the State exhibit | which will be worth riding miles to see. The South Carolina Seed Crushers As sociation will stage an exhibit, showing the many products made from cotton seed, which in former years were thrown into nearby creeks. The Oiris* Tomato Club, under Miss Nellie R. Ray County Collaborator, will have an un- ususually attractive exhibit, while John C. Barksdale and his Corn Club boys will prepare an agricultural dis play second to none in the State. The citizens of the county have sut£ scribed money to build a float represent ing the county’s agricultural and truck ing resources, which will take part in the parade at that State fair. The float will be beautifully decorated and it is planned to send fourteen young lad ms, one from e tch township, to Columbia to ride on the float and represent the vanous agricultural pursuits of the county. This float will afterwards be sent to Barnwell and displayed at the county fair. A prize will be offered on one day dunng the week for the best decorated Ford car. It is understood that no autombiles will be allowed to partici pate in this contest. The cars will take part in the parade headed by the county float. One of the features of the fair week will be the “Fiddlers’ Convention The fair association hopes to have all the old fiddlers of the county to con vene in the park on an appointed day and compete for prizes Another in teresting event will be trapshooting, the Barnwell Gun Club offering a loving cup to the winner. The contest will be open to sportsmen from Barnwell, Blackville, Williston, Allendale and Fairfax, and will be made a permanent feature of each succeeding fair. Friday will be School Day and it is ^fenected that all of the schools in the Wunty will declare a holiday. There VU1 be a football game and two basket- bail games between some of the high school teams. Saturday, of course, will be Negro Day. The Rev. Silas X. Floyd, of Augusta, will made an address to the people of his race at 12 o’clock. Floyd bears an excellent reputation in his home city and his enterprises, among which is the negro fair, are supported by the best white people of Georgia, as they know that he is not teaching the negroes false ideals. All in all, the outlook is very bright for the best fair ever held by the asso ciation, and inasmuch as there are no gate receipts, while the expeness are heavy, it is expected that the friends of , the fair will contribute liberally to its financial success. \ ; Honor Roll , The following subscribers have put themselves in good standing as mem bers of The People family since last issue: * r ;' W. H. Hutto, Barnwell No. 1.' J. M. Grubbs, “ No. 1. W. J. Young, Fairfax. W. I. Jowers, Blackville No. 1. M. T. Willis, Denmark. E. C. Matthews, Blackville. J. E. Hair. W. A. Bazzle, Ulmer. T. J. Deer, ^ C. B. Ellis, Martin. # C. R. Grubbs, Hilda. . W. Holland, Sparanburg. Capt. C. H. Mathis, chairman of the -'-county dispensary board, and W. J. »Sexton, clerk, made a tour of inspec tion of the sevrrs; drsycnsanes ip the county last week. __ PLEASANT HILL ITEMS. Dr. Joo«a and Supt. Crouch Moko Ad- dr omo« at Sahool Opaning. Pleasant Hill. October 9.—The Pleas ant Hill Graded School opened on Mon day, October 4th, with Mias Docia Hig gins, of Blackstock, as principal and Mrs. Claudia Kennedy as assistant. The enrollment waa much better this year than formerly. Dr. W. M. Jones, of Williston, and the Hon. Horace J. Crouch, of Elko, were present They congratulated the trustees on the im provements in the school, but men tioned several things which might be done to make the school more ideal. Messrs W. C. Woodward, D. J. fW and J. N. Folk motored over to Augus ta one day last week. Miss Bertha McLemore has returned home after a pleasant, visit to relatives in Elko. Miss Edna Anderson, of Dunbarton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Claudia Kennedy. Miss Inez Weathersbee spent last week-end wuh her parents, Mr. end and Mrs R. N. Weathersbee. Miss Lottie Grubbs is at home again after spending the summer with rela tives in Laurinburg, N. C. Burned to Daoth. Two colored childred were burnen to death Saturday night on the plantation of Mr. I. W. Copeland, near Ehrhardt. The mother of the children made her escape from the building, and as the children were in another room it was impossible to save them. Coroner Zeig- ler went to the scene on Sunday and made an investigation after which he decided that it would not be necessary te hold an inquest.—Bamberg County Times. Announced. Kline, Oct 9.—Mrs. Frances Fletch er Jenkins announces the engagemebt ef her daughter, Anaye Male, to Al gernon Otis Sendersv>f Ulmer, the wed- dieg to take place in November. — o » o SFUT-LOC DRAG HEEDED ON COUNYTS HIGHWAYS Athleticnl end Oratorical AsooriaHoa Organised.—The Officers. The devotional exercise* last Monday morning were conducted by the Rev. S. W. Henry. Hit subject was “The Effect of Our Words upon Ourselves and others,” and his address waa very much appreciated by the faculty and students. A meeting of the superintendents and principals of the schools of Barn well County was held at our school building last Saturday. At that meet ing the organization of a county athlet- ical and oratorical asseciation was perfected with the following officers: President, Supt T M. Seawell; Secre tary, Supt. F. C. Chitty. An executive committee consisting of three members was chosen, and Supts. Seawell and Chitty were made ex officio members of that committee; Pnn. J. D. Robison of the Barnwell School was the other member. New pupils continue to come in from the country. Some of them will be welcome additions to our football prob abilities. A meeting of the Dramatic Club waa held last Monday night. Nearly all of the old members were present and some new members were admitted. The club decided to give a play on the Friday following Thanksgiving Day. The High School orchestra, under the leadership of Miss Gladys Bailey, en tertained the Club delightfully. The Civic League will come to our aid when we begin to beautify our school grounds. They will soon hold a meeting in order to' organize their work. We can always depend upon the ladies. Onr school will arrange to play sev eral game of foot ball and basket ball with neeighboring schcols during Co unty Fair week. Everything poasibje will be done this ■year to bring the patrons andtha school faculty dose together. In the near future we expect to have a joint meet ing at the school house. Jhe Tennis course has been laid out and tennis laying will soon be in full blast. All the teachers are members of the tennis club. At a meeting of the Senior Class last week the editorial staff of the High School Idea waa elected, aa follows: Miss Elizabeth Burckhalter, Editor-in- chief; Mias Ruby Armstrong, Assistant j Editor; and Bryant White, Reporter for the Senior Class. Visitors are welcome. We wish the people to know just what they have. We are willing to show you. Reporter. Motorist Pl.ooMoa Rood Coodlttoos to Barnwell and Barnhart. Denmark, October ^—Editor of The People: It waa pleasant motoring from Denmark to Barnwell yesterday (Fri day,) after the rain that had fallen all of Wednesday night and Thuraday. The roads were good, hut not ideal. They needed dragging, which should have been done Friday morning. Such work would have put the road from Blackville to Barnwell la first class con dition. Why should we do a good piece of word, then let it go to pieces for lack of proper care? This ( is the poorest kind of economy. It ia a prac tice that has been the cause of much of backwardness, private and public. The road from Denmark to Blackville, while tolerably good, ia no such an highway as the Blackville-Barnwell road. It is not as well made nor aa wide. On this trip one notices that the county roads are better kept than the streets in the towns, Denmark, Black ville and Barnwell. The streets of Blackville, though, are better than the other two. This trip takes one through at fine looking country as one could wish to look upon—fine for its poasiblities. As it is now, the agriculture condition is anything but agreeable to aee. Farms for five miles out of Denmark are faiely well worked and the crop* are good, but the lands along the balance of the way have been turned out to weeds and grass, or wheoe planted have been And, further more, people living on the from Btackyille to a garden this would be were there a farm home for every 100 acres of land, both aides of the way between these two towns When we think that there are plenty of industri ous white men in South Carolina, with out homes, who, if they had half -a chance, could purchaae these lands and make them blossom, we are depressed. We people of South Carolina must suffer a change in our ideals of life. Where one owns great bodies of land, rented out and poorly tended, canng, thinking nothing of others, just so he gets his rents and can live in ease and idleness, that country will not prosper. Put the lands, by ownership, into the hands of the people and then we will have good homes, good schools and good churches all along these desolate stretches of country roads; and fields that are smiling under the touch of real human interest and industry. J. D. Huggins. poorly worked, there are too few roads, especially Barnwell. What TIMELY ADVICE EROM DEMONSTRATION AGENT Winter Cover Crops SheeU Be Seeded New.—Smut Control (J. C. , Barksdale, County Demonstra tion Agent) With the present seasons, fanners should exert every effort to get their cover crops seeded. For extensive seeding rye is recommended, as it thrives on all soils and is more success ful thatt^Uie winter legumes on their land. Of the legumes, Crimson clover is best as a soil builder. We have rec ommended this plant and quite s few are seeding it, but in every esse crim- som clover is not recommended be cause the average farmer is likely to become discouraged and discontinue its growth. As a whole, our lands are not suited to growing the plant, due entirely to the fact that the soil is not inoculated to the plant and does not contain sufficient organic matter to support its growth. For these reasons, rye is recommended for extensive MISS VIRGINIA PATE WINS IN COMPETITION •f Fa > 1 -- ■XCVlIWI The many Barnwell County friends of Claude A. Pate, formerly of this dty but now a valued employe in the gov ernment printing office at Washington, D. C-, will rend with pleMurable inter est the following clipping from* recent issue of the Washington Post, which tells of his lb-year-old daughter’s suc cess as a housekeeper: “The happiest person in the whole District is Miss Virginia Pate, fifteen years old, of 1525 Newton Street, Brookland. She won first honors for canned fruits and vegetables in the Brookland exhibition, in competition against women of the community who have been exhibiting the product of their housekeeping for seven years. “Not that Miss Pate presumptuously entered her canned goods against these experienced women—she didn’t She took her preserves and jellies to Lord seeding. Rye should be seeded at not Memorial Hall, where the show is now less than one-third bushel per sere, and better results will be obtained from seeding from one-half to one bushel. Rye benefits the land in various ways, chiefly as a source of humus and a being held, with the purpose of enter ing them in the school children’s contest. When she found that the ex hibit of the children would not be held until November, under the auspices gatherer of nitrogen. Its vigorous root j ^ Teacher-Parent Association, she system thoroughly mats the soil and ^ er collection stand modestly to one puts it in better mechanical condition. ** * non-competitive exhibit When the judges were making their awards they were attracted by the ex cellence of Miss Pate’s canned goods. It keeps much fertility from being lost fhroOgh the action of wind and raia. These, together with its grazing quali- , ties, make rye the splendid cover crop ! “d when they nptyd the 7“**—♦ card, that it is. “Home Grown and Home CaaBed,’’ . i ~ Farmers have few greater responsi- vrhich marked them as fulfilling all bill ties than that of caring for the soil, conditions for competition under class It is his duty to make it better and Vi.tbcy took them into consideration better as the years go by Soil build- i when alloting the ribbons. The result Ing—this great responsibility—is one that Virginia took four first prizes, that good farmers will not shirk. one thud, and the first grand prise for Far Smut CoatroL the general excellence of her exhibit. Grain fields are often infested with , 00 b » r 8™“ smut, which is a preventable disease. CMDe<1 P*"** waxed beans and In seeding grain, one should be sure The seed should be run through a fan- n,n R mill sod then treated with a for-1 tnaJln solution made by mixing one I pound of commercial formalin with 40 gallons of water. Allow the eeed to ASSASSINATED ON HIGHWAY With White Maa Held ia Coaaectioa Aikea Killiag. Aiken, October 9.—What appears to have been one of the most deplorable assissinations that has occurred in this county for years came to light yester day afternoon, when the sheriff return ed from the killing of Sam Berry, which occurred near Eureka Thursday after noon, although Sheriff Howard and Coroner Spradley were not notified until late that evening and could not go to the scene until yesterday morning. Berry was found dead by a roadside, and a jury of inquest was empanelled. It seems from the evidence that one Johnson Temples, white, had had a dis pute over a land question with Berry, and, in company with Berry, was going along a road, when according to Tem ples, who was about six feet in the rear of Berry, the latter was fired upon, being shot a number of times with a shotgun. Berry fell dead, and Temples ran off, and never reported the killing, it was stated. All the evidence was gone into fully, and the jury found a verdict that Berry came to his death at hands of parties unknown to them. Sheriff Howard arrested Temples,and he is now in jail at Aiken. Some two years ago Berry narrowly escaped death from ambush, his buggy and horse being hit in a number of places by the would-be assassins. canned whole tomatoes. She took that his seed are free from smut spores. I he ^ P«*c*»es.- In all, d should be run through a fan- ‘ b# ,bow#d ™neUee * P"- serves and jellies. “She also won first premium on some vegetables in competition against the men of the community, inriuding remain in this solution st least 10 min" ,Wd corBl P llm P klM P«PP«» " utes before removing; then drain! * * *_ _ thoroughly end pile on a floor to dry; ELECTION IN DOUBT; stir the teed thoroughly sod frequently rtlAtl rcrntl Altirr J to aid in drying. If the seed are LnAJUxoTUn 15 QUIET I swollen from soaking ia the solution, j open the gram drill to sow a little thick- | er or the desired rate of seeding will not be obtained. The above method of treatment applies to oats as well as wheat. A Correction. Quite a number of people have spoken to us about last week's article, in which the writer was made to state “we need to get rid of our joint grass.” The statement should have been: “We need to get rid of our holy horror of joint grass.’* Joint grass and Bermuda grass is s God-send to the people of the South. It is essential to a permanent pasture and we long to see our farmers setting pastures to it. Bermuda grass, Lespedeza and burr clover make an excellent pasture for this section, pro viding grazing for practically ten months in the year. FAST DtiVtHG CAUSED MEAR-COLUMK Three Spectators held their breath fn homr as an automnbile driven by Clyde Vkkery narrowly missed eoUkttng vRfc a buggy in which three Mies wars riding Sunday afternoon, at the North west corner of Calhoun Park, near the Baptist Church. Quito a crowd hid gathered to pay their last tribute * respect to C. B. Swan, and white watt- ing for the arrival of the funeral paw- cession witnessed what promised tobo a most serious collision. Mrs. Daro Hair, Miss Ethel Hah- and Miaa Jofamaa* were driving down the hill in a buoy, when they were approached from ha- hind by Mr. Vickery, who woe driving hia heavy touring car at a furious rate of speed. Whether or not ho thought there was sufficient room for Urn to pass to the right of the buggy ia not known, but ahouting words of etther warning or advice to the Mtet and without lesaening hia spend ia eat degree, be passed between dm buggy and the sidewalk, putting hia aw partly in the ditch. The crowd waa horror-atrieknn, aa ft seemed that either the taro -thillaa would collide or Mr. Vickery bo daahod into an electric light pole. That aa accident, with serious if not fatal in ja nes to the occupants of one or the other vehicles, did not rssult isonoof the miracles of modern times. The occurrence was witness** by tww members of the town council wfca fano orders to Chief Hsym to pteea W. Vickery under arrest when ho mads his next appearance in the dty. It was reported here Monday that following the accident Cited above, Mr. Vtckarv ran tain —1 rimplatefj ilamnt ished a negro’s buggyafev Men from Mr. Vickery t morning and required bond of C25 for his si the Mayor today f to pwtnpai r-> ODD BITS OF NEWS FROM . ALL OVER THE COUNTRY Hyde Ha* Smell Lead Over Grace With Two Bexee Still Oat Charleston, Oct. IS.—At 1.25 this morning, with only two boxes still to be heard from, Major T. T. Hyde had a lead of 14 votes over Mayor John P. Grace in the Charleston municipal election. Club 2. Ward 10, and Club 2, Ward 6, are the missing boxes. It appears that the aldermanic ticket indorsed by Maj. Hyde has been nomi nated. Up to this hour good order baa . prevailed and the National Guard com-1 arouse other panics have not been called upon for active jwrvice. Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in the Pbst Office andadvertised Oct. 11th, 1915. MALI J. J. Bandy, Percy Case, Willie Dyches, Oliver Nimmons, Jeff Norton, William Ryles, Tillie Stiles, Mr. Sam- mie, Harry Vaughn, Jimmie Williams. rSNALB. Mrs. Mary Allen, Mrs. L D. Dortch. Miss Fannie Garvick, Miss Jennie Lou Charlc* B. Swan. After a lingering illness of several months, Charles B. Swan died at his residence in West Barnwell on Satur day afternoon T aged 52 years. The skill of physicians and the nursing of loving hands were unavailing in the long fight against the Grim Reaper, but throughout his illness Mr. Swan bore his suffering with true Christian fortitude. | MWl MvMftB.smMtigpenm On Sunday afternoon the funeral services were conducted by his pastor, the Rev. W. L. Hayes, assisted by the Rev. J. K. Goode, of Blackville, in the Barnwell Baptist Church, a large con course of sorrowing relatiyes and sym pathetic friends gathering to pay their last tribute of respect to their fellow townsman. The body was laidrio rest in the family burying ground a few miles from the city. Mr. Swan is survived by his wife* who, before her marriage, was s Miss Sanders; one daughter; one brother, G. W. Swan, of Charleston; and two sisters, Mrs. R. Sf Jeffco‘a“C oTOuirles- ton, and Miss Tobitha Swan, ofr barn- well. The bereaved family have the sincere sympathy of the entire com munity, in their hour of grief. An educational meeting will be held at Dunbarton Monday evening at 8 o’ Births. Born: Saturday, Oct. 9th, to Mr. Mrs. Norman Dicks, s son. Born: Monday, Oct. llth, to Mr. Mrs. J. G. Moody, Jr, s son. Born: Monday, Oct. llth, to Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Hammet a son. , and and Aiummidcs Engagi Allendale. Oct. 9.—Mr. and Mrs. Paapfc’s Hailey, UL-Unahte te how the accidant happened, Mrs. Quits, 17-years-old, is an operation required for the of a fork which she swalloarod. It Mho- lieved she was examining bar throat with the fork when it slipped from her hand. Oiltoo, Ok is.-Mrs. F. Tarver of this place believes she is tho only woman te the country who conducts a pod hdL She soys under tho conduct of women, such places should become dona, high, standard places of amusement Anahuac, Tex.—Mrs. Fritz Otter of the family, they found the snake coiled comfortably around her neck. Los Angeles, Cal.—Oiris, have yea caught on to the now fads? One te a peace ring, made of sihrar with a dava and an olive branch enamelted on ft. The other ia a “sweetheart” Hag, te which the face of the girl’s bad beau te worn. Van dal ia. III.—Six hours after she ted been pronounced dead by the family physician, Mrs. Lydia Adama, 70-years- old, arose, walked into an adjoining & an _ room and greeted the chief Henrv Coldmg Flowers announce the Sioux Falla, S. D.-Deliah Wyant ML engagement of their daughter, Nifia j i, dead htn because she laughet * Edwards, to John Stoney Sanders. The wedding will be solemnized in Al lendale in November. Not For Strangers. “What In the world does that mean?” asked the traveler through a sparsely settled region on the Cape.) “Then’s no such place on my road map.” The man whom he addressed first took a leisurely survey‘of the traveler and bis bone and then turned hte began to laugh while eating peas, sad s pea lodged in her bronchial tube, chok ing her to death. • e jenny news items. Rank of Page Conferred on Four Candi date*.—School Opens. Jenny, October 11.—Unioa acbooi opened on Monday, October 4th, with a attendance. Miss Roth eye# toward the weatherbeaten sign, | very large which bore the single word ’Tolpom.” j Bishop, of.Ehrhardl who has charge of “That ain’t a name.’’ he said, with the school this session, comes very The days lose shtne this week. If ouhutes ia Knight, Mrs. Perry Williams Persons calling for tnese letters will please my/advertised: Ohaa. E. Falkenstetn. P. M. acbooi. J. E. Swearingen, State super- inteodent of education, the members of the county board of education and Capt Geo. H> Bytes will deliver ad- dignity; “it's Jest an Indication. 'It means To Long pond one mile.’ It’s plain enough to folks from nearby that’s hunting for the pond, and we don’t reckon on strangers taking much Interest”—Youth’s Companion. A Matter ef One Art. “Have you ever loved any other giria?” breathed the maiden tremo- looaly. “Well. I hare attempted a few kin dergarten. prep acbooi . and collage courses In affection.” responded the man tn the case, “but this represents a rear purpose to get rid of my bache lor’s degree.’’ Whereupon be took^ S little bold.—Rich mbb^Tlmiee-D -Dispatch. > Major H W Rtfhardaoa, of Colum-' hte, was ia the city Tuesday. A M. Hill,of Dunbarton, was severe- highly recommended. Mrs. Lou Monk,of Campbello, Worthy Grand Matron, Order of the Eastern Star of South Carolina, paid Jenay Chapter No. 62 a visit on Thursday teft; but owing to the inclement weather there were only a few members prev ent. It is to be regretted that ail the members of the Chapter did not hoer Mrs. Monk's lecture. On Tuesday evening Piulnaamol Lodge No. 127, K. of |P.,<coDtecredthe rank of Page on four coadidatcs. sms the regular meeting night, special meeting called by eelior Herbert E. the purpose of otd Advertise is The People. da- Una. The rank of i