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'w: \»1. I , . r “Ju*t Like a Member of the Family” Volume XXXIX CHRISTMAS IN BARNWELL. Old Santa’s Annual Visit Followed by Very freakish Weather. _ ONLY ONE PAROLE. r : Gorernor .Exercises .Clemency, in Single Case for Chiistmas. The anpual visit of old St. Nicholas to the children of Barnwell was fol lowed by freakish weather. The day dawned fair and warm, with a stiff breeze blowing from the south. About noon, however, .clouds gath ered and a driving rain, accompanied by high winds, followed. The ther mometer took a sudden drop and by night fall had almost reached thfe freezing point. , The day was passed very quietly. There were services in some of the churches, which many attended. Those who did not go hunting whiled the time swapping yarns or taking automobile -rides. Thp inclement weather of the a'fferhodnTSrove many to the comfort of cheery firesides. There was a welcome lack of the usual noisy Christmas celebration, the city fathers allowing the circle to used only one night (Christmas Eve) for the display of fireworks. Fortunately no one was hurt and no property damaged by 4his custom, » ich should be relegated to the his- k past. A 'A TROUBLESOME PROBLEM. Disposition of Left-over Liquor Stock Is up to Legislature. Columbia, Dec. 27.—The disposition of the left-over stocks by the dispen sary boards in the fifteen counties having the system will be one of the fine points to be decided by the gen eral assembly, convening early in Jan uary. The prcAibition act, passed at the last session, providing for the e- lection, which was held in favor of no whiskey la^t September, provided that thi ‘affairs of the dispensaries be wound up by January 1st. Few of the counties will .be able to comply with the provisions of the statute. 'Cut-rate whiskey sales are prevail mg in several counties and many per sons are laying in large supplies of wet goods in snticipation of the long drouth that is to follow. There is some Lalk*of a bill, fn the next legislature to limit the amount to be ordered to one quart a month in place of a gallon.* TWis measure would meet stiff opposition, it is said The “gallon-a-month” Isw is now in the supreme court awaiting a decision as to its constitutionality. Receives death sentence. Negro convicted of Attempted Crimi nal Assault at Pickens. Easley, Dec 27.—Peter Hamilton, the Easley negro, charged with at tempted criminal assault on a well known white woman in her home on November 27, was today convicted at the special term of court at Pickens, sentence of death by electrocution be- fixed by Judge Mauldin for Feb- 4. he case has created much interest throughout the county and the trial was attended by an unusually large crowd. Perfect order • prevailed throughout the day. The evidence submitted by the prosecution was in tensely interesting and formed an un broken chain of circumstantil evi dence. The jury remained out three hours owing to a slight disagreement on a minor point. Mother Shipton’s Prophecy. The following prophecy was writ ten in 1445: - __ . “Carriages without horses shall.-go, And accidents fill the world with woe Around the world thoughts shall fly, In the twinkling of an eye, Waters shall yet more wonders do, New, stranger, yet shall be true; sjhe world upside down shall be gold be found at root of tree. Throilgh hills man shall ride- And no nbrse or ass be at his side .Under wateiNqan shall walk, j- Shall ride, shaltbl^ep, shall talk. In the. air men shalr-be seen In White, in black, in gbs^n; Iron in the water shall floa As easily as a wooden boat, Qold ‘shall be found mid stone In ajand that’s now unknown: Fire and water shall wonders db, EAglsw* -shkii at last admit a Jew, Ajjd the world to an end shall come ^^•fffhteen hundred and eighty-one.” ^he days gain one minute in sun shine this week. 414 not receive the Dec. 16th is sue. Don’t like to miss a single num ber. Send me a copy, please. _ Best wishes,’’ writes the Rev. W. J. Sny der, formerly of this city but now one of the beat citizens of the The only case in whidr Gov. Man ning.- granted Christmas clemency was a parole for three days to-Willie Mew. This party is a prisoner m Barnwell county who had been serv ing on the chain gang until about 10 months ago when he was transfer red as a trusty to the court house in Barnwell to serve as janitor. The 3 days’ parole was granted on a peti tion signed by the county officials of Barnwell 1 in order that he might £pehd Christmas day and Sunday with his family in the town of Fair fax. This darkey haa Miss Alice Hoyle, the popular stenographer . in Sher iff Morris’ office, to thank for his en joyment of the Christmas holidays, for it was she who circulated the pe tition asking Gov. Manning to grant the parole. A WEIRD STORM. Rain, Hail and Snow With Thunder and Lightning. New York, Dec. 26.—One of the most weird storms the East has seen in many years—rain, hail and snow accompanied by thunder and lightning and a gale which reached a maximum velocity of ninety miles an hour descended from the northwest early today as the aftermath of a Christmas fog. It indirectly caused seven deaths in this city, carried down telegraph wires, damaged shippping, crippled railroad traffic and caused consider able property damage. The. phenomenon of thunder'and lightning in the midst of a driving snow awakened New Yorkers at the height of the storm about '7 o'clock this morning. A gale from the South accompanied by rain had been blow ing during the night, but the tempera ture dropped during the early monx-i ing hours, changing- the rain to hail and then to snow. Weekley—Sanders. Special to The People. ‘ Ulmer, Dec. 27.—A marriage beau tiful in its simplicity and °f interest to an unusually large number of friends was solemnized Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. W. H. Wil kinson, when Miss Daisy Weekley and Mr. James Grover Sanders were quietly married. Only the families and near rela tives were present. The parlor, re ception hall and dining room were beautifully decorated in holly, mistle toe and palms. Just before the ceremony, “Melody of Love’’ was played, then to the strains of Mendelssohn’s March,’ played by Miss Ada Sanders, the wed ding party entered, preceded by the Rev. J. D. Huggins, of Denmark, who performed the ceremony. , The bride was gowned in a beauti ful dress of black velvet with fur trimmings. The bride and groom were usher ed into the dining room by Misses Willah Lou McMillan and Lorena Brant, where they were served with punch and cake by Misses Eunice San ders and Marion Wilkinson.- The-popularity of the young couple' was snown by the numerous costly presents. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders motored to Allendale with friends, from which place they left for a visit to Charles ton ^pd other points of interest. Last Notice! Thp People announced a couple of weeks ago that the naipesof all subscribers who were a year are more in arrears UrTJanuary 1st, 1916, would be dropped from the mailing list and their accounts placed with an attorney for collec tion. •’■'•'*■• This is tQ.n§min,d them that the time limit has nearly expired and thaft in order to keep the paper coming regu- $ larly and to save themselves any embarrassment they must remit promptly. , If a ring appears around the label on your paper this week it means that YOU are among the number of delin quents and is a polite request to send The People' a check or money order for the small amoipit due. We do not like to be compelled to force collection of past due subscrip tion accounts, but cannot afford to lose the Urtiney due us, which, in the aggregate, amounts to quite a tidysum. Remember, we have given each and e/ery One .jof you delinquents fair notice and plenty of time-in which to make settlement. After January 1st all unpaid accounts will be collected through an attorney. ' ’ ’\ s 474 DEATHS FROM TYPHOID. State Health Officer Says S. C. Phy- sicians Don’t Cooperate. Columbia, Dec. 25.—There were474 deaths from typhoid fever in South Carolina during the first ten months of 1915, which is approximately one- third the number of deaths from pel lagra for the same p$riqd. It is com puted on a basis of 10 per cent, of the cases of typhoid fever being fatal, that there were 4,700 cases of the disease in the State, which is a con siderable reduction from previons years. “Its mode of tranamission is well known,” said James A. Hayne, M. D., State health officer, in his annual re port. “Proper disposal of human ex creta and proper protection of water supplies, clean milk in the homes, de struction of the breeding, places of flies and the proper isolation and screening of patients will absolutely stamp out this disease. “It.is probable that not more than one-half of the physicians report as WINTER IS READING‘TIME. Farmers Can Utilize Season for Sto ring up Knowledge. / During the bad weather of winter, when it is almost impossible to work out doors and when there is little work to be done in the fields in com parison wih other seasons, farmers have an opportunity to give some of their time to two things that many of them neglect almost entirely. One of these things is to plan carefully for the next season, the other is to ab sorb knowledge from the printed matter that is now to be had in such abundance. Most business men would shortly be bankrupt if they planned their af fairs as little as the average, farmer does. It is .reasonable to believe that forehandedness and prudence will be as profitable in farming as in mer chandising or banking. Certain it is that the farmer will lose nothing by giving some of his spare time this winter to looking ahead. For example, if he has not been they should. The bureau of vital sta- carrying out a crop rotation, now is tisties furnishes us with the number a good time for him to decide upon of deaths, but it is then too late to one that is well suited tor-his condi- fight the disease. What we want to tiohs and to work out tfie details of know is when the disease occurs, the it. He should be looking into the fer- first cases in the community, so that tilizer situation to see what his pur- we can prevent other cases. The law chases should be and where he can requires pflysicians to make this re port, but public. sentiment does not force the physicians to obey this law.” .. Lyndhurst Items. Special to The People. Lyndhurst, Dec. 24.—Quite a num ber of Christmas visitors have been coming in for the past week, and more are ejcpected. Miss Jessie E. Fowke returned on Thursday from Aiken, where^she has been teaching, to spend the holidays here. • . Mr. Fred, H. Gantt, of. Columbia, is spending the holidays wjth his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gantt. W. H. and F. L. Fowke, who have been attending the Barnwell High School for the past few' weeks, have (Urned home for,1116 holiday^, snow of the past week was quite hefc\w in this section, some of it remainin^qn the ground for near* ly four days. A Small The residence ef Mr. CharW Brows on East Main Street was dis covered on fire Monday morning, and in response to the alarm a number of fire-fighters quickly responded and ihduod the blazd before modi dam age waa' done. The Tire started oa the roof from : Williams—Cope. Special to The People. Ulmer, Dec. 24.—Miss Ruth Eli zabeth Williams and Mr. W. Webb Cope were very quietly married on Monday, Dec. 20th, at high noon by the Rev. W. L. Hayes at the Baptist parsonage at Barnwell. Only a few friends were present to witness the ceremony. The bride wore a becoming trav eling suit of Belgian blue, trimmed with fur. After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Cope returned to Ulmer, where they jll spend a while before moving to Lee>vfl|R, where they will-make their future home. r~t v L^' Mrs. -Cope isHhe charming daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs.^J. B. Williams, of . Wagener. Miss Iris Belle Cope is spending the holidays at home. ' Advertised Letters. Letters'remaining in the Barnwell, South Carolina post office and adver tised Dec. 27th, 1915. * . - Male. • ' . , > —* R. C. Boynton, Cypress Lumber Co., Cut Davis, Nathan Howard, T. H. Jones, William'"S. "Kennedy, W. M. Mikens, Ashley Odom, Andrew D. Scott, Henry ^Williams.- Female. Mrs. Mary- Ayersr Sarah Adams, Mary Garner, Mary Gyles, Miss J. Kincaid, Mrs. Beesie Long, Mqrtha Loyd, Minnie Morton, Hattie McCol- lough,. Corine Morriet, Miss Jessie Parker, Mrs. Bettie Williams. From Dead Letter Office."- t"Levy Presley, E. M. Roberts. Persons calling for these letters will please say advertised and give date. Chas. E. Falkenatein, The members of the county dispen sary board held a meetipg here Mon day for the purpose .of approving clamii and attending to other busi ness. Another peeting will be held Friday, toe day that fS» law haa aat <°r the State to go “dry.*. ^ make them. He should be preparing to save all the trash on his place, as well as the wood ashes, for humus and for potash. He should be inter esting himself in the question of home-mixing fertilizers. There are numerous other things that might profitably occupy the average South Carolina farmer’s attention at this time. There is almost no subject on ag riculture on which he cannot get free literature either from Clemson Col lege or from the United States De partment of Agriculture at Washing ton. For example, bulletins that may be secured from Clemson College on some of the subjects mentioned above are as follows: Farmers’ Reading Course, Bulle tin No. 17, Buying and Using Fertil izers. Circular No. 10. Home Mixing o:' Ferilizers., ~ Experimeht Station Bulletin- No 182, Potash For the first two, address the Ex tension Division; for the other; write 4© the Experiment Station Christinas Ball. The fortieth annuai Qhristmas bal given by the Barnwell Cotillion Club in .the Masonic Hall Monday evbnijig, — Wasone^of" the most brilliant social-^ G. W. Cope, Ulmer. PELLAGRA TAKES TOLL. Fourteen Died in Barnwell County X From Mysterious Disease. Twelve and seven-tenths per cent, of the total number of deaths'from pellagra in South Carolina during the first ten months of this year have oc curred in Charleston County, sccord- ing to the report filed by the bureau of vital statistics with the executive committee of the State board of health. In the. State there were 1,- 306 deaths from pellagra, giving an annual death rate of 81.2 or near- y equalling the rate for tuberculo sis and more than three times the mortality for typhoid fever The rate for Charleston County 1 alone, where there were 166deaths, is Itifl.? per 100,000 inhabitant#. There were 14 deaths from pella gra in Barnwell County, the rate be ing 40.9 per 100,000 inhabitants. ANOTHER STEAMER SUNK. French Steamer Torpedoed in the Mediterranean Monday. The French steamer Ville de la Cio- tat, from the Far East for Marseilles with many passengers, was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. The loss of life is estimated at 80. The steamer was said to have been stink without wyrn ing. Casualties likewise are believed to have occurred in the torpedoing of the Belgian steamer Miaistre Beer- nart, two boat loads of the crew of which are said to be unaccounted for The activity of the submarines of the teutonic allies is further evidenced by the feet that within the last few days they have sent to the bottom British, French and Belgian ship ping amounting to a tonnoge of nearly 18,000. Should the American citizenship of one of the survivors of the Japanese steamer Yasaka be established the sinking of that vessel by a submarine it is announced from Washington, will be made the subject of diplomatic ne gotiations by the American govern menu The British Indian army corps has been withdrawn from the front ii France “for another field of action. Again there has been considerable fighting between the British and Arabs in Western Egypt, near the Tripoli border. London claims sue cess for tha British and Constant! nople for the Arabs. The British have repulsed a Turk ish attack in Mesopotamia. The Turkish *losses are estimated at 700. The British killed and. wounded num bered 190. Little fighting of consequence is go^ ing on elsewhere except by means of artillery and sapping operations. Both Paris and London report the in fliction of damage to German trentn- es at several points on t».e Western lire. On the Austria-Italian fiont *he Italii. -i bom ha rime* t of the Tyrolean sector has grown in intensity and on the Insonzo front the big guns of both sides are exchanging shells. On the Russian front and in Ga licia there is no change in the situa tion, while in the Balkans the fight ing seemingly has ended, except for isolated battles in Montenegro. Greece, according to Berlin ad vices, has requested Bulgaria to with draw her troops from Albanian terri tory and the feply of Bulgaria is ex pected to be satisfactory. AN EXCELLENT RECORD. Large Number, «f Criminal Cases Dis posed of at Recast Court. An excellent record was ‘made fat the trial of criminal cases at the No vember term of Court for BantweH County, over which Judge J. W. Do- vore, of Edgefield, presided. • ‘ The court wai in session only tern days on account of Thanksgivbw, saleaday and on banc session of r the Supreme Court, but in that short length of time 44 criminal chaos were tried, resulting in eight acquitala and 36 convictions. : Twenty prisooers were sent to the county rhaingswg to serve sentences aggregating 43 yean and 3 months, and fines to the amount of $526 were turned into the county treasury. The total coat of the court to the county was 81,250. This is a record of which Judge De vore may well be proud. RISE IN PRICE OF GASOLINE. Probably. Will Be Made Subject of Governmental Inquiry. Washington, Dec. 27.—Officials of the department of justice said tonight that the continued rise in the prica of gasoline probably would bs "»» A » the subject of an inquiry to determine whether there has been any violation of the Sherman Auti-Truzt Act. No formal complaints have reached Washington so far, but attorneys connected with anti-trust prosecutions expressed the view that an investiga tion could be begun oa the depart ment’s own initiativs. • An Eajoyable Occasion *******••**•*•••* * * < ..... ...... - . ' * * OUR LINOTYPE CLUB. • * * • * * * • • * e * • • • ♦ The following subscribers have qualified for membership in The Peo- nl*>’a T.illA+UZSIA filial* iv.. Al • pie’s Linotype Club by paying their subscription dues: H. W. Jones, Blaekville. R. M. McLin, Baldoc. * One o/ the most enjoyable affairs of the Christmas season was tha party given on the evening of De cember 24th for the employ sea of the Barnwell Lumber Company. A new office building, with a dance hall am the second floor, has just been buflt, and the party waa in the nature at a house-warming as well. Punch was served throughout tha evening, and ' excellent music was rendered by Sike’a orchestra, of Aa- guate. Favors of tissue paper tmta, etc., were paaaed, and later flaate Claus appeared tb" distribute uaiqae gifts to the guests from the Christ mas tree in the lower hall. About 12 o’clock there was a grand march 'downstairs, where ice cream aad cake were served and Miaa Olga M- verthome cut her birthday Those enjoying Mr. and Mrs. 80- verthome’s. hospitality ware: Mr and Mrs. A. D. Silverthorae, of Au gusts; Mis* Olga Silvsrthorne; Mr. and Mrs. ^ J. Drew, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown, Mr. and Mrs. E A. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Diamond, Mr. and Mrs. J. Jay Vickary, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Vickery, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Sam mons, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Owens, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Owens, Mr. and Mrt. Clark McDaniel, Mr. and Mn. B. R. Long, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Morris, Mr. and Mn MiHaxrf Smith; Mesdames Gladys Brown Towlfes, Alphonse Kennedy, Cl sty, Nancy Delt; Misses Doris Draw, Margaret Shea, Marion Patterson, Josie Davis, Martha Ayer, Nell and Louise Duncan, May Simms, Nefi Smith, Valerie Lazar, Belle and Amm Bennett, Sallie Diamond, Eloise, amft. Millie Morris, May and Laura Clary, Messrs. Philip Shea, Solomon Brown, J. J. Bush, W. H. Manning, J. N. An derson, S.‘ C. Anderson, Ben, Nat and John Rice, Harold Buckingham, HL A. Simms, Clyde and Lloyd Vidmry, F. S. Brown, Cassels, Marion s»«d Edward Cassels, M. R. Bagnall, Dew ey Morris, and Bagg and Bagnall, of Martin. [hn Barnwell. Elko. .Chekkv Bates, Elko. Ashley Staqsell, Elko. B. R. Black, Olar. functicma^of the season. There was large number^ qf out-of-town dancers both ladies and gentlemen. Excellent music was furniahed by an orchestra from Aiken and until the “wee sma hours” the-devotees of Terpsichore tripped the light fantastic. The young men who made this en- .Up T : . joyable occasion such a signal success w j th , . ?rap Wl be read v, *.1. *" • * • _ witn cordial interest bv the manv ’ ,ncere of Barnwell friend, of Mr. L. C. Chr” Edwards—Outiati*.^ The following announcement from the Mat Births Exceed Deaths. The number pf births in Barnwell County froth January 1st to October , thf Jiimbar of : . r ,tmwM ■— — deaths, according to a statement is sued by the bureau of vital statistics in Columbia, there being 538 births and 286 deaths during that period. The figures for the entire State ware: Births, 37,682; deaths, 20,764. This tie: “Mrs. James D. Edwards announ ces the engagement of her daughter Ethel, to Mr. Lewis Cuthbert Chris tie, the wedding to take place in Jan uary. No cards.” *■ The Wheat Crop. There were 2,430,000 bushels of wheat raised is South Carolina this year as compared with only 920,000 bushels in 1914. TfaeM Was s con- THE LYRIC THEATRE J Presents Wednesday, December 29, Blanche Sweet in “Stolen Goods." (Para mount). And first episode of “The Red Circle,” the latest Pathe serial Thursday, December 30th, Lionel Jarrymore - and June Gray iu’Tho Flaming Sword.” (Metro.) Tuesday, January 4th, Max Fig- main in “My Best Girl.” (Metro.) Thursday Connelly (Metro.) in 6th, Edward Covington.** Every Wednesday for tive weeks an episode i and best will be shown. I Me at i- . .