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' t- ■ j^r, P. W. Bull, of Columbia, and a young man named Still, of Blackville, had a narrow escape from death while returning to Barnwell from Blaekvi^e in an automobile Thursday night. The accident occurred at the railroad crossing a short distance North of the poor yard, On the outskirts of this city. The approach from the Bfaek- ville side is very steep and the public road crosses the railroad at ah oblique angle.. Mr. Bull, who was driving the car, negotiated the incline safely but when the wheels of his machine struck the iron rails the automobile.skidded and before control could be regained plunged over the embankment, which at that point is 10 or 15, feet high. The car turned over," throwing the occupants out, and landed.at the bot tom right side up. Young Still, who was uninjured, started at once for town to get a physician. At first it was thought that Mr. Bull’s back was broken, but after his removal to a lo cal hotel it was found that the extent of his injuries was two ribs broken and several painful bruises. How ei ther ocupant of the machine escaped death is a miracle. The windshield on the automobile ^was smashed, one, Render and the steering wheel bent, but it was later brought in under its own power by a local garage man. r The State Friday morning said: “Mr. Bull is connected with the surety and bond department of the New England Equitable Insurance Company of Boston, lepresented in Columbia by John W. Lillard, presi dent and treasurer of the Fiduciary Security Company. Mr. Bull has been with Mr. Lillard-since January 1 and is a young man of wide experience in surety transactions. Previously he was ma/iager of the National Surety Company, of which J. Pope Mathews, W. M. Gibbes, Jr., and W. T. Love are representatives in Columbia.’* The friends of Mr. Bull hope he will soon recover from the results of the acewient. It will be remembered that he was in the automobile wreck in Orangeburg some time ago in which Mr. Simon B. Rich, an attorney, was fatally injured. FOG AIDS AIR MOVE. Zt-ppelin Attacks I’airs, Killing and Injuring Two Score. Twenty-four persons were killed and 2? injured when a Zeppelin air ship Saturday night dropped • three and a half tons of explosives on Paris. The attack was under a heavy fog . and the rafder escaped, although a large number of French aircraft en deavored Jo find it. Some of the bombs weighed about t>bo pounds and in exploding caused considerable ma terial damage. Another Zeppelin raid on Paris was threatened Sunday night, warnings being sounded throughout the city. Crowds gathered to watch for the ap proach of the raider and the attack • rt it by the cordon. of aeroplanes uarding the capital. ' ~ Berlin reports that all of the ground gained in the city of Neu- ville and south of the Somme re mains in their hands despite strong French attacks. The position captured south of the Somme, says the Berlin dispatches, is 3,500 metres in length and 1,000 me tres in depth. Seventeen officers and 1,270 men, among them several Eng lishmen, were made prisoners. Paris says that in fresh attacks op posite Dompierre, south of the Somme r the Germans were twice repulsed. There has been little fighting on .the Russian front except near Us^ ciezeko, on the Bukowina frontier, where repeated attacks by the Rus sians against the Austro-Hungarians are declared by Vienna tp have been repulsed. 7 In the Balkans the situation is quiet. There have been usual bombard ments on the Austro-Italian front. Constantinople asserts’that the sit uation in the Caucasus and Mesop- . otama, where the Zurka,.are bafcUing- respectively with the Russians and British, is virtually unchanged. Near Felahie it was asserted that the Turks captured 1,000 camels from the Brit ish. • Petrograd on the other hand re ports that tq the north of Erzerum the Russians continue their, advance, cing prisoners and capturing muni- jns. '' ' \» t _''The pursuit of the Turks south of ^Lake IJrumiah TbHfnfl!ei^* , "'‘**”* Apparently pleased with his visit to Berlin, where he had confered with Germans, Col. E. M. House, personal representative of President Wilson, kas departed ior Switzerland. Columbia,. Feb. 1.—Three'thousand men are expected to meet in •Colum bia, Feb. 6-9. It will be a greati Con vention of Laymen of all denomina tions, met to study the relation of the church to the neW conditions through out the world."'- Churches are com posed of laympn; laymen support the churches; laymen - support the mis sionary enterprises of the church^- now laymen will meet to survey the field, to learn what is being done and what ought to be done. Able speak ers will address the laymen and on themes that are compelling in their interest and timeliness. Such ad dresses are distinctly worth while and .would repay a long trip; but along with the information and the appeal there are other benefits—a broader outlook quickened interest, stimulus to more active participation in the work of the local church as the source of power. That is worth reflecting on The laymen are not undertaking any new thing; they are just trying to see. It is true, probably, that most lay men have been rather half-hearted in their efforts because they knew but little of the work, of the church be yond the Sunday sermon and the weekly prayeMneeting. Such a Con vention as that in Columbia will bring to laymen when they are most recep tive a view of the world as a religious opportunity. But there will be much more; for the church has problems at home and must study these problems astchurch liabilities. Social problems in the congested cities, a somewhat perplexing subject, must be solved. But the church niust infuse into all relations the spirit of the gospel. Laymen are studying as well as min isters, and a free discussion, led by men who are in touch with those things, must prove greatly beneficial. And the individual—what should be his attitude? Such questions will be illumined by intelligent discussion. Read the program. It fairly grips you in its suggestiveness. Our re ligious opportunity is a big one; but it consiata not ao much in getting more men into the membership of our churches as it does in developing the churches as an efficient factor in the life of a workaday world. All roads have offered special rates and good rates are offered by Colum bia boarding houses. The County Chairmen in almost every county have arranged for special coaches to take their delegations to the Convention, all. delegates leaving Monday morn ing, Feb. 7th, arriving in Columbia in time to register and be'assigned to their hotels or boarding houses be fore time for the evening sessions of the conference. ' Mr. and Mrs. Baxley Entertain. Special to The People. Dunbarton, R. F. D. No. 2, Jan.29.— Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baxley give an “Observation Party” in honor of the latter’s cousin, Miss Ada Sanders, and her sister, Misss Ida Kate Sand ers, recently. After some time spent in pleasant conversation, each young man was asked to write a description of his partner. The first prize was- won by Mr. G. L. Hill and the booby by Mr. Allen Hill. The guests were invited into the dining room, where they were served with old-time pound cake, nut cake and fruit salad by Miss Ida Kate Sanders. The following Sunday several couples enjoyed a delightful turkey dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Baxley. • Cleveland, Jan. 29.—President WiW on, speaking,, as he said, “solemnly,” warned the nation tonight that the time may come when he can not both keeb the United States out of war and maintain its honor. He declared that the country must be prepared at once. “America is ngt afraid of anybody,” he said, “J know I reflect your feel ing and the feeling of all of our cit izens when I say the only thing I am afraid of is not being ready to per form my duty. I am afraid of the danger of inadequacy; I am afraid of the danger of not being'^le to ex press the. chief character "of this coun try with tremendous might and effect iveness whenever we are called upon tp act in the field of the world’s af\, fairs.” The president spoke in Cleveland tonight with more gravity -and force than he "has spoken during any of his previous addresses on prepared- ZT ■* mStm ness. — He was applauded frequently and when he spoke of defending the na tion’s honor the cheering was tre mendous.: . _ . May Come Any Day. “Let me tell you very solemnly you can not, postpone this thing,”' he declared. “I do not know what a sin gle day may bring forth. 1 do not wish to leave you with the impres sion that I am thinking of some par ticular danger. I merely wish to tell you that we are daily treading amidst intricate dangers. The dangers that we are treading amongst are not of our own making and not under our control. I think no man in the Unit ed States knows what a single Week, a single day, may bring forth.” Again and again the president spoke of the nation’s honor. He de clared the real man believs his hon or is dearer than his life and a na tion.’*-honor is dearer than its peace and comfort. He said it had been difficult to keep the United States out of- the war and he felt he had proved he was a man of peace when possible. He expressed regret that the ques tion has come up in a campaign year “Let us forget,” he said, “that this is a year of rational elections.” The preparedness issue, he added, should have nothing to do with politics. Should Increase Navy. For the first time'during his present tour the president spoke of the navy and of the coast defenses. The latter, he said, are good in quality but not in quantity. Some people say that the navy ranks second, he declared, but the experts agree it ranks fourth. He added it should be increased. Among the possible sources of dan ger mentioned by the president were the difficulties growing out of the protection of ArnerlM~ns~7iHroa3~and the obligation of the United States to maintain the liberties of the people of the Western hemisphere. The third fire in Barnwell ’ within less than a week occurred Wednesday night about b o’clock, when the pretty cottage of Mr. M. E. Black, in Acad emy Street, ; was totalljf destroyed. When first discovered the fire was burning fiercely in the fitting room and is'thought to have been caused from a spark igniting a pile of cloth ing on a chair. None of the members * ' of the family was at home^at the time, but a door was broken open and an attempt was made to save the house hold goods.' The blaze spread with such rapidity, however, filling the en tire house with dense ^moke, that on ly a fe\v articles ;J of''furniture' were gotten out. Mr. Black had only recently com pleted the remodelling of his residence s^nd his friends sympathize with him in the loss of his home. He carried ! >3,500 insurance on the house and its contents. This was the second fire in Acade my Street in two days, the residence occupied by Mr. A. E. Hartin having been destroyed the previous day. Wants Investigation. Senator A. B. Patterson, of Barn- wejl, last week introduced a joint res olution in the Legislature to require the solicitor of the 5th judicial cir cuit to investigate the current report that the superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane has unlawfully accepted extol compensation, in addi tion to that provided by law, and to take such action in the premises as is agreeable to law and justice. Won’t Run for Sheriff. It has been rumored that Supervis or G. J. Diamond would oppose Sher iff J. B. Morris for re-election this summer; but when seen by a represen- ative of The People and asked for an answer Mr, Diamond stated most em phatically: “No, not oppose Sheriff Morris. I am satisfied with the offifej-n owjiald-awtto- be a candidate for re-election.” One of the most enjoyable enter tainments of the winter was the mock Marriage in the auditorium of the BarnweU Graded School Friday even ing, when “Mias’ Wilhelmina Riley became the bride of Mr. Mordecai Ma- zursky, the “Rev.” R. Boyd Cole per forming the ceremony. Just before the entrance of the bri dal party, “Miss” Angustine Patter son sang a parody on “O, Promise Me,” “Mrs.” Roberta Bailey playing the accompaniment on the piano. Then to the strains of the wedding march the party entered in the following or der: “Miss” Wilburina Porter, flower girl; “Miss” Haroldia Simms, ring- bearer; “Miss” Arthuria Moore and Mr. A. T. Beard; "Miss” Walturina Richardson and Mr. Carter Price; “Miss” Johnnes Robison and Mr. J. M. Brodie; “Miss” Wilhelmina Man ning, maid of honor, and Dr. Mace, the best.man; “little" Lang Cave, looking very cute in his best bib and tucker, held up the bride’s flowing train. • The costumes bf the attendants were ludicrous in the extreme and caused yells of delight from the au dience. 73 . After the couple had been joined with a pair of handcuffs, a delightful oyster supper was served in the base ment of the school building. Quite i tidy sum was realized, the proceeds being used for School purposes. Partial Eclipse of Sun. Washington, Jan. 30.—Scientists at the United States naval observatory are preparing to traiij their telescopes on a partial eclipse of the sun Feb ruary 3d. As it occurs in this* region the eclipse has not a great scientific value, but observations will be made of the sun and mpon to-correct the tables of their motions. The eclipse tyegins at 10:11:23.4 a. m., and ends at 22 minutes 52.9 sec onds after noo}i, eastern standard time. Thte maximum obscuration of the sun will be somewhat Ipss than four-tenths. Woman’s Reading Club. While in the city salesday, dear de linquent subscriber, it would not be amiss to call at The Pettple office And put yourself in good standing. Allefidale, January 29.—The Wo man’s Reading Club, of Allendale, held its January meeting with'Mrs. A W. Owens. After business had been disposed of a spirited debate was en joyed, Mrs. W. R. Darlington and Miss Marie Keel, affirmative, and Mrs. W. D. Gray and Mrs. Jennie Montgomery upholding the negative. The question was, “Resolved, that compulsory edu cation is needed in South Carolina.” Many pointy were brought out by both sides. The judges, the Rev. B. G. Murphy, Prof. T. E. Crane and R. L. Merryweather, finally decided in fav or of the affirmative. ' Receives Death Sentence. York, Jan. 31.—At a special term of court, ordered by Gov Manning and bald here todfcy, Israel Good, A 17-year-old negro, was convicted of criminal assault upon the person of a little six-year-old white girl of t this county and was sentenced by Judgf Thomas 8. Seaae to be slectrocutec on Friday, February 26- RILEY—MAZURSKY. Large Audience Enjoyed Mock Mar riage in School Auditorium. Advertised Letters. Letters rjeipaining in the BarnweU South Carolina Post Office and adver tised January 31st, 1916. Male '■ i Willie Gibbs, N. K. Jones,- Jeffory Jones, Guss Louis, Moses Mitchell Daniel C." McQueen^W. S. Patterson Henry Rock. Female Mellie Harley, Mary Humphries, Louise Haynes, Mrs. Brine Jackson, Minnie Morris, Julia Richards, Sabah Smith, Essie Sanders, Meddin Thomp son, Carrie Way. Persons calling for these letters will please say advertised gnd ‘give date. rj—r=fiY_j^ Cha’s. E. Falkenstein, Postmaster. * OUR LINOTYPE CLtJB#- • The*"'1 olio wing subscribers have qualified for membership in The Peo ple’s Linotype Club by paying-their subscription dues: Miss Carey All, Williston. M. A: Harden, Kline. --j—^ T. C. Hair, Williston. D. C. Ready, Dunbarton. J. S. Ferguson, Ajllendale. Hass B. Lott, Elko. Wade Hampton Hutto, Blackville W. A. Hayes, Barnwell. Cotton Ginnings. There were 35,917 bales pf. cotton ginned in Barnwell County prior to January 16, as compared with 59,- 683 bales to the same date last year, a decrease of 23,766 bales, according to a report issued by the Department of Commerce on January 20. Th»- ginnings in Bamberg County were 15,936 this year as compared with 27,693 last-year. The total for the State was 1,149,772 bales of the 1815 crop and 1,424,700 for. 1914. Advertise in THE PEOPLE. Columbia, January 29.—The gen eral appropriation bill went into the House today and Chairman Liles has the distinction of having introduced this most important measure earlier than it has ever before been presented. The committee members, <phref Clerk Malcolm Miller and-fMr. J. C. Towns end, chief clerk of the engrossing de partment, all worked with persisten cy to get the bill into the House today so it could be* ready for consideration on Monday. The essential point of the bill is that it provides for a tax levy of 6*4 mills, which is to cover all of the expenses of the State Government. Notwith standing the very heavy demands) the appropriation bill shows a net reduc tion in the total of 179,260.80. It will be interesting to note how continuously the appropriation bill has hung around the two million dollar mark. These figures will be inter esting: 1914..^ __L_ 12,213,675.54 1915^.1. 2,463,759.82 1916 2,384,4^9.02 It is very much' easiier to under take to make reductionsi in an appro priation bill than it is to accomplish this. • Chairman Liles in a talk with the newspaper men after the introduction of the bill had this comment to make: Lite's Comment. The committee has faithfully en deavored to serve the best interest of the State. We did not appropriate in accordance with our desires, but we believe we appropriated as the condi tion of the State’s finances justified. The most careful consideration has been given every item and we feel sure that* the actual needs of every (tepartment and every institution have been supplied, and we think we have provided funds for extension and im provements where the needs for such were great. . The wprk of the com mittee has been absolutely harmoni ous. All differences were settled in the committee room and we are ready to stand by our work. I cannot speak too highly of the faithfulness of the members of the Committee. It has been a day and night job since Janu ary 11. We are hopeful that the re sults of our efforts will prove satis factory to the people of the State. It will be noted that for ordinary State purposes we have appropriated less than $2,000,000. The amount for pert sions and for the improvement of the State Hospital for the Insane in creases the total as shown. We have carried out the resolution of the com mittee to keep the amount raised by levy within $2,000,000 and have re duced the levy one-half jrnill.” The appropriation bill "is a very long document, consisting of forty- two itemized sections. The bankers have begun their as saults on the state tax commission Their representatives in the general assembly are demanding that the act creating the commission be repealed It is practically certain that the act will nefer be killed. It may be amended in several particulars. Little Done by Assembly. The general assembly has been in session for three weeks and nothing of great importance has been enacted. Probably the most important acts have been those tightening the whis ky laws. The road will be made very hard fon illicit whisky dealers and it is now up to the juries to do their duty. As yet no solution has been found for the disposition of the stocks held by the old county dispensaries. The indications are that the ses sion of the general assembly will be brought to a close in about two weeks. The prospects are that the appropri- - ation bill wilj be attended to during the next week. After thatTfaag been enacted the^ members will be ready^ to go }iome. • It is very probable that a steering committed will be named this week to weed out the more important legis lation. ,Z|3b local measures of impor tance will be attended to. State Board of Councilation. ' Governor Manning is preparing a measure which provides for a state board of counciliation and he will in sist that this be enacted at the pres ent session. The general assembly has provided handsomely fcHv the State Hospital for the Insane. The appropriation bill carries $100,000 for the continuance of thr iiHprovement work. The gover nor will insistHiat the institution be improved, and it is possible that an other $50,000 will b« added, although this will not affect the atate tax levy. The matter of fixing the salary for the superintendent of the State Hos pital for the Inaaoo will ha ion After a lingering illness of several months, fallowing an operation for appendicitis, H. Fullerton Buist, Esq^ of Blackville, died in a hospital in Charleston at noon on Wednesday of last week, in the 54th year of his age. The news of his death came as a great shock to his hundreds of friends throughout the county, as it was not generally known that*;-his condition was so serious. Several months ago, Mr. Buist suf fered an attack of appendicitis. He was taken to Charleston and an oper ation performed. After hovering be tween life and death for several weeks he recovered sufficiently to re-1 turn to his home in Blackville. Re cently, however, he took a turn for the worse and a second operation was deemed advisable in order to restore him to health. His weakened con stitution was not equal to the strain and in spite of the tender nursing of fbving hands and the skill of physi cians the brave spirit returned to it* Maker. The body was carried to BlackvOle and in the presence of a large con course of sorrowing relatives and sympathetic friends, gathered togeth er from all parts of the county, was tenderly laid to rest in the Blackville cemetery, the Revs. A. E. Evison sad W. L. Hayes, of BarnweU, conducting the funeral services. Mr. Buist was a son of the lata Rev. Arthur Buist. He was a gentlemen of sterling character and unimpeachable integrity. By his gentleness of dis position and thoughtfulness of the welfare of his fellowmen he himself not only to the people of community but of the county at He was an honored member of Barnwell Bar and was an the legal profession. Ho term as chairman of the Board County Commissioners and under businesslike administration tho of tho county were put on o nancial footing. In hit State has lost a useful son, his a kind and loving husband end and the people of Blackville a friend and upright citison. Mr. Buiat is survived by Ms three daughters. Misses Etta, and Charlotte Buiat, one son Harold Buiat, one sister, Mrs. Odom, of Blackville, and three era, Messrs. C. S. and J. L. Buist, of Blackville, and G. M. Buist, of well, who have the sincere of their many friends in their bereavement. SALES WERE ENORMOUS. Dying Dispensaries ness in Month Did Large of December. The dispensaries in 14 counties of the State sold $512,271.22 worth of whiskey during last December, ac cording to a statement prepared by. L. L. Bultman, former State dispensary auditor. The profiteer the itispse . saries in the several counties for the last quarter of the year aggregates $200,247.05. The value of the ear- plus stock is estimated at $75,000. Following shows the sales for De cember and the profits for the la* quarter of the year by counties: Aiken . $ Bamberg . Barnwell - Beaufort Calhoun Charleston Dorchester Florence Georgetown Jasper Lexington Orangeburg Richland Union „ Williamsburg Sales 33,954.84 6,993.42 12,558.13 12.582.27 144,304.95 11.163.27 33,257.43 12,470.24 4,030.45 16,756.19 47,283.45 128,613.63 35,661.10 5,581.85 rroBts 19,833*2 5.710J* 2,011*1 5,47S4S 24*80*4 Total $512*71.22 Barnwell Wins Game. '— A very exciting game of baakethal was played here Friday afternoon be- > tween the girls of the Barnwell high school and the snappy Bamberg high school team, resulting in a victory far the locals of 25 to 17. Both played- well. Each school has won a game and the deciding will be played on neutral grounds an early date. < the board of amount it carried in the tion bill. This procedure Is by all other state trustees fix the dent of the University off Ima.