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Ju&t Like a Member of the Family" Volume XXXIX BARNWELL, S. C, MARCH 2,i»16 Number 27 w HE MARCH TERM OF COURf. Judge Prince, of Anderson, to Preside. Petit Jurors Drawn. The March-term of the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas will convene at Barnwell on Monday, March 20th, with Judge Prince, of Anderson, presiding. The following are the grand jurors for the ensuing year: Grand Jurors. Holdovers: A.- A. Lemon, R. R. Johnston, Jerome Martin, Barnie Ow ens, D. W. Black, W. A. Chavous. -New: Baldoc—J. P. Guess. Barnwell—C. F. Molair, W. J. Sex ton, Fred Hair. A BRILLIANT OCCASION. Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Wilson, of Fairfax, Celebrate 20th Anniversary. Bennett Springs—W. J. Rogers, W. H. Dicks. rr;’. Blackville—D. P. Martin. Rich Land—A. E. Corley. Rosemary—A. I. McLemore. Sycamore—O. B. Bowers. Williston—H. C. Weeks, L. M. Sprawls. Petit jurors for the first and second weeks have been drawn, as follows: First Week. -** Allendale—J. M. Griner, F. Cha vous, W. G. Kearse, W. H. Googe, C. C. Chavous, W. G. Ruddell, T. D. Johnsqn, W. B. Warren, Laurefla^You- jngns. " * - 4 / * Barnwell—S. J. Keel, J. Black, Jr., L. Cave, R. C. Carroll, R. L% Us- P. W. Price. Bennett Springy—M. R; Rountree, S. Anderson. Blackville—I. W. Eubanks, Isadore Brown, Milledge Hankinson. , Bull Pond—J. A. Rouse. Four Mile—E. C. Hutchinson. George’s Creek—J. D. Collins, W- H. Nix, A. P. Collins. Great Cypress—Otis Sanders, J. F. C reech. Rich -Land—G. W. Wall, J. M. Kill- ingsworth. Sycamore—J. D. Augley, J. F. Load- holt, A. H. Harter, B. R. Loadholt. Williston—J. H. Beck. T. M. Willis, H. B. Kitchings. -Second Week.. Allendale—P. D. Wilson, W. 0. Kearse, T. B. Warren, W. W. Speights, H. A. Lazar. • * Baldoc—Miller H. Warren. Barnwell—S. H. Ussery, W. F. Holmes, A. J. Owens, S. H. Alshrook, Angus Patterson, G. G. Bowen. Blackville—B. F. Gardner, A. B Hair, W. A. Fickling. Four Mile—D. A. Brown. George’s Creek—J. E. Lain. J. H. Nix. Great Cypress—J. A. Myrick, L. F Sanders, J. E. Black, Solomon Hogg, —' F M -Harley, N. E. Still. -a—- Red Oak—W. H. Boyles. Rich Land—F. H. Dicks, S. H. Greene, II. C. Rountree, Quitman Rountree, G. J. Anderson. Rosemary—R. L. Wooley, J. D. • Folk. Sycamore—L. G. Harter. Williston—W. D. Bell, li. M. Bailey. D. A. Grubbs. Fairfax, Feb. 26.—On last Tuesday evening the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. ■ ’fr D. Wilson was the scene of a brilliant and happy occasion when a large number of their friends assembled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their marriage. The hospitable home was a scene of beauty. Receiving at the door were Miss Sue Best and Mrs. John Harter, who presented the guests to the host and hostess. From an attractive comer in the reception hall Mrs. F.C.Chitty and Miss Margaret Durant dispensed* fruit punch. During the evening de lightful music was rendered by Mrs “THE WHITE MAN’S REVOLUTION IN SOUTH CAROUNA” LOCAL LEGISLATION. Text of Bills Introduced by Members of the Barnwell Delegation; At page 58, he says: “The rule of South Carolina should not be dignified with the name of government. It is the installation of huge system of brigandage. The men who have had it in control, and who now have it in control, are the E~ A. McDowell, Mrs. F. C. Chitty and ! P icked vi Hia n8 of the community. Miss Margaret Durant, both instru mental and vocal selections being given. A four-course luncheon, con sisting of salads, sweets, coffee, cocoa and mints, was served by Misses Jessie Whatley, Epting, Durant and Best. On Saturday evening of last week Mrs. George Sanders was hostess at a rook party. There were four tables of players and a merry evening was spent. A three •'Course luncheon ( was served, consisting of salad, Ice cream and cake, tea arid candies. The Civic league held its last meet ing with Mrs. Fred Lightsey. Plans were made for giving “A Trip Around the World” during the first of April. The league has leased a square from the Seaboard railwaj’, will fence it and make a park and public playground. Papefs on the Cultivation of spring flowers were * read by Mesdames Moorer and Lightsey. At the close of the programme a salad course and cocoa were served. LOCAL MARINE MAKES GOOD. Wendall C .Walker, of Appleton, Qual ifies aa Marksman. In ap official bulletin issued by Headquarters. Upited States Marine Corps, Washington, appears the name j of Wendall C. Walker, of Appleton, this county, as having qualified as a marksman in that most interesting branch of the Government service. Wendall, who is a son of Mrs. Dora Dee Walker of Appleton, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at its Charleston recruiting station Decem ber 7, 1914, and is now serving at the Marine Corps Depot of Supplies in San FrarWisco, Cal. Young Walker has already had many interestin and exciting experi ences while serving in the United States Marine Corps, and it is likefy that his entire four years will be crowded with adventure. Address Delivered by the H6n. Daniel S. Henderson at the Un- , veiling of the Monument to McKie Merriwether, at North Augusta, S. C., Wednesday, • February 16, 191-6. (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK) like oil and water. The combat start ed and Gen. Butler commanded and directed. Georgia came over, like she always does, and did her duty. The pure Anglo-Saxon defied the negro, the militia, the Government at Washing ton, and though McKie Merriwether perished yonder at the abutment of the bridge, scores of the other side lay stiff in death, as a warning to the mongrel government which force had erected over worth and civilization in South Carolina. Up in the brick house on the hill the family of Bob Butler fed the boys as they passed back and forth in the gray of the morning, and the telegraph carried the news to every corner of the State, and also to Washington, that the white men of South Carolina were, up and intended, “come weal or woe,” to redeem the Prostrate State. JSome sixty of the participants, as a test case, were haled into Court on charges of riot and murder, and in a triumphant procession they marched into Aiken, the county seat, and ap peared before that great Circuit Judge John J. Maher, (who by the way was burn in Hamburg, ami waa the only decent man left on the bench.) The United States Government sent the notorious David T. Corbin- to assist the Attorney General of South Caro lina, (himself a carpet-bagger) and the defendants were represented hy Gen. M. W. Gary, W. T. Ggry, George W. Croft, and .your speaker. After an eventful day the prisoners were bailed out on bonds of $1,000 each This memorable hearing was on the 10th day of August, 1876. The records in the clerk’s office at Aiken -show that, fifty-nine men were bailed. From the best information available, of that number forty have passed away, and nineteen of that number rarvive, with youe speaker as the only surviving member of the attorneys to bear tes timony to the electric events of those trying times. The scene in Aiken on the day of the hearing was truly typical of what R. P. SEARSON DEAD. Highly Esteemed Citizen of Allendale Pessed Away Saturday Night. They are the highwaymen 'of the State. They are professional legisla tive robbers. They are men who have studied and practiced the art of leg^ alized theft. They are in no sense different from, or better than, the men who fill the prisons and penitentiaries of the World. They are, in fact, of precisely that class, only more daring and audacious. They pick your pock ets by law. They rob the poor and rich alike, by law. They confiscate your estate by law. They do none of these things even under the tyrant’s plea of the public good or the public necessity. They do all simply to en rich themselves personally. The sole base object is to gorge the individual with public plunder. Having dqQe^ it .they_ turn around and buy imijfim^tv for theft- acts by sharing their gains with the ignorant, pauperized, besot ted crowd who have chosen them to the stations they fill, and which enable them thus to rob and plunder.” And at page 84, he says: “It is a hybrid born of unnatural connections, offensive alike to God and rtian.” ANNOUNCE EXTENDED SERVICE J,'sefulness of Telegraph Money Trans fer Service Increased. Davis—Dunbar. During the past few years the Wes tern Union Telegraph Company has been in the van of public service in putting out new services to meet mod em business and social demands. Mr. W. D. Richardson, manager of the Barnwell office, now announces an other innovation for the benefit of the company’s patrons. The Western home m Aiken'a»d are occupying one Union Company annually transfers by 0 f new bungalows epected by Mr. telegraph an enormous amount of George Croft, money and heretofore the senders of > Tuesday evening February 22d nt While Pond, at the home of her uncle, ("apt. John N. Hankinson, Miss Caro line Maude Davis, daughter of Mrs W. Quitman Davis was married f° Nr. Council Ashby Duifbar. . Owing to the recent bereavement of the bride’s familv the wedding was very quiet, the relatives and close friends being pres ent. It was a pretty home wedding. The living room, in which the cere mony took place, was lieaut-ifully dec orated in trailing bamboo apd pot plants. A white altar covered with green and white cut flowers had been erected in one corner of the room on which gleamed many white tapers. The bride and groom will make their There is no parallel in history to this deep-dyed humiliation which Gen. Pike designates, as put upon the peo ple of South Carolina, whose forefath ers had helped to form the Govern ment of the United States of Ameri ca, and who had gallantly responded to every cause of patriotism for the Union. Hungary, Poland, and Ireland, in their dismemberment and humiliation, was but a circumstance to what these then in power in the federal Government, under the guise of law, heaped upon the long suffering people of our prostrate State. This sad condition of State affairr was not the rule of intrinsic strength. It waa the compulsive power of fed eral authority at Washington back ing up ignorance, superstition and ■vice, led by a horde of white North ern adventurers, and a few native white traitors, and it could not last “The pent up Utica” of white civiliza tion must burst forth, and it did in tir.sfrot-of where we stand trr- 7 The following is the text of bills in troduced by members'of the Barnwell delegation and passed at the recent session of the Legislature: Claims and Roads. A bill introduced by Mr. Folk, relat ing to r the approval and payment of claims and working roads by the Coun ty Commissioners and County Super visor of BarnwelJ County: Be it enacted by the General Assem bly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. - The County Commission ers of Barnwell County shall make all contracts for improvements of public roads or buildings and for the pur chase of supplies or the expenditure of any public funds of Barnwell Coun ty for any purpose whatsoever, and shall not s audit ^nor pay any claims filed against said county unless the same be fully itemized and verified and in po case shall they audit, or approve claims in excess of the appro priation without the writterf consent of the entire delegation to the Gener al Assembly first had and obtained. Sec. 2. The Codhty Board of Com missioners arp hereby authorized and required to place at the county ware house in Barnwell and at each chain- gang located in the county, scales up on which ^ shall be weighed all pro visions and feedstuff* delivered by the county to the chaingangs or any other person jn the .service of the county, nd the chaingang superintendent shall report to the County Commis sioners once each week the amount received by him from the warehouse, which said report shall be filed in the office of the County Supervisor for comparison with the purchases made by the county and the delivery books of the warehouse. Special to The People, r Allendale, Feb. 28^—This communi ty was greatly shocked to learn of th6 death of Mr. R. P. Searson, which oc-* curred very suddenly at his home here Saturday night. Mr. Searson had retired apparently in the best of health, but upon going into his room a short time later his wife noticed that he experienced great difficulty in breathing. One of his sons was called to his bedside and Mr. Searson was assisted into a chair, where he died in a few minutes. The body was laid to rest Monday in Swallow Savannah Cemetery, a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends gathering to pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of a mah who waa held fti universal esteefn by the people among whom he d made his home for so many years. Mr. Searson is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Atkinson, of Spar tanburg, four sons, Mr. Louis Sear son, of Florence, Dr. Jamie Searson, Representative R. P. Searson, Jr., and Arnold Searson, of Allendale, and one brother, Mr. Zack Searson, of Beau fort, who have the sincere sympathy of the entire community in the great bereavement. Mr. Searson was post master at Allendale- .for many*- years, during which time he performed his duties very acceptably to the patrons of the office. “TRANSPORTER” LOSES. Conviction at Willistoa la Affirmed on Appeal. tot too Seed Weigher. A bill introduced by Mr. Fickling to provide for the appointment of bond ed public cotton raced weigher for Barnwell County: Be it enacted by the General Assem bly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That any town in Barn well County desiring a bonded public Cotton Seed Weigher shall file with the County Board of Commissioners a petition signed by, at least, twenty The sentence of $50 or 30 days on the Barnwell County chaingang given John Hancock by the town council of Williston on the charge of transport ing whiskey has been affirmed by the vupreme court. The circuit court affirmed the sentence and an appeal was tadten to the supreme court. petitioners, asking for the appoint- was to mark the uprising in the Sute j ment of ,uch bonded public Cotton in the months to follow. The streets were lined with 5,000 mounted men from all parts of Western Carolina, many of them clad “In the Hist edition of the great red shirt, which was originated in Aiken County. The wo men waived their handkerchiefs and the men yelled. The court room could not half accommodate the crowd. The lawyers had not only to conduct the hearing, but to counsel peace, as we soon expected martial law from money have not been permitted to in- _ elude in the transfers any communica tion of a business or personal charac- ‘ ter to the payee, such information to be sent by separate message. Under the new arrangements, however, trans fers between pofints in the United States may include such information and the same will be-'delivered to the payee at the same time the transfer is paid. This surely represents an up- to-date service and one that should •appeal to and be of much value to business houses and the public gen erally. Through it, people will be enabled to transmit money quickly with proper instructions to meet banking obligations, pay insurance policies, guarantee purchases, ac company " bids, purchase railroad, steamship 'and theater tickets, pay taxes, assessments and bills of all descriptions,- make remittances to traveling salesmen and pupijs attend ing distant schools, etc. Lyndhurst News. Special to The People. Lyndhurst, Feb. 25.—Misses Jessie C. Fowke and Eloise Stevenson, of Aiken, were here for the week-end, the guests of, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fowke and family. Mr. S. Ellis Baggs, of Martin, was in town for a few hours Sunday. Messrs. R. H. and Marshall Gaunt visited friends in Barnwell Monday. The Rev. P. D. Hay, of Summerville, is spending some time here, the guest of his son, Mr. E. G. Hay. Mr. L. C. Fowke motored up to Barnwell Wednesday night t6 attend the Chautauqua. Another Veteran Passes. I ctically no limit, to the pdrposes The Teleirraph Company is to, be comiqgnded upipn the manner in v h-ch it 14 broadening ihe scope . j rp.-£ea of its varioity services in *1- tfl ijyttef meet the ncerti of the gpLLc- S.pecial to The People. • Olar, F^eb. 28.—Another Confeder ate Veteran, Richard Morris, of Co. There is I ^ eavy Artillery, has v answered the lost roll call and crossed over the river to rest 'neath the shade of IKe” trees with I^e and Jackson. The funeral services were conducted on Sunday, Feb." 13th, in the pres- J r-'re of „ -* -••..j friends. # * Adtm.ie m THE PEOPLIz The Event. In the early spring of 1876 every body, everywhere, was looking for a change in the tide of events. Patience and forbearance had ceased to be vir tues. Gen. M. C. Butler and Gen. M. W. Gary, of Edgefield, gallant, courag eous generals of the Confederate war, and natural leaders in the straightout movement which was rising in the State, following up the Mississippi^ plan, originated by Gen. James Z. George, that ignorance backed by force, must be overcome by force, gradually imbued that idea into the people all over our State. In the early summer delegates were being elected to the annual Democratic State Con vention, as it was also a Presidential election year.- - There lived on the hill up yonder, in the brick house, the venerable Robert J. Butler, a man whose public spirit- was well known. On the 4th of July his son, Thomas Butler, and his son- in-law, J, Henry Getzen, (one now gone, and the other left an honored citizeg.) were passing through Ham burg in their buggy, and the dreaded, defiant militia, in full array and armed to the teeth, obstructed their way and defied them, but they stood their ground. Soon warrants were is sued against them, returnable before the Grand. Mogul Rivers, for inter fering with the militia. Mr. Butler cross-warranted the captain of the mi litia, Qoc Adams, for obstructing the highway. The day for trial was fixed. The news of the hearing spread like fire in the broom sage in the autumn. Gen. Butler appeared as the counsel for the white men. Crowds of friends and neighbors came. The noted Sweet-water Sabre Club, led by my Wend, Col. A. f. Butler (clarem' at venerable nrimen!) was there. * The piirit'a were led by Doc Adams. For .ue rea&on the trial was postpor V . uwever, the match was struck, no on* knows by whoa. The races separated Seed Weigher. The said Board of County Commiaaionera, on the receipt of said petition shall appoint auch -wHgtrer without delay. — Sec. 2. The person so appointed such Cotton Seed Weigher shall give bond to the County of Barnwell, in the sum of five hundred dollars for the faithful performance of his duties; said bond to be approved by the said County Board of Commissioners and filed with the Clerk of Court of said County Sec. 3. The duty of the weigher shall be to weigh all seed sold in the town for which he is appointed when requested by the seller and issue ticket to the person or persons for whom seed is weighed, showing the gross weight, tare and net weight of said seed. Sec. 4. The said weigher sail re ceive for his services such salary or fee as shall be fixed by the Board of County Commissioners, together, with the delegation to the General As sembly from Barnwell County; said amount shall be paid by the buyer and selletr, equally. Sec. 5. This Act shall go into ef fect immediately upon its approval by the Governor. —Sec. 6. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. the County Board of Commiasioiwra at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, at such time and place as in Its discretion may be proper after ad vertising for five days in at least one newspaper published in the County of Barnwell. Sec. 4. That the proceeds of said sale, after deducting the cost there of, a hall be distributed by the County Board of Commissionera in the same manner aa the profits from the Bem- Washington. In answer to the demand of Corbin and Story, Judge Maher said, “I cannot imprison, an entire community, and they have their rights which will be respected.” Men who were worth nothing, swore they were worth any amount, in bailing the pris oners, and the spirit of brotherhood, in the desperation of adversity drowned the jealousy and spirit of rivalry which dominated in the dajis of prosperity. The Aftermath. The scene of the white man’s revo lution shifts from the county where the first blood was spilled to the Capital of the State. The'democratic Convention met in Columbia, on the 15th of August, five days later, which followed close on the great Edgefiejd meeting.on the 12th day of August, when the first joint debate between Democrats and* Republicans was participated in by Butler and Gary against Chamberlain and his minions. That Contention has passed into history as an epoc-making event, k ever. .to be cherished. To have been a member of it is a proud recollection. Brothers earnestly wrestled with brothers as to what was best for the body politic. No undermining politics sapped the sacredness of the occasion, arid it was decreed that a pure white man’s fight was to be made to the | ty Commissioners of the. County death. Hampton. «nd Butler shook Barnwell be, and they are hereby, hands with Conner and Haguod,. and thorized and empowered to take aver the bugle not^s were sounded" for the the perspnal property now in the hands advance from the foot hills, of the of the County Dispensary Board of Blue Rjdge to the ocean line.. | Barnwell County, exclusive of liquor Wha^ McKie Merriwether’s blood, ! and other alcoholic beverages. Relating to the Dispensary. A bill introduced by Mr. Fickling to empower and authorize the County Commissioners of Barnwell County to dispose of the personal property, in eluding money ip bank, of the county dispensary of Barnwell County, ex elusive of liquors and other alcofioITc beverages: —— . i Be it enacted by the General Assem bly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1., That the Board of Coun Auditor's Notice. The Township Board of Equaliza tion will meet at the Auditor's office the first Tuesday, March 7th. 1916, to canvoaa returns for 1916. R. W. RILEY. Co. Auditor. well County Dispensary have hereto fore been distributed. Sec. 5. That it shall be lawful for the Gounty Board of Commiaaionera to use the money accruing under thia Act to pay salaries due and store ren tals, and if any be left to be applied to the fund of ordinary county pur poses, for the payment of past in debtedness, if so much be necessary. Sec. 6. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby,'repealed. Sec. 7. That this Act shall take ef fect immediately upon the approval of tthe Governor. ’lime for Holding Courts. A bill introduced by the-Judiciary Committee to fix the time for holding Courts in Barnwell County: Be it enacted by the General Assem bly Of the State of South Carolina: Sec. 1. That the Court of Genazal^ Sessions for Barnwell County shall be held at Barnwell on the fourth Mop- day in February, two weeks; second Monday in July and on the second Monday in November, two weeks. The Court of Common Pleas for said county at the same place on the third Monday-in March, three weeks; on the third Monday in May, two weeks; on Wednesday after the second Mon day in July and on the fourth Monday in November, four weeks, if necea- spilt at Hamburg, had initiated reach ed an entire people, and it was to Sec. 2. That the Board of County Commissioners shall proceed to dit- _ move on with wisdom, represented in : tribute the money now in bank to the 'Wsde *P T Wirti ing grim rts: ^credir of the JftnmwrtT Cwnity .Ptoben- tenmnation qf an armed people, ready **ry according aa the profits from the to listen to reason, byt determined to *»*d Barnwell-County Dispensary have to which their heretofore been divided. i 1*311’ rctai * Sec. 2. That if there is no Circuit Judge available to hold the February and November Terms of the Court of General Sessions for said coqq^r, the Supreme Court shall designate some person learned in the law to hold said terms. Sec. 3. This Act.shall go into fact after the March term of the Court of General Sessions and Com- tpop Plena for 191*- -Thts Act was amended by the Sen- V; history and traditions enfftled tl ' (Continued next week.) property m other personal ‘ ate aa aa to Ax the time (flg shall be sold by Courts ta the 14th Circuit. I At*