The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 18, 1916, Image 1

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( r . y V 0 r-. ‘Just Like a Member of the Family'’ -s VOLUME XXXIX. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 18TH, 1416. COMMENCEMENT NEXT WEEK. Barnwell Graded School Will Close a Most Successful Session. AN ENJOYABLE AFFAIR. Music Pupils Gave Piano Recital at Blackville Wednesday. CHARITIES BOARD REPORTS ON BARNWELL INSTITUTIONS WILL LEAVE BLACKVILLE. NUMBER 38. MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED. The Rev. John K. Goode Accepts Call Hart’s Battery Chapter Gave Barbe* of Shandon Church. cue to Confederate Veterans. One of the most successful sessions | Special to The People, in the history of the Barnwell Graded i Blackville, May 16. School will be brought to a close with the graduating exercises, which will be held in the school auditorium next Thursday evening. The graduating class this year is composed of nine young ladies and one young gentle man, as follows: Misses Mozelle Mor ris, Elizabeth Burckhalter, Marie Bax- J “ ley, Ruby Armstrong, Eole McNab, Inez Browning, Eva Blanton, Alma Connor and Mamie Owens, and Mr. Bryan Lee. An interesting program has been arranged, beginning Sunday morning at the Baptist Church, when the Rev. S. W. Henry will preach the Baccalaureate Sermon. The program of the exertlses is as follows: Tuesday Night, May 23. Music, Ellarene Woodward. Declamation, Thos Sharpe. Recitation, Claudia Bailey. Violin Solo, Eugene Easterling. Recitation, Virginia SJoseley. Debate: Query—Resolved that a jury of judges is preferable to a jury of laymen. Affirmative, John Henry and Bryan Lee; Negative, Ruby Arm strong and Harriet Holmes. Duet, Ellarene Woodward and Eliz- abeth Burckhalter. Wednesday Night.—Class Day Exer cises. Address of Welcome, Ruby Arm strong. Violn Solo, Miss Bailey. Class History, Elizabeth Burckhal- ter. Duet v Eugene Easterling and Miss Bailey. Class P<>em, Alma Connor. Piano Solo, Elizabeth Burckhalter. Class prophecy, Marie Baxley. . Class Song, by the Class. Class Will and Delivery of the Rel ics, Inez Browning. Farewell, Bryan Lee. Thursday Night. Invocation, Rev. A. E. Evison. Salutatory, Alma Connor. Piano Solo, Elizabeth Burckhalter. Annual Address, Dr. Reed Smith, in Solo,’Miss Bailey. -^Valedictory, Elizabeth Bur•'/halter. Violin Solo, Eugene Easterling. Delivery of Certificates, Col Harry D. Calhoun. Grand Chorus, High School Girls. Delivery of Diplomas, Capt. G. H. Bates. One of the •mpst enjoyable affairs of the season Was the giano recital given by the Wiusic pupils of Miss Josephine Dun bar in the Blackville High School au- Barnwell County Chaingang ditorium on Wednesday evening, the Visited March 20, 1916, by A., D. 10th inst. The program w^is as fol- Oliphant with Foreman Bowers, lows: - \S Camp located about 1V4 miles from “Friendship Waltz,” Streabbog, Williston. Convicts working Barn- Mary Still: well-Williston road “Elfentanz,” Grieg, Lena Whittle. I._ Administration. Neath the Greenwood Tree,” The gang is in charge of Foreman Wildermere, Sarah Fickling. R. H. Bowers, salary |60 a month, and Flying Doves,” Heins, Imogene Guards Alfred Mitchell and Glenn Still and Mary Still. , Boyleston, salary $35 a month each “Diary of a Day,” Lerman, Annie When a convict is sick the foreman B. Hair. * calls in the nearest physician to at- “The Myrtles,” P. Wachs, Bertha tend him. The foreman and guards Baxley. , . are appointed by the supervisor. “Secret Wishes,” Hiller, Annie B. The equipment of the gang includes Hair and Sarah Fickling. a road machine, two wagons, a “cage," “Day Dreams,” Lichner, Florence a kitchen car, two tents and nine 1^ W .-'rx ^1. 1 •• I T ^ e Rev - John K - Goo<le - pastor of Special to The People. Interesting Data Collected Dunngi<ecent Investigation of County j the Blackville Baptist Church, has Williston, May 12.—On Memorial Jail, Almshouse and Chaingangs.—Recommenda tions Suggested. the “cage” should be discontinued and straw ticks substituted for them. In place of the boards and mat- Nindstein. “The Woodruff,” Smallwood, Imo gene Still. a mules. The foreman keeps the commitment papers of short term convicts, but no “Patrol Marehe/’- H. Franke, Helen other record of them. Wragg and Miss Dunbar. The grand jury inspected the gang “Spinning Song,” Ellemnrich, Flor- in October, 1915. rie Stome. t- II— The Camp. “From Hungary, op. 36, No. 7»” The foreman and guards sleep in a ’Kern, Gladys Hair. tent, : which is heated by a stove and Marche Lyrique, op. 41,” Koelling, lighted by s lantern. Their tent and Rutledge Fishburne and Miss DuikJ its furnishings were in good condi- accepted the call of the Shandon Bap- Day Hart’s Battery Cmapter, U. D. tist church of this city and will enter gave their annual barbecue dinner In upon is work in Columbia June 1. honor of the old Veterans. There Some weeks ago the Shandon was an unusually large number of church called Mr. Goode and has these heroes of the 60’s present and it been eagerly hoped that he would ac- was gratifying to see how well and tresses on which the trusties sleep, a cept. His formal acceptance just re- visorous most of them seemed to be. bed of the following description should ceived will be welcome news not only They not only received pleasure but be put in their tent The frame of the to the members of the Shandon Bap- (rave it to those assembled,'three of bed should be made of 2” by 12” pine' tist church but to many others in the them entertaining and amusing their boards. Two boards the length of the city, as Mr. Goode is well known and audience with their talks and remrais- tent should be laid down edjre-wise has a number of warm friends in Co- fences. The Rev. Joe D. Peacock was and nailed together with two boards lumbia. introduced by Col. R. M. Mixson in his seven Jeet long at each end. There- Shandon’s new pastor is a native of U8Ual happy way. After giving s suiting box frame should be filled with Richmond, Va., where he spent the mo8 * interesting account of the Battle pine needles or straw and the blankets fi rs t 21 years of his life. His father, I Recessionville, Mr. Peacock recited spread on top of it. This bed will be John R. Goode, was a prominent shoe a P 0 * 1 " that he wrole J 084 » ft « r easy to transport as well as soft and merchant of that city. His mother hattle, at 'which time he was a mere dry. In moving camp, the box frame before marriage, was Miss Emily *. ^ The ,adie8 Present enjoyed it can be knocked apart and rebuilt on Rcssee of Charlotte Court House, 80 muc h that they persuaded him te the new camp site. ^ « Va. write it out for them, which he did. 6. The foreman should^ not permit Mr Goode . 1 ear , Nation was se- , “ Ten ° f ^ of the Vni,m the new conv.cts to be m.ti.ted when cured jn the Wic of Rich _ [orces opposed two companies num- they are brought to camp as the prac- mond and after hig fonn benng only 250 men on the Confed- tice is use'ess and open to abuse. ^ 8choo , he was ed for a erate side said Mr. Peacock in apmk- 7. The supervisor should give con- bugineM fareer undei . hjg f>ther gnd mg of the Battle of SecessionviHe. victs one tenth instead of one twelfth off of their sentences for good be havior when they are sentenced for bar. . “Scarf Dance,” ledge Fishburne. •Jungle . Dance" Chaminade, Rut- intended entering the wholesale shoe business as his life work. But at this .time Mr. Goode felt a compelling in- six months or mon;. life sentence ex- ^ uence to enter upon the miniatry cepted, as required by act No. 352, p,. ted by thi , i n fl ue hce he entered Acts of 1914. The first charge was made at day light and the battle lasted until 18 o’clock, when the Union forces re treated. We lost some of our best sad bravest men, among them being CspC | tion on the day of the visit. The convicts sleep in a “cage”.and the trtMty convicts in a tent. Thef JHumurcsquol’ “cage” is scoured out every lKree or Hewitt, Ethel Loadholt. * four monthsX In the “cage" the con- 'Promotion March,” Bfchmann, victs sleep on pkilets on the floor. The Helen Wragg. *•' * bedding in. the '**^gc” consists of “The Buttercup,” Powers, Eugenia blankets and a few stiattresses. It Still. was dirty. The trustees bleep on beds ‘Les Sylphes," Bachmann, NanPa- of boards raised above the^ground line DeWitt and Bertha Barley. Their bedding, consisting of blankets 'Tarantella,” Gurlitt, Eugenia Skill and mattresses, was in fairly ftapd and Miss Dunbar. • condition on the day of the v > 8 '! “II Trovatore,” Transcribed by The cooking for the camp is done Dome, Edrie Boylston, in a wooden car.- The floor of the car “Marche Militaire,” Schubert, Edrie was dirty and its interior walls Boylston and Louise Willis. “Dancing Spirits," Bohm. Louise Willis. “The Maiden,” Gurlitt, Dorothy Ninestein. “Waltzing Doll,” Poldini, Sadie De Witt. ’ Meditation, op. 30, No. 9,” Lack, Lena Whittle. ‘The Jester,” Schuler, Nannaline DeWitt. Barnwell County Chaingang. in *1898. He then immediately en tered Crozef Theological seminary. Visited by A. D. Oliphant on March | graduating from that instil ill inn hi 21, 1918, WllflTPusty (got facts a bool" — ——I Samuel Reed, of Bajnwell County, aW Richmond college and was graduated j j 0 h n Baggott, the best ner in the regimbent, both of management later from Foreman Still.). Camp located at Martin. Con victs working River road. I. Administration. 1901. In 1901 he was married to Miss were killed at their gtJps. ‘Reason, Chesley and Elbert Bates, three brothers, fell dead, one on Use other, afid went-down with the flag The Gang is ^n charge of Foreman thig Stat , about nifM , yearg a|?0 and Judson Still, salary $60 a month, and |,j g wor k has been unusually success- Guards C. P. Morris and Joseph Bax- fu , havinK ^ locatwl at Barnwell ley. The physician nearest the camp and c’heraw before going to Black- is employed when there is a sick con- v jjj e fViet on the gang. The sick convicts Laura Lemon, a native Virginian and they gave their young lives to a graduate of the V> oman s College The Bag remained down after they of Richmond. Mr. Goode came to wer(> km#d untji ^ Bght was ovur. Col. Thomas G. Lamar was fatally wounded and died from the wound and fever after being carried to Charlaa- ton. Capt Samuel Reed’s company and that of Capt. T. K. Legaro ? sjeft in camp unless very ill. Inf The Shandon Ba *» ti8t ha8 1 ^e fort at Seceuionville ? laVtr smoked. The stove is not in good or der. The tables in the car and the cooking utensils were fairly clean. The food supplies are kept in the kilchen car. They were in good con dition. areN—.. ... —r ——— ■••• ••• been without a regular pastor since W. H. Kennedy’s company held the latter case they are taken to the j.' ebruar y j | aa t i at which time the right wing.” jail in Barnwell to be treated there. regiKnation of the r*v' A. J. Foster. Mr. Peacock was followed .by Mr. Convicts at’Uv not vaccinated against , ~ *■ • — .... . . .the former pastor, became effective. Decatur Hogg, who said that just 81 .mu pox or typ ok on a mission <> ^ Foster resigned the Shandon pas- years ago to ths day he had passed am n. - torate to accept the pastorate of sev- the road in full sight of where the The foreman and the guards are era j i ar g e churches in th^Upper por- meeting was being held,—ragged^ dis appointed by the supervisor. The tion 0 f ths State with his home at ty, worn out— tramping his way baas foreman keeps the commitment pa- Honea Path.. Mr. Foster was pastor from Greensboro, N. C., where ha, pers of short term convicts in camp. 0 f tj, e shandon church for nearly six though only second sergeant, had, hi commitments of the longterm years and was greatly instrumentel in the absence of his superior officam. convicts are kept at the court house. jt* development and the high stand surrendered his company. He told at The grand jury inspected the chain churches of the State.—The State, how, with nothing in the way of mam- _l-— ef\«r III. Convicts. Convicts are required to bathe and I ANNOUNCES FOR REELECTION. Congressman James F. Byrnes Makes Formal Announcement Today. Congressman James F. Byrnes, of Aiken, makes his formal announce ment-fcg. reelection to the national House of Representatives in this is sue of The People. “Jimmie” needs no introduction to the people of Barn well County and the Second District, as he is well and favorably known in every nook and corner of this sec tion. He will make his race on his record of several terms in Congress. Col. Alvin Etheredge, of Saluda, is jiilso a candidate for Congress from 'this District, mention of which was made in this paper some time ago. He is said to be a very popular man in his home county and his friends pre dict tha^he will make an excellent race. Col. Alfred Aldrich announces his candidacy for the House of Repre sentatives in this issue of The People, and promises if elected to adequately pension Confederate Veterans and their widows and to relieve the cotton •.v » . • • \ . growers “from spoliation of New York and Liverpool speculators.” Mr. R. Boyd Cole, editor of the Barnwell Sentinel, has thrdwn his hat ^in the ring for the House of Repre sentatives and his formal announce ment” will be found elsewhere in this issue of The People. Mr. Cole is well known throughout this, his adop ted county and numbers his friends by the score. He will no doubt give a good account of himself on the hus tings this summer. Lyndhurst Items. when they are brought to the camp ■ • a • * •»«; pttauiva jvarj map “Fragrant Blo.aom.Ludovic. Eva t0 8tart “ rv,n * th *‘ r ^"tencea They 0etoberi 1915 . are not vaccinated nor medically ex- . . r .. „ 1 1 Ume ' '.mined at that time. Clean stripe. ’ _ , 11 Th " , are supplied new convicts. * The foreman and guards sleep m a The food for the convicts is pre- tent wh,ch 18 1,Khte f by a lantern and l» LA. T pared by a trusty. On the day of the heated b * a ato J ve - ? 'T ,n visit the convicts bill of fare was given d,t,on on the da y of ^e v.ait. Occu pying this tent with the employed Blume “Military March,” Foss, Sadie De Witt and Miss Dunbar WOMAN’S READING CLUB. as: Enjoyable Meeting Held at the Home | of Mrs. Luther Googe. Breakfast: fried bacon, syrup, corn- bread. Dinner: boiled bacon, peas, rice Allendale. May 13.—The Woman’s combread. Reading club enterta : *’ed Friday even- Supper: fried bacon, syrup, corn ing at the home of Mrs. Luther bread. s Googe. The decorations were beau- The convicts are given fresh meat tifully and artistically arranged, bas- and wheat bread twice a year, kets and vases of yellow and white The convicts are required to bathe roses being used. The guests were oncj a week. The same tub of water received by Miss Eunice Williams is used by only one convict. There are and presented to the receiving line; five galvanized tubs for their use in Mrs. L. W. Googe, hostess; Mrs. J. H. camp. A soil bucket is kept in the force in charge of the gang is a white convict who runs the road machine during the day time. The law re- PATCH OF SORGHUM. Forage Will on Account Scarce This Summer hort Oat Crop. Blackville, May l&vMr. H. G. Boylston, county demonstration agent, quiring the separation of the races is advises the farmers of Barnwell Coun- carried out effective now on this gang. plant a “patch” of sorghum this The negro convicts sleep in a new Spring to take care of the scarcitjr of metal cage which contains 18 wall forage due to the short oat crop, bunks of metal. The trusty negro con- 8a y 8: victs, however, sleep in a tent to them- “Owing to the fact that the oat selves. The convicts’ bedding consists crop will be very short this' year',* i - ' of blankets which were dirty on the great many farmers will run short on day of the inspection. forage during the latter part of the c a ptain The cooking for the convicts. is Summer. As a matter of fact, every w jjj ey, he and others had resumed civi lian life and turned to making a liv ing. He was followed by Mr. Teaia, who told in an amusing way of kia ex periences. He also reviewed the Bat tle of Seceasionville from another a»- gle. Mr. John Lee, of Williston, related to a little group of attentive beaten an amusing incident of those stirring times. On the 4th of July, he, a cor poral, had captured a Yankee ser geant, who turned out to be an Iriah- n, and who, with the proverbial wit of\a true ton of Erin, laughed said" ‘ I’d come dinner w yex. jy said: “If you get i rleston; I’ll send : r . -- done on an open fi r e out of doors. A farmer should plant an acre or two of t h ere — we have hi Warren, Mrs. J. H. Johnson, Mrs. E. “cage” for the convicts to use at night. gcreen of CO rri»gated metal had been sorghum every Spring, but it is es- Other remniscen R. Tessier and Mrs. W. L. Maner. | The sewerage from the “cage” is erected to protect the fire from the pecially needed this year. m ade time pass quickl w wind on one side. “A crop of sorghum can be planted the Veterans in automob" III.- The Convicts. any time from the middle of April to children marching two Convicts are required to bathe the last of July. One acre of sorghum ceeded to the cemetery, ' L il--!- Misses Marie Keel and Lucy Casque buried at a distance from the camp, invited the guests into the den, where The convicts’ clothes are washed Misses Gouldman, McNab, Dunbar once a week and their bedding once and Pegpes, served fruit punch. Dur- every three months. ing the evening music was rendered I Of the 23 negro convicts on the when they come to camp to beRin their will furnish as much forage as ten tenderly placed the laurel grave and gay. At 5 i-dock and the pev- th-y by by Mrs. LeRoy Wilson, Miss Inez gang on the day of the visit six were Flowers, Mrs . Jennie Montgomery trusties and the remainder chain men. and Mrs. Harry All, both vocal and Whipping is the only form of punish instrumental selections being given, ment administered to the convicts. sentences, but they are not required acres of the best com will produce and flowers on the graves of det to annoit themselves, with a vermim- in fodder . It may be planted either in heroes. c * de- rows or broadcast. If sown for hay, The food for the convicts is pre- use the amber variety and seed from Ice cream and cake, carrying out the I New convicts are’initiated by the I pared by a trusty - ?" the day of the I two or three bushels per acre broad- ... ««•.!.. I 4-Vwx stsvmxrisi+a’ olll OI THTC WHS ^ mi_ • * t s._J !xl_ l color scheme of yellow and white, I old convicts when they are brought to the club’s colors, were served by camp Misses Elizabeth Johnson, Virginia Convicts are given one twelfth off Warren, L,eClair Sanders, Switzer for good behavior. Hiers and Crayton Hammond. The IV., Recommendations, informal manner in which the guest-. l. The supervisor should keep in his were made to feel at home and the manner in which they were enter tained made it one of the most enjoy able functions of the season. To Fight Boll Weevil. Lyndhurst, May 15.—Mr. and Mrs. Oscar P. Hay. and little daughters, Nell and Rosalie, of Raleigh, N. C., are- the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gantt. -v •» w A meeting will be held at Barnwell on the 23rd inst. for the .purpose of organizing for the fight against the boll weevil, which, it is predicted, will make its appearance in this section in a few years. Dr. W. W. Long, State | demonstration agent, and Mr. John W Greer, of, Moultrie,. Qa., will be which he was committed and dis charged and whether he was freed, es- | caped or diseharge3T6r s’Sme other reason;^!so whether he is a trusty or has a family dependent upon his sup port, and the length of his sentence. The county physician, or in £ase the Mr. Longstreet Gantt returned on Tuesday from Winnsboro, where hel’preseht to tell how*the establishment “•“““•M.. attended the- Gantt—Lylex wedding," ’’ ^ —tt:: * physical examination of ill con vitts | ^ tonvict)~Were trustips. which took place April 27th. of t Mrs. Kate Fowke, of Augusta, visi- >d the family of Mr, John C. Fowke abort while ago. Mr. E. G. Hay paid a business trip to Augusta a few days ago. - -!< The new store of Mr. J. C. Fortrke is fast nearing completion. , An ad. in The People PAYS. a packing bouse will solve the problem. Mr. L. W; Summerset, live stock demonstrator, U. S. Department of Agriculture, was in the city Mon. day arranging for the meeting here and one at Blackville jut the 25th. [ Jhe farmers of the county are* cordial ly invited to attend either or both meeting*. vi£it. the convicts’ givenks: Breakfast: fried bacon, gravy, corn- bread. Dinner: peas, rice,, sweet potfitoes, boiled bacon, cornbread. Supper: fried bacon, cornbread, mitted to this gang and the other syrup - gangs of Barnwell County. This rec- The convicts bathe themselves once ord should include: the name, race a week > two or three of then > usin * the and age of each convict; the date on office a record of all the convicts corn- same tub of water. Two wooden tubs and three galvanized tubs are pro vided for their use. ' A soil bucket is it 1ft the Cage for' ’the use' oT the convicts at night. The sewerage from the cage is buried. The convicts are given clean clothing every week.Their blankets are washed every two or gang is too far from Barnwell for him three months - to reach it, then the physician nearest ^ * be dajr * be v ' 8 ' t the camp, should be paid for making c ® nv, ri s on the gang six (onejif them I cast. This crop can be harvested with a binder and the bundles shocked in the field till cured, or cut with a mow ing machine and cured as any other hay.. The best .time to harvest is when the seed are in the dough stage. For soiling purposes some amber cane may be planted from the first of March to the last of May in rows three feet apart. Then plant another patch for later, use when thtreane is,in bloom. For shocking the. crop, use the or- j ange variety, as the stocks are and the cane will retain the sap much longer than the amber variety. Or ange seed may be planted in three- foot rows at the rate of ona-half peck of seed per acre and will be ready for use as soon as the heads put out.- FUNERAL OF C. A. BEST. Body of Popular Barnwell Attorney Laid to Rest Wednesday. The body of C. Arthur Best, Esq., who died in a hospital in Columbia last week, was laid to rest with Ma sonic honors Wednesday afternoon in the Barnwell Baptist Churchyard, af ter touching funeral services by the Revs. S. W. Henry and W. L. Hayes at the Barnwell Methodist Church. A large concourse of sorrowing rela tives and sympathetic friends gath ered to pay their last tribute of res pect to their friend and fellow towns man, and the many beauiful floral ds- Advertise in THE PEOPLE. who have not first’been physically ex- ^ '• tbe on ^y ^ or,n P un ‘ a mined in jail by the county physician, ishmen^admmistered to the convicts. , -3. The kitchen caf should be thor- Naw conv,ct8 are 8 9.^tim«s initi- l oughly cleaned out, ItiTfloor and walls ated when the* come to camp by the scoured and its interior "repainted, w" 1 ' ,ct8 already-present. The cook stows in:-the car should te? ^onvicU are allowed'one twelfth off repaired • tb * lr sentences for good behavior. 4. The blankets usod by the eon- 1 ■■ “‘‘“datioa*. victs should be washed at least onto 1 ‘ n »* * u P erviaof 8bould ^ » ** th. The mo at ■■ftrneee m (Cetiessd on eighth peg* > signs that - covered his last resting place testified to^fne^steem and affeo- _ , . . tion in which Mr. Best was held, not Orange cane can be easily sown after , n i ir j n hi. . *-•» »*- »-—» an oaf crop,. planted ar above stated-g ute W If large stocks are produced, say ai inch in diameter, the -sap will remain Allen—ChiUy. in the stocks until late winter, and Clover, May 13.—News reached should be run through a feed cutter, here-Monday of the marriage of Htae dampened and mixed with cotton or Fannie Allen of Qever sad James velvet bean‘seed meal. Where farm- CUtty of Olar. The bride ers have no siloe this wQl furnish fessaUng te Otar far sons* ttme^ On them-w ith a good succulent roughage for wister. If yon have a aito you wtl I druse to find that it will make an i iretlsat an- j hy fee Brr fkwdy Hterdte, of m