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V ' - VOLUME XXXIX. 'Just Like a Member of the Family” BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8TH, 1916. ILLISTON SCHOOL CLOSES. ORGANIZE BI-COUNTY LEAGUE. Commencement Exercises Held Last Week.—J«n Graduates This Year. inten ^ Croui m Ts du Special to The People. Williston, June 5.—The commence ment exercises of the Williston High School, which occurred on the evening of June 2nd, marked the close of one of the most successful years in the history of the school. Dr. Ashby Jones, of Augusta, delivered an ad dress in his usual brilliant and scholar ly style to the graduating class, which was composed of the following young men and women: Messrs. Harvey Black, Willie Matthews, Pate Willis and Frank Thompson; Misses Helen Willis, Olive Parker, Maude Wall, Pauline Frederick, Gladys Quattle- baum and Edna Lott. -t ■ ■ The diplomas were awarded by Mr. A. M. Kennedy, chairman of the board of trustees. Mr. Kennedy made a short address in which he summed up briefly what this high school means to this community, and urged the pa trons to greater efforts .tiL'keep the school in its present flourishing condi tion. Interesting talks were made by the Rev. W. M. Jones, Mr. R. Boyd Cole, of Barnwell, and County Super intendent of Education Horace J. rouch, of Elko. e retiring faculty deserve much ise for their untiring efforts in be- of the school. Especial mention due Miss Mary Rich, principal, who so nobly discharged every duty to pa- ’ run and pup Wh:S - . • teachers WflU enter a wider lii educational activity, it has been i pered that wedding bells will ring for others in the Autumn.' Misses May and' Myrtle Brabham, of Hattieville, Miss Marguerite Pierce,- o( Lake Charles, La., Miss Mildred Arnold, of Newman, Ga., > Misses Maude and Louise Cassels, of Ellen- ton, Misses Marguerite Patterson and Virginia Moseley, of Barnwell, the Misses McCreary,4>f Aiken, Mr. Har old Buckingham, of Ellenton, Miss Martin and Mr. Corley, of Salley, were among the visitors at commence ment. Mr. and Mrs. Powell, of Columbia,- with their guest, Miss Freeman, mo tored down from Atlanta Sunday in seven hours and fifty minutes, and stopped by for a visit with Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Hair, while en route home. Mesdames J. E. Hair, Sr., J. E. Hair, Jr.. H. D. Still. Jr., and J. K. Hair motored over from Blaclcville Sunday and spent the day with Dr. and Mrs. Hair. Mrs. J. E. Newsom, of Bamberg, is visiting relatives in Williston. Miss Byers, of Rock Hill, was with her sister several days last week. Miss Annie Tinsley, of Union, is visiting Miss Mayo Rountree.. , . Mrs. H. B. Hair went up to Colum bia Monday to visit her mother, Mrs. C. C. Pearce. The college boys and girls are com ing in now for the vacation. Those who have arrived are: Dr. Caspar Trotti, Atlanta Dental College; Miss- Valerie Trotti and Mary Harley, inthrop; Messrs. Hinman Smith and odgers Kennedy, Greenwood; Q. A. Kennedy, Jr., Spartanburg, and C. B. Johnson, Wofford. Williston’s ball team will play El lenton Tuesday. The young men of L the town will give a ball Friday evening, to which the friends of the young folks are cordially invited. S ; kes’ band, of Au gusta, will furnish the music. Mr. Pickens Bell has furnished this correspondent with an item of unusu al interest. He says that five years ago his little seven year old son swal lowed a machine needle. Since' then the child has complained of a pain in his chest and was delicate and unwell. Several weeks ago, during a paroxysm of coughing, the needle came up. Mr. Bell supposes it was imbedded in the child’s lung. <■ ULMER SCHOOL CLOSES. EDITORS MEET AT YORK. Bamberg, Barnwell, Fairfax and Den- „ ma i* to Play This Summer. Exercises Held Thursday, May 25th. —Only One Graduate This Year. f At a< meetjng of representatives from Bamberg, Barrwell, Fairfax and Denmark in the latter city Monday, the Bamberg-Barnwell County Base ball League was organized, with W. C. Crum, of Denmark, as president. The board of directors \vill be com posed of the managers 6f the four teams and the president. Each team was required to put up a cash bond of $50 as a guarantee of good faith. Dr. R. W. Riley represented Barn well at the meeting. He stated to a representative of The People Tues day that one game a week will be played in each town—Tuesdays and Fridays being the days selected. A total of twenty games will be played, which will make the season about ten weeks long. Another meeting is to be held in Denmark tomorrow (Friday), at which time the directors will de termine the eligible players and ar range the schedule. Each club is to be composed entirely of local players and they must have been bona fide residents of the respective towns since January 1, 1916. At a meeting of local fans here Tuesday morning, Dr. Riley was elec ted manager and A. A. Lemon treas urer of the Barnwell club. It goes without saying that considerable in terest is being taken in the organiza tion and so far as Barnwell is con cerned the league should be an un- The first games will te pfayed Tm sjrofi next week. Special to TJie People. Ulmer, June- -SL^-The closing exer cises of the Ulm^rgradcd school took place Thursday nigijt, May 25th. An interesting program was well rendered by the pupils. The only graduate this year was Miss Martha Lee Hart- Fr, daughter of Dr. Harter. A num ber of Pupils were awarded prizes; which were presented by Rev. Daniel Allen Tedder, of Sycamore, the Bap tist pastor of the Ulmer field. The address was delivered by T. S. McMillan, Esq., an attorney of Charleston and a son of Postmaster J. C. McMillan, of Ulmer. He was in troduced by the Rev. Mr. Tedder. Mr. McMillan spoke on “Education vs. Ignorance.” He said that people are living in an age that requires each man to be a specialist in his line, which necessitates a trained mind and body. He then compared the bless ings of education with the disadvan tages of ignorance in such a way as to inspire all present with an earnest desire to study and equip themselves for their life work. ' The following is the program of the exercises: Instrumental solo, Louise Blount. Increased Levy Wins. By a vote of practically 5 to 1, the voters of the Barnwell Graded School District in Tues day’s election voted favorably upon the question of a special levy of two mills to supplement the special levy now in the said district. Only 29 votes were cast, 24 of which were in favor of the. inepeased levy and 5 against. * BRUNSON DEFEATS FAIRFAX. Preacher Pitches Great Ball for the Winpers. Brunson June 2.—Fairfax’s win ning streak was broken Tuesday when it lost its first game of the season to the Brunson nine by a score of 3 to 2. Inability to hit Preacher contribu ted largely to their defeat. For seven consecutive innings Fairfax failed to secure a hit. Only- two hits were made off his delivery in the entire game, these coming in* the eighth. Brunson has lost only one game this season. Batteries: Brunson, Preacher and Rivers; Fairfax, Smith and Bark er. Welcome exercise, Primary Depart ment. Duet, “Washington Ruse,” Edwin Myrick and Harrx Williams. Recitation,Vacation.” Janie My rick. Kecitotibn, "VacatiorC" Myrtle Beat Solo, “Star of the East,” .Norma Phillips. Declamation, “Men Wanted,” Lyn wood Myrick. Cantata, “I Should Like to Be Ac quainted," Myrtle Best and Alfred Harter. Recitation. “Wrap Me in the Dear Old Flag" Jeanette Plexico. Song, “Star Spangled Banner," School. ReciUtion, “Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight," Louise Blount. _Essay, “Why a Girl Should Go to College," Martha Lee Harter. Instrumental solo, “Sunset Glow,” Miss Lorena Blount. Address, T. S. McMillan, Esq., of Charleston. Instrumental solo, Miss Ada San ders. Awarding of Prizes, Rev. D. A. Ted der. Song, Quintet, “Onward March to Victory.” Prayer, Mr. J. C. McMillan. Dismissal. Miss A. L. Woodward, principal, and Miss Archie Bozeman, assistant, have done a good year’s work and much regret is felt that they will not ratum next session. s SCHOOL. CLOSES TERM. Thursday will be one of the play days for the members of the press As sociation. A trip will be made to Kings Mountain by automobile. A picnic dinner will be served at All Healing Springs. Colonel Rion Mc- Kissick, of The Greenville News, will deliver an address at the battleground. Thursday night the editors will be tendered a reception by the citizens at Yark. Friday the-Work Day. Friday„will be .a‘real work*day for the editors.> Three sessions will be held on that day. The morning ses sion, beginning at 10 o’clock, will be given up to papers by A. B. Jordan, editor of The Dillon Herald; L. M. Glenn, editor of The Anderson Intelli gencer; W. W. Smoak, editor of The Walterboro Press and Standard, and L: Wigfall Cheatham, editor of The Edgefield Chronicle. The afternoon session will begin at 3 o’clock, when addresses will be delivered by Brian Bell, of The State , and Miss Elisa beth Dickson, state agent for the South Carolina School Improvement Association. The election of officers will be held Friday afternoon. Dr. Talcott Williams. The principal address of the meet ing will be delivered Friday evening by Dr. Talcott Williams, dean of the School of Journalism, Columbia Uni versity, New York. Dr. Williams is expected to arrive at York Friday morning. A special committee will be sent to meet the train from New York. Saturday, the final day of the asso ciation, will be given up to a trip over the Carolina A Northwestern Railway to Edgemont, N. C. The Southern train from Charlotte will be held Sat urday night for the editors to return to Columbia. Second Fertilizer Applications. Commencement Exercises of Pleasant Hill Mark Year End. Williston, June 2.—The Commence ment exercises of Pleasant Hill grad ed school were held in the school build ing on Friday, evening, May 26. This is a rural two teacher school, result ing from the consolidation of Conyer’s and Pleasant Hill schools. It con sisted of ten grades and presented diplomas to two girls, Misses Leila that passes down through it. If ^.^reech 6 ^^ 6 am * Thelma Earle The programme for the exercises was as follows: Welcome address, A reader; asks if we advise two ap plications of fertilizers to corn. It seems quite certain that in so far as phosphoric acid and potash are concerned it does not pay to make two applications, because they are not leached from the soil by the water nitrogen is used, then the answer to the question is an unqualified no. Possibly the most satisfactory way of applying nitrogen to tjie corn crop is to uSe some such nitrogen supply ing material as cottonseed meal in rather small" quantity when planting and then using nitrate of soda as a side dressing when the corn is about two and a half to three feet high. It should be put out before the starting of the formation of ears as proper Miss Essie Woodward; presentation of diplomas, J. W. Folk; “The Court ship of Mother Goose,” primary grades; “Dora Thome,” high school pupils; .“Sarah Jane’s Party,” com posed and played by the high school girls. Musk was furnished between acts by Mrs. W. C. Cooke. The school, .jinder*the direction of Miss Docia Higgins of BlackStock and Harrison—Reynolds. fertilization at the right time may have an important influence in deter- 0 , . y ’ ■ ., , - . , , j has had a very successful year. mining the number of ears produced and A very pretty marriage occurred in the Barnwell Baptist Church Tuesday morning, when Miss Rena, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Harrison, of this city, became the bride of Mr. D. C. Reynolds, the Rev. W. L. Hayes per forming the ceremony. After a wed ding dinner at the home of the bride’s parents, the happy young couple left on the northbound train for a short honeymoon trip. The bride is possessed of many wo- jnanly graces' and has endeared her- consequently the Progressive Farmer. yield.—The Ryral Carrier Examination. The United, States ,CiyiL Service. Death of O. R. Dyches. The many friends of Mr. 0. R. Dyches, of Blackville, were shocked to learn of his death* which occurred Commission fias announced an exam- suddenly on the night of May 19th. ination for"the County of Barnwell, to He appeared in his usual good health be held at Allendale and Barnwell on at t * le supper hour, but was stricken June 24th to fill the rural mail car- shortly after and in spite of the skill rier at fFairfax and vacancies that ' physicians ami-tender nursing of may occur latiH- on rural routes from^ to v ’ing hands the Grim Reaper en- other post offices in this county J * ere d the home and claimed the spirit The. examination will be open only to the husband and father, jpale citizens who are actually domi- I The funeral services were conducted ciled in the territory of a post office by the Rev. D. W. Heckle and the body was laid to rest in Mt. Calvary ceme- lelf to scores of friends during her i • „ ,,, , . . . J • v, .. _, • in-the county and who meet the other responsible position with Mr. C. F. many friends in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds a long iroaperity. wist of happiness and if mwmm This fbrm and application f wife, fdur’ s'bfis, one-daugnter and a* masters at Allendale or .Barnwell. ♦ ♦♦ — | Mr. Sam J. Woodward, of Columbia, Miss Annie Lou Woodward lias 1 re-, spent the week-end in the city with turned home for the summer vacation, relatives. - MUair, had misfortune to.dive too for the purpO-Se^ sTTegistering the SCHOOL YEAR CLOSES. Attractive Program Rendered at Olar Commencement Last Week. Olar, June 2.—The closing exer cises of the Olar high school were held in the school auditorium Thursday evening, June 1. The invocation was offered by the Rev. A. Sassard. The class day exercises were effectively carried out by the pupils of the grad uating class and several musical numbers' were rendered during the evening which reflected great credit upon the ability of Miss Bessie Liv ingston, head of that department. The following medals were delivered by Supt. F. C. Chitty of Fairfax high school: The essayist medal wa« won by Miss Maggie Rosalie Milhous. The medal offered to the girl with best manners was won by Maude Ida Mor ris. The medal offered to the boy with best manners by Herbert Still. Supt. R.'Fair Godwin presented di plomas to the following graduates: Alma Layrie, Edward Neely, Maggie Milhous and Frank Fail. ^ A splendid address on Education was made by Dr. Josiah Morse of the •University of 3outh Carolina. A new modern school building is to be erected at once„ A special school tax. to the amount of $10,000 was voted for this building several years ago. The commencement sermon will be preached Sunday, June 4, at 11 a. nv at the Methodist church, by the Rev. C. B. Smith of Walterboro. Supt. Godwin and Miss Livingston will remain with the school another year; Missed Hooton and Black and Mrs. J. C. Chitty declined reelection. While dicing at the. natatorium on Wednesday of last week, Master Le- rwy Moling) mm uf Mn ami Mvbi G. NUMBER 41- SEA CLASH ALL ABSORBING. LOCAL COMMITTEE -REPORTS. Indications Are that All Attendance Records Will Be Broken. It has-been some time’since the edi tor of The People has had a vaca tion, so yesterday (Wednesday) af ternoon he “knocked off” from work, closed his desk and hied himself to York to attend the annual meeting of the South Carolina Press Associa tion. A majority of the editors of the State mobilized in Columbia yester day morning, the trip to Chester be ing made on the Augusta Special, at which point the party was met by a special train for the White Rose City. The first session of the association was -held Wendnesday evening, when an address was delivered by J. C. McAuliffe, business manager of the Augusta Chronicle and president of the Georgia Weekly Association. A number of York citizens were slated to make addresses of welcome, the response to which was to be made by Robert Latham, editor of the Charles ton News and Courier. Great Naval Battle in North Sea Holds Center of War News. London, June 4.—The great Naval battle fought by the British and Ger mans off the coast of Jutland last week continues the all absorbing fea ture of the war. While Germany still holds to her original announcement of losses, a battleship, three cruisers and several torpedo boat destroyers, the British admiralty says there is the strongest grouni(s for supposing that the Germans lost two battleships, two dreadnought battlecruisers, four light cruisers, nine torpedo boats and a sub marine. The admiralty says that by the destruction of these ships Ger many’s losses were hot relatively but absolutely heavier than those of the British. The region of Vaux and Damloup, northeast of Verdun, is the scene of further futile attempts of the Ger mans to pierce the French lines. All the attacks were set at naught by the French except a night attack between Damloup and Fort Vaux, where the Germans obtained a foothold in French trenches. From these, however, they were immediately driven out by a counterattack. The Canadian troops and the Ger mans have been battling fiercely- on the Ypres salient. The German guns opened up several daya ago, deluging the Canadian positions and the sur rounding territory with shells. Then the German infantry advanced along an extended front of almost two miles* capturipg trenchea.. In a series of counterattacks in which bomba and bayonet played an imporUnt part the Canadians regained most of the lost ground and have reorganized their positions. On the Russian front violent artil lery duels are going on in the Bes sarabian and Volhynian sectors. Sev eral Russian infantry attacks against the Austrian! were repulsed. The Italians in the region of Arsiero are holding the Austrians from fur ther advances in the desperate strug gle that is gqing on in this region. The Austrians with large effectives at tempted to break through the Italian line in the direction of Onaro, but were driven back. The bombardments still are heavy on the other sectors of the Auatro-Italian front According to unofficial advices from Saloniki, Gen. Sarrail, the French commander, has declared martial law in the entire zone occupied by the en tente allies, and the allied troops have .taken over the telegraph, the port and customs house at Saloniki. City “Guard House" in UaaanHarj Condition.—^County Jail O. K. A TOO TRUE STORY. Many Farmers Guilty of Binding Themselves in Industrial Bondage. A friend of ours told the other day about hearing Col. L. L. Polk, tKe founder of The Progressive Farmer, make a speech thirty years ago. “And he told the one story I have never for gotten,” our friend said. “He told about seeing a farmer with a wagon load of meat, hay, and flour about this time of year. “Col. Polk said to the farmer: ‘Why are you buying all this meat, hay, and flour?’ “ ‘So I can make cotton,’ was the reply. “‘And why,do you want to make cotton?’ “ ‘So I can pay for the meat, hay, and flour,’ the farmer answered.’^ And the pity (tf-ilis that after thir ty years of agitation and education there are still so many of .our farmers guilty of the self-evident folly which the story illustrates—binding them selves to a sort of industrial bondage in order to pay freights, middlemen’s charges, commercial profits, etc., on products grown a thousand miles from home but which should be grown at their own doors. Nor does Ihe evil The People has received a copy of the report made by the local com mittee of visitors, regarding the city and county jails of Barnwell, to the State Board of Charities and Cor rections. In a letter accompanying the report, Mr. Albert S. Johnstone, secretary of the Bf'ard, writes as fol lows: “Yo'u will understand that it is the -desire of the local committee and of the State Board qf Charities and Corrections to co-operate with of ficials and others interested in brimr ing about improvements in these vn- rious institutions. This report Is sent you for your information, and ww request that you give us the privi lege of serving you in any wny we can to develop a greater public internet in these institutions and to effect all possible improvements from time te time.” The report is as follows: Barnwell, S. C., May 24, 1918. State Board of Charities and Corree- tions, Mr. Albert S. Johnstone, Sec retary, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Acting under your instructions as per your letter of May 18, I called tke undersigned committee together, and we visited the City Barracks or “Guard House” and jail of oipp 'city and county. With our committee we associated the superintendent of car public schools, Dr. R. S. Bailey, and with his training as ah educator and a physician we found him quite an Acquisition as a visiter. : ; The “Guard House” is in an unsaai- tary condition. The floors need acow- ing, the rooms need to be painted or Whitewashed, and, while most of the prisoners are held only temporarily, .if the conditions are continued. It will likely spread disease. We understand, however, that the city hopes in a short time to build new quarters, aa the present location in the city ie unde sirable. We recommend above conditions be, looked after at once; that step# be put to the main entrance; and that during the winter heat be installed. We found the county jail in feed condition, the keeper taking grad* pride in keeping everything fen atel around the jail in a sanitary eead^ tion. The keeper and hit family Una in the Jail. The entrance for priea^ era is on aide. We found only am prisoner, a negro man. The teteha were clean, iron cots being used with blankets for bedding, aa blankets era be washed and sun-dried much eaater . than mattresses. The keeper hea a nice garden in front and rear of the jail. The diet for the priaonera seams to consist of a variety, and to be wuR prepared. We found that the ££ ought to be equipped with a telephera and with a record book designed te keep a complete record of the prteaw- ers, and we recommend that them he furnished at once. We will •from time to time other prominent citizens with ui ra these visits, which will Anally creete a public interest in tkeae inatitattera Respectfully submttad, Harry D. Calhoun, Chma. Mrs. Bessie F, O’Ban non, Charlie Brown, Sr. stop here, because this exce’ss acre age in cotton (the part grown on land that should be devoted to food and feed crops, beats down the price of cotton on all the normal' acreage as well. ■ Whatever others may or may not do, Mr. Farmer, you may see that this folly is not perpetual on your farm. Let’s look to that.—The Progressive Farmer. * •’ . . deep, badly spraining his hands and ** * is • mo irirnus, nO\%- ever; will be glad to learn that while hia injuries were painful they are not serious. * Registration Notice. —iZntiL further notice the county board of registration will meet ip the grand jury room at the Court House «he fimt Mends}! ef emeh menth qualified voters of Barnwell Count iur me general election, wnicn will E held on the first Tuesday in Novem ber, 1916. By order of the Chairman. - Who Captured John Brown? Philadelphia, Pa., June 6.—Who cap tured John Brown at Harper^ Ferry i4.in 1859? An orator, at the memorial ener- cises held at a local cemetery Imk Tuesday, made the assertion that Uni ted States Marines, led by Robert EL Lee, made captive the rebel leadov although Grand Army men who heazff it, declared the statement false. ' , However, Marine Corps officera sta tioned > n this city say, the fact that members of the United States Mai tea Corps, and not soldiers of the arag captured John Brown, is well-estab lished. Mrs. Victoria Felder. Biackville, June 5.—Mrs. Victoria Felder, wife of the late Capt. Msifiw Felder, died suddenly at the home of Mrs. -T-. O. Boland, her granddaughter, with whom she lived, yesterday even ing at 7 o’clock, aged seventy-five years. Mrs. Felder was at hdtee alone, fitting on the front porch and when Mrs. Boland returned from bar walk, found her dead in a chair. Felder was a native of BlackviHs^ and a consistent member of the MeCheriat Chiftch of this city. She ia anryUgid by one eon, Mr. Willie Felder, of ■Springflehl, ami flue faa^BMMRMC Mrs. day morning. After enjoying a her of games the guests were a with . >