The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 06, 1916, Image 1
VOLUME XXXIX.
BARNWELL BLANKED BAMBERG ANNOUNCES for COMMISSIONER
Turned the Tables on Fast ARKrega-
tion in Friday’s Game.
Barnwell scored its second shut-out
of the leagut'season Friday afternoon
on the local diamond by defeating the
Present Members of County Board
Throw Their Hata in the Ring.
“Jus.t Like a Member qF the Family"
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 6TH, 1916.
WARNS FARMERS AGAINST
COMING OF BOLL WEEVIL
WOMAN’S MISSIONARY UNION.
Quarterly Meeting of Second Divis
ion Held Here June 30th.
NUMBER 45.
CAMPAIGN OPENS JULY 24.
Executive Committee Met at the Coart
House Monday, Morning.
fast Bamberg team, 7 to 0. ' This is
the second time Bamberg has been
blanked, the Fairfax team defeating! ton, and J. M. Weathersbee, of Rose-
The People publishes this Week the
announcements of the present mem-
bers of the Board of County Commis-
sioners, .Messrs. S. R. Boylston, of
Blackville, N. M. Walker, of Apple-
Dr. E. C. Smith, of Bainbridge, Ga., Advises People of His Old
Home County to “Get Ready” for the
Advent of Cotton.
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them by the same score.
It was a case of ^‘too much Best,”
the local pitcher holding the visitors
absolutely at his mercy throughout the
contest. Although he struck out 16
batters, Best only gets credit for 15.
Neither side scored in the first two in
nings, but in Barnwell’s half of the
third, with two out, two men were
pushed across the home plate. In the
last half of the fifth^Patterson came
up to the bat with the bases full and
with a long drive to the field broke up
a good game by clearing the bases.
The box score was as follows:
Barnwell.
AB. R. H.PO. A.E
Riley, E., cf 5 0 2 0 0 0
Pate, ss 5 0 0 0 0 0
Best, p 1 4 1 2 1 16 0
Brown, rf. 2 2 0 1 0 0
Robison, c 3 2 116 2 0
Patterson, 2b 4 0 3 0 1 0
Huggins, lb 3 1 0 8 0 0
Simms, If 3 0 0 0 0 0
Bronson, 3b 4 12 110
[Totals 1.33 7 10 27 20 0
Bamberg.
AB. R. H. PO. A. E
Brabham, cf 3 0 0 0 0 0
Cooner, c ' 4’-'0
Rentz, ss 2
Tatum, If 3
Bamberg, lb 3
Curry, 2b
Cooner, R., 3b
Folk, rf
•McMillan, rf ....
mary township. Heretofore, these
officers have been appointed by the
Governor on the recommendation of
the members of the General Assem
bly, but under Rule 34 of the Demo
cratic Party candidates must now go
before the people. Messrs. Boylston
and Weathersbee have served as Com*
missioners for about a year and a
half, while Capt. Walker is now serving
his second term. fcThey have dis
charged their duties in a capable, ef
ficient manner and enjoy the confi
dence of the people as a whole. They
will make the race on their past record
in office.
Mr. James J. Ray, whose card also
appears in this isjjue, is a new entrant
in politics. He- is ^'prosperous young
farmer of the Healing Springs sec
tion and is a gentleman of sterling
worth. He expects to make an active
campaign for the office.
Mr. Barney F. Owens, of Dunbar
ton, announces his candidacy for the
office of County Commissioner in
this issye. Mr. Owens is a progres
sive young farmer and business man
andhas a wide circle of friehds in the
county, who predict that he will make
Bainbridge, Ga., July 1.—Editor
Barnwell People, Barnwell, S. C.—
Dear Sir: It is always a great dis
appointment to me not to get The
People on every Friday. However,
you have done exceedingly well, as I
have missed only two issues of your
valuable paper in over seven years.
As I have so many good friends »in
dear old Barnwell County, having
practiced dentistry in almost every
section of the county before coming
to Bainbridge, Decatur County, Geor
gia, about eight years ago, and as my
acquaintance with the people in this
and adjoining counties in this sec
tion of Georgia, and as my profession
naturally in my practice brings me in
very close touch with many of the
leading citizens of this and adjoining
counties, and imy knowledge of the
conditions here with reference to the
boll weeVil and its awful destructive
force, I leel It my duty feeling as I
do towards the people in that section'
and vicinity, to tell you to “get ready”
for the “BOLL WEEVIL,” as our
county is on the border of Georgia,
being in the extreme South-west cor
ner of the State—Florida on the
so^h and Alabama on the ra.sfri and
my observafiqn has. Here and tn those
states, certainly proved to me the aw
ful destructive power of the boll
weevil. . ‘ • , •
result of this year’s work of the boll
weevil, and will ^upplant those crops
with corn, pindars and otfeer food
stuffs another year and some of them
have even this year re-planted and
have planted pindars instead of cot
ton.
We went out this week to see a for
ty-acre field and the cotton weed was
splendid. The cottor^jjlanted in rows
five feet apart and the weed was five
feet and some even taller and it was
an awful 'sight to see practically all of
the small bolls, as fast as they began
to mature; wjther and fall to the
ground, which was almost covere 1
with small bolls and squares from the
cotton stalks.
It is an astounding sight to see the
small farmer, the man with four or
five in his family, buying provisions
on credit, depending on his cotton to
pay for them,’and now seeing his only
hope being ravished by that awful
and destructive pest. The sight, a?
one remarked, “was like a building
being consumed by fire,” except that
the building could he saved by ex
tinguishing the flames and its value
be received in insurance, where the
FHIl'l !U1 URIfTiPUSMt oTarff
Totals 27 0 3 21 21 2
•Substituted for Folk in the fourth.
Score by innings:
Bamberg 000 000 000—0
Barnwell 002 040 Olx—7
Fairfax Wins.
Fairfax, June 30.—Fairfax played
one of the raggedest games of ball at
Denmark this afternoon, but won, 12
to 7. There ware no special featuras.
By winning this game Fairfax still-
leads the Barnwell-Bamberg County
League. Score:
Fairfax 002 703 000—12 9 6
Danmark ...003 002 020— 7 6 9
Batteries: Barker and Rivers; Cox,
Baxter and Able.
FAIRFAX WINS AGAIN.
Leader of Barnwell-Bamberg League
Play Well.
afternoon by shutting out the Barn
well aggregation, by the decisive score
of 12 to 0. The game was interrupted
by rain and sailed at the close of the
seventh inning. Barker pitched a
beautiful game, striking out 11, hit
one and allowed two hits. Smith, the
local first seeker, starred with the
stick, batting 100 per cent. Preacher
duplicated Smith’s stick work. The
locals gave Barker errorless support.
Brown relieved Pate for Barnwell in
the sixth. The locals play off the tie
with Bamberg in Bamberg Thurs
day.
Fairfax .......205 410 *—12 10 0
Barnwell 000 000 0— 0 2 6
Barker and Hammond and Rivers;
Pate and Brown and Robison. Um
pire, Tuten.
Fairfax, July 4.—The locals again
defended their titl^as leaders of the
Barnwell-Bamberg.County league this d 'PP« d in "ater. Teat Juke
The combination of pectin', aevj and
sugar in the proper proportion is ngc-
cessary to make good jelly. The best
fruits for jelly are those which con
tain acid and pectin. Pectin is the
jellying quality found in some fruits,
and is more abundant in slightly un-
dej.tr.jpe frqjl, -than in that which ia
fully ripe. Therefore, se’cct half the
fruit ripe and the other half slightly
under-ripe. The ripe fruit gives <
fine color and flavor while the under
ripe containa the jallying property
and gives a better consistency to the
finished product. Apples, oranges
and grapes are commonly used for
jelly making. When jellies from oth
er fruits, such ss cherries, strswber
ries and peaches are desired, the pec
tin necessary may be extracted from
the white part of the orange or lemon
peel and added to the juice. In this
way very satisfactory jelly may be
obtained from fruit having flavor and
color, but no pectin.
For 1 pound of apples cover with 2
quarts of water and cook until the
pieces are tender. Strain through
flannel jelly bag, which has first been
At Bambebrg.
Bamberg-Denmark—Rain; no game.
Where They Play.
for pectin, so that the correct amount
of sugar may be added
The test for pectin is as follows
Pour into a glass one tablespoon of
cold fruit juice and add same amount
of grain alcohol (95 per cent pure.
Mix by turning glass gently, then
pour into another glass] If the pectin
precipitates in a^olid mass, or clot, it
is safe to add a cup of sugar to eAch
cup of fruit juice to make the jelly,
If the pectin does not collect in this
manner, the amount of sugar should
be decreased. The .most usual mis
take is adding too much" sugar, the
result being a syrup instead of a jelly.
When the proper amount of sugar
is determined allow the juice to boil
before adding it, then cook very
rapidly to keep it a bright color and
produce a clearer jelly.
To determine when the jelly is fin
ished, cool a small amount of the juice,
gently moving it in the air a second
The boll weevils made their first
appearance here in Deentur County
in the Spring of 1915 and during the
year, but no one here ever suspected
that the first year’s work would prove
to be so destructive to the cotton
crops, and we did not realize tbit we
“were in their grip” until the U. S.
Government sent boll weevil experts
here to make some inspection, and, to
our surprise, we found about this
time last year that we were complete
ly “infested in most every cotton field
with this pest—the boll weevil.
The U. S. Government has this
year furnished us with a Government
expert to aaaist the farmers of this
vicinity to experiment and discover,
if posaible, some way or means by
which we can meet and combat this
pest, which ia proving to be the most
destructive enemy the farmers have
ever had to contend with. However,
our Government man ia practical,
he having already had to meet and
combat this evil in Louisiana and
Alabama, and he is proving to be
highly satisfactory to the farmers and
planters of this section.
The purpose of this letter to the
bankers, farmers, merchants, and ev
ery, one. in Barnwell and aurrounding
counties is that you may. begin now
and prepare to meet this pest—and
truly we may call him a pest, for it is
being most thoroughly demonstrated
to the people here this season that the
boll weevil can truly be called a pest
—that you may begin now and pre
pare, by crop diversification, and pro
ducing more food-stuffs, and leaving
off some cotton, for the farmer and
planter here this year who has only
cotton now sees that he has made a
mistake.
Some of our farmers heard the
pleadings of the Government officials
to diversify their crops and have this
year planted more food-producing
crops, and have- begun stock raising
as, a medium of raising cash rather
than take the risk of cotton again
this year. I have in mind one farmer
in this county, qputhwgst of Bain
bridge, who in 1915 had one hundred
acres in long staple cotton and he told
;eg his only hope being daily devour
ed.
One bank here- in Bainbridge has
bought .over 9300,00 worth of hogs
endeavoring to get the best standnrd
breeds, and has placed them out in
different sections of the county to get
>stock-raising started here and wc
will, in the near fu.urc, have com
pleted n modem, up-io-date packing
plant here to - use all of our hog
raised in this vicinity, and I under
stand that you will have completed
in the very near future a modem
packing plant at Orangeburg and I
see no reason why you shouldn’t be
gin now and prepare for the boll wee
vil before he reaches you.
I have a very profound regard for
the opinion of others and shall always
respect the opinions of other people
for they have the same right to their
opinion that I have to mine. How- j
ever, in this article, I am writing you
as one on the “firing line, in the
battle,” for as I tee the awful conae-
quences of our people failing to heed
the call, and ignoring the advico giv
en by the people further west and it
is now too late for some of them to
diversify their crops and prepare for
the boll weevil. I have endeavored to
give you something to think over,
which you will, if you do not now, ap
preciate in the very near fpturc.
Yours very truly,
• E. C. Smith.
Formerly of Williston, S. C.
, "The quarterly meeting of the Sec- j The County Executive Committee
met at the Court House Monday morn
ing for the purpose of appointing
managers of election, assessing can
didates and arranging the itinerary
for .the county campaign. Chairman
W. A. AH, of Allendale, presided.
On motion of Mr. J. M. Weathers
bee, it was ordered that the office of
County Commissioner be put in the
primary, in accordance with Rule 34
of the Democratic Party. On motion
of Capt. W. D. Black, the Road Com
missioners for Allendale, Baldoc and
Bull Pond Townships were put in the
primary but candidates are not to be
assessed.
Messrs. J. M. Patterson, John F.
Weekley and W. D. Black were ap
pointed on a committee to fix the as
sessments and their report, which is
as follows, was adopted:
Magistrates at Kline and Hilda, $2
each; at Red Oak, Ulmer, Four Mile,
Dunbarton and Baldoc, $2.50 each; at
Blackville and Williston, $4 each; at
Barnwell and Allendale, $5 each;
County Commissioner, $2 each.
Coroner, $3 each.
House of Representatives, $5 each.
State Senate, $10 each.
Supervisor, $12.50 each.
Master, $30 each.
Sheriff, $50 each.
Clerk of Court, $50 each.
Candidates for all county offices, in
cluding County Commissioner, must
file their pledges' 1 *wvtK the Clerk at
Court at Barnwell and County Clmir-
ond Division of the Woman’s Mission
ary Union of the Barnwell Baptist
Association was held with the Barn-
well Baptist Church on June 30th.
The program was as follows:
Song.
Devotional exercises, conducted by
the Rev. W.*L. Hayes.
Welcome address by Mrs. W. L.
Hayes.
Response by Miss Lillian Owens.
Enrollment of delegates and their
reports.
Mrs. S^orne gave an interesting
talk on the Asheville Convention,
which she attended in May, and a
very instructive paper, written by
Mrs. W. D. Rice, was also read on the
same subject.
Mrs, Hayes read some of Mrs.
Heck’s last messages and letters to
the Woman’s Missionary Union.
Miss Anna Walker led in prayer,
after which a delightful luncheon was
served under the oak grove at the
Parsonage.
At 3 o’clock the meeting was*called
to order by the President, Miss
Maude Owens.
Song, No. 22.
Miss Hattie Rena Milhous made a
very interesting tajk on Y. W. A. and
G. A. work.
Mrs. Storne ( read a paper on Sun
beam work and told of her interest
and Success in the work.
The husincs- meetftig was then
held.
Miss Jessie Armstrong led in pray-[man W. A. All a( Allendale before 12
o’clock noon on Wednesday, July 19.
Campaign Meetings.
It was moved and carried that sev«
county campaign meetings be held
The itinerary is as follows:
' Williston, Thursday, July 20th.
Dunbarton, Tuesday, July 25th.
Allendale, Saturday, July 29th.
Fairfax, Tuesday, August 8th.
Ulmer, Wednesday, August 16th.
Blackville, Tuesday, August 22nd
Barnwell, Tuesday, August 24th.
er, aftcr'which the Society adjourned.
Advertised Letters.
Letters remaining in the Barnwell,
South Carolina Post Office and adver
tised July 3rd, 1916.
Male
Cuss Drawdy, William House, Mur
ry Harrison, Charlie Johns, John
Johnson, Frank Owens, Henry Rock,
L. A. Rivers, Charlie Richburg.
Female
Miss Lizzie Dyches, Miss Unna
Gray, Miss Minnie Morris, Mrs. F. O.
Peterson.
' From Dead Letter Office.
Thus. Gantt.
Persons calling for these letters
will please say advertised and give
date.
Chas. E. Falkenstein,
Postmaster.
APPOINT COTTON WBIGH1
GATHERING RECRUITS.
Machine Gun Officers Arrived
Blackville Friday of Last Week.
at
Thursday, July 7: Fairfax at Barn
well; Bamberg at Dehmark.
Tuesday, July 11: Denmark
Barnwell; Fairfax at Bamberg.
Missionary Spcity Meets.
at
me that he did notvgather ten bales
and allowing it to drop from the side j from that field last
year from which,
of the spoon. At first it will run off ( before the boll weevil struck him,
as a syrup, then as it cooks the drops be had gathered more than five times
become heavier, 'and when the drops ( that much from the same acreage, and
he said had it not been for other in-
Ulmer, July 3.—On Saturdey after
noon, July 1, the Woman’s Mission
ary Society of Bethel Church met "ait
the home of Mrs. A. W. Manuel. The
attendance was splendid. But success
is the material outcome of faithful
workers, and we hope to, enlist new
members that they may share-vthe-
privileges. and joys of so wonderful a
work. ■ ^ '
After the business session was con
cluded, some appropriate papers read
and some musical selections rendered,
• was served, after which the members
took their leave, feeling that it was
well to have been there.
- A Member.
run together and sheet or flake from
the side of the spoon, leaving the
edge clean, the jelly is finished and
should be removed from the fire at
once. - ' .
Jelly should not be skimmed while
terests that he would, had he depend
ed on cotton entfrely, have been fi
nancially ruined.
Our county,'as I have already statr
ed, borders on. the Alabama -State line
boiling. After the cooking is com- J on the western side end the western
pleted, the scum can be removed all portion of our county, where the wee-
at once before pouring it into the cop- j vil has made his first appearance, Ms
tainers and thereby save much of the ( almost in total ruins, so far as the
jelly. When jt is^ firm, loosen the 1 cotton crop is concerned,
edge between the glass and jelly with | I was discussing this question with
a wooden toothpick and pour a layer a very prominent planter last week
of melted' boiling paraffin over the ; and he said that he was, oh one spec-
top. The paraffin Will run 'down a- ial field,'having the squares and small
long the .edge and make a better seal, bolls picked up'by negroes and was
P he- colored w 'ligirt Uren with ' there^er^gitWd^o prevent other
Burnett Vegetable coloring matter eggs from hatching; from those that
Lieut. J. Yillinghast Moore and
Sergt. John T. Sloan of the machine
gun company of the Second Regiment
have been specially detailed for re
cruiting service and arrived Friday
morning in Blackville, where they
were the guests of Mr. Clinton M. Fel
der. From Blackville they have been
visiting nearby towns in order to get
recruits to bring this popular company
up to full war strength. Headquar
ters were established on Railroad Ave
nue, where* all interested can obtain
full information. A recruiting sta
tion was established at the Barnwel
post office Saturday morning, with
the result that several young men
enlisted. ~ h.. '
It is believed that this section,
which has not contributed a company
to either of the regiments now sta
tioned at Styx, will prove a fruitful
recruiting field from the sons of men
who rode with Hampton and gave
Hagood’s Brigade imperishable re
nown.
News from LyndhursL
Special to The People.
Lyndhurst, July 1.—Messrs. Laarie
C. Fowke and Marshall Gantt motor
ed over to Williston one day last
week, spending a few hours with
friends.
Mr. John M. Gantt is having a well
drilled at his home. Mr. E. M. Har
ley, of Barnwell, has the contract.
The “water dogs” of this section
are planning for the erection of
small bath house at Robert’s Landing
on Lower Three Runs. Mr. R. H
Gantt is chief builder.
During a storm which passed over
this section Thursday, a mule was
struck and badly injured by lightning,
while a negro was knocked down anc
stunned by the same bolt. The occur
rence took place on the plantation of
Mr. P. R. Hay.
The corn crops in this section are
in a very flourishing condition just
now, and if the weather continues
favorable a heavy harvest may be
expected.
Board of County Commii
.Selections on Monday.
The members of the Board
ty Commisioners held their regi
monthly meeting hero Monday,
stead of Tuesday, which was a k
holiday. In addition to
claims, the Board appointed
weighers for Allendale,
Blackville, Fairfax and Williatou.
is understood that there was
number of applicants for the
The appointees are as follows:
ARendal^-H. A. Lazar.
Barnwell—Cave and Peacock.
Blackville—Boylston sad Roan.
Fairfax—G. F. Young.
Williston—B. W. Birt.
Snelling News.
Snelling, July 3.—Mrs. Rufus
Moore and children, of Baxley, Ga
are visiting relatives here. . r .
Mrs. M. M. Moore and Miss Agnes
itill returned home last -Friday after
a pleasant visit in Charleston.
Master Graydon Altman, of Charles
ton, is visiting relatives here.
The many friends of Mrs. Ann
Cook will be glad to learn that she is
able to be out again.
The many friends of Mr. W. Brat
ton Parker will learn with regret that
he is confined tp his bed with fever,
but hope for a speedy recovery.
Free Scholarship.
Ediato District, S. C. Div., U. D. C,
offers a scholarship at Winthrop Col
lege, worth $100.00 and free tuitkm,t»
a young lady of Confederate deoemft
in the counties of Aikeft;
Charleston, Edgefield, Hampton,
da, Orangeburg, Colleton,
Calhoun, Dorchester, Barb well at
Beaufort.
The scholarship will be awarded hff
means of the competitive and ms-
trance examinations held at all comrt
houses, 9 a. m., July 7, 1916.
There are no application, blanks to
be used. TJiosi who wish ty tfco
examination must write beforehand to
the South Carolina Chairman of Edo
cation, U. D. C., Miss Arm Ida Mtoaa,
Sumter, giving the following infill ma
tion: Exact age (must be 16 yoan air
over), name and command of Confed
erate ancestor and shotring proof that
they are unable to pay fo rcourse and
sending in a letter of endorseasead
from a president of a chapter of U. H.
C.
Benjamin R. Loadholt.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS *
Barnwell-
-Bamberg County. League.,
Won iLost P. C.;
Announces for Master.
Elsewhere in this issue will be food
the announcement of V. Seymour Ow
ens, Esq., for the office of Master in
opposition to the present incumbent
H. L. O’Bannon, Esq. Mr. Owens
needs no introduction at the hands sf
The People to the votera of Barnwafl
County, to whom he is well and favor
ably known. He practiced law ia Al
and flavored with mint
Nellie R. Ray,
Co. Home Dem. Agt
were shedding, and I know of sever
al substantial farmers who have de
cided to give up cotton entirely as a
Sycamore, June 28.—Benjamin R.
Loadholt, a prominent citizen of Syca
more, died last night at 11:45 o’clock,
aged 46 years, i He was a member of ken prior to his appointment as aecra-
the Masons, the Woodmen and of oth-|tary to the late Congressman J. Q.
er fraternal organizations, besides be- Patterson and for the peat several
ing chairman of the finance commit years has been located in this city. He
,429; tee„ of ihe.Baptist church here. * man «f
.000 leaves a wife and two children. ja comprehensive knowledge at tfca
| The services will be conducted law, which he acquired by yeere at
Tuesday, July 25th, is the last day Thursday Morning at St. John’s Bap- studious application. Hie frieadi eu-
to enroll if you went to vote in the tiat church' by the Rev. J. R. Smith peel him te make
primary election#. Enroll TODAY. and the Rev. D. A. Tedder. the hustings this
Fairfax — 6
Bamberg ........ 3
imark 0
1,000
.600