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■ AIRFAX COPS ANOTHER. Banurdl Lost Friday, But Worn from Deamark Tuesday Afternoon. COURT CONVENED MONDAY Grand. Jury. Returned. Many. True Bills.—Cases Disposed of. 4 i » The Fairfax team won its fourth straight game from Barnwell Friday afternoon on the local diamond by the decisive score of 10 to 1. The game was featured throughout by errors on the part of the Barnwell players, the local pitchers receiving extreme ly poor support. It was one of tho$e games about which the least said is the best. The following is the box score. Barnwell. AB. R. H. PO. A. E Riley, T. 2b rf ... 4 0 0 2 1 0 Best, ss, p, 2b 4 0 1 2 3 2 Brown, rf, p 3 0 2 1 0 0 Bronson, 8b __ __ 4 0 0 1 2 0 Robison, c 4 0 1 6 2 1 Pate, p, ss 4 0 0 0 12 0 Huggins, lb 4 1 1 15 0 3 Simms, cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 Riley, O, If 3 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 34 1 6 27 20 10 Fairfax. AB. R. H. PO. A. E -. 5 0 2 10 0 Rivers.. _. Youmans .. Fennell, C Smith _. . Preacher .. 1 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 15 0 2 10 0 2 .4 0 0 Totals 36 10 Scoore by inning-a: '.<■■■' HliJWBL 1 „ r.’Ttoo 100 Fairfax y->9 2n 220 8 27 23 2. 000—1 130—10 Hits by innings: Barnwell 031 000 020—6 Fairfax 021 200 030—8 Batteries: Barnwell—Pate, Best, Brown and Robison; Fairfax—You mans and Rivers. Umpire Turner Scorer Dr. J. G. Wooley. Bamberg Blaaka Fairfax. Bamberg, July 6.—In a snappy game here today the locals shut out Fairfax, leaden of the Bamberg Barnwell County League, 5 to 0. The pitching of Rowell and a triple play started by Rents in the aixth inning were among the featurea. This is the tint game Fairfax has lost. The score: Fairfax 0 7 Bamberg 5 6 Batteries: Barker, Youmans Riven; Rowell and Connor. and Barnwell Defeata Fairfax. The Court of General Sessions con vened here Monday morning with Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, pre siding. Considerable time was con sumed in the trial of Juran Dunbar, charged with murder. The following is a list of the cases disposed of: Elvin Platts pleaded guilty to the charge of violating the dispensary law and was sentenced to pay a fine of flOO and serve six months on the chain gang or in the penitentiary; upon payment of the fine, the balance of the sentence except a term of 60 days is suspended during good be- lavior. • True Bilb. The following true bills have been found by the Grand Jury: Joe Mims, murder. Robert Williams, housebreaking and larceny. Robert Robinson, disposing of crop under lien. «. Sam Taylor,' entering house with intent to steal and larceny. Will Gruber, burglary and larceny. Frank Owens, housebreaking and larceny. # Frank Owens, burglary and lar ceny. Ossie Williams and Freddie Wil liams, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weap ons and pointing firearms. Frank Owens, housebreaking and larceny. DEMOCRATS, ENROLL! Doubtless there are some people who are not ffilly advised as to the requirements for voting in the primary. The fact that a man placed his name on the club rolls in 1914 does not entitle him to vote this year. He must enroll again and each election year thereafter. The club books are now in the hands of the secretaries and it would be best to enroll now in order that the secretaries will not be over worked at the last moment. CANDIDATES HERB TUESDAY. UNVEILING AT MT. CALTAMC, Bi-ennial Circus to Come to Baruwell After Tea Days’ Root' After a rest of ten days, the State | Special to The People, campaign party will reach Barnwell. Blackville, July 1.—There Tuesday morning, at which time the quite an interesting meeting.i voters of the county will be given an I Calvary Church oij Saturday « GOVERNOR OR RULER? Do the People of South Carolina Want to Rule or to Be Ruled? Here is one kind of State govern ment: ROAD CLOSED, ARRESTS FOLLOW Clerk of Court Swears Out Warrants Against Six Barnwell Men. The matter of enclosing the Court House Square with a fence, thereby The chief executive attends to his closing the road that now divides the business as prescribed by law. He county property and Calhoun Park, allows the Legislature to legislate, took on added interest Monday after using the Veto only in extraordinary noon, when temporary obstructions cases. He does not quarrel with the were placed across the road at two supreme court or make issues be tween himself and thejudges. His efforts are to build up and strengthen the National Guard. The law pro vides for the appointment of a par don board to advise him about par dons and commutations. He takes for granted that the people meant that this board should be heeded, that it is their board or that they would not have created it. This chief ex ecutive does not proclaim his great ness. Barnwell defeated Fairfax on the local diamond Tuesday afternoon, to 2. The visitors were unable to score until the last inning, although runners reached third base several times. Brown was given excellent support. The score: Denmark i 2 6 3 — , “ 11 — 1 " "T with intent~to TlIH and carrying con cealed weapons. - i Violation of the dispensary law: Elvin Platts, Martin Christopher, Bill Snelling, Tom Smith, M. E. Brunson, B. J. Brown, Willie Gailyard, Ulie Garnet, Ephriam Ferguson, Mary Hazel. Violation of the prohibition law: D. H. Gelzer, Josephine Bradley, Mrs. C. E. Priester, Gallic Dicks, Joe Stoney, John Keel, Lawyer Binion, Elie Brax ton, Paul Sanders, Raymond Harvey, Wilkins Dortch, Albert Charlton, Na than Gregory, Sherman Brown, James Bryant, Mary Gardner, Brooks Kirk land. B. Wilson, larceny from dwelling. R. F. Anderson, breach of trust with fraudulent intent. Robt Coleman, forgery. H. D. Calhoun, Louis Simmons, R. S. Dicks, Bob. Anderson. Primus Ja cobs and Junius Patterson, obstruct ing public highway. Extra Venire. The following extra venire of petit jurors was drawn Monday: Ira Black, B. Mazursky, W T . D. Harley, G. M. Sheppard, L. S. Still and R. L. Peacock. Baturins: Baxter and Able; Brown and Robison. Umpire, Turner. Denmark defeated Bamberg Friday moon, 9 to 6. amberg scored its second shut-out gainst fhe Fairfax team Tuesday af ternoon, 2 to 0. A' Where They Play. at Tuesday, July 18: Bamberg Barnwell; Denmark at Fairfax. Friday, July 21: Barnwell at Bam berg; Fairfax at Denmark. Among those who announce for the office of County Commissioner in this a } issue of-The People are Capf. 07 W. Barker, of Seiglingville, and Mr. George W. Jenny, of Fairfax, Route No. 2. Capt. Barker is well and fav orably known to the voters through out the county, having served them as Supervisor for two terms some years ago, during which time he dis charged his duties in a capable, .eco nomical manner. Mr. Jenny is a young man who has made a success of his own business— that of farming—and feels that he is fitted to handle the affairs of the county in a businesslike manner. He is a member of the county board of equalization and has a wide circle of friends throughout the county. STANDING OF THE CLUBS Barnwell—Bamberg County League. Won Lost P. C. Fairfax 7 2 Bamberg =. 6 3 Barnwell 4 6 Denmark 1 7 .777 .625 .444 .125 News from Lyndhurit. Special to The People. Lyndhurst, July 8.—Misses Carey . Rice and May Simms and the Misses McNab, of Barnwell, and Miss Mary Howard, of Savannah, motored down ^ -from BiTftwett on baburday, spencf- ing a few hours with friends. Miss Jessie Fowke left this week for Estill, wjiere she will qpend some time with her sunt, Mrs. K. B. Us- sery. Mrs. R. Marion Hay left on Thurs day for McPhersonville, Charleston other- points. The ladies of the church gave an cream festival Saturday, the pro- M IHHW For County Commissioner. placet. Following this action on the part of the representatives of the Civic League, "W. H. Duncan swore out warrants against Harry D. Cal houn, R. Stanley Dicks, Lewis Sim mons, Junius Green, Primus Jacobs and Bob Anderson, the last three of whom are negroes, charging them with obstructing a public highway. The warrants were served Tuesday morning and bail was granted in the sum of $200 each, which was readily r-j 1 *. ^. J T,. fL . i-f-T feat TT TftTV eRNok. ttic N wtTT be recalled That permission was granted by a former board of county commissioners and the town Making Good. Mr. George W. Armstrong, son of Treasurer J. B. Armstrong, of Barn well, and a graduate of Clemson Col lege, has been elected instructor in botany and bacteriology at Clemson for one year to substitute for Mr. D. B. Rosencrans, to whom the board of trustees granted one year’s leave of absence for further study. Mr. Arm strong, who is at present an instruc tor at the University of Wisconsin, declined the position. A Sane Celebration. The Fourth was celebrated at the home nf Mr. J. S, Creech (known-aa “Uncle Jimmy”) by about 80 people, most of whom were children, grand children and great-grand-children. A bountiful dinner was served and hear tily enjoyed by all present. “Uncle Jimmy” went through the Confed erate war and looks extremely young for a man of his age* , A Guest. word “governor” to him means a civil officer selected by the people to per form certain duties defined in the laws that the people have made. He does not imagine that “governor” means “RULER.” He is quite willing that the people rule—through officers chosen to enforce the people’s laws and do no more. This kind of execu tive it no caar or kaiaer—He does not regqrd the people as his "children" or hfs wards. The people are his principal; he is their agent. The peo ple are his master; he is their serv ant. He is no more their boas than the president of a bank is the boss of the stockholders. This is the kind of a governor that a free people want and will have. A free people will have no RULER. They will themselves rule. Another kind of executive magni fies his office. He stretches the laws in the statute books and reads into them strange, new meanings that tend to exalt HIMSELF. By issuing pardons by the hundred he impresses the people with his power. “I am GOV’ERNOR; look at ME—see what I CAN DO,” h<- say» in substance; “I am not a hired man doing as I am told to do by YOUR little laws; I am your GOVERNOR, your RU1ER, your BOSS and you are pleased, you are DELIGHTED to behold at last frone -wbo-iu GOVRRNOR—'WhtrxBbWi mercy as a prince would show it to his friends or his favorites, and whose enemies had better BEWARE!” This is the kind of executive that a people not fit to be their own gov emors ought to 'have and will have— whether they' be the people of South Carolina, Kentucky or other State A people who are not selfreliant, who are (J e P en dent, who can not make laws and make the executives obey them, should have a GOVERNER spelled with capital letters, one in whose strutting they take pleasure one they acknowledge to be greater and better than themselves, one who they think confers distinction by call ing them by their first names and shaking their hands, one who rules them because he is GOVERNOR. Peo ple who want to be RULED should have a RIJLER and once they get him they should keep him, electing him GOVERNOR term after t§rm, acknowledging that all other men are like themselves weak, dependent on one. v If the people of South Carolina are not fit to rule, they should find one council of Barnwell to close the road for the purpose of making a park, but the present board, at a recant meeting, revoked the order of the former commissioners. Considerable interest is being manifested and the outcome will be watched with inter- 4. DIED IN AUGUSTA. Mrs. Adalphus Grubbs Passed Away at Uaiversity Hospital. Sk, The many friends throughout Gsor gia and Carolina of- Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Grubba of Williston, S. C. will be greatly distressed to leafti o7 the death of Mrs. Grubbs, which oc curred Tuesday at noon at the Uni opportunity to hear the claims of the various office-seekers. During the present hill in the campaign the can didates will probably spend their time stumping the Piedmont section of the State, wherein lives the largest num ber of voters. If the weather permits, the meet ing here will be held in “The Circle,” with Chairman W. A. All, of Allen dale, presiding. The last meeting held prior to the ten days’ rest was at Aiken. It is said to have been very quiet, in con tradistinction to those of two and four years ago, when turbulent scenes were the order of the day. With the possible exceptioon of An derson, the campaign party has been greeted with marked apathy at ev ery meeting. The crowds have baen small and the people seem to be verse to stirring up factional bitter ness. This is ss it should be. The original intention of the campaign was to provide a means for candi dated to reach the voters, not to stir up strife, although s certain class of politicians have used it for that pur pose. (Political Advertisement.) ftni gmnir^ Candidate Tells Why He Has Entered the Race for Commi Interesting- Servfaea. Saturday ef Last Week. Editor of The People. I with to state to the voters of Barnwell County, Urough the col umns of your paper, thet at the seli- citation of many friends I have de cided to put myself before the people for the office of Coonty Commission er. Like other young men, it is in me to want to aspire to do something more for myself and for others all the time. I can’t say that to be elec ted to the office would be altogether an honor or a financial gain. Of course, it would be an honor to my self to feel that I had conducted my life up to now to be able to be honor ed and trusted by the people of Bern- well County if elected. I wish to state that I feel that I can versity Hospital after an illness of | • #rv * on th « bo * rd l» a way eight weeks. Mrs. Grubbs was brought to the hospital in a serious condition hop ing that surgical treatment might save her life. Everything that medi cal skill and devoted nursing could accomplish was done, but she has been gradually sinking for the past two weeks the end finally coming yes terday. The body has been taken to Williston where the funeral services will be held today. - Mrsi Ombbs was befui e'her^mar- riage Miss Emma Sprawls of Willis ton. About twelve years ago she was married to Mr. Adolphus Grubbs, of Williston, where she has lived ever since. She was a very lovely and lovable woman and her loss to those of her family is irreparable. A wide circle of devoted friends also mourn her untimely death just in the prime of womanhood. She is survived by her husband, two sisters, Mrs. Wil liam Walsh of Williston and Mrs. Sid ney Powell, two brothers Messrs. Wi ley and Laurie Sprawls, to all of whom the sincerest sympathy of their friends is extended in this their hour of bereavement.—Augusta Chronicle 5th inst. that will command the respect of all good people, for I know only one way to do and that ia to be honest and straight in all things, and that is the only promise I would make in this race; namely, that if elected I will do what lies in my power to fi nance the county and to do some good while in office. My business won’t allow me to take the time to canvass the county and see the people, but I believe I have friends all, over tha county that The People ia indebtad to Mr. W. gai tt to be their RULER in all years and for all time.—The State. Funeral at Williston. J. L. Box for Commissioner. Jibe, office of County Commissioner is growing in popularity, a number of candidates having already announced there being rumors of others to fol low. Elsewhere in this issue will be found the card of Mr. J. Lawton Box, of Bull Pond township. Mr. Box is a progressive farmer of the lower sec tion of the county and numbers his friends by the score. If elected be promises the people to discharge his Williston, July 6.—Mrs. D. A Grubbs, who had been sick for sev eral weeks, died in the hospital in Augusta Tuesday evening. The body was. brought to Williston Wednesday morning and buried in the Williston Cemetery at 4 P. M. rubbs and her husband ha< been running the Williston Hotel since its completion in February, in fact they were the owners of the hotel. Several weeks since she was taken with an attack of appendicitis to a hospital she was operated on for the trouble and everything possible done to save her life. Mrs. Grubbs is survived by the fol lowing brothers and bisters: Mrs. Fred Powell, Mrs. M. P. Walsh, Mr. Laurie and Wiley Sprawls, all of Williston and vicinity. week, when the photographs ef al the ministers that have the church were unveiled. Each: liter was represented by a man. Relatives of all of the ministers were present In Gw ab sence of Mr. P. S. Usaery, the Mm. J. J. Ray was represented by Mr. CL W. Hutson. Mr. Ray founded ML Calvary Church in 1866, with s i bership of about 15, and ftllad pit until 1866. He was a maa af strong convictions sod always had a good message for the people of Mb congregation. He iaatk over hia church work, ing most of hia tiam among the i here and looking after their The Rev. J. J.Getsinger represented by Mr. Hutson. He waa called to the church in 1868 aai served aa its pastor until 1871. Me. Hutson described him as being a ama of high ambitions. He wi ed when a mere boy and ly entered upon his ministerial at ies. After serving his country three years in the War Betwssa Sctions, he answered the call Christ to the pulpit in 1816. preached the gospel for forty ym during which leton County and ending hia Spartanburg County ia 1906. The Rev. J. 8. Matthews waa asp* resented by Mr. Joe Hair. Mr. Mat thew* was called to the church ia 1871 and served until 1879. He waa a man of exceptional talents aai waa ever faithful to the Lord’s wer^ ba in g st all times ready to assist agff one in need of Us een4sss. Oa a»> count of ill health he was feme* 8a retire from the ministry.-to 1878 aai was confined to his horns for soeural years prior to his death. The Bov. J. D. nted by Mr. ColHne. to the church ia 1879 and has i the church up to the prsasat tisMi MM Peacock is loved by sO who tea church work. Ho spends Ms mMm time looking after the aeafe af MM congregation and is duo great aaMM for the advancement of Mt. Calvary Church. . After the servicee the coagregatMa retired to the grove, where the Wo men's Missionary Union aervad a bountiful dinner, after which a swah- ing of the Union waa bald ia the school house, where a vary IsdM^ cstbig program waa rendered. BreMt- ers Peacock and Sam Matthews na-, ponded, both of whom stade ing talks, encouraging tha keep up the good work. me and I expect to leave it entirely with them. If I had the time to do so I would refrain from going around face to face with every man and ask ing his support, for I think a man’s record and past life ought to be what we should look at and not his fluent and gossiping words. I am young and can truthfully say that what I have got, though it may not be much, has been gotten by hard work and honest dealing. Certainly we all have our trouble and some say we have our enemies, but I trust I have no enemies, but I know there will be people who will find something to keep from voting for me. Some may have political reasons where we have differed in the past and others some thing else, but I wish to state to one and all what I have done and am still trying to do is actuated by honest convictions and I would ask all those who might want to kick me for doing such to use their own judgment and investigate before they kick me. I also wish to state that I have not a word to say against the present members of the bosrd. All of them Mrs. W. L KITCHINGS DEAD. Estimable Wamaa Died Urn July 6th. Mias Sallie Pat* lift for Burling- N. C., Fridai I believe to be high-toned gentlemen and all my friends. Especially so is one of them—Capt. N. M. Walker. I have known him all my life and know him | to be a man above reproach, and also wish to state that vt could men to fill thfs~ office in some ways than Capt Walker, but I feel certain that 1 can do fully as 1 good as he has done and promise to do just a little more if I am elected. Thanking one and all for what they may see fit do do in my behalf, I am to aerve, - J. L. Box. wind and rain storm passed over Special to'The People. Williston, July 10.—On July. Mk, just as day was dawning, the anpM of death entered our home and teak my dear wife from me to" carry hm to a place of eternal rest Though M is hard to bear, still I know bar aof- fering, which was intense, has ceased and she slumbers sweetly in the shad ow of God’s wings. She waa 49 years, 4 months aad It days old, and had been a memat dt. Calvary Church for many yean. She was a dear companion and wfftr tionate mother. Oh! how our haasto ache when we think that we can aasar see that loving face again on tMa earth, but we hope to meet egaia where there will be no more pel* sr death to separate us. How sad ear old home is now, that was once aa happy and bright. Oh! to flnk sweet voice we heard no more. But God knows best for the Lord giveth sod the Lecd tafc* eth, Messed be the name at Me LeHL She leaves s deer aad loving hat band, one son, Mr. Ernest Kitdridp^ one daughter, Mrs. Oars Givens, and three grandsons and dsugliteff~£nd~a Iwst relatives to mourn funeral service was conducted by Mm- Rev. J. D. Peacock at Mt Calvary Church, where she was laid ts reat |y her baby daughter, Mrs. Danis MM- ehell. ' We know she is at rsst and Bps from every pain. Wa da sat grissa for her as lost for we kaepg wa sMI